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arms. Suddenly she looked up tonne,
and while o fash of wondrous intelli
gence shot from her dear, dying eyes, she
whispered, Mamma, l guess Tn Gods
little flower bud shan't be an angel to-
morrow"
:" Oh my beautiful Mary, transplanted
SO early, little dreamed I the lesson thy
innocent lips were teaching, when they
offered the flower bud to God
And is my flower bud in heaven? Can
it be that she still moves and lives, sur
rounded by love and glory? Yes!
know it is SO. Dust lies upon her form
Of perfect beauty the fingers that in their
|dimpled whiteness gathered roses from
MY little garden, mingle 10Y with the
ashes of her shroud. Those more than
beautiful eyes that | sometimes thought
looked out of heaven upon me, shall
see no more the flowers, the stars, the
sun, the glorious things of earth. But my
little flower bud-a thing of beauty ano
a Joy forever is she to her high born kins
man in the palace of my Father.
For her why shed | tears? | will weeE
no more. Gather them in, oh! reaper
pale gather the flower buds into thy
fair gardens. Here the full blown rose
witheis, and e~nyious winds rob it of it,
sweetest perfume. There the flower bud
make an immortal wreath to garland the
shining throne of God. Gather in thu
flower buds, oh reaper pale.-THe Oku
| Branch.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
in Rhyme.

The name ofthe author of the following efusior
should not have been allowed to sink into Oblivion
-" unwept, unhonored, and unsung.' On the con
trary, he deserves Immortality, and the gratitude 0
generations yet unborn, for we have never met will
SO complete a grammar of the English language in
so small a space. Old as we'll as young should com
NIT these lines to memory, for by their aid it win b.
difficult if not impossible for then to fall into error
concerning parts of speech =
/. Three little words you often see,
Are Articles, a, an and the,
Q. A Noun is the name of anything,
As school or garden, hoop or sscfng.
8. Adiectives the kind OF Noun,
As great, small, pretty, s0bi5e or byosen.
A. Instead Of Nouns the Pronouns stand =
Her head, has faee, your arm, ng hand. sa
s. Verbs tell something to be done--
To read, couat, sing, laugh, Jump or run;
g.. How things are done the Adverbs tell
As stosoly, quickly, III or aeeH;
4. Cenjunctions join the words Together 81
As men and women, wind on weather.
s.. The proposition stands before
A Noun, as an or through a door,
g. The Interjeetion shows surprise,
As oh! how pretty-ah! how wise. e.
The whole are called Nine Parts of Speech,
Which reading, writing, speaking teach.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
nsE-The Rev. Mr. Garden. Of the Church .

bSS-The Rev. Mr.. Garden, of the Church Of
St. Matthias, Philadelphia, having it is alleged,
violated a canon of the Episcopal Church,
during a recent visit to Cape May, Bishop
Doane, of New Jersey, has issued a proclama-
ton f~orbidding the Key. gentleman from again
officiating within the bounds of his. diocese
The " offence" provoking the proclamation,
appears to have been that Mr.. Garden, while
at Cape May, preached there, and admins
tered the Holy Communion; calling on the
resident Methodist minister to assist him in
the administration of the elements. There
were other clergymen of the church there; one
or more of whom refused to participate in SO
irregular a service"
We have always entertained a high respect
for the dignitaries of the Episcopal Church,
but such an exhibition of exclusiVeness as the
above, quite ppsets opr reverence. The idea
that an Episcopal Minister aegrades his holy
Office by treating a Methodist minister as q
brother and an equal, strikes US as being su-
perlatively ridiculous. Why viii grown up
men cherish such absurd preiudicss -Sussez
Register.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
American Generals.

Washington was a surveyor, and in af
ter life q farmer. Excessive silence
muse his praise"
Knox was a book binderer and station.
er &c.
Morgan (hero Of the Cowpens) was a
drover. Tarleton got from him a sound
lecture on that subject.
Green was a blacksmith, and withal a
Quaker, albeit through all his Southern
campaigns, and particularly at the Eutaw
Springs, he put off the outward man..
Arnold 1--WE beg pardon for naming him
in such company was a grocer and pro-
vision merchant in New Haven, where
his sign is still to be seen ; the same that
decorated his shop before the Revolution.
Gates who opened Burgoyne's eyes to
the fact that he could not march through
the United States with FIVE thousand men,
was a " regular built soldier, but after
the Revolution he turned farmer.
Warren, the martyr ofRunker Hill was
a physician, and hesitated not to exhibit
to his countrymen a splendid example OF
the manner in which American physi-
clans should practice when called upon
by their country. aa09
Marion the swamp fox" of the South,
was a COW boy.
Sumpter, the " fighting cock" of South
Carolina, was a shepherds boy.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
A Fine Locking Brother.

No wonder you hold up your beautiful head
So high, when you go in the street /;
No wonder you find a particular friend,
In almost every girl that you meet.
No wonder they smile and such preference show,
To you so much mere than another n
For the reason is plain, very plain, Mary dear,
You have got such a ine-looking brother.
Your carriage is graceful, your form is the same,
Your sweet face calculated to please,
And your heart full of purity, goodness and truth,
But your friends do not love you for these. q
For beautiful girls, let me tell you " ma BELLE" l
Are not often fond of each other,
But then the case changes a Gerry great deal,
When one has a fine looking brother.
And not only handsome but stylish to kill,
And a man of celebrity, too; q es
So the dear modest creatures that cant take his ave
Are determined to take it through you.
And thus you are petted and loved by them all, {
And subjected to such fuss and bother;
But nary a time would they make with you, love,
If you had not that fine looking brother.
So hold up your head as high as you please,
Look as proud as you possibly can;
For your friends won't desert you, but stick to YOU
fast,
While Jim's such a fine looking man.
But would you believe it, love you myself.
And my feelings, alasl l must smother
For the werld it would say don't you think twould
say right
That loved for the sake of your brother
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30

p Well, my good woman, said the
doctor, how is your husband to-day, bet
ter, no..doubt."
'.Ohl yes, surely" said the woman
he is well as ever, and goes to the
field"
81 thought So" continued the doctor,
g the leeches have cured him Wonder
full effect they have. You got the leeches.
of course"
Oh, yes, they did him a good deal Of
good, though he could not take.them all.
why. my good woman, how did you
apply them?"
Oh, / managed nicely" said the wife.
looking quite contented with herself
/" for yariety's sake boiled one half and
made a fry of the other. The first he
got down very well, but the second made
him very sick. But what he took was
quite enough" continued she, seeing
some horror in the DOCTORS countenance,
" for he was better the next morning, and
to1day he is again quite we'll"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
The Yellow Fever South.

The Memphis Enquirer gives an inter-
esfing account Of the mode Of burial in
that city:
There are in the city and its enyirons
fourteen cemeteries. Some five of these
are in the midst of the city, surrounded
by closely built and densely populated
streets. Owing to the popularity Of our
soil, these burial places are peculiar. We
cannot dig mo.eAthan W. or three feet
below the surface without coming to
water, so that most of the dead are buried
above ground. These grounds are regu-
larly laid off in squares, the walks raised
and covered with shells. The squares
are built up with vaults and monuments,
many of them very splendid and expensive,
costing thousands of dollars. There are
great variety of models and devices, many
Of them rare and exquisite beauty
Around these tombs are beautiful ever
greens, intermixed with fair and fragrant
flowers, which grow with so much luxuri-
ance in our rich soil and sunny cline.
The cemeteries below Canal and above
Esplande street, called the French bury.
ing grounds, are regarded as the most in
teresting' as exhibitions of sculpture,
where grief records its woe or pride in
imperishable marble.
Around these cemeteries are walls ten
feet high and eight or ten feet thick
These are pierced with three or four rows
of tombs about two-and-a-half feet square,
rising in tiers one above the other, and
has the appearance of the pigeon holes for
letters in the post Office, though on a
much larger scale. These are perfectly
closed with slabs and alright cement,
except at one end. This is open for the
insertion of the coffin.
1.-The burial service at the grave is per-
formed thus:-The procession nov from
the hearse to the wall, where a certain one
al the vaults has been previously selected
4say No. $50, (they are all numbered
The coffin is about two thirds inserted,
and the service whatever be its character
is then attended to ; this over the coffin is
pushed in-then the mason with his brick
and mortar, trowels and hammers, begins
his work. The family and friends stand
uncovered until the mason is done, when
the date and name are written in the soft
plaster spread over the brick, and the
company depart and leave the sleeper to
his last and lonely bed 9L
One gets used to scenes like these, but
at first it seems SO business like and me-
chanical, SO like any other labor, any 9th
er piece of masonry, and eontrasts strong
ly with the burial on the hillside, where
tile turf is green and the old trees spread
their broad green boughs, and the li.tle
birds in Summer time sing requlems, and
the lone winds in Winter time murmur
solemn dirges DER the dead. The city
authorities are discouraging interments
in the cemeteries in the crowded portions
of the city. Some three miles FROM the
city, about midway from the river to the
lake, there is a low ridge of land known
as the Metaire Ridge. Here the city au-
thorities are laying out among the live
oaks a public park, and here there is a
famous race course, and here most of our
city's dead are TO sleep their last sleep
What strange usesl
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
A school marin tells the follow.

@ A school marin tells the follow
ing rich incident
She was teaching a small school i'll an
adjoining town, aud boarding round.'
On visiting a new place, one Monday
noon, she seated herself with the family
ronnd a small pine table, aud made -
meal Of brown bread, fat fried pork. and
roast potatoes.
Just before pushing back from the ia
BILE. a youngsler Of ten years exclaimed:
Il know what good y%ictuals IL, yesr
marin, | know what it's
3 De you. indeed = exclaimed the EN-
barrassed school marin, not knowing
what to say, aud ashamed to say nothing.
"Yes, marml / knows what good vic
tuals is. I've been away from home tive
times, and eaten lots on EN-"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
u.s. In 1774, DR.. Webster was a pop

u.s. In 1774, DR.. Webster was a pop
ular preacher of the Kirk of Scotland,
in Edinburgh. Business brought him to
London, and one day when passing the
House of Lords, his curiosity induced
him to make an effort to step in and see
them. None we're admitted without an
order, except noblemen's servants. Web
ster being ignorant of the rule, requested
admittance. What Lord do you belong
to,''Asaid the doorkeeper. TO the Lord
Jehovah" replied Webster. The Lord
Jehovah" repeated the keeper. Il have
kept here seven years, but | have never
heard of such a Lord Jack, said he to
his fellow keeper on the front steps,
I" here's a chap who says he belongs to
the Lord Jehovah; do you know such a
Lord 2" Never heard Of him." says
Jack. But" said Webster, Willing to
keep up the ilIqsion,A there is such g
Lord" "Pass EN- H." said Jack, 81
'spose it's some poor Scotch Lord"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30

p What did your mother say, nay
little mani Did you give her my card n
asked an inexperienced young gentleman
of a little boy whose mother had given
him an invitation to call upon her, and
whose street door was accordingly opered
to his untimely summons, by the urchin
aforesaid. Yes, | gave it to her. was
the innocent reply, and she said if you
wasn't a nat'ral fool, you wouldn't come
on Monday morning, when everybody
was washing" At this junction, mann
ma, with a sweet smile Of welcome, l,ade
her appearance at the end of the hall,
when to her surprise, Mr.. Verisopht, the
visitor, bolted What does the man
mean ?" inquired mamma. Il dunno"
replied bnb, guess he's smelt suthin'."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
The Betrayer and the Ayenger
We find the following in a late number

We lind the following III a late numDer OF
the Reciea, published at Cleveland:
H One day last week there came down on
the steamer Michigan, a man haying in irons
another, who had some three weeks since Sc
duced his sister The seddcer was under prom
ise to marry, aud the wedding day fixed, but
the sedacef r4n 44yag thp day before. The
brother of the Injured m started in pur-
suit and caught him in Erie, but by some
means the PASCAL escaped. The brother still
kept on his track and found him again, but be
again lest him. Month after month passed on,
and the ~resolute brother wandered about in
pursuit, but could get no trace of the object
Of his search. A little while ago, however, he
saw a paper published at Ripton, Wisconsin,
in when the name Of the seducer appeared as
editor. f1ither' he went, armed With a requi-
sition from the Governor Of Pennsylvania, and
arrested him, and now after a pursuit of three
years, has the yilqlstar Of bis sisters honor
firmly in bis grasp. The parties live in Penn
syIyania, but what their names are we failed
to learn.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
whore Fine shawls Come From.

In Rockhara. the camel is watched
while the fine hair on the under part OF
his body is growing. This fine hair is
cut off SO carefully that not a fibre IS
lost ; it is put by until there is enough to
spin into a yarn, %unequalled for s~oftness ;
and then it is dyed all mannerof %eolors,
and woven into stripes eight inches wide,
of patterns, such as-with all our pains
and cost, With all our schools Of design
aud study of art--ye are not yet able to
rival. These stripes are then sewed to
gether SO cunningly that NO European
can discover the joints. They are then
taken fifteen hundred miles to the borders
of Russia, to be sold.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30

nr A poor son of the Emerald Isle
applied for employment to an avaricious
hunks, who told him he employed no
Irishman, " for said he, the last one
died on my hands, and l was forced to
bury him at my own expense"
r.Ah, your honor" said Pat, brighten
ing up, and is that all 2 Then you'll
give me the place, for sure l can gel a
certificate that | niyer died in the en-
ployment of any master | iver sarved."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
A Virginia Traveller and a kentucky
Landlord.

A traveller from Virginia, as his blood
ed horse, %plethoric saddle bags, and
naughty insciance indicated. stopped
at a comfortable wayside inn in Kentucky
one night many years ago. The lanp,i
lord was a %jovial, whole souled fellow. as.
landlords we're ii those DAYS. and gave
the stranger the best entertainment lis
table and bar would allerd AZ we'll az his
own merry company to make him glad.
Early in the morniag the stranger was
up and looking around. when he espied
a rich bed of mint in the garden. He
~straightway found Boniface, aud indig-
nant at what he supposed his inhospital
ity III setting plain whisky before him,
when the means of brewing nectar was so
easy of access, ne dragged him forth to
the spot, and pointing his finger at the
mint he exclaimed !:
" say, landlord, will you be good
enough to say what that is 2"
"a bed of mint" said the somewhat
astonished landlord.
I" And will you please to tell me what
is the use of it?"
Well. don't exactly know 'cept the
old woman dries it sometimes withithe
other yarbs,"
The Virginian almost turned pale at
the enormity of the assertion.
F" And do you mean to say you don't
know what a mint julep is ~
Not 'cept its something like sage tea,
stranger"
Sage teal Go right along to the
house. get a bucket of ice, loaf sugar and
your best liquor"
The landlord obeyed, and the stranger
soon made his appearance with a handful
of the fragrant, dewy mint, and then they
brewed and drank again. Breakfast
over, and the strangers horse was
brought out, only to be ordered back
again. Through the l%ivelong day, they
brewed and drank ; one or two neighbors
dropped in, who were partakers, and
late in the night were their orgies KEPT
up. Ere they made it bed time, the
landlord and his Virginian friend, who
had initiated him into the pleasant mys
teries of mint julep, were sworn brothers
and when the latter departed next morn
ing, Boniface exacted a pledge that he
should stop on his return, and stay as
long as he pleased free of cost.
The strangers business however, de.
tanned him longer than he expected and
it was the next summer before he CAM
back.
Riding up late in the evening, he gave
his horse to an old negro who was at the
gate, ana at the same time inquired
I" Well, Sam, how is your master"
rYonder him come" said the negro
pointing to a youth who vas approaching
Il mean your old master, fool"
odd massal him done dead dis three
month !"
Dead ! what was the matter with
him? lie was in fine health when | left
him."
YES but see, Massa Stranger, one Of
dem Virginian .gemmens came long here
last year and showed him how to eat
greens in his Ticker ; he liked it SO well
he stocked to it till it kill him." said the
old darkey, shaking his head.
abe stranger PISSED a less jovial night
th3n on his previous visit, and was off by
dakbrake the next morning. He quoted
his conscience, however in the end, with
the reflection that good things are
sometimes misused."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
Star ip q Little Daughters Crown.

The Rev. Daniel Baker, of Texas, re-
lates the following
s During a revival in - a sweet little
girl named Sarah, went home full of what
she had seen and heard sitting at the
table with the family. she asked her faith
er, who had been to church, but was a
very wicked man, whethor he ever pray
ed. He did not like the question, and in
a very angry manner replied
It is your mother or aunt Sally. that
put you up to that my little girl
!" No, papa said the little creature,
/" preacher said, all good people pray ;
and those who don't pray amt going to
heaven. Pa, do you pray z"
This was more than her father could
stand, and In q rough way he said,
6 |" Well, you and your mother and aunt
Sally may go your way, ana | VIII go
mine.
|" Pa" said the little creature, with
simplicity, /" which way are you going 2
The question pierced bis heart. It
flashed upon him that he was in the way
to death. He started from his chair and
burst into tears. Within Q few days he
was happy convert, and | believe viii
appear in Heaven as a star Of the little
daughters crown of rejoicing.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30

A Coon AAW.-The Legislature of Georgia
has passed o law authorizing the appointment
of q Liquor Inspector whose duty it shall be
to examine and thoroughly test the poisonous
ingredients contained in liquors, and should
they find any strychnine or other poisonous
drug in any liquor, the person selling the same
is 70 be ordered to take it out Of the State (;
and if he sells any drugged liquor, knowing it
to be such, Or after its inspection, he is to pay
a fue of 500 for the FIRST offence, $2OOf for
the secoad offence. $500 for the third offence,
and $1,000 for the fourth.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30

nSA a Yankee, il Holt, Kansas, oc-
cupying an old Daguerrean wagon by the
roadside. was discovered a short time
since, washing and securing an old gun
barrel. On being asked what he inten-
ded to do with it, he replied that he was
fixing up to avoid the law, was going to
make use of this tube instead of glasses,
thereby making it appear beyond dispute,
that he is selling liquor By the tarrei!-
The fellow is doing a thriving business.
A great many persons have been shot
in the neck" by this novel contrivance.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
For the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
The Scattered Household.


-
The family group is gathered,
And all ars happy there;
The cheerful glance and word pass round,
For life with them is fair,
A full unbroken household
It is a pleasant sight!
The Mothers smile is sweeter then-
The Fathers glance moro bright.
There is another gathering,
But one is wanting there;
The youth who sat beside his sire.
Comes not to fill his chair,
The graveyard bears another Stone
The miss'd one sleeps beneath
The cheerful smile does yet pass round,
But thou art felt, oh Death
Again there Is a gathering,
But where is she whose smile,
Was wont to make hearts glad
Our Fathers care beguile2
In vain we list a Mothers voice,
IT'S silent in the tombl
The happy smile is seen no moro
Where mirth was, now is gloom.
That group will never gather more,
Around thai kindred hearth,
IT'S broken up-what death has left,
Are scattered Ger the Earth. J.O. T
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30

been within an hour after he started
seems highly probable. The balloon was
seen for nearly two hosrs with a glass,
but it must he remembered that this
great body, full sixty feet high, vas
only the size of a mans hand, when thus
visible. and it would be utterly impossible
o sec the i'll fatei man il he had ,Iro y
ped off. Mr.. Bannister feels qune posi-
tive that'he must have fell beforv. reach
ing Canada atall.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30
Ia A drunken lawyer on going I'M

Sa- A drunken lawyer on going into
church was observed by the minister who
addressed him thus
g shall bear witness against you at
the day of judgment"
The lawyer shaking his head with
drunken gravity replied
II have practiced twenty-five years at
the bar, and have always found that the
greatest rascal is the first to turn States
evidence.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-30

* GENTLE HIM." Why don't you
get married 2" said a Young lady, the
other day, to a bachelor. .sls9
81 have been trying for the last ten
years to find some one who would be silly
to have me-" was the reply.
"Lguess you havn't been up our way"
was the ~insinuating rejoinder.