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THE CUTHBERT APPEAL.
"Vol. I.
Cullabert, Georgia, Friday, Jan. 11, 1867.
No. U.
IPOMEY.
tar In clipping the following from
the columns of nn exchange, we could
not refrain from laughing outright. It
is so life-like—so descriptive of the
Hchool Girl age In which wo live. The
lust stanza is specially significant:
PLACIKO A DAUOHTER AT SCHOOL
" I hara brought my daughter tu you to be taught
tverjthlag."
I)car madam, I've called for the purpose
Of piscina my daughter at school,
Bile 1 * only thirteen. I aaslrs yOO,
And rcmarkubly easy to rule.
I'd bare her learn painting and miiaic,
Gymnastic* and dancing, pray do,
1’hyloaopby, Grammar, and logic,
You’ll teach her to read, of course, too.
I wish her to loom er ry study,
MutlH-inutka are down in my plan,
Hut cf figures she scarce has an inking,
Pray instruct her in those If you can.
1M have her taught Spanish and I^itln,
Including the language* of France,
Never mind her very bad English,
Teach her that when you have a very good
chance.
On the harp she mn«t be proficient,
And play the guitar pretty soon,
And sing the last opera mu»ic,
Even though she can't turn a right tune.
You miMt see that her manners are finished,
That she wove* with a ll.-l* like grace;
For though she Is lame and one sided.
That’s nothing to do with the case.
Now, to you I resign this young jewel,
And my words I would bate you obey j
In six month* you return her, dear ntadain,
Shining bright as an unclouded day.
She'* no aptness, I gran* yon, for learning,
And her memory oft aoeins to halt;
But remember. If she's not accomplished,
It will certainly all be your fiutt.
Prom ih» N u Urleana Sunday Timas.
"ETLl fill IT WHIM HI WAXES.”
Wo remember at tho Wilderness a
gulhuit ymmg Missh-sippinn had fallen,
nml Ht night, and just before burying him
there enmo n loiter from her ho loved
IhjcL One of the group around bn body
—» minister, whose tenderness wm wo
manly—broke tho silent tearfulness with
which he snw the dead letter; ho took
it nnd laid it upon tho breast of him
whose heroio heart was still: “Bury it
with him. He will see it when he
wakes." It wan the subliment neuteoco
of his funeral service.
Amid the clouds of battle smoke,
The inn had died awr.y,
And where the storm of bottle broke,
A thousand warriora lay.
A band of ftieuda upon the field,
Blood round a youthful form,
Who, when the war-cloud's thunder pealed,
Had perished in the storm — *
Upon his forehead, on his hair.
The coming moonlight breaks,
And each dear brother standing there,
A tender farewell takes.
But ere they lay him In his boom,
There tamo a comrade near,
And gave a token Hint had come
From her the dead held dear.
A moment's doubt upon them pressed,
Then one tho letter takes,
And lays it low upon hi* breast,
'•Ha'll sec it when lie wakes."
Ob! thou who dost in sorrow wait,
ft bow heart with anguish breaks,
Though thy dear message Mine too late,
"lie'll aee it alien be wuk*w 1"
Ne’er mere amid the fiery storm,
Shall bis strong arm be won ;
No more his young and manly form,
Tread MiosMppi'a green.
, And e’en thy lender words of love—
The words affection speaks -
Came nil too late; but ob ! thy love
• Will see them when be wakes!*’
No jars dbttirb h's grutlr nut,
No noise his slumber breaks,
But thy word* sleep upon h is Uva-t,
"Hell see them when be wakes!”
Outwitted ar tiii Mexicans.—The
Mexicans bnvu the reputation of Using
1 he shrewdest diplomatists in the world.
They certainly will draw up the neatest
piqu-rs, put it most beautifully in black
and white, uni sign it with more flourish
es than any other people we wot of. The
only people who con approach them in
tho cureful wording of sentence*, nnd in
jieninanabip, are said to be the Persians
and Arabs. The only reason we can
give for this superiority is, that they ore
always cool—cool as bandits. No word,
r.or sound, nor atroko of the pen shows
agitation or excitement. In this way
they so put fourth the treaty with Gen.
8cott,that the Mexicans to this day be
lieve Santa Anna got the better of the
hero of Lundy’s Lane, nnd sent the
Americans homo with a flea in their ears
Ho, a few days ago, on the Rio Grande,
tiwsy outwitted Gen, Sedgwick, and got
him first to help Escobedo outside of
Mutamoras and then CAnules inside;
drew those remarkable letters out of him
and Sheridan ! and then the two put
their heads together or.d turned
ngninst him nnd the United State*, like
a couple of rattlesnakes. You never
catch u Mexican asleep, nor off his guard
nor ex* ited; and if you ever do eutch
him at all, like the Dutchman’s flea, he
isn't there.—A r . O. Pieeynne.
Why is a rrainstress liken pickpocket?
Bccau-e she cute and runs.
MISCELLANEOUS.
the Failure (^Republican insi.tu-
non.
From tho foundation of I ho American
Government it has been tho favorite the
ory of monarchists that it could not
stand; that it was wrong in principle
and would full to pieces from its own
inherent weakness. We have heretofore
scoffed ut and derided this idon. Wo
were advancing with such rapidity and
progress in tho path of prosperity j our
imputation was increasing at such an us
tounding rato, and the indications of per
manence were so flattering that wo could
uot believe that a party would ever arise
in our midst to question the merits of our
system of government, nnd still less did
we believe that any would ever dnro to
lay their snqreligiou* and vandal hands
uj*on the magnificent temple of liberty,
which wisdom and patriotism nnd roared
and in which we Itud so long worship
ed.
The principle upon which tho Govern
meat was founded wns so simple nnd so
true, it seemed so easy to correct abu
ses without resort to revolution, the
rights of all appeared to bo so well sc
cured, tho advantages of unrestricted
liberty it gave were so valuable and
comprehensive, that it did seem that we
laid discovered the true secret of gov
ernment, nnd had established institutions
whit.It must hist forever. And so they
would hove done if every citixcn hud
been satkfiod with the freedom and the
priviliges lie himself enjoyed, nnd been
content to let well enough alone. All
that wns necessary wns to carry out the
idea of the founders of tho Government,
and while contenting ourselves with the
Constitution ns it wns, leave overy tuna
to work out his own happiness and pros
perity. Thus tho problem of tho adap
tability of republican instituti ns tu the
intercuts nnd welfare of man might have
been satisfactorily solved. Hut egotistic
and meddling fanatics would not consent
that the experiment should be worked
out In their ignorance nnd conceit
they believed that they could correct do
'foots they imagined to exist, nnd by
their own tinkering nnd experiments
create an Elysium on earth. Tho result
is before us. Tho Government is rent
m twain. Twelve millions of peoph
who, under tho letter and spirit of our
form of government, sre entitled to equal
privileges with all others, arc held us
captives td war awaiting tho decision of
their captors upon their fate; they are
deuied every right tho Constitution
guarantees; excluded from all partici
pation in the Government; menaced
with confiscation nnd personal penalties,
and threatened with tho legal elevation
of those who were but recently their
slitvox, to n condition of perfect political
equality with themselves.
What despotism could be more grind
ing than this; what tyranny harder to
endure? If monarch)*!* needed any
evidence that republican institutions wen
not adapted to the wan s of n people de
sirous of liborty, they have it in the mel-
nncholly spectacle before them.
There is not a UesjKit on the face of
the globe who, if called upon to govern
this country now, would not immediate
ly sock to raise tho South from its pres
ent unfortunate prostration. If ho were
not an idiot he would sec that his ow n
interests, as well us those of tho nation,
required that they should bo relieved of
the inequalities of which thut people are
now subjects. Ho would sec u country
vast enough for nn empire, possessing
productive capacities unequalled,running
to waste and desolation through injus
liee nnd misrule, thus curtailing the rev
enues of tho Government without ac
complishing any compensating result.—
lie would see that enmity, hate and sus
picion were rapidly taking tho place of
that t. flection *.nd respect in which ulone
any government can feel secure; and
self interest would prompt him to impar
tially administer equal laws, foster in
dustry, stimulate hope, cultivate good
; feeling and restore confidence. This is
I exactly the reverse of what the Jacobins
J nru doing under tho mockery of rupub-
i lienn liberty. No possib'e form of gov*
! eminent could be worse tlum theirs, none
tliut would not bo pruforrud.
| A Woao foe Wives.—Little w ives ! if
ever a half suppressed sigh finds place
' with you or u half unloving word escapes
'you to the liushund whom you love, let
I your heart go buck to some tender word
! in those first love days; remember how
1 you loved him then, how teuderly he
j wooed you. how timidly you responded,
! and if you cun feel that you have not
grown unworthy, trust him for tho same
1 good lovo now. If you do feel that be
comes, less lovable and attractive than
you then were, then—by all that you love
| on earth, or hope for in heaven—turn
: hack and be the pattern of lovejineps that
i won him; bo the “dear one" your at-
i tractions made you then. Be the gentle,
’ lov ng, winning maiden still; and dmibt
. not, the lover you ndmired will live for-
j ever in your husband. Nestle by hi*
side, cling to his love, and let his confi
dence in you never fail; and my word
for it, the husband w ill be dearer than
the lover ever was. Above all things do
not for tho love he guve you first, do
not seek to “emancipate” yourself—do
not Btrive to unsex yourself, and become
a Lucy Stone, or a Rev. Mi** Brown; but
love the higher honor orduined by our
Savior of old—that of a loviog wife. A
happy wife, n blessed mother, can have
no higher station, needs no greater honor.
— Ihe Lnd 'tri Horn*.
AN INNOCENT MAH CONVICTED AND RUNG
UPON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN NEW
ORLEANS.
In the recent trial of the parties
charged with tho murder of (.’apt, J. F.
Grubber, Mr. Tully, one of the counsel
for tho defense, narrated the following
story:
Tho wholo case wns made up of cir
cumstantial evidenco of the looso.st char
acter, nnd to illustrate how guardedly
even tho best nnd strongest cltcumstnn
tiiil evidence should bo received, lie re
ferred to a trial that took plnce in this
very court abait thirty years ngo.
Judge Cnnonge then presided in tho
court, nnd Mr. Moxuretut wns the Attor
ney General. There then lived or. the
Bayou road n mnn about twenty five or
thirty years old. lie was not educated,
nor u wealthy man, but lie was honest
and hnd a good heart. Having hud a
limb broken ho wns very infirm In health.
Ho made Ins livelihood by going to the
Bayou St. John every evening and ditch
ing fish to sill in the murkut tho next
morning. Ono moonlight 'evening w hile
sitting on the bank of tho bayou, fishing
as usual, ho snw a lady dressed in white
in company with a gentleman walking
on tho road beside tho bayou. They
were qnnt ruling as they pas od him ami!
his attention was attracted by hearing |
them quarrel. After they hnd passed i
ho resumed his fis' ing, and wailed until
ho had caught his usual supply. He.
then started homo with his basket. As
ho ranched tho place known ns tho ‘‘Co
quet,” lie heard a loud laugh and soon
after u feeble cry. Advancing in the
direction of tho sound, ho suw a woman
in a white gown laying on tho pavement,
and coining to tho woman ho porocived
that n dagger had been stubbed into her
bosom. Thinking to relievo her ho took
tho dagger by tho hnnillo nnd drew it
out. As ho did so n watchman grasped
him. Tho woman was killed.
Tho poor fisherman was ti ied for the
murdo.-. The cure was made out clearly
against him. Ho had boon detected in
tho very net, bending over tho body of
tho deceased with tho weapon in hi*
hand. * llo wns convicted, nnd was hung
at Congo Pquure. About six months
after a trial wus going on in Jmlgo Cun-
onge’s court. A citizen culled ns n ju
ror said he did not wish to boon the
jury, nnd wi-lied to speuk n few words lo
the Judge The Judge gave him it private
conversation. Supposing that Lo might
have scruples nlmut capital punishment,
the Judge asked him if tliut was tho reft
son he objected to being on tho jury.—
"No,” ho answered, "that is cut tho rea
son. I snw the fisherman hung for the
murder of my wife. IIo did not do it,
! killed her myself from jealousy ” Tho
Judge sut petrified. Tho man niudo for
the door, escaped, and bus never been
hoard of since.
ITHAEOE. YET TRUE.
A gentleman in the lower part of this
city has n splendid milch cow. She or
dinarily gives from two to threo gallons
at a milking. It ia a remarkable fact
that for the last two months she hna giv
en more milk in cold weather than In
warm. When tho weather is cold her
milk is nbucduut, but when it moderates
her supply i* reduced down frequently
to less than u quart. This remarkable
freak attracted tho notice of her owner
several weeks ago, and ever since ho him
been sedulously trying to divine tho
ciiiiso. At first ho thought sho was
milked hy other parties than member* of
his family, hut as tho cow was confined
to u lot adjoining his residence, and close
ly watched, ho became sntMied no per
son other than some one of his family
milked her. During the recent extreme
cold weather her milk was abundant,
but yesterday (the weather having very
much modified) she failed entirely. This
morning ho was up early, determined, if
possible, to learn tho cuiiso of tho fuiluro.
Ho had hardly entered the cow yard be
fore his attention was attracted to nrust
ling noise in some chunks near tho sta
ble. Presently ho saw n huge nnuko
emerge from underneath tho stable and
crawl up to his favorite milker nnd de
liberately begin stripping her tents.—
Tho snuko w as at burnt fivo feet long,
and ns large as a man’s arm at the shout-
dor. It was what is known as a cow |
snake. Tho mystery was now explain- j
cd. In cold weather the snake lies dor
mant, hyhcrnnting, hut when the weulhcr
gets warm 1io emerges from his winter
quarters The gentlemnu attempted to
kill the snako but failed. Jt run buck
uuder the stable, where it now securely
lies gorged with its favorite beverage, j
The gentleman who rotate* this snake '
story is one of our most respected citi
zens, and vouches for its truth.—N. A.
Le*lger.
A Vkvkrabmc Htovs.—The oldest stovo
in the United States, if not in the world,!
is thut which warms the hall of tho cap-1
itol of Virginia, in Richmond. It wus 1
made in Ktiglund nnd sent to Y'irginiu in
1770, and wanned tho house of Burges
ses and the Gcnerul Assembly fur sixty
years before it was removed to its pres
ent location, where it has been in uso for
upwards of thirty yours. It has surviv
ed the British King; and hns been co-
temporunoous with lour monarchies, two
republics, nnd two imperial gnvernmen s
of France. Tho grout republic of Amer
ica ha* been torn by civil war, the
breach i* portly healed; und still this
old stove has remained unmoved in the
midst of all.
A Richmond paper rlwraotorisr* —
burse stealing ns “iiberidaning.”
AN AUTUMN REVERIE.
Sad to-dny I for the leaves ore falling
in our orchard nnd woodland nnd glude;
fulling all over holiday paths where in
those mornings long ngo, wi h tho yellow
sunlight falling on our griefless faces,
we run with pong nml laugh ; for tho
daad leaves, rustling ’ueuth out feet,
brought no thought of a sadder death
We huvo growu weary now, and do not
euro to gather tho brown mtts which
seemed u treasure to our childish eyes.
Falling on the play ground, in tho cor
ners where we used to hide, nnd filling
the little nooks nt tho foot of the trees
w here we piled acorn cups and bits of
china when wo "kept house.”
Falling, too, on tho littlo mounds,
scattered tar nnd wide, where we’ve laid
the sleepers down to rest. They will lie
•in bright heaps on the baby’s grnvo in
the orchard. It came to us with tho
leaves and blossoms in thq springtime,
and went to sleep when nature hummed
its uulmnn lullaby. Its smile was a sun-
beam, hut it hid Itself, and wo woke in
tho stillness nf the night to weep because
the empty cradle stood there.
Yes, sad to-day, lor tho leaves nro fall
ing nnd tho autumn skies weeping on a
mother’s gravo. ’Ti* there at our child
hood’s home, which sho Messed lor our
infancy, nnd has left so lonely to us now
A FAST BT0RY.
An Englishman was bragging of
speed on English railroads to a Yankee
traveler, seated ut Ills side in ono of the
cars in a "fast train” in England. The
engine boll wns ritng as the cars neared
the station. It suggested to tho Yun-
keo an opportunity of "taking down hi*
companion a peg or two.”
"What’s thut n-iso?” innocently in
quired tho Yankee.
" Wo’ro approaching a town,’* said the
Englishman ; "they have to commence
ringing ton mi’es before they got to a
station, or clso tho train would run by it
before tho bell cobid be heard ! Won
derful, isn’t it ? I suppose they hnvn't
invented bolls in America yet ?”
"Why ye?," replied tho Yankee,
•'wo’ve got bell* but can't lire them on
our railrouds We run so fast that till*
train always keeps ahead of tho sound ;
no uso whatever; tho sound never reach
es tho villuge till after the train goes
by.”
"Indeed I" oxcluimed tho English
man.
"Fuel,” said tho Yankee, "had to give
up bells, Then wo tried steam whistles,
but they wouldn’t answer, either. I wus
on a locomotive when a whistle was tried
Wo were going at a tremendous rato ;
hurricanes were nowhere, and I hnd to
w hen the storm gathers nnd our wound j hold my hair. Wo saw a two horse
cd hcnrls cry for tho balm of a mother’s wagon crossing tho track about five
lovo ’Twiib well wo looked on that milts ahead uml the engineer let the
in. .( r.w... uO.,1- il.ii.fli l.tirl uni lnu ivlllullil nil .1.■ r llL-.t .I I r... .imi. Tt
mother’s face after death had set his
soul. ’Twould huvo robbed us of tho
beautiful picture on life’* little page,
graven when we first opened our eyes in
a world of darkness, nnd, by tho light
ness of the spark God hnd pweed with
in us, mid knew that face wna love.—
Onward through childhood and youth
that face beamed on us, und our hear s
grew warm in its light. And still,
through tho gloom of years ns, over nnd
anon, we glanced backward, tho same
soft light uumo shimmering through tlm
mint, und wo knew there was a haveu if
shipwreck befell us.
'1 lien full softly about tho resting
p’uco, autumn leaves 1 Spread n gorge
ous covering above her couch I and we
whistle on, screeching like a trooper. It
screamed awfully, but it wasn’t no - uso.
Tho next thing I know I was picking
myself out of n pond by tho roadside,
amid tho fragments of a locomotive, dead
horses, broken wagon, nud dead engi
neer lying beside mo. Just then the
whistle cuino along mixed up with some
frightful oaths that I iind heard the engi
neer u o when he first saw tho horses,
l’oor fellow I he wns dead before his
voice got to him. After thut wo tried
lights, supposing these would travel fast
er than sound. Wo got ono so power
ful thut the chickens woke up nil along
tho road when wo came by, mippoaing it
to bo morning. But the locomotive kept
ahead of it still, und was in the darkness
will dream of that beautiful face with ! with tho light close on behind it. The
tho.now glory of heaven uddod to its j inhabitants petitioned against it; they
brightness, und still beam as first w e saw couldn’t sleep with so much light in the
it ubove Us.
Hummers fade—but ns often does
spring, with a loving hand, wreathe
afresh tho flowers to dock tho brow of
tho young your at its bridal. Hut who
or what ahull restore our faded fl iwers?
Rome nro dead, und sonio in gludness,
but not for us. Wo whisper a message,
hut the passing breezo sighs uml forgets
it. We question the bright orbs aimvo
us, but give us no answer token. Wo
meet them in the spirit land of droums,
and tho loving glance and familiar tone
greet us of old ; and life's stagnant wa
ters leap nnd snorkle ns they did long
ngo, ere the chill wind sealed thorn up.
We listen—and wake to wish wo could
dream forever, or lay our weary heads
where tho nutumu leaves wnu'd fall with
a touch lighter than that which muntled
tho bithcs in tho wood ; for thou, says
the voioo of fuitb, wo will meet nil ’nuath
tho tree of life, whoso leaves will never
fail, nud which grows hard by the river
which flows from benonlh tho throne,
and whoso crystal waters no icy breath
will ever houI.
HAS SHE A CALL TO BE A WIFE.
Has she a cuM to bo a wile w ho thinks
more of her silk dress than her children,
nud visits her nursery no ofUner than
once a duy ?
Has the woman a call to ho a wife
who sits rending tho latest imvol while
her husband stands before the glass vain
ly trying to pin together u bultonlcss
shirt bosom ?
lias that woman a call to ho n wife
who cries for a cashmere shawl when
her husband’s notes nro protested ?
Has that woman a call lo lm n wife
who expects her husband to swallow di-
night time. Finally we had to station
electric telegraphs along the road, with
men to signal when the train was in
eight; und I huvo hoard thut somo of
tho fast truins bo >t tho lightning fifteen
minutes overy forty miles. Hut I can't
sny us that is so; tho rest I know to be
"Little Thing*.”—Tho precioiuness
of littlo things wns never more beautifully
expressed than in tho following morceuu
by H. F. Taylor.
Lilllo marlin box of homes aro gener
ally tho most bnppy nnd cozy; little
villages are nearer to being atoms of
a shuttered paradj.10 than anything wo
know of; and little fortunes bring tho
most content, and littlo hopes, the least
disappointments.
Littlo words nro tho swoetost to hear;
littlo charities fly furthest, nnd stay lon
gest on tho wing ; littlo lakes are tho
stillest, little hearts tho fullest, und little
farms tho best tilled. Little books ore
tho most read, nnd little Hongs tho most
loved. And when nature would make
anything especially rare und beautiful ,fiho
makes it littlo—littlo pearls, littlo dia
monds, littlo dews.
Everybody calls that little, that they
lovo best on earth. YVo once heard a
good sort of a man speak of his littlo wife,
and wo fancied that she must bo u per
fect littlo bijou of u wife. YVo saw tier,
and she weighed 210; we were sur
prised. Hut then it was no joke; tho
nmiwncnnt it. IIo could put his w ife
ip his heart and have room for other
Jhings beside; nnd what wns she but
precious and what wus she but little ?
Multumin Purvo—much in littlo to—
tho great beauty of all we lovo boot,
luted coffee, soggy bread, smoky ton and i hojw lur moat, und remember tbo longest,
watery potatoes, six days out of seven
11 us slio n call to bo a wife who flirts
with every mnn she meets, and reserves
her frowns for the home fireside ?
Hus sho u call to bo a wife who comes J i,,,j,,]|«, ( ,f fagots fur too largo for us to[ and intends calling on her aguin, set it
down to breakfast in abominable cur pa- ji|t# Bat G „d does not require us to down as a fixed fact, that he cares littlo
*tri’ Vi* ” IOHWI, tf 8°" n » » U( 1 “l' 00 * , curry tho wholo nt once, lie mercifully or nothing for her- in short hi vety fur
U n lu „ . , r , , unties tho bundles und gives us first one from being in love with her, *
Ha. Ill, i> 0.1 to 'jo « Wlfo who Imre. 8(U , k which ar „ t „ ,,„ rry ln ,,„ y
li«r tiu.biindwlicn l,n co.„.» into tint „ nU t |i.n another, wW.-hw. nwoWi to
house, with tho history of a hrekt-u ten •
A FEW SEASONABLE HINTS.
Before winter closes the operations of
tho senson, a few matters should to at
tended to. Surface water often injures
especially when rains full after tho
soil hns become impervious by freezing.
It it well, therefore to see that suitable
surface drains uro provided for all low
places. Sometimes furrows have been
plowed, but felt partly obutructod by
loose earth. This should bo thrown out
with a shovel, nnd scattered thinly oter
tho iidjacent ground
A w inter oocusionully occurs with but
little snow,or tho snow lcuves a the ground
some w eeks before spring. In'both cases
the surface is much exposed to culling
winds. A thin sprinkling of straw over the
surface is often a grout protootlonjund cuu
do no burin.
Wo hnVokpown nn instance where
a part of tho field thus treuted, gave about
twenty bushels to the note, while tho rest
was so severely injured tts to bo not
worth cutting, 'i his work may bo done
after tho ground ia frozen.
Hoe thut oil tools are carefully housed
and brushed clean And npplicution of
petroleum to the part* made of wood, will
|)«nutrate the jHiros und render them du
rable. It is more efficacious than paint,
und answers well to precede a coat of
paint.
In storing roots Ih cellars, eoo that they
are dry nuu clean, and thut the «if cun
oiroulute more nr loss among them.
Nothing is worso than tho practice of
placing lieups of potatoes on dump cellar
bottoms. \V ith rutu bag is it is espeoiu.ly
important tliut there Ahould boa tree cir-
culatiiiii of air, und these should bo placed
in lattice cases or rucks, if in tellurs, so
that wind from open window* may puss
through them except in the voidest weath
er. The retting of timbers connected
with cellars, where lurgo quuntitiesof rutu
baguB nro stored, results from imperfect
ventilation.
All young animals should be kept
growing oil winter. Home farmers ex
pect to keep them in u sort of half torpid
stale, and seem satisfied if they come out
in spring ns largo or us heavy us they
entered in winter. Good managers per-
huo u vory different course; keeping
Ilium well foil, dry nnd comfortable, nnd
growing "right ulong" without cessation.
Timely provision should bo made for this
object.—Country GentUman.
"Oun Platform.”—The Nashville Ga
zette puts tho following at the head of
its columns, as its plutfbrtn. Wo think
tho wholo Houth might well adopt it!
Let tho Boothern people be sure to
produce, ns they easily can an abundunt
supply of provisions, mnnufucturo their
own timber and iron into all the imple
ments they need, spin und weave all the
cotton they consume, nnd lot oniy tho
surplus of the staple, if any pans over to
Lowell and Manchester, to be paid for in
cush. Let them do whutover may bo
necessary to Bucuro a freo Republican
State government, and steudily rofuae,
by any debasing compliances, to pur
chase tbo privilege of onjnying their Con
stitutional lights in tho federal Union.
So employed, lot them manfully meet
w hate vet destiny may be in store for
them, secure nt leust in tho possession of
tbuii own solf-rospect.
Dkckption in Love Affaiks.—"YVhcn
over you hear two people pretending to
hate ono another, you inny get your wed*
ding present ready for them.” Tho best
of people deceive, or at most remain si
lent upon affaire of tho henrt; nobody
counts it n sin to tell u white lie when
their own personal experience in lovo is
tho theme of conversation. When you
hear a woman declaring that a man’s
eyes nro horribly crossed; thut ho is tall
as 11 hay polo and as grizzled as 11 Grey
beard ; when she laughs nt his guit;
mimics his gestures, ridicules his dress ;
luugliH nt bis voice, nnd declares that ho
is old enough to bo her father, you may
be pretty sure she is dead in love witu-
him, and will marry him if sho can.
When you hour a mnn praising a lo
lly’s eyes, assorting that sho sings like a
A Ykak’s TnoniLEs — Hometimes I! nightingale, walks liko a sylph, und isal-
compare tho troubles wo huvo to under- together nnd entirely too nngeliu for
go in the course of a year to a grout earth—that he has boon to sco her onco,
• . 11 - 1 , , carry to-morrow, nnd so on. This wo
or 11,0 pnmiWo wl.omiluuto or a; X ena „- if w , W01 , w 0 „| y
miming broonMb f ■ t„k" tho bur,!™ t,“,poi.,M for in each
Him .tea call to Im a wife altnro . bllt w0 „„ r
litwbuwt a love weigha naiiftltt in the la,I- ,, y c „ rryi „ g y „,t or d»y’. trouble
nncotwlh hot next .l,«,ri„ip, bur.. Ian, ,„.j„ y adding to trior-
a,k curtain, nr velvu c„,p„t? row'. Cord™ to our before wuaru
Hna aha a call In I u dr, who 'baa „ | ri .j beur jt _ M „ jV ,,
Hie liearlaclio whenever her husband ,
wants hor to walk witli him but willingly ,» i- - .
wo.ra out her guile, boot, prutnanadiug , '■■nptro at fifnt a
with 111, gentle,iien blond. 1 ' l ,,uU ? nll! “antunoat, which gradually but
IIo. sin, U call to bo a wife who would »>”oly oanand. and emerge., Into bv, a,
toko advantage oft. moment „r conjugal j ' 8CU '“J' l "" nd '’' 1 "Vi" T 1 ,,f Gl,,r “ | -
weakness to oxUrrt money nr exiict a t V r - A »o,n,m of has.I .ye. Invar
■ - J * elopes her husband, never sacrifice* her
husband’s comfort for her own, never
finds fault, never talks too much or too
little, nlwnjs is nn entertaining intellect-
uul uml agreeable creature —InCr.
promise ?
Hus she a call to be a wife, who lakes
a journey for pleasure, leuving her hus
band to toil in a close office, und "imvu
nn eye" when ut homo to the servants
anl children.
Has she u call to be n wife, to whom
a husband's so ioty is not the greatest of
eurthly blo*sings?
a—
f@r An English clergyman recently
preached a sermon in pruiro of newspa
pers. He said they had tlieir place, not
merely ns a pennyworth of passing g., s .
sip, or for the lutest news of stocks gn<!
prices, but as a port of life’s earnest s If
culture.
YVishiko and YVoiikino.—It is idle to
wi»h for certain thing*; it is w iso to
work continually for tlieir attainment.
Many sit with folded bauds, und spend
days in wishing; others go manfully to
work, and capture the good the others
w ish for. Head every energy to the ac
complishment of aims, pur]io*es, and du
sin-* and the result will ta, a life well fill
ed with tho rewards nfiiidindry. A
word to tho wise i* sufficient.
Bkautify Hour.—It ta the duty of
every man to udorn nnd beautify his
homo ; for every mun will bo w hat his
most cherished thoughts and feelings
wrill receive, impress and color from the
character of his habitual surroundings.
The business mun or the professional
man, who is thrown into hourly contact
with human beings wanting souls—with
fraud, ohioinory und dishonesty, blunts
or lores tho finer feelings of his nature
—his thoughts are materialized, und he
is degraded. Cut such a man off from
the gentler influences and kinder min
istrations of home, or sand him to n drea
ry, filthy, repulsive home, nnd you sink
him to the grede of a semi-barboriun.
Hut let bis liotnu be beautiful and udorn-
ed by the hand of affection with taste—
let it be in his eye the loveliest spot on
earth, and his aspiration* will be eleva
ted, Ins enjoyments refined and virtu
ous, bin Impulse* pure and uplifted above
the huiuilialions and degradations of the
outer would,— Chrintian Obtcrrcr.
Mr Hogumil Dawson, the German
tragedian, has introduced an innovation
in the dress of Richard 111. He upjiears
in fu’l armor, or ns the critic of tlm Time
ha.-* it: “AH tin dutanni ic of Richard are
neatly puck d iu tin, like early vegvt*
W»."
®l)c »£utl)bcrt Appeal.
RATES OF ADYKRtlStoO i
One dollar per wpats of ten Ubm for th* Aral is
Mrtlou, nnd Hmntj-flte Cent* per (quart lor cadi
(tibaoqurat iuaartion, not exceeUlnf three. *
Oce aquara three mouths I 8 09
One aquara one year SO 0U
Fourth of a column ais uioutha 60 00
Half column ail months 70 00
(fatcotftmn ail months too 04
HUMOROUS.
The Secretary nf the Vermont Senate
broke down the other day on the numo
of" Jehu YViswell llogaboom ”
YVo have private information that the
latest Parisian stylo of Indies’ dPnsRcs is
soffiething about midway between Mit»
/oppa afra the French Spy.
In Massachusetts they whip wnmerf,
but the whole Democratic party could
not boat a negro—for tho Legislature.-
YVe have had no accounts of-'South'
ern outrage” on freedmon foruiong time.
Wait until another election.
A furrier having facilities for renotif'
ting old furs, advertised in a perfectly
graltmtatlual Ittnniier ! "Capes, viutorinesf
etc., made up for ladies out of their mvti
skins.”
A cotempornnr think* tho miller>iurw>*
..•rV hear when the ttoVeWMfefft not only
makes good, wholesome laws for the
people, but also munufuctures first-cluss
hiskey.
A love touched damsel, writing to
her ••luller," says :—"Co-whnp me John
ny, if things don’t look all tired slink dow n
hero. Tutors is up und the old pig are
doing we'l.”
A writer, dwelling upon the impo-<
tarrpe of small things, says "that ho al-
ways lakes notice ox’eti of a straw, espe
cially if there happens to be u sherri cub*
bier at ofro end of it.”
A lady saw an engine house
with a steeple, nml innocently asked a
gentleman attendant, "NVhn* church is
thut?” The gontlem.m, after rending
the sign, "Deluge No 3," replied, "I
gUoss it must be the Third Baptist.”
Similes and figures of speech nre things
not to be ventured on rashly by writers
or speakers. At the disorderly meeting
ut tho Mechanics’ InstitHto, Dufilin, at
which Mr. Bright was present, a gentle*
man, described ns "Mr. M’CorfV, tho
x)et, ” said of the chairman, Mr. IlnugH-
on, a teetotaler, thut "his pathway had
been strewn with broken bottles ”
An old woman on a steamboat observ
ed two mon pumping uj> water to wash
the deck, and, tho captain being near by,
she accosted him ns follows : "Well, cap
tain, got a well aboard, eh ?" "Yes,
ma’ntn, always carry one,” said the oolite
captain. "VV ell that’s clever. I always
did dislike the nasty river water, espe
cially in dog-dsys.”
A tall Enstcrn girl, named Short, long
loved a certain big Mr, Little, while Lit
tle, little thinking of Short, loved a little
lass named Long. To make n long story
short, Little opposed to Long, and Bbott
longed to bo even with Little's shortcom
ings. So Shot t, mooting Long, threaten
ed to marry Little before long, which
uused Little in n short time to nmrry
Long.
Query.— Did tall Short lovo 1 ig Lit'Je
less, because Little loved Long ?
Qce8tionb and Answers.—Do you en
joy good houlth ?
Yes, vory much, when I have it.
What are eggs uow a days ?
Partly chickeus.
Will you give mo a half cup of coffee?
We hove no half cups.
Don’t you think it worm in the sun
to-dny ?
Can’t tall—I havo’t been there.
Did you suw a load of wood for mo
lust week ?
No—but I saw your wife.
Have you enguged to tuko that cloth?
Why, no, I am unpaged to Charles.
Are you not danr in your price, Miss?
I suppose so. Everybody says I um
a littlu aear.
Aro jou a Methodist or a Buptiit ?
Neither—I om cook on board tho
American.
How do you do this morning ?
Do what.
How do you find yonrsell ?
I hnvn’t been lust.
My son, how is it tbut you waste so
much ?
I don’t waste, it’s sister who’s wuintod.
■jPortland JJuUrtin.
J08H BILLINGS 01 0WU-
Bards is God’s choristers.
Tow the lion ho gave msgesly, lew
the elephant strongl), tew the lux run
ning, nr.d tew tho tiger deceit. But tew
the burda, ho giv buty und song.
And none so blest ns the owl.
The owl is a game burd; he con whip
anything that wears feathers—after
dark.
He is a wieo burd and hoots at moot
things.
Ho is a sollem burd, a cross between
a justice of the piece and county super
visor.
He is a stiff burd, nn-1 sits up na stiff
ns n exclumushun 1
He is a luxurious burd, and feeds on
spring chickens.
Hu is o long lived burd, nml never
wns known to tuik dehth naturally.
Ho is a liurdy burd, and grows tuff by
biking.
H e is a onist burd and shows a open
countenance.
lie is a prompt burd and sulwfk-B ut
onst bis outstanding bill.
Ho is a comfortable burd, nnd alwat
«leei* on fathers.
llo is on attentive bnrd. and during
the duy can alwat bo f<>nnd in.
lie is u festive burd, mvd don’t come
honin till morning.
Thus tho owl is a mistaken emblem of
solitude und sudnisM; it we dig into his
nature closely, he is, emphatically, mu of
ho boy?, add belongs lo the dub.