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F. R. FILDtS, Editor.
VOL. VII.
BO TUB RKUIT.
Do the rT: bt, O child of Heasure!
Lei thy heart he free fn-m stain.
Spurn 11 in ihec cudi >d*UM» treafmrp.
Love the good, ami thou shall gain.
In t lit* bil led h.aunl . f be.;toy
Oft the demon doth invito;’
Dear in mind thy noblest duty-
Shun the wrong aud do the light*
Do the ryibt. O child of so row!
Never lot thy hopes gre w faint.
For,!he sur.sbine come to-no t row—
fo be a worthy saint.
Even though )i:=* to llice seetn-s dreary,
_ And ihv dark as night,
Never iot tby la:ih gre w woai y--
Banish wrong and the right.
Do the right and never fader}
Never be ashamed so <y :J
1 but tl e j ich! thou wilt not alter.
Nor its bappimt-s disown.
Boa good and btiihfnl servant:
Though vour station in the light
May be bumble, yet. if fervent,
Thou wilt conquei wish the right.
AN l‘N FORTES' VI E MERCANTILE
VENTURE.
■ T.nke Lnrk a: 1 ,T<>iut}i Pitfall sat ns
triil,; O' :i r Mon inn a Nurih River
I’ior, and debited ilndr lifwpi'i ale I
t»lt‘oa. The form of Ton Swallowtail,
the tailor, flap ■ ling down the ft’ ■"!,
suggested an hha. Tin v wear hi ran
Tem’a shop while his spree lasted; an 1
this sketch tells hew they vv: i o
mt» ami Kym n,
Accordingly they opened !he fihop of
the abr-ont >'w allow tail, a taih.r, tn< » .
lievotoil to ios tm ' v than his goose,
au l then walked down the ll'iwny In
Chat atu stf. •i la . vietim. S ..,n they
espied a count; yto an feelii'p if tin; tails
«f coats and the lil t ms of pantah one,
which hung am! ft-wiing, wooing' pur
chasers. Lurk am! pitfall soon outt.il!;-
eil the ll< Im. sh Sinn.iVd ( n vim ii
the rustic that Ids best policy was to go
at once with them tis the i • ten eve i stall
lishmrrit ol M - is-. J.url; e. Pill..'!, ami
there he tnrasnn and fr a mit hy the fa
mous euiter, the s cat Luke Lurk him
self. The countryman complied. On
arriving at the i-lop I’itlall assuim.tl
gnat loftimss townnl ti e intern!. .1 vie
tint, l ilt shnwi ii lie- ns tps loin.(I rev
errnce fru Mr. l.mk, who, as hoed ■ i is ••
firm, put in s ! .s kof to •and, os me
ly, ami dip lei :Iy . in. f,
"i) I'J 1.,:. : , : . :' , ; ..! ' 1 , :
proem tied take r im'ii.’s t- a mre.
•Put di IV1 , i . ,
the tape in Id., hand. What i aim V
‘Ruins Raw.’
‘l'm down Rains Raw, K-quire, Mi .
Pitfall, and he careful to take eveiy
thing cm reetiy . ’
‘Uertaii.lv, .Mr. Link, cerlainl.v.’
‘Our system is hi euiiar, Mr. P w, as
you will readily •(- IC! ivc. We nuke ii
« point to gUap " a mall tie I' ligidy, go'
his henrit.gs, son.,- knowledge of ire
chat actor, un i so forth, and then tor, you
Understand, we ml. - Ids i • .sure, ni
know how to suit loth i form and hi.s
feelings—\, n m ili'iK'i,!' •!.’
'Ya-a-fi,' said Raw, h oi dig confused
•Where were you laiicii?’
‘ln Vermont.’
ill y<»u be .••'> kind as to give me
yetir ago?'
‘l’tn going Oil to nigh about twenty
three.’
‘Be limit age t-y t yr.iss?’ irepre
Lurk, with a veiy anxious look,
‘Erpccr so.’
‘llovv old was your father when he
died?’
‘About f .rtv. !
‘That will de- kci p account, Mr. Pit
full ’
‘Vi 8, s'r.'
‘Leave y an' ■ and 5 . pel v ;. -
‘'."l o full farm.’
“Was he thin, ati nl, s‘.i a Phi. or cnT.-
ed?”
'Almost middling.’
Here Raw ski wed . ere sic is < f r< d
iveniss, and Lurk pioceeded to measure
hint fr r pu mofi in ave: y m-e ire
wav, measuring ii e eirem ilrei.ee nl k
W*. inch by inch fiom the ankles to the
Bp
“There’s a I'ci'r of paiit* tl at w ill fit
yon to a clun n !
“Where?’ inquired Raw, looking a
run ml.
“I mean they will lie tome when
they'l l'lie lie. I'll. I ( dining to under
stand ymn ea ■ (■' ctly. Alu m s •
to know who a customer A sph
did idea, as vend! find, when t! . ch-tl.i s
fit. Eve only ali \v none niiesth is, to
ask, while I measure you On a cut a ’
vist. I’ll cm Untie ganging von hy r: ;
Celebrated inch sy-h m, w;,ih; you an -
swer. trot all down, have you, Pilfufl?’
'Everything to a dot.’
‘ All right,’ si 1 f. .kc, plying the taj
measure with g’• al.s.-riuusm.'ss. “Wtm
vi ere you imp i aflei V
‘After unde Rufus.’
■What was y our lather's name?’
‘Bolus. *
“What! Two brothers of the same
liana V
‘Yes, Uncle .lulus died afore father
was born.’
‘Mr. Raw, you are a very remarkable
man, and I always give remarkable men
remarkable fits. How i.- your health!
‘l’m very wed, thank yet .’
'I mean is your health £> i.orally pret
ty good?’
“Gen ially i . pretty g mi ease.’
‘Thai 111 do. A— Vi.tt are gea- rally
beahby yoa’d waut ph r.ty if rcm to
stretch I will give yn a good loose
fit. Our elotkes have n.t tet c. trio in
iust »..-M a’;! we cad .. toe shop, Mr.
j I’itfail will go over to our other oetab
! lishn.ei't and get samples fur you to m.-
. lec! from.’
; Pitfall went out and in time returned
i with rsatisfaetoiy samples; after which,
Mr. RtHus Raw withdrew, to return at
the end of the week, when tl e suit was
i to he ready for him.
j ‘Did von ever so such a greeny?’
i ‘Novel!’said PitliHl, looking melan
choly, with unfeigned pity for such per
. ileus simplicity.
Tiie two now went to a cheap cloth
, ing sum;, and selected a cheap coat,
pants and ve«t, such as they’ thought
i would atioutfit Mr. Raw ; and after tell
j iug the salesman to send the suit at the
appointed time, to Mr. Swal'owlail’s es
tuldisl.nieiit, where they would he paid
for it, they awaited ttie day of their to
ward.
The etui of the week arrived. So did
Mr. EaTun Raw. So did the ready made •
suit ol clothes. He tried tl cm on be
neath the anxious eyes of Link b Pit
fall, merchant tailors. As hick would \
have it, they proved to be a tolerable
fit, will) the exception of a gee sal air .
of lnost'i r.r, which evinced itself prin
cipally about, the legs.
Raw tei'ind about awkwardly in his
new rig, a> and, tike nil men under similar
ciienn - tancis, he was affecteil wit.li ai
in-ane desire to see his right shoulder
blade in the glass by looking ever his
left sin i.'Mei .a nl v ice versa
‘They’ll dew, I guess,’ he said, at last, ;
ill.d hi' promptly drew out a fifty dollar ,
’•leeilbaek livm a large and gieu v
p M'kelbuok, which he aireetinnately re
; marked, 1 had heeii in our family for bet
! ter than forty years.’
'Let me see,’said Ln, i;, clutching the ;
' bill; 'a fifty spot. Have you change in ;
: the drawer, Mr. Pitfall?'
i ‘Nothing hut gold, it so happens; and
vi u know we have promised that (or the
halai ea of that five-thousand dollar pur
| chase. ’
‘Ah, yes. 1 forgot.’
‘But, howeier, 111 step over and
i ehango the hill ’said Pitfall, taking it,, j
"No, no, give it to me!’ e.vclu'mi and !
Lurk, siispictoimly, feaitnl that the temp
; till ion might, prove l m gnat for h»
partner.
‘Y on may tie tip my old su'l,’
■Raw ti Pitfall, slrettitg about in tin
: eevrgarmenis wiih evident sail slaelion,
' briisliieg oil a rp< ck of dust here, a!o ' ■
■ thread there and ever and anon eeruli- I
iiiKieg his improved npperiranee in tin
| glass with an "ec isiaual I ml; of doubt !
at lie looseiifai- around ihe leg's.
Am! pa ni while Mr Lnrk went out
j get the MM changed. Suddenly Rufus i
i Raw . schemed:
‘lb ii ! Where where is he? Com- .
to thins on’t, )'m: got s- urn siuai'ei
; notes in my wallet, and it'll save him a
i heap ot Ironhle, p’r'aps. I'll go and
fetch him hack.’
Out went Ruins Raw, Pitfall tying i p
; the liui dh: of old clothes, while the man!
who had brought the new puit was look
; ing on, and waiting patiently I r his i
pay. j
In (ibmit fifieen minutes afterwards, j
Ell! oil! I'l 1. 1 and ill much as il at am.
‘W,|;.,.f ?‘he gasp-,!.
‘GI ia' after you,’ said Pilled. “IE" !
i aid lie h.ul some smaller notes, and i
ho ii Hi save you the trouble of changing j
, that one.’
•Ti ml,ln? Thed 1! Why, Jonah, !
lids bill is con r. lei foil ! Hois a swio
idler. A l l •■ i I'.ini, qel'k, or we're done?' i
Then there was a race. Out scampi r i
led the eminent firm of Lark & Pitfa'l in- 1
to rhe sti< t after Ruins Raw, end tin
! n an who u as Waiting for his pay ran as
speedily after them, doubting them a!- j
wont as much as they did Raw. Hu:
alas tor tlmml it wan a fVuilhe.i elia-o;
Rufus Raw was not to be found Hr
had been suited too well to render it i
1 likely la would cume back to have any .
ait( latino or any change made.
Next day the chi pfallee house of Lurk
k Pitfall, Merchant Taihris,’ were ex
amined on a dialge of obtaining good-.
Iby false preli'ii-v', and it was with difli
culiy Ihey eseap and pai;iuhim ut.
STAY AT HOME.
(h mpetitimi in certain callings rnti-i
l ave reached ils ntm -st limits in the
large cities of the, North, when Compe
tent clerks and book-keepers can be en
r lged, not singly only but ly the score,
at, Coe pitiful wages of three dollars a :
week. And yet we learn from the Trio- .
nne, that Imth m new York and Phila
delphia, three dollars a w ek is in very
many instance* the limit of e.ilaiy paid
to clerks and assistant hook-keepers in
the large and fashionable dry goods
lions- sos those cities. Os course, with
such a pittance of wages, the miserable
drudges are frequently driven (■> choose
bet ween starvation and thefi, and equal-!
! ly of course they invariably choose tin
j latter alternative One of tins ill-used
1 class who is represented a gentleman by
] birth and habit, a salesman holding a
: most r sponsible position and an efficient
I business man, was recently arraigned
in Philadelphia, on a charge of lludt.
The young man confessed his guilt, and
“tatid Ira k!y that he was driven iu
steal in order to live, ids saiai v of tin e
dollars a week not being sufficient ten
i the commonest suop it. Tins, it ib s'a
t* and, is by no means an excepti irml ,
similar ones occurring aom-st daily.
N'>r will proprietors pay higher wages,
alleging ns a reason that they turn away
cv.-.y in applicants who would be glad
- t-ie-s ’he pi ice.
’ ;tr. s facts srvr -g- to-m to toe
HEBE SHALL THE PRESS THE l -lOPLE’S KlgilTS MAINTAIN, ONAWBD BY >.BAH AKI) tr it BRIBED BY GAIN.
QXJITMAX GEO., UTGIJST 2, 1872*
i-(.ire, iHidii’mie-i , f Ley m g men ■ f the ;
11ut!i, wh.i I y hone.-t iiidiißtrv at home
I might improvii their fortunes and at the;
siiiin 1 time benefit O o region of their
; birth, are forever reaching forward with,
longing desire tor the overcrowd- and cities
of North Each one tfincii B that,
notwithstanding so many have failed he;
at le* t will be siue to succeed. Mot.ll
like, they flutter to the garish flame that :
attractsTiorn afar, and are never satis-i
tied until their own wings have been,
severely aehorched.
Let utir young men stay at home.
Neither fields nor work-shops nor any;
lhi arches of industry are overcrowded
here, and health, competence, and inde
pendence are the sure rewards of all who
! strive to win them.- - I'londian.
Tlks Cmtt Mt'jtrc ,st Kliii lirLitc.
The enlile men of Hiighlon have often
jfo wait a half-hour for the horse ears
which takes them out to Poston. They
wait at whirl is as tlio *Cam
bs'd'.re Our nfllce.’ They littvo a ruddy,
; bovine look, as a general thing; hut you
; will he surest to know them hy a way
; they have el chewing their end-—a sin
! gle straw, with which they also pick
; their lecih at, intervals. Theirs is a
sp 't'ics el Yankee dialect cosmopolitan -
Died by travel On stock trains, and n lin
ed by ciu rent si.mg. It wan not ver;
; long ago that one ol these fellows caused ;
|mo to miiH the Cambi idge car by get
tin i intei'es'ed in a short story lie wa-i
; telling to a fiieiul, who likewise seemed '
la be iu the cattle business. ‘We hud,'j
liiii i it our story teller, ’;i great scare U[>'
: to Shiikwhire t’other night; we seen a!
ghf'Sl!’ Then the diover pa,used, tht'tisi
i his hi a,ol brimmed felt, hat on the back i
of his bead, shilled the straw Rom one!
! e a ucr of his mouth to the other, sirolied
! Ids long wliinki rs, and bent Ida teeny,;
blight eyes ii,<jyi in ly upon the face o{ j
liis companion-—just as i( they had bo
gnu ii bargain over a l.alf-dozmi steers.
This wun, of C'sirse, only a bid for his
Ii ioiiiTs cnriimil v ,
‘Pei'ii a .;-"?’ asked Ids bi nd.
And thus the preliminary hiugain be- ;
il g siniel:. the dioVer shifted the straw
I,ark so the oti.'-r hide of Ids mouth once j
rij.'i’e, aii'l continued: “Yes, sii'ce, u ;
■ ■•host, all in white,-g"du’ about on nil;
i,mi s, bke a r Jg'iu' lion, t ueiu’ who, he I
eoul-i ds .oi r, wi ii a it. tic.; gs a noise, ,
Tiie hull of .-hit i.id ire w-a r-. oft id as one
. ,au, and : p '-'.ally tin- v. nimi. The tar
l thing 'pcared to take a partic’lar |
spfh* agin cattle, for it chased a cow j
hcilerin’down the hull length ot the vil
l.i ge s I reel. The cow ru’Hed its tail in'
the moonlight, nil’ roil mole'll two mile. |
Wall, it kicked up a deuce of a fuss !
~,,.1'd in them parts. H and I ever tell ,
of ohl D aeon Ransh.ad? Wall, old;
!),>-,eon Raudstiei and an’ hiis wife is about J
ip,,' meanest folks we’ve g’t up to Shirk i
Tl ey ’v" always got their Hums
it! I V'l'iybody ek'"''o business, an’ tin; nl- j
(Reiloßt, peskv Raig; anywhere. Now it
WI . IH about liii-ir house this ’y< re ghost |
.j fust se-*n. I’aet is, dim Gilson mu!,
8. me other joker” the bull thing up 1
Pet let ’ll tv.'l weeks ago, when the hull
wis E'viintl «»!<'<?»» ami tne Boys j
!:,U s the ib'aeoll’s Call aW.IV IV is
c an’ go, FI to M'S Deacon’s close-line,
~j i| - km- |l,e deal' ids all rfH, aid a j
pair of' drawer; Ir«m it- Then they;
drawn! the shirt over the four -legs, and
the drawers river the Hind-legit ol the
calf' milthitr 'fl its t !lii li,,m s'd' l - 1 1,11
the '(fine lei:::-, lapping the two gar- :
nmn'ts Iver ,'leh other, m.-'I tyi g thr in '
round tie- calf's middle with a piece ni
-•or "i|i'"!e. Then they t ‘<>k and put the,
Calf qidet,.like, and not hinting of him,
in Hie deacon’s kitchen, 'Will, course, j
Ihe calf begin promenading up am! down j
the kTchr-n’ il pel ting el the milk pins, j
and gelling cot.fused with the gridirons
ami sich. T.,ifs kinder stirred up Mis.
Beacon, and Urn tleacim, too, and they
was bolli powerful m art. Mrs. Deacon
thought tin* deacon'd better go down j
and see what waft in the kitchen. Tile |
deacon didn't move. They both listen-j
a wt.do, mid ill" pars- and gridirons
■ a'tied lomlei'p ever. The deacon, very
; v,,u:dike, said he didn't cu’.culnte J
(lieic was anything (bail-, but, if his wife’
fell aux'o«s about her milk-pans, she’d ;
fk!le i" go don nid lin-k afteS b.em.
'Pl,cu ti e,,; came a riimbkng and a clat
ter that sounded like the stove stinted j
up to visit thorn, and got lazy and rolled!
and e.vn stairs agio. .M; u,'lfl ae-m, a trein
b ing all over, said s ic* ‘irpoaid llio nni-e
ws u r m Ihe house .‘it all; but it fehnt
j ter’d got loose onto tire front stoop and!
! sh-guessed the deacon ought to go j
; down and fix it.
“id,at:, t;„- Iti. I <‘. foil i these is,’ eon-!
, 11 ii tied the drover; “lijalrf the wav tiny
i lie even to themselves. You ought toj
see H m skin an average character. U by, -
[ wouldn't take a c 'nirr'on sa'nt, at tiie
price of ills hide and taller, at ter lie had!
went through their slaughter house! It's
by sifting their lies about one another,.
' yt. see, that wc afterward got all the
! cirennnstam 4X flow .-; ;.ii t they was,’
At this point the arrival of two Car,,
!ou the heels of each other absorbed tiie
attention ol both drovers, and they In*-
i-atne separated in the cr-ud. This
event iil*o had the effect of bringing my
j thoughts h ick ft ''US S>.iirUi;hiri;, j .st in
tone to bee the car I sie nld liavo taken
disappearing around a distant c run'.
The tact waft, I am e allied to say, a g aid
; de if of curiosity was mixed with my vex
ation ; and I ri sol vnl En w to have the rest
!of tbe story, if I iia'i t . wait the whole
-af'e. r, t-r it. Ti. .o I »’js ' flowing
toe yarns’-: yCltfl —o efteft aft i. : . O' g -<1
; lazily in tiie thick es the hur yiug puu-|
: n rather shabby attire, ami ill exceed
■i ply disheveled henviT flat I knew Ire
, was a gent hum.i by his manner, and ;■«-
; peeially bv lbs speech. ‘Excuse me,
i sir,’ he said, with altogether too much |
; beer in Ids voice—‘excuse me, sir; I am
a rich man's son myself; but eoniil yen
i let. me have six cints to ride out, on the
il a! Cltnd ridge cars: ’ Who could re
. s : st the subtle flattery of that appeal?
!It was i• r 1:• ii, 1 y worth six ('pels and
that i s jnsi what it post me. Rid of I im,
1 I looked about me for my story-teller
ag. in. He having satisfied himself
Mhat ti e Brighton car would not he
ah ng for ten t r filteeri, rtiinutes more,
! had lorded luck to t e curb-stone. Here
! I e reversed the. straw in his mouth, und
;he began to make up for the interrep
tinn his story had been to his chewing.
He did not look about for Ills companion;
lie seemed sliteivdly sure that his com
panion would look about, lor him. His
apparent o nfidenen in the power of Ids
absurd yarn was not misplaced, fi r the
eattle-inaii soon made lias way to the
eiirh-slune, and said:
'Wall, the deacon and his wife was
pn if v scarf, was they?’
“Yen am rigid they "’as, and they'd
have staid there and lied at each other
all night if they dared, but they did not.
. Ye see, they was n fee red that tiieii stove
would come up and call on ’em any In w,
; fur it. now made a worse attempt than
'ever. This time, though, when it ’pear
led to change its mind, and roll down
stairs a; in, it appealed to be jiued by
! the company of the gridiron, and the hull
j interesting family of milk-pans, big and
I little carrying a flut-iren apiece. So
Mrs I)'aeon got up, 1 and lit a taller can
idle, and polled Ihe (bacon out if bid,;
; and pushed him toward the head of the j
j stairs. But they had not got over half. 1
way down before the deacon got a flank :
iiiiivi meat on her, and k< pt her in the
van for the rest of the way to the dining |
room. There, while they holli mopped:
for I reath, itml their knees were rattling;
.Mnnio Musk together, they heard a co
tillion of chaire mil fables in (ho kilch- [
en. This, I guess, is vvlmt fust give;
t!u m ret idee of spirits. Wall, liyjpush
ieir oi. e i :.ol her and holding fat-to cue;
••iioitlier, they at last got to the kitchen
door and opened it. Now, Ike calf's i
eyes und voice wasn’t shut off by his!
rinderclnthcK, aid lie saw what 1 sup -
pose he tm k for a good opening for veal, |
and he went I r it, roaring in the gem i
- style of calves. He wanted to gil ;
not. de os, ye see. MIM. Deacon dropp 'I 1
! tier fallen caudle, und hlis and the dea
eon tumbled over each other and screech
i J, and at last got the street door open,
hearing the ghost after them, with the
regular holler thump of spirits. Mrs.;
Deacon it t into the street and. raised |
the neighbors; lint the Dene,on all fired j
scarl ami slink up, f ill sprawling in the ;
doni-wav, and the calf tiersnildei! over;
him. Now, the ca'l’ mderally went to-!
ward hi-; mol her; hut ;t he old cow, mu
I" eogniziiig her eflkpriug in the deaeo-'s
net tmrlicidar which way she went pro
viding she .put itH far as poHsililo out of i
Ii •- |',o m,. (if i"e de r'K -’a g aia! ii g. nmong
the vi eg table e u ihtig-fti'-'i ’, l lie -Calf
awheopiii.;. Ti- old cow, having sk ir- j
lllinhed clean across tlicr iMingea, hie ik-;
ing down Mrs. Deacon’s covv enmber
finines, and laying waste her 8 ,ge died. I
ma le ni,other l-ino tlirougli the gartling ’
fenim, still lollowed hy the calf, a whoop-!
iug 101 l lei’ll ever at the uoliutui'al e.oil
dnet of his iu other. Then they bulb j
rushed madly down the one street, of the i
village, in sight es the hull town, espeu ■
indy the call, bi-cause it waa while, hug
we wore all party well stirred by this I
one. Th -y were found iu : i u o*oig !
tiion 'u two miles froi i Hflii kshire . The
deacon's ufliil ba-l been no near wore oh
the calf Hint his mother had recognized !
him. .The drawers, I’m proud to Bay,
was near hull yit, though a lectle soiled,)
as you may suppose, ami add 'd to the
modest appearance, of the cuff whan hath
.critters was drove hack through the vil
lage the next day. TuC deacon and his.
wife,’said ihe drover, in conclusion, j
“wai’nt hurt in the leant; but they was)
al! ill" M art, 1 recoil. And the best of
tiie hull thing in, they haven't made j
fiarlly any tfoidilu for anybody else
since 1 hat. night; they have I icon so husy j
ly mg about i ucll Ot.; :. - i fl h
in ApyiToii si Journal.
Too Mr<-;:i i iiilnr.—A corrcr-pmulnrit i
Lit Chi isti.'.mt, I’eiinsylvaiii.i, semis us |
!(lm following of an aged iiegrcss, very,
pious, an invetf'iate KiTiober; who drop
: pert io to pay a visit to a neighbor, who
! wim equally well known as a touiper- 1
i ancti n a.a and a haler of tobacco. On j
i setting duv/ji. tlm old aunty poll'd from j
; hei pocket a long jiiae and commenced j
i smoking, to the ii finite disgust ol In r j
host. Tim man maintained his coropo-j
i sure si.-ve a! minutes; but the fumes be
came too powerful for him, and rising,!
: lie. .id; Aunt China, do you think you
are a good Christian? Yes. brudder; 1
speck*-, i is. D<> you believe in lim Bi
ll..? Yus hr miller. Do you know there
a passage tin-ru which says that noth
in - on. i,-,>n . ..ill ium rit tint kingdoin of
ha, beard >t it. Do
you b-i i -■ i t Yrs. Wed, Ghioe, you
cannot Hi t" the kingdom of heaven, be
cause there IS nothing SO unclean as tiie
11. reath of a smoker. What do you say
t. -ha!? W "V, v "en Ig.es to heaven,
I ■■ pecks to ie-./e or.y bcil • ctiind me,
Ojienlmi; for Yinmig Men.
Col. Rocket, iii a I'Mc oit .h.lm article in j
his pn per, the Memphis Ledg.-r, has the !
follow ing well-limed advice on the above ;
subject :
An old friend in the country write*' ns !
to inquire if lln ie is an "i jv'tiing iu the I
city for Ids Imys, who arc well educated,
but thoroughly d'-ignrtcd with farm
life?’ I’m rtal e 1 v Hi." re in an o]>euitigin
this city. Ti-ei'o are, in fact, maiiv
1 iieiiings. One can scuively count tlmni. I
Tuey arc thick, thriving anil thorough. I
If y..nr hoys aie ambitiiuia to engage in i
soiaotliiug useful and profitable, they!
can loudly find an opening at. rliis time. I
June is a trying month to hiisiuess men!
always, and the present June is no ex -
eeplion. \\ o must say to our old friend !
that if his beys i nu.J quit farm life, if;
they 1 .ii quit firm lite, if they are fa
tally bent, on quitting farm life, if the j
shady brooks and blooming glens, and
green hills are distasteful to them, whv :
then send them to this city? There are
openings here lor them to dress in rhe
kites! style, and walk the streets gn.-.inu'
at the ladies as they pass. There is an !
opening to stand on the street comers
and he dimespi-elfu 1 and impudent. :
There is an opening at the liquor s i :
loons to taste the i xhiki rating beverage:
I atul grew merry, grew beiateioas, grew
mud, swear, ri cl, .-tagger, and finally
lull into the bauds oi the police and go
)to the station house,-—The gambling |
i hoiiKi'tt arc always open , Thorn in a j
field where the Coiililry hoy who is din
| gunled with’cioiotry life can ‘get hie I
: money back.’ The openings are not to
iho cmialed. Y. u cannot move without !
, i-l li m filing against oiieol them. But n- j
! nieiid.er, yquug man, when you enter j
i the en als trout of city dissipatiomi, you !
j h>avu hope behind. Dear old folks at j
j home, keep your hoys at. home. There j
j are openings for them there. There is !
i the forest to bo hewed down and fields j
t" he colls I ruoti and. There, employment I
is filin' and ti.e fruits of the earth eer- j
mill. There are counties and Slates to
he govern al, and tlm people who inhabit 1
the campy lie and ti.e power and may com
maud tin’ honor". There is no degrada
ti"ii in l-dior, hut there is (1.-.,nidation j
in leafing about the si rre'n of a. rile, and j
ruin lies ill the end ol die habit. Old !
geutViimn, wo 1-: oa you doat mi your I
! boy s, but you cannot da a better bring !
j than to (lain them to a"ihiadtur.il or !
! a ,- u full. Tli- are more (ioctei.i and!
laivyr;s than the public can support, i
! It \ ears of tod io .-a.ia a foothold
j Hud is firm, ai.d when that is r.lituioed !
the peer fttl'ow finds his licad sprinkled !
with while hair.-,, ill" eye.) dim and his i
brow wrinkled. Ho is nearly' old, and I
him froth'd away liii golden days of
mauliood. No, let f iieTioble,.ambiuoiin :
young fellows eel lnai I'ied, ael lie down, i
eonHtrlift nice, romforluhle hollies, lav.
out farms, s 1 art the w|an Is and the in ills, \
raise Cotton, corn, ami every thing in the!
fanning line. Tin re, is I * he found
irue independence. There, it may be;
reached within a vi qy short time, l af in
the eiliea it. is the work of a iifetiine. |
Y es, there arc op-nings lii i'e for the din- !
satisfied boys of tin country, is.it mi l j
not bo sought ; Tm y neck their v,e.-|
tinis.
“(fat 'aim ton HluM-t.”
The distance fietwccn my post arid ■
Santa 1 V wan over three hundred miles,
and to facilitate matlern l wan orderc I I
to KiiiV. y a lire,' and she: ter roOti.,--cut
ting off afloat sev- nfy lu'des. A Cpiri
pa-y numberisg ahout cigidy men, Was
(Ictaifeil fa - the pro ;.»■ re; and a a the
eoni'sn led parity ll rnu : i aw.oden fc~
giori, a eon "id aa hie erewd wio; icq nil ed
to art us axeien. Tiiree r r fair lively
bkick-and-IHO terriers nceolu; allied the
j command, afTiiding no little ammsement
by their aciivity in snapping' up unwary
i gophers, rats, mice, and other vermin.
The aboriginces, who frequently honored
ins willi their presence, claiming to be
“good Indian, me,” were excessively
picas :rl at those perfol (nances. On a
certain occasion one stidivark'fellow,
wiio spoke a few words cf English said :
to me :
‘Nahlifnnii, heap, good ih-g.’
‘Yds,’ 1 replied, ‘ttrey are good dogs.’
‘Cut ’uni ear, eul ’urn tail, make ’inn
good dog?’
‘Gci'iaiidy; it is becaii'io their ears
■ and tails are Dimmed that they gut
around wo lively.’
'Aought Mo g.t a dog; "lit ’urn tail?’!
‘Yes, bring your dog, I’ll have him!
I fixed for you.’
Next day my Navajo friend'appeared
with a small, (duck, Indian fine, sporting I
a long tail and eais to correspond. Dm- |
-roiling this precious qn.idr-iped IV"in ;
llili hi.■ nkcl, he ft gi.ilii'll a (h siri; to have
| the job done with-, .t del »yr; so I called !
two men, and hade one Imlrl the dug \
! while Hie other ducked h.s tail with an '
ax. Tills did not finl tiro ledskin Wtm ;
I'efused to trn.-.t iiis iV.vorile to the bands
or a ravage white man ami ore furred to!
p.-i-funn toe operation Ijimaelf. I there- j
f .I'M ordered one of tip! men to hold t'i ;
deg u tail ovc i a couveriicnt log, whi'e
file Ollier held his la’-iii and fin-paw.-,
A.I! being r< -;dy, tile Indian K-. or and ah «,
but instead Using ii a:, any olin.-r pr
would iiftve done, he swung Hie
. blade high above his bead With b ull
minds, as it the. object to be separated
i required nis whole strength. Jus’ then
<i.u soldier who heal i .e tail gave II n '
fti Oden puli, vs run ir.e- at the l;(-.td
gave a • i feftp.-niii.g pu»D. Down
j 7 wl nor Annum
NO. 31
i' hi <iiitiin r tfio unforfu
ti:i!i- nip’ | isl foivwsrd of the hind
iqn ii'li’ s, to the infinite disgust of the
• Indian, w‘n> picked tip the disjointed
i halves, threw hie blanket over his shonf
o< t's with indescribable dignity, and ex
i chiitno lin guttural accents : ‘Ugh f
!i -I!' Dinnnl (Jilt ’mu too short.’—Over
j land Monthly.
Down the Hill.
The evening of every man's life in
c oinin'.'; on apace. The day of life will
noun be spent. The sun, though it may
bo up in in'd heaven, will pass down thrt
V.' .'.;i end iVaapppftr. What
' all lie;, t. np man's path when the min
lof life is gone down? He must travel
u to the next world, but. what fthall il
lume ate ha; footsteps after the night—
'all n!' death, amid the darkness of his
; journey; What <.|ne«tiiin ia more impor
tant, in,ire practical, more solemn, fop'
i each 11 aider'of our journal to unit hint
'll?, That is a lon l ' journey to tfavel
will ml afim 1. int every man miiHt
■ p ilofet it. Tim time is trot f;irdistant
when all in a will begin the journey.-
Ti.- re an ,■ , ■■in;:- si ir in the natural
woi'lil. Ii ; radiance is bright and beau
tiful, and iTeiiing to the benighted
iMvcler. 'tut life’s evening star is a
yoiiil hone es Heave, i. (fs heauty and
hriilituii'v am reflected from the Situ of
J Hi-nas.;, whose bright rstys light
tip the evening of life, and throw their
i alliance quite a loss the darkness of the!
i live in to inima :i ucl's land. It lias il--
lumin.led tin foot at (is of many a trava
lev ml" liiei liity. It. is of priceless
value. A thousand world cannot pur
chase il: yet it is ofi'eied without money
ami without price, to him who \t 111 pen—
i'eittly and tliauKlolly receive It.
JitiirsiSai' S'renU. of Mature iu Cant*
tjsia County.
The Jolmsli , :t citTespandeut of the
I’veiisport llcrv.hl writes :
About a month ago a child wits horn
in ft"iin-augh b iciit i'ly which is cer—
i mly one of the most rcmarkablo tnal
loiru itinntt we ever lien til of. Attached
to tii • lw ing child, about three or four
iui'hei li.duw the ,"■<•!;, wit,; the headless
body es I'.itoilier oltilil, which was per
i e l.y Co..'iM co the anus, Which tt
, i red do-ni to loit one linger on either
j linnd. The headless portion was per
fectly developed and the living Child was
-u utiiisita'iy large and IteaUi.y one. Oti
Jon by of last week the physician at
tending tie tn tht• r concluded to ftepa
inle tin I. yiNU'ut which h otnd this
11 wipe freuk n .tum together, and at
Hi tune appointed seven ofonr piomi
i" nt eit .mi-; wr<? pi".-- nt. This liga
ment, or whatever it may ho c alled, was
about one uml nun-half inches in diame
ter, and about one im-li in length. The
mi.-ration wit;; nme■ ,-;|i.tMy performed by
Dr. Swan, and the living child apparent*
': si ii'■ c■■ 1 no incoiivnninmti! li'om tluj
oaratioti until tip! m a. day, when it
■ ; 'icneed inking rapidly and died ill
uhnut thirty luuii's atti rward. Some of
;he or; ans of the hum,in body were found
I th" lie :• dess ls U Ilk, bill bcithCl l till git
Tljc sdne Law.
T' ." ( illowing, from a Weston! dor
re mi it, has the merit of tritth, and
s' ■itv it hoi’r ,-ily and hninoroiis are th<!
methods adopted to r.irenmventi* laws on*
" led to prevent the vending of alcoholic
lev mom: During the brief existence
"i ike Maine 1 ii| ni>■ law, a live showman
( 11 " t Ariel me, Ward i made Itis appear
n e in , with a small, dirty tattef*
il re ass tent,, a half-starved well, and
,a jii vi.iiih looknig key. The admis
-.;nit In; nf leu cents was cheerfully paid
;.y an uni hi r f ‘old spills,’ who maiii
hl at a jn eul arly strong desire to see
(Id:! ve; . common and villainous look
■■ ■■■■-| .■ e'iuien of the animal kingdom.
Hut the oddest, part of the show to tlio
by;aiid< is was, (hat one particularly
li ed old cane had pressed in‘to take
another look at that wolf no less than
■ven time - dnriii the afternoon. The
•ret via: at last revealed. After Sctv
.■ i :;l 11'..’ e-'.-e-I i'l I attempts to start for
home, he ;i 1111 ; oachod the tent door with
an uanhoidy step, and handing his last
denote the showman (I), hiootighed, l
h-h’iieve I’;l take jutt’one more hole at
that moJT
The H i.stou Traveler, says there is a
■'■■at i ■ ■ t , h! drunlmini.T-K in jliimton.
T e law in ad ad letter, puhlic senti
nvnt is nd. ad letter, public sentiment
i adverse to its enforcement, public men
give tin ii countenance to the drinking
customs of the day, women who tiiova in
WMt is called good -O' i'elV UliCOUfagß
■ iriii km;.; liy their example, many of the
pulpita are sil nt hi worse than silent,
and th eiuiimiinity is rapidly drifting
tiP-m cun';ot atiown with the wrecks
• • nes and broken fortunes,
and ruined tneu and Women.
A ' la n i hires out its Convicts to
.on the rad •. i . t' mb lias an iron
m ala at eighteen inches long around
, .Title, In Id ty ■ chain which reaches
u. :o su,i. 1 ids eoiitt tv,nice keeps
.onii -mi running, liny trip aetl fail
n ".->-r ni i< o g the expel imeut. The
i .c, ... ~ i >*•-- and guard ton
,a , e.ce, .cel pay the Slate forty cents
a day ho 8»c;i ma. o labor. lof eveiy
six monies they faithfully work ou lb«
r.md a month is taken t. their term of
imprisonment.