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THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH Is is47 Il
MISCELLANEOUS.


MISCELLANEOUS.
THR DySG wIsH.-fhe following
beautiful lines dsIsrye place ia the scrap
book Of menory,-
A little Sunday School girl, whes d.
ing wished her a other 10 put no roses
gfeund her head 10 The cofio and onsee.
ing asked Why not. said, Because Chrisi's
head was crowned With lhorns !" The
beautiful taought has been versiied BY
James Menigomely. Esq
"M mns. - little maiden sid.
Almost With her expiring sieh,
rPut ne sweet foses round nv head
When In my COIN dress lie"
"Why not ny dear. ]" the mother cried.
Whist flower - cell > corpse adurns,s
"Mamma, the innoesnt replied,
They erovns1 cur SAvisr 8 head with ,horo, >,
The DEAD.-HoW little do We think
Of The dead Their bones lie en,ombed
10 all our towns. villages and nsiehbor
hoods. The lands they cultivated. The
houses they built. The works OF Their
hands. are always before our eyes. We
travel The same road. walk The same path
sit atibe same ire-sides. sleep in the same
rooms. ride in the same carriage, and
dine Of the same table, yet seldom re.
member. that those who once occupied
these pisces. are, now gone alas! lorey-
efi
Strange ibat,he living should soon for
get the dead, when The world. is full OF
The ,msmentos of their lives Strange
that The feetipg cares OF life should SO
soonrush 10 and al the breast 10 The ex.
clasion OF those so near. To dan. nan
stands and weeps over the grave OF bis
Departed friend fo-morroU, he tpssse,
lhsi grave with cold in difference 70. doy;
bis heart 10 wrung with all the bitterness
OF anguish for the loss Of one he so much
loved !; TO morroU, the image !of that
fsiend is efaced from bis heart and Al.
most iorgot,eDl What a cemmentssy
upon man!
Be COMMENTED WITH LITTLE II once
knew man who had thous 40 Dis and thou
sands, but the desire to gel more, binder
ed him from enjoying what he bad; he
was disconlented and wretched, and il
ever be put up prayer 10 God, i, was
that his riches might increase.
i knew poor woman also, who had
but halt a dollar . week in the whole
world TO live upon. and yet she was
cheerful and happy. She had always q
llttle money by her 10 assist those 10 dis
tress. and instead Of praying that God
would add to her stores she was even
prsising him for what be had 90 gracious
" bestowed. She had u any trials, but
she rSjoiced through them al, for
True piety 10 cheerful as the1isy
WillEeep i.Ideed. and hease plying groan
For others'roes, but smiles upon her own,' NJ
so that you see my boys aud girls. ill.,
tie with Gods blessing. is better than
good deal without il. Think Of this 4.
gain. and make up your minds 10 be COM
tented Dith hitk.-[ Old Humphrey.
A BEAUTIFUL FIGURE Life 10 com
pared TO . fountsin led by . thousand
streams that perish il one be dried. Il Is
q silver cord twisted with thousand
strings that part ssunder if one be broken
Frail and thoughiless mor,als are sur
rounded BY innpmerable dangers. which
make i much more strange that they es-
cape SO long, than that they almost all
perish suddenly a. last. We are encom-
passed with accidents every day to crush
the moulderiag tenement that we inha-
bit. The seeds OF disease are planted
in our constitutions by nature. The earth
and the atmosphere whence we draw The
breath Of life isimpregnated with DEATH
be alih is made 10 operate it's own desiruc-
lioEl The food that rourish COO sins the
elenenis Of its decay the soul that ami
mates II by aiviyiiying FIRE tends 10 wear
il out BY it's own action death turks 10 !
ambush along our path. Notwithsisnd-
ing this = The truth. so pslpably confirm
ed BY the daily examples before our eyes
bow little do We lay il 10 heart We see
our friends and neighbors perish among
u. but how seldom does il occur 10 our
thoughts that ourknell shah perbsps, give
The next iruitless warning 10 the world!
RETRosPEcTIoH-Look back upon the
path that you have irod from the daythatl
God brought you into being. and say
whether you do not, as il we're, see oil The
road se. thick With marks and memorials
d diyiae goodnessi Recolleci the pla
;es where you have lived. and the per-
sons with whom you have most intimate
y conversed !; snd call 10 mind The mer-
Ties 700 bsye receiyed 10 those places.
Ind from those persons. Survey eli your
10 relative life; how many
Kind friends are surrounding you daily,
md Studying how they may contribute 10
voas comfort. Reflect on those remark.
,bie circumstances ia Providence which
occssioned the knitting Of some bonds OF
his kind. Forget not 10 how many in
Itsnces. when those dear lives have been
threatened. God hath gisen them back
from the borders Of the grave nor also
10 how gracious,a msnner be bath $40
ported soma others 10 their last moments
lpd. snshifd them 10 leave behind sweet
odor q Pisiy. which bath embslmed
their memories. revived va0 Shen Re adv
10 sink under the sorro - 81 separation.
md cn the whole. even made the reeol-
lection 81 death delightful.
Az Two laHysrs wsss taxing ihair ariu
IL enc Of the 'yespectsbIs' GROCERIES. 4
person observed ihsi .shsy weSs nsmbers
q The Bar Yes, said The landlord.
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