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MOOHE'S RURAL HEW-YORKER. 



#££. 12. 



P E T E R THE HERMIT AT JERUSALEM. 



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moocy he paid oat for it— he alwayt wu lucky" 



DC employed an agent to examine all 

 the deed* and tillrt carefully before he purchased, 



never would encourage such eiturtion. Beaidea. 

 Kpwiih, who aold me raj claim, awored me that 

 tic knew it to be perfectly good, and I could ncier 

 have had the face to question the honeety of an 

 old friend ami 01 



In- had the face to cheat you out of JOor 

 .■■ utloman, smiling again, 

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 to reeorcr anything of him ¥' 



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learned that he had »aihl lim Hid i*01w] 



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luck." 



'■ freely, Jon> 



ground '■ b '<■:■• .ill roar misibrtanM to U '■" 



u cannot deny, Uncle William, II 

 ...m- men lire roristilnlmnnlly unlucky. hI 

 others, «ith nu greater advantages, aud scemini 

 in the very BU , I |..o |„, 



every undertaking. I could giee you plenty <>l 

 instance* here under our own observation/' 

 "Suppose J/OU givet-n', lliul will cli. v.iv n>< II 



"Well, then. I ton menU I- til i than 



Joxm and myself Wc began life b 



i nearly eijual udvimtngr* in every 

 reaped, except tbal I bade Little i in' belter of h 

 Qg that small farm of my fathers. 



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botB prudent, i>ii houeekeepen — models 



Mi i. i-. larger than his, 



but look at tbe contrast now His busineu baa 

 gum' siiMilil\ ■ upward, nnlil In' has all he 



I i". P. 'Hi tin- help "I several appi 



irbile [, ttho have been always called the baai 

 workman, can hmilly fiml « n i } >l ny ineitt for one. 



I am still living in an inconvenient, rented ) le, 



I ■■ ;i mug [ItUi bomi ol hi - on a, 



iv i il, ...,,,!, ,, : Innt. ami eM:i> .' hill of life. His 



' Bid ■ bi altbj i bit wift ka nc older 



tluin nben be niarrieil her, 



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 re-worn, and my doe- 

 1 my rent. I urn Mire 



JOHN EASTM \vs LUCK 



"T'it" j'i*i my luca." ungnl. . 



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 ptot* a partial cnntr.n I ii 

 work, and, not being ablt 

 ■ rkman 

 " I WM born to 'M lock," he ■ 



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 " Dow long i 

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Demon tod 

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''■• -CM) ban ia a guild 

 of work gone, all for 



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 —if it likely to prove as profitable u * 



irn up. It est 

 □ legal claim t 





"How much money .In! | 



"Three hundred dollars— money that I hare 

 been laying by e»rr *in©e my marriage to belp 

 purchsx- a bouse and to t - bnl it is gone dow, and 

 it likely to get anything beforehand again, 



vetju 



■OSS, ha bought land at ibe 



■i- l..r. bus been bod 



"How, Jobs Baanus," began tbe old man 



' ".mi j listen to bus You talk 



about /art, ami 1, an old man, who has seen seven- 

 ty odd years of life, I tell M. i 



m luck. The thread of you] dostinj M DBVOl 

 pal into the Immh of the bhml goddOSB, Fflto, I" 



be twisted mill tangled al bet irill, l believe in b 

 Divrae Providence that overrules all things, but I 

 belli re lliul ovary man makes his own track thro' 

 lit'.', and is responsible for n great measure of its 



"Tin n Mm would throw I'll the blame of a 



i i's ini-iin inn:- upon luni-.i u. Thai ■ bdidi 



rather hard." 



!■ ' ■ ■ Hi"'': fbi ■' I- to learn to ih itin- 



j;iii.b b.-lween lliiiie tlijn- - >> liieb me l!,rn ,,|i. 

 In- "I'.n uuniM: iiclii.ii. mill (Ikisc tlmt ,-|ii mi^ 

 ■■in i mi ■■■ Ii.-yond Ins control." 



■■I Bdmil this, bnl I am -m. i i, .-».■ 

 act according to my beat judgment, and o man 

 >n do no more (ban that," 

 ■■it inn u ill mil be angrj with me, Jotix, 1 

 " ill Like to talk to you a tittle ufa ■ 



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a, there is do fear of that, tTnele Wu.ua 

 not) 1 always take your advice kindly, 



1 i. itb >..ii in your iv 



1 !'■ '|'i' ilinl lake iidvice so kindly ore not s 



but no matt i \\ ban i 



1 tl ling i i- u i 



■ i your bad lm k in |paing thai job of 

 which l tuppc- ■ ivenl to Jo»a u bisabo] 

 BJN i open Pray, who was to bl une for that hul 

 > ■■ I| ". foi in fl Qting MUM sn ■. igi rat nl u l 



Hi. Dgl Hi ■- Ami lull llu ,..-\i| ,-,... ,,|| , ..!,,[, Ul ||, 



,: ' i ii '"" job ■> i i as you well 



1 r, liaveoccaoion forthouaonds of dollars worth 



ol woi i: hi i "n> .ni yi n. and will it not bo 



'i ■''" 'i thai . in .I.-, i. in...' whore to look in ■, 



i " It ho i tiled to meet nu 

 ■ in which bis own [atari 

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"That luii 



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I i'l-nii; sure bis claim. ..r v..u, » In, 



luck, and the honesty ol a sperublur, i 



inj lime arrod in jndgmei 

 kftar all. I am a firm belie 



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'■ No— why do you ask f replied he, with an 

 involuntary sinking of his feelings as he half 



" lie was here just after you went to tbe shop,— 

 this morning, and told mc to tclkyou, in case be 

 should nut see you, that he hod decided to sell the 

 house and lot about which you spoke last summer, 

 and. uTyouwuhad still to purchase, he would make 

 i ; might nay three or four 

 anaa you were 

 able. I ntn so glad Jons that we have at last a 

 chance for a home; thul place you know is cioctly 



DntfU (-.,.., ....;, nrftb the oil 



of u roan who does not know what he is saying, " I 



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i buy t 





JO to objecting. 

 s nothing now in 



"Oh, Joirs, do not 



were mamad. There 



the money you have in 

 the in -i payment— " 



"Wall, Hast, yon may ns well know first as last 

 that 1 invested nearly nil that money a few months 

 ngo in western land. I did not say anything to 

 yon about it lor I knew it would worry you, and I 

 had no doubt of being able to replace tbe money 

 '■ we should want it, nod so I should 

 but lor my wretched luck." 



In spite or his efforts. Jons Eastwax looked 

 ashamed, and felt very much as if he had been 

 robbioi; miiim IhhIv, and in truth he had robbed his 

 wife and children of u pleasant home, to gratify 



hil [TO] it? to try experiments in making basic 



to i." ri. 'Ii No wonder he felt this when he looked 

 nl bis will., us she sank buck in her chair, and ga' 

 utterance to a deaparing sigh. In the ten years 

 ol bei [.Hiirieil life she bad lcarucd some bard 

 lessons, and it was not often now that she looked 

 liiiei.ini i.i I Ik.: future very hopefully, but all this 

 morning her heart had been dwelling on the sun- 

 shiny picture of a home that was to be her own ; 

 a home Unit she might make beautiful for her chil- 

 'bin. lliul liny might have it for n pleasant memo- 

 ry all their lives, linked with tbe thought of their 



mother. Tins wm all Inst now, and for a moment 

 it was hard to let it go, but she was one of those 

 ii..!... n ii I i..-e characters are best set forth in the 

 i.n iiMi.u. " loving and patient," and long before 



JOBM BABTwAX finished bis dinner and left for bis 

 shop, her face was as calm and sweet as ever, and 

 her husband carried its image away with him, to 

 haunt him all the rest of Ihe day. 



- Well, I do declare, " exclaimed Miss Sallt, tbe 



nei^hljinli 1 _,K.i|,, as she watched from her 



window the comers and goers, " I do declare there 

 is John Eastman gone right by Slum's without 

 stopping Something must be to pay with big 

 folks." 



Suith's was the village grocery, and, a* a sign 

 over the winili.w declared, the village post-office,n 

 favorite resort for that class of mnU pomps so mi- 

 it ties, and it had long been a 



with John Basnuw t 



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MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 



PREMIUM ILLUSTRATED REBUS. 



GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA, 





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likely, but ib 

 "' birth Ii nothing, and tbe » ten spoon, if 



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The old gentlcmno took up his cane and went 

 ibop, saying, pleasantly, "You moal 

 learn to cam 



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"Joal Like Dm le William." said J 

 tn himself a~ . 



ward home, "he ia always laying the blame of mv 

 and yet one 



d .v to nic. I would not care m> much 

 about the laud af it were not for Mm 

 drBadfullydiMppoiDlod UiaI the nioury is goao." 



Bed the door to enter hi) 

 *d* looked »p from her sewing, with a happier 

 cxpmasioa in brr pale face than he bad seen there 

 to a long iimr. as she eagerly askrl 



s that lady eiuilnlitillv ,1-srrli-il, nm.l :h tbe yoim^ 

 ii'i'lianie look uji bis tools, and set himsell eai u- 

 stly to enmpleie ,i lone, ne-leded job, there was u 

 b,ok ol le.obitiiu) in his face (but was an encour- 

 aging promiai t'm the future. 



Towurdsevcning the gentleman who had brought 

 the work In be done came in. and was evidently 



surprised to see It nearly completed, as he. bad 



been put .ill mi long, lleforc he left he r 



a hesitating manner, that he had s 



;it he wished dune -• I like your styh 

 in- i .id,, i l.i-i i,i -iliiiu Joseb*, hul—" uud beseemed 

 unwilling to li:n-li his sentence. 



"I unden I yoo, mi." said the mechanic, 



"you (ear it will urn be attended to in time I as- 

 sure you that I am determined lor the future to 

 (•online myself strictly tfl my business, and wlint- 

 ■ ■ ■ I ■ ■ ■ >:■' I" do shall he done. 1 have waited 

 ■ enough, and uowlam going to make 



•• Thai's right, that's right," exclaimed the gcu- 

 tleman, grasping him cordially by the hand, "I 

 always said there was no better workman in the 

 laud iii-in Mm, ifyou would only stick toyonj shod 

 and let speculating alone, ami now 1 am sure you 

 will succeed " 



And he did succeed, although not without ogoe.l "'" l| ' 1 '"' "\ "'." 

 many burd struggles with his besetting faults.— 

 Several months alter the conversation with Uncle 

 William took place, the old gentleman h 



. ho was busily at work, and called 

 rfiil roice, " Well, friend John, wh 

 are you aobut dowJ" "Learning to bundle n 

 wooden spoon, Uncle William, and I find it does 

 eerj well since I gave up all hope of finding t. 

 mIi. 'i i m> ." «:i> the j'oung man's laughing answer 

 Only a few of the village folk* have cared to in 

 1 matter, but it seems to be pretty 

 generally understood that John Eastim.v's 1 

 has turned. 



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ERISH C0MPLIXENT5. 



Mr. Coke, vi !... 

 aions, and n hi< 



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agers, there tbey go | lint didn't yer honor hoar 

 ibe shot rattl. , 



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side,.i tbneona 



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(After wntrbing them iiwlnle > 'II. 

 wounded, any!,. ,,v, R,l thoj bad Inn. Ms Itringth to 

 By over yon hedgej ,,..i „ wink ,, : 



get tins 1,1, -,,-ilm^bl" .- 



I, i oerer letn i poi . 

 taken like him; he'll remember yaur honor many 

 a long day for that, Tbe spalpeen | 

 swaj man ihol lltaa would w( up an in 

 at Skibbem d 



"Bother I yon may cry enakt), my tine fellow— vm 

 may take ymir long bill U> the other world I nil 

 wake to-morrow morning with a Inmi. , 

 soft head." four Sheridan eonld K i 

 longer, hut gave in- conntrj u, ,-, n (ke fbi bis Inge. 



unity, iuii.I [.T. ..,■.■. I . .; ,.,, | u , beat alone. 



NoTuiKtnS.vi,' ■ An lml,.n,„ ,,,.,,, u .. I,,i.! 



ingdown the Ohi .. stoamer, Kith B mare and 



a two-ycar-ol'l r,,],, nl,.,, |, 4 ., ,. ILl |,l,->, ,. | 



the boat, all three H,ie ttltfld IntO thoajlvoi The 



Hoosior, as be ,.-. ,...,. :I ■ .,. ,i i :.,„ IM , ,,| 



water, oaughl bold ol ,'■. tail ol U nit, nothav- 



i°g B donW 'i'-' 1 the di ul inaUni I ol the ..I 



would cany him .,'■ ashore Tl soldi 



a bee-line Ibi the ■'.■ n, i ■ Fri ;htcni d eoll 



swam lustily down tl urrent, with its owner attll 



hanging last - 1..1 go ol the coll bd I I 



"''1 ImiiV" -Imnte-l -.n„- ol Ins h iriida, " I'l.ree 



the voter 



tr " m hla n th, ami >|, ,1 



'■■ I dog, "its all mi [htj 1 vour telling 





■ . ofSouth Carolina, wJia oi 

 did 1 iwyi 1. and oould talk a jura ""' °i tboli 



■■ jn'ciiilly nuli-il tin In.-, snec 

 criminal cases, :,!.:. 



Pi , ,si.:l— The most pitiable wretch 

 on earth i> a man of pleasure; e man who has 

 nothing to do, or at least does nothing but enjoy 

 himself and take life easy. That ease is the rust 

 Of the soul irbjeh diuu III bright -urface and cor- 

 rodes its very substance. The most unhappy 

 men we lime ever known where those whom wealth 

 (uufortunalcly for their own comfort) exempted 

 from the necessity of working for themselves, and 

 ■ lordid to enjoy the divine pleasure 

 for othen. One of Ibis class, who had 

 almost princely riches, and spent thousands annu- 

 n fine and fast horses, and the like, said to 

 I ami wretched man. My 

 aimless." Another of the same class declared 

 that, often when he had met a funeral, he bail 

 1 -mil that he could change places with 

 the dead nun in the co&n.—$*Ucted. 



n exaggeration diminish** by addi- 

 tion, as tbe word moil is made tmolUr by adding 

 two letter, to it. Wfaen „ man asserts too much, 

 1 ' shape of praise or censure, we take 

 our revenge by falling into an opposite error and 

 helieriDgloo little. The same effect is often pro- 

 duced by that confusion of ideas or terms which U , 

 designated a bull 



GEOMETRICAL PROBLEM. 



Bright-angle of rtagle, 



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■cling the hypotlionm 

 ■ perpendicular 1 



MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 



Kanda, N. v.. 1 



ii between Uorpby an 

 AKn*a*G«>.>— Siack. 



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up i" ii,,' prisonoi and 1 aid " Jem, 1 



past . I now, ii.nii.i 1.1 ,..in, didn'l p 



horse.'" To which -le .|>l,,<.l : 



Wn.KiNv ..-!;. alli.llii,, I,.,b.|„,,,,- Vil,n 



oi .1 who 11 ■•■■ 1 iim, ■■ 



Doaunnnn.— " Who we unj I ill .-■ ■ \i-. | ,tl a 

 vna the Bnl inventor ol 1 1 ymael • .-, 



thl in-' "1 his ni.il ■-, :. ml can !„■ .«■ n ,,!„.„ 



at n very lull- . 

 .Sn look out." 



"Sbbll cat," Bald u I ■! 



age, the other day, i<. a <m.,ih n- mih ilii... 



"I can't," was the reply. "Wiii.ti,. , . 



the youthful mjatroj " U 1...1 m'l spall 'oat,' 



spell 'kitten.' " 



A rxr man in an omnibus, a tall man | .1 



a short man on parade, and a lady In a huge bonnet 



ittiog '"- 1 ] I u public Ii ''ni. . ..,.- ,/,. I.,,, .1 



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Xiloovc's mural Jfem-llovifer, 



Agricnltural, Literary and Family Weekly, 



Office, Dnion BniliJiup, Oppoiilt iLc Coori House-, BsJTalo St. 



C, M SAXTOM, 



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Honesty's the best policy. 



Temperance is tbe baai life-preserver. 



Beat is the boat phj in, 



Carefulness is the best health protector. 



Perseverance is the surest victor: 



Eindneu [1 the oompletoi toon w ? 



MilEcully Eat tb) ! 



Biperienoe ii tbe best teaoheT 



Trouble is the best man-maker. 



1 : Mend, 



I'iety is the best practice. 



ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac,, IH No. 473. 



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roved after Vc- \wvaa- 



lu. on any condlUou,. 



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'ire Mom V7i Etaoan k. — BUm 0° »" lolren 



a i.*rt. and conmliU U 



to Funic : 

 PeracTcre je perfeet men— 



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