The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-06-17

n from Kennebec to Boston, and just a
Q the rival boats were about to start,
: wagon hove in sight, in which was an ol
$ lady with an accompaniment of banG
. boxes and bundles, evidently equippe
: for a journey. The respective agents q
the line sprang towards her. Ne-
. "Take the Marshal, ma a'am? Fin
{ boat" rrs #
"Take the Penobscot; new boat, bull
last summer, commanded by the favorit
of everybody, Captain -" were thei
respective entreaties.
] The boys and loafers around echoe,
the claims of their favorites in concert
"Hurrah for the Penobscot." $50 il
for the John Marshall"
The old woman who had probably
never seen steamboat before, and whose
chief notion of the varmints was con
connected with their boiler bursting pro
pensities, was almost beside herself with
terror. a.et g
| "Oh, dear, wish I'd never stirred a
step. If I'd knowed that there was tc
be such an awful time as this, I'm sure
! would not. The pesky boiers-I know
they'll bust-everybody looking artel
me, and nobody tending to 'em. There,
go right away, all of you, I'm going
straight back; for couldn't rest wink
for fear Of them pesky bilers."
"You need give yourself no anxiety
on account of the boilers, in the Mar
shal,' said the agent of the NJ, they
are sound and couldn't be made to burst"
"Are you sure of it p asked the old
lady, evincing symptoms of a favorable
disposition towards the Marshal; "you
arn't trying to practice on the credulity
of poor, lone woman, are you ~
" No fear of me-sound as a teaket-
tle," was the reply.
The old woman was about descending
Ifrom the wagon to embark in the Mar
shall, when No. stepped up.
Madam, said he, in serious tone,
"no doubt the Marshal's boilers are good
but they are dangerous things. We
know that many people have been killed
by them of late-we took the boilers
out of our boat three weeks ago"
You did," said she; "that's the
boat for me. There, James, to the boy
in the wagon, "pass out the basket, and
the umberrel, and the parasol-and don't
forget the new shoes, and the doughnuts
under the seat. Tell Sally / went into
the boat without any bilers, and she need
have no fears Of me-"
The PASSION FLowER.--The follow
ing Interpretation of this justly celebrat-
ed and much admired flower will not be
found uninteresting, especially to the fair
devotees of Flora. The leaves resemble
the spear that pierced our Savior's side
the tendrils-the cords that bound his
hands, or the whips that scourged him
the petals--the apostles, Judas having
betrayed. and Peter deserted the pillars
in the centre-the cross or tree the sta
mina-the hammer; the styles--the nails;
the inner circle around the centre pillar
the crown of thorns the radiance, the
glory ). the white in the flower the en-
blem of purity and the blue-the type
of heaven. On one species the passihora
ultra, even drops of blood are seen upon
the cross or tree. This flower continues
three days open, and then disappears,
thus denoting the resurrection.
Christi;anity.-Christianit is distin-
guished by nothing more striking than by
the force and tenderness of its sympa-
thies; and those who are united to the
same holy Head, ought surely to be ever
ready, both to weep and to rejoice in its
unison. If forbearance, gentleness and
courtesy are due to all men, how plainly
ought they to mark our conduct towards
those who are of the household Of faith !
If that charity, which shuns all rashness
and unseeminess, and is ever ready to-
look upon others with favorable eye,
must be exercised towards our neighbors
generally how ought it to live and abound
towards the Lords flock and family! If
the tongue of detraction is unlawful, even
when aimed against his enemies, how
shameful docs it become when ii inflicts
an injury on a Christian brother or sister.
TIE End Of the Worid.-A disciple
of the prophet Miller has arrived at the
conclusion that the present year is to
witness the end of all things earthly
This result IS reached by mathematical
process The square root of the cost of
Ezekiel's chariot was $685. from this
extract !" prophetic value of 6 scarlet
lady of Babylon 1882. and we have
1881. Take from this the cube ram men,
toned by the prophet as "pushing west
ward' 4757, and we have for remainder,
2524. Deduct from this z the number of
beasts mentioned in the Apocalypse,
666. and we get the result 1868. the year
in which the end Of the world is to take
place.-Spueuse Jonrmal. sl1