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VOLUME IX. LANCASTER 0. H., SOUTII CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AlORMNli, MARCH., 28, I860. NUMBER 7.
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From the N. Y Saturday Pre??.
Tragic Result of a Kiss,
You did begin. You can't deny
You kissed me first Don't you remember
)Jjr?w splendidly the moon /ode bigh
And full, lb at evening in September 1
We two were Kitting quite alono,
Your head upon tnv ahoulder renting;
'The loving moonlight round us shone,
You pouted out your lips suggesting
That I should bend mv head to see
If you were earnest or but joking;
aiy upn touched yours. You muni agree
That crime hhh of your own provoking.
If you wore vexed why did you atny.
Your head upon my breast reclining !
Or not tell me to take liny
The arm that wan your wnint confining !
*T\vns long ago, and vet it ??em?
Hut yesterday. as now recalling
Our fresh young love, our happv drentna.
The autumn leaves around un tailing.
?
We little thought liovv it would end,
That lc?ve our future life was guiding
To where we are. thin little friend
To our protection thus confiding.
It can't be helped. We most receive
The charge, * It lie trustfully believing j
I hut love, in hi* voting life, will leave
No greater eauac than our*, for grieving. I
It iiiUHt be ?o. The breast from which
The little fellow strength is gaining,
Contain* n heart in loin *o rich,
I fearless, trust him to your training
felrrM f?torq.
Front the New York Ledger.
CAUGHT AT LAST;
OK, j
THE LOVER 8 STRATAGEM.
IIY M AttY w HTAKLICY GIIISOK.
You bou'd li.vve soon Mr*. Willard'*
t*ot ih i- (M you like to ree coiinms >u
it* higto-sl peifeclinn.) and thn group
that sat around it, <>n? pleasant summer
ev, out tiiit.liV vonrs ago 'I he |.or. slain
CM i S ll* I li ok A*?l while rt infer* unm> I
theui. T ie hIiiI'M <?m delicate,
*er?? pamte I exquisitely with Itllle figure*,
ret resenting the twelve mouths of
the ye?r. Hum, Rose Willard. when she
looked down at the Inmcuil she was eating,
met the a a (ley smile of a curly head
e<i an l s^nnti y clollied urchin named
"May," who ottered her a wre?th of the
Jlowe s wlio-e name she bore; her grave
aiater, Mien, at tlie other end of the table
had "July," Mra. VVi'dard possessed a
fervid blooming "August," and a f..iry
like creature called "April," danced fur
ever Under the uvea of her nephew, R-#b
ert Willard, with her lap full of wild
flower*, and a crown of daisies on her
head.
'When r ?*c marries,' began Mrs. Wil- !
Hard ?
'Ho*e imb ed ! Rose never will tnarry
mother,' said the young damsel, tossing
lut head. *Vou mean, I suppose, when
Kllen marries.'
Tiu-re ?a* a hidden moaning under all
this. K?*?e atid iter Cousin Robert had
been attianced in tbeir cradle* t?y Lbetr
respective parent*. It was a foolish act,
but it mo hap;>eiied that both tarqg elq
c.iteit xaiiv Iroin hoi()e, Midi never meet I
i"till iliey h*d 'grown up.'the boy to .k I
it into hit head to fall viofantly in love
with hit pretty cousin, who snubbed h:n>
unmercifully, xml alwats thut
her iid'tber had lio business to make any
such promise in her i Mine, Mod thitl she
should take ihe liberty of choMng m
husband for herself,''when the spirit iuo?*
ad her.' Kooert whs sent abroad, us his
father said, 'to tike the nonsense out of
him,' wlnle Mt?a Rose liegoiled the hours
pf absence a* best etio might.
'Yes, aunt, you must have been mist*
ken indeed- I fancy ! see K<?*e Marrying
one, who thinks an em|>er'>r hardly
worth the looking at ! It was Kilen you
.were thinking of?quiet, good little Kl
jJen?? who will l?e one of the beat wi\e*
jast-r man possessed. 1 have half a mind
^o propose to you, Nelly, on the spot'
Mrs. VYi'lard stared and did not at .
.tempi to fluisli her sentence ; Kllen laugh
ad merrilv, and Kose busied herself with
her tea, thinking secretly, that she should
^)i.e above all tilings, to boi her cousin's
ears, kibe di>f nqt fit |ong at the table
aftyr that, but strolled into the garden,
-1 .a" . - ? 1
nnn wpih down in me teal where IDA |
d*tna?k ruM? vere blooming. Mr*. Wil- |
lard looked after her And moiled. I
Now it your chance, Robert. You 1
have vexed her ; and there it nothing like
making up a quarrel fqf bringing altogt
auch an explanation aa ihg opght to
make.'
Hut Robert atirred bit tea vary quiet'
'Are you n >t going f' aaked hit aunt.
I think not.*
'Why ? what do you mean f
Robert glanced at Ellen. An almoet
im percept jblp motion of Iter bead encouraged
him to gp pn.
Aii|?{. what did you teaee my father
to aenr| jr?e to Rump# for V
That J'oij might opine tg your aaoaea.
nuvlli hcieu ho crazily
about.' ' t
'Well, aunt, \ou succeeded.'
"I?wlmt do jou menu ?'
*1 have come So them ; and so I b<g ?
to l>e excused from dandling at Hose's h
apron string* any longer. It did very ,
well when I whs m green boy, but I can i;
attire you I am nut at all ambitious to .
begin again !' j h
Liis aunt dropped Iter teaspoon and sal s
bolt upright hi her chair. n
'Hubert, do you waul to break your j o
poor mother's heart I do you want to see j
your father??'
'Wait a bit, aunt. I've told them all ; li
I am now telling you.' Ii
. A ...I ?l?? > -
it'iu worn uiu mey say f gasped Mrs. I a
Wtllard n
They forgave Hie, at last, when I lull |
them why I wanted lo leave Rose quite o
tree? ami w hy I mufti he tree my well.* si
'Then tell me.' *
Again Robert glanced at Ellen, ami
go I a little encouiaging sign. lie drew p
a little lockei I'rinn his breast, touched a o
kpring will.m the cnee, ali<! he.d it out, u
open towards Ins aunt. She gave one
look at, the pretty, youthful lace, with
blue eves, ami abend 'Ul braids of stlkv, u
brown hair, and tlien turned a horrified
glance upon him. ti
'Robert !' it
lie replaced the miniature next bis tl
lieait. and looked quietly at her. r.
'Id.at ever you should have treated tin n
so shameftiih ! You have just gone ami
broken your word, and Rome's heart, and ;f
mine, and Ellen's?and ?oh dear ! oh j
dear !'
S e broke down in a pissionate tit of
crying. Robert jumped up from the la
bte with a penitent face, ami would have
gone round to console her, but Ellen laid
her hand Upon his arm
Mother, you can surely forgive Hubert
for choosing lor hinise.f,' rlie said, wlien n|
you know how R s? behaved lo htm be |
fore he went sway, and how she will not
hear one word about the maniage even
now.'
'Uh, but f didn't think it of my own
brother's child !' subbed Mrs. Willard.?
'Who is she, Koliert f Some dreadful |
toreigner, I suppose. (.Mi, R<?U*it, how
could you ! (jo home now, and it'll your
mother I want to see her this evening.'
'May I cointi hack wiih Iter ?'
'No: you. Console y ouiself with \oiir
picture, mu| t?it? ur a chance to iciI K ?m>.
How mo shall do it I don't know, for it i?
mv belief thts clitld really likes you alter
ali.'
I tie y oilIIK onto Bt.ollrU W??>-I> I..
smoking Ins cigar, yet sieal'tig a glance
before lm departed, at tlio ?|uiel riguie ^
among tbo damask roses.
Tho sifters sat in council tliat night, and
Hose was summoned before iheni. She ''
came, look up very rebellious, but also lf
very pretti. and stadonod 11* r-? t by the
v lie shaded window, near her sister Kllen'a
chair The moonlight streamed in
to the room ; it was too plea-ant to sta\
in doors, and,' afier a moment's silence, rl
she proposed a walk.
'A walk indeed !' said Iter aunt with a
long'draw n aiffli.
Why i ot ? It is a lovely evening.? r'
What is the matter, Aunt Sarah ?'
'Matter!' was the answer, given in u
such a tragical tone, that it made the girl 141
laugh.
'Well. IIiron mv word, this is a idea*
mil parly ! It wit! be too much for my H<
spirit* aoon. Mother, what did you call
ine for }' d.
'To talk to vou,' said iter aunt solemn- H
ly, 'about?Kobcrt !'
'There?I knew it ! K*?r since 1 was U'
*o high'?and she measured with hci
band from tl.e ground?'it lias been li-.li !f
ert, lioliert, HoU-ri,? Iiulwrt wou'd not
like ibis, and Itohert would not approve d<
of that,?till I am rack of the name ! I 11
have l>een almost K>bert ed to death,
Aunt Sarah !' f?
Kofe, how dare you to speak so!' ex- H
claimed her mother. 'Uobert is going to fe
he married 1'
'(J.lint; to he married !' repeated K?>se, 1 j
slowly, and KHen felt her hand clutch the
hack of her chair.'
'Yes?and not ?o you?so you ne-d i
q >t think of anything saucy to say about (|
| it, lie told me only to day tba! I was , ^
to sav that you were quite free, and then J
he showed me a picture of s<>ine French
actress ' j j(
Mother,' said Kllen. speaking for the )(1
first tune, 'jou forgot what he said about
her.' j ki
'Well, if she isn't one now, I dare say j(l
she has lieen, or will he, aud I haven't a j i?
doubt that she paints?and oh, Hose, i n,
how could von |>? so cruel as to make 1
hint do it.'
'Come, cheer up,'said Roue , 'thing*
mav not be as had as you think. I dare k(
uv wn shall all like her when she comes'
'Never ! never I Oh, lt?a?e, do be good
for once in your life, and try and get f,
him heck. You can do it >f you l>ke,'
said her mother. 'I am quite sure he
likes you, though he is too proud to show
it.*
'Thank you sir Rose disdanefu'ly. 'I ,f
shall try nothing of the kiod. If Robert
likes a woman well em ugh to marry her,
1 em not the one to try and drive her
i out of his head. Talk to him yourselves, 'c
if you don t like the idea of the match? ?l
but | aball not open u.y lip* to h im on it
that subject, nor any other, if I can help tl
il.' i c<
'Ungrateful, disobedient girl !' began it
the cborua, but Ifoae prudently beat a re- h
treat, and Rllec coming forward, aaid, in b
a low voire : li
'Aunt-? mother?I think [ can man o
age her. Slav here quietlr till I come il
| back, and I will tell you my plan.' j e
She rnu oul into the ball. R-.se stood
>n the stairs wail'tig for btr.
'Nell, I want y? u.'
'In three moments, ray dear. We will j
jo down to ine arboi near tbe rosea, !
ball we ?'
'I don't care where,' Raid Hose, leaning
ler bead upon tbe banisters anil aighing. '
'Kun on before tne. dear ; put your {
bawl around you, and I will come as
oon as I Iihvh paC'fied motber. Hut we !
tio-i not talk loud lliere, or we shall be j
\ orheard.'
'Don't be long.'
w?... 1 -i ...
?uM- iuuh me srawi her smter gave |
er, and went down she long walk Willi
er even lient on the ground. '1 lie linle
rbor whs nil in shadow, ili?mj^Ii the |
no<flight lay hrigntlv bevond the en j
ranee She i<ai down, leaned her head (
n her hands, and waited. lh ami h\ j
lie heaid a slen mi the gravel. and Rlleii, |
oaring a bonnet and shawl, came in.
'Ihm'l speak loud.' she said, ill a whis
er. Mother and Aunt Sarah are a! the
ilier end ..f tne garden ; they took it in
> tin ii heads to come out after you did.'
So Hose w hifnered, too?
'What in the world are } ou muffled
p in that st\ le for ?'
' I hev made inc. \ ou know I have the [
inthaelio often, and Aunt Sarah think- I
prudent to lime one's head covered in j
ih iti|riit air. I>raw \onr shawl closer j
uir.d you, Rose, so that you need no'
?ke cold elllier.'
M)on't talk al? ut shawls. I don't care j
I do catch cold- So inuch 'lie heller I I
tall ha out of this miserable world.'
Why, K.isx ?'
* 11 i* miserable ; and I am miserable, j
>o. f)li, we||, is it a'! true ?'
All true R ise '
'About Robert I'
^ eS.'
"I half fancied at fbst that thev were |
rdv doing it to irv me.'
No?they would not do that.'
You are quite sure ?'
'ti'ii'c.'
There w as r. long pause, then the a his
ering began again.
'Well, did you see the picture f
' V OS.'
When ?'
'Just after you went away froin the I
a-tahle Robert showed it to mother.'
i
i> ?iih preuy ! ;
'Vfrv.1 i
Y?nin;r ?' <
'No' more than nineteen, I should say.'
'Ftir or dark ?'
'Kair, with li'no eves'
'Ami tie loves liorf
'Robert will never marry a woman he
ties not love.'
Rose sighed deeply. Then she laid j
er head on her sister's knee aud began j
> sob.
What, is the matter, dear!'
'Oh, well?I am so miserable ? my
e*rt is breaking, I am verv sure.'
Because Robert is going to be mured
!'
Yes.'
Rut. Rose, you do not love him?'
Well, bend down till I tell you a 1
el. -I alwavs did !'
And vet you let them send him away
> break bis heart, tf he saw lit. Rose, I
in ashamed of you.
'Oh, but I thought he would always '
>ve me. I never <treained,of this French I
:tres?, or whatever situ is; and now I
ihII just pine away and die. you see if I
)n't !' and tti.e hurst out a fresh at the
srful prontect.'
Nonsense. Rose?tell him like a hrave
><>d |??rl, and make an end of it. I dare
IV lie will l>e glad enough to coint hark
i you.'
'Tell him? Nell, if I ever know of vour i
>iiM' it, through any mistaken pilv for
ie, I'll ?I'll?"
Don't threaten more than you nan per- ,
rm. ?nv little R"?y,' said KHen in such |
Rirango voice that she started to her i
et. |
'Ned, is it ton or not? Whom have I
been talkmg to ?' |
'Koine one who had a right to hear.' <
(rood II-evens! U'ihe; I J'
She turned and was flying likes frigh
lied deer, hut he caught her and held
er fast with Ins arm around her wai>t. I
'Let me go! let me go !'
No, Ro-e, you must hear tne first. I
ave not done this to wound your feel
igs?I tell that " must know from vot.r
wn lips if you loved mo or not?aiid I ,
How you would no? leli rne. It ii a !
>ke, Rosv ; I love no Krendi woman?1
ive no woman l?ut you? and I will marry I
o other. Don'l he aug'y.' <
Who told you I whi h^re, sirf' <
Ellen.' I
'And who dressed you in that absurd
yjt r
'Ellen.* i
And she knqw of this front the very 1
r.t r
Ye*, *h? counselled it by all mean*.'
'Whose i* the picture!'
Heaven know*?I don't. She gave it
> jne. Hut never mind the particular*,
iear Hose, you will he my own wife.'
The answer wna *ati?factory, not saucy.
And so this prickly little Rose was
aught at i??t.' One of the best of wives
te ha* made?one of the lenderest of
tothers?though to thin day she avers
fiat her only reason for marrying her
Dusin was, that their namea being alike,
saved her the trouble of re-marking aP
er bed and table linen. My readers may
lieve as much of (his statement as they
ke, and no more} for mv part I stand
n perfectlv neutral ground, knowing well
liat the most unaccountable thing on
rib is 'Usavsn's Inst, best gift to man.' f
Mist D. L. Dix
A writer in the Southern Field and
Firenide ha* recently given some einer
taming scenes Hnd incidents of a tour
from New OrUans to New Yoik. We
(iml in tlie I art number sin interesting
sketch of M m Dix. This lady lias made
a nohle constcrai ton of her life, energies
and means, lor ihe good of the insane.?
We renrodice the sketch :
1 must ml close tliis letter without an
allusion to one of" the most leiiiarkahle
women of ier age, whom 1 met on tiie
platform lore, as i left the Memphis cars
She had sighted fro in the Cairo train,
and was eitering that for the Niuili I
knew her sell. I Jia.l met her several
times in tie p<sl few tears, on hei ur.s
sions of iieri-v i I find only time to
shake haids with her, and imin from lei
llial two weeks In fore slie had ielt St.
J 1111 S ff e w f. iion I mini " .1... I 1
? - " .irM rnr llrt'l
I l<? Lf I H Kf.iltl from ' in? (Jololl hI
(oni ri'iit-iii for the ea.abiishn ent oi an
Asylum or the insane there, and was on
Ii?t way u> JacKMi, the eapitai of Misissippi,
o ur^e upon iiH Legislature to
enlarge, S\ forty rooms, tlie State A>v
Iiuii lliet?, which her uan noUe ett'ris a
few vt'art -inee had caused to he erected
I speak of M'SS Dorothea L. I >1X ! Who
lias not ?ear?! of the name ol this lane
I ret re so i.| her rare ? She lias been (nil
nl the 'Flora Nmiitiiiya.e of this country.
Thsre is no ined of inaknir; tins
rompar son ! She stands alone in her
own high place ! The two roe wholly
nil ike ! Each lias tier own mission on
curt!: !
1 will descr be Iter as I saw her on the
platform. I all at d natural y uiacefnl,
plainly <lresse<l tn liiack s lie, wuh a <!ai k
Iron llel simple as a laker ess' ill its ?i\ie!
quiet and dignified in her manner, and
with the air of a true and i;entla lady
she moved alotm, holding a '.eathen h<o
of pupets and documents in one hand,
ami her shawl liancinif on the oilier arm
Her face lair and florid, hut browned a
little with exposure in travel, had that
steadv, benij?n expression, initialed wiih
ileeiiwiou ami energy- which oliRft.tenzes
her. This, witli fier caliu, blue ev?s, lo-r
line expressive inouih, Iter iriit-digeul a-,
peet, marked her as no ordinary woman
Shrinking fr* tn ohservaLioii she ? nmv
inn low aids llie other tram. when 1 a
i!i>ni|<Hine<l her in ihe car* *he a<'Ui:ht.
IVn years ago 1 mum her hi Nashville,
* here she wHHlrvii'jr ??? get the Leoisla
lure in appropriate 00,000 'intSuic
As\ 1 >1 lit ! ulul Ml('c,<l'ilfl I...I ! She W H?
y mil ftllll lU(Vlrpi||i|; miuhm.1^,
l>ut C'?i stant travel over ihe Uim ti hi <1
id Ku'"|>0 lout tolil up<<n In*r, him! Ii< r
fare ?a? s'mnglv marked with liit-sot
thought and enemy.
For I went v years this nol?le Christian
l?..y has been devotum Iter tin e am! |>ri
V'ate means lo improve anil elevate ihe
pi 'Doner and the lunatic. She has been
iheir advocate before every Legislatures
in tbe Stales! More inan Iwenli Stales
have A.-?\lums erected through herein
rpieni appeals to Legislatures ! She has
visited others, and had :hem enlarged and
retoimer) ! Those which she has cmn
pel eil (I use the projier woro) Legtsla
tores in erect, she has revisited Kverv
hi e she keeps under lor eve, and jealous
l\ watches a r-iinsi nlut.es ! A few tears
CO she induced Missiwippi to build an
Asylum. 'It is now tio small,' she said
1(1 1111* 'VllUl' ll !l Ufi 111 fvllt ",l *'"*
; j'"' ?'%r* i r? <mi 1 11 *7 i
Honor ! I i? ? ?> ask hd appropriation for I
its enlar _?ement.'
And not only does the make Legistaiures
erect A*vlum* in ill Stairs, loit she
makes them ref<trm tleir prisons ! Site
lots prrsonitlU MispeCtrtl every Peiiiletilinry
in the Union, Mini reported on tli'tn
In ihe Lei;wlat tires, nS'l recommended re
forios and improvements. ami w.?\s ami
means for the moral and physical hene
lit nl the prisoner*. Hm presents lihra
ne* l<> Prisons and A'pum*! Last tear,
at Natchez, she solisted ami obtained
f3,600 from opulent citizens to furnish
pi a m ts, pictures, hook., and other means
?f passinu lime, for tie use of female and
male patients of the hate A?vliiin. Sh?
-aid i 'TheS'ale pnvidea binldtii|?? and
fttfeis and foo't, lot wealthy eit'Z-n*
inns; oiiirihute nmfirt*. ami even luxu
nes, to th? unliappy inmates.'
A few year* s?.ee ?lie visited Borland,
Bianep, Italy. Jfussia. Austria. She w is
received wtili distinct ion l?v Vieioria,
Loin* Napolerrt. lie Kinpemr of R"**ta,
I he Bmperor J Priis*ia, ami hv the Pope
Facili les for nspeciinjj prisons ami a?\lliui
we'e frffls fum'Shed her by lhe?e
crowned heats At first the Pope refused
her Hpplici'ion to visit his prisons !?
She then a'<fe?-ed him a letter ! It oh.
lained for hf an audience. It lasted for
an hoer, air she lefi him with the kevs
of all to* pfsons in her hand, in I he form
of a aientri order to their governors to
r.dmit her. He said to her : 'Report to
me whal J>u see.' At the end of a fort
night she hade her i*|k>n. rebuking c?r
tain crneltps and recommending reforms,
>)llit*i>tullf tllA uAfiurlflnn /?# -
-i' ; "f"'"
convirU* Hia llolinea* thanked her, and
(what itk)i?>r< ) adopted to (he letter all
her ?Utff*liona ! She left a hleeaing on
the priwiera of Kurope, aa if an angel
had via*-d them, and with large expert
ence reprned to ll ia country. And now,
one w<h in Newfoundland, and another
on heiway to Mia?i*aippi, alie atill gnea
on heftmaion. Quiet, retiring, relf poa
aeaaed full of courage and love for the
anffertg, the traveraes >tate after State
doinfgood !
Arl where.' do vou aak. *doe? aha oh
tain nn *na V They are from her
oenponrcM ! She haa never aaked for
a dJar, lor heraelf, or for defrajing her (
ft
I
?-xin tiavel. Now, indeed, alio is j
so well known that she 4:0ns free us air ;
, Irom Maine l<? Texas on hII routes ! Su I
perintendents of road* eagerly gi^e li^r I
| Irt-H tickeis tor x tear !
Sim is tiol rich ! A native of ShIciii, j
Massachusetts, she was horn lort\ five |
years hoo of an ohl and aristocratic fnmi- 1
, iy At the age of twenty, with a turty j
: of ladies and gentlemen, she visited the j
(Shan*'* prison in Chariestown Mass. At 1
that day lunatics were always confined
! with criminal". I here '
n?5 (
H^yilllllK fill 111 18 1111 i I:? | t > V das*. Tl:P ill
j cmtyruiu of ilim strut V lier! |
I ?cre twenty mad men hi ili?* prison ! Misj
fortune, disease, is not crime! W liv are
1 the-e In-re ?' she nskeil <>( a meiiiner o!
j liie Legislature, who was one of Iter parI
t\. '11 is customary !' wan tl'e careless
I repl> on ought to appropriate inoncv
[ to elect a separate niHiiltitioU for tlie Hi
salie !' slie saltl.
iJmw up vonr liill. Miss L) lie said
I | easalitlv, ' and I aviil i. Iroitli e it !'
She t< ok linn at In* word! the I >i 11
? is introduced. Mneli *1 hate followed
S < ioidressed letters to i's hitietesi op
|Utnti's po-aning l<>r it! She pievatleil ,
It mrk carried, -nd an appropriation of a t
inj^e amount o| money was \oted, and |
I tt.e rn xt sear t lie w a lis of an insatie *<-vI
linn heoan li lie Upreared ! Tins no' le
l v I inn jr woman did not stop lure! She
v sued Rhode la'ai.d, C"iiti<-<ticut and
Other States ! She made it her Ill usion
to huild up as\?iiitis and i ) ri-f -rin pi ison
t ers! She lia* traveled oil lier own paten
j tial income of two ilionsand dollars, or
little more, and out of it has home all Iter
ext'i iiM's, nti'1 done oil that si e has done!
(?oil hint's her ! H suvfin reward her! j
j < Mi earth '.ens of 1 h nisands of the hap j
less insane and of the unhappy prisoner* I
I lilt up their hands and roues in giat-f 1 j
benediction- upon her head ! Hoimr to I
her sex ! Honor to Iter race ! \*- hit j
homage shall he withdrawn fiottt her, <
that a grateful age can give ! Lolig mat j
she live to pour ha in upon tlie hurtling |
t rain of tl>e hnnttic and ameliorate the I
condition ot the 'prisoner and captive.'
Au re voir.
(Iiut.8, Don't do It. ? There is a |>rhc
lice. <j 11 prevalent among voting ih 1 >*-h
I the present dav. which we are <>hl fash- I
loiud enough t.. consider verv improper. |
We dUnle to tliir giving D?guerreot\ pes
hi thornse've* 'o young ii.en who are
1 ineielv ai qn oi|taiiee?. We em hitler it
| iinic icnte in ',! ? highest degree. We are
I tstonished that anv miuii^ girl shou'd |
I f o'<) liersell ? ('IicmIi hs this w ol? uii i
accepted li ver it isie course all righ'.? i
Kveii in this i'ie? the likeness should he
1 returned it the engagement should, l-y j
anv misunderstanding. cease. If this par I
agraplr should meet the eve of anv voting
i girl a IM ii'. to give her Daguerreotype to I
a I'l iitacquaintance, let her know i
that the remarks made by young men j
when to^e'lier, concerning; what is per I
! haps on her part hut a piece ol ignorance
or impudence, would, if she heard tlmm. '
: cause her cheeks to eriinson wnli shame I
! and anger 'Were it a sister of ours,'
we have ofter. said, will) a flashing eye? I
! were it a sis'ei of ours '. but tbat not he
j ing tlie case, we give tbis advi.e to anv ,
I hmU's sister who needs it. no st anxioiisK j
I desiring tlint rhe should ai all times | r?-- j
j serve her dignit \ and self-respect.? Ad?
i vice to \ oiing \\ omen.
Ail old woin ?n, who was in the habit
of declaring af'er the occurrence of anv |
unusual event, that she had predicted it, '
was o;.c dav Very c every 'so d' hv her
worti apoo?e. w lio, like man\ another we '
wot uf, had joit 11rt*ai ?>t liei eternal '1 loltl j
\ rn no!' Ktmhirii? into the hoime, l>reath-I
lea* Willi exeilelneiil, lie dropped ililn liis j
chair, elevated hi* li il.ll* Mini eXeiMillietl
(), wife, wife! What do \o? think I i
T e old I rii'dle cow has j?one and eat Up !
Our uriuiliii ne'
T e old woman was ready; and liardly
wait t'C to hear I lie hint word she scream
pt! o -t a' the 'op of her hiiti?? ;
'I told you no, you old tool! I told 1
vou *o! Voti alwiiv* would lei it etand !
out ii doom !'
8vow and 1'oMi'KY?'i lie conversation
wag ahoni h home It Imd pro^rts-ed to I
thin point before our alteulioti wan fixeiH
by it :
Snow 'What do you feed him on f j
J'ompey Khavtiis.'
v - ' .t-M ?
Ptmipi t/. *Yt? I p"*. -peeia* |
e|ea on Ins i'\pf and he lli't'ks it is jjruss.'
|i strike* iih that 'point* a moral' We j
leave iIn- Imvs ami ifirls lo discover it.?
Sunif older heads ini^lu Le heiietuied l>y
tl>o investigation.
A (letieral in llie Ku*fti*n service hav i
iii^ a verv lon^ l'olisli iianie, llie Kmpe I
ror asked liiin, yood humored v :
'l'ray. General, v hat is your name ?'
'llie (ii-m-ral repealed to loin tin* whole |
name A I.I" --I- -' L
?r>i<i|iwlIC(l. I
'Why,'said the Kmperor, Sn-.nn him* i
self never Ith?1 such h itMine,'
"I ehoud presume not, Sir,' replied the i
General, 'for lie is n<> relation of mine.'
At h hotel tnhle one day h boarder i?r
niHrked Hi Ills neighbor :
'This u-ust he ? very healthy piece fur 1
chickens* 1
Why f* asked the other.
'Because I never see any deed one*
about.' '
j '
A wood chopper is always a polite
man.? when he wants wood, he goes and I
axe* (or iw \
Tiiiiiuui H\railiugt
Christ's Lambs, and Hew he Kuowi
Ihem
Mary and May were walking across a
field In>in school one day, when they saw
sinne sheep with some red letters painted
on their fieeres.
o see, May !' said Marv. 'those sheen
have some tnaiks oil them. 1 wonder
what they are t?>r ?'
'That's tin- niHrk. the farmer knows his
sheep hv," shiu M?y. "Don't )ou know
what <>nr teacher said to us aho'it Jesus
havng marks to know lus iambs hy ?'
'Yes, but Jesus don't put marks like
'.hat on his lambs, does iie !' asked Mar\.
'No, Mary; Jesus puts Ins mark in us,
on our souls and not on our bodies.'
L'ttle Mav Wits tight. Jesus does mark
his iambs in their hearts. Yet the mark
ean lie seen. Does that seem queer to
you ? Let me make it plain.
Suppose little Mary should strike little
May, and May, inst< ad of striking back
ho >ul sa\ :
Don't he angry with me. Mary. I am
\onr friend, and 1 love you very much
indeed Let me kiss yon!'
Would not that show MavV heart to
he hum! te, patient' and loving? Well,
humility patience, and love are the mirks
winch Jesus puts on Ins I am lis! 1-4 \
these and similar marks he knows mem.
and others know them too.
lint when Vou see a child proud, uglv,
itic) hateful, \ou mav know it is nm
(hoist's latnh, for proud, uj?ly lempets.
a. d unloveliness ate not Christ's ma-us,
but Satan's.
t ,,,i. r? r I
iiM>ir v?rurge, llir eXHIHIUO, II H(1 rta'all's
murk in littn. Une day his mother caul
o hint.
'George itiv dear, go to school ! It is
nearly o'clock.'
'I won't !' haul George.
'If toil <11111*1 I shall tell rout father
<1 he'li w h'|> you.'
'I don't care.'said George. ni..I : iv
he ran into a lane, where lie idh . . v. ay
all die morniup. |?l?*v<iilt with his v. hip
and watching people who ro le past.
Now *| won't' anil 'don't care' are Sa
tan's marks The child * ho has them
needs to gel rid of iheln or lie will come
to a lad end ns (Jeorge reali\ did When
he become fourteen years old lie would
go to sea in spile of his mother's wishes.
There he grew worse and worse, ami final'
ly his ship was wrecked, and Goorgt was
cast Upon a rock. H >t rvrn there hew 'S
not s tt'e, for a hig wave > anie and wash
e<l lit in lino wie sea, nut it l.< u, ...i..j :.
his sins!
I'oor George ! Sa'an knew him and
Saniaii ruined him, as he will all who
hear his marks.
Can a cluld gel Satan's marks washed
of! f (> yes. '1 he hlood of the hlessed
J>'Mi? can wash tliein all oil". Millions of
hoys and girls have proved tins and are
now :n heaven. Thousands of children
loo, still on earth, wlu> used to have the
'I won't' and the 'I don't care,' and ugly
temper, and the disobedient, and evtn the
had word mark upon them, have lout
them a11 washed away by the blessed Redeemer's
blood ! I lie Saviour lias also
put the new marks upon them and says
of lliem :
'I am ilie good Shepherd, and know
mv sheer*, and am known of mine. 1
lay down rr>v life for the sheep!'
1$'eased Jesus ! put tin mark on nil my
readers, and lei me he gathered with
them bv and bv in thv heavenly fold ??
ft good Shepherd ! hear this prawr of
mine for thy dear love's sake Amen.
Let all mv ehrildren say, Amen. W.
A Beautiful Sentiment.
Clasp the hands meekly over the still
breast ; they have no more work to do?
close the weary eves?thev've no more
tears to shed ? part the damp locks?
there's no more pains to bear. CLsed is
the ear alike to love'- kind voice and caltmtnv's
stinging whisj ors.
O. it itvthr-t stilled heart you have ruth*
lessly planted a thorn?if front that pleading
eye you have carelessly turnad away,
if vottr loving and kmdlv word and clasping
hand have come?all loo late?then
God forgive voti ! No frown gathers on
the marble brow as \oti gaze?no scorn
curls the. chiseled hps ? no flush of woun
di d feelings mounts to the blue veined
temples.
God forgive you ! for your feet, too,
must shrink apalled from death's cold
liver?your faltering tongue asks. C?n
this he death I \ our fading eve lingers
lovifiglv on the sunny earth. Your clam
my hands vield their last feeble flutter
O, rapacious grave ! vet another vie*
titii for thv voiceless sleeper-! No warm
welcome from a sister's loving lipv ! No
throb of pleasure from the dear maternal
[turn>m !
Silent h)I I
O, if there broken links were never
gathered up?if l>evnn<l death's swelhng
flood tliere w *r? no eternal rhore?if for
||ih struggling hark there no port of peace
?if athwart that lowering clouo sprang
no bright how of promise?
"Ala* for love if this be nil.
And nsught beyond?on earth."
Nature has sown in man '.be seed* of
knowledge, but they must be cultivated
lo produce fruit.
There in nothing which so improves
humsii character an the patient endurance
of wrong
We should not merely imitate the bee,
but his discrimination ; when we extract
the 4;ood, we should reject the bad.
iliiriralturul.
i Plant Protectors.
Few articles about a garden are more
convenient lbmii these simple affairs, of
winch an ordinary baud, at all used to
the saw and haiumer, could make iu one
wei da\ probably all that would be re*
quired. We have alluded to them before,
j I hey are made an toliown : Cut Up a
j threeitourib inch piank, at least a foot
! wide, into lengths ot twelve or fifteen
I Hit lies. These are the covers or ion?
-- --I?f
wliicli Hie lo screen your plant* form sun
' Mini frost. R?is* litem above the plants
I you wihIi to protect, by nailing thein at
| eacb end to h narrower bit of plank, a ay
mx to nine indie* in width, Htid of the
same length as the width of the cover.?
When you fear a frost, put these over the
lulls of beans, cucumbers, &c. It will pro
tect them perfectly. If you wish to transplant
your cabbages, or anything in your
flower garden, do not wait for a 'season,'
hut do it any day, just at night, in fresh*
dug soil, g>vmg the roots a good water
mg. Cover iheru daily with the protec
iors, taking them off at night, thai they
may be freshened with the dew. After a
couple of days it will be sufficient to
stand the protector on edge on the south
side of ihe p ants to keep off the midday
sun. in three or lour da>s the roots will
be established. Another use for tliein is,
when the weather is so dry that hills of
melons, squashes, dec., will not come up..
Water the hills with a line rose watering
pot, and lay the prolecior over the hills,
and the young seedlings will soon make
their appearance. When above ground,
take off ilie proiecior and Set '.be dew f?!!
upon them at night, and m a day or two
dispense with it entirely. They are exi
cedent, also, to put over the patches of
liewlt planted ilower seeds, causing them
1 to come up much sooner. Remove Ihetn
when necessary to admit mud rains, aud
entirely when the plants appear. Try a
few <1 them, and you will hud they are
far be' or than flower pots, which are
generally used for these purposes, excelling
in cheapness, convenience and utility,
j ?Field and Fireside.
Rule For Selecting A Good Cow.
1 1 lie tollowing hints upon selecting
good cows aie well worih attention.
But 1 am not in favor of the rule of
i liny comk hi til yie.d llie moat nitlk
] per dat or season, in arriving mi h ptot.er
I standard ot excellence for the beet. * * *
I The <iiimHi\ nt uidk a cow wilt give, it
| indicated by linir and akin, and yellow
i color f (lie .-kin inside ot the ears and
oilier pans not iliickly covered wiili liMir.
I I have never known a cow, with solt, turIike
hair and mellow skin, appealing veli
low and gummy at the roois ot lite hair
I when parted with the hands, that was
noi a good butter cow, and when fattened,
{ would mix tailow well with Hesli. HavI
nig hem accustomed to lalien my cows
that tailed for dairy purposes, by age or
otherwise, tor many tears, and being on
j the lookout tor causes of known results, 1
j have observed that tln.se known to give
| good milk, made most thrift in tallow
when fed to fallen. Hence, the conclui
moii. that cows that handle well in what
I the butchers call tallow joints, may he
judged to give rich milk, the quantity to
j he iuiieod l.t a hImii.Iv ?1? '
_ . _ J v ur?lj;ll l?I
tiHiun- in Iter physical structure. Instead
j of heavy head. horns, heck hi.cJ ahou'deis
| Hiid comparatively light hind qu-rters,
1 which is characteristic of the opposite sex,
| she shouid show hii opposite design, bt m
tV-iii nine countenance, light head, neck
and shoulders. widening backward ftoin
i er chest to the ioiii and hind quaners,
where the most strength is required.
Food and Ihkaimkm or Uknb.?Liu,
Seed uienl 1 have found to be h great promoter
ot egg laying. Mixed with scalded
meal or shorts, or ?uh sour milk, it it
readily eaten and is a good substitute for
animal food and insects. Ileus like Indian
corn better than any other grain, and
it is their cheapest tood. For coufining
hens, a covered room with a dry earth
floor, u much better than any open yard
which rams keep in a filthy stale much
of the time. With sand to roll in. bens
mat he confined under cover the whole
season.-*-Half an hour t>efore aunset they
should he let out to range over the yard
i nun uarucn. lney will then t>? too busy
puking grass, gravel, &?., to iirtub and
do mia'dnef, being hiwh\? to a hurry to
return l<> ibe r <*t before twilight. Hen*
111us kept, will more iIiho twice pay for
their keeping, if not too old to lay well.
Two or three day's inipmuunient in a
coop wil' brink up black Spanish hens
from setting, and they soon ci mim-nre
laying again it properly fed. It is only
profitable for a village to raise a few early
chickens to renew his laying slock, as
chickens are great and increasing feeders,
eating when halt growrii, much more than
old fat ben*.? Col. Gene tee Former.
Changing SSkkh.? A writer in the
New England Farmer says his potato
1 crop has increased from fifty to one hundred
per cent., hy procuring seed potatoes
which grew on an entirely different soil,
fifteen or twenty miles apart from his.?
This plan of changing seed every year it
a good one, either for potatoes or any
other seed, such as
- ? p> ???
weed ; And even if tbe change it mtde * j
only between cultivetora in the tame vi- i
cimty, it it ttill beneficial. j
Lira may be merry at well m siteful, I
; every p*r?on that own* a mouth bet at 1
I wayt a good opening for laugh. I