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Tho Dying Soldier.
II OLIVER PERU MiKt-Ove.
It wa, an hour Mhcn the nlnd vfui iweeping
Wildly over tho battle illn,
And the lightning from the cloud waaleaping
And thunder had broken the Taulti of raia,
That a mounded man at night was lying
In pain upon the cold, net ground,
With itu loved one tn eo hint d)lng,
Ur haud to bind un hie bleeding w ound.
llii country' flag he had made hit pillow,
And hi, heart rai filled with ita trea,ured ilari;
And from the tide of his hosoiu'a billow
His blood hud poured on Ita glowing bati.
Me ha,' borne it In the time of battle,
With all the atreugth of a patriot', pride;
Ha had heard the lead-hail through it rattle,
When lomradea were falling on crcr) aide
And at helay inthat hour, pale and gory.
With the peeling thunder hla dying dirge.
And the lightning flaming nround in gury,
Shotting the iky like a burning aurge,
lie thought of home and a loving mother,
Who proudly tuld him to battle fur right,
And how had fallen a nolle brother
And tire river of death grew lovely and bright.
No more would he hear the roaring cannon,
Nor bravely ru.h on tho focmon'e flee) ;
No more would he wave aloft hie pennnn.
Tor hie heart had almo.t teaecd to feel ;
Uut nluw, eweet prayer It etill wae breathiog,
l'ure at the dearett lovo for the dead ;
Aud ajovous dream he had been wreathing
Of the golden etrjel where the angcli tread.
MiT" " II 1 -
Select ittisccllcuti).
X'utnam at Bunker Hill.
6y cieauIjUs j. vn?i:asoN.
To Putnam we owe the battle of Run
ker Hill. At thu council in which the
l'jiittor was debated, ho was the eager ad
vocate of a fight.
" We will itsk only two thousand men,''
said he, "and if dsiven to retreat, every
stouo wall shall be lined with dead
surrounded, and escape cut off, we shall
set our country an example of which it
shall not be ashamed, and teach mercena
ries what men can do-who are determined
to liva or die free !''
At these stirring words, Warren, who
had been walking tho floor, stopped and
said :
" Almost thou
JIIDUUUVCV IUV ) vtswv
1 project is rash ; yet, if'
Putnam ; still the
j ou go, be not surprised to find me at your
aide."
" I hope not," saW Putnam, oarncstly,
laying his hand on his ycuug asocintf'
fhoulder "ltt us who arj older and can
be spared begiu the fray.
There will bo I
1 . . .
tim enough for you hercatter, lor it win ;
not Boon be over." ,
The bolder counsel of Putnam, aided l He was absent but n short period, and j nearer, tho grenadiers approached, and
by his enthusiasm, prevailed ; and when ' scon hurried back to Runker Hill, where i now were closj upon tho redoubt, Sud
tho council broke up, it had becu resolved he remained, busily animating tho man. j denly a gush of flame ttrtartK-d from one
to sieze and fortify Runkcr Hill. j Prcscott, in tho main fortification, equally I end of the entrenchment, ami ran .iniltly
It was after twilisht, ou the 10th of
June, 1775, when the detachment selected
for this enterprise left Cambridge, and took
its way iu silence aud darkness, across the
neck into tho peninsula. It was necessary !
to move with caution, for two men-of-war I
Jay in Charles river, commanding tho
ucck. Colonel Prcscott, who had charge
ef the espedition, led the way, attended
by two tergcauts, carryiug dark lanterns
Arrived at Runker Hill, a consultation
was held as to whether it would ba best to
fortify that hcighth, or advanco to Rrced's
Jlill, which was nearer Roston. It was
finally determined to erect tho principal
works ou the latter place, and construct a
smaller redoubt in the rear, on Runkcr
Hill. This resolution wss in consequenue
of Putnam's counsel, who, in the prelimi
nary transactions, evidently endeavored to
render a battle inevitable".
All through the night the provincials
labored incessantly, and when morning
broko (heir work was well advanced. No
suspicion of what waB going on meantime
had reached the oity. Silcnco reigned in
the deserted streets of Roston, and tho ecu
try, as he went his rounds, distingished
no unusual iioicc. At last the can, rising
through tho haze cn the eastern horizon,
(hot his lurid rays along the summit cf
Rrced's Hill, aud to the astonishment of
tuo sentries, the beams were reflected back
from a long lino of glittering steel. In
slactly the American forces stood reveal
.jd ' The tliicoTfrr was first made od
board a Rritish sloop-of-war, which prom
ptly fired an alarm gun. 'l itis waB replied
to by tbo Somerset frigate, from tho wore
immediate vicinity of tho fortification
Speedily all Roston was aroused by tho
unusual sounds. Tho rumor of their
cause soon spread. The pcoplo and ?ol
dicry, crowding to tho north eud, could
scarcely believe vfhat they saw tbo re
doubt and its bravo occupiers appearing
as if they had risen by enchantment in tho
night
Rut tbo cucmy lost no time in idlo won
der. Tho shipping at onos opened their
tire on tho entrenchments, and soon the '
battery at Copp's Hill, in Roston, began
to play. Rombs wer seen, black and
threatening, traversing tho sky ; shot i
richochotted along the sides of Rrced's r
and the thuudor of continual explosions I
shook the windows of the city, and echoed
off among the neighboring hills.
Putnam had left the detaehnicut imme
diately after midnight and returned to his
quarters; but, at the first sound of tho
camion, he galloped to the scene of action,
Here, it was proposed by some, to send to i uot tww the redoubt ; but these soon be
camp for a relief; but Prcscott urged that j coming useless, were carried to tho rear,
the men who raised the works were best ; Meautimo Warren had arrived on tho
entitled to the honor of
defending them.
no consented, however, to despatch a mes
senger to Generel Ward for refreshments.
Putnam, perceiving, from the bustle in
Roston, how imposing a fore was muster
ing to the attack, hurried back to camp,
thinking his presence might carry influence
with it, nnd begged tho cominandcr-iu-chief
to reinforce the redoubt.
Hut General ward was convinced that
the enemy intended to attack tho main
army, and hence refused. He would not
even allow the troops of Putnam to follow
1 their leader. Putnam himself, however,
could not be restrained. He remained at
i Iumau's farm only long enough to be sat-
' isfied that the eucmy did not oontetnp'ata
a landing at that po-itiou, and thes, fling.
'. ing himself on hrs horse, dashed off toward
Bunker Hill, his blood quickening as he
approached the scene of uetiou, where tho
caunonade seemed to grow loader find me inigut nuu panoply ot war. I lie men
more incessant. I ca"10 on columns, their artillery playing
?utnam now laborid tc. throw up a ro- la 4ho advance. As the imposing array
dojbt on Runkcr Hill, whilo Prcscott, 1 ,uorcd through the long grass up the hi 1,
with the larger detachment, worked assid- . tllB prowncials, manning their entrench
uouslv on that at Rrced's. At this latter ! ,ne,lt"i ttood piously awaiting tho crisis
If ' place a redoubt, eight rods square, was lew of them had over been in action be
lli ' erected, while a breastwork extended from fore- Their best weapons were muskets
its north-eastern angle, in a uortbernly , without bayonets; net a tew had ouly
direction, to tho marshy ground or slough i rustJ' firelocks. Doubtlesi many a stout
' in that quarter. Juit as the battle was yeoman's bosom throbbed lhat day with
j about to begin, tho American lino of dc- . terrible suspense. Putnam, Prcscott and
feuco, at Putnam's suggc.tion, was csten ! "omeroy passed among tho men, encoura
ded from the slough across the lidge to the ' S'Dg auiJ instructing thorn.
I Mvstir. rivpr. hv ihn rrrpl!nn of Iran n.trnl. I
lei rail fenses. filled un between with new- 1
j
made hay. Meantime, Prcscott applied
totjcncrat Ward lor rcintorccnicuts. 1'ut- ,
nam, too, finding the crisis approaching, ,
galloped once more to hcadquattcrs ; this j0 ct his artillery play, and afterward
time, it is said, in his shirt-sleeves, for ho moving quicker and discharging volley af
was too excited to think of hii coat, which ter volley. The thou-auds of spectators
110 "ali cast " 10 aSslst 1"s ""SD A,u at '
n..ntn,l l, rlxvw,,., nf flirt nn.,hl
&"", " "e'" w "-j i
u longer being doubtful.
encouraged to assiduity, me reucuc-t
was now nearly finished. As the provia
cials rested a moment on their spades aud
looked off toward tho neighboring country,
they w itnessed a spectacle which fired each
patriotic bosom anew. It was now the
height of tho summer solstice Far away,
the quiet farmhouses, amid their wavering
fields, slept in tho sultry noontide. Hero
and there, iu the laps of the hills, stood
the white churches, the spires peeping out
above the elms that shaded New England's
ancestral graves. How peaceful the pros
pectyet how inspiriting its associations 1
Changing the direction of tho eye, and
looking toward the south, Roston, with
her thousand troops, was seen beneath,
An ominous buzz floated up from her
streets, as if the whole population was iu
motion, above which at intervals rose the
blaro of trumpets, the shriller note of the
fife, and the rumbling of artillery wagons.
Wholo companies of troops were already
mustered along tho wharves, as if in readi
ness to be embarked. The cannon, from
tho shipping, thundered continually.
This spectacle might have moved stouter
hc.arts, but it struck no terror to the pro
vincials, who labored silently on. Noon
passsd, yet they still toiled on. Since they
had left Cambridge tho night before, not
a morsel of food had passed their lips ;
and now one o'clock wn come, yet lhy
still toiled on. One of their comrades fell ;
they buriod him where he died, and toiltd
I cc There "as sui'
fckrn and ter-
rible in such demeanor. No shouts rent fire. Sparks were hurried up in millions, '
the air; no martial music cheered their ncoompanicd by burning fragment.', star
task j no time-hallowed banner waved ring with gold tho black canopy that now
above their heads ; tbero was nothing of hung over tho city. The warehouses be
tho usual accompaniments of war to exoito Saa to "plodo their combustible materials,
and madden their imaginations. Rut there Women were seen abandoning their houses,
woro other things as i-pirit stirring ; for, 1 S!ad to "capo alive with their children.
as they looked off toward the main land, The bolls rang out iu alarm ; shrieks and'
they could see the dim walls of their other sounds of tumult arose ; while over
homes, nnd almost fancy they beheld, pa- all was heard tho deep roar of tho con
ling on, their wives, their sires, or tho flagration, wild and terrible as when a
mothers that gave them milk. Ail over
the 6urrouudiug hills were groups gath
ered in anxious expectation ; while, in
Roston, crowds lined tho wharves, hung on
the roofs, or looked down from the church
steeples. Not a cloud obscured the sky.
It was a panorama such as tho world has
never seen but once,
Noon had scarcely passed, when the
Rritish, to tho number of three thousand
men, with three pieces of artillery, landod
at Morton's Point, under command of
General Ho-wc. Tho field pieces of tho
enemy immediately began to play, and
were answered, for a while, by some can
&M, and shortly after him General Pom-
croy. Roth thc3o well known patriots
wore received with cheers as they rode
along the line. The men were in tho
highest spirits, Putnam remained work
ing at his redoubt ou Bunker Hill, until
toward three o'clock, when it becamo evi
dent the enemy were about to advance.
Then he hastened to Rrced's Hill, where
bo rode along the line, his piesenoc in
creasing, if that were possible, the cnthu-
siam of the men.
It was a splendid spectacle, all cotem-
porary witnesses agreed to oco tho Rritish
army advancing to tho attack. It seemed
as if a single volloy from it would annihi
late tho Americans. The proud step of
the grenadiers, their lofty height, their
glittering arms, and the exulting bursts of
mmic which accompanied their march re-
a'iwd all that had ever been imagined of
" Do 1101 fire until vou can SPc their
waistband? ' said Putnam. "Take a
steady aim, aud have a caro not to throw
away your oans.
The enemy advanced slcwly, stopping
" Roston aud elsewhere, sreiug no return
J - .1.1. C t .1 .1.- :-!
ruauu to una mv, idm-iuu u jiruviumais
were paralyzed with fear. Nearer, still
r-.long tao American line untn tuo whole
front was a blaze cf fire ; a white oloud of
smoke shot forward, concealing tho astail-
ants from sight ; a rattliug sound, sharp
and incessant, followed ; nnd then, uficr a
breathless pause of suspense, which may
have continued ten or even twenty seconds,
for iu that thiiUitig interval no ono thought
of time, the royal army emerged in disor
der lrom the smoke, aud was seen, in full
retreat, recoiling down tho bill. Just as
tho Rritish turned to fly, a form leaped up
on the parapet, and a voice cried taunt
ingly after one uf the fugitives who had
spoken with a sneer of American courage :
" Colonel Aborcrombio, do you call the
Yankees cowaids now!"
Tho provincials had conquered. The
spectators drow a long breath. Rut sud
denly, and almost beforo their exhilara
tion had time to spread, a scene met their
vjor which changed tboso feelings of tri
umph into horror and hats. Charlcstown,
the homo of many of .them, lying directly
at tho foot cf Rrced's Hill, was discovered
to bo iu flames for Sir William Howe
had ordered it to be set on firo while be
made his preparations for a second attack
Soon the raging clement was in full play,
The flames eaught rapidly from house to
house, rolling volumes of smoke to tho
v. Their cracklinc sound eniota inccs-
ssntly on the cur Ae the conflagration retreat. The American right first fell
spread, it reached the church, up whose back, and after it the left. Putnam fol
lofty spire the subtlo essence ran, and lowed the retiring troops, indignant and ,
A far nhoie the vane, a llillat of
hurricane is devastating forests. Each
instant the fury of the raging destroyer
iucreai-cd, The houses, built mostly of
wood, flushed iuto flames like powder bo
fore the approaching conflagration, and
the lurid clement, surging across the streets,
overwhelmed new tenements, tossing its
fiery crests and plunging headlong on,
like some burning and devouring ocean,
In the meantime reinforcements from
Cambridge had arrived at the ncek ; but
tho enemy's shipping had resumed their
cannonade, and gusts of fiery sleet drove
incessantly across tho narrow isthmus.
The troops drew back. Putnam, who had
hurried from the entrenchments to bring
up assistance, was almost beside himself
at this hesitation. He dashed through the
hurricane of balls, and calling tho men to
follow him ho re-crossed the isthmus.
Rut they remained unmoved. Onco moro
ho passed the neck. He exhorted, ho im
plored tho troops ; ho even walked his
horse across the isthmus ; he stood still
while the shot thcrw thocarth up all round
him. Rut neither his entreaties, his re
proaches, nor the haughty scorn of danger
he exhibited, could move the men ; a few
only crossed; and, stung to madness by
his failure, he turned and hurried passion
ately back to the' fight.
Ho arrived just in season to participate
in the second rcpuls? of tho Rritish; for
Howe, having rallied his troops, was now
advancing again to the assault. This time
tho patriots waited until the enemy had
arrived with in six rods, when they deliv
ered a fire, even uioio murderous than
the first. Tho Rritish again recoiled. In
vain their officers strove to rally them ;
the volleys of tho excited provincials fol
lowed iu rapid suecesrioii, and at last the
whole assailing army, geruadiers aud iu
lautiy, pell-mell, rushed iti disorder to
their bouts. Tho slaughter had been tcr
rible. UI ouo coiup my ii was found that
live, of another ouly luurteen, had oseaped
Most of the olScci s were down. It was
during this assault that an incident occur
red which, for a moment, relieved tho hor
rors of the fight. Among the enemy Put
nam recognized an old fu'end and fellow
soldier, Major .Small, and recognised him
just in time to eave his life, by strikiug up
a musket levelled at him, Poetical as tho
occurrence seems, it is established on the
best testimony, and is moreover, eminent
ly characteristic of Putnam.
Sir Henry Clinton, perceiving tho des
perate character of the fight, had, mean-
time, hastened from Roston to Howe's a6- him an authority which, wherever ho went
sistasce ; and, with some difficulty, the I was paramount for tho time. He seems,
troops wore rallied once more and led to howecr, not to have interfered with Pres
the attack. This time the soldiors were oott, who was the real conii!.;tuder-iu-ohi;f
ordered to throw away their knapsacks, ' aud who fought on tbo right. Rut as it
reserve their fire, and trust to the bayonet. , was in consequence of Putnam's couusols
Howe had now discovered, also, the vul- , that the battlo was brought on, so, during
i erable point of the Americans ; and push- J the strife, aud in the retreat, be was tho
iu-fui ward his artillery to tho opening presiding spirit of tho day. Whether gal
between the breastwork and redoubt, was lopping to head-quarters for rcinforc
cnablcd to enfilade tbp whole of tho prov- mcnts, or assisting his men to throw up
incial line. He, moreover, abandoned tho ' the redoubt on Runker Hill, or hurrying
attack on tho rail-fence, concentrating his along tho line telling tho provincials to re
whole force on tho redoubt. To resist 'serve their fire, or dashing backward and
these preparations, the Americans had not 'forward over the isthmus to persuade tho
even their former means. They were now
reduced to their last extremity. Their
cmutiition was exhausted ; bayonets they
had none. Putnam, with tears of mcrti-
Gca'.ion, had returned from his uuaveiling
effort to bring up reinforcements. Nothing
was left but to retreat, or repel the enemy
with the butts cf their muskets, cr with
stones. Having reached the works, the
foremost of the Rritish attempted to scale
them. A private mounted first. He was
shot down at once with one of the fevr re
inaiuing charges of amunition. Major
Piteairu followed, him,
"The day is ours !'' ho cried waving his
sword, as he leaped on the parapet. I'ho
words had scarcely left his lips, when ho
too fell, mortally wounded. General Pig -
ot next m&ue me aucmn to enter me worn.
He was the first man who succeeded. The
Rritish now came pouring ia on all tides,
The Americans, however still held out.
Clubbing their inuskcti, they fought with
desperate valor, or gavo greuud slowly
and sullenly. At last Prcscott ordered a
enraeed mikin? rain pffnrM"
them to stand again on Runker Hill.
Finding tilia impossible, ho remained bo
hind to cover their retreat. Coming to a
desortod field piece, ho dismounted, and,
taking his post by it, seemed resolved to
bravo the foe alone, Ono man only dared
remain with him, and he was soon shot
down. Putnam did not retire until tho
liritish bayonets were closo upon him.
11 0 then followed tho retreating troops,
who fell back in good order across the
neok, and took post at Bunker Hill.
Night fell on tho scons of battle, but
did not bring repose. Tho Rritish, as if
fearful of an attack from the colonists,
kept up an incessant fire of shot and shell,,
in the direction of Cambridge. As the
gloom deeped, the Bpeetacla becamo sub
lime. Rombs crossed and re crossed in
tho air, leaving fiery trails liko comelo ;
the thunder of cannon echoed among the
hills, and tliook the solid shores ; lights
were Sashing up and down in Roston, and
far and wide over the neighboring country;
while, as if to crewn this tcrrifio day, the
smouldering onibers of Charlcstown illumi
nated tho horizon in that direction, and
poured upward thick volumes of smoke,
which, gradually extending, blotted star
after 6tar from tho hcavem. Terrible
omen of the years of war to come I It was
a night of alarm and vaguo foreboding, as
tho day had been of horror and blood.
The moral effect of this battle, especial
ly in England, was 'almost incredible.
Rut the truth is, that men there had been
accustomed to regard the inhabitants of
the colonies in the same light they did the
peasantry of the continent a timorous,
ignorant race, poor, without leaders, awe
struck beforo authority ; and in this opin
ion they had been confirmed by the repre
sentations sent home from persons high iu
authority. In conscnuense, when it was
told abroad that two or three thousand ot
these despised peasants had virtually de
feated four thousand wcll-appcmtcd Rrit
i ah troops, with a loss to the latter of near
ly one-third of their numbcr,a;tonisbment
and admiration took the place of ooutcmpt
Horace Walpolc alluded to the conflict al
most with glee, overlooking all considera
tions of country in sympathy for the
Americans, while Franco dreamed of r
vengo and glory.
Putnam was unquestionably the hero of
Runkcr Hill. Much has been written to
dispute his claim to this high merit; but,
even admitting all tho assertions of his en
cmics, their facts prove nothing. It is not
now pretended that Putnan hold any au
thorized command on tho field ; bis real
post was at Icman's farm, but he ssercs to
have hurried, in tho restlessness of his
spirit, from one place to another, until the
battle reallv begun,whonho flew to Rrced's
Hill and fought on tho American left.
Here, as during his occasional presence in
the preceding hours, his reputation, his
encrgetio spirit, and the fact of his being
the highest officer in rank present, gavo
rccruits tc- cress, cr standing alone beforo
that solitary cannon, in the retreat, bran
dishing his sword passionately against n
thousaud Rritish bayonets, it is still Put'
' nam whom we meet, the Achillea of tho
fight, or, to change tho similo, tho lurid
eomct of the scene, blazing hither and
! thither, wilder every moment, until we
lose sight of everything else in watching
its fiery progress.
Sententious and Sentimental.
Policeman & man employed by tho
corporation to sleep in the open air.
Rargain a ludicrous transaction, in
which eaoh party thinks be has cheated
" the other.
w.ntr.rl tc tmavxlu-lW tV-v 1
volume
, ef sound has yet been found,
j All diseases speak to us solemnly and
eloquently, except ths dumb- ague.
A question whether the "old wine" so
much prized is older than cider wiue t
Garments for tho scat of war tho
breaches made by the artillery.
Making the thing even we can get tb
Coolnoss-
The following anecdote is not new, but
it will bear republication, for tho reason,
that it is brim full of fun. The sceno is
laid in Georgia:
Jake was a little negro boy who be
longed to Dr. Talliaferro, and was said to
have in his little frame a heart as big as
Gen. Jackson's to say nothing of Napo
leon Ronaparte or Hack Taylor aud aa
for coolness, he was as cool as the tiptop
of the North Pole.
Ono day Mr. Talliaferro, upon tho oc
casion of the commencement of a medical
college, of which he was tho chairman of
anatomy gave a dinner. Among his guests
was a well known ventriloquist. Late in
the evening, after tho bottle had done its
work, the conversation turned ujon cour
age,, and the doctor boasted considerably
of the lion heart of his boy Jako. He off
ered to. bet that nothing could- saate him,
and this bet the ventriloquis took, naming
at the same time, the test he wasted im
posed. Jake was sent for and came.
"Jako," Baid the Doctor, "I have bet
a large some of money on your head, and
you must win it. Do you think you can
do it!"
"Rerry well, raastor," replied Jake,
"jes tell this nigga what ho's to do, an'
he'll do it, shurc."
"I want you to go to tho dissecting room.
You will tkere find two dead bodies. Cut
off the head of ono with a large knife which
you vill find there, and bring it to us.
You must not take a light however, and
don't get frightend."
"Dat is all, is it?" inquired Jake.
"Rerry well ; I do that shuro, for s&rtia.
and as for being frightened; the dobble
hcsulf ain't gwiuo to frighten me.''
Jake accordingly set off and reached
the dissecting room, groped about until he
found tho knife and bodies. Ho bad just
applied tho former to tho neck of tha lat
ter, when from tho body ho was about to
decapitate a hollow and sepulchral voioe
exclaimed :
vLa my head alom I"
"Yes, sab !" replied Jako, "I ain't 'tie
ular, and 'tother head'll do just as well."
He accordingly put his knifo to the head
of tho next corpse when anolher voice
equally unearthly in its sound shrieked
out:
" Let my htai alone.'".
Jake was puzzled at first, but assrered i
present'y :
"Look a yah 1 Master Tolliver said I
must bring one of do heads, and you ain't
gnino to fool mo, no how."
And Jake hacked away until he separa
ted the head from tho body,
Thereupon half a dozen voiees sere&med
0 t .
" Mring it back Bring it back i"
"Now now too yah I jest you keep
nuiet. vou dcuoe of a fool, and don't woko
up tho wimmen folks. Mastor's only gwino
to look on tho bumps."
"2Jwi bjch my head at onct!" cried lar removed-troui good taste as from good
a voiee. , filing and good senso ; but that high
"Tend to you right away," replied Jake, winded delicacy which maintains its pure
ai ho marched off with the bead, and the' and "ndevitated walk alike amongit wo
ncxt moment he deposited it before the way C3 in tbe 8cty ef men ; which
joetori shrinks from no necessary duty, asd can
"So you've got it, I ete," said the mis-' sPcak) when required, with seriousness and
tor , kindness, at things which it would bo a-
"Yes, sab," said tho unmoved Jake, ' ,bamed iaisci t0 Emi' or blush. This
"but please be dose looking at it berry " the deUeacy wLieh IoTeei 60 important
soon, Arise the gtmplin loh me tzfotchhin Part of Eood Ust0- that wLer t dM not
back aSin riht away." c-st as u natural instinct, it is the first
imi 1 principle of giod manners, and contidored
as the universal passport to eood sotietv.
Rich Without Money. ( 1 , ; b J
Many a man is rich without money.- ' A Goto Joke on tub Cokdvcto op
Thousands of cen with nothing in tho I A gow Tbain. The Oswego Times tells
pocket, and thousands without eveu a pock- tho following 6tory at thQ expense of a
et are rich. A man born with a good ,onj,.or felMWn ... , w.
sound constitution, a good stomach, a good
heart and good limbs, and a pretty good
head piece, is rich.-Good bones arc bet-
tcr than gold-tough muscles, than silver,
and nerves that flash fire and carry enor
gyto every function, are better than hous
cs and lands.
It is better than a lauded cstato to have
tho right kind of a father and mother.
Good breeds and bad brcods exist among
men as really do among feerd and horses.
Education may do much to chock evil
tendencies, or to develop good ones; but
as a great thing to inherit the right pro
portion of faculties to stars with.
That man is rich who has a good dispo
sitionwho is naturally kind, patient,
cheerful, hopeful, and who has a flavor
of wit and fun in bis composition. Tho
hardost thing to get along with in this life
is a man's own self. A cross, selfish fel
low, desponding and complaining fellow
a timid care-burdened man these are all
been deformed cu the inside.. Their feet
A Ourl out off with, an Axe.
A TRUE INCIDENT.
"Do you see this hair?" said an old.
man to me.
"Yes; but what of it! It is, Tsuppose
the ourl from the head of a dear child long
since gone to God."
''It is not. It is a lock of my own hair;
and it is-new nearly seventy years since it
was cut from this head."
"Rut why do you prize a lock of your'
hair so much ?"
"It has a story bolongingto it, and a
strange one. I keep it thus with care
because it speaks to mo more of God and
of his special care than anything else I
possess.
''5 was a liitle child' of four years old,
with long, curly locks, which in tun or
rain, or wind, bung down my checks urn
covered. Ono day my father went into'
the woods to-cut a log and I wont with
him. I was standing a little way behind,
him, or rather at his eido, watching with
interest the strokes of the heavy axe, as it
went up and came down upon the wood,
sending off splintcra with, ovory stroke, in
all directions. Some of the splinters fell
at my feet, and I eagerly stopped to pick
thorn up. In doing so. I stumbled forward
and in a moment my ourly head lay upon
tho log. I had fallen just at the moment
when the axe was coming down with all.
its force. It was too Uto to stop the blow,.
Down name the axe. I screamed, and my
father fell to the ground in terror. He
coud not stay the stroke, and in the blind
ness which tbo sudden horror caused, he
thought he had killed- his boy. Wo Boon
recovered ; I from my fright, and he from
his terror. Ho caught mo in his arms and
locked at tuc from, head tcfoct, to find out
the deadly wound which be was sure he
had inflicted. Not a drop of blood, nor a
ar was to be seer: Ho knalt upon the
grass asd gavo thanks to a gracious God.
Having dono eo,he took bis a:e and found
a fw hairs upon its edga. He turned to
tho log ho had been splitting, and there
was a single curl of his boy's hair, sharply
cnt through and laid upon tho wood.
How great tho cssapo 1 It wa3 as if an
angel had turned aside the edge at tho
moment when it was descending upon my
head. With renewed thanks upon his lips
he took up tho curl, and went home with
me in his arms.
"That look he kept all his days, ai a
memorial of God's care and love. That
lock ho left mo on his death-bed."
Delicacv. Abovo ovcry other featuro
that adorns tho femalo character, deliisacy
stands foremost within the province of good
, taste. Not tho delicacy which is perpetu-
' ally in quest of something to bo ashamed
CU which makes a merit of a blush, nnd
simpers an the false construction- ita own
ingenuity has put upon an innocent re-
liiarK; mis ipunous smu oi cieucaoy, il
Alccl . (0n tb(J tWQ 0.clock 6,cw ffd , t
an(J plSenger train from Sjracuse) yea.
' tcrJ wcr0 , . . . ,
0f eood dimensions, the latter travelling
on a "half ticket." After innumerable
stoppages nnd delays, in unloading freight,
&c, by which tbo patience of passencors
, - - a
is usually exhausted long beforo they reach
the oity, the conductor made hla appear
ance for tickets. Glancing at the panto-
board received from the boy, he looked
first at him, then at his mother, and then
ct tbo ticket, and remarked that he was
'a large boy to be riding at half fare.' 'I
know,' said the lady, 'I know he is, sir;
but thn he has srosn a goal ileal since
tn e started ' "
S$T James ray son, take this letter to,
tbo post office and pay tbo postage on it.
The boy returned highly elated and Baid ;
" Father, I seed a lot of men putting c
ters in a little place, and when, no one was
looking, 1 slipped yours iu for nothing and