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; j V 6 i r si jTHE PEE DEE STAR,; n pvBUCpin mat, t FRANCIS M. PAUL," . ' EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, , Ai.Two Dollars, parable in advance: Two pollara ana Ditty ucnta, it paid within six jjnontha; and Three Dollars if not paid till he end ot the subscription year. jjfejsroui . ieriptions' when, paid within three months tfftor receiving the'first number, will be con sidered in advance. , - '. jiyNo paper sent put of the State, unless thl money accompanies the order, except to a krwti responsible name. ' " . nv person sending us five subscribers and Tifn Dollars, will be entitled to one copy gratis. jS'o paper discontinued until all arrearages art paid, unless at our option. - (Ustaltan Jaunt The Happy Farmer. BY BKS. L. II. SIOOURNEY. nw ye the farmer at his 'plow As you were riding by ? i ")r wearied !neaih his noonday toil, j When summer feuns were high ? j ud thought ye that his lot was hard : j j)nd did you. thank ymir God, -That you arid yours were not condemned Thus like a slave to plod ? . louxc see hiin at his harvest home, f When garden field and tree, pmspire, with flowing stores to fill j His barn and granary ; la healthy children gaily sport t Amjd the new mown lay, ()$ proudly aid with vigorous arm, - -, j His task as best they may. h'he dog partakes his master's joy, And guards the loaded wain, , trhe feathery people clap their wings, ! And lead their youngling train. JlVrchance the hoary grandsire's eye .' . i The glowing scene surveys, ' ' jAiul breathes a blessing on his race, . j Or guides his evening praise. ., . The"lIarvest Giver is their friend " I The maker of the soil ; ;A ml. earth the Mother gives them bread, - . And cheers their patient toil. . CV-iue juin them' round their wintry hearth' j The heartfelt pleasure see, Aiul you can better judge how blest, .. The farmer's life may be. I. . ! . .. The Emigrants Farewell. 4 (Tur native land our native vale- a long ana last aaieu i - ircwell tffTomiy Teviotdale, . 1 "And Cheviot nfiountains blue. j I'urcwcll, ye -hills of glorious- deeds, " r : A'nditrcatnsTcnown'd in song 1 1 'arc we'll ye braes and blossom'd meads,! " Our heartshave loved so long,' " -i tf I'nrcwell, the blythsome broomy know:es,t Where thyme and harebells grow j f Farewell, the hoary, haunted howes, - O'erhung with biik and sloes. ' . , The mossy cave with mouldering tower 1 That skirts our native dell The martyr's gravo and lover's bower, W'e bid a sad-'farewcll I ' I ' -4 1 " f Home of our love ! our1 father's home !' Land of the brave and free It TheVail is flapping on the foam That beats us far from thee ! i We .seek a wild and distant' shore, h ! lioyond the-western mai,n , !' W luowi hB fn return Tin mum. ' - Nor view thy cliffs agaiirf N" Ouryiintive land ou native vale A long and last adieu I Karei ell to bonny Teviotdale,; Aiijd Scotland's mountains blue(l " I jcivo. you Aldui Knury own Rkutch, I ht-'. I wru yoii, he' givn to riblnntlic wretch ' THE MAN OVER "THE WAY." 11Y AI.FKEI) V. (t'OLK. "When a -man , lias juo business of his otva tii iittcnd to, it is notcWions -tlint he'is very fund of iiuultHinsr witK bis neighbor's.'. Old. Jhiilf-pay officers, nava or military, unninr- riiM lautes-qt 'uncertain age ana sman ineans, wjpwS with incumbrances these, and-a few others, are the greatest meddlers 1 and busv-botliea . in creation. Youn"; men of sm nil fortune; and no brofession are less inclined to sin in this,, respect; butv they ' c;m. .(farcely be said to have nothing tg do, j because they have a frightful imount of mischief on their hands to perpetrate; aild this keeps them so well occupied, (ul-occu-pied wc should say,) that they have not so inuch time to attend to' other people's af Jairs as might be imagined. When I avow that I belong to the class of bach elors I have mentione'd, a charitable reader willi naturally; conclude that I, am what the French call a mauvias sm&U Such is far fVom the case. Positively I am mot aware of any particular amount of iniquity that can be laid at iny.,door.. f I neither game, drink, keep . bad hours, or commit other 'peccadilloes :' which go to swell the list of sins usually booked to an idle man's account. Perhaps I ought not. to take too much credit to myself for my exemption "from" these little bachelor ihfirmities be cause I am dreadfully in love. Absorbed iis I am in this passion, I have no thoughts to giie to dissipationthe idol of my heart jxissesscs them altogether. " , Ijovcts are proverbially selfish; they think m no one but themselves, notice no one but . themselves. jI firm no 1 exception to- sthe rule, saving in. one instance I have long had a terrible euriotiity to know all about V The man over the Way ;". butl most be si liui mora explicit h I live in. lodgings, s nineteen bachelers out of twenty do, witless they have chambers in the lem. I'lej ' The house in which my rooms are, Hands in a narrow . street. in the neigh borhood of Ilvdft Park. y'FiXactlvonnosite. j ' v i ' : "ccupying a first door like myself, '.is the guntleman concerning whom my curiosity is excited," and whom Fhave named "The Man over the Way." v He is apparently , a .man of fifty or eixty (. years of age suhbnrnt in fac6, and with iron grey hair.l lie is dressed always in a ongJbrown coat,"; gray trousers and waist - .coat, and a black -neckerchief of the old bt)lc--that is to say, two or three -yards t hilk swathqd round his throat-aa r f ' ". .-;! ! 1 '.' "'"f.'. w tbaiic m. pattl, 'publishes. . -'; t jast, asi fat;nt : ti aU tt mis' iim atms'st at It Ifa Craiiiis's, s, aiti aratys." .' ' teems :'2.oo m advabce. Volume I. . . ; "7" ' , " AYADESBOEODGH, K 0, MAY 271854: " . : ' j A : Number 3. Egyptian mummy is wrapped in I linen. t There is nothing very, remarkable in the man's appcaranee, and yet he possesses' a strange fascination for me. AI cannot help thinking of him, and looking at him, and wondering what he is, and who he is, and whether he has anything to do with my fite; for, ridiculous as the last may seem, I can not, divest of myself the idea that this man is bound up in some mysterious way with my history t It is perfectly useless to rea son with myself on the supposition, and point out its absurdity ;' I hclkbe 'it, and I cannot shake my faith by any process of logical induction. it, i f In consoquence f this idea, I am become as curious to know (so far as this individual is concerned) as any of the old half-pays, or maiden ladies, or incumbered widows, X have mentioned If I see a butcher bov with-meat in his traygoing near the house, iAvatch to' see if he Salls there, and won der whether the meat' is for the dinner .of The Man over the Wav." If I see the iiian. himself reading, I- wonder what bwk he has, and what he thinks of it. - But be yond everything, I wonder what he thinks of me; or -I am perfectly oertain thathe watches me almost a much as; I do him self ;. ' 1 1 .. . ', i' Xnd yet the reader" must not suppose that I think of "The Man over the wly" so exclusively as to make me i forget piiy adored Julia far from it; I write to her every day, and the baker's mjin delii efs my Jetter-to the Cookj and the cook gives it to the lady's maid; and the lady's maid passes it into the hands of Julia hers elft The penny post would be riror epediti us, no doubt, but also there would be no so ;re cy about it and our course .of true Itove rups not smooth, as a curmudgeon o a father has forbidden me the house, ind Commanded Julia never to think of me again. Howfoolish these old gentler len are, Mr. . Sniggles, (that's the ' papa in question,) by his absurdly .unreason? ble conduct, gives pain to Julia; and myself, and forces "our correspondence to pass through thee hands the maid, the cook, and the baker's man instead of the n ore natural and proper one of the postman alone. As for making Julia forget! me talk of making the Ganges ' remount to its sou ce, or Mont Blanc dwindle j to! Ian .ant-hill, and you would be about a reasonable jas iri supposing that .'"any .thag jouId fehakef the constancy of that angelic jgirl. " " And why is she to forget me ? What have I done to deserve such a sentence ? The very head and front of JUy offending is that I have, but two. hundred and twen ty, pounds a year private fortune, and don't belong t6 any' profession: Mr. Sniggles declares that ,it is monstrous to think of marrying On such a sum, and II quite agree with him; but when I suggest, the very obvious remedy of his doiibting the income, he flies into, a. passion, and says his daugh ter shall , only, marry a man who can support .her, which means that he wants o make as cheap a bargain with her as1 iiej does with the hides and skinS'he imports; for he is a leather merchant, and always has an odor ot tan about him at least though Julia won't allow it. J think so, Julia is an only 'daughter and. has no 'mother : arid although a veitv sour-faced old virgin "her father's sister) lives! with her . V - '' - ;: :1 ' i -'J I . ' ., ' to watch ana protect, ana uore her to ueath, we marjage to meet Sometimes? ii Kensing toi Garden and such places. i At .least Wf i9ed !Q meet : but we were found; outl That wicked old soui-face pretended lone" day to be going into City to receive her dividends, (she- ha3 a ' capital income) and Julia nat urally took the opportunity bf despatching me a npte, per the lady's mkid, to.meet her at Our favorite seat it is very private, and only known to a few. : We talked wel p Ahem i ' went a sharp voice Ah !" shrieked Julia. j " The devil I" cried ;LAj A " Indeed I " said the i-uder ; arid the sour-faced aunt stood before. Us. " My dear madam ? " said, I, swallowing my rage, -and determined to jtry and prdpi- tiateher t " Don't talkto me-sir : you are a base deceitful man. As for .:ifl ; a i t: " Jou she turned to Jjdia "come home directly ; we shall see. whether you evr plSy me (his trick again." " May I fetch you a cab ?" said I, wish-: me to nnd any excuse to De near juna, and forgetting that we were t in the middle of Kensington Gardens, where cabs' are not" exactly to be found "Certainly," said the aunt with a hid- cous grin of irony on her- countenance; " Go jind fetch the cab, sir s we 'shall wait till you bring it here." 1 ' i From that day we have never inet: we are obliged to be more cautious about our cor respondence, and the baker's man's fees have risen in consequence. Things i are getting unendurable. i I have been trying to devise a thousand plans for winning Ju lia, and cant succeed in framing onehat looks feasible. , I know no one who could aid me no1 one whom I could sufficiently trust in such, a matter. jWithin ..the last hour a strange fancy , has seized me to consult " The Man over the Way" about it. What can Lave put such an idea into my head I -do not knowA It is not at all unlikely that the Man will regard me as a lunatic, and hand me over to a policeman, if I call on him. I feel the absurdity '' of the whole thing, and yet I cannot conquer the intense longing I feeb I must go to him J let the result be what it may. &n I have becri to him jWhat a strange in. terview? , Let me deseribe it." . " .. i ; -A . I knocked at the door, and asked to see the gentleman on the1 first floor:' The ser vant stared; took my card up,' ?nd retain ed -directly, desiring me 'to. walk- up. ' I entered the Man's room, and stood face to face with Jhim. ' ' '"" '''"v-j i J "What do you ' want ?" asked he with the utmost abruptness. j ' I never felt so awkward in my life. I fully "expected a polite bow, and an inqui ry "to what am I to attribute the! honor of the visit?" and I had prepared fa neat little speech of excuse and apologies in re ply; but thcudden and gruff " What do you want V completely upset me. ! " I wantr I wish to consult you," I began. j . ' " Consult me ! I'm not a doctor, nor a lawyer, nor an- astrologer; nor any other infernal hunbug," said the Man. j " I'm aware of that," replied I. j " Tlien what the deuce do you niean by intruding ion my privacy ?" he asked ; " go away directly" y ! ' ; ' ' The last words were uttered very much in the style and tone in which people com monly address a dog who has misconducted himself. . I was very angry though jl begin to suspect now that I had no right to be so. ;'--. -V A-' A -' ' A ' f I shall do nothing of the kind," said I, in a rage; and I sat down in the nearest chair. ... " ' .1 ' I . The ' man stared at me in a way that made me ssiiapect he contemplated suddenly seizing the rioker, and cracking lriy skull with it; b ii i ut instead of so doing, he grad ually sunk into a cbair, and said i' l rather like you now, y5ung man. Sit still. It' a pity you have not a little more of that energy at ordinary times." What do you know about it t ' cried I, in siirpris j. ' " I knew a great deal about it," vas the reply. "I lenow that, you are a weak, idle young mjm, whose only occupations are writing ti raddling love letters, andj exercH sing impertinent curiosity upon my move. ments." j " As fr fche first accusation, sirJV cried :I, " I dehyjthat I write twaddle ;( and I should like to know how you can speak jso positively a all?" i ' " And as bout my writing love letters at If ! "or the second accusation your impertinent curiosity about myself" cdn- unuect tne-iyan, ''you say noxuing, pecause you knowj that you are ! guilty We differ in our ldeasias.to 'twaddle, sir ; but I call cpmparis0risof a young lady's eyes when crying, to! violets bathed in dew-drops, the insanest and mawkish twaddle." i I started for, by Jove, it was the very comparison ' I had usea in one oimy latest etters to Julia, though I don t think it at all a twaddling one after all. ; j " How do you'kriow the contents of my etter, sir?" I exclaimed.: . " Letters that have to pass through the hands of baker's men,; cooks, and lady s maids are nottlikely to have their Contents greatly respected," replied the Man? which oflthe Wretches had betrayed me. divining my suspicions, "you need not think that I can , get my information from baker's men, cooks, or ladies' maids- "Thefho . A " That's my affair,' said the5Ian, in- terrupting me. " Perhaps you will now explain -sylitit it was you came to consult me oni"'. - -v - : ArA . . -S' .' Really, sir," I answered you seem to know so many things, and in such myste rious ways, that, perhaps you know my ob ject as well as I can tell you. ! M No I don't," was the reply; "but 111 tell you-jail I do know. I know that you are an idle young man cursed with a small ; inheritar ce that you fell in love with the ' pretty face of thie daughter of a leather mercharit; that the leather merchant, like a sensible man, refused to let his daughter marry you, and kicked you out of his house"-i-here I mad!a jesture of jindigna tioh " hold your tongue ; .1 speak plainly, and practically; that you were then dishon est enough to keep up a clandestine corres pondence with the lady, and to hive clan destine meetings with her; deceiving her father, and making her jdo the same, besides causing both of you to be the jest and by words of cooks, maids, and .bakers' men ; that you have been found out in your meet ings, your correspondence suspected, the young lady more closely watched; and your- self at your wit's end. Am 1 correct m my information ?" " lleally, sir;" said 1, in surprise, mm- eled with indignation. " I don't know which to be most amazed atthe imperti uence of your laneuaare, or " : " It;S truth, eh ?" 'interrupted the Man, with a quiet smile. ' j 1 I gulped my rage1, and before I could speak, Jhe went on: i ' - And now, I svppbae, for I dou't pretend to know this, you naye come to ask the ad vice ot jnie, a perfect strangerr y. rray, sir; is this the course of a sensible man ). It appears that -1 could not have ipome to a better man," replied I, for you cer tainly seem to have studied the case.; lie smiled, and I saw that I had gained an advantage on the last point . ' Then' we will say . no more aboui it,'1 cried he. You" want my advice ? -You shall have it. Give up all thoughts of the lady instantly. -"-- " Never 1 " cried I. - v-". ' Exactly," replied the Man r precise ly the answxT I expected." ! Have you no other advice V I asked, j for I felt helplessly driven to depend on this odd being, who knew all my secrets by some mysteripus means that I could not divine, but whose very mystery increased my awe for their possessor.; i ' , ; , ' : Yes," he replied, " I have." " - " What is it '(" I asked eagerly. ' Work ! ' replied he, with wonderful emphasis; and he spoke not another word, but, ringing the bell, he showed me to the door, and bowed me out. , - I j ;'; , It was along time bere recovered frdm my surprise at the mysterious inter- vidw with "The Man over the. Way.'! That he! should know all about my affairs was on-" ly less extraordinary than that I should have alwavs felt so stranee a curiositv re- garding him. . . - "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatu,' ! Than iare dreamt of in your philosophy," said I, quoting Hamlet : but I got -no' satis- factory explanation of the. matter by . such . . ! rm i i. ii - quotation, rine most reasonaDie supposi- nvii occiiiuuiuu' iuai -uc uiuot uavc vai i incessaritlv watchiria me, and this though I scarcely knew it)-made me watch him, and, jfeel attracted to him in return. But the great point now was- should Ij-follow his advice ? and if so, what did the! advice mean r Work ! what did I know about work, and how was my working to get me Julia for a wife ? ' Certainly, I had a dim suspicion that the old gentleman might mean, that if I worked I should iinprove my income, and thus be entitled to ask for her hand with a - better chance of success, than an idle man with 220 a-year. Rather a slow process, I feared ; but what sort of work wa$ I. to perform ? I had ni profession ; I was un- acquainted with any art ; I could neither practice law nor medicine : nor could I paint or teach music. " I could write poet- ry, certainly ; at least, Julia and I think so; but I doubt whether " The Man over the Way" Would call that work. Afterthree day s reflection, I determined to pay the Man another visit. " "What do you jwant ! he began, in the same tone as before. . i To work." renlied T. hrieflv. 7 . I ; 7 J " Good," said he ; " go and do it." , " But I don't know what to work at I have no profession." " Go and break stones," he fepl'ied ; " the work houses are empty just now the roads want laborers." j I turned away in disgust. " pan you write ?" he afeked. " Of course you can, though, love letters, It is not the best hand in the world, but it may be im proved. You had better get a situation as junior clerk in a merchant's offrce no sal ary the first year, sixty pounds the second, eighty the third, and so on " Thank you, saidv very Angry. "Lv- en tJaougn x were aisposea to do so, I know of no mercantile house in London. "I'll cet you' a situation,"-was the re- ply. "If you reject it, don't come near Who shall describe my feelings at this. moment ? To fancy myselfj a common clerk me ! the best dressed, man of my means in the town, the most refined in taste, the ; greatest hater o everything "business like " or common to be a clerk, a snob, a juill ! Un the other hand, to lose the strange friend (if I could so .call him) before me or be unable to apply for advice, to lose the chance also of gain.- ing Julia for I did think that this would follow my rejectiop of the offer what should I do ! i ? . A you guaranty me 1 ' A A ' " Nothing !" was the reply that cut me short. ; " I tell you to -work, and I offer you the means of doing so that's all." : - " 1 accept, 1 cried in desperation. The Man took a pen and wrote a short bote, which he handed me to read. It was Simply a letter of recommendation of me, the bearer, for employment in the house of the firm to whom it was addressed, I handed it back with thanks. He wrote the direction, and cave me the letter. It Was addressed " Messrs. Sniggles & Co." Why 1" exclaimed I, " it is the father cf " " '."- " Exactly so much the better ; he will ask you no questions, but give you the sit uation. He showed me out of the i room ; and when I reached the street, I stood still for a few minutes in perfect bewilderment.-- Could this " Man over the Way " have dealings with the devil, that he exercised so strange an influence over me, and seem ed to guide me as he pleased ? j And, then, what could be his connection with the bmgeles iamily that made him so confident ' x. . . . x. ot my procuring the situation through mm r T j r j ? j r i. ii 1 determined to deliver the letter, at all eVentS..!;. ..;.;. .".... i., .-. ., , . mi. . ' . -, I made my way to Thames street, where am sure I had never Bet foot beiore. 1 , , cj - i Vi v . u u , Al , ,t 5, aV i J ;t P a, office."- - -.- -. OO - ,7 ' ft Good day, sit" said Sniggles, "glad to see you here. AI handed him the letter, ' which he just glanced over and said "follow me He led me to the next room where three fellows were driving their quills!, with all theirmight: Mr. Jackson'," cried old Sniggles to one of them, MrJFlastic here (that's i t '" -.-'.L :. f 1 myseu uas. come to join you; do gooa enough to to eet him to work," and so say ing, he left the room. A , Mr. Jackson did as he was told. He gave me a quantity of things to copy, eve-T ry line of which puzzled me .by the extra-i ordinary terms it, contained ; . words which I never heard of before, and which, I am confident, are not to be found in Johnson's dictioiiary. I did as I was told, thoughif you had asked me what I had done at the end of the. day, I certainly could not have told you, except that I was eternally writ- ing .something or other. My fellow clerks were good natured fel- hiws, though their coats were evidently built by third rate tailors, and their neck is were inore striking than tasteful. They were not very ignorant either ; and though they knew nothing about the matters I was ... ... t .i ' . most " up in sucn as tne private nisro ry of Madam Spinnini, the great danseuscl and the real story about the Duke of Dumps and Signora Salonica, of the Italian Opera, &c, &c., still they were not badly inform4 ed about the minor matters of history, ge; i . . . l ! : T fr . ograpny,-statistics, ana political anairs, - ' j Six months nassed. I had worked eve- ry day like a horse or like a clerk ; I had conquered all the difficulties of the office; I understood my business, and was rising into importance During the whole ct tins time, l nau seen nothing of 'The Man over the Way; He had mysteriously vanished the very day after I last parted with him, when he sent me to the office. The people at the house where he lodged declared they did not know whither lie had gone, but he had paid his rent, and they spoke of him with great respect. " Mr. Plastic," said old Sniggles, when I entered his room' one day" with some of fice Work I had just done, " will you dinei with me to-dav? My daughter will be glad to see you." Could I believe my ears? How the words thrilled through me! I accepted the invitation, of course, but in what terms I do not know. I was so flustered, that, for the first time during my clerkship, made several blunders in my work that day. At five o'clock, Sniggles entered our office, and, asking if I was ready, j we walked off together. e did not talk much, fortunately for me, confused as I was, for we rode in an omnibus. ,,1. . j When we reached bniggles s house that house that I had been forbidden to enter how nly heart beat ! How would Jtjlia receive me ? ' Could I act the part of a mere mend with propriety r What should I do? I was already in the draWr ins roo. - ' ! I " Julia iV, I exclaimed, in spite of old Sniggles himsftlf. She rushed forward, I caught her in .my arms. 1 "Very pretty, indeed " said old bmgi- gles, smiling quite bengnantly on us. j. " What does it all mean f 1 exclaimed; "She's yours, my boy she's yours? said old Sniggles, almost whimpering as he spoke: "you're a man now, and you deserve her : she shall be your partner for Hfe if you'll have her; and, by Jove, sir; you shall be my partner too, if you like." I was overjoyed, but still bewildered, j cc The tenth is, dear Charles," said Julia, fwe owe all this happiness to my father's tmdness, and the interest of my own ma- ternal uncle. Since our separation he has been my confidant ; and he promised that he would make it his business to forward my happiness. He wished to see you what deal's 'worthy of me' that is, a man of business. He determined to watch youi, and even to call on vou : but I believe von IY ' if saved him the trouble of doing that. My father agreed to all his plans ; and both confess ' thai you have gono through your nrobation ndblv. Mv father has told von 11 ! J so. Let me now present you to my un cle and old acquaintance of yours.' ; ' f - v .She smiled as she said this, and led me into the next room, whence my hand was immediately afterwards warmly seized by " The Man oveu the Way." j Education. Such ways of education as are prudently fitted to the particular disposition of chil dren, are like wind and tide together, which will make the work go on amain : but those ways which are applied cross to nature are like the wind against tide, which will make a stir and conflict, but a very slow progress. The principles of religion and virtue must be instilled and dropped into them by such, degrees, and in such a measure, as they are capable of receiving them: for children are narrow-mouthed vessels, and a great deal cannot, be poured into them at once. . ' Young years are tender, and easily , A 1 ,M - - , . n . J tashion ; they are like moist and soft clay, , . J, , - - " which is pliable to any jorm ; but soon j j A-'" x.- v ' j 1 . . -i J. 1 i oi ii, ureal seventies uo oiteii worii an 1 - . t . .,. ... j .. , , . , tended : and many times those who were j bred up m a very severe school hate Iearn- i ihnt nrnn nrinri v tAin iinAn thAivt' i . i f , liKewise an enueavor vj onng cniuircn to piety and goodness by unreasonable strict ness and rigour, does often beget in them a lasting disgust and prejudice against re ligion, and teaeheth them to hate virtue,; at the same time that they teach them to know it. "Edward Stillingfleet. -,;- . ' The Madrid 'Journal states,, that' the numberTof nunneries in Spaing is-803. and .1 . ! run mo ir.; unet numoer oi nuns minem, ov,oio. vJfanitfT. " Honor wait, o'er all the Earth, Throtiph ondlcwi generation?, i The art that colls her htirve.sts forth. And feeds the expectant nations . THE FARMER'S HOMESTEAD. If uow, finally, we go back with him fropi all the exterior liabilities to his own premises again, we shall hardly need, by this time, to memorialize the farmer ofx what is required, of him in his house. If the school has- disciplined his thinking faeulty and refined his taste, if the town meeting has waked in him the exalting sense of citizenship, if the- church has lifted his heart into communion Jvith the Father of all families, and inspired his conscience by the prophecy of life eternal, he'will scarcely be content to live a drivel ling d.ullard at home, to play the selfish tyrant in the. little political economy of kitchen and parlor, or to be Worse than an infidel by providing not for hip own. By derivation; the ' significance of your com mon title, husband-man, holds you to some thing. Husbandmen, I suppose, are not bachelormeni Our j agricultural college, when it is established, will have to find some more con&istant style for its diploma than Baclielor of Husbandry, Now, as Nature has done her part towards furnish ing a husbanman, by making you, a man, she seems'- to presume you will finish the business by making yourself a hushand. And when you have done that initial duty, it will renikun for you to take off the edge of two satires I have heard flung at mar ried people, doubtless by some, malignant critic, who, on being asked what matri mony was like, said it was "goingjiome by" daylight, after courtship's masquerade' ' and then, what married life was, tiat it was " matrimony doing penance." Giv him the lie. Husband is liomeland, otJ organizer of household life. Organize it not' only by the sterling, homebred morali ties, but by the binding chafin of those thousand amenities that distinguish a cul- tUred home from a barbarian's hut. The delicate angel of. the beautifnl, knocks at your doors,, and begs admission, as -well 'as the strong angel of the useful. Is there the fine eloquence of order, is there the disposing touch of taste, "is there the sim ple and just adorning of nature, round all your door-stones, in an your tront lawns, on the walls, arid tables, and furnishing of your dwellings ? How many hours of a spring morning would it take to embower your windows with all that is graceful in green foliage, and winning in floral splen dor; riant trees before you purchase Venetian blinds and painted pickets. You will carry a tenderer and therefore a man lieri heart in your breast all day, if you pass Out of a genial circle through the fragrance of lilies, and roses, and honeysuckles. Sec that the sons and daughters are interlaced by bands more spiritual than gregarious bipeds; Let the harmonies tof evening music weave their souls into some gentle and l oily . sympathies -gaining the boys over from rude'r pleasures and doubtful companionships 'by, the are occupying sat isfactions of -a cheerful, courteous and hos pitable fireside. Starve your palate, if need ever were for sueh denial, to stock your library.- Raise the tone of farmhouse table-talk, if you can and let the ladies help above stale gossip, commonplaces of the day's work, and scandalous tattle. Hang the proe'eede of your premiums at cattle-show on the walls, not in battle-scenes or daubed millinery, but, in the shadings of some pleading picture thnt reflects a glorious idea or a heroic sacrifice. -Household life .is not to unfold into grace and moral loveliness by accident, any more than the wealth of your orchard and garden. It must be cultivated. And I take it, Chris tianity speaks of that higher kind of econ omy, as much of butcher's meat and bread- stuffs, when it pronounces him that pro videth not for his own, worse than an in fidel. A . - I .. - Gentlemen, your patience has let me l ead you through this round of your rela tions, to' schoolhouse, town-hall, church and home-stead-in unworthy fulfilment of my humble part in this day's varied and cheer ful entertainments. When 1 1 could not show you illustrious oxen, nor .aristocratic poultry, nor even an astonishing cheese, vou nave Kindly condescended to let me try in another way, and do as I could by showing what is in my heart towards your work. If I . have seemed to judge your calling by too strict a standard, I insist that I thus pay it only the profouhder com pliment. By my love for it, I am jeal ous that it realize its inherent and provi dential grandeur. To brave natures, noth ing is so exhilarating as an aim tha strains the sinews. Every thing, in these times, demands that our manhood, trained in what ever school, be made up on a scale of magnanimous proportions, i Every .thing- threatens and scorns a contracted culture, a stationary policy, and an inactive brain.' But beyond the common appeal uttered to all modern men alike, it is for you to build up a character that is distinctively profes sional. Show the world examples that will bear inspection- let who will be the judges of the agricultural type ot manhood - - TERMS OF ADVERTISING. Advebtisemekts will.be inserted at One Dob- lar per square, (sixteen lines) for the first week, . and Twenty-five -Cents for every continuance. V . The following deductions will bei made in favor of standing advertisements : - . "I 8 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAR. 1 . One iqiiiire, Two .. Three -Half column, ' One - - $3J0 -' . - J5.60 t9M - &M . ; i 10.00 15.U0 - 9.00 14.00 18.00 - - 16.00 - 22.00 80.00 : SaOO - - - 45.00 65.00 Business cards of five lines or less, inserted one year for Five Dollars. - ,'.-. . Advertisers are requested to mark the num ber of insertions desired oh .each advertise- ment ; otherwise they will be inserted until for-; bid, and charged accordingly. r , . : : ' Announcing candidates for office Three Dol lars. .... '. '-. . ) . ' ing shall be excluded; Boast nothing, but be so If it be true that much that boast- your class is now on the- eve ot vaster achievemenss than have cvjf marked its progress yet, these furtherances are to come only through the intellectual i wakefulness, the moral sincerity, the domestic virtuethe religious whoie-heartedness of you, its- m0st favored members. llev. F. I). IluHtintQn Fmiii till- ,SiT,)ifr -y.) Amerifatr. THE OSAGE ORANGE FOR HEDGES iThe.osage orange is. highly estimated for making hedge fences The qxtwrtsive gar- dens of Nicholas Ixmgworth in the sub- urbs of -Cincinnatti, arc fencfed with this plant. It has proved to be! an effectual barrier to intruders, who .havje endeavored to pi under his choice fruits grapes, peaches &c, owing to its armor of large pointed thorns. The seeds are sown in May, in beds like those of beds, and are sot out nextkspring in hedge rows, six! inches apart, and the tops cut off to the ground. It is a ' nativeAof Texas and Arkansas, and will grow well in our northern climate, except on very we and cold soils. Large quan tities of the feeds have been planted dur ing the past tko years in Ohio' and other western States, and immense tracts of land in those States will soon be protected and adorned with this Valuable' plant. J. W. Thorburn & Co., John Street, this city, and others, have these seeds Ifor sale, and . those persons who are inciiuid to, protect their gardens and fields, and beautify the same, can now effectually do so with tho thorny barricade of this hedge. Its full height is 16 feet ; in four - ye irs it attains to . a height, sufficient to fence put persons and cattle. The Cherokee Hose is. exten sively cultivated and'used for) hedge fence at New Orleans, and the Southern climate is favorable to "its growth, but the osage orange cannot fail to thrive iri cur climate, particularly at New York City, Long Is land apd New Jersey. Why do not those of our citizens who have seen and admired the hedge fences iri Eriglarid, introduce this kind Of fence in this vicinity ? The Illinois Central Bail l?oad Company have contracted with James Sumjiter & Co., of Montgomery County, Ohio, to hedge with the osage Orange both sides for one hun dred miles of this road, -commencing fifty miles north of Chicago; this will. require about two millions ofTplants. ' The ground along the line is.to c cleared, WcMed, Broken up, and prepared 'this suminer, and, the plants are tdbe sot out nj;xt spring. As an evidence of the extrejme hardine&s cf thisplant, we srould state that they have been grown successfully fori the last six years in the Union Nurseries; of the city of Schenectady, N. Y., from seed gathered in Colmiihia, S. -C. It has stood the severe wi;.Lcrs well, and seems to boj the very ma- i terial for live fences in any climate where the Isabella grape can be cultivated sue- : cessfully. . ) EULES FOR IMPROVING MEMORY. First, soundly infix in thy mind what thou desircst to remember. What wonider is it if agitation of business j.g that out of thy head, which was there ratlier tacked than fastened,? whereas those 'notions which get in by there till ' violenta possessio,' will abde treme age,: dispossess them age,: dispossess them. It is be J ; v.,, .yj- knocking in the nail over night, and clinch ing it the pext morning. . - Overburden not thy .memory to make so v faithful a servant a slave. I'omeniber Atlas was weary. Have as much reason as a camel,- to rise when thou 'liast thy full loads. Memory, like a purse, if it be over full that it cannot :,shut, all will drop out of it: take ' heed of at gluttonous curiosity -to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the appe tite of thy memory spoil the digestion there of, beza s case was peculiar and memora ble; being above fourscore years, he perfect ly could say by heart Greek chapter in St. Paul's epistles, or anything else which he had learnt long before, but forgot what soever was newly told hiih ; his memory, like an inn, retaining old guests, buthawug no room to entertain new. - V Spoil not thy memory by thine own jealousy,, n ,r make it bad by suspect--ing.it. i How-canst thou , find that true which thou wilt riot trust ? St. Augustine tells us of his friend Simplicius, who being, asked, could tell all Virgil's verses back ward and forward, and yet the. same party avowed to God that he knew not that he could do it till they did ; try him. Sure there is concealed strength in nien's mem ories, which they take no notice of. Marshal thy notions into a handsome method. One will cany twice, more weight trussed and packed up in bundles, than when it litis untoward napping and hang ing about his shoulders. Tilings' orderly fardled up under heads are' most portable. Adventure not all thy I learning m ono bottom, but divide" it betwixt thy memory and thy note-books. He that with Bias carries all his learning about him in his head, will utterly be beggard and bank- -"rupt, if a violent disase, a merciless thief, should rob and trip hini. I know -some have a commonplace against common-place books, and ye jperchance, .: will privately make use of what they publicly declaim against. A common-place , book contains many notions in garrison whence theown- ' cr may draw out an army into the field on ' competent warning-rrAojreas Fuller. -' Mr. Borland has resigned his mission to . Central America, to take effect on the 1st" of May thus he will receive 922,000 Syt a few months- actual service.- , ... . -j A: ;, .A1 : r .. r. 4 i 1 tv ( J ' Jl " I1 s 'I 1 . - M ' 3 ." - v.; ... - ....... I ' . '. .If , t- - - ' 'A;: :AA'''i.-"i' , '..-- -i . . . , - r i - - , . . ' " . At; t - ' f a . t ' i :, . , r i -s v
The Pee Dee Star (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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May 27, 1854, edition 1
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