The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-10-25
The BIessings Of n RurnI Lie.

Cultivate love for the conntry, the
serene joys which rural life can afford
are far preferable to tho noisy. and alas.
too often, vicious qualifications which we
se0k amid the whirl Of city life. The
city as il were lies the souls affections to
the esrth-the works and ways of the
world init too often hide from our eyes
the fair face Of Nature, and lead us TO
forget the glorious God who made us, and
~ whom We are indebted for life, and
health. and all things. .
/ Vapid, empy and artificial are the
joys ola city lie when compared with
the sacred delights which rural resi-.
dence cab give toa mind rightly constitu.
ted. Sohtary communion with nature is
one of the hOliest delights which the
world can bestow-a deligh. which i5 sure
to teDeft the world which sBjoya it
Purity is en5tamped on Natures form /;
and communion with her is sure to Gil the
soul with all that is pure. and lovely, and
of good report, .r.. ......
In every season Of he year residence
in the country has beneficial effect on
the human soul. In Spring, when the
trees again put on their singing robes,
and murmur forth the praises Of Him who
made them. Spring has tendency 10
give buoyancy to the spirits-that heart
, is callous which does not awake and sing
when all things arouniare beaming with
hope and premise. ~ ..aaslaa a..
In Summer, the 'blushing flowers are
seen, amid rural retreats, and seem me-
thinks, like stolen glorics from Paradise;
then the singing birds tril forth melodies
the pureSt and the sweetest ever heard on
earth, and which may we'll raise the
thoughts away from this vanishing world
of ours to the glorious land beyond.
/ In Autumn the country teaches us
wisdom lessons; the whispers that are
heard when the leaves are falling seem
methinks sweet echoss from athc angel
world, telling that we. too, must soon
fade and vanish like the leaves Of the for
est, and be found no more on earth at all.
In winter we are led to revere the wis.,
dom and power Of Him who doeth all
things well-who hath hid the flowers
beneath q snowy mantle to enhance oul
joy on again beholding them; and who
sends the storms to purify the atmosphere
and the rain 10 bring forth fruit in ii
season. tI w
To the thoughtful mind. reflections
such as these are suggested by a rura
life, which should not be decried as list
less and unpleasant. Communion. with
Nature can give more real joy than man
ever found in the pursuit of the pleasures
Of city life.
| CuNyERsATIoN.-There are many takers
, but few who know how to converse agree
ably.
Speak distinctly, neither too rapidly
nor too slowly. -.
4. Accommodate the pitch CT your voic'
: 10 the hearing Of the person with whom
Y you are conversing. .......-
Never speak with your mouth full.
Tell your jokes and laugh afterwards.
Dispense with superhuous words-sucf
as, "Well, l should think
, The woman who wishes her converse
> ton 10 be agreeable will avoid coneeit anC
| affectation, and laughter which is no. nat
ural and spontaneous. Her language vii
| be easy and unstudied. marked by ;
graceful carelsseness, which. at the samt
time, never ovefsteps the limits Of propri
ETY.. Her lips will readily yield to pleas
ant smile; sue will not love tc hear her
/ self talk; her tone will bear the impres
5 of sincerity, and her eyes kindIe with an
uimation as she speaks. The art of pleas
ing is, in truth the very soul of goot
breeding, for the precise object of the lat
/ ter is to render us agreeable to all will
whom we associate; to make us 1.-THE sam
o time. esteemed and loved.
We need scarcely advert to the rude
e ness ofinterrupting any one who is speak
b. ing, or to the improperly of pushing t
n its full extent a discussion which has be
O come unpleasant.
!. Some men have a mania for Greek an
# Latin quotations.; this is peculiarly to b
q avoided. 1t is like pulling up the stone
4 from the tomb wherewith to kill the liv
!. ing. Nothing is more wearisome than pc
dantry.
If you feel your intellectual superior
Y ly to any one with whom you are COZ
versing, do not seek to bear him down;
At would be an inglorous triumph, and
IN breach Of good manners. Beware, too,
" speaking lightly Of subjects which bear
3. sacred character. ..
" Witlings occasionally gain reputatio
IS y in society; but nothing is more insipi
pt and in worse taste than their conceite
ID harrangues and self-sufficient air.
- 1t is a common idea that the art of VT
.. ting and the art Of conversation are on
Of this is a great mistake. A man Of gem
N may be very dull talker.
10 The two grand modes of making yo
~ n, convel sation interesting, are to enliven
ID ID by recitals calculated 10 affect and impre
y. your hearers, and to intersp erse it wi
~ anecdotes and smart things. Ryasol W
~ master in the latter mode.
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D.; MEDICAL QUALITIES OF THE CARROT,
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