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GEORGE J. SMITII,
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too numerous to mention; Crackers; Soda, N% me, Scroll.
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JEST received, a fresh supply of Corn
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_la new and beutaalli lot ta
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Nay Q.1.,57
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received boa for by H :••••
A LARGE lot of City cured Dried Beer, just
revetvetl tit It WYDAM ac
Columbia I)4.eember:lo.ls6.
A NEW and fresh lot of Spices, just re-
Ceived :it H. SUYDAM dG SON'S.
I). 20, ICf.S.
POU?iTRY Produce constantly on hand an d
for II su &
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owls, Wultm Cream Nut+. Ar jut received
71. e•uvri,ort ec.
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A SUPERIOR lot of Black and Green Teas,
Cotree and Chocolate, ju• t received at
ti Atrtroam anten
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JUST RECEIVED. a beanfifal assortment of
01,014 luk ta the II eadquarters and
New- , Depot.
Colunallin, A
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EXTRA Family and Superfine Flour of the
bent brand. for side by II Sir 1" DAM &
111 ST received 1000 110. extra double bolted
1.) Buckwheat Meal, at
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AvMEL'S Instantaneous Yeast or Baking
Powder, for vi le I,y 11. SU YDAM &SC )N.
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tion.; will be given ut the Counter for making Sof.,
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ALARGE lot of floskets, Brooms, Buckets
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May 10, MSG. Front Street, Columbia. Pa.
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on hand and for sale at THOS. WELSH'S.
*iamb 12, 1557. No. 1. High street.
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March 21. 16..,'7
ANEW lot of 'WHALE AND CAR CHHASING
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Front .treet. Coln,wbm. Pa
ay in. insn
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Torch
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Cobunion, October 25, IRS&
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From Street, Columbia... Pa.
May 10, 156
JUST RECEIVED . , a larFe mid ~e lectrd variety
of Rru•hev. coitiwnina in part of !Aar. flair, Cloth.
Cromb, Nail, Hat and Teeth Ilru.hea. nod for onto by
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March 22,'56.
_Front *trees Columbia, Pw.
A SUPERIOR article ofTONICsPIG tl 1'17E1173 ,
suitable for Motel Keepers. fur *Ale by
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May 10.1550
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Pain by
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aICST reeeived,FllS.oll CA.MNIKNF.. and for tale
by WII.I.IANIS.
May 10,146. Front Street. Columbia. Pa.
ion n !MS. New C ity rated Hume and Shoulders
tit , Just rt trotted and for sale L4-__
Feb. 21, 1057. H. fiIIYPAM, SON.
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The Voice of Autumn
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There comes, from yonder height,
A soft, repining sound,
Where forest leuvcs ore bright
And fal like flakes of light,
To the ground.
It is the autumn breeze,
That, lightly floating osi,
Just skims the weedy lens,
Just stirs the glowing trees,
And is gone
MA
lie moans by sedgy brook,
And Vi4IIS, With a sigh,
The last pule flowers tbst look,
From out their sunny nook,
At the sky.
O'er shouting children flies
That light October wind,
And, kissing cheeks and eyes,
lie leaves their merry cries
For behind.
And wanders now to make
That soft, uneasy sound
By distant wood and lake,
Where distant fountains break
From the ground
No bower where maidens dwell
Can win a moment's stay,
Nor fair untrodden dell;
fie sweeps the upland swell
And away.
Alourtist thou thy homeless veaste!
Oh, soft, repining wind!
That early seelest and late
The rest, it is thy fam
Not to find.
Not on the mountain's breast,
Not on the ocean's shore,
In all the east or we.t:—
The wind that stops to rest
Is no snore.
13y valleys, woods. and .prings,
No wonder thou shouldst grieve
For all the glorious things
Thou touchest with thy wings
And must leave.
Prom tile N. Y. Evening Post
Panic Poetry.
TUE LAY OP THE DIRECTORS.
Bever:fully Dedicated In the Direetorl of the R. R
Co., by it rirtmlized Stneklkokier.
Who, wilco the times were good and bright,
And SpeC111:411011 at its height,
INladc Ratirond shares appear nil right?
Directors.
IVIto, when my money woe paid in,
Assured tue Mut the rond mug wilt
A large per centnge on the -unit,
Who made the costs increase so fast,
And shared in contracts long and en,t,
And filled their pockets to the
Who flattered me with hopes of gains
From 'branches," "•air lines," nlightning trains,"
And nfeeders" lending to the mains?
Directors.
Who. when the chnnce seemed rather blue
For dividends mud enuring• too.
"Cooked" the accounts to make them "do,"
Directors.
'trio know the arts of financiers,
And charge fat fees as endorsers,
And turn at pleasure, "bulls' or .'bears,"
Directors.
Who, when grave doubts arise in this,
Seek lands •"where ignorance is blips,"
And think large “sells" there not amiss!
Directors,
Who swell the load of floating debts,
And set all sorts of traps and Oslo,
Who catch the public %vial their frets?
Directors
Whom should stockholders gourd with care,
Lest they be cheated `•hide and hair,"
And all their hopes prove empty air?
Directors.
The Two Giants of the Time
•'Chat can we two great forces d.? ,
Said steam le electricity,
'To better the case of the human race,
And promote mankind's felicity:"
Electricity said,' from far lands sped,
Through o wire, with a thought's velocity,
What tidings f bear!—of deeds that were
Never passed yet for atrocity."
"Both land and sen," said steam, "by me,
At the rate of a birdmen fly over,
But the quicker they speed to kill and bleed,
A thought to lament and sigh over."
••The world, you see," electricity
Remarked, "thus fur is our debtor,
That it faster goes; but, goodness knows,
It doesn't get on mucb better."
"Well, well," said steam, with whunle and scream,
“Herein we help morality;
That means we make to overtake
Rebellion and rascality:'
"Sore enough that's true, and so we do,"
Electricity revpontled,
"Through us have been caught, and to justice brought,
Many scoundrels who had absconded."
Said steam, "I hope we shall get the rope
Round the necks of the Sepoy savages,
In double quick time. to avenge their crime,
And arrest their murders and ravages.”
•'We've been overprained," said both, "we faired
Too sanguine expectations:
But with ull our might, we haven't yet quite,
Regenerated the nations.
"We're amid we shan'i—we suspect we can't
Cause people to change their courses;
Locomotive powers alone are ours:
Dot the world wants motive forces.
(6ftrztivro.
Meaning Me, Sir?
It is not only Scrub, in the comedy, who
says, 'I believe they talked of me, for they
laughed consumedly.' Scrub in the club
says the same; and in the drawing, room;
aye, and in the chur,ch. There is nowhere
where Scrub isn't perpetually on the watch
fur the faintest sound of laughter, in order
to show his logical sharpnessiand provothat
he, Scrub, is the subject of coneersation.—
Nor does it need laughter to attract his no
tice. Aliening would do just as well. ,Even
silence has its stings. 'They. must be thUlk ,
ing of me,' he thinks, 'they say so little.'—
'They must be trying to spite me—they look
so happy.' She must be utterly forgetful
of me—she smiles so sweetly.' Scrub, in
short is a disgusting fellow, whom all of us
meet fifty times a day—apt to take offence
at imaginary neglect, attribute false motives
to the most reasonable actions; egotistic, ex
acting, self-tormenting—a prose Othello,
whose lago is his own insufferable vanity,
which makes him the victim of jealousy and
suspicion, and who is only prevented from
having a real Desdomona by never having
had manly c )nfidenee enough in any of Eve's
daughters to confer on her the inetimable
honor of bearing his name. A happy escape
for Eve's daughters, as you will find if you p, -
ruse the following lines, which I hope will
be seriously laid to heart by any of her nu
merous sisters who are about to marry
Scrubs.
Delamour Wormwood, the chief of this
distinguished family, was engaged to Phillis
Daisyfield, with his own entire npprobation.
She was the gentlest and simplest of her
sex, very beautiful and very young; never
laughed unnecessarily, though she had the
reddest lips and whitest teeth in the world;
and, therefore, Delamour never suspected
she was talking disrespectfully of him. And,
indeed, she was so tender hearted, and so
modest, and believing, she never spoke a dis
respectful word of anybody. She thought Del
amomt very handsome, and in this she wasn't
altogether mistaken; she believed a great part
of the vows of attachment he made to her,
and in this she was ridiculously wrong, fur
among the vows was one of complete con
fidence and unbounded trust. As he said the
words he watched the expression of her face.
'You don't believe me,' he said.
'Oh, yes, I do. What interest can you
have in saying so, if you don't feel so?'
'But your eyes are inexpressive, your
mouth is closed, your cheeks are neither
flushed nor pale. I should like to see you
more agitated.'
'Old so I should be,' said the innocent
Phillis, 'if I did not believe you. But as
it is, why should I change my ordinary
looks?'
'Well, there may be something in that,'
said Delamour; but, still he was not per
fectly pleased with the gentle Phillis' self
possession.
Phillis lived with her aunt at Thiqtledale,
in Hertfordr , hire, and had only a brother
who could have any right to interfere with
her proceedings. He was a gallant lieuten
ant in the Blazing flussars, and was sta
tioned so far away that it had not been
thought worth while to ask his consent to
his sister's becoming Mrs. Wormwood.—
Besides, be was soon coming home, and
the wedding was not intended for at least a
year.
Director,
Director.'
Delamour, radiant with delight, got into
the railway carriage to visit Mrs. Ogleton.
This was the nan.e of Phillis' aunt; and as
the train stopped at Neddithorpe, the enrap
tured lover stepped upon the platform and
ordered a fly for Thistledale. While he
waited for the vehicle, lie walked to and fro
in deep meditation on his own perfections,
and took no notice of two other gentlemen
who had apparently arrived by the same
train: two pleasant visaged, loud voiced,
military looking men, swinging their canes
or switching. their lower integuments, as is
the habit of English cavaliers.
'Ha, ha!' laughed one, continuing a con-
versation which had been interrupted by the
arrival; never saw such a spooney louking
snob in all my life.'
'A regalar pump,' replied the other.
GE2GEM
De!amour's attention was attracted.:—
'Spooner.' lie thought, 'snob—pump! What
are the fellows talking of?'
'And yet I believe the fellow thinks lie
has made a conquest of one of the prettiest
girls in netts!! continued the first speaker.
To which the other who was not eloquent,
said only, 'III, ha! what a muff!'
'Oh, by George, this won't do,' thought
Delamour. 'l'll let the puppies know I
overhear them' So saying, ho coughed so
loud a cough that it sounded something like
a crow of defiance, and looked at the uncon
scious speakers as if he wished to assault
them on the spot. A policeman, however,
came out from the booking-office and
changed the current of his thoughts.
'I advise you to be on your guard, gentle
men,' said the policeman, addressing the two
young men who had excited Delamour's
wrath; one of the London swell-mob came
by the last train, and is perhaps lurking
about still.'
The friends instinctively looked at the only
other person on the platform; but seeing only
a very good-looking, well-dressed gentleman,
they resumed their conversation, after thank
ing the policeman for his warning. The
look was not thrown away on the irritated
Delamour. lie vented his rage on the po
liceman.
'Why didn't you give the notice also to
me?' he inquired in a very bitter tone.
believe, ho added,' when the two compan
ions had come within ear-shot, 'that the
swell-mob frequently go in couples,' so say
ing he fixed his ferocious eyes on the coun
tenances of the friends, 'and generally pre
tend to be military men.'
'You seem to be up to their dodges pretty
well,' said the guardian of the laws, who
was offended at the tone and manner of
Wormwood's address. Yon can, perhaps,
be on your guard against them without tel
ling. as you're so up to their tricks.' And
pulling from his breast-pocket a half sheet
of paper, he began to read it with great at
tention, casting angry glances from time to
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1857.
time on the indignant Delamour. • Ills pa
tience could stand it no longer. Ire went up
to the man and said, 'You insolent catitT:—
How dare you insult me by :such conduct?
How dare you think me a thief?'
I don't, sir—leastways I never told you
so,' said the man, amazed.
'Arn't you reading a description of a
swell-mob man, in that extract from the Hue
and Cry?' continued Delamour, 'measuring
my features, noting the color of my eyes,
the length of my hair?—l will report you to
your superiors—you shall be turned out of
your corps if it costs me a thousand pounds.'
'I say, saw—what has the:man done?'
s•iid one of the gentlemen, arrested by the
noise.
'Copying the example of gross imper
nence set him by you and your friend,' re
plied Wormwood.
The fine manner of the gay stinger in
stantly di-appeared. lie spoke plainly, and
like a man. 'You are either under a great
mistake,' ho said, 'or are de , drous of picking
a quarrel with people who have never offend
ed you. I desire to know what is the mean
ing of your language?'
'Didn't you call me a pump. a few min
utes ago—a spoony snob—a muff?'
hadn't Vie honor of being aware of
such an individual's existence,' replied the
gentleman, 'and certainly never honored you
by making you the subject of my conversa
tion.'
'Then I'm exceedingly sorry if, in the
heat of the moment—'
•There is no need of sorrow,' said the
stranger, smiling, 'and still less for heat.—
I should be inclined to be more mulcting, if I
thought you were a gentleman; but, after
your altercation with the policeman, I take
no notice of what you say. Good morning
!US
'Here's the. paper I was reading, sir,' said
the policeman, 'my instructions for the lug
gage-van by the next train. And now what
have you got to say?' •
De!amour was in such fierce wrath at the
two young officers who had just stepped into
their fly, that he could say nothing to the
triumphant constable.
'Who are those vulgar fellows in the car
riage?' he cried, hoping to be overheard by
the objects of his question. 'lf I knew the
coxcombs' names, they should answer for
their behavior.'
Theyee Captain Harleigh and another
officer of the Queen's Blazers. You can find
'em at the barracks easy,' said the policeman,
with a malicious grin. 'But I advise you to
be quiet if you want to keep a whole bone
in your body.'
Dclamour gulped the information and the
insult. The name of the Queen's Blazers
had struck him dumb. Phillis' brother was
a lieutenant in that ferocious regiment, and
if he was told of his absurd behavior, of his
quickness in taking offence, his ungoverna
ble temper, what would he say? In perfect
silence he took his seat in the fly when it
drew up, and placed half a sovereign in the
policeman's hand. With a cautious look to
sec that his inspector was nut on the watch,
the policeman pocketed the money, and said,
as the fly moved off, 'Don't be afraid. I
won't tell the captain where you be gone,
or you'd get as good a kicking as e'er you
had in your life.'
If a look could have strangled the good
natured policeman, B 30 would have been a
dead man. As it was, it was a murderous
glance thrown away, and Delamour pursued
his way through country lanes and wreathed
hedge-rows, towards the residence of his
charming Phillis.
When he arrived at the Hall, he expected
to find her on the lawn. When he was
ushered into the house, ho expected to find
her in the drawing room. Mrs. Ogleton had
gone out, he was told, and Miss Phillis also;
but they had both left word they would soon
be back.
'Was I expected at this hour, do you
know?' said Delamour to the footman.
That functionary was new to the estab
and was not acquainted with Mr. Worm-
wood's person.
'Didn't a letter come this morning by
post?' ho inquired, 'from London—pink en
velope—red seal—coat of arms?'
"Yes,' replied the man; 'from the hair
dresser wasn't it?' he inquired, a little doubt
ful, but not very, as to whether Mr. True-
St's representative stood before him.
'What do you mean?' exclaimed Dela
mour, 'you insulting scoundrel! I'm Mr.
Wormwood, and wrote to announce my ar
rival.'
I humbly beg your pardon, sir; but Miss
Phillis didn't mention nobody but the bar
ber, and of course, sir, you see—but I'm
very sorry, I assure you, sir, and I hope you
won't allude to the mistake.'
Delamour left the house and pursued his
way through the park. At the side of an
ornamental sheet of water, beyond a rising
knoll, be saw his adored Phillis. She had
a crook in her hand and a round hat on her
head, tastefully ornamented with flowers of
her own gathering. A close fitting dress
revealed the matchless symmetry of her fig
ure; her petticoats were very short, and her
feet the smallest and prettiest in the world.
The shepherdess smiled when she saw her
lover, and blushed at being detected in her
festival attire.
'lt is so pleasant to watch tho sheep!' she
said. 'Ohl how I wish I had
,lived in the
days of rustic simplicities, when everybody
was so kind and innocent. It must have
been charming to fold in the flock when the
hot sun began to descend, and than to as-
semble for a dance upon the grass—no eti-
I quette, no drawing-room false refinement.'
'And Strephonr inquired Delamour, with
a cloud beginning to darken his brow.
'Oh! he would have been some gentle vil
lage•—some neighboring farmer's son, soft
voiced and musical; for, of course, be would
!have sung, and played delightfully on his
oaten reed.' 4'
'You know, I suppose, Miss Daisyfield,
tint I neither play nor sing; and, to tell you
the truth, I despise any one who does eit her.'
'But I qm only painting a fancy scene,'
replied Phillis, alarmed at the sharpness of
his tone. 'You didn't think I was serious,
Delamour? I was a kind of actress fair the
time, and thought I would speak in charac
ter.' So saying she threw away the crook
and took the wreath from her little straw
hat; 'and now,' she continued, taking his
arm and turning homeward, 'I will be as
steady and sensible as you please. Let us
go in and see my aunt.'
Delamour brooded over the previous part
of the conversation. Ire didn't like the allu
sion to Strephon, nor the rapture about the
p'pes and singing.
'The girl can't be altogether devoted to
me, or she wouldn't talk such nonsense
about dancing with shepherds on the grass.
I am no shepherd, and she knows that very
well."
The aunt received them at the door.
'The post,' she said to Phillis, 'has just
brought me a letter from your brother. lie
has been unexpectedly ordered to join his
head quarters, at Neddithorpe, and arrived
there la.t
'Oh! I'm so delighted!' exclaimed Millis.
'Dear Edward! when does he come to see us?
Oh! let us go to see him at once!'
'He promises to be here to•morrow," said
Mrs. Ogleton in a cold tone, 'and I should
like to see Mr. Wormwood for a few minute-
Mr. Wormwood had just resolved to ask
Phillip why she was in such rapture about
the return of her brother. Wasn't he. her
.lover, by her side? and yet she wished to
start away from him! But he followed Mrs.
Ogleton into the drawing-room, and Phillis
saw there was something wrong, but could
not tell what.
'The letter from Edward Daisyfield,' began
the lady, 'is exceedingly unpleasant. lie
tells me that he has long promised the hand
of his sister to ono of his brother officers,
and be has received with great disapproba
tion my announcement of your engagement.
'lndeed?' said Delamour, 'and why?—
What has he or any popinjay in the Blazers
to say against me?'
'Oh, nothing against you,' replied the lady,
'for he never heard of you before. All he
says is, ho prefers Captain Belford, and re
fuses his consent to your suit.'
'And does Minns agree with him?' in
quired Mr. Wormwood.
'I have this moment got the letter,' re
plied the lady, 'and she knows nothing
about it. I hare given my approval, you
are aware, Mr. Wormwood; but the decision,
I suppose, will lie with Phillis herself,'
'lt is a little too late, I should think, to
make it a matter of choice,' said Dehonour,
bitterly. 'I have announced my approach
ing marriage to all my friends, and I won't
he made a fool of, by either brother or sis
ter. Why, the world would laugh at me.
and I am not the man to be laughed at IA ith
impunity.'
'I never beard of Captain Belrurd,' said
Phillis, when she was informed of her
brother's epistle. 'I will have nothing to
say to him, and I'm sure, Edward only re•
quires to know you as well as I do, to see
the t I can never be happy with any one else.'
'Dearest gill: you make me happier than
ever I was before.'
'You are always so kind and trusting,'
continued Mills, and De'amour looked
searchingly in her face.
'You arc so generous and open and unsus
picious.'
A cloud darkened on the lover's brow
'And I'm sure you'll be great friends with
Edward, and indeed with all the Blazers, for
he says they aro the most gentlemanly fel
lows in the world. It will be ro pleasant
when he brings some of thorn here!'
'I trust ho won't, for a more disgusting set
of snobs and puppies -----hut, pray, excuse
me dearest Phillis, your assurance of affec
tion is all I require, and I laugh at the pro
tentions of n whole regiment of Belfords; so
let them come whenever they like.'
lie was delighted with the transparent
truth and Simplicity of his artless Philli.,
and took his way to London more satisfied
with her (and himself) than ever. But on
reflection—and he took three days at least
to reflect—he perceived, that he must come
to an understanding with his rival.
It was necessary for his self-respect that
he should show that gentleman how thor
oughly he despised him, and accordingly he
wrote an insulting letter to the distinguished
Blazer, and was about to send it to the post,
when his servant entered with a card, 'the
gentleman is in the hall.'
Delamour looked at the card, and saw
printed thereon the name of 'Captain Bel
ford,'.
'Show hint in,' be said, and prepared for
battle. There was no battle in the face or
manner of his visitor, however. Fair, hon
est, happy-looking, as becomes perfect health
and three-and-twenty years of age, the cap
tain smiled graciously as lie entered.
'You are surprised is see me here, Mr.
Wormwood,' ho said; 'but the fact is, I think
it right to come to an explanation.'
$1,50 PEE, YEAR. IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE
`Exactly what I wished, sir,' said Dela
mour, biting his lips.
'My friend, _Ned Daisy - field,' he continued,
'is too flattering in his estimate of my mrrits
He wished me, of course, you know, to offer
my hand to his sister. lie introduced me to
hrr two days ago. A charming, girl, I con
fess-1 cry pure, very beautiful, and as her
aunt is rich, I believe, an heiress, if she
plea , es the old lady in the choice i 1 a hug
tan-band. I dare say time and assiduity,
with the favor of her brother, might enable
me to make an impression on her heart;
but—l am not going to try—l resign all
claim into your hand, and trust sincerely
you will make her happy, for no one can de
serve it more. Good morning.'
Before Delr.mour could recover from his
surprise, the visitcr was gone. 'Before I had
time to call him to order fur his behavior at
Neddithurpe, for he is Harleigh's compan
ion,' he muttered; 'and yet he is a tine fel
low—open—noble—and very handsome.—
Why has he surrendered his chance of Phil
lis ? Ile admires her beauty, her character,
and knows she is to have a fortune—How
kind!--But is it not rather strange? 'Why
is be so absurdly friendly!'—and here for
an hour he sank into a fit of musing. Can
he have heard anything about Millis? Is
there a vulgar Strephon after all, with his
disg:sting pipe ? I don't like this.' And
he smiled as he went out—perhaps he laugh
ed when he reached the street. 'He rejects
her. There must be a reason '—And here
he mused again.
At the end of three hours' meditation he
packed up all his traps, supplied himself
with circular notes, bed: out his passport.
and went sulking, gloomy, and quarreling,
through France and Italy for three years.—
At the end of that time he came home. On
handing at Southampton he saw a face he
knew. Curiosity as to what become of Mil
lis, induced him to speak. Ile went up and
held out his hand. 'Cal taro Belford,' he
said, 'I fear you have forgotten me.'
'O, not at all,' replied the gentleman; 'you
are Mr. Wormwood,—but I am not Captain
Belford; I am Ned Daisyfiel4, Phillis' broth
er. I called on you, and pretended to be
Belford; it was only to try you, for Millis
had written you were of a sour, suspicious
disposition; but she didn't wish to offend her
aunt, who supported jour cause. The bait
took. You thought something mast be
wrong,—some trick intended against your
self,—and gave poor Phillis up, without con
descending to assign any reason. Charley
Belford stepped in. In a fortnight Phi llis
was quite reconciled to my choice. They
have been married more than two years—
and I have the honor to wish you a remark
ably good day.'
Sut Lovegood Blown Up
=1
Sut related his story thus: 'George did
you ever see Sicily Burns? Her dad lives
at RAUH Suaik Springs, nigh to the Georg.).
ME
Yes, n very handsome gal.'
'Handsome! that wurd don't kiver the
case; it sounds like callin' good whiskey
water, when ye're at Big Spring and the
still house ten mile off, an' hit a raisin',
yer flask only half full. She shows among
wimmen like a sun flower as compared to
I d^g fennel an' smart weed an' jitnsen. But
that. ain't no use to describe her. Couldn't
, crawl thru a whiskey barrel with both heads
strive out, if it wur hilt study for her, an'
good foot holt at that. She weighs just two
, hundred an' twenty-six pounds, an' stands '
isixteen hands high. She never got in an
arm cheer in her life, an' you can lock the
top uv a churn or a big dog collar round her
waist. c seed her juin!) over the top uv
a split bottem cheer, an' never show her
ankles or ketch her dress onto it. She ker
i ries devil enuff about her to till a four 11089
' waggin bed, with a skin as white as the in
side uv a frog stool, checks an' lips as red
as a perach's gills in dogwood-blossom time;
an' sich a smile! 0! Ibe dratted of it's eny
use talkin'. That gal cud make toe inur
i
dor old Bishop Soul hisself, or kill mam,
inot to speak ur dad, of she jilt hinted that 1
she wanted sich a thing dun.
'Well, tu tell it at oust, she war a gal all
over, from the pint or her toe nails to the
longest liar on the highest knob or her hed
gal all the time, everywhere—an' that uv
the excitinist kind. Or course I leaned up
Ito her as close as I der tu, nn' in spite or
long legs, appetite fur whiskey, my shirt
scrape, an' dad's actin' boss, she sorter
leaned tu me, an' I was beginnin' tu think
I wur just the gratest an' conifittablest man
on yearth, not exceptin' Old Buck or Brig
' ham Young, with all his saddil eullured,
wrinkled wimmin, cradels full ov babies.
an' his Big Salt Lake throwed in. Well
!wun day a cussed, palaverin' stinkin' Yen
'
keg pedlar, all jack knife an' jaw, cum tu old
man Burnses, with a load or ripple parins
ealliker ribbons, jews-harps an' s-o d-y p-o-w,
d-e-r-s. Now mind, I'd never heart) tell or
that truck afore, an' I be darned cf I don't
want it to be the last—was nor rifle powder
was nor perkussion—three times as smart
and hurts wus, a heap wits. Darn
Darn all Yankee pedlars, an' dura their
principils an' practissis, I say. I wish I
lied all the sody powder they ever made in I
his paunch, an' a slow match fixed tu Itim,
an' I bed a chunk or fire, the fellar that
found a piece !iv him big enuff to feed a
cockroach ought to be king ur the Sultan's
harem a thousand years fur his luck. They
ain't human, no ltncv. Tho mint nt Filadel-
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fy is thar heaven; they think thar God eats
half dimes fur breakfust, hashes the levvies
fur dinner, an' swallers a cent on a dried
uppil fur supper, sets on a stampin' machine
fur a throne, sleeps on a crib full nv half
I ,, ilars, and measures men like money, by
4.7ount.
They hain't wun uv 'em got a coal
out what cud dance n jig in a kaLbage seed,
tn' leave room fur the fiddler.
'Well, Sicily she bought a tin box uv the
!solly from him an' hid it away frum her
folks, a sat in it fur me. I happened to pass
i next day; ow course I stopped to enjoy a
look at the tempter, an' she was mity
tu mC, put wun arm around my neck, on'
t'other wun wliar the circingle goes round a
hoss, tuk the "inturn on me with the left
, foot," an' gin me a kiss. Says she Saty,
love, I've got sowethin' fur ye, a new sense
; shun'—au' I believed it, for I began to feel
it already. M toes felt like little minners
wur a nibblin' at 'em—a cold streak run up
an' down my back like a lizzard with a tur
, key hen after him in settin' time, my heart
felt hot an' onsatisfied like, an' then I'd a
cut old Soul's throat, of she'd a hinted at
the necessity for sick an operation. Then
she poured ten or twelve b.ue papers uv the
big t , ,
son)? inter a milliner, an' about the same
number uv the white wuns inter tuther tum
-1 bier, an' put in onto a pint uv water on both
uv them an' stirred both up with a ease
nife, lookin' as solemn as an ole jackass in
a snow storm when the fodder's all gin
out. She hilt wun while she told me tu
drink tuther. I swallered it at wun run—
tasted salty like: I tho't it wur part Ur the
sensashun. But I wur mistakened, all uv
the cussed infernal sensa•,bun wur to cum,
an' it wurn't long at it, boss, you'd believe
j me. Then she gin me tuther tumbler, an'
I sent it after the rust, race hoss fashion.
'ln about nun moment an' a haf I tho't
I'd swollered a thrashin' merchine in full
blast, sir a couple uv bull dogs, an' they bed
sot inter fitin'. I seed that I wur kotched
egin—same famerly dispersishun to make
fools uv themselves every chance—so I broke
fur my hoss. I stole a look back au' that.
Sicily lay on her back in the porch, a
screamin' with 'elfin, her heels up in the
air, a kickin' ow them together, like she wur
I
a try in' to kick her slippers off. But I bed
no time to look then; thar wur a road or
, foam frum the house to the boss two foot
I wide, an' four Inches deep—looked like it
had been a snowin'—poppin' nn' a bissin'
an' a bilin', like a tub full UN' hot soapsuds.
I I bad gethered a cherry tree limb as I run,
an' I lit astraddle uv my boss, a whippin'
I an' a lickin' like mad. This with the scary
noises I made (fur I wur a wbislin', nn' a
I hissin' an' a sputterin' outer mouth, nose
an' eyes, like a steam engine,) sot him to
rearin' an' cavortin' like ho was skeered
out of his senses. Wall he went. The foam
rolled, an' the ole black boss flew. lie ,jist
mizzled—scared ni tu dells, an' so wur I.—
So we agreed on the pint uv the gratest dis
tance in the smallest time.
'I aimed for Doctor Goodman's at the ID
wassee Copper Mines, tu get sumthin' to
stop the explosion in my innards. I met a
sercuit rider on his travels towards a fried
I chicken an' a hat full uv ball biskits. As I
:out a train' alonv• he hilt up his hands like
be wanted to pray fur me, lint as 1 preferred
physic to prayer in my pecooliar sitiwashun
at that time, I jilt rolled along. De tuk
skeer as I cum ni on tu him, his faith gin
, out, an' he dodged, hoes, saddlebags, end
overcoat, inter a thicket,,jist like you've seed
a tertil take water arms a log when a tarin'
big steambote coins along. As be passed
l ole man Burns's, Sicily hailed bins, and ax
ed hint of Ise met enyhody in a hurry gwino
up the road. The poor man thought per
' haps he did an' perhaps be didn't, but he'd
seed a site uv a spook, UN' a ghost, uv 010
Belzebub himself, or the komit, he didn't
adzackly know which, but takin' all things
' together an' the short time he'd for proper
shun,
he thought he met a crazy, longdeg
,
de shakin' Quaker, a deem 's' frum the wrath
tu cum, on a black an' white spotted boss.
a whippin' uv him with a big brush, an' ho
had a white beard that cum frum ni onto
his eyes to the pummil uv the saddil, an'
then forked an' went to his knees, an' then
sometimes drapped in bunches as big as a
crow's nest tu the ground, nn' hearin' a
' sound like n rushin' uv mity waters, an' ho
war wilily exercised about it enyhow. Well
t I guess be wur, an' so wur his fat hoss, an'
so wur ole blackey; wust exercised ur all
uv 'em wur I, myself.
'Now, George, all this beard an' spots on
the boss, nn' steam. an' fire, nn' snow, an'
wire tails, is ouddacious humbug. It all
eurn out uv my innards, dreppin' out ur my
mouth without eny vomitin' an' of it hadn't
I'd busted inter more pieces than thar is
aigs in n big catfish. The Lovegoods nro
all confounded fools, an' dad ain't the wust
uc
Serpent Charmers
The readers of travels in oriental countries
are amazed at the stories about snake charm
ers who exhibit their astonishing powers fur
money. These relations amuse an idle hour,
and then probably are dismissed, sometimes
with no particular opinion concerning them,
either of belief or doubt, and sometimes with
a feeling that they are a branch of that great
art of legerdemain in which the Ilindoo In
dians and the Chinese are such wonderful
adepts. Perhaps a key to the mystery of
snake charming may he found in the authcn
tic narration which follows:
During the construction of the Panar
Railroad a distinguished engineer employ