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samnll'v^melt6n, [ pr?prietors' An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political Social, Agriciitural and Commercial Interests of the South. |iewis m. gbist, publisher. VOL. 1. YORKVILLK, S. C? TPT.Lr.RSJ>A Y, MAY 10, 1855. JSTO. 18. (Choice Jjocfrg. THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. Hr. "William J. Wetinorc, of New York, ha communicated to the Home .Journal the fol lowing original anecdotes: ''Samuel Wood Worth was, as everybody knows, a poet of n< ordinary merit. His -Old Oaken Bucket' is: gem of the fii t water; and no American eai lV:nl .] iii-.il* if >il5i?r without beillir ViVolld <1 liis countryman?the modest, amiable am in?.st Worthy author. The occasion that call cd it forth is, of course, one of interest? Woodworth. ('who wa? a printer, employ-. <1 ii an office at the corner of t'hainhers ami ( hat ham street- } ami >ev>-ral brother typos, >t? j pod at the -tavern'?there were n hotels i those day-v?kept by om- Mallory, in 1 niton street, near where the Hcr.ihl cstablishmoii now stands to refresh themseivc-?a commo' practice at that period, even with those often, pent to habits, which Mr. Woadvorth possescd in a pre-eminent decree. Maliorv's >m. Jr-rh beimr of the first Miajity, "Woiidwort . who, hy-tho-hy, was no judye of t!;e matter pronounced it the 'best li?jiu?r he had ever t..te 1." No .-aid Mallory, -you are mistaken there is one thine. which in the estimation . both of u-. far -urpas-rs tlii.- a.- a bovcraec.? '"What is that V asked the poet. 'The pur fresh spring water, that we used to drink froi the old oaken bucket which Wa- .-uspended i the well at home, after our return from the hi b>it's of the field, on a hot sultrv dav in sum hut. Triu*. true,' rejilie?l Wooi.1 worth, wli >"??n after K ft tlie place. He returned t<? th printiiiiMiiiice. t????k his pen, ami lu a t< > hours -The < >1?1 Oaken 1 Jacket' was' in t\j.c This sweet balhul immediately ro.* into th universal popularity which it will plway> ro tain. Here it is. How .leartor.iv heart arc the scenes ?.f toy ehi!uho.u<l U hen fold recollect!'.n j resents to view ! Theorchaid. tlie meadow. tlu-deep-tangled wild-w >o<] Ami every loved .-pot which my infancy know: The wido--preadiiu: pond. ami the mill that stood hy it The hri'i.'o. aid the r- . k where the cataract fell. The c t of j,iv father, the <lairv house nijrh it. An 1 e'en tlie rude Tucket which hunj in fi:e well T!" old < aken Tucket?the iron-? uml Tucket. The in -- cvVeri <1 Tucket which hum.' iti the well That ni'-s-ci.xcrc'l ve--el 1 hail as a trvasim ? For often, at n? when returned from the rid i. I foitti'l it tiic source ?f an "x^nisitc pleasure. The nim-r aid -woote-t that nature can yi-M. II. w ardent 1 -ci/ ! if with 1. lids that were d- wir.^r, Ami 'jnick * the wliitc j.el.l.lc 1 lv tt.-m it fci!: Then will tiic emMom . f truth ov* i tl..w;j.j. Aid dri) pin." with c-'olncss. it r-? iVota ti:e well. The < Id oaken httcket?the iron-! I ! ncket. The m c vore-1 Tacket ar- -e f: :v; ti e we!!. If. w -weet fr-m the croon tn.--y Trim r-receive it. When, poised on the cur?>. it inclined to Tuylip- ! N". I a full. Mushiiijr let coithl tempt tr.e to leave it. Ti.. ii.-I. Si'...I -i. . .. v.r,... T... An.) ?) \v. f ir r? tn<->v>.l rii.in t ,-t: ? v, ; The tear < t' r> .rot will iutiu.*;vo!y >wc'.!, A- fancy revet :* r my father's |>1 -n. And ft.r t'..c- kurkci which h?i j* in the well. The "iikrii bucket?the ir n-l??un i huckrt. Tii" ia..*< o -vereil bucket which banc- in the well. tor tbc ?aVirs. CARRIE LEE'S TALISMAN. BV N. C. ihvtty t'nrrie Leo! <lio had Ik-cji three year: an orj'han. a:ul ilurinir that time, hy ln*r vwi exertion*. hail *unp Tied her ktt'o Ir theram -i^tor: and. although she lv:>:c 1 ;:o hL-he birthplace than one of the eo:t..-o Ii.muo" o America, tar would it hav* l-eeii from thniee-t ex.jiiisite to couple with her the awk ward manner* and rustic complexion of tin c??U!Jtrv la**. X. v did the graces of her per -on cXv-el th. ^ of h.or mind. tor * > th.e fact willed ir. that an uncle h.or motho. r. wealthy a'i 1 a baeholor. wa.n.riue: sadly * :nc:i.in^ tlev.' an.il < ln ri*ii. had re* 'l\\d to make herh.: p r. an I in*iste I on plaoiui: hor at one :h.< 1 *: cdinatiena! in*:ituti m* in the;u?d. lion *he pa**od the brLhto*r day* of lu-r life im proving her advantages to the tall, until he sev. r omh birthday pa-sod : then *ho :ir*r re alio..'! that her rati' ts* of S'Vt\\v* had hereto f ro. heon withheld, fr.un her. Tr.o>::lho rh of hor mother. follow*. I ;.h > .: immediately hy th.at of hor father, n cat led In rfvon a life of plea* v. re * one of exert: u. It vra*; sad blow t' r v? r th.rrio, our *l.r l\amo a wv ! an umlor it. ami aoteil so h roicallv a* tJ v.in p'hlen o; anion* from Inch' .iaeo*. an j iow-1 to him th.at he ha 1 v..a chosen hi* fa V -rite UIIVIV ;v. i uu >ne u; i t; i i;*.v.ui oa the settlement of her father's affairs. sin ! 'iintl herself aluu-r penniless: enlv one thin, r mained to her. and her In art elans: to thi t'.-r the sake of its former: it was a r-ieee o _ urnl. the prettier >ite i". the village, am ha I heeu her mother's, and wah-h wa# knowi h\ the name of Wild Cherry Place : what ha< l'viu it it- name, no cue eou'a tell : eertainl; it was tt.-t the old chmi-ttvos that were seatter ed '< unspuriuyly over it. A< Carrie g!uuce< over the heamiful pie.ee. and felt that ever; tree, and n.<ok. and roek. was linked witl m.-morus of the dead. >he resolved that nothiin hut the yreau-t necessity shouhl tempt her t n !iti?|ui>h it. and. at the <anto time, she like wise determined to refuse those kind offers e aunts and titieles. to takoeharyo of the vomit: er children, and nobly to depend on her ow evevtiotis. t'arrie had a seeret talisman :ha -he u.is thinking of all this while, and relxin upon its aid to carry out her determination What w:ls it fair reader'! Vott shall see. lutt to relate things as they happened, y l. n k to a pleasant afternoon in Carrie's plea I , ant parlor. It was cirele afternoon,*' an t'arrie was always sure of a lar^o number; tV she was the fo>ter child ot' the villairo: an there was not a trood huh there who did in secretlv tliiuk that all her ^t'artie's^ sueee? was owinc to Iter private counsel and aid.? Whv. hadn't Mrs. Sea-.er shown her ow favorite way ot' darning, and Mrs. Tuft itive her herbs front her own ehoiee eolleetiou !Hadn't Mrs. Skiniptoti advised the arrant nient of the kitchen, and Mrs. \V bitten that v her parlor' while Tracy had daily advei tised to her all the liossipitt^ afloat '! An t'arrie. dear creature, with that admirable tr.u that belongs only to woman, had managed t obey iu ever) thin^ and iu notLiuer, to iui everybody anil please herself. Hut we are wandering. A goodly number had assembled t at the sewing circle, and after the confusion j ] : of finding and fitting work, sorting thread, and ] 1 selecting needles, the conversation flowed in ! ? s usual current; that is, those present talking . of those who are not. At length, in a pause . favorable to her purpose, Katy Remington, : j r, wh" never went tu circle except when it met : at Carrie's springing up ami gainingpossessi.in '' , of a vacant seat near Carrie, exclaimed? f "N'iav, Carrie, ihar if yell have a single '* \ spark of mercy in yuur nature, I beg ymi t?> _ give me your scen t; do tell me in what way 1 _ . you have contrived tu become such a perfect t i, \ attern to :ill yuunu" people, who have the mis- v . fortune to hel.tiiy to the -anm novation?? ' 1 u'.i.e .< 11 liii'. > i*i oe I <;:e ol envy. ' I ls Carrie Iau<rhe<l la-anily. although Kat?1 !_ vattlehraiiie.l entre.ties were not new to her. ' j ail-l (h eiatV?l tiu'Veyvas neither ;.liV -eei\ t nor I ,, anything wo nle ;V.l about ir. 1 " Mint I e've up r" Snhl K te. it. a of * luoek tie-pair. '-Why. 1 n u.-t t< 11 \ou." -he .. ;oMe?l. ;i?1 11*- -i:??_i" her v. .una- c< nipnUe-ns.' I 1 p thouylit 1 w uhl just ! .r :,i sniml the mi:: - her of times in a we-k r 1t Carrie !.? \va?-e: i .. forth to i as a a: ! !. ;.o 1 what'h. v..u ;! ink 1 . why. only on tie: ?h'.? ! lay. n:y ] r hrain _ * r Y so hc.vi! hreil with their multiplicity. thai I,wa f ree?l to yive ir r.p t nv i ! monomania * or miuh' other ?lrea?ii..l thivu*- .\n>l now I ' C h ive heeii listening t' simh an enmneration ?. ' ?. ;i . virtue-, every w..n! <'t'\vhieh. although it only a counts one when n?Me?l Carrie's praises. !? - 1 tracts tenth hi from our-. ami 1 appeal to \ou 1 () all. i< it fair that -lie shouhl keep this wonder- a tul witehery all to herself?" ^ v Hereupon Carrie was as.-aileil by nunur. u- ' voices, all clamor, us for her see ret. until .-ml- 1 e donly iino exciain.c1 to I'nelo Jacob. who was oil a vi-ir from the city: Oh. Mr. ll.mi-. d- 1 you just tell is lmw Carrie mar.aue- >?'? nicely : r indeed. I think it i< her duty to let at le;.-t v ' , Fanny into the secret." -ho added, ylauciny r I archly at a friend near, a bride ??f two w-oh.-. t Well. really." said old 1 *ncle Jacob lauMi- h in jr. "it's ju?t what I've been often puzzled ?'* i about myself. Carrie tell- me -he has a p-ov. n . erful talisman that aids her. but what that n i.- more than I can hndout." 1 -A talisman, a talisman." echoed several r< voices, (' .me. come. Carrie, if you have .'ot t' any K.'C-ria.- hid down in that delightful Wild Cherry l'iace. let us all have the b.-n- rir f it." J; -Oh. I'nelo Jacob!"'' b'L'an Carrie, n-r knowing what to .-ay. b Hut she was relieve 1 fr-m her embarrassment by the sudden an I tlurried cntran f . ' Mi.-- Tracy. 11 very one knew when -h-- arrived they miprht expect to hear the latest bit .. of news out but t-- the nuniviou-i:.quiri<- why she was -o late, -he maintained -tc.niy i\-erv. umi! <Kvc-tof of" her numci n- wrn; i"T* itvl over-hves: th.-n -ca:in_' lur-.lf in a verve u- ^ sequential wav. -he bejau : -Well, where do you think I've boon " And. bein ' M'swrr, 1 . 'v bv -i t *' rr.d - - .i ' enco. she continued: 4 Well, vou've all heard . what s Weu .-aid ab-ut the i huivh-Liil-. the'... fblks that's just nwvd t'r.>ni the city tiu- .v h? u-e acr< -? the r?.-ad tr-m ur.-: thvy sty [ w . was on account of hi- wit'e'- health, but dear- i a-iue. if she thinks she's guin't-^ g< t sir eg doin* as she's doiu'. .-lie's mi-taken, th..:'- ah r I've a"t to -av. Why. yesterday. Jaiv : - tvld me. she believed Mrs. Churehhill didn't 1 go into the kitchen from me week to another: I and the waste there !" Miss Tracy was nearly r ovcr-eome. f -Have yxi been in 1;" inquired several * ( e ees. , -Wei:." said Mis, Trey. rev:-.-I've .. : seen their hir- I mar. :ro the \-si- th:e al r most every Jar. and fetch ha.k lots of Ivtter* ? ati-I payer, and what I oko 1 mo like tua.a- . . sines; so to-day. wh? n I -aw him 1 ring h< me ., > a 1 h _ r bun lie than usual. I th.ugh: T -: , - run hi au* -ati.-fy myself once f r all: -o I w. > p< ; _: jma*.: a* the door to- k me v_h.t tut . tho room wl.ere :l:ov were -e:*i::_. and what . - d y. u think I - v / Why all three vf th, in.' T r in thersnd.K*. were roa the::'- tine-. - and rnorc'n a!!, they didn't seem ?*ne mite . .1 *') * ? v.Mtu11T * % ii* 11 l.4- ** cilhlll T ]. i w*?i i: v u wii tMi iT i" \*. 1 iv"*. ttriii.i.c * t eye caught the name of no ot" them, at 1 that ? i was OR' v._h for mo. I c.tco awav." What was i:::: .uivod scv;.r;:!. in breath- . ! -What i;-> von think! ?.V-?ev'< Lv.lv's u - l-o k !" Ar 1 Ml- Tra y ha!'.: :1ns ;r:u:n- ri : \ ivnt'y do'ivetv 1 h. -.rtlc.1 down hi her t: : chair. a;:,: sc.tued U-.h relieved. j '.lodoy'< Ludey's l>:ok !" The very best ! - part of the day >p*.nt re . Iin _ I" AndsUch t' ivad!no ! were exckimatior< heard on all sides 1 troin the good daiuos. and whieh were follow- ! i ed by a general donuneiath n of all magazine . 1 publican-. i>. in whieh the Book." having the ^ r lamest circulation. came in for the larger share. Then eatne a long list of accidents and 1 disasters occasioned by their reading, and a v crave homily on the corruption of the present a ace. which would support such concerns. No j * Uouot ail I ills was iui.eue.eu luuuwu*. 10 m- ^ o spire all the young*people with gratitude. that , - they were under a supervision wise enough to >t protect them from sitoh calamities. Suddenly, I'nele Jacob exclaimed : "By n the wat, Carrie, what did you want of Co ley's t Lady's Book, which you told me you would ? g ratlu r I would give you than anything else ' " * Now. you must know that during all this discussion Carrie had not said a word, but had o sat quite still: ouly now and then a quiet eun? uiug siuile playing rouud the corner* of her ' d mouth. Thus appealed to, she started and r looked confused. t d What a stir among the good people! Carrie t >t I.ee have Codey's Lady's lLok. Impossible 1 .s thev had not heard aright "Was it Codev's e - Lady's BookI uele Jacob :" v u "\ es: Codey s Lady s B>.-. k. s u Could it bo? Had the pet of the whole ' 1 - villa ire worn a mask all this while w'nich was v now so unwittingly torn aside. There were t >f looks of consternation an.1 alarm, sly glances : r- and winkiugs from those who were jeai.us of 1 d Carrie's favor, while the faces of the younger , t portion looked, as plain as words could say it. o "What harm is don*.! we would read it our- ( x | selves if we could.1' 1 Carrie Mushed ' what wonder; although. ) confess llie truth, she could have laughed leartily to see the doleful faces round her.? j IJut I nele Jacob s tjucstion must be ausweivd: > o she bepran :? i i ; ' Well, uncle, T will tell you what 1 wanted j villi it, and perhaps my answer may also set j Kate at rest. (/'/</. y /.? i.t</ which : fou have been so naughty as t?-ll of." Nothimr but intent looks of expectation ; so ; , 1 i 'lie wont on :? When 1 was at hoarding school. 1 learned j he value of the Lady's l?ook. There it wa- | he only source that never failed, hid we ; vaiit something perfectly unique and beautiful ! ?.r the iinnitr souson ' (ifaioys Fashion ( s. an- e'u-iratit and rcdinlde. I'id wo war.r | .. yet up a little tableau n a holiday '! < i 1- | y's MJtint and Line Kt:gravis;-. t'ursii>t: i leautiiul _-r?j.> hid we want : -. t ay a it tie fa I ley Lai tidey'* e"<tUi.e. WW i trai.i:;wav :ij-]? iiK't! t>?: or did w- Waiit ' 11 ' t;ie little liieKliaeit* t tl.'i-t !.ia? piVs tit?' ti.nL v"* Work T.tl.'- ih;t: *:? ! *. ; \u will tt->t w. :.d-r. tl .ee-. ti.at 1 l.o -?k w!e. ti ! :< 11 n ;V< at tii.it i tir-t _ 1*1 , * .a- t-?ia ?it leain : w>. lay* ati't i-y hat aid a! 1 haw been aidet ti.nv it "ttt. , \it W'tinh-r vt -i an- ?ti:,j.ri.-*e?l.ute-le. for 1 danay v..u never It ?ko?l i ;T<> a tr.iu.her in y ?;r j vh -lo life, and theiv '< *tirh a -pirit oi ? !iI'-'.nnaiii^i aim !._ e> itaiti <!.t-~ - wit!: n-.n' i ; il >ueh publication.-. S.m.body. in ti.-.- tir-t laee, e.aid' inns a lr.aea/.ino. .-rh r.- catch the tilei.ti"!!. until tin- win 1.- -Y-t?tn isdenounced, r.d nuistly by th? who. instead ?'. i.-ive mily /. ir /. Mar t" r il y-'U what i* i.aIniie l'.-r me. When T w.;.? iv-1".itiu in no. niiid h<?w T -hould II*. . il-dey'- W...-k-Tabbuddetily e.-unv-l te me. -i nnittin-jr. cn-tle in-'. \e.. tilled u y le-a ! and tittle f.rthe t:e\* hreo in.-nth*. My arti. it- s. !.I tva lily and fell, f -r ir wa- ethin--.iU-te n< w here, a::.; Iiis etu-'-ur 1 uie :. ? -u a little 1 1 r i-;u-h:n_' tia* ?:ii :< rh;,_ : \ -u all I- u* Well 1 ?u.-. .-C'K '1 ill rli:ir. t'.r I <il 1 ntiink* iiiy ??\vn w.-rk <!uriir.r :i. i rval* when the market !.< : . tailed a i 11 the city "illrri 'I r.. .!>] >. , mv ur:i* here. That h.-auriml >..ta:l;!. -v. Mr.. Whi*n. whi h y-'-u :n:niirc-il on? u.h ; ? bu\\ I _ t f' !:! the September litJ'.iJ-i-l' - t < 'i V. M ttn- ' '"itji r* r *?v.?r**eii li* w.-r<, wl... it ;any .-t'y n* die!*. earn.- a'.... f.-.ti: -a:.: > ;r atlt.e1 la* ail' 1. Aii. a.! tr (i ! '.*, .;t;! I'arrv v. * * i: le ?.uile iiuaeitiiiM.-. Krorv n'lin r " t.41 . I a:.. - 'tally * . ~-r -.jm-rhln.' '.v i:.y t \\vrh... .-m n M V i:: ha.. ! I...' ' V tan I .iar '1 h r-\ Ami n- '.v e.,mv> thMAvnl::. r< T mv V u all rWniilul Wi! I ? .. rry Place. liLii vr,. :i. -r*. a:. 1 where lather ulwavtr.-e >', ?. l?.:weeu (*h -e two larz> >t liu-trve.-: Well. I determined ! n_- a-_">. i:"?-v-*r had :r..u.h : carry it?j i n., a:, 1 h .r.t a l.. !.*]. a. . I tbund i had lm. l.- y n >ujli ] " v 1 i uli hi.-y-- -e wi*h ^possible. fcu: here, a* in everything else, ly talisman J: i r.:-t r'aii me: G-cdey's Ai;<iol . were ins? what I wanted: ad 1?1 'arrlv. talc:::j a be.tutirul little p ./.table d-?k rom the table. and ?howii:_; v.-".-ral pa;. >. ob. trhieh I ki w I e t depend ur- n. ' re inane v. are . u./l A: . , f iv.rr-i .ci V-:-/. i" :-. ried at once. i Whereupon Carrie produced the July auiaier which wa- taken i y her cvmpani: us with a ;iud of awe. bo in,' the tirs: number of the Lllld HtcV haU eVc:" seeU. Oh. what beautiful picture!" cried one. And Fashion Plates!" said another. Here is one of the eettaues !" cried a third.' Oh ! here is music 1" exclaimed an.ther. Oh. yes." said Carrie. - I had ibrcvttea : .< eil you that: here is where I net all my new tiusic that you have wondered so much about." But now supper was announced, and the ouversation was suspended until after that ras over. Then Uncle Jacob, whv ha 1 L.t pokeu since Carrie be can. but had been .1iue l several times to wipe away the tears that could come remarked that he would just walk o the pc-st-office or so tar a little exercise. \\ hat cOe'i-be". X do you Use*. an te saiei drs. Skimptor. Carrie's hand was laid en her untaiiiim. lodey. lVn't you think." she said. smiling, it's well worth the subscription?" -Wei!, I declare said old Mrs. Wil^n. i I . I between luii'^liiiiir andcrynir. while she \vij??vl i I her spectacles "1 novel*! ' < I5y this time the men liml come. who were 1 each, in turn, obliged to Ibim to :i reenpitula- \ linn ol" Currie s wonderful ?'nrv, ami n?>thin?_r ? won hi suilieo hut ('arrie nr. st finish the even- \ itvjr hy reading soim-thine" IV " > the hook, ami :i letting each see tor himself. ' irrie produce! t the nutnher. ami row led them for the rest of r the eveninjr with some of the richest things a i ? . 1 ? i rni. 1 ? mtura/.ine ever ottereu to tiic puuiic. 1 ne en- i cle was lieKl to a late hour. and all departed s resolved t<> suhsovihe. and on.y reurettiny fl??*y t had not done so years atro. < M'arrie," said I'nide .far h. when all had a -j. .no. "did you ever hear your mother speak of* t Mi>- Xilphia Harris, a v relative of ] hers ?" t Carrie thoiv.-ht she had. ' Well." < oiitinued I ncle.-T nave ju-t r<:- ' ivi'! a !. ;ter statiny that d.: has died, leav- ' :a-' to v. nr mother the fi.rtu:.,: whie'i due has ' :?-ed : this, of eonrse. hn- mes v nrs." Vfhat lnoiv eould t'arrie tes:.v? Her in oi:ie. rlii.ii'.di not very laiM *. was >ntlh ieiit 1 to -ttr.jM.rt Iter i:i ease and e tathrt The r..t- 1 wis hiiilt. ain! UeViU" d<>. * *ii<' ritvle meet 1 :t Carrie's without eallimj tre tiiat i-v-t me- I njovdde afternoon when -lie T'-t -li>ej..-ed ln-r 1 Talisman. CARE OF INFANTS. I I 1 . 1 .1 1 . ii i* iy isi.u in.u. - .liit'Tinii'j, . ' ii: Mii.'h, tli" matter wi:h *!ie pr-senr pre- j v K.iii^ treatment .ii' infam-v ..fl ? , t in.* l.'itrth ..t' 11;.- raee ?li?* !n :he :Ir-t war. t ui'i ..in'li;i!t' l.-l !' live year--. this he . :.? iv- ' Tii?' .arm r .n.t '.in* iinii^ . i' lil- .-:i 1.- It- r f :_- in ,u.y < iiT-; inline ; r-.-H. ?!. \Y hat I- til.* matter' . K> .* til.* ! '\V;;;_r lUV'.'ll-'i.s ail- at.?? t Th.-;. -ffiu t ii- eminently tlmu-h :i littie < xtreni". perhaps, in-- i::? ::irtlcu!ar.?. W -Ii'.'iM I..?\v- t" til. .. t*-vt ait a r'f.v titles. that ti." ?-:!*..i.l.'.r as.-.-r- , taiiif'l : j 1'ri. r : i th.- x* .*.vh :in- 1 i-.u- ?< *i.i -1 : that ?ii!v wlii.-h nature ha-: r - ; vi i 1. Let this rt:!e i.e -1 as the S.v- . ' th Me I - I'c-r-iar.s. Milk >h..ui'i 1." ' The Mrs: r-.-eth wa. * > -.-ptl t: 1 rii |.r - '! > :ir-t [' -"til ti.-- n. i , i .1: ii a:*-- i.n" . "in* -1 i * -L:! 1 :.f .V .... . : i .* b.'- a-i. A ::.-r r- yi:;e: !i:. -i. Ir - :'t?* rviia* *}; JV - I;. V ;;.-- : u.ii's I: |_ ? .. x.-i r.:: . Let ti..- KK.ilit alt t th -'h ha"": nr ti:..?-> i ? tw- i.tv :'ow' h'mr.-. Am-I y y. -v : \Z . . a,l pr" :l.l- %nile." Fwl the ehiM t u t:: r-u.t-i-'.v... - -u.ir --l;r Irrh. La:::.- in tr-ir-r. * i-v ir. :VI :l ... L< : :h ! t:s!;!_ le tu:' ?I vI -I :: TI:._- K -. -nl.'-. ' .v iiTtiti:..: 1--a:i-I-laii.- r'.-u- t-. Ii:'-.-. Lim-u. a -v:.. Lmt:-. -r a l.n..{ !. a" l ill tb.it :h-.- I.kIiik -I.--ii?i 'v--ar A* tit.- t-.-r: I f II:'- 1- .t *:uiv tii-: rir>i- . eal C'juir.jrt I tite :e.i,iusuQOia vu..i,:i tn?r s but th-r . a a *> : *. <* in: rail-, y--: ecmparatirelr ce?i. : this v.,. ;a :i I*. X-v-r ::: / 1: : v As arms. X: I*-lis. .ie.. it must he r-i.. trim A 'iaoO." eve they Tw-r.- r. T:y uwako : oth.rs th'.<u_.c I OXCvc.l .'.l a.. V10 st.i'l." illvV i" ]' . . .1 wvre t..- ?ub *cnle. I anted 10 write that wrv . ftcm- u. ' u* 1 it- read t.. th ui tli'.* liber:.! i'.-rms which <. .y to clubs. This they determined w^s iio best way t.> Jo the thi;i*_r. and the extra oj i-.s .should be given, cue to the minister's rite and the re?: to those who could not at;rd to join. But Carrie's story was not over. Do teli me," said Kate, who was in the aidst of a knot of young people, '-do tell us! bout this pretty desk of ycurs! At a di?auee we th<'light it the Japanese work, but <.u ebser inspection, we tiud it is not."' This." said Carrie, sniilliac. --was an oil i ine thini. and Godcy'- .rood bin: on An_*i.apaneso wor^ cntue j:i.?t in time to save it rem the lire." "What \va> it ! Let see it !" rhev ail hose of superior talents they are not uni're- ?. jiieutly known to jrive a decree of entertain- a went, greater than, on slight consideration. > ve miiilit have expected. The matter, how- 1 ver. may be easily explained. Some women. 1 vho are endowed with stroinr mental powers, ire little inclined to the trouble of exertimr ?' hem. They love to indtilire a supine vanity e >f thought ; listen to nonsense without dissat- ?' sl'aclioii. becattse to listen to it requires no ef- 'I brt; neither search. nor prompt others to b t'areii, deeper than the surface of the passim: opie of discourse ; and were it not for an oe- r asional remark that indicates discernment, or > i look of intelliirenec which jrleams through ti he listlessness-nf sloth, would scarcely be sum- 1; jeetod of judgment and penetration. While u hese persons rarely seem, in the cnnunun in- c i* i:e . i. i . . . .1 Trinii ?iJ "I MIC, i'> ill I i x i nun <1111111 it-" in un: |r iilv:uii:iLri! either <>f themselves j.r ??t' tln-ir [ i Viemls: mhoi*. -Jfteil with talent*. ay <' I'liijiti-ii r i ini-:ij.]>iy then 1?v tin; i*ij h it' pn-.*o.**im.r them. \ :iin ??t*th??ir powr-o and it'th<*ir 'ii-.'Cti-fit v in tin- u*e oft hum. tin1 y can- i lot ro.-i-t ;!:> ijiir?ulwhich they tool to lead i i pert and coxcombical youii'_r 111:111. whenever j'' 10 !;i 1!- i:i their way. to expose himself. Tin; i irau'e \v!?i?. !i tin-v !? >]?ithey ein-ouraiio : " c:i,i- !; nmu*es them by renderim.' tin; *pea;< r ri<lio'ilou>. They lead liim on. uiisuspi i.-u of their 'lr-ijti. and secretly plmniim iiin*e!f n his happy talent.* in rendering liiiu- , elf agreeable. .11).1 delighted tin: nin.*t when | n: i- iiin>t tin* object of leii-iuii?from ..in; 1 t"p of folly t . .-mother. l>y dotrrecs they eon- ( raot :iii habit md relish for the stylo ofconver- j iti.'ii wliii-h enables thoiu it once to ili.-play i.rir wn wit. an.I to -ratify their pas.*ion lor ; nirth. i...; t'i.rir ta>tr f.-r tin In.1:..Toils. Tln-v j oi.ii,? inwardly iaij.ati'*nt when it fhms. ami n.-r - impatient wln n ii moots with iuterrup- ' i"ii. Ami if.i man of ..wave aspect ami more i v;.?i fill r- tlootioii. procaines to step within the ir -lo. they a.?.?ail the unwrlootiio intruder with , i v 111 - v of hrillhuir raillery ami -parklintr iv- J arteo. with li hoar.* iown knowledge aiidlcarn!.< ami eoiivu!.?e tin: delighted audi- i r- w: 'i .1*hiuuhter. whilo ho labor* in , in avv aeeoiitroiiioii:-. after hi* liviht-artued i ll.M. .li.'l III . I\ UU.'l U " I i / I .... i ;!: : .\v?. wiiii.-ii h>- van lu-iiii'T parry m.r _ i LEARN TO COOK WELL. U* .._.;i:i 1 ,V T;;> j.ivice t" tli?'<1* <j\\T .... ! aia.c frt.-mi.- we.j may vnanei: t < n-ni; \.i- ' u.-nai. Tin-i*.: :<j b>- im ~<ri. t.?u u.w t.a.t tim aim is i."t -urii: :iTi. Ju_!i i r a m.,r-/U- aipl 'tiitivaleii 1 I' i\"li *V!i..Ve 1* .T befml;' J ' * 1" it an an umoitioii .suifineutiy !< : .?t i r n._m-t iji>l mn.-t niltvl spirit. ; ' riii* ' iiru ?>t lltu t.uuiiy will U'- a.. (J|' tli?. . ' - . . i.' . .. .*?. x.t. 'i f.. .. ^ 1 : !i. : .i aii-i tamny eare- w:ii til- * V:r. '.V. imi'lc lit/ i IcUiJ;.-. -111:111 la ' i.'-ii.-'i i.> tru-*. but .11 rim- a-urf-uafe. ami r > "i.' :r i.tn-cfi' n-. 1 -1.v imp. .runt. \V? l til<*!l. 1? :i I'll t 1 i.*'h>? V -i!. I n>- iitei.rh 't* rfamily <i>.peu?L upon it. ' >\ : xm >v tij. ! ar?'ti:? ? \v!i-. as-eiuate luxury. 1 : >m.nuati'i i'.i i. i>..-ii?Ianr ill.-, with every ' !.it t i' *!. iiill'l i' Rut We 'hi j' ;> r ; ' ii.-v tiiat health i.? promoted by eating 11 .T.'arr r !- unhy iir.-ti-i? rtliar r-? secure P 11 it . m :iiM-f?-;iry - rum i-mnibal.? ^ r We:\- lii-rll 1'ila i' ' - _:'a.'.c lik-j 01" -rat T; V _ ; t] N r > it nece-ia/y. :a order to shun the or- f r- which to speak. to rush into the oppc-, tJ o.ttror.io. Gtod cmkerv does not consist n a r? tho hi4!.e-t sc-asmd dishes, nor j i :n* rb: i app-tito. bur in prepa- 0 i.._ ii. ii T;:i. i.'/.V;-:imr/I'j >r 'mm- P ; '* *>;*:v ' -1 I":.i; -. r tiimi'ies ".vti.'t n-rV'-r *' _ i i \ ..i im c';arury to another. lU'ihure n-? i I*-:t r" what ir i:-i-r- X r am i-ut- : :v be':, r within "heir ni\*ein'-r=. Tin ' . -i::ivau'l heai'hy li.-aeiv-'. T!ii?:li r; . ! h i: . -ver hu- u*- intuitively h?.T " i*i; . :ir nov. r - .-n hero: even a <li.-h ,J r 'a* - ." an t .of rhe'n-eir'-- Tell be-iled. t; V m- :./ -r ttio family mixiit a.s t -1! fail ... !; : Ifatt oi* as far a.s any proper :l! ;*n*fir.-_r i.s f-iieorae'l. These thinor-i ouo'ht : t r :.;. n< r there any nod of their exis- n .ue". if the Ttfe has any just notions of her ; j; ; ~ i, > .-,1* .1, ..i ... v _ I L J.i' us i; ii':i mose uijoiu uer. ! " The science of bread mu!;:n_r. meat boilinir. : Gi f referable ci'-'kliis. a:i?i f preparing muiti- , 'i itrious small dishes of all sorts, which cro to l' :iak-: pleasant the table and all about it, arc j '* tor*?hers, to understand and practice. ,:j Pf'ric 1,1 A TALL NURSE. Miss Si'va Hardy. the Maine triantcsa and tl iurse. seven feet and a half nii'h in her shoes. ' ii ias been c-ntra^ed at Barnum's Museum, and \ f( rill make her first appearance there on Monday i tl iexr. It is said that the crreat Yankee saow- , e< nan wiil retain her as nurse to the baby show, | 01 rhich is to take place in June next. The j ft Eastern , Portland i Arcrus savs of this vouncr c< roman : ! p The Maine giantess. .Silva Hardy, is a na- j f: ivo of Wilton, in Franklin county, Maine?is ! even feet six inches in height?is rather lean j it "nan fleshy, yet weighs three hundred and thir-; d v pounds?is nearly thirty years of a^e, and | ? still crowing. She has heretofore maintain- } <r d herself chiefly by service in the capacity of j ai iurse. having the reputation of being a most ei xcellent one; hut for a few months past her tr leukh has not been good enough for her to s< practice this vocation. e: Her mother is said to have been below me- if liim size, and her father not above it. .She ' y< ra.- a twin, and at birth weighed but three ! ai nd a half pounds. Her mate did not live, j ft :ae has always been an unusually small eater, i b. nd accustomed to labor. j w Her figure is not erect. Like too many , x all pec-pie. she so-em.i to strive to appear shor- j ti er by assuming -something more than the -Ore- ; It hia stoop.' which has the u.-ual offset of ma-! 01 :inz Q'.r look taller than -he is. Her com- tl d-.-xiou L- *air. her eyes blue, and the very a, nodost anumihi expression or bur countenance b s -aid to be a true index to her character. L V\"e are assured that she never, as nurse, akci an infant in nerarm=, but always holds it a her hand. Placing the head upon the end tc A * <.?n ian r-o^ an-! rm. they : :'i r. A r iji r safe y.jd should be v:t apart for their particular u-o. Sl-.-p -1: ; ?:!: r^cmlaM-i with the n:'st -.-S- ? act ord-.r. Regularity in this will save im- r. monse annoyance. rain and 3ervu.snv.ss. h Tis runic us t-> childhood to eat at the tables ofa-Iults. So loaded an.- they with all kinds of drink and edible*, that if they eat at them, theyf -nu a taste for all. and soon eat some of all, which are to their tender stomachs most 11 mischievous. Children nhrtrifrjji i~~ simples? h bread and milk should be their food.?Prairie v Fi.rm?.r. r T j ? u?i< :i CONVERSATION. * Anions a large proportion of young women. 1 and especially anions those vho are not remur- v kable for the strength ofthsir understandings, and who have not been accustomed to estimate ; the worth of . ejects according to the standard s of reason and religion, conversation loaded with t flatteries, as silly as tiiev a* irross. too often t *- - - ? I-".., t, -.? ... 1_T .. 1 _ ?. ? l-I "-i "3 ?Ctl."VUlV Il'.-atTX*. n HI-';. vis confined. in circles of his description, t" e scenes. topics, and meiderfcs which embrace a little more than the amusements of the prec-e- e dinj or ensuing afternoon: the looks and the b dress of the present cociptDv, or of their ae- i quaintauce : petty anecdo*$ of the neiirhborh ..od. and local scandal. I- it wonderful, then, c that the t\i-h trevalent n most men. and es- v peoia..y in voun-j men. * .' render themselves a acceptable in social intercourse to the female > -ex. should betray them Into a mode of be ha- a vi:r "a-hi ;h thev perceive t<: besc zenerally welcome ? Is it wonderful that he who discovers t tridin.- :< be the wav to r-lease. should become : a tridvi*that he who. be the casual introduc- c :! . a of a subject which seemed to cail upon the b reason to exert itself, ha^bronjzht an ominous j yawn over the countenance of hi* fair auditor, a -aould I'uar i acraimst a repetition of tne or- i. fence ? But it Ls not only to we men of moderate capacity that hcurt of trilling and dip- t pant conversation are foXU'-l acceptable. To l if her lingers, its feet extend toward the wrist, ^ iml with the thumb and little finger elevated, he forms an ample and admirable cradle?the bo ongth of her hand being equal to the whole lo< ength of an infant. us She is unable to pass ordinary doors with- sh ut stooping a good deal, and it is said that for do onvonienco she usually puts her thimble and to ther little articles upon the casing over the in luor, instead of upon any lower object, as a ta- er le or a desk. wo o An amusing incident is told of her, which ar< uns in this wise, and which is said to be of trietly true. AVhilc she was passing through uii he kitchen of a farm-house one day with a tro trge pan of milk in each hand, her hair caught pon a hook which projected two orthrecinch- th< s from the ceiling, and held her fast. She thi (mid neither utoop to set the pan down nor thi aise her hands to disengage her hair, and was tu( "tnpelhal thus to remain, until her cries <lo relight others to her assistance." ug "ONLY WAITING." nei \ very aged man in an almshouse was ask- mc <1 what he was doing'( lie replied ''Only cle tailing. ' lea >niy waiting till the shadows Are little longer grown, uia Only waiting till the glimmer r. if the -lay's hist heain is flown : Till the night of earth is faded wll From the heart once full of day: inv Till the -oars of Heaven are breaking Thr-oigh the twilight soft mid gray. tliii Ally waiting till the reapers we IJnve the last sheaf gathered home; For the -mntner time is faded, ma And the autumn winds have come. the Quickly, reapers! gather quickly \ The last ripe hours of my heart; F r the hlooni of life is withered, Aud I hasten to depart. ''r>> , . . . WO Only waning till the angels , Open wide the mystic gate. P At whose feet 1 long have lingered, hoi Wearv. poor and desolate. Even now 1 hear their footsteps And their voices far away: 1111 If tiiev eali me 1 am watin-' sh< ?>iiiy waiting t-j obey. be. Only waiting till the -liaWnw.-i ^ A:*" i littk* l?>njr'T grown, Only waiting till tin* glimmer q Of the -lay* last beam i- tl-.wn. Then from out the gathering darkness th< Holy deuthie--: -tars -hall ri-e. wl I'y whose light my soul -hail gladly C()l Tread it - pathway to the-kits. A NEW BROTH FOR THE SICK. nl UY I'll1 '1'Ksjs'?Il LIKIJIO. For one portion of broth take Haifa pound ^ f Iiv -lily billed meat, beef or chicken.} '-ut a -mail i'it'c <. ami add to it one and a half 1 uii .ouiid of di.-tilled or other pure water, to rhicli Ha- been added four drops of pure chlo- j' hydic muriatic xmid and Half to one drachm ' )t" oiihii'.ti x?\t ; uiix - ?" ? * - -4 \:ter landing an Hour the whole i.s -trained 1 h rough a conical Hair-.-ieve. -uchas i.s ordinaiIv used in the kitchen, allowing it to pass j iir #ug!i without pressing or .squeezing. The onion pa-sing through tir.it being cloudy, it m - again poured through the sieve, and this pro- (jl] c-- repeated until it becomes perfectly clear. ii the re.-idue of meat remaining in the five Haifa pound of distilled water i.s poured, <(I, i -mall portions. In this manlier about one ' ound of liquid -old extract of meat) i.s oh- ^ lined, of a rod <*?.I^r and pleasant meat broth i.-te. f: i.s administered to the sick cold, by Qfc lie cup fail, according to their inclination.? ^ t mu.-.t nor be heated, as it becomes cloudy j hereby, and a thick coaeulum of meat albu- tuJ ion and hematin is deposited. ^ A young lady of IS years, in my family, , -ring ill with typhus fever, first induced this reparation. It was called forth by the re i.\.'k of my family physician, CDr Pfeufer,) me uat. ::i i certain stage of this disease, the w reatt-t difficulty met with by the physician ^ iy in incomplete digestion, a consequence of wo ie condition of the intestines, and besides in ^ ie v im of a nutriment proper for digestion . nd the formation of blood. The common . nrhs pr pared by boiling are deficient; in J icr. in ail those constituents necessary for j ie formation of the albumen of the blood; _.. rc.i ad the yolk of eggs, often added thereto, yn, antuins very little of this material, for it a.s *1 1-d per cent, water and fat, and only f_r 7 1-- per cent, of the substance very simi- t' ir to, if not the same as, the albumen of tj; 'gs ; and whether this is Colin] in nntritmiQ uulities to the albumen of meati s, according j1", ) the investigations of Magendic, at least ^ oubtful. The new broth contains, besides teat albumen, a certain quantity of hematin, ^ nd, formation of the blood copuscles, and, f . nally, the digesting chlorhydic acid. A great hinderance to the employment of ^ lis broth in summer is its liability to change , . J , , - ma i warm weather; it commences regularly to :rmcut, like sugar-water with yeast, without le usual odor. (What substance is here form- tje i is well worthy investigation!) On account f this the meat must be extracted with per- ^ :etiv cold water, and refrigeration with ice, - . . , mr -jmpletely removes this difficulty. Most im- ^ ortant of all is it that the meat be perfectly esh, and not several days old. j. This broth is now in use in the hospital and ^ i the private practice of several of the most f fj Utinguished physicians of Munich. A, t l ?u? i i?-? in jl .-Miuui'i, puiuap;:, uavu uo.iiuiic'i I') givu ^ reater publicity to so simple a thing if a new ^ id. to my family, and especially important ^ ise had not convinced me of the great nu- ^ itious properties of this soup, and hence ari- ma >s the natural wish that its benefits may be ^ sperienced by a wider circle, and other suf- ^ ^ irers be restored by its beneficent effects. A jung married lady, who, in consequence of a ovarian inflammation, could take no solid ^ Kid, lived for two months entirely upon this , roth, at the end of which period her health ^ as perfectly restored. During this time she ^ lined in flesh and strength. Generally paenw take this food without opposition only so ^re ng as they are ill; as soon as they can take ^ei ther food thoy reject this, perhaps owing to j le color and the faint meat odor. It might in Ad iany cases he of use to color the broth brown ma y adding burnt sugar.?[Trarelated by a ba< ,ady of Washington.] S&* .Some people look for their comfort*' ; their friends, and others to themselves. po rOMAN'S DUTY TO LOOK PRETTY. "A French author has recently written a ok on "The Duty of a Pretty Woman is to jk Pretty." Such a work, doubtless, has its es; but it is of limited application. Wc ould have rejoiced in a title of more cxtend significance, with contents corresponding the title. The subject should have been, effect?word it as you may?the duty of evy woman to look as pretty as she can: Some imen are unfortunately not pretty ; but there ; few women who cannot impart something comeliness even to an ill-favored face and a sshapen figure, if they will only take the lulde. "We speak very gravely when we say that im ofn fuTtr rnlnlinnu in Hfii rir rnflmr t-lifi# _ re are few relationless conditions, in which s is not a duty. That cleanliness is a virj is seldom denied. A pretty woman, ubtless, looks prettier when clean, and arf ly uglier when dirty. And there are duties yond personal cleanliness. Neatness, tidiss, follow closely upon it. But something ire may still be needed; and something more arly seen and properly described, is the st possible spice of coquetry. "A well-dressed woman, however little she ,y be favored by nature, ceases to be plain, is difficult, indeed, to limit the extent to ich a woman, by due attention to dress, may prove her natural attractions, or obviate the advantages with which she was born. And it it is her duty to do this, whether she be 11 or ill favored, is something more than a xim of mere worldlincss. To endeavor to ; utmost to please those with whom wc live unquestionably a duty. "A man marries, indeed, for the sake of the mns <-t plai'ciis uxor. He does not take man to his hearth because she is a philosoer, or an arithmetician, but because in incly language, there is something nice about r.' It was, doubtless, the design of the Alghty, in giving man a helpmate, that she )uld satisfy his natural craving after the mtiful, the graceful and the gentle. For s was woman formed : ' For softness she and sweet attractive crace." 'he woman who forgets this, ignores one of } great objects of her creation. The wife 10 forgets this, violates one of the primal nditions of the connubial contract. That some women are naturally more beauul and graceful than others, is a fact which ikes not against, but for our argument.? ress is common to all. It is a consolation to ose not naturally gifted, that there is a point which nature yields to art, and the work of i-n's hands is potent to supply the adornment it vouchsafed by Providence. It is surpris. g what a very little way mere personal beaugoes. ?> v. IIIUV ' ontidently appont to the expertice of men of the world in support of the scrtion that the efforts of art are often more easing and attractive than the gifts of naro?in other words, that well dressed woen are more admired than merely beautiful les. Accident is beaten by effort in the eat Olympics of society. "It may be agreed that taste in dress is ireely less a natural gift than personal beauAnd, to some extent, at least, the fact ist be admitted. One woman has naturally eye for color and form, whilst another has ither the one nor the other. But there are v women who have not, or cannot acquire, a Ecient knowledge of the becoming in cosue for all domestic purposes. It may be ubted, indeed, whether the plea of incomtency is ever set up. The real secret of inention to dress is carelessness?indifference idleness. It is not worth the trouble. Wort do not always consider that what it is rth their while to gain, it is worth their ile to keep. It is no uncommon thing for men to become slatternly after marriage.? ey say they have other things to attend to, 1 dress is habitually neglected?except, perils, on great occasions, when there is a dis,y of linory and bad taste abroad, to be folded by greater negligence at home. Great pect is shown to what is call'*'1 'company t apart from this there is a display of tincry 1 bad taste abroad, to be followed by greatnegligence at home. Great respect is shown what is called 'company * but apart from s there is a sort of cui bono abandonment, 1 the compliment which is paid to strangers withheld from those who have the best right claim, and arc most likely to appreciate it. is is a fatal, but too common error. When roman, with reference to the question of >:onal adornment, begins to say to herself, is only my husband," she must prepare rself for consequences, which, perhaps, she .y rue to the latest day of her life. "The effect, indeed, of attention or inattenn to dresK?and wc include in the one 1 itword whatever contributes to pcntonul lieliness and attractiveness?upon the dostic happiness, especially of the lower and ddle classes, cannot easily be overstated.? e plos.f.-nm uxor, as wc have said, is no small t of the locality of home. If a man finds ,t he has not secured what he believed he 1 married, he has a right to feel diaappointWe do not say he has a right to retaliate. e obligations of the connubial contract aro , conditional, but absolute. Negligence on i one side does not excuse negligence on the er; but it will very surely induce it.? aen there is nothing attractive at home, a t ? * * n, However mexcusanie such conduct may will seek it abroad, whether at the ale Lse, the club, the theatre, the gaming table, in what ia called "society." We do not an to say that dress alone is the agency by ich the erfttic properties of husbands arc be restrained, but that it is a highly impor,t part of it. Indeed, it may be asserted it the absence of attention to this matter ( supposes the absence of almost all other ltle, kindly, and attractive qualities." I?-If our Maker thought it wrong for lam to live single when there was not a wo? n on earth, how criminally guilty are old shelors, with the world full of pretty girls. JW Honest industry is always rewarded? > young man need complain of being kepi or, if he rolls up his sleeves and goes to work.