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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
where it was all the time. Why wasn’t yon off 
like the rest of the folks, eh?” 
“For the very test of reasons, ma’am,” replied 
Minnie, blushing, “because 1 did not know where 
to go.” 
“That’s curious,” said Mrs. Wilson, alittle soft¬ 
ened, and, giving her another and a scrutinizing 
look from over her spectacles, added, “and did 
you expect to find out by sitting here?” 
“Yes, I thought Providence might open some 
way before me.” 
“Providence ! then yon believe in Providence, 
do you ? So did I till I lost my valise, and then 
I didn't know what I should do. But that’s found, 
and I feel better. Come, go home with me and 
see what Providence and I will do for you. 1 like 
to see people trust to Providence.” 
Minnie thanked her, and placing her trunk in 
the care of a hack-man, she proceeded on foot with 
Mrs. Wilson. After a few casual remarks in re¬ 
gard to the weather, the pleasantness of the trip, 
and the length of the walk, the old lady turned 
suddenly, and asked Minnie for her history. 
“My history,” replied Minnie, “although a sad 
one, is not, I am sorry to say, unlike that of many 
others. Sly parents were both from good families, 
and commenced the world with as fair prospects 
of success as any others. For many years mv 
father was in the practice of the law. and being a 
man of superior talents, and pleasing manners, 
business aud wealth poured in upon us almost 
without an effort. Political life lie had shunned, 
although repeatedly solicited to accept some of¬ 
fice under Government. He preferred, as he often 
told mother, a seat under his own roof, by herside, 
with ns three children upon his knee, to one in 
Congress, nr even to the Presidential chair. But 
there came an evil hour when he yielded and con¬ 
sented to run for Congress. Still, as he was a 
hazel eye, took a seat, not a little astonished at the 
sudden appearance of a lady of whose existence 
he had no previous knowledge. 
“You descend upon us with the suddenness of 
the Gods, Miss Waters,” he said with one of those 
half quizzical looks, which ever seemed at home 
upon his face, 
“ Yes, and with some special mission, undoubted¬ 
ly, to you sinners,” was her quick reply. 
“Good,” thought, he, “you are of the right grit.” 
Then, gathering up his fluttering ideas, he added, 
“You do not purpose to veto freedom of the feet 
and tongue, I trust.” 
“The greatest freedom consistent with conven¬ 
tional proprieties,” she replied, with a slight bow 
aud smile. 
A retort seemed to be upon his tongue’s end, as 
tea was announced: then, rising, and excusing 
himself, ho left by the way of the kitchen, where 
he danced a pigeon wing around his aunt, and 
whispered in her ear, “That’s a right smart girl; 
where did you pick her up?” 
“ That’s best known to myself,” she replied with 
a knowing frisk of her head; “but you vanish if 
you are going. My tea will all get cold.” 
After one or two more flourishes, which ended 
in placing his aunt’s spectacles on the back of her 
head, he made a sudden exit. 
Minnie was both amused and pleased with his 
good-natured playfulness; and when Mrs. Wilson 
observed at the table that “Sam is a dreadful wild 
creature,” she was quitd inclined to draw her out. 
“ lie is a nephew of yours?” she asked. 
“Y’es, a kind of nephew,” she replied. “His 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
THE FAITHFUL FRIEND. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
TRUE COURAGE. 
by j. n. m’naughton. 
A LOYAL dog bad I long years ago — 
A noble mastiff with a valiant heart— 
Tig nothing gtrange to thee, but even now 
His Iosb I feel—ay/more than when his grave 
Received his corse ! The world to me hath taught 
A lesson by a sad experience— 
Hath taught me how a faithful tew to prize ; 
Hath taught how cold and hollow is the voice 
Of poor humanity ; hath taught how vain, 
How weak, how selfish is the flinty heart 
Of grov'ling mortals, who upon my dog— 
My faithful friend—would frown in scorn, or spurn 
Him from their brutish feet I 
I've felt, ns ou the bed of pain I yearn’d, 
And he, poor thing, no friendly aid could find— 
I've lelt the big round tear upon my cheek, 
I’ve felt the stifled oath spring to my lip, 
As that poor beast would to the kennel limp 
In wailing agony — and then the laugh 
The demon-laugh and jeer of cruelty 1 
And all because he longed to hear the voice, 
And lick the feverish hand, in sympathy. 
Of his sick master—all because he dared 
To own 3 warmer, truer heart than they 1 
But he is go no I —long years ago 1 laid 
Him by yon copse, and o'er his resting place 
I piled a little cairn. E'en now the snow 
Over his grave is drifting Weak and chill. 
Dost ask the manner of Ills death ? I’ll iell: 
Well pleased to see thee deign a thought for him,— 
The feet that spurn'd him from his muster’s bed 
Accused him falsely, and condemn'd. 
Ilia absent master heard the brutal shot 
That left him friendless in a cold, cold world I 
How oft have I, as on the street I've met. 
Trotting and lolling, the tired faithful dog— 
How oft have 1 (bow simple 1) to him turn'd 
Aud a«k if he was good ns my old dog? 
If he was kind, aud if the cruel world 
E’er spurn’d him when his master was abroad ? 
And then I’d meet his master in the coach, 
And stop him in the dusty street, and ask 
—He wond'iing, deeming mo “ betide myself— 
With earnest gaze, the querys that the dog 
Would answer. 
Since I laid my faithful dog 
Within the copse, no other have I kept 
Twere better far to roam the world alone. 
Than have a triend and see h im daily die I 
Caledonia, N. Y., 1857. 
took a chair for a shave. One of the young men 
in attendance waited upon him promptly, gave him 
a close shave, and put him in first rate order to 
make a decent appearance in the streets. When 
the process was complete and the stranger was 
ready to depart, he made an inspection of his 
pockets, and dually found a rent, which lie handed 
to the hoy in payment for the service he had per¬ 
formed. He was politely informed that the price 
of shaving was a sixpence. The man replied very 
coolly, “I know it, and that (pointing to*the cent) 
only lacks five cents of it,! Y r ou ain’t agoing to 
stand for half a dime?” 
There was no appeal from this. All the people 
in the shop, customers included, were convulsed 
with laughter at the impudence of the fellow; but 
liis gravity was unshaken, lie took kiB hat and 
departed, calculating, no doubt, that he had driven 
a good bargain with the barber, and wns soon 
casting about for another chance to save half a 
dime. This is a true story. The man is a type of 
his class, who have thousands, and save them by 
just such shaving as this one practiced.— Union, 
We present a second sample of the “ Mixed up ” 
kind, said to be a true copy of a bill rendered to a 
gentleman in Boston. It is calculated t<> establish 
a new style of compound double entry. If Rural 
readers can fathom, Philadelphia lawyers need 
“ brush up,” or their laurels will be “ gone forever”: 
“Mr. Patrick Dcaly has worked for Samuel Byde 
four Days setting some trees two Days setting trees 
two Days turning manure three days worked at Ap¬ 
ples And four days worked about the garden And 
Mr. byde 5 Dollars worth of hay & 2 Dollars in 
boston one Brl of apples and my cow was in your 
pastor to two month And Sawed live 1-5 Cords of 
wood. , $087 cent. 
The New Orleans (La.) Picayune gives the fol¬ 
lowing definition of the word “ impossible.”—“ An 
obsolete word of four syllables, much used by the 
ancients, and still popular with many European 
nations. It has been cut out of the American 
vocabulary.” 
fall dowu aud worship him. But mother began to 
look sad, and was often away by herself, weeping 
and praying, but as I was only ten years old, I 
could not divine the cause of her grief, till one 
night, alter a political meeting, father was brought 
home drunk.” 
“The brute!” ejaculated Mrs. Wilsou, 
"No, I do not like for you to call him so, for be 
urns still my father. The next morning lie came 
out pale and sad, and mother, calling us all to him, 
laid the little uew-born Kate in bis arms, and be¬ 
sought him by the love he had for his innocent 
children and suffering wife, to reform and sign the 
temperance pledge. He was a noble, and proud 
looking man, but he was completely broken down 
aud crushed before her. I shall never forget that 
look of utter wretchedness as he gazed into her 
face. He pressed the baby to Lis lips, and literal¬ 
ly baptized it with the scalding tears of shame and 
remorse. ‘Let this child,’ ho said, ‘be a pledge 
of my repentance; and 1 promise you, as long as 
there is a Gob in heaven never, never to drink 
another drop.* Then failing on his knees, and 
raising his hands and streaming eyes to heaven, 
exclaimed, ‘so help me, thou all-powerful and 
ever-present Gob.” 
“By this time wc children had our faces hid in 
mother's lap. and wo were crying at the height of 
our voices. Yes, all wept aloud, from father and 
mother, down to little Kate. For nearly a week 
after, father was confined most of the time to the 
house, and notwithstanding cordials and liquors 
of various kinds were piescribed and sent in bv 
his political adherents, lie invariably dashed them 
against the chimney back, and their fumes and 
smoke carried upwards toward heaven his repeat¬ 
ed promises and vows. Mother was again happy. 
But, I shall weary your patience.” 
“Go on,” sobbed Mrs. Wilson, wiping her eyes 
with liet red silk handkerchief; what earne next?” 
“Shame, misery, aud death,” exclaimed Minnie, 
raising her tearless eyes to heaven. “God only 
knows how much we have suffered in consequence of 
this horrible liquor traffic. Father was defeated at a 
subsequent election, and went down with rapidity 
from the dizzy heights of' popular favor to the gut- 
ter.and the giavc. Mother sleeps beside him, and 
to-day I am the eldest of four orphan children.— 
The rest are cared for; 1 urn to take care of my¬ 
self, with no inheritance but the shame of being 
the daughter of a drunkard.” 
A Scuknectady editor, describing the effects of 
a squall on a canal boat, says: —“ When the gale 
was at its highest, the unfortunate craft keeled to 
the larboard, and the captain and another cask of 
brandy rolled overboard and were both lost.” 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
LOVE AND MONEY 
A California swain writes to his sweetheart 
thus:—“Leven yeres is retlicr long to kort a gal, 
but ile hev you yit Cate,” 
BY MRS. M. A. LATHROP. 
CHAPTER I. 
Among the numerous passengers who poured 
out of the “Reindeer,” a swift sailing boat 
on the (Ohio, was Minnie Waters, a genteel, 
though plainly dressed girl of some eighteen sum¬ 
mers. Blie was tall and dignified in her appear¬ 
ance, with black hair, and a high forehead and a 
soft, liquid, dark eye, in which her very soul seem¬ 
ed to live. Her trunk was thrown down upon the 
landing at Sbovesend, with that would-be-away 
style which characterizes boatmen in general; and 
while the 'universal scramble for trunks, band- 
boxes, and baggage was going forward, Minnie 
quietly seated herself upon her trunk, and, with 
her hands lying carelessly upon her lap, looked 
out from under her neat cottage bonnet, upon the 
tnmult and confusion around her. 
Portly and lean men, with two or more ladies 
attached to them, were eagerly examining hacks 
and back-men, and giving hasty orders in regard 
to baggage, and then were whirled away out of 
sight, leaving their places to be filled by others, 
who in their turn were as speedily disposed of._ 
The passengers were nearly all gone, but still she 
sat.,'with feelings better felt than described, of one 
who, for the first time, leaves her native hills t.o 
seek a home and employment among strangers. 
One elderly lady, with sharp, black eyes, an 
aquiline nose, and a thin face, had thrown her 
spectacles hack upon her forehead, and was pio¬ 
neering her way around among the scattered bag¬ 
gage, throwing down this and hoisting up that, and 
asking of all whom elm met, if they had seen a 
small black valise marked Wilson. The oft re¬ 
peated “No,” which came with emphasis from 
more than one whose personal property seemed 
endangered by her presence, was no damper to her 
zeal in ferreting out the lost baggage. Her move¬ 
ments had not escaped the observing eye of Min¬ 
nie, who, though hearfily sympathizing with the 
old lady, little dreamed that it lay in her power to 
relieve her trouble. 
“Every one for themselves here in grab land¬ 
ing,” thought she, “and lest some one should be 
off with my luggage, I'll sit still and keep it sure.” 
But not long was she allowed the quiet position 
she seemed to occupy, for the sharp-eyed old lady 
came to a dead bait in front of her 
A chap who went to California poor, and subse¬ 
quently became very rich, is now so extravagant 
that he skates on ice-cream. 
A Sentiment. — The Ladies: May their virtues 
exceed even the magnitude of their skirts, while 
their faults are still smaller than their bonnets. 
“Jack, your wife is not so pensive as she used 
to he.” "Well, a — humph,— no, she left that off, 
and turned ex-pensive.” 
BE KIND TO YOUR SISTERS 
Boys, be kind to your sisters. You may live to 
be old, and never find such tender, loving friends 
as these sisters. Think how many things they do 
for you; how patient they are with you; how they 
love you in spite of ullyotir ill temper or rudeness; 
how thoughtful they are for your comfort, aud be 
you thoughtful for theirs. Be ever ready to oblige 
them, to perform any little office for them that.lies 
in your power. Think what you can do for them, 
and if they express a wish be ready to gratify it, 
if possible. Yon do not know bow much happi¬ 
ness you will find in so doing. I never yet knew a 
happy and respected man who was not in youth 
kind to his sisters. There is a beautiful song 
which says, 
“ Be kind to your sister—not many may know 
The depth of true sisterly love ; 
The wealth of the ocean lies fathoms below 
The surface that sparkles above." 
sable part of the household. Samuel was a daily 
visitor, as lib had been before Minnie’s advent, aud 
although wild and noisy when others were present, 
wiih her aionc lie was particularly kind and gen¬ 
tlemanly. Minnie felt, with that quick instinct 
peculiar to girlB, that he loved her, and her heart 
was fast yielding itself up to his control Jenny 
Niles was their constant companion in walks and 
visits, but she was soon to leave for a distant 
boarding school, and then (should she say it or 
only tecl it) she should have liis company alone 
and be happier. Such was the state of affairs when 
Sam hounded into the kitchen one morning where 
his mint was busy, and in his blunt, off-hand way, 
exclaimed, “Get up your chicken fixings, aunt; 
Jenny and I are coming over to-night to introduce 
Hank Mathews, the schoolmaster, to Miss Riv¬ 
ers.” 
“To Miss what?” exclaimed Mrs. Wilson, rais¬ 
ing her spectacles and looking np with a smile. 
“Well! Miss Brooks then, or Miss Lake; hang 
it if I can tell what kind of water she belongs to. 
I wish 'twas a solid instead of a‘fluid. Why could 
not all the pretty girls have been born rich? 1 
wish to gracious she had; Hank Mathews would 
ttien never have an introduction to her from me, 
till her name was changed to Mrs. Samuel 
Holmes, Esq.” 
“1’sliaw 1” exclaimed his aunt, ‘‘what a fool you 
are making of yourself, Sam. A fortune hunter! 
Why is the tolling of a bell like the prayer of a 
hypocrite? Bekaze it is a solemn sound by a 
thoughtless tongue. 
The young gentleman who went off with an an¬ 
gel in book muslin, has retained with a termagant 
in hoops. 
The young lady who caught a gentleman's eye, 
has returned it, because it had a “wee drop” in it. 
Why was Senator Douglas’ marriage like a game 
of chance? Because he drew Cults for a wife. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
TUB LEADING WEEKLY 
AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY JOURNAL, 
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For Mooro's Rural New-Yorker. 
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American postage on papers sent to the Krilisb Provinces, our 
Canadian ugent* and friends must add. li!>j cents per copy to 
the dub rates of the Rural. 
CHAPTER H. 
“".Walk in.” said Mrs. Wilson, as she opened the 
gate in front of a neat cottage, and proceeded to a 
side door. A stout Irish girl answered the hell, 
and expressed much joy in seeing her mistress, as 
she called her, hack again; hut cast sundry side¬ 
long glances towards Minnie, being not quite sure 
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; and pulling 
down and adjusting with both hands her spectacles 
across her nose, gave a searching and inquisitive 
look at the trunk and its occupant. 
“ Hasn’t Even anything of my valise with Wil¬ 
son marked on it, have you ?” 
“No ma'am; if I had I should have informed 
you before this,” coolly replied Minnie. 
“Yes, suppose you would,” said Mrs. Wilson, 
throwing up her head and looking oat from under 
her spectacles. “But what are yon sitting here for? 
waiting for any body? I’ll warrant that valise is 
under yon, now! Come, get up, let’s sec.” And 
making a dive at her full skirts, and bringing 
them arouml, she pulled out, to Minnie’s astonish¬ 
ment, and great embarrassment, the missing bag¬ 
gage. 
“There, now!" she exclaimed, holding it up 
with a triumphant air. 
“I begyour pardon, ma’am," said Minnie, rising, 
and shaking her skirts, ns if something still might 
he attached to them, not her own, “I am very 
sorry that—” 
“Sorry,” exclaimed Mrs. Wilson, her eyes flash¬ 
ing. “Then why did you sit there like a stump, 
and never move a peg. I’ll warrant you knew 
For aMoore's Rural New-Yorker. 
ALGEBBAICAB PROBLEM, 
What two numbers are they who are to each 
other ns 9 to 1 and the square root of whose quo¬ 
tient is equal to one-third of the square root of 
their product. 
Oakland, S. Y., 1857. C. L. Cudkbeo. 
fils' A nswer next week. 
My first is the title of a ruler; my second is the 
name of a weight; and my total is a town in 
Canada. 
fig}' Answer next week. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma in No. 367:— 
The heart i9 deceitful above all things, and des¬ 
perately wicked. 
Answer to Geometrical Problem in No. 367:— 
Ra di us fl an d 4 square=36 and 16 36—16=20 x 3.1416 
=02.8320. 
Answer to Arithmetical Problem in No. 367:— 
5 feet + . 
Answer to Charade in No. 367:—Salt-cellar. 
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