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«* Where awny, Ned ?”
“ To'the North,’ 1
“ Pleasure, eh ?”
“ Hum !—yes, I ’? pose so ; though in .
truth* personal pleasure has but little to.
«lo with it.”
“ How ?”
“Obi I’m only olT. on furlough. Do
yoqlknow the old man came to me last
•CircKo bid me to prepare for—don’t
smile* a wedding lour. Me a married
man 1. fudge ; I’d as leave quit life al
together, as write myself, Benedict, the
married.”
“What a lool you are, Ned: you’ve
not stopped to ask who or what your
bride is to be, I suppose?”
“ No, indeed !* Why should I ? Isn’t
it enough lo he told by a grin-—‘ Eh,
Ned, you’re a happy fellow—a fortune
of yo.,r own, and beauty for a bride !’ ”
“ What do I care for beauty, if so be,
there is no other consideration with U?
No, no—I’m ofT.”
“ Luck be with you, Ned ; meanwhile
I’ll set myself to work to occupy the
•field y ou Sl> readily forsake,”
“ Welcome ! most welcome ! And
, bark ye, if it’s game, I’ll be in at the
•death.”
“ But how shell l inform you. Where
shall you locate ?”
“ Advertise, of course. I’ll, keep
watch of the papers. As for a locality,
I shall have none.” ^
With a farewell the friends parted,
one to his quiet vocation, the other to a
sort of half wilful, half pleasant jaunt.
We may ns well tell you here as any
where, (unless you have already- found
out,) that Ned was or.e of those way
ward beings, who
old i
tlemau’s face, but Ned saw it not. To !
Jiim it wa^only’a smile ot.satisfaction
that one bearing so honorabler ; a name •
as “Edward Warringtori” should make
their acquaintance, and join himself to*
the.society. .- - v *' " - -•*'
Arrived" at Glen’s Falls, our trio spent
' an hour about the rocks made somewhat ’
] famous by ail American novelist of some
; repute. Of course, our hero failed not
! in gallantry. Why should lie? Wasn’t...
he iii*Rtteof In rice on one butTittle, if any,- ;
less than divine I And besides, truth
must out—he was completely enamor- ,
ctd of black eyes.
The nine miles from the Falls lo the
Lake ore soon passed. The_Nicholsons
were fatigued—Ned not a bitl He wish
ed the distance three times as great^-
Siill he would enjoy Helen’s society for
some da\'5,‘ and who knows what time
i. and will accomplish ? A restless
night frequently follows a' delightfully,
spent.day; at least so Ned; and, shame*
ta say it—Helen, too, found it. Morn-
ing,- however, dawns at the usual hour,
and those who have seen the sun rise,
say it comes up gloriously over the clear'
surface of the horizon.
As chance would have it', Ned and
Helen met on the piazza, which over
looks tiro water, to the'disappointment
.of—neither. Plans of pleasure for The :
day were. discussed, and Ned had al
most gained courage to plan for- the fu
ture. What he would have done, is at*
present a mystery, as our friend made
his appearance at this fortunate mo
ment. Fishing, sailing, tea-partying,
&c., are the order of the day with those-,
who resort to the Lake shore, and most
charming they are, too. Promenades
aro out of the question—unless jumping
stone walls is a part of the process—but
quiet nooks, close corners, shady trees*
and green grass are abundant. Friend
N— was more fond of sitting on the
porch, watching the graceful movements
of the small hoats, or gazing on the glo-
rinus clouds or mountain shadows, than
ram hi ing* by the shore—and, shall I say
it? our friends Ned and Helen were
fond of his so doing. At least the fol-
I lowing letter from Ned to his friend,'
| whom ho left at P., will give one some
| such impression: •
! *• 0 ai.tiweu,
j “Dear Jim:—Will you favdr me By
I calling on the old man, and informing
| him of my entire inability to fulfil his
i wishes in the matrimonial line, as I ?m
| on the point of consulting my own. I
j left him in a pet, without the least
jfrision. that the lower portion between
the Cascade, arid Coast Mountains (pos
sessed' a rich soiL-with a surface gen
erally level anti conveniently diversi
fied with’ prairie and # timber; that, the
middle portion of the country, (between
the Cascade and Blue, Mountains)
possessed considerable, though not ex-),
traordinary. advantages, and that the**/
eastern portion of the bb*uri|ry:(betxre}fn n
the Blue .and Rocky Mountains) was of
little or no value... We had • lived Vn
New England, and in the Western
Statef/ and. had expected to find . Ore
gon a New En<fland***tncreased in,the
size and grandeur of its mountians,
trees,"and streams, and increased also
in the extent -‘of its valleys, and tem
perate in its climate. ,Oregon as a
whoIe„fqr, very, far surpassed our ex
pectations. The' , Willamette valley 1. . i hi i — n i m
does not contain as much level land as J iat S r i 1,n 5’ fruits tpny
We ha.1 expected ; but its soil is as rich, be culuyatedYl'fe.fcu.;, soccess.^ns-.
and its tilliblo land much mo e exteh- ,?rn 0re 8°“ «;»!«• jMhtnhlo for its’
live than we had expected to find it.— ! f r J sse . 5 ' '>* Y«»«»re iMSteertioi, /
Nearly all the American settlements in ! b , el, "' ,n S lhl ; t ' ,me ';: v,li: “ h ‘ >w '' ls • tr “!. h v
Oregon are confined to the Willamette] ! h "‘ 11 *9$S^U’S ?.
— •• ' : . . - f lands than all’Nef\N If An-.
ture’s freaks and ftV
;afi
port inn fif 1 he equity .
ler power ti»r mauu -jeturiug purposes
is abundant. T(e tnid^le and' eastern
portions of Oregon hr, V e been grossly
misrepresented iri the'Stqtes. We are .
not aware-ihargr:-in’3 have been grown
in the eastern pcqurin pi Oregon,-except
^ at.Fort Colvillajaiid *ti«hitv ; yet,-from
ox ^;:he wild rye, rl-tx, a?r> "products
-- - ahicbtabouhtl in-qtryr.U c vs,:\vc’believe ’
mine irnrml .|1n1i*.} ■' .....I - r... it mnv,
from home. That farmer \Vho
ten miles from Jioine,to work his
rni, cannot farcin/as profitably as he
who lives upon !|is farm. Those
■control tiro whalc-fisliihg,Interest may
- corn triue to reside upon the Atlantic;
-.hut the operators will reside upon the-,
'Pacific to collect and store. !
‘ When the collecting ami carrying
branches of the, whale-fishing interest
shall be separated, that business, may
Jtedueed. to system and certainty, but
before.; That tiro Pacific wHl soon
the seat of active and profitable
trial operations none can doubt;
he' capital of Oregon, to he invested in
these operations, furnished by Nature,
is immense, boyoiid computation.*
-Valley, and yet. much choice-land her
tween Puget Sound and the head wa
iters of this river remain untaken. The
degrees of fertility of any soil maybe
safely Estimated from its products.—,
The ordinary forest trees not only grow
here in gigantic proportions—the black
alder tn ’Oregon grows to a-stately tree
■fit for saw'logs, from two to three feet
in diameter. - To doubt that such, a
soil would ■ richl}' reward the .labor of
the husbandman, is,treason against the
Architect of Nature. This* valley has
received fa vor a bJ e re p re s ent ati on s from
nearly all vvho have seen it} aud spo--
ken or written in relation to it. '.. The
inland in this -valleyj for forty mile? from
its foot, is generally rolling,’ and cov
ered with’\deu3e or scattering timber;
above- lhi3 distance, to the head of the
Valley, about one- hundred arid forty
mile9, the prairie -predominates. The
lower portion ofthe valley possessi
extremely rich soil, and is valuabi
its timber, fish, and water-po^er ;7h
presents but little natural beauty. T|u
middle’ and upper portion of the valley
is strikingly beautiful and grand, and
to ite^great beauty arid grandeur,* ’
4tdded already a sensible preparation,
was a mind to, if it happened to agree
with any body e’.se’s wishes. Not fje !
If ho was a man, of course he had mind:,
•enough todeeide for himself in all things. .
No need of discretion or advice even—
“ wasn’t he old enough to know ?”" and.
couldn’t he manage his own nflairs?
especially in those niper matters ofthe
bear!, where “all for love” was the on
ly consideration. Occupied with sundry v ’
such manly reflections, our hero sped on
his way. He was too indignant to think
or care for anything else. However,
passion, like water, will evaporate, and
so-Ned found it. If .he was angry, 'he
was top vacillating to retain it, and bo 1 - ,
sides, change of circumstance and scene
will affect almost any body'’JJcelings. In .
these days of “annihilation ofdistnnces”
the transportation from Philadelphia to
New York is but an item. Then up the
North River by moonlight is riiost charro-
• ingly sentimental: and wasn’t Ned sen-
tiincntal when he left Philadelphia, and
was he not always sentimental ? Fas- .
ti\liousncss he abhorred ; sentiment was
•quite another affair.
Nor is Ned the only reasoner after
this wise. I’ll be bound hundreds have,
'thought so before, and handeeds will'
think so if they have occasion. . Neil’s
migrations were often in the pleasantest
manner possible. There was no need
. for haste, and hut little lack'for plea
sure ; io what could he do better than
■enjoy Avhntever presented itselL Among 1
t do as he : pin nation of my intentions; as in fact I
„.i • i * ..Ir v„,„
knew not what they we ref my self. Now,
however, I am belter acquainted and
can only add, I shall be at home next^
month, with one bearing my name, and
■whom I hope he will see fir' to receive
as the wife of his ward. . Mpet me,'jiriA
at Joues’, on the 15th',and I’ll showyou
the sweetest lip and the brightest eye**I
ever lasted or gavy. -I suppose the old
ennn will be arigrj*—but who cares? If
.1 am suited, no one need .find fault with
the choice of 'Truly Yours,- e. w.”
. ,To sav Jim was surprised would not
be true; he only wondered who it could
he that had so fascinated his bachelor
friend. . He fulfilled* bis mission, hoWc *
ever, and as Neil anticipated, witnessed ^
no gentle ebulitions of anger. ■
At the time appointed, Ned and bis
bride appeared, accompanied" by Miv
N— 1 ^ As a dutiful ward, Ned pre- 1
sented himseif at the counting houso r of
his guardian, passed through the cool
civilities of reception, greeting, &c., but
could not" in the least modify the anger
of his father’s friend. Ned was too hap
py r-however, to care much, yet would
be gratified, be said, to introduce him.' .
Returning ,to Jones’, he told his friend •
Nicholson oi*his ill success. He imme
diately asked him for his guardian’s ad
dress, went out, and soon returned with
the but late enraged guardiari.- The
friendly terms of the two were soon ex
plained - - ~ -
; -*-*■«...ppearlBrire,^
her pleasantries and■ Stftjl^ upppar-there^
also. Perhaps tiro Iroiipiy, grandeur,*
and sublimity .of
are nowhere more i*P‘l
mysteriousnes s no wh •' re <
able than in ihe eastern
The mineral spririri^uj
with its pure andsnwg‘b|
is destined to beciHrie' v tftb|
ig place .of the
Oregon is not
oil and. grasses,’
nd fisheries, am
v the Pacific.. Tl
gent men in the
that Oregon has
by nature, tor-its settlement and pfofita- son was unusually eriii
by the latter’s exclaiming—.
^ _ Ned, you dog! .Why didn’t you tell
•other tendencies to remove ill humor, * me y OU (, af j married . Hele/1 Nicholson 1 ,
Ned found one quite prominent in the ; Uro-veiy one of all others Iat firsi pro
person of a you rig lady, who chanced | p 0se( ji
to be owner of a demure physiognomy, j Ned’s turn now came Formiortification.
relieved somewhat by a pair' of bright. {He had rejected his sweet bride when
*syes. She was clad in the plain suit of
a Quaker, and carefully attended by' a
' ' ’ ^ Ned * "
^gentlemanly friend. . md who was fa- *
<nous for jumping at conclusions, imme-
■diatdy decided their positions to be '
. father and daughter. Nor was he very
g< . .
proposed by Abe guardian, but had mar
ried her to please himself. . The secret
was soon out. Helen and Ned had nev
er been told by‘their guardians * of* the
wishes of their parents in regard to each
other.' By a mutual understanding,-
. ble*occupation by the weary .traveller.
The lower portion of- thi-s valley is not
wilhoiit its prairies, afoong-tbe most im-
.poruvnt ofwhictKare the Tualatin plains.
-These plains are in the form of n‘half
moori, containing at least 49,000 acres of
land, extremely rich and beautiful, anil
are in full view of three snow-capped
mountains in the Cascade range. '
The country about Puget Sound is
extremely beautiful; its soil is gravelly,
and produces vegetables in great pro
fusion, but is less , suited to the- growth
.of wheat than most parts of Oregon.—
ThpCowYnzcountry (betweenihqsonml
.. arid the Columbia) is interspersed with
small rich prairies, productive in grains
- and vegetables, and, from recent explo-
’ rations, believed to be rich In minerals.
This portion of the country is but littler
. settled. '-- -■'. .
The country about the mouth of the
Columbia river has increased its popu-
‘lation about; onehaif from the last im
migration. Clatsop plain, sitriate up
on* the Pacific, south of tlwi mouth of
Columbia river, possesses a gravelly,
soil, extremely productive of vegetables,
but less, productive, of wheat. These
plain's, and others similar, lying north
of.tbe,river, as yet unsettled, have been*
•formed by .sand thrown up by the waves
ofthe ocean, and enriched-by the decay
of yegepition.' The soil of the timber
ed land iu the vicinity of these, plains is
similar to tlie soil of this valley,-and
undoubtedly will prove to- be. richly,
productive of grains and fruiu as well
' as vegetables.
The Clamet, Rogues, and Umpqua
valleys (rivers emptying into the Pa
cific) ore as yet unexplored and .un
known.- Tiro. Southern road tri Oregon
. crosses /these valleys high .op, and, from
what injormatlon we have obtained, w~
believe that they are second .to
^tion of Oregon.
tation
than H
States;
which is a tt ri but ed. he re, -, t!
usual spring rains ; yet si
produced, to supply the ^
ed .population of the coutijr;
rind seerl for sowing—ali|o
full and perfect. - The folti
of oats, pot atoes, .corn,. (jw) 1
plan ted,) vegetables,- a rrt^ff
not heavy, was ; suffieibrrtr?f..
of the country. Thesei^I
satisfy any man that tlvi*
Oregon are more terflbT&h:
in-fact. ' It seldom snow
In December last sriv
three fourths of an ingli
ater in small- shallow p
suit of three cold tiny sand
ing the greater part- of’last' -
were no frosts here.- {Thfit:
nominated - the “ rainy srir 1
menced on the 1st of- Ndy*
nds on the 1st oL4I;irch-4-l
iBetween the last day.*ef Qc)
and the 1st day of Aictrch/jl^i
valley, there were
days,-fourteen.days
hailed, or v snowed nil day, ami ’thirty,
days on which'it was neit |ic r clear nor
stormy all day, -Those djjypr^jtizerisri
’ iUh" rlMf
The Slave market of Comtantiuojtie.
It is knowq that the dealers in beau
tiful Circassian women bring them io
Constantinople and expose them for
.safe, arid indeed in all the large oriental
cities, Damascus, Aleppo, Alexandria,
Grand Cairns &c. See. Wherever the
Mussulman religion prevails female-
slavery exists. In the mountains of
•Circassia, where the pure and bracing
air prevails, those beautiful creatures
are raised—raised, some may say, by
'cultivation, as we raise delicate fruit
•arid flowers—watched, trained, their
.diet regulated, their complexion guard-
„ed, taught such accomplishments as the
country will allow, - carefully attended ;
.to, and permitted to perform no mental j
offices. These delicate and charming’
, creatures are the very essence of orien- j
' tal beauty, with blue eyes, complexions •
like alabaster; and a shape and limbs j
.which might rival the Medicenn Venus.!
- They are, at the early age of fourteen,!
collected by their owners, arid, joining
• the caravans for Constantinople, arrive
without fatigue at what is deemed a
profitable market ; and the brokers are
forthwith despatched among the rich
.and luxurious to inform them that splen
did prizes of exquisite beauty have ar
rived, and for sale to the highest bidder.
‘ The jtev'.’Dr. Durbin, on his arrival at
&4ria t wrilked-dowaAvitli hfo guide
slave tji-.irk'ai. VV ■' s
“ to* u rough
forirb. Umn t we n ty
— .... - - Sifting jt» it but a
ookiiig in wft"found it full of
; boys andmgirU, from ten to twenty years
of age. The tall, lean Nubian slave
• merchant, a savage looking black, at
•the door, rose out of his dark corncrand
v stood before me, showing his ivory teeth
Airi- his eagerness to sell one of his slaves.
‘Seeing my eyes rest upon a Nubian girl
of fine full l’orin^with a loose garment
^thrown ground her shoulders, he
UNIVEKOT Cv Z&mww
l .. . A. Gong Story. *
\V<i have heard a funny story told of
a young fellow residing in one of the
tobacco growing counties of "Virginia,
who ^.recently made his first visit to. the •
capital of the “ Old Dominion,” for the
purpose of selling his crop, seeing' the
sights, anti, rubbing off the rust which his
backwoods ‘ fetching up’ had thrown up-
■ on his manners. He reached Richmond
about the middle of the forenoon, anil
was fortunate in selling his crop at nil
advantageous rate, and almost immedi
ately. Meeting \yiib an old schoolmate—'-
one**who bad lived in the city.long enough
to kntjajbUf ways—he was advised to
take lodgings at Boyden’s the
crack house of the place, and thither be
-at once went with bag and baggage.—
Jusf before, dinner, his country friend
. called upon him, and found him com-',
fortablv located in a ro-uu just at the
head ofthe lirsfltriirs. It was close upon
dinnertime.
“Suppose we take,something to start
an appetite,” -said the chap who hail
“just come down.”
“ Agreed,” rejoined the city friend—
“a glass of wine ami hi iters for me;”
“ Lei’s go down to the bar and get
it—dinner’s almost ready,” continued the
tobacco-grower.
“ We might as well have it up here}”
was the rejoinder.
“ Good luck—but how are we Id call
for it ?”
“Ring that bell ihere.*’
“What bellV”
“ Bull that rope lmt.-ing there”
The young fellow laid hold of the
rope and gave it a jerk, and just at that
moment the gong sounded for dinner.—
Never had he heard such a sound before,
and the rumbling crash came upon his
car with a report that stunned him. He
staggered back from the rope, raised
, botli hands with horror; and exclaimed :
“Great Jerusalem, what a smash !
I’ve broken every piece of crockery in
! the house! There ain’t a whole dish
j left! You must stick by me, old fel-
j low,” addressing his friend—“don’t
j leave me in this scrape, for my whole
; crop won’t half pay the breakage.—
j What did you tell me to touch that ous-
: sed rope for.”
But before bis friend, who was hurst-
\ ing with laughter, could answer, a ser-
.! vant entered the room with—
. . “Did you ring the Bell, sir?”
! “Beil! no your bell—I never
touched a befl in my life, What roll V
djH , c!i,'|li5t8.-in this;
t severity-six clear
i ort- wljuh itVained, *
""building/"
“Somebody
room, that’s
boil.”
the bell of this
continued tiro
“ No they didn’t,
here that ever saw a
vhex have-passed the wlnliy
die portion of Oregon, ?r-* :
mate there as beaui*
p!easant, with scareH\
ing the •wintec.'
The.immense growti
of the limber; of Oiegi
generally admitted,
liable sq Tar as it is
consumption arid so fatfj
ble for exportation. T[‘
Saw mills jn operation
greater number nearly
aionl rind yet lumber-i
SfiSqjlflBrTi ^
(riuch mistaken—for tbo lady was most both had.been informed of the drixr of
certair.ly a daughter, and the friend was our hero’s departure—of an anticipated
n father, but.not her’s. Of this, h«lw- . disposal *of t.hemselvcs*—both bad left P.
we shall soon-be informed. . T|j e,r iri a pet. .Ned was recognized by friend
was marked “Nicholson,” a- | >j, but as the recognition* was all tin
iu:id for | one side, he concluded to let matters
ike their own-c«terse, and.results prov-
triat love affairs'are better left alone
pc.
respectable name ccriainl
the Lakes.
. “ Hum !” tl
well visit the
reconnoitre.”
In the course i
•wouldn’t have ex[
trivcil an exchange i
of intelligence c
elebrated Kit <
c Texan Rang
in currency
/lumber is shipped to;
pQC- 1 the' Sand wich Islands, fl
PUBKWiPP . -- yj.sliipment. controls its p:,
\\e r e g a rtl the^iddle portion ofOre-r, That the rivers, of i
..gon as one ofthe most valuable p7)riiqns ! with tjie choicest' fish,
of the. world, probably thc--most valua-jrs generally admitteil.
ble^for the* purpose of grazing. . .It is a Idred Iron els of salmi.:
great jmsinrefeM, extending more iIron i packed her.- ; as man’
-100.miles north and south, over a hun- rels might be packed"
dred miles cast and. west, containing! The day is not for v....
more than 4.000^000 acres of land, mil !plo residing upon the
most every where covered with a thick j will be emrugnl in the ft
carpet of nutritious grass. The dim-*" 1 * u.:.f— i:
of the lower portion ofOregor’
’ u “. ~’*“rite of its middle.
he grazing ”1/ 6
■
her rise'and come, forward, and then
(uncovered her neck and chest, pressed
mrs’Tiand on her person, evidently to
■Trialisfy me I asked the price. One lmn-
^qretl and fifteen dollars. I manifested
heg’Uation, and called up a more delicate
and sprightly looking Abysinian, with
feyefirpws painted blue. He made her
/expose her teeth and longue, drew aside
f-'her vesture, and invited inspection in
itheNmidst of the crowd. I narrowly
^Watched these females during an cx-
.posuye So singular to us, and cou ld read
/nothing but submission and indifference
^ip'their fate. In one of them there was
a slight shrinking, which nature under
- . -this Weight of night Involuntarily com-
r, lo4:7, pels. 1;turned away with horror at the
•siieite. before rne, where virtue had
Leyen the privilege of contest nor
'apology for temptation.”
j£iThis, however, was on a small, prob-
-vulgar scale. 'L’lroy -must be*
yseeti in the chambers of ihe. caravansera
at Qpnslantinople, reclining on ottomans,
their Iiml.s wrapped in slight gauze-like
-gnssijmcr, showing bcueaih the blue
veins arid alabaster complexion, the
finely .formed limbs, the delicate bust,
together with the liquid, blue eye, the
-rayeri tressesj the.ivory teeth, the ver-
fojljfon lips, the. whole shape and form,
Nvhieh, like. Venus.rising from the sen,
‘:shed nro'ilbchihem iunumerablo spark-
ling,.dazzling beauties. This probably
-is a Christ [an girl, and her master is a
hideous negro, andisbargaining for this
fair creature with a rich old Turk, who'
is quietly regarding her-while puffing
away the smoke from his chibiiquc.—
Here we see the reverse of the picture ;
the black, brutal master Selling t ho white
beamiful slave.aud-nma Christian voice
s raised against the deep damnation of
?uch an act.' Thesympatbclic English,
> to abolish African slaver^'—
Til American, so tnaii for the
f the blacks—have «ol a word
hand'to lift, Urn voice to im-
wFsite Christian fema le slavery
'* U"h„nmtan«.' Who. reriion-
.. , v Turks against this bar-
ho demands that the slavery
- • jesshall cease m [be East ?
sho*v off our -sympathy
it is not needed. This
sprite-
pr
:*s nobody
a bell.” And then
^ end, he exclaimed,
aside: “Let us lie him out of it—I
shan’t have, a cent left to go home if I
pay the entire damage. What do they
set such rascally traps as that for, to
take m folks from the country?”
After a violent jftit of laughter, the
friend explained that it was Only the
gong sounding for dinner—a simple
summons to “walk do\vn to soup, got
up on the Chinese plan. They made
their way to the dining room, but it
was some time before the young tobac
co grower could get over the stunning
and awful effect of that dreadful gong.
“It was a godsend” said he, “ that the
crash did not turn his luiir gray on tho
spot.
und' >
Good advice to Soys-.
"Be brisk, energetic and i>romi>t!. The
world is full of hoys—and men too—
who dravil through life, and never de
cide on anything for themselves—hut
just draggle one'leg after the other, and
let things take their own way. Such
people are the dull stuff of the earth.
They hardly deserve as much credit
a*s the wooden trefs; for the trees don//
the good they can, in ,merely growing,
and bearing leaves and seeds. But
these drowling, draggling boys do not
'turn their capacit ies to profit, half as far
as they might be turned . they are un
profitable, like a rainy day in harvest
time. Now, the brisk, energetic boy
will be constantly awake, not merely
with his bodily eyes, but with his mind
and attention, during the hours of busi
ness. After he learns what he has to-
do, he will take a pride in doing it
punctually and well, and would feel
ashamed to be told what he ought to do
without- telling. The drawling boy
loses in five minutes the most important
advice. The prompt, wide awake bov
never has to he taught twice, but strains
hard to make himself up to the mark,
as far as possible, out of his own ener
gies. Third-rate hoys are always de
pending upon others; but first-rate boys
depend upon themselves, and after a littlo
teaching, just enough to know what is
' to- be done, t’roy ask no favors of -wry •
body# - Besides, it is a glorious thing for
a boy to get this noble way of self reli
ance, activity and energy. Such a one
isworth a hundred ofilic poor, drag
gling creatures who can hardly wash
their own hands without being told,
each time, liow it is to he done. Give,
•me the 'boy who doe* his-own work.
• promptly, and well withottt asking—ex
cept once for all,-at the beginning—any
'.questions. The boy. who has his' wits
about hnri; is never ^behind hand, and -
; don’t let the grass grow under bis heels.
-—Far mar and Medtsinic.^
s The cholera and the gold mania pre-
v vail in 'IVy-k. ...
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