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Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
FOR CROAKERS.

There is mo raj in the following an
ecdotc, which is peculiarly applicable
at the present time /:
An eccentric lawyer, named BunoEss,
many years ago, lived in a New Eng
land village. and became quite famous
for his "skepticaI notions" Attending
a town meeting, after its adjournment he
fingered among The groups Of subs'an.
lial farmer deacons who composed it,
and listened to the prevailing converse.
ton. The "bad weather" "lhe n.y."
"ihe rot" "thc dfoulh," and "lhe wet"
were duly discussed, when some one
turned 10 Burgess, and asked, "How
comes on your garden 2" "lnever plan,
anything" replied Burgess, with a sol.
emn face, 81 nm afraid to plant even a
potatoe."
at is no wonder" groancd one Of the
most eminonily pious persons present,
-"lts no wonder (: for q man who dis.
believes in religion could not expect to
have his labors blest." .--'..
81 am not ofraid Of failing in the re-
ward of my work, " replied Burgess, "bu
| am afraid tia. agricultural labor wo'd d
make me profane. If planted single
potatoc, what would be the result Q
Why, | should get up in the morning
look about and growl, 'I,'s going to rair
and it will ruin my potatoe,' then in dry
weather, should say. the drou;h viii
kill my potatoe.' Then should be un
happy because the rot might destroy my
pota,oe. In fact, gentlemen" concluded
Burgess, 81 should be afraid to do any
thing that pould lead me constantly Il
distrust Prouidcnce."
- The reproof was instantly felt by man.
persons present and for months after
ward, the farmers, with the fear Of Bur
CESS before their eyes, talked Of the bles
sings rather than the evils attending up
on their daily labors."
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
IMPURE LANGUAGE,

THERE are some habits We never can
entirely annihilats after we have once
formed them. The use of impure Ian.
guage Is one Of these habits. 1t may be
subdued, and slumber for years, till its
existence is almost forgotten ); and then
in the delrium Of fever, it may suddenly
break forth to the astonishment Of all
who listen. Many devoted Christian,
in the delirium of a sick bed has shock.
ca his fliends by the use of profane and
obscene language, which could he ex.
planned only by the fact that he was ia.
m'lar with such language in early life.
In reading the memoir Of Dr.. Grant,
the missionary to the HISTORIANS, | was
struck with the fact relating to his las,
Illness. For seventeen days previous to
his death, he was in delirium "but
(says his bioglapher) though speaking
constantly on many topics, in three diff
ierent langua sos-that is, English, Tur.
kish, and Syriac-he did not utter sin.
|, gle word he would have been ashamed
of afterwards. His associates listened
to these discourses Of his secret heart
and wondered that nothing appeared tina,
they would have wished to conceal
| WeU.Spring.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21

BleGaApAE..
PHINEAS 4. BARNUM

Is seeking additional notoristy 70 pyps1
mote the sale OF his autobiography. Hef
has gone through The form ofoifsfiag itts,
the highest bidder and singulsviy shoStbs
his original publisher who had snpouae.
ed the Mork, is the succesafuI contsstent.,
at $4,000, or ffty.two cents copy.
Barnum unanimously rejects Tie eosnd
sum, and accepts the sum offered eos'eseh
copy sold. or this OUT readers will Be.
lieve as much as their cfedulity msy peS.
nit. Specimen chapters have bsspppb-g
lished, too, 10 whet the appetite: news
paper paragraphs have given assursncs
that all his humbugs will be expoSsd, and
he has recently made admissions, In .
lecture, which will produce an imprsss
sion that he is something moro than
man OF tact. A single extract will sui.
6cent:
Before ! went to Engfand with Tom
Thumb | had skeleton prepared from
various bones. II was to have been eish.
teen feet high. 1t was to have been buri.
ed year or so in Ohio. and then dsS
up by at cident, SO tnat the public might
learn that there were giants Of old. The.
price ] was TO pay the person who pro.
posed to put the skeleton together, wss
to have been 1925. But finding Tom
Thumb more successful than thought.
| sent word not to proceed with the sksl.
eton. My manager. who never thought
as highly Of the scheme.as deserved, sold
the skeleton for fifty or seventy. five dol.
las. Seven years. afterwards, l received
from the South an account Of gigantic
skeleton tha, had been found. Accom-.
Panying it were the certificates Of scien.
ti6c and medical mon as TO the genuine.
ness. The owner asked 320. 900, or tl..
900 month; | wrote him, If hs bFot il I
wo'd take it, If found it 40 represented,
or would pay his expenses II not l found
it was my own original humbug come
back TO me again Of course refused it,
and never heard Of it afterwards"
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
A FILTRATION.

"WnAr nius oil You men are !" said
she. "But oh, my sakes uint that tree
lovely? Just one mass Of flowers =
Hold me up, please, Mister Slick, I'LL !
geta branch Of that apple tree. Oh,
dear how sweet il smells !"
Well, took her in my arms and lilt.
ed her up, but she was q long time choos.
ing Of wreath, and that one she put
around my hat, and then she gathered
some sprigs for a nosegay.
"Don't hold me so high, please
There, smell that. Amt il beautiful !
i hope ! ain! showin' my ancles."
"Lucy, dear, how my heart beats" F."
says |. And il ac,lly did, too it thun.
dered like slcigc.hammer. actilIy
thought it would have torn my waist.
coat buttons OF. "Don't you hear it 90
bump, bump, BUMP, buoy? | wonder il
il ever busls like biler, for hoiain' sich
gal as you be, Lucy, in ones arms
amt safe il is as much as ones"
+, "Don't bo silly" said che, lalfn' or
III got down this minnit. No." said she,
81 don't hear it beat don't bcliece
y0~'ve got any hcart al aH."
"Thero," said |, bringin' her little
further forward, "don't you hear it nowi
Lis,en!"
"No,'" said she, "it ain'i nothin' but
your watch lickin'," and she lalIcd like
anyihin'.
"Voi haven't got any heart at Il
have you I" sais |.
''ll has never been tried yet" said she
81 hardly know whether have or not.
"0h, then, you doa't know whether i
is in the righ, place or not !"
eyes, it is" said she, puIlin' of IN!
whiskers, eyes, its just in the right place
just where it oush; 10 be,'-and she pu
my hand on it---"Where else DoRld go,
hareit, dear, Lm where il is ?. But hush
| saw Eunice Snow, jus. now" said she
"ahe's comm round the turn there. Sc
me down quick, please. Amt it prov o
kin that gal fairly haunls me. | hop'
she diin', see me in your arms"
"l'Il lilt he!~p to the tree, too, if yor
like and them"
"Oh no." said she, sit amt woril
while. don't'carc one sEnp Of my fin
ger what she says or thinks" - San
! Slick.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
RUFUS CHOATE.

We don't know who wrote the following, but
we think he ought to have something done fos
him: Fu5s ~
"Rdfus Choate is picture 10 look at, and Q
crowder to spout. He is about seven feet six,
or six feet seven, in his socks; supple a. an eel,
and wiry as a corkscrew. His face ID oom-
pound Of Wrinkles, 'yaller janders.' and juris-,
prudence. He has small, keen, piercing black
egg, big end up; his hair black and curly. much
resembling bag Of wool, in admirable diso.-
DER or a brush-heap in a gale Of wind. His
body has no particular shape, and his wit and
legal 'dodges' have set many q Judge in .
snicker, and so confounded juror al 70 make it
almost impossible for them to ~ pl lain Eps.
lsh or tell the truth for tha resi- bftloh natural
lives. Rufus is great on twisting himself UP,
squirming i inself around, and prancing. jump
ing and kicking up the dust when steSra.s up.
His oratory is frst- rate. and his arguments In
genous and forcitle. He generally makes .
'ten-strike'-judye and jury down aithe end
Of every sentence. lie is great on 6overy , ex-
pressions and highfalutin '1ubbubs.' BtranG.
ers mostly think him crazy, and the rest ssarce.
ly understand what he is about. He iuyoic q
his time and elocution at about 1000. per cent.
over ordinary charges for having oae'sseM mt
through course OF law. ,,, s,'.t
"Rufus Choate is about fifty yean old. pes-
haps over. He is considered the ablest lawyer
1 in New England, or perhaps in the Uniiod
States. His handwriting can't be decipheEed
without the aid of q pair of compassss anl /
quadrant. His autograph resembles the maE
Of Ohio, and looks like piece a crayor
sketching done in the dark with q thsss.prong.
ed fork. He has beenin the Senate, and ma,
be. if he has time to hsh for II, President Of ths
United States" 43i u, yJ 1ila
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
MISCELLANY.
- : : : . - = = - = :
HOW TO SUCCEED,

KEEP doing all the time, and though
you go apparently slow, yet the amount
you will accomplish will be amazingly
great. The man who throws away no
fragments Of time-'cho can lie said ner.
or to lose an hour---is II, a most cnpiable
position. Let your plans be lail every
morning, and reviewed every evening,
and be sure to keep yourself fully occu.
pied. 1t is better TO have ono thing too
much for the day, than one thing too
few. What an amount may not dill.
gence and untiring industry accomplish
where no time is wasted--in one short
life I! Take such man as JonS IVES.
LEY for example--a man with consli,
tuition by no means IRON! For upwards
of fifty years he travelled eight thousand
miles annually, on aEaverase +; visiting
numerous societies, and presiding al for.
ty.seven annual conferences. For more
than sixty years it was his cons'an, prac.
tice TO rise at four o'clock in the morn.
ing, and nearly the whole Of that period
to preach every morning a, five. He
generally preached near twenty times a
week, and frequently four times aday.
Notwithstanding all this, few men have
written more voluminously than he
Divinity, both controversial and pfacti'
cal +; his,o ry, philosophy, politics, poet
ry, medicine, &c., were all, at ,dillcren'
times, the subjects on which las pen was
employed. Besides this, h5<lgBrhl time
for reading, corresponding, Visiting the
sick, and arranging the affairs Of his
numerous society, but sfch proliaes o
labor would have been impossible had il
rot been for his in1exible temperance
and uncxampled economy of time. Ia
the course of his life, he preached ncal
forty thousand sermons. and Travelled
about four hundre thousand miles.
1t is evident that such a man mus
have not only a powerful Determination
to save every fra emont Of time, bat ht
must daily have laiI his plans with grca
care, and executed them with aStoniSh
ing vigor. What is true Of him is tri'
IF epery man. le lis ealing what 4
may, who accomplishes muchlhat is val
uabie.-JomS ToDD.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
2:lgwgGsg,
WHO PAYS FOR UNCURRENT
BILLS? ...
BY WILLIAM IEGGETT.

A.nETAIL grocer receives from his Gus.
toners Of week say hundred dollars
in uncurrent bills. He cannot take up
his promissory note in the bank without
getting these uncurrent bill Is exchanged.
lie takes them to a broker, and receives
ninety.eight dollars in bankable money
for them. If this operation is repeated
every week, it amounts to say fifty dol.
lars in the course Of year.. Out Of
whose pocke: is this paper.money tax
paid Does the grocer incur the loss
Certainly not; he pays in the first in.
stance, but who indcmnifes him? 1t
forms one OF the items Of his annual OK.
penses, which he is oblige to calculate
in putting profit on his goods. Those
who deal with him pay the tax, and who
are they The carpenter, the bricklay-
or, and the labourcr, when they buy a
pound of tea, or cheese, or butter, OF any
olher article in his line, to take home to
their families. II the currency of the city
were specie, or even paper convertible
into specie without a discount, the prices
OF all articles would undergo a sensible
reduction. Every article Of consunp.
tion is now charged from Two to three
pc. cent. hish her than it ought to be, in
consequence Of the deprecated curren.
cy in circulation. This tax falls almost
exclusively Oh the mechanics and la.
bourers. The prof, goes INTO the pock
cts of the bankers and brokers. Why
should the mechanics and labourers be
burdened TO support banks! :! Are they
in the habit Of getting disc cunts DO
they live by bank .favours? No, quite
the reverse. The men who live on bank
credits are not labourers. " They toll
not neither do they spin )" or if they
work at all, it is head work, the end and
aim Of which is to supply themselves
with luxuries at other peoples's expense,
Is it not little hard that they who re,
ceive none Of the benefits dispensed by
banks should be saddled with all The
burdens +? lfthey suffer the scrip nobil
ify to mount them, however, and spur
them like horses, or we might more prop
erly say like asses, it is their fault, since
they have it in their power to throw
them of whenever they please. But il
they would rather have deprecated pa
per than real money, though we MAY
wonder at their choice, we shall no
quarrel with it. De gustiJus non es
disputandum. Perhaps they prefer, a
q matter Of taste, a small loaf to larg'
one. 1t may be thing Of no conse
quence to them whether they have tel
pence Or only eight pence pound 70
beef; and to be caught now and the'
with q few dollars Of broken bank note
in their pockets may be considered
capital joke. We should think their re
lish Of this joke would be keener, how
ever, if they had not purchased thos
notes by several days Of hard toll.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21

MEsMERIc PHYsIcIANs.--A mesmeric
physician sued husband for services
rendered the wife in his absence, and
the Supreme Court say tina, in the 9th
vol. of Cush. "The law doesnot recog.
nize the dreems, visions, or revelations
Of a woman in mesmeric sleep as ne
cessaries for a wife, for which the hus s.
band, without his consent, can be made
to pay. These are fancy articles, which
those who have money Of their own 10
dispose Of, may purchase, if they think
proper, but they ale not necessaries,
known to the law, for which the wife can
PLEDGE the credit Of her absent husband. !.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
LUCY STONE AND THE BIBLE

During the late Woman's Rights Con-
vention ih Philadelphia, Lucy STONE
thus expressed herself: "She discarded
The idea of being governed by the pre-.
cept Of St. Paul, which were only de.
signed for loca adaptation, and were to.
tally unfit for this age Of progress. Sup.
pose, she said our lorefathers had been
governed by the text, .Fear God, and
honor the King would not the Declara.
ton Of Independence have been left un.
written, and the present Republic been
now a Province Of Great Britain? For
her part, she said, if every page Of Holy
Writ from Genesis 10 Revelations, had
w,iten upon them wives, be subject to
youf husband she would discard them
for The golden rule Of CONTIGUOUS, do
unto others as thou wouldst otherssshould
do unto thee There we're several sex'
preston Of ofdisa2probaiion from The audi,
Z ence. at this avowal, but her remarks
were generally listens 10 with utmos
attention. AID. frequently olicited muct
spplsa't." ''''S Y'''
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
" A Il 1 tt sr Y /.

POWER oF,DARxxEss OVER ANNALS.
Doiimieu says that during the annular
eclipse Of the sun in 1894, the sgi,ation
and cries OF domestic animals continued
ior.a great part Of the time, netwithstan.
ding its light was not more diminished
by it than it would have been by tho in.
terPosition Of a dark thick cloud The
difference Of the heat Of the atmosphere
was scarcely sensible. What imprss.
sion, then, he asks, can animals have of
the nature Of the body which eclipses the
sun T? How are they able to divine that
it is different circumstance from the
suns being veiled by cloud which in.
tercepts the light Mote to Dessytatioa
on the Earthquake in Calabyia.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21

In the collegiate days Of Royal Tyler,
once Governor Of Vermont. be was cal.
led on TO recite from I" Locke on the Ua.
ders.anding, >" and huving failed to com.
NIT his recitation, was giving eG-As
knew not what--extempofcs when the
Professor interrupted him: 4,
But you don't End that in the book =
Il know it, said Tyler; ! did not
agree with Mr.. Locke.and thought lived
give my sentiments on the subject. Is
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2HayA r.
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Oh, talk 10 me Of Heaven / love
10 hear about my home above; .Ir
For there doth many n loved one dwell
In light and Joy ineiIabie.
Oh, tell me how they shine and sing,
While every harp rings echoing;
And every glad and fearless eye
Beams like the brig sun. gloriously.
Tell me of that victorious palm
Each hand in glory bearcth;
Tell me Of that celestial calm
Each face in glory weare,h.
Oh. happy, happy couniryl where v. 1
There entercth not a sin;
And Death. who keeps It's portals fair,
May never onRcoIne in.
No grief can change their day TO night
The darkness OF that land is light.
Sorrow and slghing God hath sent
Far thence to endless Punishment.
And never more may one dark tear
Bedim their burning eyes,
For every one they shed while here, .
In fearful ogonies, 4..f.
'Glitters bright and dazzling gem
In their immortal diadem.
Oh, lovely, blooming country there
Flourlshes all that we deem fair. ,.
And though no fields nor forests green,
Nor bowery gardens there are seen,
Nor perfumes load the breeze, w..
Nor hears the ear material sound;
Yet Joys at Gods right hand are found:
The archetypes Of these. ..l
There is The home, the land of birth,
or all we highest prize on earth;
The storms that rack this world beneath
Must there forever cease EEK
The only air the blessed breathe
Is PURITY and pEAcE.
Oh, happy, happy land in thee
Shines the unveiled DIVINITY,
Shedding through each adorng breast
A holy calm, halcyon rest
And those blest souls whom death did seyc
Have met to mingle joys forever
Oh d! soon may heaven unclose to me
Oh may | soon that glory see!
And my faint, weary spirit stand
Within that happy, happy land
BowLrs.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
be desperately sick

might be desperately sick. a
Seriously. have observed so many
mischicls connected with smoking
haves known so many shipwrecks made
by u ay, even Of faith and good consci.
en- have seen so much time wasted
sa afuch money 100, ,'and so much health,
aih have witnessed so much dsteriora.
ton oil character in some who have given
themselves up to the practice. TO be led
captive by it at its will--that though
| may have escaped, by Gods help. i.s
worst evils, yet if had to begin life
again, would not-l think"I would
not learn to smoke.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21

SYMrArHY.-To see one who hath
passed through life without sorrow. ysn
must find one in capable, Of lsvs. or ha.
tired, Of hope or fear-one that hath no
memory of the past, and no thought of
the fu.ure-one that hath no sympathy.
with humanity, and no feeling in con.
mon with the rest Of the species.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21

-THE SourH.-The New.Yosk Eve.
ming Post pertinen,ly remarks thtt sslkS
South is spoiled child. which. II ssltse'
what it asks for. always threatens y thsSa
itself down stairs. The North h = ttelk
ish nurse, which believes II will fallil ~.
threat, becomes frighleaed. and fps2IlY
goes and gets tor-it whatever 4 sms as.'
cy il wants. III asN5g III ajsSis III assis ssss
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
aa- JoHs P. HALE said in a specch

-,,l,; ~ T1I7 ~ " 7Tf--T-. - ~
"In Ohio, there has not been single
whig nor single democrat, nor sin.
ale free democrat elected |; but there have
been twenty.one men elected by the
spon,a aneous uprisiag ofthe people, who
will represent the great principles Of
fiee!e.,- md ii,-,'rn."i Aiil''sr ''7sss s n
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21

A MELANCHOLY CAsE.-At St. Louis,
on the lst instant, the body Of a we'll
dressed and remark ably handsome man,
abou, twenty-five years Of age. was found
lyng dead in the street, and on his per.
son was found letter, in which. aitel
stating that he died by his own hands
he says:
My name is Francis Henry de Long
vile. born at Paris, April 1, 1928. My
family was ruined by an extensive spec.
ula,ion in ls49. married one of those
girls Of whom the world has few, and
thought my happiness assured. ] quit
my native land with my little family in
the month Of May, and disembarked at
New Orleans, July "a. 1854. But, alas!
having tasted happiness only during
fifteen days, a frigh,lul calamity covered
me with mourning. My poor beloved
wife was attacked with the terrible chol.
era; after two hours Of horrible suffering
she expired. Hardly was she buried,
when my poor little boy, aged three
years, died fthc same disease. My des
pair was very great. But God had still
left me a little daughter Of thirteen
months. whose smile gave me new
u strength to resist in future; for, in this
poor little innocent, saw all the sweet
tnress of her beloved mother, | asked
] nothing more Of God than TO live fo
Envy child. But Ged was pleased L
strike me again, taking from me th'
only good he had left me in the world
\ The Goth October was the unhappy dal
on which closed the .eyelids Of my las
treasure. Having, then, ne consolation
left. resolved to make an cod Of it,.
Let no one blame me, for every man Q
feeling must understand what a,bufdel
liife hnd become tos me. -, W, W ~