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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-03-14

Biddison obtained leave 10 report bill to allow
James Thompson, late SheTid Of Baltimore coua.
w. further time " complete bis collections The
bill requiring the Commissioners Of baltimore
county 10 c0nvey portion oi the alulshousc prop
efty Tot public school house site was read the
hFst time. The bill prohibiting cows aud other
cattle from running 81 large within one mile Of
Caiousville vas read the second time. The bill
providing for levy Of ~, 900 per year for two
years, ending March 20, 1870, to continue the
restoration OF burnt recordl 10 baltimore county,
was reported from the county delegation, with
division, and was referred 10 the Committee on
the judiciary.
WEDNESDAY,, March II.
!SsHdie.-No business Of Importance transacted.
Houss y Delegates. MIR. Nicolai obtained
leave 10 introduce bill to form q new county
out of portions Of Frederick aud Washington
counties, TO be called Economy" Mr.. Herbert
obtained leave 10 introduce bin dividing Balti.
more county 50 rs 10 form q new county, to he
called "Extravagance." The school bill was de-.
baicd at length. During the discussion Mr.. Mon.
tague, Of our county, announced bis opposition
10 spending Que dollar for educating or eIevaiing
negroes aud Mr.. Slingluff favored educa ting
them.
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MOUNT MORIAu LODGE. n
1u No. il6, ~
A. ~. A A. ~. M
4 stated communication Of Mount MoFiah
lodge, Ne. iis. A. r.. 4 A. NJ. will BE- held Ia
their Hall, In TVwsoniown. on
Thursday Night. MarrA IRA. isss.
- o'clock.
Master Aas"ns in goOi standing. sFs lRvitrd
to be present. by order of the ". NJ,
hoBf. ". THOMPSON, Secretary.
March t.-lt
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF
4 VAL LIABLE FARM,
N THE 10TH ELECTION DISTRICT
OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.
.NEiR SWEET LIZ


DY viriu" Of decree Of the Circuit Court tor
DBaltim"r" county. -itting in equity. and
passed IN cause depending in said A
60 t"urt between Amentis 7. Pat.
0pterson. etc. complainants. and SSSs
-. Daniel j. fallon. and others. ases
defendants. the undersigned. a. trustee. will
"ii"r at public sale, On the premises.
%" Monday. IA Ga ,isy Of .tpriL 4. D. Is6s.
at the hour Of u A. NJ,
ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND Of which 10.
REM" T.. Patterson died seized. situated about
Air. IA Baltimore county. aud containing abs ut
l23 ACRES OF LAND.
ni"rr or less.
The Dulan,y'. Valley aud Sweet Air Tutnpikr
Road has been completed 10 y distance within
one mi" 81 this property. The Improvements
consist oi u large
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE.
containing nine rooms good frame BARN.
70 by feet, or thereabouis a. Corn House aud
Wagon shed Black smith shop with Ho,
House attached. Hen House. aud
TENANT HOUSE.
About hite.n acres are Ia oak. chestnut and
mixed timber; the balance Of thu land /. under
cultivation. There il an APPLE and PEACH
orr HARD "n the property L.,cation healthy;
churches. schools aud mill con vrnicnt, aud the
neishborhoui most agreeable and iesirahle.-
The soil Of this property Is kind. aud the land
Is ~ high state Of cultivation. Pump at the
house, aud one at the barn.
The TerMs q Naie ~ Pr,srr,Jef by he dserss
sre-Onc third cash "a the day Of sale aud the
b. 'nce IA two equal insialhient., IN one aud
~ ears. the credit Payments II hear interest
FROM the day II sale. aud 10 be- secured BY the
notes Of the purchaser, with security sutisiae.
tory I" the trustee OF al! cash. ~ the apsieh 81
the purchaser.
efs- Title indisputable. Possession given
immediately. or ~ soon ~ the cash payment
i. made.
AMENTls r. PATTERSON. Trustee.
WHEELER A KEECII. Solicitors.
SAMUEL d. WILSON. Auction..r.
March Its
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NeW Advertisements.
Ha re w God Farm
AT
PUBLIC SALE.

DY virtue Of the authority specially confer.
ID red on him ia aud by deed Of mortgage
FROM Dr. william Hitch aud wife. dated Sep
tembeT 18th. 1864. aud recorded among the
Mortgage Records IT Baltimore county, IN Ii.
Der j. II H., No. -, l"ln i:5. 1c.. the un,ler.
signed will offer at Public Sale. at the
COURT HOUSE DOOR.
IN T"wsoni"wn. at u o'clock NJ.
-" T"ssdGy, h' "a day Of AITii, IsGS.
"A, ALL THAT VALUABLE FARM
in said couuiy--paTt of Haywood - h.
- seventeen miles from Baltimore city, r.
AZ Hardwood Station, on the philadelphia, vii.
mingion and ..aitlmorc Railroad. comprising
parts 81 the tracts called The Lyon" or
" I!arewOod's Lyon, and -" IIaphaEard,'' aud
the tract called" Prc.burys Discovery" lying
Oh the said railroad aud on the Gunpow,ler riy.
er. both ab0ve and below the railroad bridge
over the same, containing
22ll ACRES OF LAND,
MGR" "r less.
Adjoining the lands heretofore sold 10 Andrew
Run aud Il. II. Mrfrcweaiher. aud particularly
Described IN said mortgage aud in . deed II The
Same date t. DR.. Hitch. recorded in Libcr T. 10.
L.. n" o.. fill" 22s.
The lnnd lie. 1T aud around HARDWOOD Sta
ti"n. and has frontage of over three. fourth,
III mile "n the Gunpowlrr aud Bird rivers
II ha. "n u large
FRAME DWELLING,
erected Tor Hotel;
TWO TENANT HOUSES,
\ lnrg" BARN. with Stabling. a large Corn
House. aud other improvements.
F"r FISHING and FOwLING this iarm ha-
an Unsurpassed reputation. The soil il deep.
rich aud incxhHu.iiblr. aud admirably ads pt.
ed 1" III" growth 1T wheat. 'pru. Oats aud Hay.
About
~ ACRES ARE IN WOOD.
There sir Peach. Apple and Pear Tree. un
the place. sili excellent water.
This Farm. pnr Of thu best in the STATE. was
the iuy"rtr"l thr late Robert oliver. aud would
max" the fortune al an rnt.rprising owner.
Term. 81 sale tine third cash on the day
"i sale 10" residue -. Equal instruments, bear.
ins interest IA TX aud twelve months theTeai.
ter. tor which the purchaser. notes, endorsed
I" the Trustee satisfaction. will be- required .
"i al cash ga il,e day ni sale. ut the Purcha
'rf'' option.
CllAS. ". ElDGELY, Trustee.
80 - Paul ST.. baltimore.
SAMUEL II. COVER. tuctiuurr.
Mtrst. 1
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EXECUTORS SALE
or
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

Di virtue OF an order OF the Orphans Court
dot Baltimore county. the undcrngnei. ex-
ecni"rs OF the estate Of james II. Bosiey. late of
said county. deceased. will sell at public sale.
at the late residence Of the said decea sc,l near
the Tow.cntown and Dulaney's Valley Turn.
pike. four miles from Towsoniown, near Mer..
dith's bridge adjoining Pots Spring Farm.
o~ T"e~tay. Ge :ih day Of Har,f. 1865.
at ~ o'clock NJ.
Tn" Pers"na Property of the said deceased.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

+ -,SDR wISPAR's BALsAM OF WILD
te% CHERRY.
In the whole history OF medical discoveries
NJ HENEpb has performed 80 many or such re-
markAble cures OF the numerous affection. of
THnoAT. LrSGs. and tHksT. as this long tried
and justly celebrated Baisam. - generally
acknow lodged Is the superior excellence 81 this
remedy that but lew Of the many who have
tested it, virtues by experience fail tn keep il
ut hand IL. speedy aud certain cure for sud
den attacks Of C6id-fully believing that it,
remedial p"wers are comprehensiv" enough Ia
embrace every form OF diseHsc. from the slight.
80, cold t. the most dangerous symptom oi pull
mOnaTy complaint.
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONY.
iron, RLV. FRANcIs LOBbELi, Pastor 81 fks south
Congregational thHTck. bridgeport. Iona.
~ consider il duty which owe tn -uilef
ing humanity Ga bear testimony 10 the virtues
of BIZ. WisIAR's BALsAN ~ Win CH1RRT. /
have used it-when have had occasion tor
any remedy Tor Coughs. Colds or sore Throat
--ior many years. and never ia q single ia
stance has il failed 10 relieve aud cure me
hav" frequently been very koarse on Saturday
aud .o"kcd forward 10 the delivery OF twn ser.
mons on the following day with sad misgvings.
but by liberal us~ ufthe Baisam my hoarsc
ness has invariably been removed. aud have
preached without difficulty.
commend Il {" my brethren in the ministry
aud 10 public speakers generally. n. a certain
remedy tor the bronchial troubles t. which ~.
are peculiarly exposed"
Prepared rs SETH ". fOWLE a son. l.
Trrn6n, st. Boston. and ior sale by Druggist.
generally.
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~ The East Raliimofe coalefencs, n q.
ChuFch, e noe IN ssslion IL Baltimore.
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GRACE's CELEBRATED sALvE.
tE.-.-.-.-.. liant -

FROM Mr.. T.. TrcKsR. Depo, Master a, sali..
bury, Massachusetts.
Il have been troubled for year. with a bad
humor; sometimes outwarily and sometimes
inwaTdly. During the past summer il Inaif.s,.
ed itself mere usual outwArily. and | used
your Salvc. All signs of il have since disap.
I,ear"d. without Affecting me inwardly. indica.
ting, Think, the Graduating nature ri the Salvr
SETH W. FOwLE4 son. Boston. Prop's.
re- Sold by Druggists nj % cts hox. Sent
by mail for - cts.
March ls-ltn.
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~ VALUABLE YoUN,. @w
~ WORK HORSES
u II THREE GOOD cows:
sets Wagon Harness, sets Carriage Harness,
- very fine family
! Spring Wagon.
@Mnzb nearly new. =
J buggy wagon; two horse Wagon Tart aud
Harness. Plough-. large Iiarrows, Culti,ators.
shovel Flows. and numerous other articles.
ALSO.
/ Cider Mill, with east iron nuts and wrought
iron screw Corn by the barrel Stack of Rye;
stacks oi Hay lot of Potatoes twenty. Gvs
acres of Wheat ia the ground lot 81 chieken.
aud other articles.
/ IsrB's Of Sale ALI sums oi 80 and under.
ca-h on all sums over that amount "A credit az
three months will be- given, purchaser. giving
noi"s for the deferred payments, endorsed 70
/ the satisfaction Of the undersigned. bearing IN
t"Tcst from day al salc.
ELEANOR J. BosLEY.
NOAH GORSCCu
Executor. OF James n. Bp.lev, deceased.
SAMUEL q. WILSON, Auctioneer
March it.--ts.
THIS II TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub.
Il scriber has received from the Orphans
Court 81 Baltimore county, letters OF admins.
irH'i"n de 'oags aoa. on the e.tate Of
WILLIAM BARNETT.
late 81 said county, deceased. All porsans hav.
ing claims against the said estate. are hereby
warned a. exhibit the Same, with the voucher.
thereof. 10 the subscriber.
o" o. b.fors the lih DAY q Norss.1ey. 1885.
they may ",hsFwise By Law be excluded fse,n
all benefit 81 said estate. Those indebted IA
| said estate are requested 10 make Immediate
payment. Given under my hand this 81 dav
Of March, Is6s.
Il. Il. BoARMAN,
Administrator u. u. ", with will annexed
March lit
'I'HIs Is TO GIVE NOTICE. tina, the sub.
.eribers have obtained from the Orphans
Court OF baltimore county, letter. te-tamenta.
~ "n the estate Of
HENRY n. WEBB.
late " said county, deceased. All parsons hav.
ing claims aguins the said estate are hereby
warned 70 exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof 10 the subscribers.
% er esfort hs ith day Of More A.bsr. ls6s.
they may otherwise by law be excluded f,,,ln
all benefit Of said estate. Those indebted Ia
said estate are requested ~ make immediate
payment, Given under our hands ,h. VIII
CORNELIUS n. WEBB.
EDWARD L. LARsH. Sseen'or''
March H.--ii.
THIS rs To GIVE NOTICE, That m. .uh
II seFtber has received from the Orphans'
Court o. baltimore county, letters tesianenta.
W an the estate 81
ELISHA sTABLER.
late Of said cnunty, deceased. All per.on. h.v
ing claims against the said estate, are hereby
warned 10 exhibit the same. with The voucher,
'heFe"i, 70 The subscriber. on or before
hs ga Dry q ycre@bsr, is6s
they may otherwise by law 30 excluded fr.,a
All benefit Of said estate. Those indebted 10
ssid estate are requested 10 make immediate
of Ma,eh, Ises.
RACHEL nESRIETTA sTABLER,
March N.-tts Executrix
C,oMI AND Buy
~ mgr aannn
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Nes0 Advertisements.
- 49, :
Farm for Rent.

Farm for Rent,
SiTuATED four mil.. from rowanlown, on
- the Dulaney's Valley Turnpike. near Bos.
ley's Shop. This Farm contains los Acrss oi
Limestone land. Apply ~
Join n. fiTZsIMMONs.
March It'll On the premises.
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10 ACRES ARE IN WOOD
TRUSTEES SALE
of
| = " 4 l. l. T. 4 II ".

Il = W Il L. L. + Il IL W.
TINliE undersigned. by virtue of = decree oi
Il the Circuit r"uft tor baltimore county. a.
- court of equity. passed ia q cause wherein
william \. Lloyd and wife are eOinplaimAuts,
and Thomas Is. Cockey aud others are dcfcn
dan,s. will offer at Public Sale. at the court
House door " Towsontown. on
Tne'dry. he "a tag u .iyr,L iss,.
a, 1: o'clock NJ.
9" tHL HIGHEST nippkR.
&c Nil THAT PIECE or PARCEL
Ss "F LAND,
-IWhich wa conveyed 10y Thomas b. -
C0ckey. Executor 81 Samuel Cnekcy and Ame.
liza his wife. and thArir- cockey aud Emily j.,
his wife. t. Mary \. l.luyt. by deed dated the
18th day 81 July. ~ the year $50. and recor-
drd IA Lib-r G II. G.. NJ. 80. Folio Ia, one Of
the land records ni baltimore county. Thi-
property contains
- ACRES, = ROODS AND - PERCH
rs OF LAND.
More or less. about four Acres Of which are in
Wood, principally Chestnut; u lies between
the R.st-r,town aud Fall, Roads. On safer
Ridge, aud Overlooking Greer Spring Valley,
about ten miles from baltimore by the Reisters.
town Road. aud l.. miles by the Western Mary.
land Railroad. aud lie. on road leading
from Pik~-villc e. >i"v"nson's switch. On .aid
Rrilr"al: said switch being only half i mile
distant from ihi. property. and being a regular
station on said road
This land aij"ins ia" property OF Thomas Is.
Jockey, Cardiff Taggatt and William clayton.
and is about tw" miles from Pik-svillc There
NJ" one hundred Young
PEACH TREES.
aud Pear aud cherry Trees. and all the proper
~ except ,w' acres is now well set "a clover
The improvements consist oi y
LOG DWELLING. LOG STABLE.
aud Corn House. There j. ~ beautiful site on
the property fer building
TIL" Terms Of sale as prescribed by the de
cree ar"-That one-half Of the purchase money
shall b" paid in cash on the day Of sale, anil
the balance in six months thereafter the cred
il payment 10 be secured By the bond or note of
the purchaser. with surely or suretes To- bo
approved by the Trustees. On the paymen, OF
the whole purchase money the Trustees will
execute iced a. the purchaser.
7. SIT RGiS DAVIS. tr-
J. FRED. {. TALBOT. ''"s'rs'
JAMES ". owlNGS. Auctioneer.
March ii.--ts.
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The kOHd OmcxIiOm.

The Road COMMITTEE held meeting ON Mon.
ia! last, aud adopted the following lnemo,isl Ia
the Legislature
ToNs,SrowN. March 9Th. ISG-
n. "a, Hat.,.,bi, N,.os..-o
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-03-20
A Tradition.

In valley near Perranzabuloe. by
"the buried church of the sands" there
is a wild tradition. The wife Of yeoman
named Penna, while bathing her infant
daughter in pool amid the arched rocks
of Perran, suddenly saw the child, as if in
a paroxysm Of joy, leap from her arms
and disappear in the water. The mothers
terror and agony were soon, however, re-
moved by the babe swimming up to the
surface Of the water smiling, aud brighter
and more beautiful than before. The
mother saw no difference in the child, but
the old crones in the village at once dubb-
ed it mermaid's changeling. Years
passed away, as they are in the habit of
passing, and Selma Penna grew up a
beautiful woman. The squire's nephew,
urged by the praises Of nalevolent man,
rejected suitor Of her mothers, saw her,
fell in love with her, and Eeduced her.
Broken. hearted at her disgrace, she died,
and was buried in the churchyard on the
sands. The night after revel, the
squire's nephew (Walter Trewoofe, stray
ing on the sands, heard dirge, and pass
ing round a rock, discovered a beautiful
woman seated at the mouth Of cavern.
She was like his buried love, bat she dis
appeared when he seized her by the hand.
On another visit to the same cavern, the
maiden, as he addressed her, turned into
a mermaid, who seized him in her arms.
A storm rose, the waves broke round the
rock, and Walter Trewoofe found too late
that the vengeance OF the water spirits
had overtaken him. Still the mermaid
clasped him, till the sea washed them both
to the highest pinnacle of the rocks, and
then bore them out to the ocean. That
night, during the 6ercest Of the storm,
the water spirits were seen tossing from
one to another the corpse of the seducer
and destroyer Of one Of their race.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-03-20
Pen Picture Of Brick Pomeroy

The Editor of the Cory (Penn) Re-
publican, who claims to be personally nc.
qusinted with Brick pomeroy, gives his
readers the extracts from the La Crosse
Democrst on General Sherman and the
clergy, which he called sometime ago, and
then proceeds TO paint Brick thus:
'the author Of the above outrage was
born minus the moral attributes OF a manly
character. lie is u thief, liar, drunkard,
aud wife. beaier, 10 our personal knowledge.
We have known him to beat his wife aud
children numerically without the least
show or provocation, and forbid the mer-
chants to trust them for the necessares Of
life, while carousing indens of prostitu.
ton. Aud such q thing is the leader OF
the Democratic partyl We have known
him TO sing bawdy songs and crack oh
scene jokes over the remains Of his friend
ana companion who'w"-r.ranf fiec 10 death
in an attempt to drink a gallon Of whisk y
on wager, in the city Of Milwaukee,
And we have heard him curse and defy
the power that sustained it. We could
chronicle thousand other instances. but
ii is useless as the extract we present de-
lineates the degradation Of tho wretch bet.
ter than we are able TO do.
sin personal appearance. Pomeroy is
just what the Imagination Of decent man
naturally pictures after reading the above
characteristic Of his polluted mind He
has red, bushy hair (wears it long to hide
his horns) whisky bloated face. and q
red.rum blossom nose-in short he looks
like the personiiication of sin puked out,
red-hot, from the bowels of hell. He, a
sweet-secntcd japonica to prate Of tho
church, whose mind never entertained a
Christian thought, has no conception of
virtue; he talks ofa damnable drepmj he,
Mark Nj. Pomeroy, the personifcaton Of
the displeasure Of heaven and glory of
hell, wrapped in ngger's stolen over
coat, who was seen sluggishly dragging
himself over the hallowed sepuchres OF
our brave soldiers, recently, TO deliver
pusillanimous and inhumau lectures to
Southern traitors-eulogizipg "the lost
cause"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-03-20
Human Food.

II was first the fruits of trees that man
found us food, aud of fruits still suDsist
many savage tribes of the Amazon. The
natives Of the Society Islands subsisted
likewise for the most part on fruits. But
to this insufficient means of alimentation
man was not long in joining what hunt
ing and fishing yielded. To satisfy his
appetite, sharpened by a long fast, he,
like the animal, devoured his prey almost
whilst it was still alive, and without pre-
pairing it. This yoracity still prevails
amongst great number of savage popu-
lations, which do not occupy quite the
lowest step in the social scale, and the
taste for raw flesh has been perpetuated
among peoples such as the Abyssinians,
who have arrived at an advanced social
state, and who, under the name Of Lroua-
dou relish il as a delicious repast. The
need of preserving for many days, animal
food, of softening the hard and bony
parts, which the teeth could not crush, led
to cooking it, sometimes simply in the
sun, sometimes on hot cinders. 1t was
thus that animal food cooked became al
most universal. The savage does not feel
the need for that incessant variety of food
which European refinement has created.
Every people, savage or barbarous, has
circumscribed range of food which its
soil furnishes, and fiom which that people
seldom deviates. The Greenlanders, the
Tchoutchis, the Pecherais live almost en-
tirely on fish, or on the flesh of marine
animals. Hunting tribes prefer venison,
and pastoral people, or those that rear
cattle, prefer the flesh Of their focks, or
of their domestic animals. In North
America, the Comanches and some other
Indian tribes have no other food than the
flesh Of the bisons, the hunting Of which
forms almost all their occupation. In
the same way the Laplanders and the 81.
berian tribes live on the flesh of the rein
deer, the Kalmucks on the flesh Of the
horse. Many Polynesian populations,
among whom mammilerous animals were
exceedingly rare, ate the dog.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-03-20
WHOLE NO. s25.
Annihilaiion.

1t is ascertained, and is capable of the
clearest proofs, that the simple elements
of which all substance is composed, can
not by any conceivable means be Destroy
ed. They may, indeed, be so changed as
to present the least resemblance to their
previous forms; that they may be so mis-
gled with other bodies that their identity
cannot be traced; they may be dissipated
into invisible vapor, and be spparently
asnihilated; but We learn from the science
of chemistry, that in every shape the same
elements remain inextinguished and un-
altered. The phenomena Of solutions af-
ford some Of the most obvious illustrations
of complete change produced in bodies
without causing their. annihilation. LII a
piece of silver be immersed in.diluted nitre
in short time the silver will be entire dis
solved. Its hardness, Iustre, its tenacity its
specie sravitJ AL the characieristics which
distinguish it as metal are gone. Its very
form has vanished, and the hard, splendid
ponderous Opaque metal, which few min.
utes before was Immersed in the mixture, is
apparently annihiated The liquid, how
ever, remains as limpid as before; it pre-
sents no difference in appearance to indi-
cate change. What, then, has become
of the solid piece of silver which was
placed in the liquid? Must we conclude
that it is aunihiated? Put some pieces Of
copper into the solution, and the silver
will re.appear, aud fall to the bottom of
the glass in small brilliant metallic crys-
tails. Though solution is one Of the sim.
plest processes of nature, the limited fac.
ulties of mau will not permit him to com
prehend the mode in which il operates
that the mind OF man can fully compre.
bend, aud after pursuing the inquiry as
far as the mental capacity will admit, he is
obliged 10 confess that there is an opera
ting power beyond the. reach Of his com.
prehension.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-03-20

Often us We laugh over the quaint cpl
taph found on an old grave stone, "l was
we'll, wanted to do better; took medi-
cine, and am here" we overlook its gen.
eral applicability 10 the affirs Of life. As
with health, SO with business; niue persons
out of ten ignore the golden secret OF
content: they are constantly striving nf-
ter something different from what they
enjoy. We do not deprecate enterprise.
but il is the habit Of change that we pro-
test against--the habit Of shifting from
one pursuit to another. There are thou
sands Of almost penniloss nddissappoint-
cd old men, picking up precafious liv-
ing at the extremity OF life, because they
have, in the course of their existence,
tried a hundred different things, aud
abandoned all in turn simply because sue
cess was not instantaneous. 10 few men
IL is given 10 do more thxn one or two
things we'll The VIII Iloneycombs and
Master Simmonds, aud Admirable Crich--
tons, ore apt to be sad charlatans, deceiy-
ing themselves as well as others. There
is scarcely any pursuit that, If followed
out with singlencss of purpose, will not
yield rich return.