BY FRED'K L. BAKER.
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"111 a never told a Lie."
While passing through the busy street
one drcar December day,
A stranger SaW two little feet
Too cold to run or play.
Compassion for the boy quirk led
The stranger to his side—
" Ps, ma and brother Willy's dead,
lad I am sick," he said.
I'm waiting, sir, for God to come—
Vve waited all the day;
have no pa, no ma, no home,
Nor where my head to lay.
Dot sir, I know that God will see
And hear me when I cry,
Fur ma said God would care for me—
Ms never told a lie.
'"Now should you meet with God please say
'hat flenny's sick and cold,
And that he's waited all the day
To gather in his fold.
Set, J 1 it seems so loag to be
Without a home—l cry,
EA ma said God *mild care for me—
Ma Lover told a lie."
'God lent me, boy—the stranget's voice
crept through the orphan's ear
AAA made the little heart rejoice
That God was found so near.
.1101.1 sent me here that I,my lad,
Might give you better care,
I:ewarding one in youth who had
Faith in a mother's prayer."
"0! sir, a thousand thanks T owe—
How shall I ever repay I
hot how did God so quickly know
Just where pocirßennylayi ,-,, : -,
Yet I was sure that Gad would see
That Benny didn't die,
For ma said he would care far - me—
Ma never told a He."
For Ike Oforiettian
Temperance.
llr, Carpenter, F. R. S., one
f England's most distinguished physi
ittns writes. the following
" Experience has proven that the
lonperanceseformation cannot be car
tied to its required extent, without the
cooperation of the educated classes, and
that this influence can only be effectually
exerted by examples. ' There is no case
in which the superiority of example over
mere precept, is more decided than it is
in this. practice total abstinence my
self," is found tg, be worth a thousand
exhortations; and the lamentable fail
are of the advocates who cannot employ
tide argument, should lead all those
whose position calls upon them to exert
their influence to a serious consideration
of the claims which tlieir daty to society
should set up in opposition to their indi
"ideal feelings of taste or comfort.•
"I believe it to be in the , power of the'
clerical and medical professions, com
bined with the educated classes to pro
mote the promote the spread of this
Principle among the "masses" to a de
gree which no other agency can effect."
Twenty years ago the educational
men of this country were not connected
with any organization which had for its
object the spreading of Temperance
Principles. To-day many of the moat
lnanential educators not only advocate
Temperance but are members of the
Good Templar organization, indeed, if I
sm correatly informed, the Pennsylvania,
Legislature, last winter, in revising the
Peblic School law had a clause inserted
that no person shall hold a Teacher's
certificate who makes use of intoxicating
liquors as a beverage. This is right,
nod we shall have in coarse of a few
)ears a powerful agency working for the
goon of the Temperance cause. I. 8.
Cr The Lorain (Ohio) county Ne7s
Bala that "the young ladies of this place
walk on their - tip:toes, and can't - help it
aq the waterfalls on the top of their
haede,draw their back hair so tightly
that .they can't pntr their heed' down
,egettAy without great pain." - •
T.4t V..,a-ii,,.ialii
I?Tortid for The Maria:tan.
48th Anniversary of Odd Fellowship
in America, April 2604 1867.
Bunn. Presentation at klariatta,.Pa.
A r edanta&ve efra le ' 144/46
_Faded, Mad.
Officers and Members of Donegal Lodge:
BRETHREN :—By virtue of previous ar
rangements made, for duly celebrating
this authorized Thanksgiving anniversa
ry. of our Order, the "pleasing duty de
volies upon me, of presenting to you in
the name, and in the behalf of the ladies
of Marietta, this beautiful BANNER, as a
testimonial of their appreciation of the
principles, the objects, and the mission
of Odd Fellowship, and as a token of
their personal regard for you as fellow
citizens, and individual members of a
worthy Brotherhood.
I do assure you I feel myself not a little
honored in thus becoming the medium
of communication between you and
them ; in thus becoming the,bumble in
strument through which this material
outbirth of woman's regard, is in process
of transition from their hands to yours.
I f e el this the more, because din in
ward conviction that the motives which
alone could have prompted such an ap
propriategift, could only have sprung
from unseliit3ii and benevolent hearts.
From hearts too, not hidden away from
mortal recognition in cold and 'unsym•
pathizing bosoms, but from hearts, rep
resentatively and practically, worn in
the palms of everwilling and ready work
ing hands.
And I further assure you, that al
though my peculiar specialties, my usu -
al occupations, end , the sphere of my
abilities are of such a character, as to
preclude the idea of a frequent accept
ance of such opportunities as the pres
ent occasion affords, yet I perform the
duty the more cheerfully, because, from
past associations and pleasant memories,
I have always felt an interest in the
morel and pecuniary welfare of your .
Lodge; because your generans donors
are citizens of my own native town and
township : because, some of them at
least, I presume, are the wives and daugh
ters of the.friends and associates of toy
earlier years ; and last though not least,
because, conspicuously among them, I
recognize the members of the noble de
gree of REBECCA ; a degree, in the insti
tution of which, the Fathers of Odd Fel
lowship, have made a worthy concession
to the intelligence, the integrity and the
fidelity of woman ; conceding to her, at
least a moiety of these inestimable priv
ileges, to which, by the laws of nature
and of nature's God she is so justly en
itled.
When woman volunteers her virtuous
and benevolent energies, and her charit
able sympathies, in the advancement of
a cause, that, cease from thenceforward
becomes in a measure sanctified ; be
cause her moral instincts and her intui
tive perceptions are of such a peculiar
nature, that she could not if she would,
and•wouid not if she_ could, knowingly'
lend her influence in disseminating and
defending principles and practices which
she believed to be morally and socially
wrong.
Therefore, it adds more than an ordi
nary interest to the ceremonies of this
occasion, when we contemplate.the dis
interested source from whence this man
ifestation ofregard has originated—when
we view these reunions and intercom
muniods of the sexes, under the fratern
al canopy of Oddfellowship—because
they are in hi rmony with the enlighten
ed spirit of sound human progress, and
under God, maybe instrumental in de
veloping the true social and fraternal
relations that ought to characterize hu
man society everywhere.
Remembering then, brethren, that ,in
peace or in war—in prosperity-or in ad
versity—in affliction - or in health'—in
evil report or in good report, yea, in life
or in death, woman has over been the
best and truest friend and eompanion of
man ; you will accordingly cherish this
testimonial from the wives and maidens
of your borough, with recollections of
special regard ; for its central figure
ought to stimulate in you .a reasonable
Hors in the ultimate social regenera
tion of your country—of your communi
ty, and of the "household of faith." . In
scribed upon its ample surface, in the
pictorial and symbolic language of the
order, you have ever before you. a -re•
'minder' of those significant lessons
which constitute an important part in
the acknowledged curiculum of oildfel
iowship and which, if carried' out into
the daily duties of life, cannot fail"
.to
1 - 6gt6tat Vonsifsattia Nana! 1 r tieNamt
MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1867.
win for you the confidence and esteem
of the intelligent, the unprejudiced, and
the virtuous and wise among your fellow
men.
Then unfurl;this noble Banner in your
Lodge room at your weekly meetings ;
bear it aloft in your public processions "
on your gals days ; and let its associa
ted memories be the sesame through;
which access may always be obtained to
hearts and hands ever opened to the de.
mends of Benevolence and charity.
Not only that external charity which
contents itself in mere alms-giving, but
also that noble charity which "suffereth
long and is kind"; which " behavetti
not unseemly " and is " not puffed up,"
which " Hopeth all things, endirreth all
things," and which "never faihith."
. Let it also be to you a Banner of
Freedom, proclaiming your emancipa
tion from vice in all its forms—from the
thraldom of those insidious vices,
against which, under the influence of
the "cripple links" of Fnormsnir, Low.
and Taunt alone, you wage an extermi
nating war; for, be assured, that when
friendship for•your fellow man prompts ,
the contest, and the gentle influences of
loge supplies the weapons, truth will
consecrate the effort and lead to victory.
I now resign into your custody and
:keeping this memento of woman's regard
bespeaking for it and the occasion4bat,
double blessing which according to
promise, descends upon the generous
giver and the worthy receiver. May its
reception and possession by your Lodge
be the initiation of a new era in the pro
gressive history of Oddfellowship in the
Borough of Marietta. May you be en
abled to transmit it to your successors
without a blemish, and without a single
association to mar the pleasant' memo
ries of this day. And finally, may you
• ever rest for support, under the Provi
dence of God, upon the ANCHOR of that
higher HOPE, which "springs eternal in
the human breast," and whose redeem
ing and regenerating power comes down
from the GRAND MASTER enthroned on
high.
Reply of P. C. P., E. D. Roath
BROTHER P. C. P., RArnvorr.—Through
you, the Representative of the Ladies; I
accept this beautiful banner, in behalf
of Donegal Lodge, No. 129," I. O. of O.
F., and I assure you it is doubly grati
fying to my Lodge, to know that the
givers of this testimonial which we will
so fondly cherish, are from that portion•.
who are always first to participate in
acts of kindness. This testimonial is
intended for some great purpose, to re
mind us of our duty, for which we are
associated, viz : " Not to be weary in
well doing," and looking upon the words
inscribed on one side of the banner,
"Presented to Donegal Lodge, No. 129,
I, O. of 0. F., by the ladies," while in
the Lodge room, or in procession, recalls
to memory, that the work of woman ac
complished in less than three -months,
what we could not do as a Lodge, in
twenty years ; establishing the fact that
where woman nobly acts . her part, to,
accomplish a certain purpose, it neces
sarily prospeis. Was not Rome saved
by woman 2 Greece was raised to a ze
nith of glory and renown, by the labors
and patriotism of the Grecian mothers.
We God also by refering to Holy writ
that by the zeal and conrage of patriot
ism in Deborah, the widow, who was a
bright star of Hope in her country's
tremble, and. at whose word, it was said,
the stars in their courses fought against
Sisera. The queenly Esther risked eta-
Lion and life itself, to save from massacre
her father's people—satisfies every can
did mind that from Sarah to the modest
Rebecca, from Rebecca to Ruth and
along the whole narrative of Scripture
to Martha and Mary, and from them to
the present day, woman's mission is to
do good,---and assist man to labor for his
felloWmen, to advance our age, elevate
our country, improve our race and pro
mote a practical loving fraternity of
mankind. The three links, has also its
significant meaning---Friendship, Love
and Truth, or Hope, Faith'and Charity.
These welded together by a practical
working cannot easily be broken by fac
tion or discord.
To "new the other aide of the Banner
we have before us the " figure of Hope.'
Hope is woman's greatest alternative,
to hope on—hope ever—when the sad
dest afflictions surround her, and all
seems tempest tossed, when the surging
billows of Adversity, are rolling moun
tain high over her, rearing and plunging
"landward, tossing off the white foam
with every swell, threatening destruction
in their coarse, and come with their
roaring crash, she oasts the _anchor of
Hope, and with one shriek of: joy.._ex-
claims : "saved again." She has grown .
strong in peril, and her brows are
wreathed with the high majesty of , dar
ing, won from familiar and oft recurring
dangers, toils and afflictions. Again,
they share the domestic joys of home,
the fairest spot , on:this -wide earth, how
ever humble it,might be, where bloom
ing.ones surround the hearthstone, and
make .it happy. Her gentle influence
and, conduct in her domestic daties, fall ,
upon those around her like the dews of
Hermon, shedding lustre and comfort
Like sweet fields that lay
The virgin gifts of summer, by the gin.
And when surrounded by, all the com
forts of home and society, she is often
called from the bowers of pleasure, to
the couch of the pained and Buffeting,
from amid the joyous and gay, to the
abode of priverty and woo, from a social
circle of peace and comfort, to be a
watcher through the weary night hours,
to wipe the clammy deathsweit from the
brow, or press with balmy hand the
bounding pulse; to give the heatieg
Medicine, or speak calmness to the de
lirious thoughts; to pour oil into the
flickering lamp of life, or close the fad
ing eye, as the last prayer bears cn its
wings, the departing spirit into the pres
ence of its God. Does. she falter in
this work—no, her response is, ever
ready, for works of charity—such is wom
an's humanity, so peculiarly, adapted to
their sympathizing natures; and by as
sociating herself with the Order in part
she binds around her the golden chain
of Friendseip, opens the fount of Love,
and mutually gathers the gems of Truth.
Accept our thanks in behalf of the la
dies, and may you all prosper to a ripe
old age, until your well trimmed barks,
sail down the silent tide,. with heavenly
riches laden, and land' beyond the•swell
log waters, where joy and happiness
reigns throughout alt ages, praising the
Grand Master of that celestial Lodge
above, not built by hands, eternal in the
• heavens.
KNSCKED ABOUT.—It is a good thing
for a young man to be knocked about in
the' world, although his soft-hearted pa
rents may not think so. All youths, or
if not ,all, certainly nineteen-twentieths
of the sum total, enter life with a surplus
age of self-conceit. The sooner they are
relieved of it the better. If, in'measur
ing ,themselves with older and wiser men,
they discover that it is unwarrented, and
get rid of it gracefully, of their own ac
cord, well and good ; if not, it is desires
ble, for their own sakes, that it be knock
ed out of them. A boy who is sent to a
large school soon finds 'lsis level. His
will may have been paramount at home ;
but schoolboys are democratic in 'their
ideas, and if arrogant, he is sure to be
thrashed into a recognition of the golden
rule. The world is a great public school,
and it soon teaches a new pupil his prop
er place. If he has the attributes that
belong to a leader, he will be installed
into, the position of leader ; if not, what:
ever his own opinion of his abilities may
be, he will be compelled to fall back
with the rank and file. If not destined
to greatness, the next best thing , he can
' aspire to is respectability; but - no man
can be either truly great or respectable
who is vain pompons and overbearing.
By the time the novice has found •hls,le
gitimate social position, be the same
disagreeable traits of his character will
be softened down or worn away. Most
likely the process of abrasion will be
rough, perhaps very rough; but when it
is all over, and he begins to see himself
as others see him, and not as reflected
in the mirror of self-conceit, he will be
thankful that he has run the gauntlet,
and arrived, though by a rough road, at
self-knowledge. Upon the whole, what
ever loving mothers may think to the
contrary, it is a good thing for youths to
be knocked-about in the world ; it makes ,
men of them.
BUCKWHEAT CAKEL—Hall's Journal of
Health says buckwheat cakes, properly
baked, are very healthy and nutritious.
They should be put on a soap stone grid-
Over agolid fire, and turned* only
once, and the sooner they are eaten after
baking the better and healthier they are.
When turned over more than once, like
wheat cakes, they are spoiled, and in - stead
of being the most nutritious food. became
the most indigestible. Some housewives,
not knowing this fact—which is really a
chemical one—spoil this favorite food
Soap atone griddles, require no grease,
and never burn the cakes.
•
tr A German count ie under 'arrest
in Louisville"; Kentucky, for marrying
three women therp, two in Baltimore,
and an entire brigade in New York.
The -papers say be had "wife on the
brain." - '
The Fat Min
It isn't every day that we encounter a
sketch so amusing , as the one subjoined
and where all parties seem to enjoy the
joke with so good relish: - Let the read
er peruse for himself;
"Bridget," said a lady in the city of
Gotham ene morning as she was recon
noitering in the kikchen, "what a quanti
_ty of soap grease you have "got-here.
We can get plenty of soap' for it and we
must exchange it for some. Watch for
the fat man, and when he comes along,
tell bim I--want to speak to him:"
"Yes, mord," said Bridget,
"All that morning Bridget, between
each whisk of her dishcloth, kept a sharp
lood out of the kitchen window and no
moving creature escaped her watchful
gsize: At last, her industry seemed
about to be rewarded, for down the street
came'a large, portly gentleman, flourish
ing a cane and , looking the very picture
of good humor. Sure, there's the fat
. man now, thought Bridget—and when
he was in front of the house, oat sheout flew
and informed him that her mistress wish
ed to speak to him.
"Speak to me, my girl V' replied the
old gentleman.
"Yes sir,wents to speak to you and
says would you be kind - enough to walk
in sir."
This request, so direct, was not, to. be
r efused, so, in a state of some wonder
ment, up the steps went the gentleman ,
and up the stairs went Bridget, and,
knocking at,the mistress door, put her
head in, and exclaimed :
"Fat gentleman in the parlor, mum."
So saying , she instantly withdrew to
the lower regions.
"In the parlor," thought the lady.
"What can it mean? Bridget must have
blundered," but down to the parlor she
went, and up rode our fat friend, with his
blandest smile and most graceful bow.
. "Your servant informed me, madam,
that you would like to speak to me—at
your service madam."
The mortified mistress saw the state
of the case immediately, and a smile
wreathed itself about her lips in spite of
herself as she afterwards said:
"Will you pardon the terrible blunder
of a raw. Irish girl, my dear sir.- I told
her to call in the fat man, to, take away
the grease when she saw him, and she
made a mistake, you see."
-The jolly fat gentleman leaned back
in hie chair, and laughed such a hearty
ha I ha! as never comes, from any of
your lean gentry.
"No apologies needed madam," said
he. "It is decidedly the best joke of
the season. Ha Iha I'-ha Iso •she took
ins for the soap greetie man, did she?
It will keep me laughing for 'a month,
Such a good joke 1"
And up all the street and round the
corner was heard the merry ha I ha I had
of the old gentleman as he brought'down
his cane every now and then, and
claimed : "Such a good joke."
TELE INDUSTRIOUS D'Eavna.--The Gar-.
den of Plants in Paris now possesses a
baaver from Canada, to which comforts=
ble quarters have been assigned on the
banks of the rivulet which intersects a
part of the menagerie. Desirous of mesi
ting the wishes of the new corner in every
possible respect, the administration had
provided a but for it ; but, the Canadian
stranger, having inspected the , premises, ;
and not found them to his taste, has
pulled them down, and with the pater
ids built up a new mansion in his own
way, using his tail both as a hammer and
trowel.
A 'WEATHER GUlDE.—Twodrachan3s
of camphor, half a drachm of pure salt
petre, half a drachm of muriate of am
monia, and two ounces of proof spirits, in
a•glass tube or narrow phial, will make a
pretty sure weather guide.• In dry weath
er the solution will remain clear. On
the approach of change, minute stars• will
rise up in the liquid; •while stormy weath-,
er will be indicated by the very disturb
ed conThtion of the chemical combina
tion.
or A correspondent < of the Amen
can Agriculturist says that•_ rats dislike
coal tar very much, and that he is in the
habit of daubing it about their holes and,
runs with good results. Taking a hint
froin 'the suggestion to dip in red paint,
he proposes to dip some in'coal tar and
let them go. Mr. Gilbert J. Green
says : "Coal tar mixed with sand to the
consistency of thick mortar, is an effect 4
nal stopper to rat-holes."
or A motion to strike froin the Con
ititetion of New Jersey'the word white
failed' in the 'Honesty a Tote 20' to 30 . ;
Thirteen Republicans voted' in the•nega:
tive.
VOL. Xrn.-NO. 39.
Stuff for Smiles
The following was found posted on the
wall of a country post-office : "Lost a red
kaf. He had a red spot on lof his be
hind leggy. He was a she kaf. I will
give three shillings to evriboddi to bring
him'horn."
Lucy Stone said : "There is cotton in
the ears of men, and hope in the bosom
of woman." Lucy made a mistake, and
got the cotton in the wrong place.
"This, we must remember is the fall
season," said Mr. Quilp, as he gracefully
bumped his nose on the ice, to the amuse
ment of some passers by, who tittered
audibly.
.An old author quaintly says : "Avoid
argument with the ladies. In spinning
yarns among silks and satins, a man is
aura to be worsted, and may consider
himself wound up."
An Irish servant being asked whether
his master was in, replied, "No." "When
will he return r! "Oh 1 when master
gives orders to say that he is not at
home, we never know when he will come
"What sort of a sermon do you like
said Dr. Rush to Robert Morris. "That
kind of a sermon which drives a man into
the corner of his pew, and makes him
think the devil is after him."
"Does the court understand you to say,
Mr. Jones, that you saw the editor of the
Augur of Freedom intoxicated ?" "Not
at all, sir. I merely said that I had seen
him frequently so flurried in his mind
that he would undertake to cut out copy
with the snuffers—that's all."
"Mr. Jones, I understand you said I
sold you a barrel of cider that had wa
ter in it." "No, no," was the reply, "I
only said that you sold me a barrel of
water that had cider in it."
"Boy, is your name Bob ?" "No."
"What is it, then ?" "Why, sister Moil
calls me 'Bub'—brother Sam calls me
'Will'—mother calls -me 'sonny'-but
dad * laughs, and say's that I. ought to be
called Bill, of rights."-
Many a woman thinks she can do noth
ing without a husband, and, when she
gets one, finds she can do nothing with
him.
"0, I'm dead I I'm dead I" blabbered
a little fellow the other day,
_ae he ran
into the house.
"What's the matter my dear ?" inquir
ed, the affrighted mother.
"o', Iran against a fence and stuck a
knothole in my trousers." •
A Yankee' boasting of a visit which
he had Tiaid to the Queen, clinched hie
remarks "by declaring : "i would have
been invited to dinner, but it .was wash
lug day.
"What are yon doing there, Jane ?"
"Why, pa, Pm going to ,dye:-the doll's
dress red."- "But what have your got to
dye it with ?" "Beer" "Who on earth
told ' , on that beer would dye it red.?"
"Why, ma, said it was-beer that made
•your nose look so red, and I thouglit: 7 !."
"Here, Susan, take this ehild.".
Why does a person who is sickly lose
much of his sense of touch? Oecause
he don't feel well.
Pharaoh's daughter found a ric4 boa
ketput there was a-mighty little prophet
in it.:
What" State is high in the middle and
.
round' at both -ends ? 0-hi-o.
AUCTION OF LADIES.-It iii well known
that an auction of unmarried ladies need
to take place annually in Babylon. "in
every district says the historian, "they
assemble on a certain day of every year'
all the virgins of a marrigeable age."'
The most beautiful were first tint up, and
the man who bid the largest sum of
money gained possession of her. The
second in personal appearance followed.
and the bidder& gratified themseivei
with handsome wives according to the .
depth of their purses. But alas I it
seems 'that there were in Babylon some
ladies for which no'money was likely to'
be offered; yet these were also dispbsed
of—so pro'videntivere the BiLbylonianit:'
"When all the beiutifnl virgins," &aye
the historian, " r were sold, the crier or-,
dered the most ieformed to .stand up ;
and after he-had-openly demanded who
would irtarryler with '4 l 'sniall sum,'Whe
was at length idjudged to the' man who
would be satisfied''With ) the least; ank
is this sniper. the inoney arising from
the 8(4of the, handsome women served,
as a portion to . those who, were either of
a disagreeable look,, or that had_any oth
er imperfection. This :,custom privailed
about 500 years before.-Christ."
A. faelilpriiiiile party should, be called
" dauglitur-cultural Show."