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POETRY.
VERSES.
SUGGESTED BY THE PRESENT CRISIS.
When n deed in done f. r Freedom, thn ugh
the brotd earth's itching ln irl,
nuns a lliriil of ji.y roj hctic, trembling mi
from r.i.-t 'fi.
And llio slave, whero'ir ho cowers, fids Ibo
soul within liim rliml)
To llin awful verge of manhood, as tlic mer
cy sublime
Of u century bursts fuil-'j'ossouicd on too
tliorny ftt:n of Time.
Through llip walls of Iml and palaco etioo's
the instantaneous throe,
M'hcn the travail nf llii) Ages wrings earth'
systems to and fro ;
At the birth of raeh new Era, with a r:oog-
nizing start,
Nation wildly looks at Nation, claiming with
mute lips riiart,
And crl.nl Truth's yet mightier man-child
leaps bent, llli the Future's heart.
Fo the foiii's triumph sendeth, with a terror
and n rhill,
Under continent lo continent llio sense of
coming ill,
And the slave, where'er ha cowers, feeb his
sympathy with God,
In hot tear-drops ebbing carlhward, lo he
drunk up by the sod,
Tiil a corpse or. Ails ror.nl ur.h urit J , dtivir,-
in ihe nobler cleJ.
For maiuVinil is ono in spirit, r.nd an in-tinct
heirs along
Round the earth's electric1 circle, the swi.'t
flosh of right nr wrong;
Whether conscious or unconscious, yr t Hu
manity's vast frame
Through its ccean-siindcrrd fibres f'els the
push of joy or shame
In the pain or loss of ono race, all the rest
have cjual claim.
Oneo to every man and nation eotnes the mo
ment It) decide.
In llio strife ol'Truih with Falsehood, fur Iho
rood or evil side. ;
Some 'Treat emise, God's ne w Messiah, offer
ing caeli Iho liloo:n or blight.
Parts Iho goals upon Iho left hand, and the
sheep upon thn right.
And the choice uncs by forever 'iwi.Tt that
darkness ami that Ihrht.
Have ye chosen, () my people, en whose
party yo slnll stand.
Ero the i).'o:n ii.aii i:s 1
its dii'-.t a-,' :iu-l o tr I
::r
-an J
nd!
Tliou.rh the caer'.e ,.f evil prosper, yet the
Truth alone is strouj,
Ar.J, albeit she wander outcast now, I see
siromid In r t hron rj
Troop3 of heaiiliful tali nnjcls lo etis'.iieid
her from all wroiijj.
CackwarJ loo'.: across t'ac arrcs, and the beacon-actions
see,
That, like peaks of some sunk cunlincnt jut
thronifii oblivion's sea :
Not an ear in rourt or market for the low
forihodinir, cry
Of those Crises, liod's atom winnowers, from
whoso feet earth's chuff lutisl fly;
Never shows the choieo momentous tiil the
judgment hath passed by.
Careless seems the preat Avenger; hislory'a
pages hut record
Ono duath-grapplo in tho darkness 'twist old
systems and llin Word ;
Truth forever on Iho seufluld, Wrong forever
on the Throne
Vet that seaffidd sways the future, and be
hind tho dim unknown,
Standeth God within tne shadow, kecpiry
watch above his own.
"Wo sco dimly in t'ao present what 13 small
and what is rrroat,
Slow of faith, how w?ak an araa may turn
the iron helm of late ;
But thu soul is still oracular; amid the mar
ket's din,
List tha ominous stern w hisper from tho Del
phic cavo within
They enslave thuir children's children who
make coinpromiso with sin.'
Slavery, the earth-horn Cyclops, fullest of the
(riant nro.nl,
Sons of brutish force and darkness, who have
drenched the earth w ith blood.
Famished in his self-made desert, blinded hy
our purer day,
Grops in yet uiihl.isted rrgiuiis fur his niise-l
rahle prey:
Shall we fruido his gory finders where our
helpless children play!
Then lo side with truth is noble, when we
share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause hrinrr fame, and profit, and 'lis
prosperous to he just ;
Then it is iho brave in in choases when the
coward stands aside,
Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is
crucified,
And the imiltiludo make virtue of the faith
they had denied.
For Humanity sweeps onward ; wlicru to-day
the mart) r stands,
On the morrow crouches Judas with tho sil
ver in his hands ;
Far In front tho Cross stands ready, and tho
crackling fagots burn,
While Ihe hooting mub of yesterday in silent
awo return
To glean up tho scattered ushes into History's
golden urn.
'Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit as idle
slaws
Of a legendary virtue carved upon our father's
graves ;
Worshippers cf light anccslral make the pre
sent light n crime
Was the Mayflower launched by cowards,
steered by men behind their lime!
Turn those tracks toward l'ast or Future, thai
make Plymouth rock sublime!
They were men of piesent valor, stalwart old
iconoclasts,
Unconvinced by axe or gibbet that all virtue
was tho l'asl's;
But we make iheir truth our falsehood, think
ing that hath made us free,
Holding it in mouldy parchments, while our
tender spirits flee
Tho rudo grasp of that great Lr.paho whiz!
drove ibein acrost lite sea.
They have rijrhls who dare maintain them ;
we are traitors to our sires,
Smothering in their holy ashes Fresdoru's
ue'.v-ht il!ar-ri,'cj.
(
1
Shall we mike their ereeil our jailer! shall
we, in our lias'o to slay.
From t!io tombs of the old prophets steal tlio
funeral lamps r.wny.
To light up the martyr f.igrry.3 round tho
jurij.hi-ts of I'j-daj !
Nov.- eee.i-ii'.ua If arh new duties; Timo
mokes nerietit go(,d uncouih;
They Hit: .t upward, still, m.d onward, w ho
would kei p abreast t T Truth;
Lo, In fore us jjletiiii her camp-lircs! we our
re'.vi s n.iea Pilgrims Ik ,
Launch ' ur Mayflower, r.rd steer boldly
through the deeper ite v. inter sea.
S'er til'i nipt the Future's portal with t!ie
Past's blood
rastml key.
James Russell Lowell.
From the London News.
The Watcher on the Tower.
BY CHARLES MACKAY.
'What dost then, hmo watcher on tlie tower?
I3 the
cy hrcakii!''! comes thu wi
d-for
hour?
Tell us the M-rr,s, and r.:rctoh abroad thv hi'nd.
If tlie bright morning d uvns upon I ho find."
'The stars are- clear ahore in", scarcely 0110
Mas dimmrd its rays in revr rence to the sun;
Hut yet I see on the horizon's verge,
.Some fair, fiint e.Ueaks, as if the light would
surge.'
"Iifi k. f 'l'i aj-sin, eh v.i'dicr on the lower;
The eip!e wakr, and languish lor ihe hour;
!.'!' hnvp they dwelt in darkness, and they
pine
T'or the f ill dylitrht that they know must
thine.-'
1 see tint will the morn is cloudy still;
There is a radianc" on the riiiiini Hill
Kvcn as 1 watch the rrlorv seems to :;low;
Hat ti.e si-.i-a l,';i,;';, tt,id
I the ni '.rat-breezes
blow.
led is that all,
ink forth nirain,
jft t!iou not sr.."
:d l:ie rrren v
il , e-..'"
ih w.'.t 'hcr en llio tiwe.r?
i! nui't he 11? r the hour.
Iho fr.mvj rn aintain copes,
oojs l,!'iic,n!i t'u ai on the
' A ini-'l env: lopes tlo io: I cannot ir.i.'-o
Their f utiine; hut tho rltv eoioe eti ap tee.
The cl-ai.ls roll up in jj-oM and amber (lakes,
And all the st-.rs grow dim. Tho inornir.ir
breaks.'
" e thud; thee, lonely watcher on thn tower;
Il'tt io 'k a,'ain. and tell us, hour by hour,
Ai! then b.-lioi.l -:; tmuv of us die
Kre the d.'y eoiio-; ol, ..-ivo i!k ;;i a reply!''
I ?( e the ; ii i'
a:al c'nniii'leer
1 on ir. v c i r;
od field.-; of c .Til,
' row s his proplii lie carol
.-a e the disi.ir.t w .!! 11
An f.cean gh aaiin t in thu
lit ol morn.
"Aaie, a.iin fill watcher on the lower
Wo thirst for daylight, and we bide the hour,
l'atient, hut longing. Tell us, shall it be.
A bri'ot, calm, rious Jayiight f.T the
'iVccV
'1 hope, lint cannot t.i!. I hear a song,
Vivid as day itself; e.n.l clear nud s-trong;
As ot a lark young prophet t- the r.oon
Touring in sunlight his seraphic tune.'
"What doth he say. oh watcher on the tower?
Is he a prophet! Doth the dawning hour
Inspire iiis music? Is his chant sublime
With the full glories of ijjc coming lime!"'
'He prophecies his heart is full his lay
Tells ot the brigliiness of a peaceful day!
A day not cloudless, nor void of storm,
lint sunny for the innt,and clear and warm.'
"We thank thee, watcher on the lonely tower,
For all thou telicst. Sings he of an hour
When error thall decay, and Truth grow
strrng
When lii'iht shall rule supreme and vanquish
Wrong?"
'He sings of brotherhood, and joy and peace;
Of rinys when jealousies and hate shall cease;
When war shall die, and Man's progiosive
mind
f-J'.'-ir rs nafcilered aa il3 Hod designed.'
"We'd done!
thou watcher on tho lonely
town!
Is ihe day breaking! dawns the happy hour!
We pino to see it. Tell us ret aa-ain,
if the bread dayli;,ht breaks upon thcyjtfiH.-"
'It
breaks
flv
it comes t.ie misty shadows
A rosy radiance gleams upon tho sky;
The mountain-tons rollec; it cr.lui and
cKir :
The ji.'nin is yd i:t scic; but J) ty is j;trc.'
s. is -...--;.s.-. -ie w.. -i ...-t-' v'j.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Evening Mirror.
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
All the world, in the village of Slurtoii-le-Steeple,
had said so, before the time of old
Dorothy l'yier.d'l: hut Dorothy ilid not join
all the world iu saying so. Sturton is a
homely little place, situate in iho pleasant
tdiirt! of X ouiiighaiu, end lying within a
couple of mill's of the Trent, ami old Lin
colnshire; and its church steeple forms a
pretty object in the landscape which you
view from the hills above (Jainsboro'. Dor
othy l'yecroft, from Ihe lime that sho was a
child hut tho height of a l ihle, went to Cains-boro'-tnaiket
with butter, egg", or poultry, as
regularly us Tuesday returned iu each week;
for tlie hearty old dame uspd commonly to
boast that she bad never known whut-il was
to have a day's illness in her life, although,
at the seison wo are beginning to gossip a
bout, she was full threescore and Ion. It
was a bonny Fight to seo Iho old damo go
tripping o'er the charming en which spreads
its llowery riches from .Sturton-le-!Slecnlo to
the hanks of tho noblo Trent, by four of Ihe
clock 011 a gay summer s morning, with the
clean milking pail under her arm, lh.it was
bare to tha elbow. Vou Mould have thought,
at a distance, she had been some blithe mai
den in her teens. And llion the cheerful and
clear lone iu which she summoned her cows,
calling lo ibein as kindly us if they were her
children "Come, my prelly creatures!" a
call thai was Ihe tdgnal lor a treat of pleasing
and p istor.il music to Iho enlhusiaalic eariv
angler 011 the Trout : the rich, varied "low"
of ihe cows, alio, tenor, and bass aivver
td that call, in changeful tciio across the
stream ; llio angler's delighted car caught a
treble, heavenward, frum ihe martin lurk, to
complete ihe "harmony;" and even the cack
ling of tlie geese, mining their confused joy
seemed Id '
mingle nn unpl.asiiig "discord" with the
natural cboru. Hy tin" litre thai In r morn
i:ej's milking was over, the spoilt maidens
ol the village were only beginning lo open
t'oir kitchen w iiul iw-siiutters ; and she usu
u!!y pas -ed iho vi hole tr .in of them, loitering
an 1 el
iltt riie: etiout tin ir Rwccinoaris, on
Lo ir wav
to too
l a, r.s she returned home,
d tip.iii her head, sin. I her
v. ith till' il
iir.ns f:ed
show 0 bv
Ich 1 ..
u pro
y a-Kl.nti as coulil I)..
!lie 4i las? that ever cir
Si tne little shame Was
sp:
nod a niill.iii'.:-i 11
COIUMOnlv felt Union I ll
loiterers as thev
pai.-:cil tlie exemplary
old woman, but it
I not r .vu!t iu ilu ir reformation. O.d far-
uii r M 11:; 1 . e, who was alwavs abroid ntd.iy
br'ek. and u--uil!y challcd a few moments
w ila the d line j.:-T ::l t'ao point where the
.1 ll
b:i. lie-way over Ihe lea,
1 very me.Hiiri'd terms
nam c
on the
maids
"Ah
been s
I ike a
Ihe we
lite:
ot
pltue among mill;.
rant e ti
he dav w li' ll h
I was
s iv,
and
1 I I.I.
, da.iie
re c!i 1
lure u
rl.l gl:
lo
.1 to
"there has
I used lo
: I'm sure
vi r: d :v."
' v si oeo
i,.l lb-e.ie,-
a:.
I lo
by. v
, ur-l
fa-hi
lio: eld f! one w ail I
- lo
l.iv-
i d to take iV- in . re eh .. a ,1,
tinn '".: I.e. t'iie, laa
and fell; may t d:e to 'fettlu
de
T'
no toe
e 11,
after n f. w more yearn an! ov,
"T faith, I've' little !r; 0
firmer wr.uM reply, and s'lak
R.nile : "hut tin " te's neiii'dy li'
T. ''
Oll'l.'
obis 1,.
ke Ihi e
Ihe old
ad. and
, Dolly,
lor lading mo kinoi st sule.'
"Why, iii ighbor. 1 always think it the
best," Dorothy would rejoin, with ;i hrnevo
lent Ginile; "1 never saw things grow belter
from har. h words and harsh thiukiir-s, in my
time."
Anil then the old firmer wot Id smile a
giin. and fay, "Well, that's just like thee!
(il bless the.', Dolly, and gmd morning lo
tluv!'' and away ho would turn Djhbin's
head, and pioceed on his usual morning's
rid.- from field to field.
Thn work of her little dairy, added to the
can; of a humble hou.-a hold, compost -1 of r.n
infirm and helpless husband, and an cquaily
infirm maiden sifter. wilii alt and sundry, a
1ii:it hou T-do:r. two lahby-c.iU, and a fruit
ful poullry-y 1 rl usually occupied Dorothy
l'yeer'ot through tha hustling forenoon of
each day. And when there was 110 immedi
ate, call upon her skill and heiievoleiicej a
uiong sick neighbors for she was the clev
erest herb-woman in tlie village, and exer
cised the knowledge of the healing art with
out fee, or willing acceptance e.'en of Ih inks
she would sit in her polished high-backed
choir, and work llir-nigh the livelong al'ler
110 in :,t lo r s iniiiuo-. wheel, drmv-iiig hor
two io.l. oi e. a:p :i i a-: io'o a salutary rest
au. I tor.o t
ony 1 f icr
own ioin-1
:!io os wii.i lite hamming in inot
lahor, hat revolving wiihin her
111:. y a us1 U.I an 1 selemn thought,
me '.nwliile.
D irothy s it absorbed in lb:;, her f.ivo;
employ, one ail.Tii.10.1 iu autumn, when
itinerant pedlar in nie ids custom irv call
the co!i i'ro door. The 1 line's uiitid was
ill!
nn
at
so
deeply involved iu t'.e c a.'ri
l'.er little plans of henevoleiic
net ri-crigni.'.'! the face cif lie
in. ' of ouo of
, ill il sue did
traveller until
lie leu a lit res -eu lier I'.vice.
"Any small wares for children !
dies, pins, or ihimblcs !"' cried lb
any nee-
i peul
runiiing llirouirh Ihe list o( his uriicies with
the 'jlibness of freipient repetition.
".o, Joii.'.h, I want none," replied the
dame, kind ly ; "hut, may he you'll take a
horn o' b a r. uad a crumb or lvo o' bread
and cheese ?'
The pedlar assented, well pleesrd ; and
lowered llio pack froai his shoulder, and sit
down lac basket from his hi a I; next, ife.it
ing hiiiis oil" in a choir v it limit the ceremoni
al of asking, and iu
11 llio oo.idoaie cou.'i-
deuce ol' welcome.
"'I'ii 1:1k ymi, lb ink yoa
and Finacked his lips with
ipa;ion, as he 1 10!; the lion
and the piece, of brad and
daaie," he said,
leasurabli! antic
of smiling beer,
clu.'i'so l'roin llio
dame's hand
"You're welcoiii". Jonah," replied the old
dame, heartily. "Have you walked far to
day, and what luck have you hail ?'
"I've cunt! twenty miles, and have never
taken hands I yet, dame," answered Jonih,
in a melancholy toil'',
"Sri, jioor heart!" siid Dorothy, very piti-
liilly;"l must iniy a trilling dozen ol nee
dles of thee, however, before t'aou goes!. I
fear limes are hard, Jonah; I hear many and
grievous complainu."
"Times me harder than ever I knew them
to he, d une, I assure you," rejoined J.in ih ;
"and they that have a little money soeni most
determined to hold it fis'. Sore murmur
i:igs are in :de about tliio, by pn r folks; hut
1 don't wonder at it, inyseii'," concluded the
worldly pedlar; "for, iu such sore times as
these, there's no knowing when a body may
come 10 want ; and as the old s lying goes,
you know , dame, '( 'harity begins at houTe!"'
and Jonah buried his nose hi the ale-horn,
thinking he had said something so w isely
conclusive that in could not be contradicted.
"Tiny say it was a parson who first used
tint s lying," observed Do.-ot'.iv. oliiwioT
Irom
nor waeel, very lieenly. towards 1 ij
pedlar; "hut, for my"oart, J:
aii. I
1111 very
a jiar-
far from thinking it such a ;;i
son ought to use."
"Siy you, djiue?" s .id Jor
eyes very u i ie.
"Did charity In-in ix 1.
lug a
' i.ing his
ihei
Master!" sad D
lion.
"Ah, d 1111, 1" s
v .
I
oiiiy 1
hut I
cerning ioroiny s 111c iiihit,
le
W
parsons mu:
cl imitating their .Matte-
11' 1 W-
a-ilavs !
. il... .s 1111,11. 11 1 Hue i0 siv, oaser
lib,
ed the gentle Dorothy; "1 think there are
more good people in the world tli in some
folk think for; hut I'm sure, Jonah, we all
want a better uiiderstundinir of our duly to
wards each other." "
"IClght, D.une Dorothy, right!
that's the
ocm son 01 religion; liul there s ihe least of
it in this world," rejoined the pedlar.
"Why, Jonih," coniimied iho good dame,
"I think there might easily be. a (jreat ilea!
more good in the world than there is. Kve
rvhody ouolit to remember how many linle
kindnesses it is ia their power to perforin for
others, without any hurt to themselves."
" i es, a sight o' good might ho done in
Ural way, d une," observed the oedlar. bcrin-
lling v
ry much lo admire Dorothy's remarks:
anil how-
1 11 U I'll
more happy the world would
he liien
e.t the sound of the damn
"Just so !" exclaimed Dorothy her aged
lace beaming with benevolence that is"thn
way ol making ihe world happy ; for all
to he trvill'r lo do their fcllow-c r.,tiir.o .........
kindness. And then, you see, Jonah, when
once t.10 pleasure of thus acting hegju to Lo
'
1
heart had been misled, hut not thoroughly
' vitiated, by a selfish and falsely-styled "res
true pect.iblo education. Ho was too lunch afl'ec-
I...I In iirnlon.r tin eonvi.rs.itiim Ihen : but lirt
f it, tin re w ould be a prelly general w illinrr-
ncss li uril.e grealer ell oris, nun even saerili-
ces ff self-interi st. as it is wrongly called,
in order lo experience grealer pleasure, und :
likewise to increase thn world's happiness. " ,
"Truly, tlainc,'' said tho pedlar, "you do j
me iri.od to hi nr yt.'ii talk. I'm hut a poor
scholai ; vet I can tell yoa, without book, i
Ih
t vou must lie rmni.
"lint then, you see, Jonah, continued tho
dame, half unconscious of. Ion ill's last obser
vation, "if everybody wore to say. 'Charity
heirius at home.' this general happiness never
would begin. I like best. Jonah, to think of
the osample of Ihe lilessed lieing who eaino
into the world to do us all good. lie went
about pitvinu the miserable ami afflicted, and
healing and blessing them. Charity did not :
berrin at home with him, Jonah !"
The tears were now hastening dawn Jo- I
nali's rouiih checks. Ho'.v forcible are les- !
sous of in. lnoss ! how irresistible the heart '
owns iheir power
the conversation
! Jonah could not support ,
further. Dorothy's plain :
and uoail 'cted remarks
sunk deep into his
P
I. .SO
la-. 1
en. I when ho ?oe iiji and buckled on
!; i',e-e mere, and iho aged dame gave
.i:d"!,"' or firt money for Ihe day,
basing a lew pins anil needles, the
.llirh.de her fircwell in an accent
e. " I Is- felt inure t ban eoui in on t h i nk-
f. ir her kindness.
him "I
by pur
poor p
lb il si
fain ..
Ala:
! tills is a world whore rrood
impres
ions are. loo ofien, speedily eliaced by bid
one;. Jooali colic. I, next, ai Ihe gite of a
weillhv s tuire, and. with hat in l and, asked
for le ive to g 1 up lo
pose his wares lo tin
th" kiteln n-iloor and cx-
servants. The pouir.:
reliised; and when Jonah pleaded Ins pover
ty, and ventured to remonstrate, tho sijiiire
Irownin'ly threatened to set his doos upon
him, if he did not instantly dee imp! Jonrh
turned away, and bitterly cursed the unfeel
ing heat I of the rich man. avowing, inter
nally, thai Dorothy l'yecroft was only a
looting, old fool, for after .-.11 "Charity be
gins at homo."
I Seorci ly had the pedlar taken twenty steps
finm Dime Dor ithy's i-ottago, ere the vil'age
olcrgyuian knocked ut Ihe door. The damn
knew the young parson's "r.ip-rap-rap !"' It
Was iuick anil cons 1juenti.1l, and unlike the
way ol knocking at a door used by any ono
else iu Sturton who thought it iioeessarv lo
be so ceremonious as to give notion before
they entered their neighbor's dwelling.
D i:ne D irnthy ceased her spinning, and rose
to open the door, curtseying with natural po
liteness, and inviting her visitor to hu sealed.
"Thank ye !" said tho parson, raising his
brows superciliously, pulling the hook-end
of his hiinling-w hip to his mouth, ami strid
ing about Ihe (loor in his npurred hoots; "sit
you down, I bi"f. Dame l'yecroft! sit you
"down I'll not sil, thank ye!"
"i fe.'.r. Sir, there is a great deal of sulTor
inr, at present," slid Dorothy, silting down,
and fixing her lui'ul blue eyes upon the
thoughtless young coscotnh, and leeling too
eiro"stly in love with goodness to l.e.e any
opportunity of recommending ils glorious
lessons.
"Oh! at.ir. ring! ay !"' observed the
y oaog c!er'. 111 01, in a lone that showed he'
lil not know what it was to think seriously; ;
"you know lhcru was always adilV.reuce be
tween the rich and Ihe poor."
-, "Hut do you not think. Sir, that the rich
might lessen tho dilference between thein-
selv
and the poor, without ieiuriiio' them-
sel.vs? ' asked Dorothy, in a tone of mild
but liroi expostulation.
"Why, as to that, I can't say, exactly,"
replied the parson, apparently brought to a
hall 111 Ibis thoiiobtles-owss. and unable lo
exilic:, to himself from the diilieulty ill which
his ignorance: placed him; "1 can't say, ex
actly; hut, you know, D une I'yeerol't, sonic
people have nothing to give awoy, though
they m iv he heller oh" than many of the
poor: with such people, you know. Dime
l'yecrof;, ihe old proverb holds gojd, that
"Charily begins at home.'"
"I am eriovod to hear ; in quote that pro
verb, Sir." said Dorothy'; "I hod just "11
exciting my pour wits to show that that s y
ing was nol a right one, i l the heiiing of
pour Jonah, ihe pedlar, before your leveroneo
came in."
"Not a right saying. Dame Pyeerofi!
Why, you know il is a very old established
swing; and I think it a very shiewd one,"
rejoined Ihe clergyman.
"Hut it is not so old as the Xew Testa
ment, Sir," replyed Dorothy, with a winning
funik'; "and as shrewd as il is, do you lliiok,
Sir.it was everacled upon by your Creit
Muslor?"
The young clergyman took his hook-whip
from his mouth, laid it mi the t ihle, took out
bis p cket-h indkorehief, an I, blushing up to
the eyes, s it down hef ire he attempted an an
swer to the good old d.ur.e's meek, but pow
erful question.
"You will remember, Dame Dorothy," he
said, at length, "that tho Saviour was iu very
dttlerent eiieuiuslanees from all other human
beings that ever lived."
"Hut you w ill remember. Sir," rejoined
Dorothy, iu the samo mildly-pertinacious
in inner, "that that blessed lieing said to bis
disciples, 'I have given you an exitnple, that
yu should di as I hive done to you : if I
have washed your feet, yo ought also to wash
one another's feel.' "
"Vis: that is very beautiful," said the,
young clergviu in, leeling the irresistible
f.-pv of 000,1 1, ss. ami spooking as if ho had
never reel the pis-age in the hoik, for liitu
self: "ihe Saviour's t i,np!e is very beauti
ful." "And does not your reverence porcoivo
how easy and delightful it would ho for eve
ry one to begin lo follow il !" immediately
rejoined Dorothy, taking advantage of the
good impiessioii which, she saw, was being
made on ihe mind of the young p irson ; "how
easily might nil who have enough, give even
of their liltle superfluity ; how easily might
we all do each oilier kindnesses which would
cost iis nothing! What solid pleasure this
would bring back upon caeli of our hearts;
and bow sorely it would lead us to mako
sacrifices in order lo experience Ihe richer
pleasure of doing greater good ! Oh, Sir,"
concluded ihe good old creature, with a tear
that an angel might envy gliding down her
aged and benevolent cheek, "I cannot think
thai any one knows'lho secret of trim happi-
ness who practices iho precept 'Charity lie-
gins at homo !' "
The young and inexperienced man gazed
wiih a strange expression at his new and
humble teacher. This was better preaching
tli in be bail ever beard ur practiced. Ills
became, from that time, a pupil at the feet of
the aged Dordby. Ilia fine manners wcru
laid aside. Ho became, a real pastor.
He
was, Iroin ninl ilay, more iietjuenuy in 1111:
colt ages of Iho poor, twenty times over, than
in this houses of tho rich. He distributed of
his substance to relieve thn wants of others,
mid lived himself upon little. I lo forgot
creeds, to nreaeli iroodiiess, and pity, and
mercy, and love, lie preached till he wept,
and his audiences wept with him. His life
w as an embodiment of Ihe virtues he incul
cated. Anil w hen, in the course of live short
years, he laid down his body in the grave,
a victim to the rarne-it conviction of his
heart, the poor crowded around his hallow
ed res'ing-plnee with streaming eyes, and
loving, hut iililicled hearts, wishing they
mwiit lie where bo was when tney (tied,
since they were sure his presence, they said,
of itself would make a heaven !
Tins young eleriryinnn interred Dorothy
Pvecroll but b.ilf-a-year before his ow n de-
parlure ; and liei
st words w ere words t.l
thankfulness
vutng man
that ever she had shown the
the fallacy of the proverb
"Charity begins at homo.
T. C.
Pleasure is Cheap.
Did yon pver study the cheapness
of hu-
little il '
m ill pleasure ! Do you know how
takes lo moke Ihr
trifles as a penny,
work. They are
iiloug give ihem
multitude hannv ? Such
a word anil a smile do the
two or Ihiee hoys passing
rich a chestnut and how
smiling they look; we'll be bound they will
not he cros; for an hour. A poor widow
lives iu our iieiglibetbooi!, v. bo is the owner
of half:! d'zen children; send iu a half peck
of
tples, mi J they will be happy
V child
has lost his arrow all the world to hiiu
and he. mourns sully; help him find il. or '
in ike him another, and how quickly will Iho
sunshine play upon his sober face. A hoy
h is as mi ti c It as lie can do to pile a load of
wood; assist him a few moments, or speak a
pleasant word to him and he forgds his tafk
and works away wiihoul minding it. Your
apprentice has broken a mug, or col the vst
too latge. r r he has "letl an mil"' or "pied a
stickful;" say "you scoundrel," and he (eels
miserable: but rcmaik, "1 am F-orry; try to
do better." You employ a man pay him
cheerfully, and speak a pleasant word lo him,
he loaves your house with a contented heart,
to light up his hearth with smiles of glad-
ncss. As you pass along the street, you
meet many a familiar face, say "oood morn-
ing," as though you felt happy, and it will
work admirable in the heart of your neigh- 1
bor.
Pleasure is cheap who will not bestow it
liberally! If there are smiles, sunshine and
fljwers, all about us, li t us not grasji them
with a miser's fist and lock ihem her, Heli
cally in our hearts. So. ll ilher lei us lake
them and scatter thein about us in the c.,t of ,
a widow, among Ihe groups of children iu '
the crowded marl where men of business con
gregate, in our fn iiiies and elsewhere. We
can make the wretched happy, the discontent-
ed cheerful, ihe vicious virtuous, at au ex-
Cecil, ugly cheap rale, V ho will refuse lo do
it ! I'ui liniid Ti iliiiuc.
Evil Influences of Tobacco.
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The fjllowiug i.s an extiiutt from a I,,-n-
don letter, pi.biishcd in iho Christian Ho-
Hector :
I will loll you, ::s out! item in Ibis connee-
lion, that you may save yourself tlie li'eiible
of applying fur lodgings ai .No. Woburu
IN iCi , as hel'iue fixing ourselves very pleas-
antly elsew here, wo did; for w hen approxi-
-mating to terms, one nr two insuperable dif-
lieollles presented themselves. One was,
that the very luly-like, good-humored hosti ss
could uol let her apiiliueuts for less time:
than six mouths; and the other learning that
we were Americans we must excuse ner
t-ho "o.'.gi, jarJiin" hut she cuuid nut let
her iipai 11111 nei ag .in lo Americans. Sbe had
last y, or l-l iheai lo li, n. , of l'hiladel-
phi,:, and ho ha I so spoiled her curtains, car-
pnts and furniture wiln tobacco, lh;;t she was
obliged lo expend much inoru ihiu all her
profits lor now curtains, cleaning und re
pairs. Sim liked Ihe gem ml. iho only American
she had ever met, very much; he'w.is an ex-
eeodingly agreeable, very geiillein inly man,
and she did not doubl sac would also like u ,
except in the one particular. .Nor would she
by any mean wish lo use any unkind terms
ol me American Imbii ol chewing ton men.
Dill'iireut nations had and would hive diiler
ent customs, und it was nol for her to my
which were best, lint she must, she was
obliged to protect her carpets and enr ains
they were now new; she hoped, therefore,
we would excuse her! And leeling much
sympathy for the good woman, and respect
too, for she at least, relied not wholly upon
Dickens, Maryatlaud Trollupe for her knowl
edg of Americans; she had lodged a living
one I thought it but kind to relievo her as
speedily as possible from any fears she might
be indulging, lest I might eject a quinlily of
tobacco juice, thongl! never using llio weed,
, upon her parlor carpels or curtains, so
spared her from listening to any longer de
' fence of my country men, and b..i!o her
adieu.
If you can't read it, spell it.
members of a certain religions society
in a neighboring town, w ere thrown into con
vulsions of l iughier a few Sun lays ago, by
a 11: 1. 1 ludicrous occurrence. It seems ih.it
the , lagu schoolmaster who is a somewhat
eccentric character, tell asleep in meeting
lime, during the recital of a dull sermon.
lis) was in that delightful slate of somno
lence, which enables one lo hear ihe sound
while Iho mind is incapable of retaining the
ideas; and when the minister in 1 le a sud
den pause in his discourse, our friend the
seiio,,l-uiostc,-, supposing, v. lib., ut doubt, that
some one ol his pupils, whom he had often
heard recite while iu a similar state of dreamy
unconsciousness, had ran against a "snag,"
or a hard word, haw led out al the top of bis
lungs, "If you can't read il spell it!"
The effect on the whole- congregation, not
excepting the parson himself, was in the
highest degree amusing and the sehool-mas-ter
has 111.111 iged to keep awake iu luttTing
ever biucc.
Bigotry Cured.
Often when argument is useless on some minds
ridicule produces the desired effect.
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When Dr. Thomas, afterwards Ilishop of
Salisbury, was chaplain to Iho liritish Fac
tory, at Hamburg, a gentleman belonging to
the factory died ut a village about ten miles
distant, und application was made to the
, '"rgyman of ll
pariah lor h ave lo burv him
111 Ihe church yard. Ihe parson inuuiied of
w hat religions sentimrnls he had been, and
was told that he died n Calvinist.
" Then," said he, "he cannot bo buried
here; there ure none but Lutherans In my
church yard, and there shall be no other."
On this being told to Dr. Thomas, he im
mediately took horse, and went to argue the
matter with the parson, but found him in
flexible. .The doctor at length gained by rid
icule, what ho had failed to accomplish by
tho force of reason.
" You remind nic," says the doctor lo tho
priest, "of a circumstance which once hap
pened to myself, when I was curate of a
church in llugland. I was burying a corpse,
when a worn on camo ami pulled 1110 by tho
sleeve iu iho middle of the service. "Sir,
sir. 1 want to speak to you." "IVylhec," I
said, wait till 1 have done." "5io. sir, I
must speak to you immediately!" "Why,
t'n 11, what is the mailer!" "Why, sir,'"
she said, "you are buiying a man who died
of the small pox next 10 my husband, who
never had it."'
This story had the desired t-ITcct, and tha
curate permuted the remains of the Calvin
ist to be interred in a Lutheran churchyard.
Lvntlun L'mlunan.
.?. - 1111 I!tipp;?( you are says a cele
brated writer make others so. Are you
rich! Distiihnte to the poor. Arc you con
tented! Cheer Ihe lone pathway of your
neighbors. In no oilier way can you sub
setve Ihe designs of your being, and pass
through life with true feeling and real felicity.
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The proprietors of the Salem
HAIiDWAlii: AM) Difl'fi STORK,
have jusi received their fall supply of
si:ir ii.uunr.inr.mui rnr.su drugs.
The pulronngo of their old customers, and
the public generally is respectfully solicited.
C1IKSS.M.W & WRIGHT.
.Salem 11th 1110 1, IHI.
LOOK! NO CLASSICS.
In cor.neclion with Hardware and Drugs,
the subscribers have a large supply of new
and handsome sly les of large and small Look
ing Classes and Looking Class plates.
Old frames refilled and glass cutting dona
to order.
CHESSMAN" & WRIGHT.
Salem, 1 lib mo 1, I81G.
KLOBE MANUFACTORY.
The undersigned, h iving commenced thn
manufacture of School Apparatus iu this place,
beg leave lo inform their friends and the pub-lit-
generally, that they intend keeping con
stantly on hands a good assortment of
CLOHKS, TKLl'RIANS,
L'.in.riums, 'Orreries, Arithmometers-, PentP
graphs, tx;c., iVc., intended for schools or fami
lies. All of which they will sell, wholesale
and retail, at the lowest prices.
Orders from u distance will meet prompt
attention.
School teachers and friends of education,
please give us a cal I.
HUNT, MARSHALL
& IIAMULLTO.V.
S.i'ein, O., October, 18!i.
PRISONER'S FRIEND. NEW DOOK
STORE.
Tiik Puisoximi's TaiiiNn, a weekly period
ical, devoted to Ihe abolition of Capital Pun
ishment and the Reformation of the Criminal,
is publish. , nt No. 10 Cornhill, Huston,
Mass., by Clnrlcs and John M. Spear.
Terms one dollar is advance.
l'ltir.Av: iini'i'ii- Rook Stork. A good af
soriim ut of books, relating to the great moral
enterprises of the day, art- for sale at the of
fice id' the Prisoner's Friend. Many of llit ss
books we can send by mail.
IKIY (JOODS AM) (JIIOCKltlKS,
jJOOTSand SHOES, (Eastern and Wes
tern.) Drugs ami Medicines, Paints, Oil
and Dye Stuffs, cheap as the cheapest, and.
good as the best, constantly for sale at
TRESCOTTS.
Salem, O. 1st mo. 30th.
j C, DONALDSON & CO.
1 wholesale & iter a 11. haudwahb merchants
: Keep constantly on hand a general assortment
of HARD WARE and Ol'TLERY.
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