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Little Va leria did not Kpeaif, nor did I, but pre- aently her little chubby feet and hands began to asceiiu the lattice, and " I knew mischief was threatening dan ger the little birds h'ing so innocently and silently in their nesf. But there was a protector near, when our little Charlie-bounded into the porch." His (ye fell upon his sitter, and he took holtTxrf her to-snTtrthe rretsr'whieh he and grandmawere accustomed to watch with so much interest. ; ''x " Lt me go, buddie ! I w ill see them." " You slnill not touch them, sissy. It would be cruel to "hurt, the- little hii ds,- for their mother loves them so." " I love 'em too, and T will see 'tni.' "I will call mother." " And I will call grandma." She struggled to be 'released, an'd Charlie was equally detirajined, and he being the stronger, Valeria was baffled, and her cry rang out angrily, and echoed iu the home, unused to angry voices. "My mother hastened- out, bringing a fair haired child in her iirms, its lit tle hands twined in her fluttering cap ribbons, and its soft cheek pressed to her own. - . "ChaVKe, what are vou doing to grandma's darling ?" : ".She wanted to get the sweet little birds, and . I was afraid she would hurt them." ' I just wanted to 'sawed' 'em ever so little bit, grandma. I won't hurt 'em with my eyes, I know." " There, get down, darling, and you shall see them." Mv mother reached up to the nest and took out the birds one by one, and put them in the ba by's little apron. And thea she sat down and a flock of eager children gathered around her. There were Va leria and Fanny, with a laughing; eye, 'in:., & c . If. :t!i Yt HU'TlTi XV. ,.! to srt upon the front ,i ,,nr .':.':.! old . home!- How Ave-- .:!!.! .hallowed associations r;Vl.,.i:i tbeml T loved; them in riv T:,.i:i!ing. f tiio sun- rose tl'ie lu es, far over the prairie, i-elch.'-d between ; and in the sunset. ,nv-, wltAii- a' c-idm and rest fill silence ;!,. ui auiiiiliv over slepiug injure. the i-it'iis seemeii iu mige.i. and wants said Howard, teasinly,' " to be old enough to marrv, she; Roland?". -4 : " Ohj I aspire o : bo my brfrther Howard's rival. I' am like him, deenlv and irrevocably ' ; in ' love ' with Miss Hammond the belle of " ." Howard s face became crimsoned. and he laughed in brothers clapped My father came confusion, and the their ' hands and shouts 6f boyish merriment startled the sleeping echoe$ in the old home! to the door; follow ed by n)y brother pharleR, his gentle, matronly wife, my sister Anna and her husband. Sisler Marion and hr noble lord drew nigh, and our family, from Grandpa i'own totbe tiny, wee babe in grandma'sj ariSieregfTfP ed together a happy, joyous band. . A tpikitioning lbok sat upon my father's; beaming face, which brother Royal hastened to answer. ; . ' "Roland is desirous of becoming chief among the many slain by the ir resistable power of fair Cordelia's uu- rivaled .beauty. At which, Howard, considering his prior claims, is greatly offended." - Oh ! I shall not press my suit just be more honor ' in where he has fail- yet. There would waiting to succeed ed." .( S "And you think! i wou ia , ratner be in my own shoes,") was the ambiguous reply. He tossed his hair back from off his bi-ow, i and winked one dancingr eye, with a h e will fail tablishment of every society, to the interest of everyihdMdua In the com munity. It is a inral, it Is " a chris-tian-.vtrtuci Prudeaci.will . discover the absurdity and folly- f -expecting trtMrharmony, witbouf due attention to theVchoice of our memtei s. Tebi peranoo will cheeky every appearance of xoHiflrnd,fijurationl Jimitation ish faee from tJie dear old home hais for age, sex, or beaaty, butu alike des changed the Howard ol my child-! troy a all, over whoia : it succeeda in hood, and youth , is .-passed iaway; ftr- throwing its magic spelb ,It ia blight ever, and in hi9 stead a - tall broad ing theafond hopesfof many' of ; the shouldered man with bearded lip tuid youtlr of this country, and especially, firm,., strong features,.. ? sits, in sbis of this community.: Ito has well. aigh place. ; ' , ... I R blasted the fair: name of our i:beautiful ' Brother Royal lifts to. my. face lii town diminished, paralyzed, aadren calm, steady eyes and a giave 4 smik. dered almost useless our schools,: and lingers upon his hp so like Howard institutions of learning, and has , part-1 to our hours of enjoyment. 4 1 would when he went away so long ago. .And ly depleted the congregations thatJ not be understood here to , mean, that the quizzing eyes of Roland, Lfdllow I once llightod in attending the sane- because these three moral 'irtueare me, and charm me with the ever t4au- tuar ies, sacred to the- worship of Al- particulaily pointed out a - essentially ging expression which r gleams ilrom mighty God ; and yet, hoSv often do their lark depths. And a merry smile wo see old men in this community wreathes his lip, and flashes over his those too, occupying'hign positions in dark face. ; society-daily " in :the habit of vis Riog on Memory r Beljs ; for never iting the abominable- institutions- in Wert thy notes so sweet and ' musical this town, wfere the vile"sfuff Is' ''sold as now, and the hush of this midnight and drank behind a black sci-een hour is broken alone by the matchless ashamed to be seen by the public eye, cadences of thy melodious strains ! TO-BE continued. and encouraging the young men to a m im:kk DV.LIVEMED BEIOKE SiaiesYille Couil, BY DR. I. J. COKPEXIXG. Mr. Pre-ulf'nt and Fr'fruh pretence at slyness! and added, in an assumed way of earnestness, which his dancing eyes belied " She is engaged! long ago." " Do; von know this to be a fact ?' " Young ladies way of letting youn their secrets. Eh ! All eyes turned t Sometimes Kate." me, and I drop ped my head in confusion. And mirth ful laughter floated; air, but with the embarrassing allu sion, the haunting months past, came their shadows over upon the morning ?orebodiugs of the to me .md cast mv heart. An an swering cloud fell upon my brow, and with a smile of deep affection, my fath er bade me not care for his rude Jimmie, with mouth "and eyes stretch- tongue and ruder ways. ed wide with - Wonder, and Saramie, with a gravity beyond his years' and even the fair and stately Lillian, (whose snowy brow, round which clustered short, black curls, gave her A servant announced breakfast, and my father offered his arm gallantly to his daught er-in-law to the jlining.room. for tho babe, but gij iiiti , and iea tne way The nurse came andma would 'not Ple5 explained, with the instructions the shorter name of Lilly,) stood near give it up, and,' with pride and joy in given b? the Piev- R- H- Whitaker on her grandmother, and" looked with tbe little ones, she marched them to Wednesday night last ; and I doubt heard loving eyes into her face, ; while she the table. My sisters demurred, and n f' at other times, you have re 1 1 wun v i- :e.-r .Mings, aau -i . "v s seeme d to spend their most Uograiitbi-.-atli.-. . Aud the' swvetest i.l.ns xi-wed through faithful iiveiii 1 -v - at,,, :11c there, ; listening to -the ... -;.f (ii!-'wild wood b'rds anmng 1.,;v braii'-lies of those noble Oaks ; :.'.-',.':,;.' witli-drliold, the crimson ori . .if. v.!:f ve-Dawn s"ire id out her most ! .,-lv i.ii'd govreou c.ilors- to herald tin- itiu.onttive.nt and grand approach uf ...1.1 SmI, My heart was tilled with j.'y. and bv rapturous delight at the L.. ant v which greeted 'me; I 'forgot the ! 1 ,1 lit i. .. of-lii't- which chili with a- l'ro-' brcatlr; ti.' buovuut 'young heart. '1 lie lireatli d! muUitades of flowers told them of how the mother bird built, w ould have .bidden her nest, and sat patiently upon the grandma insisted tl tiny eggs till the shells opened to set hungry' as well as o! tne lntle birds tree, and how she loved not be starved out them, and how tenderly she cared for house.'! 11 . " - - I drink, who are, in all probability, to become the husbands of their own daughters. How 'many fathers are now wielding an influence over their sons and son-in-laws, which is daily bringing an abundant harvest of bitter grief to 'their families! but, alas! wliPTi inn lntp n vcnio.lv lm ov-il 4Vio Friends of Temperance, natural consequence of their example, it will be seen and felt. If I could, I would speak in tones' of thunder, and implore them to set a better example, before their sons, and try to promote the happiness of their own children, by removing every temptation to drunkenness from them, and by en couraging'theni to espouse the glori ous cause of temperance. For my own part, since I have had the honor to be enlisted in the woik of temperance, I have made it my bus iness to become acquainted with the Or der is founded, and like the miner, the farther I have advanced the richer has been my discovery, and the treas ure constantly opening to my view, has provided a full and satisfactory reward of all my labors. Such, breth ren, is the nature of our constitution, that as some must of necessity, teach, and rule, so others, must of course, learn and obey. Humility, therefore, in both, become an essential duty, for the rules of our Order have a direct tendency to. promote moral and social vu Tuo ; an.t 11 tins conncijnall eve$ be held in little esteem by its mem bers, it must be owing to the want of a due sense of the excellence of its principles. But sometimes, (and might-say it is too often the case,) mere curiosity, self-interest, or a groundless presumption, that the bus iness' of a council is mirth and enter tainment, have induced men of loose principles to procure admission into our community. . Such persons are, in my opinion, no ways qualified for - a society, founded upon wisdom, and ce mented by morality and christian vir tue. . Therefore, in the future, v let it be our peculiar care to pay strict at tention to the merit and. 'character of ' 'Tfropprancc ; The commission which I hold, ab District Vice President for this Dis trict, makes it mv duty to address the councils in the District from lime to time on the subject, of Temperance. I shall not attempt on this1 occasion to deliver an address, clothed in e'lo-ciuenc-e or rounded periods, and iuter- nave a sected with anecdotes, but. simnlv t.i gsters, hke. me, m .i' tn imnrps;- linm, Mph principles on which pur ber present the duties and obligations resting upon us as Friends of Tem perance. Temperance, as you are well aware, is the basis of our: Order. I sincerely congi'atujai.e-eaoh, one1 here present, on the establishment of this council, to gether with the noble accessions jusf added to our Order; Let us all re solve to beautify and adorn our coun cil, by discharging the duties of our respective stations, for by so doing, we shall put to silence the reproaches of foolish men. " ; ' '-y You have heard our grand princi- necessary to the gcTqiscipline of a council, nothing more is requisite for social must be united with'; niofal ''ex cellence. . Was a man merely prudent. tenjper;ite and fiTogat arid yet, be" un- ! . . --if. Maouic Ljiter.M lure. i A writ ei iuioui- MaMonic ; periodicals diticoiu-ses thus elfMi'.iently on the sci ence and II fee rat u re of tlie Order: ' Masonry hiw aj liferatum that has come down to us alojig the ages, gath- ering to itself, century by century, and year by year; still1 rarer gems 5 of thought ahd science and knowledge) until to-day, jin this advanced age of progression and learning, we can point to the literature of ' Masonry as not a whit behind the progressive wisdom-of the nineteen tlTcenturv, AVere the jelly spread' over the spoon, and falls from like treacle; t ike it from the r n . ; me, ami wneu cold, pour it into accytimedihea-utaes oiMCi0 tOiwiUble society, wuuse ouiy iinraenous consist in wen them wait but many disrespectful things said of our at little ones were uraer. uoy, mance, ana an nncuar- lied the air. with sweetest perfumes, :,d tjit-ir bcautiftd 1e;ives, dripping ilii moniing duw," glistened in the fol.teu day. : A .ree.u, ! s'.-.cct as a mother's; kiss, Kiir tVitin mv temples, and ,y..l.iiu- scented leaves of the vines d from tin- lattice above V iiioclnn t'h. I.ic.aiiis u; lie I ones, and should itableness, will never be at a loss to ri"-ht in grandpa's find fault and raise objections to what they do not Know. now great then them. -. And nnft had a. aoi.f at.thA ln11(r are the obligations resting on this " Now we must put them back, and table, and after asking a blessing for council? With what esteem, respect and not break the poor mother bird's heart mercies and blcssidgs, so abounding reSard are we to look on every 111 em by depriving her of her little ones." my father's eye ran alon" the tabk er Present wuo lias aone ns tue llon" Tlie eldest grand-son,, David Royal, lingering fondly upon each face, and m of enlisting with us, in the great (or the royal David, as I delighted to there was infinite content in his be- cause for which we are here assem- call him,) came amlsat beside me, and nign face, as he said : dI(h1 ? To have the sanction of the fair, those, who, from among the circle of 1 . , . M. 1 t I : 1 !, . .1 I i'i nii 1 rr no 4- a T-k 4- rtn o n -.11 v r r- n I 1 1 . m a pieasuig smiie was upon uis lips, 1 " we are all met together once "'o v'"1 ol ca our acquaintance, may De desirous 01 while he looked back upon maiama U! 1 How thankful we should ha in test care, must be to preserve it. The lhficomin.y- members' of our council lest and the children. . the Giver cf every ioocl. for the oeaca virtues Of humanity are peculiar to throusrh our inadvertency the rtnwor- X I m I -CI r and iov' which fill onr hearts !" their sex, but it is not in the gay tijV r,art of mankind may find means A t?ar quivered for a moment upon haunts ot pleasure and dissipation, in to introduce themselves ""among u - I , a 11 !- my mother's eye lash, and fell silently the Irivolous ceremonials, and sicKen- whereby they will ' discourage and upon her wrinkled cheek, and I knew mg paraaes 01 lasuioname nie. Aor bring reproach upon our council. she was! thinking of little Henry, and amidst tlie prolusions ot luxurious m- These cautions, if duly attended to, his silent tomb, wh$re the wild flowers diligence that we are to-seek for those wm continually evince'our wisdom by bloomed so sweetly for he was with traits 01 virtuous excellence wnicn ais- tjieir effects. For I can, , with confi- us when last we all met together. Ah; tingmsn4wid adorn woman s cnaracter. dence, aver, from experience, ' that up. He sat on the step at myteet and would we ever meet altogether again ! u"aei sncn ciicumhiances, uieie is 110thino more contributes to the ais- took my : sunburned-hand in his white, Whose face would be absent : next, nothing to call forth the latent, but soiutkm of a council , than too irreat a student's palm. " I know she has had Thoughts like these sped through each ennobling energies of their nature. number of members indiscriminately her cares and sorrows, and vet her brain for a Gravity fell unon us. : and She is there the sensitive . creature of made. Toffuard' affairist this fatal 1 t' ' . 1 . 1 w . face is wreathed in smiles, and her and for a moment the smile of elad- tne imagination, a wayward and a ca- consequence, we shall do well - to cnl- only for her cap and silvery hair." " Grandma is happy, my royal neph ew, aud happiness ia the fount of pe rennial youth." 'Why is she happy, ivate t j knew the low, calm tones of my broth er Howard's voice, and I did ' not look 'I' ll. II! hoin- vsiie.kle, 1 . t i:uV. built ami she rr lit t ones u i i . from them, rose : -a lid then, as if satisfied, that - ri Ad with the brood she loved etniimencvd her melo- )'. oj'm aise and joy, itriid it ii cVaily .- air, thl l i.aiiou, and a carnival ot mtl- t ill an an- above t lie and swr-t ly-upon the utl:iT.Iird:i toc.ik Up ly up, as? if in iraise ness was fled from each face. voice ringing with gay elasticity.' ci r II ' ..- 1 , . 1: . e 1 -I vjui momer nas a nopeim qisposi- Rut tho'ht q bein. tion, and contented mind, and more all't ehe? onpe fonre, beneath the y (,lMMi. i4i roofwhiah tUeltei-ed our childhood, 1 1 M1 1 1 1 i eoniouianon wpi unng nappinesa even was , too pure to be long dimmed by m a world peopled with care and sor- fancieg j Qf borrowed trouble, i and iOW- the - imomentaryl erravitv pas "And she does not hunt up trouble. ged awy and mirtiful voices filled the You are right; these graces in her have olJ toe and cheerful, glad faces sat brightened her life, and made our around the table. -My mother's joy uome oiesseu. one uas uvea at nome, seemedJ complete as she passed her ii 'ill. li i ' mi . ana wnue sue nas neglected none 01 prisons being, fluttering in the sun- tivate the following virtues: Pru shine 5 braiding her raven tresses with aenCPj Temperance and Frugality "'U' huud into mine as trustfully you did then, now so many ' 1 ' 1:1 11 v - : ; ; r. -at C n-at.or. . ' '. -., ".;!. :-.nioruiug a.-i mis, :r leu ' Maiion. ti.Hii this home - -of ." '-''i liildhood and youth. - Can you lax now y'r-ars. a ;'.. .... . .. ; Ah,' the' years havt; not .changed i. heart, Harry, and T trust you even moiv confidingly now, -' if that were .;:.r?-'ii.ilc-." -: My sister's eyes were, lift- ; 1 iondiy to her husband s lace,- and ;ir huud -i;e3ied iu li;s ' arm! He led her out tlie door, down the steps, along th'j britk walV. to the gate.' As Imov td to let them 'pass, they greeted me Viy, sncl smiled upon me with plea- I heard their low, eye over each face the fairest flowers of summer, or toss ing them wildly to the fresh dalliance of the morning breeze, whilst her joy ous laugh rings out merrily on the ear, awakening in our hearts respon sive tones of gladness, and in the ec stacy of the moment, causing us to dreain that no envious cloud can ever 1 1 1 n 1 1 which are tlie best and most proper supports of every society. Prudence is the queen and guide of all other virtues, the ornaments of our actions ; it is the knowledge and choice of those things we must- either approve or re ject, and implies to consult and delib erate well, to judge and resolve well, obscure the brightness of our sky or to conduct and execute welT Tem- tmd fnrJiiv gloomy care dash with bitterness the perance consists in ' the government her duties as friend and neighbor, she n tte little ciiiidren over whom sPartling CUP of our earthly existence. of our ftppetites and affections, so' as taught her children a fondness for home and aomestic yirtue, which will lj.i. t. i tjw ness and true character, we must con- I IKJyJMk. LUAJk IU VUttk ULUC i. lit' l HLXl.il. I y 1 . fit p ue an mnuenc oi saiety irom vice m ia oind the coming years. There should be fns deMlfirntvnfiJ -,o jtr- more such wives and mothers, TT 1 MI mcmnrr! to make use of the good things of this life, as not to abuse them, cither by i i i " i ' ' ' " " " ' sordid and ungrateiui parsimony on the one hand, or a profuse and prodi How sweet andmusical are over the C?ucn OI slcEne" ana gal indulgence to excess on. the other. , template her in the hour of trial and 1T , affliction. "VTe must behold her bend- and there would be fewer gamblers, t1inaA n:rpa r; J:n fiirnnfrh thnsp ,witn self -denying devotedness, tasking Tb;g virtue haa many pQW'erful argu distani years, and Siow unbroken, is the r hc- ments m its.tawr 5 tor as we value drunkards and murderers. "Can you make room for me?" ask-lnote of gladness which ea a irav voice irom uenina. . , I t , l r u AVVCVA mui"" "Oh, yes, on this other side of me, mempryI J hear figain the low bene- soiil tbe cops.0lation of hope and the my Royal brother, "that I may know jui(i'- J5 assurance of tindying love. It is in how to be elated .amidst so much rqy- tones, a.ad the heartfelt prayer offer- alty 11 earning iacc s. r.r s, a-j they talked together, iiihUdislinsniish no word. And 'i' i'aee, so tilled with grateful- joy, hut an added charm to. the beauty ' u' the morning, jiut the noise and b'istle of busy,'waking life; now ' began to' till the house, and the clear, rinsing i-ngUcr of happy childhood, ' min ed that evening about that halloed ..T - - . I T . - xou wiu leel insignificant, I know, 8hrine-the familt altar.- as you win have a right to." T ... 1, nA ; .... " I In rr V 1 1 t 1 I t . . vv"' "ignness ; sne nas a mothers eyes, tht chastened purity the hea ' ieTe thG 0 tbe v" our health, wealth, reputation, family and menus, our character as men, as .hristians, as members of society in general, and as Friends of Temperance in particular all conspire to call pc: us for the exercise of this "'virtue shoi'tj'it comprehends a strict, observ ance of the Apostlfb eihortation, " Be Young ladies, let it not be said that ye temperate in all . things, avoiding sp,ch scenes that she stands out in bold 1 relief, an ancrel of lisrht. amidst the j . w darkness of the surrounding storm. sincerity, generosity, 'Ac, he would be at most, but a useless member of any soeiety. In the next place, permit me to re mind you that a due attendance on the council for your improvement and the reputation of the J)rder in general is absolutely necessary, r or your own improvement, because the advan tages naturally resulting from the practice or principles herein taught, are the highest ornaments of human nature, and for the credit of the com- - -. ,: t inunity in which we live, because it is our indispensible .duty to support such a character in hfe as is here en joined. The prevalency of good ex ample is great, and no language is so expressive as a consistent life and con versation these once forfeited , in the character of a Friend of Temperance will diminish a man uot only in the esteem .of persons of j sense, learning and probity,, but even men of , inferior qualities will se'dom fail of making a distinction. . You. are well aware that the envious and censorious are ever disposed to form their judgments of mankind, according to their conduct, in public, life. So when members of our Order are. discovered indulging in practices inconsistent with their pro fession they contribute to bring an odium on an Order which it is the du ty of every member highly to honor, and I might say as often as they do happen, tends still more to discover the malignity pf our adversaries, than to reflect on r ourselves. For how weak must.it appear to the eye of dig cernment, to condemn a whole Bociety for the irregularity of a few. indiyidu 1 apprehend one great cause of our absenting ourselves from the council, to be the want of that grand, ifunda mental principle brotherly love did we properly ; cultivate; this christian virtue, we should think ourselves hap piest when - assembled i together. On unity in affection, :, unity in govern ment subsists, for whatever, draws men into society, it is that alone can cement them. Therefore, let a con stant exercise of this christian virtue, so essential to our . future . happiness and success, prove our . great ; esteeia for our Order, and by its influence up on our lives and actions, testify . to the world and the ! community . in which we live, that we are sincere in the steps we have taken, and that they who think and speak evil of us, may be put to open shame, . ; Finally, let me advise you to be very circumspect and welbgardedk against the base attempts of pretenders, al ways setting a . watch before your mouth, witi respect taur ny jrb$ may call themselves Friends of sTem perance, but are at the, same time, en emies to our Order. Let me exhort yon to have no connection with them, but according to the advice of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, "Withdraw yourself from every brother that walk- eth disorderly ,L leaving: such to the natnral -consequence of their own bad conduct, being welt assured that th vain fabric which they mean to erect, having no other support than their own ignorance, will of itself soon tum ble to the ground with shame and ruin on the builder's . head ;" but on the other hand, let us live . iu strict amity .and fraternal love with all just and upright brethren. Let God's Holy Word be the guide of our action. 5 Faith, - Temperance and Charity iour characteristics, then we may reasonably hope to attain the celestial pass-word, and gain admit tance intd that- council where pleas ures flow forever and (jever. -This' is the fervent prayer of him who glories in the name of a faithful Friend of Temperance, and has the honor to be a member of Statesville - council, No. XOV.' ' -' " conferred degrees is it to be supposed for an instant that this alone would have presented attraction suflicicnt to bind to the order the wise and learned men of the whole world and of every age? No! Were this all there was of Masonry it never could, have with? stixul the ruthless current of time that has swept into oblivion systems, dyn asties, and institutions some of them as aucient as herself. It is because possessed of other virtues that it has come down to us hoary with age, in imperishable streugth and silent grandeur, like the adamantine founda tion of earth itself. And this attrac tive virtue is to be found iu its litera ture ! The wise who have sought its shrine and penetrated its arcana, have been surprised at its fullness, the depth, the beauty of it? science. The moral and religious have lingered with pleasurable emotions over the wealth of virtuous precept and example there taught. The philanthropist receives therefrom a stimulant to greater ex ertions for the amelioration of man kind. The j scientific, antiquarian, and sage who enter the Temple of Masonic Literature, find there a rare., an inexhanstable, intellectual feast. To those, then, who have here hereto fore considered the acme of Masonry to consist in its charities and the. pol ished workings of its degrees, we re commend that their attention be turned to its literature, ai the sub stance of Masonry, while the workings of the Lodge are? but its forms. Bead, and study it then it will en noble and polish the man, and fit the mind as a living stone for a place in the great Temple of Souls. "Literature serene philoionby Kffusive source of evidence and truth ! Wltur-ut thee what were uneulightene. man! j A garage roaming though woods and wilds Rough clad devoid of every h'ner art And elegance of life." THE HQUSEHOLD. . i!;irm and1 (garden. Xeier Plw Soil yhen it is too .- wet. i . The Northwestern Fur,n r, in a time ly article under this he-ad, Hays: "We have often urgUhe attention of the fanners' to thr1 'suhU-fV as one of great iinioit:iiic. (., 11 .. i ..1., itattwirt among our farming districts can see large tracts of laud that, hiive. been plowed when wet and unfit to be work ed, by observing hrge, , heavy elods of earth, which in the hot season be come, like a brick, burninu all ! roots oft" ngain and other produce'' near it. Besides this evil n .. ... vegetate and grow well upon the soil uncultivated, or can that soil ghe back as much nutrition and upon a warm and sunny day, when warmth can penetrate into the soil, and thus reatlybenelit.it. "We are confident that farmers lose forty per cent of their crop by inatten tion to this matter. By care at the proper time to plow and by examining the soil and selecting sunny days, the soil will send up its voice in a halo of dew-drop cloud that will wreathe the plowman with its approval of his good senile. The figure with which our grave contemporary closes its ' suggestion seems a little mixed. How 'the soil " will send up its voice iu a halo of dew drop clouds, and that will wreathe tLe plowman with its approval of his gocd sense,' is a question, which we" would be pleased to refer to the poetS who are permitted a license in language aud a mystification in a metaphor which it is well for common prose wri ters to neither attempt to imitate cr explain. But that plowing when water is standing, or when the ground may be very wet, is au injui-y to the crop that is to be grown in such soil,.is no ques tion. : . The best farmers in the c ircle of our acquaintance . always wait till their laud is quite dry before putting iu the plow at all, and their theory is to make the soil as line as jiossible by frequent harrowing on the very day d is turned up to tiu sun, and if pos- l.ie sow or plant the seed before a Irop of rain settles the loosened earth. Hearth and Home. . Wxl and Sumait; JixLEv, Grape. Take out the stones then mash the grapes with your hands I the ghost in "Hamlet?" (they must be ripe) then squeeze them I w"l a tail unfold Why is a pig with a twisted tail like Because it through a cloth to extract all the ''juice from them, and boil and finish the same as current jelly. Use half a pound of sugar to each pound ot fruit. Jellet Apple 1. Pare, core, and cut thirteen good j apples into small bits; as they are cut, throw them into two quarts of cold water; boil them in this? with the peel of a lemon, till the sub stance is extracted, and nearly half the iquor wasted; drain them through s hair sieve, ami to a pint of the liquid add one pound of loaf siigar pounded, the juice of one lemon, and the beaten whites of one or two eggsj put it into a saucepan, stii it till it boils, take ofl the scum, and let it boil till clear,- and then pour it into a mould Jelly ApplJ: 2.Pare and mince three dozen of juicy acid apples, put them into a pan, cover them w ith water, and boil them till very soft; strain them through a thin cloth or flannel bag allow a pound of loaf sugar to a pint of juice; clarify and boil it ; add the apple juk, with the grated peel and juice of six lemons; boil it for twenty minutes; iaii.e on tne scum as it ri ses. - Jeley Ai iU-i- 3.--Pare and cut into slicev eighteen, large acid apple ; boil tnem in as mucu water an will cover greater opinion of herself than thatl" of her wrinkled ;fice, and., hear her vou held aloof, and refused to give whatever has the least or most remote Roland exclaimed, as he came and sat 1 sweet jtones in conversation.the lullaby, j you influence to so noble and glori- j appearance of impropriety, . that the beside Howard. " She dubs me her about; the baby s cradle. 1 follow the 'ft as ours. Tye need 3 our tongue of the slanderer may W struck little brother,; and takes on awful airs, ue ma3v Muenc4V'our work of saving ,the dumb and malevolence, disarmed of j...,. ..u,w uaiipcueu to ue iwo profile of my long absent brother, How-, youth 01 tnis community irom uiu years my senior." ard. This ukis couiinir. home after.l tnl n.siilts of intemperance : it is' the " It is a cross to Roland to have me years Of abscence. I His schooling is 1 prevaiiing evi and the ruining vice of meoiaer.K lie is so anxious to., wear T,Tu - 6 i r-"i OW countm It pollutes all that rit uwu. . - fessors go, and hibrings honors- of VHtV-JW, r. J a "I expect he has a girl ia hi8 eyet"j,e,cawiftd fwaoo .1: ' Frugality, tlie natural. associate of prudence audi temper inee,,; is abso lutely requisite-. in , all stationa . .It is highly, necessary to the supporting ; of h cliin and a bov. I tim to its power, It baa no respect Uverj Uesirahle ciajetertQ the i e. 0 mean d'egreQ fr4mis :dma ' Ma- destroys all that iaU jic- T" 1 ' LY. ' - .1 L. 4, ,'ln rttiroii Tt lino tin 'Liarnl A well-dressed and jather. pompous youth askedj a tyoung j lady who was readingULth cars, ?'i& that seat enga ged, .madam?"', , U -:7 i,; . 1; The answerjwas, , direct, "Yes, sir .aud I am engaged tool" and the lady resumed her reading, ! ... A aupprciased. titter from; some la dies clvwe bjjttiteUie younjf gentle; ,aian tcijgiake tigiit t, A flirt who kept a list of her adrai rers.in apiary, wittily s called it: her "Madam, a great . many jiersons were- disturbed at the concert laft uight by the crying of your baby." "Well 1 do wonder such people will go to concerts !" . "I wonder where thosa clouds are going, signed l lora,iTcnKively, as she pointed, with a delicate finger, to the heavy masses that floated in the sky. "I think tbey are going to thunder;' said her brother. "Madam," said a cross-tempered physician to a patient, "if women wero admitted to paradise their toimuH svould make it a nutratorv." Anrl 4, O J - some physicians, if allowed to iracti'ce there," replied the lady, "would make it a desert. A clergyman was endeavoring to ,'e.t a subscription in aid of some char- i table object out of a cJos-fistcd p; r- ishcr, who attempted to excuse hirr self on the ground that he already ow- d a great deal of money. " lint," said the minister, "you owe God ,-r larrrer leot tliau vou do anv nno r!(. " " Pimf- so parson; but thou he 'ain't pushing -:ne like the balance of my credi tors." An ufficcr who was inspecting diis company one morning spied one pri- badly begrua- vate whose shirt was them ; when i quite soft, dip a coarse I med. cloth into hot water, wring it dry, and I "Patrick O'Fiinn," called out the strain the apples through it; to each J captain. pint of juice:ahv fourteen ounces ol hue loaf sugar, clarify it, and add, with the apple juice, the peel of a largt lemon; boil it till itjelhei, which maj bein twenty minutes; pick out tin lemon peel, and .immediately put it in-1 to jars. .j ' . Jway Qliaci;. Quxucc-s, for jelly ,.yer honor!" promptly re Patrick, with hand to h:s Here pouded cap. , "How long do you wtar thundered the of&r;er; ' ' " Ticeitfy-ci'jht indies lonrj," was rejoinder. A hterary gentlemen, wishing, to be the ought not to be quite ripe, they should undisturbed . one ' duv, instracted his however, be of a fine yellow colof; Irish servant to admit no one, and, if take of the down 'which covers them any one should enquire for him to give quarter, core, put them into; a aucc- them an equivocal answer. . Ni.'ht pan, with water enough to, covertJiem came and the gentleman proceeded to set them on, the fire, arfrr-when soft, nterrogate Pat as to hia callers. "Did lay the pieces on a sieve to drain,1 my one callV" "Yes, sir, nx gintle pressing them very slightly -'strain the man." "What did ho say '" ie ax. liquor, and measure ; jt; , clarify, 'aud jd waa yer honor in." ! Well, what did boil to c!Wf.a equal quantity of u- you tell himx" "Snre,.I gave him a Lor. tVian lVi. U r.fT 1. I . .. , 1 fj , wi. 11 uu, mm wn iiijuui 1 tjuiYiuic .iiiiswer list. 1 llow was to it, stirring it welirwuen mixed, put that vTl axe4 Mm. was hia grand jt on tb. ftiU.fjiirrlii'iQQB ' otber a moniiej X. - ; - to be there, and I was to be chap- y,bA w j . . ' r cd by Mrs. Htatmmd. My dress dnur1? batipenileoW Aewitlwjrti Xa, XiUUtt "tltl2tr "-' . v MityO TT CiD HCL I J . ting ready, and trying to device a way Ibeart aad that moment, ; all th& ' " ' " Oh, neber mind l' remarked "the a shirt ?' J IS HI i n
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