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&JRR FFCTFLIC HOUSE,
H ARKIBBUHG/ I'EN N A.
Tire undersigned having lately pun hased the
" BVEHLKR HOUSE " property, has already com
menced such alterations and improvements as will
render this old and popular House equal, if not supe
rior, to any Hotel in fiie City of Harrishubg.
A continuance of the public patronage is refpect
fully solicited.
GEO. J.* BOLTON
WALLS HOTEL,
' LATE Am ERIC AZm 2IOUJ£,.
TUNKHANNOCK, 1> YOMJNC !>., PA,
THIS eztnfifivhment has recently been refitted fin
furnished !ti the latest rtyle Every attention
wtlf he given to the comfort and convenience of those
who patronize the House.
T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor ;
Tunkh.innock, September 11, 1961.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
M RN, WY OMI xq COUNTY*, PA
Wtt. H. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r
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HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort To
fender the house an agreeable place ot sojourn for
all who may favor it with their custom.
Win. U COUTRIGIIT.
tune, 3rd, 1863 . ,
IN* T C. IIF.F Kf *D .
PHYSICIAN & SFTXNIY.
Wvuld respectfully aafiulitta to the citizcnsof Wy
miag, that he has located at Tunkhannoek where
he[ will promptly attend to all calls in the line of
his profession.
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•ah week
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TOWANDA, PA.
D- B. BARTLET,
(Late of i.. Hovfce, EnwißA, N.Y.
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fat BteT AHRiIMH) fousn in tho eountptr-lt
is fitted up in the most modern and improved style,
and no pains are spafed to make it a pleasant and
agreeihbfe stopping-place for all,
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LET'S NEVF.R GIVE WAY.
Though black be the clouds chat often float o'er us'
Casting dark shadows in the pathway before us,
Let's never give way to their shadings Ir. sorrow,
Nor allow them to burr " ur bosoms in gloom
There's a sun whose rays will beam brightly to
morrow,
And flowers, ere long in that pathway will bloom.
| There must, in this life, be moments of sadness.
Man was not made to smile always in gladness.
The grief that is mingled with life's fleeting hours
But tends to made brightc the joy that succeeds it.
'TiB the reaction to bliss, whose heart-boucding
powers
Dispel the cold pressure that darkly precedes it.
The sunniest of spots, through life's changing years,
Is a hope thatte fulfilled after doubting* and fears.
The smile wo love most, and whose rays are the
brightest.
Is tho smile that beams out altera flooding of tears.
'Tis the changes of passion from darkest to lightest
Give zest to our joy when the woe disappears
Let's never give to whate'e* may betide us,
Though friends should desert, and foes should de
ride us ;
Let the ills of this life pass from us like dreams
That oft to our sleep bring gloomy torboilii gs.
Remember that mcruiug, with its solt walling
beams,
Always relives us from their dirk overloading?,
'Tis useless to be unhappy, and make ourselves sad.
This world, if viewed righrly, is a world not so bad ;
'Tis a inirror, portraying disappointment aui sor- :
row,
As they are cast by the rays of our bosom's ißflec- (
tions ' •*
It has troubles to len 1 ; but, if we will borrow,
That mirror will cast tor us tho iairest retlootiuus.
Let's never give way to aught that surrounds us,
Though much there may be in this world to con
found us.
The spirit that is bol l, and fears not a storm,
'Gainst the troubles of eailh will battle victorious.
With honest intents, 'twill survive a world seorn.
And surrender, at last, to life's conqueror all glo
rious.
FFLFFT FTFLTG.
'I'HK O.N K EYED S tellVA N'T.
UT JEAN INGALOW.
Do you soe those two pretty cottages on
i opposite suit* ot' the ooiunjon ? How
bright their win-low* are. and Itow prettily
the vines trail overtLeai! A year ago one
i of th<m was the ilu tK--t, phue you can up-
I agine, and its ini-rivt-s the most untidy wo
man.
| Site waE o*vc4' fitting at.her cottage duor
witli her arms fuuJsxl, as if she was it ep
i in thought ; tlioygh to. h-okaUit r face, one
would not have supposed she was doing
more than idly watching the swallows as
they floated about in the hot, clear air.—
Her gown was torn and shabby, her shoes
j down at the heel; the tittle curtain in her
easement, which had once hven fresh and
white, had R great rent in it ; an< ] alto
gether, she looked poor and forlorn.
She sal some time gazing aeross the
common, when ail on a sudden she heard a
little noi.*e, like stitching, near the ground.
She look, d down, and sitting OR
under a wall-flower hush, she saw the fun
niest little man possible, with a blue coat,
a yellow waisl-coat, and red hoots; he had
a small shoe on his Jap, and he was stitch
ing awav at it with all his might
"tjood morning, mistress !" said the lit
tle man. " A very fine day. Why may
yon be looking so earnestly across the com
mon ?"
" I was looking at my neighbor's cot
tage," said the young woman.
" W hat ? lam the gardner's wife ? Lit
tle Polly, she used to he called; and a very
pretty cottage it, is, too. Looks thriving
doesn't it, ?, _ i, <'■* r .
> "She was always lucky," said Bella,
that was the wife,g name): "and her bus
band is always good to her "
"1 hey were both good husbands at first,"
interrupted the cebbb-r. without, stopping.
"Reach me my awl, mistress, will you, for
you seem to have nothing to do. It lies
close by your foot."
"Well I can't sav but thev were both
very good husbands at first," replied Bella,
reaching the awl with a sigh ; "hut mine
has changed for the worse,but hers for the
better, and then, look how she thrives
Only to think of our both being married
on the -same day ; nnd row I've nothing,
and "she has two ptg, an-1 a—" .
" And a lot of flax that she spun- in the
winter," interrupted the cobbler; " And a
' Sunday gown, as good green stuff as ever
seen, and, tri rrty knowledge, a hand*ome
silk handkerchief f n r an apron ; and a red
waistcoat for her good-man, with three rows
of blue glass buttons, and a'flitoh of bacon
in the emmney, and a rope of onions."
"Oh, she's alnckv woman !" exclaimed
Bella.
" Ay, and a tea tray, with Daniel in the
Lion's den upon it," continued the cobbler;
" and a fat baby in the cradle."
" Ob, I'm sure I don't envy her that last"
said Bella, pettishly. " I've little enough
for myself and my husband, letting alone
children."
fi Why, mistress* isn't your husband in
work ?"
" NQ* he's at the alehouse."
" Why, how> thAt ? He used to be
very sober. Can't he set work ?"
-i " lliKlaet master keep him, lo
calise he was so gbabby."
44 Humph!" said the little man. " He's
*A- SCS'T V 'SI : N. HI- .RI N
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT." —Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1866.
a groom, is he not ? Well, as I was say- (
ing, yonr neighbor opposite thrives ; but
no wonder? Well, I've nothing to do
with other people's secrets; but I could
tell you, only I'm busy, and must go."
" Could tell me what?" cried the young
wife. "O, good cobbler, don't go, tor I've
■ nothing to do. Pray tell me why it's no
; wonder she would thrive ?"
" Well," said he, " its no business of
mine, you know, but, as I said before, it's
no wonder people thrive who have a ser
-1 vant —a hard working one, too —who is al
! ways helping them."
44 A servant!" repeated Bella ; 44 my
neighbor has a servant! No wonder, then
everything looks so neat"about her ; but I
never saw*this servant/ I think you must
he mistaken ; besides, how could she afford
to pay her wages ?"
*• She has a servant, I say," repealed
the cobbler—"a one-eyed servant ; but she
pays her no wages, to my certain knowl
edge. Well, good morning, mistress, I
must go."
" Do stop one minute," cried Bella, ur
gently. '-Where did she get this servant ?"
44 Oh, T don't know," said the cobbler;
"servants are plentilul enough ; and Polly
use's her's well, I can tell you."
44 And what does she do for her?"
" IN> for her ? * hv, all sorts of things. I
think she's the cause of iter prosperity. To
my knowledge, she never refuses to do
anything —keep* Tom's and Polly's eiothes
in beautiful order, and the. baby's."
"Dear me !"■ said Bella, in an envious
tone, and holding up both her Hands;' well
she is a luckv woman, and 1 always said j
so. She takes good care I shall never see
her set vant. What sort of a servant is she
and how came she to have only one eya i '
"It runs in her family.'' replied the
cobbler stitching busily ; "they are all so
—one eye apiece ; yet they make a very
good use of it. And Polly's servant has
four cousinsjwho are blind —stone-blind;
no eves at all; and they sometime come and
help her. I've seen them in the cottage
myself; and that's how Polly gets a good
deal of her money. They work for her,
and she takes what thev make to market,
ai d l>uvs all those handsome things."
" Only think," said Bel a, almost ready
to cry with vexation, "and I've not a soul
to do anything for me: how hard it is I'
and she took tip her apron to wipe away
her tears.
The cobbler looked attentively at her.
" Well, you are to be pitied, certainly,"
he said ; " and if 1 were, not in such a hur
ry —"
44 <) do gb on, pray. Were you g->mg
to *y yon could help me? I've heard
that your people are fond ot curds and w hev
and fresh gooseberry;syllabub. Now, if
von would help me, tru*t me that there
sh ujid l>o the most beautiful curds and
whey set en ty night for vouon the hearth:
and nobody sliould ever look when you
went and come."
" Why, you see,* said the cobbler, hesi
tating, i 4 my people are extremely particu
lar about —in short, about c leanliness, mis
tress; and your house is not what one wo'd
call very dean. 44 No offence 1 hope ?"
Bella blushed deeply. 44 Well, but it
should be always clean, if yon would ; ev
ery day of my life I would wash the floor
and sand it, and the hearth should be
whitewashed as white as snow, and the
witulowselea ned."
" Well, ' said the cobbler, seeming to
oonsidei\ 44 w,ell, then I should not wonder
if 1 could meet with, a one-eyed servant for
you, like your neighbor's; but it may he
several days before 1 can; and mind, mis
tress, I'm to have a dish of curds."
"Yes, and some whipped cream, too,"
replied Bella, full of joy.
The cobbler tlr n took np Irs tools, wrap
ped them in his leather apron, walker! be
hind the wall-flower, and disappeared.
Bulla was so delighted, she could not
sleep that night for joy. ITer husband
scarcely knew the house, had made it
so bright and clean ; and by night she had
washed the curtain, cleaned the window,
rubbed the fire-irons, sanded the floor, and
set a gr. at, jug of hawthorn in blossom on
the hearth.
The next morning Bella kept a sharp
lookout both lor the tiny cobbler and on
her neighbor's house, to see whether she
could possibly catch a glimpse of the qiie—
eyed servant. But—nothing could she i
see but her neighbor sitting on Uer rocking j
chair with her baby on her knee, working.
At last, wjieu she was quite tired, she
heard the voice of the cobler outside.—
She ran to the door, and cried out—
"O do, pray, come in, sir; only look at |
my house I"
"Really," said the cobbler, looking round (
"I declare I should hardly have known it; j
the sun can shine brightly now through
the clear glass; and what a sweet sine.l
of hawthorn !*' •
"Well and my one-eyed servant ?" asked
Bella; "you rc-member, I hope, that I
can't nay her any wages Have you uiet
with one that will como ?"
"All right," replied the little man, nod
ding. "I've got her with me."
"Got her with you V' repeated Bella,
looking round; "I see nobody."
"Look, here she is!" said the cobbler,
holding up something in his hand.
Would you believe it? The one-eyed
ervant was nothing but a needle.
£gT "Well, Annie, how did you get
along with that stupid fool of a lover of
yours ? Did you succeed in getting rid 6f
him ?" "0, yes, 1 got rid of him easy
eoough, I mafried him, and have no lover
now."
(DAN RICE BEFORE THE RECON
STRUCTION COMMITTEE.
The Committee on Reconstruction still
persists in suppressing the most important
testimony elicited before it. Dan Rice has
recently been on a circus tour through the
lately rebellions States, and has had oppor
tunities such as are afforded to few, for ob
serving the condition of the Southern peo- i
pie as to loyalty. His testimony will be
found to show the true feeling that exists
in the South when the thin crust of loyalty
is melted away and the true character is
revealed under the exhilerating intiuenco of
a menagerie, when man stands in the pres
ence of the untamed forces of nature, sepa
rated therefrom only by the thin partition
of an iron cage. Mr. Rice, being duly
sworn, testified tbns :
Q. You have an unruly animal, known
as a pet mule, with your circus, have you
not ?
A. I have.
Q. What are the idiosyncrasies of that
beast*?
A. He is given much to kicking.
Q It is almost impossible to ride him, is
it not
A. It is. T generally offer $2.1 to any
mm who will ride him round the ring.
Q. On your late visit to the South, did
you receive any offers to ride that mule ?
A. T did.
State what occurred on these occa
sions. }'
A. In Richmond, a discharged Confeder
ate attempted to ride him, but was thrown
flak on hi back.
Q. V bat did the confederate soldier sav
to this ?
A. lie said the mule was a d d yan
kee ORSS
Q. Did any others make the attempt?
A. Another of Lee's veterans tried to
ride.him, ai d succeeded.
Q. W hat did he say ?
He said, after he had dismounted,that
it he'd had a regiment o' tbein ere cavalry
he d have whipped Kilpatrick all to smash;
and that in the next war against Yankees
lie intend, d to raie a brigade of'era.
Cross-examined by Mr. Stevens :
Q Is that a he mule or a she mule !
A. Tt's a be mule.
Q. ou hare monkeys in your show,have
you not ? '
A T have.
Q Have yott ever heard any disloyal re
marks in Ti l.ition to those monkeys ?
A. I can't say that I have.
Q. Have you heard anything said in
their presence.
A. A-Couple ofyonnc ladies were one I
dav standing in front of the cage, and 1
heard one of them say it looked like a
Frecdinrin's Bureau.
Q. How was this rbmarh received ?
A. if created much laughter.
Q. Were there any personal allusions
made on that occasion ?
A. Some one in the crowd said, pointing
to the ourang outang. "That's Sumner."
Q. Did that please the by-standers ?
A. Very much.
Q. Did you ever hear any observations
about the bears ?
A. I heard it said once about a one-eyed
bear that he looked like Ben. Butler, and
about a grizzly, that it ought to be called
Ben Wade.
Q. Were the points of resemblance sta
ted ?
A, 1 hoy were not. The observation was
made on the tonte ensemble, with special
reference, perhaps, to the ocular deformity
in the case of the one-eyed animal.
Q. Have you side shows with your cir
cus ?
A. I have.
Q. State if you have ever hoard disloyal
remarks in relation to them.
A. I believe I heard something of the
kind once about Daniel in thejion's den.
(}. State what it was.
A. A yonng lady asked me which was
Daniel and which was the lion.
(J What was your reply ?
A. I told her it was easy to distinguish
Daniel from the lion, as the former wore a
swallow-tail coat, and had a cotton umbrel
la under bis arm.
Q What did she say ?
A. After looking into the cage she said
spitefully, that. Daniel looked like a mean
Yankee, and she wished the lion wonld
chaw him up.
'*l am glad this coffee don't owe me
anything," said a book-keeper to his wife
the other morning at ! breakfast, "Why"
was the response. "Because I don't believe
it would ever settle."
jf Vf n ~
— 4# >
"Why, Bill, what is the matter with
you ? Yon look down in the mouth."
"Well, Pete, I guess if you had been
through what I have, you'd look bad too."
"What's the matter ?"
"Yon know Sarah Snivels, don't you,
Tete ?"
"Yes,"
"Well, I discarded her last night."
''You did. What for !"
"Well, I'll tell you. She said she
wouldn't marry me, and I'll discard any
gal that would treat me in that way."
>
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t-fT Rogues generally die poor. Every
time they umke a dollar by cheating, they
spend two in law. , <
•> -!"**•*• •*—
"Pat, can ye tell mo why winter is
like a dog ?" "Faith, Mick, I, caoV'—
"Well, thin, it's bekase of the coldness of
its nose (its snows)." i. •
. 0r.. j ttM ye gmMv aHoft -*■ t
h n * 'r 1 Mart bo* nid —m
SPECIAL RULES FOR PREVENTION
OF CHOLERA.
We urge the necessity, in all cases of
cholera, of an instant recourse to medical
aid, and also under every form and variety
of indisposition ; for all disorders are found
to merge in the dominant disease.
Let immediate relief be sought under dis
order of the bowels especially, however
slight. The invasion of Cholera may thus
be readily prevented.
Let every impurity, animal and vegeta
ble, be quickly removed to a distance from
the habitations, such as the slaughter-hous
es, pig-sties, cess-pools, aod all other do
mestic nuisances.
Let all uncovered drains be carefully and
frequently cleansed.
Let the grounds in and around the habi
tations be drained, so effectually as to carry
off moisture of every kind.
Let dry scrubbing be used in cleansing
in place of water cleansing.
Let every room be daily thrown open for
the admission of fresh air ; this should be
done about noon, when the atmosphere is
most likely to be dry.
Let excessive fatigue, and exposure to
damp and cold, especially during the night
be avoided.
Let the use of cold drinks and acid li
quors especially under fatigue, be avoided,
or when the body is heated.
Let the use of acid fruits and vegetables
be avoided.
Let excess in the use of ardent and fer
mented liquors and tobacco be avoided. i
Let a poor diet, and the use of impure
water in cooking, or for drinking, be avoid
ed.
Let the wearing of wet and unsuffieient
clothes be avoided.
Let a flannel or woolen belt be worn
round the bellv.
Let personal cleanliness be carefully ob
served.
Let every cause tending to depress the
moral -and physical energies be carefully
avoided.
Let exposures to extremes of heat and
cold be avoided.
Let sleeping in low or damp rooms be
avoided. *
Let crowding of persons within houses
and apartments be avoided.
Let fires be kept up during the night in
sleeping or adjoining apßrtmments,the night
being the period of most danger from at
tack, especially underexposure to co d or
damp.
Let all bedding and clothing be daily ex
posed during winter and spring to the fire,
and in summer to the heat of the sun.
Let the dead be hurled in places riunote
from the habitation of tho living. By the
timely adoption of sin pie means such as
these, cholera or other epidemic will be
made to loose its venqiu.
TACTICS FOR HUGGING.
1 Place the piece on the right side, as in
Hardee's order arms, cast the eyes to the
right without turning the head, extend the
right arm, pass the hand behind the piece,
grasping it above or about the middle band
or belt.
2. Make a right wheel,raise the left arm,
place it on the shoulder of the piece, the
eyes resting about two inches below the
top or head band ; at the same time move
the left foot obliqne about twelve inches ;
bend the right knee, keeping the feet at an
angle of forty-five degrees.
3. Drop the head to the right, bring the
piece to the body with a firm grasp, to pre
vent its jostling; place the left ear against
the cheek of the piece, and at the command
four, hug in double quick time.
At the command, "arms a-port/ come to
the position of a soldier, and look military
—like a sheep,
-—-- — —<• 1 "'
VOTES THE WAY HE Snor. - 7Tie writ
er of the tollowing pithy letter, who is
vouched for as a Republican soldier by the
Waynesburg (Greene C 0.,) Messen//tr, is
evidently a man of sense :
FOR TIIE MESSENGER.
Cel. Jenninrft ; WiH you grant a Repub
lican soldier room in your paper for a very
short article ? I merely wish to notice an
admonition in. the last Greene Co. Rejjub
tieaii) and to assure the editor that his ad
vice is good, and believe will be very gen
erally followed by the soldiers of the county.
The editor:says:
"To those who have borne the blunt,
vote.the way you shot."
Now Mr. Kditor, we shot for ike Union
and not for the nerjro , and we intend to vote
for the Union and not for the negro. This
is all I have to say at present.
A REPUBLICAN SOLDIER.
i— 1 * •
A gang of discharged negro soldiers
are inaugurating a reign of terror in Louis
ville. Kv. Scarcely a uight passes but they
murder some one, ai d indiscriminate shoot
ing is their common pastime. Seventeen
of them were arrested on Monday, but ow
ing to the fact that no one could or would
swear to their identity in any violation of
the law, they were discharged.
Commodore Vanderbilt is seventy,
but active as eyef. He has built and paid
for one hundred steamers, and is now thp
largest ownyr ih railroad stock in the Uni
ted States. Jle controls both the Harlem
and Hudson River Roads, while his intef
est in the New Ybrk Central is not less
thsln half a million.
f3T Epitaph on aa Auctioneer—Gone.
[TERMS, Bfl,oo PER AZmDM
THE ABSENT.
Of all exercises of the unfettered
mind, perhaps none' fs' attended with" a
more benign influence than that of indulg
ing in a kind remembrance of the absent.
Every loving; wonl that fell from the
lips of tfie'absoht Is treasured with ten-'
derness. Each kind act is recollected
with affection. We look forward to meet
ing with unbounded happiness.
Have we parted in anger? Time soft
ens us into indifference—at length into a
quiet acknowledgment of past friendship,
llave we parted in silence or estrangement?
This, too, wears away, and w meet again
to forget the past in future communions.
Have we parted in grief? The sorrow i
mutually borne, and tenderly consigned to*
the corner of our hearts devoted to the ab
sent sharer.
Have we parted in love ? No joy 6a
great as the remembrance of it—no event
so delightful or sacred as the reunion.
Have we been parted by death if Ab,
the affection that travels with the flown
spirit to its home in the realms of light!
The changed but ever increasing sacred
ness of the love that bound us on earth is
now freed from its alloy, while the unfet
tered spirit hovers near, to watch over us,
and bear the incense of truthful and puri
fied affection on the wings of enduring love.
Absent from sight, to the spirit ever near—
no shade of earth mingles in the holy of
tice of a ministering angd, whose sweet
influence is like the gentle dew npon the
fragrant flower, which exhales a perfume
unseen, but ever grateful to the percep
tion of the inborn spirit.
Absent, but not forgotten, is a sweet and
touching memorial.
WOMAN.
There is beauty in the helplessness of
woman. The clinging trust, which search
es for extianeous support, is graceful and
touching. Timidity is the attribute of her
sex; but to herself it is not without its
dangers, its inconveniences, and its suffer
ings. Her first effort at comparative free
dom is bitter enough; for the delicate
mincf shrinks from every unaccustomed"
contact; arid the warm and gnshing heart
closes itself, like the blossom of tbe sensi
tive plant, at every approach. Man at
once determines his position, and asserts
hie place ; woman has hers to seek *, and,
alas, I fear 'me that, however she "may
appear to turn a calm brow and quiet lip
to the crowd through which she makes her
way, that bfdw throbs, and that hp quivers
to the last, until, like a wounded bird, she
can once more wing her wav to that tran
quil home where rhe drooping head will
be fondly raised, and tiie fluttering heart
laid to jest! The dependence of woman
in the common affairs of lite, is, neverthe
less, rather the effect of custom than nec
essity. We have many and brilliant
proofs that, where need is, she
can be sufficient to herself, and play her
part in the great drama of existence with
credit, if not with comfort. The yearn
ings of her solitary spirit, the outgushings
of her shrink ng sensibility, the cravings
of her alienated heart, are indulged only
in the quiet holiness of her solitude. The
world sees not, guesses not the conflict;
and in the ignorance of others lies her
stre.igth. The secret of her weakness is
hidden in the depths of her own bosom;
and she moves on, amid the heat and hur
ry of existence, and with a seal set upon
nature, to be broken only by fond and
loving hands, or dissolved iu the tears of
recovered home affection.
WORDS or KINDNESS, —Let all thy
words be words of kindness and love ; let
kindness beam on thy countenance, and
smile in every look. Friends will clnster
around thee, and their pleasant greeting
and smiles of welcome will make the most
delicious music in thy soul. Speak gent
ly ! Suusliine will stream Bround thy
path, and shed a halo of light aronnd thy
head; fresh flowers will spring up and
cluster around thy footsteps, and perfume
the air with their delightful fragrance.—
Speak gently ! Another world will be all
sunshine—bright, golden, gorgeous sun
shine ; and though clouds may arise and
shadows play around, their shade will onlv
add a tender chord . to the silvery notes;
for shadows are hut mosaics set in sun
shine, and gmtfe words will give to them
a gilding which gloom can never hide.
• FEMALE SOCIETY. —You know my
opinion of female society. Without it, wo
should degenerate into brutes, This ob
servation applies with tenfold force to
young men, and those who are in tho
pri.oe of manhood. For, after a certain
prime of life, the literary man may make
a shift fa poor one, I grant) to do without
the socictv of ladies. To a young man,
nothing is so important as a spirit of devo
tion (next to bis Creator) to some amiable
woman, whose image may occupy his
heart; guard it from pollution, which beset
it on all sides. A man should choose his wife
as' Mrs. Primrose did her wedding-gown,
for qualities that "wear well." One thing;,
at least is true, that, if matrimony has its
cares, celibacy has no pleasure. A New
ton, or a more scholar, may find employ
ment in study ; a man of literary taste can
receive in books a powerful auxiliary; but
amm must have a bosom friend, and
him, to cherish and sup
port the dreariness of old age.— JOHN
RANDOLPH.
(The Mler is a dangerous member of so
ciety. He becomes a prey to hisowu pas
sions, and scourge* others with his vices.
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