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0VE11 SHOOTING THE 21 AUK.
on
11Y V. 1).
: many years since,
a i II M i m
when
bright-eyed mid fair-haired lasses
were not so plenty itt New England as
j they arc now, tlicro dwelt i;i the town of
IP , u pretty villugo, distant, then,
i some five-iind-twciity milts from tho
'' market-town," :t peculiarly comely nnd
graceful maiden, who had rt peculiarly
ugly nnd cross-grained father.
Minnie. T.-ns Danforth' only child; nnd
; report said truly site would ho his sole
legatee.
The old man was n sturdy farmer, nnd
was estimated lo he worth full ton thou
sand dollars, at that period a very hand
some loriunc to liuve.
The sparkling eyes nnd winning man
ners of Minnie Danforth had stirred up
the finer feelings of tho whole male por
tion of the village, and her suitors were
numerous; hut her father was particular,
and none succeeded in making headway
with her or him.
In the meantime Minnie hud u true and
loyal lover in urcrrt, who no one would
have supposed for a moment that .w.ri a fel
low would dare to look upon hcauty and
comparative refinement. His name was
Walker, or, as he was generally called, j
"Joe." Joe Walker; nnd he was simply j
a farmer employed hy old anforth, who 1
had entrusted Joe to his place for two or ;
three years. j
IJut a very excellent farmer, nnd a right i
good manager was this plain, unassuming,
but good-looking Joe Walker. He was:
young, too, only twenty-three and ho I
actually fell in love with this beautiful, i
pleasaut, joyous Minnie anforth, tho j
only daughter. Hut tho strangest part of
the occurrence was Minnie returned his j
love earnestly, truly, and frankly; and;
promised to wed him at the favorahlo j
moment. :
Things went on merrily for a time, but !
old Dan forth discovered certain glances j
and attentions between them which exci- j
ted his envy and suspicions. Very goon
afterwards Joe learned the old man's mind i
indirectly in regard to his future disposal !
of Minnie's hand, and he quickly saw his j
case was a hopeless one, unless ho resort-
ed to stratagem; and so he set his wits at :
once to work. j
liy agreement, an apparently settled
coldness and distaneo wus observed by the
lovers toward each other for five or six
months, and the father saw as ho be
lieved with satisfaction, that his pre
vious suspicions and fears had been all
premature.
Then by agreement also between them, j
Joe absented himself from the houso at !
evening; and, uight after niglit for full!
three months longer did Joe disappear as i
noon as his work was finished to return :
only at late bed time. This was unusual, :
and old Janforth determined to know the
cause of it. I
Joe frankly confessed that he was j
in love with a man's daughter, who re- i
sided less than three miles distant, hut !
after a faithful attachment between them j
for several months, the old man had ut-
terly refused to entertain his npplieintion ;
for the young girl's hand.
This was capital. Just what old Dan-1
forth most desired.
This satisfied him that ho had made a
mistake in regard to his own child; and 1
he would help Joe to get married, and
thus stop all further suspicion or trouble
at home; so he said :
' Well, Joe, is she a buxom lass?"
" Yes, yes," said Joe, "that is oilier
folks say so. I am nut much of a judge
myself."
" And you like her '!"
" Yes, sir; yes."
" Then marry her." said old Danforth. i
" Uut I can't the father objects
'l'ooh!" continued Danforth;
"let
Kun
him do so ; what
away with her.''
need
you care
"J'.lope.
" Yes! Off with you at once. If the
girl will join, all right. Marry her;
bring her here; you shall have the little j
cottage at the foot of the lane. I'll fur- 1
n ish it for yon ; your wages shall be in-1
creased, and the old man may like it or j
not as ho will."
j,Jtl)Ut" j
IJut usn no ' buts,' Joe. Dots 1 bid!
youigoaootiitatoncc, anU-'youwHI
stand liy nio i yes. to tho last. I know
you, Joe, you re a goocj follow a good
workman, and will make uny body a good
son-in-law or husband."
"Tho old fellow would bo so mad.
though."
" Who cares, I say ' (Jo on ipiickly,
but (juietly."
" To-morrow night, then," said Joe.
" Yes." said Dunfurth.
" I'll hire Culver's horso."
" No you shun't."
"Not?"
" I say no. Tako my horse, the best
one Young Morgau j he'll take you off
iu fine style in tho new phaeton."
" Fxaetly."
And as soon as you nro spliced, como
right back hero, nnd a jolly time we'll
have of it at the old house.
" Her father will kill me!"
" lie's an old fool wh oever ho is ; he
don't know your good qualities as well as
I do, Joe. Don't bo afraid ; faint heart,
you know, never won fair women."
" The old man will bo astounded."
" Never mind, go on. We'll turn tho
laugh on him. I'll tako care of you and
your wife, at any rato."
" Then I'll do it," said Joe.
"You shall," said Danforth. Aud
they parted, in the best of spirits.
An hour after dark on tho following
evening. Joo made his appearaneo dock
ed in a nice new black suit, and really
looking very comely. The old man bus
tled out to the barn with him, helped to
harness "Young Morgan" to tho phaeton,
and leading tho spunky animal himself
into tho road, away went happy Joe Wal
ker in search of his bride.
A few rods distant from the house he
found her according to arrangement,
and repairing to the next village, the par
son very quickly made them one in the
holy bands of wedlock.
Joe took lus bride and soon dashed
buck to the town of 1'
d halted i
at old Danforth's house, who was already
looking for him, and who received him
with open arms.
" It is done!" cried the old man.
"Yes, yes," answered Joe.
" firing her in! firing her in !" contin
ued the old fellow, in high glue. "Never
mind compliments. No matter about the
dark entry. Here, hire, Joe, to the right
's tho best parlor. We'll have a fine j
time, now, sure." And the anxious farm- j
er rushed away for lights, returning al-
most, immediately.
Here's the certificate, sir.'
" Yes, yes '"
" And this is my wife." he
he popped up his beautiful
bewitchiii! and lovely Mhinir
Said Joe.
added, as 1
bride the j
Jiiniirlli.
file, " what
" What !" roared the old
tlnl you say, .Joe . you villain ; you scamp :
you audacious cheat you ! you you "
" It w the truth, sir. we are lawfully
married."
" You advised mo to do this ; you as -
sisted me; you planned tho whole affair;
you lent mo your horse; you thought mo
worthy last evening worthy of any man'ij
t
emu, , uu,nlu,u,ij jruu ii uiiusuu
to Hiauu oy mo; you otiercu me toe cot- :
tago at the foot of the lane; you " j
" I didn't! 1 deny it! you can't prove
it ! You're a a " j
"Calmly, now, sir," continued Joe.!
Ami l,n ,tr,..;Uu r fl, l, ..,. ,..l
I, . i j
nuiu lib uiiuu milieu in ijut'll lliu iiiu lliau a
ire, aud to persuade him to acknowledge
tho union.
Tho father relented at last. It wus
a
job of his own manufacture, and he
how useless it would be, finally, to
saw
at-
tempt to destroy it.
He gave in reluctantly, and tho fair
Minnie Danforth was overjoyed to be du
ly acknowledged as Mrs. Joe Walker.
The marriage proved a joyful one, and tho
original assertion of old Danforth proved
truthful in every respect. The cunning
lover was a good son-in-law and a faithful ! ",n J ! ' ' -husband,
and lived many years to enjoy j P0.0' .1,,u n"d cn,ter ' de !-"
l, ,i,;.,i. ..ii'.:,.,.i I n cl,y. and not shust close py or near
matchwhile tho old man never canul to
hear much about the details of the elope
ment, for he saw how completely he
overshot tho mark.
had
A Novel Marriage Complication.
SOM K recent developments of matri
monial infelicities arc now occupying
considerable attention in the usually
iiuiet village of Hastings-upon-Il udson.
It appears that some timo during the year
1807, a Mrs. Knslerbrook, a respectable
widow, earning a cuinfrttiblo maintenance
by keeping a store, attracted the notice
of Mr. Win. Henry Wright, a well-to-do
farmer living in tho neighborhood, a wid
dower with a largo family of children,
who finally proposed marriage to Mrs.
Kustcrbrook. She however, declined as
auming the responsible charge of such a
large family unless Mr. Wright would uot
only make herMrs. Wright, but also right
in a pecuniary point of view by settling
: upon her a certain amount of property bo
: fore tho hymeneal knot was tied. To
I meet her views on that point, be
avo
. her lus note lor 9:,v)W), payable six
months after date. A short time after
marrinuu Mrs. Wright found their douieS'
tic relations unsatisfactory, and eonclu-
ded to return to her parental roof, and
about the same time discovered that the
note given her by her husband was miss
inir, and suspected that her husband had
liianaged to get possession of it. At the, your mother, aint she 1" "Certainly,"
expiration of six months Mrs. Wright replied tho hard hearted Ferris ; and 'bo
sued her husband for the amount of tho j fore anything further could- bo said the
note tiiven. mid although her husband : court dismissed the case.
; dulliod ; ,lu 1110,t ,)()Nitive manner, that
' i. i i .. i ' i
he had ever given his wife any such ac
knowledgement of indebtedness or obliga-
ation, the latter produced witnesses who
j had sceu the note, know it to be the hand-
writing of Mr. Wright, one of whom
I affixed the revenue stump to the docu
; ment ut tho timo, and a verdict was
i rendered iu favor of the wife, who hail
i just ascertained that her husband had
obtained a divorce from her by means of
alleged fraudulent affidavits. Mrs. Wright
has employed counsel to have the pro
ceedings of this divorce cuso thoroughly
ventilated and this decree of divorce set
aside.
tkiT Ceremonies tiro different in every
country ; but true politeness is every
where tho same. Ceremonies which take
up so much of our ntteution are only ar
tificial helps which ignorance assumes in
order to imitate politeness, which is tho
result of good sense and good nature.
A Puzzled Dutchman.
():
sion for baptism, was holding a pro
tracted meeting, and one night preached
on tho subject of baptism. In tho course
i of his remarks he said : "Some believe
: if necessary to go down into the water,
j and come out of it. to be baptized. Hut
this is cliiimed to bo a fallacy, for tho
j proposition into' of the Scriptures should
! bo rendered differently, for it does not
mean into' at all times. " Muses," said
; he. ' we are told, went up into the moun
tain, and the Savior was taken into a
i high mountain, etc. Now wo do not sup
, pose that either wont into a mountain,
; but imlii it. So with going down into
; the water ; it means simply going down
j rtutn hi iimr the water, and being
baptized in tho ordinary way by sprink
i ling or pouring."
He carried this idea out fully, and
due season and stylo closed his discourse,
wnen an invitation was given lor any so
' disposed to arise and express his thoughts.
; Quito a number of the brethren arose
! aud said that they wero glad that they
I had been present on this occasion, that
i they were pleased with the sound sermon
! they had just heard, and felt their souls
' greatly blessed. Finally a corpulent
i gentleman of Teutonic extraction, a strati
rnl' '""U and broke tho silence, that
w almost painful, as follows :
" Mister Hreacher : I ish so dad I
vash here to-night, for I had explained to
my mint some dings dat 1 never could
pelief pcfnre. Oh ! I am so glad dat
into' does not mean i'iio at all, but shust
close py or near to, for now I can belief
many dings vot I cannot pelief peforo.
Yo reat. Mister Jireaeher. dat Tuniol was
j into de ten of lions and came out alife !
Now I never could pelief dat, for de wilt
j peasts would shust eat him right off;
now it, ish very clear to my mint, lie
1 Vas shust close py or near to. and did not
j get into Je den at all. Oh, 1 isli so glad
I 1 Vas here to iih'ht !
! .. Afrai1 wo ,lt ,0 Uiihre
j.on vash cast into de firish furnace
and dat air alwish looked like a peeg sto
ry, too, for they were shust cast near py
or close to the firish furnace. Oh, 1 ish
so glad I vash hero to night !
it i , i i i i
-vuu now -ir. j.reaciicr, if you vill
j sntist cxbhi
on two more passages of Scrip
tures, I shall pe oh ! so happy dat I vash
hereto-night! One of dom ish vhero it
snith de vicked shall bo cast into a lake
dat burns mit fire and priinstoiio alretty.
Oh, .Mister lireucher, shall I pe cast into
dat lake if 1 am vickid ? or shust close
py or near to, shust near enough to pe
comfortable!' Oh ! I hopes you dell me
1 shall pe cast only shust py a goot way
off, unt I vill pe so glad I vnsh hern to
night; Do other bassago ish dat vich
i saish, blessed arc dey who de deso com
i i i . i . i .... i
" sW "Car enough to see vot
I
have
here
lost, unt I shall pe so glat I
vash
to-night :
Sko" A Mr. Ferris married in early
manhood a slim old lady twieo his ago.
As years went by, his ancient charmer
grew wrinkled und savage, and Mr.
Ferris mourned tho hour ho first went
wooing. At last ho met a pretty, jolly
little widow dowu town. IJoth found in the
other their mutual affinity. They loved
fondly, extravagantly, incessantly. At
last whispers of the way things were
going on began to reach the aged matron's
ears. Although too old to love, her
heart burned fiercely with the pangs of
jealousy. She employed spies and de
tectives, and watched herself. Finally
she burst in on them, and a free Qght en
sued. An arrest was then the entise
(uencc. Arraigned beforo the magis
trate, the aged wife attempted to explain
the difficulty. " Hut," said the recorder.
" you intruded on them " " Yes," in-
terposed Mr. Ferris, " burst with loud
screams and Indian-like yells into our
presence. "She's crazy." "What"'
screamed the vigaro, "do you call me,
i your wife crazy?"
" J here, how, cx
with an air of tri
; claimed Mr. Ferris,
umph. 1 tola you she was crazy. She
thinks I urn her husband." Mrs. Ferris
; was too confounded to
spent
1 She's
j A dignified drunkard dwells at
! Hollows Falls, Yt. Ho is an old Indian,
known as "Dr. John," who would be
i smart, save for his love of liipior.
wus tucking along tho sidewalk, he
s he
made
j a mis-step, plunged into an opeuing, and
stuck there, with nothing but his feet
visible ubove the bricks. A person who
! saw him full ran tu his aid, and pulled
I him out. As soon us the " doctor'' was
J on his feet, ho braced himself against a
hitching-post, und said :
; " G'long now. Can't ycr mind yer
j business '( W hut have I done that you
I should abuse me this way f"
i The individual explained, by saying
j that he wished to help the doctor out
j of trouble. Whereat John replied :
; " 'Spcct you think that's mighty big
I talk ! Next time I stoop dowu to pick
up my hat out o' thuj hole, want ye junt
to keep yer hands off, thut's ull !"
AN OBSTINATE COUPLE.
Truth Stranger than Fiction.
ONE of tho pioneers in the California
emigration, who went across the
plains iu 1849 tells tho story, that began
on the journey and has recently ended
in San Francisco :
With the train on which tho narrator,
now in Nevada, was a member, was en
camped at a point on the Humboldt where
tho Lessen trails intersects tho Carson
track of travel, ho visited tho tent of a
family consisting of an elderly couple and
one child, a daughter of fourteen or fif
teen. Tho old lady was sitting on a pile
of blankets under tho canvass, encoura
ging a most determined attack of tho
'sulks,' while tho masculine head of af
fairs had planted himself on the wooden
tongue, and was sucking his pipe ns if
he expected to stay thero forever.
A single glance developed the difficulty
of that littio train of one wagon and
three persons, and that it had nttained a
point of quiet desperation beyond the
reach of peaceful adjustment. Three days
before they had pitched their tents at
the forks of tho road, and as they could
not agree upon the route by which to en
ter California there they remained. Tho
husband had expressed a preference for
the Carson road, aud the wife the Lessen,
and neither would yield. Tho wifo do
clared she would remain all winter; the
husband said ho would be pleased to pro
long the journey through tho summer
following.
On the morning of the fourth day the
wife broko a sullen silence of thirty-six
hours by proposing a division of the
property which consisted of two yoke of
oxen, ono wagon, camp furniture, a small
quantity of provisions, nnd $12 iu silver.
The proposal was accepted, and forthwith
the ' plunder' was divided, leaving the
wagon to the old man and tho daughter
to the mother. The latter exchanged
with a neighboring train tho cattle be
longing to her for a pony and pack
saddle, and piling her daughter and por
tion of the divided spoils upon the aniniul
she resolutely started across tho desert
by the Lessen trail while the old man
silently yoked his cattle and took tho
other route.
Of course both parties reached Cali
fornia in safety. We say ' of course,' for
it is scarcely possible that any obstacle
death included could have interfered with
stubbornness so sublime. Arriving in
Sacramento with her daughter, the old
lady found employment for womeu were
less plentiful than now and subsequent
ly opened a boarding house, and iu a few
years amassed a handsome fortune Two
years ago she went to San Francisco, aad
tho daughter, whose education had not
been uoglectcd was married to ono of the
most substantial citizens.
And what had become of the old man?
The wife had unt seen or heard of him
since they parted on the Humboldt. They
had lived happily together for years, and
she sometimes reproached herself for the
wilfulness that separated them nfter so
long a pilgrimage together. Hut he was
not dead. We cannot trace his course
in California, however. All that wo know
of him is, that fortuuo had not smiled
upon him, and that for years he had
toiled without hope. Finally, feeling
unable to wield tho pick and shovel, he
visited San Francisco in tho hope of ob
taining employment better adapted to his
wasted strength.
For three months he remained idle
after arriving thero, and then, for want
of occupation became the humble retailer
ofpeunutiund oranges, with his entire
traffic upon his arm. This was six months
ago. A few weeks since in passing the
open door of a cottage in the southern
part of tho city, he observed a lady in the
hall and stopped to offer his merchandise.
As he stepped on the threshold tho lady
approached, and the old man raised his
eyes and dropped his basket; and no
wonder, either, for she was his wife, his
' old woman !' She recognized him, and,
throwing up her arm in amazenieut, ex
claimed :
"(ireat (Jod! John, is that you?"
' All that is left of nio" replied tho old
man. With extended arms they ap
proached. Suddenly the old lady's coun
tenance changed, and she stepped back.
"John," said she, with a look which
might have been construed into earnest
ness, "how diil you find the Carson
road?" "Miserabio Sukey, uiiserahlo,"
replied the old man; " full of sand and
alkali," Then I was right, John," she
continued, inquiringly. " You were, Su
key." " That's enough, John," and tho
old couple strangely sundered, were re.
j united
Artemiis Ward on Lending Honey.
ArtcmtiH Ward once lent money. lie
thus recounts tho transaction :
" A gentlemanly friend of mine came
! to me one day, with tears in his eyes. I .
said, ' Why these weens ?" He said he
; hud a mortgage on his property, and
; wanted to borrow two hundred dollurs.
I lent him the money and he went away,
i Some time after he returned with more
i tears. He said he must leave mo forevor.
j I ventured to remind him of the two huo
! dred dollars. He brightened, shook my
baud, and said, 'Old friend, I won't allow
you to outdo mo in liberality. I'll throw
off the other hundred." Aud thus ho.
discharged tho debt.