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LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1859.
NO. .16.
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DAEE   AND   SO.
upward—onward !    Fellow workmen;
Oure tbe batile-lleld of life; Ne'er a foot to foeman yielding.
Pressing closer midst the strife! Forward! lu tho sttougtb of manhood—
Forward! In the flre *if j-nth—¦ Aim at sometbiug; ne'er surr^uaer—
Arm tbee in the.mait of trntb.
Though tby ways be urewn witb dangers,
bammer mln-drops Iny tbe dust; Faith <vnd hope are two edged weapona
Wblch will ne'er belie their trust, fbrink not, thongb a host surround thee.
Onward! 'Duty's path pursue ; All wbo gild thf page of slory.
Knew the brave words—Dare aud do!
Miller was a rongh stoae ma-oo ;
Shskefpeare. Goldsniitb. Keats and Hood. Fianklln, Jprmld. £nrns aud Gitfurd,
Bsd to loll ai> we fur food. Yes: these men, with minds mttJAKilc.
Sprang from ranks the ricli call poor; Cast a halo round hrowu Idboi ;
Bsd to wrei-tl"—BKbt—endure.
Furward, then ; brigbt eyes srebfaming;
Fi(;ht. nor ]om thy Coiiqneror's Crown ; Stretch thy right bsud—siew Ihy hlrtbrlBbt—
Take il—wear it, 'tin thine own; Slay the giants wblch be^et tbee;
nine to manhood—glory—fame; Take tby pen. and in the vulume
01 Ibegifled, write tby name.
RISE. DECLINE, AND FALL OF THE REV. JOB SHADDAKY.
I think il u:ny W laiil ilonvii a.s a ^iufn iniix- im tbat will startle uo one hy its novelty, nor amaze anj Imily l.y its prMf«inii'iit.y,tlntt men in general art* (^ir^^ati.•^lie.^ witb their callincs. It wonlil. iii«i*'t''l, be atl easy thing lo annoance fbis plaiu trnilt with snch .suleiitn notes of preparatinn as woal*! yiake the vulgar ivonder whiii is ciimiui:, ami lake unthinking minHs by surprise. Bnt as I uhonse to hrt houest with my rea<It*r.s, I will not. resort to the ar^ of magtiifyiug an ohl truism inlo a new prop¬ osition, bnt gi^e it to them ^s a thiug with which They are already quite fatuiliar. I suppose that one reason of this £;eueral dis¬ content is, thai the men of each tradi or profession, know by experience what is dis¬ agreeable in it, while they ar« aImo.st totally Ignorant ofdifficuIties that attend the- pursuits of others. Another reason is, tliat occupa¬ tions are selected for us iu au arbitrary way, as chance or caprice may direct, withont the slightest reference to oar physical or mental adaptation for the chosen pursuit. One of a feeble coostitniion is shui iu'it a sliip-yaid lo build seventy-fours.while another who has strength enoagh to make an anchor, is condemned to grow sickly aud pale iu t counting-house or store. A natural orator. who might by his eloquence, sway great as- Remblies, and win the gratitude of his oountry is doomed to study Glalen and Hip¬ pocrates, and employ a miserable life of feel¬ ing pulses, looking at furred tongues, aud wri. ling on slips of paper,
Hydrarg, Snb. Mu. grs. viii Jalapaj, " " " xii Rhei Pair." '* '' x while a yoang geutleman of phlegmatic tem¬ per, and nearly tongae-tied, is sent into a pul¬ pit tp alarm or persuade stubborn and fastid¬ ious sinners into rept-titauue and a new life. All this is as lunch out of place as if the ea¬ gle's beak had heen given to a dove, or the wings ofan albatross to a wren. It is there fore not to be wondered at, that nature's sug gestion having been unheeded, men should grow weary of their employments, quarrel with the difficulties of their vocation, and in dulge the restless desire for change. It ofteu happens, however, that a misplaced genius
ble pliyalco-intellectaal power of nature ; or fine style. Intending a perfect roate to the
whether it was simply providential to insure whole Infidel host.   The Talmudloal anthor-
a hard-working man Ma wages, were solullons Ities, he said, were unanimously for the Mosaic
about whioh the leamed had differed/o/o caZo account.' The Targudical writers were, with-
from the moat remote antiquity down to mod- out exception, on the same side, from  the
em times, and Btill the question is mooted great Onkeloa down to pseudo Jonathan and
with about equal plauBibillty iu behalf of the the Jerusalem Targum.   He finished hia ref-
various discordant theoriea.    My   opiuion. erences to great namea by qnoting the judg-
thongh  it has not yet settled iuto permanent mentfonnedof them by theaocurate Eichhom^
conviction,  coincides with the laat  view of and rather too facetiously for ao grave a snb-
the case."   Job's father was not only satisll- jeut, conoluded hia argument by saying that
ed, but overwhelmed with the anawer, and whoever denied the force of anch teatimony
from that day gave up the long-cheriahed muat be content to rank as a grepnAorn. project of trying peeled willows asa means of      For what earthly or heavenly purpose he
raising a ring-streaked brood.    This learned preached such a sermon, the ablest thinkers
answer to a very diffioult question tended, were at loaa to conceive.    His father knew
however, to deepen the reverence of the fam- not what to think, only that his son waa the
ily fpr ,Tob's erudition.    They all now looked moat leamed man that he ever did hear.—
upon him as  tbe adventurer Gortez and hia His oldest brother, who was aman of sterling
crew  looked upon  the mysterious Mexican mother wit, kept liimself behind the organ
empire,  after they had fingered some amall until the sexton locked the door and left.    He
specimens of its gold.   Visions ofiudefiuite then jumped out of the window, and walked
mental wealth rose before them.    And tq say homo througii the swamp to avoid being seen,
the truth, the young man was aa learned as As the congregation retired, the three aistera,
eight years of laborious study in the highest who were almost dissolving with eagerneas to
Bchools could raake him.    In Hebrew he was know how the sermou was received,  placed
sufficiently skilled to have held a corrfspnu- themselvea near different groups for that pur-
dence,  on small thiucs,  with  Jonr.than Bwn pose.    Such'curious listeners may sometimes
Uzziel himself: and as to  Hebrew roots, he ¦ be gratified with what they  hear, but   they
could dig them out wilh aa much facility as ate as ofteu disappointed.    Iu  ihis  instance
his fatber or brothers could tarn up potatoes they heard nothingto please, but nJauy things
or carrots.   Of Greek, if be wa.s not a master, to mortify them.   One wanted to know who
he was at least a alave, liaving  toiled for it ' that Ike Horn was that had been quoted, aud
with suoh recompense as it capriciously be¬ stows. In Latin, he was so perfectly at home, that before he left college it began to be whispered about that he must havo found some new theory-—some labor-saving mt^thod for outstripping all his compeers. But with all thia immense learning, Job was only a scholar, and a scholar without judgment, worse fitted for lhe duties and struggles o^ life thau when he left the plow. His educa¬ ted mind had about it the slxff and inflexible aspect of a full length Egyptian portrait. He had nothing of tbe easy carriage and appro¬ priate style of a souud judgment, whichi after all. cijea to learning its full value and weight. Iu a word, he went forth from col lege into the world like a man who lands from a wreck on an uuiuhahLted isle, with a ship load of iron rails and a locomotive—val¬ uable enougb elsewhere, but to him of no earthly use. ,
As he was now a clergyman lu full orders, some of his frieuds thoaght it best that he should marry a wife before he undertook the care of a parish, as it would save him all the inconvenience ofa future courtship, with the time it would necessarily take from parish duty. It would also prevent the idle and ill- natured gossip which is apt to arise among parishoners when it is known that their pastor is ou the by-path tbat leads to matri¬ mony. No man was more clearly of thia opinion than old Jacob Thornhedge, whose daughter, Angelina, was raidly advancing to¬ ward a doubtful age, and who had rejected suitor after suitor, until young gentlemen began to treat her with the civility due to ladies much older than themselves The old mau sought an opportunity, and witii aingu¬ lar candor cave Job liis opinion and advice, and added, that as a clergyman, he should be careful to select a wife whose years and gravity of manuers would become hitn iu his sacred character. Somethiug of this world's goods, alao, he thought, would 2.tI come amiss as an appendage to her other qnalifica" tions. Now it was well-known that Angelina had of late become s'-rious and thoughtful, aud it was just aa well-known that whoever gained her hand would gain with it a snug little farm worth about $6000. I need no' tell the rest. In a short lime, Angelina Thornhedge was the wife of the Rev. .Tob Shaddaky.
Having thus gotten a helpmate in every re¬ spect fully worthy of him, and a little over, he now began to look round for a church.— But he soon found that it was much easier to get a wife tban to make her the mistress of a parsonage. Many churches were vacant, and mauy hungry sheep, in different folds, had for a long time been feeding on such occa¬ sional supplies of spiritual fodder as had been brought to them by roving shepperds.   What
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anoe." Bat the sentenoe Itaelf Is a text bril- presoUiig have two opportanlties on eaoh aibiliiieii no longer. I shall from this day lUntly illamtnatoa by the history of Job's Sunday, of hearing this gifted g«nin». We retire from the gaze of observation, and hence- oity career. Within three months he was in -^-^;* Srha"o"he\ny'wUh'^„;l°c'' 'orth seek neither to please or profit lh .pab- New York, and kown as a candidate forwhat- cess inbuildlng up this anoient congregation." *'*'. whose favor It is hard to gain, aud when ev jr pulpit of hia denomination waa vacant. ^hia waa a bold experiment, and somewhat gained, like a large estate, bringa a weight of It ao happened, that there was but one va-   hazardous; but, having ventured upon it, he   ananety, which destroys the pleasure of the       Somebody aaya  the " song of the olerk is
canoy at the time, and, nnfortunately, it was^ determined to follow it  up.    Accordingly, ^*=^°*s*'***°'*°^ ^^^''^^ °o^li*°8 t)^' '^^ ^"¦"^ yet unhung ;" so,  perhaps, la the praise of
in a ohuroh which for years had been a fit' the next Saturday's papers contained the fol-   ^^°-     Verily for the six montha paat 1 have that " peouliar institutiou " the " Tom boy."
snbjeot for a melaiiohoiy poet.   The building   lowing announcement: . ^^^ ^ ^^^ ''*^* °^ ''•   ^^ **°*® ^^ ^^^^ spent Nevertheless it is one that by old andendt-ar-
atood in an obscure atreet.   Behind it was an       » t ^nd there appeared a great wonder in   l>etween solicitude and labor, except those i d assooiation commends it to our love—oue
anoient graveyard, where  faded old tomb-   heaven; a woman olothed with the eun, and   intervals when  both, were  combined.     My that by our cognizance of its beneficial  infiu-
atones told of meu who had lived and died . '**® ™oon under her feet,^ and upon her head   pgn ^aa been busy from morning until night, ences demands foritself our unqualified sanc-
before the great city bore  ita present name. | gg^J^g^^^^^jJ'y ^j^ p^g^oi^on the "above   interrupted only by calls to the chambers of tion.    Why is it that the " Tom-boy " has
A walk there could not fail to remind a ; text to-morrow moming,  at   half-past ten   the sick, in which I have no pleaaure, and always been considered a name  of reproach,
thonghtful man of the theologian's eternity   o'clock, Inthe Old Church, In Dunoannon   the funerals of the dead, which I dislike slill and that as a clasa it ia one forever peraeun-
Onthe   street.   The publio are ^respectfully incited . j^^q^    In preparing my sermons every pow«r ted and berated ?   Simply because (t has be- to attend.    Pews to let,                                       ^^^ ^^^^ tasked, and the hard labor of the como a custom with ns to consider that there The next morning, about tweniy minutes   _^^j^^  ^^ ^ ^.^^ ^^  alterative,  has   been i is no developement for the young  bnt the before the hour for service, the sexton-a ¦ ^^^^j^^ ^^ ^j^^ Sabbath.    The Sabbath bas mental-that our daughters  do not   need
they wanted was the very man ; but, uufortu
seeks and gains its nataral calliog, and snc¬ oess tbe most splendid rew.irds a different pnrsuit, illustrating the blunder of haviug ever began the first; just as a fragrant plant, covered by a flat stone, forces its way under the obstruction, lifts itself iuto the clear air, and spreads a grateful oder all aroand. But It is the misfortune of many to find their m"~take, or tbe mistake of those who chose foi ¦ hen), when it is loo late to repair the mis- chi ; when long habit has destroyed the flex- Ibili V of their mind.% and they are neither fitf> what they are. nor good for anything else. Katnre, or nature's God, which means the s e, out them out for one thing, but ed- t^catio made them another. The consequence ia a sa nisfit, and a spoiling of the material in the > gaiu. But lest I should weary the reader' r'tience by carrying these reflections toatedi-'us lengih, I will here drop them, and get at ouce to the story.
In an interior couuty iu the great  State of New York, thnre lived and flourished a fami¬ ly bearing a name neither common nor eupho¬ nious.    Adouijah Shaddaky was the   male head df the bouse, and Patience, his wife, was a helpmate, exactly suitable in every respect. Adouijah was ignorant of letters, and his wife was not more knowing thau himself.    They were both religious, industrious and frugal. The heaviest wheat covered their field.s, the flnest apples grew in their orchards, aud the fattest mntiou grazed the  rich pasture   of their meadow lands.    In process of time this worthy couple bad five sons aud three daugh¬ ters.   Job Shaddaky was the youngest, and ofcourse the favorite child of his  parents.— As his four lirothers came of age, they marri¬ ed and settled on farms, the jiifts oftheir fath¬ er.   Job was inteuded for higher things.    As ao literary light had ever been set on a  can¬ dlestick to give light to the house of Shadda¬ ky, it had loug heeu  tbe cherished purpose of both parents to bestow that  sbiuing  dia¬ tinction ou him.    He was first to be  made a Boholar, then   a   clergyman.    Accordingly, with the full benefit of ail the learning he had received iu the VaUey school-bouse, he was sent to college al   eighteen.    At twenty- one he was reguarly entered as a student  of theology, in the ancient and renowned   theo¬ logical seminary of .    At twenty-six   he
was ordained and made a minister, according lo the forms of the church of which all his father's family were members. Thns w:is Job's literary and ilivAiity education com¬ pleted, aud the wishes i f his fond parents realised in the fact, that their son waa now lo be known and respected aa the Eev. Job Shad¬ daky.
¦ He relumed to his lather's house a prodi¬ gy, snch  as the only educated member of a family always appears to lhe rest.    He was the joy of his parents, and admiration of his brothers, and the pride of his sisters.   They were all ignorant of the extent ofhis acquire- xnents, for knowledge, like the  unfatbomed depth of the sea, is measured only by itself. As lie sat before the chimney fire, sileutly re¬ viewing his studies, or, lost iu profound med¬ itation on the dinuer that tumbled about in the Jiuge iron pot, his sisters would cast ctirious glances at him, and wonder meanwhile where his great thoaghts were atraying.    His moth¬ er, who sat working at  the spinning-wheel) was tempted, over and over again, to ask him that infidel question, though not in an infidel Bpirit, where Cain got his wife.   And his father aotnally did venture to put the ques¬ tion by what myterioua process of nature Ja¬ oob got auch a large flock of ring-streaked cattle^'  Job answered  that   "whether the aff^r waa fortnltons and quite ontside of ths operation of natnral laws, auch aa might reasonably be anpposed to happen once in the history of a world; or whether it belong¬ ed to a class of psychological phenomena^the
nately, they could come to no general agree¬ ment as to who the man was, or where he might be found, and ten to one if they found him, whether he wonld not turn ont to be a gentle and contented shepherd.
Who ae'er had changed, nor wtuh'd to chnags his place.
Job offered to feed  several of those deatitnte flocks in different parts of the couutry, and went from Sunday to Sunday,  giving  speci¬ mens ofhis skill in preparing food for them. But they never once  aeemed to  reliah the provision which he offered ; and no wonder, for, mistaking the grass-loving nature of the animals, he threw hefore them tough meat, gristle and bone, which would have  made   a suitable repast for the carniverous natures, but altogether unsuited to the digestive  or¬ gans of sheep.    Among  mauy  other vacant places, there stood the "Old Rock   Church," within three miles of the farm  whereon Job was raised.   It bad been destitute of a pastor for more than a year, simply because the offi¬ cial corps were hard to please.   A dozen can¬ didates had done their best to gain the good opinion of the influential men and their wives. They had preached from the old pulpit their ablest sermons—doctrinal, practical, exegeti- cal, aud sentimental.    One had pitched into Popery with hoots, spurs aud all on,  suppo¬ sing thereby to get the vote of a leading man who was   zealous  against Rome.    Another came down on slavery, iu a style that sound¬ ed terribly like the  crack of a horse pistol, iusomuch that a fugitive slave, who sat in the gallery, before he was aware ofit, roared out, "Pidl again,  boss."   This was to please a wealthy gentleman of well-known anti-slavery Bentiments.    A third weut against the liquor trade like the souud of many waters.    This pleased the majority, but offended the most liberal men in the church, whose  aid in  fi- nanoials was indispensable.  A fourth preach¬ ed on moderation in all things,  and  pleased nobody.    Him they set aside by a unanimous voice.    Finding tbat it was   hard to agree, an aged member rose in a meeting of tbe officials^ and proposed to invite Job Shaddaky lo  the pulpit.   A sneering smile crept out on  the face of every man present, for they all knew Job frotn his boyhood,  and*were  well ac- quaiiil"d with  hia  father before bim.    But though these worthy   men   wonld  not  bave asked him to the pulpit in sober earnestness, yet tbey were willing to gratify their curiosity, and tbat keen love of amusement which is relished all the better under the restraints of a religious service.    Many a man wbo can be grave at a comedy, finds an irresistable   pro¬ pensity to laugh in church at the least ludic¬ rous occurrence. They asked Job to preach on the ensuing Sunday.   He accepted the invita¬ tion wilh an understanding that it  migbt he followed by a call.  At the appointed lime his parents slipped quietly into the  church and took seats under the  gallery stairway.    His eldest hrother placed himself behind the or¬ gan, while his sisters  took a aide pew near the pulpit, tbat they might hear well, as they afterward said ; but the  re.al motive was to exhibit to the congregation the persona of Jemima, and Jane, and Grace Shaddaky, the sisters of the preacher.   As Job waa now on trial for a call, and before a congregation that knew him well, he had  resolved to do hia best.    His sermon consisted of a very learned discussion of the qaestion whether the He¬ brews borrowed oiroumoision from the Egyp¬ tians, or whether the Egyptians borrowed It from the Hebrews.   If the subjeot was not well chosen, it was at least  uncommon, and there waa not a man in  the aasembly who could deny that it was illustrated with all the light that learning could throw upon it. Against the Egyptian origin of the rite, he refuted the testimony of Herodotus, Dlodorus, Apion, and Sir John Marsham, namea, not one of which, had ever been heard In that house
nsolt of flome.ooonlt and hitherto inexpUoa-  before.   Then he brought up his reserves in
whether he was relaled to old Horn who kept the saw-mill. Another wondered what kind of-gum it might be tbat was made of tar, as iie had never before heard of tar-gum. Aud iia to the Talmud, it was generally supposed to be a new kiud of manure, good for worn out land. Tliese rustics strictures were of course beneath the notice uf a mau of Job's learning, and yet a man of sense would have turned them to profitable account. He might at least, have seen that his plow was set en-> tirely: too deep for that part ofthe country.— Bat if these ci^ilicisms, ignorant and sonr as they were, failed to make an impression on Ills mind, wheu his sisters reported them, there was anothercla.ss of remarks far more effectnal. Before the congregation was half dispersed, it li^aked out that the sermon bad been preached with reference lo a call.
" What," said one, " call Job Shaddaky lo be oar minister! Why I went to school with him in the Valley school-house, and aaw him get licked many a time for bad spelling ! .Tob Shaddaky, indeed!"
" Yes !" said another, "and I have pitched pennies with hlin a hundred times behind bis father's Itaru. I thonght of it this moming while he was dealiug out tar-gum, and came near laughing right in his face."
" Why," said a thiril, " I would quit the church if .Tob were called here. I have never liked the Shaddaky family since last election, when they all tried lo keep me out of office." An ill-natured maiden lady of forty said " they would have a blessed time of it with Job for a minister. Them Shaddaky girls would get so high, that their old auut Tamar, who nurses in the poor-house, would hardly know them. They would have a fine carriage before a month if tbey had to sell evpry cow on the farm to pay for il."
The last pleasant remarks which the poor girls heard, as they went home, was from a surly fellow who never was kaowu to give a cent to the church, though lie was always in a quarrel wilh the church officers. He said that "Job bad betier go to work, for he was sure thatuothing but downright laziness had ever induced him to take lo the pulpit for a. living."
As I have intimated, these spontaneous criticisms and casnal observations were indig¬ nantly reported by tbe girls at the dinner- table, aud Job there took his first lesson on the trials of a minister's life. The proof was satisfactory that, wherever else a prophet may have honor, he is not likely lo get a very liberal share of it in his own country. Thon, for the first time in his life, it occurred to him that the Man of Nazareth begau his ministry away from home. But if he felt the edge of these sharp sarcasms, bis wife felt it much deeper. She had heard the sermou, and, as became the wife of a minister, had worn ont .a pair of new gloves during the hour of its delivery, by unconsciously rubbing and biting them. Although her good aense went against such a display of erudition, yet she sympa thised with her hushand against his bitter persecutors, and declared that she would give them a bit of her mind the first time she saw them. Poor woman! She was not yet aware that while the privilege of the tongue belongs to all others, hera must cleave to the roof of her moutb.
About two bours after dinner, aa the fami¬ ly sat in the porch, au old horse, hitched to a vehicle sadly in want of repair, was seen coming up the lane.   Who can it be ? they all inquired.    In a few minutes the venerable form of the Reverend Doctor Dock alighted from the carriage.    Ho had been pastor of tbe Rock Chnrch for forty nine years, and was compelled to retire on a very inadequate pro¬ vision.   His resignatiou had caused the pre sent  vacancy,   and  he   had  watohed,   with becoming concern, the lale efforts to supply the pulpit which he had left.    He had heard Job's sermon in the morning, and now both the old folks and the girls were sure that he bad come to congratulate them all.   On what other errand could be posibly have come?— The object of his visit, however, was uever fully known lo any one but .Tob himself; for after exchanging salutations with the family, he took the minister by the arm, and walked with  him to the lower end of the orchard, where  they sat down  on a bench,  in the shade of a large apple tree.    Here, without doubt, he gave Job anch prudent connsel as age aud experience delight to impart.   After a long conver.-^atiou they both returned to the house.    The  aged  divine stepped  into his carriage, and rode home     As soon as he was gone, the family wanted to know wbat they had talked about.   Job was silent for some time.   They pressed him   for information, nntil, at last, he said that " the infirmities of age  must be borne  with respect, but disre¬ garded in practice.  Such men," he coniinued, "have outlived  the generation which they were qualified to serve, and seem to be left in the world for no other pnrpose than as trials to the progressive spirit of yoath.    I will never consent to bury my learning.    Why did the doctors of lbe University teach me all this, and why did I labor for years to acquire it, if it is ouly to lie and "rot, like useless lumber, iu my memory?"
Jemima said that " the old man mnst be grown childish."   *
.Tane thought that " having become too old to preach himself, he waa little qualified to adviae other.^ how to preach."
Grace declared tbat "the old man would like to be followed by one as dull and dry as himself."
The old folks said that " Doctor Dock waa old, yet he waa always considered a smart man and a good counselor, and perhaps it would be as well to follow his advice, what¬ ever it may have been." Age only can fully sympathise with age. Before the sun went down. Job made up his mind that he would cast no more pearls before such swine as as¬ sembled weekly in the Rock Church. He would follow the advice given him, and often repeated by the wbole college faculty. He would aim high. He would not waste that genins on a coantry church whioh was in¬ tended to blaze in cities, and augment the glory of the metropolitan pulpit. He would go to New York, where learning is apppreei- ated, and great talents always command a premium. To the mighty names already there, he would add another of rival renown, and the startled world shoald aoon repeat, with unmeaaured applause, the immortal name of Shaddaky. "There ia commonly a wide difference between speculative posaibll- ities and aotual performancea." If the reader is unable to judge from the sound of that sentenoe who wrote it, I leave him in Ignor-
past, aa well as the eternity to come- opposite aide of the atreet stool a brewery, whoae beer barrel-i were piled on the pave¬ ment three deep, and great draught-horaea waiting to take them away. On the right stood a row of rotten buildinga, where our adopted fellow-citizens ate and drank, and fought, and gave abnndant work to policemen and priests. Onthe left, a bone-boIllng esta¬ blishment scented the air with ita peculiar odora. The ohurch itaelf waa neither of Corinthian, Ionic, Gothic, nor Romanesque style, bnt decidedly Swedo-Dutch. It was built of Btone, and covered with a hipped roof. The dumpy steeple rose just sixteen feet above the roof. Au iron rod went up through the top of the steeple. Half-way np the rod, four curved'pronga atood out, bearing on their pointa the initiala, N. S, E. W.— These were the fonr cardinal pointa of the compa.ss. Ahove thn lettera, a weather-vane, which had changed with the wlnda of a bun¬ dled years, had at last become fixed by rnst, aud steadily pointed in one direction, a^'if it would say to the worshippers below, " Be not carried about by every toind of doctrine." A great sounding-board hung over tbe rotund little pnlpit. The pews were commodiously large, with straight backs, and so high that no one cau see his fellow-worshippers, or even look out without looking heavenward, a good arrangement for restraining wandering eyes and vagrant thoughts. Altogether, it was -a. liltle, old, spunky-looking house of prayer, which had stood valoronsly agaiust time and fashion, and tbe boya, who had made uo impreaaion ou anythiug ahont it but the small panes of the large front window.
Ihave already intimated that the prosperity of this hill of Ziou was sadly checked.-— Family after family had grown rich, and moved away, aud were now worshipping under frescoed ceilings, forgetful Of the place from whence they were digged, and the rock from which they were hewn. Only a few tried and faithful souls remained ; not that it was eitber convenient or agreeable to wor¬ ship in a surrounding solitude of empty seats, but because they were atlached to the venerable walls and dingy pews which had witne.ssed the baptism of their grandfathers, the marriaee rites of tbeir fathers, aud the funeral solemnities of their families through three generations. If this feeling is not a sentiment of nature, it is the earliest graft of piety, and deserves not the rude handling of a utilitarian age. It should never yield but to tbat stern necessity which demands the removal of consecrated houses, only wheu tbe tabernacle of Divine preseuce is lift¬ ed awry. Such waa the feeling which beld a few pions worshippers to the old church after the wealthy aud the gay bad ceased to tread its ancient aisles. They were too poor to engage the service of eminent talents, and but for the income from two houses that be¬ longed to tbe corporatiou, they must have suffered a famine of the Word. As it waa, the old church was a convenience by which I obscure talent miglit become kuown, aud becomiug known, might receive a loader call. Here Job began his city labors according to definite agreement; he to preach the Word, aud they to give SGOO per annum for bis temporal support aud c7)mfort.
During the first tbree weeks the congrega¬ tion was larger,than it had been for years.— Tbe sexton, who was In the regular babit of counting heads, boasted that he had seeu no such assemblies iu that house since Doctor Treacle had left tbem for an up-town church. Alas ! That such fair hopes should be doomed I to disappointment. Decayed churohes, like decayed nations, are hard to revive. In this instance the sign of returning prosperity was as deceitful as the flush that reddens the consumptive's cheek. The love of novelty was soon satisfied, and the congregation be¬ gau to fall off. It Foon reached tbe oM num¬ ber of one hundred souls, slightly more or less. There it stood in defiance of all the useful arts of increasiug the atteudance.
Job gave out his texts in advance, but the people stayed away.    He published hia topics in the newspapers, and invited tbe public to hear sermona on tbe moat common-place sub¬ jects, such aa " Christian Heroism"—" Chris¬ tian Humility"—'"The Hope of the Righteous" —" The Joys of the Righteous"—" The death of  the   Righteous"—" The   Recognition   of Friends In  Heaven," &o.   But  the scheme worse than failed,  for the people  heard so much of heaven, that, like the effect of a sur¬ feit of honey, they began to loathe tbe very mention of it.    In the meantime, Job kept his ears open to hear the first Intimations of another call.   It had beeu whispered about for some time that there was a feud between Dr. Doolittle and a large number of his con¬ gregation, which waa likely to come to an open rupture.   Job heard of it with pious regret, and yet he was well sustain d hy the hope that, should  the matter come to the worst, a kind Providence would overrule it go as to give him a sphere of labor much bet¬ ter suited to his talents.   The report, how¬ ever, came  to nothing.    A case  or two of clerical bronchitis gave bira a much stronger hope ; not, indeed, that he wished auy one to go to Europe, or to a rauch better country, for hi? special benefit, but he was willingthat Providence should have its way iu all things. "The incidental results of a calamity," said he, "may be advantageous  to  others  who neither desire snch a calamity nor rejoice on account of it.   Tbe  ill wind that strews the shores with wrecks, may briug relief to the panting population ofthe land.    They should thankfully accept the relief, and as sincerely deplore the disasters that attend its  coming. Or, the poor man who is made  rich by the death ofa relative, may be as sorry  for that death aa a man can be  who is  raised  by it from poverty  aud toil to  affluence and ease. Aud  why   shonld  not I," be continued " re¬ joice iu hope of a better charge, though tbe acquisition should be gained by the providence which lays another aside, aud which I could not help  if I would."   Bat this  hope failed also; for the bronchial cases were both cured by a new nostrum which the  brethren paid for in the usual way, by giving certificates of its, astonishing effects.    Finding   but  liltle reason to hopa for an early call  elsewhere) Job resolved to make the most of his preaent poaition.   So one Sunday nighl, after preach¬ ing to his still waning congregation, he went home, and with some twinges of conscience, and a ating of aelf-reproach for the thing, aat down and wrote a flattering eulogy of the sermon he bad jnst delivered.   On the Tues¬ day following it appeared in the most popu¬ lar paper ofthe city,and thus public atteution for the first time was fixed on the name of the Rev. Job  Shaddaky..  The  uotice oftbe sermon read as follows ;
"It has seldom falleu to our lot-to hear snch a magnificent pulpit discourse as we listened to on Sunday evening last, in the old church ou Duuca: nou street. The Rev. gentlemen's text was,' The stone with seven eyes.^ We smiled at first to hear such a sen¬ tence read from the Bible ; but as he proceed¬ ed to develop the mysterious meaning of the aingular text, we became interested, then absorbed, then lost in amazement. We ven¬ ture to say, that for comprehensive grasp of thought, logical acumen, depth and breadth, and general amplitude of learning, expressed in eloquencg the most original and startling, there is no clergyman in this city, where the
atnnted, but tough old man, who wore great round glasaea, aet in horn frame, and whose invariable babit waa to keep on his Scotch plaid cloak till the beginning of dog-days— came rnnning to the parsonage, and nearly out of breath, told the preacher that the house was already full to overflowing, and that he would have to hurry np if he expeot¬ ed to get in himself.   He added, as if he had prepared the speech for the occasion, that he "knew now that the old garden of grace was going to kill ihe fatted calf, and pul on tke whole armor, and run ihe race for tke prize witk the most finest houses up town."   Job laughed outright at this medley of figurea, and was still raore titillated at the auccess of his scheme.    He resolved,  however, to make the most of the occasion, and remained at home until all the church-bells iu the city were done ringing. There Is dignity in delay, and he who would thrive by the public curi- oaity, will often contrive-to be too late.   He reached the church about fifteen minates past the time, and seeing a crowd before tbe door, naturally supposed that every word the sex¬ ton had told him was true.    "Here," said he, "is an opportunity not to be lost.   I will not try to get in at the door, bnt climb through the rear wiudow.    It will be a telling fact.— The newspapers will report It, and my fortnne will be made."   Now, If Job had been a man of sense, as he was a man of learning, he would hafe tried to gain admission at the duor, and Ihereby aaved aome diaagreeable consequences.    But,like a weak-minded raan as he was, he decided npon the rash experi¬ ment by the first impulse.   He turned aside' and entering the alley-way, went to tho back window, which he found already hoisted.— He laid his hands on the rotten sill, and slowly lifted bimself up, and then as deliber¬ ately let himaelf down to the floor.   Turning to walk to tbe pulpit, he was greatly disap¬ pointed to find that nobody stood in the aisles, and that one-fourth of the pews were empty.    The singars iu the gallery, who had beeu sarprised and delighted by the suddeu iucrease of the congregation, had prepared a volantary to be suug at tbe instant the pastor should make his appearance; and, according¬ ly, without perceiving the accidental satire, as soon as he was seen entering, they atruck up. " Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as dovea to their vpindows?"   ITufiirtunately, the music was so arranged as to require the fonrth repetition of the last words " doves to their windows.'   This was too much. Human nature is loo keenly alive to the ludicrous lo bear such a temptation.    The congregation snickered.    Some laughed right   out,   and even the venerabla elders covered tbeir faces with huge bandannas, to save their credit for gravity.   .Tob walked from tlie window to the pulpit In that ungainly manner in  which a confused man always walks, one leg almost tripping tbe other at every step.    He oould not help it, and few men couid help it while smarting under the ridicule of laughing eyes. He went throagh the first devotional pervlces under a double mortification, ashamed of the blunder of climbing iu at the wiudow, and self-re proached for having brought so large a congregation by such a questionable trick. When the choir were abont finishing the hymn, iramediately before  the sermon. Job felt in his side pooket for his manuscript.    It was not tbere.    He felt iu the opposite pock¬ et.    It was not there.    He  searched all his pockets, and looked into his hat.   It was in none of them.    In the fulness of his joy at the sexton's exaggerated report of the  over¬ flowing house, he liad forgotten to bring  his sermon, and was now in that interesting pre¬ dicament so happily described by a modern vulgarism In the two little words, "doneybr." The last note of the organ waa dying away, and the people were adjusting themselves to hear the eloquence which had been so ap¬ plauded in the papera.    Swqat broke out all over him and ran into his  boots.    He  waa undecided whether to explain hia awkward position and beg off, or venture the discourse from memory.   After hesita'tii(r a moment, he rose with a neck-or-uo-thing K'nd of feel¬ ing, and began to read his text,    Hnlf choked with confusion, he read, "And there appeared a great wonder iu heaven :  a woman—" here he stopped and coughed.   Crusty bachelors relaxed into a satirical smile, aa Ihey looked rouud on tbe ladiea ; and huabands,  fond  of teasing their wives, caught a new Idea. to be laid up for future use.    He began again, and tbis tirae succeeded in reading the text quite through.    He paused.   The blood rushed to his cheeks.   The first sentence ofhis writlen discourse seemed    about   a thousand fur¬ longs   from   his memory,  and still   flying off.   The congregation were as quiet as mice, watching and listening with eager eyes and ears, and wondering raeanwhile whether this long pause wes intended for rhetorical effect. At last he begau with a mere  mechanical ut¬ terance of the first fugitive thought that en¬ tered his mind.    "The book of Revelation,'' said he, " is mysterious—profoundly myste¬ rious.    It is, as it toere, full of mystery—so utterly and unfathomably incomprehensible, that very few have thoroughly understood it, as it were.   Bishop, Newton in his celebrated dissertions, as it were, fully admits this.    My frienda, I am Inclined to think—"   That was true.    He was " inclined to think ;" but what to tbink, or what to aay, was just now with hira tbe great   qnestion ;   so, after   a raost dreary pause,he said, "My friends, lam sick. Suddeu sickness is the ready excuae for be¬ wildered and failing apeakers.   No' anditor can say that be knowa it to be false, whatever be may suspect; and'it is according to both law and Gospel that the beuefit of the  donbt should be given to the side of charity.    ,Tob wished the aiidience dispersed aa soon as pos¬ sible, and accordingly gave the nsual bene-
oome, and raeagre congregations have exas- beautiful forms, ¦ bnt " loves " of dresses— perated my pride and quenched the spirit of that Jessie, or Jennie, or Hattie muat not be my compositions. The evil has propagated ' children, but tiny nimiug-criming women— itself, increasing dullness resulting in a de- , jnst mamma in duodecimo. This isa mista creasing audience. Besides this, I have been | ken idea, and it ia time that mothers were find- obliged to bear with weaknessea which I des- i ^^S it out. At tbis day, when our young meu piaed, aud court the good will of foola, wbo, j want so sadly what is tersely termed " back- in any other relation, I wonld have passed j hone," when oar young women want stamina, without notice.  I regret my education itself, ; when as a people we need physical strength.
aud especially my edncation for the pulpit. It baa made rae ambitions of distinction which I cannot gain, and ambition haa made me un¬ scrupulous as to the means. I entered the rainistry aa a profession, and have so far dis¬ oharged its duties with views merely profea¬ aional. I thonght that I migbt make It the buaineas of my life, as a man devotes himself to medicine or law. But I see the mistake. Providenco has given meuo ai(;n of encour¬ agement, and the humiliating result of to¬ day's stratagem has determined me to quit the pulpit forever.
"Truly," aaid his wife, "thia is the best speech I have heard from you yet, aud it suits ray feelings best. It may be tbe duty of others to continue in the ministry, but if what you say is true it is just as clearly your duty to leave it. As for myself, au experi¬ ence of six months has quite satisfied my ambition for the honors of a pastor's wife.— I am sick of kissing all the old women for popularity's sake. I hardly know whether I should rejoice or weep over the events of lo- day. If it was necessary to drive you from tbe pulpit, much as it mortifies me, I ara heartily glad ofit.
"But what shall we do ?" asked .Tob. " Starvi', if we ranst," an.swered hia wife; "pick raga from the guttera with an iron hook; gather bones from the strees, and sell thera to the bone-boilers near our 'precious gardeu of grace," as the old sexton called it; do any honest labor outside of a pulpit, and I am content to share it. I shall decline no toils aa loug as I remember that I was once a minister's wife I But you know, Job, that we have a little farm, that my father gave us on our wedding day.   Let us go to that."
In the middle of the followiug summer might have been aeen a mau in coarse clothes, leading the reapers in the field through the day, aud readiug the Eclogues of Virgil in the evening ; retiring early to bed, and risiug with the dawn ; a mau who had thrown away am¬ bition, and was happy that he had thrown it away. It was the late Rjv, Job Shaddaky— a strikiug example of the truth, that no de¬ grees of eduoation can supply the deficiency of a native sense, or qualify a man for a posi¬ tion in the world for which he is unfitted by nature.
SIX LITTLE FEET ON XHE FENDEH.
In my heart thero liveth a plctutfl
Ofa kltchea rade and old. Whera the flre light tripped oVr Ihe rafters,
Aijd reddened the roof's hrown mould; Gilding the stoam from the tcettle
That hammed un the foot-worn hearth. Thronghout all the livelong eveninr
Itfl measurea of drowsy mirth. Becauae of throe light nhadowH
Tbat freccoed that rude old room— Because of the voices echoed
Up 'mid the rafters* gloom— Becaaiie of the feot on the fender,
Six rebtlegs, white little feet— Tbe thoughts of that dear old kltoh^n
Are to me ro fredh and sweet. When the first danh on the window.
Told of the coming rain. Oh 1 where are lho fair yonng faced
That crowded against the pano » WhUe hits of firelight stealing
Their dimpled cbeeltg hetween Went stroegling ont in the darknnPH
In Rhredij of ailver sheen.
Two of the feet grew weary
Oao dreary, dismal day, And wo tied them with snow-white rllib.-.iia,
Leaving him there by the way. There was freeh clay on the feeder
That weary, winter night, For the four little feet hnd tracked it
From hlB grave on th e bright hill's side. Oh t why on the darksome evening.
This evBQtng of rain and sleet, Re.tt thy feet alone on the hearlh-Rtona ?
Oh ! where are thoee other feet? Are they treading the pathway of virtue
That will bring us logelher above? Or have they made stop's that will dampen
A siBter's tirelesB love ?
A BOY FOR THE TIMES.
We _ like an active boy ; one who has the impulae of the age—of the ateam-engine in him. A lady, plodding, anall paced chap, might have got along in tbe world fifty years* ago ; bnt he won't do for these times. We live in au aga of quick ideas; men think quick—apeak quick—eat, sleep, conrt, marry, die quick—and slow coaches ain't tolerated.
" Go ahead ifyou burst your biler," is the motto of the age; and he succeeds the best iu every line of buainess, who has the most of the do-or-die in him.
Strive boys, to catch thespirit ofthe times; be up and dressed alwaya, no grasping and rnbbing your eyes; aa Ifyou wero half asleep, but wide awake, whateve'r may turu up— and you may be somebody before you die.
Think, plan, reflect as much as you please before you aot; but think quickly and close¬ ly, and when you have fixed your eyes upon an ohject, apring to the mark at onoe.
But above all things be honest. Ifyou in¬ tend to be an artist, carve it iu the wood, chisel it in marble ; ifa merchant, write it in your day book and spread it in capitals in your ledger. Let honesty of purpose be your guiding star.
Self-love raagnifies or diminishes the good qualities ofour friends in proportion to the satisfaction we take in thera, i^nd we judge of their merit by the terms they keep with us. '
We may appear great in an employment be¬ low our merit ; bnt we ofteu appear little in one that is too high for ns.
there ia a " reform " upon tbis sulijec*. very much needed also. Now is the time to com¬ mence a good work which is vehemently cal¬ led for, aud where shall we begiu wilh a bet¬ ter prospect of snccess than among tbe think¬ ing, substantial, practical readers of tho Ex¬ aminer?" I would have mothers leiuember thattbeirdaughters'luugs are no betturadap - led to bear without injury the putrid air of close and beated rooms thau is the breathing apparatus of their sons. I would have thera remember that if restricted (physical) educa tiou, enfeebled healtb, delicate nervous sys¬ tem, and above all it purposeless aimless lifct are not calculated to bring out tho genius aud build up the reputation of their sons, neither are they to be depended ou to do this for their daughters. I would have them en¬ courage their little girls to excereise, elfort, industry, and onergy, so as to give them the health, vigor, aotivity, and power to expand into a glorious womanhood—in a word, I would that they be encouraged to become real, 6ona^(£c,fle3h-and-blood " Tom-boys."
My idea of a "Tom-boy " does not neces¬ sarily include rudeness, uncouth manners, or "outlandish ways" generally—by no meana. Tho " Tom-boy" is an eager, earn¬ est, impulsive, bright-eyed, glad-hearled, kind-aouled, living, and real apecimen of the genus fomiuffl. Ifherlaugh is a littla too frequent, and her tone a trifle to emphatic, we are willing to overlook these for the sake of the true life andexhiliarting vitality to which they are the" eacape valves ;" and indeed we rather like tbe high pressure nature wbich must close off Its superfluous " ateam " in auch ebullitions. The glancing eye, theglow- iug cheek, the fresh, balmy breath, tho lithe and graceful play of the limbs tell a tale of healthy and vigorous physical developement, wbich is Nature's best beanty. The soul and the raind will be developed ulso in due time, and wo shall havo before ns au-oTJia/i, in the highest sense of the term.
Tbe "Toin-bdy " is beantifnl, in her way ; sho is wise, also, in a way peculiarly her owu. She knows the names of all the cows, can ride tho horses to water without bridle or saddle, o la Joan d'Arc, can toll you what tho spade, ahovel, and hoe are made for, .she cau hunt hena' nests, feed the \oung turkeys, know whero abouts on the bluff th« first blue violets blow, aud where amid the tbin grass iu the meadow the wild strawberries ripen. She can describe to yon the different fish tbat haunt hor favorite "branch," for she's caught the "silver-shiners" many a time; cau iuform you whon the youug brood in the blue bird's uest will he ready to fly, for tbat household is under her especial protection ; and her native countenance is full of the visions of the weather-seer, as she explains to you that "it is cerlain lo rain to-raorrow," for tbe "pink- eyed pimpernel" has closed, and there is a deep sigh from the south among the mcun- tain pines.
When the " Tom-hoy" has sprung up to a healthful aud vigorous womanhood, she will be ready to take hold of the duties of life, to become a worker in the great system of humanity. She will not sit down to over the "work given her to do," to simper nonsense, languish in ennui, or fall sick at heart; but sho will ever be ablo to take up her burden o'f duty, while nature, men, so¬ ciety, and governments exist. In her tread there will he sound philosophy, in her thoughta boldness and originality, in hor heart Heaven's own purity, aud the "world will be better that ahe has lived in it." That beantiful idea so well expressed by Long-fellow—
" Life ia real, lifa la earnest." will be the soul of all her actions—she will early realize that woman, the world's great verb, was created not merely "to be," but "to do," and too often, alas ! " to suffer " also.— But to this, her allotted task, she will bring bealth, vigor, streugtb, energy and spirits, and these will give her both the power and endurance, without which her life must be, in some respeota at least, a failure.
I would that everybody could learn to love and appreciate that beautiful embodiment of freshness, grace, sincerity, simplicity and na¬ ture, the " Tom-boy."
I. NEWTON PEIBCE, Editor,
To whom all cummuuicutions intended for tbis dc-
purtment tnay be addressed.
[Original.]
WHAT SHALL WE DOI
" Well, my School haa closed, and now what r'ball I do ? What shall I go at? It did very welt while I was at It; for I was then employed ; endeavoring to devote my energies to a usefnl purpose, and receiving a recotupence therefore, aud what waa lacking pecuniarily was made up in the aatisfaction of the good accomplished."
We cau almost imagine we hear aome teacher soliloquising tbus. Aud indeed it is quite a serious question wilh many teachers about cloaing Ihoir 4 or^ months term, "what shall we do ?" We have brten in this situa¬ tion more than once, and can trnty feel for those, of the teachers profession, now feeling the force of this question. And were it in our power, wo would gladly auswer this qnes¬ tion for all snch. It is easier, however, to lell what should not be done. Tbe first tbat occurs to us, ou tbis last list is. Do not lay aside your books, and close them, as you have closed yo'ur schoolSj for the next six months,— Take sorae text book with yon. Keep it by you, aud with you. When the spare moment offers, yon can take it out of your pocket, look at a problem or principle, and then the mind cau dwell upon ii aud digest it. It mattera little what your employment may bo, momenta, will freqnently occur, that you caii use profitably, if you only make the resolu¬ tion and keep it; and the snrprise will be, that ao much haa heeu accoraplished, so mnch learned in that apparently, ao amall away. Besides the acquisition of new knowledge, it keeps fresh iu the mind, what was before acquired; and effectually prevents that con¬ dition, ao oflen alluded to by the expression, " it has been so long since I opened a book on -, thul I am quite rusty on it.
FOB HENT.
THREE ROOMS with Water and Gaa introdaoedtSaltablefor aDaatlst.orotherbaslnaii 0T«!r the Examiner k Herald Office, North Qaeen ntreet, Lancaster. For farther narClcalars Inqnire at thti offlM, ^ j mar 9 tf 13 i
NOTICE.
THE Citizen3 of East Hempfield Twp., are retia^atei to meet lo Iha OIJ School Hoa-ta at Brabdker's Meeliog H la-ie. oa Ihe rni-l ln»dlai{ fr)ra Uuhmmtown to Pecembarg. oa S&.TUKD.W. tta» -Znd of At'RlL next. The uhjeci of the meeilog will bt ti> de¬ termine what shall be done with the sai-l Olit Scbi^l Hoaao. m*r9 3*t-15
LEAP TOBACCO.
THE subsuriber haa just received a fino lot of Ohio, Slaytville and Mtryland LeafTobiceo Wliicb he will .sell in lots fi ault bayerd. ANo.aii»len- (lld lot of Old ['escHylviiQlafeed Tobscco, whfch will he t>oId cheap fur cash. 1'. 0. KBCKMAN.
mar 9 .H*t-15
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BANK
jyO K KEBD&CO.
A MEETING OFTHE STUOKHQL- DBRS of tfae ColamMnaad Octortro Rtilrtal Couipany will be held at Jacob Hnber'd, Fouatafn Inn, Soul h Queen Ntreet. in tbe city of Lancaster, oa .MON D A.Y, tbe Uth dar of MARCH next, at 1( o'cloetc, A. M-.for the pnrpoie of eleciiag a Predidentaad twelve Uirectord, to serve for the enKnloR year.
JAU£S L. RETNOLDS, Secretary. tiAJtcASTER, Febraary J4th, 1839. mir2-td-U
DIVIDENDS^
THE PENN MUTUAL LTFEINSU- RANCB CO. of Philadelphia h-ive declared a Ci-th Dividend of itlx percent upon tbe ^cilpt Divideail't from IS-'iOto iSiS'-ncla-tive. aa-1 a Script of TwHaty-ttve p^r cent, upon thtf Ciah Premlum-t ptidin IS33. pAVdhla hy the Agenta at lancastor. JO.l.V ZIMMBRMaX,
No.7-1 S.irtU Qu-«Hn Straet, DR. BLV fARRT, LAffCASTEK, February 2Sth, 1&39.        East King St. mar 2 3t-U
Dissolution of Partnersliip.
THE PAHTNEKSHIP heretofore ex- Inllnic nnler the name and firm of R. MARTi;f k GOOD. Mlll«rr«. \w thlH day <liH:4,>lTed All perrtoui Ia¬ debted to tbft tate Urm ars r<*qntt!ited to makn pHymntit without furthfir del fiy, and iliune btiriDg claims lu'pre- - aent them to tbe naderhlgned for aettlement. -
BE.NJAMIN MARTIN. Pequea Twp., Lasc. Co., Feb. SSth, lS.9.
The undnrnignel wi I conlinun the rollllnr bnalneaa at the old place.     [mar 2-:t*i.|J]     JOIIM K. GOOD.
Steam Engine, Boilers, and Blowiog Cylinder.
A FORTY HURSE POWER second- baod STEAM ENCINE, which has been u^'ed to dnvts a nine-and-a-half foot Cbarcual Furnace.   ALSO, a Blowing   ylinder and iwo Builerti, They will be noli low, and either separately or togeth<>r.   Apply to STICKXEY k CO., mar 2 3M4 Exchanse Place. Bnltimore.
When we are uot teaching we should be still qualifying ourselves better for the pro¬ fession. Wo know it is diiHuuIt for some to apply themsolves to study, unless they are at school aud driven to it, as they aay. But then, what pursuit in life, that is worthy of attainment, that is not attended with its diffioulties? And then, cousider thu crowu that awaits the success of these persevering efforts.
Wo know uf some who took the mental arithmetic in their pockets, or tho grammar iu their hats, out iuto the field wilh them, and when the horsea were turning at the end of the furrow, or would atop a minute to real, would out with the mental or grammar, and read a little, aud then, as they would be ploughing along the next furrow, would solve tho prohlem, or parse tho sentence. And what might we expect of such ? Verily, thoy do houor to onr profession
To such, though they might wish to teach ten mouths iu the year, yet, the sis months vacations, is uo loss to them. Tho physical exorcise is strengthening to thtfm, and their improvomeui goea ou ; and wheu the wiuter or fall leim commences, they are not on'.y ready, hut brichteuod up for the ensuing six mouths' work.
Another vory good and practical plan, is to, have with you a little memorj-uda book aud a pencil; and as you think over your school, ££nd how you got along with auch aud such classes, and a.sk the questiou, "did thoy im¬ prove as they should have done?" certain thoughts and suggestions will ari^e, that, if you could have the opportunity, just then, you would put them in practice. Now don't neglect lo jot them.down in your Utile book, from timo to time ; aud rest assured you will derive great, very great benefit from them, when you come to look over them, .it the commencemeut of your next school torm.— Great and valuahle changes have been some¬ timea produced iu the same school, under the samo teacher by this meaus.
By thi:j method all the important suggestions of your friends, or of your owu reflections, are saved for future practical uso. Without it how much is lost?
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Problems.—Answers and Solutions.
Answer to Problem 21.—As  I under¬ stand this Problem tho answer is 52. Prooi; 52
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DULL CHILDREU-.
The First Wuite Wosias is Downievillk, Cal.—Downieville, California, being perched bigh up in the mountains, was not gladdened
diclioD, and sat down. They retired and left i ^^ ^^^ ^'S^ of a white woman until a long him in the care of the elders, who naturallv r'°^^ ^^'^'" *^^ ™'°"^ ^^^'^ ^««^ ^^"e ; and wished to know the symtdms ofhis attack, j ™^°^ °^^^^°''°°'*^^^^°B «««° ^ ^"^^n for There is nothing ao annoying to hypocrisy as i inquisitiveness.    To all their questions, there
fore, he answered that it was no one thing in particular, bnt asudden and general breaking down of both body and mind. His wife seem¬ ed leas troabled about his sickness than might reasonably have been expeoted, for she occu¬ pied a pew from which sbe had seen him searching in vain for his manuscript, and was therefore prepared for a humiliating failure. She was a great deal more angry tban sad.—
of the fair ses the occasion for a grand demon¬ stration, which is chronicled by the San An¬ dres Independent. The men all turned out, setting their best foot foremost. Several shirts were sported on tbe occaaion, and a certain member of Congress, to mark hig high satis¬ faction, drew from the bottom of his clojhes box, an antique ** yaller vest," that had not seen the light for many a month. The boys, dressed in their neatest duds,  were  grouped
Duties and Pleasures of Women.
Great indeed is the task assigned to women^ Who cau exaggerate its importance ?   Not to make  laws, not  to  govern  empires, bnt   to form those by wbom laws are  mado, armies led and  empires governed; to  guard  from the  slightest taint of possible infirmity, the frail and yet spotless creatures wbose tuoral, uo less than physical being mnst be derived from her ; to inspire  tboae principles, to in¬ culcate those doctrines, to animate those sen¬ timents  which generations yet unborn, and nations yet uncivilized, shall learn to bless ; ¦ to soften firmness into  mercy, to chasten bonor into virtue ; .by her soothing oares  to allay the anguish of tbe mind ; by her parity to triumph over sense ; to  cheer the scholar laboring under his toil; to console the states man for the ingratitude of amiatakeu people; to compensate for hopes that are blighted, for tbe friends that are perfidious, for happiness that has passed away.    Such ia her vocation. The couch of the tortured sutTerer, the per¬ son of the deserted frienil.^, the cross of the neglected  Savior;   tbese are the theatres on whiuh   her  greatest   triumphs   have   been achieved.   Such is btsr destiny: to visit the forsaken ;. amid the forgetfulness of myriads, to remember;  amid the execrations of mul titudes, to bless ;   wheu monarchs abandon, when brethren and disciples fiy, to  remaiu unshaken and unchanged, and to exhibit in this lower world a type of that love, pare, constant, and ineffable,   which in  another world, as we aro taught to believe, is the best roward of virtue.
The bustling old sexton, uho had been the i "°^°** ^^ ^^^^^ P"^ *>f ^'^^ ^^mp, eager to cause of the trouble, offered to accompany h**^^ ^'S^t of tlie first petticoat tbat was to him home, which he refused in a style that i ^""'''' ^"^ '^^ mountain breeze. Long and made tbe little man sav,"!/ is queer thai soine ' '^'^'''^^ ^""^ ^^^ suspense, but toward eveuing people canH get sick without getting so <^kM ^^^^Z.^^'^^Z ^*'''^/° '''f'^'.P^^^^ ,T° wasjiiskJ^
The teacher of a large school had a little girl under ber oare who was exceedingly backward in her lessons. She was at the foot of tho class, aud seemed to cnre but little about wbat liad pa.ssed iu it. During the school hours singing was sometimes em¬ ployed as a relaxation, and noticing tbat this girl had a very clear, sweet voice, her teacher said to her:
*' Jane, you have a good voice, and you may lead in the singiug."
Shu brightened up, and from that time her mind seemed more active. Uer lessons were attended to, and ehe made steady progress. Ouo day, as tho teacher was going homo, sbe overtook Jaue and one of her school-fellows; "Welt, Jane," said she, "you are getting on very woll at school; how is it that you do so much better now thau you did at tbe beginning of the half year ?"
"I do not know  why it is," replied Jane. " I know what she told me the othor day," said her companion who was with her.
*' And what was that ?" asked the teacher. " Why, she said she was encouraged." Yes, there was tho secrat—she was encour¬ aged.    She  felt she was   not  dull iu   every¬ thing; she had learned self-respect, and thus she was encouraged lo solf-impruvemeut.
Take the hint, dear fellow teacher, aud try to reach tho intellect throngh the heart. Endeavor to draw out the dormant faculties ofyour children by discriminating culture and well-timed praise. Give them the credil whenever you can, and allure theiu with hopeful words. Mauy a dull-minded child has been made irretrTevably stnpid by con¬ stant fault-finding or ungenerous sarcasm. Aud, on the other hand, bow oflen has a genial smile or au appioviug remark awa¬ kened into uew life aome slow-learning scholar. — Tke Elevator.
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Chemistry in Common Schools.
Said we to the State Agent of the Illinois State Teachers' Association the other day, " How many graded schools are there in the stato where tha principles of chemistiy are taught practically?" Ho answered, "Nol more than filty !" Aud this iu the face of the fact, that every farmer aud farmer's wife needs to know more of this science than any otber, because their every day duties involve chemical laws, which, if better uuder.stood, would save a vast deal of error and indeci.-^iou iu husbandry or home management. But if people du not desire tbeir children ahall he taught theso sciences-r-chemistry, botany, vegetable physiology and the physiology of themselves, thoy need not expect teachers will qualify themselves to do it. Create a demand aud there will be a supply of such teachers.—Emery^s Journal of Agriculture.
NOTICE.
PERSONS rciuoviug to thc West, or remitting funds there, win flnd It to their adrao- tago to take our drafts uu Neiv yok or I'hiladelphln, which commaod a premium when uned West of the Ohio. They are drawu in Amonnl^to suit onr customers . Spanub coin bongbt at best mtea.
t'remlnm allowed on old Au'erican sliver. Five per cent. Interext, per annum, allowed on de¬ posltH payable on demand without notice.
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LANCASTER COUNTY
EXCHANGE & DEPOSIT OFFICE.
Cor. of East Kin^ and Duke Streets.
BET. THE COIIKT HODSE A.«ID SPKECHER'S HOTEL
LANCASTER CITY.
JOHN K.»RKKD & CO., pay intercut on deposits at the following rate»:— 5 J per ceut. for one y jar and longer. 5       do:        " 30 days   "      do.
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BEED, McGRANN, KELLY & CO. B A iN K i!! R S ,
Old Lancaster Bank Building, Centre Sqaare, Lancaster.
WlLh RECEIVK MONEY on Do- poxlt and pay Interest Ihereon an follows:
i'l per cenl. for auy length of time.
5>i     ¦'       for oue year.
Collectlona made In all parts ofthe United Statec.
Money Hent to Englaud, Ireland, Gertuwuy, France. Ac.
PafwaRe crtiflcatos for ^ale from Liveipool to New Tork, or Lancanter.
Land warranifi auiluncurrentinoneybouKht am! -old.
Spauthh aud Jlexlcan d.dUm.old U.a.guldand^ilr-r colntj bought at a prt>mlum.
.'Special attention will be paid by 0. K. Reed, to tho Negotiation of Coinnierciiil paper, Stocl(^, LurtU:- nod nil marketable »ecuritle:« In New Vork ur I'hilndelpliia.
Onr frlendrt may rely upun pii.t ^luei->t. »ud uur pu-. nouitl attenlion to their intere^l-in ih* irHU-iitiiiiu m' any bunluei-t* which may he tutninieil to u.-. aud v. tio'.d onrselven individually ilal.l- 'or all lu.mey iuirur,ied to our care. 0E">  K. REED.
KICHaKD  McOKANN, PATRICK KELLY,
ji:ne 24-tr-30 A. • cCONOMTT	
UNCONSCIOtrs INFLUENCE.
The very handling of the nnrsery is siguifi-
When Job reaohed home, he went directly ,
¦ cheer greeted her.   The rocks and hills  fairly rang with their joyous shouts.   The lady was
pale, and seemed frightened at the apparent
to his study, where he found his manuscriptk       Jet. i-
•" „  ,     .   , *^*N madness of sucb a receptic
lying ou the table. He loathed the very sight
of the test; and as he tore the sermon to
,ion ; and her surprise waa by no meana diminished wben, again and
,,     ^      ,..,,,, , again, " three timea three" was proposed and
pieces, declared to his wife that he was now ¦       •<¦    *_j -   i.    i c   ^ ,
^        ', ... ,,_        .     a *»« uuw   vociferated m her honor. Such was the recep¬
tion of the " Pioneer "Woman of Downieville.'
forever done with preaching. A great trouble ; is often a great blessing. It comes like the terrible flash of tbe thunder cloud to the traveller who has gone astray in the dark, and reveals hia error and the way he should take. It waa so with Job. *' I aee clearly now," said he to his wife, " that neither na-
reputation of the pulpit ia deservedly so
high, that oan surpass,  and not more than i *^" °°' grace has given me the qualificatlonB
one who can equal him.   The loveia of great   of a miniater, and I aliall contend with impoa-
A Pretty Thought.
The night is mother ofthe day,
The winter of the apring, Aod ever upon old decay,
The greenest moBBee cling.
Behind tha cload tha starlight larka;
Through ihowers the ¦oabeam faUt; For God, who loveth all his worki,
Eu lift Ul bopa I Willi all.
Dr. Arnold once said, ¦" No schoolmaster should be more than fourteen or fifteen years . at hia post, lest he should fall behind the cant, and the petulance, the passion, tho gen-j scholarship of the day." Here lies a secret tieness, the tranquility indicated by it are all to be studied by the faithful teacher. He reproduced iu tbecbild.   Hia aoul is a pnrely   must improve himself at a ratio at loast equal
i to the advancement of the class.   Woe to
j the iustuctor who, by remiasneas and abaud-
' onmentofatudioaa habits, allows tbe children
entrusted to him to make progress greater
thao hia own I
receptive nature, aud that, for a considerable period, without choice or solection. A little i farther on, he begins voluntarily to copy ev- . erythiiig he sees. Voice, manner, gait, every thing which the eye sees, the mimic inatiuct i delights to act over. Aud thua we have a whole generation of future  men,  receiving
At Lateham, Dr. Arnold once got ont of patience, and spoke sharply to a dull pupil, when the boy looked up in his face and said. " Why do you speak angrily, sir ?    Indeed, I
from us their very beginnings, and tho d«ep- am doing tbe best I can."   Years'after, he
est impulsea of their life and immortality  ^3*^*1  to t^^^  ^^^ ^^°^y  ^° ^^^   childreu,  and
TUe. watcU ns e... ™„»ent in the fan.„,, '^^;^ --1 Z^^T.Z'.^ISTL'Z
before the hearth,   and  at the table;  and never forgotten."
when we are meaniug them no good or evil, d^^ Arnold once observed of a bad pupil
whenweare conscionsofexertiugnoinfluence and his  instruction, "It is very often like
over tbem, they are drawing from ua impres- kicking a football up a hill.   Yoa kick it up
sions and molds of habit, which if wrong, no a hill.   You kick it upwards twenty yards,
heavenly discipline can wholly remove ; or and it rolls back nineteen. ^ StiU yon have
if right, no bad associations utterly dissipate,' gained one yard, aud then in agood many
Now it may be doubted, X think, whether, iu kicks you make some progress."   Here is
all the active inflaence of our lives, we do aa genuine encouragement for the teacher placed
much to shape the destiny of our fellow-men, among the rough and rude.    It is not in the
as we do in this single artiole of unooniclouB nature of inBtruotion and oorreotlon, wholly
t infiaence oTer ohildren. to be thrown awa^-.
WM. N. AMER, Demist,
RESPliCTFULLV iufunii:i lii.s iVionds and the cltlzenH of Lanciwier city aud Ci>nn(y tn ^^ (;enbral.th:it be AtillcontluueH to ^.—^^^ J&^^^^S practice tho various l>r:inchfn uJ^&d^=aaS tt^^1*fl^ Ope ral t ve and Mechanical Uen 'vtQjTJ? tiwtry, Ht the ulllre latelyoccupiedby J.O.Sf"ort^..iii ilie tiuuibtia>-tcurueror Nurth (lueen and Orange nirft^t.-*
Having been for the Ust eliibt yearn, eng»gfd in the study and practice of DentUtry, live year*- of wtiich time war^si>eutunder llielnistructlouaud in the tinij>]>iy uf Dr.Waylan, of tbin'Ity, will, he thlnktt.b^a ^otU- ciflntguarantee of bin ability to perfonu all optrationtt conuected with the practice uf hit* prulKrnioo.in nuch a manner aawill render eutiredatlsfactlon to all who may favor him wilh a call.
N. B.—Entrance to offlce.2d door on Orange atreet.
sep 22  tf-43
DENTAL SURGERY.
TIIE undesigned has associated with bim In the pnictice nf  DENTAL SUR6ERT, E. W. SWESTZEL, D. D. S.,
well known   aft   hU  AsHletant.     Dr. '
Swentzel graduated at the Baltimore
CollttgG of Dental Surgery, with high honora, and haa
been lu praotice aeveral years.
OFFH-E. No. fiO« Korth Queen atreet. _apU.tj;.19 JOflS WATLAN.
Cheoplastic Process of Mounting Ar¬ tificial Teeth, RECENTLY PATENTED BY DK. BLA:<DT, formerly Profe.shor In the Baltimore Cotltffteof DontalSuritery.l-certainly
ONE OF THE GltE.-lTE.'^T DISCOVERIES ot the present age. and destined to worlc a great ch&ngft in Mechanical Dentistry. .,.01.    .
The undTnigned havinK been the Srst in tho State to Introdnco this procets Into hU practice, and which lias been attended witb uraat succefH, feels no beifitation in recommendinplt aa Superior to any oihf Tnethod ot tnounting artlScL&l teeth heretofore kuowr tbe c-astiog of llie pliiteH having great advantages over the cum mon cuijtom of "swaging." The same accuracy In lit-, ting, perfect cleantlnes aud dnrability, cannot be ob¬ tained by any otber process.
53-Tbe underBlgned is ALONEanthorizedto practlco theCheoplastic proceaa In Lancaj-ter City  and  Coonty- JOHN WAYLAN. D. D. S., may 27-tf-26 No. Stt^ North Quoen Slreet.
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