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SAMANTHY'S ELOPEMENT.
"Yes," said the old lady, as she wiped her
eyes and.proceeded to tell the sympathizing
neighbors about the elopement of her daughter,
"Yes, Mrs. Blobbs, you may well say it
ar' a dreadful stroke. 1 ain't had such
another shock sence that last spell o' rheumatiz.
To think that darter of mine would
do sech a disgraceful thing after all the care
an' affection me an' her father have ravished
on her from her infancy up. I couldn't bear
up under the affliction no how, but for the
conserlation of religion. Religion is powerful
enervating in such trials as these."
"Did you not suspicion that they were contemplating
such a move ?" asked the neighbor.
"No, we never suspicioned nary contemplation.
After I'd runned the conceited upstart
off the premises with the mop, I didn't think
he'd have the insurance to speak to Samanthy
agin. An' she seemed to appear so consigned
that I never respected her of having
any under handed contentions. But all the
time?so I've heerd sence?they used to
meet clandestinely, when I thought Samanthy
was at meetin', 'an decoct their plans to run
off an'elope. Well, Saraanthy has made her
bed an' she'll have to lay on it I wash my
hauds of the ongrateful girl from this time
forthwith."
"Did you make any effort to intercept
them ?"
"No, you see, we didn't know it, or else
we'd a intercepted 'em within an inch o' their
lives."
"I mean did you try to have them stopped
when you found they were gone ?"
"Yes, indeed. Father telescoped to five
or six towns, an' give their prescription?
cost him lots o' money, too; but he said he
wouldn't mind spendin' the price of a cow to
get Samanthy back. But we never heerd
nothing' from them, and I told father to let
'em alone and they'd come home after a
while with five or six children behind 'em.
But I tell you, Mrs. Blobbs, they shan't set
a foot in this house except over the dead
body of ray defunct corpse. You jest remember
that."
I was all right till a month ago," said
a vouner man looking verv solemn.
"What happened then ?"
"Woman went back on me."
"Did, eh ? Were you engaged?"
"I'd hung around there a year or so, and
we'd hugged and loved and hooked fingers.
If that isn't being engaged, then I don't
know."
"And she backed out ?"
"Yes."
"Well, I've been through the mill myself.
I had a woman go back on me in that way,
three months ago, and I didn't lose a bit of
sleep over it."
"You didn't?"
"No, sir."
"But, then," sighed the young man, as he
hitched along on the rail, "the woman you
loved didn't own sixteen mules, and have a
clean hundred bales of cotton to sell."? Vicfoburg
Herald.
Five Dollars a Bottle.?At a Kentucky
dinner, and between the sherry and champagne,
to which period the enfant terrible of
the family had been unfortunately permitted
to linger, the host had gone to praising his
owu wine in a fashion which was certainly an
evidence of its intoxicating qualities.
"That sherry, sir, cost me sixty dollars a
dozen. I bought it at the auction of the Emperor
Napoleon's wines, and imported it myOQir9?
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"Why, papa," interrupted the enfant, "that
was all gone long ago, and mamma filled the
bottles up from the California keg. She said
you never had any friends who could tell the
difference."
Champagne was immediately substituted
for the sherry, and in a room above, the obtrusive
youngster contemplated the "painful
end" to which his day's experience had come.
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Wholesale Charty.?On East Water
Street, the other afternoon, a prominent grocer
commission merchant stood in the doorway
of his store, when up came a poor woman
with a baby in her arms. She begged for
something.
"Yes," said he, "I think it right to give to
God's poor."
So he took two potatoes from the top of
each of the five barrels (to be sold upon commission),
and gave them to her, saying : "My
good woman, I'm not giving to you ;
I'm giving to God."
"Taters is good," she said.
Then, as he turned to his partner, he said:
".Tntir T'tto inot rlnno a nrnn/1 HooH Whfl.
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ever buys them potatoes won't miss two from
a barrel.?Milwaukee Commercial.
Power of Imagination.?The other day
a Detroiter took home a book containing
several anecdotes showing the power of imagination;
and, after reading them to hie wife,
he tenderly said:
"Now, Angeline, you may some time imagine
that you hear me kissing the servant
girl in the other room, and you see how base
it would be to accuse me of such a thing."
"John Henry," she replied, in a smooth
voice, "if I ever imagine such a thing, you'll
need a doctor within fifteen minutes, no matter
what that book says."
' Gunpowder.?A little son of Prof. Cook,
of Poughkeepsie, aged six years, asked his
father how gunpowder was made. "I have
Dot time to tell you now," was the reply; "but
think it over, and form some opinion of your
owd, and I will explain when I am not so
busy." The little boy was silent a few moments,
then he exclaimed, suddenly, "0, I
know! they stir up a little black dirt and put
some lightning into it."
Of Course.?In a certain French comedy,
a young man about to be married, is found
under somewhat suspicious cirumstances purchasing
a piano. He assures his prospective
father-iD-law that he intends the instrument
for his bride. "But you know very well,"
objects bis father-in-law, "that she doesn't
play." "Of course I do," responded the
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not be such a fool as to give her a piano."
A Good Family.?A resident who reached
town by a noon train yesterday, after an
absence of two weeks, was met at the depot
by his eight-year-old son, who loudly welcomed
him. "And is every body well, Willie?"
asked the father. "The wellest kind" replied
the boy. "And nothing has happened ?"
"Nothing at all. I've been good, and Jennie's
been good, and I never saw ma behave
herself so well as she has this time."
By the Clock.?Sydney Smith had a maid
who used to boil the eggs very well by her master's
watch ; but one day he could not lend
it to her, because it was under repair, so she
took the time from the kitchen clock, and the
eggs came nearly raw. "Why didn't you
take three minutes from the clock, as you do
from the watch, Mary ?" "Well sir," replied
Mary, "I thought that would be too much,
as the hands are so much longer."
Liberal.?"Sure," said Patrick, rubbiDg
his head with delight at the prospect of a present
from his employer, "I always mane to
do my duty." "I believe you," replied his
employer, "and, therefore, I shall make you
a present of all you have stolen from me during
the year." "I thank your honor," replied
Pat; "and may all your friends and acquaintances
treat you as liberally."
She Meant It.?Our Dan remarked to
his wife last evening, as he left home for the
office: "I'll be back by ten o'clock, if I don't
meet any serious pullback." "It won't be well
for you to meet any pullbacks, Daniel, serious
or smiling, if I know of it," said his betterhalf,
in tones that indicated that she meant it.
?sg* Emily Faithfull advises ladies not to
marry until they are twenty-five years old.
They never do?unless they get a chance. I
Agricultural f rpartmcct.
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JANUARY.
By a long established custom, the year commences
with January and ends with December.
In other words, by the consent of all
parties, January is the first month of the
year and December the last To the Southern
farmer, the last part of December and the
first part of January, is the most important
period of the whole twelve months. It is during
this time that the affairs of the past year
have to be settled up, and plans concerted for
the new year. .., . .. r, ...
Taking it for granted that the work of the
past year is finished, so far as it could be, we
proceed to make a few suggestions with regard
to the present year.
It is important that every farmer have his
plans, for the year, matured as soon as possiWIa
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he will plant in corn, what in cotton, and
what fields he will sow in spring oats. The
oats should be sown in this month, or not later
than the first of February. Before sowing,,
every sprout should be cut, and the land manured.
The oat crop is one of prime importance
to the Southern farmer. It comes in at
the very time that corn and fodder are scarcest.
Those who have not sown oats last fall, should
make it a point to do so as soon as the ground
is in good condition for plowing. It is a waste
of time, and otherwise expensive, to sow oats
on poor land?land that will produce nothing
else. It is far better to sow a small quantity
of land and manure it well. Lands designated
for corn or cotton, should be thoroughly
broken as soon as possible. This is the time
of year to use turning plows. Lands plowed
deep in January will, by the action of the
frost, be as mellow as an ash bed at planting
time.
When the ground is too wet to plow, manure
maybe made. If our Southern farmers
would succeed, there are two things they must
do. They must make all the manure they
possibly can, and they must stop this thing of
giving liens on the growing crop for supplies.
In making arrangements for the coming,
crop, it would be well for farmers to fix the
price of corn for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven
at one dollar per bushel ; and cotton
.at somewhere between ten and twelve cents
per pound. Cotton may be worth more; but
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less. We would suggest that some good land
be selected for planting in com, and that arrangements
be made to give it, at least, half
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STABLES.
Much of the capital of every farmer is invested
in domestic animals. It is important
that this portion of his capital be preserved
from decay. Not only so, but it is important
that it be made productive in every respect.
In order to do this, good stables, a good barn
and barn lot, are necessary on every farm.
In order that these appendages to every farm
may be regarded as good, several things must
be taken into consideration. The location of
a barn lot and stables must not be overlooked.
The ground should be level, or nearly so. If
it is on a hill side, it will require a great
amount of labor to prevent all the manure
from washing away. In selecting a location
for a barn and stables, attention should be
paid to the healthfulness of the spot. The
locatjpn selected, the lot should be large and
so constructed as to be convenient of access
from the dwelling.
Whatever may be the plan of the stables
and barn, the comfort and health of the domestic
animals should never be forgotten. In
order to secure comfort to horses and mules,
the stables should be large and so constructed
that they can be made warm in winter and
cool in summer. It is a horrible practice to
coop a tired horse up in a narrow cage in
whieh he cannot lie down. It is barbarous
to tie him up to a rack so as to prevent him
from lying down. Every horse and mule
should be allowed to spend some part of every
twenty-four hours in a reclining position. In
other words, every horse, in order that he
may rest, should be permitted to lio down for
some time, during every twenty-four hours.
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oiaoies, in uruer iu ue cumiuruiuie, buuuju
be high, and no hay or fodder should be put
above the horse unless the floor is dust
proof.
If the ground upon which the horse stands
is not |evel, it shoold be made so, and kept so
by constant repairs. It is injurious to the
animal to stand in any other than in a ' >vel
position.
In order that stables may be kept healthy,
they should be washed occasionally in the inside
with lime. The trough should be so arranged
that the horse, in eating, has to stoop
down rather than reach up for his food. It
is unnatural for a horse to raise up his head
to either eat or drink.
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FARM HOUSES.
Farmers have it within their reach to be
more comfortable than any other class of society.
Among Southern farmers this is not
the case. To many of the comforts of life
they are total strangers. One reason of this
is, that very little attention is paid either to
ornament or comfort in the construction of
their houses. This is true, with regard to all
the houses on many farms. The dwelling
house is a kind of stove in summer, and an
iceberg in winter. Not only so, but they are
a home for multitudes of rats and mice.
These creatures, both in summer and winter,
make night hideous ; besides, they are enormously
expensive.
Another defect about Southern farmhouses,
in fact, respecting all Southern houses, is that
they are mere temporary structures. It is a
rare thing to find a house that will last a hundred
years. Life is short and full of evils,
but there are some evils that can be very easily
remedied. It is nearly as cheap to build a
nice and comfortable house, as it is to build an
ugly and inconvenient one. The beat piece of
property that any one can own, is a comfortable
house. A nice and convenient dwelling,
together with a good orchard and garden,
contribute more to our bodily enjoyment than
almost any other thing that we can possess.
Cooking Food for Cattlk.?Professor
Wilkinson, of Baltimore, says: "I conducted
an agricultural school and experimental farm
for eight years, and experimented with feeding
cooked and uncooked food of every description,
used for milch cows, horses, swine,
working and fattening cattle and poultry,
and carefully noted the result, which was in
all cases very remunerative; so much so,
that even with the defective, inconvenient,
and expensive apparatus used?for the want
of better?in steaming, manipulating, and
feeding, I found there was an average profit
of fully twenty-five per cent, that is, in feeding
the variety of animals named ; but in the
feeding of milch cows in cold weather, with i
warmed, steamed food of every description, |
there was a profit of over thirty per cent, j
when the animals were kept at a proper tern-,
perature, and fed with the proper proportions |
of nutritious food. I
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MIXED UP.
I've wandered through the village, Tom,
Along withj Annie Lee^ , , , ... ?
To listen to the mocking-bird, ^ ~ a t <
. In the cottage by the sea.
Reid's bay mare can't be beat,
While coming through the rye;
Let me kiss him for his mother,
Said the spider to the fly.
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The colored girl and poor old Ned,
Now swell our national song;
I'd offer thee this hand of mine,
But take your time Miss Long.
I'm lonely since my mother died,
Susanna, don't you?ciy:. ? i ' I ' } {
We're all nodding through the world,Then
root hog, or die.
Hark : I hear an angel sing,
Ah! daddy he's struck ile?
We're ebiriing, father Abraham ' ' '
Along with Annie Lisle.
This song my mother used to sing,
The wearing of the green?
The girl I leftpehind me,. . -r . . .;
To-dayjB seventeen. \j J [? ;
That nice young man and fairy belle.
_ Are swinging in the lane?
Tlie captain witn mswnisKers
Has Marifcfeig pnftle brain. Os ' '
We'll rally "round the flag, boys,
For Johnnie stole the hamYankee
Doodle, Hall Columbia!
Or any other man.
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LAST MOMENfS OF BEETHOVEN.
A TOUCHING STORY. > ' .M l
He had but one happy moment in his life,
and that moment killed him. --' *
He lived in poverty, driven into solitude
by the contempt of the world, and by the
natural bent of a disposition rendered harsh,
almost savage, by the injustice of his contem- '
poraries.
But he wrote the sublimest music that ever i
man or angel dreamed. He spoke to mankind
in his divine'language, and' tiny disdained
to listen to him. He spoke to them as
Nature speaks in the celestial harmony of the
winds, the waves, the singing of the birds
amidst the woods. Beethoven was a prophet,
fyad his jntjeraiicn was from 6<xU ? v
And yet Ris talent was *so disregarded that ,
he was destined more than once to suffer the
bitterest agopyl of the poet* the artisan, the
musician. He doubled his own genius.
Haydn himself could find for him no better
praise than in saying, "He is a clever
pianistThus was it said of G?ricault, "He
blends his colors well; " and thus of Goethe,
"He has a tolerable style, and he commits no
faults in orthography."
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was Hummel. But poverty and.jnjustice
hacHrritated him, and he was "sometimes
unjust himself. He quarreled with Hummel,
and for a long time they ceased to meet. To
crown his misfortunes, he became completely
deaf.
Then Beethoven retired to Baden, where
he lived isolated and sad.
In the midst of his solitary dreaming, a letter
arrived which brought him back, despite
himself, to the affairs of the world, where new
gHefe awaited fiim. v 1 ~r - ' * * 1
A nephew whom he had brought up, and to
whom he was attached by the good offices he
had himself performed for the youth, wrote
to implore his uncle's presence at Vienna.
He had become involed in some disastrous
business, from which his elder relative alone
could release him. _ .
Beethoven set off' upon his' journey, and
compelled by the necessity of economy, accomplished
part of the distance on foot. One
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mean-looking house and solicited shelter. He
had already several leagues to traverse before
reaching Vienna, and his strength would
not enable him to continue anv longer on the
road. They received him with hospiltality ;
he partook of their supper, and then was installed
in the master's chair by the fireside.
When the table was cleaned, the father of
the family arose and opened an old clavecin.
The three sons took each a violia, and the
mother and daughter occupied themselves in
some domestic work.
The father gave the key-note, and all four
began playing with that unity of precision,
that innate genius, which is peculiar only to
the people of Germany. It seemed that they
were deeply interested in what they played,
for their whole souls were in the instruments.
The two women desisted from their occupation
to listen, and their gentle countenances expressed
the emotions of their hearts. To observe
all this was the only share Beethoven
could take in what was passing, for he did
not hear a single note.
When they had finished, they shook each
other's hands warmly, as if to congratulate
themselves on a community of happiness.
Then they appeared to consult together; they
resumed their instruments; they commenced
again. This time their enthusiasm reached
its height; their eyes were filled with tears,
and the color mounted to their cheeks.
"My friends," said Beethoven, "I am very
unhappy that I can take no part in the delight
which you experience, for I also love
music; but, as you see, I am so deaf that I
cannot hear any sound. Let me read this
music which produces in you so sweet and
lovely emotions."
He took the paper in his hand, his eyes
grew dim, his breath came short and fast; then
he dropped the music, and burst into tears.
These peasants had been playing the alle
gretto of Beethoven's symphony in A.
The whole family surrounded him with
signs of curiosity and surprise.
For some moments his convulsive sobs impeded
his utterance; then he raised his head,
and said, "I am Beethoven
And they uncovered their heads and bent
before him in respectful silence. Beethoven
extended his hands to them, and they pressed
them, kissed, wept over them; for they knew
that they bad among them a man who was
greater than a king.
Beethoven held out his arms and embraced
them all. All at once he rose up, and, sitting
down to the clavecin, signed to the young
men to take up their violins, and himself performed
the piano part of of this chef-d'cevre.
The performers were alike inspired; never
was music more divine or better executed.
Half the night passed away thus, and the
peasants listened. Those were the last accents
of the dying swan. The father compelled
him to accept his owd bed; but during
the night Beethoven was restless and fevered.
They sent to Vienna for a physician; dropsy
on the chest was found to have declared itself,
and in two days, despite every care and skill,
the doctor said that Beethoven must die.
As he lay on his bed pale, and suffering, a
man entered. It was Hummel?Hummel,
his old and only friend. He heard of the illness
of Beethoven, and he came to him with
succor and monev. But it was too late; Beet*
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noven was speeoniess; ana a graieiui smut;
was all that he had to bestow upon his friend.
Humiuel bent toward him, and, by the aid
of an acoustic instrument, enabled Beethoven
to hear a few words of his compassion and
regret.
Beethoven seemed reanimated, his eyes
shone, he struggled for utterance, and gasped,
"Is it not true, Hummel, that I have some talent,
after all f"
These were his last words. His eyes grew
fixed; his mouth fell open and his spirit
passed away.
They buried him in Dobling cemetery.
"Tite Day We Celebrate."?Somebody
has discovered and arranged the following,
to show how marriage anniversaries may be
celebrated systematically, correctly and according
to Hoyle?possibly:
First anniversary?Iron.
Fifth anniversary?Wooden.
Tenth anniversary?Tin.
Fifteenth anniversary?Crystal.
Twentieth anniversary?Silver.
Twenty-fifth anniversary?China.
Thirtieth anniversary?Cotton.
Thirty-fifth anniversary?Linen.
Fortieth anniversary?Woolen.
Forty-fifth anniversary?Silk.
Fiftieth anniversary?Golden.
Seventy-fifty annivesary?Diamond.
gfraflhuj for the JWath.
CONDUCTED BT
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
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BALANCING.
It is a grand mistake to suppose that at the
last day, the day of final accounts, our good
deeds will be put into one end of the scale and
our bad deeds into the other end, and according
as the scale turns, so will be the decision
of the judge. As a matter of fact, every man's ,
wicked deeds and wicked thoughts would far
out balance his good deeds and good thoughts; 1
but God does not propose to proceed with the |
judgment in thi^ way at all. He does not (
propose to pardon the sinner because he has
done more good than evil. This would be
unjust. It would degrade the law of God.
Every sin deserves God's wrath and curse.
tTaoaira +!,<? onnl tkof ainnpth miist. difi. Sill
must be atoned for; not by good works, but by ,
blood, Hence we are saved by the" blood of
Jesus Christ. If we accept of Jesus as our ,
Saviour, our good works will be taken at the
judgment as an evidence that we did. accept of
him. ' The righteous wiH b^ acquitted at the
day of judgment, not because they have done
more good than evil, but because they have |
believed in Jesus Christ.
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RELIGIOUS CONVERSATION.
One of the peculiar features of religious
people of the present day, is that they keep
their religious thoughts and religious feelings
to themselves.^ When neighbors meet, the
subject of religion, unless in a very vague
way,, is never mentioned. The preaching
powers of certaiu men are spoken of, or a reference
being made to a fine sermon that some
one lately delivered, it is talked about in a
kind of loose, round-about way. No scripture
doctrine is brought up and discussed in all its
bearings and importance. Even at church, all
that many do is go into the house, wait impatiently.
n$if; the exercises are over, and then
go home. There the whole thing ends., The
sermon, be it good or bad, scriptural or unscriptural,
is never spoken of again, and, perhaps,
not thought of. Some, no doubt, go farther
than this. They never speak of religion
nnlv in a vacme wav in their families. Their
children grow up and have no idea of what
are the views of their parents respecting the
cardinal doctrines of religion. The only way
that they know that their parents are Christians,
is that they are members of some particular
church. Such a state of things is distressing.
It converts a church into an iceberg.
It makes preaching as hard work as
mauling rails. It is like preaching to marble
statues. Such a state of indifference is fitly
described by thfe Saviour as being neither
cold nor hot, but simply lukewarm.
John Cumming says, "ignorance in the i
pew makes ignorance in the pulpit, and
knowledge in tbe pew makes knowledge in the
pulpit" An ignorant and lazy teacher cannot
long hold his position when his pupils are
industrious and anxious to learn. He will be
forced to work or give up his place. Just so
it is with preaching. If the hearers, like the
Bereans of old, search the Scriptures daily
and think and talk about the doctrines of the
Scriptures, those who preach will be obliged
to study or cease to occupy the sacred desk.
To be always talking about religion is not
possible; but never to talk about those things
which lie at the foundation of our temporal
and eternal welfare, manifests that, Gallio like,
we care for none of those things, and that our
religion consists in a cold formality.
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MARRIAGE.
The two oldest institutions in the world are
the Sabbath and marriage. The marriage
relation was instituted immediately after the
creation of Eve, and the Sabbath was instituted
when the work of creation was hnished.
In many very important particulars, the in- |
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the Sabbath are alike. They both are of di- <
vine origin, both are universal in their appli- '
cation, and both are perpetually binding.
God made man a moral being, and that his
moral nature might be cultivated and fully
developed, the Sabbath was instituted. Man J
was made a social being; and in order that
his social nature might find full enjoyment ,
and be fully developed, the marriage relation
was instituted. Without the Sabbath, their
can be no religion. The thing is utterly im- 1
possible. Without the marriage relation, sacredly
observed, man's social nature never
can be fully developed.
The Sabbath and the marriage relation are
inseparably connected. A people without a
Sabbath must be, not only a very wicked
people, but all the social relations which exist
amongst the different members of the community
must be only such as exist amongst
beasts, or even more degraded. Man, to be
social in the fullest sense of the word, must be
religious ; and to be religious, he must be social.
Religion, without society, must die, and
society without religion must die.
In a moral point of view, there is nothing
of greater importance to the world than the
marriage relation. It is the foundation upon <
which the whole superstructure of good gov
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relation, is to open the door so that crime of all
sorts may enter and destroy the peace of domestic
happiness and sap the foundations of
government. It is, in one word, to court all <
the filth and cruelty of beasts, and to trample
in the mire of pollution all the refinements of
civilization.
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To get married is, with a multitude of the
human family, a kind of holiday past-time.
The contract is made and the bonds entered into
without, apparently, a moment's reflection.
An incalculable amount of injury is done to
society at large, and the individuals entail
upon themselves a life of misery, if not of disgrace
by such a course. "Be ye not unequally
yoked together," is the instruction of the
Bible. How many sore hearts might have 1
been avoided had this instruction been observed,
the records of eternity only can tell.
No vows are more frequently broken than
marriage vows, and the breaking of no contracts
is attended with such fearful results.
The penal code attached to the marriage vow
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as with a garment, and subjects them to a
living death. Many a head has been made to
rend and many a heart to break, by entering
into foolish, if not wicked marriage vows.
Horace Greeley says, "the worst use to
which a man can be put is to hang him." Be
this as it may; surely, it seems the worst use
to which a woman can be put is to marry her J
for her money. The young man who would 1
do such a thing is little to be trusted. There !
is scarcely anything in the long catalogue of 1
crime which he would not do for money.
It is hard to live in the world, and have 1
to do with it, and not be spotted by it; but j
this must be our constant endeavor. We may ,
travel a bad road, without sitting down in the l
mud. ]
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ST. PATRICK.
The most noted character in the early history
of Ireland, is St. Patrick. From him the
native of Green Erin is called "Pat." Many
strange tales are still told about this saint.
The Irish, at one time, generally, and some of
them still, believe that St. Patrick drove all
the snakes out of Ireland. So many extravagant
stories have been put in circulation respecting
him, that some might be led to doubt
whether such an individual ever existed.
There surely was such a man. He was a native
of France. He lived about the middle
of the fifth century. His father and his grandfather
were ministers of the goapeL When
sixteen years old, Patrick was captured and
taken to Ireland. Sometime afterward, he
was released from bondage and permitted to
return to France; but was again captured and
a second time released and permitted to go
bomg. He now became deeply impressed with
the idea that it was his duty to return to Ireland
and preach the gospel to those by whom
he once was held in slavery. Full of this
idea, he did return, not, however, as the papal
church thinks, a catholic; but a protestant.
St. Patrick was, beyond all controversy, a presbyterian,
so far as church government is concerned.
He founded three hundred and sixty-five
churches, and ordained three hundred
and sixty-five bishops, or pastors. This is in
accordance with presbyterianism?a bishop
for every church. He also ordained three
thousand elders?nearly eight to a church.
Ireland, in the days of St. Patrick, was a
rough place. No doubt the civilization whiah
he introduced amongst the people gave origin
to the story of hie driving all the snakes from
the country, just as John Knox is said to have
driven the rooks out of Scotland and tore up
their nests.
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THE QUAKERS AND MARRIAGE.
About the year 1640, a religious sect called
Quakers, sprung up in England. The name
was given to them in derision, because when,
in 1649, George Fox, one of their first leaders
was imprisoned in Nottingham jail, he and his
adherents told his persecutors "to quake at
the word of the Lord."
The Quakers are a very simple people in
their manners and customs, aud they are a
very good people. William Peon, the founder
of the present State of Pennsylvauia, was
a Quaker. His record is as fair as the record
of any of the early settlers of America. The
world has given the Quakers a great deal of
trouble; but the Quakers have never troubled
the world much. Tbey are honest in all their
dealings and extremely simple in their manners
and customs. They detest show. What
few ceremonies exist among them are so simple
and so much like matters of fact, that they
can scarcely be called ceremonies..
A marriage among all civilized people is a
period of joy. It should be so. Our Saviour
attended a marriage, and for the entertainment
of a marriage party, he performed his
first miracle. It was at Cana of Galilee he
turned water into wine. Good things, however,
are sometimes abused. A marriage is
jften attended witb much expense, and the
ceremonies are often relicts of paganism.
When twotyuaiiers determine to enter into
the relation of husband and wife, the faot ie
made known in the community, and on the
jay set apart for the marriage, all assemble
st the meeting house, as they call a house for
religious worship. No minister, no magistrate,
no civil officer, is thereto perform, as we
say, the ceremony. When the hour arrives,
the two individuals get up and present themselves
in front of the whole congregation and
the bridegroom says in an audible tone to the
bride, "I, George Fox," or whatever his name
may be, "do take thee, Nancy Penn," or
whatever the bride's name may be, "to be my
wedded wife and promise, through divine assistance,
to be with thee a loving husband, until
separated by death." The bride then repeats
the same words, only changing the order
)f the names. This done, a certificate of the
marriage is prepared by some one previously
appointed for that purpose, and the whole
:ongregation, or as many as desire, come forward
and sign it. The congregation then go
bome. This is just as solemn, as sacred and
is binding a marriage as if some pompous
ceremony, conducted by the greatest dignitary
on earth, had been performed.
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A THRILLING SCENE.
About one hundred and fifty years ago,
L' 1- ? ?-J J .MiniafAM ibn r*Aa_
cnere nveu iu i^u^iauu, a luixuawi ui ^uo
pel noted for bis sweetness of temper and zeal
for the welfare of his fellow men. He was
possessed of bat a small amount of those things
which are most valued by men generally. He
was wholly absorbed in the work of saving
sinners. His promised salary was small, and
only a little more than half of what was
promised was paid. His wife was an amiable
woman. They had a large family. In fact,
it was an exceedingly large family, for at one
time thirteen were living and six bad died.
The care and education of this large household
fell mainly upon the mother. The venerable
father added a small amount to his
yearly income by writing poetry, of which he
was fond. Strange as it may seem, this good
man was exceedingly unpopular. His very
goodness of disposition and earnest effort to
do good to others, seems to have made those
who should have loved and pitied him, hate
and maltreat him. Because he endeavored
to reform the multitude and induce them to
do right, they became his enemy ; and because
he bore, with Datience, their rude attacks up
od him, they determined to injure him by destroying
his property. The way these outlaws
undertook to accomplish their purpose,
was to burn the house in which he lived.
One night a crowd of rabble, no doubt
partly drunk, assembled at his house and applied
the torch to it. The flames kindled with
terrible fury, but after the house was partly
consumed, the Are was extinguished. These
vile creatures were not satisfied.. On another
night, whilst the family were all in the house
and the wife and mother sick and in bed, the
same crowd of rabble, or anothe equally as
malicious, came and applied the torch to the
house of the man whose only fault was that he
was a good man, and whose only misfortune
was that he was poor. The fire was not discovered
until the whole dwelling was wrapped
in flames. It was in a small town, and many
people ran to the assistance of the afflicted
family. The door-way, the stairs, and the roof
of the house were all in a blaze. Some of the
family were sleeping in the upper story and
some in the lower. The father and children
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made their way out 01 tne ouruing nuu?e, uy
leaping out of the windows. The mother was
sick and so weak that she could not get out
of a window. The burning stairs were falling,
and the flames were leaping through and
around the door. In agony, the husband saw
his wife, and the children, their mother, about
to be burned to death. Every exit was barred
by flames. It was an awful moment No
one could render any assistance. As her only
hope, she summoned all her strength and
rushed through the flames. She was fearfully
burned, but her life was spared. On
looking at the group of children assembled
in the street, the father and mother discovered
that one of their little boys was not there.
A shriek was uttered by both parents and
children. The child was in the upper story.
The roof was about to fall in. The child was
seen at the window. To leap out would endanger
his life. It was a critical moment.
Two strong countrymen placed themselves beneath
the window, the one standing upon the
shoulders of the other, and the boy was told
to leap down into the arras of the one nearest
him. He did it and was saved. That house
was the house of Samuel Wesley, and that
boy rescued from the flames was John Wesley.
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merits as an article of household economy, do
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use, and among many others having them we
spectfully refer to the following: R. K. Guthrie,
M. Campbell, M. H. Currenoe, York oounty;
rs. Elisabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon,
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