The Fremont Weekly Journal, 1867-10-25

Little children are little poets; and Dante never dared to conjure np sue immense idealities, such ' exquisite subtleties, as float and dance in their tiny brains, aud fall out in their quaint questions and queer rejoinders. . . There is something almost sublime in thei artless prattle. Here is a soul fresh from the great Maker; here are germ of thoughts that may grapple with the world, overturn continents, and shake systems, some day here,, just as God put them into the soul, and fresh from him. ' . When the cable that was to join two continents had broken in mid-ocean,' an operator sat day and night at the land end, and watched its fluctuations; and, as the fretting waves would sway the submerged coil, words in an unknown tougue and weird sentences were borne to his ear by the electric tide. - And we have thought, perhaps, just as those strange sounds were the language , of the depths where man had never pen etrated, but where God reigns,', and reigns tu order, as he does above; so the beatings of, the little heart the wonderful fancies and whimsical anal ogies of the little brain, might be the spirit oi ine r ainer moving upon the face of the waters, just as he did when chaos became the beautiful world. We may learn new creeds from these little ones. '. We may see in theirs the first man s reason, before experience and sorrow brought worldly knowledge. And was it not worldly knowledge that drove him from ; peace and eternal raradisei . Do not let us sheer at the wisdom of a' child. The attempts of mothers to imbue their offspring with a knowledge of things divine develop amusing con. ceptions, sometimes, in the brains of their little pupils. hat .volumes of unwritten philosophy may we not draw from the farst fruits of childish ' laith, striving to reconcile itself with childish knowledgell The idea of God does not appear to be new to them ; they express no surprise, but tacitly, accept, what stronger spirits fail to grasp ; they sup ply him with all the attributes ot which the teacher tells them; " and ' add in numerable others, which -they see in father, . and . luotbeiv. and aunt, and sister. And,- what 6ccms strangest of all, they do not seem to wonder at the inbnite distance between them aud htm -(physical distance we mean). It would be very dinictilt so to describe to them a character, a thousand miles away, as to make them at once familiar with his personalitv and always ready to be on intimate terms with him ; yet the child knows God -we cannot tut feel it better than we bigger men and women, who know that arouod the faintest'' star largef "worlds 'than onrs are rolling, 'who study the labors of the polyps and the teeming myriads of mii'roscopio Me. ? - .:,: . . And trod, ever unseen, ever silent is the friend and father of the babe. We may know him as a judge, a king; to the child, he has only the softest and sweetest of names. ..o It is interesting to collect the 'droll little speeches, the pretty little paradox- that now. .trom .the- baby .brain, where knowledge has not yet usurped the room of native wisdom, nor ex perience "of speculation, :" and" wher,e curiosity reigns supreme. -.A little boy, playing upon the carpet at his mother's feet -broke the ' tail on his wooden horse; and, unable to restore . it to its primitive position, inserted the stump in the pony's mouths Struck with this ludicrous reversal of anatomical rule; he called the attecMon of hi companion to the anomaly before Aim "Mamma, " said he, "does God see everything ?" "les, dear." ' "Well: then, 1 guess he'll laugh when he sees my, penyl"' God was hi friend. , God was good to him. Papa was both of these." --Papa would have laughed at the' malformation be before - fore before him j why' not ',hia IJest . Friend f Another was playing with one' of those pretty air-ball balloons which float trom the end of a string, ' The string broke, and the bubble went floating' oft. ''Nev ''Never - er ''Never mind, Ruddy," said his sister; "when you go to heaven, you'll get it" ; Shall we frown at these simplicities, and check' this childish faith f God forbid ! Let us rather rekindle here, our own own-cold - cold own-cold and withered. He must be indeed corrupt who-in this prattle can see aught buf a trust whose purity In ay ripen yet to be sublime.'. Luther we are told in that delightful book, The bchonberg Lotia Jiamup when -his little children's pet dog went the' way of all the world, did not 'scruple to. describe in the heaven he taught them they must strive to merit-their depart ed ' playfellow happy,' and waiting, .tor' them. '. He kuew too welt tli value of faith to tamper with a child by A mother trad been telling her little girl Of the blessing of heaven. " "But will brother re there too,'; asked, the child.. . : f-Yes; yo and L .and brother; and papa.'.'i 'V no, mamma,-papa can t ; papa can t leave the store" Poor ild, thou little knowest how ..bitier truth thou haat uttered 1 . Immersed ia the rumble and -clatter of commerce buying -ahd Selling and getting gain leaving religion to jWireancIyldrett at home God 'graut we 'may hve .time ' a . he of for in the our i eral ever last to go to. heaven,. ..iy i!.- .-f .-.5 i We think. of Gotl as a great'flb- straction ; we honor him with our lips; appeal' to him., when we testify, U truth.; our ministers preach him. trom the. pulpit . We know that be is the fount of all 'justice,' and wo feel that before him some day we must appear. But,;', we, are only , whited , eepulehers alter all; and, . like the ocnbesand Phariseet-j w-are' omitting 'the 'Weiglit- matters or ine law. it.,wm,.ij(j a happy millennium, rwhn .thi 'Srght- walking .shall - be over-thrown forever, a little child shaH1 read ur;"' '"" Again : "God says the child, ''ees always, and he senda his angels.to guard -.me. -The holy ! poetry, that older: and colder hearts 'cannot' learn, child knows and .loses;, aud it .was article iq , the "creed of ; ouriiitile friendy who, when told that becaase he been "naughty" the angels' would watch )ver him, si'di "Well, tiej'jl watct over brother, Bxtbbie ; and I guess they can't ielp seeing me? 'lyibg close beside him."- " .w; '"' " '. -'f .'il HH- t-1 . . i ' . A young minister observed to one of parishioners that he had not seen at church for a few Sundays. '-."No," replied, "with a blush.- "Waiting your spring bonnet," he said: Some weeks after he .called ganvf.ancL re-, marked,, ,"Jt ia a long lime sioce I saw at church... Haven't v ' sot voor hold bid he -' or, ed ble the ia with tel, day he the there it is, pbiptiog to ;the" cradle. The panor was so, overcome, with that "new bonnet" that he ha hot made a similar olrvfttion nince. dayt sieHr, "I leg my i able" tfiok er T.he aud hibittal Qt came in Banfls'' Thia ter, the that day until A are bite The ways and certain namely, story bonnet yet f - "Ye," she1;eplied, "r.nd, ft oould a the peon

That ignorance and intemperance are the proline and chief sources of enme, a fact which no intelligent person will undertake to deny, for it is too plainly established by history and the daily observations of all ' to be questioned. is chiefly to provide for' and: protect : - i.i . i . i. i j society against me eyii resuning aifecir or indirectly fiom these causes, that alms-houses and prisons are bnilt and police olhcers and courts are sustained. That, with universal education and total abstinence from alcoholic drinks, there would yet be some criminals against whom it would be necessary to guard society, cannot be denied; but the number of these would be comparative so snia.il, that the burthen would hardly be felt This, it is hardly nec necessary - essary necessary to say, would be dtie to' two things: 1st. Educated and sober men not as likely to be led into crime, the ignorant nnd intemperate: and, With no ignorant or dissolute per sons on whom to operate, - there would less temptation to the unscrupulous. that,, in diffusing ' education' and promoting temperance, we reduce the catalogue of crime, by cutting it off at both ends... , : i m- n ' It is doubtful if a single individual could be found in an ' American com munity who would undertake to con trovert these positions, for the reason their correctness is beyond 'ques- 11 58 kn0WI? anJ re.ad o al! meiu And yet, how dimcuit it otten w to secure the action which should be in- duced by such important and notorious ! ' How indifferent are the masses the people' most deeply interested the matter, to any steps proposed their protection from these gigantic evils! . How can a parent rest indiffer to such 'things, while his child 'is directly subject to the rum which especially threatens the young ! - ... Uur attention has been called to this important subject by reading ' the Tol- lowing statements in regard . to the prisons named: ..-.i t ... ... lhe. othcial Teport of Sing' Hmg Prison, New York, shows that of 84? prisoners, 170 cannot, read or write; 3i never, have, .been at a. school ot any kind; 85 can read but not 'write; 510 and write- imperfectly; .42 re ceived a good common English educa tion; 8 went "through college; 485 of prisoners had been habitual drunk and about one-third of these com committed - mitted committed their respective- crimes1 "whilst intoxicated. Rev, B, C. Smith, Chaplain . of Auburn State Prison, reports that of whole number of prisoners, 670, 3 received a collegiate education; 8 an academical education; 204 a common education; 267 a very poor education; were without any education: C cessive intemperate," 258; ' moderately intemperate, 245; total . lutemperate, . temperate drinkers, 169; total abstinent, -8. Mr. Pilburv, Warden' of the ' Con necticut State Priaon, reports: Whole number of prisoners, 180, of which not single one received a collegiate or classical education,? nor has any one so educated ever been an inmate of this prison. Ut this number 8 per cent read, and cipher j 40 per cent read , and . write; 22 per' ceriL neither read nor write; 72 per never learned a trade ; 24 per cent began to learn a trade and did not finish, or learned aad did not follow it; per cent; followed regular trades; 44 cent, (nearly one Italf) committed crimes whilst intoxicated ; only 2 cent of these convicts were temper and could read and write, 'and fol followed - lowed followed a trade; 64 per cent' were never married; 75 per cent." aeknowiedcre themselves habitual drunkards, and not single one could be found who was onl v married . but was temperate followed a trade. -i There is another point luade prom iu the above statistics, and that l. great importance, not only of educa education - tion education aud sobriety, but of useful employ employment, - ment, employment, . which carr . best. i be -secured through a regular trade. Next to good principles well established in the heart life, of a young . roan, there is nothing so valuable to him as the set settlement - tlement settlement of his mind on some" one life-calling something that he feel to be his permanent depend dependence - ence dependence for Buccena. , Thj range of choice this respect 'is. aw phi, . aud . beyond of any other country on the globe. ..tl. i . - 1 J X. 1 - Jv . 4 vnem w oe embarrassed in making a selection, -ex from the great variety of useful sale avenues which . constantly in the young to ways ot honor and prosperity. While tha degree of success depend in a measure on the adaptability, , of, the., individual i to a particular, calling, there is little .danger failure in any earnest and persistent Itsllar l".. lil tl...f tl . bst memai position suouia umiertaKe tie difficult calling, than for him to the talents he has in crime or idleness. . ., This subject u too momentous and comprehensive to receive more than a notice in this place, but it is the few facts and thoughts here submitted may be of use in suggesting reflection on the. part of the to the end that more effectiye measures be taken toward the remedies clearly demanded. 2oWa (7e- at we ier and me the an had not his her she for you

Bayard Taylor saya he frequentlr meets with doubters of . the stability of onion in r.urope; out he has never found an admirer of Andrew Johnson. There is not in the whole of Switz erland a toll gate. The government forbids! by law anything "which mav I : . . . t - tend to interrupt orinterfere with travel or between the different cantons, he magnificent roads whioh one .finds everyvfhere throughout the country are kept in order at the expense of the can can-tons - tons can-tons through which they tun,' the " fed authorities having each paid, how-1 at he construction, one-half of the expense . , I Aq attache of the former. Austrian of by those who would turn them to I account, and make money of the mor-1 cravings which on such occasions 10 always show themselves, it is! impossi- 80 of execution- The coat or blouse which I wore at the time is also given. . 1 be . - r o I for embassy in Mexico has arrived in Vien Vienna,' - na,' Vienna,' bringing with him, among other things, lh elothes of tfco late Emper pierced as tuey are with bullets, and saturated with blood. How it happen-1 that .these family relics were . got to say. Be it as it may, in- all the pnntshop windows of Vjenn t a photo graph is tb be seen of the waistcoat of I Jimperor Maximilian, with the holes front torn by the bullets fired at his A person in Paris noticed a poor man a wooden leg walking past his ho and gave him a. franc. ....The next "he saw the supposed beggar, but had changed the wooden leg from right to thfrlefa.J Enraged at ' the deception, he went up to. the man' and exclaimed j . X ou rascal, you had the wooden leg on the other side yester- ,. You are not lame at all!"' "Mon- . wathe: response,Vith dignity, never, said I was.; I wear a wSoden for ecpnprqy, : so as. not Jo wear out r trousers, and I change .the leg to J prevent one leg of the trousers wear-1 fata, I are arts, r the most and army been .' bring The life. fng'out before" the 'otheV." .: . r ' . " ' , '. '4 ::'isl - '! : - ' A. marriage which excited consider interest Tn 'England last' month, place in a parish eb.ureh. ' The bridegroom was a color-sergeant in an infantry regimentaa'l the brioVs broth was a private in the same- company.' sergeant taking a fancy to his com com-rade,showed - rade,showed com-rade,showed tim many acts of kindness, oaeday in barracks the latter' ex- to his superior theforet'ff white his alitor- lhe sorgeaitt at once be enamored with the hkenes3,..and a tew' days' placed himself in. the. of ? a T -photographer for a! carte. was sent by-the brother to his sls aul the portrait 'appears to have produced, a .ttorresponding feeliug !on part of the hjdy,: .The upshot was an engageiiient was made, and the fixed for the wedding at 'ChertWy cnurctsrand neither ot the parlies met the mocnicg of the wedding..-' newspaper aavant savs that there two' kind of house-flies--thbse that aad those that do sot; and he has discovered a way to tell, tiieiat apart. flies that do not. Lite, he sayv al rest with their heads downwards, the biting, flies with their heads upwards. There is an easier and more method o( distinguishing them, by the bites. , " ., ' " '... ' ... I il: '.. . 'i ' ; j I' RifcRssj tor SLasdeh. Wo like' the I and of a blacksmith whb "wk.aadyiHl bring a suit for slander. He "uI he go into tos hop and hammer ut better character thus all the court in trated State could give him, and at less ex-' of time and tOQscin

Current literature "books in the running brooks." - "' Uon: What is the most fatal num ber in' the lotterr of lifel ' Strych- nine. - ... - - y ' ; " A Hinglish woman wants 'to know if gambling in petrolenm is carried' on according to 'Oyle. Ayonng man married a-' girl rather than be shot by her brother, thinking a miss better than- hit. Is it not strange that when a lady gets a spark in her eye her chief desire is for a match? .:,';. . ' There is no reason why young ladies should not train welL i They are accus accustomed - tomed accustomed to bare arms.. , j..'?: . -,,r , A little boy, when asked wbr Adam bit the apple, replied: "Because be hadn't any jack-knife." 'An affectionate husband gratified his wife's wish-for the pet by sending home monkey, ZThe appreciative wife ex claimed, . "Dear man, it- is just like him for all the world.!" .., ,: . , A lady meeting a girl who had late ly left her service, inquired, "Well Mary, where do you live now"" "Please, ma'am, I don't live "nowhere," replied the girl; "I'm married." . An Irishman, being asked for lis cer tificate of marriage! took off his hat and pointed to a scar on the side of his head, his wife's mark. The Judge was satisfied. : ", v" .'" ..-; Gen.r Cnstar las been courtmartial- for quitting his charge and going to Fort Harker to rescue his wife from the cholera which was raging there. Were his case submitted to a staff of wives would be punished by promotion. A ? story illustrative ef one ot the phase's of human nature, is told of a French lady who held in her hand a glass of water, and said, "Oh, if it were only wicked to dnnk this, how nice it would be!" The latest attempts, a pun. was that a barberou. fellow, whowonderedff there was anything Suable in ladie ' heads that they should be so guarded with hxkr.i - Whether there is anything msiae luetneau or. not,, a. great .many men would pick the locks oa some ot the heads if they could get a chance, I two months old, but my nurse got mad m.d rr-PH. away A very plain man was asked how Nature contrived to make him so uo-lv, ...... . . . ... . j . . y "jMature had nothing to do with the. matter," he replied. al was the hand somest child in the neighborhood when another bov, A young man in New. Haven on Monday rnshed into' a druer store, and great alarm asked the clerk if benzine was poisenouftv ."No," said the clerk, 'why!" "Because,? said, the fellow, father went to the closet to take down gin bottle, and by mistake took J swallows' before he knew it" "He is all right," replied the clerk. "The only difference between- benzine and modern gia is in the smelL ' ; ;

"Eddie," said Harry, "let's play at going to church ; and I'll be the min minister, - ister, minister, and preach' you it sermon." ? ?Well, said Eddie, "and 11 be the people." f "BoTChey went up sUilrT'togetfier. Harry set aaold fire screen p is front of him, by way of a pulpit, and thus began: , , . . . ' "My text is a very short and easy one 'Be Kind.' ..There are some little texts in the Bible on purpose for little children; and this is one of them. These are the heads of my sermon : 'Firstly Be kind to father, and don t make a noise when he has a headache. I don't believe you know what a head headache - ache headache is, but I do. I had one once, and I didn't want to hear any one speak a word." . ."Secondly Be kind to mother, and don't.make her tell you to do a thing w , Ta i Pw Nay nd Arteums Ward ?f the present ti, more than once. . It is very tiresome to say, It is time for you to go to bed,' half a dozen times over." "Thirdly Be kind to baby. " "You have left out bekind to Har ry,"' broke in Eddie, forgetting that he was the people. . "Yes," said Harry, "I don't mean to mention my own name in my sermons. I was saying be kind to my little Min Minnie; - nie; Minnie; and let her have your red soldier to play with when she wants it" ' "Forthly Be kind to Jane, and don't scream and kick when she washes and dresses you." ' . Here Eddie looked a little' ashamed -and said: -. : .. - . - . , "But she pulled my hair with the . comb."c . . i .. -i - "People musn't talk in church," said Harry." "Fift hly Be kind to Kittie, and do what will make her purr, and don't do what will make her scratoh and squalL" ' ' "Isn't the sermon nearly done r ask asked - ed asked Eddie; I want to sing," and with without - out without waiting for Harry to finish his dis discourse - course discourse of to give out a hymn, he began to sing and so Harry had to stop; but it was a very good sermon after alL - PnunkE'e "Davna." An exchange speaks thus of the "Printer's Derils:" From wild, friendless , boys in the streets, are made what . are called "Priter's Devils f next , they become printers, and after that sometimes edi editors, - tors, editors, in which capacity they not unfre unfre-quently - quently unfre-quently make their mark in the nation, and in the world. Dr. Franklin was a' most eminent instance in the early days of our country. And Thurlow Weed, Hoarce Greeley, Simoa Cameron, Vice President Hamlin, General Dix, Speak Speaker - er Speaker Colfax; Gideon Wells, Robert Bon ner, rnnce Napoleon, Petroleum .V. are striking time.