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Mr. Southcy is the author of the follow ing description, in nursery rhyme, of the cat aract of Lodorc: Mow docs the water come down at Lodorc? Here it comes sparkling. And here ttlies darkling Here smoking and frothing, Its tumult and wrath in. It hastens along, Conflicting strong! Now striving and raging, As if a War waging, Its cavern and rocks among Rising atld leaping, Sinking and creeping. Swelling and flinging. Showering and springing, Eddying and whisking, Spouting and frisking, Turning and twisting, Around and around, Collecting, UlsJcatinEfi"'- " " ' With endless rebound A sight to delight in, Confounding, astounding, Dizzying and deafening the car with its soundi Receding and speeding And shocking and rocking, And darting and patting. And thieading and spreading, And whizzing and hissing, And dripping ahd skipping. And whitening and brightening, And quivering and shivering, And bitting and splitting, And shining and twining, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring, And waving and raving, And tossing and crossing, And flowing and growing. And running and stunning, And hurrying and skurrying, And glittering mid flittering, And gathering and feathering, And dinning and spinning, And foaming and roaming And dropping and hopping, And working and jerking, And guggling and struggling, Aud heaving and cleaving, And thundering and floundering. And falling, and brawling and sprawling. And driving and riving and striving, And springing & twingling & wrinkling, And sounding and bounding & rounding, And bubbling and troubling and doubling, Dividing and gliding and sliding, And grumbling and rumbling & tumbling. And clattering and battering & shattering, And gleaming and streaming and steaming and beaming, And Tushing and flushing and brushing and irushii2, And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapninfr, And curling and whirling and purling and twirling, Retreating and meeting and beating and sheeting, Delayinc Si straying & playing fc spraying, Advancing and prancing and glancing and Recoiling iiirrhoilirig antl toiling anil boiling, And thumping atld flumping and bumping and iumnin!r. Arid dashing ahd fiaslilngartd Splashing and clashing, Aud sb hover ehding, but always scending, tie. Bounds hnci rhritlcH's for ever ahd bver are blinding, Ail at bhec r.nd all b'er, Vith a mighty uproar Altd this way Ihb Water cbrties ddWh at Lbdofe. CURIOUS CROCKERY WARE. A tew evenings since abbut an hour after sunset; a very slaid and moral gentierhrth of 'exemplary piety, stoppe'd at the window of the tyist office to obtain1 a letter; Whilst thefB a Very pretty modest young lady.'car rying a bafcket in her hands; stepped tip to him and saitl lit a sweet totie of voice, u Will you be so kind as to shoW rho where is the windoWfbr the ladies letters?' Certainly, my dear,' said Ifo very ahiia- bly, 1 it's just found the cosher;' The poor girt immediately began lo fuhV bio about her pockets trying to get out her purse. The genlletn'nh very gallantly said, ' Permit mij to hold your basket whilst you get but your purse;' ' Oh, thank ybiti sir,' was the prompt re ply, but I am sorry to give you so much trouble. ' Not the least trouble in life,' said lie ; 'but what have you in your basket so heavy?, Only a little crockery ware, sir,' said he. ' I'll go round the corner and got mv letter delivered and relieve you in a minute.' She went round the corner and was seen no more. The gentleman waited till he was tired, and then oncninc the basket, to His surprise nc luiind a owes -mns -n about a month old. This was therefore tntr only delivery, that tho young lady desired to effect at the pnst office, and this was post paid. The gentleman took it to the almshouse, where it received tho cognomen of 'crock ery come by chance.' -N. 1 . tlf r. YOUNG MEN. Most yoting men consider it a great misfortune to bo poor, or not to have capital enough to establish themselves at their out set in life in a good business. So far from poverty being a misfortune lo him, if we may judge from what wo every day behold, it is really a blessing ; the chance is more than ten to one in favor of success of such a young man, over one who starts with plcn ty of money. Let one look buck twenty years and see who commenced business at that time with nbunbant moans, and trace theril means and day ; how many can now boast of wealth and standing? On the contnary how many have become poor, lost their place in society .anil arc passed by their own boon companions with a look which pain fully says I know you not. CURRY YOUR COWS. The price of butter i3 such as to offer encouragement to farmers to try tho effect of extra keep on their milch cows the com ing winter ; and in addition lo keeping them warm, clean and comfortable, it would bo well to try the effect of currying them Horses and fatting cattle are well known to thrive much better where this regulation is thoroughly and regularly performed, and tho celebrated Dr. B. Rush, in a lecture de livered in 1807, upon tho duty and advant ages of studying the diseases of domestic animals, and tho remedies proper to rc move them, slates that there is an improve ment in the quality of tho milk, and an in crease of its quantity, which aro obtained by currying the cow. Lovo letters once caused a lady to ex claim, ' When tho devil is really desirous of ruining a man or a woman, ho always pokes a pen in their paw.' The threo foundations of genius are tho gift of Cod, human exertion, and the events From tlie Gcaitcmch's Magazine; THE STORM CHILD, BY JOHN ONts, iULTXMOnKl (Conchidtdl) Ferdinand seized his edmt)anidn'f hai rid, and led hiin to tho gravo of his m'dthcr. " Here, said the youth, " e'eated Under this holly, ttnd rjesido tlie remains bf the being whd gave me existence, I will relate my history. But 1 would first assure you that ambition has no charms fur meit call ptoposo nothing that I would accept, ahd thciefore my career can never bo similar to ybursi Never have I seen my father, and but recently have heard his name. The first object of thy'remembrance io the broad illimitable d'ecahj and from that hour tdthis, it has hardly been absent frotri my view. Near the coast, my mother had an humble cottage, and an aged servant attended me, whilst she "sought lelicf from "some secret sorrow daily consulting thri Holy Bible. 1 he good old Adnm( bur faithful domestic, taught me to read the many volumes bf my mother's Well-storcd library and bfleh de lighted me Willi the recital of iriany marvel lous feats of bthcr ages; The history bf the old coithtriee of tho cast, possessed a charm for me in the secluded shades of bur quiet habilalion, and tiitiSj when a hierc cliild, t bdedmb a proficient in ancient my Ihotdgy. But my hii-absorbhig passion Was for the ocean and the tempest; and I was thus early denominated by my fond moth er, when clasped in her tender embrace, ' The Storm ChiW It may have been that my isolated condition in the World, shut out from all the social converse of my spe cies, turned the course of mynouiSKnir.nts gWnaSe or nature, displayed in si lent places, in some holy hour of the night, or the sublimity of the phenomena by day. Theio also seemed to exist some piejudice against our little family on the part of oUr neighbors, and once my dear mother and myself were hissed, when passing to the J paiish church. She snatched me lo her hcait.and even On the threshold of the tem ple of Christian charity, turned away, and fled frantically to her lowly home. She wept then smiled and said there was as ust a God in the roaring element, as amidst the jeering and unfeeling self-denominated . - . . i ... pious men. U ! 1 shall never lorgei ner in such moments as these her tears and pra yers. It wan when thus immersed in grief, and teaching me the promises of the holy bnok,that once a mighty tempest aro3e, and ho rushed hysterically to the little lattice, nearly overgrown with honeysuckles : ' It ! it, is the sa.no!" she cried, her hair fal ling down on her shoulders, and her face as pale 33 that of a cold corse. ' It is the same, ho continued, ' that throw him on our shore : the thunders roll in the same succes sionbut he comes not ! But this.' cried she, seizing me convulsively by the shoul ders, and staring widely in my face. but this is his bright, spotless forehead, tho arched brows'and sparkling eyes. My son thou art ihe very image of him, and at this awful moment, I Iraco the sad resemblance with greater force.' " Who is my father?' I inquired. " She closed my lips with her hand, and shook her head with such a mournful ex pression, that I resolved never to question her more on that painful subject. At that instant, a hurried knock was heard at the door, and thither she flew with tho celerity of a spirit of air, but started back in disap pointment, when tho good old Adamienter- ed, who had been to the. village in quest of provisions for us. " ' Nous 1 news 1' shouted the old man seizing tho hand of his lady. " ' What is'il, Adam ? tell me quickly ! Has ho come ?' ctled my molhor. " It is not an arrival, but a departure your unforgiving and most unnatural perse cutor js no more ! replied the old man " ' My father I my cruel, though unhap "'He is 1 continued tho old man. 'When the stbrm came up; he stood in his dark balcony; venting curses on you and this poor child; He said it was just such anothor night, when tile destroyer came; and then ho swore that the destruction should be complete before thb retutnof another night that you should be thtust forth; a house' less wanderer, at early dawn, with many Vitlier fearful imprecations, when a livid gleam bf lightning burst from the sky, and lingered overhead in fearful brilliance. He sank back appalled his eyes strained out ward, as if ho beheld some.horrible vision. Ho was conducted lb his libiary, calling for pciij ink, and paper. He executed a will with liis own hand, had it legally attested, and immediately expired; Strange as it may seem, lady you are the inheritor bf his boundless wealth.' "My mother prayed for her departed parent's peace in heaven, fdr me, and for one Whose image Was ever before her, hut whose tiamenevcr escaped her lips. "Tho villagers flocked around U3 thb next morniiig with congratulatory shouts, but my mother heeded them not, for they had t-evilcd Her in the hour of distress. Wb speedily departed from the tall cliffs of otlr nativity, and were afloat oh ihe great oeeam This was the scene of my delight and in the fiercest galct When others quailed with alanh, t shouted with jdyi After ma ny boisterous days, we cast anchor in the Mcditcrraneanj and took up bur abode in the glorious land of Sicily. Green vines were entwined about our dwelling the gor geous sun throw its golden tints on the sea before us, and at eve, we beheld its last ray lingering on the dark column of vapor ris ing from the peak bf Mount Etna. Our faithful Adam Tcconnled the amazing deeds T&Tcrscu'-nre- Tngncsnnnutinniis""anTr"nie deepest dells, evsr wondering, and eve grat ified. But my poor mother's sorrows had prcad a settled gloom over her face. One lay, during the progress of a fearful stotm which seertlcd to bring ihe full recollection of her Woc3, she started suddenly Up, with triumphant smile playing on her benig nant features, and winding lier arms round my rtcck, exclaimed : ' It shall be so I Ho mav vet be living, and I will seek him out! My son, to-morrow I will sail from Sicily, in quest of one, who is yet dearer to mo than life your father 1' " ' Bravo !' I cried; ' then we shall be on io ocean again I' " ' No !' she replied, I go alone you must not unnecessarily tempt- the perlious "deep. Adam shall still be your companion nd protector till my relurn'' "I murmured not, fori had never known disobedience to my mother. She embark ed, and Adam and myself were left the sole occupants of the little romantic villa. But it had been stipulated, that I should have a small boat, lo indulge my passion for the sea. duiinsr Ihe time I was to bs bereft of mv mother. Thus I was soon enabled to hear her loss with some eomposure; and her letters, from tho various countries she visi ted, ever assured me that she would ere ong return. In the meantime, my fondness for tho briny clement and the stormy blast ncreascd, and in spile of all tho anxious ad vice of Adam, whether by day or night, when the tempest came 1 launched my lit tle craft on the troubled waters, and snatch- d an ethereal joy in each shrieking blast, and every stunning explosion in the heav ens. I thought then and believe it yet, that there is a watchful spirit in the slorm, which keeps a guardian hand over me, who loved it from my birth. When the shore has been lined with gaping spectators, and hoarse voices cried out in vain for me to tcturn, and even when the lumbering ship of ma ny tons has gone to pieces in view, I rose and sunk with the billows, as calmly as the babe rocked to slumber in the cradle. I have been considered mad, but I have lutn on my heel, unheeding. Every one seeks his own mode of happiness my greatest enjoyment is the storm. I havo had but few companions, and my lifo, so far, has been passed in the wild mountain top, or Miiriber 44. oh the Wide expanse of watcrd. A father abandoned me ere I saw thcTIight, c6hsign Ing me to thciauntsof my species! I fouud a protector Hi thb elements, of which my Very soul seemed to become a part. But lb return. My ntdlher continued her fruitless search for years; nor returned, though no'tr a month passed but brought her affectionate letters to me. At length she wfote to me from America, and stated that sho was de clining With illness, ahd Would perhaps nev er relutn. I hastened riiy preparations to join heh The night prcvidus to the nibrn ing fixed upon for sailing, whbn just retired to slumber a fierce banditti broke in upon us, killing my faithful Adam; (who with myself resisted them desperately) and rob bed me of every thing save the purse about my persdtt. Though one half thbir num ber slept thb eternal sleep, the rest fled to the mountains with thbir booty. I embark on the destined vessel, bringing With hie my little boat, the same which you see thbre in the sahd. " When t arrived in this cburilry, i found my mother in this secluded spot, the occu pant or a peaceful cottage, around which grew the fldwers she ever loved so much. Out she Was sadly changed ! For' months I hung over her, watehirlg the progress of the fell disease, which rib huirtnh power could arrest; There it Was, that I bbcamd acquainted With Lucille, the gentle Lucillo ! She was fondly attached to my mother, long before the fatal illness overtook her and was her soothing friend and ministdring angel to the last ! I could ridt but love Lu- ! cille when my mother was gone I Arid sho returned rny love and her mefceiiafy hh' cr, under the belief thai I was heir lb great wealth ih gold, encouraged my intimacy un her flight to heaven, she lnlormeu me mar sho had found my father, but instantly checked my burst of joy shook her head in sadness and wept bitterly I 'His name, she said What Was his name?1 demanded Mr; Dauntless, darting his eVcs to the youth with more interest than he had yetbelrayed; No matter," continued Ferdinand, ' sinie he abandoned oho Who could pray for him even in tho hour of deathl He has another family! and t, whom he left to tha mercy of the pitiless world, will again seek the wild storm and never behold him!" His name,' shouted Mr. Dauntless ni a tremuloUs voice; 'It can avail nothing," said Ferdinand " and my mother made mo promise nevet to revenge hertttmigs. 0,-ray. dear sir could I embark for the sunny land of Sicily with my tacjillc " " Your nwh'er's name t I implore you 1 cried tho statesman. ' Ah ! that, and this true miniature, aro all-" Gracious rdancc!1' exclaimed tho aYf.nl man startinn at the miniature, which trembled in his convulsed grasp, no uic continued, in hurried, almost incoherent language. " Boy could you forgive that father, were ho to ask your pardon?" "Mv mother enjoined it, though sho was wronged most villanously. Do yoil know my father? No, you could not! the name ho bore was an assumed one, which caused my mother's search so long to be fruitless i would lhat she had never found him. since but to see him another's struck her dead 1 Ho, too, is a great man! but I shall trouble him not ! Farewell, my friend; I would watch over this gravo alone !" Ferdinand, I am thy father!" exclaim ed Mr. Dauntless,. " You ? you cannot be that base rtiatt ! cried the youth, stai ting back from the prof fored embrace. "My child 1 my child ! 0, gracious heaven I thou knowest I sought to repair this wrong ! Eudora ! tluis l Kneel over thy sad remains, and pour out the bitter1 tears of a repentant heart. May heaven bless thee, and pardon thy false Horace f " Horacol" iterated Ferdmind denting, of liC?. py father I lie u toad.r 6
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