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(From the Iroquois Free Press.
CORN POETRY.
The West can boast of glorious streafns;
And prairie's grandest laws
Of lake and forest old and green,
But most of Indian Corn.
'Tis street when summer sans go down,
When winds have ceased to blow,
To list its rustling, crackling souud,
And think we hear it grow,
I love to pull it from the stalk
When it is in the milk.
And husking out its sheath and talk
. Of its soft, shining silk.
And when at noon aside we dash
Our work, for bell or horn,
Give me a dish of succatosh,
Or ears of Indian corn,
I'll take it with a true delight,
And costlier dishes scorn ;
For nothing tempts the appetite
Like curs of roasted corn.
Then when its sheaves stand thick about,
And fruits the fields adorn,
How gushes out the motry shout
From buskers of the corn.
Where freedom floats on every breeze
And fields of Indian corn
Aro spread out on the land like seas,
I joy thut I was born.
gflrtt Calf.
THE WILD-CAT SKIN.
A Story of the Australian Gold
Diggings.
Pttring my Blay at one of the Australian
diggings, I ptirchused a commodious resi
dence, in which I lived for some time in soli
tary state. This tenement was situated in a
most desirable locality, in tho midst of de
lightful woodland scenery, and surrounded by
very extensive park-like crotinds. There was
a right of free worren attached to the prop
erty, and good shooting in the neighborhood.
lo descend to particulars, I mav sav that the
residence in question consisted of a bark-hut,
which was made over to mo by my friends,
the Cullers, when thov set out for Mount
Korong, nnd which I believe to have been one
of the best appointed and mo$t convenient
owciiiDS-R at that time on the Uigging.
The fixtures and furniture of the hut also
camo into my possession, including a tabic,
of which the legs were weak nnd uncertain,
and the top slightly on an incline; an origj.
mil grid-iron, or bent hoop; several empty
bottles; two benches ; one shelf, or sheet of
bark nailed to the wall, containing caudles,
call, pipes and tobacco, and which was usually
filled with water when it rained, the roof be
ing either lonby In addition to these valua
bles, there was a bedstead of framo logs cov
ered with boughs an article whose luxurious
character it is unnecessary for roe to point
out.
1 considered myself ono of the most fortu
nate fellows in the country, till I discovered
thut the Colters had left behind them other
things of a less desirable nature. After hav
ing bought my first bag of (lour, I became
nwaro that 1 had come into tho reversion of
a populous colony of mice, which consumed
among them almost as much Hour as I did.
They rattled over my furniture tit night, and
serenaded me with faint squeuks of pleasure
ns they -pitched into my provisions. There
was no keeping them out. 1 put my damper
into double bags, and hung it from the ceil
ing that is to say, from the ridge pole but
they climbed down tho rope and guawed a
hole in tho bags. After many fruitless efforts,
I caught one, and made an example of Lim ;
but 1 found thnt example wus entire lost up
on the rest. They were incorrigibly hungry,
and would eat. They increased and multi
plied to such an extent that at length matters
became serious.
I hope I am not by nature cruel, nor much
given to what are called antipathies. 1 like
all living creatures it) their proper places.
There was an old frog-headed lizard which
resided iu inv chimney, and which was ol a
social disposition, and would come out some
times and pass the evening with me. Ho
would sit on tue licarth, ana sturo tixeijiy ai
me with his contemplative eye for an hour to
gether. I never thought of doing hisi any ,
harm ; but then ho was not obtrusive, in his
manners above all, ho did not cat flour at
Is. 6d. a pound.
Powder and shot were expensive, but their
effects were lusting. I got out my revolver,
loaded it carefully, nnd having placed my lust
new damper, uncovered, in the middle ol tno
floor, 1 turned into bed, keeping my eye on
tho damper and my finger on tho trigger.
But not one of tho cunning littlo rascals
would como out. Several times one fat old
fellow popped his head out of bis holo as
though on the watch my residence was en
tirely uudermined by these animals looked
ut me. and then popped back again, 1 think
be winked at me.
The other inhabitants of the hut were less
troublesome. There were some tarantulas,
or "tri-antelopes,'1 ns Colter called thorn,
which lived in the bark, uud were in the Imbit
of biting pcoplo, but J was told they always
respected the person of tho proprietor. Then
thore was a number of insects, of such curious
forms and brilliant colors as would have de
lighted an etomologist. Any ono with a
proper regard for the intoreEts of science
would certainly have collected some of them
in a bottle and burned lucifer matches in it ;
I, however, contented myself with watching
them ns they crowded on my table at night.
When by chance 1 had got a newspaper, and
was busy reading, they would delight to walk
over the white paper and flutter their gpr
gcously painted wings. There was a kind of
moth, with four wings, ft littlo grey-coated
fellow, which I used to observe with a melan
choly curiosity, lie would come flying down
upon the paper, where he would walk for a
while, and than, as if be preferred that mode
of travelling,, would cast off hts wings, one
after auothe.-, and become a mere grub. Here
was a theme oa which perhaps a gold-digger
might moralize.
The diggers in the neighborhood ' went
away, one after the other, till I became con
fined almost escjusively to the society I have
described. However, there was a store still
standing- about a half a mile off, and as long
as thut remained there was no great cause of
complaint. A butcher I boa no need of
while the powder and shot lasted, for the
woods yielded plenty of game, and in abun
dant variety. There wore quail, pigeons,
(these are flue birds with golden wings; lar
ger than the English wtoti-pigeoo,) paroqnoti
in a pio t not to speak of many
smaller birds,
s, which were not to be despised
when tho bie ones were scarce. Then some
times a shot might be had at an opossum or
a nanny coot, or some other four-looted ten
ant of tho woods, which, like the birds, went
into tho Irymg-pan, and was consumed with.
out sauce or ceremony,
On tho w hole, I was not dissatisfied with
my company, nor particularly pleased when
i lounu my privacy intruded upon by a stran
ger. One night, on returning home from
work, 1 found a man lying asleep on my bed,
with his hat on and his face buried in his
arms. I stood for a moment in admiration of
his coolness, and then stirred him up with a
picx until no awoKO,
"Who are you, pray f" I asked.
He turned towards me, and said ; "It's me,
Jlr. Smith ; don't you know Gardner T"
His clothes were in disorder, and his face
unggird nnd dirty ; bnl I recognised him at
length bs a man who. a few weeks before.
nan oecn working in the gully, but who hod
been absent since that time. He begau to
ten a surry ot now bo had cone with a oartv
to tho Ovens Diggins. then just discovered.
lie naci met Willi no luck nt the Ovens; nnd
as ho had quarreled with his purty, ho had
come to stoy with me. This wus hthlv plea
sant and satisfactory. 1 knew notliinc of
air. uordner, and wus bv no means disnosed
to have his society thrust upon mo in this
manner. 1 was at a loss to understand n lu
ll e should hove come to me. fur I remenilirrm!
him as a civil-spoken man with whom I had
sometimes exchanged a word, but who had
never shown a disposition to court nnv socie
ty beyond thut of tho man with whom he was
working.
However, it would not do to turn him out
at once : iho nieht was coininc rni. nnd ho
was evidently too much fatigued to go else
where for a lodging. He had sold his tent
and everything belonging to it, having trus-
ieu, us in- iinormea me, entirely to my hospi
tality. I gave him to understand that he was
welcome to the shelter of the hut for the
night, but that I wished to work alone, and
did not want company, lie thanked mo so
earnestly fur this surly ofi'er that I became
better disposed towards him, especially when
he insisted upon making himself useltil, nnd,
tired ati he was. ft t to work to cook our sup
per. There was, however, something strange
about his manner. Ho never spoke, unless
in answer to a question ; and then his reply
was short, and uttered in an odd, incoherent
sort of way, for which 1 could not account.
As soon as the supper was over he seated
himself in n corner of the tire-pluce with his
face buried in his hands. Altera while, when
I supposed he was falling asleep, a sudden
shiver passed over him, ond he moved bis po
sition without lookitiL' up, nnd doubled him
selfnp still more. 1 asked if he was coid,
and ho stared at mo as though surprised at
tho question. Ho was uot cold, he said. 1
advised him to turn in ; and he then got np
and proceeded to heap some logs on the fire,
after wl.y-h he rolled himself in his blankets.
1 did tho same; and, having determined to
turn my sulky companion out of doors on the
morrow, I fell asleep.
Next morning, as soon as I awoke, Gardner
called to mo in a faint voic, und asked me to
bring him n drink of water. On going to
him. I found that ho was in fact too ill to
move, miring me u., t.;.. :ii. ;-...-i.i
j nnd I proposed to go to the government
' camp for u doctor ; but he begged mo not
I lo leave him, uud insisted that he should con
' be better. It seemed to mo that he suffered
' more pain of mind than of body, and the con
j vii'kijve twitching of his face, as he lay with
j closed eyes in bed, was uot a pleasant sight
lo see. "lie expressed his gratitude for such
: services as I was able to render him, nnd was
! evidently anxious to give me ns little trouble
ns possible ; but when 1 asked him to explain
j what ailed him, nnd to avail himself of any
j knowledge of medicine 1 might possess, he
would mako no answer, or only say. as before,
I that ho should soon be better.
During tho night which followed. I was
awakened by a loud groaning. Tho bed
I which Gardner occupied was ot right angles
I . . . , . , f r.. 1
with mine, anu ns tno nro was sun uurnmg
' could see his face from where 1 lay. He wits
j evidently struggling with some fearful dream.
I His breast heaved convulsively ; a gurgling
I note issued from his throat, nnd presently ho
broke out with a cry of "Ned Ned 1'' several
times repeated. 1 remembered thut Gard
ner's mate, with whom ho had been working
before he left thepully, was a man commonly
known as "Long Ned' who was believed to
have been very successful us a digger. This
man had quitted tho neighborhood at the
same time as Gardner, aud probably in his
comPaiiy-
1 got out ol bed lor x tie purpose ot waiting
my companion j and. Having lit a canaie, i
saw that the convulsions wero renewed, and
that ho presented all the npponratico of u
man .in u tit. I took hold of his arm aud
awoke him. Ilo stared wildly about him as
I did so. und then recognizing me, he sunk
back with a deep sigh of relief.
"Gardner," 1 said, -where s L.ong eiij '
He raised his head with a Beared look, and
put his hand to his face.
"Why don't you answer me t"
"What makes you nsk that ?" he groaned
out.
No matter ; I do ask it. here is ho T
'I 1 don't know," be gasped.
I felt certain he was not telling the truth ;
and a suspicion had occurred to mo which 1
determined to set at rest at oticn.
'Look you, Gardner, 1 must know what's
tho reason of your groaning and crying out in
your Bleep. Such dreams us theee dou't come
to honest men.'1
What do you take me for?"
"I believe yoa have got something on your
mind. If it is anything you dare tell, lad
vise you to tell it, or 1 shull think the worst.'
He made no reply, and I continued
"Hid Long Ned go to the Ovens along
with you V
"Don't ask mo. I can't tell you."
"1 ask you again, what's become of him T"
He made no reply for some minutes, and
then suddenly raising himself np, ho said, "I
will tell you. You won't wrong mo, will
you?" .
"Wrong you ! why should I? What do
voa mean T'' 1
"I've got a bad story to tell yoa, and per
haps you won't believe it ; but it's all true.
You asked me where Ned was T"
"Well 1" said I, Impatiently.
"Well, poor Ned's gone ; he was murdered
In the bush not by me don't look like that.
I didn't do it."
My companion seemed so much agitated
that I got him a drink of tea, after which
he grew calmer,
"Tell m all about this," I laid. "Uow
did it happen T"
I will uot trouble the reader with the qnes
tiops by which I obtained the narrative of
the murder. It was iu substance as follows :
Gardner and Long Ned bad set out to
gethor for the Ovens, carrying nothing with
them except their blankets. The latter had
wrapped up in his bundle forty ounces of gold,
wbicb be would not send to Melbourne by the
capital
I ,
escort.'as ho said ho did not want to be short
of money at the new diggings. Long Ned
was a very good sort of a rellow, but anfortu
natcly ho could uot pass a grog shop or drink
ing tent without going in and he invariably
stayed by his bottle until he had finished it.
Gardner said that his companion would often
get so drunk in the middle of the day, that it
would bo tmpossiblo to get him away from
the placo until the next morning t and on this
account they travelled very slowly.
One afternoon, while they were going to
stop by tho roadside for dinner, Long Ned
caught sight of a tent stundine back ftom the
rond, on which a dirty cotton handkerchief
was nvinsr the breeze, ns a sirrn of more or
less good cheer to be had within. On a
nearer inspection this placo of entertainment
proved to bo a irame or rude sticks covered
with pieces of tarpaulin nnd strips of old
blanket, and beside it stood a shed for a horse
and enrt. The proprietor was dozing beside
the fire, with a short stump of a pipe in his
mouth. Long Ned, in his usual wav, declined
tho offer of coffee, aud desired the man to
bring out a bottle of "stuff," at which nil
tbreo were presently occupied.
The owner of the tent, the only person thev
saw tnore, was a snort, sonat man. unusually
dirty even for the diggings, and with a face
so covered with dark matted hair that the
features were scarcely distinguishable. How
ever, ne seemed ol a social temper, and did
is best, in a rough wnv. to please his visitors.
Long Ned besan to brasr about the cold he
had found ; ho' he had got forty ounces in
his "swag," nnd tickets for above fiftv ounces
more, which he had sent down to Melbourne.
I ho landlord said that it wasn't everybody
!2l us niticu IUCK.
There being no room for all three to sleen
n tho tent, Gardner, with a good deal of
trouble, persuaded his companion to resume
the journey. The landlord offered no oppo-
ition lo their departure, but, on tho contra
ry, directed them to a lodging-tent, which he
tid stood about three miles further on. und
which they might reach before dark bv a
hort cut over a ueichboiinir hill. He
brought out another bottle of spirits, nnd
offered them tt parting glnss at his own ex
pense, a civility winch neither refused.
They took their way in the dusk ever the
hill ho had pointed out ; but, before they had
walked a mile, Gardner began to feel u stu
pefaction of brain, accompanied with giddi
ness. His companion soon began to suffer
from the same symptoms in n greater degree,
although they wero both tolerably sober a
few minutes before. Staggering along,
scarcely conscious of where they wero going,
they came to an old traveller's camp, with
two "miatnis," or bush tents still standing.
Gardner managed to get under one of the
nUamis, and immediately fell into u deep
He said ho never had such a sleep as that.
All sorts of shapes seemed dancing before
his eyes, nnd there was a cold weight, us it
were, upon his heart, such as ho had never
felt bX'fore. Then he thought ho heard his
n:ime called, loudlv, louder still, and then
futntly. 110 liMua'rt to- -- -(.
and at last succeeded, though he wus still in
a half stiipcllod state. There was a noise of
some person moving near him, oud n moan
ing, lie got on his knees to creep out of the
miunii, und by tho light of the moon he saw
.lm lj-inrr mi iho f"""J with hlood is-
suing from a cut on the head, und a man
kneeling beside him searching his pockets.
Horror-struck at the sight, Gardner was nt
first unable to move, but at length, with n
sudden impulse, ho threw himself upon the
assassin, and tried to bring him to tho ground.
The latter, though surprised by the attack,
6oon freed himself, and snapped two caps of
a revolver nt his nssailaut ; but tho pistol
mi-sing fire, ho caught up the bundles of Long
Ned and made off into tho bush.
Gardner had no strength to follow him.
but sunk down by tho body of his mate, and
lay down there he could not tell how long.
When he ngnin camo to himself, it was broad
davliglit. Having satisfied himself that Ned
hail censed to breathe, ho ran away from the
spot, and walked two days without sleeping,
till be found his way back to my hut.
"It's all true," Gardner 6aid when he had
ended his story.
"What made you keep it secret ?" I asked.
' Did you give uo information to the police ?"
"1 'dated not. They would have said it
was me."
I could hardly restrain my indignation at
Ibis reply.
"I know what the police are," he repeated;
"and if you wus like me, you wouldn't have
told them cither."
Ho would not explain what he mrant; but
I nrterwards found out the reason of his fears,
which wero not altogether groundless, Gard
ner was, in tho language of the colonies, an
"old lag" that is to say, a discharged con
vict nnd be knew thut if the murder became
known he would be suspected of having killed
his mate for the sake of the gold ho had
about him.
1 told Gardner that I should give informa
tion lo Ihe police at once. Seeing that I
WB3 resolved, he nt length gave his consent,
and 1 set off to the government cump und in
quired of the guard for ono of the commis
sioners who bore a good name ou tho Dig
gings. Fortunately, that gentleman was en
gaged in a rubber of whist, and therefore,
although it was near midnight, I had no diffi
culty jn cetting to see him. He listened to
me politely, and showed a degree of energy
not nt all common among Ihoso officials.
"This is a strange story," ho said. "The
fact of the murder is true enough, for the bo
dy has been found under the circumstances
you describe, but why should this man wuut
to conceal it? I must see him ?"
1 told him Gardner's condition, and he
sent for tho doctor from the whist table, or
dered three horses lo be saddled, and desir
ed me to lead the way to the hut. In half an
hour moro ho had heard the story irom uard
ner's own lips, and ascertained that the mur
der bad taken place on the third night be
fore. "Could vou swear to the murderer if yoa
saw him ?'f the commissioner asked.
Gardner said he could not; he was so
stupefied that he remembered nothing about
him, except tbst he was a stout man.
"You say there was a ;rog-tent where you
stopped about a mile from the place ?"
Gardner asseuted. -
"That tent is not there now I was all
around tho place last night.
"I knew bo wouldn't believe me," Gardner
said. -.
'Yon nro mistaken ; I do believe yon. I
know there was such a tent there. You say
the man took your mate's swag with him
Whnt was in it?"
"Nothing but a possura-rug that his gold
was tied np in."
"Nothing else V '
"Not that I know of."
The commissioner considered. 'That's
awkward," he observed to the doctor. "A
bag of gold and an opossum rug are things
not easily identified."
"I should know that rag among a thousand,"
interposed Gardner.'
"TTowso?"
"Why it was made in a burry, or else in A
placo where 'possums am't so plenty as they
pro hure. There was one wild-cat skin in
it."
'You are certain of that ?"
"I am, sir," he replied.
"Could you swear to the man that kept
that coffee tent, if you saw him ?"
"I should know him anywhere."
"Very good," said the commissioner.
"Doctor, I'll leave you to cxamino your pa
tient. Let him have anything he wants from
tho camp. You need not be alarmed, mv
man ; you arc not suspected about this affair.
Good-night to vou."
i lounwed the commissioner
outside, nnd
asked if he thought if ho could trace tho man
at tho grog-tent ou whom our suspicion bad
lallcn.
"I think I can," ho said. "Time is every
thing; he has thrco duys' start of us, but it
may be done."
And the commissioner mounted his horse
and galloped away.
The doctor pronounced it necessary to have
Gardner removed to an hospital tent which
had just been fitted up nt the camp. Next
moruing ho sent down some assistance for
that purpose; and wo took down tho door of
the hut, w hich was formed of a sheet of bark.
and with its assistance we constructed n rude
litter on which the sick man was carried with
out much difficulty.
On the evening of tho following day, a man
with a horse and cart wns pursuing leisurely
Iho high rond from the Ovens to Melbourne.
Ho had just emerged from a lonir line of for
ests, and had reached the rising ground, from
which a wide view stretches over plain and
son. 1 ho city lay within a few miles ; and,
as the sun was uot yet down, the traveler
would have light enough to get there easily j
before dark. So ho thought to himself as ho
stopped near to a police station to light his i
pipe, and then resumed Ins journey at tho
same pace as before. i
1 wo troopers, one of whom appeared to be
an officer, were lounging before the door as
ho passed and bade him Good-evening."
"I'Vening, replied the man.
"Let us look what you have got in your
cart, my man," said tho ofliccr.
"What's your gamo?" was tho reply
There's nothing in the cart but mv traps.
Look if von like." And ho seated himself on
a log, and smoked his pipe, while tho police
men turned over the contents of the cart.
It contained articles of bush-furniture.
cooking utensil?, two or tbreo casks, and
other articles of a similar kind. In one cor
ner, tied up with a rope, was an opossum-rug,
which tho officer unrolled uud spread out on
the ground. The man on the log then took
he pine out or lua m,nti, t i r,,(j was
aigo one, with n detect in the make, which
was very unusual ; it contained one wild-cat
skin.
"What do yon want with that?" said the
owner of the cart gruflly.
is tins your nig J
Why of course it is. Whose else ?"
How did 1 comd by it'V" lie repeaieu mm
a laugh, "Why 1 bought it. They're cheap
enough, uin't they?"
" ery true, replied lite omcer, and ne
rolled up the rug r.gaiu and replaced it in the
cart. Then going up to tho man he said !
" i ou killed a mitti on Friday night near Goul
burn. You cut him in tho head with a tom
ahawk when ho was asleep. You took that
rug from him. and forty ounces of gold, which
jou have got now in your pocket."
At this speech the "man dropped his pipe,
and sat for a momcut stupefied i then sudden-
v started up and put his hand to ins belt, in
which he carried a revolver. Tho officer, who
saw the motion, was beforehand with him,
and, catching him by tho throat, throw him
down.
"Joe, tie his hands," tho officer said to his
man.
The prisoner, having been secured, was
searched, and a quantity of gold was found
upon him, amongst which was a bog contain
ing oxaellv forty ounces. He was then pla
ced in confinement, and subsequently sent
back to the Diggings.
As soon as Gardner's state of health would
permit, ho was confronted with tho prisoner,
and immediately recognizing him ns the keep
er of the tent where l.ong Ned and himself
stopped on the nfterlernoon of the murder,
nnd wheie he had no' doubt they had both
been "hocussed."
When the prisoner was brought to triul in
Melbourne, it wus proved that he was a man
of notoriously bad character, and there was
great reason to fear that poor Ned bad not
been his only victim. With respect to the
crime for which ho was arraigned, other
facts camo out which removed ail doubt of
his guilt, and ho was condemned and execu
ted. As to Gardner, I never saw him after he
recovered front his illness ; but before he left
tho diggings ho informed me thut ho should
go to Tasmania, to a littlo farm he possessed
there. 1 wished him good-luck, ami returned
with considerable satisluctiuu to the society
of the mice.
.Texiam Talk. All tho world iu Texas
knows Old King, as he is called, a sort of
Daniel Lambert of a man, weighing his 35a
lbs., full of jokes nnd hospitulity, renowned
for his "Seditions" in his new house, and
whose only trouble in the money lino is his
"costive" gals, as he terms them. Ho onco
owed a man a just debt which he refused to
pay, when due, in silver, but he had made his
creditor a tender of a blank bill, which w as
refused suit brought, judgment obtained,
and property levied on. Hear him in his
owu "Goferential" Idnguarje: "Now, Squire,
spose you owed a man a jist debt, and was to
make him a touder of a blank bill, which he
refuses to accept, and he fetches suit nnd gits
a judgment, and the Sheriff was to level u
writ of execration on your truck, what would
you do in sich a case ?" "Don't know, Col
onel," said tho Sqrtire, "it would depend on
circumstances." "Well," replies old King,
"I'll tell you what I'M do : if that varmint
sells my truck, d n me if 1 dout' make a sa
crament of him."
There is a Physician in Troy w ho now and
then deals in a little sharp practice. When
ever business ii dull be gives a juvenile party
and so crams the rising generation with pas
try and warm lemonade, that in less than
twenty-fonr hours, a cholera morbus gets, in
among "his young friends," thnt keeps him
profitably employed for tb next three
months.
"Ilo do you like the charocter of SI'.
Paul?" asked a porson of his landlady one
day, during a conversation about the old
saiuts aud the apostles. "Ah, he was a good
clever old soul, 1 know, for he once said,
yoa know, that we must eat what is set be
fore us, and ask no questions for conscience
sake. I always thought I should like bint for
a boardor." .
Little Children and the Work they Do.
Prom the New York Fxominer J
Chnrles Lamb. In one of his essays, writes
thus pitifully of tho schoolmaster?
"W herever he goes, this uneasy shadow (a
boy) attends him. A boy is nt his board,
ana in ins path, nnd in all his movements.
Boys are capital fellows in their own way
among their mates ; but they are unwhole
some companions for grown people. lCvcn a
child, that 'plaything for an hour,' tires
always."
Alus I for poor lamb ; he never bad enough
companionship with children to know their
influence on the heart. He was himself his
mother's youngest born, and his own dull
hearthstone was never made bright bv chil
dren's smiles, nor his sad reveries broken b
their joyful romping.
One of our writers, who now wields a magic
pen, speaks of "that much oppressed and
calumniated class called boys ;" and to ber
better judgment we yield, for her ears have
been for long years used to their ringing
laughter and their boisterous games. She has
had experience amonglhem she knows tho
lesson taught by their mirth and by theirsad
ness ; sho feels the genial influence of tho
dead one over tho heart. O, children are
often tho wise teachers, while wo, with earths
stained and sin-hardened hearts, are the celd.
dumb learners. Many a lesson of faith nnd
meek submission can be learned of "these
little ones ;" and mant a care can be banish
ed by their guileless prattle and origiiiul
questions. now many nn artless word,
spoken by a bnby, gone, is this day locked up
iiko a jewel in the torn Heart Irom which the
child was severed, "Of such is the kingdom
of heaven."
The evening coach was full "so full that
it was an imposition on the passengers ;" so
said Miss Trimmer, who, with two or tbreo
pattern hats and a box of artificial flowers,
was the last one to enter, notwithstanding
tho inconvenience to which she put her fellow
passengers.
The village Squire never too amiable
was returning from court, where he had been
non-suited in a case involving about a fiftieth
part of his estato ; of course, he was morose
and impatient.
A worn looking woman was trying to quiet
n restless baby, by tossing it up where there
was not room to toss a bird, because a sim
pering school girl on tho next seat had whis
pered aloud to her very young gallant that
"babies were a nuisance in a stage-couch,
and that sho should think any one would
rather stay nt home thnn travel with one."
Poor nufortunate buby ! poor, sensitive,
widowed mother! Theirs was no pleasure
trip, they wero going, uncertain of a wel
come, to a rich relative of tho newly dead,
ilia only ouu on earth of whom they could
ask for nid. Comfort or pity tho mother did
not look for.
It wns between these nnd the surly Squire
that Miss Trimmer inserted herself. At tho
cruel remark of the incipient belle, tho widow
turned her head to wipe away a tear, when
her innocent half-yearling grasped with her
and catmaubir Jiiik- hutwb f (jniicv.snrkles
near side of Miss Trimmer's bonnet.
Will no ono take pity on me ?" shrieked
tho bearer of tho flower burden. "Will no
gentlemen shield me from annoyance I"
"Yes, madam, 1 wi I," answered an old
gentlemen who sat in ft corner, resting his
chin upon tho ivory head of his cane.
The lady was soon safely installed ill the
seat farthest removed from the vicious baby,
and tho old man in her place.
Now this crumppd-up child wns a perfect
democrat. She did not know that she was
poor aud fatherless ; nor that, when be lived,
her father was only a bard-working brick
layer. She knew nothing of nil this, and
teemed to think she had as good a right to
shout and crow as any other baby, und to
pull flowers out of bonnets, too, if sho would.
Her first effort was to secure his white
beard, but that was iinmovublo. She next
reached out her hand for the .teals and lastly
grasped tho cuno.
"Well, little imp," cried tho dear old man,
"if you want to get nt my seals, you had
better come a littlo nearer.'1
So bo took the willing chub from the weary
mother, and installed her on his own knee.
The poor woman straightened herself and
drew a long breath, as if relieved from a
burden she had not strength to bear.
'Yon look tiredj madum ; have you come
far to-day ?" asked the merciful man.
' I've held the baby, sir. tbirty-3u hours in
tho cars before I 'got into the coach," she
answered, with a quivering lip.
"I don't see how any one cun take care of a
tiresome baby," ogaiii whispered the little
Miss.
"Somebody held us oil once, and took
rare of us too, my child," replied the old
gentleman, whoso ears were ton keen to loose
her remark. "Children must be taken care
of; they havo their work o do, and they
generally do it faithfully." And ho rattled
his seals and key again for the happy child.
Tho mother cast n look ot unmingled
gratitudo on her benefactor yes, benefactor
be was, though ho had never given a crusi
nor a copper for kind words aro often better
than either. This good man alone, of all
the passengers save the uuconscious baby
seemed to bs at his ease.
At length the horses stood still, ntrd all
seemed pleased ot this prospect of having
tho company thinued. Miss Tiiinmer looked
hopefully nt tho widow aud baby, but they
did not move. An anxious cure-worn gentle
muti began to unwedge hinifelf preparatory
lo alighting. Then, in tho deepenms twi
light, there bounded from the dwelling, be
side which tho coach had baited, a curly
headed boy of four years. ..
"O pa, pa," as the paternal bead emerged
from the coach door, "I've good uews for
you; you can't guess what has happened to
day I" And clapping his chubby hands and
dancing for joy, he exclaimed, "O papa, the
baby's got u tooth !"
There was a sudden revulsion of feeling in
the coach. The passengers all laughed
heartily ut the vast importance of tho news
from that little world, home. Miss Trimmer
put her head out of the coach window, and
exclaimed.
'What a darling little fellow !"
The coochmuti forgot to crack his whip for
a wholo minnte, as he gazed at tho happy
boy. Tho father tarried round, smiled, raised
his hat and said "good bye" to his fellow
travelers. The surly Squire laughed nnd
drew home his feet, whieh Lad all the way
been stretched out on the widow's territory,
to her great inconveuiencc, sayiug ;
"Keg your pardon, ma'am."
Even Miss Trimmer wns softened, for she
opened the cover of her reticule aud gave the
Offending baby a stick of caudy, saying :
"Poor little thing, iho must have something
to amuse her." . .,.,,!
"Well," cried the laughing school girl, ' I
do lovo childreu after all Ibey are so lunny. j
1 can't help it ?"
"Never try to Loin it, child." said lh baby t
benefactor. "The ought to be love for
OLD SERIES, VOX, 10. NQ3
they do a great deal for us grown toWi',
Now don't you See thnt rosy boy, with th
news of tho great acquisition to his fatnil
treasurfs a tooth for the baby bos changed
a coach full of ill-tempered people, iutn ft
cheerful nnd even kind-hearted compo'ijf
Don't yon see how ho has mado friends
my little companion here, who is too yoihg.
to speak for herself? Why. we are oil tha
better now for riding with this little one, nhtj
my word for it, you'll think of her after yoU
go home, too." Then, turning to the, widow;
he asked her to whose house she was going.'
When she nnswered him be said , , ,
Oh, it's too fur to ride to-night with the.
poor tired babv stnn and rest with hi
s mm uuiiiur win give eveq a siraugo oaqy q
wtlcotne for we're jnt buried our pet at
home my daughter's little ono. She mada
the house very cheerful for ns, but she's gone ;
but not forgotten I No, I believe grand
mother loves all babies better since she died)
so don't bo afraid of intruding."
Moved by such kiuduesn, the widow, in an.
finder tone, told her painful erfaiid to her
new friend. ,
"Ah, ab V lie said, "well, yonr rclalivo is a
kind man, if you go to him just the right way i
and folks say I kifotv how to manage him as
well as any. In the morning I'll drive you
over there and present yonr case in the most
.... .1..! L . M - . , . 1 '
judicious manner. Never fear; he will bo
kind to you ; fio keep up a good heurt, my
good friend."
Overcome bv such nulooked for kindness
she wept out the tears which had all day been
gathering in their fountain, under the cold'
looks and sarcastic words of tboso around
fcefv . ..
Miss Trimmer, who, when nbt in a hurrj1
or a crowd, was really n kind-hearted woman,
looked compassionately nt the faint effort the
young widow had mado towards wearing
black for tho dead.
"Won't yon call at my shop with the lady;
as you go by in tho moruing, Mr. Bond?"
she asked ; "I should like to speak with her;",
and again she glanced at tho straw hat, with
its bund of thin black ribbon, with an ex
pression which proniijuJ a new one. , ,j,
"Well, hero we are, my friend," cried too
old mnn as tho coach Btopped before an old
brown mansion, "and there is grandmother in'
the door wailing for us."
The little belle offered to hold the baby
whilo the mother nligbted, ond the softened
Squire handed out her carpet-bag and basket.
"Good night" crack went the whip aniT
tho cheerful travelers rode to their own
homes. Light nnd warmth, nnd a cordial
welcome for the night, and prosperity on the
morrow, awaited tho lonely widow ; "and all,"
so said her noble friend, "bectfuse a baby had
n tootb, and bis little brother told of it I"
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JjUMCOttS
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Modest Assurance.
, A good looking yonng fellow Stopped all
the boat, and wcut down himself without pay
ing his bill. Said tho Major: , ...,.,
"Sir, you must not leave without paying
your bill. I can't afford to hire servants, buy
provisions, and board people for nothing."
"You can't T'
"No."
"Well,' then, why in creation don't yoa self
out your tavern to Boitld ono who end ?"
Our informant is cxtremoly anxious to
chalk that man's hat both ways, as a slight
tribute of respect to bis magnificent impu
dence. Not DOud Tet.
It seems that Mrs. Jamison was a spright
ly old lady in her hundredth year, who had
long been promising her handsome fortune to
her nephew. He ha;T waited for it half a
century, hoping daily to havo the pleasure of
closing her dying eyes uud fingering her mon.
ey. Every night, if he heard the slightest
sound in the house, he hastened to her door
in the fond hope thnt his doar aunt was in
tho last pains, and his day of possession was
ut hnud. At last she rung her boll violently
at one o'clock in tho morning. He flew to.
ber bedside. She must be dying ;' ho was
sure of it, nnd glad of it, too.
"Aunt, dear aunt, what can I do for you ?"
"La 1 John, nothing's the matter ; its thel
Erst day of April, you fool, you. Iam not
dead yet 1"
Explaining to the Children.
A gentleman on board a steamboat with
his family was asked by his children "what
made the boat go," when he gave them a ve
ry minute description of tho machinery and
its principles iu the following words t
"You soe, my dears, this thingtimbob here
goes down through that hole and fastens the
jigmaree, and that connects wilh the crink-uni-erunkum
; and then thut man, he's the
engineer, you know, kiud of stirs up the
w'hut-do-you-cull-it with a long poker, and
they all shove along, and the boat goeg
ohend."
An onqedotti i3 told of Finney, the revi
volist, and a canalor, to the following eft
'LliYe was holding forth at Rochester, and ill
waTEing olong the canal one day, came across
a beatmati who was swearing furiously. Go
ing up be confronted him,' aud abruptly ask
ed : ,
-Sir do you not know where you are going
to V
The unsuspecting bbntmao innocently re
plied thut he was gojng up the canal oa the
bout "Johnny faun Jj.'' ,.
"No sir, you are not," continued Finney,
"you ore going to hell luster than a canal boat
can couvey you.
The boatman looked at. him iu astonish
ment for a minute aud then returned the
question. . .
"Sir, do yon not know where you are goiug
tor'.
"1 expect to go to heaven."
No, sir you are going into tbe canal.
And suiting the oction of the word, took
Finney in his arms" and tossed bim in thd
murky waters, where he would have drowueJ
had uot the boatman relented and fished bim
out.
What's the difference between a Northern
man and a Southern man V . .
"Case one's a f.-ce-holder and the other at
slave-holder."
"No, air."
I give it up, then." J
"Case one blacks hi own boots, and to
other boots bis own blacks."
"Good, 1 11 treat."
T?r.W nnta Ca'sar the things that W
Csar', and onto tho printer that which thoi
owest him, for lit bath oed thereof. ... ,