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but the great chemist of nature, He, who by his touch can tuyi 

 every thiag to gold, gave them their endless variety of coloring, 

 to please and gratify a desire, which he had before implanted in 

 the bosom of his children. 



A house then, should not be merely so constructed as to keep 

 out the storm and cold, prevent thieves from breaking in, and 

 children from running out, but it should be made convenient, 

 embellished and adorned, without and within, to the extent of the 

 ability of the owner, made attractive and pleasant to its inmates, 

 so that they will be ready to sing, with the spirit and the under- 

 standing also, 



Home, sweet home, 



There is nu place like home." 



As a hint, how easily and cheai^ly a house may be embellished, 

 and made beautiful, by the planting of trees and shrubbery. I 

 will give you a quotation from, I think, Sir Walter Scott, in which 

 he puts into the mouth of a Scottish Lord, the following, addressed 

 to one of his tenants : " When you have nothing else to do Jock, be 

 sticking out a tree Jock ; it will grow when you are asleep Jock." 

 A few hours, spent at the proper season, in planting trees and 

 shrubbery, around our homes, which will grow while we sleep, and 

 soon become valuable ornaments, a source of pride and pleasure to 

 ourselves and our children, for long years to come, will be an 

 investment yielding abundant dividends. 



Having a home, and having that home embellished and adorned, 

 so as to render it a pleasant one, every man needs a wife, every 

 woman needs a husband. Man was not made to be alone. It is 

 not good for man to be alone. It is not good for woman to be alone. 

 And in the near and dear relation of husband and wife, should 

 every two of the human family, sooner or later, live. This is a 

 relation ordained of high Heaven, and human happiness is incom- 

 plete without it. I close this part of my remarks, by saying to 

 the young gentlemen who are my hearers, as soon as you have a 

 cage, catch a beaufiful bird, not beautiful merely for its plumage or 

 its song, although both are very desirable, but beautiful because it 

 has a sweet temper, a loving spirit, a gentle soul. And I shall be 

 pardoned the remark to my young lady friends, that if any j^oung 

 gentleman shall attempt to catch you, who drinks ardent spirit, is 

 profane, a scoffer at religion and its institutions, speaks disrespect- 

 fully of his mother, or unkindly of his father, or neglects his sisters, 

 beware of all such fowl. 



