j& : 1 I : i 1 : I e i ! I 1 1 II Hi Ik lb ill It- ttllllill Jv I A JL H tJi t it i THE BLESSIXGS OF GOVERXMEXT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVES, SHOULD ME DISTRIBUTED ALIKE, UfOX THE HIGH AXD THE LOW, THE RICH AXD THE POOR. m:w series. WHAT is IIOMK WITHOUT MOTHEK ? A i VUt is ll'inc without a mother, What arc all t jvs vc meet, When her Wm' Hnilcs uo longer !,.; i!,,. .-.iula-' f our feet! i ! . The Jay .eciiis Lng, the nights are drear, , AvA v.::v: ph'.s slowly on! I ! i ; j lm oh ! !" few are chiMIioed'a pleasures, W:.t !i her gentle care is gone ! TV tl.hig we prize are first to vanish Hearts we love to pass away. An ! how soon, e'en in our childhood, Wt bth-.1.1 her tuvn'iug gray ; H.-r eye gruws dim, her step is slow, r jiys of e.irth are passed ; A: I sometimes e'er we learn to know her, m ? Ins breathe I on earth her last. n'..i-r hearts may have their sorrows, tli.it quickly l:e. away ; i;..t a ju-.ther lost in childhood wr'- v. the heart from Jay to day. Y her kind and willing hand. licr f.'iid ami earnest care, A:..i ! hov dark is life around us ; V:.u is Hme without her there. THE'- STEP-MOTHER, 1 v i.ettku for Minnie." Scarcely t mmi were ttusc woras uut-rci aucui ;, a""r,ho. th-y resounded from one to ,:h-r us.nl at length it r-ached a bright j .v! Irauiifu? ci! of perhaps twelve sum - ! ma-. Wh.n the sound reached her j ir- viTj:L:a2 was pushed aide. and ! 1 v.:h a ouick bouud reached the side t- i m, r i 1 i. rtho, with letter in hand, stood snii- ; 1 -t ninn ilir- linntifiil lit ;n wbn. with ' I . ,, , j r ,u i ! s? .-.tvictchtd hands v a ted for th letter I 1 , . i 1 - - - ' - -" - I I writir. . then broke the seal aud began 1 r J, hcr rves brtghteniDg at every i:io, uuiil at length, with a g'.ad cry of j . ; y. :' tj broke forth ; "A u.w maiua '. Oh, I have got a i j : -v :: ,.:iju !"' .ti 1, throwing the letter "c v.- Iijl j-t of Mrs- Laiiott, bid her it nluie tears of j y flwcd iuic I :a: t. Tt;s i. r, which had brought M:n- ; -; J J " j p;.. rutcn to her, tits on.y ana , j :i :z-.,l chill, the news of his marriage : I .! :-.adark eyed beauty of only twenty j ''rs. and aided, 'now Minnie you 1 r,v- have what you have so long I ; f-r. a mother's love; yes, she , : i i e:.rc for jiy little dove, who but for j the kh. i rare if Mrs. Lamott, would ! - y Iron entirely deprived of that of j j v! -:;-h 1 ''il'1Jih hcart 6epks ost. EJm- ;t :;.-vm : :t U1J cbi!,i.' Ie concluled. j j ' '''" h- W. ia a fevT days to bring :. 1 1,:-,,,c u' Jur matu'na. iQT- j t't to U.old her little daughter' , 1 ,1 a ,,r. are nut tew wbo wouta not have the jay that Minnie did at these ti- j u ; bu. early deprived of a mothers . . this LJ been her greatest desire; ; u ut-u ue cttier cniliren would read : r tLcir aether's letters, it would ; tO AllLBlC S eves, and fLC 1 Ji.j tigti I " Ala?, I have no mother." lt, although she was tho child of f :-Va and luxury, the joy of a fond fa- ; tc's heart, the favorite of all who knew hcr. sri'l sbe wag not satisfied. She lone- ! c,i kr that tender.lovinc svmnathv which j Ct-J a mother's heart can knew. But, i n-w that jnY had come, is it stranee that i tQe rt thought of it should have so ; C0:'pletcly overpowered her 1 j re ws9 but one iu all Mrs. La-! s school who did not svmnathise ' uu -'Jtie m her joy nd that one ! '-e room mate and almost constant i anion of Minnie ever since she cn- . . Lamott a school, which was -tenia's t.'it, Let us look at e two Rirla as Micnie. reaching her ior uer to join m her happi- ness, as was her wont to do, placed her arms around br,and dancing her around the room. Minnie, bow frail and fair she looked in comparison with the dark eyed beauty of the other. Minnie's curls, which hung around a well shaped head, were of a rich deep auburn, while those of her companion were of the deepest black. The contrast was strikingly beautiful, but those young hearts were joined by the strongest ties of love, which . were about to be broken, for Lottie, the elder would share her joy with none. A.nd when the exclamation of joy broke forth from Minnie's lips, she shook her head until the dark ringlets concealed her face and the dark frown that was lower- j ing there. ith her hands clenched I an d her brew contracted she vowed re i venged upon the woman who was about , to claim the heart of Minr ie, which, un til now, had been her own. "If Minnie loves her when she comes to sec her, all the Indian blood of Lottie Clinton shall be ued to cist asunder this new tie !" said she to herself. But to accomplish this. I must play the part I have so long taken in earnestness and Thu-? the days passed on. until at last, to Minnie, brought the welcome ; inorr.iiig, and with it her own dear fa I ther. rr i, tell me of my new mama," " Wait mJ chili until you see her; then 3f u n judg for yourself She ltfl h"r Lome- hcr country, to Pass hor Iiftf ain0Dg strangers, for yn,!r hs father and his little daughter s : v saKe: dui sac is verv anxious to see vou .umuie. " Is she father? Oh. I will love her so much," she sail, ' At last evervthmg m ready, the final god bye said, and Minnie, with CoN r:,, . i. - Minnie, K-l.oM veur new mama sail her father, a3 thev all alighted at his home. Eagerly she sprang forward and was ! caught in the arms of Mrs Pierce, who ! Pfirpro.i hrr n:it)i VIcc n ct loi.l .ir- Leal among the deep rich curls of her i step-mother. ut, 7h:le the introduction is going oa ict U;1 satisfy our curiosity as to how th-? Wt,n,i.:rrui being looks. No wonder tLat Miauie cannot keep her eyes off of her for fehe is 5uJv?eJ beauliful IIer figurc is tal, and syinmetricauy formcd, with defip b,ack hair and ey0i aQ(j the faiote!it lingc of the carnation shade upon tte iIy wfcite checks. She was, ;Q fact ouc to wL(!I1, jncic wcuj Datu. raly c;ng. Miootch2a indeed found a mother, but 5n gaiu;ng that friend she made an cnemy. Days, weeks pe2 on Minnie aud .mrna ijerce (for tj)at wa3 her mother'a name SC3rcelv cft cac!l otliCr3 ei(jc. VrQm oae r00'm t0 anothcr, through the &1J mansioni they would roam together, Wit3jcr cut into the cardea and cathcr ,, v,pnt;fi flrtW,,. nrl wpsvd thnm In. to boqucts and wreathes, and ride horsc- !! ; iU ...nrnin.T an.l nIn i,t. Tiitrht . o -"n - 'c cadi bound in tho other's love Minnie and Lottie exchanged letters often, each of which was full of love for new mama, and the warm deep love she gave to hcr in return. " And," she would say, "as much as much as I long to see you, dear Lottie, and good, kind Mrs. Lamott, I cannot Dear tlie thought of separation. Oh, she dearer than evci cd my childish heart dreamed of," Each letter sank deeper and deeper the wished for revenge Into the heart of Lottie Clinton. Oh !" she would cry, I will tear ! their hearts asunder ! Minnie shall yet hate that woman, and I will again havo ! Ai her love. She fchJl cling to me for ! support, but I must wait wait until tho , tiuiC comc3 EBENSBUKG, PA. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, The mother and daughter Eat gazing out upon the lovely sunset, for, on the morrow, Minnie was to return to Mis. Lamott's school, and the thought could not but bring sadness upon both hearts. But it was best for her to " go and so the sacrifice was made. Only four years more, my dear ma ma, and I can say farewell to books and live if home with you and dear papa for ever. Oh, I am so glad yu are going with me, for then Lottie can see you and love you as I do." So young and so beautiful they were we might gaze, lost in respectful admira tion, and never suspect the relationship between them ; the one in her womanly beauty, tLe other in her chidlike hap piness and faultless beauty. A carriage rolled up the avenue of Col. Pierce's residence, and Minnio, ac companied by the Colonel and his wife, after takiDg leave of the servants, amidst many exclamations of sorrow and regret at parting wilh their favorite aud well beloved Lahy. as they continued to call her, stepped into the carriage and was gone not to return until the end of the the second year. " Welcome back to school my Minnie and to the hearts of all," exclaimed Mrs Lamott, as Minnie sprang from the car riage at the doer of Mrs. Lamott's school. All the girls rushed forward, eager to kiss and claim a kiss from one who had beensadly missiil. V'nia; them was Lottie, all smiles and good vi-h.s ; and, when introduced to Col. Tierce, con ducted herself so well as to pass as the de!r st friend of M'nnie. When pressed by the Colonel and his wife to visit Forrest Grove, Minnie's home, she gladly accepted," for was not ! that what she longed for, nay, sought for? Was it not in that expected vUit j that all her hopes were concentrated ? ' Yes, she would go; and so it was agreed that, at the end of the second year, they ; should return together. ; At last the final scene is over, the fa- . ther and mother return home, and Min- ! me is to retrain two years unintcrrun- ; ted favc by the long and cherished let ters from her parents. i Two years had come and gone. Min- nio and Lottie arc on their way to For- rest Grove. Altera fatisuiuir iourncv of six days they arrived saftly to the anxious hearts that waited for them. " No wonder, Minnie," said Lottie, you feel at leaving such a home as this. Oh, how poor, how miserable is mine compared with this ; no father no mother there." " Do cot mention it Lortie, for this shall be your home as long as you wish ; for mama and papa lovo you as a daugh ter, and need I add that Minnie loves you as a sister Ah ! was that not what the wanted? for, in the short vacation of five weeks, how could the. single and empty han ded, work out such a revenge as she wanted ? No, but if she should return at the end of the next two years, then, ! as neither were to return again, she could stay until sbo had accomplished it. Other arrangements uere ma-JEe, for the first year after Minnie left school was to be spent in travelling. But when she returned then Lottie was to return with them. So with this arrangement, after a happy vacation, they returned to school. The three years, two of study and one sight-seeing, havo passed away and brought back to Forrest Grove, not our little Minnie and Lottie, but two tall, beautiful ladies of tho respectful ages of seventeen and nineteen. " Where is Lottie, Minnie?" asked Emma Pierce, coming into the . room where Minnie was reclining on a sofa all alone. Lottio had just left her, after telling hcr that which sho 6aid tho had just over heard passing her mother' room on hor waylown stairs: "your father and mo ther," the said, were in cloeo conver sation, when I heard in loud and angry tones, this exclamation. 'That as for havi " th-t 1 ottie Clinton here all the time,, Ehe shouldn't do it, and if he wouldn't tell her to pick up hcr things and go to her own home, she should, or go herself, for Minnie was as much care as she would be burdenod with, and that she didn't expect to be brought here as slave ; but if that was what he wanted, why then she would return to her ma'd cn home ;' and that her father had gen tly remonstrated, Eaying 'Why, I sup posed you all enjoyed each other's com pany, but if not he would gently hint to Lottie that ho feared her friends would think them unkind in monopolizing all her time; and then, without giving off ence to either Lottie cr Minnie, she would return homo.' 'Yes, just as I said must please them first, your wife afterwards.' " This she said was all she heard, for she hurried away so ehe could hear no i more. And Jottio with tears in tier eyes, added that she Ehould return on the morrow, for t-bd did cot want to make trouble in a family which she so dsarly loved, and supposed ehe was lov ed in return. This was enough to arouo anger in the bosom of Minnie. ' To think the said that I ever should havo loved that woman so fondly, to find i ti . " , UCl IUUJ. Ob, yes, it was too much, and so Lot- ' tie had no difficulty in drawing from Min i nie a cromise never to tell either hcr 1 ' fathinr isn lirr r.T what rhe had iii't told her a ptoraise she knew if once given would never be brokeu. " Go Lottie and leave me a little while she said. Thus it was that Kuima, the sani' beautiful von;an, the same warm, loving hcart, was wronged by one whotu the cherished as hcr daughter's friend, and did all in Lcr power tj make her happy. Oh ! that woman's h-.art coull be so false! " What, in tears, my beautiful Min- me ? liow is this ? What has caused them ? Look up, uiy chill, and tell your anxious Emma why those tears?' j 'Go away! Go away! Oh. you i cruel, cruel woman ?' Mtn-r.v, .Minnie, why tucse worus r I 0!l 'lo tcI1 wc not koc? n,c in ' pense anotLcr inomeut. I hhall die of grief, if vou do not recall those dreadful cruel words," and tears streamed from the eyes of Mrs, Pierce. " Some wrong has been done, and by some one. Look up my darling, and tell me who has so cruelly deceived you " But not a word came from between those cold lips. Emma gazed again at the strange girl, and started in surprise, for in the excite ment she had fainted. Everything was forgotten in tho eff orts to bring to life the almost inanimate form of Minnie ; but after the blue eyes again opened and the lips parted, nothing wassail, no questions were asked for of again agitating that frail chiid ; and and thus the mother waited and wonder ed. The next day Lottie ''Id of her deter mination to leave Forrest Grove and re turn home. There were many cxlaina tions of regret, and all save one were so desirous for her to remain that fchc was at length persuaded to do so. For," said she, do to love you all I cannot bear to leave yeu and go to that cold, unhappy home of mine. No father, no another, nothing but a guar dian to love." . So she was again settled for at least another six months. But it did not es cape hcr notice, as well as Minnie's, that while all were so eager for Lottie to re main, Mrs. Pierco had said nothing No, for Mrs. Tierce felt that Lottio w at the bottom of the mystery. No, thfl in hcr hcart did no wish the girl to stay and hcr expressive features tuli the talc. 1862 i This was enough to satisfy Minnie, and a coldness began t3 spring between them and hcr time was more and mere given to her friend, and Mrs. Pierce was al most given up entirely, going wholo days without meeting her only at their daily rides and'at'the faniFty'' meals. Many, many times had Emma remon strated with Minnie, striving by every kind look and deed to bring her back , but no, she was as cold towards hcr, and the tender hcart of Mrs Pierce was near ly broken. No company save hcr hus band's, who was the samo as ever kind and tender, as well as proud of his beau- tiful wife. She would not tell him of i Minnie's coldness, for fear of paining the noble father ; and so she lived day after day, until at length wild with despair she was ready to sink to the ground, aud -should have wished, only for her husband's sake, that dcrtth might corue, and thus free her burthencd heart Kut how was Minnie's heart? Was she happy in thus treating one whom she had loved almost to idolatry ? Ob, no ; hcr tender heart was by turns still all hcr mother's, and had it not been for for the cunning artifice of Lottis she would hivo begged forgiveness of hcr mother long before. But Lottie was ready at all such times to show some other words or acts of ill-will toward ci ther herself or Minnie. TLus she ruled supreme ; thus sLu had again seduced Minnie's heart. Poor child, thou hast turned from thy be.t frieud : thy heart hast never "cherished one more worthy of it than thy kind, thy tender, loving step mother. "A letter for Mir.nie." Agrviu thoso words br.!:u the stilluv.-s cf a roTn where h akhou-h not engaged by Tas- cac quelle,' cr any other tehool book, were , n-t"an- cr ,n2 "rate ; stnl. liKe its m dcer.lv engaged with their own thoughts. crnptaVh emblem shoulJ it continue as 1 3 0 ,e 0 ! l ti-ht and beautiful as ever. (T UEiCtT)xcl:D ; S. As gold is the met uucalile of -all tiicv i:idi RIG. " THINK WELL ON IT " soi jr trie Lte -f tit'' ittrti-tinf J?ij in the .UtrrSoje Cn I'tonj. 1. As turning a ring fur ever no (nd can b an be found, sj the friendship e-rented y marriage should be cuJ!s or scrpt b. aid ; net evcu broken cf finally by the interruption 01 ueatu, vxxi tLe marriage party seperating merely duriug the night j of the grave, iu sure and certaiu hope of! meeting agaiu ou the fo.lowir.g morning of a glorious resurrection' when all that was pure and lovely ia the utiicn, shall be more so still, with the high additional perfection of continuing uninterrupted throughout the endless round of a blessed I immortality. 2. As the marriage ring should bj made of urc giAd, which is tho most pure or simple cf all metals, so the marriage union, cemented by that impressive pledge given and received, should be pure in its origin, pure in its continuance, and so pure in all its motives as to contra- distinguish the contracting parties from 11 intimacies founded upon gros, or car- modcU prcJoininatcs ia tiic husbands nai rtincinics. as nearly as jiusiiuio ro- : , . , '1:.--. ,.. r...,,. eoibliDgthc love of Christ for his spoue 1 , . -r . . . , . ,M r t 1 his wife. Lut waat hli2 wi.I ever kcl it mo onurcu, wuo iovcu tae nureu . to fccf hoaorf rri,c rriviIccc that he yaxc lumsclf Jvr a. tJ ,.onor 3. As gold of which the marriage ring j when a la Jy 'rcado marks learns and should le made, i? esteemed the most i inwardly digests the foregoing, with all i-alwjUe of all metals, so the love and t tta(. iaiT.iicd suggestions and endearments friendship implied in the marriago ricg an,j tiin glancts at honored finger, should ever be coiiMlered is infinitely .j lbe pure iLj.;2nia of tuch more laluuUe than any anothcr syttcm cf '. vlauiaioua delights and serious rcspon human nature is capable j fii,ility. Low inexpresbilly happy must 4. As gold is the most con-pact or at : fcj tbat a can b.. at a'j time--, and least porous of all metals, so the marriage uaccr circumstances, the bearer cf love and friendship should be so cbsely ; bJ j,ar an2 portable a plcdgo cf what cemented by the blending into each other ! conititutes real terrestrial felicity, and cf all the kind and good a.Tections cf the j niay fbe 0fton rccu: to the title or m;l parties, as to leave no possible aperture j t0j i Think well on it." of the opening for tbc iatroduetion of any ! This is love and worth ooimeuding. strange cr for hidden affection. Each i Still beginning never emh:),;." t.artv should always be rrcpared to say ! I conclude this article by t o- .1 1 1 1 j . 1 . 1 of the other, n .1. . , . ,1, " 1 hy lovtl:nes my hcart h.itu pn jxAt Aud lett no ruom t .r at,v oiiier c - 1 1 .1 - -: ,.. r.f n.fti . . ... lutcnoc neat, evcu iu a crucioic, cannot ljic any particle of jiitna! weight and VOL. 9-N0.4. worth but comes cut of the crucible aa heavy and as valuable as when it was put in. losing nothing in consequence of the fiery ordeal except whatever portion of the dress or alloy may have been in corporated with the pure metal ; so tho cost severe aSlictions, intense troubles,, and fiery persecutions which may be tho portion of the marriago parties, daring the changes and chances of this moral life, should never be able to deteriorate or take from the marriage union any part of its intrinsic worth or beauty; but the parties should rise from tho furnace of afflictions ar. I the dishonors of tbc grave, without having lest anything ex- cept the grosse, pai tides of earth and sin which may have unhappily attached themselves to the mvstic action Lieh was intended to secure their f.-iiity. 6. The marriage ring should be per fectly 2?a in, that is no chased, rahi-1, or art fjicial work should sj-pcar cn its surface, implying that the marriago scr- moa "ouiae tne rcEu.r. oi any a.jicc. on account ottrtalth. ec, Jnart, or lhc inJuc'Jvfuaicc cfr ,;. but tho ! l'laU result of aa honorable an religious affection between the contracting parties and that God who instituted the holy estate of matrimony. 7. As gold is incorrupt JJe metal, that is, if thrown into the mire, cr iinbcdie l in the moit impure soil, it will never cor ru conoJe. imbide one speck of pest or P'J . mr.c ... and fnu.u.-bip, Lowovcr it aiay be sjme timcs cbiigcl to descend from the eleva tion of i&uenc2 into tLe J-cpi valley cf penury cr distress r j doomcdTo waste its swctfsTs cn t'r'utirrt'-Tr,7' 'iCTI carcerr.ted iu the gloomy cc-Lfnes cf a ! T" Ctl1' or .date with the poor tho j metals, so that an ounce can be beat-u I out to cover an acre of land, or gild a j aitecuated thread to cmbrac: the circuia ! ference of the world's surface, so should the rcsubs of the marriage cnion fuIHl the original command to increase. c;ulti- . ply atl!JCOTCr the air wUh Tlie Trec;wU, j soaa 0f Zioc, comparalh to find gold." 9. As the marriage ring exhibits no- ; .LIn ,0 , rrc.Cmiacnce of the one ty cvcr tL, lue "worj c(, other notwithstanding tho obey is applied to the lady rathcr than to the gentleman, yet the gcntlcman should ever rcceoileci, that a in forenric courts especially courts cf equity, the plaintiff miit appear with what arc called " clean hands," ia otber words, have fully done his part and duty so, before the husband can claim any right to command, or the wife un Jcr any obligation to obey, h? mu;t remember the test of his love and sincerity, which b given ia the Holy Scriptures, viz. " IIuj bands love your wives, as Christ loved his Church ;" but how did Christ j-r'Jtc his lovo for his Church ? by dying fur j a Jove cf tkc ; rin3 Ull every ream-xi coup.e wui nvc so as to deserve the following Epitaph . " ' : Tlwv were tru v one that n-.uc ci-.v 1 .-ay 1 . Lether !ivl TUift or whether did oVy. - ruled because t'u wniM ulx vln: , Slit ftui obyc.j. ml-.i well ii fnr-
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