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" We will cHug to the Phila of The Temple of our Llberties, ad it ft mmit fan, we eil per"ish ami-st lRs." -OLUME V - - R., September 9,0, 184&.&5o.4 uuDoIuD ADVRTSER BY W. F. DURISOE. PROPRIETOR. TERMS. Three Dollars per annum, if paid in admenct -Three Dollars and Fifty Cents. if not piid before the expiration of Sit Month. from the -dale ot Subscription-wnd Four Dollars if U&r 'paid wisha twelve lonths. Subscribers out of the State are reqb ed topy in adeance. No subsciptio received for leafs than one peer, and so paper discontinued until allanrreir ages are paid, except at the option of the Pub All subscriptions will be cootinued unlcss otherwise ordered before the expiration of tie . Anyperson procuring five Subscribers and becoming responsibloforthe suie. shall receive she ' copy gratis. * 4dsrtiseents ceu ieonsy i. rted at wi(2 eals per seqNare. (12 nes, or ss.) forAm first iansertO, and 1 cents, for eab con nece. Thee pblished Monthly, or quarterly will be cha 1 $1 per square for each nsertion. Ad Verufments not-aving the humber of inser tons marked os them, will be continued until owdered out, ad charged asecording . All Job work done for parsons living at a dtstanee, must be paid for at the time the work is done, or the ayment secured in the village. Alt consa tin addressed to the Editor, pepei, wdl be promptly and strictly attend AGRICULTURAL HYMN. Great God of Eden! twas thy hand That irst clad earth in bloom, And dhed upon the smili land Natures frse rich =; Fresh at thy the flowers sprung. Kissedhy tesu frt ay& While plain, a.ahill and valley rung Wit life and joy and praise. God of the clouds! thy hands can opo The fountains of th sky, And on tee expectant thirsty crop Four down the rich supply. The lhrmer. %bmn the seed time's o'er, o in the mercies 'ven 7= of thy ' harvest's store, And smiling, looks to heaven. God of the shearl to the alone Are due our thanks nd ' ,rw# When harvests gaf l r's done, on plenty gladwe gate. Then shall out thoughts on Heaven rest, - Thy grace we will adore, And thank that God whose merey's blest Our basket and our aore. UYUN TO THE FLOWERS. ,e mOaACZ SMITH, Day4tars! that epe your eyes with man, to twinkle From rainbow galaxies of earth's creation, And dew-drope on ber lonely altars sprinkle As a libation ; Ye matin worshippers! who bending lowly geor the uprauen sun, God's lidless eye, Throw from your chalices a sweet and holy Ineense on high! Ye bright mosaics! that with storied beauty Tre or of nature's temple teiselste, - What numerous emblems of instructive duty Your forms create ! 'Neaik cloister'd boughs. each floral bed that Andto is erfume on the passing air, 31akes Sabbath in thu Gelds und everrngh u A call to prayer. .* Not to the domes, where crumbling arch and enluta Attest the feebleness of mortal band; But to that fane most catholc and solemae. Which God bath plann'd To thatcadledrat boundless as our wonder, Whose geenebless lamps the sun and mosr enjiv Its eboir te wirnd and waves, its organ thun *Its dotae the sky. There, as in solitude and shade I wander Through the green aisles, or streteh'd upon -thesod. Awed lay the silence, reverently ponder The ways of God. Your voiceless lips, 0 flowers! arc living pseachere Each cup a put t, very leaf a hook, SuppyMIg to my inumerous teachers Froms loneliest nook. Floral apostles! that indewysplendor. .,Weep without wo and blush without 1 0en ay deeply learn and une'er su' render Your lore sublime ! "'I'ou wert net. Solomon, in all thy glory, 'Arrayed," the ins cry "in robes like ours;" "Rnow vain your grandeur ! ah,how transitozy u Ae humanflowetet IULthe sweet scented pictures. heavenly Artist ! * With which thou -pattest Nature's vwide w IZf1trnl lesson thou imapartest Ofove tota! - Net uehs arc ye, Bowers! Uho' made for ; ~ ~erel and wave, by day and I'ov ..s,:y toareyour sanctton bids me trea jute Iirurcedeigt Ephemeral sacgs ! whnt instruenion" hary 4 For suchs a world of thought could furnish Ia Each fladi Caly Ia mena) 'nori, et fount of hop4.! *'rsthumox glirie a! Angel-like collectiotn I 3 r1praised froms sce1 or bulb.: ite-r'd in earth, To we ye are type of resaurectio' C And second birth. Were 1, 0 God! in chur-19se lands remalin- t ing. 1 Far from A! voice of tr-archare .-. d wincs. E My soul would find in flower. Sr tigr .tinUr g. t Priests. uermoo, u-ites! MISCELLUAEO'S. I a I- I (i~ LA. hefre Aa:oa Ca1"'ul.] -ALL'S W ELL2 T?11 v E\'PS 1 E L.' BY NoVATIL KING. "Honor and shame fro: no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the hoitor lies. "Say what you will, Mrs. Liacoln, my F d!aighter shall never marry a nmchanic that point is settled beyond question. What i right has a mechanic to seek her hand? I She moves, now, in the first society ; an i I intend she shall never unite herself in * matr ago with any tine who is not her h equal, at least, in rank." "Well. they do say." replied 31rs. Lin- c coln. "that George Hamblin has actually r offered himself to her, or is on the point t of doing so; and ifsuch be the fact, and my advice were abked in the matter, I 5 should say, let Mary accept him by all c means ; she can never do betuer, and may do much worse. As to your remark a- a bout rank. if you intend to intimnte that . his rank is not equal to that of your timsgh ter, I must hot allowed. frankiy. , i'erF% from you. True, George is a .u:cchani.; but I have yet to learn O'rn! a wi ll ed-.c.. ted and accomplished young a3.u, like c him, is any the less a geralemua ; or the less eut'tied to te com-idered 3 ..f the "first society," for being a an'ch..nie;" --Oh, now, you needn't talk so to mc." 0 said Mrs. Otis ; -you-ll never mako me c believe a mechanic is a gentleman. in the * true acceptation of the worJ. There mna. be some who are toleraoly educoated. and know how to appear quite rev-peetably when thrown into company; but there is . something to my mind, so vulgar in the idea of a mechanic, that I can never con sent to any arrangement which would c tend to intrcduce them ioto the first socie- a ty. Last of all, shall any one. v.ita my permission. ever salute me as his mother t in law. Pshaw! Mrs. Lincoln,:he thsug U is preposterous." "It doubtless appeari so to do, Mrs. ' .Ois; but your views, on ibis sulbject, tire ' all wrong. You cannot have examitned it in its true light, and reflected properlv upon it. Pray, whom do you consider as the only persons who should compose what c you call the -first society ?' 'Why, professiouni inen, of course such as lawyers, doctors, mainisitirs. &.-.. as well as geutleinen uf pilasou.e, rntired merchants. and others. who are li'inI upon their money. without any particular emplovment. I do not wish to lie under stood as saying that mechanics, farmers. and the like, are not respectable in thtir places, Mrs. Lincoln; all I ask is that they move in their proper sphere and not in trude themselves w-#here they do not be long." -Yes, I understand: you prefer, as an assotciate for yourself and danghter, the 'polished geatleman of leisure.' to an hon est. intelligent and inlustriou-s mechanic. And who are many of these grtlemvien of leisure, who are admitted into. and en'es sd by, your -first society 1' Bansrulls in property. aicral priicip-, and evay r thing else. exceput brass ant, briele' , creca ures, who would pass curre'v for pop pies every where. (exc-ept the -firt socit' ty') though bt't for their loqacity, some might be taken foar gats in b~reechues. nr umug-outbugs froin the rasiaic islai.ds? Aainst your lanvye'as, doc-ters sni divine's I have nuothing to any : in Socr *'wn Ian guage I respe:t whem all -i~u 'heir plac-:.' But as distinct clesss:: society, titser is a whit bett~r, or n,orw reaptbicle than hes hardv maech~as ned yeomnanry of:-ur country 'getnertally. If there he any dis- I inction,. the prosineing classes aire cur ir'ly ceritled to the huighiest considera "Well. Mrs. Lincoln, if yoe; donu't beat anl! Why your doctrine, carried oeut, j would destroy all distinctions in society Osziy think of a fashionsably as-,emidy, compotsied of geii:lenmen of 'lie differetur learned prolessions, far.ner,, tmechseasci. merebantsl. traders. s;acceulttrs. lers, and what no', each and aell wi'ia their fu itale asociates cor.ggted n termns of' perlect e qu::,ity ! Would'nt it present a beuuiful picture ?" I"But ynas are a little too rust,'' replicd I M rs. Lincoln ; '-I am not the adv.cate rofj any sucha equality as 'hat, by ay m4ns.I On thme com:rary, I wish to seec whas. posses for the 'fit'it society' amnong us, puracd "Cf its itmpurities. andt time worthy mechanic assume the rank he deserves in the world, I would have the frown of the virauou' and good forever fised upon tnhe untprincipslet and dissolute, whsatever their occupation in life. E xterni.l flecomlishmen~t,.Oit::i r with or without wealth. should neves serwe' as a pa:..sport to a poitned neart into the bosom of respectsable armiety'. WVbuie hon eatindustry shiould ever ho regarded with be smile of commsenudation. its antagonist, indolence, should find no favor whatever." '-Well, it isall folly to talk to me. My mnd is made up. Mary is not goinig to ave George H amble., nor any other mec chanic. She shall live and die ao uldil maid first;," "Vey vel; it is o.. nart.ictlr cncrern' f inie," *'tid M -s. Lincoln : "but we hall ron see whether Mary is herself dis oied to regarl his advances with favor. ideed, I hqe alrrady seen enough to aiisfy i.- i'-it Ge:rg.: lias nothing to fear. rus i he is concerned. It is not long I--n I c'iaiscad to observe thcm very lose ' et-- in conversatit.n by them elves. 1: %at ;", 'he occasion of Mary's i: v'sit to her uut.-s. Leaning. with S.it. .,r uron his a;m,,ht was loxk-I -,g 'isa,., . :. with an earnes'toe's of sp1rtion that so .... ouii,"ed me er eotu-.dae.s. to l.n But here she' unieb: ie: us hear vi hat s.ic has to -iy fur Alary had now just returned from a -%hot. alk. Well kowiting the preiudice of hir luthtr against msecnanics. she I ejs'Ciel isi4ted that Mrs. 'incoln must b ve is tken ner cousin Lorenzo for 31r. laii- I leu, as the person with whom she was i romeaading while at her uunti's. At this moment the doorhell rang, and gentleman was immediately conducted vo the room, whom Mary recognized and troduced as Mr. Williams, a young phy ician from a neighboring village. Mary ad met him at a recent party ; aud he 1 ad called, in passing,just to present his am pliments to her, and see that she suf !red no inconvenience from her exposure the damp air on the night or the party. His age was about twenty two-his ature a little above the medium height mplexion light-eyes and nose promi-j ent-and his expression altogether agree ble. After a half hour of picasant cunrversa on, ho sook lhis leave. .ot. however. with t receiving u-id acce'piing a very pressing I vitation (rum :Mrs. Otis. in which her usliter, of couri'e modestly joined, to a :till pin. lie iad no sooner left the house than C Irb. OYis embraced the occasion to draw lively connarisou between him, as of e of the learited profe:ssiorns, and me batics. Wiih an air of self-satisfaction ic said -Show me ymir mechanic, Nirs. Lin ltin, who ts abl- to cunverse like Dr. Viidians. Did you not observe the varie and extent of his knowledge, his happy lculty ot communication and polish of I eanners. Talk not to me of your me hanic. ? In point of every thing pleasant d agreeable-nay. even valuable, in a c ntlemen, I will place Dr. Williams. lit. e a-. I oave seen of him against any dozen i iechanics you can produce. I Mrs. Lincoln not disposed to continue ie conmmversy further, and ever willing atk:ov tJege merit wherevershe saw it, I ry cheerfully concurred in the ravorable I pinion expresod of Dr. Williams-ad g. however. that there were many me anices futty equal to him in extent of niwledge, icadiiess of coninunication, i a poitt: )r address. It ii piroper, to remark here. that Au uw. I Ois, &quire, the hu4band of lIidy 1i%,w as a gentleian of great 249d -.ense. ild a awyer of distingaished usbihty. iself tme ol non a worthy m'chtmic. he ras nevc heird to speak of mechanics in ny otior th.an terms of the greatesL re Pet. M.rever. tiuus tic. iwei prcni, thero litle risk in sayisg Mrs. Lincoln would .re found himl tmoastiy concurring with et in sypose of her camse. e Dr. 'Vilimi~ So .t4eC 'imce itimate tat it. Ir-uc Uf .r. (his, who with hi, lady. parod on patin to ntmake his visits agreca le tr him. It was also quite apparent ,at .lry contributed her part twivard the rime en,!. ailth the most perfect cheerful cs .ini' goo will. As hi. writer is not ML liberty to disclose rther wh.t trrinspired in the misatcc i nd -scudly it~xcree,'arse between Mary ur.d the ,co'pja'soc,. Soung; doctor, at tis p.tii, Wheiire thourgbt mieets thought, cre fre. ini:h lbp. it start, kd each narm wish springs mutual fromn the hecart,' e'ting 'Jhis part of' the pic'ture to ste imna ,i.:mi.tm of it:e reader-we cometi dirctly a th fact that, all parties joululy aocent ag, the i'ans were duty putblished. and mlhe lay ficeiinge agreod on. Miary never buked more bcetutif'ul thtan a the mornai;, of her marriage day--a ~ight miorning in .Mfay. -'Heavent was ini her eye. Ea every gesture dignity and love." At the ampl~einted h.'*r, theo bride and riderco--Mary Otis amid young Wil ams atteiadedJ by her couin Luarenzu and young fent.L senciaie-stepaped into a. aang n readin:-ss at the door, andl yctened to wvait upoin hine miniater of the iarish residing at the village, about eight n:e. distent. In the meantime a small --,rg of irier..is. M.-. Linenlol aimong the *.st, as..enmud a1 t'ae huse of Mr. Otis tot fii-r :hei' ctangrat.!ation to the h'ippy -u:le in their retora,ac:I tender the usual i linat o af all such jiyus occasiu':s.I ' be mtoisaer.suri :.-.rmed his part of .i a ee.c'noniy. w!;,-n husb.ato: a:d wife. ;~h thou atsend:ants -ani~'edtd( y mt e.irne@'1 aid w'r m0~et at :he .ianr:y .Mrs. Li~n,I ny t' greett tetsem U.nd.cting; themn at once intit the pre ,cu.e ul';the comuptoy, assembled i the irwing rom -Allow me, ladies andit gentlemen," said Br'. Lincoln. "to introduce you to Doctor Williams, better known as Mr. George H imben, the mechanic,-cditor, printer andl publisher of the "Village Chronicle" .-.nd his lady, hitherto the accomplished Miis Otis." All eyes were 6xed oo Mrs. Otis, who stood hair amazed, itn doubt whether to ,...,.,it wh-,t she ltad inst heard as the sober reality ; or whether the occasion had been seized on by Mrs. Lincoln to play ot' an innocent hoax at her expence. Bhe was soon. however, convinced that the gentle man, now her aon-in-law. whom she had known and so highly esteemel as "Doc tor Wdi;iams," was, indeed, none other than plain 5. lamblen, the mechanic. Colleeiing herself, and resolving to make Lbe best of ibe u'soimewhat awkward posi tion in which she toned herself placed "I perceiv.'' said. she, taking by the .d ind addreiming ir. Hamblin, "that t'. ..h I trust nut with your up rwoba... . '-i dereived, both in your nime and oc... p. o.. Be it so. H ad I - to express. twLia no place for then -i: i i u.w uo late. WiAh me'chanics, I .ad associait: .;.c idea of ignorance al o.aut *A genitlezr'y acco.nplismnonts. lonce my unfortuna:0' cn1 of them as a class. But in you I otserved 1o dei .iency of education; I liked your appa cut sincerity; I was pleased with your leportment-yea, more, I entertained the nos' entire confidence iu your honesty and purity of your moral principles. WVhy, then. should I hesitate ? The little de -cption which, I am well aware, has bseen practised at the instance or her who is now your wife-borne on by friends, not ex eptinag her own father, in whom she cou ided-is of slight moment. Only let there e no further deceptiqon-as I am sure ione is intended-and I can most cheer ully forgive and forget what has passed. rake my daughter; it is your choice-ii s hers. "To you, my daughter. now just enter nig upon mew and important relations in ife, in the language ora mother, let me ad ise you that the good wife is one who is .rictly and conscieniiously virtuous ; she s humble and modest from reason and :onviction, submissive from choice, and bedient from inclination. What she ac iniles lay love, she preserves bylprud-nce. Pie makes it her delight to please her iushaud, being confident that every thing hat promotes his happiness must. in the md, contribute to her own. She always ejoices in his prosperity, and by her ten Ierness and good humor. lessons his cares md afflictions. Go-and may Heaven less you both." Young Hamblen, as may well be sup osed, was not free from embarrassment in this occaston. Addressing Mrs. Otis "You are correct," said he, ''in the opin on that I yielded, with great reluctance, o the little artifice which has been em loyed. I Gually assented only on the trongest assurance, from those whom I new to be your best friends hat I should ie held blameless in the matter. If I haVe ailed into port under false colors, it was ot from my own inclination. but in obe Hence to a comrna'ding signal from the rrv prize I tz1ve captured." CAw'ITUL HLL, D. C. Ice Mountain.-The July aumber of iilliman's Jourual of Srience, contains in accoint orfn ice iounnin in lIamp hare coo'taty. Virginia, which has excited ut a little interest in that quarter. It is -onponed of rocks, and rises some seven r eight hunsdred feet, constituting part of ridge. The woontain surface is made p of red sand stone; and upon removing ta stoue to ilh debih of a fewv iuciies, 1anes of ice are found at midsummer. .ven daring.the most oppressive seasons erinanently preserved. A thermometer titroduced among the cavities of the rocks ounk ft-low forty degrees. and would have zoone lower had it remained. During a recent winter a cavity about four feet be lon the surface was opened and filled up .with snow. It was covered loosely with .ird<', yet it remained during the whole mma:aner dry, friable and crystaline, with :t melting. Amunntug Bllunders.-Persons who are riot familiar with the practical operations ' a printinag establishment are frequently suprised and perhaps indignaat at a little mitake that dccur in the "making up." as t is culled, of the "frorm."~ 5owetimes te piroof reader fails to mark an error, it may be onaly of a letter, and the strangest nd the (tunniest result is beheld next day puzzliag, perhiaps twenty thousand readers. WVe have seen, sotie amusing specimens of these blunders in our dayd an announcement of medicine for Instance '-whose effects were eaclusively infernal" -or of. the "oterturniag of the lawyer's pig"-or of a lover who presented his mistress with "a large bunch of beautiftul ly tinted nosrs." But the best joke of the kind, porhaps is that of the dancing mas te's card, of respect where, as in the fo~rmer cases, only ono letter was changed making him offer "hIs most respectful shnks to all who had honored him with their patronage."-. N. Y. Sun P'.r Felow!'-One or our exchange pa:s evnme to hand this week, contain av~ mnt one editorial, and that an apology. Tr Le editor says: "Our readers must ox cu',o the lack of usual editorial this week, as our wife has boon so ill, we could not write." Now. a~s we've never been mar red, we would like for some of our bre thren who have, to tell us why the editor jalicd the word "ill." It puzzles us. An Irisha Argument.-It's quite too haad of yet Darby, to say that your wife's worse than the devil.' 'A't plase your Riverence, I can, prove it by the Houly Scriptures-I can, by the powers! Didn't your Riverence, in the sermen yeterday, tell as that if' we resist the devil he'll flee from us? Now, if I resist miy wife. she flies at me!' An Eloquent Portrait of the Savior. The following is a decription of the per son ofJesus Christ, as it was found in an ancient manuscrit, sent by Publius Len tulus, President of Judea, to the Roman Senate: Ther lives at this time in Judea, a man of singular character, whos a name is Jesus Ch rist. The barbarians esteem him as a pro phet, but his followers adore him as she immediate offspring of the immortal God. He is endowed with such unparcl leled virtue as to call back the de:d from their graves, and to heal every Liud of di seuse Witb a word or touch. iis lers-u is tall and elegantly shaped-his aspect amiable anad reverent. Ifih hair flons in those beautiful shades which no united co lors can match, falling into graceful curls bt-hw his ears, agreeably couching on his shoulders, and partingon th e crown of his Ie-d, tiis dress of the sect of the Nazarites. Hiis fore head is smooth andtjarge; the cheek without spot save that of a lovely red; his nose and mouth are formed with exquisite symmetry; hi, theard. rcaching a litte below his chin nd pirting in the middle like a fork. flis cy, . are bright. clear and serene. lie reht;..s with ma jesty, counsels with mildness, and invites with the most tender and persuasive lan. guage. His whcle nddress whether in word or deed, being elegant, grave and strictly characteristic of so ;reat a being ! No man has seen hirn laugh, but the whole world behol! him weep fretustily; and so persuasive are hi- tears, that the multitude cannot withhlc!d theirs from joining in sympathy with him. le is moderate, lempcrate and wise. In short whatever this phenomenont may turn out in she end, he seems at present a man of excellent beauty and divine perfection, every way surpassing the childrcn of men. The Lori's Prayer.-In the considera tion of this prayer we may remark, that as to its character. It is divine. How excellen't must be the petition which the king himself has drawn up! It must certainly meet with acceptance from its author. It is comprehensie-c. There cannot be mentioned a petition necesssary for man, not included in these,-Thy kingdom come,-Thy will be done.-G i-a us this day our daily bread,-U'orgive us our trespasses.-Lead us not into temptation, -Deliver us from uvil. It is sublime. This character of gran. deur appears, 1. In tts design. What is more enno bling than prayer? The loftiest place on earth is the footstool of Jehovah. The grandest posture is prostration before his throne. 2. In its lantutage. The simple gran deur which struck Longinus in 'Let there be light, and there was light.' brcathes in every sentence of this prayer. hIere are no swelling words of man's wisdom ; here is nothing rebundant; nothing deficient. It is the language of sublime devotion, chastened by filial awe. 3. In its conceptions. In vain look we for sublimity, where these are poor. But what vastness have we here! God,-the kingdom of God.-nngelic obedience, earthe-the will of God. the only law of its one thousand mtllions of living men ; evil, implying all that men can suffer, dread; deliverance from evil; the power, the glory, the eterniry of God ! Was 1 ever so much comprehended before, or since. in so few words ? Secondly, consider tihe spirit of tile Lord's prayer. It breathes afflial spirit-'l-'ather.' A catholic spirit-'Our -ather.' A rercrenstial spirit-'iallowed be thy name.' A missionary spirit-*Thy kingdom eome.' An obedient spirit-'Thty will he done A dependent spirit-'Give us this day our daily bread.' A forgwingf tspirit -'And forgive us our trespasses. as wte forgive them that tres pass against us.' A cautious spirit-'Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.' A confidential and adoting spirit 'For thin. is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever and evcr. Amen. A Striking Fact.-One of the cit y M~is sionaries of Boston has laterly had an in terview with a man who had just been re leased from the State Prison, and the missionary exhorted htim to frrm htabits of in'lustry and ofstrict observanco of the Sabbath. "Ah," said he, "t'aere is where I first began that caroer of vice and crim'i which carried me to prison. i was born in this immediate vicinsty, and brought up by an aged grandfather ; he had a large faint ly, andi his pew in the meeting-house was so full, that hte scnt me into the gallery among other boys, on the Sabbath. It toas that gallery, among bad boys, that I was preparedf for the State Prison. T here I was corrupted. There, plans of pretty shofts and oilher kinds of mischief were laid, the execution of which has brought upon tne and my friends the deepest dis grace. I earnestly call upon all parents and guardIans. ntot to send their chidren into the gallrrss, nor7 permilt them to go there but to keep them with themselyes in their own pews." This is a note of warning from an unex pected quarter, but ono to whbich ever in telligent Christian parent will cordially respond.-Bostont Recordsr. The Lord's Prazyer.-r How many tmil. jign. nna millions of times has the~ nrayer been offered by Christians of all denomi nations! So wide, indeed, in the sound thereof gone forth, that daily and almost witthout intermusion, from the ends of the earth, and afar off upon the sea, it is ascending to Ileaven like incense, and a puro offering. Nor need it the gift of prophecy to foretell that, though "heaven and earth shall pas away," till every pe tition has been answered-till the king dem of God shall come, and his will be done on earth as it in heaven.-Mont garnery. The straight way to Hemen.-An itin. erauL preacher of more zeal than discre. tion, was in the habit of accosting those whom he met in his walks, and iuquiring into their spiritit awelfare. Passing along a country road that led through a small settlement, he met a simple country follow driving a cart loaded vith corn. 'Do you believe in God, sir,' said he to the country man. 'Yes, sir,' ws the instant reply. 'Do you read your bible, pray to your maker, and attend divine worship regular ly0' and thi string of questions was also answcrcd in the affirmitive. Go on your way rejoiceing my lad,' continued he'you are in the high way to heaven?' Cud pole flourished his whip and drove on much delighted, no doubt, with the bless ed intelligence. Another person came up by this time and he also was interrogated with anjucercmonious--'Do you believe in God. sir?'--What haye you to do, sir, with what I believe!' reohted the person accosted. with a look of :arpnse, ' You are in the gall of bitterness, and bond of ini Iuity,' cried the offended preacher-look at that poor lad vhistling along the toad, snd driving his cart before him.,'he is on the .trciaht way to heaven. " "it may be so, ir,' said the person ir.terrogated, "but to my certain knowledge, if he's going there, bW's guing with a cart load of stolen corn.' A Lesson to Young Ladies.-The eldest. >f two sis:ers was promised by her father to a gectloman, posessed of a large ests' rhe day was appointed for the gentleman. :o make his v:sit; he not having as yet teen either of them, and the ladies were nformed of his coming, that they might )e prepared to recieve him. The Eianced bride who was the handsomest of the two being desircus to show her elegant shape and slenderjiorr appeared in a dresswhich 2st veg.tigl' a:d clo.e upon her, without an7 lineng or facing of fur. though it was in winter and exceedingly cold. The consequence was that she ap peared pale and miserable, like one perish ing with the severity of the weather while her sister who regardless of her shapO had attired herself rationally with thick garments, lined with fur, looked warm and healthy and rudy as a rose. The gentlemen was fascinated by her who had the most health and the most prudence and having obtatued the fathers consent. io the change, left the mortified sister to ibiver in single blessedoess.-A Fac Legend. A Bachelor's Refiection.-I wish that I iad been married thirty years ago. Oh I wish a wife and half a score of children vould now start up around me, and bring tlong with them all the affection which ve should have had for each other by be og early acquainted. But as it is my iresent state, there is not a person in the vorld I care a straw for, and the world is >rotty even witb me. for I don't believe here is a person in it who cares a straw for nc. Beauty of Industry.-Many of as re. nember a little French razor grinder who >assed this way some four or more year. ince. Hisi occupation was that of grind: orazors for a salai pittance. He made lutte a diverting appearance to many while at his vocation; having a faithful, log to draw the vehicle wrhich contained msi appartus; and yet ho toiled on, regard. ess of the gibes and sheers of those who were not quite so industrious and saving -he smiled and ground on, sharpened avery edged tool presented, and pockesed ,be ruoney due for labor extended. And what is the result of all his toil and en leavors to please ? lHe has recmntdy eturned to his native country with $10, )O0 accumulated from his vocation ! And rbere are those who laughed at him. Some are stil here, no better or' than the lay they made sport of him while otheu -we close thme scene.-Hslbarg Jour. Life betjontd the Grave.-A mong all tfr.e rane ar.d beautiful figures and modes of reasoning that the universe in whiect we Iwell has allorded for* the illnstratie'.1 of the bright hope that is within us of * life byond the tomb; there is none n'or beautiful or exquisite that I know of, than hat which is derived from the ' ge of he seasons-from the seconw . life that sorsts forth in spring in objecX aparently lead; and from the shadowi ag forth, ithe enovation of eyerythittg e-round us of t a liestiny. which Divine re-'elation calls, p an our faith to believe 'shall be out's. The trees, that hive fades and remained dark and gay through t. long dreary baps. of wiantcr, clothe fheaselves rsan wit green in the sprrug sunshina. and every hue speaks of lf.. The 64 thtwr trampled down and faded,' btt fed. once more in frsns and' in beau hey break from1 the icy chains that hId them, and the glorious sun himself copaes wandering from his far journe, .ig summer, and warmth, aulnd ferty,an magnifteence to gvery thi-ng aound. All that we see bteathas ti'e same hop.~&nd oervt hin6 we a0 ,mj",-e :.totur.