Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1846-07-03

how pleasant and desirable do they make life
Every dark object is made light by them, and every
tear of sorrow is brushed away. When the heart
is sad and dependency sits at the entrance OF the
soul, trifiing kindness drives despair away and
makes the path of life cheerful and PLEASANT
Who will refuse kind act? 1t costs the giver
nothing but is invaluable TO the sad and sorrow
ing 1t raises from misery and degradation, and
throws around the soul those haliowed joys, that
were lost in Paradise.
HUsBANDs.-A mans house should be his earth
" paradise. 1t should be, of all other spots, that
which he leaves with most regret, and to which
he returns. with the most delight. And in order
that it may be so, it should be his daily task to
provide every thing convenient and comfortable
for his wife. With every provision he can posi-
bly, make her life will be one of care and TOLL
Size is the sentinel who seldoaa, feser- be re-
eved Others may Sleep but there be any one
who must watch it is she. She ought, therefore,
to be furnished with every comfort within the
means of her husband Generally, every shilling
expended by the husband for the accommodation
of his wife in her domestic operations, is returned
upon him fourfold-if not precisely in pecuniary
advantage, though this is oftentrue, it will be found
in the order, peace and happiness of his family.
EVIL SpEAKlxG.-Did you ever hear person
of uprightness and strict integrity, speak evil
against another? 1t is the vile and unprincipled
who are given to backbiting and detraction-yll-
lians we had almost said-men who are noto-
riously bad. We believe with the poet
'.Whosabs my name, would stab my person too,
Did not the hangmans axe lie In the way
A distinguished person once listened to another
who was severe in his remarks upon neighbor-
After he was through the nearer, remarked: " Ia
there not fair side also to the character of the
person of whom you are speaking? Come tell
me what good qualities you have remarked about
him. There are few men SO bad, even in the
estimation of their bitterest enemies, who have
not some good qualities to recommend them, which
they are always seen TO keep back when SANDER
ing them.
The SExEs-The finger of God himself has
marked out the line which separates the impulses
ses, the habits, the character of the two Sexes
Man has vigor, woman refinement; man has the
reasoning faculty best developed, women the per-
ceptive; man has the powerot abstraction, woman
rarely possesses it; man is the creature of calcu-
lation, woman of impulse; man is capable of deep
research-he proceeds slowly and cautiously,
measuring every distance, and counting every
step of his progress woman bounds along with
rapid feet observing the most prominent objects
in her path, and from them forms conclusions of
ten erroneous, but always ingenious.
Forty YEARS AGo.-Forty years ago, ltera-
ture meant learning. and was supported by common
sense. Refined nonsense had 10 advocates, and
was pretty generally kicked out of doors.
Forty years ago there were but few merchants
nthe country, or insolvent debtors-and they rare
ly imprisoned for debt.
Forty years ago, young ladies of the first respec-
liability learned music-but il was the humming
of the spinning wheel, and learned the necessary
steps Of dancing in following it. Their forte
piano loom. their parasol broom, and their
novels bible
Forty years ago, the young gentlemen hoed the
corn chopped wood at the door. and went TO school
in the winter to learn reading, writing and arith-
matte.
Forty years ago. there were no such things as
balls in the summer, and few in the winter, except
snow balls.
Forty years ago, if mechanic proposed to do
your work. you might depend on his word; it
would be done.
Forty years go, when a mechanic finished his
work he was PAID it.
CHARACTER OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
The Texas Register contains complete list of
the members OF the Legislature of that State-Se-
nate 81 House 65. Ofthe whole number are
classed as Wings, 2 Locofocos, 2 Tyler men,
Policeman, Texan, Nullifer, Republicans, l
Anti-Tariff man, Tariff man, IA not specified,
and the .rest Democrats. The Oldest member is
81. the Youngest %. Thirty seven are farmers,
/ 6 lawyers, 8 merchants. physicians, mechan-
les 8 surveyors, planter, l printer, not speci-
! fed Several members are from, North Carolina,
l3 from Virginia, from Kentucky, 9 from Ten
nessee. s from Georgia, 6 from South Carolina,
from Massachusetts, 3 from Louisiana, 30 from
New York 2 from Maine, from Mississippi, 2
not specified, and / each from Alabama, Connec-
ticut, Indiana, Pennsylvania, England, Ireland,
Scotland, austria and Texas.
About sla,ooo.ooo gold and silver are annually
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