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CO, FEEL Will I HAVE FELT.
A yo«ng l*dy, who was told that she was
almost a «monomaniac in her hatred to alco
holic drinks, wrote the following touching
aud sensible verses ;
Go, feel what I have felt,
Go, bear what I have borne ;
Sink 'iuSath a blow a father dealt.
And the cold, proud world's scorn.
Thus struggle OS from year to year.
Thy sole relief—the scalding tear.
Go, wasp as I have wept,
O'er a loved father's M ;
See every cherished promise swept—
Youth's sweetness turned to gall ;
Hope's fluted flowers strewed all the way
That lad me up to woman'* day.
Go, kneel as I have knelt ;
Implore, beseech and pray,
Strive Um bmpotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stsjr :—
Be cast with bitter curs« aside—
Thy prayers burlesqued—thy team defied
Go, stand where I have stood, j
And sea the strong man bow ;
With gnashing teeth, lips bathed in blood,
And cold and livid brow
Go, catch his wandering glance and see
There mirrored, hk soul's misery.
Go, hear what I have heard—
The sobs cf sad despair—
As memory's feeling fount hath stirred,
Aud its rotoaBags there
a
an
son
At
the
tiraee
such
while
of
men
to
of his
to
Hopkins
house,
Hopkins,
opinion,
mrath
him,
to the
fered
brought
Hsv* told Urn «bathe might hare been,
„ .....Hflf to th e drunk ard's hta foras» s a.
Co, to thy motber^s riJo,
And her crushed qjirit cheer —
Thine own deep tnguhfa hide—
Wipe from her cheek die tear,—
Hark her H a ns id a ye h er fawttd brow ;
rhe gray that straakea tor dark hair now—
Her toB worn frame her tr—tiling Unto— .
And trace the nan back to him—
Whose plighted faith, {nearly youth,
Promised eternal love and truth ;
But who; foresworn, hath yielded up
This promise to tho deadly eup ;
And led her down fron love and light,
Prom all fret made her pathway Iwiglit,
And chain'd her there 'mid want and strife.
That lowly thing—a drankard's wife I
And stamped on childhood'« brow, so add,
That with*ring blight—a drunkard's child 1
Go, hear, and roe, and foal, and know,
AH that my ami hath Mt and known,
Then look within the wine-cup's glow—
Bee if its brightness can atone;
Think if Ha flavor yea would try,
RHl proclaimed, Tie drink and diel
Tell me I hate the bowl—
Hate b a feeble word—
I loathe, abhor—my vary aotd *
By Strong ffiag u» h at hi ed.
Whene'er I aaa, or hear, artel,
of thee, DABKBKVZRAGK Of HILL 1 I
Ml« If m 1ICURL
Thsre was an old de
canter, and hs month
was gaping wide ! the
rosfinne bad
ebbed a wav
and left
foe crys
tal ride;
«swathe
reeÂilse
. wmaow warne i
OKFwwK nH| »no
peb «safe amg the«
me. "ThsysJflms—p
Maw. IfMttfcthr
wwww WM« mm nmm «■
, ill flmefod (hat ha
pfol^MliMriafaihfo foa, and warhfo hsmlNl
thomsnfeafthsvfoy hast sfmsa; fotJ-* twas
psovethsa I |H
ed fold flmiisfsort Than esssfo ye yefehfl
; eiM dririk twin est fqr 4
' : drib thslmda and
Aa^ ydila
thatrisy
has
rmsyieKtyst
I kflN thshedy, I have dmm'd
the vary aoeL Tht fesisia, ths
» w
«Mthres
w?
> ln Mso 1 iü«û*»Æ
Cnlr.
Tbe Volnteer Counsel.
A TALE OF JOHN TAYLOR.
Jolin Taylor was licensed, when a youth
ot twenty-one, to practice at the bar of this
city, lie was poor, but well educated, and ,
peweaaea extraordinary genius. The graces
°* J 1 * 8 person, combinod with the superiority
of his intellect, enabled liirn toTinüTS
of a fashionable beauty. Twelve months
fashionable beauty. Twelve .......
husband was employed by a
wealthy firm of the city to go on a mission as
land agent to the west. As a heavy salary
PÇ - **' farewell to his wife
and infant son. He wrote back every week,
but received not a line in answer Six
months elapaed, when the husband received
a letter from his employer that explained all.
»oortly idler his departure for the weKt, the
wife and her father removed to Mississippi.
There she immediately obtained a divorce by
an act of the Legislature, married again
forthwith, and, to complete the climax of
cruelty and wrdng, had the name of Taylor's
son changed to Marks—that of lier second
matrunonial partner. This perfidy nearly
drove Taylor insane. His career from that
period became eccentric in the first degree.
At last a fever carried him off at a compara
tively early age. 1
At an early hour on the öth of April, 1840
the court-house in Clarksville, Texas, was
crowded to overflowing. Save in the war
tiraee past, there has never been witnessed
such a gathering in Red River county,
while the strong feeling, apparent on every
flushed face, will sufficiently explain the
matter.
At the dose of 1830, George Hopkins, one
tie wealthiest planters, and most influential
°*
nor
*
tlw
of .^Wthern Texas, offered a gross insult ! cai
Mary EUiston, die young and beautiful wife
...... The hi
his chief overseer. The husband threatened
chastise him for the outrage ; whereupon
Hopkins loaded his gun, went to Ellistou's
house, and shot him in his own door. This
occurrence produced intense excitement, and
and
cone
came
cheeks,
mere
in
invisible
brows.
Hopkins, in order to turn the tide of popular
opinion, or at least to mitigate the general
mrath which at first, was so violent against
him, circulated reports infamously prejudicial
to the character of the woman who had suf
fered such cruel wrong at his handq , ghe
brought her suit for slander. And thus two
cases, out criminal and the other civil, and
wen, panfry
' The interest naturally felt by the ootnxnu
nity aa to the issues, became far deeper, when
it was known that Ashley and Pike, of
Arkansas, and the celebrated 8. S. Prentice,
ot New Orleans, each with enormous fees,
had been retained by Hopkins, for his defence.
The trial for the indictment of murder end
ed on the 8th of April, with the acquital of
Hopkins. Such a result might well have
been foreseen by comparing the talents of
the counsel engaged on either side. The
Texas lawyers were utterly overwhelmed by
the arguments and eloquence of their oppo
nents. It was a fight of a' dwarf against gi
ants.
The slander suit was set for the 9th, and
the throng of spectators grew in number as
well as excitement; and what may seem strange
the current of public sentiment now ran de
cidedly for Hopkins. Hit money had pro
cured pointed witnesses, who served most ef
fectually his powerful advocates. Indeed, so
triumphant had been the success of the pre
vious day, that when the slander case was
called, Mary Elliston was left without an at
torney—they had all withdrawn. The pigmy
pettinwgers dared not brave against the sharp
wit ofPike, and the scathing thunder of
Prentice.
"Hare you no counsel Ï" inquired Judge
Mills, looking kindly at the plaintiff.
"No.sir, they have sU deserted me, and I
am too
baaul
I member of the profession volunteer !" asked
I the Judge, glancing around the bar.
The thirty lawyers were silent as destin
Judge Mills repeated the question.
bat
At
the tones of that voice, many started
Hi ■
half from their seats ; and perhaps there was
not a heart in that immense throng which
did not beat something quicker—it was so
uanarlfclj, sweet, dear, ringing, and mourn
[fed.
The list sensation, however, was changed
•ami laiwfater, when a tall, gaunt,
figure, that nobody present remem
bored dyer to have seen before, elbowed his
war through the crowd, and placed himself
withinthewar. **
Hfe appearance waa a
bersdfi Hh
nervously twitelng face
n oao notrsted essence
bat titch h» h
their
km topuxsk
pale brow, aad
aaetnad alive wiU
and cream of
bluoeyes,
ardues, k
•«oas; aad We,
Aa «mut hesitate! to
under hie management.
M Hm your name baeH entered on thé
fet " "" * ■*" * ' '
t snp« ancon
was so shabby that
t|« cause proooed
"It is immaterial about my name
gun ■ - -
Hpe a
up utftfo fiendish sneer.
0 appear once by Ae
I H « èkm
1 tribunal in America!"
«I sfeay
The
rxa
,'ib
r
..f. :A
stranger evinee«U but, little ingenuity, as
commonly thought. He suffered each or
to tell his own story without interruptioi
through he contrived to make each tell it ov<
two or three times. Ho put few cross qua
tiens, which, with keen witnesses, only serv
to correct mistakes, and he made no not«!
which, in mighty memories, always tend t
embarrass. The examination being ended
this
and , , , , „
fts COHn . f° r the plaintiff, he had a right t<
tlie °P ou ing speech, as well as the close ; bu
to the astonishment of everyone, he deniet
the former, and allowed the defence to lead
off. Then a shadow might have been oh
served to flit across the features of Pike, and
to darken even the bright eyes of Prentice,
Ibey saw that they had "caught a Tartar; 11
but who it was, or how it happened, was im
possible to guess.
Ahsbley spoke first. He dealt the
a
as
Col.
jury a dish of coarse, dry logic, which years
anerwards rendered him famous iu the Ser
-------------the Senate
°* "?• Union.
i ho poet, Alliort Pike, followed with a rich
vein of wit, and a hail-torrent of ridicule, in
which you may l«e sure neither the plaintiff
nor the plaintif] 's ragged attorney were either
forgotten or spared. .
Ihe great Prentice concluded for the 4c
fondant, with a glow of gorgeous worjs,
brilliant as a shower of fallingstars, and w.th
* * na ^ burst of oratory' (hat brought down (he j
house in cheers, in which the sworn jirv
fllOmcoloAO rn. A Dl . 1 V* .1 ' *
tiU
themselves joined, notwithstanding the sprn
"order" of the bench. Dins wonderfully s#
ceptible.are the south-western people to tlio
charms at imnassioned eloquence.
the stranger's turn.
vyuuivmurv xae Sc
barms kf impassi
It wasVhcn the
mai nedflpparet
He had 1
remainedftpparently abstracted during all |
tlw previous speeches. Still, and
cai me and went perpetually in Lis sallow
and motionless in his scat, his pale,
forehead shooting up high like a mountain
cone of viow ; but for that eternal twitch that
came and went perpe
cheeks, you would have taken him for a
mere man of marble, or a human'form carved
in ice. Even his dim, dreamy eves were
invisible beneath those ifrav
brows. °, 3
^
shaggy eye
ic ise
JlfcButnow, at last, he rises—
railing, not , behind it—and so near to the
wondering jury that he might touch the fore
"""i™ l u * lon & ï»ny finger. With eves
still half shut, and standing rigid as a pillar
of iron, his thin lips curl as if in measureless
scorn, slightly part, and the voice comes
Rir ti ll , ,s 4,1(1 Swe * t > insinuating
itself through the brain as an artless tune
win incaifeiUbH'* VtlTft'
speaker proceeds without a gesture or
least sign of excitement, to tear in pieces the
argument of Ashley, that melts away at his
touch as frost before the sunbeam. ~
one looked surprised. His logic was at once
so brief, and so luminously clear, that the
rudest peasant could comprehend it without
effort.
Anon he came to the ds riling wit of the
poet lawyer, Pike. Then the curl of his Kp
grew sharper ; his shallow face kindled up ;
and his eyes began to open, dim and dreamy
no longer, but vivid as lightning, red as fire
globes, and glaring like twin meteors. The
whole soul was in the eye—the full heart
streamed out on the face. In five minutes,
Pike's wit seemed the foam of fcllv, and his
finest satird horrible profanity, when con
trasted with the inimitable sallies, and exter
minating sarcasms of the stranger interspersed
with jest and anecdote that filled the forum
with roan of laughter.
Then, without so much as bestowing an
alluaion on Prentice, he turned short on the
before tho Lan
'*
Eveiyi
perjnred witnesses of Hopkins, tore their tes
timony into atoms, and hurled in their faces
such terrible invective, that all trembled as
with an ague, and two of them actually fled
dismayed from the court-houso.
I
dismayed from the court-houso.
The excitement of the crowd was becoming
tremendous. Their united life and soiB
His eyes began to glare furtively at the ks
■8,. Hopkins, and his lean, tuner fiiimna
appeared to hang on the burning tongue of
the stranger. He inspired them with the
powers of his own passions. Ho saturated
them with the poison of his own malicious
feelings. He seemed to have stolen Nature's
long hidden secret of attraction. He was
the sun to the sea of all thought and emoti
which rose and fell, and boiled in billows as
*• » greatest triumph was fe
. °pkins, and his lean, taper fingers
"Owly assumed the same direction. He
hemmed the wretch with a circumvallation,
strong evidence, and impregnable argument,
"Otting off all hope of escape. He piled up
nos battions of insurmountable facts.
He dug beneath the murderer and slander
er's feet, ditches of dilemmas, such as no
sophistry could overleap, and no stretch of
j
PP^ptotoMj Wjj. f,
ingenuity evade ; and Laving thus, as some
might say, impounded his victim, and girt
him about like a scorpion in a circle of fire,
he stripped himself to the work of massacre.
Oh f then, but it was a vision both glori
ous and dreadftil to behold the orator. His
actions, before graceful aa the wave of a
golden willow in the breeze, grew.impetuoua
as the notion of an oak in the hurricane.
His voice became a trumpet filled with wild
whirlpools, deafening the ears with crashes
of newer, aad ye| intermingled all the whäa
aswttet under-song of the softest eadenoe,
Mn*nk*rd'
sSUEL'
;and
ever i
on h^i,
maniac
W 'fjwwj
rSr" 4 PN hn p colors, that, in con
hdl itself might be considered beautL...
toq tfifl siaiwi/ f '-' r *0 black ftiat tho i
ed dark at noeu day, when shining
uq accursed monster ; and then h<* i!
led all the wliits,
" "*■ " '
ê
wffii portals on thé shrinking brow of 1 Un
i, that lie nailed them there forever. The
ation of the audience nearly amounted to
ineas,
ill at once the speaker descended from
perilous height. His voice 'svailed out
he murdered dead, and living—thebeauti
Mary, more beautiful every moment, as
fears tiowed faster—till men vrept, and
dy women sobbed like children.
lo closed by a strange exhoration to the
» through them to the bystanders. He
eated the paunel, after they should bring
their verdict for the plaintiff, not to offer
cnee to the defendant, however richly he
ijbt deserve it ; in other words, " not to
ßh the villain, llopkins, hut to leave his
dshment to God." This was the most
hi trick of all, and best calculated to ia
Hie jury rendered a verdict of fiftv thous
.....'
I dollars ; and the night afterwards,
pkins was taken off his bed by lynchers
1 Ixiaten almost to death,
I have listened to Clay, Webster! and
Ihoun—to Dowey, Tyng, and Bascom—
1 have never heard anything iu the form
ubliine words even remotely approximating
I eloquence of John Taylor—massive as a
ifuntain, and wildly rushing as a cataract of
fe. And this is the opinion of all whoever
ford the marvellous man.
o vengeance.
" Fern " musing«.
I have a horror of "best" tilings, come they
the in the .-Lape of shoes, garment«, lou
ts or rooms. In such a harness my soul
rs restlessly out, asking " If I be I." I'm
led to find myself. I become stiff aud
al and artificial as my surroundings.
Jl'ut of all the lest, things, spare me tlie
iction of a "best room." Out, upon a ear
t too fine to tread upon, books too dainty
handle, sofas that but mock your weary
nbs, and curtains that dare not face a ray
suniight !
Had I a bouse, there should be no "best
from'' in it, No upholsterer should exefr
ic ise comfort or children from my door sill,
The free fresh air should bo welcome to play
through it; the bright glad sunshine to light
en and warm it; while fresh mantel flowm#
should woo us visits from humming-bird and
drowsy -tee.
For pictures, IM look from out my win
dows, upon a landccape painted by tlie Great
Master, ever fresh, ever varied, and never
marred by envious 'cross nights:' now wreath
ed in mo rqiflg'sL fri}vcry ..mi st; no w, basking
golden glow ; now, sleeping in dreamy
moonkçrht.
For statuary, fill my bouse with children—
Apsy, dimpledj Laughing children ; now, toss
ing their sunny ringlets from Open brows;
now, veiling their merry eyes in slumberous
dreams, neath snow-white lids, now sweetly
grave, on bended knee, with clasped hands,
and lisped words of holy prayer.
id! [ say I d have nothing "best !"
Par
Did
don me. Sunday should be .the best day of
all the seven ; not ushered in with ascetic
form, or lengthened face, or stiff and rigid
manners. Sweetly upon the still Sabbath
air should float thé matin hymn of happy
chilhood: blending with early Aong of birds,
and wafted upwards, with flowers' incense, to
Him wbone very name is LOVE. It should
be no day for puzzling the half-developed
brain of "chilhood with gloomy creeds, to
shake the simple faith that promts the in
nocent lips to say, "Our Father." It should
be no day to sit upright on stiff-backed chairs,
till the golden sun should set. No ; the birds
should not be more welcome to warble, the
Sowers to drink in the air and sunlight, or
the trees to toss their limbB, free and fetterless.
" I'm so sorry that to-morrow is Sunday !"
From whence does this lament issue I From
From whence does this lament issue I From
under your roof, oh mistaken but well-mean
ing Christian parents ; from the lips of your
child, whom you compel to listen to two or
three unintelligible sermons, sandwiched be
tween Sunday schools and finished off at
night-fall by tedious repetitions of creeds and
catechisms, till sleep releases your victim!—
No wonder your child shuddert, when the
minister tells him that "Heavenjs one eternal
Sabbath/
Oh, mistaken parents 1 relax the overstrain
pd bow—prevent the fearfol rebound, and
"make the Sabbath what God designed it, not
i weariness, but the "best" and happest day
of all the seven.
k Noble Example. —Many years ago, in
an obscure country school in Massachusetts,
a humble, conscientious boy was to be seen ;
and it was evident to all that his soul was be
ginning to act and thirst for some intellectual
good. He was alive to knowledge. Next
we see him set forth on foot to settle in a re
mote town in that State, and pursue his for
tunes there as a shoemaker, hia tools being
carefully sent on before him. In a short
time, he is busied in the post of county sur
veyor for Litchfield county, being the most
accomplished mathematician in thatjMction
of the State. Before he is twenty-five years
old, we find him supplying the astronomical
matter of an almanac, "published in N. York.
Next he is admitted to the bar, a self-fitted
liwyer. Now he is found qu the bench of
the Superior .Court Next ho becomes a
mbar of tho Continental Congress. Then
is a member of tho Committee of six to
Independence. He
rtfetôber of nearly
j, and waa acknowledge to be
tlie most useful -men and wisest couu
of the land. At length, having dis
ed every office with a perfect ability,
Eouored in every sphere the name of a
istilW, be die regrette«' and hived by bis
and nation, Thi# a ian 1J W Roger
The Virtue of Ventriloquism.
OH MRS MUlU'IJT AND THE OH OST.
An incident occured in the hotel of. one of
the picturesque marine villages which skirt
Lake l'ouchatrain, on a certain occasion, last
summer, that effectually served to dispel the
listless ennui too prevalent in such cases.—
Among the guests there for the time being,
was one Michael Murphy, an ceceuric good
hearted soul, from what used to be par excel
lence, fite land of potatoes, but which now may
be"called the potato-less-land. He bad been
on a "spree" m the city, and went over the
lake to dispel the {fumes of bis debauch, and
take^saltt-baths and soda-water at the same
time.
All thus became known to a ventriloquist,
who paid % flying visit to the place, and who
had such command over his voice that ho
could make it do anything, from (lie squeak
ing of a pig under the gate to the singing of
a mocking bird. Relieving that Michael
was just about that time in an impressible
state, in a reformatory mood, he thought he
would, through the medium of his art. en
deavor to effect à change in his morals. With
this view he booked his name for a bod in
the same room with Michael, and about twelve
o'clock at night—that hour tho superstitious
mind has so fraught with terrors—he "pitch
ed his voice" outside the door saying in a
kind of trombone tone—
"Michael Murphy ! t Michael Murphy ! are
you asleep?"
" Who's that?" said Michael, much startled
at the sepulchral tone in which tho query
was put, and the time of putting it.
"Ask mo not, but answer," said the ventril
oquist, still continuing bis ghost-like tone.
"Well, what have you got to say!" said
Michael.
"Much of which I wish you to take notice,"
said the ventriloquist, or rather tho ventril
oquists voice.
"O clear off" said Michael, "or else I'll
give you your tay."
"Bet ' '
tier you had continued to take tea than
tq break tlie pledge, as you Lave done," said
the voice outside the door. *
" What is all this noise about !" said the
ventriloquist speaking from tho bed
"Some dirty blackguard, that's outside the
door there" said Micha
ael, "intorfereing with
what's none of his business."
" Why don't you drive him from it !" said
the vcntriloqnist^peaking from the bed. .
" I wish lie'd dare said the voice of the
ventriloquist, speaking outside the door.
"I' ll let you see I dare,'said MicbaeLjump
ning the door ready on sight, to knodk down
tho annoyer.
"Give it to him," said the ventriloquist,
from the bed.
"I believe it's tbe old boy himself was in
it," said Michael, " for I don't see a aowl here."
»It's very mysterious," said tlmventriloquiat
from the bed.
"I wonder," said Michael, " if there's any
evil spirits in this country' !"
" I dont know," said the ventriloquist, but
they say the ghosts of departed Indians haunt
the place.
"Oh, that's no Indian ghost," said Michael
"for it spoke as good English as I do myself.'
"And little bettor, Michael," said the voice,
as if it proceeded from one standing by his
side.
all!"
Och," said Michael, " what are ye at all, at
" No evil spirit, but your guardian genius,"
said tho voico.
"A mortal queer genius you are," said Mi
chael, that can be heard and not seen."
" Get into bed, then," stud the voice,
have something to say to you."
"You won't do any thing bad to me ?" said
Michael.
"Nothing," said the voice.
" Honor bright!" said Michael.
" Honor bright!" said the voice. ".You
know you have been a hard Kver."
"That's a fact," said Michael.
"You have broke the pledge," said the voice,
"Tree aa preaching, said Michael.
" And did other bad things," said theVoice.
"More than I could ever keep tally oÇ" said
Michael.
"Then will you pledge yourself to me, that
you'll change your uiode of life," said the voice.
i'll do any thing you ask me," said Mi
chel.
" Then you promise never to drink a drop
again !" said the voice.
"Not as much as would bathe «wren's bill,"
said Michael.
" Then Pm off," sud the voice, "but remem
ber, if ever you attempt to break it, TU
be present and punish you through life."
Who is that with whom von are hoMing
conversation f said the ventrile
again from the bed.
" Nobod v at all " said Michael, "barin' some
Nobod v at all said Michael, "barin' some
mighty polite,«visible gentleman,that seems
to take a great deal of interest in my wel
fare."
"Oh,you're dreaming," said the ventrilo
quist, continuing to speak in propria permma.
"Faix, it's like a dream, sure enough,"
said Michael.
The next morning a friend aak^ü MichaqL
to take his bitters. He counted, but just
as ho took the glass
the voice of
the ventriloquist ( WM preeC nt, waa heard
above hta /.eauk-in the air, crying out, "Touch
< Hot, Michael Murphy —remember your
promise! It was enough—Michael would
taste not.
Mr. Mur
"The pleasure of wine with you,
phy," said a; gentleman at the «limier table.
u Willi Tiloiuuii-A air ''n.'iiil
With pleasure sir," said Michael ; but just
at that moment a voico was heard to issue
from tho corner of tlie room. It was that of
the ventriloquist, who sat by bis side litler
injr liis admonitions.
Thus the tiling went on for a week, till Mi
chael was then and forever made a teetotaler
of. He now industriously minds his own bu
sincss, enjoys good health and prospers. In
relation to the circumstance under which ho
became a teetotaler, he says lie never had tho
pleasure of seeing his best friend.
A Chapter From Tho
Neptune "
"Book Of
[A corcrspondcnt of the Ponyhkccjnic Tel
yraph sends the following quaint chapter
from the "Book of Neptune," as ho styles it,
for the edification of a too numerous class of
lads, who are prone to forsake the true and
beaten way of their fathers,and follow strange
gods, and tho evil counsels of folly and expe
rience.]
Consider Hie wav of youth,,#nd the course
hi
of a young man in his teens ;lib seeketh pleas
ure, like a sweet herb, and heedelh not that
thistles grow therewith.
Lo ! he dcsireth to be of age, and longctli
for the hour when lie shall say, my time is
my own, I fear no restraint; but he is in his
teens, and the good time delayeth iU coming;
so, be sayeth iu his heart, behold, I will seek
it afar off.
Ho forgetteth the old age of his tather, and
tlie mother that bore him ; he looketk on his
sister ns on a stranger, aud knoweth not the
depths of her affections.
He maketli a bundle of his apparel, and
leaveth his homo like a thief in the night;
yea, he cometh down the back stairs stepping
softly ; he passetli tlie door of liis parents and
st aye tli not for the last kiss.
Rover meeteth him in the yard and wag
geth his tail ; but, he sayeth to the dog, get
out ! The cattle sigh, as ho passetli the fold,
and the trees whisper forebodingly, but be
soon leaveth them all.
He meeteth tbe mom on the distant bill,
and turncth to take a last look at tbe home
of liis youth, then setteth his face towards the
distant city.
An evening and a day pass, and yet another
day, then he beholdeth the spires thereof in
thé distance. As the sun goeth down be en
fcereth the suburbs, and 6eeketh a resting
place for the night.
He payeth pence for his lodging, and giv
etb his last dime for meat and drink, .then
goeth forth to'see the elephant.
At the comer of the market he meeteth«a
man with a benevolent countenance, who t%
keth him by tbe band, and calleth him broth
er, and saith unto him
Lo ! I have ships on the goat waters, arfd
his haunts, and take the leviathan with a
javelin.
Behold, I want men for my ships, and
, P".
young men from the country for my barques
ahnav
go to, now, ship with me, and thou shalt have
many pence aud a measure of oil. I will also
give thee clothing for the voyage, and thou
shalt have plenty, with thy dnff in due season;
what sayest, wilt thou go!
And straigtway Johnathan goeth with the
man, for soft soap fiiloth his eyes, so that he
seeth not the snare that is set for him, but is
taken like a little bird with salt on his tail.
He setteth his name to a bond and is num
bered among a ships company.
A pair of ducks are given him, and a shirt
having stripes thereon, with a tarpaulin, and
tobacco; a tin pot, needles .and thread, a
spoon ; also, with a pan for his grub.
He goeth with tbe sailors wearing his hat
auntily, and cheweth tho weed. He saith
lehold I am salt; I have been a voyage.—
He curseth with oaths, and seeketh lewd
women.
Anon the ship is ready to sail, and the day
of hia departure draweth near. The anchor
is brought to the bows, the topsails are spread
to the wind, and he biddetn the blue hills
adieu.
The sea 1s vexed by the wind, and tho
waves cause the vessel to tremble : tho
leek cometh to meet him, and he reels like
one that is drunken.
The captain laugheth at him, and th old
i nil
salts use him for sport : for his stomach is
moved within^him, and ho is of a solemn
countenance.
The mate beatoth him with a bit of a rope,
and he remembereth his kind father; he
goeth to the leeward and heaveth up Jonah,
thinking of his mother.
lie scrapeth the deck with an iron and
slushefh the mast wth a pot of stinking fat,
the old salts sing obscene songs in praise of
"Irish Moll," and he sighs for caresses of his
feir eyed sister,
Toils and blows are bis daily portion, and
sorrows overwhelm him like the waves of tbe
ighty deep, till he is fein to became the dog
hisjathere yard that he may ace home a
gain.
ti
But a time and a half passetli away, and
hé noareth the hortiè of his youth. ' The ship
is moored to the pier, and treadeth once more
the streets of the city.
Hence he receiveth none, and his measure
<n oil is yet in tho whale. Wearily he takoth
the rr-id t 0 hig native valley, he an hungered
*?<d athirst, and is fein to ask alma of tho
(^ranger.
At twilight he openeth the gate of hia fa
ther's yard, but a strange cur biteth his bed.
He rappeth faintly at tbe outer door, and a
stranger bids him' enter.
Alas ! Wo unto Johnathan, for liis parents
sleep the sleep that, knows no waking, and
his sister is Wedded to a stranger in a distant
land.
A cotemporary describing a dan<v> t mt a
village In the neighborhood, said: "The
irgeous strings of glass bea«ls glistened or '
e heaving bosoms of the village belles, like
polished rubies on the
warm appl-: <Inm(dings.''
delicate surfa«-* of