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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06
NJ 1880
him in her arms. and fed With her strug.

him in her arms. and fed with her strug-
Cling burden from the room.
1t was a quarter OF an hour before she
returned alone to the apartment where
she had left her uncle. Her face was
sober, and her eyes betrayed recent
tears.
Wheat or tares, Fanny p said the
old gentleman. in earnest tones, ~ his
niece came back.
"Taa es,' was the half mournful re-
Spouse.
Wheat were better, Fanny"
81 see it, uncle"
And you will look il future to the
seed in your hand. ere yon scatter it
upon the heart Of your child r"
God helping, | will, dear uncle"
Remember, Fanny" said Mr.. Lin.
coin. " Tint truth and obedience are good
seed. Plant them. and the harvest will
come in blessings"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06
Flat-Footed Courtship.

One long summer afternoon there
came to Mr.. Davidson's the most curious
specimen of an old bachelor the world
ever heard of. He was old, gray. wrin-
kled, and odd. He hated women, espe-
cially old maids, aud wasn't afraid to saw
so. He and Aunt Patty had it hot and
heavy whenever chance threw them 10
gether, yet still he came, and it was no
ticed that Aunt Patty took unusual pains
with her dress whenever he was expected.
One day the contest waged unusually
strong, Aunt Patty left him in disgust,
and went out into the garden. The
bear z she muttered to herself, as she
stopped to gather a blossom which at
tracted her attention.
What did you run away for ?" said a
gruf voice close to her side.
TO get rid of your
You didn't do it, did you 2"
No; you are worse than a burdock
bur-"
You won't get rid of me, neither"
81 won't, Ell ~
"Only in one way
and that ?"
marry mel''
What, US two fools get married
What will people say 2"
That s nothing to US. Come, say yes
or no I'm in a hurry
Well. no, then"
Very well, good bye. shan't come
again"
Stop a bit-what a pucker to be inl'
"Yes or no !"
II must consult
"All right | thought you was of age.
Good bye
"Jabez Andrews, don't be a fool. Come
back, come back, | say. Why, l believe
Che critter has taken me for earnest. ia
bez Andrews, III consider"
II don't want no considering. I'm
gone. Becky Hastings is waiting for
ne. | thought I'd give you the first
chance. All right. Goodbye"
'Jabez-Jabez That stuck-up Becky
Hastings shan't have him if | die for il,
Jabez-Yes. Do you hear ?-Ye-sl9
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06
To Spoil a Daughter.

Be always telling her how pretty she
is.
Iustill into her young mind an undue
love for dress.
Allow her to read nothing but works
of fiction.
Keep her in the darkest ignorance of
the mystery of housekeeping,
Initiate her into the principle that it
is vulgar to do anything for herself.
To strengthen the latter, let her have
q lady's maid.
Teach her to think that she is better
than anybody else.
Make her think she is sick when she
is not, and let her lie in bed taking med
icine, when half an hours out Of door
exercise would completely cure her Of her
l~aziness.
And last, having given her such an ed
u~cation, marry her to a moustached gen.
tlemen who is 4 clerk on a salary Of $3.50
a year. g
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06
what We Love-.

We love religion, not the priest
We love our country and u God;
We love the man who governs least,
Not one who rules with iron rod.
Each family should be a State,
Where all domestic virtues grow;
The heart an empire-then let fate
Attempt in vain its overthrow.
We love thetfarmer and his toll
The handmaidens of life are there
We treasure Gods great gift of soil,
And His creation fair.
We love bright gold, that 1t may strew
Confer tment in the path Of care;
We hate the man who never knew
That he could have to large a share.
We love both wit and merit fine,
Though poverty their disgrace unfold;
The diamonds in the dirty mine.
Shine just as bright as set in gold.
We love the beautiful-the good
The finished work OF Natures plan;
For, when they're fully understood,
They constitute the perfect man.
We love, in woman, virtue, truth
And know such gems would be less rare,
If pity for her tender youth a.
Exposed the temper's ready snare.
Her life is often overcast,
And darkness clouds the future way;
But heed the lesson of the past
IT'S darkness tells US what is day.
Take off thy sandal, weary Time, Iz.
And lay it at the ate-go in;
Search for some new and radiant cline,
Untainted by the blight of sin.
We wish thy realms as free aid wide
AS makes Gods universe our home
That what we love might there abide,
And what is hateful never come.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06
For the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
To an Artimsia.

By HENRY WARD,
Thou'rt safely sheltered from the blast
That rudely blows in Autumn's gloom;
What though the Summers charm be past,
Thou still dost sweetly joy to bloom.
Thou star-like flower Of crimson dye,
So gently bending on thy stem,
Thou shalt not unforgotten lie,
Meath Winters icy diadem.
Thou mind'st me- of the Carian queen,
Whose grief bewailed her monarch dead !
Like her, with sad and dropping mein,
Ger dust thou lean'st thy pensive head.
The winds without are bowling loud,
And fast descends the beating rain,
And Evenings misty shades enshroud
With darkness every hill and plain.
Vet still, like Friendship mid the storm,
OF adverse Fortune, thou, sweet Flower,
Dost still expand thy beauteous form,
To bless and cheer each gloomy hour.
Within the cot thy leaves of green,
And buds and blossoms flourish still
While not a trembling Flower is seen
To smile DER valley, plain or hill.
Stern Desolation rules around,
And Winter hastes to close the year;
But theu, with life and beauty crowned,
Our Flower Of Hope, art doubly dear.
Thou shalt not die in lonely dell,
Unsung by one who tunes the Tyre;
The queenly Rose might grieve as well,
Lest she, in cold neglect expire.
Sweet, household Flower! with tender care,
Thou shall be sheltered from the cold.
Thy petals brighter hues shall wear,
And deeper green thy leaves unfold.
Nov. /, 1858.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06

p Now. George, you must divide
the cake honorably with your brother
Charles"
4 What is honorable mother ~
|" 1t means that you must give him the
largest piece"
"Then, mother, Id rather that Char
ley should divide it."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06

DEFINITIoNs.--Pen : a lever small
enough to be used by one man, but strong
enough to raise the whole world. Bal
room a c~hessboard, played upon by love
and hate. SDord ; the first hope of the
oppressor, the last hope of the oppressed.
Scholar diver for pearls, who generally
loses his breath before he gathers much
treasure.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06

While in the pursuit of wealth and
honor, we do not seek the gentle and re-
lying influence of Nature, but as our
hearts become softened by misfortune or
disappointment, we love Nature, for We
feel there the presence of Natures God.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06
To M Mother.

I'm thinking of the day, mother,
When in my childish glee,
1 sported by thy gentle side,
With heart SO light and free;
No grief did then my bosom swell,
No troubles racked my brain;
My c%onscis nee free fiom every fear,
Knew not a guilty pain.
I oil was happy then; mother,
For innocence was mine,
And " Hope, the charmer, spoke of joys,
More in bright in coming time;
And when | knelt me down at night,
To lisp my evening prayer,
Thy smile Of love like heavenly light,
Shone sweetly on me there.
But now that time has gone, mother,
And care has furrowed DER
The brow, thy lips have pressed so oft,
In happy days Of yore.
Joys too, have from my bosom fled,
And | III sadness roam,
Far from the scenes Of peace and love,
The sweet delights Of home.
No friend, like thee is near, mother,
To whisper words of cheer;
Or offer to my aching heart,
One sympathetic tear.
The friends l knew in brighter days,
Have all deserted me;
And now alone in stranger lands,
| wander far from thee.
But ali sweet memories come, mother.
III this lone, dreary hour,
And soothe the sorrow of my soul
With their refreshing pow'r.
The joyous scenes Of early years,
Again return to me;
And, once again, I'm bending low
Beside my mothers knee.
The voice of happy love, mother,
Upon my senses falls,
Like heavenly music silent sweet,
And gentle in its calls,
OF mother, wheresoe'er l roam.
That voice is still with me;
1t checks me in temptations hour,
And turns my thoughts to thee.
May Heaven bestow on thee, mother,
A rich supply O joy,
And make thy last days here on earth
All peace without alloy.
And when the angel Death shall come.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06

B@- How glorious to implant in the
mind the love of trees, of flowers, of
gardens, Of the country | They are the
pure sources, in after life. that pour forth
q panacea TO cure the ills that man is.
heir to,
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06

B@- The latest adyices from Salt Lake City
state that the Mormons have organized a corps
of 400 police, who perambulate the streets
night and day, and keep a sharp eye upon the
movements Of the +" Gentiles."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06

An Iowa paper estimates the quantity of
Chinese sugar cane grown IN the western part
OF that State this year as sufficient to make a
gallons Of syrup.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06

IT Good men are the stars and plan
cts Of the ages in which they live, and
illustrate the times.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06
Practical Joking.

" A little nonsense. nov al dtlet
Is reiishrd ly the wiseSt iseI,
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And if there be some happier sphere,
Where iadeless truth, like ours, is dear;
# there be any land ofrest,
For those, who love. and ne'er forget
Oh, mother mine, all safe and blest,
We Il meet in that calm region yet.
| am yours in death, as in life, mother
MARION IRA STOUT.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18
Prom the Spectator.
REVELATIONS OF THE MICROSCOPE.

One of the most beautiful works which have
lately been published is n series Of photographs
from objects magnifed in the microscope, The
last number is devoted to the bee whose sting ex-
GELS the lancet in the elaboration, care and finish
of it's manufacture whose hairy tongue is like n
living hair glove, most deliberately designed to col.
lect the materials for honey and whose powerful
wing is aided by n mechanical contrivance OF the
most beautiful ingenuity. Every one knows or
may know that the bee has two wings on each side.
AT the edge of one wing runs a stiff nerve which,
in the microscope is a bar, at frequent intervals
are ranged semicircular barbed hooks, like the
half Of a ring SO placed that the edge of the
other wing lies within the semicircles which CLASP it
and at the same tims permit it to play freely, as
the rings of a window curtain move along the
brass bar. By this contrivance the two wings he
come united as one, yet freely play from different
hi GO. Design" is \ human worl implying in
its very nature imperiection. yet it is the only tel
which we can apply to the purpose which runs
through formations like tina. of the bees wing. 1t
is the microscope, with its minute search, shat en-.
ables us to discover this design in everything that
we can dissect-in all | wing creatures, and the
parts thereof. to millions upon millions, always
tending to life and happiness. Who can examine
these illustrations of the power Ct the Creator and
Of the law which rules over His work, and not feel
an impulse to sing in his soul, "Gloria in ~erceisis
Dec"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18

STORY OF A WORKING PoEr.-Mr. j.. G. Watts,
nm English writer, who has just published a vol
ume of poems, marked by refinement and feeling,
gives the following account OF himself =
Ten years ago 1 could scarcely write a halt
dozen lines correctly, and six years since | wore a
canvass smock, and worked hard, physically hard,
as Il porter in Billinsgate market. True, | have
not made IA fortune, nor have / a 1.-THE Of the
knowledge which many a man has, without one
fourth the aids possessed by tho present genera,
ton nevertheless, | have succeeded in shaking
the porter's knot from my shoulders (nut necessl-
rily n badge OF degradation, but terribly irksome
when surrounded by a couple OF hundred
weights, and hope that ! have icarIed to pen
my naive tongue, if not elegantly, with some
thing like responsibility. Instead Of toiling from
four o'clock ia the morning till as lato as four or
five in the afternoon, commence my fish selling
FIR have now n standing in til market of my
.own-aGout five O'Clock, A. VI: and finish busI.
ness by ten. Tins | am in the possession Of Il
comfortable living, with an amount Of time at my
disposal, which, ut one period Of my life, | little
dreamed Of. Need | say that l am more content
ed I My leisure moments are employed alterna
tely in reading, s~tringing verses. writing stories,
cultiSating my garden. Occasionally-tWice a
week, perhaps-l have a gathering Of two or three
literary working men. as well as others Of a
higher social position, at my house, when we talk
of poetry. politics, and sometimes theology, the
night often waxing late ere we adjourn.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18
THE FIREsIDES OF THE MERCHANTS.

1t has become q matter of controversy in Eng
land whether the domestic influence exerted upon
the young in the family circle Of the trading classes
is unfavorabla to the development of the superior
traits OF character. The question arose in the
course of the deliberations in Parliament on the
new India bill. at the stage when it becomes ne.
cessary to fix the terms of admission to cadetships
IN the Indian army. Lord Peterborough took the
position that the sons of traders ought not to be
admitted to competition for these posts with the
sons of those professional classes from which the
Indian army has hitherto been supplied.
81 desire, my Lords" said Lord Eilenborcugh,
"tp retain those appointments in the class which
has hitherto held them. That class is the class of
educated gentlemen which occupies the centre of
society, which extends on the one side to the con-
fines Of the class which lives by buying and sci,
ling, and on the other to the class Of which your
~lordships are members-persons who have the
means of providing for their sons otherwise than
by professions of a lucrative position. This class
embraces clergymen, country gentlemen of small
income, lawyers and all learned professions, and
all that class Of persons having a mediocrity of
fortune, but of the highest and most cultivated in
tellect. II is from this class that it is intended by
this clause to take away these appointments. In
sanctioning this the cOmpetitive principle, Par,
lament has introduced a property qaalif cation for
appointments in the public service, because there
is no doubt that by paying highly those who cram
candidates for these appointments, they will be
attained. 1t is only by the expenditure of large
sums in this way that it will be possible for the
future to enter the service, and the gentlemen who
have hitherto obtained appointments have not the
means of mourning this expenditure. But the
education obtained in these examining colleges is
not the highest species Of education:--tha which
is a ttained at home by the example and converse.
ton Of good parents is by far the highest. You
cannot compare for a moment the education which
the cons of c~lergymen aud officers get with the
education obtained by the sons of rich grocers and
linendrapers, who will be successful in these com
petitive examinations. Depend upon it, this is a
great and most injurious social revolution"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18

LOCAL AGENTS FOR the ANTl-sLAvERY BUoLE.
Mrs. NJ. G. X. AFTER, Salineville, Ohio.
Mrs. G. l.. Morgan, Sylvester, Green Co., Wis.
Phebe T. Merritt. Ionia, Michigan.
Adrian, Samuel Hayball, Michigan,
Livonia, Harriet Fuller
Plymouth, Isaac N. Hedden, "
Ypsilanti, Samuel d, Moore, "
Union City, John d. Zimmerman, Michigan,
McGoy Grove, Tho's Fox,
Battle Creek, Phebe II. Merritt,
Bedford, Henry Cornell,
Pennington, Abram Powers,
Ann Arbor, Il. Glazier.
Edinburgh, Thomas G. leighton, Ohio.
Joseph Pickett, Winchester, Indiana,
VIM. IIern, Brighton, Indiana.
G.. l.. Gale, Northport, Indiana.
VIM. Hopkins, Fremont,
Elizabeth Morse, Angola,
Henry Bowman Jamestown, Barry Co. Mich,
Daniel Earle, Newton Falls, Ohio.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18
THE CHILDREN.
BY MARY HOwITT.

Beautiful the ohildren's faces
Spite of all that mars and sears;
To my Utmost heart appealing
Calling forth loves tenderest feeling;
Sleeping all my soul with tears.
Eloquent the children's faces
Poverty's lean look, which saith,
Save us ! save us woo surrounds usi
Little knowledge sore confouGds US,
Life is but a lingering death.
Give us light amid our darkness;
Let us know the good from i'll
Hate us not for all our blindness
Love us, lead US, show us Kindness
You can make US what you will.
We are willing, we are ready
We would learn if you would teach
We have hearts that yearn to duty
We have minds alive to beauty
Souls that any heighth can reach
Raise US by your Christian knowledge /;
ODnSeCTHtt 10 man OuI pOhcIo
Let US take our proper station ;
We, the rising generation,
Let US stamp the age as ours !
We shall be what you will make us
Make US wise and make us goodl
Make US strong in time of trial
Teach us Temperate, self.denial,
Patience, kindness, fortitude.
Look into our childish faces
See ye not our willing hearts?
Only love us-only lead us
Only let us know you need US
And we all will do our parts.
We are thousands-many thousands
Every day our ranks increase {;
Let us march beneath our banner,
We, the legion Of true honor,
Combating for love and peace!
Train US! try us days slide onward,
They can ne'er be ours again
Save US save, from our undoing
Save from ignorance and ruin
Make us worthy to be men
Send us to our weeping mothers.
Angel'stampe ped in heart and brow
We may be our fathers teachers ;
We may be the mightiest preachers,
In the day that dawneth now
Such the children's mute appealing.
All my Utmost soul was stirred
And my heart was bowed with sadness,
When a cry, like summers gladnoss,
Said THE children's prayer is heard"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18

How TO TELL BAD EGGs.-Of the many ways to
tell bad eggs, | know OF only one that | can put
entire confidence in.
'If an egg will float it is bad, " says one. "Ifi
is warm al both ends, look out for it, says another.
elf it has not a clear look when you hold it against
a strong light, have "A care" says a third, and So
on half a dozen ways besides. Now any one that
has tried the fret way, knows that a bad egg will
sometimes sink and as to the second plan, it il
often difficult to tell in a fresh egg which is the
warm end and as to the plan of looking through
an egg, | = would really like to know what can be
seen IN the operation. But
The true cay TO tell good eggs is to put them in a
pail OF water, and if they are good they will lie on
their sides, always if bad they will stand on theil
small ends, the large ends always uppermost. un
less they have been shaken considerably. wher
they will stand either end up. Therefore a bad
egg can be told by the way it rests in waterfall
ways end up, never on its side. Any egg that lie,
fiat, is good to eat and can be depended upon.-T
c., in the Homestead.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18
PEKIN AS SEEN BY AN AMERICAN.

A cores pond emit of the Philadelphia Inquirer
at Pekin, the Capital of China, II short time
ago, and what he saw ofit how it impressed him
he thus describes
"On arriving at the capital Of the Chinese EN-
pire we find a city containing about two millions of
inhabitants. Such is the estimate, but doubtless
she calculation is made in the usual spirit Of East
ern exaggeration. BE that as 1t may, the walls are
fourteen miles in Circumference, twenty'elght feet
high, twenty-four feet thick at the base, and
twelve at the top. There are spacious towers all
around, at seventy feet distant from each other,
and at the gates are lookout barracks for soldiers
nine stories in height. The metropolis is divided
into two parts. one inhabited by Tartars and
the other by the Chinese. In each there is a street
four miles long and one hundred and twenty feet
wide, and the Emperor's palaces and gardens occu-
py two. thirds of the Tartar city and all this be.
sides the suburbs, which are nearly as populous as
the city proper.
Pekin is located sixty miles south of the famous
Chinese wall, and therefore much exposed to north
ern and hostile neighbors ye, its Qualifications are
strong, and until the vast machinery of modern
artillery was invented, the brother Of the sun and
the moon was perfectly secure in his palatial h tlls,
the walls, basti1ns, and towers being improbable
in anci snt times. Although the country about Pc
kin is sandy and unfertile, yet provisions abound.
being brought by canals from all the great rivers
and also with its commerce the Merchants being
paid in money, rs the capital is the chief recipi en-
Of the revenues OF all China. 1t has ever been
regarded as a very exclusive place, the presence OF
no foreigner being permitted within its walls but
now the outside barbarians' are in a fair way OF
overlapping the sacred boundaries and it is prob,
able that this act, together with the opening of Ja'
pan, may prove an im pOrtant step towards the in.
auguration of Christianity among the millions
who are Low benigated in Pagan idolotry and su'
perstitiOn."
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18

Every farmer should give his sons two or three
square rods Of ground, well prepared, with the
avails of which theylmay buy it. Every mechanic
should put a receiving box in some conspicuous
place in the house to catch the stray pennies for
the like purpose. Lay it upon your table by the
side of the Bible it is a better expuunder than
many which claim to be expounders. 1t is a great
labor saver ; it has saved US time enough in ono
years use to pay for itself; and that must be deem
ed good property which will clear itself once a
year. If you have any doubt about the precise
meaning of the word CLEAR in the last sentence,
look at Webster's thirteenth definitions of the .. I.
-MasSachuSettS Life Boat.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18

No FLATTERING JUNCTION TO MS SoUL.-A
classical architect, in imitation of his Pompeiiau
predecessors, lately inscribed the word "Saice, u
welcome, upon a tile in the hall OF a patent medi.
cine millionaire. The house was finished, and
the dabbler in ointment visited his new domiciie.
lie caught sight of the new inscription. and AS he
looked at it exclaimed, "cOnfcund his impudence.
because my house was built ont OF the profits Of
the sdtre business. that's no reason | should have
it cast mp to me in that style. The s~ouvenier
was removed as a matter of course.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18

write my name where all may read" Solomon
says, There Is a time for all things and God
grant now may be the time to bring up our spirit.
ual and moral interest, and place them as far in
advance Of our material welfare rs the latter
seems now ahead Of the former--that our boast
hereafter may be, owe are good as well as pro.
gressive. +. d, q.
ST. Louis Aug. u.