MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
[ Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. ] 
RESIGNATION. 
They do thy will; the thistle and the thorn, 
The earliest branded curses of the ground, 
And daisy meek, unconscious of the harm 
Its spreading does, and poisonous growing plants, 
Do all thy will. Thou gavest them life and strength. 
Thy sunshine blesses, and thy gentle showers 
Drain kindly to their roots, and moistening dews 
Die shiningly upon their noxious leaves, 
As on the fairest rose. They do thy will ; 
Thy springs create them, and thy summers keep, 
Thy autumns blast them, and thy Winters sweep 
At word of thine, their frail existence by. 
The fountains, and the gayest sounds of streams 
Grow hushed and still as icy footsteps come, 
And chains as chill arrest their hurried course, 
As bind the sluggish flow of duller streams. 
Thou malc’st t he dark clouds gat her, and the winds 
Hmvl mounfully among the rooking pines 
Their dirge. The spring month opens, and its breath 
Steals soothingly across the half bared bills, 
And banks of lingering snow in hollows hide, 
Give place to springing grass and early flowers. 
They do thy will; Our Father, teach our hearts 
To draw their patterns from these, ordered things; 
To look on wisely and submissively, 
And when at last thy great command shall come, 
To bid our last adieu to earthly tilings, 
To go in quiet from the sky of life, 
As dimned stars, in the brightness of the morn. 
Victor, N. Y. E. C. Woolsto.v. 
MARRIED AND GIVEN IN MARRIAGE. 
An Australian correspondent of tho Alta 
California gives quite an interesting account 
of tho British convict system in Van Die- 
man’s Land, and thus describes tho marry- 
A STORY FOR RURALISTS : 
GOOD MANAGEMENT VS. BAD MANAGEMENT. 
{Concluded from page 76, this No.) 
As they neared tho house. Mr. Leo was 
accosted by a man awaiting his return. “ I 
“I am unlucky,” said Mr. Loo, as ho re- ffv (> 
turned, “ but I will let it go, and say noth- nJj). AJ-V AJJ t Afr' (lAM l 3 > 
ing about it.” * ^ 
1' or a moment only, a tear glistened in Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
Fanny Lee’s dark eye, as she gave the part- GUARDIAN SPIRITS. 
ing word and kiss to her dearly beloved _ 
brother and his family. by IDA fairfield. 
A week after Fanny’s departure, a box - 
arrived containing presents for the children. i know that they are near me, 
“ Why, what is this queer thing ?” exclaim- T,mt tlieil ' win £ s of are s P read » 
ed Bill v, as his father was reading the let- A safe-guard from all danger, 
O er my unconscious head. 
The “ queer tiling” was a neat mahogany 1 !;no ' v that in life’s pathway, 
writing desk, containing a day-book and Mid its briars and its thorus, 
ledger and some little memorandums to be They are strewing ail the blossoms, 
ti 11 tit 1 Which that rugged path adorns. 
“ Why, this is father S present,” said Mrs. By their soft and gentle qhidings 
Lee, as she read tho letter which her hus- when my spirit weakly wars, 
band passed to her while he examined the With the sins which thus besetting 
desk and its contents. Go(1 ’ s P urer inms ° mars: 
“This, my dear brother,” said Fanny in By the blessed calm which stealeth 
the letter, “ this present, please accept, and ° er my spirit when i pray, 
if well used, it may prove a sort of leather By gushes of glad music 
patch upon your pockot : and should a kind Minch brighten all my way: 
Providence permit mo to meet you and By the fadeless founts of beauty 
yours, years hence, may I iind it well filled.’ Which open to mine eyes, 
_ When shut to earthly visions 
Six years—how rapidly do they pass, and They look beyond the slues : 
vet how many events may be crowded in a * By the deep and deathless yearning 
briefer space of time. Six years have pass- Of this immortal soul, 
ed since Fanny left the old homestead, and For the life that is eternal, 
now a bright, blazing firo burns on the The surely promised goal : 
hearth, and the family are seated round it, By these and other tokens, 
all but Mr. Leo and Fanny, who were busy I know that they are near, 
writing at a table, a little back. The chil- That their viewless mission seeketh 
dren—how happy they look—Mrs. Lee sits To counsel and to cheer : 
ill tho easy chair trying to smile, but ’tis a To guide me when I'm erring — 
Sad Smile. Sustain me when I’m weak, 
“ Well. Fanny,” exclaims Mr. Lee, “ I nev- And a home at last in heaven, 
er should have thought it. how thankful I For my spirit to bespeak, 
am you have come.” (Asido to Mrs. Lee.) independence, teb., 1853. 
" Isn’t it time for tho children to go to bed . nTT . ir , 
mother?’ ’* Yes, eight o’clock good night.” Ik sS o^RICKLA ND o MARY feTUART. 
The two eldest were permitted to remain a T . . „ L . 
short time longer. In s P eakin g ot tho third volume of the 
-As I was going to say, Fanny, I don’t “Queens of Scotland,” just published by the 
know what 1 should have done if you had Harpers’ and (recently noticed in the Ru¬ 
net come. 1 did not think it was half so RAL ) t he Buffalo Advertiser says: 
bad, but I never had the heart to look diffi . , , , . , 
• • i • i • , „„„„ * 1 ,, aeeesveu ev a, man awaiiuiL' uisiecuin. i 
iny mama which exists among the convicts , , , =\ ..... 
u , n called tor to settle up that little account 
who are out of service, and. tho reason there- .. , . , 1 . . . , , 
c TI . ’ with you. squire; shouldn t be particular. 
He writes : 
But tho only care of tho government 
with you. squire ; shouldn t be particular, 
but 1 talk of going away, and I thought 
’twould bo handy to pick up enough so as 
seems to be to get these people off their not t0 p Ut ; t for money to pay my ex¬ 
hands as last as possible, and another moth- p eil ses, y e se (.—thought ’twould be well 
od has now been hit upon m finding a ready ‘ 
od has now been hit upon in finding a ready 
market for thousands of tho convicts, and 
thereby relieving tho exchequer of tho ex- 
j pense of maintaining them ; and I presume 
the man that first devised it was mado a 
baronet by the British Government. It is 
neither moro nor less than encouraging 
between the convicts and tho free portions 
of the inhabitants. ‘ matrimonial alliance.’ 
enough to square off.’ ’ 
“Well, yes, ahem; how much is there 
due. Mr. W. ?” 
“Have you looked over your account, 
’squire ?” 
“ No. not lately.” 
“ O. well, your books will tell. I suppose.” 
“ I believe I didn’t put that on the book. 
ot tne lnnaDitants, . matrimonial alliance, (be careful, Jerry, you have no book) but I 
In these, young ladies alliance themselves niat i c a minute of it on a piece of paper.— 
to old men, and young men marry old wo- D remember anythin*? of a niece of 
mon, ana young men marry o.u wo- Do remember anything of a piece of 
I will explain : A temale convict, by bluish white paper, with figures on it 
becoming tho spouse ot a freeman, is en- mo th©r ?” 
titled to all tho rights and privileges ot a t . j have seen several such pieces, and I 
tree woman. As long as she keeps with hei w jp bring them to you.” Mrs. Leo left the 
husband, tho bonds ot matrimony aio the room and soon returned with a handful of 
only bonds to which she is subject. bits 0 f p aperj but tho desirable one was nut 
“ Tho same with a male convict. By mai’- in tho parcel; tho children were now called 
Written fur Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE COLUMBUS GROUP. 
rying a free woman, he becomes by virtue in—they had been having a fine frolic with 
of his oliico as ‘husband,’ as tree as the Aunt Fanny, removing an ox sled, which 
Governor himself, as long as he conducts tho last snow of March had left as an orna- 
himself to the satisfaction of his better halt, ment near tho frontdoor. “I wish you’d 
The consequence ot this clever stroke oi mind your-I was going to move that 
policy is. that marriages of this description myself, ’ said Mr. Leo. with some impa- 
are continually coming off with wonderful tience; # he did not say when, but ho would 
rapidity. Any old man can got in this tic- have done it, I dare say, tho first good sied- 
commodating country, as young a lady for ding. 
his wife as he pleases; that is, if he is not 
Happening to pass down Broadway dur-! over scrupulous as to her past character— 
“ Children, come in, and tell me if you 
have seen anything of a piece of blueish 
ing a visit to Now York, not long since, I which is never in Van pieman's Land, by white paper round, with figures on it.— 
called to see the model of tho above group, tho ^ taken in j° consideration. He has George, do you know anything aboi 
. , c , „ many to choose from, not one ot whom will “.No, sir—but I will look where you say.'' 
at the store ot Williams, Stevens & Williams- spurn his offor. ISo anxious arc they to “Well, tako all tho drawers out of the 
It is proposed to raise by subscription and a escape from Government, that I question secretary, move everything and see if it is 
sale of lithographs of tho work, about one whether one of them could bo found who there. William, you go and look in all the 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the net would refuse her hand, even to Old Nick table drawers, while I look in rnv pockets. 
.f ,i- _i.i i_e _„ himself. Tho drawers were emptied of their contents 
ibout it ?” 
proceeds of which would be enough to erect c -, an Anah . ai; . m i 3flv The drawers were emptied of their contents 
1 . On the otnei side, any Austialuin lady, and alter’, with much satisfaction, spying all 
tho group at Washington, lhe model was vorging on fifty can be supplied, if she re- the wonders, the children returned from 
designed, and is to bo executed, by Aristc- quire it, with as youthful a husband as her their fruitless search. They finally conclu- 
demis Costolt, professor of Sculpture in tho heart can desire. There are before her ded that it was no where to he found. Fan- 
Academy of Fine Arts Florence. The men of every age and condition to select a ny Lee thought she perceived a gleam of 
, . , . i . . ’ . , . . ^ «•. t partner from—parsons, doctors, clerks.— satisfaction light up the half-shut grey eves 
ho, g ht of lhe m°del b about two foot, 1 ‘ radMmen> and ‘| u ,, ororS ; few will hesitate of tho visitorfas this conclusion was settlej. 
should think, tioin recollection; though a moment when she broaches the subject. “Wo must fix it tho best way wo can.” 
that of tho proposed work, with tho pedes- The vast majority, to got out of Govern- sa id Mr Lee, as ho took down pen and ink 
tab is about forty. ment power, would marry the Witch of f rom tho shelf. 
„ , . ,. Endor herself if that would accomplish it.’ “I guess wo can fix it,” said Grey Eves. 
Columbus stands in tho centre, with his r T ? < . . j u ..> • > a , J ’» 
---• - I calculate to do what s rigot always. — 
left hand holding a veil just raised from MEN OF SUBSTANCE. At this moment, to his great relief. Mr. L. 
America, represented by an Indian maiden, remembered putting some figures upon the 
a-raspum an arrow in her right hand and a Nv e oiten use the phrase, that such a man cellar door, and those might bo the very 
quiver slung at her shoulder. She is shrink- "; :ls “ a man of substance,”moaning thereby ones; he at once proceeded to the door ; 
. . . .11 that he was a man ot wealth. Better that we but wo to tho housewife wno erases figures 
mg away as it startled, and apparently about app j} od t ho term in reference to substance of i n house-cleaning—there were no traces of 
to rise for (light from another female form genius and force of character, and upright- chalk now. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GUARDIAN SPIRITS. 
BY IDA FAIRFIELD. 
I know that they are near me, 
That their wings of light are spread, 
A safe-guard from ail danger, 
O’er my unconscious head. 
1 know that in life’s pathway, 
Mid its briars and its thorus, 
They are strewing all (he blossoms, 
Which that rugged path adorns. 
By their soft and gentle qhidings 
When my spirit weakly wars, 
With the sins which thus besetting 
God’s purer image mars : 
By the blessed calm which stealeth 
O’er my spirit when l pray, 
By gushes of glad music 
Which brighten all my way: 
By the fadeless founts of beauty 
Which open to mine eyes, 
When shut to earthly visions 
They look beyond the skies : 
* By the deep and deathless yearning 
Of this immortal soul, 
For tile life that is eternal, 
The surely promised goal: 
By these and other tokens, 
I know that (hey are near, 
That their viewless mission seeketh 
To counsel and to cheer : 
To guide me when I'm erring — 
Sustain me when I’m weak, 
And a home at last in heaven, 
For my spirit to bespeak. 
Independence, Feb., 1853. 
MISS STRICKLAND’S MARY STUART. 
In speaking of tho third volume of the 
oulties fairly in the face as you have. Well, 
it is better to know tho worst, even if one 
can’t see where if has gone;; 1 am sure you’ve 
Been prudent. Ellen, and worked hard all 
the time, but I don’t know but farming is 
poor business, after all.” 
“ Let me see your books, now, brother,” 
This is a book which none but a woman 
could have written, and it bears throughout 
tho impress of those mental peculiarities 
which are her best ti le to interest and es¬ 
teem. A peculiar elegance of taste, a nice 
sense of propriety, a greater fondness for 
particular facts than for general views,—a 
said Fanny, “ perhaps it is not so bud as you pisponderanco of leeiing over logic, will bo 
• v * 1 1 J ropnnrniepn hv Avnru nnA w in nnrncno *lir» 
suppose ” recognised by every one who peruses tho 
- Odear! Fanny, I may as well tell the P a g os L of this gifted authoress. Women 
whole, I have never made a mark in those nui ^° better biographers than histoiians, 
bonks—I meant to, but I put it off and off’, they are so much moro susceptible to the 
and finally I let it go.” feeling ot personal interest that attaches to 
A look of sorrow, accompanied with a foi tunes of an individual, than cogm- 
deep sigh, was Fanny’s only reply, and as 7 ' ant °t the wider concatenation ot events 
she sat, and with a clear head reducod his an ; causes that go to make up that complex 
tangled affairs to order, ho exclaimed. thing, the common iile ot a great nation. 
“ Fannv, you would make a capital law- ^ot that the fumale mind is incapable ot the 
i /er; there, 1 didn’t mean to say so. for I hale P atlc pt aild laborous research required ot 
lawyers, cheating rascals! Ah, they have the historical writer ; tor the evidence of an- 
got more out of mo than thoy ever will tl< I uarIan tast c and antiquarian toil in this 
u<xain !” volume, would demonstrate tho contrary.— 
“ Why did vou moddlo with them, then ?” p u ^ distinguishing mark of the feminine 
“I—I didn’t, but you see others—” intellect in its quick susceptibility to emo- 
A tittering and whispering botwoen the and particularly to refined emotion; 
representing Europe, sitting at his right, to ness ot mind, and purity ot thought, ior it “ What have you for a bill against mo, 
whom Columbus is unveiling tho dark daugh¬ 
ter of the West, in all her native gracolul- 
ness. Europe is designed to show tho true 
woman, majestic in her port, and every line- 
unfortunately happened, that in tho king- Mr. W 
dom in which these “men of substanco” 
were to be judged, no cognizance would be 
taken of the weight or bulk of the mere taken, surely. 
“Why it amounts to eighty-four dollars.” 
“Zounds! Mr. W., you are surely mis- 
goods of this world, because they did not at- 
amont expressive of tho high tone, and tuch to humanity. A man’s worldly sub- 
“ Well, well, you know you’ve something 
agin’ me that has got to come out ou t.” 
“ Yos, yes, but how you can have charges 
again !” 
“ Why did you moddlo with them, then 
“ I—I didn't, but you see others—” 
thorough cultivation of the spirit within. stance could not constitute a claim to merit “ Yos, yos, hut how you can have charges 
r , f . , , . . ' . ,, there; by their spiritual substance would against me, to that amount, is more than I 
farther back at the right ot tho noble (. ov a qjudged. Herschel and Newton know. 
Gonocso, who stands between her and his were men of intellectual substance; Fonelon “Now Mr. W., just read over the various 
newly found, but long sought inamorata, and Wesley,of spiritual substance; Howard, items, as you have them.” 
0 ; tI . Act. fi.^ Trm K/atI i nrATTv. f nil thnf ic of I eiievolont substance. Without some such Mr. Lee was nerfectlv sure many of these 
newly found, but long sought inamorata, 
sits Asia, the embodiment of all that is 
physically beautiful, voluptuous, and pas¬ 
sionate. She is less absorbed than Europe 
in tho wild beauty of the sotting sun. 
Behind, and with her back to the discov¬ 
erer of the now world, and almost regardless 
of tho event that is to have such an influ¬ 
ence on the destiny of man, sits Africa. 
I am wholly ignorant of art. and not par¬ 
ticularly intimate with nature; but after 
looking awhiio, those clay figures scorned 
“Now Mr. W., just read over the various 
items, as you have them.” 
Mr. Lee was perfectly sure many of these 
boys caused tho father to leave tho remark 
unfinished. 
“ What pleases you, William ? What are 
you laughing for ?” 
“ Nothing, only I was thinking Aunt Fan¬ 
ny would make a better lawyer’s xvife.” 
and the affections seem to be governed by 
iaws the direct reverse of those which regii- 
the faculty of philosophic vision—the form¬ 
er require a definite picture addressoa to 
the imagination, while the latter seeks after 
broad, comprehensive general views, quite 
ot i enevolent subs.ance. vv itnoutsomosucn Mr. Lee was perfectly sure many of these G Fann’vs turn to snide and destructive of that well defined individual- 
substance, at the bar of future judgment, the were unjust, but as he had nothing to bring blush, xoo ‘ ’ ism on wbich fancy may dwell till it kindles 
possession of ail the doubloons in monoy 
broker’s vaults, would not make us look 
any thicker than thin mush. Some men 
were weighty in substanco because of their 
forward to disprove the same, and as W. 
agreed with him on his own side, he was not 
a little perplexed. 
“ Wall, I guess you had hotter sottlo it 
riches; some because they were fat; but the now, Mr. Loe—I am, you see, uncommon 
weightiest of all was tho high, noble-minded particular about my business—keep things 
man, influenced largely by spiritual force; square and fair—posted up, and always sure 
for all are men weighed in the moral world my dates are right.” 
according their energy, morality, goodness “Yos sir, but I have thoso very same 
of heart, greatness of soul, and Christian charges of yours, somewhere, on a pieco of 
humanity. All man’s selfihness,assumption, naper, and I am positive, sir, you have 
pretension, oppression, etc., detracted from charged mo thirty dollars moro than you 
to possess an influence like that we feel in the true substance of the man. and would agreed. All I ask of you. is to let tho matter 
oeauty mvisiDio to mo more gu/.u. tnan nan oi Europe, i no same mougnt put to trouble an upright man like yourself. 
As irregularities of faco or form are lost in might be applied to our own Thomas Jotter- S o I rode over from town a purpose to save 
the beaming soul-beauty evor discernible in S011 5 and so ot ’ Newton, who hung lightly on vou from any hard feeling. I want you to 
one who in spite of natures scanty gifts, in illvcstigIlt ? 0 „ the pl„„ ts; but before Mr. Loo was fullyaware that ho was now 
spito ot our feeling ot repulsion, winds | 10 < {; 0 ,) weighed tho plants upon the steel 
around tho heart a chain of lovo, and leads yard of his logic.— T. Starr King. 
us away willing captives; so what at first to 
my uneducated eye seemed defects of fea¬ 
ture or position wore all forgotten, when I 
e steel yard when he went on his tour oi bo satisfied.” 
vestigation among the plants; but beloro Mr. Loe was fullyaware that he was now 
died weighed tho plants upon the steel in tho hands of a “ Shylock,” but he had 
rd of his logic.— T. Starr King. not a particle of proof to bring against his 
--- demand. 
HONESTY. “I’ll toll you what I’ll do, Mr. L. I’m 
- short, and must have tho cash, but I shall 
A Quaker, passing through a market, be round here about a week or so, and if 
citrons. 
“I have none.” said the honest country- 
had become, as it wore, acquainted with stopped at a stall, and enquired the price of you find your account, bring it over to me. 
those forms, and caught tho idea of the citrons. and I’ll pay you back the money if I’m 
work. At first I thought the America lack- “1 have none,” said the honest country- wrong; ain’t that fair enough, Mr. Lee ? I 
ed the nationality of feature ono should man “ that will suit you; they are decayed, call myself putty ginrous there !” 
„ , . , , , . i 11 .... and their flavor is gone. Very reluctantly, Mr. Lee paid tho de¬ 
ni in sue i a wor • , u pi a $ 1 “ Thank thee, friend; I will go to the next mand, and as his visitor was stepping into 
would bo developed in the marble "Inch stand.” “Hast thou good fruit to day.' his wagon, he again says—“A week hence 
would allow more spaco for corroct expres- said ho to the dealer. if you find any flaw, I’il lix it right for you 
ed the nationality of feature one should man, “ that will suit you ; they are decayed, 
find in such a work ; but probably that « Tha:ik thee, friend; I will go to tho next 
would allow more spaco for corroct expres- said ho to the dealer. if you find any flaw, I’ll lix it right for you 
sion than is possible in so small a model of “ Yes sir; here are some of tho finest nut- —good-day sir.” 
clay. I imagined too, at first, that Asia i of , rn y « al ' d « n - Tho y ar0 small > but Fo1 ’ several days Air. L’s sparo timo was 
, ... , . , , , . rich ot thou* kind. spent in fruitless search tor tho paper, until 
should have boon in a position to obtain a «Then thoncanst recommend thorn ?” one stormy evening, ho took from a peg in 
full view of America ; and Africa so placed o, certainly, sir.” the kitchen an old hat, which ho had ceased 
that the spectator could catch the wholo at “Very well. I will tako two.” wearing; and there, tuckod away under the 
a <dance But as Europe alone took a deep He carried them homo, and they provod lining with several others of considerable 
interest in tho beautiful maiden across the no l Gnl y u ™mnd, but. miserably tasteless value for company, was the identical paper, 
, . , I he noxt morning ho again repaired to soiled and worn, so as to he hardly readable, 
sea Asia caring little for aught that did not t j 10 same pi aco . Tho man who sold him It plainly proved, as Mr. Lee was before 
minister directly to tho pleasures of sense, the fruit the preceding day asked him if he convinced, that ho had overpaid it by thirty 
and benighted Africa turning her back up- would like some moro. dollars. 
on the civilized world, I now think tho re- “Nay friend, thou hast deceived me once. Early the next morning he hastened r t,o 
*• Eh, I guess I know something—George and gl ovvs WItb tho warmth ot teeling, 
Prentice told us about it!” " In expressing our opinion that tho work 
“ About what ?” exclaimed Mr. L., with of Miss Strickland is eminently feminine 
unfeigned surprise.” hi its character, we are far enough from 
“ About Amu Fanny—how she is going to meaning to say that it is only fitted to inter¬ 
marry his uncle, Mr. Prentice’s brother, a est female minds. A beatiful exhibition of 
lawyer !” the qualities which endear the sex to us in 
Aunt Fanny was still busy, and it was the domestic circle, cannot bo otherwise 
thought best for the boys to go to bod. than pleasing in literature. In literature, 
"Why, Fanny, why didn’t you tell us as in life, genuine womanly qualities delight 
about this before,” said Mr. L.. as tho boys us in woman, though nothing would moro 
left; " I never dreamed of such a thing !” thoroughly sicken us, if wo should see them 
“As you did not think much of these aped by man. A pieco ot embroidery, or a 
neighbors, when I was hero last, perhaps you silk purse in process of fabrication by snowy 
will object.” * hands and delicate fiogers, make on us a 
“ I always said Prentice was a fine man ; very pleasing impression, compared to what 
I only thought—but nc matter now, what I would be felt it we should behold a whisker- 
thought. To tell you tho truth, sister, ev ed bipod trying to emulate any of those ele- 
ervthing he puts his hand to prospers. If gant feminine employments, by which tho 
I had anything to do with now, l would sex contrive to diffuse an air of grace over 
manage this farm as near like him as I themselves, and of refinement and comfort 
could, for I beliovo ho is a safe man to fol- over their homes. Miss Strickland is a 
low. But I want you to tell me just what genuine woman ; and following out the tastes 
to do—you see just how my affairs stand— and instincts that appear so charming in 
my indebtedness is so much; I did think of her sex, sho has collected a vast amount of 
moving in town and taking boarders, hut it curious information respecting the apart- 
would'ho too hard for Ellen, and wo could ments, the furniture, the toilette, tho man- 
not afford to hiro help. What would you ad- ners and the social observances of the times 
vise me to do, Fanny ?” about which sho writes, and tho readers of 
It is nono of our business how matters her work will find much of its charm to con- 
woro settled—it is enough for us to know sist in tho feminine elegance and tact, the 
that Mr. L.’s affairs were adjusted to tho downright housekeeper's skill with which 
satisfaction of all parties, and Mr. L. re- she arranges her pretty articles, and con- 
mained on tho farm; and if fora short time trives, by a studied hegligence to attract at- 
tho family felt the pressure of povorty, it tention to the profuse specimens of literary 
only bound them closer together. 
“ Sweet are the uses of adversity.” 
’Tis truo ’twas rather late in tho journoy 
of life, to learn to “ stop and know what 
link in the chain was lost;” but Mr. L. did 
conquer difficulties, and learn, though late 
ativc position of tho several figures a good a nd now although thou mayest speak the the village to rectify matters with W. ; but tor Mrs Prentice.” . 
1 . i r * , . truth, still I cannot trust thee; but thy truo to his character, “ Old Gray Eyes left Mrs. Loo is in teeble health, but Ellen is 
no. Asia clasping the hand ot Africa, neighbor chose to deal uprightly with me. for the West, as he intended, tho very night a good deal of help, and saves her mother 
3at.ed on a lion with hor left, whilo her and from henceforth I shall be his patron, ho received the money. many steps, and Mr. Lee is never tired 
ight rests on tho shoulder of Eurote, and Thou wouldst do well to remember this, and He was, as Dickens says of Mr. Small- saying, “she is just like my sister, Mrs. 
right rests on tho shoulder of Eurobe, and Thou wouldst do well to remember this, and 
America rivalling ono of her own wild flow- ) <>ari1 by experience that alia is a base thing 
. , ~ . ,, . in tho hooinning, and a very unprofitable 
ers, with Columbus in thoir midst,—is there one j n end J r 
not horo enough for a master hand to de- ___ 
ana irom noncoiortn i snail oe ms patron, he received the money. 
Thou wouldst do well to remember this, and Ho was, as Dickens says of Mr. Small- 
learn by experience that a lie is a baso thing weed, “a two-legged, money-getting, species 
in tho beginning, and a very unprofitable of spider, who spun webs to catch unwary 
one in the end. flies, and retired into holes until they were 
velop a glorious production of art ? 
Suissac. 
- vwwwwv-- entrapped.” Knowing the careless busi- 
Fortunk can take nothing from us but ness habits of Mr. Loo. ho succeeded in his 
what sho gavo. purposo, with but slight difficulty. 
handiwork, which seem to have been drop¬ 
ped, as if by accident, into every nook and 
corner of her elegant pages. 
Childhood's Tears. —There is sometimos 
a moral necessity for tho correction of chil¬ 
dren notwithstanding the pain which apro- 
camo the knowledge, that difficulties are not fusion of th eir tears will often give us! The 
* m {lr*Lee ‘borrowed Mr. Prentico’s “subsoil aroat ruio is never to coi-rect in anger, but 
, „ ., , . /u , . with the firmness which is founded on the 
plow, the next spring (bad management, deliberations of reaS on. The sorrows of 
that borrowmg,) but then it 1S “ all in the chiJ(i however, are exceedingly tran- 
fam.Iy now, and Mr. Lee takes some . and have often becn the s \^ Jecfc of 
pardonable vamty, in speaking ot “my sis- ;ll remark _ h „t in no instant with 
Prentice.” One thing moro — Mr. Lee And waves the bush the flower is dry.” 
would as soon “lot tho sun go down on -- 
his wrath” as to negloct to opon and shut If you aro disquieted at anything, you 
that writing-desk, and see that all was right should consider with yourself is the thing 
there, boforo tho clock tolled tho hour for of that worth, that for it I should so disturb 
retiring.—M. F. D.—JV*. E. Farmer. myself, and loso my peace and trauquility ? 
poetical remark, but in no instance with 
more beauty than in the following simile by 
Sir Walter Soott: 
“ The tear down childhood’s cheek that flows 
Is like the dew-drop on the rose; 
When next the summer breeze comes by, 
And waves the bush the flower is dry.” 
If you are disquieted at anything, you 
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