The(A. , nxericarr'Volunteo’r
PDBuaHßeWtikV ikttoD^/Mcmki&b,
BT ■!
John B. Bratton.
T*bicB.—'Two dollars per year If paid strictly
1b advance. Two Dollars an!d Fifty Cents If
paid within three months, alter which Three
DollaWtCU* b^ jTliMejtdr& {^lf 'be
!^ver^.ln^tdiico
torlptlon until *U or<t
paid,' Unless at the option of the Editor.
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CHILDHOOD,
DT GEORGE D. gREWTXCE.
rri« sad yet* iiWtfot & ilAtotr ' , r; ' l * ! "
To gase oat on the eyen,
And the boandless fields Of oJr, __
And feel again
To roam Uko angels there.
There are of giadnasa- '
Qt.l ■ *J*f
And f&mtho tomb of feeling)
Old tho^bUoome : ÜBt:. ■■■
The forms we loved so dearly, .
J3SBSBBea«o«'ri
So fair to look upon. ( a
Those bright and gentle maidens,
Wbc‘sei^eds<yfbrriie&'lWbll&r iT ■ 1 *'‘-
Too glorious and two heavenly ,
Fqrsahh.a:World*ak>thlal
Whose dark soft eyes seemed swimming
In a sea of liquid light;
And whose looks of gotffVeto streaming
O’er brows ao saoßy.brlght.
rtI"'VTA) jvq*£.
ufteam-ttlglAutlnidsor stmitner, C*
. They baye lajlen tha aUJm. , •
Yet, oh! It Is iwvfcltf l j\ JV j
To fade tvdixC eanh' llfco them.' ‘
And jet "y.r :
To muib’on inch os they,
And feel that all the beaatifal
Are parting I ■ • i- 1
'Hiat the fair ones whom we love
Qrow to each loving breast,
Like of theblinking vine, r\';
fV
~fee! lan «M!
BEENIOE OHUDLEKJffB HASTY VOEDS.
BY EMMA *
Mrs. Chudleigh opened the door of
her cottage,ftnd came out into the
midst of the gloomy, freezing cold,.a
wistful, anxious look on her vhlto.wan
face. Putting childish'hand
to her mouth, .she called, ‘Benniel
,.j..
Presently there came an answer.
' Yes, I am coming,ttnqther b’y s ’ ---jy,
And simultaneous’ Wlth a
sturdy little figure appeared upon, the
enmatillgaiCfM, kttfQS £jUC j£.s&
‘ An, Bonnie 11 have been so anxious,
and ypugre so colder
• NbV'a" hit;' but X took a longer
tramp than usual. But only see . the
faggots! they’re as clniir and rich*as
butter!’ an<J>!tte! Sturdyiittlefigare
advanced, drawing .after, him a small
sled, heaped With pinb knots!
The wotfaan’s'Wdhv inVibnllght face lit
up to qbspiuto,rfudieflce, and a tender
ness tbat : ww j^upbing, ; Jb,epmed ; .firom ;
her gr^at 4 , Blue-gray eyes, astheyrest
ed on the bo^— *stiifdy little
fellow, robed and ,wrapped like an es-
bs^ijpiris d;
an honest, 1 manly face. Ben Chudlelgh’s
very own bpy.,,, ..... _*.& cr.
Bernfca ChUaleigh" thought this, as
she put out her child’s hand,'and helped
him icy .path. thgt.Jed backlo
their spCbbon’iTOltagd, tlife Med df-pine'
knots rattling at their heels,. It was
seeing ~the; fattier } reproduced ;in the
boy that filled her sad eyes with such
unspeakable te'nderriesf.'-’ '’Whenr fltey
had cross'd the threshold, she kissed
him, piirtingj.the onhlsbrow.--
The lad blushed like a girl at .her, ca
ress, andffell fff'ufiloadi'rig’hls sled and
heaping the fire with faggots,
‘ There;: noWi 'mother,’' he -■ said; ba
the rudy-hhtze’sHbinub'' thebrOadchim
ney, ‘Jiad’t thkt hlde? NoW shall
sit down, and get-real’ Wartnyabd I'H"
make the tea; I’m such a strong fellow,
I never get tired.’
She sat down, smiling fondly upon
him from the cushioned chair he drew
up be.fpre the/ biaZlnghearth} , aitd'"Tr!»
ton, Sea dog;'Stretched
himselfout-th the opposltßcnriier, with'
his noso'between hlspawa. Then Ben-'
nle mado-ttha- and' they dtenkit;
and Trttott snilpbbd &pa cracker,''and a
morsel of dry cheese, and went back to
his Blumlww..: „ a ~fa „
l'ho dsrttly;—'
The wind fairly howled amid the pine
hills, thb'irßieh fain tllikled ph the'
roof liSb'lflraiitfsfibt, While dofrh upon
tho loßhrjrsafifis,' tHe ; 'wild sea" moaned
and thundered.
BennlS ’-'tliteW "viA- 'and •
got out hla ilium (gated JirllTier toatnuse
himself, while his mother did her sew
ing j butsoraehow'the' bright pictures'
failed In tlielr-uauQl fnferdat'.• His ears'
were full ot'thokeh’swlld'a6bhln£’:and
his bluo'e^M— bbjfd, : 'k!nd :: tye3; l 'Sb , lflie
his father’s—wandered furtively td his
mother’s face, a lovely face, fair and
refined; ,a fage that,' in; its early bloom, <
when all its tare colors were unfaded,
and all that superabundantgold-browh
hair wai laltiKlo* r; Wu'Bt
wondrobsljEl' tWvMhli. But naw,-eJi.i‘j
so indescribably, sad—so duUof an ,un>
dying remorse!' ‘
The lad’s eyes filled with childhood’s
quick tears as be watched her, and his
face grtWiMflihtyVlth ‘Vague, dfiubt-'
ful.wo
‘ Must',’the,
least was -
it ail right 1 between ymp.and father
when he went away 7 I’ve wanted to
i ss*iSp, iw
amazed j a swlft.burqiog, red,, gholj ,up
into her white dieetcsi and theq /ahei Jet
her head
stand, and burst
bing. Tlie cbild'graw .pale, with fright,
and pain. ■«
1 Ob, mother!
he whispered, goip&.tb;h£r«aidet and
dropping kisses and caressing touches
on. her bowed bead, ‘ I’m so sorry I J
didn’t think it would hurt you sol’
She drew him close to her- bosom in
silence, and still sobbing. Bis childish
question bad cut her heart like a knife.
‘ Was it all right with her and father
was too wtfW&tiSf ajm ir f%6t'4£hb'
cruel wrong md(i| j).§' Mwq, ■
and eternftitpßrbapsl .»*«.•:.! «.
How vividly, sitting there in the
ghastly gltßiln»r<df' tii<f firelight, did
•he reniemhur.abat itast par>lng r ibrtt.'
Weary years ago J Uenuig wasbutawee'
lad than, andhla vyho hadfoi-
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ite American Balimlcer, rm
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■ BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
lowed the sea all iiis life, , wasstarting
e long voyage. ’ He yanteij a paper
of sonie! importance; brabmelhlng of the
kind,' add came to hla wlfe fdr lt.
Bernice, his pretty glrKyblfe’Had ta
ken! care of all his 'pap6rB( and- all his
moneys since the first-day 61 their hap
py marriage, lie being a great, careless,
‘losing, fiery-hearted as sailors
ifftially are. But Bernice was quiet that
morning, getting; his!'outfit'in readi
ness/'and the March' winds blustered
dovynthe cottage chimney, and! puffed
the jsmbke and ashes about,and pnther
Obtof humor; and, perhaiis, fdr all her
sweet child ways, hebdty, this
petted wife of Ben Chudlelgh wks a bit
impatient and quick tempered!i by na
ture ; or because pf'tob ;mi}'cii!petting
andi Indulgence, as is'ofteheri lhe case.
At guy rate, after tt hasty searpb 1 for the
noto,_she declared thatlt. could-not be
found, bod that it had notibcen'intrust
ed' to iler keeping.' BUn Opened his
handsome blue eyes In amazement.
_* Vghy, Bernice,’ he, said, nbt a bit
IcSoBS/pnly decided;' * you know I gaye
it to you. I always give" you things I
wish taken care of.’ • ■' >•
‘A.foolish habit, too,*'retorted Ber
nice, spitefully. ‘ VVhy, not take care
of them yourself ? And yoU thay here
after,,l won’t have my desk crowded
with ! any such rubblati.’and making
good her words, she tossedthe papers
she had. been overlooking on the floor.
Ben'looked down at the promiacous
heap. There were receipts' and business
papers, and amid them, bid loyo letters,
ahd turfaof faded blossoms, that bad
passed between him and Bernice In the
days of their courtship. X
. ‘.'Why, Berry,’ he began. ahd then
finding his voice unsteady, he stopped
short, and then turned away, .
His.wife saw in an instant what she
had done, but with the perversity of a
child, instead of trying, to tnako ropara
tion, as her woman’s heart yearned to
do, she made mattera-worse.
* 1 shan’t look another bit,’ .she said
petulantly, pushing; the. papers aside
•■wlpth' her pretty foot.; ‘l’ve, wasted
'Biiff the morning already.'. You bother
me so, I wish you Wei-e gone.’ X
‘ I’m going then, now, Bernice, Good
by!’
~He did not even venture to.look at
her, but strode from' the rpom. and out'
into tlie yard. Bennie.was playing bo
foie the doorway, and 'Bernlcostanding
breathless, heard ~liim,, kiss .the child
and bay, , -
* Gobd-by, little one I Be a good boy
to m'pther; don’t forget 1’
This.was the last. When, after a mo
ment of stunned . bewilderment,, she
Hurried to the door, he was gone.
' BuVhe would comp backlAU day
longj sitting with Bennie oh, her. knee,
she' said it over and over, he would
comeback, and they would make it
*>P- M ': •’ X-
But night came* and in the dusk of
the M&rch sunset, a sailor came up for
her,husband’a sea chest. Bernice was
tdb proud and sensative to aaka ques
tion, dr send a message,, but' the long,
lonely night subdned her • pride: ' As
soon as the sun rose, she made her way
down tbHhe pier,' where bis vessel lay,
but itjwas too late—the craft had sailed
at .daybreak, and bef ,'husband was
gone!.-' '
Befqioe went back to the cottage, her
heart telling Just as if ii'poisoned thorn
'werejpierciiig it and throughall the
whary days that followed, the, misery
didriot a'bate. But a letter would cOmbl;
March by, followed iby; Mir"
pricioua - Aprilyi; and May
dainty,blbdltion'ali the ocean; cliffs.'— ‘
Then‘s toatetf^'of’'the tet .‘lhtt6r,‘‘
She received’ <ho rcrribletidlngs/thaV
his vessel; jjadr taken fire, and. gone’
doWn in mld:'Oteab. .He would never
come home again !' ' , . ( .
~ Month followed month, year drifted' l
after year; ah,d' Bernice ,lived,' and Boh:’
niegrew'up to.asturdyiad, never for-:.;
/getting hlaiatner’a parting command;'
He waa tQ his mother ; : buti
.aji his aimpleV-unaffeeted devotion, , so
li|te; jits. ihther’s, ,' could not drive the.
unspeakableeorrowfrom her eyes/-or
tho stlpgin'g'ig<h.QWh?rdqi .her t
And how qh|B sat by the blazing ’
1 fire, 1 wlthherihin hands clasped, ,and
shining eyes, that poor little Ben felt
avyed and .frighted, andcrept away to
hisiied in the corner,- not daring even'
“lo kiss,her again.; 1
..'i'JWi l he child,cputd not sleep. He lay
listening to the voido'df the winds,' aa
they feared andi whistled, through'the,
pine hills,. and ,to, the ceaseless moan
•and thunder of the,sea, raising his head
evarand anon ti} idok at his mothers
white, sad Jnee,-; and wondering in his
.cftird’6 peait if . Qod and . his angels
Were iso goad merciful, why th.ey.
did ndt'do something tp pomfort her-—,
A. at range: barfihlo teeling .'came over
him, (an Indescribable prescience, of
sorpething to come. .. • ■'
,j‘ Mother,’ lye .icalled,gently, sitting
UP.la his bed;' ‘pi){, BflQtiier! what. Is
,lt?.il. oanlttell,- but I feel
Wdeed idorTtnothqHT, . , ' ...
< ; But she dtdhbthded him; The old'
30a dog liffed his.ppjpted hare, aUd-ila-.
lntently ;,thqu he arose, and pnt
tered across to‘tne‘ child's BA3, with' a
daok'hklf H^adJ4;jP| 9 ’ ®ye» ; •
dhtd his oiieet flMinße hls hAd r J
.• i The! dqg .lliltohcd ’aealn; . then ha.
IfiCMtcri ; 1
ai> On; wotfettoaotiier I’, called»Ben*>
shield hip^,d,ftifclghV/‘'r. ; '?’ '
Hhe Wth;tfpml)l(ng hands, plicf,
a death Wfte lace, n y---'
* WhjjC ihy' :sha
w h n a(ie yvent to the! Wtfti
and
TrUdnatowLamlnstaatwith his ears
erect, ground, then
, i)p, §|Y>t off, maitlpg great, flying leaps;
and utteringshort, exultant cries,:lm
pelled by etrongur than lier
solfioriher own wilt', 'Bernlce followed
hlm.aud'poor, affrighted little Ben was
left alone. •• ■ '
Out through the; wild, dark night she'
went, duWQTtp thO bleulc, Ivy clU&.asd
itieroi standing upon tho desolate sands,
hlshtytk/burly llgw sharply deftnod
shaaawi
the form of aman, with Triton leaping!'
and barking-around him jand'never
pausing* nevorstopping to question or
‘wonder, buf,..impelled- by a wlld in
ati.nct, she flpw r .qn, l qatll she fell breath*-.'
less jaj(d , SHMel^|at ! f liijt .feefc' ,•
Whfen" aiie awoke- to life again* she
was! Bennie's
llttlebod, with thq gllmmpr of the Qro
light before her, and Bonnle hlcpself
.was 1 banging 'over her, ■'pattlDgvher
' With bis chubbyhandK andkiss
ingi Her'Vigorously;-his bine byes shi
ning wlthalooktheyhad never known
before. . .Then -' a - wild, -vague 'hope;
thrilled through, her, and she Btartefftp
her feet iwltli aicry that rung abovethe
dlnoffbps term. . :
jtfbbfl, bironsi^l ! ‘ add
woriijandchangedl’ butwlth
kindly-eyes,’ Ben Chudleigh,
her' oWh fiubbhhd. He held .out hfa
armp, but she ‘went .'down prostrate at
his feet.;- - ; .. .
‘ 6h, r 'SettJ,‘bh,?,my hMs*>and,l -iby
darling,! .forgive met. 1 know that bod
has.i'because He has given you hftokitb
me.’ "'' ’ ’ ■ t- ■
Apd Ben, sobbing like a woman,
gatheredhfer up in his strong arms,
kissing her lips wildly. •••’'
‘ Thefe’s nothlng to forgive, Berry,’
he said at last, when he had command
of his voice, ‘I was most to blame; I
shouldn’t have gone off ln a pet, ! BOt
I meant to comb back; but onr vessel
failed to put in at any of the'port's, and
when she took fire, T. just did escape
with my life. ; A foreign vessel picked
me up, and took me to Calcutta. At
last, thank QodJ I ptn at home:’; ~
Bernice'did . not speak j • She only
clung tp him with her radiant eyes fixed
upon Kis falsa.!,
Little Bennie, his bare, brown legs
showing beneath his scanty night robe;
looked on wistfully for a moment; then
he stole forward, and threw his biggest
pinejkuot on the fire. .The blaze went
dancing up the chimney, and Triton,
shaking the *jslshtwgy tfde£,
Stretched tilmßeM i before l iti * Bennie
smiled with satisfaction, and crept to
his mother’s side.
‘ Mother,’ he whispered, * shall I
make another tea-now, for father?’
Then lingerlng'a trfdment, and'resting
his sunny bead against the seamen’s
'shoulder, ha said, ‘ I didn’t pypr forget
your, last words, father; I Aatis been a
good boy to mother. It was grieving so
,fpr you that made her look so white
and sorry.’
And his father, gathering him to hla
breast, as if hp were a babe,, wept over
and embracpd^blm.. f ; ,XX ’, ;X' ) X....;
;; ‘Aye, my Tad,’ he said, ‘and both
mother and you have done grieving for
all the rest of your days, if father can
make it ao.’ ..X-.i.... »
... (hfa sef»ns.l^»'add,. :
they desnß: itu.tdgethetv.aild The storm'
lulled, the wild, mid-winter night giv
ing birth to a morning of unspeakable
j)by and gladness.
PEANOIS . I
: Succeeded' td'
the throne in 1315, on the death of Louis
XII., who died without male issue.—
Scarcely had be ascended, when he, as
grandaou of y«leutine iif
seif at the' hoad'of'Hff farmy.'ttyassertvhi.s'
rights over-the.'Milanese. ■ The Swiss,
who opposed "him in his entry Into'the
duchy, were defeated at Marignano (or
Melegnano) Sept IS, 1515, and Milan fell
immediately fafferitofy Victory,'
Bhoßwhf'Wlfh 'England, thd Tanioul' in-*'
t|rview between Henry VII. and Francis
took place, in Flanders, and which for
tbemagulfllqenf.dlsplay'onthe occasion',
. was called ‘the field of the Cloth of Gold.’
In the.same year, Charles V. of Spain
having inherited the empire after (he
death
to the imperial dignity,and declared war
against bis rival. In this struggle how
evlr. he met yvilh nothing; but reverses.
‘ the defeat of Mbrsbal Lautroo at
Klcoooa, in 1522, and Bayard's death,
Francis, was himself, in 1625, beaten at
‘Payta.and ta^en- prisoner. i/IJhefighthad
been a stout pne, ijdd |th(f kids to
bis mother, ‘Allis'lost,’ except hdnbri’—'
Led’oaptive into Spain, he only recovered
.’his liberty at the cost qf an onerous treaty,
sighed 'at Madrid in 1525;: jmt. which -was■
u(jt entirely carried out.' Bo Immediately
. becommenoed war Inltaly, he met with
..fresh defeats, and . concluded a second
'treaty at Cambrai in ,1528. He once
more invaded Italy in 1636, and, after
Various success, consented to ! « definite
'arrangement at Crespi in 1544, by which
’this' French were excluded from Italy,
thpiigh Milan, wai given to the.fciii!e,o'f
Orieunsj-! i t ,6(50145* 4(
; Francis died at the Chateau da Rambou
liiet, 1547, and was succeeded by bis son,
'Henry II;
ME
. A t Witness.—lq
. Cp'urt, onrfe upon a time, a very pretty
young lady appeared as a
testimony wa* lllcely tb'VestiftunfiWOr.'
ttbly 2 for the client of a pert young law;
■yer, Who addressed her very supercil
iously with the inquiry:
■‘ You are married, I believe ?'
y-'i-; --.-s
‘.Qnly wish to?* , . ,
4 "Keklly, I don’t knoiv. 'Wotild you
adviaa sucji. ;';s ] OX'; if'i
,/Oh l , certainly &mVm&rfea man
.taysiiif.|.. i"u”' »':• • ; --
; . •*!s i|t possible ? ' I never should bftyff
thought.' It.;, is .your wlfoblindor
tcrt'','.'- 5 --'-’. - ‘' \ l
V JtJd freely, ;tp; ad.d. tpift,
tHediSTOmßtedattorneydtd not vouch
f&iiyTu", [' ’•'- > .• »4;,
I othi-i -!><*■, •’- —
’ ‘alx clbickeapia
in ‘tKcooisj'add thotdaii boWi
miipy are dere ieff?’ , ,
4 ■/•jyijat’ilme bb day was it T* ‘
» .‘’Wluit pope bb day was it Why,
what, do debbilhab dat got to do wid do
i l_ : ‘ , ;‘- v '» .' J /' 1 'l ! '! *■
‘• A good deal, honey. . If lb were , art
ierdarkdorwould be none left 1; (hit ,W.
jf : you: happened , tb i , cocao along'd/ft
way,’
tJLpok here, niggab, just you stop
thein f ßerabnaUtH».';,’*•;; !■“.
Charity gives itself riches, but cove*
itself poor. *
''...,.0,044,4*:;:: . !1`.0115DAYi. , APR1L : 18. : ,1872.
vita; woes our rota’ op. ■nra.
Iv Did yon evtov gentle J readeriVlslt a printing
office tlf bo, did'yott* bot,nbtlcp thirelbsonib
corner bplle' of wasted ot worn ott< type*'' Did
' yba tWb'thlhk how 1 intioh’ of grief, of Joy.ol
care, of ftHnnbabd'oratf'ihe flfty-lhtmsahd
■bbjeotsih**6bid typebMtiven to the Wortdt 1
thein
w«eo %hh old and o*iifc-orftypo-ni6Mengenl of
'thought, ohce> bright and beautiful, sow worth-,
leas ttnd.refused j
' I'm Hilling by the desk/George; '
(fierdromb'bn thbflboi I ''
' • " Xh'efedlesa worn out font of type, ’' j ■■'
, t 'FoiltwentytAbusaad f core. ■ ■' ; !
■; ' And mtfny tnonthli bate patted, George,
;since they were bigaHlandtaewj j ; 1 -* '
And many:are-thetale*ithey X
t‘> |Tho false, the atnmgejUiO truo. ; '
'' 1 i ■ ; i(i ii' v; *i - *‘,i < !< < ■! ■ •
- What tales .ofhorrpr
OUeoi pept and of frxsek;
Of Inaipderiln the midnight hour,
>. ,6t War. tall manya, M Bpeotr ~.
■ Ofahlpethatloit awayal sea—
ii* before the- blast, ,
df atlfled orlea of agohy
V jOf life's Ids^ momentapassed1
df earthquakes and of Btilclde»>-
[OMalUug crops of cotton,
> L,o i bank defaulters, broken banks, >'
’ C < ;And tfhnklng system rotten*- • *■
*■ *;df boiler* bursting, steamboats snagged;--.I!
’Ofrlola, duels fought, i;
Of robberewith their, prey escaped, >
Of-.thleyes, their, bootyoaught,. <
Of flpod, ahd Are, anti accident, ,
- Those worniout types.bftve told;
And’h'bw thepestliencehaa swept
Thoybuttifuland the, old; 1 ;
. Of marriages, of births and deaths,
of things to plebse or tOx us,;
Of one man’s Jumping overboard,
Another gon e to Texas,
Theyfye told oa how sweet rammer days
, Have, laded i from our ; vlew, , i, i
How atUumii'H chilling winds Jmvo swept i
TheJcaf-crowncd foresttlirou^b; ,■ .
How wlnier/a snow bath sons and come—'.
’ park relgri of storm and strife— ' ... ,
And howtho smiling spriag hath warmed .
. Tho palp Ilowera back to life. !
1 cao’t proicnd to mention U4lf ■ ' | • ”
Sty, Inky tf lends nave told, ■
■ Since shining bright and bfedntltal,
, They Issued from the mold— ‘ . ; !
’ ;irow an to some they Joy have brought, ■>
To others grief and tears;
Yet faithfully the record kept ’
Of fast receding years.
A MAEVELOTJS EVENT.
Mrs. Janeti Mowbray and her four
sons lived In 1828, at Harwiok Hall, In'
the county of Durham, England. Mr*.
Mowbray was a tall.poworfnl woman, of
great
fourth; year, Her sons werqagodrespoe
tlveiy thirty-fonrj twenty,seven, twenty
four afad twenty rone: Her husband bad
been ! dead tnKtiy'lyeart.'; Her two ialdeat
sons Werej and tbeir wlvea and
families lived with her, The youngest,
George;. was wild and dissipated, and
had given bis* mother much trouble. He
watt deeply In debt, and had been re
peatedly threatened with arrest., Mm.
Motybray was, weal thy,and kept In her
bed-room, bealde a quantity of valuable
plate, a large sum of money,
... On Christmas eve Mnn Mowbray's son
apd daughter-in-law paid a visit'to the
residence of a 'relative, Mr. Choker, of
Cbaterebaugb. The domestics, relieved
from diity, were In their own portion of
the dwelling, enjoylngthe festivities of
tho season. The watchman, who was or
dinarily on duty in the kitchen garden,
took ahasty survey of bis bddt, and Join
ed tho revellers in the kitchen.
On CbVlStiuasi night' they were to have
a small gathering of friends and neigh
bors,land. Mrt. Mowbray began taioon--
aider! the arrangements neoesiary. She
would,require the old punchihdwl. and
tbe lodies and goblets, which she kept in
the olosot of i hor bed rooip.ySho would,
go and get them out at once. Bho went
accordingly, and entering the closet took
but the silver and laid It, on the shelf,,
'ready fop removal pest morning.. At the
same time she took out a -i large; old
fasblobtd ' carvlbg-knife and fork 6f
..quaint pattern, aiid deposited'them ais,o
on tile shelf. She then returned to the
parlor." After sitting and ' musing for
soipe time,-she took, up the blble end
fumbled for 'her' spectacles. She could
not And 'them; and at length remember
ed that she had left them on theshelf in
the closet, She at once returned for
them'-'. 'Entering -her bed' mom, she
placed the candle on' the dressing table,
and lighted a-small lamp with'which
she entered the closet-
As she took the first step inside the
'closet, she .beard the, sound as of, some
one breathing heavily. She; looked up,
and saw* tight before ' her thfe face of a
man. She was a brave, resolute woman.
Shc advanced a step, apd observed that
the 'raan’s head, arms am), body were
through,the small window at the end,
as though in the act of wrlggliugi him
self through the opening: In the man's
right {hand was a pistol,'.and hli left had
hold of a, shelf which ran along the side
of thp olqset.i, The man raised tho plstol
and'flred. Mrs. Mowbray in an instant
Jei,zsd| the huge carving knife whlohlay
on the shelf,:and advanced toward the
ruffian.' He was struggling to withdraw
himself from the window. His bonds
were on the'sill and his , head sodisWhat
.raised', leaving his throat somewhat ejr
'l»soci,’ '. ‘v' : i
Being,pnable to work himself opt of
Ithe aperture,)he raised the pistol as.
though to hurl It at Mrs. Mowbray: ‘The
courageous' old 1 lady made one step for
ward, and dashed the keen blade scross
the man’s throat, laying It open from ear,
to sari She then calmly retired,- closed
thpoldset door,' blew out the lamp, and
taking up'-her, candle' returned to the'
parjqr, flrst>haylpg. satisfied herself that
spot's drop of bipod had stained her dress
or hapds... >;i-
Half an.hour after midnight her chll-;
dren-returned home. Thoy foand their
pother seated by.the fire, serenely read
iog j her ,blble, , They: greeted'her, afieo
.Ubp&toiy.and prepared to retire for the
.nigbt.j .Mte. MowUray said: ' ,'
> ' 'Boyaj remain behlnda little.' I wish
ito speak 'Wtlb' yoil. You,'my dear daugb
1'1 '’ I ''' 1 •'
'Wbeushe Wasalone with her chil
dren, abe Said, 1 wlthdlgnlty pud talm
as : , I , J "Z 1 '* 1 - .' I . '' t ’
' ‘My obildfcn,'! billed, '4' mw’i
You wIU flud; bis bodyfbst Inthe small;
vjlpdotv of the olbset off my bed room. 1
u 'HTer sons stared at her la amazement
'.ffbOyi at tlratlmaglnedthat slip mast be
butwben she related to them plainly
and rationally, and ‘ln her own straight
forward,'teW fashion the 1 story‘as Just
told.'tbey aavV’thst alio was telllngthsm
a simple last I '' ’>'■ ' '
'ao.'BSldtUs, 'and make'what arrange
nients yon pitas*, I will watt bsre. aad
toucan tell ms' what conns it It best to
panne in this matter.’ !
; The eonstook the light and; went to
their motber’aroom. They ■ opened the
door,' and there aura enough was the
body of a man hanging half through the
window. The floor was a pool of blood.
With difficulty the 'eldest son got near
enobgb to the bodywithout stepping into
the gore," to raise tha heid, which was
drpoplngon tbs cheat. tHe grasped the
. hair, and lifted the betid *6 that the light
might fall Upon the fide!'' As hodldep,
a drjr-of borroreacapedfroiflalb
1 ' 'Great God l it Is bar brother George!’
' W hat do ybn say ?’ 'isked’Mn.' MoW
hray.lnkVbloe horribly calm, from the
doorway, whUher she. had followed un-,
l.’ wfadt Boyoa meau? r
: ,'The oldest son dropped the ‘’head to
pfeyent, it possible, tobthtr VacogQlr
log It, end all of them endeavored to ex*
plain their exclamation, and get their
mother away from the apot. It was In
-vain.., „ p -.. ■ i.i,
■Boys,! ..she said, In'her Old, walj
jhnown tone of authority, 'eland aeliio.—
Let mo iee th'd face bf‘ murderer I
have .slain.’ ; ’'
v With, that she pot her sona on one aide
'a* though they had' been’ mete lads, and
walked tbrough thb slippery gore that
lay upon the floor Up td tho body, She.
,tbe candle from the unresisting
grasp of her first-born, and with a band
tbali trembled not, lifted the head of the
dead Inaneo that the light shone fall up
on it. Hho gozed at it steadily for half a
minute, then she said; gedtly lowering
dt until It rested upon thebrewit again :
‘lt’s my boy George!'
'J.
: ilra. Mowbray was the only, one in
tbat bouasbold who remslnedcajm and
emotionless. The family were In the
wildest state of mrro'w. The three broth
ers with dlffioplty ettr|ip>ted’ : the/body
from the window.'/, ,The authorities were
notified, and,, everything i,was keptas
quiet as possible., The inquest .was duly
held, pirs. Mowbray,'waa fully exonera
ted, knd the body, was tenderly prepared
for burial. The real story wos known to
a feW outside,/the family and the author;
Hies. 'lt -Wsa , believed by them that
Gebrge. inatead of going to Devonshire,,
had remained lurking in the neighbor
hood, and had planned the robbery,'and,
if nee.il be thsmurderofhls mother.—
He knew that she would be alone on that’
night,.and that she bad a large earn of
money and valuable Jewels In bar room.
The old nurse who bad held George in
her arms when be first saw the light, took
care of the : body, and. prepared It' for the
tomb.'.' . ■ /
She dwelt tenderly on the familiar
marks 'upon the limbs and face which
she knew ' so well, each, of 'which had a
story of youthful daring or folly connec
ted with it. In due tims the funeral
took place. The'corpse was laid in the
family vault. Only the family and one
or two relatives attended: Mrs. Mowbray
spent the best part of each day by the
side of her Sear son. She showed exter
nally no signs of emotion.. Before the
, lid was closed she kissed the forehead,
and but ofi a look of the hair.
■ The day after the burial. ahe. gave' di
rection* to her eldest ion to pay all the
dead man’s debts, which was done at
once, no far as known. Gloom settled
pyer the ball. The wing of the building
in which the tragedy occurred was closed
up, and Mrs,. Mowbray removed to a bed
room up amirs. ’
On the fifth day after the funeral,-a
post chase drove up to the door of Har
wich Hall, and from it stepped. George
Mowbray, looking,tetter than he.bad
looked for many a long day before he left
home. The servant,who opened the hail
door started-backh and almost dropped
erith fright. His exclamations caught
the ears of 'M re - Mowbray and. her sons,
who hastened back into the entrance ball,
'only ini their turn to be dumbfounded.—
George was as much astonished as any of
them, and .gaxed from one to the other.,
perfectly, lost in bewildered surprise.
There was ho doubt about it. George
Uowbray, whom -everybody believed
dead and in hie, grave, was living and
. before them,
‘Mother,’ said' George, advancing to
ward her, twhat Is the matter? My re
turn is easily accounted for. On reach
ing Tawvale, I found that my uncle’s
family' bad been unexpectedly summon
ed to London; as my eldest ocnsin, Sir
John Gray’s, wife, was thought to be dy
ing, I took a night’s repose and then
started home again, and here I am I’
Mrs.- Mowbray 1 walked up to him,
gased into bis face, and then, without a'
word, folded him In a passionate embrace.
Each; of his brothers grasped bis hands
and kissed him as they had been wont
to do when he was a boy and the. pet of
the family. . The old nurse.faroused from
■her noon-day slumber, embraced and
wept 'over him, and the servants gath
ered round with wet eyes and congratu
latory explanations.
All thls time George knew nothing of
,‘the true reason for this singular recep
iiom ! Soon, however, the mystery , was
explained to him.’ The effect upon him
paqrmt be described.
were immediately takes to
-have the body of the man who bad been
burled as Georgs Mowbray disinterred.
This iras soon done, and, as Ibe living
deorge stood beside the dead man, the
resemblance was seen to be the most ex
traordinary. The marks on the &ce and
hand* ’ corresponded ■ with those on
■ George’s, the scats on the ISge werasltni
tar,- also; and the hair, eyebrows and
finger nails ware marvelously allks.
TPho tbe desd man was. was never so-
Certalned. After Qeorgo'e return, ’.how
ever, inqurlea were mads,.snob w It was
never deemed, needful to make so long aa
this dejid man Was - supposed to be Mrs/
'Mowbray's youngest sod. ‘ V:
. - These Inquiries led to-the dlscoyety
that : the day-before the tragedy; three
jppd, sopposed to be from London; took-'
up their quarters at an lon In a neigh
boring village, one' of whom the land-
Jont thought, he recognised as having
been In-Mrs. Mowbray’s service- aa'
a groom.’ The footsteps of three persons
were alsc diaidveted J ln the garden, and
sometime a'ft'er.'a rope-ladder, and a horse,
trough, which had apparently been used
to lay upon - tbe spikes; at' tbe top of tbe
garden . wall, weredUooyered In tho,
neighboring ctipee •’ t| tba name of tho,
dead pma wga never dlsooversda
Thb Boston i/era&fhas the following
Infalllblo recipe: To make pie, play
bllndman’* hair |n a printing offloo.’ '
A STRANGE OBEATIJBE MGEOBaiA
A Who haa Lived WUO Snake* and
Become m Beait.
rsVmi tM Madon (Ofld itamgtr.} .
In the eld.tdwh of' Banbury ,bfa the'
coast of QooVgia. npw a melinoboiy.ruln
James Spinersall, the aubjeqt of, this no-,
tloe, wasborafiflytone years ago.;.
Hit parent* emlgratedfTom the Island
pf Bermuda over a century Since, andare
; In part responalblo’forthe Introduction of
that beaitliful graaswblohlstbobane \ot
plantpre on the eoaboard;, i
! The father of James was a tallor and
orlpple ( *d'd hlsm'otherltbptß sihall bs,
ket's shop.' They had ode .other ebb be
stdes James, and warp vpry poor. The
farmer, from his earliest childhood-woa.
Utterly unlike bis kind, add developed
habits of the Stfangest and most abnormal
eharaoter. 1 ; ..
Once, at a very tender age he was mis .
slog for several days, and finally torped
Up fast asleep, upon a tomh-atone ln tbe
village graveyard. ' • ’
, Foudofeolltude, be ever lived in the
thick recesses add tangled forests of that
semi-tropical clime. A ’passion for natu
ral history was thus: engendered, which
afterwards produced, we venture to say,
the most complete works,(lb manuscript)
evercompllod on the ornithology of Geo'hi
gl»- -■
Skilled In snaring birds, his home was
strung around with Ingenious cageaofhls
own manufacture, filled with feathered,
Inhabitants,some hitherto utterly un
known to the residents of the country.—
He has been known to watch; and follow
updajr af(erday, without ceasing, 1 a pat
oaqUet-or some other strange bird until he
had secured his prize. _ Nets, bird lime
trap*,, and robbery on the Were the
means employed bybitnincapluringhls
feattiered treasures. .Andi never were
they known to fail, . .
ibis protracted life In the woods, and
olosp association with beasts and birds,
gradually transformed this wonderful
orenture into a regular satyr,or wild man,
sad, strange to say, his very physical ap
pearance underwent a change, and bis na
: turol tastes and appetites also. The Wri
ter liasseen him with a pooket full of llvo
grasp-hoppers, which he would eat like
sugar-plums or bon-bons. Lizzards, io
busts, and e ven terpinta were despatched
in the same why.. Indeed, among bis
1 otharsllvan pursuits,the capture of auqkes
was i a favorite pastime. Armed with a
forked stlck.only, we have seen this man
braWl on all fours through a ooyared ditch
forty feet wide, fllled wlth ooze and slime,
‘in quest of the deadly moccasin. When
encountered, after pinning this'reptile’s’
head to the, earth,he wpnld seize It by. thfl.
neck, and' inserting a coarse cloth Into its
mouth so o» to cover the fangs, forcibly
extract them with a sharp JOrk. They
were than carefully placed In his bosom
for shelter and safe keeping. We have
seen him stand with the heads and forked
tongues of several huge serpents thus be
stowed darting about.bis cheek and face,
With a broad grin upon bis semi-barbar
ous countenance.
put this was not sit ; our asmiveraiis
biped would devour these writhing mon
sters, with horrible gusto, alive and
.squirming os be tore tbe flesh with bis
teeth—scores of living witnesses will at
test this fact. He was even tsoapted to
make this diabolical taste a matter of
profit, and actually advertised to eat liv
ing serpents la the. cities of Charleston
and Savannah, in the latter of which he
was arrested for the brutality of tbe per
formance- 1 ' i
The dwelling of this inan monsler was
visited by every stranger and antiquary'
who made a pilgrimage to Sunbury to
view {boold fort, and the enchanting wa
ter scenery Of the dilapidated; town. It
presents' a unique appearance. Hung
around the walls were Ibe oages of a mul
titude Of birds; embracing many of every
variety to be fouUd in this latitude, and a
long’ chest upon the floor contained bis
Oqilectlon 61 serpents, Ou One occasion
the writer, anxious to get a peep at the
hideous reptiles withlo, partially removed
'(be, lid, but as thought out gilded a
huge thunder snake,'and'he fled Inconti
nently. Twisted together In huge rolls,
, these nauseous creatures, embracing rat*
tleanakes, moccasins, vipers,black snakes,
coach whips,theanaconda-llkebluesnake,
and many other varieties, existed,without
food for 'long mouths, their prison floor
being coveted with the eggtot the several
females.
1 But who would suppose this snake man
courted the muses, : and Is the author of
quite a colleallon of poems, mostly of the
amorous class, which were published, we
believe, in Charleston. Several of these
are ip our possession, and form a curious
,■melange of sentiment,vulgarity and non
sense. Occasionally, however, he wrote
quite respectable doggerel, and hla doting
mother proclaimed him to he, notqnlte
the equal of Byron, but the superior of
Burns.
These pieces, when called upon, be
woulcl sing, or rather chant, in a monoto
nous {guttural accent, the same tune fit
ting all alike., ,
writer,and Mr. James-Seymour,of
this city, w.era classmates at school with
this curious genius, i At quite a tender
age his astonished bis teacher by declaim
logins whole of the Inimitable,race of
John! Gilpin, > ,
Previously regarded ns a dunce at.
school, he was forthwith put into Mur,,
rsy’e grammar, and never, we believe,
learned the difference between a aubstan
tive aud a verb, though beateh with many
stripe* almost every , .
His rirst teaober whoessayed to teapb
led the" alphabet had alhoughtlme ofit
Whan lie'would ‘ ismesjsay Ipi,’ the
preooCloas'yotith would reply, * James,
s*y ,B/ It was like thC taakof Syalphiia.
-Dolt is -he WSS, ’however,' the ihlserable
fello’w. M before mentioned, 'did write
qulty |a Volume on the natural history of
Georgia, wbiob, despite its defects, was
really Instructive and Interesting.
In person, Somorsall wash most dis
gusting object. He'Was callow-looking,
colorless' and cadaverous, resembling a
beaatas in nob as a man. Strange to say
though regardless of hobgoblins and poi
sonous reptiles,be was the veriest coward
In the town. The amallest boy could Im
poso upon or wblp blm at wJU,.wUb)im.
ponUj.: The limits of a newspaper artt-,
olp prlvenl ua from recalling many queer
anecdotes and Incidents in the llfeofthip
wonderful individual. He died about al*
years since, and Is still regsrded, like the
black dwarf of Ulr Walter Scott, aa one
•f this celebrities of old Liberty county.
VOL. 58.-NO. 45.
A POISOK AHDITB. ABTIDQTE.
traveler London give* thefollow
jng Interesting.account of the famous
poisonous .villey In tbe Islandofjhvi.—
■We took With na some dog* Wild foWla,
lo'try experlmobtsluthls polaobout hol
lo w.**- When within a few yards of .
.the valley we experienced a strong nan
sens smell,' but In coming close to its edge ■
this disagreeable odor left ua. The voT
•ley'appeared to; bo about half a mils’ln
olroumference, oval, and tbe depth from
■thirty..to.thUty-flye feet; tbe bottom quite
flat; bo, vegetation;.and the whole covered
with the skeletons of human beings, ti
gers, pigs, deer, peacocks, and all sorts of
birds. * * . We now fastened a dog to
tbe and of a bamboo, eighteen feet long,
and «ent him in—we had ourwatobea In
our hands, and In fourteen seconds he
'fell on bis back, did not move bis limbs
pr look around, but continued to breathe
eighteen minutes. We then sent lu an
other, or rather he got loose and walked
In to wbere the other t)og was lying. He
then stood qultb.sttil, and lo ioo minutes
fell oh his face and never afterward mov
ed his limbs. He continued to breathe
sevefa minutes. 1 We now tried' a fowl
whldh died In a mlnuto and a half.' We
threw In another! which 'died before
,touching the ground. • * * 'Ob the op
posite side of the valley; near a largo
stone. was tho skeleton of a human being,
Who 1 must have' perished oh bis back,
With bis right hand nnder’hia bead.—
jtrbifa being exposed to tbeweather, tbe
bpass Were bleached as white as ivory.—
1; was anxious to procure this skeleton*
.but an attempt to gel.lt would haye been
madness.” , ■, , ~n ■ ....i,",- >
' Ttjeold legend In regard: to this valley
waa that a poisonous treegra where nam
ed tba.Upw. and if any one approach It,
the result was eure deatb. Subsequent
Investigation, however, proved tbe Incor*
rectnpss of the legend in regard to,the
tree, but not, aa it. Beema, in regard to
the deadliness, of the place. Nor waa
thia; latter exaggerated ; but Ita oauae on
examination prayed to be merely the
overloading of the alt. with carbonic acid.',
.gas., The origin of the gas bao not been
so clearly ascertained, hut hos .becn sup
. posed to be from 'some vent in the earth
supplying the gas faster than it cau be
dissipated in tbe air, though the traveler.
just footedeaye. “ we could not perceive'
buy Vapot,or any opening Jn tbe ground. •'
Nevertheless this gas is known to bp-ati, 1
abundant product of volcanic action,'and.
from some anoh interior source it may be
conveyed to thli spot (aster than It la
conyeyed away. ' ■
Bijt why are . there not many . snob 1
poisonous; valleys in the. world?, Tbe
number of volcanic vents is great, and
they bre continually sending, forth this
iamb deadly product. Yet farther, so far
as this material is jqonoeruodi.eypry fire,
la a volcanoco.ntlhually emitting this gaa
as Its chlel product; and the amount.,of
the whole may be Judged by tbe fact
that an average sized blast-furnace'will
send fortb nt least two tons every hour.
Still farther, every pair of ilings,U a little
furnace adding no inconsiderable quota ;
for tbe braatbingof a population like that
in New, York will produce no leas thud
four thousand tons every day ; and,the
world over, animyj: lungs produce .fully
twice as muobas tbe human, Still furth
er, the various processes <>f fermentation
and [decay are pouring into the air four
times as much of this gas up the I) uuiun
lunge, produce,, ' Altogether/ ibo best
computation males' (bp daily production,
of darbouid acid, gas from these latter,
sources nd-less than eleven thousand mil
lion pounds; anri thlalfi addition to what-'
ms/ be produced frduiany sources within ,
tbe Carth. Surely, in View of suo'h bum
beta: we might ask, why should not the
whole surface of the earth be made at
length’ a Upas valley? Snob Indeed It
would have .become, upt within the pey
rlod I sjuce man’s creation, but, since tbs -
earth’s Brat,creation, bad It not been for
a .wonderful provision >s bleb has been
made for the consumption ol this gas ns
fast as produced! A poison Co ulluuiinnl
life it Is Indispensable food of all vegeta
ble life. However milch therefore, tbe
fpnper may send forth into tbe atmos
phere,’ the latter is ready to absorb It all.
We! Mb .Amazed at tbe iiunieuse sum .
which represents the, amount produced,
but wp are no less surprised at,spine of.
the ngnrea which tell of tbe amount re- 1
qulrfcd to sustain blithe plants which are
growing upon the earth. These- all. 1 ate
provided with little mouths, .scattered
thickly over their leaves, which suck in
tbe.barbonic acid Irom the air, and. Uni
der the influence of the sun-light, resolve;
it again into its elements,‘retaining the’
carbon to build up the plant, but sending,-
out (he oxygen to be breathed-aver by
man; or animal, or to sustain a flame,
will freight It again with carbon for still
another use of the plant, - And thus tbe
endlbs< Interchange goes on. The res*
pi rat lon of roan Is kept up by this distil
latloh of (be plant, and tbe plant is aus- .
tolnod by 'the waste from tbe system of
(be' man or the* anlmAl ; or else by the
destcuctlnn. of some other, plant.
■phe number of .these little hungry
mou(bs, which tbe vegetable World opens
to la[Ue up man's poison, but its food is
perhpps tba most wonderful (hingin all
(bib Jstory of beuefleient wonders,- “A
single common lllao-troa baa a million
leaves, (tod about four hundred thousand
'millions of pores-or mouths at work,
aUbking In carbonic acid; while on a sin
gle* Pak tres' as many as ipven'pillllon,
leaies have been counted.’,’ -With such
a consumption eveu tbe, immense pro
duotlon does not seem' too great. The
two are equally .balanced. The sold re-'
mala» pur#; tbo plaiits mo all fed.
Aspakaous.—Sow early in Spring,
in rich soil, in . bills a foot opart, and
on fj inch deep, .thinning the plants to,
8 Inches 'apart ln ; the rows; whendne,
or tiro, years old transplant to a woll
trenched and enriched ground.planting
in beds four feet wide, with path two;
feet Wide between, and settipjrplants
one 1 foqt apart' each way. ami fqnr in- •
ches deep j Jate in the.faU inow oil .the
tops land- cover the bodsdeoply with
triamire.whlch fork in early in the
Acting anti give a'gqbd
allow twqseasona pfgrowth befqrouni ■
ting from the bed, ,v. j-.
" The Jbog may not be thoroughly
posted in arithmetic j but when you
come .to the square root he Is there—the
hog is.
n w ta ob uifc
IGO 500 MO
300 400 , 6 ft)
360 475 87*|
aoo sso vJ-OP
880 860 TOO,
400 ISO -t*K
500 860
7so to oo laswu «.
10 00 15 00 30 00123 00 1
><reiToluiM'doaiiUtm*inak.-.
: ls unu;lss
Eor AQOoaocomeote five coate perlln,e,pnloei'
eoQtiraaled for btf the year. * : 1 »i : 0• • !1 *
For Uaalnose ami BpeoUl -Notice®, 10 cenu ; •_
*
Doableoolbma advortleementa exit*.
A FBAYEB FOB, PEACE
Jones , Oatnb! hokne tO'lea'arery.'crOßi .1
Indeed. Mrs. Joneg, Was, not,>lt must"
ba (*onfes§cd ]tho most Jadlctoua.qf heljp^..
’ mhlea f prfducecl 'ixer./nstfliner’s ■'
•Jbdekjvas t t£e,‘bjll .to,®,,
ragpoua. No woman of,/(ieif-rPspect, ,
would exhibit such a catalogue to a
dotlng husband. He'' riftredl '
stormed: He’d leave ll to anybody ffi
tho blll Wtdibofcoutrageottal' l . oll er.vtv.' r
. *yery well,’ says Mrs. 't&rry,
•lea,voU totally.’- :>;
•yery, well,! sayaMr. Jones. eagerly,
‘leave It to Bally 1 ! ■), n . ,
Hally was Jon s’ cousin ( who had
dropped In to aupj ar. t
‘Hoad the hill; says Jones, In his
grand slide, ‘and Jet Sally hear it.’
htrs. Jobes bega t. '
•Stop reading that tiill,’ says Junes,
‘I won’t have tha read; those are the
very Items I object to I’
‘But,’ urged; Mrs. Jones,',‘UHleSs I '
read the whole bill, how can Sally do
termine?’ : ■■■,. ',
' ‘Settle it as yon can.’said Jones*,,‘lf '
tbat.pai;t of thebill la,read,
crockery. You "<»nit■ .^''teusee^dw-...
cat, that my objoct is harmony, j!dp
sire peace. If those items are read,
there' Is no peace! 1 6f course, : Bally'
won’t listen : tb the absurd charges at ’<
the top of that bill I 'liiipy are
terousl Anybbdy can 'bbe at a glance 1
they are slmply dntfageous 1 . ]- have ttbi 1
bounded confidence' in cousin Bally ; /
she (Would at ’■ once pronouncethem- s,
ridiculous. Therefore, i Mrs;: Jonev'
theyshan’t be read, on&if you attempt.
it! I.will not onlyemash thlngS, hat I’ll.';
attack. ,Sal,iy, and it will be fault
if X hurt her ! Do you hear tne? t
will .attack f^ily, i l'’say. apd a breach".'
of the peace .will be .upon , your shOpl-,
dors I’ ' ' ’ , ... " .
Mrs. Jones remonstrates bnco more.
•My dear Jones,’ she saya if you hayb.’ ,
faith lq'your * umpire, l why ■ in'shlt fieif?' 1 '
If she wlirdeclare the bill 'tio blgj .
on seeing it, jicub poliSti is • '
If she glves an Opinion only on part’ of 1 '
the bill, we shall stifl differ on-the'blh- :
er part,- which it-to. plain,', from: your ;
conduct, is the,moat .troublesome part,.';,
and we might as (veil/notrcall In Sally ■
at all. Nothlng wlll be settled I’ , 1 ,:c :; c
‘Madam,’ resumed Jones, ‘the si tun-.;,
tion is grave! Inthe interests dfhar-*,
tnony,„what compromise, let me ask,-,;
have you to 'offer ? I desire, peace. 1“
hayp already made a conicesslon’sucli as
no married man can,makewith, safely,
in Offering .to refer this whole” matter to
cpusln Sally, Having yielded this T,
,dp hot expect to find you ready to takb
such ah ad vantage as to boldine to her •
decision 1 should ItbeUgainst me. -■ This,’
madam; Whs ndf-to beetpOCtedi - Delf* :
cate Us our relations nre,T still hope for,
peace; I hold to the original proposl- ■
tion, as I understand it. X still agree' to
abide by Sally’s decision If it shall ba ■
in my favor, provided she shall. never
see these items - ;o which 1 objected
first, last and a, ways. I make. this
concession for' th"' sake of .harmony.-T* L
Her decision shal‘ be final and all em»
; bracing, and of ci trse, after such mag*
nanimity 'on tbe' part of an iudulgept '
husband, -.you ' HU, hot insist' upon' '
rbadlngany Itpm' in that prehosterpua '
bill which i- do consider preposterous 1
Audi; do trust hat, though she. by
any chance, deoid i that the preposter-.
hos bill is Just, a.,d ought to be paid,-
you Will have womanly Instinct enough ■
to pay It yourself. This T urge in the
interest' of peace. It will save crock*' '
ery andSally’a fei'llngs.’ - ; -r
an Old New England Costost.—
. The Springfield Republican contains -
an; extract -from the town records 'of
Hartford, Mass.,dated Aprii 80th,168d,
.as follows:-‘The select men hayoagreed
with ,benjamin, -Barratt to hoop the.
town home all the npxt somer and sc), ,
behjamln .Barrett hath agreed also: to
hpbp, the homo carefully and; weU nnd - -
to drive the home -out at - the townni:
End every, morning by. tbe [time lb*
auqq lean hoar hlgh,,. ,*• hi* ■*,<
And farther the said benjamin is to.
begin to hoop the borne. ,tbb third day
of March next, and from tbence to' hoop '
till the twentymlnth of
and the' pay tb be deUverbd ibe sd,
beqjamln Barrett for hooping as abbya '
sd.'at or' before the tenth, of Janhaiy
..-J'r:'; "
pay of ttie afpresafci
Barret’ waa to be as high 1 ai twelve '
shillings per ‘weke’ to bo taken ont in
grain. ißnt the m'elhod bf ‘hooping
tbejhorne’ may not be so to all
readers. -It ’was the custom In thosd 1
days to have a hom- blower in all New 1
England-villages and settlettienta ha a’
public signal for-beginning-'and ending .
thofdqy’a work or to call i.He.men;bome .-
from labor at noon to their .dinqer;
tblh waa called ‘hooping’ —or wboop-
Ing—the horn.' This-.music Was'Stfo- '
oeeded sometime afterward by the sdiv*,
rise, .noon, and, evening bells—which,
practice la kept upjn some nlaces Ull
: the, present-day. 'what 1 la'ttieant .by
driving the - born was,- that 1 ‘benjamin’ •
waa to biow bis honi; Otr- Ifibtaelmcki df - -
necessary,: even ‘out: iof , the : tpwnee -
end|’ as required. , , r ,
, i A Strangs Story.
~ f [ ■ rr/jl: 1 .
, About.flvs yoataagci ayQutbiapparent* : ,
ly fifteen or ‘sixteen years of Age, called
at thepubllshlng house of John E:-Pot- -
ter JfcCp,, in Philadelphia; and offered a:
manuscript Story,, fer, publl?atlQu t . Ift- 1 o
Potter—the headman of "the Arm—who
happened US be'id flt ■ the-lime; smiled'kt'
the dea of ono»u youtbfui *»plrlDgto :
apptat,ln llteratufe.M' tho autbpr o/iWut :
bool ; but Anally, at due urgent request
inf tl o bey, oonsei ted to keep the maun* '
HOript a few days; id look It over. When n
be'had done so, I e was convinced that <
.the Story, while eyinclng a lack of pql-’ ‘
/shed education O’, the patt of the boy*
ish. author,-possev.ed considerable nisrlt
as ad exciting no.el, some of dbaspenea
. being described Vdh wonderful power: ‘
and after oousulttrg wlthtbootherniera
bere pt tbeflrm, decided. ito pUbllsh it. ,
When tbs youth -ailed-a..few days,at- ~
forward he told bun of hls cbnolualon."
and (t was agreed that the'-SithbrahonM ‘ '
receives royalty p f. don. oedlst a oopyt oh’ i :
since.that time 1 ode'kundrra'ahtrsevlsntj —
thousand mptat: hate bAen told. - But 1 - '
wnat: to slnaulM abouV'lt Is .that lU*.! t.:.
youthful author, has never been.seen 0r...
board or klnoel-and there la now due
him the sum. or J 17.000 as copyright on -'
his story.—Boston limit, 28th nit.