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THE LADIES’ FLORAL' CABINET AND PICTORIAL HOME COMPANION, 
COUNTBY CHILDBBN. 
Little ft'csli voices, 
Born in the wlldwood; 
StvoeUy illnstrnlina; 
Innocent cldidliood; 
Shy ns tile itntuln))C— 
Brown ns a berry— 
Fresh ns the nionntnin air, 
Koinpinj; and meny. 
BIno eyes nml liazel eyes 
Peep IVom tlie hedpes, 
Shnded by snn-bonnets 
Frayed at tlio edges! 
Up in the apple trees, 
Heedless ol'dnngcr, 
Manhood in embryo 
Stares at the stranger. 
Out in the hilly patch, 
Seeking the berries— 
Under the orchard tree, 
Feasting on cherries— 
Trampling the clover blooms 
Down 'niong the grasses, 
No voice to hinder them. 
Dear lads and lasses I 
No grim propriety— 
No introduction; 
Free ns the biriilings 
From city restriction ! 
Coining the purest blood, 
Strength’ning eaclt muscle, 
Donning he.alth’s annor 
•Gainst life’s coining bustle. 
Dear little innocents 1 
Boi-n in the Wildwood; 
Oh, that all little ones 
Had snch a childhood ! 
God’s bltie spread over them, 
God's green beneath them. 
No sweeter heritage 
Conld we bequeath them. 
Deacon Dodd once feelingly said 
Abont his Betsy; long since dead, 
“• Ifevcr angel loved a man 
Tliat angel, sir, was Betsy Ann; 
If I happened to scidd her, she was so meek, 
(Which the Deacon did seven times a week !) 
She’d clap her apron np to her eye, 
And never say notliin’, bat only cry.” 
But, ladies, p'rhaps you’d like to bo told. 
That Deacon Dodd. like other men. 
Waited a year, and married .again: 
But he married a most inveterate scold. 
UM#* 
As he gets well rasped from aveek to week; 
Bnt rather than “ open his head ” he’d burst— 
Ho wishes the second was with the (Irst! 
Bnt as she's as tough as a hickory limb. 
No doubt she’ll live to s.ay of him, 
“ ifevcr a saint the footstool trod, 
That man—that saint—was Deacon Dodd.” 
IHCONSIDEKATE VISITOBS. 
Many ladies seem to think that when they 
make calls, they must array themselves in most 
elaborate costume—no matter whether they in¬ 
tend to pay their rc.spccts to a bride, or look in 
upon a friend who is so unfashionable as to take 
care of her own children, babies and all. 
But by and by—this progressive age—Dame 
Fashion is going to tvave her wand, and bid 
common sense return from its long, long e.\ile. 
Then, my callers will wear suits of pretty washa¬ 
ble material; and my cand 3 "-loving Charley, in¬ 
stead of being a terror and a torment, and most 
undesirable as a parlor ornament, may, per¬ 
chance, if he is very good, sometimes sit in the 
“company’s lap” without being>secretly pro¬ 
nounced a “sticky little horror.” 
Said a young mother not long since: “ You 
don’t know how I dread my callers,. There’s 
Susie, two-and-a-half, who has a perfect pa.ssion 
for a parasol. I have taken mine from her, and 
she understands that she must not touch it; but 
when ladies come in, they say; ‘ 0 ! let her take 
it! She’s a lady! She shall have a parasol!’ 
Now, what can I do r ” 
That is the question ? What shall be done to 
prevent visitors spoiling our children ? 
Susie’s mother has a very good government 
over her children, but she cannot endure to have 
strangers interfere when she is doing her best, 
and they have no right to do it. Every person 
who is brought in contact with a little child 
ought to have its best good in view; and one 
little realizes how it strengthens a bad habit to 
say, “ Oh ! let him do it! ” or “ There now ! isn’t 
that cunning ? ” When a visitor flatters my lit¬ 
tle Charley to his face, or goes into raptures over 
his “ bu-u-tiful ringlets,” and frightens the poor 
child with the threat of stealing him if he isn’t 
careful (!) or make him surly and selfish hy 
forcing him to refuse to allow her to “ take him 
home to her dear little girl,” I really feel desper¬ 
ate. It’s almost ns much ns I can do not to e.\- 
claim passionately: “There! you are spoiling 
luy child ! You’ve done.more harm in one min¬ 
ute than T can undo in a year. AVhy dicin’I you 
stay at homo ? ” 
THE phuosopheb’s stone. 
The eccentric but brilliant John Randolph 
once rose suddenly up in his scat in the House 
of Representatives, and screamed out at the top 
of his shrill voice,— 
“ Mr. Speaker! 51r. Speaker! I have discov¬ 
ered tlio philosopher’s stone. It is—Pay as 
3’ou go! ” 
John Randolph dropped many rich gems from 
his mouth, but never a rieher one than that. 
“Pnj'- ns )'ou go,” and you need not dodge 
sherifl's and constables. “ Pa)'^ as you go,” and 
you can walk the streets with an erect back and 
a manly front, and have no fear of those you 
meet.'"' You can look any man in the ej'c with¬ 
out flinching. You won’t have to cross the 
street to avoid a dun, or look intently in a sho|: 
window in order not to see a creditor. “ Pay 
as you go,” and you ean snap your finger at the 
world, and when you laugh it will bo a hearty, 
honest one, and not like the laugh of Iho poor 
debtor, who looks around as though ho was i 
doubt whether the laugh was not the property of 
his creditors, and not included in articles “ ex¬ 
empted from attachment.” “ Pay as you go,” 
and you will meet smiling faces at home—happy, 
cherry-cheeked, smiling children—a contented 
wife—a cheerful hearthstone. John Randolph 
was right. It is the philosopihcr’s stone. 
“ STBETCH IT A LITTLE.” 
One morning a little girl and her brother were 
on their way to school. The roofs of the houses 
and the grass on the common were white with 
frost, and the wind was verj' sharp. They were 
both poorly dressed, but the little girl had a sort 
of coat over her, which she seemed to h.ave out¬ 
grown. As they walked briskly along, she drew 
her little companion close to her, saying : 
“ It isn’t big enough for both,” he replied. 
“I gvess I can slrelch it a litllc,” said .she, 
and they were soon clo.se together, and as warm 
as two birds in one nest. • 
How manj' shivering bodies our clothing might 
warm, if we would onlj'-“ sti-etch it a little.” 
How many suflering creatures our helping hand 
would reach, if we would only “ stretch it a lit¬ 
tle.” Let us learn a good lesson from the little 
girl, and try to “ stretch things a little,” that we 
may bless and comfort those around us. 
The line of conduct chosen by a young man 
during the five )’’cars from fifteen to twentj' will, 
in almost every' instance, determine his character 
for life. As he is then c.arcful or careless, pru¬ 
dent or improvident, industrious or indolent, 
truthful or dissimulating, intelligent or ignoi'ant, 
temperate or dissolute, so will lie be in after 
years, and it needs no projihet to cast his horo¬ 
scope or calculate his chances in life. 
A STOitY is told of a citizen of Danbury, Conn., 
who was broken of the wi-etched habit of swear¬ 
ing, in a novel manner. He was an inveterate 
cursor and grumbler. At every meal he neg¬ 
lected a bles.sing, and swore at everything from 
the gravy to the teapot. Ilis oaths discolored 
the napkins, soured the bread and curdled the 
milk. His wife, a woman who evidently believed 
that the hair of a dog would cure the bite, stood 
this unseemly conduct “ until forbe.arance ceased 
to bo a virtue.” One morning, he was unusually 
cross and profane, and was about to take a fresh 
start at something else, when his wife suddenly 
broke out with a series of damns that made the 
old gentleman get up and leave his chair as 
though some one had introduced a pin between 
the canes. As soon as she ceased, he breath¬ 
lessly remarked, “Well, ! swear, if it has got 
so you can swear, it is time I quit.” And he 
did. 
At AYamego, a place in the extreme AYest, is 
a shanty which bears the sign: “ Here’s AYhere 
You Get a Meal Like Your Mother Used to Give 
You.” A wag inserted “in-law” after mother, 
and the customers deserted the place. 
INFLUENCE OF THE NEAYSPAPEB. 
A school teacher, who has been engaged 
long time in his profession, and M’itnessed the 
inlluencc of tlie newspaper on the minds of a 
family of children, writes as follows; 
“ I Iiavo found it to bo a universal fact, with¬ 
out exception, that tliose scholars of both sexes, 
and of all ages, who have had access to news- 
jiapcrs at liome, when com])nred with tlioso who 
Iiavc not, are better readers, excelling in punctu¬ 
ation, and, consequently, read moi'e understand- 
ingly. They are better spellers, and define 
words with ease and accuracy. Tliey obtain a 
practical knowledge of geography in almost half 
the time it requires otliors, as the newsiiaper has 
made them familiar with tlie location of the most 
important places, nations, and their governments 
and doings on the globe. They are bettor gram¬ 
marians; for, having become so familiar with 
every variety' in the newspaper, from the com¬ 
monplace advertisement to the fini.shed and 
classical oration of the statesman, they more 
readily comprehend the meaning of the text, 
and, consequently, analyze its construction with 
accuracy.” 
TIT FOB TAT. 
In a small town on the Schuylkill river, there 
a church in which the singing had run down. 
It had been led many' years by' one of the de.a- 
cons, whoso voice and musical powers had been 
gradually failing. One evening the clergyman 
re out the hymn, which was in an odd meas¬ 
ure, rather harder than usual, and the deacon 
led oil'. Upon its conclusion, the minister 
said; 
“ Brother B-wilt please repeat the hy'mn 
—as I cannot pray' after such singing.” 
The deacon very' composedly' pitched it in 
another tune, .and the cleigyman proceeded with 
his prayer. Having finished, he took up the 
book to give a second hymn, when he was inter- 
ipted by the de.acon gravely getting up, and, in 
voice audible to the whole congregation, say’- 
“ AA’iH Brother- make another praye 
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a prayer as that.' 
r iile to smg alter sueii 
A nE.vuiNE Down-Eastcr was lately essaying 
to .appropriate a square of exceedingly' tough 
beef at a dinner, in a AA’isconsin hotel. His 
,'ulsive eflbrtswith a knife and fork attracted 
the smiles of the rest, in the same prcdic.ament 
as liimself. At last Jonathan’s patience van¬ 
ished, under ill success, when, laying down his 
utensils, he burst out with, “ Strangers, y'ou 
needn’t laugh; if you ain’t got any rcg.ard for 
the landlord’s feelings, y'Ou ought to have some 
respect for the old bull! ” Tliis sally' brought 
down the house. 
HOAY .TO GET A DINNEB. 
A p.arty who traveled about pretty extensively, 
was greatly perplexed to understand how it was 
that other persons wore waited upon promptly' 
and well-served at the hotels, while he was al¬ 
most entirely ignored, and could scarcely' obtain 
a square meal, complain to and swear at the 
waiters as he might. At last his ey'es were 
opened to the dodge of feeing the waiters liber¬ 
ally, and, being of an ingenious turn of mind, 
he determined to improve on the plan.' 
The next hotel he dined at, he took his seat 
very pompously at the table, and out of a well- 
filled pocket-book, extracted therefrom a ten- 
dollar bill, which he laid on the white cloth 
beside his plate, and placed his goblet upon it. 
In an instant, almost, he was surrounded by- 
waiters, who seemed to vie with each other i: 
attentions. Every wish was anticipated, and all 
the delicacies of the kitchen and pantry were 
placed before him in tempting array'. 
Having fared as sumptuously as a prince (to 
the envy of m.any of the other guests), he took 
up the greenback, and beckoning to the ncarc.st 
waiter, was immediately besieged by a half dozen 
or so. Holding the bill in one hand, he pointed 
to it with the other, and inquired of the crowd: 
“ Do you see that bill ? ” 
“ Oh ! yes, sir! ” they all exclaimed in chorus. 
“ Then take a good look at it,” he replied, 
“ for you will never see it again.” Saying 
which he departed, leaving the waiters aghast. 
fits {efjep. 
An Old Honsekeeper’s Advice 
To all young housekeepers in the country, is 
to furnish their rooms with good ingrain carpets 
(all wool). Don’t deedve yourself with the 
economical idea of rag or hemp carpets. The 
clean floor is greatly preferable. Those who are 
averse to scTubbing, could have painted floors- 
The shade of newly-planed pine boards, it seems 
to me,:-would bo .appropriate for the floor of the 
common room; dark colors showing the dust, 
and giving a gloomy appearance to the room. 
For the same reasons, select a carpet not too 
dark. All kinds of carpets will wear much 
longer if the straw be spread evenly on the floor, 
about a half an inch, before they are fastened 
down. AVhen they lie on the bare floor, the 
gritty dust works through them to the floor, and 
.IS they are pre.ssed down on and among it, they 
Avill he worn out much more than when kept 
from it by straw. To aid in drawing carpets 
close up to the base board, preparatory to nail¬ 
ing them, drive eight to ten small nails into a 
piece of u’ood, allowing them to extend about an 
inch beyond the surface, similar to a weaver’s 
stretcher, and file them to a sharp point. AVith 
such an instrument as this, having a long han¬ 
dle, one person can thrust the side of a carpet 
up close to the base board, and hold it with ease 
till it is nailed. There is some science also in 
the manner of sweeping carpets correctly'. In¬ 
stead of inclining the handle of the broom for¬ 
ward, and rolling the dirt along, the pressing it 
into the carpet, by bearing down on the broom, 
the handle should be held nearly erect, and the 
dirt brushed along, by' touching the carpet very 
lighily. In this way, both broom and carpet 
rill be ivorn les.s, and the sweeping be done 
better. 
Fried Veal ■with'.Tomatoes. 
Cut some ve.al in thin slices, season it, and fry 
it of a nice brown. Have ready' some tomatoes ' 
which have been stewed very dry; pass them 
through a sieve to take out the seed, then put 
thciTT. In »l'k 
fried, and add butter enough to make a rich 
gr.avy. Pour them hot over the veal, and sen'e 
it. Beef is excellent, cooked in the same 
v.ay. 
Apple Marmalade. 
Take any' kind of sour apples, pare and core 
them, cut them in small pieces, and to every 
pound of apples put three-quarters of a pound of 
sug.ar. Put them in a preserving pan and boil 
them over a slow fire until they' are reduced to 
a fine pulp. Then put them in jelly jars .and 
keep them in a cool place. 
Apple Dumplings. 
This is the way they' are. said to be made by 
good housekeepers down cast; One egg, one pint 
buttermilk, one teaspoon salt, one of soda, flour 
to make a stiff batter; into buttered teacups drop 
half a tablespoonful of the batter, and set into 
each one an .apple, pared, quartered .and cored, 
with the quarters put together again; now cover 
the apples with batter, set the teacups in a 
steamer over boiling water, cook for one hour, 
serve with butter and sug.ar. 
Lemon Pie. 
Take one lemon and gr.ate the peel; take off 
and throw aw.ay the white rind. Pick out the 
seeds, and cut up the lemon in small pieces. One 
teacup of sugar, one of cold water, to which add 
four Boston crackers rolled thin. Use two crusts. 
Another recipe. 
Take two lemons, two eggs, one cup of sugar, 
one cup of water, and one large tablespoonful of 
flour. A fter gi-ating the peel, take off and throw 
aw.ay the white rind, and cut the lemon into 
small pieces, after picking out the seeds. After 
the under crust is laid in, sugar it well. Bake 
with two crusts. 
Steamed Biscuit 
Make your biscuit as if you were going to 
bake them, either with salt or hop yeast; but 
hop yeast is best. As soon as made out, put 
them in a steamer and place them on a kettle 
with some cold water in it, and they will rise 
enough as the water warms. Steam them about 
thirty-five minutes. If not done, they will be 
sticky; if steamed too much they will fall. Eat 
while warm. 
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