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* LOUIS 0. COWAN,]
VOLUME XVI.
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KACES IN THE JIBE.
I watch tha drowsy night oxpira,
An-1 fancy paints at ray desire
Her rnagio picture* iu th« lire.
An island-farm rai<I wm of corn,
Hwayed by the wandering breath of morn,
The happy spot where I was born. <
The picture faded : in ita place,
Amid the glow I seem to trace j
Tha shitting semblance of a face. t
Tis now a little childish form.
Red lips for kiaaea pouted warm.
And elf-locks tangled in the atorin.
'Tie now a grave and gentle maid.
At her own beauty half afraid, %
Shrinking, yet willing to be atayed.
,Tis now a matron with her boys.
Dear centre of domestic joys ;
I seem to hear the merry noise.
0, time was yonng, and life was warm,
When first I aaw that fairy form.
Her dark hair toaaing in the aturm.
And fat and free thoae pulse* played.
When I laat met that gentle maid—
When laat her hand in mine was laid.
Those locks of jet are turned to grey.
And she is strange and far away.
That might have been mine own to-day—
That might have been my own. my dear.
Through many and many a happy year,
That might have sat beside mv here.
Ay, changeless through the changing acencs.
The ghoatly whisper riugs between
The dark refrain of "might have been."
The race ia o'er I might have run.
The deeds are paat I might have done.
And sere the wreath I might have won.
Sank Is the laat faint flickering blaxc ;
The vision of departed days
Is vanished even as I gate.
The pictures with their ruddy light
Are change<I to dust and ashes white,
And I am left alone with night.
Agricultural.
Color or Flowers rRovoTxn nr Cmarooal. '
A French Amateur, in the Paris Hortieultu
nil lie view, *Lite*.
"About a year ago I mnde a targain for
a ro*» huah of magnificent growth, nn<l full
of buds. 1 waited for theiu to blooru, and I I
exp>vted m*k worthy of such a noble plant, I
and of the pram hentowed upon it by the '
vendor. At length, when it bloomed, all
my hoM were blasted. The flowers were of
a laded color, and 1 discovered that I on It
ha>l a middling multitlora, iilate colored
enough. I therefore resolved to sacrifice it
to Homo experiment* which 1 had in view.—
Mv attention bail been captivated with the
ei&ctn of charetKil. iu stated in some English
publications. 1 then covered the earth (in
the |iot in which my row luwh wan) about
halt an inch deep with pulverised charvoal.
Some <lavs after, 1 wit* astouished to see the
ruses which bloomed of as fine a lively rose
as 1 could wish. 1 determined to repeat the
experiment; and therefore, when the rose
bush had done flowering, I took ofl the char
coal and put fresh earth on the pot. You
may conceive that I waited for the next
Spring impatiently to see the result of thin
experiment. When it bloomed the ruse*
were at first pale ami discolored ; but by ap
plying the charcoal as before they *>on re
sumed the rusy red color. I tried the pow
dered charcoal likewise in large quantities ,
upon my petunias, and found that ooth the
white un.f the violet flowers were equally
sensible to its action. It also gave great vi-'
gor to the i«d or violet colors of the flowers,
and the white patunius became veined with
red or twwt tint*. The violet oolors became
covered with irregular .pou of blueish or al
most black tint. Many p*m»ns who admired
them thought that they w«« d^w varieties
fttwn seed. Yellow lh»w«>n *r», M \ |,ttVW
proved, insensible to the influence of ehar
co•!.—Cottage GmrJmer.
—
Soar Scm o* Caaaacn.—I think it will
be a thankless piece of service for one gar
dener to teach another bow to grow cabbages
and cauliflowers; yet. as these crops of veg
etables often tail in various parts of the coun
try, the following notice my perhaps be use
ful:
Whatever soap suds hare been need plenti
fully, cabbage and cauliflowers have grown
luxuriantly. I have made several inquiries
of others who have used them, and in no in
stance have I heard of a failure where soap
•ads have been applied. I intend to try
theua over broccoli, to see if they will pre
vent them from clubbing. Others iuay do
so likewise, ami make known the results.—
Whether tho alkali in the water has prevent
ed tho enemy from destroying tho roots, or
given the root* mora rigor to resist tho at
tack, I do not know ; but one thing in con
tain, where Mich matter has been applied, it
has produced tho must beneficial results. It
is a pity to sco a pool of filthy water pollut
ing the neigh l>or hood with its stench, whilo
within a few yards of it the vegetables of a
garden are dying of starvation.— Gardener's
Chronicle.
A Sic*ft Wortii Knowing.—I tried a cu
rious experiment with a few potatoes this
season. A year since I saw a letter trom a
fanner, stating the great succciw that attend
ed an experiment tho writer had inude tho
previous season. It consisted in inserting a
|«ea in each potato set and planting tho po
tato set, in the usual way. Tho result, ho
stated, was a large yield of pens and a splen
did crop of potatoes; but tlio most impor>
tant result was the entire freedom of tho po
tatoes so treated, from any disease, whilo
thorn planted in tho usual way in tho same
field, were extensively deteriorated. I wns
led by this statement*, to try the experiment
on a small scale in my own garden last sea
son. I planted not <|uite half u peek, only
fifty sets, in six ranks, cutting a pioco out of
each und putting a pea firmly in. Tho pea
grew up und tlourished well, und when I dug
the potatoes they were perfectly frco from
taint or speck of diseas>\ and very fine und
large, while in the mine bed close to them
wit* another lot, pluntid in the old style,
nearly half of which were rotten. I leave
jrour readers to draw their own conelusions.
—Litter in the Agricultural Gazette.
Nrw Method or(iunixo. Horace Ever
jtt of Council li|ufis, Iowa, dtocrilics ft
nethod of grufting common in Tenniww
that imiv be worth knowing in other local i
:nw, an>i which ho says in not described in
inv fruit hook that ho ha* road. It in dcs
Tibed an fol!own:
4A long smooth shoot or limb is selected,
■ut from the tree, a sharp inn wedge driven
hrough the liiuh, every (our or five inches,
.'pon withdrawing tho wedge, the graft is
nsrrted, allowing the shaved end to extend
in inch or so through, so that when u graft
iad been inserted in every split, tho limb
t>okM like a long stick, with the graft* ex
.ending from it ut right angles, a shoot of
our feet having about twelve grafts. This
itick or limb won then buried in the ground,
the to|« of the graft* only being allowed to
wine above thejmirfaeo. Durindthe punt year
tb<> graft* took nn>t, and grew trom 12 t«» 35
inches. The nest fall tho limit was taken
up and sawed apart, between the grafts, thus
leaving every graft with a portion of the
limb adhering to it in the shape of a cross.
1 planted these grifts, and tho trees grew
and throve well. It ij certainly a very cheap
and economical stock for grafting.'—jV. V .
Farmers' Club.
|$tsrrftorttw.
Two Hours with a Madman.
It hnppcncd ono time that in traveling
icross a tract of country where I had busi
ness, I got benighted, and about 8 o'clock,
:uy home and myself boing tired nnd pretty
nearly worn out, 1 drew rein before tho door
i>f a comfortnhlo looking farm-house, and
ilisiiiountlng, knocked at tho door with tho
handle of my whip. It wan opened by a lit
tlu girl who stood in tho doorway, holding a
Kindle in ono hand, and keeping Kick her
thick, curly hair with tho other, while she
looked ut uic|hulf shy, as if demanding my
business.
•My dear,' I answered to that questioning
look, 'is there any ono in the houso beside
youtvelf?'
«V._ S. ' -V.i. HiMvnrtuI • »fitlnr nn.l
mother, and tho Imivh.'
•Well, iu«k y»»ur father to come hero a mo
ment, I want to spook to hint.'
She retreated, and entered tho room 1m»
liind her, ami in about half a minute tho
farmer cume out. 1 made known iuy bu«i
nem, explained that 1 had been orortaken by
the night, that my destination wan several
mill* distant, and that both my horse and
mvhcl were unfit for further traveling till
*o had procured food and rent.
With the hospitality common to all farm
•rs, especially American once, my host for
tho night k»de iuo weleoine, conducts me
into a largo kitchen, with a floor so white
that you involuntarily pitied the hands and
iriim that hiul brought it into such a state
»f cleanliui'm, and bado me Hint myself he
tore tho hlaxing fire while rapper wan being
•ot ready; and then, not forgetting my
liorse, ho t ild one of tho boys to take him to
Lhc stable and toed him.
After supper, as I felt unusually tired, I
nuked tti bo shown to tho place where I was
to |um the night, and was conducted to a
eomfortablo room with a downy U-d, white
counterpane and curtains, u|>on the second
UiK.r, by my hunt himself, who, after bidding
me good night, left tho candle with uie and
departed, closing tho door after him.
liml ami sleepy as 1 was, I hurriedly un
ilnvsed, went to bod, and ill livo minute* was
<ouitdly sleeping. A grinding, grating Miund
iwoko uie—at what timo I don't know—hut
tho moon, which did not rise till very late,
was fully up. its bright rays streaming in
through tho window, from which I had pur
puscly looped hack tho curtain, that the first
itreak ol daylight might wake me, as I was
inxious to proceed on my way. There sit*
ting full in the moonlight, was a man with
% long carving knife in his hand, which ho
was leisurely ->huri>cning with a piece of
grindstone, and which 1 now perceived made
the sound that had awakened mo. I thought
surely that I was dnuiuing; or, if 1 was
awake, what in the namo of lieuvcn mount
what I saw ? And still, tho man leisurely
ground tho blade ot tho knife, un«l in a per
fect stu|ior of amasement I lay perfectly qui
st with wide open eyw looking »t him.*
In a few minutes no stopped grinding, and
|iai«ing his linger carefully along tho edge of
the knife, he uoddod and shook his head
knowingly, to intimate to himself that he
had brought the blade to a proper dcjpvo of
•barjHvw. My blood ran cold; a kind of
panic seised mo when I saw that action, and
th« cool cumulating smile with which be hold
toe knife up between him and the moonlight
•rv »? V 11 • connoieeur.—
Then be leisurely gut up, stepiiod uver to the
table where i l*h the candl«tlek, ar.d began
looking around lor something—a match I
connvturod.
WUW his back wm turned, the idea of
slipping from the bed and bolting out at the
door suggested itself to me; but before I had
time to act upon it, the match was found,
and holding the candle in one hand, the
match in tho other, and the handle of the
knife between his long, wolfish teeth, ho came
over towards the bed. Even tlion I might
have attomptedjto escape by rushing at hun,
wrenching the knife from between his teeth,
and so getting the advantage; but even that
I was not capable ot, so overcomo was I by
surprise and horror of my situation, and
through all, such an insatiate curiosity poa
seaaod mo to know what ho was about to do,
for as yet I could only conjecture that hia
purpose was to murder mo.
lie struck tho match against the wall and
lighted the candle, and then took tho knife
from between his teeth, nnd took firm hold
of tho candle in his hand. I felt faint and
sick, when 1 fully realised then that my lust
chance of escape was gone. Ho bent orer
me, flashed tho light fuU upon my eyes, and
perceiving that 1 was awake, exclaimed with
a wild kind of a laugh,—
*lla! ha! Awake eh?—-Ifa! ha! Glad
of it sir; I meant to wako you, if you had
not dono it jauntelf. I consider it cowardly
to kill a sloopiiiK man.'
And ho laughed at mo again, and peered
into my face with his rod-hot burning eyes.
I could see at once that ho was mad, and
I saw that the horror of my situation was
increased. At first, I had thought him a
robber, or—I hardly know what 1 thought
—but now, I knew that ho was a madman.
From his own words, too, I knew that it was
his intention to murder mo, and I felt that
little short of a miraclo could save mo.
After ho had taken a good look at ino, ho
ssit down upon tho bed, and to my intense
horror began running his finger, with great
care along the end of the knife—evidently ho
had no intention of suffering by tho experi
ment. And tlion ho said,—
•I don't intend to kill you just now—per
haps not for half an hour—]>crha]w not for
nn hour—but I guess that's about the long
i*t you huvo to livo. First, I mean to have
n talk with you. Do you know where 1
come from ?'
1 did not, indeed, and I told him no, wish
ing within myself, with all my heart, that
110 would take it into hin crazy hniin to tind
liis way hack there, and leave me to »locp in
pearo.
'You don't ch? Well I don't mind tell
ing you. Don't you see that church spire
iwuy there to the left?'
No, I didn't see the church spiro, nor any
thing elite ill the world at that moment hut
the burning eye* of the maniac, bo I told
liim I didn't fee the object lie spoke of.
•Don't see it oh ? liow blind? Whyseo
then*?' And to nid me in discerning thin
imaginary object, ho rose and went toward
the window and loo|>cd tlio blind still farther
l»ack. Then1—see it now?'
•No,' I nail I, 'I don't see it yet;' and I
hoped he would try to pull tho curtain still
further back, or pull it down, or something
—Anything to divert bin attention from mo a
moment longer, that I might leap from the
bed and bolt out of the room.
I wo* already (sitting up, and to glide
down upon the floor wo* the work of an in*
stant; out at that moment tho madman, an
noyed that I couldn't aeo tho church spiro,
drop|>ed tho blind, turned round quickly,
muttering,—' Ulind, blind;' and instantly
comprehending my intention to escape, boun
ded toward me with a spring liko a wild-eat,
and catching hold of ino with his bony hand,
waved the gleaming knife over mo in such
close proximity to my face iut to bo anything
in the world but pleasant.
'Oh, you will, will you? Just lio down
there—still, now—still, or I'll kill you be
fore ever tho half-hour is up. Lio down !'
And with herculean strength ho lifted mo
up with his one hand—and 1 was no Author
in weight I can till you, nnd hounccd mo
down with a force that shook the whole
bed.
I did lio down, and seeing that I was in
clined to obedience, lie directed my attention
to tho window again, by inquiring—
•Do you see tho church spire now V
I didn't see it any clcarer than before, it
being slightly impossible, a* no church spire
existed within ten miles. ■ But I saw that
tho manioc was getting irritated at my want
of ca|>ahility to see what did not uxist; so I
thought it might l>o as well to keep upon
good terms with hiin, and tu his question
this time I admitted I did soo the spire.
•Ah, good, piod. Well, under thnt spiro
is n church, und around tho church isugruvo
yard. There I live, und there I caino from.
11mtv lonesome sleeping there in tho
damn, cold grt>und ; and the grave worms—
ugh ! to feel them creeping along, over one's
skin—so slimy, und slippery, and cold, l»an
iiu«'ting upon the warm flesh of tho deud !
They say, the dead are cold ; it's u lio sir, a
lio! Keel m v flush ; is it cold?'
He bared his skinny una and forced mo to
lay hit hands upon it.
•Thero, is that cold?'
I told him no.
•Is it warm?*
I replied that it wus, and ho continued—
'They make it cold—the grave worms do.
They make it cold und slimy us they crawl
qyr it. Did you ever foul tlio grave-worms
un 'your fl.nh V
1 shuddered with disgust us I told him,
'No.'
•You didn't oh? Lucky dog, lucky dog !
But you're not dead yet; wuit awhilo, and
you'll feel them, just us I do, prottv soon.'
And ho whirled tho cnrviug-kinfo round
und round his head, then brought it down
with u sudden swoop till he gnuod my
thriNit.
With a groan of agony, not for tho slight
scratch, but the horror oi mind under which
I wun, I recoiled from tho glittering bludo,
shuddering us if I would liavo sunk down
through tho bed—down, down through tho
floor. How I wished in my soul that 1 could
have done so—down anywhere out of that
With a loud laugh the
•Frightened, oh? frightened! I won't
kill jou for half an hour yet. I'm going to
experiment upon you. I think I'll blood
you to death, just to try how long it will
take you to die eh? what do you think of
it?'
What did I think of it? My God? I
thought nothing, only that I would soon bo
dead, or us mod as my companion, if soino
doliveraittc was not soon openod up. I nev
er praycu much—(iod forgive mo: but just
then, I breathed something, 1 hardly knew
what, for aid, for delivcranco. I know that
I dared not attempt to escape. Mv fir»t
movement would have Itoon tho signal for my
death-blow; and it I called aloud, I might
not awaken any ono in tho house, but uiero
ly infuriate the luudinan to such an extent
that he might immediately butcher mo.—
What under houven to do, I know not; and
if tho maniac, in bis desire to 'experiment,'
should open a vein, I must inevitably bleed
to death. Meuntimo he was waiting ftfr an
answer to his question, which he repeated,
I think oi hia proposal to
bleed mo to doath ?'
BUld,
terror, und then be
I wan about answering something drtpcr
ato, and giving myself up for lost, when a
bright idea flashou acrom my troublod brain.
Oh, how devoutly I thanked heuvon that I
had road the "Arabian Nights" in my boy
hood t There wan my idea, which, as yet,
only heaven knew whether it would bo suc
cessful or not; I would tell him stories, and
beguile his fancy till morning, and then,sure
ly I would havo somo means of escapo. I
answered his question by another.
'Suppose I tell you a story about bleeding
to deatn—or rather about a man who sup
posed ho was being blod to death, and died
from the (right7'
•Diod from tho fright, ch ? Let us bear
it?'
Vory gladly I began, making it long, and
adding as much as I possibly could to tho
original, which was something I recollected
long ago to havo heard about some one who
wished to "experiment," and had a man
blind-folded, his arm bandaged, and gently
pricked, but not sufficiently to bring tho
blood, and then hear the rqgVar drop, drop
of blood—or what ho supposed to bo nls own
blood, though in reality only water, till bo
died from tho mora supposition that ho was
b *ing blod to death. 1 forget tho story now,
but it is familiar to ovcrv ono. \Y hen 1
concluded, 1 suggested to the maniac that he
should try this model experimenting, and
see how long I would take to be frightened
to death.
'Yea, yes, ho answerod, with a sly, cunning
laugh; 'very good, very good,' and' seeing
through tho dovico, with tho cunning of
madness, ho laughed again as he said—'Very
good, nir, vory good. And you would talco
till morning to dio, and meanwhilo I want a
companion in the church yard, yonder, down
among tho gmve-wonns. Come, bare your
—i .1.. t mi i,i^„j
1 intended to havo taken your head oil* first,
but I'yo changed my mind, beoausc I wouldn't
liko to havo a headless cutnpanion. Bare
your arm.'
•God! what was I to do ! I felt my brain
seethe and whirl, as though I, too, were go
ing mad. With a dc«i>ernto effort to bo calm,
I said:
'Suppose I tell you anothor story first?'
40h, no, you can toll whilo you bleed.*
'But I shull want to watch tho blood flow,
too,' I said, with an effort to refrain from
shuddering.
'Truo, true,' ho said. 'Well, lot's hear
your story—quick, begin.'
I waited lor no urging. I was too glad to
find him in tho humor to listen; so I Itegan
and related every story I could think of—us
soon us one was finished beginning with an
other—and in this inunnor nearly two hours
passed. As I was about to begin another
story, ho stopped me peremptorily—
'No moro ; no more! I won't listen! l'vo
listened too long already, and l'vo no tiino to
bleed vou, either 1 I may tako your head
oil as 1 first intended, disagreeable us it is to
have a headless companion !'
Around and around his hoad agnin went
the glittering knife, coming down in a di
rect lino with my throat; and then as
tho edgo, sharp as a razor, touched my
skin. 1 forgot tho prudent considerations
that had hitherto kept mo silent, and gave
vent Urtny homsruiWT temff Hmeijr wo -
loud and long, so shrill and car-piercing,
that tho mantHC started lack in affright, and
actually trembled at tho unearthly sound.
No wonder! I ttvmblo this moment myself,
when 1 think what an awful cry that was ;
and I almost fancy I can still hear tho sound
of it, when I close my eyes, and shuddering
ly look back to tho hour.
Tho effect upon tho madman was not of
lung duration. A tliid tiiuo ho waved tho
knilb around his head, and wus just prepar
ing for a spring forward, when tho farmer
and his eldest son burst in the room. Tho
effect theso new actors upon tho sccno pro
duced upon tho madman was strungo and
almost inerodiblo. Tho knifo remained up
lifted, und tho hand in which it was held
seciuod suddenly petrified and unuhlo to (novo,
lie cowered beneath the giuto of tho furmer,
ii* a child miVht do under tho ovo of a master.
and, without tho slightest resistnuce, allowed
the knife to ho taken from his hand, and
himself quietly led from the room by the
farmer and his son.
Then, when I whs loft alone, tho reaction
alter all my terror, horror, and excitement,
ovorpowlsrod mo, and I sunk hack upon tho
bed, almost insensible. 1 thanked God for
my oseapo, and hardly conscious of my own
footings or actions, I lay quite still, awaiting
what w.is to follow, l' folt that there was
no further cause for alarm, and in a dreamy
sort ot way, I tried to account for tho ad
venture. I looked around upon tho room,
und all Meinod so like a dream that I could
almost havo persuaded myself that I was tho
victim of an unpleasant illusion ; hut then,
to bring mo hack to tho realities of all that
had trumplrud,there was still tho light burn
ing upon the tahlo, and I knew I had put
out the light lieforo retiring, and another
proof that I urn* awake, und had boon for a
couple of hours put, was the scratch upon
my thnwt, where tho knifo had grazed it,
and I shuddered to think how nearly my
thread of life had been cut in two.
Presently the farmer and his eon returned,
and 1 was informed that my terrihlo and
most unwelcome vistant was an unfortunate
brother-in-law of tho farmer, who had boon
erased for some years past; that during cer
tain seasons,especially at Uiat phase in which
tho moon was, ho was quite mad and danger
ous, though at other times harmless. Unfor
tunately for mo, hi# door had beon neglect
ed that night, and instead of Iwing locked,
had been left open. I listened to all these
explanations, and received my host's apolo- •
gies and expressions of regret for my dis
turbance and peril, by making a mental row
never to sloep with my door unlocked in a
stnngo house, and if tver nlacod to that I
should bo obliged to crave tho^ hospitality of
strangers, to make particular inquiry wheth
or any mad person t brother-in law or others
dwelt in the house.
IJoxnxts.—Tho Iwmnets for tho coming
sjiring and summer are larger than th(*o wo
havo been accustomed to for some time l*ick,
and to that extent are improved. Tho littlo
shell-shapod fabrics that hung on the head
rather than sat on it, that were tho objects
of so much ridicule and abuse, havo di*aj>
peared, and in thoir stead wo havo looso
crowns, flaring fronts, a more comfortable
shapo, and a newer stylo. It is a stylo, how
ever, which require* in arrangement
and skill in manipulation to render becom
ing. Some of tho flaring fronts wo havo seen
stand up straight as a wall, looking as un
becoming and ungracoful as it is possible lor
any combination of "ilk and laco to do.—•
Others, again, wore too lwge to ploase a re
fined taste; they attracted attention, but did
not excite admiration. As we have said be
fore, it is a peculiarly diflkmlt style to man
age ; but when taste and skill ore brought
to boor on it, when they preside over the ar
rangements and formation, the result is a
| bonnet at oooe striking and fating**, free
from rigidity and exaggeration—the Scylla
and Charybdis of the now stylo.
For tho Union and Journal,
POFULAB AMUSEMENTS.
M*. Editor.—tho substancoof tho follow
ing remarks woro nindo at our last educa
tional meeting. * If you think thoy aro of
sufficient interest, you may givo them a placo
in your paper.
Ma. CnAiajf am : It seems that tho subject
which is to engage our attention this cvon
ing, is amusement. In submitting a fow de
sultory thoughts, touching this subjcct, we
shall not confine our remarks to tho amuse
ments of childhood and youth, but may refer
to somo of those which attract tho attention
of manhood, Mchildren of larger growth."
First, then, we say, it is right for children
and youth to indulga in aporta «a4 im—
mcnts, bocause it is natural. Children in
health cannot remain inactive. They must
have somo employment; and,when not other
wise engaged, thoy must have somo kind of
amupooient, which is no evidence of do
pravity. It is natural 'as breath, and as
extensive as life for children and youth to
love play; and when their sports are kept
within proper bounds, it is pleasing for
mon to behold their innocent amusements.
If I were to namo some of tho sports proper
for tho young to pursue, it would bo tho
various games of ball, skating, coasting,
kiten, lxilloons, trundling tho hoop, riding
on horse t>ack, excursions into tho fiolds, tho
meadows, tho wild woods, on tho soa-snore,
and experiments with tlio microscope, tho
telescopo, tho camera ohscura, with Geo
graphical games, and Arithmotical puzzles.
For children to play marble* is right; but
to play in order to win each otheni marbles,
is wrong, becauso it engender* selfishness,
perverts tho heart, and therefore, counteracts
nature's law. Now all amusements which
aro innocent, aro not only in accordance with
tho spirit and will of God, but also in har
mony with tho law of nature. If the ainuso
ments of tho times are injurious to health,
or interfere [with more important duties,
or come in contact with the^ill of heaven,
they are wrong, and should not bo en
couraged.
Thr morality or immorality of an act doca
not dopend on tho fashion of artificial life,
but on tho will of God. Tho Hiblo is the
only test of right and wrong, of good and
ovil, nnd not tho custom of a sin-stained
world.
Wo havo said, that wo holievo it right for
children and others, to amuso themselves on
atl uaauiuiM, -Iie«ui8 it ts natural.
This may bo seen from tho instinct of certain
animals. Tho lamb skips and plays, tho dog
plays his jocund tricks, tho horso runs, leap
and pruncuH about for pleasure. Tho birds
mako vocal tho groves with their songs,while
tho antclopo hounds along his nativo clifls—
and thus wo seo tho animal kingdom teauhos
amusements. Hut us noino are good, whilo
others have an evil tendency, it will always i
need tho guiding hand of wisdom to point in
tho right direction- Amusements aro wrong
whon they run to excess; for the first stop in
excess, is one stop in sin. The kingdom of
evil closely bonier* on tho kingdom of good. i
Mr. Wrong lives next door neighbor to Mr.
niuhi Tim ilmtiirn of niiiiiH unM nt« is not to
"V O
intoxicate, hut to mako cheerful; not to he*
wilder, hut to enlighten; not to degrade,
hut to elevate. i
Tho principal scene ofyouthlul amusement I
should 1)0 at homo : l>ocauso hero in but littlo i
danger of excess. Dissipation is genorally i
found abroad. At homo, youth are guarded i
from harm. Every homo should hnvo a play
ground and gardon attached to it, where i
children can divert themselves in tho open ]
air. House plants look pale, sickly, and of i
a leaden huo, whilo those that grow in tho (
open air, look flourishing and vigorous.
Again lot us look at tho amusements of i
children "of larger growth." And first, (
theatrical displays. Tho utility of all
amusements must bo judged by the moral
influences they produce. In respect to tho
Theatre-going people, their time and money,
character, and happiness are involved in this
qu«*tion. It costs as much to sustain those
seminaries of vico, as it docs all the common
schools of this city ; and yet tho hard earn
ings of tho industrious poor are freely ex- (
ponded to sustain them.
It has bocn estimated that it costs 5000
dollars a night, for 200 nights annually,
in tho city of New York, besides .500 dollars
for refreshments and strong drink, to sustain 1
their Theatres. Now this sum cxcoeds ono '
million of dollar*—a sum ono third larger (
than is expended for their common schools i
throughout tho State. Ono million of dol- 1
lars to sustain these receptacles of corruption,
these gnilded sepulchers, in which are de
posited tho bono* of fallen virtue! Add to
this, their horse-raceing, gambling, dancing, 1
hillard tables, bowling alloys, and other cess
pools of death, and perlieus of iniquity, with
ft host of kindred evils, and tho amount in
that city alone, would exceed all that is paid ,
in tho United States for her common schools. I
And yot there are many, and professed chris- j
tians too, who plead hard for theatrical ,
imuscincnts. But there can lm no more
affinity between this and tho christian nv i
ligion, than there is botween light and dark
dom, or Christ and Belial.
Again look at your balls. Ilereyouseoa <
promiscuous assembly of good, bod, and in- j
different. Who are the manager* T Are they (
the pious and devout? Who are yoar 1
itinerant dancing masters? Many of then >
are a species of character as worthless at ^
those bulls of vesnls which an somdfays
pickod up at eoa, with nothing bat a m%fif y
on board. 1 wonder if Saint TV tor or any of
the ancient mint* sent their children to the
dancing school ? Bat nyimy young friend,
you noed not make so tndch ado: thiogs
havo materially cbangcdfrom what they once
were. Ah ! bare they? then tho efll d»
royer hai been converted and become pious!
But stop a moment, right and wrong are
immutable principles, and cannot be changed
by all tho sophistry over invented sinoo tiuio
bogan. I once heard that "out of the cater
came forth meat, and out of tha strong cumo
forth sweetness." Many yam ago a young
man was travelling on a religious tour, when
being overtaken by night bo stopped at an
inn. It so happoned that there was assem
bled, at a hall connooted with the inn, a
company of young people for a ball. Dur
ing tho oveningho roceivod a pressing invita
tion, by some of Lba yotuHf men, to go into
the hall, and tale part m their hilarity.—
lie accepted the invitation,and being request
ed to tako port in the dancing, ho replied,
it is my custom, when about to cngago in
any new enterprise, to nsk council of my
father; and as thisevcning'sengagctnont may
involvo important consequences, I propose
that wo spend a short season in prayer, in
order to ascertain tho will of our Father in
Hoaven concerning this undertaking; at tho
samo timo ho knelt down and poured out a
fervent supplication to tho Gbkat I Am, to
docido tho important question. He then
arose and after quoting tho following scrip
turo, "Kejoico, 0 young man, in thy youth.
nnd lot thy heart cheer tlieo in too days 01
thy youth, and walk in tho way* of thino
heart, and in tho night of thino eyes: but
know thou, that fur all theso thing* God
will bring thco into judgment." Ho then
withdrew, leaving tho young pooplo to their
own reflections. Wo shall only add, that
tho Kilutury influence of that intcrviow con
tinues to this day.
It was at a lull, that ono of tho moot self
sacrificing and virtuous young men that ever
lived, was murdered. It was in this wiso.
At a festival held in honor of tho birth day
jf a nobleman, a ccrtain young lady danced
with groat gleo before him. Tho nobleman,
Ijcingso highly pleased with tho antics of
tho young lady, sworo, with an oath, that
lio would mako her a present of any thing she
ihould ask,if it sho uld Ik* halfof his kingdom
L'ho young lady's mother being present, sho
went to her to know what sho should ask as
v present. Ask, said this virtuous mother,
tho head of a ccrtain young man to bo pre
sented to you in a platter. Tho wishes of
tho young lady being mado known to tho
gentleman, ho forthwith sent his officers,
who severed tho head of the young man from
liis body,and brought it to the girl in a plat
ter, who presented it to her mother This
was tho no plus ultra of wickedness. It is
innocent as well as instructivo amusement to
risit tho Caravan, hccauso our knowlcdgo is
increased, and our ideas onlargod, by seeing
what God has made. But tho Circus has no
itich salutary influence. In Itouio they had
their ompithoutrcs. There, for the nmuso
nont of tho pooplo, tho gladiators had thuir
prizo fights, and their combats with wild
xuist*. John C. Hoonan, ono of tho Amcri*
»n gladiators, with all tho display of a
i* liny Inft nutivfl mIki!-!'.
intl in tho depth of winter crossed tlio Immh
«roui Atlantic, in order to beard the Itritioli
!Jon in Ilia den ; and hundreds of young
uen have followed their file>loader to Kuropo,
o hoo tho fight. Hut no douht they will
■oturn in timo for tho fall election*, for how
•ould the country mako a President without
;ho nid of tlieeo hopeful young men.
It is said by tho historian, that, when
Uatulino would overthrow tho liborties of
lomo, ho bega^ by corrupting tho young
ncn, and preparing thcin lor deods of daring
ind crime. So vrhon Satan would destroy
:he influence of tho gospel on tho hoarts of
nen, and pcrvort and demoralize tho youth
if our land, ho sends forth his emissaries in
the shapo of clowns, buffoons, stage player*
ind gladiators, and tho work is accomplished.
W. M. n.
Sccncs in the Life of a Showman.
Or ARTKMAS WARD.
A showman meats with strange sites. IIo
ieas human natur as sho ar, unmasked k
without no close on, k lie must Iw stoonidcr
lor a dead kag boss if ho duzzent stock bis
llrunes with several kinds of nollege.
The undersigned won't Uosto. line a
Vmericnn siitcnmn. I go in for tho last
ailin.snug built«t fullmandskcuncr.United
)tutrn, which runs herself, she dus, k on
vhoae decks 1 man is good's anuther man, k
foqucntly more so if ho conduks hisselt
itrnte. To use a Shakwpecrian fntso, Imo
lativo k to the miinnvr born, it don't wan't
o put on ares cimply Iwcawi IVi met with
;mt«« suekscss in thosbowperfeshun (whitrli
!'r« bin into goin on twenty '2 years.) My
irurtby projonnclora was unible togirn me a
'lassycal cddycoshun, k all I nose I pickt
'I>
"As I saled n» I saled."
o koto from Canting R. Kidd, tho aeller
•ratod pierut. Jlut thank Horn my sire and
inttws pireme a good name, k 1 pint with
uelins of pride k pleshure to* the fuck that
tun of our family waserer in Congriss or on
bo Now York porlitfe, or Arms houso Ciur
|CT.
Tlie ensooing serns in ray cbeckcnxl ker
ocr is respectably submittal:
www's ■ma.
I picht ray tent in a small town in Injianny
no day larat seeson, k wbile I was standin
t tho door takin uiunnoy, a deppytashun of
adies cum op and sed torn was members of
he Bunkumville Female Moral Reform ft
Vimcn's IUtoi AssociosVun, and thay axed
tie if Uiay oood go in without payin.
•Not exackly,' sos I, »bul yoa can pay
rithoat goin uj.'
•Dew you do who w« airTaed oos of the i
rimen—a tall and feroahna lookln critter,
with a blew kottan umbreller under her ana
—••dew you no who we air Sor?'
•My impreabun is,' sod I 'from a kuroery
Tew, that you air femalea.'
•Wo air, Sur,'aod the feroahoa woman •we
belong to a Society whitch hlocToa wimcn
Iiom ritea—whitch bloom in ratio her to bcr
proper apeer—whitch bloom iho is indowed
with aa much intellcck aaa man ia—whitoh
bloom ahn ia tram piled on and aboosed—k
whitch will raiat heoo4th k former tbo in
croochmenta of proud and domineering
man.'
I)urin her diacourao the exaontrie female
crabed mo by my ouat koller k waa awingin
bur umbrellor wildly orcr my bead.
•I hope mara,' aca 1 atartip back, 'that
your intenahuna ia honorable? Ime a lone
man, hear in a atrango placo. Becidca, I*ro
a wife to hum.'
•Yea,' cried the female, 'and ahe'a a alare!
Doth aho nerer dream oi freodom—doth ahe
noror think of throwin off tho yoke of tyr
rinny, k tbinkin k apoakin k rotin for hcr
aclf? Doth ahe ever think of then here
thinga?*
•Not bein a nattral born fool,' aed I, by
thia time a little riled, *1 kin aafely My that
ahe dutb not.'
•0, whot I'acreemed tho female, awingin
her umbreller in the air, *0, whot ia tno
price that woman paya for her experrtunao?'
'I don't know marm,' aea I; 'tbo price to
my Show ia 15 cent* pur individooul.'
•4 can't our Society go in free?' aakod tho
female.
•Not If I know it,'aed I.
•Crooil, Crooii man!' she cride, and bunt
into teem.
•Won't you let my darter in?' aed anuther
of tho cxauntric wimcn, takin me afocluun
itely by tho hand. '0, pleuo let my darter
n uriwl miallin olillH of nutllP.'
•Lot her guah !' roared I, an mad a I oood
ntick at their tarnalnoncenta; Mctherguih !'
Whereupon they all sprung back with tho
aimultauioua olmrvaahun that I waa a
fiMt
•My female friend*,' aed I, 'bo4 jou loare,
I've a few remark* to remark ; wa them well.
Tho female woman ia 1 of the grate*t innti
tutiooflhuna of which this land can boato.—
It'a onpoaaihlo to got along without her.
Ilod thcro bin no female wimin in tho world,
I ahood scarcely bo hora with my unparalelcd
ahow on thia very horwpiahua occaahion.
Sho ia irood in aicknosa—good in wellness—
good all the time. O, wooman, wooman !' I
cride, my feolina worked up to a high poetick
pitch, vou air an angel when you bochavo
yourself; but when you take off your proper
apparial & (mettyforcaly apeakin) git into
jwntyloona—when you desert your firesides,
end with your liada full of wimina rito noah
una go round like roarin lyona seekiu whom
you mav devour aumboddy—in abort, when
you undertake to play tho man, you play tho
devil and air an cmlattick nooaanco. My
female frienda,' I continued, aa thev waa in
dignuntlv depurtin,'wa well what A ward
haa acd!
A INSIDCXT IV ITIir.
In tho Knul of 18.P>C I ahowod my ahow in
Utiky, a trooly grato aittv in the State of
New York.
The peplo gave mo a rordyal rocqahun.
Tito urui wkm loud in bar |>nuea.
1 uay aa I waa givin a deacri|«hun ef my
IbHWta and Snakea in my uaual flowery atil<»,
what wa* my akorn anil dfoguat to aeo a big
burly feller walk up to tho cagn con tain in
my wax figgera of the Lord'a I.int Supper,
and cimi) Judaa Iacarrot br tho feet and drag
him out on tho ground, lie then commen
ced fur to pound 4iui a* lianl aa hocood.
'What under tho *on air you abuwt?'
cridol.
Sex ho, 'what did you bring thia pumy
laiiemua cuaa here for?' and lie hit the wax
Jigger anuther trenienjia Mow on tlm hud.
Se* I, 'you cgrejua au, that air'a a wax
figger—a (vpieaantation of tho faulao 1W
tle.'
8e* ho, 'that'aall very well fur you to any,
. . T . ,1 1.1 lk.» i..,i„» i
UUk I M it J\r%m viu •••••»« ...w. —
can't show himself in Utiky with impunity
by a durned nitu !' with that ho kaved in
JinIuwm hed.
Tho young man belongs! to 1 of tho flint
f.uiliI i' h of Utiky. I muiI him,and tho Joory
Imiwt in a verdict of Anon in tho 3d dogrvo.
A Ilout in Til* Pocarr.—A great many
men have a holo in tho pocket, and 00 lorn
all tho little chango they put in it. And
tho worst of it is, tlioy do not know it,—if
they did they could mend up tho hole and so
tnit an end to tho low. Every day minim a
bw dimes, and tlioy wonder how they como
no short. When hills arc to bo paid, they
cannot imagino how thoy camoto do so short
of change. At tho end of tho year they aro
surprised to And so jwor a footing un. Tlioy
work hard, ruck their brains on plans, and
still they do not get ahwd much. Dills ac
cumulate, income diminishes, and still they
do not discover the holo in the pockot.
Ono man has had fences, gates and bars.
Tho cattle hroak through every now and then
and destroy crops, and occupy timo in driv
ing them out.—Tho pigs creep through tho
holos. Tho bones get away. The boys,
mcnacrvants and dogs are kept on tho run
lifter roguish cows jumping horn* and climb
ing hog«. Tho stock becomes uneasy and
do.* not thrive. The crop* are injured.—
The fences are broken down.
Timo is consumed. Tho trouble Is, that
man has a holo in his pocket. One roan has
no sited nor liarn, nor granaries, nor tool
houses. His grain is much injured and
wasted. The rats eat it, the damp weather
moulds it. His potatoes rot. His pumpkins
are destroved. Ilis apples do him out littlo
good. Hi* tools are rotted and rusted in
open weather. His stock is chillod and
stunted for want of sholter. There is a hole
in his pocket, out of which slips all bis
Erofits, with much of tbe fruit of bis hard
kbor.
Ono man has poor plows, of the same stamp
of his ancestors, lie only skins the land
with it. Ho can't bur a modem plow. He
don't believe in subsoifing. Draining is tbe
nonssase of scientific fools. Drills are a
humbug. Deep plowing would spoil the
land. So ho plows and sows as his grand
fathers did on tho worn out soil of his vener
able ancestors. Ho has a bole in his pocket,
and will have it till he wakes up to tbe im
portance of good culture of himself and
•oil.
And who hasn't got a holo in his pocket ?
Ucndor, haviftyou 7 Look and see. Indeed
many a man's pocket is likea sieve. Whose
Kkot is a treasury, safe and sure 7— Vallty
mer.
Ijmom Pi*. Make a nice paste, and lay
into two medium-sited plates; then prepare
the following mixture: To tb« juice and
-rated rind of one lemon, Bade very sweet
with white sugar, add three well-beaten eggs
ind a pioee of butter half tha siss of aa egg,
■sited. 8tir tbeeo ingredients together, thai
idd a pint of rich milk, or thin cream,
itirring very Cut. Fill tbe plates and bake
IwiasdiatHjd Jbmatmd.