Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1855-12-25

              j- OFFICE 8outhweit end Kremlin Blook, 2d Floor. J . il M ( TEHJS-ft2 00prr Anaim ) if paid in Advance. : IF A FREE THOUGHT SEEK EXPRESSION, SPEAK IT BOLDLYSPEAK IT ALL." VOL. II. MOUNT V E RNON, Oil 10, TCJE S DAY MORN IN G J ) KC K M 1 K 1 1 1855. NO. (). , Pnim th a Ohio Cultivator. i'v'WOEKI WOEK! WORK!" Hood. .hi. ' ' ( ...Ua lo that it ilotlilul in hit work, in broth r to him that is a great waster." I'roeerbt J Vlll, . Farmer, once again I come, , . Willi a hearty hnu d'yt do? f,5 ' . At your own delightful home, Just to have achat with you. f;J' T Wl ' tl,! yJSetding Vme is over now, ..j, And the sunny days are sped, Have, you stored the polished plow, Underneath tho sheltering shed ? V .rtft'U" ; fltTi Cam will save, yon many a dime f, Olten lost by elolhlul loots, . Well 'twill pay you for your time Housing all your farming tools. , Did you cut tip nil your corn Ere the frost had'nipt the blade T Just as sure as you were burn, Better fodder ne'er was made. (razing stork of evpry kind Thrive on"t, if you feed them well; Then, if it should be your niud, You'll have huy aud grain to fell. Surely you've secured your fruits Carefully, and Irom tho sil Stored your cellar well with roots Such as women choose to boil 1 It yon have an ample store, Little cause have you to waii; Others, better, may deplore, If the wheut should chance to fail. Are you worth a flock of sheep? I. If ' ' ii tt4 4 . rent them well and newr fear; Amply they'il repay their k"rp, 1 predict, the coining year.' Farmer, keep a mure or I wo: Hearing colls will nay you well; If you're able buy a few, And more horse huve to sell. llos, you know, are very dear; If you have a scant, supply, Hear some pis the coining year; it will hardly do to buy Every kind of stock will pay. . Jf you huve the proper bleed; Po not fnol your time away, Hearing those not wurili their feed. Cheee and butter i O'V command i'lices scarcely known b'fore; If vou have the help at hand, Imp of dairy cows good store. l'Vd them well, and there's no doubt They will well repay your paii s; If you mind what you're about, Quick and certain are your gains. Now's your day, now's your hour; W ill you. jusl because the fates i'ut mec hanics in your power, Jew them down to former rates? While yon charge thpm double prico , For Iheir daily bread and meat, Till their work will scarce suffice To procure them food to eat 1 Farmer, now's your floodim; tide, If the foreign war endure. All your wants are well supplied; God have merry on the poor! E. S. t5. Rouse. Jl'if J'-r-nn. O. ,Vi). lc.r.S. Stating Uariftij. THE TAPJsSTEY CAEPET ; OH, MR.-PINKNEYS SHOPPING. UV ALl.tcK B. KEAti. i "That's a pretty one, mother t I was go. ing oft' without the money, after all." Well, I declare!" said Mrs. Pinkneyi so you was. : t Mr. Pinkney came back into the room, ' and his wife gave the baby to her oldest 'girl, Eliza, ns she rose to get tho little 'hoard they had been saving all the year for l.enew carpet, they nee led it badly tyi ugh. The ono down on the parlor floor toad beert there, save cleaning days, ev.-r Mdnco the Pinkwys wem to housekeeping, jrhen Eliz WM B b"b7- .4 It was really economical to have a new ;one now, tor mis couia oe cut over to ao ..beautifully for the sitting room, nnd the vittinT.ronm c inv t. darned and mended as it was, would "hold together some time on jthe front chamber, which wasn't ol't n used." Ali this reasoning had been set forth, over and over B'airt. in tlm fuhtilv . ' a . j i councils, until even little Jim understood i the matter perfectly, and told Tom Bur- ,,"k uuur' l,mv u,,r W"B o",n- to have a new carpet, and father was go- Ing down to New York next week on pur-j .posetogetit.' I The money, which Mrs. Pinkney poured j out of the wide clasp of the faded bead j purse, was the united saving of husband j ...... ........ sicc""' np tobacco Ins wife had gone without ; new winter bonnet, and had put in five dol-l . ars of her own earnings, for she was very industrmu,. and, notwithstanding the mul- titude of her household cares, found time occasionally to bind the customer shoes from her husband's shop) or take, in a little plain swing.' 'This great purchase'bad .beep ia contemplation almost three years, for, withali ready money came in rcry slowly. It wis a great day with the family when they ooncluded therowas enough on hand to sanction Mr. Pinkney's trip to Xew York. .. He had not been down to the city before in all that lime. " It was not absolutely Inecessary to his business; and "there is the carpel, you know.'J his wife would say at the proposal So it came that the ear-pet was woven Into the family history, a? it were. ' ' '- - , "Do get cheerfil eo!ors,"iaid Mrs. Pinkney, as she rolled op" the ohange, and har lar gold pieoe, inslds the bills. '. .: "And n pretty pattern, pa," ndded Elicit, who was fast growing up to llie time when the parlor furniture would be a spe cial consideration to Iter. "Don't for 'et my new shawl, I wish I could pick it out myself." "Or my 'Easy Reader,' " eaid Jim. "Yes yes," said Mr. Pinkney,butlon-ing-his overcoat once more, "no danger." "I think," Mrs. Pinkney added, with considerable hesitation of face and manner, "you had better got my merino now, nnd done with it. There's the money eight dollars. I want n good brown ; and, perhaps, when Sprague's now goods come, there won't be the color I want af.er all They say things are so chenp in New York." "Well," said Mr. Pinkney, "is that all? because it's time I was off ; the boat goes in half on hour, and I hate to get there just as the bell rings." It was plain, Mr, rinkney did not go to New York every day. He nodded to his acquaintances witli a very important air, as he went down street, carrying his old fashioned valise in his hi'nd. He "stepped up to the captain's office nnd settled," without being requested to do so by the black man with the dinner-bell. Then he settled his berth, nnd put his vali-e. under : in pillow, winie lie went on deck uniilsup- per-Unic, when you may be sure Hint be I had his money's worth of stewed oysters, fried eggs, and beef-steak. J Mr. Pinkney, having but one day to spin o in the city, was up betimes, ahnot-t ! as the bout touched the harf. lie bought i o the first morning paper that was offered, and read it at Sweeney's, where lie went for his breakfast. Rending the advertisements car., fully, Mr. Pinkney's attention was arrested by the following ; "IMPERIAL CARPET EMPORIUM ! World's Fair, at London ! The Great Exhibition I Medallion, Acbcsson, Royal, Parhiak Velvet Caktet 1 Woven expressly for the Great Exhibition. Received per stenmer Atlantic opened this day. Similar to that ordered expressly by Her Mnj-sty, Q teen Victoria, for tho Royal Palace nt Windsor, "Also just r-ceived, tho largest and rid ret assortment of Velvet, Tapestry and Brussels Carpeting ever ix'iibited in this ei y. It member! at ihe Jmpkhial Cak-I'kt Emi'oriim, 55 Bowery! ' j Mr. Pinkney was delighted. It was so! fortunate that he should happen to stum ble on ihat ndvcrti.-ement, for, of course, he might just as. well go to the fjunlain-heail of carpets at once, as to lose time by looking in at liitle shops, where there cmld not be much of an assortment. And what would Mr. Pu.kni v say to his having seen L , n n " v . . i ii i I a carpet hko Queen Victoria s! He only .... .. . . , , . wished sh i was there to behold it with him. 1 , . i . i ... How he would "astonish the nativesl'i when he got back to Rhinbeck I j There was no difficult in finding the' Emporium, once in the Bowery. There carpets streaming from every' window, ru? (Ushinjr from the nwninir. treat rolls of mattiii, gay oil-cloths standing on the sidewalk, all bearing enormous placards of m(irVt.i0U3 excellence and cheapness, set form tn t,e most staring black and white letter.- and numerals, Mr, IifcMOy, being naturally a bahli! mftrli wol,j llflV0 Wn R,most ftf.Hi(, h) venture into such a fashionable esablish- menf, Imd it not been for the politeness of a very handsomely dressed young gent!e man, who was sauntering carelessly past with his hands in his pockets, evidently enjoying the tho' t elegant leisure. "Wa'k in ?" said he, in the most affable manner, nodding towards the Btore. . .nr. i in k ney was very gi linionKp,ifop Lin(inps, trnm Mr. Pinkney was very great fill for this ,.,,, .,,,.. ... tt r'in a stranger. ' embarassment. "I had a little errand in jne , ' ..Ff0m tlieeonlryi 1 gUpp09e,' said tho; obliging young man. j Mr phik wonderC(1 hovr he llBa dis. I bu, .n.erej u WB8. i WcI( you couj,in.t j0 better," said his new acquaintance, "I pledge you my word,, ,f ; nnd honor, sir I than at the Bmporium in 'st style. Here s another-same thing, wew y k j u 0rk sir!" : on ul,TRn u'ue ground; fashionable colors Ur pinke wa de1 hleJ ftt llavi hig own jujgelnentso fayorabe and ford- I bly confirmed. 'Are you acquainted in here, sir; ' he inquired, as he tried to summon courage to go in, and make bis wants known. :' "Slightly slightly, sir. ' Here, Daw- i son Jones some of you come hero imrae- I dintel) , and attend to this gentle m an." The obliging young mm resumed his ralk. without waitinw tn hri ihanled anH ' Mr. Pinkney, finding himself quite at home by the introduction, followed the attentive salesman into the first department. "What can w show you to-day, sif"? Carpetsoil cloths; matting', window-shades, anything or everything, sir," ' said Mr. Dawson, rubbing his hands, TnYtben point' ing about careleslyi as if to introduce his customer to the "largest and richest assort ment" in New York city ! Carpet, said Ur., Dawson.' ,VCr- i - i tninly, sir. What would you choose to look nt velvet tapestry, Brussels " "I should be pleased," said Mr. Pinkney, modestly, but emboldened, by all this attention and kindness, "to see the the that carpet of Queen Victoria's." "This way, sir;" and Mr. Dawson added, facetiously, "suppose you didn't think of buying it this morning, did you ?" Mr. Pinkney ventttrod a little laugh, as ho followed Mr. Dawson. How kind and obliging this was ! Now, at Spraguo's just as likely as not, he would havo been kept waiting half nn hour, while Mrs. Dr. Jones chose her new dress, or Mrs. Allan Tillman decided among twenty diflertnl patterns of oil-cloths. "No pushing you one side for "big bugs" here'" snid Mr. Pinkney to himself, for he had all the narrow ill-will and jenl-ousy towards that much scandalized portion of community, common to his class. "I suppose everything connected with this remarkable importation will interest you, sir," said Mr. Dawson. "Our firm were at an immense expense, ns vou will see. I Ins, sir," and he nointed to a lonir. , --o narrow box, more like one of the great "leaders" into Mr. Pinkney's cistern, than anything "this, sir, is the box which con- lained it." It had bef n a century-hidden, and freshly discovered mummy case, Mr. Pinkney could not have looked upon it with greater interest. "And this, sir," touching what nppeared an immense roll of very course drugget, "this is the Rotal Medallion Aubusson itself !" . With the aid rf an attendant shopman, Mr. Dawson, by a dexterous flourish, spread this wonderful production at the feet of our humble minded friend. He thought of Eliza's poppies and marigolds in the g trden at home, of Squire Hudson's tulip beds, of Dr. Juiics's dahlias ; better still the grent floial cen'erpicce at the Rliinbptk horticultural xhibiiion ; the moH gorgeous flowers, the richest foli.ige, the depest softest moss, mingled, woven, malted together, seemed this royal medallion carpet. Ilis eyes ached as if he had been looking nt the Fun. Mr. Dawson made up for his speechless admiration by a volley of inform ttion with regard lo its manufacture, and the interior decorations of Windsor Castle. He knew about ns in itch of oiii; iis tins oth r, hut Mr. Pink ney, drinking every word for future retail use, regarded Mr. Dawson as wonderfully ntelligent ns he was affable; and considered himself fortunate beyond account in having had a glimse nt such undreamed-of splendors- "Our firm," siid Mr, Dawson, "deal of course wi;h only the choicest mnnufactur- nra t t;,..;o mj T..11 : .1 .11 ,, Z , ,, , . the year, oflcr out own orders are Oiled, in reiurnisning me queen s various palaces. n. , ' 0f course you are aware that her carpets v nre "ewed (Ver yuHr; or is h twice Let me 80e!" Bnd Mr' Dawson Pw of reeolleotion. with his fin- gll njipiivu KM LUC iy Ul IIU3G. " At spring nnd fall house-cleaning, I "W ventured Mr. Pinkney; "the two great events of his domestic year. " I presume so I presume 60," snid Mr. Dawson, blandly, "but not being a family man mys-lf, could not say. Oh, sir. Brussels yuu wished to see, I think you said?" Mr. Pinkney had said nothing of the kind. Up till to-day, his sole idea of a carpet was ingrain. He had mnde shoes to trend Brussels carpets with; his own, meantime, had never done so. However, he could not dream of disputing the point with so intelligent a person, and, cas inga Ingeriiitr look on the g'oties of the royal medallion, he followed the lead into an ex tensive room, where men nnd boys were rolling and unrolling bales of carpeting .? . . uc"' considering it was not yet nine o clock to ,,,e nml Mr' Pinkney WM the on pusohaser present. " A very superior article, sir;" nnd Mr. Dawson' wit1' 8ki,,ful twitch Bnd ierk- known onl5r ,0 ,Iie "',u,p' Bent ro" trun" this year. . What are your curtains, sir? I suppose' you wish a match. Match or contrast', it's all the same; we find as many like one as the other. I prefer a contrast, decidedly gives mrro air. Green, I think you . said? would .recommend crimson ground, sir. Here is an excellent shade, bright green figures; but perhaps I misunderstood you, sir you may prefer tapestry; m" pePle uo; lo conress the truth, JJrus sels is a titt't bit behind the age." . To te)l tho truth, the Brussels, tasteful and graceful as it was, looked wondrous dull after the royal medallion: It seemed to Mr.. Pinkney, " a queer kind of carpet, any way,. so stiff arid unfinished. , To lis nnpracticed eyes, a good, bright ingrain was infinitely superior. , .' Ingrain?" said Mr. DawsobJ "certain ly, sirdirectly-we have them in another deparlnient. ' ' For'1 yoar dining toonl or chamber' carpet? of (eourse, many prefer ..... . ingrain for a dining-room some of our best people, who could afford Brussels perfectly well. You said you would look at the tapestry first, I think this way, sir. We open a new lot this morning, wonderfully cheap. Fact is, sir, competi ion is so grent, nnd some people manage to secure so much of the trade ! that ninny in our line sorry lo say it, i-ir hut, of course we can't help it have failed, nnd nn immense stock has been thrown into nvirket, which puts prices down shamefully. We shall actually lose on any one of these eir-pets obliged to afford them so cheap I I can let you have that, sir, for eleven shil- lings ucaiBiyieui inpesiry entirely new; i nothing like it has cvit been offered be fore." Mr, Dawson paused to take breath, and Mr. Pinkney was seized with a suddert am- bition. At CrBt. he had rrazed at the la- pestry with the same hopeless admiration with which he had beheld the royal medal lion. Ha could not see any difference in them, except that this was woven by the yard, instead of one piece, and was, if possible, even more brilliant. He had never seen tapestry before; he did not believe there was one in nil Rhinbeck. "What would Mrs. P. say to thai!" thought the little man. "And there's Eliza my! how them eyes of her's wonld snip!" He had been instructed to pay dollar a yard, or as high as rdne shillings; for, as Mrs. Pinkney often said, ' "While we are about it, we might just as well get a good one." Only two shillings more! and besides, he might come down a little. "Is that tho lowest you could afford to take for it?" he inquired, hesimtingly. "Well let me see " Mr. Dawson mnde a great show of consulting a small bit of paste-board sewn on the carpeting, with its mysterious hieroglyphics ot "cost." "If you are really smitten with that particular pattern, a trifle s'-a'n't stand between us; as it's you, I'll say ten and sixpence." ... Certain qualms of conscience had beset Mr. Pinkney during the pause. He had better look at the ingrain, any way, though it was rather mortifying to give so much trouble. "Oh, don't mention it trouble's a pleasure, sir but you won't decide to take an ingrain,. I nm sure, if its for your pirlor. Hero they are, sir; quite common, you sue ; the fact is, no pains at all, comparatively, are taken with ingram. now-a-days. Nobody uses 'em for parlors, you know ; and one dollar, sir ; the red nnd green, nine shillings. The wood colors I could not warrant; wood colors will fade in the sun. You see, we speak right out, sir-lose nothing by honesty in the long run that's our principle. I could not advise you to take the wood colors, and it's the only stylo we have for a dollar. There is so little competition in ingrain, sir every one prefers tapestry; the difference in price is so trifling." Struck by this admirable honesty he had always been warned of the cheating of New York stores, but here was a wonderful exception Mr. Pinkney turned the subject over again in his mind, as his hand fingered the money in his pocket. How dull, how coarse, how uninviting looked the ingrain how exquisitely beautiful the tapestry, by comparison! Truth was, Mr. Pinkney had commened his shopping at the wrong end of the store. " You'd better take the other, depend upon it, now," urged Mr. Dawson. "You will never be sorry; come, now. I'll split the difference if you'll take that tapestry you shall have it fortes ihillinti! There, sir, that's throwing it away!" and his hand came down with nn emphatic thump on an adj icent roll of "three ply." Mr. Pinkney, not stopping to consider what molivo this generous man could have in presenting him with a part of his parlor carpet, and enticed by "the lust of the eye, and the pride of life," hesitated, wavered, and finally fell before the temptation.The cost of Eliza's new shawl would make up the difference in price. He guessed she would not care about it just now, for the sake of having the handsomest carpet in townl he hurried past that portion of his reflections, however. "Twenty-nine thirty thirty yards, 1 think, sir; good sized room. But stop this is narrower than ingrain we must allow for that though you wont want more than half of the extra breadth, and we must allow some waste for the figure. Thirty-one, tbirty-two three four five six. Thirty-six yards, and you may have some le't for an ottoman, or something of that sort." Clip went the shining fcissors faster than Mr. Dawson's tongue. It was too late to remonstrate, or withdraw. Mr. rinkney beheld, to bis consternation, his wife's new merino dress swallowed np in the extra six yards. : , More than that, the money for the children's little presents, Jim's new, school books, all gone, as he mutely stood by to see the bill made ont, and counted down the amount to the last shilling, with a miserable foreboding. ' , r- , t. I I . (. . ' i I V It was but ten oclock when Mr. Pinkney emerged from the carpet emporium. The well-dressed, Agreeable young man was still sauntering up' and down under the gay awnini;. He nodded fanvliarly, but Mr. Pinkney ras not uplifted by the recognition. He had almost the whole day before h'm, but he had neither the heart nor tho change to do anything. He had lo mke up his fare for honipin odd sixpences and shillings, instead of being able to lay down a good, slid, new bill. It was a very mnrlilyinr termination lo anticipated enjoy, ment. He sauntt red about for a while, but, by twelve o'clock, he was back again &t li e boat, nnd sat there, on a round stool, nil day, looking at the tide working up into the ship, with its load of drift-wood nnd i weeds, nnd general refuse, or watched tho hay and grain unshipped from the neigh boring barges, enlivened by the melancholy "ba-a-ing" and bleating of the sheep on the upper deck, who seemed conscious that they had come all this way only to be sold, and separated, nnd sacrificed, to the insatiable appetite of a New York market. "Yes, here comes pa," shouted Jim, from the doorstep; enrly as it was, and cold as it was, too, in the frosty, autumn morning. "Posi-ible?" said Mrs. Pinkney, dropping her bread-knife, though she had been expecting her husband half an hour, and had run to the window after every dish placed upon the breakfast table. "Dear me, pa, how d'ye do cold? well, it is cold as anything this morning. Jim hefe, take your pi's valise light into tho bed -room." Eliza, dying to hear about the shopping, ! and dwelling on the sensation she should moke with her new shawl at meeting the next day, did not stop to look up the bellows, but blew till she was red in the fate, Jim, and a ban ! of young expectants, watched the valise with hungry eyes, relying on the store of oranges and peppermint drops, that they were sure it contained." Don't bother your pa till be gels a good, hot cup of coffee, children ; don't yon see he's as cold ns a stone? Pick up that knife, L'za the baby'll have it, next thingf don't crowd round the fire so." Still, Mrs. Pinkney, welcoming her bus band, and issuing her orders, was not un mindful of the new merino, and hoped it was a good brown, as she pouivd the cof fee. She thought her husband strangely incommunicative, it is true, but she con trolled her own impatience and the children, at the same lime. Poor Mr. Pinkney ! to have to acknowledge that his valise was as empty as when he left home 1 that his wife's dress was sacrificed, nnd Eliza's much needed shawl not forthcoming ! to face bis favorite's quivering lip, and moistening eyes, when he was told that the Esy Reador, the oranges, and the candies, were still remaining in Iheir respective shelves nnd stalls in New York, from which no ono had ever before arrived empty-handed I Mrs. Pinkney wilh her thirty-five years' experience of the world's disappointments, gulped down the reproaches that would rise up, not so much at her own as her children's grievances. Eliza went from one crying spell into another, until her eyes were too red to go to school. Jimmy, usually the most amiable of the family, vowed that "he wished the mean old carpet in the middle of the river," and refus ed altogether to be comforted. "Only wait till you see it," pleaded Mr. Pinkney, in extenuation, as he departed the back way to the shop, without waiting for the carman's arrival, or even broaching the subject of the royal medallion and Queen Victoria. Mr. Dawson had said he would never be sorry if he bought it. Mr. Dawson was mistaken. Mrs. Pinkney and Eliza only were present at the important arrival. More brilliant than ever, by the dingy contrast of walls and furniture, shone out the gorgeous coloring of the tapestry carpet, as it was spread upon the parlor floor. Eliza dried her eyes, nnd foi the first time, felt it was possible to forgive her father, and wait another month for her shawl She had not adjectives enough at her command to expend in admiration of il. : Mrs. Pinkney looked around at the cheap wall paper, the well-worn maple chairs, the green paper window-curtains, the faded table-cover, and shook her head. She looked more closely. Titer was bu1 ont side ; the carpet would never turn. Was Mr. Pinkney crazy I Once more the floodgates of Eliza's tears were opened. Mrs. Pinkney slowly rolled it up, with a rapid but unutterable decision, replaced the covering in which it had been sewn, and stood it up behind the door, in the comer. Saturday night had come round again. The children had gone to bed, Elisa had taken her sewing next door, and Mrs. Pinkney brought her work-basket, and sat down on the other side of Ihe table, where her husband was making out some bills. It wss quite remarkable bow busy Mr. Pinkney had been that week ; this was the first time ht had really tat down at home; and now, lie did not take his eyes ofT hit. J ' Ohio Railroads. . pnpeis, though Privously comciutis thatj There nrp but few, comparatively speak-hik wife, was walchintf him, and only wail-1 in?, of our New England people, who ara ing for a pnuse on hi part to commence a ' aware 01 the berniHi and (xeiliiifi of thi convi rsatiotl. I Ohio ril road'tfj; at ihe present day. Wn "I saw you gn ("own street this after- recnll-ri Inkling In' a lumherinjr stag. noon," he said, after a while, commencing through that Hiaie in 1841, when .twenty as fur from the dreaded subject as possible, j miles a dy ih thick nmd, (or "Bueka) rt had not yet been broached between them- Bbickintf." tl'e Kills oil il,) was oon- "tea," answered Mrs. Pinkney, delib- fidrred a fair avenge; and railroads wn.i i rately, "I lind hem at Spragiie's, and got only I d of no things 'o hu joked at and Eliza her shawl, Mow do yul like il ?'' ; "read of." Now pniu has nearly doubh? Mr. Pinkney looked up wonderingly.nnd the numb: rol mi es of railroad of any oih-saw some folds of mmino lying under thf r "be tT-uon, and her railroad shawl, at the bottom of tin; parcel. . j regulations are such that otrw-r' 8'a'ea Could Mrs. Pinkney have been trans- j might copy and give proper rretTt, witf gressing their long established rule.and get- j hrnor to themselves. ' Instead of quarrel-ting in debt for these things ? Ilis wile ing about the lime and right of traMt, saw the direction ol his e0i. "Ye-- that's my drcs nn excellent piece ; the first sold off of it. I was there when it was opened, and I don't believe I could have done better in nil New York." Vnfortunate allusion. Mr. Pinkney' interest suddenly censed, nnd the bills began rustling again. "When's that carpeting to be made up?" he said, in a sudden desperation, resolving to have it over with at once. 'The faprslry? I don't know it depends on when Mr. and Dr. Jones calculated to clean house. Mine's going down next week. There don't look so mystified, John, for goodness' sakn. I s'pose I might as well tell the whole story. She went down by Spragna's about the time you went for a lapestry for her double parlors. Well, I offered it to him the one you brought np Monday morning, nnd took a real handsome ingrain instead. Yon didn' think I was soinc to put that fly-away ' thing on the front room floor.dH you? Not while I've two grains of common sonseleft, you mny depend. It showed every spot on the wall paper, and every scratch on the chaifs. Ketch me !'' It, was probably in reply to this conclud ing injunction that Mr. Pinkney walked around the table and kissed his wife. Never was a man more heartily received, and he presented her with the two dollars and odd shillings, balance, on the spot ; and admired the dres and shawl almost as much as he did the wife, who knew not only how to refrain from reproaches, but could "make the best of a bnd bargain." Mr. Pinkney described the royal medallion carpet many times that winter, to visi tors who, having rever seen the tapestry, admired the new ingrain extremely ; and Mrs. Dr. Jones little dreamed that the selection which she gave Mr. Sprague so much credit forbad really been the choice of the little shoemaker who fitted herself and children so neatly Children. Children, God bless them ! Who can help loving them ? Childred, God bless them I are the onjy beings for whom we have no " imperfect sympathies." Wa ove them through and through. There is nothing conventional in the hearty laugh of a child. The smile of a child is unsuscep tible of artifice. I once corrected ono of my little ones, and put him to bed, for hav ing been stubbern at his letters. Then I waited until he full asleep, and then I watched beside him until he slumbered out his sorrows. When he opened his eyes j he stretched out his little armcs, smiled up in my face and forgave me. The Lord for give me for the whipping I gave him ! I owe him an apoiogy, which I intend to make as soon as he is old enough to un derstand it. There is nothing so odious to 1 the mind of a child as injustice, and young married people are prone lo expect too much and exact too much of their eldest born. If then, we, are unjustly severe, from our want of experience, it seems to me there is something due, some reparation on our part, due to tie individual whose feelings we have injured. If w lose temper with a gentleman six feet high and call Mm hard names, we often find it convenii htto apologize. It seems to me that three feet of wounded sensibility is, at least, entitled to respectful consideration. What do you think of that Mrs. Fparro-gras ? Mrs. Sparrograss said she thought it was true. " How much," I continued, reflectively, children occupy the father's mind. "Yes, said Mm. Spairograss, and the mother's." " Children, snid I, are to the father as weights to a clock they keep him steady, and they keep him busy." Mrs. Sparrograss looked up from the plaid patch of new gingham 8hc,waj needling into the breast of a faded gingham apron, and nodded significantly ; " True," said she, " you are the hour hand, but I am the minute hand." Aa this was the most brilliant remark Mrs. S. had made for some months, I was silent for some lime. Tb Elephakt A country schoolmaster happened to ba reading Of a curious skin of an elephant. 1 ' Did you ever see an elephant's skin ?'' be aktd. ' " I hate I" shouted a little all year old" at the foot of the class1, ' " Where ?" he asked, quite amused at the boy's earnestness. ' ' 1 - ' : " ' ' " Un the tlepbatit," said lit boy qnite ivplv. ' ' ' ' 1 ''" ' ' " nairely. f f - -f ,f.- :-:) 1 various mails oiler every facility frr ar- j commodntion of enrh other's pacsenger ; I so """'' wishing to travel in rent hatc, are not delayed at juncions bv Ira'es not mating as per advertisement. Wa found this especially so during a lain trip through Ohio oft' llip Cleveland and Tole do, Circinnali, Hamilton and Daylon, Mad ' River, Lake Erie nnd Ohio nnd ' Indiana t Railroads. The above roads, in fact, become celebrated for'six distinct features or qualifications ; Safety; 2d. Harmony and discipline; 3 1, Low priees; 4'h, Lightning speed; fi'h, Finn scenery and bracing air; 6ih, '1 hp affability of their conductors nnd honesty of their financial manager. With these imnor'nnt facts h-coinm? more nnd more generally known it is nr wonder that on many of our New Englaii I roads, the travel during the past year has fallen off ten per cent. It is with no feeling of envy that we notice the rupid progress of our Buckeye sister; we are delighted to see it, and hope that during the next year, New England may furnish fifty thousand travelers to witness and enjoy the facilities of rai'mad-injj. when elevated to the present high Buekeye perfection. Some idea of the dispntch with which trains are sent over that State, may be inferred from tho fact that travellers can leave Boson, via Albany or New York, proceeding to Buffalo 'or Erie: thence to Cleveland, and from there to almost any town in the S a'e, to call on a friend for business or pleasure, and then proceed Southward, and arrive in Cincinnati in advance of passengers by any other route. Freight is forwarded with the same dispatch, handled with care instead of as if it was hoop iron; and passenger's trunks instead of losing a hinge nt the first depot, n handle at the second, the lock at the third and having a general smish at the fourth are passed rapidly, right side up with care, and considered property instead of rubbish. Boston Pot. Toe First Cuuacn i.v Kansas. It is now a set' led matter that the first church erected in Kansas will be under the ana'pi. ces of the Unitarians. The mm of 9rV)00 has been raised in the denomination for the purose, ana the agent, Mr. h. r. Whitman, is now on his way to the territory to superintend the work. A gentleman of Biis'on has subscribed 600 to procure a bell, on the condition that a clock should be placed in the tower, so that the New England Emigrants, when they are in tho city of Lawrence, shall seo a structure to remind them of home. The Sunday School libra y connected wilh this pioneer parisrt, will be one of the largest and most complete in this country. The Rev. E. Nui, will be the pastor of the Society. He is now in the Territory, as mis.-ionary of tbs American Unitarian Association. K Noble Deed and its Rkward. On Friday a horse attached to a sleigh, was seen running down Whitos-boro street. When near Ginessee, Wm. Dunn, at the imminnnt risk of life nnd limb, boldly jumped into the sleigh, and sncceded in ' getting the lines, and stopped the horse without damage. , -i On receiving bis property safe and sound the owner g. nerously offered Mr. Dunn "something to drink !" "No I" said Dunn "had I been a drinking roan your horsa might be running still I" Vtica Herald. ( Ixik'manb. We saw, says an exchange on a cold day recently, in one of our cars, a lady, dressed very warmly in shawl and furs, wilh a babe of perhaps two years old, dressed only in slip and apron, and a sraa!l handkerchief tied around its neck, whH arms entirely bare, and looking as red a-t . a boiled lobster. It was observed by olio of the passenger that she was placing lh child on the txpiesa line forHeavto.- Boston Bet, . , " - Wortii Trtihu). 'A correspondent of the New York Tribune wrues that he baa mixed one bushel of corn with two bushtiU of grown wheat and ground the mixture, and it made good bread. In this instance the wheat ground alone Could not be ns. The corn shonld be very dry and thor. ougbly mixed with the wheat, The qu u- lily of grown wheat in this State, particularly the northern portion of i', gives value lo the above suggestion, if liie rmili tn orrectly stated. ' " '