The Van Buren press., 1867-08-02
Budget of SciSSOringS.

shall be fruitful seed
Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed,
TnE ROMANCE OF CouRTsHIr.-'Twas
at the close Of a glorious summer day-the
sun was setting behind distant hog PEN
the chickens were going to roost--tho bul
frogs were commencing their evening song
the pollywogs in their native mud-pu
dies were preparing themselves for the
shades Of night-when Sal and myself sat
upon an antiquated log, listening to the
music Of nature, such as tree toads, pigs
and rooters, which was waited to our ears
by the gentle zephyrs singing among the
mullen stalks.
The last lingering rays Of tho setting
sun cleaned from the bright buttons of
solitary horseman and shone from n knot
hole full in SAILS face, dying her hair with
an orange peel hue, and showing off my
threadbare coat to great advantage. H..
One of my arms was around SAILS
waist. she was toying with my auburn
locks Of crimson, she was almost gone, and
l Twas ditto. She looked like grasshop-
per dying with the ic-cups, and | felt like
a mud turtle choking on a Goldfish ball.
"Sal," says /, in voice as musical as
the notes of dying calf, "will you have
me ?" ........ |I .......T
She roll Der eyes heavenwOrd, and clasp
ed my the hand. with sigh that lrokc
her shoe-strings, said;
"Yes, Abijah!" and she threw herself in
my lap, and ] hugScd her until broke my
'suspenders.
Well, she sot the day, and we practiced
every night Cor four weeks how we would
walk into the room to get married, till we
got so we could do it as gracefully as
couple Of Mluscovy ducks. .1rrne
when John Brown, d. d., had set
tied in Haddington, the people Of the par
ish gave him warm and enthusiastic re-
ception; only one of the members of that
large church stood out in opposition to
him. The reverend doctor tried all the
means in his power to convert the solitary
dissenter to unity Of feeling which pervaded
the whole body, but all his efforts to OBJ
tain an interview proved abortive. AS
Providence, directed, however, they hap
pened one day to meet in the street, when
the doctor held out his hand, saying, My
brother, l understand you are opposed to
my settling at Haddington.'
Yes, sir, . replied the parishioner.
"Well, and if it be o lair question, on
what grounds do you object to me ~
Because, sir" says he, e. | don't think
you are qualified to fill SO ilipor,anta a
post"
THAT is my opinion replied the doe
tori" but what, sir, is the use Of YOU and
/ setting up our opinion in opposition to a
whole parish ?"
The brother smiled. and their friendship
was sealed forever. How very true and
forcible Gods word "a soft answer
turneth away wrath"
At one of the colorcd churches in
Mobile the minister having finished his SER
mon, announced that collection would be
taken up for missionary purposes. The
"sasser' was acc cordingly sent around,
When it came back to the pulpit, the
preacher proceeded to count up the amount
received, and among the fractional curren-
cy he discovered ten dollar confederate
bill. He looked at it for some time with
evident disgust, and then took calm look
at his congregation over the top of his
spcctacles. Then clapping the uncurrent
bill upon the open bible with indignant
emphasis, he exclaimed Brederin, |
put dis bill right dar on de bible and let
the Lord take care of dat man !" #.4f.
CHOLERA REMEDY.-Aiter testing it eor
fifteen years, in probably thousand cases,
we suggest to our readers to at once pro
cure from the druggist the following sim :
pie mixture Laudanum, o.; spirits Of
champion, 2 or. tincture Of capsicum, /
or. tincture Of ginger, | OF, essence of
peppermint, 2 or. Hollman's anodyno, .
or. If the anodyne cannot be readily OBJ
tanned, substitute sulphuric ather---half
the quantity.
Mix thoroughly and shake we'll every
time it is used. Give or take from ten to
twenty-five drops, according to age, con-
dition or violence of attack Repeat every
twenty minutes till relief is obtained. In
desperate case take n tablespoonful at
once. Take it in an equal quantity DIVA
ter, and lie on the back quietly, or in an
easy sitting posture with the back sup
ported, till it has full opportunity to work
Garry small phial in the pocket, with a
few Jumps Of white sugar upon which to
drop it, to be used in sudden emergencies.
"A Louisiana letter, writer tells the
following good story: A negro had a
heavily loaded cart with six mules attached,
which he was trying to drive across ford.
The two head mules. took kindly to tha
water, but one ofthc hind ones, a white
mule, obstinatcly refused to enter the
stream. Jumping from his scat in furi.
Gus passion, the teamster began beating
the perverse one with might and main, ex-
claiming between the blows. 4" on thinl,
you's white. does You But I'll show
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