OCT. 16. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AH AGRICULTURAL AIST) FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



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BEASXIIO -BOOKS AID HXW6PAPEBS 



Boots bava long been the companions and 

 friends of men. In the da;* wbcn the/were rarer 

 than now, and better, taken m tbey come, with how 

 warm affection and honest reverence did thoee re- 

 markable men, whom we look npon aa the literary 

 landmarks or thalr time*, oherlah a copy of some 

 old Greek or Roman anthor, or tbe work of some 

 great pioneer In English liter a tore. They read 

 and re-read a farorlw writer — they studied hia 

 ■till m well as his meaning— they quoted him — 

 and gratefully acknowledged him as the sharpener 

 of ihalr wit. tbe rentier of their taste, and the In- 

 splrerof noble sentiment* Bot times are changed. 

 Now a- da; a there are many book writers, and each 

 seems to think il his doty to write many books — 

 Reader* are many, and they must read many books. 

 Thrre are few readers of tbe stamp of Dbmos- 

 tiiskrb — who copied a history six times for his 

 own Intellectual improvement — bot many, that, on 

 flnUhlag * book, exclaim with the tired foot 

 traveler pasdng n milestone, " Well, I've got past 

 that" One reading la ns much aa men generally 

 give a book, for there are other and perhapa rich- 



But a new element— the periodical, tbe news- 

 paper — has meanwhile been growing op. Un 

 trammeled with the dignity and formality requisite 

 1o shook, tl Is better Ailed for particular ends — 

 Like a company of French riflemen, ft does quick 



Euglish rank and rile performs tbe slow and heavy 

 work. Periodicals always And work to do. Whether 

 employed, as In the list centary, In refining tbe 

 popular taste, satirising manners and fashions, 

 setting np nod pulling down rulers, furnishing fan- 

 loving clubs with ft daily dish of the latest jests 

 and fancies, to relish with their coffee and punch; 

 orapplled toevery posatbte ose, as In our day. they 

 di»play en eminent degree of practical skill and 

 power. Newspapers are now, to the mass of the 

 penple, almost what tbe blood Is to the body— the 

 great carriers of aliment and agents of growth — 

 They are the dispensers of tbe political, scientific, 

 and, to a great extent, the religious opinions and 

 fal'hs of multitudes. They almost monopolize the 

 rending of the present day. 



We have thus carefully noticed these three kinds 

 of rending and readers, because they really exist, 

 though more or less blended together. Each has 

 Its advantages and Its defects. Tbe third clans, or 

 newspapers, Is our suljeot, and the other classes 

 may give ns hint* of the valne of good reading, 

 and the way to secure the full benefits of newspa- 

 pers. One paper Is devoted to politics, another to 

 religion. The principle-, and endless dtEcussloOB 

 of each subject demand full possession of one pa 



e ball i 



■blent , 





• nee in the family olrolo to bless mankind. T 



such a paper oar remarks will especially apply. 



A newspaper Is a reservoir of the observation 



a of many mon. To Its agriculture 



tthe 



ndwbn 



other farmers think and do. This knowledge is 

 an addition of capital In hia business. Id company 

 wltb the treasured truths of otber departments It 

 banishes his narrow and ono elded views — Intro- 

 duces a generous liberality— leads bis thoughts 

 from particulars to generals, from faoU to princi- 

 ples, from himself to tbe great family — teaches 

 him that his farm la not the globe, that its soil and 

 Its products, and Its treatment are not Identical 

 wltb those of all the world, and that the price he 

 gets for hta wheat does cot take precedence of all 

 other human Interest* — In short, it makes a thinker 

 of him, without being which he can be neither a 

 farmer, nor anything else. But In the family the 

 newspaper holda a aacred office. It enters Its 

 sacred precincts as tbe nurse of thought — as the 

 guide to experience— aa a fireside companion wbo 

 appears sometimes In the garb of a venerable eage 

 to counsel, or traveler to narrate — sometimes aa a 

 man of delicate fancy and deliclona bomor, mov- 

 ing to laughter, and melting to tears, winning the 

 tedlousneas from the hours, and making tbe heart 

 lighter and better; and eometlmea as a grave 

 teacher, to uproot " vain hopes, Inordinate de- 

 sire?," and Implant right views of life. A good 

 family newspaper, aa an educator of children. Is 

 valuable beyond price, 



"Experience coniradlota that assertion, " says 

 one,— 1 * we don't witness each results. Besides, 

 newspapers are— by nature— liable to be incorrect, 

 and are— by practice— ahominally so. Children 

 read In them about sea-serpents, quack cures, and 

 other marvels, and swallow them whole. If they 

 ever look at tbe sensible portions, they only skim 

 them, and what they get 'stays like water In a 

 sieve.' " We reply that thla depends upon clroum 

 stances. Many travelers Journey to little advan- 

 tage, and very many " tako the papers" to no pur- 

 pose, bat yet this does not justify Dr. Johksox's 

 assertion that "traveling is a dissipation of the 

 mind," nor tbe drawing of the same general prin- 

 ciple concerning newspaper reading. 



How, then, are the benefits of a newspaper to be 

 secured to children, or !• grown people! Simply, 

 entirely, through the heads of the family— the 

 parent*. This I. M Bg0 of gre , t contracts and 

 wholesale business, but moat people have yet to 

 leara that they cannot contract and band over tbe 

 education of their offspring to preacher* school- 

 master* and editor*. Th*, *ui flnd lhat e „moD«, 

 books and newspapers do Utile ROO d r themselves 

 i Yankee schoot- 

 f interesting, may 



'1-books, with i 







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their intended mission. Sacb negb 

 Bg*m*ntu the bushel that covers tbe light and 

 smothers the genius of very many bright young 

 minds. A child, whose parents have carefully 

 taught him to walk, and talk, and than left him, 

 will seldom gel farther than to walk and ran well, 

 and talk and reason badly. Father, If yon would 

 have yoursona manly, Intelligent farmer, an honor 

 nd to yourself— if you would have 



you wonld triple your own mind's growth ud 

 stock, and quadruple your happiness, then, use 

 your EntAL as some of those noble old Puritan 

 fathers osed their catechism, gather boys and girls 

 In a circle daily, question them, discuss with them, 

 laagh with them over whims, which all com* 

 pondenta, even of this paper are not free from, and 

 send them away to think, and look about, and aee 

 " whether thoee things be so." Dkawdbl 



THE ECHOOL-MASTEB-Hia FUTURE. 



We look forward with hopes to the time when 

 teaching will a distinct profess on, reqoirlng the 

 same course of studious preparation aa law or 

 medicine. Tbe Importance of the ttechers labors 

 can not be exaggerated. Be wields the future 

 success and character of tbe man. Tbe work 

 whlcb other* perform may be seen and calculated, 

 hot who can reach so far, even In Imagination, aa 

 to touob tbe completion of that structure which 

 baa Its foundation In the mind of the child? It 

 was the first Impulse which gave motion and shape 

 and direction to the nniverse, and sent the earth 

 and stara to wheel uninjured through their orblta 

 In eternal space. It la the first Influence — in the 

 beginning it may be only a grain of sand hidden 

 in tbe bosom of the earth, which imparts strength 







dooms It to a distorted and feeble maturity. It Is 

 tbe first Impulse, likewise, which shapes and sen- 

 tences the ever during mind. " I hold that every 

 man is a debtor to his profession," aald Webster; 

 and surely no one baa so much power to dignify 

 his office as the teacher. If tbe next centnry wit 



.cblevt 





log knowledge as the last has— if textbooks, tbe 

 railways and telegraphs of mental communication 

 atii] wealth, go on Improving and extending, per- 

 haps, tbe eame amonnt of knowledge may be sc- 

 ceKslble In weeks which It now requires months of 

 labor to attain. Tbls promise for the future rests 

 wltb tho teacher. Whatever is to be the hereafter 

 of our onon'ry, whatever the calamities which 

 party warfare may engender, we can not fall to be 

 secure In the homes of our principles and liberty, 

 so long as the common school, the peaceful glory 

 of New Eogland, is perpetuated, and the work of 

 bool mauler Is honorable and honored. — A' 



Niutkbss — A flUby Bchool-hnuae li an aboml 

 nation. And yet wbo does not know that one of 

 the hardest duties of the teacher is to keep the 

 school hooso and its furniture perfectly neat and 

 clean! Boys will biing in bo much dirt on their 

 feet, iiii.l then both boye and girls will flnd it so 

 convenient to scatter so many bits of paper, and 

 now and then one will want to spit upon the floor, 

 that It seems almost as great a Uak to keep the 

 house clean, &* it was for Hercole6 to cleanse the 



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be kept in any 



ed school room. Let the teacher, and schi 

 committee, and visitor?, all look to this oni 

 and In a little time the whole aspect of t 

 will change; and with this change will 

 change almost of the hearts of tbe pupils. Clean- 

 liness will make them alive to beauty, and 

 WO.— ft. /. Schoolmaster. 



sdaty 



LinriR was tbe son of Necessity, the nursling t 

 Hope, and the pupil of Art; be had the strengt 

 of bis mother, tbe spirit of hia nurse, and the dc: 

 terity of bis governess, and came down npon earl 



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CONNECTICUT RAMBLES. 



Eds. Kuril: — Nearly every week yonr many 

 readers at tbe East are favored with the privily 

 of perusing Interesting letters from your Westei 

 correspondent*, describing not only how they carry 

 on (arming, but also picturing to us the 

 presented in various place?. Maybe, 

 Western friends would like to hear from the Ea*t— 

 the home of tbe Yankees, of clocks, and (us some 

 say) wooden nutmegs. Ton will see that yoor 

 humble correspondent halls, for the present, fn-m 

 Clinton. Your home — the Empire State— boss 

 Clinton, besides there are some fifty otber towns of 

 iat name in different parte ol tho States — all 

 smeil, I suppose, In honor of him, who, though not 

 in projector, was the promoter of the canal sya 

 m In New Tore, and to whose enterprise and 

 Brsevcrancela doubtless owing the fact— the great 

 ork of uniting the Hudson with the giant lakes of 

 le West, and upon whose muddy water* the U> 

 erimtnt la now being made if propelling canal 

 Lists by steam. Bat I am digressing. I spoke of 

 te Utile town of Clinton, from whiob I haiL 'lis 

 quiet Utile village nicely loca'td «n Long Island 

 i >u in 1 , and In my next I will, If you wl>b.givc yon 

 sketch of li — Its soil, people and ptodobtlou — 



'HIE GREAT WALL I H 



About two hundred yean before the birth of 

 Caster, Cbi hoakg ti, the "Greai Warrior." OUM 

 io tbe throne of China. The Intern, ■, i 

 country was, at the time, and for three hundred 

 years previous, incessanUydlaturb.il ■ 

 and the quarrels of the petty Ems*. Cbibosko 

 ti determined to pat an end to toi- by onitlDg all 

 the small kingdoms Into one monarchy, of which 

 be intended to be the sole sod ab»otute*overeign 

 There wo* no difficulty in finding pretexts for in- 

 vading the aeveral States of the tributary Kings, ns 

 scarcely a year passed bnt one or < ill 

 rebelled against his authority. By degrees, how- 

 ever, he conquered them all, and after some year* 

 of civil warfare, became master of the whole Em- 

 pire. When he had subdued all tbe petty provin- 

 ces, he next turned his arms Bgaiusl the Tartar*, 

 who had become very troublesome neighbors — 

 They were a much more warlike people than the 

 Chinese, and were enemies very gteitly dreaded 

 The Emperor, therefore, devised a plan to keep off 

 tbelr invasions, by erecting a wall ulong (he wank. 

 extent of tbe northern frontier, of nob a height, 

 thickness, and solidity as to be proof against any 

 attempts which might be 







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of lives sacrificed. In order to Obtain a sufficient 

 number of workmen for bo vast an enterprise, 

 the Emperor ordered that every third laboring man 

 throughout the Empire should be compelled to 

 enter his service; and they were forced to labor 

 like slaves, without receiving any compensation 

 tieyond a hare supply offood. 



Toe Great Wall extended fifteen hundred miles, 

 from the sea to the most western prat ince of bbeu- 

 sL It was carried over the blgheel mountains, 

 through tbe deepest valleys, and by means of 



■ient to allow 



i rldin 



ummit, and it was fortified by s 



built at equal distance* of about one hundred 

 yards. In which guards were stationed. Tbe ex- 

 ii mad of stone and brick work of the 

 most solid consiiucUon, which was filled in with 

 earth, so as to render it Impenetrable; and the 

 whole waa finished In tbe short period of Are 



inralist. 



THE LAW AND THE FASH. 



afwiiuL Eos.:— I have beeu much amoved at the 



in the Bout, and thought if I nould not be pot- 

 ting valuable ground to an unprofitable use, I 

 would like to drip a word or two het*o*n these 

 fierce combatant*. Vy sympathies woro elicited 

 very strongly 1 Q behalf of Oakky, for. poor fellow, 

 Instead of fighting »*Jbd of sheep" a la Don 

 QmxOTB, (which would certainly be little enoogh 

 honor to him.) he baa aroused only on*. 



I em wllUng to concede the main argument of 

 Jnntus, and ao I presume will alt who have read 

 his communication, end that, aa I understand It, la 

 lhat be has not only read Do* Qntxor* Lord Bt- 

 som. Mr. Blur, and Bomethlogaboat Rioa'D CcntTB 

 di Liow but bos also dipped hia literary fingers 

 Into the Latin puddle. Now, If we may argue from 

 effeot to cense, and then apply Ibe ancient proverb 

 "e-rniAir, nihil Jti," (I presuttc 1 ahull bo excused If 

 I nse the language so familiar to our friend,) we 

 oan come to a very clear estimate of tho calibre of 

 the " representative" gun "of the Uural liistricts." 



Now, Messrs. Editors, 1 have- quite e liking for 

 the profession of the law, and may, at some future 



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my 1 



r I do 



not be because I consider manual labor opon a 

 farm aa beneath my dignity, nor on accountof any 

 "natural repugnance," but because my taste la 

 stronger for a professional life than for that of e 

 farmer. I have ever believed that tbe farmer's life 

 was one of tbe most healthy, Independent, and en- 

 nobling occupations in the world, but I believe, by 

 a doubtlessly wise dispensation of Providence, we 

 bate been created with diil'ercnt taste a and pro- 



clivities, and much of e 

 upon our adaptation to i 

 in an occupation for v 

 laph 





losa in Ufe depends 

 neas. If wo engage 

 Ither by ability or 



>n with the history of this glganti< 

 e present Rural readers with apor 



clent Chinese Husbandman In sum 



on which oc 



casion the Emte 







1 plowing a 



nd aowing eeed 



opart fur tho 





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giving 



a brief aketoh of places visited yeaterday. and or 

 which I presume liiUe U known to my Western 

 fr lends. 



Being weary of school doties. and feeling need 

 of recreation. I yesterday gave my pupil* their 

 freedom and look the morning train on the New 

 ew London Railroad for New London, 

 particularly, places of historical InUr 

 eeL Tbe distance from Clinton la 37 miles. Tbe 

 route lie* along the Sound shore, and nesrly the 

 ■nine distance the Sound is visible, affording 

 >lea*snt vlewe to paesenger*— diminishing In no 

 ,Hght degree ibe monotony of riding on tbe cars 

 The first town of any importance after leaving 

 Ssybrook, located near tbe month of the 

 ut. flawing Into the Sound at that place, 

 irgeat river in our State, and from U, tbe 

 Slate takes Us name. The Indian name for tbe 

 t— meaning the 'lung riser," 

 I. 'the river without end'' — 

 Saybrook la one of the oldest town* In tbe Stale, 

 in tu early days the colonlata were mnch an 



noytd by Indiana. In tbe year I BAG a foi 

 built at the mouth of the river, and in March, 1(137, 

 the commander of the fort, with twelve men, wa 

 attacked by a body of PtijUots and three of th 

 number billed. Saybrook !» distinguished as bein 

 the seat of Tale College. But I must not detai 



We have crosfcd the tlver on the ferry boat, end 

 taking tbe card on (he opposite side, are soon whirl 

 ing along fist as steam will take u-l rasslofi 

 through a section of OOODtrj Interspersed with bill 

 and dale, at 10 A. M., I found myself In New Lon 

 don,— a city of New London county, — situated on 

 the west bank of tbe Thames river, BO miles from 

 New HaveD, and ibree miles from the oceai 

 barbor is one of the best In the United Sta 

 being three miles long, capacious, dtep sn 

 liable to be frozen over. The city is built on 

 clivlty facing the South aud East Granite 

 protrude from the surface In many places, making 

 It somewhat difficult to lay out ihe city with very 

 great regularity, though niibin ufew years put the 

 enterprise of the citizens has done mnch to 

 come tbe Irregulailtlea of the surface. A great 

 portion of the wealth of New Loudon consists 



which , 



and a large amount. ol e ipitul. Tim receipt- from tbe 

 whale fishery la 1B53 amounted to il, 343 872 Tbe 

 amount of shipping employed in the same was 

 15 yiifj tnna Population of the city ahout 12,000 

 At the mouth of the river stands Fort Trumbull — 

 This Is a strong granite fort having forltefounda 

 lion granite rack. Tiawell worth a trip across 

 our State; aye, further, to vlclt this structure. As 

 "Uocle Sam" is at p^aoe with all the world, and 

 "the rest of mankind," there are no troops station- 

 ed here, bat within, and on the outer walls, are 

 some fifty cannon mounted, und eo pluci d as t*i rake 

 en enemy's ship fore and a'i Beading death and 

 destruction Into the ranks of any so venturesome 

 aa to come within their reach. Tbe " Red Coats- 

 would flnd It more difficult to take that Port now, 

 than when, In 1781, tbty elmply found a breaat 

 work, or water battery, open from behind, and 

 defended by 23 m<-a The Fort Is in charge of a 

 Sergeant whose doty it la to see that things ere 

 kept In order, aud everything bears testimony to 

 the fact that this duty Is discharged, for no parlor 

 can outshine tbe neatness and order of things in 

 and about the fort, and no young re.iders of the 

 RrnsL of either sex need ever i oilman if they can 



lus house- 



aucceed in seeming f .,r . 

 keeps thlQgB as neat with 

 noted old Bach, "Dncle 

 keeper* do. 



Crossing the Thames, (which le here half a mile 

 In widib.) I flnd nijself lu OrotOD, a town opposilo 

 New Louder, and containing abont 8,700 Inhabi- 

 tants, Historical Incidents connected with this 

 il peculiarly Interesting. The village 



fort more bravely defended, nor a garrison 

 barbarously butchered. They foughtwitb allkluds 

 of weapons, and many of the enemy were ktl 

 under the walls flmpty by throwing shot over ii] 

 them: but, overpowered by numbers, they w 

 obliged to Hurrender, when followed a scene 

 cold-blooded butchery, such as, probably, had 

 parallel in ony other bmle of ibe Revolution, 

 sooner were the British within the fort than they 

 began butchering the defenceless ones, till 120 

 were weltering iu their heart's blood, — 85 

 killed, 35 mortally and dangerously wounded, and 

 *0 taken prisoners to New Tork. I wandered e 

 about tho ruins— passed through tbe old gate way- 

 along the bnationa now crumbling to ruins — 

 tbroagh the narrow passage-way (under ground) 

 that led from the fort to the hospital— and my 

 was busy reviewing scenes that bad transpired 

 there. On the hill, a few rods north of thi 

 stands a monuruont of granite erected to tbe 

 ory or those who fell in that LatUe. It is it feet 

 square at the Vase, 12 feet square at tbe top, and 

 has 168 steps, being 127 feet high. A marble slab 

 on the west side bears the following inscription.— 

 " This monument was ere o'ed under tho patronage 

 of tbe State of Connecticut, A. D., 1830, and in the 

 55th year of the Independence of the U. 8, A , In 

 memory of the patriots wbo fell in the massacre at 

 Fort Crlswold, near this spot, on the Oih of Sep- 

 tember, A. P , 1781, when tbe British, under com- 



iand of t 



[>, burnt the 

 spread des- 



hi 



ughout tht 



region." 





tb 













and eurro 





ad 



While *t 



ndlng ther 



■ I am 



i built on the a: 

 le early settler 



!Mlf It 



e hill facing t 



f Indiana wbo were very 



^friendly to the whiles, frequently annoying 



em. killing and taking captive many of tbe Inbabi- 



nt* of the surrounding country. Here, too, on 



roton Helgnt*, •■* the rnina of Fort Griawold, of 



Revolutions^ fune. woi jh waa so bravely defended 



SepL Bah, IVaU, f -J a garrison of lfifl Americans, 



loaam-ndtd by the traitor, 



Behsdict A*>old, Bravely did the 



straggle against each fearful oddj — ne 



f \V*v l,i,i 



almost dearened by the ringing of bells, and dls 

 charge nf cannon in commemoration of tbe sno- 

 ceasful la) lug of tbe Atlantic Telegraph. Striking 

 contrast! thooght I. /Vow the hills are echoing 

 with tbe cannons roar In view of the recent nnlon 

 of Rng'and and Amorica, while 77 years ago, the 



but Also with the nbrieks of dying victims of ICng- 

 lud'f. crseifu aud opprtstion. Oh, that this last, 

 this great achievement of the age, may hasten on 

 the time when wara and rumors of wars ahaU 

 cease from off tbe face of tbe whole earth, and 

 peaea find prosperity reign throughout all lu bor- 

 ders; then may we jay from the heart,— "Glory to 

 Oon In tho highest — on earth peace, good wlU to- 



W*TiH. — Potatoes contain 75 per cent (bj 

 wrlght .') and turnips no less than 90 per cent o 

 water. A beefsteak, though pressed between blot 

 ting paper, yields nearly four-fifths of its weightol 

 Of the human frame, bones Included, only 

 ne fourth la solid matter (chiefly carbon 

 and nitrogen.) the rest is water. It a man s 

 Ing l to ponnda was squeezed flat under a by di 

 pre**, 105 ponnda of water would run out, and only 

 35 pounds of dry residue remain. A man Is, there- 

 fore, chemically speaking, *5 pounds of carbon end 

 nitrogen diffused through six buckets of water.— 

 Berxellns, indeed, lu recording tbe fact, JusUy re- 

 mark* that tbe -living organism Is to be regarded 

 at a moss diffused In water;" and Dalton, by e aeries 

 of experiments tried on his own person, found that 



log at a disadvantage. 



But I do not agree with tho seemingly unprinci- 

 pled remark of Usury In reference to the disre- 

 gard of truth requisite to be an Attorney. If I ever 

 enroll under the banner of the law, It will be with 

 a Arm determination to strictly adhere to the truth, 

 and if I find I cannot succeed In that profession 

 without a sacrifice of my principles, I shall, moat 

 assuredly, abandon It BaiTrs. 



Orud BlTU Vsiiaj, mob., less. 



wlodgo 



* CONSTITUTIONAL WEASIRE38" 



Eds Ruaax: — I wish to imps 

 possessed by me in regard to tbe above ti 

 Bahht Hsuhis having desired Information 

 subject It Is not a hereditary disease, a* staled 

 by Habbt, as we rarely can trace II* symptomi 

 our parent* or to oar auceBtors; tflerefore, we c 

 not be said to inherit It and It la not e heredit 

 disease. As to the origin of tbe malady there 

 nothing very definite, although It has been kne 



oenturlea back. U constats in having settled It 

 ■ oi 'h constitution a natural weariness or tired dis 

 position, which one is not able to account for, no 

 is it easily overcome. Those affected wlih it, ihtil 

 e great deal of labor, by whining forth the cry, " 

 am to tired." It would seem that to those willing t< 

 burden themselves with tbe distemper, It serves i 

 very good purpose, that of avoiding labor. It of 

 feet* lazy farmer's boys, when they make up tbeir 

 minds to go to tbe city, and renounce the farm end 

 nil kinds of work. But, thrown upon their ow 

 resources, It proves a very unvaluable compnnioi 

 If not possessed of otherwise bright talents or li 

 oome, ItwlU hurry them to a pauper's grave. There 





t npo 



themselves lu their youth, but lu maturity tbey flnd 

 to their sorrow that tbey were deluded Into a false 

 step. la their advanced days, it ha* worn 

 tbelr very vitals, then nothing oan root It out; 

 tbey are allowed to drag out their miserable e 

 ence without a pitying word. Bach are the effeot* 

 of tbe disease, I know of no better remedy, for 

 the core of tbe complaint than to use one's utmost 

 endeavors on the appearance of theflrst symptom* 

 to overcome it It oan be done tben, and only then, 

 by steady and anceaslng attentions directed In 

 proper way. Da. Quae 



AUTUMN. 



Evsbt season of the year haa It* charms, and 

 brings It* enjoyment* and blessings. To some tbls 

 Is tbe most religions season. Natore speaks most 

 Impressively of tbe goodness of Oon. Tbe air seem* 

 loaded wltb an Influence that breath's calm delight 

 Into the soul— the trees are rlcb in beauty— tbe 

 day invites to healthful exercise, and the night I* 







*<i... H 



host" Wbo oou 

 deep glory of such evenings c 

 have had the past month, and 

 a religions aentlmentt The 

 glorlona, and In 



which we 

 nsoloua of 

 rising Is 



son and gold— i* yet 

 nagnlflcent but there Is a majesty, a aptritu. 

 power In the distant stars that surpasses the 

 of the brighter luminary. We can Imagine 

 these celestial Intelligence* offering their silent 

 worahlp to the Creator. How calm, how grand, 

 how solemn, bow holy I There Is beauty every- 

 where, wisdom everywhere, love everywhere, bnt 



r of t 



a of ( 



his 



perfections so clearly revealed to u* as In the gen- 

 tle brightness of one of these starlight nights. It 

 lift* ob above the earth — takes us away from world- 

 ly associations, and enkindles onr desires after a 

 better life. We feel ourselves to U created for 

 something purer than thi* world, more enduring 

 lb an thla life. Uur E N. 



at anything, yon should 

 tbe tblng of that worth 

 — that I should so disturb myself, ud lose my peace 

 and tranquillity. 



