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EGER TEE VIOLETS,
lily °LIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
11er-bands are colt) ; her face is whit
I\o mote Les pillsys come and go
i q es. are shut to I if, :,n.l light ;
P. hi the white vt.stutv, snow on snntv,
13 ut mil ncrwatli a graven :.-tone,
To ple,al for tvar , Ixtthitttva es;
9 slender cross of wood alone
hall say that here a maiden lies,
' — the peacefetskie
n peace
And grey old trees of hugest limb
Shall wheeLtheir circling shadows round,
To make the scorching sunlight dim
That drinks — thWeinnesefroin th'ground
And drop the dead leaves on her mound.
When o'rr their boughs the squirrels run,
And thro' thelrleavett the robblna call,
autamn
The acorns and the chestnuts fall,
Doubt not that she will heed them all.
For her the morninifc +on o n sing
Its matins from the branches high,
And every minstrel voice of spring
That trills beneath the April sky
Shall greet her with its early cry.'
When turning round heir dial track,
Eastward the length'ning shadows pass,
ler-little-mourners,-cllO in black, -
The trickets sibling through the grass
Shall pipe for her an evening mass.
At last the rootlets of the trees
Shall find the prison whereshejies,
dust theyseize
In leaves and blossoms to the skies.
bo may the soul that warmed it rise !
1: any; born of kiraior WO,
shoal rtsk_:_isthat m tiden sleep below?
Say only this: A tender bad,
'hat tried to blossom in the snow,
Lies withered where the violets blow.
A SONG OF CHEER
The skiet, are b'uo above us,
The earth is green and glad ;
Then why ahoul.l we he 'sad 7
wc.et flowers are freshly springing;
There's fragrance in the air;
Glad birds ore gayly singing,
Then banish every care.
Oh, not in gloom and sorrow
Shou'd speed *he hours avklif
But some new pleasures borrow
From every fleeting day.
The bright sun still is - shining,
Though darkness cloth it shroud;
And "There's a roiltier lining -
To every sable cloud."
Out in the breezy meadows
The brook goes singing now,
Then why should gloomy shadows
Sit darkly on the brow I
A thousand tuneful voices
Are thrilling all the air;
If nature thus rejoices,
Then banish every care. .
There arc angel guards above us,
Who joy to make ue glad ;
And a Father who Moth love us
Then why should we be sad?
0 ye in griet repining,
And ye with sorrow bowed,
dollen is a silver lining
Tp every sable cloud."
WEIS , 3C.sT-AZL.I't.T-E".
Peal Gently s,
Only a few nigiuts , ago a drunken man reel
ed by our office, with a crowd of boys hoot
ing after him; and men laughing contemptu
ously and making jeering remarks.to each o.
ther nbout him. - We never look upon a fall
en man thus without our heart being moved
to real compassion.
Awarback on the green hillside of some
pleasant NeW "England home, very likely,
that the same man once played, a guileless,
littlejnyons,fair;haired boy. How much a fa
ther's prayers may have ascended, and a fond
mother's heart been bound up in the - welfare
of that little child, long ago, none may know;
how bright may have been the career of
which he gave . outhful promise, masy years
gone by, none can tell. How he wetted and
won an angle girl, aad promised through ev
ery vicissitude to befriend her, somebody
probably remembers.
And haw, this night, as he lies here craz
ed by alcoholic - ' poison, an object for the
thoughtless crowd to make sport of, an anx.
low, careworn wile, looks wistfully out of
the window for his coming, and little chil
dren look inquiringly into her face, and-won
der why mother lane sorrowful, All this
very likely,.the world does not know. flow
t'iis same man may have struggled with a
vicious appetite inherited; how he may have
prayed .and resolved to live above his temp.
tation;how good and noble he has shown him.
self in times gone by; how good and kind,
how great and warm his heart has ever been
—all .this, as, the crowd looks jeeringly on
him-now, the world forgets, bat a-just God
will 1101 forget who destroyed this man. !Inn
er- or later-all things'eome even. _
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WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, . FRIDAY MORNING, NOVESIIIEk I, MI
A .GQOII STORY
ne of the small towns of New England,
where t e superstitions ancestors still pos
sess a hold a the people, the facts rimmed a
few years since, of which the following is a.
tree narrative:
An honest farmer and his family preparing
to celebrate Thanksgiving at his , wife's fath
er's in an adjacent iPwn, were hurried and
confused extremely on the day preceding
that festival, by the multiplicity of things
whieb- must-be-done-before they-could-leave
home with safety. The house was to be
'banked up,' and the gleanings of the harvest,
cabbage. turnips, and so forth, Olt. in the cel
10%—tiw_tAlan.oxiernal
be closed up tos
the boys were dispatel
to the barn for straw to 0,11 the passage wit
while the good man.bimself was• busied o
the opposite side of the Lease.-
--A n-old-ra m t -th e-hortied-patriareb-of-t E.
flock of sheep kept on the farm, having. of
a taste of the scattered cabbage leaves, un•
observed entered the. cellar, and silently con
flailed the feast. The avenue through which
he en - wre - d - warinantiti - atetrislii,
all the neccessary works and arrangements
being completed, the boys and girls set off on
foot in high glee the d'o4 running and bark
ing before them.
Soon after,the
arents and the little ones
laving put out the fires and fastened the door
and windows to keep out thieves, started for
the same destination
,on-the afternoon-of-the-day following the
festival, the family returned home accompa.
vied by some young cousins. Some of their
youthful neighbors of both sexes were, invi•
led in, and a merry Thanksgiving carousal
was in full tide of successful operation, when
one of the boys who bad been sent in the
cellar with a little two wick candle, which
gave just enough light to make darkness
visible, to draw_cider and.back_into the_room_
with eyes glaring--widely, uttering the half.
suffocating exclamation:
'The devil is in the cellar
`Pooh, said the father, 'you have- only
been frightened by ypnr r _ own_ shadow„give
Saying this be seized the candle—leaving
the candlestick is the • boy's hands, boldly
rushed to the cellar stairs, but before he bad
deseended_balLthe suips,the large sticer_eyes_
cau&ed him to-retreat as much• terrified as his
son, exclriming:
'Sure—enamh r the
The good man seized the great Bible and
attempted to read, hut. the candle sputtered,
burni•d blue, and threw sach a teeb:e light on
thebaered pages and the book trembled so
much in the hands of the reader, that he
could not distinguish one word iron] another.
The tittle children cried and clung to the
a • , -:•••1 Z: •-
he beaux, and the whole- house was shaken
with the agitation of its half demented inhab
itants. One bright thought, however occur
red, and a message was sent fur the xuinister
to come and 'slay the devil.'
The parson, a man more celebrated for good
nature, piety and credulity, than for talent
and heroism, slipped a small Bible into his
pucker, put on his band and surplice so he
should appear as formidable as possible to his
great antagonist, and hastened to the relief
of his distressed parishoners.
On comino ° to the house the reverend was
hailed as a deliverer, and implored by at
least a doze - is persons at the same moment to
drive the devil away.
But few moments were lost in asking that
which no one knew, before the parson push
ed forward as a leader with the same penu
rious light, into the cellar, the most coura
geous of the company keeping close behind
him. Fle reached the foot of the stairs, the
eyes of fire, and the shadowy outline of the
enormous hone, magnified ten told at least,
by the terror of those who beheld them. to
moved all doubt if any had exited in his
mind' as 'to the infernal nature ot the being
with whom he bud to contend.
:The divine instantly fell on his knees and
Wish upliftea hands,hegan to pray in the most
fervent manner. The ram not understand
ing the pious man's motives, but supposing
by the motion of his hands that he was dar
ing hint ra a hutting contest, made a pass
Hitt htn might or his supposed adversary, but
deceived by the swelling dimensions of his
drapery, missed the slender body of the priest
and drawing hastily back to renew the as.
sault, hooked one of its horns into the belt
ing of the surplice and pulled the priest with
him into the cellar.
While in the power of his victorious foe,
he lost hope so far salt regarded himself, and
the natural beneirolencil-of• - .his disposition
burst forth in the excliimation:
'Brethern, take care of , yourselves the
devil has got Inc F -
This exhortation ivati better 'obeyed than
any he bad over delivered from the pulpit, his
friends all fled and left him to his fate.
Among the company was a shrewd young
farmer, who had, from the first supposed the
fiend to be some domestic animal, but beinn• a
lover of fun, and willing to see a comedy, kept
his thoughts to himself and pretended . .to sym
pathize with others in their fears. ire,
thought it time to interfere, and snatching a
pitoh pine knot from the blazing fire; express
ed bis determination to 'rescue the preaoher,
or perish in-the attempt.
•Dona I don't ! shoute s i several.
'What does the devil care for fire? said a
nother.
But, ,unheeding the, suggestion, and the
manifestations of coadere for his safety, he
pushed into the cellar, seized the animal by
one of italacirns,dragged the struggling ram
up stairs, calling to the astonished , parson,
hollow me!' The horned, devil was Jed
triumph, followed by the ecclesiastic, into
the midst of the company. tmomentary si
lence And hanging.do.wn of heads . onsuea,but
the. F 144.800120 was so ludicrous to admit of
t+oiler otion, loud peals of 'laughter blip
season. 'laving ca
forth from every side during which the ram .
was turned out at the door, the parson ab
sented himself without ceremony, and the
sports of the evening were resumed with bet
ter spirits than before.
Religion in Politics.
however men differ as to introducing
polities into religion, none deny that religion
should be brought into politics. ,
National questions, especially as managed
by professional politicians, need the infusion
of Christianpriveiple, to prevent their ut
ter perversion to selfish ends And now,
when the passions are excited and the na
tion is passin• throw >h a vital crisis in its
I - rerrceTth - ertris ---- im — perative7nee , o t
restraining and elevating power of religion
in every_act_which bears upon our-destiny as
a people.
Christian men should show their Chris
tian spirit in talking upon national questions
- `7"--d - efe - Crtiitrglh - C principles they adopt, in
selecting their ettadldates for ofFice,_io con
ducting the canvass, and in submitting to
the result. And yet do they not often seem
_to forget God's presence and their_own_ne,2
customed moderation, when 'the exciting
questions of national import come Up for
discussion? If God is universal Governor,
and takes an overruling interest in the affairs
of nations, as in the welfare of his ohur3h,
y . • . I • .._ Aer-to-himatietkal
questions in-faith-and-earnest-prayer, as - we
do the question of our own salvation or the
prosperity of his spiritual kifigdom? 'This
is specially important when it is admitted
that thergans governing as well.as expres
sing political opinion are generally controll
ed by worldly principles,
_while many of
them are in the interest of concealed, if not
open infidelity.
Let the Christian principle, Christian feel
ing, and '..lhristfan action of all good people
be brought to hear upon our exciting-politi
-cal-contestrto—moderate--and—elevate their
tone of discussion and line of action, and let
prayer be offered to God incessantly for his
guidance, as was done during the war, and
we may confidently look for the right results.
There _canoe t_be_too_m u ch-roligion—i It
tics. AmPrican Messenger.
•
MR. GOUGH'S RECOVERY.—On a certain
Sabbath evening, some twenty years ago, a
reckless, ill-dressed young - may — was idly
lounging under. the elm trees in the public
square of Worcester. le had become a
wa-e-tabett-w-alf-on-the-enrrerrt of sin. nets
days vsere spent in the waking remorse of
the drunkard; his nights were passed in tire
buffooneries of the ale house.
As he sauntered along—out of h umorivit h
himself and at! 'mankind —a kind voice salut
ed him. A stranger laid his. hand upon his
shoulder, and said, in cordial tones_ -.!'111r
—,-go own o 011T - rueetilfg - at - the '
town hall to-night." A _ brief conversation
followed, so winning in. its character that
the reckless youth consented to go. He
went, he heard the appeals there made.
With tretrilifOus hand he signed-th-e- pledge
of total abstinence. By God's help ho kept
it, and keeps it yet. The poor boot-crimper
who tapped him on the shoulder—good Joel
Stratton—has lately gone to heaven. But
the youth he saved is the foremost of the
reformers on the face of the globe. Methinks
that when I listen to the thunders of ap-'
plause that greet John 13. Gough, on the
platform of Exeter Hail or the Academy of
Music, I am hearing the echo of that tap on
the shoulder, and of. that kind invitation un
der the ancient elms of Worcester! He that
•
winneth souls is wise.— Cuylcr.
A GOOD STORY.—A soldier of the West,
during the later war, was engaged by a land
lord to din a patch of potatoes, on condition
Ow he should be furnished with a bottle of
wlerkey to begin with. "The landlord accord
ingly took him to the field, showed him the
patch, and .eft him a lull bottle of his fa
vorite beverage. About an hour afterwird
the landlord went to see bow the son of 3lars
progressed in his business of farming. lie
found him holding on to au old stump. una
ble to stiind without it, his bottle lying emp
ty at his feet, and no potatoes dug. Being
quite exasperated the landlord exclaimed :
'Hallo! you scoundrel! Is this the way
you dig potatoes for met'
"1.1 a!" says the soldier, lapping his tongue,
strauggering half' round,squinting and hie
coughing, "if you want your potatoes dug,
fetch 'em on— for 191 be imaged, if I'm
going to run round the lot after 'em."
A FAIR OFFER.—'Make,' said Dr. Frank;
lio a full estimate of all you owe, and all
that is owing to you. Reduce the same to a
whole. As fast as you aollect, pay over to
those you owe. if you cannot collect, renew
y ur notes every year, and get the best secu
rity you can. Go to the business diligently;
waste no idle moments;. be very economical
in all things; discard all pride; be faithful in
your duty to God, in private and in public
worship, and do unto all men as you would
they should do unto you.
_lf you are 'too
needy in your circumstances to give to the
poor, do whatever else is in your power for
them cheerfully; but, if you can, aiwaye
'help die worthy poor and unfortunate. Pur
sue this course diligently and sincerely for
seven years, and if you are not happy and
independent, in your circumstances, come to
me and I will pay your debts.
They have a hog trial in Perry county,
which bids fair to curt Somebody, a pretty
elm, it has been tried twice and bath time&
the juties failed to agree. If tried again,
eitys the Cauneltou lieporter, the costs will
;amount to 81.300, while the hugs were nut
worth over *3O.
In ette of •Josh Billings' late rapers he
says: "The sun was going to bed, and the
heavens far and near were a_blu: . ihiog flt
pal romance."
A Touching Story
I remember, though somewhat Imperfect
ly, a touching story connected with the
church bells of a town in Italy, which had
become famouh all over Europe for their pa.
culiar solemnity and sweetne-s: They were
made by a young Italian, and were his
heart's pride. During the war the palace
was sacked, and the bells' carried off, no • one
knew whither• , After the tumult was over,
the poor fellow returned to his work, but it
had been the solace of his life to Wander
about of an evening and listen to the chime
of his bells, and be grew dispirited and sick
and pined for them until he could no longer
bear it and left his botae, ,deternlinetl_to_
wander over t i e wor , an , • ear them once
again before be died He went from land
to land, stopping in every village till the
hope that alone sustained hint began to fal
ter, and he knew that he was frying. Ire
lay, one _ evening nlmostAnsensible-in—a---b_oat
that was slowly floating down the Rhine.
He scarcely ever expected to see the sun
rise again, that was now setting gloriously o
ver the vine covered hills eif Germany. Pres
.eu tly-th e-vesper-bells-of-a—village-hegan- to
ring; and as the chimes stole faintly over the
river with the evening . breeze, he started
with his lethargy. Re was not mistaken, it
was the deep solemn, heavenly music of his
own bells, and the sounds that he had thirs
ted-for years to hear were welti thr
waters:''Releaned from the boat, with his
ear close to the calm surface of the river and
listened. They rang out theii hymn and
ceased, he still lay motionless in his painful
posture; his companions spoke Au_ him, h o e
gave no answer—his spitit had followed the
last sound of the vesper chime.
BE Crvir,.—"My yoUng friend," said 71 -
gentleman on horseback„one day, to a lad
who was standing near a well, "will you do
me the favor to draw a pail of water for any
horse, as ffind it rather difficult to get off"
Instead of giving a gruff reply, as many
boys would do, the boy drew the water and
gavo it to the horse His manner was so
pleasant and.elieeiful, that the stranger, de-
I i te pirit asked—his — name - an-d
-residence, and then, after thanking him, rode
on.
The good natured-14-thought - no - more of
hie act of civility, until, someimontbs later,
he received a letter from the gentleman of.
'tering him a clerkship in his store. The of
fer was accepted. .The lad prospered_ o _an_d_,
ecawe chief magistrate of a largo
Thus you•see that this little act of civility
to a stranger was the first round is the lad
der by which that boy climbed to honor and
wealth. Now, Ido not say that civility will
always lead to such honor, but I say that it
-8 war; twiSe.ci ita proleecoriis_are_ep-itri-otr of th43-o.44444—vArit#l
others and in bis own self-respect.Be civ-
il, therefore, my boys and girls. Civility is
an ornament al! should possess.
TUE OLD MAN.-130W low the head, boy;
do ievereoce to the old man.. Once like you,
the v;cisitudes of lil e e have silvered the hair
and changed the round merry face to the
worn visage before you Once that heart
beat with aspiration co-equal to say that you
have kilt, aspiration crushed by disappoint
ment, as yours are perhaps destined to be.—
Once that form stalked pruudlY through the
gay scenes of pleasure, the beau-ideal of
grace; now the baud of time that withers
the flowers of yesterday, has wrapt that, fig
ure and destroyed the noble carriage
Once, at your age, he possessed the thousand
thoughts that pass through your brain, now
wishiog to accomplish deeds equal to a nook
in fame; anon imagining life a dream that
the sooner he awoke from the bettor. But
be has lived the dream very near through.
The time to awaken is very near at hand ;
yet his eye ever kindles at old deeds of day.
ong, and the hand takes a firmer grasp of the
staff. Bow low the bead boy as ou would,
in your old age, be reverenced.
A MARVELLOUS STORY.--Th , lontana
Post says that an expluting party, which has
been to the headwaters of the Yellow-stone
rivor,.has just returned, and reports seeing
one of The g mutest wonders of the world.
Eor eight days the party traveled through a
volcanic country, emitting bine flame and n
living stream of_ molten brimstone. The
country was smooth and 'rolling, long, level
plains intervening between rolling mounds.
On the summits of these mounds were crat
ers; from four to . eight feet in diameter, and
everywhere on the level plains wore &dialler
from four to six inches in diameter, from
which streamed a• blase and a constant
whistlinc , b sound. The hollow • ground re
sounded beneath their feet as they traveled,
and every moment seemed to breakthrough.
Not a living.thing was seen in the violin*
The explorers gave it the significant appella
tion of hell.
BECOMING SENSIBLE.—The Richniond
Whig is becoming sensible. It' states that a
volume of immigration from the Northern
States is now reaching Virginia, and adds :
"If we treat the new settlers kindly ; and
if we secure restoration and tranquility by
going thoigh 'reconstruction process without
delay or — disturbance, we may at once begin
to reap the benefits of an immense emigre•
Lion, with all the capital, skill, enterprise,
and development that will accompany it. It
we pursue an opposite policy we must linger
on iodefiaitely in poverty, wcalcoess stud stag.
nation."
That is truth so obvious that all men - would
see it if they did not allow passion and preju
dice to close their eyes. Let the Southern
people accept the Congressional plan, and-the
Union will be fully. restored, with alt the
States represented in the two mouses, before
the close of the nes.t session of Congress.
• Why is a room Leli of married folks like
a room that is empty:P:Because there is not
a single roma it it.
ReVelations-Qt ti4e Mierciseope.
Brush a little of-the fuzz from the wring
of a butterfly; and let it : fall upon a piece
of glasi. :It will be seen en the glass as a
fine golden'dust. Slide the glass under a
microscope, and each particle will reveal
itself as a perfect symmetrical feather.—
Give your arm a slight prick, so as to - draw
a small drop of blood: mix .the blood 'with
a. small drop of vinegar and water, place"it
upon the Ow slide under the microscope.
You will discover that the red matter
the' blood is lon:tied of innumerable glo
-1 bales or disks, Which, though so small as
to be s!_parately invisable to the naked eye
appear under. the 'inierosee er
tan tie o ter of this print. a• e a drop
of 'water from a stagnant pool or ditch, 'or
elfiggish brook, dipping it from among the
green vegetable matter •on .the surince.—
On holding the water to' the light it will
uu
smallest drop under a microscope, you will
find it swarming with hundreds of, strange
animals that are swimming aboitt in it
with the gratest vivacity. Theta animal
-cules-exist-in_stich_multitudes—that--anY,—ef-
fort to conceive of• their numbers bewilders
the imagination. The invisible universe
of created beings is the most wonderful of
all the revelations of the microscope.' Du
ring the whole of a man's existence on the
fight' - V
wniteUi IB _ghtm,g, taming,
and studying the lower animals which were
visible to his sight, be has been surrounded
by these other multitudes of earth's inhabit
ants witnout any suspicion of their existence!
In endless variety of form and structure
they bustled through their active , liVes, pur
suing thetr prey, and defending their persons,
waging their wars, prosecuting their armours,
multiplying Weir species, and ending their
careers; countless hosts at each tick of the
clock passing out of existence, and making
way for new hosts that-are-following-in — end=
less succession- NV hat_other field of crea
tion may yet by some inconceivable methods
be revealed to our knowledge?
. , AN AGENT Or THE LORD.—Deadon Sissies
*as-art-au-s t ere-ma n-w htr-I Icrwed — oysteri
and was of - hardshell persuasion The dea
con 'alas made it a pint' to tell his custom
ers that the money which be received — for
'isters' did not belong to him. 'no good
father made the 'inters,' said the deacon, 'and
the money is hien, I'th only a stooart.' One
Sunda • remain.. the_oldiellow—was—tearing
round from house to louse with a suspi
cious bit of currency in his band, and more
than a suspicion of rage in his face. Some
one had given him a badfilty cents, and he
'wis'nt gout'. to mectin' till that ar' was Hied
up." Why deacon,' said on© of his custo
mers, whom he had tackeled about it, 'what's
.tetW - yours - , -1
you knew; you are_ouly a steward, it isn't
your loss: The deacon shifted his shoulder
walked to the door, unshipped his, quid, and
said. 'Yeas, that's so; but if you think that
I'w g oin' to stand by and sec the Lord cheat.
ed out of fifty cents, you are mistaken. - 1
don't foster no such
WERSTEIt AND - When !hype,
of south Carolina, urged on by. his South;
ern friends, had made his speech which eel
led•forth that immortal ropty of, the great
'Northern Lion,' many of Webstei's •frieuda,
struck with Marie's real ability began to say
to each other, Van bsler answer (hair
Alrs. Webster was present at the Capitol,
and was greatly agitated at the fire and force
of the hero of South Carolina. She 'rode
home with a friend in advance of her hus
band. At last the 'Lion' came tramping up
to the door and
,marched in, in an easy, ua •
concerned way. His wife has teaed into
the hall just as she was, and with tears iu
her eyes, said to him, 'Gan you—can you
answer 24r [Layne?'
With a sort of groat or quiet roar her lord
turned upon her. 'Answer him? 11l i-n cl
hint liner than tical snuff in your box!'
la duo time the Wensteriau thunder rol
led through thciarches of the Capitol, and
'lgoe was ground fine.
'Vv hat do you thw& how,' says the Gen
eral's friend - to his southern acquaintance,
"of our noitherirlion?'
The reply came quick, Vnt, rather angrily,
'He'd a lung jewel, strong-jawed, tough
hided devil:'
PROVELCBS.-A thousand probabilities will
not make one truth. A hand saw is a good
thing, but not to shaye with. Gentility,
without ability, is worse than, beggary. A
n= way talk like a wise man, and act like
a fool. It we would succeed in anything,
we must use the proper moans. A liar
ahouid have Ei good memory. Charity begins
at home but does not end there. An ounce
of mother wit is worth a pound of learning.
short reeeniags make long friends. Custom
is the plague of wise men, and the idol of
fools. Every one knows best where his own
shoe pinches. .A faint heart never won fair
lady.
Tut OMER SU/S.-0.100 in a happy
home, a sweet, bright baby died. Oa, thv
eveniug of the day when the children gath
ered round their mother, al/ eittinirvery sor
rowful, Alice, the eldest, said:
• 'Mother, you took all the care. of baby
while she was here, and you carried and
held her in -I year arms all the while she was
ilr, uow, mower, who took her on the other
eider
'On the other side of What, Allize?'
`oa Cue other side of deem, who rook*the
baby en the other side, mother; she was so
'little she could not go alone.
'Jesus met her thore,'. said the rnother.
'lt is He who took little children into His
urns to bless them ; and said, •Suffer theta to
come unto we uociltnbitl thew not, for of
such is the kingdom of 1161;01311
ire is a fool that makes his debtor his heir.
A 'Growing' Item
:.A woman in Detroit has been . arrested-for
smuggling tea in her stocking.—Express.
In North Carolina the women carry nails
in their titookings.—Raliegh Progress.
Nothing wonderful. The ladies of .For
sythe carry calves in their stockings.— Salem
Observer,
And ono of our Mies carries corn in here
—dome Commercial.
The ladies in thig seotidn who sympathize
with-Andy-Johntioni - itvhis - flg h AK - the -
Radicals, carry V toes an theirs—which are
very seldom passed, over their heads— Yin•
cinnee Sun
11,, th0-liontiert-lothh-our - warearry - epierr
did elegies (legh) in their f 3 toe k ingg.— Ken
tacky News. •
The ladies here all carry • 'eels (tech in
their stockings.--& JOe Vindicator.
Down-this-way - some - otthiruili7)Fe - 5 1—
r-y-ealves - in - their — stnelcings, bait eh y also
carry bran to fatten them,—Mexico Messen
ger._
We do . not know what the ladies of this
section carry ln their stookings, but we do
nowt — it s fhey.carry rets_and mice in their
hair --Ohambersburg (Pal) R(Tository.
far We da not know what the ladies here oar
ry in their stockings, whether they pad with
bran or cotton or both,. but we do know that
some carr_y_oghtineSs=thatt—is—agree---
- able and ape "Southern aim" more than com
mon sense warrants. •
A BARBER PUMED.—Three brothers,
bearing a remarkable resemblance to one -a
nother are in - the habit of shaving at the
the same barber shop. Not long- ago one
of the brothers entered the shop early in the
morning, and was duly shaved by a German
who had been at work in the shop only a day
or two. About noon another brother came
in and underw_ent_a_similar-operation-at—the
bands - of - dre - same barber. In tlia evening
the third brother made his appearance, when
the German dropped his..razJr in astonish
ment and exclaimed: ' mine 'Cott ! dat
man has de fashtest beard I never saw:
shaves him die mornin shaves him at-dinuor
times, and he gomes back now, mit his beard
so long. as it never vas.'
Some close observer says that ,young la
dies Wild are accustomed to read newspapers
are sure. to. possess winning ways, bird-like
dispositions, have cultivated_tniodb,--never
commit suicide, nor sing 'No one to love,'
ate free from gel - sipping, always select good
husbands, and invariably make the sweetest
and-best wives. and never apply fur a divorce.
Ns allusion to those who handle the Record
with. tongs. •
contributivus of the Methodist Epibco
pal churokerkas far •as heard from, exceed
four millions of dollars; =Lit is etiniated
that when the-we tern conferences are heard
from the whole sum will Pearly reach •bix
hundred and a half millions. •
Two darkies mot the other day, one rath
er more refined than the other.
Qo4d morning, nigger!
'You musn't say so, for we arc not niggers
now.'
'What am we den?'
'Why, sure, we ate white people of col-
'I wonder how"they make luelf..l match
es?' said Mrs, Oaudle._
'The process is bery simple,' said Mr. Cau
dle, once made one.
' -
'now did you manage it?' she asked.
'By leading you to the alter.' he
ed.
An Englishman says that there is an or•
gan in Worchester, Mass., which eau he
heard more than three miles. It is worked
by a bigh pressure-steam• engine, and sup
plies music for all the ohureheg in town.
A young liidy who was reading a novel,
was asked by a geatleuttris how she liked the
style. .11.eveiwing the incidents in her mew
ory; she replied, •The style? the styte.?.o.,,
sir, I've not come to that yet.'
The youth who sang 'l'm lonelytince my
mother died,' isn't quite so lonely now. The
old man married again, and his ttep-mother
makes it Jive enough tur him.
A lady asked her gardener why the weeds
always out grew and covered up the flowers.
'Madam,' answered he, 'the soil is mother of
the weeds, but-only szep-mother of the &m
-ere.'
• Pure love is the stinkhine which steak
slowly and silently up the b.lea.& hill of earth's
journey, and warms 1.14 with its genial pres
ence through a life's weary way.
A thrifty wife wonders why the men met
manage to do sOmethin& 0 useful. "(light they
not as well amuse themselves in smoking
haws as smoking cigars ?
We ktiow a fond mother who is so exer
oind, between love and duty; that she gives
her boy chloroform before spalaking,him.
When is a imam like a donkey ? When,
he's drawing a conveyance.
A cruel man is like a peaoh, because be
has a heart of stone. .
„ . .
Tfie tnah who wrote 'Pm saddest when I
slog,' was a fool to-Bing much.
IBeware of little expense . ; small leak wilt
sink a great silly..
The chap who sung 'Alit don't mingle,.
takes, his whiskey straight.
- **dui*
Keep out of tho of bad boyoa
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