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_ . II.VNTINGD ON GLOBE,
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Terms of Advertising
his tiriOs or legs;
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following gentlempn .are
ri!beiim -iralniS• 'ail y' re to' e.;
come sti,bse,ribers,tp_the GLoer•:, and-to redeiVe
adv Mee i Di, fur the same.
Y ZIMATNitmAN, Esq., COll 4 ee:Riail:'•
M'ConnellapWn.
BENI'. 'IP: PATTON,' Eq - .,`'WariTo'rSTllark..
" 'WENS; Esq.,:Birminrgham.'
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•' IT. B. MYTINGER, Water •Strebt. ' -
'll;A'5 A. Crir,ssivimr,,sillanox Hill. , '
• P.iv'to.l3 - A.rtniek, -West Barree...• •
Ozu'orix, Ennisville.
• Gt - T;lll , :ftT CHANEY," Esq., East Barrec.
Dr.'l4l'..lift-rjr..Ett, Jackson. Ip. '
SAMUEL M' VIT'TY, Shirley sburg.
S. B, YOIING, Three SpringS. • • •
• • M. F.'CAMPBELT„ Esq., Mapleton.
J. R. HuNTEa, Petersburg. • •
J. S, ILlNT,'Shade Gap.
D. 11. CAIPIIELT, - Marklesb nr,g-
H. C. lexandria.
_J. S. G REri, Cassri Ile. -
HUNTINGDON-FOUNDRY.
R... .C. McGILL returns, his
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thank - s .to his friends and the lin b.,er - 0)1.n "r=a4.4
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lie for their very liberal patronageY•er
l ' i t e , ; . - 1
and nuns
hopes by . strict . attention to ' ,' I E;4 .
business to merit a continuance. of the same, in
all kinds . of.
_Castings, Cooking Stoves, Air.
Tight :Porlor, Ten Plate Wood
,a nd Coal Stoves
of various sizes ; and
.all kinds of Ploughs . : the
Lancaster and the Plank liar:-hear pall erns, and
Keystone No. 4 Self-sharping and Hillside
Ploughs and Shears to snit all 't:ind of Ploughs
in the country ; Rolling,-mill and Forge Cas
ting, Grist, and Saw-mill Castings, Lewis
town Threshing - Machine - Patterns, and the
four horse and two horse . power .of UhaMbers
burg patterns, and all other kinds of castinTys
too numerous to mention, all of which will he
sold cheaper than ever for cash and all kinds of
country produce. Alsc, old mettle taken in ex
change for casiings. • - .
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HOSFORD & MILLER,
GENERAL-LIND AGENTS,
Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., lowa,
ARE prepared to transact any business per
taining to the purchase and sale of land, or
Town Lots, investigation of titles, transfers and
conveyances generally.
We have located ourselves in the interior for
th at ,puliPoie, ,and; personally :su6•-cy • and
ea:rat:illy c'idniine any tract of bind within our
reach, give correct and promptinlbrmation con
cerninr-"Oongress Lands in - the Dubuque and
Des I\l6l.9d's Land ,Distriets', in any of the - stir.'
rounding counties, especially on the proposed
lines of, Railroads - from Dubuque west and the
Cedar. River Valley Railroad. Persons wishing
tb make safe investments 'by having careful se
lections made would do well to address or give
us a call.
---Lands located on time for settlers. Payment
of taxes punctually attended to. Township
plots of latest date always on liana.
36,900 'Acres" Of Choice Farming Land, for
sale &ern S 2 to $5
,per acre. - Also scvcral.small
Ipts . ,,of timber of good quality. Likewise .2 or 3
impro cod Farms near the county scat., .
- A. P. HOSFORD,
EDMUND :MILLER.
REFERENCES.—Gov. Matteson, Springfield,
III.; Hen. Jas. Gwin,, Huntingdon, Pa.;- IL C.
Goodell; `Cash. Mete'h . : arid IYriii!'rs' Bank, Jo
liet; ; Gdorge• S. Fisher, Cash. Bank of '
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taws,-Ili,; Eames,' 'Banker; Qttawa, Ill.;
••E.B. Stiles; Esg.,'DixOn, Ill.; Guv. Ileinstea d,
.1. Parlay &•Co., rid , 11. S. Hetherington, Du
buque; lowa ; Tlios:Jacltion, Esq:, Hon. Sarrel.
Calvin, and Hon. R. A. illeMurtrie, Ilollida3 s_
burg,- , Pa.
- :July 19,'54.—1y., •
ITUNTINGD ON
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(\WEN BbAT,..thanii l fuf'for past favors; rp
kif sp6ctfolly'lrlfor to.S the public in general
that.bb,bas renio'ved to his new 'shop on Wash
ington street, on the proppity lately _and for
many years occupied, uy "A.Thx,...Carmon,,%.vhere
he is
. prepared to inaintfa,Ctureall kinds of
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Carriages, Buggiss,•Ro okaways, Wagons
and ',in !short tvOiy kind of -vehicle 'desired.—
Itockaways and Bu,ggieS of "a supdrior Mannfac
ture and finish always On hand and lot= sale at
'faiefirrees. , " • ‘]•
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--gepairing of • al/Ainds ilorit at; the' shortest
notiee:and 'on the most reasonable terms. ,
Huntingdon, Nay 16,
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SOAP - AND CANDLE .
llVlami*lctorY, • • • • •
/Vain Strut one ,door• lot t- of the cc Globe"
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TIREPERICK LIST - informs the citizens of
Harititildon:, and of the county, that'hClias
commenad tfia...tnannfacture of •Inotild 'and-dip
Ca ndles.andßcisin Soap, one dool"weStl'of 'the
et Globe" offteo,E on Main Sticet, :111untintdo'n,
where he Will allkays be prepared •-to 4111: orde'is
At-city.pri Cet3.* • : : :
TALLOW. WANTED, and the, higilest
price will be paid.
flurtingdon, Dee. 5. 1854.
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: : .:f%Salntiel I:Thoth/skm .an& - Nathan Holmes
Were:bath ‘dithein farmers,- and'they.-v-ier`e'al
so near neighbors. • Their land, was situated
npon, a,,beautifal ridge, and, was strong and
'productive: • In the natural capacity of the
there was•not .a cent's - worth of differ
ence .ialtk : t h twe Taunts, but. yet the) bore a
: very dissimilar •aspeet. after they had been
worked - a' number of years. M. Thomp
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;.sou's..bt2ilditigs - :lookeci neat and - tid r y.-, His
)door Yard - was- &lean,. his 'windows were
Whole, his barn was snug and warm, or
! chard Idoked thrifty, arid the trees carefully
ildressed !4-ratii pr n ' • - Now M.r. Rol rnes had
vtpPorfthan had his neigh
brit,,yet- his house.: and out-buildings,,
and the rdial aspect Of his farm were , very
different. •A few rags were to be seen in
spots where there,.should,have been panes of
glass; Various thingsl,were kicking . about to
the 'yrd":tha.l. shOUld have, been in other Pla
p.e%,;.,thCie were , large cracks in his"barn,
through: which rain •and snow sometimes
beat'; his apple trees were 'scabbed with old
bark, and the tops were disfigured with -scrag
gy dead limbs. 'Mr. Holmes worked harder
if anything; than did Mr. Thompson ; but
yet his matters were always at loose ends,
and; he often wondered how it Was that his
neighbor pushed things along smoothly, and
kept everything in such excellent order.
"ah, Thompson" said Holmes one day in
the spring, as,he came up to the door of the
former "".have you got an inch augur ?"
" Certainly," returned Thompson ; "I
eouldri't get along on a farm without one."
"I wish you would lend" it to me a little
while Ihave delayed sowing my grain for
two days, beeause,my harrow is broken, and
I bad no tools with which to mend it."
I will lendlt to you with pleasure," said
Thompson. And then, as a. sudden thought
seemed to strike him, he added :
"They tell me, Mr. Holmes, that you lost
one of 3-our cows yesterday."
''Yes,' returned Holmes, with an uneasy
look, "one of the best cows I had."
if 'hap' pen
"She broke her leg.":
"Broke her leg'! How, pray ?
"Why you see the floor in my tie-up had
got rather worn out and shaky, and the night
before last she got one of her legs through
it,-and snapped the bone off like a pipe -stem,
and so I had-to kill her."
"'Alt ; Mr. tiohnes, these are things we
fartner's,aught to guard against. A very little
labor at the proper time woulil have saved all
that."
know it,'' said. Rolmes, with a down
cast look, and I should . have fixed the floor
long ago if I had had the tools. But its no
use in crying now. What's done can't be
helped." •:
That l was alWays a source of great conso
lation to Mr. Mimes. When a thing was
done; he tried to feelsatisfied with the reflec
tion that it could not be undone, though he
seldom laid up the expel ience for future use.
Mr. Thompson turned towards the shed doOr,
and led the Sway up into a neat, light •
cliarn
ber, and Holmes followed., -Here was a stout
bench, all fixed for . lhand use, and upon it
were a full Set . Of Mains, strxs,' gauges, mal
lets; arnmerS . . 'WhAle'''in a small rack
against the.partition were arranged, and over
head;:hung some half dozen rdifierent sized
augurs. was everything here
that a than could possibly. use in building
and repairing about the house:. Mr. Thomp
son, took doWn an inch augur; arid ;handed it
to his neighber, and as he did so -.he remark
ed. •
haven't seen yOUr son Thothas about for
t•Wo or three'days: Is he sill."
pot exactly sick, but.iie's got a ye
rr•bad foot. He has slept on at: He' trod
on an old rusty nail in the barn floor, and it
went into his. foot some way."--.;
• "Whew •,• that's bad',” . uttered Thompson
with a Sympathetic shudder. never allow
my boys to be around much barefooted. I
have found that the pricks and bruises gen
erally cost more than shoe leather, aside from
.the comfort and 100k5..',",
"0, - . Thomas, wasn't „barefeoted, but you
see therewasa :hole= in- the ,bottom of his
, I : Meant to haVe carrjea it, down to
Itheovillage and had it' mended, but I forgot
it:""
"Ail; friend'Holmes,'l save all, such difli
i.ctilties'as that:' , lahvdyackeep-a;lole'leath
-er by mr and then when' there is a little
tapping.oi - patching - .to .be done, I can Ex it
up in, a few Minutes. All - these things can
- be‘done dtMing,Miny' when I 'might
_other 7 wisc.`, , •
"Well, returned Holmes, - "I suppose .
could cobble 'a' shoe well enoughlf I only
had the tools ; but it_takes .quite a collection
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of:iniplementatO fill up ,a aohbler:S ;bench.
However what's 'done can't be helped. I
guess ThoinaS'will be - out in 'a day or two , .
But I must,burry off 11.(1N7 r , and fix my hat - -
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it took, Mr. Holmes nearly
, all,,day„ to fix
his_liariroVV,iso that - tie liaTh.to ;po4pone,the
harrowing of:his-land till. , the , next morning,
and W-lin he arlengthgot'hs grain into 'the
ground, he .Was.:jtist. : tive' days ( behind his
_neighbor Thompson.i.: His ,son„.was confined
to the'house•Over a - week, and '-.during ' that
time he had to hire an extra. hand, whiCh
cost hirn.a.bout four_ dollars, besides the, doc
tor"sbill:he'had to , pay. ' 1 -.'• : _..
:„. When. it.'canie haying :time, he had to buy
new rakes, because the : old.,ones had goneto
rack arid ruin::
~I.3 e rhaps they startect'"With
the loss of a feW teeth, or the breaking of a
bow, or perhaps _the head might have got
broken, 'and thus instead ' of saving a good
:handle, B;,:c.„and,inalcing,the proper tools, he
was obliged .to buy new rakes entire.
,So in
all the'aeparnierifS of his, business, he was
constantly. meeting : with , obstacles ,_that re
tarded his Progres, all for- the' want: of a few
•siMple. tools. •' , '',
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'One rainy day in the fall, after the harves
ting was completed, Mr. Thoinpson was in
his tool chamber making some apple boxes,
when his neighbor Holmes entered. ~
"Mr. Thompson," said the latter, after he
had watched the movements Of his neigh-
box's fore-plane a few moments, "how mudh
did that sled of yours 'cost '?. ' I have,one this
winter;'
"Oh that cost me nothing. I made it my
self during - some of those rainy days that we
had just before harvesting. I got the timber
•out when I hauled my wood last winter ; so
the job came easy." -
"Well neighbor Thompson," said Holmes,
after some little time spent•in hard study, I
don't see how it is that you'get alang - so.--.
Your farm don't produce any more than mine
does, and I'm sure you don't' ward; !'so hard
as I do. Your wile,
, don'i. 'make any bet
ter butter or cheese than mine does ; your
sheep don't bear better wool; your bees don't
make better honey. You . raise" more fruit
than I do to- be sure."
: "But I have no more trees," said Thomp-
son. "
"No ; but then your fruit was of a better
quality and finds a more ready market."
"Certainly, because I have grafted in the
best species. My trees were the same as
yours twelve years ago, -and with regard to
other matters, I think if yon will look about
-the two places, you will find that in many
respects mine is the most productive. My
cows give more milk than yours do through
the.wiater, because, they, have better shed
room and a warner barn.- I-raise more pork
than you do, because my pens and pig houses
are tight and comfortable ; am' then I am in
clined to think my bees .make more honey
than yours do, for my hives are in better or
der. 1 may not raise more corn than you du,
but I guess the rats and squirrels don't have
such easy entrance to my grain chambers as
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they do to yours." . -•;
"Perhaps-you are right," muttered Holmes,
with a crestfallen look ; "and suppose you
are laying by.money." .
"Ceriamly I am—one or two hundred dol
lars every year."
"Why, so much as that I" uttered Holmes,
with a look of surprise. "Why 1 can't lay
np a•cent."
"Let me give you a piece of. secre,," said
ThompsOn, in . a:kitid, neighborly tone as he
laid his plane upon the bench,. -
'Last summer you bought four-- iieW rakes
and a pitchfolk.: Now, : how much did they
cost you - ••
Let's see ; the rakes came to twenty -five
cents apiece, and the forks come to-a dollar.'
Well, now my fork handle got broke
accidentally laSt winter, and so did some of
the rakes; but I immediately took such parts
as were good and brought them up here, and
then at' my first leisure bpportanity, fixed
them up. There were two dollars saved.--
Now you have nothing to do to. day: • :
• No, it rains too hard.'
And yet you see I am
,at work. Nov
how are-you going to get . your apple box
es ?'
Marston is going' tB' 'make them for'me,
and I am going to give' him a barrel of good
apples.' . _
There are two dollars more. NoW,ll,you
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_hire a sled made as mine, it will cost yau
twelve dollars. That will. beSixteen dollars
thai T have laid - tip : White y& have bee'n'able
to do nothing. Now let us see how,that
ten dollars will multiply 'itself, You sold
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your 'wool last ' springas soon as you had
sheared your slieep
Yes--=-1. had to for I . rie,ekdshe :coney.''
How much did you
' Thirty:cents a pound - 2r , r_--
4 If yoiiliaa sixteen dollar's by:,yOu in ready
cash, you 'wouldn't have been Obliged to, have
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''' ; 'N' 0, 7 retUrriedl4Ohnes, Whose eyes were
beginning to epen, ' I could have Squeezed
; .along with that sum.' :,- ...
''' Now,' coiitinued Thompson, L I sold my
1 , '>'vO 4 Ol yesterday," and they sent
. to my . door
,a. 141, took it. I got_forty-two cents, a:Pound
for it. I had one hundred and seventy-five
.I . .iOurrds; 'and by reckoning it over after I had
,_soli.lit I foUnd I had made just twenty dol
-1 lays—that is, I had obtained twelve cents
- more on the pound than I should if I had
'been obliged to sell when you-did. ' So you
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'see how. these little ,
things multiply them;
1 selves.' .
.1 , ' •‘ .And.this'all carries of -your having tools
to ".-6)1:- 'with,' said ' Holmes,' in a subdued
time.. •„. . . . ,
Mostly,' returned Thorripsori, . .
1 ' Well, if I had the tools, 1 .might save a
geed- many small sums in the course of a
year, J but, to - lever had any money to spare
for them. Why the tools you have here and
j in.the house over. and:obeys.: your fanning
utensils must be Wm tli:Ss - o.' '
' Just about that sum.'
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' Then I fear
,Ishall have to scrape along
with borrowed -tools. I can never spare such
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a sum as that:?
! 'You dont understand the secret, Mr.
( Holmes. Let me explain. I never should
have gone with fifty dollar bill and bought
tools, but I Collected them gradually. I have
1 I bought every tool on my premises with my
I...etro_cr- money. 7 , - • '
" ' GROG MONEY I' reiterated Holmes, in
blank surprise. '
( ' ' Yes. returned Thompson, with a slight
smile, ' with my grcg money. Now I' am
not goino. to give you a temperance lecture,
for you are as well able to judge for yourself
las I am; but I am going to give you a little
principle of economy - , content and happiness.
The first year I was on this farm I used oc
casionally to take a little spirits,-and when-
i when
ever I would go to the village, .which was
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usually twice a \Veek, I would drink two or
three times. I know not that I experienced
I -viy . bad effects .from : it. but lam confident
( that it did me no good, and that it was a
- habit that might grow- to: a big evil.: As
near as' I could calculate, the spirits I had
.use.d cost me on an average : twenty five cents
aweek.
.' Yes, every cent of it.:
Well, i commenced on the first of Janua
r: to lay up my grog money, and with that
disposition came a peculiar desire to com
mence saving in!.other ways, and I soon
found the means of stopping up many more
gaps in my financial affairs. I saw how
*much might, be saved if I could only do some
-work whichl.was obliged to pay for, and to
this end I commenced buying- such Cools asl
thought would come
,most, handy. At the
end of the first year I:found myself the own
er of thirteen dollars, worth of tools, and it
all came from
,the Money I might have drank
up. I
• felt stronger:and heartier than I did
the year before, and I felt mach happier,. for
I knew that I was laying' the foundation of
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future good. ,
Time passed and my twenty five
cents a week kept coming in. It was now
a saw, then a hammer, then another, then a
new auger, then a bit stock and bits, until in
eleven years, Ihave not only collected an ex
cellent variety of tools, but I have drawn di
rectly from my grog found nearly a hundred
dollars besides; but the value of my tools can
not be estimated in money; as I have already
shown you. They are not only a source of
great profit, but they are also ,a source of an
incalculable degree of comfort. rk. small
gap in a man's business affairs may seem a
trifling thing 'at .first, but it is like a hole in
a bank thaCconfines the high waters o c
lake: The ! almoSt' insignificant stream will
be sure to grow frightfully larger, and unless
soon stopped .up the pare waters of the lake
will . ere long lose themselves in the neigh
;boring streams. I believe,, my. friend, that
in giving tip-groiz, I have 'not sacrificed one
single. comfort. Now don't you 'think that
You. Would feel as well without 1 Compare
the:products of your grog, money, with the
products of mine.' - • -
Mr. llolmes made no but poked
deep down, into the shavings
as though he expected to find an -idea there.
'Thompsoni' -- he:said 6:1-' fefigth*q Irish
you -had explained:this to me" years ago,'l
I was afraid' it Might offend. yciu,,for to
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touch upon a. maa's private affairs , ..is,aobest.
a-delicate matter 'l' •,.."
'Llbut.' Nathan: Holmes is not the
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man to - be offendpcf
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admonition and instructions'.'.
Well,' said Thompion With ii. look or..x
-trem-e (=ratification .not tub late'Unw 10
cornmence„and'if, ever ,yOu hay,e . .an opport:u
nity to take adrantage,of'the triarket,:and if
fiftY , dollarS ibe bf anyuse . to you, I will
lend it tO . you With pleasure.'
1121. Holmes,thaakedhis.friend with
enecl .eyes, and ehorhly•afte'r.wards%he merit: to
hiS hone: -The'rietit'dayliement to 'the
lage r but instead of bringing ho'ne his little
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brown jug, he brought home an augur, and
he felt really - proud when he found himself
xt work with one of his own tools.
The_ winter passed away, and when spring.
came Holmes found himself the owner of six
dollars,• Worth of tools, all from money-that
would have been worse than' xasted had he
notbought them. But ',this thing operated
,in many NV ye s, for good . . Now that he had
the ability to fix up his buildings without
borrowing tools, he began 'to take'a degree
of pride in them lie, had never felt' before—
He, built racks and stands for his farming
utensils,' reset his window, fixed 'up his 'bee
hives and 'roofed them over, tightened his
barniand during the rainy days, he foUnd
himself with plentyto 'do. His childi en nev
er vear worthless- shoes now., nor do'. his
cows. break through the barn floor but he is a
happy, thriving, contended farmer. His
cows give as much.milk,: his bees make as
much honey, his tress yield as many and as
good apples, his chambers hold as much grain,
'and'he gets as mi - fch money for his wool as
.does his neighbor Thompson, and all this be
cause he - Stopped his grog and bought his
own tools, and left off depending upon his
neighbors for what he ouchft'a do for him
self.:
If we were to tell a number.of our friends
that they don't know Whai:r.t, - cliotne l ' is,
they would, grow. somewhat indignant—per
haps use hard 'words: And yet it may be
remarked that the number of persons who
know what a genuine
. home is, by experi
ence, is surprising few. One ,man in good
circumstances will tell us that he has a fine
house of his own, in 'which every comfort
and. convenience is provided. He has his
wife and children there also, and they. give
life to the place. Very true. But does he
prefer that home, thus furnished and thus
enlivened, to any other. place. in the world ?
Does he sigh when the hour for leaving comes
and smile when he is permitted to return ?
Does he love to sit by the cheerful lire and fon
dle the children entering into all their little dis
putes with a curious interest? Does he - take par
tiCtlar note of the bird in the cage, and the
.cat near the fire ?. If not, he .has no home,
in the dearest of that dearest of words. If
his mindis altogether absorbed in the dusty
ways of business—if he hurries from the
house in the,m owing, and is loth to return at
night—if-While he is at home, he continues
to think of journal and ledger, and, re
pulsed the advances of the prattling children,
he has no home; he only has a place where
he lodges and takes hiS Meals.
happy is he who knows and appreci
ates the full bliss of home ; whose heart is
warmed and humanized by his cheerful influ
ences, and who feels how superior in purity
of pleasure, are all its enjoyments to the
turmoil delights of outdoor life. Thrice hap
py is such a man. He has discovered the
only Paradise this world car now afford.. It
is only such a man who can have a deep and
sincere piety for the unfortunate creatures
who are homeless. He regards them as be
ing cut off fiorn the best influence of the
earth, and exposed to the action of all *the
darker ways of life He feels keenly for him
who has no fireside—no dear ones, to wel
come him with smiles, and prattle over the
history of the day—no tongue to sooth when
heavy cares have troubled the mind and reu
dered the heart sore; and the sympathy of
such a man isnot slow to overfloW in acts of
benevolence. A good home is the source of
the fountain of charity in the heart.
Our advice to those .who • have no homes
such as we have described above, is, to get
them as soon 'as" pOSsible. They can never
be contented - and substantial - citizens, nor
thoroughly happy men, until they follow this
counsel. Get homes! Fill them with the
objeCts of love and endearment; and seekler
them pure'delights ; which the x - Vorld beside
cannot afford.
Advice for Young Meii
•it is impossible for us`to say what occupa
tion would' be'most lueratrve to a young man
particularly as we know nothing of his tal
ents or acquirements. We would, however,
Say, as a general rule to all; '"dO' flake
haste to be rich." • Adopt some safe and reg
ularibusiness, in which you may realize a
comfortable living, and be content. If a per-
Sdri is prudent,..and economieal, there is gen
erally 'no danger but he will 'suceetd.. Tlie
idea of "go.ting,rich'•'. is •awain and. foolish
One; and tnen generally . .4penCl• half 'their lives
in firnlina out that to a&.t' OMHilish object
is a - useless undertaking„,.There- - are thoas-:
ands of, persons at - the ‘ present,timc sufferinz
from the pangs of. poverty,
,w.ho,if they had,
been content tha. suiliciencyri \Katlic?, now
hav,e .comfortable , and happy - . The
education: that , we get : in the ,world is,rnore
dearly ,bought than,ouryo,uthful ins.truction,,
and. it:would, bio - ,.‘Nell if young .meri
_would
more•geneyally profit, -by.the•e.xarople 'Which
every day life affords them.
A Home
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zernn;~:'s c.=...uar-'sir' _ _
I . 2'gatiali
The social life of this;Yantlatved race, now
numbering about four thousand,- bears the
impless of great moral depravity. Under 'a
tent or in a hut, containing onOSin
gle, room, a 'Whole family
,liVes, h_OWe'Ve - i r iii
merous, without any furniture,• even without
a bed. - In the middle of the room;
their never-failing'cornpanion, burns alike-in
winter : and ,stimMer,. over which hangs the
large.soup-kettle on.-twO forked sticks r Into
it they Vitro* pell-mell all the eatable -they
prOcure. during . the day; . cOjisistine:Of the
most curious rtteqleY of gip - Sy - dainties-411;m
rotterreg . - .'g to:a deal bat. . •
the buy • ciiteres' . nihnliciod,' he
seeks for. companion among, the "SWarthy
beauties of his tribe arid after a short .court
ship makes his proposals to the object 'of- his
e.hoic'e, the consent of parent being not much
cared for, by either' of the parties. On' the
wedding day the 'bridegroom • and:bride don
their best apparel—the former's consisting of
a Jnissar cloak, probably older than himself,
of a red or green color ; furred and braided
and on which if the owner be wealthy, glit
ter larze size or silver buttons. The bride
wears a-red petticoat of many folds, and a
'white skirt with short-sleeves, her hair and
neck .adorned VvitlicoPper coins. If they are
not CoMPelled toto Ya Obtirch, the chief or the
oldest father in tho band, the, bridegroom
pledging his faith inthe following manner :
"I take- thee for my hut ;companion - as
long as thou canst carry the szatYcir 7 —
sort of basket--that IS. to say, till death . ; for
a gypsy women is never without her szatyor,
in which she collects ail the odds and ends
she picks up during her rambles- Then
comes feasting arid dancing, in which each
member of the tribe shares. On the third
day, the merry making terminates, and the
neWly-wedded couple build a hut,,procure
the implements for forging, and commence
their domestic life, with all its piquant daily
occurrences . 61 begging, pilfering, idlin ,'etc:
A Queer Place to Lay Eggs.
Dr. George A. 'Perking, when residing at
Cape Palmas, West „Africa, while sitting in
the house one day, had his attention attract
ed by a singular noise, and: upon searching
for the cause found v small blue' insect of the
wasp tribe, engaged in attempting to,get-a
fourpenny nail into the key hole of the door,
which he accomplished after a great deal Of
trouble. Dr. P. had.the curiosity, to take off
the lock to see what disposition he had Made
of the nail, - and found this, with several othz
ers; besides bits of % , :-oocl, &c., covering the
body of a gigantic cAroach. The mystery
however, was not unravelled till some time
afterward, when Dr. P. saw one of these
same insects emerge from a cocoon formed
in the bOdy of a cockroach of the same kind..
During his stay in Africa, he had often Seen
this little blue wasp pursuing one of these
cockroaches, (twenty times his own site,)
and e fter a severe struggle, the wasp, always
conquering, would put out both eyes Of the
cockroach. After this the latter would re
main in whatever place the wasp choSe to
leave him, would return after a Bhbrt ab
sence, and taking the cockroach by the head
led him into any secure place he had-select
ed, and there deposited an egg in his alldo
men, cover him as before described and leave
him: The egg would soon hatch, and the
larvw feed upon his entrails till it arrived at
the proper stage to undergo further Changes.
It then formed for itself a cocdon and remain
ed in it until it became a perfect insect.
Preserving Fleur and Meal
The patented plan of Thomas Pearsall, of
Hooper's Valley, : N. Y., for preserving flour,
meal and grain froth heating'and Souring, by
having an open pipe 'running through the
centre - of a barrel of . 'flptir and meal, or a
number,,of. such tubes in
,bins of grain, we
have tested and found to be an excellent in
vention. A barrel of Indian - corn meal put
up in May last, - with one of
,his refrigerating
tubes, is now as sweet as it was on the day
on which it 'was packed. This improvement
must load to agreat saving to our country, as
it is calculate - if thafrio Tess than $5.000,900 .
is lost annuilly'by,the . : sOuring of flour and
the heating oi.:grain in piles i. much, if not ail
of which may be saved by the application . of
this invention, - which is cbinplex nor
.•- , _
expensive, hut simple_andcheap. A bairel
of corn meal, packed:in One - of Tearsall'spat
ent ttibulat barrels arrived in this pity on - the
7th of this month from : ',LouisVille.:
putup in. July, and: shipped 'to New. Orleans,
was kept -- sever - al -, kveeles - in -the' hold:it:if' at
steamboat, and after Wards hpused, a,ware
house until about the Ist of ,December, - and :
3 et is 'now' perfectly sweet,SthentificrAih..
•••LC:i — A Celebrated. T.9ls!erviPXerid ing c t a go to:
a - smash ball; co'nsulted , :aa -ntqiiaintanee'ai
w fiat character he
"Go sober," 'replied 131's 'friend; !gaii4youi - :
most in ti mate ft iend w I I : nor,k trosti you."
LEP-Contentment and: ,happintas•axe coi.
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