The Montrose Democrat., March 30, 1854, Image 1

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1 ,15 t Pan Vroptittors,
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etaiie knitted t u . .. til aid, unng.t le i
disasters;. the . preapheill cenrinced.. us . how :
proVidentiO it Was, thlthings .were /to worsed
and the ladies...s' aid Ili '' owed us .ti:debt tie
gratitudcy . for riwiting lliem! froth' the mina,
that should noler. be fogOtten. ',l . ' i. •
i. This oviltset broke tli" crust.: ,Y , Ou Itnew,l
reader ; tint altnost. every rit'an.t) - ho trafels,i ,
puts o i n.a, lkind.Jef crustOike ja mantle. Some„)
look oppressively, profland'in . ; a tage:- , coneli!,
•or car, whose WisdOnt ,s Only _ridiculous ,s.atil l
home. ' Others' 4,,iisguislitheulselvsin a show -1
'.er - of wordS,.and talk Eol stilts, but 'topple . er.;l
eraol.coinedOwn asjs4.,oti 4..they . ..are detec...:;
ted. . Others affect - th 4. lankuislimg mood ;!1
others, the. , • selielastih ;`,il as I said "travel] erS! l
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_put 011 :1 e i rllSt ... .. tl •1 , 4 • _-,
This orerset,lbrokei'llie criist,, )toWerer.—i
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I.When.theijudge righte4 liiinelf,and review=
, e r d the disaster, he. begtin at Once . to sotten.•-,.
' he fop was as comnleply d,p+treyed;..as. art
ex' 1)10(4 . Bottle of 'Fintql-bee'r. . 1.1. ,man fiche
chioses . to;pn t his- Whelk ca O l t al i 4 his h reech
eS, ought to be. very eireftillhow! . ., he expose ,
it or therni :delft von Oink so 1 The coun . ;
tryman brightened up, and Atone .like ilia;
Mond. • IlletiOn did 14tt r:Ticid., i .. • • ',i
,You. be..kin to see tluf pitilosoppy of 'stage* i
coaches 11daie say • b4Cause I Wish it te.be i
distinctly Understo4;il,• Oat. this is a,' philcEO-'. [
pliieta artiele ;with-her there a transeeni 1
dental-drusi. ' twe trait-tiled ltogether, and at, i
night Sleptn i togetlter;.4l in that stag.:-coacii
. ..Now, tiler s :, is a, faMiliarity In, such a
scene.
The judgeLstiOted like I a trumpet, p and'more
than' oncel : lplititged [h:edlong into a .c • lady'i;
lap.', - . Do you . suppose late person . ever. he:ad
thejudge 'Snore. in the illag i e .where liere.si;.
ded, except his .wife, [or suppoSed a : judg;
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,do Such a tlipg;: evet Saw the jedge'S
head' n a !heir' s ?. Such-an infninity, it
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known, .w6uld hay - • dcrtroyed, his *decision:4';
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Stage Coaches . - - , " . 1 ftecause dp-mily on the , bench, decides almost
i• j lfi C !WI ki V cases as 1 W 1 .We in.' the i stqtre- 1
. STAG E-COAC'Et LS/Ve and Coarlil A•con . cr I F
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itiist runs by' stage, ora, conch . that runs regult ....
l 'coacli,Saw that, the i jud 0 ;was mortal;:`after
ly eve r ry day, or_ on staled days, for - the wavy. I all ; w'e tdOk 'a.pei - ±p i ito ins 'inner life.'4-
;Lace of passengers" . - • - ,•[• '
'- 'The ladies ; . .,tiored, tdi—Graeious 1--and dash-
WEnsrr.r:s ttiCTiONAI;Y. - ed'ilieir 'l.) l 6nri : ets t fleCes ias they , roIlk.;d•
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114 . - ilErt,:do you ever wonder-what has be- afound,.:a ud fairly nicked, all the - starch
..'oraeiof all the stage-coaches? Yon . recOl- 'and nialuners gut o ; l each. ether; 'and •wheit .
sect theirs; I know yon• do; hilt rdu hare .the slin arose,; they ii..efe soft, and subdued, 1
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not gi l Ven them a solemn thought tor the Ist; i like ,goodnesspirati. iction. l , .' - il
five years. :. Somehow, they *slipped away The .next dliS r -tii judge . *airie as melloW .1
from you- so quietly and gradually, like a tiqtril, as; 'he Viet r iof Waketield.! Ile uhravelle'd
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in Consumption,.that you ca nnicZi'€now..poSit 1 , his whole :lire, , lit 11-has in boyhood ;
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. tivelY say when they drew their last breath. rstruz, l .-rles • ininuioliood ; hiS courtship Miki
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:1:Ou rec3llect, away down in that . ylllagt, I nlirrhig‘. . Ilit, 1 - i.e. - it:her ,Ind .countr - nian
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.where you. Was born, and went . toLschool,and (followed Wit 4 their mitobiographies ; tearing:
. v lay 9 dball, and _Went in• a-bathing ten times 1 - np-frop l .tbe . riast, tender passagvs that had 1
.. a day dazing the sutnmer-solstice,.thereinSed ~l,‘lin dormantifor years - . Tli f e lades furni,litd
to bj:a - staze-coach—a•dail'y coach ; .arid'.ylou Itliely historiei; and 1 - recolrvct ..now—it Al*.;
recollect„.t'liat every time it came .
thunderingi'rirty , years 1 1:ig,o--4hat wli'en the . eveniug ,
And rocking down the mountain-gorge,' in .a iglit ltd a:4;10A i the . trees, '['we' were - slowly 1
cloud of dust, how it . orerwlielMed . y<ior 1 ciimting : a liaotintair.-road,; ariiid the . 411
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c•oung imagination. 'You can hear, NOW; the dash of ‘N ate f fall and the distant ,whisth, of
long crack oPthe driver's -whip,--the heavy quails, singing in full chorus, with rapt hest
shuck of the . wheels—and-you see • roniSelf. ,I and soul, -A it'd Lazia'Syne l f 2 the judge, all
running, don't you, 'with an-hoop and a hur- Nie wthile,.pihrg
,iii the bass as though lie
rah t 6 the tarern, just- to see what tindl .. of ' were perfumiing iris last., 1 ',' • i ' 1 ,
folks coidd'alYord to.ride in such veichles 1..
.. • 1%..T0w,,the ',point lies berg l' what. else butl a -
..,, R .n t i when the nine -.Passengerf alighted,' Yei . :stage-coaeli Could have dran.
w: . out the httle
reco l lect how, you 'followed them around to w-dakstiells , of the judge's lite;; could have made
i - get- a good look at them; that You ,inight:in- hiresing—fdr. Mu :Ls...uredl.l nee!' tilt Mill *d
tonl your triotbef, ' when you . . went home, i not sand bfcfpre ~.i i tice he -Was • h boy ; ei•ittid .
: that you bad. seen and touched ikt
the
. pasn- :have put tbq young' ladies, !sp, itmeli•at ease,
zers in the-Stage..66:ldt. •• .• ", - -.- f • 1 as to induce' , thein td ecilinturiicate facts.ko
Yri recollect all tills, s, - know. Btit.if'Vou . strangers, they had probablv - ept secret fr4n .
do; ot, just- sit- • down an Ifour alone , ' ',dig . ' .shirr neio-libiiis 1 _ 'What elfe .' • Bless the i',.ld`
threagh.the cares and troublc 3f tnaithoOd ;. stage-coaell(p! ' 'Vlore is tiot.i4iiglike:t l 4 lll
ih. - 21oe aside the' faets and 'figures:, the bills left' in the ' . W'prli.l.*: . • 1 -i.. • .:1
paylble and bills, receivable, that lic: like s a Do you l4pow,.reader; that rjhave wonder
tnountain on your heart--Lthe 'sanelieart,, r edahout t , and, iniuired attar the persensWllio
rather worse for wear, that' A . -au wore When n A cotnn . c*ed thntdoad, a thousand times since.
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bovi r -and Tint wiii. •-. '• - • • - 1 nave , even :felt ‘ininte^.-stl in :the. fOp, illion
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WILLIAM J. PEAEODIE ESQ. . ,
seriantry !-'tis a glonotsland— {shore;:'
With 'broad arms stretchafrom shore, to j • (
e broad Pacific chafe's her strand, I.• y .
She hearS the'dark Atlantic roar; •
1d nurtured on her ample brenst, t •, ;
How many-a goodly. 'prospect Belk. •s•
. Nature's wildest grandeur dreSt,'‘ ' .
Enamelled with, her loveliest dyes. •••
ch - prai'ries;deck • ed With flowers of gold„
'Like .sunset weans roli . afar ; • •
id .lakes her azure heavens
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Ireflecting clear each Aremblitestar ;
nd trii,;l4 rivers, mountain - born;
r Go sweeping onward dark and deep,' • 1
rough* forests where the boUnding fawn''
'Beneath their sheltering branches leap.
A id cradled 'mid her - clustering :bills;
)Sweet vales in dresm-like beauty-hide,
Where loVo the air with music fills, - •
And calm Content and Peace abide;
Plenty-bere her fullniss pours -
In rich profusion o'er the land; -
And sent-to seize her generoniestores,
There prowls , no
,tyrant's hireling band I 1
G-ext God! we•thank Thee for t
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)This bounteous birth-land - of the Free;
Where wanderers from afIll• may come,
LAnd breathe theyair - of Liberty.;—
ill may her flqwers untrnmpled spring,
ilia bait est wave, het' cities rise; -
yei till Time shall fold his `Wing,
I Remain enrth's lovliegt P.aradise,)
• here were'nollto men xlio .engros...--,64 :0;
r4u 11 . ,0f my lif.,yifih plough}, as :Prop lanil ;
z•pr zue ; for' their stages ran thilOugh . llour,
ge. There - it : glaring at me, onl
the oor-panel of ex'ery c Throp I anli
Sp i agur.. I could er see Titztol:no,r,
_ gue ;but their9fi r aelles Were eyer-preseut i
..- S A ': - +ie,e . rued to
_be4 - V.,‘ er withdrawn from pub,_ . - 1
lie Uze. I could -hear,...tOO,'aboat 3.di. prop
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. and Mr. ; Sprague; . they — aCtUSll.y lived - 01 nPt
' Ivbere'.. • I reColleet, I. theught,,,they:wer . iwg
.er large,doipulent mens; that - mo on had
ailsxiglit : to ~ run,. or possibly could I run;if tie i tita , d-stages, but they . ; and - that itleith 7
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a of them should; by , chance; .appear. in die t .
villi . e
". they-would, -of course, be a-public, re ! .
cep i - dri .teLrleted. 'When I -gVew : olde.r,' I
gre • wiser. In fact, I.became quitei strige4- -
eo h-trareller. l , : . - * . : '-' '. :- I .
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.. I. - thig suggests another f thought, -IN . here -.
aie 'the persons_' that used • to travel :in,Sta l ge 7
• lies--when pessengers . :feud .f re- from.
iSalo to Albany? . --That . was .trivelling;
Fare were rwsengers t,beL. -There is nobody •
be found in a rail-rend car; :who -has any :
zhtto call hiinself 'a passenger. • ~ NO Taal*
t - any individuality in - such•a , -place. - ..:,He .
!I I ve 4n r:dtnit u a n ct ds ly .of .
sue fi ll e t il a an ti d ine, bl° a ° t .la.u l et . I' l' l
a •e'. I . tverymian'smtind :is. fied • upon :the i
la ,e:rif his destination;-tad what - he "trill.' do
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:h n he gets there. His points of 'character
to ,erArietar, - -ciut lorythe Entiusetnent or in- .
tria l etion of 21ke,, , ,cr0wi;.• it is ' ittirrssihle;,
P - Ainst the philosophy ,of_ steam nu, speed:
Jut Coolly think of a jolly load of '-rail-road
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pa. se u n t g lte ers r l e - - : v s er i e t n; r t i tt w bsti llgeTss rdl
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We , louded at Buffalo, ..we ~ felt,.as : al, w : e s
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pu ting out to sea, amid:.stormsAnd„ break
.e It, was important to know ..40. man- -
11 the-ship: . We were to becOnie;al:fan4l
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- in Pite of ourselves.;_ r and . 'sink -or. - 6,vi4e l- 4 ,. ' ..
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.d in all - this, we, had- no ageueY,„; 1
wi were sorted and packed . by another. • Vt:f i e.
1" . 4 to .be, jostled and ground, - .will all , the
sh.rp,isoale.rs hi our Aignity. ,;and ifortnelity :
' w re smoothed.. -We-knew, beforehand; ilult. ,
evry person abroad niusteither ileyelophitri-,
:4:-If or submit hitnself.to he;flei'elPPel-
11 , just- now, see, in -my - .imagination, °neer
• ose cargoes --myself - among t4elign;lbet: --- .,
ide up o-a f a jodge, fop a oc t u,qtrym4p,,two.
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. it,:,, three dare-devils, and a presotlei.;':-!'i T 4, i'
i i togi , .:4$ (liguity itself, for the first,ten . .taileS 1
it.""-!.. V-Ilect Lord _Coke; !spoke hal a, hea , v,; . Y?'
'utentiPus way, as: though be were speakingH
o r lomething, nut ~,f t h e q i ,j u d ow , „; gav- , ,,i t t)tyl
1 1 414 iiieli,. ;;, !st4lun and iniiifessive conklt;itsj
1f, , 11P - -.4ew . ..the round from hisboo' &: . -T.1ie 1 ,41,? - .. 1
cegu. -overpowered with heat, ilia Amus e
kin i* f p iti n s ee nt ede , ituthrie,biashiniPirtl ''
.les of-dust, frOm his. fate; -th e : - ( : : - hi tr a: ry14 4
• 'sued to himself;. and the,
..reaeher iiai '
btlitig;; btit the.stage took a 'cant, ovr w
vent, andAbere we' Were, Piled, in olie niud '
oozed, 4roligh the,. window ,1
,We were '
lintiodneed to : t,aclifottier. tilalrt t4t, mo,,
tiaeut. The judge &Wore; ~t.liait: : •-
il .1 . [his'
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iikttity..... 3.g,te fop's efotlies ".w - ere . .uined ay
rninediatCy. sank down into a piece ofrd - I
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'-i'-g.- •, , ty: itrl-pirlity ; the• countrt:man be-
the stmie iiriticipie:, .a'Vpra,, a... .i..._
N.illi a , loaft.4 - in a 1. iralige' l l•ai s d 'who \v Olild
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.noi • peak t 4! Lim at iu_alie- c -tllikt is, as.soia . -
tion,of idei4. :Time, 1: ; 11avO l)ekl. - ane kngrss
e.r.l in the,c..6es Of.life, ,au4 bb_ then - ; ;and
:what .1/Te thi• - y . tOlille f " .aslollo, l .i World • \ \L - S :
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4., liely . it, Awake al, midaiglit,
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I bare .seen ; the sitine (MI coach—the ',same
Ihees, just as theyiwlere tlaln--,-all winding up
the-, rnonatarir; and: could. ;distinctly iliear,
"Auld Ling gym.' ,ringin thrpugh - my Mem
oryi amid ',the sine dash - 1 . of water-fallS jand
lwhistling or quallo. , 1• ; . ~,, , ;
.''..e,ader, there ivas sor4thirlg rural.iibOut
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stage-coaches.' 1 Theywere 'fOr, ever. pasOng
throngli I;4viis, thteading l s.trearns ascending
slopes arid ragged mountain-lades;. and - they
Jooked as natural :on thli landscape, 'a the
'trc:ts about them; i
upon
birds all :knew them,
1 and looked down upon ..al they passed, With
I pleasme. Wes, there was oetry about; ihem
ketry i lof the Words. ''orthtan. schlool.--,
(There wasla dignity, too, ' n'e;ase,_a re,p4.e cf
'Aar:met, a,never-in-a 7 litirri -hid of (...9nrild 1
ence,
that i sulted well the babltS o(the age. ; They 1
wer
' ec for. instance, *,,the •; e4i who kePt khe 1
Stak-hous'ets; acane of tli rri in. cities, and 1
4.oine amid the'slef.,:py,'/Jollowpof the country.,
iJust find me,one of those.- Men now, if
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can, Yon rec4llect, tliOyiwere large, cOrpu
hint piece - S of flesh; carried 'faces of. great,
betl'envoleuee; wore heavy', doc.ble-chins.,! and
a reryl merry .tt)inkle in the eye. They 'were_
prorript.at the door, in pers:ni when rheptage
rum h hyl up—didn't'send'a l sap 0
altern; bow
out and•sh(Jok'hands,_ with' the• passengers;
kisso the babies; were ; !(anxious about., and.
1 4-tripathed with every bodp And i then
tiler:rise you all the news Of. the di and
taliecl rnia free-and-casylrind of way rill thei
while, ,as :if they knew yOu, and' had known
your father and grand-father before 3-oir.
These Men were landl rds. ' There .fire no
landlordso now. N4body, could be a landlord
lin. gOod
,010 etas -ti' ' unless
,;he - Weighed
over twollinndred ; .and +laziness. and! good
'nature were absolutely i,.;icliipensible. i Now,
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;we_ nave a diminutive,' w spi*h,l_weasell-''.facisA
,latsof,..being, .who-,only look. 11:t 40. kusi,
nevi ,_4l-4 ' tavertOwe'ingl.,ll* :wriggle awl
4.wistthe coppers:. of lap; 415...c0011y kW:
I fltililiotts l 74A•a4eW ti , Chinltinn . street j. who
pakttiatti hem - great an' 4.rtiii,tiosition ittla will,
tstind , , , lforn'brealdtig:* obt„;:into an uproar;
JWllo:}vil`nOt give you 'e' . en',„"svtat's ;In' "the.
*1 1 ,;...vi110 nevq - sraite,::,e e* they
i i i re nri-.•
tlei'lio-,obligation to; who'- ;act as nugh,
hey.fownecl.all :the huinan- tier& under ; their
iotiffr7lll, if thew had'a-perfe`pt iieit to. train:
inert ntioniid;:iite'/Vplittoin of soldiers, 'steor...
ilinkrto theli'iiibitiary -OIL ''. - - - .: '
' All"t14 ..,reader,. .16 eiiii,l44 owing to the,
debiise - '?!;.4t.ign4conohes::l )V,h4l,:rstile,e-9*
4es 4ie4,tful,gct9a. , 4 ,I*}olii . gave np ;
the-lewd. : Where they ave gone, I .4O not,
Inn' te,ndite say i - probabl itiAtitthi3 ',Dilijack
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kni/s.' , i'Therehavl - be n,:lii'greidaniny , :of '
btif.N'bUi,tirey . ',are I:',Thilttir'' aliyo . ' 4 l)tit ;4,
iiglit.'.':,• 1-. ''.. ' ' -•:. . • `. ..' :::-)..-"-: • -':-. ~,
Aii6tliot 1141:10C ' 101tOi`iii . i;tif t go.c"
iii,t
I t : ofielies;' liiiii" atif.ifia.',.l; :(41•• 04-:sets. Ole ,d
irbem now reader perruld ''half-way Alp the
-.7 A T I
7i r o o r, R`
' 1
_ a !;
I . I -7------1---77- -- TT - 7 - 7 . 7 - 1
illOUiltl ill-SidPi its faded brown 'signswing- i
in . (' lazily to.nilrl 'fro. There was 'a herse 1
.1,
rampant. on that sign ;alrote that had rear-1
ed at ,he_publie fur ' three quarters of a cew 1
turf; .iThis house was the. home
. of oneof
these SW-same landlords, It' had been in
the far4ily io'r . 4ltri.se or four generations, :tad
one child was torn and 'bred by each . .sucees-
Sive landlord, 'to follow him: This Was' a
stage-lieu:sc. You knew just what you ce.tild'
have ,Yoke 4 ;there. - The. peculiar I rclisWof
the mots yi*.conld taste -before yob . got jiff
sight ' 3 f ii,.bcObse.fliat was an.arttbat Went
through the familY'with the descent of blciOd
You recollect the disli"of IsPeekled trout, the
broiled - chicken, and rye-bread. You- es'en
renternberfthethree lonng-erit that you 'al
ways found_&%untering round it : a good-for
nothing looking fellow; Who was always? 'at
teinithl, by 'a fill-pole . and „box: of bait, and .
who supplied:; the tavern . ; in that.line.l .- the
blacksiuttli, his shirt-sleeves rolled up, and
smoking-a, pipe, ,and continually askinglires
:tiona';: and a large'bull-dog ; • that lay out in ,
the dirt,lazily r snapping at the flies.. • :.! .
- - . lf you do not, recollect Any Such:inns, nor
any 4+,1 landlords, in stage-coachtime.s; I
do. _i got shilmreeked once, on a turnpilce
in a •nt on n tai nous part - of New-England,! 4$
'our Stage,coaelt was entirely . , detuoliSlied
among the boUlders and breakers that lined
the road.'
,:, We finally drlNd into one of these
very itrus,' kep't by one of these -very. latnl- ,
lords. I There i'. I remained a day. The Old
roan was as gentle . , and .mellow, and as full
of-soul, as . 0111. of the Goldsmith's . essaVF.—
lie leOked as Sinatile and child-like as/ thObgh
• he had fished. and Lion a a flute all his life.
lie put himself and his household to our er
•viee, nt -once.' lie went away in the bilis
with its, where We sauntered With our Otis'
1 and piles until night-fall; All this he . sef.m
fed to . regard 4s' a kind of duty, imposed:',up
-on hint b his, .Character of, landlord.lie
gaVe us lits history, and informed us-that: he
`was.at.the battle •of l3eunington. lie knew
,Molly!Stark ; liVed'next dour - to `.`her ! lind
I the old Gin4;",and said the was oriel of' ; the
most -4.'retharkable winfa with 'tubs in times
of-sickness, he-ever see'd." (This took dOwn
j the sublimity Of the old lady's revolutionary
1 rucultiry sonic:)- That he W .. as b6V),- and ex
1-pecte4'to die-•lin'the
..old tavern.i We
,eon
-1 eluded the day a
with game supper, qniek
-1 ened With cid4r,hrandy . ; and.' fell, as tall, as
the elitis aboHnt us, before we retired., to bed.
1V01,.,%s hat ihas . ail this to do with sOge
coathiesl What to do ?—a ;good d ei r,! If
you.* one tho . mathematical geniuses,
reader, that Onnot 'endure - anything 4114
does not mares
. step by step, with the
preeillou,of a problem in Euclid, you . 'llad
better stop rlglit Len; ; :yr to :yon,
frankly, that i do not intend to tietnonstr - Ite
thing this article.-
. .
Ilir is it, You - don't see any of
thosoim6n, any of those beautiful l'ndsiiape
,.
pictures that . 1 away off, 'ne tled,itttV, by
plaec of ; the Rail-roads c:u reach
them Yon )leer, one eyealaiting i fiz-z; a
heavy_ two or three miamps
umoyforests.dancing a bornpitie :::round
%%lib A - NW cattle anu sae!) ming ;round at
ter , aud,--that'
r4m s• all. the • .I.ilge-
coaches I • _
I inustinot forget the stage-driviirs.----1
They . c.ertainli - did belong to stage coatltc4
'Here .ivas, a chit,: of men swept entirely
ont f existence . wheti staf. , ;(*.:•-coache‘s
They are
.buried with the, jaCk-kniv,e.-1; too.l
Yoniktum th4 - never lived any where in par
ticular; except. on a stage-box. and the Ikhole
race iof tlicia• - ; seethed to belong -to ap the
stilV:4:+COMpatiies in the Union: . -Where . can
I find "Can't tell you, Sir s ! he is
a stage-driver!" • That settles , the .4wistion.
I ant ;sorry to say, that
. they never dul.tutich•
for - the morals of the. age in whichi v they
tiourislicil- but; as, they are mostly gene—
:thegenuine,. specimens,thean-LI ought_ not
to'speak of tliern.-
_Did you ever hate one
of yhur mid-night dreams a strigeoach
; . •
shattereiliinto,pteces. by a stage-driver's oath
gait Oath that cracked - . like - a ride 11 You
have]; thotight eo.. Dd
,you reaolletit hai
-1 his fact ., lOpk , l.4l—eine side . - ot it swelldOut
witk half:a paper of tobacco, like a Wen, so
that fit appeared' really :painful t yea • de?
Thoi;e are the charactets Ithean, ,
• .Taverils to them were just so. Many!ports
thl!dined servant -girls and slept i
wit : the Itorcs . ; that is when they did sleep.
They were: 4i fathous 'singers,' and they sang!
the; old ,out-of-t4way tunes ,that had been
baziiblred froin philter circles :'"lr3lack-Eyed , l
S.u.lan,""tai. Discay,” "The '
Bongh," and T a hOst : of others, the 'Way -
•39* - 4.1.9.tne1aa eholly hallads about es . ecuted:
eritzti•uafr,., and ilovesick
were made rip'of driuitig,'siugug, swearing
and Airiv . ing .They. are . . gone ;let
tit l l ll 49. -; •• . ' •
Mitat hasbecoine of all the stage-coachesl-
TO:lonfv.ss truth, reader, - .I do, not : know.
I %tent a-mile loni:of..,thy -way, a Slide: time
sin,c,-..t0 see.* pile of them; where th 4
were
stacked pp limier, an old shed. 1- They; looked
roj, fr.rlorn,l3uSt, as. every discarded thing,
' doe.t, look. Tey had evidently Seen great
service. They -- assumed, in• My, unagi nation,
thass:ol,thoughti a kind of woodenhistory.
Tii4. hid listened to so Many ..steries; anec- :
dritls,.andsopg,sHhad thade the acquaintancof e many,people—had seen much of the - •
' world; that I wondered .why they didn't talk.
-1 r -too of seeing , one not 164 . since,
tintWly skirting along, the woods in art-outof
thcfway place, as defected - and, heart-broken
as 4. in;-. a .city. ..They are'
no
4, , 0ne.; 3-et.;, bUt:the,. few that; stilllin
. • . $1
fin
ger 0n1y . .. make ,the picture .
more .gleomy.
about
,stage-ceailies ;
scit*thing' l 4at foreibly•rethinded of-the
jcminey • of life ;-,-I.have no doubt . . jou . have .
re.,4 ithesgm e 'lesson; reader. Don't! I: you re
member, a great many years 'ago, `. , ,that YOu
.
e)?Ltere , , somewhere, a stage-teach 'you .
hful tune . paasengfrs in all There waa.a.
grai•-headeci. obi .gertiletnan, with an. ivory
top. cane, and ,a bosom full of •ttffles ;
.mo, .er,ind4 . WO hlue-fiyed Children a .
4iJa- or : ts o, young, and joyous :as pr-
Yoti recollect that it was a May-morriin,, 4 and,
'lO ;Ifp freshness- ,and Life. ' The.'OalloWs
`werle
: sweeping Apq - eltattering erier ) , ,ottr heait
thera,rm .4:great pair . : aptd bustle ttii !Ot. syoff,
diti49rprPPer-;bleOway.• There
~J y ! r l i ' 4 . 0 64
lafqwg..l l 6;',
blew ,ofthe'horri,
.and' abi:ard,'", .a:.!lappint.t9, cif Liie:4 0 9i,..1
a44: a -4 41 .* 0 r*
ttaA4??:v. 0 4 .14, 3 1,91 1 AB; (1- 91 1 -0. 0 ,
)es!-;op 071
t444,u,que!_c;4.,*.',0
,thin;;tbs*.tticit
rob were no where" to be seen,; Weir.
TO POLLI iII'EnATUBA 11151%lait_ijiLTURF,
p717f)77 A
(81ontust, QLOttntn, 1 tint a, Cinrsbda" PorninT i )111117,0 34, 1851.
mr-r....rortv
1 • ,
*ere Vacant. 1.116 deiv was hardly off - the
gras4and 'the voider ,of the -e c hildren, so loud
and jqcius, were no longi - ti - heard. Then,tlie
old matt passed aWay ; and 'then: another,aid
anOtWO, until ychtrfottnd silenee,
amid' 4e twilight Shad ones ofeEveblng—alohdl
=listhniii to the:iiirnbling, of the wheel
that Were carivin . g you still on: L there h
moral. here! the good off stage-eoaeli7
es !--;/rnickerbochir. . I
Prom I , utnshin's Monitly for SiarCl2:
.AuccdOtes of I;Gambleirw.
• - •
;.15!ZOM 716: - *RENCII 0"?
.M. VERO-g.
f
It Was during the Consulate and Empire,
that the gambling_ houses 'of Paris were ha•
their Ikey-day. AS none of out readers, for
tunatelv,have seen thetse theatres - of terrible
and rth;eibingpag.sient, tit !quote the account
'X \Tema gives of them ; i n
The first day of - the rite th,. I fOtind my
self richer than 'usual': -Iliad sold a very e:e
t:clientskeleton fer twenty-five francs ; and I
was tible to invite two iierids - to dinner.- - --
!rolls:Sean (one of 1 his schhOl comrades)' was
one of ixt; guests. He Witanxinuis to 4.etakiir
me thern aver; the day ,virei 'appointed ; the
rendtizious -was at six o'etttek, at the Cafe du
Itoi.•1 There were - threeotits, Rotnaeaa I, and
- a young niedical I,studen4 who .was fr.:A tlyz
1
mg With ,a 1 gallopping cipsurription, which
had i Iteik brought on byf fatigues in the liOt
! sun ()Wing the revehttiotrnf July. All of us
werel punetriarafthe - reniervotri.'' Oar host
was kal ind embrirrassed# At last he said to
I us, li have invited yen toillinelwith.md; bat;
my parse is etripty. In i 4iis alatnaing sites
!tion,?.. the I yenig physiciantsaid,,it• is prObahle
we areboth (looking at + in the position as
1 Rou4seati, he spoke the truth, ilk brkW! there
I\is.l.e4t4ne thing to be done; I'll go and bor.
t row twenty francs ifrOar l the keeper of 'the
-
1 cafe.; , J doubted ',very Mitch Whether he had
I anv!erdit there ;,• but lie cane
,back with a
I gold piece in his hand: tre :started off to
' dinner,', - We crossed clic - Men of the I'altkis
! Royal... Supposeiwe g 4 up - stairs, said one !Of
1 u., And risk at the regne-et noir half of Oar
fortUrre--say teri! franc 1 i The proposal ‘‘j-as
unanimously accepted. ' - itosseau was sent Oil'
-. , ~. 1
_.,
_,
Ito try our rortune ;he soon returned ; .1 .
1 . ':, .he had, 10t... Oar itituation became; a
bad ore; we Met; feeling all the pleasure's of
i hops, one of our comradely the tall G. .
a charming young felibwi , and the son of l a
' 1"-J:tine:prime.. NV° told himpar story ; tin
i_fortimately he c'eald .add -• to ;our purse only
th'rrip'francs anti a half, and: ifil gave u 3 'to
lunderstand, by n gesture, thatiltis watch was
at the--pawnbraer's.. W soon induced eur
I . neWichmrade in`: nisfortune to i club his. men-
fey ik-ith out and to go-and-risk the thirteen;
'- I frarrci-and a. half at the rapid ichances of -th '
• roulette. Our 'haver &trait; return -it Wa
i past, seven' a'clock; Shall w,e- dine or not .1 1
Our fitiendappeared; he showed us 00 fraucs...
We gaily Acetate Vefotir'sfor our dinner. :
seafrely know wh'y, but.all itolv'ed to Bind
J very ecor.amicallv. .r - :- . ~- ... We knell
1 net what else td:lo. Inittoreitirn to a garish}
ling n'eu.se. Onnfriend- G. t. 7 . ..., ~ Wai
elaire+l •to play all: that remained in out .
coalmen purse v and We wbuld share. the
1 prcifita. In a very few.ininutes our, friend G.
i i ~.; ~ had won eight hundred franesi at
I rcuilette; the share of each of its was two burl
' (WO francs. - G.! . . ..; and Roussmu'hold
ly 'la tared their two hundred francs, and in- a
few minutes, tlie3,, , each had 1 fifteen hundred
or itwo thousand francs, of winning.. ROus,
1 1
Ina Was.greatlYindebte i d at the Cafe du 'lei
and at the Cafe des Niarieties ; tve tore him,
sO ; to!lstiy, from" the gambling house, and i.by
paying alargtelsum on account, he opened a
new credit at both of the.ctifes.' Head and
ears-in debt, without a cent 'Of money in his
picket, and without credit in , the morning, in
the evening he! was rich,' and esteemed. Such
wonders easilyiturn olle's mind. ' '
The next day, after leaving the hospital, I
returned elope to the same gambling house.
to risk the Inhidred, and odd ifraneS which re
nt:lined to me,lafter the division of the,eVen
jig S'sp - oils; I *on seine twelve lours d'or ;lit 1
Seerripd like *dream i: The next day, I was
at noon '
at the same place had takenthe
p_tecnution to:have it retained for me. - For
nearly three Mouths, I won irk this way, nev- 1
ei less thania 'hundred franCs a day, and of
ten-much larger sums.' I still continued to
Perfrirta my duties as an,interme in the !hos- 1
pitali; but on ill terms with my books, 1
lead-
ing what is called a 4 fast" life, frequenting I
the Jestaurant's,'lnd tbe. theatres: having-for i
the first tinie : gold coins', in my pecket, : and, ,
fOr a student; large snms in my, •secretaiy. , ---..
ThOdileurt and the: bout de-tables praised:.
my game. -' A; ponte, 'a professional gambler,
Wiionrl had never seen,. stop` pal use one day.-"
about dinner -lime, in the arcades of ' the Pa• -
laia Royal. • - l'.. ', • '• - ' 1
1 4 ,l l dOnisourir he 'said, 4 'l bave nothing to
ask-from, you t but I Saw yea play this morn
inmrallow me to shakeharids with you i it: is
impossible to4klay with more good - luck ' and
- - ,!
0 016 1; 00 d se , n B e^" ; ' 1 • - ' `
't . likiew how to stop in my winningst;and
`o `I often hat the cluigrinfof playing only a
uirter, of an;hour a "day. I How heavily the
tuna hung on my hinds-during the rest of
the'lav I Ettialette winnings:excite all aorta
of immoralities, in the heart, and nothing
inot,e brutali* he Mind ;nothing sooner ex
itinguishei all loVp_bf labor and of study ;'
notning inipires greater cOntempt of allibus-,
instal, a greater loathing pf. all duty, ,_ thin,
Ithose :richni of an hour vihich.foitune, gives._
Yon ; that , she' may have the pleasure of.-Ides-
I poilingyou of then. ' I would speak only of
the; player who wins; What- would Thrive to
:MY!Of thepliyer Who loses,l In. this , irPli:
icats Idleuesn, fev,ered and disquieted ".by con
listatit winnings, I bad daily greater ditliculty
I; to.; keep within limited ;, winnings. Had •I
'played higho,lsaid to rayself, , l would:MOIL a
(large fortune. ' I had, resolved never ,to stake
',mare at fustithan ten hiiiis d'or ;;and Aluringt
two or three days I daily won some ifteett
hundred or two thousand franes., - .Thnalder"
ter mined'.never to .stake more at first .than
five hundred: francs; foritwo:dava that kizik-',
lake was ititrupletely tatecessfttf.-Althotigh.
during threel-months I bag '"lived lilcea tail,
liirsittire;.:l3o , like - a: gerieroui.mii/ionake,;l,
still had in tay'snfe (fok,l.•had'a safe) norm if .
or 10 thousand franek:#l.2..gold , -or in notes,
which 1.,.104.n6A- - : I opuL-110.,rmillecI4at
I,,:woukl neyer,,ataket rnpre, than * thousand
!franci - at, first; Yew:l:tithe first thottiehil-,1
fritic: natal. tiftkeill doubted,' f Still *Vicorr.-Z , = ll
But sotion't* 'istratigiot 14attpsilftv-A l ----4tainleil
nine, a• fortyi (Li playas! foray , st ,ttetattii)trut4
tii)pespfd itivincat . rne•onge (via rtri,,lnreitt,,
home to gq,more monor., I returned_ a see
',
sontl, and as I had invited Several .friends to
dine with line that day, lileft iuniv safe only
1 some lohis d'Or; persuaded that I:sluah Id Con
' querforttine with courage ;and. large :fore&
There was not. even a combat I-- I lost every
time. ;t.g ambler's idea,; suggested
ggested itself:to
M 3; nn ; -ed " ' I visited .that {lay . every gant:
ling beep in Paris; :al ;
six, o'clock 1' had.
scarce motley 'enough te!Pay for the dinner:
i I had ord'Ored. - .' '';-1 ~ 1 '''..-• ' . ''' '.'
.1 ' 4,ielt with guileor. ten thousand' franca, Ad!
1 a great tratiy - eititt/es in,the' air in the tuorn- -
I ing, in 'the .eynint , I Iftd !not a_cent nor'An'
.1 ilinsion. 'We gaily turi4d at : table, my foi..--
1 tune end': my gambling litelt, and the- next
mOrning:l Awoke with my heart and lily mind
free, ahncis.t glad to resturieiniy..past life Of Ica-:
bor.and of study, an 4 to.tend that .eare-itern
'and agitated. life of profesSiorial gambler.' , I
did n6t, liowerer, openmv,books agi, tin - Wit:h.' .
.otit feeling:my' .iiiind:wiu[rder. - The:o r
Mb) '
reappeared; 1 reproached I ginyselfbitterly':f'
114.,r
having Ali:lett-to; play' well—for having r n
.after rnyi lost money. ,llno longer laid p
blaine on fortune ; I impilfed it all Myself !
I er n` thought it
: would !Continue to pr'plePt
me. : I found means, ) fet.' tile first . title in liny
life, - to barrow::*thousand!ectri, -and notwith
standitig; • all my. rows, ii+tviithstanding,lnty.
eve ni ng'i experienee,l lost: these, th ousand. eens
! all in one day.. Behold i . vhitlier a 'fileitdlj ,
dintier,'arid : the 'sale. of A IskeliAon may lead
one 1 . Happily. ' these. rude 'adrontureslii*s
• tored me to my. sensed, and'l. felt Alarmed 'at
the danger“ had ruu.• ,-During 'these. :three
mouths of dissipatiei' I icve at least witrieSs
ed all the imidness'.:3f g 'etileirsl 't
lave' rii et,
in- t'he.se-•ganibling lioa
.. artisans,- faflie`rs,
'young men; grey - ,-beardi, ' ',idler, literary risen,
;0
soinepkYsicians, and 'n ote than. 'elle public.
functionary. • Every bowie! hart itsregular fre-.
qiienterS ;we were all , i'lual in the eye's of
the "Bank," and peritaisthe Iritined gatithler
with disordered clethes,Fandalltin and pain - .
ed face, !Was the mos(resPetted:-"` '' ;: i :
tn
I often et. - at' No. 129_, a literary Inhn i •
powdered hair, ativane Ain years, and. Who
in his lucky bets would rejoice over his Win
nings'in !attn. - He was h :peer wretch, whom . ,
the least loss would inake;pe,nniless. One day
lie - touched me on the Ishoulder, and.he lie'
me out into- the hall-; sl,e4 T here,: said lie s . take:
this Persius and this .linktal,
s and givei, tife
fortyeents. - Lrefusedsto 'pas- less than a ;dot:
lay fur these two Latin I
. .iteeets.. His joy 'id-as
exeessit=p ; but in a haltT an leitir he. returned
to me, I lpittting his inind lih his pocket i See
here; ' said he, take- tlett imir of blitel&-Igilk
- , l `
stockivi, , P, and give' mill iv, tat. yon, please, I - I
had eonsented to ditninish his library, but I
- could' not agree to wearis old plothes.,,,One
day. I. had forty lonia d'hr :on the blue.k- of,",i
trente-et-un..• I left - itthere - to 'double. !-I , tri'
old frequenter of the 116uSe came up to : me.ll l
Do .yon want tt wind said he • I' ave . a dis
ease, !promise me
. ten frailcs that' I. may ;:pur
chase
chase a 'bandage. „I won, and he seen:is:mt.!
his, bandage at roulette, - 1 Ihave been Obliged;
• in the course a: my lif." vp, - study . and consolell
' a greati many sorrows; Idtave never seen any . ll
anetish more poignant _than that of the .play-!
er who bag lost. some unfortunate players! -
' bear:their fitte without ;uttering a iword 04
I- comphtiut: I . ,sa'w an: Etiglishman, : sitting
nest tome (our elbows - , douched;) lose at the/
trente-et-un„ a hundred-thousand francs Withl.
out openinghis mouth,! and without •a: gr- 1 , -
turn of impatience! or, of anger; redueed:tO
his last five hundred franc bank note,. linlooki.
geld; re,lneed to his lasi gold p:Ace . pf.,(wen;
ty francs he took '4l:relit, reduced' to his last 1
itensfrazies, , -he played ,tlynly. at roidette and:
with fOrtr-eent pieces. I Dther players on -then
contram insult forttrui, land even the fai/enr ,
:,- , . _ ?
and at the sight of; th , e 'cant which, makes:
them lose they. break the -rakes. The 'clerk', ,
who loses at rouge;et-noir anether,.Persou'i ,
I money ; the speculator .Who s.eek's.at. the
gambling table to • re_ stablish his 'fortune, ,
I
ma f. r ; after ill-fortune, commitsuicidP, leitthe
,
professional .YzarAet ii +s . a icing -while..Fori- -
tune has Very. unexpected , autos of favor; it.,
caprices are unlimited„! and it .-often, lakes
pleasure:in, making. the gambler's eau_tbe
source of his largest wilinings: 'l' have :.often
I , h ad Pointed out,to me,ifathens- tvlio: have vot
untarily :exiled ,theinselvei. from' Paris, far
komithe
,githibiing•.hotiseti, -that they ',Might :
no longer play a ;but*who, every ,twO or l „thrde
:_,_,
months ir -e trneti. to see attain the roulette raid
the trent t-int. - They•trentaihed - itt Paris : on
ly a: few hours. just 'dug enough tee.thatiiit:
the: (20n-tents:of th - eir,t tine; -sometitites for-:,
tune retained them : 1 re. by enorrtieus,.witil
I nings.,- •The' ponies wotl4 instance itt triy-day„!
' with4iiiduand. with jey,..: a yeung • donntry-:
man, Who; about:. being 'tarried. in hit. profr-.:
ince, i cathe Up to Parie with fifteen •!htittdre:d:
,francs to. purchase .114 wedding-. gifte, And,
who !.returned home on rat the end Of a week;,
and!who .carried, hack with hitn,his - medding, '
i
'gifts; and ninety .thou tid -fratfc of 'winning*,
i
They.addneed alson trasbourgeoffeet liOtts,it' '
,keepei, who, at the en ',of a.month,teturned .
home - with more thanro:hundred,lliousand
francs of whining*, ...he minieS 'of. , the (hi-,
tunate,idone were mentioned f,, the dist-of#te.
ruined . would. have ..-beett too: _ long.', i-FivAry , .
gantbling house . had ita:colebrated ;nem; . ivo
oftett.met at N0..129,
he
plaver .whOin
they called' Massina•;' he played only ti quitr-,, : .
ter. 4f an .hOur, • and .4*,fiftaiert. minuteelbo
either l -lost.tivo--•or. three thOus.and :franca,l :or,
won itivifire or fifteeni . thousand francs: i i r it
is jUsliee le say that - the gambler need fear-iu -
the I:) . blic ," , Ifells",.* ,. irreirtilarity, : no, *UT
t
prize or error; the. Bank alone was exposed:..
to'pa. - twice, And it - vlas'uot coMpletely;pro
tected from swindling! ,TWe:lyOung men ;":en,-.
lertid Frastiati's '.one, er mint; One 84k4 op.
the rouge- fifty .loiiis ,d'or ,indouble loni*; ' t .the
other staked...ma. the noi r the ~eittne i auttt.i 4.,
similar coins. The - rouge Won, 'And nifty lOuis;
were paid 'l . to the rouse;, the istaXesAtict, the,
money - *ere .immediately :taken .laW.,.a:Yi- A
banker took . up. the stake.loot .ott' 010 , DPi;i:
but he hoot) perceived Oilit:tWe , 46ol.lJe lonia'
were merely forty cent piecei.zwell_gildel , 77.
The player whor : had,.Won, had :inateutlytilla
apparedi theintlier Was Arrested. ) , Be-vitas 4.
..
no . ; leas (Or, ntgurnen!s,;--; I didi,noti.-ioviEo4l
hei that.:l . . staked. fifteen ,10.V4 A
; jilq.lk ,
given , yen, cogutierftit mOney,-„Ilat lit. fPI•
hundred francs. !It 'Was year • bilajwai ,tt, :k.4! : '
Attire catefttl,:hofero: 44) 1 4g4.0.;i9PP?:44 1 4' 3
iite: , .'.-T . liA.airait' 024c7:1; NMI* * *4l u1f;154 . .
01:nine MU , dr4(9 1 . 1 0, l 4be:liffsglCTlPOPra- , "
it.i- :A,,-..celebratogi : glngntl , : imeialAst,tilVic l l . :
7 444 atillikt*ltiollsme,:; Poet dr 4 44itg:,
thi33Empip,bl: - .44041.4tAe. Cell 1-., , ---t7 , 1
4 i lt iag
fitigus,i--04. 40.i,ige - 5rp0r: , 44.M. 1 11 11 ;4 114 ,,..
Se!deli .fttihoth finds, 1 AO. vflp - 0,. , :1pf* t ..,1
• . ,sa.tlylitikti:rouitiP 0.4 t 0 *Agog*, ~ , tai
to r
'if,e 1064 , he , took .tit) bilk 04 - AO tgif,:4 2 . ,
banker a : thousand' franc -11,9101.443101:9/# 1 0 ,1 2,
he . said to the banker,' who-in turn Offere
,
• . ,
,
-.:N','; ..-z..-,::..7:
• -
, .
hum a thousand trarlo.4l4l* your iatd n, I
stiked hioreth4:lliitt t .': lA,. .•Isr. 'Ms oil,
and he drew etitc4t iit;inititillitait'of me
ild pieces, fifteen or twenty notes of a ' ou
sand francs each; - Tht;tii,aeral - yap aid ;
b!ut the.lessoltilds lidtTorgotten,'lnd 'rico one
was - allowed tolplay ixott-lwith• hit at .nby
(Ten, :mad witli•limited , stakes: Ih:trial' the,
Hundred Day!, a . ,trielt, -wat,,,played ott the,
t(ardc, and whichatill;bearg the nitric .f its
triiKelator. 'One - et.liti . accomplices alle.. ing
a 4 pleci - o t nifiliey tO'dio - ri . nit the floor,`. ire
l§tkled Ito hniat fetr If ow - ihe , flo64. alnd - : title
6 Ito; :ip'paten tly :So ...engaged, ;:he , ,
ttere..au infe l fpittl nklichino• -. 'At .a. Oven LnO - ,
sent, another aceonlige apteiCgs. this one
hall pit46o l lPd w - en'te'itooped ? ,lie*ed
the pc‘wdef, 'ln the- , riiidstaf the . ge . peial .
fright and confusion, 'the authors of thia -,elt
flPsion alone •were • calm . ;;
.they sgreitmed
`` . Save-tholtiOnny r' and th 4 ran off: wi . t ins
fhpl t
old and silrer on •be table. ',Aft ' *Alas
(le
eotip ntaio, the, mbneY of the lifint c died
to be•exhi c Mted on - the-table •,, it wai ine oied
in copper :,boxes, • - whom :ample lute' tide,,
however,. ,s4ciently.!kmpi the': gat) - let's'
!eyes. All, the gamblers are inconsola efor
IheauppreaSidn of tire . gamtling itoUses, 'A
inavittge ;was recently proposed -to a Young!
zn i an; and in My pre se: nce, to alvell bot .rack
'elegant ypting: man,..Wholn -his life,.of alb
littg had . r.o.ay a-tittle as•topipted the a ...eltai
cyl.
tors by'his a'adacionsgame, and his,eno ,
.ous
''..trittniaga'; tile ladys roitl#c..; 6 . i : vino/ s'sisd
I Ito }tint, ii'lwo huitredi.lousand frtinciAlt!
(said he sadly, sucha marriage would be pos
•-sible onlY, if. the' gambli g, houses , were re.;'
';opone4. In .1.849, while :
trayellipg on
..the
IRldne, I . visitedall the ambling hp sea . in
iGermany; I fiend, there it: great many of the
ipest* - I, hind seen her in the la bling'
!housealn :1818 ; Tlie s. e Miletirir, tit' same
!boats i de' 165ies,.tho sti e Messieurs, i • de la,.
Citan'Oreopd,,especiallyy the-same old play- '
tiers. The 'passion of galnbling, like avarice ;
1
almoit places the'hinuan. heart beyoisi the
,oth.ei)tuseries !of life;t to gambler andthe
iniserlive oh•chiineras, heir pleasurerts the
only , one . Which
. lears n satiety • thCit-pn
mixed passion is always lively. le..tps re?
marl 4 for! the . honer. of j ustice and morality,
the durable joys of the avaricious cost priva
tions Inndl iotroWs to none btit'himsel . The
!very fugitive pleasures o'. the gtiinbler may
,cost the honor-and thefuitttof families, and
ms} lead] by an inse isill'e declivity a heart
borw
, 9 honest •to"the r;rofoi.md&t -clilettlations
ii ,
of disponi:sty 'and Of 4..riin. b wtate b gam
loco. 1 was Often the neighbor of a well bred
young tnith of a.good faizily and, - P, Very a
greenble face. Ilee - played a:gnine.wl9ch was
long suceAsfgl, the ,non/was-and the! dcsce2z...
dante. - ,Meeting recently a lady whq had
been' iine:of Lis friendq I asked 'ter Whit had
become of my' gambling , , eompanion; • she
turnd File, 'teLlts rolled ,401% . 'n h7 l cheeks,
slid ienned 'forwtird and whisper intny ear:
lie was 'inn
~
in London for forgery.
! \ •
.• • , •
i, , i •
.- -.•-:•;•, ,1 . -.:',: • SatSriday illight...• 1 .. . • t, ;..1 - -:
AVbat.'Lhmsed::tbings.SatUrda'S• aig,its are,-1
and ; what would the world _ de.. withoity..thenti? ; l
'Those' breathing ruetnories.,lt the tr+rripling-,
march' of :life.; those little !twilight, in r the i
.bmad antl,.garOsh glare of. 4499 p; wliTttßale ;
yesterdays look beautifully , :ihrougk(4e schad.•,-,
'oNl's.'andfit'ees • • 4 C:11a11 4- 6'd" ' loaf'. ito ' mile.
Isweetly'ligaiWi . it th'e fu - sli ;4111et7 on4;e7re' fit , '
.ber4:"the old -folks :itt--bome,,7 „and : be! old .
t
, aim 'chair, am - I'A he ~ little lirotlit itt, ,lied,:
and: the little sister..tltac.FaS .I,trans ; •,tedj.".,.:.:::-. :
Saturday night :flakes peOple Int an i sets,.
''their liearts to beating softly, n's the± ul:4pcl i to
do before the . World turned :them -ilto ward
rums, and jarred.' their'illi - Vi.';'e - w i es" h_tattas..
1 .-The-lediterelc . Aes frith - n" elash ;-' eiton
domed Araultfi etiine -to:With-a ban . ; 'up go•
the,shutters -With. It :will ; :clink - goes, the -14 . .
in the.16ek.,,,,1t is. Saturday; inlghts t 4. busiz.
floss :breathes free ; amain.: ....11OtneW ,a; • ~ .,i) l'
. The 'doer that• has
..'l,t7en.. ajir',all' . t. e . ' week'
gently i2ilepies behind - hinctlie'is'or a c§. ilia'
out. Shut oat: ••• ..-' -:.: -*, 1•T,"';: . ''••'-',:: ' ''.--rrl
Slititin, thou rather. 7 -14eXe'ar4
area. after all, and , not, in the vatil
in'tbe book-4ave record in tlii
Sly Bible.
A.Retjpe.for Honda
• One,of the.wealthy- merchants:l4 'outcity,,
1611 059, 4e; 11 .4 the p a st -,Ye4i,-u - PpivligtilY,
'mourned, o ft en told his fiiends i an aneid4te,,
, which occurred i n his vv - i e.Flettice,end —
Iwhich, wa s . teco!ntuened - . to all t, ose_wbo
wist. to enjoy; 4 ere Tie old a i t.'e, Wilthioueal
' lowing th eir Wealth to - disturb - thei 'p iece'-of
mind, -Ile said that•whin,le ha'
_,obtained:
' hit,fortune, -he , . fotta& he began to , . row ',un
,easy about., his pecuniary t affait i • ;•ausl - -. wig,
night-When-he was about sixty Y . .. ra of eke,:
his 'sleep Was disturbed " by ;unple. '' t tliciits . -
teVtietang - soide Shipments he hadjuse-mide:
t
In the - morning he said; to Itinitielf, - .. This will
nevwdo ;if J. allOw such i th9 ll l4 ...01,1114:
trhc tynstcy oNeTmet J mgst bid are.Wel 1 ,1,0,
peace_all, my life., '` I a-ill - St - OP - A ` - broOd.'of
care 'at 011ie . , and a a.'single bltiliV. • Acco4:
i
inglyyhe irent to his coin) *titi'roo -,- :apd l up. o
•on•..eismination? - fotind , h 'lad 430_,0000n ,
e,
raPneY , oti 101(111.... 14 macl . Pin! 4i list Pfi fibs::
.relatives and oihers Ile,. desired t aid, and.
before 'he. went' to bed akain'he iiikd • 0v46
away every delhir - "Of . the thirty t - 43iiiind:
'lle' taid he slot' hell-that ; ' nigh • lad for n
long.tipie after Ms _drew:new:6l.l,4ot Ilitt,ttrb
.by- -, anxious tlaouohts,abittt hip,yimseb,,sp
1 7
P1PP0t.Y.77 ,5 ' 010 roilt7 4 ,fti: .t
-
tatAn, excellant inettiOd Of :it!
iiogtriOlts;iibuld:beahonys
the;.plate . otout neiihbotv 'and
bor in our 01/Cl. •lava :fon
jigy Imaginn at It Ava# yo4_
ilo,iy you alx4e,y9,nr i ;erpial
yonzr i ley. yodi'intpotEa
feelings \Ylioni*f oteliil4o
will nadeisiand:",what
Modpril,jkl* . Tay be,
ifire4,4ll;;
•
suptkeitial
imosible; abd-to
cer /4 . 4 r,eitetheq in 1, ._qt4 ,
te ,
prke-c,,,rm. pv:4F.. 0,
ail 0,"t104$ tho
,td. gfr,ich
hifhakliatittlAl 4 1 115r-14'',
fol l lo -:)...,;1:..1 1:11 el ~! . : i ii: 'Mc
: .1 J ilk i 4.,. , ~-.. • “..... 4 , . 4. .4. ,'
: 410rN,,'0111140 A 4) : l ,*k $
i.
' A i ii 9 Omit - 0 311 Ail; P l 4s*l4: o
b 1 13CoginW6Snise` i ma
an us •
EA' 1 with Ottnelres mut others..
.
7 . 7 :.' 2, 1 , 1.".,7 ,- Nt - Tr 7'
p..:;:i.. ..1'.....-. ,7.../., , ::,,
his treasl.'
PA:not.
old funi-'
.•
r
tuppk-9fir-.1
titti,W.df
dart iieih
ived, tau
1 10 .14 0 tqtAt!
41 , Aavr
. -you'
.ivtded
Miti4 l
main
e -
ft
~qtlifeon,
gdailtys,
WAWA/rid'
Q U ntrill?
iiaore 4EI
~ta
a:... r~
:::11.ithitit. - 1111,-T:gxtiiib'.o',l3:'
1 14140ehomPt 1 7 1 1 laft', ex
. fift.V110.10911.6 i :
Pursuant to notice - , the Susquehanna doctril
t Tencher's A..46eintion held its fqurth sfisl
eon. in the leCtUre ilarferd SSat= urdabkiircAl 4)4 1 ,
_4 1854 r
, ~
Tire, President riot_ Wing present - the k ince; •,,-•._
Pre4dent ,called 'the.meeting to order ; iina. a:
the - Rev...k.' killer wait '-litrited to apetv'tliki'' -
session with prayer. - -
The
q Rey
el.
t ,4 ,
in- . , , :R
' ic
* -nll en,„ roet
e
'ed to,address the Isiociat ; ol at H engthinEa
eloinent and 'able ''lctiiii tipor(.'the " True ,
- mode - ofconduetingtheredicatien'Of yelith."
:Tkentire lecture Wes aeolleetioyi of ;OM.'
- thiiughts, rich and rare, 'gathered and treis::: •
'ured -upby the, lecturer during a; longand'
,46111if:0., - ye 'cannot dOsitati&l'lki the lea-
.1
time by, giving an'ipito4 o4.si it ik - iiii' '_, '
Possible.for. us to give ^ anything more,,,And.
~ that. very: iinperfectly,- wet, - refralir frnixi:.o4- ,
tempting any report'of :it whitteveti'l,btik - ,
would inerety remark those. Who' hear d ,
it cs*''alenc.,appreciate it. ; .
-.,;,1 . ''..
No .rnhieellaneous , busiuess,being before the '.
Association the: President proceeded 'to the c .
appointment of eOmrrAtteci.- S. -ti: Hankdion s
C."\Y.P'earis 'and, S. W - ;Tei - vislinrY ware'sp! '
, pOinted:a Business ,committee::;.A finzrj4. : ,
committee being called' for the ..teresident pp- -
pointed E. McKenzie,. O. R. I'aimer•iind O. -
I:Northrop,: '- . 's -'. I, '- ; ;• _ '-
- '•
- ....
On metion the Pres id e nt - the)? inriticlllie . •
~ .. -,
Rev. Willaid Richardson to .-address the Aa
,
I -soei ation, which he proceeded - fold° in:a clear .
an happy . manner. His , reinaiks - - sceie---oi , :
' ' I tin- expres s in g .l '' 1 - -tli '' haP-s
practical e, c ear y . e c
acter of What le, conceived to the_arecora."- - .,
plished teacher .i. and also the weighty resport-_ ,
sibilify resting upon him. He ;demonstrated •
the necessity of a change in. the' Present model:
of teaching in some respect, and 'congratnlia
led Parenti and teachers f Upon the oPPettnne , ;
organization of the Ass4iation iand the flour:. •
l'ishing condition of education:generaily. : - - -
Altogether 'it would-hare :been' fortunate.
could all patents and - teactreritn - the,coUnty:
t.i.. ak; Jiqrt present to listen ,to the
_Words of
wisdom that fell from the tongue.of the- 4 01d,.."
man eloi - pent," - and 'to the lucid. and , pomti- ..-
cal arguments and demonstration of the tour.. '
ger soli - Air : and t'eaclier, -by wifoie Charietai :
the, pi - ofesiion of teaching is se ranch 'alevrii-
ted in standard ; and Purified in,practice.- . -- ,`
The' discussion being neat'in: order, _the,
piestiOir lni!'iislelitt, should the Common schnolk
lief
-
liel 'kept 'open_ annually, was titan up and ilisl: - "
cussed uith:uinch_arder and interest by Igo:
sea Tyler Brewster, ,Edwin lingleYi , JealiTr% :.
ler, Rev.- Willard Ric' la i rdson;. Ira Stevens,i 5..,;i --_ ,
17. Hamiltr, .lolinliiiinding,H:T. te7kt,buz
• . • ..., . , . ,
ry,:'The . 4 . spn4on.lastea seierat hi:Airs:and
Immix S l, ' as 'd
bytlioepresent.to
Prl ,w. evinced
tiike hold of : the rAvoi* in earnest i and' pliice
our cOminoft , .sciiooiS; in that .pOsition, which ,
:thVitit erests-df. the people
- .inflpem- tivel v ' de=--
.
,mend.: After_theAneribt - . ad ";been :1 , i . ::
over::**tai - gid till4i=o,, - ,,l:i 6 bi olt't,t ,
books; was ; on, mption,takeni ?IN. , hut.eiiiiik...
* - to•the' lateness ofithe hoar:was not discussed;
On Motion n comniitoe,ebiliistintiif Rev
W illOll fiie4.3kigAii; g.t._l:l4'loiiik r.- and S.'
1 - s6lolr9p, wa s 41)9iPteat.4-.):4,h104 formal :-
r report at the next, meeting P
on e Rubjeot4
icit'l•biaoles - ' tire. -• iti -sclkool i this'
_
i ~...., ~,,,- ?i, J .-...„ i - - ~.,.: j ,iiir: + ' :
g) T il h il :, Y :WAeir , , - :11 1 1i I zz.:Actt r ° '4l;d7 l :li, "- exl 140 7- O n p - rib t :-.
lie Assoelation iv 4tf: 41 ; 147, - 4.4 AttAtr
1:
.1
nie consultrtion_it.g*,,agreed_te, - meet at
e sclioot•hostik. riissriPlP-tri11.1 4113 59 1 : 1 ,.
'w Irridq, .thstStstrof MaroklB644tit title el!
• litp _ pii. .v . 1 t. : :._;,..7.% .r. : ..., ~,:,,. ,;...:.:,...- : ~.y,, „ ; -,-.
1 , it- WaStalgo.agteo Atilt 41 1 0 e 41(iiAla.;§9-ani,
oftn'siness tt4sio#o6liitotlta, - * 11.
a derAtrYigkbi:Aniwa i i• - ,
•-4 1 kvt.eople
thp titeTt#eiOti . ' dfy and .1 ,
,awaro ttat, notiii44.4l* - ,OY
A mish foi• tkoioKia6aitle i tntiohrdoreren3Aiins,‘4
b y
th f ; ;Annie* tlici:M4k4i:l44 l 4*%"
friends of edunitiott &neatlyat dhe to )1
Re A. Mulei r his J a tidnessin segiiring* -4
xontincdationkfOi.thejtssOciAti 6 ;i 44 1 414_::
a!id;;Oso, to tWgenerous tlistees.l
ch.arge.:
1 'tile ittiTidanie t Ih .6 leetiig ; *iis lie,ota' -
4 1 '1- lixPe9tiitioll \ari*il?ost. 11 •?'tigAle`P 1 :9T.IJa t ,G-3:1?
And , flearly - -.half of that attendance liall haiima '.
•lit`raAty - trO 11e* in 6 Aberi .iv'E;l;o addedl . .. ...'
~ l istof members of tili : 4ssOclatiOil liiA a i 4 . -,,.
tiabk share of them ladies' . ' ‘ . ,/,., , „
/
-Da motion
.. ! 'grelliegni aci 6 "1101. 4 i . T 4 , ",
as above - sta.tedl-4- , -... ' f ~„ ;:," .. , •, L ,- , , ~ , ,
' ' -' 1 .1! S. T.', COTty:Presideliti
' IfitLie'Witkiffii. ttava-r4. oolfea' pondene
citiats ' Oii" l 4 atka. td a ' l . ll ast•'''it*O t a ill t.
aftkle ofd '1 .‘:sritf --.1 !3t i v.nie of ‘ o o:lpunt, ,
ir e
blo4i' ft , * tctltti. : -. 7init. ' 'biiiii. 4 0 c:thi,a; -,
fiudia , ii 3;tiPplifel,.so4oco4 ausaitfid '1 0 ‘:
thai eianiotitf.'!ifixir,, Bays' adopted •04 1 ,:
hAtt otttrainkisi,i They , ore - fKielk strut, ` .
itto,*•44thAjteir IdanO,-,shosuldezaeove
ift notk.
liklitiftlek iia4 1 ooltiOr lilep-4N -bisealai iia'i
l i l i i'-ltaelValt‘;r,lVlK'''tba • jao4l
wil t s.
qa4o ' • Pa r 01.60 - *, is A* o :o ' . 'or.
p i 4.,•cm i jelioittU ' eliffrg , 4. i. • r4tr
rfritlitialliil4 . , IfkaA' ,51?0,4,k
, • atis:otbipeds otik iniitir."* „-ii,t :: ,
2 4 ,
The filiiiiiis Icialia*ti ' r i - tolo -41 . 7 y=" 1.
Be a young lady If he, could ; , ~'''
! INtlashealiVlloo l hAtintiNnt •-, - i
To abbi thelioligheignotams- ~
1
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„: ..,.. , --,: .--.u.
; •,-, i roi.irt ie nlittrifigitiplist lie ..Sail :lik:sdat
Ottliiiims AO
:rth' a
'.w.
1410" a hil l e .
titabit 4 i "
V 4 l t t i hlV"t"9
favalin'bre.l47,d,,l :lee. G ood ifiini for pr664..i.:7:+5y:-
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