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Memory.
ItV MRS. LYDIA II. SIGOURNEV.
The past she ruleth. At Its touch
Its temple-valves unfold,
And from their gorgeous shrines descend
The mighty men of old.
At her deep voice the dead reply,
Dry bones are clothed and live,
Long cherished garlands bloom an ey.
And buried joys revive.
"When o'er the future many aslfaUe.,
Of saddening twilight steals,,
Or the dim present to the soul -
Its emptiness reveals, - '
She opes a casket, and a cloud
Of cheering perfume streams, -'.
Till with a lifted heart we tread ...
The pleasanjt land of dreams. .
Make friends of potent Memory,
Oh! young man in thy prime, . '
And with her jewels bright and rare
Enrich the hoard of Time ;
Yet if thou mockest her with weeds,
A trifler 'mid her bowers,
She '11 send a poison through thy-veins
In life's disastrous hours. .
Make friends of potent Memory, " -
Oh! maiden in thy bloom, - ;
And bind her to thine inmost heart,
Before the days of gloom; . ,.
For sorrow softeneth into joy ;
Beneath her vvand sublime,
And she immortal robes can weave
From the frail threads of Time.
A Word to Boys. The " Learned Black-
.mi!h" says: Boys, did you ever think that this ; jt necessary that to tell a story about our friends
rcat world, with all its wealth and woe, with w10 i,ave entered into alliance matrimonial, we
nil its mines and mountains, oceans, seas and j ,mist sometimes expect to have our path cross
m ers, with all its shipping, its steamboats, rail- j e( by lhe rajrer anj gemIer sex. But Peter,
roads, and magnetic telegraphs j with all thejpetort thou'rt indulging in a most unnecessa;
hcience and progressV ages, will soon be giv-!rV unbecoming soliloquy! Go on with thy
en over to the hands of the Eoys of the present j storVf therefore, or disgrace tho name of bach
age ? boys like you, assembled in school-ieor i Well, to proceed,
rooms, or playing without them, on both tides ! Delia Bell was the only daughter of a rich
of the Atlantic! Believe it, and look - abroad .aristocrat in the town of Rushville (by which
upon your inheritance,. and .gel ready to enter Lame I shall cult the town where, we first found
upon its possession. The Kings, Presidents, J Hen,y Smith.) She was a beautiful girl, but
(ifivrrinrs ".StfltHsmpn. Philnsfinhfrs 'Mini-!
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Jtrs, Te'acherivMEN, f the future, are all boys,
whose feet, like yours, cannot reach the floor,
when seated on the benches upon which, they
are learning to master the monosyllables of
their respective languages.
,A Fresh Start. Commence anew. Take
a.'fresi start and persevere. The old beaten'
trade will never elevate vour aflections-en-
m
large your minds, or increase your wisdom.
Po use the old plough your father made your
.grandmother's tinder box your uncle's Queen's
arcss your aunt's Dutch oven; and Franklin's
llamage press .and pelt balls -Ta. not wisdom
.or economy. Break from the.old.paih, remem
bering that the mind is onward slill. Take ad
vantage of every- improvement, adding your
own knowledge and experience-thereto. VVhat
better than a fool is he, who gogyles'hss mind
lest lie should see the improvements of the age
and be induced to '.turn aside from the beaten
travk of his forefathers --Portland Bulletin.
A gentleman whose onions frequently t dis
appeared from his garden, accused' His negro
hoy of stealing them, and accordingly flg'ged
him, notwithstanding his prptestaiionof inno
cence. Arday pr yvp afier,,he',was -surprised
at the entrance into his room of .The negro,-1 pre,
coded "by a formidable stench, aiidbeariHg-in:
a cvrtaiutgrn)v animal,, known, vommotiK as the
JVecai.. 4Here;imassa.cned tho Negro, 'I tole
you you whip me for nothln... Iiejre 'Jem achap
tr
what steal :Jic ingvon : I smell he brcf.'
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY,
From the New Hampshire Courier.
Aristocracy Humbled
BY SIR PETER TEAZLE, JR.
In the month of December, 1824, on a cold
bleak day, a youth was .seen wandering through
one ofthe principal towns in Massachusetts.
He was apparently about eighteen years of age,
was plainly clad, and fortune had evidently
frowned upon him. He entered a hotel, and
sat for some time leaning his head upon his
hand, as if in deep thought. Presently he took
up a newspaper, and glancing over it, his eye
caught an advertisement for an-apprentice in a
printing office of the Gazette. On be
ing told, he proceeded thither and on telling
his story, the proprietor of the establishment
immediately took him into his employ. His
story was simple, but lull of meaning. It was
as follows :
His father was a merchant, and resided in a
thriving town on the Murrimac, in the State of
New Hampshire. Ho was considered in good
circumstances, and the hero of our tale, whose
name was Henry Smith, had the advantages of
a good education. When he was fifteen years
of age, his father died, and it was found that
his estate was insufficient to pay his debts. Hen
ry did all he could to assist his poor mother for
two years, when she died, and Henry was left
to the mercy of fortune. Ho therefore, with
only a few dollars in his pocket, set off to seek
his fortune among strangers, in a cold and
heartless world. By chance he got into town
where we found him. The rest I have already
told to my readers.
Henry Smith was now eighteen years of
age. He was to remain with Mr. G. the pro
prietor of the Gazette until he should ar
rive at the age of 21, as a compensation there
for, he was to receive thirty dollars per year,
in lieu of any clothing, and his board for that
period.
He proved faithful, industrious and steady ;
unlike many young men, he " cut his coat ac
cording to his cloth' and by that means was
enabled to lay up something as the saying is,
" against a rainy day."
I trust that my bachelor friends will pardon
lnje when I inform them that I am about to in-
troduce to their notice a female. I, like my
celebrated ancestor, Sir Peter Teazle, the
First, am a bachelor; but circumstances render
had been indulged in everything from her in
fancy, in fact had ben a spoiled child. Like
her parents alie was - proud and overbearing,
I am was accustomed to think that a mechanic,
or even a female who earned her daily bread
by plying her needle, was far beneath her no
tice. Delia was now seventeen years of age, and
,by far the prettiest young lady in Rushville.
At the time there, was held in Rushville, what
were called social sewing societies, devoted to
raising funds for the church to which the ladies
who constituted the societies, belonged. The
plan was for the ladies io attend and sew in
the afternoon, and in ihe evening it was cus
tomary for the geutlernun of the village to, at
tend, and after socially spending an hour or
two, to show their gallantry by escorting the
fair ones home. v
By chance, it happened one afternoon that
Delia Bell condescended to attend one of these
societies, though she considered it beneath her
station to become a permanent member.
Things went on as usual during the after
noon, and, as night spread her sable curtain o
vcr.the face of naiure, the gentlemen came.
''iWiio is that gentleman in black V said De
lia.to a. lady with whom she was conversing.
; "That is Mr. Smith ; he is a capital fellow,
come, let tne introduce you to him."
u I tdou'i know," hesitated Delia, " ho i
handsome really," she continued musing.
. By this time Henry Smith, for ifuyjas'-no
other. than he? had advanced to where these
Mill .J liMCTpflrTTT"1' aullWMBt
two ladies where sitting, and accosted Delia's
compaion. - He accordingly received an intro
duction to Miss Bell, and entered into conver
sation with her. She was so much pleased
with him, that in answer to his interrogatory,
"shall I see you home?" she assented without
inquiring whether he was a mechanic or hdi.
Henry had ere this, arrived at ,lhe age, of
twenty-one years, and his employer was so
much pleased with him, that he gave him a sit
uation as foreman in his office, he might truly
have been called the type of a gentlethan tal
ented, witty and entertaining, and was withal, j
very good looking Ho had the dreadful mis
fortune, however, which befals many young
men, of being a great admirer of female beauty.
Fie had held the situation of foreman about
eight months, when he first became entangled
in the meshes of a Love notj in down right
earnest. He was in this one thing rash and
inconsiderate (that I know from experience
I was once jilted.) Once in, he found a hard
matter to get out. He-, therefore, in one month
from the time of his acquaintance with Delia
Boll, wrote to her a lillet-doux, in which, he
proffered " his heart and hand." Poor fellow !
he had not considered the consequence !
He was held in cruel suspense for a week,
when he received the following note it mat
ters not to the public how.I came by it.
" Mr. Smith, sir :
" I received last week, a note, the contents
of which both surprized and shocked me.---The,
very idea of one of that race of beings
styled mechanics, being united wiih an heiress,
is ridiculous a journeyman printer, indeed !
Your impudence is intolerable ypii.have your
answer let your acquaintance cease, hence
forth and forever." D.. B.
Three weeks from that time, and Henry
Smith was on board a packet, on his way to
Europe. He had learned a severe lesson from
his love affair, and felt mortified and ashamed.
He immediately determined on uecotning an
adventurer and for this purpose he left -Rushville,
and proceeded to Boston, where ho em
barked as aforesaid.
I shall now pass over three years, leaving
my dear indulgent readers lo imagine what
happened during that period and take up the
thread of . my narrative in the year of our Lord,
1631 f
One beautiful evening in the delightful month
of October, as the sun was gradually sinking
behind the western hills the stage coach from
Boston dashed merrily into Rushville, and the
Coachman proudly drew up his 'foaming greys'
in front of the Washington House the princi
pal hotel in the village. Among the passen
gers was a young man, elegantly dressed, who
informed the landlord he intended staying in
the place sometime, and wished , to bo accom
modated with a room. The Landlord suppo
sing him to be a person of some consequence,
accordingly gave notice that the best chamber
in the house should be'appropriated for the use
of the stranger.
The next day was Sunday. What a sol
emn time is the Sabbath in a New England vil
lage ! Scarcely a person is to bo seen in the
street until the hour arrives for all to assemble
in the house of prayer. The bells ring fami
lies are to be seen issuing kpm their dwellings,
all attired in their best suits and bending their
steps towards their respective churches.
Thus it was in Rushville, on the Sabbath
morning of which I am speaking. The young,
gentloman whom 1 have introduced to my read
ers, (whose name the tavernkceper had ascer
tained to be Williams,) proceeded to the Epis-,
copal Church. He noticed there two young
ladies one of whom was extremely beauti
ful and elegantly attired, who was omployed in
gazing about the church, during the service ;
the other was handsome though hoc looks were
inferior io the first mentioned one,. ..She wns
neatly dressed, and paid strict-attention to the
exercises taking part in the services, and re
sponding in a distinct and, audible voice-
" Did-you observe that gentleman at church
this morning, in Mr, Wilson's pew V said Delia
Bell, to her mother-, afier meeting.
. V I did my dear," answered the fond mother,
" who wasi he V -
ldon't'knowihisnama, buqlwas told thai
he came last evening in the Boston stage and
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FEBRUARY 25, 1847.
intends staying here some weeks. Wasn.t jib
handsome ?"
" Quite so, my daughter, I should ihlnk
though my eyes have got so.dim that I could
not sec him distinctly"," cet,urned her mother.. .
'"''While ihis was going on at Mr. BeU'sSe
stranger in question, inquired of the landlord as
to who the young ladies were, who had attract
ed his attention. ' It appeared that the elegant
ly dressed one was Delia Bell and the other
was Miss Jordon, who was an orphan, and lived
with her aunt, who was in respectable circum
stances, though not rich
That evening, MrWilliams called at Esq.
Bell's and introduced himself as a yOting gen
tleman from the south, who had been spending
the summer in New England, and being on his
way to New Hampshire, he had concluded lo
spend "a short time in Rushville..
He was politely received by the Bells'- and
Delia was in her glory. When he lefi, that
evening, hb wns cordially invited to become a
frequent visitor.
Things went on smoothly for some time.
Delia vr"as sure she had caught Mr. Williams,
and her extreme aversion 'to common folks was
greater than ever. She was eloquent in the
praise of him. ,
" Is ho not charming ?" said she, " and such
beautiful language as he uses : It is said that
he wrote that olegaht poetry in the last Gazette.
There is one thing that I dislike in htm how
ever.
" What is that my darling?" said her father.
" Why, he said that he thought that horrid
Marianna Jordon was handsome. And he even
called there last evening," said Delia.
The next week, invitations .were given out
for a splendid party, by Mr. Williams at ihe
Washington;
The evening arrived, and it was a merry
time at the old hotel.. .All the beauty and beaux
of the village were there, and music and dan
cing kept pace with time. Supper was at length
announced, and Mr. Williams led the way to
the banquet room without a partner. Delia
Bell did not like this, but she thought it for her
interest to take it in good part. As supper con
cluded, Mr. Williams rose and requested silence
for a few moments. In an instant tlid clatter
ceased all held their breaths in expectation of
a toast from their hospitable entertainer.
" Ladies and Gentlemen," said he, "I have'
invited you hero this evening that I might in
troduce myself to you in my true character.
Seven years ago, ,1 came to this town a ragged
and forsaken orphan and learned the honorable
profession of a printer; and the circumstances
that caused Henry Smith to leave his native
land, and seek his fortune in foreign climes, is
doubtless known to you. Since then fortune
has bestowed on me her sunny smile, and I have
returned wealthy. 1 wish to hurt the feelings
of no one, but merely to give a lesson of wis
dom. ?Jy partner in the next dance ia my in
tended, affianced bride
Huzzas followed this harangue, and ttenry
Smith was welcomed to Rushville, by all, save
one. That one was Delia Bell. Mortified and
horrified, she immediately left ihe room;--long
it was ere she fofgot this circumstance
But who was Henry Smith's partner? I ivill
tell you. Twas no other than the humble Ma
rianna Jordon. I leave my patient readers to
suppose all about thoir mariingo, (which was
soon consummated) fs I hare an unconquerable
aversion to talking about weddings. Suffice it
to say, that they are slill alive. and happy, with
some three or four little prattlers running about
their premises; and. 1 jiope that Mr. and Mrs.
Suiiih, should they sec this, will pardon me for
disclosing their family secrets.
Editovial difficulties.
The editor of the Sidney (Ohio) Aurora
makes the following brief pathetic appeal to his
subscribers ; 'Friends and Brethren, can we
have your attention for a few moments, whjle
we inform you that we are out of money out of
paper and out of wood? Wo would add, also,
that we are out at the elbows, but that fact is so
well known that it is unnecessary to mention it.'
Shameful. Members of Congress, in addi
tion to their enormous pay artd perquisiiies have
this year voted themselves 'Bunks, to the amount
oL$GG040,-27 ! How' much better is ihis, than
to vote themsclvQS qacj a farm hz'$liror.
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From the PicayuncT
- .. A Scene ul New rlcaasv.
Tom Tipple, who liked Volunteering, bill had
a distaste ftif Active Service. " Yes, there it
are Again':.said Tptn Tipple, a he yesltirdiiy
saw a. company of gallant volunteer hiarthiiKj
Up St. Charles street-, the stars and- stripes
brotidly llailhting over thein4 and a fife and 'drum
in advance, loudly, ifnot eloquently,; iliscOuriilig
mariiamusic ;" there it are,", said Tom, " ami
the old tune, looj March to the. bnnle-lield4
Marching trt the battle-field is all vhry welh
'but maFchihg home agin, providing a, feller?tsid
ceeds in dodgin tho Mexican copper bulleJs,
with the fever and ague On his' hack instead of
his knapsack, and a wooden leg instead of a
naieral limb, aim what it's cracked up to be.
There now, ihe tune is changed to 4 How hap
py's the soldier.' Ycs5 he's cussed happy, amc
he ? 'I hey may tell that to the jack tars even
the marines won't bolieve 'em. . There haiut no
use at all iirtnlling it to a feller like mei what
lived three mouths among ihe chapparal, on ilhv
banks of the llio Grand, on crackers and saU
pork, and what used tip so much of tho latter,
for the want of summirbotteri that 1 was afraid
to look a sholo in the face. Yes, there's moro
of it. 4,Sings with the music
The stur-spanglFd "Fanner, Tihil Iornf may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of thc'licavB !
Hurrar !-that's all fust rate; but if you want ihat
ere, flag to wave over the laud of the free and
the home of iho brave, why in h-11 do. you tako
it to Mexico ? Them ere greasers aim free imr
brave, no how you can fix ii ; so, you see, though
the music is good, the sentiment atnt 'propriate
Now I hanl got no objection to voluuteerin, a
1 knows on. I aint no ways backward at that.
:l have already jined eight companies, took treats
-in my turn in each besides doing the promis
cuous drinkin for twelve temperance volunteers.
I calls that doing a jolly business; it's the po
etry of the puffession, as Bill Matthews used r
call it. Marchin to the battle-field is all verr
well, taken in the figurative sense the vav
members of Congress vishes to be understood
vett they calls ' the honorable gentleman i
spoke last,' a liar; but ven it comes doWii
wot
to
literal prose reri a feller conwerts himelf,'for
eight dollars a month into a thing to be cracked
at and shot it's not wot it's cracked up' to b"
by a long shot. Therefore, I say J "" -!
"I say you are my prisoner," said rather a
ferocious looking gentleman, wearing a leather
cap, having a red sash encircling his waist and
a moustache in a state of juvenility on his up
per lip ; "I say you are my prisoner; you en
rolled yourself in my company, and drew six
days' rations. " " Veil, vol of it ;" said Tom
Tipple, " the hact o' Congress sez there haini
no unwoluntary scrwice in the wolunteers, and
I claims ro be a free and independent citizen."
A crowd shottly collected around Tom and
his captor, among whom not less than half a
dozen claimed Tom as having enrolled himself
in as many different companies.. He was de
livered over to the civil authorities' for further
disposition.
A runaway apprentice is thus described in
aa eastern paper: " He is thick set, usually
wears a glazed hat five feet high, and ironslIoU
shoes with cross eyes!"
We rather guess that chap might be identic
fied in a crowd. - "
" Dont talk to me about your gun cotton,"
said a gentleman, "I'll put mywife agaihst any
invention in the world for blowing people up ;
if the Government could get her' to siVdownopr.
posite San Juan' deUlioa, the Mexican's Votlld
leave iustanter."
itValxuts. It has been ascertained lhalthe
shag bark walnut may be sufficiently engrafted.
and-thal the engrafted trees are mtichltr?sur
est bearers. It is probable thai the hickory, or
shag bark, would do well engralied n the pig
nut. If it should, the quantity- raised might be
greatly increased, and the quality much impro
ved. The Madeira nut,- which isf usually sold,
at the shops under the name of the English
walnut, at twelve and a half to sixteen cenls.
per pound, may be cultivated here withouudiffi
culty,; and is very productive. In the : vicinity
oPNew York-there is a tree which has . pro'du-
ced in a single year as many as soldninilhe
market for two hundred. dollar.- W&haveno
doubt that it mighi be engrafted on the -butter-
nu,l or walnut with perfeci success. y
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