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tho HOlllO Joternttl; !
A NEW HONG . BY ci.E(M..c.E. P. ItIONItp3:1
Thank God for pleasant weather!
.
And clap your bands togethei,-
Ye
'osulting Mils!
Thankilim, te.eining NAlley.4
Thank Olin; fruitful plain I .
For the golden sunshine,
And the sliviir rain.
. .
TLank God of chiod
... -Shout It sportifelveeial.
Respond, oh- tuneful river!
To the noddlog,trees.
lihn,ihild and 'himping.
•A's j o grky and slug I
Mingle; In thanksgiving
Ivory Ilv,tng thing '
-Thank thici,-with cheerful spirit, -.,-,
7 - WA . glow of loN:a;.-
•.. . .-. ',,./
For what we here inherit, • . .
Ano our hopes aha Vol— ( ' .• ..
Un • R:ersal.Nature. ,' • I
. Novels in her, birth, • • -•
yfieu am, In pleasant 'ir.W.ther.
~,, " Sinilcaupcii • the earth I -4 ," • • •
WS
grlest gaff'.
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From . Grahain's Magazine
•
ANNA LEIGH;.
OR::tEL-F.
" I nm• sure you •will like her; she is a
sweet girl, far nicer-Poking than ar e lY 'of us
As papa always said , sheiinths:tlo - worof the
"
This encomium,op an abient sister, was ad.,,
dressed by Anna Leigh to her . lovsr, Chat:les
Taylor, as they-- sat -together one no sum
mer evening on a, green bank
garden.
" I am sure I shall not think her nicer
looking than some °tie I lecw," replied
Charles Taylor; gazing adMiringly into Alma's
face, which, ulually somewhat too pale dan
still. was now rosey, and sparkling' wita ani
mation, as she anticipated the return- of liPr
beloved sister. For 'Selina Leigh -had-beets
absent on--the continent , -three , • wiaile,years,-
with
her
elderly cousin, who , was 'Gravelling
for her health . . And now the young,girl was
feally on her way c homeat indeid, she
.waa:c.xpecteiithet veiy . week, with_.all_ her.'
descriptions of Paris, and Biasses, and Ber. 7
lin; of Naples, Rottie, and FlOrenoe; of the
glaciers of,Switzerlapd, and the 'Orange groves
Of Sicily; with her little ~knick-knacks,. and
relics, and foreign rarities best of all.
in the estimation of tho-feving smile that wait
ad to embrace 'her, with her own bright bon- 4
ny face and warm heart, unspoiled- and un
cooled, as they firmly believed; by those
03mmon_estrabgers, absence and novelty,"
4 , 1 shall still think my Anna the best aid
bandsomest," again whisperei the lover, as
he drew his betrothed 'closer to hini.
The twilight was closing stilly and • sot fly
around the'youthful pair its Charles said..this,
and soon the Moon looked down from above
the old elin trees upon their lengthened in
terviewi-as-therlingered-in—happy--converse,
unmindful that the dew was - falling heavily,
or that. Mr. Leigh would be expecting his eld:.
est •daughter In doors, ' to superintend that
pleasantest of all meals an early flintily sup
per. _
Eisler Anna! sister Annal.",called u young
waist) from the house, " where are you ? Sal;
per has been en the table these tea iniantes.
- and father is quiteiinpStient - " - • -
' Anna and her lover Obeyed the call, and the
•• social meal was merrily. despatched. Then
came music and pleksant uhati and after" one
last song," which CharlesVaylor begged' for,
.and Anna gave in her happiest style, the
young man departed for his not - very distant
home
,Leigh.! --indeed,?' . he muttered to
himself, previously to jumping into -_ '. , A
Frenohified, eoquetish miss, as I dare- say she
Is. give me a #neheartetl,_gentle modest
English waman,slike my Anna
"ti has been • one of 'the hiipplest oveuinir
that Anna-. Veigh had, ever passed, one of
_those-unalloyed periods of_outexistenco, wbeit
love, and youth, and blissful prospects,"and a
i splendid sky and balmy air, and soothing
ilsuuds, and sweet odors, and moonlight, cora
bins to bestow upon us for one or %two short
hours , allimpsenf an early' paradise: • Yet,
- 'as tbe•bettothedr Maiden in her return retired
to rest a (Aged waswpen her spirite; and ' she
felt a heavT, though . vague, presentment of .
approachingevil.. "Can it be that a. tree 1 and
tisep affection endows us for the time wfth 'a
species of clairvoyance ' • 4
4‘ itstei• oal,lOo , out
, littliLUOir , Ltifgh
l'ie 01,1 r story
begins, -« do just: come'. ~ How lttroi3go
the skyleeke„ • •••,, • • •
Anna rose, a n d went. to the windo*.
' 'Orhere is storm approsobing, ,,
'Ric said ; 1414 Charles, ie to " be_ here. again
"to-night.. I do trust, ho will bee - safely hotter*
- bofoririChigtne , • • •
•
•Tlio sky gtqwlnrker and darker, savo at
one singleßiOnt,l4iich bore that peouliar lu
rid htie aOano
ing ten(ient; There :stile a,fenrtul ettliuesd
over all things, a r nlf nature , hehiler ... firenth•
with - apprehension: . ;;cry
„icades ,oothe,
eimtreen pniticipatea. ihe general
then a_sudden - rnsiling atirred-them.-
" Oh ! _what a vivid itashi"se.xclaimed'Anna.
co 'ring her eyes, with her hand. “There is
thuniler-peal. -The ;taint is, very ; near,
almost over the house. pon'tory
hitt 'come and sit upo_n inY knee, out of 'the
way - of tire window.l Wait !...I :must close
-sash."
As •Ann . aWas doing_sp,.l3,ho'ha'rd the sound
•of ontriltget . wbeels,.and-waitrng" a moment to
see What it,wasfor a ,audden fluttering
_of
,;:the heart told her that perhapS her drixionsly
expected sister - had arrived-slie 'perceived
_,Charles Taylor approaching the garden gate.
At the, same momenta vehicle -drew up before
it, and the young - niari stopped The coach
man saidd - something toliiM, and Anna- beheld
her lover hastily look in - at e coach window,
• then hurriedly threw open the door, while
the driver vvis slowly dismounting. •There,
was a short pause Charles bent , forwrird_ into
theconchy, and re-appeared, bearing a slender
,feinale fsirm itAis arms. Anna Blood trans
fixed iera moment, and then ran out into the
storm, heedless-of the vivid lashes.that dart-,
ed -, theirblue forks hither-and thither over the
garden;
,
,--
"Oh 1 Charles, how glad • I
. am you ; are
I And—is- - this my own "dear Selina.?.
But, good gracious !" exclaimed the affection
.
ate girl-as she caught sight - of the . pale face
that'dro.oped ever;thi; young man's' shoulder..
. .
Oh. Charles rshe-isiot—"' . ,
" . '""No, not seriously injured;.iny sweet Anna,".
replied hp,'extending his hand .icilikKgs his
betrothed who apportied ready to faint, her
self. ._ t. here_! lean on my arm.. I Can man- ,
age:you-and-your sister . both. -. ShClittet • b'eerf
dreMlfully - alarmsd by the , storm; that is all:
And no - *ondei. Me'reyl what it crash!"
Tho three haitened into the. house, and it,
waa.tinle,• fOr tho ruin began to in
' iiiitentsc! Tho poor onatilitan,wbolollowed.
to the . ball. to demand:bislare, which had been
forgotten in the hurfy,'was Nvet : .through in an
instant. While Charles was aetOing -with him,
Selina, who, had been laid gently - upon a stla,
(Toned lier large blue eyes, Ankgazed around
with.alook bewilderioent. • •_
Dearest Selina;n - said Anna; ., Rho *as
bending over • tier, ,erying, heartily be
_tween - the7pleneure and the fright; raj...own
sister yen are onfe:iii, hOtati, with - those who
love . yon." . '
"Ah I" sighed Selina, and then she mutter
ed a few.worde in Italian. But, dearest Anna,"
she r esumed, languidly,. "how yo - u uro cry-
ing, and what a figure yoU will be! • Wliere
is papa 'ls he at home ? And is that Lucy.?
Come - here, - child:—How`-you-are,grown'l But
you are not so pretty asyot were."
Anna dried her tears / ani Lucy withdrew
her little hand from Selina's careless grasp.
Both of, them felt chilled and repulsed by their
travelled 'sisters words and manner. • An
awkward pause ensued, and it was n. relihf
when Charles Taylor ro-entered the room and
had to - be formally, introduced. Anna looked
-at Selina as she expressed her thanks - to her
Into ctivatior,.and cotassed to herself that she
had never seen amore beautiful girl... . .
" But how :coldly she takes our reunion,!"
thought the affeetiOnate Sister.' "She - seemed
more intent on cur appearance than anything
else. And hew carelessly she inquired for .
_papal Sho,.shows none ',of tho 'pleasure sp
nathral at Meeting again after a iong surtra-
But I must not judge her 'too hastily,
She Canbe'vivrtaious, enough, too, I see, when
speaking to Charles n.,
, • .
And Anna Leigh, continuing to observe her
sister, felt a'vague pang shept. athwart. her
heart as she noted her lively, 'foreign manner,
,and itsliiSoinating
.effect upon Charles,. She
str efiard to repress the feeling, :•but it
_re,
turtles any times - thate — vbtling - xtßiotitliiiilied
by another still, more bitter. This' other ex
spresshd itself nientally the following man
ner; " What a aontra - st am I, with my pale
faee'ond plain manner, to this brilliant' sis
ter of mine, gay-and graceful as some splen
• did butterfly I have:but a - loving heart to
place - In - the against pli these natural
and acquired fascinations. Has Charles dis
cernment enough to apprectate the treasure ?"
Poor Anna I theharbed arrow is already
—rankling in '''thy magnanimous soul. Mist
thou'•mcirtal strength to (withdraw it ;. even'
though its exit be . followed by thy Ilfe's blood ?
A week phifsed'airtiy,rwl Anna Leigh be
gan to feel at her heart's core that the beauti
ful Selititv bad Indeed 'stepped between her
and the lover; to • Whoth she had' modestly,
humbly bit! most deVotedlY andentifely giien
the unsullied treasures of 4ir, maidenly heart.
To he supplanted- had been bard enough in
Any Aiase;.b,up that it:shordd be by tiii.'Young
inter whdm ,:she ~ had ;tended ih years
kith !ll:anther's care, -- thia was Indeed , ,an ad
lerd:pang that rendered 'the burden almost
* '
inpoasible to be borne. Night: after night
lid , poOr Anne;lay her oohing, hea4 on her
illow, almost Is prayerthardaylight
I)exa!b.„
iiii
nligNt . ,,Ast.44;f4, n • , to bring the ..*bole weary !,
Utifiqqz,n,etin,
-• :;/..'4ntI.Altna, how dicks' he retlylvcf;:Plijr/ 4 '•,
lnotelfihlif,--attentions.Va.'ohy, pbe imighed,i `uuci glutted , ,
and‘talkeetieiiiimdzie, an;d , ltlidri
'uutbly icolayed the languid lieituti r dying with ,
4,,ht.4 . dr' fatigue, or — deliefici;!aiiii: Utmost r•Uni•
rise.from her couch c _ . - where - she - took
`sonriilOrecline in ths'most graceful attitude
possible, or the feeling,-sensitive entb_usittstie
beauty, yith,s, Smile one momen&and a tear
.the usltt,!treuiblingly ally? • to a ineloci):;:,
thefleetiUg iplendors
or the changing iiiiii ••• of the; . earth, This
fascinatedthe.fMkre fever cd Anna; acid
•
ho dwelt on the heautifiil and skillfully varied
countenance of his 'new enthralvr,,„,tratil
was -- 41niost with•niersion . that lick turned to
gaze on thistill, pureibUt, as, lie now chOse
to term it, monbtonoue • expression, of his be!
trothed. , •
If .1 0,"lie said to iabed.the
.
garden _walk' initlieabsehlee of. the sisters, one
morning that ho had called 'earlier then usual;
.." no; dit_her no Wrong.' She is incapable of
. .
the ardent love that I require to make Me .
happy in . The mortification of seeing'
herse l f supplanted onoe over, she will go on
jest tho
table to her cold temperament—" ' • .
The young nit n'ecrefleetions.were interrupt
ed by. the appearantur of Selina - from the
house,. arrayed in a . white muslin piegnoir,
aaecrding to Vne.ofthe.foreign habits she had.
brought' with her "into her father's - simple
: abode.- 'ilbr
.aubitin tresses - were "gathered
.carelessly_bbckfrom her fair, oval visage, her.
blue eyes were half shaded by -their long
issues ; w ht le'tymoss-Tose,-wi diwhich - Charles,.
had presented her . the ()Vetting before, and
which she had placed in her bosom; dud 'the
delicate bloom of her complexion and, lips,'
: Madeiter..as_fair a nymph as ever left an early.
breakfast td salute the morning gun. Charles.
=hastened to her ; :never had sheappeared• ''''''''''
ftiscinating;; • The • yoang
,mein forgot 'their
_brutf nequaintancesitip,forgothiSengageffient
with-another, and that . other,. 'her:own sister,.
agitated s ticeenti'poUred forth. his tale
of love over-the-little-liatdllhat-ifitiggled-but
feebly within-his manly grasy. • -•
"Dearest, loVliest •
But we will not-attempt :to..point a lover's'
rhapsody, • Long ere it conehided, a light step:
was beard behind them, and a gentle face,
pale ii[death; but firM with a fixad and noble
rosolve,- bent,-forward and Malted Selina's -1
hluehing,, downcast foribead.; • ••• •
•
."Fear: nothing; dearest Selina ; if you• love
him, -he is yours: And you, Charleil, look me
in the face. , You see 1. 'do 'not suffer;" yet
the compressed end ashy- lip .quivered oven
as she spelt°. •" Take her, take; my beautiful
sister.
.She will suit you- better -than .1. I
ani well content to break off our engage-
meet,
• -" Is this true, Anna?". asked Charles, after
au,agitsted. pause, "Ctin,.'you really,. act so .
nobly, so—" - .
"No more words, I• have said it, ' replied
Anna, in a voice so nitlikirher own, that the
others started. And then in a moinent
was gL.Te
~. "She looked very odd," remarked - ,Charles,
and theririlie young couple forgot the noble
self abrogation Oat had left them free; and
th09,01.t..0n1y of.eack. other.
Meanwhile, Anna was kneeling in lir own
little her"fiMe hurried in ber;blitsped
hands, and the bitter fobs of angnish — Mtning
thick - and feet.
Oh 1 wprippi wo,can,....love!to..own martyr
Upon earth / surely the • peculiar
,greatness of
: rayrtyrdom consists in-the secret
. endurance
of its pangs. But. an hournlapsed, and Anna
Leigh,, with fiblanabetl,.yet. perfectly tranquil.
face, passed. from ber chamber,' and - .resumed
her usnal : active supedutendence ofthe house-.
'hold affairs.
..‘_,Then-you.eannot forgive, .Tuna l 'you can:
tiortTike me book again to youi heart, bitterly
, . .
repentant as I ani 1'
. , _
Anna gazed , calinlz and kindlyr upon her
former lover. • • •
"I forgivelyon, Charlee; but the past can
never -be reclined._ Think not , of breaking
your vows a seisoud is ,young
aiiii - Thabghtlevs;•you ninet excuse 'her .folly,
and endeavor to acquire a salutary influence
over her: Everything can be done„ Charles,
by iatience and love." • •
4! But the patience of a Tetrarch could not
last it - Only" Imo' holi.abominably•, she'
flirts with that Janes Stewart! You, Anna,
never lookaht another, during' our. engage
ment:" , '
s Anna sullied sadly. ' •
I knew it . ; and you 00ti . .1 could give?' you
up 'when It became nocesaary."
" Yee. .beliOved. you cold,' but I have
thought differtintly•oince."
'Antia,:efarted, 4.-figidi of 'pitisea
across her tranquil htow, „
• • -
" Whatever you may hate thought,Vharies t !
'she salk.with soine:reierv t e of manner,
are raistaken in your 'present, application.—
.
_You cannot phiy at fast , and; oose with me.
I repeat it;. forgive poor telina, endeivecr
.toatptlitirea eavini
• 13111
neeito,a•rational, Judicious hufibittul t.
Aina c ii! *ire . not
ttdtgliniCtiarles;
rho ; seized a:Moment ikon Selina itas;'in one
a - N
,ot:ketsmore'ltatural'4**.9, !.0 .beeeeeh her
tolay
coatiiiCiiii v t would
onlr end in-her 'oWn disgrace Ond=hei:_lerieilt
•
mikry ; - anirthe beautiful, but vain and artifi.
cial girl, promised . amendment.. '
.Aftee'lmany yieiigitudes - of - feeling,' - nianY
quarrels sad reeolicilliations, the latter generi
allihronght,atiotit..hy A - nu s a's wheolful affec
tions, the yonngwouple' at, 'length-were mew'.
ied T and-went-to-reside-Within,-*....conple_Of
miles from the house of 4ninesf i ather. : But.
they. were - not thorOughly.-Illppy..
Tim as a Ivetleled vitro, could not• forego
flightiness of wanner, which' hoWever passable
in the gayer eir'cles:.of society, endangered
her reputatiOn,_ and won her' many an evil
opinion among her e -country, neighbors; and
her . husbintd, when the reticihation of her
beauty had passed sighed inwardly
. as
he thought how be had exchanged a pure En ,
glishhenit, for the meretricious attractions of
one corrupted by foreign travel.. For liberal
and benevolent as.we may wish to be to our
continental neighbors, ,it is very• certain that
modes and thought of action obtained abroad
-- - •
that injure the delicate bloom of. a British
maiden's feelingp ; ,ane-manys careful English
mother heti ha - a:nous° true this - .'eloY when,
for the sake of ict little foreign Polhill, she ex.
pels_her doughter_from the purifying influen-
cos". other own fireside. .
But how - did Anna Leigh' endure the lona
,
ness that , was thenceforth her lot? for" we
need scarcely sayr That a heart 'Rd hers
couhknevor_ - Why,
" he -became
the benefactress of the village, _the prop of
ter father's declining years, the Riving and
beloved aunt and instructress ofher beautiful
sister's neglected children. .And when little
Lucy Leigh, in her turn, found a home of her
own, her husband affirmed that he bed been
first attracted towards the merry little maiden'
by_the_ know dge that hermind and 'manners
had been trap by —.
her noble eldest sister
the patient4teadfast, self-sacrififing old maid,
Anna Leigh. . ,
MAKING A NEEDX,E.
!ply little girl who . may read
this ever thought hew soapy people aro till the
time at wcti.k in making-the things which they
every day use. What oan be more common,
and, you may . : think' sabre than ,
needle, - Yet:if,you'do not Itifoiv-It, I,catt tell
you, that it takes a great , many person ,to
Make a needle ; and it takes great deal of
'time; too: Let`us take a peep into a needle .
faCtory. In going• over the premities,, we
must pass hither and thither, and walk into
the nest street and back • again, and take, a
drivo to a mill in order to see the whole pro.
3
cess,• We find in, one chamber of the shop is
hung round coils - of bright wire. of thick
neises, from the stout kinds used used for Cod
134 hooks to that for the finest 'cambric
needles. • In a *room biti of wire, the
length of two needles, are out by it, vast pair
'of shears fixed• in the wall, A bun i dl9 has been
cut off, the bits need -straighteuing,_ for they
'cone off from Coils.' *
. The bundle is thrown into a red-hot furnace;
then taken out and rolled backward and_for
ward on a table till the wires are straight.—
this process is called 'rubbing straight .'_. IXe
down.into the , basemeneand fine& needle:
pointer seated on his bench, le 'takes up
two dozen or so of the wires, and rolls them
between his thumb and, fingers, with their
ends , On the grifid-storie, first one end and
then the Other.' Wo hays.now„the -wires
etrakht, and pointed on both ends.. - Next
is a l \ machine,, that • flattens and gutters
tbe beads of ten thousand needles an hour.
Observe -the little gutter at the head of your,
needle. Next comes the punching of the eyes,
and the boy that does it punches eight•thous
audio an hour, and .he - does - it so NA - that
your eyes can-hardly : -keep roe vrith - him:;—
the splitting follOws, which is' running.a fine
wire through-a: dozen, perhaps Ol these fine;
needles.. • • .
A woman, with a little anvil before her, files
between the heads and separates Aim. They ,
are now complete:it - 6611*s' bat rough and iue
ty, whatis,worse they easily bend, I A
poor needle,.You would say: But the harden'
ing comes next. - They 'are heatodin batches
in a furnaee, and, when red hot are throlik
into a pan of cold water. _Vast: they : tuust be '
tempered, and this is done by rolling - them •
baCkward and forward on a'bot metal plate
_put •poliobing etillremfatei to . koe 4oett. . ; 174 a
very coarse , cloth needies2are greed to the .
number of forty or fifty lhoussutL , Emery.
dust is strewed all over thein, Oil ie epilukled,
.!r!i•lPft - 4 0 904 i ?"r. 1 6e .
,oluth; the 'cloth IS then yelled ,up hart', and :
with several others.of the kind; i'thrown
into &sort of rash' pdt.,.io fey
ONO:hole OrlOore.: ' 7 44 peteo' thit lirty
clean, water,
: 44 0 .4 lb ss i ng In s aw , dusts ..they loOk se.bright
dan . be;•ttirare'readY - tir be assorted and
'pat up for Sate., But _the sorting and doing
tip ,in papers, ypii may imagine, is quite a
w.ork.bf Welt •
The GatherWatuthel)rtming 'Board.
141orning - fril e - fannlyis-the sosson._:.of
the
the sun. • Ink cannot intrust to- other hands -
the charge of)1e . r bay, ,ske •inust. malie her
own toilette while thelittle creature • Sleeps,
bathe and dress her when she•wakee, and
PerinterFithe:elder - In iris rend Self' 1 10 11).
Bilt3et tntereittinges Of, affection, the •
seem to appeal toher husband's appreciation
meeting kind answering looks from Min;
,aro
all that - the time"allows; tiaie•peritaps as_ the
tn
oining papeO intervenes ere the breakfast
served,--the wife as sbedistens to at , paragrapb
or - turtivePt-=---
plucks a silver thread from among' the dark
locks. -Whin the mQal is ' ended, there - mast.
rbe a feiiWords of conflict together, that each
may keep throagh the day an amulet, and the
husband goes • out to
,eo,ngregato '
Would that all whom he meets 'might carry "
with them the self•respect i and the. differenee •
to others which the, • relations of husband and
father' impose Who can' doubt' God"
deals with is createresjustrumeotally through
the affectivitsl •that,rnen are incited to purify
theirsfieughts ana to eievate ,their aims by
thoconsetousness of a wife's - cenfidind trust;
and that clear religious'cenvictions often f01..'
lOw the simple 'question 'of. ;a. child? That'
gleam of morninglight is not forgotten; per
plexities and harrassing cares may and will
come with , the intervening bours,, but the
memory and the hopes which - Underlie them
all and an earnest of What awaits the close of
the day.,. With the wife, how truly are -her •
thoughts entering to that, period ! Are her
more .than usually rims her
boy learned anew.lesson( orrepected an 'old
one with. more alacrity ;- has be shown unwon
ted tenderness or aq new. developement of
mischief; has theby a new tooth-or has •
she ventured her first unaided step how de•
lightodly these.incidents,are hoarded .ep for
the returning one l f Other experiences, too,' -
the first deep trial which come to the mother's •
heart, the necessity laid upon her of subduing
the temper of her child, - make her long for the
father's return,. that by taking council togeth-,
or and of Him who bath said, 4. I Will ;belie
mercy awl not sacrifice," they may be enabled
"to find a way whereby even such waywardness
statlibe led pleasantly-. captive. The minor••
trials, the social enjoyments, the delicious •
thought coming to her from the page of some
old book,-as perchance 'she fincls_only time to ,
' glance lovingly beneath,as she dusts its covers
even Ler own . 000560111 short-coming in the •
fulfilment of some manifest"daty are themes
which,.cemingfrom the heart, find the way to
the.leart by a ready sympathy.
. -As day deolines, and the , shadows -length
en ; what if weariness press upon either One
the moment is at band when the perfect social
bliss of n reunion . shall compensate. for all.—
There is no}njoyment in the home like - that
which sit s: the evening board. _ ' l'he fair
wife;t(itiree herself for her daily guest and .
hi who it !bay be has striven with foes deadly
•
foes to- his,- peace, com mends himself as ho
cresses - thereshold ' - to the ministratienlof
her refining in ence. What mutual . conti
denee aprifr up in the sense .of 'seclusion
occasion - brings The - phases' &_. ._'
character, whit:L:have been presented to the
husband duiing'the transactions of the day,
the magnanimity of the - meanness of those
with whom he bas' had to deal, re deliOately
drawn out,i• and _
-the,. experience_ot'each,
diverse, and yet in their deductions so full-ef
'harmony, melte delight of the etening raeal.
Household cares,: the homely effices pertain:._
Tug to-each - day's needs, are *dignified and
made 'occasions of graeious ministration. of
lour in proportion as menial service is dispen
sed with. In such , a
the
the tiOrnifig wick
the evening make the fullness of each day's,
'joy , - , '
MARRIAGE UNDER Dirricimpas.--Thei Phil
adelphia Inquirer tells a gr,ed story about a
young marrand
!who went to' church tot-get married, a few
days since, in thaVeity. - While -waiting. the
arrival of the minister in the porch, the tailor ,
stepped' bridepooni • and presOnted
bill tor ,his wedding,ooat. , 'Tlie'• niust:_ be
paid at onae,or, the coat returned, but as the
poor fellow had' zio(a dollar beyond the. min
iiteee fee, there irnan birg4.oo . spect, that he
would he eotopelled•to get married in his shirt
:sleeves.. friend., however 'adiaueed the '
needful, and the twain were, 'made one flesh.'.
Patlivs, I Vft . ib , .a4ar;' whin a
stou l / 4 0oaese_woman made ber"way, up to the
bride-and preseiated, her , 'bill • for • the'rivedding
dives f The friend igeln advanced the money
and On couple aepnrted, y'e, pallid/le getting
vented ,
, t AN E„):0114%N0 ;" , EoW or!ug, -con
&colt to loafiabottt;tbe corners as they , do - whoa
_
a' good (idea of itreenio mill be ipurohasbd for
sixten'Oe r is really eorpriiing.' '
...pow.An•incorrigible wag, whoa lent a Inini94
ter.,a horse' 'wbi2th ran away
, and:threw his
clerical rider ! Ihonght *odd:Ufa some
credit for his aid in spreading the gospel,