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NO. 71.

MOON’S PHASES .

MAY;

Full Moon, 2d day, llh. 2m morn. LastQuarter, 9th day, 4h. 6m morn. New Moon. l7th day, ~th. 39m morn. First Quarter. 25th day. 3h. 16m morn. Full Moon. 3lst day, 6h. 33m tnorn.

THE GA'I‘H ER ER. PERATIONS in THE FLOWER us a- DEN, FOR THE Monro or MAY.

This month opens to us a busy season

may we have frequently very delight- summer-like days, which cause the lllli to expand, as it were, by magic, ml every ﬁne summer day accelerates rogressol'vegetation, and is apt to mind us ofthe beauties of Flora. Now there is a peculiar pleasure in viewing reandheautifultlowers, implanted in e hreastof us, so is there in others also love of cultivating them, and “ train- gthetn up in the way they should arr.” The beginning of this month is e proper time to commence work in e canleu. Let every hunter and ﬂow. -hsdintbe garden be properly dug tlnently raked. lfthere is an edging has (as there should he) it should be atly trimmed, and box edging may still planted, if this work has not been tended to last month, which is the pro- rtitne. The month of Jtlay, in our itnate is peculiarly suitable for propa- ting by cuttings. This month also is nsitlered the best for planting our ever- eenr and roses, hut shrubs of all kinds tl'herbaccousplauts may he transplant- mall this month. Prune trees and tubs, taking care to cut all dead wood rt unsightly branches, remove all suck- s,tn order to promote the health and gear or the shrub, and improve the ap- .rance of the garden and shruhbery. teDahliasa gentle heat in the hot- ..0; bring them forward in pots or xes in the house, to induce the break- Iandshouting of the buds, each of tcli,cut off with a portion ofthe roots,

become possible. Flower-beds {now he sown, the tender kinds not lrl_tlie last of the month. All dead nelrlyplants should be removed as ."l’pear. Plants in green-houses or 0'3 must now have constant air. '“lOfa free circulation-of air will It the plant to spindle up, and flower t“?- Such plants as require more mtnay be shifted into larger pots, Ittpt shaded for a few days, ' 1 8V0 taken fresh root. All other i or plants in pots, should have htnould added to the surface. Re- e dead twigs and |euves,and give mo- “Hysteria; occasionally. Grafting littll be performed. Repair the poshorﬁlay, of fortner grafts ifit he re: 0" anttrerl. Destroy insects of if Blcriptinn. Search for, and ex- '"_‘l° caterpillar’s nests. Spare all .3le as are neither used as food, c:used of committing depredations .anlen. They often nip off the

rgartlening operations. In the monthl

I of human felicity if she could he so

TIIE GENTEEL YOUNG MAN.

A TA LE.

William Frederick Cook was an ex-i ceedingly genteel goud-looking young man, about twenty years of age, the son of a tradesmen in London, who had an idea he should make his boy something above wearing an apron and sleeves,hy sending him to schools iat which the classics were taught.— Accordingly, when Master William’s education was ﬁnished, or, more pro- perly speaking, when the expenses could no longerconveniently be en- ‘dured, he came home, and, consider-

.ing himself a miracle of learning and' ‘geotihty, strutted, spouted Latin, Ithought his father was a fool, con- called his mirror like some ofthe I other sex, who think fortunes may be- ‘made by face and ﬁgure, became a regular cultivator of whiskers, and: spurs, and,consequently,a gentleman. ' t, He was occasionally at places of amusement, but regularly in the fa- mily pew at St. George’s, and was considered a youth gOod as he was handsome, till he was discovered that he was thus regular in his attendance at church to eye the daughter of a gentleman of fortune, who as con- stantly was seen in her family pew gon the Opposite side ofthe aisle.— 'E 'ery Sunday,an ocular correspond- leuce was kept up between this pair, till, tired of mere vision, they met, spoke, and were in estacies with each other. Young Mr. Cook was determined to make the most ofthis promising adventure. He was penni- less, had no profession wherewith to support himself, no species of patri- mony to look for- nothing, in short, to depend on but his whiskers, his spurs, his gentility, and his beauti- ful ﬁne-sounding name. This, there- fore, was a capital chance of entrap- ping a young lady with what are call-l ed “good.expectations”—-a chancel not to be lost sight of. Miss Louisa Heaviside, at the same. time. could think of nothing but William Freder- ick Cook,becausc he was such a very handsome young man, and had a very pretty double Christian name. She believed that marriages were made in heaven—that it would be the height

fortunate as to secure such an elegant young gentlemnu as her husband.— She was about eighteen, and some- what romantic—considered manly beauty the first and only requisite in a husband—therefore, to such a man there could be no possible objection. She was confident they loved each other ; therefore every one should strive to produce a union fraught with such an enviable share of happiness.

Her parents, however, entertained

:n "(trip most instances they there- rpi‘l’horln each had a whole colony of s.

ll-denial tithes—Frost cit-sited plea-'

opinions not 'in agreement with these joyous notions. They ascertained who this \Villiam Frederick Cook was, his disposition,and his prospects in life. They then represented the

impropriety of such a connection, ut without effect. Louisa said. Mr. \Villiam Frederick Cook was a scholar, and an elegant and a handsome young man. Her deter- mination to speak enthusiastically of him,and his resolution to write in the most impassioned style to her, induc- ed her parents to send her on a dis- tant visit, by way of what is called putting; girl out of harm’s way; and o cautiously were the movements made, that young Mr. (300k could not discover when or whither his dear Louisa had been dispatched. [on state of anxiety and hopelessness,he began to think his fair prospect blighted. He bribed all Mr. Heavi- side’s servants withottt obtaining the least information. He sought at every place where post-horses could have been engaged; but he could ob- tain no tidings to cast one ray of hope on his despair.

Louisa had been conveyed to Chi- chester, in Sussex, and there placed under the care ofan uncle and aunt, till her frenzy should have subsided. They wore attentive to their charge, and tried the soothing, the reasoning, and the threatening modes, without success. Louisa was inconsolahle and sullen. She thought that “ fathers have fliuty hearts”—that all the pro- mised ages of bliss were lost. It was certain to bring her to an early tomb.

In the depth of this despair, Love, all-powerful Love,lcnt Louisa his aid. Her servant’s heart he softened. A feather, plucked from a quarter of a htmdred of quills, at six shillings the hundred, spread, in Scott’s liquid black, certain feeling hierOglyphics, swollen with tears, all over a sheet of gilt-edged post, and the mail bag conveyed the dear epistle with such correctness, that the sad \Villiam Frederick started at once into consci- ousness of existence. Swift as the stage-coach could waft him, and the girl Hannah could arrange it, he was saluting his Louisa’s tear-wet check. This was like magic ! Raised from despair to joys unutterable, in de- spite ofconnteracting magicians, in the shapes ofauuts, servants, locks, keys, and bolts ! Love truly laughs at locksmiths.

By the help of Hannah, meetings, happy and delightful because forbid- den, centinned undetected. What blissful days! All was charming—— too flattering sweet to be substantial. Louisa’s aunt was not a young lady; and although years might have taken away her good looks, she kept a good look-out, and, putting her ﬁnger to her nose. cogitated on the sudden change in Louise's manner. To go so frequently a-shopping alone—to stay from home so much longer than necessary—to dislike interrogatories, and yet be cheerful ! All this Was not exactly according to the strict principles of moral sentiment. Sus-

p’cion in an aunt presently become; accusation. Aunts in authority en- dure no restraint : they are ot'conrso despots. Power, on being replied to unsnbserviently, feels angry, and vin- dictive people despise argument when they can apply force. Louisa was conturnacious, and in consequence endured close confinement. This was a shock that shattered the nerves of both lovers: their hearts were rent; in twain: every string was severed.

Hannah, however, was still the mediator. She waftctl the sighs to the miserable Mr. Cook, and he wrote nonsense verses—not in Latin, though he could do either equally well. One‘ truth he never forgot to state—he could not live without her. How full of truth and feeling was this declaration ! If the world were one vast chrysolite. and hers, she would give it for ltim, most enchant- ing man ! In another sense, the de— claration was quite true; for Mr. Cook had in reality lived for same time upon subsidies raised from the resmlrces of his mistress, and,hesides her fortune, had no means ofiiveli- hood in the World.

All this amiable young adventurer's hopes of turning the speculation to a good account, now revived. lie brushed up his whiskers and his Eton grammar, in proofthat he was a man ofretinement. But happiness is not: to be taken by storm. The aunt, the unfeeling aunt, was ever on the alert. The holding ofa correspond- ence with a captive, in spite of the governess who held the keys ofthe citadel, was proVoking to the last de- gree. Determined to put a stop to this intercourse, she renewed her ri- gilance,— and at length observed Han- nalt more than particularly busy one tnorning with something like a letter. The aunt hastened to the apartment of Louisa, whom she found singing

“ For tenderness formed." Without ceremony, the aunt clased the door, and waited like a tigress to spring upon her prey. Hannah unsuspectineg opened the door, say- ing, “ Here’s the letter, miss.”— The aunt caught it from the out— stretched ltand, and, in contempt of tho post-ofﬁce denunciations, broke open the seal, and read all she could. The old lady looked perfectly petri- fyiog: Louisa stink back in her chair; and Hannah vanished. The aunt left the chamber, slamming the door after her so violently, that the win- dows rattled. Every one in the home rushed to the stairs, and heard that -Hannah’s boxes were to he examin- ed instantly, her wages paid, and sin: ’l'orthwith bundled out of the house. ——Searching at the custom-house wharves is a mere glance. compared with this examination. 'l‘hree sove- reigns were found in a little box, and one of them had a mark, which the aunt recognised as that identical so- vereign she received in change it hen