‘FASHIONABLE CHILDREN.’ 
i Door little creatures! I pity them from my 
. l^art and that is more than I can say of fashiona- 
blc grown people, though I pity them, too, in a 
t ' • -»■ w »y- But the children, little victims! condemned 
in winter to shiver in short skirts, thin stockings, 
- and paper shoes, made colder by little hints of 
. : rubbers ; and in summer, roasted with long sleeves 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. and great poking bonnets, lest the sun should dash 
“ THE HAPPIEST TIME.” a streak of bronze upon their delicate skins. It 
- vexes me beyond all patience to see them, and I 
BY IDA FAIRFI F.LI). will te ll of it. 
On! when is the happiest time? What arc fashionable children good for, I would 
Is it Childhood’s rosy morn, like to know? Can they roll with Rover on the 
When the air is rent with the me;ry shouts grass, and chase kitty to her nursery under the 
From the careless heart upborne, garret eaves ? Can they bound into mamma’s lap, 
When the new-found ball and gilded toy and g i ve } ier a good } u] g w ; t ] 1 a p those frills 
Could fullest pleasure bring ? flounccs and embroidcries ? Can they creep llnder 
TsbiUer to’ 1 '’’ 0r iV C br ° Cn t0J ' papa’s arm chair, and astonish him with a “boo!” 
As bitter tears would wring. , . . _ 
when he sits down ? Can they climb the cherrj 
Then, when is the happiest time? tree, or swing on the wild grape vines * 0 no— 
Comes it with love’s young dream they are “dressed in the fashion,” and must be 
In the hour of Youth, when the flowery path i_-„x A - , A , , . 
Is bright with its golden gleam ? kept 7* °f, ^ dir > aad a * "ms-length from 
Scarcely the foot on a flower had pressed everything that is enjoyable and delightful. Other- 
Ere the thorns grew thick around, wise they are sure to tear something, or soil some- 
And the withered flowers and blood-stained path, thing, or else muss everything up generally. I 
Give answer without sound. always feel like putting such a child in a glass case, 
Or comes it with Manhood’s pride, Whcre they Can be lookcd at aild ad “ired without 
And the consciousness of power, ln J ur y- 
With the arm of strength, and the giant will, Not ver J ^ on S since I was visiting, in company 
And Ambition’s well-earned dower? with a little girl five or six years old very daintily 
There is little of joy or peace, and sparingly dressed. I observed that she only 
There is fever and unrest, sat on the music stool, or some little crickets which 
And a ceaseless struggling witii the world, were in the room ; and once, when these were in 
And a weary heart oppressed. use, and she remained standing, an old gentleman 
Then lingers that happiest time, offered her a seat upon his knee, which she refused. 
Till the head is furrowed o’er, Afterward, when the party had dispersed, she came 
And the aching brow is deeply marked to me, and with much preliminary adjusting of her 
With the furrows of “ three score,” dress, seated herself upon my lap. 
Till the heart has grown too old «w.._ (( , , 
, , , s , „ J*ow, Lottie, said I, “why did you not do so. 
To love, or hate, or fear? , J 
v, ,, . . , when Mr. I), called you? 
Not then, for life grows cold and dark 
In the shadow of the bier. 0h dear ’ 1 wouldn t dare,” she answered, look- 
ing as distressed as a fashionable little girl could 
But it comes in life’s bright morn, l rir .i r ,. , ■? 
Or its dim, declining day, *°° k ’ becausc J ou se e sometimes, when I go to sit 
Or its fervid noon, of summer heat, d °™’ my ,00 P acts aw f ul! 
To gild the Ciiristian’s way. Who W1 " sa J that child’s mother hasn’t much to 
Whene’er we And that Peace, answer for? and the little innocent cannot always 
The world hath never known, 80 easily rectify all the consequences of her mis- 
And humbly trust our all to Ilim judging vanity. 
Who reigns on Heaven’s bright Throne. Fashionable children ! Why the very term im- , 
Independence, N. Y., 1859. plies a contradiction. Children are fresh from the ' 
hands of God; fashions from—who knows where ? 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. Suppose the little birds should simultaneously 
“FEMININE APPAREL.” make an attempt to be fashionable. Should we 
loy e them any better, do you think, because they 
For two or three years past the grave question put on airs, and only hopped in straight lines and 
of “hoops” has agitated the public mind. Nearly wore all the same colors, and sang all the same 
every newspaper we take up has something to tune, and nodded their heads in thelame way and 
offer—either ridicule, or commendation, or serious puffed out their feathers to make themselves’look - 
disapprobation. Everybody thinks and talks about large? Children should be like the birds, as art- ' 
hoops, and women, who wear them, must think of less, spontaneous and happy; as free from envy 
them, for the strange accidents that “wiK happen vanity and ostentation. Dear, fashionable moth- 
in the best families,” and the troublesome expan- ers, deprive yourselves of comfort, or put yourselves 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
“THE HAPPIEST TIME.” 
BY IDA FAIRFIELD. 
On ! when is the happiest time? 
Is it Childhood’s rosy morn, 
When the air is rent with the mc;ry shouts 
From the careless heart upborne, 
When the new-found ball and gilded toy 
Could fullest pleasure bring ? 
Too brief the joy, for the broken toy, 
As bitter tears would wring. 
Then, when is the happiest time? 
Comes it with love’s young dream 
In the hour of Youth, when the flowery path 
Is bright with its golden gleam ? 
Scarcely the foot on a flower had pressed 
Ere the thorns grew thick around, 
And the withered flowers and blood-stained path, 
Give answer without sound. 
Or comes it with Manhood’s pride, 
And the consciousness of power, 
With the arm of strength, and the giant will, 
And Ambition’s well-earned dower? 
There is little of joy or peace, 
There is fever and unrest, 
And a ceaseless struggling with the world, 
And a weary heart oppressed. 
Then lingers that happiest time, 
Till the head is furrowed o’er, 
And the aching brow is deeply marked 
With the furrows of “ three score,” 
Till the heart has grown too old 
To love, or hate, or fear? 
Not then, for life grows cold and dark 
In the shadow of the bier. 
But it comes in life’s bright morn, 
Or its dim, declining day, 
Or its fervid noon, of summer heat, 
To gild the Christian’s way. 
Whene’er we find that Peace, 
The world hath never known, 
And humbly trust our all to Him 
Who reigns on Heaven’s bright Throne. 
Independence, N. Y., 1859. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
“FEMININE APPAREL.” 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
REIGN OF THE FROST KING. 
BY GEO. A. HAMILTON. 
Over lakes and over mountains 
Comes the fierce Frost-King to-dar. 
Riding on the piercing north wind, 
Rushing onward, bearing sway— 
Scaling forests, hills, and valleys, 
Tramping brisk across each plain, 
Printiag, sketching, painting, carving 
Curious figures on each pane. 
There is seen a forest spreading; 
Curious shapes of quaint old trees. 
All is beauty in that wild-wood, 
Glowing in the winter breeze— 
Beauty glittering and sparkling, 
Darting from each magic form— 
Beauty in the very wildness— 
Beauty painted by the storm. 
Forms of footmen, forms of horsemen. 
Vast battalions marching there, 
Strangely silent is their tramping— 
Banners waving in the air; 
Curious figures, gorgeous trappings, 
Dancing in the rays of light, 
Everything is hung with brilliants. 
Everything is strangely bright. 
Here is reared some vast cathedral, 
Doric columns lofty stand, 
There a dome and spire are towering— 
Painting, carving, all is grand; 
Altars, statues—strangely brilliant— 
Fresco-paintings on the walls, 
Everything is bright and sparkling, 
In those glittering, magic halls. 
There the Monarch chains the river, 
And the brooklet, and the rill, 
While somo lake, quite bridged with e.rystals. 
Sleeps a prisoner, calm and still: 
All the landscape smiles in beauty, 
Sculptured figures, bright and bold, 
Every tree is hung with jewels 
Carved and burnished by the cold. 
Now a mansion bright appearing 
Through the vista of the trees, 
Gothic forms and towers uprearing, 
Carved from basement to the frieze : 
All is brightness, ail is beauty. 
Flashing from each mythic form, 
Beauty in the very wildness— 
Beauty painted by the storm. 
South Butler, N. Y., 1S59. 
son who has married and moved away, clear down to 
I the “little mischief” who prefers to adorn the walls 
! of his picture gallery with the engravings in the 
Rural,— that is, he wants to tear out the birds to 
paste on the wood box. 
And how happened they to be friends of yours? 
Simply because every Friday afternoon the Rural 
comes home in father’s pocket. I am not going to 
particularize any parts that they like, I am only say¬ 
ing that, through its columns, you have become 
endeared to them. They are friends of yours—the 
whole family—the father and mother — the sturdy, 
honest sons —the fair, rosy, (trite, but true,) 
daughters—the Rebus and story-loving little ones,— 
and when I say that these multiplied by several 
unknown thousands, constitute your army of 
friends, don’t you feel a satisfactory thrill tingle 
through your veins? Do you ever hare time to 
indulge in such a reverie ? If not, I have done 
so for you this long winter evening, have penned 
it down, and send it to you with my best respects. 
I intended to have said something about our 
hill, &c., and have just awakened out of my rev¬ 
erie to find that I have not said anything yet._ 
But you may hear from me again, and the next 
time I promise you something worth reading. — 
I “flout } errons,” as the Frenchman says — “we 
shall see, what we shall see.” Till then I sub¬ 
scribe myself, A_y G_r. 
Grove Hill, Feb., 1S59. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker 
LOOKING OUT. 
BY CLARA AUGUSTA. 
The (lay is fading softly out 
Along the western sky, 
And silently the stars assumo 
Their vigils up on high ; 
And looking forth with hopeful eye 
I gather sweet content, 
For with my heart the quiet calm 
In Gilead balm is blent— 
With God to care for us should we 
Sit idly and lament? 
Ihe wind sails down the purple steeps 
Of Heaven’s leaning arch— 
The moon sets forth in royal state 
On her untiring march— 
And, waiting on the distant hills, ' 
The rosy-sandaled Light, 
Still tarries till the Pale-Browed comes— 
Her weeping sister, Night-!- 
USEFUL EFFECTS OF LIGHT. "SK-JSr' 
Sir James Wylie late physician to the emperor Heart ! gather up thy wasted wealth 
of Russia, attentively studied the effects of light From all this thankless earth ; 
as a curative agent, in the hospitals at St. Peters- Baptize thyself in new resolve, 
burg, and he discovered that the number of patients Rouse to a second birth ! 
who were cured in rooms properly lighted, was Lake Faith, the meek-eyed gentle child, 
four times greater than that of those confined in To be tliy S uide and sta - T > 
dark rooms. This led to a complete reform in An<i trust t0 hcr uncrrin S h «nd 
lighting the hospitals of Russia, and with the Through every doubting day ! 
most beneficial results. In all cities visited by 
the cholera, it was universally found that the ' ' “° SCn Wa7 ' 
greatest number of deaths took place in narrow The mountains lift their hoar brows up, 
streets, and on the sides of those having a northern Bleached by the wind and rains- 
exposure, where the salutary beams °of the sun orn by the sweep of centuries, 
i A j , , . .Racked by rolcamc pains: 
w ere excluded. The inhabitants of the southern And though the valley-pass be dark 
slopes of mountains are better developed and more These giant warriors lave 
healthy than those who live on the northern sides; la the out-pouring of the light, 
while those who dwell in secluded valleys are gen- From Day’s receding wave! 
orally subject to peculiar diseases and deformities And 80 s,ia11 bathe the faithful soul 
of person. These different results are due to the , That looks bt ‘y° nd the grave. 
[ agency of light, without a full supply of which Farmin gton, N. H., 1S59. 
plants and animals maintain but a feeble and sick- 
ly existence. Eminent physicians have observed CHILDHOOD. 
that partially deformed children have been rcstor- r - 
ed by exposure to the sun and the open air. As Who does not look back to his childhood with 
scrofula is most prevalent among the children of an cye of intcrest > but views the joys and sorrows 
the poor, this is attributed by many persons to 
their living in dark and confined houses, such dis- 
which were there passed ? We all had many griefs, 
and we felt keenly the scornful look and bitter 
THE EDITOR’S FRIENDS. 
eases being most common among those residing word ’ Children have many griefs, both of body 
chiefly in underground tenements. The health and m * nd > and they quickly feel neglect and want 
i, for the strange accidents that “will happen vanity and ostentation. Dear, fashionable moth- ' - statistics of all civilized countries have improved oP kindness. Then who would speak harsh to a 
ie best families,” and the troublesome expan- ers, deprive yourselves of comfort, or put yourselves Dear Mr. “Rural” Editor: —Agrcatmauy greatly during the past century. This may be cbdd ’ Who would not rather cheer him with the 
so inconvenient almost everywhere, recall her to death in any manner you please—by damp feet !‘ mes 1 have thou S ht what a favored mortal an ed- justly regarded as due to the superior construe- Y ° ice ° f tenderness aad affection. Their sport and 
odits from tlipir snhlimAst flirrVitc Lm- atyia+Iav,!. .... i__ ,, .... ’ itor must lio — ounnoiolW o .j:* _ x-_ l_ ..... . framhnls aro sn inmno „„ „] _.i .j 
thoughts from their sublimest flights, her emotions or tight waists, or bare shoulders, or night 
from their holiest flow, to the care of her hoops. 
A woman who wears hooped skirts is subjected 
in any other fashionable way—but, for the sake of pray 
must be — especially a popular editor. Now, tion of houses, by admitting more light into them. gam bols are so joyous, so innocent, so abandoned 
r don’t, before you read any further, give vent -- de bsht, so full of the grace of motion, and so 
a woman wno wears hooped skirts is subjected what little unadulterated natural feelino- there is f° onc °f. those* 1 ’ejaculations in which editor’s are 
to daily and hourly annoyances, yet what could she left in you, do let the children grow up as God and WOnt t0 ‘ indulge » their profession is spoken 
do without her hoops ? No one who has given them nature intended .—Ohio Farmer. ' * of as an avocation that is easy, nice, agreeable, and 
a fair trial, however dissatisfied with, and ashamed __ so on, to the end of the paragraph. I know that 
of, them she may be, is willing again to try walking -r, TWmTirr editor’s have tribulations, trials, and terrible times 
dressed as women used to dress onlv t.hroo nr fnnr J.NDING FAULT WITH YOUR CHILDREN, crenerallv: and von must li.ivo Innl oarco 
SNATCHING AT STRAWS. 
necessary for their health, that it is a wonder liow 
some parents confine them so close to the house 
dressed as women used to dress only three or four ™utt CHLLDR 
years ago. Then, skirts clinging closely to the T . .. 
/. „„ ,, , . It is at times necessary to censure and nu 
form were thought very graceful and becoming; . . ", , 1 1 
notv, they are quite shocking to behold, (so much , U , ? Cr ' ™ UC 1 inore ma Y e ° ne b J encoura 
does custom control our ideas of the beautiful!) and , r< ? nW ' Cn ie J t0 " u • e, therefore, 
xr..... rx ... ,, , (.... careful to express your annrobation of 
Jure intended. — Ohio Farmer. of as an nation that is easy, nice, agreeable, and Standing in a sliop-door with a friend the other P “ S ° restraints upon them in this re- 
-^- s ° the c,,d of ‘he paragraph. I know that morning, he wished to wager us that the next three T J Z ^ gh , pl f 7 aS much aS 
UNDING FAULT WITH YOUR CHILDREN edltor ahave ^hmations, trials, and terrible times men that passed, would bear straws in their hands. Z'sho l’l " 
AULT WITH Y OUR CHILDREN, generally; and yon must have had cares and “Is there a bale of straw lying upon the sidewalk bobdls the S old e u a S e - Let it be full of gladness. 
t • ... , crosses in raising your Rural child, and making un the «troot?” 0 = 1 - 0 ^ T ... r i- u i JjCt them en J 0 Y tb e fresh air and breeze of heaven 
It la at times uecossory to ceimirc and punish. him thc scnsiu " „„ th lh , t he | ’ d “ "’f X Y' f'f” H "? 11,0 before the world with all its cares comes to Ml 
editor’s have tribulations, trials, and terrible times 
generally; and you must have had cares and 
ana pumsn. him the sensible youth lhat he is-and then ma- 
erv much more m<iy he done by cncourinrinf* i ■ .i . ,, , . . 
-on when In .... ..L ! ™ . t B ^'S 11 '" 1 many headed animal, the public,” up. 
“There is.” True enough, of the six persons who their hearts with sadneis and 
children when they do well, lletliereforo, m„7e 
the women of to-day look like the poppy dolls little ^ ^h^^vm./top^rototio^VbS’- f’ S 'f' wl “«*“ *° ,bcir «"•»* •“>«'. The sixth, occupied with his own”h“ ght" fsm'Sd ^ ““7 f” ‘cTh"”!’,!,’ 
girls construct; or appear, when promenading „ *T u,ba W jrooailon 01 Dad — 
the streets, like the pine-tassel-ladies’ children ca >; more discourage a child than a spirit 
blow across a smooth surface with their breath. 1 , n< ^ eSSan _ au , m< In ® on tbe P aid °f its parent. 
Many a woman, like Mrs. Jane Churn-dasher, is • n iarC 7 ‘ U17 nn ^ can . excrt a more injurious 
weary and disgusted with all this. mfluenee upon the disposition both of the parent 
But there is a “ way that we feminines can be andth \ cblld ’ Thcre are *wo great motives infln- 
Clothed. without our hnrdenin* S k,’rt a ” 6nClng bUman actl0DS 5 h °P e and Both of 
c discourage a child than a spirit °T t<?11 J f ° r ’ pushed S ravel T 01 h P a Jing no heed to trifles, 
-finding on the part of its parent. Lj ' SP ^^ t0 Shghtlj T. isps or s P ears of straw ’ nerb th en was a deck 
revise somebody’s poetry, 
None know him but to love him, 
None see him but to praise. 
wisps or spears of straw. Here then was a decided 
display of character. The first straw bearers were 
either men at ease in mind and body, or they are 
easily directed from their course by any chance 
own thoughts, returning sunshine on the face of the child ex- 
1 to trifles, as pressed by Scott: 
But what I was going to say when I commenced, allurement that crosses their path. Number six 
“ The tear down childhood’s cheek that flows, 
Is like the dew drop on the rose; 
When next the summer's breeze came by 
And warod the bush, tho flower was dry.” 
Hkdi ed ’ ' Ylth0ut 0ur burdenm ® skirts ’” and most these are at times necessary. But wh^would not a ° d what 1 am goin S to sa >' n °w, is, that an editor more sure to look after number one, and more 
8 . } 1 make B known to those who have not fert have her child influenced to good conduct 1S to be eny md because he has such hosts of friends likely to succeed in business and affairs of the 
yet tried this decidedly “better way. If you , ... . . ” duct scattered all nrpr f.ViP wnrlrl Wrwxr U-— wnrlrl on m’fnr I__XI 
7 ,,, ueciacaiy neuer way. 1 you bj esire of pleasing rather tlian by the fear of scattei ' ed a11 over the world - Now, you don’t know world than either of the others, but he may not be 
u c rcas comfortably couv emently, healthfully, oflendlDg If a raother never expresses her grati aU ° f your friends - You hay e lots of them here, so happy at heart. He is intent on some enduring 
modestly, why not adopt the style of dress known as ficat ion when her children do vveH and is always in 0neida count L whom you have never seen, and pursuit. He has no thought of pleasure or the bye- 
the “ reform dress, or “ American costume?” Yon ^ them wheQ “ tes anything amS who ™ ld know 7<>u if they should meet you. play of life, and is looking strict* and straigk 
surely know what this is. Have you never seen a _„ ce s any lung ai mas, We hear from vou everv week, hut vmi rlnn’i lmfn- forward after the main ehamv> Stmu-a lo 
surely know what this is. Have you never seen a censunn S cm when she sees anything amiss, ^e hear from 
woman wearing her light skirts reaching only a trifle «my;are discouraged and unhappy. They feel that frQm us gQ 
below the knee, and her limbs well protected by L' I ’ Iic1 ^ i dls P oslt ' ons « angels visits 
—.* — ‘•nab cuiLur ^ w ig/uiv aitui uuiuuLT uiie, ana more p nTV ™ r WDO .o , T c . . 
is to be envied because he has such hosts of friends likely to succeed in business and affairs of the t,™. 'xj„ n .,° u ne ° f * 1S ! dlsco " ses » 
scattered all over the world. Now, you don’t know world than either of the others, but he may not be cprmnn« i 0X . ias ^ P 11 / Jcmai'. . any 
all of your friends. Yon have lots of them here, so happy at heart. He is intent on some enduring tTaTtter^ )f tbeirkmd ’ be dom P ared 
m Oneida county, whom you have never seen, and pursuit. He has no thought of pleasure or the bye- Tt •- „ dd P „ , . ‘ G ‘° .' Ce wlthout a dir ection. 
who would not know yon if they should meet yen. pl a Y of life, and is looking strict* and straight- ; A ° ^ by n ° b ° d7 ’ 
We hear from you every week, hut you don’t hear forward after the main chance. Straws, it is said, t bpm “ , PC ,° P ° '' ei '° l ° rend Dd ‘ ° nC ° f 
from ns so often. Our letters to yon are like show which way the wind blows, and the same ! « himself concerned in the con- 
“WnnH .. little indGVGk _I teuts ’ Such a sermon, whatever excellence it may 
.i , , r ., . - become hardened and soured bv this ceaseless “ an gefo visits, few and far between.” You never Bttle indexes maj r point ns clearly the bias and bav „ in r i- q +i 1P „ T , • 
am money, and thought, did she save from the and their families, including the fair daughters, of that no man can judge of the happiness of another tr tl V V l ° r iab an ec it pierces 
care of her wardrobe, to devote to nobler objects! But let a “ otber a PP r °™ of her child’s conduct course _ spe aking about the vicinity remember As the moon plays upon the waves and seems to l ^ “ und " ° f S ° ul and spint; U is a 
Did not your judgment tell you that, however odd whenever she can. Let her show that his good oh , tbere - s lots of thingg that 1 should like to say> ’ 0 ur eyes to favor, with a peculiar beam one lomr d Crner ° f the thoughts and inteut s of the heart.” 
and awkward the dress might appear to your un- behav J° r makes her sincerely happy Let her re- but just now j am only going to say> before j fo J. track amid the waters, leaving the rest in compara n -- 
accustomed eyes, it was a very much more rational Wardbim fdr hls efforts I )lea8e b ^ snailes and get it, that it’s nice to be an editor. It must be tive obscurity-yet all the while she is no niggard Di ™ ! lties.-\\ ait not for your difficulties to 
way for a human being to dress than woman’s “ 10 °- In tlus ^ she mil cherish in her gratifying to you to think when yon are traveling, in her lustre; for though the rays that meffnot cease j. * 13 110 soldiers glory to be won on 
usual style ? And did you not secretly wish that ° blld heart some of the nob ^ est aud ni °st desira- bow many ardent admirers you meet who our eyes are to us as though they were not yet she peaceful fields ’ 1,0 sailor s dann S to be shown on 
everybody dressed so?-that yon might also be b |elfeehngs of our nature. She will cultivate in by without noticing you any more than they would with an equal and favorable loveliness, mirrors T” 7 !? aS ' n ° ^ ° r friendshi P to be P rored 
bodily free? him anamiabledisposition and acheerful spirit.- any other intelligent-looking,-(well, I am not go- herself on every wave-even so, perhaps, happiness T^f 11 g ° CS welL Faith ’ P^nce, heroic love, 
“How it looks!” people say. Well, how does it Your child has been during the day, very pleasant ing to say anything) simT)ly because thev do t t falls with the same brightness and ~ dev <>ut courage, gentleness, are not to be formed 
a sermon. It is 
ley, ana tnougnt, am sue save from the ‘ and their families, including the fair daughters, of I that no man can judge of the happiness of another ZTl f^V 7 ™ itpierCes 
her wardrobe, to devote to nobler objects! But let a “other approve of her child’s conduct _ spe aking about the vicinity remember As the moon plays upon the waves and seems to Z S T Z T ^ ™ * 
your judgment tell you that, however odd J*J “ sbe can ’ Let her show that h,s good oh , tbere - s lots ot things that i shou f d like to say> our eyes to favor, with a peculiar beam, one long dlSCernCr “^thoughts and intents of the heart.” 
Doai ^ lree • “7 ;\T;rr” 1 ' U r ,UU T “ UUeeriU1 spini - an y other intelligent-looking,- (well, I am not go- herself on every wave-even so, perhaps, happiness 7" + ^ th ’ patleUCe ’ heroic IoTe ’ 
“How it looks!” people say. Well, how does it Your child has been, during the day, very pleasant ing to say anything) simply because they do 7 t falls with the same brightness and power over the deY0U coura g e . gentleness, are not to be formed 
look? If you, from your infancy, had never seen a « d obedient. Just before putting him to sleep for know you by sight. whole expanse of life though to our limited eves wheu there are no d °ubts, no pains, no irritations, 
a woman clad in long robes, you would be disgusted the ° lght ’ y° u take llis b " d aad say, « My son, Now, let me sit on your shoulder like the good she seems only to rest on those billows from which D ° dlfficulties ’ The highly-favored are they who 
to see one attempting to do any kind of work dressed Jon have been a very good boy to-day. It makes genius in the old fairy tale, and point out to you the ray is reflected back to our eyes -Selected 
as women usually are. I know that the flowing “e very happy to see you so kind and obedient.- some of your unknown acquaintances, whom you _^_ 
AlJ.. _J __J_ 1 • . Irne GVAC PhiMrnn U’lm --x,. . A 7 J 
folds and sweep of drapery are pleasing to the «od loves children who are dutiful to their parents, have benefited and made happy. Over there is an IIow to Prosper in Business -In the first place 
beauty-loving eye, but drapery can never give true add . h ®. pro “ lses to make thenl h»PPy- 1 his a P' old farmer-the one with the genial look, and abrown make up your mind to accomplish whatever you 
n AflRnrp wbon nut of t* Wif.imai* probation from his mother is. to him. a tp. n_? . , . , „ b '. . . * J 1 & wutuever you 
* _i i • n i • xi • i i . - v*iw .. «vu vuv guuuti iiuv/a, auu a ui u n U ixtajvu U) UUI lUIIlU L(J ii 
pleasure when out of its legitimate sphere-when Probation from his mother is, to him, a great re- chee k, through which there shows a “ struggling undertake; decide upon 
it interferes with Nature’s laws for growth and ' vard ’ And when, with a more than ordinarily red,” like the sunny side of a good Roxbury Russet, ment, and persevere in it. 
e ray is reflected back to our eyes .-Selected. ^ f buff ® ar °. meek ’ amid cbasB sements arc re- 
__ _ signed, amid pains are courageous, amid provoca- 
How to Pkosper in Business.-— In tho firstplacc, ° f 
»kc m TOUT mind to ncomnlist, d ° U J > ‘ 3 h °' d f “ S ‘ thc fai ‘ h ' »'" ld 
development. .^ --j, u««: Well, he is one of your friends, and he is a friend to come by diligence and assiduity Be not afraid to ”“7^7 —-^ngiou is nou ; 
My sisters, think of these things, and dare to be son > be leaves the room with his little heart full be prized, tfyou only knew him. And he is a man work with your own hands and diligently too - P P® m ° Ping 0T . er g ° 0<1 b °° ks ’ Religiou 1 
true to your convictions. A large band of good of feeBng ’ Aud when he closes his eyes for sleep, to be envied, if any body is in this fast age. He Attend to your own business and never trust it’to Z™*’ 7 ordinances ’ Thes 
_x_ a xv _ he IS liannv. and rpsnlvp« fhnt. 10 w « umvo 4>.,r „ ... J ° J uevw irubi ll to arp npr.PsaA.rvin to w nn_ y.vy i _ 
affectionate tone you say, “ Good-niglit, my dear Well, he is one of your friends, and he 
some particular employ- 
All difficulties are over- 
Religion in Daily Life.—R eligion is not a 
and intelligent women have already entered the be I s ba PPJ> and resolves that he will always try 
field of Dress Reform, and all sensible people *° do b ! s dl Jy -—The Mother at Home. 
approve. 
Cazenovia, N. 1'., 1S59. 
Sister Fannie. 
to be envied, if any body is in this fast age. He Attend to your own business, and never trust it’to “° P ^ Z*™' 7 ° rdinances ’ These 
owns a farm, back in the country, and he’s rich. Yes, another. Treat every one with respect and civility. wilhouUhcm “mitZr . ma " ““ be r ' l '«! 0 " s 
sir, he is rich because U own, a fan,,. He lias Everything is gained, and nothing lost by civility, he lm ‘ “ T” y “a . tT* 
worked and paid for it, and now he is out of debt and 
Health Promoted bt Family Music. — Music, independent. His money is invested in a bank that 
Dress Your Children Warm. —This is of the 
... rax J --“ mug lesson in lire wmen lew ot winds and curron 
like paintings and statuary, refines, and elevates, will not break, one that yields good yearly divi us have not received, and no book that I can call of duty and the 
and sanctifies. Song is the language of gladness, dends. His farm belongs “to him and to his tnniom nm i,«a _, . . 
rerythm g is gained, and nothing lost by civility. the glorifying God amon ° g the duties and trials of 
~ the world; the guiding of our course amid adverse 
her e is one warning lesson in life which few of winds and currents of temptation, by the starlight 
i have not received, and no book that I can call of duty and the compass of divine truth; the 
most dangerous seasons for children. Colds and and it is the utterance of devotion. But coming heirs forever 
coughs are now easily fastened upon them, often lower down, it is physically beneficial; it rouses China! And 
farm belongs “to him and to his to memory has noted down with an adequate em- bearing us manfully, wisely, courageously for the 
hehasnodo a Srh t W /T V° “ Be ™ ° f parti ” g ’” The honor of Christ, o£ great'LeadeiC in the co'ffict 
he has no doubt but he might work true sadness is not in the pain of the parting, it is of lif o.—Oairy. 
resulting in consumption and premature death, the circulation, wakes up bodily energies, and it up to within four inches of the surface of the in the When and the How you are to m et a<min 
Therefore, dress them warm Let their necks and diffuses life and animation around. Does a lazy opposite farm of “ Boobe Wang” in that Celestial with the face about to vanish from vour view 
throats be well protected. Let your boy s panta- man ever sing? Does a milk-and-water character Country, aud he never would know the difference. _ ... your view. 
loons reach to the insten. Don’t dress them in ever strike a et;rr.;„~ o_u. __ j _n. • • ,, , , . . ’ 
. . vamsn nom >’ our view ’ The want of a genuine religious faith is a great 
loons reach to the instep. Don’t dress them in ever strike a stirring note ? Never. Song is the because he never read anything in that barbarian « Wnpv f . 7 misfortune, but it should never be punished as a 
monkey trousers, reaching only to the knee or mid- outlet of mental and physical activity, and in- Rural Journal about sub-soiling. If that old far- Rn er+ ” *7 ‘i * 7- m ° Wlt l a Want ° f re ' great crime 5 and U never is - or will be, by those 
die of the leg, and leaving their limbs exposed to creases both by its exercises. No child has com- mer is not worth having in these days when too mvsel’f wit'h thlZlnr “ 1 C ?“!° rt 7° tru . ly p0S3CSS it ’ U is onl ^ religious preju- 
flip nhi 11 in a* air. Tin nnf. csirrifipA vnnr rtiilHrAr’c a n-nUrrir.,,* nA —_...i , _ ° " ’ myself with the reflection that it is not mvself that dice, mistakenly called relirrmna 
the chilling air. Do not sacrifice your children’s pleted a religious education who has not been often, 
health to the gratification of a circus rider’s taste; taught to sing the songs of Zion. No part of our 
hut dress them with the paramount view of com- religious worship is sweeter than this. In David’s thentl 
“Friendship, in truth, is but a name,” 
j sen witn tne reflection that it is not myself that dice, mistakenly called religious faith, that is 
he slights, but my old shabby coat and hat, which intolerant. 
to say the truth have no particular claim to admi--- 
fort and safety.— Selected. 
day it was a practice and a study. 
3 T s u bB0rib er ” i S laborinsunder an delusion, ration. So if my hat and boots choose to fret In order to live justly and be respected, we must 
I He has a whole family of friends, too,—from the 1 about it, let them, but it is nothing to me.” refrain from doing what we blame in others. 
