Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-03-23
Bell Ringing.
4. kITTREDGE.


There is more art in bell-ringing than some
people imagine and this art, il seems, is in
lamentably backward state, in some of our
cities. A correspondent of the Boston Trans
cript, writing from Philadelphia, bears the
following testimony on this point -
Yesterday was the Sabbath, and is there
anything which an exiled New Highlander
misses more than the music of the church bells
of Home! The ringing of our church bells is
hideous jangling-it is ding dong with
crack in it. The bells are always rung here
as they are for fire in northern cities. There
can be no happy memories associated with the
Philadelphia bells, and no wonder, few as the
church bells are, that now and then the papers
have some protest against the nuisance of
bell-ringing in this or that neighborhood. d.
Within a square of my attic, there hangs in
an hundred thousand dollar church splendid
bell, but when the rope is pulled we have only
slam bang as though the sexton had got
caught in the rope and was ringing the bell by
his weight, as when tried the first time to
sound fire alarm by the old Cockrel church
bell in Hanover ST., Boston. / discovered
how hard the ceiling Of the porch was by my
metal so abused by bell-pullers, especially in
a church where score of musical critics have
from time TO time gone TO try the organ and
praise its power. Were one able to goaway,
on a Ga hath rnorninr or avaninr ~ como
high and lonely place, where he could hear the
sonorous thunder and silver melody of the Bos-
ton church bells, it would be like escaping
from saw filing to where the clear brook flash
es the light of sweet memories into the heart
while it sings to the ear.
Hooraw off with its head = cried Ike,
swinging small Ratchet above his head, and
dancing madly, like warrior of the Marshpee
or Natick tribes of Indians, round a barrel of
apples that the express man had just left
Don't be so VIOLENT said Mrs. Darlington,
You mustn't give way TO these additions Of
feelings, Isaac, because if you do | shall send
for Mr.. Disastrous Clapp and have you carried
to the lunatic hospital where they put crazy
people that are insane. Isaac moderated like
the weather in March, and the old lady went
on like the four seasons I'VE shouldn't
make glutens Of ourselves, Isaac, because we
have everything we like; and if you eat these
apples all at once depend upon it you wont
have any for tomorrow The Ratchet had
slowly raised as she spoke, and fell on the
barrel bead, as the sentence closed, like full
stop. The head was removed, the golden rus
sets turned their smiling cheeks up to the
light, and Mrs. Darlington, with her hands
appraised, and her mind on the donor, beamed
like whole constellation on the gift, while
Ike helped himself with proper regard to the
advice he had just received.-Boston Post.
Brigham Young advises the Indians of Utah
TO let his house alone Let an hostile band of
Indians come around my house, and am good
for quite number Of them. If one hundred
should come, calculate that only fifty shall be
able 10 go 10 the next house: and if they use
up the other fifty, the third house will be safe.'
When Henry Ward Beecher visited this
city to deliver some lectures year or two
since, he rode from Waterville on the box,
when Sam. young but favorite driver, was in
charge of the team. Sam. drove the team
through at the rate Of twelve miles an hour,
anticipating by two or three hours the usual
time Of arriving. The proprietor of the line
inquired of him The next day, how he came to
drive so fast. 'Oh,' said he tell you had
one of The boys on the box, and he wanted to.
see EN- go, and put 'em through r-Bangor
Mercury.
A NUTSHELL OF TRUTH.-Here is brief
paragraph into which big heap of truth is
squeezed - Did you ever scratch the end of a
piece of timber slightly elevated, with pin!
Through scarcely heard at one end, il was dis
tinctly heard at the other. Just so it is with
any merit, excellence, or good work. It will
be sooner heard of, and applauded, aud re-
warded on the other side ofthe globe, Than by
your immediate acquaintances.'
To PRESERVE GlRDLED TREEs.-Take out a
block Of wood extending intothe bark above
and below the girdFe, and take from the body
or limb of another tee block corresponding
in size and shape, with the bark on, and adjust
it in the place, and bind it there, on the princi-
pie of ENGRAVING. This plan has proved COM
petely successful.
COULDN'T 6HEIP ir.-A brutal teacher
na,ppea little boy for pressing the hand Of
nus s'rl' ~hosai mex, to him al school. after
wnlcn ne asked The child, why he squeezed
the girl hand' Because said the ll,le fal-
low It looked 50 pretty Ioouldn'. help H. j,
Six feet in his boots 7 exclaimed Mrs
PartingtOn. What will the importance Of
this world come to, wonders Why,- thev
might just as reasonably tell me that the man