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BY JOIIIV G. GIVEN
lEBENSDURG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER II, 1819.
VOL. G. NO. I.
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The Three Callers.
. , BY Cn.VRLES SWAINE.
Morn calleth fondly to a fair boy straying
' Mii golden meadows, rich with clover dew;
She calls but he still thinks of nought,. save.
V' ; playoff,' ' ' -
And so the smiles end waves him an adieu?
Whilst he still merry witli his flowery store, -
Deems not that Morn! sweet Morn! returns no
more,
Noon coraolh but the boy to manhood grow,
ing.
Heeds not the time he sees but one 6wect
form.
One young fair face, from bower of jessamine
growing,
And all his loving heart with bliss is warm
So Noon, unnoticed seeks the western shore,
And man forgets that Noon returna no more.
Night tappeth gently at a caserne nt gleaming
With the thin fire-light flickering feint and
low:
By which a gray-haired man is sadly dreaming
O'er pleasures gone as all Life's pleasures
go.
Night calls him to her and he leaves his door
Silent and dark and he returns no more.
MISCELLANEOUS
From Graham's Magazine.
.The Curia in Lifted.
Or Professions Practical and Theoretical.
BY. MRS CAROLINE H. BUTLER.
CHAPTER I.
The Deacon.
Everybody called Mr. Humphreys a
good man. To have found any fault with
the deacon would have been to impugn the
church itself, whose most firm piller he
stood. No one stopped to analyze his
goodness it was enough that in all out
ward semblance, in the whole putting to
gether of tli8 outward mant there was a
conformity of sanctity; that is, he read his
Bible held family prayers night and mor
Vmg "preached long Tidmilies to the young
Tave in the causes of the . heathen, and
was, moreo-v, of a &iavc and solemn
"aspect, seldOrfl given to the folly of laugh
ter. . ,
All this and more did good Deacon
Humphreys and yet one thing he lacked
vizi he sweet spirit of charity.
I mean not that opppressed the widow,
or robbed the orphan of bread; no, not this
i: was the cold unforgiving spirit with
which he looked upon the errors of his
fellow man the iron hand with which he
thrust far from him the offender, which
betrayed the want of that charity, "which
rejoiceth not in iniquity, staffer eth long,
ana is kind.
He was also pertenaciously sectarian.
No other path than the one in which he
walked could lead to eternal life. No
matter the sect, so that they differed from
him, it was enough they were outlawed
from the gates of Heaven. Ah! had the
deacon shared more the spirit of our bless
ed Saviour, in whose name he offered up
his prayers, then, indeed, might he have
been entitled to the Christian character he
professed.
Mrs. Humphreys partook largely of her
husband's views. She, too, was irre
proachable in her daily walks, and her
household presented a rare combination of
order and neatness. The six day s work
was done and done faithfully, and the sev
enth cared for, ere the going down of the
Saturday's sun, which always left her
house in order her rooms newly swept
and garnished the stockings mended the
clean clothes laid out for Sabbath wear,
while in the kitchen pantry, a joint of cold
meat, or a relay of pies, was provided, that
she might not labor for the creature com
forts on the morrow. As the last rays of
the sun disappeared from hill and valley,
the doors of the house 'were closed the
blinds pulled down the well-polished'ma-hogany
stand, drawn from its upright po
sition in the corner of the sitting-room,
which it occupied from Monday morning
until the coming ot the Saturday night
the - great family Bible placed thereon,
while with countenance of corresponding
gravity, and well balanced spectacles, the
deacon and his wife read from its holy
pages. '
.. Thus in all those outward observances
of piety, whcrcOn the great eyes of the
great world arc staring, I have shown that
the deacon and his good wife might chal-
. lenge the closest scrutiny. Nor would I
be understood to detract aught from these
observances, or throw down one stone
from the altars of our Puritan fathers. We
need all the legacy they left their children.
The force of good example is as boundless
-as the tares of sin let us relax nothing
which may tend to check the evil growth
and who shall say that tic upright walk
f Deacon Humphreys was without a sal
ivary influence.
Hut it ir with the inner man wc hive to
do, The fairest apples are sometimes de
fective at the core,
- ; ;.. chapter ii.
'.Grassmere and its Inhabitants.
Grassmere was a quiet out-of-the-way
village, hugged in close by grand .'moun
tains and watered ; by sparkling 'rivulet
and cascades, which came leaping down
the hill sides like frolicksome Naiads and
then with a murmur as sweet as the songs
of childhood, ran off to play bo-peep with
the blue heavens amid the deep clover
fields, or through banks sprinkled with
nodding wild-flowers.
A tempting retreat was Grassmere to
the weary man of business, whose days
had been passed within the brick and mor
tar walks of life, and whom the fresh air,
and the green grass, and the waiving woods
were but as a page of delicious poetry
snatched at idle hours. Free from the tur
moil and vexations of the city, how pleas
ant to tread down the hill of life, surroun
ded by such peaceful influences as smiled
upon the inhabitants of Grassmere, and
several beautiful cottages nestling in the
valley, or dotting the hill, attested that some
fortunate man of wealth had here cast lose
the burthen of the day, tq, repose in the
quiet of nature.
Although our story bears but slightly
save upon three or four of the three thous
and inhabitants of Grassmere, I will state
that a variety of religious opinious had for
several years been gradually creeping into
this primitive town, and that where a sin
gle church received the inhabitants within
one faith, tere were now four houses of
worship, ali embracing different tenets,
But the deacon walked heavenwurd his
own path, shaking his skirts free from all
contamination with other sects, whom, in
deed, he looked upon as little better than
heathens.
J ne pastor ot the church claiming so
zealous a member, wis a man eminent for
his christian benevolence. His was not
the piety which exhausted itself in words
heart and soul did not labor to do his
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phrys, he wore the garb of charity for all
and in his great good heart, loved all.
He had one son, who at the period from
which my story dates, was pursuing his
collegiate course at one of the most popu
lar institutions, and in his own mind the
deacon had determined that IIubcrtFairlee
should become the husband of his only
daughter Naomi. In another month Hu
bert was to pass his vacations at Grass
mere, and Naomi looked forward to the
meeting with uneffected pleasure. They
had been playmates in childhood, compan
ions in riper years; but love had nothing
to do with their regard for each other, yet
the deacon could not conceive, how friend
ship alone should unite them. At any
rate Naomi must be the wife of Hubert
that was as set as his Sunday face!
The deacon was a man well off in world
ly matters. He owned a large highly cul
tivated farm on which he lived, as also
several snug houses within the village,
which rented at good rates.
But the little cottage at Silver-Fall was
untenanted. Through the inability of its
former occupant to pay rent, it had return
ed upon the hands of the deacon, and al
though one of the most delightful residen-
ces for miles around, had now been for
several months without a tenant.
A charming snot was Silver-Fall, with
its little dwelling half hidden by climbing
roses ana shadowy maples. J&mooth as
velvet was the lawn, with here and there
a cluster of blue violets clinging timidly
together, and hemmed by a silvery thread
of blight laughing water, which within a
a few rods of the cotage door, suddenly
leaped over a bed of rocks some twenty
feet high, into the valley below. This
gave it the name of Silver-Fall Cottage
all too enticing a spot it would seem to
remain long unoccupied. Yet the snows
of winter yielded to the gentle breath of
spring, the bright fruits of summer at
ready decked the hedgerows and the
thicket, ere a tenant could be found, and
there came a letter to Mr. Humphreys
from a widow lady living in a distant city
requiring the terms on which he would
lease his pretty cottage.
They were favorable, it would seem, to
her views, and in due time Mrs. Norton,
her daughter Grace, and two female do
meslics, arrived at Silver-Fall.
CHAPTER III.
One Fold of the Curtain Drawn Hack.
A new comer in a country village is
always sure toelicitmore or less curiosity
and Mrs. Norton did not escape without
her due share fronj the inhabitants o
Grassmere. With telegraph speed it was
found out that she was a lady between
llurlvand forty years of age, dressed in
bombazine and wore close mourning cap
Miss Norton was lalkcd of as a slender
f.nr girl, with blue eves and long flowing
cur's, and might be seventeen; perhaps
twenty of course they could not be strict
ly accurate, in this matter.
Bales of India' matting "were unrolled
in the dooryard crates of beautiful Chi
na unpacked in the piazza sofas and
chairs crept out from their rough travel
ing cases, displaying all the beauty of
rosewood , and damask, until finally by aid
of all these means and appliances to boot
.Mrs. Norton and her daughter were pro
nounced very genteel but
'But I wonder what they are!' said Mrs
Humphreys to the deacon, as talking over
these secular matters she handed him his
second cup of coffee.
Not that the old lady had any doubt of
their being bona fide flesh and blood; nei
ther did she believe they were witches or
fairies who had taken up their abode at
Silver-Fall. wo.uler what they are!'
must therefore be interpreted as I wonder
what church they attend or what creed
they profess."
The deacon shook his head and looked
solemn.
'It is to be hoped,'- continued Mrs.
Humahreys, complacently stirring the
coffee, 'that at her period of life Mrs.
Norton may be a professor of some kind.
The deacon dropped his knife and fork
he was shocked astounded.
I am surprised to hear you speak thus
lightly, Mrs. Humphreys a professor
of some kind! Is it not better that she
should rest in her sins, than to be walk
ing in the footsteps of error a professor
of some kind! Wife wife you forget
yourself!' exclaimed the deacon.
I spoke thoughtlessly, I acknowledge,'
answered Mrs. Humphreys, much confu
sed at the stern rebuke of her husband. 'I
meant to say, I hoped she had found a
pardon for her sins.
Have you forgotten that -ou are a pa
rent?' continued the deacon, solemnly.
Can you suffer the ears of vour daughter
to drink in such poison! A professor of
some kind: INaomi, mv child! placing
his hand on the sunny head before him,
beware how you listen to such doctrine;
rthere
ls-butrone . true . faith thereas. but
one by which vou can be saved. Go to
your chamber, and pray you may not be
ed into error through your mother s words
of folly!'
But there were others at Grassmere
more aniouxly wondering, like good Mrs.
Humphreys, 'what they were, ere they
so far committed themselves as to call up
on the strangers. Sunday, however, was
close at hand: Mrs. Norton's choice of a
church was to determine them the choice
of her acquaintance.
Docs the reader think the inhabitants
of Grassmere peculiar? I think not. There
are very many just such people not a
hundred rods from our own doors.
Unfortunately, on Sunday the rain pour
ed down in torrents. Nothing less imper-
vious than strong cowhide boots India-
rubber overcoats, and thick cotton umbrel
las, could go to. meeting, consequently,
Mrs. Norton staid at home, and on Mon
day afternoon, after the washing was done,
and the deacon had turned the well satu
rated hay, Mrs Humphreys put on her
black silk gown and mantilla, her plain
straw bonnet, with white trimmings, and
walked over with her husbaud to Silver
Fall cottage. As the widow rented her
house of them, they could not in decency,
they reasoned, longer defer calling upon"
her.
A glance within the cottage would con
vince any one tKatMrs. Norton and Grace
were at least persons of refinement for
there is as much character displayed in the
arrangement of a room as in the choice of
a book.
Cream colored mattins, and window
curtains of transparent lace, relieved by
hangings of pale sea green silk, imparted
a look of delicious coolness to the apart
ment. There was no display of gaudy
furniture, as if a cabinet warehouse had
been taken on speculation yet there was
enough for comfort and even elegance; nor
was there any over exhibition of paintings
one of Cole's beautiful landscapes, and
a lew other gems ot native talent were all;
nor were the tables freighted as the coun
ter of a toy shop; the only ornament of
each was a beautiful vase of Bohemian
glass, filled with fresh garden flowers,
whose tasteful arrangement even, fairy
hands could not have rivaled. -
The few moments they were awaiting
the entrance of Mrs. Norton were employ
ed by Mrs. Humphreys in taking a rapid
survey de all these surroundings, the result
of which was to impress her with a sort
of awe for the mistress of this little realm
'My stars!' said she, casting her eyes to
the right and lelt, hall rising lrom the lux
urious couch to peep into one corner, and
almost breaking her neck to look into an
other, 'my stars, deacon if this don't beat
nil I ever did sec!'
But the deacon, with an air worthy of a
funcial, shook his head, closed his eye
, and muttered,
'Vanity vanity!'
The door opened, and Grace gliding in
sweetly apologised for her mother, whom
a violent headache detained in her apart
ment 'Well I do wish I knew what they
were!t: exclaimed Mrs. Humphreys, as
she t jok the deacon's arm and plodded
thoughtfully homeward. -
Then going to a dark cubboard under the
stairs, she rumaged for some time among
the jars and gallipots, and finally produ
cing one marked 'Raspberry Jam,' she
told Naomi to put on her Sunday bonnet,
and carry it to the cottage, and
'Naomi, you may just as well ask Grace
Norton what meeting she goes to.'
Delighted to make the acquaintance of
Grace, Naomi threw on her bonnet and
tripped lightly to the cottage, thinking lit
tle, we fear, of her mother's last charge.
At any rate It wjas omitted, and so the
night cap of Mrs. Humphreys again threw
its broad frilling over an unsatisfied brow.
In the morning the deacon received a
very neat note from Mrs. Norton, request
ing to see him upon business.
'And now, my dear sir,' said she, after
the common courtesies of the day were
passed, I have taken the liberty to send
for you to transact a little business for me.
If not to great a tax upon your time, will
you purchase a pew for me?'
The deacon grimly smiled, and rubbing
his knee, replied:
Why, yes, Mrs. Norton, I shall be
glad to attend to the matter. True it is a
busy season with us farmers, but the Lord
forbid I should therefore neglect his busi
ness.' 'Do you think you could procure me
one?' asked Airs. Norton.
'Oh, I reckon so, for I am certain there
are several pews now to be let or sold ci
ther.' And what price, Mr. Humphreys.'
'Well, I guess about sixty dollars; and
now I reccoliect Squire Brce wants to
sell his it is right alongside of mine," and
I reckon my pew is as good for hearing
the word as any in the meeting-house. I
am glad, I do .rejoice to find you a true
believer.'
You mistake my church, I see,' said
Mrs. Norton, smiling. I belong to a differ
ent denomination from the one of which
as I am aware you are a professor.'
Then,' cried the deacon, rising hastily
and making for the door, 'excuse me I
I know nothing of any other church or
its pews. I cannot be the means of seat
ing you where false doctrines are preached!
1 good morning ma am.
The widow sighed as the gate slammed
after her visiter, but Grace burst into a
merry fit of laughter.
How ridiculous!' she exclaimed; 'was
there ever such absurdity!'
'Hush, hush, my dear child,' said Mrs.
Norton, 'Mr. Humphreys is without doubt
perfectly conscientious in this matter we
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may pity, out not conuemn sucn zeai in
the cause of religion.
'Do you call bigotry, religion, mamma?'
asked Grace.
A person may be a very good Chris
tian, Grace, and yd be very, much of a
bigot,' answered her mother. 'That such
a spirit as Mr. Humphreys has just now
shown may often be productive of more
evil than good, 1 allow. His ami is to do
good, but he adopts the wrong measures.'
Avhy, mamma, one would have judged
from his manner that we are infidels!' said
Grace.
Oh no, my child, he did not really
think that,' replied Mrs. Norton, smiling at
her earnestness, 'lie only felt shocked
at what he deems our error for he sa
credly believes there can be no safety in
any other creed than his own. Without
the charity therefore to think there may
be good in all sects, and lacking the desire
to study the subject, or rather so much
wedded to his belief that he would deem it
almost a sin to do so, like an unjust judge,
he condemns without a hearing. There
are too many such mistaken zealots in eve
ry creed of worship. O, my dear child,'
continued Mrs. Norton, her fine eyes
bathed in tears. would that members of
every sect might unite in love and charity
to one another! They are all aiming alike
to love and serve Christ, and vet take no
heed to his commandment, 'Love ye one
another!
Well, mamma, for the sake of his sweet
daughter," Naomi, I can forgive the good
deacon. 1 have never seen a more inte
resting face than hers, and her manners
are so graceful and lady-like as if she had
never seen the country said Grace.
And most probably a great deal more
so, my love,' replied Mrs. Norton, 4for
nature can add a grace which courts an
not give. But I agree with vou in think-
ing Miss Humphreys interesting; she is,
indeed so, and if her countenance prove
an index of her mind J think you may
promise yourself a pleasing companion
But the deacon, it seems, was of a diff
erent way of thinking, and no sooner du'
he enter under his own roof, place his
oak stick in the corner, and hang up his
hat on a peg behind the door, then going
into the kitchen where the good wife was
busily employed preparing the noon day
meal, assisted by Naomi, he made known
with serious countenance that he had dis
covered what they were, at Silver Fall
cottage!
Of course Miss Norton was not such a
companion as the would choose for Na
omi. True, she was a pretty girl, and
Mrs. Norton was a lady of faultless man
ners; but then so much the more danger,
and therefore Naomi, though not forbid
den, was admonished to beware of their
new acquaintance.
Concluded in our next.
An Apology.
When John Clark (Lord Eldcn) was at
the bar, he was remarkable for the saig
froid with which he treated the judges.
On one occasion, a junior counsel, on
hearing their lordships give judgment
against his client, exclaimed that 'he was
surprised at such a decision!' This was
construed into contempt of court, and he
was ordered to attend at the bar next mor
ning. Fearful of the consequence, he
consulted his friend John Clark, who told
him to be perfectly at ease, for he would
apologize for him in a way that would
avert any unpleasant result. Accordingly,
when the name of the delinquent was call
ed, John rose and coolly addreesed the
assembled tribunal: 'I am very sorry,
my lords, that my young friend has so lar
forgot himself as to treat your honorable
bench with disrespect; he is extremely
penitent, and you will hardly ascribe his
unintentional insult to his ignorance. You
must see at once that it did originate in
that. He said he was surprised at the
decision of your lordships! Now if he
had not been very ignorant of what takes
place at this court every day, had he
known you but half so long as I have, he
would not be surprised at any thing you
did!'
Dandies.
They are mere walking sticks for fe
male flirts, ornamented with brass heads.
and barely touched with the varnish of
etiquette. Brass heads did I say? Nay
their caputs are only hall-ripe muskmelons
with monstrous thick rinds, all hollow in
side, containing the seed of foolishness,
swimming about with a vast quantity of
sap. Their moral garments are double
breasted coat of vanity, padded with the
silk of self-complacency; their apparel is
all in keeping, and is imported fresh from
the devil's wholesale aud retail clothing
establishment. Tinkered up with broad
cloth, finger rings, safety chains, soft-solder,
vanity and impudence, they are no
more gentlemen than a plated spoon is
silver. I detest a dandy as a cat does a
wet floor. There are some fools in this
world who, after a long incubation, will
hatch out from the hot-bed of pride a sick
ly brood of furzy ideas, and then go strut
ting along in the path of pomposity with
all the self-importauce of a speckled-hen
with a black-chicken. 1 have an antipa
thy to such people.
& Bill of Particulars.
The following is a bill of -items lately
introduced in the trial of a breach of prom
ise case, before a court in New Hampshire
by the fair plaintiff. It may serve as a
model for some of our lady readers, who
propose introducing similar suits against
their faithless lovers:
Mr. Eliphalet
To Miss Jehilah Dr.
To dancing three cotillions, on first
acquaintance. 15,00
To value of three
sighs
and one
dream that night,
250,00
To thinking of the color of
his
eyes one day at church.
To going to the races after rcfu
sing six other beauXi
1S4,00
525,00
To cutting three fine follows to
please him, 93,00
To making a watch chain, 15J0.00
To cost of materials for the sa.nc
6 bits, 75,00
To five romps and two flirtations, 141,00
I o tearing gown and bursting a
stocking in said romps 7,31
To one kiss, stolen,. 125,00
To allow him to kiss my cheek ten
times without mincing, $11 each 110,00
To long wtlk by moonlight, inclu
ding sentiment lost, 270,00
To thirty blushes when he popped
the question, GOO.OO
To my heart, alas! 1,94
Mary, my dear, I cannot comprehend
why you should persist in spending your
afternoons in Jenks apartments.'
Quite likely, my love, there are a great
many things above your comprehension.'
Here Mrs. Smith quietly closed the door,
and allowed her duck to cypher it out.
Candor and Disnily.
Several gentlemen in company of Lord
Bolingbroke were speaking of the avarice
of the Duke of Marlborough, and they ap
pealed to his Lordship fbr the truth of the
instances which they adduced.
He is so great a man, replied Lord Bo
lingbroke, 'that 1 have forgotten his vices.
A truly generous answer for a political
enemy to make. V --
Toppins Ihc Question.
A young school miss, whose teacher
had taught her that two negatives were
equivalent to an affirmative, on being asked
by a suitor, for her assent to marry him,
replied, 'No, no.'
The swain looked astonished and be
wildered she referred him to Murray,
when, for the first time, he learned that no
meant yes!
Your father would not have punished
you, my child, if you had not used profane
language and swore.'
Well, father swears.'
1 know he has been in the habit of it,
but he leaves off now.
It's a pity he hadn't done it before he
taught Bill and me to swear, and then we
should have been saved many dam'd lick
ens. Good Distinction-. 4 Relief ought to
be confined as much as possible to the in
firm and helpless. Wages, by means of
which improvements are carried on.should
be given by preference to the able-bodied
and vigorous. Relief ought to be on the
lowest scale necessary for subsistence.
Wages should bo sufficiently liberal to
secure the best exertions of tho laborer.
Relief should be made scr unattractive as
to furnish no motive to ask for it. except in
the absence of every other means of sub
sistence. iTThc Boston Post says: It was deci
ded a few days ago in Baltimore by a
board of arbitrators that a sow and her lit
ter of pigs are included in the phrase
household furniture."
GPThc Isthmus was bare of passengers
for California on the 2nd inst. and vessels
were awaiting at Panama the arrival of
others. The steamer Oregon took the last,
including the editor of the Panama Star.
So that paper is defunct.
L-"The French minister according to a
Washington letter, had just furnished his
house when the note of dismissal was re
ceived. The elegant new furniture is to
be sold at anction.
EjA company of recruits from Provi
dence on their way to New York, seized
a demijohn, of brandy, as they supposed,
and partook of it. It proved to be cam
phinc. One of them soon died, and six
others were in a dangerous state.
3TA really honorable man, sa3"s the
Boston Post, is not made any more so by
prefixing the letters "Hon. to his name;
but the Hon. Truman Smith should insist
upon the title in all cases.
t3" Prince of Wales and Earl of Dub
lin," is now the title of Queen Victoria's
eldest boy. Pitty ho has not a title to
some public respect, for a fair share of in
tellect.
The two most precious things on this
side of the grave are reputation and life
yet the most contemptible whisper may
deprive us of one, and the meanest weap
on of the other.
Punch has seen with alarm 'ladies vests
advertised in the newspapers. This grad
ual invasion of male attire by the other
sex ought to be looked to. Punch says
they have already stolen, our paletot!, they
now seize upon vests. (J racious goodness
what will they not take next? Whai will
be left us?
CSA lady friend thought that she should
avoid a certain dry goods store, because
they advertised undressed linen.
SSMr. Bancroft, our late Minister to
England, has purchased a magnificent man
sion on Gramercy Park, in the upper part
of New York city.
GPThe Ladies of Pctcrboro, N. H
have organized a lodge known as Monad
nock Lodgo, No. 1, of the Independent
Order of Odd Ladies. They will ride
the goat sideways, of course,
CF'We learn from the Icvington (Ky.,)
Atlas that Mr. Clay reached home from
his Northern trip, on the night of the 18th
. . . . - ti
inst, II is health is very materially im
proved." Another mammoth cave has been dis
covered in Kentucky, about twelve miles
distant from the celebrated one. It has
already been penetrated five miles, where
it was still extending, and it will probably
prove the largest cave iu the world.
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