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MOOHS'S KU&jSlL HEW-YOREEIL 



ibna that they be denie 



Ibis inexhaustible source 







Written for Moor*'. 



of enjoyment. 









A WISH 



the works of art, should 



c humor voice, and from 







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of tbc pomi 



Touch bun thul 







hasten by with your * 



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» signing of* read, 



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alchlng id darkness a 



On brookk 

 "voices of 



fill 



soughing 



Chi,'" and 

 o its full I 



o upon the roof, 

 ne deep voice of 



11,, 

 the 

 'old 



the softnes 



, the 



sadness, an 



d tbe solemnity of the 



varied breathing 



B, till be le 







the love-so 







d trustingly to 1 





to her mel. 





teaching*. 



mid appropriate them 



Hod 1 



rs, thv 



g to us by a loved 

 ldbood! If that 



s of moral culture 

 — and one within the reach of every family— is 

 music. Conduelod might, il has uluiost the power, 

 for tbo time being, of transforming the earthly 

 t heaven of purity and joy. How de- 

 ligbtful the gathering together of the family 

 nrouml ilio bright fireside for an evening song! 

 How sweet the united melody of the aged grand- 

 mother's tremulous voice, the father's deep bass, 

 tli, brother's boyish tenor, and the soft treble of 

 the mother and sisters. And if there be the sweet 

 accompaniment of instrumental music, it is so 

 much the more enchanting. How does tbo chnin 

 of harmony bind all hearts in one I And if il 



sounds, are the feelings of the heart elevated to- 

 wards that holy world where angels strike goldou 

 harps, and sing anthems of praise eternally ! Hon- 

 do the ospirations reach forth to u futuroparticipa- 

 tion io seraph songs ! 



And why is not this more common? Why, 

 from tbc family altar, ascends not as frequently 

 the voice of praise as tbc voice of prayer? The 

 senium i,!-: wesing, mii'; often and appreciating]!' , 

 are wool lo siok deeply into our souls, und be- 

 come, ns it were, part of ourselves. There was 

 much wisdom in the thought of biu> who said, 

 " Let me make the ballads of a nation, and I care 

 not who makes the laws." 



How precious to us arc the snatches of song — 

 which we can never forget 

 mother io tbo days of o 

 mother bus passed away, 

 start from their fountains, it, perch 

 heard in the careless throng? How do their echoes 

 linger in the heart, like the song of the dying 

 swod, or like n breath of melody let fall from the 

 lips of tt passing angel nn hi- ministering mission! 

 Mothers, when you bend above your babes to bear 

 them lisp the evening prayer, sing softly to them 

 some holy hymn, and, mayhap, even in their 

 fOU will see a smile light up their fuces, 

 to tall you they are happy. Be sure that happi- 

 ness will ileal into their souls like sunshine, and 

 be refloated back again open the giter. Someone 



"ate singing has a wonderful effect in 

 promoting a sweet disposition, and [a calming 

 angry feelings. Three brothers who lived in the 



■- "■ ighborhood were all hop..' full;, converted 



il I 'l"' ome time; and they frequently met to- 

 gether to sing and pray, und wore remuikable for 

 , mid sweet and amiable 'ii-|,..-iTi,,i,. .. _ 

 Several months thus happily glided away ; at leugth 

 ■ th«m was passing tho house of another, he 



heard bis two brothers engaged in an angry dis- 



i be •renl in and I" 



'HOW happy lis to seu 



Brethren sD sgn i .' Ac 



| iheir dispute, nod soon one 



■ 



■ I and they had 



i |li i thej lived in 



i Ik- mother by singing can 



..:..! supplant thv 



'«■ enchanting and subd Wh 



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than a book full of distinct and beautiful pictures* 

 How interested will be become to point out various 

 peculiarities, as the hump on the hack of the camel, 

 the trunk of the elephant, Ac. Give him a pencil 

 and paper, and let him try to make pictures. How 

 delighted will be he with his robin birdie, bis eagle 

 birdie, his cage, and other pictures, none of which, 

 perhaps, any one but himself would be able to 

 general idea of natural objects 

 ighl be given to a young child by means of pic- 



noer not at all irksome or injurious to 

 Far better this method of imparting in- 

 infant, than that of confining its 

 printed page while as yet there is 

 sufficient physical stamina to endure safely 

 mental application. Take a child of four 

 years of age. Suppose you wished to give him an 

 o. Explain to him that it is a great 

 soveral of the highest he has seen, 

 piled one lop of the other; then tell him that fire, 

 melted Mones, ashes, Ac , burst from its top and 

 uch quantities as sometimes to bury 

 ?s ; give him all the interesting facts up- 

 ijcct which you con call to raind, then 

 i pictorial representation of such a scene, 



bund a Geography, how readily will he 

 the definition given in reply to the ques- 

 tion, " What is a Volcano i" So with a great va- 

 riety of natural objects which he cannot have the 

 opportunity of examining personally, as oceans, 

 water-fulls, animals, vegetables, different parts of 

 the human system, Ac.; exhibit to him correct 

 plates, and interest him in their description. Let 

 this course be pursued for two or three years be- 

 fore it is proper for him to attend school, or at- 

 tempt reading, and what a fund of knowledge will 

 he bring with him when bis feel first seek the halls 

 of science! With what a zest will be enter upon 



LETTERS FROM OUR FARM.-No. 6. 



Have you seen the new Monthly for May ? Not 

 \.bz Atlantic or Pactfc, but Nature's grand issue, 

 the World" i Pictorial. It lies open before me as I 

 ponderous volume, bound in green and 

 1 clasped with golden sunbeams. Thou- 

 sands and thousands of fingers have turned the deli- 

 te pages— thousands ami thousands ot eves have 

 mdcied delightedly over the glowing pictures, 

 faded. For 



i know how many— it has 1 



■ of perfum 



e child i. 



v field 



: gah- 



ng that the r 

 pon tbc printed page, will bu 

 d delightful i 



oudert 



But aside from their value as aids in intelle 

 culture, what deep moral lessous muy be tuugl 

 appropriate pictures! Away with all such r 

 seulations from the nursery us have no refinit 

 instructive iufluence. Let its walls be hung 

 what is really beautiful and useful ; let the pic 

 books put into the bands of the little ones co 

 no false or gross impressions, but tend to ele 

 and how naturally will ihey drink in a love for the 

 beautiful, tbe pure, aud the true! Let representa- 

 tions begetting a martial spirit he avoided. Boys, 

 especially, become so readily fuscinated with the 

 dea of military display, and military victory, that 

 f the Christian mother would inculcate the peace- 

 ful spirit of Jesds Cubist, she should be careful 

 lOT aim be not defeated by pictures of battle 

 i, the praise of battle heroes, and the parade 



ages- 



frcsh every month, moist and breath: 

 re variety of contents 

 the white-haired sago, no sound heart 

 earied of it. Not like other volumes that 

 om the press right into the hands of the 

 their palaces of brick and stone, and only 

 wander occasionally away from towns aud cities, 

 growing old and stale by the way, Nature's great 

 Monthly comes first to us hero at Our Farm, and 

 all dsvellers in broad, green, country places. In 

 fact they never see it in town, or at best only short 

 extracts, and pictures clipped out here and there, 

 tantalizing hints of its peerless beauty. 



Look at this picture— an orchard on a slope, the 

 trees stooping to the weight of the great billows of 

 bloom the spring has drifted over them. How 

 grey trunks show beneath, like rocks amid the 



i that s 



about their 



Was 



;vcra fairer foreground thautbat brook thul creeps 

 dung through its fringe of alders, or a more ex- 

 ipiiHte background than the deep blue of the sky 

 >hading softly upward into paleness? See the 

 oriole ar»ong the branches. What shall we call 

 dm — a golden blossom— a little winged bundle of 

 music and sunshine. A single glimpse of tbe little 

 lashing wanderer carries my heart straight back 





i fold 



e cherry tree, with the white petals 

 tering down upon me and only heard the brook 

 >w the garden wall, chime, chime, as u tinkled 

 i the pebbles, anil ahove my head the drowsy 

 a of tbe bees, and the short, mellow note of the 

 lie, flashing in aud out with that low, rich trill 

 t sounded like a quiet laugh of delight. Oh 



"FTTBBOWS BUNHIHO THE WRONG WAY.' 



Unci., 



and I were tiding out one day, 

 When we came to a field of pale yellow corn ■ some 

 hills had two or three stalks, aud some onlv one 

 while a considerable number were without am-, 

 The owner was trying to dig up the tough sods 

 that had taken a strong hold in the soil, and being 

 near the fence— or, rather, an apology for one- 

 uncle spoke to him— as is his custom whenever he 

 meets with a neighbor. After the health compli- 

 ments, be remarked, "Your corn does not come 

 on very well, Mr. Sayiiss— what is the matterwith 



" Why, you see, last year was a pretty dry sea- 

 son, and this field was too dry— it all baked down— 

 then I cut the furrows down the hill so that the 

 water all ran off; this year I run them across the 

 slope, and as much wet weather as we have, there 

 i3 water standing here nearly all the time— the fur- 



Wc passed on, silently for awhile, until I began 

 to wonder if uncle would not make some of the 

 quaint remarks which I love to hear so well, but 

 still he remained silent. My thoughts had gone 

 into another channel when he repeutcd— "The fur- 

 rows run the wrong way!" There arc no thoughts 

 of mine that I like half so well as his, so I turned 

 to him with a silent, hut smiling inquiry, and he 

 remarked:—" I fear a great many of Mr. Qt 

 furrows run tbe wrong way— nor are his the only 

 ones." After a few moments' thought, he con- 



" If you see a family trying to become respecta- 

 ble by imitating the style of the more wealthy 

 you may be sure the furrows art running the wron$ 



If you see a man whoso daily practice does nol 

 agree with his religious profession, you need not 



humble, but pious neighbor— tht furrows run tk, 



If you hear a person 

 books, you need not a 

 sensible— the probabili 

 the wrong way. 



reading a great many 

 e conclude that he 

 that «,/„„»», r 



If you hear a man speak contemptuously of tl 



younger, or disrespectfully of those older than L 

 If, you must uot suppose him a kind-hearted i 

 tht furrows run tlu wrong way. 

 If you see one try to injure the character of 

 her in order to cover his own faults, be sure 

 ill not succeed— the furrows run the wrong u 

 If you see a youth very attentive to the young 

 ul sprightly of his lady acquaintances, and un- 

 vil and neglectful of the aged, especially his 

 other, he will not become a great or good man 

 iu may be sure — his furrows run the wrong way. 

 And if you see a. young lady trying to win the 

 attention of sensible men by gay dress, or a free 

 e sure her furrows are running 





„ 1853, 



Do we 



npree 



passage, illll: 



ol..p.l 



e Scnpii 



1 i) t ,.,i. 



, lh;i 



uig something upon which our 

 lur minds speculate, or which 

 o grow big with feeling. Per- 

 e representation was so forcibly 



ngtv, 





ben they are 



ell m .■:■ and i romoti Io 



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resistible and tern*. ,,„ 



■ ■ ■ 



I: I 



-■■'■-■■■' " »ted which [» 

 expanded [n pi ..■, l .;, ll(i Mine 



,1 Instrument, from which .:-.,, u„. i,,,,., 

 i ,v h-j'ii In draw forth hi 



led, but we fancy it as having oc- 

 painted for our child-eyes to guze 

 upon. O, it is a pleasant thing iu many ways io 

 home adorned with pictures! We converse 

 with them as with familiar friends, and the stories 

 they tell to us olt become part of the treasure we 

 cherish iu the storehouse of memory. Our hearts 

 mayhap are chastened and strengthened bv their 

 influence, till we become very different being, imin 

 what we should have been but for their piesence. 

 Wcsmii-s. i hen. lji, music and pictures! Muy every 

 homo be gladdened by the melody of tbe former, 

 and the Light that streams from the latter be as 



Tiual, or Mauhiu. Life. -Mar 



trials and its sorrows. Temper-, i , 



i ii'd.ir, and call for fbrbi aranoe, Fortune 



may be chary of iu favors, and cidor. . 



Children maybe ungrateful, and .-.ting the poor 



,■ iluued them. SmcI..,, 



"I'd |, .iinl a household toi i I:. 



man, struggling along with his debts, and the 



vie.nj i\. m, an, toiling early and Lit. . 

 tog the i nn ol all her beauty and bl I 



I he placed apart, could competence 



■ -i, and all their trials be brought lo 



nn cud. The ausivci would be ; — " There is some- 



- ; Bttfls 



than anything the n 

 house of joys outsit 

 irould m dse area i 



verer Iriali 





ran bands to dran 



us more final 





Pitovmxxci bM 



o ordained it thai onlj 



two 









i iQthfll und the mother of his 



ibil- 



■ 

 there b) nothing ball 



Um FmiiUit. 



m lU kinds of 

 ■ 

 oful and idle delusion. - 



Vc- 



There are soni 





ttercd here and there throiif. 



the pages— rare poems set to rarer melody— n 

 written in our harsh tongue, but in tbe liquid svll 

 bles in which the birds and the winds talk to oi 

 another. Now and then a poet, silver-tongued and 

 golden-henried, catches the rhythm, and translates 

 so truly that tbe busy people stop to hear, and go 

 on saying the song over and over in their hearts, 

 yet thousands of poems just ns beautiful lie all 

 about tbem, only waiting for lips loving enough to 





sNaxm 



i G la 



it would seem has he: 

 the rest of us, for here i 

 laming letters: 

 New Goods I Just rec 



lantly r 



ived, and 

 tment of 



Buds 



Sprin, 



and Ulossomsof every shade and hue, sui 

 tastes and ages ; Leaves of the newest n 

 desirable puiterns^ — iu short, everything 

 most fastidious could desire. A large supply of 

 tbe choicest and most valuable Perfumes always 

 on hand, also a splendid assortmeulof Jewels, con- 

 sisting of the celebrated dew-drop diamonds, 

 pearls, Ac, but customers must call early to secure 

 these, as they will not be exhibited long after sun- 

 rise. The ladies will find some celebrated Tinctures 

 and Cosmetics for beautifying the complexion, and 

 imparling brilliancy to the eyes, such as the 

 "Halm of the Morning," "Glory of Sunshine," 

 and many others whose merits have beeu abun- 

 dantly testified to. A band of trained minstrels 

 always in attendance to furnish the I,. 



"Carpets of green tapestry laid to order upon 

 enclosures, nod hangings of embroidery 

 situaimus. Cull nt the old 



furnished t 



stand — out of doors." 



Why should 1 try to 

 most exquisitaof publica 



-this i 



us? Its great, unbrok- 



;s up before me, and 



With a feeling akin io 



the pages day by day, the pictures 



brightening towards the time, and think how in u 



few days the glorious Juno will interpret all these 

 iwcet May prophet its in grand ["ulniluicnt. a. 



Ho«E.~LoVe watches im.'i I lie cradle „1 Ihem- 

 ■'iil, om il,,. eouch ol' 1 1 if aC'd, over the ucli.nc 



■nd comfort of each ood all i to be hnppy, man 

 etirea from the ont-doorworld to bis home. In the 

 household circle the troubled heart finds cons olu- 

 lurbed hods rest, the joyous linds.Ueli 

 dement, Piom souls, when they speak 

 of death, say that they go home. Their longing 



'1 C,,.,| ,., ,,, ,[.,_.,, 



represented the abode of eternal happiness 



: 

 this not tell us thai 

 pointed to be n picture of Heaven, and a forctbte 

 i" that higher home? 



CONSTAT EMPLOYMENT. 



1 to earn the necessities of life, knows not 

 ohappiness he prays for when he desires 

 i and idleness. To be constantly busy is to 

 be always happy. Persons who have suddenly ac- 

 quired wealth, broken up their active pursuits, 

 and begun to live nt their ease, waste away and die 

 cry short time. Thousands would have been 

 blessings to the world, added to the common stock 

 nf happiness, if they hud beeu content to remain 

 in a humble sphere, and earned every mouthful of 

 food that nourished their bodies. Biilno; fashion 

 and wealth took possession of them, and they were 

 completely ruined. They ran away from peace and 

 pleasure, and embraced alingering death. Yewho 

 arc sighing for the pomp and splendor of life, be- 

 ware I Yo know not what ye wish. How is it 

 possible Tor you to be happy while you possess a 

 deceitful hearty No situation, however; no wealth, 



ous, cau yield you solid enjoyment, while discon- 

 tent lurks in your bosom. The secret of happiness 

 lies in this— to be always contented with your lot, 

 and never sigh for the splendor of riches, or tho 

 magniGcence of fashion oud power. Persons who 

 are always busy, and go cheerfully to their daily 

 task3, arc the least disturbed by the lluctuations of 

 business, and at night sleep with perfect compo 

 sure. The idle and tbe rich arc seldom contented, 

 They arc peevish, fretful, irascible. Hid them good 

 morning, and they scowl. Nature und art 

 few attractions for them. They are entirely 

 their view. While iu this state, the springs of lite 

 are rusting out, and the decay of death has 

 meuced undermining their constitutions. — 

 ■ 



THE FIRST MOENING HOUE. 



Natckk tells what it should be. Not ushered 

 in with din and strife, and the trumpet call to bat- 

 tle; but steuling softly, quietly, serenely over the 

 senses, with song of birds and scent of myriad 

 flowers. Just so should the spirit be in its wak- 

 ing hours, buoyant, hopeful, bright, soaring, re- 

 joicing. No cloud of discontent, no fog of sullen- 

 ness, no biting breath ofwords that slay quicker than 

 knife or bullet, and too often, Cod knows, those who, 

 defenceless and hopeless, can wage with tbe tyrant 

 victor no warlarc. What misery a day, tbe first 

 morning of which, thus ushered iu, shall bring, 

 ere its sunset— how many uching hearts can tell ! 

 How leaden the feet of duty move unwinged by 

 love, how many a sorrowful household might 

 reveal, did its tomb-like walls tell all the sighs 

 and tears witnessed within them I Ob, mothers, 

 fathers, guard your first waking thoughts! Bur- 

 den not unnecessarily, or despondiogly, or selfish- 

 ly, the new born doy with ytsUrday's discontents 





for the sake of those whose unlifted fuces reflect 

 every flitting shadow that mars the sunshine of 

 yours. A frowning face! How sad a legacy for 

 children to hang up in memory's cabinet, when they 

 sit musiug, in after years, on the influences that 



their 



,,;■!,, 





taimtd their usefulness. Look to tbc first morn- 

 ng hours of each day, for, like the little stone 

 i-hichyou idly throw into the lake, cureless where 

 t sinks, it leaves a ripple that shall widen and 

 Fiden till it reaches tbe shore of eternity. 



H3TAKOB to IiiPuovEHEST.— It was the pbysi- 

 ot' the highest standing who most opposed 

 ey. It was tbo most experienced navigab 



)p|,o-cd Columbus' 



conversant with the management of the Post 

 bo were the last to approve of tho plan 

 llform penny po 



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skill 



unyo 





tilled to the delerc 

 hially due to each man in his oi 

 ire likely, indeed, he will have 

 judge of improvements in details, or c 

 duce them himself; but the more unlikely to give 

 hearing to any proposed radical change. An 



judge of all that relates to turnpike roads und 

 coach-horses; but you should not consult bun 



about railroads and steam-curriuges. Again, every 

 om knows, how slowly, and with what dillicully, 

 farmers ure prevailed on to adopt any new system 

 of husbandry, even when tbe faults of mi old es- 

 uc aud the advantage id achangecan 

 bo made evident to the -en- ;: 



So Tiii-v Sit.— "They" will say any thing and 

 . ■ 

 md despicable. "They" say things that break 

 to, blight hopes, and 



iiitlionty, ' 



Vl ! . . . 



ler l givea 



Hkave.v's Tri'stek.— Beauty, we say, is given 

 by God; it is a talent; position is given by Ood; 

 it is a talent; but money, we are apt to any, is 

 proper wages for our day's work; it is uotatalent, 

 it is a duo. We may justly spend it on ourselves, 

 if we have worked for it. And there would be 

 some shadow of excuse for this, were it not that 

 the very power of making the money is itself only 



one of the applied! sot' tin! intellect or strength 



which we confess to be talents. Why is one man 

 than another? Because he is more indus- 

 , more peaevcring, and more sagacious than 

 i. Well, who made him more persevering or 

 sagacious than others '! That power of on- 

 ce, that (juickness of apprehension, that 

 calmness of judgment, which enables him to seize 

 tbe opportunities that others lose, and persist in 

 the lines of talents— are they not, in tho present 

 state of the world, among tho most distinguished 

 and influential of mental gifti''— Joh ji ButWn. 



Seciut Run. ion. —God is often lost in prayers 

 and ordinances. "Enter into thy chamber," said 

 he, "and shut thy door about thee." "Shut thy 

 door about thee," means much ; it means shut out 

 not only frivolity, hut business; not only the cm- 

 puny abroad, but the company ut home ; it means, 

 —let thy poor soul hare a little rest und refresh- 

 ment, and God have au opportunity- to speak to 

 thee io u siill small v,.icc, or he will speak in thun- 

 der, lam persuaded the Lord would often speak 

 more softly if we would shut the doo. 



POWER or KlKDNI - Kindness is kuoivu to be 

 a specific for many forms of disease, and kind 

 nursing for many more. Christ's wholo ministry 

 was one of personal ki: i 



great lever of Christianity! by ii tl,. 

 of the gospel enu open the eyes of pusjun tiimd- 

 0CS1 ; by il the ears of the most obstinate and 

 hardened can be unstopped; by it " ■ 



ed and lift saved ; Ln it even !■ 10 '" OH 



bo alleviated ; by it all obstacles to tbe progress of 

 Christianity can be removed ■■■ diminished. 



I ■ WOH MlSTAKl «' v 



.'■■.in,- thin i,,,,, since the} huvi hrlnved, (hey must 

 di in ii. iii oomibrl from ■■'■ bei ■ tree, or bj 



different itny I'm"" "h;,t i !■■.-> did at first-, they 

 irn their whole otu-olion to tbemsch . - 



. Forgetting that (he 



■m- u IJ ■ " ;l ,:l1 - ( '""- « !l ' ; ' ■ 



,e upon Ihaerow, thej tun two,!, and trj to 



junsh H"' 1 " u >' Bljmc process of their own doris- 



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