MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
THE INFLUENCE OF EXAMPLE. 
v j ♦ V in the affairs of life, which “ will lead them CJ? Y 4 i 
©MfStlOHal. ^‘^Other'men have accumulated vast sum, CJ t ® S $ JI g 1 S t . 
. . ' of money in buying and selling goods, why ___ 
THE INFLUENCE OF EXAMPLE. not I ?” is th 0 language they USe. They “ Written for the Rural New-Yorker. 
- rarely consider that but a very small num- 
In a certain village in Switzerland, some ber of those who embark over complete the THE M IGHTY DEAD - 
vears a^o there were heavy complaints voyage. Whore one succeeds, ten, fifty, ,, , . ,, . , 
among all’who ,ws S «sod trees, fruit pefttps a hundred, fail. ' Wno » able to sing the requiem or to 
was safe; that the children plundered it But an industrious, thrifty farmer seldom pionouncothoeuIogy,ofthomightydead: 
perpetually, before it came to maturity; and fails to secure for himself and family the Shall man attempt their praise and strive to 
not only that, but that the green saplings common comforts of life. Ihe skillful and give them honor or fame? The task is fer- 
had no better security against them. An- practical mechanic, too is generally sure of tjle The laurel wreath has long been 
other serious complaint was the barbarity of a remuneration for his labor, and, with com- . . ° 
the children toward all living creatures in mon prudence, he can provide a competence j worn > aiicl stl!1 tlieir S reat ; actions, in never- 
their power. for the future. That princely fortunes can ! dying goodness, aro winning boughs of 
The clergyman, teacher and elders often bo heaped up by handling the plow, tho palm. Can, then, the living add one ray to 
laid their heads together to find some re- jack-plane, 01 the sledge, we do not say; nor their glory, or make its lustre brighter ?_ 
medy for this inhuman spirit, by which ev- is it pretended that men aro as likely to ac- Wo gtrive to 5] th : d d : t] 
ery child in the place was more or less at- quire fame on the farm or at tho work 
fected. They could not conceive why such bench, as at the bar. But the history of imitation of their lives, and thus win some 
a spirit should prevail so specially in this the world will show, that tho men who have share of the goodnoss that blessed them 
village; but they could find neither cause done most for the welfare of their race, and with fame and glory. And still will the 
nor remedy; all exhortations, all punish- whose memories are cherished with the most i ust re of their goodness grow brighter, and 
ments were in vain. The clergyman of the respect, came from the hard-working ranks. . . . „ ,, , 
“llage was changed; and the now minister Princely fortunes are more oasilyNastod ages after us rise up to call them Mossed, 
was a great friend to schools. His first walk than won, and while the more moderate pos- But what should mako tho dead so 
was to the school-house. The vice of the sessions of tho farmer or mechanic supply mighty ? Like us they once had bone and 
scholars had been made known to him, and all tho comforts of life, they are attended fl es h a nd blood ; and walked the earth; had 
the failure of all preventative measures with few temptations to luxury or extrava- th • nernlexities and crosses- were 
hitherto applied. But, determining within gance, and still fewer risks from the folly ’l 1 ‘ ’ eo 
himself to watch the whole course of pro- or fraud of others. subject to pain, disease and death ; and like 
ceedino-s in school, ho soon perceived that There can be no doubt that agricultural other human clay were mingled with their 
the teacher had a habit, and had acquir- employments aro tho most natural to men, mother earth, and from dust returned to 
ed a singular dexterity in it, of knock- and there is no country on tho globe in du st. Then why should we bow to dust and 
ing down and killing flies with his cane, to which the facilities for pursuing these cm- „ .. t , th - - .. , , 
tho end of which ho had fastened a piece of ployments aro as groat as in the United g . * . .... 5 
leather. Tho windows were all on one side, States. It requires but a very small outlay wh y not take a S ram °* sand, enshrine it in 
and being exposed to tho morning sun of of money to obtain a respectable farm to an urn and call it great? But if it had ever 
summer, they were continually full of flies, begin with. A good knowledge of the meth- a soul that wrought out mighty deeds, deeds 
Tho teacher’s path lay along them, in front ods of husbandry can bo easily acquired — of truth virtue, high renown, it might well 
of the scholars; and while talking to the 1 ho implements of labor are as good and as , ,, , ’ , ,, , . iU 
latter^ hestruck down the flies as fast as cheap i call be found tho world over. Tho be called groat, and enrolled with tho 
they showed themselves at tho window.— products of the*earth aro sure of a good mighty dead. 
This manoeuvre amused the children infi- market, and one whichj^ easily reached.— 1'ho bulk of staturo does not insure to 
nitely more than his instruction did, and 1 he title of the land is well secured, and man greatness, nor does the brawnv muscle 
But what should make tho dead so 
mighty ? Like us they once had bone and 
flesh and blood ; and walked the earth; had 
their caros, perplexities and crosses; were 
subject to pain, disease and death ; and like 
nitely more than 
mighty dead. 
Tho bulk of staturo does not insure to 
-j-- - _ , „ , man greatness, nor does the brawny muscle 
they followed his example. They were m- large monophes, such as some of the coun- * V. - T > TT1 „ T1 , ? . nw 
cessantly on tho watch for flies that buzzed tries of the Old World are burdened with, ke g I lie man who is stiong 
through the room, caught them in their can never exist here. aiK ‘ P‘ a y s t" e tyrant, is feared and hated, 
handstand showed as great dexterity in this The farmer—that honest, goodly farmer and “damned with faint praise,” till death, 
kind of chase as their teacher did in his.— is one of the most independent mon in a greater tyrant, bears him oft', while tho 
But their amusement did not end here ; Uie wide world, lie has the promise of the memory 0 f his name rots on earth. Such 
But their amusement did not end here; the wide world. He has the promise of the mem0 ry of his name rots on earth. Such 
they had learned to play with their cap- Great Creator that seed-time and harvest „ , , . . , , . 
tives, treat them with detestable cruelty, shall not fail. He may always plow in hope ™ cn 1IK 110 placei among the mighty dead, 
and seemed to find a wicked delight in ob- and reap with joy. To till the earth, then, Ihe conqueror, who sends up tho smoke of 
serving tho shivering of their victims. is really an honorable—a noble calling. ruined cities, who wades through fields of 
On observing these curious and far from But it does not require that a man should blood and strides o’er fallen hosts of dead 
pleasing peculiarities of the school, the in- be enslaved to the plow, nor that he should and d ; is not great . His fellow man 
telligent and humane clergyman easily ac- ™ ake companions of his sheep and oxen— b h; * in fulsom _ adn , .. n 
counted for the spirit of destructiveness shrewdest and most intelligent men ma J shout his “ a “ e ome adulation, 
among the children : and his first step was "’ ho s,t on Gur J ari ? s and help make our and cry he is a Cod. It is in vain. A wid- 
to induce the teacher to take his leather laws > como from the j r farms, and return to ow’s prayer or an orphan’s wail will blast it 
from the end of his cane, and next to turn t “Om as soon as their public duties termi- a jp Nor j g bo g rea t who counts his cash by 
the desks so that tho boys sat with their nate ; , lhe g° od sense, sobriety content- millions . wbo wears b is robes of purple 
“he e ote d r °ri a o? S“'X fra’cartSS Zerieln j* '*. JW. Mood of widow and 
the minister went frequently into tho school, der God) among the most important safe- fatherless; who daily fares sumptously on 
and examined so severely, that both teach- guards ot tho public peace and piospoiity. the richest viands that pampered taste can 
er and pupils had more to do than to give tjtvt a tvqwttw C1 ' ave; who bows to mamm on, and is not 
their attention to the flies. As this was not A H1N1 R1SIK(t ^ATESMEN. loth to sell his soul for paltry yellow dust. 
yet entirely satisfactory in its results, the “ One reason,” says a writer in tho Bos- What then makes the dead so mio-htv if 
minister took advantage of the hot summer , Transcript “ whv the South has tak,m aeaa lgllty ’ 
weather to have instruction given only in almosfc all 0 / t ^ e Presidential nominations n ? ther w , eaIth nor P ower nor strG11 g th con- 
the afternoon, when the school was not so hag been that her politicians are better cul- stltut os their greatness ? The soul, we an- 
full of flies, and thus he gradually bams ie tivated, socially, than ours, and are making swer, imbued with truth and virtue—that 
the insects from the tboa S hts ' 0 t ^‘‘ capital with the leaders, at Washingtion, in spirit given by God to man, and which lives 
and children But he knew that it was of tho draw ing- r oom and at the dinner table, eternal. If disease but lift a fimmr the ro- 
littlo avail solely to pull the weeds out o wbde our Northern politicians are spending , r „ ' , g 5 
young minds He obtained an unoccupied all of their force raaki lo and e J i oquen g t bust form of strength_ fades, and vaunting 
piece of land fit for planting, and, no ar gp eecbeSi There is great influence in P° WGr yields the strife to death, whilst 
from the school, laid out a school-gaiden. speeches and orations undoubtedly ; but wealth takes sudden wings and flies away. 
wm?n P iTtook oLunlhe’usi fo°r the S tl,0 , ro m tim ° s «“•, -«« *>»» •»»•* Not so with virtue. Its deeds live while 
^“itt A thebLVn.M.t^who f„Z' 0 SZC°eft“mZo^UTUS S e “s, and then it unbars the gates of 
came and worked among them. The gar- true secret of Mr . Clay’s undying populari- Heaven - Tho man thus thoroughly imbued 
den was surrounded by a hedge p anted ty waSj tba j. b ; g manners wore so genial and ma y do a noble action or deed, and lay his 
with trees and shrubs, and each chi c la a engaging that those who had once approach- body in the grave; but think not he shall 
tree or shrub given him to take care of. A ed him never forsook him. So, too. Mr. i ive n0 more As a pebble dronned in the 
nursery was soon laid out, and piousion Calhoun’s magical influence in South Caro- i -ii i • • + • r ai 
made for plenty of larger gardens and or- Hna be traced main l y to the same cause. plaCld l f Q glVGS nSG t0 CU ' clmg Waves thafc 
chards in tho village. And, behold ! the A11 who were honored with his acquaint- B P read themselves unbroken to tho farther- 
spirit of destructiveness among t lochildien ance a p V ays loved him. One of our citi- ost shore; so a virtuous deed shall live, and 
millions; who wears his robes of purple, 
dyed by the life’s blood of tho widow and 
fatherless; who daily fares sumptously on 
the richest viands that pampered taste can 
crave; who bows to mammon, and is not 
loth to sell his soul for paltry yellow dust. 
What then makes tho dead so mighty, if 
spirit of destructiveness among the children 
soon passed away; and every man’s fruit 
, - , , - f zens, who happened at one time to be in with each succeeding year grow greater, till 
and garden became safe the youths even charleston, S. C„ when Mr. Calhoun ar- at last it merges in eternity It is thus th ev 
begging of their parents that trees might be rived there from Washington, and saw how ? , g f f , V . 1 S 
planted in the fields for them to take care the cftizens gathe red around him, and wit- hold a p0WGr be y° nd the llving ' 
°f'-u^ bG UGW s P irlt wa ® communicatee tom nessed the frank, easy and natural manner By this means the name of Washington 
“ entire^vifla^o E^erT famUyS with , which a11 classes saluted him a «d on- became embalmed in the memory of tho 
out the entire village. Eveiy family had fcored , nt0 conversation with him, without wnr i d „ nd b ; q - norl - 
its pretty little garden, an emulation in cul- f orm or introduction, was quite amazed, it , 5 f ‘ . c 
tivatmg flowers sprang into existence, idle wag so difforent from anyt hing lie had seen hearts . of his G °nntrymen. feo by virtuous 
and bad habits disappeaied, and gradua v nor ^ b ” q’he same writer expresses tho deeds in Liberty s cause, Tell and Lafat- 
the whole place was; a scene of moial as 0 p; n j 0n t ba t Daniel Webster would have ette, and other brave spirits rest among the 
well as physical beauty. reached tho Presidential Chair, if his man- truly mighty dead. The names of Howard 
This incident, the truth of which can be had u names oi no ward, 
vouched for, has been communicated to us c __ _ 1__ Luther, Shakspeare, Milton, Columbus, 
by a lady of rank, who happens to have THE QUINTESSENCE OF LEARNING an d °f many others, from the patriarch 
lately become acquainted with the circum- -- ‘ Abram, down, might be pointed out and 
stances, and has thought that their publicity There was once in a certain part of In- .r • , , ,, 
might be advantageous. We have no doubt dia such a voluminous library, that 1000 ^ dceds bG recounted by the virtues 
of the fact, that the practice of amateur camels were requisite for its transport, and which still wield a potent influence on 
gardening is never associated with evil, but 100 Brahmins had to bo paid for the care, the living, while they have long slept with 
ner had been more gracious. 
THE QUINTESSENCE OF LEARNING. 
Luther, Shakspeare, Milton, Columbus, 
and of many others, from the patriarch 
Abram, down, might be pointed out and 
their deeds bo recounted by the virtues 
which still wield a potent influence on 
the living, while they have long slept with 
is always a token of advanced tastes and Tho king felt no inclination to wade through the mighty dead. 
correct habits. Let every one, therefore, all this heap of learning himself, and or- But such is nofc the purpose of this articIo . 
within his own sphere do what ho can to dered his well-fed librarians to furnish him Trr , , , , , , , 
promote this most desirable pursuit. We with an extract for his private use. They We SGG and knOW that some have breathed 
would further say, let every school, so far as set to work, and in about twenty year’s time an d moved for a brief space of time in the 
it can conveniently be done, have its garden, they produced a nice little Encyclopaedia, flesh, and then have gone tho way of tho 
not only for purposes of amusement, but as which might have been easily carried by earth, and still thoy live by their undying 
an important engine of education.— Cham- thirty camels. But the monarch found it acfc ions and are held in admiration 
actions and are held in admiration, love and 
revoronco. We may know tho reason why 
they are thus embalmed in glory and re- 
If there is one who has the lofty aspira- 
ber’s Ediit. Journal. still to large, and had not even patience , ’ 
___ enough to read the preface. levorenco. e may know tho reason why 
MISTAKE OF AMERICAN YOUTH r Iho indefatigable Brahmins began there- ^bey are thus embalmed in glory and ro- 
- fore afresh, and reduced tho thirty cargoes nown. The secret of their rise, is virtue, 
It is a grand mistake into which many 80 small a substanco, that a single ass working out the deeds of truth. And al- 
Amercan youth fall, that manual labor is marched away with it in comfort. _ But the most are they can0 nized. It is well—but 
not honorable. To be a merchant, a lawyer, kin gly dislike for reading had increased . • 
a doctor, an engineer, a military or naval with age, and his servants wrote at last on a . p * 
officer, or a ship master, is, in their esteem, palm leaf : “ Ihe quintessence of all scionce Ii there is one who has the lofty aspira- 
much more honorable than it is to be a mo- consistsiin the little word, perhaps ! Three tion to live that life of goodness and of 
chanic or a farmer. It cannot be denied expressions contain tho history of mankind; greatness, let him choose for his model him 
that all these other occupations require ex- they were born; they suffered ; and they w ho seems the greatest. Hold his goodness 
ortion. Ihe doctor is oftentimes quite as died. Love only what is good,and practice , ° 
weary when his day’s work is done, as the what y° u lore. Believe only what is true, U P before your gaze, guide your feet by tho 
farmer and blacksm'ith can bo; but ho is not but do not mention all that you believe.” inspiration of Holy Writ, and, when time 
half so sure of a quiet night’s sleep as they --— shall be no more with you, you may have 
are, and wo all know to what hardships on- We should not forget that a leading ele- won your place also among the mighty dead, 
gineers are exposed, as well as persons who ment in tho life and power of a scholar, con- -p bo gea j g fin ed by tributarv streams 
follow the seas. sists in original inquiry probing, delving ,. , . , .. • . c . ’ 
We often see vigorous young men seeking through such passes of the mind, as will dis- w 10 a et eir use rom gurgling springs 
places as clerks in stores. They all hope for sect the members of any question—as will and falling drops of water. So living char- 
(and generally expect) somo favorable tide analyze the parts of any great truth. acter must be formod. Not by some won¬ 
drous gift of fortune, some one great action, 
but by an even tenor of way, a daily con¬ 
quering strife. No idle hand has power to 
pluck tho laurel wroath. Nor yet did ever 
prayer of sluggish heart rise to heaven to 
bring back an answering echo. So, if you 
wish success to crown your effort, you must 
toil, toil from morn to night and from night 
to morn, and never shrink from trouble, for 
he who would bear the full gi’own ox must, 
Milo liko, daily lift the growing calf. 
T. E. W. 
WALKING. 
Walking is good; not stepping from shop 
to shop, or from neighbor to neighbor, but 
stretching out far into tho country to tho 
fresh fields, and highest ridges, and quietest 
lanes. However sullen the imagination 
may have been among its griefs at home, 
hero it cheers up and smiles. However list¬ 
less tho limbs may have been when sustain¬ 
ing a too heavy heart, hero thoy are braced, 
and the lagging gait becomes buoyant again. 
The mere breathing of the cool wind on the 
face in the commonest highway is rest and 
comfort which must be felt at such times to 
be believed. It is disbcliovcd in tho short¬ 
est intervals between its seasons of enjoy¬ 
ment ; and every time tho sufferer has res¬ 
olution to go forth to meet it, it penetrates 
to tho very heart in great surprise. 'Tho 
fields are better still, for there is a lark to 
fill up the hours with mirthful music, or at 
worst tho robin and tho flocks of field-fares to 
show that the hardest day has its life and 
hilarity. But the calmest region is the up¬ 
land, where human life is spread out beneath 
the bodily eye—where the eyo moves from 
tho peasant’s nest to tho spiry town, from 
the school house to the church yard, from 
tho diminished team in tho patch of fallow, 
or tho fisherman’s boat in tiio cove, to the 
viaduct that spans the valloy, or tho fleet 
that glides, ghost like, on tho horrizon.— 
Miss Martineau. 
“FATHER IS COMING!” 
We think Fanny Fern never wrote a bet¬ 
ter pair of paragraphs than tho following, 
from the Olive Branch : 
Look on this Picture, and then on 
that. —“ Father is coining!” and little round 
faces grow long, and merry voices are hush¬ 
ed, and toys are hustlod into tho closet, and 
mamma glances nervously at tho door, and 
baby is bribed with a lump of sugar to keep 
tho peace; and father’s face relaxes not a 
muscle; and the little group huddle like 
timid sheep in a corner, and tea is despatch¬ 
ed as silently as if speaking were prohibited 
by tho statute book, and tho children creep 
like culprits to bed, marvelling that baby 
dare crow so loud, now that “ Father has 
come.” 
“ Father is coming!” and bright eyes 
sparkle for joy, and tiny feet dance with 
glee, and eager laces press against tho win¬ 
dow-pane, and a bevy of rosy lips claim kiss¬ 
es at the door, and picture-books lie unre¬ 
buked on the tablo, and tops and, balls, 
and dolls, and kites are discussed, and little 
Susy lays her soft cheek against the pater¬ 
nal whiskers with the most fearless “ aban¬ 
don,” and Charley gets a love-pat for his 
“medal,” and mamma’s face grows radiant, 
and tho evening paper is road (not silently 
but aloud,) and tea and toast, and time van¬ 
ish with equal celerity, for jubilee has ar¬ 
rived, and “ Father has come!” 
THE FISH AND RING. 
One of the emblems in tho coat of arms 
of the city of Glasgow, is a fish with a ring 
in his mouth. It is derived from the follow¬ 
ing legend ; 
Many years ago an aged gentleman mar¬ 
ried a young girl. The aged gentloman be¬ 
came jealous of his wife without cause, ac¬ 
cused her of coquetry, and made her and 
himself unhappy by his continual com¬ 
plaints. 
On a certain occasion, while crossing one 
of tho bridges ho was upbraiding her for 
what he called her flirting propensities; 
when she, in a fit of disperation, drew tho 
marriage ring from her finger, and drop¬ 
ping it into the stream, exclaimed : “ If I am 
virtuous and true, this ring will como back 
to me.” 
A few days after, the aged gentleman pur¬ 
chased a salmon in the market, and carried 
it home for his dinner. Tho cook on pre¬ 
paring the fish for the tablo, found tho ring 
in its stomach, thus proving the virtue of 
tho young wife. From this circumstance 
the city of Glasgow adopted tho fish and 
the ring in its coat of arms, as an emblem 
of fidelity. 
JERUSALEM AND ROME. 
Bayard Taylor, in his letter describing 
the “Holy City,” says of it:—“Jerusalem, 
internally, gives no impression but that of 
filth, ruin, poverty and degradation. There 
are two or three streets in the western or 
higher portion of tho city which aro toler¬ 
ably clean; but all tho others, to the very 
gates of tho Holy Sepulchre, are channels 
of pestilence. The Jewish Quarter, which 
is the largest, so sickened and disgusted me, 
that I should rather go the whole round of 
the city walls than pass through it a second 
time.” 
“Nowhere but in Rome,” writes Mr. 
Thompson, “have I seon tho body of tho 
pooplo living in such poverty, such squalor, 
and such dejection. One looks almost in 
vain for the respectable middle classes.— 
These are in prison, in exile, or have perish¬ 
ed on tho scaffold or the field of battle.— 
Cardinals ride in unrivallod state, but the 
streets are filled with soldiers, priests and 
beggars.” 
TnE ground is hollow where tyrants tread. 
Jlmikf lieaMitg. 
IMMORTAL HOPES. 
Oh, what were life. 
Even in the warm and summer-light of joy, 
Without those hopes, that, like refreshing gales 
A t evening from the sea, come o’er the soul, 
Breathed from the ocean of eternity! 
And oh! without them who could hear the storms 
That fall in roaring blackness o’er the waters 
Of agitated life ! Then hope arises 
All round our sinking souls, like those fair birds 
O'er whose soft plumes the tempest has no power, 
Waving their snow-white wings amid the darkness, 
And willing us, with gentle motion, on 
To some calm island, on w hose silvery strand 
Dropping at once, their silent pinions fold. 
And, as we touch the shores of Paradise, 
In love and beauty walk around our feet. Wilson. 
THE DWARF COUPLE. 
If wo had but discerning eyes, we could 
read in the accidentals and little occurrences 
of every-day life, many chapters of instruc¬ 
tion. Sometimes tho language is so strik¬ 
ing, that dull perception is forced to under¬ 
stand it; as in tho following instance, where 
I read a beautiful lesson from tho homely 
page of incident. I give it as noted down 
in my diary: 
“ September 4. —This morning, as I was 
passing through tho hall, I noticed a couplo 
entering, whose singular appearance arrest¬ 
ed my attention. 'They were a man and 
woman of the same height, but both much 
undersized. Their dross was tidy, but quaint 
in the extreme, and in tho persons of whom 
was such an entire absonco of every line of 
grace of beauty, that one would suppose 
such awkward-looking bodies must really 
feel uncomfortable. I was beginning to re¬ 
gard them as a very grotesque pair, but my 
mirth was checked upon observing that the 
woman was entirely sightless. 
Alas ! thought I, how unequally the gifts 
of God aro distributed. Here is deformity, 
poverty and blindness ! What accumulated 
misfortunes ! Would that 1 could do some¬ 
thing to alleviate so sad a fate. My medita¬ 
tion of condolence was interrupted by an 
awkward bow from the man to myself, at the 
samo time asking, in a brisk tono, ‘ Would 
you liko to look at some first rate shoes ?— 
He produced some shoes as extraordinary 
looking as the venders themsolves. I could 
scarcely repress a smile at his evident pride 
in the article ; but he went on to say, ‘ 'They’ll 
outwear four pair of shoemaker’s shoes"— 
These, you see are made by my wife Molly. 
She’s blind, you see, but sho cuts these out 
and sows them every stitch herself.’ The 
woman stood by with that calm, resigned 
expression, peculiar to the blind. I said to 
her, ‘ My friend, is it possible you aro ablo 
to mako these without your eyesight ? How 
long ago did you lose it ?’ ‘I lost both my 
eyes,’ she said, ‘ before I was two years old.’ 
I turned to her husband in surprise, and 
asked: 
‘ Did you not marry blind ? Were you 
not afraid to undertake tho care of her ?’— 
‘ The care of Molly !’ said the man with a 
merry laugh, ‘ why, she has made my for¬ 
tune. I never had anything I could call my 
own, till I married her, and now wo live 
snug enough.’ Then he went on to expati- 
ato upon his treasure Molly. ‘ Why, you 
see how tidy she keeps mo. She cuts, and 
makes, and mends all my clothes. I don’t 
find any shoes easy to my feet but Molly's. 
'Then, if sho wants to go anywhere, she’s on¬ 
ly to tako hold of my arm, and I lead hor. 
I’m tho sexton at-, and when there aro 
no funerals, I like to bring Molly down 
town, and wo sell a few shoos, just to amuse 
us and help along. It makes mo able to get 
her all tho little notions she wants.’ This 
man, whom I had approached as a disconso¬ 
late beggai*, was speaking with animation, 
and a countenance radiant with satisfaction; 
and the object beside him I thought so for¬ 
lorn, her sightless face glowed with tho 
Sweet and merry sunshine of affection’s "entle light, 
That never wears a sullen cloud, and fadeth not in night. 
Hero was most poetically illustrated the 
foundation sentiment of human happiness 
—reciprocation, interchange of kindness.— 
Molly found her happiness in clothing her 
husband, and adding to his means by making 
shoes. Her husband found his in leading 
tho benighted Molly about, and supplying 
her wants. Homely as is the guise of this 
faithful pair, there is more of romanco in 
their history and intorcourso than in con¬ 
nexions where gifted youth and beauty aro 
bartered for gold and position. ‘ But,’ said 
I to Molly, ‘ do you never fool unhappy in 
being deprived of sight.’ 
‘ Oh, no;—I nover grieved about that 
much since 1 came to feel that it was all 
right. I can always busy myself about 
something. Now, too, wo are on tho down¬ 
hill side of life. My husband, I am sure, is 
a good man ; I seek to be a good woman.— 
After ho has laid a few more in their narrow 
house, we shall follow, and in my long home 
I shall see.’ I no longer wondered over tho 
unequally distributed gifts of God’s provi¬ 
dence, but admired that principle of com¬ 
pensation which places happinoss within the 
reach of all, independent of gifts or circum¬ 
stances. Its springs aro in tho inner man, 
and flow outward. Tho morale of this day’s 
lesson I will writo thus—‘ Godliness with 
contentment is great gain !’”— Churchman's 
Magazine. 
This lifo will not admit of equality; but 
surely that man who thinks he derives con¬ 
sequence and respect from keeping others 
at a distance, is as base-minded as tho cow¬ 
ard who shuns tho enemy from the fear of 
an attack.— Goethe. 
God is near whenever man assorts his na¬ 
tive rights. Remember ’tis Ilis heaven hangs 
o’er us now! 
Experience is tho father, and memory 
the mother of wisdom. 
