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rattam's .Mlsgaipi b.
. 21 111 E 'EVENTS' OF 'A -
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Aj.aliot the Passions.
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..• . • BY ,TA LPO.T . ORME.'
ME
It was a,' _dark, .black night. , The. windst
'came and went , fitful' gutits, and the•—rain
begitn•bespattering the hillside, the precureei ,
of : the Storm that wate't,x .flut, darker
far was my.aching heart,. More piercing and
__Lchilling far -than the peach
ing rain, or.the chilling blast.' Sc, , giving my
steed the nedlys' on,: lighted_
only , by an occasional , flash of-lightnitig, or the
. • gleam of some - will o' the wisp,,or swamp_ball,
as' it would, shoot past, me, or follow whizzing
in: my woke. But a moment's retrospectiom;
. Like the ginerality of my kind, 1< once, , 'arid
stilljavea• weakness, .and-entrs k uoto, Lope
by : the 'Vice of Gad, Ltetiy, tlov:ed •
,
lov*liMdly : The object_ot my admiration
- , 'wait atbautiful being. Mollie.pringle lied but
few 'equals and no superiors in point of doyen •
ness, grace and amiability. She . had a soft,'
' • melting eye;.o rich, pouting lip , 'a bl ,- ;iniiig,
-healthful cheek, dark, flowing i'inglets, a Well
rounded instep;4l pretty foot, ad "a—oh; -my
- mouth ! Mercy; 3follie,-pray behave, SMITH
. • ,
•go no' farther with the'deSCriPtion, thOulli at
the risk of displensing Mr. Cgaltstnifor:,l pro
mised tb furnish a good tale, and whoever
heard of a perfect tale without adeseription of
the kerpine. And je ne'sais quoit but to
story... • , . .. _. . .
, " She had many suitors—had Miry Pringle,.
and - some of them distinguished, wm.lthy and
accomplished ',4entlemen. But, nevertheless,
I -was successful. I outstripped (hem 'all. I' .
n'eier told her verbally that I •loved her, - :nor
asked her if Mu/loved me iu return. It IV IV3
-• . •
Useless. I knew it by the trembling, faltering
voice,•the soft presauteof . the hand, t'ae_nielt-,
log; languishing glance of the eye„thTtretnu
ions' heaving-of Ilie- breast,---titc-sateWendear 7 -
, ,ing-smile. nate were. mine null mine alone.
- To - others her bearing •Vvas differentobough
courteous and kind. --
• •- _
. :Her father's. elegant mansion stood a mile
from the Village ofHalifax, :vi.. so thither
—with buoyant hopes, - and a heart filled Up with
sweet'and tender emotions, I set out eneeve
ning to declare verbally my love,,and to . pro
pose for her hand. Already was, I treated as •
one of the family, end, taking my acoustomed
privilege, I walked into the• tense without -
ringing, Seeing no_one, I passed through the'
_parlor and was about entering-the comtbon .
sittinglroom, when, through an adjacent clodr;
-that stood- a little ajar, 1 saw—oh 1 horror of:
horrors! I saw that which pierced, my heart l
with a keener pang than the deadly sting of a . :
poisonous cerpent . I saw, mir loved one—het ;
1 scarcely dared to kiss, or dream oven of tbe
quick, nervous, pleasurable anffeckatio flail.
at the pressure, reclining, aI ! in L k locked :
embrace, upon the knee of some mustached,
foreign looking gentleman, with her lips sealm.
to his, and tears strearnMg from her eyes.—,,.
Ohl"God, - "the anguish Of - that moment l• - One
,--
taament'was I tempted to tear out his heart, ',
- but refloating, I turned upon my heel and stole
out unseen. I wended my way back to the
'.• villiige, 7and;TtLiiiiglf lialts - distrycted; - "yer - 1 -
wound_up my lithe affairs, for I was,but a stu
dent, Mounted my faithful, steed,.and by dark
I was on the highway, and on'my way - , I knew
nor cared not whither, WO that I made good my, .
escalie from the ,detested village and my,faith
less mistress. - 1 bad Poi, gone • five.thiles , (te-J
• foro• it - was daik as blaciOess--my hand 11
could net distinguish• befdre me; The winti
and rain came sweeping over the baii` fielde
with biting unction, and howled, and biased,
and roared as'if all the devils in hell were - let
loose, and were rioting and revelingin mock
erY at my sufferings. . -.-, ' ''
- The 'storm - inereased- apace, •-so- that- I -was
'
forced Seek - shelter, in mercy to my poor
horse, in an old' church-house - that stood on
the roadside, and at which my horskinstinet
iiely halted. . ., I pushed, 'open • the'door and
rode in f it was tio dark I could, almost feelit,
but it accorded with my
,feeliog,s , ,weil„ so. I
made myself content. • The storm without ttMti '
still raging, and the'oldihouse at intervals
would '
writhe-and'. tremble like a thing' of life._
All,at once my horselave - a loud snort, and
_ • •
jumped back agaitist :the benches that lined.
'either side•,of the ; house." I looked ur but
i•oduild see 'nothing,: - MO ,heard-fl)stindtly 'a
shuffling, 'rustling poise pear, the p Ipit., A;
owing
flash of lightning Juit then lighted tt he scene, 1 1
and I saw, with, fearful distinctue , a,,figure
• standing•oa thlieltar, :With Mpg owitig, gat
. ments, 'and;arms extended widm
• Oh f .hei;venctlribet a fearful moment!. 11,1,5
hair steed on end, my bleed froXelti toy. Veins,
` --4 and—but this. Was: no time forthought---an
other prilonged flash oflightning"agpin light
i'd Vio" the Plikein';'4'stivir ilie — fignim agaiit," fly
tog over the,benches,tatittu•ds me, _1 hoped it
was but an' image," ecinjured. , uVlty" an' over
heated imagined*
, tii.if:iii. - ', A 01.,,' 'rise:with
a witifittinearthli_neigh,* 4ttoi *ream, o s t_
.
with a fearfyl-bound, sprttog-olttofibe . house,
/and wi th — e - ottho — witid - 4 - carried me-
It • , •
II
MI
OMNI
; over hill told or,
~ te, „ tt , p,„ way, , en il
wood, iltiteWl not
-
went.. Tiiti sweat, itikd.fo4o.l:ll.e tute from
pantipg sititio;• 60001 -le rolazed 4tat.itt)ittv
i irdiy7toTtliiiiall - 067.•
and, let him go where he lieted. • •
After an hour's ride arid 'such aside as no s
other mortal ever took; my; horse/ wheeled a
shortanglein the - road,} which we had at last
gained, and'. halted . abruptly beft;re
_house.from_whose._xvindo wi_streameti_a
lights. welcome sight was that.
thtoir tlie'ridna over dm horse's Iti;ad
.:mounted.' - 1 knew not in . the glotinralat
": 1 5 1 444-0 0 .. uillkty4lid - , - 0/a4 - 4 01 -t-elimit " " 1 -Y
mind,'"whose house it was, or where toy post
;_w .in
ttonhethei' 'Virginia - , - Carolina, or ;the
Western' Continent at large: t run up the
into a large "Plitize, - andas lg - roped My
way aloog'the side °Elbe hotise, for' the door,
. Lpasseqn Window from , whielt 'streamed a
light. - : ) looked eagerly. nd
ih, a saw a , young
ley,seated of a.table close by the Windatv,
and but- a---few :feet. front - :Where rI stood. 1
raised on tip toe and:took neareilook. But
who can Portray. my astooishment °alluding
it:to he my, ft , ti.tblesS mi - Oress. Thinking it
was but another being conjurea,up . by the de
vil, I Was.about to II) the spot, when she raised
miniature to her.dips, and as she . 'ilid .
so f iscoverea it to be a likeness ormyself,
oliel a-presented ta.her. a few week's pre
vious. .Olt~hia tee much,er
was it still the notchinatio:ns. of, the devil ? , -.1
resolved to solve - the mystery,, though all the
devils in ,hell were' leagued against me. f rat
'tied at the 'do'or - , and- waited with strange
Mixture of'teelings ; with joy, .with.fear, with
tremblii.l 7 ; • • •
A servant; after a moment, ushered.rne into
the hou e, nhich I fotiad, to my protbit4 as
sionislinient; to be that of My trietid, colonel
the father of her l. " - •
TIM Colonel gi'Tete . d.me; and. after 'express
lug much serprisel at seeing-Me at such a Into
- hour, and in such a plight - as - I was-in;--led-torz
,..ward his IVthe , :person•of thO ntuatath - fil;
-- 16 - relgri - te - Q,king -- gentlemanriwholmd -- beeii - .1113 - :
sent at.sea two years,_and whotn I never saw.
-„The mysteryiwas expliiined; and,l) h, how.aa
tisfaetorily I • . 4- •
It waa the.long-absent brother, Nihon] they
• - • . . ---
thonght dead,'greeting the dear-Sister. Ana
* I
had
. ocular proof 'that :night that I,viaS
toyed nut duly by the.seene at the window,.of
the miniature, but ficini Ver own limiting lips.
I sat - Own, and. the t ugh the hour was.htte,
gave en account of my/ adventures through the.
:night And. many and loud Were the peals..ot
:.laught6r that' broke forth from the 'happy '
throng ut the recital. The adventure iu the
—,
~ church was explained. There was a 'crazy
woman in the neighborhood of the
. church,
who, whenever she could 'escape 'from her
fiiendg, would go. to' the chUrch 'and stay ! ,
sometimes for days, Thus was!the inysterii
eiplaitted.'"Buetho bikby has just, waked up,
so I uniskteen Ittc &mu' the pen.' .
. . ,
.*. .A Phylaical-Cuilosity. -: -..—
.. - ._..
St. Martin, the, m . .n who . has an opening
... . ..
Into: his stomach; . produced by a - guashot
.: watil, is in New, York, nail a number of the
' physicians of that pity have/been experimen
ting with the view to ascertain' the time re
--CaTivrtfiffigeSClO=OlT-Xthermonieterltitrii--.
dfieed into his stomach, through the opening,
rose to one hundro and one Fahrenheit.
carrot, Dr. Bunting days, consumed in five to
six hours - - Litany roast-beef wili - thoronghly
digest in an hour and a half. ;Melted , butter
-will 'not digest at all, but float about in, tlm
stomach. Lobste'r is_ comparatively easy 'of
:digestion. Upon the 4pplioution oft he gastric
juice to a piece of purple tissue paper, the
color at once faded. In relation to the. pa
tient's health, Dr. Bunting observed that it is
uniformly excellent, having, since his recovery
from the first effects of the wound,- •supported
aflprge, family_ by_ his daily
. lahor. These ex
' perimentsrd o not, differ' Materially froai those
inade'by Dr. Beaumont twenty years ago.—
:Mr. St. Martin is at present a little upwards
of fifty years age,' ofa 'spare frame,.'but ap
plrentlY capable of considerable endurance.—
Jfe is in excelleptbed , ily l health, 'and it has
iibt,pTeyeiited him from pursuing active and
'severe labors. :If ho doeX not keep a, compress
to the" apartbra in water, or sWallo . vvt
ing anything. else,` the whole contents of his
stomach will pass 'out through : thitt opening.—
•Threugh ; this Openieg,l:omes out a small part
of the stomach, i. e. tho ,_ inner..!mai, which
shows its' different nppearancei—thick
swollen when under the w ork of digestion, and
thinner when the digestion is 'over St. Pdar
i Unit!' on•his way. to Europe.,'
Ctutainis A mother .and'
_
daughter,. who . resided in tbea;satne house in
A.lbanY,, New . 3(ctli, were, confined ion ths , eaiwe
duY, last week, each
. having aeon.The,. ba,
--. bislirere - botb - putin"'tlie same cradle, taut hy
ampp means .the nurses becatae,confueed, and
neither; thepuor tbe.mothers could distinguish
between the babies, nor toll which Wan the
• motber's;'not.,which tae:, daughter's•
•Tbalamiliei aro to great4A - roe - a: ati — oulthe
Ltnatfir,
• „„. •
..,.„
; , atltsle i) j cralb. ,
-, , 0r • •
- • A
l'iiVtolirtir'gkrtrfr
WALDEVSES.'
cmitintEN'm pßiv,l9.]-
• Have I eirei-told-YeWitbout the-Waldenees?-
•If not', Ihere is beauPfnl,
.yetlnournful story
Co tell you. Itle beatttifal, - ,beenese s itshoves
wtint•e(ai::ftg . e and patience, Gad can give to
- Iliose wile, !otter for hitt'saltel - and it-is trioure
ful
,beearise:iO4,lo,tale of blOod.. ,Us 'go:to
-Europe, awl plant s ourselves 'on that 'high'
mountain range celled: the Alps., Tlie, Alps
cast of F ran
the southt pide of this , rnai l tatain range, in a
_country called Piedmont; , 'llee a small 'tract Of
-
land'where the
, 4 nien of the valleys' live, or
the roartyr people ;' , or,• as they are better,
known on this side of the . water, thill'ald.
eases.. I dare July you • hdie heitril-the name
before, although yon' may not haYe had very
dislinet views as, to Whorn it, meant. ,
Their eci e ttiitri twenty-t - wo - riiileg long, and
'nearly sixteen broad, etietching .up the Alps,
and down into the..plain below, dotted by little
hamlets and villages. Thorne by the plain are
very.pleaoant, ,:witit meadows, orchards and
vineyardS„ e n*cat and rye fields, and man i de•
liaions fruits. - Mulberry trees:fringe the,road .
'sides, Ivheie multitudes - of little silk-worms
theAten - plo% to:trade'
up the way winds among kugefrovinittg:Cliffs,
on the brinks of •precipices and deep'dashing
torrents. Hero' and therUPre.little etinshiny
valleys, edged by the Alplimlorests, warm and
green, where a cluster of cottages lie - nestled'
el so together, surrounded:4y patches of omit
and potatoes, while 'herds of cattle-ntal : llU4s
of go•itA are grniing:On!the grassy spots : of the :
mountain side Still higher,up, and the trees
are-dwindled to dwarfs ; July snows cover the
toys and .crags avalanches ; are frequent, 1
tumbling down . frofh the.heights into the vales•'
ludo - w,_siestroying,every thing .Ip . thsir way";
herk , : everything `10u1c.4.. 'wild and dreary,_,and
.you...siondiir how . any...one ean, live" there: In
this diversified region of snow rind sunshine,
)f - pelili'andthollow; - live-the martyr people
the. Waidenseit—numbering now 'pt‘i'imps tvyen-,
tbousnn(l7peoplei or
ow : atitl,lo6y_ have-..they be.611.a martyr
p e oplit,?, : yoa.Nvili ask, _and. rlv
•In t9ia;res'ipartyl.iirlye,, neon after - the apes•
ties cariiiid - Taftli the
,glad noses of Salvation,
the : religion of Jesus Christ was faithfully
preached herb, and it look ; det4) root3in the
lie'arts of thettemen of the valleys. Some say
that Paul himself ..came hither and gathered
churches. It is not by attintetinUertain that
he did ; hut, it id certain that God's . truth' was
taught with,savinritt•er ; it meta gind . wel:
come; it was embraced, believed'utid loved;
it fortified the strength and acollence of t o
.In the course of-time, errors and supersti
tions crept into the ChritZtian chUrch ; pegple
began to - turn from the pure light. of God's
Word to the doctrines of men f .it was no longer
wtiat God commanded, and what Christ taught,
but what bishops, said,' and what councils•do
creed-4-- then.the.people-went astray_Our_feet
are apt to stumble and lose the•waytotheaven
and holiness without- - -the light of God's word.;
without his word all But people did
turn-from---his.- and
.they went astray; images were pue . in churches;
relics began to he hunted up ; the 'wooden
Cross Upon which Christ died was more
thought of. then--the atonement ho made for the
sins of men ; trnei:_Chrietihnity—died - out, and
.Popery began to
,reign. :The Pope took the
place JitUod. • • •
But the Waldenses,..away , up in their moun
tain retreats, never fell into, the ,corrupt wuy
of thinking with the rest of Europe. Ji:O,,,thef f
held-fiat _to_ the pare word of God. They said
' non ought not to go to Itornii for the pardon
of their sins, nor,have.recourse to saints and"
qiie.chiirch,.' they declared; Is not
fontided on. St. Peter, much less on
. the Pippo,
but upon Christand his dtictrLnee as taught is
64 4 '1161e , Images, they persisted;, it' was
wickedidllatry ,Worship, ,or - so, touch as to
have them urthe churches. Behold how:they:
proteotid against Popery d They ,Tere real
Protestants long before Enther's!raormation,
- ryr before the name Protestant' was given to'
Ptir many centuries nobody thought Of harm
ing these poor follow ra t. Christ 4wol ing in
'the mountain , - valleys; the'; Pope had some
thing else to'cio, managing his political power;
no 'theY . greW atrotiOn the, trite knowledge o
Gad' etirl Ilis Son, Jesus Christ propatt-Lou
as they loved and s honored the Savior, _they
I- Wanted inhere to know hint also, and to enjoy
the light and.cOinfOrt- Which henan . give 'to the'
soul ; so what did these , poor little. Alpine
churches do ? Whys,tin seat miasionartoa
out ; two by two ! to Fiance, to - tiernitini, to
Piedmont and all about. Oh L its,So , beauti
ful-to see how the,lova
heart! 'The love of Christ not only,Makso us
desire to be good, +but 01, do 'good ; it leads.us ,
Mg° out from' oursitlies, and ieeft to reliet , o
the. sine and'sorrows of others; This is' just
what Sens did. lIS left his henicaly hekno,to
# 1
MI
:true folio ' ive r ri:ille ' d4itiii his, l lefi; strive to,
i . ts,,t*:ileir I) , rpthreti,'iroin,sin It ' n:t1 : :.11011 ..
',; Not
iotlciop',..A'•,relpSiop t irriiis fout t :blit: , l69lpOrieurs
iik::,
„t;refri, ilia •li'ul d enitei;employe4 ilidiferie ars
(1.,..
" ..' - m ' ore'tlnur-form linadtetl - yearsitio - pieutrpe '
-- !ars, Who; with their goods, carried leaves of .
the Bible, and, written tracts- 7 -for this was be
:fcire flu) invention Of :'priuting—.-rnd left them
with 'theee'found 'Willing to' read and receive,
diem; InllWays liliep`these, ' Bible piety was
kept "alive in many hearts and homes,.and
!millets, while the darkreSs. of Popery ., , was'
settling down uliim the Christian World,: These
dear Missionaries and . ; colportetirs,' in their'
ton • _gAttil perilpjejourneys,,ltnewsviareAefin
4-
those 'who loved: the,:Lord , deans ;:. then held
meetings• at their ItOtises, ordained :deacons;
miministered-the-Loidla-Rtipper,-andomfort--
ME
ed fainting nod, teuipted.eoultsly the precious
truths of God's word. , • • -
For many, many years,-.the :Waldenses lived
.undisturbed in •their Mountain The
Popish ,priests kept saying, there was heresy .
In:those galleys. heresy`!-.-it was fl frightful_
word in those days, very frightful. :The corn.
imp meaning *Of the' word heresy', is. a denial
of sonic of . theeisential dectritteS of
. religion
but in Papmh countries, hereSy is a- religious
opinion or belief different frerri'what the :Ito.
niish Church teaches. You see, the Waldenses
weriherelica, acuording to,, the visas cff the'
priests, because tlieydid hold - , : vietis very dlr;
clung to Christ, while the :priests clung , to the
Pope: Heresy was a frightful-charge in those
days; because heretics wele put to torture.
and to cruel deaths. _
• This cry (vas made 119/tinst the ‘Vtildee.ses,
heretics! hereties' rho Pope. urged the
duke of Savoy, .wiurwas their civik:uler, to
tight against them.: he . declared it was a' duty
Ito - root out heresy, and not suffer it to_ exist.
I The Dakelhinded the pope, Whenever the
Walktienses came down on the phiina, no matter
'Tor what purpose; they were seized and
-prisoned - - On Christmas - day, in the year 1400,
an-armed-force of--ltomin Catholics--fell , stni,-
-denlY-uOnt,the peaceable inhitbitents.utone-of
the valeysand slew great numbers; others
fled to themnovntaina. The ° weather.. w
'vereiy Cold. --Mbiliersi with tiiiil*tdr4 con '
Mining their"babes:ontheir baeltS,and drag•
ging their- children-hy, , their 'muds, might have .
bein : seen Wading through the deif.mii4ntain
snows.- - On reaching theitunmit far out . frein
. the reach of their pursuers, there were no
means of kindling a fire, or sheltering them
selves froin the piercing a dreary,
dreadful night!--in the, morning," eighty babes
lay dead in their' little cradle*, while -their .
poor „thOtherei were stretched .-tlying by - their
sides!
...iltsr.thut an army of twenty-four thotisand
men. were sent-agnirist the,men of. the valleys.
They marched up through tie mountairrpasses
when their principal captain wimkilled..by a
stone sent from a !dinghy a brave Waldension,
-who stood on the peak:of a high rock above.
Ile was like David killing,Czolliath. A band
of his brethren then ruSheAeutt upon the blood,
thirsty enemy; and drove,. them buck; Molly
were driven into the .torrtnt, and many were
arushed_by_huge_rocks__falling_upon._ thatiL;
every where the dtilie's army' was defeated,
and he was soon...glad to stop war' from
which he had - got 'nothing but doss.and dtis
grace;
this duke lired they not again
disturbed; but, after his death, the neve ruler
was urged by the bishop re carrion another
crusade against the valleys.• - - Another army of,
fifteen thouannd picked soldierS7Weieliiiiiii
their march, committing everywhere the Most
. . .
. -
horrid 'barbarities . upon the - pour Christians
Their. houses ;wore destroyed ; their godds•
Stolen ;* their widen we injured ; Many
,Iv,ifro put into dungeolo t s; never again .to see
tie ligirt.of day, or were taken _out only to be
burned dine, at _tho• stake. Higher , up the .
mountains; the Wildensimi stingers did great
harm to the soldier's, so Much so that the duke
fuund the vve - r — ii.ThibSt7uoprotitable , busitiess:;
indeed he declared that ‘. the'skin of a Wahl.:
tiasinn iilvrayi cost ftfteezi - oriVetkty . of his best
Catholics." . :- • •
• Fin- sometime after this no armt Vas • sent
again t think ) . although their rulers 'treated
them with great seseriiy. They _were always
liable to be persecuted for. Christ's sake. From
time td time_spies wore 'ordered to penetrate
into their ,retreats,to - kunt up something to
license thain F,ome of these spies were
candid Men let us hear their testimony. .
a'crael . perieeutor, owns that the
Walden* lead religioua lives ; they .never
swear ;" they are modestand .prudent; ite saw
peasants who could Incite the-book of Job by
heart, and;, perfectly repeat whole New
Testament. The bishop once obliged 'a - preaoll4
ileg monk to go and hold meetings amongst
Oem, in order to convince' them : of their errors
and prevent,bloodshed. The poormenk came
bi te k, ia,great, confusion, de,olaring . thate he_ hatt.
never.knownsin his whole life tfo of the
scriptures as he had: learned eNringthe'leir
days in which he had held _conferences With
the- heretics. The, then t some
_young . _doctorajustfrorti t Un reit) , tetry
their' skill. One of the only owned that
ie - uudbrsto . ocHnore-Of-ltyr-,
=la
lion frerdtheansvierker thejittle children in
,tlieir catechism than by :all the learned di{►
'pates which he, ever heard.
SINGULAR CALCULATION.
,--, F ,lteleorripilethe followingisnlculations from
..„
'various, aottrees, all-of:which iini: . thipk' ,
gene.-
rally reliable;!- 'They are very curious-. an i l in -
siime.instanoes peculiarly -stiggestiye:-; -
..
• • flkitarrihe of the'inhahit•ants.or a country ,
'or,a city.is airoosi renewettiv,erythirti years; •
ani)if we 411 OW three generationa * fir an age,.
the humanr ace isrenewed. thiee times aud -
'one-third each century. Suppoking the Work!
K '---•
- tm.ba - :‘,610 - y ' s old; - there ' would 641 about 1 • 7 . 2 -
generations si cii.. the Creation; )25 Since the
r e,
Delage;:an 56 since • the Cliri ' n PM; and • ,
a-lherels'hni--a-lamilY-thate u-pro • celts-ori;:--,
, gin' even back to - :Charlemagne, it NIL:Ws-that:
the.most anciently related
. aniong those who
..
take pride in seneahigies-are not able to track'
-them farther, bacii than - 30.:getierationi7or
eTen, so for unless,they adopt-the.'aid of le . get d.,
or fiction—which is -often the:some.
put of 1 . 000 infants nursed by thMr mother!, •
300 die t - and of the -sane,number brc.ughtup
by strange nurses, 600 perisb.., infant Ilion
tality.increaseS faster than tiny other descrip- ,
lion, which faCt is accounted for by , thcair:.,
cunistanbes connected with. age •
Convulsions and. dentition -are iVe predomina
ting causes of infonl-inortality.. • -
Ihe
small pox,,in,_,the natural way,
- carries .
off about 8 out .of 100; and 'by inoculation
t" --- -
(vaccination) one scarcely dies'out of 300: It . •
has been observed that mote girls than...l)9) , s •
die of small,poxin 'the natural way. ' .
From Comparisons of the bilid of mortality
of several: -countries r tlierenre-,11..0ut
313 G who lire to the'tige of 100 years. The
proportion 'of-deaths .of.w.onten, compared with .
those•of oleo, is 100. to 108. Married women'
live longer, on: - rin average, than shigle.Z More •.-:
people live, to iigreot age in elevated situation's • '
tfitin those who reside pn
It bas been fOuhrPthat the greatest number
of-deaths-occtir_in_the._tnontiref._4llarch..,..T.he
inonth; : .aLAugUSLand_SetitetranK.sttkatt.-...n.e.x.t._.
to March in this reaped. deaths.,
take place inNevember',-Debeniber lint! Febru
i4ry. Out 41600 (lentils, 249 tnolt place„ in
Winter, 288 in Spring, 225 in Sulunter, anti
die;.therefure;--in the
Spring_ thou in - aniother season-z.onty in large_—'-
dities, where the - death - 0 - in Winter preponde•
rate over those of other 'seasons, for the very
ohviduS reason that.'in Winter the huge cities
and towns are more crowded .by.inhabitants
than'ai other seasons. The half of all who
are born . die,:before they rem% U years of age: --
The number of old pommies who die. in I°6lll
weatber is as seven to font; eompared witlcC • the ,
mortality in Warm or Temperate weather... '
.The first month, andespecially the first day' •
afferbirth, are marked b} the greatest num. •
her of deaths among infants. ' Of 2735' who
die when, very young, 1292 expire on the day
of their birth,- and the remainder • during the
first latopth. According to good aulhority,.the
healthiest 'children are those bo . rn in the
months of January, February and .Merch,—
Ameng the lower animals tho same will have
been-observed-to-hold- good, audt-eitu t- every'
farmerwilladmit the fact in .his experience..
The, greatest ,nittaber Of .births are in 'Mai
June—according to statistical datOhe num ! "
Ter. of twins is-to that of whole ntmbq of sin
.gle births-as-1 to 65, 1n rural loettlities- , ,tini -
children in a family average, in 'this Country','. •
at 111'01 \ 0es-the average only reaches 4.
Great the.aterages .are in _the: former
case 4, and is the Niter . 2i.
The married men, are; to all the males in a
country, au 3 . t0 6; and the iiiarriod tromen_l
to 3. The number of Widowers is to dna or
widows as Ito 3. The ntimber of widOws is
to the number of thewholelnlooltents as fi to
61 ; that of widowers, 1 to 15:,
• One•fourth of the ;whole inhabitants of old
countries live in cities. two-fourths in villagCs,
and the•renpining fourth in.retired rural situ
ations anTatisea.- - • ,_ •
Upon an equ'athpace of ground the number
of inhabitonts existing are as ',follows in the
specified countries :
Ireland, ' 1 ' Germany,
Norwny, si) England,
Sweden, ' 15 - "Fr.tuce,
T lurkey, 87 Italy,
Poland, 60 I Nap!es,
Griln - , • • • 64 LVeeice,__
Scotland, • 69 I Holland,--
Ireland,' 97 ralalta,
Switzerland, .. " 116.. • • • . - 4*
441Jucle Sant's,farml Is so extensive that
room to grow is very umply , furnished to his
sons, We presume hie , proportion wiiu!d not
much exceed the lowest but otte of the num
bers-on the above list. • '
- NO Joiki,—The Montpelier "(Vt.) Freeman
eays that at a social gathering in that,vicinity.
OCeutly, a young gentleman bad the task of •
tt getting.a wife" imposed ,upon during'
the evening Juriusement, -end with a young
lady went through -a mock—ceremony; mi.:they--
both supposed, , of tieing Married • but' aftW,
the motions had been gene throu gh ,with, it, .
was discovered timt the person who married.
them wits-a 'feat jiistiee,, , andthe Anatriruothat
knot could not
r tionntied I The parties 'are
satiefied,witli.their::bargnin,:but are 'consider
ably' nettled at_ the_ manner in , which they
vrereiminoheso;poirthsr_soa. oriaktrimMY.
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