- v. ' Trntfi and Yi 0. JACOSI, Proprietor. -God and our tonntry. Two Dollars per Annua. VOLUME 14. BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 1862. NUMBER 11. STAR OF THE NORTH Cffice cn "sfnSt.. rd Sqaars below 2a rKtt, TKKMS: Two Dollars pr annum if paid within six months from the lime of subscri bing : two dollars and fitly reuis if not paid within the. year. No subscription taken for a le-s period, thai? six months ; no discon tinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless, at the option of the editor. lhtleim of adve'thing will Le us follow : One square, twelve line three times. i OO Kverf subsequent insertion, ..... 25 j One cquars, three months,. ...... 3 00 O.e year. , 8 00 SliCniXE fOETET. Ma :ti nsbukcs, Virginia. ) .March 10th, 186 2 J F'ienJ Will: Being at leisure I thought I would set the old machine in motion and how h would work. After consider able scraping, cleaning and greasing, we set tie thing for a high pressure, patri otic, onion strain, and here is the result: 0,say hare yon heard nf that banner so bright That we flung to the breeze in our last months campaigning, -When the bold eighty fourth, in the van of ,"ibe fUht, - - Showed the foes of onr flag how its young mea were training ! Over Ireemen it flew ' O'er PennsylTaniana true. And ihroogh all the long confl'.ct Mill dearer hgrew. 'Twas the flag of the Uuiotj we saw it si ill wave O'er the beads of the free and the heart ot th3 brave. That-flag we will follow, while the hirelings of Davis, Seek to rar op a power with 'heir dark su perstition ; . It hail wave on ihe breezt, 'till the foe shall cry ' save us.. From iht" wi!s of lb traitor, and our wretch ed condition. Thai banner t bright,' - Is Mill dir.tr to our Miiht, And we will follow its t"or:uties with raptur ocs deiiiihi " Tis the flag of our union we tee it still : wave. O'er the heada of the free, and the heart of the brave. When the battles are o'er and by thousands once more, We meet in our homes with Jmd saluta tion That banner oustained to keep it we swore. And we'll tail its bright folds with our loud acclamation. 'Mid kindred so near And nothing to fear. The flag of ocr country e still will revere, And the sir spangled banner in triumph shall wave. O'er that rag of secession, as grave. it lies III its l ... Here the memheen gin eout and coseqsent ly we quit turning lor the lime bein:. Yours &c Toodlks. OUR .4K.UY CORRCSl'OSDEXt'E- CamjChak, Paw Pv Tcskel, ) V-rginia, March 4th, 1862 J FarEN'n Will : The telegraph has doubl- less ere this made known to you the fact j ihat Gen Lander ts do more. He died or. ( Sunday alternoon, the 2d inst , from the el- I fecis ot a woond received in ttie ra.i.e oi lia.l's bioa.iast iai(,8ni: wmcn never neai- Weeping bitterly, the boy glided towards ed. Hi? death has cast a gloom over this j ,he joor anU lljal mometJt Herr Ritcher en cams and everr sol Jier feels most palpably ' ,VTt, t . - . . . n s a i i a that he has lost a friend, and the conntry j has been bereft of one of her staunches! de- ! Urning towards the book-keeper. fendrs- His death happening jist at a liroe J .. worthless beggar boy," was the man's when h;s division was ordered to move ; j an9wer, and he scarcely looked up 1mm and in fact the artillery at-d several regi- njs Work. ments of iufantry had already left when the j jn ,ne meanwhile Herr Ritcher glanced ortfer was countermanded or rather an or-, ,owarjs lQe boy, and remarked that, when der issued to remain as Ihey were. This ; cJo(,e ,n the j()t he p-,cked up something was on the 1st. His illness was r.ol known ; . iwm lne gr0QD.d. " in Camp, and the first news we received on j .-..ja my little lad, what is that you pick Sunday evening was the astounding intelli- t ed p v, hB cried. The weeping boy turn- gence lial he was no more. His death is j eJ anJ sbowea rijm a needle. a severe blow to the Union cause, and will j - Al)d whal jj J0n do Vlt jtr asked .no CouDt cause us to remain ui our pre?eni position Tor several days. '. On Monday, at ll o'clock, the whole Di vision was drawn up in line, extending irom ! head quarters to the Depot, to pay the laf t tribute of respect to the body of our belov ad General. The Infantry was formed in Ihree lines, f icing inward; in the rear of th right line :he Artillery, and in rear of thi left the Ca valry was drawn op. In this jHsiiion, with regimental colors shrouded irt crape and 4t hail mast, we stood until 2 ?. iL, when the booming of ihe minute gun fell upoa par ears, giving notice that the solemn, corteg was advancing. All eyes were tent down the line, and there, npon the shoulders of six Colonels, the cof fin covered with ifie star and stripes, was tome all tlia! was mortal of the illu.Mrions Lander. Two bra? bands preeeJed the bier, J playing a solemn dirge, then foil owed his body-guard, with downcast eye3 and heavy hearts, showing that they felt their loss and thAt deeply; then followed, Tit U reversed rrs, the 7th Virginia Regiment. . It was K fcclenW precession, and every heart seemed j to partake of (lie solemnity. When they .ictcJ the V ot, the coffin was' placed a special irain and started t; on the cars oi far Washington city The different Regi me nt returned lo their quarters and were The regime ntal fiatic.Tthe 84t! enshrouded remains ... cf the il!u.?rious deceased. -Ur has f?Pen from t! sal I c heaven, but so icn as the Potomac ne to ro t r.s tribistaries to the sea !",n: m the ars find st 'ires Cf nt in tie- f the free eo long as r :j le a r.uuon oi ireertien so v e V.a ls c?n!ir.aHto be the bird cl v?'! tLs 1:3 me cf Cincral Landar be i latter. of Iigr;l,.Lih on the monr-l and wtt 'a !SGTOJr, .'corr, be'transmiued to porter- i'y as great and gloriousexamples for future generations to emulate and imitate. This j was the man of whom Gen. Scott said. " I delight to call a soldier". And he was a soldier in every eense of the terra. Just, I brave, fearless, generons and impartial ; and ' it would be well for soma officers that I wot , of to imi'ate him in those respects. But I ! will leave abler pens than mine to do justice to his deeds of valor.and his untiring devas tation to hi country. I Of bis suecessor, Gen. Shields, I know but little, ahhough his name is not new to the American people. He served his adopt ed country in the war with Mexico, and at the memorable battle of Cerro Gordo, at the bead of his command he received a musket ball through his lungs, yet strange to say it did not keep him, long in confinement for we find him again w:tb ihe army in the val ley of Mexico, and there assisted in plant ing the American flag over the ancient city of th Aztees. Bat I know so little of him that ! shall desist from saying more than that he is a "fighting man," and came here emphatically to fight, flow soon we will move I know not, but it will not be long. A rumor has reached ts that the rebels have evacuated Winchester and (alien back upon Strousburg, ir. the direction of Manassas. If (his be true onr troops will soon have pos session of that place. There is still a con siderable amount of sickness in camp; 17 of out company are at present in the hospi tal. : Whew! But there was a storm raised around "Toodles" head, when your issue of ihe 26th came to camp. Those that got the hardest pinch, of course, made ihe most noise. Bat I did not wish in that letter to insinuate that It was any of the officers be longing to co. D- that had taken, exceptions lo my remarks upon ihe prince of swindlers old Simon, but it seems that I unconsciously hit some one But the hardest ones hit was a couple of non-coms, who blustered about and writhed like an eel on a spear. But ; afer cooling their brains they came io the ! sane conclusion that they wer only making : a ot tr.ernselves. In my next ! shall try ar.l stir them up again as a reiapse might prove fatal, but have not the time now ti attend lo them. Ooe year aio 'o day l he rule of tyranny and oppression com menced one year ago to-day the hordes of swindlers, 'of whom Simon is cneil, took '", their pogih and since that liroe ihe govern merit has been defrauded in ihe most shameful and atrociou manner. Let Ihe name of Simon Cameron be stamped with .1 i i t- i i . u-n11-e anu iinamy anu lei mm ue snuu- : i ned as he will be by every honest ma:i un-- til hi conscience shall become alarmed and f caut-e him to disgorge hit, ill gotten gains. ! But I must close. Yours&c. Toodles. -( i ' ! f EGVlDEXlE PROSPESS flOSESTT. I t BT MRS. bT. SIMON. A poor bov, about ten years of ace. en- ,erej ,he warehouse' of a rich mercbaht, Samuel Ritcher, in Dantzie, and asked the book-keeper for alms. 1 You will get noth- An nere grumbled the man, "so be off." . What is the matter .here ?" he asked, I e olj,er "Ay jacket has holes in it," was the an swer. ''I will eew op the big ones." and still more wiih the boy's innocent, handsome face. '-But are you not ashamed," he said, in a kind, though serious tone, "you, so young and hearty, to beg? Can you work? ' . "Ah my dear sir," replied the boy, -'I do not know how, and 1 am too littie yet to thrash or fell wood. Sly lather died three weeks ago, aud ray poor mother and little j brother have eaten nothing these two uays Then I ran out in anguish, and begged for alms. t But alas ! a single peaar.: only ge me yesterday a piece of bread ; eiuce then I have not eaten a morsel !" It i quite customary for beggars by trade to contrive tales like this, and thus harden many a heart agartt-i the claims of genuine want. But this time the merchant trusted the boy's holiest face. Ha ihrud his hand into his pocket, drew forth a piece of mon ey. an.J said : There is a half doU ir, 56 to the baker's and with half the money buy (-read lor yourself, your mother and brothers, but bring: the oihef half to me." - lie ooy lojk ihe money and rati jryto'..'y aaj'. "Vi'ell," said the surely book keeper, "he vvi;i ;angh in his sleeve, and never coroe back attain " "Who knows ?" replied Herr Ritcher. Ar.d as he spoke he beheld the boy return ing qYickly with a large lot of black bread in one hand and t-ome money in the other. "There, good sir," he cried, a!mot breathless, "there is the rest of the money," Then being very hungry, he begged Et once fnr o L-n'if3i 10 rnt cJ a iiece of bread, - The J him in silense bis hoc keeper re acne. pocket-knife. T he lad cut off a slice in great has'e, an I was about to bite upon it. But suddenly bethought himself, laid the bread aside atil folding his hands, rehearsed a silent praye'. Then he fell to his meal with a hearty a petite. ' f 'J he merchant wa moved by the boy' a unaffected piety. He inquired alter hjs family at home, and learned thai his fthir bad lived in a village, about four miles lion Dantzie, where he owned a small houie and farm. But his house bad been burned to the ground, and much sickness in hs family compelled him to sell his farm. He had then hired himself out to a rich neigh bor, but before three week were at an end he died, broken down by grief and accei sive toil. And now his mother, whom sor row had thrown upon a bed of sicknea, was, with her lour children suffering tie bitterest poverty. He, the eldest, had n solved to seek assistance, and had gore at first from village to village, then hid struck into the high road, and at last,- havir g begged everywhere in vain, bad come .o Dantzie. i i The merchant's'heart was touched. , He had but one child, and the boy appeared lo him as a draft at sight, which Providence had drawn upon him as a test of his gra i tude. "Listen, my son," he began, "have you then really a wish to learn ?' "Oh, yes; ! have, indeed!" cried tiie boy. "I have read the catechism already, and I should know a good deal more tut at home I had always my little brother lo carrj, for my moiher was sick in bed." ! Herr Ritcher suddenly formed his reio luiion. " "Well then," he said, "as yon are goif, hones: and industrious, I will take go 3d care df you. You shall learn, have rrmat and drink, and clothing, and in timeeiru something more. The-i you 'can suppm your mother and brothers aNo." The boy's eyes flashed with joy But in moment Tie cast ihem lo the ground agi in and said . 'sadly, "my moiher all this while ha nothing to eat " J At this instant, as if sent by Providence, an inhabitant of the body'd native villi lie entered Herr Ritchers house. The man confirmed ihe lad's story, and willingly em- sented to carry the mother's tidings of her $o Gottleieb, and foot! and a small surr of money from the merchant. At the sane time Herr Ritcher directed hi book-kee ?er to write a letter to the pastor of the villa ze, commending the widow to his care, with . I i:.:. i r... . 1. f : 1 . J an nuuiuuiidi eu-u iur 1110 pwur lauiwy, i.uu promised loture assistarce As soon as this was done, Herr Ritcoer at once furnished the boy with decent clothes, and at noon led him to his wife, whom he accurately informed of little Goit- leieb'a story, and of the plan he had forried for him. The good woman readily prom ised her best assistance in the matter, ind she faithfully kept her word. 9oiiii2 the nextfoor years, Gottleieb at tended the schools of the great commei :ial city; then his faithful foster father Ook him into his counting -room, in ordei ' to ed-icate him for business. Here, as well as there, at the writing desk as on the school bench, the ripening youth distingniihed hitn,ielf no1 on,y bX his natu! capacity bat by the fai hlnl industry with which he exercised it. Wiih all this his r.eart reiain- ed its native innocence. Of this wenkly ! allowance, he sent the half regularly tc his moiher until she died, after havirg surviv ed two of his brothers. She passed the last years of her life, r.ol in wealth, it is roe. by the aid of the Noble Ritcher and of her faithful son, in a condition above want After the death of his beloved mother, there was no dear friend left to Gouleii b in the world except his benefactor. Oi.l of love for him he became an active, zei.lous merchant. He began by applying ihe at pei -fluity of his allowance, which he could now dispose of at his pleasure, to a trad 9 in Hamburg quills. Wheu he had gi.ined about a hundred and twenty dollars, it bap pend that he found in his native village a considerable quantity of hemp and flax, which was very good and Mill to be had at a reasonable price- He a-ked his osier father lo advance him two hundred dc liars, which the latter did with great readiness. And the bosiness prospered so well, tf at in fae thirJ year of his c,erkshiPj Got leieb had already acquired Ihe sum of five hun dred dollar. Without giving up his trade in flax, hf ' now trafficked also in linen goods, and the two combined made him, in a couple of years, about a thousand dollars richer. ' ' This, happened during the custi mary five years of clerkship. At the end or' this period Gottleieb continued lo serve hit ben elflctor five years more, with industry) skill ar.d fidelity t then he took the plice of the book keeper who died, about this , time, and three years afterwards he was taken by llerr Uitcher as a partner into hi 1 busi ness, with a third part of his profits. ' t " But it as not God's will that the ; pleas a,,t partnership should be of long duration. An insidious disease casl Herr Ritchir up on a bed ol r-ickriess, and kept him lor two years confined to his couch. All thti grat itude could suktresf, Gottleieb now' 'did to repay his bene.'actor's kindness. II doub ting his exertions, he became the Houl of the whole business, and still he watched long nights &t the old man's bedsiJa, with his grieving wife, until, in the six fy-fifth year of his age, Herr Ritcher cioied bis eyes in death. i Before this disease he p'need the J find of I bi only daughter, a sweet girl of ho and I twentr ve&rs. iu that of hi beloveu foster son. He had long looked upon them both a his children. They , understood him; Ihey loved each other, and in silence yet affectionately and earnestly, solemnized their betrothed at the bedside of their dying father. In the year 1828, (en years after Herr Rilcher's death, the house of Gottleieb Bern late Samuel Ritcher, was one of the most respectable in all Dantzie. It owned three large ehips employed , in navigating, the Baltic and North, and the care of Providence seemed to watrh over the interests of their worthy owner; for worthy he remained in his prosperity. He honored his mother-in-law like a son, and cherished hor declining age with the tenderest affection, until in her two . and seventieth, she died in his arms. As his own marriace proved childless, he took the eldest eon of each of his two re maining brothers, now substantial farmers, into his house, and destined them to be his heirs. But in order to confirm them in j their humanity, he often showed them the needle which had proved such a source of , blessing to him, and bequeathed it as a ! perpetual legacy to the eldest sou ;n the family. j at an opportunity to retrace their steps and It is but a few years since this child of stand 011 conservative ground. The Ti ibune poverty, of honesty, industry and of mis- and Evening Post heartily, even enthusiasii forlnne, passed in peace from this world. J cally, approve the idea, and congratulate "Mark the perfect man, and behold the the President upon it, as if it were a new upright, for the end of that man 0 peace." 1-1 1 . The Prtsidfnt's Mrssage. Not many years ago, the nnited sentiment and considered in pat7year by our most of calm and judicious men, North and South, eminent statesman, and always fiercely looked toward plans for the (gradual remo- ' opposed by the radical abolitionists. At va! of slavery. A small party of radical the close of the, anti-slavery meeting on men, chiefly located in Boaion, began a Thnrsday evening, the message was. read fierce and uncompromising war on all anch ' from the platform after the adjournment. and plans. They pronounced slavery the sum the reception which it rret with was some all of villainies, and ihe very act of slave- what amusing, f fie old-l.i-hinned radical holding a continual heinous sin, while; they ' abolitionists were highly indignant, the new demanded its instant abolition as the sole fledged members ol that 1 ont'ede racy, w ho method of removing the system. From had a notion that anything wf-.ich prnpo-ed time lo lime, the subject of paying for the to get the nuti.:i rid of i-lavery was to be slaves of the South out of the'national purse, cheered, applar.ed, and the grciu crowd ot wa suggested, but ihe idea was loudly de- lookers on went home r.rkip the old Amer nounced by.those who held that the blood ican question, " V hat will it crV and bones of mat could not be made the j We trust that the resolution ; -ropo-ed by subject-of pecuniary purchase, or rompen- '' the President wii! be a."lop!ed by Congress, sation." Thus the question arose betwpen Whenever a State shall propose to email the radical Abolitionists, and those who cipate her slave, we reward it as eminently believed in plans for gradual emancipation proper that the nation should lend its aid, Id owners of slaves who should free ihem. The latter adhered mostly to the Coloniza tion Society, an institution which was sup ported by such men as Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen, and hundreds of the great and good Northerners and South-! erners of America. The Abolitionists made the Colonization Society the special object of their most bitter abuse. The latter con- tinned its work, quietly and successfully, to the benefit of a vast number of freed slaves; and the conflict of opinions, as to the prop, er dealing with the institution, continued, until it has recently assumed grand propor tions, and excited the attention of the nation and the world. The message of President Lincoln pre- sents to Congress the question which has principle is timely, and its influence will for many years been discussed at the North be excellent We shall not be surprised to and at the South; and recommends the see a few political abolitionists or abolition adoption of those conservative views which m politicians, endeavor to misrepresent the have been so earnestly contended for by President, anJ extort from his simple, vig the sincere friends of the slave and of the orous, and plain words, a meaning that he Union, in opposition to the madness which 1 never intended to give ihem. Already som would plunge the North and South, master and servant, into helpless ruin. It should be distinctly observed in con sidering the message, that Mr. Lincoln does not propose any plan for removing slavery. He adopts the view, ol Washington and his cotemporiarifis, for which we have so often and so laboriously contended, against much obloquy and reproach, and the principles on which the Constitution was founded, and expressess his conviction, that what- , , j.j A t ever p'an be adopted, gradual emancipa- lion would be better than immediate ab - oli.ion. Good men, from the earlist days, have desired to see some plan for the re- movaloftbe slave system, and the sub- stiiution of another labor system in its place and their desires would long ago have been accomplished in several States now known as slave States but for the interference of the radical abolition schemes, which effec-! tually blocked all the advance of free labor plans in Maryland, Virginia, and other States. But while Mr. Lincoln proposes no plan of action, he desires that the Congress of the United Stales should adopt a joint resolution, declaring certain principles, as indications of the future policy of the Gov err.metit. The resolution we here reprint, as follows : Resolved, That the United States ought to co operate with any Slate which may adopt a uradual abolishment of Slavery, giving to such States pecuniary aid, to be used by such Stale in is decretion, to compensate for the inconvenience, public and private, produced by such change of system. This, resolution proposes to recognize three distinct principles, and which under line the foundations of the slavery system, which are necessary to be regarded in the ultimate removal of the institution. 1. That the relation of master and slave is a relation ot ownersbip.and property, which compensation ought to be made 2. That the people of the whole nation North and South, either from haviag origi nated the system, which once existed by British law, and under British protection, throughout the land, or lor reasons, may of right be called on to aid those who are pe cuniarily interested in the system," to remove or modify it, so aa to remove the quality of rrooertv from the relation of . master and - ' , . 1 . .. . i : servant, or employer and laborer. . t ., ' 3 That the several States are the proper and only powers to orignate emancipation plans. These are all sound principles, and their enn unciation by the President at this lime makes them especially note-worthy. It is not necessary at present to disenss the possible plans which Stales may be in duced to adopt, for the removal of slavery since the only question raised by the Presi dent's proposal, is whether Congress shall proffer pecuniary aid to those States which may desire to adopt plans of emancipation. The questions of how much the aid shall be, and how rapidly it should le advanced, remain untouched by the adoption of the resolution. The grand difficulty in the way oi emancipation, viz., what to do with the negro when he is free, is not involved in the present proposal, and remains open foP the future consideration of ihe Slates or of ihe nation. The effect produced by (his message on the minds of various individuals is worthy of remark. The mot radical newspapers, which have urged the instant abolition of slavery "war power," and which have been t deadly enmity with "the right of property in man," are apparently rejoiced discovery of the present times, instead of the old and often repeated proposal of more I moderate men, which has been discussed judiciously, to effect the object. The Crown of Great Britain, once the governing power of all the country, forced the institution on unwilling colonies, and it became a part ot their social system. Let the whole people who have in one sense succeeded to the government of the nation, aid any State thai niay need it and that Bhall desire and ask for aid in changing 6lave labor to free labor, This is most right. Hereafter, when the principle is established, we can discuss and arrange the amount of aid, and the terms on whicn it is 10 be granted to each Slate as it shall need it. And each State will decide for itself whether it will ask or arrept it. The message of Mr. Lincoln proposing the adoption by Congress of this important ' 0f lnj9 cas are declaring that the message nroves the President a determined aboli - proves me i resioeiu a u.iermineu auun tionist. It matters very luile what is thought ot him in this regard, if the people nf xil"e North will bnt be content to unite on ' the principle which be enunciates so plain- j jv tnal Sute are to remove slavery as a jegaj sfalut it it ih r-moed at all : that the reIal;on pf master and luve a property reation . atut that the people ol the United s,aw ouht to aid ,e stes in wh-,eh ,he " ... 1 jngt,ot;on has ecome a part ol the social 1 in ,Bcb cflorts a:h(,y n,ay iVlliale to chaR?e an., establish free labor iu its J pace, and that gr,u!w,l. not udle,i tmnr.cj- ion is letter fir u'l Journal of Cvmmine. j j Thr Holy Lakd ll in said that the Su'- J tan of Turkey is encouraging the emigration of the Jews to Palistine, and he offered to sell them as much land as they choose 10 j which is an universal corrective ot chapped in worlCf perhaps, bringicj in more ready buy,and lhat he even hints al a willingness f ''Ps anJ wil1 ultimately cure the worst lorm . m0ney but practically of iar less advan lo dispose of ihe Mosque of Omar, which i ol the palpation of the heart. No ladies ! ,age lo ,hemselves as farmers. Others idle stand -second only lo Macca as a sacred shrine. All this seems almost incredible, but his majesty is hard up, and is willing to part with anything that he na for the ca-h. He has led a particularly fast life, and he has been thoroughly plucked by his favorites of every description. WniUt h.e and other op pressors of ihe chosen penole have be-n growing poor, the children Israi-I hae been Lecomiitsr ri:h. 'They hU th p'r-e strings of Europe, and are aMc? to buy ail Jerusalem whenever the owner am !- j posed to sell. Can it be pos-ible thai the Turk will sell ont, and thai rnn of this gon- j T . eraliob will itve to see tnv restoration ei Israel ti the Holy Land At a Sunday School meeting in Oh;--, the subject o.'. the slim n'.tei iUnce of pnpi: at Ithe school being under consideration, a promising j oung lawyer offered the tollow- .', That a committee of young la dies and gentlemen be appointed to raise children for the Sabbath school. Coming from a pulpit auer a heavy ser- I non, a popular minister said to his deacon "Deacon, I'm very tired." . . , ,,, .11 ,L. J n a r. Illkan j- "inueea . repiicu too ucvu, yoailknow how to pity .' A Tonching Incident. In the campaign of Napolean in Russia, while the French army was retreating from Moscow, there lay in a poor low cottage, in a village, au invalid boy This village was exactly in the course of the relating army, and already the report of its approach had ; reached and excited the terrified inhabr.ants. 1 In their turn they began to make prepara- lions for retreat, for they knew there wa 1 uo hope for Ihem from the hands of the sol diery, seeking iheir own preservation, and gave 110 quarters Kvery one who had the strength to fly fled, some trying to take with them iheir worldly goods, some to conceal them. The little village was fast growing deserted. Some burnt their booses or dis mantled them. The old were placed in wagons, and the young hurried their fami lies away with them. But in the little cottage there was none of ibis bustle. The poor crippled boy could not move from his bed. The widowed mother had no friends near enough to spare a thought for her in this lime of trouble, when every one thought only of those near est to him and of of himself. What chance of flight was there for her and her younz children, among whom one was the poor crippled boy. It wa evening, and the sound of distant voices and ol preparation had died away. The poor boy was wakeful wiih terror now urging his mother to leave him to his fate, now dreading lest she should take him at his word and leave him behind. "The neighbors are just going away, I hear them no longer," he said,'"! am so sel fish, I have kept you here. Take the little girls with you, it is not too late. And I am safe, who will hurt a poor, he'pless boy?" "We are al! safe," answered the mother, Go'l will not leave us,ihough all elselorsake u" "But w hat can help os?'' persisted the Isoy, "Who can defend u from their crnel- :y ? Snrh stories as I have heard of ihe rav aes oi these men. They are not men the) are wild beams O.t why wa I made so weak so weak as 10 be utterly useless '? No fireng'h even to fly " "There is a snre wall for Ihe de'encJess." answered the mother. "Gv-d will build us a sure wail." 1 You are my strength now," said the boy "I ihai.k God that you did not desert me I am so weak, I cling to you. Do uot leave me. Indeed I fancy I can see the cruel sol diers hurrying in. We are too poor to sat isfy ihem and they would pour their ven geance upon us. And yel you ought to leave me What right have I lo keep you here. And I shall suffer more if I see you suffer." "God will be our refuge and defence," still said the mother, and at length, with low quieting words, she stilled the anxious boy till he too, slept like the sisters. The morn ing came ot the day that was to bring the dreaded enemy. Tie moiher and children opened their eyes 10 find that "a sure mall ' had indeed been buill for their defence The snow had begun to fall the evening before. Through the right it had collected rapidly A high wind had blown the snow in drifts against the low house, so that it had entirely covered it. A low shed behind protected ; the way lo the nut house, where the animals j were.arul for a few days the mother and , ., . , . . .. ennuren kepi inemseives aiive wr.nin ineir i cottage, shut in and concealed by the heavy barricade ol snow. 1; was during that lime that the dreaded 1 barricade ol snow. i , . , . . .1 it wa ourmg mat ., me mat me created scourge passed over ihe village. Every house .as ransacked, all the wealthierones deprived of their luxuries, and the poorer "e8 deprived of their necessities. But ihe Iow5rooled cottage lay sheltered benath its wall of snow, which, in ihe silent night, ! had gathered around it. God had protected the detenceles with a "sure wall." . . ; T.-a,. U .s.g -We ,ee stated , j an '" PaPr lfial Allsa Curt.0' gow receiltiV broke her neck in resisting the al- I tempi of a young man to kiss her. This is a feartul warning to young ladies especially j Pret,y or'es- Why i 1 girls peril their del- i ica,e neck,i in ab,ur(- endeavors to avoid the ( application ot that delicious two lip sale j of UMe or penfie w,u conduct themselves in a manner se reprehensible and irougt.t j wiih so much danger. Besides they well j know that kissing, like chanty, blesses both alke 'Tt blesses he that gives, and her that takes.'-' Pbkttt A pair of stockings sent by the ladies' committee for the use of some gal lant volunteer was accompanied by ihe fol- j lowinsr verse : ' Brav sentry, on yonr lonely beat, M v the- bine stocking warm yonr feet; And when from war and camps you part, Msy some fair knitter warm your heart." "What's the matter my dear !' said a wife to ber husband, who had sat tor half an hour with his face buried in his hands, apparently in great tribulation. "Oh. I don't know- said he ; 'T have felt like a fool all day.' ' Well, returned th wife, con- so-iMgly,"l'am afraid you will cever any better ; you look the very picture of what you feel." When a boy gets to think himself above parental anihoriiy, his parents should try t j shake him in his belief. I A typo of Troy, N. Y., has taken S2.000 of the Government loan. Either some re- lative has died, or there been a big fire. ' Hints on Farm Improvrmrnt. Farmers are generally anxious to im prove their larms,or at least to reap the res tiltsofsucb improvement in belter crops and greater profits, but very many of them have yet to learn the most direct road to prosperous agricultuie It lies rather through careful manasement of- abundant labor and capital, than in stintinz these to (he lowest possible amount the saving is in the prudent use of eve ry meaneof progress rather than io the miserly neglect oPJall which teem lo be indirect aids, but which are really the trifles which ensnre that in crease above the cost of production which alone counts as profit. Let u look atone of the simplest axioms of the belter farming. "There is no; way," says John Johnston, "that land can be so profitably improved as by grass kept in a vigorous 6tate of growth." To grow large crops of grass we must have rich, drained land naturally fertile or enriched by man ure and thorough culture befote seeding down and by. frequent top-dressing after wards. It roust be drained land arlifically drained if subject lo stagnant water or the best grasses cannot be grown, nor ran it be brought into profitable rotation with the grain crops. It mud be thoroughly seeded economy in grass seed ''saves at (he pig ot to lose at the bung," in the less quantity and poorer quality ot the product. And it most not be overstocked. The best pastor land, especially while young, can be ruined by feeding (00 closely and unseasonably late in autumn and early in springtime.; But farm improvement by thin method requires labor and care. Autumn top-dressing comes at a buy season, and requires previous attention to provide the requiste composed manure. Hence too many neg led it, even though convinced of its impor tance and of the grealely increased crops which follow the practice. Our better-farmers do not practice enconomy of lobar, s riving to get along with as Utile as possiU. I hey have found that plenty of bealp for all the operations ot the farm is the only way of productive and profitable farm man agement. A hint or two on getting better'grass from our meadows and pastures next season.. Let no mild weather tempt us to allow a hoof upon them during ihe winter. Bet'er boy additional forage for our stock. Where a mixture of clover prevails we should give a top-dressing of plaster in ihe parly spring lime. It has been found profitable To mix ashes wiih plaster for this purpose, and wo should never sell a bushel of ashes from the farm,bui rather buy instead. It intended for pasture, lei the grass gel a good start before turning on stock ; the product will be much larger than when fed closely during the whole season. Low land pastuies may be fed early with less ios, and especially any containing swamp grasses. We have found it good policy to change pastures quite frequently, benefitting both the pasture and the grazing animals. Farms so situated thai they may be irrigated at small expense should enjoy this great means of enhanced productiveness. Meadows should be lop dressed with fine manure alter haying certainly whenever the crop falls below two tons per acre. 11 the grass land is to Fit ntfiurod n n fnr t i 1 1 . r- a anmt,ip roup mn i , . . ?,. . , , . ' . r dressing ir. autumn will be found the best means ol appling manure for the future nroi'iiot. Hut wa neid not ptlpnil theaa . . . hints larther in this connection we have ; , . . . . . ... . ; T,,e frmer anxious for improvement, is "ever al ,0" 'or eu-P-ojment, upon lu$ ' Jir,n ,n W1,,ter- inere ar a thousand tbmgs he can do l ,nnaace lhe comton and lhll,t j l toc au t0 'ncreas , a" ; ai,1 va'ue 01 til manure. An 1 oc ; not reS''e Ulal lao rictter and better 1 our stock are fed, Ihe more rapid and proa- , ,, , , table ihe.r growth, and the far greater value j their manure. j preparp.tions for the labors of the coming . peed ime can be ,argeIy maje fences, 1 00,fl( j.,, anJ no less important, plana t for the work can be g0t in readiness in ihis time of cornpara,jve leisure. Too many are engaged off their farms at this season, away the waiter to grumble at bad ciops and ,ne hurry of farm life during . the sura- ' mer and au,umn. With the new yearthere j8 r0om for all to "turn over a new leaf"" ; -n lne volume ol progress. Country & tulle- man. A good Methodist minister at the West who lived on a very small salary, was great ly in trouble al one lime to get his quarter ly install mem. He bad called on the Stew ard a number ol times, but had each time been put off with some excuse. His wants al length becoming urgent, he weui to hi steward and told him that he must have h s money, as his family were suffering for the necessaries of life. Money!" replied the steward, Tou p each for money V I thought you preached lor the good ol soul !' "Son! !" renliml lha minister: "I can't Ml MnI. mJ if , U WOuld, take a ; gQch g- D m,ka m j decent meal !" "Did you present your account to the de fendant ?" inquired a lawyer of hi client, "i did. sir was the re Dir. "And what did he say w "He told me to go to the de-il.' 4Aod what did yoa do then V . VVhy. J eame to you."
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