year, and every green. thing is collected for 
them. Every little nook where the grass grows 
hy the roadside, river and brook, is carefully cut 
by the sickle, and curried home on the heads of 
the women and children in baskets, or tied in 
large cloths. Nothing of the kind is lost that 
can possibly be made of any use. Weeds, net¬ 
tles, nay, the very goose-grass that covers the 
waste places, are cut up and taken for the cows. 
You see little children standing in the streets of 
the village, and in the streams which generally 
run down them, busy wasing these weeds before 
they are given to the cattle. They carefully col¬ 
lect the leaves of the grass, carefully cnt their 
potato tops for them, and even if other things 
fail, gather green leaves from the woodlands. 
the sloping street, is a disappointment. It 
doesn’tseem as high as we have always supposed 
it to be. This idea changes, however, when we 
make the ascent. 
Banker Hill Monument, as nearly every one 
knows, stands on Breed’s Hill, as that eminence 
was mistaken for Bunker’s Hill when the Amer¬ 
icans threw up their fortifications, and the battle 
was therefore fought there. The summit la 
thrown np as a terrace, to which steps lead, and 
is surrounded by a substantial iron fence. The 
monument is built of granite, and is 220 feet in 
height, by about 30 feet square at. the base. It 
is ascended from within, by means of a spiral 
stair-case numbering 204 steps. There are two 
walls, an outer and an inner one, and these sup- 
nort the stair-case. The outer wall La of course 
Entrance 
BREAD FOE A SONG 
WOETH BEMEBEEING, 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MAY BAMBLINGS.—NO. II 
I want to tell a story to the little pouting, 
scowling, crying children, who are never sat¬ 
isfied with their breakfast, dinner or supper. 
What! you may say, do these sweet little faces 
of the children actually put on such looks, when 
the thousand undone good things do not please 
them ? Yes, indeed, strange as it may seem. I 
have seen a boy throw away his pie, and scream 
for fruit cake. I have seen a little girl put all 
the bread and pie crusts under her plate, and 
then pout and refuse to eat dinner because she 
could not have jelly enough for half a dozen. 
Now, all you plump, rosy-eheeked children, who 
have nice, fresh bread and sweet milk, with, 
more cake, pudding and pie than is good for 
you, listen to this little story. 
It was one of those cold, chilly days of Novem¬ 
ber, when all seems so dull and dreary. The 
sky and everything else looked lifeless and cold, 
and the wind blew around the corners in a fierce 
way, as though it would whirl you away, if it 
could; and every now and then a wee little 
enow flake, that looked as though it fell before 
it was half ready, came hither and thither in an 
uncertain way, just as the wind pleased, you 
know. But we were 6afe within doors, arid the 
The following article from Dr. Hall’s Journal 
on various 
of Health contains practical hints 
subjects that art worthy of attention 
1 . It is unwise to change to cooler clothing, 
except when you first get up in the morning. 
2. Never ride with your arm or elbow outside 
any vehicle. 
3 . The man who attempts to alight from a 
stcam-car while in motion is a fool. 
4. In stepping from any wheeled vehicle while 
in motion let it he from the rear, and not in 
front of the wheels; for, then if you fall, the 
wheels cannot run over you. 
5 . Never attempt to cross a road or street in a 
burry, in front of a passing vehicle ; for if you 
should stumble or slip, you will be run over. 
Make up the half-minute lost by waiting until 
the vehicle has passed, by increased diligence in 
some other direction. 
6 . It is miserable economy to save time by 
robbing yourself of necessary sleep. 
7. If you find yourself inclined to wake up at 
a regular hour in the night and remain awake, 
you can break up the habit in three days, by 
getting up as soon as you wake, and not going 
to sleep again until your usual hour for retiring; 
or retire two hours later, and rise two hours 
earlier for three days in succession; not sleeping 
a moment in the day time. 
S. If infants and yonng children are inclined 
to be wakeful in the night, or very early in the 
morning, put them to bed later; and besides, 
BY GULIELMUM 
ITALIAN PROFANITY 
square without, but round within 
can only be had through the little edifice at one 
side. In this Keeper’s Lodge there stands a 
beautiful statue of the heroic Warren, who leil 
on the spot where stands his statue, and whose 
memory is dear to all lovers of liberty. I had 
not accomplished two-thirds of the ascent, be¬ 
fore I felt seriously inclined to indulge in that 
clever old song, “Such a getting up stairs,” &e. 
The little loop-holes at intervals let in just light 
enough to make the darkness perceptible, and 
continually winding around made me feel as I 
presume a brute does who treads the power- 
machine — there is no getting ahead. Weary, 
The Venice correspondent of the Boston 
Weekly Advertiser gives us a lively description 
of the beauties of familiar intercourse among 
the Italians. The following scene occurcd dur¬ 
ing a short voyage from Genoa to Naples: 
Our friends of the second cabin were chiefly offi¬ 
cers with their wives and families, and talked for 
the most part of their sufferings during the night. 
They spoke such exquisite Italian that I thought 
them Tuscans, but they told me they were of 
Sicily, where their beautiful speech first had life. 
Let us hear what they talked of in their divine 
language, and with that heavenly totite accent 
which no foreigner ever acquires; and let us for 
once translate the profanities. Pagan and Chris¬ 
tian, which adorn common parlance in Italy - 
“Ah. my God! how much I suflered! ” says a 
sweet little woman with gentle brown eyes, 
red lips, and blameless Greek lines of face. “I 
broke two basins!” 
“ There were ten broken in all by Diana S ” says 
this lady’s sister. 
“Presence of the Devil! ” says her husband; 
and 
“ Body of Bacchus! ” her young brother, puff- 
decaying still further. It stands within an in¬ 
closure, and iron pickets keep vandal hands at a 
distance. There are some trees, planted in later 
years, that are of rare species; and many bear 
labels, for the information of such as are not 
versed in trec-ology. Entering the Common 
from the foot ol Tremont street, one will not 
fail to notice the small park shut in hy pailings, 
at the left, in which are several young deer. 
They are tame, and will come up to the paling 
and put their delicate uoseB through to receive 
the attentions of visitors. They are a pretty 
addition to the beauties of the place. A little 
farther on, still to the left of the avenue, is the 
old burying ground, which, like the old trees 
mentioned, dates hack to the Colonial days. 
Perhaps a starch among the head-stones might 
reward a curiosity-hunter with some gem of 
obituary literature. I did not investigate, and 
cannot speak certainly thereof. The principal 
fountain is near the center of the Common. Its 
basin is probably a half acre in extent, and is 
bottomed with paving. It was entirely dry, on 
the morning of my first visit, but at evening I 
witnessed a beautiful fountain-display. I judged 
that the main jet threw to the height of forty 
feet ; and as the last rays of the sun shimmered 
through the falling spray, an effect was produced 
than which nothing could be more beautiful. 
When the basin was filled, the water was shut 
off, and what seemed really a shower of pearls 
ceased all too soon. I should judge by the 
breadth of the main avenues, and the ample 
gateways that lead to them, that they were 
designed as carriage-ways, but they do not seem 
to be used for such a purpose. They are hard, 
smooth, and present a beautiful appearance. 
Looking up one of them, from its lower end on 
Charles street, it seems but one magnificent 
archway, so completely do the elms on cither 
tide interlock their top-most boughs. 
The Botanic Garden lies just westward of the 
Common. It is in fact a part of the same, but 
Is separated from it hy Charles street. The Gar- 
they are glad of it, though why they should have 
been I don’t know to this day. 
“ I have often wished,” added the young man 
meditatively, and in a serious tone, as if he had 
indeed given the subject much thought, “ that it 
might please God to let me be sea-sick once, if 
only that I might know how it feels. But no ! ” 
He turned the conversation, as if his disappoint¬ 
ment were :oo sore to dwell upon; and hearing 
our English, he made out to let us know that he 
had been at New York, and could spik our lan¬ 
guage, which he proceeded to do, to the great 
pride of his countrymen and our own astonish¬ 
ment at the remarkable forms of English speech 
to which he gave utterance. 
BONAPARTE’S EABLY POVERTY 
M. Thiers; in his history of the Consulate, re¬ 
cites some very strange and previously unknown 
particulars r specting the early life and penury 
of Napoleon lonaparte. It appears that after he 
had obtained a subaltern’s commission in the 
French service, by his skill and daring at Toulon, 
he lived some time in Paris lu obscure lodgings, 
and in such extreme poverty that he was often 
without the means of payiug ten sous (ten cents) 
for his dinner, and frequently went without any 
at all. He w as under the necessity of borrow¬ 
ing small sums, and even worn-out clothes, from 
his acquaintances! He and hie brother Louis, 
afterwards King of Holland, had at one time 
only a coat between them, so that the brothers 
could only go out alternately, time and time 
I about, 
A BEMINISC2NCE OF ME. LINCOLN 
On the day of the receipt of the capitulation 
of Lee, as we learn from a friend intimate with 
the late President Lincoln, the Cabinet meeting 
was held an hour earlier than usual. Neither 
the President nor any member was able, for the 
time, to give utterance to his feelings. At the 
suggestion of Mr. Lincoln all dropped on their 
knees, and offered, in silence and in tears, their 
humble and heartfelt acknowledgments to the 
Almighty, for the triumph He had granted to the 
National cause. The same day. In the afternoon, 
as we learn from the same source, the President 
was In a fVame ot mind peculiarly happy. To his 
wife he said:—“ The war is now about over; we 
have had a long, wearisome four years’ siege, and 
we must travel a little this summer, and recruit. 
It must be without fuss or display. You must 
write Bob that he must come home aud resign 
his Captaincy, and go to his books. Let him pre- 
At this crisis the chief benefactor of the 
future emperor and conqueror “at whose mighty 
name the world grew pale,” was the actor Tal¬ 
ma, who often gave him food and money. Na¬ 
poleon’s face afterwards so famed for its classical 
mould, was during that period of starvation 
harsh and angular in its lineaments, with pro¬ 
jecting cheek bones. His meager fare brought 
on an unpleasant and unsightly cutaneous dis¬ 
ease, of type so virulent and malignant, that it 
took all the skill aud assiduity of his accom¬ 
plished physician Corvisart, to expel it, after a 
duration of more than ten years. 
The squalid beggar then, the splendid empe¬ 
ror afterwards—the threadbare habiliments and 
imperial mantel—the hovel and the palace—the 
meager food and the gorgeous bauquet—the 
friendship of a poor actor, the homage aud ter¬ 
ror of the w orld—an exile and a prisoner. Such 
are the ups and downs ot this changeful life, 
such are the lights and shadows of the great and 
mighty. 
reply to II ayne. The painting is about fifteen 
by twenty feet In size, and represents the scene 
in the Hall of Representatives when were de¬ 
livered the memorable words—“Liberty and 
Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” 
Other paintings, portraits of early patriots, grace 
the stage-end of the Hall, among which are 
those of Washington at Trenton, Commodore 
Preble, and John Hancock. Faneuil Hall 
has rung with the eloquence of many a lover 
and defender of our country’s liberty, and is an 
Interesting relic of the past century. 
I intended writing of the Great Organ, but 
space will not admit in this number. Of Boston 
in general I will only add a few words. It is 
not, as a city, a beautiful one. It is not laid out 
with reference to any plan, and the streets are 
the most crooked known. More than this, they 
are uncomfortably narrow, even the busiest of 
them. It seems to me Bostonians must acquire 
A MOTHEB’S INFLUENCE, 
Very few know the origin of this common 
phrase. Many years ago, before machinery was 
introduced into flour mills for the purpose of 
sifting the flour, it was the custom of the miller 
to send it home unsifted. The process of sifting 
was done thus, but principally lu Yorkshire: 
The Uvise, or sieve, which was provided with a 
rim which projected from the bottom of it, was 
worked over the mouth of the barrel into which 
the flour or meal was silted. An active fellow, 
who worked hard, not unfrequently set the rim 
of the ternse on fire by force of friction against 
the rim of the flour barrel, so that, in fact, this 
department of domestic employment became a 
standard by which to test a man’s will or capa¬ 
city to work hard; and thus, of a lazy fellow, or 
one deficient in strength, it was said, “He will 
never set the ternse on fire." The long misuse 
of the word Ui fog sieir, as well as the super¬ 
seding of hand labor by machinery in this par¬ 
ticular species of work, may possibly have 
tended to the substitution of sound for sense, 
in such phrases as “ He will never set the 
Thames on fire,” the North River ou fire, or any 
other river .—Home Journal.. 
GEEMAN ECONOMY 
German thrift is proverbial. The Germans 
in Pennsylvania generally rnauage to lay by far 
more thau their American neighbors, and the 
following paragraph from a European letter will 
show that they Inherit these frugal traits : 
Each German has his house, his orchard, his 
roadside trues so laden with fruit that did he not 
carefully prop them up, tie them together, aud 
lu many places hold the boughs together by 
wooden clamps, they would be torn asunder by 
their own weight. He has his owu corn plot, 
his plot for mangle wurzel or hay, for hemp, etc. 
He is his own master, and therefore he and his 
family have the strongest motives for exertion. 
In Germany nothing is lost. The produce of 
the trues aud the cows is carried to market 
Much fruit is dried for winter use. You see 
woodeu trays of plums, cherries and sliced 
apples lying In the sun to dry. Y'ou see strings 
of them hauging from the windows in the sun. 
The cows are kept up the greater part of the 
ing about these avenues of travel. They have 
one merit, however, that of cleanliness. Boston 
is the most scrupulously eleau city I ever tarried 
in. The streets are well paved and in splendid 
condition. There are many fine buildings, and 
some that appear antiquated. One in particular, 
away up on Washington street, must date back 
to “ the good old Colony days.” And this little 
low two-story structure, with its gable roof, is 
the literary reservoir from which flows “The 
Atlantic Monthly,” “Our Young Folks,” and 
the beautiful blue and gold editions of prose and 
poetry that Ticknor & Fields furnish to the 
couutry. 
* This statement is incorrect, as by the State Ceu- 
9 U 9 of 1855 the population of Charlestown was over 
twenty-one thousand.—[Ens. 
town ie situated. Past Hay-Market Square, over 
the •Charles River on the Warren bridge, up two 
or throe streets, and we alight from the ear 
about thirty rods from the monument. We are 
at the foot of the Hill, and the street leading up 
ground that the British 
it goes over the 
marched over ou that eventful I7tb of June. 
We think of their brilliant display as they 
marched up, and of thoir fatal repulses when 
our brave hoys saw “ the whites ot their eyes.” I There is nobody so abased that he is not toll 
Our first view of the monument, as we ascend • enough to look down on others. 
The great difference between men, great and 
the insignificant, is energy. 
