Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-10-22

from heart that feels for you all parent can
feel, and not without the hope which const-
tutes the parents highest happiness. May God
bless and protect you.
Wm Writ, TO his daughter.
PUycTUALITY-We believe there are not as
many persons in the world as there should be,
who fully appreciate the benefit of punctuaty
in the employment of time, or look upon it as
virtue. Many are punctual in their habit mere
ly as matter Of convenience; others are un-
punctual entirely from want of thought. They
forget to count the moments, those sands of
time, which ere the end of life swell into vast
mountains They are often surprised at the
amount of labor accomplished, or the desirable
objects achieved, by others, which were equally
possible to themselves but were lost from a
want of puuctuality. Punctuality should be
taught to children as early as their minds are
capable of appreciating in the least its import
ance. The best way to teach that or any other
moral lesson, is by example. Let them see it
always practiced in all the arrangements Of the
family, and let the want of it be subject of re-
proof and punishment. 1t should be included
in the eight commandment of the Decaogue-
Thou shalt not steal For want of punctual-
| ity is theft of that most precious of Gods gift
! to man, the time that has been bestowed upon
| him to improve to the best possible advantage
| for himself and others. From failure TO ac-
qure and practice this as habit, arise but too
often those terrible disappontments and misfor-
tunes, which render life truly " q vale Of tears;
and which we are too much inclined to ascribe
to fate or Providence, according as religious
emotion is weak or strong within the mind.
The Cedar of Lebanon is described as a most
magnificent evergreen, remarkable for its height
and horizontal extent of its branches. Linne-
Us classes it among the jumpers. These trees
are sometimes two hundred feet in height, and
nearly forty feet from the ground to the base of
the lowest branches and the trunk is often ten
feet in diameter near the ground. They spread
their roots to an amazing extent, and strike deep
into the earth, as, indeed, we might expect
would be necessary, from the enormous size
of the structure above ground; for it is one of
the laws of vegetation, that the roots are in pro-
portion to the size of the trunk and the extent
of the branches. The wood of this species of
cedar is of a beautiful brownish color; the grain
is fine, and the odor delightfully."- fragrant. The
taste of it is very bitter. On this account it is
preserved from the ravages of the worms of the
East, which, though insignificant in size, often
destroy other trees of the greatest size. The
I wood of few trees is more durable than that OF
the cedar of Lebanon. 1t is almost imperisha-
BILE. Some cedar wood was found perfectly fresh
in heather temple, in the ancient city of Utica
where it had remained at least two thousand
years. There are not SO many cedars on Mount
Lebanon, now as there were in the palmy days
of the Hebrew nation, when almost the entire
mountain was covered with immense forests OF
this tree.
MENTAL ExCITEMENT.-Bad news weakens
the action of the heart, Expresses the lungs, de.
stroys the appetite, stops digestion, and partial
ly suspends all the functions of the SYSTEM
An emotion of shame hushes the face: fear
blanches it; Joy Eliminates it; and an instant
thrill electrifies million of nerves. Surprise
spurs the pulse into gallop. Delirium infus-
es great energy. Volition commands, and hun.
dreds of muscles spring to execute. Powerful
emotion often kills the body at stroke. Chi
10, Diagoras, and Sophocles died of JOY at the
Grecian games. The news of defeat killed
Philip V. The door-keeper Of Congress expir.
ed upon hearing of the surrender of Cornwall
lis. Eminent public speakers have often died
in the midst of an impassioned burst OF elo
quence, or when the deep emotion that produc
ed it suddenly subsided. Largrave, the young
Partisan, died when he heard that the musica
prize for which he had competed was adjudgec
to another.
: Asylums both for the Deaf and Dumb, ant
! for Lunatics, are about to be established in Mo.
/. in the town of Fulton, Galloway county, about
100 miles up the Missouri river.
Coal is about to be brought to Rochester BY
: the Utica and Oswego railroad at dollar cheap
: or per ton than it is received there now.
: There were only Sol / cmigrants arrived her,
from Europe last week, in 3s vessels.