Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16

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sign of reproof-with a sisters gentle pres
sure Of the hand, or a brothers noble act Of
forbearance-with handsful Of flowers in the
green and daisy meadow-with birds nests
admired, but not touched with creeping
ants, and almost imperceptibls smmets-with
humming bees and glass bee-hiVes-with
pleasant walks and shady lanes, and With
thoughts directed in sweet and kindly tones,
and words to mature to acts of benevolence,
to deeds of virtue, and to the source of all
good, to God himself.
From the New York Evening Post.
Epigram.
AS my wife and /, at the window one day.
Stood watching man with a monkey,
A cart came by, with, a broth of boy
I Who was driving stout little donkey.
10 my wife l then spoke, by way Of Joke,
There's a relation ofyours in inthatcarriase,'
To which she replied, as the donkey she
spied,
All, yes, relation-6y marriagep
New York, Dec. l, 1855.
A ladcame in great haste into drug store,
the other morning, and half out of breath
exclaimed - Mother sent me down to the
shopecary pop to get d thimblefull of palla.
Collie. Bulbs thick as dickenth, not expes-
ted to live from one end to tother.'
sA- It is becoming fashionable of late
years to praise man for being homes. and
respectable, as though the qualities were
rare. A North Carolina paper is lauding
the Grand Jury of Sampson county not only
for resolving to use no intoxicating beverage
during the term, but for sticking to the re-
solve +
That was keen reply of the bu1om lassis
to little pigmy of a man who solicited q
matrimonial connexion; %, No. said the
fair lady | can't think of it for moment.
The fact is, John, you are little too big TO
put into cradle and a little too small to put
into a bed
warning paragraph appears in the London
Times:
"a man was placed few days ago in a
lunatic ASYLUM at Berlin to be treated for
mental alienation, brought on by the use of
hair dye. On examining the dye which be
had employed, it was ascertained TO be com
posed of lead, mercury, and lunar caustic.-
1t produced violent pain in the head, and at
length led to madness"
, Esr One of the finest passages in Richie
: lieu is the following:-
; Richelieu-Youngman, be blithe for note
= me, from the hour grasp that packet, think
that your guardian star rains down fortune
on you.
!, Francisco-If fail?
u Richelieu-Fail fail in the bright lexi
con of youth, which fate reserves for mos
+ glorious manhood, there is no such word Al
fall
8 Why should young man fail If he b.
IL 10 Io he -
he be energetic, if be be gifted with msnta
!, power, if he be right in soul and strength
I he should never fail and if any allurin,
: temptation whisper in his ear words tha
y make him turn aside, let him revert to tha
/, bright lexicon and never fail.
The FARMER AND THE BEGGAR.-A strong
. hearty, lazy loafer, who preferred beggin
i for a precarious subsistence to working for
D. sure one called at the house of blunt Mas
i sachusetts farmer, and in the usual languag
of his tribe, asked for some cold victuals an
= old Clothes"
le "You appear to be stout, hearty -lookin
man." said the farmer what do you
!. for living?"
sr "Why, not much," replied the fellow, 9,
- cept travelling from one place to another" Z"
Travelling about, eh - rejoined the fa
~ ~ urer +" can you travel pretty we'll :"
at "Oh, yes, Pm pretty good at that"
:. "Well then," said the farmer, coolly, opsI
81 ing the door, "let's see you travel"
nd pa- Thinking that our young reade
np may be pleased with something of this kin
to we insert the following Puzzle, which o
es. peared in the Boston Daily Transcript, mar
ed years ago:
:. A Puzzle.
o;r Once had-on both set great store-and
n. Lent my-and took his word therefor-to q
an Asked my-and nought but words got-of 4
nd Lost my-for sue him l would not-and L
Money Friend. :.
nd At last my-which pleased me very well
came from my
I got my-away quite from me fell-but 4
IF bad-as had once beforehand a
- I'd keep my-and play the fool no more
% and my
TIL R- IF half the pains now taken by int
J. ested politicians, on both sides of the oces
en, to rend under, derange, and disunite, WI
u'' used to calm, pacify, soothe and unite mi
ana kind, in a short period our world would
ms come a paradise, a garden Of love, rich
% honor, and wealth; in fact every thing mob
nos. good. or great. Peace and Good VII wol
.au- not only form part of the religion of
) !. Christian world, but would constitute Il
: religion itself All that is wanting in orde
ou' accomplish this great end is, for each one
DIV feel that aCe are all one family; and TO all
Dol no separate or sectional party, thought,
e of word to go forth, either printed, written,
Eish spoken.-SEAks.
that AMoRMoN GHAssHoPPER.-'A A grasshop
fe Of from Utah was exhibited in New York
his week which measured five inches In leng