MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
SONNET.-THE BLACKBIRD. 
Perched on the topmost bough of yonder tree 
That overhangs the pond, lie pours his strain, 
Rejoicing much that he hath found again 
The place which witnessed his young minstrelsy. 
And well I know, that this is even he 
Who sung there last, ere in the Autumn rain 
lie sought the south; for doth he not retain 
The same black garb and notes so bold and free 1 
Welcome, thou truant, back. Right glad am I, 
Thy glee to witness, and thy joy to share, 
Yet do not ask that with thee I may fly. 
To breathe, for aye, the fragrant summer air;— 
1 have my pleasure and my song, and soon 
On my own native hill. I’ll trill as sweet a tune. 
THE BIRDS OF SPRING-TIME- 
BY D. W. BALLOU, JR. 
more tame and accessible become the vie- some direct and salutary influence over its 
tims of the sportsman’s skill. In shooting policy. The offers were not only to stop fur- 
such birds there is neither humanity nor J^XThal “ce'eld”^'™C 
taste. It is beneath the dignity of a gen- md ]ji onS) bu t provide necessary buildings in 
erous or manly hunter. The other day, we Philadelphia for the government, and pay 
heard the observation, made by one of our all charges of removal, 
older residents, who has seen the wilder- Mr. Sloan, of Pennsylvania, thus armed 
, f , • , „ „ , .r. made a concerted movement, and with a 
ness transformed into a garden, that the .. ,, , ’ . . , , 
. . . . .. very considerable number ot votes to back 
woods along the road side, that were once ^ He offered a resolution for the re- 
vocal with the merry notes of the forest mova i 0 f the government to Philadelphia, 
warblers,—to hear which was a pleasure as stating that i.s continuance at this place 
he passed through to the village on a sum- was the cieatest evil that the nation sus- 
mer’s day,—are now almost silent and de- ta ' nei " Me announced the determination 
. . . ..... of a large number of members to agitate 
serted. This destruction is really injurious ^ sub £ ot liu lhey t a fovorab]e decision. 
to the farmer, for the birds beside their He ) a ; d ,|, llvri the position that there was 
welcome company and charming songs, are nothing in the Constititution to fix aperma- 
useful on account of the good they do in nent seat of government, any more than 
destroying innumerable insects that are making a permanent President, and that 
Frosty yet clear—bright but not warm hurtful to iruits and vegetables.. Let them 
—this is a genuine spring morning. Not be spared. To wantonly kill them for mere 
i ,fi ( f i ii T , .i one Congress could bind themselves only, 
hurtful to fruits and vegetables. Let them ° , . . . L 
® • but could not compel their successors to sit 
be spared. To wantonly kill them for mere j n one p j ace preference to another. But 
sport is wrong, if not wicked. if W e must have a permanent seat of gov- 
even a cloudlet is to be seen within the cir- sport is wrong, if not wicked. if we must have a permanent seat of gov- 
cle of the horizon, and there is every pros- In this country we have no such game ernment, he said, this was not the place for 
pect that it will be what every passer-by, regulations as exist in Europe. We want lt - Mr. Sloan sighed for dry pavements, an 
* J r J \ ■ r til* abundant and cheap market, and the Qua- 
with evident satisfaction, greets as the be- no such invidious monopolies here, but we ^ meeti of Philadelphia. The 
ginning of a fine day, with the promise of nil feel that there ought to be some means ordy consolation for the deprivation of mem- 
many more succeeding ones. The winged protect birds from useless cruelty and h ers f rom a ll the near and dear connections 
many more succeeding ones. The winged to protect bircls irom useless cruelty and 
songsters of the air were never more tune- death, without any other law being neces- 
ful, nor poured forth their joyous notes with sary. [here should be one in every bosom 
of life, was, he urged, to meet in a pleasant 
and improved city. The House agreed to 
1U1, UUi UVJUIOU IUU1 JVJJVUO HWUV/U MMJU J J . -J 
softer music or with more apparent freedom more effectual for this purpose than any mostVurious debate Llowedjlsfing 
makes everybody cheerful—makes them to all living creatures that God has made- 
look out on the busy world around in a either for the service or pleasure of man. 
. . n . e . Lockport, N. Y., April 7, 1851. 
spirit reflected irom the light beaming over _ ^ n n _. __ 
all. CHANGES OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. 
These are the precursors of that season ~ ' 
„ . * • i • * i , i The history of the changes of the seat 
of the year which is made so pleasant and of ^ fcder ^ govemmen f is sufflcienlly 
CHANGES OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. 
A * ' and a most curious debate followed, lasting 
from care. It is such weather as this that tliat legislation can enact that of kindness weekg> at a j most every sitting. But it 
makes everybody cheerful — makes them to all living creaturos that God has made- is to be remembered that, in the whole dis- 
look out on the busy world around in a either for the service or pleasure oi man. cussion, not a word was uttered about sla- 
spirit reflected from the light beaming over Lock i ,ort ’ N - A i>m 7, l oi. very, pro or con. finally the subject was 
■ dropped for want of time. 
a ‘ CHANGES On T HE FE DERAL CAPITAL. The matter rested till some six or seven 
These are the precursors of that season bist of tbe cha es o[ the seat years after, when after the burning of the 
of the year which is made so pleasant and of tho fcdor 'i govemmeQ J’ is sufficiently Ca P lto1 - &c -; b Y tlie 1 F“ lsh " lhe proposition 
agreeable by sunshine and showers, by birds connected w i t h the character and progress to ren ? ove } he seat ? f S overnm ent was re- 
and blossoms. Not far off is the glorious 0 f the government itself to deserve a slight } ie vved, and a majority was found to be m 
richness of summer time; of vegetation and review. 8 lts fav .f’ as f. abst f act Proposition, but the 
verdure. The lilac, fragrant-currant, and a Wh ® n the colonies first united for resist- J ^substUute^ meanwhile^he Tn- 
few other garden shrubs, already look fresh f ° f the ’ r £ of the c l a^d “The til s of 
, ° ...... and most patriotic men, who formed a Con- ' , . 
and green, and we instinctively give them a _, res8 at PhiladelDhia.-a nlace chosen as a communication, generally, have removed 
majority could not agree upon any one 
verdure, ine iliac, iragrani-currant, ana a " n i arP as a substitute • meanwhile the in- 
few other garden shrubs, already look fresh ance ’ th ^ st ‘ nt delegations of their wisest an j f h f ac Suties of 
, & ...... and most patriotic men, who formed a Con- ° _ 1 y J . . 
and green, and we instinctively give them a gress at Philadelphia,-a place chosen as a communication, generally, have removed 
hearty welcome, as the early pioneers of Cfcntra l position and the most populous of “ an y of tbe reasons + ur & cd for changing 
that world of leaves and flowers that will the colonial cities. After independence was t ie seat °f governmen . Jour, of Com. 
soon cover and adorn, as with a many-hued declared and established, some efforts were WHAT'a” HOD^MAN*" CAN DO 
garment, the disrobed trees of the forest, r I ?. a . < ^ e remove the seat of government.— 
now appearing, so desolate and gloomy in r ] 1S ^ che ™ e was aided, in 1783, by an ac- Many people turn up their noses at what 
A* ° b 3 c ; dent A f P assm S company of soldiers, th call « dirty work » as though a]1 hon . 
tlie distance. . clamorous for pay, beset the doors of Con- est labor was not cleaner than man kid . 
We may ye u have a few more flumes of gress, and the assembly was for the moment doved wavs of swindling one’s self through 
. tows’ rnismm. 
fl he “body” of a hat (beaver) is general¬ 
ly made of one part of “red” wool, three ( 
parts Saxony, and eight parts rabbits’ fur. For Uie Rural New-Yorker. 
The mixing or working up of these materi- “I KNOW THAT WE MUST PART.” 
als is an operation which depends very 
much on the dexterity of the workman, and The truth (]oth sink de?pIy> as lh / tieg 
years of long practice are re(|Uired to ren- That bind our hearts, do gain an added power 
der a man proficient. The wool and fur With each new joy or sorrow of our lives, 
are laid on a bench, first separately, and The thought comes home unto me,—we must die- 
then together. The workman takes a ma- One^ave the other on the shore of time, 
chine somewhat like a violin bow; this is 
suspended from the ceiling by the middle, ™ en fi1 ,et u f s f 10 , 01 ° ur heart3 *- for we «e 
f \ \ m, I he film of deatli o’er eyes so much beloved 
a lew inches above the bench. ^ I he Fastgatliering,—must watch the lingering breath 
workman, by means of a small piece of Just come and go, when each doth seem the last;— 
wood, causes the end of his “ bow ” to vi- Must tak e the last sad, clinging, fond embrace; 
brate quickly against the particles of wool The farewell kiss, and catch the loss of love 
and iur. ihis operation, continued tor Alas, it is, it is the last. 
some time, effectually opens the clotted ^ The last— 
masses, and lriys open all the fibres . these Q t a knell that word rings on the heart, 
flying upwards by the action of the string, Yet there must come a last, am! one must see 
are, by tl*e manual and wonderful dexterity The other die,—must hear the hollow sound * 
of the workman, caught in their descent in The earth clod makes when burying from our sight 
a peculiar manner, and laid in a soft layer r y 
OI equal thickness. I his operation, appa- For the kind voice that used to soothe our grief 
rently so simple and easy to be effected, is with loving sympathy is hushed, and an 
in reality very difficult, and only to be learn- 'y ,th (lGSOlnt ion filled, is heart and home, 
ed by constant practice. 1 ur onc ia s ° ne ' 
The curved shell of metal buttons is pre- „. , . r vv l ' at cou,d the weary soul 
, , e , • , Then Iean Wlth faith upon, were there no hope; 
pared by means of a stamping press; hut No confident trust that we shall meet once more 
instead of a punch, a carved polished sur- In that bright home we have been taught to love, 
face is used. The workmen employed to And where we know no tears can dim the eye, 
stamp the little bits of copper, acquire such No grief disturb, and partings may not come, 
dexterity that they frequently stamp twelve Royaiton, Niagara Co., N. y. Sylvia. 
hundred in an hour, or twenty in a minute. A^FRAGMENT 
This dexterity is truly wonderful, when it _ 
is considered that each bit of copper is put The following most’touching fragment 
into the die separately, to be stamped with 0 f a Letter from a dying Wife to her°Hus- 
a press moved by the hand, and finally re- band was found by hinTsome months after 
moved from the die. The quickness with her death, between the leaves of a religious 
which the hands and fingers must be moved volume, which she was very fond of peru- 
to do thir, must be very great. sing. The letter, which was literally dim 
In type founding, when the melted metal with tear marks, was written long before 
has been poured into the mould, the work- the husband was aware that the grasp of a 
man, by a peculiar turn of his hand, or fatal disease had fastened upon the lovely 
rather jerk, causes the metal to be shaken form of his wife, who died at the earlv awe 
into all the minute interstices of the mould, of nineteen: • 
In manufacturing imitative pearls, the 
glass bead forming the pearl has two holes 
“ When this shall reach your eye, dear 
G- some day when you are turning 
Many people turn up their noses at what 
they call “ dirty work,” as though all hon¬ 
est labor was not cleaner than many kid - 
gloved ways of swindling one’s self through 
f i :n: hrnkpn un Those who wished t.n ehano-e b^ved ways ot swindling one s self through In waxing the corks of the blacking bot- when all beside my thoughts were at rest, 
snow, a few more chilling fiosts, a few more broken up. Ino..e who wished to change the world. Rather than owe our living to ties much cleverness is disohved The wax I have wrestled with the” consciousness of 
,-eeDino- storms_for old winter always the seat of government availed themselves t b p lattpr wp would infinitely nrefer to shako ‘ lc s muon cleverness is displayed. 1 He wax - tne consciousness ot 
roepm 0 stoims ior oid wmiei always P nnnn ?tunitv to effort n romnvtl to the lattLr » we would lnnmtejy prefer to snake ls mc lted in an open dish, and without approaching death, until at last it has forced 
ems reluctant to leave a place rendered _ don ‘bv mooWt ion car P ets A or , swee P ^irnneys at fifty cents a brush> ladle> or otber ap p]i ance , the work- itself upon my mind; and although to you 
i genial by warmth and light, for his re- q,. tradition is that Mr Klias Bondi not' A day or two since we learned an m aa waxes each cork neatly and expedi- and others it might now seem but the ner- 
eatin the cold regions of the North.- then President of Congress, and another deh ^ tiously, simply by turning the bottle upside vous imaginings of a girl, yet dear G-, 
in its exterior ; the liquid, made from a over the relics of the past, I shall have 
pearl-like powder, is inserted into the hoi- passed away forever, and the cold white 
low of the head by a tube, and by a pecu- stone will be keeping its lonely watch over 
liar twist of the hand, the single drop in- the lips you have so often pressed, and the 
troduced is caused to spread itself over sod will be growing green that shall hide 
the whole surface of the interior without forever from your sight the dust of one who 
any superfluity or deficiency being occa- has so often nestled close to your warm 
sioned. heart. For many long and sleepless nights. 
In waxing the corks of the blacking bot- when all beside my thoughts were at rest, 
ties much cleverness is displayed. The wax I have wrestled with the consciousness of 
is melted in an open dish, and without approaching death, until at last it has forced 
OUUiUO iLiULbaub LVJ lit uickV/u 1L/11UL1 v-w. t-j • . 1*1 1 r 1 ,• 
r Princeton, which was done by proclamation, 
so genial by warmth and light, »or his re- r p be tradition is that Mr. Elias Boudinot, 
treat m the cold regions of the North.— then President of Congress, and another del- 
For a little while the first flowers may droop, egate from New York, effected this change. 
day. A day or two since we learned an 
instructive bit of history touching a doer of 
“dirty work” —a hod-man. No matter 
where he was born; he was none the worse 
the half-leaved shrubs cease to expand, the ^ short time after, the seat of Government f Qr bein«- a Turk-man or an Irishman. 
- -- was removed from Princeton to Trenton.— & ... 
green grass to grow; but soon we shall be 
He came to this city about ten years ago, 
beyond the probable recurrence of these EMg^ a p^rmanTnt y oun g> | ieal , th y honest. He could get 
contingencies, which many so much dread; sea ^ 0 f government, to be under the juris- 
and then life will resume its dominion diction of Congress, and detatched from all 
over the vegetable kingdom. With hearts State sovereignties. Commissoners were 
filled with gladness and gratitude we will a PP°i nt ^d to select and report a suitable 
, , iii ., site. Mr. Gerry proposed two seats—one 
bail lt s approach, and already wreaths are North and one ’si U th_to wit: New York 
being twined to deck its brow. and Annapolis. 
We live in a climate fitful and variable, In mean time, the government was re- 
one that is remarkable for great and sud- move d to New York where Washington 
ivxr. Eiionugo vxei.y proposi ti permanem nff h but hod-carrying, and he carried 
seat of government, to be under the juris- so well as J to earn at once his dollar a day . 
diction of Congress, and detatched from all H e procured cheap but good board and 
State sovereignties. Commissoners were i odg ) n s; spent none of his earnings in 
appointed to select and report a suitable gro | ger ies or low places; attended church 
site. Mr Gerry proposed two seats-one ^n the Sabbath; educated himself evenings, 
North and one South-to wit: New York laid m and at the end of five years 
bought a lot in the city, and built a pretty 
cottage. In one year more he found a good 
wife, and used the cottage he had before 
den changes, and often winter rushes back was inaugurated. A bill passed the House ren t ed oub j^qj. this six years he had 
, . naming the banks of Susquehannah. The j:i„ j 
unexpected and unhidden, to the sunny do- Senate named Germantown and the sub- stcaau y CcUnta lQe n ® a - , , . 
( t •* l 3 e °: n 110 numca u-trmamown, ana me sud qj e was a no t ed worker, an acknowledged 
minions of spring. In spite, however, of shtute was adopted. But owing, it is said, scholar> and a noble paMern of a n ^ n . 
this danger, many of our summer birds to the efforts ot Mr. Madison, the hill was Qn the in of the eighth year> j lis tal . 
have returned, gay and joyful, and seem to re-considered and postponed; a bargain was ents and integrity were called to a more ■ 
hymn their familiar tunes as hopefully as dna dy made between the New-Yoikers and pro fita b le account. He embarked as a 
ever Ever on the wing ever happy ever Southcrn naembe + r6 ’ b y, w ^® h *?. ® eat * partner in a professional business already 
irirKZZ government was to go back to Philadelphia ^ establish J d . This day he is worth at 
welcome who does not look upon them for ten years, and then go permanently to i east $100,000; has a lovely wife, and two 
with kindly feelings, as friends and compan- the ten miles square which was to be de- bea utiful children; a home that is the cen- 
ions beloved? signaled by the South. This was a com- tre of a brilliant> social and intellectual cir- 
From the remarks whsch we see in pa- promise measure and was an equivalent cle and be j s one 0 f the happiest and most 
pen from different parts of the country, honored of men, so far as he is known.- 
we are sorry to learn that it is the opinion 
down, and dipping the cork into the melted it is so ! 
wax. Practice has enabled the men to do Many lonely hours have I passed in the 
this so neatly, that scarely any wax is al- endeavor to reconcile myself to leaving you, 
lowed to touch the bottle. Again, to turn whom I love so well, and this bright world 
the bottle to its proper position without of sunshine and beauty; and hard indeed 
spilling any of the wax, is apparently an is it to struggle on silently and alone with 
exceedingly simple matter; but it is only by the sure conviction that I am about to leave 
a peculiar movement of the wrist and hand all forever and go down alone into the dark 
that it is properly effected. One man can valley! ‘ But I know in whom I have 
seal one hundred dozen in an hour! trusted, and leaning upon His arm, I fear 
In pasting and affixing the labels on u0 . evd - Don’t blame me lor keeping all 
blacking bottles much dexterity is also dis- ^his from you. How could I subject you of 
played. As one man can paste as many ad °d iers » to such sorrow as I feel at part- 
labels as two can affix, groups of three are in S> w hen t’ Die W >11 make it so soon appa- 
employed in this department. In pasting, to you ? I could have wished to live 
the dexterity is shown by the final touch d only to be at your side when your time 
of the brush, which jerks the label off the Miall come, and pillowing your head upon 
heap, and which is caught in the left hand m ) T b reast , wipe the death damps from your 
of the workman, and laid aside. This is drotv, and usher your departing spirit into 
done so rapidly, that the three-fold opera- 'ts Maker’s presence, embalmed in woman’s 
tion of pasting, jerking and laying aside is h°dest prayer. 
repeated no less than two thusand times in 
an hour. The affixing of the labels is a 
very neat and dexterous operation; to the 
But it is not to be so—and I submit.— 
Yours is the privilege of watching, through- 
long and dreary nights, for the spirit’s final 
watchful spectator the bottle is scarcely ta- flight, and of transferring my sinking head 
ken up in the hand ere it is set down label- f rom your breast to my Savior’s bosom! 
K. . . . _ A __ .1 _ _T. -l _ 1 * il 1 , .1 
the assumption of the State debts. Seve¬ 
ral times at Philadelphia, Congress was 
led. In packing the bottles into casks much 
neatness is displayed. 
And you shall share my last thought; tlie \ 
last faint pressure of the hand, and the last ‘ 
of those who pay attention to this subject, menaced by popular tumults. A military 
that not only our favorite bird, the robin, company on one occasion insulted the mi- 
but most of the other varieties that mate ,,orit y of Congress. The government du- 
their summer soionrn in the cultivated fields ™g-M'" Adams'Administration was re- 
So much has come of a hod-man .—Fair - 
man's New- Yorker. 
Self-Energy. —Self-energy is the true 
life of a man. To think by othre men’s 
-- • -r -i A j > 1 1 • • . ,• c% mein. jlkj inuuv uy o 
their summer sojourn in the cultivated fields 1 ln 8 ■ 0111 anis * minis ra ion was re- thoughts is no true living; to believe by 
near tlie homes of men are rapidly dimin- ^ t0 Washington-then a desolate and other b mon > s belic f, is no true living faith, 
near U 1 L xiuuies ot uieu, are raptuiy uimin lnconv ement place, but there were few peo- mi ; 1 . , i & t 
ishing in numbers. • pie, and the government exercised exclu- The . d J st> l , ■ “dependent 
lhe robin is oneof the sweetest songsters sive jurisdiction. The whole police was in ers wU1 enable it, arrive at the modes and 
we have. There are birds of more brilliant the hands of the government, and no part causes of the truth of those propositions it 
plumage, but few whose notes have more ™ e "mXr > C ' ty cor P oratlon 1,11 receives as truths; or substantially, it will 
melody. They are so harmless and gentle, “’"’on'Tof thfreasons assigned for tbe ‘Wnk-nd believe nothing. Substantially, 
so domestic and confiding, that it is unpro- cbo i ce 0 f tbe present seat on the Potomac , j er ™ , propositions exist for tt, nor 
yoked meanness to injure or molest them, was the wish of Gen. Washington. The °L len ?* , u . e nonen i u s, ant i 
J _ _ . i=> _ wi mi u drPflm nt linflftrRfjinnmo* t.hnni 
voked meanness to injure or molest them, was the wish of Gen. Washington. The 
They seem to love the neighborhood of admiration of his character and services 
man, and stay about his habitation, building caused die selection and dictated the name 
The heads of certain kinds of pins are feeble kiss shall be yours; and even when 
formed by a coil or two of fine wire placed AesA an d heart shad have iailed me, my 
at one end. This is cut off from a long e y e sba11 rest on . y ours until grazed by 
coil fixed in a lathe; the workman cuts off death; and our spirits shall hold one last 
one or two turns of the coil, guided entire- f° n d communion until gently fading from 
ly by his eye, and such is the manual dex- m y view—the last of earth-you shall min- 
terity displayed in the operation, that a g de M* e first bright glimpses of the un¬ 
workman will cut off 20,000 or 30,000 fad i»g glories of that better world, where 
heads without making a single mistake as to p a rtings are unknown. 
the number of turns in each. An expert Well do I know the spot, dear G- 
workman can fasten on from 10,000 to 15,- where you will lay me; often have we 
000 of these heads in a day. stood by the place, and as we watched the 
The reader will frequently have seen mellow sunset as it glanced in quivering 
the papers in which pins are stuck for con- flashes through the leaves, and burnished 
venience of sale. Children can paper the grassy mounds around us with stripes 
will only dream of understanding them, from 80,000 to 40,000 in a day although of burnished gold, each perhaps has thought 
J ° oneh run l xrrvl trno o n onr f hot onmo t\‘\\7 rmo r»r TIC wnn n nnmo oLvr»£i 
their nests in the orchard or the newly °J ^ SCat ° f S overnraent >. whlch was in ’ ciently sensible of the importance of that 
made garden The hours when they Dour ! as a m ° aurncn 0 1IS g‘ 01 )- economy in reading which selects, almost 
ma c garden. _ hours when they pour But personal interests and commerce did exdu J el the ve * y first order of boo] , s _ 
forth their music are precisely those when not long leave Washington in the quiet en- W1 ex< f t for so ^ e ^ special re J on , read 
we most willingly listen-they cheer us joyment of the presence of the federal an inferior book, at the very time you might 
at dawn and soothe us at evening. It power. Pennsylvania has never cordially be reading one of the higher order ? 
we most willingly listen-they cheer us joyment ot the presence ot the federal an inferior book, at the very time you might 
at dawn and soothe us at evening. It power. Pennsylvania has never cordially be reading one of the higher order ? 
is an American bird, a native of this coun- 
assented to the removal of the government 
fi om her metropolis. A project w r as formed 
‘xU i lc i i. - - A - —r j --- if ch uivu vyuiu ui iwu win raiucr a mein 
tiy lingering with us a delightful guest ffi 1807 to remove the federal capital back happy, he must be a wretch indeed who 
and let us, during its annual visit, extend to Philadelphia, and steps were_taken to ob- will not give them to him. Such a disposi- 
to it all the rites of hospitality. tain some liberal overture of aid in the ob- tion is like lighting another man’s candle 
The larger and wilder classes of birds that i cct by - tb ® clty and . b >’ J be Statc g®7® rn_ by one’s own, which loses none of its bril- 
have their haunts in the morp secluded and ment Pennsylvania. lhe most libera liancy by what the other gains, 
nave tneir haunts in the moie secluded and offers were made> by the citizens of Phila- J --_ 
less frequented depths of the wilderness, delphia, to get back the government; and A Man who is not ashamed of himself, 
recede as the forests disappear, and those perhaps in the expectation of obtaining need not be ashamed of his early condition. 
___® ' each pin involves a separate and distinct that some day one of us would come alone, 
Select Your Books.— Few are suffi- °Pf n ration! . . , . f . and whichever it might be, your name 
ciently sensible of the importance of that /he pointing of pins and needles isdone would be on the stone. But we loved the 
economy in reading which selects, almost soh }y b y haad - lhe workman holds thirty spot; and I know you will love it none the 
exclusively, the very first order of Looks. or fort y P ln ^ n gt lis hls A a » d spread out less when you see the same quiet sunlight 
Why, except for some special reason, read llke a fan and wonderful dexterity is shown linger and play among the grass that grows 
an inferior book, at the very time you mkdit 1,1 bnn g ln g eacb P art to tne stone, and pre- over your Mary’s grave. I knowyou’U go 
be readinp- one of the higher order ? ° sentmg every point of its circumference to often alone there, when I am laid there, 
—F ----its grinding action. and my spirit will be with you then, and 
If a civil word or two will render a man In stamping the grooves in the heads of whisper among the waving branches, 4 1 am 
happy, he must be a wretch indeed who needles, the operative can finish 8,000 nee- not lost but gone before .’ ” —Knickebocker 
will not give them to him. Such a disposi- dies in an hour, although he has to adjust Mag. J or £pril. 
tion is like lighting another man’s candle each separate wire at every blow. In punch- 1 ■■ l_ ~— - 
by one’s own, which loses none of its bril-. i°g eye-holes of needles, by hand, chil- Quincy being asked Vhy there were 
liancy by what the other gains. dren, who are the operators, acquire such more women than men, replied, “ It is in 
---dexterity as to be :*ble to punch one human conformity with the arrangements of nature. 
A Man who is not ashamed of himself, hair and thread it with another, for the We always see more of heaven than of 
need not be ashamed of his early condition, amusement of vi i ;ers! earth.” 
If a civil word or two will render a man 
