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PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENGER. SATURDAY.
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APRIL 13. 1878.
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Of Fiddlers.
C--T
from uader his.coat, which was aecom-
is able to save, ami that always about knee'; mind now, 1 shan’t make you
Christian Family.
—a----------------------------------------- ; u.s are His protecting arms. Preacher» j another pair till your birthday.’’
, The popularity of the fiddle, its panied with the question : ‘Gentle­
MISS MARY ST CMP. EDITOR. j seldom take this grand, comprehensive, I “ Yes, ma'am,” said the boy with new i presence at merry makings, and the men, will you please to hear any
passage as a text; one noted divine has ! trousers, who hadn’t listened to a word, 1 aid it furnished to the pleasure of the music?’ Our curiosity and the mo»l-
A Literary Curiosity.
given as a reason, that it is felt to be for he was counting the -marbles in public, excited the indignation of the esty of the «nan’s deportment inclined
' t is said that a lady was ocetfpied for a in »tself so much richer and more his left pocket.
■ English Puritans. In due time the ’tri to say yv»; and music he gave ua,
Then
lie
ran
out
and
played
marbles,
year iu «electing and arranging the follow-, touching, than anything that could be :
Lfiddler t hared the-fate of the player, such as I had hever heard before,- nor
again,
and
all
at
once
his
right
knee
ing hues from American and EngiUh poets. said in the pulpitlabuut if, that min­
l ami
ami was silenced and proscribed. An s shall again under the same circum­
Th» whole reads almost* as if it had been isters hesitate to "blur • thé xfiviffitlea * came through his trousers His bare Pordinance passed in H»5)S contained| stances. With as fine and 'delicate a
written at one time and by one author.
contained in thtirblessing of ¿loses , knee! It rested right on the pavement. the following clause : “ And be it fur­ 1 hand as I ever heard, he played the
LIFE.
He ran to his iqainma to have the ther enacicqj.by the authority afore­ ! whole fifth and ninth solo of Corelli,
upon the house of Aslu.-r,....It is one of
Why all this toij for triumphs of an hour?
the sweetest passages in the Bible, and i hole mended, but mamma was to busy said,. tljat' it* any person or persons I two songs of-Mr Handel, ‘ Delminna-
[ IWM17.
to mend it for three days after that, coinnjoixly called tiddlers or minstrels tiar ’ in Otho, and! ‘ Spero si niio caro
, p. Life’s a slip'rt summer—man is but a flower: whenever we ppen the Holy volume,
y tqpe after thé said ffréT*"*’ « A»A«ef«> ; 4n short, hi» per-.
and
all that time his knee kept poking shall, at any
we
see
on
every
page
the
evidence
■ [ Dr- Johnson.
By turns we oatch the fatal breath and die- that the [»romise given before the great out ; and htocried.
day of J uly, be taken [»laying, fiddling, ftJtmance was such as would command
(Pope. law givers death lias never been re­
There is not a doubt that he was a and making music in any inn, ale­ the attention of the nicest ear, and
The cradle and the tomb, alas! so nigh.
moved ; shall we then ever again for­ little goose.
house,, or tavern, or shall be taken left us, his auditor», much at a loss to
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[Prior.
get that “ the eternal God is our refuge
THE FOURTH ONE.
proffering themselves, or desiring or guess what it was that constrained
To be is better far than not to be, [Se«-eZZ.
This little girl loved molasses. entreating any 'person or persons to hint to seek his Jiving in a way so dis­
Though all man's life may seem a tragedy; ami that underneath us are the ever-
lasting arms.”
Mamma never gave her enongh ; she hear them [»lay or make music in any reputable. .He nladeno secret of his
But light cares speak when mighty griefs
thought there always was some of the1 of the places aforesaid, that every name. He said he was the youngest
Six Little Geese.
are dumb:—
[Daniel.
bread-crust that didn’t have the least such person and persons so taken shall of three Jjrothers, and that Henry, the
The bottom- is but shallow whence they
taste of molasses on it. The molasses be judged, and are hereby adjudged middile one, had been Itos master, and
THE, FIRST ONE.
come.
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[Si/*. Wulier Raleigh.
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was kept in a pretty glass pitcher, and declared to be rogues, vagabonds, was then in the service of the King qf
Your fate is but the common fate of all;
This little boy had new boots. That
FrAnee.
”
Inquiry
concerning
Thomas
with vines and grapes on the Jiandle. and sturdy beggars, and shall be pro­
.
[ I^nyfelloic.
made him so proud that he would not
Unmingled joys here no man befall £
Mamma’s gianduia used to put cream ceeded against and punished as rogues Eccles led to the discovery that he
TSaa/A/reZZ. speak to Mikey Finneran when Mikey in that pitcher long, long ago.
vagub »mis, and sturdy beggars within was idle, dissolute, and addicted to
came to the gate with“thé milk-pail-
Nature to each allots his proper sphere.
molasse- the
The little girl who loved molasses
the said
said statue;
statue ; any
any law,
law, statue,
statue, b or r “drinking. He lived in Butcher How,-----
[ Congreve. And because the boots were so new
had
her
breakfast
all
alone
one
morn
­
usage to the contrary hereof in any near Temple Bar, and was well known
Fortune makes folly her peculiar care ;
and so shiny he would not go into the
to the musicians of his time, who
[CAwrcAi/Z. wet grass to get Aunt Lena’s hat when ing when mamma was ill. “ Now I wise notwithstanding.” Roundhead
will give myself molasses,” said the prejudices are confessed in the irfvec- thought themselves disgraced by his
Custom does not often rexsou overrate,
it blew away. And Itecause the new
[ Rochester.
little girl, and so she did. The pitcher tives of Hudibras against Crowdero proceedings. It seems that this state
boots squeaked so delightfully, he
And throw a cruel"sunshine on a fool. ’
<»j»ened its mouth very wide, and nil and his profession, and reference is of musical mendicancy was commonly
| Arinslrong. walked up and down the piazza, right
the molasses came tumbling out. She made to the ordinance against fiddling known as " going a-busking.” One of
Live well—how long or short permit to. 'under the window of the spare room,
the “ Leges Conviviales ” drawn.iip
heaven,
[Milton. where poor Uncle Norman was trying couldn’t stop it. All over the bread, in the lines;
by Ben Jonson, and inSciibed in gold
over tlw plate, on the cloth, and.down “He and that engine of vile noiae,
They who forgive most shall be mpst for­
to sleep away a headache. Of course
letters in the Apollo Room of the
given.
| Hailey.
on her dress ; so much molasses!
On which illegally he playa.
he
could
not
sleep
with
that
squeak,
Devil Tavern, forbade tlie admission
Sin may be clasped so close we cannot see
She »ailed Man*, and Mary came Shall dictum/ieefum both be brought
its face,—
[ French. squeak on the piazza ; so the headache running to her, ana got a spoon and To condign punishment as they ought.’* of such persons as fiddlers into the
Vile intercourse where virtue has not place. grew worse, and he could not go out
But no ordinance or act of Parlia­ assembly.— Harpers Weekly.
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’[ Soju'erri/Ze. driving in the buggy aqd take thé boy scraj»ed her, and a big wet towel and
ment could abolish music or wholly
Then keep each passion down however dear, with new boots, as he had intended to washed her. But the pitcher was
The Squinteyed Party.
sticky, and she let it fall before Mary supress the fiddlers- They led pro­
| Thomson.
Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear ; do.
One day when George was playing
could catch it. and the handle came off, scribed lives, but still they lived. The
As for the boy, he went on making
•---------------- —------ ;----------------------- [Aarau.
and there wits molasses on the floor» too theatres were closed against them; near the gate of the lawn, he heard a
Her sensual snares let faithless pleasures a noise, and looking on his shiny" toes
Mamma said a naughty girl could ' they might no longer occupy the boy going from school cfy opt to an-
lay.
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[Smollet. with great pride.
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not go out to play, and must not have i music-room or the balcony above the otliri “ No, squint-eye, shanl go to our
With craft and skill to ruin and betray.
He wanted to wear Jiis neyZ boots
any more molasses for a whole week. ! stage, and provide harmonious accom- party.” And he saw poor, homely Tim
[CraWe.
to bed, and when he could not be al­
Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise;
So she cried and molasses was on her ' paniments to the more important Dunn, with his crooked eye crying
[ Massinyir. lowed to do that, he put them beside cheeks and some in her hair, because ' transactions of the drama. Nor could and sobbing. He put hi» little hand .__ ~
his pillow where they ; smelled very
We masters grow of all we despise.
I they now appear in the palaces or j through the fence, and said, " here
her fingers were sticky.
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[ Croirley. leathery all night.
To be* sure, this little girl was a j mansions of the great upon the occa­ little boy, you may have my new
Oh, then, renounce that impious self-
It is very plain that he was a little
sion of balls, banquets, or other festi- whistle. Don’t cry any more.”
very goosey_little goose.
esteem ;
[ Iteattie.
goose.
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vals. They had fallen upon sad, strait
Then he ran into the house, and
Riches have wings, and grandeur is adream, I
THE FIFTH ONE?
THE SECOND OXE. ,
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laced, psalm singing times. They asked, “ Can’t I have a squint-eyed
[Caicper.
This little boy would catch bullfrogs
This little girl had a new hat. It
Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave.
could only* [»lay in a furtive, subdued party <>» the lawn ?” Mamma laughed,
—
sometimes.
But bullfrogs are very
[Si»- Walter Datenant. was trimmed with light-blue ribbons
way, in whisper», as it were. They and said, “ O George, dear^ you are
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
and beauty-pink rosebuds. She wore hard to catch. It takes ever such a hid their instruments under their rag­ very kind, but I don’t think there is
[OzWy.
it all day Sunday, and wanted to eat smart boj* to catch bullfrogs. Theyjum|> ged clooks,, and haunted the tavern any btber squint-eyed boy around here
What is ambition? 'Ils a glorious cheat,
I before you can say “ sixty,”<and when
~ [ 117ZZ(>. her dinner with it on ; but papa would j you do catch them they’re very slip­ doora, or j»eered in at the low windows but little Tim.”
not let her do so. “ On Monday "morn­
of inns, not only because of the grati­
Qnly destructive tothe brave and great.
“ Oh,yes, mamtua, you forget. There
[ Addison. ing she wanted to wear it to school ; pery. Thisboy went to thepond with a fying odors of mulled wine and cooked 1 islame Sam, with such a thick sole
What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown ?
but mauuua said she must wear the basket. There were lots of frogs-in ! meats, or in envy of the warmth of the on his shoe, and the [>03' that had hi»
[ Dryden.
brown straw one. Then she cried, ami the pond, and he meant to have them chimn'ey-eomner», but in quest of a hand cut off iri the hay-cutter, and”—
The way to bliss lies not on the bed of
all in the basket ; so he took a string merry* gentleman er two who might
" But they are not squint-eyed.
>down.
[J-’/a/ici»
(¿varies. turned up her nose, and pulled down
:
to tie the lid down. He took off his care for a tune by way of adding rel­
How long we live, not years but actions the corners of her mouth, and said ; “I
George,” said his mother.
tell;
[ Watkins.
won’t wear this hateful, ugly, ol<l shoes and stockings to wade,but when I ish to their supper. “ Will you have | “ Well, but it's in their feet and
The man lives twice who lives the first life thing
She ran up stairs, got her new he got into the water something snap- any music, gentlemen ' humbly asked hands, and that’s just as lad, isn’t it
[ Herrick. hat out of the box, and went down the , ped at his toe. He thought it might
well.
the poor fiddlers, sliding into the warm mamma ?” asked the dear child.
Make, then, while yet we may, your God
be a snapping-turtle, so picked up his room and the hopeful presence of the
back
stairs
with
it
under
her
apron
George’s brother was ten yeara old
your friend, '
[ William Mason
feot very quickly to look at it; then merry gentlemen. * They crept about
and thought he knew a great deal
Whom Christian* worship,*yet not com­ When she was outside the garden-gate
something slipped under his other foot, in [»airs, we are told, and were glad to
prehend.
[ Hill. she took off’ her brown straw hat and
more than this little fellow. “ Ha, ha!
The trust that’s given’ guard, and to your­ hid it in the lilac-bush ; then she put and lie sat down. The water was dir­ accept the humblest dole in payment George thinks Sam is s<juint-eyed in
self be just;
[Z>u/<«. X»n the new hat and ran away to school. ty and green ; slimy things crawled for their strains. But oftentimes
his foot, and little Tom is in his hand.”
For live we how we may, yet die we must.
All the girls stared at her beautiful around on the bottom of the pond these mendicant artists met with very-
But the mother said," I know v^hat
[ Shakespeare.
ribbons and roses, and at recess five He heard a big bullfrog say something insulting rebuff's from those who were George means. He pities such and
Underneath are the Everlasting girls asked to try it on. When she that sounded like“ You-^goo—goose,” disinclined to listen, or without music wants to make them happy. He shall
He didn’t in themselves^“ nor moved by con
Arms.”
was coming home it rained, oh, so hard ! and then he went ' home.
-t.-
have the tent [»itched on the lawn and
need
to
tie
the
lid
of
the
basket
down. cord of sweet sounds.”
The new hat was nothing but spots,
have
the j»oor boys here, and I will
If we could always remember that
Yes, I shouldn’t wonder if this boy I Sometimes the habit of leading this
and wrinkles and streaks ; she couldn t
help
to
make them happy. His party
e “eternal God is our refuge, and
wear it ever again. She lm<l to wear was a little goose, too. “**■'
wandering existence developed a taste will be like the one we read about in
that underneath are the everlasting
THE SIXTH ONE. .
tire old one. and that bad got so wet *
[ for it, or the musicians could not or the Bible to which the halt and the
arms,” how much stronger and braver,
and crumpled in the lilac bush that it
This little girl had a friend who had would not rise again to the position maimed and the blind wei;e invited.
we would be in overcoming the sor­
crackled like a basket, and all the a doll which had gloves. It was a ■ from which they* had fallen, and con­ Go, William, pitch the tent, and .then
rows that embitter every life. There
girls laughed.
- ■
French doll, with eyelashes and a tinued therefore to be vagrants long ask these boys to George’» party.— Ex.
stands the divine assurance, writ in
So you see she certainly was a little winker to wink its eyes with*— and after the necessity for vagrancy had
lines of living light upon the [»age
P alestine E xploration .—A new line of
¡roose.
gloves. This little girl had never seen completely passed away. It is told of levels baa been run between the Mediter­
of truth, that He knoweth our feeble­ o
a doll with gloves ; her doll had eyes, Thomas Eccles, a member of a family* ranean Sea and the Lake of Genneaaret, by
THE THlliJt ONE.
ness and in infinite strength, will bear
the anrveying party of the Paleatine Ex­
This little boy had new trousers. but they did not. wink, ami it had fin­ . famed for their musical (jilts during ploration Fund, for determining with
us in His arms, though the world mock
gers, but see had no gloves for it. She the seventeenth and eighteenth centu- greater care the anrfaceheight of the latter.
at <. ar trials and laugh when we suf­ They were gray, with stripes, and two j
The actual depression of the lake was
came home across the fields; she was ! ries (John Eccles set to music, among found to be 6S2*; feet; and thia, according­
fer. Aye, the eternal God is our refuge pockets. As soon as he got them ob
ashamed to come home by the street i other works, Congreve’s " Ode to St. ly, will bi regarded as the cioaeat approxi­
when unjust accusers blame .our best he put all his marbles into the pockets
to the exact level and be quoted
with a doll that had no gloves. And Cecilia,” andTiis mask,“ The judgment mation
hereafter as the right figure. Though
— efforts ; and when every earthly hand ami rattled them. Then he went out
!
she cried because she could not have | of Paris
that he passed his whole thirty feet more than the determination by
T
is withdrawn, underneath us, yet, on the sidewalk and played marbles i
(853 feet), slightly more than that
gloves
for
it.
Crying
made
her
eyes
.
life
as
a
mendicant
or street musician. Lynch
of Russegger (665 feet), and considerably
with far more than a fathers tender­ with the town boys. He did that
swell up, and she did not look where One who knew him, and was on the more than that of Von Schubert (570), or
ness, are extended the everlasting arms, every* afternoon regularly, until one
(328), it is leasthan that of de
she was going, till she tripped on a authority of Sir John Hawkins, “ a Symonds
Berton (755 feet), and of Allen (810), or
which never weary nor forget that we day his mamma said :
“ Look at the khee of your trousers, stone and fell and broka her dolly's . good judge of music,” relates; “ It was of Von Wildenbruck (845 feet). la this
are dust. When the noblest striving
it will be a matter of interest
what’s the matter? It is turning whit- j head all to pieces. So then she had about the month of November, in the connection,
to recall the fact that the survey of the
of our hearts is misconstrued, the most
no dolly to puf^ovea on, even if she 1 year 1733, that I witty some friends same
Fand redetermined the depression’of
generous .impulse of our nature is ish gray.”
had them. But still she cried.
were met to spend the even at a tav- the Demi Sea to be 1,292 feet—slightly lo^a
“
Dust,
I
guess,
”
said
the
boy
with
than that of Captain Lynch (1.317 feet)*
Cjldk\ c.-illed self-interest; when dis-
Surely she was indeed a silly goose. i em in- the City, when this man (Thom­ so that the difference of level between
new
trousers
;
and
he
tried
to
brush
appointment
f
______ throws a chill upon our
—Churchman.
as Eccles), in a mean but decent garb, these twe bodies of water, which is also to
best endeavors,-ami no» earthly hope it off
toy the descent of the Lower Jordan is
’ “
was introduced to us by the waiter. 610 loef.-bulependent.
“
I
told
you
not
to
play
marbles
brings consolation to the troubled
Immediately
upon
opening
the
door
I
The
man
who
minds
his
own
busi
­
Retiring early at night will aurelw
¿mind, how blessed is the comfort that when you had your best trousers on.
heard the twang of one of his strings shorten a man s days, ,
ness has a good steady amployment.
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the pitying love of the eternal I ather That is a hole wearing in the right
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