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VOLUME 11. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, MAY 14, 1850. "NUMBER 38.
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{poetical department.
POEM.
T GKORGK W. CHRISTIE.
There lurks deep-seated in each human breast,
Some cherished Dream, round which we love to
uest
Our fondest hopes?an image of the brain;
Soipe Idol Thought, whose outlines still remain, j
? _ in the West, |
^ fl^-0 All 61Bt> J&UCn ) oo ouu-vav>??.^- ?
When rosy day pales slowly to its rest.
Tis God's great gift to man, whose restless mindHad
else been portionless; nor, may we find
Em mptions from our nature's common law,
Or teiiud, a loss, each finder must deplore.
Xoi Youth alone, when impulse holds the sway,
And uncurbed Fancy spreads her bright array,
And passion's glow doth quicken into birth
Fair visions, ail too beautiful for Earth,
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Hut Age, ana siauuuuu P Jpri iiiiv) m*v. f ^
T?wdav, is but the Dream of yesterday!
And why this law, since swiftly rolling years
Betray how fast each Vision disappears;
How fast each hope, close nestled to the heart,
Spreads forth its wings impatient to depart ?
Alas! Man's selfish nature seeks return
For every feeble effort; and thus we leant
Great aciitm. springs from telf, naught else 'twould
seem
May kindle it to warmth save idle Dream
Without Ideal.aims, Man's life would be
A pulseless soul, a dead Reality!
Art wanders to the shades of Solitude,
By gentle winds to gentler feelings wooed;
Low murmurs fling their music on the ear,
And forms of beauty to the mind appear.
Fair An^el forms, for Beauty i6 divine?
And whilst we gaze we worship at her shrine,
* * measured strain.
Ana u we wummp, ?,
Wild inspiration leaps through every vein.
All hail! sweet Dream! with thoughts of Beauty
rife,
The canvass glows?the marble breathes with lite,
Thy shadowed form stands outlined to our gaze,
And Art, triumphant, wins immortal praise!
What seeks von watcher of the starry waste,
Where rolleth along in her lazy haste,
The pele-feced moon, through each billowy cloud,
Half wrapped in itslbhWjke a corpse in its shroud!
Are the lines of his destinyMyritten there ?
Is his fete hung out on the pulseless air
lake a scroll to be read by some midnight Seer,
With its hones and its pains, its joy and its Jear?
Is the horoscope rought! Is the teeming wcfiflb
Of the Future pierced for a glance at the tomb ?
, No, a loftier Dream now sweeps through his brain,
And tinges its cheek with a deep'ning stain.
There is order and method in every star,
The impulse which hurls the red comet afar,
The phases which marshal each change of the
moon,
Hie shadow which dims and eclipses her noon.
A wild hope up-springs in the wondering mind,
A dream of its power?why should it not find
That law which retains each bright orb in its
sphere,
And bids the faint ray in the west disappear ?
Night after night the starred heavens are scanned,
Facts noted and measured, and theories planned,
Till proofs are augmented, and labor upholds
That Science which triumphs, and Nature unfolds.
From room till eve, irom eve iu ruuu? mum,
AH feint, o'ertaskod, perchance with hunger torn,
The Student toils?neelect and paie disease,
8ole ministers, attendant on bis ease.
What Hushes now that wan. dejected fece ?
What passing impulse leaves the lingering trace
Ofro*y health! TTis midnight's solemn hour,
And chill the wind which breathes upon each
flower?
An unseen presence fills his lonely room;
i- 4iml* the nthprinr rloora:
Alt U1IKM U?4.? D C c, ,
He soars in boundless thought?leaves earth behind,
And reigns the monarch of bis world?the Mind!
So dreams the Poet, and his measures tell,
How sweet the Dream, how lasting is its spell.
Mail's elevation is our common Dream.
Where seek, where find, on ?arth a nobler theme?
Tis God-like in each feature, and each aim
Might pinnacle our hopes of deathless feme.
Turn to you city of the sainted dead,
Turn to the Brother, round whose couch is shed,
The ministries of love?turn to the tear
Of Grie? which finds a friendly solace near?
Turn to the shaft, the column, and the pyre!
Sweet offsprings of our cherished Dream?but,
hieher. .
Aims true Fellowship?we seek to elevate
Mao's fallen nature to a loftier state.
To teach him, is he came from Goth alone,
To God his thoughts should turn; whose throne
No Jewels deck?in whose Eternity
Naught mingles which may spot its purity.
Then onward still; our battle-cry be heard.
Whilst strength remains to shout the noble word.
Tie Action / Action ! tilt our Dream shall be,
A living Truth, a stem Reality!
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JHisfdlancous deportment.
WOKDERFCJL REVELATIONS!
"We find tlie following published editori/illy
In die New York Sun of the 23d ult?a paper
of the largest dally circulation on the American
continent Revelations of so wonderful a character,
and vouched for on such respectable authority,
deserve to be read to say the least
We are dnable to form an opinion, and express
none, in reference to them. We republish them
with the endorsement of the editors of one of '
the most extensively read papers in the world, 1
and will simply add that they will be read with I
ibe deepest interest:
A F*w Facts fok the Incbeduloi;*,?Wc i
liave been aware, for some six weeks past, of i
occurrences in the family of a well known and <
highly respected gentleman, residing in the i
-town of Stratford, Conn., a short distance from 1
Bridgeport, a simple authenticated narrative of i
which Lis already staggered the Incredulity of i|
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.some oi uie uuiut?? uiswiis IV* o III OU|/VI IIUIUI U? |
-agency,' and inspired the timid, to a considerate
degree, with terror. We have not felt at i
liberty, however, to make public mention of
them,.from a regard to the feelings and wishes
of the family; bat that restraint is now removed?
by die appearance of a garbled statement j
in die eointntts of a cotemporaiy; and we shall i
proceed to detail a few facts, which are so well
vouched for to us, that we endorse them as
freely as we could do, had they passed under
our own eves, and in our own dwelling. There
is in them, to say the least, a mystery, which
has not yet been solved, and which, from the
unsuccessful endeavors made to discover it,
seems uncxplainablc by any supposition of human
agency.
Six weeks ago last Sunday morning, on their
return from church, the family wns alarmed at
finding the outside doors, which they had locked
an hour or two previously, open, and a piece
of black crape tied to the handle of the front
door. Supposing the house had been broken J
into for the sake of robbery, they immediately
searched to see if they missed anything, l hey
found all the chamber and inner doors, many
of which they had left locked, wide open, hut
nothing was missing. The next dav, on entering
the room occupied by the eldest daughter,
they found the w indow and looking glass covered
over by sheets, and on the bed a figure laid
out to represent a corpse.
This discovery was followed, in the course
of a few days, bv strange noises about the
house, and by various articles being thrown
about, apparently by invisible hands, most of
which seemed directed at the young lady. She
liecame very much alarmed, and eventually
was taken ill, and seized with convulsions, from
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not recover. Notwithstanding the close guard
which was kept over her during her sickness,
strings, handkerc^ iefs, and other articles, were i
from time to time found tied tightly around her
neck, and pillows from another bed, in the same
room, placed over and pressed upon her face.
Many such thing occurred, which it was impossible
for her to effect, without attracting the
notice of those who were watching by, and ta
king care of her. After some days she recovered,
and was sent to a neighboring village. A
day or two after her departure, things began to
l>e thrown about the house as before. They
consisted chiefly ot small articles, such as
nails, screws, pebbles, spools of thread, etc.
During the young lady's sickness, neighbors
were called in, and became eve-witnesses to
many of the strange things which were occurring
about the house. The articles which were
thrown about began to be.of larger dimensions,
?a sjjoon, knife, fork, book, or poker being
occasionally moved. The disturbance was neither
constant nor regular. At times, nothing
at all would hap|ien for hours, and again a succession
of falling, or throwing incidents would
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occur within a lew minutes 01 cacn oilier, unit
in different parts of the house. The gentleman's
son, a lad of some twelve or fourteen
years of age, far from being alarmed, found
great amusement in chasing and picking up the
moving articles.
One evening he thns ran Into a room adjoining
that in which the family was sitting, whence
had proceeded the noise of something falling
to the Hoor, and immediately uttered a piercing
scream. His friends going in tound linn on Uie
floor, writhing in a tit. He was taken up and
cared for, and recovered from it the next day,
when he said that the cause of his screaming
was, that somebody caught him around the
body, just above the hips, and was lifting him
up, as he feared, through the ceiling. Of the
fit he was not conscious. The next evening,
and every evening for about ten days thereafter,
at the same hour, and occasionally during the
day time, the boy was seized with similar fits,
which would last one or moru hours, and then
pass off".
To enumerate the articles thrown, and the
manner and aprearance of them, and above all,
the impressions made upon neighbors and strangers
who frequently were witnesses, would require
not only whole columns but whole newspapers.
We shall have room for but few, and
in selecting them we shall not refer to what we
have already narrated. They are vouched for
in the most unequivocal manner, by gentlemen
who are iu no wav connected with the familv.
and who could not, for a moment be suspected
of the least collusion, and are the result of examinations
made by them at the request of the
family.
On one occasion, two gentleman of our acquaintance
made a thorough examination of
the upper part of the house, leaving the whole
of the family below stairs. Having looked
through the different rooms without observing
anything unusual, they were retiring down
stairs, when a fire-poker, which they had noticed
hanging on a nail in one of the chambers,
passed near their heads and stuck into the floor
before them, near the foot of the stairs! They
returned, and once more examined the premises.
Nothing, and no person, could be found.
The door of the chamber in which the poker
huug was closed, just as they had left it, but
the poker was not in its place. Moreover the
rlonr was so situated, that it could not well be
opened without attracting their attention, until
they had passed further down the stuirs than
they hud done when the poker whizzed by.
A gentleman and his wife, who reside in the
vicinity, and had been with the family frequent*
ly while these strange things were going on,
found at another time, in a room into which
thev. as well as the family were passing and
repassing every few minutes, nine figures representing
females in a kneeling posture, before
each of which was a Bible, opened, and a passage
therein marked in by turning down of a
leaf to it, or by a small piece of paper laid upon
it. These figures were dressed with great precision,
every hook and every button was fully
adjusted, and their preparation would bo tho
work of many jiours if attempted by human
hands. The dresses belonged to the youon
lady and her mother, and were hanging up In
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closest within n short time 01 me uisuuver. x no
passages in Scripture were chiefly in the prophecies
of the Old Testaraont, and wdro very
appropriate to the mystery which apparently
existed in the house.
Not the least wonderful of these things was
the discovery, in ditterent parts 01 tne nouse, .
generally in the morning, of a species of liiero- <
glyplilc character on the walls^ and on the floor
of the piazza, and also on oiled paper One of j
those on paper, was of exceedingly high finish,
fully equalling engraving on steel. Across the i
top were characters in Hebrew, and below, in <
?"! nnlnmnii nfnora similnr in AnnAAr*
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flnce to Chinese. The Hebrew character were i
deciphered by intelligent neighbors, and found
to be. "The Key to the Mystery." Of the i
Chinese, or other characters, nothing ha6 yet
been discovered, but they hato been^ or soon
will be, submitted to gentlemen in this cit;*, who
are acquainted with the Chinese, Arabic and
other languages
Up to the 15th inst, these manifestations invariably
occurred in the dajf time. On the night i
of that day they were maintained with inCieas> <
ed violence, and without cessation, until about
4 o'clock in the morning. During that time
considerable damage was done to various orti* <
cles of furniture, and several panes of glass i
were broken from the windows-i-all under the ]
eye of another gentleman from those previously j
mentioned, who, at the request of the family, ]
was endeavoring by all the means and ingenui- j
ty at bin command, to solve the mystery. The
particulars of all the unaccountable things which (
took place during that night we must pass over <
at least for the present, confining ourselves, as 1
we have hitherto done, to the more striking and <
extraordinary ones. i
While at the supper table the previous eve- i
ning, he was amazed more than once at the the 1
falling upon the table of a kuife, or fork, or ]
spoon, apparently from the ceiling overhead; ,
and while seated near the fire, after tea, books, i
daguerreotype cases, and other articles, would \
fall from tables and shelves which were distant
six to ten feet from any person in the room. In .
the same way a pair of candle-snuffers which <
were 011 the mantle piece, and which the gentle- .
man we speak of had just examined, (they be- i
| itig of curious workmanship) seemed to jump |
1 from the shelf and fall to the floor near his feet .
i ho hoinir the while, the nnlv ncraon near them.
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He retired, witli the family; soon atler 10
o'clock, and just as he was getting into bed he
heard a loud clatter and a scream. Slipping ,
on a portion of his clothing and running into ,
the hail, he found it came from the young lady's
room. He called to her to know what was the
matter. She told him the noise was in the
closet in her room, and requested him to come
in. He went in, the noise and screaming being
continued at intervals. The young lady was
in bed and the closet door shut A light was
burning in that, as also in other rooms of the
house. The noise seemed to be a series of i
knocks upon the door as though with a person's
knuckles, from the inside, succeeded by a blow
like a kick mruiiist the bottom of the door. He
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could distinctly see the door vibrate, as lie ran
to it. On opening it nothing likely to produce
such a noise was to be found! I
The chamber spoken of was located similar 1
to the usual second story hall bedrooms in our (
city dwellings. The door to the hall was locket!.
After his unsatisfactory search in the closet,
the gentleman stationed himself in the doorway
leading to the large chamber, the door
being wide open, and door from that chamber
to the hall being shut tight. The scream had
ceased, and the knocking in the closet stopped, j
Presently the door from the hall to the large ,
chamber was knocked upon in a similar manner j
to that of the closet, from the side in the hall? j
a succession of raps and then a kick near the j
bottom. He went to it, and biking the knob
in his hand, awaited a reception of the knock,
it came, and opening the door instantly, (there ,
luiiiwr :i lifrht hIso in the halM be saw?nothinu.
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He was more disconcerted than before. (
Considerably amazed at bis discomfiture, but
more determined than ever to ascertain its ori- i
gin, he again took his position in the doorway. j
The knocking ceased, and he was on the point ,
of retiring again when ho distinctly saw the bro- ,
ken leg of stand which had been lying 011 a
bureau in the young lady's room, fly, us it were
across the room find striko the window, break- |
ing two panes of glass and then fulling to the ]
floor. On being made acquainted with this, <
the mother came in to assist the gentleman in s
covering the broken windows, on account of the j
cold air, with a blanket, and while so doing he j
saw a hair brush, which had also been 011 the ]
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bureau, coming towards ner, ana nnauy sirme ,
upon her head. All this time the young lady
remained in the bed, and not less than six feet
from the bureau. !
Having seen, or fancied he had seen, the <
middle of three small drawers on the top of the I
bureau move in and out, the gentleman took it i
out and examined it thoroughly. Soon after a I
cessation of these things occurred, he left the
room, but hardly had he done so, when, on
hearing another noise and breaking of wood,
he ran back, and found pieces of the little draw- I
er previously examined by him, falling upon the
Hoor from the bed, and the front piece of it falling
from the window, where a pane of glass had ?
evidently been broken by it. lite occurrence, j
whatever it was, firighlened the young lady so <
that she left her bod, and was running into her <
parents' room. She afterwards stated that the ,
drawer had beaten itself or betM beaten, against (
tho headboard of her bed, until it was completely
broken in piecos; and the indentations in the
head-board and tho scattered fragments wore
conclusive proof that such was the fact*
Shortly after this tho chamber occupied
by the parents became the scene of knockings
uitniiur flir>uo wtiinh ImvH been described as *
having occurred at Rochester. They seemed \
to come from the head-board of the bed. 'I he 1
gentleman was called in there, and with the i
closest scrutiny ho could make, was fairly both- i
ered, At his request, the occupants of the bed j
moved as far from the head-board as possible, i
but still he heard the gentle rap, rap, rap, now I
on tills side and now on that, and again direct- i
Iy unaer nis nose, xiaving studied tne accounts
of the Roehestel* knocking, he set about enden
Voring to open a communication with the spirit
in the way pursued at that place. In this he
was, after spending considerable time, partially
successful. The revelations made were, however,
strictly of a family nature, and for their
benefit, and among them many by-gone facts
stated^ and also some things, the truth or falsity
of which the lapse of a short time will determine.)
The next day more stuffed figures were found
in another room, and several ol the neighbors
were called in to look at them. While there,
one of those present, a gentleman, received a
blow from the top of a candle-stick, on the
back part of his head, in such a way that it
could not be explained by himself or any one
else. Subsequently, the same gentleman, while
walking up stairs with the boy above spoken
of, suddenly found him choking by his side- the
effect of a handkerchief tied tightly around his
throat. From the tie, and from its tightness,
he was convinced the boy did not do itliimself,
snd no one else was near them. It seemed to
have been effected instantaneously, while the
gentleman's eyes were, for an instant, averted.
At other times the boy's clothes had been torn
almost off from him, and he tumbled into a cis
tern near the house while it was full of water;
books thrown from a book-case, flat-irons and
other household implements thrown hither and
thither about the house, of which it is impossible
to give anything like a connected account
The family have, thus far, rendered every possible
facility to those who have undertaken to
examine the subject, and in that have offered
most convincing proofs that they were not parties
to any attempt at deception.
We have not yet told tne half of what we
are full}' satisfied is true, upon the best of authority,
and not connected with- the family in
any way; but for everything which we have
named above we have the most reliable, and to
us, undoubted and undoubtable testimony. We
are as perfectly satisfied with the truth of what
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we nave repeateu as uiuugu we ourscives nau
witnessed it
And now a word as to the family. They are
of excellent repute in every way. Not a shade
of suspicion can rightfully be cast upon tliein
by any of their friends or acquaintance. Their
position in life alone, forbids the thought of any
wish or desire on the part of auy of them to
practise or to get up any imposition of the
kind, They have, however, been made subjects
of ridicule among the thoughtless and unfeeling,
and have been excessively annoyed by the impertinence
and disturbances created by gangs
of rowdies from neighboring towns. 'J'heir
wishes, that the subject might not be talked of
and spread about in the neighborhood have not
been strictly regarded; and for the last few
days they have been so constantly run down
with the visits and questions of the curious, that
they ran hardly find time for meals or repose.
They hope, and so does every real friend of
theirs, that the mystery, whatever it is, has now
finally ceased its operations.
The distress which has been brought upon
the family in consequence of the unjust and
unfeeling imputations cast upon the children in
consequence of what has transpired, can only
be appreciated by those who have families looking
to and resting upon thern; and, for tho
sake of those concerned in this instance, we
hope that none will be so forgetful as to indulge
in remarks of a harsh nature, at least until they
know more of the case than they as yet do.
Plan'k Roads.?-We understand that the receipts
on the 13 5-8 miles finished of the road
for the past week, averaged about $5 per day
equal to about 10 per cent interest on the cost,
Many wagonsfdo not travel on it, as yet, because
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inure is ?u uiiiu iiII131H U tuai uiej u<tu viuj uiivt;
in such loads as formerly. Others it is said,
evade the payment of tolls, hy going on and
all' the road between the toll houses.
We are informed that a proprietor of a Saw
Mill on Little River, whose usual load of lumber
to town on the old road was 800 feet,
brought '2800 feet at a load a few days ago. He
thus performed in one day, the labor of three
md a half days. Hire of wagon, four horses
md drivers, saved for two and a half days, at
$3 a day, 87 50. Toll paid for going and
returning, 62 cts. Net gain on one load, one
lay, 86 88.?FayeHeville Observer,
Mr. Dates says that there are seventeen
States of the Union which do not make sntiijieut
returns, from their Post Olliees, to defray
the expenses incurred by the Post Office Department
for the transportation of the mail within
their limits.
The man who first pegged a shoe in this or
iny other country, is said to be now living at
Hopkinton, Mass. His name is Joseph Walker.
The Rest Sermon ever PitKACHEtj.?We
jopy, says the London Christian Times, the
following anecdote from Mr. Jainos Everett's
' Methodism in Manchester and its vicinity"?
' Dr. A. Clarke, in the course of a conversation
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IVllll Hie writer, vuiuuiuiiiuiut-u tun juu>>tYiiig
jharncteristic anecdote of Mr. Edward Pcrroict.
He remarked that Mr. Wesley had long
jecn desirous of hearing Mr. Edward Perronet
ironch, and that Mr. Perronet aware of it, was
esohitely determined ho should not, and therefore
studied to avoid every occasion that would
load to it. Mr. Wesley was preaching in Lon<
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Jon one evening, ana seeing jwr, rerronei in
Llio chapel, published, without asking his consent,
that he would preach there the next morning
at five o'clock. Mr. Perronet had too much
respect for the congregation to disturb tlieir
peace by a public remonstrance, and too much
respect for Mr. Wesley entirely to resist his
bidding. The nkjht passed over; Mr. Perronet
ascended the pulpit under the impression that
inr. wesiev wouia De secreted in some corner
of the chapel, if he did not show hntifcelfpflbliclv;
and after singing and prayer informed
the congregation that he appeared before .them
contrary to his own wish?that he had'never
been once asked, much loss his consent gained,
to preach?that lie had done violetice to his
feeliugs to show his respect for the publisher;
and that, now he had been. compelled to occupy
the place in which he stood, weak;and inadequate
as he was for the work assigned him,
he would pledge himself to furnish them with
the best sermon that ever had been delivered.
Upening the Bible, he then proceeded, with the
utmctet gravity, and with great feeling, to read
our Lord's Sermon on the Mount, which he
concluded without a single word of his own by
way of note or comment He closed the Sep
vice with singing and prayer. No imitator has
been able to produce equal effect, and perhaps
for this reason?the case is one which, under
similar circumstances, ought not to be imitated.
. Scolding a* Children.?I will tell you
what good it does to scold at your children for
doing what you have told them not to do; just
as much good as to scold an unruly ox for
jumping over the fence and eatinc the corn
contrary to orders- previously given to him.?
Children are governed by two motives: the
hopes of reward and the fear of unpleasant
consequences. A stream of scolding) from sun
to son, never yet had nuy other effect upon
children than to render them wholly regardless
of what is said to them. If you wish to make
your children troublesome, scold them occasionally.
If you wish to make them bad, scold
them a little louder, and more frequently. If
you wish to ruin them, and have relinquished all
hopes of conquering them, scold continuallv;
and you will be sure to gain your object
PLEASANT SURPRISE.
A young man, of eighteen or twenty, a Student
in a University, took a walk one day
with the Professor, who was commonly called
the Student's frieud, such was his kindness to
the young men whom it was his office to instruct.
While they were now talking together, fttid
the Professor was seeking to lead the.conversation
to grave subjects, they saw a pal$ Of old
shoes lying in the path, which they supposed
belonged to a poor man who was at work in a
field close bv. and had nearlv finished Kio dntdn
work.
The young Student turned to the Professor
saying: " Let us play the man a trick; we will
hide his siioes and conceal ourselves behind
those bushes, and watch to see his perplexity
when he cannot find them."
" M}' dear friend," answered the Professor,
" we must never amuse ourselves at the expense
of the poor. But you are rich, and you may
give yourself a much greater pleasure by means
of this poor man. Put a dollar in each shoe,
and then we will hide ourselves."
The Student did so, and then placed himself
with the Professor behind the bushes hard by,
through which they could easily watch the Laborer,
und see whatever wonder or joy he might
I express.
The poor man soon finished his work, and
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left his coat and shoes. While he put on the
cout he slipped one foot into one of Ids shoes;
but feeling something hard, he stooped down
and found the dollar. Astonishment and wonder
were seen upon his countenance; he gazed
upon the dollar, turned it around and looked
again and again; then he looked around on
all sides, hut could see no one. Now he put
the money in his pocket and proceoded to put
on the other shoe ; but how great was his astonishment
when he found the other dollar! Ilis
feelings over came him; he fell upon his knees,
looked up to Heaven, and uttered aloud a fervent
thanksgiving, in which he spoke -of his
wife, sick and helpless, ond his children withnnt
lirpnH u'linm l?I? Hmnlw lirtnntv frnm onmu
unknown hand would save from perishing.
The youth stood there deeply affected, and
tears tilled his eyes.
"Now," said the Professor, "arc you nofc
much better pleased than if you had played
your intended trick."
"O, dearest sir," answered the youth, "you
have taught me a lesson now that I will never
forget. I feel now the truth of the words
which I never before understood: 'It is better
to give than to receive."
We should never approach the poor but with
the wish to do them irood.
"Time is money," said a debtor to his creditor,
"and therefore, if you give me time, it is
just the same thing as if I gave you money."
He tvho swallows up the substance of the
poor u ill, in the end, find it contains a bone
which will choke hiiu.
What is Lovn??An inexpressible thing; a
volume in a word; an ocean in a tear, a whirlwind
in a sigh.
There are two ways of gaining a reputation;
to be praised by honest an or ubused by
rogues.
What kind of a face should an auctioneer.
have ? A face that is for-bidding.
Why is a lady's hair like a bee-hive? It
holds the comb.
Years rush by us like the wind. We see net
^vhence the eddy comes, nor whitherward it is
tending; and we seem ourselves to witness
their ilight without a sense that we are changed;
atid yet time is beguiling nran of his strength,
as the1 wihcla rob the woods of their foliage*
He is s wise man, who, like the mill-wright*
employs every gust.?Scott. .
A movement is on foot iri St Louis to isutM*
diately extend the telegraph to Cairo, I1L
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