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From the Democratic Review. '
TIIK FIRST l.ESSOXl
tia, "ras aot Ann T-na rHiiosnrnsa.
"Hnw rild art thou 1" the lags begun,
The Child, around from play,
To-aing hi frrsh-plurlted flowers aside,
Sprang to hia Test and gavi cried!
" I am nine yean old to-day
AVhut long, lung yearal How I do wish
The yeara would pans away J"
A blush ofconciona 'arnrstnesa
Athwart his bright cheek ran ;
"Thou'll find," the Rage went on to sa,
"When manhood mmn, a ehnrter day ;
When age, thst life'a a apan
What ent ihou wish for now, my boy !"
' I wuh to be a man."
What would! thou do, wert thou man l
-'I would a trallor I,
And every 'curioua thing I'd know,
And over every land I'd go,
And over every sea ;
And I would viit mighty kinga,
And they might visit me."
"Dut king apurn common men." The boy
Looked up with flashing eye,
"T thought fhnt king were good great man ;
Hut I would be a monarch then,
And have a pnlace high.;
For none I mw in M the wvM,
Should lie more grrat than 1."
"Dut greatness ia not happiness ;
My won, an rmhlrm me,
How lovely grow those humble flnweia !
How peacefully they pas their houra!
While yonder lofty tree,
Th it braved the lightning in its pride,
Wai scathed moat feaifully."
The bny upon the Waste 1 oak
Hated lung in earnest thought;
"I'll pluck thee flowers," at length he cried,
"And they will die aa that handled ;
Anda-Kiner, will tv not!
Anil ne'er a trace that they had lived
Would atand to mark the spot."
"'Tie true, lia true," the old man cried,
In accenta low and mild,
"The hand of man, or Heaven' decree.
Alone can bow the etalely tree;
The finger of a child.
Or atep of senseless brute may pros,
Tbe flower is crushed or aoiled !
"And humble hopes, and bwly joy a,
What but a dream are these 1
A fable, framed, by artful pride,
To keep the many satisfied ;
While the choice few, with ease.
Crisp the high trusts impartial Heaven
Aa free to all decrees.
Press on ! my noble boy, prssa on !
Aa rivuleta form the flood,
Tho thought that awell thy simple heart,
May guide thee to the luf iul purl ;
iiut self mul bo wi tistooj ;
And keep thy hothood's faith unchanged,
7'ic (Inal arc uye I he good .'"
A large family ia expected, if we may judge
from the following "Royal Colloquy,' froin a lite
London paprr. No wonder the Prince waa floor
ed! A Royal Colloqay.
"If our next should he an heir,
We'll c ill him Edward Albert, dear."
"Not ao fast," the Queen replica ;
"Those two names ao much I prize,
They aha II ne'er be worn by one,
Though he be our eldest son ;
I'd have you, Allavl, understand.
The nomenclature I have plann'd :
If our next should be an heir.
The name of Edward he shall bear,
In mein'ry of my Either Kent ;
Our erond eon, ('tis my intent)
Shall take, of course, your own dear name.
Oui third I think my justly claim
That of my uncle Su-'i ;
Out fourth I'll name from Leiningen,
My own half brother young and bolJ ;
Our fifth we'll chrt-ten Le pold ;
Our suth shall (Jotlia" "Gracious Queen !"
(Excl.iim'd the Prince with swe-xtrurk meiu,
Hut f aome girl ahould int rvene t"
"Well," answered she, "suppose they do !"
They go for nothing in my view ;
Iiut to proceed the six'h and seventh,
And eighth and ninth and tenth and 'leventh,
"I'll thus baptise" The Queen turn'd round,
'J'he Prince waa streteh'd out on the ground,
And looked moat ghastly wan.
Wfcst is the matter my ador'd 1"
"OhJ p ease your Majesty I'm floored j
fm uo Holoinoii !"
Stoves.
Ulr.vixg or Anthracite 'Coal.
Much use is made of hard coal in
stoves, and great use is alio made of i
ruu vessels for evaporating water to re
gulate the atmosphere of the apartments
ihus heated by coal fires. Instead of
fuming water in the iron vessels, put a
tianlity of dry sand, and in this sand
set aa earthen bowl containing pure
water, and this renew every day, and
at the same time rinse out the bowl, so
that it is made clean. Water evapora
ted in iron vessels is very offensive,
which renders the atmosphere of the a
partmcnts impure as well as disagreea
ble. For parlots where the atmos
phere is desired to be pleasant and a
greeable, a small quantity of Cologne
or perfumed water may be added to the
clean water, which will diffuse itself in
the atmosphere of the room, and make
it pleasant. N. V. Jour. Com.
BUNBUJEY AMIIICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Absolute acquiescence in the decision of tbe
Bjr Manner it, Elacly.
From the New York Sunday Mercury,
SHORT PATKJIT SERMONS.
new s)riiNo. LXXVII.
The following from Robert Bums, Esq., will
composu my text for this occasion:
A msm's at man, for a' that.
My hearers in travelling about upon this
dirty terraqueous hall, you como in contact
with a great variety of individuals belonging to
tho human race; some white in akin but black
at heart; and others all the way through of a
color, like a firkin of June butter. Now the
question Is, how do you judge of the moral
worth, goodness and fiablcncss of your fellow
man ! Is it by his duds or bv hia deeds !
When you make your obeisance, do you bow
to the dry goods upon his back or to the ani
mated mass of sin an t sycophancy beneath
them ! I know that, in too many instances.
you pay your respects to former, while tho dirt
of depravity may be found under his dickey,
and bis heart is covered with a thick coat of
corruption. whilo, at the same time you would
scorn to grasp the hand that has grown hard in
honest toil, especially if the homespun habili
ments of humility were hung upon the corpore
al frame. This is wrong, my friends. It shows
a spirit of weakness, foolishness and vanity on
your pnrt, contemptible in the sight of your
Make, and ridiculous in the eyes of all good
and intelligent people. rtcll you a man is a
man whether his cont comporU with the
cleanliness of his character, or his vest with the
value of his virtues; jutt as much as a (K)tato is
a potato, whether it be washed white and
clean or covered with the dust of its native soil.
For my part, I had rather associate with the
person whose good and noble qualities arc par
tially obliterated by a shabby exterior, than
whose rotten reputation is patched up with
broadcloth and buckram.
My friends there was a time when a gen
tleman and a man were synonomois terms;
but tiiat period is past, forever. The moral ma
terial that then composed the one was embo
died in the other; but now-a-days there ia as
much difference between them as there is be
tween bono and ivory. A man is now made
up, as he always was, of honesty, frankness,
purity and plainness of apparel ; but a gentle
man is & compound of vanity, deceit, hypocricy,
gold, silver, shinplusters and brass, the truth
is, my worthy friends, old Time has taken in
to his capacious maw our whole lump of pri
meval virtue, which has soured upon his stom
ach ; and he now vomitx vice over the land, to
soil the f wtstepr of the innocent and would be
virtuous; and Sc that has bedaubed himself,
immediately assumes the air, tho attitude and
the attire of a gentleman, in order that he may
walk into respectable society, unsuspected of
the moral filth that would otherwise crnue his
fame, if not his feet, to stink worse than a pot
of bcars-greaso savored with the essence of
pole cat.
My respected hearers the difference that
exists between mon of the present day is not
so great as that between men ant' monkeys,
by a long chalk. I consider that man to be a
gentleman who has in his heart the true prin
ciples and integrity I don't care whether or
not he be shod, shaved, shorn, or shirtcd ; and I
consider that gentleman to be a man, whore in
terior recommendations corresjiond with the
niceness of his ouUidc arrangements. But vir
tue, vice, conceit, corruption, integrity and con
firmed rascality, have,ef late, become so con
founded together, under the garb of protended
piety and a whole pair of Irecches, that it is
difficult to determine the man from the mon
ster. Ancient Esau, the favorite of his blind
tiither, was a hairy man ; yet his cunning and
jealous brother contrived, by dressing himself
in 'coon skins, to pass for Esuu in the presence
of theunsuexpectingold (.cnlleman; but, let me
tell you, my friends, that if a scourndrel thinks
a suit of good clothes and a false collar of re.i
gion are going to pass kim safely within the
walls of salvation, he will id himself as much
deceived as the philosopher who undertook to
amalgamate moonshine with metaphysics.
My dear friends when I see man braving
the bitter blasts of poverty, with christianlike
fortitude and without a murmur who had ra
ther pick his precarious food from among the
thorns of penury, and subject himself to the
contumely of the proud, than dibhoncstly tres
4ss upon the fields of wealth and plenty I
say, that man's a man for all that ; and when
I see an individuil, Tolling in effluence, revel
ling in the sweets of luxury, and at the same
time robbing the widow of her mite, and snatch
ing the bread from the mouth of poor orphans
I say, that gentleman's no gentleman, anyhow
you can fix it. The world, dear friends, is
growing corrupt and more corrupt, as each re
volving year rolls round. Vice and venality
are progressing with tho march of intellect end
refinement ; and you might as well undertake
to extinguish the fires of endless torment with
a schoolboy's squirt gun as to prevent their rav
ages
Everybody is a gentleman who has mo-
ney at control everybody ia a man who will
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
Sunbury, Northumberland Co.
allow himself to be robbed and every body is
a loafer whose coot has boen worn threadbare
by industry. But, my hearers, act well your
parts, as Mr. Pope says, for there all tho honor
lies; and though tho world should not grant it
you, you will still have the gratification of
knowing that you hold a mortgage upon the
good will and respect of your fellow men. So
mote it be! DOW, Jr.
A C o n p 1 of Stray 1. e r e s .
"Ex una ditre omnea."
LEAF THE FIRM SIX MONTHS AFTER MAKHIAOE.
Well my dear, will you go to the p trty to
night ! you know we have a very polite invita
tion. 'Why my love, just as you please ; you
know I always wish to consult your plea
sure.' Hell, then, Harriet, suppose wo go that
is, if you are pcfectly willing ; now don't say
yes because I do, for you know that where
you arc, there am perfectly happy.'
'Why, my love, you would enjoy yourself
there, I am sure ; and whenever you are hnp
py, I shall be, of course. Hlia'. dress shall I
wear, William ! my white satin, with blonde,
or my ashes vf roses, or my levantine, or my
white lace you always know better than I
about such things.'
'Harriet, dearest, you look beautiful in any
thing, now take your own choice to night
but I do think you look very well in the white
satin.'
'There, William, dear, I knew you would
think just aa 1 did oh, how haupy we shall
be there to-night ! and you must promise
rot to leave me a moment, I shall be 6ad if you
do '
'Lc vcthie dcrTrat lca (hre !
No, tiy yomlcr atai I asvear.'
Oh, Wjlliam, dear William, how beautiful
that is-you are always learning poetry to
make me happy.
'And Harriet, my own prii'd Harriet! would
I not do any thing in this world to give you one
moment's happiness ! Oh ! you are so very,
very dear tome, it seems at times almost too
much happiness to last.'
O do not say so, dear H'illiam, it will last
and we shall see many happier years, even
than this; for will not our love be stronger
, and deeper every year ; and now, dearest I
will be back in one moment, and thcu we will
'There she lias gone ! bright and beautiful
that she is ! Oh ! how miscrubla I bhould bo
without her ! She has indeed cast a strong
spell around my heart, and one that never, no,
never can be broken ; she is tho only star of
my existence, guiding me to virtue and hap
piness ; and, can I ever love her less than now !
Can I ever desert her, can 1 ever speak of her
other than in terms of praise ! O no, it is im
possible ; she is too good, too pure happy,
happy man that I am.
LEAF THE SECONDSIX YEAR AFTER MARRIAGE.
'Fini coronal r;;u."
'My dear, I'll thank you to pass the sue ar
you did'dt give me but one lump.'
Well Mr. Snooks, I declare you use sugar
enough in your tea to sweeten a hogshead of
vinegar. James keep your fingt-rs out of the
sweetmeats, Susan, keep still bawling; I de
clare it is enough to set one districted there
take that, you little wretch.'
'H'hy, Harriet, what has the child done!
I declare you are too hasty.'
'I wictli Mr. Snooks' you would mind your
own business, you're always meddling v ilh
wha. docs not concern you.
'H ell Mrs. Snooks, I want to know who has
a better right, if I have n tl You are always
fretting and fuming about nothing.
I'a, Thomas is teaiing your uewsfiaper all
up.
Thomas, come here, how dare you abuse my
paper; I'll teach you to tir it again there,
sir, how does that feel ! Now go to bed.'
Mr. Snooks, you tiorrid wretch ! how dare
you strike a child of mine in that way ; come
here Thomas, poor fellow ! did ho get hurt !
here's a lump of sugar there that's a good
boy.'
'Mrs. Snooks let me tell you, you will spoil
all the children -you know I never interfere
when you see fit to punish a c'lild ; it's strange
that a woman can never do any thing right,
'Never do anything right ! Faith Mr.
Snooks, if nobody did any thing right in this
house but yourself, I wonder what would be
come of us.'
'Ix't me trll you, madam, this is improper
language for you ma'am, and I'll bear it no
longer. You are as snappish and surly as a
she site dog ; and if their is a divorce to bo
hud in the land, Fil have it. You would wear
out the patience of a Job.'
O dear ! how mud the poor man is ! well
good night my dear pleasant dreams.
'There, she's gone .thank Isuaven Fm alone
once more. Oh I unhappy man that 1 am, to
J hf chained to sueh a creature. f he n tho very
there is no appeal but to force, the vital prin iple
Va. Saturday, December 23,
essence of all ugliness, cross and peevish. Oh
that I could once more be a bachelor ! curse
the day and hour 1 ever saw the likeness of
her. Yes, I will iret a divorce : I can't live
with her any longer it is utterly itnposatblc.
New England Galaxy.
C'hlnva Version
of the
Ion,
Attack upon Cn
The following verso accompany a wood-cut,
representing n Heimicr and sshipof war, which
was hawked about the streets of Canton soon
after the attack upon it, and was eagerly pur
chased by the Chinese, at four cash, (about
one farthing,) per copy. It is amusing to see
the efforts made by the Chinese to represent the
affair at Canton as favorable to them, although
we can hardly think that any of tho inhabi
tants of that city will soon forget what did really
happen.
Modfi. of a Fine snip anoof a War-simp.
They are long upwards of thirty cliang, (IJO
yards.)
I'liey are hijjh an! broad upwards of three
chang, (twvlve yards.)
They are bound about with iron to make them
strong.
And their whole hull is painted black.
They come and go l.ke a weaver's flint tie.
I'o their two sides arc fix;! two wheels.
They use coal to make a fire.
Then she turns about like a race horse.
They have sails of while cloth for sun and
sliatle.
They tail whether ti c wind be fair or adverse.
On the ship's bow is a figure of the god of the
waves.
On both stem and stern are guns which tra
verse all round.
fruly her appearance is enough to frighten
people !
The jade-stone void (i. e. Heaven) displayed
its spiritual efficacy (in sending bad weather.)
The stnne dragon (i. e. earth) got the steam
er on shoal (alluding probably to the Atalan
to.) By this may be seen the truth of Ilea van's jus
tice.
The foreigners were unable to do anything.
Inch greatly delighted the hearts of all men !
The attack of the Bah iu mans.
The English barbarians raised disturbance,
and rebelled again the reason of Heaven;
On the 3d day of the 4th moon May) the
rebels offended attacked the city of Rams
(i. e. Canton.)
But the jade-stone void displayed its spiritual
efficacy, and the stone-dragon go) a ship on
the short Is !
They also ascended the river to Neisheng, but
their war-ships got ngronnd on the sands!
And the devil's pohlier got a great defeat.
So matters went on till the 6th of the moon
OJT.thofMay,)
When fire arrows (i. e. rockets) were shot in
to the city !
One gun gave three cracks, and it looked as if
the Heavens were sending down red rain.
Our guns and powder were quite exhausted,
when the country people to the north of th
city,
Suddenly and valorously pressed forward to
right !
From the top of l'akwunshan (the mountain
behind Canton City.)
The master of Heaven sent down a shower of
rain !
Several hundred of the devil-foreigners were
killed !
The head of their chief-man was cut off and
stuck upon a pole.
His name was called Bremer !
The hearts and livers of the foreigners grew
cold from fear, and th'y cast off their clothos
and fled !
Our country-people drummed up their courage,
and cut tlicm off and massacred theinalall
points.
Until the whole oftiiem were slain.
The foreign ships retired, and have now sailed
far beyond th! ll n-ci Tigris.
The providence of Heaven could not bear their
wtckedness !
At that season the climate was meet unhealthy
And numbers diinl of the plague, all of which
was caused by the anger of the godi !
IVuee to!lowd from this, ami every one etijojs
a Itfu of glory, to the great delight of the
people of this district. London "Moiiiing
Herald:
Si's set. Tho nun sets ami the
earth closes her great eyu like that of a
dying god. Then smoke the hills like
altars out of every wood ascends a
chorus the veils of day, the shadows
flouts around the enkimlied, transparent
tree-tops 5 and full uhii the gay, gem
like flowers. And the burnished gold
of the west throws back a dead gold on
the east, and tinges with rosy light the
hovering breast of the tremulous lark
tho evening bell of nature.
and immediate parent of desp .tiaia. Ji
Vol. II XIII.
Crunborrlos.
The cultivation of the eranborry
(tisycur.cus macrocarpus) has not, we
R'licve, received much attention in this
region.
Most of these usually exhibited in
our markets, are gathered by the coun
try people from the bogs a;ia swamps
where thty crow wild, and without anv
assistance whatever from the hand of
man.
Like nil our native fruits, howevtr,
the cranberry is susceptible of being
greatly exalted by cultivation. In
Massachusetts nmnv farmers cultivate
from one to a dozen acres, and as the
fruit brings readily a dollar per bushel
in the lioston market, they rind them
the most lucrative crop they can rarsu
It is stated in the iNew Lowland 1 ar-
mer, vol. ix. lo. iw, that Mr. v. A.
llaydcn, of Lincoln, in that state, rai-
sen, in in.su, lour hundred bushels, lor
which he received four hundred dollars
in cash. This is profitable fanning.
Kenrick, asserts SSir Joseph Banks,
who had taken pains to obtain the oxv-
coccls MAcitocARta'.s from America, har
vested in lb31, from a square of eiuh'
tcon feet each way, three and n half
YY uichcster bushwls, being at the rate
of four hundred and sixtv bushels to the
acre.
The soil most suitable to the cullurc
of this pfetnt, is a low, moist and swam
py muck, but large crops have been ta
ken from lands ia every respect pre
ciscly the reverse of that in w hich they
flourish in their natural state. Jvon
light sandy loam, and in which there is
a'nredominancc of vitrious or siliciousfa hi?hly polished marble, nnd it looked
. - ... !"iaft - MW4i MnJ nr. . . I i na .II
matter, if manured with compost com
posed of clay, muck and swamp mud.
and kept uniformly and moderately hu
mid, will produce excellent cranber-.
ries. It is even asserted by those who
have had ample experience in the bu
siness of cranberry culture, that the
vines, under this treatment, will not on
ly be much more thrifty and prolific,
but that the fruit will also be much lar
ger, fairer, and of better flavor than
that gathered from vines in their natu
ral state. On most farms, however,
there arc numerous low places which
might be advantageously devoted to
this plant, andwherever such places arc
to be found on a farm, they should un
questionably be selected in preference
to artificial or compounded soils. The
method of planting, in such locations,
is to dig holes in the turf, from one to
two, or two and a half feet deep, and
. I..... .1 - L..t- t
i wo icui uvli . iiiiu iiicsi: iiuics uic iuu-
ced the sods or compact turf, contain-
ing the roots, w hich are then carefully
covered with the soil and a sprinkling
of lcach-snnd thrown over the hi!!. The
hills should be four feet apart each way,
which gives ample si.oje for the vines
to trail or branch out. Plants cultiva
ted in this manner, come rapidly into
bearing, after which nothing rnoreis
requisite for several vcars, than merely
Pto ;ive them a slight dressine, occasion
ally, and to supply new plants where
the old ones have decayed, or died out.
A plantation, managed in this way, is
a most valuable appendage to any farm;
and in this section of the country, w here
the fruit brings one dollar and fifty
cents, and often two dollars per bushel,
it would be peculiarly so. The labor
of harvesting the cranberry is veTy vim
pie, nnd very expeditiously performed
by means of a rake, constructed exclti
si'vely for the purpose, anil with which,
in favorable seasons, a skilful hand will
gather, with ease from fifty to a hun
dred bushels a day. Maine Cultiva
tor. YoxKi M.- A desperado of this name
has been found nnd killed by a parly of
citizens of Texas, lie was the leader
of a band of cut throats, who murdered j
for lust ami pleasure. This man was a
rich planter in Texas, and lived in a
most maynificrnt manner; kept a splen
did equipage; owned more than a hun
dred negroes, a large tract of land ; had
constantly about a hundred .breeding
niairs; made a yearly sale of fifteen
! hundred cattle, and had a large reve
nue coining in from other sources. He
was in fact the richest man in all Tex
as. He was shot with two of his gang.
The United States Hank has State
stoeks pledged in Europe for borrowed
money, to the amount of 8l7,.rt'0.000.
The market value of these st ks is
now about 0.00(1,0(10, but they are con
stantly depreciating ; so tha.t tho loss of
the bank, or of thtj European hawkers
who have advanced upon its securities,
will be ever 11,000,000.
riureiM op Anrramsirc.
t aqnare I iussrtinn, . fO ft
I sto S da . . . 0 Tft
1 io S stj . . i (X)
Eiry sulssmiuflsit inNii n, 0 Sft
Yearly Ad'ertrsatierila, (wild alia privilege ot
alteration) ona column f 6 t bull" column, $18,
threa squares, f It; two squares, f 9 ; one tuuarp,
$i. Wittiaut the privilege of alteration a lilieral
discount wiN be aimle.
Advertiacmenta lull without directions as In tlaa
trim Ik of time the f are lo be published, Willi
continued until ordered ant, and charged accord
ingly. (TjrKiitsen Unas mako a aquarc
!-..' .IJ.J
4 Turkish It ratify, nnd liow lo
prtMure ia wlilto Alnbttster kkln.
I enjoyed tho pleasure this morning
wf being introduced to a very handsome
Turkish lady, in order to give me an
opportunity of witnessing a perfect spi
cimcn of Oriental beauty. After a good
deal of persualioti she allowed me lo
eopy her profile. Her eyes and eyc.
lashes wert intensely black ; though I
suspoct the Utter were stained of a dee
per dye than the natural one. Her
complexion was beautifully far 1 with
the slightest tnint of c;irnnti'?i uf!use.!
over the cheek. Iltrlips! tweet lip.? !
that make iw sirfli even to hove F :?n
such. Her cl'iv hnir, whidi v.?.:' linn,;
with a kaV-ivi'i
nlntci i ;-rulk":'-
chief, rcprenii-to; a v
f
nowrs, n:;i m im e
Obi
her
shoulders, nnd dnw:;
a short bind; v! ol if
d with gold Iff : till
silk ; an 1 1 . ! r jncl.c' .
one of tlmc btr-iuti;".,! i
which ravish the i el.
revenl the charms tbe
).': : mkj wore
t-jt, uwibroider
scrs ft sky blue
silK craj e, aud
i '
r.nt m'-.t;?
htnl '
,11!
;:n
A magniuVcat Fe.rsi:u hv, i "rircK.i.
her waist, ch l;d nature's ov.t.
form, never bavins hem r..'.:np;-essed li
the cruel bandage of ny$. Her fez.
were in slipper?, and two or throe ugly
ritigs deformed her white and slender
fingers, the nails of which were dyed
with henna. A round her neck she wore
a double row of pearls, from which
hung an amulet. Her skin was very
white and beautiful, the constant uce of
the dry vapor both having reduced it to
a finesse, which I can only compare to
as glossy and as cold. She was well
pleased w'rth the drawing I made, aid
on rising to go away, she put on hr
yellow boots over the beautiful white
foot and ankl which it was a sin to
conceal ; then donning her cashmack
and cloak, she bade us adieu with a
grace and elegnnre vhirh few English
ladies could equal. No won !?r tbe
Turks sij;h for parrulise, wl.en t! y I c
licvohcra ven to be peopled with hourw
such as these. Auldjo's Visit to Con
stantinople. The Government own large tracts of
land on the streams falling into the Gulf
of Mexico, cevcrcd with live oak tim
ber. For years a lot of fellows have
cut this, and sold it to others for 15 cts.
a cubic foot, and the latter have sold it
to tbe Government, from whom it wins
stolen, for 1(55 cents a cubic foot.
j r .. T. : - . -11 i
L- tiflt oak Cintains fl considerttbIo
portion of iron hi its composition. A
madern writer supposes this circum
stance lo account for the fact that the
oak is more frequently struck by light
ning than any other tree of the forest.
Stoves at Wholesale. It is stated
in tho Peeksvillo, N. Y. Republican,
that not less than 'JO.OOO stoves have
been made at the several fourvlries in
that thriving village, during the past
year; and they will average, at least,
is.r each.
The Constitutional Ahmy. The
boys and girls in our common schools
the true standing army. These sol
diers nre in citadels which rise up a
round us the noblest bulwarks against
ignorance, that wom enemy 1 t 1. union
race. Whoevk-r builds h srhouihrM.'se,
or teaches a
the strongest
U' ut sf'in 1 ;,
t . 1 1 L! t : 1 1 : C 1 : t It) !:'
C TJ
do:,
Ii
the time
.t!i jver t'i :r-.
n nv.'! t si. nil t..
, r 1 t! v.''. !'.
s i. ill. I ili c-
k'.p-'rar.ce of
0; 1j fVr
.!...:. .I.,
.t, w'-.ea
great iv
this P.ra.
worl !, s!
l.'.-O Will ..c
t!:c c cple.
l!.e ;:!v of
found in ii v
'and the '
know ledge."
A rlergymai' t1 t' iv r-
proving :i yo i.n: j etx.,1 'c . .
and laugb'iig r'larnrlrt, tcre tire
times for all thing, soitl :l e j ions hum
a time to huili a t ( weep,
as the good boo!, tells us.
Sir,' replied the arch young angel,
(or young arch atyjel.as you like.) 'di'
not vou tell us in your sermon on Sun
day, that heaven itself was all jmilesr
that there was neither tears nor grie.
nor sighing thfre ; and that saints and
angels would fe-'ist eternally on the
smiles of God V
Yes, n.v dear.'
Well, then.' said the little piece of
sainted carnation, 'may not I do on
earth what's done in heaven nn't I
have my giggle, lot ."
Th parson thoai.l iiiia a 'tiue U
laugh,' and tough he did.