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1171 n it n, VOLUME 1. GRAND 11AVENV MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 1G, 1852. nn GRAND ER TIMtlEB ; : V NUMBER 37. TIILJ CiltAMJ HIVKIt TIMES 13 PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY EVENING, BY IIAUVS t AXGKL. : Ofcc ofer . Griffin Store, Washington Street. y TKIOIS. Payment In Advance. Taken, at the olHcc, or forwarded Iy Mail. . . . $1,00, Delivered by the Carrier la the Village 1 ,.10. One shilling in addition to the above, will be 'charged fur every three months that payment Is delayed. No paper discontinued nntll all arrearages are IalJ, except at the discretion of -the publishers. TEIiJIS OF ADVERTISING:: One Square, Vi lines or less,) first Insertion, fifty cent, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent Insertion. Lcal advertisements at tne rates pre scribed bylaw. Yearly or monthly advertisements as follows : 1 square 1 month, $1,00. 1 1 square 1 year, $f,oa 1 .. 3 .. ii,00. 1 column 1 .. i.'0,00. 1 .. 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Grand Ha ven, Jiicnigan FERRY V SONS, Dealers in Dry Goods, Gro ceries, Provisions, Hardware, Clothing, Hoots ami Shoes, Crockery and Medicines also man ufacturers and dealers in all kinds of Lumber. water Mreet, uranu Jiaven. Wm. M. Fkrkv. .Ik., Thus. W. Ferky. . Wm. M. Fkuky. HENRY GRIFFIN, Dealer in Staple and fan cy Dry Goods, Heady made Clothing, Hoots and Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery and Glass, Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines, Paints and Oils, nnd Provisions. Also, Lumbcr,Shingles, &c.&i: Opposite the Washington House, Grand Haven, Michigan. F. B. GILBERT, Dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth ing, Itoots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Crockery and Stone Ware, Hard Ware, Groceries. Provis ions and Ship Stores. Grand Haven, Michigan. Jj. 31. S. SMITH. Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils ami Dye Studs, Dry Goods, Groce ries and Provisions, Crockery, Hardware, Hooks, Stationery, &c, &c. At the Post Office, corner of Park and Uarber streets, Mill Point, Mich. iuiPKlNSfr iiiJ027;hiS',Storagc,Forwarding & Commission merchants; general dealers in all kinds of Dry Goods, Groceries, grain and provis ions; manufacturers and dealers wholesale and retail in all kinds of lumber, at Mill Point, Mich. C. DAVIS ,y CO., Dealers in Dry Goods, Groce ries. Provisions, Hardware, Crockery, Hoots and Shoes, &e., &e. Muskegon, Michigan. SIMON SIMENOE, Dealer in Groceries and Provisions. Washington Street, second door East of the Ottawa IIousi WASHINGTON II 0 US E, Hy Hkxiiy Pknxoy Kit. The proprietor has the past Spring new ly fitted and partly re-furnlshcd this House, and feels confident visitors will find the House to compare favorably with the best in the State. WILLIAM TELL, HOTEL, Hy Hauuy Ea ton. Pleasantly situated with excellent rooms well furnished, and the table abundantly sup plied With the luxuries and substantial of life. STEPHEN MONROE, Physician and Surgeon. Office over J. T. Davis' Tailor Shop. Washing ton Street, Grand Haven. JlTl). C. TUTTLE, M. D. Office, adjoining Wm. M. Ferry's Store, Water street, Grand Ha ven, Michigan. M. B. HOPKINS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Solicitor in Chancery nnd Circuit Court Commissioner for Ottawa County. Office third door west of the Washington House. It. W. DUNCAN, Attorney at Law, will attend promptly to collecting and all other professional business intrusted to his care. Office over H. Griffin's Store, opposite the Washington House, Grand Haven, Mich. JAMES BARNS, Carpenter and Joiner. All kinds of work oonc on reasonable terms; plans and specifications, if desired, will be given on application to me, free of charge. I will also furnish (ilass, Putty, Paint, Nails, together w ith all kinds of trimmings for buildings, if ordered. Shop, a few rods north-oast of the Washington House. Grand Haven, Mich. II. G. SMITH, Hlncksmith. All kinds of work in my line done to order, and no trust for pay. Shop south of C. H. Albee's Tannery, Grand Ha ven, Michigan. It. MERRILL, Hoot and Shoemaker. Hoots and Shoes neatly repaired, and all orders prompt ly attended to. Shop one door below the Wash ington House, Grand Haven, Mich. ' JA M KS Kl TTER SON, Painter and Glazier i House, Sign, and Ornamental Painting done at ( Grand Haven. AH orders will be promply atten ded to, by leaving word at this office. Shop at Grand KapidsMichigan. i CHARLES W. IIA TIIA WA Y, Hlacksmith. All kinds of work in my lino done with neatness and dispatch at my shop. Mill Point, Michigan. JOHN T. DAVIS. Merchant Tailor. Shop on Washington Street,' first door west of II. Grif fin's Store. GROSVENOR REED, Prosecuting Attorney for Ottawa County. Residence at Charleston Landing, Allendale, Ottawa County, Mich. 1IOYT G. POST. Clerk of Ottawa County. Of fice over n. Griffin's store, opposite the Wash ing tcmHonsc WILLIAM iV. ANG ELX Register of Deeds, and ' Notary Public 'for Ottawa County. Office over II. Griffin's store, Wasting ton street, opposite the Washington Houses Grnd Haven. . - MENRY .PENNOYER, Treasurer of Ottawa County. Office over H. GrtiTlln's Store, opposite the Washington House. ASA A. SCOTT, Sheriff of Ottawa County. Office over II. Griffin's fctoxcopps.Uc Xhe Wash .iostoa House. , . ; THE HOURS. BY WILLIAM C. UKYAXT. The hours arc view less angels, And still go gliding by, . : And bear each moment's record up To Him who sits on high. The poison or the nectar Our heart's deep flower cups yield, A sample still they gather swift, And leave us in the field. And some fly on by pinions . Of gorgeous gold and blue, And some fly on with drooping wing, Of sorrow s darker hue. And as we spend each minute That God to us hath given, The deeds are known before his throne The tale Is told in Heaven. And we may talk among them, As one by one departs, Think not they are hovering Forever round our hearts. Like summer bees that hover Around the idle flowers, They gather every act ami thought, . These viewless angel hours. And still they steal tho record, And bear it far away ; This mission flight by day or night, No magic power can stay. So teach me, Heavenly Father, To spend each Hying hour, That us they go, they may not show My heart a poison flower. THE LAST OF THE 4i BOSTON TEA PARTY." VVhilo we writethe remains of David Kinni son, the last of that famous company of brave, daring, men who composed tho worldrenown ed Boston Tea Party, lies a few blocks distant from our ofliee, clad in tho vesture of the tomb. The death of tono who bore so conspicuous a part in those early struggles for freedom, the fruits of which wo daily and liourly enjoy, but which it is to bo feared, we do not fully appreci ate, has impressed the public mind with unusual solemnity, and there is much solicitude to learn the particulars of the history of the man, who, while living amongst us attracted, wo are sorry to say, but little of the public attention and in terest. Friends, however, the old man had. What the public should have performed as an act of duty and gratitude, a privato family, bound to tho old man by no other ties than thoso of a common humanity, voluntarily assumed, and, careless of their own comfort and case, for ten long years thev watched over him with all the tenderness and" assiduity that could have been expected of them had they been his own ofl spring. Lot our citizens remember Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mack! Some three years ago, at the solicitation of Mr. Lossing, who was then engaged upon a work that he has since published, under the titlo of "Field Notes of the Revolution," w took down from the old gentleman's lips a brief narrative of his life, tho substance of which we proceed to lay before the readers of the Tri bune: David Kinnison was born the 17th of Novem ber 173G, in Old Kingston, near Portsmouth, Province of Maine, nnd was consequently one hundred and fifteen years, three months and sev en days old, at the time of his death. Soon af ter his birth, his parents removed to Bentwood, and thejico in n few years to Lebanon (Maine), at which place ho followed the business of farm ing until the commencement of the Revolution ary war. lie was descended trom a long lived race. His great grandfather, who came from England at an early day, and settled in Maine, ived to a very advanced age ; his grandfather at tained the ago of one hundred and twelve years and ten days; his father died at the ago of one hundred and three years and nine months; his mother died while he was young. Ho has had four wives, neither of whom is now living; he had four children by his first wife, and eighteen by his second; none by the last two. lie was taught to read after he was sixty years ot age, by his grand daughter, and learned to sign his name while a soldier of tho Revolution, which was all the writing ho ever accomplished. Sometime previous to the celebrated "Tea Party," himself and sixteen others, inhabitants of Lebanon, organized themselves into a politi cal club. They were in tho habit of holding se cret meetings for the purpose of deliberating up on tho grievances imposed upon the colonies by tho mother country. lhese meetings were held at tho tavern ot one 44 Colonel Gooding," in a privato room hired for tho occasion. The landlord, though a true American ; was not enlightened as to the object of their meeting. Similar clubs were formed in Philadelphia, Boston, and tho towns around. With these tho Lebanon Club kept up a corres pondence. They (the Lebanon Club) determin ed, whether assisted or not, to destroy the tea in Boston Harbor, at all hazards. They repaired to Boston, where they were joined by others; and twenty-four disguised as Indians, boarded the vessels, twelve armed with muskets and bayonets, the rest with tomahawks and clubs, having first agreed, whatever might be the result, to stand by each other to the last, and that the first man who faltered should be knocked on tho head and thrown over with the tea. They expected to have a fight, and did not doubt that an cllbrt would bo made for their arrest. " But," (in tho language of tho old man) wo cared no more for our lives than three straws and were determined to throw the tea overboard. We were all captains, and every one commanded himself." They pledged them selves to each other, that in no event, while it was dangerous to do so, would they reveal tho names of tho party a pledge which was faith fully observed until tho war of tho Revolution was brought to successful issue. Mr. Kinnison was in actual service during the whole war, only returning home onco from the time of the destruction of the ten, until peaeo had been declared. Ho participated in tho af fair at Lexington, and,-with his father and two brothers, was at the battle of Bunker Hill, all four escaping unhurt. Ho was within a few feet of Warren when that officer fell. " Ho was also engaged in the siege of Boston : the battles of Long Island, White Plains, nnd Fort Mont gomery ; fckirmishes on Slaten Island, the bat tles of Stillwater, Red Bank, and (jermantowti ; and lastly, in a skirmish at Saratoga Springs, in which his company (scouts) were surrounded and captured by about three hundred Mohawk Indians. Ho remained a prisoner with them one year and seven months, about the end of which time peace was declared. After the war ho settled at Danville, in Vermont, and engaged in his old occupation of farming. Ho resided there eight years, and then removed to Wells, in tho State of Maine, where he remained until the commencement of the last war with Great Britain. He was in service during the whole of that war, and was in the battles of Sacket's liar bor and Williamsburg. In the latter conflict he was badly wounded in the hand by a grape shot, tho only injury which ho received in all his en ira'rements. After the closo of this war, ho settled at Lyme in the State of New York, removing some years subsequently to Sackets Harbor in tho same State. At th6 former place while engaged in falling a tree, ho was struck down by a falling limb which iractured his scull, broke his collar bone and two of his ribs. Whilo attending a military review at Sacketts Harbor, some years afterwards, the contents of a cannon loaded with rotten wood, were discharged against a fence rail closo by him, carrying it around, and break ing and shattering both his legs midway between his ankles rnd knees. He was confined a long time by this wound, and when able again to walk his legs had contracted permanent fever sores. To add to his misfortunes, frequent and violent attacks of rheumatism, drew one of his hips entirely out of joint, while a kick from a horse, on the forehead, left a scar which disfigur ed him for life. In his own words ho 44 had been completely bunged up and stove in." Several years sinco ho lost all sight of his fam ily. In 1848 he thought that seven of his twenty-two children were living they were scatter ed from Canada to Oregon. Last year very un expectedly, he was visited by two of his children, who had learned tho place ot his residence thro the newspaper publications. Ono of them, Mrs. Wheeler, lived near Oswego, N. 1 ., the other, a son, led a secluded life, in tho woods, 6omo eight or ten miles back of Manitowoc, Wiscon sin. Ho came to Chicago, with the family of Mr. Mack, in July 1845. Up to 1848 he was able to perform more or less labor. In 1847, ho assur ed us, he " gathered one hundred bushels of corn dug potatoes, made hay and harvested oats." Mr. Kinnison had evidently been a very muscu lar man. Although not large, his frame was one of great power Ho liked to boast of his strength in former years. Twelve years ago, he informed us, ho had lifted a barrel of rum into a wagon, with ease. His height was five feet ten inches, with an expansive chest broad shoul ders. For twenty months previous to his death he was bed-ridden. Prior to that time, however, his step was as firm and he seemed possessed of as much vigor, as is conjmon to men a full half century younger. His eye was usually some what dim and heavy, but when excited by tho recollection of his past eventful life, it would twinkle and roll in its socket with remarkable activity. His memory of recent events was not good, but tho stirring scenes through which ho passed in his youth, appeared to be mapped out upon his mind in unfading colors. He was fond of martial music. The drum and fife of tho re cruiting service, daily put new life into him. " In fact," as he said to us, " it's the sweetest music in tho world. There s some 6cnso in the drum, and fife, and bugle, but these pianos and other such trash, I can't stand. Many years ago, ho was troubled with partial deafness; hil sight also failed him somewhat and he was com pelled to use glasses. Of late years both hear ing and sight returned to him as perfectly as he ever possessed them. Ho was playful and cheer ful in his disposition. We have seen him, for hours upon tho side walk with tho little children, entering with uncommon zest into their childish pastimes. Such was David Kinnison, as we saw him, and as wo obtained his history from himself. His life was truly an eventful one, and, in his un cultivated way, he seems to have met its duties with a stout heart and strong will. In his late years ho became religious. During his residence hero he was connected with the Canal street Methodist Church, maintaining his christian character and standing in it to the last. His end was peaceful. With faculties unclouded, ho passed from the scenes of earth to the glories of that "better land." Peaco to his ashes, and honor to his memory ! Chicago Gem. A Kossuth Dilema. The Pittsburg Chron icle publishes the following, which gives some insight to the mode of investment of the Kos suth contributions: " At tho festival held in this city, last week, to raise funds for Hungary, there were about 83,500 taken in. Tho committee who had con trol of these funds, deducted some twelve or fif teen hundred dollars for expenses, and offered the balance to Kossuth, which ho indignantly re fused, observing, very truly, at tho same time, that tho whole amount was intended for Hun gary, and nono of it to defray expenses. This logical conclusion of tho logical Magyar, was conclusive and unanswerable. It unhorsed the committee completely, they scratched their heads in strange confusion and appeared perfectly overwhelmed with the terso knock down, res ponse of tho eloquent stranger. Tho answer was, indeed to them, the most remarkable hit of rhetoric that they had heard drop from his elo quent lips." Parental Advice. Tho following advice was imparted to the lato ex-President Adams, by his mother, in 1778, in a letter to him whilo ho was in Europe : 44 Great learning and superior abilities, should you every possess them, will be of little value and of small estimation, unless virtue, honor, integrity, and truth, aro cherished by you. Adhere to the rules and principles ear ly instilled into your mind, and remember that you aro responsible to your God. Dear as you aro to me, I would much rather prefer that you would find a grave in the ocean which you have crossed, than to see you an immoral, graceless child." Imaginary happiness is tho most deceptive, it always hopesbut never grasps its object. Mr. Editor: The facts stated by your Washington correspondent last week, in refer ence to dead letters, reminds me of tho follow ing anecdote, related in the "Postal Guide "for September: ' 44 Tho Postmaster of Saratoga, not long since mailed a sweet potato, of the weight of about three ounces or six rates, (eighteen cents pre paid, or thirty cents if not prepaid). It was en closed in a letter, written on embossed noto pa per, and in a neat and apparently female hand, as follows: A token of love, Dear Johnny, for thee; Tray tako it and cook it, And eat it for me. This letter is now in the dead letter office." Now, Mr. Editor, en passant, it just occurs to me to say that for " Dear Johnny" to allow this letter to be sent to Washington, shows an amazing insensibility to sweet things. A man so destitute of the organs of alimentixeness and adhesiveness, ought to bo hung with a white gauze ribbon, and pelted with potato popguns till he confesses his belief in witchery and val entines. Pointer. Rules in an Editor's Sanctum. 1, Come in at all times. What business has he to be private ? 2. Tako his papers with perfect freedom. What uso can he have for them? ' 3. If you bring in a long communication just 44 to fill his paper," insist on reading and discuss ing it. Why shouldn't ho be glad to spend an hour in listening? 4. If you see his exchanges piled up in an or derly manner on his table, seize and scatter them all over the floor, and then be sure to spit a great mouthful of tobacco juice on them. What bu siness has ho to bo particular? 5. If you find his chair vacant at any time, squat in it, and never think of moving until you hear the devil cry for "copy" fivo or six times. Why should ho wish to keep his stationery and scizzoiing from his visitors ? C. If you find any books in his library that suit your eye, borrow them, and never think of returning them, Tho editor would take it as an insult. The Women of Syria. It is impossible to paint with tho pen the admirable and nicturesaue groups of richness of costume and beauty that these women lorm in tho country. Every day I see faces of young girls or of women such as Raphel never pictured even in his artist dreams ; it is much nioro than Grecian or Italian beauty it is purity of lines, delicacy of contour; in a word, all that Rome and Greece have left us of most perfect; and this is rendered still more in toxicating by a primitive innocence and simplic ity of expression, by a screno and voluptuous languor, by a celestial light that their bluo eyes fringed with dark lashes, throw over tho feat ures, and by an ingeniousness of smile, a harmo ny of proportion, an animated whiteness of the skin, an indescribable transparency of complex ion, a metalic lustre of the hair, a grace of move ment, a strangeness of attitude and musical vi bration of tho voice, which of a young Syrian a Houri of Paradise to the eyes. These varied and admirable beauties are almost extremely common. Do Larmatino's Pilgrimage. A country Clergyman, who, in tho matrimo nial lottery, had drawn much worse than n blank, and without tho patience of Socrates, had to en counter tho turbulent spirit of Xantippe, was interrupted in tho middle of a curtain-lecture, by the arrival of a pair, requesting his assistance to introduce them to the blessed state of wed lock. The poor priest, actuated at the moment by his own feelings and particular experience, rather than a senso of canonical duty, opened the book and began : 44 Man that is born of a Woman hath but a short timo to live, and is full of trouble, &c." repeating tho burial ser vice. The astonished bride-groom exclaimed, "Sir! Sir! you mistake, I came hero to bo married, not buried I Well, replied the clergy man, if you insist on it, I am obliged to marry you, but believe me, my friend, you had better be buried. The Best Recommendation. A youth seek ing employment went to one of our large cities. and on inquiring at a certain counting-room if they wished a clerk, was told that they did not, On mentioning the recommendations he had, one of which was from a highly respectable citizen, the merchant desired to see them. In turning over his carpet bag to find his letters, a book rolled out on tho floor. 44 What book is that?" said tho merchant. 44 It is tho Bible, sir" was the reply. "And what aro you going to do with that book in New York?" The lad looked se riously into tho merchant's face, and replied, "I promised my mother I would read it every day, and I shall do it," and burst into tears. The merchant immediately engaged his services, nnd in due time ho becamo a partner in tho firm, one of the most respectable in tho city. Ho only is worthy of esteem, that knows what is just and honest and dares do it; that is master of his own passions, and scorns to bo a slave to another. Such a one, in tho lowest poverty, is a far better man, and merits more respect, than thoso gay things who owe all their greatness and reputation to their rentals and revenues. A vounrr buck of the soan-lock order, who wore an unshaved face, because, ho said, jt look ed foreign lately accosted a Yankee at ono of our hotels, as follows : "I say, fellow, some individuals take mo for a Frenchman, and some tako mo for an' EtaU yan ; now what do you think I ani ?" 44 1 think you aro a darned fool 1"' replied Jon athan. . Bad TnouGHTs. Bad thoughts are worso en emies than lions and tigers ; for wo can keep out df tho way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win their way everywhere. 1 no cup that is lull will hold no more ; keep your hearts full of good thoughts, that bad thoughts miy find no room to enter. A Maxim op Washington. j 44 Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, conscience" was one of a series of maxims which Washington framed or copied for his own use when a boy. His rigid adherence to princi. pie, his steadfast discharge of duty, his utter abandonment of self, his unreserved devotion to whatever interests were committed to his care, attest the vigilance with which he obeyed that maxim. He kept alive that spark. He made it shine before men. He kindled it into a flame which illumined his whole life. No occasion was bo momentous, no circumstance so minute, as to absolve him from following its guiding ray. The marginal explanation in his account book, in regard to the expenses of his wife's an. nual visit to the camp during the revolutionary war, with his passing allusion to the 44 self-denial" which the exigencies of his country had cost him, furnishes a charming illustration of his ha bitual exactness. Tho fact that every barrel of flour which bore the brand of 44 Georgo Washing ton, Mount Vernon," was exempted from the otherwise uniform inspection in the West India ports that name being regarded as an ample guarranty of the quality and quantity of any ar ticle to which it was aflixed supplies a not less striking proof that his exactness was ; every where understood. . . f, - i Betray not Confidence.- For once that sc cresy is formally imposed upon you, it is impli ed a hundred times by tho concurrent circum stances. All that your friend says to you, as to his friend, is intrusted to you . Much of what man tells you in the hour of affliction, in sud den anger, should be kept sacred. In his crav ing for sympathy, he has spoken to you as his own soul. " To repeat what you havo hcaVd in social in tercourse, is sometimes a sad treachery; and when it is not treacherous, it is often foolish. Commonly you relate but a part of what has happened, and even if you aro able to relate that part with fairness, it is still as likely to be mis construed as a word of many meanings, in a for eign tongue without the context. . , f There are few conversations which do not im,-' ply some degree of mutual confidence, however slight. And in addition to that which is said in confidence, there is generally something which is peculiar, though not confidential; which is addressed to the present company alone, though,not confided to their secrecy. It "is meant for them, and they are expected to understand it rightly. . ; The Slanderer. Tho slanderous woman poisons the atmosphere of her entire neighbor hood, and blasts tho sanctities of a thousand homes with a single breath. From a woman of this class nothing is sacred; she fattens upon calumny and slaughtered reputations: Sho is tho ghoul of an Eastern story, transferred from tho Arabian Nights to the fireside circle. Sho never asserts anything she merely hints, and supposes, nnd whispers that they say. Every neighborhood in the city is infested with some creature of this sort, and in country towns they are often afflicted with two or three of the ghoul women. Ono is enough to set a hundred fami lies by tho ears; two can break up a church ; three aro sufficient for any kind of mis chief, from tho separating the husband from his wife, to blasting the fame of a stainless girl. A pure woman is simply an angel embodied in tho human shape ; a slanderous woman is something worse than cholera certainly as infectious us the yellow fever. . " Thoro is but one way of securing universal equality to man and that is, to regard every honest employment as honorable, and then for every man to learn in whatsoever state he may be, therewith to be content, and to fulfil with strict fidelity the duties of his station, and make every condition a post of honor." Small acts of kindness, how pleasant and de sirable do they mako life. Every dark object is made light by them, and every tear of sorrow is brushed away. When the heart is sad and des pondency sits at tho entrance of the soul, a tri fling kindness drives despair away, and makes tho path cheerful and pleasant. : , . A rich bachelor of Now Jersey, recently died, leaving by will several legacies of from ten to twenty-five dollars each, to ladies whom ho had addressed, but who rejected him. He said that they had afterwards grown so ugly that ho could not bo sufficiently grateful. We havo at various times read ' Extracts from the blue laws of Connecticut," but tho following, published in N. J. Eaglet caps tho climax: ' ' ; 1 44 Anv barrel of New Beer, that is caught working on tho Sabbath, shall bo tied up and publicly whipped." : Cherish a lovn for iustice. truth, self-control. benevolence. Swerve not from the right for any present advantage. In all circumstances show thyself a man in unflinching rectitude. It is difficult to conceive any thing more beau tiful than tho reply given by ono in. affliction, when he was askeu how ho -bore it so well. "It lightens the stroke," said he, "to draw near tu Him who handles tho rod." A distinguished merchant, a great judge of character, onco said,44 When I seo ono of ray ap prentices or clerks riding out on the Sabbath, on Monday I dismiss him. Such a ono cannot bo trusted? . ,. , '.' 44 Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom-bf clouds, and glitters for a moment. Cheerfulness keeps up a daylight in tho mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity." Addison. A sharp talking lady was reproved by her husband, who requested her to keep her tonguo in her mouth. " My dear," responded the wife, it is against the law to carry concealed weap ons." 'j . . ... " What would I give," said Charles Lamb 44 to call my mother back to earth for ono day, to ask her pardon upon my knees, for all those aots by which I gave her gcntlo spirit pain.