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National Opinion.
VOLUME 1.
BRADFORD, VERMONT, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 18M.
NUMBER 5.
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Tlie lovely violet smiles, more euiutly iww t
After the ruiu ;
More gohlou shines after the. muunier'a heat
The waving grain.
And purer Htill, from out tlie furnace gloom,
Cometh tlie gold ;
And brighter to the. wanderer gleams his home
Through storui uiid cold.
How fair to watch the white ship Beck the
atrniid,
Thut left ui once in tears ;
How thrilling in the clasping of u hand
After long 3 cam.
How dearly prized the love that stays to light
Our lonely way ;
While others false one faded as the ui.ht
Before the day.
And sweeter yet are kii,aea when from lips
Not pressed tor years ;
And closer fartlie claping of an arm
After lmi;J grief and team.
So, looking backward o'er the weary road
Our feet haveprcst,
A hundred time more lovely seems at la-'t
Eternal rent.
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"I'riie, Flour, Cholale, IIiihiih, ;M iironi.
Tapioca. Sauo, ' iwtieelli, and everything else
nt the very low cut prieen.
T1k toYii rlock lias just struck
t'niir: a wflcoinc siminl to wnrcsi ()
sclmol Ikiys, wlm, il;ully tliroviii"i
:i-iii!c tltcir luniks, were smm liastcn
ino; to tlie pveii, for a frame (if crick
et, liall,(ir wliatever niiglit eiine up
in tlie way of fun.
YYliile many entered at onee into
tlie sports of tlie hour with 1 oyish
ariloiyitlicis throw theinselveslazily
upon tlie ;.',;,ss while, here ami
there, knots of three and four jrath-
cred eagerly talking o'cr the many
snlijeets intcrcstinv; to boys.
1'uilcra tall spreading oak, stood
a tall handsomi'Youtli.spcakiii;: with
o'reat earnestness to a ".roup sttr
roiinditi'r him, only oeciwsionally in
terrupted liy a younger delicate look
ing hoy, who scented to lie taking
the opposite side of tin' question.
The subject discussed was a tem
perance lecture, delivered the previ
ous eveniii"; in the town hall, and
listened to by many ot tlie school
1 11 iy s.
"This siiiini; the temperance
pledge isiill a hmnliii,'1 exclainied
t'lintou Kusscll, who appeared to
1m the principal speaker. " W hat is
your self-control f X one need he a
drunkard unless lie choose; I for
one am not afraid ! lean trust my
self; and as for total nlistitii'iiei', it's
sheer nonsense ; I believe in enjoy-
ill"; all the piod things of this life."
" lint stronir drink is not a piod
thin";, but a bad tiling invented I
believe by the devil," said Henry
Fisher, his pale face llushiiiy; with
excitement, while his lingers ner
vously twisted the buttons oil his
well worn jacket.
"Well.it may he a bad 111111"; for
those w ho cannot use it w ith moder
ation,"' returned t'linton; hut I mean
to be a nioderale.enllemanly drink
er; ami one has only to make tip his
mind to stop whenever he pleases,
von know.''
" Well." rejoined Henry, " I have
made up my mind neer to bein,
ami 1 mean to sinn the pledge, and
tiod helpiii'Tnie to keep it ! How
can we pray 'deliver ns from evil.'
if we iiut our feet riji'lit iutothe net .
1 am in earnest, boys. I thought it
all over last niht,aml I have made
up my mind." 80 sayinv;, he turned
quietly away, leaving the boys to
finish (he discussion by themselves.
hen he was quite out of hearing,
C'linl 011 lau'liiuly remarked :
No uomler Men l'i.',her is a little
afraid: oii know what a miserable
sol his father was, and I should
think his example would be
ciioU"h without any pled"'e; and
my la I Iter's example is euou;:lt Inl
ine," lie added, with a lil lie pride in
his tone.
" 1 see father talw his wine every
day, and he is none the worse for il ;
mid he often says though of course
lie does not approve of drinkui";
with every one, or in every place
that u ulass of wine occasionally, is
very benelieial. So three maiis
for the temperance society."
Thus saving, lie turned, bovish
were exehauin kind wishes, and
, Ml A
expressions 01 giHMi win. .vjas,
that those who call themselves our
friends, should sometimes prove our
fjTcatcst enemies !
In nyuiy a ltcnntiful home, on
many a hospitable table,in the hands
of many fair ones even, sparkle tee
wine that which" at the last bitetl.
like a serpent and stinjxeth like a:i
adder," and many yielded to the in
vitation of wouhl 1m friends, to
drink to a Happy New Year; many
on that bright, beautiful day, took
the first step in that way which leads
to sure ami everlasting destruction.
Clinton Uussell resolved, as he
stepped into his sleigh, that no in
to.xicatiii"; drink should pass bis
lips that day; and his thoughts re
verted to tlie discussion 011 the vil
lage green, ten jvars before, and his
own words came back to his menu try,
'One has only to make up his mind."
Poor Clinton ! young although he
was, he had already yielded to the
tempter, and proved the bitterness
of sin. That fearful habit, which
w hen once formed binds its victim
and leads him captive, had thrown a
chaoi around him which slowly but
surely wasdragginghiiii downw ard.
Mr. lliissell had died some years
be; v, in a tit produced by, it was
whispered, by over lnilulgcnce in
eating and diinking. Upon his
death the family had removed to the
city, where Clinton was engaged in
a prosperous business.
a 1: ou i:n ron.i:i.
The follow ing extract from C. V.
Colli it's Four Year's of Fighting, re
cently published, ami which in our
judgment is in some important res
pects one of the Wst of the many
books which compose, our rclicllion
literature, w ill illustrate the spirit
which animated the vast majorijy of
our oflieers and soldiers in the late,
w ar. Let us rejoice that a!l such
scenes are forever at au end in this
country. The incident related is of
the 2-'nd Wisconsin, regiment, Col.
Utley :
The day after its arrival a't Nieh
olasville, a large, portly gentleman,
carriage,
his
lint alas! voting, handsome and
talented, he was soon drawn into
the society of pleasure seekers, men
of the world, w ho sneered at relig
ion, and whose motto seemed to be,
Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow
w e die.'
(Jradually, step by step, he went
the downward road until now a
meat abyss yawned before him, and
he had loused himself to make one
desperate ellort before all shou'd be
lost. He, had Cried moderation ill
vain. Y love iorine intoxicating,
bowl, a restless longing for the ex
citement it produces, had taken j Mis
session of him, and as he entered
upon the New Year he trembled for
himself; but while he felt his dan
ger, he looked not up to Him who
" is able to succor them that are
tempted," he bent on the knee to seek
divine assistance, to ask for heaven
ly strength to overcome.
After passing from one gay circle
to another, Ciinton entered the ele
u uit mansion of n friend. Tb"
! 1,1 el li 11 ,r ine v:is t here, and man v
.-j-.,. n.. ..r, .. ...
were diinking to the health and fu
ture happiness of the lady of the
house ami her beautiful daughter,
w ho soon invited Clinton to join
them, while her own fair hand pre
sented the wine-cup.
Ashe refused she laughed gaily,
then urged, insisted, and finally ri
dieuleih until to escape from her de
rision he took the fatal glass,, and
drank to his own destruction.
Alas! where w as his boasted self
control, his decision of character,
his linn resolve ! gone, put to tlight
by the laugh of a woman, lie luu -'
fed uway, a great fear had seized
him, and the voice of conscience he
could not listen to; he must silence
it.
Driving rapidly through the city,
he soon reached a low drinking sa
loon, where, alas! he was but too
well know n. Here he obtained the
fu ry poison which sent a burning
heat through his veins, and, a mad
dening fever to his brain. It was
oast inidniuht when he threw him
self recklessly into his sleigh, and
lashed his patient steed into a furi
ous gallop, he drove he knew not,
eared not.
Another hour, and a few watch
men gathered around a bleeding
EO. FltlCIIAIiH, AtlT, Woll.U IX-
.l v ite alleiiliou lo his slock of g Is, assur-
tog hia patrons thai having been oireliaseil ut
tor 1 t laviualile li nns, he ill gic great
Indiiii'iiieuln 1,1 Cash, and lleaily Fay buyer.
Wiinleil, in rv-han jo, ami for cash,
lixilhr, 7iirc Kipj; ;(iiii, Maple. Nayar, '-
Hilar, Ihlln, mid Wool,
Forhh h the highest market price will he
, palil.
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V Fl l.t, MOCK OF TEAS, M'l,ss:s,
SYKITS. Sl tlAKS, COKKI.E, KUIAC
(U'(K'i:im:s
of all kind, liiee, Starch. Ac. ANu, Hero
si ne ( III Mini Fluid, lionaiid Steel, Horse ti ml
III Shoe mid Nails, Cut Nails, Sail, I'owdcr
mid SI10I, Flub. I'oik, ('oiilaue, (Irinilotoiien
And FiOurm. Il iuUare iiud Cutlery, Flour,
mill Count IV I'lmlllee, III pi lies as low lis lull
be bought ill the tow n of count v.
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HARNESS MAKING.
Mil. KK.NNF.HY KFF.rs CONsl'ANT
Iv nil baud llnruesse. Saddle, III lilies,
Hells, lilatikels, W hips. Trunks, ami every
I hlng usually ki pi In allattiesa Shop,
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donr lliiiroiighly, piuinplly, mid at tiling pi I
us.
he ho- for n
nl tin
Thankrul for a I favoi',
( out inn. in, e of the muic.
simp s cond iIim'I Soul h
lb II 1 lll,lilloi
Tlotlll
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fashion, heels over head on the suit
grass, follow ed by all theolhers,who
looked up to him as their lender;
and loved him too, for his gay, good
humor, and ready w it.
.
Ten . veins passed. The old year
ISTm had Iweii Iain away during the
night, in the grave past, and was
well nigh forgotlen,as new thoughts,
new aspirations, gathered around
the advent of another child of Time.
Merrily rang out the bells their glad
welcome to the IN'cw Year, and
brightly rose the sun upon it, throw
ing his beams far and wide, over
the pure and unbroken snow, which
lay like a winding slice! above the
li om ol Departed years.
The treesbeiit beneath their Ih'eey
burden, and as the morning uir
.stirred their branches, they glisten
ed like- purest gems. All nature
seemed to oiler praise, and feelings
of gnUitiide and hive filled many
hearts, and found expression in
prayer and thanksgiving.
Strange that any could stand up
on the threshhnhl of 11 new year,
with no thought of the author of
time, 110 acknowledgement of past
inercies.no prayer for strength to
meet the trials, temptations ami
duties of the future t
A few hours later, and fiiemhv
body, which lay upon the snow;
w hiie a broken sleigh, with its pant
ing terrified horse, told the tale. As
they consulted together, a doctor's
gig approached, which they hailed.
He willingly came to their aid, and
at a glance took in the ease. 1 le re
cognized at once his old school
mate; for the doctor was no other
than llenrv Fisher, now a respected
and rising physician, and well know 11
as a strong tempera nee advocate.
Tenderly lifting the almost life
less form into his carriage, he'drove
slowly to his ow n residence, for he
was ignorant of Clayton's home.
I'or weeks he watched him w ith a
brother's love 11ml tenderness; for
long weeksthe broken hearted moth
cr sat licside what she supposed to
lie the death bed of her darling'soii.
He slowly rallied ami came back
from the borders of the grave ; but
Clinton Uussel, as he once was, ne
ver returned. Hisminil, histalents,
his health, and strength, had been
destroyed; he who was lilted by
education to inlliieitce other minds,
became as a child, ami would ml for
hours amusing himself with child
reii's toys.
liy Dr. Tisher's advice he was sent
to an nsvluni, where such cases are
I rented with great skill; but it was
in vain ) no human being could call
back the wandering reason, or tin
part life and vigor to the shattered
mind.
After a few years, his friends in
sorrow brought him home, a wreck,
and he lives st ill for this story is 110
mere fancy sketch lives, a fearful
warning to all. JtoyMJ be warned
by this young mini's history, lo
"look not 011 the wine when It is
red." " Touch Hot, I ante not, handle
not." Youth' Truip mine Jlamur.
Ivintr back in an elegant
rode ui to the camp and inakin
appearance lx fore the colonel intro
duced himself as Judge lloliortsoii,
chief justice of the state of Ken
tucky. " 1 am in pursuit of one of my
boys, who, I understand, is in this
regiment " he said.
" You mean one of your slaves, I
presume !
" Yes, sir. Here is an order from
the general, which you will see di
rects that I may lie permitted to en
ter the lines and get ti e 1m,v," said
the judge, with great dignity.
" I do not permit any civilian to
enter my linesforanysiielipurpo.se,"
said the colonel.
The judge sat down, not greatly
astonished, for the reputation of tlie
twenty-second Wisconsin, as an ab
olition regiment, was well establish
ed. He talked of the compromises
of the constitution, and proceeded
to say :
" 1 w as in congress, sir, when the
Missouri compromise was adopted,
and voted for it ; but 1 am opisised
to slavery, and I once w rote an es
say tin tlie subject, favoring eman
cipation.
" Well, sir, all that may be. If
you did it from principle, it was com
mendable; but your mission here
today, gives the lie to your profes
sions'. 1 don't permit, negro-hunters
to go through my regiment; but I
will see if lean iindtheboy, and if
he is w illing to go, 1 will not hinder
him."
The colonel went out and found
the negro Joe, a poor, half-starved,
unsized boy, nineteen years old. He
ll,l l.is uitirr. lie letoHJil UvtUu
judge, who liad let him to a brutal
'irishman, for ."H) a year, lie had
been kicki 1 and culled, starved and
whipped, ti.'l he could stand it no
longer. He went to the judge and
complained, iUtt had been sent back
only to receive a worse punishment
for (lai iii":io complain. At last he
took to the woods, living 011 wal
nuts, green corn and apples, sleep
ing among the corn shucks and
wheat stacks till the army came.
There w ere tears iu Joe's eyes as he
rehearsed his sufferings.
The colonel w ent back to the judge.
" Have you found hi;n!"
" I hav"' found a little yellow boy,
w ho says that he belongs to a man
in Lexington. Come and see him."
" This man claims you as his pro
perty, Joe; he says that you ran
away and left him," said the colo
nel. "Yes, sah, I belongs to him,"
said Joe who told his story again
in a plain, straightforward manner,
show ing a neck cut and scarred by
the w lnp.
" You can talk w ith Joe, sir, if
on wish," said the colonel.
" Have 1 not always treated yon
w ellt" the judge asked.
" Xo, inassa, you hasn't," w as the
square, plump reply.
" I low so !"'
" When 1 came to you and said I
couldn't stand it any longer, you
said, " do back, you dog!"
"Did I not tell you that 1 would
Joe food and protection. Sir, I
w ould nit her 1 mi in tin; place of Joe
than that of his oppressor H was
the indignant outburst of the colo
nel. " Well, sir, if that is the way you
men of the North feel, the Union
can never lo saved, never! You must
give np our jiroerty.
" Judge, allow me to tell you what
sort of Unionism 1 have found in
Kentucky. I have not seen a half
dozen w ho did not damn the Presi
dent. You may put all the pi ire
Unionism in Kentucky in one scale,
and a ten-pound nigger baby in the
other, and the Unionism will kick
the lieam. Allow me to any, further,
that if the ptvpetuiry or restoration
of the Union depends upon Iny de
livering to you w ith my ow n hands,
that little, half starved dwarf of a
slave, tin; Union may 1m cast into
hell with all the nations that forget
Cod."
"The President's proclamation is
unconstitutional. It has no I rear
ing on Kentucky. I see it is your
deliberate intention to set at naught,
the laws," said the Judge, turning
away, and walking to Ceneral Gil
more's headquarters."
" You are wanted at the general's
head-quarters," said an aid, stMin
after to Colonel Utley.
The colonel olieyed the summons,
and found there, not only Judge
liobert son, but several line old Ken
tucky trcntlemcn ; also Colonel Col-
burii, the commander of the lirig
iide, w ho agreed with General Gil
more on the policy then current.
Colonel Col burn said:
" The policy of the commanding
general, as 1 understand it, is sim
nlv this: that persons who have
lost slaves have a right to hunt for
them anywhere in the State. If a
slave gets inside the lines of a regi
ment, tin? owner has a right toenter
those lines, just as it no regiment
was there, and take away the fugi
tive at his own pleasure."
" Precisely so. The proclamation
has no foive in this State," said the
Judge.
" I regret that I am under the ne
cessity of differing iu opinion from
my commanding otliccr, to whom I
aiii leady at all times torendcr strict
military obedience, but (the colon 1
raised his voice) J reverse the Ken-
tut
" Yes, Massa. but you never did
it."
The soldiers came round and list
ened. Joe 'saw 'that they were
friends. Thejudgc stood speechless
a moment.
" Joe," said the colonel, "an- you
willing to go home witli your mas
ter r
" So, sah, I isn't."
"Judge Kobertson, 1 don't think
von can tret that boy. If you think
you can, there he is, try it," said the
colonel, casting a significant glance
around the -oliliers who had gatht
eit about them.
The judge saw that he could not
lav hold 11 noli Joe. " 1 11 see w het h
er there is any y irt ue in the lawn of
Kentucky," he said, with great cm
iihasis.
' Perhaps, judge, it will be as well
for you to leave I lie camp, miiiu
of mv hum. are a little excitable on
the subjt ct of slavery."
" You are a set of nigger stealers,'
said the iiulire. losing his temper.
" Allow me to say, judge, that it
does not become you to call us nig
ger stealers. You talk alMiut nig-
irei'Hrealitig. voti who liv e upon Hit
sweatand blood of such creatures
us Joe. Your dwellings, your
churches, lire built I mm the earn
ings of sinves, iM'iiteii out of them
bv brutal overseers. You hire lit
tle children out to bi ules, oii clothe
them 11 linrs. vol! limit tlielll Willi
hounds, von chain them down lo
toil and siilfeiing. You call us
thieves because we have given your
policy ! 1 hold that the regi
ment stands precisely as though
there were 110 slavery iu Kentucky.
We came licrc a 1'iee men, ftoui a
free State, at a call from the Presi
dent to uphold a free government.
We hav e nothing to do vv ith slavery.
The twentv-seeo ' : Wisconsin, w hile
I have the hoiioito command it,
will never be a regiment of nigger
catchers. I vvill not allow civilians
to enter mv lines at pleasure; it is
uninilitary. Were 1 to permit it, 1
should be justly amenable to a court
martial. Were 1 to do it, spies might
enter my lines at all times and de
part at pleasure."
There was silence. Hut Judge
Kobertson was loth to go away with
out his tlesh and blood, lie made
one more effort.
" Colonel 1 did not come to your
lines as a spy, but with an order
from your general. Are you w illing
that i should go and get my hoy "
The colonel rellected a moment.
" Yes, sir, and I will remain here.
I told you be lo re that 1 should have
nothing lo do with it."
"Do you think that the uien will
permit me to take him !"
" 1 have no orders to issue to them
in the matter; they w ill do just as
they please."
" Will you send the boy into some
other regiment J"
This w as too much for the colonel,
lie could 110 longer restrain his in
dignation. Looking the judge
squarely in the face, he vented his
anger in scathing words.
The judge departed, ami at the
next session of the court, Colonel
Utley was indicted for man slealiiig ;
but he has not vet, been brought to
trial. The case is postponed till tin
day of judgment, when a righteous
verdict will be rendered.
A Hitman Nllsaxck. A man
named Kranchie, or rather a man's
mode of life, has Im-ch brought
fore the lioard of Health in this city
as a nuisance. He lives in a barrel
tin a vacant lot, and surrounds him
self with olfal, rags, and old Iwines,
and lives on dogs, and rats, uud eth
er fold things, and the smell uf his
" appurtenances" poisons the air in
his neighliorliood. Cue of the in-
ft lectors has therefore reported him
as a cholera breeder, ami proposes
to have him abated.
This incident seems trilling, but
it is in reality a most striking illus
tration of the enormous interval of
feeling which .sepcrates us from an
antiquity not very remote, Krati
ehie's habits are such as would two
thousiYiid years ago have entitled
him to the rank and honors of a
philosopher. The contempt which
lie displays for the comforts and
even decencies of life would have
been taken as the result of his me
diation on the vanity of earthly
things, and of his success iu find
ing his happiness inside of himself.
In the early ages of Christ knity, or
even in the Middle Ages, he might
have passed his barrel, and his rags,
and his old Imiiics, and dead dogs off
as proofs of extraordinary sanctity,
and thoihsands would have come
long distances to get a w hill of his
bad odors, and see . him cast out
devils and cure diseases, after bav
in"; dined off the leg of a eat. Simon
Stylites, and many of the monks of
the desert must have been twice as
dirty and unsavory as he is. We
do not know that Kranchie makes
any pretentions to holiness we
hope not but he undoubtedly would
do so if the public gave him any
encouragement iu it, and that the
public has not done so and does not
do so is a proof of the distance to
which we have wandered lioni the
opinions and customs 01 our tam
ers. Had he lived in the ages of
which we have spoken, we may be
sure he would not have been dirty,
and would not have lived in a tub
very long, without finding out that
he gained by it in popular estima
tion, and consequently without ris
ing to an extravagant height in his
own.
Closely allied to the indent res
pect, for philosophic or monkish in
difference to dirt was the ancient
horror of luxury, as a moral evil,
and there is, perhaps, nothing which
s in-iaies modem Hum uu lent vlv 11
ization more .strikingly than the re
conciliation which is iu our day to
be witnessed between good living
and good morals. Au ancient phi!
osonher often surrounded himself
with comforts, but he did so with
strong misgivings as to their effect
011 his character. A modern philo
sopher secures all the good things
he can afford not only without it
qualm, but with perfect faith that
they improve him, and that a man
is likely to be all the liettcr Chris-
tain and better citizen for being
"well till" A proper sense ot tin
4.4IU HOME. ,
Where rr you going no font old man,
Where am you going ao faat I
There-. valley to crow, and fiver U font;
There-. aclajp of the band and a parting word,
And a tremulous nih f.sr the pMt, old bum,
Tlie beautiful vanished past.
The road has liccn ru.-ed and roogh.old nun.
To your feet if nigged and rough.
Rut yoii we a dear Mn with gent la eye.
Has allured in your lulmr and aarriAee ;
Ah ! that ha been sunshine enousk old man
For you and me, sunshtne enough.
I low long since you paaw-d o'er the hill old
Hum,
Of life o'er the top of the hill !
Were there beautiful valley on t'other aide f
Were there flowers and trera with ihiir branch
es wide.
To shut out the heat 1.1 He aim old man.
The heat of the fervid sun f
And how did yon eroaa the waves, old man,
( If sorrow, tlm fearful wavea !
Did you lav your ibvir treasure by, one by ore,
Willi an nehin? heart and " Giid'a will be done,'
Tudor llie, wayside dust, old man,
In the graves 'ne.tth the wayside ilunt t
There is l.ihor and sorrow for all, old man,
Aim ! there is sorrow for all,
And you, pernilveiilure, have had yonr share,
For ci-hty Ion;; winter., have whitened your
hair,
Aud they've wuiu-ncd your Wsart awwrtl, nW-!,
man,
Thank (iod your heart as well.
You're now at the fool of the hill, old man,
At laic at the foot of the hill;
'Hie sun husj-oiic down in a golden glow,
Aud the heavenly city lieajuat lielow;
tin iu through the m arly gate, old man,
The beautiful iearty gate.
anitv of (his world is no longer
neld to lie incompatible with
morning bath, a clean shirt, ami
the propi ietorshipof a pair of horses
ind a t oriier lot. l'overty ami dirt
have sunk gradually from the rank
thev once occupied as moral agents
of the first order, to that of almost
unmitigated evils. lite Stilton.
Hl'.At'Tll'l'I. I'ATUACT. When tilt
face of nature is wreathed with
smiles, ami the heart rejoices 111
prosperity, it is liecuuse some more
darlingobjeet is about to In-obtained
some valuable possession near in
hand. It is the hope ot happiness
that sustains (he soul when sinking
under- adversity; that calms th
troubled spirit ; that pours into tin
heart ot uriet those consolations
which are healing. The chief aim
ami object of life is happiness, and
the pursuit thereof iicriiianetit pleas
me; lor, even in tlie darkest days 01
life may be seen the beautiful ram
how ol hope, ami it scuds its rays
of light lar over the fearful chasms
of death, into a laud where the eye
that is fading on enrth can discern
objects of heavenly lieauty." The
hiiie of happiness is the rainbow
ami the sunshine of life; and though
clouds may sometimes darken the
horizon, ycl the rninlxivv will soon
nppear. and the clouds give place to
sunshine and licauly.
llcdbugsnre kept away by wash
ing thecreviccs with strong saltwa
ter, put on with a brush.
--
Hull soap should 1h kept in a dry
place iu a cellar, and not Is- used
until three months old.
Tin; Italian Akmy. A Florence
letter says:
"It is a matter of mere conjecture
where the fighting will begin on this
side of the Alps, but it is still siip
Mised most probable that it will lie
in tlie Adriatic, in tne nice 01 al
most unparalleled llnaneial dillicul
ties, Italy has made a mighty effort,
and has set on foot an army nomin
ally ;oo,tMH strong, but whose effect
ive strength can hardly be less than
half a million of men. All the re
serves are called out, and the con
scription of January, 1 N11, Is pro
ceeded to at once. (Ircat. enthusi
asm is testified, great confidence of
success expressed; the whole coun
try trembles not with fear, but
with eagerness 1111 the very In ink
of the battle field. Garibaldi is re
ceived with frantic delight by thous
ands of his former followers and tens
of thousands of new ones, nmtit is
to lie hoped that the Miotic," multi
tude now aspiring to the honors of
tin' red shut will prove as good sol
diers as they are willing recruits,
The fight, however, must be, fought
by tiie regular army, and it musters
very strong. All deduct ions made,
ami ample allowance for Hon com
batants. absentees, sick, S;c., there
cannot be less than IMlfUMMl men now
awaiting.in Northern llaly,the Aus
trian onslaught, or ready to enter
Veiietia and 11 1 tack the tjuadril.itcr-
al. That such 1111 attack will be maili
seems by no means the general opin
ion, although (leu. Neil is said to
have declared Ids opinion Hint, 1 cs
ehicra is not a fortress very ilillleiilt
to reduce. The altitude of the Aus
trians iu Italy is at the present time
so entirely defensive that) it I'""
war Is to 'begin, the Italians must
obviously attack."
A pound of copperas dissolved in
a pailful of soil soup and applied to
onions has been found Mot only to
protect them from the maggot, but
to promote their growth.
Total DEruAvm'. 2s'o intelli
gent believer in the doctrine of "to
tal depravity" understands by this
orthodox phrase that an unregen
erate man has not a conscience, or
that he is incapable of kindly con
sideration and disinterested actions
for his fellow men; neither does he
believe that all men are as bad as
they can lie, or are inclined to every
fi irm of sin. I le uses the word " to
tal 'not as synonymous with "whol
ly," but in opposition to "partial,"
im! as expressing the idea that man
by nature is. iu understandiii:?. in
the sensibilities, in the memory, in
the conscience, iu the Ixsly, and in
fact iu the ultote man, so alienated
from God that he is neither dispos-
d to love or to serve Him. Such
11 intelligent believer would not
fall into the difficulty of old Ebene-
zer Ilrown, of Scotland, for he wouhl
not thus positively and falsely ex
press himself:
One snowy winter day, on his way
to a prayer meet ingat North Queens-
ferry, he was tumbled by his pony
into a diteh at the road side, where
he would probably have perished.
Ji.ul not Some iku,, v p-w
w hiskey casks from the ferry, seen
the catastrophe. We must let his
grand nephew tell the story in hia
own words:
" Tin; carters rushed np, and rais
ing him and tlivhtiiC him, with much
(oinmiseratioii and blunt speech,
said :
"ruirauld man, what brochtye
here in sic a day f
" I here nicy w ere, a rough crewr
surrounding the saintly man, some
putting on his hat, soothing and
cheering him, ami others knocking
the balls off his pony's feet and "lul
ling them with grease. He was
most polite and grateful, and one
of these cordial ruffians having
pierced a cask, brought him a horn
of whiskey, and said,
" Tak that ; it'll hearten ye."
"He took the horn, and, lion ing
to them, said, "Sirs, let us give
thanks!"
" And there by the roadside, in
the drift and storm, with these wild
tellows, he asked a. blessing on it,
and for his kind deliverers, aud
took a tasting of the horn.
" The men cried like children.
They rifled him on his pony, one
going with him, ami when the rest
arrived iu lnverkeithing they re
pented the story to every Issly, and
broke down in tears win never they
ime to tin; blessing: "Aud to
think o'askin' a blessiu' on a tash o'
whiskey !"'
"Next Presbytery day, after the
ordinary business was over, lie rose
up he seldom spoke ami said,
"Moderator,! have something per
sonal to say of myself. 1 have of
ten said that real kindness lickings
only to true Christians, but" and
then he told the story of these men
"but more true kindness I never
cxKM'ienccd than from these lads.
They may have the grace of God
I don't know; but I never mean
again to be sooafiro in speaking of
this matter."
KlKU'KS KlI.I.KD IIY LKiltTNiNU.
Four men who had committed
some crimes ami were Is lng pursu
ed by otlieers of the law, near Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, recently took
shelter under a tree during a thun
der storm, when all were struck by
lightning and Instantly killed.
Strange to say thetrce was untouch
ed by the electric, fluid, at any rate
exhibited no traces of it, while the
ground w as torn up for several feet
around.
Subscribe for the Opinion.
Samuel Smith ofltristnl died on
Thursday of last week, aged MM, and
his wife, aged .sit, died the day al
fer. The couple had liecn triirricd
for (17 years, aud during the whole
time had'beeii separated only three
nights. The funeral was observed
on Sunday, ami they yvere both
buried in tuc grave.
The intelligence and education of U
eoplcare lliepassjioitsiifacoiiiitry
to eminence ami prosierit,v.