Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-02-06
Budget of Entertaining Miscellany.
SYMPATHY.


Fellow worker toiling brother,
Come into the fields with me;
See .the sheavts support each other,
So with us it ought to be.
Lean upon me in your trouble,
And support me in your joy;
Friendship can a lifetime double,
Hatred will two lives destroy.
Oh remember, the Eternal
Lays u4in one barn together,
When with his right hand supernal
Sheaves of life he stoops to gather.
The BEAUTY OF A BLUSH Goethe
was in company with a mother and her
daughter, when the latter, being reproved
for some fault, blushed and burst into
tears. He said /: "IIow beautiful your
reproach has made your daughter The
crimson hue and those sivery tears be-
come her better than any ornament of
gold and pearls. These may be hung on
the neck Of any woman, but those are
never seen disconnected with moral
purity A full blown rose, besprinkled
with the purest dew, is not so beautiful as
this child blushing beneath her parents
displeasure and shedding tears of sorrow
for her fault A blush is the sign which
nature hangs ont to show where chastity
and honor dwell"
go to the woods after game but if
the game is not there, / get nuts if there
are no nuts, | get flowers or leaves if all
fail, yet l get health, little woodcraft,
or, by the grace of Heaven, a thought. |
am not of those who find that the road is
only good to leave behind them.
CREEL1NG THE BRIDEGRooM.-A curl
GUS custom in connection with marriage
prevailed at one time in Scotland, and
from the manner in which it was carried
out, was called Greeting the Bridegroom. :"
The mode of procedure in the village of
Galashields was as follows Early in the
day after the marriage, those interested in
the proceeding assembled at the house of
the newly-wedded couple, bringing with
them "creel," or basket, which they fill
ed with stones The young husband, on
being brought to the door, had the creel
firmly fixed upon his back, and with it in
this position had to run the round of the
town, or at least the great portion of it,
followed by number of men to see that he
did not drop his burden; the only condi-
tion on which he was allowed to do so
being that his wife should come after him,
and kiss him. AS relief depended alto
gether upon the wife, it would sometimes
happen that the husband did not need to
run more than few yards but when she
was more than ordinarily bashful, or wish
ed to have little sport at the expense of
her lord and master-which it may be
supposed would not unfrequently be the
case-he had to carry his load consider
able distance. This custom was very
strictly enforced; for the person who was
last creeled had charge of the ceremony,
and he was naturally anxious that no one
should escape. The practice, as far as
Galashields was concerned, came to an
end about sixty years ago, in the person
of one Robert Young, who, on the plea of
illness, lay a-bed all the day after his mar
riage, and obstinately refused to get up
and be creeled he had been twice mar
ried before, and no doubt felt that he had
enough of erecting.
The following touching Impromptu, ori-
ginally written for the Louisville Journal,
was submitted by literary friend of the
author to Mrs. l.. II. Sigourney for criti-
cism, and was returned with her "cornpli-
mentary approval, expressing her good
wishes for the progress and success OF the
gifted author'