MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
“IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.” 
BT IDA FAIRFIELD. 
“ It might have been,”—a mournful power, 
A deep, sad meaning dwells, 
In the brief record of the past, 
That little sentence tells. 
Some good is unattained—some goal 
We once had thought to win, 
Our laggard zeal has left behind, 
But oh 1 “ it might have been.” 
Within her gorgeous halls of state, 
A fair bride sits apart, 
With wealth and splendor all around, 
And loneliness of heart. 
In dreams she sees a sunny brow, 
And eye3 of love steal in— 
And humbler happiness was there, 
She sighs, “ it might have been.” 
Amid his worn and musty tomes, 
The scholar and the sago 
Sits idly, for the charm has flown 
Which lit the lettered page. 
Ambition gone—a hoary man, 
No gentle wife is seen, 
No children climb to kiss away 
That tear —“ it might have been.” 
Dying, upon his bed of straw 
The drunkard rests alone, 
Sobered for once, along life’s track 
His backward gaze i3 thrown, 
One mournful glance, a noble boy, 
With talents bright is seen ; 
Before him fame and fortune lay, 
He groans, “ it might have been.” 
The mother bends above her boy, 
Felled by one fatal blow, 
Her dead boy, ouce her pride and joy, 
Now source of bitterest woe. 
Ungoverned passions led him on, 
From willfulness to sin, 
She sees the twig was wrongly bent, 
And sobs, “ it might have been.” 
Deaf to the sound of mercy’s voice, 
The sinner in his wrong, 
Chases his vicious phantoms, lured 
By pleasure’s syren song. 
But sudden death, with arrow strung, 
O’ertakes him in his sin, 
The soul in ondless darkness lives, 
And shrieks, “ it might have been.” 
“It might have been ”—O, vain regret, 
On time’s receding shore, 
Live in the present, ’tls life’s all, 
The past returns no more. 
Then grapple firmly with thy fate, 
Strive for the good, the true, 
Lest late repentance come to chill 
Life’s lingering, last adieu. 
Independence, N. Y., 1865. 
Jeff’s f't&saws. 
MODEL HUSBANDS. 
BY T. 8. ARTHUR. 
“ Another day’s work done, thank for¬ 
tune !” said Mr. Peterkin, throwing himself, 
with an air of careless satisfaction, in a re¬ 
clining attitude on a bench. “ I’m not a lazy 
man, but I do feel glad, these hot June days, 
when the sun goes down.” 
A few minutes only did Mr. Peterkin re¬ 
main in this position. Rising np quickly, as 
a thought crossed his mind, he added— 
“ Woman's work, it is truly said, is never 
done. I must hurry off home, and see how 
poor Mary is getting along. She did not 
seem at all well when I left her at dinner 
time.” 
“You don’t expect to cook your supper, do 
you ?” remarked an employer in the establish¬ 
ment where Mr. Peterkin was engaged, speak¬ 
ing with a slightly sneering expression. 
“ If cook should happen to be out, and 
wifey sick,” was the smiling answer, “ the ket¬ 
tle would not fail to reach the boiliDg point 
through my neglect or indifference. That’s a 
fact.” 
“ Every man to his taste,” said the other. 
“ But I’m no Betty. I suppose you could 
dress the baby, on a pinch ?” 
“ Haven’t tried it yet; but we are never too 
old to learn, you know. Shouldn’t object to 
an experiment in that line—for I love babies 
—if there was no woman’s gentler and more 
skillful hand ready to do the work,” cheerfully 
returned Peterkin. 
The other tossed his head in a half contemp¬ 
tuous manner, replying that his babies would 
go a long time without washing and dressing 
if they waited for him to do it. For his part, 
he de-pised woman’s work. 
“ You don’t despise woman also, 1 hope?” 
said Peterkin, looking so steadily and mean¬ 
ingly at his companion that he appeared 
slightly confused. 
“ They are well enough in their place, and 
exceedingly useful,” was answered in a tone of 
affected gayety. Then he added, more serious¬ 
ly, as if to do away with any unfavorable im¬ 
pression in regal’d to his home relations that 
his word and manner might have created, “ I 
leave to my wife the entire management of the 
kitchen and nursery, and never trespass an 
inch on her perrogative. It’s as much as I can 
do to maintain the household. Her depart¬ 
ment is entirely distinct from mine. She nev¬ 
er interferes with me, and 1 award her a like 
immunity.” 
“ How is it if a ineal is late or badly cook¬ 
ed ?” asked Peterkin. 
“ I grumble, of course—perhaps scold,” said 
the other. “ If I fin 1 the money to buy good 
food, and it is spoiled in cooking, I think I’ve 
a right to grumble. I should like to know 
what you do under similar circumstances ?” 
“ I havn’t the trial often,” returned Pe¬ 
terkin. 
“ You're lucky then, that's all I have to 
say. I suppose you raise such a storm when 
there is any defect, that your wife receives a 
lesson which she does not care often to have 
repeated. I think I shall try your remedy.” 
“ It might be belter, perhaps,if you would,” 
said Peterkin, smiling. 
“ Well, what is your remedy, precisely ?— 
What do you say, and how do you say it?” 
“When a meal is late, or badly cooked, you 
mean ?” 
“Yes?” 
“ I take several things for granted, in the 
outset.” answered Peterkin. 
“ What are they ?” 
“ In the first place, 1 give my wife credit 
for good intentions. I know she meant to 
have all right. This, of course, stifles impa¬ 
tience and a disposition to complain. In the 
second place, I know that she is sufficiently 
annoyed by the defect. To increase this an¬ 
noyance by fault-finding or fretfulness, would 
not only be selfish and cruel on my part, but 
create a state of feeling in my wife that must 
increase her unhappiness, and cloud the whole 
atmosphere of home.” 
“ And you say nothing about it?” exclaim¬ 
ed the other in s uprise. 
“ Not a word. The pleasures of mere eat¬ 
ing and drinking do not constitute the whole 
of domestic enjoyment. If the meal is not 
quite so good as expected, so much the more 
necessity to increase, rather than to diminish, 
good feeling, which also has its office of recre¬ 
ating and strengthening. But I must not 
stand talking here,” added Peterkin. “ They 
will be looking for me at home. Mary, as I 
said, was not well when I left at dinner-time. 
She has a new girl in the kitchen, too ; one, 
in my opinion, not much to be relied on—good 
evening all.” 
And the young man started oft'with a light 
quick step. The one with whom he had been 
talking felt strongly inclined to utter a sneer¬ 
ing commentary on the declaration of Peter¬ 
kin ; but certain contrasts between his own 
home conduct and that of his business com¬ 
panion, were presented so vividly before hi3 
mind that in very shame he kept silent. 
The day had been unusually hot and sultry, 
and the duties of Mr. Peterkin of an exhausts 
ing nature. Cheerful as he appeared, and 
lightly as he moved away, under the tempora¬ 
ry excitement of mind occasioned by the little 
interview just mentioned, he found himself 
weary before reaching home. Hungry too, 
he was, and quite ready for a comfortable 
evening meal. 
“ It can’t be seven o’oloclt, Henry,” said his 
wife, as he entered ; and she seemed slightly 
worried. 
“ Yes, and ten minutes past,” answered Pe¬ 
terkin ; and he sat down with an exhausted 
air, and commenced fanning himself with the 
broad brim of his Panama, which he still held 
in hLs hand. “ What a iryingday it has been,” 
he remarked. “ The hottest of the season.” 
“ Get your father a cool drink of water, 
Anna,” said Mrs. Peterkin to their little 
daughter, as soon as she perceived how weary 
and heated her husband was. 
The glass of water was quickly brought, 
for love in that household was ever prompt in 
action. 
“ Thank you, dear,” said the father, with a 
smile, as he received the water. “ Ah, that is 
refreshing!” he added, as he took the glass 
from his lips. “ I feel a hundred per cent, bet¬ 
ter already. Hang up my hat, Carry. How’s 
baby ? She wasn’t well when I left this 
morning.” 
“ Poor little dear! She’s been fretful all 
day,” replied Mrs. Peterkin. “ It has been so 
warm ; and I think she’s cutting a tooth.— 
I've had her in my arms nearly all the after¬ 
noon. Hush! There, she is awake again.— 
I was in hopes Bhe would rest the evening 
through. 0 dear, I’m quite worn out! Car¬ 
ry, go up to your sister and try to amuse her, 
while I see about supper. This new girl is 
not to be depended upon.” 
Mrs. Peterkin went to the kitchen, where 
she found the promise of an early tea even 
worse than she had anticipated. But there 
was a kind of magic in her presence that 
quickly gave a new aspect to everything. A 
slight but skillful arrangement of the fire caused 
it to burn clearer, and a lew prompt directions 
to the cook brightened the ideas of that indi¬ 
vidual wonderfully, Justus Mrs. Peterkin’s 
hands were fairly in her work, the babe, which 
had at first been partially quieted through 
Carry’s efforts, began to scream violently. 
“ Oh, dear, dear!” exclaimed the mother, 
whose nerves were already so excited that she 
only maintained exterior composure through 
the most earnest effort. “ What is to be done? 
I can’t bear to hear that poor sick child’s 
cries; and if I leave here, there’s no telling 
when tea will be ready.” 
It only needed an impatient word from her 
husband to destroy the equilibrium for which 
Mrs. Peterkin was so bravely struggling.— 
With him, at this moment, rested the happi¬ 
ness or unhappiness of his little household. 
He was depressed in body from weariness and 
hunger. He had looked forward to the eve¬ 
ning meal with pleasure, and had expected, as 
usual, to find it on the table. Instead of this, 
he found his wife in a slightly worried state, 
and the supper he was so fully prepared to en¬ 
joy, far from being ready. It had cost him a 
little effort to hide his disappointment on dis¬ 
covering the aspect of affairs, when he first 
came in ; but he gave utterance to cheerful 
words, and these restored cheerful feelings. 
Left alone after his wife had gone to see 
about the evening meal, and his little daugh¬ 
ter to quiet the baby, Mr. Pelerkin's thoughts 
diverged into rather an unusual channel for 
him, and he w r as actually saying to himself, 
“ A little forecast on wifey’s part would have 
prevented this,” when the baby’s loud screams 
disturbed him. It was rarely that he suffered 
anything to annoy him at home. Now, how¬ 
ever, he did feel worried. An exhausted body 
left an exhausted mind. Over his countenance 
flitted an impatient expression, and a few con¬ 
tracting lines shadowed his forehead. For a 
little while he sat, the screams of the baby 
fluttering his nerves. Then he arose, and was 
about passing into the kitchen, to say, half 
impatiently, “ Do let supper alone, and go up 
to the baby,” when a better thought was bom 
of a better purpose ; and instead of doing as 
at first inclined, he ascended to the chamber, 
and, taking the child, quickly soothed it with 
gentle tones and loving words. 
What a magic power to awaken discord or 
produce harmony was possessed by the hus¬ 
band aod father in that little point of time! 
The good and the evil impulses were for a mo¬ 
ment or two evetdy balanced, but good pre¬ 
ponderated, and a calmness fell upon the 
slightly troubled w’aters of his pleasant house¬ 
hold. And such power every husband and 
father possesses ; yet how few use their influ¬ 
ence, at all times, well and wisely! 
So interested did Mr. Peterkin soon become 
in the now quiet and happy babe, that he for¬ 
got all about his hunger and weariness ; and 
when supper was at last announced, he took 
his place at the table in a pleasant frame of 
mind, and communicated to all a measure of 
his cheerful spirit. If he noticed that the tea 
was smoked, or the toast burnt at the edge, 
he did not speak of it, and so relieved the 
mind of his wife, who felt worried at these lit¬ 
tle defects in their evening meal. 
Baby cried no more. After tea, she fell off 
into a natural sleep, and did not awaken until 
the morning. 
“ Don’t sew this evening, Mary,” said Mr. 
Peterkin, as his wife took her work basket 
and drew up to the table on which she had 
just placed a lamp. 
“ It’s only a little mending,” she replied, 
with a grateful look at her husband for his 
kind consideration ; " and it must be done to¬ 
night. It won’t take me long.” 
“ Woman’s work is never done,” said Mr. 
Peterkin. “ 1 wish I could help you ; but 
plj ing the needle is out of my line.” 
“You can read, however,” answered his 
wife, with one of her pleasant smiles, “and 
that we can both enjoy.” 
Mrs Peterkin, although it was an hour be¬ 
fore she put up her needle, experienced no 
weariness of body during the time, for the 
deep interest she felt in the volume from which 
her husband read. 
Peace drew that night around this humble 
family the curtains of repose. They were not 
rich in wordly goods ; they were not honored 
among men ; and yet few arose with a more 
cheerlul spirit when the day dawned, or retir¬ 
ed with calmer hearts when night called them 
to refreshing slumber. And why? We need 
not answer the question. 
“ And is this your ‘ good model!’ of a hus¬ 
band !” we hear some fine young'lady or “ ac¬ 
complished” gentleman say,with a captious toss 
of the head. “ So a man must nurse the baby, 
and stay at home and read to his wile every 
night while she darns the stockings, or else he is 
not a good husband, according to your wonder¬ 
fully elevated standard!” 
And is this the spirit in which you have 
read ? Well, we don’t leel inclined to discuss 
the matter with you. Here is a model; we 
have called it a good one. It is taken from 
humble life. If all husbands in every social 
grade, from the highest to the lowliest, will 
bear towards their wives the same unselfish 
regard that Mr. Peterkin bore towards his, 
there will be light in many dwellings where all 
now is darkness and discontent. 
SGHAMYL’S SON- 
Among the foreign news we find the follow¬ 
ing bit of romance in real life. It relates to 
the son of SchamyJ, the celebrated Circassian 
chief: 
Within the last few weeks, Schamyl has 
been rejoiced by the return of his sou who, 
eleven years ago, when of tender age, had the 
misfortune to be taken prisoner by the Rus¬ 
sians. Since then Schamyl had not heard of 
the boy, and long ago gave him up for lost, 
it appears, however, that when he was cap¬ 
tured, the Russian general, Prince Worouzoff, 
sent him to St. Petersburgh, where the late 
Emperor took a liking to the lad, and had him 
educated in the Military Academy. It hap¬ 
pened last year that Schamyl, in some sudden 
surprise, took several Russian ladies prisoners, 
amongst whom was the Princess Tscharawpdy. 
They were conducted to one of Schamyl s 
mountain fastnesses and confined there as 
prisoners of war, but treated with the respect 
and decorum due to their rank and sex. The 
Governor General of Tiflis sent a flag of truce 
to Schamyl to demand the release of the 
captured ladies, offering a large sum of money 
and the liberty of several Circassian ladies 
who had been made prisoners by the Russians. 
But Schamyl replied that if his son were 
alive, and the Russians would restore him, he 
would release all the lady captives. The Em¬ 
peror Nicholas sent for young Schamyl, gave 
him his liberty, and fitted him out with the 
needful equipments to undertake the long 
journey. The exchange took place in the end 
of January. Young Schamyl, who, when at 
St. Petersburgh, was not required to abjure 
the Moslem creed, has profited by his involun¬ 
tary sejour at the Russian capital, and has 
now returned to his overjoyed father an ac¬ 
complished cavilier, with a comparatively 
civilized education. It is said that he enter¬ 
tains great gratitude to the Emperor for his 
personal treatment, and it is not impossible 
that his return to his native mountains may 
have an effect on the future mode of Circas¬ 
sian warfare, and the introduction of more 
civilized manners and customs generally 
amongst his countrymen. 
Birds Speaking English. —A traveler in 
South America, speaking of the birds of his 
native land, says it is pleasant to notice that 
into whatever strange countries they may have 
wandered during the winter, and whatever 
strange tongues they may have heard, they 
nevertheless come back speaking English .— 
Hark! “ Phoebe! Phoebe!” plain enough.— 
And by-and-by the bobolink, “Bob o’ Lincoln.” 
and the quail, saying, “ Bob White.” We 
have heard of one who always thought the 
robin said, “Skillet! skillet! three legs to a 
skillet 1” A certain facetious doctor says the 
robins cry out to him as he passes along the 
road, “ Kill em ! cure cm ! physic! physic!” 
Do not for one repulse forget the purpose 
you resolved to effect. 
For Moore’p Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 14 letters. 
My 3, 1, 10, 6 is a plant used by dyers in 
coloring. 
My 4, 2, 12, 11, 5 is a venomous serpent. 
My 1, 13, 14, 5 is a town in Austria. 
My 8 is a letter of the alphabet. 
My 11, 4, 5, 10 is a British title of nobility. 
My 12, 4, 7, 9 is a weapon. 
My whole was an eminent Revolutionary 
Patriot. a. o. p. 
Geneva, N. Y., 1855. 
Answer next week. 
Written for Moore’e Rural New-Tork»r. 
ALGEBRAIC PROBLEM. 
There is a conical glass 6 inches high, 5 
inches wide at the top, and which is one-fifth 
part filled with water. What must be the di¬ 
mensions of a ball let fall into the water that 
shall just be iinmeasod by it. o. n. m. 
Royalton, N. Y., 1865. 
Answer next week. 
HENRY G. VAIL, 
CONSULTING AGRICULTURIST, NEWARK, N. J., 
Wnx visit farms, anti givo suitable advice for their im¬ 
provement, founded on an analysis of thk soil and a 
statement of its mechanical condition. Communications 
addressed as above, will moot with prompt attention. 
Refei-ences —Prof. Jas. J. Mapes ; R. L. Pell, Esq., Ulster 
Co., N. Y.; J. J. Scoflleld, Esq., Morristown, N. J.; Hon. 
John Newton Gould, Hudson, N. Y. 272-0t 
MORGAN HORSE, “GENERAL GIFFORD.’’ 
Tins distinguished horse will ho kept the present sea¬ 
son as follows, viz., on Mondays. Tuesdays and Wednes¬ 
days at the stable of Samuel Harpending, Dundee, Yates 
Co.; and on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at the sta¬ 
ble of N. Thompson, Penn Yan. 
Terms of insurance Fifteen Dollars. 
277-4 CHARLES W. INGERSOLL, 
April 23, 1855. DAVID K. EMANS. 
IMPROVED PATENT SCYTHE SNATH. 
A New and Improved Patent Scythe Snath made from 
Wrought Iron. 
Light, firm, and durable, and pronounced by very 
many who have used them for two season’s past, supe¬ 
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Manufactured only by Lambon, Goodnow & Co., (long 
known as makers of Lamson’s Patent Wood Snaths J and 
for sale at their Warehouse, No. 7 Gold St., New York, 
and by the Hardware and Agricultural trade generally, 
throughout the country. 277-13t 
CHARADE. 
I was in our First Parents’ guilt, 
But not with Noah in the flood— 
With Cain when on the earth he spilt 
His brother Abel’s righteous blood. 
In sin I was, when sin began: 
In love I live not, but in strife ; 
Yet, strange to say, I am not in man, 
Nor angel — but in every wife. 
I’m not in man, nor in man’s breath, 
Yet in his every ill, and evil; 
In life pursue him, and in death 
Torment with widow, wife, or devil. 
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. 
The mother should cheerfully interest her¬ 
self in flic sports and amusements of her chil¬ 
dren, and lend her aid in aught that contri¬ 
butes to their happiness and innocent enter¬ 
tainment, as far as is consistent with her cares 
and duties,— and should make any sacrifice or 
denial on her own part, rather than they 
should feel uncarcd for, unloved, or a burden 
on her time and attention. They should he 
made to realize that they are cherished within 
her ‘ 1 heart of hearts, ’ ’ and that their comfort 
and -well-being are the objects of her daily so¬ 
licitude, the main-spring of all her acts. Thus 
feeling, they will have little or no desire for 
resorts of pleasure beyond the fireside ; and as 
they advance in age, will be protected in a 
great measure from the temptations of the 
world and out-door life, and in long after 
years will look back upon that mother’s ten¬ 
derness as the safeguard from many sins. And 
if that mother should have gone to rest, there 
will be a halo round her memory that will 
light them on through many a darksome path, 
incite them on to many good deeds, and keep 
them free from vice. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac- IN No. 279, 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma in No. 279. 
— Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siber ia. 
Answer to Puzzle.— 45 
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A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. 
In Farmington, Ontario Co., N. Y., situated two miles 
from the Friends Mooting House, on the road to Manches¬ 
ter. It contains 190acres, well adapted to raising all kinds 
of grain and grass, is woll watorod, with living springs in 
almost every lot, is woll fenced and in a good state of 
cultivation ; about 30 acres of timber, part cedar ; with 
throe good Apple Orchards, Peach Orchard, Cherries, 
Plums. Pears, Ac., and a young orchard of 80 trees. A 
good house, with wood and carriage housos attached, and 
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