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84 ing mysteriously under a heap of canvass
The following Song,writt_en by amechanic.
of New-Bedford, was sung at the late cele-
bration of the VVhig victories in New-York
and Mussacliusetts, by the young men ofthe
11th Congressional District, at Sandwich,
Mass.
TIIE LOCO-F000 PARTY.
Air-—“T/Le Hunters of Kentucky/.”
Ye Loco-Focos, great and small,
\Vho wear the Tory collar,
From those who in the traces draw,
Or in the “footsteps” follow——
To those who ride, or pace. or walk,
Fat, ragged, lean, or hearty;
Just listen to a little talk,
About the Loco party.
Chorus, sting at the end of every verse.
0 the party—the Loco-Foco party!
O—---o -0 o, the party-
The Loco-Foco party.
" Hurrah For Jan‘ ("'2 :"’ was the word
That roused ili-" ro’s" forces;
Tag, rag, and bobtatf"~3’and the herd
Ofulligator-horses.
That hue and cry rang far and wide,
The loafers yelled it hearty-
For Jackson into power must ride,
Upon the Loco party!
“ Clearont,ye rogues!” the Gin‘ralcries——-
“ Vour looks to me are hateful;
To hottest victors yield the prize,
Rewards are for the faithful.
Lay hold, good friends. and take your fill,
And tug away right hearty;
Each take a teat. and swear and sweat,
And help along the party.
-“Down with the Bank, the Monster Bank!
Our treasure will be plundered;
It is not safe to keep it there,
So we’ll give it to a hundred.
And when ’tis scattered, all our friends
Can help tbetnselves right hearty
To Treasury pap—and money tends
To “ push along” “the party.”
Re/brm, Retrenchmcnt. side by side,
Go like a pair of ponies;
\Vhilc none are suffered now to ride,
But whole-hog Jackson cronies.
Twelve millions was a mighty sound,
They bawled it out right hearty;
But now three times that sum is found
Not to distress the p3~.’tyl
Experimenting, on we go,
Wliile our Bentonian nurses
First promised gold-—then gave us rags
To fill ottr "silken purses."
Alas! alas! that men should prize
Such promises so hearty;
But Viliigs have proved they are but lies.
To bolster up the party.
King Andrew had ti monstrous foot,
And triads a mighty track, airs;
.1124; v.-5-.i. Lu ..—nn.‘.. ... - 3. l »l.-..-...,
He never would step back, sire.
Ifevery thing to ruin went,
I-Ie ne'er was known to start a
Single. liair—biit onward bent,
He pulled along the party.
The " footsteps" were so wide apart.
\Vlien little Martin run. sirs;
The very firsl leap that he made
Placed both feet into one, sirs.
Therelike afetlcrca’ pig he stuck,
Arid fluttered round right hearty;
Sub-Treasury he found “ no go,”
Not even with the party.
To pocket funds, they knew full well,
It gave too good a chance, sirs;
Though all Sub- Treasurers have legs.
Few “ use them in advance,” airs.
But should Ifeel at all inclined
To make you laugh right hearty,
I'd show what different men and minds
Compose the Loco party.
But to their own and country’s cause,
The \Vhigs, now true-—-and ever,
\Vill march in one unbroken front,
And row them up Salt River.
Old Massachusetts, under foot,
Just pull ahead, boys, hearty;
And while our Everett steers the boat,
We’ll lead the Loco party.
From the Gentleman's Magazine.
PIRATE LAW.
The morning wind had sunk to sleep on its
ocean bed, and left a small foretopsail schoon-
er rocking on the long smooth swells away
westward of the coast of Peru. She wa_s a
gay and gallant model of naval beauty.
Light as the frightened sea gull, she rose on
the clear deep wave, showing along, low
shining black hull, of faultless mould. The
tall, elegant masts stood proudly up with that
graceful rake peculiar to this class of vessels
—the clean polish!’-fl 5'm“-15 “"3” swung _W1i
the nicest accuracy, tapering from the middle
with the rounded symmetry of a ladies fin-
ger; the spotless canvass hung in airy folds
amid the trim, taut rigging, like the floating
dress of a fairy queen. The figure head of
a dark haired Moorish girl, leaned in laugh-
ing lovliness from the sharp rising bow, as
if to kiss the glad waters beneath; with one
hand she held the wild lily of the Pacific
Isles, while the other playfully grasped a
scrap, on which was written ‘The Flower of
the Sea.’ A single flag dropped over the
narrow stern; as it flapped aside with the
rolling waves, it revealed the bright bla_z_.or_iry
of the Spanish Arms.
To one untaught in sea. lore, the vessel
might have passed for a peaceful carrier of
trade, but a seaman would have remarked
that she was built for surpassing swiftness,
without regard to burthen. He would have
remarked that she was too pretty to be any
thing else than a smuggler or a pirate, such
gentry always displaying a more classic taste
than their less romantic brethren of the salt
water, His keen e e, too, would have de-
tected the dark mout of a cannon, known to
the craft‘. by the name of -‘ Long Tom,’ lurk-
and coiled ropes, just aft the foremost. All
doubts as to her character were put to rest by
that covered the deck. Some slept half
naked in the hot sun, some were gambling
and quarrelling, and others, with a spice of
poetic feeling not uncommon to the cloth,
were leaning over the side to watch the
frolicsome porpoises splashing on the sunny
sea. It seemed from the confusion oftongues,
that the mob of eve_ry nation had met to-
gether, and sent each an envoy to this ‘As-
sembly of Free Agency.’ Among them es-
pecially were to be seen the dark, devil eyed
Mexican, and the brawriy, scowlipg mulatto.
Such was the pirate. The wars of Spain
and the American colonies had given a new
and dangerous impulse to lawless adventure.
The ‘profession’ of piracy rose to a fatal
rank, and, among the rest, the ‘Flower of
the Sea’ became known as the ‘ scourge of
the southern wave.’ Her name carried ter-
ror far among the islands, and the very ports
of the Pacific. Swift and daring, she set
capture at defiance, and laughed at pursuit.
Many a boastful cruiser had felt her powers
in the running fight before she left him ‘hull
down’ astern. Many an honest mariner had
espied at dusk a speck ofsail prowling on the
red edge of the horizon, and ere the evening
star, l1{t(l set, with a blaze and a hurrah, the
pirate was upon them.
Beneath the awning on the quarter deck,
reclined a fierce man under the common
height, but of powerful frame. Full white
trowsers, girded smooth and tight around
the waist with a crimson belt, scarcely hid
the outline of a leg too large to be called
handsome. A pair of Morocco slippers coin-
pleted his dress, leaving bare a broad shaggy
chest, and muscular arms, of Herculean size.
Two large pistols, and a long glittering knife,
which weapons he never laid aside, were
stuck into his belt. His face, almost covered
by whiskers and‘ mustachios of enormous
growth, were terrible as the storm ofthe de-
sert. An eye that would scare a inurderer’s
ghost back to his sheetless gibbet, glared in-
tensely under a bushy mass of hair that over-
hung his brows. Such was Bernardo, the
pirate chief. He commenced his career of
villany in early youth, by murdering an aged
and only relative in Janiaica, his native land.
He fled and l:e,came :1 free booter. Growing
more daring and desperate as blood thi_ckcn-
ed on his hands, he acknowledged no supe-
rior in crime but his great master, the devil,
and was often heard in his drunken revelry
to vow a hard fight for empire with that
potentate on the sulphiirous Styx.
Feared and hotel by his gang. the tenure
of his authority was the sabrt-:’s point; yet he
maintained nis sway by tllflt Collsllmlmlle
boldness i1l'l(lCllit7_’iln(_7_‘, which men of lilo‘ rank,
and calling never want. The glance 01 the;
chief darted restlessly from time to time
among his trimcless crew, and then, like the
panther in ambush, traveled keenly around
the horizon.
High amid the angry oaths of a knot of
gamblers at the forecastle, arose the gruff
voice of Antonio, a gigantic mulatto, of a
most villainous aspect. Inferior to none but
Bernardo, in practical accomplishments he
was acknowledged second in power, and not
one dared to dispute his claim. Opposite to
him sat a wild looking, long haired youth, of
slender but active frame. His features were
once singularly handsome, but companion-
ship of vice, and his own untamed passions,
had lent him the reckless bearing of an out-
law. His losses were rapid and heavy-—
with an impatient curse he threw his
last stake; the cards were played ; the
mulatto won, and swept the gold into his
pocket with a fiend’s laugh.
‘ Antonio, you are a base cheat !’ mutter-
ed the youth, grinding his teeth with passion.
‘ I a cheat!’ returned Antonio, rising
wrathfully. ‘Look you, Arnold Kell, when
is my answer,’ touching the handle of his
knife; ‘ but when a cross boy, I correct him
as would his mother, thus,’ and with his
open hand he sent the youth reeling back-
wards. " C ' N ' ' ' ” '
With a scream like the wild cat in her
rage, the young man flashed his knife in the
sun, and bounded at his huge antagonist. In
an instant his uplifted arm was stillcd, and
his naked throat clutched in the vice—lil:e
grasp of Antonio. ‘Die like a puppy as
you are, unworthy of bullet or steel,’
gl-0‘V]ed the ruthless negro, and he laughed
hideously at the starting eyes and hanging
h tongue of the gasping Arnold. -The crew
rushed towards them, and Antonio, bent on
the death of his victim, stepped back. -The
strangling boy in his last throes, tripped his
foot dexterously as he retreated. Antonio,
loosed his hold and caught vainly at the
shrouds; wildly,ti*iumpha_ntly did Arnold
send home his knife in rapid succession, and
ere the mulatto fell, his heart’s blood was
smoking on the deck. The maniac yell of
the victor was followed by the curse, the
death rattle. of the fallen.
’’‘Hell and furies!’ thundered Bernardo,
throwing aside the crowd, ‘who daresmy
authority on this deck ’.l who has don_e this
deed ‘.1’ l
'9 I !’ said the youth, holding up his reeking
blade, ‘ I Arnold Kell, sent the devil to ‘his
home.’
‘Then after him, with this message from
me,’ and Bernardo’s pistol glittered at his
head.
‘He was right,’ muttered twenty voices,
and as many knives started from their sheaths.
As the crippled snake in his angry pain, so
did Bernardo turn on his rebellious gang. His
eye flashed fierce as the lightning’s blaze on
eyes as fierce as his. Mad with rage, yet
fully aware of the spirits over whom he held
his wavering ascendancy, the wily chief
searched for an instant the dark faces around.
the motley crew of wliiskered desperadoes
‘ Is there a man,’ said he with loftly ve-.
'"”."‘f"l_l,.‘3‘-i, lx‘-.;.ife, and spranrg‘ tip the
a man calls me so——mind you, a man—;—this p
hemence, ‘who has joined this daring mutiny,
that will say when your chief forgot his duty .7
When has the sweeping storm burst over us
that I guided not the helm? VVhen has the
lightning lit up the midnight surge, that I
trembled at its glare '3 VVlien has the fight
dyed the sea with blood, that my sabre was
not there '2 And who was at my side in all
this? There he lies, the murdered Antonio l
Who so fearlessly sprang aloft, when the
hurricane rent the fluttering canvass? l_Nli_o
so true to cripple the flying prize ‘.3 VVho,
when the kneeling coward prayed for his
tremblinglife, so quick to stop his tongue, as
Antonio '2 Dead men tell no tales.’ ’ '
A Il2l1l‘_1'I1uI' of approbation was lieard.
Bernardo eyed Arnold with a hellish joy.
‘And’ \‘.'l“,o, coiitinued lie, ‘.is his murdei'er'.l
A stray our I-l.‘.€‘.t swam off to us with a rope
about his neck. A weak fool, who sleeps on
his watch and starts and matters of his father
and his home, whose woman’s tongue preach-
etl pity to men like you, when your knives
were cutting the way to victory. He has
basely killed your brave companion, whose
lift"; was worth .'._1 hundred such cowards as
he I ll/‘hat says our law ?—-‘ life for life!-
blood for blood.”
T he stern words of the law were repeated
by all in a tone that silenced mercy.
Arnold heard his doom with scorn. ‘ Cow-
oral as l have been called,’ said he liaughtily,
‘I will not ask dogs for a life worth less than
this deritl jackall,’ spurning the huge corse
of Antonio. ‘I ask for death, but let it be on
the decks ofthe enemy.’
"l_‘lie law, the law !——blood for blood!’ in-
terriipted liernardo.
The ominous sentence was whispered
again, like the hollow threat of the midnight
wind.
A shudder thrilled the frame of the doom-
ed ; for an instant, in that dread moment, his
eye sought the bright still sky—-:o,ne bitter
tear stole down and trembled on his lip ; he
thought of his far off home, his mother’s
smile but again defiance mantled on his
bro-iv; dark and fearless he looked on the
seekers of his blood.’ I ’
‘I must die; but ere I go, I-’ll hurl the
lie hack to the teeth of the damned one that
spoke it,’ said lie, bendiriga hateful glance at
the chief. ‘llbecomcs him well to call me.
car and coward, who came from the womb
sqi.ie:1l(irir_: zl curse on men; who grew and
fattciierl on his kindred blood.’
‘Fool—do you heard me here!’ cried the
furious Bernardo, flashing a pistol in the face
of‘ the youth. The excited crew closed be-
l_"‘.ecn thr en, when Arnold drew his blood
T‘.'2:::'::'2‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.t
1!.$i‘f.’VCI' ’.'oiio\vs,' slionted llC,
'\’:'lll1 me from the main head.’
The fearful brawl was arrested by the hur-
rierl cry of ‘A sail on the larlioard how I" In
an instant all was bustle. Away to the west,
a d_.‘t1'k streak on the sea marked the coming
wiiicl. Just within its edge, a large brig was
seep. btaring d-.ie south, under full sail.
‘Slij "will escape us by this cursed calm,’
gt?-titled Bcrncit'do. ‘ V\”-fllill. colors Tl’
lA:z',»i'ican,’ returned the lookout.
pf.-?. prize, but not for us.’ _
(Tire dead Antonio .was hastily thrown
0':-irhoard, with a shot: fastened to his heels,
an‘! his blood carelessly washed offthe deck.
It ‘was no time to resume the quarrel, and
Ahold remained sullen and tipiriolested.
Btrnardo strode the deck impatiently, watcli-
in; the distant sail, like the shark when he
sec; his pirey sporting in the shoal water.
‘Ha I’ said he, stopping short, ‘perhaps they
have Christian charity ; up with a signal of
di-.=iress. Down below, all, and-be ready.’
The orders iyere promptly obeyed. True
to the appeal of humanity, the devoted brig
woe round, and steered directly for the
irate. It was a moment of intense anxiety.
The brig held her course for half an hour,
when suddenly there was a confusion on
board ; she hauled off; and crowded all sail.
Wiih a stamp of rage, thechief ordered his
men on deck. The dreaded black flag was
run up, and the long gun cleared away for
chase. Presently the approaching wind
played and whirled capriciously on the bil-
lnws ; the firsl light puff aiyolte the sleeping
saigg, and the pirate schooner slipped no_ise.-
lessly along. As the young breeze grew into
a steady wind, the accursed black banner
unwrapped its gloomy fold, and streamed
aloft ; the foam parted wide from the bow,
anal’ it was soon evident that she gained rapid-
ly on the brig.
‘Give them the hot iron l’ shouted the
chief. ‘But where is Antonio ’.l—whei'e is
your gunner now? Shall his murderer es-
cape?’ .
Curses, deep and angry, were heard, and
many vengeful looks were fastened on the
condemned youth, perched in the rigging.
Thr-t politic Bernardo stepped forward to try
his skill ; he sighted carefully along the piece
as ttie schooner yawed, and gave the order
to lite. The light craft trembled under the
belldwing discharge, but the brig kept on un-
harried. A broadside of oaths followed the
gun’; discharge. After a hot chase of an
hour; the figure of a man was distinctly seen
at the helm of the flying vessel—-he stood
fearli-ss and alone. Again the long gun
blazgd away; as the smoke swept astern, the
pirates shouted to see the foretop mast falling
to thé leeward. A few more rapid and well-
aimril shots, and the ill-fated brig was crip-
pled and unmanageable. The pirate have
too, ’itliin pistol shot. -Two boats were low-
eredtand instantly filled with the ferocious
wretilies. Into the foremost sprang Bernar-
do; lie stood eagerly in the bow, with a pis-
tol cocked in one hand, and a heavy sabre in
the ‘other. With a bowl like hungry wolves
they pulled for the prize. A silence, dread
as the famished lion before he wakes, reign-
\
ed aboard her. A small crew stobd arouptl
their captain on the quarter deck! a single
S“'lVC‘-l. a few old muskets, and a sabre or
two, with the usual sailor knife, were their
only arms. A powerful emotion agitated
their leader; he trembled, but it was not the
cowartl’s quail; his face was deadly pale-,but
fear blanched it not; his "words quivered
through blpodless lips, but they breathed not
of terror or dismay. It was the energy ofa
dauntlcss soul mastering its physical tene-
ment. He looked on his faithftil crew with
thoughts that pen cannot portray.
‘My men,’ said he, in a low and anxious
tone, ‘ we may soon be at anchor in a foreign
port, but before we set sail, if any man has
might to say of me, let him speak his mind.
IVhen my poor, wild son ‘left his father to go
I know not where, my vessel became my
home; I have tried to do my duty as an lion-
est skipper shotild—l love you all—wpuld
die for you.’ ' ' '
‘VVe love you—.—-will (lie for you’—_—burst
forth from the affected tars.
‘ My valiant boys, Ithzink yon; fight while
the last plank holds together; remember your
wives and sweet-hearts. I am good for a do-
zen of the villains l’
One full, bold shout from the crew was the
answer.
‘Take the foremost boat—firc!’ shouted
the master of the brig, discharging his mus-
ket, which was followed by a sheet of fla‘;i_e
from the swivel and small arms of the men.
The effect was terrible; ayell of agony
arose; Bernardo tumbled heavily over the
bow. The shattered boat filled and went
dotvn, leaving a dense mass of dead, wound-
ed, and cursing pirates on the bloody \v,=.},ve,
but before the brave crew could re-load, ‘the
other boat was alongside the brig. The pi-
rates poured on deck; their wild cries and
horrid blasphemies rent tli_e air, but not less
terrific was the pealirig hurrah! of the ii_t_i~
petuous captain, as he whlrlcd his sabre over
his head,
‘Fight for your lives, your skipper, and
your craft; we are one to ten,my brave boys,
but I am good for a dozen.’
For a moment the pirates hesitated. It was
a tlirilling pause. It is dreadful to war
against hope, but the striiggle is more terri-
ble. Another band leaped on board, and the
fight closed like the meeting of whirlwinds.
Then came the hot strife of life and death in
his fiercest shape—the scrcam—the blaze——-
the crasli—-—the gasp-——the death hug——the
jetting blood--—the heavy fall——and the last
groan. The sailors fought with the fierce-
ness of revenge and the recklessness of de-
.‘ , spair.
' Slledtt leap '
Many a foul pirate gasped his last
curse: on Lliili. .lt:..i be-.;f'l'it prize. But no
courage could witltstand the overwhelming
numbers of the buccanniers. One by oriea
deep plunge told that :1 sort of the ocean was
sinking in his ocean grave.
The pirates were masters of the brig; the
intrepid captain alone remained; yet still his
sabre whirled its circle of death; still the
stiri'ingthi.inLlerof his voice cheered his men
to victory. He looked around, and they were
all gone l A few scalding tears traveled
with funeral pace over his gory cheek." ‘
‘All gone but me? my poor boys,’ said he
sorrowfully, ‘you did your duty, and the
great Skipper that sails aloft won’t forget you,
when all hands are called on deck to report
their watch.’ ' Faint and wou_nded, he cut his
staggering way to the cabin. ' ’ ’
‘-Take him alive, lake him alive! he shall
die by inches, shouted a husky voice which
the pirates recognised to be that ofBernardo.
Pale,wet, and bleeding, he climbed on board;
a ragged piece of scalp hung over his right
eye and temple; his right arm fell splintered
and powerless by his side. ‘ Take him alive,’
again he cried,hoarse with passion, ‘for ven-
geance I must have.’
After a sanguinary striiggle, the heroic
captain was taken and bound? The brig was
plundered and set on fire; the greedy element
patted its wily tongue up the rigging,and
dressed the vessel in flame. The pirates
with their prisoners and booty, putoff for their
schooner, heedlcss ofthe imploring cries of
their wounded comradc-s on the--luv-~'-rs"
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’’ In a few minutes more, ‘the Flower of the
Sea,’ fell obediently to the wind, settling full
and gracefully to one side, and bore rapidly
away. '
The ill-fated prisoner was dragged with
cu1'ses_ before the chief on the quarter deck;
their eyes met with onelong look of hate.
‘ What is our loss '2’ inquired Bernardo, to
his men.
‘Twenty-seven missing,’ was the answer.
‘ What, has a handful of villians done all
this? Fool l what do you expect?’ roared
Bernardo, lookirigfury at his erect and scorn-
ful captive. ’
‘ That which you know I fear not—d_eath V!’
was the reply.
_At the sound of that voice, aquick, broken
cry, might have been heard from aloft, but
for the noise of the yessel speeding on her
way.
.‘ Yea, boasting dog, death you shall_haVe.
but it shall -be with hot iron in your hissing
flesh, and burning brimstone in your cursed
mouth.
1 Cut-throat-—coward !’
.9 Silence ! my revenge is not to befcheated
by words. Look at me; do you not owe me
along debt of vengeance? Look at this (lamp;
ed scar 1’ _
‘ I fired that ball—would it had struck your
brain.’
‘ Look at this blasted arm, than which a bet-
ter never rung a villain’s neck.’ ‘
‘ I pointed the swivel; would it had torn
out your black heart.’
With a gnash of rage Bernardo thrtist a
pistol into the very eye of the unfortunate
captain, and fired. At the instant, a long,
shrill, unearthly scream of ‘ Blood for blood!’
pierced the air aloft.
gla_nce_d wildly upwards, when the whirling}
whizzing body, of the forgotten Arnold, fell
on the upturned face of Bernardo, snapping
his neck, and crushing liipi to the deck, a
hideous corpse! A
‘ My father ! oh my father! shrieked the’
expiring Arnold,\-vrithing and crawling to the
murdered captain. But his brave soul had
gone ; he knew not the infamyof his son.-—
W'ith a piteous mean, the poor youth clasped’.
the stiffened corpse, and breathed his dying
zigony on his pare-nt’s bosom._ The pirates
stood appalled. The bodiesofthe father and
son were dropped overboard together ; as;
they went slowly down, the face of the father,’
yet bold and proud, gleamed for an instant
under the bright wave and sunk forever--.
the (lead Bel‘n{‘ll"_Cl0 followed-; "another com-.
manded in his stead, and the ‘ Flower of the;
Sea’ sailed on. A
A FABLE,_ ' i .
‘ And how did it happen, Pat, that Misther~
Van Burcn always kept in with the mild:
General as he did ‘.1’
‘Why, I’m thinking, Murphy, it was be-.
cause he always had sich a bad cowld jist."
‘And what had his_ having arbad cowld to,
do with this matter at all at all ?’
‘VVliy, did you riiver hear, Murphy, my-
boy, of the fox that had a cow,l,'d'.l» thin I’ll»
tell ye. Once there was a lion that wanted‘
to know how polite the bastes were, so he-
made a great smell in his den with brimstone.
or something else ; I don’t mind what jist,_
but it smelt epotigh to knock yer.’tlown intire-
ly, and thin he call,ed in the bearr. and says-
he ‘ Good morning t’ye Misther l3_,e_a,r,r, and
‘what d’ye think of the smell here, this morn-_
ing .7’ And says the bearr, says he-‘-Why
it smells bad.’ °What’s that you say/.l"says_,
the lion; ‘ take that,’ says he ailing him up
altogether ; ‘take that, and see if it will
teach yer politeness, ye unmannerly son ofa
cub.-’ ‘
So when the bearr was ate up, the lion
called in the monkey, and axed the same
question precisely. Now the monkey see-.
ing the been that the lion had swallowed, lv-.
irig dead in the corner, says _lie, ‘ Mayvit
please yer majesty,’ says he, 'it’s jist the
most delightful smell 1 ever smelt in all my-
life at all’ at all.’ ‘So it is,’ said the lion,
patting him on the head with his paw, asy
like, so as to hate the breath clane out of his
body; ‘so it is,’ says he, ‘and now yott’-'ll' not
tell another lie soon, I’rn thinking.’
Now when the lion had lrilt the bear and
the monkey, he called in the fox?-Q him. alilli
says be looking very savage and
ate him up if he should make the lastey’o';;
paw at all—‘ Good morning, Fox,’ says he
‘how does my parlor smell to day .7’ Ami
says the fox, (wiping his nose with the brush
Ofhls tall. and pulling down his eves with
his Paw» as much as to savff do yeti s’ee’any
green _there_, my lioney .7’) ‘faith,‘ says he
.‘ma_v it lase yqer in‘a_je_5ty_ _1?,,,, a very bad‘
cowld this morning, and it’s _l’l1e that ‘Cantt
smell at all at all.’ So the lion laughed and
towld the fox he was a very clever bngte am;
that he might tread in his footsteps if he*L.,,,1,'1
straddle wide enough, and all the other hast
should mind him or he would ate them up
as he had done the bearr.’ ' F ' ' ’
[Taxes-'-The most of the taxes yoii P3,,
are raised to support criminals and paupers,
confined in jails and poor-houses. Ignorant-é
is the cause of almost all the crime andpau-
perism you are yearly supporting. T '
norant man does not foresee the consequc.-i,_.
ce_s of idle, vicious habits and actions.
is, by being ignorant, left in bad company in ,
places of temptation. He soon becomes arl '
outcast, and then an expense to the town, If
he had received an education, his aim and
life would have been higlier—his power over
temptation stronger, and his companyand his
amusements would have been more rational,
more moral, and far more preventive from
doing wiorig. Education arms a man with
strength, and puts him under influpncea that
i,....,'. i.;..-. 'rruui'""'ralling. But thegfnan that
grows up in ignorance and in vicio is habits,
istenceis one pf idleness and crirr 2. _,-‘null 3
daily expense to the community. .' 7,he‘~to3‘§“
that desires to lessen its taxes, will’ first St ' »
education.—Satirica.l Hits on the People’s
‘_Ezlucat-ion. '
Crates, the ancient philosopher, was wont
to say that if he could get upon the highest
place in the city he would make this procla-
mation : “ ‘What _mea_n you, fellow citizens,
to be anxious after w_eal_th, but so inc-lifl'erent,
to your.c_hildren’s education .7 It is like be-..
ing solicitous about the shoe, but neglecting
entirely the foot that is to wear. it.”—Ib.' ‘ -
One little Anecdote about Memorus Word;
welZ.—It happened one day that the ‘ cut and
split’ for the fire fell short, and Jonas Patch
was out wielding the axe in school time.-—’-
He had been at work about half an hour,
when Memorus. who was perceived to have
less to do than the rest, was sepl ppt tp ‘joke
his place. He was about If) years pld, a;i,(_l 5;
years younger than Jonas, 5M,ejrn_orus, y_o__1i
may go out and spell Jonas.’ .Ou1"hero'did
not thi_nk ‘of the Yankee sense in which the
never attached but one meaning to it Wlier g
yer it was used with r_efe1'cnce to himself. I_-fé
supposed the mas_fer wa_s granting him a ride.
extraordinary on his favorite hobby. So he
put his spelling-book under his arm and was
out at the wood-‘pile with the speed of a pay
rushing to play. ’ ’ l N "
‘Ye got yer spellin lesson, Jonas '2’ was
his first salugatiop. ‘ ‘AI-Iaven’t.-,l_ooked pt it
I
:1‘
The afi‘rightea-pjrates,.,-- ’
is not only helpless, but hopeless. : ‘_His ex‘-. --
3%
that all its inhabitants are ‘receiving a good;‘.:,
master used the word ‘spell,’ indeed he had '
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