MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTU RAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
belief existed there, as it did here, that no other functions of the horse, the ox and the sheep, and 
country could supply the same quality. The will no doubt enter largely into, the domestic 
The National Agricultural Society would also 
northern climate, it was thought, would impair 
the fineness of the staple. But the Merino sheep 
introduced into England soon dispelled that pre- 
judice, and their introduction, at the beginning 
of die present century, into Saxony and Silesia, 
hope to see introduced into the Alleghany and various agricultural and framed associations in 
Rocky Mountains—are the raw material employ- foreign countries. It would, in fact, be the great 
of die present century, into Saxony and Silesia, ed in many of the most valuable tissues of the centre of agricultural information which would 
established the fact, that proper care and culti- East, and there is no reason to doubt that with diffuse knowledge in a thousand different direc- 
vation will do tnore’in this branch of husbandry the same raw material at our command, and with tions, over the whole length and breadth of our 
than mere climate or other favorable adventitious the aid of suitable machinery, our ingeniousand land, and to which every farmer could confident- 
circumstances. The Saxon Merino, for the pur- enterprising countrymen, would in due time fur- ly apply for advice and instruction on any sub¬ 
pose of wool-growing, is now far superior to the nish similar, if not better fabrics. ject connected with his profession. 
Spanish, and its wool brings a much higher I must now apologise for briefly introducing And here I may pause to inquire whether the 
price in the principal markets of England a topic, not legitimately connected with agncul- Smithsonian Institute, at the seat of the Nation- 
Franee and Belgium. Indeed the finer qualities ture, and not properly coming within the scope «1 Government might not, ex officio, became a 
of wool are now almost exclusively supplied by of your society. I would gladly avoid it, if its colaborator and efficient assistant of theNational 
Germany, while "Spanish Merino wool has al- introduction were not in some degree necessary Agricultural Society, in all its literary and scien- 
most entirely disappeared from the wool mar- to complete the cycle of ideas which have sug- t,;g c branches? Might not the Institute aid the 
kets of Europe. gested these reflections. I cannot close my re- Society in its periodical publications, and, in 
The history of wool-growing and shcep-cul- marks without referring to the Mineral wealth of conjunction with it, diffuse the greatest amount 
ture in Europe is full of valuable lessons to the our country. ... .... of “useful knowledge among men.” Surely, 
ture in Europe is full of valuable lessons to the our country. ... .... of “useful knowledge among men.” Surely, 
American farmer. It shows what knowledge, America is as rich in minerals as in soil, and the philanthropic intention of the worthy foun- 
diligence and care can accomplish against ad- produces all valuable and useful metals in the der 0 f t] ia t institution, could not be carried out 
verse climates and indifferent soils. The lesson greatest abundance. Iron is not confined to any i n ;l more suitable and effective manner, than by 
is full of encouragement to us, and has already particular locality. It is found in various parts making it thus subserve the great interests of 
stimulated the emulation of our husbandmen.— of New England and New York; it extends agriculture in all its branches. Whatever its 
If I can read the future of this country, wool, in throughout the whole state of Pennsylvania and p rcsen t usefulness maybe, it can perform no 
a very few years, will become as much an article the mountain regions of Maryland, Virginia and higher duty than contribute in the most efficient 
of exportation, as cotton, provisions and bread- North Carolina; it exists in large quantities in manner> to the perfection of that species of hu- 
avery few years, will become as much an article the mountain regions of Alary land, Virginia and higher duty than contribute in the most efficient 
of exportation, as cotton, provisions and bread- North Carolina; it exists in large quantities in manner, to the perfection of that species of hu- 
stuffs, and this notwithstanding the powerful ri- the states of Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, 1 ennessee Inan industry, which is the parent and promoter 
valry which our wool-growers on the Pacific and Illinois, and on Lake Superior; furnishing 0 f a R others, and on which the safety and per- 
will find in the progress of wool-growing in Aus- every where the levers of civilization to an in- manence of our institutions rest as on their 
tralia. ' dustrious and energetic people. broadest foundations. 
There is one more species of industiy, lately I he coal region of the United States includes Mr. President and Gentlemen, in bringing this 
come into use as an incident to agriculture, Pennsylvania, parts of Maryland, Virginia, discourse to a conclusion, I am not insensible to 
which I deem of sufficient importance to lccom- North Carolina, Geoigia, Alabama, Tennessee, the magnitude and importance of my theme. I 
mend to the attention of your society. It is the Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and bave approached it with diffidence before an au- 
manence of our institutions rest as on their 
broadest foundations. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen, in bringing this 
results in the agriculture and commerce of our ties in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin.— higher reach of thought than I have found lime 
country. Copper is found to some extent in various parts an d opportunity to bring to its elucidation. I scenery, the clear stream and clc 
The uses to which Lard Oil maybe applied of the Union: but the great copper-fields aie on bave sought at least to show, not only the digni- the hriirhf sno which rrilded the h 
are almost infinite. It was first employed as a the borders of Lake Superior, and in Mew Mex- t and va [ ue of your calling, in its influence over . .. ^ ® , , 
substitute for lamp oil and sperm candles; but ioo. Gold and silver are found in California Or- the destiny and elevation of our country, but to its rising and dwindled and playei 
was gradually made to take the place of almost egon and New Mexico, and along the range of enforce the great truth, that a common interest subunits’ SO gloriously in its SCttinj 
every species of animal fat, or vegetable oil, em- the Alleghany mountains in Virginia, North p n p s together, throughout the diversities of soil, soldier resolved to live and die her 
ployed in manufactures, and is now most exten- Carolina and Georgia. . . . of climate, and of production, the noble fabric of j w ;*b wounds and almost wor 
sively used in all kinds of machinery. It is also One great peculiarity of the mining regions of American Industry. red w . wounds, and alm istwor 
introduced to a very large extent, in many America, and especially those of coal, iron and , , , the service of his country, for he 
branches of domestic economy, and when refined lead, consist in the remarkable fact that the min- ^ e ^ ve 0 inveS”™ rsffit? You through two long wars, lie found 
and properly prepared, is used even in the shape eral is found in large quantities, beneath the that you may well rejoice n y P • . , ° littlo nbnrebir« 
of a condiment of the table, or an indispensable richest and most productive soil; promising at may well rejo.ee in its tnumphs-the pcacefu place. In yonder little churchy, 
article of the toilette. Lard oil, it is said, is the same time, a rich harvest to both the miner triumph of Labor, of Art, and of Science. bones and nearly all his family, 
loivrolv PYnnrfcp.fi to France, anrl after undergoing' and i.Via husbandman. Wo. not onlv produce the may recall with pride that 1 ustrious race o rni_ _ i-Vn-nct umnf domn 
oran cues or uomesbro economy, uuu w ueu icuucu ieau, consist in mo reiuai idviuiat uiomiu- - „ . . • ' Qllif y ~ through two long wars, lie iouna a resung poseu mat we snouia maKG a little iamilv 
p“L lh at | place. 8 in hu>e ch— fc ** >*«*» so m c four or 
A HaUw iilusmm. 
The following truly beautiful and pa- ________________ 
thetic sketch we extract from the editorial For the Rural New-Yorker, 
correspondence of the N. Y. Day Book.- STANZAS: CONTENT. 
The editor is on a visit to Windham, Greene _ 
Co., N. Y., the home of his childhood. The I would not fly to the sky afar, 
whole letter is worth a dozen “Saratoga” To fix my home, on a twinkling star, 
and “Newport” letters, filled with vapid Nor yet on an isle in the deep blue sen, 
nothings descriptive of the flutter of fash- Far from mankind wo,,!d 1 wi9h 10 be ‘ 
ionable life; this is full of the genuine feel- And 1 w0uld >‘ v e m elfin bowers, 
inn that does one good to read it, awaken- slec >’ in the cu i’- of tl,e wild - w00d flowers - 
. & u v And dance ’neatb the lily’s breast so white, 
ing corresponding emotions in our bosoms: Ur sail turough the air> 0I , pintam8 , 5ght 
. “ Ri g ht , here >. between the mountains ri- * But here , would dwell , 0I1 ray native 8horc , 
sing on either side up to vhe xery heavens, Where the foot of the tyrant, is felt no more; 
and before and behind as you face the east Here let me dwell, and l would not ask 
or the west, throwing their arms and lock- feRy realms, mid sunbeams to bask¬ 
ing in each other’s embrace, my father, To fly on high, to the trembling star, 
• , • , , i , ._.i _ _ Or to dwell in some green isle afar. 
sixty-eight years ago last April, then a boy Rochester( N Y jenny_. 
of eleven, traveling with h's rather (an old _ 
soldier of the French war) on foot from A WORD FOR THE LADIES. 
Massachusetts west, encamped beside yon- - 
der high rock for the night. This little The English women are healthy in body 
brook that gurgles and ripples along at our and of course, in mind. Sickly sentiment- 
feet was then full of speckled trout, and the alism, and a “rose water philanthropy” 
next morning furnished the father and son which expends itself over French romances 
with a delicious breakfast. Here foxes and and artificial flowers, has no Jot or portion 
squirrels and partridges darted and fluttered in their characters. They are women .— 
through the woods. Deer came down from And their children are worthy of them, for 
the hills and drank in the brook where they they are red-cheeked, of stout muscle, and 
were fishing, or cropped the leaves from the nimble gait, of fine health and appetite.— 
bushes that covered them in their tent, and The reason of all this is that the English 
‘there were none to molest or make afraid.’ women exercise more in the open air than 
Pleased with the open valley, the mountain our women do. An English woman of re¬ 
scenery, the clear stream and clearer sky, finement thinks nothing of walking a half 
the bright sun which gilded the hill tops m dozen miles, nothing of riding on horseback 
its rising and ‘ dwindled and played on their twenty, nothing of leaping on the back of 
summits’so gloriously in its setting, the old a trusty animal and jumping hedges and 
soldier resolved to live and die here. Scar- ditches in pursuit of game, 
red with wounds, and almost worn out in I remember of once being at William 
the service of his country, for he had been and Mary Howitt’s when some one pro- 
through two long wars, he found a resting posed that we should make a little family 
largely exported to France, and after undergoing and the husbandman. We not only produce the rec an ^ '.Tw 
various chemical opeiations, re-imported into minerals necessary to the construction of tools, cultivators, who from Cincinnatus o h - * 
the United States, and sold in various metamor- agricultural implements and machinery, in an ton, graced and ennobled Apiculture, and which 
as salatl oil, „o m „t« m , or boar's grease, graced stated industrial develop^; but 3 
even the ingenuity of European chemists, will, It is maintained by some writers on the subje< 
in due time, find its match in the indigenous that mining, if not a branch of agriculture, is 
“Yankee ingenuity” of the United States.— least a kindred pursuit. The agriculturists dra 
Meanwhile I am glad to see the lard oil manufac- from the earth the organic power which sustains 
It is maintained by some writers on the subject, ™e moors or ns ouue oocieiy wm uu too nu,« 
that mining, if not a branch of agriculture, is at wldel J productive of benign results, not only m 
promoting and advancing its own husbandry, 
out its bright example will be felt in all quarters 
bones and nearly all his family. five miles. The thought never entered my 
The forest went down before his axe— head that they proposed going on foot. As 
the wilderneg? became a garden — and this we crossed the tbreshhold of the door I 
beautiful valley soon teemed with the ‘ busy was expecting the next moment to help the 
haunts of men,’ and life and activity were two ladies making our party into the car- 
seen all around. Factories, shops, school- rmge. But 1 saw no carriage—and when 
houses and churches sprang into existence 1 asked where was the carriage, I got for a 
—and what but a few years before was repiy, “We are going on foot of course!” 
alone the abode of wild beasts, became re- And so we walked all the way there, and 
ally ‘ a happy valley,’ where men delighted rambled all the day long over the beautiful 
to dwell. forest, and at night walked back to “ The 
Twenty-two years after the first night’s Elms.” I kept looking at the ladies while 
Meanwhile 1 am giaa to seetneiara on manuiac- q”- qy - .U, - Hip RpTinblic ally * a nappy valley, wnere men uengnieu 
toriea flourish, having no apprehension that they vegetable life—the miner delivers her of the treas- , , tn dwell forest, and at night walked back to “The 
T’S?sSiW^S Ja’ato’Sfi'JrM“ «s; ye™ *i~” i ^ 
Railors and the great nursery of our navy. On ens the body, and renders it capable of great in the discharge of duties to your State and encampment-forty-six years ago-my fa- we were returning, expecting to see them 
the contrary, it appears that sperm oil, notwith- physical exertion. A knowledge of mineralogy, Oomitry, w^cb bnng J 1 * ^ ther purchased this farm from Mr. Living- faint away; and finally when we all sat 
standing the competition of lard, is still com- geology and chemistry, is indispensable to the God and the gratitude of Men. As the dews from F . , f . , f down on the greensward for a moment, I 
maVwIimr -psneef-ible and remunerating prices - successful pursuit of both branches of industry, Heaven refresh and fertilize the earth, and glad- ston, who received HIS grant 01 it irom Uie t 
^Ruoenor mTalhies and the viable uJes to and will enable the farmer to look for new sour- den the heart of the husbandman, so will your crown of England. At that time, people ventured very quietly to ask one of them, 
it-, mav be annlied. oneratim? unite as cesof wealth beneath the soil he cultivates;wLile labors, steadily pursued, wisely directed and i d to ta ^ e the land and vav rent, “Are you not very tired ! ” I got for a re- 
the contrary. ic appears iniit sperrn on, iiuiwnn- -^ , sy, ... A , c 
standing the competition of lard, is still com- geology and chemistry, is indispensable to the God and the gratitude of Men. As the dews from 
sanding respectable and remunerating prices; successful pursuit of both branches of industry, Heaven refresh and fertilize the earth, and glad- 
liiciiivmic ^ r , 1 1 ° 1 . _i — 4 1-./-v 1 /-./-.lr' nnnr onnv. ( on tho hpjirh nf t.hp. hnftham man so will vmir 
its superior qualities and the valuable uses to and will enable the farmer to look for new sour- den the heart of the husbandman so will your 
whirl it may be applied, operating quite as ces of wealth beneath the soil he cultivatesjwhile abors, steadily pursued wisely directed and 
much in its favor as the diminished number of it will induce the miner occasionally to turn his liberally disseminating the seeds of intelligent 
whales which compels our hardy fishermen to attention very profitably to the external surface observation and experience, bring forth a rich 
w ’ - • v • - ’ J ^-- 1 .:. — and abundant harvest. 
seek for them in higher and more dangerous °f the vaults that cover his mining operations, 
1 'l’he division of labor, has, no doubt, its advan- 
latitudes. 
' ‘ j woll id now say a few words on the growtli tages as regards the mere cheapness of production; 
> of Timber, a subject much neglected by our but it is less conducive to the development of the 
> coun trymen. mind, and is rarely applicable to a sparsely settled 
i Yet timber is one of the most valuable pro- country. , . , . , 
> auctions of the soil, and an indispensable requi- In thus cursorily reviewing some of the chief 
! site to improvement and civilization of man. No articles of Agricultural and Mineral productions, 
) country on earth, is, in this respect, more blame- which form the basis of our foreign exchanges, 
> less than our’s. None can boast of such a varie- and regulate, in a great measure, also the do- 
! ty ot lorest trees, adapted to the various uses of mestic exchanges of the different States of our 
) farming the mechanic arts, architecture and ship °wn confederacy, the question may arise, now 
} building In no other country do we find such far the establishment of proper institutions, or 
THE DRUNKARD. 
I-STt,* tar ' his f 1 ir feltthanks f to ,t heSu - & 11 wast,H ' irhabitsofe “ roise0 
> farming the mechanic arts, architecture and ship own confederacy, the question may arise, how Disgrace Delongs to tne man, who oy re preme Ruler of the universe, for the pro- ot doors. _ 
> building. In no other country do we find such far the establishment of proper institutions, or verse in business, is led down from affluence tection and mercies granted unto them, and I was once conversing with an Engli 
! ) magnificent shade trees, such extensive and su- the improvement and better administration of to destitution. The poorest man who walks earnest anneal that ‘their lives and lady, who was near eighty years old—t 
”? rsrti "•“«««? t, ow> ?,: bo loils in , v t 10 ss-ns 0^ ^ be ^« 
hausted than in our own. Yet, with all these our industrious and independent cultivators of clothe and feed his children, can stand m his siaht,’and his favors and blessings con- capital habit of walking which the ladies 
incalculable advantages, and with our unbounded the soil. The subject is an important one, and the presence of the man of millions, with t j nued unto them while iu this world. England have, when she broke forth wi 
coal fields, the want of fire-wood is already felt appears, thus far, to have excited but little pub- no consciousness of inferiority. But when During the last seventeen years I have “When I was a young woman, and in t 
W«t m L?“ < S5^ k dSto e oFa , mSr.« t ta “fwouTseem too, as if our diplomatic and poverty is the result of crime, it becomes made a yearly p il g ,. imag e , 0 lhe ^home of country, I used to walk ten miles to chur 
{ which locomotives and steamboats are consuming consular systems were organized simply in re- at once sinful and disgraceful, when it is father’s.’ As yearly the seasons return on a Sunday morning and back again af 
^ the article faster than it can be reproduced in the gard to the great interests of commerce and the result of gambling, or drinking, or lying, an d the golden harvest blesses the husband- service!” Another cause of the brillis 
; ordinary course of nature. There is also reason a ‘! it covers its victim with a robe of shame.— men> and covers the valley with its riches, health of English women is their natu 
S,iSru*efwmd e aSof^ will, STwri? Under any droumstances .« .s exceedingly so ^ „ and daug hter/of the good old- love for borliculture. An English lady 
l derness'in the shortest time,induces many a har- our Consuls report on the commerce and manu- unpleasant and inconvenient to be very man bave returned to Ms roof to eat of the at home m her garden among the flowc 
l dy pioneer of the West to enter somewhat enthu- factures of foreign countries, would it not be well poor, and by most men, poverty is dreaded r ; Den i n£? f ru its and receive his blessino-.— and 1 know of no more beautiful sight 
\ Biastically on the “extermination” of our woods, uIose° countrfef'aTid as one of the worst of evik His white locks, till now, have ever met^rne the world than that of a fair, open brow 
i mimical and^ractim^woidd m^moi^than C one the improvements which from time to time’ may Now poverty is as sure to follow a course at the gate—his outstretched but withered rosy cheeked woman among a garden 1 
( instance* call out to him, “Woodman, spare that be introduced in their culture? Might they not of intemperance, as light and heat to follow j iand has clasped mine in the warm and choice plants and gorgeous flowers, 
> tree !” ma(le % furnish detailed accounts of the dif- the r j s i ng 0 f t h e sun. God has so ordained. cor dial embrace -and his placid and earnest of y our meri T creatures in hot drf 
1 - 1* word he has declared that the drunk- smi | es have spoken lhe fulness of joy in a ing roon,s “ by the light of the chandali, 
\ h,o- 0 f oxygen_eminently conducive to health, and the various kinds of manures resorted to as ard shall come to poverty, and wherever parent’s heart at a child’s return. —1° marines. Here is beauty fn 
? Thev are the companions of man, as much so as means of preserving or restoring soils? Could we behold drunkenness, we also gaze upon alas there is a change > With mv from God’s hand and Nature’s—here 
) some of the domestic animals, and have, as such, they not be induced to report on all the variety g q Ua ]j ( j misery. Go into any community, . i;,,i ' Y i : t u„: r rhmirninff robes human flowers and those of Nature bloc 
acquired a certain right to his protection. Many of fruit, shade, and ornamental trees, and or- you wiU i nd affluence to b e the result two little ones clad in their mourning robes, 
localities which I could name, especially near the ward specimens of seeds, plants, roots, and bulbs, and you will nna amuence lo oe tne resim Qn Saturday, at noon, 1 descended from => &_ _ 
; sea coast, have been completely shorn of timber; for gratuitous distribution, accompanied by pro- of sobriety, and destitution the sure attend- d)e sla , r(J and walked sadly toward the A HARD CASE 
and experience has shown that a forest once en- ^ ^ThHo^ otSrcor. ^^of dissipation. You will expect to find ^ " No trembling form, no white hairs, — * 
Sc C e U keTame W Snds^eoT- iries! ancUhe mod? 0 “ b^ing them and im- 111 the at - vine-covered cottage, a frugal nQ outstretched hand , n0 father was there One of our tax collectors left a notici 
7 venience is now felt in consequence, and that evil proving the breed, would be particularly accep- temperate man , and in the hov el, unpainted tQ meet me ; qq ie sun shone as bright and a certain house the other day for a road 1 
f is progressive, threatening the comfort and inter- table, should the official business of the consul and desolate, the windows shattered, the beautiful as ever, the mountain smiled, the and subsequently called to get the amoi 
ai»i„ssY m toS cs - andallclM8e9engas - The* ■ an lntemperate man - r™: l '?r s : ?*. hilw ^ He , e rr d f V w r an ' 
' In most countries of Europe, the preservation made quarterly, as are those on commerce and __ _ ticlds and the waving com, all looked as ta replied that she hoped he did not exj 
£ of foscsts, by only partially cutting down the manufactures. An annual paper would compre- HOW TO SWIM miliar and friendly as when in my school- to get a dollar from her. No, said be, 
I timber, and selecting for that purpose only those bend all that is desirable, .and would certainly be boy clays I chased the birds and butterflies from your husband. “ My husband is d< 
i in' fnZ S»» W W0 « gives the rationale of in the gleeful ecsUey of young existenee. I ara ’ a widow have several children 
s species of timber can be reprofluoed almost ad would be readily furnished him by the official swimming, as follows: No branch of educa- Others may have bulled a child and a la- can’t support them by the hardest labo. 
( infinitum, without any perceptible deterioration politeness of the government to which he is ac- don b as been so much neglected as this.— ther in one short season, as I have done— Look here sir; here are fine pants th 
Elizur Wright gives the rationale of 
swimming, as follows: No branch of educa- 
in quality, is reduced to a science, taught in Ac- credited, and in others he would find all the re- M i an : m . 1 | w hidi does not 
ademies and Colleges. quired information already collected in printed Man 1S the only animal WHICH does not 
... . ° . • • . ft 1 - _ otrrirvi axolririlllxT I I o crnlYR 4if>or> in tllft wa- 
And though we may not, in this country, feel form. 
and experience that the country may confidently 
look for the prevention of these evils. 
swim naturally. He sinks deep in the wa¬ 
ter from the size of his brain when not 
the necessity of husbanding our almost countless By such simple means a vast amount of infor- ter from the size of his brain when not 
resources of the forest, yet more attention than mation from all parts of the country, could be p r0 p er ] y exercised. That is to say the 
has hitherto been paidlto the subject, is certainly collected, which in your hands and in the bands F F J i.;„ „„„„ uinlY 
due to it. It is to such societies as yours, 1 sub- of other corresponding associations, would be a weight of h s brain above his nose Sinks that 
mitthis suggestion. It is to your zeal, wisdom most powerful auxiliary in the dissemination of organ a little beneath the suriace, when he 
and experience that the country may confidently agricultural knowledge. And I would, in con- } s j n an erect position, before his body dis- 
look for the prevention of these evils. “ nection with this subject, respectfully suggest the D i aces weight in water and thus finds an 
ipko limlfo nf tVlia aiaftnnrRfl will rmt allow tyi« nrmiriftt.v 4>f ostahlishillP' a irreat Natioxai. Afittl- F _ . ° _ ’ 
The limits of this discourse will not allow me propriety of establishing a great National Agei- * mb j “ With the nose under, one melancholy day than this, God grant that 1 them at starving prices, 
to refer to the subject ot breeding Domestic An- cultural Society, which, in immediate commu- equiuuriuui. rriui iuc uusc U1 ‘ UU , ® 13 F 
imals, but I cannot omit to bring to your notice ideation with the Agricultural Societies in the must breathe water and drown. But when may pass away eeiore tnat day comes. 
a most valuable quadruped—“the ship of the different States and Territories of the Union, and the brain comes to be exercised enough to N. r. s. First Love.—S carce one person out of 
Desert ’’—for the introduction of which an ap- with the Patent Office, or some other appropri- throw j iead back and the nose up, point- ---- twenty marries his first love, and scarce one 
K'lo ffZ,bt'thS e ih?OamX^ich ftelf Tali’Z{Z ing to the very zenith, and keep the hands Ir is no great matter to associate with the out of twenty of the remainder has cause to 
our government is about to import from Arabia ia its annual report, an elaborate and compre- and feet carefully under water, then by the good anu gentle; tor this is naturally pleas- rejoice at having done so. What we love 
for the transportation of military stores, will hensive view of the agricultural condition of our eternal laws of hydrostatics, the nose will ing to all, and every one willingly enjoyeth in those early days is generally rather a fan- 
soon become domesticated in the sterile regions whole country. continue above water and the person will peace, and loveth those best that agree ciful creation of our own than a reality.— 
(UKk. un empty bottle which is so W- with him. But to be able to live peaceably We build statues of snow, aud weep wheu 
merce, and a very convenient, though compara- <fec., forwarded from foreign countries by our con- anced as to keep its mouth uppermost No with hard and perverse persons, or with the they melt. 
tively slow means of communication between suls, together with the collections which, under human beino- can sink in still water of any disorderly, or with such as go contrary to —*---— ‘ ‘ 
distant territories existing reguktions, our navy is in the habit of dep th, lying on his back with hands and I us, is a great grace, and a most commend- Cherish the tender buds of pity and 
fe^l'i3 d “r emam ° ngtl,ed ‘ f - feet under water. I able and manly thing.—TAomos AKempis. they will bloom with benevolence. 
crown of England. At that time, people ventured very quietly to ask one of them, 
were glad to take the land and pay rent, “Are you not very tired! ” I got for a re- 
and deemed it a privilege to cultivate it up- pty a merry ringing laugh, and a “ To be 
on the terms offered. He built him a house, sure not; 1 could walk half a dozen miles 
improved the land, and here, upon this spot, further yet! ” When I got home I was so 
in this little basin between these cloud-cap- fatigued as to be unable to stand without 
ped hills, reared and educated eleven chil- great pain and trouble, and was obliged to 
dren, all of whom lived to see his grey hairs acknowledge that the English ladies were 
whitened with the frosts of more than sev- my superiors in physical powers of endu- 
enty winters. For more than forty years he ranee. I saw at once the secret of their 
gathered them daily around the family al- glorious health, their buoyancy and flow of 
tar, offered his heartfelt thanks to the Su- spirits. It was their habits of exercise out 
preme lluler of the universe, for the pro- of doors. 
tection and mercies granted unto them, and I was once conversing with an English 
an earnest appeal that ‘ their lives, and lady, who was near eighty years old—the 
health, and character might be precious in mother of a distinguished writer—upon this 
his sio-ht,’ and his favors and blessings con- capital habit of walking which the ladies of 
tinued unto them while in this world. England have, when she broke forth with, 
During the last seventeen years, I have “When I was a young woman, and in the 
made a yearly pilgrimage to the ‘home of country, I used to walk ten miles to church 
my father’s.’ As yearly the seasons return on a Sunday morning and back again after 
and the golden harvest blesses the husband- service!” Another cause of the brilliant 
men, and covers the valley with its riches, health of English women- is their natural 
so the sons and daughters of the good old- love for horticulture. An English lady is 
man have returned to his roof to eat of the at home in her garden among the flowers, 
ripening fruits and receive his blessing.— an( l 1 know of no more beautiful sight in 
His white locks, till now, have ever met me the world than that of a fair, open browed, 
at the gate—his outstretched but withered ros y cheeked woman among a garden full 
hand has clasped mine in the warm and of choice plants and gorgeous flowers.— 
cordial embrace-and his placid and earnest Talk of your merry creatures in hot draw- 
smiles have spoken the fulness of jov in a log rooms “ by the light of the chandalier” 
parent’s heart at a child’s return. * —to the marines! Here is beauty fresh 
Bat alas, there is a change! With my f rom Go „ d ’ s hand , a " d N^e’s-here are 
two little ones clad in their mourning robes, ! mman and those of Nalure bloom ’ 
on Saturday, at noon, I descended from m » tog e ier. _ 
the stage and walked sadly toward the A HARD CASE. 
house. No trembling form, no white hairs, -*- 
no outstretched hand, no father was there One of our tax collectors left a notice at 
to meet me! The sun shone as bright and a certain house the other day for a road tax, 
beautiful as ever, the mountain smiled, the and subsequently called to get the amount, 
stones, the trees, the hill-sides, the green H e enquired of the woman about it, who 
fields and the waving corn, all looked as fa- replied that she hoped he did not expect 
miliar and friendly as when in my school- to get a dollar from her. No, said be, but 
boy days I chased the birds and butterflies from your husband. “ My husband is dead, 
in the gleeful ecstacy of young existence. I am a widow, have several children, and 
Others may have buried a child and a fa- can’t support them by the hardest labor.— 
ther in one short season, as I have done— Look here sir; here are fine pants that I 
may have seen the two extreme ends of life am making for 20 cents a pair, and it is a 
mount together to the joy which is eternal, hard days work to make one pair. How 
and may, perhaps, have felt as I did, at the ca n I pay rent and support my family at 
moment when putting my hand upon the such prices?” “To be sure how can you?” 
old gate—the full realizing sense of their wa s the collector’s reply as he left, con- 
departure burst upon me. I know not what yinced that all is not quite right in this 
I may be called upon to pass through, but world, while a few riot in luxury on what 
if there be allotted to me a sadder or more others, and poor widows included, earn for 
melancholy day than this, God grant that I them at starving prices. 
may pass away before that day comes!” --—---- 
n. r. s. First Love. — Scarce one person out of 
-- twenty marries his first love, and scarce one 
It is no great matter to associate with the out of twenty of the remainder has cause to 
good and gentle; for this is naturally pleas- rejoice at having done so. What we love 
