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4WttfL nt fll PitTtiM ft ttrP. ' 'tt.-.:j .t,,
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to fence and parry, and she invariably
had come off victorious. This expla-
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'Gentlemen and this time the epea-
I ker, Will Harrington, was dark and
swarthy, with fierce ' black eyes that
told of smouldering hres, ' 1 nave a
tlan to .DroDOse. We have all been
generous rivals in literature,.let us con
tinue such in this race for love It
were useless for any one present to de
ny that Miss Brompton has taught us
all the lesson that, sooner or later, must
be conned by every man, and I think
I go not far astray when I add tliat We
each secretly cherish the belief that m
teaching him she has learnt it likewise.
BY FORLORN HOPE.
son ! Can' Mr. Eaynor and I come in?' in hand with the peasant-poet, taught
and waiting no reply, she entered the him their sweetest - inspirations. As
room, followed by Bayard Raynor. 1 in leisure hours, he lay dreamily smong
'The best laid plans come oft to his native hills; or as in musing mood
grief,' she continued, and yours, gen-1 he sought the shadowy vales of the
Iwati ' fulTnirahle. I Doon oftheAvr. visions of ineffable
had you taken into consideration the 1 beauty arose in his mind. The sun-
thinness of partition wall lighted summer clouds that floated
You heard us, then?' over hun in the blue sky were, to ins
Not exactly. An humble admirer, young imagination, spirit forms, cloth-
though less presumptuous, perhaps ed in their robes or living ngni.
more devoted, no other than Irish Tom-
And minsrled tones of winds
and
wa-
ed the tables on you f
' Then you mean to reconsider yoiu
answer?" asked all. together.
' ' 'Whv. I can't very well do other-
mv. overheard vour plot,' and duly re- teas, as they passed him by, entranced
ported- Can you blame nie if. I, turn- his soul with sweetiffiid never to be for-
goiieu jiariuuiiieis.
Born a poet, and nurtured in the
very arms of Poesie, following her foot
steps wherever she might lead, what
wise, gentlemen, as I cannot marry all wonder that in his sixteenth year, love
of vou she answered demurely. , snould step m, ana joining nanas v.uu
But. iliss Cherrv.' persisteil AVill Poesie they should go forth with the
I . .. . i . - 'i
tnr. cov frtv I lrrfimKtahle Rtren?tn oi tneir Jimiea
all written, as immortally as the ; poet
himself, in his . praise. : Whittier has
ably and poetically anil with the nicest
discrimination of -character. But, on
the whole, Halleck's Memory of Bums
is" the finest and best thing that has
ever been written jn praise of the poet.
Three or four stanzas of this poem are
such a comprehensive summing up of
the poet's genius, that I am sure the
reader will pardoii me for forgiving
them here. . -; ' -
What weet tr dim tb eje onsbed 1
Y bat wild Tovrs falter 4a tb tongtre 2
When ScoU wba ha' with Wallace bled,"
Or ' Aultl lan-jf syn' U unng.
If you find a little piquant bit of
slander floating about in society, do not
roll it as a sweet morsel under your
tongue, but if it is in your power, stop
it -Drifting on the tide of social talk
are often stray scalps of malice or envy.
If they come to you; . keep them. Let
no unkind report be suffered to grow
by whisper or word of yours. How
lovely is the presence of a pure, truth
ful woman before whom evil tongues
It was the eve of Commencement
day inW TJ nversity, and the labors
of the. year fairly over, the studious as
.well as tnose to whom books and study
were synonymous of- boredom, joined
together in all modes of rejoicing al
bv college discipline, and in oth
cis which if not exactly permitted,
v. ere at least winked at on occasions
like the present,-and many a social
-rkss clinked to the stereotyped toasts
.-..nsidered necessary 'to' such convivial
ifjilhorinffs.''"'':
The sonior; class of the year 18C was one among
'o-umosed of eight young men, each of silent.
X w - . -
T,pf. us mit it to the test. Let each Harrmsrton. known
x . l .... I .i . m - 1 i
swear that ere this time to-morrow, his unyielding temper, ' you wnl at power, to tne conquest oi a
Miss Cheny will be made to listen to least give us a token by which one of pire, as wide ai the world.
our feelings and have made a choice, us will understand that for him your it wastnrouga acnarmingyouugi
She can be at no loss, for there , are answer is stiil the same ?' . . Bie, his companion in the harvest
among us tall and stout, dark and fair, 'I don't know how that might have field, that Burns first became acquain
the lively and the sedate a goodly lot been, Ir. ! Harrington, if you had not ted with love. She sang sweetly, and
to choose from, and whatever fate be- been" forestalled,- but you know first it was for the love of ttaa"Bonme,
tides let there be no malice or ill-will, come, first sen ed, and Mr. Raynor sweet, sorusietosse," that he wrote h1S
t a. , : l,o Unwl. f,rnfv.fnnr hrnrs ahfiart LnTSt SOnST aaapieu WJUW wvuntc
ine UUlUCitJ LllULUjJXU-U.J5 iu jiuu mj. i wjJVi3crJ. judv -"-J ' r , -
tr pnntrol For the next ten years of his hfe,
onrro t nu r i i i iiih ikii nuiiwn. i l iiu ivicii vim. niui ka.lm.lai wav . axw v-v . - m
Ui-Aixi a - X 7 1 v J7. - w '
tlifi boat feminine hor fpp.lmi? the vouner lady left the
fofi.ioa rm 1 nnlp.na volens. comtell-l room snddenlv. leavinsr her lover to .ex- companions; they were the
-i - tj ;4. invo Af 0 w .milil . I of his earlv manhood: his life
WaII hnva' .laid Bavard as soon as Hghtning up into rainbow
Agreed j agreed !' went from lip to Miss Cheny had disappeared, I hope clouds oi drudgery and poverty which
ii moi; fftr is fair miner over mm. 11 was b w wu3
I" .la... t J.V . A 1 i V. n wnvl rl
in love and war. You see I could not 01 tnis penoa mat ue gave w
T Q ,,1,,1 x ,1 UA alvaaAxr liOOT thA first fidltlOU OI UlS DOemS. It COn-
nnviirii r usucu i tyi-hhhkm i.ii ilij lu.ij x.lciv-1 ouvuui i - .
Pure bois, that lift the oul above.
Come wit!i bis cotter's hymn of praise ;
Ami ilrramR r.f vouth. and tmih, ard
love,
With Logan's banks and biaes.
And when be breathes his masler-lay,
Of Alloway's witfch baunted wall. '
All passions in our frames of clay,
Come thronging at bis call.
. Imagination's world of air,
And our own world, its gloom and
glee, " '
Wit, pathos, poetry are there, ' .
And Death's sublimity," -One
more stanza. The wide-spread
( rleerv devotion of the world
are silenced. . . -
Talk as little as possible about dres
Make yourself and your children as
beautiftU as you can, and let becoming
and tasteful dress help you to do it,
but when once your t: things are on,
think no more about them. Nothing
more effectually dwarfs the mind than
constant thought and conversation
about ruffles and frills, feathers and
flounces, trimmings and tucks. Proph
ets and apostles were moved to re
proach our sex for their devotion to
tinkling ornaments and plaited hair in
olden days, and if they were here now,
ciety to carry forward his work oi
death. What legions, who for the lore
of gain" will be his willing servants, in
helping on this work of death and de
struction; who for the paltry pelf ob
tained by its sale, are willing to serve
such a master, in this direction, ana
whose wages in the end is only death.
Yes, intemperance is the starting point
of multitudes in their downward
course, -It is the stepping stone, the
open door, the avenue jwhich leads tlie
way on to au the cvus tuat miesi u-
ciety. By its seductive nature and in
fluences it entraps the unwary, ? icmis
them on fast bound in its fetters to
1 hiirnwl death. It is
ouiv a w "
the miasma, the deadly Upas tree, ex
haling and scattering its poison every
where, the waves of which are sweep-
ing Oil lens Ui muuaaumi vj.
annually into ignominious, unhonored,
drunkards graves. Look around any
where and see the terrible effects of
this deadly frame; they are eveiywhero
apparent See it in the wrecks ol nu
t l?ft lioir vAima nn mamty au aooui us seo Miw
again. Get out of this rut, dear reader, hopes, prospecte, the changed condi-
and find out how much easier and bet- J . -
ter walking there is on the soft way- userui, ;-
side above it.
The world is full of strife and strug-
zens. wnat are uiey uuhi.
changed is all that pertains to them.
. I w 1 A - . I A ' K Al V
his constant for it favorite peasant bard, and Id. gle ftnd sin. It is full of joy and tri- How saa tner "
Bunlicht inimortality of fame, ana conaenseu an(i hope. The neia grows eirer r r -
of life,
colors the
at the close
make his mark in the world,
n'reilictions are no uncommon
and perhaps no
things,
class leaves the pre
cincts of the university of whom tne
same has not been said, but, for once,
the wise-acres seemed to have some
fair grounds for their prognostications ;
for though, among them towered no
intellectual giants, yet there were no
sluggards nor mental pigmies.
In one of the rooms, around a table
that held glasses and the parapherna-
in it. i
" Sncb grayes as bis are pilgrim sbrines ;
Shrines to no code nor creed confined ;
The Delphian vales, the Palestinesj
The Meccas of the mind." j
We might truthfully write on his
tomb, ever read, ever remembered, ever
beloved, ever lamented. In the grave
an immortal
life of love, in the hearts he has rnspir-
ii - tri :i
i J. t i;,fl in llmrrr ed. Other Homers, otner v irgu,
call for another other Shakspeares,
.. . ii i i whflt LHfiv von
whom it was predicted, womo, one uay, . -" v wfc ftnd tained the " Cotter Saturday night,
Similar 1 x ranK -xjewis, luriuug i-uuw """" i uuuc, uuu. j-v jy r o i
ne a Te'SsJd theTe "anTthen; such originaUty and merit tMtthey ,t- he dies not, but sUUHves
A peculiar smile lit the face of the and I only thought that it would teach tracted the attention of the great Scot-
one addressed, but he shook his head you a lesson. Honor Dngnt, 1
decidedly. ' Count mo out of that frol- nothing of the true state of affairs un- boon there was
jliki lui uruvcu cuiuuu 1
I . 1 1 1.1 T,rr,
-it 1 . ... 1 1 1 11 j 4ha nrao nrnmnt V nun lSnm. M 1 1 1 1 Diuua djjux ... v
will be as much as iNliss CJherry win De tola me wnai sue nau uuue. xr 1 : -
able to master, and besides, really' next best thing to being the bridegroom became at once famous. It was no
'Not afraid of getting the mitten, is to dance at the-wedding. I hope to wonder , for it contained every variety
Bavard V Come, we know you are a see you all at mine, three months of poetic excellence, from the liveliest
, ano are, ptJliuipa, wic vw-j i xieuue, uu.c ouuireo" p11""" -r. ' , 1 -
broader for women as for men. JNew
responsibihties are .crowding in upon
us all; Can we be too pure in thought,
word or deed? Can we let conversation
remain frivolous and trifling f
Intemperance.
a wretched life, pre-
drunkard's grave, a
mature death, a
drunkard's helL What a sad picture.
What made them so? the answer is
that foul demon, intemperance. What
individual but that can fix in their
minds many such sad cases, now living,
and then let memory bring up the
past to view, of many men who havo
ii i i m. - - - - w a at nnriiTi
mu.i T.4mini h o-rAatARt i tnus rjassea irom me uuo ui u,v"
lUilt JJUlClUUClouvv e i . i i . 1 '
t t l 1.1 ;a V. rrreat. xrhn lmt. for this CUTSO WOUIU tOOSl
iti run aii ill-- k in k uLiuu & v a-' i
est bane to the well being and happi- have been living, noble, respected, use
anA 1-iVTilrrms ac, iinmATi nmfitv that it is the I lul men ana ciuzens.
tne true staxe pi uuj m - . . - - 5nf 1r bnt where wn1;fift fitful and frightful source, I
t -1 r -T Jl. 1- MAnA a I All U-a I TY At. I hPlTv Wrifl I Rf 111, If III. A UCW tkUU 1U1 MUICU DUlwvu J i . .. -
iChesaia. ' x xiuuk beveu .p-f u.cuuuug - . , l inll wfi loowor another Burns? directly or indirecUy of folly nine-
Home ConTersation.
modest man
ibat held passes, ana tne "g the hippy man, would Miss Cherry Brompton will consent to deepest Undemess of love and
La requisite to the compounding of ne.E' , .. , -wim will wish the sublimest mysteries of the
life to j
-wiin will wish the sublimest mysteries of the grave.
that time-honored beverage known M He prepam. , Tt wa the verv embodiment of human
... ' iniWmanv nniinnarians mal ! , us wi , " A, '
JllUlJll, ucucivvi wj A
to bo the veritable ambrosial nectar,
these eight luminaries of W Univer
ity were seated, each in the position
that 'accorded best with his humor or
3 lis indolence, and almost invisible from
the thick clouds of smoke issuing from
rlmioe Havana or much-loved and
- The temptation to talk of persons
rather than of things lies very oftenm
your way, my sister. The petty details
life, breakfast, dinner
- j
tenths of all the evils, crimes, miseries,
and wretchedness with which society
everywhere is burthened and afflicted j
that it is the greatest barrier and
hindrance to the promotion and furth
erance of all that tends to advance the
nsonrth
Grand Lodge of Quebec.
This new Grand Lodge of Canada,
after much tribulation, has at last
gained full recognition, as a regular
I i ii t vu.
Perhaps that may account for his A moment no one answered ; then nature, ana was, ineiux,
unwilhmmess to join us!' cried anoth- Will Harrington, as prone to generous agreeable to aU tastes. There was the
crpri. t finest, rh'vthm. iomed with the most
er and so tac joko wenx rouuu, un uujjiusea o uc ' u ' ' .
Bayard Raynor, the best natured man crossed over to the young man, whom massive thought and the justest obser-
in the world his chums declared took they all loved, and grasping the out- vation of human life. Bold, indepen-
all the bantering, yet remained firm. stretched hand, shook it warmly. His dent; and earnest, his influence over
You will at least keep our secret, example was gladly followed by the the public mind was such as no afifec-
. - I i i..jw:ntlBnnT, i.a oti1 vAhe wedflmor dav. thev tationoi ffemus can evcx icatu.
I t i - .... i rn Lah i nvn.T-i r 3Liivt:ii. iiuiiAaii""""", .1 vi-""i j . - - .. ....
nuch-auusea meerscuuiuu. xutuu um . . , , .- . , -n. CTiV,Wf hf his noems were the reahties
r m v ir.nnr crentiemen I uayaru couia an 10111 uie wuku omo " j - --
replied, solemnly, though a- just per- any allusion to Cherry's proposals.
. . 1 -'.1 . 1
and tea. 1 . , . . . . , tauicu nm itwguawuu, - - o
11 0T,0vnl orvnd of mankind, and the el- , , , . . . . n t
nfrwlv and roast beef to-mor- T : sJ 1 rand lxoge, oy wemy-uvu ui
VlUWJ ,
t en th-ank, hordes and good wishes ex
changed, each successive candidate be
ing received with a vim and enthusi
asm, impossible to recall once our foot-,
utoys have strayed beyond, the portals
of college-life.
Suddenly Frank Lewis, a tall, fair
haired young fellow, claiming a North
ern home, rose, and lifting high his
jjlass said, 4 A brimming bumper to the
toast of many a former reunion, the
Mue-eyed enchantress who holds us all
in thrall. Need I name the fair, uiis-
hief-loving Cherry Brompton !'
A simultaneous
met this speech, and every glass was
He never
desijmed
to write
ceptible smile looked mischievously in
the corners of the handsome, expres
sive mouth
Each is to try
his luck and keep the result secret un
til one hour before the ball to-morrow,
when we are all to meet here, and the
result made known ; and we all swear
that the unfortunates are to congratu
late their successful rival without jeal
ousy or ill will ' There ! the bell cries,
all lights out 1 ,so here for the last tune
melhny
of life,
fiftinn- There are no such other love
songs as those of Burns. Never were
such intense passion, such tenderness,
and such poetic harmony joind togeth
er. Burns died July 21st, 1796. He was
in his thirty-eighth year.' The mor-
rcCYtcr the noets of the latter half I niTirr Viriobtriess of his manhood was
of the eighteenth century, there were scarcely past, when death claimed him.
none who excited so deep an interest He was one of the many sacrifices
as Robert Burns. Gray, Goldsmith, which society makes "on the altar of the
S.
fVveimAr nnrt Camrjbell wrote excel-1 An-m nn of mtemnerance. lhere is no
I . , . . i ,1 u-f.-o fho ICUUY W CI I UUb vv x ix wio v I IIIUIU SilltitV 1U1 i;cuiU3 emu &.. vw
shout of aouroval 1 1 obey its summons . auu
others could prevent u rran x ; - . 3 . -v u, w A. ent ways this most fatting adjunct oi
" JJUU.OCU, Ciciicuw; uoo iuii - .
row, jennies wiiuupiug ugu, a..
Fred's measels, Bridget's incompetence,
or the heedlessness df Mary Ann, and
never ending demands of fashion, have,
almost before you know it, a narrowing
effect upon your mind. Theoretically,
you despise gossips practically you
add your mite very often to the com
mon fund. You are not ill natured.
The sweet charity that . "thinketh no
eviL" has its home in your heart's core,
yet sometimes, alas! it falls asleep, and uestioned.
1.1 - " ,1 Un4-4-Aimooa aatyiao I A
anger, wraui, aaiu. unvciucoo vuivo
stealthily creeping up to the outposts.
There are many great things which
we cannot do, however, earnestly we
may try. There are some little things
which, with faith in God, and sincere
resolution we can accomplish, and
one of these is to reform our conversa
tion, r
Every woman should cultivate a nice
sense of honor. In a hundred differ-
recog-
evation oi mannoou w its .. innM1.ss
- f 1 JJWUV XX M .
nity-that it greatly retards, prevents, , aU in a very sllort
ana hinders, in every way, by its de- timei
moralizing, debasing, and blighting ef- ' beld itg Becon Grana
fects, evefSrwhere, the progress of the (0ommmicatioliat Montreal, and was
Redeemer's kingdom-that these and hooored by the presence of maDy dis-
many other truths that might be pre- a from abroad.
Rented, concerning this awfully de- m
structive and'damning scourge of our I The Grand Lodge of Denmark
was
world are strictly true beyond a shad- instituted in 1747, and derives its ex
ow of doubt cannot and will not by istence from the Grand Lodge of Scot-
anv reflective mind for one moment be land. It is situated, in Copenhagen, is
7 I ... .i i ... .Jin :
recocrnized oy tne oiaj-e, anu me rein-
Only let a person observe, enquire,
read and reflect upon this subject on
ly take time to consider it in its rela
tions and bearings upon human inter
ests and no sane mind can help com
ing to such conclusions.
ing king is patron of the Order.
Grand Lodge of California.
ps October 10th, the Grand Lodge
of Free and Accepted Masons for the
State of California, assembled at the
, i , officii Masonic Temple in San Francisco
unless governed by selfish " tlW 1 For ' character, int
for
No one unless governed Dy seinsn Por character. intelli-
interests, prejudice, or some sinister j gence) standing and influence as citi
motive but will heartily agree with ; and this body will compare favorably
endorse every item set forth thus far. with any body of like number oi men
. b. Ill M. & w I w I e n ri ii ir
1 j Al. . a1.1 ita -1 nifiW Hill LlltJ liUUU, icaim
it'iurueu w uie uiluc, mmucu ui no - ,
rhutpfl 1 to scramble out of the
It may as well be mentioned here best manner they could.
"Rrnmnton was the
.1 ii Pic,MoTit of the sneakinff, was at an end,
'111 V LlilltU 11 LrtX VJi UiU IVUii-i". I A-
o
room
the others charm of Love's romance.
Yes , aU tliis, as sad a picture as it may m tne wono . x ox
kn o fmo and vet the half connected I , i m u Mi.tiri
. i -l i. i. J Tii. .i I i "- j I ftTin. 1 I1HV UT6 uicieunaumouttu
the only the romance of Love that threw generous, social nature of poetic genius me . . ith the evil has not been told words o ft mighty organization, that extends
-.i. fcSi,T, Aiicirm 'wwr ill ' hiit : i : jt. ir. tfcA rlnller 1 stance, one is a guest in a family where, j MnA f,,iw tulAnnate to! de-1 fmm ihn "Float to the West, and from
; - te,nicallv poetry. The shrewdist wit, the most forms of humanity. Burns was destroy- periiap pict and portray the wretchedness and the
"!!! e eStible humor, the deepest pathos ed by a false, social system. It was .not run -ooTher sorrow out of d the l.git- 0-
I'ollejj-e. nnd shared the fate common
to all young ladies occupying such a
-position, that of having at one time or
another every youth, whether of suita
; Me or unsuitable age, within the uni
versity walls, for her devoted admirer.
But Cherry certainly did not owe all of
her popularity to the fortuitous circum-
htancc of being her father's daughter,
rise there are ho virtues
and the soundest common-sense philos- the homicide of society. The pathetic j
that is. the
1 .a cmrAj-a-n tVo nfiorrees had
rii indents and miests ophy of life, are immediately blended, utterance of the poet,
had scattered, to assemble again at the m almost evthing he wrote and
ball that was to close the day. term tne cmex pxuui u,
One by one, the seven conspirators temple of his fame,
reached he place of rendezvous and Robert Burns was born on the 25Ui
..... . i T , 17KQ n liftlo ilnir.wB lldft
sat dovvn in silence, as if each feared oiuuuu,
to be the first to speak. At last Will straw-roofed cottage, not far from
rr WTiWnnM lonff " wooded Ayi," -a beautiful and roman-
xii.xiiiKw" ci. ... i Aii. i
tic scotusn stream, uiut, uiuu nuu
of
" Man's inhumanity toman,
Makes countless thousands mourn,"
was never more aptly true than the li
censing either for beverage'or for med
icine of alcoholic liquors. The might
iest murderer of men's happiness is
King Alcohol. In the ages past,thou-
. -ill A-.-i- lrA-raA ti-Inm nTift.nt.lv aroTind and
m tonSUl," -t. Jr. Uv-Kr-linTI tnp trenins
i . -m- i ii :i L,Anvi i lit ir: xiitu txx vm;
J .A..J I IV All TrTT I OT11 U 1 1 11. f Hum I - '
i ves, rosy cheeks, and one of the very anuuu, i - -
W .HciHnn, in the world. a mere matter of form to put the ques-
I . ... i: l,;h ufhohAimrmaTi.
The same younsr. lady : was likewise " . , ti ,tnOCa of his fame and
why r ' now can you snow r xiu o .
she telyou feafcapid from the lips of finely tested Halleck m h
tilt? XllVU. tfc-.HJ.ti.
IK'ST
ie same youn lady
possessed of the very demon of mischief,
smd many a mad prank could be trac
f il to the cunning brain and skillful
execution of the President's daughter.
Thnmost. PTfisnfratinfr fact, however.
was that though counting her victims ed most benignly on my suit
sands of the brightest and the best have
fallPTi at the deadly touch of his hand.
the bard has made classic for all tune n , . . n .f h h . death-dealin? oower
xaxA " -- - j x.
to come. The humbleness of his birth
I shall be glad to receive your con
ciliations, for Miss Cherry has smil-
bv the scores, she seemed to laujrh with
impunity at the rosy little god ; and
1'( t each new victim felt sure that if
opp'ortunity only offered, which by the
way very unaccountably never did offer,
he should receive such assurance of re
ciprocated attachment as would remove
all smart from the rankling wound.
However powerful the remedy might
prove, if once Applied, had until now
remained a mystery ; for, with a tact
tiuly Napoleonic, Miss Cherry had
contrived to keep each and every 'de
Wed admirer in a state of blissful ig-
iiomnce, so that it became her "great
lxiist, contrary to all preconceived
ideas on that subject- supposed to be
indulged.-in by young ladies, that
though having many lovers, she. had
1 ever had a proposal. Such a boast
M. M.
An ATrlftmation of surprise followed
this announcement.
Come, Will, that won't do,' said
Frank Lewis, 'as I happen to be Miss
Brompton's choice.'
And I !' ' And I !' exclaimed each of
the others in their turn. There was a
moment's blank astonishment and si-
. . -w a
lon thfn a. c.rv of 'Sold, by Jove I
.v.u., J - - ,
broke simultaneously from the group.
' Bayard Raynor has betrayed us !
He shall rue his share in this farce !'
and Will Harrington's swarthy face be
came stiU darker with rage, when fur
ther comments were stayed as a gentle
rap was heard, and Miss Cherry Bromp
ton thrust-her pretty face through the
half open door.: : 1
' -Please, Mr. Harrington, don't threat
en: so loud'.' especially nn innoent per
" I've stood beside the cottage bed,
Whre the bard paaaiit first drew breath
A straw-thatched roof above his hea 1 ;
A straw-wrought couch beneath.
Aud I hare staod beside the yile,
HN monument that tells to heaven,
The homage of E irdi's pron Jest Me
To that bard peasant giwa.
but Httle abated, he continues his
dreadful work of moral and physical
destruction. May we not make haste
too slowly to depose and destroy this
monster?
No man was ever more sensible of his
own weakness than Robert Burns. He
acknowledged and lamented them. All
through his poems we get occasional
glimpses of this heart-misery. One of
the most touching tenderness and pa-
His youthful days were spent in pov- hos will be found in the verses ad-
. .11 -! .
erty and severe drudging laoor. as m dressed to W ancy,
most of the homes of the ocotusnpeas
antrv, little or no animal flesh
ws
a
i.o-i in hi father's family. He was
llOV . x-" ---.w v
vegetarian from necessity, yet he was
t;0t;nonihed for his crreat strenjjth
" -Had we net erlored so kindly
Had we never loved so blindly,
Never met or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted."
in
in the house unsuspected by the outer
world. Sometimes it is a dissipated
son. whose conduct is a shame and a
grief to his parents; sometimes it is a
discontented and petulant danghter ;
sometimes a relative whose, eccentrici
ties and peculiarities are a cloud on the
home. Or, worst of all, husband and
wife may not be in accord, and ; then
there may be often bitter words spok
en, and harsh recriminations. In
of these caaes the guest, is in honor
bound to be blind and deaf, so far as
people without are concerned. If a
gentle word within can do good, it may
well be said, but to go forth and reveal
the shadow of an unhappy secret to
any one, even your nearest friend, is
an act of indelicacy and meanness al
most unparalleled. Once in the sacred
precincts of any home, admitted to its
privacy, sharing its life, all that you
can see and hear should become a sa
cred trust It is as really contempti
ble to gossip of such things as it would
be to steal the silver or borrow the
books, and forget to return them, r
The foundation of this thoughtless
sin is sometimes laid in early life. Chil
dren coming home from a visit, are in-
North to the South : whose tem-
are found in every land on which
grows ouioiauuwiu- whose lammaffe is
imate fruits and results of this dread- town ftnd understood by all nations
ful curse of intemperance, entailed upon tongues ; who worship one God,
human society through the manufac- and whose principles are based upon
ture and traffic in intoxicating bever- JJrit
XiAJUAB LxLiMJ uav imi "
ages. Oh, how fearfuUy destructive of JLto - iri vain : those princi-
i 1 ' t iha. nrclfiira ATfi I . .1 1 .1 ; .
numan nappiuei, w I pies are tne stricx oDservauce ut mui m-
infr-aata Rnmetv. and how. by ifnr virtne. temperance, lustice, and
kAOU V.J w-. f - m m J . m 9 1
its deadly, contaminating effects, it that great overshadowing grace, cian-
counteracts, hinders, and opposes all g. Ed
that is good, and how much, but for fluences KOOa, and are so frequent-
the pernicious effects, and prevalence jy forcibly impressed with moral
of this alarming evil, to spread plenty, teachings, as the Masonic jraiermiy.
God. love to If a man can pe Daa m spueui au uite,
he must certainly be baa indeed. With
all these characteristics attached to
you, members of the Grand Lodge,
and representatives of the Craft with
ersoever dispersed, is not your respon-
ox the
world are upon you, and the impres
sion of the world ought to be and should
peace, happiness, love to
man, and all the virtues, would grow
out of the practice of the principles of
its opposite namely, temperance.
rrui0 mnnator vil u Intemperance"
bv ite bein- allowed and tolerated so ability great indeed ? The eyes
Dy its oeiu0 Ai world are noon you. and the i
Ion"1, and so httle, compared wra uie
. i i ' 1 . 1 hnviniT . . .. . 1 1 1X II
precious interests uhuuc i, "-'"'o be favorable, and we nave no uoum
been done to counteract and oppose wm be. - Men at the head of such an
its crowth, and arrest its progress, has honorable and Ancient uraer snouid
, i be representative men in every sense
assumed so large, such giganUc, such EspeciBlly ehoxdd this
formidable proportions, is so thorough- cage the officers of such
ly entrenched, that it has become the Qxderj that they may be pointed to
vortex, the malestrom, to swallow up, with favorable comments by the pro-
enirulf, prostrate, destroy, ruin, 1 and fane, as men whose moral wortiexem
enguu,pru"i - i v Tiwifairma of the Order.
affect erexy interest ' thtf pemm. ,to -jESTfaion,.
lea, 11 IS Uie grtawai. , .
Tt. ia npwllpss to sav anvthinsr
, XTith th. r,W thA praise of the genius of Burns. It has terrogaiea pymomerur w u-
ana -:.: r: . - x , whprpvpr W F.n- ing every httle in and out of Mrs. M-'s,
scythe, ana mexp . OT . or Mm K'shous Donxdo it again,
as resrards speed or kiu, ue ijua u j gixoi xau . - &
n,t h foai-fid no competition. It was est and best of the poets;
V . " A
Ith dear friend. Just say to the darling
1 w - xX X- ,1 . 1
I . . - i i uhi u off ia rvr enp RinnK ill. imsiiti uiill
not within stately college wallsded- sides ofthe Atlantic, have e "Wei have you had a pleasant
icated to science . and literature, but in to lay their laurels at his feet. Ever I'm clad to hJtr itNever mind
the green fields, and under anj: open since his death the press has teemed wtether they had gingerbread or pound
rW while emrafred in the various la- with eulogies oi a nigu orutar. txuupucu, cake, or what cirsss iitue ousie 3x.
i a nt th f rm. that the Muses, hand Roseoe. Halleck. and Whittier have wore.
'a
New CHxpnaL--We understand that
tn tho imman race. It is the Arch
UiendS mosisuoue au 4. - . Ua f.rmtinn oi a TVAW
ponry for the carrying on his deadly iterof Arch Masonry, to be
crusade and warfare against humanity. entrUedRidgewood, and to be located
How persistently, stealthily, unspar- in the 21st Ward, Brooklyn, will be
innrW nd TirfiosimrlT. he does tus preseniea w ine ax. x xepui,j vx
"'OV T O ' -
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temDie ana aesiracuT n w . - , , i;.flftfioT1 we
ing our feUow-men, both for time ana gQod ftnd We h.0pe
eternity, and what a multitude of agen- their application will be granted. K
dc he employs in all the rank of so- Y. Era, Orf. V
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