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Year: 1867

Next to the inordinata use of Intoxicating
beverages we may probably class the haste
to become rich as deplorable evii-the de-
sire and expectation of getting something
for nothing, or for a very inadequate equiva-
lent, if we may use the word in such a sense
which lead so many of our youth to aban-
don trades in order to swell the crowds of
clerks, lawyers, doctors, &C., now and always
so largely in excess of the demand for their
services A desire to be rich is not in itself
uIUHg, but the tendency ~ not TO scrape at
the means, and to end in disgrace and ruin.


There are cases where young man is
justifable in getting into debt-there are
cases where a few years Of a struggle with
indebtedness may do him good-but these
are the exceptions which prove the rule
correct that debt Is incompatible with indie
pendence, and should be avoided. Borrow
ing money on interest is a curse to any young
man. eating up his earnings and keeping
him poor The man who saves even few
dollars a year, and invests it at interest,
will eventually become rich, whilst the one
who borrows to make up the deficit oeca-
stoned by extravaganza, or yenturing beyond
his means, will undoubtedly struggle all his
life to keep his head above water.


Avoid speculation, mistrust all schemes
promising enormous returns, whether lotter-
les, faro banks, or more respectable modes
of gambling, be assured that any gains that
may accrue from them are more than lost by
the taste they give for inordinate risks. Ii
you call to mind the lucky individuals who
have become wealthy in this way in the past
twenty years, you viii find nearly all of them
poor now-the money has gone as rapidly as
it came, and is teaching the same lesson to
lis present possessors. A dollar earned by
honestindustry, mental or physical, is worth
more to the man who earns it than tentold
gained by speculation, and is not near so
likely to be expended foolishly or risked
recklessly He who can save such dollar
will more probably accumulate wealth IN life
than the one without industry who makes
more money with less work. 1t is deplora-
BILE how many of our young unmarried men
waste their earnings in folly and dissipation,
and are to poor to get married -or, If
they marry, have acquired such tastes and
habits as tend to render that relation any
thing but an agreeable one. There can be
no good reason for young lady and healthy
single man, having no one dependent upon
him, not saving something every year for in
vestment, and it is to be regretted so few do
Year: 1867

How much the heart may bear and yet not


break


How much the flesh may suffer, yetnot die !
question much if any pain or ache
Of soul OF body brings our end more nign ::
Death chooses his own time till that's sworn,
All evils may be borne.
We shrink and shudder at the surgeon knife,
Each uvr,1 scconIng NOM Une cruel STEEL
Whose edge seems searching for the quivering


life,


Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal,
That till the trembling flesh be piece-meal


torn,


This alone can be borne
We see a sorrow rising in our way,
And try to fee from the approaching ill
We seek some small escape, we weep and


pray,


But when the blow falls, then our hearts are


still


Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn,


But THAT it can be borne.
We wind our life about another life,
We hold it closer, dearer than our own (;
Anon it faints and falls in deadly strife,
Leaving us stunned, and stricken, and


alone
But ah we do not die with those we mourn
This also can be borne.
Behold we live through all thingS-faminei


thirst,


Bereavement, pain all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow life inficts its worst
On soul and body, bat we cannot die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint and
worn,


Lo all thisgs can be borne.
Year: 1867

Many premature death has occurred In
consequence Of giving up. The sick person
becomes discouraged, thinks he is going TO
die, and dies. Friends think they have
done all they could, death is inevitable, and
let disease take its course. There can be no
doubt but that IN many such cases hope
still cherished, and the perse7ering use of
means, might have saved useful life.


80 also in the struggles of active life. The
first speech of Disraeli in the House of Com
mons, was a complete failure, his speech II
is said being stihed in the derisive laughter
Of the House He thus closed Il shall sit
down now. but the time will come when you
will hear me. Numbers have sunk into
insigni6cance under less rebuff. Disrael
was made of sterner stuff Though it took
him seven years to recover from his disas-
ter, he redeemed his promise, and on becom-
ing chancellor Of the exchequer, ''clad in
the same garments he had worn at the time
of his renowned failure, delivered to close
ly crowded assemblage the most brilliant
and the ablest budget speech that had been
heard there since the days of William Pitt.
TIL his work is done. TRY again, is as
good for the adult as for the child. If con
vlneed that our cause is wrong, the sooner
1t Is Tenounced the better. Cease to do
evil but when contending for the right,
admit no defeat as final We learn some
times more from failure than a success,
and turn 1t to better account. Such should
ever be our aim. Use all honorable means,
rely on the ultimate triumph Of right, per
severe in the effort to deserve success, and
failure will never be inscribed on your life
work. The irresolute and half hearted have
no good to expect, for that would only be a
premium of imbecility.
Year: 1867

We advise everybody to live on the sunny
side of their houses. The room in which the
family spends most of its time should be on
the side on which the sun can find its way
into it. Let the parlor, If it be seldom used
be on the shady side We observe that there
is not cottager so ignorant that she will not
set her plants, if she has taste enough to
grow them, in the east window in the morn
ing, and at noon carry them TO a south win
dow, and in the afternoon put them in the
west window. But perhaps she Is careful
to keep her children in the shade, and her
precious self, SO far as possible, out of the
rays Of the sun. The plants in obedience
to natural law, are kept healthy, while the
children and mother, being kept in the
shade, suffer in consequence.


Light is beginning to be considered great
curative agent The chief advantage in go
ing to the country is to get into the sunshine,
and to be in the pure breezes. If we desire
merely to keep cool, we should stay in the
shady city People talk Of shot walls and
burning pavements /" it is much hotter in
the country, for the breezes that play there
in midday only bring heated air in from out
doors. But in the city the breeze brings
air in from the shady side of the street, and
the lower rooms of city house are much
cooler in midday than the exposed houses
Of the country.


Parents can do nothing better for their pu-
ny, sick boys than to put them on farm for
two or three summers, and let the sun bathe
them the Iivelong day. They will, BY such
a life, grow rapidly, and become tough,
brawBy and broad. We have seen this tried
to the highest advantage in more than one
instance under our advice.
Year: 1867

1t is good thing for young man to be
4hasYSiNS1 eais7at i-a eh-a world . thongb his
soft hearted parents may not tt.i..l. 80 An
youths, or if notall, certainly nineteen-twen-
tieths Of the sum total, enter life with sur
plusage of self cOnceit The sooner they
are relieved Of it the better II, in measur-
ing themselves with wiser and older men
than themselves, they discover that it is un-
warranted, and get rid of it gracefully, Of
their own accord, well and good; if not, it is
desirable, for their own sakes, that it be
knocked out of them. A boy Who is sent to
a large school soon finds his level His will
may have been paramount at home, but
school boys are democratic in their ideas,
and if arrogant, he is sure to be thrashed
into recognition of the golden rule. The
world is great public school, and it soon
teaches new pupil his proper place. If
he has the attributes that belong'to leader
he Will be installed in the position of a
leader; if not, whatever his own opinion of
his abilities may be, he will be compelled to
fall in with the rank and file. If not des-
tined to greatness, the next best thing to
which he can aspire is respectability; but
no man can either be truly great or truly re-
spectacle who is vain, pompous and over
bearing.


By the time the novice has found his
legitimate social status, be the same high or
low, the probability is that the disagreeable
traits of his character will be softened down
or worn away. Most likely the process of
abrasion will be rough, perhaps Uery rough,
but when it is all over, and he begins to see
himself as others see him, and not as refec-
ted in the mirror of selfconceit, he will be
thankful that he has run the gauntlet, and
arrived, though by a rough road, at self
knowledge. Upon the whole, whatever
loving mothers may think to the contrary,
it is good thing for youths to be knocked
about in the world; it makes men of them.
Year: 1867

Many of the most brutal murders and
greatest crimes committed in the city oi
New York, are perpetrated by persons IN
der twenty-five years of age. This shows q
very early corruption of morals. and as au
eminent lurlst once said is easy traeeahe
TO the habit OF being from home alter dark
Lord Shaftsbury stated that in nearly all the
cases OF great crimes which came before the
courts OF evidence showed that the moral
character became vitiated between the ages
OF eight an sixteen. These terrible facts
put together should make every city parent,
especially, tremble and if it should lead to
the adoption of the following suggestions. it
would save many heart from going down
IN sorrow TO the grave, or from embittered
old age.


Do not allow your children to form the
habit OF going home to spend the night
with their eompanions-no not once in a
year.


Keep them off the streets after sun-down
unless you are with them.


DO all that is possible to have a loving.
cheerful and happy ireside, as a means Of
weaving them from the street. Much can
be done in this direction by providing
amusements, and having the children occu.
pied IN something interesting, profitable or
new.


Keep the birthdays, let them be occasions
Of harmless festivities arrange that all hol-
idays, too, shallbe observed appropriately


Let the father and mother remember that
the exhibition before their children of a
loving, afectionate, and quiet department
towards one another in the home circle is a
powerful bond of union in family the
very sight Of it wakes affeetionate sympa-
thies in the hearts of children, and cherish
es the same delightful feelings in themselves
and soon the house becomes the home of
love and quiet delight. Within half mile
Of US there are quite a number of families
OF this sort, some of them among the veal
thiest in the city, but it is singular to OBJ
serve that in almost every case it is in con-
sequence OF the mothers all peryading in
tiuence--mothers who are quiet, gentle, la
dy-hke, but firm in the right always. Ma
ny homes are made distasteful to children
by lneessant restrictions aud criticisms, by
lnnumerable rules and regulations. A house
hold is better regulated by an affectionate
phancy than by an infexible rigidity yield
ing IN non-essentials, but firm as a rock in
all questions of right and wrong. The night
work from eight to sixteen determines the
life character Of millions. Halls Journal
Year: 1867

One of the greatest curioSities of Western


New York-we may almost say one of the


greatest in the worlds the trout breeding


establishment Of Seth Green, in Caledonia,


in Livingston county, to which we paid


brief visit last week. His house and ponds


are on the border of the stream called the


Caledonia Springs, which flow in a vast vol
ume of the purest water from a small hol-
low in the village of Caledonia, and after a
course of mile unites in the village of
Mumford with Aliens creek, one of the
| tributaries of the Genesee. The country
I through which it flows is thickly settled,
1 aud one of the richest and best farming
1 towns in the State The surface of the land
/ is quite level. with hanks but little above the
/ surface of the water. The stream, some
places, is very rapid, and in others has a
gentle current Of mile or more per hour.
The Springs, as now situated, cover about


six acres, being damned slightly for mining
purpose. They afford about eighty barrels
Of water per second, aud make a creek from
three to four rods vide, and from eighteen
inches to six feet deep, according to the cur
rent The bottom was covered with small
white shells and gravel The water is clear,


pure and perfectly transparent, so that any
object can be seen for three or four rods
very distinctly. Its temperature at the
Springs is forty-eight degrees the whole
year round, but down the creek. three-quar-
ters of a mile, it rises in the hottest days in


summer to hfty- eight degrees by night, but
it is down in the morning to ffty-two de-


grees. In winter it settles st times to forty
three degrees, but generally keeps up to


forty-fYe or forty-six degrees The temper


ature of the water to Allen creek is very


even the year round, but very cold in sum-


mer and quite warm in the winter, never


freezing in the cOldest weather.


The water through the whole length of


the creek, as well as every stone, stick, weed
and blade of grass, is alive and literally COW


cred with numerous insects and larvae of
flies, summer and winter, so that the trout,


however numerous they are, easily obtain
all the food they want at all times OF the
year. There is but very little surface water
that makes into tile creek, hence the volume
of water is very even. The first settlers
Of The country found the creek literally fill
ed with trout of great size and beauty, and
it has remained so to this day, notwithstand-
ing it has been almost constantly ished, might
Year: 1867

FRIEND WOOSTER II herewith send
thee my pocket clock which greatly stand
eth in need of thy friendly correction the
last time he was at thy friend school he
was no ways reformed, nor even in the least
benefited thereby for | perceive by the in
dex Of has mind, that he is liar, and the
truth is not In him that his motions are
wavering ana irregular tnat MS pulse is
5on1o+iHno quick, bctokeuing not an even
temper at times he waxeth sluggish, not
withstanding frequently urge him when
he should be on his duty, as thou knoWeth
his name denoteth, | find him slumbering
and sleeping, or as the vanity Of human rea-
son phraseth 1t, l catch him mapping. Hence
| think he is not right, in the inward man.
Examine him therefore, and prove him, |
beseech thee. thoroughly, that thou may st
being well acquainted with his inward frame
and disposition, draw from him the error of
his ways and show him the path wherein
he should go. 1t grieyes me to think, and
when ponder thereon, | am verify OF opin-
ion that his body is foul, and the whole
mass Is corrupted. Cleanse him, therefore,
with thy charming physic from all pollution,
that he may vlbrate and circulate according
to truth. viii place him few days under
thy care, and pay for his board as thou re-
Mn S9e w. SHtIS JuSSy ilCuu ASuty1 ;
to demean thyself on this occasion with
right judgment according to the gift which
is in thee, and prove thyself workman
that need not be ashamed And when thou
layest the correcting hand on him, let it be
without passion, lest thou drive him to de-
struction. Do thou regulate his motion for
the time to come, By the motion of that
light that ruleth the day, and when thou
fndest him converted from the error of his
ways, and more conformable to the above
mentioned rules, do thou send him home,
with just bill Of charges, drawn out by the
spirit of moderation. and the root of evil
shall be sent unto thee.
Year: 1867

ns%An exchange tells the following char
acteristic story of the poet writer On
recent occasion be was travelling with
friend over New Hampshire Railroad, and
during the conversation, Whittier friend
who Is also member of the Society Of
Friends-told the poet that he was on his
way to contract for lot of oak timber,
which be knew would be used in building
gunboats at Portsmouth, ana asked him
whether he thought it was exactly in con
sistance with the peace doctrines of the
Quaker denomination. Without saying any
thing calculated TO decide the question, the
two friends arrived at their parting place,
when Whittier shaking his friends hand
said ''Moses if thee doea furnish any OF
that oak timber thee spoke Of, be sure that
it is all sound.
Year: 1867

BE EcoNoMICAI.-If the poor house has
any terrors for you never buy what you
don't need, Before you pay seventy-fye
dollars for a coat, young man, find outwheth-
er your lady would not be just as glad to
see you in one that cost half the money. 1t
she would not let her crack her own hazle-
nuts aud buy her own clothes. When you
see man spending two or three dollars a
week foolishly, the chances are five to one
that he willlive long enough to know how
he's pretty sure to bequeath that privilege
to his widow. When man asks you to
buy that for which you have no use, no
matter how cheap it is, don't say yes until
you are sure that some one else wants it in
advance. Money burns in some folks pock-
cts, and makes such big hole that every
thing that is put in drops through past find
ing.
Year: 1867

FROZEN KINDNESS. The world is full of
kindness that never was spoken, and that is
much better than no kindness at ALL The
fuel of the stove make the wood warm, but
there are great piles Of fallen trees lying
among rocks on the top of the hill, where
nobody can get them these do not make
anybody warm. You might freeze to death
II, r,lain sisi-- e slasa trees, IL ye.- had NOT
means Of getting the WOOD aud making hRfee
with it. just SO in a family love is what
makes the parents and children, the broth
ers and sisters, happy but ifthey take care
never to say word about it, if they keep it
profound secret, as if it were crime,
thev viii not be much happier than if there
was not any love among them; the home
will seem cold even In summer, and if you
live there you win envy the dog when any
one calls him poor fellow !"
Year: 1867

Is there more frequent cause of COM
plant than the changes which come over
our earthly affairs? Where is the being
who, In the course of his life, has not found
reason to reiterate the words, Whom can
we trust2" We know not, when we give our
respect, our friendship, our confidence to a
human being that the compact may last for
an hour. A change Of fortune, a rise in
rank, slight fault, or even a whim, may
send our affections back into our wounded
hearts


A concurrence of circumstances which
could not have been foreseen by us is always
ready to betray our dependence on arrange
ments which we fancied had been laid in
reflection and sagacity, as we walked on in
the fond belief having done well for our
selves. So that, though sorely needing a
safe anchorage, frail and exposed beings as
we are, we often find ourselves on shifting
sands or nearing fatal rocks.


To whom, then, shall we go, when our
own resources fail TO meet our necessities,
and our friends sympathize, but are power
less to avert failure2


To whom, then, shall we go, but to him
who is touched with the feeling of our mfr
mites, and who alone can offer a security of
refuge which meets our helplessness to the
utmost; an unchanging and Interchangeable
friend-"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday,
and to day and forever ZELL
Year: 1867

contest and Rebellion saved our nafien from destruction
We cannot too highly prizo their abors and their sery
the soil they nobiy defended with Iistutors I'M


impaired for their enduring nonuDeut Many suffered
untold misenes Rebel prisons; many Others, STILL
turned to their homes, after passing through the fie ana
THESE arc among Ou most Intelligent citzeus They
to-day coaborers with and Identified WITH the pro.
ducng classes Of the country To them we owe debt ~
gratitude can never repay. They have the highest
claims for honor and prefermen Lot US see that fai
Justice Is done to our citizen soldiers. -. f


We issue this address for the purpose OF urging upon all
workinmen the Importance Of lsoring TO uphold our
principles II hope TO accomplish muoh we mast be
ygiaDt ana earnest remembering eteriia vigilance
political party viii be able 70 thwsrt purposes but
IN the end we shall achieve signal victory.


Veters Of Connecticut Oar country has passed through


struggle and the honor Of the nation has beon
preserved by our soders during four years Of suffering


fruits Of the victory they achieved not lost Give
ybur votes TO no man or party whose interests and sym
Ing this great conflict Show that worthy Of Che
preeless heritage purchased by our Revolutionary an
IN the successful struggle to maintain the Union
against rebellion. Rise up and work. and trust In God
for succeSs


COY HAwLEY AND THE woRKINGMEN


Gov. Hawley has answered some questions of tho
Worlxingmens Union of New Haven in letter Of
which the following is extract. The Democratic
papers refuse to print the reply of their candidate,
OF pursuits that ought to be considered days work. I'D
the absence of any agreement to the contrary may well
be left to the General Assembly That body composed
OF about $40 members, representing well every locality
and every class and calling This matter ought not to be
involved in political paItiSanshp. and sure that tho
Assembly will fairly discuss tho question and fairly de-
eide il for the highest good OF all II IL should decide
upon eight hours would ohecrfuy approve Our statutes
liberal beyond those of most States these SUBJECTS
and we shall keep fully up TO the age.


In response to another correspondent say that tho
present reservation of $40 TO the laborer out OF
amount due for labor attached under the actorzng
trustee process ought to bconsiderably raised as
money has greatly changed In value since that sum was
fixed in 1850.


For tho SIS is not sufficient amount to
treat preferred claim for labor against an insolvent
estate.


The number of hours that minors between 10 and is
may employed in factories should 1t 10 me- bo
reduced the provision made for their attendance In
school ought 20 be made stringent Their confne-
hours day. throughout tho entire day. to
the neglect of their education Is most grevous wrong
The State them its protection.


Gen. Garfield, member Of Congress from Ohio, ono
of the best stump speakers in the country will ad
dress the citizens of Hartford Thursday evening.
March H. on the political issues of tho day.
Year: 1867




Last evening meeting of this Association was
held at the Masonic Hall. ThiIteenthsts near Fourth
ave. Mr.. W. 7. Kirk, the President Of the Society.
occupied the chair and said that the particular object
OF the meeting 70 collect subscriptions In order
10 defray tho expenses incurred By the Committee
In going TO Albany to obtain modification OF the ex-
isting Excise Laws. The workings OF that Committee
had been snguary successfu and he trusted that tho
members present would exercise their influence to render
their exerons still successful After some general
dicussion the Chairman concluded by calling on the
meeting come forward and pay up their subscriptions
Mr. Peter DoAn then forward and said tho meeting
exceedingly important one 80 far as regarded the
Liquor Dealers Of New-York. Intimation had been
given to tho Central Association that the blll
under consideration would be passed during the
present week He regretted that the members 1
OF the City and County Association had
not contributed funds literally they should have
done under the circumstances That they would do 90
he had 20 doubt the oppression they had ON
dured was than human endurance could bear. The
mode in which the Excise Commissioners had ordered
and exercised thoir commands sufficient to raise
the independent of this country in opposition to the
edics of that body He happy to inform them that
from the received from the Committee there
every prospect entertained that modification Of the
present liquor laws would be obtained Mr. Dolan con
cued by calling for subscriptions in defense OF the cause
In which the Association engaged. number OF sub
scrptl0ns then given, and the meeting adjourned