MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL, 
pudding. With 
as round and plump as a ^ 
this round rosy Miss Betsey, did Samuel 
Sewell fall in love. As he was a young 
man of good character, industrious in bu¬ 
siness, and a member of the church, the 
mint-master very readily gave his consent. 
“Yes—you may take her,” said he, in 
liis rough way, “ and you w'ill find her a 
heavy burden enough.” 
On the wedding day we may suppose 
that honest John Hull dressed himself in 
a plain coat, all the buttons of which were 
made of pine-tree shillings. The buttons 
of his waistcoat were sixpences; and the 
knees of his small clothes were buttoned 
with silver three-pences. Thus attired, he 
sat with great dignity in his grandfather’s 
chair; and being a portly old gentleman, he 
completely filled it from elbow to elbow.— 
On the opposite side of the room, between 
her bride-maids, sat Miss Betsey. She was | 
blushing Avith all her might, and looked like 
a full ^bloom peony, a great red apple, or 
any other round and scarlet object. 
There too was the bridegroom, dressed 
in a fine purple coat, and gold lace waist¬ 
coat, Avith as much other finery as the Pu¬ 
ritan laws and customs would allow him to 
put on. His hair was cropt close to his 
head, because Gov. Endicott had forbidden 
any man to wear it below the ears. But he 
was a very personable young man; and so 
thought the bride-maids, and Miss Betsey 
herself. 
The mint-master also Avas pleased Avith 
his new son-in-laAv; especially as he had 
said nothing at all about her portion. So 
I Avhen the marriage ceremony was over, 
i Captain Hull whispered a word to tAvo of 
■ his men-servants, Avho immediately went 
I out, and soon returned, lugging in a large 
pair of scales. They were such a pair as 
i wholesale merchants use for Aveighing; 
! bulkv commodity was now to be weigh- 
BY MRS. E. AVELLMONT. 
“ If I were you,” said a young dandy to 
an advanced merchant, “I would not toil 
herein this counting-room from morning till 
,, ’ I have an abund- 
of Avealth; this is"^ a dull place, and I 
“ Attempt the end, and never stand to daubt; 
Nothing’s so hard, but search will find it out. 
ANSWER TO A CHALLENGE. 
The eccentric H. H. Breekenbridge, one 
of the Judges of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania, when a young man Avas chal¬ 
lenged to fight a duel, by an English officer, 
whom he ansAvered as follows: 
“ I have two objections to this duel mat¬ 
ter ; the one is lest I should hurt you, and 
the other lest you should hurt me. I do 
not see any good it would be to put a ball 
through your body. I could make no use 
of you when dead for any culinary purpose, 
as I would a rabbit or turkey. I am no 
cannibal, to feed on the flesh of men. Why 
then shoot doAvn a human creature of Avhom 
I could make no use ? A buffalo would 
make better meat; for though yoiu- flesh 
may be young and tender, yet it ay ants the 
firmness and consistency which take and 
retain salt. At any rate it would not do for 
a long sea A’oyage. 
“ You might make a good barbecue, it is 
true, being of the nature of a raccoon or a 
possum; but people are not in the habit of 
barbecuing anything that is considered hu¬ 
man now. As to your hide, it is not worth 
taking off, being little better than a tAvo year 
old colt. So much for you. As for my¬ 
self, I do not like to stand in the way of 
anything that is hurtful. I am under the 
impression that you might hurt me. This 
being the case, I think it advisable to stay 
at a distance. If you Avant to try your pis¬ 
tols, take some object, a tree, or a barn door 
about my dimensions. If you hit that, send 
me word, and I will acknowledge that, if I 
had been there you would have hit me.” 
LIFE AND DEATH 
BY MRS. STANFORD. 
What is life? 
A twisted yam —a ’tangled skem — 
A mingled web of joy and pain — 
A glancing sunbeam, warm and bright - 
A hanging cloud more dark than night- 
A beauteous flower of sweetest scent — 
A murky cave where poison’s pent — 
A golden cup with nectar sweet — 
A blackened bowl where bitters meet — 
The lightest feather that can rise 
A heavy weight repressing sighs 
A lucid stream Avith rapid flow —- 
A stagnant pool where dark weeds groAV 
A summer breeze that cools the air 
A hurricane that makes earth bare 
A gift enjoyed with grateful heart — 
A load with which we long to part — 
. And such is' life ! 
What is death? 
A sleep that ends our mortal pain, 
But bids us Avake to liA’e again — 
A cherub fair with placid mien — 
A welcome Ausitor unseen — 
The harbinger of rest and peace, 
Of gladness that will never cease— 
A bark that bears our souls avi’ay 
To realms of light, and cloudless day — 
A path that faith delights to tread. 
O’er which her light is sweetly shed, 
That leads from mortal wo and strife. 
To everlasting joy and life — 
A blessing sent us from on high — 
'J'he passage to Eternity — 
And such is death 1 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA 
night, day after day; you 
ance C-" _ 
■would retire from it and enjoy myself. At 
all events, if I were you, I would modernize 
this building by putting in new windows 
with plate glass, and make it a more showy 
and attractive place of business.” 
“ O,” replied the merchant, ‘ I have al¬ 
ways depended upon fair sales of good ar¬ 
ticles among my customers, and I do not 
believe they care whether such purchases 
came from a dashing establishment or not 
I have seen a little of the Avorld, Harry; 
not a few of my neighbors have jumped in¬ 
to fortunes, engaged in speculation which 
haA’e ruined them, and have even returned 
to me and asked to be admitted into my 
store as book-keepers. For 30 years I have 
•Pursued the same even way, and have been 
blessed in my honest industry; and were I 
to start anew in life, with all I have learned, 
I am tempted to believe I should go on as 
I commenced—humbly beginning, quietly 
pursuing, and steadily accomplishing, the 
ends of a good business life. Your advice 
cannot move me to alter what my whole ex¬ 
perience rises to condemn.” 
“If I were you,” said one neighbor to an¬ 
other, “I would make my children wait 
upon themselves. They should save iiie 
from toiling so hard in domestic affairs, while 
they are at school studying the languages, 
or at home practising music. I would make 
them work and relieve me. I wonder you 
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My 17, 14, 20, 25, 18 was an eminent German critic and 
scholar. 
My 0, 20, 22, 1, 1 wa? a distinguished patriot of the Revo¬ 
lution. 
My !), 12, 20,19,2-1 was a celebrated English philosopher. 
My 20,15, 8, 20,14,25 was an eminent English poet. 
My 11, 3,10, 2, 0, 25 was a Caledonian poet of renown. 
My 9, 22, 4,2, 19 was an eminent Greek theologian. 
My 23, 0,10,14, 20 was one of Mahomet’s generals. 
My 17,14,25, 21, 8 Avas sovereign of England. 
My 22, 20,14, 10, 17, 0 Avas the Avife of Mahomet. 
My 13, C, 21, 8 is known in history under the unentdable 
title of “ bloody.” 
My 0,15, 25, 11,10, 20 Avas a general of the Revolution, 
distinguished for his courace and bravery. 
My 17,6, 21,7,2, 4,12, 25 Avas commander of the Ameri¬ 
can army on the norUi-Avestern frontier in 1812. 
My 9, 20, 15,11, 25 Avas a distinguished English poetof the 
present century. 
My 2,16, 6, 9, 14,19,10, 22 Avas a Queen of Spain, emi¬ 
nent for her virtues. 
My 9,24,20,14 was an English historian of the 8th century. 
My 5, 22, 7, 2,12, 25 was an American general noted for 
his running. 
:l, 14 Avas an eminent English poetess. 
My 13,11, 2; 
My 17, 12, 3, 13, 24, 7 is an American poet. 
My 1, 11, 12, 21, 18 is the Editor of the best paper of its 
cla."s published in the United States. 
My 17, 21, 6, 20, 10, 18, 26 is a distinguished American 
writer. 
My 5, 2, 19, 1, 22, 25 Avas a distinguished English tragic 
poet. 
My 25,14, 8,19 is an enjinent American female writer. 
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of England. 
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the throne of SAveden. 
My 3, 17, 24, 7, 5, 22, 25 Avas one of the signers of the De¬ 
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My 20, 6,25, 22 Is a celebrated American writer. 
My 4,17,14,10, 19,24, 8 Avas an eminent English poet. 
My 22, 20, 20, 2, 16, 11, 25 was a disUnguished English 
prose writer. 
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tues, but suffered on the scafibld as a spy. 
My whole is the name and residence of a beautiful and 
intelligent young lady. ''f • *• 
ICTAnswer in two weeks. 
THE PINE-TREE SHILLING. 
STORY OF THE OLDEN TIME 
BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. 
Captain John Hull was the mint-mas¬ 
ter of Massachusetts, and coined all the mo¬ 
ney that was made there. His was a new 
line of business, for, in the earlier days of 
the colony, the cuirent coinage consisted of 
the gold and silver money of England, 
Portugal and Spain. These coins being 
scarce, the people were often forced to bar¬ 
ter their commodities instead of selling them. 
For instance, if a man wanted to buy a 
coat, he perhaps exchanged a bear-skin ffir 
ik If he wished for a barrel of molasses, 
he might purchase it for a pile of pine 
boards. Musket bullets were used instead 
of farthings. The Indians had a sort of 
money called wampum, which was made of 
clam shells; and this strange sort of specie 
was likewise taken in payment of debt by 
the English settlers. Bank bills had never 
been heard of. There was not money 
Absurdities.—A cotemporary, who ap¬ 
pears to be a right-line descendant of Solo¬ 
mon, gii^es the following as specimens of the 
folly of poor human nature. The fact is, 
there is altogether too much of human na¬ 
ture in man; 
“ To attempt to borroAV money on the 
plea of extreme poverty. To lose money 
at play, and then fly into a passion about it 
To a.sk the publisher of a new periodical 
how many copies he sells per week. To ask 
a wine merchant hoAV old liis wane is. To 
get drunk, and complain the next morning 
of a headache. To spend your earnings in 
liquor, and wonder that you are ragged.— 
To sit sluvering in the cold, because you 
w’on’t have a fire tiU November. To sup¬ 
pose that reviewers generally read more 
than the title page of the Avorks they praise 
or condemn. To judge of people’s piety 
by their attendance at church. To keep 
your clerks on miserable salaiies, and won¬ 
der at their robbing you. Not to go to bed 
arc tired and sleepy, because it is 
RIDDLE. 
Ye friends of charades, noAv puzzle your brains, 
As I send you a new kind of riddle; 
And intend to compel you to take some small pains, 
And repay me for “ playing the fiddle." 
My riddle is bright, though it boasts of no rays, 
Yet still it has poAver to enlighten: 
In an instant you’ll find it extinguish a blaze. 
But in the next moment ’twill brighten. 
Though alone, yet ever, and still ’tis a pair— 
Then how can it always be one? 
Develope this secret, ye quick-sighted fair, 
For now at description I’ve done. 
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, &c., IN NO. 21, 
Aiimcer to Enigma:—T ht. Legislature of New 
York. AnsAvered by Clara and Ann. 
A7mve)' to Puzzle: 
When the first boy’s ten sales have made, 
They tAVonty cents have got; 
The first boy has ton apples left, 
The second boy has nought; 
Ten of the first boy’s lot 
Will bring him five cents more. 
When, added to Avhat both have got. 
Will make five and a score. A 
Avlien you 
not bed time. 
people think just sq^f you ? Why are you 
so eagle-eyed to their defects, and so owl¬ 
eyed to your own ? How' can you be expected 
to know all the notions, and combination of 
circumstances, that led your neighbor to de¬ 
viate from what you conceived to be his 
duty ? There is a lai^e class of people w’ho 
always have a more intimate knowledge of 
another’s motives than their own. buch 
knowing ones not unfrequently draiv com¬ 
parisons which tend?* to elevate their own 
characters at tKe expense of those^ ivith j 
Avhom they compare themselves. This is a 
foolish habit, exceeding detrimental to solid 
worth. I know a person whose rare and 
excellent judgment has been much consult¬ 
ed, but who affirms he never gave a piece 
of advice that was unsought He based his 
authority for doing so, upon that ancient 
wise maxim that “ advice unasked was good 
for nothing.” i 
“ I wonder, squire,” said one of his neigh¬ 
bors, “ you don’t tell young Stevens how 
foolishly he is conducting by his rash spec¬ 
ulations.” The squire shook his head — 
“ But,” continued his friend, “ what do you 
do with your moral obligations?” 
“ 0,” replied the squire, “ grievous -ivords 
stir up anger, and I would not unadvisedly 
provoke a temper Avhich never sought ad¬ 
vice.” 
A contented disposition, and a desire to 
do the best ourselves, would lead us to look 
within and so often detect short-comings, 
that we should find little time to indulge in 
censuring others, or advising them how to 
act Besides, the most keen clear-sighted¬ 
ness is required in giving our opinions, and 
need expect them to be heeded 
tended a noble through a long and danger¬ 
ous illness. “ Good morning, M. Bauvart,” 
said the Marquis, Avhen he made one of his 
visits; “ I am much better: I think my fe¬ 
ver has left me.” “ You may be sure it 
has; the first Avords you uttered convinced 
me of it,” answered the doctor. “Explain 
yourself.” “ Why, my lord, in the height 
of your disorder, while your life was in dan¬ 
ger, I Avas your ‘dearest friend;’ when you 
greiv better I became, ‘ good Bauvart;’ and 
noAV I am plain ‘ M. Bauvart’ Depend up¬ 
on it you are quite well.” 
ral court passed a laiv for establishing a 
coinage of shillings, sixpences, and three¬ 
pences. Captain John Hull was appointed 
to manufacture this money, and was to have 
about one shilling out of every twenty, to 
pay him for his trouble of making them. 
Hereupon, all the old silver in the colony 
was handed over to Captain John Hull. — 
The battered silver cans and tankards, I 
suppose, and silv’er buckles, and broken 
spoons, and silver buttons of wormout coats, 
and silver hilts of swords that had figured 
at court, all such curious old articles were 
doubtless thrown into the melting pot to¬ 
gether. But by far the greater part of the 
silver consisted of bullion from the mines 
of South America, which the English buc- 
caniers, (who were little better than pirates) 
had taken from the Spaniards, and brought 
to Massachusetts. 
All this old and new silver being melted 
doAvn and coined, the result was an immense 
amount of splendid shillings, sixpences, and 
three-pences. Each had the date of 1652, 
on the one side, and the figure of a pine 
tree on the other side. Hence they were 
called pine-tree shillings. And for every 
twenty shillings that he coined you -will re¬ 
member, Captain John Hull was entitled to 
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and hold it there until they are perfectly 
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“ I SAY, boy whose horse is that you’re 
riding ?” 
“ Why, it’s daddy’s.” 
“ Who is your daddy ?” 
“Don’t you know? Why Uncle Peter 
Jones.” 
“ So, you are the son of your uncle ?” 
“Why, yes, I calculate I am. You see 
dad got to be a widower, and married moth¬ 
er’s sister; so I reckon he’s my uncle.” 
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it in a somewhat lunnier style. 
“Well, grandfather,” remarked Clara, 
“ if wedding portions now-a-days Avere paid 
as Miss Betsey’s Avas, young ladies would 
not pride themselves upon an airy figure as 
many of them do.” 
__ A RAT STORY. 
bai’oain. They offered him a large sum of | ' • t r t 
money, if he would give up that 20th shil- Rev. Walter Colton, m his diaj of a 
limr, which he whs continually dropping voyage to Cahforn^in aman-of-war, enti- 
into his OAvn pocket. But Captain Hull deck- titled and Port, relates the follow- 
red he was perfectly satisfied with the shil- j ing capital rat stoiy; 
lino-. And well he might be; for so dili-j “ I have always felt some regard for a 
gently did he labor, in a few years, bis pock- j rat since my cruise in the Constellation, 
ets, his money bags, and his strong box j We were fitting for sea at Norfolk, and 
were overflowing with pine-tree shillings.— taking in water and provisions; a plank was 
This was probably the case, when he came resting on the sill of one of the ports which 
into the possession of Grandfather’s chair; communicated with the wharf. On a bright 
and as he had worked so hard at the mint, moonlight evening, ive discovered two rats 
it Avas certainly proper that he should have on the plank coming into the ship, 
a comfortable chair to rest himself on. The foremost Avas leading the other by a 
•When the mint-master had groAvn very straw, one end of which each held in his 
mouth. We managed to capture them 
both, and found to our surprise, the one led 
by the other was blind. His faithful friend 
was trying to get him on board, where he 
would have comfortable quarters during a 
three years’ cruise. We felt no disposition 
to kill either, and landed them on the wharf. 
How many there are in this world to whom 
the fidelity of that rat readeth a lesson.” 
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Important Questions. —Somebody sayi 
that a young lady should always i^k the 
four following questions before accepting the 
hand of a young man: Is he honorable ? 
Is he kind of heart ? Can be support me 
comfortably? Does he take g newsimper 
and pay in advnee ? 
Declaration of Independence, 
be no pulling different ways.” 
“Yes,” observed Franklin, 
hang together, or most assuT' 
all hang separately^ 
An orator at a political meeting is said to 
have thundered forth this “ noble senti¬ 
ment”: “Mr. Chairman, if I Avas a Si¬ 
amese tAvin, and my brother was on the other 
side, I’d cut the rascal off.” Overwhelming 
applause. 
In the card of a dancing master, the prin¬ 
ter made a funny mistake, by substituting 
an s for a t. The card read thus; “ I offer 
my most respectful shanks to all Avho have 
honored me Avith their patronage.” 
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A Jeavel of a Wife —One who, what¬ 
ever may be Uie journey, copies the saga¬ 
cious elephant and travels with one trunk. 
Covetousness, like a candle iU-made, 
smothers the splendour of a happy fortune 
in its own grease. 
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