Western Carolinian |
Previous | 1 of 4 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
the western carolinian nn powers •■'. i i'l m •■i li d l " i i i'm ith status hv the ij aisjin &. c f fisher i editor ami pro|iri«-lor«s ) ii v it to the states are kesere'ed to nn si en y iiii to thk rioflt amendments tt thi constitution articlt x — - - salisbury jv c november 8 1839 i no xxi of vol xx ( whole mo ioi l terms of carolini iti i e ai tern cai inn . ia published every fbi fwo dollars per annum il paid ,,, r,,;ea , or ■fifty cents if nol paid befofe the ex . . will be di until nil arresragen . . u ... ill , hon i thc rtditon , and a ., notifj lhe editors of a wish to discontinue : if . year evill be considered as n neev en '\.,.-- omen will be conspicuously and correctly dollar p r bquare for tho flrsl in , , i ,,,, ,,,,-.■. court uud ju.lirinl , will be charged 28 per cenl mn ineaboe.r prices a deduction ol 83j per con r prices will be made to yearly nde omenta senl in for publicali si musl marked on tbem oi thi e ee ill - forbid and charged for accordingly iddrei wl i lho editors ,.,, bus .„: /»,,,'. or nne ee 11 i be attended to lie ' e *,,.„, a ' . - wai gloi us l ligl-i through the tr i play'd be and i.i.ir-.ir ,,-. the birdi b the r a i n b o vv . the history of a i'amilv mav seem to be forgotten el en ihe inst member ,.! il eeus laid in the grave the memory „( it still lives in immortal bloom and vlier the circle ia wholly dissolved on eurih it is ugain completed in heaven in the morning of lit when m cares re unknown and its pleasures in all their new lustre begin when we live in a bright beaming world id'.iur oevn and the light thai surrounds us is all trooi within ; oh tis not believe me in ihul happy time we can love ns in hours oi less transport eve may of our smiles of our hopes us the gay summer's prune hut affection is evarmet-t eviien these lade aevay in the morning of life brei the !„,. itrelching'in lovel a on the inp of the year in the beaut ol hay mystery reason ano hope k,,r the queen uf tho spring a she passed fri i ii ia seldom that eve meel evitn n pussage more iruiy elocpjent ih.in lhe following it is tbkeu from nn eaaay l.e the rev it peabody . of neev bedford er le !..-,, her r be on the trees and her breath on the and ih smile of her promise gave joy t ihe hours and flush in her footsteps spran nd flowers the skies like a banner in sunset min i i'd when eve see the first charm of our youth pas ns be fake a leaf on the sir**hiu that eeill never return v hen our rup evhich had sparkled evitb pleasure so high now tastes of the other the dark flowing urn : then then is lhe i iiont the afibetion can sevay with a depth and a tenderness joy never knew ; love nursed among pleasures is faithless as they but the love born ot sorrow like sorrow is tru ' ln clinics lull of sunshine though splendid their dyes yel faint is the odor the flowers shed about ; i'i lhe clouds and the mists of our own evcepin skies thai ca'l their full spirit ot fragrnncy out s i tlie wild glow of passion mav kindle from mirth uut tis only in grief true affection appears ; to tlie magic of smiles it may first owe its birlh bul the soul of ils sweet nese is drawn out by tears '. agricultural night comes over re ship at seu ami a passen ger liugers hour alter hour alone on the deck — the waters plunge and welter utul glide away be death lhe keel above the sails lower up in the darkness almost to ihe sky and llieir shailoev falls as it wero a burden on the deck below in thc clouded nighl no star is to be seen nnd as the ship changes her couisc ihu passenger knows not which way is east or west or north or south what islands whul sunken rucks uiny be on her course or whut hint course is or evhere tbey urn he knows not all around to him is mystery lie hoevs de.ievn iii the submission of niter ignorance but men of science huve read the laws of the ky ami the next day this passenger behold9 llie captain looking ul a clock and taking nolo of llie place of the sun nud with llie aid of a couple of buoks compose d ol rules and iniitheninlical ta bles making calculation and when lie has com pleted ii in he is able to point almost within a hand's breadth lo the place at which after unnum bered evindiiigh,hc has arrived in lhe midsi ofihe seas storms may have beat and currents drifted bul he knows ee here ihey are nnd the precise point whore a hundred leagues over the water lies his unlive shore here is reason appreciating und making use of the revelations ( if we may so call them of seieiice of horses o'er the e«-r tlireei their splendour of azure and gold but ice rose dense and inoress'd j',11 it marain uf buck touch 1 lhc zenith m,d oust ! v ■.,, _ on the uci net eel around us ihey glow'd when a vision l beauty appear'd on thu cloud ; " i e - nol like lhe ."-'.,,,. re ui mid-day eee vi.-ee nor ibe moon that rolls nightie through star-light and j blue desultory observations on breaking breeding and managing horses and treating some of their diseases to rne euitok or the franklin farmer : — i have often thought thai lho horse was much ne glecteil here in comparison with any olher stock i do not speak ol the race horse evhich is not in my opinion ol any use to agriculturists nr farmers ; hut us being only lho means of graiileiog the nu ttonal lu-te lalher more ionoeanl or agreeable tlmn lho itttll-fghti in spain alxnii forte vears ago louses were generully handsomer and holler in keutucley than they are oow : but as soon as our attention was turned to raising mules lhc horse was neglected in kurope horses were divided in to three classes — the draught or work horse inclu ding the carnago horse the horse of burden and lhe riding horse or policy . draught or work horses must be of a strong make taller ihun lhe others and yel be active and supple n their movements — his height is or 16 hands the horse ol burden musl be smaller say 13 or 14 bands and is pre ferred by many for hu superior sin-nuili the ri diug or saddle horse must be slender ami elegant in ull his limbs and may be within 15 hands it would bo ndvantageous for every rich fanner lo own a stud horse lor his own use and of a strong breed of tho draught ond riding cla-wes combined if among lus colts there should ix a racer as it might happen he would be sold as such and would he an extra profit without any risk the stallion llius kept for thc furm and therefore limited to a certain number of mares would have a hardy and strong progeny far superior to the weak offspring of a worn out sire the animal himself would preserve his strength a long tune unimpaired nnd oven be worked with great advantage to hia owner the extreme plurality of mares bred tonne horse is ono of lhe causes of the degeneracy of horses the choice of mares is still more important than thnt ol the horse ; for many colts resemble their dams more than their sires ; and this is an other cause of degeneracy .* the education of horses like that of men begins in their infancy tho care that is given to the mare naturally ena ble a person lo touch end caress the colt itself which loses ils shyness nnd becomes gcntlo and easy to break to his future labor bul although he inny be broke even al two years old he should never be rode or evorked until lie is full three ; iht loo early riding or working a horse being a mosl por noons practice and cause ol degeneracy to break a horse is loo often an excuse for breaking ins bones bul means nothing more than u.sing the most proper means lo render him useful at two years old he may be made to walk the ring hy means of a long leathern lino in a circle after having been thus practiced in walking give a length of lino and use him to trot taking care that his hind leal do not touch and cut his core feet — all this may be done gently and if a blnev seems to bo necessary let il be done with a whip more in terror than in ell.rci and aller thu voice has failed to procure obedience t l s may be practiced twn or three limes weekly when the colt begins to understand what is wanted of him then put a blanker on him with a girth during his exercise thon a light weight increasing in pro portion to tune and strength or as he will he wanted as a beast of burden when two and a half years old a boy may mount ihe colt while ho is walking the ring but mil as yel ill large vvhou he haa acquired a good trotting gait take a longer line and two persons are needed to learn him lo galllop and leap over a loose pole low al lirst und roisod higher by degrees the work or draught horse need noi practice leaping instead of which he must lie taught the harness and to pull light burdens with small whools su as to accustom lhc colt lo draw and to the noise ; thia inst tn he in creased by degrees so as nol to scare him and i moreover lo use him not to be frightened at any noise in future all this practising may lust until lhe horae is at least three years old at evhich uge the back bone is strong enough not lo he curved inward by the rider or weakened hy overhiruiiimg pulling two horses in eur.pe are always kept in the atablo fresh inter being spread every nigh for in i bed and taken away in the morning — he is fed with hay straw and oats the liny and slruw are in bundles the hay of it ur if lbs , the slruev about 10 lbs rye straw ia preferred itoth are put in the rack wel bran is sometimes nine i with oats perfect cleanliness is kepi iu the sta ble the horse is curried i rushed und combed every day and taken to the river at least twice a week if possible to wash and bathe in the coun try horses are often fed with chopped rye slruw and barley meal in france llio imy is made of different kinds of grasses unknown here home of which contain more suci-.liunue and nutnlive mar m l ri c e i i a neous l'h m and its banefi i kffects like a spirit it came in the van ..! u storm ! and bc eye sud tl o heart bail'et ils beautiful form for it look'd no s,-eere like an angel of wrath uui its garment of brightness illumed its dark path in lln hues of its grandeur sublimely it stood o'er the river the village tbe field and the wood ; and ne r in id village ui woodlands grew bright e and afibrded delight i waa the li-.u of omnipotence bent in his band \\ hose grasp al creation the universe spami'd i'm a the prescne of god in a symbol sublime ; ll vow lr,.m ii,e hood to tbe exit of time i nol dreadful ns when in the whirlwind he pleads when btormsare his chariot sod lightnings his steeds the black i-loii.is his banner of vengeance anfurl'd and tbunder hit voice i u guill-slrickcn world : ll e i 1 » , i i u fhe chinese rep isitorj " tot april 1 s37 pub died al canton gives a curious and inlerestu iccounl ol some paintings l.y a native artisi in i ireet canton flamed sintjua they are ,,. ,. paper ix in number forming a series de ! . ',„,.,! i , exhibit the progress of tbe opiuih sum j ker from health and prosperity lo misery anddegra i dation m fact thej ure u counterpart to hogarth's ! mzioizs " kake progress so fur as wo cun as rta'ia ii.e idea was original ee ith the painter and j ,,„',., r j as mere works nf art the pictures are b ms unworthy of notice the figures and iliiiades are well conceived and drawn and thi | hory clearly curried through the account of these pictures by ihe native ar '. n*i so aptly illustrates the fearful consequences j thich result from smoking opium that i cannot do ■better tban transcribe from ihe above mentioned periodical ihe explanationa winch accompany the pictures the son of a gentleman of fortune ins lather dying while he was yel but a youth comes into inn ol the whol ■family estate the young | iiinii having 110 inclination for either business or books gives himself up to smuking opium and profligacy in a little time his whole patrimony iimuandered and lie becomes entirely depend i i on the labor i lus wife and child lor his daily food | l'liiir poverty and misery lire extreme no i tliis picture repr ills lire mg man it home richly attired in perfect health and vigoi south an eleganl foreign clock stands oft nl senile table behind on the right is a chest ol \ ireasaie gold bnd silver and on tho left lose to i bis side is his personal -.. rvant and al a little dis j lauce i man e n 1 keeps constantlj in hisem ploy prepa i lhe drug foi use from the crude urchused and brought to the house '-. ,. 3 in this he is reclining on a superb sofa i with a pipe in hia mouth aurrounded l.y oourte bans iwo of whom are young in the character ol musicians his money nuw goes without an re i.i rd to lis amount . . no 8 m''er no verv long period ol indulgence bia appetite ioi the diug is insatiable and his cu tenanoe sallow and haggard emaciated should ers high teeth naked face black dozing iron morning to night be becomes utterly inactive in ihis stale he sila moping 00 a very ordinary couch wilh ins pipe and other appurnius for etoo k lean by his side at tins " mt ins evie is or a wife and a concubine come in ibe brat boding lha client emptied of its treasure stands frowning with astonishment while tbe second gu us wilh wodder at what she sees spread upon ibe coach . ,, n i his lands and his houses aie now all rone i'm couch exchanged for some rough boardi and a ragged mattrea lus shoes are oil hia feel an ins lace half awry as he sit bending forwards breathing with great difficulty hia wife and child tending before hnn poverty alricken euttenug wilh hunger ihu one in anger having du-lieil on iv il r till his apparatus for smoking while the little s„n unconscious of any harm is clapping lus hands and laughing al llie sport bul in heeds not either the me or the other no ■>. his poverty and distress are now ex treme though iiis appetite grows alionger than ev er be is a dead man in ibis ptlgh he scrapes togethei a few oupner coins and hurries awav to , the smoking houses io buy a little ol the ecrapiugi from lb p>p of another smoker lo al lay his insatiable craving no ii il-'re lus character is fixed a s..i scald e bamboo chair he is continually swal , ,,„. i es 1 ihe drug so loui thai le . is re quired to ee.isn them down ins iliroui ill wile , 1 aie seined near luui wuh skeins ol silk itretehod on bamboo reels from which they are e ling it off into ball tbu earning a mere pit lanci for in and iheir support , and dragging oot dat today u miserable existence these pictures be il remembered are entirely . ework ofa chiueae artist the explanations ,,,*• bi u i led from lhe original chinese time l'l-e therefore tha uipros»i il he b-mclul olfecl of opium-smoking which facta ant .,,,„„ b..ee made not upon any individual but upon multitude if the chinese ; foi such picture an eo loui lh result not ol a singular ibe nnnd oi an isolated individual bul reeling that widely preen is they nr nidi ,,,„,,. 1 lhc general sense ,.! a class at ici-l of i ,.- .- mmunit ■. i i'.ci ui addition needs |„ bo tl honed rarsthat the opium nne besmukeds second ,, „ . thus alter having satisfied the a lu-.n .,.,■,- ap.h-liie of the weal l.e .- o,ner the refuse rye io food uni mate depraved appetite in a bee -, i of vhrtima and ihu tend lo double lhc aiuuu.it .,( mischief tins app rs irma the be i ibe fifth pictured lhe ries nnh also is h,.„.l.„„'yc„ui.,.„.''l irom othui - ' ""•'• hi rcurij liiznr cure kduciur was employed he a i ,„ loaltcd ins ee-ll'e who ee dinger iii t ,„ 1 k-,„r greve n him hist ha hod le*r of i,.,i bring paid *• i have five pound said the niiintoihe doctor ■• 1 if you kill oi cure you shall have i thr wollinil died iii the h ind ; and allet b ii-.l-e.i.alilc lime he railed lor bis he p ds the nun aeted lh docfor rn huesi hi wife 7 " nei did you cure — ••\..." " tii.ni said the poofinan yen huve a wet wedding — we understand a singular eeedding took place at bodeubam in this county during the lute deep floods arrangements find been made hy a worthy couple to got married — ! the day evas fixed and every thing ready when unfortunately the river lug overflowed and thej spot where the church stood was deeply inundated on the very morning the happy ceremony was to | take place determined however not lo be di appointed a cart wns hired which conveyed ihe i party to the doors ol the church evhere tbey ibuiiu | the water evus very deep inside thoy however procured benches up in which they stood whilst the clergyman tied the minimi knot in venler proof bools — hertford journal in thr breath of his presence when thousand expire and seas boil wilh fury and rocks bum with tire and the sword and tho plague-spot evilh death strew lha plain and vultures und eeuiecs are tbe graves of lhe slain : not such evas the rainbow lhat beautitol one ! \\ ho arch eeus retraction its key-stone — the nun ; a pavillion it seemed which the deity grsced and jusl and mercy met there and embraced aevhile and it sweetly bent over the gloom i love o'er a death-conch or hope o'er tbe tomb then i.-ir ii dark scene when it slowly retired as love hurl just vanished ur hope had expired ! gazed not alone on that source of my song : to all who behold it these verses belong ■: ii -. to all was the path of the lord ! each full lieurt expanded — grew wsnu and adored ! like a visit — the converse of friend — or a day thai bow from my sight passed for ever sway ; i ; that visit tbsl converse that day to my heart thai bow tr reuieinbrance can never depart s a i".,ir iu memory distinctly define with the iron and unperishing colour of mind f my being beyond my c rol i a on thai cloud und transcribed on my soul night again shuts down over tho waste of the evnvos and the passenger beholds a single seaman stand nt the wheel and watch hour after hour as it vibrate beneath a lump a lillle needle which points ever as it were a living finger to the steady polo this mnn knows nothing of the rules of naviga tion noi lm hut the courses of the sky bui rea son nnd experience have given him faith in the commanding officer of the ship — faith in tho inevs lira control her course — faith in thc unerring in tegrity of the little guide before him and so without a single doubt he steers his ship on accord ing to lhe prescribed direclion through night and the waves and thnt faith is not disappointed — with the morning sun he i el i is far away the summits uf the gray uud misty highlands rising like a cloud on the horizon ; and as he noars them lhc hills appear and the lighthouse at ihe entrance uf the harbor nnd sight of joy the spires of the churches nnd the sinning roofs among which he strives to detect his oevn a leaf from the public album kept at niagara falls — the falls nre clever ; quile so ; bul they do nol i answer my hcxpeclations i got thorough ly wetted by them and lost my at ; when the weather is ot i prefer looking at nn hengrsving of them in the ousc j l of england the fulls are certainly very pretty ; 1 think they evould look sweet by moonlight caroline , of waterly place if all the water that ever fell over the falls could be collected together in one place ; t evould make another tea b b tf sagatitck conn there came to the falls a poor exile of uotliam who dwelt with dolight on the one view ho saev ; but be durst not go o'er to lhe canada side for fear of some d d international laev lot those who call water a weak element ob serve its strcngih here nature is generally wise and prudent ; but here she is improvident ; the water-power wasted here at a moderate culcitla tion would if properly distributed be suflicieni or fifty saw-mills wheelwright power of conn b t of wall street look on this picture and on that — we were struck evilh tho contrast belwoen two letters re ceived at our office the other day from persons re siding in the same village in this hiate both ol whom were two years in arrears for the neev york mirror tho first was as follows rival to the daguerreotype — if we believe the german papt ra leipmaun of berlin has invented a machine i bl obtaining correct copies of oil col or 1 pictures which is not less ingenious than the daguerreotype fo some years a liulc slender whom attire denoted poverty was observed n the museum ofoberlin where he was in be seen every week instead of walking through the gal leries arid examining the various paintings he whs ileeavs in ibe flemish room stationed before the same picture a potriut of rembrandt he would remain ihere for hours together his hands behind in back and his eves fixed upon lhe picture — this wus ascribed to eccentricity whilst u was a serious and singular study leading to a discovery evhich will form an era in the history of painting m leipmann waa meditating upon the invention ol a machine for reproducing oil paintings and af ter ten year of peraeverina labor he has succeed ed bee i„l all expectaiion at his residence are ti be seen a hundred copies of lhat very head of ken „ ran it ull of ihem of scrupulous resemblance to one another i luev he has achieved this is his oevn secret when one considers the privations he must have suffered in retaining ins idea one cannot help wishing that his eflorls may be rewar ded wuh ihe assistance of a trustworthy maid servant he haa labored fo many years night and ilny milking sealing wax ut night to procure a live lihood the most surprising circumstance is thai be did nol previously mike a complete copy ofthe picture but conveyed it home by parts as he had n in ins mind after visiting the museum thus on one dav it wa in eye on another lhe nose on a third a lock of hair lhat he look home which must luve required whole years for the completion of ins laak ii haa produced wilh his machine in one of ilu rooms of lhe royal museum and in pre sence i.t the directors 110 copies of rembrandt's portrait painted by himself a picture the copy jog of which in the usual way presents he utmost difficulties according to the opinion of sll puioters leipmaiin's epics are said to be perfect and to iee the most delicate shades of the rolor lie a-k but a lauit for ha u copy his invention excites universal admiration — mercury " sir — yours received 1 enclosed you ion dol lars if you evrile me any more dunning letters i shall stop your paper postage unpaid the second letter on which tlie postage was paid by lhe way was as lolloevs : " dear sir — 1 thank you for reminding me of my delinquency 1 enclose you lho amount due for lhe past and present volumes ten dollars with much pleasure and trust you will forgive mn for not attending tn your claims at nn earlier date yours cordially etc wo need not ask who was the reasonable man ihe gentleman in this case few persons have any idea ofthe innumerable expenses attending n periodical establishment and of ihe importance management betler than beating — a truck man in boston who had a refractory horse that would not move forward beat him unmercifully a gentleman came along who told him that he must not boat him any more " what shall i do said the men ; " my horse has stood here these two hours shall i stand here all day on on the horse must go but you must not heat him any more " get me a rope twice as long as the horse tho rope was brought tied to his tail and then passed between hia lugs forward , then he gave a pull upon the rope the horse was fright ened and showed signs uf kicking ; he continued to pull ; the horse suddenly started forward and went on without any moro beating the gentleman had seen that method tried on jackasses in south america with full success if you doubt it try for yourself lhat all demands though severally small and appa rently trifling should be collected to form a re spectable aggregate it is quite as unpleasant to dun as tn be dunned ; and if this fart were but du ly considered ihere would he more tolerance in lho world — ncyc y mirror a stammering pun — a waggish fellow some what troubled wilh an impediment in his speech wbom quiba and quibbles have been heard and rel ished by many of us while bitting at n public table had occasion tn use the pepper box after sha king it wilh all due vehemence and turning it in va rious ways he found that the crushed popper-corns were in no wise inclined to come forth — t-tthi this p.p pep pepper box he exclaimed with a lace tous grin ' is so so-some-somcthing li-li-li-likc my mv-iiiyself ' why sot ' interrogated a neighbor ' p non poo poor dey-de-de-delivery was the reply for those who thine a noisy virtue ia always of doubtful character the bravado is seldom brave the humble man mosl deeply laments his pride an emple wag gon rallies more thnn ono well laden a boaster is a vim uy it is no proof of our innocence that wo profess groat detestation of any vice the proud man is often more offended at the arrogance of others than his lm nl le neighbors are the mean-spirited man often professes great coniempt for coward nothing deserves thc name of wisdom which partakes of cunning nnd i rick if any one man know all thnt waa thought and felt by those n round him he would fee into the wildsrness ; and if society knew all thc ihoughta and feelings of nny ono man they would drire him into the wilderness matthews went once to wakefield thon from commercial failures in a dmadf'ul tale in vain did he announce his inimitable " youthful days iho y'irkshirniiibii came not when he progressed to kdinburg a friend askod him if he made much money in wakefield *' not a shilling was the reply " not a shilling reiterated his astonished acquaintance " why didn't you go ihere to ttar 1 " " yes replied matthews with mirthful mournlul ness " but they spell it with a re in wakefield -» ♦-• — carnal knowledge puffs up saving knowledge exalts by humbling no man ever knew much who did no prize a g.eid understanding nfsivc nil riches if vice is ever iis own punishment it is in thc case of the irritable or auspicious man — wutrh nan of the south he miio'i in heaven how short is lhe earthly history of a family ' a fow years and those who are now embraced in a family circle will he m:nt lured the children now the object of tender lode will have grown up nml gone forth lo their re-,,eeiie stations ie the world a few years mora and children and panrnla eeill have • i train this earthly ilage thair name will ,„, long r i • licurrl in their present dwelling their domestic loves and anxieties happiness and r rows will bs b las snd org ■'" n history every heart in which il waa written will is mouldering in tbe dnsf ami ii ihis all ! is ihis thu whole satisfaction which is provided for eme of tbe str 1*1 feelings of our h iris 1 ii it be how shall wu dare pour forth our olfoctions on object .,, peeling ' lloei can such transitory beings with whom our conncation is so hue engage all the luve w .■capil.ie i feeling 1 why i mid not nur feeling towards ihem is as ' • me u.i.l un-.n i-f in nth"v ' bul blessed l.e uud this is nol all ill thts he has given us perfect bssurunoi iti uuepe -' his s though to llie eye of ii..'-ii iig',ien-,i nature ibe liea of dornertic lo»e ebbm acattered into lu-t the spiritual eye i faith er r e - ihi ihej have been loosened on rih only io i re«,i,r,."i under far happier cireumst tnees in thc region of everlasting love and bliss though ivarrn walking on the last 4th july the fol lowing toast wns given at a western celebration : " i'he wretch who would refuse to defend iho liberties of his country — shod wilh lightning may he be condemned tu wander over a desert of gun powder 1 * the parent which has had any quality good or bad deeply impressed upon the constitution by inheriting it through a long line ol ancestry will commonly trans mit tins quality to the offspring therefore il one of the parents is well bred , thai is has bad lhe prominent good qualities of its specie o descend to n tbrongli botli lines nf ancestrv or through the sevsral converg ! ing lines without a crisis tr n am nol ol inferior qual ity and the uthir parent it tulhoul breeding , mill is hu no distinctive quality inherited through a line of • ne siry — tl.ei the offspr ng will com id v if not in variably resemble the well bred parent whether mule or female this pnoeipls is veil sire *.. r colls nf imported staff rd which r mr without exception so fir as we ban seen or heard in odor and generally also in form so lar as the former 1 can be judged uf st su early on sge notwithstanding lbs great diversity in the color and lurin ol the dams i'l principle of which wu speak is also strikingly cx einplifi'sl in the devon catlle the old oj tne hu ll sticks and ot course hihi in which lh peculi ar,nos of the stock are rendered iu,«*i thoroughly con siuutiuiisl by long inheritance the peculiarities ut the lock invariably predominate in lhe bull sud even iu the quarter bloods sun-cully when tlie ensxe is wilh unimproved stocks — la go the heart nl man can love res deeply and as fondlv as lhal of woman and who denies such ca pability libels it inn i foully ; hut the heart of man or woman either worn by lhe touch of follies and vices soon loses its power to love the temple is profaned nnd lhe g.d evill no longer dwell therein woman unless called upon to pass amidst the foul and polluting things of earth keeps lhe heart's bright garment lunger in ils lustre that lu-lre which jike lho bloom upon the iinpluckeil fruit i .. lost at every touch ; and this is whv fo f ev men arc found lo love with woman intensity ; bpcauei they have staked the fortune nf the lieait upon pret ty throw nml lus piece by piece john iv of portugal was most gratefully thank ed by a courtier whom he had refused an appoint ment " what do you thank me for a refusal ?" said the king " yes replied the courtier " your mjesty might have kepi me iu groundless nxpoc tiiuoii or in suspense either of which would have been my ruin " i say mister said a little urchin to a man will a pair of italic eyes *' warn'l you born in the middle ofthe eveek " no.you little d i ! why do you ask me thai i " cause i didn't know but you mniight hate been seem you are ult the time a loolrin both ways for sunday \ man lo be agreeable and g.,td company nnir.t think nioeh and readily ii|mii whal is said — hive 1 fund of veil — a faithful iih'inory and usltua ble iriiagiiin'iou i he should nlsn l>o master f his molher tongue for evithoti this thc best thoughts will fail lo please wo should see an koglishmtin whim we wnnl lo think and a frenchman ve hcu we waul to coo verso
Object Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1839-11-08 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1839 |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | No.21-Whole No.1011 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | B. Austin and C. F. Fisher |
Date Digital | 2009-04-13 |
Publisher | B. Austin and C. F. Fisher |
Place |
United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The November 8, 1839 issue of the Western Carolinian a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601575835 |
Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1839-11-08 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1839 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 2103830 Bytes |
FileName | sawc05_18391108-img00001.jp2 |
Date Digital | 4/13/2009 11:27:51 AM |
Publisher | Krider & Bingham |
Place |
United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of The Western Carolinian a historic newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
FullText | the western carolinian nn powers •■'. i i'l m •■i li d l " i i i'm ith status hv the ij aisjin &. c f fisher i editor ami pro|iri«-lor«s ) ii v it to the states are kesere'ed to nn si en y iiii to thk rioflt amendments tt thi constitution articlt x — - - salisbury jv c november 8 1839 i no xxi of vol xx ( whole mo ioi l terms of carolini iti i e ai tern cai inn . ia published every fbi fwo dollars per annum il paid ,,, r,,;ea , or ■fifty cents if nol paid befofe the ex . . will be di until nil arresragen . . u ... ill , hon i thc rtditon , and a ., notifj lhe editors of a wish to discontinue : if . year evill be considered as n neev en '\.,.-- omen will be conspicuously and correctly dollar p r bquare for tho flrsl in , , i ,,,, ,,,,-.■. court uud ju.lirinl , will be charged 28 per cenl mn ineaboe.r prices a deduction ol 83j per con r prices will be made to yearly nde omenta senl in for publicali si musl marked on tbem oi thi e ee ill - forbid and charged for accordingly iddrei wl i lho editors ,.,, bus .„: /»,,,'. or nne ee 11 i be attended to lie ' e *,,.„, a ' . - wai gloi us l ligl-i through the tr i play'd be and i.i.ir-.ir ,,-. the birdi b the r a i n b o vv . the history of a i'amilv mav seem to be forgotten el en ihe inst member ,.! il eeus laid in the grave the memory „( it still lives in immortal bloom and vlier the circle ia wholly dissolved on eurih it is ugain completed in heaven in the morning of lit when m cares re unknown and its pleasures in all their new lustre begin when we live in a bright beaming world id'.iur oevn and the light thai surrounds us is all trooi within ; oh tis not believe me in ihul happy time we can love ns in hours oi less transport eve may of our smiles of our hopes us the gay summer's prune hut affection is evarmet-t eviien these lade aevay in the morning of life brei the !„,. itrelching'in lovel a on the inp of the year in the beaut ol hay mystery reason ano hope k,,r the queen uf tho spring a she passed fri i ii ia seldom that eve meel evitn n pussage more iruiy elocpjent ih.in lhe following it is tbkeu from nn eaaay l.e the rev it peabody . of neev bedford er le !..-,, her r be on the trees and her breath on the and ih smile of her promise gave joy t ihe hours and flush in her footsteps spran nd flowers the skies like a banner in sunset min i i'd when eve see the first charm of our youth pas ns be fake a leaf on the sir**hiu that eeill never return v hen our rup evhich had sparkled evitb pleasure so high now tastes of the other the dark flowing urn : then then is lhe i iiont the afibetion can sevay with a depth and a tenderness joy never knew ; love nursed among pleasures is faithless as they but the love born ot sorrow like sorrow is tru ' ln clinics lull of sunshine though splendid their dyes yel faint is the odor the flowers shed about ; i'i lhe clouds and the mists of our own evcepin skies thai ca'l their full spirit ot fragrnncy out s i tlie wild glow of passion mav kindle from mirth uut tis only in grief true affection appears ; to tlie magic of smiles it may first owe its birlh bul the soul of ils sweet nese is drawn out by tears '. agricultural night comes over re ship at seu ami a passen ger liugers hour alter hour alone on the deck — the waters plunge and welter utul glide away be death lhe keel above the sails lower up in the darkness almost to ihe sky and llieir shailoev falls as it wero a burden on the deck below in thc clouded nighl no star is to be seen nnd as the ship changes her couisc ihu passenger knows not which way is east or west or north or south what islands whul sunken rucks uiny be on her course or whut hint course is or evhere tbey urn he knows not all around to him is mystery lie hoevs de.ievn iii the submission of niter ignorance but men of science huve read the laws of the ky ami the next day this passenger behold9 llie captain looking ul a clock and taking nolo of llie place of the sun nud with llie aid of a couple of buoks compose d ol rules and iniitheninlical ta bles making calculation and when lie has com pleted ii in he is able to point almost within a hand's breadth lo the place at which after unnum bered evindiiigh,hc has arrived in lhe midsi ofihe seas storms may have beat and currents drifted bul he knows ee here ihey are nnd the precise point whore a hundred leagues over the water lies his unlive shore here is reason appreciating und making use of the revelations ( if we may so call them of seieiice of horses o'er the e«-r tlireei their splendour of azure and gold but ice rose dense and inoress'd j',11 it marain uf buck touch 1 lhc zenith m,d oust ! v ■.,, _ on the uci net eel around us ihey glow'd when a vision l beauty appear'd on thu cloud ; " i e - nol like lhe ."-'.,,,. re ui mid-day eee vi.-ee nor ibe moon that rolls nightie through star-light and j blue desultory observations on breaking breeding and managing horses and treating some of their diseases to rne euitok or the franklin farmer : — i have often thought thai lho horse was much ne glecteil here in comparison with any olher stock i do not speak ol the race horse evhich is not in my opinion ol any use to agriculturists nr farmers ; hut us being only lho means of graiileiog the nu ttonal lu-te lalher more ionoeanl or agreeable tlmn lho itttll-fghti in spain alxnii forte vears ago louses were generully handsomer and holler in keutucley than they are oow : but as soon as our attention was turned to raising mules lhc horse was neglected in kurope horses were divided in to three classes — the draught or work horse inclu ding the carnago horse the horse of burden and lhe riding horse or policy . draught or work horses must be of a strong make taller ihun lhe others and yel be active and supple n their movements — his height is or 16 hands the horse ol burden musl be smaller say 13 or 14 bands and is pre ferred by many for hu superior sin-nuili the ri diug or saddle horse must be slender ami elegant in ull his limbs and may be within 15 hands it would bo ndvantageous for every rich fanner lo own a stud horse lor his own use and of a strong breed of tho draught ond riding cla-wes combined if among lus colts there should ix a racer as it might happen he would be sold as such and would he an extra profit without any risk the stallion llius kept for thc furm and therefore limited to a certain number of mares would have a hardy and strong progeny far superior to the weak offspring of a worn out sire the animal himself would preserve his strength a long tune unimpaired nnd oven be worked with great advantage to hia owner the extreme plurality of mares bred tonne horse is ono of lhe causes of the degeneracy of horses the choice of mares is still more important than thnt ol the horse ; for many colts resemble their dams more than their sires ; and this is an other cause of degeneracy .* the education of horses like that of men begins in their infancy tho care that is given to the mare naturally ena ble a person lo touch end caress the colt itself which loses ils shyness nnd becomes gcntlo and easy to break to his future labor bul although he inny be broke even al two years old he should never be rode or evorked until lie is full three ; iht loo early riding or working a horse being a mosl por noons practice and cause ol degeneracy to break a horse is loo often an excuse for breaking ins bones bul means nothing more than u.sing the most proper means lo render him useful at two years old he may be made to walk the ring hy means of a long leathern lino in a circle after having been thus practiced in walking give a length of lino and use him to trot taking care that his hind leal do not touch and cut his core feet — all this may be done gently and if a blnev seems to bo necessary let il be done with a whip more in terror than in ell.rci and aller thu voice has failed to procure obedience t l s may be practiced twn or three limes weekly when the colt begins to understand what is wanted of him then put a blanker on him with a girth during his exercise thon a light weight increasing in pro portion to tune and strength or as he will he wanted as a beast of burden when two and a half years old a boy may mount ihe colt while ho is walking the ring but mil as yel ill large vvhou he haa acquired a good trotting gait take a longer line and two persons are needed to learn him lo galllop and leap over a loose pole low al lirst und roisod higher by degrees the work or draught horse need noi practice leaping instead of which he must lie taught the harness and to pull light burdens with small whools su as to accustom lhc colt lo draw and to the noise ; thia inst tn he in creased by degrees so as nol to scare him and i moreover lo use him not to be frightened at any noise in future all this practising may lust until lhe horae is at least three years old at evhich uge the back bone is strong enough not lo he curved inward by the rider or weakened hy overhiruiiimg pulling two horses in eur.pe are always kept in the atablo fresh inter being spread every nigh for in i bed and taken away in the morning — he is fed with hay straw and oats the liny and slruw are in bundles the hay of it ur if lbs , the slruev about 10 lbs rye straw ia preferred itoth are put in the rack wel bran is sometimes nine i with oats perfect cleanliness is kepi iu the sta ble the horse is curried i rushed und combed every day and taken to the river at least twice a week if possible to wash and bathe in the coun try horses are often fed with chopped rye slruw and barley meal in france llio imy is made of different kinds of grasses unknown here home of which contain more suci-.liunue and nutnlive mar m l ri c e i i a neous l'h m and its banefi i kffects like a spirit it came in the van ..! u storm ! and bc eye sud tl o heart bail'et ils beautiful form for it look'd no s,-eere like an angel of wrath uui its garment of brightness illumed its dark path in lln hues of its grandeur sublimely it stood o'er the river the village tbe field and the wood ; and ne r in id village ui woodlands grew bright e and afibrded delight i waa the li-.u of omnipotence bent in his band \\ hose grasp al creation the universe spami'd i'm a the prescne of god in a symbol sublime ; ll vow lr,.m ii,e hood to tbe exit of time i nol dreadful ns when in the whirlwind he pleads when btormsare his chariot sod lightnings his steeds the black i-loii.is his banner of vengeance anfurl'd and tbunder hit voice i u guill-slrickcn world : ll e i 1 » , i i u fhe chinese rep isitorj " tot april 1 s37 pub died al canton gives a curious and inlerestu iccounl ol some paintings l.y a native artisi in i ireet canton flamed sintjua they are ,,. ,. paper ix in number forming a series de ! . ',„,.,! i , exhibit the progress of tbe opiuih sum j ker from health and prosperity lo misery anddegra i dation m fact thej ure u counterpart to hogarth's ! mzioizs " kake progress so fur as wo cun as rta'ia ii.e idea was original ee ith the painter and j ,,„',., r j as mere works nf art the pictures are b ms unworthy of notice the figures and iliiiades are well conceived and drawn and thi | hory clearly curried through the account of these pictures by ihe native ar '. n*i so aptly illustrates the fearful consequences j thich result from smoking opium that i cannot do ■better tban transcribe from ihe above mentioned periodical ihe explanationa winch accompany the pictures the son of a gentleman of fortune ins lather dying while he was yel but a youth comes into inn ol the whol ■family estate the young | iiinii having 110 inclination for either business or books gives himself up to smuking opium and profligacy in a little time his whole patrimony iimuandered and lie becomes entirely depend i i on the labor i lus wife and child lor his daily food | l'liiir poverty and misery lire extreme no i tliis picture repr ills lire mg man it home richly attired in perfect health and vigoi south an eleganl foreign clock stands oft nl senile table behind on the right is a chest ol \ ireasaie gold bnd silver and on tho left lose to i bis side is his personal -.. rvant and al a little dis j lauce i man e n 1 keeps constantlj in hisem ploy prepa i lhe drug foi use from the crude urchused and brought to the house '-. ,. 3 in this he is reclining on a superb sofa i with a pipe in hia mouth aurrounded l.y oourte bans iwo of whom are young in the character ol musicians his money nuw goes without an re i.i rd to lis amount . . no 8 m''er no verv long period ol indulgence bia appetite ioi the diug is insatiable and his cu tenanoe sallow and haggard emaciated should ers high teeth naked face black dozing iron morning to night be becomes utterly inactive in ihis stale he sila moping 00 a very ordinary couch wilh ins pipe and other appurnius for etoo k lean by his side at tins " mt ins evie is or a wife and a concubine come in ibe brat boding lha client emptied of its treasure stands frowning with astonishment while tbe second gu us wilh wodder at what she sees spread upon ibe coach . ,, n i his lands and his houses aie now all rone i'm couch exchanged for some rough boardi and a ragged mattrea lus shoes are oil hia feel an ins lace half awry as he sit bending forwards breathing with great difficulty hia wife and child tending before hnn poverty alricken euttenug wilh hunger ihu one in anger having du-lieil on iv il r till his apparatus for smoking while the little s„n unconscious of any harm is clapping lus hands and laughing al llie sport bul in heeds not either the me or the other no ■>. his poverty and distress are now ex treme though iiis appetite grows alionger than ev er be is a dead man in ibis ptlgh he scrapes togethei a few oupner coins and hurries awav to , the smoking houses io buy a little ol the ecrapiugi from lb p>p of another smoker lo al lay his insatiable craving no ii il-'re lus character is fixed a s..i scald e bamboo chair he is continually swal , ,,„. i es 1 ihe drug so loui thai le . is re quired to ee.isn them down ins iliroui ill wile , 1 aie seined near luui wuh skeins ol silk itretehod on bamboo reels from which they are e ling it off into ball tbu earning a mere pit lanci for in and iheir support , and dragging oot dat today u miserable existence these pictures be il remembered are entirely . ework ofa chiueae artist the explanations ,,,*• bi u i led from lhe original chinese time l'l-e therefore tha uipros»i il he b-mclul olfecl of opium-smoking which facta ant .,,,„„ b..ee made not upon any individual but upon multitude if the chinese ; foi such picture an eo loui lh result not ol a singular ibe nnnd oi an isolated individual bul reeling that widely preen is they nr nidi ,,,„,,. 1 lhc general sense ,.! a class at ici-l of i ,.- .- mmunit ■. i i'.ci ui addition needs |„ bo tl honed rarsthat the opium nne besmukeds second ,, „ . thus alter having satisfied the a lu-.n .,.,■,- ap.h-liie of the weal l.e .- o,ner the refuse rye io food uni mate depraved appetite in a bee -, i of vhrtima and ihu tend lo double lhc aiuuu.it .,( mischief tins app rs irma the be i ibe fifth pictured lhe ries nnh also is h,.„.l.„„'yc„ui.,.„.''l irom othui - ' ""•'• hi rcurij liiznr cure kduciur was employed he a i ,„ loaltcd ins ee-ll'e who ee dinger iii t ,„ 1 k-,„r greve n him hist ha hod le*r of i,.,i bring paid *• i have five pound said the niiintoihe doctor ■• 1 if you kill oi cure you shall have i thr wollinil died iii the h ind ; and allet b ii-.l-e.i.alilc lime he railed lor bis he p ds the nun aeted lh docfor rn huesi hi wife 7 " nei did you cure — ••\..." " tii.ni said the poofinan yen huve a wet wedding — we understand a singular eeedding took place at bodeubam in this county during the lute deep floods arrangements find been made hy a worthy couple to got married — ! the day evas fixed and every thing ready when unfortunately the river lug overflowed and thej spot where the church stood was deeply inundated on the very morning the happy ceremony was to | take place determined however not lo be di appointed a cart wns hired which conveyed ihe i party to the doors ol the church evhere tbey ibuiiu | the water evus very deep inside thoy however procured benches up in which they stood whilst the clergyman tied the minimi knot in venler proof bools — hertford journal in thr breath of his presence when thousand expire and seas boil wilh fury and rocks bum with tire and the sword and tho plague-spot evilh death strew lha plain and vultures und eeuiecs are tbe graves of lhe slain : not such evas the rainbow lhat beautitol one ! \\ ho arch eeus retraction its key-stone — the nun ; a pavillion it seemed which the deity grsced and jusl and mercy met there and embraced aevhile and it sweetly bent over the gloom i love o'er a death-conch or hope o'er tbe tomb then i.-ir ii dark scene when it slowly retired as love hurl just vanished ur hope had expired ! gazed not alone on that source of my song : to all who behold it these verses belong ■: ii -. to all was the path of the lord ! each full lieurt expanded — grew wsnu and adored ! like a visit — the converse of friend — or a day thai bow from my sight passed for ever sway ; i ; that visit tbsl converse that day to my heart thai bow tr reuieinbrance can never depart s a i".,ir iu memory distinctly define with the iron and unperishing colour of mind f my being beyond my c rol i a on thai cloud und transcribed on my soul night again shuts down over tho waste of the evnvos and the passenger beholds a single seaman stand nt the wheel and watch hour after hour as it vibrate beneath a lump a lillle needle which points ever as it were a living finger to the steady polo this mnn knows nothing of the rules of naviga tion noi lm hut the courses of the sky bui rea son nnd experience have given him faith in the commanding officer of the ship — faith in tho inevs lira control her course — faith in thc unerring in tegrity of the little guide before him and so without a single doubt he steers his ship on accord ing to lhe prescribed direclion through night and the waves and thnt faith is not disappointed — with the morning sun he i el i is far away the summits uf the gray uud misty highlands rising like a cloud on the horizon ; and as he noars them lhc hills appear and the lighthouse at ihe entrance uf the harbor nnd sight of joy the spires of the churches nnd the sinning roofs among which he strives to detect his oevn a leaf from the public album kept at niagara falls — the falls nre clever ; quile so ; bul they do nol i answer my hcxpeclations i got thorough ly wetted by them and lost my at ; when the weather is ot i prefer looking at nn hengrsving of them in the ousc j l of england the fulls are certainly very pretty ; 1 think they evould look sweet by moonlight caroline , of waterly place if all the water that ever fell over the falls could be collected together in one place ; t evould make another tea b b tf sagatitck conn there came to the falls a poor exile of uotliam who dwelt with dolight on the one view ho saev ; but be durst not go o'er to lhe canada side for fear of some d d international laev lot those who call water a weak element ob serve its strcngih here nature is generally wise and prudent ; but here she is improvident ; the water-power wasted here at a moderate culcitla tion would if properly distributed be suflicieni or fifty saw-mills wheelwright power of conn b t of wall street look on this picture and on that — we were struck evilh tho contrast belwoen two letters re ceived at our office the other day from persons re siding in the same village in this hiate both ol whom were two years in arrears for the neev york mirror tho first was as follows rival to the daguerreotype — if we believe the german papt ra leipmaun of berlin has invented a machine i bl obtaining correct copies of oil col or 1 pictures which is not less ingenious than the daguerreotype fo some years a liulc slender whom attire denoted poverty was observed n the museum ofoberlin where he was in be seen every week instead of walking through the gal leries arid examining the various paintings he whs ileeavs in ibe flemish room stationed before the same picture a potriut of rembrandt he would remain ihere for hours together his hands behind in back and his eves fixed upon lhe picture — this wus ascribed to eccentricity whilst u was a serious and singular study leading to a discovery evhich will form an era in the history of painting m leipmann waa meditating upon the invention ol a machine for reproducing oil paintings and af ter ten year of peraeverina labor he has succeed ed bee i„l all expectaiion at his residence are ti be seen a hundred copies of lhat very head of ken „ ran it ull of ihem of scrupulous resemblance to one another i luev he has achieved this is his oevn secret when one considers the privations he must have suffered in retaining ins idea one cannot help wishing that his eflorls may be rewar ded wuh ihe assistance of a trustworthy maid servant he haa labored fo many years night and ilny milking sealing wax ut night to procure a live lihood the most surprising circumstance is thai be did nol previously mike a complete copy ofthe picture but conveyed it home by parts as he had n in ins mind after visiting the museum thus on one dav it wa in eye on another lhe nose on a third a lock of hair lhat he look home which must luve required whole years for the completion of ins laak ii haa produced wilh his machine in one of ilu rooms of lhe royal museum and in pre sence i.t the directors 110 copies of rembrandt's portrait painted by himself a picture the copy jog of which in the usual way presents he utmost difficulties according to the opinion of sll puioters leipmaiin's epics are said to be perfect and to iee the most delicate shades of the rolor lie a-k but a lauit for ha u copy his invention excites universal admiration — mercury " sir — yours received 1 enclosed you ion dol lars if you evrile me any more dunning letters i shall stop your paper postage unpaid the second letter on which tlie postage was paid by lhe way was as lolloevs : " dear sir — 1 thank you for reminding me of my delinquency 1 enclose you lho amount due for lhe past and present volumes ten dollars with much pleasure and trust you will forgive mn for not attending tn your claims at nn earlier date yours cordially etc wo need not ask who was the reasonable man ihe gentleman in this case few persons have any idea ofthe innumerable expenses attending n periodical establishment and of ihe importance management betler than beating — a truck man in boston who had a refractory horse that would not move forward beat him unmercifully a gentleman came along who told him that he must not boat him any more " what shall i do said the men ; " my horse has stood here these two hours shall i stand here all day on on the horse must go but you must not heat him any more " get me a rope twice as long as the horse tho rope was brought tied to his tail and then passed between hia lugs forward , then he gave a pull upon the rope the horse was fright ened and showed signs uf kicking ; he continued to pull ; the horse suddenly started forward and went on without any moro beating the gentleman had seen that method tried on jackasses in south america with full success if you doubt it try for yourself lhat all demands though severally small and appa rently trifling should be collected to form a re spectable aggregate it is quite as unpleasant to dun as tn be dunned ; and if this fart were but du ly considered ihere would he more tolerance in lho world — ncyc y mirror a stammering pun — a waggish fellow some what troubled wilh an impediment in his speech wbom quiba and quibbles have been heard and rel ished by many of us while bitting at n public table had occasion tn use the pepper box after sha king it wilh all due vehemence and turning it in va rious ways he found that the crushed popper-corns were in no wise inclined to come forth — t-tthi this p.p pep pepper box he exclaimed with a lace tous grin ' is so so-some-somcthing li-li-li-likc my mv-iiiyself ' why sot ' interrogated a neighbor ' p non poo poor dey-de-de-delivery was the reply for those who thine a noisy virtue ia always of doubtful character the bravado is seldom brave the humble man mosl deeply laments his pride an emple wag gon rallies more thnn ono well laden a boaster is a vim uy it is no proof of our innocence that wo profess groat detestation of any vice the proud man is often more offended at the arrogance of others than his lm nl le neighbors are the mean-spirited man often professes great coniempt for coward nothing deserves thc name of wisdom which partakes of cunning nnd i rick if any one man know all thnt waa thought and felt by those n round him he would fee into the wildsrness ; and if society knew all thc ihoughta and feelings of nny ono man they would drire him into the wilderness matthews went once to wakefield thon from commercial failures in a dmadf'ul tale in vain did he announce his inimitable " youthful days iho y'irkshirniiibii came not when he progressed to kdinburg a friend askod him if he made much money in wakefield *' not a shilling was the reply " not a shilling reiterated his astonished acquaintance " why didn't you go ihere to ttar 1 " " yes replied matthews with mirthful mournlul ness " but they spell it with a re in wakefield -» ♦-• — carnal knowledge puffs up saving knowledge exalts by humbling no man ever knew much who did no prize a g.eid understanding nfsivc nil riches if vice is ever iis own punishment it is in thc case of the irritable or auspicious man — wutrh nan of the south he miio'i in heaven how short is lhe earthly history of a family ' a fow years and those who are now embraced in a family circle will he m:nt lured the children now the object of tender lode will have grown up nml gone forth lo their re-,,eeiie stations ie the world a few years mora and children and panrnla eeill have • i train this earthly ilage thair name will ,„, long r i • licurrl in their present dwelling their domestic loves and anxieties happiness and r rows will bs b las snd org ■'" n history every heart in which il waa written will is mouldering in tbe dnsf ami ii ihis all ! is ihis thu whole satisfaction which is provided for eme of tbe str 1*1 feelings of our h iris 1 ii it be how shall wu dare pour forth our olfoctions on object .,, peeling ' lloei can such transitory beings with whom our conncation is so hue engage all the luve w .■capil.ie i feeling 1 why i mid not nur feeling towards ihem is as ' • me u.i.l un-.n i-f in nth"v ' bul blessed l.e uud this is nol all ill thts he has given us perfect bssurunoi iti uuepe -' his s though to llie eye of ii..'-ii iig',ien-,i nature ibe liea of dornertic lo»e ebbm acattered into lu-t the spiritual eye i faith er r e - ihi ihej have been loosened on rih only io i re«,i,r,."i under far happier cireumst tnees in thc region of everlasting love and bliss though ivarrn walking on the last 4th july the fol lowing toast wns given at a western celebration : " i'he wretch who would refuse to defend iho liberties of his country — shod wilh lightning may he be condemned tu wander over a desert of gun powder 1 * the parent which has had any quality good or bad deeply impressed upon the constitution by inheriting it through a long line ol ancestry will commonly trans mit tins quality to the offspring therefore il one of the parents is well bred , thai is has bad lhe prominent good qualities of its specie o descend to n tbrongli botli lines nf ancestrv or through the sevsral converg ! ing lines without a crisis tr n am nol ol inferior qual ity and the uthir parent it tulhoul breeding , mill is hu no distinctive quality inherited through a line of • ne siry — tl.ei the offspr ng will com id v if not in variably resemble the well bred parent whether mule or female this pnoeipls is veil sire *.. r colls nf imported staff rd which r mr without exception so fir as we ban seen or heard in odor and generally also in form so lar as the former 1 can be judged uf st su early on sge notwithstanding lbs great diversity in the color and lurin ol the dams i'l principle of which wu speak is also strikingly cx einplifi'sl in the devon catlle the old oj tne hu ll sticks and ot course hihi in which lh peculi ar,nos of the stock are rendered iu,«*i thoroughly con siuutiuiisl by long inheritance the peculiarities ut the lock invariably predominate in lhe bull sud even iu the quarter bloods sun-cully when tlie ensxe is wilh unimproved stocks — la go the heart nl man can love res deeply and as fondlv as lhal of woman and who denies such ca pability libels it inn i foully ; hut the heart of man or woman either worn by lhe touch of follies and vices soon loses its power to love the temple is profaned nnd lhe g.d evill no longer dwell therein woman unless called upon to pass amidst the foul and polluting things of earth keeps lhe heart's bright garment lunger in ils lustre that lu-lre which jike lho bloom upon the iinpluckeil fruit i .. lost at every touch ; and this is whv fo f ev men arc found lo love with woman intensity ; bpcauei they have staked the fortune nf the lieait upon pret ty throw nml lus piece by piece john iv of portugal was most gratefully thank ed by a courtier whom he had refused an appoint ment " what do you thank me for a refusal ?" said the king " yes replied the courtier " your mjesty might have kepi me iu groundless nxpoc tiiuoii or in suspense either of which would have been my ruin " i say mister said a little urchin to a man will a pair of italic eyes *' warn'l you born in the middle ofthe eveek " no.you little d i ! why do you ask me thai i " cause i didn't know but you mniight hate been seem you are ult the time a loolrin both ways for sunday \ man lo be agreeable and g.,td company nnir.t think nioeh and readily ii|mii whal is said — hive 1 fund of veil — a faithful iih'inory and usltua ble iriiagiiin'iou i he should nlsn l>o master f his molher tongue for evithoti this thc best thoughts will fail lo please wo should see an koglishmtin whim we wnnl lo think and a frenchman ve hcu we waul to coo verso |