2Umcrfccments 
THE DARK SIDE. 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
SHINE, SUN OF THE SUMMER. 
WAR WIT. 
BY AMASDA T. JOKES. 
It was strange wliat a ‘‘faculty’' that, woman, Mrs. 
Ruftta Mitchell, lad far looking on the dark side of 
things. She managed to find it everywhere. The 
fairest May morning that ever rose out ol the night, 
with its great pink and white vases of apple blos¬ 
soms. with its golden wine of sunlight, and its sing¬ 
ing birds filling the new day with their praises, had 
always a l ' little chill in the air, a little dampness 
under foot, or a small black cloud in the east that 
promised rain,’’ to the vision of Mrs. Rufus Mitchell. 
And this eye for the motes and mole-hills, she car¬ 
ried into every relation and circumstance in life. 
She could not—no she urndd not see the silver lin¬ 
ings, nor catch the sunbeams which brighten every 
life—not that the lot. which bad fallen to Mrs. Rufus 
Mitchell was a peculiar, bard, or unfortunate one; 
but she made a continual penance of every day, 
with her sighings and complainings, and general 
lugubriousneSS. 
She was like a continual “ rainy day” in her house¬ 
hold, and her husband and her children were tbe 
victims of this mental and moral dyspepsia. It was 
“just her luck” that nothing should ever turnout 
well, on which she set, her hand or her heart. 
Nothing that, was ever brought into the house was 
right, and let all the wheels of her household econ¬ 
omy run as smoothly as they would, Mrs. Rufus 
Mitchell always found Rome jar in the machinery. 
She was a devoted wife and mother, she was a gen¬ 
erous neighbor, and on the whole, a kind-hearted, 
well-meaning woman; but this habit of incessant 
fault-finding—of seeing trouble in the present, and 
clouds and darkness in the future, soured, and 
rusted, and mildewed her life. 
Then she was always imagining herself slighted, 
or aggrieved by her neighbors—always fancying 
some inuendo or affront was intended by others. 
She always gave her friends credit for the worst 
motive, where they ought to have had at least the 
“ benefit of a doubt.’’ And of course she was very 
acute in detecting all the small faults and defects 
of character. She never came out with a generous, 
whole-souled, unqualifiedly rjood verdict about any¬ 
body or anything. And though Mrs. Rufus Mitchell 
was a plain, uncultivated woman, yet she is a typ¬ 
ical representative of so large a class of her sex, 
that we have chosen her to illustrate it. 
Dear readers, it is a miserable, miserable habit, 
this continual looking on the dark side (if things. 
If you are in any danger of falling into it, get rid 
of it somehow — shake it oil' before its blight, falls 
upon your life! All their flavor and sweetness 
will be destroyed, if you go sighing the hours, and 
looking persistently upon your trials. Close your 
eyes to them, where they are inevitable, and carry 
your thoughts away from them just so far as 
possible. 
You will have enough to bear. God knows that 
the brightest human life which ever rounded itself 
through tbree-score years and ten, was full enough 
of disappointment, and weariness, and suffering; 
but that, is no valid reason for despair. We must 
do the best that we can, and trust in God for the 
rest; and there is enough in tbe life that now is, 
in the death that is to come, if viewed from the 
right stand-point, to keep any human being from 
settled despondency. Re. sure, that Eternal Love 
and Wisdom are about you — that, to this, every 
SniNE, gun of the summer) bloom, roses of June; 
Bring joy to the senses and health to the brain; 
Our ears ache with cries from each Southern lagoon, 
Our hearts ache with news from the fields of the slain. 
Bring ns balm for the pain. 
Shine, sun of the summer! blow, wind of the West, 
And hurl these black battle-clouds hack to the wave, 
Where, with seals of destruction on forehead and breast,- 
The scourge of our nation, the shame of the brave,— 
Charleston cowers by her gravel 
Shine, sun of the summer! smite, sword of the free! 
Smite well! till the coiled serpent, ahuddering, dies! 
Coulbn’t Support it —A chap in Virginia was 
taken prisoner by the rebels, who demanded that he 
should take the oath to support the Confederate 
Government. The fellow said he had taken a great 
many big oaths in bis day, but he could not even 
support his own family, and to swear to support the 
Confederate Government was taller sw’earing than 
he dare do. 
A beggar in New Orleans approached a well 
dressed citizen and held out his handfor alms. The 
citizen offered him a Confederate note. “ No,” said 
the poor fellow, taking a mournful survey of his own 
dilapidated dress, “I have too many rags already.” 
“Some" Insect.— Capt. Kingsbury, of Co. A, 
14th regiment, now at Corinth, thus describes an in¬ 
sect very annoying to the troops in camp at that 
place. We presume the. “ boys” will not be disposed 
to complain of mosquitoes, gnats, etc., which infest 
this locality, after suffering from the assaults of the 
“Propeller Fly”: 
“ Within the last week I have discovered a new 
kind of insect—I call it the Propeller Fly. It is 
not so large as one of our Yankee mosquitoes, but 
yon ought to see and feel them bite. They light on 
you, raise their hind end—standing on their fore 
logs —and commence turning around. Their bill 
is like a cork screw, and when they get it in the 
right place they start the machinery by advancing 
the right fore leg. They then work a propeller 
wheel, which is of course at the stern, and around 
they go like lightning, and in goes the cork screw, 
and you cannot pull them off without unscrewing 
them. They are a “ bad egg.” 
Pope’s Essay to his Men.— The new version of 
“ Pope’s Essay” which the telegraph brings will be 
alike popular with soldier and civilian. Let us hope 
that he will be able to accomplish all he suggests, 
and that he may compass, as well as essay victory. 
Bull” of our Pope, for its many 
Round file in two pieces 
Horse Shoe Ti e... 
And the white rose of Peace o'er our land slialj am 
Wooing dew from the skies. 
Shine, sun of the summer! on! banner of stars, 
Wherever the fell flames of treason have crossed! 
Till earth, newly healed, has forgotten her scars, 
And we_weep our lives out in woe for the cost, 
As we uumber our lost! 
Shine, sun of (he summer! bloom, roses of June! 
Blow, soft winds, and heal the hot fevers of hate! 
Rise, rivers, and circle each Southern lagoon, 
Till lilies are throned on your waters in state, 
Where blood ran of late. 
Shine, sun of the summer! sink, dews of the airl 
Our wounded hearts ache for the hour of repose. 
But the Gon of the nation has answered our prayer, 
And the serpent lies dying just under the rose. 
Here is balm for our woes. 
Black Rock, N. Y., 1862. 
10 “ " in two pieces. .100.00 175 
Persons wishing Tiles wi,l find it to their interest to call at 
the office of the Company, 2- Buffalo Street, Rochester, btfui e 
purehfL-ing elsewhere. 
A large quantity of Brick always on hand. 
All orders for Bricks or Tiles, to be shipped by railroad or 
cans', will be nromnll.v attended to. 
For other information, address 
W OTIS. Superintendent, Rochester, N. Y 
WEBB PEDIGREE SOUTH-DOWN SHEEP, 
My 12th Annual Sale and I.ettirir of Yearling Rams, Ram and 
Ewe Lambs, will take place, On Wednesday, Sept. 8d. IStijL 
at. mv residence. '2% miles from Holmriel, Monmouth On, ~ 
J. Persons corning b.v Philadelphia will take the Camden v 
Ambo.v Railroad, for Freehold, starting at. fi o'clock, A. M. H v - 
New York a special boat will leave foot of Robison St., at 0 
o’clock, A, M for Key port, returning at 6 o'clock, 0. M_ 
Rale to commence at 2t s o'clock, P. M. Circulars of Pedigree 
&c , now ready, for which please address mo at Holmriel N. ,1 ’ 
aa.it .1. c. Taylor,’ 
6,000 S , X ™^ S VNU 6,000 
OF TBE 
Most Desirable Farming 1 Lands in Illinois, 
AT 
S 10 , $ 15 , AM) SIS I*EIt ACRE. 
thky are 
High, /lolling Prairie J.niut*. H rtf and Hr all hi/, 
ANT) ARE 
Nor surpassed by any in the State, They are situated near 
Cb tswortli Station. Livingston County, Illinois, and are sur¬ 
rounded by Railroads, one of which passes directly through 
them. 
Terms of Sale. 
We indorse this “ 
cardinal virtues and the Catholic spirit it breathes. 
Though John Pope never saw the “Vatican,” tbe 
residence of so many of his namesakes, we know he 
will do val-hc-can to make his assertions facts. We 
hope he will soon have his See at Richmond. 
A MERIC AN HOUSE 
HOSTON, 
Is the largest and best arranged Hotel in the New England 
States; is Centrally located, and easy of access from nil Hu, 
routes of travel. It contains all the modern improvementx and 
every convenience for the comfort and nrenmmodnlinn o| t|,,, 
traveling public. The sleeping rooms are largo and well vm- 
ti fated, tbe unite* of rooms are well arranged, afid complete'r 
furnished for families and large t raveling parties, and the hnii.V. 
will continue to be kept as a first ct«s. hotel in every respect 
OtMleoJ LEWIS If ICE, t'roprloto... 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
gQUIERS’ PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, 
I am composed of 74 letters. 
My 0, 3, 1, 0, 19, 23, 71, 59 is a specimen of the fair sex I have 
strong objections to. 
My 15, 55, 28, 61. 72, 43 I am averse to wearing. 
My 54, 73, 55, 6, 69 is often encircled. 
My 31. 14. 33, 55, 8, 41 is an article of diet which would make 
a good substitute for dainties. 
My 5, 2. 18, 4, 28, 61, 30, 46, 55, 64, 36 always makes me think 
or the last kiss I got from my sweetheart. 
My 7, 46, 55, 20, 40,10, 6, 66, 46, 22. 41,20, 6, 6, 55, 271 dream 
of at night. 
My 10, 25, CO, 69, 30, 50, 55, 38, 34 is the age of my Seraphina. 
My as, 24, 42, 9, 10. 55, 46, 62, 19 makes delicious music. 
My 13*, 32, 26, 47, 28, 55, 11, 46 is not what it is cracked up to 
be. especially when Hit? “old man” is opposed thereto, 
and cross enough to do battle. 
My 26, 8, 12, 48, 64, 9, 31. 49, 51, 63, 44 was where 1 often hid 
after having cut up some of my capers. 
My 6, k, 39, 60, 45, 74, 44. 52, 63, 74 is what t did when “Liz.” 
told me to leave. 
My 62, 57, 66, 21, 4, 50. 26 is a relation I will never bear to 
Liz. again. 
My 68, 17, 12, 37, 38, 55, 13, 70 is a young man’s name whom 
I once knew, who thought himself some pumpkins, no 
doubt. 
My 58, 15, 67, 11 has often, and will again, cause quite a com¬ 
motion among the ladies. 
My whole is perhaps all that earth can afford to make a 
person happy. 
July, 1862. Watermelon. 
Answer in two weeks. 
(CA1UI CAMERA.] 
Mr. G. W SQUIBR8, a Dugucm-otypist and Photographer 
ol sixteen years experience, formerly o' New York, would 
respectfully inform his friends, and the public generally, that 
he has purchased the well known WHITNEY ROOMS, loeuted 
as above, where ho promises to furnish all kinds of Pictures 
known in the art, as good as the best and at wur prices [tilt eo 
what ha<l been unseen before, Lite wasting and 
exhaustion that come only from deep-seated pain, 
lie had thought the paleness of her countenance, 
the weakness that made her step slow and cautious, 
only the result of over-taxed muscles and nerves. 
But he knew belter now. 
“ i didn't think of that,” he said, with visible 
anxiety, as he gazed into his wife’s countenance. 
“ Our wounds, so ghastly to the eyes, often get no 
deeper than the flesh and bone. 
jqA O It SALE. 
ONE OF THE BEST FARMS 
LV UrUSTJSRJV JYJEW YORK. 
The Subscribers, assignees of GEO. BROWN, offer for sale 
A FAFLTs/L OF 205 ACRES. 
All the buildings on sttid farm are qf modern sty le, and in tip. 
top order —the barn alone costiug over $3,0<Xl. Said Kami lies 
IN THE TOWN OF PHELPS, ONTARIO C0„ 
Two and a half miles south-west of Oaks’Corners; ban been 
under a well-directed system ofimprovoinent for severul year*, 
and is thoroughly underdiuined The desitabloness ol locie 
tion, eouvtMiivnv'e aod durability ol quality of soil, 
high stale of cultivation, all combine to make it 
ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE FARMS 
Ever offered for sale. Said Farm will be sold at a bargain. 
Possession given at any time A part of the purchase incuiey 
can remain on the Farm Also, with or without the Farm, 
350 Well-bred Spanish Merino Sheep and Lambs, 
Which, for qnalitv, quantity and evenness of fleece., cau't be 
beat—together with all of tbe Stock. Teams, Farming UteusilB 
and Tools For further particulars inquire of 
WM. JOHNSON or GEORGE C. MOORE, 
642 - 1 3t of Geueva, N Y. 
The pain is short, 
and nature comes quickly to the work of cure with 
ail her healing energies. We suffer for a while, and 
then it is over. We are strong and ready for tbe 
conflict again.” 
“ But,” said my wife, “ into the homes that stand 
far away from battle-fields come switt-wiuged mes¬ 
sengers that wound and kill as surely as irou hail. 
They strike mothers, wives, sisters —some with 
death wounds, all with the anguish of vital pain. 
Alas! for these wounded! The healing, if it fol¬ 
lows, is never, as the surgeons say, by first intention, 
but always slow, and often through abcess and 
ulceration. The larger number never entirely re¬ 
cover. They may linger for years, but do not lose 
the marks of suffering.” 
A long silence followed. There were others 
present who, like Mr. Harley, had never thought of 
this. 1 noticed lliat- for the hour we remained 
together he was tenderer toward his wife, and more 
than once I saw him looking at her, while she was 
not observing him, with a troubled countenance, 
lie did not agniu speak of the early period at which 
lie expected to join his regiment. 
On the day following another long list of killed 
and wounded was given to the public. As I read 
over the names and counted the numbers, my 
1 bought came hack from bloody field and suffering 
hospital. “ These are not all,” I said. “Alas! not 
all. The ball struck twice, thrice; sometimes 
oftener. There is pain, there is anguish, there is 
wounding, even unto death, in many, many homes, 
within a thousand miles of that gory place. Some 
are alone and neglected—dying on their battle- field, 
with none to put even a cup of water to their lips— 
some are with loving friends who yet fail to stanch 
For Moore'3 Rural New-Yorker 
ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEM. 
gossip which you may feel, hut carry your soul 
cheerful and serene above the small buzz about 
you: for if there is much to dread and fear through 
life, there may be, for all, more over which to he 
happy and confident, 
“ Finally,” said the minister, as we school girls 
gathered around him, at the close of the pleasant 
Sabbath afternoon 
There are three numbers in arithmetical progression, such 
that the product ol’ tbe first by the third is equal to the 
square of the second, minus one-half of the third; and four 
limes the quotient arising from dividing the third by the 
common difference, is equal to the first. What are the 
numbers? G- 11 ■ 
Tuscarora, N. Y., 1862. 
XCsP Answer in two weeks. 
there was a bird and a buzzard 
started from the same point to fly over a certain 
tract of country. And the bird went full of songs, 
dropping through the still air the golden rain of his 
notes, and in all its way there was not a single 
flower opening its vase of perfume to the winds, 
nor a green breadth of grass, nor a spray of leaves 
—there was not a thing fair, or gracious, or beauti¬ 
ful in, all its flight which that bird did not see, 
where its bright wings did not alight for a moment, 
and tor which its song of recognition and praise 
did not till the air with more jubilant notes as it 
passed along. And after the bird came the buzzard 
and the harsh, greedy hum of its voice followed the 
song, as its black wings did the bright ones of the 
bird making, a black spot ill rough the brightness of 
the day. And in its way there was no pool, green 
and tainting the air with its miasma—was no damp 
marsh, no foul or unseemly spot, no dead carrion or 
noisome place, which the gloating eye ot the buz¬ 
zard did not find out, where he did not alight, and 
in which his unclean tastes did not revel. Now, 
girls, which will you carry through life, the bird’s 
eyes or the buzzard's?” 
ri R0CERIES, PROVISIONS, SEEDS, FRUITS, &c, 
3S/I- U- MONROE, 
WHOLESALE A-VII RETAIL 
GROCER. AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, 
90 Bufiblo Street, Roukester, N. Y. 
Also, Dealer in Clover ami Timothy Seed, See'! Potatovd, 
Green and Dried Fruits, &« CT l’me Wines and Liquors, 
and Ftec'ifipd Whisky, for Medioiual purpnaeu _ lf> * 1 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
CHARADE. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 052 
il? the natural leg in an artificial one. and ic 
Hf giving it lateral, or side mptfou, at the 
ly ankle, tbe same as the nature,! one. 3Y 
M so doing be box produced tbe inns' our,- 
4 pletc and successful invention ever etUiil- 
q ed in artificial legs. „ ,, 
*=» A pamphlet containing lull description 
and illustrations can be bail without charge, by uddreamB 
DOUGLAS LILY, M. D., 
H637-eo-tf JgpoKcJt tr r , N. Y . j _ or , Oi ncimah . 0 '" Q . 
OCHESTER CITY .SCALE WOHRS, 
V GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. 
& Co keep constantly on band a large assort- 
Tli 011 art the Christ, 
Answer to Geographical Enigma 
the son of the living God. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma 
falleth into mischief. 
Answer to Charade:—Mis fortune. 
Answer to Mathematical Problei 
hawser, 100,000lbs.; Angle with the 1 
A wicked messenger 
E. A. Forsyth 
ment of 
Hay, Cattle, Grain, Platform and Counter Scales, 
which they will sell at greatly reduced price?. 
Alt work warranted XT „ 
Address E. A. FORSYTH k CO., Rochester, N. \ 
636-26teo (lla Stand oi Duryee & Forsyth. 
Pj- Bee illustrated advertisement in Riral of March 29. 
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Temper is so good a thing that we should never 
lose it. 
Persons often lack courage to appear as good as 
they really are. 
It is well to be a man among men, and not a 
dreamer among shadows. 
Talent and virtue are less frequently hereditary 
than the gout. 
There are many graceless preachers on grace, 
many uncharitable ones on charity. 
Independence in thought and action is a luxury 
far beyond the reach of poor folks. 
Praises of the unworthy are lelt by ardentminds 
as robberies of the deserving. 
It is a good thing to possess genius, but generally 
a bad thing to he possessed by it. 
The king is the least independent man in his 
dominions—the beggar the most so. 
Fools line the hedges along the road of life; let 
the wise pass with a smile and a tear. 
The most miserable pettifogging in the world is 
that of a man in the court of his own conscience. 
Nurserymen, Seedsmen, Dealers in Agricultural Implement, 
Machinery. Ac., Wholesale Merchants, Educational Institutions, 
Publishers, Land and Insurance Companies, Agencies, Ac., Ac., 
in various parte of the country, can attest. 
[PtOpi the Kao York Daily World, Feb. 15, 1862. J 
Moore’s Rcral N’kw-Yorker cornea to us treighted with 
its usual amount ol inrortuntum, valuable, not to fiam^ra alone, 
but to all Who take an interest in the Improvement? of tbe 
times. For years it has maintained nil enviable poHitipu as a 
family'newspaper, and we arc. gratified to barn that its pros- 
peets were never better than they ate at the piewnt time. We 
commend It to the notice of those<'l oar readers »ho takean 
interest in agricultural and horticultural mutters aud, we may 
add, to advertisers who desire to reach tbe tanning communi¬ 
ties'throughout the COUUtry. 
(From Ihr. AVio York Daily Times.] 
Moore’s Ri-hau Nkw-Yokkek, published at Rochester, has a 
very large circulation, especially among t ic agricultural popu¬ 
lation of the Northern, Western, and Middle Mates, and Oilers a 
very excellent medium for advertising to business men of tins 
rttfv ivVifi liphirf' to 1 'hA.C'Ii thOsi? fctfCtiOUS. It IF A13 ft Ml A find 
weil-manaued paper, ami deserves the success it has achieved. 
D- in church last Sunday? “Yes; and now I 
remember that she was pale, and had an altered 
look.” One of our wounded! Do you see a face 
at the window? “ In the marble-front house?” 
Yes. “It is sad enough; what in-looking eyes!” 
Wounded! Ah, sir, they are everywhere about 
us. Already, from over a hundred battle-fields and 
skirmishing grounds, have been such missives as 
pain and death, They have penetrated unguarded 
homes in every city, town, and neighborhood of 
our once happy and peaceful country, wounding 
the beloved ones left there in hoped-for security. 
For such there is balm only in Gilead—God is their 
physician. 
Strive to be as kind, forbearing and forgiving as 
you can, both to friends and foes. 
