Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-01-27

have spoken is too much confined To the se,I.
sual and material, 10 gam aud show. Could
this activity be swayed aud purified by q
noble aim, not single comfort of life would
be rctronch"d. whilst it's beauty and grace
| and interest would be unspcakably lncroas
| ed. There IL another dark feature Of this
| age. ii Is The spirit Of collision, contention
and dlscord which breaks forth IN religion. IN
! politics, ~ business, IN private affairs; re-
| suit and necessary lssne OF the selfshncss
! which prompts the endless activity Of life
| The mighty forces which are at this moment
acting IN society are not and cannot be IN
harmony, for they cannot be governed by
love. They jar, they are dlscordant. Life
has now lItlle music IN II. Ii IL not only on
| the held Oi battle that men fight They fight
on the exchange. Business ~ war, n conflict
ot skill, management. too often fraud; Chris
ilans, lorsakIng their one Lord, gather under
varl"us standards, 10 gain victory for their
sects. Politics are war, breaking the whole
people into fierce and INSCRIPTIONS parties
which forget their country IN conflicts for
Office and power. The age needs nothing
more than peacenakers. men Of serene com.
fnAhtlng virtue, io preach IN life and word
The gospel oi human brotherhood to sllay the
hres OF jealousy and hate Dr. Claiming.
II a QUErR CAPER. We sometimes think
wits and wsgs Of about ~ much benefit Ia
The world, ne are buttons 10 the back Of
cost--of no Use and but lIIte ornament. Yet
we are constrained To- add by way of qualify.
/ lng the slmic some what, that we have seen
perhaps half dozen instances. wherein way
gerry was turned 10 some account. Oue ui
them, now fresh in our memory, occurred
M Ill 4, a A. a 10, ia,
loned love story--worthy young man-love.
.Iy young lady-,t'rn, uncumpromIsIng cudg-
ar OF tather-undyIng attachment, and all
that sort of thing The father was wealthy
citizen OF Boston, and the street IN which the
scene was laid, and the lanes in its inncdl.
ate neighbUrhood we could nj this monsnl
name, were 1t not that the old bow front
house, and the old man IN il, may be, for
aught we know, in the same place still
Well, the old fellow had taken It into his
head To dislike the young man from The mo
meni he laid his eyes upon hlm-had subsc- !
qncnUy informed him that an ivory headed
cane and the utmost rgor OF the law should 4
be let loose upon him. II he again crossed that \
thrgshold-sU ihure was a great scratching II
OF heads and seeking for devices, wherewIh |
10 clrcumvcnt The tyrannlcal, obstinate, hard |
hearted stumbling block To the union Of n 4
pair OF hearts which lovcd--lerrby The \
old man had gone 80 Tar in his childish dis 1
IKE for the sultor, that watch had even /
been put upon the premises to prevent his H
Ingress yet by brbing the servants, matters I
were in a train of elopemeut, bat nothing /
could induce The watchlnan to forsake hs \
post for an instant. In this dilemma, recourse \
was had 10 an inveterate wag, who was all
intimate friend 10 the parties, and who hap.
pcned TO board on the very next corner of n
the street. He readily undertook 10 bring
The affair 10 a favorable issue-to.d his friend 4
10 have a carriage near at hand. and convey Il
to the lady to hold herself in
at two O'clock on the ensuing morn.
ing.
Everything went on well-the lady receiv-
ed the note, aud the lover duplicate key OF
he font door. How his waggsh friend
was about 10 act, he knew not as his pro-
,eedngs had been kept secret but during
he day Tho wag had IN fact been collecting
!. vast amount of broken crockcry, glass and
earthen ware-botlles brought a high preml.
I'm, and cracked plates were worth their
weight in gold old cellars and backyards
we're thoroughly ransacked, and The servants h
md sculOns were msticd. One o'clock ,,
,nme, and 80 did the lover, but up the street
nu dOWn tue street there was nOupht to be II .
cen. Two o'clock, said the "o!d Soulh."I
nd so did Park street, but yet no signs of d
he was-no signs of the ruSe /; the lover be.
an to think himself nicely hoaxed, when 10. d
Icre came an awful crash as if a special q
arthquake had hcen sent to shake every \
'lndow, and the tea and dinner sets in the a
argain, out Of some particular house. Up
cw sashes-out popped night caps-olr
rent the watchmen's rattles and away they \ ?
'cnt themselves and above all, ont rushed /
he old mans Watch in a high state of ex. 1
ltement. The moment was seized, and in L
'ss time than we take to relate it, the car 2
age with the lovers, was whirlng off towards .
ne Providence road And there stood the \ }
ause Of all this hubbub, ensconced behind j
le window curtain of his own attic, laughing II
II the tears trlckled down his face at the
ldlcrous taJie1ur of broken dishes, deluded c
atchmen, and half dressed aud astonlshed
,okcrs on beneath him. But we believe the I
larrIcd pair live happily together--at any c
ate, they are domiclIed in the old mans
ouse.- Lafayette Chronicle. \
Aat1--<~~ - rrksz<sszs ~