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■SUSHI DAIS IN WINTtR.'
DT D. r. uaoaßthv .
tmmer re Vgloriona' season, ,
fftrw, onfl bright, and pleasant;
it the post is not a reason
To despise' the present,
i irhile health oan olimb the moimtain,
And the log lights up the hall,
hero are sunny days in Winter,
• • After all I
fting, no doubt, hath faded from us,
Maiden-like, in charms;
amnter, too, with all hot,promise,
Perialied in onr arms.
at the memory of the vanished,
Whom our hearts, recall,
iiWh auqhy days,in Winter,
S ■ i 1' After all I
too, l/ioro’s scarce a flovfer that bloomoth,
Ail the' best arp dead ; ?
at the wall-flower still ]Sorfumoth
louder garden-bed. !'
nd the lily-flowered arbutus_
Hugs its obsal ball—
hero are sunny days in Winter,
After all 1
iimmor trees are plenty—very>
And'l loye-them well
ul, this holly’s glistening berry
Hone of those excel.
’hilo the fir.oan warm the landsoape>
And the ivy olothss the wall, •
here are sunny days in Winter,
Alter all 1
army hours in svery'soason
With tho innocent—
hose who taste with love.and^eason
What their God hath sent.
hogs who neither soar tod highly,
Nor too lowly fall,
tslthe eunriy days of Winter,
After all 1
hen, although onr darling treasures
Vanish from the heart j
hen, although our once-loved pleasures
One by one depart;
hehgh the tomb loom in the distanee, •
And tho mourning pall,
here is sunehine, arid no Winter,
■ After all 1
HWanwus
FAITHFUL FOREVEBv
It is a dear delight for the soul to bare
rust in the faith ofanother. It makes a pil
w of softness for the cheek which is burn
ißiwith years and the touch of pain. It
mrsa.balm in’ to the very.sourooof sorrow.
I i» a hope undeferred, a flowery seolUsion
to which the mind, when weary of sadness,
ay retreat for a caress of oonatnn t love; a
width in the 'clasp of friendship forever lin
tring ou the hand; a consoling voice that
wells as with rfti eternal echo on the ear J a
us of nieroy falling on the bruised and
nmbled, hearts of this world. Bereave
iflnts and : wishes ■ long withheld descend
ttftetirries as griefs upon our nu
ris'i-btat-'UMre Is no solace ttt-the bitterness
I broken faith. .... .
Jennie was the Morning star of my lifel
ong before I trod the many wide deserts of
a wOHd, I pledged my’ hope to her. She
48 eo young that mv affection,came fresh as
tw upon her heart.- She’was 'gentle to me,
“IWhder; anff fond, and-sometimes,! tho’t
nt ebb loved me loss fob, My dwri sriltS than
»the sake of love. So I wdtohed the open
'6 bloom of her mind. I wondered .wlint
-rings of truth wero bursting there to make
!t a joy and a blessing on the earth. I
88w that every pulse was warm with a sa
nd love; but it was not then that I learned
lithe deep and abounding faith that had its
•mo in the heart of my Jennie. _
Jennie was slim and graceful, with a light
lap and a gentle dignity of demeanor, which,
riih her joyful ways, was like tho freshness
f shade near a’ sunny place. Her face was
sif, with sometimes a pensive expression ,
'was a good, loVing face, with soft, blue,
hating eyes, full of beauty and tender tho’t.
d smile always played bn the lips—not for-
Sor of'gladness, but of charity, and content,
Wd trust in the future to which her hope
turned. And often a song poured
dross lips, as though .some-happy bird wore
■sstled ■ in her bosom,-and sang with her
‘hath its hymns , of delight in the joys of
do. ~b
All this did Jennie seem,to mb* and more
this she was j and she loved me, and I
148 confident in tor. affection. For X wqb
young, and my .heart, was ; warm, and
Jrnope was strong. * Z was buoyant as the
“^ e zs, and’my life vraa for yeara a perpetual
tommeFa day., It was.tho time when the
springs of nature had hot been wasted
Jgng the ffotle and ■ the cold;! it was the i
SJ'deo BeMon when trust is the companion,
"hath; itWßSthefirst harvest. which gar-
into tha feosom tholo thoughts and omo
-s?®’ on a bad of flowers*
.hop©' olin^, ; fe*ding like a bee." The
Hrt of Jennie deeply stirred, but
B {,J°ul was more Berahy than .hiine.'
. ihero aYfearful stqnh f id ’ Europe. I
of grim ‘ tyrants,,sitting oh thrones,
"tense tlioy their commands tb arihies
•whioh marohed tb the East and to the West,
and tore up the vineyards, end trod down the
gardens, and blotted hut Itho peace of the
world. Anon, there 'camp rumors of a mighty
host that-hod melted awayjn the North, and
glutted with its blood tho-Hussian snows.
Then there came o strange .ambition into
my mind. My blood became hot. A cala-
Antons frenzy filled my brain. The name of
Glory consecrated all these murders to my
Imagination, t would carry a flag in one of
Hidsoarmies. I would mix in the crimson,
throng.,., 1 would rnySelf bear a sword amid
those foresft of flashing s'tCeK
And I told this to Jennie. I-thought she
Would ccrtaihly.blesayfto as.a bore. i tho’t
She would bind 0 floal-f about my whist, and
bid mo ‘go WlrCre.glory, waits thee,’ if I still
remembered her. Bat, when, I said X should
leave her for a while and 'opine book With ho
nor and pride, and the mhtaofy of bravo aits,
and the conscious gratulatiohh 'of a breast
that never knew fear, she became pale' and
looked at me sorrowfully, and fell upon' my
neck, Weeping'most bitter tears. I asked her
why sho could grieve, and said the-danger
Was.one chance ni*ong innumerable proba
bilities of Success. But she only sobbed and
’trembled, and pressed me- to her bosom and
'prayed the not to gm.
I reasoned With Jennie. I tried to per
suade her uf the'glory,of the war. I told her
how : mubh more Worthy of ilovo she would
think mo when 1 back adorned with
laurels. (Oh how gtobh 'are the leaves that
bloom from slaughter'!) I said her imago
would bo thy companion ; hor voioo would be
my vespor-bell, her smile, fnV star of the
morning; hor face would be the visitant of
my dreams;, her loVe'the mercy (hat would
shield me from every danger. She listened
with suspended sobs and,trembled, 'and all
the while her eyes were appealing to my
own, and penetrating to my heart, to invoke
its faith, that I might not-tempt misfortune
to blight the early bridal of our hearts.
When I had done, her answer Was as if I
had not spoken, ,for,still nbo only skid that I
must not go. She gave no more reasons now.
And I—did I deserve her love, when I tho’t
that explaining and persuading were answers
to the pleading tears, and swelling bosom,
and quivering frame, and speaking eyes'of
that maiden Niche shaken by her mournful
fears ?.
‘ You will be changed when yoll return,’
she said. •
I change I I know, I could not change I
Why should 'Jennie, doubt my truth? I would
prove it., My, mind was fixed. My fancy
was flushed by ambitious anticipations. 1
was resolved to leave. Jennie, Ht length,
when her'entreaties tailed, reproached me,
but so gently, that her very upbraiding soun
ded like a benediction. And so it was. It
was not even the selfishness of affection. ; It
was a pni'e, tender, earnest solicitude. She
told me I whs breaking faith with her in thus
going away to ’engage in war.. Was it for
this that she had become tho affianced of my
heart? Was it for this that she had pledged
her love, with every sacred vow-, to answer
mine ? Was it for all this I should takAmy
hand from the pleasant cares of peace to Cor
rupt. it in the villaniee of war'; that I should
mix with tho worst ot my kind; that I should
ride over tho harvests of the poor, and carouse
in the glare of their burning hemes, and see.
sweet’ babes made fatherless, and wives be
reaved, and brides left desolate intbo world? -
Oli, no. It was I that broke my pledge.. I
was not true to my early vow-, I was not nil
for her, I had made a new idol of my heart.
I had declared I would never cause any sor
row to her by denying to .her love one of its
earnest wishes. And new I was doing this.
I was making her grieve; I was risking the
leaving her desolate to the end of her days.
For the sake of what? For tho sake of a
soldier’s ambition 1 Ambition I As though
to wear the gray hairs of a .good old man
yftir’e not a nobler hope than to die in a trench
oi live, shuddering with- the memory of car
nage, and fire, and blood, and all tho name
less horrors of war 1 '
I cannot tell all the sorrows of that parting
An infatuation burned in my bond, and blin
ded mo. At length I went. Jennie’s last,
blessing upbraided me more deeply than her
first reproach. When she knew.that I should
go, sho said not one more desponding word ;
and then did I feel how gentle she was in
sorrow, as Mle.wiis serene,in her days of joy-.
But I comforted myself. I decided that Jen
nie, good .as she wns-r-dear, loving, noble —
could not dompflehend the idea of patriotism,
And; once, a lhcught*of falshood, crossed my
min'd. I reflected that I had never tried her
—she might not be true to the absent; it
would be good to test her Faith. . .
And so I went. .Lot me forget the horrors
and the crimes of tKht long adventure. In
stead of two yeare, I. was away sUveri; and
from the first I was find, sick, remorseful, —-
Nothing but meniory recalled to me the
thought.of love; And. then did Jennie's rs-
FroaoheS rise up in judgment against me.
was long lost from her during the confusion
of thn’t'terriWe campaign. A solid continent
now lay between us, and -now an ocean. I
heard not of her dUHfag four years. Ah 1
she has,forgotten, said, 1, the fiery, wilful
one to whom she gavo hor early love. 1
At length I returned; but I was not lie to
whom she bad said that sweet and dear fare
well. I was maimed, mutilated, disfigured—
a orippie, an object. I came home with a
fleet filled half With trophies, half with the
limbless, sightless remnants of n-giorious
war. But thou it was a glorious war. Yes ;
in twenty years tho earthhad been dyed with
the blood of six Millions of irieri. What a
miserable thing—thii relid of a iridri. Hook
ed, when in tho sunny summer Wa Wore dowp
tho Channel, t thonght of Jennie, as-the
parting cup went round. I already IdoKnd
uponhoras lost; I had not falsified my pledge
yet had I not broken my own faith in doubt
ingheref I,repented all f had done; , Gould
I bind her to her own 1 Could Lask her to
take, instead of the manly figure she had
last seen a wreehed creature such* as I then
was? . • .
I- hnd feeling of honor—naval honor —hon-
or that blooms on the dfum-hend—honor
that struts in a red sash, and feathered hat.
I would release her K A 8 though a panful of
ink oorild blot out tho eternal record of a
heart’s first faithful affection. I wrote to her.
I said I heard she . was- unmarried still. I
had come, home, I was also unmarried; but!
was maimed, distorted, disfigured —an object
to look at. I bad no right to insist on our
contract. I would riot force mysslf upon her.
I would sparo her feelings. ’ X would not ex
tort a final ratification of her promise. I
loved he# still, and sho&ld always with ton
derpess remember her; but I was to
release her.-.-She was free I “ 1 V
’ Frdol.Froe, by: virtue of a written lease.
Free, byuneline.whentheinterwoven raem
erica of a life’s long faith were bourid^ abou t
her heart; when every root of offiootioif that
had struck | into'her bosom had sprung op
with new blossom's of, hope to adorn the .vis
ionary future.. Fret, by my honorable ,oon
duct— she cherished as on on altar the
' flume of her vestal love, made fragrant by
"OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BtIT "RIGHT OR WRONOOUR COUNTRY."
purity and trust. letter was not like
mine. It was quick, passionate, burning
with uSretien. It began with a reproach,
. and the reproach was blotted with a tear—it
ended with a blessing, and a tear had made
'that blessing floored too. Let me come to
"ho. Lot her winbrnco me. Let mo never
leave, her Wiore ; and she would soothe me
'for ‘all the pains I had endured. Not a word
of her own sot-rows 1
Soarcelv could that happiness bo real.—
And had my long ahson'co; Imd my-misera
ble disasters made no change? Was I still,
for Jennie, the beloved of other days? ‘What
did you tell her?’ said I, to my confidential
'Comrade, the one eyed commodore, n bluff old
herb, with a heart ns warm as ever heat uu-.
der gold buttons.- Ho had taken my letter,
and-brought back Jennie’s answer.
, ‘ I.said you were bn.tlered about the hull,
till you were •» wreck.” • ,
( : * Add what' did she say ? Did she shud
der, ns with aversion ?’ n- li-
jNo; she sobbed, and cried, and asked mo
if you were'injured ieuoh, and said you must
have suffered bitterly; but sho said, too, that
you must come to her. * Miss,’ 1- said, ‘he
is so knocked about that you won’t.-know
him. , He’ll frighten you. He’s a ruin; Ho
has hardly any body’left.’ • And then sho
flushed to the brow: * (JiVe him that,’ 'she'
cried, ' and tell-him to come. If ho. has
enough bddy left to hold bis soul, I’ll cling
to him 1’ - -
And where in tale oh song, in history or
fable, is an answer imoorded of moro heroic
beauty ?' What had /to tekoh her of honor.
Hors was the honor oftbo heart; the truth
of the soul; the fidelity and, love of a woman
born to bless this world. Mine was an hon
or worn like n feather in a’JcOoked* hat, like
,nn epaulet, like a spur. It was (regulation
honor—honor by the rules of “the service.”
Jennie’s was better than mine.
**** ■ * * »
i lived with'her near the old'place. And
my wife, the love of mf early days, was still
the fond Jennie—'gentle, tender, trustful—■
and, from that day, I juried my idea of,.the
pride of wkr.;.
Jennie who my only glory, and she was
faithful to me forever 1 ’>
A French Laifc —There - seems to bo an
idea prevalent among us, that a French lady
is a sort of butterfly, fluttering about tho
house or away from the house, but always
appearing in the character of Kn ornament.
This is far from being the real state of the
case. So few families in Franco, may bo
called wealthy, that most of the bright thitffcs
wo sometimes sets in public are compelled
Very practically to look after their own af
fairs at home. There are, of course, excep
tions Upper “bourgeoisie, and in
the Faubourg St. Germain, sufficient to form
a class ; hut what we should call mere fash
ionables are rare in Paris—the 'city of
elegando and intrigue. Half tho ladies who
attend the Imperial balls have bgen In the
kitchen that very day, scolding their Vd'nnes,
and lifting up tho fids of thbir casseroles-. A
really elegant dame spends the moV’ning at
her toilet, and is ready to bo admired at four
o’clock in the afternoon. Admirer's are not
long iU coming. In many houses from four
to five gentlemen call in, and are received in
the salon by the lady alone. No visitor of
her own is expected f and her husband
is away making ‘calls on his own account.—
If ha were to remain, and bo present at liis
wife’s reception, he would be considered sim
ply, ridiculous; and this is o, thing whfOU ho
most especially avoids. Many .Frenchmen
would rather be what they often arc, than
run the- risk of being supposed to be guard
ing against such an accident, These after
noon meetings, however, are very pleasant;
and when the lady of the house is clever and
lively, are perhaps superior in enjoyment to
tho soirees. A woman is never seen to so
much advantage as when no rivals arO pres
ent. She is then conscious of exercising un
divided sway; none of her powers are Wasted;
in spiteful watching for defects ,ih others, and
there is no maliciousness in hOr amiability.
Tns Russian Aruy.—the Russian army is',
not intelligent. Beneath tho European cos
tume in which it is tricked out, it still be
trays its origin. Look at it*, it presents so
heavy and singular an appearance, that the
least practised eye immediately recognises
the disguised peasant, the savage tamed but
yesterday, hardly knowing how, to morph,
and studying, tb tho best of his power, his
part of soldier, for which ha was not intend
ed, It is only redoubtable by its masses,
which, hof/ever, can be very efficaciously
acted on by grape-shot, as wo have seen- at
AusterUtz, Ffiedlaud, and other places. The.
Russian* soldier is not easily shaken. He
does not; possess that coblenergy and con
tempt of danger; nor that powerful reaaonitfg
of true oourage,| which characterises the
Frpnoh army, and makes heroes of men; ho
is riierely a machine of war, which never rea
sons, and is cumbersome to moye. His popes,
moreover, fosfeif'MM in the idea that hb iB
invincible, and that the bullet or the cannon
ball destined to kill him, will reach him quite
as well from behind as from before;.but that,
nßvbrtli’eless, if he turns his baek to ilib one,-'
my, and id Spared by death, ho will bo beaten
with the stick' and with the knodti
,l 1 ' ■■ •
Take it War is. — A deaf bid lady, who
had.breught an aotien for damages against a
neighbor, was being examined, when the
judge compromise; and instructed
her counsel .to ask what sho .would take to'
settle the matter, ;
‘ Wha/wiil you take?’ asked the counsel
of the old lady. - ..
She shook hoi? hosd at tho counsel; inforra
ip%, tho jury, in confidence, that ,she was
•'very hard d’heririri’.’ , , /, . .
* His honor wartts to know what yoil will
take?’ asked tho loomed counsel again, this
time bawling Os lolid as he could in the old
lady’s ear.' .
* I thank your hondr iiiridlj,’ Skid the an-,
oient dame, ‘ and if it is no inoonwoniqnoe
to him, I’ll taka a little warm ale.’
(£7* A clergyman Was once sent for ip the
middle of the night by one of the ladies of
the congregation.
‘Well, my,good woman/said ho, 'so you
are very ill,and'require the ..consolations of
religion,? What can I do tor you V ~ s
‘No* replied the, old ladyl aoi onily
nervous and can't sleep/
4 How can I help that V askedthe parson.
4 0, sir you always put mo to sleep so
nicely when! go to oliurch, that I thought it
you would only preach h little, for me., V }
The parson ! made tracts/.
What is mos t useful is generally .least
'xliilarating. Light -has rioo; olor, \yator no
t’asle, air up odor.' . , ; " .
* SCT* Thd very'tears abed by bumanityto
dayriiay bo in' this, fioldou clouds" arid rain
.hows of to-morrdw.’ 1 ' ' y
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY; MARCH 2,1865,
1* MEMORIAL.
BY JACOB A. MUMPER,
Down in tho valley lies my love,
Her soul hath fled to God,
Hath Had to the realms above,
Hath Hod from beneath tho violet’s sod.
But from me she hath gone, my love I
llulh loft my heart forlorn,
And all alone T rove;
Ah woe is me I that I ever was born
Low in tho valley lies my love, ,
My own*.my dear, tny Vrde,
I sigh- hy her grave in the grove,
“ Ah ! what shall this broken heart do/'
She is gone, my own perfect love.
The heart I ao tenderly pressed,
Shall never, never more move,. *
* In its-xmrrow bed of silent, rest. *
Tho ringlets fringed, with gold,
The laugh so jovmis and free,
The faoe and form, of perfect mould,
Can never return to ,
I lid through the silent niiglit,
And dream of the luipoy j.ast,
Of tho days thathuvu taken their flight*
. Of the hours too juyous to last.
And then to rao there comes
A spirit from above,
Aud steadfast with the cVe of faith,
I see in Heaven my own- true love 1
i The Rn/fira.
In Wannal appearance, nml formation,
these Kaffirs are.n race of the moat manly
and handsome peoplc'kuflwn among savages,
and in meny of their points resemble tho
New Zealanders. In mature they are gencr
ally tall, their height in stature varying from
five feet eight jnohea t«y six feet.
Their muscular frame is remarkable for sym
metry and beauty, as well hr great strength,
but, their irms, from want of proper exercise
'to deyelope the muscles, (owing, probably,
to their usual indolent mode of Ufe.yappeur
small and disproportioned in sizo to the logs
and body. In.ah of them the lower limbs
.are'strikingly robust and fine, and onuses of
deformity, are very rarely, to bo noticed,
.among them. Their .carriage is stately and
upright;—in many even majestic; and this
is particularly obNervnhle in their chiefs,
whose habitual attitude of case, and abrupt
y'6t graceful actions in giving their commands
are trdly eloquent and imposing. They are
haught/and proud in their hearing, and car
ry the bead quite erect and thrown - back.—
Th© left arm. is usually laid across the chest,
to support the.blanket or harass, which, care
lessly slung over the left shoulder, is .their
only coveting or article of clothing. This,
when moving .quickly, they gather closer
around them •, and then; throwing the second
comer : pf it over, the right shoulder, they
leave it to hang ia negligent folds across
their fine, expansive, chests, reminding tho
beholder much of the Roman’toga of old.—
Their shoulders are square and firmly set,
and, like the chest, very. broad. Their
beards are large, but not disproportionate to
their bodies; their forehead being elevated
and intellectually formed, and in many cases
very high, andfl n ©ty developed in a phren
ological point of view. Thejr hair is not so
thick and matted as in either;the negro or
Hottentot races, from* whom’the Kaffirs wide
ly dififer in all points of personal appearance.
Their ears are largo, .bat well made, and
Bcom generally to have become elongated by
the weight of pendant ear rings and orna
ments. Their featurrs, although much varied
are fine—particularly the eyes, which are,
keen, ddd piercing; and, although always
unsteady; wandering, and stealthy, yet from
tb'olr largo size and great brightness, and
from ifyeir being set under, thdir broad,
deep btowh,. the idea of cunning and deceit,
which Undoubtediyiia their; notional charac
ter, apd has usually to he found out by some
dear‘bought experience, does noti at; first
eighty impress a stranger. • The common col
or of the eye is black’,, or dark brown, some
what in harmony with that of their skins,
which are, however, darker in. some tribes
thab ih others ; especially in the •4“ raa P one °
and more'Ndrtherly bnos, . The nose also va
ries in -T’Slnmhie tribes*,being
broader and ihore of ttio than in
the Gnikas or Galekas, assumes
more of the-European character,- In many
of them 1 the 'perfect Grecian and Roman nose
are discernable. . These latter tribes appear,
,in all other-respects, to retain their original
natibhallty of appearance.
Monh'“ Loyal” Cotton StbalinO.— From
Hotter to the Philadelphia Press from North
(jatolino, it'would appear that Gen. Dutch
Gap Sutler is likely to'bo brought to account
for another stealing arrangement, involving
a Urge lot of cotton, of which plunder fßb
Government thief got only one-half of its
share—the General and his friend's absorbing
the baihnce. The correspondent says :
« A singular circumstance connected with
Gen. Butler’s cotton speculation has come to
light; It soems that the chief of Geh, Shep-
ICy’s staff, G. H. Johnston, resigned several
months sipoe to enter, ns Butler’s chief agent,
inti) the business of buying Sbttpn from the
rebels in North .Carolina. , lie remained at
this long enough to make over two' hundred
and fifty thousand dollars &s his share, which
hi) deposited in the First Nationalßank of
Norfolk. i A few days ego the military com
mission instituted by Gen. Grant to investi
gate the proceedings of Gen. Butler relative
to cotton, got wind of Mr, Johnson.
“ lie hoard that they would call upon him
Soon.' blit not intending to bo outdone by
them he drew nil his money frojnthe bank
and decamped in tho Baltimore boat. They
telegraphed to the authorities at, Baltimore
to arrest and send him back to Norfolk, but
the shrewd Johnston did .not gWon thtfbbat
further than Fortress Monroe, whore ho took
the Washington boat, and landed at Annap-.
olis. No odd knows his whereabouts, al
though he is- anxiously waited here.- The
doriimißßioD h{\3 proven that Butler redajved
two-fifths ofsll cotton brought hero,- his broth
or-In-law on© fifth, and middle-men, of,whom
Johnson is ! ofi'Mwo : fifths, the Government
gotting but bne-half of that which woa’right-*
fully due ft. .. You may expect cveix* more 1 as
tounding revelations than these/
£7* A dentist just ptartingjn business,
ndvertiaarthat ho ‘spares no pains’to reu-,
dSr hin operations satisfactory. ,
A DtfasTonr.
’ • - • - : '*[}•*vV* •
The following incident is said to nave oc
curred many years ago, in tho State of Vir
ginia, West of the Blue Ridge,.and bears a
close comparison with tho deeds of that wily
animal, xh‘d wojf:
A storekeeper, in a Tillage in that partof
the country, possessed a remarkably intelli
gent dog, .of the raided Poodle and Newfound
land stock., He was a service to his master
in guarding his properly, and had been taught
to do‘many useful .thingsV whioh hud become
the talk of the country side. He would con-,
vey parcels home to a customer, carry his
masters boots to the shoemaker, sbqroh dili
gently for anything which fmd bban lpSt in
the fields or the roadside, patiently watch fm
article to .which his jltto'ntion had been dj-,
reeled, and really, deemed to comprehend any
command which Vras given him-.’ ,
Having bCep well oared for, id spifb of the
oross, ho had.altaihed an extraordinary size,
and was possessed of groat activity for so
heavy an animal. His coat was coarse and
heavy f und,, in allusion to hjs taVvjay, oqlor
and something of magnanimity, in his looks,
ho called Lion. t)f. a mild, peaceful
disposition, though brave as. his royal-name
sake. he was a favorite with all visitors to
the store, and only an object of, terror -and
dislike to thieves and marauders. His mas:
ter had refused largo offers for him ; and at
the period to whioh we particularly refer, he
was in the very prime of his days.
Aboutfiyo miles North-West of the village,
and three from the main road, was a tract,
of hilly land, known in the township as the
Hampton Farm—a large portion of which
was devoted to the rearing of sheep.
The Hampton Farm* had, at different pe
riods, suffered, as was supposed, from depre
dtiou as of. wolves, whioh, though becoming
scarce in the forests of ,the vicinity, wore oe
oasiouly to bo mot with. :
Forandro than a.year not an Individual
had been shot in tho township ; nevertheless,
sheep wore still worried from time to time,
and suspicion At Just-fell upon the dogs-of
the neighborhood. But the strictest scrutiny
failed to detect a single plague-spot; and,
accordingly, tho whole corporation of ours
was pronounced to bo sound.
If ho charge then reverted totho .wolves;
but, though traps were set on the hills, and a
watch continually kept, ao signs of a wolf
could ho perceived. . n ( ..., , ■,, ~ ~ .
A' few, nights after, ..vigilance had been re
laxed, a sheepcat was broken into, and a num
ber of tho .flock either'slain outright, or,so
mangled as to render it necessary to pat the
knife to tiiair throats.-
The grazier and his mdn woro.jjreatlv on.
raged at this, and a. price of twenty dollars
—a largo sum for the neigh borhood— rWtis
forthwith set upon;the depredator’s head.
Ifroni tho oircumstar.ee of there being no
snow upon th .s ground at the timp, it was, of
qourso, impossible to track him ; but a close
inspection of tho pretnesis established the fact.-
that the animal was alone and of unusual
size. From this tho conclusion was’ arrived
at that it was a wolf, which had its den at a
distance, most probably in the mountains, at
‘the foot uf which tho farm Was located.
Several good hunters turned out with their
dogs, hut utterly failed to strike the.trail, al
though thesearoh was continued for poverpl
days. At last, however, it .so chanced that
lie one of these men was crossing a piece of
land between the eheep-hills and main road,
an hour or two before -dawn, he saw, by the'
waning.light of the moon,-an animal, which
he immediately conjectured to ho a wolf, ris
ing an,elevation on his left at a long, loping
pace, making, it appeared, for a run, about
two hundred yards distant.
The man stopped and bociced bis rifle, lint
having no dog with him—his own having
been worn out by tho .previous day’s.run—
prudently forebore to fire so long as there ex
isted a doubt of his being ablo'to sight a
mortal part. The erdature passed him at
fall .speed, directing .its course for the run,
whither-thp hunter cautiously followeij, jje
soon perceived that it had broken the.ibe,
and-baited in the water, and under cover of
inequalities in the grouud; he was able to
steal unperceived within good covering dis
tance. Taking deliberate aim bo pulled the
trigger, and tho brute leaping up with .a loud
yell, dropped dead on tho bank. The hunter
carefully reloaded his.rifle, loosened his knife
in its sheath, and with his finger at the guard
of his piece, slowly advanced to the post;
when lot instead of a grey wolf, to hia ut
ter amazement ho immediately recognized,
even ’by the imperfbqt, light, the, lifeless but
still quivering carcass’ of USe etdreEoojjerb
favorite dog’.
After his astonishment had a little subsid
ed he took off the scalp, and leaving tho body,
where it fell,-made the best of bis way to the
grazier’s house.
body of the recreant, suspended by the
neck in a wagon, was driven in triumph
down to the villlage, and subsequent .inqui
ries left not a lingering doubt than Lion,
with nil his remarkable qualities, whs, lifter
all, but a wolf in dog’s habiliments. w
•It was remembered that at certain perils
he. had refused .his food; and appeared slebpy
and .cross's and, upon comparing dates,, jthp
parties concerned discovered that these.were
tho very days after the havoc had been com
mitted.
Ha was; actually opgpgod in Washing the;
blood of six sheep froih his body when tho
huhtbr ’shot Him; add, upon- being satisfied.
of this, the whole village, with the bereaved
storekeeper at their head, while they .could
not help deploring the,end ,of so fine ah,an-,
iinal, sang Te tfmrt over the fall of soapoom
plished b! villain. ' ■ . •
, Tho honest huntor received his reword, and
Was ever afterwards known by the
quet of 11 Sampson," inasmuch. as it was be
who, slew,tho l Lijn. . .
'' C^yery.Nafural.—Speaking of, the im
aginative njtt'ure of wopaan, a certain writer
says : ” , h , ... ~ . .
‘ The only tirpe a Woman does not exagger
ate id.whbu she is talkingpf her own age/ :
Brick Pomeray says—'. In this seotipn .tho
whisky is so weak since'the war tax struck
it that it is run in caudlbmoulda, frozen, and
sold by theatiokl ;• ' ’.V - •.- f
:.'A Frenoij i:adtiic# says -f When I; lost my'
wife' every, family in town offered mie anoth-i'
er, bn't .when.i lost my horse, ho 1 one offered
to make.bimgood/ . 1
I' Xj? Didithe■< man Who’; ploughed the -abb,
and afterwards planted his foot upon his na
tive soil/ byer haryea t j • :
gSW-A wag, apeqkibg of {a blind wood
sawyer says that 1 ; while hone eyer saw liitg
see, thousand Shave se.p'hifh eaw.’ ‘ ’
T O* 'fed'* 1 . ■ad’itpißjlilfßsji •jn'en ■ hite. nei
ther heaVt enough tospOat'' well, norj
menteriongh to "hold ’ hmgo^athis u
the foundation of Oil imperlinendei.'
I i
“Jir flßANflFiljlEß WAB A PERSON OP Vlbi I
Molar HABITS.”
Some twenty five years ago or perhaps a
little more; an aged and highly respected phy
sician departed this life in ohoofltheoounties
of Massachusetts.. In fact, the worthy gen-,
tjeman had reached at the time of his disease
the extraordinary "ago "of one hundred and
five years. No little.interestss may bo imag
ined, had hovered around his/slowly declini
ng days, and this was, naturally awakened
to fresher concern at the period of his lon<r
deferred death. He had always enjoyedthe
fall -estoom-of bis fellbiv oitifcons and the med
ical profession, which naturally locked up to
him ftk its father and,guide., , The poriofl of
awaB v one of groat .eXcitemout in regard
tefnperanoo question, and. it was felt
that most important lessons ipif the benefit of
the oausb-opuld bo derived fpbman,investiga
tion of the ordinary habits of a gontlcmuh
of education and soiehtific attainment's, whose
life hpid.been protracted Xu such an advanced
period, doubtless,owing to the .vigorous adhe
rbuebs to the laws of health.no promulgated'
and enforced by the total abstinence advo
oatos of the day.
Accordingly, after the lapse of a duo seas
on, a committee tyas'deputed on, the part
of the temperance societies, to wait upon seino
near relative of .the old gentleman deceased,
in brdbi* to learn positively what bad been
■ tho course of his life, and by .what means he
had so Jong preserved- an existence, in the
possession of mmtal and physical vigor, un
til at length jit yielded to the absolute decay
of bodily powers, without the intervention o
any aoute disease.' '
The deputation liayirtg proceeded to the
ancient physician's laie place of residence
waited upon tfie_ gentleman who was his
grandson, to obtain from him nil the partic
ulars concerning his aged relative. After
due' aontimeufa of oondufoment Kadhoehoi
preaaed, the suitable inquiries were propoun
ded “ Doubtless," a aid the. chief interlbu
tor, “your grandfather, enjoying auoh a rO:
markable span ofexistouce, was, a strict ob
server of the rules of fetnperance, wo 'heed
not express our 'confidence that ho in dal god
in no excess in the use of hurtful hinds of
drink.” ‘Oh no sir,” said the perhbh inqui
red of, “ you may be quite sure of that.; .'My
grandfather was a person of very regular hab
its.’ ‘But wo should, like to know, if you
please,’ pursued the questioner, ‘ something
in particular, regarding his mode of life ; how
for instance he began*and passed and ended
the day.’ ‘Well sir when ho first rose in the
morning, he took about a half a glass of pure
Joinaoia rum ; my grandfather was' a person
of very regular iiabits | this was. his uniform
custom.’ ‘This, I suppose,’ said the inquirer,
‘ was to give a sort of fillip to his system, af
ter the lethargy of lengthened repose, made
requisite,'as an exceptionafense, by his very
advanced period of life. . Please'toll us what
his practice,was during the rest of d&y.l.
'My grandfather, gontlemau, was,a person,
of yory regular habits, and took nothing else
of this sort until 11 q’olook, and then only a.
glass of Jamaoia rum.’’ ‘ Iridoed ;-,- did ho
drink any thing iglh hie meals ?, ‘.Not exact-,
ly with his meals ; about haKan hour before
dinner he mixture to, which he.was
partial, consisting of half and half of eider
and rum. But utYordrinklng that, it was his
'dpatom to go out for a short whlk and return
to dinner.’
‘ When' dinney -wiia about- half through,
ho -would then drink I ,.say a glass of rum, or
whiskey, as the ease might be and another
when dinner was over. Dinner was always
punctually on the table nt I o’olAok, he took:
no more until four o'clock, and.affdr thesmall
quantity in his tea. Hip prdotiie was not to
drink anything pise until near bod time,
which was always nine o’olook, when ho had
a glass or two of,whiskey qr.rmfi ; unless.in
dcod. some neighbor or friend oamo in to join
him. Ha whs very hospital always, and-as
I have remarked, extremely regular in his
habits.'
The committee looked at ono another and
hesitated about pursuing the inquiry any fur
ther. . It occurred to them, however, that.it
would bo well to save themselves, possibly, itj
regard to the use of tobacco. ‘ Did Dr. ——
ever smoke?” “sked the chairman, ‘That,’
said their host, v one of his most regular
habits. He was not often without a pipe in
hismonth'/.when not engaged professionally.
He did hot smoke in his bod.' , * Surely then
honked tobacco in no other way f’-auggeoted
the,, interrogator. ‘My grandfather; qyery
Saturday afternoon, a
certain quantity of pigtail. tobacco, say from
twenty-one to tweqty.-thi-'eii iiibhca id length;
this he out tip into -seven-djifer'ent portions;
one oT which per (lay.add no more, he Used
for chewing in the course ot the seven days
of. the week.,, :My .gritidfqther-’s hd.bits, as I
have observed/—Oh, oonfednd your grand
father-and his habits, broke in the question
er, put of all patienpei, I.beg your pardon,
sir, but it is not necessary toppraue this-sub
ject any further/—iiosfoii Courier.'
/ Bej-urr, of “Woman.—lf you now, lo'ok to
woman, we .find that changes hnppeu.to-her,
generally less marked; it is trite,- thnn'in man,
blit still distinojt; lind quite observable/ There
is a burst of beauty in women at putiohty at
'times astonishing all beholders. This .may
last for two or throe years, hiit seldom acrlong
—in some, only a few months. In short, the
sympathies of her physical constitution tell
.at last on tho fape, bead, tind neck, find on all
the features. The jawd .enlarge,-nndl with.
theni thg,mouth .apd-nospi disfiguring that fair
face .of eighteen or twenty, which'the admir
ing loyOr fancies mudt'bo pormarieht ;' and at
twprity-fpur iti.s not unlikely the pefpoii can
no longer be recognized.oven by the moat in
timate acquaintances of their youth. ■, The
ill-looking girl of twelve may become a beau
tiful woman. The beauty ,of seventeen or
eighteen may prow into a plain-looking wo
man of twenty-four, with. largo mouth, aud
nose, and jiiw«—email eyes, and a' brow ei
ther upright, square, masculine and coarse,
or nnrrbw find contracted,Mow and dispropor-
Boned, , A| wqpt oC the elevation of the upn
per pnrt.of tho' head, so essential toheaaty,'
and "which in'youlh. was not observed, by
reason of the sinnlfbf the face, is. how dppa ;
rent. Then arises-the -necesstiy for decora
tion,-, tq - .gesture,. ..if possible, the'disturbed
■forms; tlib losjt proportions,the edujlißiium of
.the' liOdd, face .and fentures.'- The cap*, sup
ported by tlife liair. restbros' the elevation of
tho vortex;. oollecteddnto a ifiasSiat th’o back
with pendulq.ps: ornqmpnts.rit opngtetbalkUr.'
ieeqthe large,,square, upriglitforehead. ;-Thq,
lejir once more appears to'oooqpjt its .plapd in
the -'oenfrm.of-tnb 'bead.l Af tiflqial dloiWrs'.
qpd lappetfl’m’ako up for ‘the natural fttlhfe'fe
and., qvpjo fQiniof.jthe- b.eqqtifulj face ;,and'
raised i.pojlar eppoedls the. Sfnetyy trapezii
muscelos pn. the.baoK bf, tbp;nhofc; tfhjph de>
Women, deoqfate by all means, KUt dhdqWtiS'
with taste anditj therightdirention; laiheri
decorate, in ewer to fulfill' her. great,mission
on earth, the pleasing anddeUgfitingof man;
/ . "' 1
fliw to EEIST liV PiJTCfI.
The reader must picture d stoalji big-boi-*
lied, .short-haired recruiting a
blue cap r brftpd stiff aihort
uniform a size too small, and'’ a
ra.w: ..customer fromb* fatherlandVwith wooden •
shoos, and a long-tailed grey coat’., ,-Tfaooffi
cer was after recruits for a German regiment
and thus went for his susceptible country
men,: , i V'': - *
I Lo Idore, Hans, be dat you ?'- : #
• -‘Yaw/
(,‘C.ome Wit me to bo a adicb man/
Nflinl*. . , ■/ ;
1 Yaw I'come1 'come I it bo so nice/
, ‘NeinJ Igeisshoota/ ;'J 1 ■ :'•
i, * Nix I . By tarii it is bettor as gofid It b*‘
foon aU do yHe., You inliafc mit.me you gets
nein hundred toilers bountiah/
... -v..
Yaw. And lik tho morning yen the tyuni
poat£, .irp diid.. is de gurnet's gompliments to
‘Oomo an' .git.your schnapbs mid him/ .
; ■ So?' - , : . .
.And party, soon,.bime by, trum
podte dat ish do. gurnel’s gompU
montato come .eat some soar .krodt .an sau
sage hut him, by taffl. ’
■‘So, niy-n _ . ;. -
. 1 Yaw, d&t ish sd. uen party soon, bime
by, der trum peats, hud dat ish the gurnet's
gomplimep.ts to ride piit him.in dor carriage
to'ego yoUr .vroyr Katarina, And
don yop ride's mit him all over, do city, and
no costs you-Von tatu cent. AndWme, by
do trum dat is do -gurnel’s gom
plimoDts to como and sebmoke a bipe mit
him I And den bimo by, purty soon, right
away, de trum peats like do tnyful, and dat
ish,do gurnets to come and get,
yonr nein hundred tollara bonntish, Itjnks
but I guess not, by lam. • .
‘ Yawl-Si) goot'l’.
■v'-.Yitwl, An’ den dor General and .dpr
Bresideqt; ahujeea iiands mit you, and.you
eat krout mit.der. Bresidont’s vrow and shust
live like one fighting rooster, by tam'l And
dep in n-little vile you say .der. president bo
one; nice. mati’ man',-you gets anoder huo■
d,red toilers bouatish, and dor Bresidem.
.makes one grand General mit you,-party
soon .1 guess, but I tink nut', Yon go mit
mo?’ , ■
‘■Yawl’;' - (
.. Tui Russian Surf—Tits sad
The following is extracted from a lecture de
liverer! by 'Mr. Doilas, former Minister to
Russia;' It pictuytfs to the life the character
of the Russian serf. Of them, there are no
loss than forty ihillions, twenty of whom be
long to-the Eruporor Nicholas: - .;■ ~;
1 “ Jmaginp p. human being covered, wa can- 1
not say clothed, in -undressed sheepskin, the
wool turned inward, that which should be » ;
coat resembling a loos'e,gown—having no col- '
■ lar.and a cap lapped over by a piece of rope
or other materials, as a Belt aropnd the waist.
His neck is uncovered-, red, rough, and hard,
his board long matted.and coarse, bis mens-'
the be hanging down and covering hisjrnouth.
lie wears, a bell shape cap of. woolen stuff,
trimmed "with dirty fur, and shoes either pie
ces of hard wood scooped ouf, nr ■ a kind of
sock of peblod pliable has hung at
his. back a kind of axe op Cntcbet.and his ex
terior is altogether harsh, soiled or dirty, and
repulsive. . A' ;nan thus characterized and
habited, suddenly appearing in our.streets,
or in any part of the oountrjr, would .awaken
'at an'eo alarm-and pity,- as fiomo escaped wan
derer from the, cells- of lunacy or crime.—
In the moral and mental qualities of the Bus- -
sian .serf there are -mingled traits of good ■
and evil. Hp is roild and amiable,-but iiur
becilo and servile. To the profoundoptig- '
iterance and-vilest huperstitidPj he : unites a
•Oliinose imitation qqiqkness, and ah,abjeet
roverentialfaith in the dogmas of theahurob.
lie crosses himcelf nt 'cvcry flash of lighting,
and. faces death -fearlessly antler a priestly
proulise of pnradise.- 1 He endures without
complaint the most frightful extreme of phys
ical exposure and privation.. He is content
with ( a block ■of wood or. stone for'a pfllow,,
a plunk lor his couch and. some black bread
and unions for his daily tnenl., Like our wes
tern ‘ savage, he yields at every opportunity .
to nllhrbtiiohVs of intoxicating drink. - In the
presence, bf power he falls prostrate in the
dpsti propitiating safety oy.kindneas from hia
superiors, in. tlio most disgusting servility.
Yet, notwithstanding the rigor of his destjty,
ho is utterly unconscious that there exist*'
happier or fairer regions on the earth, he laves
his country.with enthusiastic and unbounded ,
ardor, and when fighting his battles abroad ■
he is almost a williqg victim,to the enemy,
in tlie Confident belief that after death, blit
before he lakes, bis final flight to heavenf ho;
.is suffered to visit for,three days, his native,
cottage.” ......
A Bobo PniiHCEii.—"When Samuel. Da
vie was President of Pros! dent of Prinoetoir
College, in England for„the purpose, ..
.tftiiiing donations for the institution. George. -
the'Second had a curiosity to hear a pronch
er from “ the wilds of America.” He aeoor- ,
dingly attended;.and was so much struck
with theoomaiandthgeloquenoeof theprea’oh-,-. ■
Sr, that he expressed his astonishment loud
enough to he heard holf-wnyavor the church, ;
in such terras as these:—“ He is a wonderful
amah! .'Why, he beats ray bishops f” Davis—'
observing that the King was attracting.more
attention than himself, paused, and looking;
hip Majesty full in the face, gave him, in an
emphatic'tone, the followingfebtike iji-When'
.the lion fonreth, let the- bfiaats 1 ot the forest '
tremble ; and when the Lord ;sp6aketh, let A
“the kings of .the earth keep pilenoo.” , The , ~
King ihslaritly. slirubk back ip pis soot, and
remained quiet during the remainder of the" '
sermon. The next day the monarch sent for - -
him, qpd gave him fifty :guinehs for ’the in
stitution,. qvtij which bp presided, observing •
at the same time to hiscourtiera—“ho is an , .
honest man—an honpst'man." ' ■”
BE? 1 It is perhaps: loss injuVions to society f-o
that,a goaf doctrine shaaldi Jbe'accompanied: ■ >
by a bad Jilj) .than that a good: Uf», should r.i
Isud ikssuppdrb.ta a bad doctrine.
[Q-Many .pOrsoosSonfass their 1 depravity.
but defp.niji their ,qondqqt., Tj)ey. re
in goueral.hut right iu pprtiqular, .
.‘.ip- Asdobgod meh smell of .wbisksy.
Idbkqco.athoy omen bavo a- H^i-'tb'deSen®' c '
thpmiss't.osytith musltj : /:i ■« iielt-e;
W J- .-iia/’q •: ,1-i J, at-! ..,-i ./ .1 4. Ur > h ,}h
.hypoorißMljpr4y*Sfc»;,«liai«b im
intended to .olieat tpi| pthere. 5; ,
'tab; £brd. - ;/,
. pi-,-':; I.':! I, d !.! a? Ol»„
isihe greatspt
mosk^sjwfSpS* u
Ol tils OVf U» ''. . ; , , lA •i, »i ' ; a* w • '-t
fieisotafTOtsledint* tSey ■kiti'. 'd
nothing to do, not'daljr eeMsidezmCthkii
have also nothing to l»j.
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