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JOl.l PRINTIVO of every description neatly
and els deditiously exceut• d, and at prices to
suit the times.
i f BEAN E (.% ROTH,
D?:AI.EitS IN
- *up, ebehlie.:lls;
Soups, Hair and Tootle Brushes, Combs,
Tooth Washes and Powders, Hair
Dyes, Pattat Medicines, Paints,
Oils, Mitelead, Varnishes,
Dye-Stuffs, Glass,
and everything usually kept in a well regula
ted apothecary.
A new and Caney lot of COAL OIL LAMPS—
the finest in the liorough=at prices to suit the
times. Lamp '1 ops attached to old Lamps at
short notice. G:obes, Wicks, Chimneys, &c.,
always on hand.
A very co vf.•tient "HAND LAMP" for car
rying about house, just received:
A nicel its:ted lot of all kinds of Station
ary, gave, v e,.; Pens, Pen-holders, Inks, &c.,
of all grades azd at all prices. •
An endlt.ss variety of Faneyand Toilet ar
ticles on Ilan '.
Marieli a, I ovember 9,1862.* ly
Pusilt. WW. H. DEANE having purchased Dr.
IV( -d's interest in the West & Roth Drug
ness, un 1 having located in the Borough
of Mari , it for the practice 'of his profession,
would pectfuily of his professional BelTi-
ThrTrib;;TO I.4lbile.
To 711 E CIT/ZENS OF MARIETTA : I take
great pleasure in recommending Dr. WM. if.
Ilzatc s as a Physician in whoM I have every
confidence, believing that he will give satis
faction to all who may employ him. -
ii. AVE.sr, M. D.
IVla..ietta, November 8, 1b62.
J)AVII) COCHRAN,
P.• inter, Glazier and Paper hanger.
VC" D most respectfully inform the cit-
V izeus of Marietta and the public gener
ally ,hat he is prepared to do
Ileum Painting,'
china Glossing,
Paper hanging,
At very short notice and at prices to suit the
times. He can be found at his mother's resi
dence 0.1 the corner of Chesnut and Second
st:eots, a tew doors below the M. E. Church,
and idnicdistely opposite the old Oberlin
Coach Works. [Aug. 3-Iy.
LAP LAMPS.
A FRESH SUPPLY or
Coal Oil Lamps and Lanterns
eve. patern, suitable for the Parlor, the
and the Chamber; Hanging and Side
Lamps for halls, Churches, Stoles and Offices.
flavin4 purchased them from the manufactu
rers in J urge quantities at the lON% cat cash rates,
we ca:l sell them much under the usual retail
prices, although every other description of
goods are advancing._
PATTERSON 13 CO.
EA( LE HOTEL, FRONT STneET,
MARIETTA, PA.
The u' lersigned having leased the old "Stack
hous " stand, at the corner of Front street
and lbow Lane, would most respectfully
infor i Walerinen and the traveling public
gener lly that nothing shall be left undone
to mu m it deserving of a liberal support.
SAMUEL G. MILLER.
Marietta, March 1, 18(52.
•
TWENTY EMPTY HOGSHEADS' - '
—in geed condition—will be sold FS&Ip
at the low price of *AI each and delivered any
where in or near Marietta free of charge. Be
ing in want of cellar room, if taken from the
store Soon, a trifle less will be taken. Also, a
lot of excellont
WHISKY .BARRELS
very cheap. - For sale at DIFFENBAC
- V it hfIIROIDE KlES—Just received the largest
II and most desirable lot of Embroideries ever
ottered for sale here, consisting in part of beau
tiful French Worked Collers,
Undersleeves,
Spencers, Swiss and Jackonett Edging and In
serting, Flouncing, &c., selling very low.
T. R. DrrezratAcri.
)RIME GItOCE tI E Si—Rio, Java and
Laguira Coffee ; Ci ...shed, Pulverized and
iinw a Sugar; Saporito', Green and Black Tea,
Rico, Cheese and Spices; Syrup and prime be;
king Eolaaaes; Excellei t Pearl Barley at
J. B. .I.)!FFENBACIPS.
HICK 1 11.1 r & Oak Wood, 50 Cords each.
lliel.ory and - Oak Wood. Orders must
be, accompanied with th cash when they will
be promptly filled. Spu :gler & Patterson.
J. A. CON GDON,
ATTORNEY •AT-LAW,
Opposite the res.:time oi Col. John W. Clark
Alar:ket.st., 3:arietta, Pa.
ES I. KING,
ATTO.' NF Y.-AT-LAW,
I:EMIM:1
No. .139' torml4 FIFTII STREET,
above Ii alaut, Philadelphia. "
DANIEL G. 'RAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LANCASTER,.PA
OFFICE :—No. 24 NORTH DUKE STREET,
opposite the Court House, where he will at
tend to the practice of his profession in all its
various btanchea. (Nov. 4, ,59.-ly
bANDLORDS! - Just received, Scotch
and Irish W H I S`K I E S, warren
pure, at H. D. Benpmain's.
n cgttkptOtut VtaasOiraitia journal : gtblatch literature, 3,grituitart, Rtivs of tlz Par, focal Afatelligtatt, it.
The question of non-resistance,' a nd in'
immediate connection with it, also i . the
question of donse,ipntious .ier'tiples,'havet
perhaps never before, in the history of
this country, been brought tb eh severe
a test, as they have been in their rela
tions to the pending draft, authorized
by the national government;. nor is it
likely that the position of those who
claim the privilege of exemption from its
requisitions, have ever before been so
much abused and imposed upon—at
least, such is the case with many of those
whose plea has been based ripon 'religi
ous or conscientious grounds. The of -
cers'appointed by' the Uovertimetit to
make the preliminary provisions' to car
ry the' draft into 'effect, haVe been re
quired, or, have felt the.mselies iaader
the necessity, of instituting inquiries,
and exacting answers, that are likely to
leave the .non-resistant portion of our
populace altogether at the mercy of
sharpers, swindlers and, thieves or
knaves.
The questions put to them in many
instances, in reference to their taking up
arms to defend their own householdi,
under certain circunistandes-and in cer
tain contingencies ; and the atswors
they have felt themselves called upon to
Make thereto, are calculated to place
them in a very equivocal light, in re
gard to those obligations which are sup
posed to be involved in the marriage
covenent between the sexes, and -which
the other inhabitants of the outer world
are supposed to hold in each high es
teem.
Even should a non resistant from
purely conscientious principles feel it
incumbent upon himself to reply nega.
lively to the question, "whetherhe would
take up arms, or slay a human being, in
defence of his wife and children ;" he
may still be as pure a christian, as chaste
and affectionate a husband, and as
worthy a friend and a neighbor, as many
of those who profess to be governed by
principles of an opposite character. He
may still have the letter of scripture on
his vide, and this is mach better 'than to
dissipate the meaning of scriptures into
"thin air," or disbelieve them altogether.
But, there is no necessity for any man
to make such a reply, as there is no war
rant for any officer of the law in asking
such a question,
,of such a people,—'
There is a world-wide difference between
conscientious scruples and. conscientious
convictions. It is a matter of grave
doubt whether any law exists in this
country, compelling a man to tell what
his conscientious convictions ate, in re
ference to the duly.of bearing arms in
defence of his country, his family, or
himself. If a man testifies that he has
conscientious scruples against bearing
arms, and jeopardizing or taking the fife
of his fellow man, from any cause what
ever, whether in defence of his country
or his fireside, and if he is willing to pay
afine in lieu of such services ; he ful
fils the letter of the law, as clearly as
he who voluntarily enters the army ; and
he is therefore fully as much entitled to
a legal and honorable exemption.
Any thing approximating to a reli
gions "test-oath," or any course in the
administration of law, that is calculated
to invade the private domain'of eon
science, is. radically Wrong ? ' and . leads to
I civil and moral inequalities among the
people of any country, as much as did the
persecutions of the Hugenots, the. Puri
tans, and the Quakers, in the olden
times. And yet, there are men, who,
from assumed notions of disinterested
patriotism, are wont to denounce the
icon -resistant, as a coward and a traitor,
and hold his goods and cha'ttles as fair
objects of rapine and 'plunder. One, of
Dr. Franklin's rules of life.was "In hu
mility and humanity—la:imitate Jesug.;"
and if a man's moral sense shouhirlad
him to "resist not evil," as to "turn the
other cheek" when hp is smitten upon
'the right,one, or to "give also his cloak"
when his coat is required, or to pray for
those who "persecute him for righteous
ness sake"—if ho should feel conscien
tiously constrained to do these things
in imitatioei of the teachings of Jesus, it
must indeed be a cruel law, that would
compel him to do otherwise.
Admitting that the obligation in
volved in the marriage covenant, to
"love, cherish,'and protect," is as solemn
and as binding upon the conscience of a
man, as that which is made upon the
holy Evangelists before a court of jus
tice, still,'he may permit his wife and
children to be strnek dOwn:before him
without slaying his adversary in their
defence, withOutiaqing either a coward
or a-traitor, for, trusting implicity in the
I 4 ,(-1,11-I_atit...l.tiat:
MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 10,1863.
[FOE THE MAEIETTIAN
NON-RESISTIVE.
I=
providences of his God, he
would •not slay another, even, inAsftmce
of: his. own lice. How he can harmonize
the.obligations inyplyftd ; his mar4se,,
covenant with thl.pon-refistantOsnica
tions of his religioas4aith, -is
,a matter
that is piirelkbetween him'itrd the -At
thor hii being, atid'islheretoielitioVe'
and' 'beyond 'the hidiment , of a litiman ,
tritinal. ' '
But, eternal infamy and -sharne'must
Pliitnately defek the prospects and 're:
buke the hdpes 'of those who avail them
§elves of 'thi - docir eitritice, to prey
uporilhe property ttad , the "'substance of
their" fellow "Man:. i Never' - while" thesis
things are dorie,.or tolerated in a coin-
Min:fit - 02;r a cOuntry, can the're'be &holy
invocation offered to'Deity for the suc
cess of any ,enterprise that is
. to, be
achieved; b 3; means.such iniquitous means.
'Whilst toe may conscientiously be:
lieve that goodness is never theassail
ant in its conflicts with evil, but; that
when the conflict comes, it is our biolin
den duty to resist the eneroachmtints of
evil in defence of the:gocid:—even "Unto
death,—yet, after all, we may be but fol
lowipg the wake of our own ideas of
good, and knowing nothing positively
of the moral interior _Of our' neighbor;
we may pe altbgether. unfit tot .dictate
what his ceourse:sliould be lnAllezprernisr
es anY farlher than an:obvions'obedience
to civillaW is concerned.` •
'TO all laws 'there are:--penalties at
tached, and if a Man 'from consCientous
scruples regards a law "more honored.in
its breach thap in . its: observance," and
is willing to.pay the penalty rather`than
to oi?iy the laW, it is ailliCuW matter
to compel obedience, in a government
that professes to respect the right's of
conscience, and whose fundamental law
guarrantees to its,citizens the privilege
of worshipping their God, according to
its dictates. •
The very fact that there is a penalty
attached to the disobedience of a law—
which penalty an individual may prefer
instead of a life in conformity to it—in
volves as much freedom of choice, as the
stability of any government can possibly
allow to those living under it, who may
dissent from the provisions made for its
continuance. And, for the sake of the
preservation of the civil and religious
liberties, which republican institutions,
in their unperverted administration,
guarantee tb every citizen of a country,
(under the government of such institu
tions) it becomes the duty of every in
dividual to honestly and cheerfully obey
all necessary 'taws made for its perpetu
ation and welfare, or to -promptly abide
by the penalty, where obedience would
be in violence of individual conscience.
Conscience, to the Mental or spiritual
body of a man, is What the nervous .sys
tem is to his natural or material body—
it is his test of right, and, to bo adapted
to all of man's changing states, must be
surpassingly delicate. 'The . Almighty
did not give man existence to, torment
him, but to bless him. But, when man
violates the laws of his material organi
zation, he cannot but suffer pain,—either
sooner or later--and it is the same when
he viol'ates the laws of' his spiritual or
ganization. Be may violate the enact
ments of human legislators with impuni
ty, so far as the external penalty of the
.law is concerned, if he is fortunate
enough- to escape. detection, bat he. Can
not do so in regard 'to thb • Viorene done
to physicalend_ spiriival laws. - No bar
rier
,Can interposed to the painful
consequences of a broken leg, a scalded
arm, or the rupture of - a' bleodvessel, 'no
matter how secretly they may take place;
'and it,' is precisely the same , thing in all
acts of violence to the human con
science ; therefore, in framing laws; and
in eitabliihing rules of social and corn.
mercial intercourse, strict reference `to
these ,considerations should constitute
the organic form of such laws,rules, regu
lations, and social . customs.
But, in order to evade the duties ina
posed pporr"men in times of great pub
lic necessity or distress, there may be
some, who, frem a want of principle,
from pecuniary motives, from a• want of
fidelity to the government, or from cow
ardice, will interpose a conscientious or
non-resistantplea, to the constituted au
thorities, and cliim exemption on thit
plea: And although-numbers may suc
ceed in shirking the just datjes de.folv
ing-upon therri as citizens receiving pro
tection from the - laws,—by false rePre'-
sentations, subterfuges, and perjuries,-,.
yet, this furnishes. no good reason for
the imposition or infliction of pains and
sufferings upon the-.innocent...There is
a maxim in law, that "it id . better -that
ninety and nine guilty' persons should
go unpunished, thart-tht Fand innocent
perdon should suffer," and this
maxim has its ebunterpart in that scrip
tural maxim, that, "there is more joy in
heaven, over the repentenee of , one sin
ner tiiin there is OveViiine'ty and nine
pat j)9rsois ;'''so that We Mai
.perCeivg
lams haV4'
charitahroleaniailn °file 'xteek
ness'and;impe.rfeetiona of
..poor human
nature: lint:this should furnish -nn, en
couragement t 0:. the , wilful violater of
law, nor lead one individual to trespass.
uppn the right of another, especially
when he Opws that that other would
not use viefelit means in rivaiti
t'aining' end defending' f4s from
conScielltiOns scdhlias. '
Whether the conscientous non-resist:
ants kigikt : views and
praoiceErln this, respect,, is, npt, for any
one.savelis Maker, to say ;but if the
letter of scripture imposes any binding
ebligations upon the consciences of
men, they have certainly very .high au
thority for their faith, for even-when the
world's Redeenterwas betrayed and, as
sailed, and an apostle, in his defensive
zeal, drew his sword and cut off the ear
of the servant of the High Priest, that
Saviour rebuked - him, and meekly and
mercifully 'touched meniber of the
wounded' manand healed -
LOUIS - Ville Journalism&
Gen, Butler required the N,e3FOrlea*
parsons4o, pray,for the Bresi,dent, pot
because he supposed _it woulci old
Abe, any good but because he thought
it, laight do therk
22E3
correspondent.: asks indignantly
whether we have, ,no sympathy, far, the
suffering rebels of.the .South.,_,fie pity
them. So we do the arch-rebel of .the
universe. -
The rebels of kiliatieston !lad a grand
pew-wow in Fort Sumpter on the, ath
instant. Pity a Federal bomb-shall had
.not fallen among;them.
A correspondent Auggesta, , that the
Hartsville recreants be required te wear
not onlynight caps bat petticoats - . 4 We
object to 'that. We don't want the la
dies to become disgusted with peiticoati.
Quite enough of them wear the breeches
already.
An old rebel woman at Franklin, in a
most indesent lettei to ifs, boazts that
she has "six girls, all married to rebel
husbands." The old sow has brought, her
pigs to a nice market.
It is said the, Blackfeet Indians show
symptoms, of becoming trenblesome.—
We should like to send ®iment or
brigade of•our blacklegs against them. •
We heard lately of aibmale !ohs],
who•on, being asited to give, up a seces•
don flag, thrust it in her bosom and cfeh
ad some good looking union boys to take
it. But, to her. mortification, and they
didn't offer to. The ungallant monsters.
_Heenan, now in. England, has chal
lenged King, the, pritish phampion of
the ring, for a five hundred ponnd match.
We guess that in the fight King will
g9t, Inoe.powids tlicm pence.
We suppose, that; iftbe rebels have
nothing-else' to wear, they can, in the
language of Scripture, "clothe Ahern
selves with curses as with asartneo."
.one 'of the rebel Generals at Freder
icksburg% bad part of Ids., right -hand -cut
off, by a satire. He will'have: to write
short-hand hereafter. -
• Garibaldi las :•seventeen] phyticiaus.
Inciedible may seem, he was alive
at last dates, though of course in immi
nent,danger. , ,
If -the abolitionists
, tritiMph in the,
conflict they are waging, the nigger will
occupy the parlor, and the white man
the'lcitchen. - - '
. A poorTrishman, who
, had appli
ed a license - to sell ardent spirits in
one 'of 'the; ptoVincial - towns' 'Eng
land, being questioned by the I3oard
of Excise as to moral fitness for the
trust, replied: "Och I an' it's there
ie ate ? pure un' it's not much` of a char
acther a - man'neoda to sell &nisi:oy."
The,,Se.cond. Baptist .church of
Philadelphia reports the death, last year
of seventeen members, the average of
whose ages was over severity years; Tru
ly, a religiouslife.s conduciV.e to pear,:
and length of days. Members of the
Society of Friends, the world over, are
• ; '
.A.n. editor_ in Minnesota is deter
mined to break up housekeeping and go
boarding.isith his delinquent subscribers
the• remainder, of:his life.
ar , Why is wertma brave bird ? Be
cause he never shows the white feather.
Esta bushed April 11, 1E354,,
- 316 Last' of the Byvins.
The dullness of Loden at this season
of the year, has been .relieved . for the
day= by a strange glimpse , •intof the to
ccatas° ,of the.:.'peerage.... Last weer
there dielat Brighton,-at.the early•age
of twenty-seven, Bytom Noel;"Barom of.
Oakham. and Wentworth: s This heit.of
a large fortune, the - grandson and last
direct representatives - of the greatest 'of
English poets, the young' 'peer Brad—'so
the world might hate judged—ahrilliant
career before was the son of
Ada 13y ion;ihe ti Only danglieri and
this is almost all that is knOtvn of him'
pOsitively. From some' cause unknown,
,
and only faintly 'surmised; 'the young
Baron never asSumed . his rank; never
took his seat the tibuse'of Lords
never even made 'his appearance in the
fashlcinable viorld. VerY • early in life
he broke off hiS connection with his
family; willingly or not, served on board
ship as a common sailor, then-supported
himself as' s. hired labor in •a' Thames
dockyard; and became engaged (if he
was not actually married) to a bar maid
in a sailor's public house in Wapping.
Then, in the first bloom of - his young
life; he dies suddenly by hembrrage of
the lungs, and court papers mention his
existence after years of silence. The
last of the Byrous is dead,; and.the
Story, of the:.laiest descendant of that
strange race is buried in the 'grate with
hin - 1.--Londoix Letter.
•' ' • -
SM.ART.-A gentieman, One 'evening,
was seated nears, iovely ., woman, when
the ooMpaniaronnd'him were proposing
conundrums to each other. Turnipg to
his cOrepanion he said :
"Why is a ladi unlike a tpirror ?"
She "gave_ It'410„
"Because," said the rude fellow, "a
mirror re s wiLbon speaking, a lady
'speaks without reflecting."
"Auil %vhy are you _unlike a mirror.?"
_asked the lady. He could not tell.—
"Because , a mirror is smooth and pol
ished and you are rough and unpol
ished."...
The gentleman owned that..there was
one lady who did not speak ; without
both reflecting and casting reflections.
A CUTE RABEET.--"Bob, now called
Belmont Bob, is the. body servant of
General McClernand, and at the battle
of Belmont it is said of him that when
the retreat commenced he started for
'the beats. Reaching the bank he dis
mounted and slid - rapidly down, when
an officer seeing the action, called out:
"Stop, you rascal, and bring along the
horse."
.Queerly looking up as Ile waded to
the bank through the mud. the darkey
),
replied.; -
"Can't 'dey..Colonel, Major told me
to save the most valuable properky, arid
dis nigger's worf mor'n' a horse."
"My , deari mailam, , can you give
me a glass of grog-?" asked. a fatigued
traveller,,in Arkansas, as he entered , a
cabin. on the, roadside. .
"I ain3 gotA drop, straoger,'?..replied
the women
But: a gentlomart-tolcime• you had, : a
:barrel' • :
".Why, .good:. gracious replied -the
woman, "what do yon- reckon one bar
r o f whisk7i is! to ma sand Ink ihildren,
When we ire out of !" •
The stranger sloped. •
"Johnny'," said a mother to a eon
nine years old, "go and wash your face ;
Lam ashamed-to see . ymr come to din
ner with so dirty a inerith." •
"I did wash it mamma," and feeling
his Flier lip he added, gravely, "I think
Coining,"
.isgraWherf - I gOes shoppidg," said an
'old lady, ‘.`l alters risks for what I wants
and if they have it, rind it's suitable, and
I feel inclined to take ib, and it's chap,
and" it caret be got at any .pl - ace fin. less,
I almost•allers take it withant chaffer
ine-ilbout it all day, as most people.do.”
le- A wag, upoti" visiting a 'medical
museum, was shovin some dwarfs .and
other specimens of mortality, all pte
served in alchohol. "Well;" said he,
never thoUght the dead: &nil be in Bile)).
s
ar What is` the, difference' between
Noah's ark.andJoan of Arc ? -.One was
made of wood and the other was Maid
of Orleans-
Cr At a parish examination, a cler
gyman . askpda ,charity ~boy. if he. had
ever begn,bapt#ed.. "No 01.. 7 ? 'was the
reply, "nit as_ I knows,' bqt . I was rax:.
hutted."
NO. 24.
.E . ; - 0272 , the Piogressive Annual
The Pride of ifousekeeping,
Guilt tiivi§it a dear little frieud of
wonian aliouriding in good
sense in everything except housekeeping
but whose house, unforturlatery, had got
the .mastery of her, and kept her to tasks
no Southern slaVn could' be scourged
into performingl found her not.at all
well. She only complained oflameness,
though she loOked overtaxed and, ex
lie.usted.
'o,ll, , PLlprthaj didn't I send you word
not to mike four kinds of cakes and
three kinds orpie ? for "the garden and
orchard would furnish me with' all the
dainties and delicacies I mish."
"Yes, I know, and I didn't make any
thing, only a few nut-cakes." (Unctu
ous compounds I never eat.) "I took
cold, I suppose. Thideounterpane need
ed doing up, and I could not trust it to
the girl, for fear she wouln't get it white;
so I helped about .it, .and it is' pretty
heavy."
"Yoti did perfectly "right, My dear—
the hue of the counterpane is of so much
more - consequence than your health !
Do not ask me to sacrifice my rest to it
—I "should dream of brokop.lSacks all
night.!' , .
It is snowy white. • I 'found a nice
place for it on high,shelf, and took down
something, more cdmmon. -
"Row odd you are, Cox"! 'Why can't
you be like other' folks?
"Alas'i arn.like other folks, 'in that
I have sinneein the same sense, even
much more lainentably thaq you did this
Rest' in this easychair and I will
confess 'to you.
"A letter announced the arrival of a
lady at three o'clock on the following
day to dine with us and remain with us
unfit nest mornickg. I- admired and
esteemed her, ap,d, yet, dreaded her a
little, for she was a precise housekeeper
keen-eyed and with a lively
sense o 5 the ridiculus."
"Yon don't mean Mrs. tfolbrdok, do
you r
"YeS; I had forgotten that. you ever
knew her, she has been away so long."
"I don't wonder you dreaded her ;
such a tongue as she has is a nuisance."
"She was on her way to visit old
friends of mine, and I could not think of
,having my, housekeeping
_disparaged to
them, particularly as I suspected my
reputation in the matter , to be a little
dubious among them, as they knew I had
some other things to attend to, and
didn't devote myself 'doily and will to
its immeasurable demands. So during
heistay
_everything must be unexcep
tionable, at whatever cost. I had a
good servant, but of course she was not
to be trusted with such delicate prepar
ations as I thought it necessary to make
and weak and ; nervous as I was, I under
took them."
"I suppose you were so anxious to
have things nice, you spoiled everything;
I.alvlaya 00."
"No, I succeeded admirably. We
never have bad a better dinner than
that was, but.the lady Moloch, to whom
all these costly sacrifices were made, did
not come.then. Some days after, while
my, pride and vanity were being exer
cisedby,dismal durance in a sick room,
she: bane . and went. without seeing me,
or occasioning any deviation from the
usual household arrangements:"..,,
"Were you cured of your folly and
your illness at the same time,??.
"Pretty effectually. Mother Nature
is a.patient, monitreps, if we will- listen
to her gentle whispers. She showed
me ,the.absurdity of letting: myself down
below my usual condition by:exhausting
labors, irritating anxieties, and dispirit
ing solicitude; when I most needed to
be serene, - genial, and .overflowing with
kindly 'sympathies. Harassed and spent
could I be as Companionable and enter
taining as visitors bake right to require
me to be after they had taken the trou
ble to come to me ? It is true such
daciencieS may be glossed over with
polite ceremonies, yet there are those
who look - into my eyes for the Sunshine
of friendship, and cannot be deluded by
shams, to whom the most sumptuous
least and the most ample arrangements
would be meager compensation for the
lack of a loving, glowing heart.wel-
come."
Follow sinners, have we had enough
of this, or shall we toil on till we die ?
—that it may be recorded of us : "Died
of the . pride of housekeeping, which silo
bore exemplary patience and fortitude
for many years 1-"
gent . was asked what kind of a
gal, he. preferred for a wife. One he said
that wasn't prodi-gal bat frugal atrue
gal and suited to his conju-gal taste.