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TVO,IfAN'S.IiII7,"
~..41:Ing little stockings,
or restless little foot;
{Welting little fIiCCS,..
To loop theta clean and sweet;
Hearing Bible lesseni;
.—...,Tedching catechism;
Praying for salvation
Vieth Heresy and Schism—
Woman's \ rod,
Sewing on the buttons;
Overarming rations; - '
Footling witit n kind word
Others' laneututtons ;
(luidleg eluntny Itridgets,
And cots lug sullen cook
'Entertaining corimnny l
And readily, resent tout.=
Wututuis uorl4.
Burying out or al:.lth
Her own unliall.pipanartn;
Letting In the sonslduo
On other clouded Itearot;
Itlnding up Mc %Minded, •
And healing of Om Fla ;
Ilm,elyinarchlng onward, .
Thratlgh dangers clad; and Odd,—
' Wolnah's work.
hauling little children,
And Wl:tiling tottnliotnni y,nrs:
:bowing to the it :ifs!
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Fr:lt - tering mccet rose+
Along anothor'n path;
: 4 “,iling by Illu rvny,ide,
Content will, ulna Ono lutth—
Wow ttu's work,
liuglll. I her own tears
Where only (hurl ran sec
IVlplng off imatireex
With lender,symp:ithy ;
Learning liy . exporionee;
by example;
I'A niug for the gufrway,
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1.),..11 her Liens( it r.e;
Lushes renting ftuntly
I.llhll tho nnn•hle. clout'
A look of I le,tul pew.°
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A FRENCH SOLDIBR A7' =ER
MA M.Y.
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The trumpet, resounding, tlubfigh the
whole camp, awoke us as usual. It was
the day destined to become
as that of the battle of Inkermann. My.
cohu•ades had begun to milliner that'
they had no opportimity to show their
courage. They little know how terribly
it was to be tested. The weather was
not of a kind to raise our spirits. A
'heavy, dark sky- of. lead .bent .over us,
such as I have never seen except in the
Crimea. Our tents, grouped amid arid
hills so long exposed to tempests, had
caught, the gIOOMy color' of the clouds
and looked as gray,fts the smoke which
rose from the points where the cooks
were preparing our morning repast.
After breakfast we were to conunenre
our daily labor of building batteries.
Our heavy' work yr as not made Ilion.
agreeable by a steady rain and a biting
wind. "It was a prosaic dralna ; but not
destined to last long.
Suddenly - the news flew lilcf; wildfire :
the Russians were advancing upon .us
on the other side of the ravine of I nkel:-
Mann. 4 . zu oughtto have Seen h e w we
rushed to our tents. My friend Robin,
in his ardor, run against me so that I
fell at full length, and the blood flowed
from my nose. On rising, my sergeant
cried :
- "What is that ? hiood before' the
battle? 'Keep friend, an hour or
two longer. You will want it on the
field. It will ho there worth its weight
in gold:"
Ho was right ; and with a vow that
I would scll it dearly, I thirty, leaped
with entlusiasm at the idea of actually
going into battlo.
In a few months we wets called to
gether by the rolt of the drum. 011 r
oiliceraxiade short 311.1 dresses, exhorted
us to roVso all our courage and •to show
ourselves worth of the name of Anna-
We waited with impatience the. order
to march. Each second appeared an
.hour. The general•agitation had filled
. us with excitement, and we panted for
the moment of action._ 44 length the
reveille! The masses began to step fa
ward. 'lt was a sublime anti:tient - , ais WQ
felt ourselves advancing. Never ilefore
had I, soon so many soldiers together.
The sight of those majestic columns,
_ _ moving forward with a proud step,. and
their resounding, heavy, measured tramp
inspired me with' strange ardor. It is
not possible to express xnyalelight at be
ing permitted to take part in the battle,
and to sharp tke glory - that would follow.
•Prosently, I could distinguish - nothing .
in the distance but the innumerable
shakos, high fur oaks, and - lint:duds of
- my.momrades, --who-marched- toward
plain, whence our cavalry was "moving,
In order to Om position on our loft. I
quite lost sight of the English. I
not oven know .whether they were taking
part in the battle. ,'Wherever I looked'
saw. only blue coat and red trewsers.
alio power of our beautiful France had
• 'never presented Itieg v in this form to my
eye. My pride rose higher than over
at the idea of being ono of her children.
' For. some time we marched steadily. for
, ward. I could see, now and then, divis
-* ions of 'Russian cavalry before us in the
distance, attackind'our avant-poste, who
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received then}-'with rolls of muSherLy
which resounded through all the
'Heavy clouds of ,smoke began to ,fill the
• apace which sonarattid us from' the eneJ
`The nearer we.approaclied the'hre,
the more we thrilled with-impatience,
• ' Suddenly I was sOized'with a horrid
':'at the thought Of ;killing my`felloy: crcit •
tunes. An irrepressible - shudder passed
_ through my heart, The rattling veliayti,
•• 'crashing around me, prosimted the fright
ful image of. it battlefield. It is not inm
. sibleto &Sean thisMinetion, which mn
,, feehled my courage. t'struggled with
- I • prayed -:With fervor for , ' what I
required, in order.to be a good soldieV. •
I triuni - phed.• The idea of `shame and
• . dishonor • restored to inc my,
energy.: -
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hour. General GanrOhert passeed directly
befoio us, his splendid ' brown horse
prancing and champing his bit. After
having passed and repassed several times
before on line, the horse• reared and
rose upon his hind legs, as if about to
throw a sealers° t -backward.. The
ehapealtof the General fell to the grOtihd.
stepped out of the ranks• to pick it up,
and stroked With my Band the beautiful
al-colored plume.
The General smiled at my action and
said to me-: "If thou art brave, thou
wilt-.one day merit both plume and
°Pnulette, and I will present them to
thee."
I bowod respectfully in token of grati
tude, cola cos te - a - glance of triumfill at
my comrades. From that Moment, I
thought only of plumes - and epaulettes
as rewards of my courage, and resolved
that it should not be my fault if did
not, gain -them.
We hail taken our pbsition upon a
wide plain. I stood with my comrades
in the front line. It was our glory to
commonec the Battle. We were to dis
play the first courage. We were to grasp
the wreath of victory. But there 'we
stood, with our musket breeches on the
ground,_ like soldiers of lead, doing noth
ing. This moment was unsupportable.
I cursed the tedious preliminaries.
sighed at being unable 1,6 - advance a
step. Robin pulled me by the ear.
"Bow long :u•e we, going to remain
planted lucre?" Ire swore like a - dragoon
at the General-rin-Chief. -As for me t I
thought of the plumes and epaulettes,
and remained silent.
Suddenly . a-erash shook the earth. A
heavy' cannonade terminated his male-
BillOws of white mare • rolled
over, ur like,an oceati. I heard the in
:.i.pring cries of the ollirers, !"-,
fired. Everywhere the volleys rolliA
.wound me. - Presently,,before us blazed
a sheet °Clue. ' I felt the heavy shock
whiFeh thinned soil rabkv. I ran ,folward
with our rel.iiment. We were. ordered
to knell. • Tlid volley from the enemy
was :ICS.01111):111ied by savage cries,
shrieks and shouts. Thick smoke nearly
hennaed
At length T saw Ilussian uniforms.
cgs with lingo boots appeared, and
through the sinokeclouds we advanced
still 7;iILcF, Sindel:s, shouts, groans,
mid the roar of cannon mingled together.
Suddenly I found myself face to face
with n Monster, win) ilunged his
tayouct into the body of my adjoining
comrade. I saw my cottntryman fall
into the agonies of death I sprang upon
the tiger with my drawn saber and cleft
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imy whole frame, on secin~++liis'head fall
-back ill death. We closed ,our ranks.
A new cannonade of the enemy killed
our officer and earned away our shako.
AL t h e same moment the wind wafted
away the clouds of smoke -and revealed
hundreds thousands of giant forms and
savages faces , with gnashing teeth and
flaming eyes. We rushed upon them.
At this moment I felt an immense
shock. IL threw me off my legs and pre
cipitated me headlohg upon the bodies
of the dying, which rolled on the gi:ound.
The feightful crash awl roar of the battle
resounded in my ears. I raised my arms
to cold Mite the light. But a blow with
he but tend of a must: et bent theni down.
knottier blow struelc my head. I bc
•amc-i6:.ensiblc. do nut know how
ip,' I remained S.
On awakening, a Irenililing„kirking
movement shook all my limbs. I tried
to open my eyes. My eye lids seemed of
lead. I would not waste time in endeav
oring to open them. I thought I saw
the Russians' swarming around me.
strove to continue the battle. My hands
were empty. I had neither im i tsket nor
sabre. I struck around me with my
elenehedtists. It seemed to me a dream.
The noise had ceased. 4.heard now only
groaM. A dreadful idea then flashed
upon Me. T had been left on the battle
eld with the wpnded, the dying, and
the dead. But then I was conseimni of
a nicatement fbrward, as if in some kind
a carriage. That puzzled me. -
At length I sheceeded in opening my
eyes. I found myself upon an ambulance
cart, with many of my conn•;ides,' all
aud covered with blood: - 'l;liep
ew and'more horrible idea still& me.
I was with the dead, whom they were
transporting to the pit for interment. I
strove to rise. I uttered a cry, in order
to -how that' I was yet alive. I imag
ined I already felt the cold darth shov
eled down upon nfe. With an immense
effort, beyond my strength, I lifted my
head, in order. to see whither wd were
going. ' I perceived we ..7isalrein, one of
mrobeti - M .— carts—ri&wing eithli other
upon an unknown road, an filled with
the bodies of my wounded comrades.
My head fell feebly back upon a body,
whose knees brill served-me fora pillow.
"„Friend," murmured he, "Where are
"On the road,'' said I.
"On the road to our last home," co-'
joined he. "They are taking 'us to the
hospital. Loijk 1 I have only one arm.
.1114; right has been carried away ; but
the victory is mus t "
- "Sergeant," said I (for I now recog
nized him), "they have put 'me here
among, your wounded. - lamuot wonetied;
only I ean , t, 'move,' because one of our
comrades is lying on my legs. God be
praised I lam not mutilated.'',
Friend,". said lie, " I saw the doo
tors examining you. They have had yOu
in hand, I rather think' you will. find
ion are wounded."
I had no time to reflect - upon this pos
sibility, which would doebthiss have
drawn from me a sigh. For how could I
then gain the plume which the General
had pro • Mitald me? '
But4fiineditations were. interrupted
by tho stopping of the ambulances. We
were iiinmediately surrounded by an ani
mated throng of persons regarding us,
with "liVely. curiosity: Several soldier's
.I`i:Proached-to-assist-in-bearing us out of
the'earts., I felt 'a now pleasure in the
thought that all those people were press
ing around us. to see the 'Mayo soldiers
of Ink:ln . :lam A white headed old man
looked Mtn my cart; and said :
'Pour 'cripples.? They will' see no
More battle fields. They have' finished
career:'
• no,". replied 1.. " Yowaro lats. !
taken, sir. I have not finished. mine.
As soon as I' recover from the blow of
the, musket, I shall go back tb the battle
.Hold and • gain any epaulettes . .. Thank'
Hea n,.1 ant tio,eripple." •
. They lifted
,me out of the 'cart d
transported .= to,a little dark barracks,
There was a - confused Murinur of voices.
French and English soldiers; convales
cent, issued from the dobr. Some of them
walked with great difficulty, and on
reaching the outside of the hilt they all
inhaled the fresh air with obvious -de
light. • The atmosphere of the room was
pestilence:. My heart sank within Me.
They carried us to couches of straw
'which covered the floor: When they
laid me upon one of those little beds, my
legs were very painful.. The weight of
my gigantic comrade had benuinbed
them. 'They were, as we say, asleep. I
felt also atrocious cramps darting thrhugh
them.
" Friend," said Ito the zouave, who
aided in trausportingpe, and wholooked
kindly at me with. a smile •of pity, "
shall soon be able to march again ; but
I can 't walk now, beeiv. se my-legs are
asleep." •
The surgeons, who circulate 1 tfirough
the barracks, stopped' at the beds near.
418. I saw they were performing - varlous
operations, but I did not hear i single
complaint. ,My brothers in arms showed
admirable courage: Towards evening
several lamps 'were suspended from the
beams of the coiling. They shed but a
feeble light through the spacious apart
ment. An English soldier expired on
the conch adjoining seine. Me had ad
dressed to me a few words which I sould
not understand. .He gave a deep sigh as
fie rendered his 'last breath. My com
rade on the Other side -fell into a sleep,
sometimes broken by groans. As for
me, I remained perfectly quiet and silent.
At , last a woman dressed in black came
to nre with bandages. I Made her a sign
to put something upon my head to refresh
me: She bound my forehead with awct f ,
linenmapkith r 44hanked—her, and she
left me. She hail not the hardened ex-'
pression and the vulgar look of our viean
dicres. Her sweet and thoughtful face
touched me. Iter look of compassion
caused my heart to beat. She reminded
me of my mother and her ways during
my infancy. '
At length the surgeons approached my
_bed: Oneplacet his hand a ion in • fore
head, and said :
" Well, my. good fellow ! How :u•e
you getting on ?"
Atmld lie- up now, if my legs were not
asleep. One of my heavy comrades has
'been lying On them, till I can't move
them." . .
" Your legs are asle6,_ are they ?".re
'mated lie with an inquiring look and a
glance at 'the other surgeons,
,Who all
smiled.
-" :A.r(3 your legs subject to get asleep
when you'get fatigued?" .
"Oh, no!" Lanswered. This is the
first time in mylife. It is the weight of
my heavy comrade. In my own province
(I am a Gaedgne of the Pyrenees), before .
I became a soldier, I rased, without effort,
to carry'Cheese on my back, over the
mountains;to sell on the plitin ; and, in
the long march which we soldiers made
fMni Bareges to Toulon, where they ay.'
riled pevfeetly exhausted with heat and
fatigue, my legs (lid not refuse, their
service. I danced after it, in the same
night, on the Place de 11 Arsenal, and we
sang :
ita~a„n. 10 1,100. re drape.n ,rlll/11111'11,. ; car
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'rhe surgeon'had lidened to me with
a look of Compassion, He seemed .soft
ened. Withdrawing his hand from iuy
forehead, he turned away, saying:
" It is wonderful. Ile has not the least
Ilea I" ,
1 thought his.words might refer to 'the
issue of our battle. Pahang something
has hiwpened tir our. neral I inquil'ed
of our garde inalade, who just then came
" your .General What. General I'
" General de Loiu•nud .
" Lournier r Ile is dead, wag tho re-
This unexpected reply was too much
for me. Great tears rushed from my
eyes and fell into my hands, with which
I covered my face. They were the first
tears I had shod since I had bid adieu to
my mother. • Our good, noble Ocueral—;
who always spoke to us in a kind way—
who ever wroth letters for us home. Ito
used to call us his children. That - fine
fellow is dead. I should never see him
again.
Tho curgoon again approached me
with his colleagues and a awl.* maladie.
" Patience, my frjend," die said. " I
will now examine your leg. I will give
you a remedy. - You will soon Ue yell
again."
" Oh, the Cholera!, our dear General
e it true that luris killed.;"
"Hush ! hush I" said the surgeon,- there
pro false reports about the General, keep
- quiet Smell this remedy ; and he caused
me to breathe in the odor mf a liquor
stronger than brandy. It mounted into
my Presently I was overcome by
a desire to sleep. I fell into a kind of rev
erie, in which I waailmost unconscious
of what was passing around me.. I' felt
them taking the bandages from my legs.
I saw linen saturated with blood. - T did
not know what it meant. Then I fell in
to a deep Shimber. •
. I dreamedl,was in_ Prance, near the .
Baroges. I recegnized my valley. My
heart beat with joy, and I marched with
a flrm_and raffia step; .knapsack on my
back, musket on my shoulder, and a Ca
,bro swinging at my side. The sun was
jest sinkingbehind a giant oak upon the
summit of a bill which I had ciintbed, in
order to descend into'the valleY.' fo-
lingo had taken the-4.•illiant - lutireri&
son coloring of autumn. Its immense
trunk rose from' rich green sward. I
recognizedit. Ilow,matly tittles had .
rested beneath its shadd. I threw
,my
self down upon ono of its messy roots,
which lifted their rough bark Timid the
•dents-dc-Yon. It was not fatigue that
,caused me to stop otrthis_apait._ It_was
a transport of joy.. I was overcome ,by'
a thousand solaonira ofMyliappy child
hood,,and-liy-the sight 'of a landscape •aio
dear tti'My heart. * Seated upon this`very.
spot, (oh, shall I recall that'stery 1..) one
overtifig,—Ahe sweetest Only lifel---11Wa
line, singing, kept herfilock is thiiivalley.
She was thti most Modest young , g girl' rn
the village keit and,loVely as [mania,
1` desired to marry her, by :.•the.l.2 . lessing
of God ; Returning, that- eveeing . :fr9zu
-the plain, on mounting :the - ha s . I sww
MO. McclaiMod I tc! ( I wi
to hor to-day t Como -Madeline,",
CARLISLE, PENN'A, THURSDAY; JANUARY 27; IE7O.
said. " conic and sit here with me: NOw
° She blushed.
Slie turned pale.' Then
it was all said.
But she died soon 'aftemyds, , and I
I becaine a soldier. • • • ,
Now for rife,' there is only one woman
in the world. It is myMothor: It is that
mother•that waits for me in yonder cot
tage. 'The 86.urenieof this story is asso
ciated with yonder oak.- I took a piece
of its bark while murmuring how Iloved
it. Everything that happened to me,
subsequently, appeared a dream, from
which I had_ now awakened. , I could
hardly tear myself away from the old
tree. It had been the witness of a , hap
piness so pure—of our sports, our laugh
ter, our songs.
At leilgth I resumed my way. I took
the passage. to our cottage. ,I was about
tube reunited to my mother. I should
like to have .something—
some compensation for those years of ex
lie. I hail nothing. Even my
clothes were wormand torn. But I wore
upon my breast=an order, a sign of hon
or, accorded only to the hrave.
brought to my Moth''r with the heart of
her child.
' .Arriving at the opening of a grove,l
caught a view of the village. The hum
ble cottages where grOuped at the foot
of a fill], richly cultivated.
.011, trans
port ! oh, joy ! oh, beloved home of my
childhood 1 I enhaled with delight the
air of the trembling woods which wore
on our hills. There they are at last, tic
limpid cascades which gurgled and broke
over the moss covered rocks and watered
the rich paSture with their WO - giving
breath. One moment more, and I shall
see, touch, hear, drink all the BW9CiaICI3B
of my home I ' , tread -lightly; along the
winding path, whieb, escaping from the
.grando route, meanders through ar-•
omatie ledU I hoar the, warbling of
birds, the eries.of goats and lambs which
gambol• around, and the bells of the
herds of cows ascending from the deep
valley. Ai ! here is the brook extend ,
tug into a little.lake'by the roadside and
thence passing into the meadow. Kneel- ,
big upon a rock I drink from my hand
that pure, ice cold, silver water, in which -
'l,B reflected the earth and sky. Grass is.
growing in the pathway. Silence Tcigns
aronnd - the - house:This alalma ` me""foi
a moment. But the windows ingarnishod
with flower pots. I approach and 'peep
through the verdure and flowers, into
the interior of the room. Ahl there is
the„Oill oak table—thM.e is the chair of
my dear•,, good fathor—the spinning
wheel of iny mother, and in the fireplace,
the portrait ofiNapq.leon, _all „blackened
witlfsmoke. I heard the ticking'of tho
old clock, which thrills thr?ugh.my soul;
bat she whom I sought—she is not there.
It woman with White hair is kneeling.
Mer hands are joined. "It is my mother.
She is thin and pale. She raises
f y
hands. I hear.her murmur : .
"My son I my son !" "
" 3fy mother !"
She thins toward me. • She extends her
arms. 'Elise to rush into them—but the
movement Titleh I maile.eatised.
meatro
cious'pain. A cry of anguish restoreeuuc
to reality.
Alas ! I could not fun. I .had no
legs They had boon amputated during
my dill , rtm. I attempted to sit Up. But
two iron hands had grasped my shoul
ders amid kept the in. my position. They
reMored a linen napkin hum the' ace and
said :
" It is tiniblijd !"
Then I saw a man going out, carrying
a bundle enveloped in linen. It was my
two legs borne away to be buried. Tw•o
wooden lege, possibly designed to replace
them,, were lying near me.
At this nuent I did not feel most
keenly the loss which annihilated, at a
single blow, my brightest hopes., What
affected MC most deeply was, I had not,
received the kiss of my mother.
With a heart rending pain, I beheld
disippattal the 'sweet illusion. Alas
alas ! I cannot now titbit toward her. I
shall not again ream through toy valley.
I Sloth not tread again with toy feet the
gratis of my pastures—never ! never I
Butnevertheless, I shall sag it again.
shall fool niam my forehead tho hiss of
those lips. I shall hear her 'call we,
sen!" Then I will die ,contented with
the conseiousnOtrof having donit my dm
ty. I will die Artily- of the name of a
Frenchman. I will bequeath to her 7ita
reoix d'honncur—purchased• avith m
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The best charity irinot that which t iv
el.h alms, but,. that which prompts us to
think and speak well,of our follow. Men.
It is a. noble charity, i,f. they be con-•
demned, not to gall their wounds by
multi Plying knowledge of their °nue°.
c aKe ashamed to confess that our
quickest 'instincts are to think ill of oth
ers or to inai s :Mify• the ill of which we
hear. There is a universal shrugging of
the shoulders, as much as to say, "NVell,
I suspected as much,!' " It's just like
him,". ..have stOpected her sonic
time," " I could a tale unfold," and so
on through an godless chapter, with
which every personls more or less f_amil
ia}•.
He who nays, " I could, tale unfold,"
yet.holds it back, leaving the. 'lleauev, 4 to
'infer any and-every evil,-stake
with the meanest, deadliest blow. Yet
NOV; is there that carries not this ever
ready weapon, this poisoned dagger ?
TIM charity that gives to help, and not
to humiliate, is good, but the, charity
that Makes us think no evil is much bet-,
. Lot tim'sook to liossess this oharity.aind
praeiieo it,•for it alone is the " charity
that coverreth a multitude of sins.
- Dr. Lyman Beecher once said : "A'
great many professed Christians have no,
other idea of religion, than, that - it is'the
means of getting heaven when. they
As to:do any thing for God — Nvhile
they live it :doesltot enter' into their
plans. I tell you, my brethren; that; I
do not believe that there hi' one in
litindred'of Mush prOfessors that; en
ter heaven,' for there is, a inagninantityin
true religion that in above nil .muoli con
temptible meanness. '
,
JiMoti o tl3plippso irtnt have Lean,
tolook at Texas? Did you oto iinything
of our friend Smith Out thoro?" :..;
4 `loiOnoio gotiedorangod.".
• :
iiidoeal . ;llo doesn't hnow his own
hogs from those. ofhis
I
Mark' Twain sayb, is a. - descriptive"
vein "Saeramentp is fiery summer,
- always,. and you .can -gather roses
and eat Strawberries,' and leo cream,
and wear white linen clothes, and pant
and perspiris at 8 or o'clockin the morn
ning,. and take the ears, and at noon put
on your furs and your skates,' and go
skimming over frozen - Dewiter ]ale; 7,000
feet abOve the' valley; . among snow'
banks 15 feet deep; and in the shadoWof
&Old mountain peaks that lift their fr
ty crags 10,000 feet above *level of the.
sea. There is a transition for you!
Where Will yon find another like it' in
the . ..W . 6lora Hemisphere? And 'I have
swept:around snow walled eutVes the
Pacific railroad in that vicinity, 6,000 feet
abbvo the ice; and looking flown as the.
birds"do, upoil the everlasting summer
of the Sacramento valley, with its green
fields, its featherfoliage; its eilverstreana,
all.slitinhering in the melloW liaie . of its
enchaTnied'atmosPharo, and all infinitely
softened and spiritualized by distance—
rich, dreaniy, exqUiAlte glimpse of . fairy
landonacle all the more' charming 'and
striking that it wascaught - through a - faz
bidding gateway_ of ice and Snow and sav
age crags and pretipices."
'Tiyenty-seven 'Years ago Harrisburg
wls withmit railroad communications.
Stagg.coaches_ and packet boats were
then the most available means of travel.
Now, Harrisburg hits the Pennsylvania
Central, 'Northern Centi-al, Lebandn
Valley, Cumberland Valley, and Schuyl
kill and Susquehanna withdads. In 1842
Charles Dickens, the great English novel.
ist, visited the State Capitai,' The Hon,
Ellis Lewis, of Philadelpl4 in a letter to
the WillianuiPort Gazelle, lipeaksthnit . of
it and its attendant circumstances: In the
year .1842 Iresi'ded in IVilliaipstlor,t~;)ry~,
coming Co: - - I had 1;eon
and on arriving from that city, at MOM;
er'S , Hotel, in Harrisburg, I fOund- qitite a
crowd of people in the house and sur
rounding it: News was arculated that,
the celebrated Charles DiekenS was at the
hotel. Some alleged that ho hint gone to
the Capitol - to witness the proceedings of
the Legislature, then in session. There
was a gfeat desire to get a sight of this dis
tinguished man. I confess that my own .
desire was to get away from the crowd and
tvhich our citizens generally show to pay
court to distinguished strangers from
abroad. Accordingly, I wont immediately
to the packet boat, then lying at the wharf
although its time for starting to William!?
port had not arrived by severatlibtirs.--1
found in the cabin of the' boat my old
friend, Samuel 1L.W.00d,-a - gdaker gentle
man of Philadelphia, in company with a
lady and gentleman. To these laileemy
friend Wood honored nce by an introdnc-•
tion. They were 'Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Dickens, who had' come on board the.
Packet boat with the same object that
brought me there—to avoid the crowd
and the intended display oLattention.
A secrbt touching the fall in printed
muslins-bas jpst leaked on't.rtigtie-. of-
Providenc.6,lnts in' hie employ
German named Pratt', who not long ago
invented a method by which the printing
of cloth in the Providenco mills is done at
a saving of from one to tiro cents a yard.
While engaged in his experiments, he
made a discovery of still greater import-,
ance, valereby the bleaching, which now
requires forty eight boors, may be
thoroughly completed in Much less than
ono hour. These discoveries. enable
Sprague to undersell all other manufac
turers of calicoes. and - give him virtually
the control of the market. Prafrsindus
try and practical' Scientific knowledge
have already been liberally rewarded, but
it is said Oat his sloire in the result of
the valuable discovery he has made will
be little short of $4j100,000.
A. luau who has a strong mind can
boar to be insulted, can boar offences, be
cuuse is strong. The weak mind snaps
and snarls at a little; the strong man hears
it, like a reek, and it hioreth not, though
a thousand breakers dash upon it and cast
their pitiful malice in the spray upon its
summit.
,ItTlie lady principal of t school, .in her
advertisement, mentioned her GAY as
sistant, and the " reputation which she
bears ;" but the printer loft
, out the word
" whicfi," so the advertisement :wont
'fortivi:onnueluling the lady's 'reputation
-firflenehing she bears.'
" The candles you Sold me last, wore
vory'bad," 'said Jones to his grocer.
" Indeed sir, I am sorry for that;"
"1 ce sir. Do you 'know'' they :burnt
to the middle and then would barn no
longer ?'!
in O . ! Oley go
out?"
" No, sir ; they burnt shorttir."
" Peter, what aro -you doing - to that
boy ?" said a schoolmaster. •
" He wanted tti know if - you take ten•
from seventeen how many will. remain
So I Cook temof his umbels to shoW him,
and non , ho wants that I shoUld give , them
‘i Well, why do'n't you do it, thou ??'
'CauSo - air; 7 ho - *bold then forgot how,
wilily la loft." . ,
The days come and VIM, and: BM is
soon ended: Is it 'worth while 4
to hate.Whe icemuity . with each other?
Life haS little: enough: to •giVe,• ited,wo
'should giVe our follow 'pilgriniS ~F l l ll the
charity and love . poor huniadity iS. Gaps
ble of. • Time Will klido.stLiftly and
the Young and Bain' Us knoclr ,
ink at the gidoiny),portilif! of 'the imid„or
oion6y, will the' initd.wandor,
back - ' nit thiOugh the, famished years will
gleam the Widte . faces,'of those Wo hated.;
retrosifo r etaoOpiOOUrlajAyalire,.
•Tto.. - Then 'ls it 'Mit bAtor - to" loyo the*.
,to hate. ' •
Why said.
a beautiful, young • lady'," angi* . to p,•,
stranger, rCparty, an evening; 'or tiro
beg YOk ,re;
pliecltho wit,; ;; ! 4 I wink as, au,a,do.yrliou.
lookingat the Sun '; your splendor
.lo(1 my eyes"
• t
mtu3t,,cortriluly, t l;l3.tgpttiliig - i,top
tho luxnbertbulAnt9Bo , NNlkel Ph PlntOo t f?trft (
spniao ypuponno og, Wilom, 40 1 4 k it.,
art:At ',ilea'. ~ . 1 I:• ;
MR. BAKER'S RING
Mr: Baker himself told us this story.
He said it was true nor is this unlikely.
I have known Mr. William Henry Bako'r
perionally 'for a number of years, and I
am inclinedlo think he has hitherto nev
er in.all his life told the truth. Now, it
is so Manifestly ('improbable that the
Most consistent man should' protract .a
lourand useful career of story tolling to
such : extraordinai:y limits; . .without at
some
,period tolling the
_truth by sheer
misadventure, that it isM.ilte likely Mr.
Baker may have-committed himself in
OAS in.flance. At least, the time has ar
rived for.humari nature, to assert itself,
according to the doctrines of averages.
," Only once, gentlemen," said M 0..,
"have I been deceived. W m.
illiaHenry
open in
„
keeps his oyes open in a general way ;
William Henry. also take : Er the liberty of.
seeing olit of therm He uses theira;as a
rule, for purposes of observation, gentle= 7
Mon: Still, I admit I/ivas once taken hi'
by as dead a swindle as. could be ;
not ashained - to. own' it. I made Money
tyit after all ; but I was swindled.:
It "was about a diamond. ring: • 'I
kner't,lig fellow who, had it for many
; years in the way of business. He was
commercial traveller, ; and used always to
flash this ring about whepover he came.
round on libijouriniy; A jeweller friend
of mina, who happened, to be in my office
once when Mr. Illock called, asked, I re
member, to be anti : wed to e i kainine it;
and liad pronounced the .stones to be
- diamonds of the purest water, tolling ine
after:yards 'the ring was worth abqnt
seventy . pounds. Mr. Block's initials
were engraved inside the hoop of the
ring, B.' ; and besides that, it was a
ring of peculiar and rather old fashioned
make. Indeed; liairitig::;cino,„,seep the
yingiTU66rie would-be.likelY-fo
it for another. Well, Mr. Block got into
difficulties, and Iwont so entirely to the
'bad, that I never saw or heard anything
more of him. But_ tviO years afterwards,
whilst walking down a back. street, my
eye was talcen by a ring exhibited in a
pawnbroker's Window,- 'A'aft:.,,Tock's
ring,' I exolainied — difeetly iivVar'
to it.' - It was in a tray with a number of
vory seedsFl63king, rings, and was a-s---dis
colored and dirty as they wore. I wont
into the shop and asked to look at it.
Th - o — yawiThrokr.l7 --- an - ,old --- Jewi — said;
Yesh, rmiglitsee.hi § ringsh ; but he
didn't know`nioSh about ringsh
They-wosh unredeemed_ pledges—thash
what.. they wosh,-,and they wosh all
marked at the monieli advanshed upon
them, with ii, verykmalLovexplush for
inteiesh—thash all Ito
"There was no mistake about it.
_lt
-was Mr. Block's ring, and_bis initials in•
ißuthow did 'the .Tcw'Oltli Ho
would 'soon tell, rue.
book, be found it had been patred two
years ago in the panic of Smith. 'Thal&
all he'knew. Would• I buy? It wosh
,
dirt slicap—three poirndsh twelve, and
costTiim all .the mOnish
"'Three ]founds - twelve?' f repeated,
thinking, he had Made a mistake, for the
ring :%vas , worth twenCy. times that
niioniit f
" ' Well, if it wosh too dear, ho had
sOlllO sheaper ones—beautifid ringsh, lie
dare shay ; but ho knew sho little about
ringsh,_you sbeo, exsliept that ho aluitys
advanslied too 'nosh Monisli on them.
One couldn't understand everything in
his bisliness, you slice, from flat ironsb
'to diamonsli.'
"I bought the ring, after beittiuttho
Jew down half a crown, partly to pre_
vent his suspecting its value, and partly
—.well knowing the disposition of the
peculiar people—to oblige hint.
"I wore my now little purchase about,
with no little inward satisfaction at hav
ing bettered a Jew at a bargain. In my
own mind, 1 accounted for its coining
into his possession somewhat in this way :
Mr. Block;Must have sold the ring When
in difficulties to softie QUO else. It was
quite eertain Mr. Block'had not pawned
it at the Jew's, or the dew would have
known its value. The ring,mitst, then,
have either been lost by, or,stolen from,
a. subsequent possessor ;'. and the finder
or thief (whichever it happened to be,)
being ignorant °CIO value, had taken it
: tope Jew, who knew no better.
"There. is a,certain drinmercial club
inn our town. which I oettasionally
The members : aro of an easy and some
what lively diSpOsition ; generally given
to indulge in that playful style of banter
popularly known as 'chaff.' My diniuond
ring came in for a good share of it. I
can 'stand chaff as well as most men ;
but, I put it to you; if, When ytitt know
very well your brilliants i are real, it isn't
At - little annoying, for the chaff' of a whole
bOdy of people to asSume the / character
of persistent 'disbelief in the value, of
your jewelry?, For instance, the waiter,
answers the bell.
any gentleMan . iing
" 0 'the members would
retort • it was the gentleman with the
pasth diamonds.' •
"-'Again, them arb kinilS of sham bril
liants known as Irish DLamOnds;aild Isle
of Wight DianiOnds:,' The club (not ono
or two'memberS,lnit tliCWholo body) ro-;
fused to and,
„insisted on s
designating the whole class.
of shames , '
Baker's Diarnoialsji
L'ot's 'rasto' . '4,goniS wore' alO.derMin
iiiiited,--_,_7ley-aettially Sentine-t&-post-a
,eircular of Somebody's Baking •Irydor,
adding"to it, rittho ead,r,WhOre !Ws, the
public- is respecifnly Cautioned- against
siinrf one iniitatioris, .titOro iiartion
-ITY a ;specions yro l i o rfvtion
deopive the kinivary;lcoW.ii as •" Baker's;
Now, aiter;two or thiie;wooksi„
this be pains" tirOSOMo. I' took ito
' '
notice; and affeete o
, t, ti le re. :
marks intooded fos me.
hardly kaOw'What made mn gd and
ntll ni,f friend, ',,feWoyer: It was
11iOt that I had anyavoat , of 'grionino.
ipary tilitilltinAiiidit. eq)Oe'inll4 , RS ho
*441.11 - 44'i , or i tt411 Who 'Mid bbforo valned
'But it )tail boon sO'diniied ilitl my head.
•thoy .I,:c4Ofe &lie; that I,wantodjMiti a for
'and 'eordirinlitiOn of thnOiltimat he .hrid
Thrilled of their worth' •
rori;'!said 'niY friend, the
agriiiidireotl3l..:Wani
'tO 'lOl What'l4Worthi''','(Flt'n,ut it' in
to tlio " Wolf-r=Ltillout soy-,
'e`n-maid-twohty'shillings for old gold,' '
4 r. gala Palo turnii4
a WO)" ' (lloh a f 1, 4)4 ton me it ) t , as -Worth,
'iiii4i4ininnids ''i t • . •
! it ',lad
• ,dtaniondi it',44i14, 1 414n 1t triO .
,"Talking WC; ixfiittiii:4ivO'r'tlxl
i u 3 jr,.,1
suggested that on Mr. 'Mock getting into
.diffieUlties, the first thing ho did was td
sell the diamonds of-his: ring, and get
their places supplied with paste r whilst,
finally he
. had pawned it himself with
the Jew as a paste ring.
" IlerirY,'. said . I to
myself, the Jew has jawed you,.and the
club line chaffed you, and you may con
sider you self trod umin, after tho man
nor, of speaking.'
"But the worm will turn, ..
'"'Did the jewellier lot out, diamonds
on hire?' I asked.
"Ho did.
'• ' Would he have a certain alteration,
which I * suggested, made in myijng in a
fortnight's time ?'
" lle would. ,
•
" ' And keep it a secret?'
" !Qeitandy—husineps was ,business:
'• For
,the whole of,that fortnight I
mayor went near the club ; prObably thag.
was the reason why my appearance at
the - club-dinner was greeted with-such
lively sallies about Baker's Paste. One
would be wag-recommended - me, whilst
heltinig:a tart, to keep my fingers out
of the pastry.' Believing him to intend
.somu allusion to the gems on my little
finger, I thought it time to open fire.
"'Gentlemen,' Said I, for some aveeks
• I have listened to casual observations in
which the.pame of Baker lias been raft: -
worthily associated with paste and pas
try, but have refrained from making
any remarks, having been firmly per
suaded they could only apply to indus
trious tradesman employed in the menu
fictare of home baked bread." Oh, ohl"
'lt glow occurs to me that such remarks
were intended, in allusion to the ring I
wear—a ring, I take this opportunity of
infoTiimingyou, which, millke the wits
who have amuso&themselves at
its ex
pense, is indebt4for eta iwilliancy to my-
"They hooted they heaped,op
probius epithetes on the name of Baker;
they laughed and talked me down,
" • I'll bet him,five pounds it's paste,'
saQ one.
0 ,4 4Ki50 mill I,' waid another
'And I.'
•
" - "So-s-aitl - eleven of them,
" 'Really, gentlemen,' said 1, • 1 am
sorry you should take the matter so much
lieve my ring to . bo a diamond ring,
and this, notwithatanding I will freely
admit, I only paid a very small sum for
"They laughed 'and hooted me still
more at this admission. They said that
settled the question, and that, it was
"I hid them didn't think it was
"I would rather not.
"Mere hooting.
"" At length, very reluctantly, I over
came my- scruples. The name of Baker
is'a, name too closely allied to the gentle
bred (arms, four loaves,. 'ppr—sejanr,
quartered—crest, the doe, levant) to al
low it to be wantonly sullied. I' bet, .
”Wo adjourned:to _
'Without . imastiOn they -wore dia
monds:' the jeweller deeidect, — 'and - aomo
of the finest he. had over seen.' He
ought to know as they were his prop
erty—hirod by me' for.tho-occa:Sion.
"'Eleven rives is fifty-five, gentlemen
-.Having established the value of my
ring, and freed the name of Baker from
suspicion, I paid for the hire of the real
gems, and the paste stones: reset in their
places, believing, after all, the reputa
tion for diamonds to be as good as the
possession of them, and free from the
anxiety.
'-:It was talked about and noised
abrgad ;it even reached the little back
street where the pawnbroker lived. You
should halve seen him. . •
" Real slitones ! (J my heart ! See_
enty-ilve poundsh—dead robbery—clean
gone. omy bootsho and bones ! not to
know that folksh shometimes conic
and pawn real diamondsh for •paste, sho
as to have less interosh to pay for taking
care of their ringsh. omy Washed
heart, only think of it.' .
"Ile came to me. Ili) grovelled and
wriggled, and Iviisted Minima: before use.
Ile prayed me to sell him his ring again.
'0 my tore Mislaer Baker, you must
shell it to me, Or I shall be a ruined old
mambo. The time wosh 'not out, and
Mister Sma has come to redeem it, and
ho shays that it wosh it . lispoy, and
if he aoesh'uot get it by Shaturday next
he will ruin me—sh-help him, he. will.
Q Mislay.. Baker, think of it ;' twenty
Pounaish—all • hi gold—sholid. money.
Now, my taro, what au you shay ?
thersh a good maitili I"
'" What did I say? Could I - turn a
deaf ear td the distress the old Huai?
There are people who might do it, gem
tlemeii;hut not people of the name. of
Baker—not W. 11, 'Baki9r. • I certainly
did ask him for Moro money. We coin
proMised'it'all lase 'at twenty-two ten,
paid r .pisrt Sixpence and cop
pei and owes me'• fourimnee-half-penee .
to this day. •, • ' • , •
• • "Twenty-two • nino and soxenponen-
balt , pimny, fifty-live pantile, is
seventy-Sei•eu, nine, 'seven and a half,
It 'just paid for the real diamonds ; for;
bought the ones I bad previously hired
them sot in a
ring the of Mr. ox=
copt that the initiates inside are W.II. B.
"That, was the only time 1 'was over
swindled, gontlinnen," . Mr Baker con
cluded'. '
The input is the man. Tho body, is
simply the instrument through which the
mind • Manifotts Itself whilo oti, Tyth..
- The-nunltifEtitiffttlitotiglqortror -
More - , organs. • Each is pilinary and in.,
dependent in its function, doing its own
Work and, 'not doing Um' work of, any ,
other. Each'ef thOsopoWers is manifest
ad ''by Or - thi;ongli partioul4 'organ or
portion of-the brain.- .ThO power of each
Vrg,fin;'*ll other things being equal, in in'
'exact proportion to the Gino' and quality
of that pOrtion • of the brain through
wliidli • is' MenifeSted. ' !. The mental
POWJrs - aile'possesiod originally in differ:
.ent 'diigreSeLbY different individuali, and
nlsti tliciliarrie - indirldual. , pos.
.sosees Ittlentid; 7 .'autither! five, another,
• -one. talfjneittalPOWer groWs'strOnger
'64(l.becOmtis f telbre 'skilful by Proper ()-
'direlse: - necountabilitils just in pro-
portiOn•Mi'wif Mike stood c o rid.ixiii).9l:
tlieso'_tn~oiite7 - ' Edon mental. power Was
forllll3- I PUrPOse of 'doing gook
boPiOinnly usbcto
IVTIA - T MAKES A - GIITTLEMAN?
The conventional idea of gentility_ is so
intimately connected with riches, that
wo find- it difficult to think of mere sii
tue, honor, education, , and good' breed
ing, without wealth, as the propet attri
butes of a gentleman.
It it easier to say what is not gentle
manly than .to discever what is, and we
commonly find the vulgar. acceptation of
the word gentleman admitted, by the
world in preference to a higher standard
of honesty and honor.
The idea. that money makes the gen
tleman is exemplified every day of our
lives, and in all manner of ways. Try it
by a cheap experiment. Give a cent to
the beggar who waylays you in the street
with a professional draWl about hunger
and cold, and you are overwhelmed - With
a torrent of thanks; refuse it, and you
go. home with a curse upon your head.
Assist an infirm Old 'lady into a street
car,—" You are a gentleman, sir,"'she
says, in a grateful whisper,- Give up
your seat in the front box at a pantomine
'to a couple of noisy children,—"Sir, you
are a gentlemmi;" says the d tificd fa
ther. Refuse the customary extortion of
the' obsequious servant of the hotel at a
watering place, and ho tells you by his
look that you are no gentleman.
Somebody has cleverly said that in
every block of marble is concealed an un
hewn statue ; and so we earnestly believe
that in every true and noble nature lies
the germ and spirit of nobility, no mat:
ter what the merely worldly condition of
that nature be; but for ono specimen of
the true Carrara there are half a-dozen
counterfeit imitations in mere chalk and
rubble. Your true kaLueman is not a
thing of purchase and sale, anti can no
afore be manufactured than a diamond.
It is a hard thing to say, but half your'
gentlemanlyjewels—bright and polished,
and well set in gold and silver, though
Alley, lie—are paste, sir, mere paste 1 "A
king can mak' a belted knight," sang
Burns, 'r a marquis, 'duke, and a' that,"
—what a poor notion of manufactured
nobility the unpen'sioned exciseman
must have had When he wrote that sung.
But the're's no bitterness in it, not a mor
sel ; he merely felt, as all true natures
feel,' whether clothed in velvet or fustian,.
that,"a man's a man for a' that."
And I.'
I mind, of being thought a gentleman ;
for, if a high standard of morality, an
unflinching love and - v tactiee of truth, -
honesty unimpeachable, and virtue and
justice untainted, constitute, as I believe
they do, the true signs by which, a gen
tleman may be known, then- is there
hope for every one of us ; and if we pos
sess not these attributes, we must strive
to gain nein. .
-There is 'erected in society an invisible
standard of gentility ; and, if we possess
it not ourselves, we have within ns a se
cret talisman by . which to try the true'
from the false. F,verybody knows a gen
tleman when he is encountered, though
a black coat and kid gloves go but a
short way in making one; and many a
" Paris nap" covers a snob-.
"Wliat is it?" asks ThacloirOy, -gen
tlest di — critics; tenderest of satirists,
sharpest of cynics, hardest
just as the mood - takes him, "What is it
to be n gentleman? Is it to have lofty
aims, to lead a pure life, to keep your
boor virgin, to have the CAteelll of your
fellow citizens, and the love of your fire
side ; to bear good fOrtune meekly ; to
suffer evll with constancy, and-through
evil or good to maintain truth always?
Show me the happy man whose life ex
hibit?' these qualities, and him we will
salute as gentleinan, whatever his rank
,May be ; show me the prince who pos.
sesses them, and he may be sure of our
love and loyalty."
But; lest any of our readers should be
in doubt as to the true gentlemanly met
al, it may be as well to say, that though
a gentleman may possibly be a little
"fast," neither a liar, a cheat - , a
scoffer at other mcii's religidn, a loud
talker, a showy dresser, a boaster, a
trader upon philanthropy, a drunkard, a
swindler, a hanger on at taverns, nor a
frequenter of gambling houseS. . When
ever you are in doubt, aseertain , if your
'acquaintance be any of these ; -if he be,
thou you may sen,epd-F he 4. yentle
ma P. . •
A bright youth, lvho is is guilty of some
offence, was: told by his father to go into
the next, rooth and prepare himself for a
severe flogging. The parent, going into
tile room to chastise him, found tlmt the
youngster had an immense hump an his
back.
"What: on earth Lacs you got oil you
batik asked the wtindoring sire. ,
"The bally!e, bhinket," replied John,
"three double. You told me to prepare
myself for a severe dogging, and Llve
done the best I, could."
- Very many Virginia overseers could
neither read nor, write, yet they managed
farms and negroes much more jndicious
-ly and profitable than, 111 r., '.Tefferson or
any other'spholar, philosopher, or agri
eultumlehemist. Too Much learnihg had
not taken away their 'common' sense or
*ln them marl. - Many Men around us,
who oan neither;read , nor write, hro
made handsome properties, as farmers,
many sucli as captains of "vessels,and - ir
few oven as merchants. Nothing so in
capaCitates a man for making money as
profound and various learning. Litera,
taro is a luxury in which the poor cannot
affdrd to indulge.
Iu additielt.6 the fact that ice is light
er than watch, there is another carious
thing about it' which many peacins Flo
not 'perhaps know, viz.: . its purity.- A
lump of ico - iiielted will become pure dis
tilled water. • Water in freezing turns
out of it all that is not water,—salt, air,
.coltiring matter, and all impUrities. fro
zen, sea-water makes fresh-water ice.
If you froozo a basin of indigo water,
it will make ice as clear and as white as
that made of pure rain water. When the
cola is very.suddeu, thedforeign matter's
luive no time to escape, either by rising
or sinking, and are thus entangled with .
tho ice; but do not make any part - of it.
11 Frotiph*writor has said that to dream
gloriously, yen, must act gloriously when
you aro ralto ; and to bring angels down
to httad converso with you in •your sloop
you Must labor is the canso of virtno
'during the day. • , •
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ADVLIIICZ,
SLUO gear.
Many who arc too Liu or too stupid
to raisc themselves, seek to 01314,0 posi
tion by pulling - their superiors down to
their own level.
Make no vows of enmity while you are
smarting uniler 'a sense of neglect oicruel
ty; pain speaks" with • little propriety.
Busybodies are almost always idlers.
Tlie less business a man has the more ho
.
meddles kith that of his neighbors.
Make a note of this. Never suffer your
courage to exert itself in fierceness, your
resolution in obstinacy, your wisdom in
cunning, nor your patience in sullenness
and despair. Whatever parent gives his ,
children good instruction, and sets them
at the same time a bad example,, may bo
considered as bringing them food in ono
and poison in another.
Not long since, our friend Brown was
on avi , it to Lookout Mountain, Georgia,
and was much struck-with the fact that a
fine jet , of water vmsthrown , up above the
top of the eminence on which the hotel
stands. Wall:Mg:mound the jet _admir—
ingly, lie accosted a plain countryman
with:
"My ['timid, is thiswater(Oreed up by a
ram?" meaning, of course, 4 the hydraulic
contrivance so named
ram r , exclaimed the cOurtryinan.
"Yes a ram, I say."
"What on airth—no, sir; it's"k darned
big mule ! . and it's tremendous hard work
for him. Come — here and I will show
him to you."'
Brown saw the mule and left. •
I never saw a ganneitt too fine for man
or maid; there was never a chair too good
for a cobbler, or cooper or king to sit in;
nevcra house too fine to shelter the human
head. Theseelemetits above-us, thogor
geottS sky, the imperial sun, are not too
good for the human race. Elegance Sts
man. But do not value these tools of
housekeeping a little more than they are
worth, arid sometimes mortgage a home
for thosake of the mahogany wowould
bring into it. I had rather eat my
dinner off the lead of a flour barrel, or
dress Otter thofashion of John the Bap
tist in the wilderness, or sit on the rock
all my life, than consume all myself be
fore I got to a home, and hike so much
pains with the outside that the innsside
was as hollow as an empty nut. Beauty
is a great thing,:lnitheauty of_garmente,
house and furniture, is a very tawdry
ornament compared with domestic love.
All the elegance in the world will make
a home, and I - NF0111(1 - give moio - i . a
spoonful or real hearty love than for.
whole-shiploads-of-furniture that-all the. -
upholsteiers of _the World could gather
together.—Theodore Parker.
"Set many, weeks since the advent of
a lady irrthis city, in search of a truant
husband, was noted, and in the measures
taken by the police to discover the run
away described. Yesterday morning
une of oar Recorder's . courts was ate
scene of explanation. Two females
had been arrpsted for lighting and dis
turbing the peace.
“Witntris your name?" inquired the
Recorderof . one of them.
3lrs. IL, sir."
and what is yours?
• _lira. 11., sir. -
"Why, aM drop of the same name ?
How is that:'"
Both of them immediately interposed
an ex-planation. They were each the
lawful wife of Mr 11. Each alone, :te
em-ding to the account of the speaker,
was entitled to. wear it. , , The Recorder
scratched bead in perplexity.
" What did you fight :theta lie at
a.t. inquired.
" Mr. H., - was the reply.
"Where is he ?" he demanded
Here," responded a small squeak
ug voice from the far corner of the room
"Here, 'your Honor l" and a poor woo
begone looking article mado kin appear
anee:, unable to support one who in
stead of two.
"Do you clrdm both of these women
Is your wives?" the Recorder asked.
" Well ! arry one of 'em'll do !I'
"Why do you have , two.wives?"
',Well, you see slien one gets obstrep
erous I kin go to Caller, and slur most
generally pities metre
And 31 - r- 11. looked as if he'd hit upon
a most happy solutirin of the often vexed
question of domestic felicity.—Nem
leans rimy u se.
In the retired villages of our land, the
pastor often becomes a source of eivilize
lion and refinement to those around him.
His simple unpretending manners ; his
house with :its modest ^oniaminitri ; his
garden, tended riaciecked by the hand
of taste ; these impart sonic relish for
improvement among his poorer and
ruder neighbors. But further, he is
ever at hand to - relieve, to instruct, to
advise, and to COliSOO his •flock. Hie
purse, scanty as it often is, adininisteres
to their temporal wants ; and ho -is yet
more their benefactor by organizing and
conducting plans more systematically
formed for their relief. His influencemay
arrest the heavy arm, or soften-the hard
heart that would oppress them. His su
perior knowledge grades them through
difficulties; where no' other friend is near
to give them counsel. His authority
composes their: little fends and jeal
ousies. His words of syrnpatiry - : and-.
consolation.soothe their distresses. His
vigilant eye marks their first deviations
from"rectitirde, and brings back tho yet
u nhardenctland-reclaimablotransgrebsor
into the path of innocence. Ho is, in
the great maiority of instances, aided by
a partner, whose co-operation is by so
Telidi - the more yaluable, as her habits
qualify her for every task of gentleness
and mercy, more cdpecially when she
has to deal with the sick or thordilicted;
the ignorant or Um ,vicious, of her own
rex.
Wild pigeons eo darkened tho air in
Morgan connti, Tennessee;• ono day 4st
Wei* that negroes, young
. and old,
thought that . the wdrld was coming to
an end sure. ' " '
. Philadelphia's expenses last year were
$14,013,124, The cdslain the treasury on
tho first instant amounted id sl;so4,ol
and the' funded debt of tho city to $42,
401,033. •
litaind has a mail carrier now 76 years of
age, who has carried the mail daily from
North Monmouth to Monmouth Contra
for twenty-one years, and missed but ono
trip 'during that' time.
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