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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
MARCH §0. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorkor 
NATURE’S FEAST. 
II T A M A if D A T. J O If E S . 
O’br all the smiling land 
Sunlight is lying; 
Sweetly from strand to strand 
Breezes are flying— 
Down by the fettered feet 
Of the young grain, 
Soundeth the music-beat 
Of the glad rain. 
Over the meadows sweet 
Streamlets are going— 
Shining moons make the wheat 
Ripe for the mowing— 
Earth is man's dwelling; here 
By the feast spread— 
Nature, God’s Almoner 
Breaketli him bread. 
Saying, “ Come, bond and free— 
Hungry and cold, 
That which God giveth me 
I’ll not withhold.” 
To her, from every place 
Come great and small, 
And she, with smiling face, 
Foe doth them all. 
Let man reach forth and take 
That which she giveth. 
It shall all labor make 
Sweet while he livoth, 
Then to the God of love 
Thankfully pray 
Till the kind Power above 
Call him away. 
Black Rock, N. Y., 1858. 
Written for Moore's Rural Now-Yorker. 
DUTIES AND PLEASURES OF WOMEN. 
Great, indeed, is the task assigned to woman.— 
Who can elevate its dignity? Who can exag¬ 
gerate its importance? Not to make laws, not to 
govern empires; but to form those by whom laws 
are made, armies led, and empires are governed; 
to guard from the slightest taint of possible infirm¬ 
ity, the frail, and yet spotless creature, whose 
moral, no less than physical being, must be deriv¬ 
ed from her; to inspire those principles, to incul¬ 
cate those doctrines, to animate those sentiments, 
which generations yet unborn, and nations yet 
uncivilized, shall learn to bless; to soften firmness 
into mercy, to chasten honor into refinement, to 
exalt generosity into virtue; by her soothing cares 
to allay the anguish of the mind; by her tender¬ 
ness to disarm passion; by her purity to triumph 
over sense; to cheer the scholar laboring under 
his toil; to console the statesman for the ingrati¬ 
tude of a mistaken people; to compenstate for 
hopes that are blighted, for friends that are per¬ 
fidious, for happiness that has passed away. Such 
is her vocation — the couch of the tortured suf¬ 
ferer, the prison of the deserted friend, the cross 
of a neglected Savior—these are the scenes of wo¬ 
man’s excellence; these are theatres on which her 
greatest triumphs have been achieved. Such is 
her destiny—to visit the forsaken; amid the for¬ 
getfulness of myriads, to remember; amid the ex¬ 
ecrations of multitudes, to bless; when monarchs 
abandon, when brethren and disciples fly, to re¬ 
main unshaken and unchanged, and to exhibit in 
this lower world, a type of that love—pure, con¬ 
stant, and ineffable—which, in another world, as 
we are taught te believe, is the best reward of vir¬ 
tue.— Blackwood. 
HEALTH OF DAUGHTERS. 
<l GIRLS’ RIGHTS ” Mothers, is there anything we can do, to acquire 
-' for our daughters a good constitution? Is there 
In tho Rural of February Cth, we have an arti- truth iu sentiment sometimes repeated, that our 
cle on “Girls’Rights,” in which Ida Carey makes sex is becoming more effeminate? Are we as 
some very grave inquiries. After claiming “that capable of enduring hardship as our grandmothers? 
girls arc a very important part of coinmutity,” Have our daughters as much stamina of constitu- 
and hinting that they will be “the teachers of the tion > as much aptitude as we ourselves possess?— 
next generation,” Ida very emjihalially says:_“I These questions are not interesting to us simply as 
want to know why we are not better prepared?”_ individuals. They affect the welfare of the com- 
In tho next sentence, however, with strange incon- munity; for the ability or inability of woman to 
sistency, she complains bitterly that she is compel- discharge what the Almighty has committed to. 
led to leave her dear mama, at the “susceptible bcr , touches the equilibrium of society, and the 
age of sixteen,” to attend school the next three hidden springs of existence, 
years; “when,” she further adds, “we need more, Tenderly interested as we are for the health of 
than at any other time, the loving influences of our offspring, let us devote peculiar attention to 
home, and the gentle, wise teachings of a mother.” that of our daughters. Their delicate frames re- 
Then, unintentionally, as it would seem, she gives quire more care in order to become vigorous, and 
MILTON’S PRAYER OF PATIENCE. 
BT MISS LLOYD. 
I am old and Wind! 
Men point at me as smitten by God'* frown; 
Afflicted and deserted of my kind, 
Yet am I not cast down, 
I am weak, yet strong; 
I murmur not that I no longer see— 
Poor, old and helpless, I the more belong, 
Father Supreme, to Thee! 
All merciful Onel 
When men are furthest, then art thou most near; 
When friends pass by, my weaknesses to shun, 
Thy chariot I hear. 
Thy glorious face Gone.— Never a word brought heavier heart- 
ls leaning towards me, and its holy light throb, deeper pain, or more earnest longing for a 
Shines in upon rny lonely dwelling place, Bleep to shut out misery; never a word struck 
And there is no more lieht. *v.._, ... . . , 
through the soul with more fearful power, more 
On my bended knee weakening force, or more mournful echo, than this, 
l recognize Thy purpose, clearly shown— Every day, every hour, some lip quivers with the 
My vision Thou bast dimmed that I may see mournful “ good-bye” which goes before it, some 
h)seir Th^se alone. hand trembles in a clasp which, at its utterance, 
I have naught to fear: will be broken forever, some heart grows wild in 
This darkness is the shadow of 1 by wing: its w i s ti for rest where it cannot come, — rest , 
Beneath it I am almost sacred—here _ - 
„ . though it be under the earth-clod and coffin-lid. 
Can come no evil thing. T , f , , , 
It is one of the words that, to our hearts, seem 
Oh! I seem to stand striking through all mournful sounds, slow and 
Trembling, where foot of mortal ne’er hath been, solemn in the tolling of a fllneral bd] a d wail 
Wrapped in that radiance from the sinless land, . , . . °, . . ’ 1 
Which eye hath never seen. in autumn-winds, a wild, despairing cry in the sob 
of sorrow. We speak it and there are spectres be- 
™ , lsi ° nECor ”® and go, fore us,—shadowy, dim, yet with power to turn our 
Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng; , 
From Angel lips I seem to hear the flow 1,ghtCSt bcart - tbrobs ln tO beatings of anguish, our 
Of soft and holy song. fairest Apings into memories of pain. 
... . " There were times when we did not know it, daj*s 
It is nothing now, , , . . n , , * 
When Heaven is opening on my sightless eyes, Wh ? W<3 . 8t °° d in . lhe SUnllght and WCre wra PP ed 
When airfl from Paradise refresh my brow, mists of childish joys, but the heart that has 
That earth in darkness lies. come far enough in the life-path to look back, the 
T _ „ soul that has been so shaken by its immortal life 
in a purer clime, t t 
My being fills with rapture; waves of thought as ^ e<d ^ eai lun 8 s I° r an existence in which light 
Roll in upon my spirit; strains sublime triumphs over darkness, must go beyond the cloud 
Break over me unsought which rises where “ dead and gone ” is written of a 
Give me now my lyre! love > °\ b °P e - or y ea ming, ere finding the days and 
I foe] the stirrings of a gift divine! hours, in which, because unawakened, we know not 
Within my bosom glows unearthly fire the word. 
Lit by no skill of mine! It is spoken by quivering lips, written by shak- 
\_Friends' Review. ing fingers, listened to by aching hearts, and 
—— *- thought with deep and fearful agony; but a time 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. j s coming when we shall fear it no longer, a time 
“ WAIFS.”—NO. III. when all earth’s pains and sorrows will go from us 
- with the last heart-beat—when, for the last time, it 
Waiting.—A hard lesson for the impatient spirits w ’h be spoken of us, for the last time written, and 
of our age is this waiting, and some, depending on that before the only word that can strike joy 
by something more than mustard and Canada 
thistles.” We were glad to hear it, glad, too, that 
nothing was said of rattlesnakes and “blue ager;” 
but we thought that there was a covert sneer in 
the sentence, which hit the love of our New York 
home a little too closely. Never having been farther 
west than the shores of Erie, and having heard 
occasionally of “ sarpents in Eden,” as well as 
flowers, our opinions as to East and West are about 
evenly balanced, i. e., if gaining wealth can balance 
the enjoying of comforts; but what we don’t like is 
the tendency of emigrators to denounce what they 
have left behind, as not worthy to be looked at. It 
seems as bad as accepting the hospitality of a hu¬ 
man friend when given in token of good will, then 
at another board, laughing at what was lacking; 
so “ don’t you do a bit of it,” friends, it’s not good 
manners, besides being very unpatriotic. 
the answer to her own questions, that during these are in more danger through the prevalence of the efficacy of the “ go-ahead” principle strike it through its mournfulness, the word which will make 
three years of penance, instead of being incited by fashion. Frequent and thorough ablutions, a simple from their list of life - s text-books entirely it “gone home.” Ellen C. Lake. 
omtiHnn t. ..- »*- «-* 4 “ ~~ 3 Charlotte Centre, N. Y., 1858. 
an ambition to improve her mind, and be first in and nutritious diet, we should secure for all our .. j carCt wait> „ gayg a young hope ful, jllgt steppi 
d “f e V nd “ her “ lf for the reponsible children. intohisfirstpairof high-heeled boots, so off he goe^ 
duties ” she expects soon to assume-graduating But I plead for the little girl, that she may have ; « mother’s apron string” by the most ap- 
with attainments that would creditably represent air and exercise, as wel as her brother, and she d method of a gaucv twilch) ' nd ivi 
the institution she attended-she is content to get a may not be too much blamed, if in her earnest tbe act dl3C notice that no knot can tie g Btr * 
“smattering of the fashionable” branches taught, P ay, she happens to tear and soil her apron. I j e h to bring him aga j n 1!n der her control. 
“ and a knowledge of nothing useful,” her mind be- Plead that she may not be punished as a romp, if „ j shmH wait „ declareg a yo t it - 
ing pre-occupied with the science “taught by the she keenly enjoys those active sports which city about tweilt y thinly-scattered hairs on his upper 
older girls.” gentility proscribes. I plead that the ambition to . • • _ ,i nrif i. r .• • f - 
ly enough to bring him again under her control. 
“I shan't wait,” declares a young gent, with 
about twenty thinly-scattered hairs on his upper 
Ellen C. Lake. 
older girls.” gentility proscribes I plead that the ambition to lipi _ 8wiBging bis ' dan dv cane ' 
The tedious three years being ended, she now make her accomplished do not chain her to a piano h f father i B nose by way of er 
returns home to make her “debut in society” and 1511 tbc spinal column, which should consolidate fb ugc p m m ' er • j n * 0 b , 
try her hand at the “ older girls’ ” science, much to the frame, starts aside like a broken reed; nor bow . ™ ^ tU1 ag Q j d ag M 
the chagrin of the disappointed parents, who feel ber over Urn book till the vital energy, which ought fancy tba t j know enough now.”* So the father, as .. . — -v -. Ruler from the human mind, and the star of hope 
illy requited for the pains and care bestowed, to to P^ ade tba wbo]e 8 J stem > mounteinto her brain (he unhonori ]ipsexpreg8 it , « caves in „ and ' ten 8 P obea >n disappointment and remorse, is get « The fool hath gaid in hig heart> there ia 
say nothing of the money lavished upon their and kindles the death-fever.-^. Sigourney. cbances to one tho fruit8 0 f the son’s knowledge &n a tlUge ° f GDVy 13 t0 ° ° ften plamlj VISlble in no God;” but the wise mau says, “The Heavens 
child; while their hopes of her future usefulness -- —- are harvested in the shape of a “decided smash- tbc emphasis of its utterance. And yet, with the declare the glory of God> and tbe firmament 
are very much lessened. WeU, so much for send- A WOMAN’S TRUE LIFE. up” within the year. lessons of daily experience before us, we hesitate, showeth his handy work.” But we need not look 
ing Ida to school against her will. ~ “Wait! I don’t see what you’re always preach- 8tnmble and tuln a " a Y> fbo word unspoken, to through the vast regions of space, to find evident 
But Ida says:-"How different with our brothers, a ° most women how rarely occurs the opportu- ing tbat for « says au impatient man to his wife meet again the same disappointment and regret. traces of Deity. Objects with which we are familiar 
who are sent to some such institution as Yale or nit 7 ot accomplishing great things, and making « bere ] aillj working like a slave for the necessa- Haw much the sum total of life’s accomplishments by daily observation, reveal not only creative power, 
Cambridge.” Very true; for while Ida is whiling great conquests, as the on-looking world estimates ri es of life, when, by one year in California, I could or omissions maybe comprised in this same but wisdom to adapt every creature to the elements 
away her ft™, acquiring a knowledge of the pc- greatness. Hut in e^ery relation of life, and in al- make cnough to keep us Iike prince8 . Pm I10t promptness or hesitancy in speaking the word.- in which it ia fitted to live and move-fish fur- 
culiar science “ to catch a beau”—her brother, at most every day s and hour s experience, there are going to waU for the dippery gold t0 come to me Ah, there is a mighty power in one little word— nisbed with fins to 8wim in water . birda with wing8 
“Yale or Cambridge,” is attentively following his aid in her pathway little crosses to take up and througb hand-digging, I’ve got brains, and specula- The uttera nce of a word created worlds. The to fly in the air; and all land animals with limbs 
“ guides,” who are showing him “ the hidden mys- l)ear > htlle toons to learn of patience and for- ({m . g tho word for me .». So he g0CH< most likeI timely speaking of a word has raised up thrones, for locomotion; while man, who is placed at the 
tenes of the building.” Now, if Ida was left to bearance, little sacrifices which may seem as nothing tQ come back> at the end of tUe year> with aruined dominions, cities, and palaces, and enshrouded the head; is endowed with reason, and has the gift of 
her own choice, she would remain at home with Jo the lookei-on, but which from peculiarity of constitution and not a dol]ar of the glippery ld same in carnage, desolation, and destruction. In know ledge far superior to any other animal- 
her mother, during these three “susceptible” years, temperament may n reality be costly ones; little he wag sure of catching; or, if he bring the the bumbler walks of life tbc 8 P eakin g or witb - language to communicate his many thoughts, and 
the end of which would make her about nineteen, vutona over nameless developments of selfishness, dollarg( wll0 knows of the « c)ean hand8 and pure boldin S of a w °rd may produce important conse- hands to execute the work assigned him. These 
And, if it is now proposed to her to make a pil- which perhaps only God and conscience pronounc- heart? „ quences to individuals—to brighten and cheer, or are bu t a few of the most plain and obvious proofs 
Written for Moorc’a IlunU New-Yoifcer 
“IF I HAD ONLY SAID THE WORD.” 
Did you ever observe how often this expression 
is uttered in the common walks of daily life, and 
with what tone of regret when the prosperity of 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorkor. 
THE COAST-LIGHT. 
’Mid the gloom that broods o'er the sea, 
'Mid the darkness that crushes mj sight, 
’Mid the tempest’s uproarious glee, 
I catch but a trembling light— 
I look upon thee, 
Coast-light of the sea. 
I pin to that light my gaze— 
’Tig the star of hope to me— 
I value those glimmering rays 
Far above what diamonds can be, 
As I look unto thee, 
Lone star of the sea. 
As I fix on that star my eye 
No darkness is visible round— 
It lights up the sea and the sky, 
Shutting out e’en the tempest’s fell sound:— 
And I gaze upon thee, 
The lone star at sea. 
The instant I turn from that star 
AU is darkness and gloom once more, 
A darkness and gloom denser far 
Than they that had reigned there before; 
I looked upon thee, 
Lone star of the sea. 
Again to that light I turn, 
That star of radiant peace: 
Alay those fires continue to burn 
Till the storm’s black midnight cease: 
May I still gaze on thee. 
Lone star of the sea! 
On thy rock-base stand, lone star, 
And guide my frail vessel to rest 
Untouched by the biUowy war 
That tosses that ship on its breast! 
Stand firm there for me, 
Lone star of the sea! 
Shine out with thy flashing blaze, 
And scatter the phantoms of fear! 
Dart forth thy javelin rays, 
And wound to the death Despair! 
Shine, dart forth for me, 
Lone star of the sea! 
Let thy keen-pointed shafts, lone light, 
Fierce the gloom and the darkness through, 
And along their track my sight 
Catch hope in the distant view. 
Fierce the darkness for me. 
Lone star of the sea! 
Guide my storm-battered vessel safe 
To the waveless, quiet port, 
And snatch me a floating waif 
From the tempest's angry sport! 
I trust only thee, 
Lone star of the sea. 
“ I trust only thee,” did 1 say? 
Blush crimson with shame, faise tongue! 
I trust only thee, bright ray?— 
I trust the Omnipotent One! 
I look beyond thee, 
Lone star of the sea! 
Warsaw, N. Y., 1858. 
lip,-swinging his dandy cane within an inch of SOmG °“f is madG kn ° W f ? Tbe 6amc tempting , 
hi, father’s nnsc. bv wav nf emnk cup had been proffered them in all its sparkling I 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker 
GOD REVEALED IN NATURE. 
brightness and rejected. Or when some misstep Tue highest of aU human hope8 is founded in 
in action, or error in faltering judgment, had been the be i n g of a God. Strike the belief of a Supreme 
recalled by coincidence, “if I had only said the Unler from the human mind .. 
recalled by coincidence, “if I bad only said tbc 
work,” is spoken in disappointment and remorse, 
and a tinge of envy is too often plainly visible in 
Ruler from the human mind, and the star of hope 
is set. “The fool hath said in his heart, there ia 
no God;” but the wise man says, “The Heavens 
the emphasis of its utterance. And ycl, with the dec i are the glory of God, and the firmament 
lessons of daily experience before us, we hesitate, gll0WCth bis bandy work .» But we need not look 
her mother, during these three “susceptible” years, Lemperameiiu ma^ m icani} ue costly ones; Little 
the end of which would make her about nineteen, victories over nameless developments of selfishness, 
And, if it is now proposed to her to make a pil- which perhaps only God and conscience pronounc- 
grimage “through the labyrinthian passages of ed selfishness; the culture of many a little hope 
that holy temple” that would require “ a term of and feelin R and principle, the suppression of many 
five years,” sire aajs no, rtat! a young lady al desire* ropinings or enaction,, greater and stronger 
nineteen to be shut up in a college live yearn?- »ft. eyes of Him, who looks into the soul's inner- • Liter of nroelo,.1.1 
Horrible! I could not think of it; besides mother most recCBS0F - than the mighty man who takes 
would oppose it, on the ground that I might lose a a cit Y 
the humbler walks of life the speaking or with¬ 
holding of a word may produce important conse- 
language to communicate his many thoughts, and 
hands to execute the work assigned him. These 
“Wait and see if I’m not mistaken? I’d look darken in sadness and sorrow the present and fu 
well doing it, wouldn't I? I know the man is a ture - ^ * s ' veI1 1,0 B P eab not hastily, but not to car eful student, who searches the deep things of 
villain, I’ve seen enough, I guess, and haven’t any cous ’ der tbe object of our aim has passed our Goi)j fi ndg ; u the bowels of the earth still more eon- 
intention of icailing in the matter of proclaiming roacn - Speak with promptness and decision, and yincing proofs of wisdom and design, in fitting 
it to the world.” Ah, this is the point where the a%ad 85 ^ ar ^ we ma Y ^ be ag ' Ci condemnation of this world for the abode of intelligent beings. 
laa-a nf Onn ,lr. nnrl flip low. nf u,»n - “ it might have been." Some One. Oranri Raradft. Midi.. 1858. .1 P. li/inuuu 
quences to individuals—to brighten and cheer, or are bu t a few of the most plain and obvious proofs 
of Deity revealed by the book of nature. The 
careful student, who searches the deep things of 
To the most of women, the great warfare of this 
probationary life must be a warfare known best by 
its results—tbe enemies they would vanquish meet 
them in the little hidden nooks of every-day life, 
^giuuuuuianmigunosea laws of God do and the laws of man should com- » ™giu nave oee?i. 
“good offer.” After enumerating the various To the mos of women, the great warfare of this mand that we ^ Many a name has been tarnish--— 
“ dulies ” 111 anticipation to devolve upon them, probationaiy life must be a warfare known best by cdj many a fair fame rut hlessly blackened by those No Scoi.niNfl.-Tf you wish to make your neigh- 
such as keeping “ the little jewels,” Ac., Ida strong- jj®‘ eiie “ ,a3 Uiey ", 0,lld vanquiab nieet who gather and hoard the links in « a chain of cir- bors and famll >’ happy-if you would see calmness 
ly contends that it is tne “ right ” of the girls «to h sm n tl . . "j den nooks °[ every-day life, cumstantial eviden ce,” a chain which, at the last, aild evenness of tember developed in your children 
onal advantages that their andlbe th ® 7 m J be warfare are sometimes tightens ti n even the life perishes in its ~ if * ou would lighten the cares and smooth the 
arnesUy asks, “ Why are they lecorded not on the scroll of earthly fame, but by Ilitasblj andnot a i Ightone *either, this hasty I ,ath of tbe companion of your bosom-do not 
watching angels in God shook on high decidingastocharacterorcrimefromoutwardseem- irritate - or scold, or be in a passion when your 
a o iruvitn-o! + 1 . 1 w ..... I_ TllCn llOW ffreatlV 1 lTinorfftnt. 1 s (’ll ov’a vnonlf ° luuuitioiumcu, ._,_. V...+ _ 1 ....... 
Grand Rapids, Midi., 1858. 
J. C. Rogers. 
No Scolding.—T f you wish to make your neigh¬ 
bors and family happy—if you would see calmness 
and evenness of tember developed in your children 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker 
BE COURTEOUS, KIND AND FORGIVING. 
have all the educational advantages that their and 1be victories they gain in the warfare are some ti me8 tightens till even the life perishes in its —if you would lighten the cares and smooth the Be courteous and kind, even to those who speak 
brothers have,” and earnestly asks, “ Why are they recorded not on the scroll of earthly fame, but by foldg _ R i$asit)i andnot alight one eitherthis hasty I)ath of tbe companion of your bosom—do not ill of you, and do not judge hastily of any person. 
not given to us ?” watching angels in God’s book on high. decidin^astocharacterorcrimefromoutwardseem- irritate, or scold, or be in a passion when your Under some circumstances a person may appear to 
The truth is that, as a general thing, we have Tben b °w greatly important is each day’s result . There . g 1)Q gort of senge - n g jn tha) . tke ' humor is crossed, but remember that others have a great disadvantage, but could we see the motives, 
better primary schools for girls than for boys; be- in tbis discipline of domestic life, if here it is we j a no g re irl a house because we cannot see it on heart8 as soft as y° urs > aud let tbe sunshine of or the promptings, or perhaps the temptations, we 
yond these, perhaps, the boys are better provided are to achieve holy victories and then to receive the t he clapboards and there is just as little in savin Christian meekness and gentleness always beam would delay our decision, and charity and sympa- 
for. But the cause must he apparent to every one. plaudit, “ Well done ?" 1 —or at the last to find in- tba t a nian is cold-hearted because he looks so on from your eye. How happy will be a circle in such thy would take the place of pleasure. 
Not that the girls are deficient in intellect, com- scr ihed upon our course, “ Defeat, failure, irretriev- the outg j de> " Ag t0 gi[lj there is ‘ enou h tQ bp ' geen a case! Ah, this Christian temper is about the It costs us nothing to forgive errors—to over- 
paratively; (the reason quoted by Ida and against oble loss." _^ plainly without striving to undermine the better onl Y requisite to make firesides happy—places look injuries—to “speak kindly to the erring,” 
which she very justly protests,) but for tho very ob- COMFORT BEFORE APPEARANCES deeds with which a man may strive to blot it out. wllich hu8bands and cbildren will regret to leave, and to all If more kind, gentle words, would be 
vious reason that to keep a class of young ladies _ ‘ «j, b j g jg tbe rbrbt heart-motto* and be g ' ad return to. Let the husband be in- given, instead of harsh rebuke, or coldness, or re- 
together, in such an “institution as Yale or Cam- Most people are too apt to sacrifice comfort to « bld e Hone ] , s( bul trail a „ (l , dulgent then to the annoyances of his ever-work- taliation, how often might a heart be reclaimed, or 
bridge,” long enough “ to acquire a thorough edu- appearance, to subject their own families to mani- Wit^hopefiripity! n^kTain*^ ing aad often ovcr -working wife; and let the wife a quarrel saved, or bitterness forgotten that would 
cation,” would be a thing next to impossible, under fold privations and discomforts, in order to astonish The depth of the abyss may be ’ always meet biin with smiles when he comes home last a life time ! And when the poor handful of 
the present usages of society, unless they werepos- w jth a show of affluence a few acquaintances who The measure of the height of pain." perplexed with the cares of business; and let both dust covers all that was once perchance an enemy, 
paratively; (the reason quoted by Ida and against loss." 
which she very justly protests,) but for the very ob¬ 
vious reason that to keep a class of young ladies 
together, in such an “institution as Yale or Cam- 
COMFORT BEFORE APPEARANCES. 
Most' people are too apt to sacrifice comfort to 
bridge,” long enough “ to acquire a thorough edu- appearance, to subject their own families to mani- 
cation,” would be a thing next to impossible, under fold privations and discomforts, in order to astonish 
the piesent usages of society, unless they werepos- with a show of affluence a few acquaintances who 
sessed of so fen of the beauties and graces of nature— seldom visit them, and who only laugh at their 
in common pai lance, homely that they mightdeem foolish and puerile attempts at displaying a little ' PErE ' ^ 
it expedient to supply themselves with something superior upholstery in a room which none of the ^ 01 tbe " 
worth more than what nature denied them. Prob- family dare make use of. Many is the house we hills >— wb 
ably not moie than one in one hundred of those have seen wherein the “ parlor ” was crammed with 'deahow 
who might enter the institution, would remain to useless stuff, while not a single room was comfort- ing P rairi 
graduate with its honors at tho end of the “ term ably furnished. Every family should seek first the do11 ’ 1 see ’ 
of bve 3' ears -” utmost comfort for its own members that its means rest ’ tber ' 
The present system of early, and I mightsaypre- will compass; and then, if there is a surplus of ers ’ gisterE 
mature matrimony, is the greatest obstacle in the funds which thev know not, what. el SP to ri„ with tbe baild 
Christian meekness and gentleness always beam would delay our decision, and charity and sympa- 
from your eye. How happy will be a circle in such thy would take the place of pleasure, 
a case! Ah, this Christian temper is about the It costs us nothing to forgive errors—to over- 
only requisite to make firesides happy—places look injuries—to “speak kindly to the erring,” 
which husbands and children will regret to leave, and to all. If more kind, gentle words, would be 
and be glad to return to. Let the husband be in- given, instead of harsh rebuke, or coldness, or re- 
dulgent then to the annoyances of his ever-work- taliation, how often might a heart be reclaimed, or 
ing and often over-working wife; and let the wife a quarrel saved, or bitterness forgotten that would 
always meet him with smiles when he comes home last a life time! And when the poor handful of 
perplexed with the cares of business; and let both dust covers all that was once perchance an enemy, 
be forbearing under their mutual imperfections, how petty will our past strifes seem to us!—how 
The “ West.” —“ I wouldn’t live in such a place and homes will be more as God intended them. beneath rational, immortal beings, to spend the few 
for the whole country, there’s nothing here hut-*-*-»- brief hours of life in contention! Let us cultivate 
hills,—why don't you go west,? you haven’t any Industry.— All exertion is in itself delightful, more charity, more gentleness. But a little while 
idea how much pleasanter it is there,—great, roll- and active amusement seldom tires us. Helvetius we walk together here, and Eiay it not better be in 
ing prairies, beautiful flowers, rich soil,—why, I owns that he could hardly listen to a concert for love, in forbearance, in forgiveness, than in anger? 
don’t see,”- but our readers can imagine the two hours, though he could play on an instrument Especially let us forbear to seek to injure those 
rest; there are few, we fancy, who have not broth- all day long. In all pursuits efforts, it must not be who were once our friends, and were kind; and 
ers, sisters, great-aunts or “elbow-cousins,” among forgotten, are as indispensable as desires. The above all, let us put resentment, and revenge far 
the hand of prairie-smitten ones, and we “do as globe is not to be circumnavigated by one wind.— from us. Hattie. 
The present system of early, and I mightsaypre- w ill compass; and then, if there is a surplus of ers ? sisters, greataunts or “elbow-cousins,” among forgotten, are as indispensable as desires. The abov 
mature matrimony, is the greatest obstacle in the funds which they know not what else to do with t,be baild P ra ' iae ' s niitten ones, and we “do as globe is not to be circumnavigated by one wind.— from 
way of the liberal education of females. When- let it be devoted to the purchase of something to we would 1x3 done b Y>” in our forbearance as to We should never do nothing. “It is better to wear 
ever a reform can lie effected in this respect, and please the eye of strangers_or rather to excite dD * sb3n £ ! be “exhortation,” — editions of which out. than to rust out,” says Bishop Cumberland.— A' 
the young ladies are willing to spend five years, 
please the eye of strangers — or rather to exc 
envy than pleasure among rival householders, 
finishing the “ exhortation,” — editions of which out than to rust out,” says Bishop Cumberland.— A very beautiful provision of nature is it when 
have been rung in our ears and planted before our “There will be time enough for repose in the Death has done his worst with us, and sealed lips 
after attaining their majority, (eighteen years of Those apartments of a house which are most used, e .V es from tinie immemorial, more especially from grave,” said Arnauld to Nicole. In truth the proper that shall never more be parted; when the summer 
age) in such a place as “ Yale or Cambridge,” and should receive the most attention. The dinin^- tbe l )eriod at wbi « b it " as discovered that a mix- rest for mau is occupation. winds have borne away upon their wanton wings 
their parents are willing they should, then, and room and sleeping apartments should receive the 
not until then, will the “girls’ rights’ be respected most especial care, for on these does the health, 
the same as that of their brothers. Should this (and consequently the comfort and happiness,) of 
ever be so, then Ida and I may wri'e again, not to the family pre-eminently depend. In short, seek 
should receive the most attention. The dining- F”“ uu 
room and sleeping apartments should receive the Wre of such rhapsodical phrases with a like por- 
most especial care, for on these does the health, ,iou of “™>ning down” words as to the merits of 
complain, but to rejoice at the new era about to first your own comfort, and the “appearances” will old and new. 
dawn upon and bless our country. c. A. n. take care of themselves. * We roinem 
WaBliittgtonville, Or. Co., N. Y., 1S58. -_ paper which 
-- Ip tlion wouldst bear thy neighbor’s faults, cast ter, desoripti 
Kind words bless him that uses them. thine eves unon thine own.— Molinns. in which he ; 
ture of such rhapsodical phrases with a like por--*—*-— - the dust we have so often clasped, and fancied to 
tion of “ running down” words as to the merits of Manners. —Some men’s behavior is like a verse Be ourselves; when the hungry moths have devour- 
our “ ain countrie,” was successful in bringing out wherein overy syllable is measured; how can a man ed the records we have left, and dreamed to be im- 
a torrent of wrath against all comparisons of the comprehend great matters, who breaketh his mind mortal; when Time has turned to sands and sifted 
old and new. too much to minute observations .—Lord Byron. through his hour-glass the mansions we have 
We remember reading, a few months since, in a -•—»--— - ■ builded, and thought would “last till doomsday”— 
paper which pays weekly visits to our home, a let- Insults, Bays a modern philosopher, are like a very beautiful provision is it, wo say, that sorne- 
Tf thou wouldst bear thy neighbor's faults, cast ter, descriptive of the writer’s sojourn in the West, counterfeit money; ive can’t hinder them beinj 
thine eyes upon thine own .—Mo linos. 
in which he affirmed that “labor was repaid there offered, hut we are not compelled to take them. 
times that second immortality we longed to leave 
is confided to a name. — B. F. Taylor. 
