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H. C. HICKOK, Editor.
0. N. WORSEN, Printer.
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENS., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1851.
Volume VIE, Number 14.
Wlfole Number---378.
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ST MIBII KftSUU.
Revision of the Bible.
A great work, and one ol immense im
portance to present and future generations,
has just been brought to a close under the
auspices of the Board of Managers of the
American Bible Society. In the year
1?47, the Committee on Versions was
charged with the duty of collating the
editions of the English Bible published by
the American Society, with those issued
in Great Britain. Three years and a half
Lave been employed by the Committee
ia this work; meeting as a whole, or by
suL-conimiUecs,onee a week and sometimes
oftcner, and spending several hours to
gether at each session in examining the
work of tho collator, who submitted the
results of his comparison for the judgement
r.f the Committee. The gentlemen com
posing the committee arc Gardiner Spring,
Thomas Cock, Samuel II. Turner, Edward
Robinson, Thomas E. Vcrmilye, John
M'Cliutock, Richard S. Storrs, Jr., repre
senting seven different denominations of j
Christains, and eniliodying great learning,
industry and judgment The sub commit
tee consisted of Drs. Robinson and Yer
jnilyc. The labors of this body of men,
pursued with so much diligence and self
denial, through so great a length of time,
having been completed, their report basj, a ircs..tcrjan clergyman, 'shed
uecn Buommeu u mc uwiu aim some new ugiu on tue piuiosopuy ot lllO.
Not on the battle field, alone.
With strong and hosUle foes around,
Hid tumult loud and wild affray,
Is truest moral courage found.
Too often mere ambitions men,
xcited by the thirst for fame,
Iiare wrought strange deeds of skill snd might,
And gained a titter's wreath and name.
And oft,ala. lipid, hardened, man.
By martial music nerved for strife.
With brutal force and bloodstained hand
lias robbed his brother men of 11.
Our country's pride and gratitude
Guards well its hallowed scroll of Dune;
Nor would I with an impious toach
Blot from that scroll a single name.
There were brare, self denying men,
Who met the dark and fearful strife
With stern, unwaT'ring strength of mind,
That knew no thought of self or life,
f pnn their sacred tombs should fall
The homage of a nation's tears;
Their mem'ry, in her hearts enshrined,
Be hallowed thro' all future years.
Vet look not on the battle field
For purest courage, lraTest murlit.
For stern rewires and highborn thoughts
That ncrrc the soul fur deeds of ryliL
For in the human heart unwell,
tin quiet spots by blood nnstained,
Are battles fought and foes subdued,
And noblest vict'rka often gained.
liouncd by no martial pomp or noise,
From all unhealthy impulse free,
The soul in quiet calm of thought , .
Belies ou its own energy.
The wilh'ring smile of ridicule,
With brare aud ftcadfart heart to bear;
To let no weak'uing fear of nuin
Allure tho fact to folly's snare;
All seltkh'thou'lits of pride and case
At duty's shrine in faith to lay;
To walk with linn, unyielding tread
Where truth aud wudoin point the way.
These Tirtucs, needed every day,
Within the common patlis of life,
Require more real courage oft
Than nerves the warriors for the strife.
Tliey win for us no name on earth
No marble tablet when we die
Yst in iruperUhable words
Their record is iuscrihed on high.
I'liilS'lelphia, June 12, lSil.
Life in California.
The following extracts from a letter in
thcN. 1. Jr.vaugelist, from llev. J. A.
Your correspondent rode from Sacramcn-1 as more expedient than the performance
totoStockton,about 2 weeks ago,across the Neither will he approve of sin in others,
country. The distance is over fifty miles, nor knowingly so act on any occasion that
The country between 13 almost perfectly bis approbation shall be fairly implied,
level. One docs not pass over an elevation Here is a fixed point in sound morals, and
of a hundred feet in the whole journey, equally in sanctified consciences, that no
Four rivers are crossed all of them tribu
taries of the San Joaquin. All bnt one
arc fordablc in the summer. At this sea
son they are muddy torrents, swollen by
the rains, and the melting snows in the
hills. The streams themselves are bridged,
but the sloughs, or side cuts, which carry
off the surplus water, are open. In cross
ing these, the water made a clever sweep
expediency ought to disturb. It were bet
ter to witness the world in a blaze, to bear
any amount of reproach, and even to die,
than cither to do or approve what is con
trary to tho law cf God. No act that is
essentially criminal, can be placed in such
relations that expediency will ever justify
it. It is not to be done on any pretence.
Sin is never expedient. There is nothing
worse than sin. A man had better die a
over the buirrv no damarc but a washinrr.
not particularly nice. More than half of! thousand deaths, than to be guilty of sin.
the way one passes over plains without! Again, where the moral character of an
tree or shrub. The whole is now carpeted ! act ' debate, the mind not being clear
with crass and flowers, growing in wild ! whether it is lawful or not a very co,m-
Fine belts of woodland border mn case there we may ana ougnt to
consider tendencies, for the purpose of in
formation. Take the case of dancing,
about which thcro is some difference of
opinion and practice among Christians.
Now if it can be shown, as we think it
can be, that this practice on the whole
profusion.
the streams. The timber is mostly oak
orsycamore. Fanning has commenced at
various points, and the crops are very
promising. J lie streams crossed are the
Cosumnes, IS miles hence; Pry Creek
Cwhat a misnomer, we thought, as our vc-
V- ' ' i-l.-.Ml. 1-1- t l -
hide went under water !" 28 miles : thei lcnus 10 c"' oe,nS wr morc lo CD
Mokclurnnc. 38 miles: the Calaveras, 4G ' tail evil consequences than good, then this
, r i r . . j- i .i
miles : and thence it is 8 miles to Stock-! "cl ls a source 01 ll& anu 10 De useu ln
. Ti,;a ; ,i,Te,i in i. J our estimate of tho practice. So also in
in the State,and is a fine, flonrishins place. t,ic cflsc of ""telling ; if it can be shown
We were pleased with the aspect of things 'thatthl3 tasinoss leads directly to pau
rtn oiM-nt that Snndav was worse tent pensm, wretchedness and crime, then it is
than in Saeramento-which is no compli- " clear as tLe Zht of dnv tLat no man
mcnt to cither place. Tho religious soci- 0USU to be cnaage.1 in it. Here the con-
ctics there are doin? a good work, and will ! EClenco rccc,ves "S"1 lrom consequences.
triumph by-aud-by.
The business is manifestly immoral, as
shown by its tendencies. The practice of
slavery is equally amenable to this mode
of judgment. If it were granted that no
explicit law of God condemns it, and that
its immorality might be doubtful npon a
direct inspection of man ; still, if it can
be shown that the practice involves in its
train a long list of distressing and dcplo'
and last week IV. Robinson-communicated
some of the results to the N. Y. Historical
Society.
Sacramento Citt, April 30, 1851.
Mr. Editor : So rapidly docs the
stream of time rush by, that it is difficult
Ethics of Expediency.
There arc two extremes in regard to ex
pediency, considered as a rule of action.
One is a reckless disregard of consequences
on the general plea of duty ; the other,
such a dispropotionatc attention to results
as to invest them with the authority of a
supreme rule. If we carry out cither idea I nlls cvils tucl ' ouSut to 1 abandoned
exclusively, and to its utmost limits, we' II is condemned by its own fruits. So
arc quite sure to fall into error. On the! als0 wnen c attempt to benefit our fellow
Tho commfttoe lesolvcd to compare the ;to realize the fact that May-day is close at
best American Bible with recent copies of , hand. The ladies arc making preparations
the four best British editions, London, t0 render the day a happy one for numbers
Oxford and Edinburgh; and every varia-: of the children. This hopeful class is
tii n in punctuation, in orthography, in j augmenting with the arrival of every
capital letters or in texual reading was 6teamcr; and it reminds one of his better
noetd, and the judgment of the committee ' Jays to meet modest, well-trained, hand
passed on each point, letter and word ! ! ! J somely behaved boys and girls, after hav
The original record of these variations, in ;ng Kcn ail(j heard so many of a different
parallel columns, is now deposited with sort. Newspaper-boys may have their vir
the judgment of the committee, in the tucs, but they arc not the order we were
Archives of the Bible Society for reference familiar with in the "land of steady habits,"
in all future time. This catalogue of va-j lang syne.
riations in the particulars above mentioned the children, cf course, come also
amounts to about 24,000, yet of all this j the mothers, and thus families and house
number there is not one that mars the in- j"0 increase, and the comforts and beau
teority of the text, or affects any doctrine , tic of home multiply. A new era is ccr
w precept of the Bible. i j1 Pcn,nS "I n We are soon to
ti,, trpntvne plates ot the aocicty nave r...-...... ir"'""' ..uur
.- w i
j one hand we shall become conservatives of
the straitest sect, shouting consequences
' r : i. .? :
.about them at midnight making the
chief end of man to consist "in holding
jback" resisting and even denouncing the
(spirit of progress; or, on the other, we
'shall be transmuted into fiery steeds,
champing the bit, and treading the plain
with rapid and violent step nevermore
certain of the richt road than when pitch-
ins over the fulls of Niagara. Both of( not decided it in express words. It would
! these spirits have their
men, to carry out tho divine injunction of
doing good to all as we have opportunity,
wc arc necessarily thrown back npon a
question of fact to be settled by experience:
What is the particular mode of action, in
its tendencies best adapted to this purpose?
Tho truth is, we mast use the doctrine of
consequences to some extent, in order to
decide questions of duty. We must em
ploy the light of experience to aid us in
A Great Invention.
The projector of the "Baby Jumper"
may be properly considered a benefactor
to the human race. The amount of com
fort that ho has afforded by means of his
elastic suspenders to the "infant ia arms"
will be told in his praise years to come,
when they shall have put off the garb of
childhood, to enter upon the pathway of
a mature age. The number of tears
those touching monitors from tho pent up
fountains of the heart that this humane
individual has spared to his infantile
friends, can not be enumerated, or even
estimated. The relief which tho commu
nity at large have experienced, since their
iutroduction into society, has been sung
by the poet and recorded by the scholar
still, but half its praise has been sounded.
And now another invention has been
produced, which in simple terms, Is noth
ing more nor less than a "Baby Walker.
Aye, reader, a "baby walker," an arrange
ment for directing the erring steps of the
little one, whose limbs fail to afford the
requisite support for such a purpose. Its
form resembles somewhat a common par
lor ottoman, though in the top is cut a
hole, into which the baby is placed, and
secured from fulling. A small saddle is
suspended beneath the hole, upon which
the infant rests, its feet touching the floor.
The saddle is supported on springs which
give up and down moving at every motion
of the little occupant. The contrivance is
placed upon castors, and can therefore be
pushed around the room by the youngest,
with the utmost case.
We do not know the name of the ingen
ious inventor; however, it will become
prominent in time lie certainly is enti
tled to the thanks of the mothers of the
land. Whig State Journal.
Narrow Escape.
A little girl about three years of age,
daughter of Alexander Eadmond, on Mon
day last while playing with other children
near a well some fifty or sixty feet deep,
accidentally fell in headforemost. Mr.
K., who fortunately happened to be in
hailing distance, instantly, and with great
presence of mind, made his way into the
well. He was aided in the descent by the
well rope, UHtil the skin was literally
burned from his fingers, when he was
compelled to relinquish his hold and let
himself down by his elbows, which pre
vented his falling, but were badly lacera
ted upon the stones. On reaching the
determining what is duty, where God haS( wator, no trace of the child appeared.0 lie
v fr jl rr. .-- il swKnM . T . T 1 . 1 1 I
;ood points, aud e ruat fI'y 83 well as weakness, to rc-
Iboth their bad and neither
the other.
representation arc the law of their courte
sies to each other. To tho conservative,
been made to conform to the result of the
Committee's labors, and tho editions of
the Bible will present the mo?t perfect
copies of the English translation. It is
important to add that there are no altera
tions affecting the sense, and none that
will be indicated by the mere cursory
reading of the Scriptures. And we rejoice
to say, that the Committee with good
sense that redounds to their honor and
docs credit to American scholarship, have
retaiucd the orthryraghy that has been so
lone sanctioned as to be venerable, if not
sirred in the eve of taste. The readers of
the English Bible, and future generations
tf readers, will have reason to be grateful
to these gentlemen for their labors. X.
Y. Observer.
" Gentlemen of the jury," said a wes
tern lawyer, ul don't mean to insinuate
ihat this man is ft covetous person, but I
will bet five to one that if you should bait
a steel-trap with a new three cent piece and
place it within six inches of his mouth you
would catch his souL I wouldn't for a
moment insinuate that he icill steal, but,
may it please the Court and gentlemen of
the jury, I wouldn't trust him in a room
with red hot millstones, and the angel Ga
briel to watch 'cm." We'll bet a red ap
ple too, that somebody steals this para
graph within a week.
Tna Union Sold. Mrs. Partington,
m being told that Mr. Ritchie had sold
4,The Union," exclaimed, "Alas ! alas ! I
feared he would do something awful when
I heard that Congress had dejected the
bill to identify him 1 I wonder if he sold
the people with it, and if I shall have to
emulate to the South where they know
how to treat the poor critters." And Mrs.
Partington Bighcd deeply, took p her
knitting and said no more.
Unjust ricbes corse the owner in getting,
in keeping, and in transmitting. They
curse his children in their father's memo-
y- ...
Sir Edward Bulwer's much talked of
flay, ?t So Bad as We Seem," is Not
So Good as Wc Exjected.--!$. Vr. '
classes in society educated, refined, and
well-adorned. We have received not a
few already, who are the earnest and
pledge of tho many that arc to follow. Cal
ifornia is now making the happv vindica
tion of herself, which, in the face of skep
ticism and sneers, the writer hereof has
strenuously asserted she would. The cli
mate is, for the most part, charming and
delightful and to the temperate, most
healthful. There is a peculiarity in the
business transations of the country which
wins gradually upon all, and they can nev
er content themselves with the methods of
other States again. Then there is "a fas
cination about the society of California,
with all its evils, which few can withstand.
There is so much affablcncss, freencss,
wholc-heartcdnass; such a dropping of all
frivolous conventionalities, that men feel
constrained and ill at case when they find
themselves elsewhere.
Then, also, the friendships and attach
ments which spring op here between men
variously associated, are strong and tender
beyond all known anywhere else. Friends
are constantly parting, but they do it with
unfeigned regret and as the distance be
tween them widens, tho desire to meet
again quickens, and at length ripens into
a purpose. Aside from its gold, the
country has attractions which arc irresisti
ble with those who have been here lonz
a
enough to know just what the country is.
Ilcnce the general wish of nearly all who
have returned to their former homes is to
get back here again. Wc arc, every stea
mer, welcoming back persons who never
expected to see California again. And we
are constantly bidding farewell though a
brief one to numbers who are going East
for those richest of blessings "wife, chil
dren, and friends." Not a worthy man
announces his intention of going for his
family, who is not commissioned to bring
out half a dozen other families, by friends
who can not be absent. The sum of it all
is, that we see in these facts the dawnin"
of an auspicious day. The elements of a
refining and elevating influence are thus
rapidly combining and. already we count
ourselves happy. " '
Hence, denunciation aud mis-
-.!? 1
appreciates rnclF"-
Unce more, wlierc litere is no known law
of God cither forbidding or requiring an
act, there its expediency is the whole) on h5s 8h0ulderand proceeded upward, as
tho radicalist is a fool always going be- j qncstion. To this the apostle refers when ven a3 Le wa3 aI1 snffer!n(r .Clltl from
- .... ... 1 lift e..--i it All l.t-. -... !.... 1 . te J
lnn he is sent : m t ie estimate ot lite i uuiim e lamui iur ui
lost no time in plunging to the bottom,
(about seven or eight feet,) and bringing
up the child, who gave little evidence of
life. Scarcely knowing whether his little
favorite was dead or alive, ho placed her
Female Heroism.
The following incident is related as hay
ing occurred ou the burning of the steamer
Webster, on the Mississippi River :
"A young lady named Miss C. Dill, of
Dayton, Ohio, who is possessed of extra
ordinary physical power and courage,iuis3
cd her protector, and at once set about the
means to save herself. Observing at the
moment two children by her side, helpless
and unprotected, she seized one in each
arm, got down to the lower deck, procured
a board wresting it from the boat, and
threw it into the water with the tender
charges she held. The young lady be
came so couragous in the calamity, that she
jumped over after the board, and by its as
sistance floated down the river a considera
ble distance, and was taken up by a skiff
at about a mile from the boat, both herself
aud the children safe. Such an act of hero
ism deserves the highest encomiums ; hay
ing no selfish feeling for her own life, but
nobly extending her services to the helpless
and unprotected; a kind Providence watch
ed over her, aud she was saved from an ul
timate grave."
Educate Tour Daughter. -
A writer says : "When I lived among
the Choctaw Indians, I held a consultation
with one of their chiefs respecting the
successive stages of their progress in the
arts of civilized life ; and among other
things he informed me at their first start
they fell into a great mistake they only
sent their boys to school. They became
intelligent men, but they married unedu
cated and uncivilized wives, and the uni
form result was, that the children were all
like the mother; and soon the father lost
all interest in both wife and children.
"And now," says he, "if wc could edu
cate but one class of our children, we
should choose the girls ; for when they
became mothers they would educate their
sons. 1 his is to the point, and it is
true. No nation can become fully and
permanently civilized and 'enlightened,
when them others are not, to a good degree,
qualified to discharge the duties of the
home work of education."
The Farmer.
extreme radicalLt, the conservative is a
knave the mere tool of a sordid and sel
fish policy. They balance the account.
Now, in this controversy arc involved
some very important principles. It is not
true as a universal proposition, that we
but all things are not expedient." He had
in view the question of eating meat that
had been offered to idols. His doctrine is,
that in itself considered there is no sin in
oating, and no sin in not eating ; yet, the
act may be so related to the conscience of
have nothing to do with the consequences ! another as to be highly inexpedient. Hence
of action in judging of duty; neither is it ! 1aul wou1,1 not cat sucu nicat. lcst he
that consequences, probable or certain, "ght prove an offence to his brother. The
fnrm tho mtlro nili cases ar0 numerous, wliere tins kind ot
Where it is already ascertained that a ! expediency must form the guide of the
minu. ii a specinc mmg, wmcu wo arc
not required to do, and can, therefore, in
nocently forbear, is placed in such relation
to others as to be inexpedient, then the
plain dictate of common sense is to omit
it. Where expediency is the whole and
only qncstion, then do that which is most
expedient In this we are able to see no
violation of the rules that ought to govern
a good conscience.
Wc arc quite aware that the doctrine of
cxpedicnoy is liable to great abuses. Some
denounce it, as in all possible cases, proof
of a criminal selfishness, while others
practically recognize hardly any other rule.
If the one class furnish the hasty, impetu
ous, and indiscreet actors tho men of
doubtful wisdom it is not to be forgotten
that in the other we find the trimmers and
compromisers, ready on all occasions to
sell themselves for a mess of pottage, hav
ing away of making almost anything right
when necessary to suit their selfishness.
If in the one we sometimes see rampant and
raving radicalism, in the other wc quite as
often observe consciences as flexible as a
piece of Indian rubber. Expediency is
like fire a very good thing in its place
out of its place it is not good. It is a del
icate and difficult doctrine to apply, so as
to enlighten without corrupting the con
science to furnish moral guidance with
out sanctifying sin. Under the dominion
of sclfL.hness it almost always goes wrong,
degenerating into sordid policy, and ma
king the subject as variable and uncertain
as the wind. It needs to be associated
with a very clear and forcible recognition
of moral principles; and then careful
watch.'ng will do it no harm. Kept in its
proper sphere, we do not object to it, but
rather honor it. JV! Y. Etangtlitt.
i pain, anxiety and exhaustion, ne suc-
given act or course is duty, being required j
by the will of God as expressed in some:
specific precept, or by a fair application of
some specific precept, or by a fair applica
tion of some Scripture rule, there wc have
no right to evade or decline the service on
the plea of consequences. This will be
treachery to God. His will being known,
immaterial in what way, we must obey it.
There are no consequences possible or
probable, that can cancel the obligation to
obey God on all occasions. Yet, even
here, a wise man will seek to perform his
duty in tho wisest way. While he ought
not to hesitate a moment on the funda
mental question, he may bring to his aid a
sound discretion as to the manner of his
action often quite as important as the
matter of it. Paul, forcxample, w:s fully
determined to preach the gospel, even
though he would turn tho world upside
down; yet ho exercised his wisdom as to
the mode of this duty, and in a qualified
sense became all things to all men that he
might by all means save some. It maybe
a duty to rebuke an ca il, to lift up one's
voice in the clearest remonstrance; yet
there is a wise way of doing it, to disre
gard which is a trespass upon common
sense.
Again, where an act is manifestly sinful,
its moral turpitude being so obvious as to
put its evil character beyond a reasonable.
doubt, there no expediency on earth can
ever justify its performance. No consci
entious man will ever act on the principle
of doing evil that good may come. He
will never deliberately sin against God or
man, under any imaginable circumstances.
It is not expedient for him, or for others,
that he should sin. Hence he must with
hold his hand and utterly decline the evil
ajenry, always regarding the declinature
Face to face the truth comes out.
cccded with great difficulty, and with no
aid whatever in reaching the "upper air,"
and on inspection discovered that his child
was not only alive, but to all appearance
totally v.nipjurcil! A more wondrous in
cident has never come to our knowledge.
The incident illustrates the great value of
cool self-possession and prompt action in
all trying emergencies. Memphis Aih-a-calc.
Natural Religion.
Wc have been not a little amused with
the following definition of the religion of
"nature,'' furnished by the Yankee Blade.
It comes remarkably near to the truth.
1. Look out for number one.
2. Use others all you can, and let them
"use" you as little as possible.
3. Get money; honestly, if yon can, but
get money.
4. lioid on to what you have got, and
get as much more as you can.
5. Every one for himself, and the 1
take the hindmost.
Hero you have tho whole thing in a
nutshell. There is no need of inking whole
reams of paper with explantions of the sub
ject, for here you havo the exact doctrines
in which the world believe, and which arc
practised upon by a vast majority of peo
ple in every nation of the globe.
Kentucky Ahead of the Uxrox.
Female Voters ! A late law in Kentucky,
which, in part reads as follows, gives wo
men, under certain restrictions, the right
to vote :
"It shall be the duty of all the qualified
voters in each School District, (widows
having children of the proper age included)
or such as may attend on the first Saturday
in April, in each year, to meet at their
School-house, or other place, and to elect
three School Trustees, to superintend," &c.
Right, say we.
Ail in the Boots. "Aren't yon a
little tiylit, my friend V asked a wag of a
person who found some difficulty in pur
suing an "upright course" along the side
walk. " No," was the reply, "but my (hie)
confounded boots are tight been growin
tighter ever since mornin (hie) that's
all." ; '
Few hearts that are not double few
tongues that are not cloven.
A Breastplate fur SMurt. In Taris a
new kind of cuirass for the us of the ar
my is shortly to be tried. The cuirass is
ot vulcanized India ruller, about half an
inch thick. This thickness, it is stated, is
more than sufficient to resist the action of
a ball projected from any kind of fire-arm.
All the experiments tried have proved en
tirely successful. The force of the ball is
completely broken by the elasticity of the
India rubber, and it falls on the ground
at the feet of the person against whom it
was sent.
That Plane. Road. The stock for
the Plank Road from this place to Provi
dence went off like "hot cikes" on Satur
day last The Books were opened at tho
Phoenix Hotel, at noon, and in the coon
of three or four hours, more than sufficient
stock was subscribed to build the road
from this place to Pittston. The subscri
bers were prudent, careful men, who know
the value of money, and who were well
convinced the enterprise would afford a
handsome remuneration, or they should
not have invested their money. So W
may conclude the Plank Road ia a fixed
fact, and that in the hands, which have ta
ken hold of the work, it will be tpeedilj
completed. WilketLarre Farmer.
Ploughing Deep with a Light Team.
A writer in the Rural New Yorker,
over the signature of n. D. B., gives the
following description of the method lie
adopted to plough his land eight inches
deep when the strength of his team was
adequate to four inches only. He goaged
the wheel of his plough to four inches, and
went easily around his piece without rest
ing. He then turned the clevis to right
side, and put the nigh horse into the fur
row, and ploughed round in the same far
row four inches deeper, which made the
furrow in fact eight inches deep. By this
practice, he conceives that he gained a
three-fold advantage. 1st His team
could plough easily, and as much in a day
as they could by ploughing six inches.
2d. He obtained a proper depth, which
answered every purpose of subsoiling. 3d.
The second furrow lifted the dirt on to the
sod, and filled the crevices between the
furrows, which will make it much easier
for tilling his corn.
A late French newspaper relates a mar
velous incident, which is said to have oc
curred during a recent thunderstorm in an
interior department of France. A barn, in
which were two goats, was struck by light
ning, but not burnt After the shower, a
woman who had been accustomed to feed
the goats, went to the barn, and perceiv
ing that the animals were entirely motion
less, approached and touched them, when
to her great astonishment and alarm, they
fell and crumbled to pieces, exhibiting no
thing but a mass cf cinders I
A Bloomerite is a Shower. The
Doston Gazette speaks of witnessing the
effect of several sharp showers upon the
new costume. Tho Turkish trousers lost
their graceful contour, and flapped round
tho pedestals of the wearers like a wet
banner round a flag staff, while the tunic
was deprived of its stiffness. The Bloom
er was in a most awkward position, and
reminded the Gazette of a seriously indis
pose! hen, who had been caught some way
way from her roost in a thunder storm.
Wc should be careful to practice and
treat the humblest menial with courtesy as
On Breaking Colts.
Breaking colts being a business that al
most every farmer has to do, at least everj
one is apt to consider his mode of man
agement the best Now, as there are
many colts spoiled by mismanagement in
breaking, I am inclined to believe that
every man is not capable of understanding
the disposition of every colt, and breaking
them in a proper manner so as to have
them work kindly. It is true, there are
colts that may be managed, and be made
to do every kind of labor by almost an j
one, but there are others which require
skilful and proper management before
they become kind. A horse that is con
trary about standing and at starting, has
not, in my opinion, been rightly taught in
breaking, or has been spoilt since by im
proper management, and I think all will
admit that a horse that will not stand quietly
until you are safely seated in your car
nage, is a dangerous horse to own; I
would rather whip a horse to make him.
stand, than to make him start. A colt
that has been rightly managed is always
ready to start when he is told so to do
but they should be treated very kindly,
and with great patience.
I have broken many colts, and found it
the best way to bit them very lightly at
first; by tight bitting at first,! have known
colts to throw themselves and even break
their seeks by falling. When in harness,
they mrist be taught to stop, and stand
when spoken to, and not be allowed to
start, until they stand perfectly at ease ;
managing thus, I have never failed to
break them to start moderately and kindly.
When driving them in harness and before
they are attached to a carriage, I take a
rope, and tying it to the tugs, I hold back
with one hand, to teach them to draw on.
Colts as well as older horses are apt to
see many things to frighten them, while
being lead in a bridle or headstall ; on
these occasions they should never be struck,
but treated very kindly and spoken to
delicate as wc would show tbe children f i encouragingly ; many a horse is spoilt for
lite ly being lorcd up by whipping to a
object at which they have expressed a
sense of fear; the man who would flog his
horse on such an occasion ought to be a
horse in the next world, as some believe,
when he may very naturally expect to be
served out for his cruelty. A colt whil6
breaking should not bo left hitched to a
post for any length of time unless yon are
near : it is best to take him out 'of the
shafts, unless this be the case. Boston
Cultivator.
affluence and honor. So shall we transfuse
in them a corresponding refinement which
will tend eventually, perhaps, to make
them purer in morals and more elevated in
mind.
"Dear me," said a little girl, when re
quested by her mothcr,as a test of her ben
evoience, to give the five dollars, a eoveted
new comb would cost, to a poor relation
"Dear me, being good is very expensive I'
Men and women often think what children
speak. -
Weigh every step that you are about to
take, whenever passions become involved.
now often do things assume a different as
pect when they are fairly considered.
Out West, when a political newspaper is
about to be started, the following heads
the notice : "Erection of a new gas estab
lishment."
Ho hath riches sufficient who hath
enough to be charitable.
Gratitude preserves old friendship, and
procures new.
He is unworthy to live, who lives only
for himself.
Thoughts about Cows.
Whoso hath a good cow hath victuals
and drink but ac there not more poor .
cows in the world than good ones ? That's
the question. Wc suppose it may be laid
down as a general rule, that a cow which
affords one pound of butter per day ia a
"very good one," and one that comes art
to two pounds per day is an "extra one."
But the contingencies, in regard to the
productiveness of cows, are so numerous
and various that it is a hard matter at all
times, to judge of tbe real merits of a cow.
One man thinks he does pretty well by S
cow, if he turns her into pasture every
morning, without troubling himself abos'