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BY WM. BREWSTER.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1854.
VOL. 19. NO. 51.
TERMS : |
The"niTi«Tinotios Jol'ksal" la publishedat!
^he I'.jllowtng rates : |
If imlrt iu iiilvaiico ^li-IO
lf paid within sixn.nnihs after.tbetiiuoof j
suhscribing 1,7.'i i
If pai.l nt tl.o en.l of tbo year 2,110 |
An.l two d.'liars and fifty conts if not paid till j aftcrlho expirnliun oftho year. No suliseriplion I ¦will bc taken fur a less period tlmn six months, I Bad no paper willbe discontinued, except nt the; oplion of tho Edilor, until all arrearages arc piii.l. ! Hnlisc.ihers Hving in distant coi.ulies.or in uther j States, will bo reiiuired to pay inv.iriably in advance. '
f.^V '^''"' alwvo lorms .vil! bo rigidly ndlicred to iu all cases.
ADV Ein'm'iMEX'rs
Will be charged al the fullowing rates:
1 insertion.    2 do.      3 dn. Bix lines or less, $   Sir.    $   37J    S   .'.0
Ono S'lunre, (111 lines,) ;,o 75        100
Two     "      (¦'12   "    )       1 on     I  .'ill       2 no Thico   "      (19   "    )       1  .'iO     2 a.'i       3 Ot)
Businessmen ndvorlising liy the Quavtcr, Half Tfoar or Yenr, will he cliurgctltlie folhiwing rates: 3 mt).       6 mo.        12.1.0. One sqnare, S3 00       .fia 00       $8 Ot)
Two squnres, .''i 00       8 00       12 00
Three squares, 7 f.O     10 00       I.'i 00
I'uur squares, 9 00      U 00       23 00
Five squares, 15 00     '2:, 00       .IS 00
Ten Squares, 2") 00     -IO 00       CO Co
Business Cards not exceeding six lines, onc year, $4.00.
JOR WOSiH:
i B!:cetliand!nlls,30 cojiics ur li'.s3, $1  2.'i
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1    " " "        '• " 4 00
Bj.axks, foolscap or less, pcr single quire, 1 .10 " *' 4 or more f|uires, pcr   •'•        1 00
ftj!f Extra charges wiil bc ...ado for heavy eomposilion.
^ff All lellers on business must be I'OST I'Aiu te secure allci.tiun. ,1^   .
The I.aw of IVewHimpers.
1. .S',ibsrribcrsit-hn do :,ot girr irprcss notice lo Ihf. conlrary, at-c considered us ivishing to continue their subscri ption.
2. //' stihsrribrrs nt-dcr the disronlinuaiire oftheir netcspnnrr.:, I'lr j'tt'-f'.:!'r innti continue tu Send Ihcm unld all,- .      ¦¦' rii'i.
3. /.'.- . .. rt or rrftisr. to lake Iheir niicspui,' ' .,,: to ii-hirh tltcy arc direc¬ ted. Ihl,. .¦ . "1: unlil thry have settled their bii'.       ' . . '      '   '. ;( discoiilinurd.
4. // .' (¦ ¦'! /<> cthir pincrs inthoiil infurii'iii. I .... / .','..'.11, nitdthc nctrspapn-s aro sent to thc formrr tUt-r,.lio,i, ll.y arc held respom-iblc.
u. 'Pri-sous tvho continue to receive or take the paper J't-oin the olhrr, are to be roiisidrrrd as sub¬ scribers and as sui-h, C'ptally rcspmisiblc J'ur subscrip¬ tion, ns if ll.c'f had oi-dcrc'd their names entered upon tie pu>,/is!,„-s books.
C. 'The Courts have also rcpratcilly derithd thai a Posl .Master who iieglet-ts In ptrft.rin hin tluty of giving reasnnnbU nolira as rcfpiit-rd b'/ th,: rnpila- tt'onsot ths Post Office Ihpartntin't, of the.'nri;- lei-.lnf a prrson lotitl.r f.
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THE PROUD ip MAC BRIDS.
HT  J..MX   tl.  .SAXE.
O, terribly proud wns Miss Mac Rrklc, Tho very persouilicaliou of jiride, As she mi.iced along i.. fnshion's li.le, Aduw.. Broadway—o.i the proper side—
When the golden snn was setli..g : Thoro was pride i.. tl.e head sho carried so high, I'ridu in her lip, and pride in her oye, Aud a world of prido in thc very sigh
Thnt hcr stalely bosom was fretting ;
A sigh ll.at a p.iir of elegant feet. Sandalled in salin, sliould kiss tlic street — Thc very same that the vulgnr greet, In cominou leather nol over "neat"—
I'or such is the comnion boulI..g; (A..d christian tears may well be shed, That even nmong ouv gentle.ncn-bred, Tl.o glorious Dey of Morocco is dead. And Day nnd Marlin nre reigning instend,
On n mnch inferior footing I)
O, terribly pround was Miss Mnc Bride, Proiid ot her beauty, nnd   proud of hcr  pride, And proud of lil'ty nmtters boside,
'That wouldn't have borne dissection} Proud of her wit, und proud of her walk. Proud of hcr Icclli, aud proud of hcr lulk, Pround of ''knowing cheese from chalk,''
Ou a vey slight inspection.
Proud ahroad, aud proud nl home, I'roi.d wherever sho chanced lo como— AVhcu sho v.-as glad, r.nd when sho was glum :
Proud as the head of a .Saracen Over ll.o door ofa lippling shop I Proud ns a Duchess, proud ns a fop, "Proud as a boy wilh a bran ncw lop,"
Proud beyond comparison I
Il Bjoms a singular thing to sny— But hcr vory senses led her uslroy
Respecting nil humility; In soolh, I.or d.ill auricular drum Could lind in humbli: only a "hun.," A..d heard no sound of "gentle" eome,
In talking nhout goutilily.
What loivly meant, she didn't know, For sho nlwnys avoided "everything low,"
With care tho most piinclilious; And queerer slill, the audible souud Of "super-silly" sho uo'er hnd found
Iu the niljcctivc supcrcillious 1
Thc moaning of mork slie never know. But itnngincd tho phraso had something to do Wilh "Moses," a peddling Ocrniau Jew, Who, liko all hawkers, the country throu.gh,
Wus a "person of no position." And it seemed to her exceedingly plain. If tl.e word was re.ily known to pertain To a vulgar Ocr.nnn, it wasn't germane
To n lady of high condition I
Even hcr graces—not hcr grace, Vot that wns i.i ll.e "vocative cnse"— Chilled with the touch of her icy fnee,
Snt very stiffly upon her 1 She never confessed a favor aloud, Liko O.IO ofthe simple, cominon crowd, But coldly sn.iled, and f;.i..lly bowed— As who should say: "Yon do mo proud, And do yourself and honor 1"
And yet ll.e pride of .Miss Mac Rrid,^, Although it had filly hobbies lo ride.
Had really no fuu..dation ; But Hire tho fabrics that go.sglps devise — Those single storiea tl.al ulion a.'i.se, Au'l grow lill tliey reach a four-story size—
Wns merely n fancy creation I
'Tis a curious fuel as over wns k.iown In human nature, hut often shown
Alike in castle and cottnge, That pride, like pigs ofa certain breed. Will ...un.ngc lo livo a.id thrive on "feed"
Aa poor as a pauper's pollnge I
That her wit should never havo made hcr vain, Was—like her f.ice—suHicienlly plain;
Ar.d, as to her musical powers, Although she snug until she wus hoarse, .'ind issued notes with n bankei's foreo, Thoy were just s.ich ..olcs ns wc never ondorso
For nny uequaintaiice of ours.
Iier birlh, indeed, wa.s uncommonly high— For Miss Mac Brido lirsl opened her eye Througii 11 slcydighl dim, on the lighl of the sky;
But prido is a curious passion—. .-Vnd in tnlkiiig nbout hor wealth and worih, Shn always forgot lo mention her birlh
To people of rank and fashion I
Ofall the notable things on earth, Thu queerest one is pride of birth,
A.id our "liercc De.noeracio 1'' A bri.lge nc.'oss a hundred years, Witho..l tt prop to save it from fliicers— Nol even n couple of rollen poors— A tiling fur lauglilcr, fleers and jeers,
Is Amci'icau uri-stocracy I
English nnd Iri.sh, French and Sp.ini.^il., (.Ierman, llaliiin, Dutch antl Danish, Crossing their vies u..til they vanish
In ono conglomeration I So siibtlo a tangle uf blood, iudcjd, Ko hei'.tldry-Harvcy will ever succeed
lu finding the circulaiion.
Depend upou it my .snobbish friend. Yuur family friend you can't asceiiil Without good reason to apprehend You may fi.id it wn.\ed at the farther end
By so.ne plebeian vocation I Or, worse lliau that, your boasted Una May end in a loop uf stronger Iwiiie
Thiit plagued sumo worlhy relalion I
Iiiil Miss Mnc Brido hi.s something Iiesido ller lofty birlh lo nourish hcr pride— For ricli was the old p.aternal Mac Brido,
According to public rumor; And lie li-.'od "up town" iu n splendid squtirc, A..d kcpl his duughler on dainty faro, And gave hcr gciiiii that were rich a..d rare. And ll.e linest rh.gs and things to wear,
And I'callici's enough to pUirao her!
An honest mechanic was Jol... Muc Bride, As ever nn honest calling plied,
Or graced an honest duly ; For John hnd worked in his oarly dny, In "pots a..d pearls," tho legends say— And kept a shop with a rich array Of things in the ao.ip and candle way,
In llio lower part of tho cily 1
Nu ''rara avis" tvas honesi John, (That's the Lntin for "sable swan ;")
Though in one of fiiiicy's flashes, A wicked wag, who incniit lo deride. Called honest John Mr. Phaiiiix Mnc Brido,"
"Because he roso from his nskos!''
liitllo by litlle, he grew to be rich. By savhig of eandlc-enda nud ".sich," Till ho reached at histnu opulci.t uiche—
Ko very u..coinmon alfair; For history cjnilc confirms tho law Expressed iu tl.c a..cic.it Scottish saw,
"A Mickle may come lo bo luuir."*
.Mack! fur many ambilious beaux 1 She lii.ng their hopes upon hcr uusc,
(Tho figure is quilo Uornliun)— Until from habit thc member grew As very n hook as ever eye knew,
To the coramoncsl observation.
.V Ihriving tailor hogged hcr hand,
Bul she gave "ihc fellow'' lo nnderstand.
By a violent .na..ual nctiu.i, She perfectly'scorned the best of liis clan. And reckoned tho ninth of any mnu
An exceedingly Vulgnr Fraction.
Another, whoso sign was a golden boot. Was moriified wilh a bootless suit.
In a wuy llmt was quite appalling ; For, Ihough a reg.ilar sudor by trade, Ilo wasn't llio suitor to suit the maid. Who cut hin. oil'wilh thc saw—and bado
"The cobbler keep lo hia calling."
(Tl.o muse must Icl the secret onl— There isn't the fi.intcst shadow ol doubt Tl.at folks who oftcnest siiocr and flout
At "the dirly, low meelianicnls." Aro they whoso sires, by pounding their knees. Or coiling their Icg.s, or trades liko these, Contvivo lo win their children ease
From poverty's gnlliug ina..uclcs)
A rich tubacco.iist comes nnd sues. And thinking tho lady would scarce refuso A man ofhis wealth, nnd Ijbcinl views. Began nt onco with "Ifyou choose—
And could you really lovc him"— But the lady spoiled his speech in a hulV, ^\¦ilh au answer rough aud ready enough, To let him know slie was uji lo siiulT,
And allogelher abovo him.
.\ young nlloruoy, ot winning grace, Wns source allowed lo "open his face," Ero Miss Mac Brido had closed his case,
Wilh a Iriio judicial celerity ; Fortlio lawyer was poor, ami ''seedy" to boot. And lo say thc lady discarded his suit,
Is merely a double verity 1
Tho i.ast nf those who como to court, Was a lively bea.i, ofthe dapper sorl, "Wilhout nny visible means of support"—
A crime by no mean.H flagrnnt In one who wiar.s an c!e;;iiiil coat. But the very point on which they vule
A ragged I'ellow a "vagrant."
.V courtly fellow was Dapper Jim, Sleek and supple, and lall and Irim, And bmolh of longue as .iei>l of limb.
And maitgre his .ncagre pocket, You'd say, from Ihe glittering tales ho lold, 'I'lint Jim was rocked in a craillc of guld,
With fortunes tu rock it I
Xnw, Dnppar Jim his courlsliip plied,
(I V'sh llio liiCt could bu denied)
Willi nn eye to tie-' purse of old Mae Bride,
And really "nolhing shorter I" For he said lu himself, in hia greedy lust, '¦Whenever ho dies—as dio hu n.ust, And yield to Ueavcn l.is vital trust— He's very sure lo "come down with his dusl,"
In behalf of his only daughcr."
And tlio very magnificent Miss Mao Brido, Ualf ill love, nnd half in pride.
Quite graciously relented; And toss-od her l.c.id, n.ul lurning her back— Ko tolicii of proper pride to lack- To be a bride without the "Mae,"
Will, n.uch disdain consented I
Alas I that people wlio'vo got their box Of cash beneath the best of locIis, Scc.rcd fro.n all financial shocks, Should .stock Ihcir funcy slocks. And mnlcc a r.isl. upon Wall sirect roclts,
Willionl Ihe least apology I Alas the people wlitisc money ufl'airs, Aro BO.md, beyond all need of repairs, Should ever tempt the bulls and bears
Of Mammon's fierce zooloj][y.
Old John Mae Bride, onc fatal day, BcciiDic tho unrosistiiig prey
Of fortune undertakei's; .Vnd slaking all on a single die, Uis foundered barque wenl high and dry
Among the brokor3 and breakers 1
Xl his trade .a.iratu, in tl.o very shop Where, years befuie, he lel it drop.
He I'ullows h.is nncicnt calling— Cheerily, loo, in poverty's spile, A.id .sleeping quilo as sound al night. As, when, at furUiiie's giddy height, lie used to wake wilh a di'izy fright.
From a dismal drca.n of fiillh.g.
But nlas 1 fur ll.e haughty liinS Mac Bi l.le, 'Twas sucl. a shock toher precious pride I She co..ld..'t recover, ftllhuugh she tried
Hcr jaded spiriis lo rally; 'Twas a d.'ca.llul chaiigQ i.. humil'ii afl'.iir.'!, Frum a place 'L'p-lown,' lo a .lOok 'L'p-.stairs,'
From an Avenue down to an Alluy I
'Tw.i.i liulc condolence slic had, God wol. From her 'troops of friends,' who hadn't I'ui'got
The air she uM'i lo biiri'uw ; They had civil phrases enough, h'jl yet "I'was plain lo aee that their ''deepest rcgrel''
Was a different thing fro.n sorrow !
Tl.ey ow.ied it couldn't havo well been Wiii'so
To go frum full to empty purse ;
To oxjicct a "reversion," a.id get a reverse,
Was-lruly a dismal fcalnre I Bul it wasn't strange—they whispered—nt nil! Tl.al ll.e Summer uf pride should have ils Fall,
Waa quite according lo nature 1
And ono of thoso who make a pun, A3 if it were quile legitimato f..u To bo blazing away at every one, Will, a regular, dunble-loadcd gun—
Rcmark'd that moral transgression Always btings fotribiitivo slings To cai.dle-n.ake.'s, as well as kings : Fur "making light of ccreuus things,"
Was a very wicked profession I
And vulgar people—the saucy churls— Infp.ircd iibunl "the Price of Pearls,"
Aud iiiock'd ill hcr silualion ; "Sho wasn't ruined—they veulurcd to hope— Becanuc she was poor, she ncedti'l niopu— Few people wee hcllcr olf fur sonp,
And tl.at was a consolaliun I"
And to make hcr cup of woe run over, Uer clega..l, ardent, plighted lover
Was tho ve.'y lirst to forsake hcr; "He quilo regretted the step, 'Iwas true— Thc lady had pride enough 'for two,' Bul tl.al ilio.10 would never tlo
To quit tho bulcher and baker I
And now tl.e unhappy Misa Mao Bride— Thc merest ghost of her early prido—
Bewails her lonely position ; Cramp'd in thc very ..arrowest niche. Above ll.o poor, and below ll.o rich—
Wns ever a worse coudiliu.i'! jior..ii.. Beeauso you fionrisli iu worldly a.Tairs, Don't bu haughty and pul on airs,
Wilh ii.sulu..l pi'ido of alnlioi. I Do.i't hc proud nnd lurn up your noso At poor pco[du i.l plainer clothes. But Icarn, for the sake ol your mind's repose, That wealth's a bubble, thnt comes—and goes I And that nil  prouil flesh,   wherever it grows,
Is subjeet to irrilalion,
* "Mickle wl' thrift .nay chance to be niair."- Si-nlch proverb. [Wo fancy the poet hero al¬ ludes also to Andrew II. Mickle, a worthy to¬ bacconist, who was recently Mayor of Kcw York.J
B®, Tito Albany Kegister snys :   ''We hnvo racoivd the fullowing.    Whal docs it mean 7 " 'MAS.XFFSUOYEVAU ?" '"KKIilSiSEYI" "KOOl.KHSEODWOU?" '''I.LEW YI.IIAKUAMKU." '•O.SYASTNODCOY'?" Gucas it lakes a Ijfl-hauded man lo find out.
Tlie pnreuln.eeofnlio is Iho musl difiicuit of nil to trace. Itisinde^la clover lio Iliat knows ita own fat|icr I
3Hi,$cel.(;infou.i
Sleep.
.Sleep is ono ofthe wisest re.i.dalions of Ka- turc, to check and loedcrato at fixed periods thc incessant a.id inipctiious stream of vital consumption. It forms, asit wore,sinlions fur onr physical and irtorai ciistence; aud we Ihere¬ by oblain the happiness of being daily rc-horn, and uf pAssiu',' every morning Ihrough a state of aniiiliilation into a new and rcf.'e3licd life. Wilhout this cunlinnal change, this incessant renovation, how wretched and i..sipid would lilc bc; and how depressed our raont.'.l ns well ,as phy.sical sensnlions! Tlic grcalest philoso- plier of thn present n.i^c says, l!.ereli:i.'o, will, justice: "'Take froia man hope and sleep, and l.e will be the nio.^t '-retched being on carlh !
IIu'<v ui.wlaely then do those uct who i.nag- iiii.' that by laking as littlo sleep ns possible they |)rolo.ig their exiilence. Nothing accel¬ erates consumiitiuii ao much, notliing wnstes HS so much befure ihe limc, nnd renders us old, as want of sloop. Ita physical cd'ccts arc, that il retards all tlie vita! power, and restores what l.as been loat in the course of tho day; and thatil acpar.ales from us what is useless and pcrnlcioiia. It ',J, as il were a daiiy cri- siij, tiuri.ig wl.ieh nil secretions aro porfor.ned in lliu greatest Itan'inilily, and with the ulmost perrecliou.
Wo must no!, ho'n'ovcr, on thu account, lie- ;iicve lliat loo long canlinued sleep is one of the best means for preserving life. Long sloop accumulates too great a.i .ihu.ida..ce of perni¬ cious j..iccs, makes the oi'gnua loo llacid and unfit fur .i.-.e, and in Ihis inaniic can shorten life nkso.
Ill a wurd, uo onc -ihould .sleepless than si.T, nor .nure lliun eight lu'ars. This may be cslab¬ lished as a general rule.
Tu those who wish lo enjoy (inuiid and peace-1 '"re-'^'i reason fur esteem nnd  vciKrntion.   "So
ing I'uvcr supplici. the plnce of wine. Bul one mny easily perceive that tliis is an unnatural slale ; and the eonscqiicncea nro the same ns those ofevery simple fever—las.situde, sleep, aud n crisis, by tho pcrspira'.iou whicli lakes place during that sleep. Il may with propri¬ ety; therefore, bo said that a!' men every niglit havo a critical i>ci'spii'atioii, moro perceptible in somo and less so to others, by which what¬ ever pernicious iiiirliclcs have been imbibed by our bodies, or created in them during tho day, aro secreted and removed. This daily erisi.s, neccs'sary lo every man, is iianicularly requisite for hia support; and tin; pi'opcr perioJ ofii is when tl.o lever has attained to its high¬ est degree, lliat is, the period wlien tlio snn ia ill thc ..adir, consequently, ...idnight.
Those who spond the niglit in labor, andihe .nor.iing in sleep, lose tlLit timo which is most beaiililiil and the hest filled for labor. Ai'lcr every sleep wc nro roiioviiled in the prniioi'est scn.ic of thn word ; we nre, i.. tho mori.i..g, al¬ waya taller 'Jiaii at night; wo havo then more pliability, powors nnd juices; in a word more oflho chnraeteristica of youlh; wliile, nt nighl our budiea are drier nnd more, exhausted, n.id the propcrtica of ii!d ngo thon prevail. Ouo therefore, may cc'ridcr each day aa a sketch, in minature, of human life, in which the morn¬ ing reiireseiita youlli; iiooH, iiiauhood : and evening, old ngo; nnd never doos .nan c.joy tho scnsalio.. of hia own existence bo p..i'cly and in so great perfection as in a beautiful .norninj:. lie who ncglccla this period, nc^- Iccla thc youth of hislife.
John 'Wesley in his Old Agfr.
There is no sighl more refreshing and instriic- livc than a ehcerfiil, aclivo old man. Let ua lool; upnn Wesley in his hale old age.
Tho excellent Alexander Knox met him n few years before his dcalh, au.l declared that every hour spetit in his compnny afl'ui'dod him
fid repose; and to oblain tho wholo cud of. Bleep, I reconimeiid t!ie fiillowing obscrvntions: :
First.—Tho place wliero ouc sleeps must be quid nnd obscure. Tito less our scnsc.-i aro acted upon by external iiuiiresaions, the moro ' pcrl'cclly can Ihc soul rest. 0..0 mny sen from : this !iow improper thc custom i.i of having a | cnudlo liurniiig in one's bcd-cliambcr during ' tlic uighl.
Second.—People ou,:;ht always lu relleel lliul
Keep It Before the Pfioplo.
The fulluwiiig rceiark.5, which wo fin.l cir¬ culating in our exchanges, arc tr..o as preach¬ ing, and well worth the consideration ofall :
1. Keep it befiire the people—That, 1.cst tu tho pulpil, the press ia the most potent inatru incut of good lo tho church and the world in opcratiuti at tltc present day.
2. Keep it Ijcl'ore tho people—Tliat tlio clieapcst, easiest,aud most inlcrcsling moJium of co.iveying to a fumily informalion ou a vast vaiiely of important subjects, is through the wcll-.storod colu.nna ofa jnuiciou.-ly conducted iiewsiinjic.
3. Keep it bcro.'e Iho pooplo—That tke hond of a family who refuses lo s.ibscribe and pay for a good paper on account of its cost, "ia penny-wise and pound-foolish,'' as Ilo nut ouly keeps them in ijuor.iiicc of many thinga ihey oi.j;ht lo know, whieh cannot bo ncquii'ud ill any oilier way, but ho c.xclinli.'a himself from information of prnclical utility, oflenlimca con- t.ii.icd in n sI.i2!o numlier, whicii may bc wnrth lo him .nany times aa .nucli as the subscripiion for the whulu yea.'.
-1. ICccp it Iieforo tho peoplo—That Iho pre¬ paration and issue of every number ofa paper is attended witl. considerable labor and coal, and that it ia something moro Ilia., racanncsa for a man to malte a praclico uf burrowing and reading a paper for which olher pooplo havo liad tho hoi.ur uud houosly to suliscribc and pay.
5. Keep it Ijoforo llio pcciplo—Tl.at every well conducted papor is worth a hundred fuld .no.'c Ilia., ttd.at il coals,... ita ...fluence on in¬ dividual and public intclligeuce, mor.ilily and religion ; und that they aro true patriots who, ean couscieutioi.sly nnd liberally lupnort a viL,'iji'uu3 and ciilii:!i!.'ned press'.
Joe lljc Jarmcr.
Ilo th.it liy tlic niongh woul.l thrive, Himself iiiii-.t uilhorhuld or drivo.
Origin of 'Various Plants.
Every genlleman farmer ouglit lo bo somo-
what acquainted wilh the origin nud history of
fino nn uld mail I never saiv.   The  hnj'pinesa   all ordinnry pla.its and trees,  so as lo knuiv
of his miiid beamed forth in his  eonntcnanco; I their nature,  country nnd   condition.    Such
evci'y look showing how fully he enjoyed knowledge, hesidcs being n great soureo   of
"The gay romcmbcr'inco ofa life well apent." j pleasure, nnd vory desirable, will often enable
In li.m old  nge ujipoared  delightful,  like an   him to explain phenomena in the liiihit^ of ma-
eveuii.g williout a elo.id." .ly plu..la thatotherwiao would appear es'i'lica-
It would I.ol huvo heen dillicull  to identify   Ide. that old man  anywhere,  whether in  London       Wheat, nUhou;;h con.sidcrcd by  some  n.s a .or any of thn cities of liia sojourn, or hia trav-   native of Sicily,  origin.tlly    came  from  the ol.-:.    Few however,  would havo  jnd.gcd hi.n   cenlral Uihlcdand ol Tliibet, whero it exists aa heir bed-cl.a.nbor ia a place ju'wl.ich llicy pnss : ^^ ^'<^ whi.tfio was, fro.n his external- appear-} a grass, with amall mealy scoda. a great pari of iheir livea; at least, ll.cy du ..ol, s^'ice lucrely.    Little of tl.u   da.'i.ig iiiiiovaler |     Ryo exists wild in Siberia, rcmnlii in n..y place 3.1 long in tho same  siui- i waa^there in hia mien.   In  aoiiie  dislant part I     Barl-y exists wild ii. tho mo .    It is of ll:o ulir.o.n i.npoi'laucc, there- loC England, you ^niglit haveseen a man piirJ »'")'*•
\ conlainjiure, so....J   sniiiit !iia journey rciolutoly on horseback, m.d !     Oal.a wore brought from Korlli Africa.
us of Iliu
alion
f'.irc, ihat thia plnce.iii
air.    A sleeping apailment mnst, conaoqucnt- ; ahoiving by  the  book  in   his  hand,   that   ho _ .     .
ly, bc roomy and liigli; i.eilhur inhnhil,;d  nor ' grudged 10 lose asingic tnomcnt of lime.   Y'on . other Ilgypl and Abysiiiiiia, heated during tho day: nnd tha windowB ought   might  sco  11 .nan   walking    wiil.  firm slop nliviiys tobokcpl open. ; thro.igh some tuwn and  villngo, giving  proof
Tl.i.'d.—One slniuld eat lillle, nnd o.dy cold   in every motio.. that he had wni'k tu do.   Ills food
Jlillct, onc species, ia a native of India,  an
Maizo, Indian corn, is uf nativo  .qrowlli  in iVmcrica. Rice was brought from Soulh .Vfrica, wliciico
od fur supiior, nlwaya and sume houra hcfure   stalnro w.aa under  middlo   size, his habit of  ''"aa laken to ludin,  and  Ihcncc to  Kurope .iu.Mubod. ; body Ihin bnl compact.   A clear, sinoolh fore-   """^ '^"«^"™-
k'niirlh.—When n-lied, one. should lie not iu licad, an niiuili..o nose, an eye of piercing a forced or coiialrnincd puslnre, bnt nlmost brightness, a complcxlion of perfect healthful hu.'izu.iliilly; tho hcii'l e.xecplcd, wliich ought item, disting.iishud hiin among all olhcrs. to lien lillle raised. Xolhing ia more prejn- Even his dreaa waa chai'acteristic—thc pcrl'cc- dicial than lo lie in bed h.alf silling. 'Tho bo-! lions of neatness nnd simplicity, perhapa with dy llicn I'.irma nn an.crle; circulation in the a little louch of priiunoss; a narrow, plaited stomach is checked, nnd the spiiio is nlways j slocl:, a coat wilh n small, upriglit collar—his very much compressed. By thia custoni, 0110 . clotha without any of the usual ornamouts of of the principle ends uf sleep, a fi'ce and u.iiii-1 silk velvet—combined Avitli a head as while aa terrupted circulation of the hlood, ia dcl'unlcd; j snow to givo the idea of a man of peculiar and ill infiincy and youth, doforuiity nud crook- j private ehai'acter. cdncJ.s arc often consequences.
Fifth.—All the cares nnd burdens of the dny mnsl he laid nsidc with ones clolhes ; none of them must ho carried to bod willt us; nnd in thia respect, ono by cuslom nmy obtain very great power over their thought. I a.u acquain¬ ted with no practice moro destructive than that of al.idying in bed, and of reading till ouc hills asleep. By lhc?u lueana tho soul ia put into great activiiy, nl a period who., everything con¬ spires to alluw it perfect real; and it ia nalu¬ ral thnl the ideas llius exciicd, should wander and float through the brain during the ivhole night, Il ia not enough lo sleep physically; man muat sleep also siiirilually. Sucl. a dia* Uu'bed sleep ia na sulficient aa ila opposilo— that is, when our spiritual part sleeps, but not our corporeal; such, fur example, ns sloop i.i a jolting carriage ou a journey.
Sixlh;—One circunistanee,  in  particulai', I
One buok ho nl.v.iys carried with him iu his journeys besides the Bible. It was his Dairy. Would wo learn what viow of life the old man lakes, wc can seem lo look over his slioulder on hia eighty-si.xth hirlh-il.iy, and read whnl he has written.   Juuc 28, ITtJl-l, ho writes ;
"I lliia day enter upon my eighty-sixth year. Aud what cauao have I to praise God, as for a thousand spiritual blcs-siuga, so I'or a Ihuu¬ sand bodily blcs.iii.gs nlso. Uow lillle h.ave I sulTered yet from the rush of my nuuicrous ycar.i."
After mentioning a fow marks of tlie infirmi¬ ty of age, ho declares that hc feels no sucli thinga ns wenrincsa either iii traveling or preaching.
"And I nm not conscioua of nny decay in wrili.ig sermons, which I do as readily, and I believe ns correctly as ever.
''i'o what causo canl impute this, that I nm
must not hero omit tomenliuii. Many believo M I am? '-'''¦'st) doubtless, lo tho power of that it is entirely the anmc if 0110 alccpa theae I God lilting mc for the work lo whieh I am cal- seven hours cither in the day or t!io niglit lime. Ic'i «3 If-ug <" '>e p'eascs to cominue therein; Peoplo give Ihcm.clvcs up thcreibre, at  nighl,   i»i>'l "tixt, siibordinally lothis, to the prayera of
Peas aro of unknown tii'ig.n.
Pcachca ii.'O ..atives ofGer.nany.
Buckwheat came origii!.a!ly from Sibcrla'aiid Tavlary.
Tho Garden Bonn frum the. East Indie.?.
Cabbage grows wild in Scicily and Xnples.
Tl.c poppy was bruughl from ll.o Ea.st.
The sunllowor from Peru.
Hops canvj to perfection as a wild flower in Germany.
Sall'ron caino from Egypt.
The onion is also a nativo of Egypt.
IIorso-radi.nh ia from Soutli Eiir.ipe.
Tubuceo is a iiativo ol]. Virginia, Tubago, and Cidifurnia, Another species has also been found wild in Asia.
Thc grasses are mostly native plants, and ao aro the clover.s, except Lucerne, which ia a na¬ tive uf Scicily.
TliO gourd ia an Easlern plant.
Tho potato ia a well k.iown n:illve of Peru and Mexico.
Coriander growa wild near the ML'dil.n'i'aii- can.
Anuiso wna brouglit from llic Grecian .VrcJii- pclago.
as lung as llicy think proper, cither to sludy or pleasure, nii.l iiiiagiiiclhal they make every. ll.i..g evo.. wliC. Ihey sleep in the forenoon, those houra which they sat np nller midnight. But I must request every ono, who regards hia hcallh; lo beware of so seducing an error, ll is ccrlainly not the same, whether ono sleeps scve. l.ou.'a by day or by night; and two hours sound sleep before mid..ight arc of moru ben¬ efit lo the body than I'uur houra i.i the day.— My reaauns arc as lullows :
That pcriud of twenly-lbnr hours, furmed bv the regular revolution of our carlh, in wliich all the inhabitattta parlalcc, ia particularly dia- liuguished iu llio physical eeo.iomy uf man.— This regular period is apparent i.. all diseases; and ull the other small periods bo wonderful iu our physical history, - aro by it really deter¬ mined. It is, asit were, thu unity of our nat¬ ural chro...ilugy. Ko.v, it is obsorved, thai ll.o .nuro the end of these periods coiucidea wilh the conclusion of tho day, the moro ia the piil- aatiun acculernted; an.l a feverish slale ia pru- dnecd, ur Ihc so-cnllc.l evening fevor, to whicii every man is aubject. The accession of now cliyhj to tlic bluod may, iu all prubabilily. coii- lilbnte sumelhing toward this fover, though it ia not tho o.ily cause; lor we find it in sick peo¬ ple, who have neither eat nor drank. It ia j hi., li|,.,. With the little strength remaining • more owing, wilhuul doubt, lu tbo absonce of he cried oul to l.is friends wulehi'n^ hia .re¬ liie suu, and to iLat i-cvuhilion in tho ati.iua-i |,i„-tiiro—"Thu best ol nil is, God ia'with .im, phcru which ia connected wilh it. This even- j and eonld onlv whisper tho first two wntls of n ing I'ever is Iho rensot. why nen-oiia ponplo find 1 favorilo psiilra—I'll praise, I'll pnii.-io." llis ll..;-ii..=clves more fit fiir labor durin;.;' thc iii;;lil friends wci'C li'lU'. linish thc li..es,fiir Wc'-lev's than dining l!iu d.Ay. Tu bccuuie active llicy voice waa lo beWa iiiu£t have an artificial alimulus; and the even-' Osgood,
his child:
"Miiy wo uol iinpuie it bi inferior moans? First. 'To my constant exercise and changeof air'? Second. To my never hnviug lost a night's sleep aick or well, 0.. land or sea since I was burn '/ Third. To my having sleep nl command, so that, whenever I feel myself worn out, I eall il and it comea day or night ? Fourlh. To my conslant preaching at fivo in the mor..i..g for nliout fivo years ? Six. To my having had so litlle sorrow or anxious car.;'.'
F.ven ..ow, though I find pai.. daily in my eye, or temple or nrm, yct it ia never violent and seldom lasls mnny .ui.ii.les at a li.ne.— Wheth.'r or nut this is sc.it lo givc mo war¬ ning that I am shortly to quit this tahcrnuelc, I do know, bul if. ia one way or other, I have only lo say—
"My rcr.innnl of days, I spc.l to hia jiraisc, Wbo died the whole world lo redeem, Bo it many or few, My days are hia duo, .\iid ihcy all nro devoted lo him." S.l il pruved   threo   yca.'s   afterwards.    In U'Jl, .March 2d, at ll.o  age  eighty-eight,  hc brcallied his  last,   with a hymn of praise
Ci'luora E.xn'R-vt'T euom a Scotch Ni-:w3- PArici! IX ISO".—Copy ofa painlers'a bill pre¬ senied to the vestry for work done in a church:
To a now pair of handa for Dnniel in the lion's den, aud a new set of feci fur the liou- e.53.
To cleaning thc   whale's belly,  vftriiisliin^ j Jonah's "ace, and mending hia left nrm.
'To a now skirt of Joseph's garment.
To a sheet-anchor, n jury-mast, and a long hoat of Koah'a Ark.
To giving a blush lo the check of Evo, or. presenting the apple to Adam,
To painling a now cily in the land of Kud.
To cleaning tho gnnlcn of IMen iil'ier A.l- nm'a expulsion.
To making a bridle fur tho Samaritan's horse, and meuding onc of his legs.
To fitting a ncw  haiidlo  in Moaca' and binding bulrushes.
I'o adding mure fuel lo the firo of N
nc/.cr's fiu'iu'.co.
llcccivcd paymeni,
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card no more.—llti: Samuel
basket
huchnd-
The Oi.nK.aT Bini.i: is' Amkhica.—Dr. J. 1!. Witherspoon, of Grccn.iborough, Alab. haa a manuscript Bible, whieh l.e believes on evi¬ dence of tradilion a..d tillo page, lo be havo bcc. wrillen about A. u. 840 or SJO, muking it over 1000 yeara old. Il is S in. bruad and j iu. thick. It is wriitcn on pa.'ehnient, as soft a..d ..early as thi.. aa salin. The covers are uf English oak, and pegs of oak arc used to wedge in the thongs of deer-skin that fusion in tho leaves. The pages nro buniitifully illuminaled wilh red black aud bluo ink leltera—very large al the beginning of each hoolt.
Jtsi'iT l.vKLfEXfKsare nt work lo destroy the crediliility tu the statements of Miss Bunk- ley, who escaped frotii tho convent at Emmets- burg. Her plnin slory, however, cannot be controverted, and it seema proper that IcL'al iu\e-:li;;aliun should Lake place. Cm.vents nre anliiop.ddicaii and a.ili-Ch'iatian, nnd should not bo tolerated in this conntry.
Agricultural Knowledge.
Knowlcdgo ia something which too ma.iy of our fa.'mcrs think unnccoa.^ary to be coupled wilh agriculture. Thoy think it only nccossary lor professional men, that a farmer has neither need nor business wilh it, nnd it would be wast¬ ing lime and money in giving ngood education to a boy ii.le.ided for a farmer. Now if knowl¬ edge ia useful lo a profcssi'jual man why could it nolbo to a farmer? Why could not the latter bona much benefitted by it a^ Ilia former—and would not it bo ufthe same advantage to him?
Tho limo was when agriculture was looked upon aa something oti ittle conseqiinicv, bulthat limo is past, and il now ranks amouglhe firat of acle.icoa. Ila bcantoous noble parls havo been brought Olil before the world by menof talent, and liad not such men lakcii thom in hand, lli'v would havo bcon alun.bcriug in obscurity yel; and wo ean only suslain it in ita preaent posi¬ tion, and raise it still higher, by acquiring uae¬ ful knowledge ou.'aeIvea, and by educating our childron. For, eon[ilc any pursuit wilh ignor- a..cc a..d it sinks—link it wilh educaiion it will rise.
Il will novor do lo think that, if a b.iy can read iu tho Teslamenl, scralch a liltle wiihlho pen, and solve a I'ew qiicitiuiia in the Uule of Throe, ho ia sulficiclly learned for n farmer, lie n.ighl crowd l.im-:clf througii the wotld witk thai n.uch, if Xaturo had bociwill. her gifistohi.a. Butwilhuut|ihcj'ficklo damu'a'assis¬ tance, wo think l.o woul.l make liltio progress. But givo hi.n a good educalioi., and ho will go through the wurld honored a..d respected byil, bo a benefit lo his noble calling, aud an onia- mout tn society.
We live in an nge of improveinent, audniu.-t keep up with the march of Iho same. There are loo many who fi.IIow in tko footslops of their furo-falhors, and think uothing can be doue well, niiless it be performed nfter the fa.^hiuu of their nnccstora. Thoir modes suiL.'d their age, not oura. Farmers aro not alive lo thoir iutci'cst as ll.cy .should bo, and unless knowledge haa tt laoio general flow among Iliom, they must remain behind the age. Many farmers cannot afford to givo their sons a classical edu- Ci-.tioii, 1ml they may all givo thom a good Eng¬ lish education ; they havo it in their po'.ver to raise tliO Free School to such a grade es lo have a!! tho Englisli branches laught in tlicm. I.ui ikt.ia iii-.iku their sona acquainied with nii the Kngliah branches, and sco what a difi'er¬ ence there will bo iu the no.vt generation cf I'aruicra.
Wc should not only alleud lo llio rising gon- cralioii, hut imp.'ovc ourselves by studying and reading such books nnd papers ns aro calcula- to i.np.'ove us in our noblo pursuit. We spend many lioura in indolence a..d fooiisl. coiivcrsa- tiun, which, if spent wilh usefid bou!;3, would be of vast uae lo ua.
Tho beauties of ngricnUuro are to an  igno- ra.it man ns Ihongh they  wore  ..ot, liierefore uot niiprecialcd by  hiiu.    Ho  lives  and sees llie Ihinga grow around hi.n—he knowa that if ho plants a cc'Ltin kind of seed that  it  would grow and prudueo seed; but I.ow it gi'Ows, and what il I'cods upou he duo* not care to iuqniro. "One man thcio w.is, andmaiiy such you might Have met, who never had a dozen thouglils 111 nil his life, aud never changed Ihcir courso; IJullold thom o'er, each in its 'enstomcd place. From morn lill nighl, from youlli lill hoary nge, Liltli! above the ox tliat grazed thc field,' Hia reasoii rose ; so weak hia incmorv, Tho name hia mother called him he scarce Remembered; aud hia jttdgraei.f so untaught, 'J'hat what nt cvc i.ig played nlong Ihoswanip, Fnnla.^tie clad in I'obe of fiery hue. Ho tlionght the devil in disguise, and fled Willi grieving heart and winged footsteps home. The word [ihilosophy hc never heard. Or scienco; never heard of liberly, X'cccasily, or laws of graiitalion ; .Vnd nover had an ...ibolicvit.g doubt. Beyond his native vale hc never looked ; A.id tliou.Ljhl llie visual lino that girl him riund Thc world's extreme, nnd  thouglit  llic silver moon
I'hnl nightly o'er liira led hcr virgin host, Xo brondcr than his falher'a shield."
How diffc'ci.t it ia with the enlighlened fur¬ .ucr i hc derives ploas.iro from evorythini; that gr.iws around him, in watching its growth, in observing whal it fijcda upon. Ho knows by examining Ihe soil whnt kinda of grnin nro best ndapted lo it. Uo ui.derala..ds the philosophy of almost everything around him, and feels ready to exclai.n witli a celebraled pool:
'¦Hnppy the man who kno.va the aus: of things."
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86y Horses should bc kept in warm but well venlilntc.l stables. Every horso should havo his blanket on at ..ight; an old picco of rag carpet will an.swer a good purposo when you nro not disposed to incur the expense ofa reg¬ nlar horse blanket. .\t any rate have a cov¬ ering of some kind for your horse at uight, and use the curry comb Iroely by day, anil with ordinary attention to his oll.er wants, and yon will have the servicea of a good horso for twenty or twenty-five yenrs, instead of eight cr ten, ns is generally the caie.
Kii.i.ixr. Fowi.s.-T-Oa!y turkeys and geese should be bled to dealh—the flesh of iho chick¬ en becomes dry and insipid fromlo.is uf hlood.— Thc best plan, saya llio Poultry Chronicle, is lo lake a blunt stick, such n.s a child's bat, or a boy's wooden sword, nnd slriko tho bird a, smart blow on tho back oflho neck, about the lliird joinl from the head; death fullowa in a moment.
Ugy^Phi-iter of Paris slacked limo, woott- ajliea, and common salt, combi..od in due pro¬ portions, may, after all, at tho same or losa cost bo more proQliible to tho farmer than any manure yet known.