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up the baby, who was quickly quieted by
piece of the gingerbread. The hot tea
and smoking beet-steak were soon OF the
table, and Kitty put Charley in his high
chair, and they all sat down to supper.
and little Helen felt stronger for cup of
good tea which her mother gave her as she
sat in the bed. Kitty could hardly eat for
Joy, and .now pa" said she, please tell
US how you got work. and where all our
good things came FROM - 80
kitty, my GIRL" said he" ""You got me
a place to day. though you don't know it.
| left home this noon to 60 to the corner
grocery, and divert my mind little, but
something seemed to whisper in my ears
"cAeep up, father; brighter days are com
ing:'' so walked on a few blocks: Just
as got TO that new row OF buildings. l
saw Mr.. Wilson busy with his men! AS
soon as he saw me he called out. ''Fer-
guson! where do you work?" When |
answered, mo where," said he .''you ere
Just the man want. thought you was
laid up sick at home. When win you be-
gin?". Right away" said |. and in less
than twenty minutes | was hard at work.
When | started to come home at night he
said, ferguson. want to see you." and
SO he took me to his house and asked me
liz | would have any OF my wages in 'aa-
vance or course did not refuse. Il He
then requested me TO sign ,he'temperanee
pledge, not that he saw any naed'of 1t in
my case, but because he had'mads it a
law with his men. .a He took out the paper!
and without hesitation | put my name
down On my way home | borrowed a
basket and filed it: and here we are. more
snug and comfortable than we shavefbeen
in three months" 10 last TH' ''4f-s'i- 4
"But pa, you have not told me how !
got the place. said Kitty. s'sI'sos'= Z re
"Why my child. [ was entirely discour.
aged this morning. but your cheerful
words and warm dinner gave me snew
spirit to try again-and trying again got
me work. 81 aFpafi ir3'f iSUi'is'
alt was Miss Williams, not |, that got
you the place, pa. for as was crying be-
cause the baker was so cross to me. she
came up and spoke very kindly and said.
"Cheer up Kitty. for brighter days are
coming! Those pleasant words kept me
happy all day, and madeTmes try to- get a
nice dinner, and coax you to try ,againSto
get work. +" 9" IS. .2dsa.sl; td Ee
Mrs. F. went to sleep that night with a
light heart. No more overworkedhdays
and restless nights. no more yisitste the
corner grocery. Her husband, forsssiDse
safety she had trembled had sigusdsthe
pledge. and found employment. Her cup
of blessings seemed full. .-s a." aifa.-
Miss Williams never knew the good
which resulted from those brief words
spoken from pious heart. though from
that time Kitty's cheerful face was seldom
missing from among her scholars. Speak
kind words! They cost nothing. and may
be said just in time to save body and soul
from destruction. g AUNT KATE. .G
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The Season of 1754,

A correspondent Of the Portland Adver-
tiser furnishes an interesting article upon
the drouth. He says: a.7..,c.4,. are.
We have amused ourselves recently in
looking back to our past annals for sea-
sons of dearth, to find parallel for this
most unparalleled state OF the weather,
and many complaint starts out from the
past years through Parson Smiths invalu-
able journal. to encourage US TO hope, al
most against hope, that we shall survive
the present drouth, and again behold the
earth smiling in freshness and beauty.
| We copy the record OF the year 1854,
just one hundred years ago, from Parson
Smiths journal: 5s.egf .... -.
1854, July lst. have no grass growing
in my moving ground, and there is no
feed on the neck; the re asons are the open
| winter, three weeks drouth and the grass.
hoppers.
90. There is melancholy drouth.
| October 26th. A great storm. The
earth is filled with water. ......-.-.
Ninety years ago the following record
was made: :. ....-f tf..,..-.
1764, June 25th. 1t is as melancholy
| dry time as ever saw. ...a,;l ...s....
| July 9Th. As great drouih as in l749
August 1st. Drouth awfully continues
| August 18th. No iced on the Neck 70,
a great while. r.---.....:
! August 18th. The drouth increases
/ Now for the usual alteration.
August 18th. Storm of rain.
! August 3lst, Marvellous growing time
surprising change on the face. of the earth
September Gath. The earth has a mos
beautiful green face. .tg.,. ~.
October 9th. The grass is better SCI
! than in the spring.
Fifteen Of the years between 1929 and
), 1854 are mentioned on account of the
drouth that prevailed. The writer closes
his communication with the following de-
ductions. He says:
I These we'll attested facts prove that we
live in, an exceedingly dry climate, that we
are continually subjec,to drouths; I'd, thai
the early and latter rains seldom fail; Sd
that notwithstanding these contingencies
the earth yields to US an abundant supply
for our wants and luxuries; that we need
patient and faithful husbandry, and per
haps some new and improved modes o
culture to meet the peculiar condition o
our atmospheric influences, and to coun
teract them; and 4th, and above all, the
folly, the futility, nay, wickedness of con
stant murmurings and complainings Of tht
dealings OF Providence in those particular.
which are the results Of our peculiar eli
mate, and TO which our vegetable kingdom
is wisely adapted. .,...,.-.s
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: TIE SABBATH.
80 Byi SIR sULwER .LYrroN.


.a@ s b sYi ia Sir i SILVER trti 81 rxrros. 3.
Fresh Siises the brook and blows the gale.
Ystyondsf haits heiquiet mill. efa-if
The whirling wheel. the rushing sail,
How motioniess and stiil!. 'ssi sao u.
.k%tasi eif scJId sv4b s7iu;e,3s, sfrg Il, ,
Six daysot toll, poor child Of CAIN. a.i-a.
Thy ssrs6ethlihe slaveiot Want may be.
Tks setsnsk thy limbs escape the chain.
AsGod hath made thee free! i. sfsg
.ss ,e4olSob s9s.i * rsi2 bstastl be
Ahs teadeEs yas the law that gave ,,,..
TAie holy rsspiteto the breast.
Teshrestb the gale, to watch tho wave. :, 4.
And know the wheel may rest! y
ss,, ,nbs.s ,he wave. 4 sns 3 3 s.n,ls., glide
WbPt image char ms, 10 lift thine eyes'
The apire rejected on the tide
inyits' sthee 50 the sss.oxs skies s
70 sssh the soul its nobIest worth ae
6p, rest from mortal toll il, given; 2 :
cSssatch .hs trief reprieye from earth
sAlHsA pss,ssWIT. sus.s 70 @ Heaven: EN- s., 5ss
fkssyy stslI .kss,, IL their dtssnine school,
UsPcwst from old dominion hurled. y.
Mhek iicks iks s1d pa poor. win jdster rule.
Shall share the altered world. it'fa 1'slii /
shf 70 1913 F3ssi1ss 'fdSnsE sisi so io ~ q
AiAsiasiRce Time itself began, ya2 fc IT,.
orfhat fable hath but fooled the hour; if
EAShzSSS:te,at fipens; potvevs in Mxnl,,s.t "a
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AsWoRD IN sEAsoN.
AMfENCQVRAGING STORY FOR DIS
-, ,,f.sCOUkAGING TIMES. % g

xiii :.Kjiiifiy,sd sds .es g lyiad San do anything to
ksep ibis. child slill, = said Mrs. Ferguson
q, kSe ,iijIIs dsugh ghter, who had just finish
"a afsSsibg 4 and was hdtfying to tie her
Riuv Vent e the bed and took up the
baby. The little fellov generally began
10 laugh and crow when he saw his sisters
sweet face bending over him; but this
morning he went on crying and worrying,
"a. spite OF Kitty Intentions. s. 4
Jlst then her father came in from the
nrx,, roon,,. and going 70 the bed in the
cofnar, where q little girl was lying, said,
:. lie. how, is Helen e. day!" hi es9
:sPooriy. said. Mrs. F.; ssI have been
swrka win he ackildreh all night, aid am
comsietsiy iaS s Worn e ,oiiq 4 wisti you would
S...l iAs {; sss ~ ~ k''y s'" e Fl som some
Ms. took shs Baby and tried to still
iis cries BIZ " Willing the floor. but in vain. -
sEhsglsy il catching the MEASLES. too. I
kpown, by bis actions" said Mrs: F. s'AlI
ear !raablss s seem r % come u once. What What
az n.;;slfd sprs;slf don 4 know, said MIR. F.
when the baby hussheed HE cries for = mo-
mont. :. ws1iish you had married some
one ft % take care 81 you.' 50 f.aa1a
.Dont talk 50, Johh, you only make
mat,ers, worse. Being awake at nigh,
makes, ne frstfsl know, bot am sure |
hayn sn2ygh V discourage me. 80.
uyFg sbls conyeFsa sf saslon g e,I h'uy 5000 oy
lhs daaL, !cokkiIng y,kI very sosrowiul' as 'ne
tsass rolled dSSwnsner s! cnesksi KS,
S5Asl e fns 1.s 90 aver SnIttp ~ s, why don
yqp GoJ . said her moihsr,, r, So, -,
bsssgs sfagf be.s! g, n1fiaer; p Tor Mr. nrown
tnyd ,Ms, yAsysfrday I T9st nS not exPec! 10 oe
,l9us!sd ags|ln PA q2lsss 9 Pc got WORK Wha'
shall !eH n! h'ma mgIar,ia, ,,oai y, =. l..t5s,,,,
.ysa HIM goor iolks csnI s,arve IN
ssnd him money ne 70 to-porrow: ! expect 70
.P Raada aiS;sdsy ior ral ne isst snlrts as msde:
of Hsl!ys&9se ne o.oaA .au n1ou ....s, -.
Asfkefd aM ARk tne esksr = 70. ~ sas wen'
EAhh lN bsiAsf Esa 81 wp5s .,.so ano money wss
Ti.a si0w lhHwn!lpng Hna sssP.
nag ofen 70. ieia 1P a wln.el WIN
nslyeffl5sq hm9s ou; MIS- rslguson
z9plck oapd tbnsy needle nao KEPT .neH'
.ka@ ysBt Mss + eouMIa M, Keep me. .ne oaoy
Avn ihlhRg& pol ape % walx; hl..y usso .S
70 hem me 92t!ons q tns SnlfIs 1li1a ner MON.
s6na stala s,, - - nome
90 hAR xasn sne e.. eio.nes; 1elen m'9s
he{ssH Nselpl Up many intle Wsys -
Inn manner tney passed Z que. w'n.s' ni,'s
looking 4rwaEd 70 plenty, OF work 10 !ne
,fRBing MArfh bad gone, ana ane,sN MT; !.
Shpugh val, iallsa VEG to ootein worK, ano oe
ran 70 be dissonragea Lltue Helen clae nae
fhs geesls,s snd MY was Sasok kep' 'ro" ns'
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PERPETUAL MooNLIGHT.-A young lady,
the daughter of a teacher in one of the
New York city high schools, went. !on, a
visit to the eastern end Of Maine, and in
common with the denizeps Of large cities,
she was often comparing things about her
with those she had left at home. Every.
thing in New Yorkwas 30 eryfaesuperi.
or to everything in the little town Of B.
that she quite, exhibited her superiority in
enlightening her friends as'to the elegance
of metropolitan life. Houses andshorses,
tables and teaspoons. we've oil upon q
different plan in New York; and oaeaye:
ming at social party she .expresssdohei
dissatisfaction with the performances ol
the moon at B., declaring thaisthere
had been no moonlight now ioraa a week
while in New York theJ moon shone
brightly every night We had the story
from two ladies present on the occasion
women of high order ofintegriiy and
intelligence--who assured US ahatsithis
young lady from thsn city qoteperpetua
moonlight was not only dressed in the
height of fashion, but had finished ,hei
education in Gotham.--Mrs. Swissheln
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Cheerfulness.

None Of your sour-krout faces that
would turn milk quicker than thunder
clap in August, We like to see visage
as bright and clear as summer morning.
None Of your cold, December, storm.
lowering brows, too dark to see one 3
way along. No elongated, shallow; nail
biting counter ances. No moping and
sighing, and whining, and grumbling. as
if This world contained nothing worth liv-
ing for. Sighs and groans and mopes are
the. only checks 10 the wheel Of prosperity
and pleasure. Take these away, and the
car rolls smoothly and rapidly on the
rail road Of enjoyment. Then brighteniup,
look cheerful and smiling, drive off the
blues, and sing merrily as lark. v'
Cheerfulness will give you agood appe.
tite for your dinner, prevent you from be.
I ing frightened by the apparition Of q, doc.
tors bill. Your work viii be done up al
most before you think Of it, and the hours
will fly nearly as fast as you can 7coun,
them. Everything around will wear 9
smiling face, and the world will meet you
with thousand charms on every side.
We have seen il stated that man who
whistles will do more work in an hour than
grumbler will in a day. This is the opin
ion Of philosophic mechanic. who say.
that cheerfulness is the bes. paying com
modify that can be brought into . shop
The birds sing, the flowers smile. The trees
clap their hands, the hills rejoice. all ma
ture looks cheerful and happy: Then why
should it not be so with man? Cheerful
ness is '.philosopher's stone" that vii
turn all things to gold. Try it, ye grum
blers, and see what a cheerful spirit will dt
for you in the way of health, wealth ant
happiness. The way to secure happiness
is 10 be happy in. it's pursuit. f''
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o. Tom presented his bill to neighbor
Joe for service rendered. The latter
looked at it and expressed much surprise
at the amount. - I@.5 fs s'e5 =
:t.Why, Tom. it strikes me that you
made out a pretty round bill here. eh?"
sI'm sensible it's round one, quoth
Tom, "and Icame for the purpose of get.
ting il squared!" s'''' ''as
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o. minister was onoe srsaliaa = Z
brother clergyman Of his graii.uds tSf Z
merciful deliverance he had just sxfesi>
enced. s -
Gas was riding here to.dsy - NIL hs>
|"my horse stumbled, and came vsfy nsae
throwing me from . bridge, uhers ~ 5all
would have killed me, bus eaesp1o ,n>
hurt a...s.ss -. : s .s'fssa
81 can tell you something sbqIS Aan
THAT" said the other. "As fodo begN
to-day. my horae did not sspsnb,s - a =
We are too sPs 70 iofgst eos -
lcisa, d. - - 8 s'sf s
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81 GA clerk in amercantilc establish.
ment writes to his sfriend ds hat fhUme:--+
"Plaguey easy tines nova -aays--yery
linle work TO- do--our1 firm DON'T esdyer.
tisel'' sfaooas snsli baG .sssa 'ijis 81
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Marriage.

Marriage is to a woman at once the hap.
piest and saddest event Of her life; it is the
promise of future bliss, raised on the death
of present enjoyment She quits her home,
her parents-her companionse-her.am .amuse-
ments-eyerything on which she has hith-
erto depended for comfort, for affection,
for kindness, and for pleasure. -, '''.. : =.
The parents by whose advice she has
been guided-the sister to. whom she had
dared to impart the very embryo Of thought
and feeling-lhe brother who has played
with her, by turns the. counsellor and the
counselled, and the younger, children to
whom she has hitherto been The mother
and playmate-al are to be forsaken al
one Tell stroke-every former tie is loosen
ed-,he spring Of every action is changed;
and she flies with joy, in the. unu odden
paths before her. buoyed up by the conf,
dence ofrequited love, she bids fond and
grateful adeu to the lie that is past. and
turns with excited hope and joyous antiei-
patton to the happiness to come Then
moe TO the man that can blight such fair
hopes-who can treacherously lure such a
heart from its peaceful enjoyment. and the
watchful protection Of home who, can
eoward-like. break the illusions which love
had inspired .assa alu,,.eyaaoa ,,ek
Woe to him who has too early Withdrawn
the tender plant from the props and, stays
of moral discipline in which she has been
nurtured, and yet makes, no effort 10 sup.
ply their places; for on him is the .respon-
sibiity of her errors--on him who first
taught her, by his example, 70 grow care
less of her duty, and then exposed her
with weakened spirit and nsaiisfed heart.
to the wide storms and the willy tempta-
tions Of sinful world. ,,,ft .,s,,sI .5T
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FLOR the Gazette.1

Mr.. EDITOR -
Know ye, that the people of Tarliou
and vicinity, have aroused from their lelbar.
gic slumbers. and being infused with some
Of tho ''progressive spirit byway OF neees-
sity, and for fear that they might possibly
full back so far tn the rear of the ''Cur OF
Progression" they seem somewhat deter.
mined to build Railroad from their village
(of some 500 inhabtants,) to intersect the
Cincinnati, Wilmington g. Zanesville Rail.
road ut or near Benjamin Stouts Warehouse,
being distance Of four and half miles
to be known aud styled as the "Tarlton
Railroad Company" Books for subscrp.
tion to tho Capital Stock of said Company,
will be opened on the llth dav of February,
1854, at the Office of George Holsman, Esq,
in Turlton, for the benefit Of all concerned /;
and to the distant reader | wish 10 give
few items concerning the Locality, natural
advantages, &C., of Inrlton. II is doligbt-
fully and pleasantly situated in the valley Of
Saltcreek, surrounded with a rich and pro-
duc,ive agricultural region Of country, pro-
ducing wheat, corn, gruss, pork, &C., album
dainty. The GAINESVILLE and Maysville turn
pike rond passes through the village, with u
daily u. S. Mail. il is distant ten miles
southeast Of Clrclevillc, twenty miles north
eust Of ChIllicoihe, and fifteen miles south
west Of Lancaster. II has six church edit
ces, in which the following denominations
worship, viz M. L. Church, Cunserlund
Presbyterian, German Reformed, German
Lutheran, Engish Lutheran, United Breth-
rem, and o. S. Presbyterian;--a two story
Schoohouse, so by 40 feet, situated on q
high, healthy location, overlooking the town
and valley below, which will be ready for
the reception of scholars by mex, spring.
| Materials for building are convenient and
abundant. The village hns the advantages
of Grst-mill, SteDm Saw-mil and Foun'
dry. Grist and Saw-mills plenty in the coun
nv surrounding the village. Should this
proposed road be built, Tarlton will presen
| itself favornbIy TO the mechanic, munuractu
turer, and produce dealer;-and further, j
would make one of the best wheat market
in Southern Ohio. 10 couclusloH--peoPlr
fmay talk about being 10 faver of railroads
&c, but the best way 10 test the sInceTit,
Of such expressions, Is TO thrust their bnnd
deep into their pockets and shell ouI hber
ally; and if you cannot do this, hold You
peace, for where there is a will there is
way,- without the Rhin, there is no use il
talking about building railroads, &c. Sc
walk up and subscribe literally, on the lit
day of February, 1854, so that we can hav
the proposed road in running order M 500
as possible. PROGRESSION"
: TarIton, Ohio, Jan. 81, 1854
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Frnm the 0hin stntn Ionrnal.


The following extract OF letter from
Professor w. G.. Lara5ee, now SuPerin-
tendent Of Public Instruction" for the State
of Indiana,to DR.. Drake Of Zanesville, now
10 this city, will show very foSeibly that the
progress Of the Church to which he belongs,
in literature and science, and in the esIsb.
ishment Of Universities, Colleges and Sem.
inaries oflearning, has surpassed, perhaps,
any ,liny which has been done by any re-
igtous body within the land, in the last
twenty.six years, for the development Of
the intellectual and material interests Of the
country. The writer, among other things,
remarks:
"When graduated, in 1928, the only
graduates in America, Canada being then
member Of the General Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the United
States) connected with the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, were Thomas M. Drake, Of
the Ohio University, tetucated 10 Union
College, New York;) Stephen olin.of South
Carolina, (edueated in the North;) Wilbur
Fisk. Of Vermont, Chen at Wiibraham A.
cademy;) John N. Smith, OF New York;
Nathaniel Dunn, Of Maine; Moses White,
of New Hampshire, and II. Bulfnch. Of
Massachusetts,. There might be others, but
! il so never heard of them"
I 1t might have been added, that the only
Seminaries Of learning, belonging to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, at that time,
were the MISUNDERSTANDING" in the city
/ Of New York, over which DR.. #. NJ. Drake
presided, as Principal, (prior to his election
in 1927 to Professorship in the Ohio Univer-
sity in Athens, Ohio;) the "Wlbraham 4 =
cademy," over which DR.. w. Fisk presided,
and "Augusta College," on the banks Of
the Ohio river, then just struggling into life,
under the exertion and patronage of the
Ohio and Kentucky Conferences, over
which the late lamented DR.. Joseph S. Tom
linson was soon called TO preside and where
he labored for nearly twenty years. Not1 in
the short space Of tweniy-six years. the
branch Of the general church, has establish.
ed. andhas now in active and successful Op.
Grafton, even in that portion Of her territory
which retains the name Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, which is about three
ffths Of the whole strength OF said Cburct
-four Universities, four Colleges, one Bib
ical Institute, seven Female Colleges, ant
frty Seminaries, Of res pectable character
many of them affording all the facilities To-
regular graduation. While in the Metho
dist Episcopal Church South. Quoting onil
from memory,) there are at least six regula
Colleges, and full proportion Of male an
female Academies.
make this statement merely as histor
ical fact, and which makes the pecu!ia
} blessing of Divine Providence, and the vii
lngness ofthe Church, 10 respond to tn
calls of that Providence, and contribut
their full proportion to meet the wants
the country and OF the age.
URIAH HEATH.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. "a, 1854.
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WHOLE NO l47Ol
BArK TAxArIoE-Dec;sio Of tke Suprems

BAHK TAXATION - Dfc;sioa Of fhe SHpreme
Cosrt.-Chief Justice Barley, this morning,
gave the decision Of the Court on the yalidi-
~ Of the tax law. commonly called tho
''crowbar' law, as regards the tax levied on
banks. The decision holds; Tnat Section
10 of the Tax Law Of 1852, which provides
that in making up the amount Of moneys
and credits which any person is requifed to
list for taxation, he may dedUet from the
gross amounts of moneys aud tre its the a
mount of bona 6de debts owning BY him,ls
unconstitutional.
The effrct of this, must be 10 drive capital
from the State, snd probably 10 close the
doors Of every bsnk, aud compel them 10
wind up their business. Personally, We
have no objection" Let the experiment be
fairly made.
! Bot the decision goes equally far as TO
( private individuals. Right again. II is due
1 perhaps 10 the people Of Ohio that they be
taught the ultimate end Of TAxATioE. They
are in very fair way to learn this very me-
cesssry lesson.
Judges Thnfmsa. CorVin and Ranney
gave separate opinions; the two furmer,con-
current, and the latter dissenting .--Oaio
STATE Journal.
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Friday Evenlng, Pam. "a, 1854,
TIE NrnRAsKA BrIk.-The callfOr mass

The NEBRASKA BrLk.-The call for mass
meeting atthe Broadway Tabernacle,to pre-
test against the threatened introduction oi
slavery into NebraskaT Territory is being We
ry numerously signed in New York. Hand
bills to the same purport are also in circu-
lation at the hotels. They are also posted
upon the dead walls all about town, with
attractive type, leading off after this fash
ion: "No infringement OF plighted faitll!'
"No violation of the Missouri Compromise!
Among the names attached to the call are
those of Walter R. Jones, Sheperd Knapp
Charles Fl, Marshall, Joseph Hoxie, John
Haggerty, Edward Prime, Bowen & McNa-
NEE, and sundry other well known mer-
chants.