Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1863-07-30

              J f MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THURSDAY, JULY 30, 18G3. NO 30 TOI, IX. THE MOUNT VERNON KEPIBLII'AN. TERMS: For ono year (invariably in n.dvanee)82,00 Fur six months, 1,00 TKIIMS OF AUVF.11TIS1XO. One square, 15 weeks, One square, !i mouths, One square, (! months, One square, 1 year, One square (changeable monthly) Chaiigeablo weekly, Two squares, !j weeks, Two squares, (i weeks, Two squares, 3 month?, ,1'wo squares, (5 montlis, Two squares, 1 year. Three squares, !i weeks, Three squares, ti weeks, Three squares, 8 months, Three squares, (i months, Three squares, 1 year, One-fourth column, than, quarterly, One-third " " (),,.-!, :llf " " " 1,00 a.oo 4..10 (i,00 10,00 15.(10 1.75 :i,25 5.25 (i.75 8,00 2,f0 4,50 (i.OO 8.00 l(i,0U 15,00 2l!.0() 2S,00 Oneeoluinn. changeable quarterly, 50.00 Select Poctvj) HOUSEHOLD BABY. Vhat a joy to human eyes, U'heu it laughs, or when it cries; "What a treasure, what a prize Is the household baby 1 He its temper rising, fulling. Is it cooing, trowing; equaling, Tis the same dear precious darling Is the household baby ! 'If the scone without be dreary, If the heart within grow weary, Baby wakes and all is cheery What a rush for baby! Mamma's eyes grow bright with joy firandpa laughs and "grandpa's boy" Gladly leaves his List new toy To play bo-bcep with baby. .Sisters from their music run, Maud has caught the -sweetest one," Grace bends down in girlish fun, To make a horse for baby ! Up to everything we know, Hands and feet "upon the go," What a funny creature though, Is the household baby ' Bring the puppy and the cat, Let her pull, and pinch, and pat, Puss and pup were made for that, Made to please the baby! Bring that China vase, mamma, (lot "ti c mirror and the hammer", Any thing to make a clamor, And delight the baby! Lot it clang and clash away, Let it laugh and shout and play, And be happy while it may, Dear, misehievjus baby ! What a joy to human eyes, What un angc! in disguise, What a treasure, what a prize, Is the household baby ! Fidelity Never forsake one you esteem as a friend. When enemies gather round when sickness falls upon the heart when the world is dark and cheerless is the time to try true friendship. Tho heart that has beeu touched with true gold vriii redouble its efforts when tho friend is sad in trouble. Adversity tries real friendship. They who run from the scene of distress betray their hypocrisy prove that in tcrest only moves them. If yon have a friend who loves you. who has studied your interest oiud happiness be sure to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel that his former kindness is appreciated, aud his own love was not thrown away. IVal fidolity may be rare, but it'exists in the Lcart. Who has not seem and felt its power? They only deny its worth and power, who have never loved a friend or labored to make a friend happy. The good and the kind 'the affectionate and the virtuous see and feel tho heavenly principle. Thoy would sacrifice wealth aud honor to promote the happiness of others, and in return they toceivo tho reward of their lovo by sympathizing hearts and countless favors when they have beeu brought low bjr any disease or calamity. Religion begitis in the family One of tho holiest sanctuaries on earth is home, Tho family altar is nioro venerable than any altar in a church "built with hands. The education of the soul for eternity begins at the fireside The principle of lovo which is to be carried through tlic nniverse is first unfolded in tho family. ,Let them learn first,' says the apostle, 'to bhow poity at honve- A lady having accidentally broken her smelling bottle, her husband, who was very petulant, said to her, "I declare, my dear, everything that iohmgs to you is more or less broken." "True," replied tho lady, "for even you arc a littlecracked." Legislative Kcform. There is nothing more nesdod in all our States at this hour than Legislative Reform, Tho blessings of Christianity are not nioro needed, because this is to put Christianity not formally, but, what is nioro important, practically into tho seats of legislation. Let good men bo appointed to fill all our offices not trading politicians not oflico-huiitors but men who despise what is sordid invorr.ilill'. " Men such as Moses would vote for. if he lived in our day, and Were an American citizen men "who fear God and fior rovttous-uess." We havo severed the tie between church and sta'e, let us move on. and never the tie between infidelity and state corruption and state SKI.P AND statu. It has been said of the various theories of church govenment, "that which is best administered it best." If wo want our civil freedom to contrast favorably with the despotic governments of other nation, let ns take more care that is administered in a proper, unselfish, just and righteous spirit. Let it be required of our public men that they set vs an example of moderation and economy and then let us pre-! serve and baud down, to the generations following us, republican simplicity. Many of the best men among us take their ease enjoy their good things und in many itistauoes allow the place-hunters to seize offices. It is time thero was an end to this thing. We have back-smddkn roL-jticam.Y, and it is time we would consider our state and reform. A greatamount of what is" called conservatism is simply maintaining vigorous guard over abuses, while the true interests of tho nation arc neglected and suffered to fall into decay. Let good men arise in their might, let the wheels of reformation move on. Cast the salt of reform into the legislative fountain, and our entire social condition will immediately improve, constitutional authori tv will be rest ivted. and the laws in their spirit as well as in their letter, will be i obeyed. Be patriotic intelligently pur- sue the nation's good put imVTC r AC- tion. Resist ami ixhKW su.-kisu firing modest ana retiring iwu iu - to official notice. The nation is in dau ber. Go to tli iidd, and britig Cincinnati from its pbw. Tell the self seeking place hmitcrs who are spending time, labor aud fortune to get their hands into the public purse, that we do not want them now. Do kind enough to say to them, "Go home, a littli industry in private life will be good for your health, improve your digestion, and having less temptation to deception, you will probably -enjoy a bettor conscience." It is surprising that professors of rclig'on are not more on their guard, to avoid the shares laid for them, by those who professing to bo of their par ty, care really neither for party, nor country, and aim only at self-ends, and wh-c arm themselves with ali the machinery and appliances of falsehood and dissimulation, to promote their own immediate interests. There is an article in the "Tribune" of the 2d day of May, on this subject, headed, "Legislative D;xay" Let all t'.ie political and religious press publish it. The article, however, is not a little "incendiary," for it h calculated to burn up and destroy the crafty machinations of the place hunting partisans, who are sowing distention and mischief, broad-east over the land. The article is free of party bias is characterized by a noble liberality, and aims only at the public good. Head it J. McFARLAND. Ml. Vernon, O. IcgisIatiTe Decay- The first Assembly of the State of New York wo ever saw in session was presided over by Luther Bradish; and among its members were David Oi;den, Willis Hall Abijah Mann, George W Patterson, James R Lawrence, Trestoa King, Victory Uird-scys, Richard Hulbert, Daniel D Bernard, and many others of equal eapaeity. No one will pretend that our Legislatures and we refer to those of our sister States as well as our own havo for some years back been composed of such timber. Abl aud upright men are still found iu legislative seats bv.t they are comparatively few. We doubt whether such debates as the adoption of our system ot Free Banking, the More Speedy Engag-eimjat of our Canals, the authorisation of Small Bank Notes, &c.,ic, elicited in 1808, could have been maintained iu any Asstmbly which has been elected in this State under our present Constitution. We say under this Constitution, because we bclicvo tho decentralization thereby effected (aud which wo did our best to promote) is somewhat responsible for the change. In other times, any party con testing the representation of a County like Oneida, Onondaga, St. Iiwreoee, Erie, Dutchess, e., was virtually constrained to put at least ono strorg aamo on its ticket. If little men undertook to creep into the Legislature as little aoa did tad will they ull united in placing some per" son of known ability, cxperenecand (quite often) integrity at the head of tho ticket, hoping to hide their obscurity and insignificance in his shadow. Incapacity and worthlessness now seek place, as they al ways did and will; but they present themselves to tho public gaze uusereenod and uuabashed. And, as the quality of our legislators has declined the consequences of the Loby has naturally increased. We reported the procecedings of tho Assembly through a good part of the session of 1838 without making tho acquaintance of any person who made a gainful business of advocating or opposing the passage of bills. There may have been such a person, but we doubt it; that there were not half a dozen sueli, we arc mortally certain. But now their name is, Legion, their impudeuee sublime, while their voracity far transcends that of all the liorse-lccch's daughters. They will tell you to a dot how much it will cost to pass such or such a bill, and how much to defeat it, the latter process, (let us be thankful) beiug considerably the cheaper. If you will only tell them confidentially "how much money there is in this" that is, how much its backers will pay rather than be defeated they will let you know whether it is worth your while to proceed. Some of them are well dressed, have the best rooms at the great hotels, dispense real champagne, and will touch nothing under 8 100; others are seedy suckers, who will take a 5 if they can get no more. Some live in stately houses that they havo won by debauching legisla. tion; others have nothing that the sheriff can take away; they are of all parties and of none; but they are all leeches on the body politic, who must bo shaken oil or the Republic is undone. Mere denunciation answers uogood purpose. Attemps to make party capitol out of the prevalent degeneracy are simple in i to the public intelligence. Each , ,,arty can show, after its fashion, that the j otUL.r ;s t, utur sinner; yet all iutulli-! j goat mca know that the evil has ttu possi- i ; Wl) to0ur current politi es.and that' ;tllc vcuality w1icl roisolls mlr legislalion is sublimely indifferent to all partisan con siderations. As a matter of fact, we be lieve this City was at the late session a little more corruptly and unworthily represented in the Assembly than any other eighih of the State; but no section and no party had anything to boast of. Each party had sent somegood men to that body, but they were nota majority of either side, and cold exerciso no control over their associates nor over the general result. There must be a radical change, and the People of all parties must effect it. It must be first evidenced in the manner of making nominations, The presort Convention system is utterly rotten. It is a contrivance for exalting Mediocrity and fostcriog Intrigue. A. 13., a small ward or township politician, conceives the idea of going to the Assembly, thinking ho can "make a good thing of it." To be sure; hi has neither Uleut, experience, integri ty, nor any other possible qualifications; but none of these is essential. His first step is to sceuro a delegation from his own towuship or ward to tho nominating Con vention; and this, by a liberal expenditure of money, liquor, promises, lies, aud as appeal to the gratitude of those he has helped in former years, he effects. With his dulgation in hand, he commences trading with those who have axes to grind on some other stone promising his votes for Sheriff, Clerk, Congress, or whatever may bo going, in excharge for the votes of oth er delegations for Assembly. Thus he makes his point; or, if not, some other as pirant, as worthless and unfit as be and a little sharper, does. And, laying thus obtained a pnrty indorsement, he and his gang bawl iucessantly, "Support the regular nomination! No scratcning! Vote tho clean ticket!" until he is pnt through. But, if not, the opposing candidate, if his party has any chance ofsucces, is too often just as he is, barring their differing politics and whichever of them is elected will set to ''making his pile" the moment ho gets to Albany. He has spent money and time, and done many dirty things, to get elected; he can hardly expect to go again, uale:s at a similar cost; and ho means to cover hia outlay at the earliest moment. We must get rid of this vile nominating machinery, or at least reduce its influences to a minimum. Let prominent citizens of each district quietly meet so early as the liiiof Jly, ana unito on some .person for Assembly who is widely known as capable experienced, thoroughly upright, aud whom no striker daro approach with a cer- rupt proposal. No lobbyists, however im pudent, ever dare suggest to such men as we have named at tho head of this article that they would find it personally advanta gcous to vote this way or that on any pend ing bill; and Lucius Robinson, our present Controller, served throughout several scs uttvna -xhan corruntion im limit, rife vat never receivod hint that his rote or ' in fluenco'' for or against any measure might be llfhdo profitable to himself. Men of his stamp never did and never will. The mis-fortuuo is that they are too scarce in the Legislature; and this it is for the People to remody. Let a candidate in each district be nominated by public requisition as we have indicated let him bo some person who is conspicously upright, capable, worthy, and who has in no manner sought the destine, tion; and then let meu who want this sort for legislators uuito in electing him. If tho district is nearly balanced in politics, let the good men of each party thus preseut x candidate; if it is strongly of one party, let a man be chosen from that party and supported by all who desire reform. The people can have honest, frugsaljust legislation if they will; if they do not, it is their own fault. But if they wait till after "regular nominations" shall hare been made, they will have just such a Hobson's choice as hitherto and with like result. DUTY OF SUPPORTING THE ADMIX-1STBATWX.From an AdJrets liure the National Union Association Cincinnati. BY ItEV. CHARLES 0. AMES. Let us not delude ourselves with the distracting and pernicious foolery which teaches that the country is to be saved, in some other way than by co-oporating with the existing administration in tho work of subduing the Rebellion. There must he unity of action: aud we can have no rallying centre for that unity except the constitutional authorities of the coun cry .There m list be a head and we can havo no other head but the i nation's Chief Magistrate aud Commander Au armv must fL'ht under its general, whoiver he may be, or not at all. There can be disgraceful surrender; there can be bloody mutiny; there can be cowardly de- sertion; but there c in be no victory, ex- i oept through cor. nil co-operation wun t'1" authority, and loyal obedience to orders And I hold that the President of the United Hats,as Commander-in-Chief of the armies and navies of the nation has a rightful authority over us all, and a just claim upon our generous aud hearty support in the fearful task which Providence and the people have assigned him, of restoring the national sovereignty over the last square inch of the national domain. When he lifted his right hand, and solemnly swore, before earth aud heaven that he would preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of these States, he became the representative of us all; he consented to embody, in his sole pcrsoti. tht highest mag stracy and executivu power of the nation the collected sovereignty of the whole people. He swore for us, aud our behalf, and bo twecu him and us there is a covenant of God, in which we form a party. If there is any meaning iu Amer. ican citizenship, we all stand pledged, by all that is sacred in loyalty and in honor to sustain him iu the discharge of his public duties, and in the administration of his mighty trust. The President is no despGt; ho is simply a public servant. But he is clothed with vast authority, not the less; and this authority, though delegated by the people tor their own use and benefit, is as real as that of any anointed and crowned monarch; and is as much more worthy of our respect as our popular government is superior to kingly rule- Disrespect to the authority of the President, therefore, is disrespect to the Constitution which creates his office; it is also disrespect to tho peoplo who created that Constitution, and who reaffirmed it in the very act of voting for a President. We aro not living together as a mere debating club; wo constitute a government, and every attempt to abridgo or bring into contempt the rightful powers of those who are charged with executing tho functions of that gov-oreigirment, or to cmbarass them in tho preservation and defence of that government, is an offense against tho peace and dignity of the nation, which should fie branded as infamous and punished as criminal.Tho longer I live, the more certain I am that the great difference between men, the great and insignificant, is energy invincible determination an honest purpose once fixed' aud then vicbry. Goethe. There were ti large number of Ohio reg iments in the Army of the Potomac and engaged in ihe late battles in Pennsylvania. The uuiversal testimony is that they fought nobly. The Ohio ranks in the Eattcrn ar my carry a sun edgo oi steel, ana are al ways depended upon. One of a party of gentleman visiting the i olored regiuieut, near Georgetown, yesterday, chanced to say' playfully, 'There arc rrnnd mnv wnnlv hpada ninnt hore - Yes," said one of the darkeys' 'plenty wooly hoods hut no copperhead." Dcrpotism and Discord at the South The evidence accumulates that the leaders of tho rebellion are losing their power over the people whom they deluded, and upou whom they havo brought tho worst miseries of war. It will not be long before Jeff. Davis will bo execrated more heartily by his undeceived subjects, even than by the loyal men of the North. Such thoughts as those expressed in the following extracts from Southern papers are thci forerunner of tho return of Union senti- U1(;U( If you mo hollow hearted, and uuiin.i The Raleigh (X. C.) Standard, the! ted l.y no high and ennobling semiment special organ of Governor Vance, and thcjit ,i:,v 110 F'""-''!'' ut vil" great leader of the opposition party in this I tuu Ulul flij-iuu, you caunot be a gentle-State, which is now in the ascendency, by "ll,u- V"tl1' '"auners may be faseiuating a two-third vote in comment ing upon an bllt '''O' p''"' of the serpent. .... i.H..,.fc from ll.n Uirl.,,i Kiirmircr I Vu,,r clothe may be of ill..- richest, but favoring an "imperial despotism" like that of France, says : "We know that military despotism ic making rapid strides iu these states. We know that no people ever lost their liberties at once, but step by stop, as some deadly disease steals upou the system and gradually but surely saps the fountains of life. We know that tyrants and their minions always prepare the popular miud in ud. vance upon their usurpations, and that these usurpations are niways based upon the plea of the 'general good' or 'military necessity.' The argument now is, we hate Lincoln to bitterly, that in order to resist him successfully wo must mako slaves of ourselves. ''The answer of our people is 'we vail be slaves neither to Lincoln, nor Davis, nor France, nor Englatid.' North Carolina is a state not a province. She has eighty thousand as brave troops as ever trod the earth. When she calla them they will come. If the worst should happen, she will bo able to take care of herself as an independent power. She will not nubmit. at any event, to a law of Congress parsed in deliberate violation of the constitution. She will not submit to Mr. Davis being in-... .. i . .' !...' vesico won oic;uojwi jio.i.-, . -n resist such a law by withdrawing from the Confederation, and sue will light her way-out against all comers with a couiage and an ardor which will eclipse even any form er achicvemeuU of her sons during the existing war. For oue we are determined not to exchange oue despotism for another.Other opposition papers are also denouncing tlm destructives." The Heudorson (North Carolina) Times, in speaking of the approaching Congressional election, says : "Beware of the Fire Eaters ! They are the I'agcnds of the old defunct democratic party, who fight their battles iu bar-rooms 1 .", , , 11, or in the shade. Ihey aided to prcc.pL , tatethc cotton states into a revolution which has made a breastwork of Virginia, ! North Carolina, Tonnessea aud Missouri Let them be anathema maranutha! Give them the reins of government aud after peace they will quickly carry us to perdition. Let them be marked as deeply as Cain, for theycuunot be trusted iu politics as far as tin ox could bu throwu by the tail. Bathing. Once a week is often enough for a decent white man to wash himself all over; aud whether in sunnier or winter that ought to be dono with soap, warm water, and a hog's hairbrush, in a room sdiowiug at least seventy degrees Fahrenheit. Bath should be taken early in the morning, for it b then that the system possesses the power of reaction in the highest degree. Any kind of bath is dangerous soon after a meal, or fatiguing exercise. No man or woman should take a hath at tho close of the day, unless by the advice of a family physician. Many a man in at-tempting to cheat his doctor out of a fee, has cheatatod himself out af his life; eye, it is done every day. Tho best, safest cheapest and more universally accessible mode of keeping tho surface of the body clean, besides die once a week washing with soap, warm water, and hdg's hair brush, ie as follows As soon as you get out of bed in tho morning, wash your face, hands, neck, and breast; then, in tho samo basin of water, put your feet atouco for about a minute, rubbing them briskly all tbo time; then with tho towel, which has been dauipaned by wiping the face feet, &c. wipe the whole body well, fast and hard' mouth shut nreaseut pro ect ne. Let the whol thing be done within fiivo uiiu- utce. At night whan you go t hed, and rthnnnmr vnn imt nut of bad durinc the night, or when you find yourself wakeful b ' ' . J . . or restless' speod from two to fiva min utes in rubbiog your whole body with your hands, as far as you win reach iu every direction. This'has u tendency to prserve that softness and mobility of skin which . r , ,1 -n i too frequent washings of the ilia will al of! a73 (1;itrt7 That preeauticcs srs cecessiry, to eotiiici'tiuii with thu l.i:li-rooin, isiinpres sivily signified in the death of uu American lady of refinement and position, lately after taking u bath soon after dinner; of Surgeon Hume, while alone in a warm bath, soon after dinner; of Surgeon Hume, while alone in a warm bath; and of an eminent Xew Yorker" under similar circumstances, r.ll within a year. Jall't Journal ' f lualth. Null! Talk-"lt Is of lio Isc " they only serve to hide u rascal. There id no restraint upon u, but law and public opinion. You hunt for prey under a specious garb, and ducoy with a lying tongue, lour face wears a smile, but your heart is full of rottenness most foul. Yon never can give out iho riiiy of the true coin It's ofno use. A silly mother thinks she can make more than women out of her daughters. She toila iu the kitchen, ued they simper j and drawl iioiisence iu tho purlor. Shs I visvi with tho sun to get their breakf:u-t; ' i while they road the fitjt novel in bud. She! I toils over the wash tub, while they drum I ou the piano. The earnings of the farm I are squandered to put olothcs on their backs, and to put ilieni through a fashionable school. They are reared in idleness, aud become fashionable babies, utterly ignorant of all that womanly knowledge so creditablj to the sex. and unlit for uny-1 thing but to Ui-bss finely, talk nonsense. I be kind ami considerate, to regard thi and marry a simpleton like themselves. j w el fare of otln.-rj, of their fellow-beings. It's no use niotlmr, your silly dream will alul Hf animals; ho that any poor dumb uiiver be realized. 1 1 ruto li. iug aiuoi g -uch children is well A young man tiujoth l'ice stripling i treated, and if so, its nature will be gent-with little breeding aint k-j scuse. rinens I !lU!! "'ore docile than where thev aro fast u nd believes himself , in exceedingly nice young man. He chews tobacco, swears genteelly, coaxes enibiyo imperials with bear's grease, plays cards, aud stays! with the 'women' across the gate by lnoon- lii;ht. At concerts he eati tx-auuts. and manifests his ill-breeding by ill-timed stamping and slang phrases. He stales ...... ' at every lady he meets, pulls up his bhirt Collar, sud sneers at the begriinuied labor-j er as he passes him iu the street. It is j no use young sir, you can never be a man. Who was the (Joost. ITiirpcr's drawer has the folluwiittr: A bashful gentleman of Holly Spring, Mississippi, took a violent 'hankering' atler a " se am. ires oi tne town; aim, a tcr a great deal of hesitation, finally brought hir ;jp ,m ev cniu call ou the hnly. He found her busily engaged at her work, pressing : off a ganneut with a tailor's goose. ft,e j hoover, received him courtously, alll coouuueu uei woriv. -v ueavy oi ine seams- tress's female friends dropped in a few minutes after our heroic frk'ud had subsided into silence, for ho found itabsolule-iy impossible to maintain a conversation with the lady, iho sudden entrance of tho visitors, instead of relieving' only added to his embarrassment, and he sat in silence until his own situation became painful to all, but to none more than to himself. All efforts to draw him into conversation proved abortive, and it become a matter of serious concern to the ladies how to relieve his embarrassment without a catastrope, for he was well known to all of them as a gentleman of great worth, bashlullucss being his only frailty. The seamstress fiually gt through ber work, and culled out to the ogro man in tho kitchen! 'John!' Hie (looropenea, ana a stout buriyncgro stuck his head through tho door aui said; 'I is here, Missus.' 'John, will you take thirro of Our bashlull friend Bprang to Lis feet in an instant, and enelaimed: 'I beg you your pardon, Madam, for in- trading on you, but Til go myself !' And brfore the lady could explain her uteaaiDg to Lio, ho had gaihcrad his hat and Eade his exit, which was jollwed by tbe frantic yells of the girls. I am sorry to add that that little misun dcr-tamling mads as old bachelor and an old r.uil A Coppcrftf ad Dealt Willi. Tho army wagon train that arrived here j turn it never rained so hard but orico be-yesterday from liarrisburg, having con o (ra ,,., rt.,a w jn ,he )f th(j fl(jod,. to lliai iimco iroiii iuiifi.iisourir, nun- nrl on Tupjdav evoiiin nt a point atiouti fourtccu miles from thiscity. Tho peopl- along ttie roan were ircquentiy manned as tho train advanced, supposing it to be a rebel fir .'e. Uut at the point whero the halt of Tuesday evening occuiTcd, the ! proprietor of a fine house and estate went !. .1 ' - p .rr. .1 . . . i ..t . ) ,0 ,ne Cluel "ulucr ,u" tra'u au" 4iecl if thev wore sneossiomsts. By way of a joke, he replied that they were. There- and told him that his hor,e, cronnds, nd ' anythio2 bo had, were at tboir disposal, !Th ofi" au.1 010,1 ''1 such cunt'Crheadisra. and. lottini'hini know tbey belonged to the Union army, helped themselves to what they wanted and treated the proprietor to a duckins- They were principally from Ohio, sad have been iu ccrvica for a long time iu Virginia, where tscy s?id they encouuteroa no wors' - - i ()f Gover,ent lh(4B Mb Ponn-N1 syWania corppcrbeid. Philadelphia Ful- ltin. Children's Column. F..r the Clill.t'i Pnpor. The Kitten Hrituslit up UiA ClirLs-tlati Family. "Oh, inmnniit, how funny," exclaim lifv tie boys and girls. ".Sued an idea a kitten in,,i:lu vp: D.j not kittens bring1 tliomsi-lv. t,,,, nwiaina Nobody doci it and in :. ( .'hrUtiuii family." Hw fuDt)y," Very f-mny imieudiWr children; but, us Voi will -vu. very eciisibh iind natural I Of). 1 was one; a little girl, and iu those days 1 lived iu a far country with my dear part'uw. One day, as I was by my mother luun.iiig to read, Mm T came in, Mother waa always glad to see her. She .-ct ined ever to htivfi somb good example !n give, or some profitable thing to Say. After talk ing of various things, MissT suddenly nked mothel if she knew of any one iu the neighborhood ffbu could let her have a kitten; -but." ihc added, "it must be one brought up in a christian family. 1 would have no uth-.T." Mother lei fill her work and locked up. 1 looked at mother, thi n at Miss T . I was beginning to think that she was not a good woman at all, for we had been o ' ifio'tif:.! from our earliest rjau to speak of holy thi.ign with reverence, and tho slightest approach toridieulo in connection wuh religion was to uj most shocking.- My dear mother had been quite startled. and with a gun and suuiuwhai, sad couti? tcnaiiec be eel her friend to explain hero!f Miss T- was quite scrioug too "J ii,t.;iii (his. ' she canl. that in a Christian i.imily liule ones are taught ) roiicdy handled, hardly fed, teased! and spoken to us if they had nofeelitiw;. I havo' always noticed, for in-tance," continued ."that of all the dogs you haio had, my friend, not one has eve growled at mo, or has ever showed anV .. .. .. ' ugliness of lumper. It wis long ago that i heard this, dear ,.i.:i I. i ... ,i ... i i i -mioicii; urn. uiougn oilier scenes ot tnf childhood have passed from toy memory, this has not; and I wish to say to you all, be kind to your little dog, to the cat, ami the birdie that sings iu the pretty cage at the window. If you love them, they will show your kindness in their disposition, and thank you for it an well as they pou siblyean alpa. "Dm ye a A mo if I had a Bible?" said pwor old widow iu Londou, "did ye ask mo if I ha 1 a Bible? Thank (Jod, I have a Bible. What should 1 do without iny Kiblc? It was the guide of my youth, and it is the staff of my age. It woundod me, and it healed me; it condemned mo, aud it acquitted mo. It showed me I wr a sinner, and it led me to the Saviour; it has given me comfort through life, and I trust it will give me hope in death."- GVAera fountain. The two Gardeners. There were two gardener whoso crop ! 1 fas had been killed by the frost. One of the.in trotted and grumbled, and said nobody was so uufortunclo "ns ho was. Visiting his neighbor some time after, he oried out iu asfonishmcut, "What are these? A fine cropnf peas! Wheredid theycoma rruu: 1 hr are what I jowed whihj , ynu wpro jra - ,. niA fh . , , , , ... , 'Vhy don t you ever fret?" 'fYcshut t j generally put it off till I have repaired tha micchiet." "But then you have no neodto ; frPt at all," snid the fretter. "Precisely . .. w ( . d d J j ' 1 . i vcs7 r'-aon 1 Pul oS" j -m--- .. n, The Kalnboiv. "r.TiTT.v" iid liule Lizzie, did yo henr it rain Ut niht?" "Yes. Liizie; did ynu?'' "Oh ye?, mamma, and I am ... ,. . , . . , , . j he ti'int.hcr flood? No," replied little trusting l'izxie, "tor Ooii said bo wou d not make i' not her flood ever; and he al ways does as he jays he will, mamma. i 1 n lw 'mctimcs gives us beautiful i L, m.tl. .....1, 1 ... j l i a ru ' " " ""m too tel! ns there will uot he any uinre flood.' How many distressing fears would w si I ourMlv'" h lnv,n$ "ucl rMdI couu icnro m ui 7 R- 'That's stipid brute of yours' John, said a Scotch roio inter to hit parishioner, ",v1iq drove hU merchandise front door to door in a email cart drawn by a donksyt .1 uever'see you but the creators is braving' i '-ih, wid the Aetler, ye keo Jfca icrv-i tmb toco $ met 1 1 X n J ii f ,1'