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.If. THE I OHIO ORGAN :OF ;
THE 'TEMPERANCE'
REFORM.
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, '"' "u The Widof and Her Hea. ;
.!) .'...- i , t A YalUk't i:i Vii; !.
' - BTEU3UNT BENE. "' '
, A widow had then, 'lis said,
With fellow teg and tufted hsad V" ' ' '
, And feathers ol a raveo black, ' ' 1 ,
Save some few white oneg on her back ' "
, And every day this ben of old,. ' . '
Wta wont to lav an egg of gold !
Of gold, tome eighteen carats Sne
: At if, within her, wer a mine .1. !
Of hidden wealth. The widow reasoned ;
- " If now I catch her by the we sand, ' 1
' And with my carver cut her headoff. ,
Her feathers I can make a bed of '
. " While all that mine of hiddeo ricbea, t. u
' For which my palm forever itches, r
Will come at once to my possession, 1 1 '
H And I can live in style and fashion,", ..
" So Saying went the widow ttunj
-, And on htr neat she found tha hea ,v.
, She seized her and ju hopes to grow
- i Te sudden affluence, yon know, ' 11 '
IIer head she severed at a blow.
The widow now the search commences
For that which answers all expense ,'
She scanned the fowl with longing eyes ;
But judge out Heroine's surprise !-vv.
When she, a moderate income spurning
For rapid riches Inly yearning,
And grasping eager like one mad . , . n
E'en Tost the daily egg the had, '
As ) ou have read in (ac or fable . . ;
About a dog who left the stable, ' ,
.Snapped at his shadow bribe river "i;
And lost his piece of meat, forever,. ,, ,. ,j;
Had he let well enough Stone
And been contented with hia bone
(For such fat bones as his are rare) .,
He might have flourished 1st and fair, ' '
And though, perhaps, by slower process, .
Have saved himself some serious losses.
"! '' ' MORAL.' ;; ' '
1 The Covetous, who not content 1 '-'
To gather treasure cent by cent,
' Who seek by cruel means and speedy
: The wealth lor which their souls are greedy ,
Sheer covetousness at times exposes .
To cut off their own proper noses.
While envy first-born of the devil -Exposes
to 'em greater evil ;
Permits that dog to loose his own
Who snatches at another's bone,
And pines away in wan distress . i
Lest mercy should another bless.
So covetousness, 'tis anderstood,
Lurks secretly for its own blood; , ,
And while lor sudden riches striving
Cuts off its daily means of living.
Ye avaricious men and greedy,
1 Who turn aside the poor and needy,
Where discontented with your own :
' Think of the dog' who lost h 1 s bone.
Ye covetous who try by hitches .
To make a grasp at sudden riches,
Think O ye discontented men,
Of this poor widow and her her.
She lost the gold she so much craved
And nothing but the feathers saved ;
Bu: you who would in riches roll
In grasping them, may lose your soul.
Hunan Strength.
Among the Arabs, the Persians,and
the Turks, you, do not meet with those
undersized, rickety, consumptive be
ings so common in Europe ; you do
not meet with such pale, wan, sickly
looking countenances ; their complex
ions are bright and florid ;' they are
strong and vigorous, able to,: ride a
hundred miles a day, and capable of
performing other amazing feats.
I remember seeing a most striking
instance of their powers. A band of
men from the Himalaya mountains had
come to Calcutta for the purpose of
exhibiting feats of strength, and they
were indeed, perfect Samsons. Their
size struck me with admiration. I
know nothing that can compare to
them ; but perhaps some of you have
seen the statue at the' bottom of the
stairs of the Somerset House it is
Hercules leaning on his elub, is about
seven feet high, looking like a being
capable of executing the most difficult
task, and such men were the athletse.
We selected five wen from on board
the ' Glasgow frigate, and a similar
number from one of the regiments,
and likewise from one of the India
men, all fine, picked men'; and yet,
upon a trial of strength, it was found
that a Himalaya mountaineer was
equal to two and three quarters of the
strongest Europeans. They could
Sasp a man and hold him in the air
e a child, and if they had not been
under control, I am convinced could
have crushed him to death. I felt
them, and never felt such flesh in my
life; it appeared lika rolls of muscle,
and yet none of, these men ever tasted
8Pirits b,.0 . :M. ...
I did not say that drinking water
was the cause of all this, but tt serves
to. prove) that abstinence from intoxi
cating drinks is perfectly compatible
with tho possession of great .bodily
power. Buckingham' Lecture lrt tf
tm 1 1 1
Hy first and last nijht in London t
It was in the fall of 18, that the
ship V which I belonged, Rafter a
voyase of four months in the northern
Atlantic, hove in sight of the' Sicily
Islands, and as we were bound for Lon
don; we shaped our course up: the
channel, and, in a few days, were
anchored in the Downs. Having been
short of provisions for some time back
we were obliged to stop and replenish.
The next day, however, we were towed
up the river, aud entered the Com
mercial Dock on the 28 of October,
18--. It was a grand sight to me, for
I had never been in London, and the
city seemed liko the world, in corn
parison to my humble village in the
West of England. We were to be
paid of on the morrow, ' and I deter
mined, as soon as I was at liberty, to
take, a stroll and see some of the sights
about, which 1 3iad 10 tofteri heard.
At twelve the next day, all hands pro
ceeded to the office in Leaden-hall
street, and received, severally, the
amount due them. There was just
ten pounds coming to me, and 1 start
ed off to see how I could best make
it conducive to my pleasure. " I had
been strolling round for some time,
looking at the Tower, and other places
of note, and finally walked into one
of the parks, to see what I could of
the London fashions. I was leaning
against a tree watching a party, which
attracted my attention, when I was
suddenly accosted by a female, ap
parently about eighteen or twenty,
neatly dressed, and with an expres
sion which, although pleasing, seemed
somewhat sad.
' What is it you wish, my good
ladv V said I.
She locked at me for a moment,
and said
i tf you are a sailor, I suppose
Yes."
How long have you been in Lon
don ?"
" I arrived yesterday."
" Have you been here before ?"
V Never." ,
" Well, then, perhaps I can be of
some assistance to you. Suppose we
take a cab and drive out to Vauxhall
this evening?"
I hesitated for a moment, for 1
thought to myself, she no doubt thinks
I have plenty of money, and wishes
to obtain a share. But then, again,
I thought it makes no difference
I'll spend it anyhow and consented.
She called a cab ; and, in a short
time, we were at Vauxhall. I pulled
out my purse to pay the driver, when
she anticipated me and said
" Never mind, sir, I have plenty
besides, I invited you here : thereuf
I bear all expenses." I y
I was astonished, for, I , had ne ;
doubted but that my tatmey was tire
principal attraction, and I was puzzled
to think what could be her object. .
After ordering some . refreshments,
of which she ate and drank very little,
but which she insisted upon paying
for, we strolled round the garden,
listening to the music, until towards
evening,, when I remarked it woujd
be best to return. , .
" Yes, it will be soon dark, and we
had better go. 1 But," said she, "you
are a stranger in London, and it would
be folly for you to look for a hotel to
nighty and besides, it would be unge
rous in me to allow you. I reside in
-street, and you will be perfectly
welcome, and my husband, 'who is
fond of company, will be glad to see
you." 1 ' '. ":'
While hesitating, she called .a. cab,
and half forced me in.
"ft '
!. .When the cab iiopped we got out.
and I found niyself in a narrow street,
dimly lighted, and before a large
brick house1, with iron railings in front.
' ' She opened' the door, and asked
-me to sit down a moment, when she
went into a room close by, and re
turned almost immediately, and said :
" My husband has retired ; I'll intro
duce pronto him in the morning. Hero
is a light -take the room at the head
of the stairs. ,! Good night. -
I went up stairs to the room she
had pointed out, opened the door and
went in J It was furnished, you may
say, richly. Th bed stood in the
farther corner,.' with the blue damask
curtains in front. I undressed quickly,
as I was somewhat tired by my day's
adventure, walked to the bed and drew
aside the curtains, and there lay-a
man, weltering in his blood, with his
throat cut from ear to ear. It would
be in vain to attempt to describe my
feelings. I Immediately dressed my
self, with a presence of mind, which I
have never been able to account for.
I then tried to open the door, which,
to my horror, I found was locked.
Glancing around ' the room, my eye
fell upon the irons in the fire-place.
I snatched one up, and with one stroke
broke the lock and opened the door.
Running down the stairs, I found the
front door fastened also. Having no
thing to break the lock with, I darted
into the first room . I came "to, and
jumped from the window into an alley
on the side of the house, and had
merely time to conceal myself, when
I heard the people round crying
murder, and saw the very woman,
that I came with, followed by several
of the police, enter the house, thinking,
I suppose, of course she would find
me. I left as soon as the crowd gath
ered round, and passed out unnoticed.
The next morning I was reading
the paper, and almost the first thing
that attracted my attention, was a
notice of a bloody murder in 'street,
with the reward of fifty, pounds for
the apprehension of the murderer,
went further and, in the description
of the supposed person, described me
better than I could have done myself,
even to, the manner in which I wore
my beard; The first barber's shop re
ceived that, gratis ; and changing my
clothing, which was also minutely
described, I went down to the docks,
and the barque being a hand short,
I shipped in her for New York, and
have never since, nor ever to wish
spend another night in London !
7 ; N. 0. Delia.
, ':
J3T The following amusing cir
cumstance is stated to have occurred
at a fancy ball, given in Washington
city recently By the way, fancy balls
jire ' all the go' there now. fc- It .was
yanderstood that every person was to
t dress in character, and an usher was
.stationed at the door of the saloon to
'announce to the company within the
different characters as they entered.
Two young ladies appeared at the
entrance. , ... :
, " Your characters 1 ", asked . the
usher, in a whisper. u -
We do not appear in costume to
night," said the two young ladies.
" zWladies without any characters,"
bawled out the usher at the top of his
voice." ' ':
HighProfits. "What do you wish
togtin your two bottles 1" said a groc
ertoa little boy, as, he entered his store.
; ' pother wants a cent's , worth of
your best yeast.",
''S Which bottle, will yon have itin V
" I'll have it in both. . And will
you please to put a cork in them.
Can't you send it home, because I am
going another wav." ',.'.
, Well, where 13 your centl" .
"Mother says as how you must
' charge it." ' ,. j . ,
, , .. An Honest Opponent
We met for the first time in our
life, the other day, a man who said
right out frankly, with a broad sen
sual grin, making no apologv ' or dis
claimer for what he said: "I am op
posed to the Maine Law, the temper
ance pledge, moral suasion, priest
craft, and preaching. I go in for the
people's rights; let everybody sell and
drink as much "good liquor" as they're
min'ter; them's my sentiments." NoV
this is precisely as nineteen-twentieths
of all the croakers against the Maine
Law and present temperance move
ment feel, but they are not honest
enough ' to' own it. Ordinarily ' the
great mass of opposers say, "I'm a
temperance man. It is a great and
Sood cause, and were it not for the
eadlong measures of the fanatics it
would triumph everywhere." Ac
cordingly they are always telling what
good temperance men they are; but
nobody would ever suspect that they
felt any interest in the movement, if
they did not make constant proclama
tion of the fact. We have not a par
ticle of confidence in those professed
temperance men who invariably pre
face, their fault-finding, and their
croaking, . with "I'm a temperance
man." "I'm in favor of the cause;"
'it is a good cause and I want to see it
prosper. ' But then I don't like this
new law." "Give us moral suasion,
&c" Now, we like the open hearted
frankness of our bloated visaged friend;
there was a sincerity about his utter
ance that shew him honest. We could
almost have fallen upon his neck and
embraced him. He had endeared
himself to us by his frankness. Sure
were we that we had found once, in our
life an honest rummy a very scarce
article in these "diggings." We have
no Sort of patience with that class of
persons who say "I am, O yes I am
in favor of temperance; but then but
then I I don't like the measures."
Don't like the measures. Why then
don't you put forth some measures of
your own, and stick to them. The
fact is. you love rum, or you want to
sell rum or some of your friends. are
in the business, or you are a stupid in
different ass, with none of the milk of
human kindness in your composition,
or you hate somebody that is engaged
in the cause or want to lend in it your
self. Some such considerations in
fluence you, and you need not deny
it. Temp. Watchman.
Honor to tux Lo ly and Upright.
Harry Mordecai, from youth to old
age a much respected colored inhabi
tant of Frankfort, departed this life on
Monday, Jan. 3d, 1853, aged about 70
years. Ha was horn a slave, and in
structed by his master in the business
of bricklaying, plastering, Ac. By his
energy, industry and economy, he
bought his own freedom, and that of
his wife and several children, after
wards, reared and supported a very
large family, and loft at his death : a
very Considerable estate for one iA his
humble position. He lived long, use
fully, benevolently and piously; ! en
joyed the confidence and respect of all
who knew him,, and died in the tri
umph of a Christian's faith. Frank.
Commonwealth. ,
An absent minded editor having
courted a girl and applied to her fath
er, the old man said , ' 1 :
, " Well, , you want my daughter
what sort of a settlement will you
make? What will you give her?''
' " Give her," replied ,the ' editor,
looking op vacantly; "O, I'll give
her a PUFF." . 1
, " Take her," replied the father. ,,
JtW"A. correspondent of the Trav
eller is out against the admission of
onion eaters to public assemblies.'
The offence complained of, is cer
tainly a very rank one. , , .