The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-05-26

SO often told of Ethan Allen. He had
the reputation of being an open un-
believer in Christianity. He publish
ed the first formal attack on the Chris
tian religion ever written in America.
He inclined to the doctrine of Pytha-
goras, and believed in the transmigra-
tion of souls. His wife was woman
of exemplary piety, and his children,
with the exception of one daughter,
shared with the mother in her religious
belief. This daughter inclined to the
strange opinions of the father. When
about to die, she sent for him. The
rough-spoken man, whose heart was
as child's, came to the bedside of the
dying girl, "Father, l am about to
die" said she; "shall believe in the
principles you have taught me, or
shall | believe in what mother has
taught meY" The father became agi-
tated, his lips quivered, tears ran
down his cheeks, and bending over his
dying child, he said, with a voice
choked with emotion: "Believe what
your mother has taught you'll"
The first general law of nature by
which God prevents man from destroy
ing himself, is the alternating Of day
and night, that repose may succeed
action. But even this does not sufli-
ciently restore its balance for the at
tainment of long life. Hence, by
the bounty of Providence, one day in
seven is thrown in as day of com.
pensation, to perfect by its repose the
animal system. l consider, therefore,
that in the wise and good provisions
Of Providence for the preservation of
human life, the sabbatical appoint
ment is not, as has been sometimes
theologically viewed, simply u pretext
partaking of the nature Of political
institution, bu. that it is to be mum.
bered among the natural duties, if the
preservation Of life be admitted to be
a duty, and the premature destruc-
tion of it is q suicidal act.-Dr. John
.Farr.
A celebrated writer has given the
conditions under which the women of
different nationalities are fond of hus-
bands; they are in substance as fol.
lows: A French woman will love her
husband if he is either witty or chiv.
alrous; German will hers if he is
constant; Dutch woman hers if he
does not disturb her comfort and care
too much; Spanish woman is devoted
to her husband if he wreaks vengeance
upon all who provked her displeasure;
an Italian is satisfied if her partner is
but dreamy and poetical; Russian
II her lord despises all westerners rs
miserable barbarians; an English wo.
man loves her husband if he succeeds
in ingratiating himself with the court
and nobility, and an American woman
is satisfied if hers has plenty of money.
Bad language easily runs into bad
deeds. Select any society you please;
suffer yourself to converse in its dia-
lect, to use its slang, to speak in the
character of one who relishes it, and
need not tell how soon your moral
sense will lower down to its level. Be-
coming intimate with it, you lose your
horror Of it. To be too much with
bad men and bad places, is not only
unwholesome to a mans morality, but
unfayorable to his faith and trust in
God. 1t is not every man who could
live as Lot did in Sodom, and then be
fit to go out of it under Gods convoy.
This obvious principle, of itself, fur
nishes a reason not only for watching
the tongue, but for keeping ourselves
as much as possible out of the compa-
ny of bad associates.
A paper in-that State says the mean
est man in Michigan is a constable in
Marquette, who levied on an old lady's
chickens, and after running them
down one Mt time, sat down and fig
ured how far he had run and charged
mileage.
where's the molasses, BilIf said
red-headed woman sharply to her son,
who had returned with an empty Jug.
"None in the city, mother; every gro
Gerry has big black board outside,
with the letters chalked on it-N. o.
Molasses.
Mr.. Jewell's postal cards will pro-
tect the secrets of the writers. They
will be in violet.
1t is estimated that every pauper in
San Antonio, Texas, owns about seven