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nomestic Markets-[BY TELEGRAPH

new ,ohK, April 3.-Cotton quiet and weak !;
sci S 1888 bales eL l5sc. Southern aour quiet and
Fl m common to fair extra. sc so@S.5O. Wheat
iirn,tr; winter red end amber western, $i.9sg
Al GO. corn heavy mud lower at s0Gl32c. NhiskeS
steady o.: Coffee quie ana n9c 1aanged o gs1
iiice quiet at ss@> &C.. PORK, s2l: Pialn mess
beef, i!@!5c. LAID Kettle, l?t@yiac; Iurpena.
tine SIC. hosin-s.raned. $2.G5NS2 so. lre1shts
firmer /; cotton, per steam, 5-lt@d
BALT1MoRE. April a.-Virglnia e's-o ,se,, S1a
bid s. asked; COS, 10 hid u asked; '6I's, e9
asked; coupons, DID, IS asked; Norsn Carolina
6's. new, 23s bid. ,,.
tIrely unchanged. Corn frmer; white SOUTHERN,
S46Isdc: yellow southern, Sic. mixed western, Soc
OsIs better a. 62@6sc. Pork quiet a. $2l. 80. Bs-
con steady shoulders, &c.; rio sides, llc.; Giear
rib, ne huns, l1@sc. Lard quiet at l5c. Wills
key held at S2c. .' 1884," .-..
NEW ORLEANS, April 3.-*ugar- Prime. log
ltfc. 'Nolassss Plantation reholled, .s9!oc.
New York sight, 396 premium. Gold, llcs. r'-~
louisville, Bprii s.-Tob lcco firm and un-
changed; sales, Gel heesheads ~
CINcISSAT1, April a.-Tobacco ste.dy, with I, Q
moderate dem sd; sales 9s' hossheaHs al 'l"n
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MACHINERY, &c.
A A G. HIN e SHGPs

WI
SI,OAT b ADDINGTO5.
LAEHlNlSTS,
WORKS AND OFFICE: 1879 AND 1A CAaT
STREET, BETWEEN FOURTEENTH AND
FIFTEENTH STREETS
RICHMoSD, VIE eEHIAs
ALL KINDS OF NEW WORE. MADE Es.
PAIRIN!G srEAM-ENG5NEss and b0II4Ehs u
city and coantry; TOBACCO WORK OF all
Kinds made ana repaired; TOBACCO FIAT "a :
rENIkG-MILLS made and repaired In JOHN
HANCCCk's SUPERIOR MANNER; PLAT
FOEM and all other kinds OF SCALES REPAIK.
ED and DJ listed. AGENTS for the sale Of
JUDSON'S PATENT sTEAM-ENGINE aO-
VERNON, SELDEN,s PATENT STEAM:Ea.
SINE PACKING, Utica Compsny's STEAM
GAUGES. These causes are Warranted by usfor
I'll kinds of BRASS WORK OF SUPERIOR
FAKE for STEAA-ENGINEs such a. gauge
cooke, oil aud tallow-cup2, 0lL-CUF9 FOR
3HAFTING, SELF-FEEDLRS, STEAM-WHIS-
Tiles, WATER-GAUGEA GLOBE-VALVEs.
BOILER-ELuE CLEANERS, aud . general as
sortyuent OF such articles rs are used by all run.
ning steam lines and saw.mtlls.
iel5 AZ? and l324 Cary street.
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STEAMEssS.

VIRGINIA STEAMSHIP AND <4Ess
PACKET CONPAN Y.-The1 SAk&MM
steamship GEO. B. UPTON leaves New York
every SATURDAY; leaves Richmond every
TUESDAY.
he steamship WIZ. p. CLYDE leaves New
FRIDAY.
Freight received daily.
D. j. BURR, President,
1e?l 1914 Main street,
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RICHMOND AND YORK RIVER RArLRoLp.1
SUPERINTENDENT,H OPFIcE.
RTCHM0Sn Va Tar ~ ,o,1 Z

SuPERINTENDENv's OpFIcE
RIcHMosD, VA, Feb. n, ism. }
CHANCE OF SCHEDULE RE-Es-
~ ~ TtA.BLIsHGANT OF DAILY LINE.-Un
ana aiter MONDAY, 9Th Of March, iS1i Tia
TRAINS on this road viii run a. follow: 'A'
PASSENGER TRAINS,
Richmond ST 1885 A. M - - ~'AA'o ~
wess PoIns ,si esily P. NJ arrive at
FREIGHT TRAIN, WITH PAssECrFp r,p
ATTSCHEU, >'
Leave Richmond daily tMcndays axcepted) A.
4 4. NJ arrive at West Point a. IA. Nj.
n, Leave vest Point tAondays excepted At P.
Trans connect daily at West Point With erst.
rare from Richmond to Baltimore ss
Through bills OF lad.ng given 10 all points
promptly forwarded, - = '' ADN
PHILIP T. YEATMAS.
General Ticket and Freight Agent
WIN. y. BRAGG, Superintendent, NH %
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sssgsNE SMFELEKaENCE

MINIATURE ALHASAC. APRIL 4, ISL
Sun rises ,., SIS Moon sets..... ..... $50
Son sets ...-... GIL Htgh tide. ....,..... SOL
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asss7gs sNss s.rATsssaESV.

MORE NEW LAW .-RANDOLPH &
NJ ESGhiSH have all the NEW LAW BOOKS.
The most important are TANET'S CIkCUI L
CuIkT D &C. ION AMERICAN report :
SrffuENS On PLFAUING; BINGHAM ON
DESCEhTs; WHILMAN'S tATEST LAWS !:
kEPO,Ts WAITS & CLthTON'S DIGEST OF
NEW YORK REPORTS; ABBUTT'S UfIrED
STATES PRACTICE: MILITARY ORD ERS,
1870; BRIGHTLEY'S FEDERAL DIGkST
TO 1870, &C. apl-d&w
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL.

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL.
" ROAD.-On end after MONDAY, sth Decem-
Der, 1870, the Passenger TRAINS Will run aa
NAIL TRAIN Win run DAILY between Rich-
u.onI 0nd Stanton iexcepL Sunday, between COR
dcnsville and staunton). Leave Richmond ~ a.
n. arrive Al Staunton at 4:2s p. M. Leave staun.
ton at $3.50 Il. hi, and arrive NJ Richmond ~ 4So
P. M, making close connections at Gordonsville
ana Charlottesville with Orange, Ae1andfla ana
,DIanalsa3 railroad tralng for Alexandria, Wssn-
jngtop, Baltimore. Philsdeiphia, New YORK, boa-
soi, &c. also for Lynchburg, Knoxville, Clst-
tanooga, Memphis, New Orlesnl MontRomsry
Mobile, &c. This train will run TkI-WEEhLf
between staunton and White sulphur on TUES
DAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, VIZ:
Leave White Sulphur at $3.50 \. M., and arrive st
ttaunton at $3.50 A. a.; leave stanton at A:s3 Z.
NJ, and arrive at White sulphar at 10 7. NJ. ,u.
Going West, passengers uine NJ GofoonsYlle
and sup al Covington. Going East, breakfast AZ
Staunton and dine at GordonsvtlIe. -
This train connects with stages 30 follows:
At etaunton for Lexington, Natural Bridge, and
Harrison burg. Passengers cannot go 20 LeIing-
ton via Goshen, but must leave cars At staunton.
At Mlliboro' for Bath Alum springs, 10 miles
aud Warm springs, Is miles.
At hite SULPHUR Springs for Lewisburg, emiles;
and Charleston, l03 mics.
THROUGH TICK z T Issued to all points
North, VI est, and Southwest
JAMES r. NETHEKLAND,
no2s General Ticket Agent,
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METROPOLITAN WORKS,
DRNER SEVENTH AND CANAL. sTREETs.

STATIONARY and PORTABLE ENGINES
s.E ARK asfsT. and PL AsTER MILLS;
8oI.ERS, EOHGrNGS, CAsTINGs OF IRON
or BRASS; Nn.L GEARING, &c,
ENaIEES and SAW-HubS or various sizes
Cd engines, &C., repaired aad sold on coiamis.
sion or exchanged Tor new. AL otnes repairs
promptly and satisfactorily done.
Send for descriptive circulass: -
deaI WILLIAM u. TANNER CO.
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gMpCRTANT TO WESTERN e
SHIPPERS.

THE pOWBATAN STEAMBOAT COMPANY
AND THE
BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILROAD
CUMpRNY,S TROUGH LINE To
THE WEST
Offer surertor Inducements 70 Shippers T o9 r.
TO aad from the West at low rates, quick time
and less handling Than any other line. ,o,,u,
All western and EASTERN bound freight delivered
70 and received IRON on board the cars OF the Bal
tlmore and Ohio Railroad Company a. Locust
Point, saving transfer by drays and exposure tc
weather In Baltimore.
Througl bills OF lading given on ell sliPments
By WILLIAM I. Dr. -.
my IL -E. HZsnt.
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Cotton Markets = [BY TELEGRAPH.l

ser Cotton Markets [BY TELEGRAPH
MONDAY, April a. Ne'o Orleans: Quiet ut
l4lc; receipts, s,737 bales exports to Hayfe'
q GSn n.Ies A lnsterdsm. / ls5 bales /; Cronstadt
1901 bales Geaos, $3.50 b lies Vera Cruz, $40
bales coast rise: 5000 balls; saes, 400 bales
stock, 1890 bales. NortoLk: Dull low mid
Great Britain, isis bales coastwise 1,6sd bales
sales, 50 bales stock 4al2 bales sso Savanah
narts. To- Fraiwe,e , IT'S b sies coastwise, 1,52a
bales; sales, 500 bales stock, 4, 4s4 bales.
Foreign AIarkets-lBY TELEGRAPH
LONDON, Alrll 3.-Consols, s2s. United STATES
bonds firm.
LIVERPOOL, April 3.-Cotton dull and nm
ch4pgcd; sales, 1000 bales, including 0oo bales
for speculation and export. ' :.
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RICHMOND, PETERSBURG RAILROAD Co.,
RICHMOND, VA, Mkrch q, 1871.
4 LANCE OF SCHEDULE.-On and
I'm 1UN TRAINS now lsaving Hfch-
A. NJ. S ~ II VIII stSit ~
--.- -f-toe Ticket a
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VIRGINIA r l. r = L l. > ~
sCHOoL-BOOKS
ADOPTED BIZ THE
STATE EDUCATIONAL BOARD.
McGuffcy's Pictorial Primers,
Mctiufey's Sreller,
hcGutfey's Fist Reader,
M:tiu1ey's second Reader,
mcGuItry IS Third Reader,
VI. Gufleys Fourth Reader,
Mc>t-ti@y's riith Headsr,
McGutIy 5 Sixth bead.r,
trarycy's Elementary Grammar,
AaTyey's practical Grammar,
Guroi'S Introduction 10 the S,uoy of Geography,
t;Iyo's lemeEa;ry &c graphy,
,iuyol's Intermediate Geography,
Guyo,'s Common school Geography.
Al tie ahDre, together with any and every arti-
Gle n.tl-u in The: school room or Office, can be
Lad IN any Qaal,tles reIGicrd u: 1908 Main street.
BENZ AMI = BaTEE
Bookseller and StAtiCner,
NH - ichm nd, Va.
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WINES ANB EI4uGRS.


ON CONSIGNMENT,
" 20 t.casks PURE IMPORTED SHERRY
On ,-cssks PURE IMPORTED FORT WINE,
D pes PURE HOLLAND GIN,
100 barrels PURE BYE WHlShEY,
ITO RECTIFIED WHiSKEf,
ior Sale ~" 'oi w WSAGGoNER & HARVEY,
NH 10 No. Pearl Block, Richmond Wa.
DETER HANGER'S (SR.) RYE Wills
TKEY- BRAND ESTABLISHED IN ls22-Be-
lug The Successor to my father In tho manufacture
OF this whiskey, and having his experience 0! =
wears In establishing its reputation TO ald me, !
am prepared TO furnish an article as fURE AZ
WfiISkEY CAN Bic MADE. and In every re-
snect worthy or the name TINS brand OF nquoI nas
gained throughout the country. Partles deslrins
20 nurch4se will please address messrs McCartn
q Slater, who are sole agents for tue SAFE OF my
whiskey. o0 ~ uanaar "
Taynesboro', AuguSta county, va.
FEBRUARY9 .ls7l- ..1' '}'s
Ne would call the attention OF the trace u the
above card and respectfully solicit orders from
All In want or q genuine article OF VIRGINIA
HYE EWIsKEY. We can furnish this liquor IN
Whole or har barrels. All orders CAREFULLY exc
culed. McCARihL Sf.
EJrJIMoND March 1, 1sT1. NH e-3m
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1871. 1871.
SCHEDULE nr TRAINS OVER TIE
SHORT LINE.


RICHMOND. FREDERICKsBURe AND
POTOMAC ROUTE TO ALL Points
NORTHEAST AND NORThWEST,
TRAIN No: L-IHROUGh MALL TRAIE pia
Washineton leaves the depot, corner Of Byrd and
Eighth streets, daily at 1916 p. ID. Arrives In
Richmond daily sc 2:2o P. N. 80.
TRAIN No. e.-THR0UGH MAIL TRAIN vta
Washington leaves the depot corner OF Byrd and
Eighth streets, daily Sundays sxcepted), at S:l5
at 500 A. u.
THROUGH TICKETS and THROUGH BAG
GAGE CHECKS to all principal points In tbs
HORTHEASr and NORTHWEST.
FREIGHT TRAINS will leave Richmond on
WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS
The ACCOMMODATIONS Z RAIN between
Rfchmond and Milford will be run daily (Sundsys
excepted, leaving the depot corner Of Broad and
Eighth streets at 4:ao T. NJ, and arriving In Rich
Apply at COMPANYs OFFICE, corner ct
Broad and Eighth streets.
J. B. GENTRY,
General Ticket and Freight Agent,
Ed. T, -, MYERS. General Sup't. foA
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

New NO. / NORTH CAROLINA
~ Gpnss ESRRINGS.-230 bGrres WOODS
New No. EONtH CAROLINA GRoss dhh-
hr nm ~ iof s11 RSB irRT +. WILLIAMS CO. :
NTORTHERN -NAY.-In' store and ior
~ sale, 100 oales 17iM0THY BAf; rupop
ds - 18th street, at DTsw-bEloge'
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RxILHnAns..
k1cHhosD AND fErEassuno R.R Co.-1
kLcHAoHp. April Lot, isH.
THE TRAINS ON TuIs no.,

'AE TRAINS ON THIS ROAD
Ihe mall trains leave Richmond n s.4s 4. ~
aud nd z:so a.; and1esve Petersburg at iI.as A. III.
leave Richmond daily at A. III. and p. n
ana leave Petersburg daily at A. III. and $50 p
"a. except on Sun days.. when they leave Peters.
burg At a. III. and s P. M. - : e"ei'
The 2a5 A. Il. Lrsfn Will not leave Richmond or
SUNDAYS, and the 7:2, p. Il. train VII NOT leave
Petersburg on SUNDAYS. = ~ ''"'e
daily train. $50 Ia 60 $500 "'
PASSENGERS from Clover Hin take the Gao A. ".
traln on Mondays, Wednesdays. and Fridays and
on the same days, aB2:s5 T. d.
Inc mall trains Will run through. stopping only
~ Cnes.er. II. B. KASEY,
: up Ticket and Frpi2kt Agent
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j. Is. GNNTRY,
General Ticket and Freight Agent,
Ed. T, " MYERS. General Sup,t. faN

DICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAIL-
Az ROAD-CHAhGE OF SCHEDULE.-Un
and after JANUARY ~. 1871
GOING WEST,
Train No, (Throngh Passenger leaves Rich
DanyiIle at ll:l2 NJ; arrives at Greensboro ut
Lac 7. N. -..
Train No. 3 nyrchhurg Passenger) leaves Rich
mond daily at OILS a. ~; arrives at Lynchburg at
2. NJ. s..
Train No. S (ThroughMail aud Express) leaves
Richmond daily ut $40 7. 81; leaves Danv1lle
daily at lo:s2 NJ; arrives at Greensboro daily
GOING EAST:
Train No. Through Mail and Expressl leaves
Greensboro daily at A, "a: leaves Danville
daily at a:a7 A. NJ; arrives At Richmond daily at
| 1888 +. NJ.
Train 40. Through Passenger leaves Green's
bOro' daily except SundsysI at IL A. NJ; leaves
uanvile ut l:35 l.. MI arrives at Richmond at s:lS
L. Nj.
Train No. nynchburg Passenger leaves
Lynchburg daily at s:4o A. NJ; leaves BurkeYtua
at ! Z. Nj; arrives ut Richmond at A:U5 L. Nd.
| Trains / os. l and connect AZ Greensboro with
Trains OH North Carolina railroad for all points
South.
Train No. connects at Burkeville with Train
| On Atlantic, Mississippi, and OHIO Railroad foe
| hll points Southwest and South.
! THROUGH SLEEPING CARS, without change
] between Richmond and Charlotte, n. q, art xt-
| tached to Train No. S.
| THROUGH TICKETS TO all points South and
Southwest can be procured at the ticket office In
hichmond. ~
/ fo General Freight and Ticket Agent.
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miscellaneous.
TuE BETROTnED.


The following is copy Of an autograph poem Of
ALicg CARYsnorer published In any collection Of hor
vcr'cs Il was written In 75o, atNiount Pleasant Ohio.
whcro the poctcss then llyodl
have acted ne they bid me- ho said tba, he was bicst
And he sweet seal of Doroha on nay forehead has been
But my heart give back no echo to the rapture Of h,
hiu.
And tho hand be ca'pcd go ondiy was iess tromulou,
than hi'.
They praise DIE orily beauty and know that ho Is
OH always lovod tho color ofhis sunny eye, and
And ,9oash my bosom may have hold happier heart
fhaye told him that love him and must not break
the vow.
ITO called me te mr lady OF castle o'er the seas
And Thought about cottage nestled in among tho
And whom 10y ohoeE beneath h. DIP burned not, nor
turned aside.
. thought bow once lighter kis bad ion 30 crimson
dyed.
What cire for the wIndharps breathing low among the
hctcr love the swinging OF Che cetv mountain pine.
And Go track the umId rabbit in the suowshowcr as
Than o ride Die coaI-bncl hunter With the hawk upon
my wrist
Aud mn would give tho grandeur OF the oakcn shad.
And ne dmy.ictchins forest whore tho red zoe leads
hcr mwns
10 gather the tbi.tc and the cnnors yellow bloom.
where ifownns turrots cumcr not The path with gor-
Let them wreath hc5rd, rose. With my ,rcs.es as they
There ato phantom. in iuy bosom h,, cnnuo, keep
TO my l,il. q, toa banquet they orc crovlns, pale
but l'tol L.@ iha, io,edlim and 0, cannot BIO un.
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and look at the patient, and that he would
take the boy into his service. With warm
gratitude the boy thanked him, aud FASTENED
to the bedside of his mother while old LON.
bard returned to his scrap Of fire, and thought
over his bargain.
=" | must have a boy to help me, so he
said. &C. can hire this boy for a tenth Of
what ! must give to another can feed him
sparely, work him hard Umph | might
have done worse"
So with this reflection he put out the candle
and went to bed in the dark.
by the bedside Of his mother the boy watch.
ed all through the night, and as the gray
dawn appeared saw-and his heart leaped at
the sght-hs mother open her eyes, and
heard her speak to him. She was better the
medicine had done its work How grieved,
and yet how grateful, was she when she heard
OF her boys bargain She was sorry that he
would have so hard a master-plcasod that
he had accepted the service for her sake and
when she was well again, and he was 70 begin
bis duties in old Lombard's shop, she threw
her arms about his neck and assured him that
God would prosper a son who so honorcd aud
loved his mother.
And was it so7 Yes The work was very
hard; the food was bad aud scanty. A kind
man would not lodge a dog as that boy was
lodged but he prospered He was studi-
Gus, clever boy, and in that chemists shop he
learned enough to make him wish for wider
information. He was so civil aud ebliging
that Lombard's customers increased-so in
dustrious aud painstakiug that even old Lom-
bard was satisfied and all the while he was
cheering his dear mothers heart by telling
her what he meant to do when he was a
man.
God prospered him. lie was blessed with
q good mother, and he remembered the words
Of Solomon "My son, forsake not the law Of
thy mother When thou goest, it shall lead
thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee
when thou wakest it shall talk with thee"
Years passed, and the boy became a man.
and found that ga good name was rather to
be chosen than great riches" While every
body despised the rich miser, they esteemed
the poor young doctor, who in the course of
time became Que of the most celebrated men
in Europe le was appointed inspector gen
eral of health, was loaded with honors and
received patent of nobilty--ior the poor
boy was none other than Parmenter, the
chemist.--B. c. H., IN Merry's MuSeam
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\ few days ago, in the country, stood
beneath a tall CEDAR student of its nature,
aud an admirer Of its glory. | observed that
the lower branches showed the only signs of
decay; and that they seemed to be appointed
to removal, in order that the sap of the tree
might pass uninterruptedly y upward to develop
the higher boughs, and to hold the top in full
evergreen. The trunk of the cedar is made
the more grand and substantial by the disap-
pearance Of the lower branches year by year,
and the avenues to communicate life and
beauty upward, are thus the more direct and
efectual.
And so does the Christian grow. The
habits of his childhood, embryo notions and
opinions, as he rises into manhood, are lost /;
and like the cedar as he grows, his lower af.
fections aud attachments, love of the world,
Of fame, of position, one by one die and dis.
appear and his higher nature is all the more
comely and complete Any man may thus
die unto sin and live unto God, loose his at.
tachments from things of time and sense, and
fix them upon those things which are eternal
and diyine,-Clark'S Gospel in the Trees.
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Evenings at Home.

The winter evening is in the truest and
closest sense the Evening at Home What
one most misses in it, perhaps, is little sen.
sble organization. Nobody seems to realize
how very hard it is for number Of people to
amuse themselves and one another for dozens
of nights in succession. There are a few ira
ditions like those of reading or music, that
bring order into the chaos but the books are
chosen haphazard, and the music is left to
chance. The family group which began so
merriy over the fire breaks up by a series Of
quiet secessions Mamma resumes silence
aud her knitting-needles, Mary wanders off to
her music-stool, the sehoolboy filings himself
on the sofa with novel; papa Is asleep in the
easy chair. Everybody yawns with certain
weary relief when the prayer-bell rings, and
yet nobody could exactly say why the even
ing had been so wearisome. The truth is
that the bulk of people think that entertain.
ment comes of itself, and that the least organ
ization is the death Of any real amusement.
The evening is left to arrange itself, and it
arranges itself in the way we have described.
The boy who loafs about a playground soon
finds how wearsome merely casual amuse-
ment is, and betakes himself to the organized
" game" and the woman who once set to Of
ganizing her evenings at home would soou
find that the prayer-bell came too early rather
than too late. Variety is the first thing need.
ful for amusement, and little unwrtten pro-
gramme which arranged conversation, music,
reading, aud the round game in their due
sequence would be simply introducing into
the family party the same priuciplo which is
proved by experience to be essential to the
success Of any public entertainment,-Sat
day ReUieio.
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Sunday a Day Of GIadness.

God does not mean us always to be SOM
ber least Of all upon Sunday the glad feast
Of the Resurrection, day whose atmosphere
throughout should be one of quiet unwordly
JOY Let not boisterous merriment disturb
the calm let hearty worship, and kindly in-
tercourse, and refreshing rest--rest of tired
mind from its dragging brood of weekday
anxieties, rest of tired body from the round
of week day TOILET this be the employment,
this the tone of the hallowed day Religion,
not in every word, act, look, obtruded with
painful effort, but present in the heart, should
peryade the day, its rest, its reading its con-
yersation Oh ! never represent Sunday
at any rate, to the young-as dull aud
gloomy day nor dream that heart devoted
to the kind God need abjure all that is genial
and Joyous, or that subdued, spirit-broken
step is necessary to the child who has chosen
to walk beside that tender Father, holding
by his hand,-Random Thoughts.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-12-13
How a Horse Helped his NeIghbor.

Not long since, visited friend who lives
on fine farm, in pleasant tov in southern
New Hampshire. While there, one evening,
we rode to the village to attend meeting,
and on our way back my friend told me the
following anecdote about the noble horse he
was driving, and | thought it worth repeating
to the young readers of the Journal. A few
years ago this horse was kept, during autumn
in a field close by the farmhouse, and in an
adjoining pasture flock Of sheep was also
kept.
One day, while my friend was talking with
gentleman by the roadside, the horse came
running towards him from the lower part Of
the field, next TO the sheep pasture, and put
ting his head over the wal near him, he whin-
MED as if to attract attention.
He took, however, no especial notice Of
this and presently he turned aud ran back to
the lower side of the field.
But very soon he was again seen rapidly
approaching, and on reaching his master, he
again spoke to him. as horses usually speak.
1t was observed that the horse was acting
in very unusual manner, but still no steps
were taken yet to ascertain the cause of the
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again wheeled and galloped away once more
towards the sheep pasture. And now, very
soon, for the third time, is he seen swiftly
returning.
1t seems that the intelligent creature, hav
| ing failed in two attempts to secure the hell
he was seeking, determined to try elsewher,
this time, and so, instead of going again t,
his master, he went to the farmhouse tha
stood near by, and putting his head through
an open window in the Kitchen he agar
whinnied.
My friends wife, who, it seems, had noticed
the strange restlessness Of the animal, nov
| felt quite sure that there must be some troubl,
in the field or pasture, and that the horse wa
trying to tell them Of this that they might q,
to the rescue.
So she went out where the horse was
seemed pleased that it had attracted attention
at last, and trotting on before the lady, it lie,
her down to the pasture, and putting its hea,
over the fence, seemed to say, " Look look
The lady did look, and there she discoyere,
that a savage dog had caught sheep, an,
was holding it by the throat, in spite Of al
the poor creatures efforts to escape
On being discovered, the dog let 90 his hol,
and springing over the fence into the field
fed hotly pursued by the enraged horse, VIII,
would gladly have trampled him beneath hi
feet.
The poor sheep was not much injured, an
so the horse had saved his neghbors life.
hope my young readers will always tr
to help those whom they see in trouble, an
that they will be as persevering in their ei
forts to do good as was this noble animal.