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TRUE STORIES.
BV MltS. LYItlA JAXK rEIRSOS.
" I declare, Emma, I had almost for-
gotten to congratulate you on your ap
proaching happiness,'' said a handsome and
fashionably drest girl, to a young lady, on
whom she was inflicting a morning call.
Thank you, Mary," replied the girl
addressed, "though I am not conscious
that any unusual happiness is approaching
me."
How exceedingly innocent you are,
dear ! So you suppose that your engage
ment to rrann Jeimes isa proiouna secret:
Hi! ha! ha! Well, I can not blame you r-gh fo(j oflen prevent9 aU lhe ends
lor seeking to krep it so.", j of jus,jce
' 1 assure ou, Miss Glitter," replied , npsCf he soliloquized, as he
F..nm-t,wiih quiet dignity, "Mr. Jeffr les returned one evenin,,t more ,ha usuay
has not taught an engagement w.ih me." harssged by appropriaIe duie8 of his
Glad to bear it. I d.d not half believe , nrofeg.ionf ,Q whicn had -ust ad(k.d
.he rumor of the engagement. I trust you j solic:tll,ioll of a well-dressed and a well
will not give him opportun.ty to offer you tmneiaKd 9C0Undre, will never advo
uch an insult. icate the cause of guilt, or assist wrong to
lu my opinion, Mary, the greatest " ! triumph 0,er his victim ;" and as he en
or that a woman can receive, is the offer j p8rof ,hat nightf cha)gc
of marriage, from an honorable man. It ; came ovef hs dream
implies admiration, confidence, and esteem, j Emma Mid he to his wife who WB8
nndthoiish there may he insuperable ob- j ,0 fee, perpexe(1 al his unusal
stacks to prevent her acceptance, a sensible , .. Rmm c( uj gQ ,o he Weg,
woman will reject such an offer with ten- m ,o (he fcr Wes, . M ,0 pracljce
aerness, ana leeiinj-s oi jminm icgnu.
' How exceedingly sentimental, dear
Mis. Gentil ! I declare, I should not be
surprised if you were yet to marry
Frank Jeffries, or some other penniless j
hero,
Mr. Jeffries is not quite penniless,
Mary," rejoined Emma, and his charac
ter is wholly unimpeachable. 1 would
sooner be his wile, than the lady of any
wealthy gentleman of my acquaintance."
" How exceedingly romantic !" sneered
Mary ; "and you could live in a nice little
white-washed cottage, and be your own (
cook, chambermaid, and housekeeper ; you
could leed your own pigs, and plant and
weed your own garden. la the intervals,
you could make and mend your husband's
shirts, and dam his stockings, and brush
his coat ; and when he came home at
night you could bring the boot jack and
slippers, with a sweet smile Oh it would
be delightful '. Does not the picture set
you longing T My prospect, now, is quite
of another complexion. With a man
whose very name is another word for
wealth and honor, whose residence is de
cidedly the most aristocratic in the city,
and whose ample fortune insures me every
indulgence of luxury and taste ( may
reasonably look forward, with pleasant an
ticipations.'' It is not always the wealthiest who are
happiest, Mary and you may rely on my
sincerity when 1 tell you, that no conside
ration on earth should induce me to become
the wife of Herbert Tracy. The shado
of an honorable name can not conceal the
stains of vice and cruelty, or the glitter of
wealth atone for narrowness of soul and
dearth of intellect. Oh ! Mary, I shudder
when I think of the price for which you
are selling yourself, body and soul. You
do not love Mr. Tracy, I am sure nay, I
believe that in your heart you despise him.
How then can you become his for, life,
promising, before God, to love, honor, and
obey hrni 1 "
Nonsense, Emma ! Do you suppose
these old fashioned promises mean any
thing T If they did, 1 fancy there would
be few marriages. Obey .indeed ! I would
like to see the man who should command
my obedience ; and as for love and honor,
my ideas are wholly different from yours.oo
both subjects. I see that wealth commands
homage, everywhere ; and sentimental
love is merely a school girl's dream. The
object of my call, was to ask you to be one
of my bride's maid ; but, as you (eel so
bitterly towards Mr. Tracy, I suppose it
will suit you better that we be henceforth
strangers to each other. Good morning,
Mist Gentil."
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"Not exactly. My feelings are scarcely
sumciemly dignified to claim that epithet."
And so saying, the haughty girl walked
out of the house.
Poor Mary !" sighed her (riend, " I
pity he; for the weakness of her judgment,
1.
ami tlie false principles in which she has
been educated. She knows no more of
her destiny, and duty, as a woman, than
And Miss Glitter became Mrs. Tracy,
and mistress of the finest mansion and most
sumptuous equipage in the city. Flattery
lavished its incense Lelore her ; the votaries
of fashion knelt at her feet ; smiles and ad
ulatinn wailed on her footsteps not because
she was an excellent woman, doing good in
her generation but she had wealth at her
command. And she, amid the splendor
and homage that surrounded her, forgot
that she was utterly useless and valueless
in the world, doing no good, even to her
own dear self. While she squandered her
thousands on useless toys, she forgot that
the worthy and industrious women who
were in want of the necessaries of life,
were all her sisters, and better than she
better, because they more nearly performed
I their duty.
I Frank Jeffries did propose to Emma
rjerjij and she accepted him, because she
knew him to be one upon whose tru'h and
honor she could confidently rely.
Frank had done as too many in these
days do, and so was "admitted to the bar,'
' opened an office," and verily commenced
business, with no mean prospect of success;
but, when one client after another came,
desiring him to assist them in carrying out
some scheme of wrong or villainy, he
grew disgusted with a profession, which.
... . nreIenf,a to ncI Ine 0nrcssed to
law, but in a well selected location to en
gage in the no less honorable and more
congenial pursuit of agriculture. We need
not fear, said he, musingly, "but that, by
pUfsumg a pr0pCr Cour we may realize
all that a laudable ambition can desire.
Say, Emma, shall I abandon my profess-j
ion 1" Emma knew well the ground of
her husbands objection to " the law,1 and
she knew, loo, the soundness of his judg
ment, and the safety with which she could
implicitly trust him in ail respects- She
joined him, heartily, in his scheme of emi
gration. Her lather gave tier ner portion
and his blessing, and in due time they were
on their way, with hopeful hearts, to the
broad savannas of the West.
Tracy's mansion was lighted like a fairy
palace, and swarming with beauty , finery,
and fashion Mrs. Tracy herself, richly
attired, smiling through a borrowed com
plexion.and from beneath borrowed tresses,
moved gracefully amid the glittering whirl,
exciting the admiration of a few heartless
fops, and the envy of all- Simpering
compliments and untimely glances attract
ed the notice of Mr. Trcy, and the low
ering brow and flashing eye told that the
leaven of jealousy was at work. Present
ly, with a paper-valiant officer and a small
group as heartless and thoughtless as her
sell, Mrs. Tracy is found in an exclusive
Utc-a-tele, regardless of ho husband, who,
iritatcd at the apparent favor with which
she entertained the impudent puppy at h er
side, had led the bouse. Mrs. T. and her
party were entertained with an account of
marches, and adventures in his country's
cause, by the officer.
"By the way, my queen' he went on,
" do you remember that dainty little prude,
Emma Gentil, who scandalized society by
marrvinz that booby Jeffries, and was glad
to go and hide with him in the woods T"
An expression of pain crossed Mrs-Tracy's
face then with a sneer she answered,
'I do recollect some such circumstance.'
" Well,' be went on. " I found them in
their hiding place. Passing op the Ar
kansas, through swamps and tangled for
ests, we came at length in view ol a rise
ol ground where the timber was partially
cut away, and some grass and grain grow
ing among the stumps. There were also
some cattle in an inclosure, and a low, odd
looking sort of pen, made of trees laid
dtfwn, and a root over it. We see many
such in the west they are called log ca
bios. Well, having a fancy to try for
some freh provisions, we landed, and pro
ceeded to the cabin. The room was large,
but O, so strangely furnished! A large
table stood in the middle of the floor, and a
chubby little woman in a gingham dress,
with sleeves rolled up, and arms and face
glowing with the heat, was placing loads
ol bread, meal, and vegetables, upon the
ample board, sometimes as she passed has
tily to and Iro, touching with her foot, to
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set in motion, a cradle in which a fine fat
baby lay half asleep. When I requested
to see the master of the mansion, she re
plied, " he will be in presently to dinner,"
and added, "if I am not much mistaken,
this is Mr. Woodford."' Dut I could not
recollect her until her husband came in,
and she presented me lo Mr. Jeffries. I
declare, I was confounded. Emma used
to be so gentle and delicate and there
she was, loiling like a colored cook in the
kitchen of the Astor House. Yet she
seemed happy as an empress, and Jeffries,
with his sun burnt hands, looked merry
and proud as if he swayed his sceptre.
They pressed us to remain until the next
morning ; and 1 observed mat ivnima nau wun nean uurning aou ueiesiuuuu, iui uj
no servant. And such chambers and ac- j connection with him has been to me a life
commodations would you believe t, their .long misery. I havcMorsecn this, and have
beds were green frames of cane, with corn secured myself agaiist pecuniary suffer
husk mattrasscs, and they had neither ing ; but I am of all women most misera-
mirrors, ewers, or basin, in the house ;
but the whole family bathed in a large ve
randa around a pump of water. Ha ! ha !
ha ! Primiiive.U'nt it ! How should you
relish such a w ay of living, Sultana ?"
" I believe you have been romancing,
General," replied Mrs. Tracy. Emma,
surely, is not so utterly degraded, cooking
her own dinner ! 0,1 would sooner die !"
Her own dinner, bright one? why,
she had six great rough bush-whackers to
dinner, besides her husband."
" Dear me ! Has not she lost all trace
of refinement, during two years !'
" Well, chere amie, I must admit that
in her manner she is very ladylike, and
possesses a self respect, or confidence in
herself, which imparts a beautiful air of
independence to her character. She makes
one think of Sarah of old, or some primi
tive queen, having power in her words,
her eyes, her arms, as well as her sceptre.
But, she reigns in such a primitive palace,
ha! ha !"
Thirteen years had passed, when two
ladies were seen walking leisurely in the
direction of Mrs. Tracy's residence.
I can not attend you to-day," remarked
one of them, " I am going to call on Mrs.
Tracy, poor thing ! I wonder if she
knows of her husband's arrest, and their
utter ruin and beggary !"
" Probably she knows it by this time,
replied the other, " but she will meet but
little sympathy. She has been so haughty
and extravagant."
" Indeed she is to be pitied," said the
first speaker, "for that very reason. No
body loves her: and she is utterly incapa
ble of providing for herself. But I shall
break the intelligence to her, so that she
may be able to appropriate some articles
of her sumptuous furniture before the offi
cers of the law seize upon everything.''
Picking up a newspaper as she entered
the hull, she passed through to the parlor
and walked across the room to a lounge,
on which was extended a sallow, emacia
ted woman, in an undress of canary col-
ored silk, with rose lining and trimmings.
She enquired tenderly after Mrs. Tracy's
health, which that lady protested to be ex
ecrable, admired her exquisite taste, in the
selection and arrangement of colors in the
toilette, protesting that she looked most in
terestingly beautiful in it "This newspa
per," she said at last, " lay in your ball,
is it of consequence 1"
1 presume it is, replied Mrs. Tracy,
" as that is a paper we do not take. Will
you do me the favor to read it to me i my
eyes are so very weak, that I do not read
at all, of late.''
"Dear me ! How do you contrive to get
through the time T for you do not go out
oflen, and certainly do not work. What
shall I read ! Here is a gossiping letter
from Washington. Hardly worth reading,
I fancy. ' The federal city is very gay at
present thronged with Southern beauty
and magnificenee. Several of the Senators
have their ladies and beautiful daughters,
with them ; and there are some unappro
achable beauties from the North, fair, pure,
and cold as their native mountains. But
by far the loveliest woman in Washington,
the most perfect in character, and in every
lady-like grace, is from the West. Her
husband is a noble fellow, a whole souled,
fearless, honest man. No brawling poli
tician, or stickler for party men ir mea
sures : but one wno orings every measure
to the square of the Constitution, who un
derstands the wants of the country, and
seeks her welfare. Every man, of what-
a i nr
ever party, respects rann jeunes, ana
feels that he may rely upon his honor and
integrity. And Frank, though exceedingly
wealihv, and possessing unbounded influ
ence, is so unassuming, and kind hearted,
that he has not a single enemy living ;
while everybody worships Sis beautiful, ac
complished, and benevolent little wife."
"Why, let me see," mused Mrs. Tracy,
" Frank Jeffries he was the poor law stu
dent, that Emma Gentil married, and went
West with. Who would have expected
that I hey would ever get to Washington,
and make a sensation there ! Well, ibis is
a strange world.
What else, wontJcifuiri
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UNION- CO., PA.,
" Here is someih'ng wonderful, indeed,
my dear Mrs. Tracy, but I have not reso
lution to read it to you. It will break
your hcait."
Do not distress yourself, my kind
friend. I am well aware what the intelli
gence is, which you expected lo announce
lo me. I have long known that Tracy is
a deep-dy id villain, and havesuffered more
than tongue can tell, by his ill nature and
unprincipled conduct. I rejoice that his
career of crime is checked at last ; and a
fearful sense of lesponsibility lifted from
my soul. For. as 1 knew of his crimes,
I could not but put myself in a manner,
his accomplice. O how I have hated him,
Lie. I have no resource against sorrow
and ennui, and no pleasure in anything ;''
and the fashionably educated and petted
votary of folly threw herself back on the
lounge, and covering her face with her
hand, wept more in vexation than in sor
row. Her heart hud been chastened, but
the trial was too recent for the goodfruits
to manifest themselves. Let us hope, how
ever, that it made her wiser and better in
fine, that it made hcr, though late, a true
woman.
It is unnecessary to follow the stories of
these personages further. Enough has
been shown lor our purpose, and you will
permit us now to make a few remarks, in
'application ; and how fervently do we wish
that our voice could be heard, by every
mother in the land, especially those, who
are able to train up their daughters in
fashionable folly and idleness ! And that
the wretchedness we have endeavored to
depict, may be forseen and guarded against
by every daughter who aspires to fulfil the
true woman's mission !
Tho industrious need no admonition.
What a wicked perversion of the intention
of . Providence it is, to educate girls as
they are generally educated! To teach
them only to select lashions, and colors ;
to move and speak gracefully ; to display
whatever of beauty they possess, to advan
tage ; to conceal in public all defects of
person or temper, and assume a lady-like
gentleness of demeanor and speak in praise
of virtue, only that they may appear fair
and amiable, and retire a rick andfath
ionable husband. This is the end and
aim of fashionable female education the
guerdcon held up, the goal pointed out as
the reward of their utmost endeavor. And
what do they expect, having attained this
glorious end ? merely to reign awhile and
be worshiped as a bride, and then to give
parties, and be envied for her style and
hgh standing. Against disappointment,
sickness, and the day of calamity, she has
no resource whatever.
Until woman is educated for herself.
taught to value her own self respect, to
honor her own judgment, to rely upon her
own abilities, to feel that she has an indi
vidual duty and identity, that she has an
active part in life allotted her, which it is
her happiness, her glory to perform well,
she will never be happy in herself, or a
blessing to another. The veil educated
woman who is capable of sustaining her
self, and who marries a noble man, because
she esteems him, in the expectation of as
sisting him lo make a fortune, or, failing
that, to bear with him lhe burden of earn
ing daily bread for a family, deserves suc
cess, and honor, and happiness. Did you
suppose Emma Gentil a fool, when she
gave her hand to Frank Jeffries yet now
look at the contrast between her lot ami
that of the fashionable Mrs. Tracy. And
this is nothins. compared with the state of
their minds. She has been a happy, active
woman, possessing the confidence and af
fection of a noble heart, and the approba
tion of her own conscience, and her path
grows brighter, a she walks onward. As
for Mrs. Tracy, she has never known
true happiness, and now, she never shall
know peace. And all this, not because
she was wicked, or malicious, or lacking
in natural good sense, but because her ed
ucation was radically and entirely wrong.
Thus she suffered for faults which were
not her own, and hundreds of women
has she for miserable companions. Taught
to view all things by false lights, and to
believe that the grand end of your exis
tence is lo get married ; you accept some
glittering offer, and ensure a life time of
misery. Every condition of misery ad
mits of hope except that of a miserable
marriage, in which the only hope U a
dreadful sin. "
stand upon the soil oi freedom !''
cried a stump orator. " No,'' exclaimed
shoemaker: "vou stand in a pair of
boots that have never been paid for."
" Put on more steam, I'm in a hurry,"
as the tnail said w;eo he crept into a rail-
toad car.
OCT. , 1850.
Houni not for the Dead.
Why monrn fcr the dead? Why lament o'er ths tomb
Where the forms we have loved m-mlder kwly swy f
T wm the Tulce of an angrl that whiper0 their doom,
And the snnaet of life wa the dawn of their dsy.
Why mourn ir the dead ? when the world we are in
llslh so litUe of Mis, nd o much of dwpnir
When here they were torturul and tempted by fin,
Hut slonr and happiness 'circle tbem there.
wi,T monrn for the d.-adf wh wnflned to tho earth '
Thvir spirits were yearning like eagles to ny
llm-k, hack to the glurious home of Uieir birth
Oh, 'tis sinful to mourn when Ue hearen-horn die I
For tlie flnReni of death, when they grope in the heart,
A prelude of heaeenly muie will wake,
As ttre string from the loach of the monarch will (tart,
Or thrill to his sfcskann hand till they break.
And the spirit that looks from the dark, snnkea eye.
Or hrink back to bear what the death-angel sings,
Is smiling to know that its rest is so nigh,
Or willing impatient, and waving its wings.
Then why should we mourn for the moIuVring dead f
Why weep o'er the tomb or the lorcd and the lortf
Twire wicked to call back the spirit that's tied ,
The Sower that faded ere blighted with ftwt
Kather smile, when the Fathet that lonth us all
Calls a child of His choice to his laol reward
Bi j.ii'e that a dear one hath answered the call.
And shortened the road between yon and the lord.
Oli, rejoice in a tilth, and contMc is a lors
That nbaJl (rather us all in tlie mansions of light;
Rctncmln-r -Our Father" still reigurth above,
And " do-'lh whatsoever seems good in bis siirht."
W. L. T.
agy-The foregoing came to us inscribed
"For the Lewisburg Chroniulc," but with
no name as guarantee for its originality.
It is a superior production, whoever may
have written it, and we invite " W. L.T."
to furnish us more like it. If this be his
own composition, lie need not be afraid or
ashamed to give us bis name in confidence.
We can "keep a secret." Ed. Ciibox.
Correspondence of the Chronicle
From Central New York.
Utica, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1850.
Friend W.: As you were formeily some
what acquainted with this flourishing city.
I presume you, and perhaps your intelli
gent readers, would be pleased to hear of
our progress. 1 ne census, wirtcn nus just
been completed, shows an increase of over
5,000 inhabitants for the past five years,
our present number being over 17,000-
We are now supplied with abundance of
soft and most excellent water, from the
bills about three miles south of us, which
is circulated in iron arteries all through
the city. And while the water, (like the
blood in the human system) is flowing
down to the extremities, the light er cur
rent is flowing up through the veins, giv
ing vigor and animation to all its parts.
The Gasometer is placed near the river,
a little west of the Railroad depot.
House's Printing Telegraph has just
been completed from Buffalo to Utica, and
will soon be extended to New York, pass
ing through the village on the south side
ol the Mohawk River. This makes three
telegraph lines passing through this city.
House's Printing Machine is a wonderful
invention. To see that little wheel, hav
ing the alphabet on its circumference,
dance around at the will of the operator,
at the rate of one hundred and eighty a
minute, impressing a plain Roman letter
at every touch of the finger, astonishes
even grey-headed printers.
You are aware that efforts are being
made to endow Madisop University, at
Hamilton, with $60,000. The amount
now secured is over $39,000. The new
Faculty are very popular in this section,
where their worth is best known. This
venerable Institution has educated, it is
stated, nearly 50 Missionaries, and 1000
preachers in all, and should certainly ha?e
a surer support than annual contributions
and tuition bills-
I notice you are inviting the attention of
your citizens to the desirableness of invest
ing their funds in stock that will be pro
ductive. That is very well. If the man
who causes two spears of grass to grow
where one grew before, is a benefactor of
his race, surely he who introduces an in
strument by which men can do ten fold
more labor with the same effort and time,
must also greatly benefit mankind. Our
Factories both Woolen and Cotton, are in
the full tide of successful experiment. But
it will not be wise for all capitalists, to in
vest their funds in the same business, for
that would create a surplus, and increase
the supply beyond the demand.
An exhibition of weakness on the part
of frail woman, and of rascality and vile-
npss on the oart of man. has tust c ome to
, . -
light here. On Thursday last, a man
about forty-five years of age, accompani
ed by a young woman, stopped at the Na
tional Hotel in this city, be entering their
names, " H. Moore and Lady, Pough-
keepsie." He remained until Saturday
morning, representing himself as just mar
ried, and expressing himself highly delight
ed with bis brief experience of married life.
Having borrowed from the landlord, $17,
under pretence of needing it until the banks
opened, he left, and has not been seen
since. His companion, who appears to be
an over-confiding, abused woman, says
her family name is Payne ; that her pa
rents and herself were returning from
Sheboyean, Mich., to Hudson, and after
' leaving Buffalo in a canal boat, made tlie
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acquaintance of this man: He pretend
ed, she says, that he resided at Poughkcep
sie ; that he was wealthy ; and that he
would make her happy. H'is professions
won her regard, so that she was induced
to leave the boat when near Rochester, and
accompany him for the purpose of visitmg
the Genesee Falls, (though against the ad.
vice of her parents.) he engaging to over
take the boat again. On finding herself
alone with him at Rochester she was indu
ced to marry him. Whether the marriage
was real or pretended, the reader can
judge. A purse was made up for the dis
tressed girl, and she left on the cars, Sab
bath evening for Troy, where she expect
ed lo meet her pareuts. Let others be
ware of the familiarity of strangers.
I regretted to see you dispute the truth
of the asseition that President Filhnore,
(whose natal day was the 7th of Jan. 1800)
was born in the 19ih ccntnry. Why,
sir, you and I were born in the 19th cen-
tnry, and is it not an honor lo be born in
the same ccn'.ury with that great and just
ly honored man 1 Now if you will look
at some old time-piece, made to strike
from one to twenty-four hours, you will
notice that when it strikes one, 60 minutes
have pasted, when it strikes 1 8, eighteen
hours have pasted, and the nineteenth
hour has commenced ! The seventh min
ute alter 16 hours have pasted, is in the
nineteenth hour, is it notl Very well,
then, apply the illustration, and tell me if
it is not clear as sunlight, that our worthy
President was born in the present century?
The interior of New York is alrea
dv becominz a middle-aged it not an
old country. As an illustration, 1 notice
that youragt d friend, Rev. Allred Bennett,
the well known agent of the Missionary
Union, preached the semi centennial ser
mon (last Wednesday, in Auburn) before
the Cayuga Baptist Association, it being
half a century since its organisation. Al
though he begins to feel the infirmities of
age (having passed his three score and ten)
yet he possesses uncommon intellectual
and physicat vigor, and was listened to
with intense interest.
Yours to serve, S. T.
T wasn't me 'twas only the Editor !
TO-DAY AJTD TO-MOBBOW.
Don't tell me of To-morrow t
Oire me the man who'll say.
That wb-n a good deed's to be done,
Let', do the d.'rd To-day !
We may all command the present.
If we act and never wait;
llut ivpratanee is the phantom
Of the past it comes too late!
Don't tell aae oT To-morrow?
There is much to do, To-dar,
That can never be aceompludled
If we throw these hours away.
Bvvry moment has its duty
It bo the future can (.retell r
Then why put off liU To-roormw
V bat To-Uay can do as weU?
Do n't teU me of To-morrow I
If we Kok upon the past
We see now much we've left to do
We can not do at last !
Today it is the only time
'or all on Uiis frail earth ;
It takes an air to form a life
A moment gives it birth.
Value of Newspapers.'
A thousand times, says the Maccles
field Courier, have we heard this question
and answer: Two gentlemen meet
W bat's the news V says one. 'Nothing
but what you see in the papers. They
pass on about their business. Has it ev
er been noticed that among the thousand
benefits of a newspaper, not the least is,
that it does away with tittle-tattle, gossip,
street-yarn, foolish exaggerations, scandal,
and news-morgering, which once took up
so much of lhe time of those who w ere al
ways hearin or telling some new thing.
One teal evil of social life is thus ended.
The man rises in the morning, looks over
the paper, is satisfied that he knows all
that is worth knowing of the passing his
tory of the world. He has nothing to hear
further. He does not spend his lime in
rivins information wnicn nis neignoor
knows as well as himself. He is not an
noyed in the midst of bis business oi plea
sures by the recital of affairs in which he
takes no interest. The same with women.
Curiosity is gratified w ith out loss of time.
The scandal of the day has not employed
hiinrlrorl hnsv. meddlins tonnues in its
circulation and exaggerations. Conver
sation takes a higher tone. Principles of
morals and taste are discussed ; the new
poem, the last book, the magazine, or the
review, becomes the subject of conversa
lion. Even in the minor matters of life,
society owes a large debt to the newspa
per. ;
We wonder if it is true ! A cotempora
ry says, under the head of " Advice to
Lovers," that the best friend; (says a dis
tinguished widower,) that you can use in
courting, is a flute. Theie is an amorous
ness about the advice of this little instru
ment, that calico finds irresistible. With
the exception of doubloons and epaulettes,
we know of nothing that sooner takes the
sex."
Some sensible chap says truly, that a
person who tries to raise himself by scand
alizing others, might just as well set down
on a whtclbanew, and undertake to wheel
tfirasclr'.
Yolnme VII, Number 27.
Whole Number 339.
Scene at our Oflce.
An intelligent looking and apparent!
well ufl" furmer of ihis county entered
our office recently, when the following dr
alogue occurred :
Farmer, rwant the December number7
of your pa per.-
Editor.- You will perceive that this isf
the last number'of the present year! sup-"
pose you will renew your suoscripuon lor
the next year.
Farmer. I merely called to get Mtrr
a paper ; I don't lake the Farmer myself.
Editor. Don't you think it would be to
your advantege to tafte the Farmer, and
read it T
Farmer. I think ran ptogh and
raise wheat as welt as my neighbors who
read the Farmer, and sometimes 1 think
better than most of them.
Editor. Suppose I grant that you can
raise wheat better than an7 of your neigh
bors suppose you have some plan, some
method for doing so not known to them.
Now, doo't you consider it your duty, as tr
good citizen and neighbor,, to malte this
successful plan kco-.vn ?
Farmer. 1 aui always willing lo give
my neighbors tba benefit of my experience"
indeed I consider it a duty, and I flatter'
myself I have done not a little good in ibis
way.
Editor. I am glad jou acknowledge'
your duty in this respect. Now if k is
your duty to give the few you daily consT
in contact with the benefit of your experi
ence, and you can do good in ibis way,,
how much greater is the duty to throw the
light of your experience before the onw
hundred thousand readers oi the Farmer,
and how much greater will be the amewrrt
of good you can do in this way !
Farmer. I never wrote a line for a pa
per in my life, but I will take the paperr
ny
Editor. You must write, too grfe as
the facts, no matter how, and we will puf
them in shape.
Farmer. I believe 111 try.
Now, this is what we have so long con
tended for. If farmers even oV rmderstand1
all the necessary operations of the farm, if
does not follow that they should not read1
the suggestions, experiments, and improve
ments of others, who may be eqoetly welf
skilled in the great pursuit of agriculture ;
nor should they withhold the knowledge
in their possession fiom their brethren aadf
co-laborers in lhe great vineyard. iTeatf
and write. Read the books and papers
devoted to your calling, and also write for
them, for the benefit of the yoon a-ad new
beginners and those who are not so far
advanced in practical" and theorefieal
knowledge. Do this, and yon will nrrvts
discharged a duty devolving upon the good
farmer, the good neighbor, and the good
citizen. Genesee Farmer.
The True Doctrioa
The "Protective Uuion," Boston, argues
Free Trade, and apparently rather fronV
instinctive hostility to the capitalist owners
of factories, rather than from any logical
conviction of the soundness of the doctrine.
Io its la.-l issue, we find the following in)
an editorial M improvement" of recent
case of heartless wrong to a poor seam-
stress :
"Let those who are decoyed by glaring
advertisemrnts of Cheap Clothing Storesv
ascertain if the garment is honetllu paid
for ere they purchase it. Remember the
the "penny saved in such a place, may
withdraw nourishment and hie from the
poor seamstress; but seek oul the emnlover
who deals fairly by his operatives. Ruber
would we submit to the raios of heaveo and
the wintry blast without a garment.than tf
wear those robbed from the starving poor.'
If a man could otter a sentiment more
diametrically adverse than the above to the
whole Free Trade policy,- we should like
to see it- We have been trying these twenty
years, and never beat that rttewnce af the
"Protective Unron.wGreeley.
Jbhnt Lind and her personal attendant
visited the New York Tribune office on
the 24th inst., and were much interested
in the details of that unrivalled newspaper
establishment. The pile of 45,000 papers
for the Weekty Tribune, and the new fly
of the cyliuder press which takes off and
deposits with the utmost regularity four "
copies of the paper at once, attracted espe-'
cial attention. ,
The Hutchinson Family, (with Mrs.
Abby, who has rejoined the company) also'
visited Mile Lind, who received them with
cordiality, and appeared pleased with the
execution of some of their favorite air.
Jenny's last Concert was most thronged
and admired of any. There is no looger
room for doubt that she is no humbug,
but is the noble, generous, artleas.unnvaled1
Queen of Song."
Gjrlg, do you hear this7 Rebeectv
Smith, ol the town of Henderson, Jeflersoa'
county, N. Y., relict of Ahira Smith, de
ceased, has spooled and quilled the yarn
for 1000 yards of cloth, knit 80 pair of
stocking, within the last ten tnonihs, be
sides attending to her household duties,
usually making her own and two other
beds dailv. and all this at the age of 80
years in February next.
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