Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-14

NOT tho1s aIds.sof young mon now uaeinp
whom there IS no desirable opening wish thAt 4
We could turn the attention Of abe young men Of
our country, who are seeking light employ ment
needed and will be sure OF reward We aii1dc TO
agricultural employ for which, zAmerirans have
such evident distaste. There is real iHdepen.
dence in this world but that station which ap-5
proaches the nearest to it, and attains. perhaps TO
all that is desirable Of il, found in rural life among
the ters Of the soil. In the old world where land
is inaenabie, or the fee so high that only wealth
compass it, there is much grinding toll and but
little encouragement for the poor in this pursuit
But in this happy land any yous man who chooses !
may be the owner of fine farm, the product of
which, with a fair industry, will support him COM
foratably, by two years of steady application.
If there is farming prospect for you in the old
States, turn your face to the setting sun and work
your way spot where the virgin soil invites fhe
adventurous pioneer. Better little backache,
brown cheek and hardened hands, with clear con-
science, than the fairest outside that ever graced
Broadway, which bat covers stained, wrinkled and
hardened soul In our judgment no young man
need to 60 West, even to such field of labor
There is scarcely town in New York, New Jersey,
or in all New England. in which the diligent labor
of the hands, accompanied with patience prudence
and wholesome self denial, will not win sweet food
pleasant freside, and an honest independence. If
the pale, sckly, tempted youth who toll starry
ing ptance in the warehouses and shops of the city
could see, at glance the contrast between the puny
things too many of them are, and the breadth of
soul we'll as body, which they might obtain in the
open field, they surely would escape for their
lives, and cast no lingering look behind them, as
they fed to the wholesome tasks Of the country
N. Y. Journal Of Commerce.
A SoFT PLACE." was down to see the widow
yesterday" said Tins uncle land she gave me back
bones for dinner. l went down rather early in the
1I<o1o md lana had lohokk
on, she gong out and in occasionally see to
things till dinner ready, when she helped me
graclously to backbones. Now, took it as a symp-
tom of personal appreciation. because everybody
knows love backbones, and fattered myself she
had cooked them purpose for me. So grew
particularly cheerful, and thought could see it in
her too. So after dinner while sitting close beside
the window, fancied both felt softer comforta-
bic like know did. felt that had fallen over
head and and heart in love with her, and i'm.
agined from the way she looked she had fallen teeth
and toe nails in love with me. She appeared just
for all the world like she thought it was coming,
that was going to court her. Presently couldn't
help it, l laid my hand softly ON her beautiful
shoulder. and remarked when had placed it there.
in my bandest tone, Tim, for l tried to throw my
whole soul in the expression, l remarked then with
my eyes pouring love- truth, and fidelity right into
her. widow, this is the incest softest place l ever
had my hand on in all my life"
Looking benevolently ut me, and at the same time
flushing up little, she said in melting and winning
tones:
Doctor, give me your hand, and I'll put it on a
much softer place"
In moment of rapture consented, and taking
my hand, she gently, very gently, Tim, and quietly
laid it on my head-and burst into laugh that's
ringing IN my years yet.
Now, Tim. l haven't told this to living soul but
you, and by jinks you mustn't; but I couldn't hold
it in any longer, SO tell you: but mind it mustn't
go any further.-N. Y. Spirit Of the Times.
Lucrative bodies with Gen. Washington and Dr.
Franklin and that he had never heard either Of them
make speech more than fifteen minutes long, and
then always directly to the point. He adds that
there were members who possessed more influ.
ence or who were listened to with more profound
attention. Mr. Jefferson himself, we believe, was
never noted 70, much speaking, although every
speech he made told among the members. One Sc
cret of Patrick Henry's almost superhuinan elo-
quence was, that he never spoke unless he had
something 10 say and always stopped when he had
gotten through. Mr.. Madison and Chief Justice
Marshall famous for the strength and compress
sion of their speeches. In general, it may be set
down as an ncontestible fact, that when man
makes long Speech he has not digesed his subject
properly, either from Incidence, from want of tirne
or from lack of capacity. Compressi requires
study and IS the difficult of all the arts
| nected with either writing or speaking. Mr.. Web
ster in his famous speech in the India Rubber case,
apoogsed to the Court for its length the plea Of
want of time to condense his ideas.-Rich. Wing.