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? . .,*4. A Whndrrflr, ' " M
Oh I wh?w is the homo of v\j childhood 1 J\
I sigh for it* pleasures In ?aipl *J lr
The garden, the mes^crx, the wikiwcod, ' J
r* nil now thostrengfcr's domain.
The wild bird sang her sweet song, ?i
. On the top of my native hill; v:. c(
And playmatee war* hnay and throng, ' - ?
Onthe banks of the rippling rill. tl
Thai then my enraptured delight, . .
To meat them by dawn or day ;
And sport till the shhdows of night, '
Bid a* *B luihn wnr. Ji* *n . CJ
~ . ,.v 1 >y. S t iJ
Bofl aoepes of my happiest bmtrs 1 (,
Y o?r beauties 111 ne'^r mgeinsee? - |c
In the fletds where I planted the flewptf, ' |j
Therp bloom* not a blossom for mo. *.W , |,
The violet's eheek is npw pale,, P
My playmates-are gone to the tomb ; ?1
There's no nnik afloat on the ga'j, r'
While here as a stranger I roam. J'
Amid Sorrow and ra lness end danger,' * ' j
I grieve now la. silenee aleae: . ? . .
For the Tlildltoet tones of the stranger,*
But remind me *of loved onoe at home. .
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ThovAlon% o'er the wide world a rover, ' v
Like the wild deer, I'll wander at will; e|
n..i -i.? wvi. jji . v ?
numu ino i areftrj journey u orei',
Lot me rut on my own native hill. ' Jc
On (k? bin Vrtth mjr 40*1* ?ni*Uwl mother, ^
Fu? mmay fcftg jeers tub ?Uid ? .P
With a kind hearted sister end brother, H
Oh 1 there's when I went to be Wig. tl
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THE REJECTT^. Jj
Tbq llttVe gT^y*{kftb|c <^ard? lay in 1>
the broad light of ilia-moon, with 1U
thick cluster? of ivy Mid creeper# man- e<
tling the diamOnd-paned" windows.? A
The soft autumnal hate rose tMti Arid h
sparkling in the moonbeams, Snd eeenCT
ed like a silver veil which Nature had tl
coquettisKly. thrown orer the charms b
that the had not hidden- frorq the gam- h
ish light- tff ditj.v In iKV (p-o^ri lane ''
there ?m a soft, coding sound from the ft
wood pigeons, not yet- woolly at rest, ?
and on the downs a ihouiaAd sheep, as "
vet not folded, gave forth their gentle i?
breathing, quiet and traaqaif, as (heir h
keener wl?n ha,* ub t.
around blmi and lay pn (tie hillside, with o
a young lamb close to bis heart- and, t<
ready to' start at-lb* first sound of .iris b
dogfc. * H -J* v 3f. j|L. 3 '"IT
.dose to lb* gwt?w.ayx>f I he,church,
stood, two persons, and in the h nshad ?b g
lelhC* Onb could have distinguished a *
faint sound of warping/* Wbat'?ye* it d
was, it proceeded hot from the smallest b
of the two, but frees lb* Uli and strung 4
man who stood beside Lor. >,Tbd white li
floating robe showed one to be a woman; '?
and the moonbeams resting on W face v
told that sir* was beautiful, and the pacb d
style of English beduty. PeAisps she *
looked paler than wak her j
moonlight; but thfe* was scarcely anyr *
other trace of emotion in bee cpnpten b
ance. Pride might hay* .looked forth I
k front thoee Urge blue lyfef but that E
Wee natural, and not caitbd ont
new circumstances. Jitr flaxen t
i hair lay unstirred ^y even s breath over ?
her fair white forehead and hong dopit I
in long, heavy owris, over a tipcb wjiich, <
* though cloMiy coveA, sbnw*d ?u P?*feat
shape, and. betrayed at the th ro*l *
iU whiteness and nnhty. Apparently, |
the yotusg man bad Kinds sqih* passion-i j
ate appeal to >er which had' feUa to
subdue tome wen^on had dealer- ]
au; tor she hs k*? walk > ;r L
e&eot <01 Mr firiauct*, fud eatwered !
proudly* ' .
"It 4* iotpOMrbte; I b**? gUea my
word - japiy Word, Which I have* never
yet broken f t <awv never be your wife,"
Kffftortf wee > eol> whtoh teemed to
eoeee like r*rW-eeul afci
body, Irafd^he wttitlrof tBe^^A^man.
hlatpy ^?H(^ tM fhlywet^??n4m
* k jS56flSv<
jrovo m treacherous Mi womAnVi fore, <
[ shall probably find peace beneath the <
i|ym. If *0,1 do nof ask the 'teal*' (
vhich yc>u refuse to my deep misery in
lite. Once more, farewell!" t
. He turned atray from her ns be spoke, i
in.d took another path than that which I
ed to her home. Had he heKrd tb? f
xtssionate ory which buret from her <
ips a moment after* he might bave re- I
raced hi* steps; bat be wan deaf and 1
rlind in bU agony. " 44 Willhnn ! Wil I
iara 1" sounded on the air, and renched t
bo oar of the sleeping shepherd on the s
iiIIside, bnt not that of 1>im who had (
rft her. The next day M*rgrt-et Sea- t
on saw the announcement of tho sail- I
of a ship to America,' and among n
lie pti^erger# was the name of 44 Wit e
am Johnson." -r 4 s
- a C W
Iiji one of the most beautiful spots in
M delightful valley pf the Mohawk,
ohnson Castle reared him head. Sirr- g
>tmded bv tall trroves. and ri?>h
erioa,' utmost (^iental in their profu
on, and kept by its owner, a young h
inn of free nnd frank deportment, as n
biee of almost feudal magnificence, it tl
as no wonder that its popularity was It
eyond that of any other mansion in u
, loorica. To flits house, noL only the b
real and learned among the Ametican S
nd European tourists alike resorted, &
ut it wra* equally cqien to the crowds e
rindians, who attracted by the hearty
jrdiality of its master, laid aside their w
sunt reserve, and docked to ths hospi- ft
ible board of William Johnson. s<
Frdm afar, Margaret Sea ton heard of o
ris sylvan nbot'o, and wondered if its n
ocupant ever thought of her whose K
sidness had driven hiin to its deep it
lades. Drawn from him for a while b
y the prospect of a more intellectual I!
iver than the boy of nineteen, at Wil- si
am Johnson was when she parted from c!
lm, alio too liad experienced a disap- ci
ointment as keen and severe as a lov- w
,10 *.1J ?f-? i ? -
a iinaiigv cu|ua wmrio in met. Ketbution
for her broken faith to William w
ohoeon bad overtaken her, and flow, c
irgusted with the vain show in which N
ie lived, and the heartless desertion of V
er lover for whom she had sacrificed a li
tie and faithful heart, she fioffhed the h
tad project of going to AmeriW, and L
Uncasing the new life which her forth- rt
r-lover was said to lead. ?
"Circumstances were favorable fo this A
lea. Her parents were uo more, and C
ie wealth they had left was at herd)*? h
o?al alone/ She knew that since the k
ight on which the two stood at the lite
Gothic church, a boy and gir| in the ti
ret flush of jrqojh, that she; at Uaat,
tunTraro altered. The soft curl* hunjj r<
i lovingly around the neck, hut the fair fr
row had a shade of cate,'and the bine h
Yff were faded from their first brfl- e
ance. t Night and day sho murmured T
ver the' decision of that night, and it t
a<f left a shadow upon her beauty like h
ie blight.upon lite lily. She embark s
i -for America, under an assumed j \
mrning hi irre very neignt or me tl
lxurfant American Hummer. b
Johnson Ca?ilo was deserted when ll
>e unkndwn l*dv arrived in it* neigh- q
orhood; and another residence on the o
anks of tliQ river, wberq a roost siogu- n
irly beautiful domain aarronnding (his t:
ivored'spot wan an English settlement, w
[imposed inainly of artinans or work- v
ten whom the master's liberality had d
id need to remain. In one of theso
abitations the proud English maiden
>uod a home; and ventured to ramble
ver tho very grounda of her eld lover, c
rusting to her altered looks to conceal -
p
*r identity with the Margaret of his c
arlp dream. g
Wandering over the magnificent
rounds surrounding Johnson Hail, she
nooun^ered nrf elderly lady, dressed in
eep mourning, ^accompanied by two
cautifnl girU, in whose *w?et young
seas Margaret read their relation to Wilh?t>
Johnson. These, lhen, were the
hlldrcn, and although she had beard
nth a stjrnngo joy, for which she had
espised herself, of tbedeatb of hW wife,
he could not retain such feelings when
he thought- of those loving girls, left
rithont a mother, as the herself had
een?perhaps, some day drifting liko
lerself apoo the ^uterVircteof a happiest
which aha eoold never hope to
mow. Then camel he retnethbrance
I rat bad H hot been for ber folly, she
nlgM have .been if wife hod mother;
be wife ofb'ot she indeed worshipped,
ifld the toother td hie children. - v
Determined to have a single look. If
10 toore, of-lhaS faoe sd beloved, Matpu-et'
walked on. Test the fertile fields,
>ast the sra|liow .river, through the.
roves, of oheetnut and maple, and to
ibe very borders of tho beautiful garden.
What bound! f A miniature tsmnU 1
. , ?v- ?- -? : * ?"i?>
ihe very Representation. of tbe little
church, at; wnoee loir gateway William
Johneonhad Mud farewell. He bad not
forgpU?rf,dhen.:v But in the ??ry doorway
oftijat temple atood a figure, wboee
i^pejfhkeee tliere startled and IrooUle^
her. It was that of a fmulf mm! k?*it. I
safexSgSss
uatary gr?o? of h?r aivrtudiad *U?to<1e,
itftoA Margaret #tpl.a jtfuloOl enry for
n fir Ahafcad
seVMame
;hurch, wn* a man, whose tall figure
ind graceful motions could not be misaken.
It era* William Johnson. Her heart
old her so beforo she mw h? fttee ; and
iow it wna turned toward her. He
lad thrown his arms around ike Indian,
ind through the dark color of her
>heek Margaret saw the deep flush of
leasure struggle Into new beauty.? '
ier hand lay lovjngly iu his, and her tend
vraa bent towards him, its long
ind superb hair resting on his bosom,
ind covering her own tiguro like a veil.
)ne of tho little English girls at the setlenient,
impelled by siuiositv in the
mlV w|*o had come from her fatherland
is her moliier had told her, had fbllowd
her footsteps. Uy a sudden and :
trong control, Margaret excited herself
o nsK, y
" Whois tlint woman yonder, Maud t"
And the child, delighted to give the '
pod ladv the information, snid *.
* it is Mary Brani." I
"And who or what is she?'' asked (
fnrgnret.
." AVhv, don't you know f" asked lit- I ^
le Maud. "She is sister to the Mo- |
nwk warrior an/t i= M? 1.1 V
??>?va iu i*i ^ vuiiumill n
fife. That is her husband standing
esidc her. They arc very kind to me.
hall 1 go and ask if you can see Johncm
Hall f It i* a grand place, and
very stranger visits it."
Margaret stopped the fleet feet that
ould have run to obtain admittance
>r her to the home of William John>n
and his Indian wife. 8he thought
f the beautiful girls whom she hnd
let in her wny, and wondered if the
lohawk step mother would meet their
leas of refinement. She was growing
itter and sarcastic every moment.'?
lad she yielded to tenderness she was
jre to faint, and then the child's ofliious
sympathy would betray her bv
ailing the attention of hiin whom she
-ould tiow avoid.
One bound down ilia m?i' -1
as out of Mglit, the child with ddli- ,
idly keeping pace with her. It was
largargl's last look at her old lover.
Viih 1)10 next chip she returned to '
lagland, and left him unconscious that J
er presence had ever been about hiw.
turing the revolution, deeds of bravery
sacked her enrs from time to time,, of (
'bicli William Johnson was the hero. ,
Tier the memorable expedition of
!rown Point, she learned that the king
ad bestowed upon him the honor of ,
nigtilhood, and she wondered if the
ueenly Mohawk would udorn her sut- |
ion as Lady Johnson.
In a pleasant country home, sursiinded
by the children of a very dear J
iend, whose husband MaVgnret was at
isl induced to marry, she found some
onsolation for her early disappointment. ,
ho romance of life had faded away. ,
ler early drcatrt, though remembered,
ad put on more subdued coloring; and
he learned to hear the name of Sir
Villiam Johnson with scarce a percepttile
fluttering of the heArt. Iter hutnod,
a good, quiet, easy country genleman,
who valued her mainly for the
ualities which mado her a good niothr
to his children, never knew that be
enth the calm surface she exhibited,
ty a world of extinguished sentiment
diich he had no power to rouse, and
diieli time only had been able to subu?.
The Catacombs of Paris.
Tiie annual inspection of these catnomba
warn made, a short time since, bv
iime engineers of the municipality, soomprmied
by a number of ladiea and
;?nt)einen. '1 he object of the visit was
o ascertain that the arched pillars, etc.,
vhioh support the rook remain perfecty
solid. The entrance in in the courtsrd
of the Jiarriete <T?nfer, and is
losed by a thick door. Tbe catacombs
ire reached by a narrow staircase, decending
about soventy feel; at the hotoin
is a loag narrow gallery, iu which
inly two persons can walk abreast,
ending to a spacious vault, in which
he bones formerly removed front the
>ld cemeteries o( Paris are collected. ,
"fear the cntranco to the vault is tho inception,
" iP insulin aux manes de*
norlt." Aboat twenty minutes are oe:upied
in rencbing this spot, and it is
emarked that the visitors eoon become
lerious and silent. -Th? bones nro piled
ip like wood in a timber-yard, to ft
leighi of six-feet, the larger bones beng
outside, and tho skulls placed on
.ho to Jr. Hero and there are inscrip- 1
lions, indicating from what ceme-.eries
iho bones were brought, and rtjso scraps
ef terse from different poets. There it
one enorm.out heap of bones which has
tol yet been classified. It is calculated
that not fewer than three million persons
must have been interred in the
cemeteries from which the bones were
removed, In the vault are some subterranean
springs, which have been colletted,
ih a Win called the Ptintaine dt
la SftnutrtteAne. In this fountain tome.
goldfish were placed in 1813 ; they livetl
for a long rtme, but d)d not breed.
In the otWnd'i of th* ntsissitU (1?*
gftltortat * re terjj turner? trs, *nd otie df
the*o ?tvcftMy (kf mile* Ibng. "To prft-"
rent persafi* front) toafbg then* w?* ?
bfora-blael: Hiki U drftwn", cm -ftie wall
? tfc? Mtrlner of (lift titoOombft'to
>a^ yv
ilU gtift l? eskftry I
. JRistrllattrnttfl JUabing.Til*
Traffic in Strong Drink.
A brother, who for twenty years has
held membership in a Virginia Baptist
Church, write* that, by far, the greater
proportion of the difficulties calling for
the exercise of discipline, during that
time, have been caused by the sale and
use of intoxicating liquors. lie makes
withal a most startling statement of fact,
of which we present the substance.
Wher. he joined the church, there were
in the village near it, three houses for
the traffic in strong drink, kept by men
of the world. Severnl revivals of religion
compelled the closing of these bouses
for want of support. "Rie community
was sober; the Church flourished;
and for six vears. not ? ainrrla ^
, ' ? vwni VM
drunkenness oceurred within tl? communion.
Attempt* were made, indeisd,
by ungodly fersona to revive the traffic,
but they were frowned down bv popular
lentimenU At length, however, the
deacon of a neighboring Baptist Church,
at matt of high standing, both among
liia brethren.and those " without," commenced
44 the sale of the devil's water "
in eight of the house of worship, with
the aid of a wicked partner who 44 took
great delight in getting members of the
Church and Sons of Temperance to
drink." The weaker members of the
Jhurch persuaded themselves that to
tse ardent spirits as a beverage was not
wrong, since the deacon not only used
hem hituself, but Bold them in his store,
tnd 44 treated" (say rather trial treated)
ill vvlin vutlrwl I* 11 I I "
- ? %. a ten > uu, wrues
>ur correspondent, " that they are Rapping
the foundation of the church and
!ommunity, and doing more harm tQ
he cause of religion than could have
jccn effected by half a dozen low
doggeries." At nearly every meeting
for business and discipline, we have
*omo one before flic Church to answer
the charge of drunkenness; and we hear
that miuy other* drink to excess,
against whom we have not been able to
secure adequate testimony. Two negro
men belonging to members of the
Church, b?ye lost their lives by .drink;
jne white man lias killed another in a
irunken frolic,: ami a member of tho
Church has Wen found frozen to death,
with a half emptied bottle of ardent
ipiiita by his corpse."
It chills our blood- to write these
things. The sale of ardent spirits as a
aevenige, when tried by the standard of
bivine law, fcis an immorality which
[Wight to be discountenanced and repressed.
In the absence of light, or for
want of investigation, worthy (and
sven Christian) men may embark in i
But "those who have the means
understanding its nature and etTec
and who refuse to abandon it whe
subject has been urged upon their at
lion according to the apostolic ruU
"speaking the truth In love"?sho
not be retained as members of C'
tian Churches.
Such, at least, are onr mature convit,
lions, and, with the preceding statement
ftf f'l Ptfi tu-fixra nd ? ' ? .1? - ? ?.*< * - *
.r^wiv uaf ntj UfllV II1H MflUtllOl
them. The reasons on which they rest
nro well grouped together, in the following
extract front the Fifth Annual
Report of the American Temperance
Society. We ask for them tho candid
and prayerful consideration of our readers?of
those especially who are engaged
in the traffic J
" 1. It is the selling of thnt, without
the use of which nearly all the business
of this world was conducted, till within
less than three hundred years; and
which of course is not rueaftil.
"H. It Is tho selling of that, which
was not generally used by the people of
this country, formate than a hundred
years affer the country was settled { and
which, by hundreds of thousand*, and
some in all kinds of lawful business, is
not p??d now. Once they did use. and
thought it needful or useful, llut by
experiment, the best evidence in the
world, they have found that they were
mistaken, and thnt they are in all re
spects better without it. And the caws
are so numerous as to make it certain
that should the experiment be fairly
made, thin would he tho case with all.
Of cotme, k Is not useful.
" 3. It !s the sullitig Of that, which is
a real, a suh'.ilo, and very destructive
poison; a poison, which by men in
he?.'.ih cannot be taken withont derang>
injf healthy action, and inducing more
or less disease, both of body and ndnd;
which is, when taken in any quantity,
positively hurtful; and which is, ol
coarse, forbidden by the word of God
" 4. It is the selling of that, which
tends to form an nnnatural and veq
dangerous and destructive appetite
which by gratification, like the desin
of sinning in the man who sins, tend)
continually to increase ; and which Ibui
espoicft an who lorra it, to come to i
prematura grave.
* 5. ft is the telling of that, whicl
cauaea a great portion of all the pou pe
ir.m in our lam!; and \fcna for the heft
efK of '"few, (ihoee who aeil,} bring
an enArmoai tax Qt\ the whole common
itf.: U jfcjt fh??1 J? h Jyfl? "la l
not exposing our chlWien and youth t<
become dtunWda t Audit k not in
" Meting great ?*& mi aoefotj f '
*?. fl ip, ',he aelpng - ! that, *whM
fxeitfcw to 4 greet portion of aU 'ih
(rintea thai aro committed; and wbWI
\u than ?bowu to be in ite offeew heat!
? ?' ? - - _ fgg? !?
to the moral government of God, and
to the social, civil and religious interest
of men; at war with their highest
good, both for this life and the life to
come.
11 7. It is the selling of that, the sale
nnd use of which, if continued, will
form intemperate appetites, which, if
formed, will be gratified, and thus will
perpetuate intemperance, and all its
abominations, to the end of the world.
" 6. It is the selling of that, which
makes wives widows and children orphans
; which leads husbands often to
murder their wives, and wives to mur
der their husbands ; parents to murder
their childrcu, nnd children to murder
their parents \ nnd which prepares multitudes
for the prison, for tho gallows,
and for hell.
" 9. It is the selling of that, which
greatly Increases the amount and severii..
~r ' ? -
in rnuiicM, ?mcn in manv cases
destroy* reason ; which causes a great
portion of all tlie sudden deaths ; and
brings down multitudes who were never
intoxicated, and never condemned to
8uflfer penalty of the clvit law, to an untimely
grave.
" 10. It is the selling of that, which
tends to lessen the health, the reason,
and usefulness, to diminish the comfort
and shorten the lives of all who habit
ually use it.
"11. It in the selling of that which
darkens the understanding, sears the
conscience, pollutes the afVeclions, and
debases all the powers of man.
" 12. It is the selling of that which
weakens the power of motives to do
right, and increases the power of mo
tives to do wrong ; and if thus shown
to he in its ejects hostile to the tnoral
government of God, as well as to the
temporal and eternal interest of men ;
which excites men to rebel against him,
and to injure and destroy one another.
And no tnan can sell it without exert*
ing au influence which lends to hinder
the reign of the Lord Jesus Christ over
the minds and hearts of men and to
lead them to persevere in iniquity, till,
notwithstanding all the kindness of Jehovah,
their case shall becntno hopeless.*?iZc/rptotM
{Baptist) Herald.
Scene in a Kansas Court Boom.
Some two years ago quite an amusing
ami novel scene transpired in the
presence of His Honor, a Probate
Judge in Kansas, while he was holding
court.
We shall not give the real names of
the parties, and we hope no one will
take oflenceThe
court room was a little log hut,
' twelve, with a dirt chimney and
| Chairs were very scarce, and
^r had several chunks of wood
or seats. Upon one of the
Its His Honor sat, with all of
&l dignity. Before him was
Bnnin ntinr f?*ll<iui f<?? lu>rr<i>?. I
^Ecighbor's chickens without
Wf confronted l>y )iis accuser,
^ opposite side of tho fireplace
Vheritf and one of his friends
^in a pleasant game of " old
' We will call them lirown and
Smith.
Tho Judge, after adjusting his quill,
pushed hack his hair, that his legal
bump might bo thoroughly exhibited,
and looking the prisoner full in tho face,
pronounced an interrogatory like this:
Jodgo?"Sir, what have you to say
for yourself?"
Brown?"Smith, I beg."
-Smtrti?" I'll aee you d?d firet."
Judge?"Sheriff, ksep silence in the
court. Well, air, what have you to say
about these chickens fh
Brown (aside)?" Run the kurds,
Swill.."
"Prihoner?" I inlended to pay Mr.
Wiggins Tot them chickens."
Judge?* Why didn't? n
Brown?"Smith, don't rou come
that new kick over me?follow suit;
none of your re-nigging."
Judge?"The Court finds it impoe
aible to proceed, unless you have order
in the court house."
Smith? " In r moment, Judge.?
Count your game, Brown."
Judge?" Did you eat or sell those
chick ens ?"
i Prisoner?" I sold them."
Judge?" Ilow much did you make
i on? "
Smith?* High, low, jack, gift and
game."
i Brown?" Who gave yon one!"
| Smith?" I l*>g your purdoD. 'Twas
, yon that begged? "
f Judge?H Silence in the court."
Everything was quiet again for a few
i momenta; the 14 kurJa " were shuffled
r and dealt, and in the meantime Ilia
; Honor proceeded with the examination,
s In the height of some other questions
? being propounded by the Judge, Smith
i beggedj and Brown gave one, hallooing
i out J v
.. ? _i L J _l.t o.wl
" rip AUCHU, VIM ii"OQ f n?v nuu
1 ti *r."
r Tbo Judge, indignant and angry,
arose from the court bench, and crossed
8 to the players. lleforo he could speak,
he spied Smith's hand, holding the
t jack and ten pf trumps; at the same
9 time glancing at a big alone between
the' two, ha ?alf two.half dollar*.
. *i Breyrn," aaya the Judge. 44 HI bot
I you 4iv4 dolls* Smith beau the gnuve."
e " Done," aaya Brownr and ap want
h the ore.
Swath led on. and woh the trick:
led "Rain, nnd won ; led tlie third time,
and won ; but no game yet ; commenced
whistling nnd scratching his head.
Judge (Leaning on Smith with ono
eye shut)?" Smith, play 'em judicious
I ly."
Smith led a little heart, and lost the
trickM Brown played the queen at hitn,
and won the ten.
" Hold,* said the Judge, 41 let me
see."
Brown?"What'sthe matter, Judge!"
Smith(impalienl)?4,Lead on, Brown."
Brown-?" I'lay to the ace."
Judge (raving)?" This was a made
up thing: you have defrauded me. 1
fine you both twenty-five dollars for contempt
of Court."
litown pocketed the money, and llio
prisoner sloped.
The Three Fighting Deacons of
Geagna.
In st small neighborhood in Gengna
county livo three deacons. Tito first is
a Methodist, the second a Presbyterian.
an<l the third a baptist. All live quite
a distance from their respective meeting
houses, and as the traveling is excessively
had at this time of year, they
concluded to hold meetings in the little
red school house in the neighborhood.
The question then aroso which denomination
shottld hold the first meeting.
The Methodist claimed the privilege of i
opening the hnll. The Presbyterian
demanded it. The baptist insisted up
on it. Here was " a fix."
They wrangled over the matter until
the dander of each deacon arose to fever
heat, atul crcIi vowed he wouid hold a
meeting nt jlie red school house the
very next evening, which happened" to
be Friday last, and on that evening, at
early candle light, the school house was
crowded with Methodists, Piesbyterians,
baptists and several world's people.
The Presbyterian commenced read
ing a catechism. The Baptist, at the
saute litno aroso and commenced rending
a tract on immersion. The Metho
diet, at tho same time, struck up nn old
fashioned liymn, shouting it forth at
the top of his lungs. The eft'ect was
ludicrous. Il apparently struck the
mixed congregation so, for they all commenced
laughing. The Baptist was
wheezy, iie sunk exhausted into his
seat, while tho Presbyterian and Methodist
continued. All at onco the Ittdierousnesa
of the scene struck the Baptist,
and he indulged in a protracted
horse laugh. This displeased the Presbyterian,
and forgetting himself, he
.leall the Baptist a stunning Mow under
the fight enr. The Methodist
threw his hymn book down and rushed
to the Baptist's rescue. lie arrived
just in time to receive the Presbyterian's
iron fist between his eyes. The Baptist
and Methodist rallied, and together attacked
tire Presbyterian, but he was
too much for them. Tire scene that ensued
beggars description. Chairs were
overturned. Window glass was bro
ken. Women shrieked. Men yelled
Hi. I : ? ? * i - ? *
i no H7?vt no nun 10 make Tun of an a"'
[ fafr which hrt* ranged profonnd regrei
among (lie religions people of Geauga.
We merely relate the facts. The matter
is in litigation.
| Cleveland Plaindtaler.
A Romantic Story.
Mrs. Ross, celebrated for her beauty
and constancy, died lately at Hammersmith,
Knglnnd. Having met With opposition
in her engagement with Captain
Charles Ross, she followed him in
men's clothes, when, after such n research
and fntigne as scarcely any one
of her sex could have undergone, she
found liim in the woods, lying for deal,
after a skirmish with the Indians, with
a p?ignard wound. Having studied sur
gory ill England, she, with an ardor
and vigilance which only such n passion
could inspire, saved his life by
1 sucking liia wound ? the only expedient
that could have etl'ected. i\ at the crisis
he was in?-and nursed hitn, with scarce
ly a covering hut the shy, for the space
of six weeks. During this limesho remained
unsuspected by him, having
dyed her skin with lime and hark, and
keeping to a man's habit, still supported
hv tlie transport of hearing his unceasing
aspirations of love and regret
for that dear, though he then thought,
distant object of his soul?-being char
ged by him with transmitting to her,
had the Captain died, his remains, and
dving asseverations of constancy and
giatitude for the unparalleled care and
tenderness of his nurse, the bearer; but
recovering, they removed to l'hiladel
pliia, wheie, as soon as the. had found n
clergyman to join her to him forever,
she appeared m herself, the priest accompanying
her. They lived for the
space of four years in a fondness almost
ideal to the present age of con option
and that could only he interrupted l>j
her declining health. The fatigue *h<
had undergone, and the poison not. pro
perlv expelled which she had imbiber
from his wound, undermined,!^ con
stitulion. The knowledge lp). bad of it
and piercing regret at having r>e#n th<
occasion, affecting him more sensibly
be died with, a broken "heart, last spring
at J ohm town, New York. She liver
to return and implore forgiveness of be
family, whom. *h? had distressed p<
long by their ignorance of her dertin*
, lion.*' Shfe died, in consequence of he
great grief and affliction, at the age o
,| twenty six.
n KJ rnuun O.
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Maxim* of WMhingtoa. >
U*o no-reproachful language againrt
anv one?neither curses
Be not too hasty to believe king report*
to tho disparagement of any en*\
In your apparel be modeet, and endeavor
to accommodate nature rather
than to procure admiration.
Associate yourself only with man of"
good quality, if you esteem your reputation,
for it is better to be alona than
in bad company.
Let your conversation be witbont
malice or envy, for it is tho sign of ittractable
and commendable spirit; and
in cases of passion admit reason to govern.
Use not bad and frivolous things
against learned men ; nor very difficult
questions or subjects among tuo ignor-.
?- ??.:?-- i.- ? - ?
In,.?, uui wnugs unru 10 ue relieved.
Speak not of doleful things in timn
of mirth, nor at the table, jtor of melancholy
things, as death or wounds; ,
and if others mention them, change, .if
you can, the discourse.
Break not a jest when none take
pleasure in mirth.
Laugh not loud, nor at all without
occasion.
Deride no man's misfortune, though
there seem to be some cause.
Be not forward, but friendly and
courteous?the first to salute, hear and
answer ; and he not peusive when it is
time to converse.
Keep to the fashions of your equals,
1 miph ?? !?/> nJ.-ll J 1
.... ...? vmm ?uu uro.eriy, WIU) 1CI
speet to time and place.
Go not thither when yon know not
whether yon will be welcome or not.
Reprehend not the imperfections ol
others, for that belongs to parents, masters
and superiors.
Speak not in an unknown tongue in
company, but in your own language,
and that as those of quality do, aud
not as the vulgar.
Sublime matters treat seriously.
Think before you speak ; pronounce
not imperfectly, nor bring out your
words too harshly, but orderly and distinctly.
Wanted, "Evening's at Home."
Not the interesting and instructive
book under that title, hot die very scene
which the book delineates, and which,,
unle-s we mistake, are fast vanishing
away, and will soon be, if they are not
alien lv, among the things that have
been, but arc not.
An evening at home, how is it to be
found ? Just mark the calls for public
and social meetings, read in your church
on the next Sabbath, and advertised by^
the various moral and literary associations
of the city?and what evening is
left for a quiet communion with your
own family, or a social call on a friend 1
\ What room is there for thorough fami-'
ly instruction ? Their father is always
at the store or office all the day, and
the mother has her work, and the chil
dren are at school?now, if there is a
meeting to call the family out everv
* evening, what time is left for household
' teaching? There is much trudi, with
perhaps a slight coloring of exaggera
tion, in the anecdote given in the January
nlimber of Hamper's Klagaeine,' of
a gentleman who had failed in business,
and, when asked what be intended t??
do, replied, 441 shall remain at home ,
awhile, and get acquainted with my
family."
We believe this constant drawing,
away from homo, and hone influence,
is demoralizing; and that U is lime
Christians should inquire, whether one
reason why they do not grow.more'rafv
idly in grace and knowledge, i? .not.
that they are ever hearing, and never*
meditating on what thoy hear?ev?r
running from meeting to meeting, and
norer at home. Is there not great dan
ger that "home" influences will lose
their charm when we come there only
to eat and sleep, offering indeed thy
morning and evening prayer, hut never
sitting down with tho household in tin*
sweet communion and tho precious in struction
that were always found in tln?
J oldeti times, when both on the Sabbath,
and during the weelf, families had sortw
" evenings at home."?Mirror,
The Steamship Grkat eagnthtt.?
This monster steamship is expaeted aNew
York on Sunday, or Monday next,.
A New York letter says \ ^
"The arrival of tbe monster will Ttappropriately
celebrated by a salvo" < C
artillery at Fort Diamond, Governor" Island,
and other places between U.?
Haiterv end the Narrows. A* soon m*
| the ship is signalized, a fleet of excursion
.1 and other ateHroefa will proceed rfovi..
the liny to meet her nod eeeort her n
to the eity. One of Vnnderbill'e oce* ?
Btenipshtps. and perhaps tine of th'?
| Collins boats, will join the squadron, *
3 '
Flop* writen the poetry of the ho*.,
] memory that of ? roan. Man looks
. forward .with rmilea. but backward wii.
aighn. ftficb ? the wiee province ?
g Ood. ^ The cnp of life i? eweetent at I) .
brfrn, the flavor.- la impaired an *?
' tit ink deeper, and the dreg* are iua<)?>
] bhter flint we may-not struggle when in
r U taken from our lipa.
A KKORtsa, speaking of hnr cl9JVenv
r aai<! of one lighter than the rent, *h>
f could not bar dat ar chile, ktoe hie tU*nr
dirt ?o eany."
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