Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-09-25
From HHe1is Dollar Waga-iae.

paper to you as well as 10 US. h.AfsN.
From HoLR7l's Dollar Maga-iae.
No. long ago, a friend seat us rich,
rare present, in the shape OF the copy of a
letter written twenty years ago. by lady
Of great literary distinction, 10 her cousin,
who now graces one of the most honorable
official stations of the Empire State. 1t
was written on the eve of his marriage
and accompanied pair OF blue mixed
stockings, knit by herself, as present. 1t
was sent 10 US for cur private and personal
enjoyment, but as no restriction was i'm.
posed upon US, and as the letter is 50 deci
dedly uuequallcd and so entirely Iich, we
can not resist The temptation 10 share the
ENJOY ment of lis perusal with our friends.
We would only add, thai it will endure be
ing read slowly, carefully, and more than
once.
DEAR Cousin Herewith you will re-
ceive present of pair Of wooen stock
ngs,knt ty my own hands and be assured,
dear COZ, that my friendship for you is warm
as the material, active as the finger work,
and generous as The donation.
"Bnt consider this present as peculiar
ly appropriate on the occasion of your mar
rage. You will remark, in the first place,
that there are two individuals united in one
pair. who are 10 walk side by side, guard
ing against coldness, and giving comfort
as long as they last The thread OF their
texture is mixed, and so, alas. is the thread
of life. In ,hesc, however, the white is
made TO predominant, expressing my de-
sire and confidence that thus it will be with
the color Of your existence. No black is
used, for believe your lives will be who'll
Iy free from the black passions Of wrath
and jealousy. The darkest color here is
blue, which is excellent, where we 10 not
make it TOO blue.
"O,her appropriate thoughts rise to my
mind in regarding these stockings. The
most Indifferent subjects, when Viewed by
the mind, in a suitable frame, may furnish
instructive inierences, as saith the poet:
The ron dogs. the fuel and tongs
The bellows that have leathern lungs,
The fire-wood. ashes. and the smoke,
De all TO righteousness provoke.
Blu, to the subject. You will perceive that
the tops Of these stockings 10y which l
suppose courtship TO be represented) are
scanned, and by means OF scanning, are
drawn into a snarl, but afterwards comes
a time when the whole is made plain, and
confines so TO The end and final toeina of.
By this,l wish TO take occasion 10 congrat.
uate yourself, that you are now through
with seeming, and have come to plain re-
ali,y. Again,a the whole of these comely
stockings was not made at once, but by the
addition of one little stitch alter another.
put in with skill and discretion, until the
whole presents the fair and equal work
which you see 50, life does not consist Of
one great action, but millions of little ones
combined; and so may it be with your
lives. No stitch dropped when duties are
to be perlormed-no widening made where
bad principles are to be reproved, or econ
omy is TO be preserved neither seeming
nor narrowing where truth and generosity
are in question. Thus every stitch of life
made right and set in the right place
none either TOO large or too small, too igh,
or too loose; thus may you keep on your
smooth and even course, making existence
one fair and consistent pece-unt,l, togeth.
er, having passed the heel, you come to
the very toe oflile, and here, in The final
narrowing of, and dropping the coil Of this
emblemalc pair Of companions and COM
forting associates, nothing appears but
white, the token of innocence and peace,
of purity and lieht-may yon like these
stockings, the final stitch being dropped,
and the work completed, go together, from
the place where you were formed, 10 a
happier state Of existence, a present from
earth 10 heaven. Hoping that these stock.
ings and tdmonl'ions may meet cordial
reception, remain, in the true blue friend
ship. seemly, yet without seeming,
"Yours, fIom top 10 toe, --"
Money, which answers such variety O
purposes, has been used TO hire persol
into health. A gentleman cured his wife
who was complaining, by giving her dol
lar q day for every day tha' she did no
complain ;-if she uttered any complain
her wages were stopped for that day. Oh
the omnirotence Of money
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A Society Of Public Health, has bee
formed in the city of New York.. the oh
ject to en.ighten the people as to the mean
of preserving health. This object is YER