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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 4. i 
Ilflrt-ffliio. 
CONDUCTED BY AZILE. 
For Moor 's Rural New-Yorkor. 
A SPIRIT WAIL. 
BY OARItlK COTI.YGTOH 
Fairy-BIKE, fairy-like over my spirit, 
Stealeth remembrance of happier hours— 
Tenderly, tenderly, e’en as the Iragrnueo 
Of sweet-scented, faded, autumnal flowers. 
Beautiful, beautiful, all were my loved ones. 
Fairer than OaeUet—the jewels within,— 
They were too lovely for earth aud its sorrows, 
Too frail for its chill blasts,—pure for its sin. 
Silently, silently falleth the snow-flakes, 
Draping the earth-thus they drooped their heads low, 
Lovingly, lovingly, on the kind bosom 
01 their beloved Savior— thus did they go. 
Gracefully, gracefully down in yon meadow, 
Benaeth the willow-boughs over each grave— 
Blighted, and withered all, lie the fair flowers, 
Which 1 must cherished, but oh I could not save. 
Desolate, desolate now is the hearth-stone, 
Drear are the halls, which re-echoed with glee, 
Wearily, wearily pssseth the lone hours, 
Oh! my Redeemer, while wailing tor thee. 
Bayside, N Y., February, 1867. 
For Moore's Knr&l New-Yorker 
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN EUROPE. 
BY MRS. L. W. BROtVN. 
Wo. I—Arrival and Notings in France. 
^ After fifteen days’ passage from New York, on 
Sunday, Nov. 18th, we were sailing in the English 
Channel. No land could be seen, but a visit from 
a weary, frightened land-bird bronght promise 
ornamented with flowers. At each sent were de¬ 
canters of water and bottles of wine, and small 
rolls of bread hid in large napkins. I saw no 
pitchers anywhere, except brown earthen ones, 
and those on the heads of ‘watering girls' return, 
ing from the public fountains. The water was 
generally good, though many for the love of some¬ 
thing stronger, declaimed much against its use. 
Individual prescriptions are not suited to the 
wants of the public, but in my experience, being 
early accustomed to taking meals without drink, 
aud uever having used any other beverage than 
water, in my long journey by sea and land, I did 
not even taste anything el c, while I met with no 
one traveling who suffered less indisposition or 
felt less fatigue by constant exercise. In the use 
of food, after an ocean voyage, there is no desire 
for moderation. 
Of the first meal in France, which is a specimen 
of others in diilbrent countries, I can speak favor¬ 
ably, both as to the quality and cooking. Bread 
and milk in France are very good. They are sold 
under strict police regulations, the license for sale 
being forfeited if they are found adulterated. The 
courses brought forward in regular order were— 
1st, green pea soup; 2d, fresh fish aud boiled po¬ 
tatoes; 3d, stewed pigeon; 4th, fresh pork and 
salad, dressed profusely with oil; 6th, broiled 
lamb and fried potatoes; (1th, boiled fowl; 7th, 
roast beef; 8th, baked lowi; 9tb, vegetables—spin- 
age, cauliflower, &c., seasoned with dressing; loth, 
cheese and cake, with a dessert consisting of very 
nice pears and grapes, figs, almonds and boiled 
chestnuts. These last are much larger than in onr 
country, and are a common article of food among 
the poor, especially in Italy, Wild game is plenty. 
The smallest birds are eaten, and their brains con¬ 
sidered a delicacy. 
At two in the afternoon, I went to the Custom 
House to await the examination imposed upon for¬ 
eigners by the rules of that couutry. I soon found 
©jiuia iJjsffllauy, 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
SLEEP. 
It is not an obscure, unknown man of whom I 
have written. You know him by report, aud by 
the contributions which his masterly pen frequent¬ 
ly furnishes to the best conducted journals of the 
day. In my next I may, perchance, give a sketch 
of Mrs. Sunnysipk. More Anon. 
THE HAUNTED HOUSE. 
BY IDA FAIRFIELD. 
For Mooro'a Rural New-Yorker. 
YOUNG MEN. 
Is the black and gloaming night, 
Came a spirit still and white, 
With a brow of angel light, 
Standing by my bed, 
“Rest” she softly whispered—“rest,” 
And my drooping lids caressed, 
And her cool, white fingers pressed 
Lightly on my head. 
At her touch, a world of care, 
Day's dull routine cold and bare, 
Quickly vanished in the air ; 
And there came instead. 
Glowing visions of delight, 
Shadowy phantoms of the night, 
Ever changeful, evei bright, 
Thronging rouod my bod. 
From the Future's promised goal, 
Years of sweetest bliss upstole, 
Joy’s full wave swept o'er my soul, 
Drowning all life's tears. 
Like the sun-light on the stream, 
Love’s full splendors o’er my dream, 
fcshed its sweet, bewildering gleam, 
Neither doubts nor fears. 
Years flew by on unseen wing, 
V ears they seemed, like those which spring 
From revolving worlds, and bring 
Only toil and care; 
For this spirit’s umgic power, 
Curdles life to one short hour, 
Joy's full cup, or love's rich dower, 
But a moment share. 
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that it, would soon greet anxious eyes. At eve- my luggage with a room full of others: and 
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ning, a light-house appeared in the distance._ 
Cannon were fired, and rockets sent out to call a 
pilot. He soon appeared. His price for taking 
charge of the ship a mile or two, was one hundred 
dollars. After 6ome little parley, the captain gave 
amongst a crowd of all nations and tongues, hast¬ 
ened to give the keys to an old man, who, with his 
intoxicated wife, took charge of allairs. As I felt 
anxious, I tried to look willing, to have the search 
through with. At most, my goods were slightly 
, . . . - - fc.v/'-Mjio ivcjc an " till y 
rn eighty. It, was a pity to pass the Isle of disturbed, while many had large quantities com- 
V lght in the night. Vie could disoern the bold pletely overhauled, which they had the trouble to 
Thus the spirit stood, aed smiled, 
As the long hours she beguiled, 
With her visions sweet and mild. 
Visions ever new— 
Patient, tireless, through the night 
Bending o'er me still and white, 
Flying as the morning light, 
Peeped the curtaiu through. 
Independence, N. Y., March, 1857. 
Wight in the night. We could disoern the bold 
shore and craggy rocks beyond, but. not the Queen's 
summer residence. The lights of the inhabitants 
looked cheerful, dottingthe mountain side like the 
homes of bank swallows. While anchored oil Ibis 
isle, a steamer from Southampton, distant fifteen 
miles, came and took several of our company. It 
seemed like breaking up of a family. A French 
pilot also came up, and for three hundred dollars 
agreed to see the steamer safe into port by morn¬ 
ing. In the morning, we came to a sudden stop 
within sight of Havre. It was low tide, and the 
heavy-freighted vessel could not enter harbor till 
afternoon. All the passengers reaching homeland, 
hastened ashore in small row-boats. At noon, 
Captain Christy, the New Y r ork Agent in Havre, 
came on board and invited the ladies remaining 
to land in his sail-boat. The wind was very strong 
and chill,and those not furnished with extra cloth- 
iug, suffered from cold; but all seemed glad to 
reach ‘dry land 5 at almost any peril. 
replace as best they could, aud often at the ex¬ 
pense of an extra box. Silver spoons were liable 
to be broken in pieces, unmade clothing taken 
out, many valuables seized, and only redeemed by 
the owners at a high tariff The greatest search 
seemed to be for cigars and tobacco, upon which 
are heavy duties. 
Havre is situated on a hill, but the best portion 
of this old maritime town is not seen from the 
harbor. The port descending to the sea, presents 
a barren, ragged appearance, terminating in a low, 
sandy beach, and is covered with dismal-looking 
old buildings, interspersed with rocks, patches of 
verdure, and a few isolated shrubs. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorkor. 
PEN SCRATCHES FROM REAL LIFE. 
•N"°* IT-—Earmer Sunnyside. 
“ His life was gentle and the elements 
So mixed in him, that Nature might staud op, the young men of the nation, the young farmers 
And say to all the world, This was a man." the young men in every profession, and department 
Farmer Sunnysiiie is already in the descending ai % shall appreciate their position, aud their 
scale ol lile. He is ubove the middle height, of b, 6 b privilege to perpetuate and extend whatever 
noble proportions, with a well developed head, Pertains to the- welfare of mankind. h. 
No class are addressed, by the voice or pen, with 
more hope of good, than young men ,— those who 
are neither too old to learn, or so firmly fixed in 
their habits, that Ihey cannot depart from the 
beaten track, when shown a more excellent way.— 
There is great hope too, in the fact that young men 
are strong—upon whose shoulders rests the chief 
weight of the responsibility, as to whet ict the 
present generation, in all important interests, shall 
progress, or go back—whether society shall con¬ 
tinue in the same state in which it has come down 
from the fathers, or shall change—and if so, for 
the better, or for the worse. 
We would not, by these remarks, deny, or under¬ 
value the responsibility and influence of any other 
class, young or old, male or female. There is a 
mutual and reciprocal influence in these matters 
which cannot be separated. “ The hand cannot, 
say of the foot, ‘I have no need of thee;’ or the 
eye of the ear, ‘1 have no ueed of thee."’ They 
are members of one body. All act together.— 
While the young men must exert, for the most 
part, the immediate, controlling influence, in sha¬ 
ping the institutions and events of society, there 
are, at the same time, other important and power¬ 
ful influences, whi- b, in a great degree,shape their 
own characters, aud thus direct essentially their 
actions. The stand which they take in society, aud 
the influence which they exert will depend very 
much upon the combined influence upon them¬ 
selves, of the fathers and mothers, the brothers and 
sisters, and all whom they admire and love, as well 
as of everything in the preseut or the past, which 
has contributed to mold their characters. 
But whatever they are, and however made so, 
the mantle ol the preceding generation falls upon 
them. They are to take up their work where their 
| fathers have left it—to maintain, and in their turn, 
hand down to those who shall come after what 
was delivered into their hands, together with such 
improvements, and additions, as they shall be able 
to make. The stream should increase as it flows, 
bringing accumulated treasures toeach successive 
generation. Happy will it be for our country if 
[Concluded from png« nu, this No.] 
"Well, Muz, this old bouse is haunted.” 
Now, that made Tin; die ho happy she was not as 
afraid of Uncle Jake as she had been, when ho 
came stumbling through the hall, growling at 
something that had fallen in his way. He went 
Straight to bis chair, sat. down in it, got up again 
and looked at it, (then Theme began to tremble,) 
sat down in it again, wriggled awhile, then faintly 
smiling over liis spectacles, said: 
“I guess the witches have been dancing over my 
old chair. Umph!” 
“ Trodie has been to work at it, this morning,” 
said Aunt Sarah, remembering she had not seen 
him smile before in a long time. 
“Is that what you call her? Well she’s a good 
one—umph,” and then his eyes went rolling with 
Ron's around the room. 
But the sun did not shine all that day for 
I home. Uncle Jake staid home all the afternoon, 
aud more than one sharp rebuke he gave her, vet 
he said, besides, many a kindly thing. Aunt Sarah 
kept at her sewing, but smiled at the child when¬ 
ever she looked up. But just before lime for get¬ 
ting supper, when only her ambition kept, up 
Thumb's weary, aching body, she tried to lift a 
kettle of hot water from the stove, but her tremb¬ 
ling little hand failed her, and down it fell, scald¬ 
ing her bands and arms, Uncle Jake’s foot a little, 
aud worse than oil, a spaniel that Ron set lus heart 
upon. The dog ran fiercely yelping round the 
room, Uncle Jake growled tremendously, and 
Trume, overcome with pain and affright, fell faint¬ 
ing upon the floor. 
When she recovered her consciousness she was 
lying upon a cot in an adjoining room, and Aunt 
Sarah aud Uncle Jake were bending anxiously 
over her. The former was tenderly binding up 
her smarting arms, wlfile the latter, with u large 
camphor bottle in his hands stood alternating his 
emphatic “umph!’’with "poor child!” and “sor¬ 
ry thing! sorry tiling!” She would have been 
almost glad it all bad happened, just for receiving 
his tenderness, had she not beard Rob fuming in 
rage in the next room, over his spaniel, and the 
delay of the supper. 
And so Trcdu: was not so happy when site went 
fo her lonely bed, as she had dreamed to be. Oh, 
how her little body arid heart ached. And if the 
passers through the gloomy street that night looked 
up to the attic window of tho old grey house,_ 
they might have seen something dressed all in 
white, with a pale face pressed close to the pane, 
and great dark eyes glistening up to the stars. 
Verily, that old grey house, was haunted. 
pleasant lace, and a clear, honest eye, that wins 
your confidence and respect before lie has spoken, 
and before you have tested his worth by actual 
experiment. At the very first glance you have an 
instinctive feeling that the true gold is in that 
uapiain amristy, tne New York Agent in Havre, The river Seine is seven miles wide at its mouth. lDS,i “ c tive feeling that the true gold is in that 
came on hoard and invited the ladies remaining On the opposite side is Honfleur, a town of 11,000 man ' 8 heart > aml subsequent trial proves your 
to land in Ins smbboat. The wind was very strong inhabitants. The population of Havre is 20,000 P enetration d >d not deceive you. lie is possessed 
and chill,and those not furnished with extra cloth- composed of people from different parts of the ° r ftItl P le wealth, the foundation of which he in- 
mg, suffered from cold; but all seemed glad to world, though Capt. C. said that his was the onlv her ? tcd from his father, aud which he 1ms trebled 
reach'dry land-at almost any peril. American family residing there. The building's by industrious habits aud successful investments. 
The tide in Havre and in other maritime towns, are very high; the roofs are made of tiles, or red- He 13 a borough farmer, and in passing bis fertile 
varies from twenty to thirty feet, as indicated by dish burnt clay in half cylinder shape, two feet acres one can refldi, y understand tho character of 
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Hudson, Ohio, 1857. LtlAr ILK I \. 
--— It was not done in a week, it was not done in a 
LOST —A LADY’S CHARMS. month, the work that, cbild-hcro had set about to 
- do. If her hope had not been fresh with morning 
“Lost, between Eighth street and the Jersey dew it might have died down in the bcginninir' 
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LOST- 
LADY’S charms. 
City ferry, a valuable sot of charms, belonging to 
a lady, and much valued as a gift,” with the usual 
<fcc. about a reward to any one who will restore 
these lost charms. Alas, poor lady! no amount of 
reward will ever bring them back. Lost charms 
are lost forever; much valued as they undoubtedly 
were, they are valueless now. A gilt, were they ? 
tulrl - v ,0 «- aa Q1SD ‘”' nn way in nail cylinder shape, two feet ™ oue can rcaai| y “»d*rsiand the character of Yes, true, the gift of nature if they were churn, 
the solid masonry leading to the wharf, reminding long, and about the diameter of our largest eave the 1111111 by the condition of the land, formes and „f „ beautiful face or perfect form' Tf Mmv ™ 
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which must. . ,o . great extent the prosper!., mented o„r Ut pieces of the same . ,„ me ■« a bar do.,,. a „„„ 0| , c „, „o.‘a rail out ,f ft “7* 
of so important a packet station. towns the roofs are of brick, and painted in vari- plac ®' but eac ' h beln £ exact counterpart of its that may be worn where nature has denied the 
On the left as we enter, stands a round massive ous colors and devices, and all seem proof -mainst ne) ghbor in length and size, and lying in its aunro t , r > . , ! 1 the 
old e.,s„e <n <***, the «. « „„m ft ft, ft, m « d«,dct.ee elentcpu of «2T ° ■>- *»» *»- ££££tSSJSfiSZZZILt 
time of King Charles aud looks as though it The streets are narrow and filthy, and crowded t0 ,be farra ’ bavi “S b ^« with an eye to reg- these ^ 
would remain firm as its rocky foundations for with all sorts of people, except the genteel and ^rity and be mty, aa well as for compactness and these J eiarms tha^ 
ages to come The Custom House is not far from fashionable. The inhabitants are not as tall as Ability. The gray, gnarled roots are interlaced can wvo ™ chnIS ^ ere a gffl 5 IT tta 
the landing. It is a long, one-story wooden build- Yankees, aud the women are equally engaged ,n 8Uch a W a? to produce a pleaaing effect upon 11'. i .. i ’ thal 
. ] “ S : m }Z°- ap _ artme : nts - . C,lpt ‘ C - k .l ad ! y led the with the meu iQ th0 8h °P s and markets'. Bonnets lhc paasei " ly ’ aaJ bj P rove ™ effectual barrier to thole that come without moneyed without prke! 
way. After answering, in monosyllables, a few 
questions by the stately armed police, we were 
discharged, leaving our luggage in care of the 
porters, who convey it from the vessel to the Cus¬ 
tom, where the owner can recover it at the stated 
hours of inspection; or, by paying an additional 
fee of two francs, (40 cts.,) can send the Commis¬ 
sionaire of the inn with the keys. The landlord 
is responsible for Lis honesty. 
A few steps from the Custom House, close to the 
wharf, is Wheeler's Hotel. We were received at 
the door by a short, fat, English lady, who seemed 
to be sole proprietor aud matron of the bouse._ 
Here our agreeable shipboard acquaintance ended, 
except with Mrs, W, from Connecticut, who had 
with two young children, come across the ocean to 
join her husband on landing, and find their new 
are not worn by the laboring women, but however 
tattered and filthy all other garments, every moth¬ 
er, daughter aud baby wears a clean, white, ruffled 
muslin cap. Their feet are either bare, or in 
clumsy shoes, aDd no draggling dresses conceal a 
well-formed ankle. 
tho incursions of four-footed marauders. His 
house, a large, two-story brick building, is half- 
buried inllouiishingshadetreesand sweet-scented 
and if her faith had been like ours,—Cod forgive 
us—its strength could not have brought down tho 
help of Heaven. It was her first battle; she was 
very brave, and her armor fit for a soul Achilles. 
A twelve month from the March time when some 
people say they saw a ghost,—you know where,— 
I wish I could have been asked to tea at the old 
grey house—Aunt Sarah had been gone to tbo 
country for a mopth or more, and the tidiest, 
busiest little housewife was left to have things all 
to her liking. Was there ever a more cozy little 
room? Just see what fine round mirrors hang 
upon the wall. Oh, I’m mistaken—they are tin 
pans. See the curtains looped back with blue rib¬ 
bon, and the evergreen hough over the new look¬ 
ing glass; and then the floor—we would brush our 
feet well upon the mat before daring to cross it.— 
Tho doth upon the table is white as snow, and if 
you look very sharp you will see how nicely some- 
like the charms of woman's worth, of beauty of body has patched and darned it. Then the new 
body and mind. Charms that money can buy_ 
what arc they? Pshaw. Here, as we read a Uttle 
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fs lea riffle ri ’T i e fu r ° de f0r many r0dH further 0,1 ifl ,Mb aingnlar advertisement of lost 
! v ri ! 1 ^!, ’/r ' c UnV1Dg ma P Ie8 -l> laat « d charms, the story is told. Nothing but tinsel-so 
by tho hand of Farmer Shnnyside. 
are half the charms that ladies treasure most 
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from uavre to Ians by river or railway, is The outbuildings am numerousand in excellent highly—gilt, brass imitations of nondescript mind 
1 . ill mi Pfl tMo foiiA !,i/i1n4!«^ i. rnnoi'w oi.l «A...1 . ,.N i . . * . . * * 
white crockery—that is Rob’s present to Trume 
— how it will surprise bis mother when she gets 
home. 
In comes Unde Jakk and he pulls Trfdie’s 
curls when she takes his bat and stick, and then 
hurries to draw out his big chair, and lay a pair of 
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ae including luggage ( repair, and the agricultural implements aro care- rupeds, fish, fowls and creeping things, ami things slippers upon the footstool, before him—laughing 
"' S 1 ‘ m . oie 11111 01 °ur dollars. First billy slowed away, each in its own particular place mechanical that could only creep, not go; all all the time, though Bho hangs her head so low he 
c ass cais are in separate coaches, accommodating in tbe commodious tool-house—not left in the field dangling to a watch chain, and called “charms.” cannot see. 
eight persons. They are richly made, and warmed where 5ast used - or by the fence, as is the case in These are the charms that are lost Let them go “ ^b, what are those?” and Uncle Jake takes up 
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which were more of an annoyance than comfort maD * I ,ia courteous bowls accorded to the hum- Tribune. 
to those from a less milder climate. The police 
and officers are strict and dignified. Passengers 
are locked in their carriages, and cannot leave 
under any circumstances without permission. The 
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home m Paris. Mr. M. had bec-n over some second class cars are as good as our best, and are 
months, and prospering m the Rubber Manufactoiy generally taken by the majority of the most re- 
faster than at home, sent for Lib family. I could spectable citizens and travelers. 
faster than at home, sent for biB family. I could 
have their pleasant company as far as the capital. 
The two daughters of a Senator from Virginia 
went directly to their friends in Paris. Mr. D. and 
his family from Baltimore, stopped at another 
place. Ho was taking hia family to Switzerland 
The country between Havre and Paris is varied, 
and in most parts beautiful. For many miles on 
our way the land was a garden, rich in all kinds of 
luxuriant vegetablea ready for market. No spot 
was left- uncultivated —vineyards, fruit trees and 
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lor the purpose of leaving them, that his young blooming flowers were seen by the wavside_ 
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sons might have better advantages for education Fences are almost unknown in Europe. The land He is well educated in the best sense of the 
* ° ar f °| Vn COunlry - fs divided into long, narrow patches of grains, word. lie takes the best papers in the country 
b ° tC ' T W6re lm T dmtCly 8b0Wn t0 our ve £ eta1i les, fallow and pasture, with orchards and and pays for them in advance. Every new book 
r on s, by ascending several pairs of stone stairs vines crowding the same soil. Eheep and cattle of scientific worth, of historical or political value 
J 2. r t 8S ' Themy a T Ud a8mal l f6d °“ the 6trlps of S— W watched and ,,s well as works of travel, J?more 
X ronmawp, STT’ ^ ^ pnson - 1,ke ’ traiued b ? shepherd boys and girls, and often by meritorious publications of a lighter character 
!blv‘furnhhed -rir-^jut neat, and very comfort- dogs alone. Mountains and hills appeared negr find their way to his well-Iilied library, and Ire 
form and smnnMil <J f ° ‘” lc , in P^fagOnal and distant The smallest spot of soil that cover- read with a careful and critical eye. I have seen 
b e r,?n1 ZffrlZT Jt \ Bugs before the ed their rocks, was carefully planted with vines, Farmer Sen*ys.uk in conversation with eminent 
beds and coal-fire, were the only carpets seen.- which had just yielded their annual harvest. men-men of the highest standing-and he com 
Beds and pillows, in all places except m Germany, The four seasons blended in ono pleasing view ported liinmelf with au unaffected dignity (hat led 
?.' d , IKJ r f> ““““y Sommer —the “mmiy eoloroa leaven,” Amomn— whicli le Ueeeel vvlifa >ue,h oico to tllltlie.oll mi 
Th- -n J: brasB and are light and handsome, and the snow-topped mountains, Winter. A few to invest the office with the dignity it so richly 
cothirst 'l ar ° Qnd hem are oeaUyy arranged iD flue residences, adorned with walks and groves deserves. When called upon to give his opinion 
,V. .. looked inviting; the common houses scattered upon any subject, no mutter how intricate in its 
blest day-laborer, 113 scrupulously as to his richest 
fellow citizen. He would no more take advantage 
of a man in making a bargain than he would steal 
his property. In truth, he is unable to draw any 
line ol distinction between over-reaching and 
theft. At heart he is a sincere and consistent 
Christian. Iu a word, he is one of those firm, hon¬ 
orable souls, whose counterpart every man would 
be glad to secure as executor of his will. Up¬ 
right and conscientious to the lust degree, he 
would no more wrong the widow and the father¬ 
less than he would stain his hands with the blood 
of crime. 
He is well educated in the best sense of the 
word. lie takes the best papers in the country, 
and pays for them in advance. Every new book 
of scientific worth, of historical or political value, 
as well a9 works of travel, and some of the more 
Awful Thoughts.—“T his had from the very 
beginning of their acquaintance imluced in her 
that awe which is the most delicious feeling a wife 
can have towards a husband.” “Awe!” said I, on 
hearing the ubove remark—“awe of a man whose 
whiskers you have trimmed, whose hair you have 
cut, whose cravats you have tied, whose shirts you 
have ‘put iu the wash,’ w.iose bools and shoes you 
have kicked into the closet, whose dressing gown 
you have worn while combing your hair; who has 
been down iu tho kitchen with you at eleven 
o’clock at night, to hunt for a chicken Lone; who 
has hooked your dresses, unlaced your boots, fas¬ 
tened your bracelets, and tied on your bonnet, who 
has stood before your looking glass, with thumb 
aud Auger on his proboscis, scratching his chin; 
whom yon have buttered, and sugared, aud toasted, 
andtea-ed; whom you have seen asleep with his 
mouth wide open!—Ridiculous!”—Fanny Fern. 
Men are so inclined to content themselves with 
what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so 
easily grow dead to the impressions of the beau¬ 
tiful and perfect, that every one should study, by 
the slippers, aud, (see how the tears blind him,) 
stoops and pats the little one upon the head. “ You 
arc an angel to me, Tkuuie; Oon bless you, child.” 
Do you think he is reading, as he sitB there with 
the evening paper before his face? 
Ron comes iu, good natured, luit hungry and glad 
enongh to get his supper, ne goes whistling 
around the room, slyly watching Trudie, and when 
she Is not looking, steals up behind her, and gives 
her a kiss pat upon her cheek, and then to break 
the scolding ho is half afraid will follow, throws a 
little package towards her. She opens it, and out 
rolls a thimble. 
“ Why, Rob! you arc good; how came you to?” 
“Because you are good, I suppose. Didn't I 
hear you say last night you bad lost yours?” 
“Yes, but I’ve found it again. You must take 
this back, and save your money.” 
“No such thing; this is silver. Throw away that 
old brass one, and keep this to remember me.” 
And so they laughed and chatted until the tea 
kettle sang them down. When they gathered 
around tho table, Uncle Jake, whose eyes were 
still moist, stopped their noisy mirth, by calmly 
saying: 
“Children, it is many a year since I thanked 
God for anything. My heart is full to-night of 
The curtains around them are neatly arranged in 
gothic style. 
The public- table (table d’hote) is always on the 
first floor, and near the entrance. The price for 
dinner at Havre, 3 francs; other places from 3 to 
C franca. The hours for dining in France, Italy 
and Austria arc between three and six. Dinner is 
the chief meal. A cup of “caffe,” a roll, and a 
boiled egg, constitute a good breakfast; a lunch at 
noon, and a cup of tea in the evening.- these arc 
served in your own room. A carle, or card with 
prices attached to each article, is furnished each 
room, and supplied promptly at the ringing of the 
bell. The dining halls are the most attractive 
places for travelers. In many, the ceiling is ap¬ 
propriately frescoed, and the walls adorned with 
fine paintings. The tables are neatly laid, and 
very thinly along the way, were of a very inferior 
kind, and their inmates poor peasants or beggars. 
Rouen ( Roo-ongJ sixty miles from Havre, a good 
dining place, is the largest town on the route to 
Paris. It is on the Seine, a flue old Gothic town, 
the ancient capital of Normandy. Many relies of 
its former glory are seen. Tho Cathedral is said 
to have been bu It iu 2C0. The statue of Joan of 
Arc stauds in the market-place. The depot, a 
very flue edifice, is built in a chalk mountain, 
which extends some distance beyond the town. 
To be cast down by undeserved censure, or ela- 
upon any subject, no mutter how intricate in its 
bearings, he Invariably replied in a clear, free- 
spoken, yet modest way, that showed him to be not 
only a close reader, but a profound thinker. 
Farmer Sunnysidk has never been iu office._ 
There bus been much talk of nominating him lor 
Governor of our State, but I do not know as he 
would accept the honor. If ho did, it could add 
nothing to the halo of true greatness that already 
distinguishes his name more highly than anypetty 
office in the gift of man cuu do. I should rejoice 
to see his noble baud at the helm of State. Truly, 
the shameful wire-pulling that is all too common 
in these degenerate days would receive an effectual 
all methods to nourish in his mind the faculty of gratitude that lias been swelling for a longtime.— 
feeling these things. For no man can bear to be Let us ask 11 leasing.” 
entirely deprived of such enjoyments; it Is because tJt .a ***** 
»l,cy air ««,; ft m, ol ... C-X. U»„ „„ me . m. 
the generality of people delight iu silly and in- hands rested on Thumb's bead in holy beuediction 
sipid things, provided they are new. For this when he died. 
reason, ono ought, every day at leust, to hear a 
little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, 
and, if it were possible, speak a few reasonable 
words.— Goethe. 
ted by unmerited compliment, is alike proof of check, so far as his influence could be made to 
weakness. 1 extend. 
Plante, Lorde, in uie the tree of godly lyle ; 
Hedge me about with the strong fence o( faith ; 
If Thee it please, use eke Thy pruning knife, 
Lest that, oh Lords, as a good gru diner saith, 
If suckers draw ilio sup from roots on hie, 
Perhaps in tv me the top ot tree may die. 
Let, Lords, this tree be set within Thy garden wall 
Of Paradise, where growes no ill sprig at all. 
[&(V Nicholas Breton. 
when he died. 
Robert Granger is a thriving business man, 
steady and honest. He never wears an enormous 
fob chain, with seal and charms to match, and his 
linen, though course, is as white ns somebody’s 
faithful hands can wash it. If vou would ace 
Trume, go home to tea with him some night. I’ll 
promise the bread will be the .sweetest, and your 
hostess the fairest and most kind. Y'ou will see 
Aunt Sarah with her Clips a little awry, and other 
negligences in her dross, but she is a tender¬ 
hearted woman, and if you talk with her about 
her son, she will tell you that Rob used to be pret¬ 
ty wild, bat she know if she was patient with him 
he would come out right iu the end. 
Don’t you wish that everybody’s house was 
haunted? We may bo better than ghosts in our 
......... .... ...MUM..... . . . 
