ilit tfmtrf flfwoftal fO —■■ ■ I BELLEFONTE, PA. TksLrgut,ChBprat and Beat Paper riTHLIMIIKD IN CENTHK COUNTT. from th Now York OUrTi*r. INTERNATIONAL LEBSONS. Third Quitrter. UT HIV. HISRT M. DROIT, I. 11. AUCIUNT '2l. Lesson k. THE MANNA. K*. 10: l-S. (loitits TEXT:—" M.W •• von 1"! that lirwul from tiMven; hut t>>> father glvrtli you the true bri'ad from lii'MVt'Q."—John t: it-. Central Truth:— God can be trunted to supply the dully temporal and spiritual want* of bis people. The wonderful deliverance they had experienced in their own safe passage through tho sea, antl the destruction of their pursuers, tilled the Israelites with gratitude and joy. They gave exprea sion to their exulting emotions in songs of thanksgiving and triumph. Then they set out on their wilderness jour ney. To avoid the warlike Philistines, God led them by a circuitous way. First they went a three day's march in tho ; Wilderness of Shur; this took them | southward along the shore of the 'lull of .Suez, some miles inland. Coming to , Murah they found water indeed, but it ! was bitter. Here, for the first time, I they guve way to a murmuring spirit. But (iod directed Moses to a tree which I sweetened the waters. From Msrah they went to Elim, where they fouud palm trees and wells, and where they tarried for some days. Their next halt ing place was in the Wilderness of Sin, between Elim ami Sinai. Here our les son finds them ; and here began one of most wonderful of all God's gracious and miraculous interpositions for his people. We are not to think of the entire wilderness us either a sandy desert or a flense wild. The northern part of the peninsula between the lied Sea and the Persian (iulf is high table land. South of this is a "belt of yellow sand.'' To- 1 ward the apex of the peninsula tho j scenery is an irregular mass of inoun- | tains, with intervening valleys and gorges. Hero and there are cultivated patches with palm trees, and gardens and fields and rich pasture ground. Tho Israelites ordinarily had no difficulty in supporting their herds and tlocks. or finding food and water for themselves. But the Wilderness ot Sin was a "dreary, desolate tract," an "inhospitable desert," along the shore of the Ked N?a. Into this they had now come. It was now a month since they came out of Egypt, and the provisions they had brought with them were by this time exhausted. Considering all the great things (tod had done for them, it may seem suprising that their faith for sook them, and that, instead of crying unto God, they murmured ngainst Moses. And yet, in their case, should we have done otherwise? With our larger knowledge of (iod and experi ence of his goodness, how often do we | complain ! Small privations and light sorrows shake our faith. And yet their mur murings were not blameless. They had j good and abundant reasons for trusting ' the power and faithfulness of God. Their longing for their good things left behind in Egypt WHS not unlike the feeling sometimes indulged by young Christians in hours of unbelief. The j sinful delights ami seeming freedom of the days before conversion are remem bered with regret, ('rowing tho Bed Sea did not euro Israel ol all unbelief i and carnal desire. Nor does conver sion make its subject perfect. Before Israel were years of wilderness training. The perfecting of faith And love and obedience is with the true Christian oftentimes a long process. The design of Gorl's peculiar dealing with his peo ple was to "prove them, whether they would walk in his law or no"—that is, ' whether they would follow him implie itly, depending upon and taking such provision as he should send. So God puts us to the proof. And it is a great and precious lessons he would thus fix in our hearts. The wonder which God now wrought has been questioned by some in all ages. Attempts have been made to ex plain the narrative on natural grounds. There was a natural manna, a resinous ; gum which exudes from tho Tamarisk tree, and which Arabs still gather. But it was not this with which God fed his people. Nor was it much like it. The natural manna is seen in but few dis- I tricts of the desert, and at only certain j months of the )ear. It exudes from shrubs, and does not fall with the dew. j It could not take the place of bread. The manna which God provided for his people "was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey." The people "ground it in mills or beat it in a mortar and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it." Other things marked it as a miraculous gift from heaven. It fell in quantities suit ed to the needs of the Israelites, and on each of six mornings, but not at all on the seventh, or Sabbath. The average amount on five mornings was a supply for the day, while on the sixth there was a supply for two days. The gath erings for the five days could be kept but one day only, while that of the sixth could be kept for the two days. Truly, "man did eat angels' food." The miracle was not for a day only, but long continued. Every day for forty years the people were reminded that "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which cometh out of the mouth of God." PRACTICAL st'un RATIONS. 1. Often, in Christian experience, the inhospitable Wilderness of Sin lies just beyond the delightful Elim. Hunger and tears come after refreshment and exultation. Let us not think that some strange thing has happened to us when such is our experience. We need the trial as well as the delight. 2. A murmuring spirit Is a sign of unbelief. When faith fails past mercina are forgotten. From songs and praises we go to sighingß and complaints. 3. God's patience is wonderful. He does not straightway turn from hia un ' 1 V believing people. He deals bountifully wiih them, that (hey may learn to obey nnd trust. Indeed, he brings us into troubles, that we may discover our de pendente, and own that every benefit ever has, and does come from iiim. 4. "A backslider is apt to murmur against his spiritual leaders." 5. The manna was a type of Christ. He is the true Bread which came down from heaven. When earthly good is abundant, he is too often undesired. When that fails the need of him is telt. God takes away early delights, and makes tho world as a desolate wilder ness, that we may desire and welcome liim. 0. The manna was a gift, and yet it was to be gathered. God does not en courage idleness. Ho expects us to la bor. Luxurious ease would bo no bless ing, but a great curse. Spiritual luxury and naif-indulgence is as dangerous as any other. 7. Like the manna, spiritual food must be gathered daily. Yesterday's supply will not suffice for to day. Every day we must receive Christ afresh. S. By all his dealings with us, God is proving us, whether we will keep his law or no. I>o we show ourselves will ing to obey nnd trust him ? V. God put especial honor upon the Sabbath. He shows us how we may be able to keep it; namely, by making seasonable preparation for it, by adjust ing labors and plans with reference to it as a day of spiritual refreshment as well as rest. 10. We must welcome Christ, the heavenly manna, or perish. 10. Trust and obedience ensure great reward. It is away of blessing: "At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out lrotn the land of Egypt; and, in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord." _ ♦ KANBOLI'II'S ATTACK ON I'KKSI BENT .1 At KSBN. From the New York fun. It is a Tact not creditable to the civilization ot' Virginia that one of her sous, who belonged to a First Fam ily, set the example of making a vio lent assault upon the President of the Foiled States. This national disgrace occurred on board a Potomac steamer at Alexandria on May >, IS".'!. Lieut. Robert B. Randolph of the navy, on board the frigate Constitu tion, was appointed by Captain Pat terson, in the year I*'-'*, to assume the duties of Acting Purser, in place of John B. Timberlake, the Purser, who, in a lit of drunken delirium, had com mitted suicide. Timberlake was the first husband of the futare Mrs. (Jen. John 11. Kuton, net Peggy O'Ncaie, who enjoys the dubious honor of hav ing caused the dis-nlution of < Jencral Jackson's first Cabinet. Randolph 1 took charge of the office or duties of Purser ; and, in his statement of the case, he complains that the survey ami inventory required by the regulations of the law were Hot made, and that he was held accountable for nn amount of stores which were not on bund. After some years be was found to be a defaulter, on what he in-isted was an assumed of facts, when lie tsk charge ot the I'ur-ondiip. A court of inquiry was appointed to investigate his accounts, lheir rr|x>rt exonerat ed him from .fn intentiowa/ zui-u-o of public property, but not from tLc de fault. They reported him to be care less or neglectful, though not dishon orable. Otherwise he was an efficient,, officer, who hud rendered the country valuable service. <)n this report < ten. Jackson dismissed him from the ser vice, in spite of the strenuous efforts of influential friends in his behalf. It was to avenge himself of this injustice as he regarded it, that he made the violent assault upon the President. The friends of (teneral Jackson were never willing to admit the fact, hut hi* opponent* insisted that Randolph pulled tin: edd hero's nose. That seems to have been the purpose of the rtif liau, at any rate ; and the blood upon the (ieneral's face would seem to prove that the attempt was successful. The opportunity for thi* outrage was furnished by a trip of the Presi dent, a portion of his Cabinet, his Private Secretary, and other friends, down the Potomac to Fredericksburg, in Virginia, to witness the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the mon ument to the memory of the mother of Washington. The boat stopped nt Alexandria for n few moments, and while there a number of persons came on board, and nmong them Mr. Ran dolph, the lute Lieutenant in the Na- j vy, who had recently been dismissed from the service. He entered the cab in where the President was seated nnd engaged in reading a newspaper. He advanced toward the President as if to address him, and seemed to he in i the act of drawing his glove. "Tho President," says the account in the (ilobr, " not knowing him, and sup posing it was some person about to salute him, and seeing him at some difficulty in getting ofT his glove, stretched out his hand toward him, saying, 'Never mind your glove, sir.' Randolph having then disengaged himself from his gloves, thrust one hand violently into the President's face, nnd liefore ho could make use of the other received a blow from a gen tleman standing near by him with an umbrella. Almost at the same time two other gentlemen in the cabin sprang upon him, and he was dragged back and thrown down. " The moment he was assaulted the President seiated his cane, which wns lying near him on the table, and was forcing his way through the gentle men who bad crowded around Ran dolph, insisting that no man should stand between him nnd the villain who had insulted him ; that he would chastise him himself. K&ndolph by thin lima had been borne toward the door of the cabin nod pushed through it to the deck, lie inudo his way through tho crowd on deck and the wharf, being assisted, us is believed, by some ruffian confederates, and made his escape. lie stopped for a few moments at a tavern in Alexan dria, and passed on beyond the district line. The Grand Jury, then iu ses sion, in a few minutes found a pre sentment against him, and the Court issued a bench warrant. A magis trate bad just previously issued a war rant, but before the oflieers could ar rest him ho was gone." An eye-witness, writing to the llieh tiioml Knijuirer, gives some additional particulars, as follows: " When tho I'resident said, "Never mind your glove, sir,' Randolph said in a low tone that he tamo to'take Ids revenge by pulling his nose,'suiting the action to the word. The I'resideut exclaim ed in astonishment, 'What,sir! What, sir!' Randolph on the instant was struck by Mr. I'ottcr with an umbrella a very severe blow, which knocked him against the berth, ('apt. Brown seized him and dragged him with violence from tho I'resident and Maj. Donaldson rushed toward the table iu his anxiety to protect the I'resident. It was the work of an instunt. The I'resident exclaimed, seizing his stick, "Ist no man interfere between me and this personal assault; I am an old man, but perfectly capubic of defend ing myself against, and punishing a dozen cowardly u-.-a.-sin*.' It is said that a person named Thomas ap proached the I'resident, and, tendering his hand, observed that if he would promise to pardon him he would mur der the da-turd. "No, sir; I do not wish the majesty of the laws insulted for me. 1 am capable of defending myself against insult."' There was a general expression of condemnation of the outrage upon the I'resilient. The Administration organs expressed themselves in strong t< rms, hut ixtt stronger than the ease called tin - . Hut it must l>e confessed that the censures of the opposition press were uttered in men-tired phrase, and not without a|K>logetic suggestions, liven the conservative Xatiuiwl htlelligrurer, while condemning the act, used no term of reproach which could wound a sensitive nature or warrant a demand of redress from a punctillious ob. rvcr of tlie code of honor. It was styled a "violent assault," and the editors "con sidered the occurrence as oue deeply to he lamented in every relation in which it is considered, and in every view which can he taken of it." This mild censure accompanies the bare announcement of the fact on tin- morn ing after its occurrence. The next day the ItUelligr w< r copies* from the (iloir the lending facts -tated nlxive, while three columns are devoted to a history of the charges against Ran dolph, and his vindication. These pa pers an- referred to editorially as fob lows; "We have thought that our readers would ex|cct us to lay Ix-fure them the history of the dismissnl of Lieutenant Randolph from the navy. We have accordingly done so to-day. Without the disposition to extenuate tar h— to justify the violence he has since off-red to the President on the ground of his dismission, we must say that he has been hardly dealt with. To an officer of his standing and gallant rvi.-es, if the tinding of the court of impiiry was not satisfactory to the I'.xecuti ve, the privilege of a trial by his js-ers fa legal court martial) ought to have Ixrn allowed." The organ of the Nullifiers and of Mr. Calhoun in Washington, the I 'nil id Slain Trlrgrnjih, took no notice of the assault, not even to publish an ac count of it, until the 9th of May, three •lays alter its occurrence. On that day it spoke of the assault as "a vio lation of the laws which no one can justify," and a* aggravated by the tact that it was committed on the President on account of the manner in which he had discharged his official duty. "The only palliation of which it is susceptible are the aggravating causes which produced it. In making up an opinion upon the act, the pecu liar circa instances and tin- education and opinions of Mr. Randolph should he taken into consideration." It was "intended to retaliate on the Presi dent, in the only way in his |xiwcr, the indignant and cruel injustice done him by striking his name from the navy list." The Telegraph states that the citizens of Fredericksburg were so indignant at the dismissal of Randolph that they debated the propriety of withdrawing the invitation extended to (ten. Jackson to attend the corner stone ceremony. The Telegraph says: "We learn that Mr. Randolph left Alexandria to attend a wedding party in the neightmrhood, and purposes to return and deliver himself up to the civil authorities in a few days. The story in the Globe about his escape is 'leather and prunella.'" This is from the Telegraph, May !•. The CharletUm Merrurg spoke of the affiiir as a "necessary result" of an "abuse of discretionary powers" to purposes of private and personal re venge." The Richmond Whig, edited by John Hampden Pleasants, one of the most brilliant parngraphist* of the day, revelled in fun over the affair, and amused its readers by a chapter on "Moses." At a public dinner given to Mr, Coke, a Virginian politician of the Nullifiers' school, the following toast was given: "Lieut. Robert B. Run dolph, late of the Tinted States Navy —may lie yet receive justice, though at present withheld by corruption." The dlobi: charged the Nullifiers with uiming to break up tho Union by bringing the Government and the I'resident into contempt. It says: "To attack the person of the Chief Magistrate, we were before apprised, was a cherished feeling with many of them, und we do not doubt thut he would be assassinated if they could find a wretch reckless of life willing to perpetrate the act." Randolph was never brought to the bar of justice for this outrage, and his immunity may have emboldened Law- I reuco two years later to attempt the assassination of the I'resident. M.UOK TllltOt KMOItTOVS SHADOW. Kruin tin? rim innuti Coiuim ri l|. Lot isvit.t.i;, duly 7. —Today came news of the death, in Mississippi, of Major .John R. Throckmorton, of ! Louisville, a man of leisure und of 1 style, a bachelor of !>.", a famous beau ot a quarter of a century ago, and tin lover of the beautiful Sallic Ward at ! the time when the bewitching South | ern girl captured the soil of the Puri tan Gov. Lawri'uee, of Massachusetts. When the young bride went to Iu r New Kugluud home, Throckmorton followed. It is usserted thut jealousy lof Throckmorton, which Mrs. Law | rence was too proud to resent by ex planation, was in reality the cause j which led to the separation of Law j rence and his wife. Sallic Ward came 1 back to her father's house, and a di | vorec was granted Lawrence on the I ground of desertion. The lady gave no explanation. Throckmorton -till hovered around devotedly, hut was not rewarded by the lady's hand. She married Dr. Hunt, and after hi- death became the wife of a wealthy pork man named Armstrong. When this gentleman died, it w:is rumored that at la-t Major Throckmorton was to be blessed for the lifetime devotion, but the handsome widow drives about iu the tim -t private turnout the city af fords, and lias paid no more attention to the uddri 1 the Major than ill the day- of her girlhood. The beauty of the Kentucky belle. Sallic Ward, made lor fame world-wide, and the persistency with which the Major fol lowed her gave him a certain interest in the CM of the multitude, but it was another woman that held him up to the gam-of mankind, a woman who I shadowed him more constantly than lie haunted the pntli of tie- famous hello. Throckmorton was a pleasing and frivolous man of the world when la first met the school-girl, Kllen God win. lb- was almut JJO years of age ; she was L>. Her family were at least the equal of hi-, and to an older si-tor he had been paving attention. The girl was impulsive, interesting, and innocent. I b deldx rutcly ,-et to w.irk to feign love and to gain her heart. Having gained it, lie threw it aside without concern and wont hi- way. Soon after a veiled figure appeared on the street- of Ijotiisvilh- a girli-li form that moved silently after the man wherever he went. She never spoke to him, neither upbraided nor reviled. When be entered the hotel she stood at the door ; when he emerg ed from hi- clubhouse she was waiting. In New York, in New Orleans, she was at hi- side, phantom-like. 11•• jocularly spoke of her to his friends a- his "Hell's I b light.'' Ten years pas-cd. Her old friends decided her eru/v for keeping the thing up. Fifteen years rolled round, the po lice knew her, they watched her taith fully, as some harmless, demented thing, and passed her from beat to beat, a- she ploughed her way home ward in the wee sma' hours of the stormy night. No human ever offered her harm or insult, although she often stood all night before the places where her guilty lover was hidden. Twenty years were gone ; old friends had died —father, mother, schoolmates. Her hair had thinned nnd whitened ; her form stooped, a cough sounded hollow ly on the air ; her step was more feeble ; yet none the less it traek<-d a portly, grayhaired, fashionably attired man from mansion to mansion on New Year's Day, from theatre and club room, night after night. Twenty-three years passed, l'.von | the little children grew to know the plain, shabby, black-rolied woman, and j tiny fingers pointed at Throckmorton's ghost. Young girls looked wonder ingly after her ns she passed them silently. Wives sighed or smiled pity ingly—they were so secure and shel tered —when her garments brushed their own. Mothers grasped their girls more closely—suppose this wo man's wrong should be the fate of their sweet daughter in the days to come. 8o for twenty-three years, tho phantom, silent, certain, dogged the l>otrayer's steps. At last friends of his hail her arrested as a lunatic, and, through their misguided precaution, the man and woman were brought face to face iu the court room at Isiuis villo. Then it was that all the city woke up to the knowledge that this woman was neither crazy nor a fool. Her language was eloquent, her man ner refined, her face firm. The whole sad story of her life was told —her vow to follow him until tho hour of retribution, her persistent watching, her silence and revcugc. Before the woman he had wronged Throckmor ton nuailed, and his bravado was not equal to the cross-questioning to which be was exposed. At last one evening as I was walking on Jefferson street, near the Court House, a great shout ascended ; cheer alter cheer went up. 1 lie old ( ourt House rang with ap plause. Men threw up their hate. Lib II Godwin was acquitted, and Throckmorton's ghost was laid ; for the woman, having brought him to the bar and having told the story of his perfidy, said that her work was done ami she would haunt him no more. i hroekiiiortoii, conscious of his guilt, had refraiucd from arresting her, greatly a- she annoyed him, dur ing all the twi-nty.three years, and the story would have been untold, und she would have lived and died, re garded by tin present generation as a motiomtiiiaie, had not the gallant Ma jor's friends interposed their well* incaning blunder. There never was a trial in the city that equalled this in interest. At its close the entire room was filled with shouts, which those outside took up, until the whole city rang with the new- of the vindication. 'I lie jurors crowded around and shook hand with tin- accused, and person* who for years had passed her without recognition usked pardon of their old friend. After the trial, my friends tell me that Lllen Godwin never iu any way noticed or spoke of Major Throck morton. A time spent in retirement, and then the desire seemed to awaken in this blighted heart to know and feel some of the happy things of life, from which she had debarred herself. II-r shabby black was laid aside; plain clothing, but the richest, took its place; study, books, and music tilled the day*. One day tin- guests at the Gait House saw an clcguutly dressed lady enter the dining room with Mr*. Gen. I'reston. This beautiful lady paid her friend every attention, and poor Lllen Godwin awakened wonder atre-h by her ca " iu the new |>osition. Hie boarded some time ut the Gall House, and tin n traveled for a while. But the purpose that had kept her up so long wa- now lucking, and she sank gradually trom earth, until, u few years after lu r artaignmeut, she quiet ly passed awiiv. It ha- been a mystery how she kept track ot Th rock morion on hi* tours. Some pi r-on- say sin po- --n "i Mr. Jame* Sionestreet, ba-1 a narrow e-rapc from a sudden and terrible death ye-tcrday. The Ixir says he w a-throw ing a bass- ball up against the side of hi* lather's liou.-c, near Hancock nnd Hampton streets, when the ball lodged in the gutter at the top ot the bouse. He immediately started up to get it, getting out on the nxf through a hatchway. The house ha- three stories and an attic ; the nxif is rather steep and a* the boy slowly edged over toward the gutter he felt a -inking at the heart. Hi* little sister Mary wa- standing in the yard eyeing her brother and calling out to him every instant to come down. He made some boastful answer and con tinued his dangerous journey. He reached the edge of the roof, caught a firm hold of some projecting shingles, and leaning over seized tho ball. Be fore he could ari-o from his stooping position he felt the shingles to whieh lie was clinging giving way with him. He clutched them nervously and la-- gan to draw himself up slowly. Sud denly the shingles gave way and in an instant the boy seemed to be hur rying to instant death. The pavement was fully thirty feet lielow, and there seemed nothing to prevent bis being dashed to pieces on the bricks. Just a* he wa* rolling over the gutter be involuntarily seized hold of it and clung there desperately. The gutter was an ordinary tin atfair, not very strong ; nor was it hound lo the roof very tightly. The sudden weight of the boy made the tin sag down.and a few of the fasteiiings gave way, leav ing the hoy banging down over the abyss, with only n broken, rotten pio-cc of tin between hiin ami eternity. William wa* now thoroughly aroused to hi* danger and cried out for help. His sister ran into the house and hap pening to find a colored man there told him of her brother's danger. The man ran out and getting a long ladder whieh was lying in the yard put it up against the side of the house. The boy waa now almost ex hausted. The perspiration was run ning down bis face in streams. His eyes were dilated with terror nnd ex haustion and it seemed impossible for him to hold on until the assistance came. The colored man ran up the ladder nimbly. Scarcely had he reached the top when the boy, who could bold on no longer, dropped into his arms. The colored man took him dowu and when the boy reached the ground be fainted. 110 was taken into the house ami physicians were summoned. Jjtml night he wan still insensible ami it is not known how serious his nervous injuries may prove. A '11101(01 Oil JOH. Judge M , a well known jurist living near Cincinnati, was fond of re lating this anecdote. He had once occasion to send to the village after a carpenter, and a sturdy young fellow apja-ared with his tools. "1 want this fence mended to keep out the cattle. There are some un plancd bourd* use them. It is out of * sight from the house, so you need not take time to make it a neat job. 1 will only pay you a dollar and a half." I lie judge went to dinner and com ing out found the man carefully plan ing each board. Kupposing that he was trying to make a costly job of it, he ordered him to nail them on at once just as they were, ami continued , his walk. \\ hen he returned the hoard- were all planed and numbered ready for nailing. "I told you this fence was to l>e cov ered with vines," he said angrily, "I | do not care how it looks." "1 do," said the carpenter, gruffly, carefully measuring his work. \Vh< n it was finished there was no part of the i fence as thorough in finish. "Ilow much do you charge?" a-ked the judge. "A dollar and a half," said the man, shouldering his tools. The judge stared. "Why did vott j spend all that lalor on that job, if not 1 for money "For the job, sir." "Nobody would have seen the jssor work on it." "Hut I should have known it was there. No; I'll take only a dollar and a half." And he took it ami went away. Ten years afterward, the judge had the coutraet to give for the building of several magnificent public build ings. There were many applicants among master-builders, hut the face of one caught his eye. "It wa my man of the fence," he said. "I knew we should have onlv g'sui, genuine work from him. I gave him the contract and it made a rich mun of him." It is a pitv that I soya were not taught in their earliest years that the highest success belongs only to the man, In- he carpenter, farmer, author <>r artist, whose work is most sincerely and thoroughly |lonc. A Maine Woman who knows About Kurmtnir. from Ui B Jourmt. A brown-faced ami pleasant-looking woman, with a short, well-built figure and firm step fastened a plump, !>ay horse in front of the Boston tea store, and tossed a molasses jug out of her wagon. She wore a widow's veil and shawl. "There," said a gentleman, is "one of the most wonderful women in the country, Mrs. <>-g<**l .f Mi not ( < ntre, the woman farmer." So when Mrs. O-giKsl came out of the store we akcd her: "How much hay will you cut this year ?" "Twelve or fiAc-eu tons. I've tfut about six tons already. I commenced mowing at 7 o'clock this morning, and mowed most of the forenoon. I spread thirty-five common staeks of hay, and after dinner I got in four good one horse loads in season to get down here at 4 o'clock and market a lot of Iwr rioa." "Do you cut your hay with a ma chine or a scythe ?" "Both ; I cau mow either way. I have a one-horse mower." "I)o you have any help?" "Only w hat I get from the children. There's a girl of 14 years ami a boy j of 11 years who help me a little." "Is the girl going to make a farrn -1 erf' "I don't know. I want to make a farmer of her, but she says she don't like the idea very well." "How much oi a farm have you ?" "I have now about forty acres. I have panted this year half an acre of onions, two acres of jsitatoes, anJ three-fourths of an acre of boars, and sowed half an acre of oats. I have done all the work myself. I have run the farm five year*, and I haven't paid out a rent, not oue cent, for help, and 1 ain't going to, either. Last winter I went down in the woods ami cut ami teamed out ten cords of cord wood." "Does your farm pay well V "Yes, it's beginning to iiay pretty well now. It was all run down when ! I came there and commenced work. It only cut hay enough for a cow and a horse. Now it cuts twelve Urns. Sec the difference? I have dug out * the rocks and leveled off the fields with my own hands, so I fhan't be thrown out when I ride my mowing machine. I keep two cows, a burs®- and a lot of sheep, and there are a lot of hens running around." Mrs. Osgood is a woman who finds time between the planting her acres of potatoes anil onions, mowing a doxcrtß tons of hay, chopping ten eorda of wood in snow knee deep, and all the hard work of running a forty farm, to take rare of the milk of twofl cows, make butter and bread, and all the kneading, cooking and on buttons for a family of children. TIIK moment a man begin* to rise above hi* fellow* he become* a mark for their missiles.