t7tK OliPllANS’ FRIEND.
.*>wSy 1W75.
CliOJH-: OF «)€;FI*AT!Ore.
It is liglit and proiier for .every
1)0\' in oiu' country, tinder tlie
advice and consent fit iiis parents
or other priidetit friends, to select
some occupation for life, !)y tvlucli
to make aii honest living’,and to
secure to himself the greatest
aniotmt of happiness in tins life
and the best pireparation for the
life to come. Our country pre
sents many inviting' fields .for en-
torjirise, many of them honorable
and offering assnraneo ot sncccss;
some a little doubtful but very
entieitig, aud some, thoug'h com-
m m, lackiugthe sanction ofOod’s
word. Law, physic, commerce,
manufactures, agriculture, are
among tlie more useful aud hon
orable, and in each, with a good
stock of' common sense, mental
culture and ordinary industry and
perseverence, a young ■ man may
reason-ably anticipate success in
securing not only a coupteteucy,
but even wealth.
In making choice among these
and other pursuits, the advanta
ges aud disadvantages should be
carefully considered, not only
with reference to the personal
good they promise in this life, but
the opportunities they afford of
cultivating those virtues aud grif-
ces tliat shall prepare the posse.ss-
or for a communion with highor
intelligencies in the life to come.
To the 3’fnxng men of this coun
try we cannot think of any pur
suit presenting stronger claims
than that of agriculture, to secure
a competency, a pleasant, happy
and! useful I'ife, and for opportu
nities of “studying the .wondrous
works of creatfon and adoring
the divine Creator.” Wo havo
millions of aci’e.s of land, untoueh-
xye see the youth of cnir country
doing this daily. Some glitter
ing pri/.e is held out to the inex
perienced eye, and the country
bred vouth forsakes the old liome-
stoad with its rural delights and
innocent ])leasures, to enter upon
a lit’e of speculation or course oi
ambition, the jiatlis of'which are
frequently set with tironis of iii-
(piietud'e and end in disap]j)oint-
ment if not utter ruin.
d’hon let our young men ipon-
dev well tlie chances of success
and probable attainment of iiap-
piness, before making choice of
tiieir occupations in ht(;; and the
girhs remember tliat the liard
hands, and honest hearts of our
independent farmer boys are not
to : bo despised in contrast w 11
mere slarc.h and broadcloth, wliich
'have nothing but the mere clian-
ces of fortune to back them.
■pursite certain studies, without
obtaining '.a ' (iegf'Jc,- whicii'i'iiiay
be called the' “optional 'co'urse.'’
Certificates of proficioiicy may be'
obtained in the'branches studied.
Of course tlie Eaeiiltv will set
od By the plough aud “cheap as
dirt;” there are thousands oflove-
Iv maiiieius w ho -would make ox
eelleiit wives, with, one of whom
a young man beginning life,
miglit settle down liappily in some
sweet rural retreat, beneath our
milt.l skies,' whiW all-bounteouvs
nature ■would smile around him
and. to the toucli of industry and
frugality, administer to at! his
wants. The fields, iiiwlei’ slsilful
cultivation, would yield him grain
for food, wliilo cottost, tobacco
aad a thoustuid other piroducts
would bring him in all the money’
lie would need. The bu-bliling
fcwntaiiis pouring forth thair
health-foving streams; the-mead-
ov/s affording pastmiO’ for his
cows and the hills sustaining, his
tleecy” flocks; the occba-rsla yield
ing lusciou.s fruits and'tfia- viitc-
yau’ds the gushing grape ;
'‘His trees in sunimec yitfltUiig Inn"* &iuDle,
Air winter, live,”
alt proiniae as iniu'li as a man
ought to ask ill thiti life.
With such posso.ssinna .and xvith
ccnipcions independence ana a
calm; in wall’d peace, heightened
bv the smiles of a tender wile
aaid the sweet prattle of promis-
i'ng chiicTl’en, a might .so liap-
)jilv jias.s away his tiirB® score
years anti ton, preparing for those
still liappier seenos “rvhei’o love
inmiortaJ' reigns,” tluit the ills ot
life would' scarcely bo known to
him except by name, or as lie
miglit witness them in others,
Tsvhom it wtiuld be no small part
^>f hrs hap-piness* to consol®- and
re’lie've-.
That me-n aliouhl turn away
from sseaes and pleasures lUce
these, .-ot onse so pure and so com -
pHetely wHthiir his reash,, aud go
off to a crowded', siekfe town in
search of a jirecari'ous li'volihood,
is indeed piassing sU’ange. \et
Tun Vidette quotes’ an artiole
which appeared in the Okphans’
Friend some three or four weeks
ago, in regard to two elnhlren in
Nash county, ivlioso mother has
taken up witli a negro, the chil
dren being under said negro's
control, and comments on the
same by saying, “To prosecute
them is nonsense ; take the chil
dren away and let them go.”
Exactly. Why don’t the friends
of humanity’ and ol good order in
society, who.are cagmaaiit oi the
facts,' take the children .away.?
The Orphan Asylum is open to
and ready to receive them. We
siijipose there is some hitcli or
obstacle in the way, tir this yvonld
cerhiinly havo been done ’before
now. We again suggest to the
good people of that section to
make a move in the matter.
From all -n'e can learn in regard
to those children they are of that
class intended to be bonefitted by
the Orphan Asylunl. , If brought
here tliqy might at least bo, plac
ed in a better home an.d under'
bettor auspices for their ftiture
than tliey’ enjoy in their pr'esent
condition. , , ,
that tlie pupil does not waste Ins
tirael '
It thus' appears th.at the scheme
is intended to combino the advan
tages of the cun-iculum, with tliose
of what is kiiowm as the “linix
voi’sity” or “elect wE .syslo'.n.
It i.s uiulerstood that the names
of the classes as in ohi times, viz :
Freshman, Sdphnioi’O, Junior, Se
nior, w ill not be retained.
Wo learn .that!;tlic Faculty will
be at tlieirappstS- iii-Sliflicient tinio
before the Ist-illoiiday in Sopteni-
her tO’ be ready to 'examine stu,
dents audibegln the regular rocita-
tioJis on that -dayv - We are gla,! to
learn that it i's the intention of
the 'Prustoes to' an-ange that the
students shall have good and sub
stantial, but not costly hoi'i’d.
Extravagance will bo prevented
in every' possible naj.—liahigh
News.
Faiilifasl.
I?Y EMILY IICNTIN’OTON MILLED,
irnlvei !»ity ol IVorth Cii5*oliiaa.
Wo ])avG carefully examined
the scheme recently piihlishei^ for
tlie reopening of the Imivorsity’.
We note the following points :
The course of studies is what
is called elective.
At the same time the cm’riculum
is ado})ted for those who desire it.
There are four courses Icaaling
to degrees, and one called “o’ption-
al,” in which the student does not
strive for a degree.
1. I’ho.so who wish t.o adopt
the course in which (ho Ancient
Languages and Mathematics form
a chief part can adopt that an-,
ahigous to the. old curriculuui,
leading in four y’e'ars to the de
gree of A.. B.
2. Those wishing to omit Ijatiu
and Greek can pursue a shorter
course,, containing more modern
’ huigu'agfe'sy and ivliat are -called
imwtkal studies, and in three y’ears
attain the degree of 13. S. ( Bache
lor of Science.)
if. Those -ivishing a coiu’.se more
immediately’ allied to Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts, can in
three vears obtain the degree of
Bachelor of Agriculture.
4. Those desiring a still higher
course can do so, and standing
an examination of groat striugen_-
cv, obtain the degree of A. M.
The old pi-aftic® of granting this
as an honorry’ degree is abolish
ed, and it is intended to be of veW
value, like that of the M. A. in
the Univer.si't)’ of Vvi-giiiia, and
other first class Institutions.
5. But besides these,, a. course
has been jirovided tii meet’ the
'A’an.tJi of chose-who-desire only to
The child’s name was not Faith
ful at all—Up at the. “lionse
Beaut.ifiil,” where she came every
day - to carry atvay the refuse of
the kitchen,' they all called 'her
(fCneral Jaekson, and, for any’thing
I know, .that might have been her
name, ^he ivas about ten years
old, if one might guess trom her
size, though I’fdr little pinched
face was so carewoi-n and hoi”
ey'es had such 'St tired look, that
siie might have passed tor
forty. Down fhe' alley, just a
little way iroiB the gafdcai, was
the low,, little hut,where they all
lived—fathorp’i.mothui’y and five,,
chiklren. L could see. it from .my'
-viiindov,’; seethe sandy back yard,
with- its bunches’ of thin, scatter
ed grass, and tlie barofooteil chi],
(Iren playingiibout it, or luid’dledln
a group by’ the door, .while little
Faithfuhsang the baby to. sleo]),
Jiiid kept th.em all (juiet by’ the
wonderful rliymes she stiiig over
and over, with patience that seem
ed never weary-. .
The father aud -mother worked
in a mill, .and were away’ early
lid Mother, Goose, before the lit-
’lleV.vriuit woufll go to slec'-p. Liyt
at oveninc’, wlien 1 tln’ow (-'pen
my blinds to'the night air, 1 sa.w
little Faitiil'iil sitting i'-n- a a o-
meut in tlie door, ivilh her head
ioaiiiiig vrearJy mi hor hands ;
but even then a chubby iittio Icl-
lory came todilUng uj) with a bro
ken will]), and Faithful wins rea
dy' to-mend it. ' Some time in the
night, there came a messmiger in
great distress t(?tlie noirse Bouti
■fill, to say that tlie ‘lassif-’ was
very sick ; and so tivo oi' us went
down the alloy, and stood Ijy tlie
'tied where poor little Faithful lay,
wild with a Ijuruii-ig fevo’.’. he
doctor came sooir iiitenvards, but
-he only' shook his head, and said
-it-ivasMio lati'. The fever must
liavc attacked her brain hours be
fore.
IV^hat a jiitiful iilaeo it w'as—r
so bare, so iioor, so ])iiiched; yet
as neat us the tir.-d little hands
could make it, betore tliey’ droji-
ped their work. The ha-'by lay
in the bed, with hi.s great, w’hito
head nestled in his sister's pillow',
lie stirred uneasily’, and they
t ok h'm away ; but at the first
sound of his viiice, little Faithful
took up the old song and tried to
hush him to, sleep. I'Tom that
moment s-ho seemed to begin her
work again, soothiiig the chiidren,
singing them to sleep, and’ mak-
■in'g" the house tidy’ for mother.
Flow it ma.dOpny heart ach.e to
hear her sing, over and over, the
same foolish oh; rhyme, in a yoice
that grow all the time weaker and
moK,e,;l)TO.kqn-7T .
If-you want aiiy .move you, must sing iL.your
With the Ptmip.
solt' ’
Sing it yoursoif, sing it yourself,
until at last the voice died away
in a whisper, and little Faithful
lay there.w'liito. .apd wan, with a
fe’ccr aU buniqd pup. of her thin
cheeks, and, the (ihildren sobbing
around her. Oh, faithful little
heart! does any’ ona smile at the
.foolish old rhy’ine w’hich was last
upon Ifor'li'pti'f ' To mo it lias’ in
finite pathos. ' It is the last dis
pairing cry of hundreds of weary,
struggling souls that kerep the
It is a queer jihice to make a-
liargain, truly; but there’s many
a harder custoniev for a thirsty
man to deal with than our honest
irieiid the punqi, as the loilowiiig
story will slioiv :
A hard-working’ weaver had
s.rveil a guinea for the express
pui’iiose et having what ho called
a week’s fuddle.' lie began on
J’fonday, sjiending’ tln'oe siiilliiigs
])er day’ for seven days. On tlie
morning of tiic eighth day, ho
W’as bui’iii’hg with tliii’st, but his
money was gone, lie w-’ent to
the back-door of the beer-sho])
whcT-e he had siient every farth
ing of his gniiiea, to beg a pint
on Jiiist Tlie hindh’.rfy Wits mop
ping the passage; he stoiid look-’
ing at lier, with his cracked bp’.-i,
parched tongue and- bloodsiio-t
ey-e, expecting- her to ask h.im to
take just a droji; but she.did uot,-
aud ho requested her to thisi him
for only’ one pint.
"Vyith an indigant look,- she re-’
plied:
“'I'rust you 1 Set a atej) in thi-i-
liouse, and I will da-sh this mop
iu your face.”
i'he poor man hung down liis
head in shame, ll-o was loaning
against the pump, and after a lit
tle study, began to talk to it.
“Well, Pump,” 1(0 said, “I have
not spent a guinea with thee;
wilt thou trust me for a drop ?”
He lifted up the handle, put his
burning nioutli to the spout, and
drank, this done,, he’.again said
to the pump:
“Thank tiieo, Pump; and now'
lieal’ me, Pump. ;■ By God’s help,-
1 will not enter a public-house' .,
again for the next seven years;-
and, I’ump, tliou .art a witness.”
The bargain was kept, and this
man afterward became a resjiect-
able nuuiufacturer, and, often said
battle up bravely,-'till lie.art and
it was’a grand thing..forthim that
the landlady, threatened to dash
the mop in his face.
Are there not iiiariy’ poor fel
lows who would do well to sto].)-
trading at the bar and- try a bar-
,gain with, the pniiip ?—The Murit-'
mg.
and late; so. all dav long this
child, F'aithful, was the grave lit
tle housekeeper, who cared, as a
mother might, for the houseliold
affairs and the poor little ones,
'i'here was no play’ for her, and
small chance to be atiything but
thin, and irinclied, and careworn.
The first week I was at the ‘House
Beautiful,’ I only smiled with the
rest at the odd little figure. The
second iveok I learned to call her
■lassie,” as the father and mother
did at homo ; but the third iveek
I could think of no name woi’tliy
enough for her but Faithful, and
so I alw.ays’caWed her from tliat
time. You renleniher I'nitlifnl
don’t you ?—tlie Faithful of old
.John Bunv’an’s story’. Even
when I w.as'a child, and lay un
der the peach trees in the -ivest
yard to read it, I liked Faithful
bettor than Christian.
(,bio weary day in August,
when -sre drew the blinds close
in the great, cool House Beauti-
.ful, and dreasoft ourselves iu the
daintiest of muslins- for the heat,
1 peeped out ait the little brown
house on the .alley, and saw how
the fierce sun shone hotly in at
th.q door, and how the Weary lit
tle nurse- toiled aud ’.sang, and
waited for the evening shadows.
The baby’ was erosser than ever
tliat day,, aiid over and; over 1
heard' the liiile slir-ili voice sing-
iiip’, to-11; monotono'iis tune, tlie
fie.sh fail, and then go down cry
ing.
If yMu want any more yon imiirt sing it your- f
self.
“Ifoor hiasic,” said the mother,
as she clositd lier eyes with her
own liard hands, ‘slic’.s got her
wish at last. She w-as always
fearful of living to i>8 a burden to
us, because tlie doctor told
some day' that sh.-e’d ho a cripple
with her back. I mistrust she
worked beyond hor strength, but
liow' can folks choose that must
w’oi’k m’ starve?’
Iloxv, indeed! And -in my'
heart I 'rejoiced over the blessed
little Faithful, whoso trials and
burdens had been so cheerfully
endured, and whose last song of
we.arinoss had been sung. I'he
angels sung to lier, I doubt not,
and one, in shining raiment, wel
comed her to the home w'hero
they’ who have been laithful in a
few things are made rulers over
mucii.
At one of our schools, recently’;
in anewe? totiiefjuestiou,- “’VYhat’s
the difference between an island
.and a coutinont, and upon w'lsicli
do- w'e live ?” a In-ight little .sfoiver
replied) r “The diff'erenco is, ’that
a c’fmtiuent is mnc-lx forger «ban
an island, and wo live on bread'
and meat iin l other thi-ngs-,”
Readixc; Le.?son for vert L-t'mm
Folks.—“M.a}’ i 13 1 of- the lov
ers of U ?” as the Miss of Gtoen
said 2 a lOder leg of mutton be
fore she 8 a piece ol it.
OLD; MAO:
Di.mf, Novel Kkadi.ng,—'I'ho’
Baltimore Idua, alluding to the’
effort that i.s l-Kjiug made in Boston-
to have tlie SRiilcnco ot the boy-
muvdercv Piviiieroy changed tO'.
inqn’isonnieut for. h-fe in the Pen-'
itoiitiary, says ;
“Some of the fantastical advo
cates of this interesting yontli al-
lego tlsat his Irrain has been turn-’
ed by reading dime novels and-
yelhiw’-coverod literature. When-
a ci’iine is coninnttod under the
influonce of strong dri-nk- the law
does not niiligate the offense, .al
though temjiorary insanity is often
produced by that c.a.use. Neither
sliould getting’ insane on the weak-
doeoction of dime novels be re-’
gardod as much oi an e:- tenua-
tion. Indeed;-id'"view of tiie de
leterious iniiuences of such trash,
it mig’lit be as well to hang such-
of the dime novel ’-I’ictims as are
led- by’ them- to- la-wfoss- acts,, as a
warning against yellow-covored-
litoi’-atiu’e.”
A,- vatti-esnake . with thirty-one'
rattles-vzas-killed-a fortnight .ago
on Kewean lliver. in-'Fulare conn-'
ty, California. It measured thir
teen foot in len-gtli, .and is said to-
ha.ve boon the largest rattlesnake
ever killed«.i. tlie Galiforuia-coast.-
—N. y. Evetrm0 Pmt.
Thackeray’ must luwe read some’
rfDfo Lew is’books. He said one
day’: “The intimacy' begotten
over a wine bottle has no lieart.
I never knew ai good feeling to-,
come from it, or any honest frieiKE.
sill}) made by it. l.t only’ enticcs-
ulmi .nidi i u.r.s - tiienii ’
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