1 73LUIE I - - NUMBER 36 WORK AND THINK. Hammer, and tongs, and anvils ringing, Waking echoes all day long. In a deep-toned voice are , singing • Thrifty Labor's iron song. From a thousand fly wheels bounding,. From ;a thousand ringing Igoms, Night and day the notes are sounding Through the misty fact'ry rooms. Listen I workman, to their playing— • • . There's advance in every click; Still they 're singing—still they 're saying, Whilst you labor, learn to think I" Think what power lies,within you, For what triumphs ye'are formed, If, in aid of bone and sinew, Hearts of emulation warmed, ' Mighty Thought ye-woo and cherish, !" What shall hold your spirits dOwn? What shall.make your high hope perish? Why shall ye mind fortunes frown? bo•}e wish for profit, pleasure? Thirst at'Learning's fount to drink Crave honor, fame or treasure? Ye the germs have—work and think Think I but9ot alone of living, Like the horse from day to day;, • Think l bat not alone of giving Health for pelf, or soul for pay; Think 1 0, be machines no longer— Engines made of flesh and blood Think! 'twill make you fresher, stronger; Link you to the great and good • . Thought exalts and lightens labor, Thought forbids the soul,to sinks i Self-respect and love of neighbor, Mark the men who work—and think! Think! and let the thought now nerve - you Think of 111C11 who've gone before Leaving luiteous names to serve youi 'routs the path they've plodded o'er; Freedonifights and Wir= her charter With the sword of thought—the pen 1 Tyranny)can find no quarter In the ranks of thinking men. tLitk:l for thought's. a woad of power— Powl lo make oppression shrink; :Grasp ye then the precious dower Poise it—wield it—rl; and think! /lola Tont-hands up, toiling brothers; ''longst us be it ne'er forgot, Ln . hor, for ourselves and others, is !hellion a noble lot. • I Nobler tar, and holier, hig`htf, Thou vain luxury can claim, If but zeal and worth inspire, And tiue greatness be our aim, ' ;Power tol t eotnpass this is given ,..Powo.t hat forms the strongest link I Twixt at upright man and Heaven, His noblestpower—the power to think Courtship and Cleaning House It was the most golden, sad glorious of September days. The. veil of blue haze banging like' a canopy over the distant Mils, seemed absolutely to quiver in the radiant glow of autumn sunshine, and the grapes, whose.atnethystine cluster blush ed through the trellis of clinging leaves, grew`deeper in color and more blootily, as if they had -stolen the imperial dye of :a thousand purple sunsets and brilliant dawns, as the sun mounted higher in the cloudless' domo of heaven. No frescoed Ceiling-hung with jeweled pendants was eve' tilore beautiful than this arbor of grape leaves,.where light and shadow mingled in fittul arabesque with :every. moving wind,and so thought Richard 4ayfie - ld, as he came slowly up the gar den path that led to his brother'eF / house. The mansion itself, however, Wits far e from presenting the gala aspect Which ,pervaded all nature, and our hero'senun tenance underwent a ludimous transform -alien, as he eyed the yawning windows and wide open doors • "By all the powers I" he said tci him `eelf—"if Isabel isn't cleaning house agliitt! Well , wonien are most unaceountab i le crea tures, I do believe they delight in tu ing things upside down,at.d making thin selves -and the rest of the world. unccitn- ! fortablo. What's the use of choking peo ple with dust, and deluging 'em with soap and water twice a year? However, let the poor enigmas have . their own way. I'm sure Tam the last person in the world to object." With these philosophical reflections yet in his mind, Mr. Mayfield !deftly threaded his wai i by a colony of white wash pails and lime kettles that surround ed the front, door, and entered upr l m the scene of action.. It was quite plain, froni the OITA with which the children !greet ed h' appearance, that he was a general' • fa • 'Moaning "Ballo, Uncle Diok, we're / house tr" cried Master 'Henry. AuOrectis . . . . • .- • : . , . ~ , . . , . , 1 . . ~ , • . . ..... - , , x . ~ - . ... . ..-. ; ;• • '., -' -1 •' ' 1 -.• ,• • . : e . "7::: -- -7: 7 -______. . '. 1, .., . ;'' - . . 1 ' . O.IIIIII N -6 , • -..•...- :, - - 1 . : I -..: • •r ; . :; ,... -- ... -- 7...,_-4,i ! t ,ti.. :;-.. ..1 • .. , . :. - 1 , ,i. ,-..,..,... .. , • . t .. tit. - ... , . . • . ~.., .;.• . ~.. .. /-:.- -: f " ;----- 1.,. -- : -,, ;--;-- ; I_, A ' •-' • ' . --: - , - - l • .. , . 1•• , . ' .... Jo • , . ....„. .t, ~...,:.,[1,...1...,...i: • .. ...,.....,;;,.._., .o . .. . ... . , ..., • ~ . ._ . r il . : ; if: . • Il k - i - ; ~ - ,• • ' . 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Works, while'Mis Mayfield, half distracted by ; calls frotu divers directions, was toially tinconscions of the mischief being wrought " Lick, I. am au' puzzled and annoyed," she , said ; "bete 'is Jidm called to the city a by pressing law suit, and the whcde house upsidedown !" • "Thought that was what Cott ladies liked," said Dick, perching himself upon the top of the dining table,•and rescuing a shell basket, frOm the destructive grasp of the sruallest Mayfield of all: • "And my cook is gone, and the fire won't burn,and the wall whiteners haven't come this mornitrg,end the parlor ceiling is half unfinished. and you know the sew ing society is to be here tomorrow night --and, 0 Dick, what shall I*?" "Don't fret?" Said Richard, soothingly, I'll make the fire burn, or I'll know the reason why , and I'll finish !the ceing for you." 'You?" "Yes, I. Didn't I whiten my own room at College, when We•boys sru4cd it into ihe color of an old snuff-box.' And then I'll tack the carpet down and see about putting those dislocated bedsteads to getlrer." "But Dick, you must be too tired, 'after dancing till two o'clock at the pic-nic last night!' ' " Me tired? r! Fiddlestick - I Where's the refractot V stove I" The fire was liqt proof against Dick's determination. 'lt broke Into a cheerful blaze the moment be attacked the citadel. Isabel's face, briglitetied simiultaneousiy. The skjll with which he next erected a scaffolding and mounted thereon with a panoply of • thiteWash pails and brushes, was perfectly astounding, the more -so. as his slender fingers, rather 'pale complex- ion, aristocratically small feet and llamas, conveyed the, itlea of one *lio was adapted only to Broadway pavements' and glitter iug ball rooms. "I t►oppose the 'wor'kmen diatet leave their wardrobes when they went away last evening, Dell ?"..he asked when he had scaled the r9ther perilous height. "No," said his sister.in-laW, laughing. "Then just bind me that fold sbeet— and a piece of bed cord yonder. Now, don't you admire my tout ensemble ?"• "Uncle Dick looks like a ghost," said Master Henry Augustus. "No he. don't —he looks like the old miller doWn at The pond," struck in Miss Julia. . "Upon my word, I don't know which i 8 the most complimentary," obseived Richard drily. "Now theif clear the track every soul of you aud give me a chance !" . And he worked on, now rausing to sur vey his achievements, but atenest of all relapsing into' th nights of the beautiful :damssl at the pie-nic last night who bad been so studiously told And ;reserved to ward him. "Sheidon't like me," thought he, .'and I, for the life of um, can't tell why. Well, as 'I said before. women are Ltinaceo.uuta ble.concerns." "Amy," said Miss Browtileigh to her pretty young consin, "I wish you would just run over to Mrs. Mayfield's with this note. The children are at school, and have no one to send. • "Oh, im," said Amy, "while a fresh ,tingle suffused he. delicate etieek, want to encounter that superfine cone . giant' .• 3•Nonfense, be isn't there---he 18 stay ing with' Harry Franklin." 3 tOhlthen I will Sake the note," said Amy; raisingntadLokingnr i ound fur her :coquettish gipsey bat.; 'Aron are thestrangest.giil,Aniyrsaid . her cousin. "What can' be the reason you dislike RiOhard Mayfield-? Be is so hand.orse and so talentect'l "I don't fancy these mer ely ornamen ral: people," said Ainy . dea!urely. ' "My husbandnnuet be ofsoinewee in the world. COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY; PA., WEDNESDAX, AUGUST !Std. "How do you know but that Mr. May field is 7" • • • "Can't be possible," said Amy, archly shaking her curls. "His 'hands are too small for anything but lemon color kid gloVes. I'll wager a new. bonnet, Alice: that be never did anything more labori ous than 'to carry.a box of.cigars, in his life" Mis's Brownleigh laughed, and Amy passed out of the vine-wreathed porch, wondering within herself whether Mr. Richard May eld had been much vexed because s ,had refused to dance with him the evening before.' • Mr. ohn Mayfte house was at no vary great distant°, and as' Amy was TIRO intimate with that lady, and understood the domestic saturnalia that was at pre sent transpiring within her domain, she did not 'think it necessary to knock, but opened the door and walked in without • '7 aeretnony. There stood Dick, the apex'of a pyra midal scaffolding of boards, his fine broad cloth raiment obscured by a lime-splashed sheet Which was girdled round hiQ waist by a ponderous knot of rope, cud his black curls overshadowed by a coarse old straw hat, working away fir dear life. His back was toward 'he door, anii,surposing the step to be that of his sister-in he said gaily, without tuining the head-r— -" What ! is the carpet ready so soon, Bell? I'm jittt through here, End I'll come and tack it down in one minute !"- Not receiving .any answer, he threw down his brush and turned round. '•bliss trownleigh !" He never looked so handsome in his life—and that - was the first thought that rushed througt.A.my's mkt/ in the midst of all her embarrassments: for Dick had the advantage of the young lady in this respect—she was embarrassed and be was not. He sptang.laughingly,to the greiind, and thiew off his gtostly drapery. "YOu. must think I have a curious taste • to .eostume," said he,. archly, "but the truth is Isabel has been disappointed in her 44), and my mother is away from home, iso I am helping her clan house." "I did not know—l thought you had no tase"—:stammered Amy, unconscious ly, spe4king oat her thoughts. 1' You suppos - cd that I was' nothing more than an ornamental piece of tore. j Ask Isabel about that," said Dick, hillf piqued. half. smiling. "But can Ibe of use to you now ?" "I had a note from my cousin for Mrs. Ma;field."said Amy, still speaking scarce ly above her breath. "She has gone down to the farther or chard," said Dick. "It is some a tance and not a very straight path. If ;you will Wait until I remove a little of this lime, I shall be happy to escort you down there." Half an hoar ago Amy would have haughtily informed him it was quite un-, necessary for her to trouble him—now A° stood and waited. It ;was a long walk, under the over; spreading shadow of noble apple trees, bending with their weight of crimson and rustic fruit, And through meadows ankle deep in purple and bloom, and nodding plumes of golden red, vet, for :all that. Amy was quite surprised when Mr. May field game in sigbt, carrying a little basket of, rose ckeeked peaches from'a pet tree heyoad. We, believe it is one ofc woman's special and incontrovertable privileges to change her -Mind—therefore nobody was lunch astonished when three months subsej, quen - tly there was a rumor of the engage ment of Mr. Mayfield •and Miss Brown: leigh. Still, however, Dick liivays de clared that 'twas insoluable mystery to him that when serenades and schottishes, poetry and perfumes had all failed to win an entrance to the maiden's heart, a white-brush should have been the nom: mantic weapon which_ at last brought down the barricades. . • Why isthe bridegroom more expensive than the bride ? Because the bride is always "given away," and the bridegroon is frequently "sold." The two most precious things not ed. closed in hoops, are girls and ktgs of pow. der--dange,r—of , blowing pp from keep the larks away from them; Consolatjoil 1 i, 'reachiii,g. ,1 Amidst all the difbinflies. uitti ! which ;- the instructor his to ',contend, there is much to alleviate his ' _burdens, much to I , 1 : g cheer him in, his troublis and perplexi ties, much to eticonraga l. himin his eier dons True; he is siithiect to the CO. tempt of the iinomit 4. - :l4ocrat, the coU tutiiely of Abe; Or esinhud millionaire, .1 and the neglect of, t el a!Ubitions politic , ian. fie can rarely la4pir'e to the ion+ 1 axe land i of office, or to: the *and luxuries of wealth. But, tnpparently ais- I hearter.ing eireamst ncej; soUndlphiloso phy and gentiiiie philathropy only smil: There is a luxOry !lit doiiig good,. which abundantly couipnstitesi: for loamy de. privations.i .. 1 1 1 1 .. The principhl enemiel against whidi: the histruc.or has to d(lniti.at, are vice .s cl ignorance. He is; thetethre, never call d upon to battle in any unjust cause. He never has to defeild the ,wrong in