Huntingdon Journal

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VOL. 19.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 8, 1854.
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GO FEEL WHAT I HAVE FELT.
A  young lady who  wns told that sho  ivas nlmost a monomanln In Iier hatred to nlcoholic drinks, ivrote tllo follow-ing to-iclilng nnd sensi¬ lilo versos: Oo, feel whnt 1 hnvo folt.
Go, boar what I hnvo borno ; Sink 'n«»tU a blow a fiil'icr dealt.
And the cold, )iriiud world's scorn. 'Thus struggle on from year to yonr, 'Thy sole rulief—tlio scalding tenr.
¦Co, weep as I linvo wept,
0''ct a loved father's fall; See every c-lierlslicd promiso swept—
Youth a swcetiiuas turned to gall; Hope's faded flowers strewed nil lliu wny That led up to my woiuun's day.
Cn, linoel ns I havo Illicit;
Implore, beseech nml prny, filrivc Iho beaotlod heart to mult,
The downward courso to slay,— Rc enst with bitlprcur.se nsidc— Thy prayers burlesnuod, thy tears dcfioil.
Co. sland wlicro T hnvc stood,
And SCO the strong man bow-, With giinshing leolh, lllis bathed in blood,
And cold nnd livid brow-; Co, cntch his wandering glance nnd sco There mirrored, his soul's misery.
Co, hear what I Imvo heard—
Tho sobs of sad despnir— As memory's feeling fount linth sllrroil,
And ils rcvcalliigs Ihcro Have told llim what ho i*gbt havo been, Had ho tho drunkard's fate foreseen.
Oo, to my mother's sido.
And her crushed spirit cheer— Tliinn oivii deep niigulsli hide—
Wipe from hcr clieck tbe tear.
Mark hcr dim eye—hcr furrow-cd brow; Tho grny that slroiiks hcr dark hnir now Her toil-worn frnmc—hcr trcnibliiig limbs— . And trnco the ruin back to hiui Whose plighted fnith, iu early youlh. Promised ctcmnl lovc nnd truth ; Hut who forsworn, bath yielded up This iiromlso to tho deadly cup ; And led hcr down froiu lovo nud light, l-'rom all thnt madu hcr luilliway bright. And clinlncd hcr there 'mid want nnd slrife, That lowly thing, a drunkard's ivil'o I And stamped on childhood's brow no mild. That williering blight—.^ druiikard'a cliild 1
Go. henr and sco, nnd fool .ind know, -Ml tbnt my sonl balb felt nnd kniiw-n (
Then look wi'lhin tho wino cup's glow— Seo if Ita brlgbtncss can iitoiic I
Think If ils llavor you ivould try,
Ifall proclaimed, 'tis drink uiid die!
TcII mo I h.alo llio bowl—
Hale ia ft fecblo word ; 1 lii.ilh, nlibor, my very soul
Hy strong disgust I.a stirred, Whcro'or I soe, or hear, or toll
Oflho PAUK nKVEllAOK OF HKI-I.!
solfialiiicss oil tho flitnr of domcslic Iinppliiess? And how can ivo expect n young w-oinnii fed on flattery, nccompli..!lied into igiiornnco, doal¬ ing on jcw-elry, despising work ns do/!;i-oding, unable to comb lior own hnir, and regarding man as a gold-producing iiiticliiiic, to givc np Ilcr nccustouied grHtilicntloiis, nud occupying herself with tho petty details of hou.sokeepiug ? No, "wo cannot gnlhcr grapes of Oiorii,^, nor figs of ihiatles."
Tlio notion that it is imprudent for very young pcr.iions to marry, is totnlly fallacious.— Expericiicu has proved this III iiinuiuorablu cases. .\3 .soon as ft young inau is nblo to support himself, liu i.s ublo to support u wife, and Iho sooner lie takes one the bolter. Let him select n son.sllilo young woman, suited to hiniself 111 nge, dlsposltiun and circunistntices, will her ftirectlona and inarry hcr; nnd, if they nro not Iiniipy, nothing on enrth could mnko thom so. Ono instance : Edivard mnrried nt twenty-one the girl of lils choice, Marin. Iio waa ft poor clerk; sho had no dowry but good soii.so and ii loving lionrt.
They comiuenced house-kccpini» on the humblest scnin; but lovo and llio suiiny chcor- fulness of youth enriched poverty itself, while tho graco and neatness of tlio wife threw a halo of rcfiiiemcnt round their Iiiiinblo home. In¬ dustry and a frugality which never descended to meanness, increased their worldly gooda, until by degrees tbey arose to nllluencc. Al'lor fifteen years of wedlock, their affection is ns ivarni ns it was in the flush of youth; and tho husband prizes tho kiss whieii Bweetens his departure, nnd tbo snillo which welcomes his relum, na highly as when they were bestowed by tho blushing brido.
Such might hnve been the history of hun¬ dreds of surly, fielllsh old bachelors, and sour, snappish (Jd lunld.s; if thoy had only been more ivise, and Icsa prudent. .Such might havo been tho hislory of hundreds of jarring couples, if Instead ol ivallliig for a iiooulide sky nnd gold¬ en freight, they had, with suilablo iiartners Initiiched their barquo on the nnknowii soft of Matrimony, in the inorning of life, with lovo for ft cargo uud hopu for u helm.
Anolher cause of matrimonial nnhnpplness nmong people who oro moderately attached and inighl bo moderately happy If they did not expect too much of each other. Is the fact, that w-Ivcs nro too exftctlng. Thoy don't knoiv what'is bost for ihom when they insist upon hearing exnclly what del lined tho husband be¬ yond his usual limo. Il is perhaiis much moro conducive lo their haiiplness not to know.— When a husbnnd returns in the evening or ftt nighl, fatignod wilh business or pleasure, ho doos not feel disposed to entertain himself by "confiding" in his wife. If It woro necessary to enlighteii her, no doubt he would do so, ftnd ivhen he volunteers no informnlion about his business, her wisest courso Is not to task his invcntloii by asking him qiiestloiifl. In order that tho matrlmoninl ninchine should work well, It is ncccHsary that the w-Ife should enter- tain tho moat nnivavcrliig confidenco In tbo moral rectitude of her Imslmnd. Anything cnlciilnted to shake thi.s conlidonco must tend to diminish tbe happinesa of both; wheiofnro II lias been suid, ".\ ivoman's grcnlcst happinesa Ja to be most cirofully deceived."
Many other causes of matrimonial misery might bo cited, all tending to show that the blame doos not rest entirely on tho lords of creation; but enough ba.s been snid, nnd these remarks uro too fni extended already.
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MEQOY.
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Matrimonial Misery.
We couiiuend lhe lollowing comiiiiinication (if 0 fair correspondent of tbo New Orleans Picayune, lo the utlculloii of tho old nnd young, nnd of bolh sexes—of somo for odilicfttion, nnd of others for reproof:
A correspondent of one of your cotcmpor.v ries having Ihre.-ilcd this subject in ft powerlul bul, ns 1 I'.-em, onu sided manner, I propose to olTcr iny views In retntion to the matter.
Aiimitting the general fact lhat very many, if not the majority of marriages, arc unhappy wo dispute the propositions llial this unliappi ness la usually the fnult of tlie husband; that mosl womou are, when first niarricd, sofl, ]ili- ublo crcutnre.s to bo molded to good or ill by the inasler hand o( tho husband; and that moat men, by their bad treatment, pervert the na¬ ture of their wives, and thus introduce domes¬ tic discord. The fact in that both are partly lo Manic, and society more llinn cither. Marriage iis unhappy because neither men nor wonieii nre so educated as to make it otherwiae.— Amotig-tho causes ofthia unhappinesa may be i-ockoneii tlie haslo with which matrimony is sometimea entered upon; the inftn led blindly •hy his feelings, and tho woman snalching at tia •offer losl she may novor got another, with out Ihe least regard to fitness, alfeclion or any other worthy motivo. In such mnn-iages, the lovo, which iu the beginning is ftll on one side —that of tho hiisbftiid—soon dies away; nnd ivhuii the ardor of the honey moon is over, tho
wifn must bc content with civility in public nnd indilferenco iu private, for the rest of her life. 'Verily, ahe gets hor reward, ftnd has no right lo complnin.
Another source of matrinionlnl uiihapplneas ia the fiict that peoplo genernlly do not marry young enough. Men are deterred by nn exng¬ gernted idea of tho oxpenscs of niaiiitiftliing ft liimily, and women postpone it until tlicy can "belter thcmscivcs" pecuniarily. 'riio_ fornier wnatc their youlh and menus In drinking and dlsslpntlou, and tho Iftttor fritter aw.iy their af- fucliuns in idle flirtntiniis. llcw cnn we expeet ft man who hus fiirgotten, if ho ever felt it, the respect inspired by tho genllo virtues of n inolher or nister; w-lid has carefully avoided the rcllning Inlluonce of virtuous fenmle society, and lusl '-y unwoilhy n„socIarioii the poiver of iipprccialing II; and who ia iiK-apfthlo of enjoy¬ ing nny pleasures but those of the grossest sort, to reaigii his precious liberly, forego Ills cher- whc'l niuusciiiimli', and. in short, sii(-rilic» his
Your Boys on the Sabbath.
Why do not parents havo prido enough in tho welfaro of their boys lo keep theui within doors or at Church on the Sabbalh? Sefticcly a Sabbalh passes by, especially In pWnsaut weather that docs not witness, ft nol.sy gftng of boys in some one or other ofour slrcets, or in somo vacant lot, engaging in thc sports nnd pasliiiics iucidciit to the season, as indulged In during tho week days. They may bn seen, nl almost ar.y limo during the dny, playing ball, marbles, trundling tho hoop, &c., oi with lino and pole in hnnd starting Ibr fishing. Boys thus transgressing, arc not only injuring them¬ aelvea, ftiid casting reproach upon their par¬ ents, by winning tho unenviable reputation of wicked, loalliig, Salibftlh-brettkiug boj-s, but tbey nro annoyances to Ihcir neighbors, who seek toapprceiuto tho blessings of ouo day in seven Iu. rest.
Nor is thia all. Pftrenis shouhl rcnocl that by ollowing Ihelr boys to dL^regnrd the Sab¬ batll, nnd to appropriate ila moments, accord¬ ing to their III iliiiaiions, iu fishing, hunting, ball-playing, kc, they arc permittiiig them to lake the firit step in vice, that may eventually load them to tho prison or gallows. If no re¬ straint is Imposed uiioii them, tkey soon min¬ gle with thoso p-oficient In vico and crime, wlio W-IU lead them In tho paths Ihoy are tread¬ ing. I'ttrciita should reflect that in thus pcr- mittina their bnys lo break tho Sabbath, thoy nre giving their tacit consent to thoir taking this first step in vico and criiiie, which, uuless roslraincd, will Icad to idleness, ignorance and ruin. They givo them permission to become peala lo soeiety, not respecting themselves, nor being respected by othera.
A hislory ofthe Uvea of ftll tho criminals ev cr sciitcnccd, imprisoned or executed, would show that o disregarded of the Sabbnih was ono of tho leading steps to tho road to ruin; llintiiicoinpaiiywilli those,ivIio,Iiko themselves, desecrated its time; they bad taken the in- Itintory atop lo vice, thnt cveutually led them to tho commission of crime. Aud wo aro taught to beiiove that tho parent ns well aa the ¦child is reaponsible for theso iiegligcncea, these sins. How easy a inatter it ia to deatroy all do- sire in the child to dishonor this day, if you on¬ ly commenco iu good scaaon. First ovil im¬ pression uro ea.siIyradicated,foul weeds sown iu ag iod soil nro (piick to germinate,but arc easily destroyed when ihcy first spring into existence; bul allow them to grow up and goto Bccd,aiidllie fruits thereof aro scattered In every dircclion. Parouts,leacli your boya to regard the Sabbalh. The Icsaons taught us Inlhosci-eneriuict of lhat holy day, in childhood, though not taught by a parent—.1 mother—aro still indelibly imiircs. sed upon nur memory, na though it wero but yesterday lhat wo recoivod them. If they do not I'O to church keep them within doora, that thoy may not prove enemioa to lliemselvcs and iiuitniices to those around tliem. Few cau en¬ joy the qu'iot, of home nnd havo a gang ofbo>a In front of their dwoUIiiga, playing game--, laughing, aliouting, cursing and swearing, es¬ pecially ou the Sabbath. "Ueinember the Sab¬ bnih dny to Uijilt holy," is one of tin'iou:- mandmenls.
The wood hnrnod low in the great firo-placo —tho clock struck nine, nnd from tho bough of tho trees that ci'enked agninst tho window, the cock crew—ho had had a long nnp already. I w-as inellned to follow his examplo, for the com¬ ing of no visilors ivas to bo apprehended nt that time of night, aiid as I looked from the window I saw that thc Iighta wero all gone from tho nelghboriiig houses.
Hut though, 03 I said, I was inclined to seek my pillow, it waa not so much that I was sleepy, as restless and wearied with tho monotony of the hours, for unless thero bo great resources within one'a self, greater than ever I hnd,conn¬ try lifu ill tho winter ia very trying. When w-c havo nothing to do but to think,.wo nro likely to grow tired of thinking, when wo sit all alono and SCO tho firo die, and hear tho clock tick and tick, and striko nnd strike, and see the moon como up oud travel omong thu stars and go down, ftnd henr tin winda moan ftiid moan, tho sound which at first was ft sweet melan¬ choly becomes dreary and weary, and we long for something, anything, to break tho evcrliist- ing and mournful quietude. Wo feel tho ne¬ cessity of doing something, of loving soiuo- ting inoro than our pot of geraniums and our kuiltlng work. From theso causes frlcndsliips aro moru real in tho country, and lovea havo Ihoir mnking thero that would bo sadly inter¬ rupted by the rattling of coacli w-hccl,^ Or the operatic music across tho way. So nmong country pe-iiilo wo find, perhaps, na mnuy un- equfti and uiiliap]iy marriages as wu do in groat cities whero calculation and ftmbltion warp wo¬ fully tho truer inclinations sometimes.
Well, I wns saying it was nino o'clock, and I looked from tho window—not for tho drowsy steeds that draw tho Iiltor of closo ciirlaincd sleep, but in sort of leave-taking of tho outer world, aa it w-ero. Thus slnndlug, ft pcal of merry laughter from the adjoining room camo pleasantly ncross my revery. Then for tho fir.st time I bccamo awaro of strango voices— thero w-fta evidently a sort ofmcrry-making in the kitchen. Tho mirth which hod been pre¬ viously suppressed came out more fully, per¬ haps, when tho clock, that struck ao loud nil tho houso could hear, told thom it wus nine.
Meggy ftud J'ftcob knew-my simple habils right well, and doubtlcsa counted npon my be¬ ing out of hearing. They might hnvo knowii belter, or have taken the precaution lo assure thcinselves, for I scnrcely ever knew it fail of di.scovery if wo undertako to have any littlo fun aside. I remember of .-ilyly opening a pre¬ serve jar when I was a child—a momont pre¬ viously my mother waa in tho garret, and tho pleasant jar wns the furthest remove poaslhlo frora her—no matter, I had no sooner takeii thu lid ill my hand than tho w-oU-knoivn voice slarllud me, nud the fire that burned into my cheek made mo quite oblivioua to tho sweet tasto ill my month. Thia is only ouo of many instances illustrativo oftho way thinga have al- ivrtya gono with me. For ft niomeut I listened, and then, partly fur curiosity, and partly for a desiro to share tho gaiety, opened tho door, which w-ns all that divided mo from tho kilch¬ en, and stood in tho niidst of n group of four persona. Joseph Bingham ond his sister Mar¬ tha had como in to pass the evening w-ith Meg¬ gy au 1 .lacob, who wero ciitertainlng their giiesta with pojiped corn and cider. I need not say that Jaeob w-aa tho nian wlio tended the coivs nnd mado the fires, and did tlio I'ost. olfice crraiid.a, and that Meggy was tho maid of all work—a sprightly damsel, wilh heavy black hair lying low across her forehead, and blue, laughing eyes that had never looked very deep into the heart of things. Thero were red spots in her c-hecka olwaya, but tho night I speak of, they were gloivlng all ftliko, nnd sho seemed excited ond happier than sho had been tho week beforo w-hou I brought her homo tho green drc^s. Martha Bingham, a simple-heart. ed ond childish liltio person, sat on a stool in tho corner playing with tho cat. I could not Imngiro how sho had hnd such a wonderful ef¬ fect on tho spirits of Meggy. I waa not long in the dark. Joseph Binghnm, who snt de¬ murely assisting Jacob in tho mciidliig of a bridle, was a fair-laced youth with abuiidaiico of black curls, with which he seemed to have been at much paina, and h.iving bold eyes that turned to me in a w.iy that said plainly enough I wna an intruder. I could not but sec this be¬ neath lhe smilo and tho brow that recognized my presence. lie vindicated hia right to be thero hy informing me lhat ho had been nn aii¬ prentice to ft harness maker, oud thot he waa iinpnrlii'ig lo Juke the nrt of mending. Mog¬ gy was auro it was very kind ofhim, and when llio bridio waa fiiilshod alio brought o leather strap broken in tivo or threo piccca, snying if ho would do her tho favor to mend it sho would do any aervico in her power in return, for that it wan an nrliclo sho needed twenty limea a ilay. I never saw lhat sho used it bo¬ foro or ufler, and am convinced it w-na a strata- gem to detain Joo a little longer.
Tho Bliighunia hnd but lately como to tho neighborhood. I knew nolhing of them ex¬ cept that they had lived in a neighlioring town, whero they had maintained themselves by the salo of groceries; that tho father ond son w-ero engaged in no-busluosa now, but spent most of their time in idling about tho villago tavern, and that thc mother leaded tho gulden ond milked the cow, and did whalever elso was done at home. Isawhowit would go from thc flrst and woa not surprised when Jleggy professed the greatest llkoliig for Martha Bingbaiu, and insisted on carrying her iipplea and cakes and a bottle of cider now and then. Thot Joo had a good shnro of theso exeellenciea I did not doubt. Ho was often ab our house after tho mondiug of the bridle, and souietiiuea sang songs and somelimcs broughl in tho water and Iho wood for Moggy, nnd did other elicrcs for her that gavo hor fi-cnueiit occasions to boast ofhis goodness.
"Ay, Meggy," I said to her, "I sco how it is, you hnvo lo,-l your hcnrl, but, if  possible, you
had bettor got it back, for though tho young man may ho good enough In his treatment of ynu ju.it nnw, ho would he dilTereiit ifyou ivero hia wife. Only yesterday, or to-day, or when¬ ever It might havo boon, I snw his mothor chopping wood, nnd hc silling idly by the fire. Or worse, perhapa, at the lavcrn."
All this did no good. Meggy would find one excuao or another, nnd when driven from all her subtorfugca, she would any that wo might find fault wilh an angel if wo elioso, ond thai for her part alio thought il better to aco the good lhat waa in the people than the bnd. So I would bu silenced, but not convinced. A good honest and faithful girl waa Meggy. ' I liked hcr so w-cll that I could not sco her mar¬ ry unworthily, without siiieero sorrow, and when I found dissuasion fruIlIo,s,s, I resolved to mako nn effort toward roforinaliou iu Ihcyoung mnn.
On hia way to tho tavern of evenings, Joe would stop at our house oiid have a chat wilh Meggy, Upon finch occosloua I uaed to nsk him to remnin all thc evening, olTering all the harmlesa iiiduccinciita I could, but though I Bonictinics .•lueceeded, ho resl,ileil for tho most part of nil Iiiflueucos, and so artlessly w-ould plead tho nocessiiy of hia conduct, that I would ho disarmed. And, in fact, there waa somo sincerity ond somo truth mingled with what ho aaid, so that It ivaa impossiblo not to have somo liking for him. "Where are yon going, Joo ?" I would say, when I saw hiin drawing on llia gloves, for ho wore gloves and dressed in a kind ofa shabby genlilily. "I have to go to lown," holvould onswer, "mother wants mo to gel thia or that lilllo articlo for her." Then ho would wish that it was not so, that ho could stay, and protest that he hated tho blamed lit¬ tle place, ond that ho would not go into tho tavern, if every fellow in toivn coaxed him to. And so, timo after tliiie, ho lefl Meggy, and timu nfler lime ho went to the taverii ond walked crookedly homeward ot night. JIuggy nimiriied that hia short-slghttid mother could send him of erranla whero she knew teiiipla- llou ivould fall in hia wny, and thought if they wore only married.
And when the March camo thoy w-i.-ro mar¬ ried. Meggy'.! fnco w-as shining with joy when she lelt me, oud ao confidont was she of niakiiig Josey oil that sho wished, thot I al¬ most .shared her credulity. Alas, alas, it w-a,i not threo mouths lill I saw her chopping wood ftt the door; and w-hen I nsked hor where Jne was, she w-iped her eyes and aaid she didn't know. But I knew sho did know very well, ond that waa tho softest ansiver aho could give. When tho baby ivivs a month old I went to see hcr, and found the eradlti empty. ".Vnd where Is Iitllo Jo.sy ?" I asked. Sho had car¬ ried him lo his grandiuollicr's, for that hcr poor husband w-aa a .good deal oiling, ond fcould not endure his fretting.
At tho sheep shooring time wo sent her a fleece of wool to spin stockings I'or horsclf, but the follon-Iiig winter Joo had n new coat and hcr feet had only his old shoes lo cover them
Tbey moved ow.iy from our Tillage,it length, and for years I lost sight of them altogetlier, but never censed to hope that Ihu lovo of iioiir Meggy would prevail at last.
Two years ago I was jiossiug through renn¬ sylvania on the canal packet. Tho cabin was 60 crowded and uiicomrortable, that I resorled to the deck a good doal, and amused myaelf hy watching the Iiands at ivork or at play. As wo halted to ono of lhe dirty and poor villages that spring up along tho highways, I noticed a w-oinoii washing at the door ofo cabin, almost on Iho bnnk on tho cunal. In tho window of the housu there were somo boiliea and segara, whiili ft red-faced mnn was lying hard by, on a plank in the sun. Aa the ivomnn turned hcr face to look at tho boal, I thought I had pcen it before; but it w.is m.t till sho stretched out her arma and ran towards lue, did I know il waa Meggy. ".Vnd how does Joo ?" I said— Tho hest mnn in the world," aho answered, bating that he gela drunk oftener than ho used to, and heats mo and iioglecta tho cbildreu." Such ia ivoman's love.
A Beautiful Picture.
The man who stauda upon hia own soil, who fcela th.it by the l.iw of thc land In which ho lives—by the law of civilized nations—he ia the rlghtl'ul ond exclusive owner of the land which ho tills, la by tho eonstitulion ofour naluro un¬ der the wholesome influence not easily imbibed from any other source. Ho fcela—other things being equal—moro strongly than another, tho eharacter ofo man as tho lord of on inanimate world. Of this great ond wonderful spher which, fashioned by the bnnd of God and ujl- held by Hia power, is rolling through the heav¬ ens, o port la his—bis from the centro to tho sky. It ia tho apncn on which tho generation before moved in its round of dutics, and he fcela himself connected by a link wilh those who follow hira, and to whom ho is to trausmlt a homo. Perhaps hia farm haa eome down to him from hia fathers, Tlicy have gono to their last home, bat ho can trace their footsteps over tho seenea of hia daily labora.
Tho roof whicii shcltera him woa reored by those to whom ho owes hia being. Somo in¬ teresting domestic tradition ia connected with every enclosure. Tho favorite fruit treo was planted by hia fiithcr'a hnud. Uc sported In boyhood bcalde the brook, which still winda Ihrough the mcadoiv. Through thc field lies the path to tho villago sehool of earlier daya. Uo atill henrs from the window tho voico of the sabbath bol! which called his father to tho house of God; and near at hand ia tho spot whoro hia parents laid down to rest, nnd when his time hoa come, ho shall bc laid by his (.•hil¬ dren : thoso aro tho feelings of tho owner of the soil. Worda cannot paint them. They flow out of tho deepest foiiiitoina of tho heart—they are the life—spring of a fi-esh, healthy oiid g-cn- croua national eharacter.—Edward Evirctl.
EELIABILITY, Or Promising and uot Performing.
"What ho saya you may beliive, And jiaivii your soul upou II." Thero nre many individuals In aoeiety who can never bo depended upon. Tbey are "good, casy soula," occording to the general uuder- standing, ond nre over ready to mako promi¬ ses. But, pcrformanco with them ia quilo o difrerent alfair. Thoy ore unccrtuiii, vocllln- ling. Olid nltogether uiireliahle. A sad ayatciu, and ono that ia ajit to get them into many dif¬ ficulties. Too much importaiioo cannot ho at¬ tached to reliability. It la a pricelcsa qualily. It may bo counted upon at all timea and sta- aona and under all clrciimstancca. A pledgo ia given, ft promise ia made, and the iitmo.^l con¬ fidenco may ho felt in thoir fulfilmoiit. With too i.iaiiy, hoivever, oye, wilh tho great multi¬ tude of mank-iiid, tho aystom ia olherivlao. Ei¬ ther Insi nccrily characlcrizes the promiso in the first place, or hesltillon and change tako plaeo fioou after, and thus tho word ia forfeited, the clioi-actcr ia soiled, ond oll fuluro confi¬ denee la destroyed. And tbia nppliea ns well to tho liltio as to thc great things of life.
It ia too much the habit with tbo thoughtless, to regard tho iioii-fulfilmoiit of sniall cng.igc- menls, oa of no iinportaiico whatever. 'I'hcy will ngree to meet thia friend or that nt n cer¬ tnin timo or'plnce, and then will treat the wholo matter wilh Iiidlll'erciieo or contempt, utterly regardleaa of the Indirect Insult conveyed In such trifling, oa well oa tho waste of momenta or of houra, which, to anoihcr, raay bo precious. Indeed, Iudividuala who nre prompt nnd punc¬ tual in little things, ore seldom omlaa in great. If Ihcy nre inattentive to tho ordinary courto- sloa oflife and society, they ivlll. In the mujori¬ ty ofcases, be found trulhful, monly, high-mind¬ ed and honorable. Iflhey can bu relied upon to convey ft messago, to recljirocato a kindness, or to return o small favor—they may nlso bo confided in, ill graver and moro moniontoua matlera.
There is, indeed, great virttto in reliability. It adorns, dignifies and clevatca tho character. A reliable man Is nlivaya a good citizen, on agreeablo companion, a prudent counsellor and 0 Inistworthy friend. lie i,s a man of consci¬ ence and of principio, and his w-orda and deeds ore thua Innucnced and coulrolled by consldcr- otlona of tho highest and purest deserlptlou.— He may bo depended upon as woll in the hour of misfortuue oa in tbe day of prosperity. Ilia advico will ho received with respect and confi¬ dence, and his profesaiona will olwaya ho char- octcrlzed by sincerity nud veracity.
In what brond and disreputable contrast ia the trifler, who ia constantly proailsing and never performing, who rarely fulfils on engage¬ ment, ond who cnnnot or will not appreciate the vnl ueof promptness and puiietuolity. Grant him a fiivor, wilh a solemn iiuderslonding that It ivill be roturned at o particular time, nnd he will either neglect the maltcr entirely, or mako ft thousand absurd cxcusea, by ivay of postpon¬ ing or neglecting tho obligation. This may anaw-cr once, or, perhapa, twice; but thereafter all confidence will cease, and tho reciprocity of feeling and of kindnesa will depart forever. Oflen too, the unrcllablo iiidivldu.il ia sadly pci-ple.xed to ascerinin tho cau.ae. Unable hini¬ .self to appreciate the v.iluo of reliability, ho cannot trnco tho niollvca which pri)m|it tho conduct of others, and ho faiicica every reason but llie right one.
Some yenrs sinco ft young man of thia eily waa ill great pecuniary dlslresa. Ho required but a sninll sum, comparatively speaking, hut if waa important that ho should obtain it wilh¬ in a sjiecified time. Ho applied first lo onc friend, nnd then to anothor, but in vaiu, and hia coudition every hour grew more critical.— At last ho bethought hiin of a per.sou with ivhom he had no particular ncciualiilancc, ond made a very touching nppeal, at the same time liledgliig himself in tho most solemn manner, lo repay the loan on o designated duy. Tbo caso seemed so prossiiig, that the favor waa granted, butnot wilhout considerablo inconve¬ nience. SUII, it nlTorded sntisfaction to bo able to relieve ono who w-as iu ft sad dilomma, even nt tho ri.sk of iomporary cinbarrasamcnt. The dny designated forro-pnymcntcirao round, but tho individual to whom the favor had been granted, ncgleclod to mako hia appearance— and so on fnr montha. The amount, oa olready atated waa uot largc, but tho principio w-aa the same. A solcnin jiledgo had been forfeited, nnd under eireumatancea calculated to cxcilo distrust and doubt for tho future. Three or four years aflcr, and thc samo individunl ivas ¦still moro unfortunate, and agaiii needed ond sought for assistance, and this, loo, In thc samo quorter. But ou tho second occasion tho np- pUcaliou waa vain. Tho refusal woa crouched ill lis gentle languago os possible, hut thc mem¬ ory of the former transaction had not passed nw-ny, and the applicont who, in tho first case, was reganied aa on unfortunote, w-aa in tho se¬ cond, considered as insincere, dlshoiiorablo, if not dishonest. In brief, ho had forfeited hia character by hia want of fiiith and truth, and by hia disregard oftho aterling principlea of ro- lialiilily. -Vnd such ia almost iiivariubly the reault. Thoao who triflo cilber by word or deed, who promiso novor intoiidiiig to perform, who mako eiigogcmenta never designing to keep them, who in fact aro over insincere, yield¬ ing and always unreliable, aro sure, sooner or later, to reop tho bitter fruits of such error of policy oud infirmity of purpoae. Belter hy far lo possesa reliability, even if unaccompanied by shilling qualitiea of mind, than geniua asso¬ ciated with iiueertaiiity, vacillation, irrcaolu- tiou, indecision and untruth.
l-IxTRAvAOAXCi:.—Tho epniilcltea worn by Princo Albert, when iu full costiinio, nro worth tho trifling sum of :?J,oOO—a small farm ou each sliuuUIcr.
Dox't Cabk a Bit.—.Vn Iri.slimaii going to market met a fanner with an owl.
'-Say mlshtor, what'U you tako for yer hig eyed Turkey?"
"It ia an owl, yo baisl," replied tbo astonish¬ ed farmer.
"Devil a bil do I care whclhcr it ia ould or youii.L', price the bird ye apalpccu."
EGi„ Bulwer, thu uuvcliol, ii. -lo' year; ut .i:;i-.
Rather Difficult to Please.
I wish to givo you a few items oa to tlic re¬ ception our new iireachcr hns mot in our cir¬ cuit, together with aomo hints OS lo t)ic opin¬ ions formed resjiecting him. He reached here in good timo oflcr Coiifcrence, nnd ivent lo work Immediately, and hns continued ol his post up to the present. I hove taken some pains lo inquire as to what thu brethern think of llim, oud now heg leave lo i-oport "in part."
Brolher A. thinks hc doea not read and stu¬ dy ouough.
B. soya he rcoda ond atudles too much, ond has too liltio to say in tho families where he stops.
C. is of opinion that ho doea nol necni sulTi- denlly inclined to visil the dilTerenl families of hia chargo.
I), ia very free to give it oa hia opinion, that ho ia too much disposed to "go about," thereby neglocling the Scripluro iiijuiiclion. "Go not from house to house."
E. rather iiicliiiea to tho opinion that hc ia haughty and reaencd.
F. is aatisfied that l.o is too light, and too much disposed to frivoloua conversation.
0. ahakea hia hcud sigiilficaiitly, ami thinka ho ia loo particular uboui hia dresa, and rather dandy-like.
II.—who, hy tho w-oy, hna several "very nice" dnughtcra, and ia herself very particular—de¬ clares ho ia loo careless about dresa, oud not sunieiently neat nnd lidy.
1. Is too much Inclined to think hia scrmona oro too long to be profitable.
J. ia sure they are loo short, for he scarcely geta sound asleep cre Ihcy are fini.shed, (you need not tell this, hoivcvcr, aa Brother J. docj not liko for people to kuow that hc sleeps iu church.)
K. believea that hc tries to make o show of learning, and usea too many hig words.
L. avers lhat his language ia loo "common¬ placed," low and almosl vulgnr.
M. hopes he will do pretty well, but thinks ho docs nol exhibit qullo enough interest in tho "temperanco reform."
N. is satisfied ho -n-ill get along finely, pro¬ vided ho will let temperance alouc, oud preach tho Gospel.
0. is wonderfully put oul, hecause ho spooks so low that ho con acorcoly keep awoke during the sermon.
P. saya he speuJiS entirely too loud—in facl, ho "hollora and bawls."
Q. modestly suggeals, thai if ho cxpecU to do ony good this year, ho must nay iiulhlng nboul money niatlers, but just go on "in tho (lid foshinncd way," preachuig ond holding class-meeliiigs.
K. thinks thore ia no hopo for him, unlesa he will say very Hllle ahout einaa meetings, ond not be strict iu maltera of discipline, na ivaa the preacher we had last year.
S. iiiclliiea to tho opinion that hc la too much disposed to preach on controvericd pointa such aa haptisin, and the like, and thereby dis¬ turbs the unity that exista uinong Uic dilTerent sects.
Perhaps I ought to remark, thol In the ncigh¬ liorhood whero Brother S. lives, thero ia great unity among the dilTerent sects. They are all frozen togelher.
T. ia very decided in the opinion thot he does not preach on pointa of controversy.
U. has not quilo mado up hia luliid, but thinks, pcrhajio, may be, he will do tolerably well, except that ho secina to seek for popular¬ ity inoro than o preacher should.
'\'., good soul, is perfectly outraged that tho preacher should manifest so liltio regard for puhlic opinion.
W. ia "hurt" already becanso he ia loo pl.iin and pointed in hia remarka. Such a course, ho thinks, "is ouly colculated to hurt people's feel- infra," without doing them any good.
X. is very well satisfied that he ivill do no r'ood this year, because ho is too much afraid of "hurting people'a feclinga."
Y. Ia very much jileased, only he ia nfraid tho preacher, bcuig a young man, will devote loo much time lo the conipany of young pco¬ ple, youn.g ladiea in particular.
'/.. likes to seo a preacher social ond polite, nnd pay some otteiition to society; but iueliuca to think that our preacher will bo too formal and distant.
&. ia ill 0 wonderful "'potter'' about him.— Ho hardly knowa what lo think or sny; sonio- llinca he thinka ho will do well, ond get on ad¬ mirably, then again ho feara. Ilo has w-ilncss- cd so many failures after fair alorta, that, on the whole, he ia nbout lo suspend hia judgment for tho present, givo tho preacher a fair trial, and report hereafter.
Theso arc somo of tho opinions of thc old pcopic, so far aa I can gothcr thorn. I coufcsa they seem rather coiitrudlctory, but thot ia cer¬ tainly not my fault; ond as "fidelity and impar- tlalilj" arc set down aa necessary quallC ca¬ tions iu ft historian, I thought best to report thinga ftS they really exist. Among our young fulka thcro is na greol o variety of opinion na there ia among their .scuiora.
Something Worth Knowing.
Wc find tho following in nn exchange, and na il ia by no iiionna the firat limo that wo havo heard oflhe euro oflho croup by tho aomo re¬ medy, we liOTO but littlo doubt of its eflicacy:
"My Wifo and I w-cro aroused about two o'¬ clock thia niorning by the struggling of our lit¬ tle boy, about three years old, who waa labor¬ ing under a violent attack of tho croup. Ilis breathing w-aa so dlHiciilt oa to arouse pcr.sona who wero sleeping in a room beyond the hall, rha-slily fulded ft loivol, dipped it in eold iva¬ ter, ond applied il to hLs throai and breasl; I then folded o sheet to the proiwr size, wet II, ond rolled him up in it, ivhd wrapped obRinket over that. He wont to sleep In threo niinules, and slept till fivo o'clock, when ho gol up, waa drea.^ci! and w-ent to play in throe houra ai'lcr Iho ottack, and wo wero rejoiced at the cuni- tivc poiver of cold water.''
jjjy What malntain.i ona vico w-nuM bring up tno »iiildrcn.
A Leaf of Memory Lost.
All old mail's nioinory ia ii queer place. In¬ deed il reseinhlca on old fiisliloncd garret, full of reliea and souvenirs of tho post; the rubbi»U of to-d.iy, but the riches of yesterday.
In coiiveraatioii yesterday wilh an old man, who has spent a long and useful life, nnd wilh whom il ia now Indian .Summer, we were im- preased with a remark ho accidoiitKlIy made. Uc had seen the opening ofiieor scvenly springs, ot first the winlora came and went, hul by and by unmolled snow floki-a lingered in his hair, ond he saw tliem drifting over the graves of onc ofler oiiollicr, wliono feet with his, had brushed tho moruing dcwa togctiicr. At la.it tbey whitened over hia old wile'a lost resting jiluce—over her who knew when tho shadows fell to tho westward, ond thc "day w-aa before" them both—who never Uiought him old, though all tho world pronounced hi in so. Kvery body said when she diod, "il's a lerrihlo blow to tho old man," nud o few did nil Ihcy eould lomoke him forget, hut ihero wna uo need for thai, "for,'' said he, "Ihey didn't seem lo know where the blow- fell, Ihcy so deplored—they didn't know how mueh I missed somebudy to help me re membcrl"
Thoao few worda, indeed; contain a world of meaning. Ho did miaa fhc olher leaf from niein- ory'a table. Tw-o pair of eyes had hut one rain bow-; but ono pair beheld it now. Tivo lienrlj had Hved over ogain the past, hut one remem bered it—-and impcrfeclly now. Who would have life's liltle thread extended, "till ho too," should ho compelled to lako up the worda nud say. "I miaa somebody lo help me rememher!" liY. Y. 7'ribnn-.
How tho Continentals Stood in Arms.
To a man they w-ore sniall clothes, comiiii;- down and fasleniiig just below thc knee, oiel long stockings, with cowhide shoes, crnanieni ed with large buckles; while nol o pair of booU groced the company. The coola ond woistcoal.i were loose and of lingo diincnsioua, wilh color,; aa varioua oa tho barka of ook, sumach, and other trees ofour hilla and awamps could mako tlicm, Olid their shii-U were all mode of flax, and, liko every other part of the dress, ivcre homespun. On their heads waa w-orii a larg-', round-top and broad-brlmnied hot. Their arm ; w-ero na various aa their costunio. Hero on old soldier carried a Queen Ann, ivhich had doni' service nt the oonqucat of Canada Iwenty yeara provious, while by his side walked a stripling boy, with a Siianiah fusco, nol half ila weight or calibre, w-hich hia grandfather may have ta¬ ken al Havana, while nol a few had old French pieeca lhat dated back to the reduction of Lou¬ isburg. Instead of tho cartridge-box, o lar ro powder horn ivaa alung under the arm, oud oc¬ caaionally o bnyouct might be aeon bristling in the roiika. Somo of thc swords of the officer,; had heen mado by our province blackamith;-, perhapa ofsonic farming nleiiall.;; they looked acrvlccable, but heavy and uncouth. Such wo3 the oppearanco ofthe CoHtiiicnIala, to whom a well oppoluted nrmy waa soou to lay dow-n theii- arma. Aflcr a littlo exercise on the old coin¬ inon, ond performing the then popular exiiloit of whipping the snake, llicy briskly filed up the rood by the foot of Kidder Mountains, and Ihrough tho Slafl'ord Onp, towarda Peterboro, to tho tunc of "Over the Hills and Far Away." —Hislory of A'ew Tjisiclch.
From tbo Farm JournnI, fcr February. Hollow Horn Disease. A writer in the Boslou Cultivutor givea Iho fiillowing na the syiuptoius of and reniedy for, the hollow horn disease: "The syniploina aro drooping of the head und ears, lying do«-n, turning thc head over the back, lowarda tho v sliouldci-,s, aa If pain in the head. This I think is a apiiinl disease, afl'celiiig Iho braina nud horns. Cure—Take o hirge table spoonful of sulphur, and lard sufllciuiil wheu warm to make it soft like paste, jiour Hon the top of tho head al the root of tho horns; take a shovel or flat piece of iron, heat it, and hold it over tho head so as to heal the paste and wnrm tho lop oflhe bead, ns much na the boast will bear; re- pcot onco in two or tlii-co doya, and horo tho horns on the under side, livo or three inches from thn head, so as to let in fresh air, and let the putrid matter out if any ia collected. I have never liiiowii thia fail if takeii before too fiir gone. I have cured ono cow when the top of the head waa so full of mailer that I opened a place above the cor which dischorged moro than halfa pint. This wns in the aummer, tho cow woa fiittlened in the fall and killed; tho head wna nil right, excepting o placo at tho roola oflho liorus about aa large a small spoon bowl.'
Cure for Crack in Horses' Hoofs.
Our friend, Martin Bell, Ksq., of Blair conn¬ ty Rcni)a us tho following remedy fbr hoof crack:
'iVIicn tho crack opena nnd makes tho horso Inme, lake a light pieco of hoop iron, six or ficveu inches long, and punch six or eight holes ill it, so thnl three or four may come on each side ofthe crack, and fil il to tho boof na near thc hair oa the solid pnrt of the hojf will pcr¬ iuil. Hovo the opposite footheld up by ou aa¬ aiatant, Olid fasten tho plate to its place In a workmanlike manner, with good screiva about tlirco-sixtccntlia of on inch in length. Tho jiolea for the sci-c»-3 should be made In tho hoof with a small sprigging owl. If prnperly dono the horse can lie cither ridden or w-orked with¬ out limping. But to mako the cure perfect, n aoro mu ;l be made at the top of tho hoof where thc hoir cominenccs, whicii may bo dono ivllh on inch i-lil-u>l, guarded eo na not to cut too (leop. A little poke root or siimclhing elso ahouid be Inaerled in tho ivound to mnko a soro ond it is done, t havo seen tho plnlo remoin on two or three montha, and know ftom expe¬ rience that it is mnch preferable to nny other mode I have ever seen tried whero tho horse has to ho used.'
Apples Without Seeds or Cotee, A corresiiondent ol'thc Jtcm^phta Il'Aiy gives the followiiy rcccipe fot obtnining apples with¬ out seeds !vnd corca;
Tako the ends oflho limba of nn npplo tree, where they hong low,so as to reach the ground, dig a smoll hole for the end undor tho free, bend it down so that it will remain. T)o thia ill the winter, or in the begining of .sprnig.— Tho end of the limb Ihua burled will luko root and put up spiouta of scions, which, when they becomo sulliciently large lo "sel out," dig up at lhe proper season, nnd traasplanl Ihcm in the orchard, where you wish them to remain, : —when they get large onoii^h to bcai;. they I will benr uppiti as above.