A Harrow Escape.

A RETOLUTIONARY INCIDENT

Upon one of the lovely farms that lie along j the Delaware dwelt Israil Israel and his i fair young wife, Althea. The blasts of war, which were desolating the land, long de layed to reach their borders, and as yet each true-hearted American, their neigh bours, dwelt unmolestod under his own vine and fig tree. It is true that many of the young men, the forward and enter prising, the crossed in love and the bowed down with debt, had enlisted; and their communications, blood-stained from the various battle-fields, awakened sympathy and gladness, by turns, among tneir friends at home. But Mr. Israel felt no call to leave his blooming wife and merry twins, whose voice was his home music for the stern music of the war. He served his country in a more quiet but perhaps equally efficient way, by working sedu lously in his vocation, paying the. large taxes incumbent on the war drafts, mak ing an occasional loan to the government from his thriving treasury, nursing up his promising twain whom Povidence had vouchsafed as the fruits of wedded love. But the sounds of strife began to come nearer his district. The defeat upon Long Island, and the dark season that followed, sent many a poor fellow hack to his -neighbourhood, maimed or ragged, or starving, to tell how the heart of the great Washington was nigh despairing at the gloomy prospects ahead, and to ask an alms of the full-handed farmer for God Almighty sake! Such appeals were not suffered to go un heeded. There was bread and to spare in the buttery; there was raiment and to spare in the old clothes press ; there was shelter and to spare in the big gable-roofed house. These were bountifully dispensed to suffering patriots at the hands of the kind-hearted Israel or his affectionate spouse. For Israil Israel was a Free Mason. It is with such as he that our pen is most pleased. There'is a freer flow from its point when it glides upon this topic. Brother Israel was a Free Mas«n. He was what a writer styles * a born Mason; a Mason in the bud and flower; a Mason in the milk and grain ; a Mason in the lint and thread, in the cloth, dye and garment; thoroughly a Mason!' . Therefore the man was liberal—it is one of the virtues of Masonry to be liberal— and patriotic ; the world-wide attachments of the craft do not in the least blunt the delicate home |sympathies which are natural to us all. .... The Masonic lodge in his vicinity ac knowledged the superior ability of Mr. Israel, and placed him at the head of the various finance boards and emergency boards which that emergent season de manded. This position necessarily made him the medium of payment for the various Masonic charities of the district. It must be confessed, however—and the circumstance is related not to disparage the brethren, but to show the general state of poverty and distress prevailing— that the drafts drawn upon the lodge, treasurer for the aid of the poor at home and the prisoners in the prison-ship at New York, were usually cashed from the pocket of Mr. Israel himself. Quarterly dues could not be collected to keep pace with the demand. There was too much pressure from without to justify a resort to harsh measures for the collection, so Mr. Israel trusted to the future considera tion of his brethren and favoured the orders from his private funds. At the the close of the war, when a general state ment of the finances of the lodge was .made there was found to be due to this noble-hearted Mason more than $2,000, in gold and silver. When the suffering par ties passed near his door on their disas trous retreat from • Long Island, an opportunity was offered for a liberal display of his disinterestedness; for' though provisions were scarce and com manded a high price in the markets of the country, yet on the personal application of General Washington, Mr. Israel sup plied the American .forces with fifty large beeves, contenting himself with a plain commissary's receipt instead of the hard taoney. The war drew further and far ther South. Philadelphia was occupied by the British. The surrounding country was daily ravaged for their sustenance. Although the English officers were noted for their prompt payments, and even generosity where their own friends were concerned, yet where the slightest sus picion of a disposition favourable to the patriots existed, woe to that farmer's possessions ! He was well escaped if the foraging parties contented themselves by stripping him of his grain and beeves. An empty roost, a vacant stock-yard, un tenanted stalls, were but a light infliction. It was oftener the case that the stalls were fired, the dwelling consumed, and the poor farmer, whose only crime was to love his country better than his country s foes, was left far-off to commence the world anew. While the dark cloud yet rested over the patriot's prospects, tha ♦ Roebuck'frigate, anchored in the Dela ware, not-far from Mr. Israel's house, and a detachment was* sent ashore to secure that gentleman, and appropriate 'his cat tle. Mr. Israel was easily taken, for he rather put himself in the way of the party, thinking no further evil than that his property would be subject to. a heavy draft. Much to his surprise, the soldiers seized him, bound his hands, and sent him on board the frigate to be tried by court-martial that very day J; All this happened in plain sight of his wife, who stood in the doorway; and no sooner did it pass, than she instantly divined that mischief was brewing.j& To -revent the capture of the stock, she hur ried to the yard, turned all the cattle out, and set the dog after them, He soon ran them out deep into the woods. The bqr- S es were liberated in the same manner. By this time the detachment came up, and seeing her purpose they_ fired .their muskets at her but without effect. .-, Some harsh language was used, but the TiWlish officer soon came up and ordered his men away, haviog received no instruc tion? *° damage the property,. and the woman was left to rock her babSs and ponder upon the fate < her ,u\.A then in so dangerous a «ondi_ss 4; 5. Isiel was taken on board fe frigate^ Ms* while The'officers busied about the and *»"e T£;_ t3 be made of him, One fifl dS»^ him, and in a of the savors »w Har fcee, friend, ain't - ■■.'■■'■■■>,;■:■ .T-'.M«i

1' question 'in the man's mouth cannot be j known, but the reader will presently perceive that Mr. Israel's life was involved in the answer. Startled by the inquiry, • but feeling new heart at the very word Mason, Mr. Israel whispered in reply that he was. ' Then,' continued the sailor, hastily, for an officer was approach ing, 'you had better tell it, for the offi cers will hold a lodge in the cabin to night.' A very few hours sufficed to prepare an ' indictment, summon officers enough for a court-martial, and commence proceedings. Mr. Israel was led across from the fore castle to the cabin, where a speedy trial and a short shrift were in store for the rebel. And the rebel took a glance across the still water to the pretty homestead, which he felt was not long to claim him as its proprietor. The trial was a mere formality. Witnesses testified to any thing that was desired of them. The Judge Advocate evidently felt that the whole matter was beneath him. He asked bnt few questions, and those in a careless manner. One witness, as a ! crowning point to his testimony, averred that when Lord Howe sent to purchase his cattle with specie that rebellious individual returned for an answer, ' that he would rather give his cattle to Wash ington than receive thousands of the British gold !'. ' What have you to say in plea, pri soner?' inquired the senior officer, in the same breath giving a low order to the sergeant, which hurried him on deck, where the rattling of a block, fixed to the yard arm, could be distinctly heard. The rattling ceased. A file of marines marched across the deck. Something there was awful in all this, and Mr. Israel's lips paled as he answered. He made a manly defence, averring his devo tion to his country's cause, and main taining his entire innocence of ever having committed any crime which could merit such hard treatment. He was a plain man ; loved his country ; loved his home ; thought no harm of any one ; and hoped the court would not deprive an innocent man of his life in the very presence of his family and home. At the conclusion of his last remark he ! gave the sign of the brotherhood. A hasty whisper passed among the judges ; an evident interest took the place of their former listlessness. Their haughty bear ing was changed; the senior officer ordered the Judge Advocate to recall the witnesses. This being done, the members of the court cross-examined them search ingly. It was not difficult now to sift out of their evidence so much malice and envy that the senior officor dismissed them with a stern rebuke ' for seeking to hurt so honorable a man as Mr. Israel.' The verdict wes unanimous, ' not guilty.' The court being dismissed, Mr Israel was sent on shore in the Captain's barge, and a handsome present sent to his heroic wife, whose coolness, in defending her hus band's property, had been reported to the officers. So long as the frigate kept her anchor age there were numerous exhibitions of frienship on the part of her officers, and Mr. Israel made frequent visits to the ship where he had been so lately a pri soner, but where he was now hailed as a brother. It is needles.? to add, no evil of any description was ever inflicted on the fortunate man. The records of Penn sylvania show that Israil. Israel was for many years Grand Master of the State.

The Little People.

I A little boy in the grammar echool returned ' home late on Monday, to explain to his pareut that he had beeD punished. He said: 'No boy hasn't never been whipped harder than me this afternoon.' A teacher in the Port Jervis public school was last week explaining to the children that usually all words ending with 'let' meant some i thing small, as streamlet, rivulet, hamlet, etc. Whereupon a smart boy wanted to know if hamlet meant a small ham. A little girl at school read thus : ' The widow lived on a small limbacy left her by a relative.' ' What did you call that word ?' asked the teacher; ' the word is legacy, not limbacy.' 'But,'said the little girl, 'my sister says I must say limb, not leg.' A bright little boy in Nashville, just three years old, is, like most little chaps of his age, sometimes refractory. In order to curb him and make him a good little boy, his mother often threatened him with a peach-tree ' persuader.' The little fellow has come to understand any allusion to the peach-tree and usually subides when it is spoken of. A few days ago, since the flowering of the fruit trees, a slight reference was made to this same tree, when the little fellow made peace for the rest of the day by looking up and saying : ' Why, mamma, the switches are covered with roses.' Jimmy Brown came running into Mrs. Jones's house the other day saying: ' Oh, dear, Mrs Jones! Such an accident has hap pened. Your son John got under a four-horse load of pig iron down at the river, and it ran right over his "head. Oh, dear!' Poor Mrs. Jones screamed and nearly fainted, when the little rascal added : ' Dont cry, Mrs. Jones, he wasn't hurt a bit.' ' Why, what ( do you mean ? Run over by a four-horse wagon load jof pig iron and hot hurt ?' ' Well, you see,' I the wagon was passing over' the bridge and he i was sitting under it fishing,' replied the [ little rascal shooting oufr_ft.be open door. : *__._—-+ - .; — { ■

Years Ago.

1 Bless me, boy, that was years ago— ■ And you tell me that's the girl—:: That sleek old dowager moving slow, Just there ahead in the purple bow, ? The tramand the chana of pearl. A dt.amino* faded, but met full-grown, And draped in a cashmere shall! I'm a man of business, sinew- and bone, ;, , And weigh, I won't say how many stone, S But she—oh, confou'ud it all 1 Let's soe—ten—twenty-odd years ago ""- , .1 shut her doors in a rage, '.--' -j^i That jar—l felt it a week or so ; - j^ffl A fellow's nerves will quiver, you ,J f' j .Before he is quite of age. ~,;«■ ;: .:(*;■ I remember the room we p*t r*' / ' The twilightr—th'e twifc/". *. Her sunny hair with *?<' ■ ,_ ,% -"j Her flashing eyes *?>'" ..ur-passionater* ..:._ " She waits me.? 4'^' „> ■■£■ '<p -f * <,- , Flushed a*; ' \ : * * ~ * .' .- A wraithjg rab|3s% j_tfi£*a__^t-.-.**■ I A dreE r • . T\ IwaF : ' ; \ ( *73«J .1 ■_! ...S4 J j i^S/S .:,, ,: '.''"*, ' '■''' ■ ■"■:!"' .■ ;' '*■■ -■•■-•■•■"-.-! ;':' ;,-- f ">"*. : ...-.'i; . : ... . - -1

Little Johnny's Composition Concerning Girls.

Girls aint animels but humens wich gro up to be wimmins, same as calfs git to be cows if the butchers mine their biznesses. Mr. Briley is a butcher, but Mr. Doppv he has got a red-headed whife. Girls has long hair, too lazy to cut it off, and wears froekses, not like me and Billy, trousers If I was a girl yudejj see me take them things off mity sune, I can tell you, cos they look dicklous in em, like s'ugar-lofes. only not sweet. I hate girls, and Billy he hates em to, but not my sister, cos she can't hellup it. Uncle Ned, wich has been to Ingy, and evrywere, he says he was to a place once where ol the little boys like me and Billy hates the little girls like takin pills, but after the little boys is grode up, and the girls too, they likes em. 1 said Uncle Ned, where is that ? and he said in Madigigasker, Then I said : Oh, that accounts for it. and he said thats a fack, Johnny, they is kind of Ohpake to luke at, but thats wot makes it so sprisin, cos the girls is niggers too. My mother she says once, that she was a little wee tiny girl her own self, good job I dident knaow her then, may be we wudent liked one another, but I like Mary, thats ■ the house maid, wen she aint stuck up, and my father he likes pale ail and Mister Glasstone. Once my father was a drinkin some, and Gaffer Peters he came to the house, and he said,' Gaffer Peters did, wot was it, and my father said pale ail, have some some, Gaffer, but Gaffer shuke his head and said, I shude think it wude spile less you had a euver for the pail, wy aint it kep in a barl like human beins, I never see such nufangle idees as folks is gitten nowadays. Aint it onenerfile in a ole man not a speck of hair, and no teeths neether, wich dont kno any bettern that ? ' Girls is mostly yunger than boys, but Mary shees older. That girl makes mcc sick ! Yesterdy wen Aunt Marthy was to our house with her little baby she give it to me to mind, wile ol the fokes was in the dinin rume, so bime by Mary she come a runniu in and said Johnny mite she give it a goody, the darlin little angel, and I said yes, she mite if she wude so a patch on my little red whaggon were it was wore out. She said she"wude, and what do you think she give it, wy, a pickle wolnut which was so big it wude hardly go in its mowth. Sech stranglin and coffin and hollering was never saw, and wen the fokes come in my father, he had to get it out with the han dle of a table kanife, and ol the wile vinnyger a bustin out its kanose. Wen it was ol over, my mother she said Mary, how under the sun did the chile get sech a thing, and Mary said O, if you pleeze, mum it must have cetched it passin the hospittle. But Uncle Ned, wich has been to Ingy and evrywere, he says the little, toper must have ben mixing his drinks, cos wot it had was a tite fit. I dont know what he means, for how 'cude it mix em les it had 2 mothers? Girls like to 'play with dols, but gimm« a hammer, and a kite, and a whip-top, and a whaggen, and a hobby horse and lots of twine, and some nales, and a lot of chock and a waoulden sawoid, and lie git on with jes the littlest dol which can be made, and I dont care whether it has close on or not. Dols is stuft with brand and soddust, but girls is flesh all throo. Once when Missus Doppy was here to dinner with her little girl we had mutton, and Uncle Ned he was joking like was mad, end he said Sissy wot peece shall I hellup you to, and Missus Doppy s little girl she said if you please Uncle Ned He have a leg. , . In Chancy wen a girl is jus borned she is tuke to a blacksmif, and has lern shoes put into her feets, like horses, wich makes em stay little, and then wen she goes up and gits marryd to her young man she cant foller him to his club, and cant go to his office to luke if he is there like he says, and thats wot I call fair play, cos she cant walck, but wy dont they git in the bus ? One time wen Missy was up to London she got a bus to go to a shop, and wen she got there she got out, and said to the bus man you wait here for me, cos wen I get some things I want you to drive me back to Chairin Cros, and then to Madem Two Shoes whax works, if you know where the place is. But Missy she says it is .only jes one of Uncle Ned s storys, it wasent Madem Two Shoes, but the Zoo, . . Girls is ol very wel wile they stick to their dolses and sech nonsens, but wen it comes to ridin on a sack of coles and play ing they was cavalry I say its disgussm, but me and Billy is as braye. sojers as you QV&T S©3« Once there was a Mormon wich had so many wifes he cudent hardly cOunt em, and he went away from home, may be to get some more, but he stayed away so long livin among wife fokes he forgot, and wen he was reddy to go back he telegraft to home sayin Misus Jones, cos that was his name, to meet me at the stashun. So wen he got to the rftashun the waitin rumes was full of his wifes and childerns then he' remembered how it was. So he kist evry bdddy he cude find, porters and all and then he said were is the little girl, and one of his wifes she said Emily, you run over to-home reel quick and fetch her. So pretty sune there was a kanock to the dore, and the Wumman she said come m, Emily, and ijfchere, was about twenty girls come im each'one' bringing a little girl. So the main he luked at em and he said wot a fine" chile, bles my; sole, how she has grode! Then he said how old, and his wifes they begun to tell him,, but no 2 alike. .So he said hold a bit,^and tuke a pensle, "and'marked on the wol_the dif ferent ages as they sai^-''"'""''' "■' ■",f done tbllen he ad,<r-' .*> ■■ - - jest zactJy ...'.. , ~ ■ . i;---.^ $mly r - T'" f ■ ■'*' "■ "' . j f f^'^^-^C-7.^ V '-.'V^, ... •,.*■■ 3

Truth and Falsehood.

BX JOHN Gt. SAKE. List to a <ale well worth the ear Of aU who wit and sense admire— . Invented, it is very clear, Some ages prior to Matthew Prior. Falsehood and Truth, ' upon a time.' One day in June's delicious weather ('Twas in a distant age and clime), Like sisters, took a walk together. On, on their merry way they took, Through fragrant wood and verdant meadow, To where a beech beside a brook Invited rest beneath its shadow. There, sitting in the pleasant shade, Upon the margin's grassy matting, (A velvet cushion ready-made), The young companions fell to chatting. Now while in voluble discourse On this and that their tongues were running, As habit bids, each speaks, perforce, The one is frank ; the other cunning. Falsehood, at length, impatient grown With scandals of her own creation, Said, ' Bince we two are quite alone, _ And nicely soreeaed from observation, Suppose in this delightful rill, While all around is so propitious, We take a bath ?' Said Truth, ' I will; A bath, I'm sure, will be delicious!' At this her robe she cast aside, And in the stream that ran before her She plunged—like Ocean's happy bride — As naked as her mother bore ber ! Falsehood, at leisure, now undressed, Put off the robes her limbs that hamper. And having donned Truth's snowy vest, Kan off as- fast as she should scamper. Since'then, the subtle maid, in sooth," Expert in lies and shrewd evasions, Has borne the honest name of Truth, And wears her clothes on all occasions ; While Truth, disdaining to appear In Falsehood's petticoat and bodices- Still braves all eyes, from year to year, As naked as a marble goddess.

Father Poland as a Punch- Maker.

Even Poland likes his I would rather count all the money in the Treasury, which has to be done before Spinner leaves, than undertake to tell you how many cocktails have disappeared inside of that ' old blue coat,' all buttoned down before. When he first came here some of the old boys thought it would be splendid to see old dignity. P. ' how come you so,' so they attempted to 'put up a job' on bim. A Sag party was inaugurated, and the «waiter' was implicitly instructed to give the member from Vermont a double dose each time. This he faithfully carried out. But what was the astonishment of all when every time the ' wine went round' the old duffer complained of the weakness of his beverage, and made the waiter brace it up. They had reckoned beyond their host. He was as bright as a new shilling in the morning, and as he gazed on the prostrate forms of the conspirators, like Alexander, he siahed for more —whisky— to conquer. The joke leaked out, and the Green Mountain boy set his wits to work to retaliate. On a certain evening he invited the same parties to a kind of a hot scotch masquerade. The guests assembled 'on time.' Forth is.brought the ' whisky,' smoking hot. It was not long before it was discovered that the punch was too strong. ' Add some more hot water,' said the Judge. The suggestion was acted upon, and again and again the water was added, still the stronger the beverage became. It wa» wonderful. Finally it was decided that the strength was only in the imagination of the drinkers. This decision was, however, reversed when the gay worshippers at the shrine of Bacchus sought the ' soft side of a plank' for a downy couch. There was some talk of a partition of Poland the next day, when it was discovered that the magic kettle which was supposed to contain water was full of whisky all the time, and every drop added therefrom only made the punch stronger. —'Washington Corr. of the Rochester ' Express.'

Partners in the Dance.

A young- lady contributor to the Boßton Courier writes: ' Let me tell you what kind of partners we poor girls are obliged to take up with now. Tha most harrowing of them all, I think on the whole, is the surprised partner. . Of course I cap't tell yoa what his name is. One feels rather flattered when be asks one, for he is supposed to be a genius lives by his wits I should hardly suppose his income could be amazingly large. He writes books anyway, and looks like a pen, as tall and black and just the same size'from shoulders to legs: then his hair stands up in a point on the top of his head. He wears" glasses and ■ his countenance is continually agitated by surprise. He invites one' to dance with him, and one consents ;'■ but when he chances to look down and sees the modest form on his arm, his surprise is unspeakable. He.is surprised if he is greeted by an acquaintance, surprised at every bod y and everything but the supper-table, which he approachesfjrmly and naturally, and I no ticed that he meets an oyster like an old friend. Sometimes bedeals out a few gracious remarks to one with an air of giving candy to a child, and one swallows the candy as meekly as possible and smiles abeautiful smile when his state of surprise causes him to crush her costly fa- in his hands as if it were so much paper. Not that one iB not in a condition to take him bf the collar, but one is abliged to be careful about offending these geniuses—they may pu. you into a book. As for dancing, he doesn't dance at all, only walks about bewil dered and sad, and, when he pretends to waltze, holds one in his arms as I have seen children, hold big'dolls, nearly as large as themstfves.i He pajs no attention to the " >•. whatever, but holds his head aloft as if | -i^ianing to the music of other spheres. "*ne is the bashful partner. He is \idsomoly young—and looks as if * . !:,' gh't kill him. One goes on the A " ' Alim with/ a fearful presentiment ' • *- ' fland glances over her new robe, ' " '^'-yligh, so suggestive of Paris, .1 i_.llv, .'Eyes, look your last!' Irecantion ; she , tucks her >r one arm at the dreadful I ungraceful; she pins up i to keep her feet behind uin; her toes ache from ioftte flounces. He dances eons vehemence that the mo, the flowers drop from is better to sacrifice all wall-flower, for. if one gets riilg ia wall-flower she may j harp on the willow tree.' |

A Glimpse of Parisian Life.

In a club on the Boulevard, which it would hardly be fair to name, a very good anecdote, says the Paris correspondent of the london Glob* is being told of the Mi-Careme < n that day the Baron de 8., who had but lately become a benedict, accepted an invitation to a bacholor's supper at a fashionable restaurant, and after, bid ding his lady good-bye at the door of her room, as she did not care to sit up for him, he started off to keep his engagement. When the supper was over, one of the gentlemen remembered that the last ball was being given at the Opera Comique, and proposed that they should all go. The proposition was accepted, but not without hesitation on the part of the Baron. When once at the ball, the excitement of the festivities and revels dissipated all the scruples of M. de B, who, with his friends, had soon collected round them a gay party of dominoes. The domino rose, who lor a moment had engrossed the attentions of the Baron, dropped her fan. Be gallantly stooped to pick it up, and was offering it to the lady when the froufrou of a domino blcmc passing him attracted his attention. He turned and to his horror beheld the domino he had authorised his wife to order for the grand .al masque a M. Atsene Houssaye's. The Baron de B. could swear to the costume and to the antique lace he himself had bought for the dress of his wife, whom he had seen retiring for the night before leav ing home. Horror of horrors, the domino llanc was leaning nonchalantly on the arm of a gentleman. To make certain the Baron passed the domino i and placed himself so that the couple must pass close to him. On they came, arm in arm, chatting ; but the lady raised ber eyes, caught sight of the Baron, started like a guilty thing, and turned and fled. M. de 8., who tells the story himself, says that he cannot describe what passed in his; mind as he hurried like a maniac after; the domino. The words of Dumas* j Jr., ' Tue la,' sounded in bis ears ; but! at last he came up to the lady, who! cowered down in a seat in the eouloir\ unable to utter a word, extending herf hands as if begging for mercy. Qrip-jj ping her wrist with one hand, with the| other he tore off the hup which con-a cealed her face, and beheld to his| astonishment the features of his wife's! lady's maid, who had put on the cos-i tume of her mistress and come out for! a night's enjoyment while,the latter| was supposed to be tranquilly sleeping! in her bed. 'I he Baron was puzzledl what to do. He could not dismiss the! femme de chambre without telling hisj wife the whole affair, and saying wherej and how he met her, so, after warning; her not to repeat such an offence, he or-] dered her home instantly, and he basj since amused his friends with the narra-j tive of his piquant adventure and itsj tragic, or rather dramatic, denoument. \

Bits of Fun.

The end of everything—The letter g. It only takes two seconds to arrange a-duel. A humourous apothecary in Boston exposes a case ot soap in his window with.the pertineDt inscription, ' Cheaper than dirt." . A martyr to his art: Old (tent—What _ you wear them specs for, boy ?' - Boot-black — ' Cos I put such a shiny shine on gentlemen's boots it hurts my eyes.' An old toper says if there is anything that' will make his mouth water, he does not wish to see it. ' What do you think is the best size for a man ?' drawled a lazy fop, who was talking to his physician. ' Exercise,' sternly replied the doctor. ' Why are women so much more courageous than men ?' asked a lady the other day, after talking of politics and war. * Because it is not they who have to fight!' he replied, A certain sage gave China laws, As long ago as twice ten ages ; Confucius he was called because He did confute all other sages. At Monaco a gentleman came to the, roulette table and put down his .hat full of gold pieces. Another said to him, ' Beg. your pardon sir, but could you favor me with, the address of your hatter ?' • . ,

. Mustn't Know What was in It.—-The postmaster at Monticello, Georgia, recently performed the feat of reading letter without hearing its contents. An old womw*^froi»»_ never been to school, got a lefstf* one day, mi asked tha postmaster to read It for her. g|he: did not want him to hr** it, so she toes a wad of cotton rue o/ her pocket and stu|ed his «*rs wfthfit. She then had him read the Jdtter in a low voice and was perfectly satiated that the reader could not hear a word of it. This is reported as a late actual oocurrence.

That's What He is.—lf an editor omit 8 anything, he is lazy. If he speaks of things as they are, people get angry. If he glosses over or smoothes down the rough points, he is bribed. If he calls things by their proper names, he is unfib for the position of an editor- If he does not furnish his readers with jokes, he is a mullet. If he dees, he is a rattlehead, lacking stability. If he condemns the wrong, he is a good fellow, but lacks discretion. If he lets wrongs and injuries go unmentioned, he is a coward. If he exposes a public man, he does it to gratify spite—is the tool of a clique, or belongs to the 'outs.' If he indulges in personalities, he is a blackguard. If he does not, his paper is dull- and insipid.

Some Pressed Flowers.

Here in my poet's book I see The flowers your sweet hand plucked for me. I turn the leaves ; each page is fraught -With gentle flowers of fragrant thought All loveliest things are there, I deem, That haunt the poet's waking dream. jl turn the leaves; your-flowers' dear faces Q-leam, book-marks of the sweetest places (Yet ne'er a sweeter thought I read ; Than those the mute flowers know, indeed) And evermore they seem to look Whene'er I open their prisoning book And cheated, take—a moment's space— Their jailor's for their angel's face ; Then, sere aud withering, only mi _ The resurrection of your Jin I, - .

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HOW TO PRUNE TREES.

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TProm thfceseretEvening News, April 20th.] The subft under consideration at the last meetina fthe Deseret Horticuitural Society was th_F pruning and training of fruit trees »> is a question of very great impor tance tithe fruit-growers of Utah and second oF at this juncture to the all-absorb ine one! dipposing of the codling moth. We givlthe substance of the comments as presented approved by the society-and sncaestleir careful perusal by all interested. The rui and indiscriminate slaughter of fruit tr| which has been and continues to be mad and frequently, too, by parties claimin_)i'Ofeßßioiial skiU in the art of pr_"' me aifthe painful lack of discretion dis played ji this" subject by many, seems to call for sorf special effort to place before the publiclefimte information relative to the true nfle and design of pruning. A vague convicfn that the branches of fruit trees need a binning out to keep an open head, by removgthe weak and conflicting branches, constit.testhe sum of the information with which peat persons commence. THE IEiiLY ATTACK UPON THE ORCHARD. The'cariful study of tbe habits and pecu liarities of each species of tree ; the thought of wha\, ©eh individual tree has done in the past, or i expected to do in the future; whether i ia prematurely forming fruit-buds, or runnii to wood too luxuriantly; the special ca '■ for a weak but important shoot that is ifeivhag too little nourishment, be cause a g*rmand above it is monopolising all the sap an sunlight; the calculation for future years, thi the foundation now laid shall be the basispf a sufficient number of branches filling a4 lntag6ousl J every part of the tree, while nn) shall crowd or interfere with its neighbotf", and a hundred other considera tions h?e been generally overlooked, if, indeed ley have ever entered into contemp latijn. liToung trees, as a rule, are left to themselfs until half grown, when the top is found . be a thicket of brush. Then it; is sagely jncluded that the tree needs pruning, and theionslaugbt commences. The axe and the, sawfire brought into requisition, and in one nhop hour a pretty, useful tree is slain, strippffiW one-third of its top. A young tree once o| victim of such mutilation rarely if ever rdovers from its effects. In this sen.c a tree sfcald never need pruning. The diffl c_]ty ffould be avoided rather than remedied, so that instead of felling great branches the fingefittid thumb or at most the pruningr knife,! Vill be suffitient to direct the growth H^lm-temsßwr! ■ ■ '■•■■ in

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