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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
Evils of Railroads.

Some canal stakeholder has recently made
the following powerful argument against rail-
ways. We have been inclined always to
think well Of this mode of conveyance; but
we confess, since reading the annexed, we
are greatly staggered in our faith. There is
certainly great comprehensiveness in his
views.
ale saw what would be the effect of il;
that it would set the whole world a g~adding.
Twenty miles an hour, Sir! Why, you will
not be able to keep an apprentice boy at work;
every Saturday evening he must take a trip
to Ohio, to spend the Sabbath with his sweet
heart. Grave, plodding citizens will be fly
ing like comets. All local attachments must
be at an end. 1t will encourage flightiness
of intellect. Veracious people will turn into
Unreasonable liars, all their conceptions will
be exaggerated by their magnificent notions
Of distance. 'Only one hundred miles off!
Tut, nonsense. I'll step across, madam,
and bring you your FAM PRAY, sir, will
you dine with me in my little box in ALLIE
ghenyf' why, indeed, | don't know, /
shall be in town until twelve, well l shall be
there, but you must let me off in time for the
theatre And then, Sir, there be barrels Of
pork, and cargoes of -four, and chaldrons Of
coal, and even lead and whiskey, ard such
like sober things that have been used to So
Der travelling, whisking away like a set Of
sky rockets. 1t will upset all the gravity of
the nation. If two gentlemen have an affair
of honor they have only to steal off to the
Rocky Mountains, and there no jurisdiction
can touch them. And then, Sir, think Of
flying for debt. A set of bailifs mounted
on bomb shells could not overtake an alb
sconding debtor, only give him a fair start.
Upon the whole, Sir, it Isl peslilential, topsy-
turvey, harem-scharum whirl-gig. Give me
the old fashioned, solemn, straightforward,
Dutch canal-three miles an hour for express,
and two for a jog and trot j~ourney-with a
yoke of oxen for a load. / 20 for beasts Of
burden; i. is more primitive and scriptural,
and suits a moral and religious people better.
None of your hop, skip and jump WITNESSES
for me-"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15

believe nothing tends TO make people so
awkward as too much anxiety to please 9TH
ers. Nature is graceful and affectatlon with
all art, can never produce anything half so
pleasing. The very perfection Of elegance
is TO initiate nature as closely as possible /;
and how much better it is to have the reality
than the imitation. ] shall probably be re-
minded that the best and most unaffected
people are often constrained and awkward in
company TO which they are unaccusiomed.-
| answer, the reason is, they do not trust
themselves ; they are afraid that they shall
not do right, and that very fear makes them
do wrong. Anxiety about the opinions Of
others letters the freedom Of nature. AT
home, where they act from within themselves,
they would appear a thousand times better.
All would appear well, il they never tried to
assume what they do not possess. Every
body is respectable and pleasing so long as
he is perfectly natural. ! will make no ex-
cepiion-nature is always graceful. The
most secluded and the most ignorant have
some charm about them. so long as they affect
nothing so long as they speak and act from
the impulses of their own honest hearts, with
out any anxiety what others think Of it,.
Coarseness and vulgarity are the effect OF
education and habit; they cannot be charged
upon nature. True politeness may be cher
ished in the hovel as well as in the palace,
and the most tattered drapery cannot conceal
its winning charms.
As far as consistent with your situation
and duties, early accustom your children TO
an intercourse with strangers. have seen
young persons who were respectful and polite
at home, seized with a most painful and un-
becoming bashfulness as soon as a guest en-
tered. To avoid this evil. allow children to
accompany You as often as possible, when
you make calls and special visits. Occasion
al interviews with intelligent and cultivated
individuals have a great influence on early
character and manners, particularly if parents
evidently place a high value upon acquain-
tances of that description. have known the
destiny Of a whole family greatly changed for
the better, by the friendship of one of its
members with a person of superior advanta-
ges and correct principles.-MOher's .aSsis-
tani.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
POliteneSS.
BY MRS. l. NJ. CHILD.

IT is a graceful habit for children to say to
each other, "Will you have the goodness :"
And, 81 thank you" ] do not like to see
prim, artificial children there are few things
| dislike so much as a miniature beaux, or
belle. But the habit of good manners by no
means implies affectation, or restraint. 1t is
quite as easy to say, "PIease give me a piece
Of pie" as to say, 81 want a piece of pie"
The idea that constant p%oliteness would
render social life too stiff and restrained,
springs from a false estimate Of politeness.-
True politeness is perfect ease and freedom.
1t simply consists in treating others just as
you love to be treated yourself. A person
who acts from this principle will always be
said to have "sweet, pretty ways with her,
1t is of some consequence that your daugh-
ter should know how TO enter and leave a
room gracefully ; but it is of prodigiOusly
more consequences that she should be in the
habit of avoiding whatever lie disgusting OF
offensive to others, and of always prefering
their pleasure to her own. If she has the
last, a very little intercourse with the world
will teach her the first.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
Boston in Early Times.

164O.-Edward Palmer was hired to build
a pair Of stocks, and on being adjudged as
asking a great price for them, was sentenced
to be put in them one hour; and Captain
Stone was sentenced to pay glO0 to Justice
Cudlow, for calling him a just-ass, and also
prohibited from coming into Boston, without
the Governors leave, on pain of death. Jo-
sias Plastow, for stealing four baskets Of
corn from the Indians, was ordered to return
eight baskets, to be fined R5, and to be call
ed Josias, and not Mr.. Josias in future.
l635.-November 80. Ii was agreed that
no further grants of allotments Of land shall
be made 10 new corners, without they may
become members of the church.
March A, 1884. II is likewise ordered
that musket balls of a full boar shall pass
currently for four farthings apiece provided
that no one shall be compelled to take above
l2 pence at a time in them.
4th of 7th month, l~639-Boston. No
garment shall be made with short sleeves,
whereby the nakedness of the arm may be
discovered in the wearing thereof, and such
' as have garments already made with short
sleeves, shall not hereafter wear the same,
unless they cover their arms to the wrist with
linen or otherwise ; and that hereafter no
person whatever shall make any garment fol
woman or any of their sex with sleeves more
than half an ell wide in the widest part
thereof, and so proportionable for bigger or
smaller persons.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
Manufacture of india Rubber Shoes in
Brazil.

A number Of blacks, bearing long poles on
their shoulders, thickly strung with India
rubber shoes, also attracted our attention.
These are for The most part manufactured in
the interior, and brought down the river for
sale by the natives. 1t has been estimated
that, at least, 100000 pairs of shoes are an
nually exported from the province of Para,
and The number is constantly on the increase.
A few words more respecting the tree itself,
and the manufacture Of shoes may not be out
Of place. The tree (SiphiM e%Lasfica) is quite
peculiar in its appearance, and sometimes
reaches the height of eighty, and even an
hundred feet. The trunk is perfectly round
and rather smooth, and protected by a bark
of a light color. The leaves grow in clus-
tiers Of three together, are thin and of an o.
vate form, and are from ten TO fourteen inch
es in length. The center leaf of the cluster
is always the longest. This remarkable tree
bears a curious fruit of the size Of a peach,
which, although not very palatable, is ca
gerly sought after by different animals il is
separated into three lobes, which contain
each a small black nut. The trees arc tap
ped in the same manner that New England
ers tap maple trees. The tree having been
perforated, a yellowish liquid, resembling
cream, flows out. which is caught in smafr
clay cups fastened 10 the tree. When these
become full, their contents are emptied into
large earthen jars, in which the liquid is
kept until desired for use.
The operation Of Making.
The operation o fmaking the shoes is as
simple as it is interesting. Imagine your
self, dear reader, in one of the seringo groves
Of Brazil. Around you are a number Of
good looking natives, of low stature and OIL
i've compilations, all variously engaged
One is stirring with a long wooden stick the
contents of a cauldron, placed over fire of
blazing embers. This is the liquid as it was
taken from the rubber tree. Into this a wood
en- last, covered with clay, and having a
handle, is plunged. A coating Of the liquid
remains. You will perceive that another
native then takes the last, holds it in the
smoke arising from the ignation of a species
of palm fruit, for the purpose of causing the
coating to assume dark color. The last is
then plunged again into the cauldron, and
this process is repeated, as in dipping can
dies, until the coating is of a required thick
ness. You will, moreover notice a number
Of Indian girls, (some of them very pretty)
engaged in making various impressions such
as flowers, &c. upon the soft surface Of the
rubber, by means of their thumb nails, which
are especially pared and cultivated for this
purpose. After this final operation, the shoes
are placed in the sun to harden. The abo-
riginal name of the rubber is cahuchu, from
which the formidable word of caoutchouc is
derived. In Para it is styled barrocha, OF
seringa !-BentIey's Miscellany.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
BUSINESS GaNDA.
DAVID WOODRUFF.

DhilD UOODltOl1
MANUFACTURER OF
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SULKIES, &c
A general assortment Of carriages constant
ly on hand, made of the best materials and
in the %nea'est style. All work warranted.
Shop on Main street, Salem, o.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15

gentleman gets tired of his plaything, wha,
will You give him for i'll"
"Why, sir" said the shopinap, al fear
we could not afford to give more than eigh-
teen shillings for il, unless the young gentle
man took some Of these pretty things in ex-
change"
' Eighteen shillings /" said my father
''you would not give that. Well, my boy,
whenever you do grow tired Of your box, GU
have my leave TO Sc j it,"
My father paid his bill, and went out. |
fingered behind a few moments. and joined
him at the end of the street. Papa, papa ~
| cried, clapPing my hands, we can buy
the grranium-we can buy the fower-pot,''
and | pulled a handful of silver from my
pockets.
"Did I not say right" said my father,
passing his handkerchief over his eyes
- You have found the two fairies p"
Oh how proud, how overjoyed | was
when, after placing vase and flower on the
window sill, ! plucked my mother by the
gown, and made her follow me to the spot.
:" 1t is his doing, and his money !" said
my father, "good actions have mended the
bad"
What" cried my mother, when she
had learned all " and your poor domino box
that you were so fond of! We will &c
to morrow and buy it back, il it costs US
double"
"Shall we buy it back, Pisistratus ! -
asked my father.
"Oh no-no-no! 1t would spoil ALL" |
cried. burying my face on my fathers breast.
"My wife," said my father, solemnly,-
/" this is my first lesson to our child-the
sanctity and the happiness of self-sacrifce-
undo not what it should teach to his dying
day."
And that is The history of the broken flow
er-pot.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
From The Child's Friend.
The CaXtOnS.
A FAMILY PICTURE.

! should wrong thee, oh, best of fathers, if
suffered the reader 10 suppose, that because
thou didst seem so Indifferent to my birth,
and so careless as 10 my early teaching,
therefore thou vert, at heart, indifferent TO
thy troublesome child. As | grew older ]
became more sensibly aware that a fathers
eye was upon me. | distinctly remember
one incident, that seems TO me, in looking
back, a crisis in my infant life, as The first
tangible link between my own heart and that
calm great soul.
My father was seated on The lawn before
the house, his straw hat over his eyes, III
was summeT) and his book on his lap. Sud
denly a beautiful delft blue and white flower
pot, which had been set on the window sill
of an upper story. fell to the ground with a
crash, and the fragments spluttered up around
my fathers legs. Sublime in his studies as
Archimedes in the siege, he continued 10
read.
4" Dear, dear f" cried my mother, who was
at work in the porch, "my poor flower poi
that priced SO much Who could have
done thisl Primmins, Primmins!"
Mrs. Primmins popped her head out Of the
fatal window, nodded 10 the summons, and
came down in a irices pale and breathless.
"Oh!" said my mother, %mournfully, 81
would rather have lost all the plants in The
green house in the great blight last May
would rather The best tea-set were broken -
The poor geranium ! reared myself, and the
dear, dear, flower pot which Mr.. Caxtor
bought for me my last birthday! THAI
naughty child must have done this !"
Mrs. Primmins was dreadfully afraid Of
my father, why, know not, except thai
very talkative social persons are usually
afsaid of very silent, shy ones.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
Ancient Temperance Pledge.

The following ancient pledge Of ~teetotal-
ism was written and signed by a Bachelor
Of Divinity and preacher OF the Gospel, in
England, two hundred and thirteen years
ago:-
"From this daye forwarde to the ende of
my life, | will never pledge anye health; nor
drink a carowsal in a glasse cupp, bowie or
other drinking instrument whatsoever it be,
or ffrome whomsoever il come, not my own
most gracious kinge, nor any the greatest
monaIk or tyrant on earth, nor my nearest
friende nor all the goulde in the wolrde, shall
ever enforce or allure me, not an angelic
frome heaven (who | know will not attempt
i) shall persuade me. not Satan, with all his
old snttellies, nor all the powers of hell itself
shall ever betray Inc. By this very SHINE
(for slime it is, and not a little one,) | doe
plainly find that l have more offended and
more ~dishonored my great and glorious Ma
ker and most merciful Savior, than by all
other SHINES that | am subject unto, and for
this very slime | know it is that God hath
often been strange unto me. Aud for that
cause and no other respect, have | thus VOW
ed and | heartily beg my good Father in
heaven Of his create goodness and infinite
mercie in Jesus Christ, to assist me in the
same, and TO be favorable unto me for wkaI
is past. Amen (Signed) r. BORON.
BrOughton, April 10, 1887"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
On The Picture of A "Child Tired of
Play"
BY N. P. WILLIS.

Tired Of Play! Tired of play
What hast thou done this li%velong day
The birds are silent, and so is the bee;
The sun is creeping up steeple and tree;
The doves have flown TO the sheltering caves,
And the nests are dark with the dropping
leaves,
Twilight gathers, and day is done
How hast thou spent it-restless one!
Playing But what hast thou lone beside
To tell thy mother at even tidel
VIVA, promise OF morn is left unbrokenl
What kind word 10 thy playmate spoken +!
Whom hast thou pitied, and whom forgiven!
How with thy faults has duty a"iriven!
What hast thou learned bv field and hill,
By greenwood path, and by singing rilI!
There will come an eve TO a longer day,
That will find thee tired-but not OF play!
And thou wilt lean, as thou leanest now,
With dropping limbs and aching brow,
And wish the shadows would faster creep,
And long TO 60 to thy quiet sleep.
Well were il then if thine aching brow
Were as free from sin and shame as now
Well for thee if thy lip could tell
A tale like this, ola day spent we'll.
If thine open hand hath reliev'd distress
II thy pity hath sprung to wretchedness-
If thou hast forgiven the sore offence,
And humbled thy heart with penitence-
If natures voices have spoken TO thee
With their holy meanings eloquently-
lfevery creature hath won thy love,
From the creeping worm to the brooding dove,
If never a sad, low spoken word
Hath plead with thy human heart unheard-
Then, when the night steals on as now,
1t will bring relief to thine aching brow,
And, with JOY and peace at the thought of rest
Thou wilt sink to sleep on thy mothers breast
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15

NUTMEG TREE.-The nutmeg tree flour.
ishes in Singapore near the Equator. 1t is
raised from the nut in nurseries, where it re-
mains until the fifth year, when it puts forth
set out permanently. The trees are placed
thirty feetapan in diamond order-a male
tree in the center. They begin TO bear in
the eighth year, increasing for many years,
and they pay a large profit. Therei is no nut
growth to maturity. The ripe fruit is singu-
Iarly brilliant. The shell is glossy and black,
bright scarlet, making the tree one of the
most beautiful objects of the vegetable world.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
POETRY.
Suns hine.
BY MARY


love the sunshine everywhere
In wood, and field, and glen
love it in the busy haunts
or town-imprlsoned men.
/ love it when it streameih in
The humble cottage door,
And casts the chequered easement shade
Upon the red-brick floor.
/ love il where the children lie
Deep in the clovery grass,
To watch among the twining roots
The gold-g,een beetle pass.
! love it on the breezy sea,
To glance on sail and oar,
While the great waves, like molten glass,
Come leaping to the shore.
/ love it on the mountain tops,
Where lies the thawless snow,
And half kingdom bathed in light,
Lies stretching out below.
And when it shines in forest glades
Hidden, and green, and cool,
Through messy boughs and veined leaves,
How is it beautiful
How beautiful on little streams
When sun and shade a; play,
Make silvery meshes, while The brook
Goes singing on its way.
How beautiful where ~dragon-1ies
Are wondrous TO behold,
With rainbow wings of gauzy pearl,
And bodies blue and gold.
How beautiful on harvest-slopes,
To see the sunshine lie;
Or on the paler reaped fields
Where yellow shocks stand high!
Oh, yes! | love the Sunshine /:
Like kindness or like mirth
Upon a human counteBance,
Is sunshine on the earth
Upon the earth, upon the sea-,
And through the crystal air,
On piled-np cloud, the gracious sun
Is glorious everywhere!
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15
Agents for the Bugle."
OHIO.

OHIO.
New Gardens; David l.. Galb reath, andI
Johnson.
Columbiana /; Lot Holmes.
Cool Springs; Mahlon Irwin.
Berlin Jacob H. Barnes.
Marlboro; DR.. X. G. Thomas.
Garfield /; John Wetmore.
Lowellville; John Bissell.
Youngstown; j. S. Johnson, and Wu
]. Bright.
New Lyme Marsena Miller.
Selma ; Thomas Swayne.
S~pringboro; Ira Thomas.
Harveysburg; V. Nicholson.
Oakland; Elizabeth Brooke.
Chagrin Falls; S. Dickinson.
Columbus; w. w. Pollard.
Georgetown Ruth Cope.
Bundysburg; Alex. Glenn.
Pennington; Willard Curtis.
Bath j. b. Lambert.
Newton Falls; DR.. Homer Earle.
Ravenna; Joseph Carroll.
Hannah Il. Thomas; Wilkesville.
Southington Caleb Greene.
Mt. Union; Joseph Barnaby.
Malta ; Vim. Cope.
Richfeld Jerome Hurlburt, Elijah Poo
Lodi; DR.. Sill.
Chester X Roads; II. w. Curtis.
gainesville; F. McGrew.
franklin Mills Isaac Russell.
Granger; l.. Hill.
Hartford; G. w, Bushnell.
GarTettsville; A. Joiner.
A~ndover; A. G. Garlick and J. +. Vii
more.
Achor Town; A. G. Richardson.
INDIANA.
Winchester; Clarkson Pucket.
Economy; Ira G. Maulsby.
Penn John j.. MichBer.
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh II. VashOn.
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OF Remember, that labor is necessary to
excellence. This is an eternal truth, although
vanity cannot be brought to believe, or indo-
lence to heed it.-John RanRO5ph.