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YOL. 2.
TERMS OF TIIE CITIZEN.
jUgPTwo Dollars, per annum, in ad
vance, or Two Dollars and fifty
cents if not so paid.
Advertising and Job cus
tomers allowed a discount of 10 per cent
on regular rates.
subscriptions received unless
accompanied with the cash or a respon
sible reference.
Postage must be pre-paid.
Mail Arrangements.
POST OFFICE, Macon, Ga. (
February 2. 1 852. (>
ON and after tins date, tlie following will be the Mail Ar
rangements at this Ollie'e. viz:
The Northern Mail u ill close at It o'clock, P. M.
The Savannah Mail, by the night train, 1 will close at 3 o'clock
r. m. ‘ ;
The Savannah Mail, by the day train, will close at 9 o clock
V. M.
The Charleston Mail will close at 3 o’clock, P. M.
The Milledgevilie Mail will close at 9 o'clock, P. M.
The Columbus, Mobile, Montgomery and New Orleans Mails,
■will close at 9 o’clock P. M.
The Augusta, Griffin, Atlanta, Forsyth, Barnesville, Marietta
and Chattanooga Mails will close at 6 o’clock, P. M.
The Oglethorpe, Port Valley, .Perry, Albany, Ilawkinsville
and Ainericus Mail closes at 8 o’clock, P. M.
The Moriila and other South-Western Georgia Mails than
the above, will close at 5 o'clock, P. M.
Mails for Interior offices in the State and Tennessee will
close at 3 o’clock, P. M.
The < Mice will be opened at 81, \. M. and from 8 to 81, P.
M. Sundays from Si to 9, A. M. and from Sto 81, P. M.
Sinsinrss Cnrts
S. *v R. I*. HALL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ulacon, G a .
Os tick on Cotton Avenue, over Little's Drug Store, (octl 1
L. N. WHITTLE,
Attorney at I. aw ,
jan3 JI/.4COJV, 0.1. -1y
H. L.‘WQbnr
DAGUERRE 0 TYPIST,
MACON, GA.
ENTRANCE FROM TIIE AVENUE.
aprl9 ts
KAXfmaBHOUm
UPPOSITE CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT
EAST MACON.
T 1 ts S. M. LANIER.
P. G. A BRING TON,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Oglethorpe,. Macon Cos.,
dec G E O R U 1 \ . 38—ts
City hotel,
SAVANNAH.v.v.v.v.v.vGEOItGIA.
P. CO2STDON.
Tkbms:—Transient Hoarders, per day, Sl.afl. Monthly and
ear'y Hoarders in p.ojiortion. apr a—y
HARDEMAN fc HAMILTON,
House and Commission Merchantfe,
MICO.V, GEORGIA.
HAMILTON & HARDEMAN,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
■S. 1 r.I.V.V. IH. G EOIIGIA.
Will give prompt attention to all business committed to them
at either place.
TIIOS. iURIIEMAN. (19—ts) CKXS. T. HAMILTON.
Tactorage and
Savannah, Ga.
“tlTji, p. VONGE, No. 94 Ray street. Savannah, continues
\ ‘ to transact a General Commission Business and Factor
age, and respectfully solicits consignments ot ! otton, ( orn,
and other produce. lie will also attend to receiving and for
warding Merchandize. —
April 5, 1851 ly
WINSHIP & SON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
jFarcy and Staple Dry Goods and Ready
Made Clothing.
COTTN AVENUE, MACON, CA.
\vTl). ETHERIDGE & Cos.,
FACTORS Jn COMMISSION MERC HANTS,
S.IV.I.X.YAIf. GEOROI.I.
*rVIE undersigned having formed a Copartnership for the ,
L transaction of the above business, tender their services
to their friends and the public generally and solicit a share of
patronage. We will pay strict attention to the sale of Cotton
or other produce consigned to our care and all orders for Bag
ging, Rope a,id family supplios will be promptly attended to
and filled at the lowest prices. Liberal advances will be made
upon Cotton ornther produce consigned to us.
g. r, oovb, taug-3-y) w, i>. bthmidde.
try LTon & ©©■>?
factor!* & Commission MfrrSiauts,
aug3o SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. —Cm
I
SASH AND WINDOW BLIND
TV r“ ra ■qq £P T CL> JZ’ o
rf’pilß subscriber is manufacturing the above articles by
J. ?team Machinery, at very moderate prices.
TURNING AND PLANING.
He has machinery for this business, and will promptly exe
cute any jobs in this line. ALEX. iIdiHKLOR.
julyJG
FIRE INSURANCE
BY THE
COItimERCIAL INSURANCE COPJPANY
OF CHARLESTON S. C.
CAPITAL S4SO,OOO—ALL PAID IN.
Wm. B. llkriot, Pres AM. Lee. Sec’y.
Directors :
.lames K. Robinson, Geo. A. Trenholm, Robert Caldwell,
A. R. Taft, Henry T. .Street, Win. Mcßurney, J. U. Crawley,
T. L Wragg.
rpiiE subscribers having been appointed Agents for the
.L above'Company, arc now prepared to take risks against
Fire, on favorable terms. C-VRIIART, 8110. & CO,
junelll Agents.
DIIS. BANKS & KOOSFVELF tender their
professional services to the citizens of Macon and sur
rounding country.
Residence on College Ilill, the house formerly occupied by
£harles Day. Office on the corner ofThird and Walnut street.
W. H. BASKS, M. D. (septfl-y) c. J. ROOSEVELT, M. D.
R. G. JEFFERSON &. O.
MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IS
CHAIRS,
H'c*l Side Broad St., first door above P. ts Larin'a,
COLUMBUS, GA.
rp.'IEY keep on hand an excellent supply of Office, Wood
U feat, Split Bottom and Rocking Chairs: Uedstcada, Wood
en Ware, 4tc.
- V -All Orders left as above, will meet with prompt atten-
’ novl-tf
AV. S. WILLIFORD,
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND AUCTIONEER,
Macon, Ga.
All kinds of Produce and Merchandise, (except liquors) re
ceived on consignment. sep27
“ IJ uXCS assorted in 25 lb. cases, fresh, and
or sale by (deed) C. A. ELLS & SON.
NEV BOOK store.
It. “'botesali* and retail dealers in books and
t;corgra. totlonary ° n * M StrCet ’ near “ashington Hall, Macon,
me a ca!r “ ‘ Sl * l ° ,JU * V or Stationary will do well to give j
a* nmend”o” l ein o^) C y^ S^, ‘^ lnerclmnte 18 CFp€Cially invited ’ I
G. DUNHAM.
Sli® SifliMa
New York and Savannah
STEAMSHIP LINE.
WEEKLT - - * ts;:.
r I ‘'ilF new and splendid steamers FLORIDA , (Japl
X Lyon, and ALABAMA, Cupt. Ludlow, be
longing to the NEW YORK AND SAVANNAH
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, on and alter
the 1 lih inst., will leave .Savannah and New Y ork
every Saturday until further notice. These ships are
1-200 tons register, and unsurpassed in comfort safe
ty and speed. Cabin passage, $25 —payable in ti
vauce. AddressPADLEFORD, FAY &, CO.
Savannai
SAMUEL L. MITCHELL,
184 Front St., New York,
anil —y
T’ltc Old S3jl Store.
CT KNTLF.MKN who are in want of a and fashionable
T HAT. will be certain to call at Belden's old stand, oppo
site the Lanier House. [sep27] BELDKN it CO.
House servants for sale. —A Woman
and her child. 5 or ti years old, recommended as a supe
rior house servant, washer and good cook. Enquire of
novla GEO. T. ROGERS.
A RECEIVED by Worthington, IJar
num Sf Cos. Beebe & Cos. and Leary’s justly
celebrated new style HATS, for sale low,
octll ’ COTTON AVENUE.
Sullivan House,
JIACON, GEORGIA.
a THE subscriber having taken the lloTELlately
fitted up, fronting the Court House, on the
corner of Mulberry street, and Court House
Square, will open the same on the Ist Octo
ber, next, and would be pleased to have a call
| from his old friends.
This House is convenient to all the Bail Roads and immed
i iatelv in front of the general passenger Depot, and he w ill be
prepared to accommodate travellers and boarders, by the sin
gle meal, day, week, or month. M. SULLIVAN,
sepr 20—ts
TADIES’ I.ace and Congress Prunella, Satin, I'rancia
j and Silk Gaiters; Black, Bronze and White Kid and Sat
in Slippers; Black and lironze Embroidered French Slippers
Parodi and Jenny Lind F.namelcd and Kid Ties, Buskins and
Boots, just received by(sep27) Wm. R. FERRY & CO.
FANCY GOODS AND
! Mil 11 mtr y>
MRS. 1) AMOUR, is now receiv
//yfe’-f injj Iter Fall supply in the above line
and by each week's Steamer wiL
rece ' ve a fresh supply of the most
[*>. pi fashionable Goods, consisting of the
■s[ newest styles of Silk and Straw
Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Feath-
L 7 rl ers and all kinds of Bonnet trimming,
a choice lot of Dress Silks, and dress trimmings
such as Fringes, Gimps, Buttons, Velvet and Ribbon
trimmings. Ball Dresses, V eils, Capes, Collars and
other Embroideries, which will be sold cheap.
oct!s-tf
I>IC II CHINA and BOHEMIAN GLASS
1 V V VSES at all prices, just received and forsale by
| sept 20—ts GEO. JONES.
New York Branch Store
COTTON A VENUE.
y,jl* Al LDING A- WILLI AMS have removed totho
kj 2d door above VVinship’s and reopened with a n-w t<c k
I of
FALL AND tVIBITER DRY GCODF/j
j which w ill In* sold for ll sI) 9 at exceeding low price*.
; We have from 7"> cis. up ; DeLnins from up ; Prints
: from tij up; Bleached and llrown Slnriings from 5 cts. up, al
so a large sockjjf Blankets. Flannels, Ticking, Table Linens
Bosom Lint ns. .Ac., from low price to line, together with a
full assortment of Hosiery, Ibices, Cloves, Ribbons and Fancy
] Articles. We respectfully solicit a call from the Ladies.
Goods received every week per Steamer.
: oct4 27-ly
:
1) t TTi,B A CHEESE.—lokegsCkwhaa Butter,
) 50 boxes Cheese, rec’d weekly per steamer and for salo
| low by novla GEO. T. ROGEKB.
Molasses . —to hhas. of superior quality, and In line
order just ree'd and for sale by
novis GEO. T. ROGERS.
“OPENING RICH.”
O MITII & MITCHELL, Triangular Block,Cotton
1 ll Avenue, are now opening the following choice ar
ticles :
Gentlemen’s fancy Cravats, Scarfs and Ties.
White and Figured Silk and Lawn llkffs.
Merino, Cotton and Silk Wollen Shirts and
(Drawers.
“ “ “ AVliite and Zebra llose.
Berlin, Lisle, S lk, Cloth, Buckskin, and French
Kid Gloves, White and colored, White and fancy colored
Shirts , in every style. Umbrellas , Trunks, Traveling
IJags, Valises, See., <ke., vtc. ts Fcpt 13.
Guns ! Guns !!
VFINE assortment of Single and Double-Barrelled GUNS,
of every quality, from *2O to St 150, just received and
for sale by (uov22 —ts) D. U. HODGKINS &. SON.
r I LOR'S C’R EAM ALE —A supply of this cel-
I ebrated Ale, received weekly from manufacturers and for
sale by novli GEO. T. ROGERS.
i A BBLS. New No. 3 Mackerel,
LU 100 sacks Corn,
40 kits Mackerel,
200 bids. Thomaston Lime, on consignment,
octll L. COWLES.
“Choose, \vlial\ Clicoso.”
THE subscriber is sole agent for S. Cowles &, Son f
superior Cream Cheese which is not excelled in
the Union.
Just received 50 Boxes S. Cowlc’s superior Cream
Cheese, and a few more of the same sort coming.
Also, 100 bbls. and Sacks, containing 100, 50 and
25 pounds Atlanta Stoam Mill 00. Flour Made from
selected Wheat and warranted as fine as any flour in
the Fnited States.
Also, Bacon, Lard, Rutter, Irish Potatoes, Sweet
Potaioes, and every thing in the eating line that can he
obtained. (sep‘.27) L. COWLES, Ag't.
*T CHESTS Teas, assorted, put up in \ and pound
tj packages. For family use. 100 Sacks Corn on
consiiininent. L. COWLES, Ag’
V VERY handsome selection ol white Gold Band and
Dkcoiutkd ChiliaTeU Notts just opened. Call
and see before the assortment is broken. GEO. JONES,
sept 20—t j
Dr. IPHAM’S
VEGETABLE ELECTUARY.
Internal Remedy for the Piles !
ITIIE Electuary is a c-Anin cure for Piles, whether Bleed
ing or Blind , lntern.il or F.itrmnl Piles, ind also for oth
! er diseases found in c< njunction with Piles.
Price SI per package. Cash, just received and forsale by
w. G. LITTLE df CO., Cotton Avenue, Macon
who keeps constantly on hand large and fresh supplies of
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glassware wholesale
and retail. aug23-y
OILVER Tea-set ami Pitchers. —A beautiful ar-
O tide for sale by (dec! 3) K. J. JOHNBTON.
t AA new
XU v/ Id Barrels superfine Flour.
20 Boxes Northern and city made Candy.
20 “ New Rasins.
20 Gross Fire Works. Jus reCMTwd and for sale
by dec 13 ts J. S. GRAY BILL.
CTIIOICE GEORGIA HAMS—BOO Hamsofsupe
J rior quality,
1100 Pig do. this fall’s curing,
5 casks Canvassed Hams,
1000 Georgia Sides, just received by
novls GEO. T. ROGERS.
Produce by the Wholesale
THE attention of Planters and others who may
l_ Mae have to purchase supplies for the year is respectfully
called to the large assortment of EAST TENNESSEE AND UP
PER GEORGIA PRODUCE, now being received on consign
ment, and which may be had on good terms, for cash, at the
New Produce Store of IV. F. HARRIS & CO,
deefi—2m Colton Avenue.
<( in nil tilings—4!fitjral in notljing;’
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1852.
%\):s SjkDJSar*
THE RAPPINGS.
A WISE CAP FOR A FOOL’S UKAD.
BY T. H. CHIVERS, M. D.
“The Knickcrbotkcr .Wigazinc tottering from month to
month, through a dense region of unmitigated and unmiti
gable fog—that dreary realm of outer darkness, of utter and
inconceivable dunderheadisui, over which lias so long ruled
King Log the second, in the august person of one Lewis Gay
lord Clark,"— l‘uc.
“In the lire of my wrath I will blow upon thee!”— Ezek.
21 ; 31”
“Infelix simulacrum,
Visa nnhi ante oculis, et nata major imago.”— Virg. Eu.
it; 772.
“Simulacra viruin inajora vivis’*
1.
In New York—(l grieve to say so—)
In his narrow room in Nassau,
Sat the ’Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine,’
Lewis Gaylord Clarke, the go-it,
Writing nonsense—(all men know it—)
When he thought of Poe, the Poet,
And his yellow face turned green—
Then again turned yellow—then turned green—
Finally settling down to greenness which absorbed all other
green—
-2
HJod of Heaven I is this the spirit
Os great Edgar? Hark! I hear it
Rap again!—How can 1 bear it V
Said the-Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine’—
‘lf his rapping so appals me,
Sight of him were death ! He calls me !
What great thing is this befalls me?’
Said the Editor,’ turning green,
Os the‘Knickerbocker Magazine’—
Thinking of J\fil Admirari, when bis greenness grew more
green'.
3
*Clarke !’ said the’ immortal spirit
Os great Edgar—‘listen ! hear it!
4 ’Tis the truth 1 speak’—‘7 hear it!’
Said the ‘Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine’—
‘\V bile l owned the Jlruadway Journal ,
l.ike some fiery Fiend infernal,
You did vex my soul supernal!
Now 1 come to turn you green—
.Yw/to vegetate your soul with thought—but green,
Your yellow, pumpkin lace, already shamed with grassy
green.’
4
‘ln the bleak days of December,
When my ashes held no ember,
Recollect’—‘Oh! 1 remember!’
Cried tlie ‘Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine’—
‘You insulted Poe, the Poet,
You d—d Dinkey! you vile Go-it!
You Nil Admirari!’ —‘Oh! /know it!’
Said the ‘Editor,’ turning green,
Os the ‘Knickerbocker Magazine’—
Verdigris being white compared with his infernal face so
green.
5
‘Hear ine, now, in midnight vision,
By this Clairvoyant Physician
Rapt aloft in Fields Elysian—
Hear me, ‘Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazino f
This loud knocking is the token
That your head will soon be b-oken!
Write these words that I have spoken
In your memory, or the green
Os the ‘Knickerbocker Magazine’--
Where no flowers shall ever flourish there the rank grass is
so green!
6
‘Like the Serpent, on your belly
You shall crawl through death’s dark valley,
Down to Hell!’ —‘CM / / must rally!
Raved the ‘Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine’—
‘Or I am lust /’—‘At my grave here,
Friends complain of your behavour!
You are lost! you have no Saviour!
Who can w aIl white what is green ?
The dye is in your soul which makes you green!
Greener far than purest poison tinging all your thoughts
with green !
Know you no* vKnt gfvin, ill-arrtten. _
Never thrive!V your heart j/rrottcn *-
As the soul of poor‘John Cotton’—
You, the ‘Editor of the Knickerbocker MagazineP
Here, the‘Editor of the Knicker
Docker Magazine’ fell sicker’—
Farlhan Poe from drinking dicker’—
Whose own poison turned him green—
Like a mad dog’s eyes his face looked green—
Like some rattle snake's when blinded by their poison they
looked green.
8
Thus alone—(l grieve to say-—)
In his narrow room in Nassau,
Sits the-Editorof the Knickerbocker Magazine,’
Writing nonsense on tlie rapping
Os Poe's spirit loudly tapping
On his skull—the climax capping
Os all fools—lie is so green—
Never more, through all this life, to look less green—
While the Heavens above look purple—or the earth below
looks green!
An Evening Song.
BY ELIZA COOK.
Father above ! I pray to Thee,
Before I take my rest!
I seek Thee on my bended knee,
With warm and grateful breast.
First let me thank Thee for my share
Os sweet and blessed health ;
It is a boon I would not spare,
For worlds of shining wealth.
And next I thank Thy bounteous hand,
That gives my ‘daily bread,’
That flings the corn upon the land,
And keeps our table spread.
I thank Thee for each peaceful night,
That brings me soft repose,
I thank Thee for the morning’s light,
That bids my eyes unclose.
I own Thy mercy when I move
With limbs all sound and free,
That gaily bear me when I rove,
Beside the moth and bee.
I thank Thee for my kindred friends,
So loving and so kind;
Who tell me all that knowledge lends,
To aid my heart and mind.
Ah ! let me value as I ought,
The lessons good men teach,
To bear no malice in my thought,
No anger in my speech.
Father above ! Oh ! hear my prayer,
And let me ever be,
Worthy iny earthly parents’ care,
And true in serving thee.
SABBATH EVENING.
BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
’Tis holy time. The evening shade,
Steals with a soft control
O'er nature, as a thought of heaven
Steals o’er the human soul;
And every ray from yonder blue
And every drop of falling dew,
Seems to bring down to human woe*
From heaven a message of repose.
O’er yon tall rock the solemn trees,
A shadowy group incline ;
Like gentle nuns in sorrow bowed
Around their holy shrine;
And o’er them now the night winds blow,
So calm and still the music low,
Seems the mysterious voice of prayer
Soft echoed on the eveniug air.
The mists, like incense from the earth,
Rise to a God beloved,
And o'er the waters move as first
The Holy Spirit moved;
The torrent’s voioe, the wave’s low hymn,
Seein the fair notes of Seraphim,
And all earth’s thousand voices raise
Their song of worship, love and praise.
The gentle sisterhood of flowers
Bend low their lovely eyes,
Or gaze through trembling tears of dew
Up to the holy skies ;
And the pure stars come out above,
Like sweet aud blessed things of love,
Bright signals in ethereal dome
To guide the parted spirit home.
There is a spirit if blessedness
In air and earU and heaven,
And nature wears the blessed look
Os a young saiit forgiven :
Oh ! who, at such an hour of love,
Can gaze on all ar>und, above,
And not kneel down upon the sod
With Nature's sell to wot ship God.
The Adapted Child.
Tite little nursl'iii Y take it to thy love,
.; tin- ‘I i: since
.. H-f'r.'l n
tie - lovely village ol
a shower drove uie to take little
wayside cottage. In mediately afterwards, a
lady entered, and asked permission to wait till
the rain was over, jhe good woman of the
cottage placed a chan for her visitors, with a
hearty welcome, and then resumed her occupa
tion of looking anxiously along the road, from
which this momentary interruption had with
drawn her. In a few minutes 1 heard the pat
tering of a pair of smill feet along the muddy
road.
‘Poor little lamb! s ie’s wet to the skin!’ said
the woman, receiving into her open arms the
owner of the small feet, a little girl about six
years old. ‘Ain’t you wet, dear V
‘Yes, I’m very wet,’ replied the child.
‘We’ll soon set that to rights. Come by the
fire, there's a darling. I hope you’ll please to
excuse me, ma'am,’ continued, addressing
the lady, ‘but, you set, if I left her wet things
on she’d be sure to catch cold.’
‘I should be very sorry, indeed, if you were
to do so on account ot my being here, replied
the visitor, watching with much interest the
maternal cares that were bestowed upon the lit
tle wanderer’s comforD.
‘You seem very fond of your little girl. 1
suppose she is your youngest, is she not ?’
‘La, ma’am! she’s no child of mine, nor no
ways related,’ said the woman, aft’ectionately
kissing the object that truth obliged her to dis
own ; ‘but that don’t make no kind of differ
ence. I’m fond of her as if she was my own
flesh and blood, every bit.’
‘lndeed you seem so. I quite thought she
was the youngest, and the pet.’
‘She is the pet, ma’am, bless her little heart;
but she is no ways related to me nor my hus
band.’
‘W hose child is site, then ?’ inquired the lady.
‘Why, ma'am, she’s] the child of the man
that lives in the next!cottage down the road,
you can see the chimney from our door; and
just two years ago he lost his wife. Site died,
poor thing! just when, one may say, she was
most wanted, for this and ‘ar child was barely foui
years old, and there w/k .rtvo boys older, and
one baby in ■tnn.c
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Y hope she is a good H
‘and that .->he repays t oil
tude for the care you bl
‘She's the best little fl
turned the cottager, ll
child affectionately in I
thinks she has broughtl
seemed to thrive ever sill
my husband would stop!
urday night, and take al
lie house, but he never I
if lie feels inclined togol
that Nancy wants a pail
frock, or something of til
or a shilling will go a gel
then he comes home. zW
too. I don’t think he evß
children so well as he doB
ly wonder at it, neither,l
a good obedient child, tl
her face, which I should*
too good to be spoilt. I
be quite useful now, I
many a little errand for I
out of the garden,and ]■
father, that’s my husbanß
she always calls him fatil
those two rows of Frond*
ing and many little thin*
to help father and me.’ ■
‘Your garden looks vel
lady. I
‘Well, and I may say, rfl
mostly. Not that she cl
dig and that, poor thinl
pride in it when she's liel
dear ?’ 1
‘Yes,’ said the child ; 1
lot of talers?’ I
‘So you did, my deatl
the ground and Nancy I
them so she did.’ I
‘Yes, and mother cut I
ready to plant,’ I
‘So I did, darling; but!
that too,only l was afearJ
little fingers into the bsl
could have done it, ma'al
’cute and sensible for heJ
‘Have no doubt at all*
visitor, rising ; ‘and now,!
have ceased. I will wish!
and thank you for your I
shelter so long.’ I
‘Good morning nia’ari
one finger in her mouth. I
‘Good-bve, little dear!
went her way ; but I rel
more of Nancy and her!
mother. In the eveninfl
home and after some prell
Nancy’s curiosity, he opeil
had taken from his pockel
of thread gloves, and twl
kerchiefs all for Nancy. Itj
the glow of delight that b]
natured face of the rougq
grateful child expressed 1
‘beautiful present,’ beauti
her simple taste, and to a
was invested with a moral!
outshine the Koh-i-Noor itself, for it was the
result of the small daily savings aud self-denial
of a kind heart that preferred the pleasure of
another to selfish gratification.
Then after tea, for ’twas in the summertime,
an hour was spent in attending to the garden,
and Nancy a dish of young onions, of her
own Don't be shocked at
11
t>K• 11 1it’u 11 y citlcii
in that laud of romance,
serenades. There was company
to supper too; Nancq's father or
as she called him to distinguish him
her father by adoption, and ‘father’s sis
ter Mary. Mary was a nice, tidy looking young
woman juf about_five or six aud twentyi She
had just left her place, and had come tJ**
with her brother till she got suited again, which
I thought she would not have to wait for very
long which I observed the deep impression that
she seemed to made upon Nancy’s daddy as
soon as he came in. lie took care during the
course of the evening, to let her understand
that he was only thirty-two,and that his wages
were to be raised next week. Then he talked
about his two boys at home how handy and
clever they were; but that they sadly wanted
some tidy young woman look after them. Then
he told her about his cottage, saying it was just
as comfortable a one as her brother’s only not
so orderly, and all for the want of some tidy
young woman to take care of it. And when
she was out of the room, he even went so far
as to ask her brother, as they sat smoking their
pipes together, whether bethought Mary would
have him.
‘You'd better ask her, yourself, John,’ was
the reply; she’s a good, steady girl, and would
make a good wife to any man. She's not single
now for want-of being asked, for she’s had lots
of lovers.’
‘Well, I wonder if she’d have me. To-mor
row will be Sunday, so I’ll come up in the even
ing, and ask her to take a walk, and then we ll
see. lie smoked another pipe almost in silence
and then departed.
T say, Mary,’said her brother, jocosely, after
he was gone, ‘wilt thou have John ?’
‘Don’t brother,’ replied Mary, blushing.
‘l3ut lie's asked me if I thought you would.
What shall I tell him ?’
‘You’d better not tell him what you don’t
know; and I won't say before he asks me,’ was
her cautious answer.
‘Well, he’s coming to-morrow to go for a
walk with you.’
‘Don’t be foolish,’ said Mary, reprovingly.
‘1 fidu’t you hear him say so, mother V he per
sisted, appealing to his wife.
‘lie did say so, Mary,for I heard him.’
‘La!’ exclaimed Mary,‘but that aint asking
me to marry him.’
‘No, but he will ask you. What will you
I say ?’
‘I shan't tell you beforehand, because 1 know
: he n^o : it;e,’ sai*&jHiA^^rmLL
GLOVES AND CIGARS.
“ I must really have anew pair of gloves’
James,” said Mrs. Morris, to her husband’
as they sat together after tea.
Mr. Morris had been reading the afternoon
paper, hut he laid this down and looked cross
ly up.
“ Really,” he said, “you seem to me to waste
more money on gloves than any woman l ev.
ver knew. It was only last week I gave you
money to buy anew pair.”
‘Fhe wife colored, and was about to answer
tartly; for she felt that her husband had no
cause his crossness; hut remembering
that “a soft wrath,” she
ll "ely vn
ri'i
pair of gloves ; ancT C
deal, as you know, in th'u,,T/ r
“ Humph!” And, ha..ucecNMvy
words Mr. Morris took up the paper again.
For several minutes there was silence.
The wife continued her sewing, and the hus
band read sulkily on : at last as if sensible that
he had been unnecessarily harsh, he ventured
to remark by way of indirect apo'ogy,
“ Business is very dull, Jane,” he said ‘‘and
sometimes 1 do not know where to look for mo
ney. lam hardly making iny expenses. ’’
’The wife looked up with tears in her
eyes.
“ I am sure, James,” she said, “that I try
to he as economical as possible, 1 went with
out anew silk dress this winter, because the
one I got last spring would answer, I thought,
by having anew body made to it, My old bon
net, too was re-trimmed. And as to the gloves,
you know you are very particular about my hav
ing gloves always nice, and scold, if I appear in
the street with a shabby pair on,”
Mr. Morris know all this to be true, and felt
still more ashamed of his conduct : however
like most men, he was 100 proud to confess his
error except indirectly.
lie took out his pocketJtook and said,
“ How much will satisfy you for a year, not
gloves only but all other etceteras? I will
make you an allowance, and you need not ask
me for a dollar, whenever you want a pair of
gloves or anew handkerchief.
The wife’s eyes danced with delight. She
thought for a moment, and then said,
“ I will undertake on fiffydollars, to find my
self in all these things.”
Mr. Morris dropped the paper as i( it had
been red hot, and stared at his wife.
“ I believe,” he said, “you women think
that we men are made of money. I don’t
spend fifty dollars in gloves and handkerchiefs
in half a dozen years.”
M rs. Morris made no reply for a full minute,
for she was determined to keep her temper.
But the quickness with which her needle mo.
ved showed that she had some difficulty to be
amiable.—At last she said,
on to tho opposite end.—But-\\ hen he cf ftf
round, and they both pulled at one end, itd
over with great ease.
“There!” said he, as the line foil from
mol; “you see how hard and ineffectual
our labor when we pulled in opposition to t I
other; but how easy it was when we V
led together! It will be so with us, my and V
through life! If we oppose each other, itm\ 1
be hard work; if we act together, it wiil\\™
pleasant to live. Let us always pull together
In this illustration, homely as it may be, theft
is sound philosophy- Husband and wife
mutually bear and concede, if they wish to make
home a retreat ot joy and bliss. One alone can-,
not make home happy. There must be uni
son of action, sweetness of spirit, and
nrrMove!ii both husband and wife, j
tu secure the great end ot happiness ;n tho da
mestic circle. Ladies’ Reposctoky*
Be Short, very Short*
‘Whatever the hand findeth to do, do itwita
all thy might.’ Be short; ‘strike while the iron
is hot;’ make hay while the sun shines; lay
short, sing short, preach short, write short,
short; be short in your exhortations,
conversations, communications. Read shoVt
chapters, sing short hymns, pray short pray m v
When called upon to pray publicly or
don't pray all over the world, and for every tlfl
you think of. Some people in’their j rnfl
think they are heard tor their much
from .'Verlasting to everlasting! So with mr
writers, preachers, exhoiters and \isitoi
your speech be- hvays with grace *cns..iirfl
salt.’ !>e short Avoid circumlocuiu.ijMß!
repetitions, commonplace remarks; ouhHßP§
.abbreviate, come to the point, gather
burning thoughts into a fueii- : pray wl; ? ||
pray, preach uliat you preach, write w Lfll
write* and stop; stop when you arc
short. Some seemingly never stop;
and on, like the chill feyer, or numb palsv..
When you w rite for publication, be short,
concise, hasten to the point and stop. When
you visit an editor’s sanctum, be short, very’
short; don’t tease him with a thousand imper
tinent questions ; be brief: his time is precious;
say what you say, and be off ! When you
entertain friends, beware of the loungers, ever
lasting talkers, tattlers, the hangers on, busy
bodies in other men’s matters; such guests ar’
more to be dreaded than the plague! Wh/ J
you visit your neighbors or friends, lie short,
pray what you pray, and say what you say, and
off, off, about your Master’s business. Social
and friendly visits now and then, are pleasant
and profitable; we are social beings; Go 4 in
mercy has made us such ; but where these visit*
are unnecessarily prolonged they become bur
densome, clog, and cloy, kill time, disturb tho
peace, eat as doth a canker, friends become ene
mies. Osf —take yourself off. ‘Withdraw thy
foot trom thy neighbor’s house,’ says Solomon,
‘lest lie be weary of thee.and so bate thee *
Jftl twice : glad to see ydy 1
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NO. 51.