MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AM AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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THE VOICE OE THE GRASS. 
BT MBS. SABAH ROBERTS. 
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; 
By the dusty roadside, 
On the sunny hill-side, 
Close by the noisy brook, 
In every shady nook, 
I come creeping, creeping everywhere. 
Here I come creeping, smiling everywhere; 
All around the open door, 
Where sit the aged poor, 
Here with the children play. 
In the bright and merry May, 
I come creeping, creeping everywhere. 
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; 
In the noisy city street, 
My pleasant face you’ll meet, 
Cheering the sick at heart, 
Toiling his busy part, 
Silently creeping, creeping everywhere. 
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; 
You cannot see me coming. 
Nor hear my low sweet humming, 
For in the starry night, 
And the glad morning light, 
I come quietly creeping everywhere. 
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; 
More welcome than the flowers, 
In summer's pleasant hours; 
The gentle cow is glad, 
And the merry bird not sad 
To see me creeping, creeping everywhere. 
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; 
When you’re numbered with tlio dead 
In your still and narrow bed. 
In the happy spring I'll come, 
And deck your silent home, 
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere. 
Here I come creeping everywhere; 
SIv humble song of praise, 
Most gratefully I raise 
To Him at whose command 
I beautify the land. 
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere. 
lural Jiktdj Iflofi. 
TRUE COURAGE. 
In tlie summer vacation of 1835, a party of 
gay young collegians visited Tattershall castle, 
in Lincolnshire. This remarkably noble ruin 
consists of a single lofty keep, rising to the 
height of two hundred feet, the interior being 
open from summit to basement. Mighty oaken 
beams once, however, spanned the mighty walls, 
supporting floors which formed stories of vary¬ 
ing height. Many of these beams had fallen 
into the basement, completely rotten, through 
shameful exposure to the weather ever since the 
roof crumbled away; others still pertinaciously 
hung, more or less broken and decayed, but in 
a majority of instances, seemed as if a strong 
gust of eddying wind would send them down 
crashing, to "mingle their fragments with those 
already below. 
The party were in high spirits. They had 
drunk old wines, and their young blood flowed 
hotly in their veins; they had laughed, joked, 
and talked themselves into wild excitement,— 
About half way up the castle turrets there was 
a sort of open landing which goes along one 
wall of the structure; and on this landing the 
party stepped from the spiral staircase they had 
hitherto been ascending, and there paused a 
moment to look about them. r ihe scene was 
striking. A few beams sprung across just be¬ 
low their feet; a few thick mooted rays of the 
sun pierced through the adjoining loop holes; 
a few fleecy cloudlets flitted athwart the blue 
light overhead. Startled by the noisy visitors, 
a number of dusky jackdaws flew out ot their 
holes up and down the walls, and after chatter¬ 
ing their decided disapprobation of being dis¬ 
turbed, made half a dozen whirling circles of 
the interior, then rose rapidly upward till they 
disappeared. 
Immediately afterwards a great while owl 
projected his visage from a hole close above 
where one of the beams joined the opposite 
wall, and frightfully peering with its great daz¬ 
zled eyes, the harmless creature, bewildered, 
popped from its hole on to the beam, and hav¬ 
ing made a few feeble flutterings with its wings, 
remained quite stationary, crouched in a ball- 
like figure, close to the wall. 
“ Oh, Deschamp,” exclaimed one of the par¬ 
ty, to a friend at his side, who was plucking the 
long gray moss of a peculiar species, which lit¬ 
erally clothes the castle wall inside and out, 
“ look yonder at Minerva’s bird.” 
“Ha! ha!” chorused the company, “a verita¬ 
ble owl.” 
Thereupon one and all began picking up bits 
of brick and mortar, from where they stood, 
and threw them at the bird with various de¬ 
grees of skill. One or two bits even struck it, 
but so far from being roused by them, the owl 
merely gave one boding, long-drawn, sepulchral 
screech, and contracting its ghastly outlines in¬ 
to still smaller compass, fairly buried its broad 
visage between the meeting bony tips ol its 
wings. 
“ What a stupid creature! hoo! horoo! ’ shout¬ 
ed they, thinking by that means to induce it to 
fly. Hut the outcry only terrified the bird to 
such a degree that it stuck its claws convulsive¬ 
ly into the decayed timber. 
“ It’s the way of them creatures, ’ said the 
guide who was showing them over the castle, 
“ they’re about the stupidest things in creation, 
I’m thinkin’.” 
“ Humph,” muttered Lord Swindon, a hand¬ 
some, athletic man of twenty, “ with such an 
example before our eyes, we cannot but admit 
your opinion to be highly philosophic and un- 
disputable. But I say, old fellow,’ added he, 
tapping the guide familiarly on the shoulder 
with the light riding switch he carried in his 
hand, “is that beam a rotten one?” 
“ I should’nt be over for’ard to trust myself 
ou it, sir,” answered the man—a fat, dumpy 
personage. 
“ You wouldn’t! No. I should rather think 
not,” responded Lord Swindon, a smile of su- ; 
preme disdain sweeping across his features as ] 
he surveyed the “ old fellow ” from head to foot. 
“ But tell me, did you ever kuow anybody to 1 
walk upon it, eh?” 
“ 0 dear, yes. Only last summer a young 
Oxonian ran from end to end of it, as I seed : 
with my own eyes.” 
“Did he?” 1 
“True,” put in Deschamp. “I remember 
now it was young Manners, oi Brazennose; and 
didn’t he brag about it?” ■ 
« Him!” exclaimed Lord Swindon, with a toss 
of the head; “that fellow, poor milksop! Not,” 
continued he hastily, “ that it is anything ot a 
feat. Phoo!” 
“Not a feat?” murmured his companions; 
and with one accord they stretched forth their 
necks, and gazing down the dim abyss, shud¬ 
dered at what they beheld. Well they might. 
The beam in question rose at the height ot 
about one hundred feet, and naught beueath it 
was there but a gloomy chasm, only broken in 
one or two places by crumbling beams, and not 
even one of these was by many feet near it, 
“ Oh, Swindon, how can you say so?” 
“ I can say it, and I do,” snappishly replied 
the young man, his brain heated with wines, 
“and at any rate, what that fellow Manners 
has done I can do; so look out!’ 
Thus speaking, he recklessly stepped upon 
the beam, and despite the remonstrance ot his 
companions, was in the act of proceeding along 
it, when his arm was firmly grasped, and a low, 
deep toned voice exclaimed, 
«My Lord, do you court a horrible death? 
do not thus risk your life for naught.” 
The individual who thus unhesitatingly in¬ 
terfered was evidently unknown to all present, 
being a casual visitor to the castle, who had 
just joined the group. With au imprecation, 
the mad-cap jerked his arm away, and sprang 
forward along the beam. Its surface was 
rough, rounded and uneven; and as he ran 
along, swerving front side to side, every instant 
in danger of being precipitated downward 
with the awful certainty of being dashed to 
pieces, his friends could hardly restrain them¬ 
selves from crying out with terror, though such 
a course would probably have had the imme¬ 
diate effect of discomposing the equilibrium of 
their rash companion, and so induce the catas¬ 
trophe they fully anticipated, without the pow¬ 
er of prevention. Had the adventurer’s pres¬ 
ence of mind one momeiit failed—had his self- 
possession and confidence wavered or forsaken 
him—had his brain sickened or hk eye turned 
dim for a single second—had he made the least 
false step—had his footing slipped pn the slimy 
surface of the beam—liad he tripped against 
any of the knots projecting from the rotten 
wood which had mouldered away around them 
—at once he would have been hurled into 
dread eternity. 
But an unseen hand sustainecf%im, and safe¬ 
ly he reached the extremity of the beam, ruth¬ 
lessly wrenched the trembling owl lrom his 
perch, waved it aloft in triumph, and then, 
with a proud ejaculation, beyan to retrace his 
steps with it shrieking and fluttering in his 
hands. AVlieu he reached the centre ot the 
frail beam, which creaked and. bent terribly 
with his comparatively small weight, he paus¬ 
ed, drew himself up to his full height—air 
above, air beneath, air all around, naught but 
air—and deliberately tore the head ol the owl 
by main force from the body. Having perpe¬ 
trated this cruel deed, he tossed the bloody 
head among the breathless spectators, and 
sharply dashed the writhing body into the 
void beneath his feet. He coolly watched its 
descent, until it lay a shapeless mass on .the 
stones below; then, with a slow, bravoing mien, 
he walked back to the terrified party, and 
boastingly inquired of them whether Manning 
could beat that. 
“ My lord,” solemnly said the stranger, “ you 
have not performed the act ol a brave, sane 
man, and you have committed a desperate 
deed, on one of God’s helpless creatures. You 
ought to thank him, from the depth of your 
soul, my lord, that he saved you from the pen¬ 
alty you incurred." 
“What do you say?” fiercely demanded 
Lord Swindon. “Do you dare to insinuate 
cowardice against me?” aud with flushing brow 
he assumed a threatening attitude. 
“I kuow not, my lord, whether you are 
brave or not; but what I have witnessed was 
certainly not an exercise of true courage,” was 
the passionless reply. 
“ And yet I’ll wager a cool thousand, that 
you dare not do it.” 
“ True, I dare not do it; for I am incapable 
of offering such a deadly insult to my Maker. ’ 
“Fine words!” Then carried away by the 
excitement of the moment, he added, with au 
insolent look and gesture, “ Y ou are a lying 
coward!” 
“ Listen, my lord,” answered the person thus 
addressed, and this time his tone was even 
calmer than before. “ One year ago, you were ; 
walking at the midnight hour on the pier of | 
the seaport of Hull, and but one other person j 
was upon it, and he was a stranger to. you.— 
You trod too near the edge of the pier, and 
fell into the sea. The tempest was howling, 
and the tide was high and running strongly, 
and ere you could utter more than one smoth¬ 
ered cry, it had swept you many yards away, 
aud you were sinking rapidly. Except God, 
none but the stranger heard your cry of agony; 
and as soon as it reached his ear, he looked 
forth upon the waters, and catching a glimpse 
of your struggling form, he instantly plunged ; 
in, and after much diving, eventually grasped j 
you at a great depth. Long did he support j 
your helpless body, and stoutly did he buffet 
the stifling waves, and loudly did he call lor 
aid. At the last moment, you and he were 
saved, just in time for life to be preserved in 
both. Is not this true, my lord?" 
“ It is,” emphatically responded the young 
nobleman, “ but what have you to do with it? 
I don’t know you, though it is not at all won¬ 
derful,” added he, with a sneer, “that you 
should happen to know about the matter, lor 
the newspapers blazoned it quite sufficiently.” 
“ My lord, one question more. Hid you ev¬ 
er learn who that stranger was, who, under 
God, saved your life?” 
“No, when I recovered a little, he left me 
at the hotel, where he was unknown, and I 
have never seen him since.” 
“Then, my lord,” was the startling rejoinder, 
“ look well at me, for 1 am that stranger.” 
“You!” 
“ Yes—I whom you have branded as a liar 
and a coward. Little thought 1 that the file 
I saved at the imminent risk of my own, should 
be so madly, wickedly jeopardized, tor no price 
whatever, as I have seen this hour.” 
iSo saying, the stranger bowed, and before 
another word could be uttered, he left the as¬ 
tonished party. 
MOUSE SERVANTS ABUSED. 
Nearly every family, of sufficient wealth, 
has its waiters, servants, help, male and female. 
Aud in nine cases out of ten, they are treated 
as inferior; and systematic efforts are made to 
make them feel their degradation, aud keep 
them degraded. They do not participate in 
the social intercourse of the family, they do 
not eat at the same table, nor sit iu the same 
room, nor engage in the same conversation. 
They are never introduced to the visitors 
and friends of the family, nor allowed even to 
sit and listen to their elevated and instructive 
conversation. In a month’s residence under 
the same roof, you would not learn that they 
had any names but Betty, Fanny, Ann, or 
John. They do not ride with the family to 
church, nor sit iu the same seat with them.— 
No efforts are made to improve their manners, 
their intellects, or hearts. They are kept in 
the condition of slaves, as far as the law ol 
the land will allow. Indeed, such is the mis¬ 
erable degradation to which they are subject¬ 
ed, that very few of our American girls sub¬ 
mit to it. Many of them will almost starve, 
and when starvation threatens, will plunge in¬ 
to the lowest depths of vice and pollution for 
a living, rather than submit to the degrada¬ 
tion ofliouse servants in one-half the profess¬ 
edly Christian families in our cities. These 
statements will not be denied by those who 
kuow the facts. 
We have a prominent church member, who 
not only refuses his servants a seat at the same 
table, but shuts them out from family worship! 
“For the oppression of the poor, for the 
sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith 
the Lord, I will set him in safety from him 
that puffeth at him.” —Fs. xii. 5 Golden 
Rule. 
How quickly nature falls to revolt, when gold 
becomes her object.— Shakspeare. 
jjratjj's Corner. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS, NO. §9. 
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jgjf” Answer in two weeks. 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 23 letters. 
My 2, 13, 6, 7 is a point of the compass. 
My 3, 18, 9, 16, 23 is what every man wants. 
My 4, 13,7,8,14,1 is under the doctor's care. 
My 5, 11, 12, 18, 20, 5 is one of the grand di¬ 
visions of the earth. 
My 7, 18, 20, 6, 23 is the name of a person in 
Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 
My 9, 16, 4, 7, 11, 14, 5 is the name of a fire 
company. 
My 10, 16, 12, 4, 5, 9,7 is the name of a sea 
animal. 
My 13, 12, 7,8, 6, 1 is the title of a painter. 
My 15, 23, 12, 11, 6 is the name of an ancient 
hero. 
Mv 16, 19, 20, 2,12, 12 is the title of Louis 
Napoleon. 
My 17, 21, 9, 7 is a word often used by boys. 
My 18, 1, 7,18,19,21,9 is a piece of furniture. 
My 19, 13, 23 is the name of a month. 
My 20,16,7 is a name applied to tame animals. 
My 23, 13, 7, 16, 6 is the name of a county in 
this State. 
Aly whole is the name of an incorporated 
company. D - h. 
Reading Centre, June, 1854. 
jggr- Answer next week. 
In the following illustration of a printing t 
office dialogue, there is decidedly more truth 
than poetry: _ J 
Foreman—You fellow with red hair, what i 
are you at now? 
Compositor—lm setting “ A house on fire! 
—most done. 
Foreman—What’s Smith about? 
Compositor—lie’s engaged ou “ A Horrible 
Murder.” 
Foreman—Finish it as quickly as possible 
and help Morse through with his “ Telegraph.” 
Bob what are you trying to get up? 
Bob—A panic in the “ Mouey Market.” „ ; 
Foreman—Jim, what arc you distributing? 
Jim—Prizes in “ Perham’s Gift Enterprise.” 
Foreman—Stop that, and take hold of this 
“run away horse.” Slocum, what have you 
been about this last half hour? 
Slocum—Justifying the “ Compromise Mea¬ 
sures,” which my “ sub ” set. 
Compositor—How about these “ Municipal 
Candidates?” 
Foreman—Run ’em in. What did you say, 
Slocum? 
Slocum—Shall I “lead” these “Men of 
Boston?” 
Foreman—No, they are “solid” of course. 
Compositor—Do you waut a full face head 
to “Jenny Lind’s Family?” 
Foreman—No, such things go iu “small 
caps.” Skeasicks, have you got up that “ Cap¬ 
ital Joke?” 
Skeasicks—No sir, I’m “ out of sorts.” 
Foreman—Well, throw in this “Million of 
California Cold,” and when you get through 
with it, I’ll give you some more. Wilson, have 
you finished the Coalition? 
Wilson—Yes sir, the “ Coalition is all up.” 
Editor—What do you want now? 
Devil—More copy, sir. 
Editor—Have you completed that “Elo¬ 
quent Thanksgiving Discourse?” 
Devil—Yes sir, and I’ve got up a “Warm 
Winter!” 
Scissors—Here, take this “ Official,” and be 
off. 
—[Exit Devil with a “phat take.” 
GRASS IN RUM. 
An old fellow in Missouri, who was in the 
habit of “ not belonging to the temperance so¬ 
ciety,” was in the act of taking a nip oue day 
before a youug Virginian. 
“ What do you drink?” asked the latter. 
“ Brandy and water,” was the reply. 
“Why don’t you drink mint juleps?” 
“ Mint juleps?” queried the old man, “why, 
what in the name of drinks is that?” 
“A most delicious drink,” was the answer, 
“ and I’ll show you how to make it, as I see 
you have mint growing almost at your door.” 
The young fellow soon produced the julep, 
and the old man was delighted with it. 
About a month after, on his return home, 
the Virginian thought he would stop at his old 
friend’s and “ indulge,” but judge of his sur¬ 
prise, when his inquiries at the door for his 
friend were answered by an aged female dar¬ 
key, with, 
“ Oh, Massa’s dead and gone dis two weeks!” 
“Dead!” exclaimed the young man, “ why, 
how strange! What did he die of?” 
“ Oh, I d’uo,” returned the woman, “ only a 
fellow come along about a monf ago and larut 
him to drink grass in dc rum, and it killed him 
in two weeks.” 
Patent Medicine Certificate. —Dear Doc¬ 
tor:—1 will be 175 years old next October.— 
For 94 years 1 have been an invalid, unable to 
move except when stirred with a lever; but a 
year ago last Thursday I heard of the granicu- 
lar syrup. I bought a bottle, smelt of the 
cork, and found myself a new man. I can now 
run twelve and a half miles an hour, and throw 
nineteen double somersets without stopping. 
P. S.—A little of your Alicumtoutuin salve 
applied to a wooden leg, reduced compound 
fracture in nineteen minutes, and is now cover¬ 
ing the limb with a fresh cuticle of white gum 
pine bark. 
When a devout Mussulman found himself 
in the midst of a terrible tempest at sea, he rec¬ 
ollected that he had violated Mohamedan 
law, by indulging in swine’s flesh on a particu¬ 
lar occasion. Having made due confession 
aud prayed for a cessation of the storm, in vain, 
he pettishly exclaimed, “what a great fuss 
about a little bit of pork!” 
§ 1 
Answer to Illustrated Rebus No. 27.— Jack- 
son, the gallant General of New Orleans. 
Answer to Agricultural Enigma in No. 26.— 
Deep plowing and dean culture. 
Honest. —A toper after staggering over the 
bridge at Cambridge, Mass., offered the gate¬ 
keeper double toll, for lie said he must have 
walked over every plank twice. • A little of 
the same honesty would make the whisky sell¬ 
er return him the money he paid for the liquor 
he got drunk on. 
It is said the editor of the Massachusetts 
Life Boat is delighted to learn that “the Czar 
refuses to treat.” The next steamer he hopes 
will bring the news of his joining the temper¬ 
ance society. 
One of Paddy’s Best. —Whereas, Patrick 
O’ Conner lately left his lodgings, this is to give 
notice, that if he does not return immediately, 
aud pay for the same, he will be advertised. 
A friend having oue of Colts large-sized 
revolvers in his hand, was asked— 
“ Is that a horse pistol?" 
“ No,” was his reply; “it’sa Coil's." 
The editor of the Albany Transcript says 
that the New York Day Book is set up en¬ 
tirely by girls, and adds that he should like to 
“set up with them.” Probably! 
Punch says Nicholas rules the serfs, but 
Britannia rules the waves. 
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