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THE TEMPERANCE BANNER,
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LINES
ON THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OK INTOXirATINO I
DRINKS BY CHRISTIANS.
4 *Yc* arc the salt of tiie earth ;
Ye are the light of the world. 1 ’- -St. MuXh**vr.
I asked of Earth, amid the throng that hi’
Her moral lazar-horse, who still retain
A purifying principle, to he&i
Tito vital taint, ami make the leper whole?
Then from her mountain tups, and echoing hills,
And shadowy vales, she raised a eheerfni voice
And answered, CHRISTIANS!
But I saw a flood
Os dark corruption. Far and wide it spread,
For he who plung’d did straight forget his God, i
And curse himself and die. Amaz’d I marked
Some of tlie favor'd band, With busy toll.
Form new channels for that baleful tide.
As if to irrigate the scorching land
With lava. Not of the dire font
They tasted, —nor their offspring, fail'd to warn
Against the deadly draught;—they only pressed j
Ita venon to their erring neighbor’s lip,*
Until the plague spot rankled in his soul.
Yet from their household altars morn and even,
Daily arose the prayer, that God would change
The sinner’s heart, and turn those wayward feet |
Whose.steps take hold of He!!.
The darken’d world
I asked, “who gave her light?” And she replied, i
“CHRISTIANS! for like a city on a hill.
Behold their brightness beam.” j
I asked, and to!
With gaze that never tirre, they spread, the wing j
Os broad benevolence, to pear the news
Os mercy to the heathen, and to till
The idol-temples with JehovriiV praise.
Yet sot/ut, while moved with purpo-e so sublime, |
Expansive and seraphic, strangely sent j
A poUoii. to their brother t, —coldly stamp’d {
Despair’s dire seal upon his trembling heart
Who wak’il and v. ept for him—ami on fair babes j
rikt tailed the woes ‘ r rphanaeo.
That Mammon's lazaling lure had l.Undeu to*
But thi 1 1 heard them from the B A. inspir’d
Read and ins icr t then’ i.ttle ones,
That rMe* gain'd without the fair of
Were J :t a:, ill ‘;theritancc—K\vl he
Who hastened after vrordO: Wi often fail
’Mid hurt?';’ ‘.art s, and drown his priceless. s-. u\
In deep perdition.. Then I nmrve’l’d m” 1
Pondering the mystery.
At length a .oic.
Flow’d from those lips that blanelSTiS c tl *jgt toe,
“Stium -’V errlr-'i *//'’ and hack they came
To their bleat fold with teutr. So vas joy
In Heaven, —as vhen the dips’ doth turn
First {fan, hi” Bins, end ti d>, . imionfeij? God. H
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♦Said n iarye dealer, “1 krw.v. the drink *. - !1
poisor.e.; sVaf*. i will not drink the “iW ‘• -nr- unds
I sell.”
+lf .wc’urc r.ot mistaken, the Mas-'r, - ..a*
proliihits the latl” of strong drink i'h .■ t > S‘
out permits its. JuAJiufMcton* ‘ ■ -o! tV‘h , r
‘ueighLsrt,” <■ :iof the ‘tut .
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CVh'taLwdX, ,
S-.r o.’ H .:.:.-. .
r'ATHKK fUINISWHAM.
Mr. Editor: —i have read Father O.inniftghar.i’.-!
J'tter to Mr. Overby, with term fn my eyes; and as
Mr. O. will not probably .answer it. 1 beg ton** to let!
drop a fc'” mementos <A ‘.ay grief.
I did liot before kn w that Father Cunningham
was a ttJfl pc ranee Stan. I km.'.■> thtibnvas count
ed rich, but never heard of his attending a t-awsr
ar.ee Convention, h? giving a .foliar ftv the cause.
I do not say that lie ha* not d'r* something for it.
if he ha done anything in that -. ay, ar.d had j
tlrt of niorcy f-ir it, as he has, I -tn a.wy he i
did not use hia influence ftf.d atnerly ad rice to r -
mrain eotiie of t*o drunken rtovijies. it. ’lie last .
klaWre, front ‘reawr.R the ter.peranfs men, or the.
•Wiperance cauw. with scorr. itwl contenipt. V\ci
hav-Iver. told l— soir. , who or orfVring *hem kfo.d
advice, that the v -rv eff.wteoPtv rr*vr. to
return iob ;r men to ’ii” Legislaf.re, ‘will he the -leans ■
•of returning the most drunken set of L"gilator8 1
ffboteb to <Tempcrancc, ii'itfratute. Central intelligence, anti tlir latest llthis.
ever asseti'bkd. A. r,>>..-h -v • • •.. if ‘. icket
full of water is ’imdily. thn more clear wate yon
pour irt- it. the nv*rij muddy it will be; or If a >ug fid
of whisky is caused to disgorge a part of its eoii
t uts, to give plac* l to pure water, the worse it will
make drank come, if Father Cuuningfiair. is r.ol
of this opinion, 1 hope he ’ ill ns:> hir efforts, orgood
I advice, t*. prevent sHfh a result—no’ Only in Greene - -
I nut in every other county. “The war •of Europe, the
| pectiiia; situr’ on of Spain in reeurd to this country,
jour own country it., .-sll lor a .-obir I egis
lature, ns loudly’ as for .Tonkins *V Governor.
The temperance men think n sober Legislature an
object worth obtaining, evert at some other sacri
fice; and to declare openly and above board, Undei
any, or all eifcumtaaie..>; and in order that they
might the better organize or co-operate to this end,
nominated a thorough prohibitionist for Governor.
Their nominee is art. able man in the prime, o!
life, and they have no fears, if he is elected, tliai
any of the affairs of Stale vill suffer ir. Ids hand .
SAME EL.
For tbe Kaan- r.
j MASS MEETINGS.
Air. Editor: —NotwiMwtttnuing tiic cold shoulder
j presented to the ProiiihitirtristH by certain, and I may
j say numerous politicians, it is impossible to dis-
I guise the fact, that their cause is, rapidly gaining
! friends. In all direction., and in every rank and
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! condition of society, the evidences are apparent.—
I The people—the honest and unsophisticated people
! feel, and have felt for years, that something must tie
done to abate the intolerant evils arising from grog
shops. The people, feci, and art as if they felt, that
they now have before than a plan, and the only plan,
that can be relied on to remove these evils. Moral
suasion and every other available means having been
exhausted, how could it he otherwise when a. cause
like this, linked as it is with the best interests of in
j <livictuals and surety, and entwined as it is, with the
sentiments and consciences of every Christian and
j philanthropist. The demonstrations in various sec
j tions, and the great anxiety with all classes to hear Mr.
] Over’oy, are nnmistakeahle evidences of their good
j wishes and determination to support the cause,
j - But with almost, the ontire political press of the
! State enlisted against the position of the temperance
I men, the question arises, vvliat is to be dune by the j
! warm friendß of the cause? What is to be done to ;
j meet the expectations already excited? llow shall
they speak out in defence of the position taken ?
The answer appears to be plain. The press is not i
the only means in a free country which the people, ■
I or any portion of them, have for communicating one
j with another, and consulting together. We have no
j law or custom, thank God, to restrain us from as
j sembling together, to exchange or fix our opinions,
j W e can hold mass meetings, or conventions when I
i and where all can come, and hear, and be heard frea
''y and openly. In ancient tiroes, and particularly in
i ancient republics, this was the mode, and almost the
j only modv of general information and consultation,
j and it is probably the most efficient and fair means
jof discussing public measures at the present day.
j But as it would be impossible for more than a mere
| fraction of the people of Georgia to jss. rnble atone
j point, let me suggest to the friends of this cause, to j
j hold mass meetings at convenient and centra! points
jin the various sections of the State; and so arrange
j the appointments as to come in rotation, so as to al
low the prohibition candidate for Governor, and such
other distinguished speakers as may be enlisted, to
ib. present at them ail. These meetings should com
mence in June in South and South wester Georgia.
Americas, Louisville and Eatonton would l.c favora
ble points. And if r. sufficient interest cnld be got
ten op ir. tic lower and thinly settled counties, :uaa
ro ;etingv hcf. Ihold in them,
j In at; these lower counties th rr. arc run:, irons
prohihitirrihtß, rho ‘only require votnc stM'is arm
and stout h- rts to sympathize with them, and
j arouse them into action and co-e;ratien. As to
j the up-country the old Si ato Temperance Conven
tion, is nppeinteo to take place near the last of June,
in Marietta. Ton ntcciiijr of the <r*rsd Division of
the Sons of Temperais appointed *-> tft’ < ohice
on the 3d Weiinesdny in July, r t Atb. nl •
I; v,< -.ski t a good thh.g if the ilvecnlive Com
| laittee.-. or ihese two organization* couhi eonsoit to
I geihcr, and have-tio-ir wspedtive meetings at the
ran.,- I'. .c anu place. It v oulu add interest arm at
*o liot.b, and no doubt, efficiency t<’ both. I
After the —, n.rin- tings-i..m1.: : h Id in Fornyth,;
j end Lumrikln cuunlies, niao in Haiti.:, and lastly ir,
j Rome.. fter ,or near, tinir, imiru ron.; uounty
: isi vii, >: rn .*>:ting.> can, and doubt!eft. will, be h>*lL
And now, as prohibilio,lists and U-mperance r.ien
jdi.t:bur.tsuan;x ur.d di:- erd- -nny, war agjtirast uir)-
j frolic drink* —'hat dec her, that far that ple.ys
‘through the head ■ :ti corrupts the hear:, it in
| nroje.-r, it : x tight tli l tfr. friends of probi ; Mtioii, on
the c-crariod cf i.i-: - meetings, provide son-.thing
! substantial for he ir.nf”
the arm and stre-ngti •<, ’ e r->dy some • tb< sub
stantial fruits of iheir labor upon which their cueut.
can fosst, he SO-'a'., clear’ headed, and merry. A
visitor * tet:.|*eri*.ftcc mas meeting An wld never
go aw uy witlioiit •’ full beli., &nu a go<xl riatorod
fne'e. Ii U peace and pit :.ty that tanpnrauoe men
i represent and aim to promote, and it is proper and
i right, that the embletnk >f this good dayceming,
should Fe present at their ftsxetnbiitH. They have
gotten up rner.v such f-asf=, and ear. get, up many ’
!roore. S*.*e thw. h- a plenty of r-s-ted pigs, rout
-1 torw, otiftrt'TP r c beef, vegetable l -, good cold vatei
? read. ntentv ‘ f t /- M v ate. V wash then,
down.
i From such ?. fe.-.;, motliers, wive-i-ter and i
‘children will gieet the return of father*, husband#, ’
I’LM'ILIJI, (iEOKIiIA, SlTIRim, MV HI. 1855.
brjtln-KS ami -soi s, with si .il,.s and inevpressilde de
iglih No dread—uo sighs and groans will lie henrd
from such occv.-.uiis. The ladies and children, wHo
suffer now from th< demon of intemperance, :.re
reedy ( aid, us they always lmvu t< r.c, in preparing
there fea.s.s.
In addition to these pass and comity meetings,
meetings doubtless will be held, and able speakers
be heard in all of our large towns.
Should the friends of the cause C'uoiudv to get
up sarin a series of muss meetings, no doubt the
a! lest s; callers ir. the Union would rejoice to visit
our State, and aid us with their .nouns’ Is. Young,
of Kentucky, Reiser, of Alabama, and O’Nchll, of
South (sarolina, are giants in this cause, and proba
bly they could be indnead to be with us. I hope
we vhail nea from our friends touching this matter.
FKiIRT-LSE.
iSJßi6ceU'attcuu6 Sclccft©ue♦
FEWER RONES BROKEN.
IV Sweet, the “original bonc-settur,” is reported
to have said that the Main, Law in Connecticut
would make his receipt three hundred dollars less
than last year, on account of the diminution of acci
dents caused by rum. A large share of bis prac
tice was derived from the effects of liquor drinking.
Accidents were constantly occurring, such as sprain
ed and broken limbs, bruised heads, swollen feces,
ar.d dislocated joints.
THE RKfANNINIMNLi THE END.
What a picture is here presented in an item from a
late number of the Wheeling Tiroes!
“Two persons came out of 011 c tavern, on Wednes
day, with the mania a yoto, raving road: three
Irishmen lay dead at the same time in the house,
\vl iie twenty drunken men and women were danc
ing and howling around their bodies; at the same
time, too, the Clerk of the Circuit Court wan issu
ing fourteen writs of niandamr* on the Clerk of the
City, by order of the Judge of the Oomt, to inquire
why the said Clerk did not is, u” a Ikon#- to fourteen
persons to sell liquor.”
10 THE I’UOrTnDIAN 1
’ The Home Journal snys: In the .State f Now
: York, two tribes of Indians, the Cattaraugus and
j Delawares, upon hearing of Governor Seymour’#
veto of the Maine Law, immediately formed a reso
lution that if the white men would not abolish the
cursed traffic, they would, and accordingly passed
| a strong Prohibitory Law among themselves. Go,
white men, and hide your diminished bends. The
untutored savages #how au example worthy of imi
tation by the educated and refined pale face.
BACHELORS MAkTT’nOTE OF IT.
Tlie young ladies of the Illinois Institute, at
Wheaton, Du Page county, recently passed the fol
lowing resolution ‘unanimously:
“Retohed, That we, young ladies of the Illinois
Institute, pledge ourselves not, to keep company
with, or join in the sacred bonds of matrimony with
any young gentleman, who is not in favor of the
Maine Liquor Law, or some other prohibitory Jaw.”
AN ARGLMEyTtOR REPEAL,
The Maine Law threatens to render the jailer’s
“occupation” obsolete. The jails in Vermont, through
the rigid enforcement of th< law against the sale of
liquor are in a rapid decline. Some of them are
without tenants. In Connc-ticnt, jails are adver
tised, “7b Lei.” Ther-ri . but one prisoner in the
tail at Greenfield, Mass., and <!n jailer says “the li
cuoj lav m( he repealed, or be will starve.”
‘ vMoTt Tilth WH,”
Mr. F. 8. Peabody, the Whig and Know Nothing
candidate for Senator, fn one of the districts >i
Maine, was waited upon by a committee to know
whether, “if elected, he would vnt- for any modifi
cation of the iiquorlaw;’’ ar.d h” sr.awerc-'’, “Yts, 1
should go for ’sitting in nr re nrrcv.v.”
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THE NAIL HIT (JN THE HEAD.
liuintu. lav/ has no direct po l er to ront.i.l a di- •
eased aj-patit... We tety jjt'iiu*?#: t .'ii; retiuler for
sell'ng, and imprison the drunkard for getting drunk;
Put as so.* us the victim is released from bin coailnc
meut, the rfcUikr kindles the npp<.tit> anew. We
have rried this .uetiiodof refbi'm fev more than wo
centuries, a mya,. x'm ire not at all adv.ri< e<i lieyond
the starting place - probably are Ijehiisj it. Now
v have found, that though >vc cai. not knock a hu
! man ;.a. sioii oq tho iiesui, yet we an knock whis
ky barrels o:. the h' - a<i, an<: tbur. l"k the pascion,
nml a" its victim*.
sh. . .riu'l,l of temperance, then, I sty, nave
achfo’Cd a pcsifiqn ontirrly w-w. The “Main* JLaw”
is a* great a iiir.eovcjy n. i.x >v#i in
physics. —JJoraoe Mani.
nrwn •■bmc'ime ; hear of men who will noi. sign
petition for the Maine La •, so r fear they may 10.
a farthing or two on ti e pri’ < of grain. They thus
render the ir-ipliiion >*f the ‘vorth of souls Such
n.rr • ai'-t rather go to hell, than to (.ay fur f i riagt;
acr.xsc J'CTdar. to Heaven. When m ad, they ought
to be buried without the cx( e:.se fcetl .i They
wifi never Sc move 1 in th • day of judgment, unie.'ia
mighty smaii atTnirs. are (fev -. -r. the recorn. Had
they lived in the Saviour’s time they would have be
traye • him ff-r much !<•. ; than del Judai,. Ahu .he!
of cor:, in the ear extra, or a cent and a half advao-ns
jon a bushel of Farley, would buy thorn out oi bii.v.
They would consider them selves shrewd trcnagi-rs if
I they could make two-arid-Hixi>ence bv th.. total dam
nation of the rest of mankimi. They • ould make a
race gr xmd of para'll#*, and let tl • pare ground
j for grog shaiff'es and hail alleys, if ttn* devil v euld
1 pay them rent.— Chief.
A JtEAlim’UL EXTRACT.
The following >#autifu’. in. agraph. in ken ;>.•
the address deliwCfi before the vruduHtinjr duns o
Rutger’s College b v the lit u Tb. idv Fr. lingiuiy.
sen:
“Ktaejlvu Go Uo on.ottii: g n-. ui. bone )able, duti
ful, and da it hviu t'lv. Ku|>cl the thought ;lmt yo*t
cun, and tberef you may, live above vnrk ?•.n<
without it. Among ih. most pitiable obfects in so
ciety i.s thrtr.au whoi mind nni (sun trained by
the liscitiliii “ o’ education; who iias ll arn.sl bow D
think, and the value of Ids immortal powers, and
with all these n bile j'o'ultics ci'ltivate i and (irspaf
td sow an hoii'Wnhlr activity, ignobly sits down to and
nothing, with ii” influence over tlin public mind ;
with no interest in the concerns of his country, oi
even his neighborhood; to b< regarded ss a drone,
a iUiout objects or character, with no hand G> lift, and
no effort to put forth to help th< ‘gilt <r defeat tin
wrong. Who can think with any . nlmnes of such
i: miserable career? And, however it mav be will
you in aciivi- enterprise, never permit your influence
so goiut-> hostility to the cause of truth and virtue.
So live that with tlu> Christian (xw-t. you may truth
fully aav that
‘lf your country stand n- < by your skill,
At len.- t your lollies have not wrought her fall.”’
TH D IIOHKIfIIiK OIRITIMSTANHS.
The Pittsburg Daily Union of Monday publishes
the following tide of horror :
The following horrible story may be ditfli ult ti
believe, from it similarity to one which has beet
ta>ing the rounds of the tvewspaper press for the pas
few years, but it is, nevertheless, true. Wo obtain
ed the circumstances from i> friend residing in Alle
ghany, a female relative of whom arrived from th.
neighborhood on Saturday. On Monday w eek, qulti
early in the evening, the house of a widow lady named
Mrs. Fowler, situated six miles thii side of Freeport,
on tiic Alleghany river, in Westmoreland county,
! was entered by a mnn whose face w as blackuied, ami
I wtir se evident im.entinn was to r.d; her. She was a
! middle aged lady, of good circumstances, owned a
valued farm, and t ad :: considerable amount of mon
ev in the house. Scarcely bad the mail got Fairly
into the dwelling, when lie was seized by the throat,
by i. large dog, w hich killed him before he let go his
i hold. Tlie robber war discovered ■’hortly afterwards,
! and on hi.-i face being washed, it was discovered that
he was Mrs. Fowler’s'own son-in-law!
On tbe same day a gentleman named Jacob Byer
ly, living in the same county, about four miles from
Freeport, shot himself, under the following circum
stances: His mm had fcr some time been talking ol
going Went, and on the day mentioned, came to tin
conclusion to start. Mr. Hyerly wan very much op
posed to the idea, and did all in his power to prevent
hh offspring from going. Tlie old gentleman stood
in the doorway of his residence when th<> ton depart
ed, and gazed at him until he had vanished from hi.-
sight, \jdien scalding tears commenced counting down
Ids chcikii, md he .veined perfectly overpowcrti
with emotions. Mr:;. Bycrly, who wuh standing be
side her husband, told him that there was no u.-t
mourning over it, a: it could not he remedied, ami
that he bad better cotno into the house and partak.
of some to-d. Ha went in, but instead of doing a.-
reqaesti and, he took down n. rifle which wuh banging
against life wall, and going outside of tin house, in
blew his brain; out. The non had got but a mih
and a half from hotne when the tragical occurrence
took j.lace, and on being informed of the fact, he re
traced ids steps, and found his parent weltering in
his blood Mr. Bycrly was about forty-five, yearn o
age, ‘.vs |ssssef std of a large fortune, and had a nu
merous family.
A HUNGRY CARPET BAG.
The Buffalo Lxjiri s” relates nr. amusing incident
which occurred at brie ii few days sine.-. \ gentle
man ieft Gleveland for New York at an early hour in
ti e roomin'without hi- br< /kfosl, and bring /cry
hungry, upon toe arrival of the train at Erie, entrri il
the dining room, and pin ring bis carpetbag upon a
cb-or. #•!< down ‘■esiiie it and commenced a valorous
attack tino'i tbe /i#nd- j.lwed before him. By and
by'.tbe proprietor of the ostaWishiuent came around
D c.dli-’ . farce, end upon resrhing our friend, ejacu
lated, “Dollar, H'r!” “ A doliari” responded the eating
roan, “a dollar ttioncht you only charged fifty cents
a meal lornn* #h? ’ “Tbr.t’s t: no,” said Me/rnwM,
“tuff. I count y< ur carji'-t bag one, since it (” uipieH
a.” (Tie; aMu wa# far from Mn., crowded.)
O'-r friend cap .at ia . o hot the a idloru insisted,
and the dollar was reluctantly Drought forth. Thu
! landlord pui,#od on. Gut lrivrsi deliberately rose
j and opening hie car; oag, full in its wiio month,
i di,coursed unto it saying, “Carj.-et bqf, it seems
j you're an individu#; a human iiuiividiiht since you
i cat —at least I m jsiiu for you, ami now you tnu*l
jest,” upon wh>.h haesized everything eatablewlth
jin hh reach, nuts, raisins, apples, cakes, piea, and
j amid t!i r'a: of th-. hysoittdor:', the delight of hi#
I brother passengers, and diHCOtnfiture of the land
jlord, phieginaliuaUy went and to At hir. scat in the
I cars, He Haiti he had provisions enough to last him
!to New York, after a bountiful supply bed been
i serveu out in the cam. There was at least wotlh
|in the bag- upon which the landlord realized tv>-
I thing in tin way of profit. .So much for meanness.
-a .tH.e
j Mentis a lady who bad not been ft-
vored with the inoet harmonious voice would never
thoh : atfornpt to sing. A gentleman, one of the
company, said to another, “Whatikx.# she call that?”
He replied, “Tb ; tempest, I think.” On which a
seafaring ger thmr.r. pro: ent exclaimed, “Don’t lie
alarmi-l; it is r.o tcnqiist; it is mert-iy a mj and
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1 . Sterns.
E r.iiy F'i ‘-.'s Jk*t Thing.-- Father ir, coming!”
tod little round fcc grow long, and merry voices
>rc hushed, and toy u aio ii untied into the closet, anc
natnma glance* nervously at the door, ana the baby
i# bribed with a ‘ump of sugar to keep the peace,
n.d father’s buni *■ o fan: rrin.tcs nut a muse.e, and
the little group huddle like tim'd sheep in a corner,
>nd 0 i is dy (Hitched as Silently as i! sjivrking were
ir ihdiitt"! by hi .r.tutc book, and the children
creep like culj rils to bed, marvelling that baby -arc
■ry m loud, now that “father has come.”
“Father iu coming!” and bright eyes sparkle (or
;oy, and tiny feet dance with glee, and eager filCen
•mi# apjain.s; the window pane:, and a l>evy of rowv
ips claim kisses at the door, ami picture liookn. lie
on the table, and fop and ball,;, and
.foil#, and kites ar<- discusHed, and little busy lay a
mi oft cheek against the patmnal whisker# with
he most fearless, ‘abandon’, anu C harley gets a
’ovepst for his ‘medal,’ and mamma’s face grow# ra
liant, and the evening pap-ci is read (not silently,
but aloud,) arid ter and toast and time vanish wit!
equal celerity, forjtibik. has arrived, and “father
ias come.”
Cure fn A iv. —Take twelve ounces of dislike, one
;s)und of resolution, two ounces of the powder of ei
lerience, n long sprig of time, fourteen drachms ol
tho quiet of dishonor, and one quart of the cooling
eaters of consideration. Set them over a gentle tire
•t love, sweeten them with tho sugar of forget fill ness,
skim >t with tbe spoon of melancholy, and put it to
tlie Ixfttem of your heart. Then cork it with a sound
conscience, Un if remain, and you will truly find ease,
and bo restored to your right wjn#es again. Those
things are to be haii <>f Mr. Love-onc-only, at tin
hou:e of Undutstanding, next door to Reason, Pru
dent street, in the Parish of Gomeutmunu
Old Age. —lt is not Well that* man should alvrny
abor. Hi#, temporal a# well ns spiritual intercut de
mand a nemation in tho decline of life. Some years
of quiet and reflection are nee/ ssary after s life of in
lustry and activity. There is more to concern him
in life than incessant oceupnlion, and its product. -
wealth. He who has lieen n drudge all his days to
one monotonous mechanical pursuit can hardly )>■
tit for another world Tbe release from toil it: old
ago moat men have the prospective- pleasure of; and
m the reality, it in as ('leaning ns it is useful and aal
utary to the mind. Much advantages, however, can
only be gained by prudence and economy in youth;
we must save, like the ant liefore we c n hone to
•ave any rest in the winter of our days
Chrerfulnm r,n Death. - , hen: is something ur.
latural in tin painful and extravagant gym; athy
with which the dying arc mu-rounded. Ilia not such
a gloomy thing t • die. The w orld has pleasant pla
ecu, and 1 would hear, in my last hour, the voice, and
the birds, and the cadence of music, I may have Itrv
d; but. better music, and voices of more ravishing
swetness, and far pleasanter places are to lxj found
ii heaven, and I cannot feel that it in well or natural
to oppress the dying with the distressing wr.tched
nessof common sorrow. I would be let go cheerful
ly from the world. I would have my friends com
.fort me, and smile on me, and fuel willing that I
should bo reli used from sorrow, and (werplexity, and
disease, and go up, now that, my race was finish, and,
lo> fully to my reward. And if it !■ allotted to me,
h: j . 1 pray il will, to di* in the summer time, I would
he borne out into th< qicn sky, and have my pillow
lift<-1 that I might i.re the netting nun, and pa;; away
like htffi with unilimin!rihil light to another wot Id.
A French WUnum. —The French woman’# riiai*
ict eristics are generally that she i.s unexceptionable
shod; that *h* wear# inimitable glovia; tliat !
ns, a toilet of two color# orfly, w ith a distracting way
of wearing it; that her manners are bewitching—
full of small grader and delicately ishaped coqueti iea,
ind neve wanting in the nicest appreciation of ex
tornal proprieties, to which her flirtation# are always
Mnbordinate —that she ha.; a marvellous facility oi
calking clean through tiic diuy streets of Paris, and
/is marvellous a knack of holding up her drew# with
oiu hano over the loft hip ; that site has a bewitch
ing habit of mistaking her friends husband for her
ov.-n. These ar. popular characteristics, and so-w
people allow her any other; but those who know
her, know that other though te. beside# dress and
flirting, work Imneath those smooth bands of glossy
hair, which look as. though they had taken a lifetime
lobring them to their pfU'-nt high condition of jail
ish and intricate arrangement, ami that the bands in
tln/ir cloec-fiuing gloves esn do smietli ng fe tter
than make up cap# and crotchet purses; that slie i#
trot only an agreeable woman of society, but also a
careful hounektepeT, to affectionate mother and a
-.ubinis-iive wife. \ French woman chan, her gloves,
tight boots, silks and lacos, and at the c#t of a few
.c* ts and with a surprising success. They pas# for
new on any ir.spi-c'.km but the closest, and are wor
thy to do >o- A French woman never buy# a lining
fra new gown; she cut# up her old gpwt sand
woi n out petticoat# in#tea’- Sl,c unpick# and siitcbe#
up again, turns, irons, and renews, until every inch
of tire stuff Ita# #ervtd half ad. zen purposes, and
there is not an unworn thread in the whole garrot nt.
A French woman is always noticeable for her chan
linen—cuff# and collar# alway# white and fresh; but
then i-he works them herself, and thus j rocurc#
another large f- marine luxury at small cost. It i#
the name with her table linen. Napkins at break
fast, napkin# at dinner, and fresh table cloth# or
supper napkins constantly renewed
A good life i-. the best philosophy.—a clear con
science the best law.—him*”'’ >’ ’ ’ cue neult
t JAMIiS T. lII,AIN,
PIIINTEK.