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NUMBER 31.
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f. Κ. SHAH,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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llMrtlttM.
JOB PR'HTING. »f e\ery foxrtjtcn, neatl} ««Muted
M PeltenjfUJA Co.. I« <t*teStre*l Hoatoa,
• ad .·,· Nh<mu Street. Ne* Yjrk, »ud >. Κ Nile»,
Court street, tl<»«ton are autkoriiHl ageat·.
JL<K"«i/ Agent* for The Iteinorrat.
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•hp alU 'lird to thi'tr paper. the imonut dee, and
th'»»v WIkIum^ t» at ail Iheintelve» ot the advanced
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ncareal u>ut. ••Sept. 1. V," ua the alip, utraai
the papoM» p;kl I for, t··» that date. When tn.>u« * ia
Beat. Mrr ahoald be Uira to e*amiae the slip, and it
the m · ley i. u it er.-diled wtthiu two week·, we
should be apprised of it.
Professional Cart te. <Vy\
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PAKIS IIILL, - - MAINE,
II. lltUlltlU», Proprietor.
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Ρ H Y SIC IAS sV SURCLOS,
BETH KL. *· K.
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DEPUTY SHERIFF,
For Oxford an I Cumin-rlat»»! CotBliM.
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Maine Uterine Hospital,
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Counsellor Attorney at Lair,
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S. 1. AM)Ki:\*S,
Counsellor & Attorney at Lair,
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DENTIST,
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Surveyor of Land,
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Attorney Counsellor at Lair,
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Dr. W. H. GRAY,
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ia< Ute >«m;ouv| M· -u lav oi e-*« ti month
ii. D. BI«iREE,
Attorney $· Counsellor at Law,
Reck Arid. Hifoni < ounty, Me.
CHARLES» A. BEBSET,
EXGKA VEli, - - South l'arin.
Will b· iv»uu«l ui hi* StfiitkuMi
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M lRΒ LB WORKERS.
— Place* of Business —
BF.TIIKI \Μ» ΚΟΙΤΗ PUUD.
BOLSTER & WRIGHT,
Counsellors and Attorneys at Law
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W. C. IKVE,
Counsellor <J· Attorney at Law,
Uamford Point, Malm·,
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PHYSICIAN AND SU KG Ε ON,
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VEOFLE WILL TALK.
Wt« may go through the world, bat 'twill be rery
•low
If vie li^teu to all that is said a* we go;
<-'U be worried. and frwted, and ke|*& In a *iew,
For meddletome tongnes mm*t have nomeihing
to do— #
For people will talk.
It .(ui*>t and modeat. twill theu be presumed
That jrow humble portion is only a**uined;
You re a wolf in sheep'· clothing, or el»e you're
a fo<>|;
But <loot |rt exiiCeJ. k<-ep perfectly cool—
For people will talk.
I If jfruiruut aixl uoblr, they'll vent out their
»pleeu.
You'll liear »"ine loud hint· that you're ikelfleh
ami ni«*an :
I If upright and b<>nc»t. and fair a* the day,
Thej 11 caU juu α rogue, in a <dy, t-Qeaktng way—
l'or people will talk.
U tlieadbare your coat, or old fa*h:oned your
dm»,
Some person of eoui *e will take notice of this,
Au t hint rather el >*e th \l you uuit pay your
way,
Uul dou't gvt excited, whatever they *av,
For people will talk.
, If you dre*» in the f.ishion, don't think tJ escape,
For they iritiolw· thon in a f.ir different shape,
V u re a iead of y ->U' means or .« our bill· are un
paid
Bi t MBiud your ow n bu«iae»*, nud keep straight
ahead—
For people will talk
A
They'll talk fine before jou. but then m your
back.
ί Of venom and spite their i* never a lack :
How k.ttd and poltU* ι» all that tliey «ay ;
But bitter a·» gall when you're out of the way—
For people will talk.
tiood friend, tny ad τ ice i» t<» do a« you please.
For your ium«l ;lf yon hate one will theu be at
WM,
Through lue jou w ill uiwt with all sort» of abti-e, j
Itiit don't think to «tup them, twill be of no use—
For people will talk
§>dfct Slow.
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nu. L·
BY ANSON Β. ( UF»ORP.
Mr. John Somers was a merchant, «lo
in» business in ι thrivingcountry village
lie had two clerk s in his employ, bnt
nith «ome difference in minor jx»ints <»! 1
character. Peter White was twenty-one
vears of a*: ·. the » hi'id uf :ι η<ητ widowed
...
ru*»lher, aud in his choice of a profession
»
he hail been governed by the desire to
vieidtohis mother and self the surest ι
means of honest snpport.
Walter Sturgis was of the ««inné age,'
and equally hon« st. but he mad·* more
attention to outward appearance of things,
than did hi* companion. For instance,
it galled him to put on hi< frock and coat
and overalls, help pack up pork, potatoes,
ami H) on ; while Peter cared n »t what
^ he did, s » lo-jg as it was honest.
One day Mr. Somen called the two1
young men into hia counting' room and
closed t!»>· door after them. His counte
nance was trouble 1. and it was some ui »· I
ment* before he spoke.
••lk>v«,w he said at length; "I have
! been doing a very foolish thing. I have
1 lent my name to tho>e I thought my
friends, and they have ruined me. I
g;ne them accommodation notes, and |
they promised solemnly that those notes
would not pass their hands save to such |
men as 1 might accept. Of course 1 took
their notes m exchange. Tiicy have now
failed and cleared out. and hare left ray
paper in the market t«» the amount of se t'
en or eight thousand dollars. 1 may rise
a„'ain, but 1 must give up ray business.
Kverv thing in the store i« attached, and
I am left utterly powerless to do busi
ness now. I have looked o\er my ac^
counts and I tin J that 1 ow* you about a
hundred dollars each. Now, 1 have just
a hundred dollars in money, aud the small
1 piece of laud on the side of the hill just
ba-k of the tow n house. There are fotir
acres of land, and I have been offered a
j hundred dollar^ for it, by those who have
lands adjoiniug. I feared this blow
which has come upon »ue, and conveyed
this land to my brother; so that he can
' convey it to whom he pleases. Now 1
wish you to make your choice. If I could
pay you both money 1 would ; but as I
cannot, one of you must take this land.
What say you? You, Waltur, have been
with rae the longest and shall have vour
I first."
Walter Stuigis hesitated some mo
ments, and he said :
"I am sure I don't waut the land, un
less 1 could sell right otT.*,
•*Ah, but that won't do," returned Mr.
Somen. "If you take the load tou must
I keep it. Were yeu to sell it, my eredil
| ors would say at ouce that you did it fur
! me. and that I pocketed the money."'
♦'Then I am willing to divide the mon
I ey. for I can easily raise the hundred dol
lars on the land, for 1 know the soil is
good though quite rocky. However,
I what says 1'eter?"
"Why I will take the land,'1 returned
Peter, "or I will divide equally with
Walter—each of us to take half the land."1
"But what should I want of the land?*1
said Walter. "I could not work it. I
should hardly lite to descend from clerk
ship to digging and delving in blue frock
and cowhide boots."
"Then it is easily settled" rejoined Pe
ter, "ior 1 should prefer the land."
Walter was pleased with this, and be
fore night he had the hundred dollar bill
in his pocket, and Peter had the warranty
deed of the tour acres oJ land upon the
hill-side. Both of the young men belong
ί cd to the Tillage, and had always lived
' thore. It was only five miles from the
city, «nil of coarse many city fashion*
were prevalent there. It was under the
influence of this fashion that Walter Stur·
gis refused to have anything to do with
the laud.
Times were dull, and business poor,
even though it was early spring. Peter
White's first object alter having got the
deed of the land, was to hunt up some
kind of work. II he had been a mechan
ic he might hare found some place, but
hekucw no trade but that of salesman and
book·keeping. A whole week he search
ed in vain for employment, but at the end
of that time he found :in old fanner who
wanted a hand though he could uot af
ford to pay much. Hut Peter, dually, and
with the advice of Mr Someis. iuadu an
arrangement of this kind : He would
work for the old farmer (Mr. Stevens)
steadily until the ground was open, ami
he should have half the time to devote tu
his own hud, and in |>art payment loi
services, Stevens was to help alwut the
ox work that the youth might need.
Ne\t Peter went to the hotel, where there
was quite a stable, and engaged a hun
dred loads of manure, the landlord prem
ising to take his pay in produce when
harvest time came. So Peter White put
on a blue frock and cow-hide boot·* and
went to work for farmer Stevens.
lu the meantime Walter Slurgis had
been to the city to lind a situation in some
store, but he came hack boot loss. He
wa* surprised when lie met Peter driving
an ox team through the village. At first
he could hardly believe his own eyes.
Could it be potoiblu that vva* Peter White,
in that blue frock and those coarse boots?
On the next day a relative from th«·
city came to visit Walter. The twn
walked out, and during the day Walter
sa* Peter coming towards them with his
team. He v*a-; hauling lumber which Mr.
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winter. Walter >:in how co.irsu and
humble lti« quondam c lerk·mat· looked,
and he knew tli.it Peter would hail him
if their met; so he caught his companion
by ilw arm and dodged into a by-lane.
Peter -iw thr uiovrm nt, aud understood
it, but he only smiled.
By-anU-by the snow wn all gone from
the iii!l side. The wintry garl) w.u re
moved from the spot before it left other
placée, for Peter's lot lay on the southern
side of the hill, and thus had the advan
tage of the warm sun all day, without
any of the cold north and east wind*.
The youth found hi·» land very rocky, but
none of them were permanent ; so his
first tnovti u.is to rem »ve some of these
obstructions; and as Mr. Stevens' land
\\a> m»t vet clear from snow, he was able
to gi*e his young workman considerable
assistance. They took two yoke of oxen
and two drags and went at it, Htnl in just
five days every rock was at the footofthe
slope, and made into a good stone wall.
Peter :heu hauled his hundred loads of
manure which he bought for seventy-live
dollars and part ol it he plowed in, and
part he s;t\ed for topdre»ing.
1'eter now worked early and late, and
mueh ol the time he had help.
Mr. Steven* was surprised at the rich
ness of tiie soil, but there was reason for
it. M the top of the hill there was a hug?
ledge; the rucks which had encumbered
the hill-side must at some former petiod
have como tumbling down from the
ledge; and the rocks, lying there forages,
perhaps, rmd covering nearly half of ttie
surface of the ground, had served to keep
the *oil moist and mellow.
The first thing lYter planted wasa?>ont
a quarter of an acre of watet-melons. If*1
then got in some early garden sauce,such
a» potatoes, sweet corn, peas, beans,
radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes and so on.
And ho got his whole piece worked up
aud planted before Stevens' land was free
; from snow.
People popped >" the road and gazed
upon the hill-side in wonder. Why had
that spot never been used before? Foi
torty years it had been used as a sheep
pasture, the rocks having lorbidden all
thought of cultivating it. lSnt now
admirably it was situated lor tilling; and
how rich the soil must hare been, with
sheep running over it so long! An adjoin
ing hill shut off the ea>t winds, and the
hill itself gave its Iwick to the chill north.
Peter had planted an acre of corn, an
acre of )R>tatoes, and the rest he had
divided among all sorLsofproduce. Then
he went to work for Stevens again, and
in a few weeks he had more thin paid
for I he labor he had been obliged to hire
on his own land.
In the meantime again, Walter Sturgis
had been lookingaftereinployment. IIU
hundred dollars had been used up to the
la>t penny, and just then he accepted «
[ place in one of the stores in the village,
at a salary of three hundred dollars a
year, lie still wondered how Peter
I White could content himself in such
business, Peter used to be invited to all
the little parties wheu he was a clerk, but
he was not invited now. Walter Sturgis
went to these parties and was highly edi
fied by them. Also, when Peter was a
clerk there were several young and hand
some dam«els who loved to bask in Jthc
sunlight of his smiles, and one of them he
fancied that he lored.
After he had got hi:* hill side planted,
he went to see Cordelia Henderson, and
he asked her if she would become his wife
at some future period, when he was
prepared to take such an article to hi«
home. She told him she would think of
it and let him know by letter.
Three days afterwards he reeeired η
letter from her, in which she stated that
she could not think of uniting ber destinies
with a man who could only delve in ibc
earth for a livelihood. Peter shed a few
(ears over the unexpected note, and then
he reasoned on the subject, and finally
blessed his fate, for he was sure that such
a girl was not what he needed fer η wife.
When the first day of July came Peter
reckoned up his accounts, and he found
that Mr. Stevens was owing him just two
' dollars, and all he owed iti the world was
j seventy-five dollars for the manure.
On the third day of July he carried to
; the hotel ten dollars worth of green peas,
! beans and radUhcs ; and in three days
afterwards he carried to the city twenty
eight dollars worth. Towards the end of
the mouth he hud sold one hundred and
thiity dollars worth ot potato*ν peas,
beans, etc., etc. Then he had early corn
enough to bring him fifteon dollars more.
Kre long his muions were ripe, and a
dealer in the city had engaged them all.
Ile had six hundred fair melons, for which
I he received fourteen cents apiece by the
lot, making eighty-four dollars for the
whoh.
During the whole summer Peter was
kept busy in attending to the gathering
and selling oft he products of his hill-side.
lie helped Mr. Stevens in hajing, and
'about some other matters—enough so that
I "
he could have some help when ho wanted
it.
When the last harvesting came, he
gathered in seventy-eight bushels ofcorn,
I and four hundred bushels of potatoes,
besides turnips, squashe*. pumpkins, etc.,
and eighteen buthels of white beans. j
On the first day of November Peter
White sat do.m and reckoned up the
proceeds of hii laud, and he fouud thnt
the piece had yielded hioi just live hun
dred and tire dollars, besides this lie had
corn, potatoes, beau.s aud vegetables
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j winter In? worked lor Mr. Stevens at
( getting out lumber, for twenty«five dollars
per month; mid when spring came he
was ready to go to his land again.
In the meantime, Walter Siurgis hud
worked ;\ year at a fashionable calling for
threo hundred dollars, and at tho end ol
; the tenu he was the absolute owner of
ι ju^t two dollars.
J "Say, Peter, you arn't going to work
, on that lane of yours another season, are
you?" asked Walter, as the two tuet in the
street one eTening.
ι "To be sure I am," was the response.
'•But here's Siiuou .wants a clerk, and
I told him 1 guessed you'd be glad tu
! come/'
j "What will he pay?"
"Three hundred.'1
I "Ah, Walter, I can make more than
that from my land."
Sturgis opeued hi* eye? in astonish·
ι men t.
I "You're joking," he said.
i "No sir. 1 received lire hundred ami
I
five dollars in money last .season. Scventy
| live oi that went for manure ; but some of
! that manure is now on hand, and 1 found
i the land so rich last year as not to need
much more than half of it. This season
1 «hall have two hundred dollar* worth
{ol slrawl*rri«s, if nothing happen* un·
i usual."
j "And you don't have to work any
winters to do this?11
} "No; four months labor is about all I
j can lav out to advantage on it."
I * °
! Walter went to his store, and during
, the rest oi the evening he wondered how
, some folks h.ul so much luck.
ι 1 Miring the secoud season 1'eter h«ul ex
» pericuce for a guide, and he filled up m.v
ny gaps that he left open tiie year before.
I IIis strawberries turned out better than
ι he anticipated, and ho made a bettei ar
rangement for his melons. And then
from all that laud whereon he planted his
I early peas, etc., he obtained a crop of
ι much value. It wa> but one hour's drive
, into the city, and he always obtained the
j highest prices, for he brought the earliest
j vegetables for the market.
j On the first of next November he had
j cleared seveu hundred dollars for the sea
j san, over and above all expenses.
( in*» mi»rninsr after tlie crops were in.
f Peter found a man walking about over
! the land, and as tho young man came up
the strauzor asked liiiu who owned the
°
I kill-side.
4'It is mine, sir," replied Peter.
. Tho man looked about, and then went
a way, and on tho next day he came
agaiu with two others. They looked over
the place, and they seemed to ho dividing
it otT into small lots. They remained
about an hour aud then went away. Pe
ter suspected the laud was wanted lor
, something. That evening he stepped in
j to the Post OlKee, aud there he hoard that
a railroad was to bo put through the vil
lage as soon as the workmen could be set
at it.
Ou the next moruing Peter went out on
his land, and as he reached the upper
boundery and turned and looked down,
the truth Hashed upon him. His hill-side
had a gentle, easy slope, and tho view
from any part of it was delightful. Λ
brook ran down through it, from an ex
haustless spring up in the ledge and the
! locality would be cool and agreeable in·
summer and warm in winter. At the foot
of the hill, on the left, lay a small lake,
while the rirer rau in sight for several
miles.
"Of course," soliloquized Peter, "they
think this would make beautiful building
lots. And wouldn't it ? Curious I never
thought of it before. And then when the
railroad come· here, people from the city
will want their dwellings here. But this
land is valuable. It is worth—let me see
—say six hundred dollars a year. I can
J
oasily get eight or nine hundred dollars
for what I can raise here, and I know
that two hundred will pay in· α good
I round price for the lalx>r I perform on it.
And Ihen when ray peach treei grow up,
and ray straw berry beds increase—Ho—
it's more valuable to me than it could be
to any one else.
j Whim IVter went home he could not
ι resist the temptation to sit down and cal
culate how many house-lots his land
would make and he found that the hill
side would afford fifty building lots with
a garden to each one. Hut he didn't think
of selling.
Two days afterwards, six men came to
look at the land, and after travelling over
it, and sticking up Home «takes, they
went away. That evening Peter went to
the hotel, and the first thieg he heard
was :
"Aha, Fcter, you've missed it.'1
"How so?'1 asked l'eter.
•'Why, how much did you get for your
hillside P*1
••What do you mean?"
"Haven't you sold it?*'
"N'o sir.*1
"Why, there was a man here looking
at it a week or so ago, and today he came
ami brought live city merchants with him,
and I can take my oath that cach ol them
engaged a building lot of him. One of
'em spokr to ine about what a lovely spot
it was : and I told him nobody would
think of building there till you got the
ro< ksoiT. Hut haven't you sold it though?'1
"No, not an inch of it.*1
"Why, that man told ine h«· had engag
ed to pay lour hundred dollars for a choice
let of twelve square rods.11
"Then he will find his lot somewhere
else, I guess, till I sell out.'1
Some m<>rr conversation wan held, and ]
I hen 1'etor unit home. On the following
forenoon, the very man who had been liie
lit Ht to eome ami look at the hillside, call
ed to see Peter, introducing himself as
Mr. Anderson,
"ï^et's see—I believe too owu some two
or three acres of land up here on the hill
side," he said, very cartdeisly.
"1 own four acrcs there," replie»! Peter
very exactly.
"Ah, ye»· — well ; it doesn't make murh
different e. I didn't notice how mueh there
w;is Î ί thoight ! «hould like to build there,
if you would rrll the land reasonable, I
might like to purchase. It would be
enough to afford nie quite η garden ; tho'
I suppose it would cost about ru much to
till such land as the produce would be
worth."
•'That would depend upon how you
worked it," said lVter dryly.
'·(), yes, I suppose ho. Hut you are
willing to sell out, I suppose."
"Certainly/1
j The man's eyes began to brighten.
"How ihuch should you want for it?'
he asked.
•'Well, I don't know. What could you
afford to pay ?"
"Why, 1 suppose I couîd afford to pay
a great ileal more than it is worth, ltather
1 than not to have it I would pay—well—
say—two hundred dollars, or two hundred
! and fifty at the outside."
"1 don't think there is much use of our
I talking, sir."
"But—you paid one hundred, only, if I
; mistake not."
! "I had my choice between one hundred
! dollars and the land, ami I chose the lat
1 ter, but a« you seem to lahor in the dark,
i I will explain to you. In the first place,
there is no other sjxit of land in this sec
tion of the country that jwssesses the nat
ural advantages which this ono does. I
■ can have my early peas and vines up and
[ hoed before nav neighbors get their ground
' plowed ; so I have my early sauce in mar
ket ahead ot all others, save a few hot
house owners, whose plants cannot com
pare with mine for htienglli and size.
Then my soil is very rich, yields fifty j>er
cent more than most other land. Now
look at this: During the last season I
have realized over eight hundred dollars
from this land, and next season 1 can get
more than that, for my strawberry vines
are flourishing finely. There are uot any
two farms in this town that can possibly
be made to realize so much money as my
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Ulll-SiUC, iUl jvu DC· It υ 1··%/ >··■..
produce, and not quantity, that does the
business. A bushel of eaily peas on the
twenty-second of May, is worth ten times
as much as my neighbor'» bushel on the
first ef July and August. Two hundred
dollars will more than pay me for all my
time and trouble in attending to my land :
so you *e« I save this year six hundred
dollars interest."
"Then you wouldn't sell for less than
six hundred, I suppose?" said Mr. Ander
son, caielessly.
"Could you sell out a concern that was
yielding yon a net profit of six hundred
dollars a year, for that sum, sir?" asked
Peter.
"Α-hem—well—ah—you put it rather
curiously."
"Then I'll put it plainly. You may
have the bill-side for ten thousand dollars.'
Mr. Anderson laughed ; but he found
that Peter was in earnest, and be comenc
ed to curse and swear. At thia Peter
simply turned and left his customer to
himself, and he saw nothing mom ol the
speculator. Two daya afterwards, how
ever, three of the merchanLs cant· to see
our hero, and when they had beard hie
simple story, they were ready to do just
ly by him. They went up and examined
the spring, which they iound to be pure
as crystal, and as it was then a dry season
they saw that the supply of water could
never fail, and all the houses which might
be built ou raters lanu could be suppneu
with running water, eren in the very at- !
tic* of the upper one·.
Tho merchants first went to the rnau
who owned the land above Peter's, includ·
ing the ledge and the spring, and h«
agreed to sell for two hundred dollars.
This, to the builders, was a great bargain,
lor the stone of the ledge was excellent
granite. Then they called α surveyor and
made a plot of the hill-side, whereby they
found that they could have forty building
lots worth from two hundred and fifty to
iour liuudred dollars each. Tliey hesitat
ed not a moment alter the plot was made
but paid Peter his ten thousand dollars
cheerfully.
Sot many days after this transaction,
Peter White received a very polite liitîe
note from Cordelia Henderson, asking 1
I
him to call and sec her; blithe did not
call. lie hunted up Mr. Somer* and
went into busineas with him, and ti»i- ν it;
day Somers Λ White do husfnc<s in that
town, and Walter Sturgis i« their book·
keeper. And in all the country the it in
not a prettier spot than the old hill-side.
The railroad depot is ncai its foot—and it
is occupied by sumptuous dwellings in
which live merchants who do business in
the aiyiu;ent city.
One thing Peter missed—that he did
not reserve a building spot for himself.
Hut his usual good fortune attended him,
even here. A wealthy hanker had inva
sion to move to another section ol the
conntry, and sold ont his house and gar
den to Peter, lor just one half what the
building cost him. So Peter took a wife
who loved him when he dug in ihe earth,
and found a home for her and himself up
on the hill-sido.
And now, render, h «»re do you think
the hill-side is? Perhaps you know ; lor il
i« λ veritable h'itory I have been writing
and t!i«* place I have told you abon! i*
now one of Ihe most select suburoan
residences.
Λ Manly Temper,
Horace Uu.shnell, in one of his essay»
gives the following fon-ihledescription«I
Hie limn who lmd learned to comprehend
and control his own weaknesses ami vari
atiuns of mind. And what true man bar
not doue βο?
"Now λ wîms man is one who under
stands himself well enough to make dm
Allowance* for »uch insane moods an.I τ ι
rielies.nc ver concluding a thing is thus and
th a because just now it bears thai look ;
wailing often to see what a sleep or w.ilL,
or a cool revision, or ]>erlmp3 a consider
able turn of re|>eutaucu will do. He d<>cs
not >lash upon a man or a subject hum κ
point of a just now ri>ing temper. lit
maintains a noble candor, by waiting
sometimes tot a gun tier spirit and a bet
ter sense ui truth. He is never intolerant
of other men'» judgment*, because lie is a
little distrustful ot his own. He restrains
the dislike· of prejudice, because he has:»
prejudice against his dislikes. His re
htfutiuenUi are softened by his condemna
tion ot himself. His depressions do not
criuh bun, because he has s »nie times
t-ceu the tun, and believes he may sue i;
again. lie revises U s opinions readily,
because he has a right, he thinks, to hel
ler opinions il be can l:nd them. lie holds
la.it stiuud opinious, lest his moodiness in
chauge should lake all truth away. And
If his insane thinking appears to be top
pling In lu down tno jruii oi skepticism
I lie recovers himself »λ jjst i.u -, ! -
»juestiou, whether sf more rune wav ί
thinking might not think diûcieutij i Λ
iuau who is duly aware of hi>owifcdi*teiu
tered (acuity, makes a life how different
from 011c who acts as if he were inialli
ble, and had nothing to do but just to id
bimsell be prouounred "
Consumption.
j The point of apex of the lungs coming
j up, as it does, near If to the lop of the
shoulder, is of course exposed to all th<
change* consequent on wearing lu ν»
necked dresses, exposing it almost direct h
to the cold, and iheu perhaps, withiu a
few moment*, covering it with thick fur»;
»
thus at one time repelling the blood from
the delicate structure by tue contraction
produced by the cold, and then snddedlj
inciting it uv tho expansion induced bi
ο - i
heat.
At one time ofcourse this part of thr
lung is shrivelled, so that very little blood
is permitted to enter it, and at another,
heated and expanded ?o that it is engorged
with blood ; and that these changes do
have an effect, is shown by the fact that
next to the thin edges, which arc affected
from causes before explaiucd, these upj*er
pointe of the lunge are always the first to
become diseased in ladies, whiie in
gentlemen, who usually keep these points
covered, they are not moro often found
diseased than other parts. Another diffi
culty in curing the lungs, when diseased,
is eating too much carbonaceous food.
All the solid tissues, to acquire their
health and strength, or to have recupera
tive powers to resist and overcome dis
ease, must be supplied with nitrogenous
food, in right proportions, constantly;
but living as we do, and bringing up our
children on too concentrated carbona
ceous food, as I have aleady explained,
all the solid tissues become weakened,
and with them, of course, the membra
nous Iramcwork of the lungs; and this
same carbonaceous food, furnishing as it
does more work for the lungs in dispos
ing of this extra carbon, overheats them,
and renders them more liable to inflam
matory disease, and also, by diminishing
their recuperative power, renders them
less able to resist the encroachments of it ;
λππ iww i'iuth nrr inrrnMca ny ιπβ ucc
of alchohol, «piece aad otàer stimulants.
Thus the affect* of excessive carbon in
the luags may be compared to excessive
coal in a grate, which bums out the grate
furnisher to much lient to the apartment* ;
and this comparison is more forcible in
its practical application when we consid·
er that, when burned out, the coal grate,
mar be renewed, bnt the lungs, whea
once destroyed, ere gone forever, and
with them, of course, the whole system.
—How not to be nek.
Uow to Cmrwm uU Oalp at Table.
It is considered an accomplishment for
a lady to know bow to carve well at her ·
own table. It Is not proper to stand in
carving. The carving knife should be
sharp and (bin.
To cane lowls, (which should always
Iκ· laid .vith the breest uppcrmcH,) place
lite fork in the brea>i, ami lake off the
ivkigsaud legs without turning the fowl ;
then rat out ihe merry thought, cutslices
from t'.·' breast, take oui the collar bone,
cut I'll ihe side pieces, and then cut the
carcass in two. Divide tho joints in the
leg ol a turkey.
lu carving asirloin, cut thin slices from
the side uext to you, (it roust be put on
the dish with the tenderloin underneath,)
then turn it, and cut from the tenderloin.
Help the guests to both kinds.
lu carving a leg of uiulton, or a hsrn,
begiu by culliug across the middle to the
bone. Cut a tongue across, and not
lengthwise, and help Iroiu the middle
part.
Carve a forequart*r of lamb by separat
ing the shoulder iroin .he libs, and then
divide the libs.
To carve a loin cf veal, begin at the
smaller end am! separate thz ribs. Help
viu-h one lo a piece of ki.!uey and its fat.
Carve pork and mult',η in lue sanin way.
To carve a til let of teal, bc^în at ihe
top, and help to the stilling with each
>lice. Li a In-east of \«ui!, separate the
breast ami brukel, and theu rut (hem up,
asking whieb part is preiemd.
in carving » pi. it is customary to di
vide it and take off the bead before it
tomes to tiie table, as to many perilous
ill*· ln*a<l i> revolting. Cut otl th« iiiu *
and divide the ribe.
in carving venison mak* a deep incision
down U> the hone (o let out the juices, ami
turn tu* broad end toward you, cutting
de«p, in thin slice*.
For a .«addle of venison, eut from tue
tail towaixi the other cud, on each side,
in thiu slice*. Warm plates are vety
necessary with venison and mutton, and
in winter ate desirable lor ail meats.—
XationalAgriculturiift.
Λ Κii.ε fou Livixo IIaîtii.v with
Otheks. Λ rul« tor living happily with
others is to avoid having stock subjects of
disputation. It mostly happen*, when
people live much together, that they
come to have certain let topic·,
arouud which, from frequent dispute,
there ii such a growth of angry, mortified
vanity, nnd the like, that the origiual
subject of difference become* a standing
subject lot quarrel, and there it a
tende my ia all minor .disputes to drift
j do w η to it, Again, if people wish to
live well together thoy must not hold too
j much to logic, aud supple that every·
I thing is to be settled by a cuilicient
: reason. I)r. Jrthua»»u m this clearly
I ..ttu ugard lu ui.inieJ p«opie, when ho
Nil·*. . —
# · tt
.. . '..bed nov.I J be the p*\ above all
j ί,,ιΐύ ; wrctv«iv.l.jcss woo should be
■ ,(·.·' Γΐ'4'M'u, every morn·
iuz. ··'' mu· »t' " .»i· < ί a domestic
t °
day." Lot ibr ..j pi ...i« u .-houid be
much more geiniui than ii«t madu it.
There is uo time lor «ucu reavuir.^s,
and nothing that is worth them. And
when we recollect how two lawyers, or
two ρ diticiaus, can go on contending,
and there is no end of one-sided reason
I ing on any mbject, we shall not be sure
j that such contention is the best mode for
arriving at truth. Lut certainly it is not
the way to arrive at good temper.
Coi'lo.s't ukQi'alikikd. Thi Hearth
aiuI Home has h little an^cdi > Γa cer
tain ignoramus, wLo applied t. 4. lawyer
"to be qualified" for Home petty office.
The lawyer replied, *'1 will .«.wear you;
Irut all creation couldn't qualify you for
the i/fHce Γ We suspect thi» story origi
nated in New Hampshire. lu η certain
interior village of that State tnere lived
in ancient limes two dot tors; one, a well
educated and very intelligent man, but
a ▼ iolent Federalist in politics ; the other,
a man of rongh, good e«nw, but of quit·
limited education, and withal, a violent
democrat. When Jefl'erson came into of
fice the Federal^ doctor, who had long
been the postmaster of the town, was su
perceded by the Democratic doctor;who,
on getting his commission from Washing
ton. proccded straightway to his rival,
to demand possession of the papers and
paraphernalia of the office. All this was
readily surrendered, though perhaps a
little sulkily. Gathering these things to
gether, the Democrat asked, "Is this all
that I need to quaiiiy me for the office of
postmaster ?" "It in all that I can give
you Γ growled hi· rival; the Almighty
alone can qualify you for the office P*
—A gentleman waa chiding his eon for
Htaying out late at night, and said :
•Why, when I was of your age, mj
father would not allow me to go out of
the house after dark-'
'Then vou had a deuce of a father, yoa
had,1 said the young profligate.
. Whereupon the father very rashly vocif
erated : Ί had a confounded sight belter
one than you have, you young raaeal.