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Ifid-p.oe't ever pen lines *re beautifully'descriP
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tire of the Season than those of Clare in his " Wid
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Pw's "Walk?' . You, can hear. 'the pattering rainidreops,
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and alMost Smell the rich 'filagrarice l of the. honey
suCkle buds: ' f ' -' . •:".•
. o', • • • - -.., . k .
Al! day like low-hung clitads hake dropt i
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• Their galikeredfulines down, , 1
'-- All day that soTt_gray 'mist hath wrapt • 1
-,- '- •• Elill, valley, grove and, town. • '
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. ".There has not been a sound to-day..,! . i
To.break the calm of, nature; .
lik '.-- i
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- . " k . kir - • kuptk,n, I might alfuost say, : 1
. . o,f fife or living creature; •
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.. 01.,„!wating hougl - or ware *ng.bird, -; • /
• 'Eh; cattle faintly .lowing , "- • " • ' - !
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I Could_ have half believed' heard - . ' ,
• The leaves and blEts.snMa.grekwing. : r. f
• I itood to hear.- I love it, Well,•,"" 1- • " i ,
'• The rain's, cOntinuous siind4. " ;" .. ,
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Stutfil drops, but thiclztaild fast they'fikil, . ',
• ',Ditwit straight into tbe - grounil: "
Forileafy thiekne.ss is .not.yet .kf-- t - •-, i
iEartli's naked' bt east to screen,
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Though, every dripping branch IS! set -'• • a
• !- t - Withshoots - oftender-green. - - : :
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Simi , . since Ileoked at early morn,. - ' . 1
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"'• '• i These honeysuckili bti4s - - . • '.. . '
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-' ,Ilave swelled to doubly growth. ' That thorn Q
Bath put. forth larger,studs studs; " - i
That lilac's cleaving tones, haye'burist, t
. i The milk-white tiros revealing ;
Even now up_ry-kay senses first
Methinks' their sweet:s'4re stealing, l•
. ,-The very caith, the stetting air . • i
. -- Is all with.fmgrance' rife ;. • ,
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Ami,grace and heautfeverywhere
-- i Are flushing into life:,,
Lln - tre, down they conic--those fruitful storls!
- 1 Those earth-rejoicing drops!: . .". .i.
A mamentary deluge pouts, • - .
Then thins, decrease:?; stops;
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- And:efe the dimples du the stream;
. . ! liave circled out offi.ight, r -
to! , from the West a;parting gleam
. Breaks<forth, of anther fight.
But Yet, behold! abrupt and loud
i Comes down the glittering !alp;
• The farewell ors: paski"ng . cloud,
. The fringes of her Irani.
s4jiti4.
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Lttipr from Rev. J. L. Lyons, little .
Brother hi . .Kontrose. :
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: • i'l-...N.ii Blip-rum GEnnUr :—.(anipreity fired.
to ' l .)ight, fi , f I have. •Lec.ll studying Atabi . ci
I,,..n i r':v ali'day, but.stil, as tlie• steamer fgoe , s
out.f..o;'l:lorrow', .1 wilV - spentl . a few Anoll!ientsl
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in an sl t . c ,o'.lllg.
.' our- ia , •t.. letter. r . f (At as K Ane
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svriklra:lllquo,- , ti,,n , , whii:ll I will r,,1.y toji . 1
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lug ti.:eris;utdr mor..41:;:;-;..1: - 4t . is:iror'9 N(ivOnlier
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in atd-surnil4,the
noon 111,,i ijiis ut,,untainS.
anLi and•ark:
st ,r c •
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the There is . ani old , Arva, vhi) sup
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pA?esievtf' da.'—'from 9ne of
Oese libanta:ns. The,. 4.,nntain is i Mile.,ofr
th old :nail I)iiir , sl.ll , ;im" ; - :rs in
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woOda frame! on the hack, .oft l
a don-.
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',These jars hOldaloilt filidgallono each.
cif - -
ui.re 1...i•0 jars orWatir.a ilay : and lay the
eiehtThemost
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of he people are . toq-p )r. to fin;;watc.r • and
itileTefOrO the women. bfnag it hi the Si-.
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iarg, ril n their heads, lust,as they did tw -thous
ra'Y'ii.l rears ago in .the t meof our Sayior:—
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You say you shoultl;thi iii - eveiy 'thing would
dry uP in the sun titer.:,. It is 'lrue,.tloras
grass
and the, tender -plants
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,et pretty . thorOughly
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see relied,' but the .grape Tines and fig trees.
have r itiot so t' Used to ',it that they do nc)t trend
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it. All (*order' v'get liliesliliesand grains are
1 We. i
raise in the winger. ' i expect" tp hive
, greenl peas nest mglith. in some places in
in the mountaius, -,-. where the fountains are
4 ,;argej i and' the water ' ir -hundant, the! 'People
mnnakel dams and dlich4s and turn - the water
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• on to iI
their gardens an ' thus are able; to raise
alt ki l ds);f,vegetahla in the summit, The
peo i n e do this at Ain , Zhalta where sve spent
the hot season. ,
2.1 You 0.4, - ' what di
NV eihurn olive oil; wit
fruit! of the olive tree.;
from Beirut ili;.=re is l i
chard i'' i
several miles in!
;!;inns. *soft and lieau)
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superior tit) the lamp
home. iri - ;
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'la great 314" tilii i S i.at i . you novelle home,
and a great many 'thiti r .s that youllo act hake.'
We have meat, pilitatles; bread, Milk., butter, I,
lyc b i - ro's and all sorts ofik-eoetables and fruits in
..•-.,
, their seaion. We halve,,tlie ;italic - ! 'American`,
dishes' that we used at have it home iod set,-:I
, era! Arab dishes ibesides. As far xis catingis '
concerned we live in , act very much as you '
do, at home, fqr we -i, t the. Arab dishes only
when we wish them,' Our cook him lived so
Many years with :t.
.mlssionaries that he um. ;
derstands our Atnerton way of coOkinf.r. .
! ' , l.' YOU inquire ..# . aik'dO you !Ike the lit
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tle Aralii)o)Hi abou%liny size, dothey act like
1U e, or , 'de , i aci likti them D-.... , -*ell, I, like
theta 'on the Whole l yery mull, t Ttteie arel
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some bright sill rp-e:ed . little tell4oii among, i
' them, and the are very . polite; They.al-
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Ways 1.6 w and liish lie good,rnoi4ing or good 1
1 .'eVening, and sotnetitiaes - aa,is the 4ustom with
I l th.ony when they . IF* thuse"whcit r they thick i
i above them, take • n t cy
.. band antic,: press; it .to
I ipeir mouths.l 'lle Arabs hav: it :`great Ma.
• 'a lly curiOus euitoms , Thy etre! famous for:
doing things backwards. ;They ibegin at the
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write front -the, righi hand :toviiiiithtieftl-;-
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ride, .-o'ieti -oftenit
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'you have fob lights V
ieh is smade from the
hcdr'S ride
an olive - 'rote, or or.
extent. The: olive .Oil
light-40 is muith
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goes rOuod4e. earth every day ; aid i the Won
der is,'amolk so' many 'Ontrarieties, that they
do not count backwards and. that they .walk
on their feet instead of', their head s i r , ,
I
htn glad_tolhear that you are nilaking.pro
gress,in your studies,J and that you hope to
ep. on trying •.t,o be
'somebody; try to be:Aseful, try to be,gooori;
above all; give your. heart'to God, love him
and • shrve Hied .and wit! yhu. be truly
ood :hhd • 1 • •
• Give my respects toy triendsWil
lie and Bennie' and gourue and Pulaski,. and
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,viur of )er piaym,lte.4. •
Yiur affectionateßrother, • LORENZO . ..
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Dies qto
THE WIT
A. L Yi sr: R
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In 'the spring pf:I.S4S was ca led toJack
son, Alabama, to. attend eciurt, having been
engaged - tOdefend a Young man who had been
aceu.ed of robbing tie mail. I arrived early
in the titorning,;and : pninediately had, a long
eonterenee with' my -client. Tlxi stolen mail
bag had been reetivered,- as well- es the letters,
from whiehthe money bad been rifled. Thesel
letters were. iven totne fur exaniinatien, and.
I then returned.'*theth to the proseentingat
torney: . I laving got .through mY•private pre
liminaries about noon, and as the case would
not eotre off_befure the
° next !diti,.l went into
the court -in , the atieritoun. to see what . was
going4m. . The -first case that !egtrte tip was
one of theft, .and the' prisOner
nut , more'.than,' ; venteen Years of age,
nattiCl 'Elizabeth illadworth.• She was very
pretty, mid bore that 'tnild, innocent. look,
which ).we seldom find_ in a' culprit. • She teas
pale and frightened ;and the-moment my.eye
rested Upon her, I pitied . her. iShe hid been
weeping profusely, but as she flitind so many
eyes upvn. her, •sheliecatne to much fright.;
ened to 'weep -more. .
The (oriiplaint against her se forth that she
had stolen one hundred dcillarsirom a Mrs..
Naseby ; and as the case went on, I . found
that this Mrs.. NaSeby„ a-wealiby widow liv
ing!n the. town, Was the girls.
mi tress.—
The poor girl declared her
. innocenee in the
mixtit: wild terms,f;ut eireaniStanees were hard
against her. •.- ,A: 'hundred *dillars in bank
notes 'had been 'stolen from her. mistress's
room; Mid she was the'phly one- who had ac
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cess-there. • _
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AL this utietnre, when the mistress was
upon the . witne. , 4 stand, a yoUng man icame
and ~ .-aught me by. 'the arm. Ile was a fine
teuking. mani...and bigte - ars ste,x,d in his (les.
`!'hey.'tell tue \you are a 11,Y_)?, lawyer? he
w
.
hiz-p.er.A, ,'!_-..
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. 1 I am a lawyo-,'. I answered: .
' Then du savi?, her ! You - can certainly do
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it, for she is itmeeent,'' c .. t
' Is She 'your .Sister ?'
'. No, Sir; helsaid.. ' But, 1
- Bete .he heiiitated again. f -
. 4 lia - s she
,nojeounsel VI asked.
' None that "good for anything-nobly
that'll do anything for her.. m.save,hei., and
I'll give you alt I've. got. I can't 'give you
much; but 'I can raise somet'Mi.'
I reflected fur a moment. • -1 east my eyes,
li.
towards the - prisoner, and she Was at that.mo-.
merit looking at me. She !:aught my eye,
and the volume of humble er treaty I read in'
her glance resolved me in a rnoinerit.' I arose
and went to the girl,.andr asked if she wished
-me to defend her. .She said y . .'. Then lin,
formed the court :that I was ready to'enter
into the ease, ;and I. was ad fitted. at Mice:—
The loud murmur of
. satisfaction which ran,
quickly through the room told me where the:
sympathieSOf the people were. I asked for
a moment's cessation, that I might speak with
my client, I , went and sat down by her side:.
and asked . her "to state candidly- the: mhcle
case:: - She told me she had lived with Mrs.
Nak!by nearly two years, and had never had
1-any trouble beforv. - About. twos
i ks ago;
she ' said bei 'mistress lost a h mired dol
lars. t • : '- . - -
-,-, girl
saidShe-rnissed. ; a . from her drawer,', the girl
said to inc...,..' and .she asked meabout it,. but I
knew: 'loth - Mgt-about it. ' , The next 'thing I ,
- knew, Nancy. Luther told Mrs. Naseby that
she saw me. take; the Money fiona the drawer
:,-.-that site Watched me through the key-h Ole.
Then.they Nqutjto my trunk and fOund,tWen,
.ty -five dollats Of the- tarssing money there.—
But, sir, I: never took it--and somebody else
must have pbt it, there:. . :
I then askoJier if she suspected any one.
't I don't know,' she said,- ` who could have
&Me it but Naney. `She, has never liked me,
.because she, thought„l was treated bet Cr thak,
she was. She is the cook: 1-was 0 cham
,.. •
berinalch'
She peint(i•Nancy Luther out to rne. She
was a stout, hold-faced girl, somewhere about
five and twenty years old, with a pow foth
head, Small grey eyes,' a pug nose land thick
lipf= l - -- I caught her glatfee once, as .4 rested
on t.he.fair young prishner,'And the moment
I detected' the kink of hatred ,which I read
there, I was. convinced that she .was the
stone
rogue.
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. 4 . Nancy Luther did you say that girl's,
name was,?' 1 asked,.for a new light had bro.
ken in uponitne. .. - -
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' Yes sir.' • - ,-
\ - 'ls dicta any othe.i girl of that name about
here ' : , :r -
' go, sir.' 1'
' Then rest easy.
you.', 1
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I left the. court ..p.lm and werit to the pros-'
ecuting attorney and asked hiM for the, let=
tern r had handed him—the ones ' that had
been. iitplen kinn -the mail bag. Ho gave
thein to me, , and having select. one, I re.
turned. the !rest and told hint I would see
that hli hadi the one I kept beforZ. night. I
then retuined 'to the court room, and the case
Went on. , .• .
Mrs..Nueeby resumed her testimony. She
said She entrusted, the room to the vriscmer's
! care, itnd that no one else had access there ,
save , 114'4; • Then "shade:scribed. about, mis
sing theinOney and closed.by telling how she
, found twenty-five dollam.of-it in • thh prison
er's, trunk.. She could swear it was the iden
tient Money she hid lost,- in two lens and one
1 15ye dellarionte.,.• -• • ~-, .--. • f ' -
- kldrs. Aaselw? said I, ' when yOu first 'ln is.
1 sod : the -tanikey,-fied.yau any -reasen to belie - re
i that the prisoner had taken it!
I ' No, sir,' *be answered,
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FRIEEDOIN nzo Quomir aataaKgir oLtavtanw aKD Z7ROK©ci9
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I'll try 'hard to s slave
M
Iliad you ever before detected
dishonesty.?',
NO; sir.'
' Should you have,thought of searching her
trunk had 'not Nancy Luther advisbd you and
informed yob V • I
No, Sir:.
Naseby left- the stand and Nancy Lu
ther took her place. : She came Up with a
bold • look, and upofi me she - cast a defiant
glance, as much as to say, 'trap me if you
can.' She gave her evidence as follows: .
She said that on the night when the money
was stolen,
,she saw the • prisoner going up
stairs, and from the sly matter in which she
'went up, she suspected:all , gas not right. So
she . followed her up. Elizabeth went •into
Mrs. ,Naseby's room stint the door niter
her.
_:,.l .. stooped . down and looked, through the
key -holK - and saw her talk out the money
atuVput it in her pocket. : Then 'she, stooped ~
'&411 and picked . .up the lamp, and as I saw
that she was coming ont, I hurried aWay.
Then she went ciik,t4ld how she had infOrmed . i'
her mistross_of hovi• she proposed to I
seat-ell - the-girl's trunk.
I callo Mrs. Naseby back to . the stand.
You say that. no one, serve yourself, and
the prisoner, had access trr:y - our. rooros,' if
said. 'Now could - Nat:Cy ,Luber have entered!:
the rooms if she-wishedl'
Certainly, sir. '• I macant no, one else
,had
any right -there.'
I saw that MN. NaSeby,,though 'newt-AY
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a hard woman, was somewhat moved by -poor
Elizabeth's' misery. :. ' • 1
'COuld your citili have known, by . any ;
means in your knowledge, where your money
was : . . - - • •.• ' 7'
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. 1 4 YeS; sit;.. for .she has often come up to,
my room whirr) I was there, and I - have given
her money with - which - to bity provisions (if
market men,..Ao happened !.along
. Withtheit
wagon.-.1.' .- . - . i , 1.
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'Due • more - question ; have you knoWn . tbe
prisoner's'having tisedntly money ,since this
was stolen r •
No, sir.'
1 now Called 41 :Amy Luther back, and she 1
be g an to tremble a little, theugh.herloy.k was
as bold ana.deftant'as ever. . i, I 1
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Miss Luther,' .I said, ' Why _did you not in- ,
form your mistress at once, of what you. hag.
,seen, without waiting for her to ask about the
; .
lost money ?' ... . 1i•
- •‘l3ecauSe, I Could - not
.make 'up my mind
at tilde.' to expo.sc . the poor young 'girl,' She
answered promptly. i • i
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and
say . you looked. through the key-hole,
'saw her take the money l''' I - • 1
' Yes, - sir.' - 1 - --
' Where did she place thb 'mop when :i3he'
did so I' f
.‘ On .the .' bureau .. , !-; :-- . 1
. ' In dour testimony' you , said she stootfed .
down when she
.picked it up, AN'tuit did you
mean by - that V • .-
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. The girl hesitated, and.finally said she didn't
Mean anything, i'o.4 .) 01,A Qt. •ricio./ " k . f the.
lamp. . . ~,, i
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- ' Very wel 1-,"'said . I.','• ' Howlong. have fy ou
been with Mrs. Nasehy V t , .
.1
•;Not quite a year, sir.' •: • i
• •'' How fauch,,does she pay, you a weep?' .
: ` A .dollar- and tifree. 'quartets. . I
• i." Have you taken - tip.any of your pay Once
you have been there 7'. ./
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'• Yes, sir.' • .. . " I
,/
Illow trich?"•• • v•
if
' I °don't know,. sir.'
.
'' Why don't - you knoW ?' ~ ./ I•- ••
' How-should I'! I've taken it at ditTerent.
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ttrues,-Juit as' I wanted it, • arid' have have kept no
account.'.. .• - : ' ' ' i'
I
' No;.' if yon had Wished f.o:harm - th pris
oner, could you have raised
.twenty-fiye d.ol
lars to ptA in. hori.trfink,l l• ; -
..' No, sir,' she*repliet.l„witri,Virttious lindig
nation,.•-• - - , 1
1 ') . !Then you haVe not laid tip' any ' Money
since you have been there V. :•• I
i
k `:NQ sir:,--only what Mrs.,' . Naseby may, ,
- now owelne.' i
...
. .
• ' Then yeti .didn't have anytweny-fiVe dol
lars •y;lin you came there?' ', ' - .
• No, sir, and what's more, the money found
in the girl's trunk Was the very •.inonoy that
hirs.,,Nawby lOst. ' You might have iknovh2.
that if yd 'd only remember what you hear.
This WasNaidiYery sarcastically, anct was in
tended as a crusher upon the idea that She
could have put the
.thoney in the prisoner's
trunk. However I was not overcome entire
ly. , ' .
Will you tell me if you belong
State 1 7
I (39, sir.'
lu.what town?' i• . *
She hesitated, anti for ari instant the bold
look flirsook*, her. puc she: finally arifswered,
• I belong in -Somers, Montgomety
.
'
t ••y.' • : - , , • .. -
I next turied to ;tlr,s..:.,Naseby. 1
`DJ you ever take a receipt fr o tlnt your
girls when y,ou pay them l'' I
' .A 1 way i.' ,
. , . i
` Can 'you send and get One of them .for
1.. .
'She has liold you the truth, sir, about fur
paytnents;.'imiti Mrs. Naseby.. 1. • -
0,.- I don't doubt it,' I reptiud, 'ibut oedu- -
Jar proKis'.tbe - thing for the'courti . room.—
So if y4ul can, I wish you would procure file
the reeitipt.'_.
- - , -1
.
. L_ •
She said she would willingly go the court
said so. The court did - say so, andishe went.
!ler , dwelling was not far off, and she soon
returned, and hati'ded me fOur receipts., which
[took and,examined. They werelall signed
to a strange, straggling hand by the witness.
Now. Nancy Lotter,' I said, turning to, the
witness,, and speaking, in a quick startling
tone, at the same time looking herlsternly in
the eye, ` . please tell the court, and the - jury,
and tell me, too, where, you got thle-Seventy
fivedollars you; sent in your lett'r to 'your.
eisterin Somers:l'
The witness started, as thotn„Alts volcano
had buret at her . feet.. She turned pale as
death, and every limb shook viOlently.
waited until 'the people could bureau oppar
tunity to see her emotion, and. repeate
t . liequestion.- • •- - - ' •
`l—never,--sent—any,'.she gasped. tj
`You did r thundoiedjor I *as excite'
-
:faintly imittered, g
ing 'the railing' by her side for . Support.
`,.blay ft
.please.your hinuir andigenti
attic Jury,' I:said, --aasnonlas bad '
the witness :014. of eountenanee, ijcatno
- to defend a Man* who has•been ariestet
- robbing the inail„and- in the to'qrse . o
•,1 -, prelintinerretatnitiatiohs, steeeis,
setters Which had beep torn'opert Old 'lf
lof wulleY- -NY ben 1 't nitred , upon .:'
ME
IVIONTROSE, THURS IAY, MAY 1,1856.
er in any
to this
and heard the "name of thii w4tiess pronoune.
ed, 1 went out and got this letter whiehl now
hold, fur 1 ' remembered to • have seen one
bearing the signature of NaneyiLuther : This
letter was taken from'. the mail bag, and it
contained seventy.fivedollars '
and by looking
0 the postAnark, you will ob.se rve that it was
Mailed on .the very diy - .a4ei the hundred
dollars were ' taken • frer . ri 1 firs. Nasebv's
I
- idrawer. *Twill , reed it t:;)-y ulif you please;
f. The court nodded asOnt •end I read the -
ifolloWing, Which was withot t date, save that
!made by. the post inaster.up, ti the outside: , --
1, • • 1. •
1 gtve tt. yeroatun :
1
yu heer sevente
teo.kepe fur me
it; heat' eoz i :lin
t sPoke wun word
i 'ilont wont' no
, ..
mony.. . yu went
teii
bwr, - unly that
1 1 -
tn l a
l d worth is hear
i
loy her now. u
giv my luv - to awl
yore sister.•
" Sister .Dorcas:—i pen&
five dolors . ; Which i Want . yu
til i cum hum. i cant liepel
afrade it will git stole. don
tu a llvin sole bout thi&eot
bodi tu kno i have got enny i
now:wil yu. i fu,t p;
gude;_for nuthin snipe liz
yit—but i hope tu git rid i
no i Tote to yu hout.her.'
inguirin frens. thin is fttit
til Beth
'Now, your hotter,' 1 . 61 1 .
the letter, tutd also the reET
that; the letter is direeteo
*Somers, MoiAgomery coobty
also observe that one hand m
and signed these receipts. I
;observe. And now. 1 NO!
: plain_ to see hovi the hund
disposed of. :Seventy
off. for .safe•keepirm, • wrtße
twenty-five were placed
trunk .for -the purpose of
criminal. Of the tone .of_'
ter,,' 1 leave -you to judge.
men, Heave my client's c
The case Was given tot
ly &mini
They had heard from
mouth that she had no
and without leaving their
il2 verdict or ‘• Not Gvilt4
,
I will nOt 'attempt to describe the scene
that followed; but . ir Pileyt Luther had not
ben immediately arresta fOr theft, she, would'
have been-oblid to seek th protection of the officers, or The'excited people Would have
maimed her, at least, it they had' not done
more.. The next morning I received a note,
handsomely. written, in Wbich I was told that,
`the . within ' was but a sliglit'token of the,
nTatitude.due me_ for, ml WI rt in behalf I f
.y o s
/ o f ,
D.,
c
a poor. defenseless mai "en.,. H.. was signed
"Several ..Cilt,;ens,'? an contained - (me him- .
dred dollars. Shortly . a erwards, they youth
who first' begged me. to , altecup the / Case, ca!-
led .urou me with all tla , roon4 he could
raise, but, I showed hirr . tbat ‘ ,l was already
paid,' and refu.Sed his hard Learnings. , Before
I kit town I was a gues t Ott his We3ding—my
fair client being the. hapy bride. •' ' . -
. , ;
' /• •
• - • • AA-un-' sp4)e..
A.geo'd story i ta told by IL P;
. .I.:.; Or. t/ilO
-Dory—a great sports ati--- 7 whe met In ~r
.kansas a regular' child 4 the woods' (rather
large for;ro child'. bein! cull six-leetrfour.)- 7 -
The twin commenced lking about all. sorts
ofhunting, and Dory greil- quite eloquent
; oyer the beauty -of" sni fel-shooting, which he
",.iegarded -as the iinest po'rt in the _world. I _
Ile ' drew .it!stroliff' hl4.tnt his own .exploits
i =being away 'from Ili - tie—and -went on saw
hig away'about hoW ty snipe rose and fell
until
.Rackensavkian woke up with the- qu'es.
• - I 1 - • '
turn. -
4 What ar' snipe?' - i
,i -. • 1 ~_ :
' . ' Snipe,' said Dory, 13.,;41 tire best game that.
flies. The kind I• rn
,a 1 are called English .
or 'Wilson's snipe, an at•e 'splendid ! LOrt.
legs, long tails,' dusky hike =• •• 1
i 'Stranger stop thar I've seen the.erit
ters—know 'ern like t j old'boot,'• returned
Rackensackian. 'l'.vOin down in . the Lew 7
isianny... swamps-1 141-Le ! Do. 'you rally
Leat them er critters nt a llorth V
• •
'Certainly we de,' .. i'd Dory ; 'but you
said ynu had seetn'em cl O wn in the Louisiana
' swathps—tliey winter" t ere, I expect:'
' Winter and **inn . ) r both; Thar ar a
few, .1 should thiukin . rinmsaw l TWO of
~.
my - boys Was 'down eheppin' wood for Ithe .
1 steamer t'other \day, And thern"ar snipe sung
so loud they come Bait at n ight and .' s aid
thar was, a camp meetite goiu' on down I the
1
rivet. • , 'I
' Sing, 11' inquired. Di
At the North, -as they
utter a. IoW whistle,
sung before-!' . -
4 Sitio!' said the
sing so they make M,
You 'ma/1Y shoot thei
North ? Strange
to my plantation an
I'll give you the bes
and throw in a nigger;
Where do 'on ItY
er I um Alp your waY
a horse ant) a negr4
' Wall. stranger I
P'int on Mete-ere:a
Napo/eon, and . cuss I ,
off tkm-ar birds rot
nail fuenr), lie will !I,
thin pitched into i
it w: t s-"born, so that i
,bigis a *pumpkin r
• - 4 ritchea into your,
.--r-b -, as a puMpkin
-,
as Dory, in great
er something new
' 1 Well they.dikt..l
sripe. We call 'et
.
rand tal . '
Isic - of . ti
I G'
• g of an
irk, entit:
and 4," gives theft
OW tree ' _of whichl
nglish literatgre.
" Here in Englai
-.table creations tnJ
old, dusky buildin';
oulf . of them. iG h
liewitebed
leaves and ragged
selves straight-out
tar lines, and luigt
old rav en . with soi
out, °ilia black catj
. i .
• wrong ; way, or at yl o ther
. atTange, uncanny
g; *i
d thin r . Besides - 414 ; they li ve almost, .fOrayar;
for ishenil f ey ',mei , ilioten,*o - Old'l4l . etay i ie-!.
i. speetable tees 00/4 to .
.be thilhkfig - 0f.4041
wld i
- they only take an theriteiSt . ind so live :ati.
cl ciilogiti;h4fliife eitty. - ;:'l,,aaW. ipiiie.iffEtig- ,
.. laorstriti- h .
‘. d l '
y j irii bld, acid irie,y had
• , I,l,iowu-9ticerai ev l ti,y centxtfy.: • 1 !, - .
I AI4CY LUTHER."
„, as I handed him
itits”, you_ will . see
Dorcas, Luther,
1 ,. And you will
.
Tote that letter
he jury will also
Only add : .1i is
red dollars were t
lellars was Sent
the remaining
the prisoper's
cox;`erinr, the 4 real
to parts of the let-
And now, getltle
_.,s6 in . your haniis.' , l
hd Jury Immediate--1
tikn of the
letter.
nth, w'tta.s 's ow.ll l
nOney of her own,
seats they returned.,
1
, . :
That is singular.
ise, I have heard them
ut Dever knew they
•
acltensackan-- they
rkair stand on eend.--=
n4tir' critters on to the
ftv ou'l I only come- up
toot otrthe cropAimr,
;torso }'ou can pick but,
caUit kecrbf
' asked Dory,
hare to owe tne.
ie at Powder-
,Ilorn
,bout thirty mile:t from
mt if the man'tlait'shoots
.
ne don't be ,my
it
p..eok here; the eternal
;l youngest, child efter
if head.-swelled up :es
child !---rsvelled head
Did snipe do
.this'
Otopes of having discnit-
.
• astwise what : you call
Itaus:kee-ters P - -
,
to slow
tee and the
in, her new.
les - QC Foreign
lioifrlng.des . eription of :tho.
ire have read so Inueil
• 1 _v ,
Id, I think, they have bg
de on ijurpose to Ott'vilth
i
oll• and this yow l -tree lis
P. 1 •
as altogilber a riloai . Ob.-
ft, with its dusky blabk
rtuiehes,_tbriiWing - thein
...,
with odd twists and 63%4-
'4 put .ons_ in mind -of an
nie of. his feathers.- pulled
! With her -hiiir stroked the
" She Has 44„
.'
Not long since, a.• !poking inMi, in mid
dle life, came - to bur door asking for "the.
Minister." When informed that he WaSbut
of town, he seemed ,disapPointed and anxions.
Onus questioned* t 4 his buSiness, he're
plied : have losil my puhher; and as this
place used to. be der, home, and my father
lies - here, we have comet to lay: her. beside
him." . ; •
•
Our heart rose in syinPathy, and we Said,
"You have met with a ;eat loss." - • .1 -
re=ified the strong man, *ith
hesitancy, .`a niother is 4 great loss in gene
ral ; but our motile - Oa - id outlived. her useful
ness she; was in her second; childhood; and
her Mind was grown as weak as her body; so
that She was no comfort to herself, and 'was
•
a burden to. everybody.- There were seven
Of us sons and:daughters; and as we
find anybody who .was Willing' to . board
We agreed to keep her among us a year about.
;But I've- had .more than ny share of her,f for
;,She vl.as too feeble to I e moved when! her
tituel«•as Out ; and that
months before herAcati
a goOd mother in her
hardto bang us all . up
IV: about looking- at
less. inan, we directed h
•neighbormil pastor, a
nersery. , We gazed! upo
sini IW or grew sad In in
it wlure, ca
guage is half so sweet :.
wOndered if that day w
they won't) say of ais,''
uselblitess, she is no co
burden to everybody
that;:l before such a day
be Oken to. our rest,
shohld outlive the lo;
Ranier let us die Whilt
of.titeir own, that our
with the'x' tears;:tind,
the hopes. of heaved.
When the; bel I
,tOI ie
Oa); we went to/the st
ly toked of relpeet fel
wafelt. tbatAre could ;
ev.&t though-her Own
'Aida: -,,/ • !; 1_ - ,
~,she was a good rtiother in her day,. and
toited bard to - bCinglus ' . till:upL---she (‘'vas no
/..z; .•
I comtort to herself, and a burden ; to' eVery-
F boy else !" Theseierdel, heartless; Words
.ra!ig in in our ei; e saw the coffin borne
art the aisle. ', T tolled long-and loud,
unt.il its iron for I ch"ronieled f .the years
Oche toil-worn 7.. •One—tiothree
--4fOur—five. • l rarly and Mini:3lst mer
rity each wok( )f her once Peaceful
Amber oti_ her 7's bosom, and of her
sett at nightfa! 1 her weary f..n.ther's
k
knees. Six—set ;ht—nine--tell-;rang
bit the tale 0! worts upon the green
sWard, in the tr. , and. by.the:broOk.—
.oeven twelve—thirteen—t6urteen—thirteen
-..t . s r t4:.4• nitire grave y of school days and lit
t household joys aeares.-i..Sixteenseven
t4en---;-eighteen,' sou dcd• out the enraptured
visions of maidenho d. and the dream *of ear
ly- 10Ve. , -- , - Nineteen brought befor4 us the,
il
linppy bride. Twenty spoke of the young ;
tliother whose heart Was full to bnrsting, withi
tile . new strong love which God had awakened.
i 4 her bosom. And then stroke after stroke
ib ld of her early wotnanhood—of :the lovei .
.find cares; and Te.arsl, and toils -throtikh which!
o',le passed during 'these long' years3.till fifty
tang out harsh 'and oud.s. - From that? to
,six;-
_
f'.y, each stroke. to d Of the wartfilietirted
Mother and ,grandriaother, living
,oVer. again
lierown joys and s4rows in those of her chit
' dren and her,childien's children.. ..f.:ei y fard z
Py of all the group' canted grandmother then,
'nd the only strife 1 vas who should secure the
;, •,
prize.; but Lark ! the bell tolls an!, Seventy. `r-sevnty-one—twb—three—;-four..i She be
gins-to grow feel. 4, requires some care, Is
0.4 always perfectly patient or satisfied ; she,
goes from one child's house to another, So
hat to one place seems ne home. She
l
nirmurs in plaintive tones,ar\d'after all her
;toil and Weariness it is hard she cannot be rib= !
sowed a home to die in ; that sin; must
.ient, rather than invited, from house to house.
Eighty—eighty-otie:----two--- - ;- - three4—four-4--j
nth, she is now a second child—now" she tills!
.'outlived her - Usefulness, she has nOw ceased;
fto be a comfort
.to her - self or anybddy ;"thatj
is . , she 'has ceased' to be profitable to her;
skqtrth-craving and cruey-grasping ;Children.
R . .NOW : sounds out, .reverberating through
~ ! • I
lour lovely - forest, and echoing back from the;
!" hill of the dead," . eighty-nine !'there she I)es
rnow, in the coffin, cold and . Still She males
no trouble. new, . demandsnO love,. no soft
'words, no tender ittle.oflices.!' Alook of pa,,
tient endurance, we fancied alio an !e4pression
of gi ief. for unreqtfited love, sat or her: triar
tile features, tier children? there, clad in
weed*: of woe, a'd in crony we remembei.ed
the siiong man's words,
words . , "She was a gOod .
mother in her :day.".
.: When the bell ceased' tolling, the strong
minister rose in the Pulpit, Ili; .form WO
very; erect,'and - li s voice strong, h t uthis !lair
Was : silvery ;:whi .: He, read salient! paSsa .
ges of scripture pressive di God's coin , ) . as;.,
sion to feeble man, especially .olihie ten,lerr
ness When gray - irs; are on him and; hiS
strengtVtiiilol. He then. made 4oine toheli
ing•retnarks9n human Ifrailty, and of depend: )
enee on all present tag; make their . peace Witti-i
their Master while in health, that they might)
claim his promise Wholi heart andlflesb'should
fail them. 4 :. "-Then" he said, - " :the • etairnal 1
God shalYbe thy refhge, ,and beneath fthe;3l
shall be the eV i erlasting arms.' Learlingl
over the desk, and . gazing intently, on Obi cot;
fined form before him, he:thon said revetent-i
ly, "From a. lit 1e child I have -honored! the!
aged; but never 'till grey hairs eoveredi m'
own head, did Inow truly
.hoW - .much o*
and sympathy t tis class have alright to i del
I t
mold of , their f !low creature.:::. r Now lifeell
it. •Quit.nothesP:he':added .mOst tendOrli,f
"who,
now lie* in death liefure ; ',un, Avasta
stranger to - me, - as arn.all .
these, her
,deseend4
ants.. All , I knew_ of lier'iS What her son Mist
told me tO-day- r that Showssb#mght ttithli
town kern afar, isiity-nine Yeat*agci, a !hap;
ply- bride - thatheretshe _ has *tied most 4
her We i . tOilingLas'only motheris .evet )111'41
strength to:toiLluittli sbe had.renred.a larp
family of sons• and daughter that she lelt
her hoMehere,t clad - in the-WeOstewidoWi:
hoOd,,todvrell-ekmong,her ebildrin; ititd thaf.
till: health and t ivigor : left her,--.! . she .liVed.o:
yon,_ : her i• dew Wants. :YouOvho..ttigethei•
:have ihnred_ her love and!,lter earAskito*bOvf,
well you hav'e(4qtlited bar, :, ai-. 4 f 63-10 tliit.,
a3iiiekite shnOtiediiie any• • ofidilic)tinirii§.,
Undo or Inurtnnring on • aceonnt of tho:tare
.1 . i
vas more than three
. But then shel was
ay, and toiled' ,-e'ry
1 • - . • .
the face - c,f the hbalti
m to - the house,`of a
ad returned' tol Our
Li the little faces Which
,initionlof ours—thine
i •
7 no Word in our -lan- ,
is 'i M . other ; I .' and e
/
ottld ever et.ne : ;yy en
She has out[li..%>cd her
mfUrt to berS lfand a
else V' and/ ve hoped
/
would dawn k ive fnight
• God. aphid that ;We
e of curchildren . l—'
rciur hearts area pare
/,bve may be watered
'our love linked with
1 , :
I fur the mother's bu
{
netuary to pay Our . on
the aged stranger.; fur
five her memory a tear,'
1 children .had none to
i.
-
lE .. ,
8,, -. '
11
I ,
36 1
, . 1,1U131,715ti)F,3Ft57,,if.T9119.7,,,1,i..q....[:
FR
•
she has ;been bp you Of.late When fougo
back to Your banes; be carefulnf your Words
and ynnrnxarnPle
your
own children,:
for the ft uit .of your own doing you will sure
ly reaplfrom them when you yourselves tot
ter on the b.rinkl of the grave. • entreat you
as - a frie,ro, as One who . has - himself - entered
the "iev j ening o life," that, yoti' may Say; :in .
the pi,thee of your -families nor of heaven,
Our InOther haseutlived lieniusefulnesS--,
she waS a burd'ep to us.;' Aslever,-neVer a
mother eannot live
.so long as.that No;
when std can no longer labor for her;children,
nor yet- care Mr herself; she Can fall like a
preciolis weight, on their bosoms, and call
furtl o . ydwr - helplessness all
. .he noble, gen
erouSl'eelings of their nature.T.
Ndi}.-n; then,lpoor, toil-worn mother . ; there.
are Poi More Skeple§s nights, no (Imre days
cif paill . ,for thee. I.llldying . 'vigor
. ond ever
lastingrusefidness a'ro part of the inheritance
of the redeeM i ed: - - - Fecble as thou wert on
earth.
,t.hon be no burden on, the; bosom
of Infinite Lovp, but there ..shalt, thou ' find thy
longed-for rest„ and. receive gloriousthy Jesus and his ransomed fold. •
Horace Greeley's Apprenticeship.,
• it iv:ls : 4a a fine spring inoriilng.in the year
18'26,1-about 19 'o'clock when gr. Antos Bliss,
the„r4niger find one' of the -proprietors of
the/Noilliern i Spectator, in 'Riot Poilltney,
Tf.„ I,Might• have been seen" - in the 'garden
ehindf his house planting
.potatoes:' . He
hetird the gat open behind hini, - and, without
turning or to king round, became dimly.con
seemis of the presence of a bevy. But, the
bdys i cif coon ry Villages go into whosesoever
garden their ; nuderinp udcy' impels them,
and istipposing this boy to be one of his own'
neighbors, - s)lr.'fiwliss - Ccintinuedihis work and
Trickly forgdt that he' was not alone.
few ;Minutes he-heard. a voice close; behind
voice; high piteln..ll and whin
-1 '‘ . 1
; Iti said ' - Are.you the Man that carries 91
lie printing office .1 •
Ap.. Bliss then ;turned, • and restina upon
his ,hee, .suryeyed the - persPii.who bad thus
addressed him. He; saw standing before_ hini
• -
apparenily abOut fifteen years of age,
Ofd . light, toil, and slender' form,. dresTed in
the' plain, firtner's cloth of the time, his gar-.l
inents cut with an utter disregard to ele,,e . ance . l
itndl fit. trousers were exceedingly
short, and v himinon's ' • L he Wore no stockings;
trisl shoes wi3reof the kind denomi*.ed 'high- 1
' and nuich worn down his hat was of
$
one Oplie olitstamp, with .so . srmill a
Ibr z i,nr, that it looked more like a twe-quart
lirreasure inverted than anything else ;' forst it,
IW:isworn far back On his head; hiS hair- waS '
Whire, with a tinge of orange. at its CXtrerni
ties; and it lay thinly upon , a broad forehead
over ahetict.' rocking 61 shoulders whiCh
Seemed too slender , to . support the 'weight of
a ,inember so disproportioned to the general
The general effect ofthefigurennd
its .costume was so oldie, they presented such
sicombination of the rustic and the ludicrous,
:and the iipparition had come
. unpn him so
suddenly, that the amiable gar43.l.o.pourd
sijarcely keep froth laughing.
restrained .!himself, however; and re:
plied; 'Yes; ['in the man.' ,•.: •
Whereupon the.' stranger asked, 'Don't yen
•• .1
iwant bey to learn the trade?' .
.1. I " Well," said Mr. Bliss,. .have- been
of it.
,DO . you want to- learn .to
print ? • - •
I've .had some notion Of it,' said the .boy
n i t true iyankee failfion, as though he:hail not
ilieen dreaming about it andi 911gi,. for it
•• I for , years..
' Mr; Bliss was both astonished and puzzled
-I-HastoniAed that .sUch ;a fellow as: 'the boy
;iohiced to be, should 'have. ever -. thought Of
• learning.to.print, and puzzled how. to convey.
to him an idea of the absurdity of the notion.
Sci With an expression . in his. countenance,
such as .that of a tender-hearted dry-goods
inerehant might be supposed ta,..assume if a•
hdd-carrier should apply for a' place in 'the
t
la'ce department, he said, Well,' iriy . t
' •now •
,• ou.k, it. takes;considerable learnirig
tc be.a printer. . Have, you, been to Sehoel
•
fnuch l'• • •
- I 'No,' said 'the boy, I haven't had, much
'chance itselrout. I've read- some.,
• • 1 ' What, have you. read I' riskedfr.• Bliss
I've read some history, and some
1 travels,. end a little of most. everything.' •• • •
•1 1 t Where do you - • .
We-S,thaveio , 7
. 4 3 Flow did you come over..?'
I.'
1 I mine on • • . •
--' What s you name'
Horace Greeley,' , . •
II t Now it happened that Mr. Amos Bliss had ;
thieen for the last three years an Inspector 'of
IlQuin . mon . Selidols, and in fulfilling the duties
114 his office—examining rind licensing. teach- .
;rs—he had noiluired ..an 'uncommon facilty
asking' questions, and a fondness for - that
exereise -which men generally entertain' for
an employment in which they:SuppoSe therh-.
slelves to excel. The youth before. him. was
in the language of 'medical' -students---a
'fresh subject;'• and the• Inspector proceeded .
to try all his skill upon him, advangiit from.
easy questions to 'hard ones, up
. to L-those
'knotty l'probleins with 'which had been,
.Wont stump' candidates' for the . ,.ollice of.
teacher, 1 The boy.' was a- ri:atalr.. for
tile answered everyquestion promptly, cleatts
-)y and modestly. .- He could not be. - .•-stti inP=-
ed'. in the "ordinary School 'studies, and, of the
doks he had read .he cold give a Cerrect arid
hompletanalisis. In.
I count of interview, he Ay's; 'On - entering
into conversation, and a- rtial..exarianation
of the qualifications of•niy___ttti . new
!required but little time - to :discover that :he
possessed a mind-of ne'conimon 'Order„ and .
an "acquiredintelligerice
. far heyond'lliiYears.,
,He had, but little opportunity nt:the 'com-1 -
71.norrs'ehtxtl, but he said ':he had: read some,'
'and what .he had read he ,WellUnderstoOd and,
remembered. In addition to the ripe !meth
gem
,manifested yin•One - soYonng,and'W boSe
! !instruction had been, ho limit* there -wrisi•,a;.
Singl . 4tnindedness,' a thithfulnesi and erie*.
monlense in what ho said; that" epee Voiii
! mended
••••,.;.:, •
After; bail hour conversation 'with.,the
boy, Mr. -
would do,";andAcilit:bini.to•go:into the prin't• - •` ,
tug office:arid-talk to.:the - foreman. .
-NVOlt ‘ tiffice,•and...*twe
pearAnce pri - Aucied, ,Olbot
utin6
therein,.*lfieh can'tag ;better' imagliii;d ,
tbaii rieSeribed: and *bleb:lS
'Membered
,by thetwe-,wheijrarviyi . ,ri..Tortge:
! foreman Horace add ressed regardttiss
bertainly,obliOonaproliabfyi,of, - the stare and
- '
the remarks of:the- tfro.).B?l_';7;4o-gir,,, etnanl
first„ , was inclined,to - leousleA- that 4r . , - ~.p
ihould, for -one tnntnent3" .triWfi- es 1
that a boy got 4 in that•atyl6,cpuld:Or
the most ordinary dud* of :e.:OttitAes
prentice. Ten :,tninutei talk with ; hitif,'-,
ever, effected a partial . Trevioltition - nkhis! '
iii the' bby'S favor, and - tei)lc." Wai!" ... givati
.r .. i t
want of another appretifice;''he 'Vtaa',:not
dined to be over particular. lic:rtuie c : ' : :a
slip of Proof - PaPer, wrOte r afewvicirdziAilien
it haatilylwith a ; pencil, - And tbld,the„ - bok 2l tot
take it to Mr:Bliss. .1 his. Plegeofrpar was
his fate.; The words were'::'' Guess tcre'dl bi:t
ler- tiy him.' Away went liorace t6thiger
den, and presented-Ins paper. i Mr.: bil4s,.
whose curiosity had :heet4 exalted. to a high
pitch by the extraordinary..tontrast .betwvrt
the appearance of the boy . _ and hit real.q all-
ty, now entering into alo ig eeuversation pith
him, queStionifig hint respecting hiS •liis ay, .
his past employments, his :parents, - thei :dr-
.cumsninees, his own intention ..and wishes; -
and the longer he talkedl-the,niore_ his admi
ration grew. The result was, that lie aktreid
to aceqt Ilorace . .as an aptikentice, proided'
his father would agree' . to the Initial 'to - '
and then, with eageristeps, 4nd alight I
the happy boy took the dusty ;road, ths
to his home in Westhaven. • , TN,,.
A Country- of Contiarietie3.
California, including - that; perlion of Platt
lying betvien the :Sierra Naradernauntaifis
and the deserts on theeitst;.is Ofitipotherka
_- -
land of contra:l(4;es.! .For six 'oiz; eight . ,
wionths of the year.our Clirnate (we are.Spe.ak- • i
i ng, -4.).,t the mountain ,cohn try 'of :,California.) is - ,
one of ge.nial mildness and alhaost uiainterrap- i .
.ted"sunshine,folloWed layttiOntir, , weelOitid ',..
dayi of ilternate rain or cloud and ,unsliitie, •
and-this makes ourivititer;:and yerth '•teni•- - • " _.:,r,
Perature is so mild that, it seldom; re z.. 1.-- = .
Some seasons .we get much more, of_ reneh
ing rains than we,have the past tiyinte ",;bat . '"
when it does rain, or Snow even, we live, lit-
tie Or no wind to give force _or terro to the ' .-
stot • : '.- ~ ~,
The. whole,' earth `"for months . - tog ther is. '--
either one continuous bed of flower ~a 411 -
and arid .waste, (exiiept where fore t,,tfeeS
,abound) ordrenchedi with soaking r ini..—, . '..-
There is really-no half way work•atio t it.:=- - - .
.. -.;.:
And yetwithhardly a. shower for six lohths .• ,••
in summer, Califorma produces the largest .--•
trees . in
,the world..-.lts largest : lak Llie al- . .
-most upon - the Njeryl Stiliamie of its highest " •'-
mountains, and thou la surroundedb eternal
snows, their waters never freeze.' bd•the
ii
east of the Sierras, a rivers .run inland - and
instead of dischargihg their, waters.into;tlie
~.,
~,_
ocean they_ are dried up. With a Eittiatit__2 '
unequaNd 'fbr. i its Salubrity,' and an Etpo. sar 4, '•
endless forest.of great' eauty, we ha :ge . .`ArY
1
few birds, and such as , we have;"seldOrialf ."
ever. Sing', high, among. the .' Ilia
11 -
1
face of the country is one,uninterru tea Sue- S
cession, of ups and downs, there .1.4 very little - ,
level laud here. Nigh bills, deepL,ro gesend i
cations charact4rize; the mountain, s open,' .On . ,
, either. side. - Our:valleys are - alias ft:
level wjth the waters or the ocean, mid -hair ,
iilttiailla.ora
_so ihigh that - theY irk Alter ~,,, I
decked With snow., c - .., . L ,--;:44.-''''f
-------" '-•- -=.1,-17.:".'";
• The extremes al rhutallty and - diisipp,
are seen every whetle, andSanday'is their
business and haarkq- day: '• Our wornett.l4... - -, -•
either transcendentitbeautiful or le mely*Y.':'"::•'
Diggers. Our peOple are , ,rich 'and making:-
money, or miserably ' hard .up; or ono..day -
poor and the next. counting their -gold.:by.
pounds. ' Ainan may be'`-without Oldie iia. `i
his pocket, and yet be treadingupo,g - or(l'at
~
- every step..;.H
He - may:have' no:-wife, :or he '
may have a dozenj just aslhechooies, and a
whole church to sustain him in. his,pririleges '
and principles; - Animals, supposed to,havo
attained their full! growth' in - thetates, on
being 'brought 'here, increase, in siiii' and
weight.. Nor is this phenomena wit rely;cOn- ,
fined to the s'pecies,whilst lumber Made
into furniture_ of altiatt,ul.7ery dese.r4Vl4
04i
panda andshrinksrlargelv endwise.l" ..- . ,
~,
Thousands - lire in the - enjoym'ent'of ,per r,..
feet health from year to-year;"matty , dieltinia
disease or violent 4. Kind friends maymiu.
inter to the dying; or tile taunts and, jeers of
fiendish men may mock at the dying, throe*
of their vihitti: Sevin are buried in, thi..q,ut-•---
et tomb, others upon the burning pyrate
hastily' resolved iteto-their original 'eleineilts,
and acne in theiri last Tepose . oceuipp. - pliees
unknown so men iiwhile.thormildslhas.i -
other. .thoosands may, return -to I.4eltr.vg . 4t*
homes, and_with their families around Aem, r .
pass down three& life, ever grateful to a kind/ ---
Providence for hiving difeeted fheir thought's
and guidedlheir footstep 4 to thelaiid &gold,
extrepicsan conOltrieties.—Picteervilte Amer- ' '
'can.
-TOE FIRST MA 11 .1.10 X —. itAn S
—An. English journal,' the Brittanli
amusit g article tlyde.r tlai'llead ( . 'sfr
Weddliig.7 - the: - ..editor;'saY !thtil
short eOurtships', , and in this. Adam'
tizetisihleman--4,htifell 'itsleep a' hi]
awokezio-find hints& a - -nultried '
appeari;to have .`!Pripped,:tho•titie
mediately after, meeting ' 2 . l a'artv
and ,she; witinin - flirtatiou ..iir..tilt)
hini tt.-i:;i3S'and herself. Of that-fi
1
this w2oild we .hase' had, -!u wave
tilOughts,. and sometimes iiPpbe
have wished we'lwerif - thi'inapc - t .
But the deed is or wea.donei the
Adam's mid ho improved It, -- 1 '
notion 'of gettingluarrieif,nit :g
in. good trOe. Weli.)te l _ a' r ,iirlia
and Adani's wailistrietlf-priiit
otis beaux were there no etvitkin;
-no itgoiteritig atint#,,ttn.d gr:l4t
mothers..'!:' The;. hirdilif heaven
titrels,;and the glad" sky 'ehed' itiki
the seitie:' One thing Atiec tite4
, ,
brings .. queee\ideai into'9llr - , lteo
scriptural;. truth!. Adele; 4149V_Iti
rather young 4.. ;be. mat irk
- three years 4 ., ) 43 ,1tiej. 1) 0 14 ,1.:t4....t1/101
llations` of. theologiatineril4
but not older.4:ivithont It-Ildni
pot or-ketUe--'netttinglutzkivel
IAYNCIanu! CitrYa•-krA
1 1 -se'd OY am:fur: ali • pAij
eveii v for*lniait , tow dill dui
passion tor iettiOiiiiit,their - 'Nick
'break down your gateslo ptrl
t l its.::_l:6 o k;! , there iv to utoi
tr, a 4114keOWI:it Pco4-04tiaig I
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