The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-02-21
CHOICE"sELECTIONs.

| duty. Jonah once made the expert
ment but he soon found himself where
his imitators will in the end fnd them
selves. Therefore, manftIlly meet and
overcome the difficulties and trials to
which the post assigned you by Gods
providence exposes you.
Second, to become christian of
strength and maturity without.
ing severe trials. What fire is to
gold, that affiiction is to the believer
gold shine forth with unalIoyed lustre.
Third, to form an Independent char
acter except when thrown upon their
own resources. The oak in the middle
of the forest, If surrounded on every
side by trees that shelter and shade it,
runs up tall and sickly. But the same
tree, growing in the open field where it
is continually beat upon by the tenn
pest, becomes its own protector. SO
the man who is compelled to rely on
his own resources forms an indepen-
dence of character to which he could not
otherwise have attained.
Fourth, to be a growing man when
you look to your post for influence
instead OF bringing influence to your
post. Therefore, prefer rather to
climb up hill with difficulty, than roll
down with inglorious ease. #a#f -
FRANKLIN's WIFE.--To promote her
husban's interest she attended in his
little shop, where she bought rags,
sewed pamphlets, folded newspapers,
and sold the few articles in which he
dealt, such as ink, papers, lampblack,
blanks and other stationery. At the
same time, she was an excellent house
keeper, and besides being economical
herself, taught her somewhat careless,
disorderly husband to be economical
also. Sometimes Franklin was clothed
from head to foot in garments which
his wife had both woven and made, and
for long time she performed all the
work of the house without the assis-
tance of a servant. -
Nevertheless, she knew how to be
liberal at proper times. Franklin tells
us that tor some years after his marri-
age, his breakfast was bread and milk,
which they ate out of two-penny
earthen vessel, with pewter spoon;
but one morning, on going down to
breakfast, he found upon the table a
hpottfifyI china hnzyI VIII I,s
bread and milk was steaming, with
silver spoon upon its side, which had
cost a sum equal in our currency to ten
dollars. When he expressed his aston
ishment at this unwonted splendor,
Mrs. Franklin only remarked that she
thought her husband deserved silver
spoon and china bowl as much as any
of his neigLbors. #####
Franklin prospered in his business
until he became the most famous editor
and most flourishing printer in Ameri-
ca, which gave him the pleasure of re-
lieving his wife from the cares of bust
ness, and enabling him to provide for
her spacious and well furnished abode.
She adorned a high station as well as
she had borne a lonely one, and presi
ded at her husbands liberal table as
gracefully as when he ate his breakfast
of bread and milk from two-penny
owl.-ParSon'S Life of Franklin.
BAcHRLoR's DEFENCE.
are styled by married men who have
got their foot in it, as only half perfect
beings, cherries vagabonds, but half a
pair of scissors, and many other ridicu-
lous titles are given them; while on
the other hand they extol their state as
one of such perfect bliss that change
from earth to heaven would be some
what -of doubtful good. If they are
so happy, why don't they enjoy their
happiness, and hold their silly tongues
about it? What do half the men get
married for? Simply that they may
have somebody to darn their stockings,
sew buttons on their shirts, and trot
babies that they may have somebody,
as married man said once, ''to pull off
their boots when they are a little
balmy.'
These fellows are always talking of
the Loneliness of bachelors. Loneli-
ness, indeed! Who is petted to death
by ladies with marriageable daughters +?
invited to tea and evening parties,
and told to drop in just when it is con-
venient ?-the bachelor. Who lives in
clover all his days, and when he dies
has flowers strewn on his grave by the
girls that could not entrap him ?-the
bachelor. Who strews flowers on the
married mans graev?-the widow?--
Not a bit Of it; she pulls down the
tombstones that a six weeks grief had
set up IN her heart; she goes and gets
married again, she does. Who goes to
bed early because time hangs heavily
on his hands ?--the married man. Who
gets Seeding for picking out the soft
est part OF The bed, and for waking up
the baby in the morning ?--the married
man. Who has wood to split, house
hunting and marketing to do, the young
ones to wash, the lazy servants to look
after ?--the married man. Who is tax
en- up for whipping his wife ?---the mar
ried man. Finally, who has got the
scripture on his side ?--the bachelor
st. Paul knew what he was about when
he said, ''He that marrles not, does bet
ter"
AFTER THE FUNERAL.-Of all the re-
turnings, that one latter the funeral"
is the saddest. Who will say it is not