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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
THE LOSS OF A WIFE. : ;

In comparison with the loss of wife.
all other bereavements are trifling. The
wife! she who fills 50 large space in the
domestic heaven; she busted herself so
unweariedly for the precious ones around
her; bitter is the tear that falls upon her
cold clay You stand beside her coffin,
and think of the past. It seems an amber
colored pathway, where the sun shone
upon beautiful flowers, or the stars hung
glittering overhead. Fain would.the soul
linger there
No thorns are remembered save those
your hands may unwillingly have planted.
Her noble, tender heart lies open to your
Utmost sight You think Of her now all
gentleness, all beauty. all purity. But
she is dead !*This dear head that lay upon
your bosom rests in still darkness, on a
pillow of clay. The hands that admin
stored so untiringly are folded, white and
cold, beneath the gloomy portal.
The heart whose every beat measured
an eternity OF love, lies under your feet.
The flowers she bent over with smiles
bend now above her in tears, shaking the
dew from petals, that the verdue around
her may be kept green and beautiful
There is no white arm over your shoulder;
no speaking face to look up into the eye
of love- no trembling lips tomurmur, "Oh,
it is sad. " There is so strange hush in
every room-no light footsteps passing
around no smile to greet you at night
fall. And the old clock ticks and strikes
and ticks If was Such muSic when she
could hear it now it seems knell on the
hours through which you watched the
shadowsof death gathering upon her sweet
face. And every day the clock repeats
that old story many another tale ittelleth.
too, of beautiful words and deeds tina" are
registered above You feeI-oh, how
often-that the grave cannot keep her.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
Good Target Practice.

The author Of t'The rife and the Hound
in Ceylon"-a work filled with hunting
sketches of the most exciting description
gives the following account of a little
target practice in which he INDUCED one
fine afternoon, and by which he got. the
range of his favorite, four ounce" rifle:
" just as | was quitting the shores of
the lake, / noticed three buffaloe in the
shadows, about knee deep in the water,
nearly half mile from me. They did
not look bigger than dogs, the distance
was so great. There is nothing like a
sheet of water for trying rife; the splash
of the balls shows with such distinctness
the accuracy of the effect in shooting. 1t
was necessary that should fire my guns
off in order to clean them, that evening.
and | therefore tried their power at this
immense distance. The long two ounce
fell short, but in good line. took a
rest upon a man ssshonlder with thefour-
ounce rife, and, putting up the last sight.
| arrived at the leading buffalo; who was
walking through the water parallel with
US. aimed at the outline Of the throat,
to allow for his pace at this great dis
lance. The recoil of the rife cut the
mans ear open. (frst blood this, at all
events } as there was sixteen draehms Of
powder in this charge. We watched the
smooth surface of the water, as the invis-
IDLE whistled over the lake. Certainly
three seconds elapsed before we saw the
slightest effect. AT the expiration of that
time, the buffalo fell seddenly in a sitting
position and there he remained fixed
Many seconds after, dull sound returned
to our ears; it was futt' Of the ball, which
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
THE IDLER.

The idle man is an annoyance NUS
ance. He is of no benefit to anybody
He is an intruder in the busy thorough
fare of everyday life He stands in our
path, and we push him contemporary
aside He is Of no advantage to anybody.
He anoys busy men. He makes them I'M
happy. He is a unite in society. He
may have an income to support him in
idleness, or he may sponge" on his good
natured friends. But in either case he is
despised. Young man, do something in
this busy, busting, wide-awake world =
Move about for the benefit of mankind if
not yourself Do not be idle. Gods laws
is, that by the sweat of our brow we shall
earn our bread. That law is good one.
and the bread we earnis sweet Do not
be idle Minutes are to precious to be
thoughte3sly. Every man
and every woman, however exalted, or
however humble, can d. good in this short
life if So inclined therefore do not be
idle.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
Gbe Gtabelet.,
A ROOM IN DAMASCUS.

The floor is of two leuels:: the first or
lowest, into which you enter, contains a
fountain with several spouts Of water, is
is paved with marble, has racks for pipes
recesses in the wall for nargelies, cups,
&C., and other conveniencies for the house
hold. Here the slaves wait the will of
their masters, and here you put off the
slippers before you ascend to the second
level, where the mats are spread and the
family sitting. Over this fountain is sus-
pended from the highest part of the cell
ing a chandelier, with great many little
glass-lamps, whose various lights mingling
with the waters, and reflected from them,
produce very beautiful effect. The Sc
cond level is twelve or eighteen inches
higher than the first, and is the place APP
propriated to the family; it is often sepa-
rated from the lower part by little rail
of wood or stone. Mats are spread upon
the earthern-hoor, and round the walls
mattresses three feet or three feet and a
half broad, are spread out for the accom-
odation of the family, upon the mats, or
upon low wooden frames four or six inch
es in height. The ceilings are lofty and
ornate; beautiful carving, interspersed
with numerous little looking glasses, re
lieves and gratifies the eye, and very of
ten the cirular centre-piece is composed Of
massive endorsement. in which a gigantic
serpent, displaying its beautiful folds and
glancing eyes, seems ready to spring upon
you. Let the sun now shed his golden
beams through the upper windows, which
are of beautiful stained glass; let the gol-
den letters in panels upon the walls APP
pear in their beauty; let hundreds Of lit
tie looking-gIasses above and around you
reflect and multiply every object and
movement; PLACE number of rightly clio
thed Turks, with long boards and flowing
robes, upon the divan, amidst soft mat
tresses and velvet cushions, with long
pipes in their mouths; add to all this the
unceasing murmur of falling waters. and
You have a scene really beautiful, and
truly Oriental. -Groham's Jordon and the
Rhine.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28

THAT rs A BOY r CAN TRUST.

| once visited says a gentleman, "a
large public school, At recess a little
fellow came up and spoke to the master !;
and as he turned to go down the platform
the master said, !" That is boy can trust.
He never failed me. | followed him with
my eye, and looked at him when he took
his seat after recess. He had fine, open,
manly face. thought a good deal about
the masters remark. What character
had that little boy earned? He had al
ready got what would be worth to him
more than fortune. 1t would be past
port to the best office in the city, and what
lis better, to the confidence Of the whole
community. l wonder if the boys know
how soon they are rated by elder people.
Every boy in the neighborhood is known
and opinions formed of him, he has char
arter either favorable or unfavorabe. A
boy Of whom the master can say, | can
trust him; he never failed him, will never
want employment The fidelity, prompt
ness, and industry which he has shown at
school are priced everywhere. He who is
faithless in little shall be faithless in
much.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
4 BOLD AND HUMANE INDIAN.

The following facts Of young chief Of
the Pawnee nation, and son Of Old Knife,
one Of the Indians who visited the city Of
Washington, few years ago, from the
foot of the Rocky Mountains, are highly
creditabEe to his generosity and benevo-
lence. This young warrior, when those
events occurred, was about twenty-five
years old. At the age Of twentv-one, bis
heroic deeds had acquired for him, among
the people, the rank Of Bravest Of the
Brave
The savage practices Of torturifg and
burning to death their prisoners existed
in this. nation. An unfortunate female,
taken in war with the Paducah nation
was destined to this horrible death. The
fatal hour had arrived; the trembling vic
tim, far from home and friends, was fasten-
ed to the stake; the whole tribe had assem-
bled on the surrounding plain, to witness
the awful scene. just as the wood was
about to be kindled, and the spectators
were on the tipt0e of expectation, this
young warrior, who sat composedly among
the chiefs, having before prepared two
fleet Of horses with, the necessary pro-
visions, sprang from his seat, rushed
throgh the crowd, loosed the victim, siez-
ed her in his arms laced her on one Of the
horses, mounted the other himself, and
made the utmost speed towards the nation
and friends Of the captive.
The multitude, dumb and nerveless with
amazement at the daring deed, made no eff
fort to rescue their victim from her deliv-
erer. They viewed it as the act Of their
deity, submitted to it without a murmur
and quietly returned to their village
The released was accompanied through
the wilderness toward her home, where
she was out Of danger He then gave her
the horse on which she rode, with the nee
essary provisions for the remainder Of the
journey; and parted from her. On his re
turn to the village, such was the respect
entertained for him, that no inquiry was
made into his conduct, no censure was pas
sed on it, and since the transaction. no hui
man sacrifice has been offered in this OF
any of the Pawnee tribes OF what inAu,
ence is one bold act in goou cause!
On the publication Of this anecdote at
Washington, the young ladies of a female
seminary in that city, presented the brave
and humane Indian with handsome sill.
yer medal on which was engraved anap-
propriate inscription, accompanied by an
address, of which the following is the
close:
Brother accept this token of our es-
TEEN and when you have again the power
to save poor woman from death and tor
ture, think Of this and us, and fly to her
rescue"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
TEETH SET ON EDGE.

All acid foods, medicines and tooth
washes and powders are verAininrious to
the teeth. If "a tooth is put i cider, vim
egar, lcmoh.juice, or. tartaris acid, in a
few hours the enamel will bscompletely
destroyed, to that it can be removed by the
as if it were chalk. Mostpeo-
pie have experienced what is called teeth
on edge. The explanation oft is, the
acid of the fruit that has been eaten has SO
far softened the enamel Of the toeth that
the least pressure is felt by the exceeding
ly small nerve which pervade the thin
membrane which connects the enamel with
the bony part Of the tooth. Such effect
cannot be produced without injufilg the
enamel. 1t will become hard agait. it is
true, when the acid has been remoysd by
the fluids of the mouth, just as ali egg
she'll that has been softened in this
becomes hard again by being put il the
water. When the effect of sour frut on
til eteeth subsidies, they felt as well
And the oftener it is repeated, the SION
er will the disastrous consequences be man
Tested.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
WHEREVER l. WANDER.
BY MRS. ANNA Nj. LOWRY.

Where'er my wandering footsteps roam,
Mid pleasures gilded way.
Or through the dark, dark, dresry paths,
Oflife's lone winter day.
One spot in memory fadeth not;
My childhoods home is meier forgot.
In fancy once again l stray,
a happy, thoughtless child.
And chase the bee DER many a field.
And pluck the aowerets wild,
And then at evenings quiet hour,
Like birds I'll seek my sheltering bower.
Again tread the CLASSY lane
That leads us to the hill;
And near its side the school-house rose,
Beside the sparkling rill;
When freed from tasks we laughed and sang
Till with echoes wild the old woods rang.
And there's tree, spreading tree,
With branches hanging low;
And on the bank beneath the boughs,
In summer evening glow,
1 b.eathed my first sweet tale of love,
And dreams of future Brightness woye.
I'll Ter forget that lovely spot,
My childhood's cottage home;
The fields where first l rambled free,
Nor thought afar to roam.
But dearer than all else beside,
The grave of her, my plighted bride.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
70 Make a Donkey Cease Braying

In 1910, We were once making a journey
in wagon in the Province Of Pekin.-
Our equipage was under the guidance Of
one Of our catechists, an old school mas
ter, mounted on magnificent ass, so full
of ardor and agility that the two mules
who completed our team had all the diff
Guilty in the world to keep up with them.
This ass, however, was so filled with the
sense of his own superiority, and so proud
of it, that whenever he became aware OF
the presence of any Of his brethren, let
them at ever so great Assistance, he never
failed to begin Boosting of It'll such sono-
rous tones that his folly became quite in
supportable. When we got to an inn, in
stead of trying to rest himself, this indie
fatigable beast passed the whole night in
practising his music; and there appeared
to be something so peculiarly provoking
in the tones of his voice, that all the asses
within hearing, influenced, it would seem
by the power Of some magnetic fluid, were
quite sure to respond in a magnificent
bravura, so that altogether, it became i'm
possible to close our eyes.
One evening, when our cathechist was
Wanting the qualities Of his ass. we could
not help interrupting him. Your ass"
said we, is an abominable brute. Du-
ring the whole journey he has prevented
our getting wink of sleep"
+" Why did you not tell me so before 2"
said the catechist; T" would soon have
stopped his singing"
AS the ancient schoolmaster was some
what a wag, and INDUCED occasionally in
a small joke we took little notice of his
reply, but that nightw slept quite sound
ly.
+ z yTuIl, did tl,o mako noise last
ing.
Perhaps not; at all events we certain
ly did not hear him."
!" No, no; ] think not: saw to that be-
fore went to bed. You must have no.
ticed," he continued, :" that when an ass is
going to bray he always begins by raising
his tail, and he Keeps it extended horizon
tally as long as his song lasts To ensure
silence therefore, you have only to tie a
large stone to the end Of his tail, so that
he cannot raise it,"
We smiled, without reply, thinking this
was another piece Of pleasantly; but he
cried, Come now and see; you can easily
convince yourselves" And accordingly
we followed him to the courtyard, where
we bsheld, sure enough, the poor ass with
large stone attached to his tail, and with
the air Of having entirely lost his accus-
toned spirits. His eyes were fixed on
the ground, his cars down, his whole APP
pearance denoted humility and detection.
We felt quite compassionate towards him
and begged his master to unite the stone
directly; and as soon as efer he felt his
musical appendage at liberty, the creature
raised, first his head, then his ears. then,
his tail, and at last began to bray with all
his wonted enthusiasm. -Hac's Chinese
Empire.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
VERMoUNT DEBATE.

pumpkin pie pizen, or am they whole;
sum yittals?
Decided in the negative.
Which IS the most profitable, to heal
corn Or toe boot?
Answer both
If a man should see his father hanging
himself, and his mother sticking herself
win lork which would he save first.
Decided IN the affirmative, unanimous
".
Which is generally the easiest, to file
Decided to be unbeatable, any how.
10 which might be added, which is the
most useful to mankind, the rim oil a cart
wheel or the spokes.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
THE COMMENTED MAN.

Why need strive or sigh for wealth
1t is enough for me
That Heaven hath sent me strength and health
A spirit gland and free;
Grateful these blessings to receivs,
sing my hymn at morn and eve
On some, what floods ofriches flow!
House. herds, and gold have they
Yet lifcs best joys they never know,
But fret their hours away;
The more they have, they seek increase
Complaints and cravings never cease.
A vale of tears this world they call;
To me it seems so fair,
1t countless pleasures hath for all,
And none denied share
The little birds, on new fedged wing
And insects revel in the spring.
For love of us, hills, woods, and plains
In beauteous hues are clad.
And birds sing far and near, sweet strains,
Caught up by echoes glad.
aRise,n sings the lark, your tasks to ply;"
The nightingale sings "lullaby."
And when the golden sun goes forth,
And all like gold appears,
When bloom DER spreads the glowing earth,
And fields are ripening ears
think these glories that see,
MY kind Creator made for me.
Then loud thank the Lord above,
And say, in joyful mood
His love, indeed, is frthers love,
He wills to all men good.
Then let me ever grateful live,
Enjoying all he deigns to give.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28

Gsa1 We have heard of a child taking
after his father" but not exactly in the
way recorded by contemporary jour-
" We once knew an eccentric old man
IN the : Nutmeg State, in its northern
part, who went by the name of Uncle Aa-
ron. The old man had raised large
family of boys, the largest of whom-ai
wild, registering hlade-was named after
himself: IN speaking Of his family the old
man SAID, with a very long face:
Among all iny boys, never had but
one who took after his father, and that
was my Aaron; he took after me-with
club !"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28

WORKING IN Wanna Yankee lad saw
for the first time, some sailors raising q
heavy anchor at the bow of ship in port
for the purpose of securing or fishing it,
as we believe it is called. They were
singing away at their work, with the usual
/" Yo! heave oh p when the green specta.
tor, who had stopped to scrutinized lit
tie. hailed them with" You may 'heaEe-~
OH" and 'hiho!" all night, hut you won't
get that tarnai tiIfng through that hole in
a hurry-now mind | tell you He thought
they were trying to draw the anchor
through the hawse- hole !-Kaick.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
A lite nonsense. now ard then,
Is relished by the wisest men,"

CHEATING DEATH.-Gumbo, during the
prevalence of an epidemic was in constant
dread II a call from the grim messenger.
A wag hearing him at his prayers one
night, spoke to him in sepulchral voice
through knot hole.
"Gumbo p
key.
+" Death y
What he want ?"
"Want Gumbo."
Blowing ont his candle with whew-
no such niger heah. Dat niger been
dead dis two three week" .
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
Boston, Jan. 18th 1855.

one Of the Massachusetts Legislators to his
attectiouate son"
Boston, Jan. 10th 1855:
Son john hove too much Legislative
work to come home on Saturday nights
as | said would-so you must mind the
farm. have managed to get on a good
many committees so as to come popular
by having my name printed oftener in the
papers and have seen my name times
printed in the daily bee. American brins
ciples is looking up some here in Boston
and we are going to discard all foreign
eliments in our government (by the way
have the barn door done over with some
other beside Spanish brown. ! don't like
any thing spanish.) The governor has
made lick at the foreign militia and dis
banded all the companies. Don't use.anv
more british oil for your deafness for /
have thrown away that box of Russian
salye your mother put in my trunk to rub
my rumatic leg with use American physic
is the best.) We are going to have the
latin ling taken of the state coat of arms
and put in plain yankee english in it's
place. We are going ahead tell Won
and make clean swoop of everything of
foreign extraction. have visited no
place OF amusement excepting the live buf.
falo which is regular native he looks
very much like one Of these hairy cows,
Speaping of cows reminds me of our Dur-
ram-bull you may sell him Wade the
butcher he is of foreign extraction. A
friend asked me to go to the Atheneum
and see the library and pictures butt was
told nearly all are painted by the old
masters as they re-called-and these I am
told Gro eiti cat exception all foreigners
besides many of the books are in foreign
languages so it is contrary to the spirit
of my principals to visit such place. /
was going to visit Banyards great paint.
ing of the Holy land which is MAKING
some stir but native told me it was most.
ly painted with venetian red Dutch mink
and Naples yellow while all the Skies
were Prussian blue too much of the for
eigp eliment to be interesting to me-
By the way speaking of paint have the
front blinds which ! have painted WITH
French green last fall painted some color
other than mentioned above. Stop the
Zion Herald and take yankee Ptitateer
IN Its place. Give my Marseils vest To
dick the plowman and the tell him to
stone Jip the Scotch terrier off the farm
and to kill that maltese cat.
From your affectionate father.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-03-28
A HOG STORY.

nS@. One of our Western farmers, be-
ing very much annoyed last summer by
his best hog breaking into the corn-feld
search was instituted in vain for hole in
the rail-fence. Failing to find any, an
attempt was to drive out the animal by
the same way of her entrance; but of
course without success. The owner then
resolved to watch her proceedings; and
posting himself atnight in a fence corner,
he saw her enter at one end of a hollow
log, outside the field, and emerge at the
end, within the incloseure. Ewekd!"
cried he, | have you now, old lady p
Accordingly, he proceeded, after turning
her out once more, to so arrange the log
lit being very crooked that both ends
opened on the outside of the field. The
next day the animal was observed to enter
at her accustomed place, and shortly
emerge again. Tier astoaishment," saws
our informant, " at finding herself in the
same field whence she had started is too
ludicrous to be described She looked
this way then that, grunted her dissatis-
faction, and finally returned to the origi-
nal starting-place; and after a deliberate
survey ofmatters, to satisfy herself that
all was right, she again entered the log
On emerging yet once more on the wrong
side, she eyinced even more surprise than
before, and turning about retraced the
log in an opposite direction. Finding this
effort likewise in vain, after long and at
tentive look at the position of things, with
short, angry grunt of disappointment,
and perhaps fear, she turned short round
and started off on brisk run; nor could
either coaxing or driving ever induce her
to visit that part Of the field" She Seem
ed to have superstition" concerning
the spot.