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ZANESVILLE. OHIO.
lITg ASE NOW TOBNINa OCT A LAJBGE
I T oamber of oar Impaired Portable Steam Koines,
.d portable Circular Saw Will*, aa well aa Stationary
iucinee and Saw HtUa, beany of which are finding,theli
.into Blair, Cambl la, Huntingdon and Crawford Coun
i ami other porta of tlndbjt of Peonaylranle. Those
Sready weired and in Operation, an giving the moat en
e satialactiOD. Than ia now hardly a State or Territory
,(,0 Onion. bat that,oar improved Portable Knginee
n,I Saw Hills are in ate lu. All our Engine have Spark
(neater buck* on them which confine the flying sparks.
\Vi would respectfully refer you to tire following gentle
■iniord Ccrtlflcatea for the portability utility and urac
icsl operations of oar Portable Steam Engtnea and Saw
idle
Haanrowv, Crawford Co., Pa., 1
May 16lh. 1863. /
Mssm-J. * J‘ U- Dota.U': —Gentlemen \V» received
urTweatv Horse Power Portable Engine, nnd Saw Mill,
i, guod order. Wo are perfectly satisfied with it; every
blue works to our entire eatislkction —in fact hoyund our
ipectalions. We saved 4000 feet of white-oak boards in
:v!) hours, and could hate done maro in the some time
;iuil *•* have bad gfod logs.
We take pleasure, in recommending those in want ot
VA w Mills and Enclasp to purchase of you.
Respectfully, C. REYNOLDS A E. ANDRESS.
Wc are authorized to say, for Mr. Samuel Millikan,
iloilidaysburft Pa* that the 2D horse power Portable En
■me aud flaw MJU we sold him, haa fully met hi- expec
utiou and proved itself to be all that was claimed for if
our cireiiSar; and since starting it, has scut In his
-iei for a second Engine add Saw Mil), of same powet
.ml size. ■ . ...... . ' ...
for farther references, we will *give tho naznea of M.
i Dill and Thomas M’Aulley, Altoona, Pa.; A. L. Ilolll
„vy. Hollidßyaburg, Pa.; M.'M. Adams, Cresson, Pa.; \V.
J. Zeigler and Joseph 8. Reed, Huntingdon, Pa.; Messrs
hurley, i C<x. Tyrone, Pa., all of whom hare purchased
.-’orwble Steam Engines and Portable Circular Saw Mill*
■f u*.
We fully warrant our Engines ami Saw Mills, tv be
.;uie of first-class material; workmanship the same:
Brass Ball Valves in pumps and checks, and to saw
r.-,m 6,000 to 10.000 leet of lumber per day.
..•rders solicited. Description circular sent to all e»»r
-•poi»dent«. Reßpeclfully,
J. &J. 11. DUVALL.
Corner Market and 3rd Streets,
juat opposite C. 0. K. Hoad Depot, Zanesville. Ohio.
June 2,1865-4 m.
0, YES! O, YES 1!
THIS WAY! THIS WAY!
NEW
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS.
Jli. HILEMAN has just received a
, large aod welt selected stock of Goode. coanUtinf
f Cloths, Plain and Fancy Cnadmeres, Satiuetts, Ken
■:cty Joins. Tweed*, BoaTorteens. Bine Drilling, and all
■oher hinds of Good* for
mgether with a grand and magnificent assortment of
LADIES’DRESgGOODS.
■itch as pFffffc and Fancy Silks* ChaUies. Benges, Brilliant*.
Lawns* Mtinrt, Cbintss, Deßiges, Crapes* Prints,
Crape and Bteßa Shawls, Mantillas, UndersWvts and
watery * Bonnets and JKhbons, Collars, HamU
k+rchitfs, Kid Ghees. Hooped Skirts. Skirt
ing. Lace Mitts, dr,., dv.
ALSO.
ricking*, Check*, Bleached and Unbleached Muslins.
Cotton and Linen Stable Diaper. Crash, Nankeen, Sc.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
URDWARK, QDKENSWAHE,
WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE,
OIL CLOTHS, CARPETS, AC
GROCERIES.
tar *tock of Ctoocetfi* is more extensive than ever, and
•naiistsof RloximJ Java Coffee, Crushed, Loaf ami N 0
sugars; Green. T. H. nod Black Teas; Molasses, Soap*,
‘"'addles. Salt, Fish* he.
Thankful to the public for (toe very liberal patrouop*
-ieretofor© received, he hope* by strict attention to bn«»-
and an endeavor to please, to merit a continuance oi
he same. ... .
3 43* Call and examine hia Stock, and you vfiU be con
Vinced th t he has tho hest assortment apd cheapest GorvL
r . the market.
V Country .Produce of mil kinds taken In exchange f"i
tooiis at mark** prices.
AUooot, Aprd 558,18®.
JELat & Cap Store.
The proprietor op thk
“EXCELSIOR” HAT ami CAP Store
would Hifima omtomers, ;and the Public generally,
that ho haajust-returned from th<* city with the larges!
md moot varied stock of p*k!s in' hit Hue sver brought
Altoona, ah of which be him now on exhibition end sate ai
hie new store toom on Virginia atteet. next door tft Jag
yard’s store. His Hock embraces alt the latest styles of
SAL
SPUING AND SUMMER
lummcAPs.
misses’ M a ts, &g.
dii Stack of BkOi ud tan. «ra of tha «sry heat selection.
->'* ereiy tfyla, «*«■ tad shape, for both old and young.
%11 be asks Is that the people ctllsod examine h» stock.
. Id in (Sabi eouadect that he can Mpdthem away re
Mleina, If BattelbiTpnrebaae ofsuchan article as they
Vented, at the remembrance of haring looked upop thr
■aodeomest stock of Hats, Caps, Flats, tc, anr exhibited
-this tows. . . I
I hare also on hand ah entirely new stock of
) 3)0
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Ladies’ and Childrens’ Hats and Flats,
»Uich I am confident cannot be enrpaeaed In the country,
til of which I«m aril at the moat reasonable prices. Ke
nnnber the Wall of Fashion when yon want anything In
:he line of head covering, and call on
Mey4.'«g-tf
33 rug Store.
£ BERLIN &CO v ANNOUNCE TO
O « the citizens of A Itoona and vie liiity that they have
opened tt Dmg and Variety Store in
WORK’S NEW BUILDING,
Virginia Street, between Julia and Caroline Streets,
where may l>e had
DRUGS, CBXMJCALS. DYK-STUFFS,
FTrktfT MFDWINBS. psrfumebies,
I‘ALVTS, OIL, GLASS, POTTY,
and mI other articled naoaUjr add in the Drug bwineaa.
OUR MEDICINES
of the purest and oest qa&kUr, and oar Chemicals
bear the marks of the beer ninufactarerx.
Painters, tilasiera,- Builders and others requiring tones
* fUim,- UIU, ?ARSIBILKdt
*'"*»» OUut, Py&Ht Item Bruikii, Sat/iji oJfcilSc., «fc.,
„ «rJU Bad unr uaortm>-!;t to be of the
BKST QUALITY AND AT TU.K LOWKf'T PUCES,
pnpureiit Wines and Llqnorn for Medicinal M4ehani
calaeiSacrament*! purposesalways in store.
wm promptly answered, and
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MEN AND BOYS’ -WEAK,
EXCELSIOR
THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE.
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COO ftUSSS YOU!
How sweatly fella those simple words
Upon the human heart.
When friends longbonnd by strongaet ties
Are doomed by fete to part!
Too sadly press the bauds of those
Who thus in love caress yon,
And soul responsive beats to soul.
In breathing put God bless too.”
“God bless you I” ah! long months ago
I beard the iftourUfol phrase*
When one whom 1 in childhood loved
Went from *ny dreamy gaze.
Now blinding tears Ml thick and fast.
I mourn my long lost treasure,
While echoes of tha heart bring hack
The ferewhll prayer, “ God bless yon.”
The mother sending forth her bo<
To scenes untried and new,
Lisps not a studied, stately speech.
Xor murmur* out ‘'adieu.”
She sadly says, between her sobs,
“ Wheue’r misfortunes press you,
Come to thy mother—buy, come hack;'
Then sadly sighs "God bless you!”
“God bless you” more of love expresses
' Than volumes.without number:
Keveal we thus our trust in Him
Whoso eyelids never .slumber.
I ask in parting no long speech,
Drawled out in studied measnr* :
1 only ask'the dear old words,
-8o iweet—eo'sad—“-God bleaaiyou. , ‘
JFj tlui
JOHH KOBOAITS SUBSTITUTE.
A STORY OF THE PRESENT WAR.
It had been the day fur drafting in a
little town in the hill country of Con
necticut It was nightfall now-, and- a
man walked slowly home to the wile who
watched for him. He was a tall hand
some fellow—thirty-five perhaps; vigor
ous of limb strong of muscle, with kindly,
yet earnest eyes, well cut features, and an
expression of fearless integrity. You
would have known him at once for what
he was—-a good, unselfish, courageous,
honest man, worthy, of vanning, capable ol
holding a woman’s love.
She who listened for bis coming heard
(he slow step upon the gravel, and sprang
from the door to meet him. You could
see, even in that dim light, what a bright,
cheery, pretty woman she was, with her
loving eyes—her dark, satin-smooth hair-,
her red, tender lipsand the fresh roses on
her cheeks. She went up to her husband,
and put her hands on his arm lovingly.
“I know you have bad news for me
John.”
“Yes, Mary; I most go. 1 was the
third drafted.”
.The wife felt her limbs shake, and she
thought at first that she could not Stand.
All the force of her nature seemed giving
way, but she rallied bravely. For his
sake she would be calm and strong, but
she coaid not speak just then. She led
him into the house, where the children
were—five of them ;; the- eldest only ten
in July just gone. .There was something
in their father’s manner which checked
the noisy demonstration with which
were'wont to greet him, and they only
gave him a few silent kisses as he sat
down in the great chair by the west
window. He buried his face in his hands
for a while, and then :he lifted it, and
looked round on the little group of his
loved ones. Three girls and two boys,
and his wife their monger, looking, in
spite of years of care, a» :fair, almost as
young, as the day h? brought her home,
his new-nwwle bride. His chest heaved
witb a batter sigh—a sort of sob
of then he. said, as if
he femred ; ewn she, nm other self, might
■ “'Hod lnow’S, it is not fur our own
PtAoj Mary. Ido not think lam afraid
to die. I would go with more than wil
lingness—with joy i-if I had not so much to
leave. If I fall, vfbat will become of you
and the children t I cannot bear to think
of what you aught suffer, with no one to
stand between you .and the cam and sor
rows of the worid. Maty, this drafting
indiscriminately dew riot seem just—
Sore the mep ought to go first.”
Hb wifßSttie herlittle band into his
very gently. , .
JEWS BMITU
ALTOONA. PA.. TUESDAY. JULY 21, 1863.
Do not think of us,” she said, with a
true, woman’s self-forgetfulness. “ It* is
not that. We should Bo well enough.—
Yon need not fear tliat we should come to
want. But O, John —”
And just then she broke down utterly,
and cried out with a burst of passionate
tears:
“No I cannot bear it 1 You will die 1
I shall never, never see your face again!
If I could know that you would come
back, even were it maimed and helpless
I would not nuirmer: but to think that
you might die there, and I could not help
you—that your eyes would seek mine,
your hands grope for mine, and not be
there—O, John, I shall go mad with
hopeless horror!”
It was bis turn to be the comforter
now. He drew her into the shelter of
his arms: lie rested her poor head on his
breast; he whispered tenderly:
“ All who do not die, Mary.—
God watches over us there as well as
here. Some women’s husbands must go,
poor child. Something may happen yet
that J shall not have to.”
He knew, however, no solitary chance
under the wide heavens by which he could
escape. The words with him were but
the vaguest utterance of soothing; but
she caught at them eagerly.
“ You could procure a substitute, per
haps—is that what you mean ?”
“I would if I could,” he answered,
evasively, remembering in bis own mind
the difficulty that richer men than he had
experienced in procuring them in those
quiet, thinly peopled, agricultural towns.
“ l am very tired, Mary, can you give me
some tea?”
Cheered a little by her new hope, and
anxious above all to cheer him and make
him comfortable, the wife got up and
went into the kitchen. The biscuits for
supper were already made, and in a few
minutes tea was upon the table. John
Morgan drank \up after cup of it, with
an eager, feverish thirst ; but eating with
him was a mere feint. When the meal
was over the children were put to bed, all
but the two oldest girls. They stole out
to the open door, and sat down in the
September moonlight, their arms around
each other —feeling with a sort of dumb
(lain, that a. shadow which they could not
resist, had fallen upon the household.— *
Their mother, meantime, had lighted her
lamp and taken her wock-—a child’s
frock, which she was finishing—to the
little round table. She would not let
this even seem more unlike other evenings
than she could help.
Soon there came a footstep on the
gravel walk ; this time a quick firm tread.
The girls in the door made way for the
new comer to enter, and he came in and
stood "silently for a moment in the centre ,
of the little sitting.room.
He was a slender, elegantly moulded
man. You could sec at a glance that the
fibjje of his manhood had never been tested
by any tough, struggle with fate. Yet
one would not have doubted his untried
courage. It shone in his steady blue
eyes, sad with unspoken pain; it betrayed
itself in the curl of his lip, the curve of
his nostrils. They say no soldiers ever
fought more bravely than the gentry of
England—white of hand, haughty of look.
[■>• v.l
lelicate of feature. Some such blood
flowed in the veins of Ash Thornycroft.
He was the only son of the rich mill
owner whose foreman John Morgan was.
He was no stranger to the little cottage;
and even in this sorrowful hour there was
no danger of (us being unwelcome. He
was the first to speak.
“ It is hard on you, Morgan, this draft.
My father was saying to-night that he
did hot know how he should contrive to
spare you. So well you are doing now,
too—already comfort and competence to
you and yours, and better thipgs in pros
pect.”
“ It’s needless talking. I think I was
nth; born under a lucky star. You were
Mr. Xhornycoft’s son to begin with, young,
rich, without a tie to fetter you; and of
course the draft spared you.” i
“ Without a tie ? Do you call that
happiness ?"
John Morgan’s eyes fell beneath that sad,
steady gaze of reproach. He remembered
the one who died in March, on whose
grave the lonesome spring rath had wept
tears which sprung up again in roses and
violets —the gentle girl whom Ash Thorny
croft had loved so long and well.
“ Forgive me,” said Mr. Morgan, ki a
low penitent tone.
The other went on. .
“ I think you forget yourself a little
when you repine at this stroke as it were
the worst thing,that could have happened
Would you give up your wife or one of
your children even, to escape from the
perils of this war.”
“Didyou think I was a coward!” and
the honest soul looked indignantly out of
John Morgan’s eyes. “ If I were to fell,
what woiUd they dot I have struggled
to shield them, so far as I could from
want, care and privation. How are they
fitted to | tread the world's rongh path
alone?” : V
“No. | did not take you for a coward.
If I had,' I should not have thought .your
[INDEPENDENT IN EVERYTHING.]
life worth saving I think I know how
I should feel in your place. It is a place
in which I shall never stand. lam going
to enlist, John. It is my duty, for 1 have
nothing to keep me r at home. lam
readv to give all that I have to my coun
try, If 1 fall. I shall only go the sooner
where all my longings tend. What is to
hinder my sparing you to your happy
fireside ? I caine to propose myself its
your substitute.”
“It is not —are you sure it is not —to
spare me ? Would jou go in any case ?”
John Morgan asked, with a little doubt in
his voice.
“ Da not fear that I am going for your
sake. i made up my mind as soon ns the
call came for volunteers. I only waited
for this very thing —the chance, If I should
not be drafted myself, of saving some man
to (he family who loved him. lam glad
it is you, John, my good old friend, to
whom I cun render this service.” .
Siohn Morgan was a man of few "words
—of feelings which lay so deep that they
seldom rose to the surface, hut there wa=
something which Ash Thornycroft needed
no language to interpret in the look of his
eyes, and the grasp of his hand, as he
hurried out of the room.
Thornycroft was one of t hose men witli
a vein of tenderness in the midst ot their
strength which always allies them more
nearly to women than to men. Leit alone
with Mrs. Morgan, he said what he'never
would have said to her husband. It was
when she thanked him, with earnest
words, and sobs and tears yet more elo
quent.
“ There was one, Mrs. Morgan, who
loved me as well as you • love John. You
do not need to thank me. All that 1
ever could do for any other woman, 1
would do for her sake. You have seen
her: you know how fair and sweet she
was ; but 1 think no one save me know?
all her purity, her saint-like goodness. 1
have had only one hope since she died
that I might be fit to go to her. If I die
in this good cause, think of me as happy
with an unspeakable happiness. It will
be but opening the golden gates the sooner
I shall not see you again, so 1 will hid
you good-bye now."
Her tears fell upon his hand—her lips
touched it. She whispered brokenly her
blessing—the blessing of one who owed
to him more than life: and so anointed
for his work, as it were, by those holy
tears and prayers, he went away.
The girls at the door saw his face in
the moonlight, while yet radiant and
tender. They' ran into their mother,
asking their childish questions—
“ What made Mr. 'thornycroft. look so?
What was he here for?”
“Father is not going away
Thornycroft is going in his stead,
shall keep father at home.”
And then womanlike, she fell to hugging
them and crying over them—just then
John came back, and took them alto
gether in his strong arms.
It was one of the supreme moments of
life which whether of joy or grief, picture
themselves,clearly, to our mind and need
no description.
Ash Thornycroft walked with a firm
tread. He turned aside when he came to
the church, with the old burying ground
in the rear, full of grass grown mounds.
He wont in there, and knelt beside a grave
on whose -headstone the name of Con
stance Ireton gleamed white and clear in
the bright moonlight.
“Oh, my darling, my darling!” he
cried, with his lips pressed to the sod.
f If the dead could hear, that still heart
ocncath should have throbbed again to
the accents of such love. Many a night
had he talked to her there, as now, with
a strange sense of nearness—a full belief
in the communion of their souls.
“ You are not here, I know, and yet 1
know you hear me. I am going away
to-morrow, God's soldier and yours. —
Give me your blessing, Constance, and
pray for me, you who have already seen,
the Father’s face, that I may do my work
without faltering, and the end may soon
come.”
It was but a dream of his own over
wrought fancy; but he seemed to see a
cloud draw near, from which a face
looked—a white sweet face, sad with
waiting, yet glorfied with immortal hojfe.
And he seemed to hear a voice, which
said:
“Go forthj my. beloved, and do your
work. Soon will the straggle be over,
and the reward is long and sure.”
For an instant he seamed to see the
I smile upon, her face, the look of faith*
| ful love in immortal eyes. Then, when he
| stretched out his hand toward it, the
cloud seemed to melt into the white nvuon
• light; not even ah: icho of the voice
thrilled the September air—he was alone
[ with the night. I
He went away next day to join his
| regiment—one which had already seen
i hard service. “
. There was in him the true pettle of the
j true soldier. His day might be short—he
i would be busy while it lasted. Besides, 1
J think lie liked his grim work. He was
| always to be found among the volunteers
for any desperate service. In many a
fierce charge he led the van, with his
bright, fair hair glittering goldenly in the
sunlight, and a blue glist in his eyes. He
was never wounded. Nothing happened
to disable him from his duty. He; had re
fused well-earned promotion, and once.
when a true comrade, who marched
always at his side, bad asked him the
reason why, he sadly answered: “ Because
shall bo here such a little while.”
“ I thought you volunteered for three
years. I had heard that you bad came
in the place of a nine months’ man, but
that you chose to enlist fur a longer time
and join an old regiment.”
There was no answer to the inquiring
tone which made a question of his re-
marks. and Stephen Chase, who under-
stood his comrade too well to press the
point, was as much puzzled as ever.
He comprehended it all the better the
night before Fredericksburg, 'they sat
together on a stone a little Way from their
tent. For a while they both had been
thinking silently of what the dawning
was to bring.
“It will be a tough fight,” Chase
said at length. “ You may well say so,”
Ash Thornycroft answered. “It is a
terrible responsibility to assume, that of
leading men Jo such certain destruction ;
and yet, if we can but win the victory !
There is hardly a man but would be wil
ling to sell his life .for that. It is the
only regret I have in going in,' that I
shall never know which side conquers.”
“Nonsense, man; don’t get blue after
seeing so much blood spilt as you have,
and coming out of so many hard bouts
scarless."
“It was not my time, hitherto. It is
now. 1 shall go into the fight niore joy
fully than ever tired children went home.
I have only one wish. If you pull
through alive, take care of my body. I
wa o t to be buried at home, beside a grave
that was made last March, in the West
ville churchyard. You, must send me to
my father—David Thornycroft, Westville.
Connecticut. Here it i«, written down for
you. Papers that I left at home, explain
ing my wishes, will be sufficient for the
rest."
His manner carried e.inVictiori of bis
own faith in his forewarning, bnt Stephen
Chase tried to shake it oft’.
“ I never knew a presentiment; to come
true in my life,” he paid sturdily. “You
will talk over the battle-field twenty- four
hours trom; ndW.” '
Thornycroft only smiled, as he said:
•• Do you promise what i asked, Stephen*
Will you send my body to my father, if it
is within your power to protect it?”
“ Yes; for your satisfiaction, ! promise.
1 shall not bid you good-bye, though.”
They were toiling up the bill, that fatal 1
afternoon of the next day, side by side,
when suddenly Thornycroft looked round
with kindling eyes to. his comrade. He
stretched out his hand with a smile which
the other will never forget if he lives till
his hair is white.
Mr.
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“Goodrbye, Stephen!”
The instant he fell heavily. A rebel
shot had given him his mortal wound.
With exertions which would Seem hai
incredible if I would relate them, Stephen
Chase succeeded in getting him off the
Held. He was not dead, and a hope
still lurked in bis comrade’s heart that be
might yet live to tell at borne the story of
the war. He did not speak or move, but
faithful Stephen could feel the faint beat
ing of hisheart.
He did hot die till the troops had gone
back across the Rappahannock. ; He be
longed to a division which went into the
fight six thousand strung and went back
at night with only fifteen hundred. He .
lay there with the wounded round him
the thin ranks out of which "so many
brave feet had marched forever. Just at
dawning,. he looked up, and met his
friends’ eyes. He faltered, feebly:
“ A defeat, Stephen, I lived to know
victims not conquerors.”
Then his face brightened witba strange
radiance and he whispered so softly, that
his friend could scarcely catch,the words—
whispered as to some invisible auditor:
“Yes, my darling, yes.”
The neat instant the faint heart-beat
under Stephen Chase's hand was still.
They have buried him since then,
beside the grave where ihe knelt in the
moonlight the night before be went away.
Only a foot of earth between the two who
loved ejacb other so dearly. Is there so
much'?; Surely our dreams of the future is
not in van. Surely somewhere in the
hsaven which is i anchored off this world,’
where sickness and sorrow never come,
and there are neither ware nor rumors of
ware; somewhere. in that still land _of
Peace they are tasting the cup of joy
which earth denied them.
John Morgan, and John; Morgan’s
wife and children, will speak the name of
Ashy Thornycroft all their Jives with such
reverent tenderness as befits -the memoiy
of one who is enshrined in their hearts
as saint and as deliverer. We. know not
for what good end he and those who fill,
with hini fatd'down their Uvra-nG-bd grant
that we may know hereafter—that ,the
eeed sown in tears we may reap with
■ exceeding great joy.’ . - i ; . ■
EDITOBS AND
A WIFE.
Mr. Dimlight,
has prayed every day that his wife would
tumble down stairs and break her neck,
or else die, like a Christian, in her bed.
The simple reason for this is, that Mrs.
Dimlight was fond of complaining, taking
medicines, and having protracted interviews
with, the doctor, alt of which required
money, and money Mr. Dimlight hate* to
part with.
In fact, he had much rather- part with
Mrs. Dimlight; but that lady manifested
no intention of leaving this pleasant
world and taken np her abode in an un
certain sphere. Neither didsbe eaytbat
she could live, leaving her lord i» an un
certain state, and her physician ia a per
plexed condition. The doctor said she
wanted rousing, and Mr. Dimiigbt tbought
that he would do somethißg to start her,
and get her out of bed.
He hit upon a plan which he thought
would operate in a satisfactory manner.
Mrs. Roundwink acted in the capacity
of nurse to Mrs. Dimlight. - Mrs. Bound
wink is a widow, very pretty and very
coquettish. For a handsome present she
resolved to enact the part, that I)untight
marked out for her; so one evening when
Mrs. Dimlight was groaning, and threat
ening to die, Dimlight called in the
widow. ~
“ She is going to kick the bucket at
last,” said the husband, “so you and I
may as well fix things so that we start
fair.” v
Mrs. Dimlight turned her head and
stopped moaning. Her eyes began to as
sume an unnatural brilliancy. The par
ties in the room to.>k no notice id 1 her.
“ Yes,” said Mrs. Roundwink, “ she is
going at last. 1 Now we can talk over bur
own afiairs.”
Mrs. Dimlight raised her fonn in bed,
and sat bolt upright. She listened atten
tively, and her eyes grew brighter.
“ How soon shall we be married after
she is dead?” asked Dimlight, passing
his arms around the substantial waist of
widow Roundwink.
“ I suppose you will be wilting to wait
a week or two 1” simpered Mrs. Round
wink, lovingly.
Mrs. Dimlight uttered an exclamation
which sounded profane, and giving one
spring, landed on the floor. . . '
“ You think I’m going to die, do you V
she yelled. I’ll see you hanged first!
I’ll live to spite you —yes, I will! Now
out of my bouse! (turning to Mrs. Round
wink.,) for you. don’t stay here another
minute! 1 can act as my own nurse, yon
good for nothing huzzy !” v
And from that day there was rapid Im
provement in Mrs. Dimlight’• health.—
She no longer; tolerated nurses, butane can
imagine what kind of a life poor Dimlight
leads.
His version of the love making scene is
not believed by the restored Mrs Dimlight.
The Beauty of * Blcbh.—Goethe
was in company with avmotber andher
daughter, when-the latter being reproved
for some fault blushed and bunt into
tears. He said:
“How beautifol your reproach has
made your daughter. The crimson hue,
and those silvery tears, become her belter
than any ornament of gold by pearls.-
There may lie hue on the neck oi any
woman ; but those are never seen 'discon
nected with moral purity. A full Mown
rose besprinkled with the purest dew, is
not so beautiful as this chikl,Ulushing
beneath her parent’s displeasure, , and
shedding tears of sorrow at her feait. A
blush is the sign which, nature haags out
to show where chastity, and honor, dwell.”
(9* A former, more celebrated for his
fine stock than a good education, wroteto
the secretary of an agricultural society in
regard to entering his animals-for the
premiums offered, and added as a poet
script asfoUows:
“ Also enter me for the best jackass. I
am sure of taking a ;
C)r A Lady was once she
could not' understand why a gentleman
could smoke. “It certainly sbbrfons
their lives,” said she. “if didnH kifow
that,” exclaimod a gentleman:' ’ “ tliere’s
ray fether who smokes every * Messed day,
and he’s nowseventy yearioW.” “WeH,”
was the reply, “if he had never smoked
ho might have been eighty.” * '
03T When you go to kiss—first grasp
with haste around the waist, and ting
her tight to thee ; and then she’Hsay "!)©
go way—do, won’t you let, pss |a?“—
Then, 0, what hjiss! but neve| miseao
good a chance as that; theft make a dash,
as quick as flash, and—Geotgie bold' my
hat.
When Jack visited Venpont,
where they have pie for breakfast, he was
irreverent enough to remark that thepeo*
pie of “Greco Mouplaiu Stale.” w«e
“ some” for catty ,
crStuKton hwre thn* «gp Write ay,
p»tron»«fe «od port-fe.
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