• BY • D.' A. & 0. H. BUEHLER
VOLUME: XXV.
Mtud,lllgller.
BY 1: 0.
Nave itt u Lu. on,a-aameter'. day,.
Malted the meadow sweet with hay. ..
Beneath - her torn &dented the wealth
-Ofidenile &matt and rustic health.
Singicg, she wrought. and her merry glee
The eibek-blid echoed from hi" tree.
But.etben she gletiiett t 6 the f.t . r.oirtorin,
White fro& Me'hill•elope looking down:
The sweet song died, and lingua unrest
..And a nameless longing tilled her bream—
J►, wish . , that gibe barnly dare to own,
Yer'at;tiietti:ng better than sbo'hid known.
'The Judge rode slowly down the lane,
Antoothing hie horee'e chestnut inane,
Ae drew his biidle In the shade
Ot the apple trees, to greet the maid,
And 'a draught from the spring that Hewed
l'breetth the esiotm, across the road.
She donned where the cool spring bubbled
And filled rut him her.rmall tin cup,
.And blu,tied militia gate it, Walking dawn .
.6.1 her ktio barn and bar tattered
'•Thanks'!" said the Judge.'•a sweeter draught
Flom a fairer band was never quailed."
He symke of the grass and dowers and trees,
'Of the singing birds and the humming bees ;
They talked of the haying, and wondered Whether
The qoud_in iha west would bring foul weather.
,
And kfaudforgot her brier-torn gown,
And her graceful ankles bare and brown;
Acd fleeced, while a pleased surprise
Looked fruia her long-lashed hazel eyes.
At last, like one Vidio for delay
4Ekreke a vain excuse. he rode away
Vaud Mailer !oohed and sighed "A h, me!
That I the Judge's bride might be !
4"He would dress me up in silks so fine,
And praise and toast me at his wine.
-'Myfithsr should wear :a broadcloth cost;
My isnatbet should sail a painted host.
dress my mother so grand soil gay.
And the fishy ehouhl have new toys each day.
And rd feed the hungry end clothe the poor,
And all should bleat MIS who loft our door.l'
The!tole hedge,' beck as he climbed the hill.
Aad eawkfautt Muller standing still.
iferm mere fair, a face more sweet,
Neer bath it been my lor to meet,
..*And her modest answer and graceful air
Ants. her aiise and good as aho is fair.
-.Would she were mine, end I (0..149
La.: her. ehervester of hey :
••Nodnabtfal balance of rights and wrong",
Nor weary hiwyera With endlea's tongues,
"But low of sot;le sod song oi birds.
Amid health and quiet and loving words.'
But he thoheht orbit tinter. proud and cold,
Avid hie mother redo of her rank and gold,
vloaiug hi* heart. the Judge rode on, •
AO Aloud was lett in pie field's lung,
to the law•ees crniled that aftemoon,
When he hummed in court au old love lane;
Ana the young girl mused beside the are%
Abe 1.1111 I.n the unraked clover tell.
ale wadded a wife o f richest dower,
Who lived for fm.hion, am he for power
Net oft. in hi, module hearth's bright glow,
He.nratched.l a ieictuie come end
Anil m. 4.41111141 Mullet's hazel eyes
11.noltetl•not, in their isulucent surprise
sOft. when the Wine in his glass Was red,
He teamed Teethe wayside well instead;
And closed Ids eyes on his garnished rooms,
To &rise of nseadovis ■nd elover•b'oams.'
Awl tho proud man sighed. with a secret pain
.-Ah, that I were nee again !
"Free as when I rode that day,
'hereat. barefoot:maiden raked her hay."
She emadded . a man unlearned and poor,
And inanytilddren played round her door
11lot care and 'sorrow, and childbirth paha,
LeR tbeir traces on heart and broil..
And ad, when the summer sun shone hot
Oa the new-mown hay in the meadow lot,
Aiad she beard the . little spring -brook fall
Os; the itisdaide, through the wall,
•
In the shade of the appki•tree again
tibessaaw a rider draw his rein.
Andowlitg down with a timid grace,
t•be welt his pleased eyes read her face.
Socattitoes her namtw kitchen-walls
Strodtert sign jilt° stately ;
lb. wait, wheal to a spinet tamed,
The tallow coatne M iLatral,tairned.
And forhim who sit by the 'chimney-lug.
De *. g and giumbling oa r pipe and mug,
,
A Ms* form bee'shle se, paw,
And jay waiday and love 'wee law.
. .. . .
Then she tw,ilt up her burden of life again,
.
inaying only. •-it might have heeri:'
~..
Alas for maiden, alas for Judger
For rich:repiner arid honsehold drudge !
God pity them both 1 and pity us all,
Who vainly tieAreami — Of youth recall.
Foe sliced words of tongue or pen.
Theardtlest are these 3 Olt might have been I!
! ): for na all sense 'sweet hope lies
lisleyily buried from htimant.yee;
,
AM in the hereafte r, angels may
Rdt the stood from its arta', away !
•GarErtier BOT11001).—GOd have mer
•upon, ,
ey the koy who learns to grieve ear
ly r eond46ll . it ai sentiment, if you
niU; talkas you KW of the fearlessness
said strength of the bey's heart, yet there
belongs to it many tenderlY:strung chords
of siceetion, which give forth low and gen
. #45 .04, that cousOles and . riper . the
ear for all die harmonies of life. These
eltotlbi a little rude or unnatural tension
will ; break, and . break forever. Watch
your boy, then; if so be he will bear the
amain try his nature, if it be rude or del
' Cats; and If delicate, in God's linME. do
;'not; as you value your peace and his,
breed a harsh spirit in him, that shall tako
pHs in 'subjugating and forgetting the'
_Niter afections.
'ThiS best thingto give your enemy, is
forgiveness; to your opponent tolerance ;
'6:ralliand, your heart ; to a child, a good
example ; to a father, deference; to your
mother, conduct that will make her proud
disown ; to yourself, respect; to all
men charity.; to God, obedience.
Whatever difficulties you have to en
s waster, be not perplexed, but thibk'only
what is right , to 4o in the' eight of Him
orbo;teeth' r4/1) tithigai and boar without
impish% the result, • 1• ;
MITTIE, Tim BLEU)
337 KART inyizio.
.
Did you over thank God for your eyes,
dear children? Those two , br ight,'! clear,
happy eyes, that He has given to drink in
the plemant, sunshine,. :the beauty of the
flowers; the .glory-of this rainbow, and the
sweetness of your dear mother's; 'smile !
Listen, now, to the story tura. :ohileto
whom lie never gave . eyes to • look upon
any of these beautiful things. • • -
It was on a •autuiliiny' mornin( some,
where in the middle of the Atlantic ocean
I —that a gentleman, whom sea sickness hall
I imprisoned in his state-room since the first
I roll of the ship, took oani•akti, froth a pup
!of eoffee'and the calmness of the sea,' to,
craivl.Opoodeek. As he stood at the 116 ad I
of the'narrow stairway; ehitehiOrg:4 e t ipe
to support his tottering steps he heard
a glad child's laugh. Looking up; shw
a little girl, about fi've years old, quite "at)
her east. on the turning end . fiiior,!
trying to "jump rope" • with a knotted
euttof abig rigging, which bad befto given !
her by, an Irld • sailor. The brisk' breeze
• had brightened_ her cheeks, and entled her '
fin ing hair in no very orderly manner.—
; Mr. L. thought alio own little daughter
over the ocean, and his eyes filled.,
"Come to rue, My dear," he kindly call- .
ed, reselling hie hand towards the child.—
, She'stripped hei play, looked up as though
half frightened, half astonished ;
and then,
began carefully to creep toward this' outs
stretched band. Ile lifted heeto his • lap
and kissed her caralaips.
"Wham little girl . are you ?" he in
quired.
"I'm nobody's little girl," she replied;
in a touching tone. "Only God takes card
of me, and sometimes Captain
"How, .where is your mamma'?"
"Mamma is in Burratopeciter„ I'm not
her little girl any, more," and bore a tear
rolled down her cheek. .irtu 'going: Jo
New York," she said, •ato be Vuele'slittle
girl. But N3W Yirtk fil' emit `way
isn't it sir ?"
"Not a very long s way, my Child—you.'
will soon see 'your anal° !"
"I can't ateVsir," she said softly.
Mr. L. started, and looked down into .
those bright, dark,, intelligent eyes.—,
Ales !it was too true they were darlcn
ed s windows through which the seal could
.
never look !
"31ittie ! hey, blithe !" called a bluff
voice. as the Captain's varnished hat ap
peared from behind the must. "Eh, birdie,
what new nest have you found 1" • With
a-start and a bound, Ilittio jumped into
hie rough arms, and laid her cheek upon
the.shoulder of-his Amigo. (Mat sleeve- . •
elatpebe•llraq" 4110,' cap.
!tato, addressing Mr. L,, "you two aloft at
last:. Nothing 'like a stiff nor-wester for
taking starch out of your laudsfolk,"
and he laughed.
"But this little girl, Captainl--,--,
how happens she to be alone on the wide
world Of waters ?"
"Can't say," returned the captain, with
a dubious shako of his shining hat. "She's
a stray waif that I picked up on the Liver
pool docks. Don't know her belongings ;
she was labelled for New York it steins.--:
Her name—what's the balance of it, sea- -
bird ?" he asked. .
"Mittle Wythe Hamilton," 'lisped the
child, who had already found her' way back
to her bit of rope, and bat against the
ship's railing, tossing up her hands, at ov-•
cry new dash of spray. "I was named, for
Uncle Wythe, and ho told mamma to send
me." Her face clouded for an instant,
then brightened again in the sunahi no .
"Poor blind pet! so far us I can make
out her story from ono thing and another,
she is the child of missionaries in India.—
Poor creatures, they could not bring her
over themselves, and I dare say she was
getting no good in that heathenish land;
sn it seems they put her in charge of an
English lady, whose name I've forgotten,
who set out to join her husband Some.
where in Canada. But she sickened arid '
die I before the barque Sally readied Eng
land, and the poor thing was left friend.
less and helpless. What the captai n mid
mate of the Sally was thinking of; I don't
kuaw ; but they put the Child on dry land,
with the balance of the passengers, and let
sail without so witch as looking 4 a New
York packet. Alone ii, Liverpool, and
1
let) no place for a blind child, sir, to say
nothing of one that's got eyes--I found
her
' amusing' herself pretty Amok as you '
see her now, with bits of chips, at the cor::
ner of a Ship's yard 1 How the creature,
had lived, I can't Say: I'll believe after
this, shipmate, there's aGod in the, sky,
who as she says keeps watch over chi,-
dren ; if Ho don't over , us growq up, iiivi
ners ! It seems that she had never .svput
ed for a berth nor mess. ‘‘.l want to go
to, ew york," she would say to "
.every
stranger who spoke to her. -I .couldn't
have left the little thing—butt don'tkno*
*hero I'm taking her. If I ain't anchor
her safely; I'll , keep her for first mate of
the Down ; hey,
,sea-bird r ,
"What did yoa do with her in that
terrible storm off Cape Clear T. • I shudder
to recollect that night!'
• .
' "Well, sir, while you wore lying flat
on your biek,*and the rust of us were hu
rying, hauling and rpullitig hither and
thither, working'for dear life • against the
winds and waves, the pretty, creature was
rolling about the cabin floor, clapping her
bands as though she worn in an apple treo
swing and found it capital fun ! When: I
tumbled down to my looker for five min•
utes' rest, I found her upon her knees
in her little night wrapper, saying `' , Our
Father," and I felt sure that no. storm I
would sink the ship with her on it."
Poor mother of Mittie I how her heart
was wrung at sending her blind, trusting
!child from her arms But her brottiei in
America'had written, tolling her that be
would provide for Mittie, poor, sightless
Mittie, who could learn little in that un
civilised land. So, with many tears and
prayers, that missionary mother bad paelt
ed her Dilute's small trunk, and placed'her
inAhe care of a friend—the Engiiifi lady
before mentioned—to be ' transportild• to onr
count?. What but a• mother'e pit*
7 ,1 --'--;:'oifTY,S , il,4l4 , ;:f . : . iti. - 1_,Viii..,;',,.•.g V,E.NIN.G,.'F,IiiIOOi . ,:. t 8.55..
gnirded' the 'helPhisi'dirlitial in all her_
lonely wanderinger? ''
Our, arriving- .at ,New :York, Captain
, ; made; Anquiry
eieryivhore for My., Wythe. ,Directories ..'
were `searched, streets nininielced; "and
questions repeated huililieds of ilmeti
no purl-kite. „No relative of the poor
tie.muld.be found. '
"Leave her 'with captain," seidMr
------: am scion to return. to Londen t
but before sailing; ritrill‘ plea her in an
Asylum for the Blind, and ado - that she
is comfortably eared for:" ..n •
Instead, however,:of, plating , in
the State Asylum of New • York ,-, her friend
'took her, to a southern. city, where he,, had,
businesi'connebilotis; and ierc'her 'hi' 'one
of those beautiful retreats which nature
and art have combined to adorn for those
*hese eyes tell 'not night 'Yrinn 'day; ,nor
' beauty frohi - defortitity. ' veleeti
el
eomed'the lulls 'Lltrabglii, hut ' theriere.
Voices:She nor' ifepert', to
hear.' For the' 'first' Once 'elle' had
sobbed good-bye on her naether's'lliai ler
hope'andfuith`,fultered. Site felt thaf Ohe
was alonein'thO world, and stiescidght',434
'''
a corner to cry." Had t o perinten ent
particularly interested'hirnielfin thdehild,
he would' have "foiled ont'her s illst;dry, 'and
probably sought some ecittimuniegion With
her parents. But setting &We hor bathe
as a charity scholar," he forgot that she Was
not an, orphan. And Mr:
sympathies had been strongly enli,,ted; and
I he really intended to find . otit . the mystery.
But was a man of the world and' iin
mersed in its 6u,y cares'. 4 •Allaving, piked
a sum of money for her use in the . ha9ds
of the director with permissiou'to aPpik to
him in any emergency, ho returned to his
English horne—and'only remembered the
blind child 'of the' voyage, at hioniento
When his own laughin g Carrie elitubeliln
to ' '
One, among a hundred Airdren, Mittie
was well educated in all. that the blind cat'
She was taught IMW to' Wed the
Bible,from Wine! her tilLititerliatt,read.to
her, by passiau her stnallfingeis over
• the .
curiously raised letters. .She 'denied . to
Sew, to braid andte write,
strange'thoughti
that young head 'used to . friiiue for that un-'
steady band to jut down oronk
ed wituldring,iover the pAppi. She learn- I
ed to sing sweet'llymosoiliersallooimates,
and to touch for herself' the key's of tile
piano, whose meledies had 'Utmost made
her fancy her s elf; iuMayen; only she, had'
been told thatin Ilea Me. she -Shenlil see
like Other children ! Semeticnes in her
~. • .
dreams, she would fiud herself on Li soft
conch; with !strange peritonea , andisounds
about her,- and would feel warm• teats drop:
ping one by one, on,hercterellead,Ohile a
r
veaanna , wreavaitheritlee'4,c. - P,...v
""Mother!• dear luotlearksY Mitti4
cry, and wake—to find no mothesi ."Years
had passed—ithen agnin a ship was neer;
jug the.forest of masts in New York lihr.
bor. On the deck sat a pale lady in deep
mourning, .with traces•of tears upon her
cheeks. Her children clung about her,
with wonder iu their faces. "Oh, beauti•
ful 'America! the Amerient you hive 'se of
leo told us about," cricti a sWeet voieed
girl of twelve. •"Mattnua deceit look, as
it did when'you went away •
I'Manona, did you live• in any"of these
great houses?" . '. "Ma, Mal plenty Pr4o
dna here ?" chinned in the 'yotingesi bey..
whose eye had taken it the nunterous
church spires. All spoke at once, but the
mother answered neither. Iler heart was
too full. She had gone from that shore,
a happy bride, and hopeful ; • she was re •
turning ‘ a widow, broken in health* and
sPirits, to place her children with .her'rel
eaves, and then, He she believed, to lay,
her bones in'the tenth 'Of` tier kindred.—
One hop 3 only made her heart boned, and
her pale cheek grew paler, as she looked
upon that shore of her nativity,' for the
first time in twenty years.
"Oh, God 1 could I see all my children
before I die 1" she faltered.
I pass over the scene of her landing,
and welcome to the lionise of her brother.
I will'not stop to tell you how many Wye.
dem the Indittn-boin children found in an
American city—customs arid sighti;
must hasten to the'end of my stpty.
"IC' is impoisible, sister," said her
brother to the pale lady one "nominal, in!
answer to Some eipression: 6 The'ettild
conld'never liave reached this tiOnntry.... l
We never, as you know, haieliated her
farther than England, und if' Op had heen
brought here, she could not hate'
find tne Cr I her." ' '
The Widow Sighed.' "God's Will be Bonool"
I she murmured:. ' "But it is haid to f fedl
Lthat my little helpless inntmeat--MY old.
est borh—was sent from ma' to parish a.
llone. Often I feel as if it could niit'he'=.
as' if alio ,vieri) yet alive, and I'Wonidfitid
her sdiniday." ' ''
I ' ProVidentially; ac it proved, the mOtll.
I er was 'lead to searoh the catalogues of vti
riOn4 iniiitutiona for the blind; long in
vziiit. 'it length she obtained' a'oironisr
from' a distine oity;and glance& over ft id
dilibieutlY,'so often had ski been ditty.
pointed , lid heart sprang to' her lips a's
she saw they'name - , "Meta W. Hamilton:"
“BrothOr," she gasped; and extended
the paper' to hint. Ho looked , add Shook
his head: "I am afraid you'aro expecting
too much, In, poor sister. Matilda was
your duller s nano, and then, how shduld
she stray'' to that corner 'of the Unitdd
States ?"
But the mother'S hopes' were stroeger
than her fetus. She, Jeitreely ate or slept,
weak dough she sits, uncii - -roh4 reached
the Southern city' whose 'name lire cats:
lope had licorfle.
"Aamiltoti 'yes, 're have by
that mime'," rephed the bland snOrintendl
ent, in answer toper first question of tied!
bling eagerness. ' •
"But she is tin orphan, madam
"Ate you sure, sir ?' Oh, I• mint see
her At once I"
She followed him:to the door of large
room, where fifty-giil4 sat busied with
their' books aq'needieweik. The buzz of
conversation died, as they heard the sound
of strange footsaps---and a hundred sight.
less eyes were turned ,titotards the door.--
Near a table on which lay a bunch of del
ioatit'sttiti filaments sat Mittle
("FEAT LE AND FREE:'
,
She, had beer'brai .ng a bonnet, but her ' ' Orliln of Clim"p-'llloetiogs.
fingers iced . eeittediheir work, and buries]
tt sort of reierg,she was the only We hear now and then of the strange
in'
( me' 'effects Which' were jorodueed upon persocs
that did not tioticd 4o entrance of a atran• and whole communities in olden limes, by
religious excitement, and the peculiar phe
nomena..,which marked periods of peal.
liar religious fervor among a simple peo
ple. In a recent lecture before the Mer
cantile' Library Association of Boston,
Rev. :William H. Milburn gave a general;
description of the early preachers of the!
'West. particularly of Kentucky, and made
a selection of a few characters, to illustrate
the 'preValling traits of the whole. No
part-of the' country has witnessed 'such
schisms. In tie churches and such wild
fanaticel delusions in connection with re
krona'. teaching, as'the States of Kentucky
and Tennessee. 'l'lleatatements made by ,
Rei. Mr. Milbnre, Were doubtless correct.l
so' far as they went: but the selection of
,a.few. Individuals as an index of the gen
eral character o r the western preachers of 1
that time , gives a very, incorrect idea ,of
the liCitlal NCI, :" ' I
''Striae years - since; durifig; a' teinperary
residence of a few mouths in the State of
,KeTitturky, I nhariced.to here an opportw
nity of examining a historical syitrk„which !
is, 'theiriackonsiledged as the hest author
ilk, hi Which= Enetteed 'entity' of the Inci.!
dents' described in
_ilie lecture tot Mt. M..;
and in which also are found many' interes-.
I !jog statement!, with,,regard . ter that ,early
nme, which go to indicate:that there was a I
yogi amount Of iinperfeelian connected With
mere); of thriselitnifie 'clitieUerit :were tie. !
lineated ,iander the hesidingl of ' , Saddle
,13agglt.!1•; Some :'of the litiudettto or that
day end regum,,are, a , ..arcely eretlible.i MI
account of pervursion o f human in.
telleet Whieh theyithirtir: ' 'rho 'ilturcherr
wore torn and -wasted fOr yekirsltiv Imes:
tine fends,,..and . iiiimineequence of dui ells seitione then existieg among die eloureloce, /
infidelity prevailed throughout . the whole
region. Tit r e writer to whom: I have, re
ferrediliaYi that "tierirlY' half tif the iiiinis- I
!
tens of that' period, were lit 'One' dine and;
-smother, alibied to church , emitters for vii-I
rioua faulis.', . . • -
Camp meetings originated among the
PrershyterianS ' of' kihittleky. 4 Thefriist I
cainli.nfeeting was' field , tillir'GrioireiterrY
rivet,. in July.: . 1808 The ministers plea--
ent, were
_Messrs. ; ;McCready, Williwn,
.ki:Gee, and a 11 / IC. , tluge, The,. atlth-
or w hose languige I genie, say's :-•••Camp!
meetlngs'heiftg“ once intrbduced, the''plan
_spread like wild:fire., ' The laborer quitted
his task, the youth forgot' his. pastimes.-
the : ploqh, was lelt,in' the furrow. age
snatched ' hie crutch 4t the„ deer (Inlayed e,
iiispitti upunthe moutitains. gutsiness of pill
knouts was siispendek, dwelling lionaes
evere•desuited,..,whole neailiberileMil, wc,'e
' tell, lielli hu Weill and . /Sher, matrons ,
I' it ilifal ;:arif)tiP I OW?OP l'4„ i iijiiii•ir:
Kicked tio,lisy, common centre°, attraction ;
every difficulty, wits
,eoeimutered, every
risk ventured, to be present tot;tise camp-
Meeting.",„,,„ ... .• I. ; k
In connection! with these eampineetings .
a great variety or totrangeeaerewes grew
up. Children, ten or, twel ve years Wage,
were • piorithient actiire:” Ifildrii:parec. I
buns •of feeling, pennon fell.'ilnwn,' end '
, this was:called the;...lailing:Axereiser."—
:There were else •,•diejerking,exercise,"
(nit .•reilling,'' the ••ru Tung," thee..eapeing,"
a nil ' the "ha Ain?: eierciltea" !nitride's ow.
built"' and •itianeeir." " At Viiblit Creek
camp:ineeting, , Alsy. '22,•18011 . swollen);
fell on the third - ,eriglit4. that ito prevent
their being trod em, they were lied mit on
the meeting-house fluor, like so many corp.
Sea. At Boon Creek 'Rarratnen i, two hun
dred 'fell ; at Pleasant ?odd; three heti.
l ielred, end Cane . Ridge, threei , thousand,
August l .o. 1801. It ;is said that • children,
i eight months old, ` terra alTecien by these
strange influenees. .
The first 'instance ' of the Iyerktngexer
cise;" tvdef a Bircrilinent twE est re ittieloteet.
Persons would be jereetrin all directions,
aud Oyer whatever object !happened lobe
ig II!!!W49• -Thr t ri.were, , always !eft •I°
themselves newel,' e t h e people said that
to oppoint them, Would be 'to' resiet the in
-fluences' of 'the . BPirit Air ...'Grid. - : Sothe
times, those who ,had long hair Ilan their
benelti jerked so swiftly, that the hair suap
ped, like the creek .of tt,whip. It said
Mine were injured,' except those who re
belled against the operation of. the Spirit.
and. refused to comply chili the injunctions
it came to enforce. . .Sona wile went to
.the meetiege, with, whips in, their hand to
'. ,
hands; ' . " . . -
flog Milers,' had them jerked out of their
lii the rolling exerciie. they doubled
up arid pilled Covet-arid over i'aii It made
no difference .whetfier there was mud -or
filth of any kind inthe ,way.' In the.'srue
(ling
, exercise,", they would run over every
obstacles end keep running till „quite ex
battened: In' die I , l daricing exercise," e
ernier . of• that: timesays. - they' bail the
privilege - of , exhibiting, by a bold Nth,
what i others were moved to by a blind ion.
1 11116/w . " In one instance. a' Mr. 'rho m pawl,
a; M ' inister commenced dancing after meet
, lug, aud,danced an hour and a half; and
' said he, . 0 11de is the Holy Ghost I", A
gill danced for an hour, in an empty pew,
and others danced in so violent a manner,
that they could not be held by strong men.
' The writer whom I quote, says :"Onu
might be tempted to think that the climax
had already been reached, but there was a
piece of extravagance to complete the deg
radation' of human nature. The 4 barks
frequently accompanied the sjerks' ; though
of later origin. This exercise consisted
of the individual taking the position, of a
dog, moving about on all fours, growling.
snapping his teeth, and barking with such :
!exactness of imitation, as to deceive any
one whose eyes were not directed , to the
spot."
All classee . became affected by - this de
grading mania,' and the orly method brae•
curing relief was to engage in the colun.
tary dance. It , was supposed firat to be !
intlictefi as & chastisement for remissness /
in 'duty. Su'h as restated the impulse,
I ,
and declined the dancing, continued to be I
tormented for months and. even . years.•••••
From bonng'egartied as marks of guilt, the;
barks at.lcogth CAI/18 h . ) kil regarded as til•
. , , •• •
kens of 'divine favor and ,loadges of 'special ,
hocor. .4idian,lous as it may seem to tut
at this distance of time, to,imsf snob even,
ger•_ ; ,_ 0 , • . ,
")Vas there feeturo i
by )(cid wouldreoegutze your daugh
'ter, my deer itfedi' asked the gentle
man.. ( 1 1.
Thb mother's
p
grou, ste,tttomh
Um . ), of tier fears
In/Yule
site faltered.
1
AP the •Srritt vtirq
tie ,Altd eprltrif
baelt
,fed wandered over, the
tut, dreaded the eetitintla
,lotise her last hope.
tld Btyv4ottivotesi3Olti,"
1 : I—L-lnit he etdproxlefor
l a dy :
had
, Apokeu l Mit
r.. Jer, PPAitinnf, and
1 -win fr - her floe, ,
careering ham.,enrls from
turned'ardetti
•
"What°'she'cried?tiith oat
stretched arms SttThat, claim...speak la-.
Sein I+%
"Mit S i Ff .11 1..r.,,M45 ra r 1/ 4 °1i 12
tun; Springing . ) ,* . ber s ;unking,"
overpowered, , .p her kueee.
' 4 4lothhr, !oh 4the r?. , Z-andlfittitt fell
into the Ands *had cradled berin ,in
fanoy 7 roV.II •
That was s ant not to be tor gotten.;
Uncle Writ, Harris fiti.' the ' tnigtake
which bad doe . witty yehrs' bf 'the
lifetime of.tue *and thild;••was- pat of
fdittie io subs' . 'tang—child that' she. was
first earn of 14n..uncle G r ;the lust)
found ft 'please t_vottage ,on t h e liank's'of
the 'Hudson f. this sister and *her now
happy family. , i' Jiat a loving welcome
the deargirbt a' eys t - whom Heaven bad.
blessed with the er 4 of geeing , their, sis
ter, gave to the 'nderer, How,
she comforted, it i*the'r's heart, making
her forget ber.gi . t beFdlivemedt=-Mok lug'
her even; forgets otrow that tihe had a
.blind child, iu h jayial tooling thei'-ahn
had anchher darling 1 „ • ,
The sunshine Mittie's,girllmod came
beek toiler The . dear blind girl;Was
'the joy' of the' ''How Obeid airy
body , eh climb. a 'uoling of discontent .or
pecvislmeae, ~,,baiglad voice was pour-
ing out, its , 80D .ofthauk,fultiess from.
morning" . until '" ht Qh, dear blind
3fittle; meter tft I=.-hiippy spirit that s he'
was—mour ' given her.
eyes to see. pack -my
mother," al ms precious, t
brothers ang let me see
ihe'ai all iu flgrifn.
• I knew a c,bild•tWlro; at 'an ,:early' ago,
':loved-to hear kfitoo 4 s.:lbe :silent T voloem.--
1 ,
142 dark. ey.4,twi? 40411:14 ,eich, i ti on„ e .
delight, when I pa, , him what voice,:lie
b'eardin'his'beit: .* ' '
' ' I had toid4 -11; •when 'diapOsed . td `do .astoth ins-rove,* would stati'iszat4.l
ten, and think Wi would always bear sothi
thing that would say i. i!is bor! , he
. m,ust.
not do it,; aud tbat was hie .conscience,'
Which was Gad's voice, aid which he Jiiast
always be sure to obey, wherevet he might
~Aptir w hen be heard another voieeteopt
ing hire to do'wrong, and urging . Min „to
disobey, wiekod and ho
Inuit not iiitefiltirti'inenient. ' ' '
• , was: truly gratified. arith the influence
which skknowledge, of :conscience 30=0
to, have over. hint, and could ; not but rojeice
m
that elt' iNoicna were . given . to us that we
may 'crier itisoii% the wa y. .
wee very bthiyond Saturday afternoon,
and had not Seen tile:children for some
,tilnVbut thought that they, were. still in
the -yard at heir glay,, ,they, had uu vor
left' it 'Without junto ssi on.
`Vcry'snon Willie made his appearance
locikingas if he .111 d something 'of "great
insereatv tell.ttie.. I called him, and , he
itt?itotttly began ; . r.
"Mother, I ran away this afternoon, and
never biopPecl
,f,desk my censcieped. I did
'not'think of itr•iisitit''F Ai (ia' there,
and: then Lheaiti it lay,: you bit'A 'done
wrong,;. you An moat go from ho we without
brat asking Jeaie; ,stni i , mother, I wined
right about'and minded the voice, and
Banta' eosin as ever
I. kissed his.dearaheili,' and 'coinduitid.
,od kis' returning tears of joy dist
god's Y9iPoltad! , bltmt hoard aniid strong
toniptatipt, and beet obeyed by yip, little
child
qisEggr , ,,illtqe7-2110..4ifforcttee be.
twang rising nyery morning at six, arisi,ot
- eigh't, in, the of forty yetirs amounts
to' 9,2`oo l haiiti,'or 'thrCe'yearit
drod ;Jandl'twenty-one days Mid sixteen
hours, which are eight houroadai for ex
gCkl r i i,:yottre,,,so that, rising at.six, ,will
be the same as if tin years of life wore
adled,t wherein we play eight
hoitra' twee"; ciay the "cultivnthii of mir
minds, and for the dispatch of business.;
• •
••Ti.s t
g OV X . ll l . l ' 2 WEr " Link `the particulars
'pirlieulare of
a liaftle'ideitilie weliie 'the very time
-of •warp wheretua of battles 'paartarti -bear
notbiog ; but • the nuanber., of Abe slain:—
Jost as for ihe ,donth,pf a man;. whew be
trill of how he slept tbl , " night,
Orid'tbat 'night, what lio'ate-atid:what he
vlionk; when ia'dtaii, we ouly say
'he died of a fever,.or name his disease, and
there is, the en& . • .
"Doee. my , sun William that's in the
army got plenty to eat .P" said an old lady
to a, recruiting sergeant
,the other, day.--
“Ho,sees was tho Leonia reply.
"Thess . his heart, then, I know he'll hero
it if he can see it ; he always would at
hoine.”'
A reverend sportsman was once boast
ing bf'his infallible skill in finding a hare.
"Ili" said a Quaker who was present, "I
were a hare, I' would duke my seat in A
place whore I should be sure, of.aot . being
disturbed by thee. from the .first day of
Jdneary tti the' of Decernber. '--
4 Whi,"wh'ere would you go f" "Into thy
study!' ' ' '
Be' that doea not :knoiv those things
which are of uso and
,necostnty for hirn to
know, is but an ignorant man, whitevor ho
may know,besidea: -
CokNonniin- T to re a t email fortona
in an nnitioky have ,all
yinittrianda wonder Oa* haii,
Win "idol iefiair
ordinary sounds as how wow, wow. inter
spersed with pious ejaculations and quota
tions of Scripture, we arennot at liberty to,
doubt the truth of the assertion that then
the effect. or at leant one of the effects was,
to overawe the wicked, and excite the
minds of the impious."
In the Midst. of these disorders, .those
preachers who labored to (Wert the minds
of the people to true ;titmice of graee, were,
denounced MI drixtiell , and thus theirin
&once was greatly ditninitilted. -
Stich was the staioul thing*, as iheY
iPted among all denominations in .Ken
tacky, in the beginning of the present
'Bob Wadden's Horne Trade) •
"You know Hob Waddin, I guess," said
ur.cle Mike. •
"Not that I recollect," I replied,
.Bob wag' an. amazin t ,hynd
traditit horses. and :generally came out a
head'too. I' Dever knewhim . really
girdled ail& the underbrush 'Cut hot once.' ,
'elflow was that, tinele Mike'?"
‘; Why you tree, Bob had been gettire a
gray hose in Inoue of his dealins, that was
G irt as nite a hoes ta look at ever put
his•nose through the reek sticks. He was
hunian lookhe hose ate lonian' shorter.
• Hewes illWAyt look in' :trier stars, and ear
rigid his tail like the National Flag on the
4th of July. But he wouldn't work—he
wee above it,:• • Dimon stop when he
saw his shadow fidlerint him for Tear he
might be dra win'
' • "Noiv,lhen;" say Bnb { ''annte tndivid
ttal
oi h o und icrbit'pinketi up."
"So Makin' an excuse' Hitt old Gray's
shoes wanted figin', het sent him. to the'
blacksmith'i, harnessed up his other'
bosses, hitched 'em' hi' a wagon load oii.
diove down to•Samfie'W ii".
ped before the dour, oat the near hoss e j
and harntred . up . , the gray An its place,
went in; took a drink. and waited around
till' snrne r;)Ni should curiae along Who I
wanted .to "111 hadn't waited
iting when tie Seen 'Smile' feller cumin'
•up.the road like all creation, his hose
de( a full.yuth while lie was eawin' the , bits
and loillerits: we ! wo;! with allhis.might
anil . htiti. He manage 4 In sli p 'im atter
he got him a little by Sam He wits, and turn.
im crime up a slapiiint hie
hands and In.alearing . paYsiou with his,
"Ile's never teed) , to stop," flays tie, "that
Miss ain't-81i' thihigh.lte's the best hos'a
I ever ottiaell,'yet 'I in determined to get
shot of Itim.". : '. • • ' . =
Myell, just then out (4units Bob, and.
' lll ^tutlell iii ‘l'slf9ll•lust us it he was.goile
to drive off, when say a he, , Ba Illy; iranger,
1 perhaps you'd like to ileal l With'me fur v
.
algal*/ nit, 1' ,:.'- ' .....:,,... ..,.... 1
.= - ' l lvii--;--ili."-.'-iiir.' , ll
.; - -o"tretigili, ~..I I
would !lite itonetliinia 'lithe more quiet
then' that go-ahesd snap-dragon'meal oft
.mine.". .-, ~ .- . ' , • , —., •
..do Bob lgokiiiret the sorrel, and found
him, a fine squareb ,uilt , animal. his, eye
of fire every
- muscle eve - muscle in play.
"Well," says'' Bob, Lifter a few Words
with me, "Aliere's my gray—berea your
terra!,' W 114's 'Vow. proposition 1"
"Now yoti'reValliing " said the stranger,
examining' the gray. as' he mood hitched to
'the lost Of stone.. "I'll girt., you sorr el'
, .
and the hest forty dollar clock in my wag -I
tin for the gray:" ' ' ' •
, '"•`..fhirie.' said Boh,*;just unhltelt."
"Neither nn 'em had asked ettiher gees
titnie, 'cause neither on Pent wanted-tri-an-
ewer. any.,
; The busies, were e.ehanged:
Koa had got hie chick, and
; the stranger
tin* up hie line% mid
bltidele"em gutid 'day.' was about Vi emit,
when gray • put , ' keior to it, atuJ woUldn't •
budge ...hair. -.111 'yam dhf the airaitger
whip and ; coax —not an ; inch would he gut.
'there, eat, Bob laughing in
,sleeve al..
oiiieiieadY to burst, to see briw tho strut.
ger wile try in' to start and Not
a:word•did die stranger saj, however, but
eller ho hail quhalired, an' had given up
tryin' it any more, he came an' eiak duwu
the llosn block."
''Bob thought lie might as
,wel . Iv
so piekin' up his 'ribbons:--"ti skink."
says Se. The sortll turned „Ids head and
and !nuked blink at hint, eo much as ,to
say “don't you wish I would r". ,
hut didn't
stir or puff. In vain Bob coaxed nod patt
ed. Sorrel was there and wasn't no where
else." .
• .
reukon it's Any turn to
_laugh
now," 'laid' the: airinget; *oppose
you'll call again when inti . annie to town ?“
never mind o " soya Bob, * 4 #:turret
Will gn;:or elan you couldn't get horn with
,
him."
,
"Oh, yes," says the stranger, 4.you can
start him if you'll ottlyhring aerate sheviege,
and kindle 'a fire under him. as I Jid."
Aiid then lie laughed again; . end whelt 1
came pway,they were pl4yne, a .game, A.)
see who should - take ,
.Bass asp Pam Tassa.-qt 'writer in
the literary Jouroal of Pads, styles that
the bets greatly initrave the freclt64alion
cif Iruit' trers
Orchatth'iii which be'venil
hives are kepi. alw - ays firedure shore fruit
than those in which' there are none. In
the Provinces tnt the Rhine. the fruits are
more abundant ant i finer Man in any other,
part of Germany, 'and there it is the. ell A
lolll to keep large - quantities of Irqqt.—
Plautoi too, which Nees 'visit, thrive better
inthe neighborhoodi ighivea. • •
In Pekin's newiptiper it printed witek-:
ly on silk;and„ is`ten yarda . lotigi An
cor once inserted unit w in t e raw hue&
race, and lie was. iinittediately,executed
.A teaspoonfurof salt dissolied in three
pails of water, tea wake it soft enough
fur all purposes.
It - is, said 'to be' indisputable' fact,
that taking the. whole United. States to
gether. much more money is expended for
the single' attiele of cigars than for all the
cpcumon seboola in the Union. "
• At Aleppo one of the best . endowed, in
stitutions a an hospital for eats, which was
founded many years ago, and to which the
Alussulmen carry their sick and disabled
eats with greater' care and streetionthio
wounded soldiers receive in an 7 Christie* ,
amp, , . • '
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM:
ITITIIBEI 47.
( , The Biter Bit.
lAt seven o'clock the dinner Was eared
.
nu, and "a better one never *as given in
Climate :.but as every pleasure must come
to en end, so this excellent dinner Was al
last finished. The dessert was alsoserited
up, and the Hookahs began to emit their
gutters, notes.' Many were the subjects
broached and got rid of; many he toasts,
which enlivened the fashionable resit... , 41
length. by the moat skillful,
,mancedvcrlng,
and with infinite tact, Macaulay brought
the beauty of the new tables on, the' tapia.
'Every one admired them arld'ielt grateful
to thew for having so lately supported the
rich dinner of their limit.
"They are of
. the finest mahogany Lever
ea w," . said 4.1 , 1'aj. Br biome. ,
..They are perlect." said another. . 6 1
.
never mate any so well proportioned in rar
life. I must have some matle,like them. '
' "They are , toobigh,".,chitned in Char.
my Macaulay, with affected indifferenuir--
just a little to high. Dou't you think so.
Gordon?" ' '
"On the contrary," , replied the. hqs‘
,"f1 any thing I consider them a shade too
loW."
"You are mistaken my,dear fellow ; I
have an excellent eye, and I ant sure I sou
tight.' No table should exceed ,two feet
six. and these are et least one inch,higher.
"You are in error; they are not more
than two fest and a hall." .
"•
Don't bet Jatnes, don't bet, for Ira
mire of the fact. I tell you I cannot be
deneived ; eve is , always correct."
"Not het 1, It the "tables were not, my
own, and consequently I should.bet ,on
certainty, I'd lay you a lee of rupees that
th.:y - are not moire than thirty inches in
height,"
"Oh, if you are willing. I will make the
het, but remember Gentlemen, I yott
beforehand, that, I , am certain of the feet.
I say these, tables are at least thirty-one
lushes from the ground,"
! fur attic of rupees I" cried Gor-
Wee re-achoeti ChortaY•
The Wager was duly registered,. A
vant,was,orderedere4 to bring in 8,4 anl mem.'
`sure, when ,Charley Macaulay _turned
round with Pm air Dr triumph and said-,
!'.Yon may save yourselves the, trouble:'
of measuring ha!" and ha chtickled
with' dedight, "I: warned you fairly :hail(
het on certainty, and so }be bet must. be
binding, „lames." •
!stand to my , bet," said Gordon..
Well. then, pay, me the money. I
measured the tables this morning while
shaving, and here is the memorandum of
height—thirtv-one Lichee -
And the Colonel burst into a roar of
laughter, as ,he produced the pocket book
with .the memorandum in, it.
*now' futt said Jame.: 0 1. AIM
you do so in your looking glass,"., And
the flol. started. .
I,; "Yea. I saw ; you dolt; and /don as
,you had gone away. knowing well. our
object. I hail an inch 'sawed off: of every
leg ;, so for once, my knowing friend, the
tables are turned _ !",
The, roar that shook the table' mould
have .drowned Niagara. .Charley Macau.,
lay left Calcutta , the , nest day ten thou-
.saud pounds sterling poorer than he was
the day he arrived ;. and what was drill
worse, the very. youngest ensigns trt the
army quizzeo him forever afterward.--,
Perhapv was richer in the end, how
ever ; it wee hie last bet.
t vAn Aluctioneesing Judged,
The.lion..P. MeKenna, the wall known
Pittsburg; auctioneer, who Was almtait as
iiillll , llo3 to the "going,-.going—gone": heed.
tress as Robbins . , 'the great' London Knight
of the H isomer, watt sometime agri sp.
; pointed :Associate Judge of one of the
court+ of Allegheny county, Pennitylvenia,
!and the wags of the Press were telling
sonie,eapital stories at his expense, among
them, the.lollowing is going the rounds et
our exchanges, and if it makes ~the reader
gutfaw.as it did us, we pity the neighbor- .
hood he lives in :
.• it appears that during the delivery of an
unconscionably- long,. prosy speech balite
jury, his houor who for several nights pre
vious had been .broken of rest, fell into 4
comfortable doze, which fur sometime he
was.perwitted to eujoy,.till- the attorney.
commenting on the prices of certain articles
involved the controversy, had occasion
to use the term "sixty-two .'and a hall,"-t
Thereupon his Honor becoming partially
aroused. and fancying hlmself in' his'
tion,room. !laminar in hand,-sting . out: in
that. stentorian voice-lur a hie'' , he is rd
workable. "Sixty-two aif
'all, all dune, gentleman 1----un"alf,
'all, an' 'alf,--not a third the value of
ate; 'elf, an' !all, att"all, why, gentlemen;
is:it, pow.-- . .'!. At this stage of the "rale,"
his-Honor. was suddenly restored rot:
consciousness by the uncontrollable , niertt
Hemet of the -audience. the has lteveti
since engaged in the business of tinettitni.i
eetring'on the bench. t -.‘
1••-•1. • • •
HIS tlaaT 0011 TOR FRUIT TRIIIII4 - -t-r
The . Editor of tke.Rinerican 4grit44414": ,
nisi, good authority by the way,aayst
'After almost, a half a century .of
rience . w
in rinsing fruit, e are decidedly of
ignition, as a general rule, ,that the , beet
toil which to raise fruit., is that= just
(leered of a forest. 'rho surface 40414
rolling or descending. and moderately ;
dry and rich. Such ground needs little or
no 'preparation; the roots• of the forest
trees, as they decay, keep it loose *MY
mellow, and afford the exact food necesse-`,
ry fora rapid and healthy growth of the
fruit, trees ; and the soil abounds pleptlfef;
Iy in those elements which ire regalia' lot
form the most perfect fruit. Another tien-'
sideration, and a very itnporiant'one
that fruit trees grown on 'recently.eketted .
forest land, are touch less diseased '
those grown on old land, saddle' I.
not near so liable to be at tacked byiosecti." ,
There is nothing that taw tho:00•Ift, - ..... :,
out of an aristocrat so soon sol000itillt*:
him to some office that coumfrrt
people. He's atirfatinlia*
polite and neiglibewlysu '
' EhmtiMito Oho pooOlf:dtir , •
to takedho Ittwoh of 411044#44
footri than milthief Wm. • •