The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, August 18, 1859, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextTFETTlP A r^)rqWTfv'f v'f T? Tf>) /A wwt^itd) '--' ujuju-Ii C-LauiDijIjuLl li i^lCi iSiiLSia two dollars per annum. i "tjie phice op i.ibjjhti- x&i etenua.x, vichi.amoe." i payable in advance BY DAVIS Oltl'UVS. AIUHCVIU.K, S. ('., THURSDAY MORN I.N (J, AUtiUST 18, 18.VJ. Vol,. XV i NO. 17. TUP ART OF DINING. i ... . ... . There is not the least occasion lo be iiin>l<lectio for elevating cookery into a Mjiuiico. It is, in a ponH of fact, a mere brandi of economical c:ic*!nvstry, am! tiio usual csenses which aro i..aiic for treating tlio cook's art seriously aro or.I of place. Indeed, ono of tlio chief causes for the <lis like which serious people feel to treatise oil tlio subject is the tone of irony, r.wll'i'jc, ami elaborate condescension in v.hi.h tln-y are written. It those who niu!?:itil;<' (<> trout it would bo :it tho trouble of writ, ing simply oil a simple subject, ;n><1 on simple intelligible principles, they wo.thl attract arul inlhionco a larger au<l>encc.? Whatever contributes to economizing fooil ?whatever makes (Soil's gills go further ?whatever enables the poor man t?? grt uio greatest amount of nourishment out of his fooil at tho least cost?whatever enables every eater to get his foo?l not <>nlv at the least detriment to the vital powers hut with tho healthiest exercise of the organs and functions of digestion?is worthy of tho consideration of the moralist and economist. Men must live?they cai.not live without eaiing?tiny cannot eat healthily without cooking. In tlii> souse, cookery is not only an :ut lut :i master art. Like gymnastics, c>ok> ry ought to enter into the <pindrivium o! VOllcailOII. One of tho objections urged bv llio severe school of moralists against Aits of (Jookerv is, that the ad\iec aidi* >s ii-? If to voluptuaries ; aii'l in some ?jitarteVs it is argued that iL is the sign of a n<d>!e and generous mind uttorly t<? disregard wh it aro called the pleasure* of th<' table. 'J"!i . model man is he whose sublime indiiier eneo to carnal comfort is di>Hay<?i i?y being ulieily ignorr.iit of what he had y> s'er lay for dinner ; and it is ivi-'- >: ! a ! in spiritual altair?iy?eiH to know no <Y. i encc between raw ImiSed mutton :;ti I ii:<choicest dishes of 1'hilippc. -now, it :s a simple faot, that human na'.uie is .?('instituted that tlioro * > a teilaiu } ! ; '. a! ana animal pleasure ai.aele ! ! !.<e u.-re process of eating. ^ ?>t oi:!y is lnin^i-r ! providentially ii:! nded t?> c-??i:ij?? 1 men to oat, Lilt pleasure of .-jiijc h u t i j?art <>!' 1.1 id physiological nature t f eatiii'/. It is so in other tiling. A c?-:t:iiu ?ui.l of . i natural pleasure is made pail oi' the ani . tnal functions, in order t:? folic iiuinan na- j lure to obey its natura' / d ' there is just the same moral law which in - j duces tho wise and religious man to rc.ru- j late his pleasure and keep them in cheek 1 in one case as in the other. In other' words, nobody need be ashamed of li'isi'T | a good dinner?lie is constituted by tiie j author of human nature to like if. It <le- ' ponds upon himself whether lie is run awav j with by his passions ; bftt ho is iiul to con- I si'Jor his pas-ions a disgrace or a weak- i ncss. Ami it is on this account that \\?_- j object to the jesting which is always eon- { sidcred tlvrci/lc when writing ab<iut. rook- ! cry. The subject wants eleva'ing in liter j nry aspect. Itrillat Savarin, to do him j justice, has perceived this necessity ; but whether it is owiir; to the levilv of his race ! ... " . i or to his own individual tendencies, lie i feels it to be his duty to condescend to the ; popular taste, and tins result that his I book will be accepted rather in its gossip- | ing aspects than for its scienlilie cuinplcte- I 11 CSS. The great Frenchman raLher spoils liis case by attaching the term i , to an appreciation of cooj.-c.ry?a miatnk<! i when he h:id defined the perfection of or.j of tho five Dense?, that of taste, as :i j>rr of man. in fact, high cookery is only the result of high civilization. It. fo!" lows education, iu-l as does a knowledge of what are called the line arts and it may be debased to the purposes of the vol up tuary,.j?st as painting and music tr.ay be. lint in its proper development it is inseparable from the educated mind. In all high stages of inent'd culliration, cookery follows the ether refinements of the mind. f An educated man, in a refined .stale, of so ciety, can no more establish tlio complete ncss of his character, if iie affects to be indifferent to or contemptuous of gastronomy, than lio can by proclaiming bis indifference to any oilier line art. When we have arrived at a certain social pitch, a woman iiannot lo indifferent to dress, bccausc it is tlie form in wliich the sense of beauty, the appreciation of color, and the adaptation of ornament presents itself to her in the daily course of life; and it is the fame I with cookery. The proprieties of the ta- j ble are the domestic aspect under which ] elegance, skill and fiiltiugncs* naturally presents themselves; and when one meets itiin uii euucaitu man who professes him- i L isolf to bo utterly careless of what liu cats F ' or drinks, wo may sot liiiu down either as a hypocrite, who thinks it line to counterfeit tho ascetic,#or as actually being uneducated. Or, if he lacks the faculty of appreciating cookery, he is 110 subject to argue upon, lie i.s out of the palo of humanity u> its highest development. Something l'k?j this was nrobablv at the bottom of * V Johnson's famous saying, that a man who h'l not care for his dinner would cure for totliing olso. N'? douht, th^re arc possible and actual M.'u sts in this sis in oilier hahils. No- j h'j'ly ought to live for eating, and the f;?<; I ll> may be cultivated to a nioibid devel | f (? j "[inn-ill. II I he story t ?l< 1 l>v llrillat SavaI rin, that there w;ifi not only an individual, | bill a class, who coiihl distin^uidi l>v the ! flavor upon which I< g a patiidijo Miosis is | true, this is perhaps only an osa:r:joration ; of the preference which everybody feels for the woodcock's thigh?a taste which is but the oxpjression of a physiological fact. ICx i cruise tcTids to increase sinew ami muscle; ' the partridge walk -- a good deal, 'lie wood j cock is u.-ually on th?' win*;; honco the llw? Im* ?.*' ? -? 1 ' - ? ?..?* - ?-i ?i*?; t*mi u??iiLr:r.:<:u ' with l!: j nallov. micciiIciico of llio other. I'r.t lli'.-ii' is 110 occasion to i.- hicatu t!i : pal.uo lip l<> mark, tlioii?h w.: hold it to have ! < a no mortl d'-lcct in tins ii . man <>y.ili.-r eal'.r to hav: <lisliii^nibln.-il the liiohhoroiiid: . ; <t?. r : or it; th"?. (J'U.. / to have distiii^u! died lluj twan^r <>f a "'>at*s ! atli- r, or tho sus ! 1 . . . , . '' . . i pR'ioti <i!' old iron i. ' '-!< of wnio ; or in . 1 a l.oll-!o!i(:r t'? id'-lltilv ::!>ove 111- : a - , below hridjjc floumh-i. ( '!i ! hut . ay . the j in xalist, how humiliating for ::;i iiiii.iorta! : .soul lo wailc il.-i imiv.vis mi t' :.i !mio di.s- ; . ciinitiation ami this education of lli** fjvs- j tatorv ??ail <>1?;whi*.]:, .1 ?'o<n! " . . I'?ir anything, as far as the )?nnei[>lo ' li'-s |:115v a-'ain-l Ili?who can <11 1 _ , ;^a: !i Muiido's three manners. No ?i?'it!>1, 1 title of Iijo reasons which havo i 11 |>c-<! 1 11 iv rational sludvof cookerv i-> the ^ 11; | \vliters?tins most e^re- ! 1 oric>u-. l.< iii-_r of Ihillat Savariti, that j the di>euvcry of a new di.sh <.!'>es more for , I ho h:ij>jiine>s of mankind than the <!!-< v - | , < rv of a nev. plane!, llie antilhcsi.s of which i ; | oU-<jnottd aj !i<'-.i-in certainly dots iut ' V.'ll -.vJ til*.' aillb'^llit V Ol the lu iiur; 1 ':i! 1 - - 1 1" I I'.'t III. I A:i Ali':r ivst- im for the niij'>{ ilarity of c '!. : v i'M'iks ii tii-; :i!? - ! ; >, ;>' kory ' in wiiicii lh?-y <1 tii r?.:?!!v h<- ( cyi 1: iy 1- ;s eMaiil i- luuti-(. 'Ii'-iiii "i v <')'< 1 > 1' l!:" Uol.-l \. I-; Ol.y Wlill'l I V ill*. v. iiu iluiivu? ? ! iIkj <! ' '! itio ol ill.': f'.'iil- t'tll.'i.i.Mn.lil.-sl ill'. N< l'ia' In: v.as \vr-?!i_ij ill his '!.i- jitraii"n, hilt tli.'ll j ! <: ?!t-ii* ?; 1 :i wry i-i.!asy l.ul in trans- | i !ai iaif fi t '.".u Jii?.ro Vikoofi P'y->ti;\ ': 11. i ni'.liui'lu. All a r-.ai I' <>1 i.iin;n^ uuL to -nt .in is :i ^ plain i-\i?<tsi:i./ii ?>f tin.- ^:i!".l: s j>r?>ji- [ - riiv'j ol : ?!ill what C'jl.inu', as a sii? t.i? luaiicli of cii>mi-tiy, j.iuf.-.-.r-c.-, (>j ?]o, and j iitiinl il", t? lu'ilill its jiiiij'uMi?aii'l what j :;Uie ';y::M>l;an.Mitary nature of sauces ami au ! cotii|>atiitni:iit>. '1 !kmj things t:o<>krry ha- j liitli'jilu treatcl ?>i?!v empirically?:in rv ! v,o::!'.l Hio.v i:1-??;? \.!i:.tc!i' :nie:.l laws t!. ! coiuLiiiatiuiin arc l>as<.u. Il is m>t only j pleasant an?l l;'.-'.'.'!''! to rat me'lc! 1 ultei . with 1:->! a:: 1 :oa' !c.l u? al, i>ut \\u uii^lit to j eat il, iKtcau-c the ratty malti.r of the ??m* i is complimentary to tlio stiin?_ry, niiniitri- ! cio'.is quality of t!i<s oilier. iVpper is j something deep r ai.u iiv.jv ll.a't an ac.i* ! ieiital accompaniment of vegetables- it i corivel.s t! o tendency to putril'uclior ? i i ",iinv i-i in>i miicn :\ national ta^tc as a ! climatic necessity in certian latitudes, Wo aro l-y no moans di-sati-lic-d wiiii ! the attention which lias of lalo I con at- ' traded tu this subject; fur it lulls under j the general maxim tliat whatever is worth i doing is worth doing well. Ami hy "well" j wo mean fulfilling its own purpose. There i i~. no occasion that every day's dinner, or j the occasional dinner party, should he more j expensive than it i->. Hut there is every | household?lir-t, hecau^o it i> the most . ! really economical ; and next, because it j avoi.ls o.-.tentatiou and pretension. It; ho<:!:ss now to bo agreed Unit classes thould : | = i havo represented .dinner ; and all aloiv J tliis would havo Leon the ease, Lucausu it. ; i-> tl; j n;.l:::a' t'A jiic.s.-iion of tin; law of good j J sci.-e and g'/od taste ; it' thj foolish fiction j I liad siot prevailed that the love of good j ! cli'jjr was in itseif immortal or beneath the i j attention of men of heiis'j and light feelI . nig. J'unixhhvi " ll'tjiuiif W/,tjijicr.?\iy r.ltentioii was attracted by the apponranco of [ a man who waited on tho tabic during j dinner; his dress was more that of a counI try gentleman than a rcrvanl, and his j countenance peculiarly sad and subdued. I found my eyes continually wandering to i wnrtla this individual, whose maimer dis- ] quieted me, for ho move<! about wearily, 1 and as if liis task wore a weary one. After dinner, the superintendent asked mo if I had obficived the waiter. " Yes, "What is lie? "Who is he."?" 'J'ho richest man in eastern Paraguay. He lias a very large, well stocked cstancia." "And yet he is here as a servant?"?" Yes ; he was guilty of tliu ungallant set of whipping a woman, and the 1'resident has degraded him to be a servant at the iron works, llo will at least liberate himself only by paying a mud, or it3 equivalent in cattle." bo much for the lights of woman,and the summary adiniiiUlialion of the law in 1'araguay.? Travels in Paraguay. " What on ail th ails these 'ero shir'.lmttons, I wonder ? Just the minnit I puts the needle through 'cm to sew 'em on, they splits ami llie?> all to bils." " Why, grandmother, ilium isn't bullous, ihcy's my peppeiinint:, mid now you\o been a .-.piling them MY IN TI "I Alii Fill K NIK.. ' f-avo utu from ?:iy fii-mls 'i hero is wi^lom iti thai e.vtlamati'Ui. i'.ii1 v: li.it aru "our Iri in!:/' at !av*p <: ::ipare?i with one particular in<!ivi<lual, who j under the name of friendship, has taken out letters patent for doir.~ us all the liari'i in Ills power. Niy iiitiiiiato fiie;:d belongs to ilio c i til * as myself, an?l manages t<? ^?.t hiinr.elf invitcl to sham my dinner three |ti:nc.; :: w ?.<!>', to .say the K-aM, on which ' ooea.->icii"? In: shows his iricmUhip 1 v ; ... ! m?! cli:inip:i;;i'o is iii'ii-peiisabrj ' his indigestion. j My inliiirnt'i Hi t.<l uivos mo i>a< t w? 11 Iriiiiuis. Mv iiitimiit'! bov*' v. nion^y of m<; nl'Jiii;, b'.t::tu. ? , as lie .'.ays, lie \v ?u!<1 not 111 11 mv lV??lii!j?s by :ij * !'. in^ Id any one t-i-'*, ati'i fur^vls t!i?j ix?_? I *!? i? maxiui?short accounts :nakc lon^ lVi'.ii-'.sbij., ,^'y intimate fiicii'' Unlwriys r>a<ly tc l.< * :ny svcoinl in ;t ?!u>.l, :?m! i-, s ? ti_*n;ti'io<?.> of iny l:on<>r, lliat no \\ i?l" iv.-vi-r hear of :i coinj'i'thmigii uM. r ami IhjII. r I'.'J'.m J'ii'i.iv'i" l!:G:?'!>vlvc.i ss?t^'y !..ti;r.at f.' .ml rifles my ho:~.o i:il of !;< ;ng on--, ! i-'.-ausu < >iv.-lc.s :i:i l i'iya-'.s, l?avi>! ami .i< iiatlian, I ?amon ami I'\ ihias . ii! t 1 U-,-r I'i 'k-ikIs tliuu v.c aic,an4 t;. ii M-.|Ui-ntly siiclt Uiihj.s ought not to come aui'iii^ lis. My iiiiiiua:^ !":!v,i.'I wonM think m<: very <!M ! not pvM.nt him in all thu li ii.lent cirrivs that i it?_ <jii^ntf although lining h'-U'.-r f.'.v-M ' tlian I aai : Liu: i.it' : l'-it ' ' ' ' li.-j i ;.'ir!>, an-1 I cm| ? #vc'.i lu lake the iio'.\ aj-.i '.luwti t My fii.'U'l *: > si.licit* . abo'.it n:y i^t.'.iuuunlikj r-.jijx- :i: :.uc>i tha'. j i; > I _:11; ! **< ! }?: . tailor, Ii hatter, his sliouiti.'ikvr, ;i!l j!v him fur tii' -:?k?r c! hi.s WvrU-> MuoiiuJ !i.. My ititiiitat'.' r?iv-i.?i would ki. v.- ail h - u, my i.e. ii, ;.:ui i Coni; lctt t>> inin that I was i:i |n\*o v.il'.i :i ?!i.irni;iiur t^nl . 1 ci' \'.hoM I i*;i\?j :i Very lo\cl liko | h*.r:t'.ion. Ho in-istol on l?.in^ intro<.!t:c? *1 to ti.u family, as ho wullM ho <Jcliuhli:?l j to fi'iw: i my Miit 1 *y every means in hi.s j |?o\\ cr. My friosnl soon inauc himself! at iiutiiu in tin; house, |<lsiy?'! ches> with I .l??te]>hino v.hi:? I was tall::!i^j to her | nioiii. r; hucaiini: he t I had better j not pay my alki.ti ?i:s to-* onsvly :m til L was hillo of htr pai?.:it'.s fcaijc- j lion. i My intimate friend look care of ;il! ; my love is, wliicii hi' cuuM cn>i!y ! ji'ivo Juiijicicvivu'.l ? ;is IIUIKKIV suspected iiiiu?all of wliic-li he most laitli- j till I y cons': Ljtied to the lire, a-r?iuin^; me [ that inv adored did not dare answer them, althv.i^h she received tiielil with unfeigiieil Meagre. My iniiir.alo friend was always with 'oM i hine. Jlo rode with her (<<n my hor.se, an he'.\>: . s'.aljd,) and danced wiili her to forward. my interest, whilst I was enjoined to Lo absent so :u> not to spoil ail the plans. in fact, ho made love for me, proposed for me, and finally married I her, no douht, for my sal'o. And now I having become rich throv.gh !ur, (me,) ls:is | enuuiy iorgolten our intimacy, anil bJoll'.-l my very pel son from his memory. ^'o much fur friendf-hip.? Wawrley Af'joc. A- ? The Major it if the II i'oii'J Snu.? j Several years ago a celebrated Methodist Minister niul revivalist, Well known for his eloquence ami z<;al in convei ting souls, was preaching in Louisville. The feelings had got pretty well up, and one night, after a j powerful sermon, he came down from the pulpit for the purpose of receiving mourners, whilst the good old hymn of " jsv.cc'- Cfi'T.nn, I'm hounl fov llic lard of Canaan," was struck and chimed in by the hundreds of voices, '.'lie hymn was concluded, but he exhorted in vain?his words of appeal fell upon the ears of his congregation without exciting any emotion. At length h(J concluded to in:il:n ?i lu.'.l follow it up with a test, anil resumed the pulpit ; after a few words of exhortation, lie f.olcinnly antioimcid tliat lie would put a question upon which lie c.xpeeled all to vote in view of the estimation they placed on their souls. "With his Jing^r raised significantly, and in a most solemn manner he announced, 41 All those in favor of Christ will plerwc rise to their feet. Only eight or Ion responded to the announcement, and while the minister was watching intently to sec thein signify their position by rising, a worthy member, who was on his feet, interfered and suggested tlmf. f1i/> *~ ... ?? J"W ?viv iuu rilUUl'Sl Vj vote." At this juncture a loud voice was heard in 1110 gallery. " I say, llrother IT., it is no use talking or trying to force tlio vote?Una congregation is for tlio Jcvil, by at luwt twenty-five hundred majority." j ? If. wotlM I"; i'\"<M'0'hli'_j!y i-lil, n..t:U ( > sp'icil'y tlio <!uin<n'.s which outer ! itil'> tlic'oinpxsitioii of:i iii'xlt.'l man?a Lruo j ix<-ntloiriasi, an<l at. tin: saino tiino an hono^t j Christian uta". Tlx! i l als of such a bo! iuij arc essentially varianoo in lithsroiil i in?!:vi<lral-. Tlio slaii<iar<l of one. is vcrv i:i u-' j i-i L of tlio virtues of manhood, ! and tlisit of another i> !i\?;d !>y worldly j \\i?io:n. Olio would havo iiiiu absolutely J ?jond, aixl alio!In.-I- would have him no better than his iioi",h!?>rs. ! our ii' i^lii>'<r Smith r< pivsont (Ins ::i? '!*. ! man. Sini'li huPuWi ill ah-ohito j ; :t!i and jr-.tlei'. liiseiced is not ini:c_;ed j , hy wh.il is hut hi ic; :i resolute : ! and loarl<'?s man, hi.s n|i',i.ion-i of diHv and ! li^lit are a l"n:; ii-.u-h in advan :e of liis ! Hi !^li!>i<is and .? o 11 ti< ?i so that ho ' i- r? LC-'ti'l? il .-iii ultrai.-?t, a reformer, a o??nif-I outer. II - i ? >!o\\u ui>ois 'Jio vi-.'cs of so!y. Ho cannoi, aii'l \\:!I i.'.t t >1 -rati: i lisiiuii'^ly, in im-.-i ity 1 vi?;ial inlMclitv. { | H.i f.llows l!i-- lav/ ofthe law of | truth. a:ul cuii>f?t:t"Jtt!y ho i-> as itv-j"ilar i'.i Yi.>n is in a monaituy, < r w*.-. I: in a i?ai.- room. I \ iec 'mows ]ik?: wee-Is in socio* v ; no! iia ? * tlio vtil^?.r many a!oin\ j not in<liilyan<l nn!':;-<lii j!ia!.i<; siivet. a!.*:i hut in 11 ii: iiii-Nt of the eh -fan!, the ? it 1:i ' . i valci, a.tl.y. oi'M ?ven t*i?_ sini!>! sonl that ever was eiolhe'i l>v a nioi*? j l:il liO?ly !j"livv?i that ev.<> a majority of t;-1 wnm-n arc r.ure :i:s'l tfi?-. In" 1 v. ! , jn<l ar.d j ' i fect 1 ro <! ! ami man j : ?*'?tiM til.; niu.-t p.:.-oj.hi .th.-atcl ji' i ion in i ... ! t_\ u pt> i> inl<? thu lii'.-jt. la-liional.K; ( I ehllli.h ill i'.o.^loli, N :\V Yoili til' ! 'iiiia h ! - j'liin, ;n l, a-> !i?* 'rv/y i 1 ?"?it?i?I 11 tin; < < 11- j t.i tlit: c<":c!ll~io:i t!:ut t!;?: : 1:1:1] < !' lie !ii v.'! rtili! -, or < \ .11 ho'.ii ! av! j*. t i'oro tin :r i !*<w lu- ii Mutt j'..!". holt of :;l. '/.til ; ' >'Il!i >S (.! >? I tii'j 1 <.| ; _-!y ? <.' To call j ' r.1 lsi.m !:i fivo :i tin 'ma:; i i I a largo < If t!t:! :i tr;-j \'.-v., Si::i;!:,iu t: <1; :i? of i.i- ?!utv, in tho jaactico <>1 that i:j ;<.i'- j iiv whi?-h i.s a |uv<!om:uant vk-iii* r t. in hi- j chaiMrt- r, must I. at war with !" of ; 1:i f lh: cannot v. ink at vie-, j i!> ci'. I ho favor of t!.o vicious, j !: : i.s?1 -1 ' ; an u!;.r man. Jf he ex- 1 hi:-, honest o|iinioii, it must i?o in utter ooiniomnation if the lit'o ar.tl acts of l) 1 ?>? with whom l?u associates. kiuiiup i. mo popular l.loa j of what cON.-.liWilo. poiiieuc^s, is an aboniinable bin. To condemn, even i . kindness Mi l t(onl!enc.-s, ii to lost! favor, it":', man's ; ho'irt in tt'iod and true, he tin: ;:, not it s-pe.-.k. H i v.:!!L-.; hi-: nivau I? telli. him bis faults, and pointing out t.1"."',comings. '"mills ::ol \v ..Lowed to t'.;c suico:*. of f i'Ii."or ho utters unwholesome* ti It he would bij popular bo must bo a lieu*a:: i". vjrldiv souse, ho must have no opinion.; tnat i:> not cvincii'c wills t!:o..o | of his friends ; ho must t!?...k sis others lit ink, do as. others do. Men do not cboosc to be* martyrs, like Smith. The f:;vo'.' of soci-rly is dear, a;i.i they do not often trouble tiiomsidvis i<> have independent nolions. There arc many men whoso habits and capacities do not lit them to generate opinions of their own, but for every such one, there arc hundreds who dare not have tlicit). An opinions! man, one wlio blindly clings to his j prejudices, i-> a disagreeable fellow ; but lie I is really twice ar, inui li of a man p.s he who litis no opinion at all. Jifl.i!itf/ ?:p the !juhk \?Tho Yvcavcrviilo (Cal.) J-turaitl gives the following account of an aH';iir which, however it may move the la-.r^hcr cf cur senders, we fancy to nave iiKuio some 01 tlio parties concerned j ' laugh <">n the wrong si Jo of their mouths:' Some time ago there was a dancing party given 'up north;' most of the ladies present had little babies, whose noisy per! vcrsity required too much attention to permit the mothers to enjoy tho dance. A number of gaiiaul young men volunteered } to watch the young ones while the parents | I indulged in a breakdown. Xn sfumcf liml I the women left the babies in charge of the mischievious devils than tliey stripped the infants, changed their clothes, givirg to one the apparel of another; The danco over it. was time go home, and the mothers hurriedly took such a bal y, in the dres- of her own, and started, some to their homes, ten or fifteen miles ofT, and were far on their way Leforo daylight. JJut the day following there was a prodigious row in that settlement ; mothers discovered that r. singb day had changed tho so:: of their babies; | observation disclosed startling physiological I phenomenon, and then commenced ror.io of the tallest pedestrian ism ; living inilen apart, it required two days to unmix the babies, and as many months to restore tho women to their naturally sweet dispositions. When Voltaire was tcld that a friend of his was studying to become a physician, he exclaimed:?"Why will ho bo bo mad V IIo will have to thrust drugs of which lie knows little, into a boily of which lie kn:?ws less. Wholesome sentiment is the rain which make* the field.'} of daily life frcbh and odorous. Ol,D VllU'lNIA. An Illinois Sucker look :i "ivnt <li?Iik?! i,> -i f. .. i - \VII<) w:is :i j f?l!ow with 12:;.t on into of tlio Mississippi .steamhoals. I wr.s mi the I mat (said I Vacua I '>><?littlc,) and saw tlhj whole ai'aii. The Virginian war. continually com hi his hair, brushing his clothes, ' 1 dusting liis l?????ts?to all which noveI men Is tin; Snolcer exceptions, as ho* ! injj what is termed, " a l<*etlc darned nice, by hallV' lie linally drew up his chair bes-ido tlio ViiLjiuian ami hc"Whar mi'dit vou ho from strati*! i " I am lVom Virginia, .sir," v an- j swcivi (Ikj ifeiit. " I nun ulil \ arginnv, I s'ituso ?*' say.; j tin: .Sucker. " 'l'os, sir, oM Virginia," was Uio ro_ j ply. " Yvti a 10 jv.diy liigh up in t!io pictures j Uiar, I .v.ii'p T' * ( 44 1 lciiow wliril you mean l?y llirit remark-, sir." 44 "!i, l.ntliin," say*; the Sit'-lcor. " l?ut that you ,\r<: (k?p'rato licit, and liavc been ' brought i:ji li-^iit nico." ' ll llio iii!uiiiiati>>n w ii 1 gratify you, I j t. .??, .1 i i *; JM.III | *. 4 LI\ ' -moutliintj I'i\v11 his hair, 4i I belong to oik of tic- Iii>t fnitiiliv " < ?li, in coin\-<-," answcr' il t'to Suelcr. ! ' Wi ll..*-{.)anjjer, l.cii.- as y?>n belong tolh<- ; 'ill-.1 l"ii j'.ist ijivo you two of tin; fattest j -boat* in ;ill Illinois <;t you'll only fm?l Tint a lV!V r that Ix ioiii's to enu of tlio sucoinl .... , ... ?, I \ iij^miiy lamiiics. ' Vott want to <jttairc-l with mo, sii,"'.says tlu*. \ ii^inian. ' N<?, straii^i.T, not an atom," answ< ro<l i , the :? !: r, " hut. I novi r : ?. < <! ??i:r? of tin: 1 S'-c < ; ! an i (*. 1 "in s-ntliiu to | " . , , ' i .-it'llt at o:u; ot cm. I know vmt mo ytic I , . " 1 of tii<! fui.it, catiio you luulc ju.-.t, like Jol..! k:lt:<lul]i!l.'' This moliilit.il tlio Vir.'inian?the liint of a |i-omblatieO to lli'j statesman \va; ll.-.ttering to his feeling-. and ho aceordi i.^Iv ... ,' . , . , ' " i acKnowJeiigoti lx-iiiti'jii.-.iiip lu two oia- | tor. j " 11o, you know, descended from the In "in gal, 1 'ocahoulas." ( " Vua arc light, sir,'7 answered the ( other. ( "Well stranger," said the sucker, "do , you know lliar is anutlier queer thing nllys puzzles me, and it's this ? L never see a Virginnyn that didn't claim to L>o either descended from an Intiin, John Kan0 1 I !o!jt!i, or a nigger." Wo need nut add that tho Sucker rolled oil his chaii?suddenly ! J hey vero separated until the Sucker got oil' at the landing near his home. As he stepped ?v horc, he caught sight of (he Virginian ' on the upper deck, and hailed him at once 1 with: 1 ' 1 r.iv, old \ irgimiv, remember?two 1 < ..? <1... f: ll?- ...... 1 i a )"" l",KJ 1" .-longing to the second Yirginny fami!v ^ - 1 'litC i>(i)'tlocL' Villi the I i'jlt't.?It C.1D10 ' up in the garden, tlisit burdock, just lieliind the violets and clo.se to the rose bushes. It ! \v;r. in the.* comer close up to the fence, ! and \vc aniu wo would let it stay, and it fihculd have all the kind care and the gen- I tie attention that the roses and the violets 1 had. Roadside brudocks, we knew were ' coarse, vil-j things, with their dusty leaves, and their sharp burs ever adhearing to thu ' passers-by, a:: ? v.e would like to sou what a garden bv.rdeck would be like; whether it would be blight, and fresh, and delicate for crrowin'* in si'.cli sweet coinnanv. so wo ' were merciful and lot it slay. .And :t grew among llic rcscr> and tho violetr, and gently hands watered it often, aiul the earth was softened about the roots just as for its farhr neighbors ; but it waited not for them in its progress upwards.? : It shot up, rank and tall, and its wide leaves spread all abroad, and threatened to cover up and obscure its less assuming neighbors. And at last the biossoms came. They were largo and strong, and armed with keen thorns, and the (lowers changed into burs, : and tlioy rcachei. cut their thorny fingers and grasped llio passer-by, and tho white ' dust lay thick on tho rough, woolly leaves, and the seeds flow out on tho wind, to seek ' lodging-places, where in another year, a new crop thou Id And foothold and suste- : 'iat.ee. A little violet crept up through tho fenco r.n l looked up brightly bosido tho hard and j illl^li' C.I t-f.fif finrl \vr\ C'liil ivn will If I if erri-iiv -...X. llicio, and no it grew. Water, it had nene, except the Celestial fountains ; care, it had none, ericcpt frorrr sunshine and sweet dews ' and l!io kindly glances of the passers-by; yet tbero it lived and bloomed sweetly, ' ' wasting itn sweetness on the desert air.' ( us gri>sn leaves were as green as its ' cherished luiulrecl of the flower-Led, and 1 its blue eyes reflected as hopefully as the blue of the summer sky. If you wish to be certain of what you gel, never marry a girl named Ann; bo- i cause "an" is an indeGnilo article. A young lady in the interior thinks of going to California to get married, as she Iih* Leon told that in that country the lilen i folks " rock the cradle." * < jw?tni" <mmi >j..?iu ^>i?ag'r3>nr. tw> *m ?-i 'J'ii.h.?I>r. i ayes, an eminent surgeon dentist, ros?<li???r in I.oihImii, gives the 1"<?llowing usem I ! t. ' .'it tIks ?. :?r- ol teeth. They are siuii>':v ami <Ie?ervc attention : In the lirst pla the teeth r,liquid l?j fairly ;:s !. ' y lli'i 1 mean, ml taa-le to perform tlii! duties of eraok-rs for expei ir.vjrit <1 on to ascertain their strength, or iy la iies to rival scissors in cutting thread ; for iv>L a-sur< !, in every caw;.?more particularly the lar-t ?the party having recourse t<> such practices will van Iv k..i..y " t' .. ! v,? l:ti wittingly I l always *Ti?j !;i-t t-> j>,\rt company with tln.-ir t'cllovTln>-?: \\li<? imlul^o in s:s*-I? or sknilar habits n?!iy be tntlv c:?!!.?l tin: ib-ntist's fi; :? 1.? < l<-:iisiiu<. !, ab->.!r' 1 y isii;.! f'>r tinpreservation of tin; loci 11, and tln.y should Ij>: \v* '! I: !>* 1? 1 at k-a-a morning and i-vci :n^, that a.iv ! : ::! nci \\Ho!i may ! : at :i? !i<_ ?I to tlii-m, <-illior duiiu^ sh.'?-j> !'i in tin; s'.iijnacli, or I v day Ironi i:ny ii?>t be a'i?>\v?.il j-y I a 'ln/tv, lii-l'y dU?-..loral'.uii, ihc.i t".!: .r. aii'l M!jiifiii'y, ii I iuhv s?>?\j>r< ?s iny..feir, uipicitin: eoti'-liluli'm of < or more, as lintn t!:?ir ] "j-i' ion ?!.- y may bo iiimiv t-r !< "> hablj t" c. :iu111 i'i ! ! that tin; teeth should 1 \ natural?i>, retain their naiuial ? ?<!?? ?:i livtiiifiiiv li?e fioin i!:t; I.--j ;?: t! <:!o o. ai :.i! s!i?ni'I be used at the matin hour, and til-: I'ji.'ii1 li lined with \v;i I t, lor exttvni- t < !' beat and cold are '.no^t highly j-!*judicial ii"t. only t<? their co'.ui but .. o U th ir durability and i J tu.-w no 111?;t li</< 1 s>> simple of converting a really useful and ornamental s* I into one of pain ;ind hiib>'*'pi at ? x:in?-tlon, than tlie u^j ?.|" v.an!!i?.^ in i.'.'.-i or tlie other. I ho put-.on ivlio haiiiiuat* >> -It* or bei^eif, to any i<> ifi t- a or otln. r -hanlU'.'lly Iival, !i. - ud to the drut-t just uarn. '. ' );< ! iVv t' should be A' medium Mil 'a:. ' r? ' t!i. ma !e on \viiat m callcd U <: pa?olrat:n_; principle : io I r-t. ' would aUo observe that chlHioi?, at an earlv ai", should bo # " J ' ili.-truelfd in tho uso of (lie toolli bru.->li, :md (aught the value and importance of liic; teeth, in order to inculcate habit* oi :leanli:iess and a duo appreciation of the oriiamenio uf tli.v inonlli. A brush properly ieli eti d?not too liar I?ir.ay bo used by .'liil-i.en ot five y< ars of age, every morn" ing, and bv being p;;rt and ?>:ircyl of the Ljenoral ablution, and thus directing iiabitnal attention to tlio tcetli, a useful and . lonniy habit will bo engendered which will probably enuiro for tl'ein proper care through life. Dress and }.)<bl at &<tralu^/u.- A letter from Saratoga to tin; New Yolk ''">t has Ltio following remarks : '"To me: - looker an, Saratoga is an interesting place, Fash ion here displays itself in its wildest vagaries. The enormity of the luggve r?*?jti:rlscI by tlio fcminincs is such tlial a Saratoga trunk has become a by-word. iiie wide piazzas, ?to., afford women an ample fu:!tl for the most ambitious to display ihJr whole wardrobe, ami a sojuuni here of a ingle day will convince even tlie :????st skeptical that the ladies are very ii . ir in all tliat. concern the outward ornament of their person ; but to an o!.'serving mar. it is as ?jood as a show to attend a drawing room ur a hop at tlie I'nited States. It is a na lional surprise to sec how many richly ilrcssed ladies, and one cannot but think that our American sovereigns will rlvrd, not merely in face, l>ut in ?.?:it\v:ir<l adornment, Lhu Indies belon^ini^ to tlie court of nnv crowned sovereign in Knroj>u. It is trno wo <lo not v.itne.-s ssicli diamond.-*, l>nt. in laees ntiil siiks, tV.c., cur fair countrymen are regal in their expi-tw, an<l we may add, regal ir. their bankruptcies. /low many thousands of those we see at .Saratoga are shining in burrowed plumes. They wear wlial they cannot a!"ord to, :u:d are, therefore, cither themselves or their fathers, bus. hands. Are., a slave to tho lender. This is the vice of American .'ocioly. Kvery where you go, di:bt, in some form, presses its -peelre before yo't. A lady dressed within her means, wherever s!:c may be, to i:r. ;i nincli better picture than wl?c? it is notorious that her laces, r.:u! silks, and jewels, urc genteelly swindled out of somo confidinir creditor. Yet Americans have such in insane p:isr::on fur display that tlio name vvlioc! roll.: or: ver.r after year. Kiel: sum* iner brings r. dilurent set; but each one straining to dress i eyond tlicir moans. JJishonor and r.uiuidc?, rpringing from these ca:iscn, Iiardly create a ripple on tlio surface of that portion of society which lives for display." Tlio following conversation was overheard among "the volunteers of the -llio [Jrando." Scone?night. Two volunteers u r n,!.,..! in uml bulf linriiul in tlio mm!. Jim, liuw ciinio to you to volunteer-?' 44 Why, Boh, you sco I hnvo no wife to care .1 red cent for me, and so I volunteered ?and, besides, 1 like war ! Now, toll me why you camo out here !" " Why the fact is, you know, III havo ^ot a wife, and so 1 came out hero bocauso / like //cacc /" Hereupon, both the volunteers turned over in their UlatiLcl.i, and ?jot a new phi6Iciing c.f mud, and went to sleep. % vf.? . I/'i i h'ncottufri' v:i(h it 'J'ijir.? !* priv it<: ! ???-? frmu Calcutta rclatvs tin: f??l ' . lowing c.'.li'aurlhiary H!i*l vxcitiuy narra "<)u tlio ;$ 1st J?ay iar-t, ns lioiiaM Mo lutyre, I - i , 1 ."? ??{. l'liili[>-5Uii ivuro | |?riu:uol:u<r on li<>r!?ol>ack amou<r tlio (.iangoa ! -iniiio Iitll<; ilistam.'o fr?>m I I:ijoa{nx?r, it Ins-, i ing lima tlio li'.v.r of s/.nsol, t!n.*y mot Willi | an a?lVfiit ins of a vory soii<?(is nature. j l/out. l'lii'ipsoi: to tako a | pebble lr??m liis lior. s foot, ami having j <1 lli<! I.rfllu to a low branch of a trco, bad moveu : t distatico back to| \v:a is Mr. M;! ntvr?: t'r 111<: pr.rp<:su of ob i lainii)'^ from >! : ( l-:i'ian a small instil!.i im-nt n-uali_>* i .'-i riu'l by traveller* l*"r sncb i purposes, w'm-n suddenly a most appalling ' rour .;!< ??I b- ami on looking u:> ?l?i;v obsi .veil a Imi-'u t:?'?;r makin'jf toi ' " . i - ? | war-!, tl:-j ri'i> i! >s st'-ed. In llio vain . 11??p?s t' at lie '. omM 'p-jai'i b'lM horse, Lieut. l'liilipM?n sua.'.' -.lei^yiio attempt to do | mi, but ll;<: I . ??i nnimal l ivakiii" ]<>'<?'> 5 ! iii > ' uitiiii.ilv.Iy, however, ' tli-: ; |:<n-r st.-i-iticl ?.lir?:clo<l ; t"\v ir !s th<; :inin :l r than its ridor, 1 . . ; ai 1 nil! < :i it tin- hnite sj-redilv !>: !.' ill*- in r ttifalu;u\s . to an i , vii'l. A I wouM i: \v havo l<v<-i? well had ! I '*' :!:[ -inn <;ii:t:l!y rt-j-his companion, I..it cut'i! tuiialoly Mr. Mclntyro, !a:. vtirr hi. ros.iraily in ?!a::^fV fired at 1 ' . I:.i- ; _ r, tho hrulu beiiitf woutided heI i.-niic i: !y enraged, uud 'putted his i jiivv t<> j-ai: n?j its new enemy. While so <!oin<jf, ?dr. Mclsslyru a^ain fired, and trii.-i ' timi! wi'ii nioio success. Still, however, lh" |> ?si*i??i? ?,f the pariivs was Mich thai i l.i- ut. i'h'lilisoti could not approach his ; i'ii -:i I without tin; j?r<-alysl dan-;< r of l-oing ; att.ielied. Summoning up, however, all ; i:i? p'solutimi, lie ddiberali-iy advanced till | within a bhoit di-tance of Uto tiger, and ( di-charge i his revolver full down his throat. ! ! his h\ I the iriVect of disabling it, and ; Li< r.l. 1'hilipson joined his friend an?l ilia I " j two i<?!eaway on the same horse, thinking I liK'.Tt-lioii th i b';tt r y*?.r? of valor. Tho j tig?T was next day U:\ ..ail by sonic na! tivos, at a distance of r ; ilo from the spot ! wh<ro it quitted the dead horse. It proved to bo a she animal (or tho lijrrcs9) of tho largest kind. Woman in the Garden.?Much in thc90 day; is said about the sphere of women.?: Of this vexed question, wo have nothing now to say. Tho culture of tho soil,.tlip j body and the soul arc our themea. Rich .s'liis, neaimy ooutcs, pure, cultivated son If, these are what we are aiming at. And to this end we rccommeud that every country woman have a garden that she keep and v. "tli !i?r own hand, or at least, that *!;c snj?.r\ i.<o and inanngo. The culture of. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooso berries, currents r.nd garden vegetables nro as delightful and profitable Jia anything in which woman can engage. Sho may sj>:i:i!;!" ?ior garden well with (lower*.? i All the better "or that. A snowball in this ! cor::er, a rose in that, a dahlia bed there, : and a moss border hjre, will not bo out ofj f place. Only let the substantial and useful j constitute tho chief part. A touch of. tho ! ornate, li':o a rihbcn on a good hpnnet, ia not in the least objectionable. In all tho schools the girls study botany. In all fain ilies the women ought to practice botany. It is healthful, pleasing and useful. Tho prinoiph-s of horticulture arc tho'principles l of botany, put into practice. Farmers study agriculture, why should not their wives and daughters study horticulture??5 If any employment is feminine, it would seem that this is. If any in healthy this must be. If any is pleasurable none can bo i more so than this. A rich bad of strawbir ! lies, u 1 .: >?) of blaehberi i'j.-j or currents, a bor ! der of lluwcra produced bv crie's own Imml . V - "J what can well olVord a :v.oro rational satisfaction ? Y.'e say to nil o*.ir country 6isters, have a garden, if ?t is only a small one, ami do your l>c3i with it. Plant it with what pleader, you best, with a good variety, jmi 1 kuo what you can do with it. What v:"var. c:*.?:not raise beets, tomatoes, 1 liiel-j"", !~tts:ee, and furnish her own tablcr with them ? What woman cannot plant ft rnspberry bush, or current, or godseberr}', and tend it well 3 Come, good women, study your health, your usefulness and happiness, and your childrcus' also.? Valley J'armir. The I'ike's Peak correspondent of 1"ho J<oslou Journal tells tho following atory, which is anything but creuitabVo to Mr. Greeicy : ' Soon after the dentil of Mr. Poo, Mr. Greely received a letter running thus: 1>kauSiii:?In your extensivo correspondence, you havo undoubtedly sccurccl Several flillonrrniilia nf jJi^ lnl<. iKotmnuioli U" o?l American poet, Edgar A. Poo. , If no, will you please favour me wiilr one, and oblige, Yours respectfully, A. B.* 'Ifo immediately responded as follows : 'I'eakSiii:?I happen to hare in my' possession but one autograph of the laio distinguished American poot, Edgar' A.' Too. It consists qf an I. O. U., with my uamo un tlic back of it. It cost mo jost $50, arid you can havo it for half prico. Yours, Horace GRBBLEr/"; Tim insulting oflcr Jwas not accepted-?' Saturday Prcts. ?*

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