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THE HIT ANIl THE FARMERi
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Practical and Artificial Education.
IIV li. \V. Ill'NO A V.
UIAKILK I.
x"Conic, Bella," said Ml*. Jones to iter
daughter, a U'autitul creature just budding
into woiuai boo I, "suppose you >piit the
piano for a short time, and become more
practical, la acquiring a knowledge of domestic
duties. It is alisoluiely necessary
that you now begin to learn the art of
housekeeping. You can paint, sing, dance,
speak French, and do ulmost all kinds of
fancy needlework, and when you have obtained
a knowledge of cookery and other
plain work, you will have n better edcuation
than most young ladies have at your
age."
"Indeed inn, 1 do not wish to do such
'Common work. Let Bridget help you.?
What is the use of my attending boarding
school, and acquiring so many accomplishments,
if I have to come to this at
Wr
"I want to make you useful as well as
ornamental," replied the affectionate mother.
"Must I learn how to sweep floors, make
beds, wash clothes, dnrn stockings, bake
bread, and chum butterf
"Yea, my dear, I intend to fit you for
usefulness in whatcv??r sphere of life you
may be called to move. Before you retire
to your rooin you must repair your father's
coat."
"Why ma! y/hnl you naeanf1 exclaimed
the delicate young lady, with tears
in her eyes. "Mr. Judaon pcomtred to give
me a call this evening precisely at eight
o'clock, and what would he think to find
mo mending an old coat, or darning an
old stocking/"
"Do you mean Bam Judaon, the tinker's
sou!"
"Sam Judaon! How disrespectfal. lie
Jim am much right to be called Mr. iudaon
na anybody. He ia of age, and Uvea without
doing manual labor."
"What doe* he do for a livingT inquired
Mr*. Jones.
Mlle Kvee by bia wit*, he aa\ a."
"Then he doea considerable business
with a email capital," waa the ahrewed reaponee,
"He is to all intenta and purpoaea, a
M?art fcllow,* eran though you chooae to
tnake game of him."
"In what doea hie amartneaa consist,
prayf"
-Wby, ma, I am almoat aahamed to
any it, but it ia a fact, half the young ladiea
in town are dead in love with him.?
lie dreaaea neatly, danooe gracefully,
I spend* hie money like a monarch, and b*Hides,
ha Wfeiuaikaldv hamWmie-"
M! ne nothing very brilliant in all that,
2ebiM. He Rpemla the bard earnings of
\ b onset father, who gained a oompe>
tens*, nothing more, by roauufaeturitig tin
ware."
'
"llark! 1 hear f??otstepe. The bell ringa. i
O, lie has come?where is Bridget? Ser- '
vanl* never know their places."
j "Bridget has gone out to call on a
, friend. You can go to the door, Delia,"
! observed her mother, quietly.
Juat at thin crisis, Bridget, who had returned
from her visit, came into the rootn
with a light in her hand and announced
the arrival of Mr. Judaon.
"Show him into the parlor," aaid Delia,
who arranged her hair and adjuatcd her
dreaa, and then went into the parlor heraelf,
where ahe found Mr. Judaon flourishing
a amall cane and admiring his j?olished
Ixxits. .
Mix. Jones, somewhat anxious to ascor]
tain what reason her daughter had to auje
, potse her frieud Judaon w as a man of more
j than common talent, left the door ajar so |
j that she might hear the conversation,
j "How did you like the Itehuvinnr <.f 1
Miss Kankel at the party the other evening,
Mia* Jone*tn
"O, dear ine, she made herself ridiculous.
She is decidedly vulgar?she could
talk of nothing but history and practical
education. She ought to be a kitchen
girl."
"She is an awkward dancer; do you not
think so, my angelic Miss Jones}"
"O, n y?yes indeed; she is a complete
tlirt. l>o you know that she is engaged}"
"I heart! so some time since, at a eoncert.
You lost a great deal by not attending
that concert. It was a tine affair,
hang me if it wasn't."
"Who sung, pray!"
"The celebrated Miss Scrceinore."
"Is she a swt-et singer!"
"O, yes, indeed; she is delicious."
"You did not go alone, I hope!" i
"O, lily stars, no; 1 accompanied Miss
Jcllso."
"Is Miss Jcllso handsome!"
"She is a most lovely creature."
"Does she dress well!"
"Most magnificently." i
"Is she accomplished!"
"Thoroughly educated."
"Has she a fortune!"
"ller father owns a bank." (
"Is she engaged!"
"Almost."
"Who to. nravt"
"To your moat obedient servaut."
Mis* Jones turned pule ami looked the |
picture of despair. Each answer cut deep- ,
er and deeper into her heart. She la-gun (
to think how unkindly she had treated ,
the plebeiuii ploughU>y, who had a wise ,
head and a warm heart, hut could not af- |
lord to spend hi* time at the toilet, nor his ,
money for fashionable trcwiraws. Judson
was tickle, the farmer hoy was fuithtul; the
former was a fopling, the latter a young ,
man ot' sense and honor.
CHO-Tia II.
"I am sadl} disappointed," remarked
Delia to her mother, the next morning.
"What has happened, my ehildj*
"Why, Mr. Judson is engaged to Miss
Jells**."
"I am glad of it."
Why, ma, lie parth promised to marry
III*-."
"Nonsense! Wl .at do you know about
keeping house!**
"I ean nink*- sponge cake."
"You eaiiliol live ??n stionire eake alone."
I n " I
"I can knit In-nd puna's.
"But vou do not know how to fill
them."
'I can play on the piano."
"You must learn to play on the washtub,
also."
"I can dance as well as auy young lady
in town."
"Dancing will not supply the larder with
provisions, nor fill the wardrolte with
clothing, nor supply the house with furniture."
"Why, ma, it is cruel for you to make
game of me in this way."
"My object is to make you practical.?
Look at the real case. V ou acknowledge
that Sam does nothing for a living; his
father is not rich, and it is quite certain
you cannot live on air. When the hutcher
comes with-his bill, would you offer to
make him a liead purse to pay for his
joints and steaks? or when the baker came
with his account, would you offer to dance
a jig to compensate him for his bread
pastry? or when the grocer sent in his account,
would you suggest the idea of paying
him with music? No, Delia; you must
learn at once how to do all kinds of housework.
You must mend that coat, and
darn those stockings, and to-morrow you
must mix the laread and put it in the oven,
and overy day I ahall insist on your working
more or l?aa in the kitchen."
Mr*. Jones waa a sensible strong minded
woman, and was determined to train
up her children in the way they should
Jo. When it was announced that Sam
udsou and ftusan Jellso were to be married,
she made some inquiries respecting
Ham's intended, and ascertained that her
fortune, talents and attainments had been
overrated. Nevertheless they were married,
and some declared that such a gay
lady and such a dashing gentleman would
make a happy couple indeed.
"What a happy pairP exclaimed Delia,
with a sigh, when she saw them riding
past n a carriage oti the day of the wodding.
"The proof of the pudding in in the eating,"
replied her mother.
"You are cruel to make such cynical
allusions; for my part I see nothing to prevent
their happiness. They are young,
buoyant, rich and handsome."
Just then Robert Baldwin, a rosy, robust
young man, with magnetic eyea ami
a broad, whit* forehead drove un to die
door, and when h? had tetheml tik home
to the fence he rang the bell and met with
a warm welcome. He came to tee Delia,
and the door waa not <geite cloeed, aoMra.
Jones had an opportunity to hear the conversation
between the two parties.
"I came to invite you to attend a lyccum
lecture with me this evening. Shall 1
have the pleasure of your company!"
"I shall have to see mother before I can
give a positive answer. "Who is the lecturer,
and what is the subject, pray!"
"Mr. Dorand intends to lecture on the
subject of practical education."
"Is he an iuterresting shaker!"
"He is one of the ripest scholars and
mi eiw{u?ni speakers in this country.?
I have a volume of his lectures in my library,
which I should be happy to present
to you, pro"idcd you have a taste for literary
pursuits."
"Thank you, sir; the tiook would be
very aceeptable indeed."
Of course permission was granted to
Delia to go to the meeting, and while she
w as preparing to go with her friend, Mrs.
Jones asked Mr. Baldwin if ho found
much time for intellectual improvement,
lie replied that he studied morning, evening,
and meal times, and so economized
his time that he had read at least,oiie volume
a week for the last three years, and
that he kept an itideje rertitn, in w hich he
made a minute of the most striking
thoughts he found iu the books which
passed through his hands. It may not
be amiss to state here, that this young man,
without neglecting his duties on the farm,
had acquired, unassisted, n knowledge of
Greek and Latin, and was at that time a
regular contributor to the columns of a
very resjsftnble literary journal.
In less than two years from the time of
litis interview lie led Delia to the altar,
ami her father and mother were Isith present
and ottered no objection to the match,
for they knew that Mr. Baldwin was willliiir
itiul ?l?lo t/? woel. !?..* 1 *
...r ? ..v.v tfviAfUini ill* WHHfieaiUIV,
handsome and intelligent, and owned the
land through nliicli lie guided liis plough;
and tliey also knew tiial 1 Mia could now
on a patch, or darn a stocking, or
hake, churn, wash, or do any other kind of
housework. Vw, they wen* married and
ihey w. re happy, ami their happiness lasttil
longer than the hoiiey-moon. A few
years after their wedding they visited a
neighboring city for tin- pnr|x?te of culling
on their mutual friends, Mr. Judson and
laily, who moved there innmdiatcly after
their marriage; they took with them the
card which the groom and hride had left
i?n the day of their departure, and without
difliciilty found the street and the
iiuiultcr of the house. It was indeed a
la'aiilifnl residence?a tlighl of granite I
?tei?s iu front, a silver handle to the hell,
rich curtains at the whhIows. in answer
to the hell, a handsome wotnau, neatly
dressed, cuuic to the dtxtr."
"llow do you do? 1 am delighted to
see you?walk iu."
"Why, ^liv? Kanklc! do you live here!
1 supposed this was Mr. J udsoii's house!"
Vcs, my dear Delia, 1 have followed your
example, and changed ni\ name."
"I beg your panleii tor not ticfore intosliieing
my htishaml to you. litis is
Mr. Baldwin, Mrs.?who shall I sny?"
"Mrs. Uronlee, was the reply."
"Have I the honor to take the wife of
Professor Hronlee by the hand?"
"My husband is Professor bronlec."
"The author of that standard work on
phiioso phy?"
"\ o*, sir."
"Ho you know the whereabouts of Mr.
Itidnoii? impiired Delia."
"O, yes; he formerly lived here, hut
moved a long lime ago to a house on the
next street, three doors Irom the corner, on
the left hand side."
Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin were delighted
to find the lady who was such an awkward
dancer, and whom Delia had once
declared ought to l>e n kitchen girl, so intelligent
and so comfortably situated.?
They followed the directions they had received,
and found t'.io residence of Mr.
Judson. It was a small, wooden tenement
?no Ml at the door, no curtains at the
windows, no grauite steps in front. In
answer to a rap at the door, a woman,
wearing a louse gown, with her hair in
pa|>crw and an unwushed child in her arins,
made her appearance.
"Does Mr. Judson live here!" inquired
Mr. naldwin.
"He does," was the reply.
"We are old acquaintances of hi*, and
would like to see him."
"Walk in."
In they walked through a dirty hall into
a room almost as had. The dishes
were on the table although it was an hour
after meal time, the bed ((or that was in
the same room) was unmade and the floor
unawept.
"Mr. Judaon has gone to his store," remarked
the lady of the house.
"Where does he keep store, pray!" inquired
lH?lia.
"He is clerk in a store," was the answer.
Just at that moment he tame in unexpectedly
for something he had forgotten
to take to the store with him. He was
very shabbily dressed, and seemed ashamed
to meet his old friends, but he frankly
acknowledged to them that his embar
rassmeents were occasioned by his lack of
practical k now ledge.?/7?<y q/" <mr Union.
We talk milch of the badness of tlie
world; and there are no nten that do more
In nuim il ka.1 lK>n Its.I ...Mini. ?-J '
??' . www, www wmi |miviiw ?UU Millily
governor*. Many call for r AerrA-refonnaiion,
and <?<# reformation; but if
men would refoni their familie*, and agree
in a holy tducaUnn of their children, and
a religion* care of their unuita, every
ckurck and tiate would aoon be reformed,
were they made up of Mich reformed families.
W The hurnanTeart ie like a feather'
bed?it must be roughly handled, well
ahaken, and expoeed to a variety of turoa,
to prevent its becoming hard.
From an Fxchangc.
The Midnight Aseeeeina
true etohv.
I whs on my way to P?, in the fall of
18? it was toward the cold evenings in
tho first fall month, when my horse stoped
suddenly before a respectable looking
house, about four miles from N?.
There was something strange ami remarkable
in this action of tny horse, nor
would he move a step in spite of all my
exertions to move him on.
Determined to gratify this whim, ard
at the same time a strange Presentiment
which ame over me?a kind of supernat
>ral feeling indescribable?seemed to
urge me to enter.
Having knocked and requested to l?e
conducted to the lady or gsntleman of the
house, I was ushered into a neat sitting
room, where sat a beautiful girl, alioiit 20
years of age. She rose at ray entrance?
a little surprised at the appearance of an
entire stranger.
In a few words I related to her the
strange conduct of my horse, and his stubl?orn
opjMisition to my will. 441 am not,"
I observed, 44 superstitious, nor inclined on
the side of metaphysical doctrines, or those
who support them, but the strange unaccountable
feeling that crept over me in attempting
to pass your house, induced me
to solicit lodging* for the night."
44 We nre not," she replied, 44 well guarded,
'tis true, but in this part of the country,
we have but little to fearfrom robbers,
for we have never heart! of any being near
us; we are surrounded by good neighltors
and I tlatter myself that we are at peace
with them. Hut this evening, on account
of my father's absence, I feel unusually
lonesome; and if we were bordering on
the superstitious, I might reason as you
have. I consent to your staying, for similar
feelings had been mine ere you arrived,
from what cause I cannot imagine."
The evening passed delightfully awav,
for my young hostess was intelligent and
lovely ; the hours flew so quickly, that on
looking at iny watch, I was surprised to
find that it was 11 o'clock.
This was the signal for retiring, and by
" 2 every inmate of the house was asleep
save myself. I could not sleep?strange
visions floated across my brain, and 1 lav
twisting and turning u]>on my ImhJ, in all
the agony of sleepless suspense. The
clock struck one ; the last vibrtaing sound
had scarcely died away, when the opening
of a shutter ami the raising of a sash in
me
A noise followed as of a js rsoti jumping
from the window-sill to the floor, and then
followed the light and noiseless step of
some one ascending tlte stairway.
1 slept in the room adjoining the one
occupied by the lady ; mine w as next to
the stair-case; the step came along the
galtcrv, slow and cautious. I had seized
my pistol, and slipped on part of my
clothes, determined to watch or listen to
the movements, seemingly mysterious or
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nun|MV"-?.- , mv mMiiiu ui iicjn ill
my tluor?then followed as one a|>|>lvin"
the ear to the kev-hole. and a low hreutli.
ing convinced mo that tlio villain was listening.
I stood motionless, the pistol
(irmly grasj?ed. Not a muscle moved, not
a nerve was slackened, I Celt as if heaven
had selected me as the instrument to its
effective purpose.
The person now slowly passed on, and
I as cautiously approached the door of my
Ited'chambcr.
I now went by instinct, or rather by
conveycnce of sound ; for as soon us I
heard his hand grasp the latch ofotiedoor
roine seized the other?a deep silence followed
this movement; it seemed as if lie
had heard the sound and awaited a repetition
; it came not?all was still ; he might
have considered the echo of his own
noise. I heard the door open softly?I also
opened mine; and the moment I stepped
into the entry, I caught the glimpse
of a tall man entering the lighted ehanil??r
of the young lady.
1 soft I v stepped along the entry, and approached
the chamber; through the hnlfopcned
door I glanced iny eyes into the
room. No object was vi ible save the curtained
bed; within whose sheets lay the
intended victim to a midnight assassin,
and he gracious Heaven ! a Negro ! for at
that moment, a tall, fierce looking blackman
approached the Ik-?I, and never were
Othello and Dcademonn more naturally
represented?at least that particular scene
of tlis immortal karri'* rvineonli.iti
I wns now nil suspense; iny heart swelled
into my tliront almost to suffocation,
my eye* to cracking, an<l I made a bound
into the room.
The black villain had ruthlessly dragged
part of the covering oft' the bed when
the sound of my foot caused hint to turn,
He started, and thus confronted, we stood
gasing on each other for a few seconds,
his eyes shot fire?fury was depicted in
his countenance, lie made a spring towards
me, and the nest moment he lay n
corpse on the floor.
The noise of the pistol aroused the fail
sleeper; she started in the bed, and seem
ed an angel of the white elouda emerging
from ber downy bed to soar up to tht
skies. ?
The first tiling thst presented itself tc
her view, was myself standing near hei
with a pistol in my hsnd.
M Oh 1 do not murder me!?take all?
you cannot, will not kill me. sir! "
The aervauU rushed in?all was explain
ed. The wretch turned out to be a raga
bond, auppoeed to be a runaway tlar<
from Virginia. 1 had the providential op
portunity of rescuing one from the wot*1
of fetea, who in after ye in, called me hu?
bend, and related to oar children her mi
raruloae escape from the bold attack of i
midnight anemia.
From Blackwood's Lady $ Magazine.
The Rescued Criminal.
A great number of persons who knew
the celebrated Dr. 15 , a Professor
of the College of surgeons, have often
heard him relate the following anecdote :
One day ho had procured the bodies
of two criminals, who had bccti hung,
for tho purpose of anatomy. Not being
able to find the key of the dissecting room
at the time the two subjects were brought,
he ordered them to be deposited in a building
contiguous to his bed room.
During the evening Dr. II wrote
and read as usual previous to retiring to
rest. The clock had just struck one, and
all the family slept soundly, when all at
once a dull sound proceeded from the
room containing the bodies.
Thinking that perhaps the cat had bet n
shut up there by mistake, he went to see |
what had been the cause of the unexpected
noise. What was his astonishment or
rather his horror, on discovering that the
sack which contained the bodies was torn
asunder, and on going nearer he found I
that one of the I>odie8 was missing !
Tlie doors and windows had been fastened
with the greatest care, audit appeared
impossible that the l>ody could have
been stolen. The good doctor felt rather
nervous on remarking this, and it was not j
without an uneasy sensation that he began j
to look about him, when to his horror and I
amazement he perceived the missing I tody j
sitting upright in a corner !
Poor 1 >r. 15 at this unlocked for I
apparution became transfixed with terror, j
which was increased by observing the dead
and sunken eyes of the corpse fixed upon
hint; whichever way he moved, those
dreadful eyes still followed hint.
The worthy Doctor, more dead than a- i
live, now began to beat a hasty retreat,
without, however, losing sight of the object
of his terror; he retreated step by step,
one hand holding the candle, the other extended
in search of the door, which he at
length gained ; but there is no escape, the
sjM ctre has risen and fallowed him, whose
iivid features, added to the lateness oft lie |
hour, and the stillness of the night, seemed
to conspire to deprive the poor 1 >r. of the
little courage he has left; his strength fails,
the candle falls from his hand, and the terrible
scene is now in complete darkness.
The good Doctor has, however, gained
his apartment and thrown himself on his |
bed ; but the fearful spectre has still followed
him?it has caught him, and seizes 1
climax of terror the doctor louclly exclaimed,
44 Whoever you are, leave me!" At
this the spectre let go its hold, and moaned
feebly these words, 44 Pity, good hangman
! have pity on me! " The good doctor
now discovered the mystery, and re
gaiucu uy utile untl little ins comiKtsure.
lie explained to the criminal, who had so
narrowly esca|>ed death, who he was, and
prepared to call up some of the family.
44 Do von then wish to destroy me!"
exclaimed the criminal. "If I am discovered,
my adventure will Income public,
and 1 shall be brought to the scaffold a
second time. In the name of humanity
save me from death !"
The good doctor then rose and procured
a light ; he muffled his unexpected visitor
in an old dressing gown ; and having made
him take some restoring cordial, testified
a desire to know what had brought him to
the scaffold.
He was a deserter.
The good Doctor did not know w ell
what means to employ to save the p?><ir
creature. lie could not keep him in his
house, and to turn him out would be to
exjtose him to certain death. The only
way, then, was to get him ir.to the country
; so having made him dress himself in
some old clothes which the kind Doctor
selected front his wardrobe, he left town
early, accompanied by his protege, whom
he represented as an assistant in a difficult
case upon which he had been called
in.
When they had got into the open conntry,
the wretched creature threw himself
at the feet of his benefactor and liberator,
to whom be swore an eternal gratitude ;
and the generous d<?ctor having relieved
bis wants by u small sum of money, the
grateful creature left him with tunny prayers
for his happiness.
About twelve years after this occurrence
Dr. b bad occasion to visit Amsterdam.
Having gone one day to the bank,
he was addressed by a well dressed man
one who had been |K>inted out to him as
IttlA i\f tllft Irtlta* -1 -
, ?..v v. wv ?|.1||VIH MltllII.IIIIS <>l UK'
city.
Tlio merclinnt asked him politely if lie
were not Dr. II of Dmdon, and on
i liia answering liiin in llio affirmative,
pressed him t?> dine at hia house: which
1 the worthy Doctor accepted. On arriv>
ving at the merchant's houae he was shown
i into an elegant apartment, w here a most
charming woman and two lovely children
i welcomed him in the most friendly manner
; which reception surprised him the
f more, eoming from persons he had never
before met.
' /linn/ir tlio !?? ?!.?? ?
, mimiivi miv iiicfviimii imviujr mh(!||
? him into hi# counting house, seized his
hand, and having pressed it with friendly
warmth, said to him,?
r 44I >o you not recollect me ?n
' No, said the doctor.
44 Well, then, I remember you well, and
your features never will be obliterated
from my memory?for to you I owe my
? life, Uo you not remember the poor de>
serterf On leaving you I went to IIol
I <nd. Writing a good hand and being a
t good accountant, 1 so ?n obtained a aitua
t}on as clerk in a merchant'# office. My
- good conduct and zeal soon gamed for mo
k the confidence of my employer and the
affections of hia daughter. When he re
| tired from business, I succeeded him, ntul! v
I been 1110 his son-in-law ; but without you, I o
J without your care, without yourgeherous | f
j assistance, I should not have lived to en-1 \
j joy so much happiuess. Generous man! i I
' consider henceforth niv house, my fortune )
and myself as wholly yours." I
The kind I >octor was affected even to' t
i tears; and both those happy beings parti- J i
| cipated in the most delightful expression of j 1
! their feelings, which were soon shared bv j t
the merchant's interesting family who j 'I
| came to join liiui. J i
I " Kiss ine Mamma, Do kiss me, I can't j
go to sleep.
| "The child was so sensitive, so like that 'j
' little shrinking plant, that curls at a breath, I ;1
1 and shuts its heart from the light."
The nidv* limiiiti.ui -1>? ...l
I mine, ami all my veins grew iev with its t
i gradual ehill. Faintly the light tailed out t
in the beautiful eyes?whiter and whiter t
grew the tremulous hps. She never knew i
me; but with her last breath she w hisper- \
ed, " I trill be good, mother, if you'll on- 1
Iv kiss me." i
Kiss her! God knows how passionate, i
hut unavailing, wore inv kisses upon her t
cheek after that fatal night, God knows t
how wild were my prayers that she might t
know, if hut only once, that I kissed her.
God knows how 1 would have yielded tip
my very life, could 1 have asked forgiveness
of that sweet child.
Well! grief is all unavailing now. She 1
lies in her little tomb: there is a marble
urn at her head, and a rose-bush at her
feet: there grow sweet summer flowers;
there waves the gentle grass; there birds
sing their matins, and veajtere; there the
blue skv smiles down to-dav, and there |
lies buried the freshness of my heart.
Parents, you should have heard the
pathos in the voice of that stricken mother,
as she said, "There are plants that
spring into greater vigor if the heavy |
pressure of a footstep crush them; hut oh! I
) there arc others, that even the pearls of j
the light dew bend to the earth!
Fashion jmilk Likk in Nkw Yoiik.?
Quite an excitement w as hut a few days
since created in certain circles in "upper
ten doni" in ci>nso<picnec of an emente
which occured in one of the fashinahle
ice cream saloons on Broadway wherein a
fashionable married lady and a young and
beautiful girl were the participants. It
apjienrv that the married lady had a chore
amio, or rather a collateral husband, whom
she fondly loved, and on whom she devolved
many duties appertaining to her
liege lord. She had been recently though !
wrongly told that he had been getting j
married, i >n the day ot the emeute lie had *
been attending a wedding, and accompa- '
nying one of the ladies home, he invited ,
her to "a cream," and having jnst entered ,
tho aaloon met the married lady aforesaid
ooming out; the green-eyed monater, urged (
on by the report of liia marriage, at once
made her believe the lady witn him her
rival and bia wife: losing all control of
her passion, she frantically hastened to- 1
~ -M-* +-+ XV Wl
rards them, ami dealt the innocent
liject of her jealousy n violent blow in the
ace, with a force belying the strength
vhieli the soft and beautiful hand would
>e credited with. The blood flew?the
roving ladv fainted?the married one
lystericked?and the devil whs generally
.0 pay, without, so fur ns \vc could learn,
1 particle of pitch hot; one hastened to
ler carriage and home, tlio other was
arried in to a private room, and restored.
I lie married one, on subsequently realzing
her conduct, the false and unfounded
calously which caused it, and the exposure,
ler ow 11 act had created, took a dose of
audanum, from the fatal effect of which,
lowcver though very ill, sho escaped,
"his is one from many scenes of fashionhie
life?how do you like the picture!
A sailor being about to sail for
ndia, a citizen asked him w here his fatl.r
died!
"In shipwreck."
"And where did your grandfather die?"
"As he was lishing, a storm arose, and
e, with his companions, perished."
"And your great grand-father?"
"lie, also, perished from ship-wreck."
"Then, if 1 were you, 1 would never go
> sea."
"J'ray. my philosopher, where did your
ither die!"
"My fathr, grand father, aud great
rand fat her died in bed."
"Then, if 1 were you, I would never go
> bed," retorted the son of Neptune.
jhniiiiuj lUniing.
F/ ()//! the Due li es/ 7V/escoye.
The Missionary Cause.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ has justly
ecu styled the greatest blessing that innite
mercy ever bestowed upon a guilty
ice. We behold it beginning its course
I liist unaided by policy, unsupported by
owor. w ith sill t lu> lint ! <! ?...i
- - J |/I\JUU1VV.C) UMU
:cliugs of mankind against it.
It made its dignified but simple appeal
) the r.nderstnndiiig and the heart?it
mbraced the ignorant and miserable of
very eharaeter, and every eliine?it aplied
itself to the important task ofeulightiiing
the most abject votaries of Idolatry
ud superstition. And in a few years wo
;e the influence it had upon the lace of
ic world ; we see heatheu temples foriken
and idolatrous vices abandoned;
en, we see the character of the whole
orld undergoing a complete change.?
v erV.uiiii'o i vtr*' ?"> > i>ro;ipJ?od to evc\
rcattu o. \\ constrained to aij.
wer, no : Lnt the contrary ; look aroTfnu
nd behold how much vice, Infidelity, cror
and crime is to be found in all lands,
ice the stern, disdainful posture of the
trabian Impostor still powerful iu the
o.rld "daily sinking his votaries beneath
he frown of the living hod, who will not
ive the glory to another, nor his praise to
raven images." See the Crescent still
uprcme in the fairest and most hallowed
unions of our globe. See the scattered
ews yet in unbelief, and the veil untaken
om their hearts. See the hundreds of
lillions in Asia, Africa, Kurope, America,
nd the Isles of the Ocean, yet the dupes
f Idolatry, and sunk in all the moral
larknessof the very worst forms of J'agansm.
Then does not the responsibility
est upon those who have been brought
p under the benign influence of the Cosel
; to go and publish the unsearchable
ielics of Christ to the dying heathen .'?
hull we turn a deaf ear to the cries of
Imlisaniln immt,rfnl orontnMo ...I... ?
reading the most destructive road down
o the gates of everlasting miser)-; who
mless converted from the error of their
.vay, must have their doom in the bottomess
pit, where "demons howl and Devls
roar." Then, go, ye faithful followers
>f Christ, and point the dying Heathen
o the " Lamb of God that takes away
he sins of the world," And be assured,
hy labor "a rich reward shall find."
" From him who sets enthroned on high
For they who turn the erring mind,
Slmll shine like stars above the sky."
Then, and not until then will vice, intilelity,
error and crime tlee abashed to
heir native llell. Then will the earth bo
it up with universal joy at Messiah's name,
Then shall the Watchmen upon Ziou's
\ nils cry out to each other saying, ' arise,
>ut on thy beautiful garments, Oh ! Jerualeni,
for thy light has come and the glov
of the Lord has risen upon thee.?
1'hen will tlis trumps of war be bushed,
he dash of resounding arms shall eca^e,
hen will the gilded liar.tier of the Cross
vave its ample folds from sea to sea, and
row the rivers to the ends of the earth?
garments that have been "rolling in blood"
ivill then pass away. Africa shall ho releoincd,
Asia with her grinding dispositions
ami debasing superstition shall bo
crumbled to the dust." " Ethiopia will
dretell forth her hands unto the Lord."?
The gospel w ill be proclaimed, from every
liill ton under Heaven, and the nraisos of
i once sin-curscd world, freed from the degrading
vassalage of Idolitry and superstiitition,
continue to roll up uh tho voice of
nighty thundcrinm to the throne of Cod."
I hen wo can exclaim in the language of
ho Poet:
IsIch of the Mouth awake!
I'hc song of Triumph sing ;
iCt mount and hill and dale,
With hnllelujnh'ft ring.
Uiont for the Idol's overthrow,
\nd Israel's C.kI is Cod alone !
Ve?; Now,44 let Angels sound on high,"
I#et about be heard through ail the *?y;
Kioga of tbo earth w ith glad aeeord
Give up your kingdom* to the Lord.
Almighty God thy power aieume,
Who WMt and art and art to com*,
Forever Hto fnmrrr trffni,"
i ft-. ..
an exceedingly transparent skin, and I
I mournful, large blue eyes. e
1 had been trained by a very stern, striet,
conscientious mother, but 1 was a hardy
plant, rebounding after every shock: misfortune
could not daunt, though discipline h
tamed me. I fancied, alas! that 1 must
go through the same routine with this delicate
creature; so one day, when she had
displeased me exceedingly, by repeating t<
an < ft'encc, I was determined to punish
her severely. 1 wa very serious all day, f*
and upon sending her to her little couch 1
said, "now my daughter, to punish you. g
and show you how very, rtrtj naughty
you have been, I shall not kiss you to- t?
night." m.
She stood looking at me, astonishment
personified, with her great mournful eyes
wide open. I suppose she had forgotten
lie: misconduct till then; and I left her with ?
the big tears dropping down her cheeks,
and her little rod lips ?|uivering.
Presently 1 was sent for?"Oh! mama,
you trill ki>s me; 1 anV go to sleep if you
don't," she sobbed, ev ery tone of her voice b
trembling, and slu held outlier little ti
bands. n
Now came the stru rgle between love a
and w hat I falsely termed duty. My heart p
sjiiil trivo lioi* !?<? *
f . v- n\t niv, Airw ui HIV Sll'I'll K
nature urged me to persist in uiy eorrection,
that I might impress the fault upon t<
her mind. That was the way I had heen e
trained, till I was a most submissive child, c
and 1 remembered how oi'ien 1 had thank- ! p
ed my mother since, fur her straight lor- j ei
ward course. I ai
1 knelt l?v l^y^d-sidc?"mother can't i m
kiss you, Kllej^^^Mfpcrcd, though every tl
word ekokc^^^^^Kler hand touched
mine; it was but 1 attributed it
j^,A1tfgc?A^lPI^L,.<:.tu!:nl'd Iur ' ?
self as the fragile form shook with half- j r
I suppressed sobs, and saying, "mother s
j hopes little Kllen will learn to mind her a
I after this," left the room for the night, ' r
It might have l>een about twelve when j ^
j I was awakened l-y my nurse. Ap* re- j
J hensive, 1 rati eagerly to the child's chain- v
I bcr. 1 had a tea fill drea u. t
| Ellen did not know me; she was sitting y
j tip, crimsoned from the forehead to the g
| throat, her eyes so bright that I almost si
| drew back aghast at their glances. From p
I that night a raging fever drank p her life j .1
I ?and what think you was the incessant i ft
i pliant poured int < my anguished heart?? i it
"< )h, kiss me mother?do kiss me, 1 ran'11 a
) go to sleep. You'll kiss your little Ellen, i o
| mother, won't you? I can't go to sleep, d
1 won't he naughty if you'll only kiss inc. e
Old kiss me, dear mamma, I can't go to r
sl? en." it
Holy little angel! she did go to sleep p
I one grey morning, and she never woke vi
I again?never! Her hand was Sicked in ' S