..i«icaMBa?3H- 1 y.^Aui ruu. •» cac .wja-.i-aA.-rr.j.ir <• iwarow. lV! 
~ T gn it * a| g ■ ^grstg gfcW AcaiaoaKWP <*wmmmK 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
iiisctliimrana. 
THE VALUE OF A CENT. 
THE YOUNG MEN OF THE AGS. 
KOSSUTH. 
Kossuth! To thee our swelling hearts are turned! 
We love i thy name wheu first the noble throng 
Led on by thee, hurled back the Hapsburg wrong, 
And Freedom’s fires on Ungarn’s mountains burned! 
We loved still more when, sworn to God and Man, 
Her sons obeyed thy call, and daring death 
On Freedom’s altar yielding up their breath, 
Scorned Cowsack hordes, when despots led the van! 
We love sow more! And in the comiegtime, 
When Peace shall sheathe the Freeman’s victor-steel, 
Aud Alps to Ural ring the swelling peal, 
Shall Freedom crown thy deeds with love sublime! 
God bless tby Fatherland! Her triumph’s won. 
Two glorious names shalll ive— Kossuth and Wxshing- 
tox. [N. Y. Times. 
“SPARS moments;’ 
A little thing to write about, you may Not long- since, wo saw a tear gatherin'' 
say, but trifles light as air make and mar in the eye of an old man, as ho spoke of the 
our fortune, then are they not important past and the present—of the time when he. 
enough to ho noticed? burned pine knots upon the rude home 
streets—what then? Why! a penny would and then compared the ten thousand privi- 
buy him bread enough to recruit his dying leges which are now scattered broadens' 
energies; depend upon it, a cent properly around every door. Oh. said he in tremu 
disposed, may, at certain times, do moro lous tones, the young men of this day, d^ 
good than a million at others. not appreciate the light of tiie age thov iiv.< 
A friend of ours was returning once thro’ in. The words of the old man made us sad. 
a busy thoroughfare to her home. Her in- while at the same time, we felt mortified 
tention was not to purchase anything and that so many of our young men fail to im- 
shc happened to have in her purse but ono provo the advantages within tueir reach.— 
took the cent from her pocket, when sud- j ening, purifying, ennobling sacrifice of toil 
denly a thought arrested her; she could not ! The mist-cloud enjoyments of a day. are 
help it, hut involuntarily stayed her hand; eagerly sought after,*’to the exclusion 01 
attainable, in the course of a life-time,by their it may ho a treasure.” She replaced tho 
proper employment. Scarcely a young man co, ! l: , and WGn * i on dor wa Y’ 
, . , , , i , , .. A long distance was before her. but as 
can be found, m our land at least, vrho could sho cam = tI ,„ , 10a(1 „ f „ nalT01v ^ 
oil lid them.— Cayuga Chief. 
CAHRYIITG BUNDLES. 
Many persons have a contemptible £e: 
not devote a twenty-fourth part of his timo paused for a moment; something seemed I s ® en carrying any bundle, howeve 
to intellectual improvement; and, whether to draw her irresistahly towards the place; 
composed of consecutive moments or not, sPo know a poor widow who lived there, a 
this neriod. brief as it mav annoar. m'von bn ] tld y ddi - e w oma n who supported her children 
small, having the absurd idea that there is 
a social degradation in the act. The mosl 
trifling as well as weighty appendages must 
XiiirifH’ Dejiiirtnintt. 
ABSENCE. 
FROM THE GSRMAN. 
If 1 i small bird were. 
And little winds might bear, 
i'd fly to thee ! 
Rut vain those wishes are ; 
Here, then, my rest shall bo. 
W’hon far from thee I hide, 
la dreams still at thy side 
I're miked with thee ; A 
And when 1 woke, I sighed, 
Myself alone to see. 
No hour of wakeful night 
Rut teems with thoughts of light,— 
Sweet thoughts of thee.— 
As wheu, in huurs more bright. 
Thou gav’st vhy heart to me. 
FEMALE EDUCATION: 
| ITS 1MPORTAHC* IN A PECUNIARY, AS WELL AS KORAL 
POINT OF VIEW. 
IX A SERIES OF LETTERS. — NO. IL 
* 
My Dear Niece:— In iny former letter, 
j f proposed making tho Domestic Virtues, 
j the subjects of this. In this class of virtues, 
j Industry and Frugality stand prominent, 
thic period, briefa, it n appey given t° H«* f-c ,„„ch h f been said those 
liiStOi -Ciiij scicminc ftiicl otLcr solid Z6*.iJin£> miorht. inct, InnV in unnn iipp o nw.m/Mai. incon\ ouioncc ofofchors. Phis ririsf>s :rnrn .*? ; o in in qd 11 \ justified foi tli o task—<'irnon°* 
will enlarge the stores of one’s knowledge at to ascertain if sho was comfortable, 
no mean pace, and fit him, in tho end, for The widow was sitting by a small fire, hoi 
wide influence and great usefulness. By dv0 children ranged around tho hoarth, as 
the careful husbanding of these fragmentary ? h ® ? ,ltere( j : the former made her welcome, 
. . but in subdued tones; and our friend saw 
periods ot time, many individuals have raised s ho had Leen weeping. With great delicacv 
themselves from obscurity to commanding she enquired the cause, 
and honorable heights. “To tell you the truth, Mrs. M.,” said the 
had been weeping. With great delicacy u . s tatter pride was exhibited by the 
enquired the cause. “ American son of Jerome Napoleon Bona 
To tell you the truth, Mrs. M.,” said the j >a . ldo ' While ho was in College, at Cain- 
ow, wliilo her cheek crimsoned, “I have ,dge, he was one day carrying to his room 
useful volumes on different subjects, and al- oqy came runni w - x h . K , . „ - . 
,. ,, r... , . ago from the upper part of the city savino- tllin g that belongs to mo, was th 
so partially fitted hmsell for tlw legal pro- t&it a letter w ‘‘ tho ° reply of young Bonaparte. 
fession. iio Lecamo a prominent member box, with my name upon it,, and the post- ^ cry different pride was thisfr 
of the bar; rose to the bench; was a signer mark of my native 
thing that belongs to me,” was tho sensible 
iession. no became a prominent member box, with my name upon it,, and the post- v ery ciitrorent pride was this from that ol 
of the bar; rose to the bench; was a signer mark of my native town. It may bo of the a y° un g htdy whom wo know, who always 
of the Declaration of Independence, and one g r p a test importance, but I am a stranger in " aU! her mother all the bundles to carry 
of tho five gentlemen appointed to draft tdl ’ B neighbor hood,. I don t likoto expose my Ijho'” 1 ,/^ 0a< \ ^cgc^ 101 .' hecauso she 
that famousdocument Hi. wisdom in P^e«y by borrowmg, and yet I haren’t one thought vulgar to be soon wth one hersell. 
council would have been lost to his country “And I am sorry to toll you that ono pen- A BlLLI0N ‘ 
at one of tho most trying periods in her his- ny is all I have at present,” said our friend Tiw „ , 
Inw Wft*rtfw» nmkw ^ “ but that will enable vou to o-nf wW "Jew people have any conception of the 
| especial reference to tho customs, habits 
and wants of American females. I should 
advise my young female friends to possess 
themselves of the work, and study it dili¬ 
gently. 1 take up the subjects above alluded 
to, merely to enforce some rules in regard 
to them particularly* on you, und I trust 
your good nature will excuse all plainness 
of speech. 
Your father being possessed of only a 
moderate competence, you can expect little 
more from him than a comfortable subsist¬ 
ence, and a strictly useful education—such 
an one as will best fit you to discharge in¬ 
cumbent duties. 
By Industry I do not mean a constant and 
tory, hut for the profitable use to which ho “^ ut tdat enable you to get what you stuDenduoiis sum whi/I C . 0ll( ; e P. lon 0 . fc m ! servile drudgery, but an employment of all 
consecrated his spare moments in his young- ™>‘- 1 h »P<> J” 1 -»• good now's in ffta Some writer havi,“Sd ii', i «"» «" -» useful purpose. 1 would 
or years. ‘ The letter was sent for; it was written by “ Wh ?‘ 1 m6ans /oprive any one particularly 
Tho celebrated Dr. Rush, also a signer of hor father’s sister, a good and pious woman Kk mi '" ll,Kms ,°‘ l ". lll " us ot 1> , 1 " S ; the y oun S. of many hours of relaxation and 
tho Declaration, was so economical of time and a dependant. She bogged her tb come tho course of a year F,uchd °! " 1 111 amu-omont. I lately obtained access to 
that, after he had obtained his profession, ^ *■* «•*"**» ^ '"ado 
he was accustomed to record on the road tho “B’ hhte/" _ mar P m 8 a the absurdity of the assertion in the follow! “ considerable collection of geological 
ained his profession, £*7 
record on the road tho poor man;' "the old gentleman'wasTnglrt I of tho asserti ®“ in the 
“tir^ 
. of their worth to the he said that millions of hiHmnsSrn^idsh 
Ciati TAW Wftllln rlAnnm- , x ® , .. . * vuou-mtu, auu MIC, in fh fl fonrso. nt n vnnr _ 
iiuuuuv uaii 
licr to come i t ho course of a year 
a considerable collection of geological 
specimens, which sho had obtained mostly 
Tom her fathers fields, during her rambles 
for amusement. These, with a few rarer 
specimens, presented by friends, were label¬ 
led and arranged in tasteful order and pre¬ 
fruit of observations made while visiting his ously ill, might dio any moment; she had 
patients. His disquisitions owo their vol- spoken of her, he seemed to fool kindly 
uminousness and much of their worth to the towards her, and if sho could hasten there 
devotion of moments that few would denom- his , f fg^ ncs « .™8 ht ho obtained, and she 
. , .. „ A , , . ,, , \ an(i hcr flv e children made comfortable, 
mate ‘spare, to laborious thought and There was no time to he lost: on foot and 
tho exercise of the pen or pencil. alone the widow set out, traveling, secure in 
M. Cuvier, tho father of comparative an- he T r poverty, six weary miles. 
atomy, was equally as industrious as Dr a f ' 1! ' *’ " lfc ’ 1(1 foot foi the first time in 
0 LI , , , , , twelve years pressed upon the threshold of 
Rush. He had such appurtenances attach- her father’s princely mansion; the good 
od to his carriage as to render it conven aunt mot her with tears. Tired and travel 
ient for writing; and little segments of each worn as s ^ lc was > she yearned to behold her 
day’s circle, wasted by others, similarly situ- °!^ * a ^ 10r hefi’re he died; she hurried to his 
ated, in rockless flights of thought, "he do- ft *° h ? be< J 6id6 ’ wit ! 1 !" lt 
. , . a , J ’ , speaking tell upon hor knees, beseeching 
voted to the unlolding and perfecting of a only his forgiveness, his blessing. IIow 
science by which ho rendered incalculable could the demon of vindictiveness longer 
benefit to his race and liis name immortal. ru ^° 111 that dying man’s heart? He looked 
/'i ^ aL . upon the hollow, grief worn cheek of his 
. WlA f Y ’ °r 01 1J1 ° neer miS ' 8l * rvi ving child and forgot tho past"he held 
sionanes to India, when an apprentice-boy, forth his feeble arms and sho fell upon his 
was accustomed to study during every mo- bosom. 
in the course ot a year. Many pins un¬ 
doubtedly vanish every year, but any math¬ 
ematician will demonstrate to us that a sin- j <aSe regularity. The names she had learn- 
gle billion has never yet been manufactured, ed by consulting works on tho subject, and 
A billion according to Noah Webster, is a j a little assistance from a friend who under- 
m f bUHon has never yet been manufactured. 
By midnight, her feet for the first timo in A .f/. 111011 ’ ac( !^ din g to ^ oah Webster, is a 
F-elve years pressed upon the threshold of mi lons ; a number so vast, I say. 
*r father’s princely mansion: tho lood 1 °. h V ma ". m,IM has llot the opacity 
ment at his command; and the result was, Th « old father died with tho dawn, hut any public station w« 
, , , .... ’ not heforo he h-xi nffimii a l- ail Y P uollc station, ana wo will show you 
m tho end, the acquisition of several lan- , ? ne had atiixed a codicil to his one ou t 0 f a hundred thousand Hear 
guages; the-accumulation of a prodigious to ^hmgo^^ig ^-day Z entt'U F ‘>e says of an indopeml- 
amount of other learning; the fitting of him- poor shirt-sower who was stitching herself the c-uin 1 '! ■ ^ ^ h ° W many daro 
self, by the grace of Go», for the highest into the grave, lives beloved and respected i ,, • , , 
usefulness, and the accomplishment of more ^ rich an . d P oor 5 ]l « r children, well educa- tial writer "it wouldlxs to toll hhnhiTiute 
labor for the salvation of tho world, than ^ If he ^“^0 upon^o dangot 
ahnost any other man in modern times. is a gilded and transparent’vasit contai’nh™ r'" pi ' Gdl ^ G of tdlin 8, unbia f. ed truth, let 
The career of Franklin is familiar to all. °ue cent; and she often reminds her friends, to"rive 10 ^ 
Suffice it to say of him, that the wise cm- that through the instrumentality of so tri- SiSS Sgv^tm^y 'fj ^uponhhnwith 
nlovmi.nf nf Ixr Iflisnrx .n, m . 0 ni a wi . ^ng a sum, she became enabled to do all M,. in, i a IOi .™L ,th 
hat the human mind has not the capacity | St °° d thescionce of geology. While many 
l "]° K ° 0< ! i t0 comprehend it. A manufactory making y0UIlg misses would hav ® spent their leisure 
-. IT u m • I 0110 ilundred Pius per minute, and kept in in iner ° pastime, she was not only enjoying 
' 1 ' " ’ ‘ ‘onstant operation, would make only fifty- healthful exercise in tho open air, but stor- 
avo million live hundred and ninety-six ing her mind with scientific knowledge, 
housand per annum, and would reauiro t + i • i . , „ » a 
nearly twenty thousand years, at the same . 1 * fT 7 f," ° f fourtcon y ears of 
•atio, without a single moment’s cessation, ll S G ’ ou ght to be able to make and keep licr 
o make that number called a billion.'' own clothes in order, and to assist in tho 
--~— -—- general domestic concerns of a family. It 
IMP ARTIA LITY. is a lamentable fact that too many farmers’ 
How little of it enters into tho heart of daughters ’ after s P endin S a months at 
non! Show us a truly impartial man in a boarding-school, are much perplexed at 
my public station, and wo will show you being found by a fashionable acquaintance, 
•lie out of a hundred thousand. Hear in a coarse dress, wielding the broom and 
^"osays tfaniidepem! fluster. I Mould have vou. my dear girl 
nt wntei, and then ask how many dare -ui ,i , • • ,. * , ’ 
ace the cannon: sensible that this is tar moro reputable in 
“ If I might give a short hint to an impar- °y cs ad those whose good opinion we 
ial writer, it would be to toll him his late, value, than to be found dressed awaiting 
to make that number called a billion.’ 
IMPARTIALITY. 
IIow litfclo of it enters into the heart of 
men! Show us a truly impartial man in 
any public station, and wo will show you 
one out of a hundred thousand. Hear 
what tho great Do Foe says of an independ • 
It he resolves to venture upon the danger¬ 
ous precipice of telling unbiassed truth, let 
him proclaim war with mankind—neither 
to give nor take quarter. If he tells the 
crimes ot great men they fall upon him with 
ploymentof his leisure moments when young theliood fo^which^midiSlB ofh t0 d ?, a11 the iron hand of the law; if he tells then, 
saved him from disgracing the printer's call- hOT§a“ly tamlnrfs ol hearts bless tf their virtues, when they have any, thou 
ing, and laid the foundation of tliat super- So you see, reader, that a penny is some- 
structure of fame which he subsequently times ot great value .—Olive Branch. 
reared for himself, and which will stand as - -- 
long as clouds charged with electricity, con- LEARNIN G AND LABoR. 
tinue to gather in the sky. j As Boswell, tho great biographer, and Dr. 
Instances of great mental attainments in d °bnson were descending the Thames in a 
the midst of formidable obstacles, might he d)at . to Greenwich, the conversation turned 
Qrh xtaii l ,-l , . the mob uttuclvs him with Blunder But il* 
imes of great value"-— ^Olive-Branch. ^ f e fj irds . tr utlh lot him expect martyrdom 
_ " * on both sides, and then he may go on fear- 
LEARNING AND LABOR. 1 “ ko m >' ScK ' 
Social Intercourse. —We should make it 
great mental attainments in ^ounsuu weie uescenamg tne inames m a a nrinfinlfi l i ec n k. 
-rtuiduMo obstueles might bo T 
afinitely, but tho few given sou maintained to he of use to all men.— ) a «d maintains good order — whe 
; company, with the last new novel in hand, 
! when every step beyond the parlor would 
| expose a need of the exercise of the com¬ 
mon implements of domestic comfort. 
In Maj. Patrick’s Agricultural Address 
at Watertown, N. Y., you wiil find a very 
attractive description of what the arrange¬ 
ments in a farmer’s family should be, and I 
am happy to say that the kind of education 
and taste that 1 advocate for farmers’ daugh¬ 
ters, is calculated to realize that picture in 
every farmer’s household. 
It has been well said that “ Order is Hea¬ 
ven s first law.” By order, I mean a regu¬ 
lar system of employing time, so that every 
multiplied indefinitely, but tho few given son maintained to he of use to all men— dut!< ?®’ and maintains good order — who ven’s first law.” By order, I mea 
above answer ray purpose. I merely wish "And yet,” said Boswell, “people go through a d ? Gp ln . terc8t J in the welfare of ] ar system of employing timo, so t 
to correct the notion of thoso apprentices the world very well, and carry on the busi- Sdu and whose mtS nt UP I thing shall be done in due season- 
aDd fi ; nG8rS ’ 60nri t-ccause they have reXd^JohMon* “that f tGpping to ascerta5n whethe/he swingTa in f “ a I daoe for everything and e 
to work twelve or thirteen hours a day, m ay he true in cases where 'learnino-V.nnnf hammer or draws a thread. There is noth- thing in its place.” In this way 
think they have no tune to study. Nine- be of any use; for instance, this hoy' rows in S dist inct from all natural claim as there- escape many perplexities. Early r 
teen-twentieths of such young men fling as well without learning as if he could sing u ° ac-waii sympathy tne forced tributes very much to this result 
~ ■ - - s »mne—tne cnecked conversation—the lies- 
away from one to two hours a day; and how the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, v 
mournful is tho consideration of this fact.— '! ero *ho first sailors.” lie then called 
They suffer themselves to bo almost blanks W ° u!d l°y> giV o’- ^ y lad 
. ./ 5 , , , , . . . ... know about the Argonauts/’ “Sir.” said 
m too world, when, by supplying their molds boy, “ I icould give all 1 have.” Dr. John- 
with suitable and attainable aliment, they son was much pleased with this answer and 
might, in many instances, bo manful wrest- turning to Boswell, said—“Sir, a desire for 
lers in the arena of truth; and, dying on the ^' ] )w > lodge , ls the nat l”' ai fueling of mankind. l JOr an d attention of the mild and the™ 
lick! of glorious conflict, have a monument. dobaudSl, w'ilTbe 6 ^*'to’eiyeaUtta.t’he d ' vallil, g ?. """siderable timo upn the 
virtue, they frequently smk into insignifi¬ 
cance.— Daniel Webster. 
Truth cannot bo found without some la¬ 
bor and attention of the mind and the tho’ts 
erected to mark the spot where they fell. 
Buffalo, Dec. 31, 1851. j.c. 
Infidelity is the offusion of weak minds 
and the resource of guilty ones. Like the 
desolating simoom of the desert it withers! 
debauched, wd be w ing to give all that he , P P- • ~ u 
has to get knowledge.” 8 70 ? an d dl8cusslG n of each particula r. 
a , yi.„ v ,b Z A Mountain is mado up of atoms, and 
Drodiilltt b blamed that are over friendship of little matters, and if the atoms 
P ™fe a1 ’ be deSp T d . that are hold nut together, the mountain is crumbled 
id the resource of guilty ones. Like tho covetous. Riches are treasures lent to men into dust 
isolating simoom ot the desert, it withers by God, which are to be used as he pleases — 
rerythmg within its reach; and as soon as and are not to be laid out without Ins leave! A tree 
it has prostrated tho morality of tho indi- nor to he JeS when hedornS ,,7^^ ^oroots of whicl. 
vidual, it invades tho civil rights of society, them. 1 partake of the quality of soap, and is used 
for cleansing purposes. 
advantages there has perhaps been quite 
enough said and written, yet I must say, 
there is something peculiarly invigorating 
and inspiring to the imaginative v mind, in 
tho freshness of a summer sunrise in the 
country, when the tonguo of every feath¬ 
ered warbler is eloquent with praiso to tho 
Father of Light. In the enjoyment of such 
a scene, 
“Can man whose cup of good o’erflows, 
Refuse a grateful song of praise?” 
“Bo frugal, but not covetous.” It is as 
much the duty of every young lady to bo 
frugal, as it is of a housewife—frugal not 
only of timo, but of whatever she may be 
the mistress. No young man worth marry¬ 
ing, with a perfect acquaintance with her 
habits, would wish to incur the risk of pla¬ 
cing a wasteful woman at tho head of his 
concerns. Endeavor as much as possible to 
do without the dress-maker and milliner.— 
Such trades are laudable and should be sup¬ 
ported, but this should be done by thoso 
who can afford to do it, and pay promptly a 
reasonable price. Much of the misery of 
seamstresses that prevails in cities is owing 
to tho failure to pay promptly a fair price 
for their services. “ The workman i 3 worthy 
of his hire,” involves a principle that should 
bo religiously observed. It saves no incon¬ 
siderable item of tho yearly income of a 
family, lor the mistress to do the principal 
part of tho sewing, or at least to superin¬ 
tend it in person. Whenever you have a 
garment made, I do not object to its boing 
made in the prevailing fashion, provided it 
is not a ridiculous ono. By tho way, I would 
remark that somo fashions of dress that 
would bo tolerated and even appropriate in 
a city, would be decidedly out of place in 
the country. When a garment is onco well 
mado, I think it wasteful to keep altering it 
on account of every little change of fashion. 
I do not approve of that frugality that 
degenerates into meanness, such as “jew¬ 
ing” shopkeepers, tradesmen, &c. If you 
wish to purchase an article, first ascertain 
what you want, how much such an article is 
worth, and then how much you can afford 
to giro; this will remove half tho trouble of 
buying. 
It is quite a mistaken idea that attention 
to these little matters is incompatible with 
the dignity or character of a lady, in what¬ 
ever situation she may bo placed. Thore is 
a decided dillerenco between avarice and 
frugality. Sometimes very wealthy persons 
indulge in tho former to such a degreo that 
no right-minded person, however poor, 
would exchange situations with them. Tho 
wifo of king George Hid, was so notorious 
for hor avarice, that she was severely satir¬ 
ized by the caustic Dr. Walcott, alias Fetor 
Pindar. 
Let us turn from this, and contemplate 
tho picture portrayed by “ Scotia’s Bard,” 
of a frugal family in humble life. It is an 
extract from the “ Cotter’s Saturday Night,” 
with the whole of which I hope you aro 
familiar: 
Bely ve the elder bairns come drappin’ in. 
At set vice out, nmanglhe farmers roun’; 
Borne ea’ the plengli, some herd, some tentie tin 
A canaie errand to a neehor town; 
Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown 
In youthful (doom, love sparkling in her e’e. 
Comes hame, perhaps, to stew a hraw new gown, 
Or deposite her sair-won penny-fee. 
To heli> tier parents dear, if they in hardship be. 
Wi’ joy nnfeign’d brothers and sisters meet, 
An’ each for other’* welfare kindly spiers; 
The social hours, swift-wing’d, unnoticed fleet; 
Each tells the udcob that he sees or hears; 
Tte parents, partial,eye their hopeful years; 
Anticipation forward points the view. 
The mother, wl’ her needle an’ her sheers, 
Gars auld claes look amaist ns iveel’s the new; 
The father mixes a’ wi’ admonition due. 
1 shall next call your attention to facts 
drawn from statistical information, showing 
that educated, intelligent females can earn, 
by actual labor, much moro than ignorant 
ones. I remain yours, affectionately, 
A Farmer’s Wife. 
Willow-Deli Farm, Jan., 
THE MATRIMONIAL WELL. 
In the small parish of St. Keyne. Corn¬ 
wall, Wales, there is a famous well, the vir¬ 
tues ot which are such that it gives mastery 
to husband or wife, just as the one or tho 
other may have first tasted its waters.— 
Southey made this superstition the ground¬ 
work of an amusing tale, in verse, com¬ 
mencing — 
“ A well there is in the West countrte 
And a clearer one never was seen: 
The. e is not a wife in the West countrSe 
Bin has heard of tte well of St. Keyne.” 
A traveller sitting by the side of this well, 
the story goes on to say, met a countryman, 
with whom he had a long chat about its 
tradition: 
‘“You drank of the water, I warrant, hethne*,* 
He to the countryman snid, 
But the countryman smiled »« the stranger *poke, 
Aud sheepishly shook his head. 
“ ‘ I hastened as soon as the wedding was o’er, 
And left my good wife in the porch; 
But faith! ^hehad been wiser than 1, 
For Bhe took a bottle to church!’ ” 
Wonderful Women. —Streatham church 
contains the tombs of several families of 
distinction, and among the epitaphs aro two 
in memory of wives, the valuo of whom, ac- 
cording to the experience of their bereft 
partners, must have been ** iar above rubies.” 
Ol Rebecca, the wife of William Lynes, the 
lamenting widower writes: 
“Should I ten thousand years enjoy my life, 
I couid not praise enough so good a wife.” 
On the south wall is a monument to a wo¬ 
man of great excellence: “Elizabeth, wife of 
Major-General Hamilton, who was married 
near forty-seven years, and never, did one 
thing to displease her husband!” An angry 
bachelor says: “ Perhaps sho was ncver°ai- 
lowed.” 
Goon Advice.— It is better to thread tho 
path of life cheerfully, skipping over tho 
thorns and briers that obstruct your way, 
than to set down under every hedge lament¬ 
ing our hard fate. The thread of a checr- 
tul man’s life spins out longer than that of 
a man who is constantly sad and despond¬ 
ing. Prudent conduct in tho concerns of 
life is highly necessary—hut if distress sue- 
j ceed, dejection and despair will not afford 
i relief. The host thing to be done when oyil 
| comes upon us, is not lamentation, but ac¬ 
tion ; not to sit and suffer but to seek the 
remedy. 
