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NO. XXXVI, OF VOL. XIX.
( (AO. fJO.W COXXtEXbfcXENT 075.)
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TIIE PRIEST AND Till! PENITENT, r ....
" at MRS. w.i-aer.
So he beautiful Imoinda into be married this
mnriiinff. Faith, Pembroke is a lucky fellow. I
. for one would gladly voto the barter of half the
bluud belles ol this towu, bo ttiat we niigpt aerp
aitwng u the glorious eye of tnat divine Creole
girt. Positively they make sunlight in the dark.
est day of November." '. ;
VVhy,"ViUiers, u::1i you get,ng poetical ;
1 did not know'Uie BarbaJoes wid jw bad made a
slave of you, too. Really, the negroes on her ea
LauMarelka-iiLeom she
holds in bondage here. Well she is a sweet crea
and I hope Pembroke may value the treasure
7 be bai wou, hb she deserves." - T
The Shove dialogue took place in the High Street
of that prettiest and moat gossiping ot towns.
. Cheltenham, bctweeu two ol the loungers ever to
be fouud there and in other watering places.
We will now more fully introduce to our rea-
fax the Judy lo wiiom it rcfemd. lraoinda Jer-
nin"liam was the widow' ol a man, by courtesy
called gentleman, who, btxauab he puaesl large
plwUaUoua-wt-Jaiiiaiea) awi-hwl -iwnitiCTtdrrtyTTX w uh that stange overwee
ears,"lh6U!hl hiuwelf entitled to eaercwe over
the lovely and portionless girl, whom he bad brib
ed her parent trfirce to the altar as bts Vrjfei
tyranny and desjHilimn, which, even the elasticity
of sixteen, and a naturally bright and joyous tem
perament, were scarcely capable of oping with.
After a wretched disunion of three year, the death
of a brother called Mr. Jcrninghatn to England,
and a few more inmi)is conveyed to bis wife the
tidings, heard certainly without auy very violent
denumstrutioiis of grief, of his own den.iie.
' ijue was now, at iiiuoieen, with all the power
which wealth, conform, all the freedom a state of
widowhood enjoys, and all the influence with which
face and forui of siuguUr loveliness alwiy rn
duw a womjn. The delicacy of her beaila de
rnanditig cliaogo of .climate, l'ie repaired to Eajr
land, and passed the period since her arrival at the
favorite resort f travellers fruin the warm lati-
mans uneiieiiuaiu. . .-.
lltr presence there bad excited quite a furor
amoni' natives and visiters, and Alexander num-
Xbsrl not inure Victories than did Mrs. Jermng-
narB though her-conquests were not on the e:u
kltled plm, bui in the sweet walks of the Mont
pelier pronikuade, or in the glitteruiS audpaikaJ.
.JVtboae who winh for a
vv.r2?fl'Kirf.. .I. . . . .... rt;g-4
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whose Hdshing lustre was tempted by an expression
of such tender bcseecui.igness, that every look was
I .prayer km of -tt finm ud irfenrwrohve;
now utterly colourless, now glowing as sunset ; hair
black and sinning : and aforai soexuuisiielv pliant.
n faultlessly proportliNied, that every movement
1he scufntor cuisef. Viiu such manif. jj at
tractions, u is no marvel that her hand was au ob
ject of eager coiupetiuou ; but, disdaining the al
lurtfmeuta which rank p sess, the temptation
hick allljence equid to her own b"IJ forth, thf
Hlected lrin her host of admirers Henry Pern-
broke, the scion of a poor, though noble, Catholic
family, who, saving a genualogy without a Uut and
fine manly person, appeared to have, no especial
claim to such distinction, uuless a love, whose-ve-beinence
and intensity often hurried him into tem
porary distrust and suspicion, can be called so.
fbe day of her nuptials had arrive!, and Ira mida
Xaled her earthly fate for weal or wee, a.id became
be wife dp Henry Pembroke. The ceremony
..."rtte roamed lover entered Ibeir travelling j
wnige, and set oil for tbe Continent.
It was ad evening ia earlv sprinff : earth, air.
W aky, Were fraught wltH beauty, and BHed every
nse, even td overflowing, with a deep, yet sub
lud feeling of eni'oMrrcH one of 1 1 lose evenings,
- when, at the Sight of . creation in all its fitrwssaBd
rrfecti' the WrWTium? To'y.iji
f the divine Creator, and, ip bey duficultie of
Ihe soul awakened, it Dants to exchan9 the perish-
if interests of Tuna for the fadeless rfortes of
mity. 1 had taken my evening stroll uf,wg
Uhe ruin nT n r-i: - n . I
"homeward leading me by the Church of San Gtol
tODi Laterano, I entered it opened portals. The
t chant of vennnr wns rwiilmrr thrmiirh Ihn iaW.
f ( e . ,
- I et.and solemn.: In jJcw iuiituUUvW
whom r
- Wutloolir curiosity had wiled thither, bad left
- edifice, and 4 fnuod myself, and 1 fancied, aula
occupiut of the apacious area. , '
rv, m8PecvuK tne pioture for where ia tlie
- yburch in Rome that b is ma tome picture- worth
""Pectioo! I was startled by the choakimraobof
"nnine agony near me. I thro found that tbe
creen afforded bv one of the colossal figure of the
-ries, which adorn the aislea, bad biddeo from
1 .'tew a confessional, from whose lecessea, it was evi- j
j eertt, tlie acceuui of gru4" proceeded. Unwilling to
xMeato this outbreak of a loaded heart, whose au
flui it waa not for me either to bear or to awuape,
1 M Iwving the church, when a wilj unearthly
em,h'Ch ''"S" my e,rm rested Oij
7t'rPi nd a moment afterwards, 1 aaw the grey
fole floor, on which 1 stood, rruiMooed with
tbJ" '"rC 0fn t'1 r a feasiopal
.. work ipf au instant and. oo eotertrur iu Bar-
v .J0 Preciiits, I discovered priest and penitent, both,
- ru "PpeR raUCft , lifeless. The latter, a y oun and
luula! woman, was yet kacelifljia Uie atumde
of wpp.tcattuu ; and the coiitnut of the black, wa
ving hair watch kil to shadowy maasea about her,
tbe asnt chevii, and the white robe saturated with
tbe daik red stream, -whkb had gushed in torrent
from the wound to her bnaoia, presented an aspect
of borror, frata ibe recoUectioq of which my memo,
ry yet recoKu aptie of the imtenral thalhas
etapsed until irtiaesseir tETTbe pnes a fiiie man,
evideniiy not more ihaa thirty year of ng, held
io hi hand thebort punurd, whose blade Uaj aWalt
. akath 1 tbe bir creature before bim. ' N
, My first impromoa was, that life had ceased
wiib buth, abruptly, but entirely. The subsequent
euniuMtioa of those whom I suroriioned to my as
aistaoce itudrcetvej ane- Wy then found thbt the
iwiiitciit jaas lb oily sacrifice, and thivt the .dc&liLl
bke stupor in wbicii tbe prieat lay; was the cnera.
tia v( strung mnrf.l agucy, which bad paralyzed
ht irm like the tkaoderboh from heaven. As the
frets wbicb led to tbia catastrophe became a matter
U" immediate and general notoriety in Rome, and
afterwards Ccmed tbe subject of judicial HKjotry,
it can be w Hanagenieiitoi domestic sanctities to
oarrate ibeec. ..'.. 7 - . '
Tbe aoJTurtunate victim, whose rleathhriek 1
bad beard, ws the beautiful Imoinda, who a lew
ears before bad been the-iJjJ of all who looked on
her, and w bom 1 bad last seen as tbe blushing bnde
ct the envied Ueory rembroke.
, Thf y bad pwed the w bule of their marrwd life
oo the caiouimil. Uis Ue, whose warmlk and
ftrroor bsl woo br at5x-th;rw became, aAer their
nuptials, a curse rather than a boon to her on whom
it was lavished, from the insane jealousy astociated
with it. la van did Mrs. Pembroke, renouncing
tbe grattfkatioaj which she derived from society,
here sue was worshipped as a goddess cheerfully
ana wunng;y rniwpiisa u, aoa con sun to live io
the utter -cUrjo of an. obscur? village, in the
south of Italy, where tbe balmy breeze and the
rich perfume were tbe only incense she inhaled.
ller temperameat, warm and gkjwmjj as the chme
where ber ttrvt hk--bfeath .waa drawn, exhibited
it-ll in thef.ind and pasutoate kve which she bore
ber hatband, and made every sacrifice of person
al miy or piesau (ruling aodot' no coaserjiionce,
il a KtJrr saiiSe from rum rewarded ber sell -denial.
Uut Peuiurvke, not ati.-fted with iaihat-b 4ad
ning seibstines, wbtcn so often or gene rater into
cruelly into maa, who, because the being over
vUi a5.-cti.jo be rute with omaipoteot sway baa
b j froli odanng lo nnke to his love or vanity, for
gHs tbe ib-Mtsaod already conceded, became chang
ed in aaaoaer and, though still restlessly suspicious,
cold, moorly, aJ aulien. This was the wreck of
tiie tiapiMois of both," 'he basis of the tragedy
which uimmiely supervened. The nature of Imo
inda, quick ardVot. and generous, while it eagerly
returned lu Uve, reseuted indignantly aught
of caprice or coldness. She insisted on leaving
:hetr qutri retreat, nd in an evil hour proceeded
akme iti Iloreocc, where she plunged with desper
ate jateiy into every scene of pleasure that soli
cited her attention.
Her htAnd, apparently reck If of her conduct,
thiga really loving ber still, and cognizant of her
ert ry action, followed ber incognito to the city
wbere ive resrded." At a m'uked 6airgueuduruj
tlie Carnival at the Pitti Palace, ke had been
throughout the evening the partner of the Prince
(fouaaivi, a youiy mibteman, alike distinguished I
lor the grace ol his person and the extent of his
licentiousness. While aeated with bim in a tem-ay-lhW'tjB-tbernl1
.l..J . rA WfKMfTkr.
- - r .
. '. . . j :r"' '.--"I'lr" ? i. - -
- r.wi :u tne wrto ot rmr cornpanpxi ; scums en-
jed, and tiie young Prince was felled to the earth
by a blow, which left hi -a to all appearance dead.
"Pernbrr&e ftrbl'iliiU' pertod, na tidings of
his tate bad ever reached the innocent but wret-.b-ed
and bereaved Imoinda. Accusing herself as
the cim ol' his expatriation, tor it was generally
.lHtiWUht lbal.Je had gotnt lu.. America, uneertain.
even whether he yet lived, ber remorse became
cewsieiesi and acute. Tbe engines which she bad
thuhtlesjly euipyed to recover, as she hoped,
hw kftl aiT-cifMH, bad turned against herself, and
lelttdTevery-liMpe of huaaan enjoy roe ut in the
dut. Wha now tJwr were fame, beauty, afllu
en"e Her pVisse&ioa iofvibee was only valuable
il f jlrrient to tbe happiness or gratifkalion of
ttie ooe unly U-iog ue luted, and be bad deserted
her ! believing btr, bow falsely ! faithless, uulov-
ad di-d yaL "
Tne sympathy of all cKu- encompassed her.
But there was no bUme in t'lCt'r gentlest word.
i be viMce of Oitu-ry Mlowed 'ber footsieps w her
ever die aitpeared, but its acceuts sounded liollow
and bnrtle. U:ten did sue turu from the gilded
stkioos into which the affectionate urgency of
friend burned br, and aeekm ber lrely cham
ber, pressed with food and azonizei caresses the
miauture of Pembroke to ber heart and lips, and
f el trj4t, could she once more be :ue companion of
heajifyjaM. b mr?.jao uiikialirsa LouUiurce-a
ntuiartr atip cTerwpt swereafer a rft'i
toeot into that Vrity, which bad deceived him, and
tamped tbe fiat ol imsery on every moment she
numbered- t'
It was three years after, bis disappearance that
4i fewfTui mm wrmh I wilJCMca took l Uce in
. t'c Church of Saa (jiovaaai Lateramv Iiuoinda
had pe thither, led by tbe fame of the priest,
hose eS.qjewce and sanctity filled Italy with its
- ioes--Krte se-erwrtwrr-Tnr man wiore
whom tbe bowed W petuteoce waa .ie whom, his
errors all krgoUeo and loryveo,she jet loved with
tbe ffeshorss and ewceotrafiwo of happy and by
jooe years. Hie peraoa eveo ber rye Could not
recognize ; tr. in additioa ta tbe oV,Vuig. marks
wbich gnef had wnttea oai bis brow, be had, lor
the purpose of concewlmrat, stained his hair and
omjuexioa of a dark Indian lint. Little did he
dB, when be took the monastic vow, and placed
an' eternal barrier between himwlf and her who
still too Wrongly waW bt hrt from Heaven,
that he had acted on false swDicuMM and vulaotari
ly, a it were, destroyed the peace and happiness
of UHh. v
He had left Italy only fur a time, and retyrnrd
fhiiher to devote himself to the service of religion;
and, though believm his wife guilty, feeling a de.
aire to leara her movements, be became a. monk, of
the severe order gf tbe Capuchins Uis blameless
- Lie, stera aaadiryand powers of oratory, w him
a Ctr-rtad reputatioa. , Thousands came to him
to coc.Cr. Day by day, he hoped that the too
would cocacd that i ear might listen to the
secrets of her soul and she did come and. kneel.
ing at his feet, told of her tollies, her errors, her
frivolities. With breathless interest he heard her
tell of these, lie thought that crime would be
added to the list nay, be almost hoped it. lie
suggested he interrogated he denounced, flut
the conh'SBwn was finwhed-ahe" had no more to
own she was spotless, and he was deceived npol-
tens and coutussing in broken accents her un
quenched love-aod yet he durst not dusp her to
nis nean i
lle pronounced her name in the faniiliai1' tone of
tenderness, so well known,' so unforgotten. ' It was
enough disguise wasloncenmpossible she flung
nersell on In bosom, and lor. a moment J)cjji)im
utter arms. HwartedTroinTer emUace, told
ber of the yowl that he bad uttered, of the impjs
sable culoh that he had Dl&ced between thorn i and.
r --v . i
teizing poniard, which be had concealed in his
vest, was about id plungfi it IntoTits heart, when
ane wrencneu u i rom nis grasp, anoy tailing on
her knees to implore forgiveness of Heaven and
bim, buried it to t lie, hilt in ber own breast.
He recovered, and is yet Jiving. .Bel she, .jr.be
faithful and the fond, was dead ! All the fervent
and stormy passions which had alternately trans
ported her to the summit of earthly bliss, or pran
ged her in, the lowest depths of mental -despond
ence, were nusnea in eternal stillness, to lie was
dead. The shafts of calumny could no more
wound, the allurements of the world seduce, the
presence of joy bnghten, or tbe bitterness of sor
row grieve. V She waa at peace. -Let but a few
months thus roll on, and she would be forgotten
by all, save me, in whose mind lawraorylwould
ceaselessly ply tbe work of pain. In the silence
of night, in the cold grey dawn of the tnorniog,
when there was rest fur others, there shoot J be no
repose for htm the unswerving faithYltio passion
ate devotedness, the wild embrace, and the dying
struggles of Imoinda, would stand between him
Md sleep," aiid make the "couch of oblivion the
scene ol vivid and accutest conscKMisness. - In Ihe
service of his Creator alone he shall find peace,
in assisting his fellow creatures the only soluce
tor a wounded spirit
- 4
TI1E -t'SEii (OF HISTORY,
History is a arrattvtrnf past events. The stu
dy of it is attractive both to the young and tbe old,
to the unreflecting and the philosophical mind.
combines amusemeut of the deepest interest ; the
exercise and improvement of the best faculties of
man; and tbe acquisition of m important species
of knowledge. History, considered merely as n
source ol amusement, has great advantages over
novels and romances, the perusal of which too ofton
debilitates the mind by imnaming the imactnation
and corrupts the -heart by Infusing what may often
be regarded as moral poison. Like works of tic
lion, history serves to amuse the imagination and
interest the passions, not always, indeed, m an equal
degree ; yet it ul free from the corrupting tenden
cies which too often belong to novels, and has a
great superiority over them, inasmuch as it rests
on the basis of fact.
7 The love of novelty and of ejcjlsweol. is .natural
ttfimaTrr'hence'thTgeneral tahte for history, though
its details are not unlrequently painful. ;lt anord
a melancholy view of human nature, governed by
the baser passions; anl is, to use the words
Goldsmith, " little else than the register of human
contention and calamity."
n. uigner use oi nisioryja !9irnna;oyeme tmaer
fctauding,"and strengthenjbe judgment. It has been
W vied philosoph y teac King by examples : or mortiT
phuW(hy exemplified by iheivea and actions" of
men. It adds to our own experience aa-immense
treasure of the experience of othejs and Jhejreby 7
eblesio'enterBpon the business of "life with
the advantage of being, in a manner, acquainted
with iu
It makes us acquainted with human nature, and
.enables, us to. judge, how men wiU aet tn given rir
cumslancea, and to trace the connection between
cause and effect in human afluirs. It serves to free
the mind from any narrow and hurtful prejudices ;
to teach us to admire what is praiseworthy, wherev
er it may be found ; and to compare, oa enlarged
and liberal principles, other ages and countries
with our own. .
History may be regarded as the school of poli
tics, and, as such, is indispensable to rulers and
statesmen ; it is also highly important to every citi
zen of a republic, in order to enable bim to perform,
In a manner honorable to himself and awful to the
community, the dutiea of a freeman. By history
we gain our knowledge cf the constitution of soci
ety i of the reciprocal influence of national characa
ter, laws, and government; of those causes and cir
cumstances which have promoted the rise and pros
perity or the decline and fall of states and empires;
History shows us past ages, triumphs over lime,
and presents to our view the various revolutions
that have taken place in the world. It furnishea
us with the wisdom and experience of our ancestors,
exhnMaJueir livtiig actions, and enables us to profit
by their successes and failures, it teaches us what
has been done for the melioration of mankind bv
tbe wisdom of Greece aod Rome, by modern lite
rature and science, by tree government, and by pure
and undented retigiou'
It tends lo strenirtben the seatiments of virtue, fa
its faithful delineatioos.'vicealwavsaDDears odious.
and virtue not only desirable and productive of hart-
piTtearawo lavursble lo true honor and solid
glory. The reader of history lelirns to connect
tnie rWv, net with the posseesion of wealth and
pof r, but with the disinterested emp'oyotent af
great taloots in promoting tbe good of mankind.
One thing Certain. Death is a theme of tint
versa! interest! The slightest heart, me least
thoughtful m:nd, has oo disbelief ot death. 1 he
distance of the dark cloud in which be comes, sail
inir through the bosom of futurity, may be nnsral
culated; but the world unhesitatingly owns thaf he
a coming, and wil at last be .here, . In almost ev.
erv other barticulas of existence, the fortuues of
mendnTert nut to die is common to an. ine
stream of life runs in a thousand various channels u
but. run where it wiH britfhlly or darkly, smooth.
Iv or lanaruidlv it ts stopped by death. I he
trees droo their leaves at the approach oi tne win
ter's frost f man falls at the presence, of death.
Every snccesaive generation he claims folf his own,
and hiselaim is never denied. To "die is the con
dition on which we bold life; rebellion sicken
with hlpclt'ssne t the thought ol rcsistinf dctth,
the yerv hope of Ihe most desperate is notjhal
death may be escaped, but that he is eternal; and
all that the young, the careless, and fho dissipa
ted attempt, is to think of him as seldom as they
can. No man, therefore, will deny, that whaley.
or cat) be said of death, ia applicable 4o. himself
the bell that he bears tolled may never toll for
him; there may be no friend or children left to la
ment him, he may not. have to lie ihrough long
and anxious days, looking fur the coining of the
expected terror; but he knows that he must die
he knows that, in whatever quarter of the world
he-abidea whatever be hjs circumstances how.
ever stfone bis present hold of tile however un-
I 4iko.tiie pre -of deetli- be looks it is hw d bm
yofid reverse, to die. otebbtng.
The quondam manager of the Bowery theatre was
peculiar fellow, and one of the most fascinating
men of his day. At Albany he met with i Mr.
Lamar, a Frenchman, of whom be borrowed mo
ney until he nearly ruined him. Lamar was one
day in a toweling rage at the cause of his tnisfor-
xtunes, and used. to tell the following chnracteris
tic jiory of his friend : " Monsieur Charles Cilfert,
im conie to Albany. He have rum me in my bu
ainess W yuirei. r He borrow de V argerU
from me to'large amount. . He go lo New York,
and promise to tend bun," right awayV ver" quick.
But, royet-vouh when I write to- him, he return
ma von respont incdneemtnte, von impudent an.
swer, and say, I may go to the devil for look for
him. I leave Albany instantly, determined to
have the grand personal aalwlaction for the aiTronl
be put upoome. I walk straight avay from de
hottMU rojirur, de steamboat. fgo to my
boarding house, I procure von large stick, and
rush-out of 4 pennon to-meet himr Bjr-atld-byy
tnenlot, I ace bun von large vay off, very remotely .
1 immediately button up my coat vith strong doter-
uiiiuiiion, and bold fnfWkk"1liWmyMffltVi
break his neck several tiraea. Yen he come near,
my indignation rise. He put out hia hand. I re
ject htm. lie sm.le, and look over his spectacles
at me.' I may, you von scoundrel, toquin infame.
He smile do more, and make an grand rfort, a
- - retalitr pacify
I bofore he leave me, he borrow twenty dollars from
mo once more, oy gari a ver pieasaui man vas
Monsieur Charles uilfert,' ver nice man lo borrow
I'arraf, maoi.M Neto York Mirror.
A Good Natured Man. The following amu
sing soloquy ot Nr. Lieuiter Salix, is from that in
imitable work, "Charcoal Sketch," by Joseph
u. iNcal :
4The last tim -Salix was seen in the busy haunts
ot men, be looked lue very incarnation ot gloom
aiid despair. His very coat had gone (o retrieve
nis uece-siucs, and he wandered slowly and abtoct-
edly about, relieving the workings of his perturbed
spirit by Ricaing whatever lull in ma way.
" I'm done," aolfloquized he ; " pardnership be
tween me and good nature is this day dissolved
and all pnrsona indebted will please settle with the
undersigned, who is alone authorized. Yes, there's
l good mairy inikbted;'ahd it high limo" to uis
solve, when your parduer has all the goods and
spent all the uiooov. Once 1 bad a little shop
ab I was nt it nice r plenty ol goods and plenty ol
business. - Rut then comes one troop ol fellows,
and they wanted tick I'm so jrood hoturod i-4Uoh
tjynmMTiiMier set ofjhaps,wbondid;nUe
" nesf stand in their way a minute ; they sailed a good
r4ebTrw!
IriB so god matured j and toow Sskbtl thelo go
their security. I bese fallows were always very
particular friends of mine, and got what they asked
Tlbry.'buT Fta? y prilIatwmi -of theirs;
and could ut get it back. It was one of the good
rules thai won't work both1 was; and I some how
or other, was at the wrong end of it ; it would'nl
work my way at aJl.iXfe Yibw.jiJiA thai will.
barring subtraction, and division, and alligation
our folks alligated against me that 1 would'ut come
to no good. Ail the cypheno' I ever could do,
made more come to Utile, aud little come to less ;
and yet, as I said afore, had a good niauy assis
tants too.
" Business kept pretty fair J but I was'ut cured
Because I was good natured 1 had to go with'om
frolicking, tea partying, excursioning, ind for tbe
same reason, I waa always appointed treasurer to
make the distribution, when there was'nt a cent of
surplus revenue in their treasury, but my own
It was my job to pay all the bills. Yes, it waa al
ways MSalix, you know mo" ' Salix, pooey up
at the bar, and lend us a levy " "Salix always
shells out like a gentleman. Uh I to be sure, and
why not? oow I'm shelled out myself first out
of ray ahop by ld Knduioni exponas, at the Slate
House old Jim fath'ui to hie directed. But they
did'nt direct him soon enough, fur he only got the
. fixtures.. The goods had gone out on a bust long
belore 1 busted. iNext, 1 was shelled out of my
- boardtnr hnuseM" now, (with a luirubnous
"gTdncii at htS shirt aaU'pknialoon'sy'l'iigi nearly
shelTod out of my clothes. It's a good thing they
can t easy shell roe out ol my skin, or they would,
ana lot me caicn my dcata ot cold, imp mere
Ithrll filiaa oysier with the kirrra off.
u But it' always so when I was a little boy
they coaxed all my pennies out of me : coaxed me
lo take all the jawings, and all .thehuluay aiid-toJ
"gtnnnpii sorts ot scrapes, and precious scrapes
s they used to be. I wonder if there i'jit Iwo kinds
of people ooe kind that's made to chaw up t'other
. .. i .t ..L. l:.i .u... i. l. i j
iiiu, biiu i uiucr kiuu iimi hiuuo io oe cnawea
up by one kind t cat kind of people and mouse
kind of people t I guess there is I'm very mucl?
mouse mystdf.
" Whit 1 want to know is, what's te become of
me I've spent all I bad in getting my foMication.
Learhin, they say, ia better than bouses and land.
I wonder if any body would swap some houses and
lands with se for mine f I'd go it even, and -ask
no boot. They should have it at prime cost ; but
they won't arid I"hegih to be afraid IH'have to
get married, or list in h marines. .That's what
most of people do when they have nothing to do."
Some, remorsclest scoundrels 'are coniluually
hinting tp the President to 'get married just as
though he had not trouble enough on bis. bauds al-
i.iw4y.'.;;:'--v''::-i'-.";--'7-T" "',"
' I like a child thai cries,11- said the Abbe Mo
rellot. M Why !" Because th.en it ill be takeo
away.H .7. ' . , r ", Xj.7 ',
agriculS'
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iff TUItAL.
7 rVon the UtneierFarmtr-'
"TREATMENT OF THE HOhSf-FOOD. .
The horo is dno of the most useful animals that
has been, subject to the dominion of man, but Ins
treatment in the matter of food is tVequently such
that his powers are but imperfectly developed, ai d
his value nearly destroyed. With too inuoy Inf
position is that of the slave ; devoted lo all munncr,
of drudgery, and .left jo gather a precariousjiubsia
ISOCft aa oc4l ha wayr i oca re for i liorse seems,
by mayy. tobe considered beneath the dignity oi
the master, when the horse, perhaps, in evf ry re
spect, is-the worthier animal o the two.
" There is scarcely any thing that can, be used as
food Ukm which the horse will not. subsist.
Though not precisely carnivorous, and from his
structure evidently intended not to subsist on flush,
there are numerous instances in which the horso -has
attained a relish for meat, aod iu thf language
of one of Walter Scott's heroes, taken his meals
like a christian." Nearly every one ha seen the
horse lick blood, but this is owing moat probably to
a liking for the salt it contains. In Brucy Clark's
work tui the horse, and iu the " Veterinarian,' are
several cases of horses eating flash. One, a colt,
was in tbe batut of putting bis bead into a pantry
window, and steal mg all the cooked beef, mutton,
or veal thai he could reach $ pork, however he re
jected. In India, horses are taught to subsist orj
me t by boiling it to rags and making it into balls
with grain and, butter, which at first, are toted
down bis throat. Dunns the ions marches of the
t'itidaree robbers, their horsea will make a total on
the Unled heup' beads, that have been slaughter
ed for the men, Mr. Mellia, in EMandrbad a .
h( thai .wouid.eat heef iie bacva, iu preterenco
to outs or corn, when put into tiie mangor at tuo
same' tune f aud a leg of roated mutton was his
favorite tJish. The author ot that amuing work
Atrip to the Pictured Riicks oLLuke SuMtinor,'
gives au sccouut of a burst at tbe rapid of tlio tit.
Jdaxy-adiicwoiiW imw-dwmir'rnw tiii,v
and during the wiuter, subsisted oo salted and bat
rolled jiuulJLfiah from the bupenor ; and the prac
ttco of feeding horses od fish, according to But-
l.,L. T 1 '. M
Hay and grain are however." the kinds of food on
which those who keep horses inust mainly rely for
their subaistance and the kmds of those best
adapted to the horse, and the quantity required to
keep nun in good condition, and enable to perform
labor, are inquiries of much interest; .
Mr. louatt, iu the Veterinarian, saye "very
justly,--' "71H :L73..... .-1
"It ought to be understood that food ought to
possess bulk in some degree proportioned to the
capacity of the digestive organs. Nutriment can
bo givuu ia a very concentrated form, yet it ia im
proper to condense it beyond a certain point. Corn
(grain) alone will give all the nourUhuieul which
any horse can n -ed, but be must also have some
fodder to give bulk to Ike corn, though it need not .
of necessity yield much nutriment."
Lvl a man who doubts tbe necessity of feeding
his horse or any thing but grain, try living on pviu
mican, or tbe concentrated essence of beef, lor a
while, and he would be glad of aalioo of bread,
lhough.eoteifwig"TmrchleHp)rt
even -if the. hreaaLwaa. M the oaret-kio4 -ever
rnmiwvinitmt tiv Dp. I3rliam. ' '
rlJitt nuantiie iriio jiJLiwad B kftrse. the nuat.
VfvtXlW hayVahd the labor td be perfurmed,must '
all be taken into consideration io determining his
tnilif A tl,ufikn-A 11,. r , U(iI,m. ilka . r. r.
CuHumt, eotmiates the pounds oi good meadow
hay, or 7 it made from clover or saiulmn, ts equal
in nourishment to 3 pound of oats. Eight pounds
of go.d hay and 15 lo 18 pounds of oats, have
jA.pmEeiLiuwcjeot. lar-Jaat jsorh, that . ss-fof-
coach horses who work only one or two hours a
day, but while in use go at a great pace. Heavy
team horses will consume from twenty to thirty
pounds, for tbe necessity for limiting these as to
quantity does not exist. If the work is to bo fast,
tbe bay must be limited in Ihe quantity, or he will
have a large belly, which is incompatible with fast
travelling. . ,'..-
W e know of some farmers who keep their horses
on hay alone, unless some hard day's work is to be
done, when perhaps half bushel of oats is allowed
them in the morning. It is not disputed that a
horse can live on bay.; but if the farmer who treati
hit horse in this way woold properly appreciate
the advantage they derive from the oats for lliut
day's labor, be should live on bread and water for
a fortnight, and when compeUedJo jmrfortn s sev
en days labor, indulge bis stomach with a slice of
ham of aleak. A horse kept on bay alone always
has a tendency to becomo foeble and pot-bellied.
A little grain, a few roots, or even a mash of bran,
il given oniy ones in iwo oays win aio materially..
Jilt keeping hirn'ln'gbod'heart and fleshJ-There is
matenardirfereftcd between t 'norWlhat eats to
live, and one that eats to work ; and it should he
remembered that tbe stomach and bowels will
hardly hold sufficient hay tj keep even no idle
Straw has been of late somewhat extonsivcly
used as a substitute for bay ; and when cut into
XEttV aa U-alway s lKHild be, and mixed wrttftttar
ground or boiled grain it is found to answer every
purpose and the horse will perform bis" work as
well as on hay- If as some have contended, a
quart, more of oats daily is required where straw
is substituted tor hay, there ia stall t saving, where,
as in this country, straw is by 'the farmer consider
ed of no value. In many parts of Europe, wheat,
barley or rye straw, forms the whole, or greater
part of tbe dried herbage used as foddor, hay br
ing almost unknown. Here it is little used as food;
the use to which it it put, is littering the stable,
and for this it 1 too much neglected, If farmer
who keen a stable of horses (and they cannot ba
dispensed with where wheat is cxteniivolv growu)
would-adupl Jbn mnrln of grinding their oats, and
using straw made into chaff, for which purpose
Green's straw-cutter is moat admirable, they would
effoct a material saving, besides bfling enabled to
keep an additional number of cattle. or sheep oa
the hay now necessary fofitfoit horses. '' 7 .'
la the United States, barley has never met with
much favor as food for the horse. Whether this
is owing to the fact that IU1I0 bus been ued (or.
that purpose, and confrjontly tlie best jnod i..f
fceflitr it u utikntMa, or wh3!hcr tlecU.T.3,? t:t
c . -
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