imaginations, but will only say that
when Ellery and Jeane entered
from their visits, they found them
sitting tcte a tctc, and smiling.
All was explained, Jeane and
her affiance most magnanimously
taking the blame, and Shirley, in
fits happiness, pardoning the plot
ters who had been the means of
his present felicity.
Arid so was the widow-hater
cured of his prejudices by his mar
riage.
June, 18*50.
€'fHtpcrnnrr.
BOSTON, Junk, 13, 1850.
Dear I* riknd. — Unclosed I send you an
account of the celebration in this city on the
occasion of the meeting of the National Di
vision of the Sons of Temperance of the
United States. There are about ninety del
egates present, all the States are represented
except Arkansas and Florida. There are
delegations also from Canada, Nova .'cotia
and New Brunswick. ‘1 here is much busi
ness lor us to transact, and when we will get
through, it is impossible for me to say.
The national celebration of the
order of the “ Sons of Temper
ance ” —an event which has been
looked forward to with much in
terest by the members of the order
—came off yesterday in this city.
The weather was unfavorable fur
the occasion. During the forenoon
the blue sky was shut out by dark,
heavy clouds, and at times the rain
came down in refreshing but annoy
ing showers.
The early trains of cars came
loaded with people from the neigh
boring ciiies, towns and states, in
attendance upon the celebration.
At an early hour the Grand and
Subordinate Divisions, and the Ca
dets of Temperance began to
march and countermarch, as recep
tion committees to the out of town
delegations.
At half-past nine, Washington
Division No. 1, of this city, accom
panied by the Suffolk Brass Band,
proceeded to the Eastern Railroad
station, and received large delega
tions from Newburyport, Salisbury,
and Amesbury, and escorted them
to Gibbs’ Hotel, where they break
fasted. Mnzeppa Division, from
Lowell, accompanied by the Low
ell Brass Band, Shawsheen Divi
sion, with the Lawrence Brass
Band, the Worcester, Portland,
Lvnn and Nashua delegations, each
with a band of music, and the New
York delegation, consisting of about
five hundred, accompanied bv Din
ale’s famous band, made our streets
all alive with delightful, spirit-stir
ring sounds. Long before the hour
fixed for the procession to move, the
various streets through which it was
to pass were lined with spectators,
eager to obtain a good stand.
O o
At nine o’clock the members of
the National Division, Committee
of Arrangements and invited guests,
assembled at the Doric Hall of the
State House.
At about ten o’clock the proces
sion to form under the direc
tion of Win. A. White, Esq., of
Watertown, Chief Marshal of the
day. His aids, Col. Cowdin and
Win. H. Wilson, Esq., were mount
ed upon splendid chargers, and sta
tioned in Beacon street in front of
the Court House, commanding a
fine view of the gathering hosts.—
Large numbers of people began
to collect in the vicinity of the above
named point, and before eleven
o’clock all the streets in the vicinity
presented a scene of solid masses
of human beings. The line was
about two hours in forming, and for
this purpose there was a constant
tramp of detached columns, march
in? and counter marching, an in-
O O T
cessant clang of martial music,
flaunting of gay banner, varied by
the clatter of the hoofs of the horses
rode by the Assistant Marshals and
Aids.
At about twelve o’clock the head
of the column began to move, the
•bCTurent Divisions filiug out fiom
right-Hwd left anti joining the proces
: i°u in the proper places. The
scene at this moment wg§ grand.—
The line having been got fairly in
motion, the procession moved along
the route previously marked out,
which was through the principal
streets of the city to the common,
by the south west gate, where it
was dismissed.
The procession consisted of be
tween four or five thousand people.
The officers and members of the
National Division, representing ev
ery State in the Union—rode in
carriages, together with invited
guests.
Among the invited guests pres
ent, we noticed the Hon. Robert
Bantoul, Francis Tukey, Esq., city
and alderman Grant.
The streets through which the
procession passed were filled with
lookers on. Gay banners and flags
and streamers were displayed at
different points along the route, and
the windows of the houses were
radiant with the beauty of Boston,
who put on their best smiles to wel
come their visitors, and incite the
noble cold water lovers to fresh en
deavors to do good.
The Mass Meeting on the Common. —
At three o’clock the multitude gath
ered upon the Common for the pur
pose of hearing addresses on the
subject of Temperance from some
of the distinguished orators from
abroad. A stand for the speakers
was erected in the valley, half-way
between the “ big tree ” and the
Trernont street. Near the pond
another stand was erected for the
Suffolk Brass Band, who discoursed
most excellent music between the
speeches.
Gen. Samuel F. Carey, of Ohio,
the Most Worthy Patriarch of the
National Division of the United
Slates, presided, and made the in
troductory speech—one of great
power and eloquence.
Addresses were also made by
William A. White, P. G. W. P.,
the Chief Marshal of the day ; Rev.
Thomas P. Hunt; Philip S. White,
P. M. W. P., of Philadelphia; Rev.
John Pierpont, Col. Win. It. Drink
ard, G. W. P., of Virgina ; Rev. G.
Conway, (Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh)
Chiefof the Ojibbeways, and Dr.
Charles Jewett, of Milbury.
We noticed upon the platform a
number of distinguished speakers ;
among them were Rev. Mr. Par
sons, of Ketvucky; Mr. Patterson,
G. W. I\, ot Louisiana ; Past Grand
Worthy Patriarch Willigford, of
Georgia; A. P. Abell, P. G. W. A.,
of Virginia; Gen. J. P. Jones, of
Medway; Gen. Wilson, of Natick;
Reverend Edwin Thompson, Presi
dent of the Norfolk County T. A
Society; Dr. James L. Jones of
Virginia, and J. H. W. Hawkins of
Maryland.
The speeches were all able and
were very attentively listened to by
the thousands whocrowded arouud
the stand.
The meeting closed with three
cheers from the audience for each
of the states represented by the dif
ferent speakers and then three more
“for our dear selves,” in answer to
a proposition from Alderman
Grant.
*
How to Marry. — When a young
woman behaves to her parents in
a manner particularly tender and
respectful, from principle as well as
nature, there is nothing good and
gentle that may not be expected from
her, in whatever condition she may
be placed. Where Ito advise my
friend as tohisehoice of a wife, rny
first counsel would be, ‘look out for
one distinguished by her attention
and sweetness to her parents*’ The
fund of worth and affection indica
ted by such behaviour joined to the
habits of duty and consideration
thereby contracted, being transfer
red to the married state, will not fail
to render her a mild and obligincr
o o
com pan ion.— Fordyce.
Hts Name. —The new prince of
V icloria is to be christened ‘Arthur
Patrick Albert,* the first in compli
ment to the Duke of Wellington, the
second in compliment to Ireland,
and as commemorative of herMajes
ty,s visit to the sister country, and
the last after his illustrious father
the Prince consort.
Jllisttllnntj.
One Way to Nullify a Bad Lease.
There is a shrewd and wealthy
old Yankee landlord away down in
Maine, who is noted for driving hi?
•sharp bargains,—by which he has
massed a large amount of property.
He is the owner of a great number
of dwelling-houses, and it is said
ofhimthathe is not over-scrupu
lous in his rental charges, whenev
er he can find a customer whom he
knows to be responsible. His object
is always to lease his houses for a
term of years, to the best tenants,
and get the utmost farthing in the
shape of rent.
A diminutive Frenchman called
on him last winter, to hire a dwelling
he owned in Portland, and which
had long remained empty. Refer
ences were given, and the Yankee
landlord ascertaining that his ap
plicant was a man ‘after his own
heart’ for a tenant, immediately
commenced to jew him. He found
that the tenement appeared to suite
the little Frenchman, and he placed
an exhorbitant price upon it ; but
the lease was drawn and duly exe
cuted, and the tenant moved into
his new quarters.
Upon the kindling of fires in the
house, it was found that the chim
neys wouldn’t draw and the buil
ding was filled with smoke. The
window sashes rattled in the wind
at night, and the cold air rushed
through a hundred crevices about
the house, until now unnoticed. The
snow melted upon the roof, and the
attics were drenched from leaking.
The rain pelted, and our French
man found a ‘natural’ bath room
upon the cellar floor but the lease
was signed, and the landlord chuck
led.
‘I hav ben vat you sal call ‘suck
in,’’vis ziz dam muison , —muttered
our victim to himself, a week after
ward— ‘but nimporte—ve sal see, vot
ve sal see !’
Next morning he rose bright and
early, and passing down town, he
encountered the landlord.
‘A-ha! —Bon jour, monsieur , said
he, in his happiest manner.
‘Good day, sir. How do you like
your house V
‘Ah ! Monsieur-—elegant, beauti
ful magnificent! Eh, bicn monsieur ;
l hav but ze one regret’—
‘Ah ! What is that V
‘Monsieur —l sal live in zat house
but tree lit tel year.’
‘How so V
‘I hav find, by vot you sal callze
lease , zat you hav give me ze house
for but three year an’ I have ver,
mooch sorrow for zat.’
‘But you can have it longer if
you wish’—
‘Ah, Monsieur—l sal be ver’
mooch glad if 1 can hav zat house
so long as I please eh, Monsieur?’
‘Oil,—-certainly, sir.’
‘ Trcs bein , monsieur ! I sal valk
rite to your oflees —an, you sal give
me vot vou call ze lease for zat mai
son jes so long as 1 vant zc house. Eh,
Monsi ur.’
‘Certainly, Sir. You shall stay
there your life-time if you like.’
‘Ah, Monsieur —I hav’ ver”
mooch tanks for zis accomoda
tion.’
The old leases were destroyed
and anew one was delivered in
form to the French gentleman, giv
ing him possession of the premises
for ‘such period as the lessee map desire
the same, he paying the rent therefor,
promptly,’ etc, etc.
The next morning, our era ft v
landlord vves passing the house
just as the Frenchman’s last load of
furniture was being started from
the door; and an hour afterwards,
a messenger called on him with a
‘legal tender’ for the rent for eight
days, accompanied with a note as
follows :
‘Monsieur,
1 liav bin shmnke 1 bav bin
drowned—l hav bin frees to death
in ze house vot I have hire ov you,
‘for ze period as 1 may desired l
hav stay in ze dam house jes so
long as / please ,’ an, ze • bearer of
zis vil give you ze key !—Eon jour,
Monsieur /’
It is needless to add that our Yan
kee landlord has never since been
known to give up ‘a bird in the
hand for one in the bush.
SPECIMEN OF YANKEE
COURTSHIP.
‘Now darn it Sal, I say, where’s
the use o’ this eternal sparkin’.—
You know me anti I know you, so
now if you’ve any notion of giltin’
married, just say so at once, and
we’ll have it done.’
‘Hey day ! Mr. Jonathan—jist as
if I am obliged to hev you, if I get
married at all—Fin not in such a
despert hurry neither—l mought see
some feller that ’ud take the shine
clean off’ o’ you, afore I’m twen
ty.’
• Now Sal, that’s smart, I swow.
So your’e jist boldin’ outer me, tu
hev a fool to fall back on when vou
can’t get nothin’ better. I tell you
now, I ain’t a goin’ to stand that.—
Ye’ve either got to take me now, or
say good bye ter yer. A feller ’t’ll
take the shine off’ er me, I’d like ter
see him.’
‘ So’d I Jonathan, for he’d be
worth seein’, I don’t think there’s
many cud du it—but il there be one
of course I’d like ter hev’irn.’
‘ But seein’ ye’r not sure of such
luck, wouldn’t it be better to take
up with a good offer, than to wait
for the chance of a better which ten
to one, you’ll never git. A bird in
the hand is worth two in the, bush,
now I tell you.
4 Well, so it is Jonathan, but raly
we’d better wait a leetle. I bain’t
got my sheetin’ bleached, nor any
diaper wove ; and my kiverlids are
in the loom yit. Besides, I have
got four bed kivers tu quilt, and a
bed tick ter make up, pillows and
all. I can’t get ready under three
months any rate. Let’s see—its
J une—J uly—August—September.
That’ll bring the weddin’ intu the
seasons of fruit, and we can have
things nicer, without so much ex
pense.’
‘ That’s good argum’ Sal, you see
harvest is cornin’, and mother’s git
tin old and can’t do the work for
the hands through the hot weather.
Now if we could get married about
the fust o’ July, it ’ud save me hi
rin’ a gal, and the money 1 should
have to pay for wages ’ud by us a
set o’ cheers,’
’That’s true Jonathan. ’Tis hard
foryure good old mother ter haftu
do so much work. Mebbe 1 can git
ready by July—l kin leave the
soil.’, and Su’ll help me with the
weavin’ and quiltin’.’
‘How many cows do you milk
this summer?’
•Why, we’ve two ’ut gives milk,
and tu heifers Till come in July.—
Likely ’it’ll be some trouble to
break them to milken. But you un
derstand sich things and heard you
say yu like to feed calves.
‘And Sal, I’ve got a pair o’ the
new kind chickens as big as tur
keys, an’ I’ll lay a dollar there’s
no nicer sheep in the State ’n mine*’
‘Mother says I’ve got all I need
but a wife, and she says she’d ruth
er hev y u’n any other gal she knows;
and ye know I’d like ter marry tu
please mother as well as myseif.’
‘Now one word for all, Sal is it a
bargain ?’
‘ Well Jonathan, I don’t see as I
kin du any better. Besides your
mother needs iny help more’n my
mother does,who has tu good good
gals besides me. So l think we’ll
fix it for the fust of July,’
•/
4 That’s right Sal, and won’t we
have a glorious Independence?’
A year of pleasure passes like a
breeze—but a moment of misfor
tune seems an age of pain.
Beauty eventually deserts its
possessor, but virtue and talents ac
company him even to the grave.
The friendship of some people is
like our shadow, keeping close while
walk in tlie sunsliine, but cle—
serting the moment vve enter the
shade.
Experience is a torch lighted in
the ashes of our illusions.
They who weep over errors were
not formed for crimes.
’ HOME.
Home is a genuine Saxon word ;
a word kindred to Saxon speech, but
with an import common to the race
of man. Perhaps ihere is no other
word in language that clusters with
in so many and so stirring mean
ings, that calls into play, and pow
erfully excites, so many feelings, so
many faculties of our being.—
‘Home,’ —say but the word and the
child that was your guest be
gins to weep. ‘Home,’ —play but
its tunes, and the bearded soldier,
that blenched not in the breach
droops, and sickens, and dies.—
‘Home,’ —murmur but its name,
and memories start aiound it that
put fire into the brain, and affec
tions that almost suffocate or break
the heart, and pictures that bewil
der fancy with scenes in which joy
and sorrow wreath with delirious
strife for possession of the spirit.
‘Home,’ —what does it not stand for
ofslrongesl of most moving associ
ations’—for cbilddood’s grief and
gladness,—for youth’s sports, and
hopes, and sufferings, and passions,
and sins,—for all that brightened
or dimmed the eyes; for all that’
convulsed or tranquilized the breast
fora father’s embrace, or for his
death-bed,—for a mother’s kiss or
for her grave,—for a sister’s love
or a brother’s friendship,— for hours
wasted, or hours blest, for peace
in the light, or tears in the shadows
of perdition.
Philosophical. —ls a piece of wood
which floats on the water, be forc
ed down to a great depth in the sea,
the pressure of the surrounding li
quid will force it into the pores of the
wood and so increase its weight,
that it will no longer be capable of
floating or rising to the surface.
Hence, the titnber of ships which
have foundered in the deep pari of
the ocean never rise again to the
surface like those which have sunk
near to the shore. A diver may,
with impunity, plunge to a certain
depth of the sea ; but there is a lim
it beyond which he cannot live un
der pressure to which he is subject.
For the same reason, it is probable
that there is a depth beyond which
fishes cannot live. They, according
to Joslin, have been caught in a
depth at which they must have sus
tained a pressure of eighty tons to
each square foot of the surface of
their bodies.
Cleansing the Bark of Fruit Trees.
We have often recommended the
use of whale oil, soap, potash, &c\,
for cleansing the bark of fruit trees,
and supposed that no application
could exceed it for this purpose. A
few weeks since we visited the seat
of Robert Rennie, Esq., near the
Lodi Print Works, and there saw the
cleanest fruit trees it has ever been
our lot to meet with. Mr. Rennie
informed us that he used a solution
made of one pound of best bleach
ers’soda dissolved in one gallon of
water, and applied it to the surface
of his trees. All the fungi, dead
hark, &c., are softened and readi
ly exfoliate from ihe healthy part of
the bark during the growth of the
tree —the surfaces of the cherry,
peach, plum, nectarine, apricot, and
many other kinds of trees seemed
polished, and of a color more close
ly resembling the new growth at
the ends of branches than usual; the
trees were in excellent health, and
we w'ere informed that they bore
superior crops to those not so treat
ed. Within the last few days we
have applied the soda wash to our
trees, and for the purpose of ascer
taining if so strong a solution
would injure the tender parts of
plants, have sprinkled it over the
leaves of many 7 tender shrubs, but
as yet thev are uninjured, while the
inert parts of vegetables are read
i1 v decomposed by it.— Working
Farmer,
No compromise ever yet settled
an important question. It is only
saying to the evil day, come thou at
a more befitting season, and then I
will argue the question with thee.
THE BETTING DaNDy'^
A young gentleman—wj,,,
dium size, light brown mus| f e ‘
and such a suit of clothes ass.
ionable tailors sometimes furnish *
their customers‘on accotntnod* •
terms’—that is, the insecure Cr
system—came into a hotel in n” “
street, yesterday afternoon ,J ace
* it- c i ’ af.
ter catling for a glass of M aJ .
turned to the company and offij,’
to bet with any man present, ,1,
the ship Susquehanna woulj n o{
successfully launched on Satu I *
The “banter” not being taken m
he proposed to wager fi ve do|]j J’
that Dr. Webster wouklnot be h °
This seemed to be a “stumper,’
for nobody accepted the chance J
The exquisite glanced around col
temptuously, and remarked: j I
want to make a bet of some iy I
Don’t care a d—n what it i 3> I
bet any thing from a I
of segars to five hundred dolls. .1
is your time gentlemen ; what do I
you propose?” Sipping a glass J
one corner of the bar room, sat a
plain old gentleman, who'lookedl
like he might he a Pensylvania fail
mer. He put down his glass and!
addressed the exquisite *• Weill
Mister, I’m not in the habit of ma J
king bets, but seeing you are anxJ
ious about it, I don’t care if Igrat-I
ify you. So Til bet you a levy’s!
worth of sixes that I can pour a I
quart of molasses into your hat I
and turn it out a solid lump of mo-1
lasses candy, in two minutes by the!
watch.
4 Done ! ’ said the exquisite, ta
king off his hat and handing it toi
the farmer. It was a real Florence
hat, a splendid article, that shone
like black satin. The old gentieJ
man took the hat, and requested ihel
bar keeper to send for a quarto!
molasses ; “the cheap sort at siJ
cents a quart- -that’s the kind 1 use!
in this experiment,” said he, hand-1
ing over six coppers to the bar!
keeper. The molasses was brought!
and the old farmer, with a gravel
and mysterious countenance, pour-1
ed it into the dandy’s hat, while till
exquisite took out his watch tonoJ
the lime. Giving the hat two ofl
three shakes, with a Signor Blitfl
like adroitness, the experimentel
placed it on the table, and stare*
into it as if watching the wonderfl
process of the solid ificatiorl
“'Time’s up,” said the dandy. T:1
old farmer moved the hat, “ Wei
I do believe it ain’t hardened yel
said the old gentleman,with an al
sumed air of astonishment, “hi
have won the bet sir, and consel
quentlv here are your sixes.”
you have ruined my hat that
five dollars for this morning,
you must pay for it.” roared!*
exquisite in a perfect frenzy. ■
did not bet the worth of the b*
but the sixes,” answered the o*
man, at the same time turning • ■
back directly upon our hero, a I
taking a long sip at his glass win*
he had forsaken. Enraged bey l
measure our dandy rushed b 1 I
into the street amidst
ter long and loud. —Exchange f; I
Experiments with a Pear .—ft-’ 8
P. Richardson, ofOlisfieltl
communication in the Cln lsLli H
ror, says that five or
he grafted the St. Germain 1 I
to a forest tree, called lfie w ■
Pear, and last year ‘ I
nearly half a bushel of lIIL . B
crous fruit. The tree as ’ 8
wild is one of the first that
in Spring, and hears a fr ult 8
the size of a choke kc rr . v ’ B
writer of this article ‘ 8
these hushes with a B
spring and it has grown
thrived better than tn e
stocks. He also grafted ■
pear on a common
which grew very thrift?’
length of eighteen ort' vf>nt *,_ 8
A small mountain ash ‘ vas , 8
cessfully budded 1 1
fruit —Portland Advocat^
Contentment brings a 5U 1
all who enjoy it.
Profanity and polit cn6w 1
associate together.
