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THE FLOiVcRS COLLECTiO.N r fit S i c - . ? Bill! v TSr i v : t r. 2 :j -r i - 31 1 4- I MUST HAVE LIBERTY, VlTHAL, AS LARGE A CHARTEBCaS THE WIND, TO BLOW ON WHOM I PLEASE," Shafcspeare. -.--,- '--r J 'i . i "'"-..-1 ' - , s . 1 " ' " " ' ' nun ii mill Mil i it I ' - 2. j j , - Ttt ,fr-? -n iiiiinn r IV . . v. ii -. j. t I I 1 I I 1 ' I i M 'taw . . a. ' . TV . ... . . ...Illllllltlll 'iF" - i it , .-I H - I I III 1 t ' II' HIT - III I I I II III r .r . ; r ? , i rurr iir t - ; i nil i m mi 1 1 J I K - Ulllllll ft . i '.It Mllll I .f m tiU4 :m s -? , ...... ..wr v A. J Mr f --: 15? 4 17:' J' Til':'' "ft- TV -A. - mm 5 WM ! ; The Nfw f peaking of ,; the great nutabcr ofktreet beggars (who carry V- .Avlti tfem yong battel- in Ofder to enlist the sym ' patbiel oi tbejoblic,) low infesting that pity, tell& . -thefplfowing gopd ptoryl: . V of paapers, w!a? follow Its' truth is vouithed for. iCThe iijciclent'lpok piacefeCamp jtreet, oily a few '(lavs aW Af tall, muscular, rough-lootiDg man, dTesse4 in thdlbpse, free-and-easy stylefihit char- 0; acteri2jes thfe riorMy of bur Western vjsitois, wae. Btridinr up th ptreefitf ai irapid pace ppatenUy :. absorbed injdeep thouglitpr bent on :mvig at Isome larticufif spot in! tte very; shortest tiradpos- Sffress was suddenly arrested J1 the .appearance, directly inj hi path, of a pale, mere- V l :. r- ifeookirjg wonlan, dressed in themisery' style and ; bearing in hef arms a bundle of rags, at onee id of id a ; . i , vr ill til iiuuusjicu a wnujj taj;. .v. - ' winning, voice; 'my hu3dand's dead, and I pant : - some iianey t6bury .him, and I've got six chi firen. ai home, this one just born, and to feed 'era o i Please, sir i- .' ; - .. r I -: The tall man looked at the 'misery woman tor a moment or tvijo in silence gazing steadily. into . her fice from-Lnhder his shaffffV evebrows. fiat hung down oveY a pair of big gray eyes, and Ip- '. parently engaged in a course of reflections on tie 1 effects of poverty and beggary. Please, sir,' be- w can the winning voice but the. man put his fingers -ijto Jilsjips to epjoin filenjee ; steppe forward And placed a hand on the andle biVrags, andv gently luinin downj Ke endoajoWwnut8hwl, disclosed to view the round-fat, rosy face of a jiandstlme- anjl health baby. The little fellow : opened his black eyes, that sparkled in the sunlight, f threw topnis chubby arms,. and. began to laugh in The rouh features and sunburnt complexion of the main assumed a milder exprsssien than what appealed to be habitual to them j ,he deliberately ,raised!the baay in his hands, held it out at arm's v lengtb and took a good, steady look at it ; as one woulddo wit laipuppy or wild turkey offered for sale. JThe man's gravity, and his tall, stout form prevented anv! ,one of the fnumerous bystanders, who,by this (jie, had gathered round, from ex-. - hibiting any signs of merriment at his rather sin "gular fcqnduoti." v ' At fengtlhe said to theivoman, in sharp, quick, gruff tpnes-i-Wating the babysat the same time on J his left arm, i" 'Husband dead, and can't bury him,i eh ?' 'Y-a-a-s, sir,9 said ' misery in its usual thin, winning, quiyering voice. 'Six children, and can't - feed 'em, eh ?' 'Y-a-a-s, sir.' 'Baby just born, ehr?' j'Four jnonths bid, sir, just four.' 'Hand some paby, eji,' holding the infant cut again at r. ''om's'lbnntli and lnnkincr it in the face. 'Y-a-a-s sir. : : CanVfeed it, either, eh ?' 'N-o-o?o, sir 'Can't fee it.. Very good. Hum ! Ah? Hand some baby XJ Healthy, too ? How much will ijou iake r il lil 'Please, sir !' 'No, no ! none of your Iplealej sir V j I Want this baby to take home to my old woman. She never had one, and we vantone right bad. How much will you take for it ' j'Pieasej sir !' Confound your 'please, sir !' How! much 1 I'll pay you cash. Give you a dollar and a quarter. Won't take a dollar , and a quarter ? wNo 7 For ; a dollar and a quarter ? Cash down ? Won't do it, eh? Oh, very well ! "Plenty more in the market. . Get 'em cheap! . Won't giveT,ibut a dollar and a, quarter, no how.! Doosed handsome baby, but canH go over a dollar and A quarter 1 ; And hastily placing the infant in theafmsof its n ight-be-mpther, after this rapidly rot; swinging his arms at a fearful rate, and look ; ng tfs grave and unconcpned' as if nothing haJ happened. Poor 'misery' fell back on her usual ' seat on the sidewalk, bewildered and stupefied, . whilst the spectators of this singular scene laughed not a little, i A IlEAn too Long.- The partisans of Louis NapJeon say with a chuckle, since his last act of treason, that he has shown the world 'he is not the h fool, some folks' took him for,' and declare that he is i fack'a long headed fellow.' No doubt of it his 'head Is too long it should be cut off. Bur- lin&ton Sentinel. -,,-'-'!- r 1 ' Sabbath: Letter. Writing. 'Strange, said a postmaster, not long since, ona Monday morning, as he emptied a huge mass of letters from his box, 'thit people will not attend church on the Sabbath instead of staying at home to write letters, The ordinary number of packages made up on other days Was stated to be about forty ; on Mondays they sometimes amounted to one hundred and twenty five, and usually are double the number of those on other days of the week. How many of these letters are consistent with the command to 'Re member the Sabbath day, to keep it holy ? V0i.;l, The Battle for a Ylolet : Ruth and "'Amy Were sisters.' In early spring, s" the violets began to bloom, they Were playing in a! meadow near their father's house They both at the lame lime happened to see a violet be-, fore them.. -B6th ran. to it.; Ruth, the ' eldest ! 6is- terwtt.fira .and plucked it.Ainywasangry7 and cried cmj Iisaw it first, and it Tbelongso rfJo, is is not yonrs it is mine,' said Rnth, ; ' for fa. wV as soon as ypu did, and I got to it first, and fducked it ; so I have got it ard yoiball not have Amy was quite furious snatched at the flower, and struck her sister. Then Ruth became angry , and 'struck Amy.: . So they fought about it, and screamed, and beat each other. Their mother came to see whatVas the matter. s What does this 'mean V asked she. 'Ruth got my flower, said Amy. No, I did not, mother said Roth ; it was mine; saw it first and plucked it.' VBut. where is the flower ?' asked their mother. It had been torn to pieces ! In fighting, to decide who should have It, both lost it. How could this fight have been prevented and the sweet vfolet, and the still sweeter spirit of sis terly love and affection have been preserved ? Though Ruth had the violet in her hand, she could have said : Sister,if you think this pretty flower is yours, yon have it. I would rather have your love than all the flowers that grow!' Would there have been any fight, or any coldness, or un kindnesB between the sisters ? They would have saved their sisterly affection from so rude a shock, and the sweet violet, too : Lovef and kindness we must measure By this simple rule alone; . Do we mind another's pleasure, Just as if it were our own. 1 TheReTolntioriafylof 6rr i A young girl'of sixteen, of sterling beauty. Wad fought with het brother and her betrothed in the ranks of the Lyonnaise cannoniersin the French Revolution. The whole town admired her intrepidity. Pre- 1 cy citd hz&B ail example to his soldiers, - -Hri modesty equalled her courage. t She found her he roism in battle. She was then a virgin. Her name was Marie Adrain. ' What is your name ?' inquired her judge, struck with her youth, arid dazzled by her charms. e ' Marie,' replied the young accused ; ' the name of the mother of God, for whom I am about to : . . i ... ' What is your age ? -' Seventeen ; the age of Charlotte Corday. ' It was to defend it.' " f Citizen,' said one of the judges, we admire your courage, w bat .would you do it we granted you life ?' , . ; I would poinard you as the executioners of my country,' she replied, raising her head. - She mounted in silence, her eyes cast down, the steps of the scaffold, more intimidated at the looks of the crowd than of death. She refused the hand which the executioner offered her to gude her steps, and cried out twice, Vive le roi f On stripping her after deatfy, the executioner found in ber bosom a note written with blood ; it was a farewell from her betrothed, shot a few days previously at the Cretteaux. ' To-morrow, at this hour, I shal 1 be no more,' he said to his j affianced. I will not die without telling you once more, I love thee. Were my life offered me to say to the contrary, I. would refuse it. I have no ink. I have opened a vein to write to you -with my blood. I would mingle it with yours for eternity. Adieu, my dear Marie.- Weep not, that the angela may think yon as handsome as I do in Heaven. I go to await you. Be not long !' ,The two lovers were only separated twenty-four hours in death. The people could admire, they knew-' not hovr to pardon . , Meaning of the word "Bigoted." Old Job Dundee was at one time one of the most popular darkies in pur city. He was a kind of a patriarch among the colored population, and uni versally liked ; by the white folks. About the time that he stood at the head of the New street church he was subpoenaed before ' Squire (now, Judge) Wiseman, to testify to the character of a negro who was charged with petty larceny. Well, Job; said the 'Squire, 'what do yon know, of the character of the defendant f Well, I knows considerable 'bout de colored in diwidual and I neber fin's him guilty of only one 'fence,' replied Job with great reverence. ' ' Well, what is the nature of the ofience youal lude'to?' : 4 Why, de nigger am bigoted.' He's what?' 4 Bigoted, bigoted doesn't you know what bi goted am ?' ; 4 Why, no,' replied the Squire who is much of a wag. 'Wi!l you define the term Job ? Sartainly, I does. To ba bigoted, a flolored pusson must know too much for one niggar,and not enough for two' nigar3,' " r ! Cincinnati Ttmes. CITY OF MLEKH; ttRCH 27, 185i t ; Predictions for2.t :; j Aceoraing to a new almanac, me yearpi.out Lord, 1852, Is to be an eventful ooe, V je Veuact from the said almanac the followipkjsagacipuspre dictions, which will doubtless b&4wfi11ed: ; Through..the whole course of the wentyearj. woeuever ine rauon wwiea u nigoi wuiiarK. Ch f eeralopcasions, during je lathejBtra will" rise before certain people discover ft; and feet . . . , i. before they have'fjnished the day's orkJ w It is quite likely than when there is no business 'doing, many will.be heard to complain of arjl times,' but selves es will escape starvation. -T:" I If bnsiies and hoops go out of fashion church pew will hold mere than three Iadies;fr7; If dandies wear their beards, tblre Witl WlesS, work for barbers, and he who weaTS moustaches will have something to sneeze aft - K : There will be many eclipses of vjrta,some vis- ible.ana other invisible. Whoever Is in love will think mistress a per- feet angel; and will only find oufc suspicion by getting married. 1 the-truth of his Many delicate ladies, whom no one" would s'is- pect, will be kissed without teliirgjtheir mas There will be more books pob fished thin will find readers, and more bills mad payers. than will find If the incumbent of a fat office should die, there will be a dozen feet ready to fepinto "one pair of shoes. . .! if a young lady should happen P blush, she will be apt to look red in the facewinout ihese of paint ; if she dreams of ay onP riah three nights in succession j i t will beX 80 of something; if she dream of him four tfmesVor wave ine tootn- h .i . .1 ache, it is ten to one she will bp a 1 ngtinle getting eiiner yyaem put pi ier ueaa, ,i Manyeope.wu winKore;st nor: than- will be necessary- to keep them sober, and " A If A more medicine than fvill be requisWe to the -enjoy ment of good health..-; Dinners and $nterk!nei..ip.l)e given' t0 receive much advice gratis, egd aM medical ex cepted. , n The public debts of the repudisii pg States wil hardly be adjusted, and the eatmeifate will attend many conttacts in this latitude j He who steals a match give! tattlers occasion to gossip, and will be apt to invoke. himself and bride in disagreeable relations. There will be a great noise ill oyer the country when it thunders, and a tremeiious: dust kicked up occasionally by the coach honfes. 4 Many young ladies who h' for it, but little ex- pect it, will be married ; and aany who anticipate that glorious consuamation w 1 be doomed to wait; another year Finally, there exists little dlubt, this will be a most wonderful year, surpassi h in interest all that will make fools of others, and women with prety faces will make fools of both. The world willbo round as usual, and come back to the place whence it set out, as will many a man who engages in business. There will be a greatcry andlitlle wpl, both at the shear ing of pigs and the meeting of Copgress. FLAKES OF GOLD. Affection or love is what constitutes the life of every person for whatever the affection is, such is the whole man. Charity is the affection of good, and faith the affection of truth. . ' True charity consists j in the performance of of justice with every duty of life, from the love judgment. t? j f.tj - i'- i - .!" r .' i Extravagancy throws Ins old boots away, but sweet Economy Carries themln ber bosoqji having first exchangeoj them for a bunchj of flowers. Time may bear on us like a rough trotting,hOrse, and our journejTmay have its dark nights, quag mires, and its jack-o'-lanterns ; but there will come a ruddy morning at last, a smoother road, and an easier gait . 0 - . ! f The heaviest fetter that ever weighed : down; the limbs of a captive, is as the Vb of the gossamer, comparsd with the pledge of th man of honor. The wall of stone and die bar bfiton may be broken, but his plighted word uever. r f ; " , 1 Childhood is like a mirror catching and reflec ting images all around it: Remember that an im pious, profane, or vulgar thought may operate upon a youngheart like a careless s pray of water thrown upon polished steel, staining it; with rbst that no after efforts can eflace. f Beautiful things arei -Ftrggestive of a purer and higher life, and fill us with mingled love and fear. They have a gracloqsness thsr wins . osv and an excellence to which we involuptarially do reve rence. If yod ar poor yet - purs and modestly aspiring, keep' a vase of flowers on your table! and they will help to tnantaln your oignity, and secure for. yours conideration and delicacy of behavior. .This is a Tforld as is a World. ST RXUT .JOHSSOX. This is & world as ts a world In which we Hvejand thrive, ' " When thy who have no conscienceileft, . ' , Are always kept alive ; ! , 1 VT here- e w bumbngs are d&Hy pt 1 - ; A4.arB wuh gusts ewaHQweddawa i t In t"blsvenbiened mge, r I 1 No matter how absurd the scheme j Which may before 119 start, ! : 4 1 Some 'honest touU are always foon ; i ' "To bear an active "part, ;' f L ' And if we cry hurobug tf them, 1 " v.. They raise their leering ; eyes, ; i Xnd say, . 'O la, good gracious me, J How wonderful, how wise.' v; This Is a world as is a world, I And Barnum knowt it too ; . i Tor we by him have been humbugged, , In cases sot a few ; , j ;v ! His Mermaid and his Woolly Horse,' ' ' -.. Attracted quite a crowd ; ; f, And praises of his yoong Tom Thahafe , Were h eard both deep and loud, j ; , ; ; This is a world as is a WotM, Where we can all commune -i With spirits from the other sphere,! i In. almost any tone ; : 'J r. -Those 'Rappers,' dear good natur'ed folks, , Their secret? will unfold, , Provided you will move them with! j - A piece of solid gold ; This world of ours is indeed, i Progressing very fast ; , ' ' I ; Each day. but proves what fools they were t Who lived within the past, , s s ! They had no Barnum to give them 5 ' The wonders of the age ' i j i To bring the 'nurse of Washington Upon the public stage. . r j .. . This is a world as is a world, ' '' , Where money makes the man Where honesty, combined with want, , Must thrive the best it can ; . Where alt will swallow eagerly . - jHr-A golden coated pill ; - To cure, or else to kill. ' " , - Frankness. l There are some persons who are never willing to - ackncwjdse -tHat they have jjone wrong Whenever they are blamed for anything, tKey wuT Key wTrrt be sure to have some excuse or palliation to offer, or they will contrive to turn the attention to thei' snare wnicn someopay eise naa m me wruug. James Benson was just such a boy. ' Why, what a looking place you have made of this room, chil dren !' his mother said, as she entered the parlor one day. " ' Why, William took down every one of those books,' vociferated James. ' I didn't touch one of them ; and Emily tore up that paper into little bits, and threw it upon the floor. I couldn't help it ; I told her not to Jo so. , 'Well, I should like now to have you gather op those quill tops and put them out of the way, in terrupted his mother ; ''you know I have always cautioned you against letting your pen cuttings fall upon the carpet. Well, William bas been cutting too. They are more than half his,' replied James, instead of stop ping at once'! to pick them up. Now such a disposition as Tames shoved here, is far from being the right one!. James Bad a hand in putting things into disorder and his own blame was that he had any concern in it. It was noth ing to him what his brothers and sisters had been doing. He ought to acknowledge his own fault and obeyed his mother's direction immediately, in stead of stopping to find excuses, or' to tell what the others had done. It is very mean and ill natnred to wish to bring others into difficulties, or expose their faults, when it will answer no good purpose. It is very absurd, too, for any person to suppose that he is any the less to blame himself, in any case, because some body else has also been to blame. Suppose that man who was brought to trial in a court of justice for the crime of stealing, should say in self-defence, ' why to be sure I have been guilty of steal ing ; but then such a person stole too. He stole just as much as I did. This would be foolish enough ; and yet nothing is more common than for boys and girls, when they are reproved for any mis condncto begin to tell what some of their brothers, or sisters, or companions, have done; as bad. Rev. Jacob Abbott. HTPunch gives the following recipe to brew a good domestic quarrel : Get a plenty of hot water, which you can al ways have by running into debt. Into the hot wa ter throw your grievance, and keep stirring it for several hoars with any email trifle that tarns up. When it begins to boil, pour in all the household annoyances you can rake together, and flavor it with the bitterest troths, of which you should al ways keep a stock at home, ready cut and dried. Let it stand all night, and, if yon should come down to breakfast very late the next morning, you will find that there has been a irreat rise in the meantime, in your quarrel, j The next thing is, to commence cooliner down, whieb is best : done bv drawing off rapidly into opposite corners. If you want your quarrel Id" be brewed very' strong, and to last the household a long time, you had koftoT crof vnnr mritVtAr.m la w tn rnmo nA - liv I month with you r ;f j . - Loyo at first, Sight - r Some, three months, ago the steamer JafayfeUa was !on her passage from Louisville the. ! Cres- , cent City; ' The boat was crowded withl'iJiesTind gentlemen from every part of the country j me Dn pleasure -excursions, others on" business.' JIvery part of the boat was filled with passengers andVei- pefiiaJlylheJadies' cabin every stateiroom1 and Jrerth being .oupIeowfm'cnferjTt the Father of Waters.- - irZCWTiCfr Nothing out of- theisuarwuto ring the first it wq or three days. . Every -efening, , as is usual on boats bound for the' Sonny .South. card playing and tripping the light faPtastic toe, were of cxwrSe on the programme. f v't?:? About 6 o'clock, on the evening of the fotirth day.a signal light was waving to and fro, on a dis tant shore.. The boat soon rounded to, and an i&- dvidualenvelpped in a cloak, stepped onr board-- Qur passenger proved to be'a maiden lady of some thirty snmmers. , -U.?b ' ' '-' i Where shall we stow her ? was now the inquiry. The ladies' berths being all. taken, the clerk was obi igeato give herttate-room tri the gentlemans cabin,'near the ladies' saloon.Nvh'ich' was occnoled if it ' by a tall lank countryman, on his way south t with ;a cargo of notions - 'He - bei og .. on the hurricane deck?at the time, was not aware that he would have to give tip his quarters to a female, the officer of the boat, by ?ome oversight? "failed to apprise "him of this new feature.' . . ; . . . -i. The dancing having eeasedand f the .sYnaller hours' being at hand, all new letired to tbiitfHteK rooms,;. wit!) the restpur: 4insispeeVin3fauIen : friend . She tnrnecf into the , fewer rjerjJ-lho " room, while oar friend the country mart . was fast asleep in the upper, - doubtless dreaming .of the dimes he expected to pick up on h!s Bpec'uktion,. Next morning the bell annouPced breakfast ; onr maiden friend prepared tQ",rise-4.when lql And be hQld !. a pairgof .thick boots aMVagreat lot of nn mentionables greeted her eyes?.t-tv4'' t At that moment ourcountry frlendTtlsb ii opened his peepers."? - A lot of women aarel. was the first thing that met his horrified vision. The truth flash ed across bis mind he had got into the wrong box, l ptnhapif but tliat could not be, as his duds were "where ho had placed thetireBraJ iiayiprevHnisr,i Both were fairly caught ! Who shall make the first move ? . , ? After much hesitatrotf, mr firiend in the; upper berth ventured to look below. A pair of eyes star ed him in the face 1 After playing a regular game of 'bo-peep,' for some time, our country friend, with " all the gallantry of a gentleman, suggested the propriety of just covering her eyes for a moment until he slipped on his in-expressibles. She did so, and he vamosed like smoke. .His first business was to find the clerk who had placed him in such a ridiculous fix. Apologies were made j and a hear ty laugh enjoyed at his expense. He agreed to treat all hands if the passengers would keep cool. Everyone noticed that Jonathan paid his fe male friend great attention during the whole trip. On the arrival of the boat at New Orleans, the parties were seen wending their way along one of the principal streets, inquiring for a magistrate's office and if there ever was a ease of true love at first sight, this must haye been one. . Anecdote of Rembrandt. Rembrandt married an ignorant peasant who had served him as a cook, thinking this a more econ omical alliance than one with a person of refined' mind and habits. He and his wife usually dined on brown bread, salt herrings, and small-beer. He occasionally took portraits at a high price and in this way became acquainted; with the Burgo master Six, a man of enlarged mind and unblem ished character who yet continued faithfully at tached to the ; avaricious painter. His friend ship was sometimes put to a severe test by such, occurences as the following. Rembrandt Remarked oneday that the price of his engravings had fallen. 4 Yon are insatiable, said the burgomaster. -4 Perhaps so. I cannot help thirsting for gold ' You are a miser.' True, and I shall be one all my life. ' ; 'Tis really a pity' remarked his friend, that you will not be able after death to act as your own . treasurer, for whenever that event occurs, all your , works will rise to treble their present value.' A bright idea struck Rembrandt. He returned home, went to bed, desired his wife and his -son Titus to scatter straw before the door, and give out first that he was dangerously ill, and then dead; while the simulated fever was to be of so dreadful infectious nature that none ef the. neighbors was to be ad'dmitted near the sick room. - These instruc tions were followed to the letter; and the discon solate widow proclaimed that, in order to procure money for her husband's interment, she must sell all bis works, any property that he left not being available on so short a notice. The unworthy trick succeeded. ( The sale inclu- . ? .. . . f ding every trivial scrap, ot painting orengraving, I realized an enormous sum. and Rembrandt was 1 in ecstacy . The honestburgomaster, nowever, was 1 nearly frightened into a fit of apoplexy .at see- ing the man whose deatb be bad smcereiy mournea standing alive and. well at the door of hi studio. Meinherr Six obliged him to promise that be would in fdtate abstain from sach abominable decep- tions. 4 ; ..'it . -i-it- : 7 5- V. ;1 1. i 4 mi' Ik - i j ? - :7' V - . -V I i . . 1 t " - i,4- '4 f - . '-- -3 f ft. : i ', - . . i V
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