Vol. 1 No.7 - Pg.1

EXTENSIVE RELATIONSHIP.—During the course of the trial of Dr. Boughton, now going on, it became necessary, says the Hudson Republican, for Judge Edmonds to remark upon the degrees of relationship with the parties to a suit, by which persons were disqualified from serving as jurors. The exemption extended, his Honor stated, to the ninth degree of consanguinity, or as far as third cousins. In speaking upon this subject, he said that when appointed to the office of Recorder of that city some years since, knowing from the fact that his ancestors were among the first settlers of the place, that he had an extensive relationship there, though in many cases very distant, he requested his mother to give him the names of all the persons she knew in the city, who came within the degree of third cousins, whose cases it would be improper for him to try, if they should ever come before him. Extraordinary as it may seem, she gave him the names of 2,300! This, in a population of 5,500, is what we should call a pretty extensive relationship.

ADVICE TO APPRENTICES.—Having selected your profession, resolve not to abandon it; but by a life of industry and enterprise, to adorn it. You will be much more likely to succeed in business you have long studied than that of which you know but little.

2. Select the best company in your power to go out in; and let your conversation be on those things you wish to learn. Frequent conversation will elicit much instruction.

3. Obtain a friend to select for you the best books on morality, religion, and liberal arts, and particularly those which treat on your own profession. It is not the reading of many books that makes a man wise, but the reading of only those which can impart wisdom. Thoroughly understand what you read, take notes of all that is worth remembering, and frequently review what you have written.

4. Select for your model the purest and greatest characters; and always endeavor to imitate their virtues, and to emulate their greatness.

5. Serve God; attend his worship; and endeavor to set an example of piety, charity, and sobriety to all around you.

6. Love your country; treat with kindness your fellow apprentices; let your aim be usefulness to mankind.

VALUE OF A TEMPERANCE PAPER.—In a certain town in Connecticut, where the Youth's Temperance Advocate had been taken in the Sunday School, its discontinuance was advocated on account of expense. A poor woman said it must not be given up; and should not be, if she paid the ten dollars herself, and earned the money by washing; for, said she, I had rather do that than have the little paper discontinued, and my husband be what he was before that little paper came into my family.

DISCHARGING A DEBT.—A debtor in jail, sent to his creditor to let him know that he had a proposal to make, which he believed would be for their mutual benefit. The creditor called on him to hear it. "I have been thinking," said the former, "that it is a very bad thing for me to be here, and to put you to the expense of one dollar and twenty-five cents per week. My being so chargeable to you has given me great uneasiness—for heaven knows what it may cost you in the end; therefore, what I would propose is this—you shall let me out of jail, and allow me one dollar a week, and let the twenty-five cents go toward discharging the debt."