The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, October 23, 1851, Image 1

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&B &E 1 I CHASE, PR9ITIETORS
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From the Philadelphia. Sunday Mercury
Kossuth,
ET EDWARD PoLLDCI
dolamhis: unto thee be given,
cerliist Ftibik, my latest seq.;
is truly as my players to heaven, .
To thee my lays belong;
T hl i c otsdf great deeds, and deathless fame,
p p ( m inty heart, that warns high-ssvelling at :
thy name.
Yet, to thy praise alone, 1:01.11DW
Thy consecrated harp I wake—
A garland for soother's brow • •
• 31y skillesshaudb would make ;
A woven wreath, of such sweet rhyme
Al, desthleiri: might endure the withering Wings of
Timm
liangadau"Kumili ! Mountains boar;
Gray woods, green fields, and waters lone,
Stir with the sound l—frorn shore to shore,
IlrCiad lands, return the tone;
Kate to its loftiest same that e e l s
raa r farless free born sous knew foreign hero
bear.
lingering w inds ; ye wares of blue,
I'ms onward to our watehingstra nd—
34tear the best whose baud "ere d raw
/air Freedom's sacred brand ; ,
Thebest who' reared on Europe's plains
Teo Cl g that still snail float while on free heart
remains.
•
Chat tho' that fennel . , stained and worn,
Retreat to rote, and snow-clad hill?
,att gleaning to @s, and tctn, '
Beam britinwith EItr..EIMS still ;
, Anitr.terrs hearts than still be l'onsol, '•
tSer gel blood to crake its shadow holy
vound.
•
•Colarnbia! onto 'thee be givez
klrearlirsletrain—tr•} la tr st song, ,
oblo alhrhoirell hare siiiven,
la ceaseless ccv vcitts wrong„ • -
Thy hallowed harp shall also ring,
lr in nu Xeeble bands remains its sacred
IlcogaiierNormth! late While we
The carries cur father's bore, revere,
4411ess chief ! shall also be,
'As theirs remembezeitleax ;
Leliece, the' yielory onward thee-rot
Effa, this Lind, et feast, •tLe ti shalt not t? fo--
C
Oh , broth ors ! to cm-coast draws rear
The octlett ecui irat ore di fill
The salter hmets of s!asioh fear,
The front of feudal pride;
Gin to his name that charm from death,
Fait fame's merest pledge—an uubought free
/tall% bresch„
Dear Mud, oar mother! to thy breast
Deceive the assailed of countless woesi
Tone let the dauntless wanderer rest,
Where thy beloved, repose;
The trynnt'spolsard shahs 9y far,
:ot leech sot here—here fails his unavailing
ELOlll}-4.6' E fed QT6 IEII3
Hope—honer—life—are left the 501 7 -
Tbe mind by tempest never tas3Cd,
Th' tmunctierable ;
7110' Freed. de ittif, he ;eft theren,
et, all that man meld do,,thou for thy land
kart doer, r : -
Howe'er renowed end bold; therace
By power deprived of liberty,
Srea rat lied, by eitlorced disgrace,-
Deserves no longer tube. fire ;
Of no own strength no laud shall rise,
ar. ere beneath the feet of tyrants bleedin.:
kes:
Dome o: the free and bold or heart, -
Film thee, alone, the power shall Bowe '
irhose magic touch the china will part •
And lay th' oppressor low ;
lam thee the spirits bhall pen rohlt,
toe voice, to life again, shall wake the m
aimed earth. -
The Roman matron, whose pine breast
Itenantid unto her Sire-once more—
When age end chilies his limbo oppreeid— .
The life he gave before,
elindowed thee , —foredoecu'd to give
otby parent land the life by which we
h e .
C o lombia! onto thee be given
31i earliest strain, my Intest song ;
Mewl te thee, as pra
belougyer t,
o heaven: .
Thy Vets lays - •
Yet; oh, lettire the hold acclaim, -
161 h thy Milo:, we blend Hungarian Hoe
stab's name
dip
A SLIP BETWEEN TEE CUP AND
LlP, "— This g
E 2 saying was supposed to '
, 'gin from ste of "inelope's wooe rs
sas he was going to drink. But
artle as Ainsworth has it, thus : •
"A king of Thrace badplanted "a vine
-1• who one of his slaves, whom he bad
1 1 oppressed in thanvery well. 'Pr°Phe'
th at be Me king)should - never taste
lio eitt i oduc e d by it . The king disre
-4:3)6'
Prophecy, and, whin, at an en
-41, he held the cup full 'of his 9 7
1 4 t eat for this slave,..and asked lain
rhai, he the% of his, propheiy
Ai slave only answered—. There's
ITat.v between the cop and the BP!'
' rce irul
' he spoken when Dews was.
'lard b uee b oar was layi ng ,
' t erl his
4 wane. The king arose .gn a fu"
441;
asting the wine. 0 ihe boar, arid was killed with.
" •
:ile co ration is commonly firm; and firm...
mmooly snicesefal.
lu4ft[taattatiliwq - - - ;' 1 ---;,i
From.Anhur's Homo G4ette...
BETTY AND NELL;
on. t ILE FACTOUT'Gissi: S .
MY MRS. C. W. DESK SON; 1 1 •
"••• Anther " Gertrude Russ bl i ,"*.e. Me. • [
Entered according to act U/CongrestiOn the year,lllso,,
by I'. S. Arthur k tie.; in the Ofticc 'tithe 'CI. rk Of the
Dittrict Court of the United S cites, In and fur theXast.
ern District of Senusylvoult. Publiandin theDemecrat;
by permission.. , ; ' •
(Continua)
She was married when only. sixteen, Ito a
young: clergyman, as spiritual and deCottd a
manes I ever knew. Well, she liVerl the
little=personage at I.e for four.years;
andt: she has often told me, that dtiring
that time, she was too happy for earth. Niphe
hadlivo beautiful children; the Youngest Iwas
only. ~year old when her. idolised :huShand
was. :brought home a corpse, having 3 been
thrown from his horSe and instantly
the Sudd
Poor woman, en .ne her'intoWs threw
a brain fever, from which she barely reeeVered;
aud, after that, she was an altered creature. 7.
Positively, I have never seen her smile since!
slte came into die factory ; arid, if the girls 1
near her indulge in excessive_ mirth, will ;
look at them m) imploringly. She neveispeaks
t of her husband but with tears, and if ever a I
1 mortal's heart was buried in the .graVe, it is
I
. ,
I hers. Her relatives wanted to take the, chit
dren, and entreated her to live with them ; but ,
, to that she would not A:consent.; sin •she Sup.
ports then and- hehself entirely by her inditS:
'try. • She rents, a room near the factory, and
is as happy with her little, ones—soMetimes
they are here a whole day—as a Christian can
I be.. But, it , is evident. that she .is lassing,
away; and;Whea she u dead, •' . f isupPoSe the
f children will 'go to their relatives, or be'cared
for, by strangers. I knoiv she is not aware
how ill she is, for she says; she getting bet:
I ter every day, while it is. plain to us thatshe!
is dyinig: • -
Nell shuddered, and ,gazed at the slightcrea•
tore long and fearfully. • AIL!! thought:
God forgive me fol. tepining; - : there, ti*o_ is
sorrow, indeed.' • - • - :
And who is thdt, noble looking, girl with
the black -apron ? She , rarely smiles; and she
works as if her life depended upon it.'
'She has been' one of the most fishionable
girls in Boston. :Poor Ella Casting; I :snp ,
pose no want was unsupplied her bran;
ey; and, Wing: N an only aanghter, she was et
cessively indulged. She was,. anti .indeed is
now, very proud ; 'but,lhat arises from her ear
ly education. She was eighteen - when' her
father died—it is whispered by his own hand.
He was insolvent ;.her mother and herself; and
little brother, were thrown upon the • woild
penniless. Poor Ella Castillo! her father ‘Nas
a nafive of Spain, and she •inherited all MS
haughty character; his firmness of purpose.--.
She determined not to be dependCnt, and
re
moving into the suburbs of the city, commenc
ed keeping school. That, not as 'With
her health, she came to the resolve, after ;a
hard struggle, to work in these Lowell.inills. I
I often think, what a contrast her meagerly;
furnished rooms, but it short
_distance from.;
here, must be, to thil brilliant halls of her
young, girlhood.. She is very, distant, visits
little, and is intimate with few. Miss Green is
one of her firm friends she has great intro=
enee over her; and Hannah sighed. .
I have oftetrieen a little creature pass here,
who seems as ethereal as a spirit.,". remarked
Nell: There is never a shade of color on kit
fait cheek, and her brown eyea . ,,atefrdr and
Lustrous.''- - - -• • ,i -
'lt
must be Harriet Knowles; .she last the
same loom -with Jane 'Lee.' You say true'
enough, she seems ethereal, She. and 3ys.
Daniels are passing slowly the same 'dark road;
they are going together down to .death - ;
they are widely different; for, while Ilars.Datt.
iels has thelopes of IL rellotus fiith•to sus.
taro her,Harriet is alinest devoid of piety,altho'
she is, naturally sweet Mul s gentle.
~ she is ohe
ot Miss Green's Partieular faiorites-rMid you
know her views of religion; . - •
Nell mutely assented. . '•
qtarriet, - tiko,' is - supporting, a bed:ridden
mother, a poor, deerepid, unamiable
. old'r
but ,Harriet loxes her•dearly.- ; You : have no
idea him many- such` cases there :we In the
mills Sortie of the girls are most: devoted
heroines:" But, our time hair elapsed i: some
other day I will tell You tnore. l , ; .
Early in the evening,' Conner Lee called for
Nell and Iletty to spend a few hours with
,his
mother. 'Mrs..,Lee wagjuSt , beginning to see
the utaustialititeresCher ton - manifested in ev
erything. connected. with.liettY, the "Vain Bet
ty, who wai daily growing in beautrand self
esteem. She had talked with Nell- abont it,
and froth "-her" assumed, Cheerfulness - some
tithes, and sudden emhannsement °them
she inferred more than 'her good heart Walled
to learn in the-present state of thing& < She
was pained—shocked---to 'fin d thata deep rt.f.,
feetionfOr Conner had taken Piet in, that 'gen , ,
tie 'morn, no testi ten at the fact that - berg°. ,
son was:at:llly in. IQVO with , one so much
less worthy than himself,: •
~,terisecii_tilittir:SO,
and beraalfr cang4FaillcdiPo_foriner. 4l P
peering to' littleadvantage,.while:pettjfeac.
tered her sparkling nothings; chaining Conner
Lee 'to her car,with every word-Shospokorta
every freith;griettful - -
The ildoik ci gi,t have sparediiitch„',of her
Te g r etjoi . Ne ll Or/24 ; 0i fat lo V ,
raj 4 rfP*, briTOY; 4 -6 triigoF4
against.,he n:401,1141 she. cl;
Tall* "and,PPasaltiluitelfr--.ehe
*Torched her beart,abelelt. that ;Ile lave WO
there, andthere she feared it wonldabide,thce,
Weniar Zgalllegoz 9 71,12enatar o %grthrtiatartri, Acarracc, attar Itivrigats.
• .•
perhaps, inedifiesd.hy, the clusheesiMfd changed
of life. She mourned mom cone than I
herself; a sort of prophetic forehddings of evil
to come, had taken possession ;of het mind;
and; when - she saw Wen! together, l and marked
the soft eloquence of his iMpressive silence,
the dumb,•but living language Of his earnest
eyes, she would turn her head aivey,trambling,
she hardiy lame/why. "_.
•
Once on that,ovening,, Hetty.altuded to the
coming party; end really seemed intich
.pleas
ed; when Conaer told her he, too, had received
l an invitation. - , ; '
ilston,'„said Conner,' who is in the office,
with, me, aays this ,Airs. Grey .is a very ricli
Woman.; and, that many of the grand folks at.
tend hei.parties.,. Her husband owns a- greai
deal in mill property.',
Iletty'.B eyes aparkled; visions; of coming
' conquest tlitfed before them.. , • ,
'.I had rather not"go f he continued; 'I am
I yet utilised to society, and; perhaPs, I-shan't
know how to act,')in added,langhing.
# Gl wn must go;' exclaitned Hetty, child
ishly ; I declare: it williseem . quite like old
ilitaes. Ram Sure, Conner. you needn't - fear,
I t 'yeu are stab a graceful young man, and she
iaughed, roguishly. - •
# In your eyes, I hope,' said Conner, gaily.
1 'ln at least" forty eyes, at the -sinallest
culation,' she bald quickly; why, for weeks,l
i was pestered with questions about'you'..„"Wlitt
i" es that splendidyoung_man.-- .014,11' 8 a
beauty. I'll set my. cap fot• ancrivenderti
land surmises; too numerous to mentionf
Cooper Avis blushed Op to his eyes. "; Ile.
could have oe.hisltnees, radiexelaitued,
nth only fail' to you, I. taro - rit for the
world besides:-F-for
.Conner. vas Uentiinental
at„fithes4but present: company kept him (ruin
cotutnitlini.anyisueli extravagance.
currEn c.
ffliefe how mnch sweeter pig l i look than
you would in one of those ,dashing silks, ex
claimed Nell, as she put the last pinlin het sis
ter's delicate sash, and adjusted the last
let becomingly 'Don't you thinkl so, 'Vass
Meredith I' and she turned to Hann i ah, wlip,in
robe•of plain
with
silk, stood by, tre , ,,Tirding
her friends with evident admiration.l
- •
`Xes indeed 1 beauty shines most. when
simply arrayed,' she - answered sniilingly.— r .
'Aunt 'Grey sent nada japonica to. ay, hilt I
prefer to go without it;
_if you wond like 14
Nell; or Jetty, you are Welcome.'
iLef Hf3ity wear it, then,' said Nel/,,qtichiy,
it will contrast thinly: with the iieenliar shade
of her hairs'- - •
" . And, ifetty, nothing loth, suffered her sister,
to twine it in her heavy ringlet&
' we shall do for factory gitls, I think,' re
marked Hannah Meredith,' archly,, glaneing
from - ono to the other. 4 1, of course inii no
body, especially in my Own estimation but I
am really proud of pp. -
. conner awaited theitt in the, parlor, and af
ter cloaks and hoods were adjusted, they walk
ed. out in the keen, healthy air, and, wended
their way to an elegant mansion in, one of the
most aristocratic streets of Loweli !As soon
as they had been introduced to Mrs.! Grey, a
plain but dignified looking woman, they inin
, gled with the rest of the company.: I • Iliinali I
I saw, with delight, that 'the sisters created no
little sensation; , althagh'she knew lof•seme
few there, with aristocratic notions ins, they
were pleased tv.all them—too high s:i. speak"
to, or, in any Way notice them,had they known
them to be factory girls. •,i- -
'
There isa strange,' hete i to.tfight4did you
observe hire r- asked a [ finely dicsiedl woman
1 intimate f--a. • T it
tof an, friend...' . ' here ; ii. stands
Ilea? Mrs. Grey, this moment; he seems alone,
and; I thought,' 4; little embarrassed i but he I
may be foreign ;, he'lesilis so, Mrs. Hallet,'cori
-1 tinned the lady, arresting the attention ;'of
~.i
!little ores--dressed woman; 4do tell Ino --who
I the dark young than is eve,' there; I am "dying
I - I have been - enquiring the last'ten teinates,
myself;-I can't get 3trill Grey's attenqon i or. I
I worildask her Doubtless sompbodyl of :as
ttinetion, however. He is, decidedly; the hand;
,
I sourest man here; I wilt, except no one. But;
1 how he keeps himself aloof; he hasnO :eyes,
leave for that young lady in white dhattimi
j with Everglade, the fop. She`is rather pretty,
laying strong einphasis:Ori,:the : rallter. I •
. ' Now we shall find °a: exclaimed lone of
I them, in a sprightly tone f ,,‘ for here comes the
1 veriest knowledge-box In ; the witirl4.lnl
sicl ii in the bargain a she added,, in. a
1 u:4;l i per., ` , '.Oh, My...dear',,Miiis .. Allen; fici.. you
!know anything .about_ the bandsoine, dark
i stranger who is lierip-iiight.r . , ' ', •
: Miss Allen daintily lM her eye : glass,rmd
looked in
i the nil:fiction. Specified ' but _hastily.
i dropped t, and slightly tossing her head, td.
I plied 'carelessly, - - `- • '
.. 'I
Yes; 'Who And'what isle? 1 '
Some fellow attached , to • the. faetery,'-. ,
re
plied Miss Allen . . 'I think, they told Ale c one
of the , clerks:, ~ T hosti, two girls; in - *bite;
standing together there, Aire sistem or Co l i n : slits;
Oiimitnethink-60,- too, ?Work hi the betory, 4
.Thelndies, one., of whom won a .stAeoger
from New York,' hiokedi at each 'other 'And
ebroggedthefr eboulders,'And the strengCr re
marked' , _ ts
should: thlttli.nrs. Grey must have a put,
ellen for factory oOretit:cs; it would net' be
tolerated in ant • ": -
• Dot then, A° to tieb,' exclainea Pier,
nt4
'aria 4r- Grey t;aleee! 3 af*d
her,e,Ahai sePPee eh'e Pio dd
out of taste: thQugh,,, .Whyeloniy
thittkthe Pun' ledY justeittleg.4wn tO the
ifONTROSi, , Pi, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23,..1851,
plano--Mrs. Grey's own niece.--is a 'factory
girl; '
tHorrer I is it possible.l'
'Yes, - Her parents are : : in somewhatstran..
erred eireurnsfances,,and have kiarge family •
so. she , prefers, foolish„thing,.to; earn her. own
_living in a, factory , ritther:than,be dependent,;;
as she calls it, on the bounty.,of her muntovho
wapiti be like a motherto:hee • - <
"Shociiindr. _ - •
what is inexplidile to me, Mrs, Grey
herself approves of it, and sebtom gives a par
ly of this kiiniWithonl< including one or more
of her niece's friends; they are Ekaid, ' 9oll7o of
them, to be, inrelleetual; but, then their posi
tion ought!A . :* exclude tbem from polished so- -
eiety.'
`To be.suro it•oug,lit.' _ •
• 0 most refined sensibility, most delicate ap
pretiadoli of polished -Society ' Intellect in
one scale, - gold 'in' the &her I - and' intellect I
found wanting. Out :upon suOViirbiters Off
what they think , makes - society polished. They
themselves aro too contemptible to be weigh-1
ed in the' Indium° with a feather. • ,
• Neli•was exquisitely-sensitive& ••'• She, could'
not but obsrve the illy-concealed sneer upon
the featUres of this portion of the company, as
they passed her. But conscious of more di
vinitywithitf her in oniytuoment;than many of
the gilded flutterers child grasp at in• a life
time, 'she drew Tier firm up, and stood se
rene and beautiturill - . her dignity, with her
calm brow and_'speoldpg eye, placid :as the
new-born-smile ell4erily innocence. : • '
More thaw olio acinOvledged her superiori
ty, by the. quailing• litok that fell under • her;
composed but searchOg . giance. •Hetty, too
much vshilenfted to !fiotleo anything of • the
kmd, was excessivelyiiirilliant--:an object of
gr_at admiration, evet where her calling was
known; the:exiibeinneTe- of heispirits gave her
eye a dancing brightnrts, her ekeek a richly
varying bloom. Now, laughing with - this one,
now-chatting - with tlmt, she saw -not =that
shadow veiled the brumpf - Conner,ns he stood
with folded anMyand t high attitude, his whole
soul looking. at her thiough his flashing eyes.
Miss Green Was the - centre of quite a little
group, 'who dared be singular enough • to =be
pleased with het fertile - fancy, her original turn
of mind: - She, however, did not stay half the
evening.
When Hannah and ..the Sisters _,returned
Fellows then; :add told therli
that tittle Harriet itaciudes.was;:deathlyi . Sick,
4ad_tiad _sent thici l / 2 , -;'ditTerant tiwea foi.Miss
3/credit!), within a quarter Oran hour... •.
'She says she : must. see ..you; Miss _Green
has gone there,' she continued' and the doetor
on't think Harriet can live twenty-four hours.'
Then.l must hurry. there, 7 . exclaimed Han.
nab ; with a faltering voice; turning-away. ;
have beezrexpeuting.this lattdy.'!- .-- •, •
Stop, will go -with
you.'.
_ And I will see you as far as there; and
'Conner. pressed, Hefty's hand,: and stepped
from the threshold. •
Hetty was very much shocked, but also
quite tired, so she was glad 'nobody spoke to
her about going. - •.', -
After a harried• walk they stopped at ,the
door of an old, unpainted house, and, bidding
Conner good night, the two girls silently en- -
tered
, At the end of along entry, Hannah noise.
les* lifted the latch, and ushered Nell into a
large, didily, lighted room, wherein was - a tow
bed, covered. with ,a • scant but serupulonsly,
clean, :coverlid. Poor Harriet, looked indeed
fadett.ilower, .stretched birthe coarse
pallet ; - her cheeks:a blue .white; her_ lips pup'
pie, her dark eyes. strained -and blabilshot.—::
Miss Green knelt.bg.the bed-side, with a griefs
stricken face; -arid ,as Hannah neared the sick
girl,. the young creature tarned her head slight
anti, almost overcome with ernotiongaspect
~Oti!. Miss - Meredith do you [Maki am dyk
ing?
,Do,you thinki mu dying r
No, dear," answered Miss. Green, hurriedly,
be more Aomposed, yoif will be -better soon if
you don't exert your lungs: _Don't talk, dear
-Dy this tirec Hannah bad seated herself on
the side of-, the -bed, her sweet,' sympathetie
face seemed, for the moment, to baniskappre.
hension from the, mind of the' sick girl ; and
- she laid-her cold hand in that of Hannah's,
bug have--you been. thus ?" ;asked
Ihinmb,oirectionately, smoothing the soft hair
over the pole forehead of the sttfferer, -t 't
I was pretty well at noon/ she Murmured;
well as usual: All at once felt a strange
feeling here,'she laid her hand`eporthek breast,
could 'scarcely -lireathe— , Mk head- swan;
round—nearly- all strength - left inetinti
I keep growing
.*eaker find wealcer.'"fhe doe;
tor thinks 'reatmot-livet- end Only - leek- at My
handiand.feet, hot - v .: they. are Swelled; iind'se
There Will 3 -11• 10r1g pause-.4hen - viii that
hollow, uticarthly volca;• , ‘ ''•
*Oh ?-4118tc3fetedith, - do you, think 1',811.411
T: - ,liiinlinh: wa*AistFeste44lo '.gOtil4 , ii l et-tte: . '
eellre . ;her - v,lthei . ktietrliet:riaie:fiei.ii .: o4ilit4iid; .
lap , felt the chilly of #l64eitilttiifilif bi
belr . fiiiie -_::---:, -,..-:, -;-..-...,'.•.;•-• •:::!, , , , ; . ' -- ,- -, : ri , '-. % ',,,,.., ..:;-.'"..',-...
Miss Green east gri*d',Ut' her,
that seemed , ioy o - !doel4ot:hor,
,iioont .me
- worst ;' but haunch ?rim too Agouti , UwarO 'of
fhe influence to wbielt Harriet ItadlYeen'aub
jecied, ShO'cOuld i bat `l4
f tplt:• 6 l,o l ni Wit
40,13. Oat, het boiOnFtsaving with mo
0014" hei lips puling with .a silent prayerlo
-: feet very strangely:.saidlhe peorgirl, ¶l . l
think my-days.are numbered ; -end if no;—if so
am! prepared ? who haio - had no" thank 'op:
Tortunitien to make my,peaeo•nlth" . God; 'rind
•have slighted thera . ill.! ••, • • •-; '
I :You.lytve- ".been. ""a griedlirl,'• said 'Nies
Green,•eoothingly,,4you have tiething, to keer;
you never Wronged s anrone? ' • •
: 4 limy°, I,yrongeil Hirriet,
Rainly;.turniag, bar reiiroachfuf 'eyes upon
with such a look that She drettibcck. ;
,
Hannahinpt oyer tiro _ sick and spoke a
few words '
• Yee, yes, .she replied' eagerly, 'seed, for
yen! , teinieter, 'be is Jigood;lnan- r het thereie
no one to go for him.—the Po tor cae!t come
till.etirnieg. and I
. ruay - tie dead then. No, he;
you pray for 'Meredith ; you
sought
,toleach' me lititv to live: Ohl . that
had liiiened to you' - •
Do not ;teal.; if S ou ainacrely tepent of
your eine" andfook to the Lpid; it in alt you
can dO. :Pust Him who 'lie with comet'
to tne i l will in no Wise east out '
‘o, l c I Will try: murmured the Pale creature,
lifting her folded hands,. while:the - tears ;forced 1
themselves - from beneath her closed eyelids, t
iind'the Convulsive tremor of her - lip leneted '
the ferVor of her.spirit: " - ' -
It was •a solemn hour and an impressive
scene. Tho tneuitmedliekitig of the elock l
beating the sIOW pulse of the'lleetNg heurs; 1
the low light, and the loiigshadows,that Seem- 1
ed like 'things blended with the mysterious
passing Of an immortal seed ;:the 'pleading, be.
seedling faze of her WlioSe days, whose hoUrs
Were numbered; the shadowy Outline or her
figure traced on the white coverlid ; the hair,
with whoresoft tresses the finger of taste 'was
1 neVer snore to be interleelted, de . wy damp,
threading - her" pil foie, like:faint veins' of . gold;
the bon ed head of ganindi Meredith, the aWC
t struck, yet-defiant face of Miis Green, and that
[strange hush in which one:so thrillingly .feels
the , realitiei of.'eterniy ;; all eOnspired to
make those solemn tiMments-tteverlo - lie fez.-
'gotten... .' ' .... . - . . .
, Hannait lifted' her head; her face' Was . ser
ene, angelic ; Perfect ireptise was painted on
the.ealm.brom : . -
hands_ - of the dingl'giri - lutd
gi-adually fallen . till they rested upon her bos:
ow her: eyes : were an ly half :closed; qmd: a.
smile • uf.heaven had been stamped 'Oll her flee
by :the,angels. „ -
fee/ so quiet ;' she murmured in low, faint
tones, -nrut :turned' her, 'llte - ad:liuignidly, - and
kicked her thin-fingers more tightly'together.-
Nell burst into tears, as those large eyes; so
soon to elose -.earthly scenes, so fitfully
shining ;with, the death-light, - sought her
Own. , "
My love, you. Rio not fear to die now, mur
mured Hannah,
,bending with all-. the tender
ness of a•mother above her.. •
No, no,' she, whispered, her face soddenly
-Hannah. turned to Miss Green. She .had
glided from the bed-side,and now sat in an old
ealico, covered arm•ehair, her faceimwed upon
her hand. Harriet laid for a longtime with
out speaking, and the old 'nurse who had been
bathing her swollen limbs, now desisted, With
a face .that told them that all hope. had
Hannah still kept. her earnestowatch above her
occasionally wetting. her lips; and wiping from
the.threk gathering moisture,. Thri
• •
night dragged heaviltalong,the,su6rer seem.
ed to sleep easily,,with ammile upon her conk;
tenance,, till thd faintgyay dawn stole into the
sick room, like s, messenger'
.sint, for the soul
that would pass ere the dew of morning should
have un'itPd.Pn its
The lines of dissolution Were tastgathering
about the stall Mouth,-and eireling pleas
ant eyes, add eCeti Ilarinah 4 l heart grow-heavy,
with the fear that she might L _ die before _the
Physiciah, arriV6d or any .;one carte ;id Bht
icron,:ode face,
,and another appeared-at . the
dorii; atidaftor a•long, Wistful gaze,,tnrned
With wet eyes away, aletv,neighbors . ',gntered,
andstocthehti
to the foot of mble bed. ,
• i •
Soon the doctor. came,and ot tho, first glance
Whispered, 6She is nearly gone,' ,Hannah drew•
d long c . onvulsiie sob, 'and then : smiled; thee
her; tear;,:as' the childish tree before therm
tvuzcd sweeter mind mord heavenly, with every .
abort, yet not distressiogbreath., :
qry'aenr;aidioe in pain,' asked the,
for tenderly. -
# NO-1 . tee — 7 4 it", quiet—so . ap . ,
pother.be brought in 3' , :
::'No- 7 iia; anal disturb her now., f
shall
see Hir e ' mid alio lifted her eyesi_liow 0/dud,
and 'verTsorm—iu heayen.' --
'She is filing asleep like a lamb,' lie tier.
7 The good, shepherd, she faltered, catching
his trord,ls walling for me.' '.
Miss Green hillf shaded her faem OM
slanklagly ,gate a last look-at her dying
It; pleasant,pleattant Mt heaven,*
Pored Harriekand she- never spoke • again.—
They shrouded her for The grave.-
--How halloWedwas the memory th'atreleS.,
Dig scene; -hoii shrilled Within-the hosOM' of
Neill -It wris' the second 'she' had
ever wltneeiedi hut olit-the eontrast:beitteeri
the of tho first - and the iiiionitY Of
'Ads. •
ttitio florriet. ws4 httrticii - mul a long pro;
eosaion.okber , dOmPaolods folloWed the hoarse
'mid mark! hourtflt tears Were shed at - her
'Afore. The poor, thlhatiPYo2/let4,roitteki Inpth:
0.41 ts tenderly cared for, plaeed in a h u mble
.farnflyo,',,for!the few • moOths . of 4 6 - iMiaining
for her on,..eartk, 'and supporta : 4oe kilit
ixkatiOClttrillo ofthe gilt; sletettlo4l:,
. - . cuseTtit vi; • that ' th
,_. _ • , consume u means o e_
"No young men stood at the lentrance of suppor t .• , ,
Harvard :University at Cambridge.'. ;They . had I If yon would:: be imposed- uion by Maim"
just received the congrUtidation's of friendi for be a drunkard; for thatrivill Make their' task
' their brihiant commeneement ; thOtalleel 024. V ;
one, itho'se ;honks 'isl i et'vcd f and
,:Whost, 'bine :If yOu.'aiiidetofroined telcipeoi,lte a clrunic.,
eyes`sparkled with pl4asure, had•',but a Iliw ard; and yout will t soon ;be tagged 'and pets
hobrs before; won the Plauditi of the wise, the ; niless; '
'gay andthe iclierend, ,for the erCtlitable,''and Yew " vi s b' t o be lobbed, b e e !irunicant
graceful. manner in_widsh .he had t, recited the willo wil l li,oblO'lhettl4ef to ,do it with
valedictory. Pleased With. hitust4l,- and tthe , , -
- compliments that had'heon poured, 'Upon Itim;l If you wish to blunt , your .senses; be.*
et:ringing in his - ears, to was chatting dmitiOd ; 14 ' 4 youwlll et . " be na° 44 ' l4 °Pia:t
easy in inner With a br j other graduate whose I than / 3 .0 ,
afool, be a diunittid •:
pale classical featUres contrasted strongliwith I you'would become
the bold, merry face of the other. and
-you will
.soon I lea's& you' understandings:
, - •
Well,' exelaithed . 'lletraei3 'Atherton, the If You tvish . to .un fi tyourselt for Social Ind!
they desCended no d tercours e, 'be dradkandl . for thatwilkaecome •
Prepared to lease the 'greun-ds, 'the day of ju- I phe h .your P°rPcoot ,
bilee has; conte, s andlori good tweivemonthli Yon' -are-resolved to • kill youtself, :bass
no,more study far me.; You oh the contrary, 1 drunkard; that modelof &Wood'
- _
must delve &on!! with your thcolog% 1 80 , d t tic% _
yctti• would expose 'both your folly and
andthen" tii9k,ami Coin your thOO,hts outi
of,tllat : ftne.mind of yoUrs :to please,' if not to .Your- secrotS, ta drunkard, and they will
protit,a fitetidious andiencc —Pint is when soil soon b e.Tade known. • •7-
get one. I wonder-yeti can, prefer ;the study
of divinity. Faugh! excuse: inc; lilt I think
it's dull wprlc-4 •
'Dull Work !' said Ernest Graftod..lvith
ertric‘ aft y v
oiu iio nOtrealise- its importance ns
do, It_ was-optional With, me z yntilnew, this 1 .
profession; 'might. tt lawyer, It
merchant • and both open nn ai , enue :for the
quirk accuintilatien of Weidth bntieluifiStithe
work of the 'ministry', beeauSe. ofitslarge, I
might almost say, bOundlesi . sphere of •actiOn.
IConfess,. when I ponder upon its great : io.
ponsibil it ies; its subli tne;duties, al tnest shrink,
' front arduous "vocation.` But God helping
me, fwill-standfirm'
- ' Ernest,l think it would be intienigz
ma; difficult..of seletionl how yon,,stiell a de.
1 vout, saintly chap,s end • a hairbrained, recklesS
Lfellow like myself, ean.be such Complete fix.
I tures; Why what in the world linkd us to
gether- so- - elosely ? rye been - -putzling,: my
I- liking to find oat: the - whys and wherefores °CI
this-!onatlinn and:Davi&Attaihment, raid
I my sent I Can 4 t- divine them. You- like rite; I
know ; becauSefv 4 e hada thonsarid - nrOOfe
it ;.and lanian rinlaippiscripegmci, if you ate
-nut Of my' sight. , 'We nre coMpounk"fniel
tional numerals; I a cot4oun . d . of nil the rogue:
rk i eon practice—you ice l'tn willing ne
knnwlgdge; yeti a compound ofali the virtues;
I tt d.Oher, You a cyPher*nd , one ; that-makes
ten of me you-knoW.: ,-) .e'ontinue4l;
I joining:in his friend's laugh,' I wish' you 5 , 61
going. with me • to the-Ganadas. Zounds; it
will be just the thing for . , your health, my dear
fellow. I must centrive it somehow. tell
you, you-must' go along with me to- keepMe
put of scrapes,--hal ha! But here -we are at
home; and bless . the - pretty - lasses, :see thtir
bright eyes at the window; watelling forns, no
doubt.' We are 1ate.....-hope tile dinner. .won't
From this brief introduction, the reader cad
discern the peculiar characteristics-of the two
ming, collegians, Who ;from childhood had
been almost inseparable:'eompanions. ; Their
friendship VAS really a Strange phenomenon.
founded on usirenies;4or Ernest und Horace
were
_antipodes. Horace was an orphan ;
but the- nephew of, ati.exiiemelyswealthyiner.
chant, and Ernesiwas Meson of it widow'Who
was.only well to do, tholneomelg
,moderato sum, yearlY,# good-woman who
lnuteducated her son - wisely - and well;
It was a Week' after coniiencement.
ace and Ernest were'to start together for the'
Cantatas; where
_Mr. Atheiton, the uncle of the.
foritier, carried on an extenSlie business. - . , lie
wris.to gif -partly agent for his tincle, and
partly , reereate; Ids arduous sttiditis for the
past, year, having somewhat nfreeW
Quebett was . their 4estination.- bat they -were
to pass throegh/ilontreal 0 and pichaps speid
sonie little time there: . '
Three tnontlis bad neaffy elepsni, and • they_
were now epjourning at .3101:areal, itr the fatuily_
of ; the may tar. of tilts city, *here Atherton's good
looks and 'vivacity made.him a tvelcome visitor.
There were seVerat daughters in - .this family
pretty, - ngteeable girls, with whom ileface
flirted, to. his hearts cdnteut ; and but for, the
timely, interposition of Etaest,one,„ at-least;
would have regarded him ad -paying patileular
attention.; for the thoughtless young man.waq
reeltlesS, of consequenees where -his Mind was
set mpon un object ensy.ef attainment...ll/tiring,
the : hitt week of their stay,i the mayoralty*
thern.to visit the shop or a',teltsbrAteal: picture
dealer, who hid a rartreolleCtioiior fol . -digit and
ancient specimens of art. lie . had purchased
two sporting pieces, nd holwilthca his family.
to, gcl with', him, and`sele:ct the frames. Enter.
ing thirtatek afterm .proloriged:sthy:in
the gallery, liorace, tvhose Companion iva.s the
gentle_ Usti ida;_titti second .4 nuglitet,—Pa
aduilringth beford the ptirte-41t.0f ad,
attired ; la the simplost,whito, with rieir Moss
tostv peeping from.roald theltrown Curtis-41w* .
hair. Almost.ontranced. he stood tuotionte,ss;
last exelaintetlo.eitn:'her pehAbly.
an original .of that beautiful painting - . ;
To biCoqintivd.
Rownds o Drunkeneto:
If you seatilif be at witya.thirsty, ba a
Ait
ard;`for po oftener end indro ytut .drinki• the
tirtoner and atom thiraty you;011 be =,."; • --.
you teak
„to iiitiVent*YOur frietl4. fitim
misitig put in tite.ivorid; 'ha a drunkard; for
that 4 , lll.linfeitt'ail , thoiriff64, ,
It :you. iish to'iepel the indeitiere l ot the .
whole`beaten- isee' igee : ymi to eliatitatiW
eredit'aed - pritsektilk.hii si } diunkard;s4a
dill elost; itioerecify
Ityou would "gitarre Nairtbe a 'lrak'
V.Q.I4II,IR:VIa';:::;;XVIIBER;4S;. -
If, yo a think yip are tiro strong,be a drenk.
aid; and you' willsoon be subdued by sepows
srful net etiOty. -'; ' -,
'• - --,••.. - .
11 .you, would get,rtd of your titomeivvitliouli
knowing how, bo a drunkard; and it will van+
ish insensibly:.
If you would; have nq•reiouree wheti,pasti
labor,b4 a rovorkbouse, be a drunkpl; and
you %till be unable - to pri)vide Oh
if yo'u tire detertbined'to .exp'cll all comfort
from your house, be. adrunkaTd; and ton wilt
soon do it elTretually. . ;,,
• If you would always be under isuspiciothisi
a drunkard; for, as little as yoU think of it, all.
agree that ; those 'who Steal from . liemselveli
1 and families will rob others,
If you would be reduced to the ntcasity of
shunning your creditors, be a - drunkard s " and
you Wilt soon have reason to prefer *patio& to,
the public streete. --' - : ', - • ; ••',' , .
If Yon would be a - dead4l:44bl ott'the 'cams
1 munity, and , eutaber the 'ground; be d diailiki;:
and ; for that . will render - you useleis; helpless
burddniionle'and 'expensive: i , ' -'' '
the ,batoodult4l,
- Pha*r OikbOadi of Wk.-
. ..
. , .. , „
'- 4 Tore is wgreat deal in his h ead" is a vely
common. saying... And so there is perhaps, and
in his hair too. The boy . .street.roamer, who -_
knows . no home save •aionmstance;- who ttrn.•
ches apple, drinks cider, and swears !Ike-alien ,
to; who is the butt of jokes, - and.of brogans
that are poor jokes ; whose hair'. is dirty, and
tivistedi and matted all up in a mass; and r wlie
has no kind--mother . to wet and comb, and
brtish his mass: of., hair, in his, there surely_ is
something—n thing of Wound material. Welt
in your CI eanly. Waihed, smoothly-Ida:AO head ? ,
of hair, just escaped from the cleansing . opera•
lion of. the shear, andrazar knight, there truly
is; something an immaterial sybil,--portraying_
and foresaying tholife - pf the man:and the col.
or, of his hear; add clearing , away all tile mied
tory, 'of existence.- : "' ' . • ' ". "
,
Straws tell which: waythe.wipd blows. 'The
hair tells 'which way the will goes - There
are those'whp dive beneath the surface of the
hair and, after bumping the,head sorelY,.rise
again to the surface, saying. imy bare learned
the way. of .the. t. head in its intellec ea
' mitt ti.
,
*ay.: Snort.oighted. beings! In ;all - their aria.
doh]; they are 'so foollah'aii hot `to `see these
"very ireths fisit,ing °lion the highst sitter:fief
the head—upon the. hair . itself. CO* iia
,> to -
please fiibey i Pomade it till. 'pearly dew drops
fiiiro the iodise. color it'iliithat youth liecoine
1 anairi;Airhat it till iiTdi the, smallest center
i of.your eye with delight; skin it is none the
less your hair.-and - ho:it fair or ifoul, it Will;
tell far - or ngainSt you: - • A score of heads are
I rangedln a line, :'net dend heads int ' live all
1 over; some the, bends aliona: 80 0 38 of %CO' ' ' .
and many'of 4 cows, yet human all amps and
all ' huniliar .to the -present - obierver wi the
terms of .Logic: :;,. , ;
1 the first head of hair is long and o
fiowin
of auburn' color, iserens and loieti: moderato.
lIYI oil e d a n d perfumed; Oita carefully, thot
broiled hael over the warble . forehead-care.,
les:sly ;and gently curled , and twined backwitiod
like a inaidelia 'en diahaberici . 'The happy pro.
I fesior ifs a young men Of faritlfulviews
1 ''l to ho P°litel.h.l hi s pillifiFii.iin4,,trilk I whit.
dreles Prettily rind niaili; in a Way 'of his 4i,lif
I of hilt tnneh.deith antind, but . very clear spy..
' fade;`-whose - heart is...light Int aglStdt ; -w)to -
sees no enemy in .liiii)hllowa, 'BO desire; to
w_ithd,Ml'i.fom.. them; pod gale lit: etem . , - eiiii'
inhale - the • breath of flnweri, oreleieloitn beeiv; ;
tittiti weet! . .and xybo , .at the olese•will, like.
his round nultinu'ltielkgently sink batitteittd -
•uptuihidefitlihed:: '-'. -' 't ' " '','
Anotlicibi,4n Olio init 06;4 entitei, Ain
and almost trenspeOnt;. lying in all. diteetieni-
Its toilly": ne it ib iiroPer piaci ; and yet. so
ii4lii;tio treOlrni•licentalrinee.tfla th44 1 m04,
breath. starts: it...'flying.,like'4.o4!o bevy of
birds;- and - eauidir - tiro, IMM t 4 •aPiel.li' like. 4 :-
Changing- yet'. irdlhfalboing::;Ant, tlo' be I.
' tiiie,' as'llui klarallil.tlleit 4 .o PdtiOok 4 0 'for as
ho'kTi‘, , ktiitilf.,:PP"....o ol , t ° l4, l o ,,, iu k lotm,
say as pp apy.ol4:Orr . 3 Whisper n ipold-lo bl,- .
ear of roma:plan, and lio is ell 4,41401' for' the,-
Work‘r• : A0 oi eif singS".-hiM' a' owpeter <twoo,„=,
so'lito'ioiitiei - I nitageiOnt In p1i,', 1 011.0 41, '
E . .''
Id '" ' ''''''' kl d ' =and " lisahlit
'YC r !R . I .P-Rgt OFIT". it , eYgr
If botiee .istrese; , tii i 40 - foible beiti leitobictit,
Widet9peit'fOr.iliii,aiifferer.••• He WolDraifor
illYig,f4kei l iytitly i'.o4 still doe. 46 tbing',
ciiir.%ric Otfleg or
Piterii...-,: '- 1 :1 , ,,: - -::
Another hi Inter tliibe;adOf aro InitOrldrafgb*
ilia tihteiilOdifpitifed -- vver tbi toiddls et ttiti't
Ciioven ; Intodto vekii, comppetv, in4liolik hair: