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Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
DIFFIDENCE OF OTJE ABILITIES. 
By endeavoring to display our abilities, we dis¬ 
cover a spirit of self-love, which is the ruling 
passion of man. From it spring emulation, envy, 
deceit, and, in fact, nearly all the evil propensities 
of our nature; wherefore one of the two great 
commandments, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” 
While we consider self-love as the mam-spring of 
action, we must regard emulation as the immediate 
cause of a want of diffidence. Not this principle 
under the control of virtue, inciting to vigorous 
exertion, but merely the exercise of that baser 
desire to excel in the opinion of others—the desire 
to promote self above those around us. Since self- 
love is attended with so much that is debasing to 
the mind, surely it is wisdom not to discover its 
presence in the heart. 
Again, if we often make a voluntary exhibition 
of our abilities, they will soon be undervalued. 
Even the greatest blessings, when constantly en¬ 
joyed without the effort of obtaining them, cease 
t.o be prized, from their very commonness. So, if 
we distribute largely of the fruit of our genius ©r 
talent, men soon regard such gifts as rightfully 
theirs, and not theirs by solicitation. Thus our 
abilities cease to be of use to us, as far as we em¬ 
ploy them for the benefit of others. Diffidence of 
ability must, even impart grace and dignity io the 
character, demanding the esteem and regard of the 
observer. He who refrains from attracting atten¬ 
tion by displaying his abilities, is not influenced 
by mean or subordinate motives. Let him who 
would be respected, oblige others to make his 
acquaintance to judge of his merits. Let the soul 
be indeed a mine of wealth, urging the explorer 
on to discover richer and richer treasures. 
Piffard, N. Y., 1859. Jane E. H. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE GOOD NEWSPAPEE A TEACHEE. 
The newspaper is toe great teacher of our day, 
furnishing no small fund of information to those 
to be denominated self-made men in after years. 
Thousands of our little, obscure boy s, in the school¬ 
room, the street, and domestic circle, are storing 
away a great variety of facts and events of vast 
importance, which will aid them in reaching an 
eminence of distinction when they shall launch on 
the stage of public life. These faithful chroniclers 
are conveying to them intelligence which the ac¬ 
cumulated volumes of years cannot furnish. They 
are stimulating a taste for reading, where a whole 
library of books would pass unnoticed and un¬ 
known. They are creating a thirst for knowledge 
and wisdom, while the armies of vice, idleness and 
corruption would be multiplied without them, and 
our mighty armor of safety destroyed. 
Once let this grand source of occupation, physi¬ 
cal and mental, be suspended, a multitude of 
unemployed would run riot in the streets,—the 
haunts of crime would occupy the place of industry 
and morality, and discord become the order of the 
day. Thankful should we oe that this powerful 
bulwark of safety, this potent instrument of good, 
the newspaper, is adapted alike to the means of the 
rich and the poor. No man, woman, or child in 
the land need do without it. Nay, none can afford 
to lose it 3 advantages. It is the only equalizer of 
society. It aims to defend the laborer, point out 
his rights, and the honest road to renown. It is 
his friend, and warns him against a multitude of 
imposters striving to profit by his ignorance and 
credulity. It shows the wealthy the superiority 
of mind over money, and urgues the importance of 
intellectual endowments, and the folly of costly 
household ornaments. To the statesman and sage 
it is a companion and co-worker, communicating 
much that was previously unknown, and making 
much with which we are already acquainted 
practical. The newspaper controlls, in no small 
degree, the sentiments of a people, and should be a 
welcome visitor in every true American home. 
McDonough, Del. Co., N. Y., 1859. ». b. n. 
HOW SHALL I BEGIN I 
This is always an important question with those 
about to commence their first term of school. 
They have engaged the school, and received their 
certificate of qualification. The next labor is that 
of beginning. They know not how they shall 
enter the school, what shall be said to the scholars, 
and how the school shall be organized. Allow us 
to make a few suggestions. 
1. The teacher should be self-possessed. This 
will ensure freedom on the part of the scholar as 
well as teacher. If the latter is confused, the 
work of organization must be retarded, and often 
may be unfavorably completed. Pupils will give 
information of their standing with indistinctness, 
and be wrongly classified. Ease will tend to a 
more thorough organization—to a full knowledge 
of the wants of each pupil. 
2 . The speech need not be long, yet something 
should be said. It is always expected, and always 
proper. It tends to the result of which we have 
already spoken. Assure the members of the 
school that you have engaged to act as their 
instructor with a strong desire to be of good 
service to them in the prosecution of their various 
studies—that you will exert every energy of mind 
and body for their good, be ever ready to assist, 
where assistance can be safely given, and that 
diligence, obedience and care must mark their 
course. 
A few words of cheer should first greet the 
learner. Don’t be afraid of a smile as you first 
address your scholars. If ever, make yourpelf and 
your pupils happy the very first half day. We 
have known teachers to boast that they had 
not smiled in their school during the entire 
term. Away with such an unnatural mode of 
governing a school. Does not the little child need 
a smile? Yes, as much it needs the air and light 
of heaven. 
3 . It is very important that the school be well 
organized, and at an early day. This will be 
effected by learning as far as possible the advance¬ 
ment which has been made by each, their previous 
studies and classification. The scholars may be 
requested, for the first day of the term, to take a 
place in the same classes as during the last session 
of the school. This will enable the new teacher 
to witness the proficiency which each has already 
attained, and will also suggest the changes which 
may be demanded. The first day will require the 
exercise of good judgment and nice discrimination. 
In government, some would say, begin as you 
mean to govern the entire term. This may be 
weU, with its qualifications. We would not, by 
any means, have the teacher allow a disregard of 
all proper order the first day, nor would we have 
him make a special effort to impress his pupils 
with an unmistakable assurance of awful stern¬ 
ness. Such is not the right way. The teacher 
should enter upon his duties with a cheerful 
countenance, and with such discreetness and 
caution that the scholars may be possessed with 
the idea of kindness and efficiency. The com¬ 
mencement should be made with the earnest effort 
to obtain the love and esteem of the learner, and 
then any change in arrangement or mode of gov¬ 
ernment which the interests of the school shall 
require may be accomplished.— Maine Teacher. 
<£l)e Hrumuer. 
A NEW PIANO. 
That long-sought desideratum, 
a good and cheap Piano - Forte, 
has at last been furnished by the 
manufacturers of the instrument 
represented in the accompanying 
illustration. Unless w e greatly 
mistake the wants and disposition 
(in expending money for musical 
instruments) of a large class of 
people, the New School and Cot¬ 
tage Piano recently announced by 
Messrs. Boap.dman, Gray & Co., 
will soon become popular, as it 
places piano music within the 
means of many who have hitherto 
been debarred from its enjoyment. 
We copy what the Musical World 
and Godeifs Lady's Book — both 
A NEW COTTAGE AND SCHOOL PIANO-FORTE. 
®l)c floung iluraltst. 
HDEEAH FOE THE CITY, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—I see you give 
young folks interested in agriculture a column in 
your sheet, and some of them have got the lan¬ 
guage to give flight to their thoughts, and that is 
just what I am lacking. I sometimes wonder if 
the youth’s father’s don’t write those nice para¬ 
graphs for them. But let me inform you of my 
circumstances. I am a young man, 17 years of 
age, and am so situated that I can act entirely as I 
choose. I had the good luck to be born poor as a 
church mouse, and like all other poor people, have 
to work late and early for a mere existence. Now 
I don’t like this way of living, and getting nothing 
ahead but my growth, and how am I to remedy it? 
Now I will tell you what I am bound jto do, and 
good authorities on matters pertaining to music be depended on; so we advise all who want good tbat p re tty quick. I am determined to turn my 
and musical instruments — say relative to the piano-fortes to send on their orders to them in back to waving fi e id 3 of grain, and go to the city 
New Piano-Forte, as follows: xllbany, New t ork. to seek mv fortune. Oertainlv I can s-et mv exis- 
New Piano-Forte, as follows: 
This is certainly an age of progress, and in 
no one thing has there been more progressive 
improvement than in the manufacture of the piano¬ 
forte. So many articles have been written descrip- 
loany, uew i oik. to seek my f or t une> Certainly I can get my exis- 
tence there just as well as if they had apple borers, 
INSECTS AS SEEN IN THE MICROSCOPE. Hessian flies, potato rot, Ac., &c. 
- Reader, what kind of a fist do you suppose I 
The wings of insects are very interesting objects, would make in a counting-room ? Would it not be 
Historical Yindications : A Discourse on the Prov¬ 
ince and Uses of Baptist History, delivered before the 
Backus Historical Society, at Newton, Mass., June 23, 
1857. Repeated before the American Baptist Histori¬ 
cal Society, at New York, May 14,1859. With Ap¬ 
pendixes, containing Historical Notes and Confessions 
of Faith. By Sewall 8. Cutting, Professor of 
Rhetoric and History in the University of Rochester. 
[12mo. pp. 224.] Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 
Like every thing attempted by its accomplished 
author, the contents of this volume are admirable. In 
fact, statement and detail, the truths of Baptist History 
are amply vindicated, the Discourse and its Appendixes 
comprising a most valuable contribution to the religious 
literature of the country. In noticing the work a Bos¬ 
ton contemporary truthfully remarks that “the very 
prominent part the Baptists have had in the religious 
and political history of the modern world, renders 
every work that throws light upon and illustrates their 
career worthy of the attention of all seekers after 
truth. Such a work is Prof. Cutting’s Historical 
Vindications, which must win the esteem of alt readers, 
so well has it been executed. Originally prepared for 
delivery at the Anniversary of the Newton Theological 
Institution, and subsequently repeated before learned 
and pious societies, it was proper that it should be 
placed before the world at large for general perusal. 
It will flud many readers outside of the numerous and 
enlightened denomination for whom it was particularly 
prepared, as it contains much that belongs to the com¬ 
mon history of mankind. The author has proved him¬ 
self to be liberal, learned and able, and will have the 
respect and confidence of all intelligent inquirers.” 
For sale by Adams & Dabney. 
New.Elementary Algebra: Containing the Rudi¬ 
ments of the 8cience. For Schools and Academ'es. 
By H. N. Robinson. LL. D., author of a Full Course 
of Mathematics [l2mo. —pp. 812.] New York: 
Ivison <fc Phinney. 
An experienced teacher, who knows whereof he 
affirms from careful examination, assures us that this 
work is worthy the special attention of every member 
of his profession. It is a simple, clear and practical 
treatise. The Introductory Chapter is especially adapt¬ 
ed to lead the pupil, by easy and progressive steps, 
from the study of Arithmetic to the study of Mental 
and Written Algebra. The style and arrangement of 
the work are superior, while its examples are numer¬ 
ous and practical. The subjects of Fractions, Progres¬ 
sions and the Roots are admirably discussed. The 
Nero demonstration of the Binomial Theorem cannot 
fail to be admired. We cordially commend the work 
to all practical teachers, in the confident belief that it 
is just such a text-book as will be approved and used 
by those who give it an examination. Books furnished 
for examination or introduction on application to the 
Agent, D. W. Fish,, Rochester N. Y. 
Sermons, Preached and Revised by the Rev. C. H. 
SPUhGEON. [12mo. pp. 450 ] Boston: Gould & Lin¬ 
coln. 
The announcement of another volume of select 
discourses by Mr, Spurgeon will attract attention,— 
particularly when it is known (as stated in the pub¬ 
lisher’s notice) that the sermons are given “precisely 
as they came from the hand of the author himself, with 
the revisions marked by his own pen, and without a 
passage or a word being omitted or added.” Of the 
discourses we need ODly remark that they are charac¬ 
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and which have rendered their author, while com¬ 
paratively young, the most popular pulpit orator living. 
For sale by Steele, Avep.y & Co. 
The Atlantic Monthly. —The November number 
of this admirable magazine bears the imprint of the 
new proprietors, Ticknop. & Fields, of Boston, one of 
the most reputable and extensive publishing firms in 
the country. The friends of the Atlantic will rejoice 
that their favorite has passed into capable hands. We 
quote the announcement of the new publishers: 
“ In assuming the control of the Atlantic Monthly , 
Messrs. Ticknor & Fields would say to its readers, 
that the Magazine will be conducted upon the same 
general plan as heretofore. It will be their aim, that, 
under its new management, the Magazine shall not fall 
short of its present high standard of excellence; and 
they would bespeak a continuance of the liberal patron¬ 
age which has hitherto been accorded to it, and which 
is the best proof of the public appreciation of its merits.” 
— The November issue fully sustains the “ high 
standard of excellence ” hitherto attained. [We will 
furnish both the Atlantic and the Rural for $4, as 
heretofore. 
Books Received. 
Gold Foil, —Hammered from Popular Proverbs. By 
Timothy Titco.mu, author of “ Letters to the Young.” 
[l6mo.-pp. 858.] New York: Charles Scribner. 
Rochester -Steei.e, Avery & Co. 
A Good Fight, and other Tales. By CnAS. Reade, 
author of “ Love me LitMe, Love me Long,” “Peg 
Woffington,” “ Christe Johnstone,” &c. With Illus¬ 
trations. [12mo.—pp. 341.] New York: Harper & 
Bros. 
Edith, the Backwoods’ Girl. By Mrs. L. C. Tutiill, 
author of “ Queer Bonnets,” “ I’ll be a Lady,” etc. 
[lOoio. - pp. 245.] New York: Chas. Scribner. 
We are also in receipt of the November Magazines 
— Harper's Monthly , The Knickerbocker , Gogey's 
Lady's Book, Blackwood's, All the Year Round, &c. 
—several of which are worthy of extended notice. 
Dorsey, Ill., 1859. Young America. 
That is all very nice—a thousand dollars a year 
tive of this instrument, since its introduction into both te look at unassisted, and with the micro- delightful to count that pile of money ? to add that 
musical circles, that it is hardly necessary here, to scope. The wings of the house-fly are found to be column of figures, and scratch away at the books ?— 
repeat these descriptions. Suffice it to say, that covered with minute, stiff, short hairs; the black Or, Would you advise me to stay in the country 
from its origin to the present time constant net-work of lines that we see in them are elastic and work all my life, and, in about two years more 
changes have been made in its construction, and horny tubes, over which the membrane is stretched I would know nothing but work? You can puff 
a vast amount of time and money have been like the silk of an umbrella over its ribs. Bees all you please about a boy that works hard all day 
expended in the various experiments which me- have a very curious mode of strengthening their getting time to study. I have tried the experi- 
cbanical ingenuity has suggested, so that we now flight, in the shape of hooks and corresponding meat, and when night comes all I want to see is a 
have the piano-forte as nearly perfect as it is doublings on the edges of their wings, so that bed. Besides, it is injurious to the eyes to study 
possible to make it, so far as quality and volume when they are flying these are kept expanded by nights. But enough of this. “Hurrah for St. 
of tone are concerned. There undoubtedly will even extra aids to the elastic rib3 and tightened Louis,” and a thousand a year in a counting-room, 
be, as there have been, various alterations in the membrane. Who would have thought of a bee Methinks I hear some old farmer say, “better work 
method of construction, but these alterations are hooking and eyeing himself out in that manner? on a farm for one hundred and forty.” 
not always found to be improvements. All sorts of theories have held ground, succes- Dorsey, Ill., 1859. Young America. 
We have been particularly struck with this pro- sively, respecting the feet of flies. First, they That is all very nice—a thousand dollars a year 
gressive idea of manufacturing, in examining a were suckers, and they walked by means of j n a counting-room. But, how many young men 
piano for schools and seminaries, made by Board- exhaustion and atmospheric pressure; then they are walking about the streets of St. Louis, Chicago, 
man, Gray & Co., of Albany, at the extremely low were grappling irons, and they hooked themselves and other great cities of our UnioD, with melan- 
price of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, *° microscopic inequalities by means of invisible cbo i y faces and despairing hearts, almost begging 
coupled with another of similar style for cottages hooks; then they were glue-pots and exuded a f or situations, at salaries that will barely keep 
and small apartments, for one hundred and fifty natural gum, which gummed the insect at every them from starvation. Thousand dollar salaries 
dollars. These instruments are exceedingly attrac- s * e P> n0ff we believe they are assumed to be all are scarce, and such situations don’t go begging, 
tive in appearance, of excellent quality in tone, and three ; claws, or spiDes, to hook; pads, or cushions, Dor are they kept open, waiting for country boys, 
no doubt equal in thoroughness of construction to preserve them from abrasion these pads were \y e would just like to place one of these seekers 
the higher priced pianos of these manufacturers, ^ be ° r ig* na l suckers; hairlets as suckiDg disk after employment in the cities — with the last 
who are so widely known as first-class makers, that exude a certain moisture all these hypotheses dollar changed, the last week’s board unpaid and 
We see no reason why the School and Cottage are f° und to be true, a3 always happens in cases a terrible forboding of a dun, which takes away 
Pianos should not become universally popular, when truth unrolls itself in sections. the a ppetite, and makes existence a misery—by 
especially in the primary departments of educa- The sca ^ es on the wings of insects are a world tbe s jd e of the afflicted, grumbling country boy, 
tion, where the price has prevented the purchase ' n themselves. The little bristle tail which leaves and present them to a jury of twelve intelligent 
of a more costly instrument, and in private fami- a thick dust on your finger, though touched never men to decide which was the happiest mode of 
lies where they can be made to subserve all musical so lightly, leaves in that dust a mass of metallic iif e . One look at their faces would suffice to decide 
purposes in the nursery and smaller rooms, into sca ' es of all shapes. Oval, heart-shaped, round, tbe q ue3 tion, unless, indeed, “ Young America ” 
which the Grand or Square Grand cannot be intro- elliptic, long and narrow, shovel-shaped, they lie bas spoiled his by whining and grumbling. As a 
duced for want of space. The following article under the microscope like a collection of fairy g enera i rule, a youth that does not study any 
from Godey's Lady's Book, we copy for the benefit toys, all made out ot gems. The sugar-louse baa wben engaged in farming, would not be likely to 
of our readers who may need a more minute de- ova l or shovel-shaped scales, set on to a stalk and study much under any circumstances. Those 
scription: arranged like a fan; the five-plume moth of the wea k eyes of “ Young America" would be sorely 
“In our May number t 9 *e-mentioned that Messrs. ^mmer meadows has them willow-leaved in shape tried before he bad been in a counting-room six 
Boardman, Gray & Co., of Albany, New York, sometimes s.ngly pointed but generally notched mon ths, that is, if he was good for any.hing, so as 
were about making /a piano at a low price, espe- with two, three, or four notches; the six spot burne - to be trusted at posting books, writing letters, &c. 
dally adapted to the wants of schools, &c. Now “°* h h “ lustrous but opaque ; the blue but- A COU nting-room is a sorry place for a boy who is 
it , . , , t6rfly. shaped like a battledore , too buii-tipped ofrniH nf his pyps Thprp is not much fnn pithpr 
it gives ns much pleasure to announce that they , . ... - ,, . atraia oi ms eyes. mere is not muen run eitner, 
■ i r* 11 f , i * .. 11 moth has lar^e scales like a tan , the ma^cDiticent rnnntin^ other neoDle , s monev* it is a ^reat 
have the article fully perfected, and it proves all ^ , s . u , . . ... , m counting oiner peoples money, u is a great 
thpv nromised as a musical instrument and at the Em P eror has tbetn tnan g ular > wblle some bave deal better to count a little of our own. 
price also, ‘ at less than half the amount usually them 0ur advice WOu!d be ’ if y ° U Cannot be C ° ntent 
‘ , o rugated, but all over-lapping each other, or tiled. on a f arm> learn a trade. You can get employ- 
P a ’ ... The d ’ am0Dd beetle is the most splendid fellow of men j a j many trades and have your evenings for 
U nu- p ^ ci a nofotroa hoinrr f hn n nnor ,, TT y _ . r • _ _ i • » • J 
scription: 
“ In our May number tr.'o-mentioned that Messrs. 
have the article fully perfected, and 
they promised as a musical instrument, and at the ^ some bapedi and others cor . 
price also, ‘ at less than half the amount usually rugated) but aU over . lapping eac h other, or tiled. 
" * . The diamond beetle is the most splendid fellow of men t a j many trades and have your evenings for 
“ The piano is of six octaves, being the upper the lot He bas a row of prec ious stones in his stud Y ou can then learn book-keeping, and get 
six octaves of an A scale seven octave, and there- flat transparent scales that irradiate the whole a great am0U nt of useful information, that, with 
fore any music can be performed on it that can be field witb tbeir gleaming glory. Those precious good principles, will make you a respectable and 
on a seven octave, except the lower bass notes, stones are se t on to broad bands of black velvet, valuable man by the time you are twenty-one 
which are not strictly essential. . Combining their ve lvet and jewels alternating in stripes in the years 0 f age. And with a good trade, if you are 
improved new scales, they obtain all the musical most rega | and enchanting manner. Few objects maste r of it, you are certain of an independent 
capacity necessary and great power in a small are so be autiful as the scales of the diamond and reS pectable living. A young man who at 
space, the piano being only five and a half feet bee tle, with their royal richness and burning glory, twenty-one has a good constitution, a good trade, 
long, and two and a half feet wide. The cases -—- a fdir sbare of valuable information, and good 
are finished with all large round corners, back flTTTn fiTtAP TTR 0F MTT.TnN AND HIS WIFE, morals, although not a dollar in his pocket, is a 
and front the same; have their new and latest - credit to himself and his friends, and in a fair way 
great improvement, the insulated iron rim and At the great sale in London, a few months ago, for usefulness and honor, 
frame cast in one piece, forming the upper part au t 0 graphs of Milton and his wife were sold -*- 
AUTOGRAPHS OF MILTON AND HIS WIFE. 
of the case, making them very durable, as well as jf essrs _ Pennington, of Philadelphia, for a 
ornamental; and they will remain in tune and f e [| ow - townsman of theirs, who has one of the 
order for a great length of time, fully equal to begt co ii ec tions in this country. The sum paid 
their large and elegant instruments, which are wag £ 3^5 ip be g rs t run3 as follows: boys sitting around the kitchen stove toasting 
renowned for this important principle, thus com- April 26, 1669. their shins, cracking nuts and eating apples, 
bining all the improvements in .pianos, and sim- Recd tJim ^ Samud Simmons Jive pounds being while their mother, a slender, feeble woman, lugs 
plifying them. They are enabled to offer these the second Jive pounds to be paid mentioned in the in wood from the shed, wets her feet going thro' 
The first runs as follows: 
April 26, 1669. 
BOYS, HELP YOUR MOTHER. 
“ It looks bad to see three or four large, robust 
boys sitting around the kitchen stove toasting 
their shins, cracking nuts and eating apples, 
Reed then of Samuel Simmons five pounds being while their mother, a slender, feeble woman, lugs 
John Milton. 
the snow for water, and stands in the damp, chilly 
cellar cutting the meat for breakfast.” It isn’t 
instruments, finished in handsome cases for school Covenant. I say reed by me. John Milton. the snow for water, and stands in the damp, chilly 
purposes, securely boxed for transportation, at Witness Edmond ce[)ar cutting tbe meat for brea kfast.” It isn’t 
one hundred and twenty-five dollars. They make «p ara dise Lost,” published in 1667, was sold ri g ht > bo I s > and wheD y° u S ett0 be men > and ? our 
the same musical instrument, finished in rosewood .. tft . hnr,V«JW fnr imagination wanders back to the old homestead, 
cases> “sm -“f <-»■■ *•««*** 
small parlor or sitting-room, forming « elegant when - s ghoul(J hav(J been go]d of eacb ing in the grave, will haunt your memory, and 
piece of furniture, at one hundred and fifty dol- Qf ies respec tively. Milton died cause bltter regrets at your careless neglect. You 
lars. These pianos are all the makers represent ^ Novemb 1674 and big wldow> who lotJg will think of her, as day after day she moved about 
them, and are fully warranted so to prove and to him a receipt for eight p0UIldg in the well remembered rooms, uncomplainingly 
give satisfaction ; and their names as makers are m dated December 21> 1680| wbich was one 0 f performing all the harassing toil of the household, 
sufficient that they will fulfill al promises. Ihey ^ ^ documentg purcbased for Philadelphia, sacrificing herself, and wearing out her life for 
will furnish circulars, giving full descriptions and , g & rece ; pt [ u fui^ as follows: V ou • Think of it, and think how much you can do 
give satisfaction ; and their names as makers are 
sufficient that they will fulfill all promises. They 
will furnish circulars, giving full descriptions and 
particulars of these as well as their large pianos, 
on application. 
Think of it, and think how much you can do 
‘ / do hereby acknowledge to have received of to lighten her burdens. 
uu Samuel Symonds Cittizen and Staconer of London A mother’s work is never finished. It is one 
“ Messrs. Boardman, Gray & Co. have thus met the &um MgUpounds w j iic h * { n f u apayment unceasing, monotonous, ever recurring round of 
one of the greatest wants of the age, and should y 0/ . aU my Hgh ^ mie w interest> w Uch Lhave, or toil. Her duties begin first in the morning, and 
have the especial thanks, countenance and support ’^ Md in thf , coppy a p otm eniit i ed Paradise sbe must perform the last stroke at night, and as 
of all who love music, and believe in its influence Lo ^ in twelve Bookes in By j ohn Hilton, she lays her head upon the pillow, it is with the 
and refining power, especially with the young. In Qmt . my laU ] oVsbandt Witness my hand this thought that the same tread-mill of labor is to be 
furnishing Seminaries, Schools, Ac., with pianos 2 Ut day of December U8Q. Elisabeth Milton. begun at dawn. The calls upon “Mother” are 
that are really good and durable, at less than half Witness endless,—here a coat to mend, a book to cover, a 
tbe usual price paid, it gives them the power to William Yapp. stocking to darn. Tommy has cut his finger, and 
extend the study of music to a larger number and Ann Yapp. “Mother” must bind it up with a rag. Father 
at less rates; and then more of our children can —-- has got a cold, and none but her can make the 
afford to study music, when they can obtain good Borax Soap. —Those who have tried it, highly hoarhound tea. After all have retired at night, 
and elegant pianos at comparatively so small an recommend the plan of adding borax to hard soap sb e carefully goes about to see that the fires are 
outlay. In our cities there are hundreds of fami- for washing clothes, as it aids in extracting dirt, all safe—to lock the smoke-house door—shut up 
lies who want a piano that will take but little and so saves labor. Take about half or three- the old cat and kittens, and see that the “hired- 
room, and yet have the musical requisites, for the quarters of an ounce of borax and one quart of girl” has the potatoes washed, the buckwheat 
sitting-room or nuisery, for their chiidren to prac- water to each pound of soap. First dissolve the batter prepared, and the coffee ground for an early 
tice on, instead of their being confined to the piano borax, then add the soap, cut in thin slices, and breakfast. 
in the parlor, <fcc.; and then, again, there are tens keep the mixture hot until the soap is dissolved, Boys, think of these things, and keep the wood 
of thousands of families throughout our country, which may take two or three hours. The mixture boxes well filled, and don c let your mother pull 
in moderate circumstances, who do not feel able is not to be heated up to the boiling point, and it 
to make an outlay of $300 or $400, that can now, will sometimes answer to set it upon a hot stove don ’ t leave your cap, and comforter, and books 
for $150, have all the advantages of a superior at night, and let it remain till morning. When it lying around promiscuously; and, instead of 
piano-forte to enliven their homes, and elevate and is cool, it will be a homogeneous mass, which is stopping to play on your way trom school, burry 
F ° ,. . .. home and do that heavy churning. Do all this, 
refine the character and minds of their children, to be used as you would soft soap upon dirty Linen, aQ(1 mucb more! cheerfully, and it will make home 
Such is the enterprise of these eminent piano-forte and that should always be applied the evening sweeter, and gladden the household circle with 
manufacturers, always looking to the wants of the before washing, soaking the articles in cold water mauy sunny spots. Anad. 
people, and always furnishing an article fully to until ready for the washing machine.— Selected. Belmont, Ala., 1859. 
1st day of December 1639. Elisabeth Milton. begun at dawn. The calls upon “ Mother” are 
Witness endless,—here a coat to mend, a book to cover, a 
William Yapp. stocking to darn. Tommy has cut his finger, and 
Ann Yapp. x “Mother” must bind it up with a rag. Father 
—- +++ - has got a cold, and none but her can make the 
Borax Soap.— Those who have tried it, highly hoarhound tea. After all have retired at night, 
