Year: 1874

As upon the sea, when it is perfectly
still and transparent. one looks down and
sees the mirrored heaven rounding up be-
low, till it joins with the sky above, and
makes one hollow sphere, in the center of
which the ship seems hung and fio ,ting
freely: so love Joins the actual and the
IDEAL, earth and heaven, till the deep
heaven is all. and there is no more earth;
and the past and the future are become the
present For love desires nothing but the
now. and that it may prolOng itself un-
changed; therefore is it ineXhaustably rich,
because the now supplies all the futures
riffs. giving them through the mere pres
ence of the beloved one. and the thoughts
on one :rnother-Jedn Pda.


The highest grade of marriage union Is
the religious, which may be expressed as
a pilgrimage toward a common shrine.
This includes all the others home sympA-
thes and household wisdom, for these
pilgrims must know how to assist each
other along the dusty way; intellectual
communion, for how sad it would be on
such Journey to have companion to
whom YOU could not communicate your
thoughts and aspirations as they sprang
into life; who would have no feeling for
the prospects that open, more AMI more
glorious rs we a lvance; who would never
see the flowers that my be gathered by
the industrious traveller 1t must include
all these.-Adrgaret Fuller


PUNCH IN HIS GARDEN.-Ihere was a
GREAT stir, saws Punch, in our garden the
other day. The Potatoes were ready to
lump out of their skins. The Beet turned
red to its very roots. The Celery lost
their heads. and the Cabbages their hearts.
The Peas split their pods with excitement.
The Asparagus could with difficulty be
kept in its bed The Parsley curled it
self ND in n corner. The Cucumber alone
maintained its habitual GOODNESS. The
cause of all this commotion was the pres
ence of a noted vegetarian The Pota-
toes never took their eyes off him.
ALCOHOL FOR BURNs.-Sydenham rec
ommends the application of alcohol TO
burns. especially for children, where inn
mediate relief is most desirable The
alcohol should be applied for one or two
hours constantly, as the pain returns when
drv. In case of large burns care must
be taken lest the alcoholic vapors stupefy
the child.


Since the breaking OF the Williamsburg
dam no fish have been seen in Mill River.
although it was formerly well stocked
with them After the disaster many suck
ers, eels and smaller fry were scattered
along the meadows, and such us escaped
death thus on dry land were probably
killed by the filth and poisonous qualities
of the Shiny deposits which had been so
many years accumulating in the numer-
Gus milldams.


The English Unitarian Herald is re-
minded that many years ago. when the
Rev. John Pierpoint, of Boston. was on n
visit to one of our ministers, who kept
daily two men servants, he rose early every
morning and polished his own boots. We
remember his eloquence as a preacher, his
courage as reformer, his skill as poet,
and his mechanical ingenuity We always
believed Mr.. Pierpoint was a remarkable
man, and now we know il"


Madam" said a husband to a young


wife, in one of those little alterations


which will spring mp in the best regulated
families, "when man and his wife have
quarreled, and each considers the other at
fault, which Of the two ought to advance
towards q reconciliation?n The best ma.
tured and wiser of the two," said the wife
putting her mouth up for a kiss. which


was given.