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They are from such favorably known and distinguished 
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Wo notice among the number one by the Rev. J. D. 
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This is a new game of ball, at present very popular 
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into our country. We cannot hero undertake to give 
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aud where known, Is especially admired by the ladies. 
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In Memouiam.— Arnoug the pamphlets received by 
us lately is one with the titlo above, containing a 
sermon preached before the uuited congregations of 
Wyoming, N. on the death of President Lincoln, 
by Rev, Charles Ray, and also a poem by John Me. 
Intobh, Esq. 
The effort of Mr. Ray is one well suited to the sad 
occasion, and displays rare ability, and a very chaste 
and correct taste. The poem, altough unequal to the 
writer's beat efforts, yet exhibits traces of that vigor¬ 
ous pen which, through the columns of the Rochester 
Democrat, is becoming so well and favorably known 
in this region, Wo hope hereafter to make Rur\l 
readors better acquainted with this latter named 
gentleman. 
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Written for Moore'a Rural New-Yorker. 
THE 3IRTH-DAY PEESE N-T. 
BY SOPHIA C. GARRETT. 
It was Samuel Wilson’s birth-day. 
Peter Ross and Jas. Barton had come 
to visit him. His home was a pleasant 
place on the banks of Maple Creek, 
whose clear water was shaded by many 
noble trees. The boys spent the forenoon 
gathering wild flowers, fishing and play¬ 
ing hide-and-seek. After dinner they sat 
on a bench under the old oak by the barn, 
to have a “long talk.” 
Helen Wilson told James and Peter, 
when, they came, that her uncle, Samuel 
Harris, had called there early that mor¬ 
ning and given his namesake, her brother 
Samuel, a birth-day ['present. Samuel 
had not spoken of it, and now the boys 
asked him what it was, He told them to 
guess. J ames Barton said “that a man 
in Mr. Harris' position could bestow 
so many fine gifts, he was sure he could 
never guess what it was.” 
“ Was it a gold watch, Samuel 9 I have 
heard you say you would like a watch 
for a birth-day present.” 
“ No, Peter, It was not a watch.” 
“ 0, your talking abont watches, boys, 
makes me think of a letter I received 
from my cousin Harrt Smith, last 
week. His uncle has been giving”him 
a capital watch. I have his letter in my 
pocket, and will read it to you: ” 
Written tor Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MAY RAMBLINGS. 
BT GULIELMUM. 
Perhaps the pleasantest season in the year, in 
which to travel, is the latter part of the month 
of May. 1 admit that May Is very coquettish, 
that it smiles and frowns as strangely as the 
veriest coquette can; but toward the close, when 
it is hastening to embrace young “ Summer with 
its lap full of roses,” May usually drops its co¬ 
quettish airs and appears only in such smiles as 
wc sometimes wish it would ever wear. Then 
it Is that ramblings arc delightful. Then all na¬ 
ture is in its freshness; its beauties are more 
beautiful for their newness, and the glad songs 
of birds seem doubly sweet after the long dreary 
interim when bird-songs sounded only in 
memory. 
Just here I might write of the beauties of 
Spring, as In the old school days when the 
spring-time suffered severely from being the pet 
subject of all our compositions, and when it was 
an indisputable fact, as asserted times without 
number, that “ Spring is the season that directly 
follows winter.” That fact I believe still re¬ 
mains undisputed, yet I suppose school boys 
and girls will go ou re-asserting the same until 
the last “composition” shall have been written. 
But I am not going to dilate or dilute upon any 
of thoso early 6ehool-day ideas. I began these 
“May Ramblings” simply to tell you in my very 
rambling manner how I, (who am of the mascu¬ 
line persuasion and am honored by being rauked 
among the occasional contributors to the Ru¬ 
ral,) improved a few of those days aforemen¬ 
tioned as being full of smiles and agreeableness. 
That they were full thereof, to me, is sufficiently 
attested by my writing of them. 
Will you go with mo to Boston, reader ? If 
not, this article is uot for you, for thither I first 
wended my way when toward the close of one 
of those smiling May days I commenced my 
ramblings. Perhaps you may have ridden on a 
rail all the way over the same road that I rode 
over— the “Western,” from Albany to Boston 
—perhaps admired the same wild scenery along 
the base of those grand old Berkshire hills, that 
I admired; and perhaps witnessed the same sun¬ 
set picture that I witnessed—such a picture as 
only one limner ever paints! I have seen many 
sunsets that were full of beauty, but among the 
most beautiful of them do I remember that one 
I viewed from the car window as we wound 
around and among the old Berkshire hills. 
During the half minute in which we were 
passing through the tunnel that pierces a spur 
of the hills, I could not help thinking of the 
ridiculous mistake of the young man who avail¬ 
ed himself of the darkness of a similar place to 
steal a kiss from his sweetheart, and who in his 
haste seated himself in the wrong seat, and soon, 
to his horror aud amazement, found he had press¬ 
ed the lips of a lady of color I It may have been 
fortunate for me that I had no sweetheart as 
companion on the present occasion, as mistakes 
are not of rare occurrence! 
Only four hours of my ride were blessed with 
sunshine, but I saw considerable of the Western 
part of the “Bay State” before the twilight 
clothed the valleys in shadows. We read much 
of the quietness, the puritanical simplicity of 
New England, and we fancy that once within its 
historic borders we shall observe a most marked 
change from the appearance of out- own State. 
I failed, however, to note this material differ¬ 
ence in aspect. The little villages that are nest¬ 
led in the valleys, with their white cottages aud 
friendly shade trees, wear the same contented 
look that do just such dreamy villages in our 
owu State, and their plain church spires point¬ 
ing heavenward tell the same silent yet earnest 
story, The hills and valleys are those, of New 
England, simply because New England, with its 
old colonial historic memories and traditions, 
ever gives to them an imaginative something in 
appearance that other hills und valleys do not 
possess. But could they be placed along side 
those others, divested of their old historical as¬ 
sociations, that imaginative something would 
prove too imaginary to be discovered. So much 
for the face of the country, as compared with 
other sections. That the people are not so sim¬ 
ple and puritanical in principle as many are 
wont to believe, I will not assert, but must claim 
the privilege of a doubt, on this point. That 
they are fully as curious as the rest of mankind, 
I am quite certain. This was proven, when wc 
halted briefly at the beautiful town of Pittsfield, 
by the eagerness with which men, women and 
children rushed toward the train to catch a i 
glimpse, if possible, of Gen. Burnside, who 
rumor had told them was on board. As some 
reader of one sex or the other, (probably the 
other!) may also be so curious as to desire to 
know whether the gentleman mentioned was 
really ou the train, I will say that such wag the 
fact, and that he gratified the men, women and 
children aforesaid, by appearing on the platform 
of a car and bowing in his most winning 
manner. 
The country t’urouja which we passed ap¬ 
peared precisely like n very young Yankee — 
very green ! How true that circumstances alter 
cases. The greenness in the one we know time will 
remove, to some extent, when he gets into the 
full stature of manhood, and this pleases us; we 
know time will very soon eradicate all the green 
hues of the other, and this thought saddens us. 
We so much prefer the season of green fields, 
blooming flowers anl singing birds to that of 
the sere and yellow leaf. I think I never saw ' 
more tokens that the spring had been an early ] 
and favorable one, than I witnessed as we wound 
along at a pleasant rate of speed. On either j 
hand the crops presented a forward appearance, i 
and farming interests seemed to be thriving 
finely. Corn was showing itself, and in many 
fields the cultivator had been rnn through. In 
some, though, there were indications of ravages 
by worms; and in others, situated on low land, 
the long rains had rotted the seed and rendered 
replanting necessary. The sun crept farther 
down the western slopes of the Berkshire*, aud 
the twilight shadows thickened as we glided 
along, crossing and re-crossing the stream that 
with its sinuosity must have terribly provoked 
the engineer who planned the road. Daylight - 
had completely faded when we reached Spring- 
field, noted for Its Armory and its— Timothy 
Titcomb. You know Timothy? He it was 
who hammered out l' Gold Foil” not many years 
ago. Since then ho chased “Miss Gilbert,” a 
singular young lady, through a singular “Ca¬ 
reer," and failing to find satisfaction in that he 
settled down to writing letters to some old 
family relatives ofh's—“the Joneses!” The 
Titcomb family is not large, and yon surely 
know Timotht. 
It would have pleased me muoh to have tarried 
in Springfield, and rambled about the town ; but 
this was not Included in my programme, and 60 
I d02ed quietly in my 9eat as the train bore me 
onward to the “Hub of the Universe.” On, I 
over some of the smoothest roads I ever passed 
over, especially from Worcester, aud finally, to-} 
gether with scores of others, w r eary, hungry and I 
sleepy, I alighted from the train in the goodly | 
city of Boston 
Aud now that we have duly arrived there, j 
dear reader, we will go to bed. Or if that is too 
plain Saxon to please you, wo will "retire” in 
the best possible manner; and in the early morn¬ 
ing enjoy a walk on the Common. 
Albany, June, 1365. 
Du. Johnson used to say that a habit of look¬ 
ing at the best side of everything is better than 
a thousand pounds a year. Bishop Hall quaintly j 
remarks:—“For every bad there might be a| 
worse; and when a man breaks his leg, let him 
be thankful that it was not his neck,” When 
Fenner’s library was un fire, “God be praised,” 
he exclaimed, “ that it is uot the dwelling of 
some poor man! ” This is the true spirit of sub¬ 
mission; one of the most beautiful traits that 
can possess the human heart. Resolve to see 
this world ou the sunny side, and you have 
almost half won the battle of life at the outset. 
Ipunsnts Hflpirs. 
BRIDE AND GROOM A CENTURY AGO. 
To begin with the lady. Her locks were 
strained upward over an immense cushion that 
sat like an incubus on her head, plastered over 
with pomatum, aud then sprinkled over with a 
shotv of white powder. The height of this tower 
was somewhat over a foot. One single white 
rosebud lay on its top like an eagle on a haystack. 
Over her neck aud bosom was folded a lace hand¬ 
kerchief, fastened in front by a bosom pin rather 
larger than a dollar, containing her grandfather’s 
miniature set in virgin gold. Her airy form was 
braced up in a satin dres?, the sleeves as tight as 
the natural skin of the arm, with a waist formed 
by a bodice, worn out-side, from whence the skirt 
flowed off and was distended at the top by an 
ample hoop. Shoes of white kid. with peaked 
toes, and heels of two or three inches elevation, 
inclosed her feet, and glitterd with spangles, as 
her little pedal members peeped curiously out. 
Now for the swain. His hair was sleeked back 
and plentifully befloured, while his queue pro¬ 
jected like the skillet. His coat was a sky- 
blue silk, lined with yellow; his long vest of 
white satin embroidered with gold lace; his 
breeches of the same material, aud tied at the 
knee with pink ribbon. White silk stockings 
and pumps, with laces and tie of the same hue, 
completed the habiliments of his nether limbs. 
Lace ruffles clustered around his wrist, and a 
portentous frill worked in correspondence, and 
bearing the miniature of his beloved, finished 
his truly genteel appearance. 
STEALING WIVES. 
Olacs Magnus represents the tribes of the 
North as having been continually at war with 
one another, either on account of stolen women, 
or with the object of stealing women, “propter 
raptas virgines nut arripieudu *.” His brother 
Johannes dilates on the same topic and mentions 
numerous cases in which the plunderers were of 
royal houses of Denmark or Sweden. As did the 
kings, so did their subjects Among the Scan¬ 
dinavians, before they became Christians, wives 
were almost invariably fought for aud wedded at 
the sword-point. In Sweden, even long after 
the introduction of Christianity, women were 
often carried oil when on the way to the church 
to be married. A wedding cortege was a party of 
armed men, and, for greater security, marriages 
were generally celebrated at night. A pile of 
lances is said to be still preserved In the ancient 
church of Husaby, in Gothland, Into which were 
fitted torches; these weapons were borne by the 
groomsmen, and served the double purpose of 
giving light and protection. Such a prevalence 
of lawlessness, existing after the introduction of 
Christianity and comparative civilization, helps 
us to conceive what the habits of these people 
were in a more primitive age. 
GRANDMOTHER’S GOOD ADVICE. 
In a late number of the Graudmother's Scrap¬ 
book, (so called and published) we find the fol¬ 
lowing, expressing a want of our own, very 
much:— 4i Write for the editors. Their duty is 
trying and arduous, aud their influence for good, 
when their heart is right toward God, is beyoud 
the power of man to estimate; therefore, write 
for their paper such articles as will be for the 
glory of God, and for the benefit of our fellow 
meu. Let your articles be short, aud of the best 
subjects. An editor has no time to dissect a 
long article that Is of no account. Remember 
that Washington’s and Franklin’s longest speech¬ 
es occupied only ten minutes. If you have 
uever written for the press, commence now, if 
the first article is but six lines. ‘ The command i 
is, Go, speak to that young man.' If you can- [ 
uot do it personally, do it through the press. 
You have an inexhaustible fountaiu to draw 
from; the more you draw, the more pure, if 
your heart is rigUt. Make a draft from that 
fountaiu with your pen, and you will begiu to 
see the mighty power that God has given you.” 
_ “Dear James : I was thirteen years of 
* age last Tuesday, and my uncle that lives 
in New York, came to visit us, and gave me a 
beautiful gold watch for a birth-day present. I 
never get tired holding it to my ear, to .hear it 
tick. Father showed me how to wind it.“I do it 
every morning after breakfast. I keep 4 it hang¬ 
ing on the wall in my bed-room, as father says 
I’m too young to carry such a valuable watch. 
Uncle keeps a large jewelry store on'Broadway, 
filled with gold watches, silver tea-pots, pitchers 
and diamond riugs. Mother thinksll can go to 
New York with father this winter. That’s 
lonu time to wait, as it is summer yet. I’ll let 
you know before we start, and wish yon could 
go with us. Good-bye. Harry Smith.” 
“ Now, what was your present, Samuel?” 
“■Well, uncle Harris told father when I was 
little, that he would give me a present sometime, 
because I was named after him. So he called 
to-day and gave me ten dollars.” 
14 What! only ten dollars for being named after 
such a rich uncle! He ought to have given you 
a hundredsaid Peter. 
“My father says your uncle is worth eighty 
I thousand dollars; and I think he must be real 
! stingy to give you such a trifling sum for bear- 
| ing his name." 
“ No, Jimmt, don’t call uncle Harris ‘ stingy,’ 
j for he is a real generous man. He has given me 
this money to spend now, and wants me to buy 
j useful things with it. Father says ten dollars is 
a large sum for a boy like me to spend, and 
that shows that he thinks uncle’s present large 
i enough." 
Peter asked him what he was going to buy 
with it, and then added; 
“If I had ten dollars I would buy lots of 
candy and oranges, and take a long ride on the 
| ears.” 
“And I would buy a large flag to carry to the 
Fourth-of-July pic-nic, and a gun to shoot squir¬ 
rels and foxes, and a red silk handkerchief, such 
as Judge Walker carries In his pocket when he 
makes a speech,” spoke up James. 
Samuel told them he was going to town the 
i next morning with his father, and if they would 
come over in the evening he would show them 
his purchases. 
Peter and James came early the following 
j evening, and Samuel took them out to a field 
j by the creek, where they saw a poor colt eagerly 
I devouring the tall grass and clover that grew in 
I abundance around it. 
“Oh, Samuel!” cried Petek, “I hope you 
have not been Investing your birth-day present 
in such a miserable erowbait of a colt as that! 
Why I would not give a sixpence for it! Do 
look at its hair, all sticking to its hide as if it 
were glued there, and a fellow can count its ribs 
a mile off!” 
James said his father hail often told him that 
poor, half starved colts made very awkward 
looking horses, and would never sell well, as 
thev were only tit for farm horses. 
44 But what made you think of bnving it, 
| Samuel?” ‘ s ’ 
“ Wien it was three weeks old, its mother 
j was killed by the ears, you remember, Peter. 
Then its owner turned it into a field to pick its 
living in any way that it could. He did not 
I care whether it had food or water. Ever since 
school began I have watched it, and often filled 
inv dinner-pail with water and carried it to the 
thirsty little creature. The man offered it to 
father for eight dollars, but ho did not want to 
buy it. When uncle gave me this present, I 
thought of the colt, aud when we passed the 
field on onr way to town this morning, father 
gave me leave to buy it, and we drove it home 
on our return. It may never be a 4 Flora 
Temi'lk ' for the race course, but I mean to 
give it plenty to eat, aud take good care of it, 
so that it will grow to be a nice horse for us to 
| use at home.” 
“You have two dollars left yet, Samuel; 
what else are you going to buy?” 
“No, I have spent all the money, Jimmt; I 
bought book-- and other things with it.” 
“Books and other things, Samuel ! Why, 
you have more books now tbau any other boy- 
in the neighborhood.” 
44 1 wonder if you did not buy them to give 
awuv to those ragged boys that came to our 
school last week?” queried Peter. 
Samuel went into the house and brought out 
a basket containing the remaiuder of Ills pur¬ 
chases. In it wore testaments for two poor 
boys who came to Sabbath school, and school¬ 
books, writing-books, pens and ink-stands for 
the Barclay children, who had no lather to buy 
things tor them. 
Peter and James were pleased with Samuel’s 
method of spending money, arui resolved in future 
to follow his noble excunple. 
