THE MONTROSE. DEMOCR.AT,•
IS rukostity TlivitsDAYEicitY
AL.areri-iteicku..
• • OFFICE ON TLIBLICATENITE
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THBEE 1)061t.s ABOVE ARABLE'S 'HOTEL
TERMS.--47,50 per annum ip, ADVANCE ;
e.therwitm S 2 will , be charged-Land fifty cents per annum., ,
added to arrearagne, at the option °fiber Publisher, to pay
expense of coliecilon, etc. AuyaucE payment priaterred:
.ADVEDVISENIENTS will biiiiiserted at the
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• rate of ttt per vqtairt... of ten H t he or less, fig e first three 1,
weeks, and:, cents for each additionid week--pay down.
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Illerelisnts ' ; .and others, who -advertise. !.
by ,
th o year. trill be c harged at the.tollowlii ratea, • viz.; !I
/lir one sguart. or lek cnla year. with changis. ia .!'
EaeA additianal:eqvat*,.al tAe rate of l .6
No credit glees except to, those'et !mown resPonelblllty. il.
Vottital.
3i*MaXs. , ELX 3 .
• il:OX THE GERMAN..
Wilhelm end Mors 'No down by ft stream. 1.
Where Abee'in the wildflowers roveled-i,
Where the pertain , nattered some sweet dre_atnl
And the vineihtng In festoons disheveled.
And the old stoeY told of a lore that should last
Through a lifetime of gladness or Narrow—,
And memory !mimed through the gloom of the past,
- And Hope promised Joy for each morrow' • ,
She AMP fair as the snow, and pure us the dew,
And her halt hintgin 'rich golden tree,-,•e ;I
He was noble and brare—tinswerflog slid true—
With a Welt: tye ttutt s lovingly bleeme.
Ifirethe crammer ptweed---e,eo faded the ruse— ,
Ere the green Wood was et ripped of Iv heanty,---
He dept the sweet sleep of quiet repo.e. •
-tad death taught her Wes saddePt duty „
.Thry burled Min where,the pale daisy sleeps
Where his favorite stream now , . serenely
They buried him where the wild cataract
And the rainbow enthr. ned site so queenly.
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Hut yeah' hare now , fletloinee this trial of yo
Tooit from Nary life's best. richest treasur
Her song still ittrimt:- - -and on:milted her to
For her spirit to hip singe Itx measure:
'ller footfall ireloW, and dilatant is her eye.
• • And vilvered are thow . goldentresr•er--
...• Iter emdle le etill bright—lteethoughts are on
For the known that a xpirh-land blesse*.
She Iroowi , that the loved who have gone bt;f.
Will await en iitlieaven's bright portal—
That the lured and the boat will meet once rn
That pure love ht...mnne t 4 there immortal.
yesterday. pale and grim,
Announced her lilies pilgrimage ended—
She unfulded'her wisp In the the twilight 411
And r.ped..wherc4li . eir aplrlt lore blended.
-And the zrare that hod ... held but Wilhelm alo,
Now routers ltwflOwers overltarr.:
And the rainbow rot on her ery,talthfune,
Where the edaract werpe her hod fairy.
A • WEARY ME IT IS TO aerelto WORK
ve•who at %lie anvil tnil • •
Ana strike the .t.unilint:
'here trolls-the hiirrtinn iron's Itrnast
The ; sparks Sly and fro.
While answeri fig tattle hammer's Ting,
And tire's intensefglow—
Oh, while cc feel *tis hard to toil
And sweat the l4tniday thrvnigh.
Remember it is h:leder kill -
To have no work to do!
•-• llo! ye mho till the stubborn soil.
Whose hard - tiand..* guide the plow,
`Who bend.beru=th the summer sun.
With burniinf cheek and brow—
n, deem the curse stilt clinits to earth
• From olden time 4111 now--
ihtt while ye fees 'Os hard to toil
And Libor all da,t thronzh,
• ltemernher it is ha •
still
To have no wort:, to do:
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y x . rho plow t vea's blne tieht , —
— i% lie role the're: , less. wove.
'Reneuth whose gallunt vessel's keel
There lies a yalviiiir• grave,
Arotalld whose bitrhi the wintry winds
Like fiends of fu
utile you feel 'Opium] to toil
Wiry, through i.
Remember it he harder 'till
To hare no work to dol
Ho! ye upon %chose fevered cht;elts
The hectic glow it. bright,
Whose mental toil wear, out the day
And half the weary night,
11*.hoinIntr for the tomb. of men,
Champion,. of ernth and rigid—
Although you fee t Tour fon is hard,
Es en NVitYkthis'iloriouN view,
Renternher It harder sll/1'
To hat eno worlit.lo do! •
all who lahoi,Lall
'Ye wleld a loft y.110W..T.
Do With your miitht. do with your t4rent,lh.
Fitt every goldsn
The zloriotts privilege to do
Is mares taunt noble dower.
Oh! to your birthright and :yourselves.
Sit your own souls hr trni;!
A Wodry, wrt.trled tits in their! , -
Who hare no wdrk to do!
'4lliscrilantous.
Froni floinq;hold Word.
KING_ IN LOSI DON.
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Tort: wife discovers, on retirimi ibr the
night, that her (blawers are void; her
toilet table is bare except the ornainents
she now wears, ber beauty is as unadorned
'ag that of a Quakeress; all the fond tokeris
you gave her when., her pre=nuptial lover,
are gone; nova thing is left; your own
- mintaturc,,with its,settings of brilliantsl;
her late mother's diamonds-; the bracelet's,
"dear papa"' presented on her last birth
. day; the top of every.botae in the dressing
case :brought from Paris by untie .Jobn, I
at the risk of his life, in 184 S, (being gold,)
are off--- - -but the bottles'(bmiog, glass) re
_main. Every valuable isswept, away with
the most discriminating villany; for no othl,
'er thing in the chamber has been touched
not a chair• has been moved; the costly
pendule on ~the chitrihey-pike still ticksi
the entire oparttnent is as! neat and trine
as when it received the last finishing
touch of the house-maid's duster. Thel
entire esaliShment runs frantically up
;And down stairs; and finally congregates,
in my lady's chatiilier„ Sobody knows
anything tyhatever-about it ; , yet .ever' -t'
body. offers a suggestion, as though 'theyl
had not an idea " who ever did it." The I
housemaid biti•sti -into tears the . cook
declares she thinks she is going, into hys
terics, and at last
.Suggests sending for
the police;
which is *en for a suspicion'
of,and insult to the Whole assembled house
hold, and they descend into the lower re
gion of-the ho - use in Sulks.
X 40 arrives. I - Lis - face betrays sheepish- ,
Tess combined with . mygtery. lie - turns
his bull's eve . into every
. eorner 'of the
passage, and upon every 'coinitenance on
the premises. Ile examines all the locks,
bolts and bats, bestoWing extra dilligence
on those that enclosed the stolen treasure.
these.he declares to have been ".wiolated," •
thus concisely intimating, Without quot
ing Pope, that therams been More amit one
"Rape of the Lock:" Ile then notes- the
-. non-disturbance of the otlicir valuables;
takes you solemly aside, darkens his lan
tern, and asks von, 'M a mysterious whis
per, if you suspect' any of yetir servants,
which implies that he ;He then ex-1
amines the upper hied rooms) and in the I
room of the-female servants lie discovers
the least „valuable of the rim,* and a east
oll silver tooth-pick, ;lietween the mat; I
tresses. - every You have . :cOnfidenee in
your maids; but whit can !you ,think?
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cm suggest their strre,,Cll6to ---. 7 but your ife intereed&, and the policeman Would - I
prefer speaking to. hit i mspdetor - before
Nicking tir , Ybody up..- . „.
Had the whole :natter renitlined in-the
hands of X 40, it is probabte thot.your
troubles would have lasted till now- ,A'
train of legal proceedings-I—at:lion' for de.; I,
.famation of character and suit for &nil- I
ges--.would have 'l llloived,.coatuty more
than the value.of the jewels, to'ke.tlier-with
the execrations of. voin• neigbbors, and
every private friends of yonridomesties.
But happily the Inspector.prodiptly sends
IL plain,' eariterstdookit* inani 'who an:
nonnees himself OS:one-Of the. two deter: .
_fives of the - X divisions • He 'settles the i
titatter in . ten initiates.: His ekamination7,
is ended in five, As a eisnniiissear can
-tietermine the painter a pct tire at a+
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glance, or,tt wine-taster the precise • vin
tage; ofd;' ,- iherry by the merest sip, so the
detective at once pounces upon the au
thors of the'Work of art under considera
tion; by.th style of perfoimanee; it' not
upon the precise excutantopon the-school
to ;which he belongs. Having finished the
toilette branch of the inquiry,, 'he takes a
short,Vie* of the parapet of your house,
and Makes an equally cursory view of the
attic Window. —fastenings. his mind is
made up, and at the :most he will addreSs
you-in these Pertinent words: • .
"All right,lsir. 'This is done by one of
the dancing sefiool."
• " Intp4ssible," exclaims your plundered
partner. ":"Yty, our children go to Mon
/noor Pettitoes, No. 81, and I assure you
he is a most respectable protesser. And
as to his pupils—" •
The detective smiles and interupts.
"Dancel-s" he tells her,. "is a name given
to the sorts of burglars by whom you bare
been robbed ; and every • branch'
; of the
thieving profession divided into gangs
which are-termed sehoolS. From. No. 23
to the end - of the streetrthe houses are un
finished. • The fillet' made his way to the
top of one:of these, and cratvled to your
'garret."
"But we are twenty hOuses distant,
and.; why did .;he not favor one of my
neighbors'?" yon will ask.
'~ Either Ibeir: upper 'stories are not so
practicable; or: 'flit , ladies have• mutt such
valuable jewels" -
"But how did the thieves know that ?"
"By watching -and inquiry. This at:
far .inay-have been in preparation more
'than a month. Your house has been
watched—your habits, have been _ascer
tained. They have fomol ont when you
.ditto,-how lon!r you remain in the. dining
room. A day is sjleeted, while you are
busy dining, ankwhen your servants are
busy. Waiting on.- you,. the thing is-done.
Previously iaanyjourtn•ys ha 'e been tirade
over thd roof to findont the best means
of entering • your house. The attic is
chosen;• the robber gets in -anti creeps
noiselesMy, or `dances' into the place to
he robbed." .
Is there :thy chance oi'zerovering
propertyr you atik . ;•anxionsly, seeing the
1 whole matter at tv glance.
"I hope so. I have sent. some brother
officer to watch the Fences' houses."
"Fences ' •
"Fences,".exclitints the detective., in
relAy to, your innoCent wile's inquiry, " are
purchasers of stolen goods. • Your jewels
Will soon he forced , out Of their settings
and the geld 1ne1t4.0." •
_ A suppressed scream. 2
"We shalt se.c, if at this unusual hour .
of the night, there is any hustle in or
near any of these places ; if .any punoke , is
cominunt of their furnaces,,,where the
melting takes place,. I shall go and seek
out the itreeise garretter '—that's anoth
er name these plunderer: give themselves
—whom I suspect.
.13y his trying to 'sell'
-your, domestics-by, placing the ring,and
tookpick in their bed, w think I know- the
man.'
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The next morning von find - all the snp
positions • verified. The detective calls
and obliges you,at. breakfast (after a sleep
less night) with a ;complete list of the
stolen articles, and tiroduce4-some of them
for identification. In three months your
wife gets nearly all her articles back ex-.
cept. some of the gold ; her damsel's in
nocence is thily established, and the thief
is taken front his school" to spend a
long holiday in a penal colony.
sonietitues they are called upon
to. in
vestigate robberies so execitted that no
human ingenuity appears, to:ordinary
ob
servers,,e i.apable of finding the thief. The
robber has left no trail—not a. trace. Every.
clue seems cut off—hut the experience of
a detective guides hintinto tracks invisi
ble to other eyes, Not long since, a trunk
was rifled in a fashionable hotel. The
theft was so managed that no suspicion
could rest •on any one. The detective
I sergeant, who had been sent . for, fairly
owned, after. 'making a, minute ex:unina
, tion, that he could. atrord no hope
~o f
elucidating the mystery. As he was leav= -
, big the bed-room, hotrever, .in which the
plundered portmanteau stood, he picked
up,an ordinary shirt button front the car
pet.L He silently compar&l—it with those
nn theihirts which ,the thief had left be
hind
in the trunk. It did not match them.
He Saidn4hing.bnt hung about the hotel
for the rest al' the day. Had he,been
narrowly In-atch'ed he would have been:
set down ftr an ex - centric 'critic of linen.
Ile was looking; out for shirt-front or
wristbanif nithent. a button. His search
waslong and futtient, bet at length it was
crewarded.. o.ne. of the humans Of the
lmuseshowed a deficiency in his - dress,
1 , which - no one hitt a detective would
.have
inotfeed.: He looked as narrowly as he'
!dared at the pattern of the , remainittg
ibuttons. It corresponded •with that of - I
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I . Ac little tell-tale he had picke - d tip. He .
lwent deeper into the subject, got a trace
`Of some of the stolen p'roperty, ascertained
!a connection between it and the 'suspected
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person, eontronted him with the owner of
the .trunk,. and 'finally stweeded - in
Victifig him 'of the theft. At anather her
tel robbery,the blade of nknif'e' broken in
I the
. lock of a portmanteau, formed.the
eine. The detectiVe employed in that
ease was,, for Sometime employed indefa,
tigably . in seeking out knives with hroken
blades. At length he
. fOurid one belong-.
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to an underwriter, who proved to lie
the thief.
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C Indiana Juk tioc of.. the Peace,
rindiCated his claiia to be a social
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ureattire, by the subjoined
~gracious nose,
the:correctne'ss - of whik:ll is youclied for
by the Itintington Herald :---
t - . ''"Compliments
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"There is ia be a pand picnic beloir
bunting on the .'2 4 litliof,May . of the young
pt opt @ of HUntington and vicinity on that
ocieasion Tariauld be finch pleaSed to hare
this admissibility of your company if it
wiadd . he agrt!e,able'and meet the aptiro 7
ral, your attest:l4On."
nr`probaDly the ;reason why so little
was writton ,i.k,thena;rl..A.ges,, was that
peOple could not.see.
_,to write.
:„W'Shallow water makes great' 043 in,
"AN WE FORGIVE , OUR DERFOIIO 9
Dy T. S. Arthur. •
;Harvey Green was a shrewd man of busi,
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iness—lionest his dealings, yet ever
ekacting 11141%1. He, took no advantage
of others, and was very careful not to
lothers take advantage of him. While actl!
I ine• op the pHecept, Owe no man 'any-I,
c'
thing," he never lost Sight of a debtor, nor I
rested whileithe obligation remained in),
'force. A natural relit& was that, Harveyi :
Green nrrisneied in the things of this world;
: —uot that he became very rich-, but so
I well off as to leave no reasonable want un-1!
supplied.
. It so happened, a few y.ears ago, that a;1
man named Wilkins, .after-an unsuccessfid
- struggle with; fortune, continued through
six or seven years, failed imbusiness. Few '1
men • had toiled harder; or suffered more; i f
and whetrat last he yielded to the pressure
of iron- circtntlances, he sunk down for a
season prostrate in. mind and hotly. Ev- I
erything that he had was given up to the
!ereditors--- - -thel property paid but a small
per cottage on the claims:-:--and then he,
went liirthinft) the world, all his'busittess
relations broken up, and, under the he'avy
[disadvantage lot' 'his situation, °bravely
!sought to gain for his large, dependent
family things - needful to their sustenance
Plid,growthAidmindd and body..
I Among hi . . 4 e i rediters was Green. Now
Wilkins belonged to the same church that
numbered Green among its members.—
When the latter 'heard of the failure he
was-a good deal' disturbed, although the
sum owed hitt - Owns not over four hundred
dollars. Ott reflection he grew more corn-'
posed:
," Wilkins is an hones man," said he to
himself. ," pay me sooner or later."
It did not take long .to sell.off, at a sad
sacrifice, the 5t.6.4: of goods remainim , in
the hands of the debtor, for lie threw rim
i impediment the way of
,thoge who
songht to obtan their due.
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"_Alt ; my fri . nil," said the latter, on
meeting, with G' een a few days after, the
closing up of hbf, insolvent estate, "this is
a sad business !i But it' God gives
strength, I will:Pay.otlevery dollar - it'.this
debt .befere I die. An honest Man can Inn ,
er sleersoundlylwhile he owes his neigh-J
a thrthiliq.t." ‘ j
The right spirit, brother_Wilkins," an-
Swered Green; right spirit ! Hold ,
out to that. declaration, anti all will come
out straight, in the end. Though I can't 1
very well lie ont:lof my
. nmpey, vet I will
wait patiently until you are able to pay
me. I always said you were an honesti
man; and I am Ore you will make- good s ''
my word;'."
" God helping Me, I said the debt
or; his voice trembled, and his eyes grew
moist. 0, how t hirk looked all in the fit
titre! .Wlet.t, a elOtnl was on his path !
What 'a weight .0 r grief, mortification and
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despondency on 'his heart)
The twte men parted, and .each -took his
homeward way—the debtor and the ered-•
itor. The-one With countenance erect,
self-eomplacent feelings and elastic step; .
the other sad and depressed.
That itight,3l Green prayed, " Forgive I
us our debts as we. forgjve our debtors." I .
-Yet scarcely_ tlte words died on his 1 .
UPS ere he was musing on- the chances in
titvorof his receiving from the penniless
Wilkins, the few hundred dollars
him by that unhappy individual. There
was 'no sympathy for hint in his heart ; 110 I
thought of terrible; prostration of'spirif;
nothing of pith and lbrgiveness.
A self' regard end
own interest com
pletely absorbed air humane considera
tions.
Time •passed on,' INEr. WilkimOvas no
drone.. An earnest, - active man,-he soon
found , employment-t-not very remunera
tive at first, but still sullieiently so to ena- '
brq hint to secure Many comforts for his ,
family, and to provide for their education.
Otte, two, three years glided by. \ \ With
the growth of his a hiMren, his expenses
increased, and - kept so,close a tread upon
his income that-ho had not been able t0.,1
pay off any of the 74d obligations; :litho'
he never lost sight', of them, and never
ceased to feel troubled on account of their
existence. • • -
"0, debt; debt, debt !" - he would Often
sigh to himself. "What would I not
give to be able to say, `owe iio man any
thing:- But Withlny large•fitinily andlimi
ted-income, what hope, is there!".
This was his `depressed' state of mind
one day when Mr. Green .called in to see
Mtn. Many -times, before this unhappy
Man had been reminded-of his debt.
" How are vou getting on?" - inquired
the credifor, fixing Hi eyes steadily upon
poor Mr. Wilkins,Who felt a sense of suf . - 1
focation,and he slightly (limited Infore his!,
tyrant.
"I have much to ' thankful for,"
meekly answered-the Aebtor. "My health.,
has been good, and I.liave had 'toady em
ploynient."
"Yon are living very comfortably."
"And We are grateful to a kind PrOvi
dence for our bleigx"
"Your salary is One thousand dollars a
year?'"
•
"It is; and L have six children .to sup.
port." - •
-" You ought to save something. , , I've
been easy With you a long - timc ; its three
y&irs now, and you intim% offered me one
cent. If you'd pay me Ore or ten dollars
at ,a time, the debt would hive lessened.
I wish you would make :mute' arrangement.
You ought to save at least two hundred
dollars from your salary.. I know plenty
of men. who get'only eight hundred a year
and - have as largefamilles. as yours.",
The eyes of Mr. Wilkins fell heavily: to
the floor;
he telt , as ifaaeavv - weight had
been laid upon his bosom.. Lle made no - ,
reply, for what could he . 4?
- "1 - have always upheld you as an hon
est 'Mad," remarked Green, - in :t tone of
Voice that iMplied an awakening . , tiOid* . l
as to whether.tbievieW of the debtor's
charaCter was really correct; . •
"That is between . God and :my own
conscienee;_" said Wilkins, lifting his eyes
from the- tloer,• and loOkin; - with. some 1
: sternness into the face of his persecuting
creator. • • •
"For - your.oWit .sake; I trust you will
keepla clear corufelenee, 4 ! returned Green.
"As for the present Matterlmtween
all I.wisb to icnOw is, whether .you mean
to pay nly debt; and if
,so, When may I
expect to receive something?"
"Ilow much is the aebt'?"
kins. .
"It was thret kindred and seventy dol
. lars 'at the, time of your failure. Interest
added, it now anionifts to, four • hundred
and tifty,"•said Green.
"There were Other debts. besideslyOurs."
I "Of course there were ; but I have no-
thing to do with them." •
• "The -whole amount of my indebted
`,ness wag Wentz,' thousand dollars. The
yearly interest on this 'debt-is
pay
than
my- yearly income. I cannot pay eFen the
interest, niuch less the principal."
" But you can pay my small ("Jahn if you
wilt; you could have paid it before this if
the disposition haft existed.— You 'talk of
' conscience, but I'm •afraid, brotho Wit=
kins, in your case &ere-is . a very narrow
' foundation of honesty for conscience to
rest upon.. I don't put much faith !in the
professions of men who live after the tlish
ion you live, 'and, yet refuse toluty Weir
debts. I'm•a plain spoken individual; and
you now have my mind freely," .; •
1 The tone of the creditor was harsh in
tl:k extreme. •
• "Perhaps," said Wilkins with - forced
jealmness, "there may he less dishonesty
in my witholding that in your detnatiding,"
.110 you dare ?". The
:creditor's face flushed, and his lips quiver
with indignation.
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" There :ire ten creditors' in all,l' said
Wilkins, with. regained composure. "Let
Me, put to yqtl' :u question. .1' owe' John
Martin six hundred dollars: Simkse I
had six lit:Ml.4d dollars, and little, pros
pects of ever ;44 t inF„ : any more, And' were
to pay the whole of over to John Mar
tin; instead of dividing it, equally between
you and all the creditori, would yoltAeon
that act right on my part?" Or •w6uld you
think Martin really honest to crowd and
chat. me until in very desperation; as it
Were, I gave him the whole of what main
belonged to others ? Would yon not
say he had possessed hiruselfof your prop
erly ? 1 know von would. "Al4l let me
sity to you - plainly, that your present obit
tU get me to pay off your whole.claint en
tire, regardless of others equally' as Much
entitled to be paid as yourself, at all Indic
ative of unselfishness, or a genuine spirit
of honesty. If I have any money to pay
it belongs equally to. my ereditorsand
lo any one of them exclusively."
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TO be ellar ,, ed thlis by a man Who' was
indebted to him—to be charged -with a
dishonest spirit by the poor creature whose
rdlation to buck ty be reg:lrded as essen
tially dishonest—this was too much for
the self-complacency of Mr. (reen. Ile
rose up quickly, saying in a threatening
tone
i* Von will repent of this-insult, sir'!
Wve fbiborne Ibr years, believing you to
be; really honest ; but for this forbearance
I im. meet with outrage. shall forbear
no, longer: Vim are able to pay nte, and
I *ill find a way to-competvon to do so."
?Left atone with his troubled , tlionghts;
pont. Mr. Wilkins felt not only humiliated
and *retched, but alarmed for the integ
rA-,of his household. There was no way
in which his creditors ,could, extort . 41;e
suit due them except by seizing upon his
hoUsehold furniture. ,That Green woidd
dolthis, he bad but too
.good reason to
ferai.; for he had done it in other case.—
rti4 fears proved not altogether ground
les. On the very next day,, a sheriff's
writ was served on hint at the suit of Mar
vell Green.
.1 What ilo'yon propok! doing; ?" asked
Wilkins on meeting with his.ereditor a kw
dal 4 s afterward.
lGet my money," was answered some
what sterniv.
"But I have nothing." -
""We will soon - see about that ! Good
morning."
p3lr. Green imagined that the indigna
tion felt toward Wilkins -was directed
agamst his dishonest spirit, was, in fact;-a.
Tigkeous indignation, when its spring was
inoppidity and - wounded pride.
\ \ lt was the day belbre the trial of his
cruse with Wilkins, when he expected to,
get Judgmettt by detitult, as no answer had
beeit made by OM defendant the ease.
And it Was. his purpose, as it had been
front the beginning, to order an execution
as soon the \twitter was through court,
and t 3 eize uponany property that Could
be, limn&
EYening came, and Mr. Green sat with
'his children around hls pleasant
home. A meet little be knelt betitre hint,
his Ore. hands eltispetein: prayer, while
front! his lips' came musically the words
taught by. the Lord to his diltples, For:.
give kis our-debts as we forgiv our debt
ors."! There seemed a deeper meaning in
the IYords, murmured by Innocent child
liotAL than had eyer: before 'reached hit
perceptions.. Ills thoughts were stiri-ed
new . emotions awakened. The prayer was
said llt
i e little one- arose
..front his knees`.
and lifted his rosy lips fonsti kiss.
" Midler," said he, thrning back after
obinoil across the 'room, Purriot• going tit
let Thirry Williams pay me for that
It got broke the next day After I let_ hint
have it." - •
"114 bought if, from you," bah" Mr,
Green!: . - - • • --
"I know he did; but then gairs's mo
ther im poor, and he only gets w- penny
now and then.• It - takes him .a long time
o get 6 dollar, and then the sled is broken
and nd good to him. I have a greatiMa
ny more nice things than he has, and Why
shouldl Want; his pennies when he•gets so
few?" k
"What made you think cif thiaVt ask
ed•the father who was touched by the
words of his.child.
• ." It eatire into my mind just now as
waS s ayinga my, prayer. - I prayed, "For- .
oive ofir 'debts , as we forgive ourdebt
ors." y -Now Harry Williams is my debtor
Mlle ?" '
" Yeti, my son." .
"VIII.' if I don't forgive him his debt,
how caul - I expect God to forgivemy debt ?
HI pray to.hmi tii forgive me ,as I forgive
Harry;'and' I don't forgive Harry . at all,
don't I ask God not to forgive me, father ?7',
The, child spoke earnestly, and stood wit if
his.largg, deep, calm eyes,' fixed intently
op his father's face: .'Almost involuntary',
Alr..G-reen . repeated thihe word's':
, 4 " rfye forgive not met their tree parses,'
said our B.:whir, 'neither willl - your father
Iforgive•ydur trespass,' . '.' . r. •
1 "I'll tOtgivellarry, the debt, father. I
Ima sure he'isn't able to pay l'Ot' the iiled,
I and I have a great many morclnice things
I thanhe has. If I don't do' N how can I
ever prayithat prayer again
I, "O a ves, yes ! •Porgive him fhe debt by
all.meaLs I" replied the lather,i again kiss
ing the bdy. '
I 'That ev:ening Was - spent bviMr. Green
in closer I self-coatmunion • than he had
I known for:: many years. The words of his
1 child had 4.,ottie tO hint like rebuking pre
cepts froth Ileatien, and he. ;bowed his
head, humpiated and repentant, resolving
to forgive as he Would be . forgiien. -,
On die Morning that follow 4 as Mr:
1 Wilkins, 11;,om whose mind thel, cloud had
not lifted itself, who was trembling lbr the,
home of his Children, was passirig his door,
.
a lad placed. a letter in hishandt. Ile knew
I the face di the .boy front . its - likeness to
1I thatof Mr.) Greeni
1
"More trouble,?' he sighed trl himself as
Ihe thrust the letter into his poeket. An
hour after Wards he opened it, ;and to his
be wildermentand surprise, fowl"' within
his account fully drawn out anttreeeipted
with the stip•tatureof 'Harvey Green. Be
low the reCript-was Written, "I stand re
buked. I lutist forgive, if I hope to be for
oiven.": i, . • ! -
It was with great difficulty that Wilkins
could restrain - a gush. of -tear so great
,
was .his in4ant revulSion of feeling. Ah,
lit' liar Green eOulti baye seeit his heart
at that ntothent, hiS debt Ni'ouldthave helm
paid fourfold. Yo amount of money pont.-
ed into AI isi coffers i' could have 3 produced
such a &chug of heavenly delight..
-I --:oi-......-- - ------;
Marvels; 'of thelPre-Adamr4e Cm
,
.
ation. _ • . • .+'
. i
asked
'ld but see -the pro4ctions of
our 'own country, a they once' really ex-
isted—could we travel backiviirds into
the vanished past, as we .can• descend-in
to the strata. that, eontain their reiliains,
and walk out . into. the woods 'along the
sea-shores qt
should, be greeted b n. :succes.sieri of mar
vels strange k beyonil the conceptibuk 'of I
poet, or at Nast onto equaled erea-
t ions of hint =who, his adventurbus song,
set forth the lady Litia to wander. over a
fairy land cedrearywooda and :trackless
forests,
forests, •whOse caverns were haunts of
dragons and satyrs, and its hills the
abodes i•
• Of dreadful hdlg., that,when they di:ew in hando
Half firing and half floating,.in thelrbo*ie,
• • bid with theft', forgone,* unotaure der much lands,
And math! Wide *Wow tinder bulkstnne
As mountain dish the r volley overc.osle;
tarllnavtafla durar afire '
ieui=4ou.hrtbill, and ‘as
te.j .
Let us, hoiiever, ere we part=: for the
evening, adventure $ short walk auto the
' wilds of the Witt. it that port ion of space
now oecupiedion ;Jai surface of the. globe
by the hortli.:Oasternr hills of Sutherland
where they :dint ou precipitous Ord. 'We
stand on an elevated wood covered.ridge,
= that on _the one hand overlooks : O. blue
sea, and . descends on the other towards a
broad river, beyond which there spreads
a wide expanse-of a inountainousl forest
covered country. The higher'auf more .
distant hills are dark With pines • and
! save that , the sae, alrtiady low in ;the. sky
is flinging athWart tbein his yelleiv light
and grinding; high Oer shaded dells and
the deeper valleys, cliff; and copie, and
bare mossy suriamit, the general Ooloring,
of the back-grOnna Would be bliie and
cold.- 1 •
But the ray falls bilight and, warm on
the rich vegeptiotO around 1141 7 -ferns,
trees, and tall club mosses, and. graceful
palms, and the . strangely proportioned ,
oymdacem, wli ae leaves seem fronds of
the bracken fixed .aspen decaPitated
stumps;. and along the banks_of thp river
we see tall, intensely green hedgesiof the
feathered eliustacm. cones ,and
• withered spiky Naves Strew the groutul .
and scarce a hundred. yards away there is
3 noble. Arancarlaii, that raises; sphere
-1 like, its proud mare than a• Wl:Mitred
feet over its fellows, and whose trunk,' be
-dewed with`odetiferouli 'balsam, 'glistens
in the sun. 9.4 califs quiet. of.. the -air
makes itself faintly ample in the drowsy
-hum of insects; herei is a gorgeoes.light
poised dragon tlyi darting hither nig thi
ther thronghthe minister gnat-likegroups,
it settles for a - monaent one of 64 less
er ferns, and a ssmallinsectiverousterea
titre, scarce Jargq than t rat, issues:noise
lessly from its bole and creeps - stealthily
toward it. I
But there is the whirl of wings heard
overhead; and le n Monster deseendS,
and the little-maihmal 4tara.backinio his
.1
hole. .?Tis a a winged dragon of thk 00-'
lite, a carniveronsirePtile, keener eyeiind
sharp ofto'oth,.and'thatito the heads and
jaws of the 'crocodile adds the neck{ of a
bird, the tail of an ordinary ma intnaq and
that floats throu g h the, air on: leathern
;Whip resemblingithose j ,of the great rain-,
',Ore haNe seen, in the' minute,
.Qt -like creature, one- of. the twti kti'pwn
inMinnals of this emit land cif the Qolite--
the insect eating 4ipithpriunt ;..and in the
'flying "reptile one of its strangely organiz
ed .
• But bark\:. what, sounds are these!—
Tramp,. trantwriunp—cinali, crash, cash.
Tree fern and'etub Moss,2eytts,.andtatnia,
yield to the force,6f some linnaentie pop
,tile, and the coli4o.l!ignanodon !hrqaks
through. lie is tall' aikthe tallest Tlephant,
but front tail to stinf`.freatly More lan
twicens long ;..beitili!, the rbinoce no,
a , shoo horn on hisl-snout, and hicjaws
I thickly implanted with siiiv-like teeth.
But though forelidable frenk hiigreat
weight, and strength, the i lguatnn_lon
hok
sessessthecomparative biolfensiveness. of
Ithe herbiverous anitimis ; and, with node-
;sire to attack, Mid! ner necessity to, d efebd . ,
meet's slowly *mita,: deliberately
'munching gas he pass is theStieentent SteMs`
. . ,
:of the cvoadicie. e sun is last sinking,
and:as the light thickens, the . reaChesfof
'the beighbortagriver',iliiiPlaY their fro:2
and lii-er'ntid 'anon' hitig
'sealyliacks are :raised' oVer, - itS:Earfak.e..
.Its ainiaerona crocOdileins late
now they quit the stream, and .b© see its .
thick, : hedge like lines of eqUise tact&oOn
ancrviin dose ' as thqraltle throagh4o,
*int i m ineat of prey, the ;dart: raeadOWs
that - line its banks There are tortoises
- Oat will this evening find their protecting'
grragrof carapace aid iflastroa all tbo
*
. .
_~:-~:_
~-~ .:C'
. . ..
weak,and close their long fins ofeenturies. I
And now we atiunter downwardsto the
. ... I
shore, and see the ground swells' breaking
white in the calm . ,against the ridges Of i
coral scarce less white. The shores arc i
strewed with .shells of pearl—the
. whorley
Antmanite and die - . Nautilus; ..- aniF amid 1
the gleans of. ganodial. scales, -reflected' i
from, the green depths Peyond We may
see the philosophic trail ,i)f the Relenmite, ;
and its path is over•shells of strange fern'
and, name—Abe sedentary; Oriphiei; the
Perna, and the.Plagiostoma. But hi! yet
another. A snake like fortm'surmounted
by a crocodilian head, rises high 1 out of,,
Inc water with Yonder coral ledge; and
the fiery ... „sittister . eyes peer inqUiringly
round as if in quest of prey. The Ludy is.;
but dimly seen; lint it is - short and bulky I
compared :with the swan-like peek ; .and
mounted out paddles instead of limbs, sh I
that ; the entire creature, _wholly; Unlike
anything which now extiss, has Leen Ll
kened to a boa-constrictor threadedithro'
the body 'au turtle. :. , ' ' :1
. .
- .Wehave looked upon the Plesioatirus
And' now, outside of the ledge there is a
tinge crocodilian head raised ;. and a limit,
sttous eye, larger than that of . any eithe
living; creature-tor it measures alai( foot
acresiglares upon the slimmer and: less
powerful reptile, and in an an instant the
long;neck and small head disappear: ; The.
monster of the immense
,eye•-•--an eye so
constructed that its focus can be altered
at will, and matlet.o comprise either `year!
or distant objects, and the organ itself
'adapted either to examine microscopically
or to explore as a tellescope---is anOther
bepaddled reptile of the sea, the Ichtlyosl
auras, or fish-lizard. . ' '
, ,
.Rut the night comes on, mid the site&
ows of the woods and rocks deepen ; there
are' uncouth sounds along the beach and
in-the forest; and new Monsters of, yet
Stranger shapes are dimly discovered 4no
sing amid the uncertain gloom. Reptiles,
reptiles, reptiles—flying, ,sWimming; Wad-'
(Milo., walking; the age is - that of t.litt
cold-blooded, ungenial reptiles; and t? 41;
'in the dwarf and inferior forms of ;the 'i
marsupials and inseetivora, not one of the
honest mammals leis yet appeared. .I:
And now tbe moon rises_ in clouded
Majesty—and now.her red Wake -bright,'
ens in one long strip the dark sea; andwe.
may mark where the Cetiosaurus, a Sort
cif reptilian whale, comes into view as . , it
c:tosi4es the lighted track, and is straight-
way lost in the 'Odom. ' But the night !
'grows dange?ous, and , the.iti moo ter
.
haunted Woods were not planted fornsan.
Let us return r then, to the s:tfer and better
furnished world of the present - time, and
to our secure. and quiet hoines.-1111tres.
Sketch Book of Poptilar Ginlogy. : ! `...
ATTA CUMEN TS A NDATING. -
- The followin %
g!excellent It le *story wins
.I.i s i v
extensively published in re newspapers . '
about sixteen years ago; It is good enough
to be brought tiirivard again. We do not
know whir wrote it, nor what country fur-
nished the filets described : - , •i ' .
We have heard a good story, of which
an Alabama Sheriff was the hero. Coutrt
was in session, and amid the multiplicity
of businesS which crowded
! upon. him at,
term time, he stopped at the door of ri I
beautiful:. widow .on the ' snotty side Of
thirty, who, by the way, had: ofteieJte
!stowed melting :glances upon the - afore
said Sheriff: He was admitted, and the
widow appeared; the confusion and . flight
which the arrival of her visitor occasion
ed set oil' to greater advantage than usual;
{the - captivating Charms of widow 111'. Her
cheeks bore the' beautiful betided tints of
the' apple blossom; her lips resembled the
! rose buds upon which the Morning de - W
rya lingered, and her eyes were like ON.:
ers• of Cupids, and glances of love and.
tenderness 'with which they were filled
resembled arrows that only ' invited a /4att
(pardon tht pun) to do full execntion. Af,
Af
ter a•few vommon-place remarks: • ' ; •
"-Madam," said-the Matter-of-fact Sher-,
iff,'"l have an attachment for you." . ' '
A deeper bliedi :than usual *mantled the
cheeks of the fair ! widow; the' downeast
eyes whose pierces. .were .centered ape's •
her bemitiful•::foOt, which half concealed
by her flowing drapery,. partly patted the
,floor. She with - equal candor replied :
"Sir the attachment is reciprocal." ~.P
For some time • the Sherirritaintained
an astonished silence—at length he Laid:
' " Madam, Will you proceed - to court?"
"Proceed to court ? I replied the lady
with laugh; then shaking her head
she'said: —.- '. . ,
• :"No, 'sir! though. this is lea p , year, I
Will not, take advantage-of the license
the:rein granted for my sex; and there-,
fore, I greatly desire that you should - pick- -
iced to court 1":„ • •
"But madam. the justice is waiting."
.'"Let hint wait'; \ lam not disposed to
hurry- matters in solnibeconling a manner;
and, besides, sir, wheNhe ceremony is per:
formed, I Wish you to understand that I
Ovals- prefer a minister to a justice of the
peace.'"' , . •
Alight daWned upon the Sheriff's brain.
"Madam," said he, 'rising front his chair
' with soletun dignity," there iS a great mis 7
take here; nay language . has been missl-,
derstood. The tatirehinent of which I spoke
Wis.-issued frOm • the.office of' ' Squire C.;
and commands me-to bring you instantly;
betiire him to answer a' contempt of the
'court,' in disobeying a aubpcena:•-in the:
cape of - SMith vs. 'Jones:" - • ' ! " '
We droll the curtains.
.
' rff"A school boy being asked.to define
the word "admission," said it Meant tweti
ty-five 'cents.. . .
.
"Tirenty-five.con.ts!",,eooeit the school
-master, "what:sort of a defialtiOn; do
you
call that ?" .
"I ! don't know'," sulkilOvplied. the boy,'
"but I'm sure it says se on the adVertise
most down there' at the •shosr." -'
\." Yea," said anotheFhoy, "and childreri.
1i41"ri9 6 ." -- - . .
Parln old lady from a temperance
village atelY at;ended , a party in town,
where, o course, champagne was served,
and was
.' prevaile d a upon to take .a glass.
She drank tWo,"when, smacking her lips,
she exelMmed-:' Well, it may be larked
to drink-but it's good 1 9 y , .
W'Ag ageneral\rule,i a fashionable
bean, like a bow in the aky, can't " make
both ends meet, . - .
JOB PRINTING of ALL KINDS,
r•mwtcpcsrt.4l. l T o
•- -NEATLY AND PR OMPTL Y,
AND AT. "LIVR:AND LET uyE"
Tur. officc of the BlontrOme :Demociat .
has recently been supplied with a new and choice variety
of type etc., and we are now prepared to print pamphlet*
circular*, etc., etc., in the beat ityle, on shotbnotice.
-Handbills, Posters, Piogrammes, and
other kinds of work In this line, done according to order.
11 Business,: Wedding, and Bail CATithii
1 . Tickets, ctc., printed with neatness and despatch, •
• .Tuotices' and Constables'lllanks,Nata,
Deeds, and all ottsT Blinks, on hand, or printed to order.
NO: 36.1
- - -
rte' Job wiirk and Blanks, to be paid for on delivery
• - •
„,,,
WUZZLY BEAR NOV A TElieelOrS
BEAST.--The following interesting account
of - the- grizzly beats of the Rocky Moun
tains is taken from a recent work entitled,
"ThePrairieTravelcr ” by Captain Macey,
of the United States 11rmy. The volume
is intended as a- reliable guide-book for
those who would, make the • overland
journey to California. It is filled with
valuable suggestions to such travelers.
Besides the common black bear•of the,
Eastern, -States, several others. are found
in the mountains of California ' Oregon,
LT '
and New Mexico, viz:lle grizzly l
broWn and cinnamon - Varieties; all halve
nearly the same habits; and are hunted in
the Same manner. •
From all I had heard of the grizzly be l ar,
I was induced to .believe bhp one of the'
most savage animals in the universe, and
that the man Who would deliberately en- •
counter and kilbone of thes(f beasts bad
performed signal - feat of courage which
entitled him to a lofty position among the ,
votaries of Nimrod: So firmly had .I be#
conic impressed with this contiction, that
I should have been very relnetant to fire
upon one k had I met blur When' alone and
.on•foot. The grizzly bear is assuredly the
mei - larch of the American, foiest, and so
far as physical strength is coheerned,.he
is, perhaps, without . a rival itt,the world ;
but,after liome_experience in-hpnting, ,my
opinions regarding • his courage and his
willingness to attack men haVe very ma•-•
terially changed.
_
In passing over the eleVateditable . 'adds
lying between the two forks or the Platte
river, in 1858, I encounteied a full groWn
female grizzly'bear; with tWe cubs, very
quietly reposing upon the open prairie;
several miles distant from any timber;
,This
being the first :opportimity,that had ever
A oecurred to nke for an 'encounter with the
'ursine monster, and• being imbued with
the most exalted notions of ' the beaSt's
proclivities tbrOffensiye warfare,especially
when in the presence of her offspring:,
it -may be: very justly imagined, that I
was Tattier more excited than usual: I,
however determined to - make the assault.
I felt the utioost confidence in my horse,
as she was afraid of nothing; and, alter
• arranging 'everything abtit my saddle and
arms in good order, I adl iticed to within
about eighty yards before was discover
ed by. the bear, when she rose -Upon her
hattnelies andgave me a 'scrutinizing ex:
utoinat ion. -I seized the ()wartime moment
to fire, but missed my aim, and she started
off, followed
. by her cubs at their utmost
speed: After re-loading. my rifle I pur r
sued, and, on eozning,a , aitt Within range,
deliVered.another shot, ninth struck the
large bear in the fleshy part of the thigh,
I whereupon ske,set up a most distressing
howl. and accelerated her pace, leaving
her euhs s behind. After loading again, I
gave my spurs to my horse and resumed
I the ehase, soon passing the cubs ; wh omen;
1 making the most plaintiff cries of distress.
IThey were beard by the dam,but she cave
[ no-other heed' to. them than 'occasionally
`to bait tbr . an instant,-turn round; and set
I upon her - posteriers, and give. a_ hasty
look back ;.but as soon as-she sin' nie fat- .
!Owing ,her,- she invariably turned agailk
and redoubled her spje.d. rimrsued about:
lbar miles, and fired about filar NHS into
her betbee I sueeededirt bringing her to-the
ground ;'and franiilie first time I saw her
until her death -wound, notwithstanding.
1. was very often close upon her heels, she
never came; to bay or made the slightest
demonstration of resistance. Her sole pur
pose•seemed to be to. crake' her escape,
leaving her cubs in the most cowardly
nuniner. :- - . - •
Upon-Iliree other • dia'erent oeca'sioris
'lnet the mountain bears, and oneo the cin-
Minion- species, which is called thC most
formidable of all, and in none of these in
•stances did they exhibit the • slightes . t
in
dication of anger or - resistance, but inv*
rsiably'ran. from me.' • . •
Finelris• my experience with this Amni
a:llde . nuanrreh of the mountains. It is
possible that if man camesuddenly upon
the beast bra thicket where it could have
m previous yarning, he might be attack
ed; but it is my opinion that if the.bear.
getS . t/ie wind Or sight of a man at Any
considerable distance, it will endeavor to
c , et away as •Soon as• possible. am s
- fully . impressed : with this idea,. that . I shall
here:lifer hunt bear with afi eling. of as
much security as I would have in hunting
the buffalo. •
About the greatest curiosity to be .met
in this common plain, -tvery day,
hum-drum world of otirs, me unhesita
tingly pronorince the - Contents of • a boy's
pocket. - Peep hit° that pocket when yolt
will—whether - at night as he' goes AO his .
. bed, or in the morning as he goes to his
play; or whetheratlonie or abroad; at
school or ini church, anywhere and every-
Where, mid .a
you will . find' his pocket a'per
;feet 'curiosity shop, very. osmium .gatlie
'ii'urii„. into • which- is rinidessly crammed
eve'v article that conies into his hands,
!without ever being to full too hold the last •,
, r objeet-upon which• he lays-his fingers. A.
' little nrchin - of some ten summers' growth
invited big mamma the othisr (lay, in Our
presence, to ,repair a slight accident to a -
pantaloon pocket, trui to - do this,, it. be. •
'canoe necessary to upset the contents ; of .
3faste r Willie's, pocket upon the floor, an
exact . inventory of 'which we - proCeeded •
to note-down, as iolloNs : -An indiuri
rnb
her, a bottle cork, an old gas.bUrner,' one
•
nine pin, a part of an exploded firecrack
er, an old spool of cotton, a . 'small blopk,
part of atrohl match-box,,one old enyel.
'cipe, a bag of niarbles, ono
.hickoty nut N
plecelof silk cord, severalpiecei of tNino
pieco ofgingor cake, -
and strings, the,lidkif an
s old pill box, pie.
bit's tail, pieces of fan.
a cC li s .rec ofe 9 h f es t n in u , t
a . fu r t a ll i
or colored paper, two old nails, a small
.peture book, a Mate pencil, abr'oken jew's
harp, the remains of • a-, pocket handker
chief, all,4ny.ivhisile, a piece of shoo
sti•kag,‘, two, ;rains of coil!, a pocket
. knife
half ft ataue, two spotted:
ohjokoa feathers; piece, of brick-IA a
ap!apiris top, a dead, an . asgortment .
of buttOna, with crumbs of breath; candy,
anilra mixture '4; ItsoA, tic boles and yllit
generaily. - , .
-
.'The most direct niet hod of deter .
mining a, horie:power—stand,...near and
tickle hislegs with a briar.' •••'• , •
WEE AT THE OPTICE OF TUE
A Boy's Pocket