Indiana American, Volume 25, Number 4, Brookville, Franklin County, 9 January 1857 — Page 1

.9911 I i ! . NEWS AMD BUSINESS PAPER-DEVOTED TO P0RB8CN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, MORALS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, AND THE SEST INTERESTS OF SOCIETY. VOL. XXV.-NO. 1 BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 1252.

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thk Bi HiAL or .nOSES, "Aad Ha barted him ta a Hey In iho, land of Moab,oer agelaat Baihpoor; bat do nun know, elh of hl wpulchr onto this day." Ost'-r. i nr. 4. By M eho' lonaly mountain, Ob lalMhle of Jordoa' war, Id n atlay la lb land of Moab Tharw IUa a looely grave. Aatl ae man dug thai aepuicbre. And do man taw It a'ar ; For Iba aagala of God optarnad Iba tod, And loft tba da ad maa I bora. Tbat wma tba g ranJett funaral That erar pa wad oa earth , alio Baa haar J Iba trampling . Or saw tba train go forth. Koteleeatv a tba day .light Coma whan Iba day ta dooo, Aad theertmaon streak onocaan'i ehecl. Grow, lato tba great aaa. Aollelr a lha tprlag.Ua Har crown of rerdurw waavea, Aad an tba tree oa all Uta bill Opaotbair thaaaaad laste; So, wlthoat aoaad of mmic, Or rolca of tbam that wopt, Sllaatly down from tho mountain' erowa, Tba graat pro aaa loa swept. Perthes ca Uta bald old eagle, Oa gray Batbpeor', halgbt, Oat of hi rocky alrla Look ad on tba wondroai right. Paralyse tba lloa , aUlhlac, Still than that ballowad not; For boost eal blrtUhaeesea and board That which maa kaowatk not. But whan tba warrior dtoth, HI oomradai la tba war, With arm iwraraad aad muffled dram. Follow Iba fwaaral oar. Tboy ahow tho baaaar takaa, They loll bla batlUt wo, Ajd after aim load bla maatarlaaa ataad, Wall paal, tho miauls gun. Amid tba aoMaat of ibo land Maa lay tba aaaw to root, Aal gl re tho bard aa honored place, With roatly marble drool, la Ibo groat ml aU Mr traaaeat, Wbaro llgbla Ilka glortoo fall, Aad tho twaat choir lagt, aad tho organ ring. Along tba m Masoned wall. Tbl waa Ibo braveal warrior Thai nrrr btofclod t words Thtalbo moat glftad pool Thai ever breath'd a word; Aad never earth ' pbltooophar Traood with hi, golden pan Oa tba dooibloai pago trntb baifto aga A ha who wrote down for man. Aad bad ba not high honor T The hill .i.la for hi. patl, To I to ta atate white aagal wall with aura tar tnnoratall. And Uta 4ark rock plaoa Ilka lowing wee bla hier I o war, AadOod' own haad tu teal lonaly land To lag aim la tho grave, la that down grave without a namo, Wbonoa bla unaoifln'd day broak again, most wondrott ororo Iba Jadgmant Day A4 stand with glory wrapped srenbd On Iba blllabo aoar trod. And spoak or ibo atrtfa thai won oar lite WUk lb' lacarnate SoaofOod. 0 lonaly tomb la Moab' land, O dark Bothpoors bill, "peak te tho arten hearts of oars, Aad teach thorn te ba it I II. Ood bath fela mysteries of grace, Wage tbat wo oaaaat tell Ha hldaa tbam J aap Uta Uo aecret steep Of him IIa lorod so woll. MMh "SB. wen B Ai.rtxt." If t woro Ibo tight of Iba brightest iter, Hat barns la Iho soalib now , INI Msabte down from my homo afar . To kiss thy radiant brow ' tf t woro the breath of a fragrant lower, With a rtawteat form and frea, I'd steal away from tea fatreat bowsr To live with iboo and lore bat thae If I ware Iho tool of a witching song, Witt moving, malUog toao, It want from Iho gay aad thonghtlea thro eg Toaooibo thy cool alone ! If I weioa charm, by a fairy wrowght, I'd. mark ttoe with a sign, And noor ngala aboald a gloomy (thought Ororabadow thy aptrtt', tbrlaa ! If I wove a moasory put alloy, I'd hager wbaro Iboo art ; If I wara tea Uiought of abldlagjoy, I'd aotUo In thy haart t If I ware a he,, with lha raagle might To make ibo fa tars (air, IM aaako thy homo on aartb aa bright AS Iba path a angal ara. OCT Tho following beautiful poem wti written by Anson O. Cheater, now of the Syracuse Journal, three years ago. It I nothing, however, by ago: Row gracefully fall tea laow t like boavaaly aaawors to earthly prayan, Like aagoladoacoadiog by oaaoon atat r, To saoeor the world below. Aa tba aoaad of a dlitent oh I ma ,7 Thal soften the f. cling, and peace dlitllc. It fait with a mnalcal rolca that til Tho Mart of tea pool with ryme. Tba pare and fbather takca. Boom like abroad of Immaculata dora, Cooing together aad toll I ng their loves. Over the tun and lakes. 1 think how tba acrtpturaa tall Of the manna thai dropped la Ibo rllJer. To comfort ÜM tad Ina and keen dlalraae Of tea wandering Israel. ft boateth my hopwlaaa woa It eaeaw te my bnaaaa eo heavenly aweet, iad etroagtteae mo mora than the food I Tat trat Incipient snow. aal. Tboy nay It Is bitter oold, Tal il eaemeth not to my Impartial eya; Ha a to .r.lly mow I coeM wteh to dla Breite novelty growoth eld. Bat I know of weeping band Wbaro too trat enow doaceadott bnlyoctor "tot Aad It ftoao a broaat teal waa glad aad light Who readolb wUI eooaratead. Aad a heart that will newer reel, Where tba flr.t aow lias aad Ii toeeh I hill er U U Idol old--aad II I Idol IUI ! Is leaped to a Mraogwr broaat t Would Ood teat lhatnow which Ilea Oa the strtekea heart, 'mid tba moornlna Had Billon like tela, which doth bla the land, IVess soft ant proplilaa teres. Wosurt Lon. "Sam, I goT one of !L!T,l,mmen fof wlfedat any nigga ober had!" "J?hJm' don'l'be lub you?' "Ah, Sem, I tink 1 Weaaaa- ,b la ingta rubber - n etretoa o more, oa more you lab hor." Tot, Jim, UkeKeolah .net, I got eaa pteob, aa' ears eaeagai'

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THE MERCHANT AND THE MILL LR. I ' i I1Y VIRGINIA K. TOWXSEND. , Have you ever aat, reader, whoU tho ! autumn cveninet were erowina cool and long, by aomoglowing birch-wool Qro in - - en- any- 0 Tr anT I au old farm kitchen, among tho mountains of New Hampshire ? Those grand old druidical mountains, about which the sumnur streams hang their silvery necklaces, and ovor which tho winter storms wcavo their garments of snow ! Then, while the fire flames duhed their yollow light over tho groat brown rafters, and with 'Ol every break of wind tho withered loaves i uf rattled against tho panes, havo you listencd to the story of soino "old settlor," whoso memory reached back to tho tiino whan the bear and the wolf came down to the fields; and somotimos of an autumn morning the little children would go softly through the woods to school, almost expecting to seo a pair of wild, glaring eyes among the bushoi, and whispered bow thoy had hea d tho night before of somo neighbor's sheep-oots which hnd boon broken into and tho blood-iiragglod gross had told the story next day. Woll, listening to justsuch tales, in tho

autumn oven'ioga, we dreamed among 1' supping ourselves lets liable to illthoso gray old mountains tho story wo aro I fortune than our neighbors, about to tell you. Woll, after supper the boyf started ofT, in high spirits, duly equipod with rifles "I guess we shall havo a roal warm day ' an long knives, receiving many solemn of it to-morrow," said tho widow l'e.is , injunctions from their mother to look ort as ahe stood a momont in the kitchen ' hat ihem crittora didn't got hold of theidoorof the old farm -house, at tho ikssf kine, maternal warnings, which have s of au April day, tome two acore nud a remarkable faculty of going in at ono eai half yoarsago.justas tho son was resting j Rntl "tnt tho other. on the tops of tho mountaina that bound- I 1,1 declare, Lctty, we'd forgot nil about od the horiaon. Sixty yoare' observation I "nP boiling," snddenly remarked the widof tho winds and cloud had ruado Mr. ow t0 her daughter, who having washed Poaso a kind of weathor oraclo, iu the vil- P teaduhco, was busily smoothing lag, and the good woman pridod horaolf ,,,,wn the wnvy folde of her hair, nt the uo littst upou hor elemental foresight. 1 lit,' milr. on ono iue of tho kitchon, "Well, Lettv," she continuod. as she ' while snmo pleasant thonghte were shyly

closed tho door aud roturued to hor knitting and the chair by tho firo-placo, "I guoss it'll bo a first-rato day to bilo tho sap. I'll toll Enoch nud Cyrus to pile up tho boughs to-night, and hang on tho kettle, eo you can have it all ready to kindlo in tho morniu'. Ton know thoy said the troos woro running briskly to day, and they'd have two tubs full afore night." "They dld'nt though, mother!" said Lotty pausing a moment at her work, for she was setting tho supper table. "Ooody ! I'm so glad, for I do lovo to havo a sap boilio. L"titia Peaso wn tho child of her mother's old age, and a daintier bit of nature's handiwork you havo seldom looked upon. Tho noxt summer would count her twentiolh, and her bluo eves woro clear and bright as her Now Hampshire , skios, and the mountain winds had kindled a ruddy glow iu her fair checks. Ahe was rather short, but straight, with a finely curved figure, and plump as health and a hearty apetito could mako her. For hor character she was a right down I good-hoartad, little, spirited New Knglatid girl. That pretty liltlo head of hers had i been slightly turned by tho flattery that sundry awnins had poured Into It; but considering that she was tho hnmlsomest girl in tho village, and knew it too, Lctty conducted herself remarkably well. And perhaps, aftor all, it was not so much her fair face ae il was tho smiles that broko up from tho warm fountains of her natura and always dimpled it, that won so many hearts towards her. Sho was not sentimental, or inclined to tho blues. Alas ! the damsels of fifty years ago had not so intimate acquaintance with those mntturs as their decendente. Bub now, reader, to do full ponaneo for this laat remark, wo Just admit, that for one, we don't believe that onr gfandmoth era were any better than wo are not a ' hit j Nica pies and puddings they could In-1 disputably make, thrifty hoiwo-koepors, faithful wives and loving mothers they surely were, and for these things bleated bo their memory 1 But, nftor all, spinning wheels alone cannot onlnrgo one's sympathies, or daily dnmed stockings enrich one's intellect; aud instinct and habit narrowed down to the circle of their own families, the views and feelings of the women of the last century. And tho trno woman of the present time has broader social sympathies nnd richer life ; and although shu must acknowledge that her lirst duties aro in her home, sho will not think they end there, as her granu mother did. Kuowlodgo that it true to iltel, expands tho moral as well as tho miullcctu.il lifo; and the world hasn't gone back wurd w Ith tho substitution of botany for but: 1 churns, and mathomatics for inilkin,' pmle. Hut to roturu to our h roiuw. " Whon Enoch and Cyru a, two tall sunburnt, but fine booking far mora, came in to tupper, they wore full of a story which quite drove out all tho tights of the sap boiling fiom the head of widow Pease ami her daughter. Some terrible depredations had Iteen committed the i tight boforo ou Squire Hubbard's sheep a od Um be the dog had been devoured, and . two large boars had been seen prowling around Blueberry hill jutt tt the dote of the previous cvctiiug. The young men wore greatly excited for a large party had been orgnnited to go Out that very evontn. to Squire Hubbards's who lived in an adj aimngtown not more than tea milet off, ft the ptirpoto of des troying the wild anir aals, as it was apprehended their former t Bcoeea would aliinu1 late them to fresh depredations. So, I Ith that belligerent ., propensity which is

o torng &D oicmont of Anglo-Saxon character, Cyrus and Enoch descanted glowing on tho boat method of aurpriaing

T linaLlo mixturo of wonder, admiration, aud tenor, which woman olway awards , i j to manly courago and skill. "Jll,t. 0 M L11. M u" l1'"1 C'yrnVe third glau of milk, "what if a bear should como round hore sonic of thuso days! You know Elder Smith said ho saw ono on his farm last autumn. Oh, my ! I believed it would take- the breath straight out of my body to como across one of the creatures.'' And the rosy checks grow palo at tho thought. ' Nonsense, sis," said tho hearty voice .nocu,une spread a double stratum butr on his fourth slico of ryo broad, "there'a no sort of danger around hero Nobody iu theso parts was ever touched by one of them 'ere chap. I reckon they're smart enough not to venture their heads far in this town. Tboy wouldn't stay on long, if they did, that's sartin. Now, whether, there was much philosophy in this speech or not, it had the effect of greatly quieting Lotty's fears ; though, if Enoch had been called upon togivo his reasons for exempting Börrygate from bear incursions, ho could probably have found no hinter ono than the propensity indigenous to human nature, dimpling round her ripo lips, and brightisjfag through her bluo eyes. "So wo have, and they haven't piled up any houghs. It's too bad, with such nice weather for boiling, and it's likely to setup and rain a weok steady, ntthis time of year." "Supposiii you run down to tho woods mid hoapupsomo boughs to-night, Lctty? Tho moon shines, so It's as bright as day. Tho boys could hang up tho kottle early for you, you know, but they couldn't stay to do anything else, for they've got to bo olf by sunrise to sco about them calves, aud tiioy won't bo homo boforo midnight, I rockuii," concluded Mrs. I'onee, with au oracular ahako of tho head. "But I'm oxpocting company to-night, mother," answered Lctty, with tho rosy tingo widening aud deepening through her checks; "audit wouldn't bo very polite to bo off when thoy come." "Well, it's likoly you'd havo time to get back aforo thoy do child. If it's any of your boaux, I can send 'cm out to tho maples," Now, if tho truth must bo told, Lotty Toaao had two admirers, for whom thoro had ofton, of late, boon a severe struggle between her afloclioua and hor prido. Jason Williams was a couutry merchant, it smart looking young man, hnd recently gono into business for himself. lio SjfSJS always drossod in broadcloth, stood behind tho counter with the politest bow and smilo imaginable, and was voted at tho winter singing school tho "greatest catch" in tho town. Then there was Seth Petors, the millor away down in tho silonce of Lotty's heart was a voico that plead for him as it never did for tho merchant. Both was! certainly good-looking and intelligent, while a nobler hoart never beat for tho wo man it lovod ; bnt thon his bow wasn't to bo compared with Jason's, and ho wore blue-gray overalls, which were dusted over with flour from Monday morning till Ian. . ..& a aa. Saturday night, oxcopt wl en ho visited Lotty. It was certainly a great contrast, and tho girl folt it koonly (as any girl of twenty would) when tho rodo past the old mill and saw its young owner in his jwwdercd clothes, lifting up the great bag of wdieat by tho ropo that dangled from tho front window, or iuring the ooit into tho largo trough, under which the grent wheel plashed and groaned In tho stream all day; it was, at wo said, a great contrast, to go on a fow rods farther to tho now store, with its groen shuttors ami largo sign, and see Jason standing in the store dressed better than the minister, and receive ono of his inimitablo bows. Thou it would besuch a conquost, and all tho girls would ouvy hor so. She would bo "Mrs. Williams, tho merchant's wife." It sounded excoodingly well, and yet, when she thought of it, that low voice would riso up and speak for tho miller ajaln. Poor Lotty, no wonder it was Bo to t ore a ttrugglo between hor affections and her prido. She looked out of the window, and tho full moon was shining down on tho baro earth, and whitening the naked a m . a . a a ammw. hrnncnee oi tne tall trees. Tho twoct, pensive light stolo softly into tho girl't hoart, and drew hor towards it. "1 guoss I'll run down to the grovo. If anybody comet, you can talk to 'em, moth er, till I get back, for I won't be gone long," was her sudden conclusion. Tho girl had not been absent for more than fivo minutes, when thero was a knock at the door, followed by tho entrance of Jason Williame. Ho took a teat by the grent Hra place, and chatted a few momenU with the old woman about tht new meeting house and the protpaote of aa early epring, whon suddenly there wtt an

other light tap at tho door, and in answer '

to widow Pease's "como in," tho miller mado his appearance. It was not so remarkable a coincidence, after all, that tho young men should both visit Lotty this ovening, for it was bright onough with its balmy air, and largo round moon, to woo any man to visit the woman of his seeking. Of course, tho merchant and tho miller could not have regarded each other with peculiarly complacent feeling; and probably ouch wishedthe other a thousand miles off, notwithstanding thoy met quito as cordially as rivals could bo oxpoctod to do. But somehow tho conversation lagged exceedingly, and at last Jason proposed to Seth that they should go down to the grovo iu search of Lctty, to which tho latter gladly r-onsontod. Sho did look likoa picture, as sho knelt there, piling up the dead old troe boughs, whilo tho shadows and the moouboams danced restlessly over her figure, aa restlees as thoy are. Tho young men came suddenly upon her, and sho sprang up with a little shriok and a bounding of the blood into her cheeks but her laugh, oh, that was liko all sorts of sweet sounds, as it ran rippling off to tho echoos of Blueberry hill 1 "Well, you've come, nud now I shall sot you straight to work, young gentlemen," said the girl, with that dainty, fluttering motion of tho head so natural to, and so graceful in some women. "Of courso you will. We'ro ready to obey orders, Letty," was tho simultaneous response of tho young mon; and the dainty merchnnt and tho handsome mil ler sot themsolvos vigorously to work; and ,.nd the voico of the trio mingled loudly and morrily as they piled up tho branches of pine and birch, nnd hemlock. Letty nfllrming that the sugar boiling was likely to bo tho oasiost sho over tended, now all the troubio of gathering the fire-wood1 would bo over. "Hark! didn't you hear a strange kind of noiso?" and Lotty lifted her head suddenly, and stared eagerly around her. "It's nothing, Lotty, only tho sap dropping into tho tubs," answered Jason, us ho added a fresh handful of bopghs to tho rapidly increasing pile. "N", it isn't the m There, I hear it again. It's a rustling among tho branches." They all heard it now; it was a strange, stealthy, mysterious sound, that, hoard iu the woods, and at night, Is perhaps moro startling than any other. A faint shriek suddenly broke from Lotty, which drew thogaxo of both tho young men to her. Sho waa standing a fow pacos from thorn, hor fuco whilo and rigid, as though doath had struck suddenly at her heart. There was something In that stony face that chilled both the young men, and thoy sprang eagerly toward hor, crying, "Lotty what Is tho matter I They saw what it wus then, and tin facos of those two strong men grow whito as the girl's; for there, poering out with thoir wild, glaring, huugnr-lightod eyes, from tho low undorbrush, woro two largo boars, crouchod down ready to spring ou them. I ii i young men's question broke tho spoil of horror which had transfixed Lotty Poaso. With a low shriek iho sprang past her companions, und with a cry fourful iu its rugo aud hunger, tho animals rushed out. Jaaon Williams followed her, for the men had no woaious those boast were wild, savage, hungor-mud, nnd the love of lifo was strung within him no wonder that ho soon outstripped tho girl, whoso trembling limbs were a pour match agaiust hor pursuers. It was a fearful race. They gained upon hor iu tho first fow rods. "Qod of Hoavon holp her !" groaned the whito lips of Sotli rotors. And Qod hoard that prayer, moaned out in that tcrriblo agony. Thoro gleamed out suddenly upon him, from among tho gray, tangled grass of the last year, a largo axo, which Enoch had ground sharply throo days before, to make an incision in tho maplo trunks, and thrown down thero in hosto or carolossucss. Seth caught it up eager" y and with a loud shout he bounded forward. Letty was nearly half across the lot, but it was not a largo ono, aud in her blind terror she had taken n circuitous route, which the bears had followed, so tho distanco botwecn Seth and them was only a fow rods. He shouted to Letty to turn round into tho moadow : it was strango that sho heard him, but sho did, and instinctivej obeye I. A run of u few yards, which the young man accomplished quicker than our pon has written it, brought Soth face to face with tho wild animals. It required a stout heart to confront thoso two raging, ravening animals, but Seth Peters thought only that death was close to tho woman he lovod. A momont moro and it had reached her. The hot breath of the beasts drifted almost across her flying feet, as tho miller rushed by her; for in turning towards the meadow she had shortonod the distance between him and herself; indeed at farthest it had only been a few rods. Tho foremost animal cama up to the young man tho heavy paws wore planted on his shoulder now Seth Petert, a stout arm and a brave heart will only avail you the axe comet down heavily it hat done its work woll. Do you tee tho bear sink back with a growl of terror and of pain, while tho hot blood gurglet up from iu cleft throat. Itt mate aeea all thia, and with a retponaire howl of fright and detpalr, rushes back to tht woods, and Beth it tafe.

"Lotty, Lotty, they aro gone." The voice swells loud and triumphant to the oar of tho poor girl , who still imagining tho bears are pursuing her, rushes on wildly iu the direction of hor home. She pauses a moment. But that clear, strong triumphant voico sends a new tide of hope bounding through hor soul. She turns back. A fow miuutos later, and her white face stoalj up closo to Seth' Its he stands thero watching tho last gasps of life heaving the hugo black frame of the bear. "Letty, let us thank Qod for this great deliverance." Tboy kneel down thero together, and tho sad moon aud tho tweet spring stars look on thorn, as tho young millor's doep voico sends up its eloquent thanks to the all Father. But Letty's fair bond droops lower and lower; and when Seth looks once more in her face, the blue eyes do not answer him. Poor Lctty, the terror had been too great for hor. No wonder she has faintod with the great joy of deliverance from death. Suddenly across the fields breaks the sound of many voices. Thero is a quick stamping of foot. Jason has given tho alarm and friends and neighbors aro rushing wildly to the rescue. In less than five minutes they find the miller seated on the dam earth, with Letty lying sonseless in his arms; and the dead bear at his foot 1 Oh! but there were smiles and rejoicings that night at widow Pease's, whoro but for tho brave heart of Seth Peters, thoro had been wailing, despair, and

iln'itli ' It tvati Irvtur itrtuf i i 1 1 1 i f tuKan . , , , , Cyrus und Enoch rcturnod; and somohow , . , ... ... ... . their faces diu not look so bright as when , , , , , , thev left, and thov settled themselves, down wearily by tho firo saying, "What, mother, up watching for us all this time ? Well, we havn't killed tho bear after all!" "No, but wo have, hore, you seo I" was llwt i-tl.l ttiAmntile I SM t a ova e1 1 as t MAawtAtiaa a I tliu um u villllii a i mi in I m ini j l iveinjimo i , ... and thou to their ejacu ations of doubt ,J, ' aud surprise, tho old lady detailod tho ...... !J-- 1 Am U.J 4 f iiuiu awry imiouu , sno iniu ein Lotty to bed half an hour Wore, for tho exclusive enjoyment of this pleasure. Cyrus and Enoch listened in amazed silonce, and at tho conclusion thus briefly and characteristically expressed their opinion of tho utillor's heroism: "Wanl now, if that don't beat everything all hollow 1" Thirty days had pnssed I It was a wild sobbing night, with ono of those ttormi that furrow tho swoot face of April with wind and drench it with tears. This time tho miller and Lotty Pease sat alone together, in iho ruddy birch firelight of tho old kitchen, whilo tho tlorm moaned nnd battled without. "Well, Lotty, how did you get on with the sugar-boiling ?" asked tho young man, drawing his chair a tittle nearer tho girl's. "Oh, nicely, I assure you, though I couldn't holp starting aud looking round every time tho wind stirred the brauchte!" and Lotty shuddered, for oven in tho dancing fire-light, sho soomed to seo ngaiu thoso wild eyes glaring upon her. "Oh, oout i now enn i over m graionu cnougu to you for taking care of mo then ? The miller drew hit chair still closer to hers, and his voice tremUe.i in its deep tenderness as it answered, "I should liko to take care of you always, Letty." Tho girl mutt have forgotten at that momont how very nicely Mrs. Williams, . i t a I . . . I tho merchant's wife, sounded, for she laid her hand in that or Soth Potors, and the birch flames woro not ruddier than her chock, at tho wisporod, "'(, may, Soth." And through 11 her happy after life, we art vory ctrtain Letty Pease nover regrouou marrying tue muer tnneaa oj ie merchant. A Touching; Incident One of tho saddest stories that wo ever read was that of a little ohild in Switaerland, a pet boy, just as yours is, reader, m a. .a I I t , I J u ln.m us motiier.ono.i.rigiit morning, rigged out in a beautiful jacket, all l''"g with silk ami uutions, ana gay as a momor's lovo could mako it, and thon permit- ... . . A 1 IT 1 toil li.m to go out to p.ay. uo ..au scarce - . a m .1 . 3 a? a MtH lyttoppeairomtne uoor oi me -awias cottago-wneu an enormous eng.oscoopeu l.m, Horn tno earn., ana ooro mm to n.s nest, high up among the mountains, and yot mmm ttjan - mm uo.. . -w .-- I 1 . .1 II. ntiOMA kann nl an i,llir VVljZ ll , 1 r utterly inaecossiuiu m iuum,iu uiui no icimi i 1 L .1-J T - , I . t. 4 COUUl DO llliorueo. x.. lourm ino uum w poices, tho eagle to placed the gay jacket III 1110 IIRSl in. ii lb i . i . 1 1 1 1 1 n uaiuiu nine, and wheuevor the wind blew, it would flutter, and the tun would shine upon its lovely trimmings and ornaments. For yoars it was visible from the low lauds, long af tcr tho eaglet had abandoned the net, whnt R .y it mtt have been to tho paro nU of tho victim. Aw iNTEnittTTNo Htort. "Shon, minej Shon," said a worthy German father to, his heir of ten years, whom ho had overheard lining profane language. "Shon, mino Shon! como here, an' I vill dell you von little shtories. Now, mino Shoo, shall it pe a drue shtory, or a make pelieve?" "0, a true story, of course!" answered John. "Ferry voll den. Dero vat vonco a goot, nice old thcntleman, shoost like I, andt ho had vono llddle poy, shoost liko you. Andt von day he heard him shwear ing like a young fillin, as he vas. So ha vent to dor winkio corner, and took out a cowhide, shoost as I am doing now, nnd hodook tor dirty little plackguard py de collar, dtt vay, you leoi'Jandt valloed him, thooit to! Andt den, mint tear Bhon, he bull his ears, dls way, and smack his face, dot wny, an' dell him to go mitont hit tupptr, shocet at you vill do dlt cfenlng."

Mtt Sliscdlanj. Mat Ii I P from tho Old Black . There is no disputing this fact; it shines in the face of every little child. The coarse, bawling, scolding woman, will hart coarse, vicious, bawling, fighting children. She who cries on every occasion, "I'll box your ears I'll slap your jaws I'll break your nock," is known as thoroughly thro'

j her children as if her unwomanly conduct were openly displayed in tho most public streets! These remarks wero suggested by the conversation in an omnibus that noble institution for the student of men and manners betweon a friend and a schoolmaster. Our teacher was caustic, mirthI ful, and sharp. His wit Hashed like the polished edge of a diamond, and kept the "bust" in a "roar." The entire community of insiders and whoever is intimate with these conveyances can form a pretty good idea of our numbers inclusive of the 'one moro" so well known to the fratornity, turned their eyes, cars, and heads one way, and finally our teacher said: "I cau always tell tho mother by the boy. The urchin who draws back with doubled fista, and lunges at his playmate if he looks at him askance, has a very questionable, mother. She may foed him and clothe him, cram him with sweetmeats, and coax bim with promises, "but if she gets mad she fights. Sho will pull him by the jacket; she will give him a knock in the back; she will drag him by the hair; she will call him all sorts of wicked names, while passion plays over her red face in , . V, r7? . , . lambent (lames that curl and writho out at L. , . the corners of her eyes, . . , , ..Lk. " A rwl tA navnr drt t a aittraMiti litf 1a . iim v v save vi ovu uiu vvui vvvue iitiiu fellow with smooth locks and gentlo manners in whom delicacy does not detract from courage or manliness, but we say, ' That boy's mother is a true lady.' Her J t t aK 1 f i words and her ways are toft, loving and . Tf . . . quiot. If she roproves, her language is, ,w- 1 iimi u J J J torment of my lifo you plague you scamp "She hovers before him as the pillar of light before the wandering Israelites, and her beams aro roflocted in his face. To him tho word mother Is synonymous with everything pure, swoot, and beautiful. Is ho an artist? In after life, tho fact that shines with holy radianco on his canvass, will bo tho mother face. Whoover flits across his nuth with sunnv smiles, and soft. low wiU brlug whtr.., im(lR0 nM my thor, wU tho higUMt meed of hU prai,0 Not ev,n wbon th. hir turui u. verlindtho s.e growf dim( wU1 the raij. e,ty of m Rnd preMnce dttfH him Dnt tho ruffun moth,,.! that thoM RM luohwin form tho ruftlan char. 0r i,0 .,.. Wo wonder not thoro are so many awkward, ungainly mon in society- they havo all been trained by women who know not nor cared for tho holy nature of their trust. They havo boon made bitter to the heart's core, and that bitterness will find vent and ,odgmtnt ,,,, More. Strike the infant in MgW Bnd ,ia wi( if he cannot W0n yoU( vont y, pMalon by k.tngtB0 floori lhu chair or any iftimato thing within mch Btrik- bim MpMt(d!v( lUm by the üm ho weftr hoo,t ho wiU hlve ft iiuia bully, with liltlo handt that doub- , B. naturally for flahtaslf especial pains had taken to teach him the art of ying T1 , Pttyltif the Printer. QwtM rftd-r pg,, overwheimiug( KUyoaoutinixlng extract from thJ )niriAc recordaof antiquity which follows, it, if tho Almanac lio not, an extract from a venerable manuscript found in an antiquated bakooven, explaining the origin of tho manner in which printers are ' generally paid I .An(, skmlUi.tcr, the mighty ruler of tho Squtth-hoadt, having called hit chief utTxctn to hi, iide comm(imled t,em ... I " , , Qq j t0 n domillioM. fttld W a my r-oplo to gather their tre urM0vontoa farthing, aud pay thoir , eycn tho very mftlIelL. j officer, (Ud lh wore comrnmn dod and ,vfter a certain time, the ruler call--d thcm in unt0 hi Rl)d demanded i of them how his orders had been obeylft mihftf au in,.m,-r , .U.v r-nlin.l ur j, weM hoird , throughout V bb imj Br.w v i w-mj ' w va , tho land, and fulfilled, for your people are obedient.' " 'And it evory debt paid?" " -Yea, oven to the tmallett.' " 'Aro tho merchant, tho mnnnfactiirnr j th(J ,nborcr pan. "'All paid.' "'Are tho tobacco and whiskeybillt tot tlod." '"All, all!' " And have my people been provident? have they laid up a sufficiency to feed the cats and dogs? " 'Yea, they bavo even done this.' " 'Woll, my people aro worthy. Now, go ye again unto them, and if there be anything loft, tell them to take it and pay OCrlt always affords us pleaaure to chronicle the triumph of genius the cre ations of minds delving in tho realms of thought. Wo accordingly give place to tho follow ing, which it no lest startling than new. It it, we presumt, from the pun of an unwedded "Western editor. "I Mine dowa In thought profound, Tbl maxim wise I draw; llaaaalar far to Ilka a girl, Thau make a girl Ilka yon. " Young gentlemen afflicted with calico proclivities will pleeee copy.

Mmmly Drink. Old Judgt Colt, of Texas, was characterised by his attachment to that seductive bevorago called peach and hooey, and by his hatred of whisky and whisky drinkers. While holding a court at Austin, two men were brought up on a charge of a drunken affray. It was a plain case; the row(had occurred in the public street, in open day, and there were fiity witnesses to the whole transaction. So the two delinquents pleaded guilty, by the advice of their counsel, and threw themselves on the mercy of the court They were bro't up for sentonce separately. "You are guilty of tu tTray," growled the judgo. "Tea, your honor," whlnod the offender thoroughly frightened. "Drunk, I aupposo ?" again grunted the J udge. "Yes, your Honor," murmured the prisoner, with some faint hope that having been drunk would mitigate the punishment. 'Drunk on rye whiskey, too, I'll warrant," roared the Judge, in a voico of thunder. "Yes, your honor, druok on rye whisky." "Mr. Clerk, record a fine of fifty dollars against this man," oried tba Judge, "and send him to jail for tixty days. I shall fine the next one who is guilty, under such aggravated circumstances, a hundred dollars, and send him to jail for six months." This was poor comfort for the unfortunate fellow who was waiting hit turn, and now came with fear and trembling. Aa he patted along by bit lawyer, that tho'tful gentleman whispered in his ear "When tho Judge asks you what yon got drunk upon, tall him it was peach and honey." Ht took hit stand. "You, too, are up hero for an affray," growled the old Judge, gnashing hie teeth, at if he would like to bite the culprit at the bar. "Yea, your Honor." "Drunk, too, I suppose." "Yes, your Honor, sorry to say it, drunk very drunk." "Druok on rye whiskey, I should suppose." "Oh, no, your Honor, I nover drink winsky." "What, thtn?"

"I got drunk ou poach aud honey, your Honor." The Judge's features relaxed in an in stant. Loaning forward, and ralsiuc his spectacles he regarded tho offender with interest, and thon, with something like tondcrnest, "Ah, sir," said the Judge, blandly, "peach and honey, eh! that's a gentle - manly drink, sir. The court svniDtthites with you, tir, and dote not regard your offence as vtry sorious. Mr. Clerk, hecon-

tiuued, inatofteuiiigtooo,"eutera flneofiud' Wor Ju,t "f"1''"' ' cbarmi,

one dollarjagainst this gentleman, and die charge him on payment of coat." Warning to Young JVan. Young men, keep your eyet peeled when you are aftor the women. Is the protty dress or form attractive? Or even a pretty face? Flouncet, boy, are of no consequence. A pretty face will grow old. Ptint will waah off. The tweet amile will give way to the .cowl of the W tormagent The neat form will be pitch - .j i-. ii j mZ . ou into oaiico. Aiiomor ana iar ainerent being will ttko tho place of the lovely goddess who smiles sweet and eata tour candy. Keep your eye peeled, boy, when you are after the women. If the littlo dear it crott and scolds at her mother iu the back room, you may be sure that you in .a a . mm a ia a will get particular fits all around the house. If she apologises for washing dithot you will need a girl to fan her. If the blushes when found at the wash tub with her tleevet rolled up, be iure, tir, that she is of the codfish aristocracy, little breeding and little sense. If you marry a girl who knows nothing but to commit slaughter at the piano, you hare got the poorest piece of music ever got up. Find ono whose mind is right then pitch in. Don(t be hanging about like a theep thief, aa though you were ashamed to be teen a. a a . a ae a t i .a in tho day time, but walk up liktachick en to the dough, and ask for the article like a man. Rar-THga Gas. rue. A Beaton paper, tpeaklng of one of itt commercial representatives of the city, says: He has taken in a ton or two of selfconsequence at every port at which he ha. happened .to stop, and started overboard modesty and scruples to make way for tta i towage." Advice to Young Ladies about to Mabrt. Marry a man. Not a puddingheaded thing in tight pantaloons, tight boots, and embroidered shirt; who sports a gigantic necktie, a tbiu cane, large gal vanised watch chain, a ring, and an incipi "I ent goatee; who devours tobacco, and Ulk. of the weather, and call. hi. fathar "old man." Avoid tuch; they are numerous, and never do make husbands. Q7 An Englthman, who thought to be "mart," asked an American, who waa blowing Yankee Doodle on a thrill fife for dear life, "It that, my friend, the tune the old cow died of? " So, darn your pictor," taid the downouter, "it ia not, but it it tht tune the old Dull died of!" 0T Prentice, of tht Loultvllle Journal acknowledgot a complimentary notion In an oxchaugo in the following tty le; "We hardly know, dear air, bow to thank you tufideaUy. We with yea wore a eon of the President of the United Btatea, and we ware you father.

Orrtwr. I Never leave things lyiug r out a shawl here, n pair of slippers there, a bonnet somewhere else trust ng to a servant to put things to rights. No matter how many sen ante you have, it is a miserable habit; and if its source it not in the intellectual and moral character, it will inevitably terminate there. If you havo used the dipper, towel, tumbler, oVc, pnt them bnck in their places, and you w ill knowwhore to find them again. Or, if you eat au example of carelessness, do not blame your servants for following it. Children should bo tanght to put thing back in their places as soon as they are old onough to use them; and if each member of tho family wero to observo this simple rule, the house would never got muoh out of order, and a large amount of vexation and useless labor would bo avoided. BatiolBle Donor. A handsome young widow applied to a physician to relieve her of three distressing complaints with which she was afflicted. "In the first place," snid she, "I have little or no appetite. What would be best to take for thai?" "For that, ou should take air and exercise." "And, doctor, I am quite fidgety tt night and afraid to liealono. What shall Itaae forthat?" "For that, madam, 1 cat. only recommend that you take a hueband.1 "Fie ! doctor. But I havo the bluee moot terribly. What shall I take for that?" "For that, madam, you havo, besides taking air, exercise, and a husband, to take a newpaer.M Sensible Doctor, tbat !

.'laying blinrp. Mot long tince, a certain quack was addressed, by one of his patients, at follows: "Doctor, how it it, that when we eat and drink, that tho me.it is separated from tht drink?" "Why, I'll tell you," replied the quack; "in the neck there aro two pipes; one of them to rocoivo tho me.it , and tho other drink. At the top of these pipes there il a lid or clapper, and when wo eat, this clapper shuts up the drlnk-pii, nnd when we drink, it turns back upon the meatpipe." "But, Doctor," said the patient, It teemi to me thlt clapper mutt play very j harp when we cat hasty pudding and milk." "' ! OCT l tie attention oi a unio gin Being . "Hod to a rose hush, on whoso topmost i tl,e ldo,t roM WM f'11 1 1,ut bolow rou,ul vvllich t!'"'" 1"'""ifl11 nimson she artlessly exclaimed to her little broth er: "Set, Willit, theto littlo buds havt jutt awakeued into life to kiss their mother before ahe dies." "Si. an . i.iii, Six." We have heard tuggestod, snys a recant writer,a now kind of I telegraph, namely, to place a lino of womI .l . !. t O r ...I. i "n " r-'' I . ml a. I a. A a ... t i . 1 olDor' auu luon co,"m11 10 u,u "n 1 news to lo tmntmitled at a vrofaund s- . It is confidently thought that there would bo greater dispatch secured by such a plan, than by any telegraph now in operation. ; t. Mabch or EorcaTiov. "Willv ! idd n dotinj, ,vftrcnt nt tho breakfast table I ' to en abridged edition of himself, who had just entered the grammar class at the high school, "Willy my doar, will you pate the butter?" Thertalnly, thir, it takth me to parthe anything. Butter ilh a common thubi thantive, ntuter gendtr, agrce'h with hot buckwheat cakth, and ith governed by ' thugtr houth molatheth undcrsthood !" A PaxTTY ComTLiMBMT. No courtier could have paid a more delicHe complithe following from one whose calling does not lid particularly in that way: At market, a lady, laying her hand on a joint of veal, said: "I think, Mr. Wilton, this venl it not to white as usual." "Put on your gloves and you will think differently-" Tnt QuAKEBt Mode. A Quaker lately popped tho quettion to a fair Quakeress a folio wt: "Hum yea, and verily, Penelope, the spirit urgcth and moveth me wonderfully to beseech thee to cleave unlo me, flenhof my flesh, and bone of my bone." "Hum truly, Opadiath, thon hut wisely said, Inasmuch as it w written that It is nnnA f,w a man to be ftloiir lft' nl.l lx. "va 1 'pJourn w,,h ,lC Q3r Not long tince, a youth, older tn wit than years, after being catechised con. corning tht power of God, replied, "Ma, I think there is one thing Ood Mnt An " "What it it?" eagerly inquired the mother. "Ood can't makt Dill Jonet't mouth any bigger without setting his ears back." What they ahx Like Men are like bugles the more brass they contain, the further you can hear thcm Women are like tulips the mora modtat and retired they appear, the bettor we lore thorn. Printen are like patient wives with diesipatad.husbands they ere need to totting ap.

(y Wealth creates more wauls theo at suppl.es. OCT Hope is the light of a lamp, bot Faith is the light of the tun. (XT Proeparity is a blessing to the goo4, hut a curse to tho evil. (& Batter be cprigbl with poverty, than wicked with plenty.

(ET Receire your thoughts at and treat your desires aa children. 03" There are complaiuta that at there are satires that praise. (T A tick cobbler muat ba being well whan he begins toi OCT Critics aro the brokers of the ary exchange. $5rlt it aa extraordinary who get to high words, generally language. OCT If tome quacks eeem to high, it is simply oo account of the tn rueroua flau that surround them. OCT Victor Hugo etylee tba prtuttng press the formidable locomotive of universal thought. Good from Victor. OSTlf Ton with to eure a scolding wtle, never fail to laugh at har with all year might until she ceases, then aim hor. OtT Why it an unwelcome visiter like a shady tree? Because we axe glad when he leava. OCT Soft eoap iu some ahape pleas ea am, and generally speaking, the more Uy yon put into it, the belter. mid an -waj IbThfi Iwämmfettammmmai V llr People are all tummer learoiaf to leave a door open, and all wrrrtar Imming to cloee it 03r Some men lire as if thoy onto poor all their li van, to be rich w ken they die. OCT A Good sermoo is liko a kiaa. It requires but two heads and aa application, j. C TKjtoea of ceremony ahowa want Of breeding; that civility it beet, which eteludes all superfluous formality. 05T The man who hi without aa idea, fen orally has the greatest idea of himself 03" Man creates mora .discontent to himself, than it ever occasioned by others. OS A word once spoken, a coach four horses cannot over lake it and bring it back. A Turin. "To know tvmytky of m 'induing, ia better than to know eomo. thing of everything." OrUope ia the beet medicine, nnd happttj, it is in the power of every doctor fn dispense it. (ttr-An old lady m Springfield to nt afraid of water, that ahe won.t allow her geese to take a swim till aha hu planed life, preservers on them. 05r Fate must trouble titelf about a number of foolish people; for no dors a fool gat into trouble of his own 1 king than he puts It all down to Fate! (KMVhy would it be expensive te ohange ale into vale ? Answer Uecause it would take a V to doit. Qftr Vicious company ia u dangerous at an ii.fetmut and contagious distemper, and therefore should be oarofuUy and iiiilntttl ously avoided. OrAman being commiserated with on aeoount of bis wife running away, taid, "Don't pity me till ehe comet knot again." (KT A IIomei.t Wrr. "Do make yonrself at home, ladies, said a host ens to hor visiters, one day. "I am at home myaeiT, and wish you all were. " fJ3r When you get into a passion, jutt walk ont into the air; you may apeak your mind to the winds, without hurting any one, or proclaiming yourself a great simple ton. ßT"Jamea,now I will hear your laaeon," said a schoolmnater to a little urchin, who was not in tho habit of studying much. "Quoth not, thir.papa thay th little boy'h should bo theen aud not heard." (XT' What is the matter with yon Jack?" Why, there it a new girl come out with twenty thousaud a year, and 1 wont end engaged myself to Fanny, who hu only fifteen thousand."' A Oood Idea. The following notion it posted couspicuoaly in a publication otaWe down Kut: . . ... j." . "Shut thia door, and aa aeon aa yon have doue talking on business, serve your i the aame way." OtT-K poor woman went to aa but eccentric surgeon to inquire tho proper treatment for tome bodily wound. "Pot on a Cateplentu," w as the ana war. "But, doctor it's for a little child." "Then pat on a Kuttti plaaro." CO" A woman's tongue bu been capable, on actual experiment, to one thousand six hundred and i and a half um a minete. And whnt it still more wonderful, they never out I ...- rw Faott the Scat rnt to tub ! An editor down Sooth hu bean up hit well-water. Hear him: "0, such water! Cooler bhon the 1 of spring, dear u cryttal, pure u a an, heart, and sparkling u ohampegoa! M it nidkmt UW poUtom! ' A young lady the other law explained to o printer the dtetinewk9?a twoon printing and pnUithlng. and at the ooDoluaioo of nor remarks, by way of t luatratlon, ahe taid, "You may print a kite, bnt yen tmatit not publish It f