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Sl)c laxmtt'B iilontl)lg bisitor. 



a comedy, he kept his thoughts to liimself and 

 pretended to sympathize with the otiiers in their 

 iears. He now thouglit it time to interfere, and 

 snatching a pine knot hlazir)g from the fire, ex- 

 pressed liis deterniination to rescue the priest or 

 perish in the attempt. A lovely young damsel 

 laid hold of the skirts of his coat, and the cry of 

 " don't, don't," proceeded from every part of the 

 room. Unheeding lljjs kind concern for liis 

 safety, he rushed into the cellar, seized the ram 

 by one of his horns, and dragged the struggling 

 animal U|> stairs, calling to the astonished parson 

 "follow me" — the horned devil was led in tri- 

 umph, followed by the vantjuishcd ecclesiastic, 

 into the midst of the company. A momentary 

 silence and hanging down of heads ensued. 

 The past scene, however, was too ludicrous to 

 adiTiit of soher reflection, and loud peals of 

 laughter hurst forth from every side, during 

 which the ram was tinned out at the door, the 

 parson absented himself without ceremony, the 

 cider was drawn and the sports of the evening 

 were resumed with a better spirit than before. 



Sacred Singing. 



Sacred singing is mentioned by Paul and James 

 as a divinely njipointed means of sustaining a 

 devotional frame of mind. "Speaking to your- 

 selves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, 

 singing and making melody >n your hearts to the 

 Lord." There are times when singing or listen- 

 ing to the singing of sacred psalms and hymns 

 is one of the most effectual means within our 

 reach of enabling the Christian to hold on his 

 course and resist temptation. One of these un- 

 doubtedly is. when the soul is unusually elevated 

 by the Spirit of God. It is the peculiar jjrovince 

 of sacred poetry and sacred singing, to lend their 

 aid in giving expression to these higher emotions 

 of the sold ; in leading it up the sleeps that were 

 inaccessible before, and bearing it, as on angelic 

 wings, to the regions of bliss above. Hovir much 

 comfort has the pious Watts afibrded Christians 

 by his inimitable [loelry. How many saints have 

 gone to heaven with his lines upon their lips, 

 soothed and cheered in entering the dark " veil 

 between," with the strains of sacred melody. 



Nor is singing to be confined to the season of 

 unusual elevation. It may be employetl when 

 we feel the want of that elevation, .and as a 

 means of securing it. Singing with one's own 

 voice has a powerful tejidency to direct our 

 thoughts and emotions into the same channel 

 with the sentiments we sing. Sacred singing 

 may be properly employed, also, to render reli- 

 gion more a social and familiar subject. Keligion 

 lias been too much crowded on one side ; it has 

 been shut out of the parlor, out of what the 

 world calls good society. How can it be restor- 

 ed to its place ? It may come in, to a great ex- 

 tent, by the door of sacred singing. Header, 

 welcome it by this door. Welcome it to your 

 social circles, to your firesides, your closets and 

 your hearts. 



And still another important end may be gained 

 by the course commanded by the apostle. There 

 ore many Christians, especially young Christians, 

 who feel the need of occa^^iollally unbending 

 their minds from severe thinking and reai4jng, 

 and allowing a course of joyous and free action. 

 And here is a strong templation ofl^sred to en- 

 gage the Christian in "foolish talking and jest- 

 ing," which Paul says are "not convenient," or 

 unhecoming, or of running the giddy round of the 

 numerous follies of an unthinking world. Sa- 

 cred singing meets this desire of the young 

 Christian ; it comes to his relief, and teaches him 

 that religion is not wanting in any solid good or 

 substantial joy wliich his nature craves.— C/i. 

 Rector. 



A Beautiful Picture. 



The annexed heart-breathing sketch, which so 

 truthfully depicts the result of the maternal in- 

 fluence over the infant mind, we would might 

 operate upon every mother's heart. A mother, 

 teaching her child to pray is an object at once 

 the most sublime and tender that the imagina- 

 tion can conceive. Elevated above earthly things, 

 she seems like one of those guardian angels, the 

 companions of our earthly pilgrimage, through 

 whose minislration we are incited to good, and 

 restrained from evil. The image of the mother 

 becomes associated in the infant mind with the 

 invocation she taught him to his " Father who is 



in Hnaven." When the seductions of the world 

 assail his youthful mind, that well-remembered 

 prayer will slreiigtlien him to resist evil. When 

 in his riper years he mingles vvilh mankind and 

 encounters fraud under the mask of honesty, 

 when he sees confiding goodness betrayed, gen- 

 erosity ridiculed as weakness, unbridled haired, 

 anil the coldness of interested fiiendsliip, he may 

 indeed be tempted to despise his fellow men, but 

 he will remember his" Faiher who is in Heaven." 

 Should he, on the contrary, abandon himself to 

 the world, and allow the seeds of self-love to 

 spring U|) and flourish in his heart, he will, not- 

 withstanding, sometimes hear a warning voice in 

 the depth of his sold, severely tender as those 

 maternal lips which instriicled him to pray to his 

 " Faiher wiio is in Heaven." Hiit when the tri- 

 als of life are over, and he may be extended on 

 the bed of death, with no other consolation than 

 the peace of an approving conscience, he will re- 

 call the scenes of his infancy, the image of his 

 inoiher and with tranquil confidence will resign 

 his soul to his " Father who is in Heaven." 



Manufactures upon a small Stream near Bal- 

 timore. 



One mile below the Relay House is the Elk 

 Kidge Furnace, making about fifty tons pig iron 

 per week, and a foundry with two cupolas do- 

 ing a good business. 



<~ne half a mile above the Viaduct, which is a 

 grand structure of granite, and over which the 

 railroad track is laid, is a Rolling Mill and Nail 

 Factory, making eight hundred kegs of nails be- 

 side a large amount of spikes, bolls, and bar-iron 

 per week. At this mill is a furnace lor heating 

 on an improved plan, which will finish sixteen 

 tons per day. 



Near the Viaduct is Mr. Worthington's Mill 

 with four run of large Burrs. 



Three miles above is the Thistle Factory with 

 5,C00 spindles, 100 looms, employs 180 hands and 

 consumes 1,000 bales of cotton per year. 



Nearly opposite is a Flour Mill, now being re- 

 paired, which is capable of making nearly 200 

 bills, per day. 



One mile above is the Patapsco Factory, with 

 3,500 spindles, and 110 looms — employing 180 

 hands and make 14,000 yards Osnaburgs and 

 twills per week. 



One mile fiirther up stands the Patapsco Flour- 

 ing Mills, formerly known as Ellicott's Mills, 

 with every necessary convenience (or doing a 

 large business, and capable of grinding and 

 flouiing 1,000 bushels per day. 



Just above is now being built a new cotton 

 factory, of stone, called the Granite Factory, four 

 stories high, and 1 IG by 48 feet. It is so situated 

 that an addition of 110 feet more can be made 

 when refpiirt'il. The picker room is iwo stories 

 high ami 44 by 30 feet. A machine shop is con- 

 nccled with the liiclory, and is lo be three stories 

 high and 84 by 45 feet. This factory is to com- 

 mence with 3,000 spindles and 100 looms. 



Three-quarters of a mile above is the estab- 

 lishment of the Union Manuliicturing Company. 

 With three mills, 9,000 spindles, 245 looms and 

 400 hands, and consume yearly 3,000 bales of 

 cotton — makinir4,.500,000 yards of assorted goods 

 per annum. This company now use only one 

 half their water power. The liill between the 

 two dams bi'ing fifty feel enables them to use 

 the water more than once. 



Here is a pielly little village of neaily one 

 thousand souls, and supported entirely by this 

 establishment. The farmer need not be told who 

 gets profits when he obtains from 37.J to 50 cents 

 per peck for his potatoes sold to the operatives, 

 and finds a ready sale for any thing he may 

 offer. 



About five miles above is another mill and a 

 small factory. — Cor. J\'. Y. Meclmmc and Farmer. 



Making of Railroad Iron in the Allegany 

 Mountains. 



Mount Savaoe 1ro.\ Works. — Yesterday, 

 March 21, I paid a visit to Mount Savage Iron 

 Works and Coal Mines, about 10 miles from 

 CiimbiMlaiid, Mil., and some 800 feet hisjber. — 

 The last five miles of the Rail Road is an inclin- 

 ed plane exceeding 100 feet rise in the mile. At 

 the rolling mill, under the management of Mr. 

 Cary, is now being turned off weekly 1,50 tons 

 T Rail, and .50 do. assorted bar iron. The com- 

 pany have two furnaces now in blast, which last 



week made 260 tons No. 2 pig iron. One fur- 

 nace is now being built, which is calculated to 

 make 200 tons per week, and two more of like 

 size to be put up this summer. They also have 

 two refineries, one of them runs 50 ton.-, the 

 other 100 tons per week. 



The five fiirnaces and three refineries are to 

 be blown by an engine of 320 horse power, 

 which was made at Cold Spring, N. Y., and is 

 now about ready to be put in operation. This 

 department is under the direction of a very able 

 and etVicient manager, Mr. M. Crofts, who has 

 turned off more iron per week than any of his 

 predecessors, from the same fiirnaces. 



Here is also a Foundry and .Machine Shop, 

 and an establishment for the maimljictureof Fire 

 Brick, which are equal to any imported, and are 

 said to stand a stronger heal. I'wo thousand 

 per day are now made; it is soon to be enlarged 

 so as to make 0,000 per day. They are sold in 

 iJaltimoie for .$50 perlhousand. Orders now on 

 hand will require six months to fill, as I am told. 

 The rolling mill is to be «nlarged also. 



The Coal mines are about one mile above, one 

 of which is opened more than a mile into the 

 Mountain. The conl is brought out and drawn 

 to the depot in small cars by horses, and loaded 

 into the iron cars for place of destination. From 

 4 to 5,000 souls are subsisting upon the profits 

 and advantages derived from iheseCoal Mines and 

 Iron Woiks. More than five thousand barrels of 

 flour will be consumed here this season. Eight 

 butcher.'^, and two bakers, find it to their interest 

 to make permanent slay here. The fiiriuers in 

 the vicinity now get nearly double for their sur- 

 plus produce to what they did before this estab- 

 lishment was in operation, and have their pay 

 always cash. They also find sale lor vegetables 

 of the coarser kind, and muneroiis other articles 

 that would not pay freight to market. — Cor. A^. 

 Y. Mechimic and Farmer. 



New Carpet Power Loom. — We learn from 

 the Mechanic's Ledger, that a Mr. Bigelow, an in- 

 genious American artisan, has invented a power- 

 loom lor weaving ingrain carpets, wliich is al- 

 ready in use by the Lowell company, who have 

 set filly looms in motion, and cxjiended nearly 

 $100,000 in this branch of manufacture. The 

 carpets produced are of the finest quality. Mr. 

 Bigelow has also completed a macliinc for the 

 inanufacliire of Brussels carpeting which has 

 every prospect of success. He has also invented 

 a machine for ilie manufacture of Alarseilles 

 quilt, a species of work seldom attempted in 

 this countrv. It is said that he has received an 

 off 'r of $80,000 from Fngland for the patent.— 

 •V. 1'. Farmer and Mechanic. 



Machine for Sowing Grain. — A correspon- 

 dent of the Evening Gazette says that a new ma- 

 chine for sowing wheat has been invented in 

 England which distributes the grain equally over 

 the whole surface of the ground. It has been 

 found tliat will] the use of this machine there is 

 a very great saving of seed. Mr. Driiinmond, a 

 very clever writer on this subject, remarks, that 

 " the iiilroductiou of llie use of this iiiiporlant 

 machine will save much time and labor, and 

 will, in addition, save to the Initeil Kingdom 

 five millions of bnshels of Wheat annually in 

 the quantity required for seed." 



The Cut-Worm. 



This is the most troublesome worm thai we 

 have to contend with in our fields and gardens. 

 We lliink our readers generally understand ivliat 

 is meant by the cut-wnrm. Jt is of a slate color, 

 and is iil'len found more than an inch long. It dif- 

 fers (rom the i ommon muck-worm, that comes 

 from the dor-bug, being more slender and durker, 

 and its liabilsare peculiar. It ntlacks young plants 

 in the night only, and then it ct'TS them oH" square 

 near the earth, and leaves them piostrale and 

 uneaten. 



It is di'structive among cabbage plants and a 

 variety of others ; it fells to the rartli peach and 

 cherry trees that are an eiglilh of an inch in di- 

 amcler,and causes much trouble to nmsery men. 

 It seems to delight in mischief, not devouring 

 the hundrelh part of the game that it has killed. 

 It seems to suck the sap of young plants, not 

 caring for the wood or leaf; and many of what 

 we commonly call weeds seem as agreeable to 

 the cut-worm us the most valuable pluiits. Hence 



