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Country Children.
I.ittlo fresh violets,
. novn iu ttiB wild wood,
Sweetly illustrating
lnii'n cnt childhood ;
Sic v HH tlic antelope ?
I'rown as ii berry?
Kite dt the mountain air,
Romping and tncrry.
Itluc eyes and ha/.el eyes
1'eep fron] the hedges,
Shndpil bx sun bonnets
Kruycd ut the edges.
I p in tile tipple trues,
Heedless ?>t' it anger,
SlA?lroSa in eftibrj'?
blaies at the stranger.
Out in the hiliy putoh.
Seeking the berries?
Under tho orchard trees,
t easting un cherries ;
Trantplittg.iho blossoms,
jloW :i "1110:1;: till- :;|-.is-cs,
Mo voice to hinder them,
Dear lads and hisses.
No ei iin propriety?
No interdiction ;
Tree us the birnl.ugs
From city restriction.
Coining tho purest blood,
(? SWf - Strength'mug c.ieh inus.de.
Don dng hoaltlis anno?
Gains! life's coming bustle.
tj ??<* :.*>* ?? ? ^ . . ?.
DeAr little innocent !
?Jit-J e Vf I'll- wood i-r
all litt lei
11 childhood ;
God's bhu- fpread^jUry?- them,
<TeTB*?i J||d'*?garden bciwith them;
- No trweesw !f|KI ?g?>
Could1 we btquearh there.
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PH IL LiviON'S LUV KS.
A Story of Fancy and Ucusou.
k* n u WHS* _*.????'! *.
BY WILLIAM 11 Hf.Sll.NH.I..
'Such talk* ns yours, Phil, is the
veriest nonsense | i?sihlo.' a;.d Krittle
M?ultOU (his hail' sister ) rapped upon
the table by whi .h they were sitting,
with her delicate lingers, as if.lo give I
emphasis to the idea.
'I tell you 1 am iu earnest. Kitten,
and youi eighteen years ol wisdom can
not ci at'ge ruY pUipose,' and Pi.il VA on
ia|pcl in bis luru, but so loiidiy as to
cause her to give n sudden start em! a
?m'ij ht sevi'ii'.ii
'Ho * you do Irighten a I'-she ex
cliiinedj tin 1 then continued wi?h ?
hiugh, 'I trust you will never be gifted
with such power when you become a
spirit, for the idea of earthquakes wuuid
'"br? very much uisL'tn'titd.'
C ^ ? ? |1|
*'Aud I trust to retain my corpora"'
f. rm these mimy long years. Here am
1 six and twt my, well to do iu the world
sound 'wind and limb,' as the lurtiteS
say, and?
ff Jit.
'Pound to make n foul of yourself by
marrying souiu flirt ol a girl ?hose mil)
1 c< on.iiif ndatuiii is a pretty f.iCe and a
litte: foot and iiati I.'
.''Jitgive ; ic most certainly the pre
requisites io my idea of a wil ?.'
'And Uiyidjr -}duc..tigu and courage
have nothing to do with the matt or, it V?
Phil?
'Oh ! 1 presume she will have bei ,
.share?-as most of you girls do.'
?How 1 do pity you, 1 nil do.r,' aud
tears cone into her sweel browu eves as
she laid her hand tenderly upon bis
nrlh. ?
'By Jove! Kitten, if you wasn't ni)
hall >- ist ci 1 d 11.at ry jfo'U '
'.Not without my consent, T presume,'
die replied, Moiling at his impetuounu. s.s.
thotigb wilh the deepest ol lost?< upon
her s lr. ehe? ks, for she too had her
gi ldeii d reit mil 'put as the tics of blood
h i| pi 11 to .sf ,nd in tho way of such a
consult.nation, ypu will have to h ok
ejfccwhoie for a tiiide. Aud now, Phil,
be bom st ami tell me whom you admtiO
the most of all your lHdy f.iends.'
'"Well,' with a sigh, ? I don't know .
Hut what say you, Kitten, to Helle
Kcrabsonr A L
?Mny huaveu keep the man thrit grts-i
her for *a wife. Hut thcie is little ft ur
of ber becoming yours, il you stiok to
yof.rtext.'
? *0>>o, She has a pretty face, but such
hands and feet !'
'And jfcmiiiu Savage V
<*" 'Oh ; now you strike nearer my bear;
for she c-oitainiy has all tho other
^sfji4i*Ueef-s)vrX a pug mwq < |
'Jit'iou***, sir, if you please, when
speakiug of my sex.'
'?flie1*entire list of the gdrl* of Ti aim
ton wero disou'sSetf In the same manner
but without the slighic*tojir<*poct of 1
wile being ?il. ttuJ. It Wu8 us.the old
?oflglab rjij w nerfj ;. |.uA
"The first does not suit mo,
r I oaui.ot irllhow, ? k- ?WEV(
. And tho see n I I cannot tell why."
Anil. je| any but a foolish, one idea
man, could have found mnuy who were
the ppasessi rs of undoubted charms, and
wuuld have made his h ?nie as happy as
the ordinary lot of mortals. Then Kate
ti.-kod, with a malicious BtU.ilo lurking
about the corners of her little rust hud
m.iUtb, of whiidi she wus very proud,
the minx, as well she might be with its
cuiul lips a *.i regular, ptiurly teeth :
'What hate jou tt? any to Madge
Skinner V
'Horror Of horrors tor n woman ! As
I live, there sdie \?boa now. Just look
at horl'
'fteiiuty certainly was not her dower,
but she is good, loving, brave and true,
and the hind who wins her will have a
rare and noble wife.'
'How in the nutnc of liearon you can
-et up so much enthusiasm over her, is
'more than I can understand iShe is u
positive fright, and, as I live, sho is l
criming in !'
Marga-'et Skinner most certainly was
not he.iutilul. On the contrary, she
was decidedly plain ? in the eyes of
strungera positively homely ut the lir.it I
glance, but oue fould iiot be long in her
h- cicTy without 'ecliug 111s charm of her j
>uj.t rior i'tlucutiiiu, her low and musical
voice, her^swtM/t sai,:lo. She uns mje oj
the kind uf ^atoaieu /sv*o ymir uptm its.
and the ' lack of the lading ucauty ol
earth was ?oun entirelo lost in the more
lasting j owers-of mind.
' Km.?ieg hi r fa lure he came up to
I he stainLi I that m< u olten foim 111 'til id
regard ? having bc^u snubb :d utjU
iw.tted at bihooi and . disrc-ui d :d _m
suciety, her dies? and manners weir
t tied down to perfect keeping with ^hoi
person, and .?die Lad i-cly conquered
all foolish regrets for what might liave
been, but was not, und the girl of twenty j
was developing into the highest typu of
true womanhood, as nudorsluud by those
who hiok deeper than the surface.
Ve>, she was plain, very pliin. There (
was no single foiturc hat could have
been j < iuted out as line, thruu'h her
I ?Tgo grey eyes?cat liko the snips of
ui.ls spitefullv culled lliuai! ivero gifted
with rare cXpreS-jnu. Her mouth Wft't
large?the lips lar from delicate iu their
moulding - the mse out ol proportion ,
and broad at the Ins-?the cheeks some,
wl.al heavy ? ilie brow t > i much dovolo
ped and over haiigiu ?the throat m is
?ive?tlie head broad and deep, ami
the hair, tin.ugh anipl ?, in supply, ol a
reddbdj hi' wu and coarse iu texture .
Her hands an 1 feet, which nobody cou I
i deny weie well pr .portioned, not .?u h ^
I a? simsylae* jeirU *>n I ej|a ?11$ sums ic-s ^
inen ?hdjghr in l?ointhe possess <r> of.
in .k!inirihi ; and to eio.y'u nllj Ii-t con
plex'.m 'was I)* 1?what Wollen eil
??muddy."
No. Margret Skinner was nd beim
tiful, but Kitlio Moulton had only spnk
j on the truth .vhen 8ha described her .o
j good, 1 ring, brave uu 1 true.
ll.r called ended, the half brut her
and filter s d di-i tiding hur character,
when a sunbeam appeared to suddenly
cut. red the rooir. A stranger to th?m
ip the town came wilo a mutual friend ,
and was iutioduceJ as Mis- .Je.-Vto Vai| .
derburg.
NmVci Pfiitid there h ive been a great
er ei.DM aslfJt ban to h> f who had just
deprted. She wa- even ninrs beauti ul^
tl an .Madge PkjtniCr wan- ph u - wis'
oLorioua hi her loveliness ?-was a uiH
.? r> ^ I
such t?> poets lovo t i wo i vc iilsal .Iica un
about, but rarely sc - -Was at once * de
H-ht and wonder to the cy.,
Just jn tlje frcohe-t bio >iu of the
mystenntta line that divides girl und
Wi lea?hocd ?wttb/eje> and hulr black
,41s night. TJie one curtaioc 1 by ring
|?she>' :is i(l.o partially h i ? then* spark ?
ling, and tile other long, suit and uio->sy.
?ho l..d a dnioty little mouth'. Her
leet weru oft Ii? kind Sir Job 1 Hackling
quaintly pictured as" little mice tli.il.
peeped in and out;dli.tltJs spult, with ta
per lingers und lose leaf nails: .--kill like
velvet and clear us sdVdiiiU; a thro it of
exquisite proportions? 1 .711 no head and
as proudly set and carried as that 01
the "S itr Eyed R-ypuin," lor #h >.n a
world Was madly thrown aW.lVj a very
lloxlhlo und ouielully m?dMMrfd vaierj
was tnrloiUtd uud SfiarkUn^ ip.convcrsa
tiou; i?ud pressing all the aids of art aud
dress iiydr lu r serv'n e,>hc was ?;(;11 oaf
enlsftcd to'dat7.4? itad enoliain, ?uoh a
Tieart as Jlhitt"or YUA ' Kltoo?and
... ? .lastipfMl L.ti
d?dv ;ti v v > 1
i- ?? ? . - mu=?=a=i-??? ?
This his observant half.-dsler (who
loved htm dearly) ssw Ht tho first glance
??nn later'wi'h rugrut, Cos sho became
cortuin that .Ies.de Vaudosbargh would
nover love any ouo truly but herself?
that she might ' tolerate" a may if ho
had plenty of wealth?but was heart
leas*
Many and varied wore tho disouseions
sho had with Phil upou the topio, but
always with the same resdU. lie was
iufituated, completely so, though he
couid not deity tu himself that the girl
he was madly in love with was wanting
depth of mind. Hut when did a ms.ii of
strong and ardent passions fail to bacotm'
the slave of a beautiful woman, if shn
played her cards with finesse?if she
was determined to win?going to even
extreme measures?almost sacrificing
mod-sty to do so!
Such was tho case with .?*? rsic Vander
burgh.and none ihan sho know better how
to ensnare the heart ot man wheu siie
was determined to do. BOy*Snd iu Phil
lOlton she had found so easy a conquest
that she secretly sneered ? him and bad
his position iu society not been high ?
had he not been we dhy?she would
have cast off as au old glove, am made
merry at his sufferings, Now she was
proud of au :h a lover aud the more es
pecially us it was a great* triumph over
the liirls uf the village?all but plain
Madge Skinner, who had in rsnlity
loved him long and tcudcrly?would
have given the very la*df drop ?f her I
blood to have roved him from u siugl<*
hour of suffering.
Pur none, not oven hiaiquiok sighted
half sister. Kittie M<ult.>e)> tiad the
.-bebtest suspicion ot'thbv Madge had
rrndu-d down the let lingjtwith au iron
will and an iron hand ? v^bshl have per
islod bravely .11 rflo sCake'bef ues.
<it confession could have been wrung
rVftWl b">-liji?. Of ever winning the love
of Phil I'jlton, sin; had nit even tho moat |
remote h"pd, and failing iu that she
would go down to the grave unwed,
Hot n few months \\?-\ passed and
y et Elton, fhough Inlowine but little of '
the true character or antecedents ol ?
Jessie Yandcrburg. had v/on hef protnUa |
to be'eot: 0 lvs wife, ami lavished j.res
en's upon her, enruiirh, it would bn 11
been thought tn h.ivp i any WO
i:"-. hc.fflf Hv (rays known only to .1
Cti^it*, I.or/ever she was con ?tnnrlj gam
ing more?wr.s almost cold, ccrw.iuly
pettish when he came to her with empty
Hanns. And how was it to end. If so
as u lover, wh it would she be as a wif ?
lie avoided answering the question
even though it forced itHe!f upon him,
hut des.r little Kittie Moulton of; 1
?h?d tears over it, nnd in the siinp'ie'ty
of her heu-' toll her trouble t 1 Midge
Pkinner, and tfi.it brave girl tiu.V up
the. burden, bowed beneath the weigh'
of the cross fate nan pi iced upon her
-boulders, and did all she could to co 11
fort and console.
'What must be, must,'she replied,
choking down her euiotio 1, let us hope
he u ill b'- hapny "
'Happy jf I), dear Madge, if he had
only loved you '
'Me. Kittie? ph heaven, you know
not ?hat you arc talking about.' Aul
i iheii she checked her wild utterances
a.id ha-tily euJcavoivd to turn I ho sub
j?et. Such a p|cture was far too much
for even her In bear
Hut the loving girl clung to her, in*
Hiding torture of the deepest kind.
! though Jjwitboiu knowing it. and whisp
ered "gain ?li,l again :
J 'If he wo ild only love you, deir.'
M .dge Skinner used her want of
beauty as an a gument against such a
much hoped lor COIISUIUIIiatl 01, and as a
s :rceu behind which to hide her true
feelings, and yet when they sopar.ttod,
their hearts had become far more close!)
intci woven thau ever beforo, though the
gulf between her and Phil lilt m had
uot in the slightest mrrowed.
And he remained still as deeply in
love ? no, infatuated wero the bott?l
I term?with the beautiful Jessie, as
j heartless u piece ol human statuary as
(he sun ever shone upon, tickle ..s the
j wind, told as ice save when it suited
I her purpese to be otherwise, and hen
1 glowing with marc thau tropical Warmth.
She had t-emrcly hooked the fish aud
was in no huste to lai.d it, und so when
he pressed her to name tho wedding day
she constantly put him off, and, drunk
with her outward loveliness, he bowotl
to her decision appcuredeared to have
lost all of his manhood, to be but na a
puppet iu her little hands, as wax thai
Abe moulded to any shape she pleased.
Would tliis norer end ?his eyas never*
be opened ?
lie was sending upon tho very brink
nud another step would be his ruin, for
Once wed?forced, (as he would believe
he was booud to do by honor) to live
with! autdi a woman after the glamour
of beauty h id departed, his Utas.the very
nature to hotter to the very depths of
bitterness
At lnst tho bridal day Was appointed,
and the preparations complete. A Uriel
twenty four boors, and the bliss he
anticipated would begin. The village
was stirred to its wry centre ? far more
so than by all the marrying and giving
in niarr.vge I Wat had ever occurred be
fore, and while the dashing bride, was
dreaming of the proud position, she w is
to occupy, calculating how Well she
wool 1 till it and muko the g rid of nor
husband siuSscrvierft to her owo s>c'li-li
purposes-, he flat iu his ehrfttib r with his
hoad routing upon his douched hands, j
that were laid Qpou the table, and shud
d. ring uudor the Weight of sonic un
known and terrible fear*. But it was,
not of the future, uotol the days when
he would call the beautiful Jessie, wife
Ah, no ; hifl every thought was concen
trated upon himself ami his btfauge
I'uflings?up 'ii the ghastly present.
His head was aching as it hud never j
? lone before, there were sharp pains in :
his b>ick, shooting through his limbs. |
his tongue was parchc I. hi* lips dry. hi*
Hcftli f.n fire. What could be tho ma?t-r
with htiii ?
I To opened! the window f?fr fresh air
and loolid out upon the still, starry
ni^ht. JJlmthcd his flushed Iac6, drank to
cool the inwaid flame, and at last tor
tured beyond undo ranee, staggered out
of .his room to BUOimo^i a Servant, when
lie met^ Kittie MurltoU?who hid been
abroad?just g<?it:g to her own apart
incut.
*V\"hy, ri-L,' she exel iaied, 'up yet ' j
Ah! the lover ran not slue p. Auuc pn
tioij is loo brigllt fur that.'
'KiUiti,' and his "nice Was. de p loncd
add t Ulnl lillg, '1 do UgJ kll W what i?
ljig mailer with inc. S 11J lb
doctor-?sen I for Jessie.
She vaifel !o hear 11 j tu re?ivu
i! rimd .!?> >\ui pal uevor before b.'Sii,
und ili>puehing a iuu^euger lor the
phvs'.uian, thrrw on her b.> mot au i
.shawl rVghtn, and Hfthftd wii lly for (h
gill that was sobn to be !.i-? wile.
I 'J hilsieki' What is the uut:er wit'.
'him?' questioned tho etnuuy hearted
beany, as she s'ov* ly robed hcrscll, us
slowly and Win, fully as if she was about
to saunter forth lor pleasure.
'1 don't ki.ow, but for the love of
heaven be quick, lie i- vei") sick and
in i) be dying.'
I '1' haw ! Vuttr are over and ti ed
i leaaiy alnrmed. [odigctftii.il i presume
; i UuVu \raliud him pltUU against UltC
^uppers .aid-'
Poor Kittio Moalton stood ugh ist !
She Would have ran at break link speed
it' summoned upon such an errand, and
! yet Jessie Was as much till moved as il
j she had heard nothing of tho si ig Ir-m
< moment.
Uut at last thu thing of ice v.as r i i\
j and .-he al lost drugged ber along iu her
i h iste to be :iga'tii by the sale of the hail
brother she loved better than nil the
wifrld save only one, a< yet unfotilcsscd.
l!ut she paused Jut a utoiliont on lu.r
way tu 1 mi e Kurd lor MaJ?o Skinner to
come to licr. n
The physician had ahead) ap*ivcd,
and Phil 101 ton was plaocd in b.'d. lie
held up his ling r waruthgly as Hie two
r*trlrf cafhfl in. a n! tu. utug to tho be
trot! ed asked in nu ii.pro.sdve voice.
'.Miss V and ei burg, are ycu br..vc und
strwug ',"
?C< rtaiuly,' she repli d, p le as death
ami not iu the least cuiiiprehcudliig his
meaning. ?
' Kilon is very si k.'
'(Ireat heavens!' and putting nn a
love she wa*> far from feoliug^ the W is
ulnnit to rush to the beds j da, whoa he
In.11 her back and QOntiuu. d
? And t lie d e i-c is danger ms? it is
vontagcous !'
'Ilu'iMv !' anfi she shrank btek.
*.V? I ui.derstfind your position it i<
- your duty ? that of any yiil to uurse
him .-o las as she eau safely do so.
Have y ou been recently vaccinated?'
'Oh. Lord, i; is?'
'The Small Pox Y
With a terrible shriek she flod from
the ro>m and Kiltie, who followed, found
her lying upon a aot'e and wailing out;
? ,'tjioat heaven! the small pox, and I
have bceu exposed! What if I should
take it And be marked ! It would kill
mo, I knew it would !'
To lose your beauty ?' was sternly
ftskcd.
es. yea.
?And you tbiuk notbiug of poor
lM.il V
'He is a man, and?Oh ! heaven,
what shall i do?'
?Qo h me,' replied Madge Skinner,
who had ootercd, and heard enough of
the conversation to understand it. '(Jo
home. This is no placo for you?for
any one who fears,' and seeing that she
was obeyed without hesitation, she turn
c 1 to Kittie, took her in hor strong arms
as if she had been a child, and contin
ued, llu-Ji my darling, l'hil will m t
die I feel that he will bo saved. It is
indeed a fiery, terrible ordeal for him to
pass, yet nothing would have saved him
from a life of misery. Xow the heart
leanness 01 Jessie Yandoiburgh will be
proved that even ho cannot doubt,
and bo will be saved, thank heaven
saved '.'
With such brave and just words she
quieted the trembling Kitten, and then
auuounccd her intention of going to take,
care of l'hil, as in that little village no
professional nurse c mid have been
found.
?Hut you might take it, and?'
?My beauty is proof agaiustlts ravages
s'ie answered with a touch of bitterness
and Kiltie saw hor not again for many
dnvs.
The physician too, reasoned with her,
but in vain. Eveu l'hil roused himself
to do tho same, but she was (inn aud
not to be moved, and hivio-j laid add.)
iicr wrappings and bared her arm ?a
round d and white one?and suh
mitte 1 to ihe T.ineet of tho phydeun to
be iuhdcttlnted against the mo it dreaded
of elKd^tos,, . ^ ? . *UI^.
?Where is Jobste V Phil ask j I, whon
the operation was ended, an 1 she ha I
ussnmed the duties of nurse in ihe
;. iinagctncnl of the room.
?dune borne,' and the subject Was not
mi irti nrd Dgarn between them, no mat
lei how much each might have thought.
l'liil Klton, though at the very ge t<
uf dealb, a,voided passing thrjugh uud
1 r.vn in: i ihe vVI ?y ol <i! v\ : :? II ? wu
slightly in ike 1, theugh n it sudieiontly
'i o- n iticel A:i I ..-'.l thrmgrt the
fearful -iekness. brave Madge Skinner
-io d firmly at her pest?was indeed a
iiiiuisici iug angel by hi*, si b:. But. as
so. \u as able to help himself, she retired,
ii 1 tho very stiuo night he leirnvl that
she w is very ill. and his heart smote hi n
uttd sich a feeling as he had never known
foi Jcsdc Vanderburgh began to grow
l u:i in it, ahuosi u.ikuowu to him
.?elf.
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To v i-it her in his then condition wns
imp issibh?he was not us yot well and
s\i u all .linger of em'agioii Tis passed
Jessie same to seu him and endeavor to
make him forget her heartless desertion
? to regain her old power over him
Now lie was as stone to her. While he
m gl.t not have bLined her under ordin
ury circumstances^ yet ho did for hor
permitting another to take her place an 1
the unfeeling conduct sho cxhibiteJ as
Kittie told him) when the black shad
ous of death were lowering over hhri.
It was their lost interview. Without
even the delicacy of offering to return
the many und valuble prcseuts he h?id
given ii r ^though such an offer would
have b-4cu refused with scorn) Jessie
Vamlerhurgh hastily left the village to
senk another victim?to?(for tho truth
might as Well bo told here) to receive
at Last poetical justice a Tew years later
by being horribly disfigured by the same
discjsb that had bu? slightly left
Its marks upon her lover.
In due time Madge Skinner reroterc l
and disappeared front sight?gone, it
was sain to visit relatives in a distant
part of the country The fact was, she
dared not meet l'hil again for fear of
betraying her weakness. Sho had learned
to lovo him a thousand fold better than
ever before, and she was toe noble to
nave him seek to win her in the first
flush of gratitude for a life preserved.
And now l'hil Kit on found bis heart
lint many months passed before thev
mot. and then {by aoiidrnt. She was
returning privately to the villago?had
dismounted from the stage at a little
distsuee, and warwalking ?lowlt along
beneath the maples, wheu llO name "sud
denly upon her.
'Mr. Klton V
'Dearost Madge 1' and ho took both ef
her bauds in his and continued : 'Had
it hotWeen for your voice I de not think
1 would bhvo known you. How strauge
'u*..t' 3. ' ,<,..; ? .i ! i lifMtj pt
ly you have attiircd?h)W beautiful
have grown !' 1 M>
?MTiBlibor??d .? '- i teil c?l.h .'
'(/all me Phil, please, as you did when
you more than nobly periled your own
It to for wine.'
'I?I? ' ?he stammered and blushod, *
'I but came back to the village to be?*
'My wife, darling '
The maples and the little birds heard
words that we may not, but the face? of
each became glorified, and when a few
mouths later the village church be.fi
chimed a joyous peal, no enc would
have called the'bride, Madge Skinner,
plaits; but a queenly woman.
The sickness through which she had
passed had removed every oloud from
her complexion, and her skin was now
fair and complexion as pure and blush
ing as June roses. The hair, too, which
had fallen off; ha 1 reapp :ared, of soft
chestnut brown, and the goodness*; tnajft
and love that were stamped upon her
face gare u glory that tho features could
not dissipate.
O. the loves of Phil Elton, none conld
question which was the true and 'heares
bom' one, and sweet Kiltie Motrttoi?
_'lancod at tho groomsman, (herself the
bridesmaid) ami prayed he might be,as),
noble as her half brother, when he
should claim her as his own. and Ana
she might make as jgood uuj noble a
wife as Madge.
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Man nud Wife. .\f
? ?i. -drr-'iit* t..uutri noil
Thomas Jefferson wrote tho following
excellent advice. There *n tuu:h nature
and good sense in it :
' Harmony in the hr.uin state is the
first to bo aimed at* Nothiug earn pre
serve affections uninterrupted but a firm
resolution . each to con^id-jr the lorn of
pfhers of more value th in any objeea
whatovcr on which a wish hal been
fixed. II ?w light, iu fact, is tho sxert
lice of any oilier wish when "-roigaii
again?t th e affect ions of one' with whom
vo urc to p iss our wh ile lifo! Aai
though c.pp isition in a single in it an ca
will hardly of itself pro luce alienations,
yet every one has their pouch into which
all these 1 ttle opp ?sitiont arc put? while
that ii filling, the alienation is-ii
ly going on, and when filled it L*
plete. It would nu2?.lo cither to saj
why, beuauso no one difference of opin
ion has been marked enough to produce
a serious effect by itself. Hut he finis
his affections wear tod out by a e mstiol
stream of little ch?cks and obstaelea.
Other sources ot disoontcat, vary o*?~?
tiioa indeed, are the little cross-purposes
of husband and wile ia ooauuou ^OQj'fjer.
sation, a disposition in either to criticise
and q-ie.'tiou whatever the other siys, n
desire alwiys to le um tr?te i.id u ike
him feel himself in the wrw? cspseUll/
in oitupany. .Nothing is a i g lading.
Much better, therel'irc, if oir campen
ion view a thing iu a light different from
what we d i, to lcaie hi.u in quiet
p ?session of his vie*s. Whit is the
use of rectifying hitu if the tiling be
unimp irtant ? Let "It pass for thf<pfs
8cut, aud wait a softer m >uient and "U>re
oonoiliatory occasion of reviving thesub
jeet together. It it wonderful hoe?
many persons are rendered uaha^pf^SJ
inattention to these little rulox of pru
dence." t.?wvtd
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A young lady writing from Europe
finds there some very odd but agreeable
thing's. For lnstmco, she saysi As n
general rule, wiitera and chamber
"maids" are men. In one hotel whore
I stopped for three weeks the only
domestic, 1 ever saw was a man. He
did ev? rything ; swept and brushed and
elcaued my salon, made my bed*, earod
for my dressing room, served my break -
t fa-.t. and always at night, about 8
o'clock, he would outer with eloan
towels, open my bed as a mother does
for her children, lay out my night drees
und bow himself out with a 'goodnight,
miidcm tisjUe." One becomes aceoetom
ed to odd things, aud aiir i ma eh fare
i ter a man to a woman servant. The
young lady should bo credited with
irauknesa and most unquestionable
sincerity.
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Vermoot papers are boasting of eignn
old farmers in Franklin coi.aty, whe
live within two miles of oach other, and
who have had twenty-live wives among
them.
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I? took threefcarrela of whiskey sad
ten ban eh of eider to satisfy ihn waatn
of tho immates of the alms house
Bridgeport, Connecticut, tho patt win
ter.
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