The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-08-07

With brow unwrinklc,l. fair and high
With sun-burnt face and roguish eye,
And ask your leave to stay.
Quoth he, "rm Fun your right good friefrd."
"Comc in come in; ithyou we'll end !"
And thus we frolic in ring
And thus we laugh AMI dance and sing,
Amid the new -mown hay.
kIssING.-Our readers shall have the
benefit of a good story that we lately heard.
! Travelling into town about dusk, Mr.. X.
had occasion to call at the mansion of an
esteemed friend who had, among other
worldly possessions, two or three fine daugh
ters. lie had scarcely knocked at the door,
when it was opend by one Of the blooming
| maidens, who as quick as thought, threw
her arms around his neck, and before he
had time to say, "Oh don't p pressed her
warm delicate lips to his, and gave him MS
sweet a kiss as ever swain deserved. In utter
astonshment, the worthy gentleman was en-.
deavoring to stammer out something, when
the damsal exclaimed, "Oh mercy, mercy .
Mr.. X. is this you? l thought cetainly it
was my brother Henry"
':Pshaw !" said the gentleman toshimself
'syou don't think any such thing" But
taking her hand, he said, in a forgiving tone,
"there is no harm done; don't give your
self any uneasiness, though you ought to
be little mose careful"
After the gentle reproof he was ushered
into the parlor by the maiden, who AS she
came to the light, could not conceal tho
deep blush that glowed upon her cheek,
while the bo1eut that was pinned upon her
bosom shook like flower garden in an
earthquake. And when he rose to depart,
it fell to her to wait upon him to the door !;
and it may be added that they held dis
course together for some minutes-on wlat
subject it is not for us to say.
AS tho warm hearted you'll, plodded
liomcward lie argued with himself in this
wise
"AIiss J. X. new it was who knocked at
the door, or how did she recognise me be-
! fore spoke And it is probable that her
brother would knock before catering
She must he desperately in--psllaw ?
Why if she loves a brother at that rate,
ho" must she love 2 husband for | never
felt such u kiss in my litc."
Three weeks after the accident above
described, Mr.. X. WAS married to Miss J.
Now don't ask us if Mrs. X. ever con-
fesscI that her kissing was not mistake,
for positively VIC shan't tell"
How 70 FALL AsLEEr.-The great point
to bo gained i'll order 10 secure sleep, is
escape from that clnging, tenacious, imperi-
GUS thought, which, in most cases of wake
fulncss, has possession of the mind. Vari-
GUS methods havo been suggested by differ
ent authors to difusc tho thoughts. Our
own method, and one which we imagine
corduecs most naturally to lead the r:ind
into easy dreaming, IS to imagine journey
over somo familiar path, bringing successive:
ly into tho minis eye tho scenery at each
portion-an exercise Which rarely fails of
success, in tolerabiy short spacesof time.
Df. 1sinn, in his 'tAnatomy of Sleep"
describes'his process rs follows:
4 turn my eycballs as far to the right
or loft, or upwards, or downwards, as can
without pain; and then commence rolling
them slowly, with great divergence from a
direct limo of vision around in their sockets,
and continue doing this until fall asleep,
which occurs generally within three minutes,
and always within five, at most. The i'm
pediate effect Of this procedure differs from
that of any other of which ever heard, to
procure sleep. 1t not merely divorts thought
into newehannel, but actually suspends it.
/ have eudeavored nnumerablo times, while
thus rolling my eyes, to think upon par
ticular subject, and even upon that which
before kept fde awake, but I could not
As long as there were moving around mp
mind was blank. If any one doubts this,
let him try the experiment for. himsslf. Let
him pause just here, and make it. I ven
ture to assure him that if he makes it in
good faith, in the manner described, the
promise ofHa penny for his thoughts" or
for each Of them, while the operation is in
progress, will add very little to his wealth."
e, How TO UsD FnUITs.-To derive from
the employment Of fruit and berries all that
healthful and autsitise effect which belongs
to their nature, We should,
First-Use fruit thai ara ripe, fresh, per
feet and raw.
Second They shoa.i beused in theiruse-
ural state, withoatsGesr5 cream, milk, or
any other item o6 6sood OF drink. -
Tbird-Ffditshave their best effect when
used in 6ssafk p4e ofthe day; hense
We do not advice! !tEeir use at later sEour
than the middle. of the afternoon.
!. .IG|desies decided medieval effect,
ifust should be largely eaten soon after Eis-
igg q the morning, and about midway Be.
GsBsen breakfast and dinner. - -.
The lMPoRrAsr, PART OF LrFE.-Live
as long u you may, the first twenty years
from the-greater psrt Of your life. They
appear 50 when they, are ,passiag they seem
to. have been so wkenswst look back 10 them
and they tsksspg mois room 10. our ISem.
ory,thal aiL fheaY years. that succeed them: .H