The Potter journal., July 11, 1861, Image 1

, VOLUME %Igo -ATIT,DIBER, 29,
Thos Old Couple.
it stands in a sunny meadow,
The house so mossy and brown,
With its cutuhrons old stone chimneys,
'And the gray roof sloping•down.
The trees fold their green arms arOur it, ,
The trees, a century old ; •
And the winds go chanting throng them,
And the sunbeams drop their gold.
The cowsliN spring in the marshes,
And the roses blocan.on the hill;
And beside the brook in the pastures,
The herds go feeding at will.
The children hare gone and left them,
They sit iu the sun alone
And the old wife's ears are failing, -
' As she harks to the well known tone
/
That won her heart in girlhood; .
That has soothed her in many a care,
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face used to wear.,
,
She thinks again of her bridal—
How, dressed in her robe of white,
'She stood by her gay young lover,
In the morning's rusy light.
Oh, the morning is rosy as ever,
But the rose frorq her check is fled;
And the sunshine still is golden,
1 But it falls on a silvered head.
And the "girlhood dreams, once vanished,
Come back in her winter time,
Till her feeble putse3 tremble
With the thrill of spring 7 time's prime.
And looking forth from the window,
She thinks hoW the trees have grown,
Since, clad in her Lridal whiteness,
She crossed the old door stone.
Though dimmed•her eye's bright : azure;
• And diinmed her hair's young gold ;
The love in her girlhood plighted
Has never grown dim or old. •
They sat in peace ,in the sunshine,
Till the day was almot done;
And then, 'at its close; an angel • '
Stole over the tirres.hold stone.. •
lle folded their hands together--
lle touched•thelz eyelids with balm ;
And their last hrcitth floated upward,
Like the close of a solemn psalm.
Like a bridal -pair they traversed
The utteeen, mystical road,
That leads to the beantifrl'eitv
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I "Whose htfilder and maker is God."
Perhaps in that miracle country
They will giro her lost youth back!
And the flowers of a vanished spring-time,
Will bloom !in the spirit's track. 1 • •
One draught front the living waters
Shall call back his tikubood's prime;
And eternal years shat measure
The love that outlived time.
But the shapes that they left behind them
The wrinkles—and silver hair,
Made holy to us by the kisses
. 'The angel had printed there.
• We will hide away 'neath the willows,
When the day is low in the west ;
Where the sunbeams can not find them.
Nor the winds disturb their rest.
And we'll suffer, no tell-talc tombstone,
With its age and date, to rise
O'er the two who are old no longer,
In the Father's House in the skies.
TOO G9ODc CREDIT.
"Let nie, show you one of the finest
pieces of cloth I have seen. in six
months," said a sniffing storekeeper to a
young married man,
whose income from
clerkship was in the neighborhood. of
seven hundred dollars.
"Don't trouble yourself, Mr. Edwards,"
replied th'e' customer. " The silk and
buttons are all I want." '•
"_Oh, no trouble at all, Mr. Jacobs—
no trouble at all. -It is a pleasure for me
to show my goods," said the store keeper,
drawipg from a shelf the piece of cloth
ho had mentioned, and throwing it upon
the counter. " There," he added, as he
unfolded the glossy broadcloth and clap
ped his hands upon it self-complacently,
" there is something worth looking at,
and it's cheap as dirt. Only four dollars
4ard, and worth six, every cent of it.
I bought it at ,auction, yesterday, at a
good bargain."
" It's cheap 'enough, -certainly," re
marked Jacobs, Jialf indifferently, as he
bent down to inspect the cloth; but I've
no money to spare just now."
. "Don't want any money," replied Ed,
wards, "at least none from such a man
as you.",
Jacobs looked up into the man's face
in'some doubt as to its meaning.
"Your. credit is exceedingly ; good,"
said, Edwards, smiling.
" Credit ! Indeed, :.I've no credit. I
never asked a man to trust me in my life,"
returned the customer:
"I'll trust you to half that is in my
store,", was answered:
"Thank you,".
said Jacobs, feeling a
little flattered by a compliment like this,
"'but I've no 'want 'of .dry goods to that
extent. A skein of silk and a dozen but
tons for my wife, are , all that I requiie at
present."
"You want a . new coat,' replied the
perseiering store keeper, and, he laid his
hand upon the sleeve of Jacob's coat and
examined it very closely.
"This one is getting rusty and thread
bare. A man like youshould have some
respect as to his appearance. Let me see.
Two yards. of this beautiful cloth will Cost
but eight dollars, and I won't send in
your bill in six months. Eight, dollars
for a fine broadcloth coat. Think of that!
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Bdrgains of thiskind don't grow ofi every
tree?' •
While EdWards talked thus he -was
displaying the goods' he wished to sell in
ad'' ,, oo waTto let the rich, glossy surface
catch the best point of light,l and his
quick eye told him that the customer was
beginning to bo tempted.
" I'll cut you off a coat potion," said
he, taking up his yard stick. I know
you want it. Don't hesitate , about the
matter."
Jacobs did_not say; a No," although the
word was on his tongue. While he yet
hesitated, the coat Pattern; was measured
off and severed from the piece.
" There it is, and the:greatest bargain
you ever had. Yon will want ;trim:Qin:Ts,
of course," came in a satisfied,' halari-
Umphant tone from! the lips of the store
keeper. ".And the. great l e - st baigain you
ever had. You will want trimmings, of
course." I ; •
As he spokeAt timed', to the Shelf for
padding, silk, etc., and while Jaeobs,lalf
bewildered, stood looking on, put from
one piece to another, until the coat trim
mings weld all nicely luid out. This
done, Mr.' Edwards faced his 'customer
!min rubbinc , his hands from an internal
Feeling of delight and said,
" You must hay 6 a handsome vest to
go with this, of course."
" My vest is a little shabby," replied
Jacobs, as he glanced doWnward at a gar-'
pent which had seen prdtty fair service.
" If !that's the best dne vod have, it
Will never do to go wiih a new coat,"
said Edwards in a'decided tone. " Let
me show you a beautiful- piece l ' of black
satin."
A.
.nd so the store keeper wen.t'on tempt.
ing his customer, until he sold Lim a vest
and pantaloons in addition to: his coat.
.A.fter that he" found no difficulty in sell-.
ing him r. silk dress for his wife. Hav
ing indulged himself with an :entire new
suit, he could not, upon reflection, think
of passing by his wife, who ;had been
wishing for a new silk dress for more
than six months. • .
" Can't you think of ' anythinr , . ' else ?"
inquired Edwards.; " I shall bhhappy to
supply whatever you'may want in my line."
" Nothing more, I be'iwie answered
Jacobs, whose bill was already;thirty-five
dollars ; and he had yet to pay for mak
inghis coat, pantaloons, and vest. _ _ .
"Ent you want !various articles of dry
goods. In a faiuily there is (something
called - for every day: Mrs. Jacobs
-to send down for whatever she may need.
Never mind abodt the money. Your
credit with me is good for any amount."
When Mr. Jacobs went bowie and As t_eld
his wife what he had done, the Unreflect
ing woman was delighted.
" I wish you had taken a piece of muss.
Im," she said. f‘, We want sheets and
• pillow-cases very liadly."
You can get a piece," replied Jacobs.
We won't haie to pay for it,l.now.-t Ed.
wards will send in! the bill at the ency of
six Months, and ie will be easy enough. to
pay for it then.", I . . - 1
" Oh, yes, easy enough,responded,
his wife, confidently." I • I
!So a: piece.of muslin was; procured
the credit account. But. things did mot
stop here. A Credit account is so often
lilce.a breach in a canal the stream is
small at first, bat soon! creases to a
ra
inous current. Now that want had found'
a supp"ly source, want becathe more clam
orous than before. Scarcelyn. day passed
that Mr: cr Mrs.; Jacobs did not ordot
something from the store, not dreaming;
simple souls, that an alarming, heavy debt
was accumulatinglagainst them.
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As to the income of Mr. Jacobs, it was
not large. He was, as has been intimat
ed, a clerk in a wholesale store, and re
ceived a saiary of seven hundred dollars
a ycar': His family consisted of a wife
and three children, and he 'found it tree
essafy to be prudent in all .his expendi
tures, in order "to make both ends meet."
Somewhat independent in his feelings be
had never;'asked; for credit of any one
with whom ) he dealt, and no one offering
it, previous to the temptation or induce
ment held ourbylEdwards,the bad regu
lated his out-goes by his !income. By
this means he had, anaged to keep even
with the world; though. not to gain any
advantage on the side of fortune. Let
us see if his good credit has been of any
real service to hiin.
It was very pleasant td have things
comfortable and for a little idisylay,!with
out feeling that the .indulge es drained
the purse too heavily. An weakvanity
on the part of Jacobs was gratified by the
flattering opinion of his honesty enter
tained by Edwards, the storekeeper. His
credit was good, and he was proud of the
fact. But the day of reckoning drew
near, and at last it came.
Notwithstanding the credit at the dry
goods store, there was no more money in
the young man'slpurse at the end of the
sia months than at the beginning. The
cash that would
,have gone for clothing
when necessity] called for additions to the
family wardrohel had been spent for
things the purchase of which would have
been omitted but for the fact that the
Qebcle to 11 - p TI:101ple$ of INN Qcl4ochelj, itla Qissei4ilpiioli of !4)joh4lifij, q4O Yips:
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dollars were in the purse instead of in the
store keeper's hands and tempted need•
less eipenditures.
The end of the six month's credit ap
proachcd, and the mind of Jacobs began
to rest upon the dry goods dealer's bill,
and to be disturbed by a feeling of anxi
ety. As to the amount of this bill he
was in some uncertainty, but he thought
it could tot be less than forty dollars.
That was a large sum for him to owe,
particularly as he had nothing ahead, and
current expenses were fully up to his in
come. It was now, for the first time in
his life, that Jacobs felt the night-mare
pressure of debt, and it seemed as though
it would crush him. •
One evening be came home feeling
more sober than usual. He had thought
of little else all day except his store bill.
On meeting his wife, he saW that some
thing was wrong.
" What ails you Jane ? Are you sick ?" 1
said—he
" NS," was the. simple reply. But her,'
eves dropped as she said it, and her hus
band saw that her lips slightly quivered.'
"I know something is wrong,Jane,"
said her husband.
Tears stole to the wife's cheeks from,
beneath the half closed lids --- her bosom;
labored with the weight of some pressure.l
"Tell me Jane," urged Jacobs, 'if any,
thing is. wrong. Your manner alarm's mei,
Are - any of the children sick ?"
Oh, no, no. Nothing of that," was
the quick reply, "but—but—Mr. Ed
wards has sent in his bill."
That was to be expected, of course,''
said Jacobs, with forced cola:Mess. The
credit was for only, six months. ' But hoW
much is the bill 17'?
His voice was unsteady as he asked
the question.
"'A hundred and twenty dollars I" and
poor Mrs. Jacobs burst into tears.
" Impossible i" exe!aimed the startled
husband. " Impossible 1 there is some
mistake. A hundred and twenty dollnrs , !
Nerer!", , i"
" There is the bill," and Mrs. JacobS
drew it from her bosom. -
Jacobs glanced eagerly at the foci
up of the column of filures. The ‘were
numerals to the value of one hts.red and
iwenty,
"It can't be, Edwards o st have mad
a mistake," he said in a oubled voice,
".So I thought whit. C first looked nit
the. bill," replied b s. ? Jacobs, recovering
herself, yet speak' 1 , in a sad voice.", Put
lam sorry to say lot it's all right. I
have been over it and over it again, and
chnot End an error.. Oh dear, how fool.:
ish I have been. ' It was so easy to get
goods when no money was to be paid
down. - .But I never thought of a bill like
this. Never 1"
Jacobs sat for some minutes with his
eyes upon the floor. He was thinking,
rapidly.
" So Much for a good credit," be said
at length, taking a long breath. "That
fellow, Edwards, has gone to thc wind
ward of me coMplett . dy. He knew thtit
if he got me on his book, he would secute
three dollars to ,onc of my money, beyond
what be would get by the cash down s3T
tern. One - hundred and twenty dollars
iu six months. Ah, are we happier noW
for the extra dry goods we have procured?
Not a - whit. Our bodies have, been a
better clothed, and our lot'e of display
graiified.
,to some extent. But has all
that w' ought a - compenSatio.n for this d4y
of reckoning?"
Poor Mrs. Jaeobs was silent. Sad
was she repenting of her, part 'in the fo
they had committed.
Tea time came but neither husband
nor wife could do much more than taste
food. That bill for a 'hundred and tiven
ty dollars bad taken away their appetitds.
The night that followed brought to,nei
ther of theni a very refreshing slumber;
and in the morning they awoke sober
minded, end little inclined for conversa
tion. BLit the thought in the mind of
'Mr. Jacobs, was the bill of Mr. EdwardS';
and the one feeling in the mind of his
wife—self-reproach fer, her part in the
work of embarrassment.
" What will you do ?" said Mrs. Ja
cobs, in a voice that was unsteady, lo6k
ing into her husband's face with glisten
ing eyes, as she laid her hand upon his
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arm, causing him to pause as he was
about leaving the house.
"I am sure I don't know," replied the
young man gloomily, " I shall have .to
see Edwards, I suppose, and ask him to
wait: But lam sure I'd rather take a
horse whipping. Good credit! 119'll
sing a different song now.". .
For a moment or two longer the hus
band and wife stood looking at, each eth
er. Then as, each sighed heavily, the
former turned away and left the house.
His road to business was past the store of
Mr.. Edwards, but now he avoided the
strellt in which he lived, and went a
whole block oat of his way to do so.
Row am I to pay this bill ?" mar
mured 'the unhappy Jacobs, 'pausing in
his work for the twentieth time,
as he
sat at his desk, giving his mind up Ito
troubled thoughts.
i Just at this =Mont th t senioripartno
.n the establishment 'to. w iieh he belong.
cd came , up and l aced beside him.
"Well, my young friend," said he kbad
ly, " hovt are lyett getting itlonp.?"
Jac* tried to smile and look cheerful,
as he replied-- ; . , , r
" Pretty well, sir' B t his Voice had
in it a touch of despondency. 1
" Let me see," remarked the employer
after a short pause, !" your regular year
is up to -day, is it not ?" I
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" Yes, sir," replica Jaeobs his heart
sinking more heavily 'in i his boson), for
the question suggested a discharge , froM
his place, business baying !been' dull for
some time. I i
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"I was looking at iyonri abcount yes4r
day," resumed the ' employer, "and find
that it is Arawn uo close. Have yOn I
nothing ahead?" 1 1
"Not a dollar, I- 4 m sorry to say," re.
turned Jacobs. " liiving is very expenS
ive and I have six Mouths.to feed."
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- "That being, the caze," saidi the e i .;
ployer, "as you have been, faithful to u:
and your services are val l uable ive .mu•
add somethinn ,
' to
yeur salary. -,ktow yo,
receive seven hundred dollars?";
" Yes sir." I
"We will call it eight hundred and l
fifty." !i 1
A sudden light flashed into'the faCe
of the unhappy clerk; seeing which the
employer, already blessed i;blepsing
other addedl--- 1 i
"And it shall be for the last ap/Well
as for the coining year. I will fill yOu
out a check for a hundred and/ fifty dol
lars, as balance duoyou,up z to day"
The feelings of Jacobs/were too much
agitated to trust hiMs9lf ( to oral thank
as lie received the check, which the em
ployer immediat,ly filled up ; but his
countenance fully expressed MI gratef
emotiott . / . j
, A little / while afterwards the yOung ma
entered / the store of Edwards, rho me
him -ith a smiling face. r
I have come inn to settle y4tir
aid Mr. Jacobs. • ,f
"You need'nt have troubledj yourse
about that," replied the stern' keeper
"though money is always acceptable:,
The money was {paid , and the bill-re
ceipted, when Edwards ribbing is hands
an action peculiar to him whenl4l a hip
py Scathe of wand, said, '
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" And now, what shall I show you ?
((Nothing now,": was the yotii4g man's
grave reply. -'
" :Nothing ? Pray don't say that,,7
replied Edwards. • , ll
" I have 'no mon`ay to spare;ll quickly
answered Jacobs. i dt
. " That's of no consequence' r Ypur
credit 'is good for any amount." [ '
" A world too, good, I find,"isaiaa
cobs, beginning to button up. lis coat
with the air 'of a man who hadhlost Ihis
pocket book; and feels dispose :to fook
well that his purse, doesn't foll NV in :the
same unprofitable direction. '1
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" - 11cnv so? : What do you mean?"
asked the store keeper.
" My goo,d credit has taken a hundred
and twenty dollars . .out of my pocket," re
plied Jacobs. •
"I don't understand: you," ;said Ed
wards, looking serious. '
" It's.very plain, anuwered Jacobs.' ; '
" This credit deeouut at your store!las
induced myself and wife to j purchase
twice as many goods as; we would other
-1 wise have bought. That has taken twen
ty dollars ont ;of my pOckek; and silty
dollars more have' been spent, - uii, r dr
temptations, bccause it Was in the p ( urse
instead of paid out for goods cred
ited to us on your books. Nov do'you
understand me?"
- The store keeper was ;silent.
"Good morning Mr.: Edwards," 'said
Jacobs. " When I have cash to spare, I
shall be happy to spend* withl you; but
no more book accounts for me."
Wiser trill they. be Who prOfit by tbe
experience of Da. Jacobs. .These credit
accounts are a.cerse to People ivith Mod-,
crate income, and should neverundeiany
pretence whatever be opened.
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SMALL CHANCE Or IBEING , SHOT.--
According to statistics it takes a powerof
lead to kill, a man. The rebelil at Great
Bethel had a fine l chadee with their Mask
ed battery and, the bravery of our men, to
have made .a terrible ;slaughter. Qut of
ii i
w c'
three or four thousand, [ oevr,,engaind
on both sides; not tu t pr than ten or fif
teen were killed outrig t. Ascording to
all accounts the ebancei of being shot in
an engagement , are not very great!; In
the Italian war each mdn killed cost four
thousand two :hrtndro- round.s of ball
cartridge.,' 'At:the b4ttle of Ipetora.ia in
the Pennsylvania war, eigh 4 hundred
balls were fired for .each man killed: At
the battle of Cherubhsco the iMexicans
killed one of our mOnl for every eight
hundred' rounds thes fired, while I the
Americans killed ,one for ever 'one hun
dred and twenty=five loUnds. i; f
Garibaldi haS a strati affection for the
United States. . " Thht is the Spot; "said
he, ",in which a man fa gets tits own na
tive land." ', 1 !
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M. PAATINCiTON 1?I9
TENUD isiE6:—We take t
from 60 Baotou Post:
r). h 4 :Dia t e guard presentarms arms to you,
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Mrs. Partingtoar asked the 'commissary,
as he . net her at the entrance of the
marquee , ' • , 1
" You! mean the century she said,
1 smiling.l -" I have heard , so (much. about
the tamled field that I believe I could
deplore an attachment into allirie myself,
and tedure them as well as an officer. You
asked mer, if the guard presented arms.
lie didnit, but a sweet little Man with an
epilepsy on Ms shoulder and A smile on
his face did, and asked me it I wouldn't
go into a tent land smile: I told him that
we could both smile outside, vs , en he icio
litely tonched his chateau; and left me."
The commissary presented a harewooden
stool. Upon which she reposed herself, '.
"Tihi, is, one of the seats Of war '
• I sup
pose ?" said ,he, "0 what la herd kit a
soldier is objected to. Vdon't wonder a
mite at the hardened/Enfinee of a sot
dier'ilife.: What ithat for?" Said she,
as tbe noise ; of„the taiiii4 saluted' her
ear. " I hope/they ain't firinc , on my ac
count." j Ilrere was a solicitude ! in her
tones a 9 'e Spoke, and she ivas informed
in
it Wag / ly the Governor, 7 lio had just
erriyed upon j the field. " Dear me," said
she,• 1 , ow cruel it is to make the old gen
emen ome way down been'', when he is
so feeble he has to take his staff with him
wherev rhe goes." She was so,airected
with th idea that she hadnio take a few
drops, o white wine to restore her equi
libriUml,and , to'counterae,t t'l) dust from.
the "tainted field." . . '
IIsiF4I3ENCE OF NEWbPAPLBS.--cs,Maii
is, the shim icquired to patrOnizo a news
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rlancr l ,pd amply rewarded its patron,
Leate not how unpretending , the gazette
he takds. It is next to.impossible to fill
a sheeti withlprinted matterlwithont put
ting WI °
sometbinr , that is worth the sub
scriptir price. Every parent whose son
isawayi from home at schoolshould".sup
ply him witjh a newspaper: I well re
member what a marked difference there
was be .weeni those of my seliciolmates who
had; aol eac;se. who had not, access to the
newSPapers.l Other things being equal,
the first were always superior : to the last
in debate, composition and c'eheral Intel
lio•enzet—Dhniel Webster.
but I that
!gulf States inaugurated ; the war,
dn not want ;thel battle to' br
„Ty ~out ithey ba, to be
foughtlupon; their soil.: Th l eY have had
nn.armY before Fort Pickeni for months
abut !they' won't make the attack be
eauie any shy some of their ;men will be
hurt. 'They . want to get rid of the figtt
and push it upon Virginia.l ; Virginia in
turn i - Ms begun to be a little scineamish
abotit it, and she is trying to push it upon
31abdand. :We don't wanO.bis - nuisance
among ns,' and what is more, 'We won't
hay,e it If Virginia don't; want it she
can puish it back again upon the: Gulf
States, 1 which have cowardly sought to
make the Border States,a shield between
them and danger.- —Ba/tinto';re•Cliinpei'.
THEI. FRUIT CitOrs.,-From what. we
call learn, states the Rochester Express,
weirif r that there is not a very fair pros
pect' f r fruit this season The , apple
ptrie , s a On full bloom, andlare unusually
prowls ng, but-the earlier varieties of
cherrie ' are !mostly killed.'' There will,
howey r, be' plenty of th later hinds,
and st4awberries and o real:ii will make a
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goed Bilbstit l ute. Peaclies, as we have
heretoflore Mentioned are not entirely de.
stroyed; but we regret to say, that It is
only th'e later, and gOerallrinferior kinds
thht h ve escaped. Grape vines have
been c nsiderably - injured'!by the cold
w4the , bup there will probably he plen
ty of t is fruit,
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' PAIIING l IIN, LOVE --As 4 woman was
witlking ' • a man looked at. and followed
her. t Why," said she, "4o yoU follow
me?", 'I "Because I have 'fallen in -love
with Au." i " Why so ? ;Ify Slater who
is mudli handsomer than it is coming;
go anmake love to ; her'.','The man
turnel
d hacki,' and saw a . woman with. an
ugly ce, and being greatly displeased,
returti,4d and said, '° Why do you tell'rue
a; story ?'_' The woman- atisWered, "Nei
ther did you tell me the truth. ' If you
sire in !love with me, ' whyl did you look
ibr. anther ;woman. ' : i ,
SYDNEY OMITH once saidy at all titisto
cratic party; that "a man to know how
bad he is, he must become 'poor; to .know
how bid other people are, he must beCenie
rich. !king a man thinks
it ' l" .virtue that
keeps him from turning ra cal; when it is
Only a full stomach. One Should'be care
fild and motimistake potatOs for - : prinei-
O e sP 1 - _ -
, i ould make no difference tr:f.th. any
bat a man. weal* so difference:
as he be
bimself. A well-behaved man in
lis far more to be rebi)ected than a
axed Man in broadelhth. The',one
ittie2rtien; the oiffef ebuld iebt be if
a. Therefore, it is Planners in* gr i
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The'richest thine , of . the season, ,says
the Newberryport t kera/d, - 6aute., off the
other day in the neighborhood of tlid
market. The greatest Jonathan imagine
able, decked out in a ; slouched hat, a long
blue frock, and a pair of cowhide shoes;
big as gondolas with a hap whip under
his arm, stalked into a billiard saloon;
where'half a dozen persons were improv
ing their time in trundeling roaud thd
ivories, and after recovering from his first
surprise, he inquired if "any,of 'em had
seen a, stray
_steer," affirming that " the
blasted critter got away as he came thro'
town with his drove thb other day, and
he hadn't seen nothin'.of him dace."
following
The bloods detdaldtknowledge of 60
animal in question;'with much sly wink
ing at each other, and proceeded to cons
dole, with bilis In his less, in, the Mat
heartfelt manner. Ito watched the pule
with :much interest, as be-had evidently'
never seen or heard of anything of the
kind before, and created, much amuse:
meat by his demonstrations of applattse
Aiken 'a good shot was made--" Jerusa
lem !" being a favorite interjection.
At last he made bold to request, the
privilege of trying his skill, when he set
the crowd in a roar y his awkward move/
ments. However, he gradually got his
hand in, and played as Well as could be
expected for a green horn. All hands
no* began to rirtnie him, which' so dated
him that he actually thought himself a
second Phelan, and he offered, to bet a
dollar with his opponent, which, of course;
helost. Tlid loss and, the laugh - se irri-,
tilted him that he offered to play tined:tee
game, and bet two dollars, which he pull - -
ed out of p. large roll —for it seems hit
cattle had sold welt abd he was flush.'
• This bet he also lost, as"the fool rnighA
have known he would ; when, mad as a
March hare, he pulled out a fifty spot,
the largest bill he had, and offered to bei
that On another game. ,
The Crowd mustered round and raised'
money enough to cover it, and at
..t, they
went again, when by some strange, turd
of luck the greeny won. • He now offered
to put up the hundred againsttanothei
hundred. Of course he could not blunt
der into another gatne, so they could now
win back what they had lost, and fleece
the fellow oat of his own rolls Vesicles.
They sent for a famous •player, - who hap:
pened to have money enough to bet with;
and another game was played, which Jon=
athan won. Another hundred was alie
raised and bet and won. It was not un
til he had blundered through half a dozed
games and by some unaccountable run cif`
luck, won them all, draining their pockets
of about four hundred dollars; that the':
i
began to smell a ver large mice. -
W hen everybody of tired of playing;
gawky pulled his f ock over his head;
took his whip under his arm, and walked
'quietly . out, turning ,round at the clod •
and remarking : • .
• "Gentlemen, if you 'should happen W.
see anything - of that - steer ; I wish you'd
let me know."
At the last account they . had not seed
the steer, but they came to the conclusion
that they saw the eleiihant.
The English bring up their childred
very different froth the, manner in which
Iwe bring up ours. They have an alm!
dance of out-door air every daAwhenever
it is possible. The nursery maids are ex
pected to take all the children out airing
every day, even to. infants. This custom
is becoming more prevalent in this coun
try and should lirpirsued Wherever it is
practicable. ,Enfants should be . earlY
custonied tb the open air. We confine
them too much, and heat them too much
for vigorous growth. 'One of the finest
features of the London parks is said to bet
the crowds of nursery maids with groups
of healthy. Children. It is so with the'
promenades of our great cities to a great
extent, but it is less common in'ottr 6oun-r
try town than it,should be. In consd.;
quence of their training; English girls ac
quire a habit of walking that accompaliog
them through life and gives them a midi
healthier middle life than our women en ,-
joy. They are not fatigued with a waili
of five miles and are not o nshamed to wears
when' walking, thick-soled shoes, fitted
fur the dampneis they must encounter/
Half of the consumptive feebleness of our
girls results from the thin shoes they'
wear, and the cold feet them must neees:
sarily have. English children, especially
girls, arc kept in' the nursery, and exclud
ed from fashionable society and 'all the/
frivolities of dress, at the age when our
girls are in the heat of flirthtion, and are
thinking, of nothing but fashionable 'Mi.
=1
IT is a most4earfal fact to think of
that In every,
_heart there is seine secret'.
spring thit Would lie 'weak at the toneit
of temptation, and that is liable te be as4'
Fearful and yet salutary to think
of. for thei thought may serve to keep ourr•
mofitt natut:e braced: - It warns us that
we can nqvcer stand nt ease, or fe duwit
kr this field of life without so , iiinekr.of
watchfulness, and camp Gres of &apt.: ---
Who Saw the Steer
English Children.
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