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VOLUME XX
1866, POR SUCK 1866.
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Hostetter, Reid & Co.
_ A pp e trulty nnnonnert ti) hCILCIIe•
towers and the public generally that they
have just received a -new and 'complete stock of
goods in their tine, purchased at the last decline,
andortsith they offer at panic prices, Their stock
of
tribracing ir: part
RIO COFFEE,
P. R. SUGAR,
SI.7OAR ® 10, 12,
\V qITE SUGAR,
rui.v. DO,
BEST SYRUPS,
PRIME RAI" MOLASSES,
MOLASSES CANTS,
TEA -H., IMP., BUN.,
SUGAR CURED HAMS,
kl II SF-MASON'S CRACKERS
Qmeenswarc
of the notyr.st ,Itl.l not boantiliti patterns, in *nets
and rishor. '4",,,tnntort ware, good atioortmot---
_->
and_ptiees r„ n4onablo.
splc gs, &c.—Grounil Ginger, Pepper, Al.pice,
Cloves, Cinnamon, Cayenne
Pepper, lifustar , r, ewe. TIMB ,
are all pure and ground expressly for ourselves.
B. Soda, Cr. 'Porter, Bnisens, Dried Currants,
and other Baking articles of hest quality.
Pepper Sauce, Tomato Catsup, pickets, Miler
:Vinegar.
WOODE Nti AI: S.—Buckets, Tubs, Dozes
FlSEL—Nfackoret, atl articles,
Nita.%
P. Herring.
From nur crin.lneti )r. with M irket. Cara runn;ug
to Lilo Eastern eities, we receivo regularly
V . EGETABLES,
FRESH FISH, FI U Atc. Everything in this
line in their proper season. We will order goods
- of Ibis class for parties and deliver them at short•
est notice.
'Country Produce bought and the highest market
prim paid.
Terms positively' Cash.
N. B. 'Phanktul for the liberal share of custom
we have received. we trust by fair denlinz, and
earnest rffints to please and accommodate, to in
creage oor trade still further.
;Boy HOSTETTER, RED & CO.
NEW FALL
AND
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GEORGE STOVER
HAS RETURNED FROM ILA DEL
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NOTIOS, QUEE\SItiIsCE
GROCE
11;W" To which he invites; the attention of
of his patrons anti the pullie gencraily,
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Glassware
WAINESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, PRIM MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1867.
7PC:taiIiraCCI.A.I.B.
FFSTITUDFS OF d;FF.
The following string of male Het ions, by fl'IT turn
ed soldier in lowa College, beats Dan te's Inferno,
all hollow:
May hooting owls and whizzing hats, •
ot oil i_h ow litag dogs n n.l spitting cats,
And bumblebees and •stinging gnats, •
And rattlesnakes and Norway rats,
Feed on his liver, gnaw his heels,
And tickle every nerve that feels;
Whi'e little demons pitichhis•nase.
And weasels nibble at his toes.
May every cup once filled with bli-s,
With lite and fury seethe and hiss,
And all the:joys in life's drcar waste
Prove Peat' tea apples to his taste.
May pallid fear sit on his walls;
And - I,iliby'ssVts flit thro' his halls; ,
May nightmards'rob him of his rest,
His pillow be a hornet's nest,
And fill his softest fenth, r heal
With porcupines, buth live and dead;
May "graybacks" be his constant care.
A nil-"linnl-tack‘_'--petrviled,_his_fare!
Stay toothache make his dandrr riz,
And twinge his nerves with rheumatic.,
MaYyellow-jackets build theirmect
Within the lining of his vest!
fn short; may everything conspire
To fill his mouth vnth coals o f fire.
end When earth's every stinging dart
. Has pierced the craven traitor's heart,
Consign him to, Chnrnrrrian ponds
And hind him with o:nl'e - dente bonds
Where dead men's skulls, with ghastly grins
Remind the traitor of his tins;
L c ----Whero-seoepions-eravvi-a-nd-adders-hiss
Throughout thejleep, dark, dread abyss,
I -
Why. re - al t ors--cle-t
Arai crocodiles shed rainy tears,
And woriapiles full of "niggers" ciao
Like Fable ghosts hefore'his eyes;
There may the doomed wretch ever dwell
flehokling Heaven, yet feeling hell.
A SIG 11.
Nothing that lives eln bloom
Long upon the eutth; -
Meteors, that renlnvi
J)ie in their birth!
A II thnt the soul admireG—
Alt thnt the heart desires—
From heart and soul expires;
Lenving but dearth!
,L 3 , Sons, ns they light thehoms,
Steal them away,
Sons which unfold the flowers
Bring them to decay!
Even morn's beams of fight
Fresh on their heavenly flight,
Shines hut to speed the Night!—
Nothing can ON!
So, for a little whirr,
J•in!e pi S. on—
Flow•ers that our !oyes higui'o
Palo by one!
All that our love can say •
Of thnie who blossc(l our wiy.
Is--that they 'passed their day—
Lived--and ars gone!
IVgi,S•C/1131"10r_.3.L561‘11 - 3Z".
The 'Degeneracy of Young Men
The j, n irnal of Commr, re has an article
under the head of "The Degeneracy of
Young en," which strikes Ili an contain
ing a great deal of truth. Ite says that the
true cause for the degeneraey
,of The trinfabi
of the youth of the present day is ioanitely
broader than in the fact that laboring men
wish 'to place their boys 'a peg than
themielves. It is to he found in the gener
al lows,ting of the moral standard of the com
munity, which has been painfully pereepti
bfe diving the last' few years. Whatever
may be the facts ac to the good Which has
been acr.mplislied by - the war, it is to he
feared that it has been largely counterbid-dm
ed by the blood of vice and immortality
with which it has deluged our dind. Di•i
tieetinos between r ht. and wrong seem, in
the minds of many, to completcly oblitera
ted. The moral miasma 'war, which, du
ring the contest, was visible in the immediate
vicinities of the camp, and in the IJealities
espceial;y liable to be afFveted, has been
carried by the roost na , ural causes into nearly
every villiage in the hitch contaminatiug
thousands who hare hitherto been pure.
The poiitif al and financial condition of
the country has 111.0 helped n'ti..,the ruin of
hundvedet of young men. Money easily ob
tained i. easily spent, and ten dollars now
elianttt'c hands with leis deliberation than
ore dollar t'e'tra since. Hence has
aren a ciicle:4; tied _free expenditure on
t he Dart clerks and young men, which
(wet, ;be ruin of hundreds. Nothing,
is more true raan that the trcit w; , c to ruin
pur , 'wi n is to him the tree use
money before his principles are tired. Al
lurein-nts i u a thousand enticing fortis
meet hint tit Cloy step, aita tear,/ten prove
mcce.:-tut in accomp:isliii.g their object,
N - aKy tito:le 1).100101 iotla , ttee• cootilied to
claqE. Ali deiiirtioeios of
fo , l th.in
I be butt 1 ciNre they caste to
rt soeigaty;
e are n•)t su had as We alight
ti lit is alio Ile that we might be utua•
Lett r titan we ate. It . the iallitenec of th e ,
pu't,it, the pre9t , tLe t x ttuptc:: at leading•
mon, wore a-; favorable I tilt moral u'aar,tc.:-
•
AL:rt. Xrkciebr•exiclarx.t I4Tc3:vcr
ter as formerly, we might hope for improve
ment. But when-setorionsly immoral men
are placed in high office by all political par.
"ties, when the fact that they are good Demo
crats or Republicans is made a consideration
superior to thoiness as men, when the
best men in the minify are found sub.
jectiog moral and religious character to po
litical requirements, there is no need to look
far for reasons why so many young men are
taking the wrong direction. They are taught
too much that good moral character is of no
minor importance in American life. They
see too many bad men occupying high social
position The tone of society al ways deter
mine more or less the course of young men."
Midnight Reflections:
It would appear that nothing but the
heavy progreSs of time, nothing but the self
ish torpor of raiddl6 age,enables us to calcu
late the mighty ebb and flow of the spring
tide of life or, analyze the clouds and sun
shine of "the April climate of years." How
little do the young appreciate the value of
youth—that brief season of vivid impres
sions, when mind an 3 heart - a - nd - h - oly are a
like untouched by the corruptions of mortal
nature; when the eye sees with its own sight; '1
the - bosom swells - with its own emotions;
' when the love of God and . of his creatures is
warta_aaLbrightw" in us; when the scorn
of the scorner not.reached our ears, nor
the iron.of adversity entered into our soul.--
I 'Rumors of wrong and evil and suffering, as- I
sail us, but we reject - a lesson - that - firTds--n-o
-ectio in our experience.
• Nay, so unreal is the pietnro of human
affliction that we look forth on- those shadows
imparted to the imaginary landscape of life
by the homilies of the old and the still more
frigid lessons of written wisdom as only in- I
tended to set forth with brighter lustre the
glittering points of joy and prosperity spark
ling at intervals on its surface. "Despair,"
seems a mere figure of speech; "anguish" a
poetical expression; and "woe" the favorite•
rhyme of a plaintive stanza.
Ah! hitter experience. knowing, cleaving
- curse - GE - in ortirl-sorro wl - wh - eret ()TAD 119 t - tll - 011 - ,
come with the realities of the grave and
I;wernr - , tlre - patig - o - f - absence, t h -e sting of-dis
.
appointment to that the sun can hine
io vain, and the spring breathe forth its
heavenly breath only to deepen the winter
withering within our.heart of hearts.
Marriage.
The following beautiful contribution on
marriage will , be more fully appreciated by
the,experienced.-witlow—especially the wid
ow of an editor—than the maiden; 'nut as
ladies have farce social faculties, and com
municate with each other freely, it is to he
hoped they will always be sufficiently en
lightend to select good hushandq
his is to a woman tlfa hapniest and sa-A
dest event of her life; it is the—promise of
future bliss raised on the death of present
enjeyruentj„&be leaves, her home and her
parents, — h©r amusements, everything on
which she has hitherto depended for comfort,
for affection; for kindness, and for pleasure
The_ parents, by whose advice she has been
guided, sister, to whom she has dared to
impact the embryo thnutht and feeling; the
brother, who has played with ber, by turns
the counsellor; and the youtger children,
to whom she has hitherto been the mother
and playmate; are all to be, forsaken at one
fell stroke. Every former tie,is' loossened,
the spring of action is changed. she the's
with joy in the untrodden path befo'N her.
Buoyed np by the confidence of requited
Toro, she bids a fond and grateful adieu to
the life that is past, and turns with excited
hopes and joyous anticipation to the happi
ness to come. Then woe to the man who
can blight such fair hopes; who can treach
erously allure such a heart from its peaceful
enjoyments and the yratellitil protection of
home; who can coward-like break the illu
sions which hove won her, and destroy the
confidence love has inspired.
Tn E Mr 0 Vo rz Es ---1-V-11 en— 0 nit - iiihur7
the first printer, was working in hitt cell in
the monastry of St. A bergot, he tells nq that
be hi7ard two voices address him. The one
bade biro desist; told him the power his in
vention neuld put in she bends 4 had men
to propagate-their wickedness, told him hew
men would profane the tart he had created,
and how posterity would have cause to curse
the man who gave it to the world So im
pressed was Guttenberg with what be heard
that he took a hammer and broke fo pieces
the types he had so laboriously put together.
anlwork:of destruction 4C113 only stayed by
ther voice, sweet and musical that fell on
his ear, rolling him to g. , 0 on and to rejoice
in' his work; that all good might be made
the cause of evil, but that God would , ble , s
the right in the end So to ;ill of ta still
come those voices that came to Ginter:burp;
the one calling us to work, while it. is called
to-day—to try to leave this world better
than we found it; and the other tempting us
to leave the plow in mid•furrow, and rest on
our oars when we should be pulling against
the stream
Thee was a farmer (4errewilere) wlto de
voted hig attenti'm rxelm:irtly to grtwing
pueapkins, b which he sult..retleil in brim;-
lug. them to an enoittious size, so that he
would chap with an ax a cart barb pive"s
to take to the notiket Without sensibly di
minishimr the siz of the pnr.ipkiu. I low
ever, 041.! ', 1.ty NS he was Lt_ a
new pumpkin, hin itr,hprell nip! bell throu;zh
iuto the i t unipkin; so he statteil r tTto, hie
ne;g! bur's not borrowe.ll n lantern and tle•
i•eetnit•cl iHtli the pumpkin; hot when he trot
h, ih:t bottom he wo4 :ottp , i , zed to find there
anw.her in tn_ wlt.) itanty.ivitely t.l,:mlu led of
him what he had cone down for.
"ice comi," pays he, ...to look for u'y axe,
which I . have lost in here."
"Wes.l," sop the ether, "yon rimy en rk.l . tt
hark again. for I hove been licre
week.: lookin , fqr my hor..e, avi.l f, ire not
)et 10 gut :t o!.
The Ojoer — a7 - ITemc: - . -- 911. - ae - More.
The last sensation, not at all to be depend
ed on, we find in the St. Louis Democrat, as
subsequent to Mr. Lee's,arrival at Chicago.—
We copy:
. Mr. Lee wanted to come to St. Louis to
see Mr. Daniel G. Taylor, his brotherin.law.
but was persuaded not to do so—what was
the use of going out or the way to S . t. LouiS,
when Mr. Taylor could be telegraphed to
come on and joinThim in- Chicago. fin tel
egraphed Mr Taylor from Belleyillo, but
the message was not received. On arriving
at Chicago,
be telegraphed again to Mr. Tay
lor to join him, but this dispatch also was
not delivered. •
Mr. Lee fonnd himself alone in n. strange
city, filled with people for whom he had no
affinity, and to his great annoyance, was "the
observed of alt observers." Wherever he
went be was pointed at by the curious as the
"great-Mr. Lee—the man that drawed the
Opera House." When he arose in the morn
ing ho found cards of invitation to dine, and
on hts pillow wore damp newspapers filled
ish accounts of the drawing, envious. bio
graphical sketches of himself, and eirojec
tares as to "what he would., do with it."—
On going to breakfast he was faced and fink
ed by gaping snobs talking about the_ Opera
House, and wondering now ninny marriages.
ble daughters be had, and wha-t-sort---of a
father-in-law he would make: IT ho walked
into the street a multitude of ragged boys
and sharp nosed men followed at his heels,
shouting "This is Mr. Lee—this is tha Opera
Ilouse man." Men of all sorts pressed up
to get a look at him, and-not-a-few-introdu--1
ced themselves to him, and proposed going
into business with him.
Many were the offers he received to trade
the Opera 11 ou.e for Chicago corner lots, pc.
troleutu lauds, Montana mining shares, rail
road stock, &c Some wanted him to put.
the house up st raffle, and generously offered
to act as - his business agents for a •'triflin'g
compensation." ' Wherever ho went - some
unwashed specimen would come up and a 4
him to drink and claim bis ace traintance.
One BarnumiZed individual, with a keen eye
to b usi mess, offer_d_liira_ffr_e_h_umlre_d_d_ollarft._
-4or_ - _±±th - a - latigtailed - - - hirt l f=spoken=vt - i - n=his ,
letter! Women sent to 11-imfOl(ls-61=,s-orlfiS
_hair—daguert•ean artists bored him to sit
for his picture—new paper reporters, with
blood-red pencils in hand, begged the privi•
lege of "taking his life"—sclf , constituted
agents of bogus charitable societies solicited
alms—tailors called to take his measure—
shoemakers came to learn the size of his
font—hatters wanted to sell him their new
style of "Lee flats"—and worse than all,
real estate dealers wanted him to invest in
Chicago lotsi
Finding that Mr. Taylor' did not come, anti
''w• • 11717 C 7eso veiaan cae , `r
Lee retired to his hotel to escape the endless
solieitationa and importunities of the Chicago
mob. In this condition he was found by the
shrewd.. Mr. Croiby. An offer of $200,000,
cash down, for the Opera House, was accept.
ed by Mr, Lee, who, by this time, was com
pletely disguiled with' Chicago, and lunged
to be at home With nothing around him but
that elongated nether e,armontsfor which the
Barnum of Chicago' had offered him $5OO.
fie signed the papers presented to him, took
his greenbacks, ad started en the first train
for St. Louis. Ile arrived here yesterday
morning, at three o'clock, and went to Mr.
Taylor's. The $200,000 were deposited at
the Boatmen's, and Mr. Lee feels a great re•
lief in having got the big Opera House off
his hands, even at a sacrifice of $400,900.
SOMF,TIME --It 1.5 a sweet song flowing to
and fro among tho topmost boughs of the
heart, and fills the whole air with such joy
and gladness as the birds do, when the sum
mor morning comes out of the darkness, and
the day is horn on the mountains. We have
all our poSsessions in the :future, which we
call "sometime " 13eautiful and siwte - Ciini , .
ing-birds - tirb - There, only our hands seldom
grasp the one, or our cars hear except in
faint far off strains, the other But t oh
render, be of good cheer, for to all the good
there is a golden 4 .Surnetime!" When the
hills and the valleys of time are all passed,
when the soar and the fever, the disappoint.
meat and the sorrow of life are over, then
there is tkn peace .ntl the rest appointed of
300, Oh, homestead, over whose blessed
root falls no shadow of even clouds, across
whose threshhotd the voice orsorritrw is nev
er heard; built upon the eternal hills, are
stamling with thy spites and pinnacles of
celestial beauty among the palm trees of the
city on :high, those who love God Shin rest
under thy shadows, where there is no more
sorrow nor rain, nor the sound of weeping
• A Losti FOOT li,kcEP..—A Nashville dis
patch says: An extraordinary foot race takes
place on Sunday. Two well known German
citizens have made a bet of one thous:lnd dal
lars a Fide, and the money already staked, on
a foot race between them from chi., city t o
Mmfresboro', some thirty-two miles distant
The terms are that each contestant shall he
at liberty to lake the pike or ronsue any
more desitaule roue to the point of destina
tie'; that nmther Shall taste food from the
moment of commencing the race until its
completion, nod that the one who shall first
repo'rt tit 7ilurfreshoro' is to be considered the
%sumer and take the money. Very consider
a ble interest is miniloqed in this run, and
betting is cspec , ed to run high and lurk
sums to cllange basis ou the /eAll-t
---A ynung fellow
11. i. ;
r,z• r . !Ile
nice u,irl \t;:s about to mq.rry, euid,
w.an't nteard to workpod w•nsn't uses tot e
ing buggy rode, mid sleigh tawkrgi nruund,"
Thai F•earee. thzs,c ,Ltys.
"TTO..'S tlnov that ?" ; aid V.ll 11 r
1)1,1!ipz out hiA iow• hit u
r ':G(iktz like if yell
vut
nuir) fair.
'Do You Want a Boy, Sir?'
'Do you want a boy,
.sir?' said George, a
little fellow scarcely eight Years old, to a
clerk in a large office.'
'Want a boy? Why who tvan's to be en
gaged?' asked the clerk w,itll a puzzled glance
at the little applicant.
do sir,' replied George.
'Look here,'
cried the young man, speak
ing to his fellow clerks. 'Here is a regular
Goliath! Wants to be a porter, I suppose.
Look at him!'
. ,The clerks gathered In great glee shout
George, who stood full of earnest purpose,
therefore quite unconscious of any reason
why he should be made an object of sport.
'What can you do?' asked one. ---
'You can post books, of course,' said a
nother.
'Carry a bale of goods on you back, ell?'
cried a third.
'Hush; said the hook , keeper_rit the desk,
After viewing George, through his F peeta
cies. 'f-lush! don't make sporrof the child.
Let me talk to him.' Then, speaking to
George, he said.' 'You are too young to be
engaged. Who sent you here.
came myself sir. - My father and moth—
er are dead; my aunt is poor,. and I want to
earn something to help her. Won't you
please take me, sir.
The simple story; told in a way showing
how earnest the boy was, not only checked
the sport of the clerks, but brought tears to
their eyes. They looked on the delicate
eit .c ore em wit pity and respect, nth..
one of them placing a shilling on the desk,
asked - the - rest to follow' his exami
did so. Ile then took the money, and offer
ing
it to George, said. 'You are too small
to be of any use here, my good boy. But
take this money, and when you have grown
a bit, perhaps we may find something for you
to do,'
George looked at lie money without offer
ing to touch it. "
'Why don't you take •the money?' asked
the clerk.
`Please sir, I'm not a beggar bey,' said
George; I want to earn something to help
my-aunt to -keep-me T Tyr-she-is-very-k-in-d,'
'You-rtre=a-noble-li ttle--fellow-said-the-se--
nior clerk. '1 ,1 ,e give you the money not be
cause we think you a beggar, but because we
like your spirit Such a boy as you will not
easily become a beggar. Take the money,
my boy, and may God bless you and give
you and your aunt better days7'
I like George's spirit in this affair. 'lt way .
noble and self•reliant beyond .his years. It
was the spirit that makes poor boys grow in
to useful and successful men. It made George
.do this, for in after years that little boy be
came a noble artist whose praise was spoken
many ton 7uesl,AjLe_h_ildre_n_s.kmid_c_h_er
jab a desire to do what 'they can for them=
selves and to support themselves A 9 early as
possible. Those who lean on-father nasl
mo
ther for everything will find it hard work to
get along by and by, as they may have to do
when they dio. Thorn who early learn to re
ly upon themselves - will have lit'le difficulty
in earning their own living. Learn there
fire, to help yourselves, always taking care
to do so under the advice and with the con.
sent of your good parents and guardians
Lailics Repository.
How to Secure Obedience
Obedience in children is most desirable,
but the means of securing it arc quite as im
portant as the end Parents often, and per
haps Usually, overlook this great facr.—
flome discipline should be quite another
thing from school discipline. The more you
make your children like Machines, the more
you crush' out from their hcarta. all that
makes life lovely and excellent As ono has
said: "to rule them in such a way at ha - no is
to wind out of their hearts by a slow hut sure
process, every root and fibre of the affections,
oor vill it— fail to render them in the end
murky, obdurate. crafty, Fe I [l4 h and malign."
What a doleful catalogue of traits for one of
our children to possess.
Love is a mightier king then power or au
thority alone. Let it Away our households,
guide& by wisdom, and every added year will
strengthen the home affection. Instead of
hinging for the hour to come when they can
fly froethe nest,• they will leave it 're7ret
itilly, and come bock to it at intervals with
'delight. And oh! in :ll the turmoil of life,
the heat will turn to it over nod over again,
with a benediction. Its influence follows the
wanderer through all his journey, even down
to the silent valley, cheering and blessing,
and guiding it. onward to that home whole
there is only love and peace forevermore.
A VERY ACCOMMODATINO JUSTICE.-
'3ly. friends you have been told that I have
just been elected to the responsible position
of Justice of the Peace; and that I have not
been qualified to act. But, as this case is
very urgent and not admitting of delay, and
as I like to please all my customers, I have
resolved to solemnize the bonds of matrimony
for them persons in the following manner
under my head and Fool:
'By authority of my el. ction and the ccr
tifleate to me from the honorable court and
core-idcring that I am not yet e , mmissiened
to do all thirirs as Justice of the Peace I .
may do aner being duly qualiGcd, I do in
the sight of men, and to pursuance
of the urges t rerlle.,t of the persons and
their flierok and the neeessity of the case,
certify that John Smith and Sally fancy
may and are hereby authorized to go togeth
er and do as married people does And I
herehy obligate myself, that when I get my
commission, to marry them good and date
'cm hack to Liter
The ten(ler,. , y of people to carry riryttalion
too lar w,ta illtFatrated in rt prasor•tneLliii.. 4
the other dny, by a binAher exidui.nin., 4 -, iu
an agony r.f piety, "O! Lord, bare tunny
mui urpir simif , t , ,, of which 1 am the,
eltie,f auton: t ; tvu th9u , an , l,. anti alingcha
/Lr,cly"
02.00 I'3r IL'eas.
The Voyage of Life
—ln-childhood's-hours—man wanders, es it
were,•upon a silvery strand, washed by the
crystal waves of the eea of life. Heedlessly
roaming, thoughtlessly counting the white
pebbles over, and asking naught of the road
world' ant to leave him unshattered in his
dream of delight, Thus he wanders on until
the rosy hours begin to fade into those of
youth.
Then gaily stepping • into the 'life boat,'
festooned with joy's delicious blossonaings he
merrily . launehes out on the dimpling Sea.
The bright robes of Fancy aro seen flutter
ing at the helm, while the sweet star of hope
glows bright ih her coronet. The perfumed
zephyrs, which play around the snowy sails,
are rich wick, beautiful dreaminge. And
floating in rapturous melody far through the
roseate depths of heaven, is heard the fairy
like music of 'days to conic.' Beip,ht shines
the sun overhead as onward he glides to the
Merry plash of the silvcry oar. Ile sees
naught down in the hmittiful depths e elonr
but the flashing gems--which-rest-in-the-eorni ;
caves of their ocean home, and heeds not the
cold, pule forms which have been wrecked
here - , nod now sleep in seaweed shroud.,
warningly stretching their snowy arms up.
ward.
Thus carelessly he 311;13 Wail he &tag him
self approaching the shoals of manhood; then
fancy—the dreamy maid 7 -re'signs her , post,
and stern ambition takes the - helm. With
a resolute hand and a mud curl of scorn
on her lips she majestically turns the prow
of the life boat towards the dazz'ing meteor
Aid) blazes high in the temple of fame,
determined there to write his name on its
laurel wreathed melte.. Dark grows the sky -
overhead; huge. black storm elotids 'float a
bove him; the thunder mutters, and •light
nings fly, while billow madly !caps to the bil•
low.
The little barge groans and grieves. Still,
oo proud to despair, he tat ns'and shifts and
urns again, fighting the heading. winds and
ellow tag.
_ _
n_r
•ci_n_rti_,_till,_e_re_ite_is a ware,heArAs _
Pelf floating out on the placid waters of old
-age.
±-Ife-s-tarts-up-rnicHanks--arrorrrcl—h-fml—tria
dreams have vanished arnl his nqpiratiens
have fled. The life current ereoge storey
through his hoßom; while hit; hair is silver.
ed o'er with the frost of and he knows,
he is orating the port of eternity, for he
hears the mournful r7fash elthe wares' ae
hey break in hollow rellocs on its shores
—Lire A 1 CFA Oil a . 4) learned, nod hut one star
glimmers through the gray mist of its even
ing; that is the star of faith, and toward it
ho turns his tear-dimmed eye=, and by its
glimmering rays ho sees the pearly gates and
Alen stroeta on the other_shorp, an_d_lienre
the rapturous strains of the celestial music
floating on the perfumed air from the gold•
en harps of loved odes Who have passoff — Fh
before, 'And with a weary sigh lie calmly
folds his tired hands and awaits the mandate
of the "pale boatman," which shall anchor
his hark fast to the mystic strand. ,
UNPROFITABLE CURIOSITY —About t.:n
days ago, a young man left his wife in Mhore
street, and said he would return in a short
time, and go-ta the illasnnic Fair with her.
A. the gentleman did not return at night,
his: wife became much alarmed, and search
was made to discover his whereabouts. The
corner's office was visited, likewise the Mor
gue M Bellevue Hospital, and the assi.stance
of the police was secured. Inquiries were
also made of a brother of the missing
man,
living itt Town, but no tidings could be ob
tained. This morning, the wile was sur
pised at receiving a telegram from Now Or
leans, informing her that her husband was
in that city. It appears that dtujng his per
ambulations, he went on board - of a No& Or
leans steamer to see how ..he looked, and
while on board', she sailed.—N. I'. Paper.
How TO CET Bit OF THE NATIONAL
DEBT —There are twrnry millions of people
in the-N . OW'. If each one of these would
destroy a five cent, currency note daily it
would amount to a million of dollars in a day
- towards the removal of the national d e bt.—
If this were done every day fur a year it
would diminish the debt by three hundred
and sixty-five millions of dollars yearly.
which is more than the whole internal revon•
ue produces. We know a man who thinks
it is the duty 'to burn a five cent bill every
day on this account. It is less than the tax
on a glass of whiskey N. r Post.
The following very perspimous and lacon•
is manner of telling a plain story may be in
structive to slanderers: "Mother Jasper
told me that she heard Grate Wood's wife
say that John Hardstme's aunt mentioned
to hor that Mrs, Trusty ;was present when
the widow Barman said that Capt:
cousin thought Ensign Doulittle's si r be
lieved that old Mrs ()shy oeckonded that
Sam Trifle's bettor half bad told Mrs. Sp uld•
ing that she beard John Rhenner's woman ,
say that her mother told her that Mrs. Bag
atelle-had two husbands."
[rope to the sonl is as anchor to a ship on
a dark night, on an unknown coast, and Amid
a boisterous (wean: It is the most eminent
of all the advantages which . religion now
confers, and it is the. nuiyersal comfortet;
and if it were rttiortninr4l with that full pet
suasion which tit
ucinaiiiiS, it woulcl-bani , lt
disc , ntent, extionuit.h t;riot and render llh•
more pleasant titan it generally is.
Never tloulilo trouhlo till trouble troub l .
you; for troublo rarcly,trouble4 people wli..
never tr:luido theav,:elvtlA about, tri.ublo.
Molomineadmq sny r hat treirli , iiir of o
; t
is M)rt h severity year.i of prayer. • U ue 'tot
of ei;lrity tvortil a c.:iitury of ehqueno.
Tliore i, ialiger 111 be
Enid, lin old lady her
itittlna room fl , 41r u tilt J:1,1 :Oil llti - llUgh st
into tbu vellar.
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