Literary Notes

Arar; lunik, "Life Amono the Ger111 uis," sbortly by D. Luilirop Conipany. "St. Margare! of New Orjeana," tlie bread-glver, liv-s again lo Succetaful WomcM, n series of notable papers by Mrs. Sarah K. Holton in Wlde Awpke. Wille A wake prints next month a fulllengiti portrait of Mis. Cnrlyle and the pet dog, Nero, ttiat figures so i':i the CarIrle correapoadeaoe. The photograph tomes froni Mrs. Alexander C.irlyle. C.ip'n Bos'aid's Wife's School is the titlc of a string of aneodotes in Ihe Ma)' Wille A wake relating to u fnmous danii ¦'- scliool of the Old Colony, which is a tort of ancestral Instltution to manv a noted New Englaml fainily. A book of out-door muflngl by one who witli pen in hand is artist, poet, phllusiiplier; bui he little snspects it. Fresli as ihe clover and free M the büdl, he takel you into the cool ailence of the BUminer woods or the vocal field?, 'l'here lias notbeen the llke of it 9ince - we hardly liko to put another beside it. - Prose Pastorals. By a Boston lawyer. Some of the choice musicjil publiciitions of the month are at hand, and are worthy of special notice. There is a pretty sonjr entitled, "Crossing the Brook," by Edith Cooke, (35 ets.) a pretty bailad by Pontet, entitled, "The Biter Bit" (35 ets.)!" 3 ng and chorus by Taylor entitled "My Own My Beautiful Loulse,'' (30 ets.); and 'Strolling on the Beach," a huniorous song by Gardner, (:t."i ets.) The sclrrtions for the piano are iinu.-iially good, oomprtoing pleow of dlflbreat gradet and suitable to various latte, as for liutance, tlie fonr little pieces by Bi-hr, "Barearolle," "Spinning Room," "American Song," and "Will o' the Wisp," price, ech, 38 et?.; capital pieees for vounsr beginners. Au organ piece (for cliurch organ) entitled, "Elevation," by Batiste, (40 ets.) is of4interest to oranists; and another little piano pieee, called "Young Lark Valtz," by Maek, (25 ets.). completes this month's list of new mnslc just received from Oliver Ditson A Co., Botton, Mass., and sent by tliem to any address on recelpt of price. Four Chelsea rcsitleiits know whnt it Is to be bnrglarized, nlthougli nothirjfi of any great valuo wus earried ofl. K. V. Mills, ot Saline lias a tliree year old ruin whicli droppad u fleece welglilng 81 ', poiinils, al the sheep shear'mg festival lust Wednesday. Frank Nelson and Miss Jeunle Kaley, of Chelsea, are travelling ulong life's putli tojretlier. Kev. J. A. Kaley pronounced the words wliicli made them one lust Wednesday. The Milan Leader came out last week witli a rooster and in announcement tliat the nniendment was carried "uotwitlistuiuling the reporta in the Detroit newspapers to the contraiy." liro. Sniith, probably lv this tima wUhei he h.id liccn les ïirevious. The Saline sheen breeder' aiu! wool ffroweT' aocltron snnnal shearlng festival lield in this villajrp, on Wednesday, was larjfcly attended by the shccp l'nneiers of this viciuity, besides many beinf; In attpmlupcc from abroad. Tlicre were abont 7") sheep OU the gronnds, of whicli niiniber only about two-thirds were 8heared. It was ¦ liand.suinu and vulwable Hoek of sheep, several of the bMl specimens bcing valned at over $1,000, wliile t In total vulnatioii DltUt liave tijfgMgltted ¦ large sum. Nearly everybody now-a-days is educated with a view to m:iking a llvellbooO and indeed BCCUraalatlOK lielies, liy ea methiids. Hard work is shnnned and dispised : as a oonMfqnenoa tbert is t rusli tor llie p'Ofessions, tur elerkslnps, sales inan's kltuaUona, and every kind of llght labor, wheiher skillcd or nnskilled. The great deinuml in these (ta)rs is tbr what the "boys" denomínate "iit Niiaps." The resnlt ia that tliat t lellows who bnckle in real uoik uiio beeome what the foolish eall "plodder," aeemnnlnie, by slow Segntt, piiipniy, and grow