Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1854-05-03
CURTAIN LECTURE BY Mrs. FuBBs.-"Fubbs,

CURTAIN LECTURE BY MRS FUBBs.-"Fubbs,
want to talk to you awhile, and want you
to keep awake while | do it. You want
to 60 to sleep! Yes, you always want to go 10
Sleep but don't. Pm not one Of the sleepy
kind. It's good thing for you, Mr.. Fubbs, that
you have wife who mparts information by
lectures, else you would be perfect ignoramus.
Not thing about the house TO read, except n
Bible that the Christian Association gave you,
and tract that a fellow called Porter left one
day, entitled "Lght for the Heathen." It's
well he left it, for you are a heathen, Fubbs.
You, thank God you amt Mormon? Yes,
understand that insinuation, too, you profano
wretch You mean you're glad you hain't but
one wife. You never would have known there
was a Mormon, Mr.. Fubbs, if | hadn't told you,
for you're too stingy to take paper You amt
able to take paper! N-o-o-w Fubbs! / de-
clare your name ought to be Fibbs, you tell SO
many Of 'em. Its only last week that ] lost
one dollar and fifty cents on butter that sold
to peddler, because didn't know the market
price, which is published every week. This
would have paid for the paper whole year.
And then you are so ignorant, Fubbs Didn't
you take your gun t'other day, and walk clear
down to the Big Marsh hunting, because
somebody told you the Turkeys were marching
into Rushes! Yes You did, Fubbs, YOU
needn't deny it. But the Turkeys were all
out of the Rushes, guess, before you got
there. Didn't kill any, did youa 1t was u bad
day for turkeys wasn't it! Ha ha! ha!
NEVER TREAT RELIGION LIGHTLY.-Impress
your mind with reverence for all that is sacred.
Let no wantonness of youthful spirits, no CON-
plance with the Incorporate mirth Of others,
ever betray you into profane sales Besides
the guilt that is thereby incurred, nothing gives
4 more odious appearance of petulance and pre-
sumption to youth than the reflection of treat
ing religion with evity Instead of being an
evidence of superior understanding, it discovers
a shallow mind, which, vain of first spatterings
Of knowledge, presumes to make light of what
the rest Of mankind revere. AT the same time,
you are not to imagine that when exhored to
be religious, you are called upon to be more
formal and solemn in your manners than others
of the same years, or to erect yourself into su-
percilious reprovers of those around. The spir-
it of pure religion breathes gentleness and kind
ness 1t is social, kind, cheerful-far removed
from that gloom and illiberal superstition which
clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, defects
the spirits, and teaches men to fit themselves
for another world by neglecting the concerns of
this. Let our religion on the contrary, connect
preparation for Heaven with an honorable dis
charge of the duties of this life. Of such reli-
gion, discover on every occasion that you are not
ashamed; but avoid making any unnecessary os-
tentation of it before the world.
THE CAMEL IN AMERIcA--The committee on
commerce of our State Senate have reported in
favor of Incorporating the American Camel Co.
The purpose of the association is to introduce
the Asiatic camel into the United States, for va
rious purposes of transportation. The capital
stock is fixed at 100000. The prime movers
in the affair are VIM. G. Ring, Cha's w. Webber
and Edward Garanghay. The second gentleman
is well known as the writer of books and maga-
zine articles, popularity treated, on the subject of
natural history.
The attempt of Mr.. Fabens the author of the
"Camel Hunt" somewhat exaggerated history
Of adventure, to introduce the eastern camel into
use on the Isthmus of Darien, was, as is well
known, failure. This attempt to introduce
the camel into the western continent may prove
successful, but that animal seems only to thrive
well in dry and equabe climate.
1t seems reversal of the order of the world
for the West to go back to the East for aid in
progress. N. Y. Post.
The following fact fell under the observation
of a country minister in Lancashire, known to a
writer in Household Words" A poor man
lay dying, but still perfectly sensible and acute
who had lately lost her husband. "Bll," said
she, 4" where thou art bound to thoult may be
see our Tummus; be sure thou tell him we