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CANGHALA UA,
roa THE COMPLETE CURE or
Coughs, Golds, Influenza,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Spitting
of Blood, and all other Lung
Complaints tending to
CONSUMPTION.
NOTHING L1I{EI'I‘.
Cure follows Cluarel
READ THE EVIDENCE! l
The above invaluable llledicino has now
been before the public sufilcieiitly long to have
its virtues tlz.uroug‘lzl;2/ tcslcuf. It has been
used by all classes of the coiiiiiiuiiity, under
every possible variety of circumstances, and
has everywliero proved itself a most powerful
and efiicient Cough Medicine. Lzmg Disca-
scs of all kinds, yield to its influence, as mists
pass away upon the rising of the Sun. This
is no fiction. \Ve give you below, letters
« from persons who are now living in the state
of New York, and who declare. over their
own signatures, all that we coulrl possibly dc-
sire to say in itsfazror. Those who can read
their statements and yet remain incredulous.
must be beyond the ieacli of human testimony.
.
A Lovi-:Lv YOUNG LADY
CURED OF CONSUMPTION!
“ It is seldom we permit ourselves to occii
py ii space in these columns to .speak in praise
of any article in the patent. medicine way; but
when we see the life of H. fellow creature
saved by the use of any medicine whatever,
we consider it as our riglit, if not a duty. to
give ii simple stateinent of facts, that. others
may, in like maniier, be lienofitted. The case
which has induced us to pen this article. VW5
that of ii young lady of our acquaintance, who
by frequent exposure to the niglit air, contrac-
ted ii cold, which settled on the Lungs before
its ravages could be stayccl. (This occurred
two ago this winter.) Various ieiiierlies were
used. but with very little effect or benefit.
The cough grew worse, with copious expecta-
riition, and the sunken eye. and pale, hollow
cheek, told plainly that; Pulmonary Disease
was doing its worst on her delicate frame.
The family pliysician was consulted. and al-
though he would not admit to the young lady
that she really had the Consumption. yet he
would give no encouragement as to a cure.
Attliis crisis, her mother was persuaded‘ to
make use of a bottle of Dr. Ilogers’ Compound
Syrup of LIV ER“-"OR'I‘. TAR, AND CAN -
CHALAGUA, and we are happy to state, she
was perfect.l_v cured in less than three months
by this medicine alone, after every hope was
destroyed. It is useless to comment on such
ii case as this, for the simple truth will reach
where polislied ‘Il_('.tI0t] never can. If any
doubt the autlieiiticity of this statement, let;
them call at this office-.-—U. S. Ilfililary and
Naval Argus Q[]icc, 79 C/zat/Lam st.,—N. Y.
ilgll, and Disease of 14 months slamling,
CURED, after being given. up twice
by cmincnt .Pll_7jSlCl(2'nS .’
Al.l}.»\i\'Y, June 9th, I849.
Messrs. A. L. Scovill &. Co.—I herewith
forward to you a Certificate of a Cure. effected
by your Compound Syrup of Liver-wort, Tar,
and Canclialagua. Tho Cough and expectant-
tion was of fourteen months standing, and Iiad
baffled the skill of several of our eminent
physicians in New York,Albany, and Coopers-
town- I am the person in whom the cure was
effecteil, and as I had previously no faith in
patent medicines. 1 have since tried it on
others, and have become satisfied of its value.
Mine was as great a cure as ever was per-
formed, as I had, during my sickness, been giv-
en up twice by my pliysicians. I. have now
commenced my business, after taking, I think,
about eight bottles‘ v
Yours, resp’,v. Tims. C. FAULDER.
BLEEDING AT THE LUNGS CURED.
8 /tow promptly it acts !
Stalcnzcnl of M7‘. A. Lang, Baker, 388
Pearl st. N. Y.——A few days before last
Christmas, I was taken unwell, and soon com-
mencod bleeding freely at the Lungs. I called
in a Homoeopatliic Physician, but his medicine
did not seem to help me. 1 read your adver-
tisement. and thought I would try Dr. Rogers’
Syrup of Liverwort, Tar and Canclialagua.
Before I had taken up the third bottle, my
bleedingliad stopped, my cough was gone. fllltl
felt well as usual. My health is now good.
consider it. a most excelleiit medicine, and
cordially iccoinmend it to my friends. [This
statement was made-to the Proprietors, March
1 2[I1v '
For sale, wholesale and retail, by A. L.
SCOVILL 65 CO. Propi'iet_ors, at i.Il8ll'-])l'ln-
cipal Depot.GO'I‘I'IIC I-IAl..L.3l6 Broadway.
New York, to whom all ardors for the Medi-
cine, and letters relating to agencies, should be
addressed post paicl. '
Also, for sale in Norwalk by J. A. WEED,
and W. E. BISSELL.
— Price.—-In large bottle, $l,00 ; or six bottles
for $5.00.
I see.
George A. Davenport,
iittoriioy and Counsellor at law,
Ojice Ives: Side the Bridge,
N-ORWALK, CONN.
0. S. Perry,
lltt; oriiry and Counsellor at I.
Malloi-y’s Building.
Oflicc hours from 8 /.0 12 o’cloc/r, A. Jlil. ,' and.
from 1 lo 6 o'clock, P. III.
. C. 85. Gr. A. BISSELL,
Attorneys and cciiascllors at law.
Ollicc over J. Mallory &. Co.’s Store,
_________ ixjomvkcic, coNN_.___
John A. Weed,
Wholesale and etail Dral:-r-in
DRUGS. t\IIC’DICINI1IS. CIIICIVIICALS,
PERl4“Ui\IEB.Y. DYE S'I‘Ul4‘FS,
PA'I‘EN'I‘ MEDICINES, &c.
l'Vcsl siilc the Britlgc, .l\‘orwa l/c, ‘Conn.
o. J enumam,
DEALICR IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
ffituplt $29ft1tI'[]_)_ iilrp (Yvonne
CARPETI NG
Carriage Cloths and Triim mugs.
CLO'l‘llS, 0.-issniuaus, vEs'i‘iNas,
Sheeting s. Flannels, Batts &c.
N O R W A L KL
JGEEN ARTS 'I‘EN’S
AbllEllhl.ltl*I BBMS
Over 1-‘. St. Jol2n’s Store,
NOI-’..W.-\LK, CT.
Eaikenesses
l'Va.r7'a.ntezl to plmse all good j-iul__r,rrs.
S. E. Qlmstead, .
VVHOLESALE 6: I{I§’I‘AIL DEJALICR IN
Groceries. Iflonr. I’rovisioiis, Sa It, Powder. dcc.
No. 14 5-: 16 Main st... Norwalk, Ct.
Raymond :39 ."rZ%Iezd,
\VIIOLESA LE & RETAIL DEALERS
In Grocei°io.=s, Provisions, Flour, Feed, Salt,
Fish, Crockery and Glass‘ \Vare, \\7ooden and
\Villow \Vare. Brooms, Mats, &i-., &c.
No. 2 lvValer sI.., Norwul/c, Con-n.
Lockwood, Ilaight: 8;. Co.
l\1A;\'Ul‘AC'1‘UlU£ltS or
TIN, SI-IEET-IRON. & BRASS VVARES
ANI) I)l<Z.~tLEIlS IN .
‘TOVES, ranges, Iii_i-iiuces. heaters and
5 drums, hollow ware, sad irons, castings,
sliect lead and lead pipe, stove pipe and zinc,
brass kettles, cutlery, porcelain, jappnn and
brittaniii wares, china. ci'o(-.kery and glass
ware, Ft-nton enainelled wares, brushes and
mati-lies. glass lant.ei-ns, cliain pumps, Miller’s
water proof oil paste blocking. fresh ciimplieiie
and burning fluid, washing and yeast powders,
stove and shoe blacking, wrapping paper,
weiglits, brooms, pails, ti'avs, bowls and tubs,
seives, inatts, wash boards, ladies, staiiips,
spoons, clothes baskets, bellows, &c., (Sic.
.
coLU'MniAN HALL,
%Sl Grand Street, New York.
S. & M. E. Towle,
lMl’0R'I‘}£RS, JOBBI-IRS AND IlI‘2'I‘AI'I.I-IRS 01''
English, French, Geirnaan, Swiss 8;.
Doiincstic Dry Goods.
Strangers visiting New York will always find
a large iissortiiieiit. of
FANCY AN D DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Selected for the retail trade expressly. con
sisting of Rich Silk and Grape Shawls, Plain
and Eni.bro2'clcre¢l.
RICH SILKS. BROCAIHIS, FIGURED,
Sl:'i'pr;cl, Cliangcizble anal .1-mlia.
Ric/L Foularll, Jllarccll-ne and F lorcnce.
Rich C/tints, Printed I-"oularcl, (a new article.)
Also. it full assortment of
Ric/z Dress Goo:ls,coinprisi-ng l3a'reg'cs, Bcrage
De Lainc, _]ll'u.-slz'n. Dc Soic. Grenadines,
Albnrincs, Sill: Tissucs, Plain. Colorczl and
l'Vulcrcrl .lVU7'7,L"l('lI« Popliiis, Plain, "'ul'cl
and l"igiu'ccl Sitviss Jlluslins, Jacanrt,
Book (Incl Imlics .llIusl-ins, Colorctl
a-ml Clomlcrl C/zambrcz_1/s. Ric/i.
Lace Em,brn7‘«lcrc(l Collars,
Capos. Veils. Cu_[]Is and I-Iaml/.~er-
Clllfjb. Ilic/2. Insertions, Ezlgiizgs
and Black Silk '1'/'iimm'-rigs, of all
lVicll/is. Lane Enib roizlcrezl lV7f2ulow and
Recess C'urlazns. by przirs or sells. Ribbons,
Ta_./]'clh.zs. -Satin Liislrirzgs, rzfull. assortment.
Laclics i§ Gcnls F ranch Kiel (2‘—loz:cs,wr1rran__lcd.
A general assortment. of SILK <85 COTTON
HOSI ERY,togot.lier with a large assortment of
Illcrinocs. C(l8lLI)lC"l‘(’S. Parama/las. Alpaccas,
.Mouscli,nc Dc Lainc, Franc/1, .l1}ng'lish and
Domestic Prinl.s', Long Clot/is. Shir.l-
i’l'g39 S/:.ec/éngs. Linen Table
Cloths. Nap/tins, Diapers,
’1’ow('li7igs, cf.c., clc.
lllarscillcs, Toilet flfitl Lancaster Quilts.
Tei'ms——Casli, one Price, and no deviation.
£53“ Bowery, Grand, \VilliainsI_inrgli and
«IGPSBY City Stages. also stages prisms door
from ‘the different Railroad Depots e _ry five
S. 65 M. E. TO\VLE.
minutes.
Something New
B AY be seen by way of furnace and iron
heater cOtltl('.’.(:tP(I, by calling at F. H.
NASPPS store in_ South Norwalk, where he
inanufactures and deals in a great variety of
stoves, tin, sheet iron, copper, bi-itania, jappan
and wooden wares, knives and forks, pumps,
lead pipe, sheet. lead, iron tea kettles. and sun-
dry articles too numerous to mention in a
newspa per a dvert.iseiiient. - '
Jobbing of every description in his line done
at short notice. Roofing is also an important
branch of his business. and he has never failed
in one instance to give entire satisfaction to
those who have employed him; as his roofs
iire put. on in the most approved manner, so that
the expansion and contraction of the metal by
heat and cold will not injure the roof. Helms
also patent zinc paints, particularly adapted to
metal roofs—-as it. forms a slow galvanic action
with the tin. and being ‘itself an oxide will not
rust. when cxpnserl to the weather. Come and
So. Norwalk, May 31, 1851-
18is(i'm
TA foiiiilp Nemepapcir-~-ibcnottb to £itcrat1ire,_ Qiatnrral .3IIlBlIi:g£11££, jllnlitice, it
4
NORWALK, or.” TUESDAY, JULY 15, I851.
POETRY.
The Stranded Ship.
BY 5. J. w. BARRY.
But yesterday] paused. to mark
It‘ai' oil’ on ocean's breast.
How buoyantly a galliint bark
Rode on the surge’s crest.
A favoring breeze her canvass swelled,
And o’er the yielding flood impelled
Herjoyous Iioineward way;
The tallinast lowered a-mid the air,
And the broad flag and pennant there
Floated in proud display.
...-7: "
The billows on their lieaving béd,
Broke playfully before her ; ‘
And flea veu‘s i-esplondent concave spread
Its arch ofbrlglitness o’er her;
The stately ship. in conscious pride,
Rode swan like On the vassal tide
\Vitli uiidiilatlng motion,
"fill, safely into haven brought,
Its oczy bed the anchor sought
Beneath the waves of ocean.
And as I u‘iarkcd Iiow gloriously
She dashed the white foam by,
I deemed not that the Iaitliless sea,
And false, though smiling sky,
Should soon conspire with giziiit; force
To ClIt'CI\' that ha: k’_s careering course,
And niiir Iier proud array ;
Unconscious, whilst the scene I scanned,
Dark Ruin hovered o'er you stziaiid,
Prepared t’ alight. at Fate :3 coiiiiiiand,
Upon its Eestined prey.
Yet thus it isl—— On yonder rocks
\Vliei'e surging hillows break,
Fracturcigliy rude and reading shocks,
She lies——n lonely wreck!
Behold her, stretched in ruined pride,
Abandoned to th’ iiisultiiig tide
\Vl'iose fury oft she braved ; ‘
Her beauty iiiai'red—Iiei' glory past:—
And fell’d the cloud»aspii'irig,rnast;
\-Vhere flag and streamer waved.
No more triumphant. on the main,
So lato lior glory’s scene,
That ruined ship shall float again,
A graceful ocean-queeii;
But o’er her deck the wild wave flows—-
Aroutid her keel the S(‘-11-\VL'-ed grows,
The rocks lici' bed beneath;
Yet though all desolate and bare,
She lies like a fallen wiirrior there,
Dcspoilcd of helmet, plume and spear—~
Miijestic, even in death I
It. rccks not that she oft withstood
The fierce toi'iiado’s wrath,
And often o’er the deep pursued
A safe, though devious path ;
It m:it.tei's not how oft. she crossed,
’Neatli l'i'anqui'i skies, or teiiipest;—tost,
' The broad Atlantic’s breast;
How oft slio 'scaped iinpending fnto
On some-ivild shore and dcsoIato——- '
Here, all her wanderings rest.’
Thus, on thechangeful sea Of life,
Since Being‘s voyage began,
Allcriiato scenes of police and strife
Attend the waiidei'er——iiian:
Now gleanis of sunshiiie gild his path—--
Aiid now, his fragile baik in wrath
Is tost. on fortunes wave:
‘But brief the sunshine—short the blast-
And Beiiig’s strange reverses past.
Like yonder bark lie finds at last
A ri-.sting pliu:e——tlie Grave I
MISCISIILAN Y.
From the Su-mluy Cl'2'mcs.
The Mecl1anic7s Iiome.
BY AN 1-IX-EDITOR.
Iwrite this simple narrative of the life ofa
New York mechanic as an experiment. It
seems to me that it might be intemesting and
useful; but I may be mistaken in both. An
author has the same partiality for his works
that a parent has for his children ; his babes
are all beauties, and his geese all swans.—-
Still, when I read in print what I have writ-
ten—-whcn my ClllI{I_IS dressed up in other
cloiIies——I think I can look at it with more
impaitiality. VVIII the reader take this little
sketch on trust, and leave me time to de-
cide wlictlicr I shall write another?
As an editor, niy_ whole life was one of
communion with the people. I read for them,
studied for them, wrote for them. Still, we
had but little personal acquaintance It was
like two persons getting acqiiaintcd by wri-
ting letters. True I mixed with them as oft-
en as I had the ‘opportunity. I met them at
places of amusement, at balls, and public
meetings, and dinners, and celebrations, and
festivities of all sorts. But the world has
other faces than those it wears on holidays,
and these my profession gives me a chance
of seeing. I am forming a personal ac-
_qnainiance with society. I sec men in their
hours of deepest sorrow as well as liveliest
joy. I study liunianity in all its dcvoIop-
merits, from the structure of a bone to the
cause and effect of moral emotion. It seems
to me that, without violating a single propri-
ety, I may make this observation of use, in
those hours of leisure when I resort to the
pen, with something of the same feeling as
actuated the worthy tallow chandler, who in
selling out his business, in which he.had
grown very rich, stipulated that he should
have the privilege of coming into town “and
assisting on melting days.
Well I shall try. If Ifail, the effort need
not be repeated. If I succeed to my own
satisfaction— for how can' I judge of yours?
I shall have opened a new placer in this
newspaper California, in which lam dig-
ging, that others may have whatever pre-
cious metal comes to the light. But to my
story: . _
One evening, in the early part of the win-
tor, the door bell mug with energy, and the
servant announced a. man who Wished to see
me. A “man” is one thing, with a servant,_
a “ gentleman” another, a “person” some-
thing different from either. The man stood
in the ball, but I wondered why he had
not been called a gentleman. I was puzzled
where to place him myself. His dress was
very neat, but plain and rather coarse. His
linen, that badgecf refinement, was white,
in perfect order, and almost elegant. Every
thing about him seemed substantial ; but
In all outward seeming he vvas simply 8.
man. When he spoke to me, his address
was simple, clear, direct, and with a certain
air of self reliance, the farthest possible from
it viilgai' hustler.
" octor,’ he said, ‘I wish you to come and
see my child. Wefear he is threatened with
croup. _
I put on my hat and prepared to accompa-
ny him for if the case was as he supposed,
‘there was no tiuie to lose. In this disease a
single hour may make a life's difference. ,
In a moment we were in the street and will
king briskly up one of our broad avenues.
The child, he said had been playing
out of door, had eaten heartily of slipper,
gone to sleep, and waketl up a short time
since very Iioarse, with a croaking cough.
The case was a pretty clear one, and I but-
ried my walk still more, and in a few mo-
imauts were at the door. VVI-. went ‘up, up,
up, to the fourth story. The last flight of
stairs was carpeted, and a small lamp at the
top lighted us up. Itwas an excellent and
very durable kind of mat that lay at the door.
You will see, in time, why Igive these little
particulars.
I entered the. open door, and was welcomed
by a rather pretty and rci_narkable tidy xvopiaii
who could have been nobody in the .,world
but the wife of the man who had summoned
me.
‘I am glad you have come 50 soon,’ said
she, in :1 soft, pure accent. ‘Little W'illiam
seems so distressed that he can hardly breathe
and the next moment, as we passed thi’ough
a narrow passage where he lay; I heard
the unmistakable crbupy sound, that justly
carries such terrors to the parent’: heart.
‘Is it the croup, doctor?’ asked the fa-
ther with a voice of emotion, as I bent
over the child-—a fine boy, three. years of
awe.
D‘ It is certainly the cronp,’ I said, ‘and a
pretty violent attack. How long since you
thouglit him sick?’
‘Not above an hour,’ was the calm reply.
It was made calm by a firm self control. ' I
looked at the mother. She _was very pale,
but did not trust licrsr,-If to speak.
‘Then there is probably but little danger
Isaid: ‘but we have something to do. Have
you the watier here ?’ ‘ .
The hifsband went towbat seeincd a clos-
et, opened two doors, and disclosed a neat
bathing tub, supplied with the Crown. Tliis
was beyond my liopes; but Iliad no time to
wonder. The little fi-llow was in a high fe-
ver and laboring for every breath ' Taking
him from his little crib, where he lay upon
ii nice hair matrcss, fit for a prince to sleep
on, I took off his clc-an night-Clothes, stood
him in-the I)iliIl‘IUIl,1III(I made his f.itIici'
pgiur fiill_,u_poii his neck and chest three pails
ofhcold water, while I rubbed them briskly
with my hand. He was then wiped dry and
rubbed till his whole body was glowing
like a flame. Then I wrung it large tow-
el out of cold water and put it around his
throat,and tlicn wrnppetl him up in blankets.
The brave little fellow had borne it all with-
out a complaint, as if he understood that un-
der his f:iiher’s cye no harm could come to
him. In fiflcecn minutes after he was wrap-
ped in the blankets, he was in ii profuse por-
spiration,in a sound sluinber,and breathing
freely. The danger was over——-so rapid is
this disease, and so easily cured.
I-Izippincss had shed a serene light. upon
the countenance of the father, and thrown
over the molher’s face a glow of bcauty—-
Iooked upon them, and was more than
ever puzzled where to place tlicm.—
There were no marks of high birth or
superior bi-ec(ling—not the shadow of de-
c;-iyed gcntility about them. It was rather
the reverse, as iftlicy were working up from
a low rank of life to a higher.
Ilookcd around the room. It was the
bedroom. Every thing in it was perfectly
neat and orderly. The bed, like the crib,
was excellent biit_ not costly. The white
counterpanc did not cost more than ten shil-
lings—yet how beautiful it Iookcdl The
white window curtains were sliillirig muslin
but their folds hung as richly as if they
were damask-—and how very appropriate
they seemed I The bath, with its snug fold-
ing LI00l‘S,I knew had hot cost, plumbcr’s “bill
and all, more than ten dollars. The toilet
table, of an elegant form, and coiiiplctely
covercd,l had no doubt was white pine, and
cost half a dollar. The pi'ctures‘_on the wall
were beautiful Iitbographs—bcttei', far bet.-
ier than oil paintings I have seen in the lion-
ses of millioiiaii‘es_: yet they can be bought
at Gtoupels, or Willias & Steven’s for three
to five sliillings, and a dollar ‘a-peice had
framed them. ‘ The floor had a carpet that
seemed to match every thing, with its small
neat figure, and light chamber color. It
was a jewel of a room, and in perfect keep-
ing in all its parts as if an artist bad design-
ed it.
Leaving the little boy to his untroubled
sleep and giving directions for his bath on
waking, we went into the other room,
which was differently but just as neatly ar-
ranged. lt might have answered for a par
lor, only it had a cooking stove, or a
studio, or a dining room. It was hung
with pictures——heads, historical pieces, and
landscapes}; allsuch as a man of taste could
select and buy cheap, but which like good.
books, are invaluable. And, speaking of
books, there was a hanging library on one
side of the chimney, which a single. glance
assured me contained the very choicest treas-
ures of the English tongue.
The man went to the bureau, opened
a drawer, and took out some money.—
‘ What‘: our fee, doctor .F’, be asked, hold-
ing thefillls so as_to select one to pay me.
Now I had made up my mind, before I
had got half up the stairs, that I might have
to wait for my pa_v—-perhaps never get it;
but all this had changed. I could not, as I
olteii do, inquire into the circumstances of the
man, and graduate my price accordingly.-—
There he stood, ready to pay me, with
money enough; yet it was evident that be
nothing gave me a clue to his position in life ,
was a working man, and far from;vv__calthy.
gritulturt, ‘A1315 nab lflaitu
average, eight dollars a week.
3 .
I had nothing left but to nameiihel lowest
fee.
‘ One dollar does not: seem enough,’ said
be. You have saved my child's life and
have been at more trouble than to merely
write a prescription.’ ,
‘Do you work fora living '2’ I asked hop.
ing to solve the mystery. . . .
He smiled and held out his hand, which
showed the unquestionable marks of honest
toil. .
‘You are a mechanic E’ I said, willling to
know more of him. _
‘ Take that,’ he said, placing a, two dollar
note in my hand, with a not-to-be-refused
air, ‘and I will gratify your curiosity; for
there is no use in pretending that you are not
a little curious.’
'l‘Iiere was a heartily respccififl freedom
about this that was irresistablc. I put the
note in my pocket, and the man going to a
door, opened it into a Closet of iiioilcratc size
and displayed the bench and tooIs_'oI a slice-
maker. "" .
" You must be an extraoi'dina'ry work-
man,’ said I, looking around the: room,
which seemed Iiixni'ious'; but when I look-
ed at each item I found that it cost very
little.
‘No nothing extra. I barely manage to
earn a little over a dollar a day. Mary liclps
some. \Vitli the house-work to do, and our
boy to look after she earns enough to make
our wages aver-age eight dollars a week.-—
We began with nothing-—we live as you
see ’
All this comfort, this respectability, this
aliiiostliixuiy, for eight dollars "a week. I
expressed my surprise.
‘I should be very sorry if we spent so
much,’ said he. ‘VVe have not only mana-
god to live on that, but we have somctliing
laid up in the savings bank.’
‘ Will you have the goodness,’ said I, ‘just
to explain to me how you do it; for Iwas
really anxious to know how a shoemaker
and his wife, earning but eight dollars a
week, could live in comfort and elegance and
lay up money.‘
‘ With pleasure,’ he replied; ‘for this
may persuade others, no better off than I am
to make the best of their situation.’
I took a chair, which he ban (led me. WY:
were seated, and his wife, after going to lis-
ten a moment to the soft and measured
brcathiiigs of little Willie, sat down to her
sewiiig. ’
‘ My name,’ he said, ‘is William Carter.
My father died when I was young, and I
was bound out apprentice to a shoe maker,
with the usual provision of schooling. I
(lid as well as boys do generally at school ;
and as I was fond of reading, I made the
most of my spare time and the advantages
of the Apprentices’ Library. Probably the
books that helped me most were the sensi-
ble writings of William Cobbct. Following
his example, I determined to give myselfa
useful education, and I have to some extent
succeeded; But a man’s education is a life
long process; and the more I learn, the more
I see before me.
‘I was hardly out of my time when I
fell in love with my Mary there, whom some
people think very pretty, but whom I knew
to be very good.
Mary looked up with such a bright, loving
smile, as to fullyjustify some people in their
nouon. _
‘ When I had bccnone year it journey-
man, and had laid up a few dollars, (for I
Iiad a strong motive to be saving,) we were
married. I boarded at her fathers and she
bound shoes for the shop where I worked.
We lived a few weeks at her home; but it
was not our home—the home we wanted;
so we determined to set up' housekeeping.
It was rather a small set up, but we made
it answer. I spent ‘a week in house hunting.
Some were too dear, some too shabby. At
last I found this place It was new and
clean, Iiigh and airy, andl thought it would
do. I gotit for fifty ‘dollars ii ycar——and
though all the rents round have advdhccd,
our landlord is satisfied with that, or takes it
in pl'(rfClellt.‘8 to risking a worse tenant.
The place was naked enough, and we had
little to put in it save ourselves ; but we
went cliecrfully to work, carried all we could
and saved all we couId——and you see the re-
suit.’
‘I see; but I confess I do not understand
it,’ said I, willing to hear him explain the
economy of this modest and beautiful home.
‘ Well, it is simple enough. When Mary
and I moved ourselves Iierc and took posses-
sion, with a table, two chairs, a cooking
stove, a saucepan or two, and a rot-bed with
a straw niattress, the first thing we did was
to hold a C(‘)l1tl{‘.iI~0I-\V.'ll‘. ‘Now, Mary, my
love,’ said I, ‘ here we are——ivc have next l0
nothing, and we have every thing to get, and
nobody but ourselves to help ourselves.’
‘ VVe found that we could cam, on an
I/Ve determ-
ined to live as Cheaply as possible, save all
we could, and make ourselves a home. Our
root was a dollar a week—our fuel, light,
water‘-rent, and some little matters a dollar
more. VVe allow the same amount for
clothing, and by buying the best things, and
kee~pi‘ng them carefully, we dress well enough
for that. Even my wife is satisfied with her
wardrobe, and finds that raw silk at six shil-
lings a yard is cheaper in the long inn than
calico at one shilling. That makes three
dollars a \veck,and we had still our living to
pay for. That costs us, with three in our
family, just one dollara week more.
‘ One dollar apiece ‘.3’
‘No--one dollar for all. You seem sur-
prised; but we have reckoned it over and
over. It cost more at first, but now we have
learned to live both better and cheaper, so
that we have a clear" surplus of four dollars a
week, after paying all expenses of rent, fire,
light, water, clothing and food. I do not
count our-luxiiries, such as an evening at the
theater, 21 concert, or a ‘little treat. to our
friends when vvs give 9. party.’
I know a -sriiile ct_1me'<_>vsr my face, for he
continued :, ’
fatturos.
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‘Yes, give a party; and we have some
pleasant ones, I assure you. Sometimes we
have a dozen guests, which is quite enough
forcoinfort, and our treat of chocolate, cakes,
blanc mange, &c. costs as much as two dol-
lars, but this is not very ofien.
surplus——wIiich comes, you see, to 204 dol-I’
Iars a yea1'—we have bought all you see, and
have money in the bank.’ ,
‘ I see it all,’ said I-—‘ all but the living.
Many a inechaniqspends more than that for
cigars,.to say nothing of liquor; Pray tell,
me precisely how you live.’
‘ With pleasure. First of all, I.hen,|I[smoka
no cigar.s,and- chew no tobacco, and Mary
takes no snuff.’
Here the pleasant smile came in, but there
was no interruption, for Mary seemed to
think her husband knew what he was about,
and could talk very well ivithbut-her aid.
' ‘ I have not drank a glass of liquor since
the day I was inai‘ried,excepta glass of wine
about four times a year, on Christmas, New
Year’s, Fourth of July, and WiIIie’s birth-
day. The last is our especial Iiolidav. I
had read enough physiology to make up my
mind that tea and coffee contained no nutri-
meiit, apd‘were poisonous beside; and I tried
a vcgeta‘l5le diet long enoughtto like it better
than a mixed one, and to find that it agreed
with me better; and as we read and experi-
mentcd together, of course Mary thinks
as I do.’
‘ But what do you eat and drink?’ I‘
asked, curious to see how far this self-taught:
philosopher had progressed in the laws of
health.
‘Come this way, andl will show you,"
he said, taking a light and leading the way‘
into a capacious store room. Here, first of
all, is a mill, which cost me twelve shillings.
It grinds all my grain, gives me the freshest
and most beautiful meal, and saves tolls and
profits. This isa barrel of wheat. lbuy
the best and am sure that it is clean 'and
good. It costs less than three cents a pound
and a pound of wheat a day, you know, is
food enough for any man. We make it in-
to bread, mush, pies and cakes. Here is a
bai‘rcIoI' potatoes. This is hominy. Here
are some beans, a box of rice, tapioca, niac-
aroni. Here is a barrel of apples, the best
I can find in Fulton Market. Here isabox
of sugar, and this is our butler jar. We
take a quart of our country milk a day; I
buy the rest of oui'—living by the box or bar-
rell, where I can get it best and cheapest.
hlakiiig wheat-——eaten as mush or bread,and
all made coarse, without boIting——and pota-
toes, or liomony, or rice, the staple, you can
casily see that a dollar a week for provisions
is not only ample, but allows of a healthy
and even luxurious variety. For the rest
we cut greens, vegetables, fruit and berries
in their season. In the summer we have
$ll'il\\'I)8l‘t"I8S, and peaches, us soon as they
are ripe and good. Mary will get up a din-
ner from these materials, at the cost of a
shilling, better than the whole bill-o-fare at
the Astor.’
I was satisfied. Here was comfort, intelli-
gence, taste, and a modest luxury, all enjoy-
ed by a humble mechanic who knew how to
live, at the cost I have mentioned. How
much useless complaining might be saved-~
how much genuine happiness enjoyed--—
how much evil and suffering might be pre...
vented, if all the working men in the coun.
try were as wise as William Carter!
I never shook a man or woman by the
hand with more hearty respect than when
I said ‘ Good night’ to this happy couple,
who in this expensive city are living in lux-
ury and growing rich on eight dollars a
week, and making the bench of a shoema-
ker zi chair of practical philosophy. Read-
cr, if you are inclined to profit by this little
narrative, Inecd not write out any other
moral than the injunction of Scripture, ‘ -Go
and do likewise.’ ’
A Good Hit.-—Tiie Bunkum Flag Staff
has the following admirable hit:
We sincerely wish that people would read
the Bible more, and talk about it less. We
have now “the Bards of the Bible.” And
what can be said of the Bible more than it-
says for itself? Can the Psalmist be clapt
upon the back patronizingly, and be told
that he writes well, and that Mr. Gilfiillan
admires him ? Was it not enough to have
the “Old Men of the Bible,” the “ Young
Men of the Bible,” the omen of the Bi-
ble,” the Babies of the Bible, and must we
have the “ Bards of the Bible?” Oh ! the‘
holy book is above praise. Mr. Gilfillan
might clap his hands till they were raw, to
applaud the harp of David, and it would be‘
no use. In short, we would say, read the
Bible more than you read those who advise‘-
you to read the Bible.
Face to ' Face.-——Our neighbor of the’
Democrat says that we wouldn’t have faced
him at the meeting on Saturday night for
a good deal. Indeed we vvouldn’t. When-r
evcr he and oursclf face each other he has
in one respect an immense advantage over
us —he has a handsome prospect before‘
him and we have a horrible one before us.
Louisville Journal.
‘ Bridget, you must: wash your hands be-'
fore you mould your bread.’ ‘
‘ Sure ma’am, I dont think its best to be‘-
wasting time on that, at all—’tis but baro-
thi-ee wakes since the day I cum to ye, an
didn’t. I wash ’ein clanc an nice that very
day, an’ indade,what have I done since that
time that‘s nasty w id’ -"em?
llIu.s'la.9'd.——An American on one occa-
sion dining in company with an Irishman;
the former used a large-quantity of mustard
on his meats, which drew tears from hid
eyes: the Irishman enquired why he Was_
weepiizgv? when-the other said, Iain cry-"‘
ing because my father is dead. He. titan
urged the Irishman to use mustard, with
his meat, which he ‘did, and has eyes jrew
directly--filled with tears. The Aui__encan,.
said why are you crying? The Irisbmatlé
U
replied, -I am crving becausegjou did put’
die, when your Father did.
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