Cheap Pleasures

Did you ever study the cheapness of pleasure 1 Do you knovv how liule it takes to make a man happy ? Such trilles as a penny, or a smile, do the work. There aro two or three boys passing along - give them each a chesnut, how Bmiling they look, they will not j be cross in some time. A poor widow lives j in a neigliborhood who is the rnolher of half a dozen children ; send them huif a peck of sweet apples, and they all wfil be happy. A chili] has lost Lis árrow - a word to him - and he mourns sadly ; help him to find it, or make him another, and how quickly will the sunshine plav upon his sol)er face. A boy has as Kiucb as he can do to pile up a load of wood, assisi him a few moments, or speak a pleasant word to him, and he forgets his toil and he Work 6 iVLiy without iniriding it. Yonr apprenlice has broken "a mug, or cut the vest too largo, or slightly ui ju red a piece of work, say, " you scoundrel," and he feels miserable ; remark, ■ " I ain sorry," and lie w-ill try to do betler. - Yon emp'.oy a man - pay him cheerfuüy, and speak a pleasanl word to him, and he leaves your house with a contented heart, t' üght up his ow n hearth with smiles and gladness. As you [kiss along the Street yon meet a Familiar tace - 'say, ' fóod morning," as though you feil happy, and it will work admireauly in tlie heart ofyuur nciglibor. Pleasure ia cheap - who will not bestow it liberally 1 Ií' ihere are smües, sunsiiine, aiuJ íloM-s all about, 1 1? t ns not rasp them vwitn a rhi?erS ÍLst, aríd lóbk thétn up in our heorts. N"o. Rathcr let ua take theni and scatter th-m about ii, in i!:c a( ol'iim wiilow, ainoug tile groapB ofchrldrenm tlie crowdea niart, wliere men of business congrégate, in our families, anti overywhere. Ve can make 'he wretched lii]);iy; tlie discoutcnted, cheerful; tlie afflicted, resignad ; at excepd'mgjy cheap rates. Wlio will refuse to do it 1