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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-07-26

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ing-.u lesf -tca ass '- An.y 10 --cy
told Dcm.g- -.- C.r-r, n-a -.-.
you'd willingly resign bis position Or ii.a-
iienJ could Lc bat ,ute- -le s-aa.e again
and meet the leading B-li-.l- ia debate.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
UNFORTUNATE-YERY.

A young medical student from Michigan,
who had been attending lectures in New
\ York for some time, and who considered
himself exceedingly good-looking and fas-
cinating, made a deadly onslaught on the
heart and fortune of blooming young lady
in the same family with him. After long
seige the lady surrendered. They were mar
ried on Wednesday, in the morning. The
same afternoon the young wife sent for and
exhibited to the astonished student "beau-
tifpl little daughter aged three years and a
half
Good heavens 3o.,5 r. T. then you was wid-
YES, my dear, and this is Amelia, my
youngest tomorrow, Augustus, James and
Reuben viii arrive from the country, and
then | shall have my children together once
more.
The unhappy student replied not a word;
his feeling were TOO deep fer utterance. The
| other little darlngs arrived. Reuben
was SIX years, James nine, and Augustus a
saucy boy of twelve. They we're delighted
to hear they had new papa, because they
could now live at home, and have all the
! playthings they wanted The new papa, .
as soon as he could speak, remarked that
Augustus and James did not much resemble
Reuben and Amelia
well no, said the happy mother; my
first husband was quite different style Of
man from my second-complexion, temper
ament, the color Of hair and eyes-all diff
ferent
This was too much He had not only
married a widow, but was her third hus-
band, and the astonished stepfather Of four
children.
But the fortune, thought he; that will
''Thoso are my treasures . said she, in
the Roman matron style, pointing to her
children.
The conceit was quite out of the Michi-
gander, who, finding that lie had made a
complete goose of himself, retired to farm
in his own native State, where he could
have chance of making his boys useful,
and make them sweat for the deceit praeti-
ced upon him by their mother.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12

Next to the inordinata use of Intoxicating
beverages we may probably class the haste
to become rich as deplorable evii-the de-
sire and expectation of getting something
for nothing, or for a very inadequate equiva-
lent, if we may use the word in such a sense
which lead so many of our youth to aban-
don trades in order to swell the crowds of
clerks, lawyers, doctors, &C., now and always
so largely in excess of the demand for their
services A desire to be rich is not in itself
uIUHg, but the tendency ~ not TO scrape at
the means, and to end in disgrace and ruin.
There are cases where young man is
justifable in getting into debt-there are
cases where a few years Of a struggle with
indebtedness may do him good-but these
are the exceptions which prove the rule
correct that debt Is incompatible with indie
pendence, and should be avoided. Borrow
ing money on interest is a curse to any young
man. eating up his earnings and keeping
him poor The man who saves even few
dollars a year, and invests it at interest,
will eventually become rich, whilst the one
who borrows to make up the deficit oeca-
stoned by extravaganza, or yenturing beyond
his means, will undoubtedly struggle all his
life to keep his head above water.
Avoid speculation, mistrust all schemes
promising enormous returns, whether lotter-
les, faro banks, or more respectable modes
of gambling, be assured that any gains that
may accrue from them are more than lost by
the taste they give for inordinate risks. Ii
you call to mind the lucky individuals who
have become wealthy in this way in the past
twenty years, you viii find nearly all of them
poor now-the money has gone as rapidly as
it came, and is teaching the same lesson to
lis present possessors. A dollar earned by
honestindustry, mental or physical, is worth
more to the man who earns it than tentold
gained by speculation, and is not near so
likely to be expended foolishly or risked
recklessly He who can save such dollar
will more probably accumulate wealth IN life
than the one without industry who makes
more money with less work. 1t is deplora-
BILE how many of our young unmarried men
waste their earnings in folly and dissipation,
and are to poor to get married -or, If
they marry, have acquired such tastes and
habits as tend to render that relation any
thing but an agreeable one. There can be
no good reason for young lady and healthy
single man, having no one dependent upon
him, not saving something every year for in
vestment, and it is to be regretted so few do
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
ENDURANCE.

How much the heart may bear and yet not
break
How much the flesh may suffer, yetnot die !
question much if any pain or ache
Of soul OF body brings our end more nign ::
Death chooses his own time till that's sworn,
All evils may be borne.
We shrink and shudder at the surgeon knife,
Each uvr,1 scconIng NOM Une cruel STEEL
Whose edge seems searching for the quivering
life,
Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal,
That till the trembling flesh be piece-meal
torn,
This alone can be borne
We see a sorrow rising in our way,
And try to fee from the approaching ill
We seek some small escape, we weep and
pray,
But when the blow falls, then our hearts are
still
Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn,
But THAT it can be borne.
We wind our life about another life,
We hold it closer, dearer than our own (;
Anon it faints and falls in deadly strife,
Leaving us stunned, and stricken, and
alone
But ah we do not die with those we mourn
This also can be borne.
Behold we live through all thingS-faminei
thirst,
Bereavement, pain all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow life inficts its worst
On soul and body, bat we cannot die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint and
worn,
Lo all thisgs can be borne.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
NEVER GIVE UP.

Many premature death has occurred In
consequence Of giving up. The sick person
becomes discouraged, thinks he is going TO
die, and dies. Friends think they have
done all they could, death is inevitable, and
let disease take its course. There can be no
doubt but that IN many such cases hope
still cherished, and the perse7ering use of
means, might have saved useful life.
80 also in the struggles of active life. The
first speech of Disraeli in the House of Com
mons, was a complete failure, his speech II
is said being stihed in the derisive laughter
Of the House He thus closed Il shall sit
down now. but the time will come when you
will hear me. Numbers have sunk into
insigni6cance under less rebuff. Disrael
was made of sterner stuff Though it took
him seven years to recover from his disas-
ter, he redeemed his promise, and on becom-
ing chancellor Of the exchequer, ''clad in
the same garments he had worn at the time
of his renowned failure, delivered to close
ly crowded assemblage the most brilliant
and the ablest budget speech that had been
heard there since the days of William Pitt.
TIL his work is done. TRY again, is as
good for the adult as for the child. If con
vlneed that our cause is wrong, the sooner
1t Is Tenounced the better. Cease to do
evil but when contending for the right,
admit no defeat as final We learn some
times more from failure than a success,
and turn 1t to better account. Such should
ever be our aim. Use all honorable means,
rely on the ultimate triumph Of right, per
severe in the effort to deserve success, and
failure will never be inscribed on your life
work. The irresolute and half hearted have
no good to expect, for that would only be a
premium of imbecility.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
VOLUME 40; No. is.
THE POWER OF ELoqUENcr,

We have heard of President Nnnev, !
sermon from the text, Their feet shall
slide, and how as he preached his perora.
ton, people would clutch the seats 10 keen
from going over into the pit oS eternal de-
spair, while some would shrek, and Others
would cry don't. We hcve heard also ~
Cough wonderful power over audiences
raising them up from their seats, affecting
them to tears, or compelling them to laugh
at his will. But we have never heard of anv
speaker making the deception so perfect, or
the matter so real, as in the recitation of
the little poem, Twenty years ago, blythe
elocutionist, Prof Griffith The poem in
PRODUCES two friends and schoolmates. one Of
whom has been recently visiting the old
homestead, school house and play a,roux.as
and he gives his impressions to his friend
We quote few lines:
"Pye wandered to the village Tom, sat beneath
the tree,
Upon the school house playing ground, which
sheltered you and me
But none were there TO greet me, Tom, and few
we're left to know
Who played with us upon the green, some twen-
~ years ago.
The grass was just as green, Tom, baro-footed
boys at play
just as gay;
But master sleeps upon the hill, which, coated
DER with snow,
Afforded us sliding place, just twenty years
ago."
When the elecutionist reached the stanza
following, his utteranee was slow and
thoughtful, as if trying to recall the anne
Of the old game:
"rhe boys we're playing some old game-beneath
that same old tree,
I-do-forget-t name-just now,-you We
played the same with me
On that sane spOt.--'1Was played with knives
by owing--so-and-so-"
As the speaker made gestures and mo-
tions describing the game, an old gentleman
in the back part of the house arose and said
distinctly, MunlJlety peg, SIR, n,ualJlety
peg. 1t was so realto the old man that
he thought he would help the speaker out
of his difficulty by suggesting the name
OF course it brought down the house
Charlotte Republican,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
CHILnRrN ANp wEALrH.

Many are deferred from marriage for the
! fear of the expense of supporting family.
| 1t is a great mistake. A single man spends
more in suppers and cigars that would sup
port wife. Few men lay by much until
they have attained the object to lay by for,
and thus it comes to pass that family is
now. as aneiently, the best of hostages 10
fortune. and none are so much to be trusted
as those who have the large families. Still
as a family increases around a man, he is
very apt to feel as If FIVE or six children were
a constant drain dTa ueon his efforts at accumu-
lation, and that children were poverty in
sted of wealth. But it IS not so, at least in
every respect, or even Oh the largest and
broadcast sort of scale.
Thus for instance, ia q natioBa! point CT
view, our first method of estimating the
greatness of States, is By the number and
rapid increase Of its inhabitants. Every
child born in the United States makes the
nation so much the more respected abroad
and powerful at home, so much the more
wealthy and intelligent, for on the average
each citizen produces more of wealth than
be consumes and in some department OF
other adds to the aeeumulating stock Of wis
dom and experience. Now nation is but
great family, so may we best test our views
Oi hhaN 10 pSsb iO4 a AdLnliy Ny nAdt 10 6VOu
for nation.
Children are weak, and need support
when the parents are strong TO support
them, inorder that they may be strong when
parents are weak, and be able to support
them; and thus is made up that bundle of
strength which a large family ever generates.
Each wisely brought up and well educated
child is the best Of all investments of a pa
rents wealth of money, of affection, and of
effort. Happy is the man that hath his
CULVER full of them. They are ''as arrows
in the hands of mighty man.
Children keep man young. lie who
mingles only with those older than himself
soon grows old; but he who accustoms him
self TO mingle largely and freely with those
younger than he, as surprisingly retains his
youth.
1t is a remark of Bulwer, close observer
ofhuman nature, that it is a good sign for a
young man to love the society of men who
are older than himself, and for an old man
to love the company of those younger. 1t
is thus that youth acquires the experience
and wisdom of age. and that age retains the
vigor, freshness and elacticity of youth
Children have in themselves fund of wealth
In the overhowing affections which God has
given them, which they impart TO all who
come near or have much to do with them.
If they call out the energy of man, and
make him work hard in the hours of bust
ness, they relax and refresh him with their
warmth and geniahty and absence of care in
the hours of relaxation, and of throwing it
off
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
TIME PASSING.

Have you ever seen those marble statues
IN some public square or garden, which art
has SO finished with perennial fountain
tnat through The lips. or through the hands
the clear water flows 10 q perpetual stream
on, on, on forever; and the marble stands
| there-passive, cold, making no effort to ar
| rest the gliding water? Il IS SO that TING
| flows through the hands Of men, swift. never
pausing till it has run itself out; and there
is the man, petriied into a marble sleep
not feeling what it is which is passing away
forever.
1t is so, just so, that the destiny of nine
men out Of ten accomplishes itself, slipping
away from them, aimless, useless, tiil it Is
too late. And we are asked, with all the
solemn thoughts which crowd around an
approaehing eternity, what has been our life
ana what DO we intend it shall be? Yester-
day. last week, last year--they are gone.
yesterday, for example. was such day as
never was before, and never can be again.
Out Of darkness and eternity it was born
new, fresh day; into darkness and eternity
II sank again forever 1t had q voice calling
TO US, OF its own. Its own work. its own
duties, what were we doing yesterday? ID
Ing, willing away the time in idleness and
luxurious llteTature-not as life's relaxation
but as life 5 business? thrilling our heart
with the excitement of life? continuing
now to spend the day most pleasantly?
Was that our duty? Sleep, brethren ali
that is but sleep and now let us remem-
Der this, there is a day coming when that
| sleep will be rudely broken with shock:
there is day in our future lives when our
time will be counted, not BY years, nor by
months, nor yet by hours, but By minutes,
the day when unmistakable symptoms shall
announce that the messengers of death have
come to us.-F w. Robertson.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
THE SUNNY SIDE,

We advise everybody to live on the sunny
side of their houses. The room in which the
family spends most of its time should be on
the side on which the sun can find its way
into it. Let the parlor, If it be seldom used
be on the shady side We observe that there
is not cottager so ignorant that she will not
set her plants, if she has taste enough to
grow them, in the east window in the morn
ing, and at noon carry them TO a south win
dow, and in the afternoon put them in the
west window. But perhaps she Is careful
to keep her children in the shade, and her
precious self, SO far as possible, out of the
rays Of the sun. The plants in obedience
to natural law, are kept healthy, while the
children and mother, being kept in the
shade, suffer in consequence.
Light is beginning to be considered great
curative agent The chief advantage in go
ing to the country is to get into the sunshine,
and to be in the pure breezes. If we desire
merely to keep cool, we should stay in the
shady city People talk Of shot walls and
burning pavements /" it is much hotter in
the country, for the breezes that play there
in midday only bring heated air in from out
doors. But in the city the breeze brings
air in from the shady side of the street, and
the lower rooms of city house are much
cooler in midday than the exposed houses
Of the country.
Parents can do nothing better for their pu-
ny, sick boys than to put them on farm for
two or three summers, and let the sun bathe
them the Iivelong day. They will, BY such
a life, grow rapidly, and become tough,
brawBy and broad. We have seen this tried
to the highest advantage in more than one
instance under our advice.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
THE BENEFIT OF BEING KNOCKED
ABOUT IN THE WORLD.

1t is good thing for young man to be
4hasYSiNS1 eais7at i-a eh-a world . thongb his
soft hearted parents may not tt.i..l. 80 An
youths, or if notall, certainly nineteen-twen-
tieths Of the sum total, enter life with sur
plusage of self cOnceit The sooner they
are relieved Of it the better II, in measur-
ing themselves with wiser and older men
than themselves, they discover that it is un-
warranted, and get rid of it gracefully, Of
their own accord, well and good; if not, it is
desirable, for their own sakes, that it be
knocked out of them. A boy Who is sent to
a large school soon finds his level His will
may have been paramount at home, but
school boys are democratic in their ideas,
and if arrogant, he is sure to be thrashed
into recognition of the golden rule. The
world is great public school, and it soon
teaches new pupil his proper place. If
he has the attributes that belong'to leader
he Will be installed in the position of a
leader; if not, whatever his own opinion of
his abilities may be, he will be compelled to
fall in with the rank and file. If not des-
tined to greatness, the next best thing to
which he can aspire is respectability; but
no man can either be truly great or truly re-
spectacle who is vain, pompous and over
bearing.
By the time the novice has found his
legitimate social status, be the same high or
low, the probability is that the disagreeable
traits of his character will be softened down
or worn away. Most likely the process of
abrasion will be rough, perhaps Uery rough,
but when it is all over, and he begins to see
himself as others see him, and not as refec-
ted in the mirror of selfconceit, he will be
thankful that he has run the gauntlet, and
arrived, though by a rough road, at self
knowledge. Upon the whole, whatever
loving mothers may think to the contrary,
it is good thing for youths to be knocked
about in the world; it makes men of them.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
NIGHT WORK.

Many of the most brutal murders and
greatest crimes committed in the city oi
New York, are perpetrated by persons IN
der twenty-five years of age. This shows q
very early corruption of morals. and as au
eminent lurlst once said is easy traeeahe
TO the habit OF being from home alter dark
Lord Shaftsbury stated that in nearly all the
cases OF great crimes which came before the
courts OF evidence showed that the moral
character became vitiated between the ages
OF eight an sixteen. These terrible facts
put together should make every city parent,
especially, tremble and if it should lead to
the adoption of the following suggestions. it
would save many heart from going down
IN sorrow TO the grave, or from embittered
old age.
Do not allow your children to form the
habit OF going home to spend the night
with their eompanions-no not once in a
year.
Keep them off the streets after sun-down
unless you are with them.
DO all that is possible to have a loving.
cheerful and happy ireside, as a means Of
weaving them from the street. Much can
be done in this direction by providing
amusements, and having the children occu.
pied IN something interesting, profitable or
new.
Keep the birthdays, let them be occasions
Of harmless festivities arrange that all hol-
idays, too, shallbe observed appropriately
Let the father and mother remember that
the exhibition before their children of a
loving, afectionate, and quiet department
towards one another in the home circle is a
powerful bond of union in family the
very sight Of it wakes affeetionate sympa-
thies in the hearts of children, and cherish
es the same delightful feelings in themselves
and soon the house becomes the home of
love and quiet delight. Within half mile
Of US there are quite a number of families
OF this sort, some of them among the veal
thiest in the city, but it is singular to OBJ
serve that in almost every case it is in con-
sequence OF the mothers all peryading in
tiuence--mothers who are quiet, gentle, la
dy-hke, but firm in the right always. Ma
ny homes are made distasteful to children
by lneessant restrictions aud criticisms, by
lnnumerable rules and regulations. A house
hold is better regulated by an affectionate
phancy than by an infexible rigidity yield
ing IN non-essentials, but firm as a rock in
all questions of right and wrong. The night
work from eight to sixteen determines the
life character Of millions. Halls Journal
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12
GET ENouGH sLEEp.

We have often heard young men remark
that four or five hours, sleep was all they
wanted, and all that the human system re-
quired. The habit of going without sufi-
cient sleep is injurious. Thousands, no
doubt, permanently iPiura fhsir health in
that way. We live in a fast age, when every
BODY seems to be trying to pervert the order
Of Nature. IF folks will persist in turning
night into day, it is not to be wondered at
that few last out the allotted term of life
No matter what may be a mans occupation
physical or mental, or like Othello's S,
gone" and living in idleness-the consti-
tuition cannot last, depend upon it, without
a sufhciency of regular and refreshing sleep.
John Hunter, the great surgeon, died sud
denly Of spasmodic affection Of the heart, a
disease greatly encouraged by the want of
sleep. In volume just published by a
medical man there is one great lesson that
hard students aad literary men may learn,
and that is, that Hunter probably killed
himself by taking too little sleep. -Four
hours rest at night, and one after dinner,
cannot be deemed sufficient to recruit the
exhausted powers of the body and mind I"
Certainly not; and the consequence was that
Hunter died early. If men will insist on
cheating sleep, her twin sister, death, =
will avenge the insult.