33 1 5 0 volnik XVII r~on is x . 1864. it 4 not foi us to ?rifle., fife' is biiof, AO sin is liere, Our ago is but the falling of a leaf, (hopping tear; ba - 4e no time _to_spert away ihe_b onrs 411 should be earnest in a world like ours. Not many lives, but only one haie Oar only one ; Bow sacred should thol one liTaaVer That narrow span ; hay after day filled up with blessed toil, lilour alter liotir still bringing idiom! spoil. Then let us clasp the new-born child = This lama year, Eftjoy its fragranflireaTh—its sunny smile, E'er stertirthe tear i. Which warns us that the lot efHitin is Vain, Arid cilia us back to duty's path again. 11-A-Rl/8-G-R-kIT-E-•-- Softls) b!ow, sweet.besited .feptivr; , Around the gravo where Mary)ies; t. 4 ently waft, ye waving breezes, I)iiylight's glory from the skies: Drink, pale flowe; drink the dew drips Twilight sprinkles round her rest; Night winds lowe'r o'er my 'M ary— OW my Mary's lovely breast: Dal•lt and lort?di is tier • tike a star among the clouds; Yet her spirit never waning, VC'.ihgvth to the bright atiddes: There, sweet idol, there I'll join you, When my night of toil is o'er; Singing praises evermore. -M E.45"7W-'7l THE CHRISTMAS GIFT, BY VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND , /iCi, such a merry Christmas as I shall, have," murmured little Eva LeedA to herself as sire tied a small but •exquisite glass bird cast t.) the Christmas trea, whose every bough bent under the wealth of sparkling toys—toys of all sizes; sl:rapes . ' and colors.— There were dolls, with soft blu3 eyes, Ind did Pokiest ,cheeks and lips ; they wore (faintly carved boxes of pearl and of ivory ; there were Huh.; nests of cottage; tith tt,d men in the fore gromid no larger than a ba by's forefinger, scattering corn to a flock of chickens ;. there was a great Santa Claus in the centre, with a large bag strung over his shoulder, and a most gi''Otesquely benevolent expression of countenance ; Ellett were horns hf plenty gailydeedrated.titli 13Itie ribbons ; there sugar churches and glass palaces; but, my dear children, it would be utterly useless for tue to attempt t;) enumerate the many beautiful things with Which every cedar bough of that Christmas tree was drooping, and I must leave the rest to your inragina tions. "Iftiw good grandpapa is," continued the little girl, as she stepped back and surueyed admiringly thd. glittering -object before her, ''to let me IIaVC all my tdags Mates here ith 'morrow, and have this nice. Chri4-tntas tree for them. - Won't they stare, though, when they :led' all these pretty things ?" •‘.:1.11, Miss Eva, you are a happy chile," 'said Nan, the old .black cook, who had lived with Eva's gatifather More than a score of 3iearB, as she came into the sitting room to the nays, for the.short December day ems fading into "I laid* I am, Nan. I wish all little cliil ditn were nit happy." "And to think bow many on 'em will go to bed Without any supper, and get up to- InorrOW. utern'te-, and. not so much as a crust to. eat." . "Yon, dJu't mean so ; you dottq really mean That you say, Nan;" cried Eva, turning a round lihni•ply; and there was a startled luok on her bright face. But the bell rang at that moment, and Nail hurried off without replying to Eva's clues •tion. So the little girl walked up and do room, with her hands behind her, wll night shadows dropped softly into t ners,-and Altera was a new and, st thoughtfUl exprepion on the fair Eva Leeds. Site was thinking of her - i") . "bright,tappy lifle, ai3 fine-froth care sor ,row as the merriest birds that ever sang a woleMic to the summer from amid boughs white - with the blossoms;Of May. She was little Eva • - - Leeds, whoso - I,ife counted eleven Christmas ses, and-she .*as the onclidcil of her "grand father a widower, - Childish Old maw, r/ho Avap_storn awl o every 0 y dear little, grandchild , , upon whom all the tondernms and affection of his nature seemed to coneentrate. ' It *les tov.obinOust to see how his face would_kindle, and his- touch soften.; when' she eame-and4aid her little plump' cheek *ainst US, or wound bor arms about: his noels. - have said Mr. Hughes, for t iis Was - the ..name of Eva's grandfather, was childless, but Nan know that when the lips of his el: --dist-ilaighter.ccased to call him "father",lt soot Localise doitli — Wad — idle - nced — tkom; 'but becauet he 'bad sivotu iu his—ivrith,th :h_c •should_uever speak to him, never enter his 'house again. • DfarY Hughes had married .clandestinely ' the son of her father's gardner, it worthy, in telligent young- man; but he was poor, and his station in life Was, of course; far below her's and for this deed' her father had taken a solemn vow never to fetid° her. Little Eva knleviesome.thing of this, for two years bdfore, when her fair young mother lay on her death- bed, she had overheard part, of a conversation between her and her grandfa ther. • . The old man's face was very white as he walked up and 'down the room, s excited that Eva had fairly shuddered to look at • "Anything_but_tkat,Ellen_Lhe said, in a thick hoarse voi3e. "Ask anything but that I will grant it. Remember my -oath." "But if they have children, father," mur mured the faint voice of 'the woman, who Was dying, but they did not guess it then. The old man wont to the bedside'. "Yes, Ellen, I promised you if she has children,- and I ever know it, they shall not suffer." Then th 6 nurse came. and took Eva out of the room, and she heard no more. And the little girl's thoughts, as site walks sio slowly up ann down the room , ' go back to o - r; ' -'u :_ : iwrliteTitlfdr motheusister - Mary - had any children, and if they have such a kind grandfather, and are as happy as she is. —Suddenly the little girt walks to the win dOw, Ulla looking out on the street she sees two children standing in tient of the They are very poor; . she divines this at once by the boy's old straw hat and thread bats; coat, and the little girl's faded calico dress and old piuk hood. The boy is abaft Eva'rrageths-girl-must be several years 'yaungSt and she crying, and he seeking to comfort her, and evidenly Onddavoring to petsuade her to go on further. . Somehow Eva's heart (always a tender one) is strangely softened to-night, and . site longs to do something for that sorrowful looking little boy and girl. She is an im pulsito child tdd; title Ad , withotit stoppinn , to consider the matter, she rushed down stairs and out the front door. They aro lighting the lamps up street, and a cold wind sends a shudder thro' Eva's frame, as she boun u s to t to pavemen . "What ails the little girl 'I" she asks of the boy, in bet soft idiot;. He looks up - in startled surprise, but sortie thing he finds in -Eva's face makes hint an swer : "My little sister is--tired-attd-etild-;-ire -have-walked along_ .way; and she says we can't get any fiirthef." "Well; Come right into the house and get td arm; and let her rest," answers Eva. "Then we can send somebody home with you." "We haven't got any home now," says the boy, sadly. "Not got any home 7 ." Eva stands Still a moment, with surprise and pity, then taking hold of the little girl's hand she leads her into the, house, without speaking another word, and• the title boy follows. They go int) the sittitig room, in the cen tre of which stands the Christmas tree with a load of gifts . ' and the bright gas-light, gib ing to every object iii the hatiriatitly tar nished room anew brilliancy, and the chi'• dren stare around them bewildered and over- Wheltned; and the little girl is evidently quite alarmed, for she shirks up close to her broth= . er, and hardly dares to take the low chair that Eva offers her. At this moment Grandfather Tluglis comes into the room. Ile cannot be far. from his seventieth birth day, fur his hair is very white, and his tiro* is deeply furrowed, but his tall figure is erect; and he has a stately air tend pres'ened. "Well ; daughter, how is the Ohristiiias tree coming our h a c asks in a cheery voice; then he starts and asks, "Eva, how canto these children liCre? ; ' "Why, you sbb, grandpa, I asked them to come in and itsti and get warm, ' because they haven't any home." Well, my_ child, you_ should_ have seat then down into the kitchen." And now thelalittle girl lifts up her head, nd-looks at the Old man. She leas - pale, race, with soft blue eyes,. and sunny hair; and somehow it troubles the old man, and his mind goes back to the time when just such u face as that sat on his knee; and some times nestled itself against his heart.— He stands still, looking at the child until the tears come into her eyes, fur she has a little coward heart. "What is your name, little- girl ?" The vo .n of Grandfather !Inglis is unusually levy Neal." ' ie old Luau started as though the wordS struck him. His face grows very pale, and he opens his lips,two or three times to speak, and then pauses, as though it cost him a painful effort to do this. •' At last he asks, "Where are your pa rents ?" "Willard can tell you," and the little girl turns to her brother. Ho looks like his sister, but his hair and eyes are several shades 'dafker, and 11 . 6 tells his story in a .simple• straightforward way, in. mix. Lll to I.vil_m.ll.t.l , l.l , Ku.gra.ver. 1111 l r . n the p ile the 1 e cot- Lratigely Lee of , . ita truth. "Oar father died four years ago, in ••• -to-grow sick, and then; aboutsix - months a go wecams, to the city. Mamma took in sewing, and supported us; but she -grew worse all dee titht and hest *reek - she died. Tlren they buried her ; and Mrs. Watson, who lives 1.111 !,ho chambers, *opt us till to-day, but her - husband drinks, and he swore we should not Stay any issnger: Mit just Wow mamma mamma died she called me to her and told me there was a gentleman Whig on this stittet' Who was our grandfather, and I must go to "Win with little sister, and toil him ary ' was _dertd,and_this WAS all she had to' lye .I.rv'e :been all the afternoon trying to find the place, but can t, What Iva!?, our_• l'antlfatheeb tattle bay?_" _EL N'tiantilly" ZTatnroirrittiztle4•*'Zrei,u.tral 113: Nycolittera alma, M=Lcattgic:aacr. ~A itAYNESBRO',. FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15,,1861. The old man leaned forward, and his breath panted through 'Mali& as ke asked the ques- "Joseph Hughes; have you ever heard of him, sir ?" - The old man bowed his head a moment on his hands, and a sob shook' hig frame the• fountains, the long frozen •fountains in his heart leaped once more. "Mary, my little Mary I" and his •tones were full of tenderness and remorse, but, alas! alas! they could not wake the dead. The old man rose up, and drew the children close to hint. • "Yes; I Will• take yoit'," he said. "YoU sturl? it'd want a home any longer; and Twill be father and ttiother to you; my poor chi'. - dun. Mar}?--children. Eva kiss--your cousins." Shb understood it all, and she came forward and kissed them both very tenderly; and then she whispered : "Grandpa, they are your Christmas gifts ; ain't they?" "My. Christmas gifts !" murmured_ the_ old "God, be praised! My Chrlitittes man. gifts F' Diptitlittiria— A Sure Curei [From the Missouri Democrat.] ease--publish-the-following_treatme diphtheria. It has been used by myself, add others to whom I have given it, in over one thousand casek ' without a failure. It will slitays ethr6, if the treat Mont is commenced_ before the diphtheria membrane attends hi to the air tubes, which is known by the great difficulty of breathing and restleistlas. In such cases no rensay 7 et tliadoVered will al eifeet a cure; but if the patient is watched and the treatment used in time, there is no danger. I sent this treatment to a friend of mine. in Wisconsin,-and he used it on himself and family, and neighbors, with such wonderful success that de recittested dtti td gelid it tel you for publication, as this horrible disease. is prevailing-otte`ffatblj• iti parts of Missou ri. DirnmEllTA Wit3ll Golden seal, pulverized, 1 dralun Borax, . 1 ~i 1 " Black pepper, i‘ 1 gi Alum, ,i 1 • 41 ra e po as g e • that; . 2 ' 4 liut all into a commonsized teacup or ves sel which •holds about four ounces, and pour half full of boiling - water stir well and then dill-full—of—good—vinegar [t • itsettles.—Make a swab by getting . a little stidk dbotit the size of a pipestem, notch one end, and wrap a string of cotton cloth around it lotting the cloth project about a half an inch beyond the end of the stick, so as not to jag the mouth and throat, fasten with a thread. Swab the mouth and throat well every half hour if the case is , bad, every hour it not bad. When the patient gets better;_ev ery two hours; thou when better, every four Boers iiiid when still better, two or three times a day, till well, which will be from two to seven•dan. Touch every affected spot, the uvtiht, tonsils; and'fances, the whole back part of the mouth and top:of the throat; and let' the patient swallow a little of the wash each time you swab. Swabbing causes no pain, though the patient will gag, and sometimes malt j but..sweb *O4 atid a feel ing of relief will follow every swabbing. Let every patient have a separate swab and wash, as the disease is undoubtedly in fectious. Keep the wash pure by pouring what you can use, each time, into another vessel, and also wipe off any matter or slime that may be on the swab, every time you take It frettt the mouth. AO the folluwing linitneht oh the throat, outside, Mice every three of four hours, and keep a flannel cloth round the neck till well: Take spirits of turpentine, one -ounce.--'-- Take sweet oil, (or linieed oil,) one ounce. Take aqua ammonia, (mix,) one ounce.— Shake before using each time. Keep the boitels regular with castor oil: Keep the patient in the house, but venti late well. The diphtheria wash and liniment will - be - fettn - d sufficientfur fill - eases, iftalari in time ; and should you mistake any other "sore throat" for diphtheria you will effect a cure almost invariably, as I use this for all common sere throats. I have never lost a case, and ninny have told me that no money would induce them 'in these "diphtheria times; ..to be without the wash and liniment; and when a soreness in the throat is "felt, it . is used, and a cure is always effected. Your friend., DR. W. A. SCOTT Palmyra, Warren county lowa. The Hudson Star relates the following . creamy joke upon a' swill.milk incidents • "A young gentleman 'of this city, while out of town, stopped at a hotel, not a hun dred miles from Clavemck, to rest and re fresh his horse. Concluding he would take slipper, he called for a bowl of milk. It was placoebefore him and he commenced lifting spoonsful up and then .pouring them back into the 19 , 0, and making other demonstra tions of dissatiqaction with the fare. Fi nally, called the waiter to him and asked:her, t . " "Yes,. sir, we always skim milk before we give it to ealres •: e-pert • • • . • did not ask any more quergions. . A smooth sea never made a skillful mari- Vet.. Neither do uninterrupted. successes ' qualify a man for usefaruessat happiness.— The storras of adversity -like the storms of the sea., arouse the faculties and incite the invention, pradeuee, skill and. fortitude 4 the oeyeger.. Come,Bill, it's ten o'clock, and I ain't( IST had better be going, -for it's time ,himest folks were at bonit.' — "Noll, yes,''ifiTs - tho answer, " Iffrbut you utretin't hut Ny horn° Ju 11Litt, at • COMM" Wediling,in s den. ,- I will endoavar to deserihe'a Village , Wed= - dingy ia-Sweden.=lt=shall=bo=summer=time, that - there may be' flowers; and in a 'south; - ern province, that the-bride may be - fair.— The early songs of the lark and of chanti cleer are Mingling; with the clear morning air, and the sun ; the' heavenly ;bridegroom with yellow hair, rises in the south. In the yard there is a sound of voiceaand trampling of hoofs, and horses are led,forth And sad dled. The steed_ that is to ear the bride' , groom has a bunch of flowers on his';fore• head and a gatland of - corn flowers about his neck. Friends horn the neighboring farms come riding in, their Mae cloaks , king in - tire - wind rand fieulli - the - happy bridegroom, with a whip in his hind, and a monstrous nosegi,y.in the breast of his blue 'jacket, comes from his chamber; and then to horse and away toward the village' lade the bride already 'sits and waits. •-• Ferment rides -the-spokesman, __followed by 'some half dozen village musicians.' Next comes the bridegroom, between his two groomsmen, and then forty or fifty friends and wedding guests, half of them, perhaps, with pistols and guns in ;their hands: 'A .• • akagtol e oft brittle u i the rear laden with food and dm . or - hose merry pilgrims. At the entrance of every village stands a triumphal arch, laden with flowers -and rihhons_and etergreens,andas•they pass beneath it, the - wedding guests fire a salute ; and the whole prodessioil stop& and straight troth every pocket flies a black jack filled with punch or brandy. - It is passed from hand fo hand among the crowd ; provisions are brought from the wagon, and after eating - and - drink i ng-and-hurraing„—the -procession- moves forward again, and at length draws near the house of the_ bride. Four heralds ride ferifittid to announce that a knight and his atiendenti sit in the neighboring forest, 'atid ash tor hospitality. "how many are you ?" ask the bride's father. At least three hundred," is the answer, and to this the last replies: Yes, were you seven times as many, you should be welcome, and in token there. of receive this .cup." Whereupon each her ald receives a, cup of ales and soon after the whole jovial company come streaming into aTmer's yard, and riding-round-the--M- , • pole which stands in the center, they alight amid a grand salute and flourish _of Music. ,In the hall .stands the bride, with a crown tipon,her head and a tear in her . eye, like • • • ,ry in old-elii • • On She is dressed in. a red bodice, and hale,. with loose linen Sleeve - Z. There is a - girded belt around her waist, and around her neck strings of golden-beads and a golden chain. On the crown rests a wreath of wild roses, and below it another, of cypress Loeseoiter her shoulders falls her - flaxen hair, and her blue, innocent eyes are fixed on the ground. "Oh thou good soul 1 thou haat hard hands but a soft heart I thou art poor, the very or-. naments thou wearest are not thine; the bles sings of heaven upon thee 1" So thinks the parish priest, as ho joins•tegether the hands of the bridegroom, saying in a deep and sol emn, voice : "I give thee, in marriage, this damsel, to be thy wedded Wife in all honor, to share the half of thy bed, 'thy lock and key and overy,third pinny which thou two they possess or may inherit, all the rights which Uhland's laws provide and the holy king gives " And the dinner is now served, and the bride sits between the bridegroom and the priest: This spokesman delivers au oration, after the ancient customs of the fathers.— He interlards it well with quotations from the Bible, and invites the Saviour to be prey eats us at the marriage feast of Cana of Gali lee. Tho table is not sparingly set forth.= Each make: a long arm, and the feast goes cheerily on. Punch and brandy pass around between the courses, and hero and there a pipe is smoked while waiting for the next dish. They sit long 'at table; but as all things must have an end, so must a Stredish dinner. Then the dance begins. It is led off by the bride and priest, who perform a solemn minuet together. Not until midnight comes tb - n - lit - d4ll - coTne - gitle - fortn - a - mr= ole around the bride to keep - her from the hands of the married women, who endeavor to break through the magic circle and seize their new sister.. Aftern long struggle they succeeded, and the crown is taken 'from her head and jewels from her neck, and her bod ice is unlaced, and kirtlo taken off; and like_ a vestal virgin, clad all ,in white,' she goes, • but it is to her bridal chamber; not her grave; and the wedding guests follow - her with light• ed candles in their hands, And this is a village bridal—hong/ellen,. The following extract pinked ap from our exchangeß, is one 'of the most beautiful sen. timents we have seen for a long time. How many there are who can appreciate it fully : "In comparison with the loss of .a wife, all other bereaVetnents aro trilling: The wife ! she who fills so large. a space. in the. domestic heaven;*she who busied herself so nowearedly for the" precious, ones around •her ; bitter ) bitter is the tear that fulls on her colcLoloy. You.staud beside her cold c.frin and.think of the est. I t seems an amber color. pat was, w i ere e can e tonn n.on beautiful flovrerFs or the stars hung inger there. No — thorus -- are - . remembered save those your hands .unwillingly have plan ted: Her noble; tender heart, lies, open to your. inmost sight. You think of• her.. now as all gentlenesk, all beauty, 101 ;unity. But she is dead-! -The dear head, that laid upon your bosons, rests in-the still darkness upon a pillow of clay.- The-bands that have nun. istered so ustirtngly, aro folded ) *bite l and cold, beneath the gloomy .portal.: , 'nos bean *Ease every beat measured an eternity of love,- lies *mbar your feet. The flowers she bent over with smilts, - -now beind , - above; her in fora, Ai& ng7tb - o - de w - from -- their - petabr • ursotoitue—ber—may----bo.-kep .E-rcon .and-beautiful. There is on white arm e'verioui [ slioiil6r,' no epeakifi c , ,, fade to' teok Up into your eye of 'love, no tidinbliiis to murmur. "Oh, it is too sad; ."Thord_ts so_ strange •a hush:tn , every room; no light foot. steps passing - 14(mnd, No smile to greet you at nightfall. And• the - old cluck ticks and strikes, and ticks—it • was such music when 'she could hear it ? Now it' seems a knell on thehours , .-through which you 'watched the shadows of death gathering up. on her sweet face.. And every day the clock repeats that old story. Many anethet tale it telletli, too—of beautiful! words and-deods that are reg istered ., above You- feel .=-=ok how often -- -that the gravp cannot keep her." -A Sutrilioad-to-Comiiette Not one man in five hull-lied will make a fortune. But a eompeteney amiltftrindepen dent position is within , the reach of 'moat men. • This is obtained ,most surely by pa tient industry and economy. If a man has ordinary talents and ability, in any profea sion or trade, he ()ee l .by. pursuit* aireconom ical, persevering Course r be pretty sure of finally obtaining an independent position• is life. Let hie e*penses fall below h - is income. Let hini liver cheap, very cheap if necessary, but let him be sire and make his int... more t enver.hie expenses, it tan be done in almost itll eases, notwithstanding the peal tiro denial of ever so many housekeepers.— A man may not-haventore" than two or three . hundred dollars n year, and may have it.fam+ ily as large as that of . John 'Rodgers, and. he can find a way to liia.eonifiirtalik_), and., lay something in the.tiargain., There is much, 'nay all in knowing how the thing is done:-1;- And that is the lig people who aro going -to-make -money-have -gob-to-learn.. It is wonderful how few , real wants we, liate i and how little it takes to give gettitine happiness. If ite eottld get rid of our arti ficial, senseless and - expensive way of living, we should find ourselves better off in purse, in prospects and in heart. Let any one who has ambition bgo ahead in life try the. expe riment this year, and see how mach there Is in economy. ;Oak° your expenses your, income, and see how much you will have gained not only in money, but in feeling that you are in the condition which the Yankees enomlinttz-iforol . Dignity of Human Nature. Whoever yields to temptation, dames him self with a debasement from whichlo can • • *so. This, indeed, i calamities, the bitterest ilre, bitterness. Every unrighteous act tells with a thousand fold more fore° upon the actor than upon the sufferer. The false man is more false to ,himself Ahiin to any, one else. He may despoil others; but he will be 'the prineiplo loser. The world's scorn he Might sometimes forget s but the knowledge of his own perfidy is' undying: The fire of guilty passions may torment whatever lies within the circle of its radiations; but fire is always hottest at the centre in the profligate's • own heart. A man may be wronged and live ; but the unresisted, unchecked impulse to do wrong, is the first and second . death. The moment any one of tho glorious faculties with which God has endowed us, is abused or mis used, that faculty loses forever, a portion of its delicacy and energy. Every injury which we inflict upon our mortal nature, in this life, must dull forever, our keen capacities of enjoy ment though in t hel midst of infinite bliss; and' weaken our powers of ascension, where virtu ous spirits are ever ascending. It Must send us forward into the next 'stage of existence • maimed and crippled, so that however high we may soar, our flight will always be less lof ty than it would otherwise have been: 'and however exquisite our enjoyment and bliss it will he always less exquisitely blissful, than it-was capable of being. Everrinstaoce of violated conscience, like every broken string in a harp, will limit the compass of its music, and mar its harmonics forever. Tremble, then, and forbear, 0, man, when thou wouldst fur - get the dignity of thy nature, and : theimmoital glories of thy des tiny : for if thou dost.east down thy eyes to' look with complacency upon the tempter ; or bend thine ear to listen to his seductions, thou dost doom thyself to move forever though inferior stages of existence: thou dost wound and dint the very organ with which alone thou canst behold the splendors of Eternity. A Sailor went to a watchmaker and pre senting a small French watch to him, de manded to know how much the repair of it would come to. The watchmaker after ex amining it said : "It will be more expense repairing than the original dot. "I don't mind that," said the tar, "I will even give you double the original cost, for I have a veneration for the. watch." "What might 'you have given for it !" said the watchmaker. "Why," replied- the tar, "I gave a fellow a blow 'on the head for it; and if you. repair' it, I will give you two." A Dutchman had two pigs—a large ene and a small one. The smallest being tho old- 09t, IC WIC ryiug exp a . 1 - and did it in this wise : "Tito little pig is n Gin n , U7IIE, 011ifff Ztizita ming to Ti coireet - hinc - said will excuso him, he no speak as gocid English as me— he no means the - littlepig is the piggest, but to young 1103 pig is to oblost." Women may be nearer akin to angols than man is, but ske got intimate. with the Devil , " W • b 'ic* a •nteyour name y in wars, • love and mercy, on the hearts of :the ,neople you come in contact wit,ll year, by year, and you will 'a - ever-be forgotten., , , f-odorkianoill Slit r aor . • :. • • •of fothe•liiae, lt•rol n fieuti 4.1.6:11 tolitbdow. A.-short- candidate-for •mony arrived,inrtown, , and.-straightway.,-re- - paired to the office 'of, otir oliiging ,county clerk for,the. purpose of Obiaitting a marriage .certificate. 'llhe clerk misunderstood' the Dame of:the-fain ono who had. been . making inroads on the affections of the applicant, and consequently insetted LIM wrong name of the female-party-who was to be tied by the. silken cords. - The-intended groom Was so delighted with the,prospeet.before; him 'that he i did not stop to read the document, after it was plated if:Otis-hands; firking over two dollars, he thrust the legAprivilege in his,pocket. Gaining an andiamie avail the -- e - biect - ofirts - heartrara -- tWV_;reptiireti e l to - house of a clergyman, Where the document was preselited i which, in 'the 408 ortlte appearing perfectly , satisfactory, . the two were -united in the holy - bonds of wed lock. The next morning,--'upon —seating-them- -- selves at the breakfast table ofene of our ho-• tele, the groom eernMenced reading, theree erd of hie ridarrhwe - in the: earning' 'patters and found that t he printers. Malthus mar ried to another woman, Tdirdsting;his Rand' . • .e ru ? l,le x j, cense, when, lo and ; behold, to his, utter as. ' tonishment, be diiiecri , e red that the elCrili had committee the 'grave eriiii'ef ifistsiting'the wrong name of the-intended bride: Turning to the-.object of ..afleollonond .•with as excited yet- tremulous voice, he , exclaimed: 'Maria, a mistake has been made, and I ate Married to the wiongivetuati.. You ate not my lawful wife.' Maria gave a glance at the document, and with- a- -ltalidrawa *AO, an swered too late now V—ltlquonilta Exp. Pat's Idea of the Dlirinity.-, A friend. . whom' NSt . e lin 11: .eall-Putlr 'fo short," tells us the following good. story a bout himself : ' When • but an idle boy, lie. Ives. called up in a °aunty school and the euestioa tittd- denly -propounded by the 'pedagogue. "Pfistrielc, how inanogods are Owe?" Pat waa not a distinguished theologian Mien and years have , made him no better 'very fast" in such mutters, but he prompt.. Ip responded-- ' "Three, sir;!' • "Taker your Lent !" ihunkreill the onitd if in flire minutes - you don't snowier I'll well - The_pruhation_peried_ passed,_and_Pat king the floor heStratitrgly itspieLl the number of Gods at' "fiveif.siri". = 11a l'oceive't the promised "welting" and-a , reamed to his seat ten minutes for cousidoration..,, , , ;• Ten minutes up, and. Pat was by ioo, hod satisfied that he hadn't. fixed the mattes suf fieiently high borer°, he shouted— is the cu "There's ten, sir." Ho saw the ferule decending,..end hutting opt the door, he cleared a five . railibuce,Ard broke like a quarter liorso across the 'field. Fanting'wrth exertion be ►net a lad' with a book under his arm, and with , the. look of ono desiring the 'pursuit of kiadwiedge under difficulties. "Whore are you going ?" asked Pat. . "To school yonder," was tho,reply. "Yen :we, are you ?" said Pat quietly.— "Row many Gods are there?" "One," 'answered the boy. • "Well, you'd better not go.down have a, good time with your one God. I've just left mere with ten, - and - that wasn't enough- to' save tne from the darndest lick ing you ever heard of." The Shakers at Lebanon• Springs, N. Y., a mong their rules relating to visitors, have the following : Married persons tarrying with us over night, are respectfully notified that each sex will occapy separate sleeping apartments while'they remain. This rule will not be de parted from under any 'circumstances. A. friend Says he was reading it to a married lady, when she innocently retuarked, 'Row fuolisi that is, ain't st — A-mart-in Orange co'unty was found - olf: night in a fulling-milt, trying to climb the overshot wheel. When asked what he was doing, he said he was trying to'get up totted, but somehow' or other dm strirv. wouldn't hold still. We see an announcement of a marriage of a Mr. Greenback. Now look out for au is sue of legal tenders." The greatest miracle ever wrought by love is the reformation of a coquette. Hollow groans might issue- from most peo ple's chests these hard times. Ile who servos God has the best master- - I one' o had; is a poor man Zvery one hath enough to do to . govern hiinself well. A man is valuable as he makes himself valtiakilo. _ He that will have no trouble in this world Once in eiery'ten years a man needs his Sneak not of me unless you know mo well. •Think of yotresolf ere - oaglit of me • oil toll, lie who bath 1:10 children. loth not know what love means. • Working .ia your calling Is la praying, No ill 3 befall ua but - what, may .be foi•ocir XOO-=--- • . •-••-• IV4ist-iis Wtingit.tvat• Tio . r•• Oa liklA3 talios •143 ititsavir• , to that it 16,4..t.a.1-,-040ii es St ir • NUMBER 35. - Maniaa the 'Co iirexis'
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