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at II. L. ABERNETHY, & E. A. FOE, Eds. & Proprietors. 'ABHOH THAT WHICH IS EVIL; CLEjLVE TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD." Romans x i i TERMS: SI IN ADVANCE VOLUME 1. MARION, N. C, APRIL 25, 1862. BfMssaiaiaaiaiaiiillHHHBlBVBBlBHB Poetry For th Enterprise. LINES, Respectfully dedicated to the Sons snd Daughters of Temperance of the Marion Dmsba. Ye friends of humanity, wak ! A.: 'J r iui co ;i i and!, , Co forth to your glorious work, .e woes of the wretched to heal. (a whfre the poor drunkard ie found, :. Leg Lira his cup to forsake, U kindly entreat bin to stop ; I' ,r bta loJy and aoul are at stake. Dntreat him to stop ete hi wife And hi" children are drowned in disgrser, And all that is lovely and dear. To want, and to ruin give place. (. ) aid the vile drunkard's poor wife, With comforts that nature dema&d. ( soothe with the balm of kind words, ; bless with benificent hands. (Jo warn that younj man of the 4regs Of pollution, and sorrow, and death, 'j hat mingle so freely within The cup that now poisons hid breath. (Jo tell him, that they who in youth, The habit of drinking do form, Are almost as sure to be lost. At tio-.vtra Ij fall by a storm. G on then, ye Temperance band And rescue t ie drunkard from shame, Vid save the fair youth ot the land, .K-r.jV Com? "ante. ' (io nn in your glorious work, Till inteoap'rance shall hide his eurs'd head, And those who his cause now defend, n- conquered, or else shall have fled. vn, and the God oilhe good, V ill re-var.l you on earth and in heaven, And when your Mest work shall be done, The pjauilit, "well done," shall be given. Marion, N. C. i. . 8. UNNATURAL. 'Ill thrives the hapless family that shows, A cock that's silent and a hen that crows ; I know not which live most uncutural livesf bey mjj husbands, or commanding wives." Selected Tale. THE COMPROMISE BY HAL THE steamboat Granite State, went purling from the wharf in Hart ford, one afternoon last summer, as was its custom of an afternoon, for Ne tv York; but never had that pret. ty steamer borne upon its deck a peron of rarer beauty than one Abo sat leaning agaiust the rail, watch ing the disappearing objects and feasting her eyes on the beauteous scenery, while the boat glided down irg then tor the spot where the child jrely upon their hands for a liveli upon the bosom of the glorious Con- bad disappeared in the water. The jhood: aod he could say, that they necticur, and was now on her way ; excitement was intense, and by the could never become wivei, and the back :o her home. Near ber sat a I ti"1 the life-boat was lowered, it proper heads of lamilet, until they nurse, holding in her arms the wid- was thought that both the dog and, knew with practical experience all ow's only child, a babe of about two ' the child were lost. At this mo- ; the ecnomy of houseboM aflairv Years of age- ment the dog was seen approach- One of these daughters became the One does not tire wilh looking at ' n,g with something in its mouth, lady of one of the States all at the tbe scenery presented on the banks ; Tbe life-boat was pushed towards head of respectable latnilies: and oftbe Connecticut; there is a variety him, and it was foi.nd that be had they carried out the principles id. of beauty to look 'ipon- R.eh, Iuxn ; ihe boy, and he was sail alive, and I p8Dled by Ueir worthy parents, unant farms, woodland and towns j both boy and dog were soon on the j -vioning and securing tbe esteem Vu5 us waters use Deads upon a rosary, and we feel haU in clined to count them as the fair nun counts her bead,ind look up and thank God that (his vroild is so i beautiful. And surely it could not bate been that the mober was tired of looking upon the beauty of the szene presented that made her turn her gaze from it, and 6x it upon her lovely child. She looked upon him fondly, and a mother's ad raising inve shotjc frooj her features; her face beamed as though it had been the face of an angel.. 'Worshipped as ever!" exclaim ed the old nurse. I do believe you love this child more thanUod or Hea ven. it Speak not thus, Nancy; I do ove the child, dearly love him; but hope I love God too." ,Hopr? do you know you love God or Heaven half as much as you love this boy?" "I dare not answer." "Dear mistress, Jove not your boy too much. He may be taken from you ii The old nurse was a firm believer in the doctrine that the Divine Be ing interferes with the atiairs of men to work good results, and the sincer ity in which the w,ords were uttered sent them to the heart of the mother, and tears stole .o ber eyes as she thought of the possibilty that her child, so like her husband, who had died nearly two years since, fhoxkl po hu-u; -4 lvs.h? J?kroe. The nurse appeared sad that she had caused the loving mother need less grief, and both became abstrac ted, insomuch that that they did not notice wilh what a longing gaze the child was looking upon the fair wa. ters. It was while they were thus sitting in silent abstraction, that the boy, as if he hat! seen some conge nial apirit look up from the pure stream, and longed to meei t's tens brace, .sprung from the arms of the nurse, and disappeared in the wa ters. Lost lost! ray child is lost" frantically exclaimed the mother; and she was about to spring into the waters for her child, but was pre veuted by some of the passengers. For a moment all seemed confu sion, amid which a gentleman ap peared who had been in the front of the boat, qnietly reading. He has tily inquired for some article of clo thing the child had worn. The nurse handed him an article of the child's - l apparrti. waning to mm a large) Newfoundland dog the gentlemau j pointed first to the arricle ot cloth-j i !-rL- As soon as the mother bad satis fled herself that the child was still a lire, she rushed forward and thrown ing her arms around the dog, burst into tears, caressed and kissed its shaggy head, ard looking up to is owner said, "Oh sir, I must rv that dog! I am rich; take all I h?ve, every thing, but give ne my child's pre server: The gentleman sarld, and pat ting Jiis dog's head, s !, kI am very gia', t. - '.am, he has been of service tc yet.', but nothing in the world vrvj'il u'oce me to part with him." j The dog appeared rleclly hap py,as if conscious t f h&ingdone his duty A short time o f ' e r th' incident the gentleman whoowae-' the dog and the lady who owned th-.-; child that the dog hai savea, seen com versing together in a retired part of the boat. The passengers soon con jectured that they ere making some compromise rcH',ve to who should for the future vn the dogt and it proved evident f f t they were right in their conjectr?1, and that a compromise was agreed upon, for next morning when tl;ft sfeamboaf arrived at Peck's sli, . New. York! not only the lady and er cnild and the nurse entered the 'eauliful car riage, which was in .vaiting, but the gentleman and t!.r Newfound land dog entered toe, " was a brilliant wedding ia an eles gant residence on one of the avenues and the rich widow was the bride, and the gentleman who owned rhe dog wns the bride-groom. Tne dog was also present and participated in the ceremonies; aad was the observ. ed of al. observer, x These are the mother's own words ac reposed at the tune the incident occureed, on wbica this sketch is founded. THE RICH MAN'S DAUGH TERS. In one of our great commercial cities, there resided a gentleman worth from two to three millions of dollars. He had tbree daughters and he required them alternately to go to the kitchen ind superintend iis domestic concerns. Health and happiness he said were thus promo ted. Besides he could not say in , (he vicissitudes ot fortnnp. that t)iv " " might not ere tbey should close their early career be compelled to ot all around them- Let the fair daughters of our country draw lessons from the in- ; dustrious matrons of the past Sunday Reading. HOW VERY UGLY I AM. Our entertaining friend, Dr. Livingstone, tells us that the tribe of the Makololos have somewhat ihc same ideas with ourselves as to what consti tute comeliness. The women, in particular, often came and asked for the looking-glass ; and he says the remarks which they made, while he was en gaged in reading and apparent ly not attending to them, were very amusing and ridiculous. 00 first seeing themselves in the glass they would say, "Is that me ?r "What a big mouth 1 have !" "My ears are as big as punkin leaves "I have no chin at all." See how my head shoots up in the middle." laughiDg heartily all the time af their own jokes. One man came alone, to have a quiet gaze at his own features once, when he thought the Doctor was asleep. After twisting his mouth about in various directions he said to himself, "People say I am ve am!" We must not forget, howev er, that this looking into tbe glass is rather a dangerous thing, especially if people are not quite so ugly as our black friend. It would probably do him liarrn, but we think we know some young people who would be all the more agreea ble, and the more hopeful char acters too if they did not so often look into the glass There is however, one glass into which they cannot look too often - the word of the Lord f James i; 23-25, The more they look therein, the more clearly will they detect their defects and perceive sin fulness; and this will tend to keep them humble, and to make them useful characters. When you look at yourself in this glass you not see your face, but your heart. It matters very little whether w are homely or ugly like this Afri can; but is the heart clean by the blood of Jesus and the spirit of the Lord? Do you know the reason why mauy roung persons, as well os old er ones, do not like to read aod study God s word? Because it shows how ugly their hearts are. Let us ask the Lord, who jm v w uwa kuu m s vvvss' . . . i non ,K,nffo tKo r,oort f oiVpood or oad-we love the beau- to make us and the poor hea - tbea clean and beautiful thro' tbe blood of our Saviour.- Sirr's China- NUMBER 7. VALUE OF FIVE MIN UTES. The true worth of minutes which careless people couut of no importance is well sho wn in an anecdote of Mr. Hubtbard, told by the Boston Recorder. A number of years ago it Tras-tVctzstom ef ihe or thodox churches in Boston fat the request of the Chaplain of tbe State Prison ! to furnish a bout a dozen teachers, who would voluntarily go to the prison on sabbath forenoon, to instruct classes of convicts in Sabbath School in the Chapel. Hon. Samuel Ilubbard was one of those who went. Near the close of the time devoted to instruction, the chaplain said : We have five minutes to spare. Mr. Hubbard, will you please to make a few remarks? He arose in calm, dignified manner, and looking at the pris oners, said: "I am told that we have five minutes to spare, fduch may be done in five minutes. Iu five minutes Judas betrayed his master, and went to his Qwri PMIn jW minutes, the thief on the ross rcpeufed and went to the saviour to paradise. No doubt, many of those before me did that act in five minutes that brought them to this place. In five minutes, you repent, and go to paradise or will you imi tate Judas, and ga to the place where he is? My five minutes have expired," There are some things which no wealth can purchase, which no eaterprise can compass, and with which no ship that ever rode the seas came freighted. Where is the emporium to which yoa can resort and ord er so much happiness? Where in the ship that ever brought home a cargo of heart-coin fort a consignment of good consci ence?, a freight of strength for the feeble, aud joy for the wretched and peace for the dy ing? But what no vessel ever fetched from the Indies, prayer has often fetched from heaven. Hope never looks back; it cannot; it never sees the pre sent nor the past, but Hope evelivrs in the future. Like wise love merely, but it al ways sees the beautiful. Beauty is the true object of love, and nought but that. We can believe tbe truth whether 1 t,fa' veywb-- "J .tho efe . alth i of futunty snd hoPe I frJ'8 eternsl.immutablo
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