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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31
THE DEATH OF RANDOLPH.

Randolph, says Baldwin's Party Lead
ers, in fast declining health, reached Phil
7adelphia, whittier he went to take passage
from that port. He was too late for the
Liverpool packet. He exposed himself
to the inclemeney Of the weather, took
cold, which aggravated his disease and
fastened its final termination. He was
put to bed his death-bed lin his lodgings
at the City Hotel, The idiosyncracies
which had, of late years especially, mark
ed his demeanor, distinguished the last
hours of his life. The sudden bursts of
petulance which disease wrung from him;
the affecting kindness and tenderness
which disease could not wholly take from
him; the rambling conversation in the in
tervals Of acute suffering, in some passa-
ges, as brilliant as eyer-the last CLEANS
Of the sinking lamp; the groanings of re-
morse, which review Of his past life, at
the bar Of a stern self Judgment, drew from
his contrite heart, the fervid prayer; the
hesitating hope; the trust qualified by self
condemnation in the Saviour; whose name
he professed; the concluding act ere the
curtain fell upon the last scene of earth,
propped up by pillows, he called witnesses
to his confirmation of his will, providing
for the freedom and support of his slaves,
and the last conscious words which fred
his eye and braced has sinking frame, as,
speaking in this connection, he laid his
skeleton hand strongly upon the shoulder
of his faithful servant John, and said, with
emphasis Especially for this man. IS
And then-this last charge upon his con-
science off-his mind wandered away to
the light, and the scenes, and the friends
Of the early day; and the mutterings of
the voice growing gradually fainter, as
he passed on into the thicker shadows Of
the Dark Valley, the 8uttcring pulse stood
still, and John Randolph, of Roanoke, was
numbered with the dead May Oath, 1880,
aged sixty.
They carried him back to his solitary
home, and buried him in death as in life,
unsocial and isolated-in the forest of
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31
The Story Of Errick Rande.

AS early as 998, Errick Rande, an Ice
landic chief, fitted out an expedition Of
twenty-five galleys at Suetell, and having
manned them with sufficient crews Of col
onists, set forth from Iceland to what ap-
peared more congenial climate. They
sailed upon the ocean fifteen days, and
they saw no land. The next day brought
with it a storm, and many gallant vessel
sunk in the deep. Mountains of ice COW
cred the water as far as the eye could
reach, and but a few galleys escaped de-
struction. The morning of the seventeenth
day was clear and cloudless; the sea was
calm, and far away to the northward could
be seen the glare of ice-felds rejecting on
the sky. The remains of the shattered
feet gathered together to pursue their
voyage, but the galley Of Errick Rande
was not there. The crew of a galley which
was driven further down than the rest, re-
ported that as the morning broke, the
large fields of ice that had. covered the
ocean were driven by the current past
them, and that they beheld the galley of
Errick Rande borne by resistless force and
the speed of the wind, before a tremend-
GUS field of ice-her crew had lost all
control over her-they were tossing their
arms in wild agony. Scarcely moment
had elapsed before it was walled in by a
hundred ice hills, and the whole mass mo-
we'd forward and was beyond the horizon.
That the galley Of the narrators escaped
was wonderful; it remained, however, I'M
contradicted, and the vessel of Errick
Rande was never more seen. Half a cen
fury after that, Danish colony was es-
tablished on the western coast of Green
land. The crew of the vessels which car
r1ed the colonists thither, in their excur-
sions into the interior, crossed range of
hills that stretched to the northwardi they
had approached nearer to the pole than
any preceding adventurers. Upon look
ing down from the summit of the hills,
they beheld a vast and interminable field
OF ice, undulating in various places, and
formed into thousand grotesque shapes.
They saw, not far from the shore, figure
in an ice vessel, with glittering icicles in
stead of masts rising from it. Curiosity
prompted them to approach, when they
beheld dismal sight. Figures of men in
every attitude of woe were upon the deck
but they were icy things; one figure alone
stood erect, and with folded arms, leaning
against the mast. A Ratchet was procu-
lred, and ice split away, and the features
of a chieftain disclosed, pallid and death
ly, and free from decay. Thiswas doubt
less the vessel, and that figure the form of
Errick Rande. Benumbed with cold
and in the agony Of despair, his crew had
fallen around him. The spray Of the ocean
and the fogs had frozen as it lighted upon
them, and covered each figure with an icy
robe, which the short-lived glance Of a
"a Greenland sun had not time to remove.
The Danes gazed upou the spectacle with
trembling. They knew not but the same
might be their fate. They knelt down
upon the deck, and muttered prayer in
their native tongue for the souls Of the
frozen crew, then hurriedly left the place
for night was approaching.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31
IMPERTINANCE PUNISHED.

We find in the Courier des Etasts Uais,
an account of acurioas incident which 0c-
CURED at charity fair, in Paris:
A young lady, Miss A, celebrated
for her beauty and wit, presided at one Of
the tables. Among the throng that pas
sed around the fair yender Of elegant ar
ticles, was young gentleman of much as
surance, who gazed at the lady with of
fensive freedom, and affected to admire
the various articles exposed to sale, but
bought nothing.
"What will you please to buy sir ?" ask
ed Miss A., with a smile of peculiar
meaning.
q Oh, replied the exquisite, with Ian
gushing look what / most wish to pur-
chase is unhappily not for sale. =
Perhaps it is, said the lady.
" No, no, / dare not declare my wish
es.n
Nevertheless" said Miss A., sslet me
know what you wish to buy"
Well, then, since you insist upon it, l
should like a ringlet Of your glossy black
hair"
The lady n,anisfested no embarrassment
at the bold request, but with pair of
scissors Immediately clipped off one other
beautiful locks and handed it to the as
tonished youth, remarking that the price
was FIVE hundred francs II
Her bold ednlirer was thunderstruck at
the demand, but dared not demur, and by
this time group had collected and were
listening to the conversation. He took
the hair, paid over the FIVE hundred francs,
and with an air of modification and sad
ness left the halli
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Our Sfrap 8ook.
BE KIND TO THE OLD.

OH be kind to those who are in the au-
tumn of life, for thou knowest not what
sufferings they may have endured, how
much it may still be their portion to bear.
Are they. querulous unreasonable. allow
not thine anger to kindle against them
rebuke them not, for doubles many and
severe have been the CROSSES and trials of
earlier years, and perchance their dispo-
sitions, while in the spring time Of life, y
were more gentle and flexible than thine
own. Do they require aid from thee? then
render it cheerfully, and forget not that
the time may come, when thou mayest de-
sire the same assistance from others that
now thou renderest unto them. Do all
with alacrity, and think it not hard il
much is required at thine hand; lest when
age has set its seal upon thy brow, and
filled thy limbs with trembling, there may
be found those VINO will wait upon thee
unwillingly, and who will feel relieved
when the coffin-lid has covered thy face
forever.
The old must soon pass from this to an
other world; is it world Of bliss? then
though they have much to cheer them
through the remnant of their earthly pill
grimage kind, very kind to them; for
for they have many sorrows to endure be,
fore they seek the abodes of happiness;
they have yet to pass through g the valley
of the shadow Of death" Isl a world Of
woe to which they are Fastening? have
they no hope Of heaven? then be doubly
cautious how thou addest Single drop tc
a cup already full; for surely they have
enough to bear; if their prospects fol
both time and eternity are shrouded in
gloom.
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A WHIMSICAL HEN.
BY HENRY WARD BEEcHER.

Nothing seems SO aimless and simple as
a hen. She usually goes about in vague
and struggling manner, articulating to
herself cacophonous remarks upon various
topics. The greatest event in hens life
is compound, being made up Of an egg
and cackle. Then only she shows enthu-
siasm, when she descends from the nest
Of duty, and proclaims her achievement. t.
if you chase her, she runs cackling; if you
pelt her with stones, she screams through
the air cackling all abroad till the impulse
has run out, and then she subsidies quietly
into silly gadding hen. Now and then
an excentric hen may be found, stepping
quite beyond the limits of hen prepriety
One such persisted in laying her daily egg
in the house. She would steal noiselessly
in at the open door, walk up stairs and
leave plump egg upon the thildren's
bed. The next day she would honor the
sofa. On one occasion she selected my
writing table; scratched my papers about
and left her card. that might not blame
the children or servants for scratching
my manuscripts. Her determination was
amusing. One Sabbath morning we drove
her out Of the second story window, then
again from our front hail. In few min
utes she was heard behind the house, and
on looking out of the window, she was
just disappearing into the bed room win
dow on the ground floor Word was Civ
en-, but before any ono could roaoh the
place, she had bolted out of the window
with victorious cackle,and her white warm
egg lay upon the lounge. / proposed to
open the pantry-window, and set the egg
dish within her reach, and let her put
them up herself, but those in authority
would not pefmi. such deviation from
propriety. Such breed of hens would
never be popular with the boys. Itwould
spoil that glorious sport Of hunting hens
nests.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31
JESUS AND THE DEAD DOG.

Jesus, says very old Persian story, ar
rived one. evening at the gates of a certain
city, and He sent His disciples forward to
prepare supper, while He, Himself, intent
on doing good, walked through the streets
into the market-place.
And He saw at the corner Of the mar
ket some people gathered together look
ing at an object on the ground; and He
drew near To see what it might be. 1t
was dead dog, with halter round his
neck, by which he appeared to have been
dragged through the dirt; and viler, a
more AFFECT, more unclean thing, never
met the eyes of man.
And those who stood by looked on with
adherence.
Faugh z said one, stopping his nose;
it polldtes the air. "How long, said
anothtr shall this foul beast offend our
sight?" Look at his torn hide" said a
third; " one could not even cut a shoe out
Of it. And his ears" said q fourth,
all draggled and bleedingp "No
doubt said fifth, :" he hath been hang
ed for thieving!"
And Jesus heard them, and looking
down compassionately on the dead crea-
tire, He said, Pearls are not equal to
the whiteness of his teeth /"
Then the people turned toward Him
with amazement, and said among them
selves: Who is this? this must be Jesus
of Nazareth, for only He could find some
thing to pity and approve even in a dead
dog" and being ashamed, they bowed
their heads before Him and went each on
his way.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31
Song.

A maid reclined beside stream
At fall of summer day,
And, half awake and half dream,
she watched the ripples play.
She marked the waters fall and heaye,
The deepening shadows throng,
And heard, as darkened down the eve,
That rivers babbling song.
And thus it sung, with tinkling tongue,
That ripping, sisadowy river
youths brightest day viii fade away
Forever and foreyerp'
The twilight past, the moon at last
Rose broadly DER the night,
Each ripple CLEANS beneath her beams
As wrought in silver bright.
The heaying waters glide along,
But mingling with their voice,
The nighteSngale now pours his song,
And makes the shades rejoice.
And trus he sung win. sur.-ful tongue,
That bird beside the river
When youth is gone true love shines on
Forever and forever
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31

A Fool IS KNOWN BY HIS own FOLLY.
Never argue with a fool. The probabili-
ty is that he will never understand you,
and if you understand him, you are apt to
gain nothing by it. In all probability
you will misunderstood each other. The
very attempt Of fool to argue, shows the
possession of an omihous self This
will always make him suspicious Of a SUI
perior. Your very generalities will vex
him as SO many personalities, and he will
be apt to resist his own emptiness Of head
by testing physically the strengthen yours.
Risk nothing with this class Of persons.
YOU cannot find fit antagonist III their
heads, and should beware Of their heels.
-Ssmn,s:
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WHO is a COWARD ?The man who at
lacks another by surprise or with weap
on in his hand when the other has none,
is a coward:
The man who carries deadly weapon
on or about his person in his intercourse
with an unarmed society, is a coward.
The man who associates with him, and
so goes with numbers to ovefpower an in.
dividual or a smaller or feebler number is
a coward
The man; Who, challenged to duel, is
so much afraid of public sentiment that he
dares not refuse it, is coward.
I'm general that man is a coward who
shapes his course Of action by his fears;
and he alone is man of courage who al
ways dares to do right.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31

DANGERS OF A HIGH PILLoW-I It is
often question amongst people who are
unacquainted with the anatomy and ply
siology Of man, whether lying with the
head exalted or even with the body be
more wholesome. Most, consulting their
own ease. on-this point, argue in favor Of
that which they prefer. Now, although,
many delight in bolstering up their heads
at night. and sleep soundly without fnju-
ry, yet we declare it to be dangerous
habit. The vessels through which the
blood passes from the heart to the head
are always lessened in their cavities when
the head is resting IN bed higher than the
body; therefore, mall diseases attended
with fever, they head should be pretty
nearly on a level with the body, and peo-
pie ought to accuston themselves to sleep
thus to avoid danger. London Medical
Jour-
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31
True Nobility.
BY FINLEY JOHNSON.

Call him not noble, round whose brow
The light of fame is shed,
Whose conquering hands, in battle strife,
With human blood are red;
Where deeds of valor and renown
Have spread his name abroad
For orphans means, and widows tears,
Appeal from fame to God.
Call him not noble, who looks back
Unto his fathers name,
And thinks that since his sire was SO,
He likewise is the same;
But let us teach that as his sire,
His honors nobly won,
That now likewise must yirtuous deeds
Obtain them for the son.
For TO be noble OF debased,
Depends on us alone;
We may not boast our fathers name,
More noble than our own;
For virtue, friendship, love and truth
Exceed the rank of birth
These make man noblemans
All else is little worth.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31

aCIRehE SALINE ExpLAINED.-The
great circle is that whose plane divides
the earth into two equal parts. The equa-
tor is a great circle, and so is each meri-
dian of longitude. BY following the arc
of great circle between any two points,
the navigator, pursues the shortest line
connecting them. Between New York
and Liverpool the great circle would pass
over portion Of Newfoundland. Vessels
are therefore obliged to devfate from it
on this route; and to come nearest to It
they pass near Cape Race.
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PARTN.E]RSHIP

A wag entered store in London, years
ago, which had for its sign, 'The Two
Balloons, and addressing himself to the
proprietor. said
I wish to see your partner"
I have no partner, sir"
Il beg your pardon, sir, and hope you
will excuse the mistake"
Oh, there is no harm done; but what
made you think there we're two of us?"
Your sign-The Two Balloons"
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The Fatherless.

Speak softly to the fatherlessi
And check the harsh reply
That sends the crimson to the cheek,
The tear-drop to the eye.
They have the weight of Loneliness
In this rude world to bear;
Then gently raise the fallen bud,
The dropping fowret spare.
Speak kindly to the fatherlessl
The lowliest of their band
God keepeth, as the waters,
: In the hollow of his hand.
'Tis sad to see life's evening sun
Go down in sorrows shroud,
But sadder still when mornings dawn
Is darkened by the cloud.
Deal gently with the little ones,
Be pitiful, and He,
The friend and father of us all,
Shall gently deal with thee!
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-01-31

IDLENEss. 1t is no over-statement to
says billiard, that, other things being
equal, the man who has the greatest
amount Of intellectual resources is in the
least danger from inferior temptation; if
no other reason; because he has fewer idle
moments.
The ruin of most men dates from some
vacant hour. Occupation is the armor Of
the soul, and the train Of ldleness is borne
up by all the vices. | remember satir-
ical poem in which the Devil is fepfesen-
ted as fishing for men, and adapting his
habits to the taste and temperament Of his
prey, but the idier, he sold, pleased him
most, because he bit the naked hook.
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ENTHUSIASTIC, 7ERY.-An enthusiacti,

ENTHUSIASTIC, vERYs-An enthusiastic;
admirer Of the fair sex, gives Vent to the
following eloquent strain;---
A woman viii cling to the chosen oh.
jet OF her heart like a possum to a gum
tree, and you can't separate her without
swapping strings that no art can mend
and leave portion Of her soul dpon the
Of her affections. She wifi
sometimes see something to love, where
otheas can see nothing to admire; and
When her fondness is once fastened ~ 80 =
fellow, Itistlcks like glue and molasses in
a bhshy head Of hairl 1'S' =
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Our Better Home.
BY W, WEBSTER CHAPLIN.

BY W. WEBSTER CLAFL1N.
We weep in sorrow by the tomb
Now closed upon some cherished friend,
As if In earth's remorseless womb
A sleep begins that meier shall end.
Our thoughts fit backward to the Past
Behold sweet days of purest joy,
When hope and love their influence cast,
And pleasure reigned without alloy.
We turn in sadness from the grave.
Our blissfM dreams and hopes are DER;
The friend no earthly power could save,
Has gone, to- cheer lis here no more.
But if, instead, our thoughts could fly
On wings of faith to sinless Heaven,
Methinks not all our joys would die,
When hallowd ties by Death are riven.
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Roanoke. In the soilfof the Virginia he
loved SO well they laid the corpse Of her
faithful and devoted son. They left him
to rest, after the long fever Of his troubled
dream of life was over, in an humble and
sequestered grave, beneath two stately
pines. There let him sleep onl The gloom
of their shade, and the melancholy sigh
ing of the wind through their boughs, are
fit emblems Of the life which was breathed'
out in sadness and 10 sorrow.
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HUNTING nv CHuRCH

In one Of our churches, an Old gentle
man, worthy member Of THE Christian
PERSUASION, fe4 asleep and began dream.
ing that he was Oh hunting excursion.
All of sudden, aud to the astonishment
of everybody, he beloved out -
Fetch him, Dash La glorious shot -
three woodcocks with one barrel i-hurA
rah for me |"
The pious old gentleman woke himself
by his hallooing, and, astonished immes
diately seized his hat and walked hastily
out, blushing like red pepper.
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AN ENGLIsH EpITAPH.-In the church
yard of the parish of Balsoyer, in Derby
shire, England is the following epitaphs-
( Here lies. in horizontal position the
outside cases Of Thomas Hinde, clock and
watch maker, who departed this life
wound up in the hope Of being. taken in
hand by his maker, and being thoroughly
clcansed repaired, and set agoing in the
world to come, on the 18th day of August,
1858, aged fifty years"
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Properties OF GLAss.-It is curious
fact in science, that glass resists the ac-
ton Of oil acids except Che fouaie, it loses
nothing in Weight by use or age; it is
more capable than all other substances of
receiving the highest degree Of polish
If melted several times over, and properly
cooled in the furnace, receiving a polish
almost rivalling the diamond in brilliancy.
Il is capable Of receiving the richest col
ors produced from gold Or other metallic
coloring, and will retain its original
brilliancy Of hue for ages. Medals, too,
embedded in glass, can be made retain
forever their original purity and APPEAR
ance.
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ANECDnTE

When lawyer, on his passage to En-
rope was one day walking the deck 81
having blown pretty hard the preceding
day, a shark was playing by the shfp.s
Having never seen such an object before
he called to one of the sailors to tell him
what It was. -
Why" replied tie tar, II don't know
what name they know 'em by, ashore, but
here, we call 'em sea-lapyeSs.
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LAUGHrsR. Laughter is a vent or sud
den joy that strikes upon the mind, which
being too volatile and strong, breaks out
in this tremor of the voice. The poets
make use Of this metaphor when they would
describe Nature in her richest dress, for
beauty is never so lovely as when adorned
with the smile, and conversation never sits
easier upon us, than when we now and
then give vent to a symphony of laughter
which may not improperly be called the
chorus Of conversation.
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LIFE AND DEATH.

We went day two ago to visit an old
and dear friend, between whom and our
selves for many weary years there had
been little communication. Wefound him
where we sought him-but there was a
guest at his hearth we had not thought to
meet. Death was there. In little back
room, about whose easements heavy pals
were twined together, excluding the gay
sunlight, that lay SO lovingly upon the
outer sill, there were two collins, clothed
in whitened raiment, there were two corp
ses-the one that of an, old man, and the
other that Of a babe. In the same hour,
infancy and age-the grandsire and his
youngest darling broken away from
the earth-anchorage, and drifted out upon
the Stygian waves towards the Better
Land.
It is often thus that the old and the
young go together to their long sleep
Daily, almost, we behold the scythe of
the Dark Reaper cutting down alike the
growing flower and ripened grain, gather
ing them in one sheaf into the upper gar
ner. He, of all harvesters, is the mostre
morseless; his the only scythe whose edge
is never dull. Yet He that commissions
the stern old Reaper doeth all things well
and viii make the dark things clear and
the crooked straight in that day when the
scythe and the shroud together shall be
put away for ever from thspresence Of the
ransdmed.
The old man his babe were friends
each treasure to the other during life,
and in death they were not divided
The same bark bore them to the pearly
strand-the same angel led them through
the golden gates; and now, over one harp
they sang together in Heaven. -.Neacark
Murcurq.