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IS IT COME 1
The following u the poem that attracted the at
tention of the Marquis of Lanjdowne, and induced
him to make a present of .100 to the authoress,
Miss Frances Brown Edinbiirg Ladies'1 Own.
Is it come? they said on the banks of the Nile,
Who looked for the world's long promised day,
4 w but the strife of Egypt's toil,
With the desert's sand and the granite grey.
From tho pyramid, temple and treasured dead,
We vainly ask for her wisdom's plan :
They tell of the slave and the tyrant's dread
. ' Yet there was hope when that day began.
The Cbaldee earn with his starry lore,
That built up Babylon's crown and creed ;
And bricks were stamped on tho Tigris shore
-With signs which our sages scarce oan read.
From Xinus' Temple and Nimrod's Tower
The rule of the old East's empire spread
Unreasoning faith ad unquestioned power
But still, Is it come ? the watcher said.
The light of the Persian's worshipped flume,
The ancient bond age its splendor threw;
And once on the west a sunrise came,
When Greece to her freedom's trust was true !
With dreams to the utmost ages dear,
With human gods and with godlike men ;
Ko marvel the far-ofT day seemed near
To eyes that looked through her laurels then.
Tho Romans conquered and revelled, too.
Till honor and faith and power were gone ;
And deeper old Europe's darkness grew,
As, wavo &fter ware, the (ioth enine on.
Tho gown was learning, the sword was law,
The people served in the oxen's stead ;
But ever some gleam the Watcher saw,
And evermore, Is it come ? they said.
Poet and Seer that question cnnjM j$
Above the din of Life's fears and frets;
It marched with letters, it toiled with thought,
Thro' schools and croeds which tho earth forgets.
And statesmen trifle and priests deceive,
And traders barter our world away;
Tet boarts to that golden promise cleave.
And still, at times, Is it come '. they say.
The days of the nations bear no trace
Of all the sunshine so far foretold ;
The cannon speaks in tho teacher's place
Tho age is weary with work and gold ;
And high hopes wither and memories wane
On hearths and altars the fires are doad ;
But that brave faith hath not lived in vaiii ;
And this is all that our Watcher said.
From the Knickerbocker.
TIIE ETIQUETTE OF VISITING.
T TIlOSfAS BIBB BRADLEY.
My readers, there is nothing more delightful
than visiting a pretty, bright-eyed woman, on a
pretty, starry night. I can tell you, a pretty
woman Js a good thing a devilish good thing
bonum ovum! A man in the presence of a
lovely lady should graciously '.hank Provi
m jrcB for Ilis benignity in creating her. The
Kcler of tho universe arrangod all thoso beau
tiful curls on that pearly neck, that she might
be attractive and pleasant unto man. Thoso
rare lips and that snowy brow, and those heav
enly eyos, and that swelling bosom were grant
ed to her to render her a suitable partnorfor us.
In our visits to her, then, let us remember it,
and bow obedient to the shrine of her beauty.
Of course, every gentleman more or less fre
quently visits tho ladies. Not to do so argues
him unqualified for the balmy atmosphere of a
lady's parlor, and unsuitcd for tho sweetest
pleasure of this short existence. The man who
has no friends among tho women is in a sad po
sition. Than to bo such a man, I would prefer
to be suspended by a hair over tho cliffs of Do
ver, or navigating tho Arctic Ocean in a ca
noe. Even animals are sociable : pigs confab
ulato, and swine are capable of sustaing a con
versation. Elephants visit each other, and al
ligators enjoy evening entertainments. Horses
Indeed have an established code of etiquette
In their chit-chats. In fact, I once knew a silly
beast who associated (by accident purely) with
refined horse-company until he imagined him
self an excellent riding animal, and lull of spi
rit. Tho consequence was, he rendered him
self ridiculous on all occasions by his intoler-"
crable vanity and abominable attempts at tho
Imitation of his superiors.
If fondness for company is thus truo of the
lower animals, how much more true of man.
The groat question to be considered then, is
how to render society and even a single visit
pleasant and profitable. In the first place, it is
generally conceded that no ono should be
present at any entertainment, public or private,
or visit any fair lady, or in any manner what
soever protrude himself upon genteel compa
ny, who cannot contribute his sharo to the in
terest of the occasion. Such a rule excludes
boys with shirt-collars three inches high, and
fcliull six inches thick ; it demolishes dandies,
and depopulates tho whole tribo of spccklo-fa-ccd
nihilities. It gives decent men a chance,
and consigns to their merited oblivion all red
eyed boobies. Such a rule works cogently, and
is a good thing a devilish good thing bonum
ovum. It should bo generally adopted in this
benighted country. The dominron of boydom
would be over ; it would breatho its last sigh
gently as a sick hen. Missea in their facetious
teens would no more snicker and blush even
to their eye-brows at the compliments and stu
pid flatteries of some sentimental, kid-gloved,
hook-nosed little gallant. Their flounces and
furbelows would infest a ball-room or private
party no more ; thoso satinets, and jaconets,
an J bobinets would net no more minnows; I
My minnows, for trout don't bito at small
baits. " They are sensible fish, and know bow
to appreciate a good thing.
Such a rule, if adopted, would accomplish
, another great desideratum in all goodly socie
ty. It would destroy with a keen and wither
ing frost thoso rare exotics which silently
bloom in their quiet simplicity. I refer to tho
speeics wall-flowers. Now they are indeed
placid plants, quite content to waste tneir
eweetnass upon'tho desert air, but they always
need some other soil than the one they aVhe
time occupy. In fact, to speak the litil
truth, women or men stuck up against t
wall, with an awful smile of affected content
ment, puckering their lips, are fearful to look
at. To be thrown within the sphere of their!
influence is not a good thing it's a devilish sue. In the interesting interim the gentle
bad thing malum ovum. Methinks it is likelmen might ruminate on matrimony, and tho
a visit from Koreas, or a s.irih niter Sir John io. harm 9 of a honCY-moon. After suitable 6i-
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Franklin quito cold and uncomfortable. It
robs a man of his hilarity, divests him of his
conviviality, and deposits upon his countcnanco
an awful expression of stupidity. May Heat
ex have mercy upon all who may hereafter in
a gay saloon be thus afflicted, and alleviate
their calamity, as far as the circumstances of
the case will permit which is small devilish
small. Unto wall-flowers themselves, of what
ever age or sex, Abdallah would politely but
positively and pungently suggest a course of
conduct : My dear, remain at home, and, fold
ing your arms quietly, gazo at the family
clock. It's a good thing, for it keeps time,
bonum owm and will serve to occupy your
rather vacant understandings. There you may
snooze the long, long hours away in uninter
rupted felicity, and no one can molest you or
make you afraid. Bonum oveni.
To enjoy a visit where only one lady will be
visible in the pailor, ono must eschew all com
panions, and call alone. However congenial
and friendly two men may be out of the lady's
society, in it they insensibly become rivals,
and ono of them must temporarily yield his
claims. They smirk at each other, and en
deavor to look the agreeable, but human na
ture is human nature, and ono of tho rascals is
chuckling at his triumph all tho time. A man
is not a rock, or an old oak-stump: he cannot
look at a beautiful woman showering favors
upon another man, and displaying her prefer
ence for him by the loving gaze of her dark
orbs, and not becomo a little excited. In fact,
to bo in company w ith a lovely woman, who
smiles upon your companion, and is lndifl'of
ent to you, is not a good thing it is a bad
thing malum ovum. But calling alone, ono
has a free sweep, fine swoop, and full scopo.
If tho visitor bo poetical and affects the muses,
the moon, tho stars, and all troubadour zeph
yrs aro quite at his service. The sun, too, is
obedicut, and tho various Roman Gods will
come at his call. Homer and Horace are on
hand, and he can raphsodize on blind John
Milton and tho old English poets. He can
sympathize with the sorrows of Burns, or de
pict with magnificent effect the unholy death
of poor Edgar Foe. To be brief, ho can very
easily make a fool of himself, or on the contra
ly, if he be capable, confer infinite pleasure
upon tho fair lady. If ho be a political gen
tleman, he can unbury the often-cxhumcd Na
poleen, or that huge tyrant G;esar ; he can be
labor Arnold and eulogize Washington; he can
spread himself upon the Ameriean eagle, and
wave tho banner of the Union in tho halls of
the Montczumas. If ho be sentimental, there
is the history of Mary, Queen of tho Scots,
rich in its details and entirely new, or the still
more affecting tragedy of Barbara Allen, who
murdered in cold blood a gallant youth yclept
Jemmy Groves, Esq., A. M. The clerk may
interest the lady with a discourse upon calico
and Brussels lace, or may complacently alludo
to our commercial emporium.' The lawyer
may expatiate upon the importance of his last
case, the physician upon his last patient, and
hn rtnor devil of a school-teacher upon the
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flogging last administered to somo hopeful sci
on of aristocracy. In line, to visit a lady
alone, removes all fetters, banishes all unne
cessary restraint, and renders ono decidedly
confortablo. To do so is a good thing a dev
ilish good thing bonum orum.
In visiting, ono frequently encounters sar
castic young ladies. On such occasions the
gentleman should obsequiously bow to their
superior wisdom and wit. It is not a suppo
sablc ease that a man of twenty-five or thirty
could have moro experience or real sense
than a young lady of seventeeu, wise in her jn
venescencc, and sapient in her remarks. Such
an idea would be an absurdity malum ovum !
Consequently all sagacious Misses should neg
lect no opportunity of attacking all dignified
gcntUman with antique bon-mofs and concoct
ed good things. All gentleman should waive
their dignity and spare the lady's feelings by
the appearance of surpassing humility and ab
solute awe.
In visiting, conversation should bo sustain
ed, though pauses are often agreeable. Some
men imagine they must pour forth a stream of
words, otherwise they will be pronounced dull
and uninteresting. Sensible women do uot so
think. On the contrary, they rather like paus
es. Thus they have opportunity for reflection,
and time to analyze their own emotions and
tho remarks of their visitors. Such pauses
imirpviT. must not be rendered stupid. A
calm neglige air 6hould be visiblo in the faces
of all present, and whoever resumes tho con
versation should do it with grace and elegance.
I have known fool3 to attempt it, and they
made a poor thing of it a devilish poor thing
malum ovum.
In calling upon a bride, ceremony must bo
observed. If the visitor calls alone, ho must
not omit presenting his card iu a proper man
ner. If thoro be several visitors, tho bride
must be honored with the card of each. Some
little suggestions, too, should be mado to tho
aimnf the delivery or the cards, lie
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OLEARFIELD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1856.
should be instructed to approach the bride de
ferentially, handing her the cards one by one,
and making his salaam) or bow, with tho de
livery of each. As soon as the visitors enter
thev should seat themselves with mathemati
cal precision, and permit a stately pause to en-
ence. the oldest and most voluble gentleman
present should disturb the stillness with sapi-
r ... ... a: 1 ..1
ent observations on wedlocs, ouu parucuianjr
on her marriage. He should conclude his dis
course with something jocular, at which his
companions should simultaneously enickcr.
A graceful calmness beisS thus obtained, the
conversation may beeof o general, and tho
wea.her' especially may discussed. After
an interesting hour thus ipnt, they can appro
pi lately retire with sult-blo obeisances and
complacent chuckles. T call on a brido in
this manner is a good thi g a devilish good
thing bonum ovum. Thife is nothing ridicu
lous or cercmoueous or ii'ly in such a procec
ding,and it is well calcuhpd to win the bride's
favor, if she should bo aV intellectual lady.
Especially will the matter of the cards concil
iate her. It is an enormeas insult to call upon
a lady without a card. In some of the States
it is a penitentiary offence. Dr. Samuel John
son, were he alive, could not be permitted to
eschew the card custom. We might indulge
the ponderous lexicographer in mfiy of his
whims ; but wo would bind him to U e laws of
.t:.iiioit The nl.l horso mizht kie'e, but we
ten. M onrh liim in. Eil ward Pinkntr, howev
er. and Henry Clay, I have bee nl informed,
ventured to call upon some of thefc lady-ac-quaitances
without cards, and sullied, I was
told, in consequences of tho enormfy, no di
minution whatever of political rcnow or legal
reputation. My informant, howef r, was
rrroat. liar, and I did not credit hi. It cer
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tainlv must have been a lie maltw orum !
Upon the introduction of a stinger great
attention should bo bestowed- , in inc i
rdace. tho name of the lady ftnd 1,is 0
should be pronounced by tho!"tro,iuccr in ve
rv low tones, so that neithiKof them can Pofl
siblv hear tho name irivo This will produce
a magnificent awkwaress k'Suly entertain
,-nT th f MTver addresses a remark to
the ladv.
It is custo-F vilu us ut ncverthelcs
wrontr for nraugcrs to be introduced by their
gentleman acquaintances. Ono of the parents
or some no of the lady's relations is the pro
ner person to bestow an introduction upon
stranger. Then tho cermony becomes pleas
ant to him, and ho feels at once recognized by
...n,nri( m nn fifctimablo acouaintancc. But
custom has established a pell-mell introduc
itULUVt lj
,-n in this progressive republic. So wo must
make the best of it as it is, and although w
oppose, wc must assert it to be a good thing
bonum orum. As soon as our incna mah.es me
acquaintance, through our instrumentality, of
the fair lady, we should at once rest content
with our efforts, and throw the gentleman on
his own responsibility. If he blushes, aud is
still as the blessed calmness of a summer eve,
let him thus remain. If ho become restless
and perturbed, by no means throw out any in
itiatory remark calculated to sootho his dis
mayed spirit. Offer no suggestion, asK no ques
tion, but let him repose in his enviable posi
tion, careful mcanwhilo that a placid smile
floats upon our lips, beautiful as the silvery
cloud upon October's ruddy sky. Bonum otum I
Engrossing the conversation is a vice so rare
in this country that it is scarcely nece ssary to
rebuke it. Occasionally, however, innocent
young gentlemen, out of sheer condescension
to the cider and more unattractive visitors,
(when the parlor is full,) play the regal in dis
course. They place upon their juvenile shoul
ders tho burden of rendoring every body com
fortable and calm.
Sometimes in these their very commendable
and insinuating efforts, they rush up against a
snag, in the shape of somo intellectual gentle
man, and, being vital, they are, of course,
slightly injured. It should be suggested to
very youthful gentlemen, that it requires brain
to elicit and retain the pleased attention of
miscellaneous companies- Brinsley Sheridan
had decided talent in that way, and posterity
reckons Thomas Jefferson an elegant conver
sationist. But my very young friends, they
were matured men of remarkable mental cali
bre. Their contemporaries were delighted
with their marvellous wit and most princely
humor; but, odds fish! your conspicuous vani
ty without genius to support and regalizo it,
your abominable presumption without wit to
authorize it, and your awful ignorance without
an ider to illumine it, render very poor indeed
your claims to present consideration or future
glory. My young friends, bo wise, and divest
yourselves of superfluous agrecability. Ac
knowledge your errors to yourselves, abandon
them forthwith, and commit yourselves to tho
guidance of abenificent humility. It will be a
good thing devilish good thing bonum ovum.
Ladies aro frequently highly entertained by
visitors of unusual dignity and remarkable
gravity. Tho sacred presence of such gentle
men gives an unusual balminess to the atmos
phcro of the parlor. Their demeanor, moreo
ver, begets a corresponding solemnity upon
the part of all present. One can thus conve.
niently ruminate upon the delightful themes
of grave-yards, coffins, corpses, and tho inexo
rable monster Death. To suggest such topics ,
of such a general interest at such a time is a
good thing bonum ovum I
If one be particularly interested in any young
ladv Dresent in general company, American
etiquette explicitly demands that ono should
give unequivocal demonstrations ot tno laci.
The lover must cling, like the clam to a rock,
unto the side of his beloved. If the young la
dy flinches, and intimates in any manner her
annoyance, ho roust not be abasnea. r aim
heart never won fair lady, and it is exceeding
ly sensible to woo her in the presence of oth
ers. Bonum ovum !
Ladies should always make the proper dis-
inction in regard to their visitors. The hope
ful scion of the aristocracy of wealth should bo
treated with moro deference than the intellec
tual poor "gentleman. However elegant and
niri-ooaiiiR tim latter mav be. to tho former
must be accorded all the glory of the visit.
He has been nurtured in affluence and bred to
luxury ; and though noble thoughts have nev
er petitioned for entrance within his cranium,
he must be placed on tho eminence of superior
ity. This, etiquette peremptorily urges and
custom sanctions. Intellect bccomea-ignoiui-nious
when compared to gold ; for the last
halh carriages, and carpets, and curtains of
exquisito device, and ladies love them all.
All hail to men of pecuniary resources! but
may tho devil take nil poor folks who aro at
the same time intellectual and proud, lo be
a poor visitor is not a good thing it is a dev
ilish bad thing malum ovum !
INCREASE OF ROMANISM.
Archbishop Hughes recently delivered a lec
ture before the Young Catholic Friends' Soci
ety, in Balt imore, a digest of which we find in
the New Bedford Mercury. According to this
prelate, peoplo have indulged in speculations
unon the power and endurance ot tno uainouc
Church in the United States, this church nov-
cr having been, before the Declaration of In
dependence, connected with any government,
cxri as its favorite or its foe. The Arch
bishop derives the Catholics in the U. States
from three sources the primitive stock of the
Maryland colony, immigration and conversion
In tho year 1785, John Carroll, a Jesuit, was
appointed by the Holy See as tho Superior of
tho clergy in this country. In Maryland, at
that' date, thcro were between sixteen and
twenty thousand catholic3; in Fennsylvania
eight thousand; in New York there were two
hundred' "These," ho says, "arc the three
sources from which, as I wilfeue them, the
native, hereditary and American Catholics are
to be derived." At this date, 1783, there wcro
lour Catholic churches in the States, but no
Catholic schools, colleges, hospitals or orphan
asylums. From subsequent accessions of tcr
ritory, the Archbishop does not consider that
we have gained many original Catholics. Xcxt
comes immigraiion, and this, according to the
lecturer, has been too highly rated. Up to
the year 1825, tho immigration from the Brit
ish Empire amounts to a liitlo over 800,000,
but the tide ol Catholic immigrants did not
set in towards this country till after the close
of the revolutionary war, and a great part of
this even was Frotestant, that is, the north
country people, who settled in Xew Jersey and
Western Fennsylvania. 1- rom tno year ic.-j
to tho year 1850, a period of twenty-five years,
there arrived from Great Britain and Ireland,
1,453,323 immigrants, and from the year 1850
to 1856, in the city of New York alono 1,319,
23G immigrants, and in all from these coun
tries, since 1790, wo may call the immigration
about 3,250,000. For tho last fifteen years, the
Archbishop considers that four-fifths of tho
immigration has been Catholic, and that one
of thrco of the immigrants dio soon after their
arrival, as they are especially exposed to the
accidents of life, to sickness, hardship of ev
rv kind, and toilsome poverty. Hundreds of
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thousands of tho descendants of the Catholic
immigrants, have fallen away from their reli
gion, but it is equally true that they hardly
added anything to any other denomination of
Christians.
By tho census of 1850 there were in the H
nited States 19,553,0G5 whito inhabitants, of
whom 2.240.535 were of foreign birth. With
the exception ot 950,000, which was the num.
ber of Irish according to tho census, the re
mainder of those of forciiin birth caruo from
Sweden, Norway, tho German States, Great
Britain, &c., mostly l'rotestants according to
tho lecturer. By the closest examination, and
arranging tho results according to the best as- narrow for you to sleep comfortable, consi lcr
certained authority within reach, it follows as Jng Jl0W j ,rcanl. You sco I am an old trap
an approximate calculation that at the present Rn(l Ecncrauv dream of shootin' and seal-
day there are in the United States, say.elevcn
hundred thousand (1,100,000) Catholics born
in foreign lands; over eight hundred thousand
Irish and three hundred thousand Germans,
because of the German Immigration there aro
two Protestants for ono Catholic. Now, we
find according to the Catholic Almanac for
1856, that tho Catholic population of the Uni-
ted States is 2,397,500, er hundred thousand
foreign born Catholics, and the balance, twelve
hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hun-
dred, must be of the primitive stock or have
been acquired. Conversion, then, must be ta-
ken as ono of the chief means to which we
may attribute the increase of the Catholic
Church. We have already given tne total
Catholic population ; the number of priests in
1785 was 23; now there are 161 priests; at
a t .SaliAn I
now there are seven of tnc loruier, auu iuhij
five of tho latter; from four churches there
aro now 1910 churches, and 803 stations for
worship; also C7 seminaries to train up youth,
24 colleges, and 130 fcmsle academies, .-such
are the last estimates, given briefly, of one of
tho most noted Catholic dignitaries in tho
country ; he looks on the prospect of the Cath
olic Church as good ; it will increase by tho
medium of native born Catholics in this coun
try; immigration will probably diminish, but
tho principles of their fathers will bo continu
ed in their children. The lecturer then cites
the little republic of San Marino as au instance
of a republic which, though it is Catholic, has
yet retained its independence for a period of
1400 years, and closes with the remark, "it
should bo that tho Catholic religion desires no
more light than she possesses ; no more liber
ty and laws, by which this country has mado
such astonishing progress, leaving religion to
take care of its own concerns every denomi
nation managing its affairs in its own way. -
If tho archbishop would induce his fol.owcrs
to live up to this golden rule, let "religion
take care of its own concerns," and not inter
fere with other afiaiis not concerning it, es
pecially those of politic?, we might all get on
comfortably. But the precepts of the expect
ant Cardinal differ from his priotice.and there
in consists all the difficulty.
Use or a Nose. A good story is told of
Mozart, at the time ho was pupil ot Mayan.
The latter challenged his pupil to compose a
piece of music wUieh he could not play at
sight. Mozart accepted tho banter, and a
fashionable supper was to bo the forfeit. ; Ev
ery thing being arran2cd botween the two com
poser!., Mozart took his pen and a sheet of pa
per, and in five minutes daslieu on apiece oi
music, and much to tho suprise of Haydn, han
ded it to him, saying:
"There is a piece of music, sir, which you
cannot play, and I can; you arc togivo the tlrst
trial."
Havdu smiled contemptuously at the vision
ary presumption of his pupil, and placing the
notes before him, struck tho keys of the in
strument. Surprised at its simplicity, he
dashed away untill he reached tho middle of
the piece, when stopping all at once, ho ex-
cimiicu;
"How's this, Mozart ? How's this Here
my hands are streched out to both ends of th
piano, and yet there is a middle key to bo
touched. Nobody can play such music not
even the composer himself."
Mozart fciniled at the half excited iudigna-
ion and perplexity of the great master, nnl
taking the scat he had quited, struck the in
strument with such an air of self assurance
that Havdn began to think himself duped
Running along the simple passages he came
to that part which his teacher had pronounced
impossible to be played. Mozart as every
body is aware, was favored, or at least endow
ed with an extremely long nose, which , in
modern dialect, stuck out about a feet. Rea
ching the difficult passage he stretched both
hands to the extreme ends of the piano, aud
leaning forward, bobbed his nose ag?.inst the
middle key, which nobody could play.
Haydn burst into an immoderate fit of laugh
ter, and after acknowledging tho corn,' de
clared that nature had endowed Mozart with a
capacity for music, which, ho had never before
discovered.
A Farson Looking for Sheep. A preacher
was travelling in one of the back settlements,
and stopped at a cabin, where an old lady re
ceived him very kindly. After setting provi
sions before him, she began to question him;
"Stranger, where mought you b from?" Mad
am, I reside in Shelby county, Kentucky."
"Wall stranger, hope no offence, but what
mought you be a do'in way up here?" Madam,
I am searching tor the lost sheep of Israid."
John, John, shouted the old lady, come rite
here this minit; here's a stranger all the way
from Shelby county, Kentucky, a hunting
stock, and I'll jest bet my Gizard that tangled
haired old black ram, that's bin iu our lot all
last week is one cMs'n"
A Nice Bepfellow. Wall, stranger,' said
a backwoodsman to a man whom tho landlord
of the hotel both were stopping at, had detail-
to sleep wit!l ijim Wall, stranger, I've no
o1l;cctjori to your sleeping with me, none in
tl icast. but it seems tome the bed's rather
pin injuns. Where I stopped night afora last
t, cnared mo five dollars extra, cause I hap-
penod to whittle up the headboard in the night.
But you can come, stranger, if you like I feel
kinder peaceable now.
Coxsi-MFTiox. Dr
Mai shall nail, an cmi-
nent physician says :
"If I wcro seriously ill of consumption, I
would live out of doors day and night, except
in rainy weather or mid-v ir.tr ; then I would
J sleep in an unplastered log house. L'o says
that consumptives want air, not physic pure
air, not medicated air plenty of meat and
bread. "Fhysic has no nutriment, gasping
for air cannot cure you ; monkey capeia m
gymnasium cannot cure yon
and stimulant
j cannot enre you."
that time there was no arcnoisnop w v,v,
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VOL. 2.-N0. 28.
NOT ASHAMED OF RELIGION.
In one of Hannah More's fascinating letters,
contained in her Memoirs, she gives her sister
an account of an interview sho had recently
held with tho Turkish Ambassador to Great
Britain, on tho subject of Mohamedanism.
Feinting to some nobleman in tho room, tho
ambassador said, "I do not know how these
lords do, but I am not ashamed to own that I
retire five times a day to offer prayer and ob
lation." How this fact may strike tho reader
it is not for the writer to know ; but he felt on
reading It half ashamed of somo Christians
whom he has known to conceal their character
when they ought to have avowed it, and whol
ly ashamed of himself that he has been so
much like them.
Why should it bo so 1 Why should it hap
pen that wo should sometimes in early morn
ing enjoy sweet communion with Christ in the
closet or at the family altar, an I before night
feci unwilling that persons of the world, with
whom wo have casually come into contact,
should know that we profess to bo Christians 7
Is it, indeed, true that wc can ever hesitate to
believe in the infinite excellence of Christ, or
to s?t a proper estimate on the blessings we
have received from him? It wa3 not so al
wavs. There was a period when we first dis
covered tho prcciousncss of Jesus and his
mercy, when we at once aimed
"To tell to sinner round,
What a dear Savior we had found."
Were not these happy days, and did wo not
feel wc had a blessed employment X And now
that wo have received his favors for many
months, or even for many years, why hesitate
to avow his cause, or to make k" e rich
es of his mcy would it not be well to re
turn to our former feelings and practice, for
assuredly it was better for us then than now.
Christian zeal should increase the nearer we
advance to heaven, instead of declining. Let
us not, dear reader, be ashamed of Chris, lest
he be ashamed of us. Watchman and Ex.
I iiavs no Time to Reap. Tho idea about
the want of time is a mere phantom. Frank
lin fuiind time in tho midst of all his labors to
dive into tho hidden recesses of all bis philos
ophy, and explore the untrodden path of sci
ence. The great Frederick, with an empire at
bis direction, iu the midst of war, on the eve
of battles which were to dcxide the fate of his
kingdom, found time to revel in the charms of
philosoihy and intellectual pleasures. Bona
parte, with all Europe at his disposal, and a
world trenibliug before him, with kings in his
ante-chamber begging for vacant thrones, with
thousands of men whose destinies were sus
pended by the brittle thread of his arbitrary
pleasure, had time to converse with books.
Ciisar, when he had curbed the spirits of the
Roman people, and was thronged with visitors
from tho remotest kingdoms, found time for
intellectual conversation. Every man has
time: if lie is careiui to improve u as wen aa
he might, he can reap a three-fold reward.
Let mechanics make use of the hours at their
disposal, if they-want to obtain a proper influ
ence in society. They can, if they will, hold
in their hands the destinies of our Republic;
they are numerous, respectable and powerful;
and they have only to make the effort and we
see them qualified to frame laws for the nation.
A few days since, says an exchange, a love
ly little child of four summers was buried in
this town. On leaving the house of its pa
rents, the clergyman plucked op by tho roots
a beantiftil little "forget-me-not," and took it
with him to tho grave. After the little em
bryo ol humanity had been deposited in the
grave, tho clergyman holding np the plant in
his hand said :
"I hold in my hand a beautiful flower which
I plucked from the garden wo have just left.
By taking it from its parent home, it has with
ered ; but I here plant it in the head of this
grave and it will soon revive and flourish. So
with tho little flower we have just planted in
tho grave. It has been plucked from its na
tive garden, and has w ilted, but it is trans
planted into tho garden of Immortality, where
it will revive aud flourish iu immortalUy, glory
and beauty."
ruor.nr.ss or the Ace. A schoolboy, about
ten years of age, approaches the master with a
bold front and self-confident air, and tho fol
lowing dialogue ensued.
Boy May I be dismissed, sir?
Mr. Birch, scowling What reason have you
for making the request Thomas?
Boy I want to take out my woman a sleigh
ing, sir.
Mr. Birch Take your seat!
Tmr.n Mcx. In reply to another paper,'
which recommends that the candidate ' for
offlico should bo men of "tried integrity," the
Albany Knickerbocker says ."This is being
done in this county. One of the candidates
for the Assembly hasten "tried" four times
thrco times for swindling and once for bigamy.
There is every prospect that we shall havo
some tried met in our Common Council ere
long." .
"Sonny, what are wages here ?" "Don't
know." "What does your father get on Sat
urday night V "Tight as a brick."
The Lewistown Gazette saya the aleighing
party thermometers, in that bailiwick, ar
down ta freezo and tqnrtto all tho time.