Independent Republican., August 02, 1855, Image 1

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CJIARLES 1 READ & H. H.ll 4 irtAi.*,lti "gbirkohs.
i'eef's .eohget.
For the .Reput4&int.
TSB CORONATION.
Whit floral tribute guilt ' , bring,
Fair, maiden, unto thee? \
Of all, in summer4ime wiping, -
That perfume on the breezes Bing,
Far o'er the verdure of the:sunlit lea;
'Which may thy favorite be
Dost thou prefer the lady rose, .
Proclaimed of flowers the queen,
That stately in the garden grows,
And often on the bosoit glows
Of rustic beauty, when the Youths are seen
Danei %.uport the green ? •
Or wouldst thou choose the lily - pale, •
Pure, spotless, like a nun,
That pensive lolls upon the gale,
Unseen, in some far lonely vale,
Where brooklets bright, thro' bosky wilds that run
Glance fittill, in the. end? •
Perchance the modest violet
Thou wilt more dearly prize,. •
That aye looks on the earth; and yet,
• When dews of morn' its petals 'wet,'
And zephyrs stir them, thence doth stink rise
Sweet ineenseAio the skies.
• Or wilt thou in romantic mood,
Choose flowers with name unknown,
That in some unfrequented wood,
moss-clad rock, or rolling flood—
Lulled by low winds and - wild bees' murmuring tone—
Calm anchorites, divell alone?
Choose thou the common or the rare,
111 bring them unto thee,
And thou shalt nreathe, with fmgers.fair,
-Meet corona' for youth to wear
dnd beauty,-then, beneath this greenwood tree,
Pll crown theequeen of—me!. •
Oakland, Pa., July, 1855.
.THE SLAVE'S DREAM• -
VT PROFESSOR IL W. LoNoeutow
TegiVe.tbe tlugathered rice he lay,
His sickle in fat hand ;
His breast was bare, his matted hair .
Was buried in the sand. ' .
Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep,
lie saw his native land. • '
While through the landscape of his dream,
The lordly Niger flowed ;
Beneath the plant trees on the, plain,
Once more a king he strode;
And heard the tinkling Caravans ' •
Descend the mountain road.
Ile saw once more his queen
Ssior.g her children stand; -
They V.asped his neck; tbey'lissed his cheep^,'
They held him by the hand—
tear burst from the sleeper's lids,
-4nd fell upon thd sand.
And then at furions speed he-rode
Along the Niger's bank; • , ,
bridle-reins were golden chains,
And with a martial clank,
At each leap, tie could feel his scabbard of s teel
Smiting his stallion's flank.
Before him, like a blood-red Big, I
Th6'righi.flatniogoes flew, .
.
morioill night he-followed ?heir fight, H
O'er the plains where the tamarind grew,
Till be saw the roofs of the Cerro huts, . 1 'I
And the ocean lose to view.
At'aight he heard the *:onnfiar,• .
An* the hyena ecream; . , • '
And the river horse, as he crushed the reeds,
Beside some hidden stream, ,
bpd it passed, like a glorious roll of drmas,-
- Thrbugh,the triumphs of his dream. • •
The•forcsts with their myriad tcingues, . ; •••'
'lloated'of liberty,
./
And the blast of the Desert criedltlemd i _
• Ncith a voice so loud and free; _
That be started in his sleep and smiled
At their tenipestuous glen.
lie did not.feel the driver's 1114,
Nor the burning beat of day; -'
Death had illumed . tLe land of sleep,
And his lifeless body lay
A worn-ont fetter, that the soul -
liad broken.and.thrOwn away.'
siiefefies.
From Dickens' Houselsoldwlnas
TWO NEPI-lEW§.
At the parlor window of apretty;villanear
Walton-on-Thames sat, one. evening -at, dark, •
and old man and a young woman. The age
'of the' than might be sOrneseventy k ,
his companion had certainly no'teheil
'nineteen. Her beaktfful, blooming flee,. and
'active, light and upright figure we re in -strong
contrast with the worn counternmed-sn'd h'ent
•
frame of the old-mani but in his eye, and in
the corners of his mouth were indications of
gay self-ccinfidence, which age and suffering
bad damped, but not extinguished._
"No use lOoking any more, Mary," sad ;
:" Neither I trohn Meade nor Peter Filch' will
be here before dark. Very hard that, mien
a ck nude asks his two nephews to come and
'see 'him, the.) , can't come at once. TheAluty
is simple in the extreme"--only to help, me
to die, and take what 1 choose to have'them
in my will! Pooh! when I was a painig
than, I'd have done it for tni uncle with' the
utmost celerity. But the world's getting.
'quite heartless! _
" Oh, sir !" said Mary. • •
" And what dbes 'Oh, Sir!' mean ?"I said
be. " D'ye think I shan't die ? 1 kilo* ,
better. A little - more, and - there'll '
_lie an'
'end of old. Billy Collett: Hell have left. this
'dirty iworld for a cleaner...4o the great- sot.-
row (and advantage) of his affectionate
fves! 'Ugh! . Cy' ire me a glass of the ; doe,-,
ituir."
The girl poured some medicine into a glass,
and Collett, alter having contemplated it for
a moment with, Infinite disgust, managed to
get it down. ,
•
"I tell you what, Miss Mary Sutton," said
be, "I don't by any means approve of! your
Oh, Sir, and !Dear Sir,' and' the rest ,cif it,
When I've' told you hovel hate to he ca n e d
Sir at all. , Why, you couldn't be- 'mom re.-
speetful if you were a charity girl- mid I a
beadle in gold-laced hut! None of your
iuorisense, Mary Sutton; if-yott - pleuse. I've
been your lawfulguardian noW :fOr six
months, and you; ought to know,
-lily likings
'and dislikings .
"My poor father often :told me LM' - you
disliked oaretdony," said, Marx., •
" Your poor father told you quite flight,".
htrzcollat; "Frecl. Sutton was s.
of talent--a capital renew! 'His milt" fault
, viaa a natural inability tO keep a &thing in'
his pocket. Poor' Fred! be loved me—l'm
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sure,he..diti -I!"kre bequeathed me hia:enly 1
.ebild-rand
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• isn ' t .
every
friend who
o •W
ould do
that!"` , 1 .
a A e n A an ge n er o us protector you havetx i i i o -,,,
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...- "Yell, Idon't know; roe tried not to. he
a trete, hut 1 dare . saithave,i hem Don't
Isecak roughly to yettsOtnetinies? Haven't .
.1 given you3ood; p.n . dent *Oddly advice
aboOphn Meade, and made .;myself quite:
dimtgreeardp; and like ,'Av guardian i .. Come;
eoness you . love - this4iennilesis nephew ::of:
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`Tennile,4 indeed ltsaiti Mary. . '
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l'Ah, tC•tre it is! :sai 'Mr. Collett.-;
,And whiaPW'tisiness has a ioor - devil of an
artist to . fallWitive with ity.'hvard '? And'
what.htksinqstlas my ward t*' !all iii love .
with a poor Neil of an artist 3 'But that's,
•Fre t d . Sutton?: oittightt . R all !ovei• L Ila ven't .I
two pePltc:Wikl \ -Why - cotildn't vcat fall in'
, . , r . ,
love with : the clisereet one-- 7 1,-thetliriving one'? ;
Per Finel4- 7 cmisidering he's en attorney-=- ,
is a Wurtqy yOung man. . l - le is industrious
in :fhp extetne, and attends to other people's,
buc l ineSs Onl, when he's• Paid Er- it. • lle 4e
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spe ? es sentith 'nt, amt. -always loks to the
'Main Chanel But John -Mead4 my dear
Mary, -May,'.S.Joil But s
forever and not.
09* rich; iT;e's all for art,liud . truth, and
social_ref4m, and spirittialelevatiim, and the,
tiorif knOWs!What. Ptiter ;Finch will ride in:
his 'carriage, land' splask,poer John! , Meade , as .
he tradges onifent ) ." „:. . i i •
- :
•-• The harang . e was h 'o.re ; interrupted by.
ring at - the ga e, and Mr,- a •
: peter Winch was'
1
annotinced.;, i le had sOreely ;akin. his seat
when - another !pull at' the, b'ellAVasrheard, anti
A14 4 3 - ohttlMeade was Announced.; -
Mr. Collett ,eyed 1 . 114 tiva - nePha WS with a ,
queer sure of smite, while they ride speeeh
es .expt•essive- 4 sorro at the maitre of their
'visit. - At last, stopping them,
:'.'Enongh; boys, enonglil" saidAie. . " La
• - , us,iind some better
.subjeet to Ells'inss than
the state Oran old rnan'a 410th. il. want tit
knew - a little. More abut ylou.butti. I haVen't •
.seeit much of
,yens upi to the 'present
tittle, and', fOranythi n el know, yt t ut may be
tochteti or fools."
t,.. • ,
John .Meade ,seemed ra'lier to wince. under .
thiS address' , ? but Pete • Finch sat! calm and
f • , . • 1
ionfident.: .1- i 1 '
To pat a; case now" said Mr. Collett:
'" ibis trtOmihg a poor Wretch Of 4 gardener
. caMe . ,beggiug here. Ile
. could. - gkit no work.
iils anti he was tarVing. e
Wl
t - leet l, 1.
I:l*Wl:fokylethit.g about the "fellow, ! and .I be
- lieVe lie !onlY told the truth ; -so Igave hitna -
shilling, to get le: a of him. . Now !I'm - afraid I
did Wrong. 1 What reason had I for giving
.hint
,a shilling?; What claim has he on -Mel
What elaini has he.on any body :?- -The valtie
of his labor in ! the market is all that • that a
i - wtirking nianli t as a right . to.; and when h i s
labfa• is of nu' value, why-then he mu , t, go to
the DeVilor-Wherever . else he can. Eh. Pe
ter ? *, hails My plitlusophy-;-what -do you
think ?' •• . - -
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,t
I :'..e agree with yon, - Sit,' 'said - Mr.
.'
Fi ich . ' 1 erfeetly :;tree With you. The vJue
'of ?heir labor in the market is all that labor
•ert can- pretend to--all that they should have.
g IVithing aets more pernieiansly than' the ab
surd extraneeus - support commonly - called
charity.' T . l . ..--
' Hear„licar l' said Mr. Collett. - ' You're a .
shover fellOW, Peter. IGo on; my dear .boy,
1.. . .
, "Q' one - f = ; ! 1.
What restilts fruit' charitable aid V contin
ned Peter., 'The vatie of labor is - kept at
!
gin s uunatura .It.‘ 1. State charity .is State
robery ; privaterehariti is publie - wrong.'
' : That's it„, Peter l' laid Mr_ - Collett: '
What *do - eiti Wink I of. - Oar philosophy,
1
jOhn V 1. •1" j-:' -
' • i ve . - ./, ,
I' I don't like
. it ! I don't' belie it . - sa id
Jan.- `You - w ere quite right to give .the_
man a 'shilling'; . rd havetiven , hint a' . shilling.
ayself.' - . i • \ I. • i 1 •
: - ,
, . r• oh, you ,Would,---iwould you V said Mr..
COlett. ' iKou're Very generous; with: yain-
Aillin g :T. '-Would you fly in the-face of all
. thff.hodok pnittleal econotny, you Vandal - V
` . 17e5.' 4 6 said John: "as the Vandals.flew in
~ the facet of :l none • and, dc,tfoyed what° had
becornel 3. falsehood and a tiffisance:'
I‘. Poor d Our . said Mr. Collett. 'We shall
n#Ver Make anything of hith, Peter. Really,.
Irwd better talk CiT so:netting. else. : John,
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tell us about the last new novel: , • .
i II-They. conversed on, vi4b*us topics until the
,alTival - of.tite iivalid's early bed time partd
uhele and nephews fur . the night. '
i Mary SUtton rseized 'an : opportunity the
nekt Morning sifter breakfast to speak with.
Jbhn lkleacle aline. - ,
. -1‘ John,' said 'the, 'do think 'iticitie of yOur
oWn interest4f oar interest.. - What °tea
shin to be , ki'vlolent, last•lnight, and, contra:-
diet Mr. •Collett!'so shoekinVy ? I yaw Pe
ter Finch Ilau4hirig 6A:in:self. 'John, you
must he more r.4ireful, or we ;shall never be
!named?. i I . • • -
I ' Wpll 7 ,,,Mary dear l
nl do my lit.%-t,' said
J 411 n. L. qt.was ! that eon - flint:dud Peter, *ith
h•s thaiii of iron maxim .that made me fly
oat. • I'm not• an iseherg,llliarr?
. - • Thank heaven, you're I not, i' said Mary;
,‘ but an ie.i.berg!flolits-,-thilik of that John.'-r-
Itetnember--eVe tithe Yfiu offend Mr. CO
len, you pleaself4. Finch.'.. -' . - •.. I
. 1. 'Su I._ do !'-•said irohn. '-‘ It.ml;. 111 remeni ,
ber that.' 1. • 11 -1 ! • . - - r -. ~
. , 1 (. If you 7.v0u14 only try to be a littletnean4
4nid hard . -bearteit' - 'said Mary; `just - a little .
11) begin -*lib. i You Would only- stoop Ito
epnquer, Johtl 7 -and • you deserve to .ebn
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• -:' May :I !gain !thy dmerts, then , said John.
`Are you !illicit tube my loving "wife, lif.aryll
.
Ad are you Hot to sit lit'u r edlework in my
s Udio while I paint my gieit , historical pio-
.t e? how ,-; .is come to pass if *!;t .
i r
Ilett will.do . 1 'thing fOr us?'' • ' • :
I I ‘
Alh, ho* ind • . r midi-Mary. '.But hero's
dur friond s iPeter.k.in* coming thr.ouo the
gate fromlhis walk.. -.I JaVe - you together.'
td so, saying, AO withdrew. .
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`Viihat; Meade.!'. said Pew Finch, as. he en
t` i € Biiiii king Imiloipie on_ a flnetnorning
Ake this! I I've been all thraugh - the village.
INot- an ugly place—bat manta .:bolting' atter
adly: ; Roads shamerullY tiiiiiitiq 1 , Pigs al ,
l ow •u aon the , oot-fathl .- ..-- .•- -1
•• ,` Dreaikul V exelain;ied , ohm •-'•.: : --I . -•
• •‘ I: say-,...J01l (-tune but pretty ...itiang fast
I..lig:t;:titt'.,lPk.e-ter. (out.
Asked...the old;
, • an! 811t.4 like yotlr spirit?. i .; • •--- 1
I 1 :•‘ . l•liave no - doubt you . do?-,thought,John.
- 1• '-' `Oh When .
,'-''' - ' ' I Iv" a youth,. I *AS a iittte s.
- - .*at-WaY myself,' said Peter. .. ' But the wOrld
4the.Astokldi my dear Sir-..-sootteures.ua of
-, . 1 t0111111416130Li0121. , I
, ' regrAni alodune, to
T
. .
see poor lieople,Ausesible, .but • - What's j•the
Ilse .of regretting?, It's Po part of: the -busi'
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FE[EZDOn AHD P[IORT,&OAUMV,..@*AVERY AKE)
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n4i the
. supetior classes to interfere wAth
the sof supp yau
1 a tn l d demand • p oor . people
be
Init'he miserable . _ What can't cured
tnutt,ibe. endured. •3• •
• . 1 . That is to say,' returned - John ? l•aiat `we
e*hre - they mast endure.' • • . •
..`txectly so,' said Peter. • • -
- Ur. Collett, this day 'urns too ill to -- --leave
his . W. • .About noon .he requeited to,see his '
lieftews• in his bedroom. .They 'found - him:
protiped 'up by pillows, looking
,very
-butim good - spirits as usual. • • ; -
'Well,
_boys,' "said he, here I am, you'. sec,:
• brOtight to an anchor at last 'Tile doctor;
wilthe he soon, I ;suppose, to' shake his
head-' and -u - iites receipes. liumbur,,' 'thy
boys ! - Patients can do as much • for them
-,elks, I believe, as doctors mn . "do for them;
the, lre all in the dark together—the Only dif
fert;,,oce. is that the patients grope in English,
. slut the c doctors I grope in -Latin
• 'Xim are - too skeptical, Sir,' • said John
pooh I' said 'Mr. Collett. ' Let'us change.
thesubjeet. I want your advice,' Peter and
.410, on - a matter that concerns your inter
eSti. I'm going to..make my will today
,
.an 4
. qon't know how to act about pair eons
ifdrutua Briggs. :gmMaidisgraced us -by
inirying-an. odium':
oilman'.' exclaimed John- -
• - - - "A Vulgar, Shocking oiiman !'-said Mr. Col
lett 'a. wretet who not poly sold 'oil, but
;- Candles; ilurpentine, bluckdead, and
bilkh!broUins.- It. was a dreadful blow to the ,
faniily.. Her poor grandmother 'never got
omit it., and a Maiden aunt turnejl Methodist
in 'despair.. Well ! lirigio the oilman, died
last week, it seems; and his widoW has writ
teni to me, asking - tl.r assikanee:' Now, I've
tliolight of leaving .her liundred. - a year -in
my - ';, will. What do you think Of it?. ,I'm
afriid she don't; deserve What rigt had
she," -to marry 6igainst 4he .adV.iee of her
fri4als.? What'have,l tq do with her -
fortnnes ?'
. q ..My mind is, efla;te m4de op,' said. Peter
ought rk be. taken ut . her.
SIM made an obstinate Anil unworthy match
- 7 --zind let her Aide - the eynsequences'
`Now for 3 our
.opinion, John,' said Mr.
Collett. •
~lrpon try.A.t(ord, I . th4 , 1 must ga'y
. the
Smile, said John Meade, brncirg - himself up
bopy for the part of the . wozildly nutn,— .
\‘ hat right had she to ri,tarry--as you. -oh
sc6-ed with groat justicoi Sir Let her abide
the consequenehs—as yoti ' very properly re
m4rked, 'Pinch.' 'iloiet 4 , he carry my the oil
man's busines.s,? 'I (hire sit V... it • will support
.
Reg very wt.:ll.' .
I - .
tWhy, no,' said Mr. Clillett ;• `Briggs died
a bankrupt, and Id.; widotiv and children arc
• , • t , i • •
oei•t ante:, , .
.1 : .
That does not alter the questitlitsaid r .,..
tei Finch. • ' Let!, Briggq fainilv dO some-'
thing.tbr her. ;,
.To be stire'l' sid Mr. Collett. 'Briags'
are the I:te4le to (to something fur
She inustiA . extatet ani•thicg frOrn
initst she 3ohn:r .
j• 1?-Destitute; IA 'she?' ~ail John. With
. . . .
Ch Why, Children tool ' this; is another ease, Sir.
~
You surely ought to notice her—t4l assist her.
C4plound it, I'm ibr let i ting her haVe the
hiOni red a year.' . .
'
; Oh, 5 John John' • Wiliat a 'break-down !'
: , •
said Mr. Collett. 'So you were trying to.
iollow'Peter Pinch through - Stony Arabia,
l obis turned -back at the second step I Ilere's
a loave traveller for you. Peter! J-Ohn,
JOhn, keep to your Arabia Felix, and leave -
Omer ways tip- very dilicrei7t men. • Good
bye, frith of von. I've no. voice to talk l ine.
More:, Tit think overalllou have said.' "
iIIe pressed't heir hands, and they. left ;the.
r ion., 'Tit old was too weak to speak
noxt daffy, and in three days after that he Calm-
111 brea thed' his last.
• '
i!.tlrs soon as the tithe:rill was over the will_
•
Zits read by the confidential man of businesS.,
V{lM,lad.alwayattended to Mr. Collett's tif.
fiirs; • Thogroup .. that .Sat around' him - :pre:
sp,r" Veil .a decorobs appearance of disinterest
,ellne.ss ; and the usual preamble to - the will
h4.viti..7 been listened to witlibreathlessatten-,
tittn, the Hiatt iuf business rend the following
. it! a clear voiee: • - - ,
11'1 bequeath to my. niece Emma• Briggs,
Jii4Withstandilig that she 'shocked her tinnily:
1.1. marrying an oilman, the sum of tbur thou.
s4tul . pounds;. being fully per - Suaded that her
last dignity, if' she could even :fiiilf , '-it again ; '
.4"ould do.nothing to' provide her-with food,
15 •
ur . .Cluthing. or shelter'
, •
'..
' ll John Meade smiled and - Peter Finch .
P .
reround his teeth = but iri 'a quiet, respectable
:Manner. ':- . : • . - ,
11 The num of business went on with his read
4. .' il - - •
.
l'? 'Having' always. held the;Opinion that, wo
niatt should be rendered a rational hide=
- -
pktident beirui-and having duly considered
gie fact that Society practimlly denies her the .
.
right of earning 4 living—l hereby bequeath
io Mary - Sutton; the sum of te.tithotismid
v,Unds, which, NI;'ill enable her to marry Or to
remain single., aS.she nUly Prefer.!.
.
'ilou
John- Meade gave a prodigis stair'upon .
'Caring this,
:: and . - Peter Finch . ground his
4cth again L--bat in a manner hardly respect-.
_.i;ble. ';;Both, liewever, by. a violent effort,
w ept silent. .-• : .. .,
i l l The man,of business went on• with his
teading... • i . , ,
.. . . .
4 ' I have paid some attention- to. the cliariie
ter. o' my nephew - , John - •Meade, and have
tile l en grieved to find him ‘ inuch possessed.
vitiCii feeling of - philanthropy; and with
. a
'eneral preference for whatever is noble and:
• rue over, whatever is base- - and false. AS.
r
iese tendencies are by no means such as can.'
1 1'i:1i/twee himit. the world, I bequeath him the'
•
'inn of ten thon - sand . peundlioptrig that he:
. 1 1 04 , 11 thiii . beiltept out of - the workhouse. and:
• 11? e -. enabled to paint his' gte4t bistorical:pie-,
itern—which.'as yet, be has only talked about
n:
' f .
nephew,Peter Finch, he
I*l iAs o my other p
eis all thinge in 4o sagaeimis and .3elfiSh a.
IIV ;...'
,ay.i and is; so certain to get • i,n" in lire, Thar,
'il should . dnly insult him by offering aid which'
1 he doesli4 require ;• yet, frOm:his. affeciimi4,
into •unele,limd• entirely - as a teeti (limy' or ti4V
liiiiation
that
mental aeuterim. I venture
hope .he will accept a t hequest.of five
moored *Wilda toward the completion of ble
tensiveilibrarrof lair - books:
.7. •-- • : '2' . ..
...(
• ,
i 41 ei oN4I: 'eter - Finch stormed,
~,`and, 4110
inam -- OW - John. lifeade, • bicike into t(delir?
fitirii•iihowYeryldiittOn eiledfirit. ii4o
ithetilati' ." , - -iiid then cried : And laughed - o*.
!geiher ; ell iheiii matters I shall not attempt .
Ito - describe; ,
r . : Mirk Sutton iiineWl4lti.•4'ohn
t Meade; and her husband * . sictitally beim,
,
kf the great histories] picture.. Peter Finch liars
.i.- .: -
2t2t- I t
MONTROSE, THURSPA'r,:AUGUST 2, 1555.
= . . .
to disaninting bilb4.and bri
and drives - abou, in bii
-__ • .
4:;'. '
LiFs IN itrSTll.4 7Lidi
From Ma/ma Jourstat,
11Ali DRINIEWATER'S *TOL
1„,
in the °spring (the Etiglisth autemn), of the
YearllSs2,Sain Driniewitter was a dwciller
lii4the- tents 'or Bendigo. 1: Time was when
Sittrthed been the proprietin.. - of a large...6d
c9tidtrtable 'establishment ; when . he )utd
stepti Under twelve squarelfeet of canvitS;and
had4runit. out of crockery. . HIS goads and
tools Were a load for it aeltoree dray in those
tlayS;land he ha&paid tnati? , . pounds sterling for •th e f re qu en t removal O his prentisci.— .
lint now that prosperous time had pa4sed,
away ;and.at Sam's lttSt remoVal,. his oWn
liroad shoulderS ,served InsteteL.ollhe kre .e ..
tiorae•drilY. Arrived at the'!poti he had chns
ii; he tieda rope between itwe gum-a:cps,-
Pitt*e.d over it the strip of dechihecalled his
rent rolled up a baCk log for his tire, fand
;Made himself comfiirtable.i ! . ' i •
i, 1;
t - Sitin brinkwater was a :' renrarsable. man
111,)bg his - neighbors,. for ' he preserve ti f , his
I '.
•iiiiittv Eng lish complexion i 'toyer swootre 'land
r,e'speeted not only his native land, bite its
iverninent also.. Mr. DOtikwater had. not
-i , .
I:eitie Out at his country's expens;--thatiwas,
'eVident. Ot MS:antecede:its, l'•lhnow nOth.
iiig.l .: What occupation he: might ,havet had
Iwl!:fp i= rland or what position tilled, it liras
-
inipossible - t. 9. Turin - an idea. -i, ltnew ,ihitri.
i.Cjilyas one who, though as a grumbler from
lailliit, was in 'reality one of the jolliest of. jol
i : iildiggers ; one whose infinite. I good-Initrior
Itvip proofagainst the winter rains
s tindi the',
I soiiiiner-' flies; who liked better 1%1441 his
libreamwh.'at he could :-get it; and When he
I . .could tiot;took an extra pipe of Barrett's tWis 7
rty and thanked Providence. . - . i•• ..
7 . Ai. the tittle. when. , rold was fi rst disetiver
,
,
ed at.
: Ballarat, Sarn
.wrierDrinkwater :had enuie
zieross the 'Murray th
,twenty pounds '.iti
hip i Pocket, and a pair of bOots aired leis blairk
et oi his hack. .His money he ;expended . -in
the purchase of the big tent -.before. alluded
•to,:.ind .other heavy and comfortable goods ;
and having set up his house, he
,commeliced
Jigging. ..Since then he had sunk 'so4le,ififty
.16114, with his own ItitilS, - ind I had worked,
.in titimberless others dug. by ether people,
.liar` -et never hail . Sam Once been the pos
t ,.. 1 ,,,,6 rof six rumFes,of gold.. . Still he :
•t ork
I -.
ed .d r, as callit.y; and steady a .4.-ever, rrineh
give t to Moralising when he' Was.. troubled
with! empty pockets, and receiving i with
egitifiiiinity any stray . nugget
. .Ithat came in •
14 ,, ,, ir4) - • • ! '. • !
I m ade me. Drinkwater"s aeqiiiiiittaqe in
- the ollowin , „4 - manner. ! Guinn. down,' One
,P , . .
inoi:itin! , to a hole of . mine niu;il later" than
. asu4l, I"V. - as surprised to litad . aman quietly
4 ieuttal :at the bottom 4. 4:. ciltt ing . s4e4s off
I loy•iwashing stuff with his knife; .:.- T,
. 4 11.1i/lo.!' • said L • `Good-Moruitirr-46pe
. ! ; ,
you: are: well ?- : - . ; . •
!1.1 1 ‘lnr e ,
- /
_an looked up ,and surveyed inel l ,with
some surprise. 1., • . •
'd:h
proud-infinting: e , , how du
.yoo
yourself I • - . •
3 • '
'And he <pied, resumed his•pecupatio.ti.—
Ilbc!san; to liiSe patience and address-ed him
,agatti : I -
hiat:e, yciu will allow inc to tell you that's .
-
1
,1 =ls* IWell, it , ean't ber i helpetLt, Its
y ny ;luck. You didn't leave your nathe on it
yoLi know.!' '• • . - 1 •1 ..
kl I right: said I; but if y l nt have .come.
acrifss • I hope you hand 11thein
over.' ' • .
'Not in the iraytitne: . replii. Mr. brink-
Wati...r, for he of course it Was. -
• , ‘IYOu won't V said I, .. 1 1
'Not I. - Don't . put ioursell in a Paiision.
'get out; and I'll; th'e
i!iglits . of it. You see I have given you 'three .
Hours work - . this morning, and Ihay.cLgot
YoU•out stuff eliotigh to keep you waAin,g
all Well, now,upposing, I havelipick
eds(ip three, pennyweights of, i;old,, whieh is
quite an,over"estimate, I assure you-4 am
notioverpaid, am I V •
aM - satisfied: said I-; • ‘,114) look hcineSt ;
keep and welcome. ll4e
,a (frit& of
tear 1 •
1,1 •
.A handed the or large
is a digger's constant ] couipani6n in
Hann weather. I found that {Mr. Drinkwa
ter !improved upon acquaintanix, and tie be
e.nne very intimate. t
t
§ouie few , months after our first meeting, r
lay, one Sunday morning enjoying the beams
of the : rising "sun.. The fjies,F i 4. those,,parts
or Australia, had not yet started bud life,
I to the :tie was cool. The scene was (till of
I, c iuty, but a beauty that hadino change,and
eta therefore soon lost "to thci weary eye.—
Beautiful heaths and wild fivvers grew at
array- feet, worthy to have adorned your-draw-
Itig r ruoto, my dear madam ; but 1 --ivould
haVe given them all for 11. , yard of green turf.
; Beautiful birds lived in tho,o woods, but
they had no suog; and the monotonous bum
of luseet life was unrelieved , by any of 'tie
articulate music. ' It xiits-a pleasant
,
;spot fur an anchorite, ~so calm was the . afr,
'so sitent,the forest ; and yet'. it was in the
`'midst of the largest o f the ;,A lit.
tlyt fdll divided 111 t! oil each..plc from an en
o multitude, sthtteredt hero cunt there
in tents of every.clot, .'along I the side of a
i (le valley. After la the dull slow
strUkes of an axe' were heard i at i-ditanee,
followed in a few'tninutes by f the eras of a
falling tree, as some industrnits digger-ibegan
to .1.4 r in his week's stock - Of fuel. Simday
is but little observed, in it religious point of
view, in the diggings : the eburs are too
far off, or the service is i too,lone Eon the tired
wilrktnan who not revel preiehing and'
wiints rest: The - melanctiolY truth, is, the
digger is the The
of to-day,and religion con
cerns him little.
I threw alien the - Yront of illy, tent, and
Betted my pipe--th‘e,,digger's -rade mecum.
Under the magit7,,,lnflneneo of ignig4.,HP"
grohead, I gradually sunk Into a. pleasant
doxe, l ,frotr. Which was roughly distuybed
by atvoict,,and looking up,r I saw ft heid
Ixiked iu at, the side of the
,tent,,Which'. I ree
qpiied as belonging to mit beighb4,
lvichael Shannon.. -
-t
Walk in,' said 'plenty of room in
side.'4 •
.
I' Rieuse 'Sur,' said 3tr. Shannon,
wOuldn't wish tube committing il,ny!depie•
ditions'-- , ,
CertainlY not; said _
only wanted to say a word to you ; and
hided, lam 'ashamed to bet troubling you
with such a
.11
•
• 1111 ttlnas,' said I. : 1 shall
,be make
directly. Make yoUrseif at home; theia's a .
log. in thatLuirner. 'Pon't sit in the frying
-Fan, that's a&A felow. Now for it.'
After many proieatations, and takinpiff
his hat as if was ja,a drnwing-roomOdr.
Shannon'at last- canio to anchor on cae - of
the sho rt !figs turned on onfqend,
served us for sem_v. This done, he tom.
nienced explering, his pockets one = tlftei an
other, wfthout success. Knowinit %alit :he
wanted; I threw him over the cake of *bac-
ing ex t tion
Broughain
Co. - •.; •
, heat., you itre . — geintr, tO.lea . us,
.Mick,' said
-1 Welywo:11 - have!to leave the hick that's
wire to .u?,Tint vite'll!'eirto.niorruw, pease:,(3-I ,:• d iN ' T.hat ' • ;71
It's tla good hole we got down liektw.'
WhAt I)* the last NVli• I thought
wasn't a, 'there!'
• 1. .1
peel!. it.'., •
' ' fride4 tend there wai not till , ti+ htst,
tub we ' . vitslied, ; and if .we didn't gets i
. tWo l l
ounces of gOld out of that, may I !levee- 7
lv
` Precise,"sah3 L ' Well, I anif-'OO to;
hear'of if.:
. Y 1 -feour4(4 While that 'hists you
won't leac t to gi.) -after any new dimiings VI,
: . f "..lndeed, lint we Will. Didn't We Rife the
horse and:eBrt, and won't .we haVe to pliy tiori
it whether!, We go . or . 'not.' .. '- : . 5 i
-, Well,44ase yotirstilf of,.eoirrse," stlid ;:i
but a'inart- that wohld leave-a hale thaElehreal
two ounce, to. the :tiAb, to.go to a tie* dig;
gins;, would; do atrythii!lt,.' here 1 - totilt : seli
eral whiff in-succession, to enable we tii , corn'
prebend •the absurd-42; of such a thing. li.' Dei .
pend upon it, Mick 1, continuek.' a 'Ord -itf i
the hand is generally r orit 'two in thelibustri;
espeeialle in the,bush of Australia.' [..[.•• ii,
• ' Well,flri - it's: true fOr? you," replieil 1111
Shannon ' hut-
,-ou' see, we. know we'll dO
WelLat
,KprOr.g and were thinking Al ul'lnigl4•
sell the hole bc:lOw.l A fine thing it voul4
be for ti-mail that s!ays in the 'place:
,ii,
' I see 4 you want Inc to buy it; 'said I.
. ' Indeed we do; ive. expect you'd like it
yourself.' tut Titn Was saying last night
that we'd tr,i-o you the' first chance of l't, for
we know
.1
you wo4 hare done the'a
sl sle bli . ;
- ";
us.' .i 1. , --- . • .1.
, - ,
II
.. :. And hoW muchl-do
_Von want foe. it r -
1 •` Is it likely we'(.( be asking a prig to ii
I triencl i like
e y
,I ,r.Anself'? Sure youscau give 4
what 3int thi;:1; it's worth.'
Not.likiii
n . this however. 1 que.tiound Me i
Shannon imin ; and after:Bl)(bn fiveyOntet•
perseverrince,:.f srieecihd in getting but Of
I hith that' . he 'ranted • three ounces o- gold .
I (then Worth about It'S on the biggiOs) rti
;the hole:: The priee did:not ,suit tne,qand I
therefore, deel in cd the purcha..4e... Die.: Shan:-
,non, hoWever, .beiiii: pressing,
.I agreed to
'mention the Hatter to. Sam Drinkwaqr,wll4
Irkne* Would be glad of such - an oppOrtunt
-ty, though f doubted extremely whether 14
could find the •pufeha.4 - e money. BO.. with'
this'understandiegimy s isitor.took hitOep4i:
tutv; having, iirranged to:call' ilpon me i ngaift
that afternoon. ..- ; . ' ' -- ir
NoW llie tact is. that l•liad always'eihad a
lurking doubt of Mr. Shannon, he .*its. - sb
very polite.. My conviction was, that: the
coMitant 4 .smilc which illuminated his "dusky
countenance,' was.` tit a habitual cOtitiactien
of the:tniiscles, and like the big pictures over
a pennyiboW, . no :: guide whatever t.f . ? whit,
was going on within. , Still I hate to. be sus -4
picious withoutcause,. and -I had ne - iin. batlt .
real-Cause to' suspect Mr. Shannon of an'' -i
thing dishonest. , :.(Ie was an iincxt;eptlonabli4
neighbor when sober, and very, ainuitig 41
ter a little whiskey; ; and.l don't knoW what
more one could expect under the circuit - esti:di-1
, i , ,•
•
According .. f.l. .My promise, 1 wet, afterf
dinner to Sam Drink water, to . tell W him of
:Mr. Shannon's liberal offer. I found . &t in
with his : handsin his breeches • pockets scat
ed on the trunk ofta tree, and • whistlifig prii4
fuselY. ; nc,;nilddd shortly in reply to nir t
ralutatien,ind went on whistling.? He did apt
a
even offer me pipe, but fixed his eies, aii4
seeniingly his attention, on the fragments of
a pick, Which he had: smashed probably tlai
day hei: - I'Mr.-..Drink water was eitiaently•
veryi miserable.: - After some" trOblei I Over...
come his vis inerti l ae, and got him up to
read te.ut,i Ni. here I unfuldeci to him..what the readi
- em already knows.;] My .narrative 'did . inter.
- est. hith,a, little; and lie stopped w,histting.nni,
til I Mentioned the demand of three '.:':.nuncesi
When he whistled louder than ever. •,. • - s . . 1 f 1
' Of Coin-5.0,1 knew there was something.'
said -, Sam,..,gettiak. up excitedly. 4 ZWhyt I
haVen:Cgot one oittiO.:, much less three.'. I - I
, 4 .1...1idn: t you reitke-anything last week 31 1
initurred.,
.: i - k-.:.i , int_,
Just as much its will - pay for my rent afq
.wa';hiutt,' he rePlia . The readeri is, . )1i)
Llunhi‘'awaie that these items demittided 114
outlay from; Mr. il..)riiikWater.. 1 '4 . i .
'I anti sorry for it, Sani,' Said • I;y 4 but I
think Old 4Ohnsuliwill.lend you the; tuolipi
if p . m Choose. ' Here comes .s'hannon,' . -. f I
That: gen t leinan entered the tent tql spcike
ar:d,,haing prevailed upon hlm to take a ssO,
i explained, to him the sadsstate of my friend tt
Sani's linatiees.• ' - - - T id
t Upon mY cimiscience, I wish I could giiri!
him: the 61e- 7 -so: I I diy'-observed Mi 4: - Sheaf:
..;
nod; ` . ,but t•raYelling•ls mighty ~dear in : 0*
country, and what wish ihe Ilnur•atnt tea,ittil
other combustibles tin.. the , jourtly, we'll
,waitt ejery penny we Call ..
geL! -- . 4:.._:8 I.
• 4• I suppose you'll let Sam wash , a tub y
trythe hole; amid I. l. . - .
. t ..
4. Of-course we will, but the 'gold, Will'ilk
. 1.:
. '4
Oh, Well,Sam - .whai - do pota
. ,. . . . ,.• ;
B,y..it . i We. cap . u)anoge it. somehowi : I i'itii.
get lyieil the thre4 . ouncei.wlere.t.morttiailq ,
on security of yottr tent . and,toola; rend
hard 'day's . work, if . Ilie..iiple keeps gOod,-..*iii"
freC you ailgO•! , i , . -',;,-..- • --' -1. ~.g
'NY' irap:'.firo not ii - ork.threci tirt :'
'said StMi'... ' • i, • •'' - : ~, •• - ... = '.,-::. 41
, ' Never mind , ` l'll-c:.'t,e' .. iiiii,, 449.4rityt.-tr
, Why, .oti'il
.p4y , '.. the money iivtWo dnys ylu
knOw,lii,t_latest. ." 1 ,-. ( g,
'..- * . ;- ' .1
.. '4.. I i
• vAll.ilght,' said P . ittn - ;, .4 I...tiet,••eptt - . . .
Bit
kne‘i - ;figsi it ~will .he • : , Dlreaq3 ,- ,,.11get-- • t u . i '
the tiA6 - 41' the gold NM )i4vii,d1,411,0*4
''..
ti (I`,.y lVii , k s:o44)e.F4fby.thnt,' eribd gnarl:
• : nOn'' iOiiitin 4 ,,.very..red... `
.If riu:nie-iiiiiioUliy,
• that rta . ece.ivals ye -- ..„_ : ..:, , 1 j ,, '... -..,.. F t ,
i,,04 bothe4 l :6o4 1 ; 'Sani:ilienn4 that is
luck is, sci . bia t i kfiiporwhen: there- is:_iuld in fa
hole he cat' tibitie. . • ::1 .. . . .. it , : f''
.4, yo,thitisl4 l Said Sam. . ..,..,
:-, itwas' , surp . riSed. that Shannon'' should • • lie .
eieittd - hi,i,orio -. 4cedlOtly; ma. *IC .ll
i
together. account for - the ' . 'pa."(Pa . •'.hi:Willi tr
s+ . l::' - iimi.eAtr, - khe matter .Wlii '#r., ,
the'
. d
it was agreed that Sam, shou l d ' -6 i the' a .18
ip ais
Lnext morning; ,and if trio! proved intisfii;e4o
- -••-;• . . ' 1
• , i
F 1 . • • , , ,
±Yrj.I4EISHER' NO- 60-
rr,-: ha should pay the. money at, one and ~kt
wable Shanytow tuut hisipartner to Ade ofr .. ,fir,
tae new diggings at . K0r0ng...... 11 -
'.,• - Qa the folloWink tifierneoti, -r .:'• Add.. rout
tfefiock, finding My labor very :unproilir4iVe,,..
ald ' , feeling - therefOre,v•Sery " lazy; I Il3troiled
down "to the - stte of Sam's newpurchOetor see
how he was g4ting on. .Passing'. aldng the
iuly,. I was hailed by the, individual - hefbre
tilled , ii to .as:Old Johitioni: , ll'e . Waa - a thin.
kipper:colored old: marl, '4lio — riieked up a
living on Dig*ngs-wiihout the•labot of us;
ihg a peek. : 'He kept a:. 'ily ~iiivg-shop,' or
.1
.in yther words, he: disposed ; of dilOed .sul- .
ilhurie aeid t s`weeittitre, and other emitonad4;
4..hich were. s old . "undet .the - nalt-tei Of difrer,
4nt ardent ;
. Spirits.- -He also,•dealtin tools
rind provisions; and 'laid been-known to a s sist
t4truggling 'diggers -with .small advances of -
nrapeyfon.good , security--at -00 percent
i - Old Johnschi came, up to inc in • a . • . .0. - eat
hurry.'
~ . .
:I• ' You haiti't seen anything* or Mick Shan
e.
non and his. inati,,, tut% pull '. he itSked:
.1' '-Not I,'. replied ;-.! they are ofr- to - Korong
fr• y this tinie. r '.
. l''lV•ish I could catch 'em:' Tl.l6y've. taken
lwo of my hest pliSs'ivith 'enf.'
I- -1 haleedl. - 'kW. do - . you `know that they
ikii.)l( thOn I' -- if .•• ": ' .-- -• •
.Why, Mick :_was looking at"ein vas_ t. night
when he was' up :a(,the tent, andl. tnikOd
cm - both tobiniriar...„l know he 'S - got
!ern. ' Now it 'was ti• neat thing, "of Mick - to
ket three citnicea for that rotten hole of theirs.
.don't say anything -nen- that; :but to go
Ad . take, an ,old .chap's picks, was as mean,..a
as ever 1 heerd on. ,
" What. do pip mean by a. rotten' hole?"
tisked 1, inn cinandary.
Why, i'ne.hole Was-a blank—not`a spedt
n and they got some-chap to give three
lounces for it, He,-he, ho! They' .told.tis
f ail about it
_last night, over a gla.sSsof .
Don't hin4 :YE Jolni4en, l said I sni;
I . -
ip.ose they, did not tell you Who: - had • bought_
the hole V
: 4 NO ; no; they wouldn't say that. • • ,
Well, .I'll tell you: . It was Sam Drink
lifrorii water . ; - anti the money 119:and_ I " borrowed
y - ou yesterday, 1: , ;:ts 'to pay ftir it."Yciu
might' hM.e gitessed.as',inuch,.l
• -.
L. 'Don't swear. - - You. know we are so
3-'Sy you some day. But it - is a bad j 4
iSitur): Did he try the hole; I wonderedo
Oh . ; oh, Know, they had salted IL'
' ~ _Dune
.what '• - ..":
•
Dfine. What. I Why, salted it,t telp
lA. nice job it is for ate. You'll hare 14
ine, - ; youngster, if Sam don't, so look out
' All .right,' said I ; and pld.,Johnson ; '
was shaking 'With passion, Walked oft
Here was a pleasant state of thing.: The
praetice.Of spkting' a hole, I Might to tell the
reader, was mixing gold :With the washing
stetr—which,. when washed of course appear
ed rich, making the hole look ; as if well worth
money. I say "the practice Was so; for. I be:
liete that since digging has become a regular
trade; rather, that?, a gambling leyeri this kind
Of fraud is rar-e f ifit has riot quite disappeared.
Miising on the'uews I had :heard,- and try
ing tv what was best to de - under
the circumstances, arrived, at the 'hole in'
question; which Was situated. in a little . golly
.on '-the Other side (sta neighbOting, hill. The
holes 'were here some twelyeleet-deep; and.
on. reaching the :brinkiand looking down t ,
my poor friend seated between two
moinids 'of earth, '7:l:ills:ay pitting
His. round hat was. thrown back froth his
TorchcAd i and exposed that gable feature to
full View. No damps of labor, were gathered
there, for, in . 'truth Mr. Drinkwater was not
Working hard. As I - called Out
,toidin . he
turned_ to look ;at - me and
. the corne?,of .his
month Was drawn' up 'to , his leaf ear, wing
peouliar 'desolate expreiSion , to his. titeo. ;
Well, old man:- said ' how do yeti . get
on 'I% - . -...,
i• -. s- . . - : ~.
:Ay `deel'ello ," tie yeplied,..;_blive been,
swindled';
siindled'; the liole_li not, soith*.- si*iienee;
When 1 was geitift ;neer, I saw the felrmia
all laughing,: and .1 'friunci- they .kueir r the
hole waa.-iiet_thless. ',§baunon - had salted, it,
laP i t _ . 2 . , • '. --.: . -•• -•' _ :,:.: _, ,•:....
`-'' t linow : ,:lt,'sakft i Old - Johasoa told ..aie
io;
•.. " And since.,' the salted tub . -Which I Washed .
this: mortiftigl have not . seen a,:speck:, ,''. • ..- , i.•_ '-'
--,, Weil, it 04. 1 ,t...44iheiPed., -- , -.NY-iNit!s•the44‘'•
of froino. on working t .. Came home and.. let*
us sec what can be done: -, . ,• ' :. ' : . .
, - 'Excuse me,' said Sum ;-,"I have: boug ht this - hole, ai. I:thein tostick.to it.: -; There
is gold lower down .the :gully, sand I - ; do not
.see why. there should .uot ; be-. somg-iip..-lie,re.?
' `'Oh, you. May s work itt.tliat :Way for _a . *
~
- ' Do:you see that pareal'beSide you 'l' . In..'
(imredSam." i'. i .*,'.' -.-: ,•-• •-' •-•-' • -s--'•,- -
I ieplied..that I did. -., • - : ,_:- •"..- - •
• - ..
`That's- candles- 77 1 have just bought-44m.
I intend; sir; to drive . out;' this , tntincl -in. a
Straight linens long amy stock of flour and
those candles shall last.' ' -' • ' -''' -
- 4 You are excited just-"now,'. said •-I, 'SO" I
won't .i.eason, with you. - come 'home. .and
Itaye some tea.' , ,
.. . „. - : '. --•.... .1,
' Not I,' he replied.- • ' Look out thni 00,
, .. • 1
jug to shovel up: ; , ..,-,.. 1 - .: - ' - • 1 •
~- •• .1. -
• 1-
, -•,,,,* saying,"Mr.liiinktrater' began t„riseint.
up the earth whicklay-Pilediareund•bint. l ,l 1
'stood , tookingon,tnedititting . whether it Would,.
be practicable . to. - that- rascal Shannon,
and make° him, refunit his. .phiader.., ::-' .. , 1
:41,..5 : the earth .-in the.:-.heliy : was .remo v ed,' 'a .1
.large ',l3loek - idgOarta vow ,expOull t- ; Heir ; 1
which (jOit:o;fille4 . one iiihiof - the .-. 'hoh, and
'had compelled SAM to redtieiy!hci tunnel _he
Was opening to very small. dimettOon4..i. , -'l..
..`1 t That'o 41 tihie.covelitept,- 4 .thjttto haliajo '
t ; . hole. observed Sao); ,vircpig,, 4;s:4ho f il
a g ainst t e quart4._-„, • .,. ..., •.„,,,..., ....;„1--;_.; : .• . _ •
1 - - . I . tell .. .yea what; stilli; i- - aii6iild like:;
what's', Onkier - itt4it!:•):kielC'-igolitibits': beep
found-;in.
, suchitiladeit as. , thit*:„„beftire-.116k.ti5;.,,
I 1119,eially, yrithia.elatitottouu!r•-2;I: ',',':.--;
.. 'r - lq ) t , ,r4RPII;charIPOO Ain. oita,'::saki-Sitni
i7rtild yet 1 t ,.. 14. 4 iftel,jr., - efair, : eh ?, 44,. the!) -.
)
- what's. tho'goOd s o'r ' a likely clay 1*67 . 7 - a• 411
Nrith..my.: . -totiO -,. .-j- - ;:': ' '-'"--''.- -.---'. ': -7- '.. '' T - I' . • '
• '' Never mind' yourflucki;:4ll:-07iiticl - gei
a erowbar.!-. ,- After sonm"trottble;. I: r stisceded
in E-boirowing.thot itaphirleint,7and-iitler - et -. C 4 / 7 -
l ti il g i ilk nd ' tlio 'bltiol4-,%re7tried'to•' - raiic - it.
or a lon4vAine'ltwoold -- nOt-hecige 110 ili: - . 0*.,
. .
:tilt at one reat struggle . - the: sts'ne i -! 1 " 1 - 1 .f. 16d . , :77. ,
juiteratiatighst4:.eealik(ine •to _ avo- - uadit'it.;
x* while I - **esi_lti'to - giti:iilii:stike - 00ir
-. .liar.:slippefliaiirt the ., bio4it : TelVii*O - 1t4:140*
again. 41ato;:. , vs ' ' ._back -titii:A•ift!.:7 - Vartiid.
e r
3 0 ,0 f - iiitime i - . to.' - fitila'hitrilo4iti4Oiitei'
, purtNtie, turn . roan& poffieg s :4llA''Obliirto.-
.1 id that ha..woul shove no mori4" -- .. --
:fat
Iv
1
,
(;14 18a fel n to '' w ' sa yl l ie ;.g s as io Pi l ng d
Mick Maumee has cheated hinvielf o - Mad , me
mistake!' _ • -
° 'Hurrah cried Bain, ."*.e.'ll:, upon ,hayi
it uP thenflaMl-Ixuacieed-the r efini ban:
',Stop,' said f; 'riddled it's getting‘iaifr
- Better leave it as iti s _. ; don't,
mind helping lOit. to have, a kkkthoilitb-94-
And While PrePi.e4, the; St4-Pielted
. ,
out some small; nuggets,
_whim there 'oeilJd
no :about. It, was with ititne'
culty -that Mr. DrinliWate.i.iintld'be lot
_home; and I ear-inclined to believe that he
tp9l‘. Several walks daringther - !tyght in:the
rditeetion feeling Unesay,
Mind, except when' he eptild!se'izt jfie moon
'shining on the Meek Of
- Thenezt Jay, we one" hundred ;
twenty .eigliConnees Of geld-fvtli 7 otinder , that
block ; and although I worked:Airwaids
that hole,-clr'ionic • weeks,„ no „More - was
'found. As•fdrSain, C•n - s tbniniirning follow
ing he came; to tent.wiih'his blankets on
his back.
am otr," he,,
Good-bY, ;then; I tviak you 'gen . & luck in
New Zeahmd
' • 'No need 'Of that, replied he; a..nian with
health and. stitength,andthree hundred pounits
o steel: e Term, can dd without-lick in New
,Zealand'
`4JaPPY e auPtrYsr,
',And, remember tnis,' continued clam; !It
ever y6u,shOuld get ..tii;.ed of knocking about, ,
and want a quiet horie.,- , cw.df there. should
come u time when yon are poor and want a
friend,-don't be afraid . ;, to write, for you wi -
have him in Sant Drinkwater.'
these words Mr. Drinkwater squeezed my
hand, and went on his, way. (
WHERE Ilitosounroze Cogs wri- -
ter on entomology, discoursing about : these
summer pests, thua handles the subjed:.
'The mosquitoes pioded from the animal- ts
cult% commonly termed the,' wiggle-tail''.
I took a bowl of clam water and set it in the_
sun..-' In a few days some half.dozen
tails Were 'visible.' These continued :,to in
erease in. size until they wde,... about 3-16 tb s.
of an "16 Ipngth.. As - they apirmiched.
their maturity they remained longer:4'f+
surfitee, seeming to lir) ii-the ‘ tWo *Whims
and : water; finally they flasuinettachrys.
tills form, and, by an. Increased' specific grav
ity, sank to the Veit* of the bowl. Here,
in- a few hours, Iperceive4 a short Mack furze;
or hair, gtowing on every side. ' of each, until
it assumed the stze.of.-a minut4gat,expillari. -
And,. thus its specific, gravity -being counter
-acted acted or lightened, it rapidly' floated:-to the -
surface, awl the slightest breath of air.U.:llfte&°
iiagainst the side oi the WWI: la a very briet
space of time afterWardv the warm atmos.
phere batched; out the - fly, and it -esea_ped,
leaving its
,tlay honk upon the water. How -
beautiful,' yet how , -
After the water had gone 'through:this pro
I fintinl, it perfectly frea from aninialcu-
I he . I therefore
-came to the - conelusion that
this wiggle-tail is a spec* of shark, who,hiv
ino devoured *hole tribes of warn/ilea;
. .
takes to himself wings and escapes into a -'
,
different medium to torture maukindowd'de
posit eggs upen the - water to produce' other - ,
wigflie - tak who in turn-profluce other trios.
.iluitoe.S:_ • _ - - -
e to
for
you.,
pay
1 -- --,
11110
...
AnY man ' who has , ' kept hOusei l - with 4
cistern in ,the. : yard, has doubtless observe&
the same effect every summer.. . Open yoni .
Cistern. cover any morning in the mosquito
season, and millions
.of _thern will-fly up in
you Face. .Close the windows of 'your room
at night, at the risk of being smothered for 4
the. want Of air, being 'careful it- the same
time, previouily to exclude every -mosquito,
and go to,bed w ith a pitcher of that, salmi cis.
tern, water-in th e rcktin, and enough - will breed
ti
front it - during the night, to give, you
any eat-
Whctoi-y amount o trouble.. In fact, stand..
int by a shallow, jfstagnant'pool;in•a mid
summer'sdar, 'yo tney. See the wiggle-Mile.
become perfectly developedirinisquitoesi, in 4
r tig.y . will rise (rim the, surface ef:the..water
and sting yon. What it Is necessary. toknow
lit thii day Ilaethefe yet been - discioiere4
any positive 'exterminator . of tho'. infernal
pest; And disturl*r or night's- shimbera, the
mosquito:, , ,.
..
... - ~.; .
_-,_ : -.;, --; -'
Do'Fs'n COST TO •FilietTßE,Cairlf
titi:.-L.—The_iipotnit of capital crnploYitinihe
construction and repair of,fences in tho•Unit
ed,States:weuldl.lxs.,,fleemed :fabulous, were
_not the estimates founded on . staCistical Acta;
which adinit-'of no dispute. BUrnkey a well
triown agricultural writer says
Strange as it may seem, the . greatest in
vestment ig this country, ihemostcosty pto-
Auction of human ,indtistry, is the, common
fences, which
_divide the fields from: the, high-
*ways, 'awl separate diem from : each other.— , .
No man
,dreams that :when 'compared with
the outlay foe these tinpretendingnionuinent:s
"of art, our cities and oiir.townet i with all their :
wealth, are left far behind.: You. wjil-starce- .
ly believe. me when I N i x that thejentes of
this - country ';Cost: gutu twenty times the
amount of specie there is in it.'
Tux &atm WHISTLE --Many:,'persons who
are.constantlyin the way of listening to the:
horrid hoivir,of the, steam _Whistle ate unae
quainted_with the imielukniad means by which
its effects ere produced. extract the foil
lowingdescriptimi ,of the: instrument from
theAlkeed asit:Oonveis the knowl-:.
edge a•TaW-and :clear words :
kstaraust'pf . .twO cups placed
one above the Other,t,4l4 opening towards
One-anothe'r.The loWer cup is nearly: fi lled
by sa 411 or "gland,
~so. as to leave a tarraw.-
angular opening of 1.32 inch in width; &rend--
the edge of the cup. :The tipper cups} 01 1: ,
ita•lower edge is about One**
brie enil a half luck fr° ll . l 4§ toMet cup. ~:BY
'admitting ateanithr o : l 444 11 *(t lower
cup it eicapos tkfoug:l!ltar'firt: - o p e di ug _
ituningc , B against tat `Og i , y a w
This produces the souPCOrkssassiv
jest; mhistles-- , for,loehm*xes are six!,AlOheat
in diameter,,,,Thelmjlevr pptieu , -,e4 is made
of sheet 4ro3* °r,OPPer.
. ' 4iArir. gtierzoss.-=-Alehetne:-Arktoliok
levia, "Kentucky, Mtesouri -and Taxa* • hat,
,their elections on-the fireOffonday in,Auguet;
i a
': 'cuP 4 see.-0 11- the fir" - "PildaYs Ina North
iolina on theseotind Toisday of, the Name
onth. On the secn4AtonAlty
.41 froptorn-
'lgir,thi:eleet.lo6 ii), Maipiiim occurs; aiurtik4 l , of
at.prippilt iiii "thi,"fitiktieditt of t he-
montbt.lii.# ll66 V l4 . l c 4l o 4 9A* ll hU s k
perolinii and Tennetieellimheye of Co p '-
are to be _Oected: - -' - - .. .
.-
1; i . - . ,
UM
EOM