MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
THE WIDOW AND HER SON. 
BY F. B. GRAHAM. 
Hers 'Willie, on this grave we'll sit 
And see the sun go down; 
For it is good an hour to spend 
Out of the busy town. 
Come sit thee by my side, my boy, 
Upon the soft, green grass, 
And watch the evening shades, and catch 
Sweet odors as they pass. 
Draw closer to me, now, and place 
Your little hand in mine, 
And look up softly in my eyes, 
That I may look in thine; 
For they are bright and beautiful 
As thy dear father’s were, 
And as I gaze, methinks I seek 
His love-light beaming there ! 
And, Willie, sing the little song 
He taught you ere he died; 
You used to sing it all day long 
While sitting by my side; 
But now you're fatherless, your voice 
In song is seldom heard, 
And you seem sad and lonely as 
A young, forsaken bird. 
Now sing it once again, my boy, 
In your fond mother’s ear— 
Your father sleeps beneath—but oil! 
He never more will hear 
Those sweet, melodious, flute-like tones 
That pleased him so, when life, 
And hope, and happiness, were his, 
With Willie, and his wife. 
You cannot sing ! Ah, no, my child, 
Those tears must freely flow; 
But pardon me if my sad strain 
Has set you weeping so. 
Your mother would not cause you pain. 
Nor sadden your young heart; 
B ut see, the sun is getting low, 
And we must now depart. 
Oh, often, Willie, may you come 
And sit, in after years, 
Upon this grass-green grave, and shed 
A few unbidden tears. 
And should your mother leave you, too. 
You'll lay her by his side, 
And then this spot to you will be 
A home at eventide! 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
USES OF ADVERSITY. 
It is of marvelous aid in the attainment DONT BE LENGTHY- 
of a lofty magnanimity; a quality on which ^ ^ ^ calls of courteS y on business 
every day makes fresh demands ; for it is a men anc f ministers of the gospel, 
mistaken notion that only great crisis afford 2 . Especially regard this caution in the 
opportunities for the exercise of heroic ac- office ot an editor. Editors have work to do, 
tion, and no doubt would-be heroes, or those and they hate most emphatically to have 
- , . , . , 1 U -f • mon call to road their exchanges and lay 
who think they would bo if circumstances around and talk about nothing. 
were favorable to a manifestation of their 3 Regard it also in that interesting story 
self-sacrificing natures, in sighing for such y 0 u are fond of telling. Amplifiication di¬ 
chances pass over hundreds of occasions, lutes, and the dish is injured because the 
though obscure ones, the right improvement cook is long over it. , 
, f. , ,, ’ a 1 , 4. Dont mako that editorial article too 
of which would enable them to display a long To many, a column is frightful, oven 
far greater amount of true heroism than the 0 f your good thoughts. That good deal 
much-desired splondid opportunity could which you wish to say will bo more accepta- 
call forth. Thus, it is not only in bravely bio in short articles, and perhaps with dif- 
meeting and successfully combating with ox- too> abo „ t that long ee rmon. 
traordmary difficulties, that the man vinffi- Can - fc you squeezo ou t some of tho suporflu- 
catos his right to tho title of hero : it is jti eS) and by condensation givo much matter 
comparatively easy for one to do a so-called in a smaller compass ? “ .No, I don’t think 
great action when tho eyes of all tho world such a sermon as mine can bo so used. - 
, , , , . . .. . Well, then, add more precious thoughts, and 
are turned toward h.m m h,gh expectation, ^ tw0 ’ of it . You ' t g00<1 opinion of 
preparod to applaud his success, or to hiss ifc wiU be e i ongated by such a process, 
at his failure; pride gives him in many cases 6 Don > t bo long about p ay i ng that debt, 
an unnatural courage; the desire to equal Make the creditor’s eyes glisten by your 
or exceed what is demanded of him. raises promptness. Perhaps he has showered 
to an extravagant pitch his contempt of dan- some inverted blessings upon you already 
gor, and creates a certain wild enthusiasm ^Dorftt^o lLTi"g S ttLnse 
that carries him triumphantly through dif- of God> Botter wait there than be waited 
Acuities his unaided strength would never f or . People who are lengthy in tho matter 
have sufficed to conquer. of their progress to the sanctuary are in 
. . . , , . , danger of provoking shortivords about them, 
But its crowning office is to lead the tru- , 
Jar ift JdiMcs. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
Charmikg little dark-eyed Alice, 
Skipping like a fay, 
In and out across my vision 
Fifty times a day. 
With her heart so full of gladness, 
And her eyes so full of glee, 
She is part of all the sunshine 
God has given to me. 
Yester eve, it seems no longer, 
Yet ’twas years ago, 
When the elm tree shadows lengthen’d 
In the vale below— 
By the fountain in the hollow 
Chanting drowsily, 
I sat reading from a volume 
Open on my knee. 
And the quaint rhymes of the poet 
Had a faint low chime, 
Like the tinkle of the rain-drops 
In the summer time : 
And my eyes grew dim and dreamy, 
With a wordless peace, 
Sitting by myself and reading— 
Underneath the trees. 
have sufficed to conquer. of their progress to the sanctuary are in 
. . . , , j , danger of provoking shortivords about them, 
But its crowning office is to lead the tru- * hose ^ afe | isfcurbed by their slug- 
ant soul to the only sate haven of rest. I ho g j s hness. 
most fiery, rebellious heart must finally be 8. Do not bo long about any thing requir- 
tamed by the teachings of adversity and ing promptness and despatch. Come bold- 
Tiie time has not yet boon, and may tne onl; 
never be, when man will be compelled to known. ^ D111 , „„ _ 
seek opportunities for subjecting himself to As clouds servo for a bi oak-light to tho k j da fly better 1 than it was done before, 
that indurating process known as self-disci- intense brightness ot the sun, so misfortunes Don’t be off with a scoff. Bend a little and 
nline and supposed to confer the power of and afflictions veiling the ineffable splendors listen to him. There may bo the germ of 
rising superior to the ills and reverses inci- of tho Divine face, enable us to look with greatness there. When the air balloon was 
dent to this life. For, indeed, ho is not steadier gore, on that countenance whose Sugift of iP The 
placed here upon a bed of rosos, to dream light will ho our hie and joy, when Time Doctor answored the question by asking 
away existence, his senses steeped in their shall bo merged in Eternity. a. another:—“What is tho use of a new-born 
j 1 : •_ e _inolinmnnk lahnr South Livonia, n. Y., May, 1853. infant?” Trifles may have great relations. 
tempered to a swooter, more gradual course; 1/ and decidedly up to every requisition of 
* , a . . r. , , ,, duty. Tho lingerer and loiterer accom- 
wlnle tho plastic, yielding spirit is schooled bufc littl * pa infully dragging out a 
to a yot serener, more implicit trust in tho comparatively useless life.— Puritan Rec. 
hand that mercifully hoals the wound itself ----*--- 
inflicts. And, to the man of right inten- YOU CANNOT TELL, 
tions, what inexpressible happiness is afford- - „n 
ed by tho thought that, however misundei- seem i n gi y trifling matters which exist, or 
stood by his fellows, and however much the circumstances that happen around you.— 
purity of his motives may be questioned, Don’t be in a hurry to snap your fingers jn 
thero is One above who knoweth the heart; derision at every new thing that solicits 
, . ,, • t i . . your attention. There are indeed some 
and, musing upon this theme, I am led to £ U gs that 0nl y hum: but there arc some that 
wonder that we are not drawn to seek more giy ° tho splendid scarlet to the robes of 
intimate communion with Him, since He is princes. Here is a fellow with some me- 
the only one to whom wo can bo thoroughly chanical invention. Ho would like to have 
known> you look at it. It is to do something, per- 
. ! , j. haps a very simple thing, catch a mouse or 
As clouds servo for a break-light to tho kil \ a fly better than it was done before. 
intense brightness of the sun, so misfortunes Don’t be off with a scoff Bend a little and 
Then the rustle of a footslep, 
And a warbling voice, 
Low and soft, but full of gladness 
Made my heart rejoice: How often do we see a really good face 
And 1 turned my head to see her- total in ^f ention to 
The birds forgot to smg— 1 5 J , . . , . . , 
Little Alice, darling Alice, lines. Sometimes the hair is pushed into 
Coming to the "spring! the cheeks, and squared at the forehead, so 
as to give a most extraordinary pinched 
With her pitcher on her shoulder, shape to the face. Let the Oval, whore it 
, ie f. L ° L t°. s ° 1, exists, be always preserved; where it does 
in the tales of old. not, hair c® so humored that the 
r remember, i remember, deficiency shall not be perceived. Nothing 
How the young moon shone, is more common than to see a face which is 
Faintly on the dancing waters, somewhat too large below, mado to look 
Ure we wander’d home. grossly large and course by contracting the 
And our hearts beat to each other, hail on the forehead and cheeks, and there 
Though much we did not say ; bringing it to an abiupt check; whereas, 
And i don’t know why we homeward such a face should enlarge the forehead and 
Went the longest way. the cheek, and let tho hair fall partly over, 
But i carried Alice’s pitcher, so as to shade and soften off the lower ex- 
And I quite forgot my book, uberance. A good treatise, with examples 
And it lies there still, I fear me, fo 0 ut-line of the defects, would be of some 
in the hollow by the brook. value upon a lady’s toilet, who would wish 
Fulton, n. y., May, iso3. u.l Vi atrus. p reserve her great privilege—tho su- 
I 7' “7 'Z Z , premacy of beauty. Some press the hair 
down elose to the face, which is to lose the 
OU R HO MES. vory characteristic of hair—ease and free- 
-, , . . , . ,. dom. Let her locks, said Anacreon, lie as 
Many and varied are tuo associations con- they like . the Greek g ; Yes them life and a 
nected with a retrospect ot Home. What- w n k Some ladies wear the hair like blink- 
ever the distance, or however painful the ers ; you always suspect they will shy if you 
storm, wo watch the vivid lightning flash 
beneath the darkened brow of Heaven ? 
Or, yet, at dawn, when Morn with his rosy 
fingers throws aside tho veil that Night has 
drawn o’er Nature’s face, and the glorious 
sun bursts forth in cloudless splendor — his 
coming heralded by songs of sweetest melo¬ 
dy from tho wood-land choirs ? And when 
the soul is left to hold communion with 
itself and God, and visions of transporting 
beauty burst upon the enraptured sight, 
when angels seem hovering near on wings 
of light; their faces radiant with eternal 
youth — blazing with celestial glory ? In 
that blest world where blinding sin can cast 
no shadow, we shall understand and be un¬ 
derstood— then the rays of thought which 
burn within our souls will bo transmitted 
through a porfect medium, and no ray dis¬ 
persed or lost. Thero the spirit, now 
chained and fluttering here below, like some 
caged bird, will soar away onward and up¬ 
ward, from height to height, and from glory 
to glory, “until oven Gabriel himself shall 
look dim in the distance.” -. 
Clifton Springs, N. Y., 1853. 
| THE ART OF ARRANGING THE HAIR. 
And our hearts beat to each other, 
Though much we did not say; 
And I don’t know why we homeward 
Went the longest way. 
But I carried Alice’s pitcher, 
And I quite forgot my book, 
And it lies there still, I fear me, 
In the hollow by the brook. 
Fulton, N. Y., May, 1853. Wij.l Waters. 1 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
OUR HOMES. 
Many and varied are the associations con- 
reflection, memory lingers around one lov¬ 
ed, one consecrated spot, the home of our 
childhood. 
approach them. A lady’s head-dress, wheth¬ 
er in a portrait or for her daily wear, should, 
as in old portraits by Rembrandt and Titian, 
go off into shade, not to be seen too clearly, 
delicious fragrance; incitements to labor ! 
are presented by his physical necessities, ! 
and, in the struggle for moans wherewith 
to answer those wants, obstacles confront 
INDIAN CREDULITY. 
another:—“ What is tho use of a new-born 
infant T Trifles may have great relations. 
The simple toa-kottle and the mighty steam 
The family mansion is there, tho venera- and heard all around ; should not, in fact, 
ble oak under which we sported in child- be isolated, as if out of sympathy with all 
hood, still waves its branches in the summer surrounding nature. The wigs of men ot 
breeze, but the loved ones that made us so Char1 ® 8 the Second^ time had at least that 
one merit of floating m the background, and 
engine seem tar asunder;^ but the bubbling joyous and happy, are gone, all gone; thoy j n Gl eir foil softening the sharpness of tho 
- of the one was the progeniator of the other. 
Caft. Marcy, it will bo remembered, was A lad at school got the birch well laid on, 
sleep in the village church-yard ; and while [foes 0 f the dress about them 
we have knelt by their graves and moisten- --—-—’— 
ed the green turf with the tear of affection, COURTES Y TO LADIES. 
wo have mourned tho brevity of childhood’s Yv t e like the views which a 
joys. expresses. We go as far as i 
The endearing ties of wife and mother, courtesy which characterizes . 
him It almost cverv step, to noblv and supposed, about a year ago, to have been for his experiments on a cat; but tho young , . . * ... f ‘ „ ,. 
f ,i whteh bfirms into re- ^ off whil ° exploring the head waters of operator was on the track of the noblest of ed the S reon turf Wlth the ^ of affectl ™> 
gracefully sur ’ & Rod river. He survived, however, and has discoveries. The lad was Harvey, who first wo Have mourned tho brevity of childhoods 
quisition all the philosophy ho can possib y lately read an interesting paper before the made known the circulation of the blood.— joys. 
command. That sentimental sort of disci- American Statistical and Geographical So- Newton was attracted by the falling of an The endearino- ties of wife and mother 
plino, then, which is acquired for its own ciety, describing the region of country which ap pl e . It set him to thinking. You could haye bound us ” 0 anothor hallowed spot ; 
sake often to the neglect of improving oc- he visited, and particularly its Indian occu- not have told what would come of so simple T , * 
the exercise ofs elf-denial P ants - The following incidents will illus- a fact. But you can now. That apple- a »d we call it home. Loving hearts are 
ca 1 ‘ ° . '' . . trate tho difficulty of explaining modern an d tho disclosure to us of the sublime raa- there which mourn our absence, and wel- 
for tho benefit ot others, involves an oxpen- d j sc 0 ver j es to an Indian of the prairies : chinery of heaven, how related ! No, you come our return. And has our barrier of 
diture ot time and oneigics quite dispi opor- « Hnving upon one occasion a Delaware cannot tell what will come of the little mat- affection been sufficient to exclude the de- 
tioned to the results obtained; for it is suf- and a Camancho with mo, in the capacity of ters about you. Better not despise the day s t royer ? Alas 1 the vacated seats of our lov- 
ficiently obvious that, in general, this kind guides I was much diverted at a convers.- of small things Our ed ones,'tell us he has invaded this home, and 
of theoretical, rule training fails to give the tion which passed between them in my a bettor purpose than to be turned up so 
w ;tii tho presence, and which was interpreted to me otten and so scornlully.— Traveller. made it cieso,ate ana saa. 
necessary prepaiation foi conflict with the ^ the Delawara F __- As tho ties that bind us to this once hap- 
storn actualities of this rugged life, feince ^ appeared that tho latter had statod t0 THE FIRE-WORSHIPPERS. py spot are being severed, is there not a 
then, trials, matenal oi spu ztua , aio e in- t ke other the fact of tho sphericity of the home which can never be desolated by the 
evitable portion of humanity, we may con- earth’s surface. This idea being altogether ^. AY y R ° ^ hand of the destroyer ? We are anticipa- 
elude that the infliction of them is not ca- now and incomprehensible to the Camanche, I“ d ‘ R ’ ; i tine one : but not on earth-*/,,'* home is ir 
We like the views which a contemporary 
expresses. Wo go as far as any one in that 
courtesy which characterizes Americans, but 
we also go in for the abolition of revolu¬ 
tionary customs in our churches. 
Every sensible man and woman should 
set their faces like a flint against the custom 
come our return. And has our barrier of which compels the men to march out of a 
affection been sufficient to exclude the de- crowded pew to give the ladies the inner 
, , ., . ., . , , „ , scaN It is well enough for one gentleman 
stroyer.'' Alas! the vacated seats of our lov- . , ,, , ~ * 
J ; to keep the outer seat, to proffer any vacant 
ed ones, tell us lie has invaded this home, and sea k there may be in his pew to strangers 
mado it desolate and sad. or visitors ; but, with this exception, the cus- 
As tho ties that bind us to this once hap- tom of a general stampede on the approach 
py spot are being severed, is there not a ?*' a l a dy would, in our opinion, bo moie 
, A honored in the breach than m the obser- 
home which can never be desolated by the vance ;> The Rondout Courier says It 
hand of tho destroyer ? We are anticipa- ; s particularly an American custom, found- 
was received with much incredulity, and, aff peculiar habits of the Parsees, or Fire-wor- ting one; but not on earth-tfcw home is in ed in the earlier settled States. In those 
ter gazing for a moment at the Delaware, to shippers of India : Heaven. It is there we anticipate a re- States, in their time, the male settler car- 
ascertain if ho was sincere, ho askod if that “ They are, as is well known, followers of union with our kindred and loved ones—it is y ied his arms to church ready to tuin out 
person took him for a child, or if he looked Zoroaster, recognizing one good and one there we hope to occupy a mansion which nVmiitwhn fW the bench 
like an idiot ? The Delaware said no, but evil principle, who contend for tlio mastery our 1IoavenlY Fathor has Dre . ared for h,™ Z 
pricious, but that they are designed to an- was received with much incredulity, and, at- ^ 
1 v ond . inti n ter gazing for a moment at the Delaware, to shippers ot _naia . 
swer som 1 I ’ c 1 ascertain if he was sincere, he asked if that “ They are, as is well known, followers of 
few of the more apparent benefits resulting per s 0n took him for a child, or if he looked Zoroaster, recognizing one good and one 
from a patient endurance of them. bko an idiot ? The Delaware said no, but evil principle, who contend lor the mastery 
There is nothing like adversity to teach the white people, who knew all about these of the universe.. They worship the sun, as 
rp. , .1 ntin ‘inri matters, had ascertained such to be the fact; the representative of God, fire, in all its 
self-reliance. 1 hough t go o o 1 _ ind he added , that tbe wor j d was not on i y forms, and the sea. Their temples contain 
the glad sunshine are indispensable to the round> but that it revolved round the sun. no images, hut only tho sacred fire; and 
growth of the saplings, the storm and the The Camanche very indignantly replied, though they have fixed days for the per- 
tompost if they bo not so severe as to up- that any man of senso could, by looking off formance of various rites, they repeat their 
root it servo to add strength and firmness. »P on the P^ies, see at a glanco that the prayers every morning soon after sunrise. 
’ , f .• earth was level; and, moreover, that his I ho dead are neithor buried nor burned, 
Ho who floats lazily along on the suiface ol grand f atber bad boen wost to tbe end of itj but exposed to the air, within a walled in¬ 
being, relying on others to help him easily w h e re the sun passed down behind a verti- closure, on the summit of a hill. Tho bodies 
over the rough places ho may chance to en- ca i wall. Tho Delaware continued, in his of the rich are protected by a wire screen 
counter shuts himself out from an enjoy- simple but impressive manner, to describe till wasted away, but those of tho poor are 
moat of one of tho proudest, fullest pleas- to tho Camanche the operations of the steam soon devoured by birds of prey. The chil- 
. . . , (. . , engine and other objects of interest that he dren are generally marned at from two to 
uros within tho reach of mortals an ac- h& | sem , aU of which the Camanche re- five years of age, and brought up together, 
quaintance with his own individual re- gardod as an effort of a fertile imagination, till of a proper ago to assume the duties of 
sources; while ho who genially accepts expressly designed to deceive him; and the married lifo. Most of the marriages are 
whatever adverse fortune bestows, with so- only reply he deigned to mako was an oc- celebrated at this time of the year, and the 
rene philosophy seeks to extract all of good casional exclamation in his own language, streets continually resound with the music 
^ * i 3 - a e i tho interpretation of which the other pro- of the bridal procession, 
ho can from each dispensation and manful- n0lmced ‘ t0 bo _ .. Hush fool r 1 
ly battles hand to hand with h,s turbulent j , hon 6ndearorod elplain to tho Dola . 
passions, soon loams to estimate at its truo W aro the operations of tho magnetic telo- 
value foreign support, and to knosv how graph; and, in illustrating its practical util- 
much he is worth to himself. ity, said that a messago could bo transmitted 
Heaven. It is there we anticipate a re- States, in their time, the malo settler car- 
union with our kindred and loved ones—it is r icd his arms to church, ready to turn out 
,, , . ... in case of an attack by Indians, and he ot 
there we hope to occupy a mansion which course occupied t he first seat of the bench 
our Heavenly Lather has prepared for all or p ew. Times have changed ; we havo no 
that love Him—where sickness, and sorrow, Indian apprehensions, and women will go to 
pain and death, will never bo admitted. church. So lot us alter the view of courte- 
A Farmer’s Wife. s ? or n ecessity.” 
Victor, N. Y., April, 1853. SWEET THOUGHT. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. ! WHENEVER we find OUl' temper ruffled 
UNEXPRESSED THOUGHTS. toward a parent, a wife, a sister or a broth- 
- or, we should pause and think, that in a few 
Taking up a poem, a few days since, I months or years they will be in the spirit 
noticed that in tho note prefixed to it, the land, watching over us, or perchance we 
UNEXPRESSED THOUGHTS. 
streets continually resound with, the music 
of the bridal procossion. 
VIOLENCE AND TRUTH. 
It is a strange and tedious war, when 
uch he is worth to himself. ity, said that a messago could bo transmitted violence attempts to vanquish truth. All 
...... - a thousand milos, and an answer returned the efforts ot violence cannot weaken truth. 
There is no severe test of the genuineness in the short poriod of ten minutes He and only servo to give it fresh vigor All 
: professions of friendship; and is it not a soem ed much interostod in this, and listen- lights of truth cannot airest violence, 
ch recompense for more than one tempo- ed attentively to my remarks, but made no and on ^ servo to exasperate it. When 
_ inn® (-Loro iirA fbnRo common ts until I romiested him t.n Bin lain torce meets torce, the weaker mast succumb 
of professions of friendship; and is it not a seemed much interostod in this, and listen- of truth cannot airest violence, 
rich recompense for more than one tempo- ed attentively to my remarks, but made no and 01 - serve to exasperate it. When 
rarv failure to know that thero are those comments until I requested him to explain force meets force, the weaker mast succumb 
T; ’ to us in succoss ond in defoat it to tho Camanche, when ho smilingly said, {0 the 1 argument ls 0I , p0f ed 
who will cling to us in succoss ana in aeloat, „ p don>t think n , l0 „ him that Captain, fo/ to argument, the solid and tho convincing 
and whom nothing but our own unworthi- tho truth is> j don 3 fc bolieye ifc mys ^ u ,» triumphs over the empty and false; but 
ness can ever alienate ? Evergreen friends,_ violence and verity can make no impression 
mrAroTAAn jvnt to ho undfirvfllu- i r on G9iCh other. Jjot none suppose^ howe^er^ 
like evergreen trees, are apt to be undorTalu MAimsn .ro more what they are mado that tbo two are, therefore, equal to each 
ed in the summer time ot fortune, we do by their follows, than what they are mado ot her; for thoro is this vast difference be- 
not discriminate botwoen them and the by nature, lho wolt is ferocious, because tween them, that violence lias only a certain 
transient creatures with whom thoy are hunted from a whelp ; tho snake turns upon course to run, limited by the appointment 
minded ; but wintor brings thorn into stri- you. b-causo you disturb and pursue it: the 0 f Heavon, which overrules its effects to the 
tlncT thnucrh <rrateful contrast with tho sur- d ? rows f l ' rl y> because unjustly coerced ; glory of the truth which it assails ; whereas 
, but, above all, man becomes unjust and cru- verity endures forever, and eventually tri- 
roundmg barrenness and desolation, and e l, because pursued with cruelty and injus- urap h 8 over its enemies, being eternal and 
then wo loarn to appreciate them. tico by his brother man. almighty as God himself.— Pascal. 
Iations—whether we speak, or write, we are 
but interpreting the otherwise hidden lan¬ 
guage of our hearts. It is sometimes a dif¬ 
ficult process, and wo often fail to convey 
to others what we wish, through the im¬ 
perfect medium of words. As we can but 
appreciate the works of an author when 
wo read them in their original language, so 
much more lovely would our thoughts ap¬ 
pear, could thoy be seen in all their prime¬ 
val beauty, as “printed on the retina of the 
soul.” Their loveliness is marred by tho at¬ 
tempt to translate them, yet thoy afford to 
angels. As charming Hunt sings : 
How sweet it were, if without feeble fright. 
Or dying of the dreadful beauteous sight, 
An augel came to us, and we could bear 
To see him issue from the silent air 
At evening in our room, and bend on ours 
His eyes divine, and bring us from his bowers. 
News of our dear friends, and children who have never 
Been dead indeed — as we shall know forever. 
Alas! we think not what we daily see 
About our hearths —angels that are to be. 
Or may be if they wiil, and we prepare 
Their souls and ours to meet in happy air — 
A child, a friend, a wife whose soft heart sings 
In unison with ours, breeding its future wings. 
The Home Journal says :—“ The remedy 
ourselves a high source of enjoyment. For f or woman’s dependent condition is much 
there are thoughts, lovely, sublime thoughts, in her own hands. When mothei*s, no mat- 
thafc fill our souls with rapture which no ter what their circumstances, insist upon 
language, however beautiful it may be, can their daughters acquiring some art or trade, 
b 45 ’ J 5 by which an independent existence can be 
portray. secured ; when they avoid as nuisances fash- 
Who can translate tho delightful thoughts ionable young ladies’ seminaries ; when we 
and emotions that crowd upon us when first all learn to confront and tweak by the nose 
wo behold ocean’s vast expanse, and gaze on ^h® bugbear of public opinion-then 
... f . woman s ‘ emancipation will not long be de¬ 
lta snow-wreathed waves, dancing and spark- New car ^ ors will open for female 
ling in the brilliant sun-light, or lashed into j ndustr y, quite as fast as the qualities no¬ 
fury by the quarrelsome wind ? Or, when, cessary for their successful pursuit are de- 
amid all the wild sublimity of a thunder veloped.” 
