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'rum bad long been picking his Wv‘y cautiously
through this treacherous forest., stepping from
tuft to tuft, of rushes and roots, which afforded
precarious footholdS, among deep slough, or pa
cing carefully, like a eat along the prostrate
trunks of trees, now and then startled by the
semi/ling of the bittern, or the quaking of the
k.; „i h , I wild duck, rising on the wing from some splits
r,,tii:tegipi Flu hi ry pool. At length he arrived at a piece of time
reaißtrikz SUlti
ground, which ran put -like a peninsula infhe
deep bosom of the swamp. It had been on of
the strongholds of the Indiana duriiig their wars
with the first colonies. Here they had th
up a kited of fort, which they had looked
as almost impregnable, used it as a place of ref
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LONGIN
IT JAIIEX IlCftlFN LO
Or all the myriad moods of mi
That through the mod come t
Whirll one was e'er so dear, so
do heautlfd, as toughie
The thing we long fur, that we
Fur one transcendent mum
Before the present, poor and •
Can make its sneering roma
through our paltry stir a
illriwa down the wished Idea
And Loagts . grog moulds i clay w
Corred in the marble Real;
To let the new life in, we know
Desire must ope the portal;
Perhaps the longing to be so
Help make tivr.sima lm
Loading b God's fresh heaven
With our pour earthward
Walpteneh it that we may Se
Content with merely living;
Hut would wwlearn that heart'
Widen :we jre hourlyArrongi
Our lireiintrat climb from hope
And roalize our Longing.
Aid let us hope that, to our pr
th.“ 4 .tiod not only meow .
The moment when we tread hid
But when the spirit heekinr
That some slight goall.l
Beyond self-ardiersetion.
When we are simply good' in th
llow'er we fail lu sethin.,
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TUE DEVIL AND TO)
131 1..41-1111NOTOII I
A few miles from Boston, ii
there is a deep inlet, winding s i
the country, fr hiarlys.Bay,land terminating
in a thickly waded swamp or itiorass. On one
side of this inlet is a heau ant 4ariegmve; and
1
on the oppositt. -ids the lan rises abruptly
fromir the water's. edge - into a high ridge, on
which grow a f t iw scattered ks of great. age
and immense site It was u er one of those
gigantic trees; aceortling to a stories, that
Kirk the pirate buried his t res. , The inlet
allows a facilitylo bring the u oney in a boat
secretly, and at night, to the very foot of the
hill. The elevation of the place permitted a
;rand look out to be kept that no one was at
hand, while the remarkable trees formed good
land marks, by which the pLacet might be easily
found again. The old stories sdil moreover, that
l e
the devil presided at the hidin_ of the money,
and took it under his guardians ip; but this, it
is well known, he always does th buried trea
sures, particularly when it has n ill-gotten.—
Be this as it way,,lijdd nevem
er his wealth; beirtF shortly at
ton, sent to and the
GINS
lbont the y ear ,17*.fr, just
earthyttakes were se prevalent i
and -hook many tall sinners
knees, there live.l near thin plat
serly fellow by the name f 're
hail a wife as miserly
so miSerly that they even eenspi
other. Wliatever tl wetnati
~ t litn
hand: ,
but
egg I ter Intibauil VMS t:untintin
to detect her secret hretrds; Ina 11:
thy ounflietethat ti.ak pla , e al
to have been t.onnnon property.
a. forlorn booking house, that stn.
oarration. A few .fai
=SI
tree , . .0 olr the sterility,
sutoke ever ,urh ' •,t,i its "hi
ev.•r mopped at its &bit!. A t
whose ribs were a articulate
stalked about a field where a this
siarcc covering the rugged bed
tantalized and balked his but - 1H
he would lean him bead over 04
eously at the passer by, and Ilia ,
deliverrnee komthe land of fin
and its4itimates had altogether
Tom's wife WIL'• a tall termigani
1441 of tongue„ and stioug of
was often heard in wordywars
baud, and her let sonUitimes.
their conflicts were nut contim
one however, %enturd to
them; the lonely wayfart
self at tl horrid clamor an
I'VPil titedou of disorder aska
oss hi. way. if a bai•h'lnr, rejoi
Ona day Tom Walker had been to a distant
part of the neighborhood, and be t•jok what he con
sidered a short cut hottlewards. thiough a swamp:
'Like most short cuts, it was 'an ill chosen route.
The swamp was tlicklY grown With gloomy
-piues and hemlocks, some of them ninety feet
; high, which made it dark at noon day. and a re-
treat for all the owls of the neighborhood. ft
was full of pits and quagmires, partry 'coterod
with weels and mosses, when- the green surface
i often betrayed the traveler into a of black,
smothering mud; there ware oisO dark and stag
nant pools, the abodes u to tad-pole. the bull
frvg and the list4r snake, tut
.where the trunks
of 'pines and hemlocks la • half-drowned, half
rotting, looking like alligators sleeping in the
wirt•.,
now remained of the old Indian "fort, but a few
embankments, gradually sinking to the level of
the surrounding earth, and had already over
grown in partly oaks and other forest trees, the
foliage of which formed a contrast to the dark
pines and hemlocks of the swamp.
It was late in the dusk of evening•that Tom
Walker reached this old fort, and he palmed there
awhile to rest himself. Any one but he ,weuld
have. felt unwilling to linger in this lonely, 'Mel
unholy place, for the common people had a bad
opiniOn of it,.from the stories handed down from
the time of the Indian wars, when it was awn
ed that the 'savages held incantations here, and
Made sacrifice to the evil spirit. Tom Walker,
Iniwever, was not a main to be overcome by .auy
fears of this kind. .
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Ile reposed himself for some time on the trunk
of a fallen tree, listening to the boding cry of
the tree-toad, and delving with his walking-staff
into a mound of Week mould at hilt feet. As he
turned up the soil uneoeaciously, his sitakstruok
something hard. lie raked it'Out of the vegeta
ble mound, and 1o: a cloven skull, with an Lodi,
an tomahawk buried iu it, lay before him. The
rust of the weapon. showed the time that had
elapsed binee the death blow had been given. . It
was t dreary memento of the tierce struggle that
had taken plaee in this last foothold of the Indi
an warrior. •
and will
lag:
fall &cop.%
Ito hope
ME
"hump! said Tout Walker, as he gave the
skull a kick to shake the dirt from ii
EMI
"Let that skull alone!" said a gruff voit*.—
Tont lifted up hi d eyes and beheld a great black
niau seated directly •opposite him on a stump of'
a tree. Ile was exceedingly surprised, having
neither sixn nor heard any one approach, and
he wze still- more perplexed on observing, As
well as.the gathering gloom would permit, that
the stranger %va.; neither negro nor Indian. It is
true be wa4 dressed in it rude, haff-Indian garb,
and had a red belt or sash round his body, but.
his rave was neither black or cropper-colored but
warthy tmd 'dingy, begrimmed With soot. as if
he hail been arenstorned to toil among tires and
fOrge4. Ile had it shock...of coarse black hair,
that 'stood outfrutit his head in all directions,
and bore an axe on his shoulder.
Haul
W:ta ER.
MEI
Ma.wehnsetts,
veral mile:: into
Re scowled at Tom for a moment with a pair
of great red eyes.
"What are you doing in my ground's''" said?
the bbick man, with a hoarse growling voice.
"I our grounds," said Tom with a sneer; "no
more yOur grounds than mine, they belong tq
Deacon 'Pea body. "
"Deacon Peabody be d----d!" said the Stran
ger. "as IN - flatter mytt'elf he, will be, if he dos not
look more to his own sins and less to his neigh
bor. Look-yonder, and see how Deacon Pea
body is fliring." Tom' looked in th'e direction
that tho Arstiger pointed, and beheld one of the
great tree's, fair and nourishing without, but rot-.
ten at eoro, And saw that it had been nearly
hewed throng;s, that the tirst high find WAS
iikoly t , l WU it 41.11W11: On the back of the tree
was . 4eorisl ill:: 111111 e of . Deaeon Peabody. Ile
uow looked round aud found most of the tall trees
marked with the name of some great man of the
eidony, more less scarred by the axe.—
,The o n e 'o n wide!' Ito It:0 been seated bore the
name Vrowningshiehl, and he recollected - a
might:, .1 iv!, 111'111 41431 name, who had mad, a
vuigar display of his wealth, which it Was whis
pered he had madely bnceaneering.
"He's just ready foe' burning!" said the blaek
man with a :cowl of triumph. *ieVou see I ant
likely to lint&' :t good stock 'of firewood for win-
rued recov
r Fkized at Ros
h:lngo(' for pi-
the time when
C 1 New Enghntl,
down on their
• a 1111-
. 1 Walker 1h
and' flwr wrn•
HI 0 rhea , ' 1 . 2441
caul , i lay tier
ould *.t raekle
Br
ly prying alma
and fieme werr
t what ought
They livPd in
atom:, and had
"But: what right have you," ~aid Tow, "went .
down -Deacon. Peabody's timber?" •
"The right of prior claim," said the other.-:-
-This woodland belonged to we long before Dile
of your 14 : hitz-fam4l race pat foot upon the acid."
"And pray who are you, if Inlay be so bold?"
said Tow.
aggling, mvine
ew near it; no
Ley; no traveler
Joirse,
, tire gridiron,
carpet of 11108 S,
if pudding rrtone
; and sometimes
• fence, lank pit-
"0, I go by various names. lam Wild Hunts
man iu some countries, the.thiek Miner in oth
ers. In this neighborhood lam known by the
name Of the Black Woodsman lamhe to whom
the red man devoted this spot, and now and then
roasted a white man,- by way of sweet smelling
sacrifice Siuco the re 4 men have been extermi
nated by yOu write savages, I , amuse myself by
presiding at the perreutinn of Quakers and'
dn
abaptist., I am the grand patron and prompter
-of slave dealers, and the grand master of the Sa
lem witches."
to petition
ine. The hone
a 'bad name .—
, fierce of temper,
aim. her voice
' re with her
ht i
bowed signg 4 that
to %op.'s. NO
4 terfere between
"The -upshot of all which is, - if I miatke
not.," Tom surlily, "you mic commonly called
Scratch:
"The same•at your iervice," replied the black
man with a civil nod.
uk within him
clapper-clawing,
Such wa:s the opening of the interview, accord
ing to the old story, though - it has most too fa
miliar uu air to he credited. One would almost
think that to meet such a singular personage in
'this wild lonely place would have shaken any
mans tteers; but Tom was a hard minded fellow,
not easily.dannted, and he had lived so long with
a tefmagunt wife, that. he did not even fear the
devil. '
co, •and hurried
ing in Lip CAL.
It is said after this commcniument, they had'
a long and earnest conversation together, as Tom
returned homewards. The black man told hini
of the great 311014 of money which had been bur
ied by Kidd, the pirate; under the oak trees on
the high ridge, not far from the morass. All
these were under his command, and protected by
his power, so that none could- find them c.tcept
such as propitiated his favor.
Those he offered to glee within Tom Walker's
reach, having conceived an }special kindness for
him, but they wore to be h a d only on certain
conditions. What these
. eouditions are may be
easily surmised, though Tom never disclosed it
publicly.. They must have been very har,d, for
he required time to think of them, and he was
not•a man to stick at trifles when money was, in
view. When they had r eached the edge of the
twain!), the stranger paused. -
"What proof have• I that what you have said
is true?" said Tutu.. .
:'There is-my signature," said the black man,
pressing his lingers on Tom's forehead. So asp
bag; ho turned ,off - among the thickest of the
swamp, and seemed, as Tom said, to 'go down,
down, into the earthotatil nothing bat his had
end alionlaerseould be men, aid so until be to:
telly dinipposrod.
ERIE; SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 1 1854.
$1 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE:
When Tom returnal home, he found the black
print of a finger bun* as it were, into his fore
head, which nothing could obliterate. .
The first news his life had to tell was the death
of Absolow Crowingthicld, the rich buccaneer.
It was 'announced in the Men' wit the usual
flourish, "that a great mail had fallen in Israel.''
Tom recollected the tree Which his black friend
had just hewn down, and which was ready for
burning. i - .
"Let the freeboot4ir roast," said Tom, "who
mina?" 'f
He now felt that 'hat he had heard and seen
was no allusion.
He was not prone let his wife into his con
fidence; but as this an tuteasy.secret, he wil
lingly shared it with ltqr. All her avarice was
awakened at the men of hidden gold, and she
urged her husband to . ply with the black man's
terms, and secure t woad make them happy
for life.
However diipomed tOstaall himself .to
the devil, be was dete ined not to do so to oblige
his wife; so that he tly refused out of the mere
spirit of contradictio • Many were the bitter
quarrels they had on the subject, but the more
she talked the more resolute TOM became not, to
please her. At le h she was sletermizted to
drive the bargain on cr own account, and if sbe
succeeded to keep all l the gain herself. .•
The next evening the set of again' for the
swamp with her apron heavily laden. Tom wait
ed.nd waited for her ut in vain; midnight came,
but she did not mak her appearance; 'winkin g ,
noon and night retu ed, but still she did not,
conic. Tom grew un y for her safety, especial
ly as he found that it e had carried off in her
apron', the silver t and spoons, ":and every
other portable article of value. An4the'r night
'elapsed, another um ing, but no wife. In a
word, she was never card ttf them .
Mate nobody knows,' in con
retentling to know kis
have been confounded by
What was her real ,
sequence of so many
one of those facts tlia
. Some averted that she
be tangled mazes of the
me pit or slough; others,
rated that she had elopild
a variety of hilitorian
lost her way among
swamp, and sank in
more uncharitable,
/ fty, and made off to some
I, others asserted that the
uto a,dismalluagmire, on
at was found lying. In
was said that a great black
. is Phonldei, Was seen that.
out of the swamp, carrying
Eck apron, 1 with an, air of
with the household
. other province, whil ,
tempterdecoyed• hei
the top I►f which her
confirmation Of this, '
mss', with an axe on
'very evening coming
a bundle tied in a c.,
surly
,triumph,
The most current and pmluble story, however,
observes di:Aleut' Welker grew :.)anxious about
n; n
the faW,/ of his wife a protwerty, that he yet. out
at length Itu seek th both at the Indian fort.
During the long sum er's 'Menials, he **rob
ed about the. gloomy ' , lace, data no wife wee to
be toned. Ale es , her uai ,repatetlly..but.
She WWI nowhere to • heard. ,The bittern alone
h flew 4r rvliaini! by,
from a neigh-
responded to his voie, l
or the bulbtrog•er i.
boring pool.
At length, it is ~:ti
light, when the owla
to fly about, attel
; just in th.. lor.)wn ‘.l twi :
gin t.) hoot and .the bats
. tion was attracte A l by the
that wer.. hovering about
heti, and beheld a b4dle
prim, and 'Kanging in the
h a great vulture pert ed
watch apod it. He h p
nized his wife's apron. l and
hou.whohl v.ilnablc..... :!
clamor -of cariou4cro
cypress . tree'. He
tied up ion - cheek'
branches of a trot:, wi
hard by, as if keepin _
el for joy, for be reco
suppo44 d it to coutai
• "Let as get hold
4itaself, comolingly,
the prop,:rty,"said
'and wr will eagle:lvor to
do without the wotua
.A..; he scrambled
tp. th. trey, the vulture
, sailod off. screaming into
e forest. Tom seized the
I sight: he. found ; uotiting
tied up in it , • •
spreul its wings, and
the deep shamlowA of t,
check apron, but wof
but a heart awl liver,
,Such, aceording to
tory, wa:4 all ticat co
the utast authentic .;11 his
-1 he fouud of Tutu's wife.
; deal With the black uuut,
d to deal with her husband,
i-.)ltiii generally consider.
Itaevil, in this instance she
.Sheitad attempted
as she was amustom4
but, though a fesaild
ed a match for the
api►cars to have h
that part which ro►
Indeed, it i►. said, t
died game, however, for
led W 33
t Tom notieed.wany prints
y stamped about the tree,
of hair, that looked as if it
w the eoaNe black shock of
of cloven fost doe
and several headsfu
bad been plucked f
the woodman
Toni kgew his
He shrugged his .s
si l os of fierce c
prowess by exwienee.
!outliers as he 1°44 at the
it cbwin~.
"Egad," mild het to himself, "Old Berateh
mat have had a tough time of it."
; Lac
Totuconsoledhi .1 If for the loss of his proper
ty by the loss of his wife, OW he , was a little of a
philosopher.' He on felt something like grat
itude towards the k Woodsman, whom he
;
considered to have one him some kindness.—
He sought, thereto , to cultivate & farther ac
quaintance with hi , but for some time without
success; the old blac leg played shy, for whatev
erkt people may thin he is not always to be had
for calling; he knows bow to 'play his cards when
pretty snre of his game. .
At length,.it is said, when delay had whettol
Tom's eagelness to the quick, and. prepaied him ,
to agree to,imythin" rather than spin loose the
. Proudi 46l treasuril, , met the back man one
evening, in his us. 1 woodtpan's• dress, spanker
ing along the ed .. .. of the swamp, humming a
t u ne. lie affected'. I receive Tom's jtdvanem;
with indifference, .... e brief replies, and went
mi hutruaing his to. e.
By degrees, how ver, Tom brought him to
business; and they • to haggle about. the
terms on which' t , • former was to have the pi
rate treasures. T re is one 'condition which
need out be mentie being generally under
stood in all cases here the devil grants favors;
but there were oth is, about which, though of
less importune, he as obstinate. Ale iltsistial
that the money N I d through his menus * should
be employed in the black toffs:. This,' bower
er, Tom almoluteirrefused; he was bed enough
in nil eosseience, but the devil himself could not
tempt hint to turn slave dealer
.1 1 indhig Toss so .somareish on this *KA he
raid fiot Waist tqpou it, he proposed lot
should turn usurer, the devil being exceedingly
anxious for the increase of usurers, looking upon
them as his peculiar people.
To this no objecti 711 was made; for it was just
to Tom's taste
"You sled'
,opens broker's ebop•iu 13oston
next month," said'he to Tom Walk&
"Yon shall lend money tit two per cent. at .
month."
' "lCgad FM charge four," replied Toni.
"You shall extort bonds, foreclose mortgages,
Brice the merchant to bankruptcy—" •
"l'll drive hint to the devil," said Tom Walk
er, eagerly.
"You are the usurer for the money!" said.the
blackleg With delight. "When do you want the
rhino?"
"This very night."
. ,
"Loner ; said the devil.
"Done!" said Tom Walks , so the 7 shook
hands and . struck a bargttin.
:A few days pm Tom Walker-seated behind
•
Iris
desk in a counting-house hi Boston. The re
putation for a ready monied man, Who w o ul4.
lend money out for a good consideration, soon
spread abroad. Everybody remembers the day:,
Of Governor Reicher,. when money was so partic
ularly scarce. It was a time for taper ereilit.—
The country had been deluged with goverunient
hills; bank.S• had been established; the people
had run mad with schemes for new settlements . ,
for' building cities in the-wilderness: laud-job
ber went about with maps of grants and town
ships and Eldorldos, lying nobody knew where,
but which everybody was ri!ady to Purchase.--
In a, word, the great speculating fever whicii
breaks out now and then in the eduntrY, had
raged to au - alarming degree,. and everybody was
dreaming of sudden fortunes for nothing.
.As usual the fever had subsided; the dream
had gone off, the imaginary fortunes with it; the
patients were left in a doleful plight, and the
whole country re.oundod with the ..o . \ •-f -bard
times.'
At this particular state of di"tre , t. aid Tom
Wulkea "et up as usurer in Boston. lii4 I .lollr
was soon thronged with ete•tonter, The td!ely
and the advent omits, the gambling "peciilktor.•
the land-jobber. tit,• trailesma,
merehatit with cracked credit; in short. ivery
one driven to rai.e money by desperate-rteritio , s,
hurried to,'lN.in er - .
Thus ~Tom uni*r,,ll frionti ~f the
needy, and hen:kali like ..• -friend iu
io'to say, he'exaete.lgood ?pay and g,KH,I se
ctirity. In proportion to the of the ap
plicant was ,tht• b.dclue.o. {, Ta r t , •
cumulated bonds and
squeesing his customers closely, awl seiit iLe Ili
at length as dry a. pock g • !:ii(1111
In this way lw made notitY hair! over' baud,
beano a rich and mighty utau, mitt exalt....d his
cocked hat upon change. IL• built ltitu,elf, as
u,ual, a vast house, out of ostenititi ! oi, hut left.
a greater part unfinished, out erparsimotiy.-L-
Ho set up a carriage in the fullness of hi., vain
glory, though he neatly starved the poor horse-4
which drew it ; as the . ungreased wheels groaned
and screeched on the axeftrees, you would hare
thought you heard the souls of the poor 'debtor , :
he wa. squtezing
As Tom waxed old, however, he grew thought
ful. kiaving secured the good things of this
world, he began to feel anxious about those of the
next. .
. -
He thought with regret on the bargain he had
made . witli his black friend, and .et his wits to
wtirk to cheat him out of his Conditions. ' He
became, therefore, all of. a sudden. a violent
ehurch-givr. He praygd loudly and strennou.sly,
s if heaven were to be carried by the force of
lungs. Indeed, one might tell when he had.min
tied most during the week, by the clamor of
Sunday devotion._ Vie quiet Christians who had
been modestly and steadily 'traveling Zionwaill,
were struck 'with self-reproach at :.ecing them
.selves so suddenly outstripped in their career by
this newly made convert. Tom was as rigid in
religions as in money mitters; he was a .tern .
supervisor, censurer of his neighbors, and seetu
ed to t think - every sin entered up to their account,
.became a • credit on his page. lie even talked
of the expediency of reviving the pel-secutionlof
:Ithe Quakers and the Anabaptists. In a wind,
'Tom's zeal became his riches.
still, in spite of his strentiou , 4 attention to
forms, Tom had a lurking-dread that the devil
after all would have his due. That he might not
be taken 'mug ires, therefore, it is said he always
(=Tied a small Bible in his pocket. He also had
a great folio Bibb, in his couutinz-house desk,
and he would 1., his green spectacles on the hook
to mark tire plaeo f while he tnrned round to drive
some usurotts . tesrgain.
Some 'say that Tom grew a little crack-brained
in his older days, and that fancying his end ap
proaching, he had his horse new shod, saddled
and bridled, and buried feet uppermost, 'cause
at the last day the ' world fib; • turned
upside down,` in which case he on d find his
horse ready for mounting, and he as determin
ed.at the worst to give his o a run for
it. T.his, however, is probably a mere old wife's
fable. It he did nut really take such a pre !au
don it was totally superfluou t i, at least so says
th e antantie old legend, which eloses'his story
in the following manner: •
One hot afternoon in the dog xlap, a terrible
black thunder-gust came up. Tom sat in his
counting-house, in his white linen cap and India
silk morning' gown-. He was on the point of
foreclosing a Mortgage, by which he would com
plete the ruin Oran unkappy specalator, for whom
he had professed the greatest friendship. The
poor land jobber begged him to grant him a felt
month's indulgence.' Tom had grown testy and
irritated, and refused another day.
"My family will be ruined and brought upon
the parish," said the land jobber.
"Charity begins at home," replies! Tom.. "I
most take care of myself these hard time;."
"You have made so much money out of me,"
said .the speculator.
Tont lost his Jimaience and his piety. "The
Devil- take mr," said he, 4 4f I have made a farth:
Just then there were throe loud knocks at the
*vet doss. Be stepped out to see who mu
there. A blank rota was there holding a black
horse, which neighed and ,stamped• with impa
tience. •
''Torn yi t nere come for," said dul l black fellow;
gruffly. ;
Tom shrunk back, but too late. , He had left I
his little Bible at the bottom of his coat pocket, i
and his big Bible on : 1k desk buried under the I
mortgage be was about to fotecionei never was a 1
sinner more taken ' unawares. The black man I
whisked him like a child astride- :the horse, and
away he galloped in the midst of a thunder storm.
Thu chni.ls, stuck their pens behiao their eats, ~
and stared after him from the windows. Away
went Tom Walker, dashing do the streets, hia !
white cap bobbing up and do ,Ihis morning
n i m
gown fluttering in.the windia 'h s steed strik
ing tire out of the pavements at very bound..
When'the clerks turned to loOk r the black !
fan he had disappeared. !
,
Tom Walker never renrticvl Ito foreclose
the mortgage. A countryOus who lived near
the swamp p reported ,that ' in th e lasight of the
tlnindtit-gust,ltislielid icgregt blataiisig of biiit
anti howlinglong the nvid, and when be ran to
the window I . just caught Sight 'of a figure such
as I have th*ribed, on a horse that,galloped like
mad metos;.4 - the hills, and &Wu into the black
hemlock swamp, toward the old Indian fort, and
that shortly afterward,: a thun4erbolt fell in that
direction which seetued to set the forest in a
blaze. The good people of Boston shook their
heads and shrugged their shoulders. They had
btien so accustomed to witches and goblins, and
tricks of the devil, in all kinds of shapes, from
I the first settlement of the countrY, that/they were
I not so muCh horrified us might hp expected .
Trustees were Wypointocl to take charge of Toni'li
etlt.srts. On searching his coffers, his, bonds and
mortgages ' were found retitled to enders. in
place of gold or silver, his iron 'chest Was filled
I With chips, and 'shavings; two skeletons lay in
j his stable ipstead of his half-staived horses and
the very next day his great lonise took fir" and
' W a s bunted to the ground. ' '
! Streit was the end of Tom Walker and his' ill
! gotten wealth Let all griping money brokers
lay the story well to heart The truth is-not to
he doubted. The very hole udder i the oak trees
• from whence he dug Kidd's money is to be seen
to this ed g y, and ? the utighboriOg swamp and the
'old Itidiu fort is often haunted in stormy nights
by a 'figure on her:clack, in u morpinggown and
white .cop, which is doubtle4 chi . , troubled' spirit
of the usurer. in fact, the stoy has resolve d l it
self into a proverb, .end is the. Origin :of that plop
.niar saying so .prevaleut throghout New Ehg
'lA rel. of "ill- Devil Mel Tom N 'alker.':•\
: , I Can't Afford It ,
. .
t ~ e asou of the year; when pe t pie are
called to subscribe to papetW, the .ex "I
can't afford it," is very frequently , which
being interpreted, means, "I regard Other things
of tuor,:t..use tt i t eriee to myself Ind family thin a
i;apvr. ;Rightly considered, there at; few intim.
enc.., which tell more immediately and effectual
- iy upon the improvement ofthti family circle than
a well conducted and high-toned paper. Judge
Thomas,. .if Worcester, 31.1 M., in a recent lecture
before the Young 3len's As-odation in this city;
••The Newspaper Press is destined to be the
0141 instrument of popular culture. It is, in
tell, tually r the'daily bread of the people. The
p,.w.st of the prcm, great it.i,, is continually
and will draw to itself and demand
for it, 41-rive more .ind more Of the learning and
-of the country. The eloqucitee of the
; bar. the and of the ',tunip, create
strongeriannediate intro.:4,m, hut their sphere
is too limited to compete with the wide-spread
fluence and the eloquence of the pen. As an in
; strumenr fur swaying the popular mind, they all
yield to it. The pen i, the true lever of'Arehi
i
merles, and in the new;paper press has been found
the place for a fulcrum "
The man of busines , .. — can't .111;.:* t• do with
out his paper. 1k tuttst know rhe lition of
the markets, the tintuicial prospeets and the
pa..sing events of the clay. It teaelles him when
!to buy and when to sell, an i IL• often finds a
single paragraph worth it: , thottsao . ds dollar.:'
to him. .The ntechauic 4 r ean'talford" to dispens.t
with his paper. Therear suggestions in it which
his•brother mechanics have in Me, ;by whieli he
e a u profit; or it contains 3inne nett lalstr-saving .
invention which enables him to t4ke the same
article in less time. Tie farmer rean't afford"
to carry on his farm without his • paper. There,
is that in it which, if properly studied and prac
ticed, increases the income of his' farm, twenty,
thirty, or even one hundred per cent.' Re learns
Ifront it what are the Inert varieties of grain, what
fruits are the best suited to his soil - and climate,
what crops have been made the Most profitable,
1 what implements are the best, and last, sot least
he may learn the value of carefuljobsenation and
I accurate knowledge. No one can , afford to by
without all the means of information which are
within his mach. No one can afford to live in
darkness when the world is'full of light, to plod
on in ignorance when it is the' Mission of truth
to instruct and elevate the mind:
Least of all can any man afford to deprive his
family of the advantages which, a journal of the,
right stamp affords. What are few dollars and
cents in comparison with right views, sound Prin
ciples and generous feelings! A' word in season,,
fitly spoken, may change the whole tone of life,
and like the seed sown in good ground bring
forth an hundred fold in noble living aid ener
getic acting. It is a shortsigked policy that
consults only immediate effects, Ale it overlooks
the far-reaching results which the most irivial
muses often develop in character. if persons
would only take a second thotight, we arc sure.
they would never say " I can't afford" to sub
scribe for a paper which contains practical sug
gestiona with regard to the best method of ma- I
king this life, with all its varied interests, what '
it should be. But in papers as with every thing
else, it should beran invariable rub to provide
the best. It is better to be ignorant than to be
led astray—better to read nothing than whet is
pernicious in its tendency.
One thing is certain, we "can ' t afford" to live
without the effort to become wiser and better as
we grow older-we "can't afford" to sot as
there. were no future, no life beyond tie t i l mr, m t
our attainmenttin knowledgenad innellenee in
this world will be the messitre of our happiness
dial the next.
t• - *
B. F. SLOAN, EDITOL
NUMBER 37.
"let NA I** U 147
"Be otill--make no=,let. OW
VICO P
"Be still!" The hour of die ,'s Minden -
is at hand; Earth is fading fame i vidioN Tina
is gliding from its presence. ff , • that chink
around young life 'swelling in the heist of mow
hood, have fallen from around it ke the forest
leaves, whom the frosts of Au .. have chilled
them unto death. • Ambition tit its hollow .
promises, and . pride, with its
b , ly looks have
vanished away. -The world, wititios temptstiose,
are gone, and alone, in utter _dttoti of all
41 ) :
that time promised, it moot *tail nta •
t I
journey across the valley of the
'Make no noise!" let th e ult . life
cease. Let no sound break the s eammuo
ion with itself ere.' s it starts on i rebuild..
flight. Trouble it not'weth . the to of Nit'
row. Lei the tear stand still : cheek of
affliction, let not the walling of • f best the
mei went. timm anak'fited ''' ..Wlllll*--
shadows of eterMty, saying to
Thii whispering of angels are i
s?triict not their silvery voice by ,
A Ihr-off music comes floating to I
'Til the sound of the heavenly h
vietelets fingers—mar not the
diseords of earth. .
°Let me - die quietly: - The
the struggles of ambition,
I t
in 'o f human destiny are
fated must be; mitered;
, and all the triumphs
ge of human achievement_
t, with its trials, its trans
g . responsibilities,. its c
t to vanished hope, is renderi
its long *count. Disturb n
wfareekoning. Speak no
ties, of affections whose
loveliness, like the flowers
in a slow decay. ' Talk
where loved ones linger, wl ,
be vacant, a cherished voice k
the desolation that will sail
hstone. 4 , The soul is at pesos
' calmly away. The krigl
Tres, lofty.domes of. the El
• g from the- spectral dart
of the3feet High is dawning
hits robed angels are beekc;s
to its everlasting home. IN
dbe clung to, longer? '
world that they should bo
has earth to place before t
to tempt its stay, or turn it 1
Albany keglacr .
rem
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• Depoitoung in CIL ,
e correspondent of the
disconriec on the proprieties
pen entering.‘church; you sh
I I .
'hat,' if you are a gentleman;
keep 'it'
,on. You should sit
as soon as you get near enough;
mpanied by a 'lady,' and she be
' you must not both '•squeeze' hp
, ther for something might 'break;'
r 'inferior,' let her go to some othe
should not 'talk aloud' in 'meet'
lbe the 'preacher.'
ever go to your 'pew; in a harry;
amid you will get •erovided' out, i
be sure and take the ..shortest ci
•Itoir are singing :I sue hint on hi
• If you are act.inpanying a
Id opei the door—that is !!...
1
; if the 'lady' atxintanies you,
the door, and if she 'be your '.d
ig-minded,' g ' in, but if 'inferi
to •tiotaan's rights,' fet her
lit.'
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I
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font
to
you
Id iousit iu a 'slip' beside a
shnuld not 'look' at her du
Sh
ady,
y . if you are not .goal looki
'aim,: Nevermitt ‘shetVli
during merninn tine; uak
lugement. If you attend
e4peeta
Wight
, fair se
n the evrning, you .44.4) her
I) , better loakigg' . •enti y.
give hiut jeise . , fai hi
t say-anything to the ,
/ Wattle, 'vow thing' if
,' and chance to have a
and keep it (thi+ hand) in
a 'lndy
some b.
u that
but do
'want
••itu;ill
be anm
for fol
show.'
it la e
might think yntl . wal/
I)on't look it your watch
donee- that von have of
hail 'eternity ' Never .I.go
k ott hare a 'dam of tubs
foi. you might get •'rhok ,
1 ' r 1111." and 'Laliirs' htituki
outside the 'door.' ": •
'time
when
OM
6 um r
‘stan •
change your seat,'
it, or 'the pttle wee i
On Tulle' your hair, and e
3 or fidgetty, nor leave n
in th 42 aerninn, and then g
f 'boWalled' candle.' Ne •
with a 'stretch,' furl°,
break, and you be :gathe •
I : mean if you are a gent . I .
big from church, if you are
• , tly, and do not stop on
• y of your 'freaks.' No
' tolchat' on the road, EMI
hind
1
an
1
r,' and of sque 'consequence.
wild the 'retinae exceed one.
tea in length, you can shift
of even then, unlem
:er one. If 11,1sAly is sittin.
he be ; your 'superior,' end ge
er lean her head upon y.
your eye.out, and remember
Bureet's (translation of H.
'That sodthitgl4ion watts lbe im
on entering your 'slip' you
don't 'kick' him out; but
e 'sermon' is as long is so. ,
get suittiently punished
M
To be happy the passioso
am' gay, not gloomy ; and
Inuit" to hope. and joy is
mid =raw, ebee rove:sy•-
1 I
EZ:3
=II
its ear; ob-
r noise
y the air.—
. tonclat4 DT
oaf 17 Ai!
motion of
strife sad
Weal*
- mat be '
Ira Rimy.
g poetec!..
p to she fa
e 9 at
the faa6ll
perish la
o Spriag, ue
of an imutlO
• a east will
lashed fawn",
itself by the
with God. let
t turrets, the
H • City aim
, sad the
amend Ti
_ die
• la Sts
' hat the kip
Witted
spirit of a
m its eternal
ine Entn'hr
f behavior in
tad take off
a ' , lad,.
in' •
if you are
.ur *ye.
.the
if she be
'church.'
UIIIOIII
Mess yo
at sugh
naltios
windi*g
is so die
, shosid
• "or sad
sad 4-
. in; bat
4himible'
ng servos,
for do
EZEI
, by
h wide
ome, totem
U out; sued
impudent*.
y.! lur vim
you have 'a
'ring on it,
our,pocikint•
. 10 *sake st,
church, 14
rrEard fat •
yew Bee&
io 3*
lett et ei
the?? ate
ng dear' int-
then daft
0!. there II)*
ant Mtn the
laws sa
Saispeadere
together as a
' *Pia rasa;
7'17, b 4cli
lady' should
she be a sill",
Ginger:
oar and tow
• ratios; -
k you eau g , >
by year aids, ,
!. to 'nodding,'
ha Minim
er we kora
udlug jet
ad a atm.!
t his be, nod
we know of,
Lia einimuitp.
1 . use be alaftigh?
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