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VOLUME VIII. LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. TKIL I. mi x n u n w v *\
i>elN'teii i>tun}.
From the Southern Field and Fireside.
The Sister of Charity.
UY I. A I' HA LINCOLN*.
Just as I attained my titirteenill year,
I had the misfortune to lose my mother.
I was the only daughter of six children,
and was therefore, a good deal petted and
muuigea. ?iy tatiur was a cotton plan
ter in llio Stale of Mississippi. A short
tune previous io my niotblT'l 'J""1'', ho
had sold his to*?D residence, aud lived al
together 011 his plantation, where ho had
hitherto been in the habit of spending
'.he waitu summer months only.
After the decease of his wife, my faih
or was a good deal perplexed as to what
he should do with me. lie did not. wish
to keep me at homo with no female associates
of my ow n color, and he disliked
to send ine off alone, among stiangers,
to a bonid ng school. One day my un
cle Wilfred came to see him and told
him that he was about to send his two
daughters to the convent of N , to
remain two years, and requested him to
let 1110 accompany them. It was a sore
tiial to my parent to send me so fur from
mm, mil alter mature deliberation lie <lec'ded
litnt il was the beat course lie could
adopt. All ! well do I remember the
sorrow that tilled my young heart at this
first par'ingfrotn home?fr >m my b-lov
ed father : nd brothers, an 1 l ist, though
by no means least, the dear old hltu k
mammy rom whose sable besom 1 had
drawii the fountain of life in infancy, and
who had dressed Rtid undressed me every
morning and night since 1 was born. I
liting around her neck with tears and
ki-r-e*, for the had been like a second
lumber 10 me. Nor was the good crea
lure less affected than I. 'Ti hi, master'
she said, 'how's Mr* tiertrude gwine to
get long wav off y< rider by herself? I ?o
pray let Ann go wid her, if vmi can't
spar tire. The poor chile never washed
her own hue and hands oi put oil her
shoes an I st? ckings in her 1 fo.'
And it was in vain that in\ hither and
uncle e.\plaintd to her the impossibility
of my taking a servant w:tb me to a
b >ar?.hig scl o >1. Slie would no; be con
. , .. ..I I ... .1 : - . 1
?..v ? ' *. |*t-r?inuu III nit)l!l^ llliil > 111*
a'waxs seed Indie* cany their own maid*
'iM'ut w id it in. tiinl she ilul.ii : c'v* wliv
M'f? (joi'tmh. c.uldu't Jo it l< o ?'
1 went to inv ur.cle's Inline wi.b hint,
niul \\hs w .iii.lv welcoimd (*y inv cmi
s 11 < .*, win) wert* deligll 'el t'* leal it that 1
1111 ii'itj I iii i>>inj>an\imf them in school.
!ii a few <l.i s we weie .*>:> aming it tip
(lie Mutiutv'ppi rivi-r uj?>ii one <>f tlmse
Mlna.i .j? palace*,' ilint *wa k '/ < water*
I ko thing- v. I i fvs.'
In line liinc we aiiive.l at llie til) 01
I- wli'c!) was w t mi tl.iily mi'ts < I
our destination. I'liee we reinaintsil over
night. I ln it* was a heavy tall of allow
during lite night, ami when we awoke
next oe ruing everything was shrouded
in tiii? spotless mantle.
'(Mi lo k, Kllen !' i exclaimed, an I
opened i lie window. Mi,I ?on eee? ??
anything more la-autiful !
And beautiful exceedingly it m as to our
unaccustomed eyes, which had never seen
snow in >iw t' an once or t w ice in our lives,
and (hen it was such as '.o null in the
sun's rays in a few hour*. It was near
the end of March, ami wli n we left our
fair southern home the bird* and blossoms
weie bursting into hlnoin, and many trees
were already entered wiih their lender
green foliage. Hut lice stern winter
still reigned inonar<h of alt he surveyed.'
After breakfast we took our seats in
the lumbering stagecoach (railroads were
not so comni' r. then as now) for II , and
thence took a hack tor the convent, some
two iniles further on. We arrived there
just before nightfall, veiy much fatigued
and thoroughly eh.I ed.
in reply to IIIV uncle's Lli.irk the <ln?r
mn* o| ened by a fredi, g"id htint?>re?l
looking sister of climrity in I er black slull
habit and closely filling while cap, who
ushered us into the parlor, where a bin
zing wood fire w as shedding warmth and
comfort around?blessings which we wea
rj travelers could duly appreciate.
/'be ^Ipther Stijn-iior soon made her
appearance when my uncle introduced
himself as l)r. Lester, and his two daughters
Ellen and Clara and his i.iece tier
trude Ellsworth. Mother Catherine had
a pale benign countenance, which bore
the impress of a life spent in fulfilling the
will of her Master. Whe was very kind
to us, setting uh at our ease at once.
Uncle Wilfred returned to It. in the
hack that night. After his departure
Mother Catherine carried us to her room
where she had a nice little supper served
/or us. As we were so lited she did not
introduce us into the recreation room a
mong the pupils that night, l*ut allowed
us to go at once to bod. She summoned
sister l'ertba (the same lhal had received
us on our arrival) and told Iter to con*
duct us to the dormitory nnd tell sister
Cecilia to select beds for u?. We bade
the Superior good night and followed sister
Bertha out upon a long black collonade,
where the sound of merry voices and
laughter reached us from the recreation
rooms on,the ground floor, and then up
a flight of stairs into a passage, upon
which the dormitory opened.
We entered and the nun called 'sister
Cecilia.' A nun was issued from a cur??
i ?i ?
iniiinu icvuH 111 corner wnere ID6 DK(1
doubtless been engaged in devotion.?
Tired as I was, I could not but be struck
by the exceeding purity and loveliness of
tbe face before me, wbicb tbe unsightly
white cap in vein oadtftvored to disfignre.
It was one of those faces luit seldom seen,
; ami once seen never forgotten. It gave
me the impression of sorrowr and sutler
ing meekly borne?of a heart wholly
given to Ood, and raised altogether above
this eaith and its giossness. Spiritual in
deed it was in the truest and highest
sense of the word. 1 knew not w hy, but
1 felt myself irresistably drawn towards
this an iridic lookii tr keinir as to one near
ami Jvhb.
She came forward an?l lock pat h of lis
by the band, asking our names. When
in rcplv to her inquiry, I answered, '<?er
1 trude Kdswortli,' she raised Iter large s ul
eves to my face, and i*. seemed to inc
' that her pale check grew a shade paler,
and Iter inouth twitched as if moved by
i some sudden e.itO?c<.>u. l! so, she quick
j ly recovered herself, and bidding us fol
' low her, she pointed out to each her re
spective beii.
The dormitory was a large room of a
hundred by thiity feet, with three rows of
i beds the entire length. A large drum
.
I s'.ove 8tooi! :?t ei.her end, wli'cli gave a
' genial w.irmlli to lite apartment. Soon
to my diowsv eyelids eaine 'T?red na
] lilie s sweet resmier?liaimv sleep,' which
| continued dreamless and unbroken until |
the bell aroused me at dawn t<? tlie commencement
of my first dav's experience
at a convent boarding school.
I have ilrendy entered too much into
detail, and will therefore only state that
I we were duly installe I in our different
| classes, and alter the tiist foe.mg of home 1
sickness wore <.|t, ive were very happy in '
our new situation.
Among the gir a the one with whom I
became most iniimate was Mary Seaton,
I a f,.ir bailed, blue e\oil, delicate looking
I creature, whom everv one felt a'most com
polled t > love. 1 *?-rti??!?:* what first utfac
led mo towards her was Iter enthusiasti'.
admiration, expressed on all occasions, ??t
Sisit r Cecilia, whom I had loved from the
| first moment that I l?. held Iter l itis at
feclion gro v into it species of ido'aliy,
which feeling was f uttered l y the sechi
sion in which We liteo, never going any
where and never seeing any one ix>cpt
1 the inmates of the Content. I regarded
Cecilia with that worshipping reverence,
t which a pious Catholic feels for his pat
| roll s;.int.
She moved among us, hut not of us ?
;t being of a higher sphere. Her rapt
i expression, and far oil gaze seemed, at
times, to denote that tier expectant ear
caught the distant imirnier <?f angel voices
' whispering S.sU-r spun, come away.'
< hie dav Mary taul to ine, (ierlru le,
I did you know that Sister Cecilia ha I the
eonauinplioti V
<_>!?, no, no,' I exclaimed, my eves tilling
with tear- at the thought. "Vou must
he mistaken, Mary.*
No I am not,' she replied, 'foi she t.?hi
' me so herself.'
.1 .1 I - :' -
?? ,u MViti kll'H ?I '* \ , I I \ ll/tu, II
L.e, fur this angelic being yrew and 1
>!it-iiglliciif<1 Slie, too, seemed to prefer
me to any ot' tlie othei girls, ami when
?it ttfic together, 1 would nestle clos.lv
t<> her fi'le, she pulling lier arm affection*
atcly arouiu! n:e, while a sense of perfect
, happiness woulil till mv heart.
After mv conversation with Mary, I
noticed that sister Cecilia did have a
eolith which seemed to he troublesome a'
times, and now, with inv eyes o|>en, I
saw that, da\ hv day, her step grew fee
hler and her | -?to cheek 'hinner. She art
pCaleil lo sutler l?o [iaiti, hut to lade gentty
and slowly, even as tlie summer How
0 s.
' She was c inpelled, at last, lo give up
her classes, which was a sole trial to me,
for it seemed so much easier t> study
when 1 knew that I would receive a smile
of approval from lor in return for a well
recited lesson. 1 umllv slie WHS eimtiin.il
altogether, to (lie inliiiiiury. H. ic ( khi
occasionally allowed to visit lier, ant! she
would talk to me of Cod and Heaven,
and the delight thai she felt at the pros
pect of boon bidding adieu to this fair hut
deceitful world.
t >ne afternoon, Sisiei Victoria, the dis
ciplinarian, came to my desk and told me
that Sister Cecilia wished to see me. 1
obeyed the summons with alacrity, and
was .piickly beside her l ed. No sooner
had I looked upon her than I perceived
that a great change nail taken place
since I last saw her, and even to my un
practiced eyes, the bhadow of death was
visible upon her countenance.
She feebly extended ber thin, white
band, which I clasped within my own,
while passionate sobs convulsed iny whole
frame.
'Weep not for me, Certrude,' she *a;d.
'My ransomed spirit w ill soon he rejoicing
iu it* long wished for fieeduin. Alieady
has extreme unction been administered to
me, and after fulfilling one more task, my
earth weary soul will he ready to obey the
call of its Saviour, and its (tod. You
have been dearer to me, darling, than
any other human being for years. I tried
to close my heart against you, ami fix it
only on Heaven, hut its love could not he
i controlled. 1 wish now to oive vou ttiw
r ? / ?'
history of my pint life?i lifu replete with
I human joy ami human woe.
'My name, ere I became a member of
this sisterhood, was (iertrude Archer ; I
wxi wealthy and accomplished, and peo- i
pie called me beautiful. My home waa
i* one ot our northern cities, where 1
I dwelt with tny parent* and one only bro
ther. At the age of aeventeen, 1 met
Charles KlUworth?nay, start not, for it |
was indeed your father?I soon learned
to love him with all a young heart's first i
pure affection, and I had reason to believe
that love returned. And when in low,
sweet tones, he breathed his passion, and
Eleaded, oh ! so eloquently, that I would
9 his bride, I did not refuse, at.d for a
l>r:uf interval, we lived as in a blissful '
dream. Hut alas! loo quickly came the
rude awakening.
'One day Edgar, mv brother, said to
mo : 'Gertrude, 1 am sorry to see young
Ellsworth paving his addresses to \ou, !
and should lie propose, 1 hope that you
will ducatd linn at once, for he is unworthy
of you. Only last night, at a convi
vai party, I heard him boosting to some
| <?! his associates, of how completely the
haughty Gertrude Archer was in his now
er ?that she loved him 60 devotedly f?s
; u> ue completely Ins slave. I should J
have resented the insult, bu? lie was not j
aware of my presence, and I did not wish |
; to bring you thus before the public'
'llow all (lie pride of my young nature
rose 'n nrtns at these words?for I did J
not doubt their truth, as my brother could
have tio objection in deceiving trie, lie
sought only toy good, I thought, in thus
destroying my fairest, brightest hopes o!
earthly happiness.
'Oh ! the agony of that love?even
now, on the confines of eternity, I cannot
recall it without a thrill of pain ? when 1
discovered tlia^he, upon whom I had lav- I
islied all the wealth of a loving heart was !
undeserving. I immediately wrote him 1
a brief, cold note, in which I informed )
him that all must he at an end between
us, l ut gave no explanation whatever. 1
also told him that it would he useless to
endeavor to obtain an interview, for I
would not see him. He did rail, huwev
i r, and when I heard his hue tones en
treating to see me, my heait almost failed
me, and 1 was upon the point <?t rushing
into his arms and confessing alb Well !
f>r me would it have been had I done so. |
hut ttitle, that curse of angels held rue
' I lie next 1 heard of him, lie had gone
to Mississippi, where lie loid hii uncle and
oilier relations residing. Though m\ j
heart was well nigh breaking, I hid tn\ 1
grtel under a gay ami careless demeanor,
ami plunged into ererv kind of dissipa
lion and excitement that would serve to
b .ni?h t bought.
'K Ig ir had a friend, Allied Mortimer, |
dear to hnu a? his own heart's hlood, for
t hey 11.i i hei'ti elose friends at college, hail 1
travelled "\ or thousands ol miles togeih<
or, Hliti Allied 11m> 1 once mi c I Kdgar's
lift* :?t tlx- imminent hazard <>f his own. I
A few month* n't? r Charlie'* departure !
this young man whom I loved as a I.to
ther, < ihri-il himself to me h is needless
to mtv 111 ?l he w as rejected, though I'M
gar prayed and el.treated me to wait a 1
while ero I decided. I answered that no
second love could evpr till my heart, and
that I liever expected to marry.
'Klg ?r was inghlv ex asperated, and
for weeks would scarcely speak to me.?
I >i:e ii'oiil he came home, complaining
of a severe head ache, and the next mor
nine t itu d him confined to his hed hv a
fcVcr of a very malignant type. Our
t imiiv nlit .?ici was at n e called in,
. .1
and gravely shook his head, pronouncing
his puiicnt's situation to he very critical. |
For days KM gar lay halancing between
life and death, but the Allwise Providence
saw fn to spare his life. Itul tlur-ng his
iilnes*, When he thought that the grim j
king of terrors was about to claim him
as his own, he confessed to me that he
had deceived mo with regard to Charles
Ki'sworih. lie told me, thai he had
deceived me with regard to Charles Klls
worth. lie told Hie, lhat lie had never
i.i .1 i . -i ' 1
iix? i iii> i ? ;iui11*- i, w 11y| lie couitl Hot
tell, it:i I tlmi Iii* had ho net his heart on |
seeing iii.; iiniw-d to Alfred Mor'.incr, as
to stain I.is soul with falsehood in order
to Hi-coinplisli li s object.
'\\ ttli a lighter heart then I had known <
for iiii ntli-, I has'ened to my room after
this interview, dctcrnriicd to put aside all
false delicacy and write to Charles,giving
It iii the fact* of llu; whole case, and telling
him that I still remained true to him.
TliO letter was dispatched anil for ten
days I waited, finding suspense most dif
tloult to boar, and then came an Answer j
clashing out all hope and joy from tnv '
future and leaving mo gf^p'ng in worse |
than Kgvptian darkness?llio darkness of
a soul whose only feeling was to ciir.se i'?
trod and die; for ho whom I had net up .
for the idol of niv life was no longer free. ;
lie had only a week previous to the re
ceplion of my letter been united to \oiir !
mother ? a sweet gentle girl, he descrihed
her, with whom, though she had not sue
ceeded in calling forth such ardent and
passionate love as he had fell for me, he I
hoped to pass his futute years peacefully
and happily.
'My child, may ton never sutler such
anguish as racked Jmy heart throughout
the live long night after I read that letter.
< ?n bended knees I prayed for death, hut
(iod refused to hear the blasphemous cry. i
As soon as I had somewhat recovered !
from the shock, 1 came to this convent
where I had la-en educated, res. Iving to i
abjure the world ami ari its vanities and
dedicate tnv lite henceforth to Heaven.?
All ! how little had I dreamed, when two
short years before I had gi.ue forth from
this peaceful retreat, full of impatience to
launch mv frail hatk upon the treacherous
tide of fashionable life, that so short
a time would elapae before I should return
broken spirited and earth weary, crjing
'peace, peace, give me peace !'
'Iiong and arduous was the atruggle,
ere 1 could teach m v sinful and rebellion!
heart to submit to its fate. Hut hv il.?
grant, of tlie Moat High I did ml ImI buc
ceed, and \ know thai my Salter years j
have not been u*?-lefttly ?|>ent, in healing
the sick and ministering to the brokenhearted.
Tel< your father to meet mo
abore, where there w?!l be no conceal
menta, and parting* never come. You
are very like your father, Gertrude, and
I am glad that my dying gaze can reat
upon the semblance of bi? features. And ,
now, my child, farewell." Kndearor i<
tread carefully and liolily the thorm path,
that leads to life eternal; hear tie cross
awliile, and you will wear that emwn
through countless apes.
'Take that hook,' and she pointed to
one 011 a table near by, ' and read to me
the prayers Ibr the dying, for my end
drawelh very near ami 1 will soon he
'where the wicked oca i fiom Moulding
and the weary are at rest!'
I took the book and, though in a choking
voice, continued to read i"r the space
of lifter n nitnules, ; ml then look tig up I
disc('Vercd that only the h>vel\ carket lav
before me. The ei.franehtse<| son! had
burst its bonds and soared on angel's
wings to realms of blis*.
Iler face was placid as a sleeping infant's
; the lonir dark lashes lav noon 1.
c V I
waxen cheek, and the attenuated luAids
sv?-re fu'ded above the pulse'cstr los >;n.
'ientiy and without a ^'gb bad
"She dosed her eves and stood in pen o
lb-fore a Mailing (iod."
There was no wild burM of gihfus I
looked upon the beautiful c!;iv, but s(?o'.li
inply, as talis the summer rani, the tears
dropped one by one troin my eyes, until
my soul was lilted with awe not unmingled
with happiness, for t!t" heart sore
and earth.weary pilgrim had entered upon
her rest.
Noiselessly I left the r auii and pro
ceeded to call those whose duty it was to
prepare the body for interment. I lay
awake long th it i ight, p nidcting upon
the sad story that had been that .l.u on
folded to me. 1 had never known for
whom 1 was nmiied. \Y line all ' inv
brothers liar! received some family initio .
1 alone had been called tor tor nt iii\
m illions. Once ! bad ouf-roin d or,
molber upon '.lie suhj. ct an -in* I m .
swerod that it was a fancy ii-m.i- 1 .--.low..
upon me by my lather. Now I
that it was in memory of the !?t v.
his juutli, that mv sire had cf o <
wvririuic ; perhaps, too, Ilia! w t- \\
wiik s ) iducli dearer to 'unit rin hi- :!.
er children.
'I lie next day, shrouded in tin- saim
sable costume. wliivh slm had uinn r.
life?the rosary and criiciti l\ n^ up n
her innildn bosom ? tin- remain* of - *' r
("coilia were eoiisictied to their Una! is
tinjj place. Tim tail | j.1?i? -- sichtd
mournful I v in tin' bonze and n'i n.iturwore
a sadder aspect to tn\ . - ?n,
two and two, both sisters aie! pupils
slowly wended ib.eir way to tin* little en
closer , where, guarded as it wore !?\ the
emblem of our redemption, tho a-1 es >.|
the departed sisterhood leuosed
In the vacation, when nit fuller >m<
to take me trave'mo until tho c in:i. nc
tnent of another term, I caiiied him to
this quiet spot, ami pointilit* out to him
the plain white inaible ?'ab liearinc t!
inscription : 'Sister Cecilia Archer, ?'_' d
:$? ),' tod him < f the death bed rcvclati "
of her who slept l?en'nth.
The stronj? man bowed his knee b.
side that humble crave, am' la.s.nj; his
'.earful eves to heaven, murmured :
'l'oith aie cone ? the wile of my ho
mini, the mother of my "hihJren, and
(teilrude, ilie lir-t love of n.> youth, both
awailmC me over the river. N'ow, I.ord,
liv servant IS leadv to depart in peace.'
Keverentlv at:?i >!..w!\ we !?!'i 11.? . ?<i.
serrated place our. Io?ol? filler*) with i
tender sadness
A hi) veais have pa*?ed sitiv then,
ami soft eyed little chiidien dustm ar m
ni\ knee ami rail me 'mother*; htr mem
orv, oft, w itli retrospective glare, I t i; >
befoie iliu tIn: image of her, who with
palm in itaiitl and l> <>w encircled I \ the
rrtivui of gluit, dw'clh-lh with saints ai !
angels, forever more, in 'the city not made
with hands? eternal in the he tins.'
j ?*. ,
Finding Fault with your Children
ll i* at tunes necessary to censure and
punish ; hut very mm h more may he
done hf enroot agog eluMren when the\
do well l?et ihe'etore more earefol t<>
express your approbation of good condi:-;,
than your disapprobation of l?a<! Notli
tig can more discourage a t'ni'd, llian a
-piril of incessant fault finding on the
part of its parent. And hardly anything
can exert a more iiijiirious influence upon
the disposition both of the parent ami
the chi d. There are two great motives
influencing human actions: hope and
fear, liolh of' these arc at times necessary.
Hut who wnuM not prefer to have
her child influenced to good conduct l.v
the desire of p'easing, than by the fe.ir
of offending. If a mother never express
es her gratification when her children do
well, and is always cctisurii g them when
she sees anything amis*, they are discouraged
and unhappy. Tliev feel that it is
useless to try to please. Their disposition
becomes hardened anil soured by this
ceaseless (retting, and at last, finding that
w liether they do well or ill,they are equal
ly found fin.t with, they relinquish all el
forts to please, and become heedless of reproaches.
Hut lei a mother approve of her child's
Conduct -whenever she can. Let In r *h uv
that his good behaviour makes In r r n
cerely happy. Let her reward him t r
his efforts to please by smiles and at!
lion. In tins way -i.e will cherish in I er
child's heart souic of tlie nohle-t an !
most desirable feeling* of oui nature.
She will cultivate ut him Hit amiable tli?*
nnailinn and a cheerful spirit. VOUT child
lias been, during the day, very pleasant
and obedient. Just before putting biin
to sleep for the night, you lake Lm hand
and say ; 'My son, you have been a
very good boy to day. It makes me very
bappy to see you so kind and obedient.
God love* children who are dutiful to
tbtir parent*, and ke promises to make
i iItem happy.' I iiis appioliulioti to liim
, from liis molhor is 11 groat rt?v\:ii i. Am!
i when, with a tuor? than or.Shim v adVi"
tmialo toiio, \ t:li >a\ : '(iijod night, my
?! .*! sua !' 110 li'MVfs (In; re,mi with !i>
iiille lit'tiil full ?>f fooling. Ami win n I <?
fl'/Sfs his cj < l??r slft ji, Im i> li tiij>\, ami
rosolvcs il at I o will always try to tit. 11is
111 v.
Coifiins made of Glass
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tlti* followin? ;
Mr. Join, U t Million, of tli;s citv has
j'i>l obtained h |>;?t?*tit for collins.
111!! ill\!'llt iotl St I'lllH to ilo it VI'Tt flllM'
lilt! oiii" nlid w<" will attempt tol'in tlv doscrii
e it liic colliti is uiiti'.o "I ijiass,
11tnit one lint to one inch thick, cost in
two pieces of llie nrdunrt form. In tic
tipper i-loi; of tin- l"l"|t ! til," c-ni". i.t it
yr.?yvi", in w 1,it.lt .t iin-ieon* ni .i , ,,,)
io?i-lt lits. When n corpse j.lo .il in
, the colli'.), till' crot'.vu is liilcil witli n ? Iti i!
ceo.ontthe i >! is j 1:?m.i on, an.! linnly
11? I> 1 l>\ three iron 1 unlit until the c> on nl
is hardened. flit".unit a sliiitli hoe in
ll i" u p of the Collin tin" :tii is tin n i-Mrac
t. I In iio- ins of itn air | 'imp. I' v !i
, in<"iitl"?, Mr. I.' >tnt"h cl.t;ins h . 1s in;:\ ! c
preserved irt their natural state for ail lime
to rotm*, an.| when piaci-'l iii vaults, can
nlw a\ s |.|. a -ci s.)!. I- i , 11. tt'i/"' i't tim.n
wlio aii! left b.-lntid. 'I'i.e expense of
these colliiis in he tm iimm ti 111 that ol
ordinary wo.iii.-n Ilio, .. .j it i!e\i
pe. I it'otis ol t::- ' it I * I .ire , . s,
j Crrncil, t h" \ t\: 11 , i "r ,i <1 .:.! coir- ".'o
?> 4C<
t ntoi ! >' I '...ol I 111 k I'io-Ii") Sis
? I lie t liowiim c ii.pilittii r. o! * 111i * .s
coii.e .ii-iits ,n t .. n niii s ami ivs of il e
s. t. :, I'tcs s ,.| ll.,- I .-lit..,* S: .OS.
Was llioli"'. John Allans, Jetieis-.n,
M I'i s-ii M 'li . . J (ill t,J lilicv A I ;i: 1 s
llll'l J til.-" "". :."! I lll;.s|...! 1.1 lie I 11! ot
| iat , : :
l"o il' o! the set en w, io to !, \ n
I WO o| ill'" s! nil" | ill es ... . I III I
nOSM'C. A ! 1,11* . (I* tie (i'i I l ' s "...
on !ea t ilia , Hi.".., h .t i ? s ' \ 1 it* ;
. an.I "l;." ol iie in w I, had
t i in won -1 ! it, ! ; n (JO \ ,i* .1 it ,le
elnI o| n:.o- hi t. I ., i ec I .. a "... 1
Ii lite 4 i i I .) U i \ . a (el ' W . the
iia\ iii;*' \ e.ir. 1 in-1" w .o, .,j. il,..
0 t' r. e * i.at draft-.; i'o, I
lnrat'oii of li I'-epcn 'er iii . . : i two
: died ti the same day ai. i tear a*. ! n
1 h** ai nil is t y . f *. he ! 1 v i t. ' ! I'
iepeleiel.ee J'lst li il i I a C<"l.I' !:) ;
(if i 'iM*!'irrttii.ii I It ? .*. - - *
Ill' llic M'Vl'll t <1 Ml M'll, \ , I ll il.l- li! ()
, irntiMriittoI l :> uanu* m m.m. I i.-j ,. ?
!'> lilt" ti u: <- i }?. , ;t 11...? ';-i 'oiuliisi
1,. iii?* ii.li 1 - i t \ 1 ?.f 11,. .? v 1
win* tin.* sail ? ; ; 11 I the initials -t Ii
I\*o otlo r? i* r-- tin- mil'. I!: -t * * '
itliT , jn?, \\ 1 !? !, , 11 tlx ' \>llti
I Itillllir.i lull lit' Ills IIHIIIII \ lllflt litl-l
till* I' Vlil/I'.l wnrl'l?\\ .I?I.1I Xt" fl ! < ?t
lli?' first live, only mi'* I n ! *> .. ami lint
>im w.-is III?o a I 'ir.t.
1111S. SIKI'llKN Al.LKS's I'nclir.l I'lKI
? A in* n_' il.f \ irt i his o! ;li>' 'lli-nrv < !.i>*
1!iiusli-r, ? . '^i?*j.lu . A .11 I . | , i.*
man, ft.r1111; 1 Iv a :na\ -i < ( N ?-w 1 1 1, I loVnt
mi l otii'iiicil t-v n!i w'. o ! inii
liiin In In* in i kfi l> > !; v.,-i* f.Mii i', a
j : li >1 . J? ?' ? t "1 \v a
1 V' , nr.. N vr-r
hi*
If your liamls < anno' It* usefulW emI'loj
I'll, atleml to iloi cultivation ol your
miiiil
Alv.ay* >| . ;?li lliv* lllllll. Malic f.:?
promise?.
I.ive uj> to your engag* uunts.
When you speak t<> a I >. k l.iji.
in the face.
< 1 character ii above ail thine\
oar tli iract. r rot i. .t .?out '.all \
injured except by your own 1.1?.
If'anv speak* evil t f \OU, let
\oitr ilte he Rllcll that tin ot.e v Ii< ! chew
him.
Dritilc no kinds of ifitoxit ating liquor*.
I.ive within \ <>nr income.
When \oil retire to Let! think over
what you have I ten <!? i' .j durit i; tlm
>iav.
Nt >ke no haste to |i< rich it \?iu would
prosper.
Small ami steady ^ tin* yive cnmt e
ti ncy with tranquility of mind.
Never play at any name of chance.
Avoni temptation, through fear \* n
may not }>? able to overcome it.
? *? -m ? mm~ILvi'ti-i
is llooi'ri.? At t.hicaoo, la?l
week, a rather kiiiiimii^ m im . took place
luring the I-?j?ti-m of a voting ladv by
the pa.ttor of the Tal i rnacle. 'I he I nioi
says t 'The minister requested her t?j as.
siime the dries peculiar to such an nc< ?
ion, but she <leelim,| to t?k nlT her
hoopei! skut. I lie irh'ii.sler tohj ti< r f
the i( ? nvetiier co tl at mu-i t< snit from
her ob t > - but - per* ? d. Win n
she came toiiesi eml into the bath,the
il.tlat- I skin touched the water and woe
up around her i ke ? b?ll??ti. Iler head
we lost to the tin congregation : site
w ,1 swat.owed nj. in the swel mr skot :
tl.t tnin-'oT 11i?-<| to foroo her down into
il.<- I'illi, hut ?lii> w'hi k-)'t xUive (lo*
mm/hca l?\ i!.. floating properth * of the
i rirc in>>, H?d who buoyed up eo aiicceM
fuiiy thai it was not until after much
dimcnily nod many f rrd>l?? attempt* l<>
auhmergH the ladv Itwit the iimiiinter mn
ceeded in baplioinp the fnii one. Finallv,
it wai. rliecltil, to ihe r*li?l of the riiint>>it-r
and the eerioosly inclined audience,
wb" could not keep from laughing in
t their pockti kerchiefs.'
iliirirultitrnl.
Building Sites
\V<> in,iv - 'y put 'Mi r! tin* f?>llowing
titles as worthy "f lu'iiiM ol'serln'il
l>v i li rit cliis? iif pet sous v\ ho ?k-Mr?j lo (
liuiiil, iitxl who are tint colli pchivil to re- |
'mi! lliotr -M-li-ciioii ?! all ap|)ro|>ri.i!c .Mitj
v\i111i11 wrtain 111?ii;- wliioli (ii?>\ <-;ti.ti< t
l'vt-r in- h'-r mi"1i, tiiiinaiv rniuii.ioits
nf a '! m ;i ' !nitii-l'- i l, aro :
1 An !Uk! -'.i' li-dly In altl v M'.intion, :
II '1 ' ! ? ' |i :it !- I * I \ I t' nr,I'liMII tlie
l"i!?t o to ?'i. }
J > 'iitl . in on|kmim', 'omkfil I?v a
I/O' "i 'Will (I fl'list I I !_ <"? IlK'tllv < tl I
llio t"i? v > ( tin,* wititor winds.
\ . i.il latflsi \ ivvv^opneial- j ,
iy to tin* * >utli aii'! iM. , s
t. i'< ilcct diaiti i^c on all sal. s.
o A Jiy f'.lw!., and oiio tliat i- r\n!- j j
llv and i'laia|i!v ?\cavaU'd. y
Ain!, la-;!*', an iilmndaiit -iiptdv of ,
.nr.- w ; so ?-i*?? ? #..! tliat it mnv la* ,
ui'io I'.ri' i into ili?* Ii<>iisi> at a cuimiara
tl\ i*i v .-ii i., .\ ] ? 11 -? ! \
I1, Mi a iiitioii ili"?.' (/. iiih ruin, ilio v
al ii i- l atiirnllv i I a j/ood qualit., Htul ]
tli- r.-l' ro raj a!> ? ti> nn/ l>i. iii/ir, into a
l.-o:i -tat.' .1 . n : \ i i ii ; all i tioi , imli.s
11v ati?l 0""'l !:.-' *. ' 1 i M 'i'i'1 mind
ill l -III. IK I I " il it ail* I I I jll'lt 'i I
t . ; i t i In ii. '. a' sin n.'! !" i- |
. , '1 ii. "-iiir.o *r*.in tin*
l <M.I I HMV I
vi r .? ' i lit: Kvorv * in? '
. .1 i <
; i >r\ il >u r Hint f
!? ' . V 11 X - I, i :!( t tt u I lit H fill 111 iif [
Il I a il. I: . ! ||'<?, W ili ad.I Hl> !
II .1 II III-, ell l ' I to '.I I" III" A ll lll.-tl- HI
>? il i ? til-. u il i- !i-i ill .-.I'l.o.i.i-n t i, ? !
m litllili-l.t ! 1-1 -l! :it' :.|-?I tll-'llt ; which '
^j'iMil!* nil!;.- !* oil In- j-i. ?>t' i-ifoi'-"'nii;
ami ?<mi ill" ??oi . .. -?( ' 11-i lit.* rivn
f"??rt:?! ? - Ii i'-i!iii:- -it I it* *niim'i -!
11,fi I r- l.l.-t ' the M -|V I,.| . -I,..i
i ii-.rt '1 u i> !- / ':In r -mi hutt>l?. i
i i '"tlii* > ( I - in;tin iti- f'lti* i !i>i
> ( ii*
' i? \: i U IM. M AKIMi I'lUKi ili-N . '
I.mi -\i St.-vci'> nf Miiin-Iii-ster, Miv-li1
c mule wiiiO ! r ticv J '
i*i ij'iniiiv, from tlii) ; '
' i \ In* fn" iw iiii? process:
' ! Ii tlio _'r ij an.I let tin- pulp
' .:m! ' *. i. i *j-i v . ?-# I a .lay or two, an. 1 v
:lii ti j.n-v- out the juice, ami add f ur | '
l>iin!i.|-i i-t |. ti* 1.1 mii*hi to each gallon, j
'Uriii..' u thofi iim| !\ until the Ml-jar is it
Iimu :\ 1. ami ti en t lit it in casks for I *
( rim t, rion, e. it! o'lt u *it. r. nt.il it worLt I '
.;: i *. i 11, a i - i li:i' mi ..oi 1; nor | '
r. .*. *? a';, i it ? laekiil oil all i l?ut I
. I I hit!, nee My ,'i;i] . j I
v 4 :4. -1! I 11 I ilia n nr.- till* V | ! I
rliiv. a I i | I'll i 11' nit i it tin* ill v j I
,ii 1 f, ' : i j_? - -,:i- ti. -I 11 nt t haf com'( j i
'4 *- : .* I - -.1 clla. My vi.o am | ,
: f i *(..j ,.T. i|tp n< n|| ami wet.
5* I.Ill ll.l/l M. I III) I' Kit 11 lis KliOM lit:.
\tii. \ i;*.i int'ty * t etiuiioi.ia and i i [
In*- acid, '|tial, j-i-ili .i", on an a. re, to I
oi i- i.nr. Ii. .1 [ i..ir* i-t in itio, i? annual'
l.nMi to ! y tJ. rain, |
. r i . . . i -
to t it Mi. r ! . i hits s.-'f, ai.d (
in: i_ ii.tli:11 h<- it"t\ imlin i<l! r> - |
. w I\i!e nature, ( In- will take I'iiI! :t !- L
\ .1 ' mIi?* : * in < -| ! ?lie manure li< >
ii it . iii ag,, w I. 1 : r. motes tie- j
ii H i\v | water 11.r?.??4?!i instead !
r lo* y ?!? j. cultivation of ; 11i
l.u.i!, u l.i. !i hi ,iigs ei t iy | iit i I ;t in < on J 1
tact with the air. I lie aim...-pi.ere is t>. I
the farmer like the m a i- to tin* tisl.tr t i
man?he who spuadshis m's the w !. i !
w ill C itch the me i
llll uHi \M Til I' IIIMHCi < >f t he in a! I |
methods ot -rvinjjj telice posts Ip-ii j
decay, no: ? if. |>< tha|i> more simple and j |
cheap ti. .n lie- olie i f linking ll.iin in \
I.'.lie vi:i:? !. At a rceiM meeting i f the |
I ,trn ? ' huh II. Hudson, N. \ In: ot
lie ihi ii.l i n t \iiil I'.-d a j i s'. v 11:eh. pre ! ,
i .-! ; i o j ho e.I i: t! < s;rotiii !, i. id
1 . eh >. .ak< lit. I M ! II ( f I 'lie eir .
o* e ) O'llel ( f \ ' " 1 he tl/ I! cd to ' ,
twenty quails of water. Tin- post wri- ,
pine, am! when tl k. n was ;.s sound ,
at w hen fust j tit d? ? t . i 'jl l \i his since.
1 his solution is ma i tor all hinds ot timber
expose I to tl . u. .itli< i ?spnu's. :
shim; 1 ikes, I'e.oi poles, \
II. IW |<i I'lil.VEM Nonv. SllCM'l liKlts '
i\ WoitiitNfi llo. o s.-An exchango ??..
the pi) n we h ue tried ami niter found
to fail, i1, to pet a piece < f leather, and |
h ive it eat into such a shape as to !jc
snugly between tl e tliollldeis (if tlx horse
Hh<| collar. I Irs !' i ds i tl s 1 he fiirtii ii>,
as the collar s irs am! moves ' ii I! ?
leather, am' no' on the skott'ders "If '
hot so. Chilling is eati?e<! hi fr eti-i .
I T.oe th's ritredv nuit? a p 'mud !e
it , i ml ? ti.ocli h.*tter th hi tiling sh|?
of leather, r pads of sheepskins under
the collar ! ,
sfmpt.k Curk roR Croui*.?Wo find '
in the Jnnrhi / of //with, the following
simpv r- nieih l< r tin* dangeious disease.
I t.. ut.o have | a?ni?i nights o( agony
at tin* bedside ot loved cbi'dron, will
in-aMir.- u up as a valuable piece of information
: ? If a child is taken with
croup, a;?|tSv cold water?no water, if
possible -suddenly and frct'y to tlie neck
Mid chest with a sponge. The breath- I
inur will int'antlj l.e relieved. Soon as,'
p ?-ihle let the sutteror drink as much
tt can, thti wipe it dry, cover it up warm
t; <i neon a rpiiet slumber will relieve the
parent,'* anxiety, and lead the heart in
thankfulness to the Power which has ,
given t.> ihu p-ire pushing fountain such (
uiedical .jualiiie*.
11 V .'1 IJ LI U I
iuinumius.
Gen. Jackson and the "Turtle."
Aui' i .g the many charges brought by
i><: opponent.. of (jell. Jackson against
urn i i prove that he ?ai tioi tit for the
['residency was that he was 'illiterate,'
tn<I tins w is tin- h uiest belief of a great
nan v evert' w here.
I hiring his Administration, a vessel
uv.ved at Noifoik from the West Indies,
iri 1 on its deck were several sea turtles.
\mi 1 'iio itiein was a giant of a reptile,
vliit-h attiaeU'l I lie attention of every
>i.o who went on board. 1 lie ciptain
>:ii] them all taken on tbe wharf and exios
id I .r sale. Among those who adniri
I the huge fellow above meulioned
v> re several i i !ers of the 'unlerriHed,'
our or live of whom made up a purse,
lought the iitoiister, ami by the next
iVasliington boat sent it up as a present
o ?'>;.! 1 liekory.*
lie was much gratified at such a pres ill,
ami the inmates ami visitors at the
kVliiw ll' Use enjoyed a rare treat in the
vav of 'untie soup* of the most inagnili
lit de?w r ptioii,
lln ijetieial wrote a very polite note,
e hi ow ,i'.;^ : g receipt of the present
vhich was duly received by l'r. A , who
otd sent it in ti e name of himself and
lis other democratic frknds.
us.....I.. -r. - '
. 11.c I'.' ijii ( i Hi.- tieneril's
a; swer, I>r. A. wan hobbling Rloiig
in M mi street, and just w lien neariy in
|. i,l <it Mr. 15's hook store. lift was hat!*
I hv five ai.ti Jat ksoni ths, mi follows :
I>octor, have you heard from
li<- neral about \our turtle ('
A s," answoed l)r. A.,'litul I Lave his
t.-ii \ in iny pockt t.'
*L?-t us see i'. ! let us see it," they all
i iii a breath.
1 ?r A replied.
1! | i"iiuee> 1 the note, anJ tiny lead
('ksti.kmkn : I thank you lor the fine
oise you so kindly sen? me ?fcc., 4.'
There,' said one of the gentlemen, 'we
1 :.lwa\s heard that your great man
ou'd not write Knglish, and now wo
.innv it. Who e\er heard of a turtle
inn called a tortoise !
'Will you take a bet en it,' said A.
' That we will,' answered they,'and we
m.I d. 'ide the j> >ttil hy going into frteud
So in tl.ev went, and both parties
igr. id to abide hy the definition of a
' ilain dietiotiaiy 'hen the standard of
he nti|j iiagi*. ( h.e of them turned over
!. ;tvi" ti l he reached the word turtle.
II .1 i! : . ! ... -
i i in ; ! n v* as, "it Mid ol I tie dove
:iit<i and in tit- next line, *11 >is word in
> -111< tirii< > used in designate ihe tortoise
nii?i uii llu- sh> ip i I \\ est Indies, It in
i cotiuj'tii o used lv sailor* und illiterate
1 "i,:'
'An* t? ti satisfied, gotilUli ti,' iXc'ailli'
.1 1 >r. A ; *1 know jou are not sudors?
>. , 1>\ \oiii nun antliority, \ou are il'iter
it"-. lor |>leax?d to pax jour bl*t?, and
leva t alter this say that General Jackson
ai 't Wf.te Kl.olisl,.'
"I1 e\- did a> ti rou sted, giving each an
idei lor six lott'es ?>!' Madeira ; and an
liev wr-nt <-ul ( ! It \ a bvstuinler obserIn'
lliere was in tin; ear >! each a very
arge tha.? Staunton Sjuctutor,
1 hiring .Ian lorn, 1 boO, while stopping
it the Sutter IIliiim', in Sacramento, a
rieri'l of ours (says ti e Spirit of the
7'itins) over!.i trd a ? < nveisation between
w.. gentlemen, ore fit, whom whs t'rem
Si w York t'lty, and had been in ti n
ountry nearly a year, and lire other had
list at rived. I lie new comer was lumen*
,ing In.-, viitnlitioti atid los lolly, in leav
ng an abundance at liotno, and especial
i\ two I i aut.lul daughters, who were just
budding into womanhood, vvnen he asked
li e New Yoiker if he had a fandly.
\ i's, -r ; I have a wife and six chil .
in New York, and I never saw one
I l!.elli.'.
Alter tb > r? plj the couple ant a few
i: oinetits m siietice ; then lire tltlciroga
1 r no. n li lllcl Oral !
v\ is \ . it cmt Mind sir f'
No. sir '
"I'll \ ins I I v !? W lllow , sir ?'
'No, sir.'
Atioiln r lapse of silciiii*.
'I Md 1 uiiili isui.il \nil in a"v, ?ir. *Iih;
Vi'ii had a wife anil mx i in nu ll living n
New N ..rk. atnl hail never seen one of
>1 I'lli ?*
Yea, sir, I an stated it.'
An< 'tier !i ni? pause* i?l siletne. Then
ike interrogans again nuimied :
'Ilow can it he, sir, ikiil \uu never
I'lW Ol'H I?f 11 "111 f
Wliy,* was tlie response, 'one of ibetn
niis lioni after I left.'
*' 'li 1 ali !' '11111 a general laugh Joloixi'd
; hi.<1 alter tlial the New Yorker
rtH? espieiallv (list i gtii-hed as the man
who hail six chihlren and never saw one
f tlietn/
A girl out West having professed religion
was so extremely happ* that she
was afterward heard tinging at the top of
her voire thai old hymn, "The love of
(?od is coming down,' Ac. Nothing stops
l r . /-V
hit iroin singing win* sung. t'neoayoUl
.Jowler, ilie house dog, came in while aho
w? einging anil helped himself to a piece
of meat that was on the table. Polly,
observing lliu movement or Jowl**, contin.ling
her favorite song said ;
"If you don't go out I'll knock you down*
llallu Hallelujah,
Yon nasty, stinl<in. lop eared hound,
O, glory Hallelujah."