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VOLUME XIX
POETX A.L.
TAXINCr. BACHELORS.
Tax them,, tax them:tax them all,
With an income great or small—
Tax 'there mortgages and rente r ,
On each dollar sixty cents;
That's the toll they ought to ay,
For wearing out the "Bach/ , f/Y; 1
So they'll,ery instead of lan e ,h,
• Mourning for the ' , hotter -half."
Tax them far the vows they've made,
Tax them for their vows unpaid—
For the drafts they're drawing still
On their conscience and their will;
Tax them for the debts they owe
To young Cupid and his bow,
For the ose of silver darts -
And the lean of "treacherous arts."
Tax them for the precious time
t?lpent in willing silly rhyme,
"To the fair, deluded girls; -
Lost in blushes and in curls -L:
Tax them for dishonor paid
To the sunlight and the shade—
Swearing they were truer far
Than a sunbeam or a star.
TeX them for their Wasted years, .
Tax them for the bitter tears
Drawn from eyes that once were bright
With a soft, confi littg light—
For the cheeks they've made s'o pale—
Per the deep, paiketic wail,
lireathedfrom hearts that must endure
What ho surgeon's art can cure.
Tax them for the hopes they've crossed,
Tax them for the dollars lost,
13 _
Meant to keep the spirits calm;'
When the lady fondly thought,
• The "confessiOn" would be brought,
-A nil - haiiil7 ---
----Virmil - dlielit - oiTtlits louse and land.
Tax them for the weoil and cod
Used to warm their daffy gout;
Tax them for the cakes anti pies
Made to charm the lover's eyes . •
And for coal oil tax them well,
Oh, tho gallons t who can tell 7 •
That have burned, mid burned in vain,
I'D secure a failileas swain!
Tax them for the countless threats, •
Matti by mothers to their "pets,"
'When the months would pass away,
Anti the lover' name no tlay ;"
Tux them for the "awful smart,"
That was felt about the heart,
When the last frail beau - had gone#
And the lady weeps alone,
Yes, I'd tax them one and all,
With an income great or small—
Tax their mortgages and rents,
On each dollar sixty cents;
Till their truent steps should stray,
Calmly in the "married way"—
Then I would enjoy a laugh
With the "Bachelor's better half "
K f: i+.
A ROMANCE OF THE WAR
[Correspondence el' the Chiengo 'Republican ]
JACKSONVILLE, ILL., October 24, 1865.
The facts which morose the following,
bit of romance in real life have recently come
to ray knowledge, and I have permission to
publish them with the understanding that
DO names are given.
A well-to-dofarmer of this County had a
daughter Who, besides beiag personally at
tractive, was well educated and possessed
more than the usual amount of, good sense.
As a consequence she' had many suitors.—
All but two of these sho treated with no fa
vor; but between these two it was impossible
for her to choose.
She liked them both, but which she loved
she could not tell
made for three years' troops in 1861, these
two men, together with the your* lady's
-brother, enlisted in the same company.—
This event disclosed to her her own heart;
she =awed the man she loved, and on the
morning he left for the field they were mar
ried. Her husband was the possessor of no
little property, and before he left lie made a
will in her favor. While in the field a strong
friendship bound these three men together,
the rejected lover cherishing no ill feeling
towards the husband of his love, or her broth
er. At the battle of Stone River. on the
2d of January, 1863, the company they were
in was in the fiercest of the strife.
When that terrible ?conflict was over, the
husband was found with his head blown off,
and was only recognized by a letter found in
his pocket from his wife. The brother was
missing, and 4.he ;disappointed suitor was
wounded so severely 'that his , life was despair
ed of. - Sirirrilib was,liew maid end widow
mourned with an almost breaking heart for
her husband and . brother. The wounded
Man recovered, but was unfit for further 'Bey
vie° was discharged and came home. His
uffection'4ai-still true and firm, and the fact
of his association with the lover and lost gave
' him a strong hold upon the sympathies nod,
regard of her wt.o had received the love of
his ]ile: -
As Month after Month passed away, the
Wounds of her bleeding'.heart were partially I
healed, and afloat she consented to'beeome
the wife of him she had once refused for
It !tiler. She told -him, however, that she
When the first call wag
WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, PRIDAY MOIINiNG; NOVEMBER 17; 1865-
could never love him as should lave
her husband, as her heart wail:mita In,,the
'grave of her first and only love. It was , the
day before, the wedding and thetwo were tel.
gether arranging their plans for the future,
uddenl • her father entered,, and handed
her a latistigt -- 'Reaxl:-that,--quiek_an_d
tell me what it , means.' The . letter bore, the
brew Yorro_postmark.,:and was directed in her
husband's hand. She did not faint; but pale
as death, she. tore off the envelope and,read:
Toitni January 1865.
'My DEAR wirn ( :-=-1 am at 16t, exchanged.
Am very feeble. As soon Dng. can bear the
jouincy L shall be home,'
The scene that follonn
bed. The
may
ointed may betis
cannot be descri•
of the twice dimity
ned, but he aeted:as a
, and sincerely congratulated
her on the safety of hal. husband. ' In a few
weeks the husband, eame;.andthen the tnys.
tery was explained On the morning of the
battle he had given a letter from his wife to
her brother to read. They soon became-sep
arated. It was the brother that had been
killed. lie, himself had been severely wound
ed and taken prisoner. lie had written of
ten, but the letters bad failed to reach their
destination.
After live years of suffering Worse than
death he had been exchanged, and now was
at home. Sorrow for the loss of the martyr
ed brother alone marred 'the happiness of the
reunited couple. T'hei'r noble and ddtoted
friend remained to see the one he loved hap
py with her hwband; and then left home to
be a wanderer in the world, lie is now in
the far West, and there ho seeks to forget
the past in the excitement of frontier life.—
Surely truth is, stranger than fiction. •
John Adam's Courtship.
John Adarns sought the hand-of-the dawn
ter of Rev. Mr. Smith, of Weymouth, and
Miss Abigail was pleased to accept the pro
posal of Mr. Adams, much to the chagrin of
the parson. the objection being that Adams
was a man of humble origin and, moderate
ability, and could never aspire to anything
more . than the position of an humble village
lawyer. His visits to her home were fre
quent and prolonged, but no hospitalities
were tendered by the Rev. Smith, either_to.
Mains or his nag; for while A-blgail only.
nut wale u care over him, his "bay" pass
ed the weary hours of night in feeding on
the hitebing post.
Now, Abigail had a sister whose name
was Mary, who was betrothed to a wealthier,
and it was believed, more promising young
man,
whose presence was welcomed most cor
dially by the reverend's family.
- The good parson had promised each of' his
daughters that on the occasion of their mar
riage he would preach a sermon from a teat
of .the bridesown selection. Mary first mar
ried, and "beautifully appropriate' did the
father think the text—';and Mary bath eho.
sen that good parir In due time Abigail
marries, and chooses for her text, "For; John
ear n° neither eating nor drinking, and they
say; he bath a devil." Tradition does not
tell us as we remember, how the text.pleased
the father, but-the sermon was preached
Mary, indeed, chose a good- parti her life
was a happy' one, and her husband was a
man of means and respectability. .Abigail
was a woman of strong affections, a practical
wife, and possessed of great nobility of char
acter, while the names of her husband and
son will live as long as the love of liberty in
spires the soul of man.
Imaginary lllg
In conformation of the oft-repeated fact,
that a man frequently suffers as much from
imaginary evils as real ones, we extract the
following paragraph from a country paper:—
A New England farmer started one very cold
day in winter, wilh his sled and oxen into
the forest, a halt' mile from home, for the
purpose of chopping a load of wood. Hay
ing felled a tree he drove the team along side
and commenced chopping it up By an un
lucky hit he brought the whole welch! of
the axe across his to , A, with a side-long
stroke- The immense gash so
,alarmed him
as to nearly deprive him of all strength. lie
felt the warm blood filling his shoe. With
great difficulty he succeeded in rolling him
self' on to the sled, and started the oxen for
home. As soon as he reached the' door, lie
called eagerly fur help. Ilia terrified wife
and daughter, with much effort, lifted him
into. the house, as he was wholly unable to
help himself, saying his toot was nearly.sev
ered from his leg. He was laid carefully on
the. bed, groaning all the while very bitterly.
His wife - hastily prepared dressings, and re
moved the shoe and sock, expecting to see a
desperate wound, when lo I. the skin was not
even broken. Before going out in the morn
ing,he wrapped hie feet in red flanticl, to,pro
teat them from the cold; the gash laid this
open to hie view, and.lie thought it flesh and
blood. His reason not correcting the mis=
take, all the pain and hiss of power which
attends a real wound followed.
I'D 'PATEL . = CARRY Fr.—Going from mar•
ket one day, we observed a very small bpy,
who gave no,special indication, by areas, or
face; of other than ordinary training in life,
'tarrying a hablEct that was so heavy as near.
ly to bear him, down beneath it. We ob.
served, "My bey, you bare a heavy load."
"Yes," raid he, "but I'd -rather carry, it than
that my mother should". The remark was
one ota.natare we . love to hear; but we do
na know that we should have thought e
nough of it to have chronicled it s had we not
seen across the street a highly accomplished
young lady, playing the piano while her moth'.
er•was washing the windows.
Why: is afield of grass like a person, older
than yourself?- 13ecanse it is.past!iire-age.
—NV,Ity is a photograph album the
drainery on a bar counter? Because it is
often' a receptacle for empty mugs,
A. 'ZlE:miry , 14erottesItsiAlp6r I 1 4 4 1 0-t.tt*sisti - iii.l:Politicos rtd. "Eteligiacia.
ingratitude to Paienta
Thereis a proverb that , -"a-:-Lather can
more,essily maintain six •children; ,:than six
children one. father.".,Lather relates _this'
story: There was once a father ivhn gave
up everything to children"-'—his 'bduse,
's—fiettle his good's=-and expected for this
the children wolitdr - suppett-Aim;—buta: iteE
he had beetrfor some time with the son
,the
-later grew tired, of hike, and said to `him,
"Father, I haire'ind - a son'born -to* 'me this
night, and there where your arm-chair Stands
the cradle must come; will you not, perhaps,
go tb my brother, wile has a large room?"--
After .he -had been some time with this, see
and son, he also grew tired of bun,
,And
said, "Father, you,like a warm room, sad
that hurts my heed. Won't you go to nis ,
brother, the baker?". The father went, and
after he, had been some time with the third
son he also found him troublesome, and
said to him, "Father, the people run in
and out here all day as if it were a pigeon
house, and you -cannot .have your noonday
sleep; would you not ire better off at my pis=
ter Kate's near the town wall?" The 'old
man remarked tb himself, "Yes, I will do
so; I will go and try it with my daughter:"
She grew weary of him, and she was always
so fearful when her father' went to church .
or:anywhere else, and was obliged to de
scend the steep stairs; and at her Elizabeth's
there were no stairs to descend, as she lives
on the ground floor. For the sake of iieiee
the old man. assented and went-to the- other
daughter; but after some time she too became
tired of him, and told him, by a third per
son, that her house near the, water.-was too
damp for a man who . sullerered.
.with the
gout, and her sister, the grave-digger,s Wife,
at John'e, had much' drier 'lodgings. The
old man himself thought the was right, and
went to his youngest daughter - Helen; but
after he had-been three clays with her, her
little son said to hie grandfather, "Mother
said yesterday to cousin,Elizabethlhat there
was no better chamber for you than sake
one as father Dig's." These words broke the
old Man's heart, so that he, slink back in
his chair and died.
Wanted—an Honest Industrious
Boy.
- *We - lately saw an advertisement headed as
.. otaveys
sive moral lesson.
"An honest industrious boy" is always
wanted. hie will be sought for, his services
Will be on demand;'he will be respeete& and
loved; Ile is spoken of in terms of high coin.
mendation; ho will always have a -bottle ; he
will grow up to be a man of known worth
and established character.
fle will be *anted. The merchant will
want him for a satean►an or a'clerk, the mas
ter mechanic will want him . for an appren
tice or a journeyman) those with a job to let
will want him for a contractor) clients ,will
want him for a lawyer, patients will want
him for a doctor; parents for a teacher of
their children; and the people for an offi
cer.
He will be wanted. TOWEISMCD will want
him for a citizen; acquaintances, as a neigh
bor;, neighbors as a friend; families as a viai-
Lai; the world as an acquaintance, nay, girls
will want him for a bean, and finally for a
husband,
As honest,lndustrious boy 1 Just think
of it, boys, will you answer this description?
Can you apply for this situation ? Are you
sure that you will be wanted ? You may be
smart and active, but that does not fill • the
requisition—are you honest ? You may be
capable—Are :you industrious? You tray be
well dressed and create a favorable impres
sion at first sight—are you both honest and
industrious ? You may apply for a "good
situation"—are you sure that your friends,
teachers, acquaintances can recommend you
for these qualities 1 Oh, bow would you feel
your character pot being thus established,
un heating the words "I can't:employ your
Nothing else will make up for the lack of
these qualities. No,readiness or aptness for
business will do it. -You must be honest
and industrious—must wok and labor; then
-will your calling. and trust be made sure.
Who are your Companions
It is said to be a property of the tree-frog
that it acquires the color of whatever it ad
heres to for a short time. Thus,when found
on growing corn, it is eonunonly of• a dark
green. It found on the white oak, it as
sumes a color peculitir to that tree. Just so
with men. Tell whom you choose and pro.
fer as companions, and we certainly can tell
you who you are like. Do you love the so
ciety:of the vulgar? Thcu you are already
debased in your sentiments. Do you seek to
be with the profaner In your beart . you are
like them. Are jesters and buffoons choice
friends? lie who loves to laugh at folly is
himself a fook Do you love and seek the
society of the wise and good? Had you rath
er take the lowest seat among those than the
highest among others? Then you have al
ready learned to "be - good. You may not
haVe made Very .. nauch progress, but even a
good beginning is not to be despised. Hold
on your way and seek to be the companion
of those that fear God. So yeti shall be wise
for yourself, and wise:for eternity:
LOVE OF Lirc.- 7 -With the exception-of-s
-lew reprobates and freethinkers, ever-body '
wishes to go to Heaven: but the - most enthu- 1
siastie of us all; if he bad the choice, woald
consent to go there as late as possible
This perverse 'disposition to extend life he.
yond t h at period in which the faculties he-
gin to decay, like that of children, who hay
ing eaten the apple, apply themselves vor
aciously to devour the paring, is anything
but tational; yet .so it is, we cl ing .with
closes earnestness to thirriekety tenement ; es
its dilapidation increases; and we are- never
so anxious for a renewal of the lease as at
the very moment when the edifice is cruet
ling about our-ears.
Patrick Henry, born 17:111; died 1799
oy an inipres
T ifery
•
• . 'MEMORY AND HOPE.
Oft at the hour when evening throws,
be geth'ring shatFe o'er hill and daile, ,
'Whilelaif the ieene •
Alia - tam in sunlight -iiiiiki itiui
The-tlienght of all lhat'liaa '
- And'harfed - and reared•cor Jags Icing way
• • . (Rernembdnc(v.OFJPPiriatin;} , •
.eome mingling with, the,close at day. ,
Mit, soft 'o'er esehleviviilg scene
. The chast!ning hues
.Of Memory. epteafl;
And smiling„
j ettett dark. thought,,between
Hope softens every tear we shed,.. ,,
p, thus, when Death's long night entries on
And he Afark shadell round '
• Mil parting beams frthra -Memdryi,s eun
- 13loiid softly in Out evening shy! • -
The Working Man
He is the.noblcst man of, whom our free
country eauboast; whether . at the workshop
or ai the pro*,
,you Will find him the same tioblehearted, free - aea independent
And if there' is a man in society upon whom
we look with esteem and admiration, it is the
independent sober working man., We care
not whether he be a farmer, mechabie or
common labdrer-L-Wlietha his toils are' 'en
dnied 'in the WOrkshopithe field 5.0 the coal
mine—whether his home is in,the backwoods
or the neat cottage—our ,, adnairation, is the
same. What a happy pietaz . he presents - ;
What a raitird for his !abet:74olo, by his own
unaided exertions-,•establishes for himself. a
respectable Toshio's , in soelatp who, com..
mencing iu. poverty, by . his shill and, assidui
ty, surmounts every obstacle; every .preju
dice, and finally sueeeeds in forming. a char
acter-whose value is enhanced by those who
come after'grit. Such - -a min we price' as
the noblest work of which nature is capable
—the highest production, she can, boast.—
iind let it be home it: Mind by the young
working manjust entering'upon the stage - of
life—let it ever lie at the fotindation and be
the moving spring of nil his efforts—that for
this situation he must strain every nerve to
attain. It can be attained - by all. Untiring
industry and virtuouS ambition never fail to
find their-reward—they never - yet were ex-
• 4• • : 1-rieati—aeterivill--be --- witi
ebty acid justice find a house in the human
breast.
Otir Country.
:Every citizen North and South, East and
West, may take pride in saying •'this is my
couutrj;" and give thanks for it to_ the „Mi
ter of the Universe. Love of country is one
of the primary - divinely cirdained •sentiments
springing up in every generous bosom like
the love of kindness, the love of friends, the
love of God. It is not necessary that we
should he able to' demonstrate •it the best
country in the world=—that its features should
he more grand, its mountains higher, its
lakes larger, its rivers longer, its mines rich
er, its fields more productive, its govern
ment better, its people more free, and its
properties in every nay excelling the best
of other lands, for us to love it. We might
love it better and more loftily if it were more
excellent; but we should love it, and be
thankful to God for it whether, compared
with others, it were excellent or net.--
Charles Lamb says: "It matters not to tell
me how many mothers in the world there
are better than mine t She is my mother;
that suffices ter me." So our country, is our
mother. We are made of her dust by Gud,
who is our Father. We are but unnatural
children when she is not dear to us,
And yet so far Is physical properties , are
concerned, our country does excel She has
the freshness and vigor of young life com
pared with the worn out countries of the
East.. They have had there morning and
their noon of glory and are now in their de
cay.
I=l
Otnt, Mmernts.—On a sandy plain, in the
midst of n pine forest bounded by a• murky
swamp, there is a pit filled with dead men's
bones, unnumbered, uncounted, unnoticed,
unrecorded, unnoted, without sculpture or
the sacred rights of burial. By thousands,
not dead by the bullet, uor stricken by dis
ease from the hand ofOod—starved to death
with the cruel torture of hunger, amid such
plenty that an army of six myriads with its,
cattle and horses, could subsist on the sur
plus provision of the country in a rapid
march past Andersonville—or murdered with
frost under the shadow of the ht pines,
which sang sad requiem to their—memories,
as the winter . winds moaned through the
branches, - whose very sighing called up in
frenzy the happy homes nod warm hearts of
the North •to, the wandering minds of the
dying martyrs.— Gen. Butler.
The beauty of a religious life is one of its
greatest recommendations. What does it
profess? Peace to all mankind. It teach
e3 us those arts which will contribute to our
present comfort as well as our future happi
ness. Its greatest ornament is charity; it
inculcates nothing but love and sympathy of
affection; it breathes nothing but-the purest
spirit of delight; in short, it is a system per-
Wetly . calculated to benefit the heart, im
prove the Mind, and enlighten the under
standing:
Every young marl is eagerly asking the
best way of getting ou in life. The Bible
gives a very short answer to the question:—
.-Walk in the way of good men, and keep
the paths of the righteous." A. great Many
books of advice and - direction 'have been writ.
ten, but here is the gist of it all: "Walk in
the way of good men, and keep the paths of
t lie:righteous."
Why is the assessor'of taxes tho best lean
in the world? Because he never uutlerates
Anybody.
Thomas Jefferson, born 1743; died 1820,
L==
Cake for tbe' 7yes.• '
Avoid •
triading,bY oaiidle or it:rib - 44i ar
tilloial light.
Reeding by twilight ought neverld•be
411§0 In safe r,ule is—never read after
sundown, or before:snarls°. .
n'o'tDo , yorirself relti4 a 'moment in
a roolininc? pobitiew . Whethei lA. bed iiri a
•
The preetify of/ - Tfilting, : on,. : ati a=back;
or in any vehicle in motion by wheels, ikal
most pordiciaits. - . • •
„Reading_ on steam; or ,sail-vesse ls ;
it . Of be., largely inifOged be`AUSS the ,
'Slightest motion df the ' page or 'Your
alteri the fecal point, and , requires a paiti-ful,,
straining effort to readjust it .•• ~ •
Never attenapt. to look at-,- the -sun while
shining, unless through a colored glass
some kind; even a very bright Mood shOtild
lid felig-le gazed at.
• The glare of, the sun.oa Water in Very in
jurious to. the sight. • ,
, A sudden
.change
.botween,, , ,bright light
and 'dark /leash. hi aratia;is 'verY ,
Iniootting at minute Objeetii, •rtiiibVe the
eyes 'fiequentlythl turniag :tilde-:to seine
thing in the distance.
Let the light, whether . natUral 'or.artifteial
fall on the page.frein behintka little to otie
side.
If the eyes are mattediogether arteceleep
ing, :fft most. instaptaheons ands.ngteeabte
solvebtitt ttatare'AS ?the , appliCatiba: of the
oaliva with•the fmgeitt3fore openjtig the. eye.
Never pick it off • With . the , fifignr :nail, but
wash it off with the ball of the fingers., ,in
quite warm soft water. • •
• Never bathe or ripen this eyes in - cold wa
ter. Itis always safest, best,
and -mat a
greeable„ to use, warm water.for ,that pur
pose over seventy degrees; - -=:./lates Joyrnai
of Bedlilt. ,
Bairlintoteh-Doublii Oharitoter.>:
During the life of the rtotorionS pickpock.
et, Barrington, an alarm was reiskkl, in ,the
box-lobby of Covent Garden Theatre, that
he was in the hou - Se. The news e'pri3ad floin
box to box. One gentleman had lost his
snuff-box, another his watch, one lady her
puree, another—her-smelling.bottle; in fact,
ev_e_ti_bady_ had_lost,—or—said---they—lra
something. Behind Mrs. J. sat a gentleman
in- black, who with much politeness commu
nicated to her this dreadful intelligence.
'The villain!' said she snatching a splen
did pair of IYrillialat earrings. out of her ears,
and putting them carefully into her pocket
book—'he shan't have my earrings, I prom
ise.'
Where the play was over, Mrs. J. adjourn
ed to a rout, and upon entering the drawing
room flew up ... to her dear friend, and told
her what au escape she had had of that 'hor
rid villain Barrington,' felicitating herself
that she had not loot her drops, and as she
could now with perfect safety hang out her
gems, she thrust her hand into her pocket,
but changed color and started.
'Be bas them!' said she, in agony.
'lmpossible,' said her sympathetic friend.
Alasl it was too true; and upon diligent
inquiry, it appeared that the very gentle
man in black who had so politely cautioned
Mrs. J, against Barrington, was Barrington
himself, who, as soon as the laly had depos
ited her brilliants in her pocket, had skill•
fully-extracted them.
Why Don't You Learn a Trade ?
This question was propounded in our hear
ing a few days since, to a young man who
had been for several months unsuccessfully
seeking employment as a clerk or salesman
in one of our leading hauses. Complaining
of his ill-luck, one of his friends who knew
be had mechanical talent, bu t 'doubt
ed whether he could make himself useful
Dither as a clerk or salesman, put the in
terrogatory to him which we have • placed as
the caption of this article. The reply was
that a trade was not so respectable as a mere
cantile occupation. Under this delusive i
dea, our stores arc crowded with young men
who have no capacity for business, and who,
because of the fancied respectability of do:
ing nothing, waste away their minority upon
their salaries which cannot possibly liquidate
their expenditures.
Late, too•late in life, they discover their
error, and before they reach the ago•of thir
ty, many of them look with envy upon the
thrifty mechanics; wham in the days of their
boyhood they were accustomed to deride.—
The false view of respectability which pre
vail soi distant fashionable society of the pre
sent day, have ruined thousands of young
men, and will ruin thousands more.
TUE CnOLERA —Dr. Jordan, editor of
the Indianapolis Gazette, who is represen
ted to have been one of the most successful
physicians in Cincinnati, in 1849, in the
treatment of cholera, speaks as follows, in
his journal, in reference to this terrible
plague:
In all probability it (the cholera) will be
here next year, and it way be early in the
spring or summer. We have had some ex
perience in the treatment of this dreadful
disease, in,1849, in Cincinnati, as some of our
readers will prebably recollect, and we found
one article of'very great importancii—that of
prick/y ash berries. 4 il'e therefore, adiise
druggists everywhere to secure as many- of
these berries as they can, or et !east's reason
able quantity. This can, be done by letting:
the country people know about it, anti- they
will gather them. Should• the cholera come,
we shall certainly want some of these ber
ries.' As to the manner of using them, it
will be time enough to speak of that boreal=
ter.
A flowers never put- on thoir best clothes
fox Sundays, but vrear their spotless raiment
and exhale their odor every day; so lot your
life, free from-stain, ever give forth the fra
grance of goodness.
Benjamin 'Franklin, born 170 G; died 1790
''!Fear
' - 'NPI4IBER 22
M!RMI!
Hero..., a
Via relatOd, of Leid "Nelson, '
walking one morning he met a little girl cry- 2- .
dog bitterly, itna.dpilli'asking her 'what was
riattiti ibis replied that shelled 'ibtoken
ittith'whA she ed 'been settt -- ' - :
rok
- wheii 'she - kofifitia Seeing ihirt - he
ilynqiithized , kittliWlTillb held 'up theftsg;•
- mentarind-ar-tleasly4a,id,'"-PAtibM , „m, can
Meta. 1 - catrapt - Itlo . that, ,,
giyoyou isiipciiee to
lA's? "' OnqoolOng . in aurae,
he four pk be had n,o7ilftkqe ' said, . "1 -
eorifini glve i . h'rip'n'n*i**, biit if ..yoti will
be here at Witt 'alai to ttrort'Msi,'l will meet
- She' went .
horrid conifoited, 'll'o told liar - mother the
story with such zon#dence, that she was_ ex=
wised frein. Cohditien :that
the getiNiiiati'kei3l his word.
__Rehire 'the
time' rebeived a letter
asking him to go to a distant place to meet
it person' Whourliiiteatly desii4d to see L.—,
lie hesitated, and thought that 'each a trifle "
Cs' giiing a little girl a siipcitibc bu€lit riot to
4cep him away but thito he had given his 'Word
acid the little. girl had iintilieitly relied upon
it: No, he would not disappoint her, do he
tial (low:Parki ivrota . to his 'friend that "ow
log to a previous engagement," he should be
unable to see hit i tit that . titna.'l &itch' an
incident adds lustre to'tga wide
of" vim iif ~Eirgluaii'a molt" tie
, ' -
'1)&0A.. "MIIMA er.
fainily in la:Grosse, , Fittconsin, have •
been missing,stove wood., for several weeks
On the rettirit of one the incinbei's'of
allitvfnighf wined, the ewe, was
siated vind.Suoday„oig,ht a very pretty stick
o'f Nei was' lift' With dibere'on the Wood
tite.fatlek., Were two (maces of' pow
der for.safe keeping. Aloilday the stick was
iher&Z-Vegiday theitick was ihgre, and the
laugh was getting on the man .that fixed.it.
Wednesday morning the,stick was- gone.—
Wednesday forootiOn an explosion was heard
in a 'hous:o near by,-.aad a kiteken window-
was spared no panes. ,On ping to the spot
a sight might have been — seen. - The stove
. d-a--pieree-e ortferen ce, A kettle of
pork and eabbags shot up through the roof
like an arrow. A dish of, apples stewing on
thoatoie gave the ceiling the appearance of
California. A. eat "sleeping under the stove
went through the broken window as though
after the devil or a doctor. The atlas not
been lreard from since, but, a smell of burnt
cathair pervades that house very thorough
ly. A flat iron Was hoisted into pan of
dough..=---a chair lost three legs, the wood
box looks sick, while' the root , of the house
looks like a busted apple dumpling. The
occupant of the ruins says:
"Such tunder never comes pefote or he
puys.a lightnin rod, fry-tutu."
Giatittaria,—Let every young man avoid
all sorts of gambling as he would poison.—
A poor man b 1 boy should not allow himself
to toss up for a haif-penny, for this is often
the beginning of a habit of gambling, and
this ruinous crime creep , s•on by slow degrees.
Whilst a man is minding" his work ho is play-•
fog the game,lie.is sure to win. A gambler
never makes any good use of his money e•
von if ho should win. He Oily gambles the
more ; and lie is often reduced to beggary
and despair. This often tempted to corn
taiterirnes for whioh his life is forfeited tb
his country, or perhaps he puts an end to
his miserable existence. If a gambler ;locos
he injures himself, if he wins he injures a
companion or friend. And could any hon
est man enjoy money gained in such a way ?
TUNIT AND AccotßlTAuttatv.—Tatrick,
the widow Maloney toils me that you have
stolen one of her finest pigs, is that so?'
'Yea, yer honor.'
'What have you - done with it ?'
'Killed (red ate it yer honor!'
'O, Patrick when you are brought face to
face with the, widow and the pig on the judg
ment day, what account. will you be able to
to give of yourself when the widow accus
es you of the theft?'
'.Did you say the-pi; would be there, your
riveroncer
'To be sure I did.'
''Well thin, yer riverenoe, say, Mrs.
Maloney, there's yor pig.'
A cat caught a sparrow and was abOut to
devour it, but the . sparrow said: "No gentle
man eats till he washes his face?' The eat,
struck at this remark, het the sparrow down,
and began to wash his face with his paw,
but the sparrow flew away. , This vexed puss
extremely, and 'he said : "As long. as I live
ii will eat first and wash my face afterwards,"
which all cats do even to this day.
" Sam Slick tells us that If ho were asked
what death be prefelred,.as being moat in
dependent, be, would answer, freezing;
`he'would then ao a with a stiff 'up
per lip."
('minister who had received a number of
calla inid'could not hiirdli decide which wan
best, askeekthe-advice of his faithful Arri.
cawseryant; who replied,' J.-Massa. go Where
,e ups; dabble.'
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• :All ‘men:lnek , to happineB9 in the future,
To every eye, heaven and earth seem to em
braet, hi the distoee. • .
Jost llliinga ear, "When once axed. if I
believed , in. the final lialratio of w e n, y et i .
yea, but let tile . pick the men."
A-receipt for inatantanqously *moving
auperfinous hair- 7 -lindertake to k4a a spun
ky wowed a4;iinat her will.
A darkey's instructions for putting on a
coat were: 'Fuse do.tigfat min, tied de left,
and deo gib one general eonwelfthun.'
Why is n rau.ionl inmtrinnout like ihe ok.
en sea? Bceauseit's &ten sound-ed.