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IrTHE 1 1 1:11tEE 110211 E St -'t?
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1 - 4 flAThere :isqhy home 1" I 4:s,ked - a. ";:'
_.- GVliti'iu the - morninn air;
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AN ' as jyr,ip:iAlg 2 fl.oWer:melst, sweet an .. .. ) wild
In ;g4riands 4 - 9 r
'home,;-t't '4l4fif))- - -lheiirt 'replied; -
` And smiled` in` aliilili'sli flee,,
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:AV here soft' van freo.•;?..
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„.A . ntit,6l.l Its t'cisey, him rs,,.
.-Wherti , evAiry w - orll ,, is: joy! ali,c1.011111, : - . ..,;;,,,_,,
--And tee;csni - :e 4 rt,
a; .•:: •
1 1 .:4Yheraris;tb.3= homes?",l..asked of . s . (ine,
'WA) VA:W;it h fu h i ilte fade, •
.`'o dear`a'}~a'rrioi's`tender < tont r
„;. .7n the, w xycoci' „see! plyps
!She.spolce noyb.ot her varying cheek
' The tale' might well impart; -
The home'of her youno• spirit meek
~ .Was in. a 4lndr..e..slheal.t, ..,; ;
so Ws'
_that well, airight: o abo tirei
To earth will
'And' bn i 'th - eir' hopes' w`f ti ma ri "16; e
That;light and hagde thing.
her is
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grey,,,
'l'Vho:earrtei • - ty i - th -, ft.irro - brbli.'ancl , •
musing
. pauppd,itt!-,ttf soi* tne,i,n
ts..holy,eyes v .
«'7i'-he land I seek thou be'ee'haSseeit, , •
'M}' home is in the skies
O West . I .„,thq i heoAt must be.
,3"L.To whoth such thoughts:ate gi4ren, •
I'hat 't%alks . -from warhify fetterS'free' ' ••
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Its `only hpi - ne in havetil.
'MISCELLANEOUS;
.)S . R.IDAL
A STORY OF TILE LAST CENTURY
-i. ' • •
were (he: 'd'ays'' for gallant, robbers,
hpse fine, , clothes,, high bear ing,‘ lecilees
hardihood, -arid - I-frequently ygoot4 birth, took
ai - o..y . frOin the' stii - OciaT observer much 'Of
I;he,;(l4:rlfe,e!;s ,of Ccit - up;japtuallY ,surrounding
their deeds andiiiieS; , ,You: were divested _of
ttigr:rings•drid. -purSes,: . often' with a demean.:
, i
or so peiliShed;,tbat resembled
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p;ayilig atoll to, good' manners :than submit:,
ting,toCw , highway:,,robbery-7-a robbery it is
true, yet''stilltit_ 'era's --more' :socith itig 'to the
feetinoi at the t Ibeint7' knocked
dOwn. - witilithe..biitt:opci:Of a -pistol. or bullied
as as , t ialuridAr :!Fashion, _ too;
bions . in : ihisi-V - i"'"in all else,- alfecteT'sOM'e
the'roa
tylf • T 3 ±,l
dics,m,teyested. : fnernsejvcs amazingly about
tbe deeds:, ~.of • high:waymen; con spicioas for
rind' -liraVe:ciiiid,tici„iir
ih'tfair„dan - i - Cs, also,
'4;Cie:‘:nCUCK:co'neerrned iii,' ) ;their,,herOes' final
. .
inbarcerations "and;execotions atthefatal tree
of Tyburn. eVer'3'•-•`
bodykii - OWSaen
PA'oceding reign .. „ - yot: OvAkr au,On,tas,..the
prOfession seerned.rol be -the ivefge-pf A 6;
cay, and likely to .dwindle do?ir'n'inte - mere
C:Ottiria'onPlaCe,
candidate mas•sure to startrup and, revive the
dying: crnberia of the'.- ioati . .chivalry. - - One in
iiaitlicrfarlsinir - notorigms'•epough,iri ; b l .bilef
of tWa u ti lities 1 have describ-
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' .ed, as sornetimesaftributeS of!these•-kilights
' - o f the road'.: He' was:' W.ell' con net,tect'tOO '
, i . s, — uple being. a cer ytn '-'n. a.ii) h c u'ml
.appc, , itrnent. His•..person.-_Was elegant,:his
.
`MannerscourtlY;and -hejwas rash in an eY
,traOrllnary derfree."Mfrigling freely in faol
- name, his, deeds of
.
' 'robbery:nere. , thelalk%ofi..thei.own under his
assumed erre/ His properdeSignatiOn''Wrib
itieli . 'i'rdhiiOvvbv--:•:--ihat beret) :Yin o`. ':•' 'te'tii2e
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, I;O:aC1,, j),is,sole.soureepf revenue, was,Qaptain
-De Montmo'reneyarpatronyrnic-higlismind
ineenscingh r I'dci not mean, lio - dever' - te in-.
,ferthat any,suspected, the i than or, fa . g4io9
and, the highwaytnanJo:be one and the Is.a,rne
- IperSotr thailwas never Ittitokri , :t,ilPihe event
'whieh'i ain - <4.eini e ; - 'to'iAateiiinli'PlaCe.'' •'''''
Richard Mowbray had, spent his, awl?, SMalI
-patrimon.y.years before • the period at which
thiS narinti'Vecommelm' es, in the,pleasures'Of
' the' i . own ; It lied melted' into ridottos, play
,houses, faro, horseflesh and hazard.. .7:lle ; bad
i-exhausied.the kindness , and"•fcirebearanee - ,ef
r,hiS relation's; ifiernWhOni he had borrOvt;eil
'and befrE;ed''till ' berielN-itio :or begrrina iiaa
_becp.rn irnpraeticable: He:had known' most
' eirtrenieslof life; and moreover',-wherf debts
and tciVeity, .siaie'd '; him., grimly in i .the face,
,h ... er'jn,.eW,:pet,'On'eUSefula...r : t...bvWhehf;e could
support existence .ior pay dividends.toliis
creditdrs:. v.'1 , 141a.t. - -ivas to be . done?' He ; eitt.-
.ded• a jail' a's` long as he cOhld --and one event
ful night riding•on horseback, arid meditating
,gloomily-.on his evil fortunes, he met'—*-eciV
e red .by t he 'clark.nees . "fibin. : ;,a)) ; discovery-a
traveller • :,yell , mounted:Lpfeihoric4-laden
AKitfi-rnoney-bags; and ;bearing: likewise the
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- -burden of. 'exceSSive'fear. % ,•. • .•
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Suddenly: Resistance- was not dreamed.of.
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.11/lowbray , Made off with his -booty,;conSitlei
nbleien'ongh to repair his exhausted 'financeS,
arid - 'to Pay his . 'itioSt pressed . . creditors.
was — ,litei ally robbing • topay.Paul.7l—'
so; by night, underthe shelter of fits dark
.:ne§s did the sidined-:' gentleman become't he
high ayrnai r i ip h o knees.-.S:
cums;ances•tiyhisper.ed their IstirPriSe-whea.lit
bee:in:o knoWathat :RieliartilMoWbrafthad
t hat' he , i - p'Se I f made more
than his e,..,Usitomary. _app6, - i ran ce.. .Now r his
fineperon;was.ever.clad in the newest bra
' verieS of: t his'!dou ble "charac
ter map y.a conqueSt did'he inaike —for ho
hortliene,d ladtes.of their jes,vels and purses
Lll ;so, fine; a :tn arm cr, that the 'defrauded
•fair,Ones fp'rg,ot losses-hi AdMirittion Of
'the ChArniiii 4- .cleSPiYile'r • .and'lt'iCh:a'rein . both
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hiS:phasesilr ! uik deep, draughts, of .pleasure,
till he- drai lied' the. Circean cup to its. veriest
AregA.: ;Just nieVeni,pleaSure becathe
'sortie, - when 'feStiVe . : and , high=bred delights
palled oil his,satecl -, passions, . and the lower
-extremes Of licentiousness and hard drinking,
ruffling and:fighting, diversified by the keen
,exeitement ,And threats 'of danger which dis
tinguished his ,predatory existence hega.n to
satiate, a new light broke Ou the •feVerish at
rlioiphere'ef his life. 'dyed.” 'Yes! Rich=
hid" MOWbray.;', the ruined patrician—De
Montmorency, the gallant highwayman, who
had
, hitherto resisted every good or civil in;
firte'nce whichlove, pure orearth-strained,
offers to his votaries—sUccumbed to.the sim
plecharins of a young,: unle,arned and.unam
bitious girl—so youthful,' tha.teven her tastes
and , habits, , childish as they were, could be
scarcely more • so than suited her_years.—
Flavia Harilcourt had just attained, her
sis
teenth year—had -never :been to boarding
school, and loved nothing so miach- - ---even her
birds and - pet-rabbits—as her dear,old father,
an .honest country gentleman; .and a•worthy
magistrate. Flavia: had: never : been even_ to
•
LOndon;'for - 111':'Hardcaint sresided . at
ing„a.retired. village,„inhout :twenty miles
from the metropolis: Parrihglox-hunting.and
hard drinking, the "old, gentle Ma r t, Onjals!side,
took pleailre onl3i in the ; prett}t,,gentle.gi • rl~
Who from the hoer of: her birth,.which:event
terminated:her•mother's eXis . tende, had
-Made
her his constant playmate"and cnmpaniOn, n - T r
And - it WaS to this simple. wild.flower, that'
the gay 'man, of pleasure, ~ haughty .reckless;
unprincipled, • iriiprovideny:Lrieligiiinsand
rash' Presumed to.' lift, his eyes„ l to;.elq,atel
heart; stranger-,:still, lo f t his;being s
the:Moral antipodestaf her.-pure self,:
via HardCpurf.stiVretider "her ‘ ypup rut' motti
est inestithable .live.'.,lC;must, have beert her
yery,el;ildisbneSs r and .;purity- that:attracted
thedesperate'rObberthe'hardepectlihe'rtine -1
now' abotit';to cOrOmit - hisorst-.and,,rririAt
met
Mr.. Hardeourt -at:a coun try_hunt. , --hadi with
others of his cainplinions; been invited by
that *nest ientlenian:to a rustic fete;in
hon
or,of little Flavi&s.natal,,day-,a day, he .was
wont.titY observe. tcritim, remarkableldi corn
mernorating :his ;greatest' In' isfarttirie'andhii
In:ten's' es - i . lia l pPineSS
a3rniqu, 'NrowecL i p„: win - mid: wear that
piire.bud:of:iririocent fiesliness and rare frag.;
ranee,- ort o 'perish •in he :Oempt; -!:Master
Richard M:owbrayl. , ,unscrupulotrDe Mint
rnorcncy I: I will ,Yrolato: how yorykopt,:yOnt
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f-TT,:: . -NTING.DON . ,' . JAN , ‘ Ii7. , .OI'7:i4Q,::ISq , S;.'_ :
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'l-I . e• haunted Aveling,,Oran.ie till the , chaste liride,t she'stood there - ,- , her- haze'- eyes dila
jyobii_cr heati;the old father's belOved - darling, Ain; thq- - t s - eemed . about 'to spring from
-• , ,
,surrendered ; the ~highTayrpan's
keeping. Perhaps Mr. 'Hardcourt: was:lpt "My Rii.thard, %Orat is this -.- . altegeth , r best' pleased •at hi:s 'dear -Flavi.gs {"Scoundrels-§eoundrel:s - rysaid .- irr,•vTarileofirty." re
&hOiee - ; . 'tilt then shq" his •
.. 7 , 7 and.he,truste,d..even phertho ml.yo,her to a I
. Tho,- . 90ct,, la . ug4ect. tJw•Ta w+-ex-
husband ;that her ..love, ' , and doting:affection
-wOuld stilt-be his °Wu: - -Besides Mowbray
,
was welt 'eon rieetd---bo'asted of r hig.,i,ifearth';
,w:hereas : a lzery, rnode,ratp portion of At 4.y,.?„u1d
-b6 hers. - , He = was =reeeiaec} irito:rnOdishfcir,z
'OleS, into 'which - the:
piret9nti"'penetrate;` 6.ridOn'Ahdrt.,
what with high, a kearing,:..hjs,ftarkcisprrke per•
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tsOrli'auctinsinulffng .tongue; :11.1i:11-IardbOurt
had irrevocably promised: to beStoAi.biS frea6-'
•: , •
ure into the'-keepino= of' the ate wtio
numbered himself, „almost -.pears to'
have 'been the father of •the -you - ng g 'whom
he - festineci I ; :the . ".
tit in 6St tOT'Oaj 1
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3t was during-the time that .11/I.k..ylleAnibra'y
was paying his ' conit' to Aselinj, t 1 at ehe
;neih>;'oi hood becrantO'be , 'alarnied by 4'seiies :
.o r f L highway.robberies; could
-have been perpetrated 'but.by.thateelebr t ated
knight of t he' ro ad-L-Captain :De -Moii trfieren-:
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could stir, after ,nightiall,witho,u:
:an ! attack,, in ,wbich numbers : pertain : lp were
'not 'we - A
- Rhin% • ; •
en'clget Me, bill:We : II. lyive said
,llardeput t. • snoi44 T glpry,r - qA
self
in going to Tyburn': to , see!thOifellow:turneif
and
to, see hi'xiigo . by' in a. cart,, is ith.n; p*on,aritt
,a.riosegan---eh: my little•girf !- ..•
Oh -no,' father,:?-said - Flavia, 'Frcould riot
:abidelf,'lliough he daiinifWiCked
man, whose name makes me shrini - Withlarr
o, : vhenevo - r,t,hear I could ;never. bear,t,o
-see such a:dreadful sightit riie,
till mv'deailr. • , . 2 .
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Does:- the gift of ,riropliee.x.„. -,. z pn.velUntary
though: it ma}' be; lurk ..within. usi yet ?-- ; Does
- the'soul dimly , shade:Vkr.'ou , 'V its , oWti:fate';'iar
- rat Ker of its frail
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Lion.?:. Sweet Flavia;:unsuipeeinig,.inn,ocent
_girl your : lips Ithett prOnouneed.4onc:own,
doom wiriteeoVerably . '. as 'though' zy:ou :had
been some stern Sybil, deliVeritidinseiiigle;
_tingifeatiOned orn6les. not;a'fair :child in 'yens
gi ish,f,rock• an (.1 .sash, , you ri
do Vik yontraii4lit glossy
s'off,"eY'es . 'Shining; ib IP; r'
. , theetKot hp')
:London.. ;
" &it root: dare,', 'the girl
walking togetiter ! m,the ola 7 fashioned Dutch
garden, she leant her young, Siniess . heasl . on,
her guilty.,lower!s• breast—" I shall•not trare.
take such a journey, for 'fear of • the highwiV-;
man, De' Montmorency.,-'
-.l:ear.not, my w
,seet Flavia;,,thj,s breait,
shall be pierced through ere De Motitenorea-'
ey'shall eituStione fear in - thine:"
Ri . har'd rViiy do Y.olfleiiveiis
so - early- every evening - I—at sunset,J,have
remarked. - :These are not
, London habit§.—
Ah, does any other than your poor: Flavin 4f-
Oh, Richard, must cue if - ft
should be so. .1 cdul&not, live and know you
We're false."
"Sweetest and beit my purest love,eOuld
any. me from . .you Were it a•queen
think'its not. I—l—the truth is - , Flavia, I
have a poor'siek frierid not far frorn.here:..-:-..
He is poor, ill,
" yno more, dearest. Oh, how much
more do I love .you :every day. • How good,
how noble, thus to sactiffee !"" And the
blushing girt threW herself__'into:her•lover's
arms. -•
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Alf; how •differently beat4hose• two lthrtraya
•• ,
hearf , --onse pregnant wiih love, goodness,charit
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y; synipathy ; the. other rank" Willi hi
,
pocri,sy,,clark with unbelief.
•.' They came' to town; unmolested - , yob May
be'sine;'' the stranger,, becabe few' "days
PreviOuSly,,terrible bad °conned.—
Old lord St. Hilary,: the relic of. the ; beau gar
cons of former days, , i bad - been' . rObbed_ and
maltreated
. •'*en..were by no, means ib=
itnred as „the, Above all, rt-,fainily
jewel of immense. vela& had been taken from
his perSon, , and ,- . on recovering his Wolinds
hrid;:fright, ''vengeance,;::,fietoOk
aotiy,e'meaSUres.to:folfil
The Avedll ing,f was , to , -take)Place 'at an , old
bundlieSifeld'llninSo;:i and on
The marriage was.celebrated,,,and
pair ,were:inlthe' act of being. toasted by the
ft r 'of !, the bride,. - when • a stratige ofSe 'WaS
tig4d voiceS„;iete bPraised`
oatbs,,inetteKed v and.a, rush fejlowed to . wards
the:festivelsaloon. r The cprnpank
is:it said'llr. 'Hardco'brt: , '
*The door: was . ' broked: 'open'fbi AnSwer. ; ;—:;
„
Tlie,offtcem of:jnstice,filled the ropm.. Two
advanced. " Co - me Captain," said4he'y,"tlie
ganid is nif at last.' :It's aii"!aivktvartl time
to arrest" :gititleiri4n: Wedcl ingfaay,
but 'daty, noble .captain.--duty : must be
done.?'' - •
• - Entranced fro2en beyOnd'i•esiktatie orap
peal r - the' bridggroom- was fettered; ' and the
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•-amining - thdheeklaet a ;Flavia.":, :It icentain
-Ird a'-a-aiinfoxicl thd eeriife'svottfy ianSoine.
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Where get, . saw.
A.er
.friends , an Were - d e
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".0h 011 'his ivas'tlie; cl}arrioriil~Loid St.
? „1-1111ery waS l se.rhad abpnt-. )
-and : the gehi,vc-a.s." reinoved:r-frbm: the neck pit
-f - -
§tic * Jf•ohP,rellPtic(l
fohnkspecch:.-:,::" Whanrda , - you ,talceMr.
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'0 : 1C- h ;Captain
V£britni4ireDcy.' :r
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ielt- - i4-So fierce itt ritony,its,ta Cause
the_criminal to,-reboulid--7-',Silkielc' 'Oh' the ears
all tY;, was
.-Flavia yi,as removed" ; so:w4ollTer;brietegroom'
NeyVgate). t• :
The` Oar, «as . cri.ducleti r 7 4:inStice , "‘ .; as aii
peased'77—,tlie.:rphber:„'Nvas doomed
~ And: his
inhdcen't and , unpolluted, Yictirrr ' . For
loss ltrlife - - had , hung' elf la.:thread. , But
yOuthiand ;health .closed fora ShoYi time the
gates,-of_.d . eath: She, recovered.. Reyiving
aSLfrorii,a, dream, she could ;scarcely believe
in ;i:.he -terrible , ' event . , I,Vhiehi: torna&-like,
had swept . over ;StieYde'siredh§r father
-to,,repeat its, Circumstances.. • Weepingi and
=his vetTerale grey 'liairs whiter with 'sorrow,
Ilart.l6Obecirriiiled. 'She' - he - ard ihe're
, rt „
~c4al in. • Present) y,•.,claspi ng,_ber
,fa
:thee hand—"rDeafpar r,." , she saidi vr hen
?" ' She' ccitild' utter no.rndre • nor
,a.(•`as it ‘'-neCeSsary., cif:m*ollou ded ;,her
t. 4.4 too:WP11: •• '..; 'r
"The'.-day after to:4 - norrniv, l a he - replied:
a ' .0 h'.tlier' . I. must' be thire'.",' • •' "
gearest ,
3 Fatber, •. must .4).0, YO•u:rej
i - nember your jest-? pliee
in tfittdr earnest.' .. - rtiust'be . there." .
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Nol
.i . T.L9,1.11.0,45:he'
_..pecifia,..,,sbe
I.3Fter Phg sician at length.: i.fr,st,eti them to.gir.e
liar •n'ns'r it vra..thl the AaiLLl:be-lesS'danoer
o•is than denial.
Near Tyburn +;
seats, -were erected.
were let out. -on
'Ode Of theselast,, the TrioSt.,,priliaie;',,rai se-
J
cured - and,i,m the fatal inornitio• Flayla was
taken.thither; in.a ,dlose, earriage,.accoinpa
nieil-by her parent -and 'ari'agettbousin." She
'Shed no; tenit' : hoavea not a single sigh and
- :gU t fiered d herself to be led to the,wiridow- with
.strange,, immovable. calmness. Soon. shouts
'and the swelling , Murthuf of a. denSe crowd
reacaed:lier4rs. 'The prcipession was arri
. .
.......
ving. 'TheiaHews' was, not,imsight, but the
fatal cart would pass close. It .came on nea
rer, neart...r2---more like a.ttinniph, that-dismal
. .51:414,`than 4 human fe114,,i,* man fia4p - nint to
eternity. ... ~.... . ~..,
. , .
- .She clenched her hands, and rose ap, strain
ing her fair white' thrOat to Caf , .,h agfanCe Of
the crPpitial.. ? Yes, : there be was; dressed
gaily, : the'omniousnosegay flaunting, in his
breast,'dult dispait in his heart, reaching from
thence to his face. As the' train passed.Fla
via.'s window r by, chance he raised his hot,
bleared eyes they . ..rested , on ! his bride, his
"pure virginwife. The Wretched maii . utter T
ed a yell of agony, and:cast himself down on
the. boards ,ef the vehible.. She - continued
"gazing; the:smile frozen on her fa.ce,' her eyes
glassy;motionless, fixed.
They never :recovered their natural intelli
gence; Fixed "and stony; :they .1)13i - e - ' her;
stricken lamb, from the ''dismal scene. 'Her
old father*atehed for . daye ,11, - her bedside,
edgerly - waiting for a ray..of. a-token of
sense, or sound. None came." She had'been
stricken with catalepsy; and it Was:ables
sing when the enchained spirit was released
from its frail habitation, when the pure sdul
was permitted le take its flight tahaPpierre
gions. ...Poor Mr. Hardcourt sank shortly af
ter iti:lo4 'slate of childish imbecility, and
soon father and daughter . 5144 ,in one grave,
One of the great secrets of health is a light
supper, and yetit is:a great' self-denial, when
One - is hundry and tired - at the close of the
day,Tto - eattittle or nothing. Let such a one
take leisurely a single cup of tea.and apiece
of cold bread qrith'-'butier;' - aad he v~ill"leave
t he' table al fully pleased: with • himself • and
all the.,:world, as if he had eater aheavy meal,
and - betenfold --- the better for it the next morn
,Take_ans two men under similar cir
cumstances, strong,•:hard-,W:oiking • men, of
twenty-five years, let,. one take 44 . iarelid and
butter,with l a cup of tea, and the:other a
hearty meal of meat, - bread,''PotritoeS, and tne
ordinary et ceteris, as• the last.rizearof" ; '•,e
day, and I will,venture. to affirm, that .he
Lea-drinker will outlive the•'Other by thirty
years:
=
Light" Supper&
i ~r
. e ~ it, T
MEM
Epainbuggeiy in'Teaohing
:Teabnot elairroo have experience in :this
ntt, yet I c a!m.to have. some_ knowledge of
'the -business, froth what L have; heard those
say who pretended to have experience. -
.But it iS'an established fael - ,althei - th - this
-..—
is. called a " fast age," and one of
,great im
-1,-.Trovementi there is still room for much.m9re
Prßg.7-qs. And, - in our, opinion;' there ,•is a
gre at,deal . o..,t,"s:.sdp'erG • l in many''of
eia. . our
Schools Ar.o , setif—Q . ries, :an cl, fMr.e , have .sufß,-
,eient ;evidence: t01T1......,,, "ours aisertion.=- 7
Te9,9*rs,, like alt . other `-elau.., :t a jiii ii i i.§ fie 6:
_country, are politicians - --and ,140i,vi1 : ,,- . i i i t i o '..
, 'lint .they,:may. be oh, other' Toin ts, -they . „ f 1 ,..
!e'rallv;ilriderstand how' to suit' :publie,tastei
. .
'and the more defierent they are in
.qualifica
tions to,traip,,,the„y.:oWl2:.;najrid.—t,he aieater
. .
17 pracierits: thersoou. become in this : branch,
of - thefe - business: -- And: j n'S t liere let me-say,
,that the world .oes
and f a„,r nal w i ll only -.set, ti;l4ll:§l3,lf ,forwat;d.
as so - megreat:one, :he; generally: .find .
fools, enough ready. to fall ;
`in With - tif.'pietensioiis; dad" keep himiding
for,:a time. ,'And, asfor-. training-, the mind, ,
'that -failr4 no part of their Plans,. and we. can
`find, rn'en'eni=airediin thi's business—and even
:laaieijdo; 'ram Sorry to'say it—who appear
to k how: nothing : about -The : iniad. They
upon-the supposition' that the child • ishke
the Mail; and - theynttempt • td pour'in a pro-,
- raiSctions and indiscriniinate mass 'of matters
Larn.l.4hings ; whioli'!-havp ,a - daptiorCte the
Young, and feeble inteytect.: ,
, •",„
The child is neVeittaughtitO :;think•to
nett ideas and' to z enderslandtl p riieaning of
term s. Its memory is buederied.iiith : a cata
logue of difficult, nameszdnd Unintelligible,
terttiS=Which.escaPe'in AeSs Allan '-Was
consOrned, in committing tbeiN leafing' their
minds asblauk-:as they, Were,at : first. Now
-- ;iVr'equires Only a: little-of ihrit eornmoclify
"called'' :come'non'sense' to knot~~ die 'young
..rnind,pannot i grasp all the Natural Sciences at
°nee; andot the same tifne carryon the study
~/af the ancient and Modern language: '
,have SOMetim - es been astonished that pa
„rents; are: so easily gulled; but, so - -it : is. - The
---mass;appear to • think, that if a great many
aks'are Used; With high. , sounding tides, &c.
61 -v- - Tbje - ;. -
e eat"man, and
.
their: xhillireti -must be-inaliing„veyy..rApitl
11).ecr g i-ess in knowledge. - ' • 3
Put eh, Teach t ks • tel lus that ii t itl:net
fait ; ha, ek upon,the, old, plan„ requir
ing pupils to make, thorough work as they go,
'and if pin] do,' yob ceitai ly fall behind
the .age. Bear in - eirer . r.thing
must go by steam, and. the higher the. pres
'sure- the'better. In 'some eases_ you mnstp.p;
ply the electric fluid and set the child' atones
on thehill - of science or,leave
si(n '
,• . •
: Now this is their opinion about teaching.
- And if' We tallr about.' making • thorough
scholars,:','. they tell us that.yvas the business
of our great grandfathers,._ it .is ours to take
- them through books, and if we-Cannot take
up the pages is they come,, we must : take
two or three at once; and.if we ean,only get
a boy far enough to see through, we drop it
and take another.: If we can' only' get,o. boy
ta.saY he fi.4 been .through aritlinietic,-that is
sufficient; ,no.one.will ask him- what a:rith ,
metiels- 'And they'say,'it is not 'Worth while
to' fack "the young" brain with" the' meaning'of
such big Words as PhiloSaphy ;and Mathe
matics.' • To expect a child. to know what is
meant by.,th& terms "attraction,'. l "divisibili:.
tY," perfectly preposterous.
They only teach them I to, pronounce thes'e
words---without knowing • what is meant by
theel-Hn the hearing , Of the - fond "father-or
'delighted mother,, and'their point Vigained.
Their reputation, is "thitablished" : all
contradiction,.. and no one will hazard.his
judgement by doubting • their ;qualifications.
Now . 'whatCan,this be' called but Ilumbug
gery inleaching.?
terms Sleero - 'said,niy:eOm . p'ariiOn
,half
pettisidy rriy . coach.. , "Lef, ins
words haunted -me : for. hours af
terwards: -How 'often has =the -wish •been
breathe'd •in -this weary ,worldL-"CAi; 'let rile
sleep ii`.
The maii whose - conscience lashes him fol.
misdeeds—evils comm itted -and' •un rePeffted .
Of arieS, cc Let me - sleeP., With sleep Comes
obh~on." The monrner . Who'has seen'sorne
bright and beautiful .one latle from:his etri
brace,- like a surrimmet: by,a
tile early frost, bows `his head above the.pal
lid . face of the, prostrate, form 'below;
and-sighs in the agony of his soul—'-'Let me
slepp! . sleerwith the loved - one whose smile
Shall never welcomemy' - foot-steps
gc,Let me s sleep,?' says the traveler, who, foot
sore , and.wearY has toiled long: in 'the world,
seen .hopea - ':perish unfulfilled; je-Ys-iili
er:pre they o.re., tasted, friendship .whfeh Jig
thoughueaduring, chatiging . hbe like charm
!pramisei", '''fiding 'and
irieltin ; into 0113- let me ileep
TOFI am Weary.':; - ":,
~..,•
Let Me Sleep."
EN
ATOL 110, NO. 30.
The rosy-cheeked- ,the bright-eyed
maiden, :the
_thoughtful - matron, ,'those ';for
whom life puts.on its - finest 'asPect,:its:mcist
endearing smiles, alI haVe periods, in which
they long for sleep, for the oblivion of tearer
hours which the waters of Lethe may
fiow ;: darkly and deeply, over thern.- ,
IThere corneth ,sleep- unto all—a sleep
; deep,- hushed and; breathless. , The „roar .or
'cannon, : the deep-toned , -thunderbolt,. the
shock of an eartliquake,„thd rush of .ten thou
satnlarrnies cannot,brea.k - up the still. repose.
,Witli mute . lips
. and folded arms, „cine'after
another, the ephemera of, earth sinks-doom
into ess and nothipgns,s. No in tru
,'.ngfOOtst,eps shall jar opon their - re:s4 n yip
touch from . theiiihe
exela.isttur .L
-
•
Water.
130 ifparents.Will_use colu•_, ter on their
divn persons, lei ate entreat then.;.- -
have
rri erCy on . their helpless children. Ijo
their cries, and_ entreaties ,tva,rat it just a
littler Nothing is,More,hgathenish-and bar
barous than to bathe i Children in cold or near
ly cold water:= I helieVe . -ii,injiirions to wash
our hands and fac - es paid water.—
Those who do it, will find that they have
rough and crack.ed'Sliiqi '•
The suffering- of _children- while being
washed, is but small, compared with the evil
effeals that
. ofteti follow :the :application of
cold water io_itlife "Lead, — Viz : congestion of
the head ;and e4)e6fal icy'. • te r
True,. ethld'viiiiter sdapplied preco
cious thildreit,'artd' it will s ",iro - fill the grave
yard with . the - opening finds Of infancy'.
think it Wilrbe found that' moreChildrect die
f.;t7-. .
with head diSeases since the use of. wateras
been vogue,
,than ,before; ap,,fjpf,tlie_Feason
alrea.clyziven. _ • _ „:,, ,
~•.
The feet
. i§i.the.7bl;airt . ie s 4uireg aild•receives
more,bloodlhan_ other organs of the,,§yste!te
The applicationof -cold water to the head in ;
creaseslll:o' amount,: and hence it, is . i-no• un
tcommon : thing _that children, 'especially
smart'ones," die as above stated; with head
disioae. -Indeed, it has become a proverb
among 'Our mothers; - at least, ' , “-that such
I childr'en:are'tbe smart.' too live," and it -is
:By such tietitnientlhe brain 'be'cornes'too
i'aeti'Ve;and large for "the hi:Ay and, - like Poir
,.. • • •. ..
erful,engine in n small boat, soon'shatt6-s'if
to pieces and sends it to the bolt:du:I: Cali:.
not • ffniSh , mremarks, " 'Without entreating
Mothers in the riUrrie of humanity, • not to at
tet•ript- to . toiicrheii .as it is called, iheirlehn
ciren,bihalf;:clothin'g theM in cold'wealher.
My, heaihaS,aChed as I,have seen them thus
ex . poiet.l to the,yiercing winds of anortherri
winter. Many a mother•has thus,sown-the
seeds , o£, premature
. death in
_her offspring,
for -which she, has soladed.berself by , calling
it-a• " mysterious. Providence."
If yon'would have healthy, robust children,
see that they arc warmly clad, especially
their - extremities.— In connection with - cold
bathing,-.1 would utter my - disclaimer against
the preVailing'praClide of rubbing: the-skin
with coarse rough towels ; or hotse•brnshei.
No error in the water-treatment is inure in
jurious. A beauty-skin-is smoothes soft, and
velvet-like; and ,apything.that irritates it and
makes it rongh,ris injurious. - ,
Buf feW:of'the; peopleundersttmd thefunc.
Irons Of die Skib,or the , importane of ahead
thy skin to a healthy .body..:—:*
flat alloy of my.digblisging the matter here.
At some future time take it UP'.
prove of, gentle "rtitibi rig : of h soft
cloths; oi, better, witit,the . .l?are frat'id. But
it should not be rubbed !tny way' -td..produde
unpleasant sensations,'
- If we credit the report of patienig ha're
taken .treatnrieni at.our Water Cure'Establish
ments,'lhe, heroic ' - or cold : treatment is . - too
vocrne - in'thern : for their
ter Cure Yournd.- - - .
IMI
EV•ri:'l2.Eport•ii.—The longer I live, the
more I feel the imphrtanen of adhering to the
rule • w hich •t. have ,laid down. fo.t„rayself - in
relation'to such matters. • 1. To hearnslittle
as possible of - Whatever is 'o be •the'PrejUdi
nes, of others: • 2. To•-believe -nothiiig,•afithe
kind till i, am •abt,Olniely . •forced •-to
Never to drink the.o . iyit :of: one 'who ellen=
lutes •an till ieport: Always-, to - moderate,.
as far -a.S . I can, thn• unkindness • expresed
towards otherS l 5, Always to believe ' , that
iC the' ther side:We're hear - it, a Very diireile r nt.
account ,Woiild f:e given of 'the 'nciattel..—:Life
of Sinteotl,
..41 Carus. , ,
MI
AN .EK.VMPLAILY:-=The' most extra=
ordinary ",ins) - a.riCe of patieriee;'on fcco,td In
modern, times.
,is that_ of an Illinois judge,
who listened silently for two days while a
'couple. of worthy attoyneys' . dontended about
'the construction of an act of - the Legislature,
and then ended the controversy by.guietlp
. . - •...
yemarking— ; . , . ,
“ Gentlemen; the law is. repealed)?
A close mouth sho\'.7'S-a
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