davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
The Number Seven.

On the eth day Of the 7th month. a
holy observance was ordained to the
children Of Isreal, who Toasted I days
and remained 7 days in tents the 7th
day was directed to be the sabbath OF
rest for all things, and at the end OF
7 times 7 years commenced the grand
jubilee every 7th year the land lay fal.
low ; every 7th year there was a grand
release from all debts, and bondsmen were
set free. From this law might have
originated the custom of binding appren-
ticeship, and Of furnishing incorrigible
offenders by transportation for I, twice
7, or three times 7 years. Anciently a
child was not named before seven days,
not counted fully to have life before the
periodical day. The teeth spring ont in the
18th month. and are shed in the 7th year,
when infancy is changed into childhood.
At thrice seven years the faculties are
developed, manhood commences, and man
becomes legally competent in all civil
acts at four times 7 a man is in full
possession of his strength at five times
Z he is fit for the business of the world ::
at six times I he becomes grave and wise
or never at 7 times 7 be is in his apogee
and from that time decays at eightS
times 7 he is in his grand ~climacteric, al
nine times 7 or SO, he is in his grand
climacteric, or year of danger; and ten
times Z, of three score years and ten, was
by the royal prophet pronounced the
period of human life.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
Church in the Wilderness.

1t was but five miles from the log cabin
to the village just ~springing into life on
the beautiful Lake Of N. P. The an.
pointed place was q small. upholstered
school house with wooden benches. in
which were assembled a small company
Of spectators. aud twelve persons. Nho
were this day to form themselves into a
church: and 10 celebrate the grand event
of q worlds redempiioD III The simple me
morials Of the table Of the Lord. On
this lovely prairie. INT lateiy imprinted
with the footsteps Of the red man and
wild beast. here ~ this little room are TO
be laid this day the foundations If a
church Of the living God. and the-etwelve
SET apart as his people.
Here is to be the house Of many a wea
nv pilgrim who shall come from the east.
and the west. from the Forth and the
south; and here the birth place of many
a son and daughter Of the Lord al
mighty"
Here. too. the place where the Holy
Spirit shall descend to visit His people,
and bring in all who are willing in the
day of His power.
The services are commenced: the pray
er Of conservation offered, and the articles
Of our precious faith one by one accepted.
Then follows the covenant-between
the Eternal, Immortal, and Invisible, and
finite, sinful men and what of all earth's
pageants can compare in grandeur and
sublimity to this !?
The eternal and the mortal, the pure
and holy. with the sinful and condemned.
coming together by mutual bonds. for all
time! all eternity
No wonder that the voice Of the pastor
trembled as ne proceeded in the solemn
utterance, and the unimpassioned tones
were scarcely audible, while the divine
glory seemed filing the little room!
Here, too, we bring the baptismal font; a
lovely babe receives upon its forehead
the seal of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
And now the napkin is lifted, aud on
the pine board, and in vessels of earth
ern-ware, we behold the emblems of re.
deeming love !! and.in our crowded, cush-
toned, eastern temples, do we remember
a more tender absorbing and grateful
exhibition? What soft and silent breath
ings fill the atmosphere of this little
Bethel. God speaks with man and man
with God!
More than half a century have we sat
in our cherished churches at home, but it
was worth leaving them, for the rough
wilderness, with such a day as this, for
such an honor as to be permitted to assist
in laying the corner stone of this invisi
BILE temple which shall stand upon the
shore of this mighty river when the beau
tiful structures now rising around Us,
shall be in ruins. And all along the
banks Of the Mississippi are witnessed
scenes like this, and at every point the
steamer reaches, the church of God is
planting the seed; and from Wisconsin
to Minnesota, shall be waited the music
of Sabbath bells, across the peaceful riv-
ers: and hill to hill shall echo we the
luxuriant valleys, songs Of praise to re-
deeming love. Let the men of the world
come hither and take out the precious
ore from our mines of wealth, or find it
in the teeming soil, we will welcome
them with the sabbath, the preached
word, and the Bible.-N. Y. Observer.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
The ocean OF Time.

/ stood upon the oceans pebbly strand
/ saw the waves in measured sequences roll
Their volume up the shelving reach Of sand.
In plantive cadence murm'ring out their soul.
/ saw one after yet another wave
In quick succession beat upon the shore
It's nnal swell of dying waters heave;
It's bosom sink to rest to rise no more.
I saw the waves, impelled by oceans breath,
Rush on the whitened beach and break and die
/ saw them sink into the arms of Death:
/ heard their latest drawn, expiring sigh
Just as 1 stand upon that verge, the W.
see the moments roll successive on;
gee them on that narrow shore-line flow
How swiftly are they come-how swiftly gone
Each others rapid heel the minutes tread:
With one last, gentle swell they hug that shore
Then on their bosoms drop their crested head;
Their breasts in silence fall, to rise no more,
nv boary Times r~esistless breath impelled
The minute-waves | see mount up the beach
One instant only on that border held
Thon tossed force beyond the Presents reach
I hear the moments, as they meet their goal.
In plantive murm'rings breathe their lives away
In one expiring sigh exhale their soul ~.
Thus pass the minutes, thus, the hour, the day
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
Sympathy for Apprentices,

SYMPATHY and encouragement from
the master would often keep the feet of
apprentices in the high road Of reciti
tude. The humane soul must have symp
athy and when the apprentices deports
himself honorable, and tries to promote
his masters interest, he should be made
to realize that his master is his friend,
that he has his respect and gratitude.
By thus noticing him. and expressing
sympathy, the master makes his appren.
tice happy, at the same time binding him
to his interests by bands stronger than
steal.
Masters notice your apprentices
Talk with them. Learn how they spend
their leisure hours, and the character of
their amusements Recommend proper
Amusements, enforcing advice by the
mighty influence of your example. Sug-
gest proper reading and study. Let
them feel that you are their friend, and
if You are a man Of integrity, you will
thus make them such, securing for your
gray hears and declining years their hon
or and their love.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
How to rlisarm an Enamu.

1t is said that bees and wasps will NOT
sting a person whose skin is imbued with
honey. Hence those who are much ex.
posed to the venom of wasps smear their
face and hands with honey, which is found
to be the best preventive. When we are
annoyed with insult, persecution, and Cd
position, from perverse and malignant
men, the best defence against their venom
is to have the spirit bathed in honey
Let every part De saturated with meek
ness, gentleness, ~forbearance and pa.
thence; and the most spiteful enemy will
be disappointed in his %endeayors to inRict
a sting. We shall remain uniniured
while his yenom returns to corrode his
own malignant bosom; or what is far
better, the honey with which he comes in
contact will neutralize his gall the Goals
of forgiving love will dissolve his hatred
and the good returned for evil will over.
come evil with good.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
A Dutchman's Idea of Hereditary
Gout.

An old friend, a distinguished Judge
and ex-war minister, resident in Penn
sylvania, tells a good story of a Dutch
neighbor Of his Who had the govt, and
was greatly puzzled to know how he came
by it.
What is the matter with you, nv
friend ~ inquired the judge, who had
called in to see his sick neighbor.
"Vell, l don't know. chudge-dey saw
it ish de cout-but Wy should / have de
cout2 l lives blain (; I don't eats too
much nor drinks too much; Wy should |
have de cout ;"
Perhaps suggested the Judge, 1T is
hereditary n.
we'll" replied the invalid, with the
look of a man who had been suddenly
enlightened on a difficult snbiect-"VelI.
/ guess it is hereditary - remember ma
uife's uncle had de coutP'
The judge is of the opinion that a
good many of the hereditary gouts of the
present day will have to be traced in the
Datchmaa's mode of lineage in order to
make cat the descent.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
The Love of Home.

It is only shallow minded pretenders
who make either distinguished origin a
matter Of personal merit, or obscure orr
gin a matter Of personal r~eproach. A
man who is not ashamed of himself, need
not be ashamed of his early condition
1t did happen that | was born in a log
cabin, raised among the snow-drifts OF
New Hampshire, at a period S 0 early
that, when the smoke first rose from its
rude chimney, and curled over the frozen
hills, there was no similar evidence of a
white mans hesitation between it and the
settlements on the rivers of Canada. Its
remains still exist. | make it an annual
visit. Icarry my children to it, to teach
them the hardsbips endured by the gen.
Grafton before them. | love to dwell on
the tender recollections. the kindred ties,
the early affections, and the narration
and Incidents which mingle with all
know Of this primitive family abode |
weep to think that one OF those who In
habited it are now among the living
and if ever | fall in alfectionate venera
ton for him who raised it, aud defended
it against savage violence and destruc-
ton, cherished all domestic comforts be-
meath its roof, and, through the fire and
blood Of seven years revolutionary war,
shrunk from no toll, no sacrifice, to serve
his country, and to raise his condition
better than his own, may my name, and
the name Of my posterity be blotted from
the memory Of mankind
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
Some Story.

when 8 vonng man ! was travelling
in Western New York and. late Of q
stormy night applied at q log rabln inr
lodging. The occupant a woman, refused.
f. saving her husband and sens were
out bunting. AID if they fonna ne there.
wonId murder me. / preferred the chance
to the storm. and she consented that |
might lie down before the fire. lnthc
night I heard them coming, and seram-
bled up the chimney. Thinking was
safe. when at the top. | stepped over the
roof. and jumped plump ia q woiftraP.--
A scream Of pain brought the tnen and
BOYS out, and they declared deserved a
more severe punishment than death so
thew kept me both in the trap and sus-
pense until morning and then heading
me up in the hogshead. with no air or
light but through the bung hole. they put
it on q sled and drove me some four miles
up o hill, and then rolled me of to starve.
This | undoubtedly should have done, but
for a very singular occurrence. The
wolves smelled NE out and gathered
around my prison. when one Of them, in
turning around, happened to thrust his
tail into the bung-hole. 1t was my only
chance. / caught a firm hold, and held
on like death to a negro, which fright,
ened the wolf, of course, and he started
down the hill, followed by the hogshead
and me. It was a very uneasy ride over
the stones and stumps (; but | had no
idea how long it was, until the %hogshead,
striking a stone fairly, the slaves worn
by long travel, were broken in, and !
Jumped out and found myself away down
in the lower end of C~attaraugus county,
some thirty miles from the scene of the
disaster.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

stranger to a smile, became radiant with
them. Determined not to be deprived Of
bis bride a second time, as his duty would
permit. he summoned in a priest and !
acting the part Of a father, placed the
hand OF Della within his own. and gave
him a jewel Of a wife.
She bore her husband companS
throughout The remainder Of the campaign
and when the war was over, returned 10
Boston,
The relative who had made himself s.
busy in e~oncocting the yilliany, had eva.
ded the punishment by flight. The last
time had the pleasure Of seeing ARCHER
and his wife. they were enjoying The hap
piness they 50 richly deserved. May j
know no abatement.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

LOLA MoNTEz DoUBTED.-Lola Montez
says it is strange to see what pains men
and women take to catch each other, but
how little pains they take to hold on.
Brown says that's all very well coming
from a woman; but his experience is all
against Lola. He says his wife is a per-
feet ID to hold on" and not "let go"
either. The other morning she held
on" to his hair for over half an hour,
and that he thinks is long enough.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
BE WatchfuI.


BY ELIZABETH W. TOWNSEND.
Netting in this world is dumb,
Or silent, if we do but come
The very inmost truth anear,
And listen with awakened ear.
Nothing is inconsequent,
II the eye is really bent
The deeper mysteries to read,
Of Natures universal creed.
Wisdom may we often learn
From smallest things-a waving fern,
Growing in a shady place,
May be a minister of grace.
Litanies the harebells be
Wind-howers blooming wild and free.
May a serious lesson teach /!
Sermons may the daisies preach.
Under clustered arches green,
With the wind to chant between;
And the yiolets low and dim
Have the sweetness of q hy.ln.
There is not a place SO bare,
But some beauty fingers there;
Not a spot SO low and cold,
Rut has its dwellers manifold.
Everywhere the heart awake,
Finds the pleasure it can mako
Everywhere the light and shade
By the gazer's eye is made.
In ourselves the sunshine dwells,
From ourselves the music swells;
BY ourselves our life is fed
With a sweet or bitter daily bread.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

B@- An accepted lover one day walk.
ing in a pretty village in Bedfordshire,
along with the object of his affections
hanging upon his arm, and describing the
ardency of his love. remarked:
How transported l am to have you
hanging on my arm |"
Upon my word" said the lady, "you
make us out a very respectable couple,
when one is transported and the other is
hanging p
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

gA A geni6s in Ohio, who has a fan
cy for words in the right place, has
recently been visited with several speci-
mems Of the possessive case. SO curious.
that be sends them to Harper's Magazine
for the use of teachers
Il, in travelling the other day with
a friend, we met q man on horseback
and as my friend knew him, he gave me
some facts in his history. Shortly after
ward we came to a fine house and
grounds, and my companion remarked,
!" This is the man we met on. ~horsebaek's
house."
.. My mother had q young woman
sewing tor her. The interesting topic Of
chilblains being under discussion, the
ssamstress remarked, The girl that lives
at Mrs. Johnson's heels are frozen"
%. Ny tenant, Billy Dixon, justly
boasts of a very fine horse that he owns,
which was raised by old Sammy Briggs,
a great man for raising fine horses, aud
who had the misfortune to be killed by
lightning. | remarked to Billy, one day,
That's a fine horse Of yours; Of what
stock is he ? Billy replied, This horse
is old Sammy Briggs who got killed by
the thunder's best breed
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
KneeIing at thy Grave.
AIR I'm sitting on the stile, Mary, (

AIR" I'm sitting on the sttle, Mary" a.
fThe following lines were suggested on seeing
girl, an only child-a few days before her dealt
neeling at her mothers gravel
I'm kneeling at thy grave, mother,
Where I have planted flowers,
Which with the dew-drops nightly weep with me
Here in my lonely hours.
F-orget-me-nots are blooming here,
And the rose perfumes the air;
willows bend above thy head, mother.
Where thy daughter bow in prayer.
I'm kneeling at thy grave, mother.
As once I knelt by thee
when early taught by thee to pray,
My head upon thy knee;
OF then our home was bright and gay,
When thy voice was heard in song
Now 1 sing and weep alone, mother,
And thy days are sad and long.
In k~neeling at thy grave, mother,
Where I have come to pray
Though the stars of Autumn coldly shine
As twilight fades away
Though winds are sweeping hoarsely by,
III -
Still I love to linger here,
For It's lonely at our home, mother.
Since thou'rt not there to cheer.
Oh! thou art looking down, mother,
Upon thy weeping child!
And now from the spirit land, canst thou
Not bless thy dying child
Though am wasting fast away,
I've no one to weep with nae;
For a little while goodnight. mother,
Soon I'll come and sleep by thee.
September winds have blown chilling,
The token overs have gone,
And beneath the willow bending there.
mark another stone.
Death, too, hath nipped an angel flower,
And beneath the sod It's pressed;
Ceased from sorrow, with her dear mother,
Emma now hath gone to rest.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

Bg A down-easter advertises for a
vile in the following manner " Any gal
what's got a COW, a good feather bed and
fxins, five hundred dollars in hard spu.
ter, one that has had the measles, and I'M
derstands tendin' children, can have a
customer for life by writin' a billy dux,
addressed Z-R. and putin it on uncle
Ebenezer's barn hine side, jinin the hog
PEN"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
Gone, not Lost.

4 pearl was in my casket laid
loved ito, too well.
It's sparkling eyes with beauty played
Its lisping accents fell
Like music, on my lavished ear,
fondly hoped twould long be here.
One day l looked my gem to see-
Is Deaths seal was on its BROW
Ny heart was filed with agony
How can I spare it now
An angel whispered in my ear,
Your jewels for a brighter sp here.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

GALL FLESH IS GRAss."-A Western
editor, speaking of one of his brethren of
the quill, noted for mis- fairness, remarked
that if the Scripture proverb, that "An'
flesh is grass" is true, then that man
must be a load of hay.
81 suspect l am. from the way the asses
are nibbling at me" replied the fat man.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

5JF A rich man once complained in a
coffee-house that he had three daughters,
to whom he would give ten thousand dol
lars each, and yet he could find nobody
to marry them. With your lave sir"
said an Irishman who was present, STEP
ping up and making a very respectful
bow, I'll take taoo of them |"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

n Rabbi Eliezer said Turn to
God one day before your DEATH His
disciples said, How is a man to know
the day of his death He answered them,
s Therefore should you turn to God to
day. Perhaps you may de tomorrow
thus every day would be employed in
turning to Him.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
a632
EONMOUTH COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSN.

regime, and when about to embark for
Europe for conservation .sickened and
died in Philadelphia. He was a ripe
scholar, a pious minister. and 40 ardent
enthusiast 10 the cause OF ANerican inde-
pendence.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

Re- A Western paper says, in con-
sequence of our absence last week. the
Journal was not issued. Hereafter it
will appear weekly, unless our funds should
fail, and we hereby. be unable to buy pa
per.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

s1r Lizzie, said a little curly headed
boy Of FIVE years, isn't Sam Slad a bus
ter ?"
Why Charles ~
Because the grams ar says, positive
buss comparative buster, and didn't | see
him give you 9 positive huss 2"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

n@A Among the articles announced for
sale i'll one of this weeks auctions, we
perceive an article entitled a $ mahogany
child's chair" The father of this won
derful child must belong to the Wood
family.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

BA A man named Mart(e)n says an
exchange. recently married a woman
whose name was Mart()n, and in that
way knocked her ID out on the day of
their marriage.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
"a at say, Gumbo, can you answer

"a I" say, Gumbo, can you answer
dis connondefurrum ?"
Dunno, Ginger, who an it ?"
"Supposin' l gub you a bottle of whis-
ky corked shut with a cork, how would
you get the whisky out without pulling
the cork or breaking the bottle 2"
81 CUBS dat up"
Why, push de cork in-yah ! yah 7"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

B Gone a ducking," is the term
used for a young TELLER in Arkansas,
who goes to " set up with a young wo-
man.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

n Well" said a carpenter, " of all
the saws | ever saw, | never saw a saw
saw as | saw that saw saw"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

No. A true picture of despair is a
pig reaching through a hole in the fence
to get a cabbage that is only a few inches
beyond his reach.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
Nearer Home.

One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me DER and Ger
I'm nearer my home to-day
Than I've ever been before
Nearer my Fathers house,
Where the many mansions be:
Nearer the great white throne;
Nearer the jasper sea
Nearer that bound of life
Where we lay our burdens down:
Nearer leaving my cross;
Nearer wearing my crown.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

Nonsense-selrse that happens 10 differ
from your own.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

ng Madam, yeur shawl is dragging
in the mud" We'll. suppose it is, isn't
t fashionable 2"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

49, Good morning, Jones-how
does the world use your II uses ne
up. thank you"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

es Which is The oldest berry? The
elder berry.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

D@r A New York punster challenged
a sick mans vote at the recent election.
on the ground that he was an III legal
voter.
Probably it was the same person who
challenged a squinteyed voter, because
he was not natural eyes-ed.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15
Influence of Mothers,

Newton sinned away his early advanta-
ges, and became an abandoned proaigate:
but the text and hymns his mother had
fixed in his mind in his infancy and child.
hood. were never effaced, and finally fas-
tened him to the cross. Cecil tells us
that, in the days of his vanity, though he
withstood so many pious endeavors, he
never could resist his mothers tears
Wilson, late Bishop of Calcutta, in his
narrative Of intercourse with Bellington.
the assassin, says he could make him feel
nothing until he mentioned his mother,
and then he broke into a food Of tears.
/" In the morning SOW thy seed; and in
the evening withhold not thy hand"
p Goethe said, that each OF us
the best as well as the worst-hides with.
in him something-some feeling, some
remembrance, which if it were known,
would make you hate him.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-15

A little nonsense Lev al tEta
Is reIished by the risest n.esi