The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-29
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aa- Nature has written a letter Of cred-

E&@ Nature has written letter OF cred
# upon some mems faces, which is hon
,ored almost wherever presented.
Sure, shrewd and generous man (who
has led an honest life and has no secret
blushes for lis conscience) grows simpler
as he grows older arrives at his sum of
right By more rapid processes Of calcula-
tion; learns to eliminate false arguments
more readily, and hits the mark of truth
with less previous trouble Of aiming, and
disturbance of mind. Or is it only a senile
Jdelusi0n, that some Of cur vanities are
cured With our growing years, and that
we become more just in our perceptions
Of our own and our neiahbQrS short-com-
ings II would humbly suggest that
young people, though they look prettier,
have larger eyes, and not near so many
wrinkles about their eyelids, are often as
artful as some of their elders. What lit
tie monsters ofcunning your frank school
boys are How they cheat mamma how
they hoodwink papa how they humbug
the housekceper! how they cringe to the
big boy for whom they fag at school what
a long lie and FIVE years hypocrisy and
fattery is their conduct toward DR.. Birch !.
And the little boys' sisters Are they
any better, or is it only after they come
out in The world that the little darlings
le2ru trick or two ?-Wacherqy's 9 Tiiy-
giniaas."
THE FExALE MryD.-The influence of the
l.. a., 4
greater, perhaps, than many are willing to ac-
knowledge. It's operations are various, and
some men struggle fcarfully to disen@age Them
selves from it Rut this we believe, that. more
or less, al men have felt its power, ard those
perhaps have experienced it to the greatest ex-
tent who would have supposed they despised
it most. 4 woman loses many of her charms,
and, consequently, mGch of her power, in the
opinions Of many, when ste ranges herself on
the side of that which is wrong while it is i'm
possible to calculate the influence OF a virtuous
woman, when that influence is exercised with
tenderness anu modesty. The ruin produced
by a bad woman may be sudden and violent
and compared to the bursting of volcano, or
the overfowings of the ocean; but the infu-
ences OF a virtuous woman are like the gentle
dew and morning showers, which descend 81
leuty and softly; and are known only by their
effects in the smiling aspect OF the valley, and
the artumnal branches.
"THAT DREADFUL QUESTION, "-Talfourd's
tragedy Of "Iopn oveTruns witt big and beau
tifui thoughts. Wien Ion announces to Gle
mantle that they must separate, she ask -
q And shall we never see each other ? "
EoN-( Af1er a pause) Yes
Ihave asked that dreadful question of the hills
That look steInal Of the flowing streams
That lucid flow forever of the stars,
Amid whose fields of azure my raised spirit
Hath trod in glory all were dumb but now
while thus gaze upon thy living face,
feel the love that kindles through its beauty
Can never wholly perish we shall meet
Again, Ciemanthe
s9The Springfield Gll.l Journal has
received the following conundrum from a
correspondent "Why is James Bu-
chanan like harp struck by lightning?"
because he is blasted Tyre !"
Bsg~ The Home Journal says the man who
stoutly objected to his wife's learning 10 skate,
has, at length, concluded to let her slide.
THERE'S music in the signing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing OF a rill
There's music in all things, if men had ears
Their earth Is but an echo Of the spheres.
P1,ro1