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BY ALBON CHASE.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1842.
VOL. X.—NO. 48.
Till! SOUTHERN B.4!VXEK,
Is publish !':l in Athens, tJn. n few yards west of
the Post-Oifice, every Friday mornius.
\ aHe property of said deceased, including household
Any AulMcriber f.iUniq to ffivrnrttin* of bis dealn? to discontinue j and kitchen furniMre, carpenter s tools, Sold as
h».-isuW:r»pi : nn at the expiration <>\fthe time for^vhicb it hasthe property of sail lic'eased, for the benefit of his
Terms made kr own on the day
ADMINISTRATORS SALK.
O N Friday, the 11th of March next, will be sold
at the late residence of Edwin A. Walker, of
Waikinsville, Clark comity, deceased, all the perish
s 00
3 25
4 75
3 25
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lion, must be published thirty day
•ir monthi*.
heirs and creditors,
ofsilc.
Jan. 28—4fl—tds.
C. I. WINN. Adm’r.
EXECUTORS’ SALE.
O N Thursday the 3rd day of March next, will be
sold to the highest bidder at the late residence
of Wilson Strickland, late of Gwinnett county, de
ceased. all the personal property of said deceased net
otherwise disposed of by his will, consisting of horses,
hoys, cattle, sheep, liooseholJ and kitchen furniture,
two wagons and teams, an ox cart avid two yoke o!
oxen, farming utensils, <Vc., frr. Sale to continue
from dav to day until all is sold, and when the sale
closes in Gwinnett, to be continued in Forsvth until all
is sold. Terms made known on the first dav of sale.
JACOB STRICKLAND. * r _
THOMAS W. CONALLY, $ uxcc r3-
•Tan. 21—15—tds.
POETRY.
l be published four w;ju
: Loners of A-irnimi
and of Letters ot’ Dismi-t
A1HJI4ISTRATOHS’ SALES, Ate.
EXECUTORS’ SALE.
A GREEABLY to an order of the Honorable Infe-
: \ rior court of Clark county, when sitting lor Or
dinary purposes, will be sold on the first Tuesday in
April next, within the lawful hours of sale, at the
court-house in Walkinsvjlle. the personal property of
Henry Jackson, late of said county, deceased. Sold
for the benefit of the heirs.
MARTHA J. JACKSON, Exnc'x.
1IENHY R. JACKSON, Exec’r.
Jan. 28—-lit—ids.
ADMINISTRATOR S SALE.
Epitaph on a Caudle.
A w'ckcd. one dies buried here,
Who died in a decline ;
lie never rose in rank. I fear,
Tho’ he was born xa.shine.
lie once, was fat—but now, indeed,
He’s thin as any griever;
lie died, the Doctors all agreed,
Of a most burning fever.
One thing of him, is said with truth,
With which I'm much amused.—
It is. that when he stood., forsooth,
A stick he always used.
Now winding-sheets he sometimes mada,
But that was not enough—
For finding it a poorish trade,
lie also dealt :n snuff.
If e'er you said, “ Go out, I pray,*
He much ill nature showed
On such occasions he would say,
“ Vy, if I do, I'm biota'd !”
In this his friends do all agree,
Although you’ll think I’m joking
When going nut ’tis said that ha
W as very fond of smoking.
Since all religion he despised,
Let these few words suffice,—
Before he ever was baptized,
They dijtp'd him once or twice.
MISCELLANY.
Eighteen anti Hair Gray ?
W ILL he sold on the 12th day °C-rJ *1 nto of OR i LOVE’S LABOUR LOS*r!- A PUTITE HISTOIRE.
the late residence of 1 homos (•.awards, late ol j •
Some one seized me by the hand; “Gusta- 1
vus!”
“ Felix! yon here 1 Have you seen her ” l
abruptly inquired.
“Her! who ?”
“Henrietta.”
‘ I left her only a few minutes ago. You
find her much altered, eh?”
“Felix, 1 am a monster of iniquity 1”
“ What!” said he laughing, “ were you the
sly rogue, the charlatan ?”
“ Chariot tin ! what mean you?”
“ You must know that Henrietta, scarcely a
month since, bought of an itinerant vender ot
pomatum, a substance for making the hair
grow. She had scarcely used it twice before
her hair became as grey as yon now see it.”
“Pomatum; it was not love then,”—the
word died on my lips.
*> l.ove !’* replied Felix, with surprise, “God
be praised, no. We have been married eigh
teen months, and are the happiest couple in the
universe. Whether my wife’s hair be black
or gray is to me a matter of indifference.”
“Eighteen months!—yonr wife!—and 1
a ■
Alts! ’twas hut the penalty that my incon
sistency so well merited. Take heed, ye ol
both sexes who possess that inestimable gift—
another's love. Never trifle with it as l have
done!
generally the vexation and the regret of the
wearer, but from cheerfulness, affability, intel
ligence and true courtesy.—Bur nap.
Gwinnett county, deceased, the remaining part of the
perishable property belonging to tire estate of the
said deceased, consisting oi one 40 saw cotton pin,
one thrasher, one wheat Ian, two mill rocks, ploughs,
peer.and other articles too todiousto mention. Terms
ADMINISTRATORS’SALE.
V GREEABLY to anordcroflhc Honorable court
of Ordinary of Hall county, will he sold before |
the court-house of said county, on the first I uesday j
in March next, within the usual boms of sale : ti e
tract of land on Grove river, whereon >> tut > ln DoOrt, inac ( c known on the day of sale
decease 1, formerly lived, vo.it,u dug 238 acresmure , j K3.SE LOWE, A dm r
or less an 1 a tract on Silver ere. k. a Ijo.mng Morns , j an o 8 —jr.—tils.
and others, containing 155 J acres more or less : excep-
ting the widow s dower. So , asit to pr > 1 A DM INIS'l RA 1 OR S SALE. | vat ion hpr entrance caused was notv apparent:
William Dodd, deceased, for the Uncut o. hn» utirs ^ LL bc so](1 Qn lhp first Tuesday in April next, *
and creditors. ! u j t i.j n t | ie i aw f„l hours of salj, before the
AISO ’ , court -house door of Hahersham county, lot No. 180,. . t . , ,
At the same time, will be sold before the court-house j in the 3rd district of said county, I Poor, unhappy Henrietta! I sighed, as 1
... ■ - v ~ 512 in the j Af . s „, [ cor.vnlsivl v bit my lips. One of my netgh-
emotlon, touched me
After an absence of two years spent in trav
elling, 1 saw her again at the theatre, She
was the attraction of the whole house; all
eyes hi the pit were fixed upon her; and 1,
alter one. could scarcely venture on a second
glance; at length 1 summoned resolution ; ob
tained a full view of her; hut how was 1 hor
ror-struck. Tim reason of the general obser-
cold shivering
trembled.
came over me ; my knees
the !
door in the county of Lumpkin : lm N
Hindis, of tho 1st sc’, of originally Cherokee, now
Lumpkin county
Terms on the day ot s ve.
Sold as the above.
ELIJAH DODD, Adm’r.
JUDAll DODD, Adinr’x.
At the same time, before the court-house door of Pours, perceiving my cr
lilmer county, lot No. 253, 5th district and 2nd sec- w j(h his elbow, and said, “Do yon observe
,n„ ,.r «r.i,i rnnnti! that young lady in llie centre box—the first
Dec. 24-41-
EXECUTORS’ SALE.
[ X pursuance of the last will anil testament ofA\ il-
ceuntv.
dc.
Gilmer
lion of said county.
AT.SO,
At the same time, before the court-house door of
Cherokee county, lot No. 187. 2nd district and 2nd
section of sai 1 county. All the above lots sold ,,s
the propertv of George Black, deceased, for ti.e bene
fit of his heirs and creditors
d, on the Jay of sale
Terms made known
GEORGE IV. BERRY, Adm’r.
Jan 28—40—tds. (Pr’s fee, $9,30.)
count'.
ly
J son Strickland, late of Gwinnett ,
will he sold to the highest bidder, bciore the court
house i.oor iit the town of I.awrcncevdlc. Gwumett
on the first Tuesday in April next, eight like-
young negroes belonging to said estate.
A I.SO,
hiausc'd^ior'Tn ih»? towm of CttwrdncTorsydt 0 county, j jbrT)rfBnaVypurposes", wijl he sold oiuhe^firsHruesday
one half of the interest in
EXECUTORS’ SALE.
GREEABLY to an order of the Honorable the
Inferior court of Jackson county, when sitting
urposes, will be sold on the first Tuesday
"thegold oHot No. 939, in the in April next, within the usual hours of sale, at the
ADMINISTRATORS’SALE.
GREEABLY to an order of the ! >. nora-de In c
ADMINISTRATORS’SALE.
O N Alondav, the 21st dav of March next, will be
suld t.) the highest bidder, at the la1e residence of
( Benjamin Pruitt, late of Gwinnett county, deceaseo,
„v, n „„, Upl-.vceu the lawful hours of sale, j a n l( , c personal property belonging to said ueceased,
f ■„ ’ ua'county. No. 70, 20th dtsb, 1st see.,' ( cxr ,- ? l slaves,) consisting of horses, hogs, cattle, one
“ S acres stallion, one yoke of oxen. corn, fodder bacon, bran-
contaimng -0. 2 acres. (hb f , 1TrninR utensils, household and kitchen furniture.
u court house door in &c. Sale to continue from day to day until nH is
At the sime time, before ine c > rt • i* Tprm-; \n —««’ nml under, will be
w , ^ « i 4 s» A f \nnd in sa d countv, contain- sold. 1 erm>.
Madison county, a lot ot Und um. - d of, rush—all sums ov
ing 300 acres, more or less, aJjoi..tng e d f Dcmll b or next, with
ved security. JAMES McGINNIS,
/ \ rior court of Walton county, when sitting lor I
Ordinary purposes, will be sold before the co >•»
house door' in Ste-vart county, on the first lues
lawful
George Hampton and others
also,
At the same time, before the court house door in
Rabun county, lot of land in said county, No 32, Silt
* All the above sold as tho property of William Sorrels,
late of Walton county, deceased. A erms inaue know n
on the day of sale
iver that amount, credit until the 25th
small notes and appro-
WILLIAM LAWLESS
Feb. t—17—tbs.
Adtn’is.
Dec. 21—U-
VV. G. BULLOCK, ) vdm - rs .
WILEY S. SORRELS, \
DORKIS SORRELS, AJm'r.x.
-tds.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
V C REF ABLY to an order ot the Honorable lo.e-
rior court of Franklin county, when sitting fi.r
Ordtnarv purposes, will be said on the bra. rues ■ >
in March next, two-thirds of 250 acres of 1 and in said
countv. whereon Orphy Chappellear now lives, adjotn-
ine Leonard Bond and others : a negro worn m. Dinah,
brnwe -n 55 and CO years old ; El ,a and her two
children. Clarissa and Miiliam. ami 1 rank, a boy U
years old. Sold as the property of Henry Cliappci-
^ • ased. for the benefit ol his heirs and
lear. Sen
creditors.
Terms made known on the day of stile.
J AMES 11. CHAPPELLEAR, Adm r.
ADMINISTRATORS SAL.E.
\ GREEABLY to an order of the Honorable In-
ferior court of Gwinnett county, when sitting
for Ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first 1 ues-
uay in April next, at the court-house door in Law-
renceville, one par'd of land, containing ten acres,
being part of lot No. 179, in the 3th dE;. of sai l conn-
tv. Sold as the property of Rachel Kenney, deceas
ed, lor the benefit of ihe heirs and creditors of said
dec'd. ISAAC M. KENNEY, Adm'rde bonis non.
Feb. 4—47—tds.
row. Is it not surprising that so young a
creature should have white hair?” “And
with such sparkling black eyes, too !” remark
ed another; “ VVliat a thousand pities!” “If
a writer of romance were hero,” said a
“ Ibis beautiful monster would furnish
rials for an excellent ballad, something a la
heiup, at which we know not whether to
laugh or cry. Black eyes and white locks;
our attraction and abhorrence; a true and
lively picture of the literature of the day !” I
eouid have annihilated the impertinent pup
pies.
At Inst the curtain rose,
God knows. 1 he audience iniigriea.
ground mv teeth in agony. 1 several times
thought of making a holt for the door; but an
irresistible power chained me to the spot
where my devoted victim presented herself.—
Gold drops stood upon my brow; hut I re
mained. The play was over, and mv tormen
tors commenced talking of the young girl wilh
the gray hair.
“ For my part,” said one, “1 think it not
unlikely that this poor thing in some lonely
walk at night stumbled upon a ghost. Have
you read ihe‘Sclterin von Prevorst,’ by IAor-
ner ”
“He is a poet and a Swabian.” interrupted
a person at mv Back. “Trust me, there are
no such creations as ghosts and seeresses; I
am a physician, and can explain to you how
it happens that nature produces on certain
qualities of the hair certain effects.’’
Rising in the World.
It is all well that there should be the strongest
desire of rising in the world. But what is ris
ing in the world? Here is all the difficulty.
Is it for the prosperous man to move in a big
ger house, and patronise the tailors, and mil-
lencrs, mid the upholsterers, and give splen
did entertainments ? This may be perfectly
allowable and proper, as the reward and nat
ural consequence of industry and frugality,
hut it is not rising itf the world. It amounts
•o nothing but simply patronising tailors, mil
liners, upholsterers, and cooks. The only way
to rise in the world, even for the prosperous
man, is to cultivate his mind and manners,
and educate his family. It is not to set up his
carriage, though this may be perfectly allowa
ble, if he can afford it. it ; s not to resort to
this or that watering place, though there is no
objection to bis doing that, if he pleases. It
is to raise himself and family ill the scale 'of
moral and intellectual beings. It is not to
bring tip his sons in idleness, under the prepos
terous notion of making them gentlemen, and
third, I in so doing make them fops and dandies, in-
ninte-
List of Letters,
Remaining in the Post-Office at Athens, Ga. on the lr/
of February, 1812.
Dec. 31—42—tds.
GUARDIAN’S SALE.
GREEABLY to an order of the Honorable In
/I ferior court of Franklin county, when silting for
Ordinary purposes, will be sold before tbe roiii t- '1
doovlrfthe cUty of Randolph, on the first T uesday
vi >rs>ii one fourth part ot lot >*o. 1 Ifc, in the
A
..j M irch next, one fourth j>
8th dist. of Randolph.
ALSO*
At Ihe same time will be sold before the court-house Dennis. Martha
r ...-.univ. nne fourth part of »cl No. -!(• Drennon, Joseph W
Arnold. Rev W P
A work, J T II C
\dnms. N A
Bell, Miss Sarah
Buchanan, D ivi.l
Biggs, Win T
Brockman, Moses
Bowen, James
Barrows, John A
Cooper, Arthur
Chandler, Miss Narcissa
Chandler, Tsaac.
Chesnut. Geo
Oooer, Eli
Chandler. Miss Martha A
Currv. Maria
door of Marion county, one fourih part
in the 5th dist. ol Marion.
ai.so.
At the same time will he sold before t^ court-house
door in the county of l rankitu.; one-th.rd ofai tract
of land in said county, adjoining ° ^
others, on the waters of Estanaully. All sold as fie
property of Elveritn Tinsley, illegitimate of Martha
Tinsley, for her b«” e ^ DREVV j. DAV1S , Guard.
Dec. 31—12—tds.
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE.
A GREEABLY to an order of the court of Ordina
ry of Jackson county, will be sold on the first
Tuesday in April next, in Jefferson, Jackson county,
the following property, to wit: five negroes—Diila, a
woman about 27 years of age, and her two children,
Margaret and Harriet; Henry, a boy about eleven
years of age ; Green, a boy about seven years of age.
Sold na the properly of William Bevers, deceased, for
*• b “" r » l “‘™ UsaNBEYERS, Adm*.
Jan. 7.—43—tds. _____
Franklin, Nancy
Gee, Mrs Anny
Graves. Jas P
Hails, Robt P
Hancock, C W 2
Holbrook. Benj
Hancock, Ann 2
Feb. 4—47—3t-
Hamilton, Mary
tackson, William
Jackson & Jarrall,
Jennings, Calib
Kent, Win II
Maddox, Jans
Moore, Thomas
M usicn, Clias E
Matthews. G G
Nicl, Zachariah
Newton, llezckiah
O'Kelly, James 2
O'Conner. Timothy
Owen, Alfred
Pearson. Agent
Pope, Mrs Gen B
Rucker. John J
Siniib, W P
Werner. Thadeus
Wood, Ch
Wilson, Mrs Nancy
Wliaily. Geo C
Willingham, Robinson
Worthhm, Susan '
Wiley, Lerov M
W. L. MITCHELL, P. M.
Paper.
O NE hundred reams paper, Foolscap, Letter and
-JVrappmg, for s.ie b, &
Jan. 01, 1842.
40
Potatoes.
Bids. Northern Potatoes,
for sale bv
superior article,
SHAW & BACON.
Jan. 21, 1842.
ADMINISTRATORS’SALE.
A GREEABLY to an order of the court of Ordina
ry of Jackson county, will l«* sold on the first
Tuesdav in March next, at the court house in said
county, the Plantation on which Parks Chandler, de
ceased formerly resided, containing about 320 acres,
well improved, and including about 75 acres rieh ho,-
tom W,\. Sold subject to the widow s dower. Also
six negroes, all good field hands. Also, r.me bags of
old cotton ami the present crop. All s °l ( ; as rj°P"
arty of Parks Chandler, deceased,for the benefit of the
heirs. Terms made known on the d«oy of sale.
SOl/lMON CHANDLER. > V dmn’rs
ISAAC CHANDLER, ■ $
Dec. 31—40—tds.
20
Ilaisiny.
BOXES Raisins, for sale by
S1IAW & BACON.
Jan. 21, 1812.
Vinegar.
QONSTaNTLY
on hand and for sale by
T. BISHOP.
Jan. 31.1842.
Wliitc Lead and Oils.
E XTRA No. 1 and ? Lead; Lamp, Train and Lin
"seed Oil, just received and for sale l gj SHOp
Jan. 81, 1848.
qn
“Alt! yon are a doctor, arc you?” remark
ed a new speakerconic, come, expound it
all to us cx cathedra. The hair of a young
girl cannot change its colour without some
very extraordinary cause. She must have
been subject to some terrible calamity, some
shock. Perhaps her husband was murdered
in her arms; or she dropped her ehild as she
was dancing it at a window and dashed its
brains out on the pavement.”
“ Excuse me, gentlemen, your conjectures
all fall to the ground,” said the doctor, in an
authoritative tone; “can’t you at once per
ceive that this charming creature is not a
mother; perhaps unmarried.”
“How old may the poor tiling be?” inquired
one.
“Sixteen,” replied another.
“Eighteen !’ exclaimed I, scarce knowing
what I was saying.
“What! yon arc acquainted with her,
then?”exclaimed all in a breath.
I made no reply.
“ He surely most be able to tel!, ns some
thing about her,”doggedly remarked one of
parlv. “I slirewdly guess that this young
maiden owes her white hair to some cross in
love, some ”
In a paroxysm of despair 1 seized the*hand
of the last speaker. “Hold, sir; spare me; I
am a wretch—a perjured villain.” _
What effect this. outburst of my anguish,
this involuntary confession of my wrongs to
Henrietta—wrung from me by a guilty con
science—produced on by auditors, may well
be imagined ; hut luckily for me, at this mo
ment, the orchestra let loose its thunder; all
that noise and fury signifying, nothing, that
characterises modern music ; and the curtain
rose again. But what fictitious sorrows;
what love, treachery,.despair, could vie with
mine ? My remorseless memory pictured, in
colours too true and faithful, how she had
vowed to me her innocent, weak heart, and its
dawning affections ; how 1 had sworn to fie
eternally hers; to adore her whom 1 had so
shamefully forgotten and forsaken, Alas!
now, too late, perceived that I had poisoned all
the springs of life and happiness: that the
Henrietta whom 1 had left so blooming, so
confiding and happy, was now, with white
hair and a broken heart, sinking fast into the
grave. “ Miserable wretch !” 1 ejaculated
“is it too late to redeem the past?” A thought
flashed across the darkness of my mind—too
late—no, perhaps your repentance may make
all well again. The mighty power of lovc—I
will throw myself at her feet—will—i—
My resolve was made—ihe performance was
nearly at an end—i rushed out of the pit.
stead of men, and thus prepare for squander
ing lus estate much faster than he amassed it.
It is not to educate his daughters wilh merely
showy accomplishments and with the expecta
tion that this world is to be ns n show, and life
a holiday. The best symptom of rising in the
world that he can give, is to despise the follies
of American society, to set at naught the des-
whnt was acted i polism of fashion, to perceive and resist the ab-
-- - > Miiuiiy ill a LuvHuvvo tutiiiiKiiiity aniuwill^ III
the footsteps of the idle and worthless aristoc
racy of Europe. It would show hopeful signs
of rising above the vulgar, both great and
small, if he should refuse to countenance the
nonsense of turning night intodav, and day into
night: and as the end of.society is enjoyment, he
would perceive the ridiculousness of going to
a party of pleasure at his usual hour of retir
ing to rest.
It would show that he was rising if he
should bring up lus sons to some use till, hon
orable, and profitable employment, and save
them, from the degradation of living to show
off their persons and their clothes in the streets
—if lie should in fuse into themindsofhis daugh
ters a slrong tincture of common sense, of eleva
ted duty and responsibility, instead of an oppor
tunity for the indulgence of ambition, vanity
and selfishness.
The present condition of our country would
seem todeinonst rate, tliat it is impossible for man
kind to be permanently prosperous and hap
py, even under the most favorable circumstan
ces.; that they may as well be afflicted and
struck down by war, famine and pestilence,
for if left to themselves and provided with ev
ery thing to make them happy, it is only to
pi tinge themselves into a misery deeper in pro
portion to the exuberance of their blessings.
But it may be asked, if these evils 1 have
been enumerating are hopeless and without
cure? If they are, why draw such a humilia
ting picture of our national character? 1 an
swer that the case, is not hopeless. The rem-
dv is at hand, and of the easiest application.
All that is wanting is the revival of common
sense, and the assertion of. personal indepen
dence. No nation has more of both these
qualities than the Americans, but circumstan
ces for the time have put them both in abey
ance. Fashionable habits do not sit well on
the American people, 'l’lie very people who
conform to them, have a secret contempt for
them, even while submitting to this bondage
They are scarcely ever hereditary, for they
are not suffered to he so by the rapid changes
which the commercial revulsions bring about.
Common sense is perpetually uttering her
voice against them, and that voice will be clear
er and louder as the. community learn to trace
to them those public distresses which in such
rapid succession sweep over the country.
There is, too, a sense of personal indepen
dence among us, unknown tinder any other
form of government, which is mighty in
strength, but has hitherto been working like
the gigantic Cyclops in the dark, and wasting
ing its lorcein an aimless radicalism. It is n
good tiling corrupted, and es matters now
stands'works little but, mischief. But the time.
I hope is coming, when this gitnt will have
the use of eyes as well as hands, when intelli
gence will be diffused among what are now
Termed the middle and lower classes, and rouse
them to sec what a miserable use they make of
their names, when it constitutes the highest
object of their ambition, to wear the same, sort
of a hat or bonnet as is worn by those whose
only ground ofdistinction is, that they are the
first to adopt the latent fashionable absurdity.
YVith the spread of intelligence, it is to he hop
ed, that the conviction will gain ground that
the sacred pleasures of home do not arise from
establishment, elegant furniture, a luxurious
table, hut from virtuous affections, true hearts,
and enlightened minds; .that the delights of
society do not spring from cumbersome and
costly entertainments, which enslave the en
tertainer; not from expensive attire, which is
Tho managemeut of Children—Power
of the Voice—Kiudueu will be the
most effectual.
It is usual to attempt the management of
children either by corporal punishment, or by
rewards addressed to the senses, or by words
alone. There is one other menus of govern
ment, the power and importance of which are
seldom regarded, liefer to the human voice.
A blow may be inflicted on a child, accompa
nied by words so uttered, ns to counteract en
tltely its intended effect. Or, the parent may
use language in the correction of her child,
not objectionable in itself, yet spoken in atone
which more than defeats its influence.
We ur« by no means aware ol the power or
the voice in swaying the feelings of the soul.
The anecdote of the good lady in regard to
her minister’s sermon is to the point. She
had heard a discourse from him which pleas
ed her exceedingly. She expressed to a friend
the hope that he would preach it again.—
“ Perhaps,” said her friend, in reply, “ lie may
print it.” “ Ah,” said.she, “ he could not print
the holy lone." There is a tone in the pulpit,
which, false as is the taste, from which it pro
ceeds, does indeed work wonders. So is there
a lone in our intercourse with children, which
may be among the most efficient uids in their
right education.
Let anyone endeavor to recall the image of
a fond mother, long sin:e at rest in heaven.—
Her sweet smile and ever clear countenance
are brought vividly to recollection. So also is
her voice, and blessed is that parent who is
endowed with a pleasing, utterance. What is
it which lulls the infant to repose? It is no
array of mere words. There is no charm to
the untaught one. in letters, syllables and sen
tences. It is the sound which strikes its little
ear, that soothes and composes it to sleep. A
few notes, however unskilfully arranged, if
uttered in a soft tone, are found to possess a
magic influence. Think we that this influ
ence is confined to the cradle ? No — it is dif
fused over every age, and ceases not while the
child dwells beneath the parental roof. Is the
hoy growing rude in manner and boisterous
in speech. ? I know of no instrument so sure
to control these tendencies, r.s the gentle tone
of a mother. She who speaks to her son
harshly, does but give to his conduct the sanc
tion of her oyvn example. She pours oil on
the already raging flame.
In the pressure of duty, we are liable to ut
ter ourselves hastily to our children. Per
haps a threat is expressed in a loud and irri
tating tone. Instead ot allaying the passions
of the child, it serves directly to increase them.
Every fretful expression awakens in him the
same spirit which produced it. Whatever
disposition, therefore, we would encourage, in
a child, the same we stionio nintmesl m tne
tone with which we address him.
There is nothing more desirable in adaugh-
ter than intelligence joined to a gentle spirit.
The mind is fashioned and furnished, in the
main, at school. But the character of the af
fections is derived chiefly from home. How
inestimable is the confidence of that mother in
producing kind feelings in the bosoms of her
children, who never permits herself to speak
to them with a loud voice, and ip harsh, un
kind tones.
1 have heard of a father, who, when his
children became engaged in a dispute, would
at once require them to unite .in a song. The
Absurdities.
To attempt to borrow money on the plea of
extreme poverty. To make yourself general
ly disagreeable, and wonder no one will visit
you unless they gain some palpable advantage
by it. To sit shivering in the cold because
you won’t have i fire till November. To
suppose the reviewers generally, read more
than the title-page of the work they praise or
condemn. Tc keep your clerks on miserable
salaries, and wonder at their robbing you.—>
Not to go to bed when you are ti> - ed and sleepy
because it is not bed-time. To make your
servants tell lies for you, and afterwards bo
angry because they tell lies for themselves.—
T° tell your own secrets, mid believe other
people will keep then). To render a man a
service voluntarily, and expect him to be
grateful for it. To expect to make people hon
est tiy hardening them in jail, and afterwards
sending them adrift without the means of get
ting work. To fancy a tiling is cheap be
causeia low price is asked for it. To say a
man is charitable because he snlrscribes to an
hospital. To arrive at the ago of fifty, and bo
surprised at any vice, folly, or absurdity your
fellow creatures may he guilty of. To vote
tor a candidate at an election because he shakes
hands with your wife and child, and admires
the baby. * ' ,
Keep yourself always decent in dress and
decent in appearance. A thousand little mat
ters, which, at the time, seem of little impor
tance, but help to make up a man’s respecta
bility. Comb your hair; never appear with
long beard; brush your teeth. It is said that
“white teeth in a man’s head look like tomb
stones over the grave of gone victuals.” If
they do, they are an honorable monument.
If you wish to avoid domestic troubles, don’t
marry.
It you wish to ovoid a whippingdon’lfight.
If you wish to avoid being dunned) never
run in debt.
Always pay a visit on general, not a partic
ular invitation ; it seems so much more soci
able, and gives yonr friends Such, au- agreea
ble surprise. " •
Honor yourself and yon will He honored-}
despise yourself, and yon will be despised.
Many persons who are always talking of
virtue, are like those mariners who are an icp-
niense distance from home and are always
thinking and talking about it.’ '
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The best story of the season—it is from the
Palqueimne Gazette:
It is generally the case with editors, that
when giving accounts of the destruction of
lives and property by fire, they first mention
the particulars about the loss of property, and
then merely allude to the loss of life. ' This
always reminds us of an accident that happen
ed to a neighbor of ours, down east.
Deacon Sweet was an evr-n-temnererl. oonit
henrW — -• - , win »m.a. Was ditto,
loved her husband, and was very economical
in her habits. The Deacon took a candle and
a two quart pitcher (a pitcher that Mrs. Sweet
had kept whole, minus the nose, for ten vears)
one cold night, and started to go doivil to the
cellar to draw some cider. The old gentle
man’s foot slipped at the top of the stairs, and
he went down, head first. Mrs. Sweet heard
the noise, and ran, very much alarmed, to see
what had happened. Tile Deacon, in tho
meantime, had gathered himself up, and was
4 Loid ! Gustns !’exclaimed Mrs. S.,« what’s
the matter!—haveyou brolte the pitcher?’
‘No!’ replied the old mah, grunting; anti
blending of their voices in harmony was soon then growing furious— 1 1 habit vif, but dod
round to subdue their angry and contentions darned if I don’t do it-tjtfw, though'!’ and he
feelings. There is a native, spontaneous, u»-1 smashed the long cherished pitcher novuhst
the wall.
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sought music. It consists in the tones which
issue Ironi her who is overflowing with Chris
tian love. While, then, I would advise the _ To Prevent Moths in Drawers.
mother to the culture of a pleasant voice, and I* is not generally known that, if the lining
warn her of the evils of addressing her chil- of drawers in which clothes are kept, are made
dren harshly, I would still more earnestly | of.pencil cedar, no moths or other destructive
counsel her to discipline her heart. Out of a j impels will get into them, and as the wood is
kind heart come naturally kind tones. She j ranch cheaper than wainscot or mahogany,
who would train up her firuily in the sweet «»d gives a delightful perfume to the clothes
spirit of Christ, can succeed best and most en-1 contained in the drawers, these farts only re
dnringly of all, by cherishing such attainments
as shall seek their own unhidden expression
in gentle, yet all powerful tones.
Jtircuilc Benerokucc.
There was a widow ofstraightened circum
stances in a village of New Jersey, who was
left with two little boys and a girl dependent
on her for support. She had one winter just
provided the elder with a new pair of shoes,
by whi'h lie had been much gratified ; when
one cold morning n very poor little boy came
in to ask for charity. He wascold and shiv
ering, and lus naked feet appealed to the sym
pathy ol Daniel, His mother went out of the
room to get some ofher little store of provisions
for the needy ono, and having given it to him,
he with many thanks left the house. \\ lien
she came back to the fire she observed Daniel
sitting in an awkward position, with bis feet
tucked wider him in a chair.
“ Why do yon sit so, my child ?”she enquir
ed with surprise!
The child blushed, bntdid not place his feet in
their natural position until he had received a
second command. The secret was now ex
plained-! His feet were bare—lie had given
his new shoes to the little barefooted hoy.—
For a moment the good woman felt hallangry,
and said, somewhat quickly, “Why did yon
do so Daniel ? 1 cannot afiord to buy you
new shoes?”
“ 1 know it mother,'’ lie pnswered, “but I
ran wear myold ones for a while longer,even
if they have holes !”
Touched by the disinterested feelings of her
beloved boy, she could only kiss him, and fold
him to her heart in a fond embrace !
Powdered Klilk.
Kirchoff, a Russian chemist, who discovered
the process of converting starch into sugar,
has recently made, it is said, several experi-
rjtents on milk, by which it appears that the
fluid may be preserved for use for an indef
inite time. Fresh milk is slowly evaporated
by a very gentle heat, till it is reduced to dry
powder, whieh is to lie kept perfectly dry in a
bottle, well stopped, for use. When required,
it need only he dilated with a sufficient quan
tity of water, the mixture will then have the
taste and properties of new milk.
quire to be known to bring it into very, gener
al use.
Pretty Fair.
A ■'distinguished counsellor at Nantucket
found a ball of yarn in the street, and winding
up the thread, he followed it Until he overtook
the lady who dropped the hall and hud the oth
er end of the thread in her pocket. The coun
sellor made his politest bow, put on Ids bland
est smile, and returning her the hall, said,
“Madam, I have often heard of ladies spin
ning street yarn, but 1 never caught one at it
before.” ’
E5* An English gentleman, in his return of
property to the assessors, for taxation, wrote
under Ihe head of“ Wheel Carriages”—“One
harrow with one wheel, drawn by myself in
the garden.” The assessors returned the pa-
p< r with litis rctncirlc s “ Aeooo find one wheel
ed carriages ate exempt from du!y.” ” '‘
A loafer once promised never again to call
for liquor nt a bar. In order to evade this
promise, he went into a tavern with a friend
and .walked «p to the bar. His friend, then,
according to agreement, asked him softly wilh
what weapon David slew Goliah. He looked
at ihe bar-keeper, and replied in a loud voice,
“n sling!”
A daughter of Col. Benton’s was bent on
changing lier name and her father was bent
on keeping her at home, “solitary and alone”
— so site, ran away and got married. She has
“set the ball in motion,” and it will couliuue
to roll. .
The best stock a man ran invest in, is the
stock of a farm; the best shares are plough
shares ; and the best banks are tbe fertile banks
ol a rural stream—the more these hanks are
htoken the better dividends they pay.
The brightest jewel pertaining to a woman
is not worn upon her finger—neither does it
glitter upon her bracelets—defies buried be
neath a whole cargo of siiks, satins and laces,
in the casket of her mind.
Why do the speculators wish for the
quterBill ? Because, they
of drafts oh it.
