The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 13, 1859, Image 1
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V 0 L IJ M E V I i I . LANCASTER C H, SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY L3, 1859. N U M B E R 2 2 :
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| j ^J| | I ! rt?u<K* fnr hit** uo ??a ?? " ? * 1 1 *w
?riert ipoftnj.
My Mary.
(Fair in she whom I love so well ?
Fairer than the daisies?
*>li, never, never can I sing
My love for her in praises.
i would that I were but a flower,
V Untwined ill her treses,
To droop adown upon lu-r brow,
And load it with caresses.
?
Mer form is beautiful and fair,
iter smiles alike the morning,
Which breaks so bright upon our gaze,
A light of sudden dawning.
Mcr mouth is roseate and ripe.
Her hair is dark and gloaming?
Alike the dew upon the leaves,
A sheen of silver seeming
My Mary lias a jet-black eye,
With happy lustre beaming ;
My daily and my nightly dreams
Are ever round Iter weaving.
I love try Mary's gentle voice.
I i?-r ways so kind and winning?
I lore her belter limn all earth,
I am .-tire il is no sinning.
lint still I love my .Mary more
l*'?ir mind ho pure and stainless;
Heaven alone tan grasp the theme,
For the love of soul is nameless.
11
IdeiM ftnfij.
Fioiii Arthur's Home Magazine.
Boy? and <?iids' Treasury.
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AUNT MERCY.
Ill VI ltd 1st A K. IIIWN8 KM). *
? o ?
Sn w is my greit, great Aunt, and
|.-r head was covered witli the snows uf
fllllttt\ S\ inters. Her 'act! all I haml.s
tcre wjinkled and wither 'I ; Iter form
* i* I'if, ttitil site moved ahoulthu house
otY aii'i ji.i'itltillv, with the aid of a
'.i?fl*. I iif\ Itil<I nit! that she li i'l Seen
<tll?-l vt-r\ ji t-H\ in her \ontli, HH?l some
met ( tiMtl In search the thin, blighted
ue, .'<?r some traces of all that was once
ss to gnr.?? Uimfi," hut l never
unit! tJi<-iii, eme|?l when her thoughts
amlifi l oH into the memories of her
tuilih, ami the heart ot the old woman
would warm, as the long gone days rose
Mul uncovered (heir faces before her,
ml a iiinv light would brightei. the det |>'
? (. faded e\es, and they would glow
ir%ngely with smiles, in that aged face,
tiul tln ii I could fancy what Aunt Mt-r
?? must have been in her youth.
'Well, November's ralv set in agin'. I
1.A....I . I e i. .. - " c .1. i
i i?-u n iuul-ii oi uie rneutnauz
in my shoulder litis mornin', when I got
tip,' sni.l the old woman, one morning,
in.1 she came, with a little ahivei towards
the fire, !'<>r she had heen peering through
her spectacles, at the sallow clouds which
Had arisen during the night, and seemed
jfc> hlur out suddenly all the glory and
"leautv of November.
Why, Aunt Mercy, what in the world
will you do before the Winter's out, if
this little chill in the air overcome* you
sOf(' I asked, looking up front the papers
of flower seeds that I was labelling for
the next Spring.
It's more than I can tell, child,' she
31, mournfully. 'Maybe, afore the Wilt
s out, I shall be where no chills can
in me.'
^ hen she sat dowu in the small rock
ing-chair, that always stood in the right
side of the fire place, and leaned her face
on her hand.
Aunty, what are you thinking about V
I asked at last, for the old woman's siI
lence troubled inc.
> 'I was tbinkin' of the time whun the
tew* vaiua til At Increase wan dead. ll
[?* such n kind of a day hh this, and
lie* wind complained round the eo?ner of
^lie house, jest as it does now. I never
h?ar it, hut 1 think of that time.'
4 i ktifcw thitt Increase l\ke whs my
Lanl'i only brother, and thhi lie lost his
1 L- ij) the old revolutionary w?r, but this
s?s? the extent of my information re feeling
him.
k H)o tell me about that time, AuntMerI
feeling that a and story would
' %est harmonize with the moan of the
KtinJ. and the (ace of the sky, and I went
Jjtod sat down on a low stool, opythite the
fold woman, with the seed* in mj apron.
'Increase was jeat nineteen that Spring,
I when lb* order came out to Pine Side.
\ for inure recruits, and he was full o' ar
,lor hihI spirit in his counfty'tf cause, Ami
I ?** among (lit; fi st to enlist.
'l>earine! how taken aback mother
I ? ? that night thai lie came home, and
' fiold her he'd given in hie name; hut bo
; laughed at all her fear*, and told her
1 died he proud enough of her ton, when
lh?M Hut to l>e Colonel, or Cap'n t'iki',
Lud talked about whippin' them Itritlsh
scoundrels, and strutted about the kilche
en in such a bravo way, and locked ao
atrong and handaome, with the bright
brown curie shakin' round hia face, that
somehow wo looked at him, and couldn't
believe any Harm could come to hint, and
A bo hail huch a hold certain way o' talkin'
M ?i began to take for granted all that ho
'Well, the real of the lime, until ho
^kyrcnt was all taken up in gettin' things
W
i . v?*\? j ivi iimii , no nc Hill.lt'U llllll L,
i off as scrumptious us possible. Jest i
that time, Deacon Morgan's oldest dang
j ter, Thankful, was married to Josis
Plain. Thev lived on the old lurnpil
road, shout half a mile from our hous
1 Now, Thankful and I had always her
' as thick as two peas in a pod, and
' course I had an invitation to the weddii
I and mother promised me a new chin
i gow n foi the occasion, and this was
' great event to me, a* motley, was scan
: in them war times, and our harve
hadn't turned out remarkable.
'Put as thu lime drew near for Iucrea
to leave, I began to turn over in my miti
1 what sort ol present 1 could make hin
l to carry off, and keep round him, so lit
j he would al'ays be sort o' reminded
I his sister Mary, and at last 1 hit on on
j a little red morocco colored Bible. B
j I knew in order to get this, I'd have
I go without the chintz <ir? as for the wo
<!iti*, ?ihI for ?t u?y or two there weft i
j a sharp stniggle in my mind, for I w
: otily seventeen then, and hud a great fx
cy lor shiniu' feathers, as all young thin;
have.
'One tiDrniu', however, I sat stilchi
on a flannel sleeve for Increase, and M
, liter was hueliti' a stockin,' and si^jhi
1 every tew minutes, to hetself, when
; spoke up sudd"ii. Mother, I've jest co
! eluded to have your old hlack silk Wei
I din' dress turned, so I can wear it to tl
weddin', and t ike the m >i;ey yon proi
ised ine for a chintz gown, and buy 1
I crease a litile red pocket I'dhle, that I
can al'ays carry about bint. Jarud Mn
son can get it wlten lie goes to town
morrow, it you've no ohj jetioiis.'
.v m ..." > >
i 1.", ..i?>ni-v, >n> near euro. i :iii
i K?l nu til jeclions,' s-a\s ("lie, au<) loam
j right over and kissed me, which was
very uncommon tiling I r mother.
* I'll** li.iv he'orc Increase left, he Hill]
i went to take a little walk through Croo
! ?*<l J?nne ; I remember that afteritoi
j better than I <lo yestei day's, though ii
more'n si vent)' years ago. It was in ti
late May, ai i| the trees were all in bio
sum, like tents o1 pink and while, piteln
! thick as an army's. The air was full
sweet smells, and the songs of young ro
in-, inh1 the pastures were spiinkled ??v
with dandelions, thick as the skv wil
' stars on a Summer's nigh'.. Hut u
heart was so full, I didn't much enjoy tl
| afternoon ; ami Increase, he joked at
talked arter his lightest fashi'n, as v
' went along, hut I fell there was soni
1 hill undernealh all tlm.
"At lasr 1 sjioke, Inlun ll.r tllltn Hit
: out of my pocket. It's all I've got
j give you, Increase; but you'll tako
j kindly, and remember it's hom your I
tie sister Massy, and read a verse in
every day for her sake !
"lie took it with a grave face. Yes
I'll promise you, dear little sister. 1
wear it close to inv heart.'
'<)?h, Increase; and here I brol
, right down. I put mv arms round Ii
1 neck, and cried.
j ''Come, now, I'uasy, don't give up j
I'm only goin' oil to give them ted cos
i the whack ill' they deserve, and eomi
home, one o' '.liese days, to make you ai
mother stare tit my ollicer's uniform, :ii
all the gals in singin' schoid will en1
you such a brother, see if they don't.'
'Oh ? but Increase, Xvhat if anvthii
should happen to you?what if y<
should he brought home with a brok
leg, or taken primmer, or or
"'Come, come, now, M i^v ; \ou
never do for a soldier's wife, if you g<> <
! at iliat rate That wasn't llie way t
Spartin motliers used to send off the
! boys to the war. Why don't you si
| 'If you don't give lliein British a goi
I lickin', I won't ki<s vou when von con
| back.'
'lie sai l this with such a look, that
hurst right out into a laugh that ?ho
i the tears <ff my cheeks, an i by this tit
I we lia I go', home, ami the cow *to<
' waitin* at the gate, and that was l
last walk Increase and I ever took toget
, ?r; hut we shall take one in anolli
1 lane, where the Autumn winds nev
blow, as they blew that day, when I
news came.'
'Tell me, Aunty.*
'It ya? a cloudy, bluslerin' day. V
hear J tho week before, there had been
skirmish with the British, hut no net
[ came of Increase, and mother'd begun
' grow uneasy. I was paritt* apples in t
milk room, when there come a loud kno
' at the kitchen door. My heart ienp
right into my throat then, for I fell aom
I how, there was tidiu's of Increase.
'Mother stepped to tho door, and tin
I heard J a red Munson's \oice _ he'd mi
ried ray father's second cousin's darter.
"'Miss I'ike,'said he, cumin' right
we've had lie** fron the war, and ?
and I'm rorry for you !'
"'Oh, Jarud, has an) thing liappem
to my boy 1 asked Mother, in a tone
never shall forget, though I live to he
old as Methuselah.
t'i'he great, strong man hurst right o
c cry in* like a child. 'Mitt Pike,'
j said, 'it's happened to us, not to him, I
j Ood's taken him to himself.'
Here Aurit Mcrey hroke right flow
and the tears rtow.-d over her wither
earth. For a long tituu she did n
speak. At last, in a broken, weary voir
ha said, 'It was a dteadful blow
. | Mother, dreadful. Hho tried to hold i
' her heart after it, f<>r she was a Ohristis
' but it fairly broke her heart?s'.ill Hi
wa? such a comfort?such a comfort V
'WLa'. was a comfort, Aunty !'
'Why, you see, a month later, the
conie home all Iucreaae's things, and t
little IiiUto among 'em. He lived aot
two hours arier he fell, ami had horro
ed a penefl o' one o' the men and wrc
on iiio cover of the little Uiblo, with I
f
;w tivui iihiiu, \>iassy, tilth sister, I have !
vt read your Bible, as I pronised, every day,
li and it lias made mo wisj unto salvation, j
di Good bye to Mother, aid tell her her hoy
was not afraid to die.' "
e. I The tears were dropping fast upon my i
in hands ; hut Aunt Mcny's had ceased to j
of flow, and a light, witch seemed to me '
i\ fairer thnti the lost lijlit of her youth, il
tz lumined her aged fae.*, as she said, gazir.g
a upward,'] have waitid more than Revenue
ty years, and I, too. shall not he afraid,
at Increase, inv broth o-.'
From lie Scientific American.
,, Curious Facts Alout the Cost of War.
' i
in ^ When we dt/es. war of the heroic and j
, chivalric associations which unfortunately |
i give it a charm t< man, from the ronian- j
tic element that it a portion of every one's |
l|. composition, an>' hring it down to a mere '
>1) | question of profL and loss, expenses and
114 receipts, we s!;all lind that war is a waste- .
" ; fnl amusement,and a luxury that should j
ho too dear fir the richest nation to in j
^ ; dulge in. Tin cost of the present war,
" I and the materiel necessary lo carry it on,
" i may he t nighty estimated from the de11
tails of tie; supply of men, ammunition,
' : provender, etc, which were sent to the
French arr11 \ n the Crimea. At the presi
i i i i I
u ent tune sueti calculations are ltileresiino,
,ti i al.d we are enabled to give these details, j
! ieh have h<;on furnished by the Minis"
j tor ?>t \\ at .u France, M. Vaillant.
j riia whoe force sent hy France to the i
I'.Uck S i was .'tt)9,'JG'S soldiers and 41.- |
j 07 I horses, of the former 70,000 were '
killed or died in the hospitals, or were
1 1 | otherwise missing. It is considered that !
j 0.3,000 were wounded and survived. Of
j the hor.-es only 9,000 returned to France.
I The ureat n?tns, howitzers, *fcc., wero 044,
1 besides 003 furnished by the navy. I lie
* light art.ileiy for field service furnished
: iOO nits mi re, and in all theiu were ;
L s . 4 800 wheel vehicles for cannon sent Irotu
,e Fiance. Tire missiles of death, too, were
leHihillv \ i-t; 2,000.000 uf shells ami
l*'' J eannoii balls, 10,000,000 pounds of gun
pow.lt r, ami CO.000,000 of hall cartridges. 1
?* ' <>ue liundre*) batteries ami fifty mile* of
ur j tror.oh were constructed, besides ten miles
l'' ' of defensive w >rks. ami live miles of sub*
'-v 1 tcrranean galleries in the solid rock.
The food sent from Franco, besides ,
| items of smaller <|uuutilies, was 110,000,-i
Vl" 000 pounds of biscuit; DC,000,000 of '
. ll' iir, eipial to 450,000 barrels ; 7,000,0OU
pounds of preserved beef; 14.000,000
,U? | pounds of salt t.cet ami l?rd; f ,000,000
l.? pounds of rice; 4,500,000 pounds of cof.
fee; 0,000.DUO pounds of sugar ; 10,000
head live, cattle; 2,500,000 gallons of
wine, and nearly 1.000,000 pounds of
(Jhollel's preserved Vegetables were among
* J the larger items of supplies. The horse
'' feed, too, was immense; 170,000,000
j pounds (equal to 85,000 tuns) of hay ;
ke 180,000,000 pounds (90,000 tuns) of
ls I oats and barley ; 20,000 tuns of coal,
i charcoal and coke. There were 150
,u* , ovens to hake bread, and 140 presses to
* press hay. The clothing was another
1,1 branch of large supply, comprising gar''I
ihAlil. .1. filli.'i liMliilr... li rtf tl....?" I
...v.... ... ........ uuiivtauoo VI Ul'Ml.ininn I II.'II
il would bo Sedious to enumerate them ;
I but as some clue to the matter, the num|
ber from 250,000 to 350,000 of
"8 I each article of clothing. For I lie pierc""
j ing cold of tlio Crimea there were 15,000
0,1 , sheepskin paletots, 250.000 sheepskin
, j gaiters, and tents fur 250,000 inen. TIih
i harness ami farriery departments present
j" i an immense quantity of supplies ; among
. | them were 00,000 horse-shoes, and 0,
''r j 000,000 horse-shoe nails.
, In nothing do the French so much exr'
eel as in hospital arrangements. They
110 ,-ent 27,000 bedsteads for invalids, as ilia*
ny mattresses, and 40,000 coverlets.?
There w as the uiateri d fur ambulances
i for 24.0O0 sick men, and 000 cases of inn<
strinnenls, and 700,000 pounds (350 tuns)
of lint, bandages and dressings of various
10 | kinds. Then for the sick there wrere the
most liberal supplies for their sustenance,
ler | such as concentrated milk, essence of
c" bouillon, granulated gluten, <k.\ The
',0 money expended at the seat of war was
50,000,000. Marshal Vaillant also tells
ul the vhsi maritime preparations for :on0
veving the army ami its supplies over tlie
,l sea. Among tlio vessel* employed be**
tween France ami the Crimea, though
.lo not staled in the report, were 40,000 tuns
of American shipping, embracing some
j of the finest ami largest clipper vessels, as
t1 well as some steamers of the American
"" mercantile marine, and for whose services
a liberal compensation was made. Tak
a" ing the totality of all the voynges made
lf by all tin- men, horses and materials, there
were conveyed by the French govern
merit during the two and a half years of
~~~ , the war, 560,000 men, 50,000* horses,
, and 720,000 tuns of materials.
I ? m ^
as Ilium Placf. Of Jackson.?For near
Iv a year h grave ilinpule has been going
ut j on in the papers about the birth place of
ha ' Andrew Jackson?soma locating il in
ror North and South Caro'ina, and othera in
Ireland ami on the broad Atlantic. All
n, sorts of recollection#?historical ati.l tra
e?l dilional?have been raked np, and ono
ol | would suppose tne argument exhausted.
J?, Latterly the authority of Ainos Kendall,
to the authorized biographer of the General,
up has been invoked, who fixed this Statu as
in; the placo of his birth, in tho YVathaw setat
tlemetit What need to appeal to any
authority short of Jackson himself. In his
will ho left the "silver Vase" and the
iro "I'oinsolt picture" to Lm native State,
ho and both wore received into the keeping
ne of her sona hf Gov. \llston. This should
w- settle all cavils. Surely the old hero
>te should know more about his birth place
?! than his biograpbe/.? Carolina Spartan.
*
Seasonable Hints.
At this season many persons contemplate
travelling; to do so with the largest
amount of comfort and advantage, pit)si
cal, social, and mental, the following sug
gestioiis are made :
lake one fouitli more money than your
actual estimated expenses.
Ac<plain*, yourself with the geography |
of the route and region of travel.
Have a good supply ot small change,
and have no bill or piece higher than ten
ilnllurv itiul Kill mil I.,.l (,it? nmiiili.rt.il
vu?*b ? vu imiii uvb wui\o vvimw^i ?vu j
change.
So arrange *h to have hut a single art j
tide of luggage to look after.
I >ress substantially. Better he too hot
for two or three hours at noon, than to
h<* cool for the remain.!er of the twenty 1
four.
Arrange, under all circumstances, to
be at the place of starting fifteen or tvveti- J
ty minutes before the time, thus allowing
for unavoidable or unanticipated dct?'ii
tioti on the way.
I>.? not commence a day's travel before
breakfast, even if that lias to be eaten at
daylight. Dinner or,supper, or both, can
he more healthfully dispensed with thai:
a good warm breakfast.
1'ul yout purse and watch in your vtst
peeket, ami all under your pillow, and
you will not he likely to leave either.
The most, if not secure fastening of
your ?'h unber door, is a common bolt on
the inside : if there is none, lock the door,
turn the key so that it can be drawn
partly out, and put the wash basin under
it ; thus, any attempt to use a jimmy ?.r
put in another key, will push it out and
cause a racket among the crockery, which
will be pictty certain to rouse the sleep, r
and route the robber.
A sixpenny sandwich eaten leisurely in
the cars, is better for you than a do cr
dinner boiled at the station.
Take with you a month's supply of patience,
and always think thirteen limes
before you reply once to any supposed
rudeness or insult, or inattention.
Do I. t suppose yourself specially and
designedly neglected, if waiters at It >!c!*
do not bring what you call f?>r in double
quick time : nothing so marks the well
bred mini as a quiet waiting on such oc
jiruvcs mi; 1>"|>|>V*
Do tint allow yourself to converse in a
tunc ioud enough to l?? heard by a peri
son at two or ilirvu seats fioin you ; it is
I tliu in ilk of a boor if in a man, ami of
want of retio mienl and \i4ly-like d'-licai
iy, if in a woman. A gentleman is not
noisy ; ladies are serene.
Comply cheerfully and gracefully with
. the customs of the conveyances in which
you travel, and of the places win re you
stop.
Respect yourself bv exhibiting (he
manners of a gentleman ami a lady, if
j yon wish N> he treated as such, and then
: you will receive the respect of others.
Travel is a great loveler ; take the position
which others assign yon from vour
! conduct rather than from vour precisions.?
Hull'* Journal of Health,
"Tub Doom of iiif. Would."?The
j Drit'sh Review, discoutsing on tin- doom
of the world, has the following remarks :
j "What this change is we dare not even
' conjecture ; hut we see in the heavens
themselves some traces of destructive elements
and indications of their power. The
fragments of broken nlati.es ih.? .l.-se.-ri
. cf meteoric stones upon our globe, the
. whirling comments wielding their loose
materials at the solar surface, the v<?!ean?
! ic eruption in our own satellite, the ap'
pearanco of new stars and the disappear
' ance of others, are all fore shadows of
I that impending convulsion to which the
world is doomed. Thus placed on a planet
I which is to be burned up and under heav.
ens which aro to pass away ; thus resi
ding, as it were, on the cometem-s and
dwelling upon the mausoleums of former
worlds, let us learn the lesson of humility
and wisdom, if wo have not already teen
taught ir? the school of revelation."
Wkix asu Sihinu Clkaninu.?As
spring is approaching, we earnestly advise
all p -rsons who uso well water and spring
: water, to have both wells and springs
thoroughly cleaned on', and then washed
out in early May and also during Octoi
ber, as there is strong reason to hclieve
tiiat the settlii gs which have accumula
ted, including decayed vegetation, impart
their disease engendering qualities to the
water, and thus originate some of the
' most dangerous forms of low or typhoid
! fever, at a timo of the year when the
weather is so cool as to preclude the idea
of their arising from vegetable decompoai
lion. The stench of the (fcbrin at the bottom
of wells should induce all cleanly
persons to expurgate them thoroughly,
aside from considerations of health.?
Hair* Journal of Health,
Curb for Hydrophobia.?A correspondent
of the Providence Journal recommend*
asparagus a* a cum for hydro
| phobia in any stage of canine marines*.
The directions am : 'Kat tiio gre?n shoots
of axparagu* raw, sleep and perflation
will be induced, and the diseuse can thus
be cured.' This remedy proved etfectuj
al to a man in Greece alter the paroxysms
iian commenced.
amm
A fool in high station is like a man on
the lop of a monument?everybody ap
pears small to him, and ho appears small
to everybody.
I know of no manner of speaking so
offensive as that of giving praise, and
closing it with an exception.
mwh\\ llfniiing, I
Translated from the French.
"Except the Lord build the House,
they Labor in vain that build it." |
It is very natural in the commence
merit of the religious life, to builtl up a
structure of our own. Hut (tod over !
thtows this edifice. lie leaves not one '
.i 11
Hiiuiucr. no liiys tno superstructure 1
deep within. These stones so nicely ad- I
justed by the hand of art become a chaos 1
of confusion ; the gilded ornaments are ,
scattered to the winds. Hut let not this
overthrow discourage or dishearten vnu.
The divine Architect himself is to in- '
habit the new edilice, and your eyes will
ere long be opened to the beautiful order |
and symmetry of <?ord'n work. Those!
beautiful enchanted palaces, which we j
read of in fable, and which are reached, |
only after crossing deep, subterranean
caverns?and which 110 person can tind
only lie to whom the secret is discovered,
seem to tno a good illustration of the in
terior. Externally they ate covered with
I dirt, and the riches are deeply concealed
from external view. It is thus the Lord
; conceals bis bidden ones from their view,
and also from their own self conceit.?
Nothing is sell produced, nor self-appro
priated. We see hero the economy of
grace to brir.if things to their true issue
He happy, dear F., that God is destroying
the work of your own hands. Tiieio
will l?? 110 sound of hammer, no labor, no
work ot self, when tiie Lord bui. Is the interior
I'a la ce. May God complete the
work he has commenced in vour soul.?
In Ilirn, you are very dear to nie.
Paid in your own Coin'Grandmother.
1 hate to go away frojn
I you; you like cue, and nobody else does.
Last night George lied in and I had a
, quarrel ; 1 struck him, and he struck me.
Nobody likes me. l'eter Jones said this
as he was sitting on his trunk ready to
. start for home.
, 'lie only paid you in your own coin,'
J said grandmother; 'people generally do
?a blow for a blow, cross words for cross
words, hate for hate.' 'I don't know l>m
it is so,' said L'eter, looking very sorry,
'but it is a poor sort of coin.'
'Llow different it would he if your
pockets were full of the right sort of
coin,'said grandmother. 'What kind?'
asked l'eter. The coin of kindness,' said
grandmother. 'If the great pockets ol
your heart were full of iliat sort of coin,
the more you paid away, the more you'd
eel hack, for von nr,? .?.?n..r!.llv> I..
I your own coin, you know ; then how happy
you would be.'
( 'Tliucoin of kindness,' repeated Peter,
slowly ; 'that is a good coin; isn't it? I
wish my pockets were full of it, g;andtuollior.
If I'd l?o kind to the boys, they'd
be kind to ine.' '.lust so,' said grandj
mother.
Peter's own mother died. After that
he was sent to grandmother's, for he had
j a quarrelsome, fretful temper, and his'
aunt could not manage him with the other
children. His grandmother dealt
kindly and patiently with him, and helpI
ed him to improve himself. Peter now
bad a new mother, and his father had
sent for him to come home. Peter did
not want to go. lie felt sure he should
not like his new mother, and that she
would not like him. 'That depends upon
yourself, Peter,' said grandmother ;
'carry love jyrd kind iters in your pocket,
and you'll find no dilliculty.' The idea
i struck the hoy favorably, lie wished he
{ could, he said.
'And the best of it is,' said grandt
mother, 'if you once l>egin paying it out
i vnnr tt/ill !><?*./. l./? ?4 f -
j ?//wrtv.? ?v?vi nu cinjny, K?r
1 you'll 1x3 paid in your own coin. Me
; kind, it in 1 you'll be treated kindly; lore,
I nn*l you'll bo loved.' *1 wish I could,1
I said L'eter.
All tlie way homo he more or le?s
| thought of it. I do not know about his
j welcome homo or what his father or new
I mother said to him. The next morning
i he arose early, as he was used to do at
| grandmother's, and cnine down stairs,
i where everything being new, lie felt very
, strange and lonely. 'I know I shan't be
; contented here,' be said to himself, 'I
I know I shan't. I'm afraid there's not a
' bit of love in my pocket.'
However, in a little while his new mother
came down, when l'eter went up to
1 her and said, 'Mother, what can I do to
1 help you?' 'My dear boy,' she said, kiss
ing liirn on the forehead, 'bow thouglitfu
1 you are. I thank you lor your kind of
, for ; and what can I do to help you ? foi
, I am afraid you will be lonely here si
first, coming from your dear, good grand
' mother.'
What a sweet kiss was that. It niadt
I him so happy. "That's paying me in
more than iny own coin,' thought l'eter
| Then he knew be should love his nev
mo'Jier; and that good hour l'eter's pock
j ets began to fill with the beautiful brigh
j coin of kindness, whitlr is the best 'sural
j enange' in tbe world. Keep your pock
eta full of it, and you will never be ii
want.
A Creek poet implies that the heigh
{ of blisa is the Hidden relief of pain ; then
is a uoblor bliss tlill?the rapture of tin
conscience At tho sudden release from i
j guilty thought.
PrAter is the messenger that send
; for Christ from beaven; and he wil
I come
lijrirttltural.
Kiom the Fanner anil Planter.
Preserving Fruit By Hermetical Sealing.
We are pleased to see that t!io old 1
practice of marking largo quantities of J
preserves in every family, is declining,
anil bweatmentH arr> iri?ir>i? " > !
h" '"8 K"iVU l" ? i
more simple, healthful, aud delicious Mr
ticl?, nainelv, fresh fruit prserved in its i
natural state, by perfectly excluding the
air.
The tin cans, no*v so generally in use,
do this effectually?and wo have used 1
Spratt's Can, manufactured by WV.i.i.s j
<fc 1'kefost, New York, fur years, with
success. LIut all tin cans are liable to the
objection of imparling llavor to the fruit, ;
actually poisonous in many instances, as '
that of tomatoes, apples and strawberries. ,
Peaches arc less affected by tin than any j
other fruit, and the tin cans, when new
ami properly cleansed, can he used for j
several years for putting up this fruit.? ;
The puhiic are greatly indebted to Mr. ,
T. (i. Vkomans, of \Valworth, N. C., for
the simple and most excellent Fruit Hot i
I tie, which he has manufactured at a reai I
sonable price. It possesses many important
advantages over every other can or
jar brought to public notice ; being made
| of glass, it will not corrode or poison the
i fruit ; and being transparent, the condi.
lion of the fruit can at all times be seen,
while they are so easily cleansed that
; they are as good as new for succeeding
years. They are made with the mouth so
constructed, with a jog iu the neck, that
the ceik cannot lie forced into (he bottle
! by the atmospheric pressure on it, caused
by the cooling and consequent contraction
of the fruit in the bottle ; and with a
i neck of such length that the contraction
will not bring the fruit below the neek.?
, They are cheaper than anv other bottle,
jar, ?>r can of merit, ami within the roach
of all.
We detest huinbuqi/inp in any shape
1 it appears, and ?lurin_j tin* last v--ar, l'rof.
1 >.wton\s Kxhnustor was sold to many,
| atui in almost every instance, those who
purchase 1 and used it wore disappointed,
I and failed in putting tip any fruit lit for
use. The chief agent in the work of pre
servation is heut. It after the application
1 of heat for a certain time (by w hich pro
' cess tin: air is expelled.) the article he
I ftt-atud.AicrincticaUy, it will remain un
! changed for au indelible period. And we
have seen fruit put up in common .-tone
jars, covered with pieces of cotton jeans,
j dipped in ineltcd rosin and beeswax tc
make it air tight, and placed over the
mouth, and cover of wood fitted in on the
coiniiiDn lids so rudely made at our potteries
; hut the glazing of these jars, and
those ??f the Kaolin manufacture, are so
imtierfect that n? would n.ii n/WUc* tl.^>
I 1 ? I..V.
I attempt to be niaue of putting up fruit in
them f?>r preservation, when so cheap and
desirable a bottle can be obtained, as
' those of Mr. Yeomans'.
Cook or stew the fruit, with water
enough only to keep from burning it,
1 until it is cooked through, keeping it well
I covered while cooking. We had our sup
ply of fruit put up in this way, and the
cans filled quite lull, before the caps were
applied, last season ; and the result was,
that iu every instance the fruit was of ex>
cellonl flavor, and superior to that boiled
in the tin cans. Sugar may ho Used at
the lime of cooking, or omitted until the
can or bottle is opened for upa, which last
we prefer. All ripe fruit preserved in 'his
way will be found as fresh in the Winter
season as if just taken from the tree and
! slewed. In the glass buttles tomatoes
! can bo put up for table use equally as
good as in their season,
Woman In The Garden.
Much in these days is said about the
sphere of woman. <>f this vexed question,
we have nothing now to rav. Tho cul
; ture of the soil, the body and the soul,
, are our themes, liicli soils, healthy bod
1 ics, pure, cultivated souls, these are wha!
we are aiinincr at. And to this emf w#
recommend that every country woman
have a garden that she. keep and dress
with her own hand, or at least, that r!u
supervise and mana'ge. The culture o
strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
gooseberries, currants and garden vegefa
hies arc as delightful and profitable as
anything in which woman can engage.?
She may sprinkle her garden well will
flowers. All the better for that. A snow
1 ball in this corner, a rose in that, a dahlii
hod there, and a moss border here, wil
not bo out of place. Only let the snbstan
tial and useful constitute the chief part.?
, A touch of the ornate, like a ribbon on j
good bonnet, is not in the least objection
able. In all tbft schools the girls stud]
L botany. In all families#ho woman ongh
to practice potany. It is healthful, pleas
ing and useful. The principles of hortl
culture are the principles of botany, pu
into practice. Farmers study agriculture
why should not their wives and daughter!
' study horticulture ? If any employmeo
is feminino, it would sueni that this is.?
t If any is Wealthy this must be. If any i
I pleasurable none can be more so thai
this. A rich bed of strawberries, a bus!
j of blackberries or currants, a border c
' flowera produced by ones own banc
| what can well afford a more rational sal
isfaction ? We say to all our country sii
1 ten, have a garden, if it is only a sma
* one, and do your beat with it. Plant i
3 with whu? pleases you best, with a goo
* variety, and see what you can do with i
What woman cannot raise boolH, torn*
' toes, melops, onions, lettuce, and furnisl
* her own table with tbem ? What womai
I J cannot plant a raspberry hush, or currant
I or gooseberry, and tend it well ? V. Farmer
Ukunnms.
The surest way to lose \onr health in,
to be all the lime drinking that of other
folks.
'Speaking your mind,' says Jerrold, 'is
an extravagance that lias ruined many a
1
111 <111.
Killing one's meat with a silver fork,
while the butcher's bill has not been paid
is called genteel.
The young man who stood on his own
merits became very muck fatigued with
the operation.
'Veil, Jim, I can't see how you sells
your brooms cheaper than me, when I
steals 'the stuff?'
'Vy, you fool, 1 steals mine already
made.'
When a man is always sneering at and
saying derogatory things of woman, it is
a sure sign that lie has always associated
with the most degraded of the sex.
A Frenchman repeatedly hearing the
, word 'press' used to imply persuade, one
| evening in company exclaimed t 'I say,
( squeeze that ladv to sir.g.'
f" Pr. Kuankmv, speaking of Education,
says:
'If a man empties his purse in his head
j no one can take it away from him. An
' investment in knowledge always pays the
best interest.'
A man should never bo ashamed to
I own that he has been in thu wronm which
is but saying, in other words, that he is
t wiser today than lie was yesterday.'
'Ijook lu re, l'eto,' said a knowing darI
key to his companion, 'don't you stand
j on de railroad.'
*\\ iiv, .loo ?'
'Ivise it' de oars soo dat mout' of yourn
I dey'll tink it am a depot and run rite in.'
A mm in Kentucky killed a cow a few
days since, in whose stomach was found
a largo bra*s ling, a hair pin and a bun,
I die of hooks and eyes, 'lirindle' is supposed
to have swallowed the milk maid.
That gal must have been green.
' j Some lucky chap says if there is a hes'
i v?n on earth, it is on a soft couch, with *
j your wife on one side, and a smiling bady
I on the other, a clear conscience, plenty to
eat and a knowledge that you are out of
1 debt, and don't fear the printer, tailor,
sheriff, or the devil.
I'aiiknce.?'I remember,'says thecelehrated
Wesley, 'hearing my father say
| to my mother, could you have the
patience to tell that blockhead the same
thin' t weiitv limiin nvi.r t' .YVI...I o?:.i
_ . j x-. . ??>, nniu
she, 'if I had told him but nineteen times
1 would have lost ail my labor.'
j A modern writer says: 4It. may seem
: strange, but it is a fact, tliat men generai!
lv are much more afraid of women than
women arc of men.' Brown remarks that
the fact is not strange at all; for in both
| cases the fear is proportioned to the dani
ger. Candid, but ungallant.
A poor jilted blade says :
' Woman's love is like Scotch snutf,
You get one pinch and that's enough.
Whereupon a darkev, of more sense as
. I well as soul, responds :
i I Woman's iub, like ingy-rubber,
It stretcli de more do more you lub Iter.
i , Everybody must have altered very
I much in a short time. Only a few years
> since General Jackson, being seated be1
I tweeti two ladies, said be felt like a
5 , thorn surrounded by roses. V. S. M.
' j says a few days ago, while riding in an
' I omnibus, and being seated between two
i | ladies, he felt like a stave in a hogshead
| ol molasses, surrounded by hoops.
An Irishman, having accidentally bro1
' ken a pane in a window of a house in
i Chestnut street, attempted, as fast as lie
* i could, to g<*t out of the way, but lie was
' followed and seized by the proprietor, who
exclaimed :
" j 'You broke my window, fellow I?did
* i you not V
' 1 'To be sure I did !?an didn't you see
k me running uoine for tho money to pay
1 i you for it V
t A dandy with more beauty than brains
married an heiress, who, although very
^ accomplished, was by no means hand^
some. One day he said to her, 'My dear,
as ugly as you are, I love you as well as
ft though you were pretty.'
n 'Thank you, love,' was the reply, 'I can
l( return the compliment, for ford as you
^ are, 1 love you as well as though you had
j wit.'
| Dvino Consolation.? An old, unlov||
ed Peacon in his last hours was visited by
it a neighbor, who said :
,j 'Well, Peacon, I hope you feel resignL
ed to going.'
k. 1 'Yo o a, said the Peacon, 'I I think I-I
I, am resigned.' _
n 'Well,' sai<l tho other, 'I tho't it might
g l>? consoling to you to know that all the
>. i neighborhood are resigned also.'
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