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IfllOOEjbJjAllEjUUu.
From the Little Pilgrim.
COUNTRIES 1 HAVE SEEN.
Travels, Descriptions, Tales and Historical
Sketches.
BY GRACE GREENWOOD.
HAMPTON COURT.
How well 1 remember one pleasant
morning in September?inore than two
years ago, I declare 1?when h inerry party
of us, English and Americans, met at
the counting-house of our noble friend,
Mr. B , to go from thence to Hampton
Court. It was in the city of Londou
that we inot. This is entered from
the town, which holds most of the parks
and palaces of royalty and the nobility,
by an old. old gateway, called Teinnle
liar. When the tjieeu is to pay a visit
to the city, Temple Margate is closed, md
he must respectfully ask admittance of
the lord mayor, and he must graciously
present the keys to Iter before she may
Mine iu. The lord mayor is the real king
of London?and lakes precedence of royalty
in all processions in the city, as, for j
instance, the funeral procession of the
Duke of Wellington, after it passed Temple
Bar. All lord mayors are elected
Irora the board of alderinen ; they serve
but one year, during which time they
live in a very handsome residence, called
"The M ansion House," and ride in a splendid,
but rather gaudy and old fashioned
coach?something such ua you have seen
pictures of iu the story of Dick Whit'
lingtoo.
Every lord mayor gives one grand hall
at Guildhall, when the Queen and all the
court attend, and there is a magnificent
display both on tbo part of the aristocracy
and the citixens.
Guildhall is a large building, where the
alderinen and councilmeu meet, to transact
huMue*s and eat good dinners, (u
the hall where b ills and great b in.plots
are given stand two gigantic painted figures,
called Gog aii'lMagog, which are
very quaint and odd-looking, an I [ don't
know how ininy years old.
"But what," you will sat, "has all this
to do with il uopton Court i"
Well, we started frotn the city, a social,
merry party, of live or six?and, after
laughing and chatting in a comfortable
English railway carriage, for a few minutes,
arrived at the station, near the palace.
The old palace of II wnpton Court
stand* on the northern hank of the
i names, aDonl twelve miles wont of lly.le
P.irk, hii I is situated in the -arish of
Jlinpion, hii I county of Middlesex.
In the reign of Henry the K ighth,
when ike ){riMi prelate, Card mil Wolsey,
?ii at the height of bin power, he leans I
the old manor and manor-house of the
Knight* Hospitaller* of Jorusalem, to
whom it then belonged, for the purpose
of building a palace suitable to his rank
and splendor. He erected a structure so
magnificent, and so far surpassing any of
the royal residences, that he ?|a>ite overshot
his mar ., and roused the jealousy of
the king, who bluntly aske I him what ho,
a priest, and a butcher's srrti, meant by
buildmg for himself a palace handsomer
than any of his king's. Tljen die cunning
C trdinal putting the best fire lie
could on the matter, s uJ that lie h ?I on! v
been trying to build a residence worthy
of so great and glorious a monarch?and
that Hampton Court was it Km; Henry's
service, " he king jumped at the oiler,
but in return bestowed upon Wolsey the
, old manor of Richmond, the favorite rcsi.?
I ?-.? O -? -
umiua ui in* miner, mnry int ^ 'V'"ll!i,
ll w<4* observed, when the gre it Cirditml
w.is going horn \ nfier itii* interview with
hi* royal mmler. th it lie scowled mi l
growleJ nl hi* follower*, nml helalxire I
(lie poor toule that lie role moat unmercifully.
80, by gilt from Onrlin.il VVolaey,
Hampton Court beoninr tlie property of
the crown.
Edward the Sixth wm born in thie palace,
end mostly resided liere, during hi*
hurt, but happy reign, Gloom v Q teen
Mery end her faUediearted husband,
Philip of Spain, spent the honey-moon,
or retiier vinegar-moon here. Queen
Elisabetn here gave several greet festival*,
and her successor, the ineen end pedantie
Jamea the Firm, held * greet religious
conference in the privy-chamber?he, the
moat immoderate of nigot*, anting a*
moderator. Here he entertained tome
great French prince* at one time, very
handsoinoly ?everything being uu a roy
al teaks esoopt the boat here lie lost
hla wife. Anne of [Xsnmsrk-? a very re
peccable aort of a woman, much too go ,d
Charles ike Firsl, with bis queen end
court, SiUSglit refuse ?t this place from the
r?i*giMs which ww ravaging London.?
But there waa another trouble that came
upon him from which he could not escape,
even here. Death, with his scythe,
passed by the healthful shade* of the
country palace, but the executioner with
hie axe, Was not to be evaded.
The Ls*'l Protector, Oliver Cromwell,
resided eUMetimes at this palace ; but his
favuma daughter, Kksalmth, a very lovely
woman, died here, and after that, it
?** saddest place in all the world to
9% . 0
. * * * m*- -'
* M> , m.
winch hardly held one honest man, or re- h
puiable woman, used to hold revels here -, ' (V
and stubborn James the Second, resided f?
here now and then, till he was driven by b
aroused people from throne, palace and
country. William the Third was very Ic
partial to llatnp.on Court, and did much u
to improve and adorn it. Iliaipieen here si
performed prodigious labors in the em
broidery line, and Itepi her maids of lion- h
01 as hard ai work on chair covers and cj
bed curtains, as though they were p??or b
seamstresses, toiling for their daily bread, w
George the Second and Queen Caro- c<
line were the last sovereigns who resi led
a' this palace. It is now only occupied a
by the officers and servants who have g
charge of it?arid some dowagers and tl
poor women of rank, called in Kngland ir
' decayed gentlewomen. ' To those ladies b
the Queen allots apartments, an.I they t?.
live verv handsomely and comfortably? C
though I should tliink they would have si
rather lonely time*, amid toe melancholy si
grandeur and stillness of that deserted ll
old palace. w
Over the gateway, by which wo entered,
are carve<! the arms of Cardinal Wol- gi
scy, with a Latin inscription, signifying vi
' (/oil is my help"?a lying motto, as his to
own words afterwards proved, for when w
dying in disgrace, lie exc'aimed, 'If I had hi
served my God half as faithfully as I have vi
se ved my king, He would not have giv- at
en me over to my enemies in my old age." Si
We went up the grand stair-case, to g<
the guard chamber, and from thence In
passed through several suites of noble arooms,
hung with pictures and anciont ta- le
pestry, with frescoed ceiling*, and carved
and gilded cornices. The most interest- In
j ing among the pictures are portraits of fa- 01
I mous people, king*, <|ue?.n*, princes, he- *<
roes and beauties, of whom wo read in tl
hiitory. S
Rut as there are more than a thousand It
paintings at Hampton Court, of course I a
cannot stop to describe any of the*e, tho1 st
about many I could tell you very Strang- and
romantic stories. b
Tho most magnificent apartment in the a
palace, and one of tho grandest in the o
world, is the great hall, which is one bun- *1
dred and six feet long, forty wide, and f<
sixty high. The roof is beautifully car- r<
ved an I il>wviriili>il .villi ilia a.mj
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and bulge*?the wills are hung with ?
costly tapestry?tbe window* are richly
stained, and bear the artns arid pedigree if
of Henry the Eighth, and his six wives, a
From this hall we passed through an
oilier np'endid apartment, called "the 1
withdrawing room," down "the queen's
stair-case," into a court, containing a pret- u
ly fountain, and from thence into the gar- ?
dens. These are very fine, but rather q
too stiilly and formally laid oat to suit our
in xlern taste. I remeiiitier one narrow, V
gloomy alley, of box-w.Kid, or yew, call- s<
ed "(4 icon M irv's Walk," after bloody
Mary, wlio used to take her evening ex- ereise
here alone?marching slowly up ii
and down in the caning twilight, inedi- u
luting, I fear, those frightful persecutions, S
racking! and burnings of the po< r pro- ?i
teslant* ; and trying to steel Iter heart against
the womanly pity that would ii
creep into it, sometimes, in spite of all *<
the admonitions of Cardinal Pole and a
Bishop Gardiner?an 1 the counsels of her e
cruet hu.iband . g
The greatest curiosity of theso gardens, g
is a Hamburg grape-vine, supposed Us be k
the largest in (he world. It alone tills a a
green-house seventy-two feet long and a
thirty broad?it is itselt one hundred and tl
ten feet long, and ia thirty inches in cir- ,*
conference, three feet from the ground.? a
It olten bears as many as two lliousaud j<
live hundred bunches. h
From thegrceu house, we walked down J
; to the Thames, and then returned through *
I a I,.,..nihil ttVi.i.UM of liii.lnn In tl...
east part of the ptlace, where there is h |
fountain and a basin containing gold and (
silver fUh. Then we whiled away another
hour in the ground*, the "Labyrinth," g
an.I tinder tite noble cIm'aiiui and lime
, trees in the great avenue, which is more *
than a intlu in length, ami then?the got M
den day wo* over ! h
THE LADY MARY'S VISION, *
A Story of Hampton Court.
Some ten year* ago, there resided for a
time, in a pleasant anile of aparlinonui at p
H nr.ptori Court, a young and beautiful a
gentlewoui in, who waa greatly beloved b
by all who knew her for her g.xsdnes* and h
her sweet and winning ways. Lady *
Mary Llainillon, or "the Lady Mary," as b
she was called by the pensioners and re- d
tnincrs there, w.is the youngest daughter ri
of a l-oor Scottish nobleui hi. and the k
widow of h Mill poorer young officer.? ii
Captain Hamilton, noon after bis marriage, u
was ordered to join the ariny in Afghan- c
istan, mid for several months lured dun- c
ger and death, and endured frightful hardships,
in that dreadful war against a h
treacherous and savage people.
At last, iu a skirmish among the moan- tl
tains lie was seen to fall under the spear- v
thrust of a tierce Afghan chief, and waa reported
as "killed,* though his liody was <|
never recovered by his victorious com- ii
rades. It was sopposed that the natives n
had carried liiin off in their retreat, to
plunder him at leisure. j
But the Lady VI try never would give j
him up as really dead, and thoegh site ?
waa very sorrowful and anxurns for him, j
she could aot be persuaded to put on a <.
jt
F , ..V> ovivj Wivn ll
air with a widow's cap. She even reised
to receive a widow^s pension, pro
tssing always a firm belief that her busand
was yet living.
M nth after month went .by, till two
>ng years had passed and br night her
o word from her beloved George?and
:ill she did not despair.
It was said that she was kept up by
appy dreams?that her husband often
ime to her in her sleep, and told her to
u of good cheer, and all would yet be
ell. However that inay have been, it is
irtain that she never wholly lost heart.
The (jueen kindly offered Lady Marv
partments at Hampton Court, and she
iadlv accepted, for she was poor, and
icn, she fell that she should like the
lelancholy quiet of the old palace far
utter than the gaiety and bustle of the
>wu. And so s|ie caine to Hampton
buit to live, and "wait for my husband,"
le said, smiling sadly, while her friends
100k their heads, and whispered among
lemselves that "the poor dear creature
as hardly in her right mind."
The lonely Lady Xiary soon became a
reat favorite with the guards and ser:
itors at Hampton Court. They all felt
>r her a lender, respectful pity, and
onld do anything in their power to serve
er. Being very shy, she never liked to
sit the show apartments of the palace,
l hours when she might meet strangers. |
l?, uie kiiki porter would often let her
? in by herself, and sometimes even give
er the keys, that she might stay as long
* she pleased in any of the halls or galries.
She was romantic and poetical, and
ived much to visit the grand old hail,
11 summer evenings, and see the rich sunit
light pour in and then fade softly out
trough the gorgeous stained windows,
oniclnne*, she would linger here till the
nig twilight was over, and the starlight
nd moonlight struggled through the
ained glass, and taintly lit up the hall
-silvering over the failed tapestry and
aimers?glisten ng on the old arms and
rnior. Strolling up and down the hall,
r seated under one of the great windows,
lie would think and dream, and try to
irget the sorrows of her humble life in
ememberiog the misfortunes of the great
ml royal ones, who had so often walked
here she walked, and sat where she sat.
Once, old linger, the porter, asked her
she w.-ro not afraid to stay there, all
lone by herself, so tate.
" Why, no," she answered, "what should
be afr?id off"
Ho shrugged his shoulders, but said no ,
lore; 1 suppose because lie did not know
rliat to say, to such a simple, childlike
uestioii.
One lovely August evening, the Lady
lary stayed later than usual in "Wol j
*y's llall."
The sunset glory faded and laded away >
-the twilight deepened and dee|>ened |
ito night?the moon and stars looked in |
pon her through the great window.?
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I1VJ nii-> nvilljf <11111 MIU, HI1U 11 HI iOflOly
illness uf Unit place seemed to suit Iter
-she seemed to feel the calm moonlight
i which she sat, bathing her like a soft,
jothing flood. She leaned her head |
gainst the tapestried wall, closed her j
yes, and thought, and thought of the
real days and splendid festivals long;
one hy?of kings and queens, brave |
nights, and beautiful ladies, and?when
II at once, that vast hall was lighted up
s though by magic ! Music swelled 1
irough the arches, and a splendid court
sine slowly sweeping in ! First walked
stout, red faced man, all velvets and !
jwels, with a dark, sorrowful-looking
idy on his right?and on his left, an el
crly man, with a bold, haughty face, and ,
rich dress of scarlet velvet a fid ermine.
The Lady Mary recognized these as
lenry the Eighth, Queen Catharine, and
!ardinal Wolsey.
They were followed hy maids of honor,
enlteinon, priests and pages.
Soon there was a livelier peal of music,
nd the dance began. The king danced
ritli the tnosl lieautiful of the maids of
onor, whom he smiled lovingly upon,
riiile the poor queen looked very unhnpy.
So the Lady Mary knew that this
tir hi aid must bo Anne lioleyn.
when theditnce ended, the gay court
.assed out ; but again lliero wha mimic,
n l anotlur swept in. Tliia was headed
y a proud stately woman, with golden
air, and cold blue eyea. She wore a
parkling diadem?her drew was of btill
rocade, thickly beatrewn with |>earlaaiid
iainonda, while about her neck was a
utf ho prodigious, that it alone would
ocp everybody at a very respectful diasnoe.
On her left, walked a handsome
oblo, moat royally dressed, and behind
amu a brilliant host of beauties, page*,
avaliers, poet*, and statesmen.
The Ladv Mary now recognised Queen
Elizabeth, the Earl of Essex and the court.
The queen took her place upon the
lirone, and graciously desired her court
a bo seated. Before them was a stage
?they were to witness a plav. The
itieen signified that she was ready, and
ho play began. It was "//eary VI!J,
r the fall of Wolsey?
The queen seemed interested, and apdauded
occasionally, though the actors
JaiimI K*/ll? Th??
A to death at appearing in that auguet
dace, Wore her auguat majeaty ; ail but
ma, who went through with bit part in
m
n <(uk-l, iiiHiny way, wuicn oiu linn great,
credit. Tins was the? aullior?William
Sbakspeare.
At lungtli, the queen, court and actors
all went out, and there came in next, not
u court, with music and pomp, but quietly
and silently, a dark, sad-looking man,
leading two children by the hand. These
three walked up and down the hall ;
several times?the man talking to the
children, and telling them, it seemed,
something very sad, for they cried and
clung to hiin, and then the three passed
out weeping.
The Lady Mary knew theso to be
Charles the First, and his children, whom
he had been telling, perhaps, that ho
might soon be put to death.
Next thcro came, in stillness also, a
stern, haggard-faced man, in a rough,
half-military dress, with a sweet delicate
looking lady, in white. She was clinging
to his arm and seemed expostulating with
him very earnes ly.buthe shook his head,
yet at the same, he tenderly smoothed
her hair, with his strong hand, and playfully
pinched her thin cheek, and tried to
smile. Then he suddenly turned, and
strode out of the hall. The lady stood a
moment, looking after him mournfully,
aud then passed out also.
The Lady Mary knew these two to he
Cromwell and his daughter Elizabeth,
who often interceded with her father, 'or
political o tienders.
Again there was loud music, and again
a brilliant court came pouring in. First
walked a dark, dissolute-looking young
man, very gaily dressed, with long curls
dangling about bis shoulders?handing
carelessly along a pale dispirited lady,
who didn't seem to find much comfort in
ttic ipiceniy diadem she wore.
The bull begun, and soon it was turned
into a wild revel. Heauiiful, but bold
ladies, and reckless looking gentlemen ?
danced, and laughed, sung, and feasted,
ami gained, and grew merrier and madder
every minute.
The Lady Mary became frightened, for
she saw that she was in the protligate
court of Charles the ?fckicond. She tried
to hide behind the tapestry by the window,
but a rollicking nobleman, whom
she recognised by his portraits as the
Earl of Rochester, cilTight sight of her,
and sprang forward, to drag her out into
the midst of the hall ! Site thing his
hand oil', with a scream, and lo, he, the
king, the (juecn, the court, the lights,
everything vanished !
It teas nil a dream!
The Lady M iry was alone in the old
hall, in the silent night, now darker than
before, for a cloud had come over the
moon.
She groped her way to the door, unlocked
it, and passed into the withdrawing-room.
At the farther end she saw
some one coming?she could not sec w ho
it was, l?y the dim starlight?so she asked?"Roger,
is that you I"
"No, Mary," answered a glad, tremulous
voice, "it is not lioger?it is I?
(ieorgc !"
Willi a wild, joyful cry, the Lady Mary
sprang forward, and was clusjied in her
husband's arms.
And this was not a dream.
Captain Hamilton hud been severely
wounded and taken captive by the Afghans.
They had kept hint a close prisoner
in the mountains, not even permitting
him to write a letter to any one, for two
years, lie had at last been discover id,
liberated, and sent home, to recover his
health, which had suflered somewhat in
his hardship and confinement.
On arriving at Hampton Court, whither
he had been directed from Lo idon, lie
had been told liV old Rorrpr tvliorw liiu
wile probably was, us lie could not (iu<l
her in licr apartments, and was on his
way to the liuii, when lie met her, as wo
have seen.
The next time Hint tlie Lady Mary visited
that old hall, to walk in the moonlight,
or muse in her favorite window-seat,
it was observed that she did not go alone.
Home.
How often do ww hear it said, "The
French have no word for homebut are
we not more unfortunate?nay, culpable
?to possess that homely Saxon word,
and yet divorce i'. from all ita hallowed
and valuable associations)
We pro|K?se now to attempt to find out
one of the causes of the growing evils ami
crimes of society, particularly those of this
city ; and we think we can prove that they
are mainly owing to tho neglect of the
privileges and responsibilities connected
with our homes, in overlooking the deep
principles and meaning that lie at the
f/ti.n, I n i/\n a)' lilts# flOOWi. I inaltl>t I
mtlll?ir?licril ?/i mm "?v . s;? a iiimiiliruil,
Ia-1 us communes in our history with
the infant in the nursery, or the little child
At the fireside?(hut, alas! we have no
fireside n^w?no warm hearth stone; the
miserable substitute, of a hole cut in the
the floor, is no place for the cultivation ol
the fancy, by the twilight talc.) With
some lieautiful exceptions, we shall find
these fair young creatures systematically
educated to become the devotees of fash
inn Almn4t I Kin flrmt wnmta !.??
are worda of flattery, mingled with direc
lions given, llint Master So and-ao, nn<
hi* little ai*ter, are not to be outdone by
their neighbor'* children in velvet* *n?
atin*?the parent* not eonAidering wha
ao inault it ia to the beauty and ' natara
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simplicity ot childhood to overlay it with
gaudy attire, ever after deemed indispensable.
Then comes the French attendant
and the child is consigned to the care of a
person who is to use a language in com
mon with that child, and with which, in
many cases, the parents are entirely igno'
rant, or only partially acquainted. What
an instrument of evil! at the same time
often exposing them to the mode of ex
pression and pronunciation of tl e uneducated
and unrofied, for their first knowledge
of that language, with a provincial
or nasal sound.
The second stage, is of the ^ oung girl
or boy just entering school, where tlicy
| carry the cultivated love of display ; they
iuihil>e, also, a ta to for an artificial mode
of life, from the extravagantly furnished
houses (in some instances) w here they arc
nominally sent for intellectual and moral
improvement, and where the girl or boy
who has no? been favored of fortune, feels
for the first time, discontent at the healthful
plainness of theirown homes: all that
is artificial takes the place of th.i simple
regimen, so necessary to strengthen the
mind and character. The question now
is, "Which is the most fashionable
school ?"
Then comes the next stage, when the
gill or boy, or rather the grown-up child,
all finished, enters soeiete
wit ii few French phrase*, with no knowledge
of the literature of that language, a
little more of music, (for that, we are sorry
to say, has become inure mechanical.)
but without true self-depen lence springing
.from firm principles, a cultivate I heart
and a simple religious life. Is it to he
wondered at that she loses her maidenly
resolve and womanly strength, and hecomes
the loudtalking, rude girl?whilst
the hoy becomes cflfeiuinate, opinionated
and irreverent I What do they know o!
reserved rights, when nightly, in the dance,
in almost every circle, there is such an a
buse of the manifestations which belonjj
to the most sacred and beautiful feelings
of our nature I
Now appears the darkest side of tin
picture; from this preparation, we are l<
look for the wife and mother, the hu*han<:
and father, even before the dawn of womanhood
or manly character? She is tc
mould and ''nfiuence the future men anc
women of the country, and to be the com
panion, the sustaining friend, the helper
of one whom she should bless, rather thai
cmse?she, whose person and liousi
should be ornamented with Christian ant.
feminine graces, and who should have st
much regard for the dignity of her bus
band and herself, as not to be willing thai
ho should sacrifice the best portio i of hi
life at his place of business, to minister tc
her endless artificial wants, to prevent ho
from living upon the bounty of the iner
| chant, the upholsterer, the dressmaker am
I the milliner. Then would divorces holes:
frequent, places of amusement and degrading
crimes less ire<pientod, the home r
place of improvement ami happiness, anc
the child undelrauded of its rights, foi
"heaven lies about us in our infancy.1'
We will here quote from a faithful pic
ture of an interesting w riter, for we lov<
to dwell on the character of a true womai
and consider it her highest privilege t<
grace and gladden her home;?"To i
man who knows the world, and under
stands what he should hope from it. wha
he should do in it, nothing can ho mori
desirable than meeting with a wife win
will every where co-operate with him, win
will every where prepare his way for him
vruuau inil^rlllB limes up Wll.1l in: 111',IS
leave, whose occupation unread^ itself 01
evorv side, white his must travel forwart
on its single path. Order in prosperity
courage in adversity, care for the smallest
and a spirit capable of comprehendinj
and managing the greatest; these ar
i such qualities as we find in the women o
history?that clearness of view, that ex
pertne?s in all emergencies, that surenesi
in details, which brings the whole so ac
curately out."
The young man growing up under mor<
elevated influences, giving some jw>rtioi
of his time to intellect!! d pursuits and t<
retirement,will gradually be forming taste
to make the home happy, and will b
wise enough to feel, that if ho does nc
sacrifice himself in the countingrooni o
office, lie will leave it fairer inheritance t<
his children, and one which is indispen
sahle to an entrance to a happier liomi
Home Journal.
From the Scientific American.
On Painting
N<> trade in our country need* improvi
ment more than (minting, especially in r<
. gard to durability. The most conuno
error in painting grow* out of the ide
. that spirit* of turpentine i* a dryer; or, i
other wor'U, has a drying effect upon o
and paints with which it is mixed ; bent
it U used indiscriminately by painters t
' make paint dry, when the fact is, it oul
i diminishes the quantity of oil used, an
I evaporate* very soon after punt i* sprea
r on wood, without having imparted an
drying quality to the oil or paint. T1
, otdy proper use of spoils of turpentine i
painting or varnishing, is to reduce di
I paint* or gum* to a consistency cipah
' of Iming spread oift, a* in painting or va
I uishing, and if wo could spread out ti
t other ingredients on the same surface,wit
I out the turpentine, we might dispen
0
| witli its use. For example, to mnke a
Laid paint that will bear rubbing down
, with pumice stone, take uiy p->hit of any
i kind, and oil suflicient to make a hard
cement, when spread out and dried, then
i re.lueo it with turpentine to a consistence
that may he spread with brush, and when
; the turpentine evaporates it lea\esa hard
s body composed of the paint and oil. Again,
take gum copal or rosin, by heating
and mixing with the turpentine we reduce
them to a liquid stale, and can use them
I for Tarnishing; and when the varnish is
spread, the turpentine evaporates without
having imparted any essential quality of
drying, luster, or durability to the varnish.
Hence no turpentine should bo used in
painting intended to stand the weather,
as it can be reduced to a proper consistence
with oil, and made to dry without
1 injuring its durability.
Paint, to stand the weather,depends entirely
on the oil for its durability. For
example, take very thin oil in warm weather,
and mix .villi white lead or other paint,
i and some turpentino for a dryer; the
whole being of the consistence ot common
paint, put on three coats and it soon looks
dry and dead, and in a year or two will
begin to rub oil* like whitewash, because
the proportion of oil to the paint was too
small. Again, take the same quality of
oil and paint in e ild weather, when the
oil is thicker, and instead of turpentine,
use some good dryer; mix to the consistence
of common paint, then put on three
coats, and it dries with a gloss and looks
1 teller at the end of four years than the
other when first done, and will preserve
the wood well for many years, simple because
the proportion of oil to the dry
paint is greater.
Hut all painting cannot be done in cold
weather, and the question occurs, can it
f be done by using very thin paint, and
, putting on more coats, but the be*t way
is to boil the oil ; boiled more in warm
; weather than in cold. It can be boiled
i in an iron, copper, or brass kettle, and
should be done over a slow lire out ol
? doors, lis there is danger of it taking fire ;
i to every gallon of oil put in a quarter o
I a pound of litharge, which will make il
dry. For hot weather, keep it boiliiq
? two or three hours; for cold weather, hal
I an hour is sufficient; stir it frequently.?
A little pru.ssian blue ground in oil, am
, put in white paint, improve its appear
1 mice. Sufficient time should be givei
i! between coats to let the paint drv weli
1 and no outside painting is well done utili
? it has a good even gloss.
For chair and other painting, when
t you want a hard body to rub down, oi
> wear well, grind dry paint with a smal
proportion ol oil, and reduce lo the p'op
r i er consistence t > spread with a brush ; us?
I driers in proportion to the oil; if the oil i;
I boiled as directed, for out-door paiutiiq
v no drier is needed. Flit on coats suHi
eient to make as good a body as you le
i quire, giving time for each coat to dn
i well. If it lias a gloss when done it ii
r from using too much oil, and will not rlil
well. There is not much danger of usinp
- too little oil for this kind of work, give il
i the gloss with varnish,
i Spanish whiting and water, with a lit
) lie glue, make a good and cheap primint
i for chairs; "it should he put on w rm.?
Persons wishing to paint 'heir own chim
t I ney-pieces or carriages black, should pu
[ on one coat of lead color, made of whit<
D lead and lamp-black, n?ing sonic turpen
i tine and a drier; when dry, sand pape
, well, and finish with copal varnish and J
t I I It le lampblack.
n Piukrs?White lead has a drying of
1 feci on linseed oil, and paint made of whit
, lead and oil, will always dry on nev
., wood. Hurnt Turkey umber, litharge
j red lead, and sugar of lead, will all dr
e paint when ground with or in any vvaj
F| incorporated in it. Hut the best drier
have ever seen used is made as follows
v Take on gallon linseed oil, one jvouud ret
I i??.i -..-v i i .i?? 1 m..
icnu, unc jm miii' i i.ni.ii^r, uuu jhmiihi i hi
key timber, burnt nearly black and pul
i veri/ed, ami half a pound ground shellac
a it is best to run the wluile except the gun:
a through a paint mill, put into an irot
s eopper, or brass kettle, Hnd laiil slow nil
e til it will not show a grease spot throng'
>t brown paper when dropped on it hot
r keep it well stirred. When done, set i
[> off and let it cool until the spirits of tm
i- pen tine can l?e poured in without tnkirj
8. tire; pour in about two gallons of turpcr
tine slowly, stirring all the time, more c
less will do, as the thicker the drier th
less will be necessary in paint; a half pir
is sufficient for a gallon of oil in the pnii
on any new wood, baton old inside pain
ing a little more will sometimes be nece!
5" aary. It takes three or four hoars hoi
ing. A. W, II.
n Pialle City, Mo.
a wm
V A wealthy, but penurious old gontlemai
got hold of a rather tough customer in th
"e person of a Rochester railroad and steau
,o boat runner, the oth r day, whom ho hr
y offended bv some set of meanness.
lC| "Blast your stingy old skin said the ru
ner to hhn, before a whole depot-full of b
standers: I knew you when you used
^ hire your children, f??r a penny, to go to b<
M' without thoir snppar, and ntler thsy got
>n | aleep, youM go "l> ttnd atenl their penniee
ry hiro tliem with nguin tlie next night!"
Ie Thin wu a little too much ; and the n
,r. miner "Moped nmidet the laughter of t
tA neieniblage.
.... A young lady who took tlie eyre
w everybody, hoe boon arretted for stealing.
MiKV
r W *
From Ike N. F. Evening Pott.
Dan^rs of Using Ether and Chloro*
form- Extraordinary Revelations of
Dentists?Sympathy for Dr Beale
Last evening, pursuant to notice, a
! meeting took place at the Academy^
I (Bond street) of the Dental Profession of
I New York and its vicinity. Dr. Solvrnan
Brown occupied the chair; Mr. C. S. Puti
nam oilicialed as secretary. There were
ubout forty gentlemen present, embracing
the leading dentists of this city and the
neighboring cities of Brooklyn, Williams*
burg, and Jersey city. The recent sen*
tenre of one of their brethren in lliiladel*
pliia to a long term of ignominious imprisonment
gave a direction to tbeir deliberations,
and an earnestness not common
to the deliberations of scientific bodies.
The president announced that the gen- y
tleinen wouid be heard in alphabetical order,
and first called the name of Allen.
Dr.Ai.i.KN, of Bond street, rose andsta*
ted that the object of tho meeting was to
collect fact* from gentlemen in the active
practice of their profession, drawn from
I their Dersonal p*n??ri??n/*? an A illueirativo
? , -"I J ......... ?v. ~
of the effects of the two great Kinesthetic
agents, etlier and Chloroform, upon the
huuutn system, lie stated that his observation
had been limited. He had seen
the operation of ether in about twenty
cases, lie had always regarded it as a
dangerous agent, and invariably represent
ted to his patients that the insensibility
thus produced was too much for so little;
that the extraction of a tooth was an op- 4
eration not sutliciently important to require
eitlie ether or chloroform, lie had
observed that the patient would frequently
insist that the tooth removed under
the i* tlucnce of ether was not out, and
nothing but feeling tbe cavity or seeing
the tooth convince them to the contrary,
lie recollected the case of a young gentlemen
from Virginia, to whom ether -was
C administered. After the tooth was removed,
he sprang from the chair vocifera* .
j- ting for brandy ; and while still under the
L influence of the ether, went into the hill
r closet in search of brandy. In a short
j- time the effect of the antcsthelic agent
_ passed off and with it his violent demands
j for spirit.
l)r. Ik'iuiAM, of Oliver street, in rela,
ting his experience, commenced by remarking
that on the first promulgation of
j the powers of ether, he seized on the remcd/
with avidity as being specially adap.
ted to relieve the pain of the extraction
r of teeth. As an exhiliraut, he had known
j its use since 1827, l>eing employed a*
. such by Dr. John Tolly. On the discov,
cry of chloric ether, he liftd tried it on a
5 sister. Ho asked her to inhale it, not
, deeming the experiment injurious. She
' very speedily manifested its peculiar agency,
placed her brother's hat on her
. head, put on his coat, and nursed the sofa
4 pillows on her lap, completely forgetting
, all she had done when she became retion,
al and conscious. Upan an aged lady at
[ that time he had tried it, with a view to
trampiilize, her nervous system, and its
system, and it* effect upon lier was sode,
( licious lAat she thought "every poor man
. ought to possess a bottle" of it.
The doctor then began to use it upon
t his dental patients, lie had always used
e it with caution. One stubborn case oc.
cillTCil in 18 10. A gentleman came to
, have some stumps of teeth extracted pre^
viously to their replacement by an artificial
set. He soon became sufficiently unconscious.
In this suite seven were re
e moved. After the removal of the fifth he
v jumped up, became so outrageously vio5f
lent that, the operator's wife, with her inv
font in her arms, came up stairs in alarm.
Thinking the patient might unconsciously
[ hurt his wife, the doctor pushed her from
: the room, and locked himself in. Mo
1 succeeded in throwing the gentleman on
. the sofa, who, while there, bellowed and
. halloed most furiously, spitting blood in
; every direction, and exclaiming "I've got
you now, ltill Brookes." On the effect
of the ether passing away the patient said
i that he had imagined he was at his home
f, at Pnrtchester, that, 'Bill" was robbing
; his money drawer. When he seemed ai
blc to hear it, the doctor gave him a aec..
ond dose, and extracted the remaining
r slumps.
). The doctor told also of a young ladv,
,r who insisted on his using chloroform to
e her case. lie demurred ; she applied eleeit
where, and lastly to liiin, insisting on iU
,t employment. lie gave it to her. After
t extracting the tooth, he laid aside the instrument,
and, with a view to her rettorI
nfinn Irs rv/\ixa/iiAii?noiis uluvlilio totfTiv.1
|. w V"ii?vivu0ii^n| I'UIIVU IU
Iter (hoc. She soon carne round and said,
"hoc-tor, it was cruel in you to *l?p me in
the face so bard as that: I waa j>erfectly
, conscious when you did it." Fortunately
iJ another lady, her companion, was present.
%. "Why, Louise, the doctor did no audi
ui thing."
The patient still persisted and asked
n* for the mirror, to see bow her face wea
>'* reddened by the blow, saying, "I don't
know what occasion you could have of
lo slapping ine." Ultimately she was pacifieJ
by the idea that perhaps the extraction
of the tooth produced that erroneous
>!<1 imprtMMB.
he br. Allcn *Uo mentioned a caae which
fell under hit notice, in Ciftcinnftti, of
0f married lady who, being in food health.
walked a mile and a half to have aerera^ J
ym