The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-07

ADVICE TO BOYS AND GIRLS.-Nll the boys
and girls try to remember few brief sentences !?
Give your hearts to Jesus Christ.
Attend punctuaIly the church aud Sabbath
school.
Respect and love your pastors and teachers.
Be attentive orderly and serious.
Have your rccit1tion at command.
Be ambitious 10 repeat many verses Of Scripture,
many questions and many Psalms.
Fry 10 understand what you read and hear.
Ak your parents, pastor and teachers to xplln
what is difficult
Receive thankfully and kindly their words OF
advice.
Treat all children with courtesy and kindness;
The eyed with respect
Pray to God for blessing on your rcli gious in
struction.
Encourages other boys and girls to go to church
and Sabbath school.
VALUE OF AN EXPLANATIoN.-A certain
king, is said sent to another king, saying Send
mo a bltio PIG with black tail, or else"
The other in high dudgeon at the presumed in
suit replied,
II have not got and if | had"
On which weghty they went to war for
many years After safety of glories and mise
ries they finally bcthought them that, their ar
mics and resources exhausted, and their
Kingdoms mutually laid waste, it might be we'll
enough to consult about the prelminaries of peace;
but before this could be concluded, diplomatic
explanation was first needed Of the insulting Ian
euage which had to,med the ground of the quar-
rel.
What could you mean" asked the second king
Of the first, ''by saying, Send me blue pig with
black tail or elsc-?'"
Why" said The other" | meant blue one
with black tail, or else othcr Color" But.
retorted he, "what could p,n mean by saying /
have not got one, and if had-7'
+ ~ by, OF course, if had, / sAouM hate sent
s 1t !!' an explanation which entirely satisfacto-
Z ~, aud peace concluded accordingly.
I.
L SANDS OF GOLR-I take it to be a principal
rule Of life not to be much addicted to any one
thing.
No liberal man would impute charge of
unstcadiness to another for having changed his
opinion.
/ If dieness be the root of all evil, then matrimony
is good for oChng, for itsets many poor woman
/. to work.
II 1t rs unhappy, and yet fear, true reflection,
1. that they who have uncommon easiness and
IL softness of temper, have seldom very noble and
nice sensations of soul.
Gaiety is to good humor as animal perfumes
to vegetable fragrance The one over-powers weak
spirits, the other recreates and revives them
Gaiety seldom fails to give some pain; good humor
boasts faculty which every one does not believe
| III his own power and pleases principally by not
offending.
VALUE OF A TIrLE.--Dr. Tyler, the President
! ! OF the Windsor H;ll Seminary, one of the fathes
/ in New England Theology, used to say that it
Il took him great while to find out the worth of
his title but after a long time it proved to be
/ Just 'Eeieht cents" -
II 81 We Mt into an apothecary store in Hartford"
said the Doctor ''to purchase some medicine, and
-On nquiring the price told it was twenty five
cents. But while the clerk Was putting it up,
L gentleman Of my acquaintance came in and
Il said :: GLOW do you do Doctor Tyler?' AMI
II when | threw out my quarter to pay for the
VI medicine, the clerk handed me back eight cents
How is this ? said l.. Oh said the clerk, I'VE
i Ask common people twenty five cents, but ask
4 doctors oniy shiing.' Then told him was
4 oniy d. D. d ,-o1e who preached and not a
Il practising DOCTOR but he refused take the money
III back, ani so | have always been ready to testify
III 1hat ID. D. might be worth sixpence.''
III At late meeting of the Fruit Growers' Society
Of Western New York, held at Rochester the
Influence of salt upon fruit trees was discussed.
Georsc Ellwanger said he applied salt to pear and
tlum trees, and found it produced wonderful
!fect; woad apply six or eight barrels to the acre.
NJ Eould as much as peck for large tree, such
= apple tree; uses it in February; puts enough
On 10 make the ground white. Charles Downing
thought salt good for ell vegetation, but il would
u 90 no good to kill insects
ID
I'D DsGM They have ., new way of running the
1ockade" in the Army. They wrap a bottle of
Ehiskey in lump of dough and bake it into
read loaf; and SO it passes xithont the couutersgn