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stress upon observances of this nature. No man 

 who has any regard for his own comfort, will 

 marry a woman who does not pay attention to 

 cleanliness and neatness, which indeed were so high- 

 ly prized by the Stagyrite, that he arranges them 

 in the class of semi-virtues. 



" E'en from the body's purity, 



Tlie nimd receives a secret sympathetic aid." 



But to return to my subject. I went yesterday 

 to a cabinet maker's shop, and I was surprised at 

 the variety and elegance of the furniture, chairs, 

 and side boards, tables, book cases, and bureaus, 

 of walnut, maple, and wild cherry, which would 

 with a competent polish excel the furniture made 

 of imported wood. 



In the first place, a species of the acer, or maple, 

 which grows all over the country, is the material 

 from which some of the best cabinet ware is made. 

 This wood In growing, frequently receives a cu- 

 rious kind of contortion, from which it derives its 

 denomination of curled maple, and it sometimes is 

 shaped into a formation singularly elegant, called 

 hir ds ey e, (rom its appearance. Independently of 

 its uses In this respect, this maple transplanted 

 into the court yard, and along the fences, in rows 

 or in clumps, makes a beautiful ornamental tree. 



The juglans nigra or black walnut grows to 

 an immense size and makes fine cabinetwork. 



