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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
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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."