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A RIDE TO THE CITY.

"l'he hand oj fhe dilig~nt 1IIohth rich," l'rol'. 1(. 4.

IIrre cOllies Farroer JOlle~ amT hi~ dau;;lltrr to Jl3~~ Ii (lay or ("'0 in the

citJ. Industry and econQmy, nndcr the bleuing of lind, will ~eenre ror lho(nrDloranahuUlIunre"rthogomlthjnl;,oflhislir.,.

A hetter S{l11n of IlUr~l'e is uot (oulIll in tlie emlllt,,1' than Ibis of l<'lIrmer

Jone_, aml hie rarrial;"e, thoul'h Hry plain, ~hnws that it hae nut been left

out nuder Lhe tTl'C~, nor hou~ed under the Ilen-rooet. Caffia;;e, hots,"e, I,af.

Ill'~~ lIutl paeeen;;t're are all as neat as 1\ Ilin.

VI.flUer .T"llce comes once a ;H'llt to Blake llllrchases of llJill,:;;e "hifh 1\

,- CUlllltrJ-eture does not supply. What he bu..-1I, howeHr, he lIu)e rur u" .. and

''',' (Ol" show. lie Ionia u1'0n mon"y lI.8 ODe of God's giUs, a ,,,1 ftit', '0 liSt'

it in II \\-Il)' Ihat will h~J1If'a"in~ to the Hiver.

If yon .hou],] go to ~'Ilrnll'r Jone~' hOll~e, YOll would "i\e how bll IJa~ mluTe

out ~o well in Iif". A. "nl.O thaI fear~ am] ".. rn,. God. and dues "oud tu all

men as h.., bM oppnrtunit.v, will not Wllllt all] 1;""'\ thin); ..

A VILLAGE STORE.

"n"rourleoUH." I ('eltr Iii. H.

To br (';ourtrnll~ iR to lit" fril'ndl,y_min.led, M",llllwllYII ready and williuJ;' tu

,Iu Il kind umee~nn if it is II vuy humble onr.lIere is nn illstanee of it. Two tUllIlln."un ...n hn'e cume from a di~illnl

nei/ljliborh"m[ tu ...Mh"II." They Ilre lOllhnr~eha(''', rUf 1111'fnad (hp, blneIrllvl'lIe'] ill to" tuul!:h ami uneven rUf"-,, ..,.III. Thl'rl'iHalarl;ehlurk 1111011"hich the.t' ran nliJ;IIt,IlDl' it.noa made rUT thiM~erJ' purL","e. lou nm.' "Itellsee Mlleh /I h]uck lII~arjilurlllluf wor~lilI" in tile coulltry.

One "f .111'IWTHU i~ ahaid, alld II kind friend courteousl ..- Htel'~ forwurd/Iud Icadll him. Jlu lie iml'Tuve 'HIt milD! UIII.nrtuniUell to he eourk"u~?

""hat 11 mu~eu", iM It .ill ..;;e stoTe! YO''''' Ihiu/ljs a," moT" unlike thanh""tH alld Illlln~l !lOll who would think of findiug Ira so 1"1"",,Il neil\'l1]"'r Inpowder IInd ~llUt! WI\ 1... 1'''' hI' "eJl~no 8trong drill". It i. thl' .ale of thiM

\lhid. ma"rs milD)' IIl'il]lI"e.~ture a fountain of crimI', porer!." and ~ulft'Tlng

to the whole neighborhood.--------

THE COAL.CART,

" •.111that isintlwPl1rl/lbthinA,"t Chron.u.lx.ll.

J( i. lJUt a few ,Hllrs ~illce ,~nthracitl\ ur StOlll~.COlll WllS used Cor fllel.

JIl",.,hundr .. ,lsofthuu8I1ndsorton.llretllkcufrumthellOw",lsoftlLcclIrth

enr~' .Har, and rOIl~llHlrd in grll.tes,furnar,ell,st"llUlhoats, factoritll, ltc.

1'1,1'fUll! is carried from the mln"a to the market in clIrs 011 fllilroaih, orin 1"'lIl~ Oil fallah, and there it is piled up in yard~, from whieh it is lll.l.;\l1l

in rart" and cllrric,], to the places wllrre it is to be hurned.lIlle or two men genefflll." ~o with llie r,arl tu 1m!the (lOlll infu tlw cellar,

3I1,1 lhe cllrl'lrUID willingly takes their 1111"1.;01lInd shunl ror them. Nothing

'8 ner lo~thv It Lind aet.

The .JriHr'Or a't-oal-fart ha" hi~ dutil'S In {'l'rr"I""', llml the, life un! thele"~ illlpfirtout in II.eir )1ll1et', than tilt' llntip8 uf It jll(l,ll;p or II ~overJlfIr.

We ho!-,plm i81..indtohis hard-worlinl!: hurse,failhful tuthllilltrrest,of

is PlJlpl,,-,ers, !lut giveu to strong llrinl., ROll IlhnV!; all, line \\'ho f"ars Uod

and keep~ his commllndmenh.

.,THE OYSTERMAN .••

"Ef:ery rreflture of God is good,'" I Tim. h. 4.

Jot> U'l.'allden i~R 80ber ami l'il'i1 IIlRn.ami though his elliing i~ Jlut thIJe~t 11"1' the ~;lf"Ht in the world, he hOllor~ it 11".a I'fuper di,churj(c of hiduty, lIud he i~prosl'l'.re!!. - • \

His wUlo\0n h alwlIJ" at the curlier in season (or Ill", earlicst I'll". Ili~horM' is 11I"cn out nnll tic!l [0 11]('fwnt of his eart, IInd SlIpplifHI with foodamI drink at rTOIU'f limb, and wlwll it i" cO\ll. Jflll DC'"n fllih to thruw!J\.ml..ct nvcr him. It is oul.. Ii 1IIUughtll"~"or cruel mall lllat nl';;lct.!s 0ahu",," the dUlllh h!~1I8tthat sl'rn~" him. ". t:

Joe i, eJqwrt at hj~ husiness. null rau DIlen his ""<Iresljlliw".fth fast as hiIll"st l!;frerly customers cau disJlose uf thrm. Families \\'ho .It'pelld on Jo(or tlil'ir 8ul'l,I), hne 110 feaf that ill' will ghc thlllll ~hllrt l,,,nnt or poo~

~i:~:11Ie;:~~~~::~II~:~;-a:~~~ll:U:O::,~:ie~:)~~'lh~.:~Pil~~,:nthl~1el:;~'.lhCd~~~:~dhim in ~Olllepl1u,cuf dhilm wur~lliv.

IDLE TALK.

Thflre i~It grl\llt drill of sin in j,l1l\ talk. HPrfl i~ a group of lahorilljl; mom,and one uf them is Idlillg a ~t'lr)' to whiell the rest listen. AI] this timemight I,,, "lIIploJed ill ll,,:'ir pr"l'"'' j"";lIH"', I"ilh quite ItSlIlllc.h/ldvan/age10 (hdrmind:l,IlD(I much more prolittutheirfllmilics,

In the time thus spent in iilln gossip. money l'1Iougbmight be earned topa: for pullinlii in II Illlllll nf 1;11l~S,or tappinI\' a leaky shoe, RIIIIso j,crhal'"pl'l'veulaliloCsicl;.nes:landllllodor'sbili.

S1of,r_telleu fire very apt to form Il habit of loo~c talking, if not of downrIght JoYing; Ilnd 100 many stories IIfC((lId olll,vio bring othl\f8 into ridicule,or InjUN! 1I11dr good name.

The wise mall saJ' thai "Ihll talk of the lip:! lenilrth to IlOlert.v,"(1'1'01",xiv. ~U.) lillcnl\I;, is almost alwavs connllctel) wilh ,'ain ~oIner~a1inn, !lndwhD f,an count Hlt: sin~ that come. from id)ene~~; A fnnl ~~)'s \\'blltenr 1mIhioka_the man ot \\'i~dumthinks what he saya.

THE WOOD-CART.

So old Simon, IlleWO",I.flu'teT, found It. lie mij:;bt huelteen geeD elltl,at hi~ plntl' un 11,1'wood-wharf, "bile glll,q;ard~..ur. ;;etting their brellk(ut.

11i~1.01.•1' wa~ nhnlJ"~ In I!:"od nrdu. fur Simon fl'd him well. and ne~eron~r-lun,I",1 or abU~t'llhim. 1Ii~ rarl tuu wu in (".",up!..le re,,,,ir, Ilnd welllitted for hi~ ""rli:. Simon carried u nellt a load of ..-""d ll~ "'aM ~eell inthe ~treet, and when big flirt was Nil}"" he Wll~IIlw1I18'ghul to ginlll ri.le to$umeillme MIlWHrortiredtrlneller .

."n.t" .."n,liti:" in which our HellleDly l'ather plAru u. i~bOllurllhle. OldSimon found it MO. Kin,) in hi~ temper, dili;;enl and lem,,,,,rllie in hi. hahih,and (lIil1,r,,! tu hJ~I'ml)lo)l'rIi, 1tI. good Illlme """ II" R mine uf gold to him.

Ill' r ../tre" ,"",\ to". 811" hnd respect 10 hi. CIIIlIIlIRndmenuRstbe!Rre mRlleknOlmillUMin tbe 1I01}"Srriptures. Thu.M.labortendednutlJnl}"IOlhi8comfort and peace in the lire that noW l~, hut to prepare him ror the llettrrlire wbleh istoeome.

TAGE COACH ON THE MOUNTAINS.

"By his 8trengf.h he ~"t1e(hfa8t th~ m(lulilains," P~ullll~I:n. 6.

Sinee railroad8 havf. heen built,stu;\C l',ollche~ Iml'tJ been almost lai(lll~i,le;hut II. Jllell.~antel' mone of trnn:lliul,; callout ea~ily be found, than ill un ell~J,roolll,ystage,drawlll,..-follrp;ood hl)1'Seb,"iU.l a teml'eraleaud cureful dril't!1'.

he motion oethe earriage I;hes agreeable and Iwaltheul exerr,i~e ..h\oe ride plflllsafltl", lllullg aSllwuth,hllrdroad,afineY-irYie,aubelllkt'u

u( the eonnlr.v. The rmlljlllll.,r is genenlly various and plen~lllil. nud oflt'llilllllrOYiug. ,reran "cldumfail to do ol'l\"etgolJd wherrvrl' \\'e ure.

A.rid" in an open courb m-er the mountains, affords the 1I""t beautiful\'lIridy of scenery. Till' road wind. amolll!; the hills and \'Illle.v", ,lIltl aluDI';Ihe Illarl\"ill~uf strealll" lInd elfry ~n,,\mit we a~ce\\ll, llre~elJl, 1u lh~ windsume DUW beaut)' ufnatnre ur IIrt.

lIuw call tlJC Icnlellu's 9c rUllm OTer ,uc.h di~J11aJ~of "(HI', pU'H'r IIUllguudoeu,IU arc ~ecn 011nery ~ide of him, lInd nflt fed emutiuD, uf ~ratihulellndpraise!

SCENES 'IN THE COUNTRY.

Unw ~weet and fresh IInd fragrant is the coun('.". 0",\ j~ c"I'er,rwhrn'!IIere "e are in a !ligh mountain top, and illlhf\ midst urtbe wildest ~r,l)n<:'s

of nalure. The distant ",,,,,"latas rise up till the! ~ecm to meet the sky.Thp foresttrccslnHCIJul just heeD felled,lIud the green stnmJlsand tilkL:lIUdflrbrush ;lre seen olllwery side. ,\ ~hlllJ...w brook enmes gllr:;lin:; do,,'oun it.. windingwllJ' 10 the greaior,ean. Seel A rude hridge of log" ruc foot.IIUSSl,"!;"rshas bo:cn throw II uy'er it. I.el D'! .top aud ...-alel, the "COlle flowuf its waters. See Illlw the! silently p"'. aruullol the stones "",\ Cragmcllhof Ire",s that obstruct their r,'lIIrse! S .. II. gellll", tern!,," rueds Ilnd oycccumM

therollghl'\II' ..... "Clif ...Rut hne is the l'ODl'sl fl,rmer's ,laughter on ber WllYto tbe lll1l\t:e with a

stock or ponltry. TIw roads lire nul ,,"ut fit ror wheel~, anll ~o she swill!!:,her J\"ce~eaud chlek ..n, unr tb.., saddle, anll with faithful 0111nuhhin ;lb~climh_ mllUntaiDS IIDd fords bronkH and thrt'ad_ the fureHt wilhont rCllr.

THE DRAYMEN.

"'.1 rit;hfNlllH man re{;ardeth the life qf T.i!'hMMt," l'rov, xii.:W.

Dut some men are so nnri;htrolls tllal tht'J' r~gllrd ndtillolt lh", life or mannorbells!_ Soch IIT/\ thr.e two r1rovmrn.

'1'11" IIray is composed of twu lo~g l!ieU'Hor timher, lying I'llrallrl to /lilthullter, fm Il hra1"l axlelree, and (orming the hHI .bafts for the. JUJue, a. "ell

as the (rame work for the cllrrill"c. There llrt, ur course, HOss-ilierc., Ilndtbe Hl'uce hdwrcll the parallel timbers is ,,,mfUlilt's IHled with l'IIIHIlSS,or

with" rupe-nettin; to Iwld small hoxes Ilnd I'llrcch.'111earlvllntllgeofthf\IJril)'is,thatitissorR.ilyloadcrllwotllnloarlerl.

),arl;e and strong horses are needful for the Uray, Dud ll~ tlie)' work harrl,lh"y .• hollld he l.fl\.. II\.) ki,,,nJ'.

These men, who 11f ... Juoli_hlJ radn; thruDl!jhtile ~trt'et~, an' Ilot ooly hrllak-ill); HH~laws of the land, but lHfIworryln:; and wcaryi"g thflir hours withoutIIny lI~e, ami e'qH,~illg the lhe~ 8ml limh~ of Dlen, 'H,men 80,1 r,hildnn tudestruction! now much rnisd,id C"nlr~from incousi,lerlltioll.

SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY.

"BBlIlcmba Ihe Sabbath rlaV to h",'p it holy," F.xodu, xx. 8.

Thflr~ i~ ~()lUethin"vcr)' plcn"lllt in the stillnc~s of II Lorr1'~.illy morningin the coulilry. There ib no rill" from the blacksmith's IIIl\'i1; hi~ shop isc1osed,andthe fire .. Chis rur;;e I\one OUI. The sIHlemaker'! bend ISllesert-

ed,nndtheiJOlllluo(t!tll\\,Oolllllllu'sDxeisllothellrd.

The farm"'f, In "hc,lieucl1 in hod's h01J' Cl"nmandmcnt. due. rill work. hul

r .. ~t" from IIj, lahor and keeps the (lay Iwl.\_ The pIOf.C of \\of810111 at "hich

he and his 1'1IlUilJ II.ttcud.is some three "f ("Ilr miles ,lis/ant. ,\ part lOt thefUDJiI,\, with ll,e ~1I111llerchildnn, hare I\""e in the nClltl.vcovercd wag"", in

sell.srm to attend tJwlitfifl SDudll)"iJcl",,,I, in whicb the farml\f hill.sdf is

8. teacher. Two o/.111'r ,""mber" or tI", ralllily follow, "11 11111\~addle.h"rse~"Tlll'~e la,lies ban been aee"u~t"med tu the ~addle from their l".l,ildhu",I.

aUlI ri,le n,e neete.t hor~e~ without feu. Thpv hale a fllill wlllJlc.."me ,.irthis mornln;,ll.n,1 we hope their C"lltersation by tl'll "Il], is slleh II"will

be8t fit them ror tl.." wor,hip"f G",l.

THE CANAL DRIVER.

"1.eudu.flotilltolellll'lation,butdelil'trlUljrolll edit .\IaU.Ii. til.

There i~ uUII]a ..f illllle wide worhl \lhere slJlUe temptation or other mllJ'not IlIlIl il~ \1":1), ami tlJi~ is nne rCII~Ollwh.,- Hur dllil~' IHllyrr sholllrl he, that \.\\'6 IDII,I,e pres"ttt'd (rum i•.

SOUle IIIare" lire nlllth more full or tf'mptllliull lhlln "t1lf'r"_ 1'110'Thl'll.tnIllltl l'irl'u" the Taterll ami llr"1\'-slwll, 111111(in dtie~) the lI"sl'lIud Enl;'ineHOII"'!;, au,] tile ~tr ..d-rorn"'r" are "urh plans, The llnl'-l'llih is alsn full ofthen,. IIl1tsl'" Ilee netl'"slIT.," to drllW tilt' bollt ("r"lIr') il' tlw I'KIIIII. 1111'\t111~rt.i. II Illlth alun;; the .ide ul" the (~allal rur 1I1f'1Iljll \\1111;. 011. whith is ['aile!]Ihetow-IHltll ••

Hi. nutstrllll1;e that where there ',res" lIl1l1l! j.lle brlliul\.thl' ,1,'\iJ I\h"uldfind plenty ..r \n)rk.~huJI~. The ho.n "hu ri"~ ltlt'~e hor~e~ arll IUJ RJIItofall into the wor~t Illl.hit~. We IHlI,e tho~e I\'oud Ill'Ollle wh".kllUw ttwir .IRI1.J:er will rare fur thl'lIl, 81ld, II.'"Sllnlla) .•~rt"ml~ !lnd gUlJIlllIIok_" helll them to •"'re_l"t the delil Ulal hll ilia)" 11..1' from tllt'm," Jamu it, 7.&.~ ~-