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" Iflfrtfii To the Whip-Poor-Will. BY I). 1). K4***1**. Pray, melancholy minstrel, Why sittest thou aloof, Thy throe-toned sonnet trilling From yonder cottage roof ? The shades of night are falling, The air is growing ehill: And seekest thou no eovi rt My lonely Whip-poor-will {. T Red-breast by the river - ris lonely chirp gave o'er As sunk the sun in splendor Behind the western shore ; And now alone the owlet Is hooting on the hill, And seekest thou no quiet, My lonely Whip-poor-will ? Tl. >y tell n doleful story My lonely bird of th.ee, And 1 will not reveal it As whispered unto me; And if it prove n fiction, As I presume it will, 'Twill bo a satisfaction, My lovely Whip-poor-will In olden times they tell me, Upon our eastern strand, While yet the Indian hunters Roamed fearless o'er the land, Within a little collage Beside a burling rill, There dwelt a happy Dutchman Whose christian name was Will. This Dutchman was a grocer, A miserly old elf. wnosc ocucr nr.it, it icy tell mo, \V as like unto himself; They lived in happy union, And took llto coppers in, By trading with the hunters. And paying them in gin. When hunt upon abarg.in This man was wont to s.;y, "The thing is worths trii'.e, And dear for it ! p-iy j" And if besought to other A tritle higher still, " IleM answer, " If I'm able Then you may whip poor Will." Full often of a morning When they 1 <d sober grown, And found their choicest buckskins And beaver-skins were gone, The hunters would remember The cottage by the rill, And swear in solemn numbers The destiny of Will. One night as Will Von Squi/zlc Sat smoking by the door, And Kate was on a visit A mile from home or more, The chieftain of the hunters Came striding down the hill, And laid a lusty package Of bcavcrskins l?y Will. Then sternly spoke the chh ftain " What will my brother pay For these, for which I've wandered The forrest nil the day ?" Then calmly rose Von Sijiiizzlo (Half smiling to himself,) And drew a brimming bottle From oil'the upper shelf. " The tilings are worth a trille And dear for them I pay," Said Will?when spoke the chieftain " What dost tlie pale-f.it e say Thou art a liar?rascal I Hast cheated Indians long? And thou shalt dwell no longer The hunting tribes among." Still sterner grew the chh ftain And Will began tn prav ; Dot in a broken order Was only heard to say The half ol' " If I I'm able Then you may Whip poor Will!" When fell tlio hapless Dutchman A corpse beside the rill. 'Tis said a bird was sitting Near by, upon a limb, And Will's benighted spirit VI,.,.' i.:? ? *V? onu.-iiin III i U III III m And when old Dame Von Squizzlo Camo back into the rill, She saw the solemn picture, And heard the Whip-poor-will. Such is the doleful story Tradition's pages toll Of theo, and thy companions That sing along the dell, And though a darker story 1 oftentimes have hoard j I never can believe it, My melancholy bird. Kkep Cool.?Avoid too much working, 1 eating and drinking and thinking?this hot J weather. . All three heat the blood and brain. Particularly avoid getting in love or ( in a passion. And that you may be sure of not getting into acloso prison to l?e preyed upon by (leas, mosquitoes, and other monsters?don't carry a carry a sword cane, a pistol, bowie, slug shot, or a brick in your hat. " Swipes, if I were, in your place, I'd go and hang myself." u So would l,jTom,if I woro nshign fool as yon nro." A Farmer, who recently had his butter seized by the clerk of tho market for short weight, gave, na a reason, that the row from which the butter was made was subject to the cramp, and that cuunod the butter to shrink in weight. A young widow in Now Orleans being naked after her husband's health, answered . smiling: % *Wei*drad. f thank vnj." 'IVut niiii iuuiiur. Make Yourself at Home. Old Merry was a candidate for the office of representatives it: oik- of the counties ol the Oh! Dominion, and was a man of wealth and had some considerable pretensions tc the ctiiju tte of the class of gentry known as the "Old Virginia gentlemen"?in othei words, ho was a genuine I'\ F. V. lie was not above the practice, of those little attentions to the canaille, now so often stooped to by the candidates for office, especially in a close race. Ilia neighbor-in-law, Hilly Hodge, one of the electors of the county. ciucrnmoi me enu 01 a oari as tptieK .m another fuller, and drink it lew. Sal Bahil was so f.:t, slicM roll one way as well as 'to tin r, and if anything a little easier. Well, there was a corn 1 asking, and I went along with Sal St.bbins?there was all the gals and hoys sittin' round, and I sot down near Sal Bahil, and I'll be darned if 1 did'nt kiss her afore 1 know'd what I was about. Sal Stcbbins, she blushed: the hlood rushed right up into her hair; she was the best red eritter I ever did see. 1 thought it was all up with me, and sure enough it was, for when I asked her if she would go homo with ine she said: "No yon needn't trouble yourself nothin' tal 'bout it." " Well, if your'e mind to got spunky I guess 1 ean git a gal that will let me see. her hum. Sal Llabit, shall I go hum with you r " Well," snys she, I don't mind if you llfW." Arter tWat Sal ftt. tbhins married a fi ller in our town, by the name of Post?blind in one cyn and deaf in one car?jiat to spite me, nothin' else, so I thought if she wan a mind to take n feller that couldn't at e or hear any too well, I'd belter let her slide ; so 1 wenl from hum, and was pone about three?foui five, years ? Yes,gist about five years, cause 1 know when I pot back she had four little Posts. I went to see how she pot alonp Klio askoil me to eoiuo in and sit down, bo 1 took a choir and squatted; and we botli squatted there together. Her young onei Was nil hinnin' round on tho tloor; she pint?d to thern, and said, in n bragging way * You are them don't you." " Yes," aquintin nt one, 441 eoc'they'ro nil jUt like their daddy,blind in one eye." She was bilin' diunplins nt that time and as soon an she snw me shut up one eye, sht out with n dnmplin' and let me have it in tiither. which made mo shut it up a darned vol ; , b (ins f ever did aiVm , ami I hain't I won tn foyis since that time. Was a plain old larmrr, belonging, we supposo, l?v the rule of ratiocination, to the ordor of S. F. V. lie was, moreover, a man of horse si'iirr, and hearing that bis neighbor Merry bad boeoiuc a candidate for tin Legislature, and being of ditlerent polities be eotieltided to bill off his new born courtesy, by putting it to the torture of a seven tri. 1. Accordingly, choosing a day when b( knew bis fiiend Merry laid several visitors at his house, he repaired thither, and. halloed at the gate. This soon brought Mr. Mi rry with your bumble serv ant sort of a smile on bis countenance. He invitrd him in. and it being very warm weathi r. asked him to take a seat in the piaz za, where many of his male visitors wert sitting. He bowed miser pi d .round him a good deal, hopin ; to gain his good will and make him . proselyte to his interests in the election, rial insisted tli-.t he should in be himself comfort. \Ae,jrsf <is /.- irottht <tl homr. Old Hilly put 011 the most awkward appear. ncc lie pi .s-il ly eon Id. turned about: time or two, tin n tonk oil" his coat and sal down. The attention of Mr. Merry. n:? inav bo supposed, did not cease, and pre- nitty hi asked las neighbor to t -ke a drink ot wine which bo did. "Take a seat, Mr. Hodge, tike a seat,' said Mr. Merrv: ' 111.ike your- Ifipiite easy na-U.o just ::s yoil would ; t home."' " Than! Ye." said Hodge, 'Iain doinj vt ry well, only my shoes area lilt!.- uncom fort hie, so I b 'Hove i ll t Vin^IIV* nn< suiting t!io action t<> the won!, off thci eam<-. Mr. M i rv looked :i littV astotii-died. lm said nothin g. Presently Mr. Hodge div? stci himself of his jumpjt: ' <, as he called it, tin- sune timo observing; ' I hope 1 don't in! rude, but its so ut'.com tnon lint." "Not nt sill, not ; t nil," s: i! Mr. Merry ' I like to s- o my trim !?enmfor' !>! ."at tin snino timo ho inwardly consigui ,| him to : place where he would loose his right l? citizenship in I hi -, country. At length old Hilly, Apparently overcome with heal. stepped to one end of the pi.iz/..'. and ijuietly divested himself ot lijs breeches, obsi rving at the s one time,"most idlers took oil* his breeches when about the house, at hovic, in warm weather." Tlie firs! hint Mr. Merry had of the move was old Hilly walking by him, fanning himself with the skirt (?) of his shirt. In a moment all the honors of the otbee of representatives faded from his mind, and seizing Hi Hey by the collaret' his shirt and gav? him a kirk whieli sent him at least a part ol his way home, throwing his shoes, biceeh > coat, niu\Jttni}> jack'! after him. The ne.\t day the editor of the country paper got a litter d. el ring his withdrawal from the canvass by Mr. Merry, and to this day his brow is unshaded by the civie wreatli, and his deeds unsung 1 y the b rds of bis country, Tr.e above is founded on f..ct, ari l the parties are living to this day. It it has any moral, we leave you to fuel it out and : pply it. A Lover's Mishap. There was two Sals livin, in our town? Sal Stebbins and Sal Habit ; real corn fed gals. Sal Stebbins would lilt a barrel ol stories for tip fining. The way to Fortnue: OU IT IS BETTER TO WOHK THAN TO HEU. Let no poor ln>y after rending the following interesting fact, ever despair of making a respectable living. A gentleman was once walking down one of the streets of F .when a begi gar loudly craved for a*"few coppers for | a night's lodging." The gentleman looked I earnestly at the poor man, and inquired, ' "Why do you not work? you should be ashamed of begging. ' "(?h! sir. I do not know where to get employment." i " Nonsense!" replied the gentleman, "vou can work if vou will. Now listen I tome. I was once a beggar like you. A gentleman gave me a crown piece, and " said to me, 'Work, and don't beg; God helps those who help themselves,' 1 immediately left 1' ,and got out of the I way of my old companions. 1 remember. | oil the advice given me by my mother i before she died, and 1 began to prav to God to keep me from sin, and to give me i his help, day by day. I went round to j the houses in tin- country places and with j part of my fi shillings bought old rags. 1 j These I took to the paper mills, and sold 1 | them at a profit. I was always willing to j 1 | give a fair pi ice for the things I bought, i (1 and diil not try to sell them for more than 1 I belii ved they were worth. 1 determined to j be honest, and God prospered me. Mv ) , purchases and profits became larger, and , t j now I have got ten thousand crown pieces j j that I can fall my own. < hie great tiling that has contributed t<> my success is tliis, I have kept from drink and tobacco." | As the gentleman s|K>ko, he took out ! I his purse, and drew from it a five shillings I I picee, and handing it to the astonisliod ! , | beggar, he said, "Now you have the same | . j chance of getting on in the world a> I had. 1 ! | (I > and work, and newer let ine see you I j begging again. If 1 do, I will band you | over to the police." 1 i . i ears ji.issi'd away. Ine gentleman ( j bad forgott? n the cireumstunce, until one j day, when travelling through J' , he .11 r d a I sji,viable looking bookseller's | >'t< j? in order to purchase some books that 1 : he wanted. lie had not been many minutes in conv?t ati< n with the bookseller, before the latter eagerly looked into the faee of his customer, and in juired, "Sir. aro you not the gentleman who, a few years ago gave , i " - l"'"' ill I' tlu- end of this street {" "Yes; 1 remember it well." "Thill. sir, this house, tliis well stocked ' | -hop,isthe fruits oftit-it fiveslullingspiece." j Tears ot gratitude tickled down his chocks, I as ho introduced tho gentleman t<> his r happy wife and children. Ho wasregard. | cd as their 1 enefactor. When gathered |- round the lal.lo to partake of tea, the bookseller rocoiiutod Ids history from tho | ahovo eventful day. li was wry similar to thaic>f his welcome visitor. l?y indiistiy, I honesty and dependonoe upon < iod's ho!|>, ho had risen, stop hv step, f'oni having j j rags, to selling papers and tracts, then to I keeping an old book?h< p, ami ultimately, j to he owner of one c>f the; l?c>( emulating! .; libraries in the place. ' Before the happy I ' party separated, the large old family Bihle j was brought out, of which a }?alm of I thanksgiving w;is read, and then .-ill bent I I . I round the family alter. Words could not express the feelings of those moments, siN | cnee, intermingled with subdued solo, > I evinced tho gratitude to the Almighty ( f i i ? ..11 - ' . i ..i .in irvviin* which was ascending (o Heaven. When they arose, and l>id each other , farewell, the bookseller said, * '! hank God! I have found your words to bo true. 'God 11 helps thoso who helps themselves.' It is , better to work than to lag!" God Saw Me. One bright summer's day, as little Anna went into the garden to look at the flow- \ | ers, her mother told her alio must not ]'luck one, as some of them were rare.? j After a little while she came running in to , her mother, and asked her if she saw her. i Her mother said, "No, my dear; why do you ask?' "Oh, mother, God saw mo; there was such a pretty llower, and I wanted it so muc.h, and I was going to j j'iek, if, and I thought God was looking j at me out of the beautiful blue sky, and I i out not touch it." "'Did you not four to disobey your mother?" "Yes, ma; but 1 was ; going b> bring it to you, anil thought you would not bo angry with mo; but when " thai looked at ino, I did not dure touch ' ; it." My little children, always remember, | its little Anna did, that Hod in looking at j' you wherever you are. His eye is upon ! you, waking or sleeping. It is ever watching you. You cannot get away from it. j ) Your parents cannot always see you, Annas mother did not see her, but (lod did, ( though she was only four years old. Hhe I i had been taught to fear him, and thus was ' kept from disobedience.?[Child* t Poster. J 1 JC-tf If girls would have roses on their I eheoks, they must do as the roses do?go [ I to sleep with the lilies, and get up with | the morning' gtorfat. $un}iM| limiting. A Strange Thing, Even the wise virgins slumbered and slept. As sinners sleep in tlioir sins, sc Christians sometimes sleep over their duty This is a straugo thing. It is strange, if we consider what has been done for them. Cod has loved them with an everlasting love. For them th< Saviour has died. The Holy Ghost has been sent down from heaven to renew their hearts and lead them to Christ.? They have been made alive from the dead and been made not only children but heirs of God. And how can they sleep for whom so much has been done? It is strange, it' we consider their professions. They have subscribed with theii own hands unto the Ix>rd, acknowledged his right to them, vowed to be his. Who? convinced of their sins, and brought ti feel their need of Christ, they bowed tc his sceptre, and made a full surren der to hiin. They kept back nothing then; they made no reserve. And whei they stood up in the great congregation to profess their dedication to him whc bled for them. And often since they hav< repeated their vows, and said, We will serve the Lord. Vet, after all, they fal asleep, and this may well excite astonish inont. It is strange, if we consider their cir eumstances. They are engaged in ji wan-fare. "Hell and their sins resist theii course," and yet they sleep on the field o! battle; and when their leader cries, T< arms! they are surrounded with temptations; within them are the remnants ot corruption, without and around them, tin seductions and allurements ?.f the world: they ncet 1 to watch ami prav, and yet they sleep! They are the salt of the earth, the light of the world and stand in tin most solemn relations to the cause o| t.'hri-t and to perishing men; they arc nn del the strongest obligations to be evei vigilant ami active. On them is suspend oil, instrumcutnlly, the salvation of snub ami tlio conversion of the world! How then can they sleep? How strange that they can slumber with the weight of a world resting upon their shoulders, w ith the destiny of immortals suspended upon their zeal and watchfulness! Christian? asleep! It is a strange thing! Origin of Bible Societies. There is a beautiful providence seen in the orign of the Bible Societies. Within two-third* of a century, the Rev. Mr Charles, a Baptist minister in Wales preached as usual on the Sabbath. Early in the weeh, meeting a lovely little girl ol his parish, he asked her if she could tell him what text he preached from the 1m< Sabbath. She replied she could not, bul w as going soon to a neighbor's to borrow a l>il>le, that she might read and ronton: her it. ''What," said Mr. Charles, "have you no Bible?" "No, sir, they cost sc much that wo are not able to own one.' This good mail reflected upon this destitution and f- It that his own usefulness ami the happiness of the people must he greatly abridged by it. Soon lie went down to London, and met a number of benevo lent clergymen and other gentlemen, who were consulting measures to send the (lospel among the nations. II.- spoke ol the destitution of the Holy Scriptures in his parish, and other parts of Wales, and asked if he could not procuro means in that wealthy city, to buy a few copies al least, an<l take liome to his needy people Whereupon, the Rev. Joseph Hughes, also a Baptist, proposed that measures be taken to originate a society, whose sole object would be to print and circulate th? Holy Bible. This originated, the British and Foieign Bible Society, which is th? benevolent mother of all similar institutions in the world. The Model Minister. lie never exchanges. Is not particulai whether he occupies a four-story house 01 a ten-footer for a parsonage. Consider " donation parties" an invention of the adversary ; preaches round and round tin commandments iu such a circular way a> not to hit the pecuhar-istien of any of hit parishioners. Selects the hymn to suit tin singing choir instead of himself; nevet forgets, when excited in delwrtc, that pulp'u cushions are expensive article's. Visiti all his jm'oj>1? once h month, und receive their visits whenever they chose to infllcl 'em; brings forth things "new and old' every Sunday, more particularly new*? Knows hy intuition, at a funeral, the staU of mind of every distant relative of tlx deceased, and always hits the right nai on the head in his prayer. When h< baptizes a girl baby, never afflicts tht anxious mother by pronouncing Louisa Lnuuty! frowns upon all attempts to ge him a new cloak ; looks upon " btonchitii throat complaints," and 14journeys t< Europe," as modern humbugs; novel wears a letter coat than any of his parish loner*. Submit* hi* private per tonal ex petite* to a committer of the efreatctt dun dtrktatl* in hi* conpttpntion; liaa the olo qnencc of Paul?the wisdom of Solomor ?the flfttiendR of Jofv?the Meelfnww* o institution ot m> elephant? and ?-liven on tSOO a year. / Igrirultnrai. From lh$ Southern Cultivator. Work for the Month. ' The Plantation.?Complete yotn-pre. pariitious for picking, weighing, ginning, and packing Cotton. . Sow Turnip accxi, (the imported is best,) fioui the 1st to iho 25th insL The liuta 1 Hagi^ is ono of the most valuable root 5 crops that can be raised, and every planter i should have acres of it. Early this month r is the best time to sow, and if you wish to produce large turnips, the ground must be well manured in the drill. Get good, fresh ? seed?break up your ground deeply and t pulverize finely?sow in drills from two , to three feet apart, leaving a ridge be?HFOJn tlm .InIL ? J .1 _ vnwu vuc Mima iu uili'll >vHUTj JUKI tlllTl out the plants to the distance of twelve inches in the drill. Flow and hoe them r well afterwards, and you will bo well re1 paid for your labor. i Clover may be sown the latter part of , this mouth or early in September, in cool, rich situations, and do not forget to give it top-dressings of Gypsum or Plaster in ' the early winter. j Woodland Pastures should now be ! prepared. Choose a piece of level or moderately rolling land, not too dry; cut ' and grab out all timber not valuable for * lumber, rails, or shingles, leaving the tall 5 stately and spreading trees to shade the I ground; break up the ground well, with a | coulter or bull-tongue plow; harrow well, afterwards, sow plenty of seed, and drag in with a hush. For uplands, use a mixture of Blue Grass, Orchard Grass, and White and lied Clover. For lowlands,or i /><>(loins, use Herds Crass f"red top," of r New York,) with a little White Clover, P where the ground is not too wet. Tbe ground should bo cleared, grubbed and ' prepared now, and plowed and seeded late in the fall or early next spring. More on f this important subject hereafter. , Ditches and Drains should now be dug, and all rich moist lands reclaimed, and ' brought into cultivation. Stock of all kinds deserve especial care, , during this sultry month. They need the > shade of trees, plenty of green food, ami C an abundant supply of pure water. Tiik Gardes.?Mulching ami artificial watering are now very necessary and sensotiable operations, and should, by no means, be neglected. Set out all plants i of proper size, that you now have, for a t'lll nnil u'intAi* amn' ??wl If *!?? , | ..IMWI VM'|r, HUM II III*- WrilllltT is<lrv, try tlio plan recommended in our Juno number, page 188. > Sow Carrot*, Salsify, Beets, Parsnips, i ic. They should l?e protected from the i hot sun, by bushes stuck in at the south ^ side, with an inclination over the drills.? Continue to transplant Celery, as directed in our last number.^ Turnips of the different kinds may be sown for a fall crop. The best market varieties are the Karly I hitch, Early White Stone, and Early R<*d Toj?, (gonernllv used in soups,) ami the Norfolk, Ilanover or Tankard, Yellow Alierdeen and Ruta ltnga, for mashing and serving up with , melted butter, salt and pepper, or cuyr enne. f S}?naye tor the fall many now lie sown. I iAttuee may also lie sown; and short top and turnip Redishes every fortnight for>a regul ir supply. Onions may be sown the t latter part of this month, in drills about r one foot anait, to be transplanted in Oc. toiler and Novemlier Snap Beans may , still bo planted?they will come in at a good time to pickle. > I , In the Orchard, this month, the horti- J culturist will gather the golden and lus' ciou* fruits of his labor, in all thoir pcrI fection an richness. Those of peculiar . excellence and adaptation to this climate, should lie jimpagatod extensively, and all I inferior kinds discarded. Select buds | from the most vigorous trees of the finest \ 1 J varieties, and insert in healthv. free irrow- ! ing stocks. Try tho wild native Chick*-j hhw Plum as a stock for tho Apricot, tho . Peach, tho Nectarine, And especially the finer varieties of tho Plum. Cut down 1 all suclccre?destroy all caterpillars or | 1 other injurious insects?loosen the earth , around your trees, and give them a thorough top-dressing and mulching, if! yon have not already done so. Special manure fortlie different vaiieties of fruit trees, -n our next. i > , Photect your FRdT Trkrr from Tw, sects.?Mix powdered Btilphur and cop, peras in equal quantities, and apply it to the roots of apples, pears, poaches, plums,, or any other kind of trees. First dig away the earth and sprinkle in from fonr to six-1 teen ounces, and replace the dirt. 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