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From th? Southern Baptiet.
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? v- Written tn a OT*r?-jr*rd. .
BY UKTOimEIiD.
"Whore ore tho frjonds of early years?
Those friends who shared my joys and tears?
v . .. ..' ^ I see them Mot; ....
For thoy have passed, from earth for. aye,
In the cold gravos their bodies lie:
. It ie tho common lot.
As through tho grave-yard not* I roam?
Tho graveyard near my childhood's home?
Sad is my heart;
Aud as I read the tombs to no's o'er,
Which tell of friends who are no mote,
' . The tear* will atari.
Some died in childhood's sunny year,
And others lay upon their bier , .
~ ' . Jn manhood's prime;
And others' locks were silvered o'er .
With many winter's frosts before
They bid adieu to time.
For some, friends now in silence weep ;
But others long havo slept, "tho sleep
* . t No waking knows."
The sunbeams play upon their graves!
The wild wind round their tombstones raves!
It breaks not their repose.
They oare not now for wealth or fame,
For office, honour, or a name?
Be still sad heart 1?They
all have stood before tho throne,
And heard the gracious words?"well dono,"
- f Or awful word,?' Depart."
Oh, then may I a lesson learu,
And whilo life's lamp doth brightly burn
Allnnlinn oriva
And then, when friends around mo weep
As in the arms of Death I sleep,
I still shall live.
'Qreenvilic, May 25, 1865.
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JfiisrtllaiicmtH Stories.
Scl)ii|d the dtiHqii).
'
THE FASHIONABLE WIFE.
^1 wish you could contrive to have our
meals a little more punctually to the hour,
my dear Eugenia,'.' said Theodore Carleton
to his elegant wife, after waiting raoro than
half an hour beyond the nominal time.
UI dare say you would like me to drag out
all my time in that dirty kitchen; but I
shall not do it I give my orders in the
morning, and that is enough. I will not be
a domestic drudge for any ouo ; so you must
take things as they are, or get better servants,'
was the ungracious reply.
Thus blood rushed to Carle ton's face and
i indignant worda rose to his lips; but a painful
aoco had lonu since tauirht him I
! silence airiid domestic discomfort* was the only/way
to rentier those discomforts endurnblo.
Ho turned away with a deep sigh, end after
juicing the room a few moments, ho passed
into thrall and fomgd his way to the nursery.
*
I A scene of Jthe wildeM disorder met his
I fijQ M'Im enterod : buWna darling boy came
running to him, his chubby face radiant with
happiness; tho baby-pet crowed in Its nurso'a
I fkn?? at sight of its father; and for a time ?ho
^careworn man was happy in tho oarosaea of
. h>s children.
| But the dinner*l>oU dissolved tho illusion.
A frowning wifo and an ill-cooked repast.ii<l|
1 qot tend to restore to Its proper tou'o the
mind which had bent a)l its oncrgics U>
croWn that wife's oxistetlco with blessings.
I Tho time which should have boon devoted
' to rest after dinm^Jhgd been passed in waiting
, for its appearance; and Oarieton rose from
the table and hurried away tn his business.
"Off in a pet again, I suppose," muttored
Mrs. Carfcton, as tho door closed after her
husband. "How unreasonable men arc!
thore la no ttse in trying to plows tberq. As
if it were not tiresom* enough to; go shopping,
nnd return calls, attend parties
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once or twice every week, sco to ell the fam!
ly sewing, and give general orders for the
kitchen without racing around after the
cook, chambermaid, and nurto,. to watch
them and see whethor they perform their.duty
; it is moro than any reasonable man
ought to ask, and I will not do it. This
humoring evory whim of a husband is *U
nonsense lw And tho amiable wife ro tired
to bee room to enjoy her siesta.
Alt the livelong afternoon, as the merchant
poured- ovor hi sledge, hi* llWlWNWth
its disorder and its frowning mistress, painfully
contrasted with a memory-picture of
eight^ears ago, wonld rise before his men-,
tafvflnon. ! )k ? "
One evening during the happy period of
hitt engagement, Theodora Carleton met an
old college friend at a largo party. The
rooms were crowded. Silks, rustled, satins
in glossy folds swept by, and coetly jewels
flashed Qnd sparkled everywhere. Amid
this aluiott regal magnificence, Euginia
Montrose moved a very queen. Tall and
dignified in ninmier, the heavy satin s dress
with its elegant appointments well become
her; the abundant tresses of her dart hair
were folded back from a fair brow, and the
brilliancy of her black eyes almost outshone
the diamonds that gleamed forth from their
hiding-place amid tlioso luxuriant locks.
"Isn't she a splendid girl ?" was the enthusiastic
cxolamntion of young Chrleton, as
ho pointed her out to his friend.
Clarence Templo gazed a few moments
without speaking. "Yes, she is indedd a
a splendid woman," said he, "but," he added,
musingly, %s if thinking aloud, "what
sort of a wife willsho make f Will she ever
be content to live for the happiness of tho
homo circlo t"
"Nonsense, man, to bo surp sho - will," interrupted
Carleton 1 "sho loves me, and when
we are married will bo as domcstio as I
wish."
"Loves me ! fool that I was ever to believe
that," exclaimed Carlcton, at tho violent
closing of a door awoke .him from his
revery?"she never loved me, for she has
never made one effort* for my happiness;"
and iir bitterness of heart ho resolutely plunged
into tho task work of the counting-room
till the day closed.
Years, long, wretched years passed on.
The wear and tear ofbusiness anxieties, cares
and perploxities,?nd the unmitigated discomforts
of homo began to affect the physical
frame of Carleton?ho bccomo diseased, a
real dyspeptic.
Is it strange that ho soon discovered that
a glass or two of wino at dinner helped digestion
wonderfully; and that now, afler
two or three years indulgence, the quantity
is so much increased that it requires a long
afler-dinner nap to sleep off tho effects ?
Reader 1 can you tonwhat tho end will bo ?
TfTI.A~lA?, ? .1 1J i-"- - J? i *
> juiwmuiu vakiiciuii miuiiiu uic a urunKaru,
would you liko to bear that wife, responsibility
in the judgment! '
Could you look iulo tho domestic history
of tho thirty thousand who are every year
passing into a drunkard's eternity, in howmany
instances, think you, would the first
cause of this utter ruin be traced to the petty
discomforts of home?to tho want of sympathy,
tho selfishness, the capriciousuess and
frivolity, of those bearing the sacred name of
WIPE? ElLIE lloWAKD.
From tho London Punch.
ifour'sof qSiiigU &?!)tictyeo.
This morning, November lltli, at halfpast
cloven precisely, an unfortunate young
man, Mr, Edward Pinckney, underwent tho
extreme penalty of infatuation, by expiating
his attachment to Mary Ann Gale, in front
of tho altar railings of St. Mary's Church,
Islington.
It tfilt be in tho recolkcliou of all those
friends of the party tvho were at Jones' at
Brixton, two years ago, that Mr. Pinckney
was there, and thou first introduced to Miss
Gale, to whom ho instantly began to direct
particular attention?dancing with her no
less than six sets that evening, and handing
her thing* at suppor in the most devoted
manner, f rom that porttxl commenced the
intimacy between theui which terminated in
this morning's catastrophe.
Voor Finckney had barely attained his
twentveighth year; but there is no belief,
that but for reasons of a pecuniary nature,
hie *in?V> life would 11 avooomo toon untimely
end. A change for the better, however,
having occurred in his circumstances, the
ioung lady's friends were induced to sanotion
is addresses, and than became accessaries to
thecourso for which no has just suifcred.
ytLe unhappy young man passed the last
lH?ht of his bachelor existence in this solitary
chamber, i'r. in lialf-past-cight to ten was
engvigvdin writ ting letters. Shortly after, his
younger brother Htnrv knocked at the door,
when the doomed youth told hiin to coino
in. On being asked when he meant to go.
to bed ho replied,Mnotyot.n Tlioquestion was
then nut to hint, who he thought ho would
sleep? To which he answered, "I don't
know." lie then expressed his deeiro fars
cigar and a glaos of grog. His brother,
'Who partook of the like rufroubmcnl^ uovf
demanded if ho would take any thing more
that night. lie aaid "Nothing," iU ft Wtpj
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ENVILLE, S. 0.; FBI
J!L. ^ '..LJ -' -' ?ivoico.
Ilift effect ion.i to brother then rose to
takofiw leave, J?hen the devoteil* one considerately
ndvisconim to take care of hiihsalf.
Precisely at a qunrtera-of a minute to seven
tlio next, morning the victim of Cupid having
been called according to his desire, he aroeo
and promptly dressed himself. He had the
seW-oontrol to- shavo himself, without the
slightest injury; for not oven a scratch upon
his cldn appeared after the operation. It
would seem he devoted adongor time thna
usual at his toilet.
The wretched man was attired in a light
blue dress coat, with frosted Kntfnns ?
,vest and nankeen trowseers, with patent
boots. Ho wore around his neck a variegated
satin scarf, which party concealed tho
Corrazzo of tho bosom. In (Vont of the scarf
was inserted a breastpin of conspicuous dimensions.
Having descended the staircase with a
quick step, he entered th<j apartment where
his brother and sister, and a few friends, awaited
him. lie then shook bauds cordially with
all present, and on being asked bow ho slept,
answered, "Very well ?*' And to the further
demand as to the state of his mind, lio
said that he ''felt happy." One of tho party
hereupon suggested that it would be as well
to tako something "before the raolancholy
ceremony was gone through; he exclaimed
with soino emphasis, "Decidedly." Breakfast
was accordingly served, when ho ate n
French roll, a large round toast, two sausages,
and drank three great breakfast cups
of tea. In reply to an expression: of aslon
Kshuiont oh tho part of a person present, ho
declared that ho had never felt happier in his
life.
Having inquired the time, and ascertained
that it was ten minutes of eleven, ho remarked
that it would soon be over. His brother
then inquired if he could do any thing for
him, when he said ho would like a glass of
ale. Having drank this ho appeared to be
satisfied.
The fatal moment now approaching, he
devoted the regaining portion of his time to
distribute those little articles lie would no
longer want. To one he gave his cigar case,
to another his tobacco stopper, and charged
his brother Henry with his latch key, with
instructions to deliver it, after all was over,
with due solemnity, to tho landlady. The
clock at length struck eleven, and at the
same momeut Jio was informed that a cab
was at the door. He meroly said*?4iI ain
ready," and allowed himself to bo conducted
to the vehicle, into which ho^got with his
brother, his other friends following on
behind in others.
Arriving at the tragical spot, a short but
anxious delay of some luomonts took place,
after which they wero joined by the lady
with her friends. Little was said on cither
side; but Miss Gale, with customary deco...
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iuiii, ?ucu wars. jrincKney enaeavorecj to
E reserve decornm, but n alight twitching in
is mouth and eyebrows proclaimed his inward
agitation.
All necessary preliminaries having now
been settled, and the prescribed necessary
formalities gone through, the usual question
was put?"Wilt thou have this woman to be
thy wife 1" "I will."
lie then put the fatal ring on Miss Gale's
finger, the hymeneal noose was adjusted, and
the poor fellow, was launched into?matrimony
!
Si)e CbflH cjed ifel- IffipO.
There are Some persons who aro novcr sick
without thinking themselves very much
worse off" than they really are. Of this class
was Mrs. Ilaslnns, a married lady, and the
mother of two fine boys. T)n one occasion,
being with a fever, the cotiscqueneo of iin
prudent exposure, she gavo herself up to the
melancholy fancios which \13ually assailed
her and persuaded herself that she was going
to die.
In oonsequencc of this melancholy presentment,
she assumed so woo begone an appearance
that even her medical attendant
was startled-into belioving that she was really
much worse than from her symptoms ho
I 1 1 ? .
jjhu juagcu iter 10 ue.
Under these circuir stances ho advised
her to make what earthly preparations she
had yet tq make, while there was yet timo
to do BO.
Mrs. lfaskins was an nfTectionato mother,
and tho thought of parting from the children
to whom she was so warmly attached,
at a timo when, more than nny othor, they
needed a mother's care, was peculiarly distressing.
"'fheir father will bo kind to them no
doubt and seo that they aro amply provided
for, but nothing that ho can do will supply
to them the loss of a mother."
Gradually tho ilea t>f a step mother suggested
itself to tho lady's imagination, and
such was her caro for the happiness of her
children, that sho became reconciled lo an
idea so repugnAnt to most wives, fcpd actually
began tq consider who amohg her acquaintances
was boat fitted to become n second
Mrs. llaskin*.
"My dear friend," said Mr*. $f*skins, in a
Pi, "I have sent for you for what :,
u will eonaider a singular reason,
o me, it is a mother's anxiety for
r that prompts me. l am very
ball hot live long. Bo the doc
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DAY MORNING, JI N
tor tells inland my own feelings tell tlint it
must be "so. The situation in which I shall
leave my poor boys, who will thus bo deprived
of a mother's watchful caro, distresses
me beyond measuro. There is onlv one way
in f hicli my anxiety -can be relieved, and
thiil > is which has prompted me to send for
y o:?'. Promise me that wliou I am gone yon
wi!$ Harry Mr. II ask in*, and bo to tlicm a
seoar 1 ittother. JDo uot refujc iue, it is my
last request P
Desirous of .comforting bor friend,'Miss
Parker assented to her request, adding,
"I will comply with your requost and the
more willingly, for I always liked Mr. liaskins."
"Always liked Mr. llaslcins'exclaimed
his dying wife, raising herself on her elbow,
her feelings of conjugal jealousy for a monjent
ovomowerinor lier innlium.il nftV>i-tinn
"you always liked ray husband, did youl
Then I vow you shall never marry lsiai, it' I
have to live to prevent it 1"
And Mrs. Haskins di<l livo. The revulsion
of feeling resulting from Miss 1'aikcr's
.unexpected declaration, accomplished, in her
case, whajrlho skill of physicians had been
unable to eufct.
There is an old saying, which, lflco most
old sayings, has in it not a littlo truth, that
when a women wills, she will, depend on't
and when she wont, sho wont, and thore'a
an end on't. So it was in the case of Mrs.
Uaskins. Sher^has determined that if Mr.
Haskins ever does have a second wife, it shall
not be Miss Darker.
3) I q lq o n 0 G til -S i q h) o i] 0.
I
Said I "My hoad feels a littlo acheisb,
what do you think I had better do?"-r"Why,*friend
S.," said the Doctor, say9 he,
"the best tiling you can do is to go straight
homo and soak your feet and take a sweat;
'cause if you don'tsays he, "like as not you
may liavo a fever." Says I, "Doctor, I was
just a thinkiu' that a little sweat would do
mo good, and I guess I'll go homo and try it
right away." Well, I did; I went home
and look a bowlful of tanscy-tea, bitter as
gall, and if I didn't sweat like a bcavor,
'taint no matter. Tho next morning my
head was as clear as a bell, and I was as
good its ever I was. Well, a day or two afterwards,
I met tho Doctor ; and after a lit
tie talking, says the Doctor, says, he ' Neighbors.,
I've got a liltle bill agin you 1" I look
at him clui. and says I, "A bill, Doctor ?"?
"Yes," says ho, "a bill for advice, you know
at Simpkins' store tho other day." What
do you think he had gone and done ? He'd
actually charged mo two dollars for telling
me to go homo aiuteako a sweat, which I
was just going to do myself, without his telling.
/'Well, Doctor," says I, (for I didn't
want to appear small, you know,) "it's all
right; I will bear it in mind." Well, a few
days after, tlie Doctor was passing by my
door iu his chaise, and somehow or other
one of tho wheels gpt a little looso : so says
I, "Doctor, if you don't drive that linch pin
an inch or so, that wheel will conic off.' ?
Says ho"Tlvank you," and ho took a stun
and driv in the pin. Well, I went into the
house and just made a charge of it; and when
he canto along the next time I presented liiir
tho bill. "Hello!" says the Doctor, says lie
"What on nirth is tin's for?" "Why it's foi
advice," says T. "Advice! " says he, "wha"
advice? 1 hain't had nono o' your advice.'1
"Why, for driving in yonr wheel-pin, and I've
only charged you two dollars and twentyfivo
cents, and if I hadn' given the advico it
might have cost you twenty times as much."
"Well," says tho Doctor, "the difference between
your bill and mine is just twenty-five
centA." "That? all you owe mc," savs I ?
"Well, I'll bear it in mind," Bays he. And I
expect he will; he's as tight as a candle
mould, the Doctor is, and I guess he is able
to bear it in mmd.
Jin 8Hsfocl%ac|j of Si Hi).
Tub mennest aristocracy is tli.it of birth.
It is that which ignores intellect, energy,
courage and great deeds. It is tlint which
loads down the people ofother countries with
taxation Itis that which demoraliwsgovernments,
defeats armies, and disgraces manhood.
If tlie.ro wore no aristocracy of birth
in Kngland, long ago a great man would
have arisen from tho masses to lead the IVitisli
troops in triumph ; and in that event,
troops would hftvo followed a leador and volunteered
to aid him, because they would be
inspired to feel that the road was not blocked
up by aristocratic dunces. IIow much better
than this, oh 1 know nothing, is your
standard ofbirth place? How much lessen)
pableyou than tno tyrant who rejects tne
pariah because ho ?# a pariah ? who cxtiuRui*he?
the fire of ambition in the poor man
ecauso he is poor I who repels tlio aid of
intelligent men if tlfty should not be nble to
boast of a long lino of glorious ancestors!?
Of all aristocracies, yours is tho moancst and
the worst. ' ^ ^
"TlSOtCRK O* liARLKY." This 18 UlO titlu
of one of tbj^um^-Qns newly nttmed
drinks which an^noefgdhr pat/oniaod in Boston,
Mass., since the pjuw^o of tb? prohibitory
law in that enlightened and liberal
State, yjjfc'
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I'M f I irrrH.1 Itt 'I Iw^i V EM 1 H^i
ife 29,. 1855.
3ntrrcstiug Jlilnrrllatrq.
? q Hi) qi)d B eq be i). * I
la this the believers"bnly hen'ag#? Does]
this vale of tears open to no brighter region
? To this stormy sea is 'ore no r,nj-i
et liavenj^lleyoud this tlrraan;, 4 l]h|P
oxercitp^^lhere no cloudless rJkfr Vf? Tint
on, struggling with the dement-", alternately
parched, and chilled,famished and surfeited ;
wo butlet with human selfishness and Satanic
majico : wo gropo in a labyrinth of falla
cics; we chase famous lights; cahtmnr
shoots her potsonecrarrows; bulletins of war
come daily, written over, within and without,
in blood ; the earth, we stand on heavens
beneatlT us; presently it opens and wo arc
swallowed up.
What means this mysterious dramn ? Is
the whole tale thus told 1 Is man's life only
a riddle? Many bright dreams have wc :
there are traditions of Paradise nnd a golden
age, for thousands of y#irs have- mertxbecn
talking of Hesperian regions, but for thousands
of years have they dreamed, sinned, I
and suffered, till they drop into thogravo.
Amid this pclplcxity and gloom, a voice is |
heard, 'Coino unto mo all ye that Inbor and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.'
We go to him, wo find him infinitely benignant
yet perfect vest wo do not find. The
sun loses none of its fierceness thereby, nor
frosts aught of their chill, disease Jtas the
samo virulence, and slanderous tongues have
the same vcnoin as before. Emancipation
from sin and its consequences is any thing
but complete. Even to the day of our exit
from earth do wc go sighing, O, wretched
man tlint lam? who shall deliver me from
the body of this death ? How, then, is it
true, 'Blessed we the dead that die in the
Lioru f wI)at are we to think ot those
who up to the liour of thoir departure, stiii
sjn, stiller, and grieve ? The messenger of the
Apocalypse answers, 'They shall flmngcr no
more, neither thirst any more; neither
shall the nun light on them, nor any heat.
For the Lamb which is in tho midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead
them to living fountains of waters, ami God
shall wipe away all tcr.rs from their eyes.
Complete deliverance, then, from all evils
is the future portion of believers. Thoy enjoy
exemption from physical ovils. Tho resurrection
body will bo perfectly free from
all infirmities, all its organs discharge
their offices with perfect exactness, and the
vital forces play forever, with imahating
freshness. 1 lut, without dwelling upon these
considerations of that hind, wo are authorised
to ufiirm an entire removal of every evil
incident to the present constitution of things,
and keeping within the range of scriptural
imagery, wc might safely enlarge upon many
points of joyful contrast.?Letter Land.
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yeto Ibeolrij of JLife.
In a recent numl>cr of Blackwood's MagInzine
is a paper on "the Length of Human
Life," illustrative of the theory of a French
physiologist, expressed as follows:
"The first ten roars of life are infanov
, properly so called: the second ten is llio p??
riod of boyhood ; from twenty to thirty is the
first youth ; from thirty to forty the second ,
' the first manhood is from forty to fifty-live;
i the second from fifty-live to seventy. This
period of manhood is the ago of strength, the
manly period ofhurnan life. From seventy
to eighty-five is the first period of old age,
and at eigj|ty-five the second old age begins."
The writer remarks that "the limits thus assigned
by Floureus to the several periods of
Jilt# arc not wholly arbitrary like thoso we
generally talk of; on the contrary, a more or
less sound physiological reason is assigned
for each. Infancy properly ceases ul ten
years, because then is the second to thing
completed ; boyhood at twenty, because then j
the bones cease to increase in length ; and |
youth extends to forty, because about that |
time the body ceases to increase in size.? j
Enlargement of hulk after that period chiefly
in the accumulation of fat. The real developments
of tho part of the body has ah ady
ceased. Instead of increasing tho str ngth
and activity this growth weakens tl> body
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ttllU ICUIHIA lis II1V/UUII3* X alls JI ?> UUil ^lUHUl
has ceased the body reals, rallies and becomes
invigorated. Like a fortress with all
its works complete, its garrison in fall numbers
and threatened with an early siege, it
repairs, arranges, disposes everything within
itself. Tire new stores it daily receives are
employed in fully equipping, in .strengthening,
iir rebuilding and in maintaining every part
in the greatest perfection and efficiency *?
This period of internal inrigoration lasts fifteen
years, (that of the first manhood,) and
it maintains itself for ten or fifteen years
more, when old ago begins."
Tiik Hank of England never Issues the
same note a second time. It receives in the
ordinary conrso of business abottt .?800,000,
or *4 ,000,000 daily, in notes; these are put
up in parcels aocording to their denomination,
boxed up with the date of their reception,
tnd are kept ten years, at tlic expiration
of which period they arc taken out and j
ground up in iho mill, and made again i?aper.
If, in the course of ten years, any ilia-'
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t.
pule in business or lawsuit should arise cor,OertiiUfg
the payment of any note, iho bank
can produce the identical bill. To hicet tho
j demand for notes sc constantly used op, the
bank" ha* iu own printers, its own engravers,
all at work tinder the same roof; and it ,
makes tho machinery by* wfcich tbeypost of
< itiown work is do$o. A complicate but
b nuliful operation is a i\igis??r extending
office, w hich marks evev^PH^icet of paper
Which is struck off from the press, so that'
the prihtcra cannot print a single sheet of
blank'notes that is not recorded in tlio hank.
0* the same principle of exactness n shaft is.
made to pass from one apartment to another,
connecting a clock in sixteen business wings
of the establishment, and regulating tliem
with such precision that tho wholo of them
are always pointing to tho same second r>f
time!
Different Climates Alike Comfortable^-^?
An* erroneous ides generally prevails respecting
climate, as affccfing personal -comfort.
The dwellers in the snuny South, pity
the New Englandcrs, because doomed toshiv,cr
in so cohl a climate. They, in turn, bless
their stars that they are not wading in the
I snows of N cwtbundland..
1 have been led, by observation and <umerioncc,
to doubt whether tho people oT^Sy
!one country have much, if any advantage ill
the matter of climate, ofrer others.
Our ideas of pleasure and pain are intimately
connected with, if not based upon,
the principle of contrast. In our idou of
temperature, we have less regard to tho actual
than to the coinparativo degreo of
warmth.
In the report of one of the exploring expeditions
in the northern seas, it is said that,
oti a certain occasion, the crew were greatly
elated with signs of a thaw, the mercury
having risen to within 40 dog. below zero.?
.Having been subject to a mticli in tenser degree
of cold, they felt, as did the boy, whoso
father had administered to hiui a sevciollag:
cllaiion, greatly refreshed."
j It may well be doubteU whether the pooploof
Maine suffer more from.cold than do
they of Virginia.
| Touching the weather, it is-much as it i?
with tho tariff?all that the people wont is to
Imve the line of government policy settled?
to know what can be depended Upon. So of
the weather. The downeastcr, knowing that
from tho middle of November to tho middlo
of April the ground is to bo covered with
snow, and uninterrupted cold weather is to
' prevail, ho wraps his fur coat about him, in'
tlates his lungs, braces up his nerves, and
I think-' no more of the cold than the rugged
"Russian bear."
The dweller in the Old Dominion, on tho
other hand, regarding warm weather as tho
rule, and cold na tho exception, makes no pro1
vision for tho latter. But when tho northI
orn blasts come, as come they will, ho wraps
his fig-leaf coat about birr., and seeks shelter
within the enclosure of his airy mansion, so
constructed ns to exclude heat rather than
cold.
Then there is another consideration which
greatly favors dw oilers in cold latitudes.?
i Whilo the earth is covered with snow, there
is but little evaporation. The atmosphere is
consequently dry/ and storms arc frequent.?
Where thero is no snow, it is far otherwise.
The whole surface being covered with water,
evaporation is rapid, and the ntmosphero is
charged with vapor, and the peculiar ehillings
which characterize a March wind in
New England, prevail during tho winter
months. J.
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sigricuiiunuiv, me snow regions have
many advantages. It is hotter for tho soil
to bo covered during tho winter months.?
That there is any virtue in the remark, "snow
is the poor man's mnnnro," I don't believe.
But certain it i?, that grasses and grains arc
lienetitted by being thus protectee}.
Snow is an imperfect conductor of calorie,
consequently tho surface being protected
from tho cold of mid-winter, tho heat from
within dissolves tho fYost, and when tho
snow disappears in tho spring, the frost is
gone from tho soil.
It Is not uncommon to Had tho gran
growing boforo tho snow is off. Fields aro
ready for ploughing soon after thoy are hare;
so that stock will live and seed may he gotten
into the ground nearly as soon in Vermont
as in donnctticut. Then, for doing
business, tho snowy regions havo greatly tho
advantage. Lumbering is with greatly difiiflcnlty
carried on where there is no snow.?
The lumber lands in Mus-Ur.l ..??.!
? j m?hvi titiu r labium
would bo worth twice as much as they now
are with northern winters for the removal of
the lumber.
But I will nay no nioro less I fret np an
emigration fever towards Greenland.?It. B.
II. in Plv*yh% Jjootn ?{ Anvil.
Buncii says, "One of the most interesting
specimens of British manufacture at the forthcoming
exhibition, will he an improvement
in elastic garteis; from a distinguished liouso
at Windsor?warranted to Ht any body."
A gentleman etnj4ove<l an T&hman to
trim a few fruit treo*. Pat wont out in tho
morning, and returning at noon was asked
whether he had ooni|>lotod his work. So,
Was his reply?but he haricot thein all down
and going to trim in the alteruoou!