[THE THREE LOVERS.]

Here's a precept, young man, you should follow with care:

If you're courting a girl, court her honest and square.

Mr. 'Liakim Smith was a hard-fisted farmer,

Of moderate wealth,

And immoderate health,

Who fifty-odd years, in a stub-and-twist armor

Of callus and tan,

Had fought like a man

His own dogged progress, through trials and cares,