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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
FEB. 2. 
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MY WIFE. 
I heard her, 0, how cautiously, 
Open my bedroom door; 
I heard her step as noiselessly, 
(To my couch] across the floor. 
1 felt her hands my temples press, 
Her lips just touching mine; 
And in my anguish and distress, 
’Twere sinful to repine. 
Our pilgrimage is nearly through— 
We’ve passed life's mountain brow, 
1 thought I lov’d her, years ago— 
I know I love her now, 
sawing it up, carefully observing to what pur- to part with Lucy, “who must now go away to 
pose the wood was put, and saw a couple of live in Y T ork State.” 
hands in a further part of the shop engaged in I5ut all this was so, and Lucy and Hiram were 
dove-tailing the pieces together, and forming married, and their friends declared that Heaven 
the lumber into boxes of various sizes. He con- made the match and worked a miracle for Hiram 
sumed so much time, and was so minute in his Veazie, who was so good, and industrious, and 
observation, that at last the proprietor came up generous spirited. But these are not the days 
to him and addressed him pleasantly ; of miracles, and the reader knows very well 
“You seem to be quite interested,” he re- that it was brought about by the most natural 
marked to Hiram. agencies. 
“Yes. I have seen a good deal of lumber in Three years only have passed since Hiram 
my day, and I was calculating how much you wa .s married, as we have related in this verita- 
probably used up in this way.” ble story, and on the Bloomingdale road, not a 
“We use a good many thousand feet every long walk from the large factory of Hurd <fc 
pit anil flumnr. Inutlj’s 
[After the annexed design was ready for the press—and 
at too late an hour to substitute another—a cautious 
friend suggested that it might possibly give some an idea 
that we were entering the political arena. Now, lest any 
one should so construe the matter, we beg to assure all 
flat we have no political object in view—that in Kurai. 
affairs particularly, we have n® politics whatever. And as 
we shall probably “ hit the other side (of politics,) the 
next time,” we let the artist’s joke pass, assuring all read¬ 
ers who hold to the Prince’s faith, that no offence is, or 
was intended.] 
Veazie, lives Hiram and his lovely companion. 
Her face was hovering over mine— 
Her warm tears on my cheek; 
Her whisper’d prayer, of thought divine 
Rose fervently, but meek; 
Her bosom rested on my arm ; 
I felt its troublous throe ; 
I knew the cause of its alarm ; 
I knew its source of wo ; 
And then the blood, my system through, 
Came pressing on my brow— 
I thought I lov’d her years ago— 
I know I love her now. 
Thus watch’d that tired and patient one, 
By night as well as day, 
In sadness and almost alone, 
Till weeks had pass’d away. 
Bereft of sleep—depriv’d of rest— 
Oppress’d—borne down with care, 
Till 0 ! her labors have been bless’d, 
For God has heard her prayer. 
Her cheek resumes its wonted glow, 
And placid is her brow— 
I thought I love’d her, years ago— 
I know I love her now. 
“ So I should think, and the best number ones, The large and pleasant house in which they 
reside is his own, and a handsome surplus be- fffe 
“Yes, we require the very best stock, and sides. Each annual Christmas they return to 
lumber is ‘up’ now.” 
“How much do you pay ?” 
“ Twenty-four dollars a thousand, all clear 
and assorted.” 
“ YVhat do you do with all these boxes ?” con¬ 
tinued Hiram. 
their childhood’s home, and Lucy thinks the 
journey is healthy for little Hiram.— Selected. 
THE PITIFULNESS OF PRETENCE. 
All men should guard against pretence as 
“ 0, we can sell them faster than we can make I they would guard against sudden death. All 
them, for packing soap, chemicals, <fcc.” 
culture is limited, and though many aim at per- 
Rather heavy for that purpose, I should say,” fection nobody but a fool will profess to have at 
added Hiram. 
tained it. It is best to make no secret of one’s 
“ Well, they are rather heavy, but we can’t little attainments ; the keen eye of society will 
get boards sawed any different; they are down gauge them sooner or later. Nothing in this 
to the lowest gauge of the lumbering mills.” world is more ridiculous than a butterfly man 
Hiram looked thoughtful, handled the boxes, of taste > mincing phrases, out of whose mouth 
examined the saws, talked good common sense 
in business style to the man, and at last he said, 
half seriously and half in jest: 
“ You don’t want a partner, do you ?” 
perpetually flows a weak dribble of critical 
slaver ; who says with great pomp nothing at 
all; who has always read the last poem, and 
has been enchanted by the admiration of others 
ilV’5 % t 5 $ 011 $. 
l uu uuu ii waul cl uai Liici, ui» vuu ; • * . . , , 
Why, no, not exactly; though if I had one for caa tel1 a Tltian from a Le ° nardo da 
SOUR GRAPES. 
i i j i. • i r* ii i i n Vinci bv tlie cracks in the canvass ; who knows 
who would put m a couple of thousand dollars, A11 ^ A U J b w , , . ’ . 
1 *_c_ a _ TM1Tnfo tbn TTibro _ 
and would take hold heartily himself, I wouldn’t W st wh at § 0S P el Beethoven puts into the vibra- 
mind sharing the thing with him and throwing l* 0118 of the catgut, v hat tiut m glow s in t e 
GRAPES WERE SOUR. 
SKILL IS CAPITAL. 
in the machinery.” 
bassoons, or squeaks in the hautboys; who 
A GENUINE NEW-ENGLAND STORY. 
t t ,, -j tt• . knows more of Dante than of Shakspeare, and 
“ I haven’t not any money,"said Hiram; “but , _ , x , ,, 
T -n . • , ,, , not much of either. Into this fiddle-faddle may 
I will give you an idea about this matter, and . J 
Hiram Veazie was a plain, good-hearted, hon- 
will take hold and give my time, in a -way that 
I think it wiB be worth as much as the sum 
no earnest artisan, seeking for the compensations 
even in the sincerity of confessed ignorance.— 
JD.IRAM V KAZU£ n a [Uaill, guvu-ucui ivu, jluji- * —. — ~~ " — — - - --- Of life fall 
est farmer’s boy, whose parents lived on a farm you name, in a short time, provided you will ’ ‘ 
w’here his grandfather was born, some half a give me half the business.” 
There is something better for him even in the 
dozen miles from Augusta, Me. With a good 
common school education, and a natural apti¬ 
tude, Hiram was considered at the age of twenty 
I like the way you talk," said the man, hon- sincerity of confessed ignoiance. Iheie is 
estly ; “but this is an odd proposition !” 
“You say you pay twenty-four dollars a thou- 
to be a very promising young man, and was sand for the boards. 
certainly of great service to his father on the “Yes. 
farm. Old Mr. Veazie was comfortably situated “ Supposing I bring them down to twelve at 
as to pecuniary means; first, because his wants once, and make neater and better boxes for your 
something better far in a genuine effort to make 
his daily life well balanced and beautiful. The 
first lesson which a contemplation, truly philo¬ 
sophic, will teach him, will be the folly of dis- 
“ Supposing I bring them down to twelve at conte nt. Bread and beef may be deal , his toil, 
or> ,'nul makfl neater and better boxes for vnnr from sunrise to sunset, haul, landlords may 
were few, and secondly, because his land very purpose ? 
wax avaricious and taxes high ; but there are 
GINGER SNAPS. 
nearly supplied them all. But when Hiram “If you can do that I will share with you at § Teat enjoyments which nothing can take from 
J vJr .. - <• ,-u i- 1 » him. His are the brave overarching skies, his 
asked his father to advance him some small once, for my fortune would be made.” 
amount with which to commence business, the “ Will you give me a cuan 
good old man frankly acknowledged his inabil- after my own fancy, for one day, say commenc- 
ity, and rather wondered that his son could not ing to-morrow morning ?” 
content himself on the farm, as his father and “ Y r es,” said the man, after 
grandfather had done before him. tion. “ I can see no harm. 
The truth was, that Hiram had from boyhood, away to-morrow forenoon.” . 
and during all his school hours, been the inti- After a little longer talk, a: 
mate friend and companion of pretty Lucy standing that there should 
White, the Squire’s daughter, and this childish tried that should risk the ma 
friendship had ripened with years into love.— the box-maker, gave orders 
“ Will you give me a chance to try the thing the broad landscape, his the first gentle breath 
of spring, his the luxurious deliquium of au¬ 
tumn. Men of imagination have sung, men of 
Yes,” said the man, after a moment’s hesita- science have catechised the earth and wrested 
>n. “ I can see no harm, though I am to be dom der ameliorating secrets, men of research 
ray to-morrow forenoon.” . ' Bave written the experiences of the race, men of 
After a little longer talk, and a careful under- speculation have classified the powers of the 
nx-rvnri'rnt.rU mind, and all for him ! And above all, in this 
1 companion of pretty Lucy standing that there should be no experiment mind, and all for him ! And above all, m t is 
re’s daughter, and this childish tried that should risk the machinery, Mr. Hurd, tU'eat rich land^:^ him and to Lis fellow era!im¬ 
pelled with years into love._ the box-maker, gave orders to his people that men Bas been confided power to divert the 
old gentleman one side, and asked him for Lucy noon. , , _. , 
as his wife, old Squire White as he was univer- Hiram at once took off his coat, measured one power of cultivated chaiacter, and appreciate 
people ; only let him know his chance, feel the 
shiv called replied kindly but firmly, that of the tunes and asked if it was the largest ?— lus responsibilities, if not to Ins kind, at least to 
Hiram must first acquire some trade, and means He was told that it was; this be was at first himself .—Bodon Atlas. 
enoueh to support Lucy, before he could give sorry for, but still carefully taking his measures *~* 
Ms »n«nt to snch an arrangement. The ft,- upon a piece of paper, he soon disappeared. SINGULAR ATTACHMENT, 
tare locked blank to Hiram, therefore, for he He remembered a hardware store, not far dis- A i „eman of Bristol. England, 
was but a poor farmer's boy. taut, which he had passed that very afternoon ; gtotomd which slept in the stable 
Lucy was a gentle and lovely girl of nine- to this he repaired, and selected a crcular ,aw. finc lumter about flve 
teen, a. intelligent aesfic was pretty ; she loved twice as large as any Mr. Hard had m to shop, ^ ^ mutaally alt Aed, 
Hiram sincerely, but she was too sensible to sit am o a l eien m.i-e in ,e ee i, e a so ; each other with the most tender 
down with him and pine over the situation of got some braces and bolts of a size and style B greyhound always la, under 
affairs. She was a practical Yankee girl, and -bid, he appeared to unde,-stand and telling L horse, who was so fond 
her advice to Hiram was sound and loving. «• storekeeper that be wanted them for Mr. J* 
SINGULAR ATTACHMENT. 
A sporting gentleman of Bristol, England, 
had a greyhound which slept in the stable 
along with a very fine hunter, about five years 
the storekeeper that he wanted them for Mr. 
of him that he grew unhappy and restless when 
“Go," she said, “to Boston or New York.- Hurd in the next street he found no difficult, ^ of si h f’ It 
on are active, good looking, intelligent and m getting them on credit. W,th_ matters thus the nentleman to 
was a common 
You are active, good looxing, inreiii 0 cnL anu & 6 , ,. , ,. . ' practice with the gentleman to whom they be 
industrious ; the very characteristics that com- an-anged, he returned to to boardmg-plaee and ^ greyhound h 
mand place, I should say, in a large city, and 
studied in his own mind as to how he would 
see if you do not find the means of earning such can 7 out the plan he had conceived. 
studied in his own mind as to how he would k,n S ed to cal1 aUh f stabl f 1 f ° r the g^jBound to 
carry out the plan he had conceived. accompany him m his walk ; on such occasions 
the horse would look over his shoulders at the 
It was about twelve o clock at noon on the d with much anxiety , and neigh in a manner 
following day, when Mr. Hurel returned to his wbich lain]y saidj » Let me also accompany 
fllinn wIipta lip tminn Hiram Vpazm in lii« aln’vf _ , , 
A GOOD REASON. 
wages, as shall help you to lay by something. It was about twelve o’clock at uoon on the 
I, too, will be industrious, in the meantime, and following day, when Mr. Hurd returned to his 
what little I can save shall go to make up the shop where he found Hiram Y r eazie in his shirt 
wuiib iibtic a A-aii oo.a, »uu,.i ev. -.— r — — r - - . you." When the dog returned to the stable, he 
necessary sum for the purchase of a snug little sleeves and with a pair of “overalls” on, at was alwayB welcomed with a loud neigh; he 
home for us.” ™rk before a large splitting saw which he had ran to the hor8e and licked his nose . I n re . 
T--T. • in* Vnl - -1 1 t _ 3 _ <-/-»/-! nwAn n r\T friri nan nlina nud * 
home for us.” 
work before a large splitting saw which he had 
Hiram kissed his little schoolmate, and prom- erected upon one of the benches, and to which tum ^ h()rse would scratc b the dog’s back 
ising her that she ‘should never for an hour be be had applied the steam power. He was split- his tecth . 0 ne day, when the groom was 
out of his mind, soon gathered a small sum to- ting the boards, which were fully thick enough ^ with th(J horse and grey hound for exercise, 
getter, and with the blessings of his father and to admit of it, and thus was making the boards a j d stacked the greyhound, and quick- 
mother, he took the cars for Boston. It was his produce just twice as many boxes as heretofore, , w him to t}ie ground; 011 w hich the horse 
first visit to a large city, and at the outset he with an equal amount of labor-since those who ^ back }lis ears , and, in spite of all the ef- 
was almost bewildered; but seeking economi- finished them up into boxes after they were forts of t]l0 groomj rus ] ied at the strange dog 
cal lodging he began at once to look about him- sawed could work enough faster with the thin- ^ was worryiag the greyhound, seized him 
self for employment. This he found it hard ner lumber to make up for the occupation of by tbe back vitb bis teet h, which speedily 
to obtain, but he was daily growing more one hand to tend the splitting saw. made him quit his hold, and shook him till a 
and more conversant with city life and ways, Mr. Hurd looked on with astonishment; al- , . , , • m b . n flr„ nr mr 
A country pedagogue had tw pupils, to one 
of whom he was very partial, and to the other 
very severe. One morning, it happened that 
these boys were very late, and called to account 
for it. 
“ You must have heard the bell, boys ; why 
did you not come ?” 
“ Please, sir,” said the favorite, “ I was dream¬ 
ing that I was going to Californy, and I thought 
that the school-bell was a steamboat-bell I was 
made him quit his hold, and shook him till a 
and more conversant with city life and ways, Mr. Hurd looked on with astonishment; al- j iece of skin gave way . The offender no 
and he wrote every few days to Lucy a digest ready were a score of boxes and more manufac- S0(mer t ! bis feet tban be judged it pruden t 
of observations an(l fortunes. A fortnight or tured of the new thickness, and they were tQ beat precipitate ret reat from so formidable 
three weeks in Boston made fearful inroads into actually more valuable, as the thickness was an opponen t._ Selected. 
his slender purse, and at the suggestion of some ample for all purposes of strength, and the weight ^_ 
new acquaintance he determined to go to New was reduced one half. He was also delighted , 
1 ° . , ■ ■ _ _v , i i /. i • Thttf- 4\-n Wttv—T like verv well to be told 
going in. 
“Very well, sir,” said the master, glad of a 
pretext to excuse his favorite ; “ and now, sir,” 
turning to the other, “ what excuse have you ?” 
“ Please, sir,” said the puzzled boy, “ I—I 
was waiting to see Tom off!” 
AN EDITOR’S VALEDICTORY. 
at his new acquaintance, who took hold of his True, and Why. I like very well to he told 
Here he passed some two weeks with various w °rk so handily, and above all he felt that he w do By tBose v ho aie fond ol me , but 
I . - , i . T>ditdv Bo Lrl n TOhnt. nnf. t.n • anri the more 
adventures, but without finding an hour of pay- Bad at once given an idea worth half his busi- “ ever to Be told vhat no o do an 
ing occupation. He wandered everywhere, ob- ness and more. Mr. Hurd was an honest and f( md they are of me, the less li e i . ecau , 
serving and searching out places, inquiring faithful than, and unhesitatingly kept his prom- wh en they tell me wliat to do, t ey give me an 
freely of all, until at the close of the third week, we, installing Hiram in the business with one- opportunity of pleasing them; but w en ley 
he had but a single dollar left in his pocket, half the profits. te me w a no o o, l is a si n a ' a ^ 
and felt for the first time nearly disheartened.— The reader may imagine the letter which displeased, or am likely to disp ease 
In this mood he strolled through one of the up- Hiram wrote to his faithful Lucy, and how she Landor. __ 
town cross streets above Union Park, and found encouraged him in return, and how the business j j 
his attention attracted by the operation of a proved exceedingly prosperous, and how it was Providence is like a curious piece of tapestry, 
steam sawmill, which he entered and quietly enlarged and Hiram found himself at the end of made of a thousand shreds, which single, appear 
watched the business of. He saw a small, but a twelvemonth, worth some two thousand dol- useless, but put together they represent a beau- 
efficient engine driving four saws fed by four lars; and how Squire White pressed his hand tifi.il history. Flavel. 
men, while there stood at a desk hard by, one warmly, when he returned to ask for Lucy, and 
evidently the manager of the establishment told him to “take her,” and how Lucy blushing The monument of the greatest man should be 
Hiram felt a strong interest in what he saw ; laid her fair cheek bathed with happy tears only a bust and a name. If the name alone is 
there were large piles of excellent lumber in upon his shoulder, and her kind, old mother insufficient to illustrate the bust, let them both 
the building, and he watched the process of said that she had but one regret, and that was perish.— Landor. 
Editors are strange people. One of the fra¬ 
ternity out YVest, who appears to have become 
disgusted with the profession, assigns the fol¬ 
lowing reason for vacating his chair ; 
“ The undersigned retires from the editorial 
chair with the complete conviction that all is 
vanity. From the hour he started his paper to 
the present time, he has been solicited to lie 
upon every given subject, and can’t remember 
having told a wholesome truth without dimin¬ 
ishing his subscription list, or making an ene¬ 
my. Under these circumstances of trial, and 
having a thorough contempt for himself, he re¬ 
tires in order to recruit his moral constitution.” 
Important Proclamation. —A few days after 
the marriage of Thomas F. Meagher, the follow¬ 
ing notice appeared in the Boston (Mass.) Atlas: 
“ Follow the example of the Patriot Meagher, 
and rush to arms ! Become at once United 
Irishmen ! P. S.— The London Times will 
please copy.” 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 33 letters. 
My 2, 7, 23, 14, 31, 18, 28 is to supplicate. 
My 19, 27, 11, 4, 12, 14 is an agent. 
My 20, 5, 13, 3, 30, 4 is flowing. 
My 1, 17, 25, 28, 24, 22 is terrestrial. 
My 1G, 24, 13, 33, 23, 12 in music is equal and 
steady time. 
My 6, 9, 4, 15, 20, 29, 23, 28, 8 is an express. 
My 21, 26,10, 21, 1, 3 is a standard. 
My whole are three things to love. 
Leatherville, N. Y. C. H. 
Answer next week. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 
If 9 oxen and 15 cows eat 1? acres of grass in 
5 weeks, and 15 oxen and 15 cows can eat 47 
acres in 12 weeks, how many calves can eat 360 
acres in 60 weeks, admitting that 120 calves can 
eat as much as 18 oxen and 26 cows. The grass 
is equal at first on each acre, and growing uni¬ 
formly. 
I will send a copy of the Prussian Calculator 
for the first correct solution sent to me. 
Marion, WayneCo., N. Y., Jan. 22. J. A. Clark. 
MATHEMATICAL QUESTION. 
Prince John V— B— n, in the character of 
THE Fox, WHO WAS OF OriNION THAT THE 
Prince John (loq.)—“There’s a magnificent 
prophesy all gone to smash—blown to the other 
side of Salt River by the storm of November 
6 th, and nothing but the stumps left standing. 
I shall not be able, therefore, to reach that 
splendid bunch from the top of my own vine. 
I can’t climb, for I tried it once at Buffalo, and 
my claws were scarcely sharp enough for those 
jilanks. But it’s no matter—those grapes are 
sour — I’m satisfied they are sour, and I would 
not touch them on any account. ‘ I hereby pledge 
myself, and ivill give bonds with good sureties, not 
to accept any,' ” etc. 
A correspondent, over the signature “ 0. R.,” 
gives the following formula for finding the area 
of a circle, and requests an explanation of the 
rationale of the rule. Will some of our mathe¬ 
matical friends furnish him with one ? 
“ As fourteen is k> eleven, so is the square of 
the diameter to the area of the circle.” 
For Aloore's Rural New-Yorker. 
ENIGMA. 
The noblest object in the works of art; 
The brightest gem which nature can impart; 
The planet seen between the earth and sun ; 
The point essential by a lawyer won ; 
The miser’s treasures and the badge of Jews; 
The wife’s ambition, and the parson’s dues. 
Now if your wits can but divine 
A corresponding word for every line. 
By the acrostic will be clearly seen 
A city of the West, I ween. d. 
Answer next week. 
A California contemporary, speaking of a 
new paper just started, says : — “It only lacks 
ability and character to be influential.” 
It is said to be so dry at times on the Ohio, 
that the people along the shore have to sprinkle 
the river to keep the boats from kicking up a 
dust. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
A writer in one of the northern papers on 
School Discipline, says :—“ Without a liberal 
use of the rod, it is impossible to make boys 
smart." 
Why are the ladies of the present day like 
the lilies of Scripture? Because they “toil 
not, neither do they spin ; yet Solomon in all 
his glory was not arrayed like one of them.” 
We found the following motto lately wrapped 
around a bon-bon. It is quite Hudibrastic : 
Love is a fire that burns and sparkles 
In men as naturally as in charcoals. 
Bachelors are not entirely lost to the refine¬ 
ment of sentiments, as will be seen by the fol¬ 
lowing toast, offered by one of that fraternity at 
a celebration :—“ Ladies — sweetbriers in the 
garden of life.” 
A new stove has been invented for the com¬ 
fort of travelers. It is put under the feet, and a 
mustard plaster upon the head, which draws 
the heat through the whole system. Said to be 
a Yankee invention. Patent rights sell cleverly. 
My first is one part of a meat 
Mahomed’s followers do not eat; 
My next of sickness sure doth tell. 
The exact opposite of well. 
My third and last a common weight 
The product of the field to state. 
My whole a General’s worthy name, 
Who died a victim false to fam*?. 
Breathing Well, N. Y. W. F. 
jgg” Answer next week. 
A noble person needs but a plain garment to 
set it off; a beautiful piclure hut a simple frame ; 
a great thought is best dressed in the simplest 
language. But all these need a spirit of under¬ 
standing to be appreciated. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma in No. 316 : 
Thomas Dick. 
Answer to Algebraical Problem in No. 316: 
36. 
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