MAY 2 
DEW-YORKER. 
allies’ Doctfolio. 
AROUND THE HEARTH. 
11 V MS Kt A 8 . I.A0D. 
TiiK night came quickly on; the gale -low Ugli, 
Ami shook the tloorv. ,itnl clattered ai the iumcs, 
Through ev’ry warn s.fTii.g the rcovd’ry snow. 
ISntwoloMiii! r.'ns t lie s(. i! rn, for, e’o.’n 1 drawn, 
Tire tire Mure eliero l'ui : '.'run d, and bi Her thoughts 
Linked ui to each other. A soincv; hut 
Curiousgroup were wo, who gatliciv it round 
That he..rih. Three childic *\ cough « nil, < iTsprhig 
Of I lave fillIdrcn 0 .‘ 'ho good pair with whom 
We dwelt. Ana we alone were left to thorn. 
Awhile wo played in merriments until 
Our gr.satlslpo rave his grave “ Tin, tnt,” ilien we 
Hovered around our grand,rue, with our bright 
Needles glancing in the light, and, vitli one 
Clamorous voice, hoggin* her fora tales 
For wo were wont to hear such shirk's told 
As sel our eyes, in marvel, corn wide - 
Those wondrous tales of ohl (VimcwTieut, 
Whose rampant "ill in » o’; y.*a so v, virtu part, 
Hotting the people in ... 
And we, too. did bear rad t,t o- ; ot peddlers 
Wundh-ing around nt night in he*Jb ss state, 
Tlu-ir rest liiaouicted because cu* crime 
Unpunished -of those wtio bad sought (’obtain 
By direful deed the riches oi iheir f.aeV. 
Ah ! tlio-e were wild an-1 dangerous tales to hear, 
And fed our funoie* with exciting food. 
“ And now sit still,’’ the good dam ■ said, “ and hear 
or Mary .u misov, a fair-'.n od girl, 
Whom Indians carCed to their forest home. 
She grew to love Iici wild wood life full well, 
And wed a chief.” " And wed :i chief!’’ said ALICE, 
Elder of the three, a nnihl with shining 
I las* and pearly tooth, c nd eyes of wondrous 
Beauty. “Yes, Child,” she answered, “yes;” and 
then, 
fM>e would have taken up her narrative 
Had not the dog, a mastiff of line breed. 
Hot hack upon his haunches, growling low. 
It was the omen that u wund'rer neared 
Our door; and now* we waited his approach 
With silent interest, well flensed to liavo 
Our heat tli receive a guest. 
A nd soon a knock 
Was heard, and then, sonorously, “ Come in” 
Came utter. And a s’ranger entered there, 
Shook tho snow from his black hair, arid bowing 
Craved our hospitality. Our grandsire 
Bade him welcome. While Abler: stirred the Ore 
1 looked upon tho stranger, and 1 saw 
A nu n of comely nn in and young, hut grave 
lie seemed. He sat, him down with thunks within 
Our elrele, and soon he seemed to wander 
Far in thought. 
A wooden howl stood upon 
The hearth, heaped with pippins, and with purple 
.lill-flowers, and at Its side a pitcher Idled 
With eider. Bright. A lick lifted the howl 
And held it. for tile stranger to select; 
And he partook the fruit, hat started as 
He looked Into the maiden's eyes, perhaps 
in wonder nt their lipautv. ** Was it thus 
Eve tempted An am t” smilingly he said, 
And she with blushing cheek set down the howl 
And offered him tlm rider. '* No,” lie said, 
With graver look, and just a little sigh. 
But when urged to drink the tingling bev’rage, 
1 lard with long-fermenting, lie softly said ; 
•• It leads us on to shame.” Then there might well 
J tave been a long debate 'twlxt him and our 
Tough grandslroi hut. ho said, "If I should tell 
A tale that 1 sell know. “ o, toll tho lale !" 
We quickly then besought. The old pair smiled, 
And lie replied, “ 1 set II all to rhyme 
One lonely summer day,” and then began. 
“ Some thirty years ago or more. 
Among New England’s homely hills, 
An aged pair had heaped their store 
Of life’s good gifts, without its ills. 
And their full cup was running o’er. 
“ And they had not a child to share 
Their love and sit beside their hearth — 
But o'er the sea, in Scotia fair, 
They learned of two fresh mounds of earth, 
And of a hoy loft to their care. 
11 At last to them the great day came 
Wherein the huge ship heaved In sight, 
And gave to them, that bore their name, 
A youth, to keep their fireside bright 
And fan their old hearts’ smouldering flame. 
” And there was gladness at tho hearth, 
And merry voices often rung 
With clearest tones of youthful mirth 
Those rough and rooky hills among, 
And their old Homo seemed Heaven on earth. 
“ And then, in time, this yonug tuan hi ought 
A happy maid to he his wife ; 
In all a woman's kindness taught, 
She wins the Crown of his glad life, 
And good as wheat tho old folks’ thought. 
“ But with the cheer that so had charmed 
This boy who fatrnc from over sea, 
A new and pleasing drink had warned 
Ills fancies oft to revelry, 
And oft his reason it had harmed. 
“ And then Ins cmne to relish well 
Warm potions of still greater strength, 
And misery’s direful blow befell 
This bright and happy home, at length, 
And changed their Heaven Into a hell. 
“And he was brought to hts young wife 
One morning when the sky seemed clear, 
And all the woods and hills were rlfo 
With gladdest music of the year. 
And she had caught fresh hold on life. 
“ They found him dour). lie had drank deep 
Down at the Inn, the night before; 
At first they thought the man asleep 
Beside the way—they knew no more; 
As he had sown he now must reap,” 
The traveler ceased abruptly from his task, 
Wiping from his pale brow the beaded drops, : 
'if' 1 touched the piie'.n in in* slowly sn’rt, 
•• . tv ns Hint In i! brink tin i .•nve th * nvm hts taste. 
Art Bile b.'s nraxO W l it ... Oar g a.nistre gave 
No comment on .he tale, hut to bis pue.-t 
j He spoke ill kirns ' fonts than lie had used 
Before- And A CUT, weeping, whispered, ** Perhaps 
The to ui hard was his fnf Ins ' which he one 
Day cm dinned some Tew viaeA hs after, when lie. 
Asked the •>!<! iron forhisgr. ii le’iihl. lie gave, 
Without a fear, out" Alice for his bride. 
for the 0 
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A SANCTUARY HABIT, 
Ourt minister was much annoyed, the other 
Sabi-aLb, by his congregation, livery time tho 
elmD'h door creaked tin its liIntros, no matter 
what, ho was saying or how earnestly he might 
ho trying to I merest. 1 lion 1 , away would go the 
bonds, right-about-fane, or us much that way 
as they conveniently could all eyes intent 
upon seeing who I,lie tardy church-comer could 
lie. Tho new bonnets were on the go fur a 
quart crof nn hour that morning. “Tile mascu¬ 
line heads wore not. so easily turned, I think.” 
Ah! do you, my good sir? Well, I guess you 
weren’t there, then, or yon couldn't say so, 
conscientiously for nt every fresh rustle of 
silken thmhoes, or swaying of cambric skirts, 
Hie wearers id' them were treated lo many a 
able-long glance from eyes that never peeped 
«ut from under a bonnet; and oven a pro¬ 
longed, bolder stare was no exception. How 
(lie feathers Muttered and the dowers danced 
and nodded in v way uni to unbecoming tor a 
quiet village clniroll. It scorned, too, a*, if al¬ 
most everybody must lutvo taken an extra nap 
that Sabbath morning. Such a eonstnnl opon- 
ingand shutting of that, noisy church door, and 
such a see-sawing ami bobbing up and down of 
heads! Such a twisting and crooking of necks, 
and such a looking around and behind every¬ 
body! If they all had been served as lot’s 
wife Was, Micro would liavo boon a great many 
substantia! ulhtrs In that church that d ly. 
At last the good man at tho holm began to 
see which way the thoughts of his congrega¬ 
tion were drifting, and lie stopped lli'ole i.n k 
right Oir short and said : I have often thought 
I should like Lo have the congregation stand In 
the minister's place sometimes, mid see what 
hcsce» and feel as he foots. F think it would 
he a good plan for tho preacher to have an as- 
-distant, so that when folks emic in ho could 
!.i*ll i.he people Who they were, wlmt they wore, 
and how they looked, I am sure il. would save 
a great deal of the I rouble of turning and twist¬ 
ing about, and be a real accommodation to pas¬ 
te r as well as to people.” 
I guess we all took the hint, but everybody 
gazed si might Inward the pulpit, as Innocently 
as though they hadn't once thought 0 f looking 
back since they loft, the outside Sodom and 
stepped over the thresh hold of tho sanctuary. 
Hut, my! wasn't I frightened once after that, 
when I caught myself looking buck toward the 
minister’; pew, to see if his wife and baby 
wi re there! 1 just happened to wonder to my¬ 
self If they wore, ns I hadn't hoard the yoiing- 
-der speak in meeting that morning,- and all in 
u breath, before l thought of the reprimand so 
recently administered, around bobbed my head, 
and then 1 thought; Imt 1 guess the minister 
didn't see me. Perhaps lie would doom It par¬ 
donable If lie did, if ho only could knmy’twus 
Out of anxiety for his family I thus uninten¬ 
tionally disregarded Ins reproof. 
I’ve been flunking, since then, if the preacher 
should really hayfl Hitch an assistant as our 
minister suggested, this new arrangement 
would lack In 1 lie one essential point, unless, 
indeed, there wore, enough of the woman’s 
rights spirit to choose a. woman to stand at the 
post, for how could a man—a matter-of-fact, 
short-sighted man ever give the necessary in¬ 
formation In a way at nil satisfactory to femi¬ 
nine curiosity ? 1 don’t believe a man In that 
position would ever think to notice I,ho size of 
I he buttons on a lady’s dress, or tell wliother 
Iter rudlngote wac single or double-breasted— 
or whether the coronet on lu r head was her 
own, her’mry own hair!—and of course the c 
items of Know ledge are Indispensable to those 
seeking in that direction. And just now I fell 
to wondering how it would seem if tills should 
lie followed out in earnest, and our churches 
should have such assistants in them. Dear 
me! ’twould make, an early Sabbath morning 
riser of me, f know, for I should never dare go 
into meeting late, and hear as I entered Mie 
door, “Now, my friends, that’s Sister Ilia,!,. 
She's got on the ram© black alpaca dress site’s 
worn every Sunday this winter. You all know 
how it looks, for I dare say you’ve counted the 
ruffles a score of times; the same velvet sack, 
with its scollops and head trimmings. But—at¬ 
tention, now she's certainty got a new hat! 
There! you needn't turn around; I 'I J toil you 
all about it. It’s trimmed with rose buds and 
pansies. I don’t know whore she bought it or 
how much she paid for It—wish I did.” 
Of course, I mean this for a wottian’a version 
of if, ami I imagine myself slinking away into 
niv seat and feeling no larger than a canary 
with Ids feathers blown the wrong way, after 
listening to such it criticism upon my plumage. 
1 think such an order rtf tilings would draw a 
crown, at leant In our village. 
I am quite certain I had a nioe moral in my 
mind when 1 began (his piece, but where It is 
now I'm sure l cannot, tell; aud I can’t stay to 
search for it because this is Hatunlay night and 
I must be up in the morning so I won’t be late 
at church. 
LITTLE DROPS. 
Little irons spar’. Hug drops, 
Falling in ihc rain — 
Crystal drops. pH; i r drops, 
On the tiowvrs and grain. 
Nestling in the lily while, 
And the modest rose. 
On the clover, red and white, 
That in the lueiuloivgrows. 
Pearly drops, transparent drops, 
Keeping in the i 111, 
Sheening lilt'.o fairy drops 
That spring and brooklet fill. 
Uunnlue drops from mountain side, 
l':i carles as crystal bright, 
Danying Joyously In pride,— 
K'ssed by morning light. 
Tearfu 1 nrops, drops of grief 
Unman eyelids shed- 
Sorrow, solace and relief 
For our departed dead. 
LETTERS TO YOUNG RURALISTS.—No. 23. 
FROM COUSIN JOHNNIE. 
TrrrrotTGH some mi .-‘reading of my manuscript 
the printer made nm . ay “o/t one" In my last 
Idler, instead of “a one;" and, for Tear some 
of my bright lit tie cousins may criticise the 
mi.date, I hasten to t brow the burden of blame 
where it belongs. The mistake, however, is 
not tin uncommon one; and, lest any of you 
shou hi lie 111 doubt as to when a should ho used, 
and w hen an, i will toll you that a is not only 
placed before a ronaominf but also before a 
vow I nr dipMiong which combines with Its 
sound the power of initial y or w. Lot me try 
and make Mil.-; last a litMe clearer. Yon know 
when cither w >>r y is iniiiul l hut, is tho first 
letter of a word it is a consonant, as, for ex¬ 
ample, tn the words icon and you. When they 
occur anywhere else In a word they arc vowels— 
as in town and b//. You hpo w in ‘‘.town ” has 
the sound of the vowl n ; you could just us 
well spoil It town, the pronunciation would lie 
Mm same. In the word bv.//, you observe, 1ms 
the sou in I or the vowel i. Now in one, although 
it begins with a vowel, ( Imre is the Consonant 
sound of io, tho same as in icon ; and in eulogy, 
though beginning with a diphthong, Mo re M 
tho sound of a exactly ns it is in you. .Mr is 
not only used before a vowel or silent //, but 
also before li y.oiMuhd, when the accent Is on 
the would syllable. Thus wo say, an heroic ac¬ 
tion, (In historical account, but a history, a 
hero. In lusrolo, historical and similar words, 
tho h,’which, at, tie- 1 , you know is only a breath, 
la but. very slightly sounded, which is the rea¬ 
son for making the rhnngo. ( have entered 
into this subject fully for the benefit of some 
of you who have never sti died grammar, for it. 
is so much better !<• have rules for things than 
to go by guess. 
Mr. ItpK.Ui bus given ns a number of v,hil- 
dren’s letters lately—*most of them very good ; 
iridood, I can see a marked Improvement In the 
young Uuralists’ epistles within the past year. 
Let “ Excelsior " lie your motto in this, ns in 
everything, little cousins. It.-member what 
Mr. It. a ays about giving us new Ideas. 1 should 
think you might each have a great many things 
to tell that the rest of us do not know, since 
you am scattered over nearly every Stale in tho 
Union; facts relating to the geography, his¬ 
tory, mineralogy, entomology, &c., of the place 
In which you live, together with bo me of the 
habits, manners end customs of the people. 
In this way your department would bueome so 
interesting that .ill the readers of tiie Kctk.il 
would be . lamoring for more letters, till the 
good editor would be obliged lo give up a page, 
at tho very least, to hla young contributors. 
(iKiiTin Ik II. gave us a very sprightly, pleas¬ 
ant letter. 11 . was outrageous of Mint bald eagle 
to steal those “live, nice, smart, little pig*!” 
I don't believe lmr “Jack" i. a bit smarter than 
my “ Marcus Antonin*.” “Jack” is a dog, and 
dogs arc expected to stand up and speak for 
things; hut toy “Tony" i« u eat , and ho not 
only sits up, stands up and walks around 
mi Ids hind legs for ids food, but when lie is 
thirsty he will “sit up” before the water pall 
and cry! Ho will do the same by the side of 
the table when tho doth Is laid for meals, par¬ 
ticularly if he smells anything very appetising; 
and lie will also frequently bog in the same way 
to be taken up on somebody’s lap! Are either 
of MKin*in's six cats ns accomplished as that? 
Ethel of (lion Valley scorn's very indignant 
over the insolence of Young JI.vi'ii; but I am 
sadly afraid her letter, Instead of reforming 
him, will only confirm him In Ids poor opinion 
of women. She reminds me of the man who 
went to haveaphroiiological examination. The 
phrenologist informed him lie Imd the bump of 
Combatlveness Very largely developed, “ft’s 
no such thing," said the man, clenching his 
list, " and if you aay that again, I'll knock you 
down t" i was sorry to see in her letter evi¬ 
dences of a propensity which, if allowed to 
grow and thrive, will In a few years cause her 
to devel >i> Into Licit ever-to-bc-dreaded crea¬ 
ture, a scolding woman, Mum to dwell with 
whom “ it is better indwell upon a houBe-top,” 
I do not say this, dear Ethel, to offend you, 
but by way of warning. There is an old saying, 
that "The boy is father to the man,” and it is 
j equally true that "Tho girl is mother to the 
i woman." I have been young, and though not 
vrr'j old, T am yet old enough to be able to hear 
witness from experience, of Mm truth of this. 
a luit Mic cnilorcn " ere wild whom I went to 
M hOoI, wifn hiif low oxooptlon*. tiiov :iro to- 
day in an mlonsili. I degree. Throe who lied 
ns Children, doreivt.vhen( mul lie m-dav. Tim- * 
wlm were selfish and greedy over their fruit 
ami candy Mien, In-dn. ere cold, selfish ami 
imtechng. I lie child tell-tale ami mu.eim-f- 
mtuter li** grow n up a woman i.m*.high and 
M , [ i . ~ n . ,0n: 'T* 't'M'HTfl’bMIll', <1o?7ljt(tW?h'X 
< • Mi on liavo ]»«■vo.no iroJcJimr, con: enl tom s 
\ i ai.oical men and women von ** thorns hi 
Mie dosii to 1 heir family, i.'irl who wei*” then 
immodest find imvnre have .-im-e departed 
trom !he mil h of virtue. IToftine. vlchmi buys, 
are now* depraved men -some of Miem no si rani 
gers 1.0 the inside of prison. !i f. ...lemo, 
an awl u 1 1 In i nght, dear children. Mm I voerrhui’ 
actors are running now, t..,* time ami h.r ei.*,- 
mly! (ton grant Hint ym nmv all follow Mm 
lendings ol Lis lfoly Soirit, which he freely 
gives to all Who OX/, il, | ha' Mie*. he f, i*m.*il 
lor a I’ll a of holiness and useful,, ■ •, hole -mil a 
bfcofOterna l joy hereafter! ' Vo ,,, . 1 , minv, c 
does not often “ preach” to von, lUMo rou-dns,' 
*7 {'*«> "»ru w nsn she does you will try and 
think of what she says. 
I must not Torget i„ kdl you , v nuie hVidmt 
l.ev. ,r Ms vn* Smith related to us last nh-’.t 
in Ins lecture. “From New York to.leruHalem ” 
W hen lie was u, lljrypt lie went to hear the 
“lew la,- dm'Vises." A tmmhcr of persons 
ixerc assembled m .*> gan.'en. in lie* center of 
which was " largo t ree ru eralc,.lowing a raised 
seal. In... Mr. Smith wished to appropriate 
himself, hut receivin'.' an Intimation tied he 
mIszlit cave In irslgn ii to one more worthv, im 
vacated if irndaiiMv, amt not a moment i„„ 
soon lor Immedcdelv tiu-re entered the .'■,.*- 
den tin old man, ut. f he nigh* of whom ev. i* v ','-„o 
arose am bowed, lie was s u ..* six r ><q lx 
lin'llHi 1* l:IiI : tii ; . yt' a \wr<» lij.irjv nud [»i re- 
ing; he wen> a long, wuil e hem . 1 . ami his -mow- 
wldfe hair Mower over Id ; ftlmutdci s. \)| r ,._ 
nciined standing until he made f,|<< wav to the 
reserved seal. sat. down and wave,I his hand lo 
t he rest l o do the same. Mr. Sm cn, eagerly In¬ 
quired who lids was, supposing Idm b. he some 
man of note. Itol. lie was neither • biel. .'over- 
mu* mu* prince; im was i Imply an ,,/d ma,i' 
Now. was not that n coni cast to tho way »n 
which Mm aged are I.. treated In onr 
counlry f I ruly, < 'hri I Ian, l meric in hoys and 
girl-; (and men and women, tool may learn a 
Ussoi, of respect, to old .agefrom those Moham¬ 
medan Arabs, 
Unor (’AintiK, il was tort Imd tihnnl ymirliltlo 
pony. It, must have l>een very linrrl, indeed, to 
give lam up, Excuse me, dear, if I eritlciso 
M.isscntcneolh your letter; necn. loot . 
ed like he ciijnj’ed seeing us hate to see 
dear I. Me pony leave.” “ Like" * not tin* word 
you ward, there, unless you wish to say the 
negro rrxnmnh ii somebody or something ; and 
seeing us I,me to sec ’ g, mu well expressed 
1 on should have said: "The peg!,, looked os 
il he en.Vi.ycd WlttlLKHnK) aur snrrwv at Bn Dm 
our dear* Id tie pony leave." 
Two more lit lie cousins express their sitas- 
raelBJII With Uou-li, .loilNXlK's I,-tiers, viz., 
Ioa M. R, “t.-.c J-.dorado girl," and Moncv ..f 
Hound Brook. I Ins Ls certainly very gialil'v- 
mg. and ( ..I. will try and eoniinim to please, 
am at, Mie . .. perhaps in drm t. Mn*m a 
bttle. I linpu 1 Ii in icy will succeed with her 
bees, and * hat l..\ will fell us something about 
Colorado rn hot'next letter. 
i.!. f .V'n : 'k'V' “ '''''|f° f'T em-oanilt cako which 
vrrv ‘“v; J *»*■/. did ;iiiy *>f you ever 
fry putting one-half ol the cocoarm'l In the 
cake, mol the rest, mixed with the whiles of 
;’ghmamls..ga.*,on the tr.p. M, si ter makes it 
In this way and It is dolc-lmis. If you would 
like the r.-clpe I vyill get it lor you. Uocoanut 
"r v’ ^‘gcstabJc any way. t hough, and t Ip.so 
.1 you who me at all dyspyptii; l ndviso to let 
It ‘severely alono. ’ 
SHic |3i!22li'r. 
tv care always ylad to icccivc contributions 
for l liis Department. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.—No. 14. 
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CHARADE. No. 2. 
An inflammation of thendml 
That renders man accursed 
And makes him dangerous to iris kind, 
Is noted by my first. 
A useful article indeed 
My second scorns to be, 
Yet with but oue It Is decreed 
It ever can agree. 
My third the rural homestead spurns 
_Aud eke tho light, of day; 
But in the eii.y’s revel burns 
To chase the gloom away. 
My fourth on land outstrips the steed, 
Or, wafted by my third, 
It skuas the air and mounts, indeed, 
Above the boldest bird. 
To guess my whole no horoscope 
The dullest need demand. 
Search Afrio's coast, keep up Good Hope, 
You'll find It on the strand. V 
8^7“ Answ er in two weeks. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.- April 18. 
Anagram No. I.—Look not upon the wine 
when it is red ; when it giveth its color in the 
cup. 
Miscellaneous Enigma No. 10. In the cur¬ 
rent of life beware of intemperance. 
Illustrated Rebus No. 13.—Envy is a self¬ 
executioner. 
