MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
Biiaullnm], 
LAST WORDS OF EMINENT MEN. 
The last words of General Taylor recal 
to the mind reminiscences of the last words 
LIFE S LITTLE THINGS. other eminent men, which might be con- 
BY .T H. BixBY. siderably added to. 
- Napoleon e.xpired amid the raging of a 
How much more were there of happiness whirlwind. His last words were “ Tete de 
earth, were it not for little trials, Vifling Armee,” (head of the army.) 
..c Wow PVPn nf Saladlo, in his last illness, instead of his 
BY .T. H. BIXBY. 
lailiM' lc|inrtninrt. 
MRS. JONES’ EXPERIENCE, 
OR THE ART OF LIVING EASY. 
BY FRANCES D. GAGE. 
on earth, were it not for little trials, trifling- 
cares, and small afflictions. Few, even of 
“ [ can’t see for my life, how you get a- purpose, dipped the butter 
long so easy, Mrs. Jones,” said the merry without spattering it, into my pan; 
Ellen to her mother’s nearest neio-hbor; fh^n broke the eggs carefully into the milk. 
a sad plight, and the [young lady had ex- :^irnhnH 
pended as much actual labor as would have 
prepared the whole meal, set the table and =. . 
all- THE FINITE MIND. 
“ I should have taken my pan and spoon, - 
put my saleratus into the pan, gone down The man who could embark in an enter- 
cellar, and with my cup, which I keep in P^se so foolish and so fanciful, as to theorize 
THE FINITE MIND. 
The man who could embark in an enter- 
on the details of the botany of another 
world, or to theorize on the natural and 
moral history of its people, is just making 
cares, and small amictions. rew, even oi ..tamHrd ovdererl his shroud to be Ellen to her mother’s nearest neighbor; men oroKe me eggs careiuiiy into me miiR, --xa. u. xu, peupic, is just maKing 
the very miserable were made so by groat ^ J . ’ . , • , ^ j »your family is larger than ours, and you gone from there to the meal room and sift- as outrageous a departure from all sense, 
calamities. “Here a Me, and there a lit- wholZed llinrioet L a h- less lip-bulyou are aUvaysin tLe ‘he FoP-quanM of ^ 
calamities. Here a little, and tnere a lit- aid who displayed this winding sheet as a 
tie,” makes up the sum of their unhappi- flag, was commanded to exclaim aloud, 
ness—the burden of their days of weari- “ Behold, this is all which Saladin, the van- 
oiflsher of the East carries awav of all his all work from morning till night, at our f salt and returned to tne Kitcnen, an m -u a.uuug xo. xahxuxuu aiiu accountaoie m- 
^ house, and our work is never done. There five minutes, without having one thing out habitante. He winp his fancy to as haz- 
ness—the burden of their days of weari- “ Behold, this is all which Saladin, the van- ^rucr no ousiie, luss, or cc 
ness-tLo unquiet of their nights of care. of ^the East, carries away of all his ” ‘ 
Drop by drop, is brimmed the cup of bitter- Walter Scott, to s®™® ' 
ness, which to the deepest dregs it is their Lockhart, were: “Be a ffood man, for if secret; do tell us, won’t you 
1-ax- -I .- 1- , R , « WL,r Wllx.,, T x1rar,’f Irnn 
-come when I will, I find things in good red it carefully, thus beating the eggs presumes to speculate, or to assert on the 
order—no bustle, fuss, or confusion. Now ^ m the flour; dropped in a details or the methods of God s administra- 
we xnll work fmm Tnnrnino- till nio-ht nf niir i^tle salt and returned to the kitchen, all in bon among its rational and accountable in- ) 
nrtiinctQ ” aiiu ulil WUliv lo iiuvci uuiic. iucic . _ ' , ,^ • 1*1 . • 
The last words of Sir Walter Scott to must be some witch work about it —some of piace, except the egg shells and those I s a region, an vmn y strives a pene- 
ine lasi woras 01 oir vvaiier ocoii, lo . , . „ .. ^ oUrniUl Ucxra of c/i-mr, lUvin tratina-vision thrmiah thp mantlp nf qo r oon 
lot to drink. 
you do not, you will feel it when you come 
It is so too, in regard to our enjoyments, to lie here.” 
The happiness of many a life-time is made dying Wolfe, hearing of the flight 
up of litUc pleasures, common blessings and of the French, esclmme<3 “ /&con(^cd.''’ 
joyful moments, nil very trilling, looked at pirfng Montesquieu, “ Sir, are yon truly con- 
“ Why, Ellen, I don’t know that there is „.r „ , ./ i *• ' -u-u x- i- t-i 
any great secret about it; all I can tell is, f'vo to fetch and two to carry back, speculation are hidden from him. For any- 
that I don’t seem to work very hard, but f® the meal room, I should have fi® can tell sin has found its way into 
some how I get along very easy, as you say, '^®®®, f^® ^fi®l® ^avcd my strength, these other worldj For any thing he can 
with all that seems to fall to my lot” ^ saved the wear and tear of shoes, saved the tell, their people have banished themselves 
“ Well, we all know that, Mrs. Jones, and s®^ ®^ ^7 ffi® fi^’®’ f^® communion with God. lor any thing 
XVP. knoxv Inn iLfit. vnn rln mnrn vpnrUnrvnuri ance, a good half hour for Something else, fi® can tell, many a visit has been made to 
should have removed at some other time, trating vision through the mantle of as deep 
So you see instead of four journeys to the an obscurity. All the elements of such a 
• 1 j 1 -D xU X, 7-x T X, pixxiig iyx.uixieb 4 Uieu, oxi, aic_yuuuiui_y uuu- ’x x, + , ance a p-ood half hour for Somethino-else ne can tell, many a visit has b 
singly and alone. But he who waits for hap- crioxxs of the cmndness of God*^ ” “Yes” we knoxv too, that you do more reading and aiice, a gouu uau nour 101 xuiueuiiii^, eise, , - , ’ J u- x r 
• ^ x-i XT a X • X X gooaness 01 uoa._ 1 es, . . , ’ J ^ and had a better mess of cakes for supper ®ach of them, on the subject of 
piness until everything around him turns to was the answer of the departing philoso- wruing man any 01 me lesi 01 us, ana vis- _. a „„x_ \Lic Chric;tinnltir Lu PPiYimLcinTipa 
piness until everything around him turns to 
his will, waits long and fruitlessly. He who 
can rejoice only over great acquisitions has 
few holidays. He who husbands his ener¬ 
gies for the performance of great deeds, 
has a ifoir prospect for a life of leisure. He 
who feels only for great woes, and has char¬ 
ity but for the deepest miseries, will have 
few demands on his sympathy or benevo¬ 
lence. 
turns to was the answer of the departing philoso- 
He who pher, “ and of the littleness of man.” 
ions has '^fi® B®^®^® Lawrence, perishing amid the 
our common 
thunders of the engagement between the Bnow there is, and you must tell me all 
ill-fated Chesapeake and the British frig- B.” 
•T _ . . _ . o cc v— xr'iix... T —:n _ t ^ _ 
ate Shannon, exclaimed, “Don't give up 
the ship ! ” 
iwiJH mail any uai:; icoo u», aau via- . , , . ..... .. nu • a' ’a i 
it the sick more, and find time for every- mto the bargain. And this is only one half pnst anity, by commissioned messengers 
thing that’s good,-oh, there is a secret, I fi®'^^ ®^v®^ ^''PP®^ By one hand. Bie throne of the Eternal, hor any- 
■ ow there is, and you must tell me all B took three that night longer to get tea thing he can tell, the redemption proclaim- 
Q^j. jj. »> by one half, than it would have taken me ®®- to us is not one solitary instance, or not 
“ Yes, Ellen, I will tell you all I know to have got it alone. th® wBole of that redemption which is by 
out it, and will make you a first rate wife “ ®®®' B®^'®'® ^Be baby fast the Son of God—but only our part m a 
fhp ” about it, and will make you a first rate wife , ' — 1 r i • ' -v * 
Sir Richard Grenville havim? fouo-ht his ®^*' Fred, some day; but you must first asleep the peas are all shelled, and my P ® mercy ®fl^^ 10 magni pence to all 
sin» 7l b Ltunri LZfici promise to make my secret of practical use story must be wound up, for it rs time to that astronomy has brought w.thm the range 
Single ship against a large fleet, until his F . j _ F , ^ . of human contemplation. For anv thimr 
ir rioTYi-inxia nn LL cirrYir>-iiLir nr Lnnoi-n vosscl was overwhelmcd bwthe fearful odds, to yourself and teach every body else.” 
V demands on his sympathy 01 benexo- mortally wounded, summoned EB®^ blushed, and almost wished she 
ice. • jjjg victors to bear testimony to his good Bhd not been so impertinent. But Ellen 
To a spirit satisfied only by great bless- conduct, and exclaimed, “ Plere die I, Rich- S®9fi sensible girl, and was impressed 
rs life has but few sunny spots—and ard Grenville, with a joyous and quiet mind, ''dth the idea that Fred would want a wife, 
j . , _x.. 1 _ _ 1 Ti xLox T Loirn nnrinri 7,7 Ufn oc n friin onL somowliat rosembling his mother in domes- 
had not been so impertinent. But Ellen another story some day.”-0/ifo Courier. 
‘whey off the curd.’ If this bit of e.xpe- ®f human contemplation. For any thing 
rience does you any good, we will tell you Be can tell, the moral pestilence, which walks 
ings life has but few sunny spots — and ard Grenville, with a joyous and quiet mind, 
clouds and storms ever lower around one for Biat I have ended my life as a true sol- 
YOTJNG FEMALES. 
disturbed by little trials. There is enough B*®^' ought to do, fighting for his countrj^, 
. , 111 X- /> xi queen, religion and honor.” 
m a single word, look, or action of another, 
abroad over the face of our world, may 
have spread its desolations over all the 
planets of all the systems which the tele¬ 
scope has made knoxvn to us. For anything 
he can tell, some mighty redemption has 
somewhat resembling his mother in domes- The increasing-privileges which an illu- 7an tell, some mighty Redemption has 
tic matters, so she stooped down and tied mination lias conferred_ upon our sex, ex- been devised in Heaven, to meet this disas- 
her shoe, to hide her confusion. Mrs. Jones ceedingly heightens their responsibilities.— . • xi -n-bnlp nml TYicUnniixir rif ixt, 
laid down the checso knife, (for it was ear- Fornrerl^tobe .-faithM ovef/c,a things'- 
which he fancies wrong in its motive or ten- ken and condemned to die, and his head |y iu the morning,) took up the baby which was all that their limited. sphere required; ^yonder-workino-God wlm has strewed the 
dency to embitter his enjoyment of the and limbs to be severed and hangedin pub- her kind heart and arms head taken home, now they arc both qualified and exXpected to immensity with so many worlds 
pleasantest day. And eyen this, is not ne- Be places in difterent towns, “ I wish,” ex- picked up a basket of green peas that be made “ rulers over 7nanij things.” The spread the shelter of his omnipotence 
ccssar.. tn nnc rlctarmined to bo misorehlo. claimed he, “ I had flesh enough to bo sent >>» ‘O'- ‘‘o'™ treasures of_ tlieir own imnds are revealed __ 'u,„ v , mesaaoe of love 
cessary to one determined to be miserable. ® 
He can ever find or frame an excuse for 
complaining of his “dark untoward lot,” 
until really as miserable as he believes him- e 
self to be. e 
But a spirit which does not disregard 
even little pleasures, gives to life and all its ^ 
belongings a different aspect. It treats them 
as of importance — such little things as un¬ 
to every city in Christendom as a testimo- f® uurse her orphan to sleep, take the peas to them, and they are summoned forth as 
J X . X,,,x xX,« _ A x.,11 X.„.. _ 11 • .1 • 1 p 1 1 !• 1 1 
ny to the cause for which I sufler.” 
Sir Henry Vane, when condemned to die, 
CxAclaimed, “ Ten thousand deaths to me 
ere I will stain the purity of my conscience.” 
out of the pod and tell her story. 
“ Well, Ellen, my story is just this; when 
laborers in the wide field of benevolence. 
The temple of science is no longer inacces- 
I go yut to shake the table cloth, I always sible to the foot of woman. From its pa- 
bring in a stick of wood; or when I nurse vilion, whence with Moslem jealousy was 
over them, may have sent a message of love ( 
to each, and reassured the hearts of its des- ^ 
pairing people by some overpowering mani- <' 
festation of tenderness. For any thing he ^ 
can tell, angels from Paradise may have ( 
sped to every planet their delegated way, '' 
as of importance-such little things as un- 5bythat'f might live,” was the dying and easiest way. I pulverize saleratus to to partake. _ It remains to be proved in what tlm^ hV^t W 
affected and gentle words, pleasant smiles, wish of the patriot Quincy, as he came in month at one time, keep it in a con- manner this invitation will be received— erace so mao-nificent, as to carry the 
and actions of unpretending kindness, are sight of Massachusetts, “ Oh, that I might vessel, and then it is always ready this admittance valued. . Will she loiter at tidina-s of life and of acceptance to the un- 
I 1 .-I 11 J* • • _ _ 1 1 r» rl »» nr\\r + tor use—no untyino- papers and scattenno- the threshold of this mao-nificent temole? ...u. _ x- „ 
uotbuneathattcntion-giviugsucbacha™ oae laat 
as nothing else can to society. And it will 
ever be found that those who regard life’s 
Anil it will service! 
, , The last words of General Harrison were. 
ever oe louiiu mat tuuiie wau xegaiu me s himself addressing Dealing my eggs wiui a Kniie or spoon, 
minor duties as having demands upon them, gome official associate in the Government: Bave a whip made of pieces of wire bent in 
are the first when opportunity offers, for “ Sir, I wish you to understand the true oblong shape like a tassel, and tied Avith 
works of greatness, and deeds of high re- pilndpioo iLo Gnvp.rnment I wish them ^ Bit of twine to a hickory handle, and I 
V X xi 1 • X- f xx carried out. I ask no more.” iLo white of six eggs to a standing 
nown, appealing to the admiration of the foam m two minutes, as easily as vox .,k 
'"'Orid- dying in the hall of his fame, were: ■■ It is ■“ Anybody can 
Were it not wise then to add if possible of earth. I am content.” ^^^® ®8'.8' that can whittle a stick 
to our powers of endurance? If life’s mul- « I have always endeavored to do my du- ®^' fi®^ ® pi®ce ot wire, i t ey cannot a - 
tifarious troubles are little ones, a little pa- ty. My only regret is for the friends I to buy one. I only mention these as 
ienee will enable us to withstand their at l®®v® Behind me” These were the sub- samples of my time saying But if you time of culture, the day of hope, 
tience will enable us to withstand their at indicating a mind conscious of ®®‘ B® offended, I will tell you astory. not the allurements, the temptation 
tacks upon our felicity. And the consider- ^ g ip-norant of fear and a “ Offended! not I. It’s the silliest thing lence, to prevent your oblation on 
_ 1 - F. . O .’ • .1 11 X- _--x _XS’_l_.l _x;__;.ixlxi.ix. -mliiln Xl-.n rln-nTX 
tor use—no untying papers and scattering the threshold of this magnificent temple ? 
the floor and cupboard, no table, rolling-pin. Will she amuse herself in its courts by 
or morter to clean, but once; instead of gathering its brief flowers that spring up 
beating my eggs with a knife or spoon, I where there is no deepness of earth ? 
have a whip made of pieces of wire bent in Will she just enter the gate, and proclaim 
numbered orbs of a sinful creation.”- 
Chabners. 
THE PIOUS MOTHER. 
have a whip made of pieces of wire bent m Will she just enter the gate, and proclaim - 
an oblong shape like a tassel, and tied Avith with the shrillness of vanity her own invi- pious mother who was in the habit of 
a bit of twine to a hickory handle, and I tation ? Her own proficieney in the myste- catechising her children every Sabbath eve- 
x“ii i-,«ox xVio wLite of six eggs to a standing ries of knowledge? Or will she press to oinSi Bad gathered them about her in the 
foam in two minutes, as easily as yuu v,m ^x. i. ...x °K..;nA xaxpon.o- those true- mii^cry B>r that purpose, when an infidel 
in half an hour with a knife. Anybody can hearted and meek-souled worshippers, ^xa*^ nxiin was attending her sick hus- 
make an egg whip that can Avhittle a stick “ whose candle goeth not out by night ?” band, entered the room anu seuica vx-xxxxx.xAc 
--- r r -' ^ - ” —- 
f'*-' j''— .was attending her sick hus¬ 
band, entered the room anu seuica vx-xxxxx.xAc 
« T havp alwnvs exideavored to domv du- ®^' Bud a piece of wire, if they cannot af- Young females, these interrogations are By the bedside. For some time he heard 
tv ATv nnlv rpiri-pt is for the frierids I B>rd to buy one. I only mention these as emphatically for 7jou. With you it is the ^Be children repeat answer ajter answer to 
mp*’ Thpsp wprp thp snh- samples of my time saving. But if you time of culture, the day of hope. Suffer the mother’s questions from the catechism, 
limp words indicatinp- a mind conscious of ^^1 not be offended, I will tell you astory.” not the allurements, the temptation of indo- when at length he interrupted her with the 
reXde a spirit l^oLff of fZ'Zd I. “ Offended! not I. It’s the silliest thing lence, to prevent your oblation on the altar mquiry, “ Madam, vvhy do you teach your 
Xm,o,.x r .,11 xif nffix/ixixMi ■.vi-fV, ivLi'xiL xv>p xi-r-onf fo the world to uet offended, particularlv of wisdom. Come while the dews of mor- children stuff like that. Iixing her eyes 
And, as our happiness is made up of lit¬ 
tle things, let us keep our hearts open to 
THE POETRY OF GEOLOGY. 
Those who never look for poetry except 
where they find the cumbrous machinery 
to effect a cure.” 
“ Well, then, Ellen, I xvas out taking tea you not be constrained to adopt the 1am- 
with a neighbor last week, and ive went Iut eutation, “ my own vineyard have I not 
SrjrMrLIir. Xo ^ —a o^e s. A „i™ “dZn 
nea lore, her myriad lessons of the value Esq,, m a late number of the Chicago Jour- “ j,’"” o“rTriadre Ses mind vill turn tor enjoyment to the past Dmiv—Hums 
of little things. In the love of Nature and « it does not breathe the very spirit ^ Lay then adeep foundation, and collect a many imperl 
of our neighbor, are a thousand sources of rnThrbrnd Tiier duly First she ran Ze of imperishable fruits for this season many limitaUons. 
enioymenf.tre termed geology a beautiful u ^ f ifZS: F- i-Vo^Ll 
To conclude, it is a choice bit of philoso- subject, and we would not recall it if we termilk jar, holding almost a pail full, then o P , ’ . , ,, • xi So that when, in i 
ydij^vhlch teaches to find enjoT/ment in lit- could; for what is geology after all but she ran back for the eggs untied a half gi^ 7 influence may be prompted wish to form out o 
I things; and since so few ever found it in Um history of the world, written by itself; rflo^^^^t:" b'y'yTur tion of a perfectly 
great ones, let us take the lesson to our iLd ne S h “edter af excellence L the pursuit of ;■ glory, Imn- 
hearts, confident that it can give much ®f A.rwxi if*" t wSn ifoZTn out and spattSed a new dress all about the or, immortality and eternal life.” - Mrs. ®;;t a®y ^eal bemj 
X X ,1 1 K xTl downin thrcellar xand bm^^^^^ of retrospection. Convinced that “knowl- mcnea ana separaie poriions nor even ap- 
have termed geology a beautiful aown in tne ceiiai ana niougni up loc oui ” oraxaL It wLpn ii imv Lp nL. pears m any one character whole and entire. 
md we would not recall it if we termilk jar, holding almost a pail full, then o P , ’ . , ,, -71 xi So that when, in imitation of the stoics, we 
suDieci, ana we wouia noi recau n ii we oxxx.xxx.xx j,.*, xxvx.-...^-onrt cn hop R HvH ‘ill xxqthin tlxp ^o u 
could • for what is ffeoloo-y after all but she ran back for the eggs, untied a half tamed, and .o _ use it that all ax ithin the 
T v-’x^° T xi ^/x ^-xx Xi -x If TxmiTxd nf saleratus scattered a snoonful on sphere of your influence, may be prompted 
the history of the world, written by itself; pound ot saleiatus, scatterea a spooniui on F x. xi,_ .,xxninmpnt nf mnr. Bon - 
‘ ° . . otence? And here it is, written down to 
confident that it is g^^set; not a leaf lost, not an illus- 
out and spattered a new dress all about the or, immortality and eternal life, 
waist, splashed it over the table on divers Sigourneg. __ 
in different and more sterile fields. May save them, and nourish their souls when 
)e constrained to adopt the lam- I am dead so that through grace they may 
“ my own vineyard have I not meet me in heaven!” And the physician 
A time will come, should your was silent and soon left the room, awed and 
seem inipressed with her earnestness, and the 
Deity. —Human excellence is blended 
with many imperfections, and seen under 
many limitations. It is beheld only in de¬ 
tached and separate portions, nor even ap- 
to form out of these fragments the no- 
of a perfectly wise and good inan, we 
wiser to take that within our reach, than to tration dimmed, since the ‘first form.’— things, said ‘oh shaw! ’ picked up the sale- 
thrust it aside for objects beyond our at 
tainment—and that thus Ave are seekini 
our own v/ell-being. 
Ascending on HorsebxVck in a.Bal- 
5LOON.—All Paris was agog on the 7th ult, 
to see a man ascend in a balloon on horse- 
Creation’s recorded smile, was flung off ratus from the floor, cleaned her dress, and 
FLOWERS AT FUNERALS. 
The use of flowers at funerals is as wide 
his presence.— Dobt. Hall. 
The slightest thing we do sends a thrill 
vibrating along the endless chains of cause 
tlethmgs; and since so few ever found it in im n story oi me woria, wmien oy uscu, u—— — - by your example to the attainment of mor- ion oi a perieciiy aviso ana gooa man, we 
p-rpoi X-ITIPC Ipi IIQ tnkp Ihp lp< 5 <?nn to nnr Time’s owii biography, pruitcd and paged, me flooi and anomei on me laoie, roiicu f tn iLp nf « o-forv Lnn knoAV it is a mere fiction of the mind, with- 
grea ones let us take the lesson to oui .^p.^ed and bouVby the fingers of OmRiip- and tied it up, next turned her buttermilk " out any real being in whom it is embodied 
hearts, confident_ that it can give much of And here it is, Avritten doxvn to out and spattered a new dress all about the or, immortality and eternal life. -Mrs. ^ 
the purest happiness confident that it is the last sunset; not a leaf lost, not an illus- Avaist, sphashed it over^ the table on divers igour n j. - - the.se conceptions are reduced to reality; 
wiser to take that Avithin our reach, than to tration dimmed, since the ‘first form.’— things, said ‘ oh shaw!’picked up the sale- FLOWERS AT FUNERALS. the scattered rays of an ideal excellence are 
thrust it aside for objects beyond our at- Creation’s recorded smile, Avas flung off ratus from the floor, cleaned her dress, and - concentrated, and become the real attributes 
tainmentr—and that thus Ave are seeking damp with the night, and welcomed Avith a caught a plate and ran to the meal room. The use of flowers at uner s is as \yide Being Avith whom we stand in the 
u 11 Llxi flifi Timmntinn nf Starry song. Go Avliere you will, from Erie’s came back Avith a heaping plate of flour, spread, and, in all probabi i y, o as ancient relation, who sits supreme at the 
by all reasonable means the promotion of xj.ggg^rq g^gg^i ^kgse awful flood yet chimes threw it into the pan and stirred away, back an origin as their presence at bridals.— universe, is armed with in¬ 
cur OAvn v/ell-being. a perished age; from the ‘notched centu- and forth, till it was all submerged and all Traces of the custom aie oun everywhere g^j^g power, and pervades all nature«rith 
-r-ries’ in her living rock, to the wave-worn lumps. There was not flour enough, away throughout Europe, and remnants of it still igg presence.—xRo6<. Hall. 
Ascending ON HorsebxVck in a.Bad- pebbles, those notes the brooks sing by, and she ran again, brought a little more; there exist in isolated Aullages throughout this -- 
I.OON.—All Paris was agog on the 7th ult, ^gat are they all, but chronometers to mark was still not enough, and the third journey country, and in different parts ot Ireland The slightest thing we do sends a thrill 
to see a man ascend in a balloon on horse- time’s viewless flio-ht; to tell the ao-e of sing- Bad to be made, in it Avas all dashed, and and Wales. I remember to have seen the vibrating along the endless chains of cause 
hack. The horse, a fine, spirited and beau- jniy streams, and when those chimes began, she stirred aAvay till her face glowed like a funeral of a little child in Essex, where the and effect to the utmost limit of time, thro’ 
tiful young animal was suspended be- Turn back the leaves of this ponderous vol- pieony; all at once she thought of her eggs, bearers, six young girls clad in white, had the Avhole grand machine of future exis- 
neath the balloon, in the place usually oc- y^e, ere human foot-prints soiled them, and aud broke them into the batter. She had each a boquet of flowers in her hand, and tence. Man dies, but not one of his acts 
cupied by the car. Bands passed beneath yet hoAV legible the record ? The leaf fa- forgotten the salt, and ran the fourth time others were laid upon the little coffin; and ever dies. Each is perpetuatedandpro- 
the belly and well secured, left the animal ded by thatfirst in Eden,that fluttered down to the meal room. Now her batter Avas too in Ireland, our flower garden was always fonged for ever by interminable results, af- 
in an easy position, with the legs free. Mr. to earth, lo! here each fibre of its fame in thick, and more butter milk had to be used, put under contribution, to furnish forth the foctingsome beings in every age to come. 
Poitevin, clothed as a jockey, mounted the lithograph! An insect’s wing is there; per- and consequently the saleratus paper had funeral tables on the occasion of a pwr Truth is not only a man’s ornament, but 
horse, which was saddled and bndled in the haps its fellow Avitled in the breath of that to undergo another operation. Jinally, neighbor’s wake. Spearmint, tansay south- instrument; it is the great man’s glory, 
ordinary manner, and gave orders to cut first sacrificed. Here are they all, without ^fl®r uiuch labor and toil, and an expendi- ernwood, rosemary and rue, favorite man’s stock A man’s truth 
loose! The horse seemed loth to quit his erratum, blank or blot” ture of much Ume and Avaste of material, plants on such occasions; probably from a jg fiig livelihood, his recommendation, his let- 
mother earth, and remonstrated a litte when -—- the lumpy batter was ready for use. But belief in the sympathy oi strong odors which ^gj.g q£ 
he found that he was being taken off his If we cannot be accounted to live but at here was a new trouble; the fire that was were supposed to draAv others to themselves, x • x / 
feet. But once in the air he became as mo- such times as Ave enjoy ourselves, life avBU just right half an hour before, was exhaust- and in this way they might be looked upon abitual re ec on on e mcer ® 7 ® 
tionless as though he had been struck with be found to be very short; since Avere we ed; the griddle which had been set on the as disinfectants. But in Wales we could al- Ri®» ®® ® 7 o ®^'v 7 j 
uumxx&a oo ,i / ’ ,, , ’ - i ■ • i_i _x. xt.„ _x :_• „ xi.„x ...iXoinxi.! xUxi ao-amst the snares, both of nrosneritv and 
paralysis. 
He that considers how little he dwells a life of a few months, 
upon the condiaion of others will learn hoAV 
little the attention of others is attracted by 
himself. 
and the poor man’s stock A man’s truth 
is his livelihood, his recommendation, his let¬ 
ters of credit. 
such times as we enjoy ourselves, life will just right half an hour before, was exhaust- and in this way tney mignt oe looKea upon Habitual reflection on the uncertainty of 
be found to be very short; since Avere we ed; the griddle which had been set on the as disinfectants. But in Wales we could al- Ri®» ^ ^ ® 
only to reckon the hours Ave pass agreeably, stove in the beginning burned rough, the most imagine that rosemary retained the agams e snares, o o prospen y an 
a great number of years would not make up kitchen and the ante-rooms full of the un- same significance it had in Shakespeare’s ^ versi y. ^ ^ 
a life of a few months. pleasant smoke and odor of burnt grease— time, and meant “ remembranceit is He who dies in the path of duty deserve 
--- tfie cakes stuck fast to the iron—two mess- handed round to the different guests at a a nobler name than he who leads a victori- 
True quietness of heart is obtained by es Avere wasted before the giiddle could be funeral, and they Avear it to the grave, where ous army over the ruins of a conquered 
resisting our passions, not by obeying them, rubbed smooth; the dish cloths were all in it is thrown in.— Mrs. White. kingdom. 
