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VOL. 2.
I'roffssinnnl business Curtis
B. L. WOOD,
II IUEBEIOTYPIST,
MACON, ga.
I'T ENTRANCE FROM THE AVENUE.
ap:l9 ts
R AtJUHOAB HOUSE,
OPPOSITE CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT
EAST MACON.
i ‘ * ts S. M. LANIER.
4Atm aow,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BLE.NA VISTA, MARION CO., GA.
apr 12 lv
1. G. ARRINGTON,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Oglctliorpe, Itlacon Cos.,
dec O E o R (> i \ . 38—ts
“city hotel,
SAVANNAH,•••.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.'.•GEORGIA.
P. CONDON.
KRM o; Transient Hoarders, per day, $ 1,.">0. Monthly and
y C;ir iy Hoarders in p.oportion. apr s—y
‘OSIOSINS A, LOOHKAKIIj
Jlttonmi ot I'nur,
OFrl.'E OVER BF.LDEN AND CO's. IIAT STORE,
Unlberrj Street, Mateo, Georgia.
HARDEMAN k HAMILTON.
War© House and Commission Merchants,
.!/ 1 CO.V, UKOHG IA.
HAMILTON k HAItDEMAN,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAEA.YXAIf, G KORGI.I.
Will ~iv prompt attention to all business committed to them
at either place.
TUOS. HARDEMAN. (19-ts) CiIAF. F. HAMILTON.
FACTORAGE AND
Savannah, Ga*
lIVM. P. YONGE, N0.94 Ray street, Savannah, continues
\\ to transact a General Commission Business and Factor
age, and respectfully solicits consignments of Cotton. Corn,
and other produce. ’ He will also attend to receiving and for
warding Merchandize. —
April 5, lH.'il ly
\Y. I). ETHERIDGE A Cos.,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
S.tr.l.V.V.?;/, GEORGIA.
TMIR undersigned having formed a Copartnership for the
transaction of the above business, tender their services
in their friends and the public generally and solicit a share of
patronage. We will pay strict attention to the sale of Cotton
ar other produce consigned to our care and all orders for llag
?;a2. Rope and family supplies will he promptly attended to
and til te tat the lowest ptices. Liberal advances will be made
I ran Cotton or other produce consigned to us.
3. F. OOVE, (atlgJ3-y) W. D. ETHERIDDE.
siABMN, FULTON & ©©.,
Factors A Commission Alercliants,
aU g3O SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. -fim
FIELD k ADAMS.
FIRE-FICOOF WAREHOUSE,
MACON, G ORGIA.
r PHE undersigned will continue tin. Ware-Hocsk and Com
-1 mission Business,'A* the commodious and well known Fire
Proof Building, formerly occupied by Dyson k Field and the
past season by us. The attention of both the partners w til b<
given to all business entrusted to their care. They respectful
ly solicit the patronage of the public generally. They are pre
pared to make liberal cash advances on all Cotton in store at
the customary rates.
Yy All orders for Groceries, Bagging and Rope will he fill
ed t the lavrest market prices. JOHN M. FIELD,
iu S 9 ts A. B. ADAMS.
SASH AND WINDOW BLIND
si co T3a CP sa cs? Q ce> it* o
r PIIE subscriber is manufacstiring the above articles by
J. Steam Machinery, at very moderate prices.
TURNING AND PLANING.
lie hi. raacbinrv fir this business, and will promptly exe
cute any iotv ic tine. ALEX. McGREGOR.
jt ,j 6 — Cm
FIRE IN SIRA NC E
BY THK
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF CHARLESTON S. C.
(UNTIL S2SO,OOO—ALL PAIR IN.
TV a. B. lleriot, Pres A. M. Lee. Sec y.
Director* :
Janie* K. Robinson, <eo. A. Trenholm, Robert Cafdw ell*
A. K. Taft. Henry T. .Street, Win. Mcßurney, f. 11. Crawley,
T. L Wragg.
r PIIE subscribers having been appointed Agents for the
X above Company, are now prepared to Lake risks against
Fire, on favorable terms. GAKHART, Bill). & CO,
juneiil Agents.
DUS. BANKS & ROOSEVELT tender their
professional services to the citizens ot Macon and sur
rounding country.
Residence on College Hill, the house formerly occupied by
Charles Bay. Othee on the corner of Third and Walnut street.
w. 11. BANKS, M- D. (Cpt6—y) C. J. ROOSEVELT, M. D.
R. G. JEFFERSON & CO.
Manufacturer and wholesale dealers in
CHAIRS,
IF est Side Broad St.,.first door above P. M Larin's,
COLUMBUS, GA.
r r:iEY keep on hand an excellent supply of Office, Wood
1 Seat, Split Bottom and Rocking Chairs ; Bedstead*, W ood
*n Ware, Sec.
UF* AU Orders left as above, will meet with prompt atten
tlon. novl —ts
W. S. WILLIFORD,
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND AUCTIONEER,
Macon, Ga.
All kinds of Produce and Merchandise, (except liquors) rc-
on consignment. _
S. & R. I*. 11-ALL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW ,
31 a c o n 9 Ga.
on Cotton Avenue, over Uttle’s Dm? Store, (octll)
Notice.
VLL persons indebted to the late firm of TAYLOR & ROl'f
by o|a;n account or note, are solicited to call at tbe old
and settle without delay, nol—S!m TAYLOR &- RO! r.
Dry Goods and Groceries.
THE subscriber offers for sale at his < W stand on Cotton
Avenue, a general assortment of Sta, It’ and fancy Dry
[joods, consisting in part of the following articles: Gassimeres,
“roadcloths, Alapacas, DeLains, Calicoes and Homespuns,
Ready made Clothing and Jewelry.
Also a fine supply of Groceries, and almost every othvr ar
l|cle suited to city and country customers. His goods are re
vived at short intervals, and rnny be relied upon as being both
‘resb and fashionable, and are offored very low for Cash,
octll—6m GEO. EHRLICH.
\VTHOLKSALE Dry Goo<lg. Groceries, Hardware &c.
’ V allow prices and reasonable terms or liberal discount
V ca,ih - loct4) S. F. DICKINSON.’
PRINTING PRESS for SALE.
-■adit*! \ second hand Imperial PRINTING
in Bond order, will be sold a bar
gain, on immediate application at this Office.
’ s * ar S e enough to w ork a [taper of the size
tb<3 U,,eor ? ia Citizen.’*
MERCHANT TAILORING
ESTABLISHMENT.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his aumerous patrons
and the public generally, that he is now receiving at his
Store on Gotten Avenue, next doorabove l)r. Wo. G. Little's
Drug Store, a splendid assortment of French and English
BROADCLOTHS, Gassimeres and Vestings, embracing the
latest and most desirable styles of the season, such as Scotch,
Tartan I’laid, French and English plain,black,figured and fan
cy Doeskins, Velvets, Plush, Grenadine, London figured em
broidered Silks and Gassimere Vestings, which he will sell by
the Pattern, or make to order, in the latest and best style, at a
reduction front former prices of at least ten per cent, for cash
in all cases.
sep27 TUGS. F. NEWTON.
IAEA'S, of fine, medium and common qualities, a large
supply at E. J -JOHNSONS’
=C_£? 3
Jp|w Iklilen's Late Style of Moleskin HATS.
Also, Benin's Fall Styles, a good article.
scpt27 BELDEN &. CO.
Cobb’s DigfiiiL
r PHE above Digest of the Laws of Georgia, for sale at
i aug23 BOA lID.M AN’S.
Sign of the Big Boot!
TIIE subscribers tbank-
K II I ful for past favors, and so-
U “ I licitous for a continuance
U / of the same, would respect-
I
6 ?- g^rj;ai , and former patrons and the
public generally that they
have now in store, one of
the largest and best select
ed stock of BOOTS and
SIIOF.S. mostly of the r own manufacture, of all the various
kinds and qualities usually called for, to which they would
invpe the attention of all those wishing to purchase, and we
assure ail those that call that we are prepared to sell as low as
any House in the city or .Ttate, ull which is warranted as us
ual. octlß MIX & KIUTLAND.
(I ENTS’ Fine French Calf Boots, Welted and Pump
T also Gents’ Fine Double and ."■ingle trolcd Boots,
ust received, at.d for sale by MIX k KIUTLANI).
lAIBBERS —Th ose wishing a very superior article in
the Rubber line, are informed that we have in store a
large supply of L. Gandec Rubbers which are thought by com
petent judges, to excel any thing of the kin I in the United
States, in style and fineness of finish, for sale low by
octlß MIX k KIRTLAND.
, Notice,
/ft THE proprietor of the Crockery
/y Store, in this city, is induced, sole-
AaE: ly f rol, ‘ interested motives, to give
- dlN*’ notice to tlie public generally, that
after this day no goods will be sold
o nacUrDiT. oct 18 CK.O. JONF.B.
Piano Forte and Organ Tuning:and Repairing.
08. RICE would inform IPs patrons, that Macon is to
• be his permanent home, all reports to the contrary not
withstanding. lie has bought a hoi se and lot in Vineville
He is now ready to tune and repair Piano Fortes, Organs.
Seraphims, AvUian Attachments, and Melodians. Pianos
tuned in the city for fA, only for those who employ him regu
arly every year Pi tnos tuned by the year for $lO. All re
pairs extra. It is very hard for some to understand the diffe
rence between tuning and repairing. Tuning, is making the
string harmonize, by drawing them to certain tensions, with
a tuning key. All other operations, are repairing—such as
re-leathering the hammers, putting on new strings, putting nn
new cloth on the dampers and key bed. putting in new jack
spring, re leathering the levers. Ac., Ac.
.Vr. R. will exam ne instrum,-nts, and make known his
charge for putting them in order, if any desire it. Names
may be left at Messrs. Virgins, or Mr. F. U. Day’s. oct2s
GROCERY, PROVISION AND
FIUIT STO RE .
THE subscriber feels thank
fKyga to nis friends for past favors,
||7Sj!il and would inform them that, ill
iJt*:!®®'!’ Or he still continues the Gito
emtv, Provision and Fitrrr Business in front of the
anjle of 2d St. and Cotton Avenue, Macon, Ga. On
hand, and constantly receivings New York Ilams,
Smoked Beef, Dried and Pickled Tongues. Mackerel
No 1, 2 and 3, Pickled Beef, (Fulton Market) Pig
and Mess Pork. Sujar, Coffee, Molasses Syrup, Rice.
Tea, Potatoes, Onions, Raisins, Prunes. Dales. Nuts
of all kinds, Cheese, Crackers, Vinegar, Lamp-Oil,
Mustard, Lard, Butter. Flour. Soap. Candles, Candies.
Segars, Lillenthrals If. Johns, Harry of the West.
Four Aces, and Spencers best Chewing Tobacco, for
sale by (oct 8) J. S. GRAYBILL.
New Goods! New Goods!
WM. B. FERRY & CO.
DEALERS I.M
Triangular Block, (near Logan's Cor.)
ARE now receiving their Kail and Win
ter Btock embracing all the most rich and
v i jfsgL desirable Goods to be found in the market
jj or t[j, which will be olTered to the trade at
reduced prices. The citizens of Macon and
the surrounding country arc respectfully invited to call ar.d ex
amine their Goods. scpt27
mmm\ weriesh
Caarhart, rro. & CO ~ now have in Store. I
) and are diilv receiving a very large and selected stock of
GHCCSRIBS of every description, which they will sell
on the best terms for CAS //or approved names, and to which
they invite the attention of Merchants, Planters and Consu
mers.
They will at al’ times be found at their Store, prepared to
give their prrsan it attention toCustomers.
{FIT No Drummers employed to annoy Merchants asd
Planters at the Ware-Houses and Hotels.
scptG ts CARIIART BRO. & CO.
.. a Likenesses!
C. W. PARKER has returned to
Macon, and taken Rooms over Dr. Little's
Drug Store, where he is prepared to take LI KIIN ESSES in the
best style of the art, at low prices. oct!8
JEW DAVID’S HEBREW PLASTER,
r |''HE great remedy for Rheumatism, Gout, Pain in the Hide
I Hip, Back, Limbs and Joints ; Scrofula, King’s Evil, White
Swelling, Hard Tumors, Stiff Joints and all fixed pains w hatev
er.
Where this Plaster is applied, Pain cannot exist. It has
been beneficial in cases of weakness, such as Pain and Weak
ness in the Stomach, Weak Limbs, Lameness, Affection o the
Spine, Female Weakness, &c. No female, subject to pain or
weakness in the back or sides, should be without it Married
ladies, in delicate situations, find great relief from constantly
wearing the Plaster.
The application of the Plaster between the shoulders has been
found a certain remedy for Colds, Coughs, Phthisic, and Affec
tion of the Lungs in their primary stages. It destroys inflama
tion by perspiration.
The following commendation is from an agent residing at
Trenton, Tenn.:
Trkstok, Gibscn Cos. Tenn. Nov. 7, ’49.
Messrs. Scovii. A Mead —Gentlemen : The Hebrew Plaster
is becoming popular in this section. There is a lady in this
county who says she would not be without the Plaster for five
hundred dollars a year. She was afflicted for some time with
an enlargement of the spleen, which gave her great pain. The
swellin** and pain had extended up nearly to the armpit, and
occasionally she could hardly breathe. She was eonfined for
a considerable time, during which she was attended by some of I
our best physicians, hut they pave no relief. She procured a j
box of the Hebrew Plaster, and it relieved her almost immediate
ly, and now she keeps a supply of it on hand constantly.—
These facts you arc at liberty to use as you think proper—they
are substantially true. Respectfully, vours, Sec.,
JESSE J. WELLS.
Beware of Cou?iterfeits and Base Imitations!
Cautio*. —The subscribers are the only general agents in the
Southern States for the sale of this truly valuable Plaster ; and
in order to prevent purchasers being imposed upon by a counter
feit article, sold in this city and elsewhere, for the genuine, they
invite particular attention to. the follow ing marks of the genu
ine :
1. The genuine is put up in smooth, engine-turned bottomed
boxes, soldered in.
2. The genuine has the engraved head of Jew David on the
directions around the box, w ith accompanying record of court
to E. Taylor, Rochester.
ALSO TAKE NOTICE
That the genuine has the signature of E. TAYI.OR on the steel
platp engraved label, on the top of each box—to imitate which,
will be prosecuted as forgery.
The Counterfeit is coarsely put up, in imitation of the old
label, and is sold by several dealers in medicine in this city for
the genuine article. BEWARE OF IT—IT IS WORTHLESS.
SCOVLL &- MEAD, 113 Chartres St., N. Orleans.
Only Agents for the Southern States, to whom all orders and ap
plication for agencies must invariably be addressed. Sold al
so by Payne &. E. L. Strohccker and J. H. & W. J.
Ellis, Macon, Ca. nov§
“Sntojwiktt in all tilings —ikttral in notljing”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1852.
%i).s
For the Georgia Citizen.
An Irish Christmas Song.
L. FW. Andrews. Esq —Sir : —lf you think the
accompanying; humorous and Irish lines , descriptive
of an Irish Christmas in Irish times , and among
regular , hospitable . generous philanthropic , Irishmen
ol any use,you may send them out as things to evoke the
thoughts of auld times in the hearts of my expatria
ted iitxulvT-hearted I risk-countrymen. It is no slight
fanciful sketch I give. Such things are true and
were to be met with in the good days that are gone.
Now Paddy loved whiskey, and Judy loved tay,
And Mickey loved blue frieze, while Patsy loved grey;
Dear Ivatty loved poplin, and Biddy loved silk,
Teddy loved butter, and Pethereen milk,
VV hile Shemes loved well a very good dish
Os fine juicy Salmon, a rare and dear dish ;
And Roger, the villain, and Tim the spalpeen
Instead of hot porridge, loved scalding Scaltheen ;
And it they would have, if they could without fail.
F- r they swore it was “sthrongcr nor any oat-male.’’
And when auld Christmas came to them all once a year
They were jumping for joy, on account of its cheer ;
And believe me my friends we’er all jumping for joy
To call in their neighbors to help to destroy—
All the good things, while the poor were remembeied
[and also the Priest,
For he got his dues, half a sovereign at least!
It was pleasant to see them around the great fire,
While the Christmns-Candle their hearts did inspire
W ilh thanks unto God for the blessings he sent,
And for safety from trials w hich they underwent.
1 hey talked of the absent . as well as the dead.
Tiny spoke of the latter with Jecling and dread.
The ovens were smoking, the spit was going round,
Lite w hiskey and biscuits in plenty were found !
Die table was decked out, and grace was soon said
There were ‘ lashins’ of meat, butter, cheese, eggs and
[bread ;
There was plenty of coffee, and oceans of tay
With noggins of whiskey and nothing to pay!
There was caed mille faiths upon every door
For friends, Turks or Haythens , for rieli or for poor.
Tl ie old man was all pleasure, the good woman all mirth
While the young were like cherubs encirclingthe hearth,
All tidy and nale in their handsome new clothes,
M bile Katty and Biddy were quizzing their beaus—
Wirra sthrue that the times should be banished and
[gone,
When happiness dwelt with Pat Tlogan and con,
And wi h Jemmy McCarty and Owen Mcßride,
And Dennis McMahan, Patt Cary, Mick Floyd,
W itli Teddy Delany, Mick Bryan and Pat Keefe,
\nd black jack McCormick, and Bindan the Chief
Os the Peelers, and Arthur McFarhme, and Ned
O’Doimuglie, w ho sold both salt sodgers and bread !
‘V’hen fiddlin and pi pin, and dancing and songs
With laughing and praying and all at Jim Long’s,
With a good jolly row, and a sore head or two
M ith a goose and some bacon to make lrish-stew ;
Were smelt'd, seen and tasted, by every fire-side,
Wan enough of hot punch, and the eraytbur beside!
With lashins and lavins of all that was good,
To gladden the heart, or to warm up the blood “,
When the Wren-boys were dress'd out, with ribbon
[so note ,
\ fid with pipers and fiddlers all entered ilie gate
Os Sir Hugh, or Lord William, and danced round the
[door,
\nd bowed to Lord George and Lady Ellen you're
[shure,
\nd smiled so delightful, and bowed so genteel
That Jim Flint) nearly broke Peg Day’s shins with his
[heels!
They all got some money for carrying the wren,
Especially Captains McLaughlin and Flinn ;
The day was thus spent, and the money was shewn
To all the boys round, then came drinking Ochout !
Such fun, fuss, and frolick, and light-hearted glee,
Tim Delaney ne’er sow since he left Jimmy Shea,
For the times are all changed, shure from better to worse
And where pleasant ones prayed, there now dwells a
[curse,
Where fun and the blarney and good nature was found
There is nothing remaining exceptin’ the ground ;
For the hearts that were merry and the heels that
[were light,
Are all dead and laid in the auld church-yard to-night,
Or gone far away from the scenes of their mirth,
While woe, want and ruin are seen round the hearth :
Which oneo blazed with comfort, with joy and delight.
For all who would call on an auld Christmas night.
All! then pace to auld times to auld men and their
[wives,
And the youngsters who lived in their happy old hives;
For many a night, full of joy, mirth and fun,
Have 1 had drinking punch with uncle Jim or his son !
Or eoorting the colleehn*. or vexing the boys,
• Or hearing auld stories and making of noise;
Or Liking the Bridange. or carrying the wren,
Or howling, or leaping, or hunting with men,
Whose hearts were all pleasure, whose friendship was
[dear,
Who’d a blow for the bad inan, for the good one a tear.
Whose frames were all action, and strength, such as
[now.
Seems fled with the joy that once smoothed each brow.
And never again some of whom I will sec,
For they're roving or thinking perhaps much like me,
Peace be with them wherever they be,
For they’re dear to my heart and to my memory,
And never again will I see upon earth,
Such a Christinas as one in the land of iny birih.
Yours, respectfully,
J. L O. TI., of Old Times.
Home.
When the streamlets are flowing,
Or the water falls pour,
When the soft breeze is blowing,
Or when the tempest doth roar,
Oil! how fresh in my memory
Is the moss-covered hill,
Where in childhood I wandered
By the light, dashing rill.
Wl ten the dark shades of evening
Shed around me their gloom,
And the cold winds tire moaning
O’er the stranger's lone tomb,
Oh ! how sweet to my fancy
Is the willow that weeps,
As H hangs o’er the green turf
Where my dear brother sleeps.
When my heart faints within me,
Or the lieree passions rise,
When the cold world is frowning
And my last coinfort dies,
Oil! how soothing the thought is
Os a mother’s sweet lay,
As in childhood she charmed me
On my light, thoughtless way.
When the chill of life's closing
Hovers cold round my heart,
W hen the church-bell’s deep tolling
Bids my spirit depart.
Then. Oh. then may my pillow
Be that long cherished vale
Where my brother is sleeping,
And tlie turtle doves wail.
Aew and Beautiful Poem.
BY JAMKS NACK,
The following is a Poem of singular beauty. The
very How of the ryihm answers Milton’s description
of music. The ‘Little Friend, whoever she may be,
is to be envied her principle of being a ministering
angel to ouu of the best hearts and gifted of minds,
and she will not lose her reward ; for, as Miss London
remarks, ‘.V poeis love is immortality and a poem
like this is of itself sufficient to insure it to the subject
that inspired it.— Home Journal.
Why do I Love her so.
A weary life is mine at best—
Few pleasures mine that others share—
And oft by lonely thoughts opprest,
It seems that I might well despair \
But w hen my ‘Little Friend’ 1 we,
A pleasant tiling is life to me !
To know that she is at my side,
To hold her little hand in mine.
To watch her eyes that fondly shine,
Iler cherub lace, Ih t brightens up
With love’s intelligence divine—
With this my soul is satisfied,
And drains a pure, refreshing eup
Os culm and quiet happiness ;
In sweet content 1 then repose
From sorrow's pangs, and passion's throes,
Without a wish save not a stir
From one whose very look can bless !
Some wonder what ltind iu her
My heart so strongly to impress—
A clever child, they must confess,
But nothing more, for all they see,
Thau other children of her age,
Who scarce one thought of mine engage ;
Whence cometli then the witchery
That sways me in her sweet control ?
Save 1, may ever know her worth ;
For we have spoken soul to soul,
And met in spirit face to face,
When all her mind's immortal grace.
Love, truth and goodness, shone revealed
In beauty from the world concealed,
’Twas iu an hour of bitter pain,
When the long agony of years
Was crowded in a moment’s space —
When friends seemed false and love was vain—
And the wrung heart and burning brain
Could only find relief in tears—
For 1 despaired of earthly good—
She came—l source knew whence or how—
A light and glory round her brow ;
Sublimely beautiful she stood ;
For all of earth had left her face,
And all of heaven 1 there might trace,
Her look sustained my heart and cheered;
iler wolds my wounded spirit healed;
The child, the mortal, disappeared.
And God s own angel stood revealed ?
Then did we soul with soul combine-
So, 1 am beie, and she is mine—
Forever hers! lon ver mine?
Forth in the world I .ee her go,
A common child to ehjitmon eyes—
'Jo mine, a star of llrudise. /
Uneaitbiy, beautiful, <*vine !
No wonder that 1 love her so.
J.Uis..l]l!)! ; y,
from the Boston o eddy Museum.
Ball room Acquaintances.
Mr. Horny A*.nigletoii is it young gentleman
of agieeablo man tuns, good looks, and übunti*
liable hell-conceit j distinguished tor his gallan
tiy, black u lnskeis, and ui istoc:atic aspirations.
It is well to have a good opinion of one's self;
but there is aceitainsoit of pride which ren
deisits possessoi contemptible. It is teat pride
widen makes you blush to be seen in the stieet
with tbe noblest, best hearted fellow iu the
woild, because lie limy happen to weai a seedy
looking coat or a hat of last year’s fashion.
With tins sort ot jnide Mr. Hairy Lb ingle
ton was severely afflicted, lie sought to tank
with tne most genteel, with tne acknowledged
aiistociatsot society. He aimed high, and on
one occasion he shot eousidei ably wide of his
nun k.
This is the way of it—
Mi'. Hany was at a ball; a rather recherche
aftair, ot course. Mi. liar y never patronized
your oidinary assemblies, one is so apt to meet
\ulgai people in such places, that is, people who
wotk tor a living,shop-keepers and shop-keep
er's daughter.
He was at a ball. Magnificently had he
flamed, and muumeiable hea.tshad lie broken,
in the course of a few houis. Yet Mr. Harry
was dissatisfied. lie observed that few—mar
vellously few ot the elite were present. Had he
made a conquest, at which one of such lofty as
pirations might feel g atified? Ah, no! ile
sighed, like Alexander, for au object worthy of
his piowess.
‘Who was that young lady you waltzed with
last i’ asked a sleek dandy.
*1 decline 1 have forgotten her name, and
really, 1 think 1 neglected to write it down,’re
plied Mr. Hany. ‘1 thought she couldn't be
very fashionable; I nevei met her before.’
‘VVliy,’ cied a genteel fellow, with a glossy
moustache, who bad heaid the question and re
ply ; ‘that is Miss JJu tlett, daughter of William
H. Bartlett. Dein genteel people. I know’em.
That’s Eliza, the prettiest of three daughters,’
•Ah !’ exclaimed Mr. Harry,'she is pretty. I
wassuie she was none of the crowd, though 1
never had met her before.’
Mr. Harry gazed with admiration at the
charming young lady, who to speak tbe tiuth
had not appeared to him remarkably beautiful
before. A Barlett! What a conquest! For
Mr. Harry was su.e the giil was smitten with
him.
‘1 must cultivate her acquaintance,’ thought
he.
During the remainder of the evening, he de
voted himself exclusively to Miss Bartlett, who
received his attentions graciously.
Perhaps you imagine Mr. Harry forgot the
poor girl whose heart he thus deliberately la
bored to win. Not he! He had promised to
call on Miss Eliza, and he remembered his en
gagement: w ith a heart swelling with gratified
[aide and lotty aspirations, he went to the ad
cLess liis charmer gave him, and approached
the door, on which the dear name ‘Bartlett’
shone engraved in silver.
Mr. Harry was shown into the parlor. He
had inquiied for Miss Eliza, but Mrs. Bartlett
herself appeared. She was a fine looking old
lady, with an intelligent eye, which'scanned Mr.
Harry’s features curiously.
‘Did you wish to see Eliza ?’ she asked.
Mr. Harry replied affirmatively.
‘lndeed,’said she, ‘I think threinu*t be some
mistake, sir. Perhaps it is Jane, or Mary, you
wish to see V
‘Oh ,no; Miss Eliza,’ rejoined Mr. Harry.
‘I must ask, then, why you w ish to see her,’
pursued Mrs. Bartlett, mildly.
Hairy blushed violently, perceiving which
she added quickly:
‘For Eliza is still so young, that lain sure
you can have nothing to say to her which you
would not communicate to me.’
*\ outig/’ echoed Harry, confused.
N\ hy, she is only nine years old you know.’
Harry was confounded; but remembering
that he had the name of his charmer only on
the authority of Dick Stevens, he hesitated to
explain inatteis.
‘lt must be one of her sisters, then I met at—
Hall, two nights ago.’
‘llieie must still be some mistake,’ replied
Mrs. Bartlett. ‘Neither of my daughters have
been to Hull this winter.’ >
‘I thin Ic lam not mistaken. This is the ad
dress she gave me,’ said Harry, firmly.
Oh !’ cried the old lady, ‘you mean our nur
sery maid ! She was at Hall two nights
ago, and she said she expected a young gentle
man to call oil her.’
‘Nurserymaid!’ echoed Harry, indignantly,
‘I don’t know any nursery maid !’
‘Oh, it is her you wish to see!’ replied the
old lady, good humoredly. She said you called
her Miss Bai tlett, but she didn’t mind, as a great
many call her so, she has lived with us so long.
‘I will speak to her.’
‘No—no—l beg—don't trouble yourself,’ re
monstrated Harry, nervously. ‘I was mistaken.
I—l beg your pardon. Good day ma'am.’
Harry left; but the aftair got out and to this
daj;, he has not done blushing when ‘genteel
ball- room acquaintances are mentioned.
The Lord sent it if the Devil brought it.
In my younger days, I was what people called
a “wild-chap,” and 1 rather think I was some
thing of a high boy. Anything like fun stirred
me up from the bottom, and the way I “went
it’’ sometimes, when I was stirred up, people
said was rather curious.
1 believe my respect for religious people was
not quite as high as it should have been, not so
high as it is now. This grew out of two things,
a detective education and thoughtlessness. Ten
or titteen years added to my mortal life has so
bered me somewhat,and at the present writing,
I own to a profound respect for religion. I state
this, that neither the gay nor thoughtful reader
may understand me if the story I am going to
relate should seem to deal with some levity in
matters held sacred—l think the rebuke 1 got,
often as I have laughed at it since, put the laugh
completely on me and my companion.
1 here resided incur neighborhood a poor
widow whose means of support were extremely
limited- Between nursing herself for rheuma
tism, and spinning and knitting, most of her
lonely time was passed. lam ashamed to say
that on one or two occasions, 1 joined some wild
youngsters in playing oil’ tricks upon her, such
as making unusual noises about the house at
night, smoking her almost to death by putting
a board over the top of her low mud-built
chimney, and such like doings, that we thought
rare sport, blit for which we deserved a little
w holesome chastisement, if there had been any
one authorized to administer it.
One night, soon after dark, it happened that
I was returning home in company with a merry
fellow about me ow n age and had to go by old
Granny Benders’s cottage. I had been info the
tow n and was bringing home a couple of‘ba
ker s loaves,’of w hich some of our people were
as fond as city people are of getting now
and then a good taste of country ‘home made.’
‘lorn,’ said I, as the old woman’s cottage
came in sigh:, at a turn of the road, ‘suppose
we have a little fun with Granny Bender?’
‘Agreed’ was Tom's reply, for he was always
ready for sport.
V’ e had not fully decided on what we would
do, w hen we came to the cottage and paused to
settle our mode of annoyance. The only light
within, was the dim flickering of a few small
sticks burning on the hearth. As we stood
near the window, listening to what was going
on inside, we found that Granny was praying,
and, a little to our suprise, asking for food.
‘As she expects to get bread from heaven,’ said
I, irreverently,‘l suppose she will have to be
accommodated.’
And turning from the window, I clambered
up noiselessly, to the top of the chimney, a feat
of no great difficulty, and tumbled my two
loaves down. When I reached the window
again, in order to see what effect this mode of
supply would have upon Granny Bender I
found the good old creature on her knees, pi
ously thanking God for having answered her
pi- yer.
‘That’s cool,’ says I to Tom ; ‘now isnt it ?’
‘I rather think it is,’ replied Tom.
‘And is the old woman really sucli a fool as to
think the Lord answered her prayer, and sent
her well-baked loaves down the chimney ?’
‘No doubt of it.’
‘lt won't do to let her labor under this mis
take ; no, never in the world,’ said I.
‘Hello! Granny!’ and I drew open the win
dow, and pushed my laughing face into the
room.
She had just risen from her knees, and was
about putting a piece of the bread into her
mouth.
‘Now. Granny Bender,’ said I, ‘it isn’t possible
that you believe that bread came from heaven!
W by, you old sinner you ! I threw it down the
chimney
By this time the old woman’s countenance
was turned fully towards me, and by the dim
light of the feeble fire, I could see that there
were tears of thankfulness upon her faded and
withered face. The expression of that face did
not in the least change, there was a deep rebuke
in the tone of her voice, as well as in the words
she uttc-red, as she said :
‘The Lord sent it, if the devil brought it.’
You maybe sure that I vanished instanter,
while Tom clapped his hands and shouted.
‘Good ! good ! too good ! Oh dear, but the
old lady was too much for you that time.’
I tried to laugh with him as we went off’ home,
and di(J laugh, as loud as he did, but somehow
or other the laugh did not appear to do me any
good. After that I left Granny Bender alone.
Advice to the Girls.— Dr. Beeswax, in his ad
mirable ’.Essay on Domestic Economy,’ talks to the
young ladies after this fashion :— 1 Girls, do you want
to get married, and do you want good husbands ? II
so, cease to act like fools. Don't take pride in saying
you never did house work—never cooked a pair of
chickens —never made a bed, and so on. Don’t turn
up your pretty noses at honest industry—never tell vur
friend that yotf are not obliged to work. When you go
shopping, never take your mother with vou, to carry
the bundle. Don tbe afraid to be seen in the kitchen
cooking a steak, or over the wash tub, cleansing the
family dads,’
Don’t Become Rich Again.
BY MRS. SIGOCRNKY.
‘l’ve lost my whole fortune,’ said a merchant,
as lie returned one evening to his home; ‘we
can no longer keep our carriage. We must
leave this large house. The children can no
longer go to expensive schools. Yesterday I
was a rich man. To-day there is nothing that
l can call my own.’
‘Dear husband,’ said the wife, ‘we are still
rich in each other and our children. Money
may pass away, but God has given us a better
treasure in these active hands and loving
hearts.’
‘Dear father,’ t>aid the children, ‘do not look
so sad. We will help yon to get a living.’
‘ W hat can you do, poor things,’ said he.
‘Nou shall see, you shall see,’ answered sev*
eral voices. ‘lt is a pity if we have been sent
to school for nothing. IJow can the father of
eight children be poor ? We shall work and
make you rich again.’
‘1 shall help you,’ said the youngest girl,
scarcely four years old. ‘I will not have any
more new things bought, and I shall sell my
great doll.’
The heart of the husband and father, which
had sunk within him as a stone, was lifted up.
The sweet enthusiasm of the scene cheered
him, and his nightly prayer was a song of
praise.
They left their stately house. Their servants
were dismissed. Pictures and plate, carpets
and furniture were sold, and she who had so
long been mistress of the mansion shed no
tear.
‘Pay every debt,’ said she, ‘let no one suffer
through us, and we shall yet be happy.’
He rented a neat cottage and a smalf piece of
ground a few miles from the city. With the
aid of his sons he cultivated vegetables for the
market. He viewed with delight and astonish
ment the economy of his wife, nurtured as she
had been in wealth, and tbe efficiency which his
daughters soon acquired under her training.
Tlie eldest assisted her in the work of the
household, and also assisted the younger chil
dren. Besides they executed various works,
which they had learned as accomplishments, j
which they found could be disposed of to ad- j
vantage. They embroidered with taste some of
the ornamental parts of female apparel, which
they readily sold to a merchant in tlie citv.
They cultivated flowers, and sent boquets to
market in the cart which contained the vegeta
bles; they plaited straw ; they painted maps;
they executed plain needle work. Every one
was at her post, busy and cheerful. The cot
tage was like a beehive.
‘I never enjoyed such health before, said the
father.
‘And I never knew how many things we coulJ
do when we lived in tlie great house,’ said tbe
children, ‘and we love each other a great deal j
better here ; you call us your little bees.’
‘Yes,’ replied the father, ‘and you make just
such honey as the heart loves to feed on.’
Economy, as well as industry, was strictly ob
served ; nothing was wasted; nothing unne
cessary was purchased. The eldest daughter
became assistant teacher in a distinguished fe
male seminary, and the second took her place
as instructress to the family.
‘lhe little dwelling that had always been kept
neat, they were soon able to beautify. Its con
struction was improved ; vines k flowering trees
were planted around it. The merchant was
happier under his woodbine-covered porch in
the summer’s evening, than he.had been in his
showy drawing room.
‘We are now thriving and prosperous,’ said I
he ; ‘shall we now return to the citv ?’
‘O, no, no,’ was the unanimous reply.
‘Let us remain,’ said the wife, ‘where we have
found health and contentment.’
‘Father,’ said the youngest, ‘all we children
hope you are not going to be rich again; for
then, she added, ‘we little ones were shut up
in tbe nursery, and we did not see much ofyou
or mother. Now we all live together, and sis
ter, who loves us, teaches us, and we learn to be
industrious and useful. We were rich and
did not work. So, father, please not to be rich
any more.’
‘My Mother Never Lies.’— A few ladies met
at the house of a friend for an evening visit,
when the following scenes and conversation
occti red:
The child of one of the ladies, about five
years old, was guilty ot rude, noisy conduct, ve
ry improper on all occasions, and particularly
so at a stranger’s bouse. The mother kindly
reproved her.
‘Sarah, you must not do so.’
The child soou forgot the reproof, and became
tis noisy as ever. The mother firmly said ;
‘Sarah, if you do so again, I will punish )’ou.’
But not long after, Sarah did so again. When
the company were about to separate, the moth
er stepped into a neighbor's intending to return
for her child. During the absence, the thought
of going home recalled to the mind of Sarah
the punishment she might expect. The recol
lection turned her rudeness and thoughtless
ness into sorrow. A young lady present ob
serving it, and learning the cause, in order to
pacify her, said :
‘Never mind, I will ask your mother not to
whip you.’
•Qli,’ said Sarah, ‘that will do no good—my
mother never tells a lie.’
It is worth everything in she training of a
child to make it feel that its mother never tells
a lie.
tmnsmm — ———
A Good Reason.— A country pedagogoge,
says the Boston Carpet Bag, had two pupils,
to one of whom he was very partial, and to the
other very severe. One morning it happened
that these two were lateand were called up to
account for it.
“You must have heard the bell, boys; why
did you not come!"’
“Please sir, ’ said the favorite, “I was a
dreamin’ that I was goin’ to Californy, and I
thought the school be!l was the steamboat bell
as l was goin’ in.”
“Very well, sir,” said the master, (glad of
any pretext to excuse. h ; s favorite.) “and u<-\\
sir. (turning lo the other,) what have you to
say ?”
“Please sir,” said the puzz'ed boy, “I ! I \
was a waitin’ to see Pom off ?”
Falsehood could do little mischief, if it did
not gain the credit of truth.
Uncharitable persons are generally more un
thinkingly than perversely so.
It you can get a man’s ihoughts to entertain
what is right, you may trust him io do what is
I right if ho has a right principle.
” ife.— The word wife does not, in our opinion, sim
ply mean, as \Y alker has it, ‘a woman that has a hus
band,’ for some tvomeu have husbands, and good ones,
too, who are not wives, according to our understanding
of the term. V\ ife docs not mean a woman; nor n
lady only, nor a slave, nor a mistress, a mother, nor a
nurse, a teacher, nor a companion, a tool, nor a play
tliing, but she is all these united together, per my et
per tout, in one beautiful and harmonious whole. In
society she is a woman, in the parlor a lady, in the
nursery a slave, in the dining-room a mistress, in her
chamber a mother, in the sick-room a nurse, to her
children a teacher, to her husband a companion and an
equal: but iu no situation whatever can she be politician,
a preacher, a lawyer, physician or philosopher, without
becoming a literary blue-stocking, the antipodes of
j w,fe ’ an,i ‘he contemptible being on earth.
I The office of a wife, therefore is the happiest, yet
most laborious, the highest, yet most humble position
that frail mortality can occupy. Nor is there any sta
.ion on ear;h to which the'Lord of creation,’ can as
pire, the duties of which are more responsible, and the
faithful or imperfect discharge of wliioh will bo reward
ed with more intensity, than those of the wife, which
we believe to be one of the consequences of a violation
of the high trusts committed to the first wife in ths
garden of Eden, that she should bo ‘an help meet to
Adam.’
To society she is an indispensable member. To ths
parlor the most important personage, in the nursery
the most abject slave, in the dining-room the moss
absolute sovereign, in her chamber a guardian angel,
in the sick room the best physician, to her children the
wisest priest, and to her husband the most valuable
agent, the dearest and cheapest counsellor, the most
loved and loving companion, in a word, ‘the wife of
home’ is every blessing the mortal miud can conceive
or heart desire. Home without a wife is a ‘straDge
land’—a head without brains, a heart without a con
science, a ship without sails, an ocean without wave*,
a world without religion, a Heaven without a God !
Wowis out or Doors.—Tho editor of Harper’s
Magazine very judiciously expands a suggestion con
tained in one of Mr. Greeley’s letters from England :
Our eyes have just now fallen upon a passage in
Mr. Greeley’s last letter from Euro,*, in which he
speaks of the appearance of the English womeD, and
commends, with a little more than his usual ardor of
expression, their perfection of figure. He attributes
this, and very justly, to the English lady’s habit ofout-
exercise. We had thought that this faet was
known ; that it was known years ago and that our fair
countrywomen would catch a hint from it, that would
throw color into their cheeks, and fullness into their
forms. And yet, sadly enough, our ladies still coop
themselves in their heated rooms, until thew faces ar
like lilies, and their figures—like lily stems.
M e have alluded to the matter now, notfof the sake
of pointing a satire surely, hut for the sake of asking
one or two huudred thousand ladies, who every
n oinh light our pages with their looks, if they do in
deed prize a little unnatural pearliness of hue and deli
cacy of complexion, beyond that ruddy flush of health,
the very temper of a kiss’ and that full development
j *'g ure , w hich all the poets, from Homer down, have
made one of the cliiefest beauties of a woman ? If
not, let them make of themselves horsewomen ; or
bating that, let them make acquaintance with the sun
rise ; let them pick flowers with the dew upon them ;
let them study music of nature's own orchestra. Vul
garity is not essential to health ; and a lithe, elastio
figure docs not grow in hot-houses. For ourselves,
wo incline heartily to the belief that, if American wo
men have a wish to add to the respect, the admiration,
the love, and—if need be, the fear of the men, they
will find an easier road toward that gain, in a little vigo
rous out-of-door exercise and a uniform attention to tho
great essentials of health, than in any new-fangled *o
tunies, or loudly-applauded ‘rights.’
Different Views of the Bloomercostame.
Delivered without prejudice to the real merit•
of the question.
* on 1 a lady’s dress of the present day take
so many lengths to make up, according to the
taste of the wearer ? but, with the Bloomer
costume, I should be sorry to say to what
lengths the lady, who wears it, might feel in
clined to go to!’ An Indignant Milliner.
‘ Should the Bloomer costume be adopted,
petticoats will go out,and petticoats going out,
there may be an end, at last, to all petticoat
government! of which no one will be more
heartily rejoiced.'— The Hen-pecked Husband.
‘ Er ’ s j<% good health of the Bloomer
costume ! For 1 tell you what, Bill, our ’bus,
with all the shaking in the world, won’t carry
no more than sixteen ladies, pack ’em as tight
as you will, but I find that it will take twenty
Bloomers comfortably, and allow each on ’em
a Bloomer baby on the lap! Its thedress, mr
boy, vot makes the difference.’— The ‘bus Con
ductor.
‘Oh, dear! how delightful it will be for the
jumping over the stiles.'— The Fast Tottny
Lady.
‘l’m in favor of the new costume; because,
if my wife bothers me for anew dress, I shall
refer her to the tailor, and I can make out a
tailor s bill, aud I know all the prices; whereas,
I defy any man to understand the milliner's.*
The Mean Husband.
‘This new dress will take all opposition off
the road—for, really, the long dresses of the
ladies swept everything so clean, that there was
nothing left for us to clear away after them.
In short, I look upon the Bloomer as the very
best friend to the broomer.-r-2%e Street Or
derly.
‘1 don’t care bow my girls dress, as long as
they dress decently; but I am sure, as sure as
quarter-day—that they will hang on to the
skirts of this new Bloomer costume—that is to
say, if it has any skirts, if it is only for the 6akc
ot getting anew dress; fori never knew any
girl of mine let anew dress slip through her
fingers whenever 9he had a chance of getting
one.— The Good-natured Papa.
A Pretty Polka. —We have observed two
polkas, composed by the same gentleman, ad
vertised—the ‘Clipper,’ and the ‘Bloomer. 1 Con
sidering the operation of Bloomerism on petti
coats, may we notask whether those two words
do not mean the same thing ?
Rev. Henry *\ ard Beecher uses ‘great plain
ness of speech,’ in alluding to the proneness of the pub
lic to lavish large sums of money on popular amuse
ments. In a recent lecture he says ;
‘Men love to be taxed for their lusts; there is an.
open exchequer for liocntwasoc— aud for giddy plea
sure. We grow suddenly suing, w hen benevolence
asks alms, or justice duns for debts. We dote a pit
tance to suppliant creditors, to be rid of their clamor;
but let the divine Fanny, wipt evolutions extremely ef
ficacious upon the feelings, fife the enthusiasm of a
whole theater of men, whose applause rjse. as she does;
let this courageous dancer, almost literally true to na
ture, and splay her adventurou- feats before a thousand
men. and the very miser will turn spunltlirilt; the land
which will not pay its honest creditors, will enrich a
strolling danscusc. and rain down upon the ‘-t-ige a
stream of golden boxes, or golden coin, wreaths
rosy bWet dettx.’
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