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,vv __ the fancastcr CcbQcr. *2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE ' t 3 /amilg nil ^alilital x'tuispoytt?Dtantti la tj|t 3rt?, ititatES, Xitrtatntf, <fburaiion, Hgriraltart, Stlirual SmpnoEmmts, /orcign anil Xlamrstit i.'tais, tail iyt jllnrkrts. V 0 I, I'll E V I I.I . LANCASTER C. H, SOOTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY It, 1359. niimrrb ?? ^?????????????? ? j jelert pnptnj. |j jlhe Believer in Heaven to a Friend ' | on EarthI 1] shine in the light of God, " Ili?i likeness stamps my brow : JWhioUgli "|C valley of death my feet have c trod, J e And I reign in glory now. 8 No breaking heart is here ; Jj No keeu and thrilling pain ; a No wasted eheek, where the frequent tear !i Hath rolled, and left its stain. i v J have found the joy of heaven ; I am one of the angel hand ; To my head a crown is given, j ^ And a harp is in my hard. j , r ] have learned the song they sing Whom Jesus hath made free ; ! 8 And the glorious walls on high still ring j With my new-born melody. I N No sin, no irrief, no ouin. ! 1< Safe it) my happy homo; t My tears nil tied, my doubt* all slain, Mv hour of triumph come, j ' Frict.d ol my mortal years! The trusted and the tried ! Thou art walking still in the valley ol' , ^ tears, |( Hut I am by thy side ! j ^ i ^ J):) I forget ? ()h no ! ! v For memory'- golden chain j H Shall bind my heart to the heart below, j Till they meet and touch again, latch link is strong and blight, I] And love's electric (lame ti Flows freely down, like a river of light, * To the world from which I came. | '' J)o you mourn when ..notlier star Shi'ies out from the glittering sky ? Do you weep w hen the noise of war And the rage of conflict die? j It Then why should v<>ur tears toll down, Arid your heart with grief be riven, . . . For another g< m in the Saviours crown, (j And atiotlicr soul in heaven! j .| g ? stlfrtrii Itnnj. > [Kiom the New York Mercury.] JOB TIIOIUDYKE, j; ? OH? u HllKN* K<?dDEAKAX('E CEASES TO HE A n VIRTUE. ! ? i?v okuiiuk aliiany. !11 ; n A piou? grandmother, u pious fatli. r j, At) ! h pious mother li:? 1 left nothing un | |, said i t undone to imbue Job, Iroin infm c C\, with g.?w| principle. 'L<?ve to Ciod Hit* 1 pence and g<mil will to man,' whs iiii s! pressed upon his young mind vyith n |, dbplh, e'e trues*, and precision, which tor. fur Iiiiii. from his Sabbath s hool f, teacher, the Haltering appellation of 'the :*' hoy ill the class ' v At eight, Job was sent to the village i t. school?a modest establishment, where (, the school inarm, a stout, goodly sued ,| maiden ladv of fifty, hoxed li s ears of M ber charges through readin', 'ritin', jog- j, rsfee, nnd 'rilhinertic, and then compla t| ce utly dismissed ihem as finished scltol M its, and competent for the practical duties Of life. ^ Frotn ll.'s institution Joh retired, at fbuilcen, with a wholesome awe of (lie , school matin's knuckles, vague ideas ot gr iiniuar and figures, and a log j o k knife ?-for which he had given ill exchange bis lop, his kite, and four cents, which ho bad wheedled Irsin grandmother, w lio ; add intended the money for the heaih'n. ^ After two years' of holiday at home, _ Jo'? V- ?is oiim day proudly called by grand, Mo lo-r fion) h romp win, old Tin??rr, to t read k chapter in Isaiah to the minister, wh >, considerately disregarding fourteen gfo?s I.Inn lent in the finished scholar** ^ pronunciation, expte*so<! hiwae f very mion pleased ; and pat tint; the Jmghtcd j, jhuth paternally on the head, oiled him ^ good nlld a bright hoy \ gravely adding. however, that a "little more aci.ool^nk" might not l?e found wholly useless, o he should ?iver cross the mountains LO U" out into the world. | n oh, Conscious of hit delinquencies? l( ftikds of more than three syllable# always g proved too much tor linn?alone ^ Utth raio.-.l the significance o( the hint ; (| anil hlushiugiy looked .down?the little rowue !?with an e:.r of modest merit. The dominie was loo gopd Matured and will bred to ex(>oa? him, for which Job 1 ff M private y thankful, and in after yearn " evinced his gratitme in many a generous * jMK to which the dear old man, having " Ml forgotten the incident, never rightly 14 understood the key. e, . G* indmother, inferring from the time- * lyjKsrgention tliat tbe minister, whom ahe 4 regair led a? the greatest and hesi man *" on (ha eat tli, hail discovered in Iter pel j 9<>lfi+ hidden meptal qu dity which might * vri|h,j.roper cultivation, Demi him to Con* " great, or some equally famous position, ' deciwf-d, after the pastor's departure, that 11 she alieia knew there waa aotne'n in the ctfMpitore than in most folks, and he h abotdl have an good learnin' aa anybody c fifMHoong one, if < he died for it. p Qjkwlmothmr had been in the itevolu- il lM|?nil site had wiih lier own hands a in?iB all the old pewter plates md pane h into fathom for her husband, wherf he lOOHpfs gun to go aud fight the British, p m<) when grandmother once said any- glei hing it had to be so 'if she died for it,' Hot 0 ie had to be?tlint being a clincher ou'.i vliich no one in the household would 8tai iave thought for a moment of opposiug Has! True, Job's parents?simple benighted roll< ouls?thought the bov knew enough ah and eady. lie cou ci read, write, and cipher, | swo ,nd what more, in the name of goodness, i mos ould the child know, unless it was wick- ' rv, i dues*. which he would he sure to learn the oon enough ! But then, grandmother.! groi iad said he thould have more learnin'. had ml that was sufficient ; more he should j scat iave?for grandmother's will was law j stru And therefore Job w as sent to Meadow. acr< ille?a rival village, some four miles dis i the ant, which, boasting of a hank, a paper visil oil!, four stores, a regular seminary, and and 1 barber's simp, proudly looked down on and 'loverville (.lob's native village), which dire lad no bank, no seminary?regular or mi si rregular?no paper-mill, no barber's upst bop, and onlv two stores. j not Job, ignorant of the superiority of the put lead >w\illeans, at first innocently sup j s'.rei losed himself as good as they?or at 1 twei I'asi of that poilion who daily attended unn he Meadowville Seminary. But from arot his delusive dream be was destined short1 ( e?t, y to awake. iden For a lew days, events moved smooth bru? y enough. Job caino and went, said bis ilio L'Ssons, went np bead or dow n loot as i lie ; him a>e might be, and nothing occurred to pun ottrrupl the Iratmuil tenor ol his j cait houghts, his fee ing?, or his way. The J ioys occasionally stared at him ; but that In l I., t '....I I - .1 ? - . I . > - .... X * i,x \ w \t% lit; f lit- WJIH IM'HI new comer, and besides, from a disi ! ded anc four miles rill* a', least. topr lint n a week or two, lie was sudden Hut y astonished to learn llial Ins name was not 10 longer Joli Thoindvke, but, 'Obiter Mild ilb*.' Job did not like tliis ; it sounded tie t .srespectful ; but be fancied it might lie drer be way of llie IdVrs there.' ami be J get lulled as if it were a go id j >ko. like Kre long, (Jlovertill* was abbreviated grai u 'Clover ibis to Clo; and this < ?y a S vd beaded, Ireckle laced feliow, a little 'I'lv ailer tlian liimself, and aleinler and wrig stan . as in eel.) rinleiv, to 'old clothes. whe Job did not like this at all. lie to h bought such conduct was very wicked in up lie boy* ; and didn't think be would do j 1 if ',? w hs tlieiil.' wen lie said i."tiling, however?c< ntenti'ig re>e unse.I wiilt keep tig aloof from them ill just sty hourf, alld soberly making bis way ; ?it oino diiec i\ when school was out. He brat tid the n ittcr, af er a short tunc, before to tl raiidinoiliur an I bis p trents ; but tliey, dep iltilHig, assur d bim that the best way I ias not to notice the gracelc-s youths, to s i bo would then soon get tired of their I'dl aiiglitiiiess, and voluularily give it up disti Hut J ib did not tiud this to be the and ase. Ill fact, it was the very reverse.? takt he mute be did not notice, the more be did ad to notice. From simply calling him al'n ames, the Meadow villeans began Intake <' berties with bis things. * When, at noon tnor e went into the entry, be would find Ins j her ap where lie bad not placed it, and his liiin inner ba*ket either empty, or with a 1 ante tone or a lot of mud in the place of what bis I e bad brought. 1 up. All this was very ag ?ravnting, and Job j verv It his dander urging hint to 'put in' to i 'f iial red haired filler,' who, he felt con- ly meed, was at the liotloin of the mis- , com Itief. Hut grandmother and hi* parent* liim ?ltl hi:u that it w a* 'Letter to suiter wrong prut lian to commit it,* that 'lighting was <i >w riokeil,' an.I that hi* Lest course was to not < rav thai Ins enemies might he led to see it i? he evil of their conduct, ani to Ll him whe lone. pre* Job shook his head; he thought he ttrai new a Letter way than that ; but he did ta*n? ot want to he wicked, and yielding to tsr?l lie pious advice of the old folks, he pray- J ^ I for the Meadowvilleatis, the 'real hair , ~8' >J fell t,' and all. Siill the persecutions l,on ruilinued ; and Job concluded that pray ' lg did not do near so much good as lie ras satisfied hi* own plan would. met Nevertheless, he obeyed grandmother Cc,v ml his parents, who, finding him one ! '?ok veiling, on his return home, strongly . erupted to rebel, told him that, if he '?re wanted to be 'a? bad as the rest, and go Hl *' own forever to the had place, he had i l''at etter try it. There !' i H'10 This was enough; and Job, stifling an , "e*s idignant sob, made up bis mind firmly ,n* a torbear. Certi And he did. ! inK Hut it seemed only to invite the Mead- rOHI' wvilleans to ladder aggressions. prist One day, at noon, while sitting down l',MV n the green and eating his dinner, which, l\ ItOiiliru fs/lllt t llu thiauaa I.A n ? ?*-? I v i'viii \%?%j iiiivvot, iir iiww i nnitxi i lii* pocket*, lie was suddenly sUr'lel y a number of boistercu* voice*, laugh "I"*' ugly shouting behind tun. : l>icky, I>ukv, dnoV I J,"* Conscious, from the newnww and sound- ' era of hi* trowsers, thai ihi* taunt coul< ot he appropriately applied to hun, ho prang to hi* feel to nee for whom il wan leant, hut WM immediately greeted with loud roar of creaming laughter, which o ' aiMed hint instantly to put hi* hand to ^ It at part of hi* person to which the vo- . ^ i era'ing throng, goaded hy the red hair. ! ^ d feller, were hootinglv |>oiiiliiig. varv On doing so, lie discovered a, long j0|(? rhite article dangling comically from the i j) *ar of hia body to ihe ground, /orkmg |JH v . away and glancing at it, he, in a mo- I ,trH1 tent, like a flash, comprehended all. J ^6nl Hedhair had stealthily crept behind mm im, and ?lylv abstracting hia handker the hief from hia jacket pocket, had adroitly com inned k to hia pantaloon* in auch a v/ny, the hat when he roac, it should hang down favt n?l provoke an outburst that would rouae freq im witli humiliation. He For a few r touted Is, the boy, with a coin roper regard for the bad place, ?trug> ( lag* I to wi'hstand even this indignity.? i li : his spirit, stung to at ilie '< rage, would no longer be restrained.? ( w rting back a step or two, Ids proud eye I hing indignant lightning, In- hastily h ed up his cuffs, singling out his man ; M darling forward, with every vein v< Hen, and every cord drawn to its ut. ol it tension with fierce, unnppeasing fu- tt smote the roaring Red lour between li eves a blow that felled him to the ct ind, gasping and quivering, as if he ?< leceived his death wound, lie had celv touched the sod, when another, hi < k by the same nerve strung arm, fell ol >sa bun, head first, his head sinking f/< earth with a force that left a dent It ile for da\s after. A third followed ", iu then a fourth, to keep him company ; , then there was a scampering in all I ctions of the rest of the cowardly ' reams?who, crowding, jostling, and jtling one another in their flight, did deem themselves safe till they hail lM either their homes, the neighboring ?' Is, nr the wails >t the seminary lie' mi ilooii and llie young springal whose * denting fury they liad at length isi-d. One, a coarse wilted, low-brow thin lipped lout?the soil of the pres I of the bank?he caught, as lie was thing after his companions through Hl (lAor i.f i l"? ?' ?- 1 ww", wi mc Bcniiimi V, HIIU jMlSnm^ r up against the si<I of tlit* bunding, islied It;id liil lie roared, like a sick iff, for mercy. ' l'! nb's victory was complete for that dav. w he afternoon session, the teacher on H ring Ins s'.ateim tit of the facts, preten I" to he very indignant, and severely al imanded linn for 'forgetting himself.' it was easy to he seen that he was so indignant as lie wished to appear, rt' Job tell satisfied that lie hail hut lit HI 0 tear fioin that uiiaritr ; though lie j **' 1 let! the CoflseoileliceS w llell he should t-f| home, and had laid the particulars, ''' a truthful, holiest hoy, before hi* vv idtnother and parents. ''' till, he felt that he had done right.? Vl sh and blood,' ho said to himself, 'can't ' ' 1 everything; and there is a point ,0 re it seems as if a feller hadn't ought 10 e sent to the had place for standing '' for himself, when nobodv else will !' lis lather, mother, and grandmother ? very linn h distressed when he rep U* uu*<l the affray, lie told them all, as it occur led, from the first to last M1 onestlv detailing eveiv particular? rely determined that, if fie hail to go lie had place, it should tot he for any hl arliire from the truth, at all events. j " lis parents left it all to grandmother, sf ay what she thought of the transao- *' Grandmother, who was very much v nrl i.*d, sorrowfully shook her head. said, it would he necessary for her to ? ; time to consider. The good old soul Hl lake time? for she never afterwards ^ o. it at u!I I hi 'n ?into Meadowville, the next **" ning, J..I, wax sui prised to see a num P' ol the oldest of the hoys waiting for j ?f , on the roail leading to the green ; nig thein Uediuiir, accompanied hv er big hrollier, who hail his cutr* rolled as if lie intended to do something ! c< ternb/e. 1,1 bght!' was in the faces of all the par- I and .lol> concluded that they had e out to meet him on his way and lick lint as grandmother had not yet l'] ton reed against him for what ho had c yesterday, lie fancied that she did l'' exactly disapprove of fighting, when necessary ; and as one ought to tight n ho is waylaid, Job regarded the ent as a case of real necessity, which 1 idroother would not even think of to tiring, and hu decided to stand his ai 10'J. (h ,s he approached, the cpwardly crew w mis of whom hore tokens of the ac- S[ of the preceding day?advanced up. tli liiu in a body. ! si uh, confident that it wasn't wicked, &a them with an undaunted eye, on per j w iug which, a few prudently hailed and fo ed on, as if uncertain. ' m iVhat do you want }' he said to the cl most, Kedhair's hrollier, dealing him hi be same tune, under the chin, a Mow m made him reel hack against his friends at were taken all aback at the sudden- lo of this incident?for which, count. ' confidently on their numlwrx, i!??y th sinly had nut looker); and on perceiv- hi. which, they retreated hastily to the sii I side, looking at one another in sur sli i, ami also for aid and comfort, which et appeared seriously to aoul>t that ai should obtain. ^ >r you ?' added Job, drawing off at m Itair himself?who, staitled at lha ni ilion, and perhaps, not yet wholly t" Ilia shock of the day before, took to m lieels, and darted towards the village, lli wed by the uncertain ; who, with no in trious an example set before them, w iulit it no disgrace to try the virtue hi fa r heel*. cc edliH.r'a brother, on recovering Mfn gi rushed forward, though still not with- d? some surprise on Ins countenance, cc also with not a little of mistrust in fe :>wn powers, to grapple (according to Ci econcerted arrangement) with Cotile, and thereby give his coinpan- is an opportunity to fall upon him. th tut he was met, so much sooner than en xpected, by a second blow, this time ti< ighl between the eyes, from that young lle nan. that he lost hi* presence of 01 d and witli it all further interest in m light ; in evidence of which, he in f<> .inently wheeled about, and maJe for in village, with a celerity that strangely di red the theory, that Nature not un* ueiitly places the heart in the legs.? was closely followed by his heroic ic paniogs, ail of whom made the vil- ta i in most excellent time, leaving but ?l * ft tile doubt, it any, that they w?re actua- ' id oy hut one desire, namely : to see ho could arrive there first. Job was never again Annoyed by Redair, nor, indeed, bv any of tke valiant U-adow wrlleans, who thencefoith became ary friendly ; so that when, i'J process f lime, lie completed liis studies, and irneo from the seminary for the last me, Redhair?who had, long since, conjived a chum s friendship for jim?was Tected even to tears. 'Miual'?said Job, parenthetically, as e smilingly related to us the particulars r experience?lyou must nlruys .show lur fist in yuitiy through tin world /? j is a good plan , and persnai/rs men to civilitv !' A Thrilling Incident. A beautiful young girl, residing with ?r parents in the vicinity o' Madison quare. went out recently to make some iirchasos. She was hut seventeen years, ' age, an only daughter, and, though rought up in 'oiii best society,' was arm hearted, innocent, him good. To ar parents, of course, she was an idol.? ' lie took the carriage, for she was toing i far as Stewarts.' T he morning was i ie of the sunniest of the early spring; i ul her mother afterwards recalled the trticularly bright and happy expression ti e youthful face, radiant in health and ?aut\, whicn glanced a moment in at iv (for r of her room, as her daughter tslied her ''?oud bv,' as she supposed for few bonis only. She was dressed in a 1 a in daik blue silk, a black velvet cloak id a chip hat w th blue and white trim- I trigs blue plumes. The coachman states that lie drove didly to Siewaits', where she descended id entered the store by one < f the trout itrances. lie waited a long time. He t-w lired of liowinrr to ial lie knew, of staiinix at th-> door from liieh lie expe<'ted Wis \otitij* mistress to in-ruo, of looking at the lonfj stream of ehichs ru^lii??tr ceaselessly p i?i, and tf|. nt policemen a diuo adventitious women i cross the street ; In* iloZ'sl, :?nd awoke i nml tli <t it was past tWe In ur for lunch iat lie Was luuiorv, and that lie wished tss Constance would Vhor get done look l? at dett) dry goods.' Hut -he did not j *t done, at least she did no' re appear, lie long afternoon wore awnt. In dotair as to what to think or do, jti?t he ie the hour lor closing. lie iitrusted Ins arses to an M. 1'., and woii into the ' ore to s.-ari!. for the lardv girl. Sin as not there. None o'" the clerks had en her for hours. She was <pi t? well now n at Stewarts', and at the glove ai:d Ik counter thev remembered lierashav g made some purchases at about twelve clock. Alarmed and unoan, for he was i old servant in the family, and had iss Constance out since -lie was a bahv, 1 * drove home at full speed, his eyes ; arching the darkening pavement as lie <ft*ed along, in a kind of half expect lion 'seeing her. It was tin' dinner hour, ie family were seated at the richlv cov ed table, unconscious of the blow about i fad upon them, when tlo* old colored achman almost burst into the apart ent. 'Mass,' stammered he,'Miss. Miss Con- j ance? *M ?do yon a prettr Ap'i' fool,'laughed iu! lorailtl' Irmn lior a/?o? l -?si/lo \ (mi iniisn't lie caught napping on ie first day of April "again, hev, Hamuli ?' Are Mechanics Nobody ? so many person* think, or it least fee in > think, from the manner in which they e treated by certain person* who think emselvea somebody?hi d most of those ho put on these snoptsh air* have rung from the loins of a mechanic lenitives. We heard of a female (>v?s ie a ladv ?) the other dav, in tin* self una aristocratic (hah !) litile Raleigh, ho took her husband severely to task r wa'kir.g in the street by the side of a ec/tanic ! Now, her husband is a me j lame who has risen a little in the world, id her father and grandfather were both ecliai ics ! And an honor lo themselves id the noble class to winch they benged. Hut this degenerate daughter of a worv mechanic thinks mechanics are no x/y. does she! See that splendid man mi embowered in tree* and splendid irubbery, with gravelled walks and 'ery thing around betokening elegance id wealth. It looks a little heaven.? fhose homo it this I That is the for> er residence of General Spandnll, a an possessed of every attainment consti ling the hospitable Southern gentlean. We were at a g?v assemblage ere once. The old gentleman was there ail hi* glory, surrounded by his costly ines ; brandies, and the beauty and i sliion of the neighborhood ; and his so implished lady did the honors with the acd and dignity ol a l^ueen. The tiighters were radiant in beauty and istly finery ; and the son* were splendid Mows, with all the imnerk usuaia ot the IHT of Klissia. Where ere thev now f The o1?| men in Texts, with his cere worn wife end a i-eiunenl ol his shattered health. The w<? brought np in idleness end d<*?ipv ?n, reduced the fainilv to poverty end etnurh-e.. to deepest degradation. Only in daughter remains, and 'ha married e scheme (aensitde girl.) who has made a rtune, end is able to so< lit the decling yeerr. of his wife'e jaretils, now reiced to dependence. V/ell, who lives in the splendid manon now f Mr. Jackptane, th* fnechanthat built it, llo bought o'Jl the plan* lion, bouse end furniture, negroes'and I?end now hit sons ere promising to do bv hi?u just as Spendall's did by tlie olii (ie-'crat. This and ail such instances t prove the folly of parents wearing out ' their lives to heap up riches for their children. Little Bettie. I '} I P?" 'Hand me soino water, buddy, won't j)HV J'O'l V ! in t'In a minute, Bettie.' j all() And Bettie's feverish cheeks were ' fiM|( pressed again to the pillow ; and littlo nv Hariy'a hands went on as busily as ever j,^r. with the trap ho was making, ar.d at ; ,j,;s length he entirely forgot the request. I fjlsl 'I'lease get it now, buddy,' ho at last jn c heard ; mud scattering knife, triggers and p stritigs in his haste, he was soon holding on , a cup to her criinsou lips. But she turn enl ed her head latiguidlv from it. "Not ihis, eVe, please ; but some fresh and cold from the ine, well.' she said. j ] Ob ! don't be so particular, Bettie; j (jus this is fresb, and 1 am so busy 1 can't go | uliri now ; won't this do ?' j npp She no longer refused, but quietly took N the cup which he offered: and it was the \yj| last, last time she ever called upon tier v;,,v brother for a*> act of kindness ; ere an no otlipr day had passed she stood beside atl(| the river of Life, and drank its coo! waters |HjK never 10 thirst again. And of all who . } wept, over that !iitl? brown cotHti, as it fajr| lev on the table before flie pulpit, there jn/j. were none who shed more bitter teais ^ j, than the little boy who could not forg.-l 1 that lie had refused the last request of tub J little sister. y Little children, are you kmd to otie | another, or are you cross, selfish ami fret- ",sc fnl ? Remember, then, the time may , ed t c<>me when they will t.e beyond youi vers reach ; and then, oh ! how gladly would j ^ you give all vou possess *.o have tliern back again. Vou might gather all vour books and toys?every thing for which j, you are now so willing to contend ; but j all you could do with them would be to place on the grave of one yon had | ^ wronged. It would not bring them hack w|u llairv was a kind hearted hoy and dearly w'*' loved 11is sister ; and she had only I *-!? ^ sick a little while, so that he did not con- | will sider her dangerously ill ; hat this was i tree no comfort to him when she w?s gone. . | san 'Oh, Mother !' he would say, 'if I hail 1 J otilv brought that water for her I coal 1 ! Voti hear it ; hut now she is where I can vvhi never, never wait on tier again.' 1 j Think of this when \oit are tempted to j quarrel, to he selfidi or unkind ; for do . ton know if ?>tie of you should die, the rest would retio inl er every act of kml , liess, every hitter word which had fallen from your lips ? ? bill then it would he ? too late to recall it ; too late to ask for !'r" giveucss.? .V. (J. Presbyterian. j j',1^ The Tree that never Dies. f WO( *Marvt said 'next Milliliter I f f will not have a frarden. Our pretty tree is the dying, and I won t love another tree as f _ long as I live ; I will have a bird next . . summer, and that will stay all winter.' j 'George don't you remember my beau I ..^ tiful canary ? It died in the middle of ^ summer, and we planted bright flowers i ... in the ground where we buried it My 1 bird did not live as long as the tree.' Well. I don't see as we can love any i thing, (tear little brother dinl before the :t",( bird, and I loved him het'er than anv 1 bird, or tree, or flower. < Mi ! 1 wish I at i con d h ?ve something to love lh.it would wh not die.' i not I lie boy patised 1 hiring the school him hour (ieorge hihI Mary had almost for j kin gotten that their tree was dvuig ; hilt at elm evening, >?s thev drew their chairs to the <h> table where their mother was silting, and J hegan to arrange the seeds they had been seei gathering, the reinemberatice of tlie tree ft I came up before them. ( Mother," aauf Mary, you may give Voi these seeds to cousin John ; I never iifi( want another garden.' 1 'Yes,' added (tcorge, pushing the pa ht>< pers in which he had carefully folded fro) tfiem, towards his mother, "you may give WH thorn away.' If I coulu find some seeds i of a tree that would never fade, I should ft|| like then to have a garden. I wonder , mother if there ever was such a garden ?' |. Yes, (ieorge, i have read of a garden where the trees never die ' *A real garden, mother ?' 'Yes. my son. In the middle of the gar' | ',01 den, I have been told, there runs a pure cor river of water clear as crystal, and on "ul each side of the rver is the tree of life? j I a tree that never fades. That is the gar* j den of ffearen. There von may love, and love forever. There will he no death?no ! KR< fading there. Lei your treasure he in the l) ' tree of life, ami you will have something to which your hearts can cling without fear and without disappointment Love ,'1'1 the Savior here, ami ha will prepare you to dwell in those green pastures, and be ,t'c side those still waters ' CimiSTtAK Ciiii.drrn.-Nothing is tnore are heautiful than piety in a child. A few weeks sitice an interesting little git! was unl muu^ni 10 me iVitssaciiiis?'ii# Hospital, . wo in Boston, to be subjected to a very se tin i vere surgical operation, the only thine Sui that c<>u111 save lies life. As the medical cor professor, in the presence of his class, the placed her on the at;rgicsl tsMe, she lav ths down, and clasping her hands together he and lilting up her eyes, exclaimed, 'O ern Jesus, I know thou lovet>t rue, and if I iIih die, 1 shall go right home to heaven.'? foo | The good professor was so much affected ma that he could notproceei immediately, per and noarlv all were moved to tears ? cor Zion'a Herald. are A great mind may change its objects. Qe but it cannot relinquish them ; it must have something to pursue '.variety is its relaxation, and amusement its repose. j ri<j 5hjrirulturul. Farming vs Planting. Vhich will pay ? This is a disputed it. Agricultural writers on both sides e cxansted all tliei- argumerilive force ustaining tlieir respective positions; yet the subject -till presents an open 1. not only for speculation, hut for ma practical suggestions. There are many sons who have never thought upon ? object sufficiently to perceive the inclion which is justly made hy writers inr agricultural paper#. 'arming is that system of management a farm, which, without regard to pres cost or profit, aims at perfection in ry particular, and is satisfied with the e success of every operation. 'lanting is that system ol energetic in try which stretches every nerve to its lost t?nsion for pecuniary profit, with arentlv no concern for 'he future, low the question is which will pay ? I not some of our fanners give us their is on this important question i We w that many take the middle ground hy combining the two systems, their ?r is crowned with abundant success; nit wo would like to see the question y discussed? Farming against Plant?and Planting against Farming.? 10 will write first ? Grass Conversation leveral farmers, not long since, were ussiag various subjects, when we joinheir compary, and the following coniHtion occurred : Ir. Shovf.i. ; I tell you gentlemen, you ; all do as vou like, but I am deter ed to raise my own bacon, ami I want mow w hat is the best grass to sow in for hog pasture ! lr. lit i.lionoi'k: Well! tel' u? first it sort of a < it vou h ive. and then wo It'll V < HI wllllt sort of grass to sow. Ir. Siiovei.: It is woodland meadow, i the tin lergrowlh cut out, and shade s It ft stHiiilmg, and tilw soil is a light dy sail. Ir. Hl'I.LiONOl'E : On such a lot as describe I Mould sow blue glass, and ie clover. Ir WoMlU-ECimp: < > shaw, Bulltongne! io ever heard "I lililt* gra?.s ami white o-r down ;u tlie piney woods where vol lives' dr. Siiovet.: I'll let you know, sir. il do l'\e in tlu* i'ltiev woods, we are gressing in our farms now ; for we (iiiaiio, aiol lake the Farmer and tiler alid l!ie Advert ser too? and Can w as much good fanning as von oak >d- folks cm ; and since vou know so ell. ran vou tell ine aiivlliing about Bermuda giass ? It is said to be line bogs. do WoMiu.KcHor: No. I can't; nor I want to know am tiling about it, for told thai all who buve ever got it on ir plantations have to move to the ts? or some where else to get rid of it. dr. Siiovei. : Well, Mr. Bulltoiigtie. ere Can I get I lie seed of I lie I'lue gra-S I clover, and liovv ain I to sow it ? it'Ll.tonoru : You can get tbe seed I tie W.....I - - 1 - nii> ?? inn* ttifimM, MIIU en vim siiw the ltiue grass seed, do cover it, lint mere! v rake oil tlie leaves I ira>l. frmn tlie siiilai-e r?f voiir soil, I scatter the seed, and I presume tlie rer seed sown in tlie same wav, will as well. dr. SltoVKl. : 1 do tint like to risk the I, sown in such a s'ovenly manner.? ooka too unscientific, di Hl'li.tonol'k : Ves, it looks 90; hut 1 must reiuetnlier thai the most scien ; manner of sowing seed, especially ss seed, is to c< py nature, and vou iw that the seed that f<>ll naturally, n the grass he*.Is upon the ground al ya come up and flourish, dr. WoMiil.ltcuou : Well, Shovel, I'll you what 1 think you ought to do. dr. Shovki, : Well, I will he much oh id to you, for I really am asking in malion. dr. WoMBi.Rcttop : Well, do you gi ne. manure your land well, plant mor? n, make more cotton, and tjnil yout rn foolishness. [The tanners adjourned Sine die.) Sttoui.n Tttf srrkkks to: Kcmovki >m Corn !'?Not unless you have plen i?f hoys, with nothing else for them ti The argument in favor of removing 1 sucker* f.om corn, I suppose to hi s : The suckers rob the stalks of nour uient necessary to the growth and per t 1 leveloiniwnt ami i i'?' ,i y ir own use. They never have but lit if any corn upon tliem, consequently i of no value except for fodder. I think it will not par to remove them less, as I Haul above, there is no otlie rk for the bo\# ; and perhaps not then less it he to keep them out of mischief rkers are not often thrown out from ti on poor, hungry soil ; ami wher iy are, it is conclusive evidence to mi it everything is as favorable as it cat to the growth and trerfeclion of tin p ; that it is growing as faat as it can it the roots are taking up the necassar d for the plant as fast as it can h niifactured (so to spesk) into corn,*n< haps faster ; arid that, as a nature sequence, these new shoots or sucken i tluown out because the sap or (<>o< the plant can go in no other direction BCMf Farmer. Who never tures to the left! A wheel h?. X 1 V AU ** J 1% x f'? Kjiiiiuirnus. i e====_=_=r==___ A man behind tlit* age should feed ou co tc/i up. Tlie worst feature on a man's face is 11is nose?when stuck in other people's business. Voting men who go to balls will do well to remember thai a ball should never close with a reel. (?ive a man brains and riches, and he is a king; give him brains without riches and lie is a slave; give him riches without br&ms and he is a fool. A man that marries a widow should give up smoking and chewing. If she gives up her weeds for him, he should give up the weed for her. A little girl was told to ferment, and give the meaning, with a sentence in which it was used, lie following was liter dlv her answer : 'F e r-m en t,a verb, signifying to work; I love to ferment in the garden.' What do you mean, you little rascal!' 1 exclaimed an individual to an impudent | youth that had seized hiin by the nose : upon the street. 'Oli, nothing, only I am going out to j seek my fortune, and father told me to be j sure to seize hold of the fIrst tiling that I turned i<y/!' A peasant went to r priest, to confess having stolen bay from a large stnek belonging to a neighbor. 'll?\v many loads -lid you take /' asked | the father confessor' 'You may as well reckon the whole 1 stack at once.' said the peasant, 'as 1 and my wife intend to fetch it all away l><3i fore we stop.' Mi :st H avk Lovkd Fisiiino.?A touri ist in his ramhles meets with Walton 1 seated on the arm of a tree, rod in hand: 'Well, Izaak, what are you doin' in 1 that dangerous place ?' ' 1" iftt?i.' was the replv Walton made. F slung, v??u mean,' sai<l the other. \ 'V tt,' and Walton closed his lips more i tightly. What have vim in your mouth.Izaak?' 1 asked the gentleman. Walton emptied his mouth into the palm ot his hand, and replied, 'Nothing hut worms for hait!' A Stssint.K I'ttofosAi..? A local peach ; or. who once said he, didn't like chinch parsons hecause tliev was hook larnt, was Icondiii'tino a religions service, and on opening the Bible, unfortunately uttiinj hied upon a chapter almost full of hard proper names. lie began to read as if he was a perfect master of prori.nctaiton. presently lie attacked tt : lie got into the tutihlle of it, he went hack and tried it again ; at las! he trampled right over it, ( and then coolly said, 'Let us turn, dear brothers and ristors, to an easier chapter.' A Entail Chance of Legs We publish, says an exchange, under his head, a most amn-ing Morv o( Judee I' , ol Illinois, in which that gentle* iii iii, liming accepted the hospitality of a large f unilv, occtipx ing a single P" IP, oils obliged to niidri-ss and 'lion inio bed* in ill* |?r*-?*-iicO ol a Young lady. Tlit* Judge himself is a 'small man. physically speaking,' and the idea of a young lady ? a modest, sensible girl, who from habit thought nothing of the cir1 cuinstnnces?turn d liis liead topav tur' vey. I lie idea of pulling off liis boots before iier was ileatli, ami as for doffing ! bis otber tixin*, lie said lie would sooner I liave taken off Ins legs with a saw. At 1 length the awful crisis approached. The I Judge had partially undressed, entrenched behind a chair, which offered no more protection from the 'enemy* than the , rounds of a ladder. Then he had a dead s open space between the bed and chair?h r sort of bridge of Lob passage as be describes it ? which he was forced to make, | exposed to a cruel, raking fire, fore and i aft. The Judge proceeds *. > 'Body, limits, and head, setting up a business on one hundred and seven and a , half pounds of flesh, blood and bones, all , told, can not individually or eolWiivelv , " "V B >el tip any ostentatious pretension*. I Relieve tl*o young lady must ! *?v?- been setlling or. her own nrnml some philisophical [, point on that head. Perhaps her sense of . justice wished to assure itself of h perfect7 !v fair distribution of the respective portions. Perhaps she Hid not feel easy till she knew that kind Providence had not r added to general poverty individual wrong. Certain it was she seemed rather pleaded with lier speculation : for when I , an.se fr m a stooping posture finally, , whollv disencumbered of cloth, I noticed ? mischievous shadows playing about the n comers of Iter mouth. It was the moment H I had determined to direct her eve to some astonishing circumstance out of tbe r window but the voung lady spoke at B this optical moment : I 'Mr D??.'she ohserved; 'sou have 1 a mighty small chance of 'eg* there.' , 'Men seldom have any notion of their j o*n powers. I never made *nv pretensions to 'ground and loftv tumbling hut it is strictlv true that I cleared at one hound the open apace, planting invself in - the centre of the bed and was buried bo | oeath the blankets to a twinkling.*