MOORE’S RURAL NEW-H ItKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
WINTER. 
BY NATHANIEL P. \Y1LL1». 
Winter is come again. The sweet south-west 
1; a forgotten wind, ami the strong earth 
Has laid aside its mantle to be bound 
By the frost fetter. There is not a sound,. 
Save of the skater’s heel, and there is laid 
An icy finger on the lip of streams, 
Ann the clear icicle hfings cold and still, 
And the snow-fall is noiseless as a tliouglit. 
Spring has a rushing sound, and Summer sends 
Many sweet voices with its odors out, 
And Autumn rustleth its decaying robe 
With a complaining, whisper. Winter’s dumb 1 
God made his ministry a silent one. 
And he has given him a foot of steed 
And an unlovely aspect, an l # a breath 
Sharp to the se.tse3,—and we know that lie 
Temperetb well, and hath a memiug hid 
Under the sbadotwof His band. Look up* 
And it shall be interpreted Yo»r lK>tne 
Hath a temptation now l There is no voice 
Of waters with beguiling for your ear, 
And the cool forest and the meadows green 
Witch not your feet away; and in tlie dells 
There are no violets, and upon the hills 
There arc no sunny places to lie down. 
You must go in, ac.d by your clieerful fire 
Wait for tlu; olTices of love, and hear 
Accents of human tenderness, and ffeast 
Your eye upon the beauty of the young. 
It is a season for the quiet tlfou.lit, 
And the still reckoning with thyself. The year 
Gives hack the spirits of its dead, and time 
Whispers the history of its vanish’d hours; 
And the heart, calling its affections tip, 
Countelh its wasted ingots. Life stands still 
And settles like a fountain, and the eye 
Sees clearly through its depths, and notethall 
That stirr’d its troubled waters. It is wed 
That Winter with the dying year should comet 
tT'ijf Jlurai $ook. 
[Written for the Rural New-Yorker.] 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GOLD DOLLAR. 
BY JOSHUA WILBER. 
Gold! what a magic there is in the sound! 
clothed the valleys, and the rich wild-flow¬ 
ers threw their odors on the summer air; 
! the forests grew up; the birds sailed by on 
their light pinions; the fish sported in the 
sparkling waters; animals, both small and 
great, roamed freely over hill and dale; and, 
at last, man appeared, But I must not weary 
you with a recital of all that passed within 
my range of vision from those early times 
to the present. 
“Not long since, myself and my bride 
j were surprised and troubled at what we 
| noticed suddenly taking place in the plain 
| below, mingling with the dusky forms of the 
aborigines, groups of pale-faced men were 
seen in every direction digging up the earth, 
and carefully washing it, as if in search for 
something it contained. Soon we saw them 
dance for joy, as they held up the bits of 
rich virgin gold that they had separated 
from tho dirt. It was not without some 
apprehension that I saw my brethren thus 
ruthlessly captured and borne away from 
their homes, but as they were bachelors, not 
being uuited as I was with tho mountain 
quartz, I thought that it was not so bad"af- 
tor all; especially as I supposed it impossi¬ 
ble that our dizzy bight would ever be in¬ 
vaded. Day after day we watched them, as 
their numbers increased, and many strange 
sights did we see. They came from every 
land, men of all languages, and each in 
quest of gold. One sunny morning I espied 
a solitary miner climbing up the rough 
mountain side, and making his way directly 
towards the spot where we were located.— 
Alas! thought I, we also are doomed to fall 
into the hands of the gold-hunters. My 
fears proved true. I saw his eager eye as it 
j fel 1 upon me, and marked the an imation of his 
j countenance a« he sprang forward to grasp 
i his prize. With his • iron implements he 
! quickly dislodged me from my homeland 
. bore me with exultation to his camp. I had 
How it calls up a myriad ol brilliant associ- i one consolation, however—I was still uni- 
ations, and sets the imagination to work, con- ted with my crystal bride,—the gold and the 
THE AMBITIOUS YOUTH. 
A TALE OF THE NATURAL BRIDGE. 
There are three or four lads standing in 
(lie channel below the natural bridge, look¬ 
ing up with awe to that vast arch of unhewn 
: rocks, which the Almighty bridged over 
these everlasting abutments, “when the 
morning stars sang together.” The little 
piece of sky spanning those measureless 
piers, is full,of stars although it is mid day. 
: It is almost five hundred feet from where 
they stand, up those perpendicular bulwarks 
of limestone, to the key-rock of that vast 
j arch, which appears to them no larger than 
! a man’s hand. The silence of death is ren¬ 
dered still more impressive by the little 
| stream that falls from rock to rock down 
the channel. The sun is darkened and'the 
boys have unconsciously uncovered their 
heads, as if standing in the presence cham¬ 
ber of tho Majesty of the whole earth. 
At last this feeling begins to wear away; 
| they begin to look around them. They see 
the names of hundreds cut in the limestone 
abutments. A new feeling comes over their 
I young hearts, and their knives tiro in their 
hands in an instant. “ What man has done, 
man can do,” is their watchword, as they 
j draw themselves up and carve their names 
| a foot above those of a hundred full grown 
j men, who had been there before them.— 
They were all satisfied with this feat of 
physical exertion except one, whoso example 
illustrates perfectly the forgotten truth, that 
there is no royal road to intellectual emi- 
i nonce. This ambitious youth sees a name 
just above his reach, a name that will be 
! green in the memory of the world, when 
' those of Alexander, Csesar, and Bonaparte 
j shall rot in oblivion. It was tho name of 
j Washington. Before he marched with 
Braddock to that fatal field, he had been 
; there and left his name a foot above all his 
predecessors. 
It was a glorious thought of the boy, to 
write his name, side by side with that of the 
I great father of his country. He grasps his 
knife with a firmer hand; and, clinging to a 
jutting crag, he cuts again into the lime¬ 
stone, about a foot above where he stands; 
he then reaches up and cuts another place 
for his hands. It is a dangerous adventure; 
but as he puts his feet and hands into those 
notches, and draws himself up carefully to 
his full length, he finds himself a foot above 
every name chronicled on that mighty wall. 
While his companions are regarding him 
ations, and sets the imagination to work, con- j ted with my crystal bride,—the gold and the 1 notches, and draws himself up carefully to 
juring up scenes real and possible, or unreal , quartz ho would not separate. his full length, he finds himself a foot above 
and impossible, exciting wishes for the pos- “Great was the excitement when I was every name chronicled on that mighty wall, 
session of abundant treasures of the precious exhibited to the multitudes in the valley,' ^* s companions aie legal tling him 
“H n <«?«■* *'■» “■ -« -0 - P»*» formed *r west- j 
ways of shining by means of the. borrowed mg- the millions of my fellows from their that flinty album. His knife is still in his 
light emitted by tho yellow dross! This is abodes in the rocky cliffs. The wonder that hand, and strength in his sinews, and a new 
the key that can open the wards of the most I had occasioned, however, soon died away, created aspiration in his heart. Again ho 
intricate lock that guards the way to any and the most sorrowful period of my exist- cuts another niche and again he caives his 
material enjoyment, and the possessor of cnee arrived. I was crushed by powerful 11 ‘™. <3 . n ! ai 8' e capita ••• 
it .,i,„ M t nnv iineii-piliTt i- , ,. , , , . * a 1 his is not enough, Heedless of the en- 
gold can satisfy almost any desne that uses machinery, and subjected to various tortures ; treaties of his companions, ho cuts and 
in the human heart, whether it be ©i neces- to free me entirely from my alliance with climbs again. The graduations of his as- 
sity, or luxury, or benevolence the quartz, and thus I irretrievably lost my i cending scale grow wider apart, lie ineas- 
Thc other evening, I sat alone in my room, mountain bride. i ures his length at every gain lie cuts. The 
holding in my fingers a neat, little, round «I now began to realize that I was a slave, j ™. 1C( j s ? f ,lis ^ends wax weaker and weaker, 
i n r „ij Ac t nmmimui u t +Yui+r. a j. c< „ T , till their words are finally lost on his ear. — 
dollar, of gold As I examined t, I fell to At San Francisco, I was weighed, sold, and Hc now for thc first time casts a look be- 
thinking* ol its history, and the trcinsioima- placed on board a steamship to become a neath him. Had that glance lasted a mo- 
tions it had undergone since its far-off time , wandering exile from my native land, and | ment, that moment would have been his 
of creation. As I lapsed into a reverie, the i soon was landed in the metropolis of Ameri- | ^ as t. He clings with a convulsive shudder 
wonderful little clink began to assume ail C a. But though treated with such indigni- | niche in tin, lot k. An awful 
oU™.™i onruwviiv.il- if o-l-nlTi.-vllv on . _ * , , ° abyss awaits his almost certain fall. He is 
altered appearance, it giadua y I ^ ty, my influence was potent, and the news j fai J t with severe exertion, and trembling 
the aspect of a tmy human couutei ance 0 f m y arrival was heralded by lightning with the sudden view of the dreadful de- 
in the human heart, whether it be of neces- to free mo entirely from my alliance with climbs again. The graduations of his as- 
sity, or luxury, or benevolence the quartz, and thus I irretrievably lost my i cending scale grow wider apart. Ho meas- 
Thc other evening, I sat alone in my room, mountain bride. i ures his length at every gain he cuts. The 
holding in my fingers a neat, little, round “ I now began to realizo that I was a slave, j jmces of his friends wax weaker and weaker, 
j n v Ao t ...ominmi t . , „ „ . , . , . till their words are finally lost on his ear.— 
dollar, of gold As I examined it, I fell to At San F rancisco, I was weighed, sold, and He ncnv for thc first time casts a look be- 
thinking* ol its history, and the ticinsiorma- placed on board a steamship to become a neath him. Had that glance lasted a mo- 
tions it had undergone since its far-oft time , wandering exile from my native land, and j ment, that moment would have been his 
of creation. As 1 lapsed into a reverie, the i soon was landed in the metropolis of Ameri- 1 ^ as t. Ho clings with a convulsive shudder 
wonderful little disk began to assume ail C a. But though treated with such indigni- l<> his little niche in the lot k. An awful 
.mnonranAP._if o-i-ufivi.ilv Tint mi . _ * , , ° | abyss awaits ms almost certain tall. He is 
altered appearance, giadua y j o ty, my influence was potent, and the news! faint with severe exertion, and trembling 
the aspect ol a tiny human countenance 0 f my arr ; va l was heralded by lightning with the sudden view of thc dreadful de- 
mirthful, yetserene, a blending of thought- messen g ers throughout the country, raising struction to which lie is exposed. His knife 
fulness with a genial, story to-tell-you sort ; the pub i; oto the highest pitch of excitement. ’ is hillf m 1 to tllc haf t- He can hear 
of a look, that at once riveted my attention .. Immodiatol j was dispatchod t0 thc . *e voices hut not the words of bis terror- 
ovr-iforl mv enriositv The cherub . . /. , . , 1 „ , . i stricken companions below. What a mo- 
• . . ., , , . | mint m 1 hiladclphia, wheie, after being ment! What a meager chance to escape 
mouili was wreathed in smi i«-, t ie c teeks j su i,j oc t 0 d to the action of fire, squeezed be- destruction ! There was no retracing his 
were ruddy and fresh as a cupid s, the wee- tween ponderous rollers, compelled to re- steps. It is impossible to put his hands in- 
bit eyes twinkled and sparkled, oh, so finely, j ce ; ve ; uto my cm brace a base alloy and J to the same niche with his feet, and retain 
that. I looked into the sweet fairy face with ! , • , n j, [ /. * ‘ J his slender hold a moment. 
tthu. i ittuhtu iiiw uiu irtiwu, uiuj deprivod of all except a certain portion of TT . . . . ... 
increasing astonishment and interest. Soon, the evownmo- act of ininRti™ ! His companions instantly perceive this 
„ lew w oYnniBJtrfv sweet voice issued } substance, the ciowiimg act ot injustice , new and f ear f u l dilemma, and await his fall 
' \ ’ ‘ . ' j . i /, i was perpetrated, by branding me with the ; with emotions that “freeze their young 
from the golden ips, anc a tiessci me as nam0 0 f the Government that professedly! blood.” He is too high, too faint to ask for 
f° llows: gives freedom to all. It is true, a likeness his father and mother, his brothers and sis- 
“ Spirit of mortal! wouldst thou hear the of the head of the god dess of Liberty was ters ’ com ® and or avert . his de- 
stnrv of the Snirit of Gold? Wilt thou lis- - , , , , , struction. But one of his companions tin- 
i!! hirterv rtlt Z neve, been Z impressed uponme, and my brow wa 3 decked licipatcs his dcsir0 . Swiftas { { 0 wind , ho 
c h *. 1 rf . . with a starry diadem, but this was done that bounds down the channel, and thc situation 
vealed to man be ore. s0 > a C1U u) u . [ might increase tho glory of my conqueror. ‘ of the fated boy is told upon his father’s 
were ruddy and fresh as a cupid’s, the wee- 
bit eyes twinkled and sparkled, oh, so finely, 
that I looked into tho sweet fairy faeo with 
increasing astonishment and interest. Soon, 
a very low, but exquisitely sweet voice issued 
from the golden lips, and addressed me as 
follows: 
is seldom that the Gold-spirit speaks.” 
“ From the Government Treasury I pass- i hearthstone. 
*’ F Ti/fl _ 
| the voices but not tho words of his terror- 
j stricken companions below’. What a mo- 
1 ment! What a meager chance to escape 
j destruction! There was no retracing his 
steps. It is impossible to put his hands in¬ 
to the same niche with his feet, and retain 
his slender hold a moment. 
Ilis companions instantly perceive this 
new and fearful dilemma, and await his fall 
j with emotions that “freeze their young- 
blood.” He is too high, too faint to ask for 
his father and mother, his brothers and sis- 
| ters, to come and witness or avert his de¬ 
struction. But one of his companions tln- 
| ticipates his desire. Swift as tho wind, he 
bounds dow’ii the channel, and the situation 
I of the fated boy is told upon his father’s 
I answered by a nod, and tho voice con- C(] into the hands of various individuals, 
tinned: - millions of whom were anxious to get pos- 
“ I am older than thou ;-when tho Al- segsion of me . j have been handled by the 
mighty laid the foundations of the solid ticed togerB of a Wall street broker, 
earth, then was I produced; but time would locked u _ in coldj dark bank vau i ts _sen t 
fail me to speak of the early ages during j hundreds of miles in a letter, as a gift of 
which I lay hid in the rocky recesses of the affection from 01ie friend to auo thei—been 
mountains. The gi cat nes of t e vo eono made th e w'ages of iniquity, the messeno-cr 
at lemrth fused the rocks and the minerals r , , ,i „, , » ,'{ * 
s ... of benevolence, the stake of the gambler, 
together, a„d evolved gases, that, scorn,,,g th# of (ho thief tIl() brief companion 
to ho pent up in the underground caverns ot i of tlw 6pemltl „. ift . and tho delight of thc ! 
earth, burst from their prison with awful ^ Qne , j haT6 boon at , ho j 
fury, mounting up to the ethereal regions al]0ther „ tbo west 
; now at the north, and 
and carrying: with them the molten mass of . . ,, ., ,. ,, 
J s , , VT1 , . , again at the south; sometimes on the sea, 
rocks and metals. When the mighty con- ,. „ . ,, , 
, T1 . , j. sometimes on the land; m the welMilled 
cussion was ovei% and I liad recovered from c , ,, 
• , , . purse of the rich, or the solitary occupant 
my fright sufficiently to look around me, al , . - „ , , , 
, J T J i i v i , i, r, of the pocket of the poor, feeldom has mv 
how was I surprised and delighted! l'ar up - , . . , 
1 „ . r „ „ , 1 ow-ner parted from mo without regret, rare- 
on a jutting crag of the bierra Nevada, was , , X T1 ° . , 
J ° , , . . ’ . lv have-1 been seen without being admired 
mv resting place; the bright waters ot the ", , , , . , 
J vi ?• . , , and coveted. As a com, my race has been 
tranquil l aciftc sparkled in the glad sun- ,. , . , T , , a 
1 , , 1 , f. , comparatively short; and I am m doubt 
light, and the azure heaven spread its arch , T « , .. 
° ’ „ T1 , , . , , x v v , , whether 1 am to continue m favor, and for 
ever all. But more highly was I delighted . ,, 
„ , , . . " years to come circulate freely m the world, 
to find that I was no longer alone. Eyes, J . . . , ^ , „ 
, . , J . or be doomed to suffer a fresh transforma- 
bnght and happy, looked into mine; a mel- „ 
ting voice responded to my own: a bcauti- ' , /-, 
„ .. , I he tones ol the siren voice died on my 
ful face smiled lovingly upon me. 1 he great 1 
, . „ . , . , ° ear, the lustrous eyes grew dun and closed, 
upheaving of the volcano liad given me a ’ , . , ° „ 
\, , , . , , , , and the interesting features faded from my 
bride:—1 was wedded to the crystal quartz . r „, ^ 
. , T view. I he village clock, pealing forth the 
forever; at least, so 1 fondly imagined, till , . , . , 
’.j. , . . .. ,, . hour of midnight, broke up my reverie, and 
cruel man, to gratify his insatiable craving , „ r A jf . T , , , 
„ , , t i a arroused me fully to the fact that I had been 
after wealth, divorced us. Ago after age , . . Al rri , ,, 
„ . , dreaming with my eyes open. The golden 
rolled by, and still we dwelt m our happy . °. , x . T a- a ! j 
. . . ., xx i com remained, hut the Liliputian Gold-spir- 
nook, watching the slow changes that took . , . . , 1 1 
placo around us. By and by, the soft grass 
it had vanished. 
Lockport, N. Y. January, 1852. 
Minutes of almost eternal length roll on; 
and there are hundreds standing in that 
rocky channel, and hundreds on the bridge 
above, all holding their breath, and awaiting 
the fearful catastrophe. Tho poor boy hears 
the hum of new and numerous voices both 
above and beloiv. He can just distinguish 
the tones of his hither, who is shouting with 
all the energy of despair, “William! Wil¬ 
liam ! don’t look down ! Your mother, and 
Henry, and Harriet are till here praying for 
you! Don’t look down! Keep your eye 
towards the top!” Tho boy didn’t look 
down. I lis eye is fixed like a flint towards 
Heaven, and his young heart on Him who 
reigns there. 
lie grasps again his knifo. He cuts an¬ 
other niche, and another foot is added to 
tho hundreds that remove him from the 
reach of human help from below. How 
carefully he uses his wasting blade ! How 
anxiously he selects the softest places in 
that vast pier ! How he avoids every flinty 
grain ! How he economises his physical pow¬ 
ers, resting a moment at each gain he cuts. 
How every motion is watched from below. 
There stands his father, mother, brother and 
sister, on the very spot, where, if he falls, he 
will not fall alone. 
The sun is now half way down the west. 
The lad had made fifty additional niches in 
that mighty wall, and now finds himself di¬ 
rectly under the middle of that vast arch of 
rocks, earth and trees. He must cut his way 
in a new direction, to get from under this 
overhanging mountain. The inspiration of 
hope is dying in his bosom; its vital heat is 
fed by the increased shouts 'of hundreds 
perched upon cliffs and trees, and others, 
who stand with ropes in their hands on tho 
bridge above, or with ladders below. Fifty 
gains more must be cut, before the longest 
rope can reach him. His wasting blade 
strikes again into the limestone?. The boy 
is emerging painfully, foot by foot, from un¬ 
der that lofty arch. 
Spliced ropes are ready in the hands of 
those who are leaning over the outer edge 
of the bridge. Two minutes more and all 
will be over. That blade is worn to the last 
half inch. The boy’s head reels; hfs eyes 
are starting from their sockets. Ilis last 
hope is dying in his heart; his life must 
hang on the next gain he cuts. That niche 
is his last. At the last faint gash he makes, 
his knife, his faithful knife, falls from his 
norveless hand, and ringing along the preci¬ 
pice, falls at his mother s feet. An involun¬ 
tary groan of despair runs like a death knell 
through the channel below, and all is still 
as the grave. 
At the height of nearly three hundred 
“ Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; 
Nothing’s so hard, but search will find it out.” 
For the New-Yorker. • 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS,-No. 5. 
; a/;* 
£gT” Answer nex*"week. 
The person sending thc first correct solution to 
feet, the devoted boy lifts his hopeless heart the abovc rebus> previou8 to lhe publication of 
and closing eyes to commend his soul to , .... . . „ T 
i " , „ , _ the answer, will be entitled to the Rueai, New- 
Yorker one year. 
•For the Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
JkimoroM nnb Slimwinn. 
RURAL POETRY. 
lowing samples of rural poetry, which show j b r t 
“tit for tat” in more ways than one. I ^ 
I have lately seen some specimens of po- J tion “ 
etic furor and repartee, from “the rural ! ° ' 
districts,” that are characteristic of their A >a 
origin. I give a sample below, which now 
makes its “first appearance” in print. It 
tells its own history; and first: 
TO ELIZA, WITH A DOVE. j 
Accept, sweet maid, thc most delightful Bird ^ ^ ; 
That ever Veaus to her chariot bound; . •' 
By love adopted and by peace preferred, bounds 
For meekness valued, and for faith renowned. My firs 
A bird in which such rare perfections mecl ^ lc 
Alone is worthy to Be counted thine; And m 
His beauty, fair one, is like yours complete,— Varii 
And his fidelity resembles mine. Julius 
This would seem to be a shade too much 
for the obstinacy of the “ maid” hut Yankee ANSI 
girls are. not usually won with doves—those 
who live in Lincoln, at any rate ! To them • Ansv 
a hen is a pitch above doves, and a goose j 
the practical realization of symbolism. So j 
Eliza exchanges (or “swaps”) as follows : j ^-jj; 
TO JULIUS, WITH A GOOSE. 
Accept, sweet swain, the most delightful Dove, 
With rapture listen to its plaintive moan ; 1 I 
And vow with constancy the Bird to love, j p sS-— . 
“ Whose beauty thus reminds me of my own.” | 
! Presi 
I cannot show my gratitude loo soon, 
For such a mark of lenderi.ess conferred; ! Ansv 
So song for sung he thine, and boon for boon, j y „ erg( 
Kindness for kindness, (swain) and bird for Bird, j ,, , ; 
“ F rom 
Lo. the best bird that Lincoln can produce ~ ! Therefc 
My choice has singled (rom a tuneful group; ! If I tali 
Accept from me, sweet Bard, as great a goose 
As e’er was fattened in a polt’rcr’s coop. ; Ausv 
Your verse the merits of the Dove displays — 
The compliments I pay my Bird are few; ! Ansv 
Yet’lis, methinks, no niggard share of praise j Ansv 
To say now strongly it resf.mbles you. Eliza, j 
The “latest advices” from the infected \ A nsv 
district are, that Julius never proved himself ! ty-one. 
PUZZLE. 
I am composod of three letters. 
My first and second pronounced together. 
Sounds the same as the first alone, 
My first second and Third sounds thc same. 
As the first and ■ econd. 
And my first sounds tho same as tho whole. 
Varick N. Y. Jan. 1852. 
Answer next week. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 108. 
Answer to Ihiustrated Rebus, No. 4: 
a Julius Seize her, and that Eliza yet remains 
in Lincoln: 
“In maiden meditation fancy free.” 
PONTIAC RAILROAD-SPEED IMPROVING. 
A French pony colt coining two years j convenience 
old, was run over and cut in two by a ioco- | 
motive upon the Pontaic railroad lately.— MOGUL 
The'indignant owner of this fleet and valua- a 
bio blooded animal presented himself to Mr. | Designed fo 
W-s, armed with a heavy claim for j 
damages. In the course of the altercation | GONE 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
A WEEKLY HOME MEW,SPACER, 
Designed for both Country and Town Residents- 
and closing eyes to commend his soul to ., .... , . ,, „ T 
r , A ,r V - i "A . . the answer, will be entitled to the Rerai, New- 
God. I is but a moment—there!—one v 
foot swings off!—lie is reeling—trembling— 0IlKKU 0110 ^ wu ' 
toppling over into eternity! Hark! a shout r~ j ' ” 
falls on his ear from above ! Tho man who or 1 Ie ural Nu "’'' orkt 'r. 
is lying with half his length over the GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
bridge, has caught a glimpse of the boy’s T , „ ZZ~. 
head and shoulders. Quick as thought, * * m o c ™JP 0sed of 33 lcttcrs - 
the noosed rope is within reach of the sink- B 3 - ^ onc the United States. 
ing youth. No one breathes. With a faint, My 31, 32, 33, 34, 20, 17 is a country in Europe. 
convulsive effort, the swooning boy drops My 26, 28, 20, 21, 17, 16, 10, 7, 1!) is a City in 
his arms into the noose. Darkness conics New York. 
over him, and with the words, God ! and My 21, 18, 19, 10, 23, 23, 32, 8 is a city in Con- 
Motlier ! whispered on his lips just loud necticut. 
enough to be heard in heaven, the tighten- ; M y 9, 20,17,36,18, 30,8 is an Island noted for its 
mg rope lilts min out ox his last shallow j volcano 
niche. Not a lip moves while he is dang- , r ’ „ r . _ 
ling over that fearful abyss, but when a stur- j t f “ F “ . 
dy Virginian reaches down and draws up j * - v •’ 18 a iavcr South 
tho lad, and holds him up in his arms before : America. 
the tearful breathless multitude, such shout- * My 23, 3, 33, 10, 2, 4, 26 is a liver in California, 
ing, such leaping and weeping for joy, never | My 24, 18, 13, 31, 32, 33, 34, 20, 9, 21, 20, 28 isa 
greeted the ear of human being 'so recov- western city. 
ered from tho yawning gulf of eternity. j My 6, 33, 36, 22, 18, 36, 10, 12 was thc scene of a 
- - - ”-great battle. 
ItimovoM uni) Slimming. %“ r ;%% 
in Scripture. 
RURAL POETRY. My 29, 4, 20, 36, 18 is a volcano. 
- My 6, 7, 35, 9, 30 is a city in Asia. 
The correspondent of the Burlington (Vt.) My 3, 19, 11, 17 is a county in New York. 
Free Press, snatches from oblivioni the fol- My 20, 18, 10, 16, 35, 11, 36, 36 is a village in 
lowing samples of rural poetry, which show b r ew York 
“ tit for tat” in more ways than one. , ’ , , , , 
I have lately seen some specimens of po- whole escapes a groat deal of public atten- 
etic furor and repartee, from “the rural ‘ 
districts,” that are characteristic of their Albany, Jan. 9th, 1852. h. r. h. 
origin. I oive a sample below, which now Answer next week. 
President Millard Fillmore, 
j Answer to Grammatical Enigma. 
| A person with his cane did write upon the sand: 
: “ From nature I received ten fingers; on one hand 
; Therefore I’ve five; and twenty on hands and feet, 
; If I take the sum of fingers and toes complete.” 
Answer to Poteical Acrostical Enigma.—Love 
j Your Enemies. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma.—Carpet. 
Answer to a Charade.—Crow-bar. 
Answer to Premium Question in No 106.—Thir- 
We have received about sixty solutions to the 
“ premium question,” many of them undoutodly 
correct. All those strictly analytical will be en¬ 
titled to the prize, and we shall submit the whole 
to “ J. A. C’s” decision and award, at his earliest 
damages. In the course of the altercation CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, 
which ensued, tho pony man insisted that ! Assisted by Messrs. J. II. Bixuy, L. Wktiierkll, 
and H. C. White — with a numerous corps of 
able Contributors and Correspondents. 
The Rural New-Yorker is designed to Be unique and 
the engineer ran over the colt on purpose. and H. C. White — with a numerous corps of 
“ Of course lie did, said V , tho able Contributors and Correspondents. 
road has been abused by your infernal colts, J____ 
about long enough, and I gave directions to The Rural New-Yorkkr is designed to Be unique and 
tho men tho very next time one of them Beautiful in appearance, and unsurpassed in Value, Purity 
in i i J ,• /» i and Variety ot Contents. Its conductors earnestly labor 
challenged our locomotives for a race, to t0 make it a Reliable Guide on the important Fraction] 
Cl’Owed steam and catch him it ho could: Subjects connected with the Business of those whose inicr. 
they did as I told them and overtook this ests it advocates It embraces more Agricultural, lioni. 
ii , w ii ,. , , I, cultural. Scientific, Mechanical, Literary and News Matter 
blasted xellow, alter a tight race all toe way — interspersed with many appropriate and handsome en 
from Royal Oak!” The owner, satisfied with pavings—than any other paper published in this Country" 
tho explanation, pocketed the “ damages” 
and started! After he had got to a safo TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
distance he looked over his shoulder and Two Dollars a Year —#1 for six months. To Clubs 
at the same rate. Six months subscriptions in proportion. 
Post-Masters, Clergymen, Teachers, Officers and Mein- 
We find On a scrap in our “ Drawer .' tilis bersof Agricultural Societies, and other influential persons 
n __ of all professions —friends of Menial ami Moral as well as 
passage from a lectuio h} a (jreimail advoil- of Agricultural Improvement—are respectfully solicited to 
turerin London, one “ Baron Vandullbrainz.” obtain and forward subscriptions to theNEW-Y orker . 
He is illustrating tho great glory of Mo- VST Subscription money, properly enclosed. ina> be 
chanics, as a science: “Do t’ing dat is metde " ,ai1 atourrisk - _ 
is more superior dan de maker. I shall terms of ADVERTISING : 
show you how, in some tings. Suppose I A limited number of appropriate advertisements will IV 
make do round wheel of de coach! Ver i'iserted ill the New-Yorker at the rate of ®1 per square 
n j? i j i -ii (twelve Itnesor less,) for the first insertion, and oO cents for 
well; dat wheel roll live hundred mile!— each subsequent publication.—To be paid for in advance 
and I cannot roll one myself! Suppose I 
am de cooper, what you call, and I make de Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, is one of tbc very liesl 
bio- tub to hold de wine? He hold tons and fami, y journals with which we are acquainted. Its me- 
Oig LUO LO nuiu ue wme. ill iioiu tons anu clianica i execution, its illustrations, and the arransemenl 
gallons ; and I cannot hold more as five bottle, of its contents are complete. The character of its editori- 
So you see dat de t’ing dat is made is more als ,’ communications, and selections are of the highest 
J . , , . & ,,, tt .. order. It must obtain a wide circulation — l.omsville 
superior dan de maker! —Harpers Mag. journal. 
