J3Y; S. B. ROY.
CLEARFIELD, AVEMESMY; MARCH 5, 1856,
VOL. 2. IT0. 30.
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THELOTEDOSESAfAR.
BT T. B. PtlStPTOX.
When night winds are wailing,
Llke spirits intbrall,
And Death walks in Darkness,
.Through hamlet and hall,
; Kind Angels of Mercy,
. "Wherever they are,
TFatch over the slum berg
Of loved ones afar
Our heart's dearest treasures.
The loved ones afar.
Where'er they may wander.
O'er land and o'er sea,
Thoa Father of Angels,
We trust them with thee
B thou to Earth's pilgrims
The day beam and star,
' The staff of the weary,
To loved ones afar
Oar heart's dearest treasures,
The loved ones afar.
While life hath pleasure.
Or hope hath a cheer j
While tne heart can feel kindness.
Or sorrow a tear ;
I cannot forget them,
Nor fail in the prayer.
That God will watch over
The loved one3 afar
Our heart'j dearest treasures.
The loved ones afar.
The winter of lifetime
May close round in gloom,
And spring flowers may scatter
Their leaves o'er my tomb;
Yet still through the darkness,
Like evening's pale star,
"Ify spirit will hover
O'er loved ones afar
Our heart's dearest treasures.
The loved ones alar.
From the Knickerbocker.
STRAY FANCIES OF YOUNG LIFE.
BT PHIL. KKOMMOK.
I with yon could have seen hr my first love!
l naa reacned tno advanced age of ten when
my heart surrendered itself to Fanny C , and
the young lady was no older. We attended
the sain school, and she used to cast at me
side-long, modest glances of affection, in an
awer to my somewhat broad stare of admira
tion, when we ercountered each other in the
treet, on onr way to thejemple of learning. I
wuc cnuiu;, c ujet iii ajuvenwe par
ry j we were both seized with a chronic blush
ing, and when in the course of some kissing
game, I chose her, and imprinted a kiss upon
her cheek, she was quite overpowered. I re
member now the joyous spring-like thrill
hich that chaste, pure kiss of boyish affec
tion sent tingling through my blood. We be
came bound to each other from that happy
minute.
I dreamt of that girl for three nights succes
sively, and when Saturday came was misera
ble, very miserable ; for I knew I should not
sea her again till Monday. I wandered in the
unection of her father's residence on Satur
day afternoon, instead cf playing 'hockey'
with my companions. : He lived in a court. I
dared not turn into it, but I passed by the end
several times with the air of a corsair disap
pointed in love.
I detected myself now often before a looking-glass,
continually brushing my hair and
putting on clean collars. I polished my shoes
every day, and in my prepress toward refine
ment, even declined to engage in ary outside
games. Tanny and I would meet each other
at appointed times and places, and take long
walks together. Where we wandered in these
excursions, I know not, but I was certainly
very3ppy; and when I returned home, was
always anxious to know if there wasn't a rent
la my apparel, or white-wash on my jacket, or
'some other little matter which might have de
ducted from the splodor of my personal ap
pearance during the walk.
No living man, not even tho President cf
tha United States, whoever that dignitary
might have been at the ti:nc, held so high a
place in my imagination as Fanny'3 father.
Ilis effect upon me was astounding. lie cer
tainly was not possessed of extraordinary tal
ents, and, I have since discovered, was rather
a common-place character; but he was Fan
ny's father, and that was enough for me. A
man who was the parent of such a girl should
not bo compared with the general run of hu-
. inanity, by any means. I think I feared him,
for in my mind he possessed most of the traits
which history gives Olivet Cromwell, mingled
'with some of the characteristics of Napoleon
Bonaparte. ' Yet this man, knowing doubtless
f my acquaintance with Fanny, addressed me
one day in the street, and said, 'Well, my boy,
call and see our Fanny ; I know she would like
to see yon!
Ilere was condescension! a gentleman of
.lis age and standing inviting me to call and
co his daughter! I blushed and muttered
some thanks, which he replied to with a hearty
laugh, and passed on. I entertained an idea
that Mr. C. was enormously rich. I knew
that, if he chose, he could draw from his pock
et a handful of gold eagles at any time. I
. wondered why ho wasn't Governor of the State
or something of that sort, and. pondered on
the celebrated ingratitude of republics. And
this man wished me to call upon bis daughter!
Bless me ! I rather thought I would.
I went home, and in an easy, gentlemanly
way, informed my mother dear mother! I
e her quiet smile now that Mr. C. had just
Invited me to call on FanDy, and that I tho't
I should accept and visit her in the course of
a dy or two. In a day or two ! yes, indeed.
ueceitrm boy that I was ! I knew T Khnul,l
call directly after school with Fanny, that af
ternoon. It was a great thought. I should ac
company that dear girl home, walk np the
steps to the door, and instead of then bidding
ner larewell, would enter that abode of happi
ness. And when my mother told me that I
appeared to be very fond of Miss Fanny, didn't
I Ignore the fact on the spot, and endeavor to
laugh it off cavalierly, and signally fail in the
attempt ? And then the pains I took about my
dress that noon ; It really seemed that the do
mestics did get np my linen very carelessly
now. I mentioned it to my mother as she was
pinning on my collar, but she didn't agree
with me.
I started for school that afternoon with a
beating heart, but full of hope, and already
enjoying my happiness in anticipation. Eat
even as I gazed npon the old brick school
house, my heart sank within me, and I feared
I scarcely knew what. Ala3! Fannv was not
at school! She had been taken suddenly ill
that morning, and the physician had ordered
her to keep within doors. Thus was my curt
of happiness dashed to the earth. Long and
weary days passed, and still her seat was emp
ty. I mnstcreu up courage, and boldly rang
at her father's door, and inquired after her. I
am sure I must have looked sheepishly about
it, for the servant laughed at me. I thiDk I
could have seen that man trampled by wild el
ephants, or shot out of a cannon, or put to a
j painful death in any other Oriental manner,
without the slightest pity for him. This mis
erable domestic iuformed me that Miss Fanny
was growing better. I was happy in my heart,
but could not, a? I had intended, send my re
spects through this man ; so I turned upon my
heel and lef wondering in what part of the
house Fanny was lying.
At last I saw her again. I pressed her soft,
little hand, and gazed tenderly upon her pale
face. I called to see her, and as she became
well aud hearty again, I saw her oftener, and
we were on the most intimate terms. We
walked together; we sat cozily at home and
played back-gammon ; and at intervals, I took
tea at her mother's table.
"H" lam rrf p ar t jr mm nvtewi n -, ; ..
and at my earnest request, my mother dis
patched me to invite Fanny to go with us.
Her mother consented, and we were very, very
happy while witnessing tho representation of
the drama of the 'Forty Thieves Fanny
clapped her hands for joy when Ali Daba was
safely out of the cavern, with his store of trea
sure, and shuddered and crept close to me
when Morgiana poisoned the robbers in the
jars, l wasn-t worth much for purposes of
study for many days after that. My master
chided me, and what was worse, detained me
after school-hours. This stroke of bad foi tune
deprived me of the pleasure cf walking heme
with Fanny, and I was the more chagrined,
since I had reason . to believe that a stout boy,
with very black eyes, took occasion at these
times to pay attention to her; and I had once
detected him disappearing around the corner
of the street in her company, as I emerged
from the school-door. I sunk, to the lowest
depths of despair, and fancied no one could
ever be so irremediably wretched.
I never affected the society of -that boy ; it
appeared to me that there was some innate, in
herent badness in his character; and I felt it
my duty to warn Fanny against so abandoned
a villain. She replied with a toss of her pret
ty head which I did not half like. I brushed
rudely against the black-eyed boy when I en
countered him ; and seeking out some peculi
arity in the texture or fit of his apparel, insult
ed him grossly with a sarcastic mention of it
I took exception to hi3 gait, and gave a bur
lesque imitation of it in the open street ; in
deed I tried various ways to pick a quarrel
with him. I even went so far as to taunt him
with his attentions to Fanny; this touched
him, and he gave nic battle ; he gave me more
he gave me a thrashing. In this conflict I
received a black eye, which resulted in some
trouble for me at home : and would you be
lieve it, Fanny laughed at me! This led to a
series of recriminations, and wo parted in a
quarrel. How grieved I was at what I had
done, and how vexed with myself for having
had any words with Fanny, I need not state
here. However, in a day or two, she begged
my pardon, and with an expression of offended
dignity, I forgave her, as'if I was a prince of
the blood, and she some poor peasant's child.
I felt grandly, and Jonged to embrace her, bnt
that wouldn't do at all; it might compromise
me. I must make it.appear that she had been
entirely in the wrong. .
After this, we were fast friends, and the
black-eyed boy had no chance. I still envied
him hugely for one thing, and that was his
beautiful hair, which was always parted and
dressed stylishly. I am inclined to think that
be used Macassar; and indeed there was a ru
mor fife with the boys that he poured an entire
vial of that ambrosial liquor upon bis locks
each day. Now, my hair was flaxen aud cur
ly, and I was compelled to own, suffered great
ly in comparison with his. I had serious
thoughts of using a hair-dye, and applied to
my mother for funds for the purchase thereof,
but she said something about the progress of
'Young America which at that time I did not
understaud, and refused to assent to my plan
of amending nature. Toor woman I she ad
mired the color of my hair as it was, I know ;
for my father, when young, possessed locks of
the same sunny shade.
I attended another party, and among the
guests were Fanny aud the black-eyed boy,
who, by-the-bye, was rather attentive to a
young lady in a yellow frock, whom I consid
ered handsome, but Fanny couldn't bear her.
Why did Fanny appear so very plain that
evening?' Why couldn't her mother have
brushed that wisp out of her, hair Why was
that pretty apron so one-sided ? It was strange
she should be so careless of her looks. But
the yellow frock! How very beautiful she
was, to bo sure ! I spoke to her: she rer,iied
sweetly, and blushed. There was no wisp in
her hair, and her apron was adjusted to' a
charm. Why should I devote myself so en
tirely to Fanny? Was it not apparent that j
many of the prettiest girls in the room were
madly in love with me 7 Couldn't I choose for
myself, and flirt with any one of them ? And
was it required that I should be the bond-slave
of a girl, of whose affection I was assured iu
any event? Certainly not. If Fanny wished
to retain my love, she should take better care
of her hair, and, above all, not consider it al
ways as understood that I entirely belonged to
her. There was no engagement or understand
ing between us yet. By George! I was free,
I hoped, and could of course pay my devoirs
to any young'lady I fancied.
Then what a killing flirtation I commenced
with the yellow frock ! How coyly yet how
gratefully Bhe received my advances, and how
exultingly I gazed at Fanny Poor girl ! she
sat with down-cast looks, and hardly seemed
to enjoy the games and sports of the evening.
I began to feel a grand and kingly pity for her,
and made up my mind to go over to her, and
throw out a word of encouragement, after I
had assured myself of success with the yellow
frock. When the supper-hour arrived, I re
marked to Fanny; in a quiet way, that I had
engaged to wait upon yellow frock to the ta
ble, but should be pleased to give her my dis
engaged arm. She looked up at me with a
trembling lip; said she would not tronble me;
she had other resources. With a smile of su
periority, but with a very unpleasant fueling
as statelv a manner as I could assume.
Fanny received at supper, and durir.- the
balance of tho evening, the unremitted atten-
tions of the black-eyed boy. How any young
lady could associate with such a person, I could
not, for the life of me, conceive. She will re
gret this very much, thought I, in after-life,
when he escapes from the State-prison, where
he has been incarcerated for forgery, and takes
to the high sea3 as a pirate, and is captured,
and is brought to this port by a sloop of war,
and is tried, condemned, and hanged, and not
in the slightest way recommended to mercy,
and dies unrepentant, after an unsuccessful at
tempt to stab tho executioner with a Spanish
dirk, which ho has managed to conceal in his
long, dark hair. Sho will regret very much
having had any communication with him when
this occurs ; and it seemed a probable train of
circumstances to my mind at the time.
When the hour "arrived for the breaking up
of the part, that scoundrel in embryo bade an
affectionate adieu to Fanny, and attended her
to her carriage. She scarcely deigned to glance
at me, as she passed me in the hall. Mean
time 1 flattered myself that I had made a great
impression upon the yellow frock, and deter
mined to know more about her at any rate;
but after all, if the truth was told, I left the
house for home quite unhappy.
I wept, I am sure, after I retired, and dream
ed, fenrful dreams, and in the wild and varied
fancies of my disturbed slumber, the black
eyed boy towered, pre-eminent in all sorts of
wickedness, like Satan in 'Paradise Lost.'
It required long and tedious weeks to recov
er even a small portion of my position in Fan
ny's heart, and she never again had the samo
respect for me as before. New loves came
'forward, and the gulf betweeu us gradually wi
dened. .We both formed other attachments,
and in time they also gave place to others.
Sometimes, in my boyish regret, I would have
given worlds if she could have loved rac as
she once did, and doubtless she entertained tho
same wish in regard to me; but we both prob
ably were certain that it could never be so
again.
It is a phase of youthful life, but the moral
will apply to later years. Wc trample the
flowers of friendship and love under our feet
sometimes from mere caprice and then in
tho dark hours which come to every one, we
wish those same flowers were blooming, bright
ly and freshly, in our hearts.
I saw Fanny in the street a few weeks since,
with a sturdy little blue-eyed fellow of a boy;
she smiled graciously, and gave me a matron
like bow. I wonder if she remembered how
much we once loved each other.
If a girl thinks more of her heels than her
head, depend upon it she will never amount to
much. Brains which settle in the shoes never
get above them. Young men note this.
The nerve which never relaxes the cya
which never blanches the thought that never
wanders these are tho masters of victory.
The man who passed through life without en-
emiea could not have bad a character worth do-
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precating. D
KIR WAX ON TIIE ARCHBISHOP.
From the N. Y. Observer.
THE ARCHAISnOP THINKS HIS CHCKCH 19
, INC B EASING: S1RWAN THIXKS SOT.
"Archbishop Hughes, in his recent lecture
in Baltimore, expressed tho opinion that Phe
Roman Catholic Church in this country can
anticipate little increase to its numbers or.
strength from immigration; and that the fu
ture hopes of the Church must be based upon
its retaining its present numbers, and upon the
increase from conversions. He thinks the pre
sent condition of the Church, and the nunier
ous accessions which, he says, have been made
to it from converts of American birth, justify
tlie most sanguine expectations in this regard
We clip the above, from the papers, as a
brief synopsis of a lecture delivered recently
in Baltimore by Bishop Hughes of this city.
lhe bishop has so utterly fallen from the post
tion bo onco occupied, that his opinions, on
any subject, weigh not a feather beyond the
illiterate circle of which he i3 the centre; and
on this account we might be excused from no
ticing the above characteristic paragraph. We
supposed, also, that his tremendous effort to
raise the window, and, with covered hands, to
cast out that vile insect, Brooks, had so com
pletely exhausted his powers, that wc should
not hear of him again, until they had sufficient
time to recover. We supposed that he would
have confined himself to the duties of his of
fice, which are, mainly, mumbling masses,
watching the political vane so as to know
.where, and for what party, to set his traps, and
husbanding tho income of the ''Calvary Cem
etery." We expected, occasionally, to hear
of his gracing a mass meeting of Irishmen met
to consult, and to fight, about the liberation
of Ireland, or a lecturo in tho Tabernacle, by
the poor, feeble, fickle, fallen Bishop Ives,
who has discovered since he hung his trinkets
over the tomb of St. Peter, what a blessing it
was that printing was so long undiscovered,
and what a blessing ignorance is, because it
compels ignorant people to learn divine truth
from the priests' lips, that cannot lie, instead
of learning it from the printed pago, which
may lie!! But the bishop has disappointed
!nas ventured
another experiment uponthe?
f-credulity of the public, of which the above is
l-cre
given as the substance. Let us briefly analvze
the assertions of the pretentious paragraph
1. "The Catholic Church in this country
can anticipate little increase to its members or
strength from immigration." This sentence
is designed, no doubt, to lull the apprehen
sions of Protestants, on the one hand, and to
exeit? prejudice against the Know-Nothings
on the other. Many arc alarmed at the infljx
of the squalid Popish population that infest
our seaboard, and that are crowding all the
wa3s of access to tho interior of the country.
They are everywhere, like the frogs of Egypt,
and they are just as much, and as little to be
feared. Since tho beginning of the KuSiian
war, and since the opeuing of the present ref
ormation in Ireland, and since the increasing
benefits of the "encumbered Estates Bill"
there, have been mado apparent, emigration
has been greatly diminished from Ireland and
Germany. But when the war is ended, and
when high prices and low wages again rule,
the tide will rise to its full again ; and papists,
as poor as priests can makothem, will be pour
ed in ship-loads on our shores. And the par
tial check, for obvious causes, is laid at the
door of the Know Nothings, every one of
whom the pious bishop loves with the love hs
bears to Erastus Erooks. Time will prove the
bishop's assertioua to be utterly baseless.
Protestants need not be alarmed; but the pa
pists will come. And the moro the better.
And the Know-Nothings have sins enough to
answer for without having charged upon them
tho effects of the causes above stated. We
have not a doubt but that one hundred thous
and Irish iu this country are now laying aside
from their earnings enough to bring as many
more of their friends hero witbin the next
year. And every one that comes will be sure
to be followed by one or two others.
2. "The future hopes of the Church most
be based upon its retaining its present nam
bcrs,and upon the increase from conversions.'
Here the hopes of popery are made to rest up
on two legs. The right leg is, "retaining its
present numbers," that is, retaining thoso whd
are now papists, with their children, and de
scendants. But this is impossible. In Italv.
in Sardina, in Spain, and even in Ireland, the
most servile and priest-ridden country on the
globo, the church cannot retain the people
within its pale- They beard the Pcpe they
exile his impertinent bishops who would put
the crozier above the crown they send home
his Nuncios thc-y denounce the priests as
perfidious robbers they protest against the
dogmas and claims of tho church. Can it be
otherwise in the United States? Nobody
knows better than John Hughes the extreme
difficulty cf keeping even the Irish in the tra
ces here. Just as rapidly as they exchange
their brogues for shoes, and their native frieze
coats for broadcloth, and their potatoes and
oatmeal for meats and bread, arc they rising
to the region where men assert tho right to
think for themselves. And when men think
for themselves, it is all over with tho priest.
If this is so with the raw material, what innst
09 WUQ lD cnuaren, orougnt op amia onr
L 1 Tl 1 .(1 .1? 1 A
- "0oi!i, sn-i eu cur lusumuons, waico are n
Popery what an August sun is to an iceberg !
Millions of the descendants of pHpists aro at
this hour in fervent opposition to Popery; and
multitudes who have felt its iron in their
souls, are the most eloquent denouncers of it
both in Europe and America. Priest Keardon,
of Pennsylvania made the true statement npon
this subject, who deplores the awful tendency
of the Papist to Protestantism in this country,
and advises the Irish to stay at home and save
their souls upon potatoes and salt, rather than
come here to get rich, and thus put their
souis in jeoparay ny eating meat on Jt ridav,
and failing to go to confession ! "The hones
the church based upon retaining its present
numbers!" Then are they built upon a cloud
The left foot upon which the hopes of the
church are made to stand is "the increase from
conversions." There are always little eddies
to be found on the margins of rivers which
have a strong current, into which the
waters run, and in a direction contrary to
the main stream. Into these eddies are oft-
en collected chips, and light and rotten wood,
which usually float on the surface, and are ea- the present unsatisfactory condition of agrical
sily turned aside from tho main course. And turaI science, next to a long series cf careful
whilst the great current of American senti- contacted, wejj anng detailed experi
ment sets as strongly against Popery as the
Mississippi or the St. Lawrence to tho ocean,
yet that current has its eddies into which a few
nave been turned by the rushing waters. Ives,
having passed through the various mutations
from Congregationalism to Puseyism, began
to show some affection for the Scarlet Lady.
Vi hen his tricks were discovered, and his mi-
tre was in danger, he turned into the eddv.
Brownson, when as a Uuiversalist exhorter, he
could not put hell out of the Bible, and when
as a roaring politician ho could not secure one
of the seven loaves, nor a taste of tho two
small fishes, turned about, and, as if in spite.
added purgatory to hell, and would put the
triple crown upon the head of our eagle.
And he turned iuto the eddy. And a few oth
ers, of no possible account, any way, have
turned in with them. And John nug'jes stan
ding by tho eddy, and shutting bis eyes to the
main current sweeping onward in the distance
ifts his hands in rapture at the numbers turn-
because ofTts"1'-1 ncTeseTiTiTco1tVsTbTis
He forgets that when one turns into the ed.ly,
lui-ru urc uuaarcas mat pass aonn tne current
i. j T i t i ....
Forget, did I say. No, he understands these
things entirely. He feels thorn ke;aly and
deeply. He is a sidlv disappointed and mor-
t:Qed raaa. And all this fuss about tho hon.-
oi luocnurca oemg fonnded on retaining its
At, I 1
present numbcis, and on increase rto
versions, is but the whistling cf the
f-on-man
shivering with fear when passing a grave
yard of a dark night to keep up his spirits.
Let Bishop Hughes try bis theory of hopes,
any fair Sunday, at St. Patrick's; let him tarn
out all foreign birth, and let him retain within
its walls only those of nativo birth, and those
converted from tho Protestant faith. How ma
ny would he have left to witness that miser
able pantomiuc, called tho mass? I have no
doubt the experiment would astonish himself,
as it would disprove bis theory in every par
ticular, and give ali his hopes to the winds.
If there is to be but little accession hereaf
ter to tho Popish church in this country from
foreign immigration; if tho church hereafter
is to be sustained by retaining its present
membersand by the increase from conver
sions, then I venture to predict tho extinc
tion of the Popish church la these United
States in three generations
If tho Bishop's theory is right, then we
would advise him to pack up his vestments
and to be ready for a move ; for as certainly
as the foreign streams of immigration fail, ha
is left high and dry. But where can he go ?
Not to Italy not t Spain not to Sardinia
not to Ireland not even to Austria lor the
concordat is working terribly. His better
plan is to make for himself friends from the
mammon of unrighteousness collected from
"Calvary Cemetery," so that when bis crook
and crozier arc flourished within empty walls,
he may have a comfortable income ! This was
the course of ona unjust steward ; why may it
not be of another ? Kin was.
. Tub Best Receeatiox. Tha celebrated mu
sician, Haydn, was in company, when the sub
ject of conversation was the best means of re
storing mental energy after the exhaustion of
long and difficult studies. One said he had re
source to a bottle of wine; another went tnto
company ; Haydn said that he retired to his
closet and engaged in prayer, which exerted
the most happy and efficacious influence on
his mind.
When a man comes home and tries to bolt
tho door with a sweet potato, pokes the Arc
with tho spout of the coffee pot, attempts to
wind up the clock with the bootjack, tries to
cut kindling for his morning fire with an ivory
paper knife', takes a cold potato in his hand to
light him to bed, and prefers to sleep in his
boots and hat, you may reasonably infer that
he has been making the acquaintance of some
very friendly people. ' . r .
, Rather Severe. A lady was requested by
a bachelor, somewhat advanced in years, to
take a seat upon his knee while in & crowded
sleigh. "No thank yon," said she,' "I am a
fraid such an old feat vonld Irreak down with
me." - - ?
FARMERS' CLUBS.
Among the best instrumentalities to awaken
interest in tho improvement of our modes of
cultivation, there aro none that stand higher
than the one named at the head of this articla.
j A few words as to the uses of these associa-
j tions aud their mode of action, may not fc
j thrown away. Every farmer has peculiarities
in his management of each branch of his call-
lDS a"d for every one of his peculiarities, if
J he is a sensible man, he has a reason that to
j him is abundantly satisfactory. . He is con2-
i "is neigaoor wouia dui xoiiow au
of j ,ude of cultivating a crop or rearing an ani-
I mil, he would bo greatly benefited, andcml-
! nently moro successful than he is to follow h!a
own; while the neighbor believes precisely
the same in regard to him. Let these two
men with half a dozen others who hold all
shades of opinion on tho points where tha two
I differ, meet to discuss the mooted onest!on.
I an,i there are a hundred chances to one that
j tIie opinions and practjee of every man in tha
j room would bo modified and improved. In
ments there is nothing so much to be desired
Rs a bringing out of opinions, and a compari-
80n of lho practices of practical men. And
we can conceive of no means so well calculi
ted to do it as a pleasant neighborhood gather
ing of firmer of an evening, to talk over th
modes of practice pursued by them individual
ly in reference to some particular; subject to
hlcix tDe evening is devted. There need
I be no foraia!ity or speech making j Jet it be en-
j tireI"f tt conversational meeting, and a record
k?I,t of tbe rao advocated by each person,
in order to give some value and perpetuity to
the discussion.
Oar word for it, a dozen farmers in any town
who will meet and start some subject to ba
discussed, as for instance tha best mode cf
harvesting Indiaa .com, whethertocut it to
the ground or to cut the stalks and leaTe it to
ripen on tlie hill ; the best time to plow sivard
,aIld for corn, and a thousand other thinga
wnere men aiucr, will soon And that tho loss
jli?injicjnjbe preferred to missing tha
And no dozen men can get together and
I n-v r n .. a. i . . ....
r " iicuiujj u wo weei-g inronga tea
I Win-er ac:i discuss questions upon which they
are a1 wel in'ormca, without giving and get-
t:ng raore useI"ul knowledge ihan they suppose;
cver-v 0T- of them will find his views more or
less changed, or will have the satisfaction of
seeing that his neighbor has changed his and
nrictice. We have seen tho -worki'mr nt
an institution or caD instance .p
dividual and aggregate practica-.
improved through its influence, and arA
fldentthat none of the members of that body
regret tho time and trouble invested in tha
Farmer's Club.
The mode of management is very aimpla
an organization for order requires merely
President, V. President, Clerk, and Treasurer;
a tax just sufficient to heat aud light the room
used and no more ; a subject is chosen to
discussed at the next meeting, and two men
or four, who aro supposed to think a little upon
tho matter, to break gronnd in the discussion.
Ono of these men at the meeting gires his
opinions upon the matter in haad,sitting down,
and with no sort of formality, if any ona dif
fers with him ho states Lis opinion and objec
tions; tho courtesy that maintains good order
prevents confusion, but there will ba plenty of
warm debate and strong advocacy of individa
2.1 views. The Bomtslead.
. Grrnyo Alosg. About thirty miles abot
Wilmington, North Carolina, lived threa fel
lows, named respectively Barbara, Stone and
Gray, on the banks of the North East River.
They came down to Wilmington in a small
row boat, and mode fast to tho wharf. They
had a tima of it in the city, but for fear they
would be dry before getting home, they pro
cured a j-.'g of whiskey and after dark, cf a
black night, too, they embarked in their boat,
expecting to reach home in the morrdsg.
They rowed away with all the energy t.';at tha
three tipsy fellows could muster, keepirg cp
their spirits in the darkness by pouring tha
spirits down. "At break of day they thought
they must be near home, and seeing thro' tha
dim gray mist cf the morning a housa on tha
river side, Stone said ;
'Well, Barham, we've got to your placs At
last.' .
If this is ray honso, said Barham, soma
body has been puttfng up a lot of out-houses
since I went away yesterday t but I'll go ashora
and look about, and see where wo ans,.if jon'U
hold her to.' . .
Barham disembarkes, takes observation and
soon cones stumbling along back, and ax-
claims: " -
"WelJ, I'll be licked if we ain't at Wilming
ton here yet; and what's nr ore, 'the loot ,ka
been hitched to the wharf all nighl l ",
It was a fact, and the drunken dogs had been
rowing away for dear life without being awar
of it. ' : -vr'? :
That divine bundle of oddities and QQear
conceits, with many wholesome troths, Lorea- "
zo Dow, defined a death-bad repentance to ba
"burning ont the candle of Ufa In tha ser
vice of the devil, aai clewing tha ianffla tha.
Lord' fa." ."