Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-03-05
ONE OF FANNY FERNS BEST.


Oh, take it all back-only give me LOVE
ONE OF FANNY FERNS BEST.
1t is only little pauper Never mind her
You see she knows her place, and keeps close to
the wall, as if she expected an oath or a blow
The cold wind is making merry with these thin
rags. You see nothing of childhood's rounded
symmetry in those sunken limbs and pinched fea-
lures. Push her asde-she's used to it. She
won't complain-she can't remember that she ever
heard kind word in her life. She'd think you
were mocking, if you tried it.
She passes into the warm kitchen, savory with
odorous dantes, and is ordered out, with threat,
by the portly cook. In the shop windows she sees
nice fresh loayes Of bread, and tempting little
cakes Rosy little children pass her, on their way
to school, well fed, well clad, and joyous, with
mothers parting kiss yet warm on their sweet lips.
There to be happiness enough in the
world, but it never comes to her Her little bas-
ket is quite empty, and now, faint with hunger,
she leans YEARLY against that window There is
a lovely lady who has passed in. She is buying
cakes and bonbons for her little girl as if she pos
sessed the purse of Fortuatus. How nice it must
be to be warm, and have enough TO eat ! Poor
Meta She has tasted nothing since she-was sent
forth, with curse, in the morning, to beg or
steal and the tears will come. There is happiness
Iandplenty in the world, but none for Meta
Not so fast, little one Warm hearts beat some
times under silk and velvet. That lady has caught
sight of your little begone face and shiverlng
form. Oh what if it were her child and obey
ing sweet maternal impulse, she passes out the
door, takes those little benumbed fingers III her
dainty gloved hand, and leads the child, wander
ing shy, and bewidered, into fairy land.
A delightful and novel sensation of warmth
creeps over those frozen limbs, faint color tinges
the pale checks, and the eyes grow liquid and love-
ly, as Meta raises them thankfully to her benefac-
tress. The lady little girl looks on with an inno
cent Joy, and learns for the first time 'hoW bless
ed are the merciu'
And then Meta passes out with heavy basket
and light heart. Surely the street has grown
wider, and the sky brighter! This can scarcely
be the same world Metals form is erect, now
Her step is light as a child's should be- The sun
shine of human love has frightened her pathway !
All Meta earth is not all darkness-bright angels
yet walk on the earth. Sweet-voced Pity and
heaven-eyed Charity sometimes stoop to bless
Gods image is only marred-not destroyed. He
who feeds the ravens. bends to listen. Look up
ward, little Meta.
WESTERN TRAVEL VIA PiTTsBURG.-We are in
formed that an arrangement has been made by the
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company
and soon to be put in operation, by which passen-
gers will be carried throu gh from Baltimore to
Cincinnati for S11. This arrangement contem-
plates connection with line of superior floating
palaces, steaming between Pittsburg and Cincn-
natl, in addition to the present excellent railroad
route between these two points.
An effort is made to induce the Postmaster GEN.
era to extend the mail service by new route from
New Orleans to Vera Cruz across the country via
Acapulco to San Francisco. The contractors de.
mand $500 600 per annum for the service, and
say it will only require II days. The Postmaster
hesitates, as Congress has not yet authorized this
new service to California.
The Constitution of Illinois provides for pay4
ing members of the Legislature for forty two days
Legislation at a session, but if protracted longer
the members have to foot their own bills.
The citizens of Memphis are now discussing the
propriety of making such disposal of the "prome-
made" in front of the city will aid in building
railroad to Little Rock.
If you act part truly great, you may expect
that men of mean spirits, who cannot reach you,
will endeavour, by detrac;ion, to pull you down to
their level. But posterity will do you justice; for
$ envy will die with you
R1aur AND WRoNe.-"If you don't GO to school
my son, who will teach you what is right Of
> wrong 90 s'I don't get teached, / find it out >
And how do you find it out 90 ''By observing
that right works for a shilling day, while wrong
lives on it," Not much made by that witness.
A considerable reduction in the price of house
!, hold provisions has taken place in New York mar
kets lately. Butter has gone down, and poultr,
and game of all kinds are unusually cheap.
The number of communicates in the Florid,
r conference of the Methodist E. Church, as showI
# BY statistics submit ed at the late session of TIL
: Conference, is g. SGT whites, 1884 colored--ma
king in all 9.l84. Increase the past year, $780,
t Number Of local preachers. 83.
!. CALoR1c ENeINEs-Tbe New York Expires
says that Captain Ericsson has received orders 70
about 800 of his calorie engines, but it is not
!; that he has consented to supply any large humble
q at present