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Y D. A. & E. 11. BUEHLER
VOLUME XXIV.I
THE AGED PASTOR.
tends in the deAt, that grnve old man,
h an eye still bright, though his cheek is wan,
I his long white locks are backward rolled
in his noble brow of classic mould,
his forin, though bent by weight of years,
whit of its primal beauty wears.
opens the page of the Barra) Word—
a whisper, nor low nor loud is heard ;
it folly linguine@ e serious look,
he readetli the %voids of the 1101 y Book
I the thoughtless and guy grow ITV'relit there,
he opens his lips in fervent prayer•
stands ea the grave. ola Prophet aloud,
claiming the Truth and the living Gea—
ring reproaf on the ears of men,
hose hearts are at ease in their folly and sin—
us a challenge of guilt still unforgiven,
the soul unfitted, unmeet for Heaven;
who can hut honor that good old man.
he noareth his three score years and ten—
t.o
hath made it the work of his life to bless
r world in its WO 1111 d wickedness ;
111 guiding the few who err wont to stray r
paths of sin to the narrow way.
•
ith a kindly heart. through the lapsing year,
twit Allied your joys, he heti' wip'd your tears
hath hound the wreath on the brow of the lonic
bath aloud by the couch when loved OMe died,
tinting the 'out to a glorious !leaven.
the ties which bound it to earth wale risen.
lethinks ye'll weep another day,
Viten the good old man Igoe pared sway
vlien theism. of hid ebbing slunk have run—
Viten his labor to o'er and his work in done—
Vho'll care for the flock and keep the told,
ti hell tics pulls" is still and his hear to cold
Veil miss hint then ! every look and tone
o familiar new. forever gone.
fill thrill the heart with inward pain.
nil von . ' long anal listen Cre them in %any,
When a stranger form and a strange' laco
.1,811 stand in pair honored pnitor's place.
lIE OLD RIN & THE MITE
A''1111111,1 , 1Ni;
I:aity in the month of must, 1".11,
,nod sized hrig started frotu li,ston, bound "ilreat tlud, my father broke from
New Orkunsl On 1,4 qr,l. there was :In the pirate Captain's lips, and he would
dd titan mated Ad,„„, w i rt , :,„ have fallen upon the old mtin's hoemultad
only son, who, he had learned, was sow,- he be not put forth his hands to keep him
here MI the CWLSt of the Gulf of Mexico. MT-
where
irt was wealthy, lint for four years i "Thy father l" repeated old Wirt, mo
had Loon left alone. 10 dwell tinning its alit- ring back from where ho stood." 1
once
no, 110,
ter. Lett the elk MUD taken a ries ; mc - I am not thy father. Oh , 00
row! wife tO 111.4 home, his son Landon thou tnightest have been my son; mum I
from his roof, and sworo mitt so *mil with a parent's pride upon thy fon
loug as his stepmother lived, le' Welll.l.llot tures, and once I called dna: SOD I Bat.—
crost, his threshold apin. The 116 Ileavens is this a dreatu! boy
wife was now dead, and feeling sad it: his
handiness, tho old man resulted to seek
his chili.
Tho brig hml g t. 11.1 woatlier, nwl fur set.-
.•ral day. no!hilig had ~e,lirred to I,rmil;
it
u. of the vo3ngre; but at le1.01:
1.111. he Ili.. lk outs t vp.,, h.,' A util to the
:,otith%ttra and ea,tv.-ard. ;nil
tray
from t h e ost. , t, awl the Lrig bad it Tightly'
::!,aft mho lwani, ;I. her ,•our , ,
art ('.,pt. Pool , brought front
t cabizt, and actor gazing on the
for ...we tmi MAO her out to be
.t m h vn r -mwlitpzout 1 '.01).
"Where thiuk t,.?"
A.1:1111 Wirt, :1,14e 11,-..1,1 di, Car-
t.lill ' s rrpltrt.
"Collitici 9 l, say yet," the 'aptain,
4i , zaitt leveling his glass at the stranger, "I
I'.lll tell you better after uatchinz her a
tim•ll."
Fifteen minutes passel, aml xt the "mil
of that time Captain Poole lowerel his
glass, and while a slight triou"r shook his
I ititc, tie saiil,
'That schooner is falling oft."
"And %% hat of that?" asked the old man,
who had not failed to notice the l'aptaiu's
EMI@
"What of it : why simply that fellow
iv bound for this brig."
"Wants Lo speak. tu us, I tiuppuse,"
"Very likely," returned the Vaptain,
as he turned aloft ; and again turning to
the old uiau, he continued, "you need be
under no needless alarm, sir ; but iu all
probability that schooner is a pirate."
"A pirate !" replied Wirt, while his
f:/Ac assumed a livid hue. "Thep iu
llcu
veu's name what will we du ?''
"We shall have to make the best of it ;
for of two things we may rest assured—we
can neither run away from him or fight
him. Look, his deck is crowded with
The brig's crew had by this time become
aware of the schooner, and, as may be sup
posed, they felt anything but comfortable
at the conviction thus • arrived at. The
brig was heavily loaded, and at best she
was an unpromising sailor ; while the
schooner, with the wind full upon her
quarter, came dashing along at a furious
"" rate. A consultation was held upon the
quarter deck and it was at length -agreed
upon that the brig should be kept on her
course, and if ordered by the pirate to
heave to, they would do so at once and of
fer no resistance, which, if offered at all,
would only render their situation worse.
In au hour and a half the pirate had
come up, to within a mile, and fired a gun
to windwitrd, and in a few minutes after
wards the brig was lying with her main
top sail to the mast. The crew watched
the schooner as she began to roudd to, and
though they could not repress an instinc
tive dread, yet they felt confident that no
iLloilonco would bo used so long as they of
fered no resistance ; nor in this Were they
disappoiOted, fur, as the schooner ranged
Op:irides began to flock on
board, no signs of murderous iutent worn brig softened his heart, but the feeling on
manifested . ly mode him more miserable. ---
a t he quiet erection of a tombstone over The principal guard officer, who was
. of the
The pirate Captain was the first to board : le *
morning * * *. * .r,
28th of August, his his unmarked • the P ' • constantly in the room with the prisoner
- dawned upon the city of Boston, ' grave, in rometnii
the brig. He was a young man in the i
is l io l relates that when the hour of his execution
follow him was I
'of life, anti next to
prune yard. has called to mind the name of Aa
aud ere the sun went down on that bay,!, ion Burr. Near filly eventful years o f was announced to him in the morning, he
a fair-haired handsome youth, who seemed
~. ten thousand hearts were filled with joy 1 our country's histor hays come and
I and national pride. On that memorable 1 since gone I received it without emotion, and while all
tresent were affected with silent gloom,
to hang upon his commander's steps with
. day the United frigate Constitution, strange a brilliant career was I I
La retained a firm countenance, with calm
, a strange mixture of devotion and , fear. 1
un- run, during which tl e many things have ;
i noes and cotnpUsu . re of mind. ' Observing
"Do you command this vessel t" asked
der the command of the brave Hull, en -11
o b c ti c i u s r e r a e r d ee u l l ya call l l
breath'hie
oefmnoi
air—certainly
f c r e o r i t n a t i i i b ll l y i v io ii
not ! his servant enter the room in tears, lie ex
the pirate leader of Capt. Poole. "Leave me till you can show
tered the harbor of Boston, after her glee i a regretful sigh—low borne it from the ' , . e
rious victory over the Guerriere. Thu' yourself more manly." His breakfast be.
"Yes, sir," replied Poole.tomb. His was not Oho of the few im- I
"Then of course you will have no objet- 1 mortal names that were not born to die ; 'mg sent to him from the table of General
I wharves mid adacent streets i. r 1- :
firms to my overhSirling your cargo, sir,
led with entlio, j. • .!
wer
' e ow( at least for the present, the world has a- ! Washington, which had been done every
taste.; people, and as the'day of his confinement, lie partook of it
said the pirate with a smile,
"for'you havegreed to tor et him ,+t Possibly it means no
„ i battle-scarred heroes walked up from the retlection thereby, •It has also forgotten 'as usual, and, having shaved and dressed
some articles to which I may taken fancy. i himself, he placed his hat on the table, and
'landing, they were every where bailed: the lamented John Wells, Jacob Van
"If I ion not mistaken," returned Capt.
1 with the loudest acelum .
talons of thanks;
Poole, "you will need no permission from l and joy. j competitors at the bar. Even Hamilton., ready at any moment, gentlemen, to wait
ilie. t as lam unable to resist." , I hie target victim, is no longer remember- "n you," 'Phe fatal hour having arrived,
Not far from th 3 lauding to which the • ed. •I a large detachment of troops were mired
!! "V.iu show your good judgment at least, first boat from th e victorious frigate was As for Burr, there arc many reasons , ed, and an immense concourse of people
and if you lead the way, 1 will take a lookassembled ; almost all our generals and
hauled up, stood old All . ! whylie should have.been so soon forgot
am Wirt. Ile liad ,
at your cabin first." 'fradition and legend have handed field-officers, excepting his excellency and
heard of the &hip's arrival and with his ten ' ' - : his were present on horseback •
,
As the pirate Captain spoke, lie turned
~ , down his nanie blackened by every crime., staff,l •
I kinerican heart ovt . , emit*
Illumine ~...i patriotic Long leofore his death, even when poor,
to
melaneh"lY and gloom pervaded all
to the eutepauion way, and was just on .
Impulses, he had dragged Lis feeble steps ' • •1 ., I 1 . l • ii „ lll €, st , 't ranks—the scene was affecting and aw.
wit It .s.t and a one in to. st or o. i tm- I
the point of starting fur the Lubin,
his country's heroes. One after another
, when
down to brostree his weed of praise upon', ined misfortune's tide, the world had re- Ida.
lois eye caught the eye of Adam Wirt, and i solved to torget. him. No one spoke to j I was so near during the solemn march
at the sight he started back as though he
and
while old
ii_ i Ilion nor seemed to notice him, as engaged .
n to the fatal spot. as to observe every
of the officers pissed hy,
had seen.a spirit from the other world.— ' ' inn tile active duties of an arduous proles- , movement and participate in every moo
, am was swinging his hat in the air he felt , sion, he walked the populous streets ofon which the melancholy scene was eat-
The old man, too, scented equally startled,
a light touch upon his arm, and as he turn- New York. 11 met, in the stage-coach,t t•tilated to produce. Maier Andre walked
for he gazed in the face of the pirate, a I 1 I • I
astied, his eye rested upon the fair youth i no one addressed him ; if on the ferry from tie stne-house where he was contin
fearful tremor shook his whole frame, and i ' which emeliteted him to his solitary island ed, between two of our subaltern officers,
of the private schooner. I
he gasped for breath ; the bucaneer gazed i
, .
~, Ityme, he was not recognised. In some arm in arm, the eyes of the immense mul
-1 "Ila ! what would you with me,'
• nr . • tosses it might have been because of his I nettle were fixed on him. who rising pope
into the working features before him, and
tered the old man, slightly trembling at : threads are coat ; in others , like all men, he riot to the fear of deatl., appeared as if con.
their stepping forward andlaying his hand
the memory thus started u 1). was naturally hirgonten, when his power seines of the dignified deportment whirl'
tremblingly on the old titan's arm, said— sa id the lost, lie had no mere lavers to give, and lie displayed. lie betrat ed mm went of
"Look ! look !—there sir '"
"Tell me, old man, whence you came— , , . , the ootio•e brilliant light tio longer attracted fortitude ; hut retained a eomplarent smile
o youtio, in an earnest tone and manner. at 1 , ,
• tae liming moth ; but it cannot be disetois- on lots eountensnee, and politely bowed
tell me what name
. you bear ?"
xt •
"I
1 the Sallie t.uo • pointing to a party of sea- ie d that t h ose h ai l i iirgo lieo, w h o should to several men%Vilin he knew, which
Mee call tee Aolootto .:ort," replied th e
men who were cumin , "secl • 1 I• ' ' • ; I ' . - . 1.11 v
4' up. taat , tat eit membered hen .e. was shuttle d‘t as resin et u ) retuned. It was his ear
01.1 man, half recoilitt , from the touch 1
= i wonderful man who halts in his walk. Do 1 tli the street ; his friends del not know nest desire to lie shoot, as being the mode of 1
that rested mo Ilion. t distance, it was death most comfortable to the Fekeigs oil
! you hear the shouts that greet hint ?A I him ;if pointed out at t , o , • •
las one who had the aceurseto morre of a titilttotry mite, and he had Milo 'ell the
braver heart or neone effectual urn was not i (7,, n him.iipool hope that his regittosl woml,l be granted.
.
to be found on the decks of our frigate.— We do not know a sublimer picture lAt the moonent, therefore:when he rettne
Ile fought bravely for his country, and be! than that presented by this cetebrai•••l moo ,. toteloltedy in view of the gallottys, he involo•
sealed his devotion with his blood." et the ;al: hours of deelinitig lite. Ills ear- tintarily started baek, mid paused. "Why
this emotion, sir," raid no 'officer by his
ly course had been peeilliirly silectessfill.
~
Aohan \Vitt - stopped to hear no morn, Ile was a soldier of the ro•vol mine. (biotin- stole. Instantly recoverieg, his composure,
fur in the person of the patriot thus poiet- * g uishrel for courage, :mil skill, and aetivi- he said, "I ant reo•onciled to my death; but
I driest the mo d
col out to bunt he recognized hi s own sun, tv ; his reputation lood been high tot thee. , "
e
and springing quickly forward, hr caught I bar, as a trusty counseller and elomeent ad- 'While waiting and mending hear the!
vocate ;he had been a successlul polio- gallows, I observed some tlegiee of trepida- 1 "Babe c0 ., 1 R oil bortl.v, side walks are awful
the wounded seaman in his arms.
clam admired for his tact, and loaded with noon— placing his hoot, on a stone, and roll- k
, burrs, especially to is hurried bunt...mg luau."
Those who shoed aroun'l saw this nocoot
the layers 01 the people ;he had also Mien nog it over, and choking in lots throat, as Are they I Suppose you end a certain
Mg, and they knew that the aged father I t ; 1 Ithehulled s
:ice .'res.i.ent 0.
was blessing his son. Louder swelled the bresided ever the Senate. with 11111.3rIlahly ..4 er , as hit perceived tioit things were in' your patrimony (Co win, were joint propri
shouts of joy, and many a parent wished and indignity t as he cono•luded his fare- re3ti111e , ..., he stepped quiek'y hem the , etoro of that baby ! • I shouldn't dare to
well address, m e re was not a dry eye iii wagon ; and at this moment he appeared steed very near you and call it 'a nuisance.'
that such a pleasure might be his. Nohe
' the chamber. Added to all these public to shrink ; but instantly elevaling his head It's all very well for baChelOri to turn
save the aged father and the gentle yeut It, honors, h appy doinestie relations were the with firmness, he said, "It will he but a': lip their single blessed noses at these hole
It ttew of the stain that once blotted the eruwiling jewels (.1 ' his happiness. Ile ilitlinelliarY pang ;" and Inking from his i dimpled Cupids. hut jet wale till their
sailor's name, and on their bosom all the was prowl of his descent from two of the pocket two white handlirreltiels, the pro-I lime comes! See 'em, the minors' theio
erring past was forgotten, all forgiven— best stocks in the t•oontory : lie was the vest-onarshal with one loosely oned his Milne is written "papa." pull up n o's' die be .. favored sewn 0! the looms Edward mon an awl with the other the victim, after les, and Ain't oil duty , ' &est./Is if the cam.
for on the altar of his coountry's liberty
Burr. Ile had the, chomeest education that I tatting oil - his hat and stork, bandaged his 'alliAllWeall ll owed them a pension ! When
Lad 'offered atonement for his crioe—atel
• could be alf..rtled. and his proficieney was owe eyes with perfect fi neness, which , they enter the (jive, see their old married
had thrown off all shackles but those ..1 ' ni...1. an to make its n earest and (Modest re- melted the hearts and moistened the checks, Partner 00 whom babies have Imig slimes
bilious rejoice. Ile, was also happy ill his 1101 only of his twronitur, het of the throng' ceased to be a novelly) laugh in Ins sleeves
• marriage, the fruit of w !nett was ail 'tighter, of simulators. The rope being appended al the new fledged theit•Y with which that
ol w boat any father inielit have been proud. to the gallows. he slipped the n oose ever, baby's advent is anounced! llow perfectly
slie was he:millet in person, intelligent in his head and adjusted it to his neck with-' astonished they feel that they should hews
mind, and gilled with a lively fan•Y`, andl out the assi,lance 41lieexeentioner. Col.! been so infatuated es soot to perceive that a
a brilliant ititao.fitoottion. These tenons' Semitone! mow itiWined him that he had man is a perfect cypher till lie is at the
gilts had been cultivated by the must care- an opportunity to speak, if he desired it. I head of a family ! How frequently one
ha education. The conversation of the Ile raised the handkerchief from his eyes' may see them now, liiiiknig in at the shop
daughter, when a child, woos the delight and said, "1 pray you to bear me winless' , wilitiOWS, waft interest, at little hats, cor
n(' the lather ; when a matron, I.is pride. that I meet my late like a brave mac !" the al bead+ and bell*, amid bab y jumPer B .
Oiven to the malt of her own and father's wagon being now removed Irom under him, i Now they love to come home to dinner,
choice, who also stood high in his native he was silspentled, and instantly expired. ! and press that little velvet cheek to their
Suite, as a gentleman, scholar, and sue- —Chamber's Repo:diary. business laces! \Vas there ever any music
rennin! statesman, shy was the mother of a - half so sweet 10 their ear asits fi rst lisped
bcotutiful son, not more the pat...tits' joy Pretty Incident. ointpa I' ()11, how closely and inprecepe
grandfather's pride. Tins little tibly, one by one, that little pinta winds its
than the
pledge that at
tendrils round the parentstom I How ans.
e homily should not die and
heroine exhort, also bore h i te name of Aa- bluely they hang over its cradle when the
ron Burr. Thus happy in os public eels- cheek amities and the lip is lever-parched ;
onus and domestic circle, connected welt and how wide, and deep, amid tong a shadow
Me past by proud and glorems remota- in their happy home its little grove arould
cast I
trances ; with the future by a golden lonk,
wanting to till up the coop of My dear sir, depend upon it, one's own
what was f
Nothing, perhaps. save baby is never a ..nuisance." Love h . erultle
his happiness
its birtlt! [FANNY RUIN.
that right judgment of Solon, who count-
ed the poor and obscure, but pious,
Athenian, the happiest of uteri, in pre
ference to the proud and wealthy Lydian
King.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
all this happiness was melted down and
became as dross—the golden realities that
al:eatly reached through three generations,
became as a vision that is passed. A
fearful • recent re drove Aaron Burr, the
soldier, the statesman, nu outlaw from the
land. A pm ice was set upon his bead.—
Ile was hunted troin town to town, city to
city. Ile tied in disguise from the face of
man. Ile was tried for treason and his
fair lame blackened forever. His small
fortune gradually melted away, he was a
wanderer and beggar upon the lace of the
earth. His daughter, on her way to visit
him and soften his woes, was seized and
barbarously inufiThred by pirates. His
grandchild was cut down and wilted hi
death—relatives disowned him. With all
this, Aaron Burr sunk not—lie walked e
rect at eighty years of age amongst those
who despised hint. It was Lear facing
the storm.
a pirate .
"Father," still urged the pirate, follow
ing with slow step the old untu'sfrackwar , l
muvement, "Own me as your osia uull you
shall—"
'• No ! away, bloodtl i rAy man. I know
th,,• not. Ills t•nd and is it thus I have
found my boy r'
"Listen to Inv one moment, my father,"
exclaimed the pirate ebb t, in s tone and
manner little in keeping with his vocation.
"Those hands are Hot stained with at drop
of blood ; save where the flag of England
has waved, I have not till the present time
intruded any deck but tuy own. But now,
hough I have golai in my lodes, I am
in want of bread ; yet I will leave you and
go iu pence. Yoti shall receive no further
tr.uble from me."
The 01(1 man covered his face with his
Lands and the deepest agony dwelt in his
bosom, and while he thus stood, the pirate
captain ordered his men to return to their
ve,,el. The gallant youth who had fol
lowed his chief en board the brig, at. this
moment approached the spot where Adam
Wirt stood, and clasping hoth the old mau's
hands in his own 1.0 Said—
"Oh, sir, if you arc the man's father,
speak to him one kind word. Smile upon
him and own Lim as your son. One word
from you my reclaim him from all his er-
"Boy," uttered the old man, as ho gazed
upon the pure and heavenly features that
were tut tied so earnestly towards him, "you
know not what you ask. 1 have left my
home iu search of my son, but such as 1
I find him I will never own him. Back a
gain will I go, and alone will I travel my
my weary way through life."
"Oh, sir, think once more :" urged the
youth, seeming to hang every hope upon
the result of his plea. One fond greeting
front his father may yet reclaim him.—
speak it, oh speak it !"
"Never, never," uttered Adam 14rt,ai
he pushed the suppliant from him.
"Then the duty must still rest with me,"
sadly murmured the youth, as he turned a
way from the spot. "The father may cast
him off, but I cannot."
"Fr4k," at this moment, exclaimed the
pirate cuptain,.'como here. The graplings
are already cast off, and we must away.—
Not a thing here have I molested, and I
shall leave with a light hea* Come."
As the pirate chieftain spoke, the youth
followed him quickly on board the schoon
er, and in a few minutes afterwards the
brig was again op her way unmolested.
Old Adam Wirt returned to his home
in Boston, but that home was darker and
more gloomy than ever, lie bad left in
search of his son—he had found that SOU ;
but Ito hail left him chief in command be
neath a rover's flag. lint gradually, like
some dim spirit arising from the cloudy
mist of conscience, arose the earnest ap
peals of that .son, and slso the prayers of
that gentle youth who hnd urged a father's
pardon for him. In the; secret recesses of
his heart ho could not but feel that ho
might have saved his bob. The oqntinued
memory of the scene onj Lleu dock *of the
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GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13,1853.
10V1`, lomor
" And now, my son, that all is forgotten,
tel! me whence, came your noble resolves?"
said old Wirt, as he sat in his own tlw(1-
ling with his only son by his side.
"Wait one moment," returned the young
man, while a peculiar expression rested on
his countenance. "Wait till the faithful
companion of toy wayward days comes back
"You mean the youth ?'
"Ah ! here she comes—toy friend, toy.
savior, my angel of mercy :"
As the sailor spoke, a lovely female en
tered the room. her eyes sparkled with a
happy light, and a bright smile of joy ir
radiated her features. The young man
sprang from his chair, and caught her in
his arms, and after printing a warm kiss
upon the brow of the fair being, he turned
to his father and said—
" Father, here is the being who saved
your sou to virtue—toy own dear wife. "
"Your wife !" ejaculated the old man,
starting front his chair and gazing earnest
ly upon, the futures. "Surely I have seen
that face before."
"Yes, father," said the female, laying'
her hand upon the old man's shoulder,
and gazing affectionately into his face. "I
once pleaded for your sou on the deck of
the boarded brig. Then I was the first to
point him out to you as his country's de-
voted son."
"And you and the fair-haired youth are
410 same ?"
4cs, father," said die son, "she is in
deed the same. With love and devotion
that knows no cooling, this gentle being s
has followed me through the varied scenes
of the last six years, and ever striv3n to
make me what I am. God bless her."
Old Adam Wirt was happy, and for many
years be lived to enjoy the sweet compan
ionship of his sou's fair wife—while that
son, with a fervent devotion, fought brave
ly for his country, till peace once more
spread her bright mantle over the homes
of America.
The following curious piece of informa-
tion is extracted front an English Jour
nal
Weight of .Arneriden revolutionary officers.
On the 10th August, 1778, the Ameri
can officers at West point were weighed,
with the following result :
dbs. lbs.
Gen. Washington, 209 I Col. M. Jackson, 251.
G em Lincoln, 224 Col. H. Jackson. 298
Gen. Knox, 280 Lt. Col Cobb, 182
Gen. Huntingdon, 182 I Huntingdon, 212
Gen. Greaten, 166 •'• Humphreys, 221
Col. Swift, 819
On •three of the eleven weighed lest
than tivohendred pounds—a result which
does not confirm the Ablie Raynor" theo
ry of the deterioration of .mankind in A
merica.
"FEARLESS AND FREE."
From the &mouth Courier. 1 TIIE EXECUTION OE MAJOR
TUE LATE AARON BURR. ANDRE.
AN OLD BACHELOR ' S EPITAPH. — A lady
had been teaching the summer school in a
certain town, and a young sprig of the law
paid her some attention, so much that he
was joked abou t her. He replied 'he should
look higher for a wife.' Irregehed the lady's
ears,. and she meditated a little bit of re
venge. An opportunity soon offered.—
They were at a party together, and to re
deem her forfeit, she was to make his ep
itaph. She gave the following :
Sore lies tt man *so looked so high
Ile passed all cornaorr people by,
And they who looked ab high as he
Declared his bride they would not be;
So 'twist them both be died a bach.
And now has gone to the old scratch.
The lady who treats the husbandman
with scorn, beeausilie is a farmer, contrib
utes something towards increasing the
number of candidates for the State prison
and the gallows.
He who en niurages young men in the
puraudof agriculture is doing a good work
for the morals 61 society a huudreo yeara
We heard of a very pretty little incident
the other day, whu•h we cannot help Ma
ting. A young lady from the South, it
seems, was wooed and won, by a youthful
physician, living in Californra. When the
engagement was made, the doctor was
rich, having been very successful at clan ;
Francisco. It had not existed PO( mo u ths,
however, when by an unfortunate invest
ment,ite lust his entire "heap." This e
vent came upon hnn, it should be added,
just as he was making ready to come and
claim his bride. What does he do I why,
like an honorable, chivalrous young fellow,
lie sits down, and writes the lady every
particular of the unhappy turn which had
to ken place in his hirtunes, assuring her,
if it produces any change in her feelings
tower& hint, she is released from every
promise she had made Mtn. And what
does the dear good girl do 1 Why she
takes a lump of pure gold which her lover
had sent to her when in prosperiy, as a
keepsake; and having it manufactured into
a ring, forwards it to him, with the follow
tog bible'inseriptitin, engraved in distinct
characters on the in.ide
"Entreat me not to leave thee or to re
turn from following after thee ; for whith
er thou goest. will 1 go ; and where thou
lodgest, will I lodge ; thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God ; where
thou diest will I die ; and there will 1 be
buried ; the Lord do so to me and more
also, if aught but death part thee and me."
The lover idolized his sweetheart more
than ever when he received this precious
evidence of her devotion to him, both in
storm and sunshine. We may add, that
fortune soon again smiled upon the young
physician, and that he subsequently return
ed to the North, to wed the sweet girl he
loved, and who loved him with, such
an minlying affection. Nay, more, the
happy bride and bridegroom passed through
our city, not long since, on their way to
the home of the latter in the golden state.
Reader, this is all true.—Young ladies
' who read the bible closely as the hernidlr
of our incident seems to havedone, ere
presty sure to make gaoll sweethearts, and
better wives.
All the true honor or happiness there, is
in this world follows labor. Were it not,
fur workingmen, there could be no progress
in either science or art. Workingmen are
earth's true nobility. 'rhos° who live
without work are all paupers.
The brightness of the plow-share will
breve a better seenrity to our republican
institution* than all the windy pattiutunit
of long quiet:boa in Congress.
Accoannse to Michaud, the:traveller. OWN
singular (uttersl custom in E yp t , which metristo
us as beautiful si ills poetical. The procession
bearing the corpse to the cemetery panics before
the doors of the friends of the deceased, to hid
them a last Urewell, and before those of his ene
mies, to effect a reconciliation before they ere
parted forever. It was on this theme that a writer
in Blackwood's Magazine, come twenty years a
! go, penned among others, the following admirable
lines :
"Rest ye—est down the bier,
One he Icoml dwelleth here.
Let .he dead lie
A moment that door beside,
Wont to Ay open wide
Ere he drew nigh.
“Hearken !—he apelike& set—
`Oh, friend ! wilt thou fOrget
(Friend more then brother !)
How hand in hand we've gone,
Heart with heart linked in one—
All to etch other I
" •Oh,friend ! I go film thee,
W here the Worm feasted Iwo,
Darkly to dwell, •
Giv'et thou no parting kiss 1
Friend ! iv it come to this !
Oh• friend, farewell I'
"'Uplift your load again,
Take no the mourning strain !
POUT thr deep wail
Lo ! the expected one
To his place priaseth on—
Grave ! hid him hail•
"Here dwells hie mortal foe;
Lay the &pelted low,
E•rn nt hit gate —
Will the deal apoak stain 1
17Wrins wood hotplate and vain.
Lad words 01 hide
the cold lips ustrlo;e
! list ! what soulelo are those,
Plaintive and 1,.w 1
*Oh thou, mine enemy I
Coma Guth end look on me
Ere hence I go.
",..Curse not thy Inman now.
Mork ! mark on this pallid brow
W Mee seal is st.t !
Pintriiitig I pass on ny.—
num—worts not war with clay _
"
'Phi. will remind the render of the betutiful
words of Irving, in Ilia "Rural Funerals
:''—
• Who con ool; down upon the grave, even of en
enemy, and not 1, el aco zipunetious throb that ha
should ever have warn.rwilli the poor heedful
of curb thin lies moldering before him 1" •
"Don't alelrea Womon under twenty ; she
hos not come to her wickodnees before uren."—
Moekumoors Alaga:sne.
Well--‘—! If I knew any bati'wnrds,
I'm awful fraid 1 should use 'em ! I just
wish I had hold of the perpetrator of that
with a pair of tongs. I'd bottle him up
in sperrits and keep him !or a terror to
liars, as sure as his name is Kit North.
Set a thief to catch a thief ! Flow
came you to know wilfren that crisis itm
moan's hfe occurs I Answer me that. I'll i
tell you what my opinion is and wont'
charge you a fee either! A woman comes
to her wickedness when she (WIC to her
husband ! !—and it she knew any thing
good before her, it all goes by the board.
then ; it is no more usr to her afterwards ,
than the filth wheel to a coach ! Pon%
you know, you wicked calumniator, that
thunder don't sour milk more effectualty
than matrimony does woman's temper.
Como to their wickedness, indeed, snow
flakes and soot ! They'd not know the
meaning of the word wicked if your sex
were blotted out of existence ! We would;
have a perfect little heaven upon earth,
a terrestial Paradise—no runaway match , '
ea, no divorces, no deviltry of any kind.
In fact. millenium would be merely a
nominal jubilee ! because it would have
already come. The world would be one
universal garden of pretty, rosy laughing
women ; no masculine mildew to mar
their beauty or bow their sweet heads.
"Father is cumin I" sad du. bright eyes
'sparkle far joy, an d tiny feet dance with
glee, and eager faces press against the WIII
(low-Nine. end a bevy of rosy lips claim
kisses at the door, and picture-books lie
intreboked on the table. sod tops and ball*
and dolls anti kites are discussed. and rillig
Busy luys her soft roe, ii, against the pater
___ - , nal whiskers with the most fearless .absn.
..
.1 can't sing, believe me, sir, was the; don," and Charley gets a love pet for li:ta
reply of a young lady to the "Pealed Evr- I ,.medel," and manta's face grows radiant.
queste of an empty fop. . I and the evening paper is read (not silently
.1 am rather inclined to believe, mad.but aloud.) and tea and toast. and time
am," rejoined he, with a smirk, . th at you I vanishes, with equal celerity, tur jubilee
are fishing for econfiliments." ,' t bus arrived, and -,Fiffher Ito *sine 1" ,
..1%10, sir I". exclaimed the lady ; '' , l 1 ' ' , Errill!EX FsAllr , ~.
never tisk in an shallow a. %intern:" , . ----.------, ---- ---.-- - I
.....-,-.*.,..,.....1...--... , ...i. i ' , The life erg mart 4in iteniity bet inns
lannuParanoP is the greolitet obese or continued oolowootorlho NW of wilinlin lb
the gifts of Peovidoooo. , , oats Mantel( parfinn. • , .
blessed year round
Now you'd better repent of your sins, ,
Mr. What'e-your-name, for se sure es
preaching, you'll go where you hare noth
ing. to do but think of 'em l--and you
won't find any .women • there, either. for
they go to the other place 1 They do
that. . [Faracr /saw.
Two DOLLARS !#* ; 4C j.
•
NUMBER 7,
. ,
Adaptation of Crop. to at
The farrier who is wide *wake , to his,.
business, should watch. as well as follow.
the markets. Ile slould
,knifir What crops
will sell well. far as he can fain a
probable or an approximate opinion upon
this point, he should conform his cultiva
tion to it. in some places, he can prialuee
milk to advantage ; in others, butter and
cheese. Again, he may be situated that,
PI/
neithur of these articles will pay 'him
good a profit ar some o4liens. Hese his
main crop would be hay, there frail; here
potatoes. Mere squashes and miter regeta-;
hies.
A larmei in Beverly, last year, mitred on
two acres and a half of land, 11$.005 ( tat&
bnges per acre, the net receipts of which
averaged him $450. Another iterner. ; in
Danvers. cultivated an acre of lend with
sage, and realized the handsome pro!ft of
$4OO.
The cultivation ol the onion in the tatter
town gives emPloyment to many banes.
and is the source of large profit.
Other ex,.inplea might be eitod to Blur
trate the ituportance or adapting iropa 'to
the markets, such'sa the production of the
smaller fruits in the neighbourhood of el
del. It is not the strop upon which the far
mer himself. sets the highest value that
should be raised by him, bill the
.crop he
can pcoduce at the least expense, and ?ell
Ito the greatest profit.
Borne-farmers are fearful of loss, if they
diverge from the beaten track. They go
on therefore, oultiviting the same products
and often un the eame'fields, as their fath
ers. < Other farmer" seem to entertain the
opinion that unless they raise the' benefit!,
products--corn. And potstoes. and, min,
and hay—they are no longer laratere,,bele
sort of market gardeners.
But sway with idle fears end
lions ! Leitriur ferment tardy their trite
termite. Let them out stand still Irbil'', oitt;
err Ire going ahead. Let them be upend
doing loinething to supply the wattle ol i the ,
towns soil citieato their vicinity; nod not,
the nevessities only. but the tastes rtilm. —
Let them rsive'llOwero. even. it it will pay.
a profit! Why not?, The tame for flower.,
is an innocent and rational . o ne ; n 4 l
should it not be gradfl-d t
There are .any articles not yet Whin
ed to any extent among us. that may doubt
less be raised to edvantage.• -For example,
some vegetable product. such es duteurtor
oil heats. might be introduced and milted,'
to afford. sit -oil for. a domestic light, or (or
mechanical purposes. ' Whale oiLeannot
be produced last enough to Pimply the tie.'
mild. Some sultetitute;ltravitt !rote moth
er mirth, will ileubtless be soon introduced.
Son.fiower seed. might perhaps. he found '
to auswer.—New England Cultivator.
SALT TOR QUIMCS Tanosto—Mhir qvince
tree seems to have a I•otuitilistiulilli fOktd•
nese for salt. We have never seen, ',Sys
the Horticulturist. stich superb specimens
of this fruit, and such al general luxuriance
of the trees, asi at Newport, alrode Island.a ro
on the sea coast. A gentlentafi who node- -11
ed • the fact, several years ago, folder; bite.
ly thst he had profited by the hint, in tir
ing earth of his trees a tiop4iretirringoftwo
quarts of - coarse salt erirY'spring. By
scattering the salt over the flurried it die
' solves slowly, and, does no fi f itiii 'tiii lhe
roots, but makes both' foliage and fruit,
muck tiara healthy. '
A Sentiom
Here is a german by, an nig and tieetattno
English divine, that islet brief, 'etre.: sad
to the point. that we canoes Mist deltie.
°filiation to print it. Many a diiirourar
of an hotter length hes eistualliai hOt bell
its impressive hicidellifollli;L—
-" sober, grave, temperatak!—Ttles
6.1. There are threi amapasiosir xi*
whom you should always Keep es good
..First, Your wife.
"Second, Your staunch. •
"Third, Your Conscience,. ,
041. If you wish to enjoy petwah•looll
life, and happiness, posers* theme by ,lews ,
localise. Inientperaneeproduees:
"Aral. Dinuratie atiors7. •
...Second, Premature death.: :.
"Third, Infidelity. _
"To make these points c lear, .I refer
you:
“Aqi
the New
:aril. To _late .
"Second. To the hospitals, blued* se.
sy lulus. and w ork-housee. •
"Third. To the past experience of what
you have seen. read, sod suffered, in
body. and estate... , • ..
"Reader. decide! which . Will you
choose f TIMPIIIAIIOIII Whith
and long life; or INTESPISIANCIV •wilbt mis
ery mid prams tura death t".
lAiok on tills Plclllll . o
"Father is coming t" and little mend
faces grow long, 8111Imerry laces are 1111 sh•
ed and toys are hustled into the.clturetosod
mama glance. nervollOy pubs :door. die
baby is bribed with altraup tifougattokeep
the peace ; and tethers' Waite" fame relax
es 1114 a muscle ; and ike littlegroup bud
die like timid sheep in ri earlier. end tea is
dispatched as. silently as if speaking were
prohibited by the matte book. and the chili
drew creep like culprits to bed. marvelling
thatinibrJare erow so loid. now that 014 -
I, 'titer is come."
• sae THU, OM out ?me
c a rs .
, ate Velemlar,