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Tlie f(ew Schoolmaster.
? That was a strange school Hi liocky-^'aJ;
Ity?a perfect democracy?/or ihcuscfafolflrA
always liad their own way, ana settled the
master vrttb,the utmost promptness rcganfing
their tefchert.. If t!T?y Hked bira, good;
' if not, 4pwu with hirh. Tho? coniequotfcc
ife was tKcftf lfoo te^cbera in the Jftibcky Valley
/dfohbol-hrSd not succeeded Very well in ad.
Slicing thejnhids of- the youthful republicans
entrusted tb tlVqir/charge. The bafs
acted-their bwn fld&surerfffeout 6tudy,flft)d
never trdu'bled .t.h.eiriaelv^ much whether
(hey 1evn(S^ ^U'thing or not?"-at r'any rate
-the scnoolinaawr dMn'C flnrn 1rx ll/.t- 'mil Jti
case of failure. At last the parents, astho^
saw the small proficiency their boys were
ni^ng, looked into it a little, and being
shrewd and seftjibl^ people, guessed at tbe
dificQty. **Mtey at once advertised for a new
teacher, dircctb' specified that .h? must possess
nerve *and spirit??tindersKSdW1' by tbo
.. very express! vo term backbone.
! - fevoral presented themselves for trial.?
Yo3mg8tuae"nts cam'o, with oxcellent recomiflei^ations,
i?ut they stayed only a day or.
two. They could not withstand the ridicule
nnd opposition they bad to encounter. Thcro
i were large boys in the school, and the
teachfer measured the muscular development
of th%.scholars in his estimate of his chances
of success in the event of the struggle.
Jffcwas a queer state of things in liocky
Valley. v
The wqre nyt rt?ally malicious boys,
| - and were uUturallv bright ami capable, but
their leader, a l?\d about sixteen, was a hard
case?the. master of them all, by couquest
?and licl?-& sway ovfcr them as the grandest
monarch in the. world holds over his
subjects They ackupovledgod his power,
and belieyfcd him (o Iuj invincible. It was
his wcud that had decided the profession!
fale of^nll the teachers.
Aftej>a year's bootless Irving, lo secure a
toaeBsi^ one made his appearance, passed
exatmS&ionjBreditably, and was accepted by
the school committee. A notice wnwfriaced
oii tho ffowrbf.thp schoof "hoxfSe, nnd on
the doof of ll\o church, that school would
begin on Monday folPowing, under the oharge
of Mr. Judson, atld % minister read tile
r o <
iiuuv;c iivsiu wic puipn, ojJtfCiuauoil W\1S
rit&as to tl^new teacher; and as few had
seen him, many questions were asked with
regard to him. Tho boys held n special
caiicut, at which,,of course, Hill Brown was
moderator, and it was voted that the now
master must be put down, as it was the best
. . fishing seasoy, and the^Bopks would interfere
with the sporl^C the brooks.
- On Monday morning tho boys were seen
moving jn little knots towards 'the schoolbouse,
busy with their plarig of operation.
"I wonder how big lie is!" said Selh
Goodwin ; "I Hope he ain't one df them sav
age fellers."
"I don't care bow big lie is, nor liow savngo
lie is," said Bill Brown ; nif ho don't
wrtjk Spauish iu less than a week, tlien I
miss mv'trnKs?1
"I dou^ know how we arc going to learn
anything if we don't have a teacher," said a
little voice of the number.
"You shut up," said the leader ; "I don't
want to hear anything like that again."
The boj& was silent, and they walked on,
still talking of the new teacher, unaware of
the pro^mtfy of a delicate looking sti anger,
apparently about twenty years old, who was
walking in the samo defection with themselves.
Thpy apprc>ached tko school-house
. and when they got there thoy became conscious
of the prcscnco of tho pale young
ujau in ^icir midst.
-i,"Good njoining, ti\y lads," be said smiljngly;
"we are to begin a new career together
io-day, and I sincerely hope we shall
like^jjeh othor. I shall try everything in
my power to please you that is consistent
with duty, and 4 shall expcct the same from
yotf. I wish you to regard mo as your friend
at the commerilfementjand I shall certainly*
act from friendly feeling. I like your appearance,
and believe that wo shall find but
little trouble in agreeing."
The speech evidently made an impression,
but Bill Brtyvn -venj, round whispering,
"That's all a bosh, for I see the shapo of a
cowhide in bis pocket," which awakened as
ho intended it should, a combattivo spirit in
, all be spokoto." They went intotho school;
tiio boys took their places, and^feje master
mounted hin trinod.^'llnf. Httla?n>na ilnnn In
4&Q morning^. The restMteness of arrangoment?the
getting used to the school-house
?produced confusion, nnd tho commencement
of business was deferred until tbe next
day. The school wasijjsmissod at noon, nnd
master aydScljplars separated?tho former
with an. impression that ho had a vigorous
and a%right 6et of boys to manage?alittlo
hard in the mouth, perhaps, but who could
bo made tractable?nn<? the lattor that the
teacher could "be rQnnaged by the persuasive
force of strong arms, but that it was L?&t to
wait aodflee how Ibings would work.
They came together with tho same feeling
r me next morning; closes were formed and
al^prdWniuaries aettcd, and everything comjTiencc<f-as
hapfijly as need be desired. The
teacher's heart was happy in the thought
of his success, when, glancing down through
a line of#c*r?, he detected Sn improper ges
taro;fro*)o Bill Brown, and w it repeated,
efdnjttgougti the boy's e^?ho knew, wore
fixetf-oyjon liis own.
"Young man, come up here," he Baid, in
a gentle butTb-m tone.
%'v BrofM) looted 'roun^ upon his companr
ion?, an<^wifb a fiofee movement of bravado
loft hia. scat and approached the mast^l
v MI expect a spirit of .obedicnco "in my
school, myfroung friend," *aid. the toachcr,
ttaiflr8hanjio<i3t upon it."tyvr
j . MX floa't care what yon expect," growled
; \Ver^pflfig ruffian*; "I -should like to sco
yjJbt bjplp yourself."
jme wactter bit his lips, while his faoe
- ^ w&entyi, especially as he heard a snickering-lffligh
spread otft around atnong tho
acaofars^ b??be showed -no oilier signs of
tempov^qDiflis if raigWt have appeared in
4 'Will youSretftm to your seat* an d feeKavo
yourself jftlCd. h% !?and tfiua remove the
v: >
y wir & SSR&
on tlio side of Ufb head, and then "pitched
in." In a moment tlio school was in confusion.
The bolder boys inouutod'the benches
to sec tlio progress of tlio row, and the
timid sftt trujyWii^fr, waiting^tlio result very
nnxintisly.
The master, when thus as^gjled, did* not
hesitate for a moment. His delicate frame
seemed to dilate with the spirit ovoked by
tlio young rullian, and a sinewy strength to
pervade him. lie was smaller than his antagonist,
but had by judicious training developed
his muscle in a powerful degree.?
He threw his ruler away aBd grappled with
his antagonist, and the struggle for mastery
commenced * in earnest?science against
Rtrcngth. The boys evidently thought their
associate needed no assistance, for they did
not move to aid him, and thus the field was
left to the two combatants.
. They swayed this way and that way,
back and forth. hiLhar ami thVliur
iug and striving, pulling jorking, till,
with n master stroke 01 science, the master
brought the pupil forward on his knees
and then by an adroit twist turned him over
on his hack, like i? turtle at Hall's waiting
for the immolating, knife.
Immediately improving his opportunity,
he threw himself upon Jiis .prostrato foe,
and commenced mauling him in the most
improved chancery mode-hanfijering away
at him, perhaps, in a manner not exactly
sanctioned by the rules of the ring, but fully
justified by tho exigency of tho caso. The
boys seemed jiaiftlysa^with astonishment
at the uucxpcectcd result, and the bullcy,
'after an unsuccessful struggle to release
himself, roared out hjstily for quarter, which
was granted on the condition of good behavior
while in sebo&h ITc was then allowed
to get up, and in tho vocabulary of the
ring tons found to be severely "punished."
1 lis nose had suffered, and his eyes were
severely bunged up. lie looked the sneaking
and used up wretch and stood before his !
master a conquered game chicken, llis
influence was from lliat moment gone, and
wlicn the master stood up before his school,
as calm and collected as if lie had merely
been setting a copy instead of an example,
they sank into their seats with an implied
concession that they had found their master.
Not a sound was heard from one of them.
' VVell^Bo^s " sftid he, "if there is any other
one hero who is disposed to disobey me,
I should like to have the matter settled now.
Those disposed to be obedient, and will
pledge themselves to obedience, will please
rise to their scats."
They all rose.
'Now 1 will tell you," said ho, "that I j
am disposed toj-ield equal and exact justice
to all?kindly if you will, but as you will,
(looking .significantly at J frown,) bo good
boys and 1 am your friend, lain Koinjrto
take a botanical stroll in tho woods, oti Wednesday,
and those who bebavc tbomselvos
well in the meantime may accompany inc.
Do you wish to go ?"
"Yes, sir," was the unanimous voicc.
'He felt that lie had triumphed, nnd
bade them be seated.
"Now, Brown," said ho, "I must finish
up this matter with you. You seein sore
in body and spirit, and you may either go
or stay. If you think you havobecn wronged
appeal to those who may right you."
Brown went to bis scat and gathered up
liia books; and, with a sneaking, bang-dog
sort of a look, ho departed. The boys set
ncu 10 uieir smuios, ana llio school became
cheerful an J intlunl ri??us.
The next day liill llrown's mother called
to abuse tho teacher for his violence towards
the boy. Ho referred her to the school
committe and bade her good morning. Tho
school committee- invested ihe case, and said
he had served him right, and the jnstice of
the village would have nothing to do with
it. In a week's timo tbc boy camo and
agfeed permission to entoi* the school, which
' was granted without a word of reproach or a
word of promise. Jle was evidently cruel.
He grew to be the best scholar in the school,
graduated with honor, became a succesful
merchant of ltoston, and every year on his
visit to Tlocky Valley, visits tho school, and
tolls, with tears in his eyes, llio lesson tho
new schoolmaster taught him, and tho good
it did him.
Tho-ijew schoolmaster is now growing
<fld in the station whero he began so strango,
Jy a dozen years ago. IIo lias his botanical
walks still, when all of tho school attend with
liiin?he making good bohavior the condition
of their so doing. These excursions on
Wednesday"and Saturday afternoons have
auito killed several circussea that?nmo into
io villnw. tint ?
0 -, VI .?<. Viiuiilis UIIWC
to deprive himself of tbo walk for the sake
of other attraction.
. I wfl9 at Rocky Valley last winter, on a
Wednesday, and "went down on the pleasant
upond near ilia scbool-housc (o indulge in tho
old sport of skating, which I had uot done
for years. 'i'he day was fair and the ice as
clear as crystal. Hearing a tremendous
shouting, I looked towards the end of the
pond, and saw a crowd of boys on skates
pursuing a man who kept well ahead. nm1
when they como op to whom 1 was, liko an
army with banners, [ saw it wM tbo tbachor.
lie recognized mo and stopped.
"All," says I, "Mr. Judson ; I seo you arc
the same old boy."
"Yes," replied ho "wo ayj all boys such
days as this, and such skating as-this."
"l>on't the parents think strange of you
for your frivolous conduct?" I asked.
"Yes",'' said ho, "souno like thoso Ascribed
> holmes?
"Diatruat the azure flower that blossoms on the
shoot,
As though wisdom's old.potato may not flourish
At the root."
but tbo boys aro my inspiration, and as tbey
aro pleased so am I? ?
awmpi. away wnn his train of boys and
a happier, handover woke glad echoes out
doors tbari those who were in choso to bftit
the school-master, lie had ncvor had ooca8ion,
as I afterwards leaned, to flog a boy
in school after the first day, apd he lidfr Ch*
reputation of having the best school^ Ml the
country. *.
-SoproRt TOS*S5rvr*M^Ponl.:
ato vines exported by bushes 'will be
' fipuod to l^ar richer and larger frulf, add
mfcft itfit ?Knn mW?? ? ^ *" * *
.. - -_-y?, .M?? nuvu wro^y tuu ferraiiiea
Iff J^?n t^groutid. dt is not Best* to
Ifjaz lo j*alks, iiie, pea
Lut-ljse -buahca firiply set in the
grcrttidptiM jrill^ ?e the vifiee '? tetter
toj^|gg.dAand?t tl>e samp tiroo tbo
?* ?*%
4hog to 'tb*
l^^^^bnini to'bo cxhatls^l.^ ^
Woman's Lovo.
In tlu-little rosowood q^skct,
Which is resting on the ataml,
There's a package of old letters,
Penned l?y a cliorishod hand. t
Will you {jo and bring them sister, ?.
Ami ?ead tlicm o'er to-uight ? <
I liave often trieil, hut could not, i
For the tears that dimmed my sight.
Conic ii|? close to mc. sister,
Let me lean upon thy breast, I
For my tide of life is ebbing, <
And I fain would be at rest. <
Head the letters lie has written? 1
He whose voice 1 have often hoardRead
them over, love, distinctly, j
That 1 lose not e'er a word. I
Tell liiin, siter w hen you sec him,
That I never eonscd to love ;
That I, dying, prayed to moot him,
Li a better homo aliove;
Toll liiin I never upbraided,
Ne'er a word of oensuro apoko, <
Though his silencc and his absence, ]
xr.. i i.-.i "i ' ?
UIJ HUH 1 L una WUIIj 111(^11 IjrOKO,
Tell him T watched his cominp, j
AYIiea ilio noon-tide sun was h't'h. - ,
Aud when at eve the angels "
hit their star-lamp* in the sky ;
And when J saw he came not,
Toll liim that I <li?l not chide,
But that I ever lovc<l him? ]
Tliat I blessed liim when I died, .
W'hfln in the grave's while garments
You have warpped my form around,
And-hnve laid tno down to slumber
In the nniet church-yard ground,
Place the picture.* and the b-tters
Close against my pul'd- ss liearf.;
Wo for years have been 1??grther, (
And in ?l<atli wc may not pari.
I am ready now, dear sister, . i
You ma}* read the letters o'er, I
I will listen to the words of liim ]
>* nom i piit\ii hco no in?ro ; 1
An<l ore you sbnll have fi
Should I calmly full asleep?
Fnll n sloop in <loa.tb?ami wukc not,
Gontlo sister, do not weep.
??? o
Travelling for Pleasure Viewed Medically.
In (ho l:ust number of the Boston Medical
World we find some suggestive hints on
this subject, the pith of which wo will endeavor
to give in .1 few lines:
The writer thinks that in our country
there i.s much travel, ostensibly lor health, i
where, in his opinion, injury far surpasses!*"
the gain, luexorablc Fashion says we must ; '
go Iroin our homos in dog days; and in 4
obedience to lier mandate, there is a_rush in
all our cities and towns, from the metropolis
down to the smallest village, to the place
where this "goddess" specially presides. This j
is the season when the quiet and comfort of j
home are the most healthful and nccessary.
But, instead of this, wo find people determined
to exchange the larger, airy, brickwalled
rooms of the town, and the cool
mattress and fine linen, for tho heating cotton,
greasy feathers and dirty sheets of a
tavern, or pent-up village, or watering place,
hotel or boarding house.
But who, asks tho Doctor, could live
through a hot summer without visiting
Naliant, Newport, Saratoga or Niagara i
lie does r.ot deny them an occasional trip
to sucli places, but protests agaiust taking
tho hottest season to make these visit, with
4he expectation of thereby promoting health.
nx uio season usually taken, lie says, tlio J
organs of digeftion arc least able to discharge
their function. They sympathise with all llio
other parts of the body ; and, like them, rc- '
?[uire rest; and, ho asks, is this the time to '
leave the frugal, wholesome fare at home, and
rush to the gathering places, where every
board groans with its life-killing feasts, and '
where the luxuries provided and llio cxcit- '
ing prcsenco and example of hundreds of '
mouths, eager to reward tho purso at the
expenso of the stomach, render it next to 1
impossible to obey the laws of health ? 5
Whero, besides,-this poor pack horse, this '
groaning organ, is teased with mineral wntors,
wines, bitters, pills, tobacco juico and 1
tobacco fumes, to case itself of its cup$bcrBomo
burdens. <
Dr. Smith maintains that there is no- '
thing more delusive than tho generally ro- 1
ceived impression that people arc growing 1
oeitor, Docnusc, as they .suppose, they arc 1
gaining flesh. Under tho spaftlnodie action 1
of tliis paraphernalia of stimulants, there is
often an appearance of more flesh. But it '
is diseased, not bound, healthy flesh. For <
every pound of such, nature will bo reveng- <
ed.
Hcnco it is, the Doctor argues, that most !
persons, soon after a return from such fash- '
ionabla gathering places, have an ~attack<Qf- !
dyspepsia, biliousness, sick headache, pul- '
monary afTection or critnneous eruptions.
These abuses, occurring periodically, under- i
mine-the best constitutions. * '
rakmg children to sucli places tlio writer i
denounce as tlio very consuiriation of folly.
Moro than half Ac so-called diseases of the '
season, and tlie death of children which oc- 1
cur in August and September, arise,ho says, ;
from this fashionable dissipation. No place
is 60 good for children, if you wish them to
live, as a quiet home. Bat talco t^tem to i
placos of fashiooable resort, and stufF -them ]
with tempting viands, gravies, pudding and i
pastries, is to choat them out of the best
things in the world?a good conscience and (
a good stomach. .. I
Live Within yodb Means.?Next to
the slavery of intemperance, jwhat slaYory
on oarth is ragra galling than that ofiraer- '
ty and indebtedness ? Tbo man- wfc? '4 1
rvfirtwlv'n (lnlilni- lai?wnn?
? WWWWI Ufip (VIJ l/VUJ o DlilVUj
and in a much worse con^ifB than he .
who serves a single roaster.
For the sake of the present, then, as well ,
as fo^ the sako of the futuro, wo w<Md enrn?ly
urge n'poiji - every working man and '
y to lire Within hTa4ppans.?-Lot .him lay '
by something evm^Wyy ; ifbut a .penny,
be it a penny, it is bolter than - flotoiog ; in- '
finitely better than running in debt a penny
a day, dr a pfitany a weak. 1? lie can /
boiu a uunar, IOU MIDI ITJ Mtfly 86d fnflbfixl* *
i
people will laugh." I*et "Aerifc^ iay^i
fThoy will call fa? stfttgy." BeUerdal" !
you ?Ungtt than ?ay you ao- not jiay jyool
debto, "Tlley^ill wonAf, whjr, [ .do rior I j
have betterTurtiture, liko in a.finjar houaot )
*$d attend conqjiji and the pT??-houae.w, }
Let tjnom wonder rot a whtle, it won't :
mir?lhera, *and;it <tertainly won't yon.
By-*nd-by you qua-.have arfine house and
wai
A Lent Iuhoritanco.
Tho I'aris correspondence of llio New
V ork Express writes thus :
1 havo a story to relate to your readers
his week, which, though occupying more
paco than I usually devote to incidents
sotiveys so excellent a moral, that 1 have
fielded to tho temptation to give it in full
Tbo train from Paris to Lyons stopped
it the station of Joingy, a town upon the
route, and again went on, after leavingTl
"e\v passengers. 'l'he depot, for a moment
jjfowdod with railroad agents and lookers>n,
was soon deserted by all but two individuals.
One of these was an old man, dressed
in tho garb of a well-to-do-farmer ; the
'.he otlu-r, a youth of livc-and twenty, wlio
seemed to be waiting for some one to meet
liim. To this porsonajjo,tlio old mail liu
my auuressou nimscir. -aiay i presume
sir," said he, "to inquire if you aro Clc
inent It."
"Vo3, my good man," replied the youth
with n haughtiness of wanner : and I
have no doubt you arc Mr. Martin."
"At your service, sir," returned the otlicr
"Well, Mr. Martiu," continued Clement
iu-the same touc^ "I began to imagine
you intended to keep mo waiting. Thai
would not liavo been the best manner in
which to have iusiuuatcd yourself into inv
^ood-ij races."
Toe old man, instead of replying, let
liia. head fall upon his breast as if in deep
dlliction, and conducted the imw-c^nier to
r.l.l.r-udn.it.n.l
M'ough-lookiiig horse \v;\3 harnessed.
"Jlero is your cauinge, sir," said Mar
in. "If you will bo good enough to gel
n, 1 will have the honor of conductiug you
o the Hermitage.1'
"That, my carriage I" cried*,Clement
'\\Shy 1 .-hall betaken lor a travelling ped
ller T- Notwithstanding, as there seeuiol
no means of avoiding it, be toyk his seal
jesiile the old man, but not without expressions
of disdain, in another moment
<ho man had seized the reins, and tin.
uorsc started on a clumsy trot.
But a few days before, Mr. Clement B
ivlio now put on so many grand airs, wa5
i simple elerk in a crockery store in l'aris,
"ill possessed tin) reputation of being n quiet,
lnpretending iittle fellow. What, then,
iaj brought about this Midden and radi
;al transformation ? JIc had bcco.-ne, sincc
lie previous day, a rich man ; and it may
jq well understood that the possessor of an
ncome of 20,000 francs a year finds i:
liflicult to retain the modest demeanor ol
i poor clerk. On the previous day, wliiK.
lusting the piles of crockery under hiihaiLfe.
a letter had arrived for him l?v the
x>st, containing the startling intelligence
.hat one of liis uncles, of whom ho had of
en heard as an eccentric and very wealthy
)ld man, but whom lie had never seen, had
ust died at his chateau in Burgundy, leavng
liis nephew, Clement, solo legatee ol
lis estates, to tho exclusion of many other
leirs. The letter was from a notary of the
province, who desired him to leave Park
nnnediatcly for Joigny, the town ncai
ivhich his uiiclo had vor>idod, where lit
tvould bo met by Maitin, an old conliden
.ial servant of the defunct, and conducted
rom tho railroad to tho "Hermitage," the
lame which the deceased had given to his
diateau and his estate, which constituted
.lie main. Almost driven out of his sense.'
i>y such an unexpected stroke of fortune, he
liastened to obey the notary's directions
md, upon his arrival at Joigny, joined old
Martin, as we have seen.
On jolted the queer vehicle, in which oui
liero had so contemptuously taken a place
jntil after a ride of several miles the oclupants
arrived at their destination. Mar
in offered the honors of ikfrllermitagc tc
l1/v 1 I ^ JI -II 4 I
jiu new pi ujii iisiur, ciiiiuu <iii iiiu sorvums,
md introduced them lo ilicir future ina&tei
md tlicn conducted the latter to Lis apart
ncnts.
"This "was tlic sleeping apartment ofyoui
ancle," said Martin, as they entered a vasl
apartment, furnished in t>ld fashioned
ilyle.
"It w?? the room he died in ten dayt
igo."
But the ncphow, instead of evincing anv
emotion upon being shown tho chamber *1
ti is benefactor, throw all around a look of
icorn, and cried, "Upon my word, I cannot
say I think much of the old boy's
Lastc ! I never saw anything so frightfull}
ugly in *11 my lifo 1"
"Notwithstanding, sir," replied Martin
'it is the best tlicro is hero ; and if you
cannot consent yourself, I do not reallj
know where you will find other lodgings."
"I livo here ! You don't imngino I'm
such a donkey, I hope. For us younj
fellows, d'ye see, Paris is the only plnco
so I shall sell this old crockery al once
ind be ofi."
"Soli the Hermitage, your uncle's favorite
place of residence ! Impossible. Ami
we servants, who Jioped to end our day!
under this roof?what will become of us ?'
"Mr. Martin," retorted tho young mar
'let mo have nwe of your complaints, I
beg. Adt me some dinner, and afterward;
you will drive mo to my notary's."
"After h^t.ng eaten a hearty meal, not
withstanding he found tho moats insipic
und the wines sour, tho legatee, still accompanied
bv Martin, re-enterod tho obi* car
riagc, :uid tho two again started off.
"If I arfi not mistaken," observed Mr
Clement, after an hour's ride, U*vo passcc
this spot this morning, and that11?pointing
to a building?"is the railroad depot; dc
wo take tho cars I"
"You alono.will Jo so," responded lilt
companion, speaking very gravely, and in
a manner which caused the. young man tc
tremble in spito of hirnsolL "I, sir, ftni
your uncle, and. hanmfo 1 am not.vdi
i - -J H'V ' " / r
load. Having hoard good account* ol
y9ur conduct, I bad resolved to make j&ou
iiair of all Ant I possess ; but, before doing
jo, I wished to know whether yqu were
really deserving of afy . g^Bftositj^ ^*0^* ]
had recoftrao to sMfttagem^which baa tnorjughly
exposed voufrtidtf'iijbaractdr to me.
Kvo 'Aff rUdniArtt
?? ~ja"Vuiu w t;v"?
(hop, add = raaj&nber yiat yotjr \ntfbgtific?
kndJjigrAlitucl^haYQ JWit" you -that* which
wifHOfeVer a^akr Jbe placed wipiiri jom
each"^ . ^
*^Tbo <yd n^f> then gavQ his foolish
lephew a few hundred francs to irtdomnify
aim for the expenses of hia trip, took leave
>f him at the door of depot, and rfc
urnod home. Thfe feejin'tfs^-of tho <$9Uth
nay readily be iraagined.Tnflj aa the- yetow
covered novd'say s, "they caoftof be.. <feicribedT**
I think llilrtrtti story is tifi "tyf
(lustration of the maxim*; 'never halloo
mtil yop are out of the woo&m?
'"IIow dredful short tjjfedays are," as
he-woman said-whon sheTet ||er bjeakfaat
liphesstand till she rojul a?ovel.?
. ** *'
Womanly Accomplishments.
TIio following truthful and well-timed
remarks, \vc tako from the Now York I)ailv
' 'l imes :
A rcccnt English publication on the sciI
onco of bread-making, states tiiat in the
countj* of Suffolk, England, every woman
* knows how to make broad ; and, in thy
town of Bury, which has GO,000 inhabitants,
tfiero aro but two public bakeries.
These facts will surprise our own country'
; women, very few of whom, wo fear, know
i anything more of the art of making bread
j than they do about making watches. Wo
I do not know how many noble ladies there
, i may be in the county of Suffolk ; but,
( i there aro, probably, a good many who wear
, titles, and who belomr to the upper crust of
' ! soeiety. Tt is certainly greatly to tho credI
it uf 111o women of England that there are
' ! so many of them who could, if it were
necessary, make the family brca>l, and prc.
tparo tho hot rolls for their husband's breakfasts.
Uread-making is not one of ^ho accomplishments
which Araericfltf women
think it necessary for them to ho acquainted
with ; every parlor has a piano, but Very
I few kitchens have an oven; and it would
' be as difficult to find an American woman
( who did not understand the use of one, as to
, ' find one who knew how to uso the other,
j 15ut it is not altogether the fault of our la'
dies that they cannot, and do not, nnder'
j stand the art of making bread. In the
; country every family must bake its own
i bread, but it is ipiestiunublc economy to keep
i a private bakery in the city.
ft is not the economy of bread making
' which makes it so desirable that every woman
should understand the art. but bee.nns<;
1 j it j!nnw a fiiitiy with domestic allairs
' which is nec.e saiy to tho economy and c??m;
fort ofevoiy household. '1 ho daughter of n
I 1 merchant residing in :i certain city, the
namo of which it i:; not at ail necessary wo
' ; should mention, lately remarked in confidence
to her n<-.\t friend, tiiat sho ?1 i> 1 not
, i sec any advantage in having a millionaire
' ! for a father, sincjj, sho had to work four
i hours every day at her piano. Tho haul
' j caso of this unhappy young lady is by no
means a solitary one; and there is no donht
' : that there are a great many daughters of
1 | millionaiis who would ho very glad tochange
' | tho slavery of the piano for an hour or two
t j of recreation in the kitchen, and to whom
! i i i.: i i i >
| UlUiUl'IllilKIU^ WLHIIU I ?U ? ? 1UII L? 111 COIN
i with llio labor of learning music. Wo
i would not be understood as obj-cting lo ibc
i ' piano, but a change from thai instrument
I to the l:nen?!ing trough, \voul<l not beat all
injurious Jo tlto character of our voung la'
I dies. In Mrs (Ia-l;cU's biography of Char[
i lotto 1 ironic, there is a very pretty picture
! drawn from real life representing that heroic
' and accomplished girl, llio author of \VuI
j thcring Heights, engaged in kneading bread
| while sho studied the German grammar
open before her. Domestic misery, from
| the misery of domestics, is now the rule in
j the majority of American families, but this
' ! would not be the case if there were more of
' ! our countrywomen who understood the art
' I of bi cad-making, like the ladies of Sullblk;
| or who studied their grammars with their
I ; delicate hands in the kneading trough, like
! the gentle Charlotte 1>route.
' I A Drove of Irish Bulls.
1 J Tlio following piecc of "composition,'1
' j says the Philadelphia Sunday Transcript
* j may bo ''backed" against anything ever
' | produced. It was written half a century
ago by SiY Hoyle liochc, a meir.l?cr of the
Irish Parliament. "The Troubled Times
of Ninety-Fight." when a handful of men
' from the country of Wexford, struck terror
into tho hearts of many gallant sons of
Mars, as well as tho worthy writer himself.
' Tho letter wa* addressed to a friend in
London, and it is old enough to bo new to
nine out of ten of our readers :
My Dear ??'!r : Having now a little
peace and ipiictncss, I sit down and inform
r Tftnil /-*r tli/? /IrAfi/H'nl liiictlft nti/1 /.nnfupl^n
y t"lv ?...U W...UOIV/U ??u
L arc all in from these blood-thirsty rebels,
i most of whom are, thank God, killed and
dispersed. Wo Arc in a pretty mess; can
> get nothing to cat, nor any wine to drink,
except whisky ; and when wc sit down to
dinnor wo arc obliged to keep both hands
f armod.. While I write this, I hold a sword
in each hand, and a pistol in the other.
I concluded from the beginning that
* this would bo the end of it, aud I see I was
' right; for it "is not half over yet. At
present, there arc su^l going on that eve,
rything is at a stand still. 1 should havo
answered your letter a fortnight^go, but T
' did not receive it until this morning. In1
deed, scarce a mail arrives without beinc
robbed. No longer ago than yesterday,
\ the coach with the mail from Dublin was
; robbed near this town. The bags had
, been judiciously left behind, for fear of accident,
and by good luck there was nobody
. in it but two outside passengers, wHfc had
| nothing for tho thieves to take. Last
. Thursday, notice was given that a gang of
' rebels wllR advancing here under the French
, standard,butihey bad no colors, nor any
drums except bagpipes.
5 Immediately every man in tho place, including
men, woman and children, ran out
. to niCcttliCTTi. We soon found our forco
I much too littlo ; wo were too near to think
. of retreating. Death was in every faco,
but to .ft wo^went, and began to bo all alive
again. Fortunately, the rfibolB had '110
guns except pistols and pikes, and a? wo
| had plenty of muskets and ammunition,
, wo put them all to tho ,sword. Nqt a soul
> ?i 1 ?
) v/i iuciu UOWljTCU| UAWpi# SUUIO Ulttb wuru
. drowned in,adjacent bogs; and in a sliprt
5 timo^nothing waa hgard but silence. Their
uniforms yejp a# of different colors, baf
, moatly?groen. After tho action, -we wont
i to rummago a 9?rt. ofKcatpp winch they
i hnd left beliindtfxJnj. ' AH wo fotind was
* a few pikes without heads, u parcel of
t empty hottl&icf watoj-,. and c? bundle of
. Francb comtnisEiona ' filled with Irishf
\ names. Troopa aro- -ncny stationed all
found tho country, which exactly squajvja
. jyiiu my ideas.- i Mvo only time^t^ljflil:
that I am in great haste. '
P. Si?Jf you dcr hot receive -Uiis, of
, course it must have'miscarried, therefore I
fi Ng you will ^rite and lot mo kn<*w.w
>*JOHN C>JCALl?pii?T.~tdL \V^Vdoubth$B
> the Ileji Di^jVkittingtatf) Turnisli^'^ifc
" Nftwf\n?<i]iArf yTfiyftffi a rinticn nf llm ??n>
tup- otW daJhoun, fTJST #hich we make
;tLe following <j*to*ct: . ,*?'
".We&tand on the shouldew of flB-Jbat
. ba^e gpno before, and, thorefuro^may^j?$xpe$tedJ?hBee/urtb?,
Undone of Uf6'wjJ#fc
of seeing further is-to seo new diflicnltica^I
- have beon reading of late
that great abstractionist, Jqh'ri, jfrfifrlhoun ;
and I must confess it bus lefVd^riy mind a
profounder impression, both of b? hanacty
and ability, than I ever felt ba^re^^gMl
not sn% that his honaety jn^ed
. with ambition, or that bis door Dca<T .wafc
. i -?> "
inadequate to solve all tlio dark questions
his ingenuity started. lie does not pretend
to do it himself. J'.uthis works are well
worth the attention of us Northern people.
W? meet an antagonist in him, which we
may not yield to, but surely we cannot condemn.
His style is clear as a crystal ; his
figures aro few, but pertinent; his logic is a
chain which one hates to bo confined with,
but knows not how to break; his thoughts
arc consc?|iiontivc, liko those of Aristotle,
and his conclusions ponderous, but somewhat
alarming. It is certainly tho most
able work on government which has appeared
from an American source."
-> ?
A Droain of Snmmor.
Bland 113 Iho morning breath of June,
'flic Booth west breezes piny ;
A ml, through it? h.v/.c, the winter noon,
Seems warm as summer's day.
The snow-plumed angel of tho north
11113 dropped his icy fipear;
Again tho mossy enrth looks forth,
Again th?s stroarus gush clear.
The fox his hill-side cell forsakes,
The muakrat leaves his rook,
The bluebird in tho meadow brakes
Is sinking with the brook.
"Bear up, oh Mother Nature! cry,
Bird, breeze, and streamlet free ;
"Our winter voices prophesy
Of summer days to thee!"
Ho, in tho?e winters of the soul,
V.y ItiUvr 1 >lnsls ami drear t
O'urswrpt l>y memory's lro/<;ti zone,
Will sunny days appear.
Reviving hope anil luilh, they sliow
The soul itliviiur powers,
I A?ul liow l> ?11v?111 the winter's snow
I.io germs of sunny flowers.
Tl.o nijrht is mother of tlio <Iay,
The wiutcr of tin* spriiur,
j Ainl ever upon oM <locay
1 '1 ho frreciiest inosrcM elinjj ;
lS<-hin<l tlic cloU'l llio stal li-.'lit lurlc,
I Through showers the sunlicams fall;
Knrtio'l, wholovetli all liis works,
Jlas leftliia hope with all.
[I'rom the 1 Vniisylvaniau.]
foison in tlio Teacup.
| \Yli:it arc we to do for tea 3 This is r
! momentous question, ami 110110 which i:
, drawing to an overwhelming point of in
j terest with every drawing of the exhilira
| ting beverage. The London Times set:
1 our very hairs 011 an end "like quills npoi
1 the fretted poirupine," by asking if there i:
' anybody so foolish as to suppose that tin
j Chinese will not poison every box or chesi
| of tea, preserved ginger, sweet-meals, chor
! ochoro, lnarniehide, or anything else thai
: is exported from China for the use of for
i eigners, and puts us in an ccstacy of ap
j prehension by asserting its belief honest!}
j and truly, that the destruction of human
| life in Knglaud aud America, from the use
i nf ...till? .1? * < "
I |.Vi.^iwua it.l, vrlll UU IIIU niosi ioanti
i calamity tliat has visited tl*c two conn
j tries in this century, killed more people ir
j England than were killed in tho Crimea, ant
! destroying more human life in tho IJuitec
j States than wars, the yellow fever or cholo
j la. Wo do not know how tho Times i:
j interested in the tea trade, or whether ii
j wishes to "bull"or "bear" tho market, bul
1 wo should judge it had "sold short" nnil
wished to give quotations a tumble dowr
before call day, if we are to form an opinion
from language like the following :
"People continue to drink tea, and think
there is no d;uiger ! It will be fl fatal misi
take. Wait until tho cargoes of tea now
| on their way to American ports arc landed,
. j Those who dream that wo shall cscapc
j poisoned tea, had better prcsorvo tho cxj
tracts from the Times. Wo had no doubt
I.-* - 1 - -
I vinit <^ui miming ai'Licics a do lit tea will
save thousands of lives in this country.
Wo wish all would tako tho warning in
time.
Now in the namo of l'olioe and Imperial
Oolong,1'Souchong, Ningyong, and all
the ces and ongs at once, what are we to
drink? Coffee has degenerated into parched
pens, tho products' of the vino into
drugged liquors, and here wo aro told that
our teas are to bo poisoned. Gunpowder
grapo and cannister all turned against us,
and tho London Times, Iago-liko, making
us jealous of tho Chinese, by its "danger
ous conceits," which aro "in their nature
poisons." What will we do to bo Bociablo
.1 f i it i . .
huu usui uornioriauio arouou IDO table at
our evening meal 1 Is there death in tho
tea-leaves, and asphyxia in our sweetmeats
? Do wo draw lots for decimination
in every drawing of green or black, or
arc we to say to every packago wo receive
from tho flowery land, "Oh ! thou tea-cheat
beware of poison," as tho skull and crosshones
of old were perpetual reminders of
death to tho cloistcred monks ! Wo shall
have to rcvivo tho recollections of Salmagundi,
and exclaim:
"Condemn me, yo 0<>di?, to a newspaper roast
ing !"
Uut spare mc?ol>, spare 1110 a tea-lnldt:
toasting !"
Three men WOro sun struck in Cincinlinll
r.n 1 Oil. T-ol
txui V/li in V?IK|? V ) iUtll MIOl.
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s * *j?T < *' + i> ' " ,
AYER'S
;'MS PI lis.
1 FOB ALL THE PURPOSES OF A
FAMILY PHYSIC
Tiif.iik has lnnr; existed a public demand for in
effective purgative pill which could be-xolied on as
sure and perfectly safe in its operation. This has
been prepared to meet that demand, and on extensive
trial of its virtue? has conclusively shown Willi
what success it accomplishes the purpose dcsJ^fteA"
It is easy to make a physical pi it, but not easy to
make the best of all pills ? one which should have
none of the ohieeliims. lnil nil ifi"
every other. This lias been attempted here, and
with what success we would respect fully submit to
the public decision. It has been unfortunate for
the patient hitherto that almost every purgativo
medicine is acrimonious and irritating to tho bowels.
This is not. Many of them produce so much>
griping pain nnil revulsion in the system as to moro
than counterbalance the good to be derived from'
them. These pills produce^ no irritation or pain,
unless it arise'from u previously existing obstruction
or derangement in the bowel*', lleing jJuWTy V
vegetable, 110 harm can arise from their use in #ny
<|iiantity ; but it is better that any medicine should'
be taken judiciously. Minute directions for their'
u*e in the several diseases to which they are applicable
are given <ui the box. Among "the complaints
which have b? en speedily cured bv them, wo
may mention Liver Complaint, in it.* various forms
of jaundice, Indigestion, Languor aifd I.oss of Appetite,
Listlessnes-;, Irritability, Diliolis Iliadache,
ISilious l'cver, Fever and Ague. I'ain ill tli# Side
and Loins ; for. in truth, all these arc but the conKcnel.ee
..f ?> - *
- , - ... nuii in ii?: n>cr. /\s an
aperient lli> v afford prompt P'ul mile relief in Costiv
i'rss. I'i!i s, (li.pi'. Hj'm ii(i rv. '! iii'iors, Srrofuln >
iiinl S.nrvy, ('nM, *,v: 1i *,ori !) :?.r Jiie Ixiily, UImti*
,iik1 humility ol the Mm d, Jrr- '.;<ilnrilics; in short,
any ami every rrw whir- per -alive is re<|i:itcd.
Thcv have aKo product <1 >tmie singularly suens>fni
cuics in i:if Iiinati-Iii. tient. Drnpsv, (Snivel,
Krysipelas. Palpilntinn i f tin; IlcM't, l'aniR in tlie
Back. Slitiii: **li, ::r?i Si??e. Tliiy sliiiulll Id' freeW
l:iUen in the ;?rii?vr ,,f til'- year, to?tiii~*'y the hlo'ia
ami prepare tlieiy.teni I'm- tlie change ?f seasons.
An occasional dose stimulates tlie Rtnmnrh and
bowels intn healthy action, anil n atures tlie appel:te
and \!?i>r. '1 li:-y r nrilv tin blued, and. liy their
stimulant action li e ?i. ulatery system, renovate
the >tri'iij!t'u of the body, and rcMore tho
wai lt il ?r ?': ?-.vi < iur;',iei: of the whole organism,
llrlice an oi i? n:.l dose :s advantageous, even
(hunt h no iri 'iii. ! i:-i. tuenl exist-,; hut unlieeo-sary
dosiie.; should never lie eairicd t?n far,
as ewrv pur*;ativ?! medicine reduces the strength,
when taken In e\ccss. 'J't.e tl.nu: and case* in uiiirh
a physic i-> re'i'iin il cannot he eauiiicratril here, but
they snj'gest tin injclves to (he reason of everv
hoilv; and it is ci<nlidcully hi'tiexid this pill ?ifl
answer a belter purpose than any thin;.; which lias
hitherto been available to mankind. When their
virtues are tmec known, the puhlie will no longer
doubt what remedy to employ when in need of a
s cathartic medicine. IViiijj sugar-w rapped, they arc
pleasant to take, and hcinc purely vegetable, no
liarm can arise from their use ill any ijuaulity. ?
I-'or minute directions, see wrapper on the Box.
4 rilKIWKKI) IIY
mi JAMES C. u\\VM.
I LOWKl.l,, MASS.
Price 25 Conts por Box. Fivo JJoxeB for $1.
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: CHERRY PECTORAL,
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coughs, . (olds, hoarsemiss,
i bko.\( hitis, whoopi.\g-< ougii,
ckoip, asthma, am)
> iojvsuhptiox.I
This remedy lias won for itself such notoriety
1 frnm ik rnrnc r*f nv#?rv vnrinfv ?vf
i - --J uisiwr,
that it is entirely unnecessary to recount the evidences
of its virtues in any community where it
5 has been employed. So wide is the field of its uscL
fulness, and "so numerous the cases of its cures,
that almost every section of the oountry abounds
t in persons publicly knowri, who have been restored
| from nlamiing and even desperate diseases of the ?
lungs by its use. M*hen onee tried its superiority
1 over every other .mcdicinc of its kind is too apparent
to escape observation, and where its virtue* are
known, the public no longer hesitate what antidote
to employ for the distressing and dangerous affections
of ihe pulmonary organs whicli are incident
to our climate. Not only in formidable attacWS
upon the lungs, but for "the inilder varieties of
Colus, Couqhs, IIoAiiKENEtjR, &c.; and for Cjiil,
nnv.N it is the nleasantcst and safest mcdicinc that
con be obtained.
As it has long been in eonstan^pse throughout
this section, we need not -do morx^han assure th?
people its quality is Ifcpt up to thobest that it ever
nas been, and that" the genuine article is sold by ?
WARPLAW A LYON, Abbeville C. JT.,"?!
AnJ Jiy every Morclinnt in tlic District.
llAVIhAND, 11 AllltAL & CO., Charleston,
l)ce. f?, Cm] ' General Agents, f
Tlio State of South Carolina,
Abbeville District?In the Common^ JPleflf.
Amos Clark, Jr., ) Attachment,''
vs. > McGownn ? Perrin,
Jnmefl A Lulik'll. ) Tlflfa Att'ya.
WHEREAS, the T*TrrintifT did, oti the?tmrtyfirdt
day of October, 1850, file IJb declaration
ngaiust the Defendant, Who, (a* it is*
saioj is absent rrom and without, the Habits of
tilis State, and lias neither wife or attorney
known within the name, upon whom a copy
of the snid declaration might be served. It is
therefore ordered, that, the said Defendant do ^
appear and plead to the said declration, on'or
hcforc the first day of November, "which will.
be in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred*
aud Fifty-Seven, otherwise final ami absolute. w
Judgment will then bo given and awarded
against him. ' .
MATTIEW McDONALD, c. c. r;
Clerk's Office, Oct 30, 1850. 27 . ly*
Tlic Stale o^SoulirCarolinri,
Abbeville JJixIrict.?In the Common J'leOe.
Willinin Wtlinn
vs. > Foreign Attachment.
Jus. A. Lid dell. ) ThcuiiBoirdf Fnir Attorneys.
Whereas the Plaint iff did, on thp elovontfc'
day of April, eighteen hundred and flftv
seven, filo his declaration agtvinst tho Defendant,
who, it is said, is absent from rfftd ,.
I ,?;il I ?1 i?
...winMiv uiuiililllO U1 tllio Otllbi;, uua U|l? liuibll- .
or wife nor Attorney known wittih the anine,
upon wliom n copy, of {Jicsai<J declaration .
' nii^lit bft Borvod-4* ^ '*
it is theroforo vrdjjrod,' that tifb snlil? Dj?- *
feiidant do Appear and plead to thosajd -JccTa- s
ration, on or before the twolfUv day
eighteen hundred ao?l fiflyuipht, otherwiea
. fiuul and ohsolut*jmd^ement wiil then b&&iv- *"L
f. en and afj^Jed pgKlnat liinK'" "
JfATTHEW McDONALD. aa?,s * v
[ Clerk's Cfl^-Ajiril^ Uv 18&? * 01-r-ly ,
^_ . j v?r?^,
Tlae Stale of 'SftHih Carolina* 3t '*
/: ' 'A JlliKYiLLS BTSTIllh& t .% <
Office Co Art of a >1 mor^ Pleas an^^eii'tScOtdAti,jiiiace
T. liiukin, ) " >\''?^
James A. Li.Wlo, (^Wn.^ 4**^
WttlSUKAH the "Plaintiff ^ticT, on thffttgli.
tceutU tfpy'V>t Oeto.Vcr, eighteen ,,lii>r "...
(Urfcd nh<l"'tftts-8Vs>illc liia * dealt ration ?g?fc?v*
'toe Defcmlwlr who,*.(it'i8 ed^yTvabsont from
' and withoutlb*?l?nit? of this Jw^VsL b**
noUW rvif^ . tV4~
sanlg, t?i>au wluflx \, c?n)y' of jwyid 4w?liQ^> */
nught IftT etfrvfedT It UK th?A&ra' pimped.
tjjfttiiifi said .-Defendant jm'agamk andjatlMf
to*t1fti*jd declaration.- ott ofc Dafofojtfrft fllWM'
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