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Mr. Bndlong’a Courtship.
'Then you wont Have me, Clara,’ said
Jonathan Budbrng in a dtomnsoiate
I manner.
‘No, Aft. Budhsug, I don't *cc how I
| ran,’
‘You could, just as easy as not, If yon
was only a mind to,’ said the mournful
lover.
‘Then I hope you will excuse me,
but I'm afraid it’s because I don't Want
to,’ said Clara Uilton.
‘Why not,’ persisted Jonathan.
‘Perhaps you’re afraid the old woman
i would interfere with yon, but she
i shan't.’
‘I don't know exactly who yott refer
to Mr. Budlong by Ihc old woman.’
‘Why, ma'atn, Of cottrse. You should
have your own way in the hottso, no
matter wliat she said.’
I ‘Rxcusc me, Mr. Budlong, hut I
should be very far from wishing to
interfere with your mother's comfort,
W position in her household. You
would not be the worse husband for
' proving a good sOti-.’
‘I thought perhaps that might he it,’
said Jonathan. ‘Gals sometimes like
to have their own way. If it’s because
you're afeard I wouldn't allow you
good clothes, I'm willing to give you
anything reasonable—that is, not ex
' truvagant, you know.’
Clara Iiilton smiled.
‘O. as to that Mr. Budlong, I should
not feal in the least troubled. I’ve got
some money of my own, as you proba
bly know.'
These last words were spoken with a
little emphasis. It was generally
known that Jonathan Budlong was
.. .. . 1 ~ ** ....
pectcd, and not without truth, that he
was more in love with her money than
herself, lie hail not even the art to
' eoueeal it, as was shown by his au
swer.
‘Rut that would come to me," said
Jonathan.
‘O, would it?" returned the tailing
lady rather sarcastically.
•Of course the wife's money belongs
to. the husband."
I ‘.And the husband's to the wife.’
"No, of course not.’
•Then it doesn't seem to he hardly
fair."
‘O, yes, women you know, don't
know bow to take care of money.’
•That is quite complimentary. 1
never had any trouble taking care of
mine.’
‘Hadn’t you better change your mind
and have me?’ asked Jonathan again
, rather unwilling to give up Miss Ilil
! ton and her five thousand dollars.
•Xo, T thank you, Mr. ftftdlpng.’
•That’s treating a feller mean after
encouraging him as you have.'
•When did I encourage you, M r.
Budlong?’
•Didn’t you go out to ride with me
last winter?’
‘Yea, aud I went out with Luke
Bradshaw, too. He didn’t think 1
ought to marry him for that.’
‘Then I gin you a peek of greening
apples—fust rate ones, too.’
•I didn't want to take them you
know, Mr. Budlong, but you insisted
upon it.’
•Then you wont have me ?’
•I couldn't possibly.’
Mr. Budlong rose from his seat in
evident auger as well as disappoint
ment, and left the house.
Clara Hilton had not long lived in
the village, but her parents having
died, she had come to live temporarily
with an aunt. It soon got noised
abroad that she was an heiress, and
Jonathan Budioug, thinking it would
be a smart speculation, at once began
to pay attention to her. She had not
wholly declined him because she
wished to teuch him a lesson. Only
two years before, he had been engaged
to a verv wnrthv vonmr woman who
had h little money. This money, how
ever, was unwisely invested and lost.
No sooner did Jonathan discover this
than he receded from his engagement,
mid declined to marry her. Being a
young woman of spirit, she survived
the disappointment, and realized her
good fortune in gottiug rid of so mer
cenary an admirer. She was now iu a
, neighboring town teaching school, aud
was doubtless bettor off than if sho
had been Mr. Budlong's wife aud mis
tress of the Bud long farm.
Kor it must bo said that Jonathan
had no excuse for his avarice. He was
well off* as the phrase is. lie had a
good farm which he owued clear, and
this yielded him a comfortable living.
But the more he had, the more lie
wanted, and lie pinched himself unnec
essarily, in order to lay hy every year
'as much as possible.
'1 wish I hadn't gtu her that sleigh
ride,’ lie said to himself as lie went
out, aud them apples might have sold
1 for fifty cents. I've a great mind to
make her pay for ’em. Then again I
' treated her that night of the slcigh
i ride. ‘Taint no more than fair, as long
1 as she didn't mean to marry me all
along.'
The next day Miss Illlton wassoine
i what surprised by receiving the fnl
j lowing bill. It was brought to the
, door by a small boy :
Miss Clara Illlton
To Jonathan Budloug, Dr.
To-.fleigh-ride and refreshments $1 50
i “ and peek greening apples .50
si fiO
‘t>iil Atr. Iliutlbiig give volt thi’ lo
bring here >’ e k'-ti t Ista
/
'YesW
'Did he My anything about It ?’
‘Yes’**. He said he’d like ike pay
right*#, became he wanted tht mon
ey.’
| ‘Very well. You may tell Mr. Bnd
iong that ho Will hear from me to
I morrow.’
{ ’Was there ever such a mean man ?’
j thought Clara, her indignation blended
I With amusement. ‘If he wasn't so
: mean I would pay the money, hut as
[he doesn’t need it I think I shall resist.
[ Let me see. I’ll go and consult the
lawyer about it.’
Squire Tape was a little surprised na
hour later when tf its Milton called at
I his otter* and desired to sec him t>n
| business.
‘Certainly,’ said he, ‘I shall he glad
I to do anything for you.’
I ‘Tho fact is Squire Tape, I’ve had a
bill presented, and I don’t want to
pay it’
Ms it a large «no?’ demanded the
lawyer.
'Kb, buly two dollars.’
'You think it is an overeluiVjje, 1
suppbsr-.’
j ‘Well, yes. I think it Is an overehsrge.
I Wliat was the price of greening apples
■ last winter Mr. Tape?’
‘A dollar a bushel I paid.'
‘Who did you get them of?'
‘Of Jonathan Budlong.’
•He wants to charge me llftv rents
u peek for the same.’
‘Then lie charges you just double the
, right price. But—excuse me—he is
; the last persou I should have thought
, would have been charging you too
much for anything.’
■I suppose you thought he was court
’ ing me, Squire.’
‘Well, I certainly did have some such
idea Ml** union.'
‘Then you’re mistaken. He was
courting my money. To get it he put
himself to the expense of taking me to
ride and giving me a peck of apple*.
X«w a.*lie is not likely to get my mon
ey. he wants pttv for them both.’
‘The mean scamp! Just like hiui!’
said ttie Squire,
‘Here is his bill, sent me just now bv
a small boy. Xnw tell me what I am
to do about it."
‘What refreshments did he provide?
asked Squire Tape, looking atkthe bill.
‘The horse and sleigh cost him nothing. •
being his own.'
Wc stopped at a tavern, and got a
little pic.’
‘Was that all ?’
•Yes
•It is evident, then, that he wants to
make mouey out of you. Has he Called
on you often ?’
‘Oftenor than I wished.’
‘And on such occasions did y ou oiler
him cake or refreshments ?'
es, aitni always brought out some
thing.’
‘Then I'll tell you what we will do.
Did lie call as many as six times?'
‘Yes,I should think so.’
‘Then we'll tile a counter bill."
‘I dont know as i quite understand
you. Squire Tape.'
‘Wait a minute, and l will draw it
up.’
The lawyer took up a chert of note
paper, and drew up the followiii:
Mr. Jonathan Bndlong
To Mi«* Clara Hilton. Dr.
To refreshment* on nix different
evening* at the house of Mr*. Hil
ton. S3 00
Cr. by bill rendered S2 00
Balance $1 00
‘Capital,’ laughed Miss Hilton.
•Leave it in my hands, and I will
forward it,’ said the lawyer.
The next day Jonathan lludlong wa«
greatly alarmed at receiving the law
yer’s letter demanding immediate
payment on Mis* Hilton’s behalf, lie
at once waited on Squire Tape.
■iou ami iu earnest squire Tape?
he said.
‘Of course I am,' said the lawyer
gravely.
But it s outrageous ehargin' me so
high for a few seed takes.'
‘She says .you charged her too bigli
for Uie apple*. You charged her twice
as much as you did me*
‘But them was extra good.’
‘Thun again you oharged her for the
sleigh-ride wheu it did not cost you a
cent1 . ~' 15* ...
‘There was refreshment*,*
Wow much did the refreshments cost
y«tt ?’
i ‘4 quarter,' said Mr. Bu&ong imwil
U
■For both ?' it
*Yes.’
*Theu it teems she isn't duo only one
that has charged high.’
‘Then can t I get off?'
‘I advise pay it for fear of
further trouble*
Poor Jonathan I It was hard, but he
filially managed to extract three quar
I ters, and five flve-cent stamps from his
! pocket-book and placed them iu the
lawyer's palm.
’Darned if I II eat any more seed*
| cakes when I go a courting again,' he
said rurftill.tr. ‘It don't pay.'
| ‘She wouldn't have thought of bring.
i Ing in a bill if you hadn't.'
'Yes, I was a tarnation fool. 1 could
a bought a new hat with that dollar.’
Mr. Uudlong has kept his word. I.et
me add that hr is unmarried yet. aud
that there is a good chalice for any of
my voting lntly rentiers to seenre in
him a frugal, economical hu.band.—
Youth and beauty uot fcrtehlUl 1i*|i
ash lliliiipcii csbie.
Frankness.
frankness, in its common sense, sig
nift'Cs ingenious freedom in the com
YUUnication of our thoughts, tt 1*
based upon and includes several minor
virtues, the chief of which is truth.
One May he truthful with no display of
frankness, hitt the latte? quality never
appears in the absence of the former.
Frankness, in its broadest sense, com
posed as it is of so many virtues, is
trtily the brighest jewel in the casket,
and it is a deplorable fact that, so few.
especially ladies, possess it: and prob
ably a woman in this category, as a
partner for life, is the worst of all evils
that could befall & man. %
With what delight does the ingenU
Otts man Converse With a frank, intelli
gentwoman! If both are young, and
are mutually attracted, how quietly
and (irmly are the links of friendship
joined 1 Every advance made by the
one Is modestly Met With a frank ac
knowledgment by thu other, and if
they be drawn towards each other by
the more tender tie of love, her words,
responsive to his vows, seem hut the
echo of his own, softened and sweeten
ed by her ruby lips. liuUifthe attrac
tion be not mutual, how noble is it to
see the courted one frankly explain the
nature of the obstacle in the way.
How much more like manhood or wo
manhood, is this, than to encourage
attention, but for convenience, and.
alas! too often but to deceive 1
A very common way. among ladies
and gentlemen, for the exhibition of a
lack of frankness, is found in the. giv
ing and receiving of presents. For in
stance, a rouple have been friends for
years. No particular attention, until
rcoeiilH. was ever shown hv the ren
tleman. He now makes the lady an
offer of some gift as a‘token of esteem.'
She has other suitors whom she more
admires, and whose respect she more
eagerly covets: hut she accepts the
present for its own and not for the giv
er’s sake, and thereby gives encourage
ment to one whom she knows is de
ceived. At tlie same time she is con
fident that his intentions are honorable,
and yet her selfish nature compels her
to sacrifice hint upon the altar of her
vanity.
Hypocricy’. Oh, how cruel I What
want of womanhood ! Ilow far from
frankness!
Presents are generally used as u sub
stitute for frankness, to attain an ob
ject which cannot, and ought not, to be
secured, when frankness fails to ac
complish it; and unless encouragement
Is desired to be given they should al
ways be refused by the frank and gen
erous woman ; and such a woman will
always njerit the respect and confi
dence of all worthy of friendship's tie.
M’. H. K.
Srsrtcioua Pkople,—Depend upon ii
that people who suspect everybody arc
unworthy of anybody’s confidence.
Accurate self-knowledge is at the bot
tom of their universal distrust. It Is
the consciousness of evil designs in
their own hearts that causes them to
doubt the existence of honest inten
tions In the hearts of others. Of course
they are very unhappy, and we know
of no remedy for their discomfort ex
cept self-improvement Let them root
out of themselves the treachery, the
meanness, the greed, or whatever oth
er vicious propensity it may be, which
they suppose to have its counterpart in
the breast of all mankind, and their
opinions of their fallow men will at
one* change for the better. Putin the
meantime avoid them. People who
have no faitli in their kind are very
dangerous persons to deal with. Tak
ing It for granted that everybody with
whom they romc in contact in business
is bent on overreaching them, their ob
ject is to spike the enemy’s artillery by
being the first to overreach. Candor is
lost upon them; they consider it hy
pocricy. Favors they look upon as
otiuuingly devised lures, intended to
It*ml them iutn n tl*i*v hiuI Hoonit
ing thorn willingly, chuckle inwardly
at the thought that they are old birds,
and cannot ho caught by any (inch de
vice*. These creatures think they un
derstand human nature. Poor Wretch
es I of all the thousand springs of hu
man action they know but one, and
that the worst—selfishness. Let them
stop that spring In their own moral
machinery, if they can. Let them do
it for their own sakes, for they can
never know how much of good there is
in the world until they do.
Tiif. Horse.—If you would have
Dobbin look sleek and glossy, besides
careful attention and liberal feed, he
should h ive half a peek of carrots or
potatoes for hi* dinner at lea*t once a
week, and twice wouldn't hurt him.
Don't let him go luto his stall with his
feet balled up with snow. it is no
place for ice, snow or water. There Is
no time when he will enjoy grooming
as much as when the harness is taken
oil'—especially If he has exercised
enough to sweat, or if he ha* been out
in a storm or wet. This is seen by his
Inclination to roll when turned loose
at such times. A thorough rubbing,
carding and brushing will not only an
swer the purpose of hi* natural inclina
tion to roll, but when the blanket is
taken from him the next morning Id*
hair will lav smooth, and he will look
fifty per cent, better than if put up
without the carding and brnshiug. and
will ffcel as much better u* he looks.
---» sbf—
•sty Thinking U trie least exercised
privilege of cultivated human!' .
Intuitive Perceptions of Women,
In a conversation I once hold with an
eminent minister of the Church, he
made this tine observation : “We will
say nothing of the manner in which
that sex UsUaily conduct an argument;
but the intuitive judgments of Women
are Often more to he relied upon than
tiie Conclusions which wo roach by an
elaborate process of reasoning.” •
No man that has an intelligent wife,
or is accustomed to the society of edu
cated Women, will dispute this, 'limes
without number you must have known
them decide questions on the instAUt,
and With Unerring accuracy, which you
had bech pouring over for hours, per
haps. with no other result than to flud
yourself getting deeper and deeper in
to tiie tangled matt'’ of doubts and dif
ficulties.
It were hardly generous to allege
that they achieve these feats less i»y
reasoning than by a sort of sagacity ap
proximating to tiie sure instinct of tiie
animal races; and yet there seems to
ho some ground for the remark of a
witty French Writer, that, when a man
has toiled, step by step, up a flight of
stall's, lie will he sure to And a woman
at the top: but she will not. he able to
tell how she got there. How she got
there, however, is of little moment. If
tin' conclusions a w oman lias reached
arc sound, that is all that should con
cern us.
And that they are very apt tobo
sound on the practical matters of do
mestic and secular life, nothing but
self-conceit or prejudice can prevent us
from acknowledging. The inference i«
therefore unavoidable, that the man
who thinks it beneath his dignity to
viMiu.ari n mi /in iiiirm^vm will1,
stands in his own light, and betrays
that !*<-k of judgment which ho tacitly
attributes to iier.
The Value of Character.
Tlic Hook of all books declares that a
‘ good name is rather to be chosen than
great riehesand all experience con
firm* the truth of this declaration.
Riches are hut temporary as is the good
they impart. Fame, wow save in the
cause ol virtue, lias no substantia! basis,
l’ower wields its sceptre but for a day.
Hut a good name is a joy, a crown, an
inheritance forever! Character is an
eminently personal tiling, and is, there
fore, different feom reputation. What
a man is in his individual merits and
virtues, and not what men judge him
to tie by bis public manifestations, con
stitutes liis character. The estimation
in which one is held by the communi
ty is (lie sum of In's worth in the judg
ment of bis fellows, and is, therefore,
his reputation among men; but this
judgment may or may not he the meas
ure of his real character.
As a rule men are passed into society
at their true social, intellectual, or mor
al value ; for character is wont general
ly to impress itself upon the actions
and manifestations of individuals in ev
ery day life. Hut while diameter or
dinarily secures proper recognition
virtue respected and vice diaesleemcd
as the rule—vet there arc exceptions to
tiic rule. The individual ohararter is
not always expressed In action. Men,
where their supposed interests arc in
volved, not frequently with apparent
virtue or magnanimity when neither of
these sentiments forms an element of
their real diameters. There are those
also whose exterior bearing would
seem to eouceal their excellencies of
character—so constituted as to be bet
ter than they appear. The basis of all
true character issterllng virtue. This is
primary and fundamental. Whatever
elements enter into his composition, it
is essentially defective without this.
llow to 8xi.hct Youtto Fowls.—A
voting turkey has a smooth log. and a
soft bill, and if fresh, the eyes will be
bright and the feet moist. Old turkeys
have scaly, stiff feet.
lllttlu liut’n n illlliloi. L.lrin
smooth legs, anil the breast-bone yields
readily to the pressure of the linger.—
The best are those that have yellow
legs. The legs of old fowls look as if
they had seen hard service.
Young dueks feel tender under the
wing—the web of the foot is transpa
rent. Ttie best are thick and hard on
the breast.
Young geese have yellow bills, and
the feet are yellow and stipple. The
-kin may hr easily broken by the head
of a pin ; tlio breast is plump, and the
fat white. Au old goose is unfit foi
lin' stomach.
Fowls are most easily picked when
scalded ; but this renders the skin lia
blc to tie torn, and they will not look
nice.
SefcuAY Christians.—Here is a man
who goes to the judgment, anil claims
to have been of unexceptionable piety,
lie bears witness that lie never violat
ed the Sabbath day; that he never
*poke loud or laughed ou Sunday ; that
he never did any sci-ular work on
Sunday: that he never blacked his
boots, or shaved, or cooked on Sunday ;
that he never rode ou the cars or otl
the boats on Sunday. On.any other
day lie would not hesitate to take ad
vantage of his fellow-men; he would
not hesitate ko gouge the poor Woman
that put his carpet down; he would
'not hesitate to cheat his customers,
but then, tiektpt Sunday!
Ikjjr Tiitfse w ho hailt the fewest
earthly blessings. most regret that they
u ml any.
The Female Heart,
There is nothing under heaven so de-;
Unions as the possession of pnre, fresh,
immutable affections. The most, felici
tous moment of man’s life, tbe most ec
static of all bis emotions and sympa
thies, is that in which lie receives an
uvowal of affection from the idol of his :
heart. The. springs of feeling. When In !
their youthfttl purity, are fountain* of)
unsealed and gushing tenderness—the
spell that onCe draWs them forth In the
mystic light of ftitnrc years and undy
ing memory. Nothing In life Is so
pure and devoted as a woman’s love.—
It. matiefs not. whether it he for s hus
band or child, or sister, or brother, it !
is the same pure, unquenchable flame,
the same constant aud immaculate glow
of feeling, whose undeniable touch
stone is trial. Do not give her one to
ken of love, one kind word, or one gen
tle look, even it be amid desolation and
death—fhc feelings of that faithful
heart will gush forth as a torrent. In
despite of earthly bond or mercenary
tie. More priceless than the gems of
Oolconda is the female heart; and more
devoted than the idolatry of Mecca, is
woman's love. There is no sordid view
qualifying splf-interest in the feeling.
It is a principle and characteristic of
her nature—a faculty and infatuation
which absorbs and concentrates all the
fervor of her soul, and all the depths of
her bosom. We would rather he the
idol of one unsflllied and one unprac
tised heart, than the monarch of cm- j
pircs. We would rather possess the. j
immaculate and impassioned devotion j
of otic liigh-soulcd and enthusiastic fc-j
male, than the sycophantic fawnings of
millions. j
VKOKTAm.it Dikt.—- It has been estub
lished by nature, on the best grounds, |
th.it our nourishment should be used j
in form rather coarse—securing full in-!
salivation and mastication, and a long
er retention in the stomach. Plain sim
ple food only promotes moderation and
longevity, while compound and luxu
rious food shortens life.
The most extraordinary instances of
longevity arc to be found among those
classes of mankind who, amid bodily
labor and the open air. Haul a simple |
life, according to nature—such as farm- j
ers, gardeners, hunters. &c. The more j
man follows nature and is obedient to :
her laws; the longer will he live: the:
further he deviates from these, the (
shorter will be his existence. Rich and
nourishing food, and an immoderate
use of flesh, do not prolong life. In
stances of the greatest longevity are to
be found among men who, from their1
youth, lived principally on vegetables, '
and who, perhaps, never tasted animal
flesh.
Makkied and Single Men.—A co
temporary very sensibly remarks, that
there should be some means of distin
guishing single from married men.—
Unmarried females arc known by the
prefix of Miss to their names, but all
men arc styled Mr. How much trou
ble and solicitude might he spared to
the anxious mothers of marriageable
gUds, could they make this distinction, j
How very annoying to a mother and a !
bevy of girls, after layiug themselves |
out to please some “nice young man,” j
to hear him accidentally allude to his !
wife! The subject really demands at- j
tention, and wo think that the girls
should suggest some plan by which I
these disappointments may be forever !
obviated.
-----
A Spunky Wifk.—A middle aged
farmer and his wife were enjoying a
winter evoaing cosily together, when
the conversation turned upon religious
matters, as described in the lJiblc,
which the man had laid open before
him.
“AVifb,” said the farmer, “Iv’c been 1
thinking wlmt happy society Solomon i
must have had in his days, with soma-1
HSVV.O, ne 19 roprVBCUlCU.
“Indeed!” replied the wife, some
what miffed, “you had better think of
something else, then. A pretty Solo
mon you would make, truly: you can't'
hike proper care of one wife. What a
figure you would cut, then, with a doz
en wives, and alt or them as gpuuky as
l am!”
Tlir farmer took up his hut and went
to the stable to feed the cattle for the 1
night.
Fuitjtusmr— Is a flower that the de-;
vastating hand of Time cannot crush, i
nor the lightning scathe. It rears its
beautiful head iu the luorniug of pros
perity. and expands, and blooms, and
casta its neetarious odour on the feeling i
heart—and when the night of adversity
sets in, and Us chilling, withering
dews, lull upon its flexible leaves and
humble stalk, It Is not seen to sink be
neath the oppressive load, but like the
mellifluous rose raising itself with
weight of gems to kiss the Orient's
beams, it springs into a new existence,
and its beauty and its fragrance im
parts a charm t» all around.
At a cutup meeting a number of
young females continued standing on the
! benches, notwithstanding fte<]ucut biiits
from the ministers to sit down. A rev
erend old pt ntlfcfrtan, noted for his good
humor, arose arid :did : “1 think if those
ladies standing On (he butt ties knew that
they had holes in their stockings they
wotlld sil dttthi.”
This address had the desired effect—
there wn« an immediate sinking into seats.
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Piquant Jokes.
“Mack,” of the Cincinnati Commer
cial, is responsible for the following
joke on a Radical Congressman :
‘What book Is that you’re got?’ said
one Congressman to another, the bear
er of two volumes obtained from the li
brary.
‘llwsseab's Confessions,' was the re
ply.
‘Confessions! What did the d—d
fool confess for? The House passed a
vote Of censure on him and couldn’t do
no more.'
‘Oh, that ain’t the Rossoau. This is
a man who lived in France a hundred
years ago. or more. Havn't you ever
heard of him ?’
‘No. I thought you meant the felln'S
from Kentucky.’
Aud the following:
A brothel- of Mr. Fessenden is one of
the ckamiiiers-in-ehiof in the Patent of
fice salary $3*000, and not S3*-RO0 per
annhm-.
W e arc informed, from a source to he
relied upon, that the Senator never
ashed (hr his brother's appointment,
nor had he any knowledge of its having!
been made, until he saw it announced 1
in the papers.
That looks very much like a whale,
doesn't it? The Senator's brother ap
pointed to an office right here in Wash
ington, and the Senator not to know it
till the truth flashed upon him in the
columns of the papers. It calls to mind
the story told of one of our generals iu
the late war—Turchin. wasn’t it? who
deliberately went to sleep in order to
bo innocent of the sacking of a South
ern town.
‘I goes to shlcep for one hour, boys ;
I knows nuttings of all what vou.dnos ■
all that while.’
Liberty in Tennessee.—The follow-!
ing comes to us from good authority, and
's a pungent satire on American republi
canism as administered by the revolution-;
ist: A firm in Nashville, one of the larg-!
est *ml moat respectable mercantile houses j
in the west, paying annually many thou
sand dollars of taxes, and, doubtless, well
known to most of the Market street mer
chants, lias, including clerks, six persons
employed in the concern besides the por
ter, who is a negro. The latter is now
the only one of the whole concern who is
allowed a vote under the present Brow!
low constitution.
The point of the juke is, that the negro
was'the bitterest rebel of all. and was an
officer’s servant in the late rebel army, and
when fighting by his master’s side, ho was i
the third man over the ramparts of Fort
Pillow, where he fell like an avenging1
thunderbolt upon the negroes, who so gal- ]
lantly surrendered that stronghold.
[Philadelphia Age.
Drill for Volunteers.
Fall is! To good ways and habits.!
Attention ! To your own business.
Bight Face 1 Manfully to your du
ty and do right.
Quick March ! From a temptation
to do anything unmanly.
Halt! When conscience tells yon
that you are not doing as you would
like others to do unto you.
BiaHT About Face 1 From dishon
esty and falsehood.
Present Arms! Cheerfully when
your wife asks you to hold the baby an
hour.
Break off! Bad habits, and every
thing that is likely to retard your ad
vancement in this world.
Taking Him at Hit Word.—*A bach
elor sea-captain who was remarking i
the other day that he Wanted a good j
chief officer, was promptly informed,
bv a young lady present that she had
no objection to be his first mate. He
took the hint—‘and the lady.
A young minister standing behind him j
said : “Oh, brother, how could you say
that?-’
“Say tl.at!’’ replied the old gentleman ;'
“it's a fact—If they hadn't holes in their!
stockings, ho* could they get them on ?” |
TjIfk.—Life is like a game of cards— i
our hands arc alternately good or bad, i
and the whole seems at first glance to
depend on mere chance. But it is uol
so ; for, in the long run, the skill of the
player predominates over the casual ties
of the game. Thou do not be discour- i
aged by the prospect before you, but
ply yonr stndies bard and qualify your
self to receive fortune when she comes
In yonr way.
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*95“ The Selma Times says it has seen
a slip from the Mobile Advertiser and
Itegister. containing a lotler from Col.
Shepherd, commandant at Mobile
warning that papnr that if does not be
have itself, a guard may be stationed
over it.
tef* Secretary Seward lias been, du
ring Ids life, charged with a good many
things, but the most astonishing of all
is that just made by a New York paper
that he is under “dclpnosophistiral in
fluence.'’
K^ -Sir," exclaimed uu excited Bad
ieal, “if the rebels are going to be al
lowed to rule over tu. then the blood
df the colored substitute, for whom 1
paid three hundred dollars, was shed in
taiu
-“You need a liitle sun and air,"
said a physician id a ninltjeti patient.—
••If I do,’* was the feply, “i'll H-.iit till
1 get a husband."
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SALMAGUNDI.
•9 Meekness and patience are char
teristic virtues in a woman.
19 The gentlest spirits, when pro
voked, are usually the most firm.
•9 ItHigiou tcnelies ns to bear evils
with patience.
•9 An ttVjtttfttH spiVit subjects it
self to deserved htiWiliatiotV.
89 People n'CVv trt Wisfot-ttthe aW
often too easily moved to ihipnti'etVc'e.
89 Presence of mind oh At dtiohs Oc
casions is very mnsisti-ot With thvtk
ness.
89* In great prosperity, as well agin
great calamity, we should look into otir
hearts
19 Those ave usually most proud of
riche* and grandeur, who were not born
to cither.
89 The person who is employed as
a mediator, Ought to he of a very pa
tient spirit-.
89 It is hot just (Or two friends,
more than mnn aiid wife, to be out of .
patience at the same time.
89“ it is a great mistake to imagine
that piety is not entirely consistent
with good halttrc and good manners.
-Friendship is a strong habitual
inclination in two persons to promote
tin* good and happiness of each other.
89 F.x-Gov. Brown and L>. A. talk
er, have been admitted to practice latv
in the Supreme and Disti-Wt Courts of
the United States.
-The best way to distipliUh title's
heart against scandal, is to hblivve all
stories to he false width ought hot to
l)f> I fill*
-Hfido ami opulence May kiss ill
the morning as a married couple ; but
they are likely to be divorced before
sunset.
-Few parents like to be told of
the faults of a child. The reason is ob
vious. All faults are either hereditary
or educational; and in either case to
point a finger at a child is to reprove
llie parent.
gtsf* A little boy asked his Mother
what "blood relations" Meant. She re
plied that it signified near relatives.—
After thinking a moment, he replied :
"Then, mother, you must be the bloods
iest relation I've gob”
WokTH HEMEMnkhtku.—lie who s
passionate and hasty is generally lions
ext. It's yottr cool, dissembling hypo1
critc of Whom VoU should beware.—
There is no decoit about a bill 1-dog.—
It's only the cur that stieaks Up and
bites you when your back is turned.
The dog is the only animal that
dreams, and lie and the elephant the
only animals that understand looks:
the elephant is the only animal that be
sides man. feels ennui; the dog is the
only quadruped that has been brought
to speak. Lcibenitz bears witness to a
hound in Scotland that could speak dis
tinctly thirty wonts.
-When volt Meet with great and
unexpected offers of friendship receive
them respectfully, but With a moderate
degree of caution; endeavor to discov
er whether they flow front a Wartli
heart and a silly head, or trorn a de
signing head and a cold heart; knavery
and folly are often hardly to be dis
tinguished.
A satirical fellow says that a
house with a wife is often warm
enough : a hotne with ft wife aftd her
mother is rntlier warmer tiiaii any spot
on the known globe 1 a house with two'
mothers-in-law is so excessively hot,
that it can be likened to no place oil
earth, but we must go lower for a sim
ile.
ttg' Coleridge standing one day
wrapt in poetic wonder and admiration
as the Niagara poured its angry waters
into the depths below, exclaimed :
“How subliinelv beautiful!”
A countryman at his elbow said, “yes
it’s very nice.”
-Several Irish and Knplish nailers
received publish a proclamation pur
porting to come from the Government
of the Irish Republic. It declares that
after ages of outrage and vain appeals
to reason and justice, they have at last
rcsolvod to appeal to arm* to fesetie
from serfdom, and establish a national
Union for public safety and the protec
tion of their freedom, and bring about
the consequent separation of Church
and (Mate. As Republicans, they ap
peal to Republicans tliro'ttghotrt the
world for support'
QrEF.it DiAtoqiK.—A young lady,
the other day, ashed me:
‘•What is vour favorite flower ?”
As she was a faShkiiialde ytftitig la
dy, 1 supposed, of course, sh? referred
to household matters ail'd Innocently
replied:
‘•Kxtra family,” For soth6 reason of
other all the feth'ales ill the room setup
that endless giggle for which they aro
so famous.
JST‘ Mary, who died for you?”
asked a parson of a blb'driiibg tweet
sixteen.
“Nobody, as I know bn/* was the
reply.
But the pars tin repeated with great
zeal—
“Mary, I’say, tvhd died for you ?”
Mary was irritated, but quickly re
plied,—
j “Why, nobody sir; there was Bob
| !>awi*bu lay bed ridden for irt« aboiit
I six months, Hit folks tof be gdt about
• Igaln."
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