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An evening or (wo since, "Snags'"' "
into our '•S notuin" nppnrontly in n "low ding-
ling way," (wo suppose nobody had treuted to
"Larger.") nr.d requested permission to grind
out a nuinll ode to 'Despondency" upon tlio
"Masheeu." Só lie threw into tho hopper a
few lines of "Man wan made to mourn," ditto
of Gray's Elegy, and (with his usual blunder-
ing) several old adages entirely irrelevant to the
subject, such as 'Lot her rip," "She's nil oak,"
and the following lines were the result. Nothing
but tho admirable working of the "Mnsheen"
could have made anything of such a mixture.
However Snag gins seemed perfectly satisfied
with his performance, aud went off much re-
lieved—of two dimes, expended tor •'Larger,1'
which oonstitutes tho principal "tell" now taken
in by tho "Masheen."
Wheu droughts prevail and crups wont grow,
And tho old adage ' as you sow
So shall you reap's" uo longer true,
Say, what can we poor mortals do?—
' Still speed the plough" with goad and whip,
And "let her rip !"
When -'Times" are hard aud credit low,
When we can neither "stay nor go"—
And duns beset us on the street,
In every other man we meet,
Shall wo despair, and ' quit the ship?"
No, "let her rip!"
When clothes grow seedy and threadbare,
And we in truth have "nought to wear,"
Let's button up our well wore coat,
(If minus shirt) up to our throat—
And keep a "stiffened upper lip,"
And ' let her ripl"
When friends we fondly thought were true,
Shall coldly pass, and look askew.
And "eut ub dead" whene'er we meet,
And never offer once to "treat,"
Shall we give up)—No, take a "nip"
And "let'em ripl"
When sweethearts, too, shall smile on all
But us, at every rout and ball,—
Whon even Mary proves a ' jlit,"
fetinll we "cry over milk (hat's spilt?"
Or from the "poisoned chalice" sip ?
No, "let her rip!!!"
Epitaph ou Mr. James Carrier
who died of drunkenness.
" James Carrier lies here of the parish of South-
well,
A enrrier «ho carried his can tohls mouth well;
He carried so much nnd he carried so fast,
Ho could earn/ 110 more- -so wns carried lit last;
For the liquor lie drank, being too much for one,
He eoul<l not carry vff, so lie's now corn-011."
Kohl Ram.—Prom that interesting
and instructive monthly, the American
Agriculturalist, for September, wo con-
dence the following account of a vege-
table which we are going to try as soon
as we can get some seed.
It is a turnip-cabbage—a cross be-
tween the two. Imagine a short cab-
bage stock, with a ron no turnip on the
top of it, and about a dozen small, long
stemmed leaves growing out of it, and
you have a pretty good idea of what it
is Jike, It grows faster than a cabbage
or turnip, and is more hardy. To cook
them, sever tho head from the stalk, re-
move the leaves, cut into quarters, or
more peices, according to size, then
boil uutH soft, and serve up with drawn
butter.
They aro swoetor than cabbage, more
tender than turuips, and more agreeable
than either.
• The town of St. Paul, Minnesota,
with a population of 12,000 has not a
singlo tiro engine, a toot of hoso, a fire
bucket, nor a public well or cistern.
Edward Everett by his address
on Washington h&s contributed $35,U00
to the Mount Vernon Association,.--
Madame Levcrt, of Mobile, will contri-
bute a percentage on the sale of her
book "Souvenirs of Travel," which is
being published in New York, to the
samo fuud. Tho salo of tlu^book is ex-
pccted to bo very large,
SCIENTIFIC FACTS
condensed for the intelligencer.
No. 4.
Hail nud Ruin—Snow and Sleet.
Whon by tho forco of violent winds,
the heated air near tho surface of tlje
earth in Summer is suddenly carried to
an immense height, and encounterbo-
dies of air, the temperature of winch is
below the freezing point, an iustantanc
ous condensation and freezing takes
place, and hail-stones are precipitated
to the ground. When the same condi-
tion of things occurs at a less eleva-
tion, where the air is not so cold, show-
ers of rain instead of hail, fall.
Tho theory of Volta, that hail-stones
are dependant upon a highly electrical
condition of the air, is regarded at va-
rienco with facts ; because
1st. In countries where there are im-
mense forests of trees, which being
good conductors, servo to equalize the
electrical condition of tho atmosphere,
hail is as common as anywhere. And
2d. In the torrid zone, where tho
development of electricity is greater
than anywhere elso, hail is not so com-
mon, as in temperate countries.
llail occurs in Summer, because that
is the season for violent winds and
whirlwinds; and winds are the one great
agency by which tho combinations
which produce all these aqueous phe-
nomena. aro effected. The different
size of hailstones is easily explained :
The particles of water are frozen at dif-
ferent heights. Those which are high-
est in air, fall with a whirling motion
through tho freezing mixtures of wa-
tery vapor, itnd accumulate as they fall,
and aro of courso larger than those
which form at the lower portion of the
cloud. This whirling motion also ac-
counts for tho peculiar egg-like shape
of the hail stone. Tho immense mass-
es of ico which aro sometimes read of,
falling during hail-storms, some of thorn
weighing even pounds, are only the
freezing together of a number of hail-
stones.
The hail-storms which happen in lo-
calities adjacent to high mountains, are
caused by tho bodies of hot air from
tho earth being suddenly raised, and
brought in contact with the freezing
blasts from tho snowy summits of the
mountains. Such arc tho hail-storms
which occasionally happen iu Peru and
other countries of South America, lyjng
near to the Andes.
The amount of rain which fulls in any
country, depends 1st, upon tho amount
of vapor in.tho air; then upon the
physical geography of the country, and
tho character of tho winds. Winds
blowing constantly from the same di-
rection will not produce rain, nuless
there are high mountains against which
the aqueous vapors may accumulate.
Ilence our long continued droughts iu
the interior of Texas during the Sum-
mer months. The south-east winds,
which blow almost constantly during
tlieso months, is not opposed by any
current of air which may condenso the
vapor it contains, and the surface of the
country being level, tho rain is carried
to more northern latitudes. Other
things being equal, more rain falls on
the coast, than in the interior of a
country ; because the air abovo tho
óceaii is always saturated, and because
tho humidity of the air is often exhaus-
ted by showers during its progress in-
land.
Snow is the frozen mist that falls on
the Earth when the air at its surfuco is
at the freezing point.'
Sleet is simply frozen rain and only
happens in cold weather.
Wino and water received tho
tiamo of negus from Col. Francis Ne-
gus, an officer of horse during the reign
of George I.
Et. Paso Grapes.—Wo ate some grapos
day or two since, which were not
"sour grapos." No, they wero the ni-
cest, most lucious, juicy, plump,—well
there 1 We advise yon to get some cut-
tings and raise them yourself.
Astohismno Scientific Experiment.—
Tho traveling correspondent of the Bos-
ton traveler while on his way to tho sci-
entific convention at Montreal witnessed
thc'foUowing reasonable experiment.
" Wo had a largo party of " savants"
011 tho train—learned men, who, though
modest, could not covcr the scientific
habit beneath any cloak of small talk.
I saw ono largo, rod faced burly gentle-
man perforin an adroit ex|)oriment at
White river junction. Ho filled a tum-
bler half full of water, and by disctiarg
ing a pocket pistol into the saino, chan-
ged its color into a brandy hue. After
holding ttio liquid to tho light, he delib-
erately drank it I I understand the ex-
periment is quite a common one.
ftfigcellmu 0 n $.
[From the Milledutcea, a pleasant little iorap
book receutly published by tho Appletoui. New
York, wo take this littlo poem, written about
1600. The author is unknown.]
Go sit by the summer sea,
Thou whom scorn wasteth,
Aud let thy musing be
Whore the flood hastoth.
Mark how o'er Ocean's breast
Rolls the hoar billow's crest,
Such is his heart's unrest
Who of lovo tasteth.
Orlov'st thou that hearts should change?
Lo! where life relgneth,
Or the free sight doth raugo,
What long remaineth 7
Spring with her flowers doth die;
last fades tho gilded sky;
And the full moon on high
Ceaselessly waaeth.
Smile then ye sage and wise;
And if love sever
Sends which thy soul doth prize,
Such does it ever!—
Deep as the rolling seas—
Soft as the twilight breeze,
But ol mure lliuu these
Delist could it never!
THE PIONEER'S REVENGE.
a border tale.
While the Spanish colonist ravaged
the southern portion of North America
in quest of gold, and the English plant-
ed the germs of sell government on- tho
eastern coast, the French were but tho
agents of home merchants, who enjoy-
ed a monopoly of tho various traffics, and
were sustained in the (.njoyment of it
by the strong arm of military power.—
To tho trading association in particular,
we owe the discovery of tho Mississippi
by the son of one of the members, the
intrepid La Sallo. I11 his day lead was
first discovered within tho present li-
mits of Iowa, but tho noted Julien Du-
buque was the first who taught the In-
dians to collect the ore and make an art-
icle of trade of it. lie was not only a
brave, but a crafty man, aud after his
death tho savages, in compliance with
his dying wish, burned his dwelling and
erased every trace of civilized life around
his settlement, except the orchard plant-
ed by his own hand.
Years passed away. Tho white flag
of France 110 longer waved over the
Mississippi Valley, and the bold frontior
man, advanced on the foremost wave of
civilization, crossed tho river in quest
of tho lead ore, game and fertile soil.—
One of the first settlements thus estab-
lished was formed by a party from Ken-
tucky, led by tho grand-sire of tho
younger generation—old Joe Bates, a
noble specimen of frontier mou. Seven-
ty winters had whitened his long locks,
and he was still hale and hearty, and
able to wield an axe with any of his sons
or draw bead 011 his rifle with a fatal
accuracy of aim. Selecting a good lo-
cality 011 the verge of tho Mississippi,
old Joo and his sons built a log cabin',
surrounding by stockade to keep off
the Dacotahs. They then surrounded a
"clearing" with a worm fence, deaden-
ed the standing trees by the fatal axe
circle, and planted corn. Whonthe corn
was well above tho ground, and froed
from weeds, they began to "prospect"
for lead oro.
Thus far they had seen no Indian, and
began to flatter themsclveoMhat the
"red-skins" had left the cou^By to their
peaceful possession, but the wily sa-
vage kept, a watch upon their move-
ments.
The first act of savage vengeance oc-
cured to the eldest son, Frank Bates,
who had built him a cabin about five
hundred yards from "head quarters,"
despito the warning of old Joe. Frank
however, had no fear of Indians, and lived
with his wife and babe in groat happi-
ness, until one summer's night, when he
was awakened by tho loud barking of
dogs. Springing from his bed, he look-
ed through an opening through tho logs
and saw to his horror at least fifty Da-
cotahs in full war costume, evidently
seeking the easiest way to force an en-
trance to the cabin. Arousing his wife
lie raised a cellar trap door, and was
about to send tin down, when tho child
she had left bogan to cry.
"I cannot leave my babe," said she.
"Nay," ho exclaimed, "I will take care
of the boy," and almost forcing her
down into the cellar, he closed tho un-
hinged door, over which ho throw a
largo chest. Then seizing his rifle and
hatchet ho took the infant and ascend-
ing to the loft of tho cabin, pulling up
tho ladder after him. A moment more
tho door was forced from its hinges, and
tho Dacotahs entered, eager for their
prey. But Bates did not remain to
watch their movements, for lashing his
boy to his shoulder, ho cautiously open-
ed a shutter in tho gablo of tho loft, nnd
seeing that no Indians wero beneath,
jumped to tho ground, rifle iu hand.
Ere he had traversed his little garden,
the air resounded with the war whoop,
and a volley of arrows rained around the
fugitive. Happily only one struck him
and that in the fleshy part of tho arm,
so that ho kept on, straining ovcry nerve
to roach tho stockade around his fa-
ther's cabin. But ere ho had gone many
paces a gigantic Indian overtook him.
Turning like a stag at bay, ho faced his
antagonist, knocked him down with the
butt of his rifle, and'sped 011 his way. But
now to his horror, ho saw a largo body
of the Daco talis around his father's dwell-
ing as ho approached, firing over on
the tops of tho cabins with arrows to
which burning tow was attached.
Ho paused—but the cries of his boy
aroused him to a sense of his danger,
and his wife perilous situation. Direct-
ing his steps toward tho river, whoro
Í10 found his "dug out" safoly moored
ho was soon paddling across tho rivor
to a settlement whore there wero a large
number of whites.
Day had scarcely dawnod tho suc-
ceeding morning when twenty minors
wero ready to accompany hiin across the
river. They cared no moro for Daco-
tahs than prairio dogs, and acted upon
the spur of the moment, regardless of
the conscqueuces. Crossing above his
residence, young Bates led them to his
clearing, but,on arriving thero nothing
remained of hia house but a mouldering
pile of ashes. His beloved wife evident-
ly perished in tho flames, for among the
ashes and charred beams in the collar
they found soino bonos. Just then they
wero joined b^ old Joe Bates and two
of his youngeif sons. They wero delight-
ed to see FraiK alivo, for they feared
that tho colnmp of smoke that had risen
from his cabin! was his monumeut, but
now they did tiieir best to console him
in their rough way. IIo said but little,
but secretely towed to revengo his
wife's death, aiid well did lie keep his
word, To havejBoen him, no one would
have supposed that tho mild looking
slendei-built Fiank Bates was an in-
carnate deinonjin a fight with the Daco-
tahs, yet within a year after his cabin
was burnt he Had twenty scalps hang-
ing at his girólo.
Vengeance jeemcd his only thought,
his life's desiri. •
For some timo after this outrage, the
Dacotahs kept away from tho mines,
but at last a party of them came prow-
ling about, and tho miners determined
to have a brtsh with them—and at the
head of the pirty was Frank Bates.—
TI10 party eniaged two Winnebagoes
as guides, anj then struck into tho for-
est, following a recent trail. On the
third day of their journey, Frank, from
the uumistaknblo signs, felt assured
they were no*rthoir enomy, and follow-
ed tho traiu in silence, on tho alert for
their foe. Oi reaching the submit of a
knoll, they sajw the village before them,
a collection ofliigh conical tents, made
of dressed búllalo skins sewed together,
ornamented with rude representations of
tho battle or tho chase. O11 tho out-
skirts were tlie squaws, engaged in the
laborious occupations which full to their
lot. Their infants tightly bound to
straight strips^ of bark, were tied to
some bent ovef birches, which gently
danced them tó sleep, and the boys of the
village, with bow and arrow, were fire-
ing at the representation of a Kansas
hunter. In tht ccnter of tho village, be-
fore the towering tent of the chief, sat
the bravo, sindothing their tomahawk
pipes with socifcl gravity. '
The white min looked at tho priming
of their rifles, and with a deafening yell
rushed down through the frightened
squaws ere the Dacotahs could compre-
hend wliut caused the alarm. Dashing
into the startled group of warriors, with
fierce shouts, they dealt destruction
around them. Tho chief was the first
slain, bravely tjofonding himself and en-
couraging his,' warriors, who nobly
struggled to av¿ngo his doath, but ail
in vain
Frank Bates fought like a demon, but
at one timo, w.fc a victim to a stalwart
warrior. But by one glance at his oppo-
nent, Frank recognized him by a red
handkerchief, ajound his head, a gift to
his lost wife. 1 This added strength
and activity tojhis fury; he seized his
assailant with his left arm, and at the
same time, witl a nervous forco thrust
his knife into his heart. This decided
the battlo, for tlie surviving Dacotahs,
panic struck atfthc sudden attack, rush-
ed to the spot where the horses were
tethered, and escaped into tho forest.—
Upwards of fifty dead warriors remain-
ed 011 the bloody field, and others gre-
viously wounded, but not a single white
man was seriously wounded.-.
Tho women and childern lied to the
woods, and the whites found an abun-
dance of plunder, comprising blankets,
rich furs, horses, dried meats, and tents,
but Frank Batos felt sad at heart, for
the sight of this memento of his wife
made him fear she had been tortured
before perishing in the flames.
Night came on, and feeling positive
ho could not sleep, lie volunteered to
keep watch. It was a bright moonlight
night, and as he was pacing his solitary
round, planning new scheme of ven-
geance, ho heard a light step approach
from the thicket,
Frank at first raised his rifle to shoot
down the intruder, when a secret influ-
ence led him to call out:
" Who comes ?"
" Aro you a white man ?" was tho re-
ply ¡11 tones that produced indescribable
effect upon the stout-hearted pioneer.
" Yes ; and you ?"
" I am Frank Bates' wife, who was
taken prisoner over tho'Mississippi," and
as she spoke alio advanced.
Tho rifle foil to the ground, and Frank
tottered back several paces. But not
so with the female, who recognized her
husband as she drew near,and exclaimed
as she threw herself into his arms—
" Frank, do you not know your
wife V
Yes, it was his long mourned bride,
for her features stiM retained their early
beauty. Mutual explanations followed,
and when the delighted wife learned the
safety of her boy, all her hardships
vanished. It now appeared that when
the Indians had entered Bates' house,
they found a keg of whiskey of which they
drank freely, and then plundered every-
thing, removing tho chest in their re-
searches. Soon two of them quarrelled
for tho handkerchief Bates had seen on
tho day provious, and drawing their
scalp-knives, one speedily received a
mortal stab, and fell diroctly on tho trap
door, through which tho blood ran down
on the hidden wife. She bcliovod that
it came from the veins of her husband,
and shrieked aloud, thus betraying her
place of coneoalment. Dragging hoi
forth, her captors bound her, then ri-
fled tho cabin and applied tho torch.
The body of tho Dacotah was consumed,
and over his bones Batos had mourned
as for those of his wife.
The uoxt day they "packed" upon
what horses the Dacotahs had left, then
started for their homes which they
reached in safety. Frank Bates rebuilt
his house, but this timo close to that of
his father, and enclosed it with a high
stockade. The Dacotahs, however, nev-
er returned, and in tho courso of time
were driven to tho far west. Frank
Bates is now ono of tho wealthiest land-
holders in Iowa. Time has dealt leni-
ently with him and his wife, but neither
forgot her captivity. Tho son never
passes tho scone of his futhor's fight on
that memorable night without feeling a
renewed sense of his filial obligations,
afid a deeper love for his boyhood's
home.
Arnbiuii Mode of Training Horses.
The horse castor is a wart or excrescnee
which grows 011 every horses foro legs and
generally on theSiind legs. It has a pecu-
liar rank, musty smell, and is easily pulled
of!" The umonicttl eflluvia of tho horse
seems peculiarly to concentrate in this
part, its very strong odor has a very
groat attraction for animals—especial-
ly canine, and thi horse himself.
For the oil of cumin, the horse has an
instinctive passion—both arc original na-
tives of Arabia, and when the horse scents
tho odor lie is instinctively drawn to
wards it.
The oil of rhodium possesses peculiar
properties. All aniniultf sooin to cher-
ish a fondness for it, and it exercises a
kind of subduing infiuenco over them.
The directions given for taming horses
ure as follows :
Procure some horse castor and grate
fine. Also get some oil of rhodium and
oil cumin, and keep the three seperate iu
air tight bottles.
Rub a littlo of tlio oil of cumin upon
your hands, and approach the horso 011
tho windward side, so that lie can smell
tho cumin. Tho horso will let you come
up to him without any trouble.
Immediately rub your hand gently on
tho horse's nose, getting a littlo of tho
oil on it.
You can then lead him anywhere.
Gi.e him a littlo of tho castor 011 a
piece of loaf sugar, apple, or potato.
Put nino drops of rhodium into a la-
dy's silver thimble between the thumb
and iniddlo finger of your right hand,
with the fore-finger stopping tho thim-
ble, to prevent tlio oil from running out
whilst you aro opening the mouth "of the
horso.
As soon ns you havo opened the horse's
mouth, tip tho thimble over his tongue,
and ho is your servant. Ho will follow
you like a pot dog.
Ride fearlessly and promptly with
your knees pressed to the horse's side,
and your toes turned in and heels out ;
then you will bo always 011 tho alert
from a shy or sheer from the horso, and
ho can never throw yoft.
Then, if you wa:.l to teach him to lie
down, stand on his right or left side ;
havo a couple of leather straps, about
six feet long; string up his left leg with
ono of them round his neck ; strap tho
other end of it over his shoulders ; hold
it in your hand and when you're ready,
tell him to lie down, at the same time,
gently, firmly' and steadily pulling 011
the strap, touching him lightly 011 the
knee with a switch. Tho horso will im-
mediately lie down. Do this a few times,
and you can make him lie down without
the straps.
lie is your pupil and your friend. You
can teach him anything, only bo kind
to him, bo gentle. Lovo him and he will
lovo you. Feed him before you do your-
self, sholtcr-luin well, groom him your-
self, keep him clean, and at night al-
ways give him a good bed, at least a foot
deop.
In the winter soason, don't let him
stand out a long time in tho cold, with-
out shelter or covering ; for remember
that tlie horse is a native of a warm
climate, aud in many respects, his consti-
tution is as tender as a man's.
Chinese Hump has been introduced
into Kentucky and grown with much
success. It grows sixteen loot high,
aud is said to bo superior to tho old va-
riety of hemp grown in that State. A
trial of tho plant should be made in Tex-
as. Iu some portion of tho State, with-
out doubt, tlio soil and the climate would
be found well adapted to its growth,
while tho demand for it,Í5 putting up tho
cotton crop, would render tho home
market the best that could ever bo
found for it. The bagging and rope
consumed within our limits, form a
heavy charge in our imports from other
States.—Civilian.
Fifty-four years ago tho first
camp mooting was held in the United
States. It was hold in Kentucky, and
the Methodists, Presbyterians and Bap
tists cordially united on that groat oc-
casion.
B&. It appears from tho list of pa-
tents granted during tho last week,
that there is one for "improvement In
hoops for ladies' skirtB.ttiVs some hoops
do not set well, it mustuo a pleasant
piece of intelligence that thore is to bo
an "improvement."—Cape Ann TÁght.
Important Decision on County Bonds.
The Indianapolis Journal publishes the
decision of the Circuit Court of the Uni-
ted StatcB of indUna in tho caso of Da-
vid C. Wallace against the Commissioner
of Knox county, in that Stato The
Board before the adoption of the present
Constitution of Indiana in 1851 in pur-
suance of the terms of a statute author-
izing tho same, subscribed $200,000 to
tho capital stock of tho Ohio aud Missis-
sippi|Kailroad Company, and after the
Constitution took effect, issued their
bonds, with coupons, for tho payment of
the stock, in tho usual form. Tho coun-
ty failed to pay the interest on coupona
when they bocame due, and this suit was
brought to recover the amount of the
:ouponslhcld by tho plaintiff as tlio bear-
er. Tho dcfcncc rested substantially on
tho following grounds:
1. That tho subscription was void,
the county having 110 right to make it
for railroad purposes.
2. That the bonds were void, having
been issued after tho taking eflVct of the
constitution of 1851. *
8. That the coupons wero void for
the want of power to issue them, even if
tho bonds were valid.
4. That tho law of tho Stato submit-
ting the question to tho pooplo of Knox
County, whether tho Commissioners shall
subscribe the stock, was unconstitutional
aud void.
Judge McLean decided :
" That the action could bo maintained
upon tho coupons : that each of tho
points raised in the defencc was unsus-
tainable iu poiut of law ; that tho sub-
scription was valid wild binding upon
tho county of Knox ; that the Court
would have compollod by mandamus the
issue of the bonds had tho commission-
er refused to issue thom ; that the sub-
scription, having been made before the
constitution of Indiana of 1851 was in
force, could not be affectod by that in-
strument; that tho issue of bonds is not
inhibited by the State Constitution, which
only applies to subacriptiona mado after
the Constitution took effect; nor could
tho Constitution affect thoao bonds, even
if bonds were named in its prohibition,
as they were not u new contract, but
merely a consummation of the previous
contract of subscription that was mado
before the adoption of tho Constitution ;
therefore both the subscriptions and tho
bonds were protoctod by tho Constitu-
tion of tho United States; that tho cou-
pons wero merely incident to tho bonds,
and derived all thoir legal effect from
the bonds, and wero clearly anthorized
to be attached to the bonds as a matter
of convenience, and to facilitato the pay-
ment of the interest; that tho law sub-
mitting the question of the subscription
to the people of the countieswas a valid
and binding enactment."
A Youno Hero.—Master Walters Imd
been much annoyed by some one of his
scholars whistling in school. Whenever
ho catlcd out a boy for bucIi disturbance,
he would plead tliut it was unintention-
al—" ho forgot all about where ho was."
This became so frequent that the mas-
ter threatened asevere puuishment to tho
next offender. The next day, whon the
room was unusually quiet, a loud sharp
whistle broke the stillness. JSvcry
asserted that it was a ccrtuin boy
had the reputation of a mischief makcr
and a liar. He was called up, and,
though with a somewhat stubborn look
lie denied it ngain aud again, wus com-
manded to hold out his hand. At this in-
stunt u little slenderfellow, not more than
seven years old, camo out, and with a
very palo but decided facc, held his
hand, saying, as he did so, with a clear
and firm tone of a hero:
"Mr. Waltórs, sir, do not punish him
—I whistled. I was doing a long sum,
nnd in rubbing out another, rubbed out
by mistake, and spoiled it all, and be-
fore I thought, I whistled right out, sir.
I was very much afraid, but I could not
sit there and act a lie, when I knew who
was to blamo. You may ferule me, sir,
as you should. And with all tho firm-,
ness ho could command, ho again held
out his little hand, never for a moment
doubting that ho was to be punished.
Mr. Walters was much uffected.
"Charles," said ho, looking at the
erect form of tho dclicate child, who hud
ade such a conquest over his natural
timidity, " I would not striko you a blow
for tho* world. No one hero doubts that
you spoke tho truth ; you did not mean
to whistle. You have been a hero,
sir."
The boy went back to liis scat with a
flushed face, and quietly went on with
his sums. IIo must have felt that every
eye was upon him in admiration, for the
smallest scholar could appreciate the
moral courago of sueh an action.
A SONG FOR 8EFTEMBEI.
BY THOMAS W. PARSONS.
September strews the woodland o'er
With many a brilliant color:
The world is brighter than before—
Why should our hearts be duller t
Sorrow nnd the scarlet leaf,
Sad thoughts and suuny weather,
Ah, me 1 this glory and this grief
Agree uot well together.
This is the parting season—this
The time when friends are flying:
And lovers now, with inany a hiss,
Their long farewells are sighing.
Why Is eartli so gaily dressed T
Tills pomp that autumn beareth
A funeral seems, where every guest
A bridal garment weareth.
Each one of ns, perchance, may here,
On some blue morn hereafter,
Return to view the gaudy year,
But not with boyish laughter;
We shutt then be wrinkled men,
Our brows with silver laden:
And thou this glen iimy'it seek again,
liut nevermore a maiden 1
Nature, perhaps, foresees that Spring
Will touch her teeming bosom,
And that a few brief months -will brlug
The bird, the bee, the blossom;
Ah ! these forests do not know—
Or would less brightly wither—
The virgin that adonis them so
Will nevermore coiuo hither!
Swearing has undeniably been a characte-
ristic of the English for many centuries. In
the 14th aud 15th centuries, it wns countenanc-
ed in good society and not considered bad breed-
ing. Damn is not sow however considered ne-
cessary to add dignity, beauty, emphasis, or
truth to a roniark.
Sir Johu Harrington thus sharply sayi 1
In older times an anelent custom was
To swear in mighty matters by tho mast;
Hut when tho man went down, as old men note,
They swore then by the trm of this samo groat;
And when the croa was likewise held in scorn,
Then by tliclr/uiifc, the common oath was sworn;
bust, having sworn away nil faith and troth,
Only Q—4 d—n them Is the common oath ¡
Thus custom kept decorum by gradation,
That losing man , croas, faith, they find damnation.
Influente of a Literary Taste.
To a young man away from homo,
friendless and forlorn in a great city,the
hours of peril aro tlioso betweon sun-sot
and bed time ; for the moon and stars
see more evil iu a single hour tlian the
sun in his whole days' circuit. The po-
et's visions of evening are all composed
of tender and soothing images. It
brings the wanderer to Ins home, tho
child to his mothers arms, the ox to hie
stall, and the weary laborer to his rest.
But to tho gentle-hearted youth who is
thrown upon tho rocks of a pitiless city,
nnd "stands homeloss amid a thousand
homos," the approach of evening brings
with it an aching sense of louliness and
dosolation, wliicTi comes down upon the
spirit like darkness upou tho earth. In
this mood, his best impulses becomo a
snare to him, and ho is led estray be-
cause he is social, affectionate, sympa-
thetic and warm hearted. If tiioro be
a young man thus oircnmstanced within
tho sound of my voico, lot mo say to
him that books are tho friends of tho
friendless, aud that a library is a home to
the homeless. A tasto for reading will
carry you to converso with men who
will instruct you by their wisdom and
charm you by their wit—who will
soothe you when weary, council you
when perplexed, and sympathize with you
at all times, Evil spirits in tho middle
ages, wero exorcised and driven away
by bell book and candió ; and you want
but two of these agents, tlio book and
candle.—George S, Milliard.
Pliu-nix on the Aeeordeon.
John Phoenix latoly travelling by rail-
Fihe.—Tho Clarksvillo Messenger
saya that tlio largo store honso of
Messrs 11. Rhino & Bros., and tho drug
store of McDonna & Rhino, on the north
side of tlie square of that town, were
totally destroyed by fire on tho night of
tho 6th inst. By inuch exertion the fur-
ther progress of tho firo was arrested.
Tho goods which were in tho lower sto-
ry of the storehouse of Messrs II. Rhino
& Bros., wore mostlv saved, bnt nothing
in the drug store. Tho loss is botween
fifteen aud twenty thousand dollars.
The firo ia supposed to be the work of
an incendiary, but as yet no cine is had
as to the person.
road, was bored by a boy with an ae-
eordeon, nnd this is what befel there-
on :
It was after 11 o'clock, the train had
passed New Brunswick, and the passon-
"gers were trying to sleep, (ha I ha I)
when he entered. Ho was a seedy
youth, with a seal akin cap, a singularly
dirty face, a gray jacket, of tlio ventila-
ting order, and a short but very remark-
ably broad pair of "corduroy breochos.
Ho wore an enormous bag of
haversack about his nock, and bore in
his hand that most infernal and detesta-
I le instrument, an aeeordeon. I despiso
that instrument of music. They pull
the music out of it, and it comes forth
straggling and reluctant, like a cat
drawn by the tail from an ash hole, or a
squirrel pulled shrieking from a hollow
log with a ramrod. This unprincipled
boy commenced pulling at his thing, and
horrified 11s with tho most awful version
of that " Dog Tray" that I over listened.
Then ho walked round tlio car nnd col-
lected forty-two conts. Thon ho return-
ed to the contre of the car, and standing
close to the stove, which was red hot—
tho night being cold—ho ossayed to pull
out " Pop goes tlio Weasel," whon sud-
denly pop went the boy; ho dropped
the aeeordeon, burst into tears, and clap-
ping his bands behind, cxocuted a frau-
de oauco, accompaniod by yells of tho
most agonizing; character. I saw it all,
and felt grateful to a retributive Provi-
dence. lie had stood too closo to tho
stove, and his corduroys wero in a light
blaze; a fow inches below tho tormina-
lion of tho gray jackot was tho seat of
his woo. After no got on fire the con*
ductor put him ont, and a awcet and
ineffable calm came ovor mo, I realized
that "whatever is, is right," and I fell
into a deep and happy sleep I
Did you ever know such a mechanical
genius as my son ? said an old lady,
lie has mado a fiddle out of his own
head, and lias wood enough to make an-
other.
Jem, you bruto, you'vo been drinking.
No I havo'nt. I'vo been looking at an-
other man drinking, but it was too much
for me.
Do you go in for the Liquor Law ?—
Why, partly yes and partly no—I gobs
in for the liquor, but not for the law,
. .'fcüeíi mm
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