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POME BY.
From the OUve Plant.
stanzas,
DEDICATED TO , ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSA
RY OP OCR MARRIAGE.
I came to thee in the flush of youth,
With its radiance on my brow,
With the beaming eye and the lip of truth,
And the spirit hallowing vow,
I came in life’s early morn to bide
Till death, my beloved, with thee,
With the trembling heart of a joyous bride
T’embark on life’s troubled sea.
I came to thee ere thy locks of jet
Had been marred by frosty time.
Ere itsicy hand on thy brow had set
A trace, save of youth’s fair prime ;
I came to thee ere life’s varied cares,
With its hopes deferred had swept,
Ere age with its sorrows, its sins, its snares,
On our onward path had crept.
Wit h a woman’* holiest hopes of bliss,
With a firm resolve to bear,
Though lights from my path I might sadly miss,
I came, love, thy lotto share;
And though youth’s bright tinge hath left my
cheek,
And wrinkles are on my brow,
Yet thy lips do as kindly language speak,
Thou hast kept thy sp' It’s vow.
Ten years of our wedded life have past
But as sweet as swift their flight,
And purer bliss hath begemmed the last
Than glowed on our bridal night;
The love of youth is a fairy prizo
That may tarnish with the dew,
With the coral lip and the beaming eyes
Ah! many its wildness rue.
But love that illumes the hilloflife
Is sweeter and dearer far,
TTndimmed by the gloom, the toil, the strife,
_ ’Twill prove to old age a star.
Ah! wedded love hath a hue of heaven,
Its language a seraph-tone,
To us hath its purest ray been given,
And its strains to bless our home.
Almiea.
Mo-e Striped Plgtsm.
“ Is the Cape Ann stage iiy’ inquired two gen
tlemen, of the bar-keeper orilolel in Portsmouth.
<> Ys., sir,” was the reply. “Two hack seats,
inside,’’said one of the gentlemen, and they both
loft the room. In a moment after, a single gen
tleman came in. “The Cape Ann stage in 1”
inquired he. “Yes, sir,” aaiif the bar-keeper.
« One back seat, inside,” responded the gentle
man, and went into the back room. In this way
several entered, some engaged back seats inside,
Mime two or three took front seats inside, and one
man took an outside scat.
I remarked tothe bar-keeper, that there was a
great deal of travel on the Cape Ann route, obser
ving at the sauie time, it was a little strange that
passengers should prefer a stage to the railroad ;
besides, how do so many find back seats.
The bar-keeper looked shy, put his finger to
his nose and winked. I was a little suspicious
before, but at this manecuve I knew there was a
mystery, and determined to find it out, commenc
ed questioned him. He looked wise, twisted
himself a little, and said, “then you don’t know
the secret.” “ No,” said I, “ but I have a great
curiosity todo so." A gentleman who had enter
ed, overheard the last of the conversation, and
coming up to me, said, “ Friend, I’ll let you into
the secret, but before 1 can do it you must engage
a seat.” “ Very well,” said I. He went up to
the bar, and inquired of nte what seat I would
take; I replied, that the stage was pretty well
filled inside, therefore I would prefer an outside
seat. He gave three taps on the counter and
•poke for one back seat inside and one outside.
We went into the next room, where several were
drinking, and sat down. Soon after doing so, a
waiter came in bearing a glass of brandy and
water, and one oflemonade. The mystery was
solved, the deceit brought to light, ana I aston
ished.
So many back seats inside, were so many
glasses of brandy and water, (strong.) The
front seats inside, were so many glasses of gin
and sugar. The two outside seats were two
glasses ol lemonade, one of which I was fortunate
enough to choose.
Soon after this discovery, the travel on that
route began to fail. The cold water folks broke
it up entirely.— Olive Plant.
Hogs In bad Company*
A youthful Indian of the Mohegan tribe, who
has been educated at Dartmouth College, gave to
the readers of the Cold Water Army, the follow
ing story about his Uncle, who was so unfortu
nate as to contract the habit of using strong drink
to excess:
During one of his drinking turns, he came
acTOM a sty of hogs, and as he approached nearer,
he cried out,
n Wife! you here 1”
One of tbe old hogs answers him, 1 Ugh!’
“ What time did you get here'!”
The answer was again, “ Ugh!”
“ Have you a blanket?”
“ Ugh!” says the hog.
. By tii s time he had reached the sty, and down
he curled among the hogs. Did any of you ever
hear of any thing more unnatural than for a man
to mistake the grunt of a hog for the voice of his
wife h I think not. But such is the dreadful
picture presented to you, by one who is so unfor
tunate as to be related to the man-animal describ
ed a!>ove. Seeing, then, that such is the scene,
not only here among the white population, but
also in tbe western wilds, wilt not the cold water
soldiers enlist an Indian in their service and suf
fer him to wage a war, not with a tomahawk or
scalping knife, but with all his influence against
“ evert/ thing that intoxicates ?” Oh, Alcohol,
thou hateful monster! Could I but sieze thy
beard, how I would twist thy mouth!
Myuththew.
Moderate Drinkers*
It is time to stir up this interesting class of the
community again. The winter is setting in, and
the hot compounds will soon be in requisition,
Our friends, the moderate drinkers, will have the
chills, and drawn up around the glowing fires of
the fashionable rum-shops, and get to talking to
gether, and then they will drink, and the time
will fly away, and towards the small hours of the
morning, they will be groping home, pretty well
drunk.
This is the inevitable result of moderate drin
king. The long winter will pass in such a coarse,
and ere the genial breath of spring fans the
cheek, many of these moderate drinkers will be
confirmed drunkards. There is no use of wrig
gling about it—this is the plain truth. Sure as
the arrow to its mark, is moderate drinking to
drunkenness.
Strange delusion, that men eminent for their
knowledge, and conspicuous for their worldly
shrewdness, should trifle with a passion so dan
gerous. They fancy themselves safe, when
every glass they take but feeds the appetite,
which, unless checked by strong resolution, will
prey upon its unhappy victim, till disgrace set
tles upon him; till remorse, despair, and per
chance crime, hurry him on to the closing of the
dreadful scene, a madman’s death.
We have styled moderate drinkers an interest
ing class of men. Indeed they are, for noble
hearts, and strong arms, and cultivated minds,
and generous, [latriotic impulses arc there; and
knowing, as we well do, that rum has blackened
many a noble heart, and withered many a migh
ty arm, and broken and desolated many a culti
vated mind, and stifled many, many generous
and patriotic impulses—should we not make an
effort to rescue those who arc not yet wholly in
his power.
Oh, if these men who talk so bravely of their
own strength to resist temptation, could listen to
the sad tales of those who once thought they were
alike safe, but found, alas, too late, that they were
children in the grasp of a giant destroyer, they
would pause, and retrace their steps.
Come up, gentlemen, and sign the pledge It is
an excellent time to form a good and strong reso
lution. The winter is near, and we shall have
some interesting meetings and fine singing.—
Come in among us—drink pure Croton water
during the cold months, and before the warm
weather comes, you shall every one of you joy
fully confess that you have done a glorious act.
N. Y. Wash.
“ John, can you tell me the difference between
the attraction of gravitation and attraction of co
hesion 1”
“Yes, sir. Attraction of gravitation pulls a
drunken man to the ground, and the attraction of
adhesion prevents his getting up again.
Examination.
The following from the Boston Post, is the
most recent evidence we have met with that 1 the
schoolmaster is aboard.’ 1 Fust class in jography,
stan’up and ’cite. Thomas, what is a zone?’
1 A zone is a belt sich as my cousin Sally wears.’
‘ Very well; next—what is the use of zones?’
‘ To find out latitudes without the aid of a micros
cope, and to tell the time of day between the
toothpicks of Cop-o’corn and scamper.’ ‘ That’s
right—Samuel, where is Cape Sable ?’ ‘ Donno,
sir.’ ‘Next!’ l ln the middle of a nigger’s face.’
1 Right--go above him.’ ‘ Hiram, where is Hole
in-the-wall?’ ‘ Overthe head of my bed sir; the
wind blew in last night in great numbers, so that
I catched cokl- Father intends to have it stopped
up ’ ‘ VV ell, you may stop up your mouth.
Next—what can you say of China?’ ‘China is a
town down east, where the people smoke large
quantities of opium, which is raised in Lynn.
One man has built a great wall allround his farm,
to keep off the tar-makers.’ * What sea north of
Germany ?’ ‘ The Cobalt Sea.’ ‘ What is pick
ed up along shore, there?’ ‘Verdigris.’ No,
not Verdigris—some kind of grease—next ’ ‘Soap
grease,’ * Next.’ ‘ Bear’s grease.’ ‘ Next.’, 1 Top
o’ the pot.’ No, am—’ ‘ Oh, I know—ambergris.’
‘ Yes, go above ’am. Take your seats—boys, you
have an intercession of five minutes.’
‘ Dawkter, dawkter,’ said an exquisite the other
day, * I wawnt you to tell me what I can get to
put intaw mawy head to make it roight ?’
‘ It wants nothing but brains,’ said the gentle
man of function. —Uncle Sam.
The is of opinion, that when a wo
man orders her husband out of the house, and
properly to enforce authority, throws his clothes
out of the window, the thing may be correctly
denominated ‘ a suit in ejectment .’
Meanness and Generosity.
The following anecdote should be made a
schools lesson for every boy m the land : A Ro
man army besieged a city of Greece. All the
children were under the superintendence of the
schoolmaster, who daily led them out o! the walls
of the city. One day he led them to the Roman
camp, and delivered "them up to the general, say
ing, “ With the children I deliver up the city, for
their parents cannot survive the loss. - ’ The Ro
man general replied, ‘‘Base traitor and wretch, I
despise your mean act. 1 will not take the city
by such means.” He then bound his hands be
hind him, and put scourges into the hands of the
children, and directed them to beat him back to
the city. In the mean time their parents and
friends were frantic with grief at their loss: but at
length they beheld them returning, driving the
traitor before them. Joy and admiration filled
their hearts, and they exclaimed, “Our enemies
are kinder than our friends; we will nf> longer
contend against such enemies'” and immediately
delivered up the keys of the city to the Roman
general, who returned them, saying, “that he
wished not to take advantage of an enemy,” and
marched away his army.
Profanity.
There is no justification for the use of profane
words- Yet who can pass a street, who can visit
a shop, who can enter a church, without having
his cars saluted with words of profanity 1 Young
men and youth, old men and children, are guilty
of this sin, and when angry, or a little vexcd,they
do not hesitate to pollute their lips with the name
of the Deity. So habituated are some to this (irac
tice, that they seldom relate an occurrence without
mingling with their words language the most un
courteous and profane. If there is one vice more
unjustifiable than another, surely it must he this.
It brings no pleasufe — it adds no emphasis to
what is repeated ; neither doe* it entitle the speak
er to the rank cf a gentleman. “ Swear not,” is
a Scriptural injunction, and whoever disregards
it must receive, as he justly deserves, the frowns
of an Deity.
The Mother.
A writer beautifully remarks, that a man's mo
ther is the representative of his Maker. Misfor
tune, and even crime, set up no harriers between
her and her sun. While his mother lives he will
have one friend on earth who will not listen when
he is slandered, who will not deceit him when he
suffers, who will sooth him in his sorrows, and
speak to him of hope when he is ready to despair.
Her affection knows no ebbing tide. It flows on
from a pure fountain, and speaks happiness
through this vale ot tears, and ceases only at the
ocean of eternity.
Pretty Good.
Who is the author ot the following we know
not. We found it in an old newspajior that look
ed like it was printed when Adam was ahoy.
Sambo was a slave to a master who was consti
tutionally addicted to lying. Sambo being strong
ly devoted to his master, had by dint of long prac
tice, made himself an adept in giving plausibility
to his master’s large stories.
One day, when the master was entertaining his
guests in his customary manner, among other
marvclluos facts, he related an incident which
took place in one of his hunting excursions.
“I fired at a buck,” said be, “at a hundred
yards distance, and the ball passed through his
left hind t'oot, and through his head just back of
his ears!”
This evidently produced some little doubt in
the midst of his guests, he called ujarn Sambo to
corroborate him.
“ Yes, massa,” says the almost confunded slave,
after a moment’s hesitation, “me see de hall hit
era: Jes as massa lif up de gun to he eye, de buck
lif up his bin foot to’crach him car, and massa’s
ball went clear t’rough him foot and head, bof at
dc same time."
The guests were perfectly satisfied with Sam
bo’s explanation, and swallowed the whole with
out further hesitation ; but when the guests were
gone, Sambo ventured upon his master’s good
humor so far as to remonstrate.
“For God a’mity sake massa, when you tell a
nuddei sich a big lie, don’t put um so fur apart;
me habdebblish hard work for get um togedder!”
PROSPECTUS
OF
OR, TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVOCATE,
Devoted to the Cause qf Temperance,—published
semi-monthly, in the City of Augusta,
BY JAMES McCAFFERTY.
The determination our citizens have evinced,
to drive the Destroyer from the land,has awakened the
most intemperate to a sense of duty. This should be
hailed as an omen and harbinger of good. The spirit
of Reformation is awakened, throughout the leDgth and
breadth of our country—the Temperance Cause is
every where happily advancing, bearing down all op
position, scatteringblessings on every hand,drying up
the teais of the distressed and causing the heart of the
widow and the drunkard’s wife to sing for oy. It is a
glorious cause—the cause of humanity and virtue: 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 heart
and hand, assist in delivering our beloved country from
slavery to the worst, most cruel of enemies.
To impress the necessity of such a work upon the
friends of Temperance, nothing can be more appropri
ate than the closing paragraph of a report from Mr. S,
S. Chipman, an indefatigable Temperance agent.
“ Whatever other agencies may be used, the Cause
must languish without publications to diffuse informa
tion and keep up an interest; they alone keep the sub
ject blazing before the public mind. Temperance lec
tures may arouse the people from their slumbers
strengthen the weak, confirm the wavering Bnd re
claim the wanderer; hut the temperance >
comes too often with their cheenjag
onward process of the case, with tiHari WMrratrag .
facts and anecdotes, Mid with their
permit the interest wholly to ,
of the temperance men long to remain ,““***,?*&.*'
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and vouth: and with the stated return 01 such a •
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The Washingtokia* has, up totcis date, auaiaec
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five hundred subscribers. This number can readily
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