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^ - -W# v " a* ' v. . * rr I ^ ''' ' ' '' ' ? ? > ? ? ! ;:-y: ^ REFLEX OF POPULAR EVPGISTT?. Uv'' 'i1 L1 ??,-'A?L-J? i , uJ ". . , ?!?' '--- a? ' J 7J ' "'U1' ', ' , 11 -* ?-1? "" ujiUM*?1 gevotcd la progress, the Rights uf thq ?onth, and the grpsioit fff Useful Ijnoujtydge among all glasses of Morning D^rt. , n .... .. a. .' i , ,'j,, .i? >:<i? >' ? *. >'* ?' . 'N.1 *' fr'i ' " *'?'* 11 ' *, n i ? ?<??? 1 ? ? ?? - - ?? , *, -j ,* *-? r?t ?~~~?t?' s " - * ; . ? t"t : - - - j ?!? ? i VOLUME VI. (iREBNV1LLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECElffiER 8. 1859. ' ' . ~ IfojaiiafcL. ^ I? Ui?d ^Y*ry Tbata4?r Morning, bf ft -PRICE & MMUKEl-NkV PROPRIKTORS. Wm. P. Price C. M. MoJunkin. SI a Year, in advance; $1.50, if delayed *?'. 1 '^JJlJiH55S5K5-!5? ftltrfcir 1'i'rfrir. m -x- ' - , From tho American Star, (Mexico.) My Mountain Home.* *7 IL MOOIE. Ob ! glvbWo baek my mountain home, ^ ""Where tho wh*d* are froah and fr*4/ And those with whom t wed to roam, Wlion honrta boat merrily. ^ Obi (n*? ma baek tho?c happy hornet 1^* J hare whllod away, .. When fret. *rom car*,i controlling po*ora. And sorrow> blighting away. Oh! give me beak th*. VmdM rr? !<**? And boa city's magic up#!1' 'And bring again, wfaate'er the ?ot(, 'Xhe amuse l ior?ii m wait. Oh! git e me back tho early dream, Of better day* to eomo, And thirst for glory ne'er again, . V- .gball tempt my feet to roam. Ch! give me back lie cherished hope, That I vii loved by one, ? - Whoee glances, like some tone bright star, ?. Upon my pathway shone. JLnd when these Joy* again are mine, And Wat's wild note* are o'er, 111 coaae far Alloc maid* to pine, And seek my native shore. , "The Vagte Circle's " mhtric noma, Cliag* round my memory yet, ' And ever will, tjll the lust star In hope** bright heaven _t-luill sot. Kty mountain home < my mountain home 1 BJy tbcnjbtr ire'etd' wtth thee, Tlioagb acorehcd within the torrid cone, Or rocked upon the sen. Company "CI," PaL Rcg't Vok, San Angel, Mexico, May 18,1848, Greenville. Jin Slmnshig ftorq. From " I'uddleford and its People." Squire Longbow in Honrning. JThe following is a chapter from a late humoroui publication, issued from the press of Dkkby A Jaokwn, New Yoifc. It wm presented to us h?y Mr. J. Pmufticx, Bookseller, Charleston.? The book is full of the rarest humor. Send for ? copy sf" Puddlcford and its People."?Ed. Em Ynrnni';] * Y\y >Squlre Longbow sincerely mourned the lota of life wife?internally and externally. Externally, he was one of the strongest mourners I ever saw. He wore a weed, floating from his hat, nearly a foot long. It was the longest weed that had ever been mounted at Puddleford; but our readers must not forget who Squire Longbow was?a magistrate, and leading man In community.? And while the reader ia about it, he may also reeoRe?t that the Squire Is not the only man, east or west, who has ventured upon a little ostentation over the grave of the departed?nor Woman either, Who was to be lbs next Mrs. Longbow 1 That -was the question. The publio, Indeed, asked it jong dctotc me aquirc. w no ?u no hare the honor of presiding at the Squire's table ? What woman vu to be placed at the head of society, la Poddlalord t The 8*ipsea and Beagles, Aunt Beoont, Aunt Grave*, and elelcr Abigail, and scores Of others, all began to speculate upon tbis important subject, Even Turtle aod Batca indulged in a few general remark*. Aaat Sonora gave (t as her mind, that " the flqaire ought to be pretty akeery how he mar ried any body, kase if he got one of them flipj>er-ter gibbet sort o* wimmln. she'd turn the whole house entitle out, and he'd be one of the most miserablest of all men." She mid " If he kaow'd what was good for himself, he'd Jest keep clear of all the young gals that ware fuse ing and figeting round him, and go right in for -ao?e old stand-by of a woman, that knowM how to take the brunt of thing*?but, lora-a-roe,* continued Anat Sonora, " there's no doing nothing with these old widowers?they're all like my tr??- f- ?i r-i ? * ? - - ? wuow ?u, wiiu mnrried in a nnrry, ami rcp?niM ?tS'l it' pro? sowl ' ill had minute's pence sine*." The Bwiptei and Rrnjlfi, who, it will ha re collected, belonged to a cllona that had, In ttmeS past, warred against Longlmw A Co., " tho't it would bo shameful for the Sqniro to marry at all ?it would bo an insult agin the memory of poor old lira. Longbow, who was dead and gone.' (Homo people, you know, reader, abuse tha Iking, hot defend th? dead. > "And If the Hquiro ahotthl marfy, tJity ahonld think, fhr their part, that ohe'd riae up out of h*r gr%ve, and haunt Mm J 8ha could norcr sloop en#y, if aha know'd I that the flquira had got noma other WoWiatt, w ho was eating her preserves, and wearing out her clothes, and lording it over the hoose like all I possess d." Other opinions wore expressed by other p?raon??In fact, th? Bqulrs's widowhood, was the I grant concern of T'uddktford. " lie wna ao well ,vn Ln do " u Amtfls>.A* >- - . ? ? a N^-MV. M ?.-mi IV vol I IWt iUU Bf *4 yu considered * groat * aatoh." \ * AtUr a few weeks of narrow, tlio fcquirs liimaaMf really began to en tor tali notions of metrl piony. It Is true b? bad p*?*od the age of sixty, and it required a great effort to get up a uflipUnTsmoont a/.fomono? to carry ot)t.tuck an enterprise, Symptoms began, however, to wax etroqg. Tho first alarming indication Was his attendance at church. The Squire had always been a kind of heathen, in this rcjpect, and had foe xr-'Uijr yctre set a poor exattiple J bet people, who want to marry, will go to. church; Whether this is done to get up a reputation, or simply to tako a survey of tho unappropriated female stock yet remaining on haqd, I cannot say. The-Squire. Woe "fixed up" nmrutingly, tho first time I saw him at church- Ilia hair had been cut; and thoroughly greased. Ills shirtcollar covered his cars; and his boots shone like a mirror. Aunt Sonora said ho looked " enyraost as good as new." Aunt Graves was In the choir that day, and she sung as slio never sang before. 8h? hldwed all the heavy strains of music?strains that lifted her on her toes?directly into Squire Longbow's face. Whetlusr Aunt Graves had any design in this, is more than-I can say; but I noticed somo twinges about tha Squire's lips, and a sleepy wink of the eye, that looked a little like magnetism. It was ridiculous, too, that such an old castle should be stormed by mu. ic. Dot the ttquire exhibited other symptoms of matrimony. He grew more pompous in his decisions, disposed of cases more summarily, and quoted law-latin more frequently. It was about uu? iinrn triat nc talked ni?out tlio " mix vomica" instead of tlie "vox Pofjuli," He nwd to " quash " proceedings before tlio case, was half presented, and, in the language of Turtle, "he 1,1,-A around at a great rate." Turtle raid, " tl?? old Sq'.'dre was getting to be an old fool, and he was goin' have him married, or dismissed from office?there W*nrn't no livW with him." There were A great many nnxious mothers about Puddieforti wl<0 *crc desirous of forming an alliance with the /.onghow family. Even Mr*. Swipee, as much ns ?7* openly opposed the Squire's marriage in general, secretly hoped a spark might be struck up between '>'ni nn^ her daughter, Mary Jane Arabella Smdp^C S ?n?l Mrs. Swipee was in the habit qf sending her daughter over to the Squire's house, to inquire of hi.ut "to know if she couldn't do somcthin' for him in i1'? melancholy conditionand sister Abigail went , down several times to "put tilings to rights,r and was ae kind and obliging, and attentive to all tlie Squire's wants, as ever Mrs. Longbow was In her palmiest days. On these occasions, Bister Aliii-'Ati fpotliuinilr fn raminil tlio o J - - T?" " "liis great bereavement, and what an angel of n wife be had loaf-; and that things didn't look as thry need to do, when abe waa aronnd, and she didn't wonder he took on so, when the poor thing died," But, reader, Ike "turtle had ordered things otlierwiee. He was determined to strike np a reat>clt between the Squire and Annt Graved 80 Ike made a. special visit to Aunt Graved one evening, for the purpose of " surveying aud sounding along the coast, to see how the waters laid, and how the old soul would take It," to use hie language, v. I have already given an outline of Aunt Graves; but I wilT now say farther, that she never bad an offer of matrimony in her whole life. She was what is termed a " touchy " old maid. Sho professed to hate men, audi /affected great distress of mind when throw n S*to tlieir society. Aunt Graves was just ironing down the seams of a coat that she had finished, when Ike called. ? lite opened the conversation by reminding Aunt Graves that " she was livin' along kinder lonely like." "Lonely 'nngli, 1 spose," she replied, snappishly. " Don't you never have the blues, and got sorter obetrep'roue!" Annt Graves " didn't know as she did,* " Why, in the name of old Babylon, dont yon marry f " lAarry t ?ia marry?marry a man?a great, awful man I" and the iron flew through the seams like lightning. " Yes," continued Ike, " marry?marry a man=? why, woman, yon ore getting aaold and as yellow as antomn leaves. What have you been livlu* i._ ? i i .u 4k. i.?. e.^.4.. t. ivi 4?j uu f c uruAvu nil biio ?nw(i vi wci ijucr iu* to picccs?and keep en brenkin' on 'em?adding in unto sin, nnd transgression unto trnnegrcs ion, and the thing* got ter be stopped. Mow, Aunt Grave*, what do you think?thereVSquire Longbow, as desolate as Sodom, And he's got ter bare a woman, or the old man')! mn as crazy as a loon n-thinkin' 'boat bis household affair* { and yoo know how to eook, nnd (o wash, nnd to iron, to make pickles and soap; and then, you'ro a proper age?what say t" Aunt Graves ran to the Cre, plunged her goose into the ashes, and gave the eoals a smart tir. She then dropped down In her large rocking" choir, leaned her cheek upon her elbow, hxed her eyes upon the floor, and came near going off into hysterics. Ike dashed a little water into Aunt Graven* faee, and ahe revived. After having gained strength, she replied in nbstaacc to Ike's quory in a very languishing, die-away sir: " She couldn't ear?she didn't know?if it was a duty . ?if ills could rcnllv Unlirvt- it wna a dutv?If she ; wan oalled on poor old dead-and-gone Mro. Longbow'e piece?folk* were born inter the world to do good, and alio had eo far bean one of the fiioht unprofitable* of sarvanU; but alio could never marry on Her own account H " In other words," exclaimed Ike, catting her abort, " you'll go it." Aunt (trarca agreed to " reflect on't," It waa not long nflor thia consultation that Mrs. Bwipao began to " smell a rat," <u alio aa'ul. Kho commanded Mary Jane Arabella " never to darken the doora of that old hog, Long' bow, agiq; and aa for that female critter, Graves, tht'd got a husband living down at the JSaet'ard, and they'd all get into prieoa for life the flret thing they know'd." ?r ftiatep Abigail declared,- "eh?'d have Anot ^Graves turned ont of clmrcli, if the married a * .41 ' man who wnrn't * memtwr* Tide wm a great deal for Bister Abigail to say, for she Itnd been the bosom friend of Aunt OrstMj "people out , of the church and people in the ehurch, shouldn't orVr jine themselves together?it was agin' Saripter, and would get every thing inters twist." ( 13ut Ike Turtle hn<I decreed that the marriage ( should go on. Be even went so far as to indite , the first letter of the Squire's to Annt Graves.? j This letter, which Ike exhihted to his frionda, M , one of his best literary specimen^ was indeed a j curiosity. I presume there is nothing else like | it on the face of the globe. It opened by inform- j ing Aunt Graves that since the "loss of his wo- r man, lie had felt very grievous'like, and couldn't r fix hi# mind onto any tbin^?that th> world q didn't seem At all as it used to do?that he and , his woman had liv'd in pence for thirty years, t nnd the marriage state waa nat'ral to him-?tliat , he had always lik'd Aunt Graves since the verj- t first time he tee'd her, and so dtd his woman , too and many more declarations of similar im- , port, and it was signed " J. Longbow, Justice of , the Peace," and sea/erf too, like his legal process, r that hit dignity might command, even if hia per- , son did not win, the affections of the elderly L dameeL I Aunt Graves surrendered?and si] this within j iTO SiSSth? -<V? ??*. A?.?h M?. I An?lu.? Tlio Squire cut off his weeds, nnd made violent j. preparations for matrimony ; and on a certain j, night?I shall never forget it?the affair came j, off. ? j There wna a great gathering at tho Squire's? j a sort of general invitation had been extended c far and near?the Swipes nnd Beagles, Aunt Bono* (j rn, and all. Great preparations had been made 1 in tho way of eatables. Tho Squire was rigged j in a new suit of " hame-mwL," (made by Mrs. t Longbow, too, in her life-timo,) a white vest, end j he woroa cotton bandana neck-lisndkerchief, with , heavy bows, that burie<l his ehin, and a pair of \ pumps and clouded blue stockings. Aunt Graves' A dress cannot he described. She was a mass of f fluttering ribbons, and she looked as though she ] would take wings and fly sway. ? Bigelow Van Slyck and Ike Turtle conducted ^'re marriage ceremony?the one took the oceleaiast? .'al> the other the civil management. When tho coup.'o wore ready, Turtle sat down in front of then* wik'1 the statutes under his arm, with Bigelow at his tV^'t hand. Turtle examined 'ho statutes.amid profound r silence for some time, turning down one leaf hero 1 nnd another there, until he found himself thor- I otigbly prepared for the oolei.un occasion. FinaK ' ly, he arose, and with a gravity that no man ever put on before or since, exelsi Jied : "Mine Graves, hold up yer right hand and ' Alias Grans said " alio was a member of the ' church, and dar'aent swear." ' Ite said it was "legal swearing lie wanted, ' 'cording to the stater*?not the wieked sort?he wanted her to swear that she was over fourteen " years of age?hadn't got no liuaband living, no * where?warn't goin' tb practice no fraud nor ' nothin' on Squire Ixingbow?and that she'd jest ' as good a right to get married now as the ever < had," ] Miss Graves looked blank. Squire Longbow said " he'd ran the risk of 1 the fourteen yearn of age and the fraud, and finally he would of the whole on't* The staters 1 was well enough, hut it warn't to be presumed that a just ire of the piece m>uld run ngln 'em.? ' Some folks didn't know "era?he did." 1 Ike said " there was something another in the ' statert about wirain's doing tilings 4 without, any 1 fear or compulsion of any body,' and he guessed 1 he'd take Miss Graves into another room, and examine hpr separately and apart from lief intended huslmnd," This was a joke of Turtle'* The Squire said *4 that meant married wimln ?arter the ceremony was over, that ere would be very legal and proper." Mr* Swipse said Jf for lief part she thought the oath or ter be pnt?it would be an awful thing to see a poor cretnr forced into marriage.'* Sister Abigail thought so, too. Annt Sonora hoped there wouldn't be nothin' did wrong, so people could take the law on 'em; Turtle said " that they needn't any on 'era fret their giswirds?he was responsible for the la' of the case.11 Bigclow then rose, and told the parties to jine hand*, and while they were jined, he wauled the whole company to sing a psalm. The psnlrn was snng. Bigc-low then commenced llie wedding process. "Squire Longbow," exclaimed Bigelow?" this Is your second wife, and some folks ray the third, And I hope you fed the awful position in whieh you find yourself." I The Sotiile said ' he felt e??r and reairnnd^. ' ho'd gone inter it from respect to hi* wonmn *Ik? whs now no more." " Y^u do promise to take I Ms ere womnh, Io cat her, nn<l drink her, nml keep her in things to wear, so long ns you nn J she lives." "I do that very thing," responded the Squire. "And yon, on yonr port," continued Rigclow, tnrning to Aunt Graves, " promise to behave yourself and obey the Squire in nil things." Aunt Graves said "'she would, Providence per mlttiug." , Tlds marriage ceremony, I believe, is nearly word for word. "Thro," said Turtle, "wheel yourthlf info line, nml lot'# have n dunce," and drawing out his fiddle, the whole crowd, in five minutes, were fearing down At ft mwt furious rato; and when 1 1 deported, at ahont midnight, the storm was rngi ing still higher, the whisky ftnd hot wnter efrj ciliated freely, Turtle looked quite abstracted about his eyes, and hia -footstep* were growing more and more uncertain, Bulllpliant,'* face shone like a drtimmond light, the volees of the females, a little stimulated, were as noisy and confused*as those of linhel, and vonr bumble servant?why. be walked borne as straight as a gun?of course be did?and wna able to distinguish a hay-stark from a mcetltig hou o, any where along tbe road J ? ' 'W ^ # 3HisrtHntmmfl T\ raiting. Old Cognac. Everybody has heard of the innocent gentleman hC assured ItiK guests that the brandy an his sideboard was bought from old Mr. Cognac in person. Let the |cat pass. The man who imagines, now-a-days that he it drinking old Cognac at the bar of any American htftel, fnlla into aa complete nn absurdity. The quantity of jrondy made in the district of which the little own of Cognac, in the department of the Clia ente, is the commercial oentre and entrepot, nay in good years amount to some 20,000 buttsHie annual product during the seven bnd grope ,-ear* preceding 1858, probably did not rench 1,000 butts. The production of grape brandy iras equnljy or still more reduced during those even yenrs all over France. But there bos been >o day in all thnt time when we could not buy ncasureless quantities of Cognac brandy in Fori* ts in New York?and, what is curious, it was ill "old Cognac." Young Cognac docs not opx>ar in commerce or ill lli? !' ? v-? ! * - ??- ... ...? i'ww, 111 n penes >f good years, four-fifths of tho so-called Cognac lever saw tho vineyards of the Chnrcnte. Durng those late had vonrs nine-tenths of it never * , - %*-?; ? * i . . t viMtjttiuntmi. it 10 Iivv ttmuitiu ?^t ujtti juivt, int distilled beet juioo; be very thankful even if t be pure beet juice. In 1863-64 more than one inlf of the numorous beet sugar manufactory a in franco were, if my memory does not grossly misend me, changed, by a slight alteration of their nnchinery and its application, into beet brandy listilleries. tf theit) my fast young friend, you rill make a fool of yourself, do it. patriotically nt east, with honest American whisky* (if evon hat can he had,) and not with a triply falsified "renoli brandy. If, on the contrary,ij'on are a empernnee man. encourage American viticulture. Yhcre light wine ia cheap and plenty, drunk,rds are scarcei The bar-rooma of the mngniioent" St. Ouzile at New York, or of the St. libble at New Orleans, (queer establishments for alntly patronage,) turn out more drunkards in a ear, than all tho 6,000 wine shops of Paris. (Cor. of the Southern Field and Firciutei j Another Bell. The strokes are the measured beating of the nareh of death. Another soul is far out. over ho unknown waste beydnd us, even while the {lowing lips of the living arc clinging convulsivey to the yet warm ones of tho dead. Tho hour is now dark for them, and tlic swolen hearts are aching with sorrow. One of the louschold band has fallen away before his autumn, and th?!re is a gap in the closely knit cirslo by the hearth. The passionless lip, cheek md brow, bear away to the grave the impress of i thousand frenzied kisses. The mbther, sister, or wife, do not know all.? Fltank God that they do not! Tho fiery imprint >f the fang* of the demon of the cup, has been lidden from their eyes, and lhcy dream not that Ids manhood was slurred liv the ?r -r- ***v vt somraon curse, and his body swollen with the poison which lurked in every vein. The bell will tell on for the early slain. To the world they will go down like men. But In the slaughter-houses where they were hired, the red-beaded Cains will know who slew them, rhcro is s sad chapter veiled from the world's f>ye. And when the marblo which affection rears over fho sleepers shall read of ? noble life, the demon of rum shall slinio noiseless through the rnok grass of the grave, and look in mockory upon the lie. Toldie, is a common loh But there is something peculiarly sad in looking over tho waste of human life, from the drinking habits of onr people. Entt*nehed in onr midst; licensed by onr government; and working out wholesale desolation and murder " by authority," the slaughterhouses spread their toils by every path we tread. There are pit falls in every pathk and there is not one among us so richly endowed by God, or so deeply loved on earth, as to turn for one moment. the stony hearts which fatten upon ruin. fi,? i.oii ...:n - t .11 t? .t?i?i ?J Alio UGH mil vunvilliir tu it'll mr inrucnu, nuu human victim* to be wrenched fropi home and friend*, and flung out u|>on the smoking alter of the Christian Moloch.? H7?fon?in Chief. Sqtnti&ixa tin Il.vxn.?Tt is but lately flint we understood the strange constructions that nre sometimes put upon a squeeze" of tho hand.? With some it is entirely equivalent to a declaration of love; that I* very surprising, indeed Wo must take hold of ft lady's hand like hot potatoes ; nfrnid of giving a squeeze lest we hum her fingera. Very fine, truly ! Now, it wnsour ancient eust, m '.o pqu^e*?. "-ory h!?n-t that We got In otir olftws, especially a fair one, It is no wonder that we have never been sued for a breach of promise. We would riot give ft rusty nail for one of your Cold, f.?rmnl shakes of tho hand. Every person who Intrudes one or two fingers for your touch (as if ho wero afraid of cntehing ft distemper) should go to school to awhile a jolly old farmer. He shakes with n vengeance ; ....I .k.t .. ........ ....I. A...I I hap, ten to be as thirk as himself. Well, there it nothing like it l it shows n good licart, at any rote, nnd ttfe would talhor a man W<ov1d crush the very bonet of our fingers, nnd shako our shoulder out of joint, thnn thnt ho should poke ont a paw, at If ho worcalwytto come in contact with a bear or a hyona. The ladies may rest Assured of this, that, a man alio will not sneeze their hand when ho gets hold of It, does not doservo to have a hand in his possession ; ?nd that, ho has a heart 74'J times smaller thau a grain of mustard seed. r t t ? ? Among the advertisements In a late Tendon paper, we read that "two sisters want washing." Ir you have good teeth, don't forget to langh 'now and then. _M1IIII III? I I | jui Mannor of Milking. The manner of milking hna a more powerful and lasting influence on the produc'ivencss of the cow thau .most farmers are nwnru of. That a alow and onrelcaa milker toon dries np the best cows, every practical farmer and dairyman know* The fir?t requisite of a good milker is, of course, the utter cleanliness. Without this, the milk is unendurable. The udder should, therefore, he carefully cleaned before the milking commencea The milker may begin gradually and gently, but. "hould atendily increase the rapidity of the operation till the udder is emptied, using a pail suf- | ficlontly large to hold all, without the iweeodtT of changing. Cows n*o all very sensitive, and the pail cannot ho elinngcd, nor can the milker stop or ri*o during the process of milking, with-" out leading the coW more or less to withhold her milk. The utmost caro should he taken to strip the last, drop, nnd do It rapidly, and not in a slow negligent manner, which is ante to linre its eifcet on the yield of tlic cow. If any rulk is left, it is re-absorbed into the system, or else becomes caked, nnd diminishes the tendency to secrete a full quantity nfterwnrda. If gentle nnd mild treatment is observed and persevered in, the oj-? oration of milking appears to ho one of pleasure to the animal, as it undoubtedly is ; but if an opmovemenf, caused, perhaps, by pressing a sore tent, the anitnnl is harshly spoken to, she will be likely to learn to kick as a habit, nnd it will be dillionlt to overcome it afterwards. To induce quiet nnu ronnincssto givcnown the milk treaty, it is better tliat tlic cow ihonld be fed nt milking time with cut food or roots placed within her easy reach. The sumo person should milk tinsame cow regularly, and not change from one to nuother, unless there are special reasons for it. [AVw York Observer. . Otrn iloxrit$.-?-At the Georgia Stale fair, held at Atlanta during the month of October, the Rev. C. W. Howard delivered an extemporaneous address, from the report of which wo make the following extract. It was expected that the Hon. Edward Everett would accept the invitation of the Society to address them, but circumstances prevented his being there, and Mr. Howard was I prevailed upon to occupy the place, which he did in an eloquent and able manner i I Lot us then, the speaker said, make our homo, eleads beautiful. Let us furnish them with books, and store the mind with that knowledge which is a nover failing source of pleasure. Jet our daughters be taught music, that at. early dawn and dewy ovo, the melody of tho woodland songsters may be responded to by tlio sweeter warblers around the hearthstone?or when, nt noon tide, we would enjoy seclusion from the mid-day heat, our repose may be sweetened by its soothing strains. Let us plant shado trees that, in old age.wc may sit beneath them and rest.? Let the matron and the maiden plant and nourish beautiful (lowers, sweet scented shrubs, and tender creeping vines. Plant also the charming evergreen, ntid by such means as these cause our homesteads to be an object of love from which we would desire never to part on earth. And let old ago plant with trembling hands, trees to bear fruit in the future. Fruit trees are the mo>t graceful legacy old age enn bequeath to posterity. When these things are done, when the old man and the gladsome youth, the graceful nmt ron and the rosy and blooming maiden, shall unite to make this home-beauty an object, nnd it shall becomo general, then we may expect our population to become permanent?contented to live, raise nnd educate their families, die and be buried near the old and cherished homestead.? Then, in reference to our homesteads, we might appropriate the heaven-inspired sentiment, " Kntrent me not. to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest I will go; nnd where thou lodgest 1 will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy flod my Cod ; where thou dleet I will die, And there will 1 be bnricd: The Lord do srt to me, and more also if aught but death part thee nnd me,M ?-v*: coxfrssfoxs ok Infiokhtt.?" I seem,'1 says Flume, "affrighted nnd confounded with the solitudo in which I am placed by my philosophy.? When I look abroad^ on every side I sec dispute, contradiction nnd distraction. When I turn my eye inward-, 1 find nothing hut doubt and ignorance. Where ami? or what, ami? To what condition shall I return ? I am confounded with questions; I begin to fancy myself in a most de plorabla condition, environed with davkneqaagi every side." Voltaire says; " Toe world abounds <!era, an<l nl*o with victims. In man wretchedness than in nil other animnT ^elisor," !IotV 'I'd be judge of i?. t lly h'l-< M Inert, lie mill*; " Mr.n loves life, vet he knows lie muflt die I spends his ottistciiee in diffusing the miseries lie 1ms suffered?cutting I ho throats o| his fellow-crcntulo.s for pay?cheating nn<l being cheated. The bulk of mankind are nothing more than a crowd of wretches, equally criminal, eqnally uufortunnte. 1 wish I hud never been horn." Hear what Pt. Pan' snya, * I have foutrht a good fight, I have finished my eourse, I have kept the faith, 1 lenceforth there la laid up foi me a crown of rlghUensnesa, which the Lord the righteous Judge, will give me at, that daVi" f Lutheran Obterrrf. ' _ '?? Aa proof pf the faet that g*n? are profit articles. and that, the world could not verv w.-l get along without, them, a Into writer rfntes it n u fact, thftt if all the girls wcru driven out of tin world, .iiione generation, the hoys would nil g< out after iKein. ??!? - ? ~ PKtMojm in n crowd, rev* PreatUc* ;houlil keoj their eH;ows eut of eaeli other'* rtnniHrh*, yet i niau'e rtomueh ?? ?ftenor injured by the erookinj of hi* own elbow tlinn by those of hia nei^hborr Wt* My Fat?ikr.**T? a storm at sea, when the dan# gor pressed, and the Jeep ecemed ready to deroof the Toyngcre, one man stood composed and careful amidst the agitated throng. They sskc<l htm eagerly why he feared not?wan he an experienced scaruan, and did he eeo reason to eXpeet that tiie ehip would ride the tempest through ? No; lie was not an expert sailor, hut he was a trustful Christian, .lie was not euro that the ship would swim, bnt he knew that its sinking could do no harm to htm. His answer was, " Though 1 sink to-ilny, I shail only drop gently Into the hollow of my Father's hand, for he holds all those waters there I" The stove of J v. that disciple'* faith triumphing in a stormy sen present" n pleasant picture of those who road it <>n the solid land ; hut if they in safety are strangers to his faith, they will tint iu trouble partake of his eonfdation, The idea is beautiful; but a human soul, in its extremity, cannot plaj- wit3i a beautiful idea. If the heart does not feel the truth tirm to lean upon, the rye will not long he satisfied with its symmetry to look at. Strangers may speak of Providence} hut only the children love it. If they would tell the truth, those who are alienated from God in their hearts do not like to be so completely in His power. It is when I am satisfied with His mercy that I reSnipft tn lis* Ift K?? linn/? Turn is tit#R.-*-lf we die to-day, the Sttti wilt shine as brightly and the birds sing as sweetly to-moirow. Business will not be suspended a moment, and the great mass will not bestow a thought upoo our memories. Is he dead ? Will be the solemn Inquiry of n few as they pass to their work. But not one will miss Us except our immedintc connections, and in a short time they will forget us, as merrily as when we sat beside them. Thus shall wo all, now active in life, pass away. Our children crowd close behind us, atid they will soon be gone. In a few years not a living being enn eay, *' I remember hltnl" Wo lived in another age, and did business with those who slumber in the tomb. Thus is life, llow rapidly it passes! A t.ovB-sicK swain, in order more fully to ascot"* tain the mind of his - indy iovc," eiosed a ieuer with the following verse t " If j-ou were a dog and I was a hog A root in' away in the yard, If the old man should say, ' Drive that hog ftwny/ Would you worry or bite very hard An exchange says a sentiment so sublime doserves un answer, and ventures to suppose tha j lady's reply: " Wlien 1 am a dog and you are a hog, A wandering from the sty, I'd not breathe a hark, but merely remark Go it porkicl root hog or die !" " Don* Ilobson keep lent I" "Certainly; what* ever is lent to him, lie is sure to keep." " Caimtai. punishment," as the boy said, whert the schoolmistress seated him with the girls. Why is an old maid like a dried orange I Because neither of them is worth a good sqaeero, Tiikkr is a man down east so tall that he has to use a ten-foot pole to pick his teeth with, My son, what would you do if your dear father was suddenly taken away from you T Swear and chaw tobneker, An Irish gentleman playing cards, having on inspection found the pot deficient, exclaimed, ' here's a shilling short, who put it In V "Tnr.v tell nie wine gives strength," said Fox, one day, " and yet I, who have just drank three bottles, cannot keep myself 011 my legs !" An Irishman, In writing a biography, informs 1.1. - -1? ???? i-?- ? - iii^ iA.-inn ru iihii ins ncro wn! very yoiHIg at tne 1 time of his birth, i " Mn. Smith, ahnll I help yott to (h butter 1 "Thank yon, matin, 1 Itching w. the Tempgraneo Society, ami nevur take anything strong." Tiifup. are truth* which some men despise heeause they have not examined them, and which they will not examine, because they de?pi?e them. A physician is the unfortunate individual who is expected every day to perform a miracle, nnniely, to reconcile health with intemperance. If you make love to n widow who has a daughter twenty yenrs younger than herself, begin by declaring that you thought they were ?is? tcrs? A boy was asked one day what made him so dirty, and his reply was, " I am made, so they fell nie, of the duet of the ground, and I reckon S'a just workin' out." f"CoMB here, my dear, I want to ask you all So tit. vour sister. Now. tell m? frnlr. hu ?l*c BBF't n beau I" " No, it'? the j minder*; the doe* or ^*av* SO." Kwm;, <1n?tng courtship, is nllownbln, V noil Young hearts hav? yonnir nyrwfw'H. !" and young sympathies nre tlie parent-* ! k'n ' i ninl tender sent.imenta. 'I A man was offered a glass of soda water. the j other Hay, tint ho rtyeeted it with indignation. " ]>o yon think I am a salamander," said ho, " to dtrnk water boiling hot?" Fifty giuai^once nte eYrry thing a certain mnlt hnd in hi* hWfae. The next gnest ha turned not hy simply pointing to his date box. What was the date t March 4th, '68? (March forthl??fifty rtto!) Sraltr. moments nrc the gold dnst of time. Of , all the portions of onr life, spare moments Are I the most fruitfnl in good or evil. They arfl the , }<*I,S through whioli temptations find the easiest access to the soul. , Nkvkii be rude, or say to n mnn: " There V ihe door." Address him more polit?dy, thus: " Kle-vate your golotlia to the tlie summit of jour p?' , ricrnmutn, and allow me to present to your dertin : oiketntlion that selentifie pleee of m <> t nr Iw liieli constitute* the egr^^^i in . m i fnient."