The Democratic Watchman.
ELLEFONT E, , PA
THE FORTUNE IN THE DAISY
Of what are yondrennung,lnv preity maid,
With you! feet in the sunny], clover
Ah I you nerd not hang your onolent hood—
I know about your lover.
I know by tiro blumbee on vow cheek.
Though you Olive to ludo the token.
oind I know 1,14.1111 , 44. you will trot ..peak
The thought that ift4un•Tokun
Yon are counting the petals nun by IMO,
Of your dainty, dewy ponten ,
To find from your number, when 'ti.+ done
The secret It *Tholes.
Yon would yr e if he cornea with gold and land
The lover that 19 to WOO you,
tr only bring 9 1119 heart in 1119 had.
Far your heart and your hand tri Mile ysu
Beware, beware what ym, say an I .10,
Fair maid, vial. voile feet in the e 1.., er
For the poore.4 1111111 thud rumen to NM/
May be the rttlltott Inver
, inee not PIM% 111141 l l tll, 1 A
Can you roekon
1P tm only la roll in 101111111,1 d
•
Moly offer the ifilialotit treivoire
111 I there 111,1. r ens paver in gem. aim.,
TO httlll it Ira. 11,1111 'telling,
Nor rtri•nglh enough iii nyparllnd ziin"
ro hold u he., 1 Nom 1.1 eink log
Hien he not elniglA by Hie •limn 3 . 1 Kl3r4
ti! %,orl,llv,wonlilt and nplen,l, •
Rut .peak 111111 nl.
IV h 0.1• 11,1 I I. II 111• 111141 lo.llller
%gm hitiv 9oul your 1,1 u. 1..11
yon ualk thrcuigh itfe
kind woo° nimplo• rll.ll. g.,11
, With 11 gll4l !al 111.,.• [llan gm. illy
..
I.llllilith lute I.of VOll 01 , 111
11n• ..rtiv 11:
And rl.l no, t•r wt.. 11 1 1 1 1..11
rich, lInHI r tliau '
-0,. rlarid lbonth4i,
A NICE MAN
A few days since, sifting in the pre
,enee ul ...Mill' I:nlle , i,.we
diem repel an atinek upon a gentle
die following i4npliatic de
claration •
Ile us a Hire man."'
A nice wan? Idet,ll
He or it itt..,iittrve front jrndiee. The
officers of the law offer a reword torlits
apprel‘ension. Nit lie is a nice 111/111
Ili. chime is not of that petty nature
which renders now contemptible and
ivises all to lord( With scorn upon his
acts. Ills 1.1 a greater emir to o
niore tear-lid. Its lout. 'too
ling. Its effects will tell upon society
ages alit,' the actors hate slept the
sleep if death
Ile is II ate, man! • -
Ills) erinie consists roily in (he rain
of yin tatio,(al gilt. 11111, One year ago
she was pure and lovely. tier tamale
nonce Ire:lined Willi but she
mail__llle_aeipuirWaotie of
_t li
young man, alio breathed words of
lowg in her ears, imp:inled hot kisses
''upon her burning cheek, which hire
the rpdili g lues II la 1111141...+1 411101 hits
imparts to (raiding nous, nee Ilas
wanner was fit4citinting She (0,,
1 6 whispered . "he Is it nice wan "- In
her sleeping moments the tom id a
loved one anti Lrh,re her and her
•dreanis were disturbed by that stone
involuntary exclamation .
" ir a rare nuua "
Ile had gained her conlidenee. Itut
for %that porpti , e Ile bad ttori her
love. Itill 1111 11 base design Not to
reciprocate. Not that he might, liv
holy alliance, gain the right to he
roine her natural protector and give
her a noble object 111 , 4,11 tale)! In lie
sines hen pure love, and tionndi her
with a stall, upon which she might
lean when the perpleNities, ram, and
trials incident to the titer harrowing
life of woman should cause her to sigh
tor scone worthy person in w born she
might c.f.i.., and upon whew he
Could Ina ash the lundne-s and tender
lie!+S it till 11111.1111.1% e nature
//r r.r 11 to, man
It matters not, that why') she had
learned to tote, loot biting, thy
confided nl his honor, that 11 Ile
gal to spread the snare N , lilt 11 has
proven the ruin of so
wlnch has spread the pill ',it ligoliN
over so rtianv once Joyous hearts, which
has rendered so many Lollies desolate
and cawed whole 111/111+1 . )1111 , 14 I 4: ' ,1111/I/1 - 11
for one who le 'oat. One who I livid;;yet dead. One, who though ear to
them, 114 an outcast upon sort : hay
ing gone to swell the wilks Id, those
whore bread Is the price a shan't', and
whose paths lead downlo hell I ,
She hetened to he , word. of love iitol
thct• He'll a thrill 10 joN to lirt'vrr} sold
She watched the
til fore, little drenlooe, , . IIIIme1 . 11:
Nil(' %%ll, ' lhnt it NY:1141111
1111( . 01 b) an unholy .le.iin in, gratify
If lievurtial pa,tolon. of II ill' • Qi, WO UT ,•,
and slit l.elie,ed iii liis lin h, awl .he
laid to her soul a Ihillering ti 4 Mn., (ii..l
more lr% enil than biligii,,l.l.4,llbl 1 . %
press, her, ee.t res ealt .1 the 'thought
that Willi it pperiiiiit in het iii)iid, and
had idle go ea vent 111 nutdr, there
!night have been Itcard that tutu! men.
tense,
" Ile is a a ir•e ii ( 4o..'
That moment file %vol.+ pate. She
bad ladievel in tllrstrength ar her viill
to rt,itA itvinplaiida and pre , rn e that
beiLutir: casket, woman'd s role, dint
itione,r piers her I I
lovely appre
cinti4 tit frailty when • elle: vated by
'MY ' S 1 . 1101111.111 . 1' n. utnn's
lalrilk, la.re;p`.l to Ili, -111.,•i
sti culgt It 0 man ' s wall , ell,airagvil all!
etilorceil 'V tt passion base, %% hick
CallSeS bin, to sacrifice an% 'foil! for the
gratitlCtilion of a carnal
" lfe is a air@young man ."'
-These words revolved in her mind, a
sort of—delitinni mereanic her. She
buried her face in, her bands to Aut
out the light of the world. as if to con
teal hunprosepoo trout
was ruined.
" Ile is rt trice young man I"
Then he forsook her .he left her alone
to bear her shame, and she is now the
object of scorn and contempt. In her
solitude she no longer receives the sym •
pithy of women, for they are the first
to condemn, and while she no longer
reposes confidence in man's integrity,
and has learned with sorrow the (ear•
ful cost of believicg in his honor, her
sorrow is mocked by the the htn,lationfi
be receives, and turn where 'the will,
she bears from her sisters the exclama
tion :
" 1k is a 11 ke young man 1"
Ilia Vietit'll !nay go down the fearful
path that leads from happiness to
shame, from bliss to ruin i a path trod
with rapidity increasing velocity as the
Calryss is approached, until all power to
• rewire the victim is lost, and she is
eatigl4 in Ilie'rit.pids of public prosti
tution, carried over the precipice of
inebration, her wierd furor presenting
a fearftl contrast with its former beauty
as it is caught in the ever eddying
maelstrom of debauchery, until SIIV
sinks from sight, a not herlost one added
to the lost victims of the base designs
of those of whom others are
"Heis a ales young n u n !".
And though his touch is more poison
onti.thtn the luting of the most venom
our; reptile, though his presence is but
' thewmonition of approaching ruin,
AtielOCll/
ilOll ante 111111 is to write all
tflo,suntold mpertes which are incident
to ttip_lifm of shame, led by a Wolll}lll Of
the town, though it is stile to tuale lift
unendif t rable making his tictinnr
ashamed to hve and nlrsirl lo tiler still
causing limn to rover death, vainly
hoping that it will buy surewn-e Of air
sow, illy) mine turn to their homes,
they clasp him to their ho 0111 w, I r,,-
list, ii itii i . iiiiiiiiii— In his l iiiv iips a s
hr !wore -sirs admiration, HMI I.V'eparl•
the sear Ihern , elvvs 01 beenme MS iii'
UllO - by repeating the %%rink.
Ile 18 II Mel 11 , 011.1 111411
11,111 r-din's Chia, Ilti h
THE WOMAN AND THE CROW
Al IL certain 014 , I II j ni the Sint,
Alabama Mnol n ~.111n11 grocer% (4*
hisky-slip, pre, MIN to the rehttlltott,
here " hues head.' and " eh:un-:1011
wag wf re dealt oat to the lhuntV un
windied, at I i Is a di Ink m" twenty
cents it quart. 'l•he presiihng
this delectalile iniwilution was uue BLit
Sikes, who, among variiitig other ptitb,
had a domesticated crow, black as the
are of blanks Thim crow bad learned,
among other things, to repeat quite
plainly the words "damn you!" which
he of coarse heard treipiently
the grocery Ihiriag the prevalence of
a knock dun a 111.111rng out tight QMe
day, how ti%er, the crow won frightened
Irani home, and flew off Into Ili tvnudu
nctrrto return
About 11111.4. 11111 from the grrwert•
WM+ n t.ettleinetit meeting bounc --an
old 11111114 dots 11, dilapidated a Ilair, on
Iv ‘t 1101 11
•• circuit ride," happen( d that way In
to this building cunt the (Tim, taking
peltelible Isetriession; and t,,0 days
thereafter ihechurch 5%11 , 1 thrtim is open
lit 17r - KFliltli, a a - large crow a
sernbled, among which ' a lery obi
1101 y who was compelled lo use crutch
es in walking, ‘‘lio took her ,eat in the
"front ipels" 111141 was
sorbed in the of the preacher
Hie reverend gentleman 'Hill scarcely
got tooter tell . 111141 r mimetic
ed Outwit:Ping hie anatlicinini tit all,
grades of sinners, %%lien a bonne, crick
log %OW(' from above, tittered these
ominous ‘iords
" Dunn y.at
The.proOdier and congregation look
ed aglia.t at such FM:lfmk, 111141 curb
peered 1100 his 111.1111/11 . 11I'SIII
to detect borne /41,411 H eel .....glllll. QIIICI
was at length restored, however, 1111141
111C.C11114/11 nt length proceeded. but
ere tell 111111111e,‘ had elmen`d Lice 0111111
011 H "411111114 yl/11 1.. 11g/1111 VlColl'lflell the
Illltilellee, /11111 j 1 1 ,4 ns •I he preacher
cast 111 H 4.% CH upward to search- for tIIC
4101114111C111, the (lOW Ile% down from
him perch, and lightning 011 the Ihble,
calmly curveted the terrified crowd,
and gave aimther doleful croak .
"linu you
'lke Olen t was electrical. 111% mg
one startled and terrified glance lit the
intruder, ilie preacher spraint through
It WlllllO NV, Carrying cash, glass and all
with him, and set till al a break neck
pace through the woode, closely 10111101
ed by lin , horror stricken congregation,
who had piled out of the kidding yell
melt Ayr loin. In the general scram
ble the 4.1.1 lady wide LIICCIIIICII4, LINA
been kn./eked 410%111 in the church,
where she Inv, unable to nee, and 1111
observirig her, the crow t relic, %NHS utter
something to eat) flew flown he,nie her,
111141 elletelllg 1111 111. CNC at leer eery
knowunglv . croaked out .
• '' ' , lt !..
The old did, e% rvl low kzi‘ngelv lul
Il lea' monti on-. and Chi n no ill
in a Imo. ol or:. Wince ,
" 1 I 41:1111 Pii, illll l I hall
rl,/111 , ...2 Itl pith getting up this
mi.( ling --and know it,
The poor old atoll hod no.taken the
orovt for the devil, and rottelodell to
propitiate, ifitos•tble, the wiath of lint
Malino! tnn,li•nly by Iletivii,g all earn
plieliy in that allow. The world in 101 l
ot jIlYt nurli IWITIP.
_A goo d µCory it Odd of n certain
prominent railroad gentleman of flit•
adelphia, tvlro In equally reima hell for
to alike and taken joke. A
railroad employee ishoke hone , to to
Avon, cattle on Saturday night to ask
tor a pass to ‘iktt
"Yon are ill the employ 01 the rail
road ?'• I nrin !red thegcntleman,alluded
to.
• , Yn "
" You reertee yroir pat• r4v.olarly ?"
"Yes"
" Well, now, somswe you worked for
a farmer oistead of It reti,rond, would
%on expect )our employer to hitt op
ids tenni every kiatunitty night am ear
ly you 1101110 "
This seemed a poser, Litt it wasn't.
" No, " was the man's prompt reply,
" I would not expect that : hot if the
farmer had hie town all ttii &toil oft, and
was going iwy-wa,y,,,L , .14 ,,, h 1
darty ratanollBB ir tvuelde't letpie
MM Employee came nut three min
utes afterwards with a 11/IHM good for
twelve months.
—Backward—Thp Spring
No Help for the People.
•
Days into weeks—
Weeks into months—
Months into years I
And what has Grant or his Adminis
trillion done for the i roplo?
Taxation I
The greatest General of tho ago
President of n former Republic—has
been Tor a year—and whose prosperity
has been enhanced by the Administi a
do!) 4 . 7 17ich was to "Let IN helve Peace?
The President IA rielier by present.
The Bondholder in richer by his Un
taxed interest.
The favorite thieves in Alen are rich
er by unqtrititted plunder.
The ptrnituttes who live in the entit
led pockets of loons Congre:-.4inett, tin
richer in dues
The carper bag snoopers at the Spiith
lire richer by their stealings from blocks
and whites
•
But )vleit have the people gained by
I:rittit'4 I ulminiNt ?` r
rtuntion
Allll (hip, run into weckg—weekx into
utontl,--thonth4 into 3 eitr:=, 111 the
country is being run Ili (1(40, n 9 the
11111111 , 11 at ion stridrts •u)tli cur. ,
ti , urpout, th.lioitust , recultitive, tg
norunt, clt.ccit greed-los Jlg.„litvorite
sic ppm tint:, thud-prot,cting, con•tttu
liou th,lro)mg, ,tat,
wordy; tog, hits'l ienkutg,people-rob
lu lAbor-tuxintr, ',hooter -guthcrinc:,
git L.011,111;4, po.terity-en.lny tug potter.
the right, ndtlferrnt to the
future tt,dfnrr of our country I:runt
ho.nlent
Th.. 1:1,111,11,111 pad %
pit•-..nt 1111011 i
1 . 1.1•11114 the Near.
\ll, , 4.11'
\..L the 11)1111..11. wilt, tntl 'to told to
then Ini the country's grout
-11,,h, 1.. 111 . .111,,•11 i“. 1111 -011 ,
Hlllllll4 Li. till' 111111,111 1111'1r labor.
1.1:1111,,111 111141 enteri.ri., Th.. pi",
-tho tanners of
the Wo-t operntivou in milk --the
111, AI, r, Th. , •o
turn me no i T to2r .41 iii tI.. groat
gusto
But the It, tlholdor• tire I 11111 . r The
Pro-olont I- richor. for till hung the
0,x......ti% o m in-,..n nito H "fi !Irv" for
ptoporix —tor intik it% 111.. ittlintit
otration n Intgodthork.ti l ttlltni:: swutille
of the gr u nt (;,i(t-itsul-11111-
nth!, 101 l ts sire richer, for the roctiliont
of their giro% pr.olveted them Jr) lIINV
fluid !Hip 111 u mrlltonc ktnion los
Grunt'. hohlop from the iii•Aple
hay,' mad,• lu. br,,thor-oorm fatter,
but Ow hove u their portion
x
Th.. nsitionni bank 1/Writ!r4 who re
interiz.4 their untaxed bond , : -
inter-v. 4 im their viirreitey untaxed
priditu on ihnir sUIIIIIIn end gold for pa
rr, sire Ihr nr her by ittillion4 upon
t huv will row Helier till we
e 111211 , •rIn cill I .•Irli u. for
absa- 04414,-
~uoir tint niumint to carry on thu tnon
nes, of do. 11.onirt
\Vila Itini (Irani done fur the country?
Nothing I
If IS weir was but au inhuman butchery
of poor men, ul honest men, of patruitx,
to enrich army thieves, speculators, bond
holders and ock-e) ed plunder hunters
gielernilx
111. butcher of troops —his sheen.
denim; of del not restore the
Union Then where did it benefit the
nil 1141 Ihd 11//l 11,W:1 taxation Then
where did it benefit the people? 1/1,1 not
chinilize the hoiden of taxation I Then
where did it protect labor Did not ex
empt thi , se who fought and who were
wounded ! ' ltem where did it benefit,
reward, or l'll4uuni,e putreitisui ' IMI
not give plan, to the nation? Then where
did it elwor bind interests, friendly till
the Republican parts clime into power''
war was /I swindle -his greatness
delusion Ills •11C4 es. in the numeri
cal strength of inns armies, tossed like
bundles of humanity by n rotten adrille
istriition, int , lit rut) on keeping fin in ,
fariniii., plot) iu power lie was Ole
the die:gement, drawn by 1111 111-
reekle•-, hootto , infuriated nation.
ttl tool) o‘er the serf 1101111,1 ,If rh o ,
who wen• bonding their duck. to the
draught, and leasing a hi gae,‘' of debt to
their children, while the children id' tt
uew un.l of nu y wen• to be kedlt in
neat Ili. adminn.tration,
.ueee•+ golds to I:ratit and his misuses
--hot otlieeholder., the bondholders, the
net. • the 111 - 111111IsIrS, t h e101)-
1,1,114 4 , who tell Conp , ,r e-s how the better
1,, rob nod full the cnunity
%till further in debt (hut Government
es pen, g,enl,•t this year then hod
llur 111%11t1“11 is gi eater this year than
lu•t
Olir tro)rt. C.rrupt and open
tbk vent than last
011 r III , •.01114, /In 1,11.1111.4. filen le4S
(lur MI II Wit erilid,.yrwmt thix 'sear
1.! rcll er t, I,.rt •..e% en per yen' than
hi.t
'I kw Si.-n. iitrutegy
rf,i.t to the ['non ere
iitr thi4 iir tbun last, rn far its
their iitineerned
NV lint Im+l7r.iet done for the country ?
Kept faith With ttiii i iipidikrs, but wit
%vitt, Ihr u t... 1 ,1,. •
piiiirtrotliit,i, lint not tho
f.w, hit not the people
Soo oalo ritr I
And wlint liir next
M„re
!I , in• I,l‘uti..il
Mori. D mn relic victorits, Rh tho
plo tire of Grant and lilt fol.
minktrotion —N /)coo,orot
Poor Posterity
Perjury was otiee looked irpon not
only as a ietrible crime iu the sight of
(lid, but an infamous one in the sight
of man. Men may change their mural
code, lousier, but we are not prepared
to beljete that the immutable (kat
juste bin lows or judgments to suit the
changes made by mortals. This being
the cuae , 110 W morally gH114,) , and hope.
leanly impious must the majority of our
Congressmen appear in iris sight I As
radicalism, however, concerns itself
ter). little about divine'rtsrreesz-and /II
fact believes itvelf sufficiently potent to
overrule them 11 , H in the case ofmaking
thenegro the equal to the white man
looks upon things through sim
ply sensual optics, doubtless their vio•
hktionstokhe moral law are not mat.
tors of so much inomenti,ds honest peo
ple once belioed them to be. There
fore we-bear daily of representakives
and Senators,coifessjitg to havingicom
mated perjury with as little compunc
lion of comicietice \ta' it,:were a very
trivial and insiknitreant tiling. Bing
ioni a number ofrothers in the,
!louse demonstrated thatjthe conditions
applied to asheasion were
clearly unconetlfattune . , so did Stew
art, NVllley and others in the Senate,
yet, though each and all of them hail
taken a solemn oath to uphold and
support the constitution, they deliber
ately and (-pony voted for the bill.
'fliey bee admitted since that the act
WllB 111 violation of the constitution, and
vet in „ the came of Mississippi and the
admission of Al ississi 'milli Senator, they ,
repeated their crime and added one
confessed perjury to another. A poet
has said ;
evgr stielot close to the rib , . of horror,
t;teiti niewrire iteter count inch] oriel it,
It lenitorloone itchy or other In then !Mines
_Which their posterity feels at every weather.”
11 the .vords of the poet pre lute fiord
knotty and cumbrous must. be the
"honorable - tilts and how unsound the
great men of this decade? And if their
postern% must feel the Itches for every
shame their tat hers commit, what rho]
111111 lo names pill burden congressional
liens for generatitme Int entity? II thus
carte Oh lint% ever, the natural
MIS. of Our Illodel statesmen might let
their lit Ling names annoy and Iret pos
tenth to desperation, but will there not
he -wile at long lashes in the other
ain Id ahi le ILtin indortunate progem
are n 1111 iii,[ i ;der the legacies their
labels lett them here ?--Sunday Tele
HANDS
It 1,0,141. MI)
null and .lobe,
'mil)litlg !wool litl ilt of gold.
111.1(ttlig
I lint this l o soon grox .4 cold
Ilu•v nand. 111,11 eellYell.44 11111,
I , lllllg Ile er
inklug 'lot 110 II
11 nll a 1111'0' Ciailltlll,l4
II vary hands. that trembling droop
ielv to hr tigetiek,
I . ll '' !be mwank Is 3.1 !moil sloip
%% HI, a prayer for ruse frOlil pant
(Iniet lunk, tlno e.dinly hb
I , ,dded m n lengthened re.t,
lung not the Il.nitro Hurt Ily
Lie the run •Ittk% tit the we4t.
Idle hand., ye feebly hold
talk eft I•ltirt , In pinlminew fair!
lle.y baud., y ”eurt h ftill bold
111 work rouym•red illll . B bur
Qllll.l 111111 d., a rare revong ,
Chain% )4. With 11141,..rteet npell , 4
)11• 11.11 t• 10111 . 11e11 a 111011.11.1 flues
011 re bough+ to grasp an well
Dead or Alive
I .Vit et, q`l: - ..r Gov. Kiity, uf.171,01, Is
land, Pies —Right Days Dead and
the Rod!, Warm, Face Full,
bushed and Lip* Red,
STON Its(ALS, Cann. Feb. 19.—For the
l us t. kw days this village, as well as
the neighboring towns of Westerly and
Charlestown, in Rhode txlsind, have
been tlie scenes of inueli excitement,,
caused by various rumors us to the
condition of a young lady in the hit
ter place, who, it was reported had
been ui n state ot trance for nearly it
week. Others de.ined this, asserting
tl at. sill.- wits lend. Yesterday alter
noo n taw' el/1 rempowle Tit, In company
vv ills Itr (leurge 1) Stanton, of Stott
ington, visited Charleston, it small
inannfitcturing village, and filet with
so difficulty ni finding a low weather
beaten house, the residence ol Mts.
Josiah King, the oulig lady's mother,
Iron whom we leartied the following
facts :
M s Susie A. King, her daughter,
aac about twenty three years of age
and ()thine personal appearance. About
two weeks ago she was taken plick with
inane affeetion of the throat, by which
she was confined to her bed for several
ila)a, when she was supposed to be Coll
ValeSCeill, and allowed one day to come
down Stairs. That night, however, she
grew worse, eolllpial II pig of severe
p.iinif m her hands and feet, and con
UM ell to grow worse till the next day,
when she lapsed into an unconscious
state, in which she remained until her
death, Friday, the 1 lth, at half past
seven A. It. Tile usual preparations
for the grave wore
_made; the body laid
in the coffin, and Runday tbe funeral
services were held While the friends
were taking the last look at the body a
phy molito present thought. he observed
signs Or Itte
The body wits remove! from the euf
Ili., and, being plat eil in blankets, fire
tion anti artificial respiration was re
sorted to without effect. Thu next tl.tv
the gal k alile battery wata Used, btu also
without avail. After hearing the above
particulars we were milted to stew the
which lay Ili tt cullin OR the to
We, Mete it has remaineff 'mace Sun
day, this being the eighth day since
death was supposed to have taken
place.
The body presented the appearance
of a per•ton iti full health and .sound
sleep. The fare was hill and round ;
the cheeks flushed 'and the tips red ;
the eyes unsiiiiketi, with no outward
signs of Tenth. There wait a total ab
sense of niiisealar rigs lily, and Weilnes
slay, after ly tag six days in this en!, li
tion, the lily w,us pereepttly warns to
the touch. The physician 'Hewnt
applied the stetheseope, but could tie
kali° pis's:llion of the heart, while the
application 01 mate]] to the
skis pmaueed no blister tilled with
serum, which is sail to be invariably
the case whet 111 e ispreheat.
Many pli)eiriatis from the surronatt.
eountry have heels to wallow
wonderliii tilietionietion, though ilisa
greoing its their ornsoltasiotis, some be
heving Miss Km; to be in a stale of
trance ; others (hint( - lier,ttead, anti at
tribute the pre'servation of the carp e
to arse sin, whinti it is titaisible sic hail
been. accustomed to take for her eonm
election, a habit practiced by many
young Jultes, That Alms K. had this
habit,
hiss veer, the fatuity ileay.
The lather of the young lady was
Josiah Ring, brother of ex•flovernor
IClng, oh . node Island, who, it may be
remembered, occupied the gubernato
rial chair during the "'Dorr War" in
1841 ;1 Much sympathy is felt forlhe
faintly, and' 80111 C Wen of the public
lic
feeling manife sted in the ease ,may
inferred from the faot that during the
pas t overtrigo people hers g,
ht
the house to see and hear for thein
selYes.—Bostna Poet.
Gen. McClellan
iNcitwithstanding' Gen.
has withdrawn himself 'tom the public
gate as much as possible, there is no
doubt that lie is one the most pope
lar men in the Vnited States: - The
other evening he attended a reception
at the White llonse in, Washington in
company with his wife, and they were
the "observed ofall ofobservers," cotT
plefely taking away the rowel from
the President and Mrs. 0 R %NT . An
eye witness describes the scene as fol
lows
WAsairanoN, Feb. 22.
Mrs. Grant held another of her after
noon receptions to day from 2 to 4
o'clock. It was by far the largest and
most brilliant of any given hum far this
season. It was also in a way lughly
sensational ; for, instead of one, the
pillihr really attended two receptions,
of which the more unexpected wits per
helps the more welcome and significant.
lieewral 1111. i Mrs. McClellan held Ibis
Inner, and that not only within the
halls oldie Presidential mansion, but
un the lanamm Blue Itoom ußell, with
Mrs. Grant and it gorgiiiiiish attired
retinue standing n mule and a unesses
of the scene Iron beginning to end
It happened illlhia4vise. The revel,
troll was at Om liciglvt. 'file it hole siiit
of gorgeously limilished rooms was
crowded with people. The living tide
was surging and tossing it ith
res.tlessiiess t liroligh the ehnontnln mark
(NI outby the four rooms and the long
corridor, throuji oven on orelPion of
cerxinony like this for the last score of
vearm or more. Many had come and
Lowed at the shrine of Prosidential
greatness, nodded promiscuous grfet ingm
among the crowd, and stincorav
through the long tiles of inconNtiil
hail gone.
()tilers u ere left, however, to fill their
places. Mr. the President hail come in
Irate from attending a fashionable' wed
ding and Wllll. at his pay' by the Ride
of Mrs. the President. The countless
Dolts were tibmilitous—a power hence
happy. The aanir was culminating.
A carriage drawn by two white
horses drove tip to the door. From u
descqaded a pale, delicate Imikiag atm
man, leaning On the HMIIOI4 1i11114114011110
military looking nine. slowly
entered Ilie °tiler door and plc.-NI into
Somehow a passage opened fur them,
where others f,mtol only nn impassible
bsrrier. People looked, and those in
front whispered lourridely to those he
bind. The moment they had passed,
the open space lined op a• it by magic,
and there was it I iolent puslong w the
front
In It Ii lIP While they had pamked
through the erowd and Here exalting.
Ing salutationm with the Premdennal
party.
TIII.II begun n scene, one lom! to be
remembered ; the present incumbents
of the NVllite Ilitisu will never forget
I'roldi• forgot them, or it they ‘lid re
member them, they didn't care to show
it. Some one raid "There in the mail
who ought to hare been Prenident,"
and the eentitnent spread like wild
fire.
In less time than it takes to tell it,
the scene of the receptinn had changed
places. (;encral and Mrs. McCl e ll an
were for the time being Pre.nlent ar.d
his wile and lieneral and Nlrs tirant
"outsiders" nobody.
The real President grinned and grim
aced, and, as it is his habit when in
social troubles plucked utters beard. It
was comical to watch the look olefin
grin arid annoyance on his f.u.e, as he
in turn watched the meene at his elbow;
but what could be do?
The ,ItIlail()T1 wall desperate beyond
hope, aria until him unwitting rilal bad
quilted the field of his triumph, he
Hutu.' there in blank despair. !teller
(mine at hilt, however; hut not until the
reception hail vonie to no vil.
An General McClellan quitted the
room, thoroughly worn out with the
terrible hand shaking he had under
gone, Mrn. Secretary Fish came in—
the moat magnificently dre,sed wo man
who has trod the White I louse floor for
ten 3 ears
!Art. in ( ;Elul tar.—You enter a
t i erina it house, o 'illicit knocking,
through a door o hich rings a hell, and
tlins1(1111(111,1(.1,1 the ingress or egress of
smite one. At the loot of the staircase
you lied a bell handle, by tinging at
wlrteili,you call a set vant oho conducts
von io a pallor or redelition ro.a u on
the next floor, which you enter by
knocks. Yon will find the parlor 'mil
the best rooms in the liote‘e adorned
with beatititill pictures oti the walls,
and elegant lace curtains at the will
dines, but probably witliont ally carpet.
'l ht. dolor, however, is ten , elated with
beautiful patterns it Various colors,
and %arid .11(.4, or at leffttst it in scoured
till it is as white ti tit • dm en snow.
The amount of fine oh e linen which
a Li erthan lauttae keeper Imo, and which
sh e is not teltictittit to saiv her guests,
14 W/111(111 4 . The. Germans in this
country, and in much cities an Gatlin
gyn, keep early hours, brenklasting at
' , eight or earlier, doting, at two, and usu.
ally going to kttyd, its early no ton. We
attended a egneert of most delightful
music, but it began at five o'clock in
the afternoon and closed at seven in
•the evening. in short, the childlike
virtues of oimplieity, candor, itaturtil.
test grid Itearunci.e which have almost
died out in inspiotialile American so
(defy,. still exist in Gertnitay in nil
their primitive perreetion.-7,hrtterfrom
Professor 'lller qf tAmherst C o li cue .
Forward—The harkeys.
All Sorts of Paragraphs
THE latest name for drunkenne•
alcoholic sprightliness."
Tux bachelor's refrain is a lass I
of tho maiden, al, men I
A poop mote for hotel servants
" learn to labor and to welt "
Fr is the tribe of Jesse that has
trol of things nt Washington,
WHAT should a clergyman
about 7 About ilfteen minutes.
MANUA LOA in the Sendwieh Ll
issenoking. So is Orrint.
A MAN Who owes. for 1,114108 CH
y that his solo is his own.
IF you nro ambitious lu bo a
abused 'nun, run for a flit offi c e
TH v. number of loge! votes in AI
is 200., Noblo two hundred
Lovry.muy bo considered defer,
when it is nil on one side.
N R promise your family pl
elan n legacy. Such n step is very.
prudent.
Tii it bilk or, the Gas ClionpanieA
now styled " thy• Charge hr the 1.
Brigade."
F you want to have a hwaaliful sl
veth iarrted gratis, kick sonic 6
(log
I'nr: C,niT INsionOt of Aptrii•oiii,
id to be ill 11i , , complaint
n bucolic on(
A I,A 1/1 . in hiric wh niniirns
plevfentli husband i 4 mix ions loom)
(I‘,Loil
YO(' geflth`liloll who lin , ht , i in
by Ow "runt of th, rriod •' un• st
switch tvnders
'onnectit til l 1•1 t or)
to Hit.l-I,‘ It ul,jc4ta to ht•ttut t \
into n cot k-fit
Tiir , Itovitilikerg are In
node vlill'inge They manufacture
rklit —and Inity
" I n FP from the effects of
the ivny they totl ii
irl•IliC11 4 in Clii•yorw.
Ahl thitAcirr. is said to be a dr
If this Is 110, It mint be one oh the d
that IY good for IL cull
\V ASH IN(i-toN belks attend4,l
ti..l I.lle flight This is impro%
Lime with it ‘'etigeittice.
A. Se WWI-W.ll' je,t OW!
doe. , not wake a summer, but n i r,
pin uften makes a spring •
\V II EN 111 thesa lays of "
blur" vri• n Indy s
h a rd to tell ii6tch ii "switih '
A MX) is i oi ger in Om morning
t night. beenne titkiin in nt
and let out in the morning
TH K inhabitants of Idiwretic,,
511 n, •ay that u "j11111111,411111,"eiur
dint wuuld pay well in that
A HEW diwoni called "r ml
*eats," bag broken nut nr the Ala!
Legislattirn, which 18 falai to man
groes.
A 1 A NTALItI NO Old fellow inN
Mlle has left six widows $5,000 up
upon conditions that they shall n
merry
mINIsTICK at a dopation purl
ceived II n gilt, two pink of •kni
lint failM to Feo the erenni,
joke
111. n wine wpm put into new In
bunt. them, old wine 1,11
to )oung n n •n lends th••in 04,0 n 10 ,
IT is A lino thing to hunt n Kr
beer but when he turns round Itlld II
you eireiiiiirtunees are oilfired ihei id,
Tut; Chung° Tunes may that oi
tho-o who wept over the potho ,
Dick in-on'i lecture, Wll4-- M lii
A BANK Kt r returned Hi hi,
nine children The creditur•
inagiiiiiiiinoicdy and !Mowed hint t
them
K I'SK 11 to hear the phra,e "
to the halls of the Monte/malts,
now Wf. have " Bevels " in the lu
Con. res.;
n r (lour denies tin
hat (hanged his mind on the
question When did he hunt any
to change 7
\VI n V. is peddled ou the NI 14.1111r1
roads at thirtA, tents n bottle--tw
live cents for the bottle and lite
fir the wine.
A CALI F ORS I A reporter Aron',
the only noticeable movement m
egate (luring the week; the lA,
clown of it barn
TII A tr'K KItA KY cult( journali-t
Co-pontoon of tho 1;004,4po
Straighten yoti rsel yes, gontlemen ,
portitiom " In good
llAkio lisik" balls lift!
out to Ohio Thu invtinUoni m ,
tod on brown }wrier, Anil
wears lii, or her old c10th... ,
A. LITICKAIII thief 111 CHI( IlOttll
!Wilt to J ill for 51..4111114 n 0)1'y 4..4
StoWe'r, book This meitrecly
dignity of petty ItIrCOIIY.
" Hit: I " ejaculated It tipsy bu
n', he mturnbled up stairs. "Jiwet,
sworn(' his will., cornirlihinn; the
two as he full on the hooting
New York rejoiee4 in n "
A nie . riciin sword-swallower and
eater." lids ordinary dirt iv hu•h
from a macadamized road
A MAN in Illinok eared n or t
by banging with a rope
say that a rope properly adju , ded
relied on for that purpose.
MelsoDy'm remain% hevo not
,Iltterterred. Thuy arc to
moved at home future thou to
tosith Why hot puma Idol to
pollee? ,
TIMM aro fuw sights moru pa
nod autumn than to eau poor,
ow; young man, full of Christino
tudo, struggling to grow a motritai
Two iiaviumali dortmi mnkin
rangemonto fur a duel agrued' tha
one who hurt tin) other, rhould
him for nothing. Nothing liku
trade in the family.
IN %machos Ate, i•onio of the
way trains raise slow tlioy have
tacit the 'cowcatcher from. the
and pot IL on th? rear car to lua.
cows from running ovni•
ON TUN countarfqt Ovn-cent n
the'rnotto "in Ood tire trust"
than on thee gouintt. Can this i
cause the countsrfeiters have 3 a
trust in God than the goverfinu.nt
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