Decatur Eagle, Volume 3, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1859 — Page 1

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lII r. Lj A(; Ij E. EVES’. FIIIDAI' MORNING, BY PHILLIPS & Si'EICER. p£;’, on Main Street, in the old School House, oao Squara North of J. & P Crabs' Store. Terms of Subscription : f ß r jrm yi-Mi', $1 50, in advance; J>l 15, xviihin year, and |1 IM after the year tins i.'ipiied. jj”No,paper "ill be discontinued nntrlall' wreraies are paid, except at the option of the publishers. Terms of Advertisin';: j ae square, 'ten lines) three insertions $1 01) r lc h subsequent insertion, 25 JTNo advertisement will be considered less ,i l4 n one square: over one square will be coiiri'diud charged as two; over two, as three,etc. JOB PRINTING: We are pi'i-pal'Ad to do air hinds of job-wokk. i a neat and workmanlike manner, on the most uawnable terms. Our material for the comple- ( .ion ot Job-Work, being new and of tiro. latest, and we feel confidei t that satisfaction 1 tit be given- ~ HOME FANCIES. BV GEO. W. CROWELL Away from hmm 1 what memor is sw.J! What tales of joy and love they tell' They haunt each day, each passing hour. And give to life a new felt power Ho.v oft iu visions of my sleep, Along my brain they silent creep! In rapturous trance I digamy lay Then wake to find th< y re passed away. Wha> fears of change will soniei me ris. To cloud my brain and fill my eyes' The tear unbidden theu will flow. As distant forms flit to and fro; V'pon a couch of suffering laid, 1 see a life all slowly fade; h'uword is raid, no sound is there But looks of dark and wild despair. R In Francis’s realm 1 nf'er -ray, To dream of loved <m< s ,',-r away, M Again a mother’s form is pressed , H Again an absent iap robleirocd, R A father’s hand is fondly clasped; Alv cares are o'< r I'm home al lust, R And brother, sisters, welcome me iVilh juvdtis pride of ch< > shed glee. I Tim tailbl'ui dog tiionyl: y ■rs 1... . c lied , ■ He hears an old, famiii.r tre.d. I ’1 hat echoed sound of >■ hr days— He looks a moment iu my face I Uik doubts are gone, are gone hi'' feu r . He springs to me, I burst in tears: I To think that he, though least he be ■ (Hall that group, rewembm;- me! R 1 wander through those dear old hall'. I How lightly now my footstep fall'! H !::r,'fling c; ze on every ->ee. . I i hose sin i lies qi'youth, how neat' they s, .> . H .'.mini'll. by my fall., is side — ■ ! father of my Loy ish p ide; Ink grief 1 see hi« h or so giay . And murmur— he miisf pass a .way.’ ■ Adnrkened cloud sweeps o’er my dream . I Astlifough my brain'thoro ibneic- ge.r., B .‘.blended roitr is in my ear, I And o’er my frame a creeping fra: ; ■ A busy mart’s before me spied, | The din of trade its constant tread: B Aucre loss and gain in strife, Heave deep the cates of ru-hing life. ■ Th.ose dreams of home, forever inch. I A sacred guard which will not fly; IA welcome guest :a time of need: ' I fltey give to lift its highe t’.tied : : boyhood ’s home long years have fl. <1 I Still ever back iny thoughts have sped: B io Mern’tys realms where calm it in s: I, [ It tiyrvcs my soul mid bids its rise. ■ Ho suppose there can be no disputing’ ■jt fact that the first/MA - expedition ■p got up by Noah, I At one o( the express cffices in Third ■■M yesterday, we saw a sTnail iron sale ■’* tn use which lay at the bottom <>! Erie, containing S': it.ooo in gold six years. The safe? belonged to an ■'press company at the time, was on a ■ fa n>or that blew up and sunk, an:’, wi-• by a diving bell alter tiro, l ip c of n ‘Chtioned. f — Cincinnati Enijui.rci'. ■JJ? Hertford (Conn ) Z>iti7</ B the corruptions of the Black He- , ■'J. lcan pal ty, publishes the proof that ■"'"o >’:r presidential election in 1856, Her. James Hughes. V. G . ■ ntri< - k’s Church, was forged by KM 1 Io a letter setting forth that to loe best interests of ti e Cathnii:' B?' Cu it was necessary that John C. FreB' ‘ should be elected President. ■tJat' T r aitors to Freedom ’ —We s of the Senators and * B? r q Senl "ti ves in Congress ftom tiro .j ta ' f ', s ’ "’bo voted against the admisfiß*® tll9 free Stale of Oregon. Let fcc marked. Tlroy preferred to K Hi re ” 0U °f *’te Uni .i, in order the negro cpicstion, toadher with u free S'afr’Constitution. ■Mu y ? 6 ra^{ - an .

THE LOST AV ILL. -OK- I ! he I’i iii I :>ii<i the Lily’ BI MRS hAHi C ', AVGU I 1 ’” v ing g.i is sat in a plain, small,and p.- i-i, furnished aparltr.--ni. The • room was «ro identlv kitchen ami eatingroom, lor a small stove thaj stood upon: I the hearth, with the cooking utensils and i plain servi a. dell that were ranged in a dresser upon one side of the chim ■ ney, denoted these uses; while a few books, a piano-forte, and iinpleiro >;& of sewing alsoindieated that it was parlor an 1: ftiLLuv.■ roa-ai - A.U 4oor be yon'J l.lils showed a neat chamber with its white bed and toilet, /.nd those two narrow rooms, on one of tiro upper floors oi a ; house, were the cole huu.e of the tw.i.'l - ■ ters. I They were haniisorneiv dressed in I mourning garments, and their air of re- ’ tinemeut, as well as some .small articles of luxury, indicated that their present dwelling was far below wl.at suited the! condition in which they had been reared. ?.nd, in truth, this was the case, and t as thc-y sat together, on this tirsl evening they had spent in tl.eir new home, thi s might well be pardoned il their thoughts, w-nt back saTy to that, which they had lef< Spacious rooms, costiv furniture, luxurious appartmentis; Howers, perfumes music wi re but tin: ti; surrqundiiigs lor such as lltev. il was not strange thin their girl-; ish philosophy did not lerve to make them ■ i indifferent io their new discomfort,or cun- ’ tent witii hare walls and narrow rooms, i or the noise of strange feet in the unear-. petfld passages without, or all the thousand things which to them bespoke their (alien fortunes. Yet one, at least, was I strong t nough for tiro struggle before her; the stiFe for daily bread, and the poor iiut suliieieni needs us tl:iir altered station. Margaret and Li'i -n Bruec had known poverty in tlroir childhood, but that was long ago, and remained to l item only as memory. Their father had left them, when scarcely more than infants, to the. care of a widowed mother, who, u ith scantv means, had reared them tenderly and well She, too, died while they w -re yet . childern, Margaret, the ; id..t, m ire dy ten ye ars. *ag . iu thr r dying moments were cheered by ti e promise their weal-, il.v grand uncle, - Mr. Lemuel Bruce, to ear.- for tliem as lor bis childern. And with her i itestbreath slro Lad .oairu'.;>i;e>: . them to liis care. Mr. Lemuel Br. • bad veil ftL.illed his ; promise Tmmedia'.elv after their moth-. i rs death tiro little girl- - were removed to Fairmont, tiro rnsidenee. cl their uncle and in '.is house they passed the years of their ; youth. Every luxury that wealth c.cji l purse was ; . "a ■ - ■■ ■ Their wants were anticipated, their wishes were the laws of tiro house-hold, while they were ; tiro O'-tsof ti.i ir uncle, ami dearly loved >v ■ ii A-vaiid aunt. With the excep- : i < - . or three years at s’-’ioo; tlroir lives, 1 -cm the day of tiroir first removal ■ thither had been passed at Fairmount. Margaret was eighteen when she was, recalied thither on the death of Iror aunt, to lake Iror place atlhe head of the household. L’lian Lad never been separated from her sister, and therefore accompanied her home, to finish her education there, under the charge of a master. The mansion which, with all its magi nificience, had been gloomy in its stillness during th- 1 lifetime oi the long sat- . feting itn "ilid. now grew brighter with the pri'se' .'e of these Joveiv girls. \A hen the year of mourning had ended, and ; its doors were opened for visitors lair-1 mount became the resort of the elite of the neighboring coun'ty. and the sisters were, bv common consent toasted as the belli* of the county. Margaret (air. stateiv an 1 serene, wnsknown as the ‘Pearl of Farnrount, LiLin,, gentle, meek, of that soft an< fragfe style of beauty, of which flowers are thej fittest type, was named the ‘Lily.’ Mar-’ narei was iror uncle’s comforter and companion, the mild and steadfast luster of her character fitting her sot such a rela-: tion even to one so many years her senior. But Lilian, was bi - pet, a child to' sit upon Ids knee, fit recipient of care or responsibilitv in tiro perfumed atmosphere . of house-hold affection. One dnv the two sistes went, hand ifi ; band, to the oH man.s library. They stood before him, blushing and downcast waiting to be questioned, not daring to sfieak the secrets tbr ! - hltlshes revmle.i. Even Maroaref. self-sustain-’d. was as very a chiM as little Lilian on this occ«- . Ri ., n But Iroi uncle had not beheld tm i mindful certain indications that her love !„„] (, ol ro he-- - r-d !kS hogsebtfld circle he was nn t utrorfv nr,or flnfed for her tale, I Ariin’v rnT ;:,: n-’ to aid its utterance, i n N VX tt wlMnld, did he refuse to, I Action tiro promises Ahe LaFmde to; Arthur Love! n „ , •he parish, vl"i “ » , ' own son.

Our e«>untiy g g 00( i s ’- all ever be our to Praise and net gfraid tp Blame ”

OiO.iATl'R, ADAMS COUNTIIiNDIANA, APRIL 15, 1859,

But tiro;; bis Lily should dieain efb.-e and marriage, wr,s an idea not so readily eomprehendroi. The child, the baby, that -rot upon bis kriee, could sha have a woman’s heart, going out after other loves rolitin his? Frepost. - ;ous! The- whois tiling appeared Io him in a light so rodie,kins, his wondt-i and surprise were so genuine, butso unliat'cring to Li''y’s newly fledged importance, as Mark ■ Carrington’s financic, that she burst into tv.-rs. and sobbed and pouted in something as much like anger as was possible to one, of her gentle tempprament. Mr. Bruce was alarmed by tills outburst <5 passion To Comfort hrs LiJj he would have proiuisedTiiiything but to give her, ti> Maik C'arringlon. He beL.ived the ! ynqtig man to be false at heart, though 1 outwardly l - ,r» in,-.! tl.o farm and features, of an Apollo. And lie knew that the’ country had more than once run- with :1 he story of his mad pranks, and that whispers of deeds dishanring bis manhood had privately circulated. At first he refused to consent to the marriage, refused to site Mr Carrngton when lie came to plead his suit, ' t ied to reason and to coax Lilian out of what ho deemed a childish preference. But all in vain. All the wisdom of all the el■ut rs is but useless words, when opposed I to the unthinking, undiroipled p issions of 1 youth Lily loved Mark; he craved the, portion of her uncle’s property, which, asi co-heiress with Margaret, was understdbd j : to be designed for her. But ut last Lily’s tears won tiro eld; ! mans consent. He would not listen to j Maik’s entreaties for an early marriage, hut made his assent conditional on a de * lay of two years. Lilian was young, and 1 two years might produce some result to 1 save her from a most unhappy late.— Alas, litle did hodream what that result! would he! Margaret’s quiet joy in her new hopes I had,- meanwhile, been greatly marred 'bv i the sbgfet of Lilian,s sad face. But now that it had grown radiant again now that , hir voice rang out once more in music-.! tones and melodious laughter, the expression of hnr intense happiness, ib••- last, shallow roft Margaret’s brnw. And Arthur Ln vol looked upon the precious I He ul’ he won, and saw Iror again a .i! ’: | her cairn, serene beauty His was a toilsom life. His large p'.r- ' jish, with widely scattered inhah r.ants, : < full of the abounding needs of a pi.cr, ru- < I ral population, formed for him a must I arduous field of labor. Margaret' hud ! always been his cnadjutress in all his parrot - work, not strictly clerical. When he : should wear this pure pearl upon his bo- : som, he felt that still more would !i's toi's and cares bo Ir’litened by Iror i ’readv and oonstant sympuliiy, her efficient aid and counsel. He well knew that it was a humble: fat, - to which lie was about to consign i ■r. but mutual hopes, and mutual faith i like theirs depend not on external circumstances. or high station, lor their full and ! happy fruition. Verv happy were ell at Fairmount, and 1 looking forward, with the brightest anti : eipaiioii, when suddenly the storm broke--1 upon them. One blow—a stunning .s'nike ; — and their fair fabrics crumbled to ashes. Th ? family were aroused at da - , brake ' by screams and the ringing of bells.— i liurried feet were beared in the passages ; doors cheeked and slambed—there was j i all the confusion of some unexpected and fearful event. Liiiait and Margaret, ■ summoned from sleep, hurried to their , uncle’s room. A silent, awe-strii group ' wa*.- already gathered there. Every eye , 'timed upon the sleeper, lying there amidst rich drapery of the bed. I Margaret was the first to approach him she laid het iiattd upon his own—there' was no answer from tho silent lips, there Was no answering clasp from the chill' hand. Hr; was dead! In the silent nightwatches the messenger called him, and the spirit of Lemuel Bruce had gone forth into the unseen life. I Days passed. The dead had been interred with aii tho pomp and ceremony, that fa fitted his V&3t wealth. Theucame the bustie of men of business; then came p ’ the greedy heirs. There was searching! : among all the repusotorits sot >i<‘ wt.i!' ' whiidi the deceased had made, ills lawver had drawn it, scarce a month befofe-!' ,it had been properly executed, and, by ' 1 ’ its provisions, Margaret and Lilian were’i i sole inheritors of his wealth. But no will could be found. Tn vain d wts tiie protracted seurch. There were 1 heirs-at laW; nearer of kin than tiro or- < pfians—a brrjttrof rtfid a sister with whom < tiro decased had for years held no inter- 1 course. The property, in the absence cf < a will, was undoubtlv theirs. They came at once and en rored upon A possession. The orphan girls, so lately looked upon as heiress of all the wealth around then - !, snddonly found tl: mselves I homeless and penniless. < True Mr. John Bi tted pom'pci’-l” offered them a In mcirt his house, until the '■ marriage of Phii'h he had heard, -h- ? :m ( lake place: and his sister, thou:/! aref’t! J

Tf—'t-.-j ■ J-»H 1~. Ti .» r..:---. .. to sq that young people annex ed her, I ungnciotlsiy seconded the invitation-- I Mr. fnrringion and Mr. hovel were cal led ti a council, for the gills could not deq4>, without tlroir advice and approval 1 on ary plan Uiknowi.igiy they had produced a l< ■'. fol th - char :.:'.eis of these rron Carri:. ton.lisd wooed the heiress. All Ldroii - .’- sweet:beauty went ‘or nothing, uii her luiely traits were powerless to bind l.im .to hu promised allegiance. Wit 1 ’ many • awkward excuses, for be had tiro- grace to :-<• a-knmed of himself, be connived to ■’.'■Mtt. • Tian understand that he m. longe; proposed nlliatro'e. Bhe pi'-ud--liy asseiittd-tao the dissolution of the engagement, and he departed, feeling ifunmight judge from his appearance, like a man who hud commited a most dishonorable action. But tiro* pure gold of Levels character came brighily-through tiro ni-il. lii.- home the humble parsonage, awaited its mis- ' tress, he said. And he urged her consent to an immediate marriage, that both ; herself and Lillian might have its shelter and protection. But Margaret refused. Level was j pool. His large parish afforded him - much labor, but small remuneration — | She well knew he could afford no lui’-i 1 ties not even that of charity. She would . not burden him with Lillian’s niainten- | ance. The child was her especial charge ; (10m her dead mother. And here the strength of Margaret’s [character was displayed. She resolved j to sacrifice her hopes, her ease and to enter upon a lite of toil, and thereby pro[vide for herself and Lillian an independent, if humble, subsistence. Shu gently i put aside all her lover’s arguments and entreaties. She made her arrangements, land soon, with the heart-broken Lillian. 1 found herself the inmate of the poor home ■ have described. Margaret’s accomplichmr nls now be came the means of her support. Lilian Tent her efforts to aid in this work, and in the cares of the little household, froit [ they wi re feeble and uncertain She [drooped like a flower upon which the storms have beaten. The ‘Lily’ was raiding b.'th the rude breath of misfoi | lune She had loved, with al! the pow, r [ or l>or l>. fnar, nnfl when lovo was crushed, ' the very springs of ofe wore trampled upon Slowly, she faded away. And Marga- > ret, watching her decay with sad anxiety, had still another sorrow, Arthur was in [tailing health. A neglected cold had pro ducted dangerous symtoms. She seen him but seldom, but each lime she noted : changes increased pallor, or 'he warning hectic flash, or the sharp, quick cough and Tnirried breathing. It was a sad fate, that of this young igirl, to see those she best loved fading from her .sight, and loel herself powerless L !to aid them. But still she steadfastly; kept on iror appoint ii path of oibor and duty. So, slowly passed the weary months -- On a glorious summer night Lilian died. ! The withered petals of the crushed Lily [ fi-il away. IL'r pure soul exhaled, and • went to heaven. When the funeral passed into Fairm .mill I church-yard, thu young pastor did'not [ [ cotfle forth to meet. Prostrated by illincss that seemed mortal, he lay within [hearing of the tolling bell that sounded a 'dirge over Lily’s new made grave. Most gladly would Margaret have de- ; ! voted herself, henceforth, to him But! [ .he couiti give bitt brief space til Iror de--1 sires. Lily’s long illness had left heavy : 'debts on Margaret’s hands. Tiro poor [cannot affofd the luxury of indolent grief i I She Was forced to return to th? scetie of her labors. Daily came little notes from Mrs. Lee, • Lowl's hontrokeeper. They cheered the TotitTv, toiling gir’, for they mentioned hir apparent improvement. But the physicians were not deceived. They suddenly [ordered him to a sotitheta climate, as tits, I only menus t>f prolonging hi" iife. Suddenly the news of h's contemplated 1 voyage came to Margaret. ‘Mr. Lov< l earnes'ly begs vou to write to him at once, dear Miss Margaret,' wrote Hrs. Troe ‘and if possible to come nnd si‘<! hiir!, if on!’.' fur at; hour, before- he leaves home ’ The first shock of this announcement over, Margaret sat down let Write the letter for which she knew Arthur wa : lodging. She opened her desk, an ancient one, of sotne rare inlaid wood, which had | been the property of Iror Uncle. The last time she looted upon him in life, he leaned over it engaged in writing After the establishment of the heir-at-law. Margaret had found this desk, thrust away, among other tilings in tiro garret of the mansion. 1 She had *t?i iaifimd and COtlterled it tolroi own use. With hurried fingers she now searched , its recepttrleS for impliraents of Writing. ; Her hand struck a slight jJrojeetlCn tn one of the compartments of the d rf d,-, which she had r.ct’i-r noticed before. Suddenly: a t!ny det'r flew back, disclosing a narrow <ir.iwer •- t-T'ich !:’v some closely folded 1 paper'.

| The I.OST will w-ro (mind’ M irg-iret rend enough to satisfy lier>-ell ot lb; -, an l then, laying isiuu Arth'ii's l‘t’er, she went oqt and sought tlm r - .-sjd' one of tl:;lawyer who drew ii, fi>ilun - i'iiy near lifi- ' own. l! ’ was absent, and Would not return until the following i! iv. Hi.c was forced, therefore, to «:tii..- iror im...6u nee. She would not tell A' ; !ill of th-- uiscov ery, until she could tell him win .Iror it. were vulu-ibk - .. Si ,'lro wrote him 'Lit 1 ,he would tro with him on tiro third day, and tin u Waited with what pui - mn ; could. In due time Mr. Trir.ph’.on, >. l-.-gal '.(‘’niluinaii, returned, lip at onee pronounce.l the will genuine, fouitd .'-'ti. it, the schedules of the proj'u r.y which be had him elf prepared. Margaret only wmti <1 o?r thro cunfii iu'i tioc of her hopes. :?!;■■ set oil' to -.airy the tidings to her lover He bad already set out for the sea-port, whence he was to embark- She followed him thither, and casting herself into the arms that opened joyfully to receive her, assured l.im hat i she would never leave him more. ‘My post is by vour side, A.'iiiur,’ siro said. 'As your wile 1 must go with you,’ and she met with no refusal. They were married. It so chaqyed that' - onit'ary winds rte--1 I aim’d the vess-1, and Margo'i ’ rid Arthur spent the first week of t' 1 11 ini 1. i - . ■ ■ life in 8. ‘I almost think you might roilciy t-ije your husband home again,' sit’d tliephyAsician. on the morning they sailed. ’He has improved woudcrtuilv. Had hnppi ness b<-en among' the elements ot mati iia mediea. 1 would have prescribed it foi him. Unfortunately it was nol; and you i think have the credit of his cun .' A year afterward the wcdii-'d psir 1 were settled at Fairmount, Arthur with : re-established health, entering with renewed xeal upon hi-: d : ies. with Margaret as his helper. hove all ti.c fil'ts of butane that .she brought him, above all earthly goods, Arthur Level pi ~•? his sweet’l’eail,’ bisprcciou, wiro. u i only the sight of 'Lily’s’ grave mars tlroir joy. A Patent Serinon on Pikes Peak. nr ii'.nv, .ir. A t the r<qin-st of brother 8. M, Ken (piioroiix Kam no. near Bangor,) I will meddle with the foii.iwing: ‘ iVharde hen scratch, <1 ir she .sjroe fetin'! a bug.’ M. IJitARKRs:—I am infoi - me-i that a I dark complextone 1 preacher, in (hilumbus, Ohio once took the above text, and proved from it that our first parents fell out of an apple-tree into a mudholc, which caused their first born to be. n.black as yonr hat. lam afraid that my co'.ored Co-laborer has made much more out of it than 1 can; for mm it over, set it upon end, lay it down and spread il open — after all. this eld rooster dont find a great deal to pick nt. In tiro Ijrst place my brethren, I will propound a pious conundrum. Why arc nvnlik" watches? Because you must : look inside of them for tlroir good qualities and judge of them bv their ‘work.’ Well mv brethren, the work of men and women in g-'iiro fl consisls, f ". - the most part in s.'i' H-fliing, an ! the prospect of a bug is th< in■"< ’■ i’V ou may notice brelhreu, that whenever a hen makes a scratch she always give? a pick; but whether she gels a bug at every dip, is very uncertain. I imagine not. Nevertheless where tiro l: r, nscratch?", throe Tro ! ekpncts to find a bug. ! Expecting is one thing, you know my friends and finding another. You may turn over many a stone in this precious World, and find no bug after al! I’hrenologically speaking, the human head ione vast Lump of expectation and nothing Hsu There .re various sorts us bifgi, gentlemen, in this bnggv sphere. There are big bugs, little huge, tumble bn , stra l 'dle-bugs, bed-bugs, hum-bugs, and bugbears. But vou needn’t scratch about much in find tiflv ilf these; for they nl' - evei \ wiiei'C - . ibiekei than skqjpirs in a tliree-vear old ' • To find th - ITg you ;-artiest!, - ''" "ire requires diligisnt scratching; and if by so doing vou don’t happen to e itch it. Vdil can comfort Voifrselt rtiih the r< cl cn that vou put 111 the licks for it, and it ought to have been yours. It a young m itt takes a girl around to see the shows, feeds Iror on tit-bit" and BuyS her pretty ! ' calicos. Ins title to d kiss is indisputable—for Where the hen Rjrulciies (here she expects to find a bug.' 1 The bt'.g thitt you are all after, my brethren, is the gold bug, but lack a day. how many of you scratch in vain! yet it ,is found in manure heaps, as we., a- in I auriferotis places. The larrtie! turns it up with his nlow. and the gardehek ftitli ■ his spade: and yet thousands keep st’raieh- ! ing here and there without finding ary i bug.’ 1 A few tnohtiis "go, hundreds of volt (nil to sei iroMdiig T-'rn • r : " cr, c*pe' dn<

at j .._ T- w --,<!■,■ WA».wneoi ■ — 10 find a mighty big bug. Well, you ccrr.trhed, »nd *- -! rst»l - .' "nd--s,"; a.'ched: and what did vou turn out at last?—a h'.c.iroti'm.-- I ;.,.Lug! You got h 'ghtene.t and a - i«hb!.-.l fr>.' home a * "st sight more b.oi n - than you went—tor 'Wh' re tiro >:• a ■-•: :: ■!■ stl i-.-e s l..- ixpcctsi find , bnv ’ And nos- y"u all want to go io Bike’s . I’< ;.k coiintri; but tl.eie nr -- so manv different wa s to get there, "11:1 are in •. quandary which way tochnose. It's Ilk getting to heaven. The Cstio'io:., mustupon going straight through purgatory tbe Baptii.ru go a roundabout way. and keep while there is plenty of water, v--bi-v b» - Luig to the 11>. knujvn as —tiro ;,ie.'bj leri'ins think the.! road the satest, though ra'.hei - hr*t—the Uni vers .lists deckii. tin its tu i. ■ most pleasant—while the Methodists shout T.elieluynh’ and scare up rabbit a. 'tlicv journey on tho good old Jordan roiiic. Bui when you are once there («>. tiro Jiggings 1 mean, for 1 in sure you’b tli'ier reach lhec'.lier place) one stands as good a cliaiice as another -and 1 don’t know Lui n lut'c better. You al! have about an equal amoun' of hope, if not pluck, and each will prob ably pitch in iii.d dig with all the energy <>f a terrier al i' goydter hole—lor 'rollers the Inn scratches there she expects to find a bug.' Let me m ike another application of tiro text my brethren Bewaic of an uilytongued. sycoph'Mitio friend—who isevei readv to do a small favor—who professea willingess to reive you at al) times-— who praises vou as the lox did tho crow for while lie is thus 'squ'zcing’ Linroell ir to your good graces, lie h is an eye on you' purse—yoursi-'f forgetting fur the moment .that ‘Where the hen scratches, there sloexnccls io find a bug ' Mv friend-, how itiroaf' is tiro innno' tai mind in its bent up prison of day How it seems to ex ill in its fr- edrnn while winging its way to }on nxure tro-l 1 o; iight and >v, <■ wandering amid th: gi'i'eii old bower’: id' tiro - past where none but i’ self is periiiitt.ed to roam. Want then must tie tho tb lightt, when forever reli'used from ils thraldom of ib sh nnd o' - ii’g r d nendnnt upon bread, beet and po'atoe.'! The day will cunio «Iron l.bei > -. . ■mor'als h u 1-nevoi ii'-own will Ik blissfully realized in the eternal sphere, whe— where—‘Where th - - lro-t< , sci at cl: - s, there she txpects to fit d a bug ’ C o mote it bt Spring Voices. Everv season h«s its own p. < uli.ir voices and beniiies. Even the 'drear an i sullen Winter’ is not withor.t its glittering covor ils to delight tl.e eye —t' uii.r’i the j many sigh not when it. is past. But of [ all seasons, Spring comes with the mostdelicious vcirtro. and under the balmy biolith of April an l May nature takes on a garb of verdure more regal than tiro purple of ki'igs, The voi"ps of Spring are delicious, in that with dear and fondle remenibere 1 tones tlrov break tiro long siiencc-of the i.ro b -und Earth, ami tr ansform the 1 imlscaoe from barrer.iross td life —from solitude to populous activity. The springs and brooks are free again !to sparkl< athwart the meadows-- the singing bi rd'• com • back to their haunts, led by the home-h dlowed robin — the arbutus shoots its delicate blossoms, sweet' r Jian 'spire of Araby,’ in the woods, nnd the tulips kindle the garden bordi rs to A flame How the the grasses dart t u “i ! slender spears towards the sun. and ai l budding things are quick and burs’ing in , to I if - . - . The n!l - is i".-sonant with imi''. - — , the clouds are piled softer and float more goldenly in the skies—ali Earth seems rapt with the joy of its renewing, Beautiful are the hegriras of the busy b i s in search of the Spring-flowers—-ntJ ■ n od'.r .-an escape (hail- six!"', n ■! ■' sweet hide from their daittv taste. 'i 1 farmer nqoiei'S under the b'-nignaney <>i Spring, fthieh cubs him to the foriuw whence he is th gather another gob'e'l ha! ‘.'cst. Gind is the heart of tiro angler, trolling onCe more for the spotted troutThe garden vegetates, lilt* lawn puls ci! its velvet, the ort'lrords bloom, and there is n glorious revival among the leaves.—' Pitiful are all fancied enchantments com pared with Earth’s metamorphosis at the (ouch of Spring. V't-rily, this is a tvL.:— of the resutnetion and the ii-'e. Trot us n"eept it itssflch. a’ni m«v It ik-r.ew in our hearts the blc-roms of virtue and truth. Mr Borden. United States Commis -inner <t the Sandwich Nlantp, s-.,vs Ine ITe'.v York A' tcr has ~t to Mr. rAeret' 6141. contributed bv merciin ladies nt. the Islands, as a donation to the Mount [ Vernon Fund. Pai.eT says, it is the aim that makes ». man ' If a ruffian gets a good abu f.l him with a pistel it is the aim that, n, nafei liifi:. Pul on repentance till to-morrow, mi-! vou have a day more to repent, oi and dr.r • 11 repent in

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