Nature's I/crmui*.
JT*rk ! h*rk ! O mv ohiMran. hurk '
XTh.n tha sky h* lost it. Mil.,
What do the .tnn •utft in tV dork *
" Wp must spaiMo. sparklo thrvugh.
What do thp I*vpp we in tho utorm.
Tos*ad in wtiipponiii; hr*p tegpthpr*
" W on kppp tho violet* wnti
Till they wakp in fiurar wwither."
Wlillt do happy hir>tio **v.
Flitting thaongh Hip gl.*Mny wood ?
" Wo must *mg tho gloom *wy,
Sun or li.st m
M A. IktlHiK
Tho Two loner*.
Tlio lore tjpt will s,<onost .Ipojo.
Tho love that is aursst to die.
The love that will aoon fly away.
la Uie love
1 hat it told by a High.
Hie love that i aureot to lent,
Tlie love that a woman * heal I need*.
Tlie love that will he I, laet,
le the 1 vve
That in a|vkoti lti tlrv.la.
mi: <,oi.Dt:\ i;n.r.
" Bridget, hand mo my handkerchief.'
"Y*, ma'am, the one with tl> IIHV
bonln f"
"That's all, Bridget; you needn't
wait."
So Bridget obeyed this erder, tee. gu
iug down the three pairs of stair* to the
basement kitchen, mid 1 ick to her ta-k
of polkhiot; the silver.
" Oh, dear, how ftirgetful 1 am ! pi
iti# myself tlio trouble of ringing twnv
1 think boll pulls, if they are old fash
buied, are a Krv.it deal more convenient
than knobs, Cousin Augusta."
The good nature,! fa hxikal in at the
Ixxlrvxuu dixir again. tin -hod with hurry
mg up the sunrs the fifth time witliui an
hour.
"O Bridget, my rh I*>\ ; it's in tin
end rvx>ni on the /. taut you find it t
Well, look in C iisi i Augusta a room ; 1
liad it there ye-t. i.i.iy morning."
There are tun long halls and a tlight of
stair* bctwixm the nxmis ; i>ut Bridget,
a young Irish girl, with a slender figure,
i-howiug rapid growth, and not much
strength to siu.tiun it. hurries away, for
it is nigh time the dining room was m
oriler. The mantel clock warns her the
luncheon table must l>e ready m three
quarters of an hour.
"How long Bridg •: is! I must liave
left the work lx>x there, in plain eight;
but the Irish ere so stupid '" exclaimed
the young lady, with increasing imps
tienoe.
" I do hot mmember seeing it tliis
morning." Mrs. We I said, quietly.
•' Bridget :
" Ye*, ma'am ; I'm ks>ki:ig, 'mt I don't
fit J it."
"Stupid creature! It's almost one, 1
declare. 1 .shan't Lave ten minutes to
sew ; but th<- box might as well he found.
Bridget!" And a stamp of the slippered
foot emphasised the last call over the
hanitcrs.
"It isn't there, ma'am." said the girl,
appearing from below ; " I've looked
everywhere."
She could not help thinking Miss Dan
forth unreasonable ; amTtherw was the
silver lyiug on the kitchen-table, and the
marketman, and gnxvry boy, and dust-'
mar., coming and going jvrhap.v But
to luve vented her impatience ami un
easiness, a* Miss lXmforth did, by even
an altered tone of voice,would have beeji
considered as impertinence, and perhaps
led to ilixmisol. Yet Irisli waiter girls
are only human, and liave not high breed
iug to help t..en control tlnur tempera.
" I declare. Bridget, you don't earn
your saltl, *'k in tlm bine eliaml>er
Bomewliere, can't you f Don't answer
nie buck again : no impertmenoe, mix* !
Wiiat if you havel Hiked ! Lexik again ;
keep kx'kmg till you find it."
No wonder Bridget mutters a tlireat of
gi vmg a warning, as the clock strikes the
half hour.
" Isn't this it on the dressing table,
Britlgettigg st*xl Mrs. West, kxiking
search ingly around the room hers, If.
" Tlians you, ma'am ; it is. in<Lide."
And a grateful exj ri--.ion came into her
largj gray eyes. " Miss 'Ginia towld
ne the end room."
" Never mind wiiat I told you. "Twaa
y<>r,r place to hunt for it until it was
found somewhere. And don't let me
k \ir any more of your impertinence w-heu
I t'U you to do anything."
The avwl came back to the girl's facs
a i .-lie hurried away to her work again.
" Bridget ' —Miss Danforth h<iul was
over tlm tianist'-r now, the call arresting
the girl in the lower hall—" get Mrs.
Wit s luncli as soon as possible, and
bring mine up here. I haven't more
than tune to drum before Miss Powell
cornea," she said, looking back, ajxilo
geticaily, t her cousin. " You won't
mind lunching aline, will youf I've
Is en so hnmel all the morning. Callus
seem to put everything back."
"If Oh, not in the least. I was onlv
thinkn.g, Virginia, if you had not rJcKx-t
as much time to go down for your limeh
as B idget lias to bring it you."
" Her time's no consequence," returned
the vouiig laiiy, car lessly. " Did you
see how impertinent the creature wm* t
fbrTuiti nil are nowadays."
Mrs. West ai.l no more in the defense.
While the U ilet proceeded, the luncheon
was dispatched, and then came a mes
sage from Miss Powell, instead of herself
and carriage, saying she would not tie
abler to k<vp her engagement lx-foro Fri
day. Mi*i Virginia was highly indig
nant, and vented her annoyance in no
measured terms.
" If there wio anything she did hate,
it was pxople who did not keep their en
gagements! Why couldn't Carolina
Powell liave discovered she should not get
away, and Rent her word in time to Have
her the trouble of dressing and wait
ing half an hour ? Some people did not
■eem to have the lead consideration ! And
what on earth was she to do with herself
in full drens the whole ef the afternoou I
The sun was bxi hot to walk; tlmre were
three hours to dinner time; she couldn't
take a nap, and liave th" trouble of dress
ing her hair over twice!"
Mrs. West, as before, considered
silence the wisest opposition. She read
away very quietly until her young hostess
had laid aside Iter flounced silk and rich
laces, and settled into something like
composure, with the work-box and a strip
of cambric she was t*la)iorating into a
heavy insertion of hrwlrrir Anglni*''.
Her own sewing—asrtof handkerchiefs
for her husband—was then resumed, and
the two latlies cliatted on indifferent
topira very amiably, until Miss Virginia
rame round to tho favorite subject with
New York housekoejiers—prevalence of
bad servants.
"If I had only known what I wan un
dertaking when I jHTsuaded papa to go
to housekeeping, I would have boarded
to the end of time. New York servants
are the laziest, stupidest, most imiierti
r.ent set you can imagine. You I'hila
delphians leave no idea of it. I envied
von, I declare; I told papa when I came
home that everything in your house went
on like clockwork. You had a specimen
this morning of my troubles."
"I don't see why your servants should
be any worse than ours; they are of the
name country, and have the same amount
of education generally."
" Why, you keep your servants so
long, they get into your way of doing
things. Here I've changed our cook
three times hi five months, and Bridget's
the second waiter girl since the first of
May. Maria broke everything, and the
more I scolded the more careless she was.
I did not know then that it was customary
to stop all breakage out of their wages;
and when Mrs. Hamilton told me so, I
faund that it could not lie done without
the agreement was made when the girl
was hired. The girl before Maria was
only nice alxmt herself. She had superb
hair, and it was always dressed as much
as mine is for an evening party. She
copied me in everything, and I could uot
stand that. I admire the English fashion
of servants wearing calico dresses and
caps; don't you ?"
" My servants generally do dress plain
ly. No, I can't say I do like caps on
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VOL. Yll.
young girls, Hotlmt their dress is suitable
to tlioir work, I ilosi't know that wo have
any right to interfere with it."
" \>>t if your Marianne should under
lake to copy you
" 1 dare say she doon in some measure.
1 have never notiood particularly. All
of ut naturally v>>py lln>sc wo are na>
mated wiUi constantly, if we think their
taat and judgment aujwrior to oiuw
••You take things very iNwilly, Cousin
Augusta," Miss Hyde said, pausing to
pass her neodlo through an etuorv
cushion, sighing, as she did so. Unit
cultar sigh that seems t> give out the
nilptvaaiou of iiiueh enduring, long suf
fertng mtieinv under unavonlublv ills.
"I wish 1 could. l'heres Jane; just s.si
wli.lt sewmg sho puts into |si pa s shirts,
and it's as nineh as I dare do to tell
her of it, alio tliea out s<. and the cook,
you must liavo noticed yestervlay that
"there was no bread sauce with the game.
lY|>a woulil just as lief not have it a! all
as without. She knows perfectly welL W>
had her sister last summer, ami slie was
the imst wasteful creature you ever did
■<e. 1 never should have known it; but
Aunt I sine paid in. a visit, and under
took to set things to rights. She found
her lighting her tire with butter one
morning to save trouble.
" butter i"
•• Yes ; sh-> rolled up a cone of paper,
iml tilhsl it full of gissl pastry butter to
make the w.ss.l kindle in a hurry. Oh,
that's very rammu, I've hear J since,
with lard. Ann carried things a little
farther than usual. She lut.l very geu
tee] idea*. We left her in care of the
house when 1 went to Newport, and
Mr*, CuahiiiK, who lived opjHwute, you
k:: w. said he used the parlor* ill*! :v>
if I'd lee at home, ntid lighted the pas
for her oomi any. Slie must have eu
tertamed them well, too, for there wasn't
i tliitur m the store room when we came
home. But that's nothing to the trouble
Mr*, tiiahing lui i herself. A\ by, do you
kuow , her Wiuter man, and c *>k. iunl
French nur*e, all gave w:ir:iing in one
day ! Mademoiselle luv.l her dinner in
the nursery when thi*i>sik iwinc; one of
the children vraa >ick. Si the cook lnu.l
the hciw.l of the second table, and rv
fu*evl to give it lip. Johu t.xvk Marie's
part, and wouldu't carve unleas die xat
opposite to him. Kid you ever hear
anything so ridiculous t"
" ' High life txdow stairs,' certamlv,"
-HI I Mr*. West. 1 t Mr*, t'uahuig
that very fashionable lily who ndlixl
Thunalav, and talked *i much about
Pari* IxMinet* and gait>*r* i 1 think hi
said she sent out for all h* r glow*."
"Yr . that's Mrs. t'u Jiing. She ikvex
talk a little tixi much al> it ' when I wax
in I'ori*.' Pajin ridicule* her for her
foreign airs. Mart • a* a iw-t valuable
- -rvant, alie got up tuusiins •> Is anti
fully; and that's ngn ~t deal nowaday*.
She knew Mrs. Cu*lir g could not r*
place her. Tliat'* ai tli ** tliuig ; if you
g. t a really g**xj vrvatit, tin v pn
*O. Tliere'* ltri'lget. I not kivp
her o ilay, she lt,i* such a lwrSt of an
swering liack; but she's tidy, and 1 lmte
to net* a sloven wuiting at table, and
move* lightlv and quickly; tw • very
gixst thing* in a waiter. Tiie Irish are
goti rallv so st mt and ln-avv."
" nriJ.g ti* very delicwt • looking. 1
don't thuik sh< con I o v* rv stnuig."
Mrs. West SiUiL " What wragii* do you
give herf"
"There's another thing alxiut hiir;
*h a*k such low wag*-1. Why. Maria
bail six ilullars ; but Bridget a*k(*l only
four when she came, nnd that'* all I've
giv-n hr. I'm afraid Iv* rv iluy she'll
a:*k to have h-T v. i raised. Paj a
allow* six yet, and I should have give
it t • her. A* it is, I ran -d two pair
(if glove* o month out of what 1 save."
" How i< that .'"a-k**d Air*. West. Sin
c*mid nut l*lii v.* her y ung relative
guilty of no small a saving. Small to
h*r, but how much to a servant, who h.ul
nothing but her wxg.* to bne;id n|sin !
" Why. pajift iill-ov* -ix dollar*, in the
house aUowan-v, fur n waiter, and a*
Bridget only asked h air "
'• You make two d llan a month out
of Bridg-sr
" \"e*," said the young lady, piercing
an eyelet hole with a gold h'**di*d U'dkin;
and, a* she did not r•■*' Mn. AV- -t'.* ex
prexn iti, conehiiling her economy vras
considered laudable.
"I* sin* Protratant or ( atholie 1" in
quired tlie other, aft* r u moment's
•lie nee.
"Ob, I fancy h°r religion doesn't
trouble her much any way. Tli y have
Suaday afternoon once a month; but I
fancy there's not much cbnn*h-going.
It's all tlie time they have for visiting,
you know. I WAX quit-* astonished nt
your girl* having lialf of every Sundav,
ami on* week-day afternoon every month.
I did not know it until tliat day you
could not go to (irrnuiut iwn, lxs-an*-
vou were taking care of the children to
let Mxria'Uie go out,"
" Virginia," said Mrs. West, " did it
ever i • - ur t > you that your rervnnts liave
a *• nil as well aa vouraedf t"
" It's list my business to lo>k after it,
if they liave." Ami tho lM*lkin was
again inserted, with a lialf smile at what
tho embroider****! considered a clever
answer tx lcr questioner.
" I lx*g your pardon," Mm. West, re
turned, more aeriiiusly. "It seems to
me you have a great deal to do in the
matter. I thought you were very strict
alxmt Bunilay."
"So I am. I never receive calls or
walk, and I go to church twice n day."
" What for f"
" Mliat for? Beranse it's right, of
cmrse. How odd you are, Angusta!"
"Andyou an* four—let ine see—eight
times as wicked us Bridget."
" Why, what ds y<ni mean, Augusta ?"
" If Bridget only needs one sermon a
month to teach her, and yon nfvd eight.
Do you nee ?"
" But she ran't lw spared. Don't you
see how it is ? The work must IM* done
Sundays aa well ns other days."
"So yoti dress, and go to chnrch, and
hear, 'tliou, nor thy man-servant, nor
thy moid-servant,' mint work on the
seventh day, ami consider the whole
commandment observed IMHUIISO yon
neither receive visits nor walk with your
gentlemen friends."
Miss Hyde looked up, not knowing
whether to smile or show lmr real vexa
tion; but her cousin was perfectly seri
oils.
"Doyou ever ask the girh if they
have bemi to church ?"
" I don't think they'd stay very long, i(
they wcrto catechized as to how t kev npent
their afb-rnoon out. It's a pity if they
can't see their friends sometimes." Mis*
Hyde, like all only daughters, did net
know how to 1M found fault with gra
ciously.
" I quit/* agrra with yon, and that's the
reason I give them sue afternoon We
sides, even with a little personal incoti
venience sometimes; and I <lon't see why
your cook and chambermaid cannot
make tlie arrangement to relieve each
other, just as mine <lo. It would lm
easier in your family, for yeu liave a
seamstress."
Miss Hyde was too much annoyed t
liaving been snared in her own argument
to vouchsafe any answer.
"As long as we do not treat our servants
as rational human beings, we have no
right to complain if they neglect their
duties toward us. How are they going
to know that ' Servants, obey your mas
ters, not with eye-aervice,' is a command
of our Master and theirs, if they never
liave time to listen to any instruction ?"
"It's all eye-service," Miss Hyde said,
shortly.
" Wliat else can it lie, when yon do not
take any interest yi them or their affairs,
THE CENTRE REPORTER
• but to get as much dotia for as litll.
' wage* as pxviilile I
•' AVhy, veil or always ao economical,
Augusta, I thought you would approve
of that, I'm sure."
"1 ti never economical slvoul paying
I for wsrk work of any kind, Virginia
I tiiiik what vert small wages they Uluki ,
at any nito, ami so few of tie in have any
hotues to go to, in case of u kuev, or oe
cident. There's another kind > f wages
i they like jll*t as well kind words
when you am' thev ve trust tln ir lest to
please you. hi;n*l words and a little eon
snleration will get twice as much mvvmi
phshed Now, nor ivdlmg budget lip
stairs seven times this morning, when
she might have done all you wanted in
coming twice, for instance
•* Why, my dear - >ul, she > paid for it,
it'a her work."
"S>> it's lu-r work to swiiep and dust
the parlors and halls, nlid the sidewalk,
to clean all that silver; to set the tahh
three Umes a day, and wait on it; to an
swer the d<sr Is-ll every half hour, and
\ours we won't sav how often; io Is' m
three places at uikv; ami never to feel
fretted, if her work is put lack an hour
by luuieccssary demands u|h>u her tuue.
1 Ivelieve one never mn understand it tut
leas they have trnsl it themselves.
•' You seem to." Ami a slightly scorn
ful expression [wnhvl over the youtig
girl's face at the lecture she was nv< iv
uig.
" 1 leiuncil hy experience."
" Hut v HI nevi r wen* A servant, tVuisni
Augusta I"
"You arc tm*taki>n." A 1 a lialf
■code cam*- ti( Air*. \V. -t'sfa " 1 know
all Urivlgct's trouble.* hy most lamentable
expert tu>*. No, I won't **iv tlmt (itln r,
it wa* my own choice, tuul 1 luvl ex.*.*!
lent wages in the einl."
" Hut how 1 1 don't understand
you."
" lVrliap.s I will tell you all about it
* •me day. 111 the nil-all time, here's
Hrtdget WiUtmg for order*, mid Maxter
Ally looking after m mil ma.
M'.-S. AVIKI come to the isiuelu-icui that
her venture in ltndgv t'a l**hiilf waa not
all I< t, when she m the luuua Miss
11 vde t *>k t*. rememtww all the dinner
table instruction* at on.s . and h<*ard her
say, iu c*. inclusion, "Never mind going
t • Mis* IAS*'.S aft* r dinner; you look
tirisl, and to morrow will do just ax
well."
Th*. girl h xiked not low acton isln I than
grateful, the weary, list lev* exprt -uon
vanish 1, and Mis* llvdedi l let find oc
coaiou for fault during tlie w hole mewl.
It luwl 1: ver txvnrris.l tw her lx*fo* that
** rvants were t 1 !*• maiiagisl rationally,
or that consiileration was as much her
dut * as th* ir*. Mr. Hyde thought she
was v. iv a'eseut mindcsl, atul rnilicl her
,il> ut a ccitiun Mr. A hi* tt when she
In Iptsl him twns* to flsh; hut she wax
thinking of wluit her cousin had said,
and d* t -ruiincd to rem* d* r her advice,
ami profit hv it. S* w. II did *ln< suc
f *>l, tlir t Mi -s Hyde's *>*rvmita ha l,
hiiio*forth, comj-tr.itivcly httlo cause
for tsnupimnt for h* r tr itment.
A Sad Sight.
It wan a sad, irry spectvcle which
the {NSMQMI *': i the tram bun North
Adams to I k"s''*.ir*> *aw. tin* Si>rmgli> Id
/if jmbiicun t*U* u-t, and one not without
it* lentous. The- .* iy comer* t>th * train
were uiet by n man at tho ear entrance
who intriHtuce*i himself a* "John ('.
AYolos't, of ( are, the clown, often
•-ull 1 the { >l." Ho va* tt duvet <i*
•***•!• :v: h* i. f old 11 ver A\ tt,
one of the signer I of the peclarution of
Endspcn law, and " I am not," ho odd
ed, "a Hem . Ward lleeehcr or ■ thief
or a robber . 1 am only Johuf. W.il**tt.
tho drunk*; . ' Alas, th** js*r fo*•! for
such rum h.* 1 nuwle im t and it wax
true ! Tin* ran iiu hi* pntclid truu * r,
rusty (xatt ai*'. eminently iltuk u lint,
with a naturaily fin - face. -A: into a
silly pucker. waiJohlwt' > * >tt. the
eccentric, la! :t**<l member of the B* rk
nliirc Bar, and onco quit * vr.*ll known u*
an eff.ctive 6in|H*nuic* orator, going to
his ('heahire home from a North Adams
drunk. Ait'-mat* ly during the rule ha
played the cl urn. n-i tn* --ed an imaginary
jury, or n etc f. at an ind* **i.#t ln-U
woman, who objected t-i lit* companion
ship wliesi there were 1 . *. >.* unoccupied
seatx aßiut her. A while ago tle-rw w
a demand tliat lis ln expell 1 from the
Bar, hnt Woloott v>ry ably pie.,<le,i hi*
• . rami at Fittsfield, and tic* lav r .
<vho a loth togivo up "eccentric John
AA'olcott." refaxod 6i cast him out. (>nco
a favorite student of the Into Judge
Bi*lu>p of I>*uox. John C. Woloott ilnrs
not now go out of town with mum thuii
seventy five <**-iit*. 't'* anid, above his
railroad fare, !e.*t the tampkition for
drink OTercoiU" him. H- liven in a
slovenly way, with oulv T IMT fur com
pony, on the ohl " Wolott j'lace," ami
tin* young man for whom Sir. Bishop
predicted such a bright c-.rcor, yean ago,
can Nt n<(w IK* trust* d witk the manage
nint of his own property. In hi* solver
moments he i* yet a law vsr of more than
average ability, and in the little caves
which are occasionally given him tlieso
days he <ift<*n display* much of his ohl
brilliancy and power. But " the Iniya "
now like to see " (>ld John," as thev call
him, •irs'ik, and if he hasn't got anv
money it is qui to the fuxlnoii to treat
him. Especially is Ihi* true nt North
Adam*, where !••* train official* Hay tin y
hTe aoen him fighting to tp*t away from
hasfrimds(?) nhwoaU pmsuaae him
to make *|xirt for them over another
•train. And then John ('. Woloott goes
home p.t last to act thw clown to a car load
of disgusted, pitying *trangers, reeling
oft* nt ('ho*hire station to make fa<s*fi from
the platform till th<* train 4iseppcarn ami
shuts liim eut, an unsightly nuisance.
Object lo the Snitdl.
In tho winter of 1867 63, while tho
writer was a rraident of Nebraska Citv,
Nebraska, a young man from Missouri
a professed "negro lin ter"— WHS part
proprietor of one of the two livery stable*
of which tho town then IxinstiL ()o
cold winter evening le* was npproaehed
by a siptiul of colored citizens, and in
terrogated as to th'i charge for a four
horw* sh igh and driver for a jiarty who
wanttsl to go to a dance some eight or
ten miles down tlie river. He did not
relish the idea of acting in tho capacity
of driver himself, and, ns he lnul no hand
with whom he wax willing to trust his
onlr nvnilnbln team, he endeavored to
" bluff th ein off" by linniing nu exorbi
tant sum, cash in hand, ns the answer to
their query, nnd wnx not a little noii
pi used by the prompt " All right, salt.
Hab 'em rra/ly at bnlf past seven. Here's
your money."
Hi* prejudices fairly overcome by the
pleasant titillntion of Uie money in hi*
hand, lie drove the party to their des
tination, hitched nnd blanketed his tram,
and took his seat in tho house to await
the " hour for retiring."
Tlie room was not large, the company
was, and the roaring cotton-wood fire
soon shot the mercury awny uj> into thr
nineties, aiul the heat mo*t oppressive.
White human nature could stand it no
longer, ami just as he hod finally de
termined to go out to the sleigh, and roll
himself up in his robe* in self-defense,
our Jehu was approached by the master
of ceremonies, and asked in a very
pompous manner, " Wouldyon hab any
objections to go into de odder room and
set by de fire-place < De ladies objects
to de suisll ob de boss on your dose."
Tlie alacrity with which lie complied
WMH only equaled by the gusto with which
he told the joke on himself, always add
ing, "Served me righf for driving de
; gemmen, any way."
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Mull l.uhi- I IK.
11l the Vein 1621 (hi. wluilnalltp llldt*
|Mill, luv, flMlll New Bedford, M.mml
fhuiH'tt 1. foundered 111 till* Pacific ths-ali
mid nil oil board Isrixhed with the ex
fvptiou of four nullum, who liiuiii* their
e*cu|>e 111 11 Inmt, which, lifter t<wllig
lllMUy liny, oil the IsUllldlce.* deep, Mt
Innt reached the Sandwich I-luil.tn, then
in 11 Mlnto of M* tin tiiirlmruun, tlmt being
nlxiiit the tiuio of tlii first ii|.|H iiniln*e of
Christian mimuoiinrieM tin re. Duo of
theee seamen vtMu n title b(okutg, ntul
wait young nimi from Heritable, iunl in
the strange l.nnl U|xiii which lie woa east
up (i.m t!u waste of waters ut once en
gaged in nin-li purniutA ana vi melon A ilin
position mid true Yankee genius disco*
■ nil, Init It fur employment and hielt
llinnl. He n*nill succeeded. Mild 111 a year
••r two iifti r milking Inn iitvoluiiLurv net
tleiiieiit mnong tie KmmkiiA, hai tin* ex
trnordinnry fortune of marrying the
daughter and Hide prince*.* of the uion
urch then on tin* throne of tin* inlands.
I his roval daiuiifl li.id fallen in luie with
the reeked marunr, proponed wedlock
in right queenly style, wln.li the young
Sew r.tighindet !l**epted fur the r. .i* Ui
tlmt the king ordered linn to do 80, or
have hIH head i*liopj(ed off. Iteilig n.ui
in law, mid tv.*>gnii.-d i n a memln-r of
tli* dynasty, MKT ln ro adapted himnelf t*.
tin* dignity of priiiee couaort, nnd froiu
thin reiiiarkahlf union lnein d tin* pr. sent
ki Ug of the Sandwich Islands, WllO I IMA
J net Ix-ou vim ting the lint' .1 Stat- n, mid
who t> the only surviving mm of the
MaanachunettA mau, out of a large fntuih
Ihe name kulnkmin denote* the origin
of the sovereign, Olid, tmil**l*ti*d, Ulealin
" nafe journey of "gisal s]M**d," rt
fe rriug to tin* of hm immediate
ancestor from the periN of the wave an
related ttixive. I hgrt -rang from the gen
end nurnitive here, vie will mention that
our august vinitor, notwithstanding lii
illustrious alliance, hud liever forgotten
hm lii rue in tin? dint.illt Ivi public ; hut
.lay after ihiy, nnd month niter month,
look'-d out from tin* portico of Inn pal
uv for the friendly ean\.i*und flag of hia
native land, hut five mid tw. ntv v. am ■!
w.-arv watching were endured Ix-fure
tin* km 1 of mi Auien -an xhip ginlt .1 int •
tin inland harlxirw. When t m di.l take
pirns*, tint Yon km* prince, y. artiing fur
the areiii-i ami a-ewwiuti.*nx of hia youth,
one night ih**ertsl rank, wife mi i chil
dnn, jumped into the •* which a ijuur
ter of n erntuary in fore had ca-t him up
nakeil to l>eeuira* the progenrter of a
kingly line, mid mulml away for the
-her. A of Narmg-.ci-elt. Aft ra!■ ug
voyage ItariiHtahte was again vented, hut
nil had changvwl. I/invmg there in HUH
ny youth, the traveler now found tliut
the few remaining lu-unamtm.. • * of tin
JMIAt had died, ih |*U*t<Hl to other plam-x,
or liad grown gray oud forgetful of the
time when nil were Ixiyt ut xclnxil to
get her. It wax aIU intake to r. turn, fur
the heart could not give up it- love fur
the wife Mild children of more than a
*eure of yearn in the far off 1 html* of tie*
1 Vlfli', The longing* of tie* Wanderer
ami hi* louelun —A were nit lerwhle. He
then ouoe mure hoiked I t the HIM.* it
Intrk to carry him lack to hi*ouly home,
mid wmtiil tlire. year* lief or au op|x>r
tnnity came. Th*n he t*jih*,l .wiy f#r
ever.
In 1*47 tie* whali r Thoruax .!■ ffi*r*un,
fiuill NeW Lstdflk t Vlllll., wax ti-hiug 111
the T.nntif*. Meeting a ih-hool of hv 1
athaiiM, the crew prepared fur actum, mul
among the |xu*tie* w-nt out from tlie -hip
to oji. rut > :vgiHi*t the inonxter* of tie*
d**ep tie* pntiee wa* one of the tir ! to
voluutecrw in the liazar.loii* duty. A* ha
often liapjwned, the Imut d the liar
jKMitierw won deitioliolied hy n wounded
and lufunatml whale, n> v.-rel of tie* men,
including tie* father of Kalakmta, jx*ri*h
uig in the duo..! r. That WTIA the i iul of
our le*ro'n romantic mrm*r. The liaiam**
of tin* int. rioting lu*tory tmtv I*> xtatml
hre fly. \Vh*n the Niwr Knp.ind*r flml
from the Sandwich Inland*. Lan HJMUI*.-
luourned fur a customary jxrnxt, hut
gre f tiid nut catixe her to in rli-et the
grave resjxmnihilitie* of wiilowle>.Hl.
Sle gave !n*r children tie h. r ,1 n-iti ■
the i '.mid* nffurdeti, and 1 >nv 1. 1 Iteing the
favorite, though nut th** eh|**t - n. wan
ixnit to San Frattcimx to ntmlv i-.liti,**
and flnancex. Hi* in *:le*r a' . ,hrx*tmi
him to vmit the home of hi* father and
kindred, hut the young man, for x.>ine
reaxon natinfiu-torv to him*, if, did not
then go to Hnrnnt .hi..
SHU, he nan not Happy.
An unci* of Michael 11" • ui. of \\V-t
Troy, N. A"., di.*d reiviitlv in IVnnsyl
vamn, leaving coal lands vnlunlat $5, i*lb,-
6*46, t*( |"irti*(]i of which Mi'lioclis
lu ir. Forty Tears ago Michael Hogon,
then twenty <me years of age, nml au
uncle, the only survivors of once nu
ineroUM family, come to this country and
adopted it a* their own. Michael, n
hard working, industrious young man,
finally took up hi* residence J West
Troy. The uncle wont to I*(tt-ville,
IVntisylvania, or that vicinity, and aft.*r
hilK'rie# n mimlsT of years, purchased
with hi* earnmgt a largt tra.*t of laud.
Michoi l nlso save.l money, and in the
coiir -* of time laid by enough t > wtart
him*.*lf in the grocery Imsine-*, in which
it can IM- trntlifiilly said he ha* pro*p.*re<l.
The venture of hi* uncle turned out to
IM* Ik most profitable one. The land*
purchased by him were found to contain
abundance of conl ; and by judicious
management he gradually increased his
earthly store until at the time of lus
death, which occurred n short time ago,
ha wax worth about $5,600,006. Michael
received information from nn attorney
tluit his uncle, with whom he lunl mit
communicated 5* sixteen years, had
died, and that lie was his oulv surviving
li> ir. Michael wa* not nt nil elated at
this announcement, nnd njipenred rather
sorry in fact that such gisiil fortune had
ixnno to hiiu, says tin* Troy 7'imm. He
was getting ohl, he said, ami would not
want .*<• much money; Invades lie had
enough for himself, wife and daughter,
nml the jMwsession of the immense
amount mentioned above would oulv
bring trouble nnd disgrace upon liin
family eventually, aa young people nnwa
days did not know how to NIMMHI monev.
As we have stated, Michael is a nobe'r,
industrious man, ami is every way worthy
of his fortune, which he intends to claim
immedinbdy. If he IH sorry alMut this
little matter, he ran turn it over to us
and we'll cheerfully bear tho burden for
him.
l'.Noi.isff Sciioot. I, AW. A compulsory
education law, similar to that which is
now in operation in New York State, is
enforced in I'.nglnnd. There i* now a
novel difficulty iu Isindoii iu tie* way of
exacting compliance with its provisions.
The holiday pantomimes and sjiectiwles tf
theaters employ hundreds of children,
nnd the pay is six shillings a week. As
the fine for parents who do not send
their children to school is usually but a
shilling, they puy it when brought into
court, ns they are about once a week, nnd
keep on breaking the law. Higher imnal
tics are proposed.
NOT SO I'IZKAHANT. — The London
World does not draw a very enviable pic
ture of the Marquis of Lome, who mar
ried n daughter of (jueeu Victoria. It
says that while before the marriage the
young man held a position next to
royalty, now he is a perfect nothing,
caurt and royal etiquette requiring liim
to net more the part of n servant to his
wife than that *f her husband.
V 15 P 11.A (IF NI KOMI PF>.
% Ur|irrlr Iml l*rt luriunl I* Out til lh HI.
William I'oinlie, >( Jordan, a veteran
of the war of 1612, well known in rautral
New Ael k, died lit tin* !e*wdetiis> of In*
(sin, in Arlington, Mich, lb* wa burn
at Kpringfield, Otaego siiiut_v, N, A , in
the year 17'J6. Hi* father, Samiu 1
('•Hids-, wax at tliat p< i nsl a <s>n*picu<Hl*
figure on the Ixifder, ami luU*r, with hi*
HIX soli*, all guiiitx, miugh-d in the tsin
fiictx of tlion* |H-rio<l-, uinl left murkn r>
lucmls red for many s year. AS illtnin
Com Is* t-JiU'l'etl (qilalll Harrin'n Coin
pally of Tinted States light dragi sill*,
participati .1 with Ssdt atj Chip|>ewn,
l.uudy a lxutn, mid I'ort (ieorge; wo* at
Niagara, (juri-mitdli Heights, Saeki tt -
II art sir, atul Samly Creek.
At the clone >if till' war lie M ttk d in
Jordan, Onondaga iimnty, V A'.; but,
always resthniM, he "did not wish to die a
natural death, but ut the isiiut of the
bayonet In tlie late war, ins noli* en
tering the army. In*, tin old man, shoal
d* re.l a muxkwt, mid particq .it.<l in the
great battle of Ante tarn "to throw* Ins
life away," ax he said, but the death he
desired wax not hi* fate. One brother
only of the band of six survives hiiu
(Charles), u foxideig of Brisiklvu, two
years h-s senior.
The history of Jona*. the youngest ami
the strongest of the six. hox never liven
written. Of u turbulent DISJSKIITIOU hi*
coiubatx were numerous, and his great
size insured his Slice. ->*. lie often le
f< ate<l niuuliera of men ut n time, but the
crowning effort of hi* life wax tint last
hat i* known of him for a certainty.
At the do*.* of the war of 1612*, when
Detroit wax coiu|iaratively a French set
tlemeut, ssiiu* turbulent scene precipita
t-<l MII sffiay, and tlie Freneh to the
ntuulier of 156 siiiroimdi-il hitu in a
piece of wood* w liere he lkA*l taken
refuge, and dosed in on huu in a <-m*le.
I 'liarined himself, IHB Miitigoiiistx arunal
w itil clllb* and stones, JollMX quietly t.sik
off lux c. >at ainl vest Mild lal.l them down
at the fsot of t!;e tree, ugoiiist which hi*
lw*k wa* pls.-ed, and prepared for a
struggle. Fli# circle narrowed aroiimi
him. Ilxaminiug them coolly ami critt
rally he wiut.sl until the h.Hiting, yelling
mob had arrived within Uneuty f**t Is
fore he sttt-mpttsl I.* break through.
S*veral large stones were hurhsl at him.
With two tremendous leap* he liolltided
at the weakest part of the rings, and,
striking right and left, knocked down 4us
a-ewihuitx by the dozen. M>*U fell on all
Hid.-*, Wut the r<-t cl*(*•<! in and rained
blow* from clubs and stone*. Men
rlnng to his legs and arms, but witJi no
vcemiug inqiedlineut to thnt stoiwalt
fiiiui' hi* gtgiuitic lunli still movisi un
wor.l with the fore, of alb rculra. lie
knew it wax tlrath to htm to IN* imjicdrd
a xecoml, and his tremendous strength
was braced ami dlsplaVCil to its Utmost.
He stove tttrough them ami ••*.*]*esl, his
clothes 4ini from him, nothing .ui bat
hi* limit*, Intteral and brutxed, UOlvcug
nimble but for lux great xua*. l.nckiiy
they had no fltvnrti l ie* French vr< rs
a*t.Himlod; it wa* a display of strength
an.l etidursmve tlmt was marvelous, un
parallel.il, ami it wa* related bv them
and their ill**.*' mlantx wiih axtoiuahmcst
for years. Jonox disupj*an*!; it WM
ti-vcr fullv a-o-rtaiinxl wliat loiwin* <'f
him. W'hetlicr h* wa* kilhsl soon after or
m Soinc uamelrßSH affray. There wax a
rumor ntsint fifty years ago that he wax
*•. li d iwn oil Un* Mis*lß-ippi. and at
aiioth. r in Onf HI; but many yearx have
eUp*cJ BUice lUiylhlt g defiuiU* wax known
of liui His f. .its, kf all written, would
rank hiiu with th* herculean men of
antiquity.
The Spread of Scarlatina.
At the present time, XftVs tho I/Olidiifl
l iim ■ f, tb.-re i a considerable amount of
Zviuotic ill*.-axe pr* vwletit, atld w have
U>*Hl visited with N *. v<*re epidemic of
-carL,fit! . i'le rw ix no im *B n.fe* tnni*
malady tluin this, and very few, if any,
more .iaiigeroir- or more hk.-ly to cripple
a young life 1 * it* immediate and remote
eff* i*tx oil the health I'll.* polXoll i.*, a
ev-'ry one knows, of a vciy -übtle and
ilif'-Aion * chr*r/-ter, nnd th.*nr* is no r< *
Km t least no valid reason for sup
posing tliat acarlntina arra-s spont.im
oils . although itxocraxioualdevelopment
ami I' .-urretic*' a* an epidemic are vmstlv
uillueticßHlby <*rtiun condition* over whtcli
we call exercise Ito <*>litrol. and alHiut
which our knowledge i* ndotir.-ly uu*x
act. tf one thing, how. v. r. we are well
seuml, namelv, that our effort* must !*•
iln*-*t.sl t i limiting th spread of the in
fection by a rigid system of UISJMX*UO,
isolation, and disinfection, ((lux* ararla
tinn is introduced, unless it le sjaislily
detw't*sl and the projier measuren nt once
adoptd, the rc-illtx an very disastrous.
The authorities at nio-t of .ur lnrge
scli's'ls nr.* so well aware of the fact that
great care is taken t<> guard airnili-t these
occurrences, or to dcM them and ni**t
them as S.SHI as jstasible. It i* to Is*
feared, however, now that education is
compulsory, that much unsuspected evil
nris.** fr<mi this souriH. iu the large
schools of our towns and cities. In
largo day school* it would probably Is
impracticable to wvnrc a thoroughlv
efficient syst ni of medical ius|iectioii, m
conseijueiice of tli> freqnenuy of insjMi'
tion and the nnmtw r of iii-|M*ctirs that
would I >*/ required. Hut w . could wish
that all classes of the coimnuiiitv were
Ivetter ocqiuuided than they arc with the
power they posses* of stamping out n
disease like scarlatina by a uniform and
systematic method of procedure. Tlie
sufferer liould I*. isolated at once, his
cloth'-s kliniufecte*! bv dry heat in an
oven, or by lwing boiled, or disinfected
by chemicals, and nft rwnrd wraahe<l and
fr.-ely exposed to the air. The measures
advocated by Dr. AYilliam Hudd have the
merit of Iveing founded on n definite
knowledge of the ibj.**t ill view, nml of a
practical way of attaining it. The oiling
of the patient's whole body, the provision
of receptacle* containing disinfectant*
in the sick room for everything which
come* from the |inti.*nt or which lie has
us*l, the employment <>f di*inf(vtan(s bv
the ntt"lidnlit.s for washing their luiiids;
the use, in short, of the most scrupulous
clsAiilineas the confinement of tin* pa
tiellt t' bed Ulltil the |iriM'ess of de*i|sa
mation has l***n ciinpleted, nnd the fre
quent use of warm baths during and
subsequent to that process, are nil sueh
definite nml common S.HI*. uiesxures thnt
no olio should fail to pursue them.
HNaiter* on the l.nkeo.
A Western pn]x>r gives a list of disas
ters on the great lakes during the year
1H74, although there are still a number
of vessels outside, nnd there may Is- fur
tlier disasters. According to this state
Ilielit, there have lieell 1,251 mxiinlt i<-x of
all kinds, major and minor, against 1,31H
last year. The estimated damage to
property foots up 83,031,700, against
fc 1.97(1,000 in 187(1. n falling off of grill.
1100. This, in view of the fact that the
tonnage afloat in 1874 was greater than
in 1N73, might appear surprising were it
not for the fact that the past season was
♦mo of the dullest ever ex -lienced in
the history of hike navigation, and that
in consequence a large amount of ton
nage was laid up during the two most
disastrous months, Oetolier and Novem
ber. liiist year the losses in October
footed up nearly twice the amount of any
other month of the aeaaon, viz.: 1,407,-
000. This year November makes the
largest showing, viz.: $408,000. An
enumeration of the loss of life during
the year shows the number to have been
243, against 221 in 1873, nnd 219 in 1872.
In this respect the record, very unfortu
nately, is against 1874.
ill ITFK INK < IIFFHF.
lMrwila Miilxln ut lk> llalri IHIWMU
uf I law I nilr tl Nf sir*.
At the laxt nil* ting of the Iiarynioii'a
AsMM-iutiuii of Now Y'ork. Mr Vvillord,
th cliuirmaii, made the follow ing xtat<-
11 n*i 11 relative u> tlu* butler and ehw<-e
intermit in tho I'nitod Htatex. In Inik't,
xaid Mr. Willnrd, tin* aaaooiattsl syatem
begun to inuve forward in l armwt. Abwut
110 ftw'tiirii n were ereeted that Veor, MJnl
the whole inilnlxir tli o|x*ratioii wa* only
We were thru exporting about 40,
000,000 JH Hindi* of eheew and '23,000,000
fHiiimls of butter. In IH.VJ our exjxirtx
of cheese were only a trifle over 0,250,-
000 piHiudx, and butler alxiut 2,600,000.
< >nr *hi i xe exjxirtx from Ihs'.i to ltukt
were mcn-oAed at tlie tuiioutl rate of 7,
600,000 |MIU!UIH. At the end of 1H73 the
annual i*x|M>rtx of Atiiericiui cheese ts
tir< ut But.on tonounted to 104,000,000
pimiids, an increaxe of 64,000,000 pounds
111 ten years. But of this, 20,000,000
jsiuuii* eatno from t'autula In addition,
we exported alxiut 10,(410,(11)1} |xnuidx to
other countries lliun Britain, making our
t.itaJ annual exports over 540,000,000
|Miuiida. The ('uiiodiaiis up to IfIGC pui
c turned their cheese frotu the l'uite.l
Siuti-s. t >ur bill on ('oiuwla for cheese,
in 1665, amounted to $200,000, repre
senting alsmt 2,000,0tK) jHiuud*. It i
now estimated tliat there aie 1, —s• ami
upward of cheese iunl butter factories iu
New York alolie, while the system box
been carried iuto tin* Northwest on a
large wale, and of late is gaining a fist
hold iu other sectiiin*, ex|o**iiilly in
M ime, which off. rs a good tlehl for itx
operations.
Mr. Willard thought there wax but
little cause for alarm froni 6-ar of over
production. The increase of population,
Isith at home iunl in Kugland. together
with tlie barriers tliat limit the increase
of dairying, g > t<i show tliat there ix no
gissl cause for alarm tliat theru will Im*
ou overprvaluiAiou of prime dairv g *s*is
for some year* to com*, lie sanl the in
creaxe of our ex ports since liaifi wax ('*4,
g'likm pound* of cheese. At 4ml
pound* of clusvti* to tlie cow, it would
require 16U,IK*) cows to make tliat ipnui
tity. But ax our home rvniHumptioii had
increased in sx rapid ratio, there wax
needed :t2",UO(t more COW* than IU 1663
to Mijiply tlie increaxed ex|iortx and con
sumption of *h*-eae at home during the
time mentioned.
Statistic* allow tliat forty-one jver cent,
of the milk produced in the I uit*l
Stau*> is couatuued directly a* fond, and
tiftv four |>wr cent i* uwd for liutbr.
'Hit* leav i S only five js*r cent, of the milk
to tw-made into rlirnw*. Now, aivx.rdmg
ta the I'mled Stat'** celius, tlie milch
cow* in the country in 165U were 6,365,
ii'.M. in 1666 they numbered 6,561,735,
and in 1670 thev were 11,066,5425, the av
erage iui roose Ih iuX Ins* lluui 2,606,000
cow* for each decade. In other word*,
the increase of JsiptlUtlot] 1- at a gTKlter
rat** than the increaxe of dairy et'H-k.
For the purpose of showing the great
tax on tmr ilain.** to supply the need* of
home consumption, he gave Some st.it 1-
tii** ill relation to tlie butter crop. Tin*
onuunl butter crop liox lie*n variously ea
timaUxl at from 760.000.060 to 1,000,-
(Rltl,ooit of pound*. This, he aanl, ap
jx-or* t I la* * I..West is. ate if We an* to
lake the figures s. Nt out by th* N'l w
York Butter and Cheese Kxcluutge. A
committer of i-muient merchant* wax ap
js*itite*l by the Kxcliange to con*ider tlie
subject of classifying ami grading butt* r,
ami tin* committee, iu their ri-jiort, staU*
tliat tlie eeii-in* st.iturtn*** of dairy pro
duct* are mconipl* tc and defective. A
more reliable estimate i* that made by
on exjxTienoed and cor*ftil statistician,
win h tlie committ* indorwe, making the
annual pr- luct of bntt**r to Is* 1.44<}.
ittO.ikiO jvmnds, which, at thirty cants
jier jMHind, amonuta to $432,000,000.
At the rate of 200 pounds to the cow.
it w-mhl require 7.'A1t.66( CIV* t make
tiie asntial vteld of 1.446, (k* 4,000
|siillidx. If. ax box been ttmatsil,
tliere are new 13,000.000 cow* in the
I*mled Stt<**, then fifty four }>er cent.
1 the proportion hi*n*toforv* xtaUHl to liave
IM**II employed for butter) wtHil.l make
til* IUI:I'B I a little over 7,000.01)1) Cows.
IU "p'kt' of th# rapid mrTe.vs* of butter
cvnNumtiti a m tin* country, and at
tnlnited it, in j*rt, to the introduction
of the creamery *yxtem, and ax a cnn*e
ijueuce, the general improvement in the
quality of butter. He wiid the price cf
butter had beau gradually advancing
abroad, and that, owing to ncarcity mid
great demand fcr it dunng tlie past year
in F.ngland, price* hal alv:ncel t<> 170
shilling* sterling |*r cw t. on the finest
grale*. Tin* price, it would as*in. offer*
an inducement to u* t<> exprt. Here
ferred ts the dentninl in the West Indira
and South America f r dairv gmsls, and
Ivelievcd that New York will Is* more and
more the chief diatributing market of
the world for dairy product/*, and will
largely csntrol th* prices in all other
market*.
An allusion was mode to the heavy
burden which ho.l accumulated on the
dairymen of New York at tli* cammence
ment of the present i* asona'a operations.
Tin* nune from the low yield of the hay
crop in 1*73. The acsreitv and oouse
quent high pric* comfwHcvi inanr ilairy
nn*n to *i*H st'vck at a low price, win'*
(he early auow in fall, and the imuaual
length of the csld weather left M s*k in
thin condition ; consequent ly the yield
of milk early iu th* season was ladow an
average. If all the it**in of expen*-> for
carrying xt<**.k through the winter of 1673
-4, together with the expense of filling
up tin* herds in spring, be taken into
account, the dairymen of New York will
not find a large ialnn<*e of profit for ths
summer's work. Still, price* have lieen
more than were exjvectiNl, while the im
mense liny crop of 1674 puts the dairy
farmsr in a satisfactory condition f*r
next year's ojierntions. And he has
abundant raaxon 6* feel encouraged at
the prospect of 1875.
A Brent (fn*c.
A rumiponiM of the Hartford
TY/ne*, who wants to ctjual Uio stori'-* of
intelligent animals ho baa read, sends
tim fallowing *.
"A lady in East Onuiby obtainis! of a
friend six goose eggs and Net them under
n favorite hen. After four weehu' incu
latiion, under great difficulties, the hen
iiuun elf with one lieiUthv gosling. who
caused her much trouble in rouwo<|uenoe
of his riN'kleHsiiiwt ill getting Ilia find wet.
Still there woe grent affliction manifested
by both pan-nt anil child. Hut the lien
gradually grew ashamed, either of her
ac'lf or of her strange chicken (which lutd
outgrown limy, and the sought another
neat, in a retired place, and commenced
mtting for another brood. The gosling
wandered ' lonely an a cloud ' until alio
at last made her appearance with a tine
brood of chick*. The gander at thin
tune had obtained considerable size, mid
lalHired hard to help stipjiort (lie large
family of his half brother* and winter*.
He would k J trend hi* wings and brood
the ehicks nnd prot<>ot them from the
mill, and drive off all the other fowls
who interfered with hi* adopted family.
TV would go out to the field nnd bring
10 an ear of corn and shell it off for the
cluekM ; and woe to any other biped who
attempted to share the meal. At last the
industrious hen again went to work for
another neHt, mid then the whole c harge
of the family devolved upon the gietder.
And he was faithful to hi* tru t. And
t day, if you will go to East (ir. nl y, hi
the farmhouse of Mr. Scales, you can s<>e
one of the finest of his sixcies yen f ver
saw, still attached to hi* mother hen and
her family, who, apparently, fully re
ciprocate the feeling." ,
r Porm: 52.00 a"Y"orvr,in Advance.
141TF14.
A iwlifljr (Uiit contrary old /lisp wan
Jm<l Hbntlriilwlfer, * rich ukl farmer.
!i<< hud made I>i<) WH y in the world by
t lit* d(lggsle*t MClZlllg hold
<t( whatever nuu in lux wv, uuj re
tainiug tluit hold m though hf<* tb
JH 'inlt* 1 tijxm it.
JtM-1 had uii* iviii a liumlxouie, clrai
lnu.lt.l, m til in t man xtrsigbt MM u young
larch, tall, mill MA m l ill hi* war, wlieu
In* t*liiMil* t- 1 liMVf iw, MA Joel literal/.
Till* iwiit, HA he grew U|>, bad proved a
grrat MtiiHiiuiMi !• hi* fuller in working
tlie fnriii. Mini bin WIVIIHI hint 1101*11
11. itih- the newt 1 if.
J ix-1 Hh< lh-tilwrger and hi* aou dif
frred often, hut tliere Were two |xiintß
111 which the difference mnoiuited to
HOIIII tlni.g nerioua. The flrxt |xmt con
cerned education, for which the old
nimi hiwi profound contempt, mid the
■on lnul not. There WMH M iviliege aoiue
twelve luilet* ih-tuiit trolll the Shell
eulmrger farm, mid thither Annoti Ix
took hlUlM'lf, 111 xplto of continued op
|Mxntion, mid hy one contrivance mul
OlMither, kept himxelf tliere till ho
grmluxted. J.X-1 Shellellltorgi-r context
ed tin- ground inch hy inch, hut M
afraid in hi* neltixhuew* to do aiiytlung
more than Lx* olxitlluite, h*xt hi* MOU
nlloiild leave hilll. TliMt WIIA the flrxt
|xiint of difference, and that wax how
All Moll iw'tthil it. The heOcmd
wax not hkelv to Ix* MO ea*V of arnuig
nil*lit. At college Alinoll had found
Moinethiug clae uexide* gnu luating
horn If*. He lunl chanced uixui a very
cliariiiing combination of ctirl* and azure
even, a re.l lipped, dimpledcliceke.l
fmrv, daughti-r of oiw of the pmfe
*or*. who, uiKtead of curving her
dainty lip at the liomcxpun unit which
bin jxiverty and hi* father's niggard
mux compelled him t<i wear, never
Kiwmcd to lx- con*9on* of mivtliing or
auybody when lie u hy. ju aliurt,
A noon Inel found aotue out* to love.
Sotm* one that he wanted to marry, an
h<- gravely' informed hi* fattier.
lto.l enough to marry any one, a*
ing hi* father wasn't through with him
vet; hut a town girl' He should never
e.inaent, and every Shelh-nl>org>r asre
Hliould go to atnuigeiw before Anaon
should have one, 1/ he j(emitted in on
idea so ridiculous!
"And pray what harm ix there in
l**ing a town girl ?" <]timtioned liarhie
Hahnstca.l, when Anson told her, half
laughing, half vexed, mid altogether
rueful; for, without assistance from his
father, he could not marry liarhie for
a long time vet.
Anson laughed again, hut with some
emlsirraxsment, saying : "Mv father is
afraid that a daughter of Profeaaor
Halmstcad would not make a very
good farmer's wife."
" Do* he think l"—liarhie hesitated,
looking with fimihug jwiydexity at her
httlw w hit'* hands.
" Thes.* pretty luuid* don't know
much id*nit brewing, hakitig, etc, Kx
actlv; 1 Ix lieve he thinks just that."
' Then he tiiiukH wrong," says liar
hie, reddening and looking up at her
lover with a comical little ixiut, " lhilu't
1 hear yon y yon ne*l*i a s*rvaat at
home 1 I've a mind to go down and offer
for the place."
An*on laughed enjoyingly.
•• We ne.*l one bad enough, hut my
father will not suffer one inside the
hotisr."
'■ Why, how do you live then ? Who
cook* for von, now that vour mother is
ill ?"
"We do our own f>siking," Anson
said, witJi n return of tlie half xmihng.
lialf < nil*rr.-v**<-tl expression. "We c*Hik
for ourselves, or do without."
Tin- very dav the one
which witin-wsi this rammtiim, An
aon wiu at home busying himnelf over
Moine euhuarv operations, when Uie out
side door, which RUKK! ajar, was noise
h-saly pusliod wide open, and a singularly
attired form pwanitwl itself on the
threshold. It wore a red and preen
nlaid dn, the checks very large, a Tel
!ow aliaw 1 and a rerr fro war and tmn
hied white Uuuwt A red feather nearly
aa long H Anson's arm streamed from
one aide, and within the brim flopped
the immense frill of a cap which dung
close around the face of the stranger.
The far, a hat could la' aeen of it, was a
very ruriooa one to l>e inside of auch a
bonnet and cap. J ut now as she sur
veyed the kitchen and Anaon, herself
nnaeen, the muadee of her month
twitched nervoualr, and her eye*
twinkled with roguish lwightneaa.
Pram ntly Anaon looked that way. In
stantly the fare took lugubriou* length,
and coming into the room, the girl said
hesitatingly, but without l<*>king at
him:
•* An' would ye lie afther hirin' a ser
rant. Unlay f" and *t<**l fidgeting with
the fringe of her shawl.
•' I Iwlieve not," said Anson, coloring
with some annoyance, p-rhsp* nt the na
ture of his employment.
" Sure, sir. an" the lady that aint me,
(hsi bless her swate eyes ' said you'd be
sue to take nie on her recommendation,
which I has in my picket, an' here 'tis
now."
She gave him n not- which proved to
lie from Harbie Hal instead. Ansau read
it with very lover like can-fulness, but
aliook his head.
" I'm very sorry, my pair girl, but wi
de not wish to hire n servant."
" lldikc your father mayn't object
when he sees me." the girl jiersisteil.
Anson looked at the spnled white bon
net and the red feather, and repressed a
smile, wondering what Ins father would
•4.'iv. Hut he wn.s of too kindly a nature
to Is- willing to expiae even this servant
to his father's nmgli manner. He re
tswted what lie had *nul Wfora, assuring
licr Uiat it would Is- of uo uae to s-e hta
father.
The girl sto-sl a moment.
" If you pleaae. sir.J'll just see him a
moment, Ik-like he may take n likin' to
the hsiks o' me."
And ls-fore lie could reply she had
crossisl tin- room and stood upon the
threshold of the next. Anaon followed
pn-s. ntly, curious to see what kind of a
reception she would get.
" Nliure, an' I'll do niore'n worth to
yoe i," she was Having, with innocent em
pliasis. as Anson entered.
She talked rapidly, pouring out such n
torrent of words tlint the old man could
not . by any pwaihUity, slip one in among
tliem.'and'snt regarding her with an ex
pression of astonishment.
Tliis remarkable volubility completely
Imffled the old man's slowness. He could
not say n word if he wished to, mid she
concluded, " I can cis>k flnpjncks and
corn bread that'll bring the very eves out
iv ver lu-.nl ami make ye swally yer
tongue with the delicate sameness."
He asked her, with a sudden amile,
how much she cxps-ted to get for doing
all these tilings.
" Seventy-five cents a week," was the
prompt reply.
With a still more cunning laugh, Joel
offered her half the money. Greatly to
his amusement she agreed nt once ; and
he found himself, to use his own expres
sion, "in for it." To adiltohiachagriii,
Anson stood by, laughing with intense
eniovmeut.
I tut the girl, without further ndo,
proceeded to tliseucumber herself of her :
I oniiet and shnwl, and vanish in tlie di
rection of the kitchen la-fore anything
could be said.
As she shut the door she stole a glance
at Alison that made hiui start anil bite
his lij-s, and presently he stole kitchen
ward also. Hlio was already at work
handling n broom like an adept, nd
grumbling in her rich tongue at the
NdSk
<1 imt that luul accumulated in the cor
ners.
Hhe ili<l not Imik up MM Anion entered;
hut he nut down and deliberated, and
furtively wittflied her. Fr "ouie time
mile IH -fined liucoira loll* of lli* MTUtiliy |
hut prett-lltlv nh<* turned Mild cLasiiieg
• ►•Ch h>*r little lnnd* upon the top of the
hrooiu hmidle, said, with 1 mixture of
bravado mid nrfhueuM too natund to lie
mistaken :
" Well, Anxon, what do yon think 1"
The young man laughed and looked
miiioyed ui tile name hrCath.
" Tkm it i* yon, fiarine he aaid ;
" I wax *tia)xwttng ootnethiug of tlie
•ort.
" Nut Ull 1 looked at you," said the
girl, rogtuxhly retreating ax he a|>
proacheu.
" I>o vou think it is quite tlie thing,
liarhie f'"
" hhure an' why ain't it Uie tiling for
■ I* M it girl to lx- getUn' her living daiaent
ly mid lumeoUy f"
" DIM* your father know of this, liar
hie f What would he my f" jx-rsevenal
Anwrn.
"Share, an it's not tuy own fadthr
would lx* interfenu' wid me, would be t"
said litddy. In vaiu were all r*mouatran
ces with the roguisli and willful girl.
She jx*r*ited in Ixing Biddy even to
luin, mid lumntaiued a distance lx*twe.*li
him and liarhie in her own proner aelf.
Annoyed, provoked, dinrgruicu, almost
angry, tin* advent of hi* father fidKxl
liim to retire from tlie kitebeti, for fear
of betray ing liarhie'• secret, which he
would not have done for a good dah
It wax aeveral hours lie/ore lie could
return to the houae, hia father upon one
pretext or another having detained him.
When at last they entered together,
kitchen and sitting-mom, both of which
had been left in a most untidy state
when they left tliere, had undergone such
a remarkable renovating iiruoeea that old
Joel drew laek at first, thinking that he
hod set foot in somebody else's house in
st.wd of hi* own.
Supper wax amoking on tin* table ;
mich n supper OH old Joel, at leaxt, haul
not aeeu fur montha. Tocmwn all, Mrs.
Sln llenlmrger wax sitting propped up
witli pillow*, in a great coxy chmr, and
looking wonderfullr contented, and with
reaixou—the p<x>r lady had not had a
woman's hand about her before, since
her lilm-Ma. Joel Shelk-n(auger sot down
to the daintily xjiread table, oud mode a
most hearty and keenly reliolied meal,
glancing askance at Kiddy meanwhile.
Anson, strange to say, ate very little, and
he watched Kiddy askance, too.
1 liaveu't time to give particular*, I nit
having made a good beginning, with a
true Irish felicity, Biddy established her
aelf, in a abort time, completely in tlie
good graces of the old man. He liail a
lurking likenena for neatness and good
order, oud Mr*. Shellenhorger, poor wo
man, wasn't s neat housekeeper. Under
the new reign, order grew out of chaos ;
the house itoemed in holiday garb all the
time, and on atmosphere of uncial cheer
fulness pervaded everywhere.
One morning the old man ended a
grumbling complaint of Anaon with: " I
i,ver e. e no gotol come of eddication y<-
If it hadn't Iveen for that college busim-sa
vou might Itavo token a liking to a m-u-i
Ule girl, nnd she to vou."
He glanced at i&iddy ox she spoke.
She turned acsrlet, and "came very near
dropjnng the dish she wan holding. It
wa not the first time Anson had heard
such insinuations, and he rsther enjoyeit
Biddy's trepidation.
" See here, father," he said, roguishly.
" iu*t pick me out a xrife, and see wiiat
will come of it."
" The onlv gtrl 1 know of worth hav
ing wtwidil t have you, 1 dare say—
would vou, Biddy I" Joel said, grum
bling, but turning suddenly to tlie
girl.
" Hhure. sir, au' it isn't nn self that'll
lie after liavin' any man till I'm ookod."
" Biddy, will vou marry m f" xaid
Anoou, gravelv extending his hand.
' "I v*ill tliat now," said Biddv,
promptly putting her liand in his, while
old Joel came near ehokiug himaelf with
amazement. It wax too late to recede,
however, whether he hod really wished
such a ttimg or not, ax thev soon made
him uud< rxtond. He went out of doors
presently, privately pinching himself to
ascertain if he were rraßy ut his senses
or not. Seeing the two standing by the
window in close conversation main after,
he crept with Uie aonie laudable intention
twwani them under oiver of the hushes
that grew by the house.
" Now. Itarbie," Anson was saving,
laughingly, " what is t< lie done next (
I must xv you liave managed wonder
fully, so fnr, but what do you suppose
he'll ,TMV when he knows you're not Bid
dy at nil ?"
" Not Biddy at all r" screamed J**>l,
struck with a sudden suspicion of he
knew not wlist. as be started out of his
covert.
There at- nsl Biihly, the white frill of
her close rap x immense a* ever; aho
laugh'*!, tiiongh, when sh saw him, and
deliberately taking off her cup, shook
her briglit curls nil aliont her face,
ami reaching t<>war*ls him her little
luuid. said:
" Hhure, sir, an' ye won't be after
hating a poor girl IM-OSIIK* her name's
liarhie Halm-trad in-trad of Biddy
O'Flvnn f"
" Vou—you Pixif. Holm-teod'sgirl t'
" Professor Hwlmsteod i my hither,"
said Barbie, in lie.r natural voices
" What's that I"
Barbie repealed it.
" And you're uot Irisli ?"
" Never a bit
Tlie old man stood a moment, clouds
gathering in his face.
"Well, Anson," lie said, rather
saucily, " you have autwitted me again;
much* good may it do you. You'd let
ter get out the horses now, and take
Halm-tetul's girl home. He must want
to see her by this time."
" Y'es, sir." And Anson colored with
mingled anger and amazement.
Barbie did not change countenance,
however. F.xtending that pretty hand
of hers again, she said, sweetly :
" You'll :>hak> hands with mo, sir?"
Joel Hliollenbarger turned lmck and
gave his hand awkwardly. The girl
took it in Isith hers, bending her briglit,
nrcli face toward him, saying:
" I shah come back some time, sir.
Will you he glad to see ine ?"
Joel humnnsl and hawed, and shim
mered out at hist:
" Y'e'ves; come back, Biddy—l mean
Mis* O'Flynn—l mean Miss "
" Barbie," suggested the girl quietly,
""Yes, come txiok ; and sooner tlie
hotter. There, Anson, make the roost
on't !"
Barbie ilid come back, in a verv fw
w(**kx, too, ami nolxxly was glndiier to
see her than Jo/*l, though he was a
little shy at first of Professor Halm
stoad's girl. Hhe soon matle liim for
get everytlung save that slie was Anson's
wife ; and the way he humored tliat sly
puss to sundry grants of money, re
furnishing ami repairing, etc., I couldn't
begin to tell.
A SOOITBOZ. —In 1793 Philadelphia
was terribly scourge*! with the yellow
fever. The city hal been free from it
for thirty-one years, but now it assumed
the shape of a fearful epidemic, and
swept over the town with the horrible
oeleritv of a prairie fire, destroying
everything it touched. It thus raged
from July to November, averaging forty
deaths daily, and aggregating some five
thousand victims, a heavy proportion
considering tho population of Philadel
phia at thnt tine.
■ n-i-r<T.
A imrtlttkKpllft £gnsa ll * n * on ths floor.
Two llt9j|*Mr4> **> *r* baM shirt in alsep.
A ltttio Mad—tbis thrmwti tin
Wwr **
I luwr—MJrtnjt ihn Ixwfl "nnrwulnonl" to
kwf.
The rrtiwmn rhwk* sesai by.dswnM ftiigrra
sUmsri | * 3 ' (
Thn iliitiplr.l hands rlssfsd l Uw* angsta.
•Ml
A* sunset • o'er her bewt Is rained.
Kindling bnr curts with manv • tapering
Wreathed err imr on? fret with strains old.
Till i"s*-leef stm<|>bsr*. msUunk* I ana.
Enwrap thrtn in tbstr aoft. sthsrael fold.
Witli love M pnrtartion. to thn dimpled knee .
For null the Uhv-songs and tales will plssse,
Aa when t drat, like PHatrom wlket. nkntn.
Kite tried to knot them. Milium on mt koeee.
In baby K-. ente into Utreede agent
lite Utile velvet tips Just petted ere.
Through which the white-winded thoughts
troop forth to rise.
AM. through mn opening bud. perfumes fr
Invisibly ere wnfled to the skies.
Now to her downy oood my darting s crept.
Where her bright earls, like Jonquils in the
enow,
(.leeiu <t.ee if the sunbeams there bed ewept
A Utile rift for such sweet flowsre to grow.
I Irate of Interest.
The Mohammedans believe tliat old
maul* bav no chance of heaven.
T!r two gold mines at Littleton, N.
' H.. art* both oj.er*tod, and are doing
j wrlL
A Chicago plumbing firm advertises
lend ankt>." A* if everybody didn't
j knew that.
Turkeys who survived tbe bolidnye
appointed January 'id, 1875, aa a day of
| 'luankagiviiig.
11l London hoonre art? numbered eon
wx-utively, up one rtith* of the 4iwt and
down tin" other.
flight no vines received die w hit* vwfl
•it the convent of the Ootid Shepherd,
Voi kville, New York.
A yottng lady sys ahr l<mg for Angers
like the prongs at a pitchfork, with dia
mond rings enough to fill tlrein to the
i Mtuis.
" Fanny ** writes from Brooklyn
ask why it in that all the young men who
liave donned "new" overcoat*this winter
Hinell so of beuxinr.
A Kirbinoud paper lit* a plan for keep
ing a parly In power. The party is to
give evert' girl in the land a sewing ma
chine amf a feller.
A New Haven man, while dredging in
the harbor at that citv, raised a human
skull which was thickly covered with
inusarls and oyster*.
A strong effort to have the next college t
n-gatta at New London, Conn., will l*
made at the meeting of the College Boat
ing Association in Hartford.
If there is one thing more tlian an
other that will thoroughly cxa*i't*to a
man, it is breaking a straw off when
cleaning out a dirty pipe-stem.
A grocer in the suburl*, when com
plained to about welling bad eggs, aaid:
"At this time of the veer the hens are
not well, and often lay bad egg*."
Nobody requires a larger "Sock of
amiabihty auu forbearance than the
young *iMti who keeps matches in his
room where tin" other boarders can get at
'em.
A Cairo man vraras people not to trust
his wife, and she rrtorU hv saying that
hell go without clothes all summer be
fare she'll take in washing to rig him out
again.
A colored woman, near Nashville,
Teno., recent! v caused another woman to
swallow a number of bent pins, wrapped
up with wool in the form id a ball, aa a
charm.
They talk about the tvcklews extrav*
gance "of the American people. and yet
we know a man who worked all day to
cjeau a three-cent stamp no that be
oonld use it again.
It is the thing to import " indoor
men," and people who come lack from
Europe bring, with the r-t of their
" fixing*," a (Jermasi or Italian ** Major
domo."
Of course, a woman doesn't want hei
plants to free**, but still onfl can't
tdame a man for raising a row when
he hops out of bed in tlw- morning and
flud<s a geranium plant in each trouaera'
leg-
It's trulv astonishing how the papers,
while they jiersist in charging a man a
dollar an inch for adverting when living,
cheerfully give up a whole column of
space for nothing, when his obituary
cornea along.
Mrv Eshelman. at Shillington, Pa.,
will uiH the fellow who poural coal oil
in her well if she can find aim out. The
trick made ber think sho had really
" struck oil," and the disappointment is
aggravating.
There was s curious lawsuit at Slate
Centre, lowa, the ether day. Mr. Snider
had a Mi. Mitten arrested for putting a
crooked pin in his scat in church; and
the examination before the magistrate
was held with closed doors.
" Madame ! take this hundred-pound
bill. Car- it freely and never aav that I
suffer vour purse to be empty of pocket
money", " t mid an attentive spouse in
wklia, but^added, soft© roce, "if you
spend a penny of it I'll kill TWO."
PreaidentJLincoln, sitting st the foun
taia-hend of official patronage, used to
sar that it sometimes seemetl to his di*-
couraged'mmd thst seven-eight lis of the
jw,>jde of' the Unite.l Stab's were trving
to live at the expense of the other eighth.
The sheriff of Cuyahoga county, Ohio,
lately had the disagreeable duty to per
form of conveying to the jx uitentiary on
a three years" sentence a " repeater,"
whose offense consisted in lift ring voted
three times for the very official who was
conducting him to prison.
B tub ling in Italy would seem to tw s
peculiarl T *langeroux occupation. A new
office is Ix ing eiwcted in Home for the
Ministry of Finance. The other day a
workman fell from the scaffolding and
was killed, making tlie hundredth victim
of accidents upon the same building.
A correspondent of R {hneinnati
CI xt from Circleville. Ohio :" I
| ve rend with some degree of interest a
Circleville telegram in the Cincinnati
press of to-day, reporting me in a dying
condition last evening. Judging solely
from my own knowledge of the nutter,
I hereby certify that I do not believe the
report to lie trae."
The Denver Afetr* records this inci
dent: A man was about dying in this
citv, and an acquaintance sent the bil
lowing telegram to his wife, who was in
Clucagw; "Your husband is dying.
Come quick." She coolly replied:
" Ciui't go now. If he dies, hand liim
over to the Masons, lie's one wf them."
The man dixl The wife hasn't been
heard from since. '
A farmer, Upfcpis for his lioj-a, was
asked what was the secret of his snocw*.
lie answered : " 1 always choose a good
natured pig. Those that wlieu they eat
are constantly rumning from one trough
to another, und knocking their snouts
against the next pig, I sell to my neigh
bors, who don't know better than to buy
such troublesome animals, while my con
tented pigs get fat"
The Troy Timet relates this: " A
young lady in a neighboring village ac
cepted an invitation from a young gen
tleman to ride, and when the gentleman
came with his horse and buggy, the lady
found it impossible to get in, so closely
hswl she adhered to the prevailing fash
ion of ilrawing her dross tightly about
her. She asked to be excused, and go
ing into the house, let out two or three
reefs in her dross, when she was enabled
to get into the buggy."
An accident has occurred on the C4re.it
St Bernard in Switzerland. Eight
Italian workmen were crossing the moun
tain, and two mouka and a servant, fol
lowed by a dog, went out to meet them.
The whole party was overtaken by a
snowstorm and buried in the drift. One
of the monks succeeded in extricating
himself, but was only able to walk a
few steps. The dog went back to the
monastery and assistance was sent, but
it was too late. The monk died half an
hour after being found; the others wiH
remain buried in the spow.