The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-01
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OTcak nuSDanQ 3 neaTG, the absence OF
content, the mutterings of spleen; the
the untidy dress, and cherries home;
the forbidding scowl, and deserted
hearth; these and other nameless neg
lects, without crime among them, have
narrowed to the quick the core of ma
ny man, the germ of dark, despair.
Oh! may woman, before that long, sad
sight arrives, dwell on the rccolections
other youth, and cherishing the idea of
that tuneful time, awake and keep alive
the promises she then SO kindly gave;
and though she may be the injured one
the forgotten, not the forgctful wife
IA happy allusion to that hour of peace
and love-a kindly welcome to a CON-
Portable home-smilc of love to Danish
Q hostile words--a kiss of peace to par
don all the past, and the hardest heart
that ever locked itself within the breast
of selfish man will soften to her charms,
and bid her live as she had hoped, for
years in mntchlcss bliss--lovcd, loving
and content-the soother Of the sorrow
ing hour-the source Of comfort and
the spring of joy.
PATENT INDIA RUBBER OIL.--Of
all the substances of modern applica-
ton, that of India rubber seems to be
one Of the most useful. One of its
most recent, and probably one of its
most useful applications has recently
been made in using it as an oil, or rath-
er in SO combining it with oil, that it
Tssolds it in such a condition as to rem
der it capable of increased fuidity, at
the same timc that it has q sort of
toughness, or 6brous quality like
glue. This composition is called "Del-
phan's Patent OIL. We have seen it
tested, and have been shown several
!. certificates from responsible parties,
tending to prove that besides having all
the useful qualities of the best of sperm
oil for bearings of machinery, it has still
greater labricating qualities, and not so
subject to evaporation or waste. If so,
it will introduce an important saving in
the expense of working machinery. TO
railroad companies and machine shops,
it is q matter Of great Importance.
Railroad Journal.
SAGAcITY OF A MoNKEY.--The SER
want OF a medical gentleman, who was
sometime in India, caught a young mon
key, and brought it to his tent, where
every care was taken of it; but the moth
eriwas 80 greatly distressed with the
loss of her progeny, that she never cca.
sed uttering the most plteous tones,
night or day, in the immediate vicinity
of the tent. The doctor at length tired
out with the inccssant howling, desired
the servant to restore the young one
back to its mother, which he did, when
it very cheelfully retired, and sped its
way to the community to which it had
be!onged.--Hcre, however, she found
she could not be received. She and
hcr progeny had lost caste, and, like
;the hunted deer, were beaten and re.
.jected by the flock. A few days after,
our medical friend was greatly surpris.
ed to see the monkey return to his tent
of its own accord, apparently very
much exhausted; and having deposited
its young one, it then retired few
yards from the tent, and there laid itself
down and died. On examining the
'carcase of the poor animal, it was found
in most emaciated state, starved,
wounded, and scratched all over, SO
that there can be no doubt that it had
been dreadfully maltreated by its COM
radcs; and, finding no safety for itself or
its offspring, returned the little ono into
the hands Of those who were the cause
of its misfortunes.