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PQ>F ; MYo | THF. MaN' or TOIL. Man of Toil. would’st tltou he free, Lend thine ear to Reason's call; There’s follv in the Drunkard’s glee— There’s madness in the midnight brawl: i'hc ribald jest, the vulgar song, May give a keener sting to care; The riot of a reckless throng May lead to ruin and despair: Let truth unloose that fettered 3oul, There is no freedom in the bowl. Man of Toil, would’st thou be wise, The paths of moral light explore; Pierce the human heart’s disguise. And track its motives to the core: Creation’s boundless beauties scan, Observe its wonders; search its laws; Look on the vast, harmonious plan, And learn to love the Eternal Cause; Let truth illume thy darkened soul: There is np wisdom in the bowl, t Man of Toil would st thou he blest, . * Hive thy purest feelings play; Bring all that’s noble to thy breast, Let all that’s worthless, pass away. Let generous deeds bid sorrow cease. Let gentlest words thy lilts employ: Scatter the seeds of love and peace, And reap ft harvest full of joy: f.a’t Truth make glad thy harrassed soul— There arc no blessings in the bowl. TUB DESERTED WIFE. ll* comes not—l have watched the sun go down; But yet he comes not—once it was not so : He tniitks not how these bitter tears do flow The while he holds his revel in the town. Yet he will come and chide, and I shall weep; j And tie will wake mv infant from his sleep, To blend its feeble wailing with my tears. O! ho v I love a mother’s watch to keep ()ver those sleeping eyes, that mnio which cheers My heart, though sunk in sorrow fixed and deep. 1 had a husband once, who loved me—now He ever wears a frown upon his brow; And feeds his passion on a wanton’s lip, As bees, from laurel flowers, a poison sip ; But yet [ cannot hate : 0 ! there were hours, When I could hang forever on his eye, And time who stole with silent swiftness by, Strewed, as ho hurried on, his path with flowr’s. I loved him then—-he loved me too :my heart Still finds its fondness kindle, if he smile; The memory of his love will ne'er depart; And though he often sting me with a dart, Venom’d and barb’d, and waste upon the vile Caresses which his babe & mine should share ; Though he should spurn me, I will calmly hear His madness; and, should sickness come, and lay Its paralyzing hand upon him, then f would with kindness all mv wrongs repay ; Until the penitent should weep and say, How injured and how faithful 1 had been. A PARABLE. 1 A certain young man going from youth to manhood fell among grog shop*; where he . was stiipped of his money, his character and his friends, and left poor, ragged, and halt dead with disease, 2. And bv chance there came down a certain moderate drinker that way, and when he saw him he scorned him, and passed bv on the other side 3. And likewise a friend of temperance came where he was, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. •1. But temperance man as he journeyed, came who Who was, aojl when he saw him, he had compassion on him; and weptoverhim,and besought him with tears to repent and reform. 5. And then he persuaded him to sit on his own beast, Total Abstinence, aud brought him to his own family, and took care of him. And on the morrow, spake kindly to him, and offered prayers to him and departed. Which of the three was the neighbor to him t hat fell among the grog shops ? Cross Wives and the Pledge,— A member ofthb Washington Society', whoonlv signed last Sunday week, says ho used to think his wife one of the crosses! women alive; but some how or other she had’nt been cross since he signed the Pledge. When he goes home she smiles, and when he gees out she smiles; and every thing is now peace and harmony. These kind of facts tell a big story for the Pledge.— Organ. Drunkard's Love for Rum. — Thereisa good member of our Society, who,when first asked to sign/the Pledge, talked after this fashion; “You are one of the worst enemies I have in the world. ‘Why, you might as well try to part a man and wife, who arc. living happy together, as ty part me from drink; ftvr I love rum better than any man loves his wife!”— lb. The Lord Mavor of Dublin says, that the last ticket for tee-totaller, he saw signed by Father Matthew, was numbered Jive million tiro thou sand seven hundred and tiro! And it is said that ten thousand more have taken the pledge sinee* TliWt are said to be 1200 vessels in the Uni ted States marine sailing on the total abstinence system. “Come Abner, take some bitters,” said an old cronev to our old friend Abner Phelps, the other day, “ they say you get high, if you have joined the Washingto nians. “Yes, Ido get high —l have got high every day since I joined the Washingto nians ! I have got up from the gutters —1 arn high in spirits, for my conscience up braids me not—my credit has got high along with me—my meal barrel keeps high all the while—l carry mv head high for I feel lam a sober man. I used to go home singing, and the old woman would cry—now, when Igo home she sings and the children love me and I cry for joy, and then I am so high —the honest and tbe sober man only can tell! And friend, let me tell thee, you had bet ter throw down that glass and come and get high with Abner, for he has learned how to do that thing without having the head ache or the blue devils!’ — Niles' Register. The Pilot’s account of s'gning the Pledge. Mr English said, in our meeting of Saturday evening (Christmas evening,)that on his late trip to New Orleans, he met with a pilot who told him how he came to sign the pledge. Said the pilot, “Mv home had become i*.domestic hell. I drank all I could get, and have not been home for three weeks to mv family without being intoxicated Ofcourse I was always ready for a quarrel. 1 went one night to a Washington meeting 1 was sober. I listened to what was said. My heart leaped for joy at the hope that l might be reform ed, and I signed the pledge. I went homo to my family; it was earlier than usual. I took a seat! hut said nothing,—l observ ed a frown upon the countenance of my wife, as if she expected abuse as usual. But presently the cloud cleared away, and after obser ing me for some time, she inquired, “ Husband, are you sick 1 What is the matter with you V’ “ No,” I said, “I am not sick, and there is nothing the matter with me. lam sober; I have been to the Washington Temperance meeting, and have signed the pledge.” “Is it possible 1” said she. “ Yes, it is true that I have signed the Washington pledge, and I intend to stick to it as tons; as I lire. ’ “ In a moment,” said the pilot, “ all the wife was up in her bosom. Her eyes were full of tears. She clasped inc round the neck with her arms, and I thought she would have smothered me with kisses.” Oh, the joys which this reform brings to many stricken hearts!--[ Western Morning Mar. Ninedv B.ts since last Wednesday.—Said a Washingtonian in St. Louis, on Tuesday, 1 1 have saved just ninety hits since last Wednes day.’ Said another gentleman, ‘ I have saved just one dollar a day ’ Said a third, ‘ I have saved ten dollars a week: I’ve earned twelve, and for a year past have spent ten of it a week for liquor.’ How many comforts have already been brought to the families of these men since they have withheld their earnings from “ the tormentors.” Character of a Sot. — Pie is like a statue placed in moist air. All the lineaments of humanity are mouldered away, and there is nothing left of him hut the rude lump of the shade of man. He has drowned himself, as it were, in a butt of wine. PPe has swallowed his humanity and drank him selfinto a l>east. Ho is like a spring tide, whrn he is drunk to water mark, he swel sand looks big and overflows every thing that stands in his way. But when the drink within him is at ebb. lie shrinks within his hanks, and falls so low am! shallow that cattle may pass over him.— Miners Journal. A few day ago a rough looking man, covered with the dust of a smith’s shop, came into the Bowery Savings Bank and handed out $5, which he wished to deposite. Some gentlemen present was interested with his appearance, (says the Jour nal of Commerce,>nd inquired about his con dition. Said he, “1 am a journeymen mechanic; I am a good workman and always had good wages, but I spent half my time in sprees and drinking, and so was always poor, and my family deititute and wretched. A few months ago I jointd the Temperance Society, and since that time have been steady at my work. I have procured clothes for mv familv, and made them comfortable in all ! respects, and now. for the first time in my life, I ! have got a five dollar bill for which I have no im mediate use.” A little boy just old enough to begin to wish to be independent of his parents in his daily op erations, was very much dissatisfied that he must eat his food with a spoon, while his parents used forks for the same purpose. His mother toll him of the sad consequences of children’s using such instruments—how they frequently injured their eves, &c. Not long after, a respectable citizen, whose eyes revealed the fact that he was enlar ging the bounds he had set to the temperate use of ardent spirits called at his father’s house. Af ter he had left, the little boy exclaimed, “Mamma, I guess by Esq. ’s eyes, that his mother lets him use knives and forks too! Temp. Enterp YoUN J M r.-i—Menial Cultivation a Rejrubli- j can duty. —Young man, you are a mechanic or farmerto vou are confided two invaluable trusts: mimf and freedom. The first is the pre server ofthe latter; but unless you strengthen it , bv mental cultivation it will prove a weak an< j inefficient protector. Neglect your mind, amt , vour rights, with the greatest blessings vou ran will be ravaged fromyou. \\ bile vou and vour fellow-working men labor with tneir hands only, men who iabor with their minds alone will, through government and ether means, rob vou of your toil, and then insult you because o r vour tame submission. Would you avoid this 1 Then cultivate your minds; become familiar with the institutions of your fellow mechanics and institutions established for mutu al benefit. You will thereby develop* your mental powers and social feelings, which are sources ofthe most delicious and profitable plea sures, and more and more you will feel the true dignity and nobility of an intelligent laborer.— Cincinnatti Elevator. Promptness.—Promptness in mechanics is of , the highest importance. The farmer who sows or reaps out of season, will not lose more by doing things out of the proper time, than will the me chanic. in a long run, by neglecting to perform work, and fulfil orders, as promised. The fanner sees plainly by the operations of nature around him, the importance ot promptness and despatch. If he is late sowing, he finds that the season of genial rains and sunshine is pass ing away without preparation on his part to profit by them, and the green fields of his neighbor arc an evidence of his loss which spurs him on to ac- tion. _ i But the mechanic has less evidence ot hi* less by neglect. The cust. mer that is often disap pointed. may bear the evil silently, hut resolve to learn by experience, and look for one more prompt tor the future. Disappointments in me chanical work are serums evils; and a great many ; cxellent workmen, who have but little to do, are ; among the first in their profession in skill, anil ! could do large business, were they as much ] noted for their promptness as their skill and in- j genuity. Home.— Home! tis the loved spot where rests ; the refulgent rays of the radiant star ot hope, where dwells the bright angel of happiness, where within the sphere of the social and domes tic affections may he found all of bliss which this world can give." Home! ’tis a word to which • our hearts however far we may roam from the once loved spot that gave us birth, will ever re spond. With what thrilling ami unearthly tones , does the exquisite strain of ‘home, sweet home,” ■ fall upon the ears of him who hath wandered | far from the home of his youth, who is sojourning i among stranger* in a strange land. Deep and j overpowering arc tliesensalions that fill his heait as the receollection of by-gone dayscoine rushing o'er the tide of memory. Again he stands beneath the parental roof—-again he hears the loved voice of kind parents--again he is clasped in the arms cf a beloved sister—again he drinks in the rich tones of affection from her sweet lips—again the ; kiss she imprinted upon his lips as she clung to j him in the painful agony of separation seems Ireathing warm, hut alas! the swiet illusion is | short, stern reality dispelsthe light of imagination, i and he awakens to the heart-chilling reality. A Rustic Commentator.— Jim was employed to cut wood by the day. The boss came along and found Jim lifting the axe as leisurely as flat boats go up the Missis-ippi, and accompanying every blow with a gTunt. “Slow work. Jim, slow work." “Boss, the Bible says we must use moderation in all things.” The boss was nonplussed. At dinner Jim plied his knife and fork with remarkable industry. The boss reminded him of his morning text, hut Jim was ready. “I’ve been reading the Scriptures since, Boss, that whatever the hands find able to do, that do with all thy might.” Boss told Jim lie was entirely too learned tochop wood, and therefore very jnilitely requested him to take up his hat and walk. Corporal Punishment. —Corfioral punish ments have generally a hardening effect on the minds of both old and young. A blacksmith brought up his son, to whom he was very severe, to his own trade. One day the old Vulcan was attempting to harden a cold chisel, but could not succeed. “ Horsewhip it, lather,” exclaimed the youth; “if that will not harden it, nothing will/’ Real men and women never sneer at mechan ics and operatives; but self-styled gentlemen and ladies not unfrequently do. We have heard of a lady who once left a ball room because a me chanic entered. She married a basket maker i and died a washer woman! An Irishman seeing a new gallows erected very naturally inquired who was going to swing; and was answered that it was one Vowel. “That may be,” says Pat, “but thanks to the good saints, ’tis neither U. nor No Doubt.—" I see,” said a young lady, yes terday, “thatsome booksellers advertise ‘blank declarations’ for sale. I wish I could get one.” “ Why,” asked her mother. “ Because, ma, Mr. G is too modest to ask me to marry him, aud perhaps if I could fill a ; blank declaration with the ‘ Question. 1 he would sigait’’ The Biter Bit. —“ Stop! stop!” cried a gentleman to an omnibus cad, but the cad would neither hear nor stop. | “Stupid fellow,” *aid the gentleman, he’ll find it out to his cost, by-and by, for 1 have given him a counterfeit five shil ling piece!” But on looking at the change, he exclaimed—“ Well, I never ! hang me if the rascal l.as’nt given me four shillings and six pence bad money * But, never mind, I’ve had my ride ior I nothing.” PROSPECTUS OF MU W^.fcSl2Ws’@S¥2^3Sr si OR, TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVOCATE, Derated, to the Cav.se of Temperance.—published semi-monthly, in the City of Augusta, BY JAMES McCAFFERTY. A S it is certainly desirable that such a publication ** should find its way into every house,the low price of subscription will, we hope, guaranty it a wide cir culation. Such a paper we believe is required in this community, especially at the prest nt time. The i!eti rrnination our citizens have evinced, to drive the Destroyer from the land,has awakened the most intt mj erate to as, nse of duty . This should be hailed as in antra anil harbinger of good. The spirit of Reformation is aw akened thioughoutthe length and bitadth of our coitntrv—the Temperance Cause is every where happily advancing, bearing dow n all oj>- position, scattering blestings on every hand, drying up th** teais of the diitreised and causing the heart of tl e widow aod the drunkard’s w ife to sit.g for joy. It is a glorious cause—the cause ol humanity nndviitue: our country’s highest good is involved—her prosperity, honor and safety. Oh! then, let us not prove recreant, but come boldly to the rescue, and with united heait and hand, assist in del vet ing out beloved country from slavery to the worst, most cruel of enemies. To impress the necessity of such a work upon the I friends of Tempt ranee, nothing can be more appropri ate than ttie closing paragraj h of a report from Mr. S. i S.l iiipman, an indefatigable Temperance agent. 1 “ Whatever other agencies ma) be used, the Cause must laugnirh without publications to tliffuse infornui j tion and keep up an inten sr; they alone keep the sub. 1 ject blazing before tlie public mind. Temperant e lec ! tures may arouse the people from their slumberr, strengthen the weak, confirm the wavering and re i claim the wanderer ; but the temperance publication ! comes too often w ith their cheering accounts of the onward progress of the* ause, with their inteievting lacts and anecdotes, and with their stirring appeals, to • permit the interest wholly to subside, or the slumbers of the temperance men long to remain undisturbed. If ; the arrival of the temperance paper does not excite n • special interest in the breast of the father, the children ! hail if a* they would the return of the long absent friend ; they gather around the domestic firesidt— i they devour its pages, and its contents are read and 1 repeated w ith oil the glee and enthusiasm ofcbiklhocd— and youth: and with the stated return of such a moni | torvthe interest is kept up and the cause advances.*’ The Washixc.tomax will he printed semi-monthl} , i on a half royal sheet, and contain 1 large quaito page. o , I to each number making a volume suitable for binding : at she end of the year, of 96 pages, on good paj>er. The I price of subscription fora single copy for one year, I will be One Dollar—forsijj copies, to one address, Five i Dollars—for ten copies, Fight Dollars, and so in pro | portion. Payments, in all cases, to be made in advance. OQh All communications b) mail,must be post paid, | to receive attention. June llth, 184 i. 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