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_ Those machines sew from two spools, as par.
chased from the store, requiring no rewinding of
thread; they Hem; Fell, Gather, and Stitch in
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superior style, finishing each sesm.by their own
operation, without recourse to the handneelle, as
is required by other machines . They "eta bet.
ter and cheaper sewing than a seamstivit . a ean,
even Wet* works for one cent en haw, and are,
unquestionably, the beat Machines, in the market
for family sewing, on aoconst Oftheir slmplioity
amenity, ease cf management, and adaptation
to all varieties of family sewing=axecating
either heavy or fine work with equal facility, and
wiChont special adjustiteaL
As evidence of the unquestioned - superiority
of their Machines, the Gantras & RAM Saw.
0G MACEINE Coariar beg leave to respectfully
refer to the following
TESTIMONIALS:
f' Haring bad one of Grover 41. Baker's DJs.
ctdoes in say tamily Tor nearly slew and s half,
I take pleasure in commending it as every way
'reliable ter the purpose for which ft is designed
—Family Elewing.r--Idis.Joshaa Leavitt. 'rife
of Rev. Dr. Leavitt. Editor , of N. lndepe
ndent.
‘` . lconfessmyseltdeliglited wit h you Sevin' g
Machine, which has been in my family for many
months. It has alwayd been reedy' for dirty.
requiring no adjustment, and kingly adapted
to every. variety Of family sewing, by. simply
changing the spools of tbread."—Mrs. Elizabeth
Strickland, wife of Rev. Dr. Strickland, Editor
.r Y. Chrietiaa Advocate. -
"After trying several g ood machines, I Teeter
Tows, on account of its simplicity, and the per
fect ease with which it is managed, as well as
tilt strength andNdnrability of the seam. After
long experience. I feel competent to speak in
this manner,and to confidently recommend ie for
every variety of family searing.7—ifra. E. B.
Spooner, wife of the Editor of - Brooklyn Star.
"I have used, Grover .& Baker'S Sewing`Ma
chifia for two years, and have found it adapted
- to all kinds of family sewing, from Cambric to
Broadcloth. Garments have been worn oat with
oct the giving way of a stitch. The Machine is
easily kept in order, and easily used."—Mrs. A.
B. Whipple, wife of .Rev. Geo. Whipple ` New
_Yak." • ,
4 ' Year Sewing Machine .has beeti in ups In my
family the past two years, end the ladies request
me to Rise you their testimonials to Its perfect
adsptaness, as well as labor saving qualities In
the performance of family and himsehold sew=
iog."—Robert Boorman. New Yolk. - • -
- "FOr several months we have used Grover 4k
Baker's Sewing uwebine, and have-eowe to the
cenclasiorttbst every lady who'disirin her mew
ing beaTaiftelly and quickly done, iould be most
funocate in possessing one of tbeee rellahle and
indefatigable needle-woolen; whose cow.
biped qualities of. beauty, so-angth and siniptici
ty, are invaluable."—J. Morris; daughter of
- Gen. Geo. P. 'Morris, Editor et the Home Jour.
[Extract of a. letter from tboir. a. Lewitt' ,
Anierieart gentleman, now ralideat. _iv
Sydney, New South Wales, dated January I2th,
a 53.] . -
I bad a tent made in Melbourn, in 1851, in
which there were owe' three thousand yards* of
sewing done with one of - Grover .. .ft Baker's Ma.
(-nines, and a sigle seam-of that has ontatood
nil the thrubk seams sewed_ byr sailors with a
needle and twine." "
" If Homer could be called up from fibs grorty
hedes, be would silt: the advent of Grover &
Baker as aLmore benignant miracle of art than
aas ever Vulcan's smithy. He would denounce
. midnight akirtenaking as "the-direful spring of
woes u now bereL'"—i-Prisf. North.
."l take pleasure in saying, that the Grover &
Baker Seising Machines have more than acts.
tabled my expectation. After tryi ng . and return
, others, I hive „three of them so operation in
my different places, and, after four years' trial,
bare no fault to finti."—J. IL Hammond, Senator
of South Carolina.
- "My oifebashadvonsof Grover& %bees
hySewing Ileshinesfor fuice,and I aaavhatia.
edit a one of the best orearing machines
thaticut been invented. !like =ash pleasure
in recommending it to the G. Bar
ris, Governor of Tennease.' -
It is a beautiful thing, and puts everybody
into an excitement of good humor., Were I a
Catholic, I should insist urn Saints Grover-and
Baker having an =Emil holiday =commisera
tion of their good deeds for hatnanify."-Caumins
X Clay:
!think it by far the best patent in nee. Ws
Machine can be adapted from the fake= cambric
to the' heseiaskautaiimere. It sews stronger,
'fal , ler, end movebeautifnlly than sty one can
imagine. If mine could not be replaced, money
could not bay it.*-11rs. J. IL Brown, Nashville,
Tenn. -
"It is speedy, very nut, and durable to its
work; is easily understood sod kept is repair.
I earnestly - reeoznannul this -Martine to all tny
aintl*itanees and othets."—Stra. 11. A. Forrest,
vuThis, Tenn. , •
We find this Mathias to - 4erk to our oils
faction, and with pleasure recommend .it - to the
Publiz. as We believe the Gaaver 41r. Baksr to be
the tut Sewing Machine in me."—Dear? Broth
eni,-41lisonia., Tenn. - _
If used prelusively for family parposme, with
ordinary care, I will wager they - wilt Jan bite
• three score yews and tee: and never get- oat
of fii."--Jetaa ;Sloe, filastretiths. Tenn.
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"1 hare had you Machine for several weeks.
cod am perfectly =tidied Ikat the: work it does
the beat and moat beauSifel- that ever was
rade."—MaggisikiroisoaklisettylUe,Tenn,
, . .
- " I nscisy iaciifes ape easta.-61 1111 M 1 = 1.
au' :fine IWO the perk
mbie—larbetterst4it the best tissiSisiog, or
4, 1 * _ off =Aide have ewer eeelet=-4ific7
Tnoteptes, filfebqp • Tem..- - •
I find the work the ictroagest and most beam.
gul I have ever seen, made either by-hand of
Intehioe, sod regard the Grover & Baker >tfa.
chine as one of the greeted bletwiege to ow
tex."..—Nre. Taylor, Nashville, Twat.
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46 71 Afffi ®EMINLMIKEI D i gD PAM MY DM ElVir awl ira nag Aio avuel van ulmn ititla lgabh."
For tAs - Moignxe .Damoard.
fluouner,is Gdns.
at IL Z. A.
The Illanuist time has paned array,
- And Mg= winds come on; . . •
The inOrnhig bird win cease her lay, , "
The robin moil' bar song.
The. Anteing, too, will pans away.
It will . not linger long;
And ere the date has
,ikeined a day,
"fhe Winter wili come on.
And If Um Sommers easoi and go.
And inn as by so fait; •
How quick Will emwe ode time to got
How quick will MMus the land
The days of life. luny ink* they Y e a!'
•
de earth tow short car stay;
The yeas dy.by qakt, and had,
Oar life seems tut a day.
molts Sumner Fledt
And hu the beauteous Bummer fled?
It seemeth but a - day • •
Sines to our vale the itotirentarent taught
By laughing bine.eyed stay! -
Now o'erbeact's the Anti - mashy, .
And red no more the rose a dye,
And faded is the 'violet bias; . .
The lilly—that has faded too.
Sweet melodrie Seesaw Attie -
Prom WA harper thoosawd strings.
A harp—alas 1 that's Mow unstrung..
While scares a single minstrel slogs.
The maim of the ripplbng stream;
More•hosras into the Mr doth seem;,
The (militated songsters of the grove
Have ceased to warble lays of love.
The ben breath of summer time,
That kissed the dew-drops from the dowers
With . all its sweets hai tied afar
T.isport 'mid - softer hoar& - •
'Far opiard In the mellow light, • • -
The bine hills rise upon the sight, ; -
-And 'mki the sunset's golden lush,
The forest leaves in beauty blush(
A. few-slant days and - Winter •
Withltail end snow come striding on t •
The woods no longer hill 'd in sleep,
Sway to the mighty tempest's plume,
Thus roll, the seasons; varied stilL • -
The fallen leaf, the frozen rid.
The budding dower, the brazen sky-,,,
Now the smile, afloat the sigh.
111:1 , swiftly !ties each passieg,art
The Summer's ender" st-- -
And forest leaves of brinier/Vitae
Float on the wintry blast.
'lls Slue when.sun-brilh(youth bath lied:
flow dark and drear the years ahead! .
Bat in vain the sigh that sorrows heaves,
When Winter's winds close up_Life's leaves,
• KY STEP BIGTHM,
I have. but faint recollections of my moth
er, as she died before I was four years old,
leaving to brother Clifton,-five years my
senior—and mysel(to the care of an old wo
man iiko was much attached to her, and
who gladly consented to butie her lonely Cot
tage to the village, - that she might be my
father's housekeeper, and our half nurse, half
governess.
We called her Granny ; and 'very kind she
was to us in her nay; anteing us most ten
de/4,1.1M0 we Tem 'sick, preparing little
delidacies for us at odd times, yotning us in
our plays, and telling us stories by.the dozen,
of ghosts, giants, fairies; and - little boys who
were eaten up by wolves and beers, for be
ing. neughty.
wsa a puny, sickly boy, so` I did not go
to sehool,but with Granny's Aid, learned to
read and write ; and she prophesiel that I
would make s great man some day, it
would only bare . . spirit enough, and hold up
my bead. All this I firmly believed, and
tried my best to follow - her advice. .
Of my father we saw very little. fle was
grace, stern man ; and, tfity much depress.
ed,by.tiii mother's death, be plunged into an
absorbing business, and was only at home in
the evenings, when we boys generally forsook
the filen& sitting .room for the kitchen; there
to listen with .open eyes and mouths, to
Granny's marvellous tales.':t.
We lived quietly enough, baring few in
terests beyond our ema/1 ?lace of ten or a'do.
ten acres, and an occasional etcursion to the
neighboring town. Beta change . wis eons
-ing.. It was in the Blivember of the year
when I was nine' years old and Clifton fotii
teen,—the latter ezultiug in the idea of go
ing to boarding in - a month, and I
half-crying beforehand over my own lone&
ness 7 -that• my father, who had been-in the
habit lately of spending i great 'part_of his
time in Philadelphia, Lend a -long conversa
tion' with Granny. When this was ended,
we beard the frobt door slam, and saw cry
father, portmanteau in hand; jump into the
tragon and drive furiously off, while Granny
... #terea. ,oar Ilitting:Kkom, her apron to her
eryes.and tat down In the arm chair, rock,
tug to and fro, and sobbing with Uncontrolla
ble grief.". Fearing we knew not what, we
clung to her side,, begging , her fo tents what
had happened. Bat it was some time be
fore she could Speak' to say that nkr tithet
had told bet her services wield •be no lon
ger necessary, as - in s - week would bring
home a wife, a young lady from the city, and
in the meantime he should 'not be at home.
fTbat I should ever have lived to see tb•
- day,r continued the old woman, with a fresh
burst of grief, "when my quo dear Wm St
rib should be so forgotten and cast aside for
&pretty fazed chit of seventeen, with - city
_errs and graces, to torn -the house• upside
down, and lord it over ber dsrliegs. poor
boys, poor boys. what-will become of you r
How much longer - die might hive goat on
in this way,.l - cannot' tell, but she- was pat
then culled away to the - kitchen, leaving us
in a state Of indescribable terror, imagining
that ell the creel stepinothers io fairy tales
were to be united in 09114 Thaw a know
eonstionensued, in which we debated whetb;'
er she *mkt attempt to beat us, *tires its, or
turn us out of doori to welt our fortune with
a pieoe of dry 'Weed, and "a bottle of 'spur
reinember perfectly the - picture I
firmed of her, in which she flgarM.. as s
large r tont wasiatt. yid' hautbt7 air mild
fated vo* who would -fly about tbebonee,
,ilissijeogewasierl anniite wltiftlan
.
unhappy generally. •
ni tell you laud," said Clifton, drawing
s u ing breathosad planing his bands man--
f y into his ponts : is L unt Iwo:roil-what Bar
ry.lwben that weenie stomas to niotherlt
pl s, riernuif juitget swear spunk, and
show her thistly, wet be tywomited over ;
anal if she goes to Work to;make Q. drudge
an slave, we must sbow- her whether she
int / f
mistaken inhernotions,—.4here now 1"
fully concurred in my brother's opinion.
01 Granny, far from' trying tit-subdue these
s
fee
togs. ra th er encouraged , them by her Lin
dh raised pity . and , regret; se that, short as the time, we were fully prepared-;—not
on to thwart, and in every possible way die
d —hut absolutely to hate the young
creature who was so soon to-take upon her.
o.t.
ail that vow ,wbicb would make bar our
m
'length the aii ittrivie. Granny, with
at tog eves, went round . the. house, put
nTn
tin ,tbelloishing touches to the preparations,
a wiping off imaginary dust from the fur
niture ; for, ehe said, the new mistreats should
'fin4it in as much order as her own dear mis
tr Sarah bad always kept it, even if it
sbcild never be- so agile. She said.slut
wold not stay to see a &vinega r at the bead
id'her mistress' table.". So when the rode
waj went to the depot, shit drove away.
Clifton felt too manly to cry, and ,so tried
to Whistle, but the - sound would not conic;
so be stopped, put his bands in his poCkets,
and looked out of the _window. I tried to
emdate his composure; to :dash back the
taint 414 kept_ blinding my eyes, and to
swa l low down the lamp that kept rising in
my throat and choking me; thole we both
sat Itilent in the recess of the window, took.
leg out into.the November mist. '
4 had been a-very dreary day. The nind
-moaning as only a Nevember wind can—
hadidrifted piles of dead leaves to , and fro,
for the rain so patter leaselesaly upon. But
now, as the night ahntin, tEe clad bad lull;
ed to a calm, and the rain ceased to fall, and
a thick mist - enahroaded everything. It
teenied to penetrate our re ry souls as we sat
there, looking into the gathering darkness, ;
The
i ..
sitting-room looked very bright in con
trait The blaring wood-fire elm a warm
glow over the old mahogany resultant s - ma.
kiag the silver candlesticks which stood on
theii , ttle round table in front of the chimney,'
I sPar le hrilisutly, mid resting lovingly, as I
1 tho t ritt, on my mother ' s arm chair that stood
on e opposite side of the. fire place. :My
feelings did not agree with itaebeerines*, and
I tu ned. to the window_ again.
New we plainly beard wheels Upon the
road Clifton -straightened himael4 and
took rigidly at th e broken branch of the
linden tree.. The sound came nearer, then
stopped, we knew, at the gate; then, after a
nioent, commenced again, and the carriage
drove up to the door. I saw my fatberliall
A !tidy _oat, *rapped in. cloak andfurs ; then
they came into _the bowie , and - f heard the
hall-door stint, ,itad the - aitting-room door
open. Iwertict not look around, but gazed
iteadily into 'the mist. I beard my father
talking to her. His voice was different from
what I had ever beard it before, so deep and
ten4r ; and hers, when she answered, was so
exquisitely soft and gentle, that it startled me
into half-turning round; but the evil spirit
conquered, for the Noiemher mist was dark
ehing my heart.
She must have looked a question, for I
heard my Whet say—
"-Well. Edith, what is it I"
"The boys, Pdaleom, our boys ; may I not
see Oem now I"
" Yea, certainly,"—bin tone bad a sort of
vela, ion in it.—" they ought to have been
here to welcome you; it is very wrong, but
they must be somewhere near;-I will Hod
them and bring them to you." .
The door closed after biro: And now be.
log iiiiie that we could not be seen, concealed
as we were by the window - curtains, I turned
round abide so as to see her. There sat my,
step isother in my mother's chair, the red
Brelight playing upon the young, sweet face,
which had a shaded gravity, almost.sadness
about it. I can see it now. Years have
,passed, but I cannot forget that picture. 1
now that I never shall. With" two
otbe scenes. it' will be painted in never-fit;
ding colors before my eyes, till they close in
death.
She was Wondrously beautiful. Tall, and
perf+ly graceful, with the tiniest hands and
feet I ever saw, end a small,. weldformed
head with soft brown marls looped back from
her f ebead. The dark maroon•eolored-nie.
ricot she wore, relieved only by plain
white! collar and cuffs heightend the tramps
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reveler the delicate complexion. Me; eyes
were urge and grey. with long lashes--mois
tetrad, I fancied, by a tear. It may have
been. The foes was almost childish in its
perfect. simplicity 'and purity; but still there
was determination in the setting of the mouth
and woroanly dignity is the - open brow; and
withal a holy light seemed to beam Upon her
count' nanee--a calm and holy light, as
thou it might be the reflection from the
sti r h
wing f her guardian angel, for it seemed not
of ear h. • .
sat a little forward on her ober, one
baud resting on - its crimson arm, the other
playilig with the foldp of her dresa;looking
earneetly into the Ire.- The ' forked flames
leaped up brightly and then eauk,theglow
ingtenobers faded into dull ashes—dtd obi
dm:Al—that young wife, only a, few boars a
bride==- did' did' she think that Abet life which
opettid so brightly to her 'now, when she had
justei ..lorwect us threshold, Fast° leap upward,
warming our hearts : , for.. a little while, and .
thew having them cold sod dark forever I,
:llorfonteb longer L might . have gazed at
hoe I do sot *ow; het ; Clifton,-'.who: had
started trwstiOdo across the floor; dragging
-me after Cue to her side; then is is-Jos
awkwird abrupt Moe, he said 1 , . • , --". ,:,
. "I lus CM% ma'am; I'm glad to s e e
I had , norer berme seen my :brotiwr—eho
Was rat her celebrated for col ,errcistery—so
terribly erobanalued. -Bet just it that',nsit
meat toy fatharstomed. , .. .- - I • -:.
"1 cannot find them saywheie, Oh I you
are hire. are - you I - Where - hsvi - yos Isom
hiding, Aral Clifteo, - . Harold, coma .and
speak toyoor Saber; -What doe this mean,
"sirs" he lidded patting hie heed testily oo
my shoulder; 'foil bad shrunk bask, high.
timed thy his/tom look,- sad thinking how
soon Orson?* prophesy iseassicostisg trite.
that oitr tubs abould '.uot love osjUly More
when is bed i neer wife. He laird his band
—it hid ems been lifted epees* beforite.:
belle bi rd
moment my stepmother bid opreog
: J:ip with s frightened'ery. " Malcolm' r, Aid
I ' '-.
IWIONTROS4 I. 99TOBER, 1.3, 1869'
the 'was between me and the blow. Ms hand
dropped st hisaide„ the stern leok 'pined in
a moment from his features. '•
*There; 'Edith, take him; you Will And
him a sad,' tutaglity bop I'mafraid, but be
will be befter with you. , I have neglected
them sadly Of late." She sat ; down again,,
and still keeping her arm around me, as it
had been raised to shield me,.. and drew me
to war d s her, sad - then bolding - both my
hands in her,, looked up iu my face.
"And this=is Simla, my youngest,". she
uidoiffectionately smoothing back -the hair
from'my forehead, and - merging a warm kiss:
there; be bas your forehead and eyes, _Mal
colm, bran'( be 1. and be_ mustbe my pet, for
Clifton is so trill and manly: that he wilt not
like that name." . _ the
That individual stood ViAbiebnok to , e
table, greeting redder every moment; until,
in pity_ for his confusion, she tuned to me,
and said, in a low tone--
• ' " We will know and love each other better
soon, amid." . -
In my dream, that night, my - ideal and
real step-mother were strangely blended.
Sometimes I bad just bee: driven from the
door to seek my fortune, and it was all dark
and misty, and I could , not tell whereto go; at,.
others, I stood before her again as I bad done
that evening,with her loft white &lode on my
brown ones, and her earnest grey eyes look
tog up into mine, and - the gentle voice odd'
over a hundred times, "We , will'love'each
other better soon, Harold," • .
In two weeks Clifton "getaway . to school,
b ti nt
s n t o t till be becomead m perfectl y
w
with bdu
y e m other
treated
deference
that Osttered his boyish vanity; and, com
pletely forgetting his vow of a week , before,
be was as respectful Ind obedient as possible;
and when he was going he bad to whistle
harder to keep back the tears, than when be
parted from Granny. t wage( a much more
obstinitte and proud disposition. Thoroughly
imbued with Granny's preludirszs, I tried my
best, to find everything stoog in her. She
tried every little tender act to win my affee
tioni; the gentle nursing when I was sick,
the kind intrust iti my ;gays and occupations,
the affectionate caress; sod 'when The terri
ble truth dawned upon her that I wild not
love her, these were net. withdrawn, but Goo:
tinned 'with 'a mounfurtondernest that al.
most conquered roe.
koften longed to lay my bead in her Up,
and tell her that I did love her, but my pride
came to my aid. Had not abe taken toy
mother's place 1 had not I said I would not
love her, and would never call hey mother!
And would not, and I tried.to acorn CU&
ton for being #0 easily conquered. '
- It was a cold, wet day in January. I had
not been well, and as my father went out of
the door, my step-mother said, pleasantly—
"We must_ firtd. LaniVneirt
iterrild,:for I cannot you go out to-day."
Only the day before the.bova bad taunted
me with being ruled by her; because I quoted
her about some trifling' matter; now was a
good time, to show my independence ; '
so 1
replied, without looking-np, that I must go
out, for I bad something to ,do io the barn
I was going, when she called -me back:
" Harold l listen to me."
I, turned end looked at her.. Her eyes
were full of team but the lines about her
mouth were fixed.
"Now, llarold, yob must not go out this
morning; I have forbidden
My'spirit was roused in a moment; it was
the first time she had spoken so decidedlit,
now was the time to, show that she was
nothing to me. I whistled a tune, and walk
ed quietly out of the house to the barn; then,
as there was nothing to interest me the re, _
and my purpose was accomplished, I returned
slowly to the house.
Sir step : moiher was sewiiik when I entered.
tier 'face ;gni very pale, arid rt grew paler as
I .crime in. She rose immediately , and took
my band in hem,. The grasp of that little
hand was firm, and there was a resolution
in every movement that I did not dream of
resisting.
"You will come with me Harold," she
said, and I followed, mechavically.
She took in. to my room, placed nie in a
chair, and then with the same calm, dignified
step, she went out and looked the door.
was so overcome with astonishment, that
!made no resistance. t That she, so young
and beautiful, almost timid le ber gentleness,
shduld have taken Stich decisive measures,
was to me perfectly unaccountable. She had
deter before directly carrunfoded or fo/bid
den me to do anything.. She bad seemed to
try to win , my lore, not mrobedienee; but
now she bad taken an entirely - different course;
she had exerted an authority over 1310 "which
I bad forgotten the could claim, and shown a
spirit for which T was totally unprepared.
At first,l was very angrrolfisions of the
cruel step - motbercame fioa . ling Wok again
over my, mind, bit fainter than at first. I
would brave her, I said to myselt I would
never bare it said that I was conquered by a I
girl of eighteen benaise she came into my
father's house, because she sit, down in my
mother's place, ! owed her obedience,' she
owed no love tome. ',wanted no love, no
sympathy; I was enough for myself; I could
go through the world alone. On the floor
lay a piece of 'folded paper. It war a letter '
from Clifton :fir me, receiv ed the day before,
and I read it-over spin. Ii wan full of "love
to dear Mother:: although he had 'Written to
her at the earns time,: interspersed with. ac
counts of his dislike of kW:4 and longings
for a sailor life; saying, in strict confident*.
if it were not that be was tooome backs) her
at the end'of* year, hevestid run _away and
v i e sea . I wa s angry with 1111 1 40(1i
had lathed from me L *tight ; enktariwP
the letter. threw it away, mid sitting Aunt on
the wiedow.seat, kaked.Ott into she gate.
hours pitted slowly., away, and-Lbtl!:
gas to feel very miserable.. Clifton. *UM
come home nezt winter—perhaps beforti. ! .(4
might not obe r rsoi th at rthe bed ceased
love me, persuade my father to seed for_ltlati
and let me go in . bin place? My fattier "IMO
do it, I was sure, if Asseqggested it. The pat
tering rain and dressy prospect were.',otos!.
cialated to -inspire Ms.-with mani cheerful
thoughts; sad, 3n "kept` my boasted led&
Produce, ary - tonallome.eame over me like
llood,•andi wept, turserl,y:'• Iliad tried lode.
Col** reinitiate' tbiekteg =t hat I needed no
sympathy;. but I fteltiltati' had, brew lag.
ing for it ill the time. • I did not think of
my pride, -now. „teal, kaaw Abet I , longed
Oor a tener band.* soothing yoke; for some
one to *Yr*/ lottorMit Li•Mid....l4li meta
troubles you ;a' mai thug with thatibelbwel
deulatecess which it is painful to witness In
a 'grown person, but &idol to see in a child,
I laid my bead down on the -window-beirch,
andnitterrid.cnie Moaning cry, "Oh, Mother,
mother, come beet 1 6 , I. thooght that it was
my own mother , tbit:,l: - wanted; but , now I
knew. that it , was uot, for to my mincee eye is
1 called her; she bore that sweet, pale face,
and those loving eyes. that I had seen ifezieg
into tbe4rlamng fire that Norember . night
but she was fading slowly, slowly into the
mist, and so-I called 'gale, for she was al.
most gone; ''Oh, mother l .mother .
"Harold 1"
I started in a moment to my feel... My
etep-mother had entered the room unnoticed,
and-as I rose, she Hong herself at my feet, ori
her knees before me, and grasped my bands
in 'both enters. They were Very,, very cold;
and the pale face, with dark rims around the
eyes, and the words which die uttered with
almost st gasp, all told of intense suffering--
"Harold, love me! only love me! Love
me, Harold ;!"_
I was stunned-1 - could not speak—and
she, taking my silence for refusal, gave - one
low cry of anguish, rose to'her feet, tottered,
grasped the bed.post to support berself,,and
then sank heavily to &he floor again.. I
thought she was dead.- My pride bad van
ished. I knew that I loved her now. But bad
she not gone further„-further into the mist
and darkness? Would-she ever come back
to me 1 But linast call again, though it
were despairingly, and I threw myself down
beside her, and sobbed again--
"O_h, mother ! mother r
She roused a little and opened her eyes.
"Say it again, ilarold—say it again l" she
said, eagerly, as though 1 bad brought her a
message of' life. "Mother, dear mother •
In a moment her arms were around me;
she bad clasped me close to bet breast, and
her warm terns were falling like rain - upon
my bead, and mingling with mine.
Froth that moment I more than loved—l
idolized her. 1 believe, indeed t l that
at any moment I could hate laid down — my
life for bar. A smile from her was my great
est reward ; a look of Sadness my greatest
punishment.
Time .passed on 1 the winter and
mer passed, and November caine agarn. . We
Were having just such a storm as she came
in one short year ago. We talked about eel-
Grating - thewedding day—my father and
I—but she only smiled gravely. sd said she
was very weary. The bright .tMues • danced
and roared in the chimney, and then fell;
and, as I sat at her feet looking up into her
face, tr b ly favorite position, it seemed to me as
if that holy light, of which I have before spo
ken, grew brighter on her face, and "as if the
atmosphere that surrounded ber grew thicker
between us, and was pushing me away.
That night there was strange footfalls about
the housa,slogis opening.. and abutting, _acid
low voices; thei allwas still again. •I arose
early in tho morning- and stole instinctively
to my mother's door. It was ajar, and I
stepped in. The windows were wide open, and
the cold, dimp air struck me with-a chili. I
crept to the bed and raised a corner of the
sheer that was spread overit. There she lay
as though in a sweet sleep; the long, dark
eye-lashes pressed close against, tbts white
cheeks, the lips bearing a smile, as though
she saw sweet visions. There was not a shade
of sorrow on , her face; it was childlike in its
expression of perfect peace; and, nestled close
to her bosom, supported lovingly on one arm;
a tiny babe; its head was upon her breast,
its bands were clasped ill one of hers-its
short life bad gone upward with her loving
one. That light winch I had seen so pleas
antly the night before, was brighter now, and
enwrapped them both as with a garment.
There was too much calmness in that °ham.
ber for weeping, too much-peace for sorrow:
I went softly down to. the cold, desolate sit
tt ng-toom. the bright flames no longer light
ed up the black - chimney; the once glowing
embers were white, and .cold the, light and
the brightness of our heartlotone bad gone
out forever. -
The Sia . Pleas for a New &elm
Tittle:winks wants a new dress, and ber lord
protests. Now observe how she manages;
she approaches with— .
-Plea No. I—namely, the Persuasive . Plea.
—Ob, how hard he has to fight! She tells
him bow she loves him— smoothes .. his hair,
calls him king — sake if be has the heart to
deny her. if be says,he bar, she proceeds t 0..,
Ilea No. 2-. or the Destitute Plea.*;•She
informs Lim of the fait that she has
: nothing
to weal , and says that a man is a brute who
would not give hii wifeiomething to wear.
That she is not it to be seen. Tbst people
will cry shame on hiak In vain he says that
"beauty unadorned, is adorned most." She
asks, him if be can be so Mein as,to refuse
her. If be says "yes," she; proceeds-to--
Plea No. 3—or the Pouting Ples.—Tht
consists more of gesture, than speech; :She
sits at the table with he r little lose turned
up, and her little eyes turned dowo. She eats
little, (till be goes - to business,) sighs often,
and walks about the boil* like a bad-tempered
ghost. She speaks only to say "she knew it
woaid be so„ and "it served her just right."
Should he dire to say "it dirt," she proceeds
to-
Plea No, 4=-or the Property Mt e
polithli asks for' the little, money she hid
when-she was married. Certainly - she CMS
do what she wishes with her own. In fact,
she bad ,no propettywhen they were married.
All her worldly goods consisted of - a few_
worsteds and - kniiiingl o ins but these knit-
•
ting-pins she always pokes into his eyes tin ,
lass she coup:tens him before she gets to alert
No. 4. Should this fail she Aioceeds
tor-
P No. 5-4 he :Comparative riee,—All
her - departed lovers Sri made to pars before
and - leis compared 'With
detit; . one, by one. If ibe toul men ied. Mr.
e. the coachman—stie Would hive
had a beery. If she bad marriedldr.' Swizzle,
she would havelivid in stylien . Broad Street.
Italie had matried—in faqt, an ybody : but her"
husband--she would have lA* treated lite
a human being. He, perhaps beeichnes a M.'
tle angry, and suggests if , she had minted
Adam sbe :real have dressed like . Ever nos
as she his married bite, she triustireiteobss.
be cusgiie her This rouses beryl**
&becomes itemediatelf _
Plea No. 0-r-or the Zee: Coneltudie.—=
Which eetwiatiofts threat to go to melb
a Awl =DI uPbrsidiaga that he brought
twit sway 400 the joyeef btar owe home to
abuse arid make her miserable. • ~
,Now. no aue, "alp sviw abl* to a l tassil
plum fissiumorolly Alb at No. 1, sad
only ni warm. ewes teaches We. 6.
" Ho* Teams= *aa liVes
tart Christian 'Advocate .of this skeet:con- l
min amobituaty notice , by Rev. L Wright,
of the Ind. M. E. Church, of !seats Hamlin,
Si., who died at his residenoe near BloOttiflekl,
Ind, a few : months since, aged about Bd' years.
Mr.llanditi *as a 11181 of deep piety and nn-
questionable veraoity.. ite watt in' the beltle
of the Thames, aid the writer gives the fol
lowing as his statement in regard, to the mans
Der in which Tecumseh was killed i
He says he- was standing but a tot , ' feet
front:Col. John' on "*Len Ile _fell, and in full
riew,and sarctbe *bole of that part of
battle: He was well acquainted with Te
cumseh, aving seen him before the war, and
having berm a prisoner, seventeen days, and
received many a cursing from him. He
thinks that Tecumseh thought Johnson was
Harrison, as he often beard the' chid-swear
that he would Lava Harrison's scalp, and
'seemed to bare a special hatred toward him,
Johnson's horse fell under him, he himself he.
ing Alio deeply wounded ; in the fall be lost
his sword; his large phitoi were empty, and
be Tel entangled with
.his horse on, the
ground: Tecumseh - had fired his rifle at him,
and when be sow him fall, be threw down
his gun and bOunded forward like a tiger
sure of his prey. Johnson bad only a sidtt
pistol ready for one. He aimed at the chief
over the bead of his horse, and shot near the
centre of his. forehead. When the bil struck
it seemed to biuttbat the - Indian jumped with
his head full fifteen feet into the air es soon
as be.struck the ground, ' a little french - man'
rag his bayonet into him, and pinned him
fast to the ground."
A Hibernian-Recruit.
Predriek of Prussia bad amaCia for enlist
ing gigantic *oldies- io the Royal Guard,"
and he paid _enormous .bounties to bit re
cruiting officers to enlist them. One day a
recruiting sergeant chanced 'to spy . a Hiber
nian who was 'at least seven feet high; he
accosted him in English, and propoded that
he should.enlidt. The idea of sd nsiatary life
and a large bounty, so delighted Pat that be
at once consented.
"Bat," says the sergeant "unless you can
talk German, ,the Xing will not give - you
touch. But," be added "three words will
be sufficient; and ,tbese you cart learn in a
short time. The King kriows every roan-in
the Guards; as soon as he sees you he will i
ride up and ask you how old you are I—you
will say twetity4seven—lto* long you have
been hi the service!—you mhst -snifter three ,
weeks=tinally, if you are provided - with
clothes and rations f--you answer, both:"
Patrick open - learned to pronunce them,
but never dreamed-of learning the questions.
In_three weeks he appeared before the King
io review. His Majesty rode op to Lim; and
Paddyr stepped forward to "prievot amts."
"How old are. you!" asked the Kirig.'
• "Three weeks," answered Pat.
"How long have you been in the service! "
asked His Majesty.
"Twenty-seven yeare".
"Am I; - or yon a fool r .
"Bath," returned Pat, who wits 'instantly
taken to the guard'
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might be useful to all concerned. It; :has
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• 10. llandt off the the !slyer..
11. Eyes off the manuscripts, •
Gentlemen observing thew 'rules, whet) ea
feting a printing officer will greatly` oblige
the printers, and need not fear the devil.
The ladies, who sometimes bless us with
their presence for a few moments, arei.not
expected to keep the-rules very strictly, and,
indeed, it will be agreeable to tis to have them
break the fifth, eight and ninth rules as often
as convenient.
Boys, unless accompanied by their fathers,
aro particularly requested. to keep their baids
in their ixsskels.
Two darkies had bought a mess of pork in
perrnership; but Sam baying n? Orion to
rut his portion in, Consented to-entrnet the
whole to Julius' keeping. - •
The next morning they met, when Sam up
"Good - snornin , Julia , anything happen
strange or.mysterions down in your s wicinity
lately?" •
• " Vas, Sam, - most strange thii3g happenti
as my house yertertaat night. jAll mysteiy,
all mystery to me." , •
"Ah, Julie, what was dal rf .
1 . 1 Well, Sam.-I iote jou now. Dig MOrnite
I went down" into de caller to.get a pieee of
hag Alf dis darkey's breakfast, and 1 , put my
hand down in the brine and feit i all around
but no - potk - lar-411 pile. Couldn't..tell
what bewent,with it, im I turned apbe•bairl,
sue, Sam; ttOo,as pteachia' de mitt had ea tt,
hole:elar froo tha bottom ob de batl,--ind
dragged de porliwll'out
pro & en m tly w sa as id pe w - ithastotnahinent, but
Why didn't de brine 'ton out of de Berne
bOle'rg
Nat!t 4 `days de triyetety-=dit'e, de
myFtf..ry." •
A:,thetiber of
.1.67: Legislattle.
at one of its late sessions, introduced a Wit to
, i
change the_name of .a certain. conty in that
State to" Case county.. One : of the uppMition
moved as an , amendment , that the letter
be stricken out of the proposed loathe. : This
motion created some !sughter at this -expense
of the member offering. Nothing daunted,
,however, be arose in
.reply and said : ",
'Speaker, this is the first 'astatine that has ev.
er come to thy. 'knowledge in whicha mem.
Der had the assurance upon the door‘ of. soy
`Legislature, to propose to oaths lima/thy : a/ 7
ter kinsulf. '
L'A Brooklyn I atioompeoier a lit.
tle twig pr 01 to bet home, and felt fin-dol.
lam to help pay the ?Mural- expenses 4:4 the
child's What, whom coin Mood it the co,.
ear at the met • but et/441g boob unawares
to get her beadietchK *be heed that the
dead mei bed ievived; Mid .was soutlobitig
the bill to; crake lure that ft wara good one.
VOLUME XVI, NUMBER 40..•
Viii itcht 4 t ion amass Taamt,l—Tbitt
tioeation was projounded in our hearing,
few days! sines to el young man wino bad
been for several months itioduectessfaUfieek-f
ids employment .as a clerk or saleiman in,
some of otirleadiug houseiL • Cokiplaining of
hit ill-lurk, one of his friends Who knew hd
had'a tnelihanicril talent, but doubted. wheat
-it he _couldthrike himself useful, either is
clerk or saleansao,..put the interrogitcdy
him which we have planed as the caption of
ibis article. The reply was °that it. was not
so respectable as A Mercantile occupation."
'Uodet this delusive idea, old stores std
crowded with young tried who have Mr oil;
Pacity for business, and who, &walks of the
fancied respectability of doing nothing, waste
their minority upon salaries which cannot
possibly liquidate their expenditures:.
Late, too late in life, they distborer {off
error, and_before theyreach the age of thirty;
many-of them look with envy Upon the thrift
ty Mechanic, whom, in the days of their boy.
hood, they were accustomed to deride:
COULDN'T !GNAW! 17.—" Whit is that 1 -4
said it greeny; from Illinois, as he was cow
ducted to is bed-room for the night, at Bar
a um's remelts hotel io St. Louis. ' "Why I st
'skeeter net, say," said the servant. "A 'alosei ,
ter net I bey !" soliloquized the greeny, ey -
'Mg the mosquito bar which was plac
around the bed to protect its occupant fro
the Docturoal visits of these musical and id-
trnalveiLipects ; then looking around: be cent.
tinned, "Wall, there is a considerable quantit.
ty of them about I .guess I will set th 4
trap." Accordingly, be tucked up, one cor:
ner of the net and commenced to drive the
mosquitos into if; after he thought he had,
got them all in, he took his pillows and laid
down under the bed and endeavored to steep;
but the fact was, that he had only drived
about half 'the- mosquitos into the net,lnd
Consequently they foraged upon hirp eaten=
aively during the night. The nett day, at
the breakfaat-table, his face all peppered with
morqiiito bites, he de c lared tbe landlord :
his conviction that his "skeeter` tie?' wear*
humbug; and When he went on to tefitter the
experiences of the night, he tame very neat'
occasioning a dozen caeca for the Coroners
by ch,;king his auditors with laughter at hie
ludicrous mistake.
A Goon Srott—An anecdote wortif
laughing over, is told of a man who had Mt
infirmity, as weir/fa:an appetite for esh.
was-anxious to keep. up his character for Lon.:
esty, even while. enjoying his favorite mall ;
wad while making a bill with his metehant i
as the story goes, acid when his back was
turned the bonest buyer slipped a codfish un.
der his coat tail. - But the garment WAS to
Short to corer the theft, and.the merchant
perceived it.
"Now," said the custarnef, viaticms to Ittiz
prove - alloppiwtuniiiel to tall atteritiottto hit
limns. "Mr. Merchant, I hate traded with
you a great 'dead, and have paid you up
promptly and l lonostly, haven't I !"
"0, yes," said the merchant, "I make no
complaint." -
said - the customer, "I always itmisr
ted that hbuesty wasitte best policy, and the
best rule to live and die by."
"That's so," returned the merchant:
•
And the customer turned to depart.
• "Hold on, friend," . cried the niefthanti
speaking of hottesty,-1 have a bit of advice tct
give you. 'Whenever you come to trade
aain you had better -wear a longer eoatiof
steal a shorter codfish/I • _
•
iVsurcafr DirrrissaY.—A freight drivel
with a " tied up" check stopped at a tavern
to lodge over night. .The min of all work
saw him corning, and !hos addressed Lim=.
"Neighbor, *hitt ails you r
I have got the toothache," was the feat:
"Have. you got. a bad tooth I 'wh'ere is
"Yes—here Ju my lower jaw:"
_" What will you give if I pull it Se INN
as any dentist r'
will treat you to a pint .. of ahiskei.'v
"It is a bargiin. Come along."
They went uploto the rayloft , whereat,
modern dentist placid his patient near the
opening through which_ the bay and straw
was reached .to the upper door. Here, tie
ing one end of a shoemaker's' wet end - to g
beam oyes head and the other to the tooth-of
his patient,' and telling him to keep his mouth
open to its widest estent, lie gave the driver
kick which sent him into a pile of manors
below,
"Vera ray friend, hangs your tooth."
It is gone ; %hot I *mad not like to get
another one pulled by yowl" cried the duvet'
holding his cheek.
4110• A Mew York mercantile house held
an unsettled claim of long standing against it
lame duct "out West," and beaming that
was becoming "well to do" sent their claim to,
a Western lawyer to collect. in due ti me
theyreceived s reply, which effectually crush
ed any ho - pes deity might bate entertained of
receiving their money. It ran-in this
wieei
"Genta=yonwill never get any spondulics
from Bill Johnson. 1 called upon him yer
terday, and foind him with nary tile, his feet
upoi the naked earth, and not clothes endough
upon him to wad a gun 1" . An expressive
.
, A teacher pne day endeavoring to nuke a
pupil understand, the caters andsifylicatiott
of a passive verb, said, "ilia etirressive,otthst
nature - of receirtog an teflon; Rs Peter ft
beaten. 'Now, what did Peter do!" "Mail
I don't. know s " .answered the boyipuastiog a
moment, with ibe gravest totintertkuoit
siblei without he hollotted -
Tbe.Rev. Mr. A. was more vainest in his
day for the brilliancy of his imagination than
tcs
the bi of his lo go. At one time he was
pi:Probing " the. Ministry of Angels," and
in the . peroration be seddeply t ..obeorved, s4 (.l
hear a whisper I" The A:trite/pot tone startled •
the deacon who Mt below; froxii a drowsy
mood, and _springing to ..his. feet. be spoke
"I rest it is the boys in the gallery.".•
Pre nearly all men are benevolent whet
c it.domin't cost them mach. Torn never mea
poor John suffer hat be thinimffam ought to
help him. ' - '
A beautiful thoogbt is miggestatilrfile
Zoraii-"Aegaht. to the grave will eon ques- •
tion•tbee as to-the &armlet ot money thou 't
has left babied thee, but what good diode'
{boo bait door, While is the world tb eat/ltle
thee to a seat smoog the blest."