• • • ' • • • . • . , VOLUME LXXII. THANK G,QI) FOR SUNDAY. Now God be thanked ! .thatlie hne given— itto,t blon to ,alnt and einner— A day of rent—ono thiy In doyen Where VII is ta. , t the it inner; heat for the tired httcl 4 l4‘,lNl brain, •, The wearied hand on.ttoday, That they might gather atrength again •• zr.f per tell renewed on Ilunday. The morel tnt In MN entinling-room, The clerk o'er dealt and ied r, The artlpii, at (ergo and The diteher old the holgrq— The hthoror, who most toll end slave From early (lawn on- 31,aiility. Until Owyear4tiilts in All cryl Jil n day ." Tho day that lifts tho weighty chain 11'11101 All the. wt el; has hound That 1,8140 gill , to hoort norrlonjo From thousandsures arodfalis; Theft In the t!ii.:MIL, ma•ch of Efo Nu tilde no t:lkeirOr one lay, Root from the ibottle 'Ad thi,trife, Oh! thal ho throrhed for Flaly! 11 lime by all ono "day or rest sls tropite How 10 tho Elcubly I,!e4t Must lir thely; As In light, he t 403 To I ho. br;glit I.brit; ono day ILA 10-g, rpentl A 1,11! - .A . , eternal Survlty TEE TWO TROUBLES. IL was a cold, dismal evening in No vember that two laborers might have been seen Wending their way along the streets of a large Manufacturing town.. Slowly they proceeded with dejected countenances, noe , exchanging a word until the, ono whom we shall call Smith halted before a neat little house and' unlatched the gate. Then there ,was such a look of natr misery and despair glee-111111g Time his eyes, that his cent paition murmured, -‘ We mug, trust in God, Smith.',. „ Yes,' be arlicultded aml goilig to the cradle- look up the six weeks' old baby, and sorrow fully pressed it to his heart 1 do Wish you xnuld lad, that child down and get ready for t..llplitlr,' eX- Clailllf2d 11 win., aftor enduring his gloominess for some tiros. Ile slo,ly obeyed, and than seated himself at the tablolli a sigh. What in the world is the mangy With you to-night:" !.1153 ashy], as !zal. down opposit:c h i . Ilis_ voice trembled as lie replied, suppose you might as well know it ilist as la,t. I base been discharL;ed.' . _LTltere I . exclaimed his wife quickly, pushing back her , chair; 'just what I might have expected I I'd like to know what we are going to do now—whiter upon us. 1 declare, Smith, pm will tor ture me to death.' I am very 'sorry, Lydia, bet I cannot help it.' j. 'Sorry ! No,' You arc not sorry at all. `You would just as lief see your wife and children starved If not. It's nothing-in the world but your poor managing.' 'Lydia, you ate cruel. Instead of help me to endure my great tinuble, which; bearing 1110 down to the very earth, you make it, tell times harjer for me to berar. I was not the only one dis charged. There was Jim „Hawley and ever so many othei:s. Business is dull.' 'Business is (Nib? she mimicked after him. 'Always au excuse for a worth less man. To think th it you should I e discharged now,`just as our rent, is due ; and the» we ;ire out of wood ; and look at my shoes, won't you '." nib feet on the gl'ortud. I wish I had never married you,' and a dank look :mcompanied the words. The poor'husband now covered his face with hauls and, groaned aloud. This . scoMed to encourage Its wife Lit go on.;--for she uttered words mole anal more bitter, until at last drivemalmost to a slate ol; frenzy, the wretched eau rushed from the house to the tavern, and thew sought to tatty the thonghts•of the past and future in the rum ctrpt. TO the• meantime James Hawkis 4 l his companion iu labor, came(' his home with a sad countenance. But before he had stepped over the threshold a loving pale of arms were thrown around his neck and a pair of sweet lips were' pressed to his. He returned the saluta tion sadly, and then inquired fur the baby. 'She is hleeping.sweetly in her eiaillo. She.haS been a perfect little. darling all day. Supper is waiting, so make haste. Here is warm water and a towel. Are you not later than usual to-night ?' ` Yes, Mary ; I bring bad notes to MIN `Bad news I' she .exclaimed turning pale, as for the first , time she noticed that something was wrong. . , Yes ; I was discharged tonight, and do not know as I can got. -tiaythiUg to do before Spring. Business is so dull.' 'ls that all ?' asked his wife, with a sigh of I thought- it was some thing terrible, the way you looked.' And is it not tertible enough? What will become of us this winter if I am out of employmout • 'Thets`no. God Who- feeds the spar /lily and clothes the lilies of the will not lot us suffer, dear James.' Goa bless you, Mary. There is sweet comfort iu your words.' `And noiv' let us have supper,'-ex elahned the wifp cheerfully. See, I havii your favorite dish—shortcake acid tofi - St. Do not let , our troubles impair yourappelite, and then, after lea, we'll talk Dod.dneth. everything for ,the best. And as our day, so shall our strength be.' In the evening it was determiad that the quarter's rent should be paid imme diately, and a new supply. of coal ob tained, and the rdmainhig portion of the . ' money placed 'in the wife's 'hands to be .dealt with as sparingly as 'possible. Then Mary suggested that all her pintty parlor .furniture should bd ,put away in the garret, and the trent room lot out. Further than this' they could lay no plans, and as thq husband Went Out to pay the rent, the future looked so dark to. the young wife that she could not altogether restrain her tears ; but vseeing - strength from on high, her face wore the same" ° cheerful smile when her husband returned, and little did he knoW that during all that night long, while ho and his baby , were soundly alsoping, his wife lay awake planning for the future. -Three months have, passed without a dulaworkalltilat thao, and now anoth erquarTer's'iont la due., In vain the -la borer. thrust his haads' into his empty pockets and in "vain rack's hiis brain for . Solution of • the problem; how .the . rout is going to be paid: ,Tholodger had paid limey monthly, but then dint • , :74 ' 14 - . ig -TZ .rtr 4' ii . t 1),,,', .. 1 ,, 1 1 : A' , 1:- ' i., . • 'iii ; .' 4 P • ' , a 74 ~, f ' 4 ' ' Y l': ~ • .-:;.' ', ' \ '' A i . 'T., - ' ::, X A ...a . ~ s - xe,, • ' * 'e. A k i, I;, ,„, - 4 ii , ~ . .•:..f b ,..„ _ LA, \ was not enough to- meet the:Stim,,if7ho had it, and of course his wife had spent that just as fast as she had received it, rind it wasan every day wonder to James liow?Mary ninna m bed so With feeling,4cir deep despair be en tered the house. The table was spread with the same favorite dish, TheroWas . the sliort-eakb a'fill-toast, flanked with a golden lump of butter, a plate of honey and a deep dish of roasted apples, to be served with sugar and cream, while at his wife's plate sat the liteaming tea-pot. As James took it in, all at one ho metal? wondered at the frugal, yet com fortable way' of living. '. low his wife •had been able to make that small amount of_money_last so dong_was a mystery to him, and 3-ot, he could not help 'wishing inwardly that she had been more eco nomical ; then, porlpips, the rent might have been paid, and ho felt that it would have been bettor to have subsisted on one orlust of bread rather than to be turned out of doors homeless. llc defused to sit at the table, pleading that lie' had no appetite. And a groat, large itea'r arose in tho strong man's eyo f s-„as he informed his wife that on the morrow they would •beturned from thei homer to go he knew not where, as he had not a dolls• in his pocket to secure them a room elsewhere. Is that it r exclaimed his wife, in a soft tone, and tripped up stairs and soon returned and placed two ten dollar bills iu his hand ' Where did you get them?' he asked e'rtgrly, turning them oyer on his hands as though to ascertain whether they were rrally genuine or not. [ earnud limn,' replied his wife gayly. '1 'knit afghans shan•ls, child ren's Bonds, sacques and socks„ ht first only 101 those whom 1 providentially wished ailiclrs of the kind, and ale:triw.uii was employed to furnish a trimming ust ahlishment with my . work.' ' Yon kept it a secret futm moT Yos, • brcause I thought you would be won h',l for Il 02 1 MIS doing ton I love to knit dearly, and consiiier it more of a ple.i , ant pastime than labor.' '(;"d be I,r,)ised for giving me such a NS exclaimed her husband, earnestly and, pre,-ing. his wife and child closely fu his buxom, so : ' lire children arise up and call lire blessed her husband als and pr.,isetli her, fur many daugh . ;-. tors" bacc (1.110 virtuom,ly, but thou excellest them all' Twenty years have passed, :Lid James Hawley is a. rich man. But Joseph Smith is :1 'Confirmed drunkard while his I ift)'has long since• passed from earth a Viet im of misery and want. Why will not wives assist their hes : bands to Lear their trials with helping hands and lieu Is ? If they would but. do so, how many families would ho saved frnnr ruin, a of] Low sweet would be their ire ward, not only upon earth, but in heaven. ONE SERMON ON SUNDAY BETTER TITAN Two.—Dr.. Holland writes in Seribmcp's Monthly for "gareh : • The world has been.preached to pretty thoroughly for the last hundred years. The ad/or:ales of many sermons have had it all their (own way, and we should like to ask them whether the results of pr aching;—pure and sitnple- 7 satisfy. them 7 What pm eacher is there who has not been mthousand times discouraged by the re..,ult or his labors in the pulpit'? How smotll are the encroachments made , upon the world by it l' :With all our preaching in Adnerica z -and wo have had more of it,. and better than has been en joyed in ally other country—we should, lailt for the prevalence ..and power of Sunday Schools, have drifted half way back to bath:m:sm by this time. 'Preach hog I.) ;t great population of lazy adults, who do nothing for the church- but grumblingly pay their 'pew-rent, and nothing fur the world around them, is :Wont as thriftless a lousiness as any man can coogago, in. Let us saw wood and. eat pork and beans, for to-morrow we die: nil now let us state our conclUsions Firtit—Tjlero isi.no way to improve the character and quality of our preaching except by reducing the -gna * ntitT. The advancing inteliontial activity and capac ity of the people demand a better sermon than the fathers were in the habi , t„ preaching—such a sermon as our pi796F.if- Ors Cannot possibly produce with the present demand for two sermons on a Sunday. Second—For all prapidealjuirposes and results, one se.rinon on a Sunday is better than two. It is all that the average preacher oniF produce, doing his best, and all that!' he average hearer can re ceive and "i wardiy digest."., .6.11.1110 n each Sunday gives the wholalchurch half a day in"whielt to engage in Sunday School and missionary Wbrk, and a Sunday evening at home— an evening of frost and 'family commun ion. .Of cour4 we shall be met by the stereo typed questions : Will not our peo ple go somewhere else Co hear preaching if they cannot get the' two sermons at our clout:l'V' ' Will not young . peOple gq . to worse.places ok.l Sundaynightif the churches Should be shut 2' The answer to the first question is, that no ono leave 'our ciurell'.who is worth any thhig in and to it ; and to the 'second, that 'whether the young will go to iVorse places will depend something on the at tractivcness Of Christian homes, whic' are now rather lonely and cheerless place:l'4)U riSunday, we confess. Still, if places of worship must be open for them, it is easy to have union servirs, dividing the work among' the pastors. There are a thousand ways to meet special oxigen- Oes like this, fOr whiffit we shall find our means' amply sufficient when Alto broad reform moves through the land, for the reform must come,' and the sooner the hotter. OLD Coloner.S—, ono of the 'State Senators from • Mitniesota tolls Oki .of himself.' He was going down to X3ll. Paul ; to join tho session, when a train y6i paßsbd ihrou g h the oar, 'and,, approach ing the old Colonel tontslioVing his ware into his' lap, sung out: .I3uy a dock of cards, sir? only half a dollar.' Tarn: ing to" tIM lad .with an expression of eountonanco calenlSted 4 to impress him with ,-the enormity o - tlio.'offonso, the Colonel solomuly and slowly; said : My eon, I novor play cards ; I am a member of the ehurolx.' . • 'Oh P osoluitnod tho diegustud urchin, 'I. thought you rote tuombor of • tho Logiblutoxo.' . some of our young friends of Dickinson Collego•will oblige us with a translation of the following : SPRAT US UXOR ET PELTS. .lolmnrs 'pratt non edit plague ' EC odic uxor macrnm, Sic ulnas llnquot in lance • Ne (Linden, blmulacrum. Johannes Spratt olim tslem bababat Et wilco-nitro brae fells gaudebat, Sod butyrum hens! server magnl enaebat PA UPER ET In VHS. Latices fratnuadas tdstri tergebAn, Pauper et inter (yam mixamis cgabam). Sett num adultus Sum unro potitus, , In num roluth --19Legolniitim CONJUX CRUDELIS. ktichpalluslver Uxorem habebat lix vtrgenta factarn CuJug spinout frangobat Et =Ulm vio ventlebat, Areipt re !AM • . 1110 nolebat Crudeliterqu• Int rivutn vuittebat. NEW TORN I 2 THE OLDEN TIME. A OLIIIF§.E OF DUTCH SOCIETY Mr. Stone, in his history of New 'York, gives the following :Mccich of manners and customs under Dutch rule : The Deitch of New Amsterdam ware distinguished for their good nature,, love of home and cordial hospitality. Fast young men, kito hours and fashionable dissipation 'were unknown. There was, nevertheless, plenty of opportunity for healthful recreation. Holidays were abundant, each family having some of its own, such .as birthdays, christenings and marriage anniversaries. Each sea son,. too, introduced its own peculiar and social festivals—the Quilting, Apple raising and Husking Bees. The work on such occasions was soon finished, after which the guests sat down to a sup per,. well supplied with chocolate and wattles, the evening terminating with a merry dance. . Dancing was a favorite amusement. The slaves dances to the music of their rude instruments in the markets ; while the maidens and youths practiced the same amusement at their social parties and around the May Polo on the Bowlitig Green 'l3inUer parties' in these primitive, days were unknown ; but this .seeming lack of social intercourse was MOM than' made up by well-known and numerous tea parties. To 'take tea out' was a Dutch institution, and one of great im portance. The matrons, arrayed in their best petticoats and linsey jackets, home spun. by. their own wheels, would proceed on the intended afternoon visit. They wore capacious pockets, with scissors, pincushion and keys hanging from their girdle, outside of their dress ; and reach ing the neighbor's house, the visitors in dustrioutly..used knitting needles and tongues at the same time. The village gossip -was talked over, neighbors' affairs settled and the stockings finished by tea i time, when the important mealappeared on the table at precisely six o'clock. This was always the.- occasion for the display of the family plate, with the Lilliputian cups, of rate old "family china, out of which ,the' guests sipped the fragrant herb. A large lunip of loaf sugar invariably accompanied each cup, on a little plate, and the delightful beverage was sweetened by an occasion-, able nibble, amid the inure solid articles of waffles and DutchAuglnutS. • • A model house - Vapor rose at cock crowing, • breakfasted with the dawn, and proceeded to the duties of the day, and when the sun reached the meridian or• noon mark, dinner, which was strictly a family meal, was on the table. This ,domestic timepiece answered every pur pose, so regular were -the hours and lives of the people. At onetime there were not more' than half a dozen clocks in New Amsterdam, with about . the same number of - watches. But they were strikingly peculiar its one respect ; •they wore scarcely ever known to go. and hence were of very little practicaLutilitY- No watchmaker had yet found it profit able to visit the settlement ; and this was a period two centuries before the inven tion of Yankee clocks. For a long while. , time was marked hrhour glasses and sun dials. - In ono corner of the room always stood the huge oaken iron-bound chost, brim ful of household Brion, spun by the ladies of the family, who delighted to display Allow domestic riches to their visitors:— Later, this plain wardrobe gave place to the chest of drawers, ono reached the coiling, with its Shining brass rings and key-holes. The bookcase, too, with its complicated writing-desk, mysterious seera-drawers and pigeon holes, came into • use about the same period, though both were unknown to the early Knickerbockers. Biileboards were not introduced into Now Amster dam until after the American revolution and were entire] y of English origin. The round tea-tablo . also 'occupied a" place in the corner of the parlor, while tho largo square dining-table stood 'in the kitchen for daily use. In another cornerr s stood the well-known 'Holland cupboard, with glass doors, con spicuously displaying the family plate and porcelain. Little looking glasses in narrow black frames were in common use ; two or three only of ,the wealthiest burghers possessing larger mirrors, elabo rately ornamented with .gilding and flowers. About 1730 the sconce came in fashion--a hanging cr projecting candle , stielc, with a mirror to refloat its rays. This was a very sliciwy article, giving a flue light,to the rooms. After this pe riod, pier and mantle-glasses came into fashin. Pictures, einsh as they wore, .aboundild ; but they Ware, for the most part, poor engralngs of Dutch cities 'Find naval .engagements. Chintz calico of inferior quality.formed the only win dow-curtains, without cornices. .. Thoro woro no carpets among the Dutch; nor any in, general use among tho NoW,Yorkera until up to the period of the --Il4volTion. The 'famouis Captain. -Kidd, it is said, owned the. first modern carpet in his best room, and. the Pirato'a house was tho best furnished in the Oily. It was made, of Turhoy Work, at a cost of twenty-live dollars, and resembled ,a largo rug, Tho custom of sanding the floor of tin;' , principal room, or 'parlor, was universal, and mnoh taste was•die played in the many fromiful devlaeti ari, figuree made In tho amid with.the . brooms of the smart Datch matrons and dati.lb tore.. Our Xiatdp. ancentoris k' tift/114 GARLISLE, PEFMA.., THURSDAY ,MORNING, MAY 9; 1872. jag of lounges or sofas, or (won of that col fortable AmeriCan invention, the, rocking chair. Their best chairs were straight and high-yeked, covered with Russian Ica - titer * and,',lelabOratoly orna- Mented with double and triple rows of brass nails. In addition to these, the par lor Was decorated with ono or two chairs baying embroidered seats and backs, the hatidiwtirk of the daughters. Some of the oldest families also displayed in their best rooms two chairs with cushions of tapestry or velvet trimmed with lace! About tge,year 1700 cane ..seats became fashionable, and thirty years after came the leather chairs, worth from five to ton 'dollars each. These led the fashion abotit thirty years more, who'll mahogany an - i — valrffteltairsovitlrtheicerirm. - sou damask cushion's, appeared. But the most ornamental piece of fur nituro in the parlor was the bed, with its heavy curtains and valance of cam let. No mattresses then, but a substan tial bed of Live geese feathers, with a very light one of doWn for the covering. These beds were the boast and pride of the most respectable Dutch matrons, and, with their welMllled chests of home made linen, supplied their skill in house keeping. A cheek covering cased the• bed and pillows ; the shoots were made. of homespun linen ; and over the whole was thrown a bed quilt of patch-work, wrought into every conceivable shape and pattern. The Sundays in Now Amsterdam were, moreover, bettor observed by its inhabitants than at the present day. All classes, arrayed in their best, then attended the public services of religion ; and the people almost exclusively Calvin ists,- attended the Dutch- Reformed. Church. The v lreeck' or boll ringer and sexton, was MI important personage on the. Sabbath. He not only summoned the congregation by the sound of the church going bell, but formed a -pro cession of himself and his assistants to carry the cushions of the burgomasters and schepons„from the City Hall to the pews appropfiated to these officials. At the same time the Schout went his rounds, to see that quiet was kept in the •streets during Divine worship, and also to stop the games of the negro slaves and Indians—to whom the Sabbath was allowed as a day of recreation, excent, during church hours. Small pieces of vrant punt were obtained by the deacons, and sold at great value to tho heads of the Dutch families. • These, having been distributed among the different members of families, were then taken to church, and deposited in the collection bags, which were attached to long poles. Such was the custom a long while ; ' nor, in some of the interior Dutch settlements, has it been entirely abandoned at the present day. For merly a small boll was attached to the bottom of the bags, to remind the drowsy of the collection. The deacons, being thus prepared to receive the benefac tions of the congregation, presented. themselves In front of the pulpit, when, the dominio haviCa,addressed a few ap propriate words to them, they forthwith, proceeded to collect the contributions. At that day also the " Koorleser," or clerk, occupied a little pow In front of the pulpit, bolding in his hand a rod, on the cud of which all notices Were placed and thins passed up to the domiuie. The moment the minister reached the pulpit stairs lie offered a private prayer, hold ing his hat before his face until having • sought the aid of the Lord and Master, he ascended the sacred desk. The Dutch ladies wore no bonnets, as is still tho fashion with some of the Gor man emigrants, who now arrive at Castle °Motion. At New Amsterdam - the fash ionable dress was a colored petticoat, rather short (for °see in walking), waist jacket, colored hose of homespun wool, and l l2igh-heeled shoe's, snitable to a city destituto of pavements or sidewalks of any kind. The Dutch burghers wore long waisted coats, with skirts reaching almost to ,their ankles, and adorned with large silver. buttons. The. Wardrobe Of k burgomaster at the transfer of NOT/ Am, sterdam to the British, was 'as follows : A cloth coat; with - silver buttons, worth fiftcen•dollars ; a stuff coat, ton dollars ; cloth cent, with stump buttons, seven dollars ; a black velvet coat, fifteen dol lars ; a silk coat, breeches and doublet, six dollars ; silver cloth waistcoat, with silver lace, five dollars ; a buff coat and silver sleeves, live dollars ; three gritetiS' green cloaks, six dollars each ;. besides' several old suits. To these also must be added linen, hos*, shoes with silver buckles, a cane with an ivory head, and a hat. It may be doubted if our present mayors, with all their cloths au