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Scotch Argument for Marriage
Jenny is poor, ami 1 am poor.
Yet we will wed?so,say no morel
\nd should the bairnes to us come ?
As few that wed but do have some?
No doubt that Heaven will stand our fri<
U.I bread, as well as children, send.
{So fares tinmen in .farmer'* ) urd ;
. To live alone she linds it hard ;
I've known her weary every claw
In search of corn among the straw;
lint when in quest of nicest food,
She clucks am >ng her chirping brood ;
Wit it joy we see the self same hen
Tlta i seratehed for one, could scratch for
These are the thoughts that make it e wil
'I o take my girl witnout a shilling ;
And for the self same cause, )'DU sec,
Jennv resolved to marry me.
From the Chester Standur
ADDRESS
11V
DR. A. P. WYLIE
(/ iitluwu of the jiihiny Creek .1
cultitntl Society :?1 fully appreciate
Compliment conferred by you in sfilee
me to aijilre>s \ou .?n the science of
jiiolugv ou ibis occasion.
\I v 111 v r??<rii?t. is ll.nt I um iml
I' in- I t<i .! > pi?tiee to tlit> subject. !u i
ly life I coin r.ictct! a passion lor the c
vaiio.i of I'lu:!, wine i li es been occis.
a 'v a source of pleasure ami rcorca
to urn ever since ; but owing to an ai
ous piol?ion, uiij a resilience on a ]
c.av soil, tlii- most unfavorable to
< i t i\ alii ii of irna ; in\ opp >ri iitiit o*
ml ill 41:10 tli-s taste have be 11 0 lito It
I I
111 y profession i? that >.f a physii
I propose to f,ay some.hint; in regar.
lite proprietv of mating fruit 4 pari
our <1 hley diet. A most pernicious
J 1 1 ce pievaiis wi Ii somio peisons i
Iriilt is a ore it cause <if aiekness tin
0 ti ^iinii'i and autumn il ill tuliis, a
dineny the reverse is tine where g
rijie fiuit is t ik'-u widi any decree
111 deration. it is titit? dial giuuti Jet
el or bully matured fruit, soin-ti
1 ce- d<*o il oca * n children ; or thai
m)iis an i.'customed to a regular sup
inav o.cMo.i.ialli, when all opportu
0 curs, surfeit their stomachs, cam
theiehv si 41 t illness ; but persons i
1iave a regular supply of goo.I fruits,
dolt) del iiioe liieil s\steute by !* '
a.1 vstor* c one from the North of lino
w4o*re ihe summers are cuiup.iralii
stool, aid die thermometer scarcely 1
1 111 ces above tile temperature of eig
i.'-oriw, and dim brought with them
iiiaiiii?i{i and customs adapted to 1
temperate climate. i?o.v, it is nolor
(ii .1 there is nothing a people .allien
witli greater tenacity than their nc
turned food and beverages. We to
day generally prefer b.ic.>11 or other
meat as t' e chief articles i f diet, are
ii lieveriiije, whisker or oilier i'.roug i!
? iring n >l s<> much tor culinary veg
"j!ei ami rarely making fruit a neces;
p?rt of our or?l narv meals. We I
consequently suffered l!ie penalty of
<I s<>l?edlenoe to tlm laws of climate
short 11led from fever and biliary discs
Tlie Krelicli, Italians and Spaniards, i
gra:iug from a warmer climate, wl
every meal is composed chiefly of
and vegetables, ami their ^leverages
light win 's of their native country, i
deseetidanls still adhere to the custom
heir ancestors to a considerable ex:
Now, ii is a fact well known to physic
ot the South, (hat the French. Ila
and Spanish families, sutler much
trout the 'uah-piant fevers and biliary
eases, incident to our bot summers, t
the Scotch, English, Irish and Oiern
1 repcodect well of hearing Dr. 1)
son, of Charleston, dwell upon the c
parative immunity of the French
Spaniards, from the yellow and othe
vers about Charleston. Mobile and !
Or'eans Hoth theory and the prael
observation of the customs of the nal
of different climes, clearlv establish
truth, that the inhabitant* of warm cc
*, ics, require a diet almoel entirely di
crni from- those of rvihl latitude*,
f Ireenlander can eat two pounds of hi
or train oil, and <11ink a quart of whii
dully with impunity ; whilst the nal
of the tropica subsist chietly upon coo
acid fruits peculiar to their jlimate.
high latitude* a tat oily diet is essenti
required, to supply the carbon neces:
to generat animal heat ; but in our I
summers, where the temperature
stsntly approaches no J sometimes <
rise* alsoe tliHlof our laxlte* ; we re<|
but little carbon to develop* heat,
uiucli cooling acid fruit*: It is most '
| tliy of remark in this place, that jj
ripe fruit contain* only from 10 to 12
I ceut, of carbon, the great general*
I animal heal, and < hie! constituent of
whilst bacon or oil contain* 66 to 80
I c?ntf ol dial material. In the proce:
tiling iiml curing, men! loose* man
^ it* ii)o*l important element* ueceeaar
4 the l<?i unit ion of healthy b'ood { cc
1 queiilly, i* found that salt baco
other meat, and bread even with
addition of sugar anil coffee, will not
lain human life long without the addi
of oilier aliment4. This has heen
roughly tested in the navy and largt
lilies, where it was impracticable to
cure fruit, fresh meat, or vegetable-;
der such circumstances, scurvy, a (lis
| of the blood, invariably makes it* app
, aiice, dcMng all ireMimenl, unless l
fruit and vegetable.., necessary to
\ "' 3
, elaboration of perfect blood can be pro- nun
cur?d, whenever they can he obtained in bee
sufticient quantities, the disease soot, dis die
appears. It is said that in Europe the ver
lowest population, w hose diet consists of Soil
Irish potatoes or oaten bread alone, which nur
(jo contain all the elements of blood in froi
their proper proportion, have a most in and
ferior physical organization ; being hinge had
jointed, pot bellied, and extremely nglv, ted
?nd, with heads and faces, like some ofotn rice rnei
plantation i egroes. A reasonable deduc unt
, lion from what I have said is this : It tba
we wish our childiHl to a-qmie a line par
physical coiistitmion, which appears to he con
| necessary to the best mental development, of
health, and greatest longevity, we should the
t as one of the means to attain that end, 1 o
endeavor to supply tlnun daily, parlic- I'oi
ularly in ihe warm seasons, with good tinten.
ripe frmt, as a part ot their aliment, for bar
ling without it we cannot expect a pel f-c pea
! elaboration of the blood, the great palm No
lum from w hich all our organs and lis I In
| sues are formed. | on!
m^m It has been truly said, that "no eulttue ma
1 of intellect that dorrs not embrace tin* is ti
^ J culture of health ? no weahh, no uioraii- rca
j ty, and not even a leligiou, that docs not
embrace the preservation of the physic il liar
| system from ail deterioration, and its cul- cics
Ovation to tin' 11iir 11est perfection, will ever out
jri last long. No nati jii or people will ever ' bre
tlie preserve the weight of influence to n\ i.ic-!i ken
ting | they are naturally entitleil among ethers. pre
J'o without tit an linens of development as the its
only reliable foundation of matmiic.ss and ?i? :i
pro reliability of character. o p
car- It would be well for those who think *?r
tllli- that there is no necessity for a change in All
;o'i our customs with regard to diet, to recol- ' con
lion ! led that we are the most iil formed, mi Am
rdu healthy, and short lived peon'e under the our
pipe sun, occupying as line a climate and hav- vai
the 1 ing as manv of the comforts of li'e with- hat
I > j tu our re uli ; we cannot compare with as'i
mi | the same class ol people in the South of ( ha*
| Korope, who make fruit a thief coinpo nia
i.?n neat part of ilieir diet. ine
I to The science ol i'oitlologv has made ' -o-i
t of j more rapid advances within the last 50, ?ii<
fire- j hilt more particularly within the last go wa
hit ' yeais, than any kindred science. It is J il.i:
nng most astonisliing the vast inimh. r of new cu!
hen j and ta'tlaMe varieties thai have been c?| Mm
oad Heeled ami originated by i 'oiiiologists ?l
"I 1 ? thin that period. 'I lie greater part of iiis
'ay j the o!<ter vat eties, especially of the I'ear, I' r.
- in ii " n i. in 'i uui i ?i in iii^ in:; i:im i i?
!?< r century, some of which we tiiui growing j ^
|ily, I hi our old orchard*, tuc now considered W
tiily j unworthy cf cultivation. Unfortunately ' v ii
i ?If i lor us, tin* science has made romp aralive- iec
ivlio j |y lint tulle progt o>a in tin; South ; more ! lli><
*< ! |? irt cu!;tr!y in South Carolina. Willi a c?i!
1 ?or 1 few excepti ?ns we have ml a* good Iruit (
ope, | now, in tiii* Slate, a* had our ancestors ha*
rely owing to the luui that they generally "J'C
v?-r i planted their 'iees on fresh land, whilst Si
lily ! most of our people plant on old worn out cm
tiie I soil?after preparing holes for the rocap' onl
that tion of tier* is if they were about t > the
tons , plant a fence post, leaving them to the ten
a to | mercy of worm* and iVeij ienlly of caltlo out
cus- j and then most unjustly blaming tbo nor j *ioi
this seryinan, soil or climate, for their want of I'm
fat sue 'Oss. ! tec
1 as I One of the main sources of failure with c s
rink ' lliu l'# v p asoas wlm L;fVy treated the r am
eta ' trees properly, has been in cultivating va !y <
<ary rielie* n??t adapted to our climate ; more the
tave ' especially of ilie apple, pear and grape, km
our I'ntil very recently our trees were mostly pla
, by purcliase<l from uoithern uur?er.e>. of va- o\
ises. rieties which bad been ?h telly originated bill
t*n?I- in the north, and const ipinillv, most of yoi
here them only adapted to thai cluraie. A ve<
fruit person who h ippem-d to hava u taste for is
the horticulture generally procured some work pc;
Heir publirht-d at the North (for we bad no tail
s of Southern publication of the kind) d-s. iip l>\
ent. live of trmt ami their cultivation ; he next is <
iatis would proceed to gj>? a patrflogiio of a ma
liau Northern nursery, and from this he would ing
less mnke oat his o.der. After years of tie | cur
tba !ay and expense in their cultivation, it > e\t
liau generally turned <>ut that the largest pnr- <loi
rian. lion, particular IV of his wppY-y utu
hck- cherries and grapes, would prove a failure. are
om His winter p -ars and apples, if the\ hi ? oiu
and tared at ?-li, ripening enily in the fill and ?I <
r fe- rotting before winter ? his cberrt tree* ma
^ew cither dying or producing no fruit; his res
Lical grape* rotting before maturity, t >o? ven ing
ives efalde an I intelligent friend, l)r. Wiliitol >wi
tbo ffibbs, imported many vaiieties of Iruit die
jun* trees fioiii tbo north, and devo'ed a con
ffer- siderable portion of a long life to their suj
1'he ' fc.lv it-Ill' i-ii liv-ili hi ' I.-it Ins .-it'iris >\ -r.i rim
icon attended by r? pealed failures. I recollect Soi
.key hi* aMen.pl to cultivate the far fnm< d scr
tvea i Newton Pippin Apple of the North. I; wo
iling grew I......it.fullv, forming a tine tiee ; li.it f?r
In never produced one mnwired specimen of 11.f
'. illy ' fruit; they >.11 dropped when about u... itv.
*ary 1 thirds grown. I visited him several lime*
long within a few \ ears before his death, and pot
cou- want around with hint to mm; his oreb nd the
sven and vineyard; ho still appeared (o be an .in
[.lire enthusiast on the subject of Pomology, u>?
and although ne ?r eighty j ears of age ; I.a the
wor expressed his regret that he I.ad *|Kjnt so
p>od much lima in cultivating trees of Noitli wo
per ern origin, slid said, thai if ho was only for
>r of as young as I then was, that lie would M i
bile devote l.isJost lima and expenditures to bio
per collecting and cultivating treos of South cut
?s of ern origin, of <
/ of 3ur ancestors alien thoy first einignt Tu
y to ted to this country brought over seed of jec
.use- ail their rarities of fruit : front these htm
n or dreds of kind* were originated, many of cie
tlm superior uualily adapted to the various km
regions of our wide spread country. The t!n
ilion North being in advance of us in the use ll.t
tho? ful arls an-l sciences, established large ext
i ar nurseries more than half a century since ; nn<
pro- a fourth of a century since they cominen wil
un ced the Votpolocical Societies : By these nal
ense means tboy collected a vast number of ma
>ear- , foreign varieties, adapted to their own ori|
resb climate, hut what was of still more impor the
the j lance to them, thev collected a great kin
^ f1 | ? *
iiber ul seedling varieties which had a
n originated in the Northern and Mid r
States, adapted to tln-ir latitude, but a
y lew of which were well suited to the li
ilhem Slates. The South having no e
-eta s of their ow n, purchased entirely l<
n the North?neglecting to collect ?
I disseminate the good varieties which t
I originate I in tliuir midst, and adap
to their own climate. Disappoint' c
it and d'saster followed their etlorts, o
ii il began to l e the settled opinion li
t many of the more valuable Iruits, t
ocularly winter apples and pears, t
Id not be cultivated with success south t
the Alleghany mountains. Within li
last few years a new era has begun t
dawn upon lis. A few enthusiastic r
nologists have been collecting and tes j
; aiieliesof Southern origin ai:J the) g
e secured a list of seedling apples and a
n lies, which cannot be excelled by the c
11li, ami the work has onlv begun.? I
ndrcds of good varieties, which are ' ?J
y known in certain neighborhoods, re- I?
in to be vet collected and tested. It ) t
iow no longer doubted that we can 1 )
- ;i:.e waiter keetcic atmvs .- > t 1 < 1 ilea is a
Ml of our domestic vaiiulies of fruit I
0 ated from wild, worthless spe- , I
. and have heen lnott^lif to tlieir pros <
improved slato l?v cultivating, cross i
pilitio !tii<\ reproduction. Man lias ta t
1 ml van! mj^o of itn import ant law which s
sides over I oth animal or plant iroin f
natural wild stale, cultivate or domes' r
i'.o it, no?l you soon tnoilify its laws of t
rodo< tion, so that it produces vaiielics s
\ dill'Tolit liolti I lie original slock.? i
of oar endless varieties of apples have t
lie from the wild crabs of Hurope and I
i, which are eon ally as worthless as i
wild crah apple. The hundreds of i I
i-ta s ut the pear now in cultivation >
n' all sprang i' tii the wild uoi^nilicaiit ?.
nn^ent p? ar of the K ast. No fruit i
I eetl liloiti sinht neglected w ith lis? I
nv ol the new vat icties con e into hear j
sooner than the apple, and are p?>? I
id ol higher tla\or, more nutritious1'
I dioestihle th iti the apple. I *r (idibs <
s llie only mail t<? iiiv knowledge, in , t
or ilia neighboring I >.-* ricts, wliolias i
mated ilie pear t.? any extent ; tmfor- | i
lately lie only tiiel the oil varieties, ,
iidi 'late been mostly abandoned, and :
soil was of .a very unfavorable cliarac . <
At the l.i'c meeting of the National t
uio|o"ic 1 Convention, liutd in N.-w ,
W, "iiioi.o nunneo'is exhibitions, Col. I
ilder, of Massachusetts, exhibited SOS ' i
ielies of iIn* fiuil of the pear, and I |
ollect of noticing a few tears since, |i
it i.e had 6U0 varieties of lids fruit in <
!)i.r numerous varieties of the poaeh I ;
re all originated from 0110 bitter wild I
vies, a native of lVrsia hi.J India.? i
long a* \\\s I111.I to ie'v upon the North 1
nnrseiies I'm our supplies, we could 1
y procure tree* of tld* fruit, to ripen
ir fruit from May to the fiist of Sep- 1
I her; now we can procure them from I
S mi! H'tii nurseries, to ripen in succes- I
II from M n to the M ddleof November. I
t we still continue to plant tlie peach <
d without any regard to having a sue '
.-ion of fruit throughout the season, I 1
I procure therehy only a supply, most 1
of inferior peaches, to ripen through j !
months of July and August. It is <
>w n to I'omologots, that the continued 1
nting of the peach seed has a tetiden i 1
to degenerate the hind, rendering it <
ler an I small ? although occasionally 1
1 may succeed 111 pioducing an i 111 pro- <
I yaiictv. \\ ith a few exceptions there <
no o rtainty of producing the same ; 1
icli hv pla iting iheccfd?the only cer <
II method of perpetuating a variety i?
budding or grafting. I ho Nectarine
mly a variety of the poach ; there are
ny fine vaiieties in cultivation, hut he. 1
; eijnally as li .hie to the ravages of (he I
volio as the plum, it is unworthy of 1
1 tisive cultivation. The origin of our I
iieslic chenics lias heen assigned to , I
or tsso wild species of Asia. There j
several hundred varieties described in 1
CMtologuc. It is better adapted to I
. Wiiillii.iii ill..I M l,It.. S'tilett * vltll
. ...v.. ~ " t
ti\ of tlie finer vaiieii.-s may be sue
sfully cultivated in the South, by traintlic.it
with low branching head*. 'I ho <
e?t varieties Hie itn Im|'ortaut article of |
t in (ieimany. i
I he domestic I'lutns or Prunes, are ail 1
posed to have originated from the wild <
e, a native ( Asia and North America. I
mo tuioo or four hundred kinds are d? I
ibc.l in oar hooka and catalogues. It i
old he one of our it o?t valuable fruits I
general cultivation if it were not for
ravage* of the curculio. In order to i
id this pest, it is best to plant it in a I
r clay soi', or in lots where hogs and t
ullry have constant access. Many ot '
t larger varieties are very convenient 1
1 excellent for drying The prune is i
d extensively as an article of diet on
! continent of Kurope. I
The Apricot is a native of Asia. It <
old be one of our most desirable fruits i
cultivation, as it ripens its fruits in i
it and June ,' if it were not that it 1
iomg so early that it is very liable to he i
. < lT by spring frosts. Mr. Weslbrook, <
fjrevnshoro, N. C , tells nie that the i
rkey Apricot is not liahlo to that ??b- *
t ion. j
I'lie American (jrape is a different spo I
s from thai of Kurope, and is the only '
id worthy of out door cullivattolPln <
s country. Every attempt to cultivate ?
i foreign grape to any considerable I
ent, has been attended with failure, i
I is now abandoned by all acquainted
ill the subject. Hut several valuable j
live varieties have been collected, and I
iny more it is'to be hoped will *<ron be <
gin.tie J by by hiidixMig the native wi(h I
r foreign species. The finer native i
ids "an be procured frvfm the nurseries, < i
lid nothing of fruit kind can be more
emunerative or conducive t<> health, than
few rods square of native vines in a
ligh state of cultivation. How easily
very family might cultivate a sutliciency
jr their own consumption during the
uinnier and autumnal mouths ; but still
hey are utterly neglect* d.
1 shall not attempt on the present <>e ,
asi? n to give the details ol the best mode
f cultivating the ditlareul varieties ?>f
mil trees; or the soils best adapted
hereto. 1 will only make a few suggesions,
thiefly on points which it is e>setiially
necessary for us to observo in our
lot climate. All fruits do better on a
olerably rieh soil, pears, apples, and cher
ies reipiire a much richer soil than the
teach?but ton canuot ptoduee the h?r- j
;est and best peaches without rich land,
it least'in all llie necessary mineral im
;redieuts, which can be most easily supdied
by the application of wood ashes. !
\s a preliminary to the planting of all
;ind ol fiuit trees, the ground should be
boroughly tienelicd or subsoiled, the
loles should be dug from b to 0 feet wide
md from two to three feel deep ; and
ben before fi'iing lip ti?e boles, their hotoms
should be dug up and their sides |
lag rough I v down with a pick or b?r of
roil so as to prevent them trom retaining
xater, which is especially necessary in a
till clay sod. The holes should then be
ilied wiib the top soil, mingled with well
otten vegetable manure, and a shovel or
wo of wood ashes, unless the soil is
ulHciciitlv rieli of itRelf. If the tir>t stunner
should prove dry, particularly where
rees are planted as late as January or !
ebruary, they should be thoroughly j
iiulcheu for two < r tlir.-e feel around j
heir stems with straw, leaves or other j
Vegetable matter. AH fruit trees ill this ,
Itinato should be pruned and shortened
.. ... i.. I?.. 1:-? ? i ,
.. .-X, .i j iu i miii iuw r I
Munching at about two feet from the
ground ? litis is essential to protect their
odtes from our scorching summer sun.?
I hotisands of ticus art' annually ciipp'ed,
iiseasod ami lost by a neglect of tins pre'
autmn. Vou cannot succeed well with
lie [euli unless the limbs are shorten*<1
n so as to form a low flattened head. It
liould never l e permitted to brtmeli into
t lew leading shoots or branches. Cut
ut all the leading shoots so as to dilluse
lie sap eipially into the side branches.?
ll>? unle branches may also be shortened
L>a< k to a shoot hud. ?)\ ijood (ultivs
ton, in conjunction with this mode of
pruning. your peaches will he near all one
izo <>n the same tree, and double the size
a I those on trees pruned and cultivated
ti the old plan?and you will never see
your trees split or Lioken by the s'.eet or
run acting on lite long branches as so
natiy levers. Hjr proper planting and
;ultivati< n, a tree will grow as much in
Itree years as they will in ten or twelve
rents, neglected as tliey generally are. 1
would advise you to purchase no tiees
rout the North which you can procure
rotn our Southern Nurseries, us 1 have
otiiiu iroui considerable experience am:
dscrviition, that they do not flout ish
?s trees grown hore, owing, I suppose,
lo their want of acclimation ; besides
heir nurseries arc not supplied with the
'southern native seedlings which are in
dispensable. W e call nuW purchase front
nurseries of our own and iieighboiing
States, apples and pear.-, to iipen in succession
from May to Mav ; and peaches
lo ripen from bfav to November, and
everything else of the kind adapted to
Jiir climate. 1 have atreadj" alluded to
the great dvances the North has made
>vi*r us in the science of l'otnologv, and
this lias arisen chiefly Irom their niuncr
nils nurseries and porologicnl societies.?
I'licir ftrst society was organ-zed about
iw niy-five years ago. Since then they
liave been rx tended to every Northern
Stale, and almost to every country ; and
by those means they l ave not only col?
lected all foreign varieties, which aie or
promise to be valuable ; hut besides, have
secured and tested a lost of native seed
lings which exceli all those imported from
Europe.
The South has been tributary to the
N'oilhern nurseries to the amount of linn
J rod a of thousands of dollars, for trees, the
greater p?rt not adapted to their climate,
until recently wo had no good nurseries,
slid until very lately no pouiological societies
Hundreds of improved seedling
kinds adapted to our climate, have been
oat from want of propagation and disaeni
nation. The South is at last arising
rroin Iter apathy. We have now several
Extensive an.I reliable nurseries and koine
rocieties?m great number of superior native
seedlings have been col ected and
on ted, and aie now in the nurseries for
>alo. 'I'llo noitliern and middle States
*erc beaten in their eiliihitiou if apples
?t the National Poinological fair, held in
tfew York, list Septeinher, by West
rook it Mfiidenhall, of Greensboro, N.
. 1 have no douht that tlie South car,
f she exerla her energies,excell tlie North
n most fruits.
Hundred* of superior seedlings are
iratti-red over the South which only re
pure knowledge and industry to bring
nlo general cultivation. Every District
diould liave their local societies to exam
lie and romparo the fruit in their neigh
[>orhood, so as to bring all local varieties
!>efore the public. A convention was re
Mmtlr held in Charlotte, N. C., and the
>rgaiii/ation of a Southern Poinologicxl
Society commenced. It is to hold its first
iiiiiumI meeting in Chailotte, next fill.?
11,0 object of ibis Society is to collect to
{ether delegates from the various kindred
ocal societies of the Southern States, to
rxhihil fruits at ono or more annual fairs,
to establish a r oinendalure of frnita?to
iscerlaiii the varieties best adapted to
rarious soils and localities?to oncourage
the collection, orig >? ion and ?!:>s?*?niu
tion of valuable new varieties?to encour
age tlie study of the nature ?.f the insects
aiul diseases ol trees and their remedies.
Fti short, to bring iho whole South into
co operation to advance the science and
cill'iisu the benefits of i'oinologv. Itut
without tlie co.operat ou of S'ate and dis
trict societies, a general southern conven
tion can do n >thing. j there! re suggest
that the tueinhets of this S ci-ty take
some measures to make poino'ogv an in
tegral part ol their bod v. Let us assist
in the great cause of developing the resources
of the South and cease to he tnii
utary to tlio North for trees not adapted
to our climate.
Reveries of a Maideu Lady.
?>ixttin l'mrs Old.? I wonder if every
young girl forms as many plans for '.lie
future as 1 do; and such pleasant plans
too. It set ins to me one need only live
to be happy. I shall soon leave school ;
then I intend to read a great deal, mid
studv house keeping, so that when I am
mariied I tnay make a pleasant koine
for inv husband.
Xinctrcn Tears Old.?Two winters in
socielv ! Well, I have learned one thing.
1 lind that the world views me neithei
handsome, rich, nor entertaining, ous<
iitietilly 1 am not of much importance,
which is not a very great discovert ; but
I am sti'c that 1 have a min i and a
heart. What am 1 to do with ihctn?
Ttrtnly Time )'vars Old.? i mil no
longer happy ; the spirit ol unrest has in
ken possession ol me. How can I live
this woary life ?>l insanity .' 1 try to neglect
no I ouschold duty ; but we have
plenty of servants to do all the work. A
woman's h>t is a sad one! she is Pud 'her
noblest station is retleat." Uii lit: t I w. r.
a man, that 1 might be active, were tl
but hi money making. ! am not good
enough to live a holy bein voieiit life vet.
I waul occupation, i have no desire to
go to paily alter parly e- many a voting
lady does, I.oping to lind a litishatid.?
The whole s v stein t f society is degrading
to woman. It s? em* to nie it wind I be
latter to oiler proposiU ol marriage opetl
I v to gelilltfllivn, than to Us,, t he lUal.o'U'
Vets now praclistd?'.iiat is, il a waiuaii
must be married. Ma-i she, in older to
j be happy ? I do not know.
y?^c? tj tjr.? ?> cji J. 11 ? tli?
\fi?> pliie on, marked bv mat v events
hi><! e\pel!f!;>? ?; Irit m\ iiti:.<I - -nil un
certain about life. Man\ women in tuv
place wiml.l bate iiihiri?*<l .\lr. lb lor l.e
lovml nic, t>1 ;ttn ami unattractive as 1 an.;
but thoupli lie was won lit a bctn-i wo
in;iit tliuti nit.-eil, 1 did not !o\c bm as a
wile should love l.er llllsband. Tile t-'W
men wbo liave happened to rare lot n e
1 bate tiol fancied, an.2 so ! will lie an
|o|i] mail!. I?ut, wbat shall I live |'>>r??
\\ bat shall 1 do to be happy
Thirty fire Yturs (>! !.? A faint gleam
o! light seems to shine nju tt n.y pub ? a
feeling of the t rut It thatoiir life h-re is a
on bation : tliat "ei j yiiK-nt ami not rI
rotv, is our destined ei d or wuv." 1 bate
et < i been seeking after happiness; ?e n b
' Iv happiness , 1 lit now I feel a degree of
willi.gness to reeeite iteit event, wbedi
er j it fnl or s;ol, as sent by an All wise
II 'realor. Willi ibis willingness, routes
a feeling of strange e< ntentiuenl. What
mattejs a little nioie or .ess of transit! '\
I eartbly pleasure? l ite gieatost allium
of Comfort in life is mured In heing adv.
to llio blessings tliat we receive ilat bv
ilnv, appreciating tlie blessings of oni lot
I?not ehvt inp others. '1 lie education ol
oil's is teiv citiel, tliev hi-' obliged to
learn wisdom bv sad experience. W lit
cannot they be fitted, as far as possilue,
to bear life under any aspect ? Instead
'of teaching tlieiii tliat the oulv Lapp\
state of woman is tliat of wife and 'notIter
let them prow tip with the idea tl at in n
riage ;s an incident in life, sometimes a
f ti'iil frtw*. r'tlSnr tl s'unil.1 1... .. Iti'O.i. -I
ill this w.av, or the opportunities ??f marriage
should be as free to woman us to
man, Why could uot parents invite geu
tleiueti In their houses with the avowed
object of selecting husbands fur tlieir
i daughters! Many a worthy man would
I then gain a wife to whom lie would lie i
have dated to aspire. Why al ould it he
1 thought more immodest for a girl to
show an innocent prefeti nee founded on
true admiration mid respect?'hat! fur
her to love and marry a man merely out
of gratitude for hi* fare' nig her ? It wo
m in only felt the certainty that thev can
marry if they choose, half the foibles o|
their character?such as vanity and jenh
i ouay ? would be much lessened. I heir
aium would be nobler, they would make
| better wives.? Ifome Journal.
TllH SCIKXCK O* (ioiNU IO I' Kl>.- I lnj
earth is a magnet, with magnetic curienti
constantly playing around it. '1 lo- Inn
man body is also a magnet, and when
the body is placed in certain relations to
lliu eatlb. these currents harmonize, when
in any other position they conflict. When
one position is to le maintained for some
time, a position should be chosen in
which the magnet c current* of the earth
and the body will not conflict. The
position, as indicated l?y theory, and
Known hy experiment, is to lie with the
head towards the notth pole. 1'ersons
who sleep with their heads in the oppo
site direction, or lying cros*wi*e, aro lis
hie to fall into various nervous disorders,
When they go hack to the right position
thes disordera, if not too dt <*ply impressed
upon the constitution, soon vanish. Sensi
live persons are always more refreshed hy
t sleep when their heads point duo north
i Aclii'.ects, in planning houses, shouk
bear this principle in mind.
tflnlfil Ituiij.
"lie: c she goes, and there si
(ioes.''
The following amusing and well to
storv was published for the first time,
' if of tlte city papers of Gotham, son
lil'ifc' n years ago. A day or two sin
we fell in with a gentleman who let
pa,ns t ? ar.plaint hin.seil personally wi
tiie fait.- at the time ol their occurronc
an ! who vouches for die truiliftilness
the sul'joined narrative :
Not long since, twostylisii looking pt
sons pat up for the night in the upp
part of the eitv. < hi 'lie morrow, alt
ouleiing tin ir bill, they sent for the Ian
lord, who was not long in waiting upi
liis aristocratic guests,
i 'I wish to purchase that old clock i
stairs ; will \ou seil it !' asked the eld(
I while the younger cast his eves over tl
columns ol a newspaper which lav up<
the table. The landlord, who had set i
gnat value upon the ciock, except as i
heir loom, began to suspect it might pi
sess the virtue of lleywood's chair, i
tilled with com?and almost involuiiia
the three ascended to the 100:11 whii
Coll'.I lied it.
'The fact is,' said the older,'I once wn
twenty pounds with a clock like that.'
"Twentv pounds!' ejaculated the Ian
lord.
'Yes volt see that tin re was one like
in a room down in IvseK. and a Felie
i iet 11: I:,i i'.?111 * I kep !i> lor- linger sw ii
ing with the pendulum I'cr an hour, on
> n .iig, 'llete she goes, there site goc
[! til.lii't ?h# it. J walked the muii
' out t 1111 ii in 110 time !
'ion did' \ 0:1 couldn't. wa'k it o
of me. MM bet ten pounds I can do
! on the spot.
'i > in; I'ciied the stranger,
t In- dock struck eight, and with 1
ha< k to the table and door, the landlc
popped into a chair.
11.-1?- she goes, there she goes !' a
iiis ling.-! waved a C'.itvo, his eyes fu
tixvd i n ti.e pendulum. The lellow's
1 tel l llplioli.
'\\ lieie is tiie money ? 1 'lank t
tr.oiiev !'
Tl.e landlord was not to lose in tl
>ni, 11; 1' ?v r..^. 1 .1.,..1, .tint tup
went with the pendulum, and his I
hand d:sen?ai?ei| his pulse liom Ins pO'
let winch he threw holmi I him 011 the 1
hie. All was silent ; the dapper mall
iingdi ex el a in 1 cd.
Shall I dep.?it the money in the hat
? .1 '
i * ?i iii#* waiicr i
I I, IV ?ln' g<>cs, there she goes !' v
the only answer.
One <>f tli.i wags h it the room.
ho:ir<! liiin go down stairs, hut he v
Hot to be (listuibed bv that trick.
Presently the waiter entered,and loin
i?i?_T li in hi.on the shoulder, asked.
'Mr. I'> . are you crazy I W I
are you doing
'Here she goes, there she goes !' he
siioiule I. Ins hai >1 aloi forefinger wavi
as befol'''.
The waiter rushed down stairs, rai
one of the neighbors, and invited him
to see Lis master. They ascended, ?
the neighbor s.-i/.iug him gently by i
slion'der, in an imploring voice, said,
'Mr. It , ilo nol sit here. (Joi
g<> down stairs; what can possibly p
sess \ ou to be sitting here !'
'Here she goes, there she goes!' v
the oi.lt replv, and the solemn face a
the slow moving linger settled the mat
'He is mad,' replied the friend, '
must go for a doctor.'
TI.e landlord was not to be duped,
was n ?t to be deceived, though the wli
... I
n i:?11??i- i*# i ii K'l I ii | >i mill.
on liiii] better call up his wife,' adi
tin* friend.
'1 It*re she goes, there she goes ! rep
ted the landlord, and still the hand in
ed on.
In a moment, his wife entered, full
agony ot soil.
'Mv dear,' she kindly said, 'look
1 iiie, it is your wife who speaks !'
'Here she goes, there she goes !'
hand continued to move, but his \
wouldn't go; she would stay, and
thought she was determined to cons]
against him, and inake liiin lose the
ger. >he wept as she continued,
What cause have you for litis ? \\
\ do you do so ? Has your wife'
'Here she goes, there she goes!' i
ln> finger seemed to be tracing its ;
progress, for ant tiling she could aseerl
to ti e contrary.
My deai,' she still continued, think
that (be thought of his child, whom
fondiv loved, would leml to restore h
i shall I call tij your daughter ?'
\ 'Heie she gops there she goes !'
landlord, again repeated his eves hecoin
more and more fixed ami glazed froi i
i steadiness of the gaz". A slight sn
i which had a great effect upon the mi
i of those present, played upon his fac<
11o thought of the many unsuccessful
sorts to ?*in him from his purpose, am
i , his success ill b.dlVng them. The pit
> ci.in entered. lie stood hv tbosideof
I busy man. lie looked at him in silc
i shook his head; and to the anxious tnr
i ry of his wife, answered.
Nu madam.' The fewer persons I
the better The maul had better i
away ; do noj, let the maid' ,
, 'Tlt-re she goes, there she goes 1'
I n^Min in harmony wi'h the waving lir
i lulled again from the lips of the In
'tlord.
4A consultation, I think, wilt he ne
I snry,' said the phrsicisn. 'Will you
at once ior l>r. A ?V
The k'lul neighbor buttoned up his coat
ami hurried from tlie room.
In a few minutes Dr. A , with
= another medical gentleman entered.
This is ;. sorry sight,' said he to the
doctor with him.
'Indeed it is sir,' was the reply. 'It is
a sinhh'ti attack, one of the'
d 'Here she goes, there she goes !' was
the sole reply. The physicians stepped
|,e into a corner, an I consulted together.
<-'e 'It is advisable, 1 think, that his head
k he shaved,' said one to the otber, who asdi
seated?'aud I w ill dispatch a servant for
l*t a t>ai her,1 a resolution which lie put lmtneol
dialelr into effect.
'Here she goes, there she goes !' alr*
most shouted the landlord, as the minute
l'r hand arrived at the desired point.
The haiher arrived, he was naturally a
d' 1 talkative man, and when the doctor made
some casual remarks, reflecting upon the
.pia.itv of the instrument lie was about
Jl' to use, he replied,
:r' j 'Ah, ha ! Monsieur, you say very had
',H razor. 'Ti? beautiful ! Look !?look I
jii very good isn't lie I'
1,0 'Here she goes, there she goes?' scream
1,11 ed the landlord, his hand moving on?on
's" , hi> face gathered a smile, and Ins whole
frame in readiness convulsed with a joy.
ry TI10 barber was amazed. 'Here sbe
-b g..es, there she goes,' lie responded in the
best English he could use. 'Vare shall,
| vare shall I begin ? Vat is dat Le
sat.'
J" 1 'Shave his head at once,1 interrupted
I the doctor.
'1 iere she goes, there she goes I1 for the
,w last time cried the landlord, as the clock
'U struck the huui of nine, and lie sprung
'y from his seat in an ecstacy of delight,
s- screaming at the top of Ins voice, as he
ey 1 skipped around the room.
I \ e won it ! Eve won it l1
ul ! 'What t' said the waiter.
1 ; -\\ hat V echoed the doctors.
'What j1 reechoed the wife.
'W hv, the wager?ten pounds?1 liut,
"s ' casting his e\es around the room, and
r*' , oiissing the young men who had induced
him to watch the clock, he asked :
'Where a.e those young men who supJ')
ped h? re last n ght ? Eh ? t^uick ! W neru
1,1 HIO they V
They went away in their pliealun near1,0
Iv an hour ago,' was the reply of the
w aiier.
The truth flashed like a thunder bolt
'* - through his niii.il. They had taken his
u 1 pocket hook, \\itli twenty one pound*
1 v i therein, and hud decamped?a couple of
n swindling sharpers with wit to back thetn.
at i ^
|tj? Satisfaciokv.? 'llello boy ! did you
see a tabhil otoss the road theie this
,as ?"w '
' A rabbit I'
I j,. \ f" ! la* .puek ! a rabbit !'
..(R ' Was it a Under giay vartinul V
' Yes! yes !'
.j, 1 A lotigisli cr? ter with a short tail ?'
hs! be quick, or he'll gam his burIHl
j rmV*
I Had it long legs behind and big
re_ | eats V
ng i 'Yes! yes.*
' Ami sorter jumps when lie tuns?'
led 1 ' ^ es ! 1 (eli you ; jumps when it runs !'
tip ' ^ '"1. 1 bail.I seen sucli a crelur about
>ml ' lltre-'
lite | - ""
A kind hearted wile once waited on a
jMMsicwtii 10 it-quesi iiiiii u> prescribe lt>r
lOS her husband's ey ea which was sole.
'Let itn wash them,' said the doctor,
ia* 'every morning with brandy.'
"m A tew week? afur the doctor cbanced
to meet tlie wile.
'Well, has. your husband followed my
ail vice.'
"? "lie lias done everything in bis power
to do it, doctor, but lie never could gel
the bratuly higher than his inoulb.1
i 'omk8tic KkciI'B?a father who liad
^ passed innumerable sleepless liighl*, lias
iiiiinortahzed himself by discovering a
, metliod of keeping babies quiet. I he mo>
Jus ojH-ramfi is as follows: As soon as
I lies sq uaher awakes, set i; up. proped by
a pillow, if it cannot sit alone, ami smear
j(js its tingeis witii tlnck molasses; tiien put
bail a dozen featbets into its bands ; and
I it will sit and pick tlie feathers (rum one
( band to thu other until it drops to sleep.
, As soon as it awakes agan, more niolas.
sea ami more featbets; ?t:d in place of
;| the ner e astounding yells, tbere will be
silence and enjoyment unspeakable.
und " " * ^ m
?irv A Minister repeating ibe first line or
Hin so of a chapter in llie liibie, the clerk by
soine nnsiake or other, read it after him,
ing l lie clergyman read as follows ;
lie 'M<*e? whs hi* austere man, and made
iin, atolieinetil f, r tlie sins of the people/
1 lie clerk, 'iho could not exactly catch
the the sentence, reported thus:
mg 'Moses was an oyster man, and made
the ointment lor toe slims of Ins people."
itie, - iM m m
"Talkin' of law," says Pempev' 'now
',s m ikes trie think of the mortal Onto, who
''' lih 'most a thousand tears ago, once said
" do law is like a grouii glass winder, that
^ gives light enough to light us poor errtn*
1 " mortals in de dark passage of dia life ; but
t".t it would nuzzle de debble himself to see
troo it.'
icre
itay An honest ton ot Krin, green from hi*
peregrinations, put hi* head into a lew\
et vet's office, and asked the inmate ; *
iger *''An what do you sell here !'
ind* * 11 lock heads, replied the limb of lb*
law.
ces- Och. thin to hesure,' said Pat, 'it must
run be a good trada, for I see that there ia
but one of them left/