OCT. 2. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
did they choose to bring it to the aid of their fel¬ 
low-men, would be found ill-fitted to help forward 
the progressive movements of their age. But, 
much as history may have taught these lofty souls 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. wbo cau ^ 80 quickly distinguish themselves if 
HISTORICAL READING. only a worthy occasion offered, and who, perhaps, 
j—' 7 would not disdain a little fame even from these 
The various dry, indigestible records of events, degenera t e times, they have failed to take from it 
with the dates of their occurrence and the names one Qr use f u i hints; that a just appreciation 
of the most prominent actors connected with them, ^ be p re8en t is not inconsistent with a true vene- 
that pass for text-books of History in many of our ra t{ on 0 f the past; that, as the past is the parent of 
schools, I suppose, have repelled more minds from the present, they do not especially honor the former 
a perusal of the master works of true historical by despising the latter; that the heroes of any age 
composition than they have attracted to it. Indeed, are no t those who scorn the times in which they 
if the object of introducing History into school live> and that a habit of looking backward with 
were to create an early distaste for that branch of longing instead of forward with hope, is not a 
letters, the purpose could not be more effectually fitting preparation for the performance of deeds 
accomplished, especially in the case of pupils of worthy to be recorded by future historians. Nor 
indifferent memory for names and dates, than by can they be said to have the highest reverence for 
a daily, undiluted lesson from one of the many ancient heroism who imagine that, under the same 
“Elements,” “Outlines,” “Abridgments,” “Com- circumstances, themselves could equal what they 
pends,” &c., got up to facilitate the acquisition of s0 mU ch venerate; for, if, at the end of their ca- 
a knowledge of the past. They who are fortunate r eer, those same heroes who won from all later 
enough never to have attempted to extract nour- ages such admiration for the past had chosen to 
ishment from these husks of history, but whose gpeak of their deeds, they could, doubtless, have 
ideas of the pleasure and advantage of historical 8 aid, in truth, that, looking at their past lives, they 
reading have been formed by acquaintance with 8a \y many things that even they wondered how they 
such authors as Goldsmith, Hume, Bancroft, accomplished; that they did not believe they 
Prescott, &c., who have found a fascination in the could repeat them; so true did it seem that each 
pages of Macaulay compared with which even moment and each duty demanded a strength suit- 
the interest of their favorite novels was tame, and ed to itself, and, the occasion past, the peculiar 
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MODELS FOR YOUNG RURALISTS. 
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who wait as anxiously the appearance of each suc¬ 
ceeding volume of his History as the reader of fic¬ 
tion expects the next installment of a story—these 
may well listen with surprise to complaints of the 
dullness and tediousness of history; but let them 
oompare the miserable skeletons on which these 
capability it called forth had gone with it. 
South Livonia, N. Y., 1858. 
PHYSICAL EDUCATION. 
We find in an exchange the following common- 
unfavorable opinions of historical literature were sense views, which we wish were more generally 
founded, with the full, rich narratives themselves heeded by those upon whom devolves the solemn 
have delighted to read, and they will soon cease to duty of educating the rising generation: 
wonder. As it is far more desirable to cultivate in At the present time, when intellectual activity 
the minds of the young a taste for historical read- marks our entire population, and when our chil- 
LOGAN’S MONUMENT. 
According to the traditions of the Cayugas, I whom he considered friends, prompted him to 
Osco (where now is situated the city of Auburn,) action. 
At the present time, when intellectual activity waa ^ l0 birth-place of Logan, the greatest of the 
marks our entire population, and when our chil- I™quois. His Indian name was Tah-gah-jute. 
In answer to a request made in the Rural, a 
f ew weeks since, for information relative to the 
|.r^ culture of winter barley, we have received, among 
i . others, the following communication, and wo 
j& :, jr W f i \ recommend its careful perusal by all that portion 
It ' mam v jfi of our parisb of readera t0 whom this column is 
R .specially dedicated. Would we had more young 
P| f \ i men of like stamina to the Johnston Brothers. 
Ill l 'mSm What other portion of the Empire State will show 
Ha f H as fair a record? Shall Niagara Co., wear the 
H proud motto—“ Excelsior ?” The question is with 
m' the Young Ruralista of the country for solution: 
.|!>q ‘ fj- ), ' jf I 
N Eds. Rural:—I f boys may answer the inquiry 
m \ ft concerning Winter Barley we will send our ex- 
perience. Our crop this year was 232 bushels from 
three acres and five-sixths. It was Bown the 15th 
llllll ^ September, on clay loam, and after harvesting a 
-H1'great crop of oats. The oats that scattered in 
harvesting came up with the barley, and formed 
the most perfect covering of the ground we ever 
saw, and some of them survived the frost, and had 
good, well-filled oats this year, so much so that the 
breadth of a cradle-swath, next the orchard, where 
it was most protected from the wind and storm, 
we did not cut The barley weighed 48 pounds to 
How we Stotfed a Bull Sucking Cows. —Wo 
put him in a stanchion and cut a slit in his tongue, 
one-half inch deep, right at the end. It cured him, 
O N TJ M E N T . and we believe it will cure a cow, or any kind of 
- animal, and not injure their feeding. 
whom he considered friends, prompted him to Thk Wat to Kkbp Turnips, Beets, Carrots, 
action. and all roots as fresh during the year as when dug, 
Wbat school-boy has not read his remarkable is to put them in barrola , of any kind-apple as 
speech, immediately after the war in which he 8 ood as an Y and cover with a sod. This is our 
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ing than to burden the memory with a mass of dren have more active brains than muscle, proper IIe waa the second son of Shikellinus, a dis- distinguished himself against the whites, and has mode > and lt worka to a charm, 
facts having little apparent relation to each other, physical education should be regarded as of the tingiiished sachem of the Cayugas, and compeer no t been moved with sympathy, even to tears, for Now, Mr. Editor, you may do as you please with 
and the mere effort to retain which, in their proper very first importance. of Ontonegea. About fifty years before the Revo- the lone, forsaken one ? this. We are readers of your paper, like it very 
sequence, produces weariness and disgust, it will Let your boy befog his whole being, physical, latl0n * when Osco was the principal village of the «i appeal to any white man to say, if he ever “ uch > have taken it a good share of the time since 
be found that the only really profitable way in mental, and moral, with tobacco, and however well Cayugas, some two hundred members of the tribe entered Logan’s cabin hungry, and he gave him waa fir8t published. We are three brothers, 
which Epitomes of history can be employed for directed the care bestowed upon him by his teach- removed to the region of Shamokin, Penn. Tah- not meat; if he ever came cold and naked, and he working a farm of one hundred and forty-two 
educational purposes is to use them as references ers, the result of this unfortunate physical habit « A f JC f E waa th ® n about seven years of age. His clothed him not? I)nrin g the close of the last acrea > and have for three Y eara - w « have what we 
and as aids to the memory in connection with will pain your heart some time, though you may latier became the friend of the whites, and was long and bloody war, Looan remained idle in his can make, and mean to bo good farmers and the 
works of a freer, more generous character. not know the cause. Let your child go from a a00a a PP°mted Indian Agent. Having embraced ca bin ( an advocate for peace. Such was my love arden t friends of good crops. Our ages are re- 
The great mass of readers labor aader two seri- ^ 8 % seasoned dinner of groes meats, mince pie, SakelTfti’cuSLin'’.ntThta taSwere ‘re “s "“'“•““V"* °<>ontr,men pointeda. they £•«»«£ nnsnT Norton JomramK, 19 pears; 
nns disadvantages so far as the readme of history is and coffee - of oysters, sardines, and wine, to the ^ uaSer8 ' th ® a ° d hl9 fa “ U ^ were re ' paused, and said, < Logan is the friend of the white Dorman Steel Johnston, lb years; Willis John- 
eonrerned on! of which Derhans eauallv dis school-room, and while this unnatural food is in ceiv « d into tne Christian Church. Tah-gah-jute, m#n .» i had even thought to have lived with you, a ™N, 14 years. This is our firm, and we make a 
w nmWnkin J all work! of a volu Process of digestion, attempt to study, and it is like °° tbe occasion of his baptism, received the name but for the injarieH of one man . Colonel Cbbsap little money every year, and wish all the rest of the 
minmfs^harac^er mo uirin^fclose attention and the l° ad ^K a race-horse with heavy weights before ° , in honor o James > Logan Secretary the kst spring) in cold blood and unprovoked, boys may do the same. We love to see a boy with 
w^iV^^TTin^o^iiftHb'nlarlv^hinderstlie flue ; 0 putting him on the course. But to require a child of the Province. Ever the firm friend o the Indian, miirdere d all the relations of Logan, not sparing clothes and money he has earned, 
other of wUohi more 0 f five, seven or ten years to think vigorously and h ‘ s nam f baa ba en rendered doubly illustrious by cvenmy wife and children. There runs notadrop HeflS Road,Niag.Co.,N. Y. H. N. Johnston & Bros. 
concerned, one of which, perhaps, equally dis¬ 
courages their undertaking all works of a volu¬ 
minous character, requiring close attention, and the 
other of which more particularly hinders the suc¬ 
cessful study of history and books of travel; I « uve, seven or xeu years lormuKvigmuusy^u Cav ueas. m i i ^ " P 
tiTT1 p o nd closely, is like commanding him to cut his own l > g s. 0 f m y blood in the veins of any living creature, 
the ifirk if mans. Tt is easv enoueh for anv of us throat. Let children think naturally and freely.— Looan inherited the talents and the peaceful This called on me for revenge. I have songht it. 
on nnMO ; nt , n i v.mir tn devnte to a volnmeof Wake knowledge attractive to them, but never cul- virtues of his father, after whose death he became I have killed many. I have fully glutted my ven- 
talcs tiopms or pssav« and a book of this kind be- tivate the mind at the expense of the body. The a Chieftain. In conformity with the parental wish, geance. For my country, I rejoice at the beamB of 
tales, poems or ess y ___ _ u ... _ I- :<• —1 he married, the same vear. the danerhtfir of a J\r>n n O Rnf rl r\ ra rvf r. 4-V. AT. «i. i •_ 
HAPPINESS. 
If we glance over society we will see a great 
in<? no nppessarv connection with anv other there ruinous consequences. We want Professors of u» uumuuu; uoi turn on ms neei to save nis life. Who is there ««hb wo, pwaaps, 
S no rliffipnltv in fimlimr a Bone or essav of con- Physiology, of Romping and Fun, in our public Bat Logan was the child of misfortune, and never to mourn for Logan? Notone.” no two persons exactly alike, either in their 
■ . . to fill anv lpisnrp snapp of time schools, as much as we want Professors of Mathe- was kindness to white men requited like his. The His sun went down in darkness and gloom. 0 Pi n i° ns or outward conduct. Yet there is one 
Nor does the necessity of reading such a book at matics, or of the Natural Sciences. Children in following extract will furnish the key to his Thatcher says:—“The melancholy history of Lo- object after which all seek,—that is, Happiness. 
Thatciier says:—‘‘The melancholy history of Lo- 
chance intervals prevent one deriving all the bene- their sports, want the vigorous influence of joyful . .. .. o an must be dismissed with no relief to its sombre Somepersonsseektoobtamhappinesshyfre- 
fit and eniovment it is canable of affording But and untrammeled maturity, and they wonld have it, Habitually nprigj , charitab.e and kind, the colors. He was himself a victim to the same quenting places of mirth and pleasure; striving to 
to rain the full profit and pleasure of reading his- were there less false dignity in the world. A good n ® ble Chieftain was unprepared for demonstrations ferocious cruelty which had already rendered him banish all care and serious thoughts-giving them- 
tory one needs to make a business of it* it is not scholar, who is nothing eAsebnt a good scholar, may of w anton violence in return. He had betnended a desolate man. Not long after the treaty, a party selves up to follow their own present inclinations, 
enough to sit down once or twice a week and read exiat without health, hut a truly noble man, in- wblte mcn to tbe extent of his opportunity and of whites murdered him as he waa returning from —while others, observing the many evils which 
a few pages then lay the volume aside for several stinct with expanded moral and intellectual life, meana ; be had opened the door of his cabin to all Detroit to his own country. It grieves us to add follow such a course, apply all their energies to the 
days till the'subject of the last reading shall have even 1 Q b i a temper and holy in his emotions, to who were disposed to accept of his hospitality; he that toward the close of his life, misery had made acquisition of wealth, vainly expecting that at 
partially faded from the mind before taking it up whom knowledge is a servant and research a pas- bad Riven meat to the hungry, and raiment to the him intemperate. No security and no solace to 80m e future time this will he a great source of hap- 
again. And as descending from ancient to mod- time, to whom one is not a task-master and the naked; he was the generous, abiding friend even Logan was the orator’s genius or the warrior’s piness to them. How many are the cares and dis- 
ern times, the materials for history constantly in- ot l ier a task,— such an one can not exist without of tbe pioneers whose axes were demolishing the glory.” appointments which the man who seeks for wealth 
_ ^ sound health. forests which supplied his table with venison.” When the citizens of Auburn determ infiJ fn n rp. is Bubiected to.—and how few evor realizo. t.n anv 
Some persons seek to obtain happiness by fre- 
oi me pioneers wnose axes were aemoiismng tne glory.” appointments which the man who seeks for wealth 
forests which supplied his table with venison.” When the citizens of Auburn determined to pre- I s subjected to,—and how few ever realize, to any 
\V hat wonder, when his implicit faith in the serve the antiquities of Fort Hill, by converting it great extent, the hopes they thus so ardently 
white man had been shamefully violated—wrongs into a rural cemetery, the pile of limestone repre- cherish. Another class of men seek for happiness 
and indignities heaped upon him—his relatives sented in our engraving, was erected as a tribute ia the acquisition of fame, or worldly honor; but 
again. And as descending from ancient to mod- time, to wnom one is not a rasa-master anu tne —-—> _ -—o— - “>— -& ***''•““ waa uuo urawrs genius or tne warriors m mem, now many are me cares ana ais- 
ern times, the materials for history constantly in- other a task,— such an one can not exist without of the pioneers whose axes were demolishing the glory.” appointments which the man who seeks for wealth 
S each SMMCding work «»»-a heaUK foreste which enpplied hi. tabic with venison." when the citizen, of Anbnrn determined to pre- is subjected to,-and how few over realize, to an, 
grows more and more formidable in size, and, of T .-Tvcr-ct rm-viZn-o nr TT ,_. T f rT T & W< L n fv, W ^ 13 ! ™P lcl t ai t id the serve the antiquities of Fort Hill, by converting it great extent, the hopes they thus so ardently 
course, proportionally taxes the courage and pa- LABOR THE CREATOR OF WEALTH. white man had been shamefully violated—wrongs into a rural cemetery, the pile of limestone repre- cherish. Another class of men seek for happiness 
tience of the reader. (Itoccurstomeheretoreferthe * • a 7- i;i * « -a and indignities heaped upon him his relatives sented in our engraving, was erected as a tribute in the acquisition of fame, or worldly honor; but 
recenUnven ion and manufacture by machineryof n°vi°k m reflection would naturally confer murdered in cold blood-ho could not quietly of respect to the memory of the greatest of his the result of this is only “vanity and vexation of 
metalliMnirtrumimts for wrUin^to a differoncebbe- ’’““T” ° f >™*.u,t,ble S»“ •»* e»dnro .11, bn. th.t hi, nature called loudl, for race. No modem epitaph is inscribed upon it, spirit." Then, if we woild seek after and obtain 
tween thtTgeneral literature of onr own days and of wealth, natmnal or revenge? Fond memories of wife, children and tat th „ touching and eloquent sentence; true happiness., we must be careful not to place too 
thatof more remote time. The ancient, coined .'rZ^a^iS "»^** «* *- " Who „ thsr. m „o„„ , or Lou.uhigh a v^a on the heating things of time. Wo 
themselves to accounts of things actually done; and luxurio ns tastes of society, has begotten the A SUSPICIOUS mtnd ^ ~- strive to obey the laws by which the universe 
and for this purpose the stylus and, in later days, impres8ion that money is the chief wealth. But SUS PICIOUS MIND. 18 w ° perform the dutieB we ^tuaUy 
the goose-quill sufficed; but this Age of Talk tells truly considered how far this conclusion is from I T is difficult to tell who suffers most from suspi- IW 
and whaWt means 8 ^^’0 • ^nV RO^Htllus-making S Ct Go1 ? 8llVGr bCar Jf*™ 68 ? rela J on . to cion - hc who entertains it, or he who incurs it- = ■■■ ’ = ing o’f the Great Law-Giver; He, on whom we are 
ana wnat 11 means 10 ao, ana so sxyius massing those wants of man upon which life depends; in- There are few evils more intolerable in life than k™ Meow .„ . Jf ,, , . . „ s V 
and quill-growing are voted slow and have gone trinsicallv they are as an apnlication to his temno i 7 ! ,1 intolerable in life, than For Moorrfa Rnral N«w-York«. wholly dependent; He, in whose “favor there is 
. , . f. . . . . . . , ? ,, tnnsicauy tney are, as an application to ms tempo- the coldness and distrust of friends and acquaint- MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA life” and “ treasures evermore» T «iar 
out of fashion.) Again the fact of works on both ra l necessities, less valuable than the simplest weeds ances . But the pain of discovering an unworthy HANEOUS ENIGMA. 
ancient and modern history being unaccompanied by the way . side . Cau a m an eat, or drink, or wear trait or a vi i e deed in those whom we have trusted, 1 AiI composed of 10 letters. ebr0D ’__ 
^ ap 7 8 a ^ aw aC °f 1 e f / ro \V a ; g°’ d!l But for the fictitious value allowed to it, is hardly less distressing. God has made us social My 13, 6,15, 5,10 is both a bane and blessing. ALPHABET OF PR0VFRB8 
might be anticipated from perusing them. Most what ple asurahle impression would it produce on b^ and the BOcial in 8 ti nct cannot be outraged 2 ’ U > 8 > 4 > 12 > ia ° a ^o of a bird. ALPHABE T OF P ROVERBS. 
scardtv^ seems h 0 kdy P rToMin 0 ue m becaus n e not “? ,° f th " 8611368 m ° r6 thW1 ^ 0th6r ShiniDg without pain * There i8 hardl y an y habit more ?' f° d f® r , maiu A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. 
, . ^ .. . ’ , , ' Bubstance? fortunate, than that of readily taking up an evil 4 is allied to a burn. Boasters are cousins to liars. 
nowing xac y w a w w nt, w 0 no now The greatest wealth of a nation, or an individu- report, or of easily imbibing a suspicion of the M Y 7 > 3 > 2 > 5 18 a much abased goddess. Confession of a fault makes half amends, 
how nor where to supply the deficiency. Every al( does not lie in temporal association or estate conduct or character of our fellow-men. It is a 14 > 15 > 6 is alwa y 8 singular. Denying a fault doubles it 
one wno nas tonowea me course 01 a traveler to both nation8 and individuals, butconsistsin those habit which finds many incentives in onr evil na- M Y whole ia a State containing a greater variety Envy 8h ooteth at others and wounds himself. 
A SUSPICIOUS MIND. 
It is difficult to tell who suffers most from suspi¬ 
cion, he who entertains it, or he who incurs it— 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 16 letters. 
without pain. There is hardly any habit more un- 8< 9 ’ 4 ' d * a 8 ° od to r man. 
fortunate, than that of readily taking up an evil ^Y 9, 11, 4 is allied to a burn. 
report, or of easily imbibing a suspicion of the ^ 3 ’ 2 > 5 ^ a much abused goddess. 
conduct or character of our fellow-men. It is a ^Y H 15, 5 is always singular. 
habit which finds many incentives in onr evil na- ^Y whole is a State containing a greater variety 
New York State, 1858. 
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through a long journey in foreign countries will elements by which the necessities of human life tures and the world we live in. Everyman has his of P eo I ,le > than an Y other in the Union, 
remember how much more interesting were de- are most surely satisfied. To the wanderer famish- sinister side, and society is at best hut a cracked New York state, 1868. 
\ n .r* nnrmiq'qnii , ’ a! nP co7^ C "’ the desert, the greatest treasure would have mirror, in which no man’s character or motives Answer in tw o wee ks, 
with whose names a c ons the reader was b een food and drink; he cast pearls aside with get a full and fair reflection. It is easy to find in 
familiar, or which e con easiy nd by referring disgust, praying they had been dates. The great almost every one, some flaw which may bo sus- Ar , T r r - i or Moore’s Rural. 
to a map than accounts of more obscure places, temporal wants of men and nations are food and pccted to be an irreparable leak- or some speck ARITHME TICAL P ROBLEM 
Precisely so is it in reading history; events are ra iment, and especially food —deprive them of upon the surface that may seem to indicate a radi- SnpposF thrpo mon 
far more likely to fix our attention and impress these and all other iQns wonld be nselfifis upon “ Y. f , m , catearadI Suppose three men were mowingaro' 
_,___•_t _xi__ mese, ana an otner possessions wouia pe useless. ca i ro t a t the core. Few. indeed, go through life of m-ass in tho fm-m of a 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM. 
upon the surface, that may seem to indicate a radi- Suppose three men were mowing around a piece 
themselves on onr memories when the scene, in “ h 7 ;“ toIsnte. in srtTS , , ,1 ’ 1 , 7 ’ 8 8 , ° f ^ m tlle fo ™ of 0 s< ‘ Mre ' “ d ,ho thr “ 
which they transpired are on paper, before onr , I “ , y “ ea0 w " t “: °f "» l »'«”& appearance of cut a atrip two rods wide; after going once and a 
eyes, than when we are left to depend in good part ' “ d POw'r which gold and wrong; and if we aufrer ouraelves to anspect the half round, they find the piece of grass one-half 
o J nLg,nation and guess-work define tLr "LS 1 SjK down and font rods oyer-how much wasthere 
situation. 
and labor brought in contact with the earth, in its find ourselves surrounded by rogues, and breathing j n the piece? 
various capacities, ia the creator, as it should be a very atmosphere of corruption. Verona, Onei. Co., N. Y., 1858. 
the distributor aud enjoyer of the most substantial Wholly to avoid suspicions of men is impossi- Answer in two weeks. 
of all temporal wealth. ble, because there is unmistakable occasion for __ 
- them. But if he is happiest who is freest from For m 
The enchantment that distance of time lends to the distributor aud enjoyer of the most substantial Wholly to avoid suspicions of men is impossi- 
early events, institutions, customs, modes of thought of all temporal wealth. ble, because there is unmistakable occasion for 
and action, and the thousand circumstances con---- them> But if he ia happie3t who ia freest from 
nected with the political, social and domestic The Great Object of Education. — Self-in- them, we should be slow to entertain them. It is 
economy of long-ago nations, nourishes, in many struction is the one great object of rational cduca- better to think well than to think evil of any one. 
readers of ancient literature, an inordinate admi- tion. In mind as well as body we are children at It is better to find a good motive for a doubtful 
ration of the past and a coiresponding discontent first, only that we may afterwards become men; deed, if a good one be possible, than an evil one. 
with the present. Dazzled by the brilliant exam- dependent upon others, in order that we may learn It may be nearer the truth; and if not, it will cou¬ 
ples of heroism that history has handed down, and from them such lessons as may tend eventually to fer a pleasure. Our suspicions often do great 
believing that ancient times offered far grander 0 ur edification on an independent basis of our wrong to their objects; justice, no less than chari- 
opportunities for illustrious achievement than own . The knowledge of facts, or what is gener- ty, should make us cautious in indulging in them, 
their own age, these worshipers of the past, in ally called learning, however much we may pos- And if we do not injure them, such is the retribu- 
weak regrets for its loss, cheat the present of much 8 ess of it, is useful so far only as we erect its ma- five law of life, we wound ourselves, we drive 
valuable effort. Possessing, many times, an over- terials into a mental framework; but useless so charity weeping from our hearts, and deprive our- 
weening confidence in their own untried strength, long as we suffer it to lie in a heap, inert and selves of the blessedness of kind thoughts. It is 
and scorning to debase it to the poor occasions of without form. The instruction of others, com- a loss on all sides. We lose our peace, and our 
ordinary life, these dreamers spend themselves in pared with self-instruction, is like law compared friend loses the joy of our confidence. Charity is 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
CHARADE. 
My first is always considered a pest, 
And, therefore, i 3 never a welcome guest; 
It also is an article of food, 
And then is considered very good. 
My second the city of Rome did have, 
But which her might could never save. 
My third is a simple verb in English— 
My whole was a gen’ral of the British. 
Romulus, N. Y., 1858. C. Jacobus. 
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true happinesss, we must be careful not to place too 
high a value on the fleeting things of time. We 
must strive to obey the laws by which the universe 
ia governed—to perform the duties we mutually 
owe to each other—to cultivate feelings of benevo¬ 
lence,—and, above all, to seek the favor and bless¬ 
ing of the Great Law-Giver; He, on whom we are 
wholly dependent; He, in whose “favor there is 
life” and “ pleasures evermore.” j. m’ k. 
Hebron, N. Y., 1858. 
ALPHABET OF PROVERBS. 
A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. 
Boasters are cousins to liars. 
Confession of a fault makes half amends. 
Denying a fault doubles it 
Envy shooteth at others and wounds himself. 
Foolish fear doubles danger. 
God reaches us good things by our hands. 
He has hard work who has nothing to do. 
It costs more to revenge wrongs than to bear 
them. 
Knavery is the worst trade. 
Learning makes a man lit company for himself. 
Modesty is a guard to virtue. 
Not to hear conscience is the way to silence it 
One hour to-day is worth two to-morrow. 
Proud looks make foul works in fair faces. 
Quiet conscience gives quiet sleep. 
Richest is he that wants least. 
Small faults indulged are little thieves that let 
in greater. 
The boughs that bear most hang lowest. 
Upright walking is sure walking. 
Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. 
Wise men make more opportunities than they 
find. 
You never lose by doing a good turn. 
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light 
Young People's Pocket Book for 1858. 
commas, in. x., i»o8. v. u us. Knowledge.— It is not knowledge alone which 
Answer in two w eeks. _ makes us happy; it is the quality of the knowl- 
ANSWEFS TO ENIGMAS, &o., IN NO. 464. edge. Perfect knowledge is conviction; and it is 
- conviction which makes us happy, which abso- 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—For the lately satisfies, and which changes dead knowledge 
vain longings for a return of the emergencies that wit h faith; a discipline of preparation, beggarly profitable as well as right-it is due to our own , of the Lord is ri « ht ’ and aU Hia workfl are into living.- Novalis. 
called forth those splendid exercises of public and elements, a school-master to lead us on to a state of peace of mind aa well as to that of others.— done m truth ; _. ,. , -- 
private virtue they so much admire. Knowing greater worthiness, and there give up the charge Evangelist . ^ idlbrs 
nothing of the interests and the struggles that oc- of n^—Bulwer. 
cupy their country and humanity, or, rather, ren- - 
dered incapable of appreciating present aims by He who writ 
Men imagine they communicate their virtue or 
Answer to Acrostical Enigma:—Give us this day 
our daily bread—Acrostically, God is Love. 
Answer to Engineering Problem:—Commence 
on the equator, run to the pole, turn a right-angle 
IDLRK3 AND GRUMBLERS. 
exclusive sympathy with the past, their experience , 1 right. 
He who writes what is wrong, wrongs what is vice only by overt actions, and do not see that and run to the equator, thence to the place of be- 
virtue or vice emit a breath any moment. 
Don’t stand in your tracks doing nothing but grumble, 
But start for a run if you meet with a tumble; 
You had better be scoured by rubs in the dust. 
Than to be in your idleness eaten by rust. 
