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Un dee eymbolea auivanta sppareltre sur le derniire imege de cheque microfiche, selon le caa: le symbols — ^ signifie "A SUIVRE". le symbols V signifie "FIN". Les cartea. planches, tableeux, etc.. pauvant Atre film^s k das taux da reduction diff«rents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour ttra reproduit en un seul cliche, ii est film* A partir de I'engle supArieur geuche. de gsuchs i droits, et de haut •ty bes. en prenant la nombra d'imagea nicassaira. Las disgrsmmes suivants iilustrent le m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 32 X LYRICS —BY THE LATE- GEORGE PIRIE, ESQ, FOR IWENTVTWO VEARS EOITOR AND PROPRIETOR OF THE GUELPH "HERALD." ' ' ,■ J ) GUELPH. Printed at the Hbrald Book and Job Printing: Eitabliehment. ml. 1 1 I 1 \ \ \ > PREFACE. s This publication is not so complete as could have been desired in con- sequence of the loss of a large number of Mr. Pirie's poetical writings. This may have been partly due to the fact that the idea of their publica- tion in this form was never contemplated until sometime after Mr. Pirie's death. The following sketch of Mr. Pirie's life is taken from the ScoiiisA American Journal: " John Ramsfcy and George Plrie were both Aberdonians/ although the former happened to draw hiflttrat breath in the city of London. Both were bom in the last year of the Iwt cen- tury, and both died in the present year-the one closing his eyes in his own, although not his native city, on the 4th of June ; the other, who first saw llgk there, sinking to rest in hia adopted land on the 23rd of July. * Both were journalists. Mr. Ramsay, however, terminated his connection with the press the vejy year Mr. Pine commenced hin Both were vigorous witcrs and independent thinkers • both were possessed of no despicabi- poetical talent ; both were in some measure like others of ,toeirk»nd-«li8appointedmen. The one. however, from the necessities of a lurge family and ,6th?r causes, never aucciunbed to the tqrtiires of bodily weakness, but warked heroicallv al- taiost to the very last, at his ordinary vocation ; and in it occasionally rose out of and abova BBfto hindrances, and »Urred up others by his words. The oftier, without family U^, never i»viDg fonned any, \«M obliged by failing health (and was able at the same time) to quit artive I^?±*K.lff W^^V earFy date, althongh had encouragement smUed on his aspiSn? he jjight have forked on fn a sphere In vhlch a pecuTiar talent seemed to promise ^c<»88 It WW otherwise oiidaiped. >.uv««w. ^i, .fc.ItoBay appears to have been in figure and appearance a singular contrast to Mr Pirie jpefonner, a short, stout, determined individual, bavring, aa he fondly imagined, a strikiiiff jfWeroblance to the first NMK>leoh-fltted to command, indisposed to yfeldTfte hotter *iwf SS'liwl,^ Sr*^'"'^yv^\*^***"*t^ ^ a^remarfcable cfe,?ree, with a shrill, weak'volw! ^ all the appearance of oYie between whom and death there was but a step Activity ana change characterized the career of the one as well as of the other, but the con- teast l»eio, too. waa great, thou-h not inexplicable. Literary pursuits from tie Sni mSoaaed ^iJt^^^ attcntfon. Originally occupying the place of tutor in different famlUe^TS ■^**fei^vf.^;^'^?- 1-?"?i'^'''''"ri1''"^^^ Hospitaf, Aberdeen ; twice .ontesting the 'h^^" , •SSf^f I^v?/' «»?,V"\*'*'^"<'? ; tonduating m succession two local periodicals of some tempor- tey oelebrtty, ana for the last fourteen years of his public lite acting as sub-editor of the Aber- te Joua^Al., ttie oldeM apwsjjapcr in Ihe north of Scotland, only appearing again as a «»i.di- ffuSvefe ""^ "'^^ *^^ "^^ *™*"'^ Chk^inltoischal cSjege .^^'■i^'^;^° thp other hand, without thoughts gf literaiy labor, started early in life for hlm- ^If; got some acquaintance with business iu. London; came to Canada in &esame co^- 'E°^iHt^**«"*H!'''^'^,f^*^.^^'^'f thereafter became his life-long coraZionTre- , t^m^i to his natl,ve city ; mad$ an almost boyish marriage ; carried on busSsss thire for i>me •|^?S„*i^«*^?»f^'^*J"'"=.^^= flmOlmurnca toCana^^T; settled and worHed onaCh 6^ ,&r ten MMft ; t&enj;4ye It up ; iparrled a second time ; and for the last twenty-two years ofhis ate conducted tl^e Quelph Heram as editor and proprietor " J, towperwice vi,mi, whj,cli were for many years exemplified and advocated by llr Plria. oth were benoVole^t, feuVwrth t^ieir dlffereht opportunities giving effect to ttt»>ait diverse .-^8. It coi^ not be otherwUe. Mr. yirle was not in eircuiista^ces to j^aMTa^rtwiT!? cure even anlndependenoe that Wuld sanction retirement. He had to ke^at 4%oA and d keen at it »a,\iyt^ ^ he <^id4. What l^s co^ld do In a beneficent Zy he^had fo K' m i and that wm not little we are told. In his capacity of secretary for tw^ty-ono^y^^^^^^^ GueiDh St Andrew's Society, he had much opportunity to assist the friendless. As a nicniDer SthrOramZ and Common Scl>ool Board he also to(,k a great interest and an -icl'v^ P»rt in promoting the cause of education in the place of his ahodo. Mr. R^'n^'iy ^'J^'-l .'1° ^' J?t'„"„| .ecuniarv way. He made divers bequests to local charities, and left the residue of ''f '"r™n« to Se fund for "Aged and Indigent Gentlewomen." He likewise P''^'"f"te'JJi's'n crest in education, which, ti a teacher at one time, would have a special claim on his synpathy, in the le "acv of £100 to provide a gold medal annually for the Grammar School of Aberdeen ^yhere the lUmsays and Plrles of past generations have got that start in life which has helped to make men— and no mean men— of many of them. , .j j *„ vi„ „„,♦„ mu tmtrintWm Mr. Pine wasconservative In his politics.and an unwavering W«"d to his party His p^^^^^^^^ more than once had ample room for marked expression, and his iwctical vein for excrcl^^^^^ when the volunteer force of his adopted land had to be called out. '^Vo are told by ""o of the local lounials Aich recorded his death that "when ho espoused a cause or took "P f /l_"e3ti"n he held to it firmly, because he judged it was right, and more than once sacrificed his own in- terests in advocating what ho considered was for the publ c good. If it could bo sa d with truth of Mr. Ramsay by the well known Joseph Hume *» ^."o"" [°' "; short time ho acted as private secretary, "I never saw the like of /o"- Rf^^f ^ = ^""„uine as lead nor drive," we can well imagine the followng expression of his views to be eenuine, as giv^n in the introductory article at the comnriencement of «" V^'j'iilJof \"nra worthlcS " Devotion to a party we consider a sure indication of a weak 'ntt"«l^"^,,'',„X i mfest z^i The enlightened philanthropist spurns the fetters of party, and walks abroad in his honest zeal topromote the best interests itf his kind." A n P Such were the two. Peace be to their memory. n.. i^. x. 'George Pirie, bon, 2Sth February, 1799 ; died at Guelph Ontario 23rd July 1870. John Ramsay, bom 18th September, 1799 ; died at Aberdeen, Scotland, 4th June, 18<0. PHRENOLOGICAL OPINION. You iwssess a large and ponderous brain, indicative of a weighty and influential mind^^ lU quality is essentially mental, still it ever requires the force of circumstances to bear upon it in order to evoke its active and powerful energies. ^. vi i ^^^„a v^nmhoor Your perceptive or knowing faculties are fully and proportwnably developed. Your obser- vation ifkeen, searching and^ritical. You are generally inclined to see external ob ects in the r nroper light. While you examine minutely in detail, you can also generalize ; and mdi- XaKersons places, and objectsin general. You possess a very retentive memory more in reference, however, to transactions and incidents which have come more immediately under your o^^«onal inspection, than to abstract ideas or historical truth Jo^r geosmph^^ knowledge is most extensive. There is scarcely a spot you have travel ed over but what jou could ma^p out and delineate with accuracy and ease. This combined with your great ideality andlareeconcentrativeness. enables you to become a graphic and entertaimng writer. You are ve^ partial to the works of travellers, and devour their contents with greediness a,nd ab- sOTbiKterest. You are not yourself much of a traveller. Though you have c. most anxious deZ^ see stmnge and magniflceut places and objects, still you love more to travel around thrflresidrwlRorHunrboldt, or Lander near aUan Youseem to have a precise idea of om,^ize andhamionious proportion. You are extremely fastidious, '»'«l/PS^'»eular .ibout mPthod or arrangement. You are fond of architecture. You love to see a -we 1 laid-out farm, ^th it furSInd fences precise and perfect. Still this feeling has no jiartlcuter reference to vouraelf oereonallv you are not very tidy. As an author or editor you we particu arly so. fo?he exJSn Kur IdeaS on paper ^you are elaborately ^X^^^-^f ^../"^v'^fltave a Dlalnness and precision. You do not make a good public speaker or oratCr. You have a huSdmore Ideas than you can adequately enunciate v,ve voce You are a «"t 'ate mental ^culator and vou are fond of studying statistical Information. You possess a good knowledge SfS^SlosShyVsweet harmony ; but you are, yourself , not a very good ^oc^^ist ; you would make aUter instrumentalist. Your constructive anj^^lnventW^^ havB Tint nnlv a nrettv accurate knowledge of mechanical philosophy . but tnese lacuiiies, i^bu J^moreSKut somem^lflcents which would i'\terest the p-eat mass of man- kind You are a stem and oSnsecutive reasoner, and you discriminate ^^>t^ nicety and e^re^ ^enurwult and accumulation of knowledge has ever been your hobby from your to"th «P- V ^d^^Y^umusr^taevery respect a self made man. Your °wn Profound reflcctm^^^^ N donp inflnltelv more for vou than ever an mposed education has done. You are yet always M^andlrZi^ at Tk^nowledge of hlgheV truths. But although yo VJ« ««^«^S wluVoFlei gresslvi thinker, still you hold fast that which you formerly received m truth aj^d wiu not ie» ^^^•j^y, jl has not a leg of evidence t« stand upon. You are an ardent and somewhat dog \ I * I i » I uiid "take off" on special OLCMsions. You li.e oxtrrinQiy ■ uilous and ))i-riir hryotfc 'uicut tl touUcncirs. You aio flie flrst to Icani wlint is new or woudrrful. Your imuuii itive i.owri •^ ave largely brou-ht out. When ex. ited yoii dream hir,el.w nnd you aro IniMuod to imlul-e in Uroplas. You are fond of wilues'-inii- sublime and uiasiiinccnt gpc^taele.s. You deli^lit nioie c.peii4l'>-lnthe.ontempl.itiouof uroatmoriil truUia. You ratlier lack self di'ulty ."and vou are devoid of lar-e and ambitious) desiros. bl ill you niainlaiii a hiyli self -respect. Vou a;e not a little influenced by public opinion. You risk a -reat deal to please the uii'lity public. You are very kind hearted, benevolent and philantliropic. You ?o f.ie whole »o^ for all tho.-e bo- cioiies which have for their object the amelioration and '•Icvalion of humanity. You have brlsht hopes as respects the results of these. You are uaturallv devotional nod pious You have sreat veneration for the Deity, as well as all gio.it and good men. You are a i.iaii of Btronsdoivienicfeeliiiy. You are very fond of your wife and children, and you live for their welfare. When you r le hai-d pres^ed by an opponent, or not In a good state of honltli, \ ou ai-e e isily roused to a siale of pas»ionuto exi.it-mrnt. The man that bittcrlv insults you \ ou cau- uot easily forgve. You have in your miud a yrcat many sei ret pUns and opinions, wliich the world knows not of. You are secretive rnd somethnes cu.inlnsr. You are Inclined also to be Jealous Oil some occasions. ' " cautious. You never comm _ _ „ _ by the thousand. You have a'great dc^i.e to ba ri. li, but you are neither covctou."nor"jtrccdy. f i„,!^"„ll?»*'?" ^^'■? P°fv"^'* '? *^"'" '':'>' "'^"^^^•^' ^onsi'lewbly," at loa t jour prose composi- tions are ever fraught with poetkal sentiment. ■> f tr^ In these and every othor respect you are extremely prudent and it yourself to unti led 8 hemes, though you tan manufacture them \ I jLizrsjXas, -BY- ' GEORGE PIKIE, ESQ., Late Editor and PROPRfETOR of the Guelph "Herald." SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD. THE PILOT THAT STANDS BY THE HELM. When the wild winds are out and t"ie waves rush to whelm, We look to the pilot that stands by the helm ; And if from the past we have cause to confide In the steersman that guides our stout uarlt o'er the tide- In his skill to direct and his nerve to command We dread not the breakers that girdle the land ; The tempest may come in its fearfulest form, We trust to the pilot to weather the storm. Hurrah ! for our pilot, our stout-hearted pilot, Around him, to aid him, we'll gather and form: The good ship may reel, but the hands at the wheel Know well that the pilot can weather the storm. When the demons of Faction and Folly have met. And their hope is to founder the Ship of the State; We look to our steersman, the trusted and tried ; In his skill and his courage we hope and con- fide. The flag of "Our Union" is nailed to the mast "Our Queen and our Country !" peals over the blast ; Let tempests the face of the ocean deform, We trust to our pilot and laugh at the storm. Hurrah ! for our pilot, &c. HURRAH FOR THE DOMINION. NEW flight, " In spite o' misflit, in snito o' In spite o' jeers, an' a that. The lads that battled for the right, Have won the day for a' that." Hurrah for the New Dominion ! 'Tis fomided on public opinion ; Mid the blessings of peace May the nation increase. Till the twin oceans bound the Dominion. Hurrah for the statesman who reared it— Who the oope-stone have laid while we cheor- edit, Who have roused up the land For the Union to stand. And to ov'ry true heart have endeared it. Hurrah for the "good men and true," Who have stood by ' 'The red, wViite, and blue," Who, when Faction assail'd. Neither lin'^ered nor qugfll'd. But went in with a rush an^ went through. Hurrah, for the victory wuiu! For the Chtef who the rally led on ! Who, when cowards stood i^hast, Nailed the flag to the mast, . Toss up ev'ry cap for Sir John ! Hurrah for the land of renown, On whose banners the sun ne'er goes do>vn ! For our Ical-hearted t^ueen, v Whom we love and esteem— For our kinsmen who rampart the Crown I Hurrah for the New Dominion ! ! For ALL our brave men and fair women 1 Now the conflict is o'er, Let us combat no more ; But p.ll aid to build u" the Dominion. \. A SON%} FOR ST. ANDREW'S DAY. The autd calendar BaiiiU cam' to gfi-lof When our faithtra dMV^ douii I lio craws' nest ; And (iiir niithorH turned o'er a now lc:if, And wad harbor nao buro-footud jjuosts. But tho' )>ocd-roll8 wore baiihhod the Ian', Our forefathers thought it nae nhanie, Thot St, Andrew a suiiitly old man, Snould ht II mak' tl.e Hielana hln hame There are men that mi'k' little lament, When their nionv <|uccr saints yo contemn But as Scolchmcn nae Dniy a waint, They think a' the mair o' that ane. And wh ircver the clansmen hao sped, Frae .'fe\ Zealand to Hudson's Itay, You'll Had there's fraction aye made For a gploro on St. Andrew's Day. And the rafters wV lauvfhter will rin- , And the auld folk be fain aa the younjf ; And tho heather bla/e uj) as they sinK-, The songs that their gran'mlthers sung. And the border raids painted by Scott, And the love-hispircd Ivrics 6' Burns. Will come warm frae the heart ilk a note, And e-xcite and subdue them by turns. Or they'll toll o' the brownies and fays. That were rife in the old warldtirao ; Or their hearts will jfrow gjite o'er the braes, And the bonnlo burn sides o' kng syne. You may say they are clannish, the clan Will tak' little heed what ye say, But shou'der to shou'der they'll stan', In bield or in battle airay. Then hurrah for thagaint and his sons ! You may trust them in friondrthip or fray • And good luck to ilk nei-hbor that comes To aid tijem to honor "The Day !" NEW SONG TO TUNE. AN OLD AIR- "The Boat;e Rows." The lads that battled for t;iie right, Have bore them s.afclM through ; Have kept the Held an^' won the fisht. And carried Water'oo. CHORUS. Hurra ! our Eii^flish cavaliers, Hurra ! ou.r bonnets blue, Our Irish feres ; the volunteers Who carried Waterloo. We staaid for British rule and law, Fov Briton's rights we stand ; Far liberty and loyalty, And our adopted iand. The land our 'gallant fathers won. With their ;^(M>d Hwords of old ; In (K-neeful mood or deadly feud For Britain's crown we'll hold. Aj^in should Treiuion nilso hor rajf, And dure Uie linn's frown ; We'll nilly rnund "the meteor flag" And bear tho rebels down. Our loyalty shall wear no stain. Whatever fate o'crtiiUes ; The oi:ean f|ucrn shall ever reign, The lady of the lakes. Hu.ra ! our Kn^'lish cavaliers, Hurra ! ourbonnctH blue, Our Irish fer.'v >ve hail with cheers, The chief of Waterloo. J;.it. ^ilic, Niho!, 18:3. THE MURDER OF THOMAS SCOTT. Mr. Mair, who was a prisoner with Scott, murdered by the miscreant Riel and his fel- low-traitors at Fort Garrj-, says : "Scott was murdered in cold blood. Ho was placed In a kncclin'' posi/ion and shot, three balls enter- in(f his body, and he fell to the ground but not dead. Seeinif that he still lived, one Pariscn, a relative of the murderer of Suther- land, ran up and fired a revolver Into his ear. The ball glanced between the scalp and skull. He was then transferred to his coffin, where he laid for over an hour, still epuverine and alive." IN MEMORIAM. He foil not in iTeaeh nor in battle field. In the rally, the route or the raid ; They bore him not back on his b-.tter'd shield By tho meteor flag oversprea ». They doomed him to death, that rebel band. Defiance in speech and eye — A loyal son of the dear old land. For the brave old flag to die. By tr-iitors beset, not a comrade nigh. He knelt on the snow clad ground ; And they murdered him there for his loyalty. As they'd slaughter a mangy hound. A voice has gone out from that blood-stain'd pile, A shout like an eajjle's scream, "Shall Briton's be butchered on British soil. For their fealty to Britain's Queen T' Let our bugles respond with a thrilling knell That will startle the wolves in their lair ; The muster.the march— and the oassinir bell. That will loll the avenger is there. SONS OF ST. ANDRFVV. 8(>vid her. , Liiiil oflho lake nnJslcii, W M wood .iiid liiflv Ilcii, F.i'riii,.ld''. nd';i we each brolhci's hand, NovvfoVour iuili\e liuiii, Shout for the heather. F.iifrom<.l;in Alpine Dhu, SVandcr-; the Iwiniet l)lue ; StjII tolhat UK'-nct I rue, Turns His hc;u-t thither. F.ir (liou';h W\-i f. :e \iiiiv p.irt, Li'iid of hi* love thou ai-t, E>..r Uicsi.otiinh H'-art W.u.iisto Lhe hcallio!'. Hftil to, &c. ti,-,"-!) of peerless fame, ii'M'ocs of di;..t!>lcs>< name, jriisirels who'e notes of flame KiiKitcd the heather. Such were our »h--i of old, Gu.a-dtng t'nou- mountain hoUl. Pea-'unt and B. -on bold Banded together. Hall to, &u. Wooers to win her i.imo, Roman and lover Dane, l;,,'\on and Norm, n then T'liousht to h;'.\c bound her ; Up wen the eros s of H. lue, Ronald and Donald tame, Claniou!— and the foe in shame. Left as he fouiid he •. H.ill to, &o. Ours Is no summer flower, l-'iaunliiig in lady's bower ; Shrinking w'len Icmpests louv, Biooniing to wither ; High on the mountain's crest. Shrouding the eagle's nest, Brs.ving the temjx'st test, Grows tUo rci Impress bear in everj line Imperishably iiisl. Tlie Persian b. niier never spread Iti fold' o'er re, Inio so wide ; The Roman eagle irver ni^ida Such flight hi all h.r pi Ido. The battle flag of England, By Wolfe or Bro k uui!nrlc(l. Led on the band that won ' lie land. Or back the invader hurled. And shall we veii the molcor fl.'g, To blazon in its ulead. Allaiit I's star bedizened rag, With b Jndsra?n's blood made red. Tlic loyal now lonlenincd may be, .','ay bc.ar the t I'.'.o 's briiiid ; And men who scoff at loyally Riue rou:^h-'iiod o'er the 1. nd. But yet though tr..ito/s crowd our land I Ire t re. sou \. in ;hp d.iy, A hu.idrou tliouwiid gtillant hearts Must y>e tab in the fray. t, * THE SABBATH BELLS. The Sabbath bells, the Sabbath bells, The heart leaps at the sound, Ai'brcatl'es of Heaver, in a'l her gales, And ear, ii is holy i^ound. The joyous bells, faith soara and siuga, Amiil your peals rejoice ; The hope that plumes het- starry wings. Gives gladness to your volqe^ And still commingling with your Btraii)S, Shall glad Hosannani flow To him who came in God's groat name Salvation to bestow. Peal on, peal on— o'er Bethlehem's plaiiut;. Such tidings once wei sung, And many a golden harp since then '^ To sing them hath uccii struiigt- I 19. Put off, put off, tho six (lays' load Of sorrow, toil, iiiiil c;iro. Up to tllU hill, till! llOUSU of ()(l of my father- Take tho crowns prep&^'od for you. ON THE MARRIAGE OF HIS SISTER KATE. The nuptial hov>r is past, my love. The parting "hour has come, And now t?.i'ou goost a husband's joy to prove. Adieu f iiy childhood's home. And now we are about to part, i may rmt bid the ata.v . VVVio will cheer thy mother's heart Whep thou art b'one away. 9 i No» loves, they nay, will make amends, I Tliou wilt not like my rare ; Thev toll mo c>f a thnm'if of friends That wait thy joys to share. Uut friendship's voice ban often been A very cuckcMi call ; As clamorous as leaves when H:i-cen— As mute when they do fall. Mine is a lastiuK love A ray from Heaven above. That may not j^ild thy path ateuT\a are found in ocean's caves. And gold among the sands ; And she will smile to see the youth Was nurtured by her side. Bring back to her his first won gifts In all a sailor's pride. Yet should I ne'er return to jest At all her feai-s gone by ; Should it be mine to make my bed Where tangled sea-weeds lie ; A time may come i)en;hani.-e to weep. Should death my hopes destroy ; Bat she shall never blush to own She loved her sailor boy. BONNY MARY GR^ME. "Now sit ye here, my sister dear. And lay your choek on mine. And whisper in your Ertie's ear This waefu' grief o' thine. A blight's come o'er our forest flower, It droops baith leaf and stem ; There's something puing at youi heart, My bonny Miiry Clraime." "I feel nae pam, but only when My Effie jeera me sae— But tell me what gars a' the glen Sae lightly Jamie Hay ? There's mother glooms, and father fumes, If they but hear his name- But then,— he sm'les so when he says "My Bonnie Mary Granie !" "I asked yestreen auld aunty Joan, 'Do men mend when they wed '!' 'I « at fu' weel that graceless chlel Will never mend,' she said. Ah, well-a-day '. 1 tell him aye We ne'er maun meet again ; But then he only laughs and says, 'My bonny iUny Ura>me !' " THE SONG OF THE SEWING MACHINE. Tom Hood made the world to sigh, When the "Song of the Shirt" was his theme, I doubt if (here's nmny will cry, O'er the song of tne Sewing Machine. Alas : for the poor white slave. In poverty, hunger and dirt. Who sung as she made, with a double thread A shroud, as well as a shirt ! Stitch ! Stitch ! Stitch ! When the sun was unclouded and bright And slitch-stlich-stitch, " When the lamps on the street wore alight Seam and gusset and band. Band and gusset and seam. The graveyard was fed by the needle and thread, tro the birth of the Sewing Machine. Whir ! Whir ! Whir ! A change in the music— hurrah I Whir ! Whir ! Whir ! The Sewing Machine's under w^y, Beam and shuttle and wheel. Wheel ai)d shuttle and beam, ffly And the need'es, my eye, how the fairy thinga And the linen inins ofl in a stream. Work ! work ! v. ork ! As spry as a '2.20 team, nd work-work-work, As if the thing went by stepm ; And you look for the boiler below, But that only shows you are green, For the hand of a -irl, or the toe, Is the power of the Sewing Machine, Work ! work ! work I It works without Wiiitin-g to talk, It never gets sleepy nor sick, And it never goes out tor a walk. It's teetotal record is clear ; It never fails fast ,days to keep : Norgrumbles, how i;.jeer, that bread is so dear, While Sewing :Maci,ines are so cheap. O ! maids who have eh ^mises to seam, ! men who makes trews a la Turk, Come Ece how this little m.'i bine. Will sitvi you a woi-ld of \. irk. I Have done with your sewing jv hand, It makes you both languid and lean, If you wish to get wealth and i-o husband your heai;,h, You must purchase a sewing maLhii?e ! i'ou Would know where these marvti.'a are marociaim To lonely lakes r.ad forests drear, "The Spring is come again." Amid the boundless fields of space, What pilot guides thy flight V In what untrodden wilderness Will ye at length alight? Oh ; would the bonds around me caat Were lightly bound as thine ; With thee I'd fly tno « intry blast, To dwell in the suni-y clime. hoar, THE REFORMED CROWS. Whoe'er has heard of Illinois, But knows how in that Stat as ho might, He cheered and charged them, left and right, ! Their number grew the more enormous. I They cawed, they scratched, they hopoed, they fed, I "Try W arrcn" wings waved o'er his head, I Quite a In mode " Cornelius Corvus." Our friend, now almost in despair, Bethought him of a ruse dt t^uerre, And set about it o-.i the spot. Some grain he steeps in alcohol. Then up and out and sows the whole Broadcast o'er his corn-jilot. Tlio felon crows, with stomachs empty, Rejoice amid the uidookea for plenty. The bait is swallowed in a clatter. But soon each rogue begins to feel So vorj- queer from head to heel, i;e wonders what can be the matter. I The steam is up— a polka, ho ! I Thuv iion. they skio, they jump "J ■ Orow," I Lilie other bipeds in their gloi-y. I "All iiaiids aloft !" Uf), up, oh, rare, I They're somerseting in the air, .Ml cawing, screamii?g, con amort. Behold them now in sober mood, High ;)erched within a neighboring wood, Discussing of their doings eriunt ; Though how they argued tiie affair. It boots not that the muse dec'lare. But the result was soon apiarent. \ Oti every i atch of corn Jirouna, The crows by hundreds still we-o found. Unchanged in habj's or ai^ooarance. ; (Weoci.i'i, i.reto.'t n;it birus have reason,) Yet not a crow through ail ihat season ; Kovibiiod our fsuner's tiet lance. STANZAiJ TO A ROSE IN DE- CEMBER. Fair daughter of Flora, I nrized thee in May, I admiroil thee yet more in Seotember ; But felt nut for thee in thv beauty's bright day As I feel for thee now in December. As green was thy leaf, and as fmgrant thy floAer, \\ hen the broad sun of Summor was beam- ing ; But thotisands as fair then adorned my bower, Nor of winter or change was I dreaming. The sun h is but lingered an hour in the east, 1 bey are Ljowiu^- their hcaas for a token ; The north wind has breatheu but a blast on their breast. They are withering, leafless and broken. Thus friendship.when health ana when wealth were mine o>- n. Thou did'st swear that no sign should us sever ; But Fortune has chanared her first amlle to a frown, And u itb her thou haat left me for erar. 12 Ono dear oiio aloix; l.as loved on to he struggled as for life .\gainst conviction, but it came, .She was a drunkard's wife. The wine cup and the wassail bowl Had stolen his heart away. And grief, oh, grief was breaking The hyi,rt of Mary Hay. An exile from her is'and home, .Stnvin.f her i cars to hide ; Over the v/atei-s she has come, H maniac for her guide. She weujis and iJiiiys for him bv night. ■She toils for him bv da\'. While ,;rief, oh, grief is b.-caking The heart of Alaiy Hay. She sinks upon her lowly bed, No friendly hand is nigh ; Her little orphans wail for bread. She beais lu.i, now their cry. Her cold, p.a'e lips have bretithed his name. And now they c'ose for aye— Oh, grief, oh, grief has broken Tlie heart (jf Mary Hay. f The drunkard's wife sleeps sweetly now, Her toils and iears are o'er ; She rests whore Huron's wa'.ers flow. Far from her native sbore. No tear o'er her lone tomb is shed. None lin;i-er there to ^ v. Oh, grief, oh, grief h!is ••okeii The heart of Mary Hay. MARY HAY. Air — Alire Oray. He wooed her wnen a ha))py girl. In youth and beauty's pride ; She knew no guise, she feared no guile. He won her for his bride. A brief, bright hour, and tlien a change. Came o"er iiim day ijy day. And grief, oh, grief was.breakinif The heart of Mary Hay. THE SOCIAL CUP. The social cup. Oh, sip it up. We drink at nature's fount ; The wo!'ld is all Our banquet hall, Our guests ye may not count. Chorus— Then drink as we. And drink as free. No stinted cup is ours. The clouds do bear Our he-'lthful fare. And pour it »ci-th in showers. The creatui-s all. In field and stall. The tenants of the sea, The feathered tribe. In air that glide. Are of our company. / Each flower holds up Its tiny cup, ^ Our joyous pit- Uro tr. j.-in ; The trees do sip With many u Up Our health in8i)iring wine. 13 . ' JOHN ALCOHOL. John Alcohol, my joe, John, When we were first acquent, I'd siller in my pockets, John, Which now you know there ain't ; I spent it all in treating, John, Because I loved you so ; But mark ye how ye've treated me, John Alcohol, my joe. John Alcohol, my joe, John, We've been o'er lang thejjither ; Sae ye maun tak' ane road, John, And I will tak' the ithur ; For we maun tumble down, John, If hand in hand we go. And I will ha'e the bill to pay, John Alcohol, my joe. John Alcohol, my joe, John, Ye've blear'd out a' my een. And lighted up my nose, John, A fiery sign atween ; My hands wi' palsy shake, John, My locks are like the snow ; Ye'll surely be the death o' me, John Alcohol, my joe. John Alcohol, my joe, John, 'Twas love of you, I ween, That gar't me rise sae car', John, And sit sae lat« at e'en. The best o' frien's maun part, John, It grieves me sair, ye know ; But we'll " gang nae mair to yon town," John Alcohol, my joe. John Alcohol, my joe, John, Ye've wrought me muckle skaith. And yet to part wi' you, John, It seems I'm unco laith. I'll join the Temi>'nince ranks, John, Ye needna say me no ; It's better late than ne'er do weel, John Alcohol, my joe. THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE. Air — Tlie Eoatie Rows. A noble band, we fill the land, A noble cause we plead ; The fair and true the wide world through Are wishing us good speed. ClIORL'8. The plea goes on, the day's our own, The good cause must succeed ; A noble band, with heart and hand. Are aiding it to si)eed. The potion foul, the drunkard's bowl. We pledge to mix no more ; The drunkard's name, the drunkard's shame. We'd banish from our shore. The cause of youth, the cause of truth. The cause of man we plead ; The clause that dries the mother's eyes, And gives the children bread. From Labrador to Erie's shore, The cause goes cheeiil> oh, The shouts that rise 'neath eastern skies. We echo from Huron. On ev'ry sea our navltiH Ik), On ev'ry shore an host ; There ne'er was plan ilcvlnod by man, A league tio large nilitht ImaMt, With such array, whoilrctulH the fray, Press onward to the uoul ; By night or day, by Uood or nay, No truce with Aluohol ! BLUE BONNETS OVER THE BORDER. COUI) WATKIl KluriON. March, mar«h, cold wfttor llugo-mon all- Daughters andSiJiiN niuU'iMletNof the Order. March I march ! soon 'iiuuth a Nublo pall Bear we King Aluoliul ovor the boixlor! Come wo in war array, Banded for ftmd or fray, March wo with shoutM to-day over the border ; Here is no figlitliij/r gear. Battle-axe, brand or Npuar ; Symbols of lovu wo boar -peoue and good order. What though our uuu«u In tho Bight of the scoffer, Hoi>oless and vain (or a HuaHon may show ! What does he know of llio boon which wo proffer? What of our mollveM ur Mtroiigth does he know V V Love to our follow mun Urgfs to warn thoin, Bid us the cup rufrulii |ilud!j:u of our Order ; Stands by tho drunkard's hlor, Points to tho or|ihan'N teiir, PromptH us tho (oo to boar ovor tho border. Youth by our Htaiidordi our triutnphi ore singing, Ago smiles thro' tmun* M tho white badge he dons. Woman around us hor tnlluoncu flinging, Priests by the altarti aru bloMsIng tho Sons ! Ours is no fooblu band, Quailing when fiios witliHtand. Here In our forest laiul ovor tho border. Hosts of ti'uci-lioartod inon. Marshalled by laku and ulon. Echo our shout again "Way (or the Order !'• SCRII'TURB ILLUSTRATIONS CF DRUNKENNESS. THE DEATH OF KLAH I. Kinom, < iiap. Xvi. The steeds are harnoHNod to the oar, The spearmoti In array ; Is it to worship or to war The King goes forth to-day 1 T'he host Is oampod by (Jllbothon, \ t iicthci i:i tnc nhrino ; But Klab In to TlrKut) goiio, To drown hU oaroit in wino. 14 A thoiuand toiirhes throw their ^\are, A thousand goblets gleam, A thousand siiesta are waiting there To banquet with the King. To-night with pomp of chivalry, The (east doth Arza dlght ; And Israel's monarch deigns to be His vassal's guest to-night. Speeds on (he feast— within, around, The flagons flow amain ; The lymbal's cUw'.i, the trumpet's sound Wakes high the festal str.iiii. The reeling nobles r,*ise the shout. The King ! the King all hail !" The monarch pours libations out Tu AshUroth or Itaai. What recks he that Hasnani's son Deuountcd Ahijah's Hoe? Ah, tell it not in Askalon, The King is dmuk witli wine. No warder wakes on Tiizah's walls, Her gates stand open wide ; Tlie war steeds slumber in (heir stalls. The shleldS'are throvm aside. Umalled, a thief is passing on, Unchallenged mid the jrowu ; A dagger glances by the throu<^— The King lies in his blood. Ho ! Arza, up and g>iara thy Lord, Ciy treason— lift the spear ; Ho ! primes, nobles, draw the swoiilr- Ye stand in doubt and foai . The wine-eup tnumphs, Elah dies, The drunkard's doom is won ; Baasha's heir unshrouded lies, And Zimi*i mounts t4ie throne. Again the brazen trumpets sound. Again (.he minstrels sing ; The knee is bent, the shout goes round, "God save our lord the king." THE TRIAL OP THE RECHABITES. JERBMIAH, CHAP. XXXV. The chamber of Hanan— (he guests are all met. The wine-pots and flagons in order are set ; And the prophet suvnds forth the command to enjoin, "Ye ( hildrenof Rechab, I bid you drink wine." How lofty their beuiing, how noble their mien. The heim of a monarch these shepherds might seem; They pause not to parley, nor blush to con- fess, "No wine for \he chlldi-en of Jonadab's race. Our father commandou ; uo houses have ye, Your hotne be the land where the roebuck roams free ; Nor trace ye the furrow, nor train ye the vine ; We build not, we sow not, v>» vriU net drink tvim. Did Jonadab deem it Uie basilisk's lair. And point to to the wine-cup, and. bid us be- ware? Or promise our days in the land should be more. With the wild fovl's drink than the wine- drinker's Btore ? And shall we, his children, his counsel con- temn, And barter our birthright for bondpge and shame?' I'he youth in his spring-time, the babe at the breast. The maid anu the matron obev tlie behest ; The wave of the Jordan o'er Carmel shall flow, Eie we pass fronj (he precept we fearless avow. Tlie Chaldee liaa swept o'or the Itnd liLe a flood, And the wolf and the vu'Jure are b.Ui.'uinsr in blood, * We fled from (be inroad we might not i-epel, Anci to-day, in the i ity, as s( rangers we dwell ; To-morrow the star of Ghaldea may wane ; Away to (he forest and freedom again." The doom of Judea the seer has denouao'd,. Now hear ye the boon which obedlenue has won; Tlieir fame who the wine cup have loath'd and renounc'd. Shall last while the tide of existent e doth ran. "While nations sb.ill rise, and shall flourish, f nd then The sites of their cities be sought for in vain ; While (he sun holds his course and the world doth stand, Tne Recbabite never slip.ll ce.se from the land." Sound, sound the loud trvunpet, £0 forth and proclaim, Tlie heirs Q( the promise, s( ill true to their fame ; Away in the deseit, the Arab an tM, Preserved from contagion, the wineless still dwell ; The nations have passed as the waves o'er the straTid, But the children of Rechab still dwell in the land. THE DEFEAT OP BENHADAD. 2 KIMOS, CHAP. XX. Look forth where the ' amp of (he heathen is spread, Like the sheaves on the fallow when harvest has sped. The sun has uprisen — ere yet he be low. As the sheaves when out-(rodden that proud host will show. A gam the pavilions are decked for the feast. And the warrior kings 'neath their canopies rest. And the pipe and the viol are pouring their St rain, And Benhadad presides at the banquet again. They fill the rich chalice, (hey quaff the full cup. Who waits for the revel till Dian be up? 16 Tlie Beit may diink mead by the light of the moon, « But the primes must drink, and be drunken, bv noon. Awi'y V tth the laurel, bring leaves from the vine, And wreaths tor (he brows of Ihe victor-chief twine. He scoffs at i he tlding's his satraps relate, "A squivdron comes forth from Samaria's j>-ate— " "Or come tbey to yield them, or «ome they to strive, / Bid seize them, and bind Ihem, but bring thrm alive." lusDireU by tiie promise the Hebrew comes on, He deems of the bat'.le already as won. As the spun^ of (he panther when uriven to bay — ABtlie^swoopof the eagle when impaling hii urey. He bounds on tiie foe from the mountain's steep crest — The line and the phalanx are fonnlngin haste; The chai-gc and the melee— a moment, and then ^ The wreck of the battle spreads over the plain. The cohoits are broken, the standards are down. The riders dismounted, the chariots o'er- thrown. And the legions of Ashur are melting away Like the misis on Mount Ebal when summer winds pUy. Where now is Benhadad, to fight in the van, To lead on the rally 'gainst fCpnr'im and Dan, To churje with the ho'semcn, to stand with the foot. To rein up his war-steed, and stay the pursuit ? Tlie monarch is mounted, but not for the fi-ht- Benhadad is leading, but 'tis in the flight— And the kings of the Gentiles, his partners in shame. The guests of (he banquet, sweep on in his (min. Now hie thee to Ramoth, to Aphek away. And toll of the feats thou hast acted to-day ; The Hebrew baa burst from the Syrian's thrall. But the wines of Damascus will solace for all. Abba, Father, we entreat That to thy glory we may eat ; That Thou, the Giver of all good. Would grant a blessing with this food. That eat our meat and drink may lie To do thy will and live to Thee. With single hearts our bread may break. And live by faith for Jesus' sake.