The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-05-22

HIS i"slilct Impcilcd hlm to 60 to work under
the most uEfavorable circumstances and he
busted himself as earnestly in constructing a
dam, IN room mp three pair of stairs in Lon
don, as if he had been laying his foundation
IN stream or lake in Upper Canada.
dread, and bread and milk and sugar.
formed the principal part of Binnvs food;
but he was very fond of succucnt fruits
and roots. Tender twigs especially of the
willow, were greatly to his taste, and he
would handle them very adroilv, drawing
them through his torc-paws, which he closed
on them much as a basket-makcr would do
when trying twig, though less perfectly of
course.
An animal so Sociablc in his habits ought
to be aitrctonatc; and very alcctionatc the
beaver is sad to be. Drage mentions two
Young ones, which were taken alive and brot
to ncighhorng factory in IInl>on's Bay,
where they throvc very fast, until one of
them was killed accidentally. The survivor
instantly felt the loss. began to moan. and ab-
stained from food till it died Mr. Bullock
mentioned to the narrator 4 similar instance
which fell under lis notice in North America.
y male and female We're kept together in a
room. where they lived happily until the
male was deprived Of his partner by death
For a day or two he appeared to he hardly
aware of his loss, and brought food and laid
it before her; at last. finding that she did not
stir, he covered her body with twie> and was
in a pinin. state when Mr. Bullock lost sinh,
OF him.
With no Slight regret the writer adds q
third example in the death of his pet. The
houSckccpcr was very fond of Bnnv, alwav:
consulting his comfort and appetite. making
his bed warm. and trcatin" him frequently tt
Sally l.unnS and plum cake. till he became
the most plump and sleek of beavers: ant
the attachment was reciprocal. At last, OF
the writer's departure for London. for som,
time, he thought that Binnv, who had @rowr
excessively fat, would be the better for cxcr.
else and change of air, and would be nor,
comfortable ii sent to pay a visit to the tower
OF London and cxpatate there. Mr. Cops
the keeper of the lions. kindly undertook tc
take care of him. lie was suffered to 20 al
large, am! had every accommodation but soon
began to fall of in his appetite. In vain did
his kind host try dclicacy to tempt his quest
With the exception OF few rai>nS. the de
icctcd animal would eat nothin. and fell Il
way yi>tIv. Fearing the worst. and suspect
ing that it was pinine for i,> home Mr. Cop,
brought it back to the housckccpcr I'll,
poor beaver Immediately recognized her. III
tered hi, little cry and crrpt under her chair
But the blow had been struck he never raj
lied, but died. a. the good old h"usckccprI
declared. with tears in her eyes. of "A broker
heart. His skin is preserved in the museum
of the Bristol Philosophical Society.
4 Success IN BrSINESS-A successful bus
mess man is a rhcmirul compound of the in
tcllectual and the PHYSICAL We lay the en-
ph,Ss on chemical bccallSc a chemical com
pound differs from either OF it, ingredients i
is not a mechanical mean between them, hu
a new substance. So Il successful business
man differs entirely from a man of mere in
tcllcct. man who has all sorts oi sense be
sides common scnSc-minl without any au
thorlty over matter, on the one hand. an,
from the stupid unrcasoning ploddcr, the MAJ
machine on the other He i 50 different tha
his success cannot be comprchcndcd hv ci
thcr OF the other The time was when hu>i
ness was hN<gnc>S. and a man cot along il
the world if he kept active and always at it
But it is so no longer. \ man must he rca
SonIbl, active to succeed now, but he mus
be- more-hc must be a thinkcr-a philoso
phcr The more intellect he can pnt int
: composition with his action the better an,
: without good deal he is run over, left ou
, of sight, lost.