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/tT 7.1 IK FRANKLIN ,rITZ.
Se,'rtnr Icing ou 4 he' t4iCeli , Ward,
-In thi;ilreanty not nnn~titnt•;
Breat , ltin,g In the Air West/den
With i 34 redolence of tli,ytnei
Irherr the hener peni}ivinlinrhes.
anitien,
,eint efinnt
'tither. thither they
Wilk the elouity dem,s and trirreh.
Hut i.! in heaven's tr.in•dncent bine
Fade and ever
To ny halt unseuntriOns view.
I, it fancy? In. I dream it
Ur is 113171 re trailte;
And the world frith me enra!eprett
in this eenron of row:Wet:2..l'
tlic rich anti 21orion4 a'uttinn.
With the magic of It, Emile
llou• Onr NVMI rail bearlK elathleuell
iu mace the
Leave llle. then. ye eartlidiorn irnables f
'lasi en hence—ye ansiollis eariat
twould ,iteee timid the
Uf i•‘‘ ei:h 'Nature, Imawareit.
me 1k upon the green,war'll.
In )liiii , hazy autumn. tlrpr.
hy autumn', drnieFy mn4ie
. With int melody and thynie.
BETRAYED BY A TORY.
Perm` 1.1. t Renainirehece a leerabdioyary Soldier.
BY iVILLTAM EARLE BINITER
The time ()lour present sketch is again
the troublons period of the I Hei-olutiOn--:
the hero onee'tnore that In'iive ;Continett
tal officer, Lieutenant. Creather. ;
The authenticity of thee- sketches,or,
at least, the' greater proportion. of t hem
and they have never before, , twoUr knowl
edge, been made public property—cannot
'he questioned, the ineidefits having Ter
balk descended down to us - fons our great
grandfather, Henry Seybert, who was 'per
sonally cognizant of...and in many cTlses
actually participated 'in. thC interesting,
and frequently 0614114, episodes.
•
We 4ell tluistoris as we heard them,
to the hest of our ability, and we honiistly
believe, that in the main,' we are entirely
correct, though . some little of the matter,
rather uncertain; we have. been compelled
to make np trout attending eireninstanees,
-With this slight explanation we :will
proceed.. ,
The Ileitish occupied New York.,!and
the American army was quartered in ci,lok!,
proximity—quite nearenoughto maintain
a pretty strict watch (mthe royalists.
.Scouting parties were continually] pa-.
trolling the country, and, as m iota
eXpeeted, collisions were ofnotuffreqUent
occurrence. SometiMes offe-L--sometinkes
the other. suffered most in these encnni-
ter:, and 11. t a few really adVen
tures. from -.time to tune, nrirked the , in-
evitahle meetings.
C.Tamer, who was tit , t the man
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fur suer' -a service, was .ordered toheade a
detachment detailed for patrol duty, !and
our respected j.traml-parent,l then quite a
young man, formed one of the party. •
Some considerable distance :from the
camp, o n the top of a bill, -near a (imp
fortable Creamer and' -fol
lowers eneonntered another American pa
trol, Which was under the command of a
ViiTiniTilieutimant; Chose name has been
:nol Whom % - e will take the: lib
erty' of •tyling Ormsby.
:The men speedily mixed ogether, • and
the officers entered : into a conversation.
" W . ho rIV , 'S here, - Ortnslly::. -1 inquired
Creamer. pointing toward the farm lainse.
"A punt by the name of Jonatliarfrer
ty," was'the reply. "A ~ 0 0d and
.a staunch ),atriot he is too. lie has been
- very obliging to us; in fart itreally seems
'as if he could not di, enough 14r our ann
.
fort."
• " Ideod!"
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, t..ji 1 ,dt,. :1 ... r ,:it-," . respoloeit Ortrtslty:
"NVe were pretty well w,9 4 rii out, when we
reaeliedliere—havitio• el iconi,tittyed several
Rii glish rttrels in ripid ni..t.e.s..sion—land
tindin! , thing , . so notniOntnble I eo l i e l l id e a
to 11:dt and re . st for aNeliile. ' rn fitettlie
fitriner seemed_ so anxious . - to
,do sorne
thing for as, that I couldn't i - etlis.e lii4ind
and earnest invitation." .
" I don't- like to see people' too kind.,"
responded Creamer, doubtingly. "Are
you sure be isn't
,ebeating you '
."O, certain-of it, CreaniCr, Certain of
it :" -was'the confident replV.•
"Fawnitortories alum - wt. everywhere,
'ortn,l,y, and it, don't do to trio.,:t smooth
lougned - straoger too - re:Dilly-o'i - , letist I
think so." •
ferry's a true nurn if there's one in
America, you Islay take l'or that!"
" Well, I hope sol;• but I'dreall Like to
.
see the felniw: •
"Your wish eau be . gratified, at once,
for here he corties..iniw," . responded Orlin:-
.t,o a middle aged man, orutit
. very prepos,:essing appearance,. jet was
‘approaOting tlwnffroui across the fields:
Tbe fanner carne. up till sinileS and
bows. . Aleantline =Creamer Itlt keenly
scrutinizing him. . -
I hope you -feud-, everything th your
.satisthetion, Lieut. OrUisriv,i' said Perry,
intones far to siErVile to Lei very lionesL
"Qouldti't he .better suited, my good
friend !"..resPoudea the creduloU's:Virgiu
--1;
Ormsby then in trodue.ed I'erry land Crea
mer. The farmer Was overjoyed—bowed
down by the honor i and--sincerely hoped
Lieut. Creamer wo'd also accept of lii l;os_
pit:flit:v.; and mueFi more of the-i same : - dc=
seription.
• Creamer .briefl"returned thatit's ' bnt
-madeno conversation, and a fen- moi;tents.
.afterward the farmer l left them. • .
- "The fellow talks smoothlenonzh, but - I
doTi't like him !" said Creamer to the
as soon as.they • Were I,
have a deep impreSsion that hiSl hard fitee
does not belie bis . Leart.. I Wouldn't titutSt
him out of my sight certain 1" •
" You're too suspleicius, Creamer
re
sponded Ormsby; - "a 4 to piroYe thatiyon
are so, I'll stay here and niv - e :him -every •
chance to do Lis worst, if 'sl).inelined,
Which I - don't belie}-e..- YOn.:,nnd 3'.15n
squad will also remain and hivonad here.
I believe./ am the sellio,l' ()Meer,
virt ue:of that filet I have t t to dont
mandmider such eireunistance." . •
c..lnst.so,"...ralionded Creanieri,`.tho'
it's hardly fair to run us 'jai; :diniget4be
eatise you are so unbelievimThi 3 'toex - P0 4 . - se
yourself, For my part, if 'lliad, sup Wav,
I'd give' that fellow and . Iti:;J, house - aAtitle
berth."
" Well, we shall see . -•who's . right !"' re-
,ieined-Orinsby, Munoved by hls epnipan-
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.JOIN TH:E.PA,FITY,THAT:..dAR.FiIES-THg. FLA% --. ANP.'KEtPS: tTEP'37o.";tBt'lol. g - 10:10E - THE -,1.) RION.
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L. Aull, Y t resl)(nOtA
Cre:alner. •
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I At that minitent the fitrinef was a g ain
i, seen . approttehin the lieutenants. ' .11e
looke(l.4wsiotts, land in, o - ed. , forward. rap
idly. . ~
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1 `` Gentlemen . ,
- 11 hive missy( one. of my . .
1 finest cows f'''sa 41 he,' as lie cane up.-:
j".Pfay. sr . cetiSe irrhi - while I go hunt' for.
I the aninutl..l t'aivu - liile,.inake yourselves
I propetily at lnit»e. .1111 have is entirely
I..:i ' t your cointiland:"
, t
Thank' vini,, my frien(l,7 respontied
Ormsby. `‘NVe fully arprii . ate Your kind
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Creamer nothing, iuul the' .fariner,
aftcraziothr dit'lplay word;s, 'hastened
away to seareti for his lost cow,.
Abtinton lour or So 'allerward, Perry
retUrnOil, but with-rmt
declared he Cook not, or' kW,
' and - which he supposed tli rascally -Brit
ish niusl;havi , Otten possession of. Ile
Was terribly : indignant at-the loss, awl ; be
rated the royalists hi 7 no set term's.
hinall .
thtj Tanner brought out another
lot of edibles ftni is his good. friends, the
and tben disappeared, mid was
no more seeu oil heard of,
At the hot to. or the bill on which • the
'farm bruise was' 'situ:at...l, quite a large
creek wound itsl devions way, and at.that
time thestreatalwas considerably sw Olen
and increased in size.. INUtlong alter Per-.
ry returned Irina his unsuccessful search
lbr Bib cow, of the men descended.
to wash themselves • but-they had hardly
reachealbe 1)61 of the strewn; witen-then
turned upon their heels, - and with desper
ate energy begin to elmuberhaek up the
hill, at the same!, time shouting!,
" The British'''. the:British Ha surprise
surprise
. •
general,alarm and contusion instant
ly tblloww.i. . .
At the stnue inc a largeand overwhel
ming body of dragoons suddenly
burst into sight.. royalisis e6llll):ete
iV slirroundeA tfie' hill, and hi a - few mo
ments i.eachedt he. top aild wI re swarming
hi.among the Americans, slashing right
and left,' - wounding leit,Tort :mat ely,
not killing any, so adroitly 'llil ile lattex
dodge away from .the 1 ,loWs.
, .
. At the first" sb'quil, Creamer was up, MO
in - arms. At a !danee he saw that , flight,
alone, if anythia: -, -, could save himself and
his countrymen, and" in ringing tones he
exicd . _
Fly, men, 11 ! I,`VVI'V man for himself!
Tire 'Cori' has rhino his 'work !"
In a moment the Amerieaus were scat
teriag iu all , .lire.•tioas, seeking safety in
the fleetness and .trength of their
- l'reamer tlaslivd down -the hill,
which-was of toward the
st reami, , f water} folio we.l I,v threef• cur
dra!roonS,,who had been pre.;sing upon him
for some Moments. and Nth() appeared. to
be bent on qiittil):4- ci,,.wit or eapl ming
him. TIM lietiten'ant, • however, ilassv ' ' l
over the woundas swiftly as alusted
stag, and, having somewhat of the Thvan
t age in the Start, reached the bottom of
the hill considerably in advance of la lir
..
suers:
. ._ .
. Go further forward' now he ()01 not=-
I the st.retein . lWilfg far too wide to leap—
while any attempt to turn to either side,
or retrace -his steps, would he certain can-
Lure. ;Signe artifice alone (mild save hint,
I and, in - a moment, his eagle c.ye, tiiifk in
t the: whole hearings of the spot. With a
b r otund he sprang into the water, which,
at-that-point, appeared to be tolerably
deep, and ilizialiipe.:lred beneath the surface.
A little beyond the hank was patty IVell
4j/it'll : With huskies t .and the fifliar , e , droop
ed over the, water quite thickly. -This
, was all the chance that 'seemed Ai; offer,
1 mid thitherwaid Creamer at, once wailed,
ail] ki•epinghihnself out o f s i g ht j,,,p ea th
i the surtlice: Aieslion i he gained the de
i sired spot-, however—and that Was (inlyit
i few feet. from where lie entered—he can
tiously pi,k1.,1 his head out. find, thou . trlt he
could distinctly hear the,tlragoonslituttim ,
Air hint, lie could not. see anythim , of
I ,
1 tiiem. That- hisfown person was :lust as
F completely hillagq from his pursm rs lie
had no reason to doubt;-still, hi:Meyer, tO
make the neater quite - sure; he . tfitlyilist
F' kept his nose out tifwater to allo w himself
,
a chance to breathe.
i . Suddenly. Creamer's Jnishy coverinir
was :violeutly lidititted :mil, i nick . as
lirlitiiiiig, the lieuten:int Jerked his - head
i entirely beneath the surface of the Water.
I The next montenit the d'higoons fot:ceil
!their:way into the' eqr ert,-henthig around
1
' in fdl!direetifins with their heavy sabre's.
°ill' St. Georg! the fellow's nut here!"
exclaimed one, al llengt h. .... .
' •!. Where the devil can he. havekot to,
then:" .
“Et . 041! 1 gueNx we'd.ftind
.kottOn of the t:tream. if we'd-, take the
trouble to li)ok !” erk\l a third.
Which IV4:.‘ shan't do , find
nothing but the carcase of a dead .4bel!"
:ohlt.-.(1 a fourth.
Fin:WS - the dragoons u vq np,the bunt . ;
mid at 11'11'01 .CreitmeCv elttureci to ,
lris ncre oul ppee more.. - _
" They're f:rone I" he exelaithe,l
"and I'm not gorry for it, for it's - anythin
but conviortable• or i4eleatit, to keep under
the water in that Manner.: A few . Tuthill eui
longer and I positively believe I .should
have been a dead than." .
,
Soros tithe afterward, when Creatuer
felt pret tv assured . that tro 'one, Aval
lurking about.,:he ventured forth
,from his
place of cone.ealtnen t, and, after carefully
yeeonnoiteringhig i;nrroundings, bent Eiji
steps toward tlse Atuerieanlurad quarters,
I'vhere he-soon-arrived, none the, worse
for .the zch eutttte:at the farnt boue: -
t t. 1 - (11' lee egiuptioris'all- the rest
of the patriots 'Were-Blade prisoners, Ornez
' by and 'our Teslieeted grandfatlier being
arin)ng'tlie ztietml The:,-,eapti . yes were
atoned-earrie - Ainto New York, and: ,for
six weeks, darintr ‘l 7 iiiell time' thew. were
_fed.alihost Wholly . on the poorest * kind of
inat,"Were' r cohlin,ed:_iii • the ' old Sul4ar
House,, ` ° Firialti; they liTre:e.tellang,•ed,
rejuine4l
tlielr'frienifs '• -
I'Vbat'beealiie of Jonathaff-I'vrry after
this explpit - we ritYer;heard, but if ever a
v . illaitydeserv.ed iibbet:thati.viti.srr :was
ink: 1 - .That thereal betrayed_ the Amer
icans,..and that hiS sioty abour.the lOst
'cow;was but an exen.!.e . .t flepn ce4l his - real
:03 t.tign of cotutrijutii it
ists, is jest as eeriititi ft. 3 that two iiml.two:
I ake foal.: ' -;"
Sulsequentlyrintib'y acknowbalgetl to
creamer that he was'pever before
giously tak en
10 .1nd if T IA
. 11!‘•• the Villain here !" he
fiercely concluckci; " Pal roast , hint alive,
or cut him limblfrom limb!" • .
But they. neyer lottud, the traitor, ,tho'
a most vignette i'seat•elt WIN sith'sNuemlY
made tlir hind.'! A
•
- LOTA. ST., PIERRE
TUE SIE V 3.11; OF' CALALS. •
In' HR. r. e. 1 , EXTON
,
The harvest liibor had coninietweil' iii
the vin Yards of France. 13y day!. a height
1 sun shone dowg upon that pleasing land,
1 deeiining:the HO purple hue of the fruit,
1 and making More golden- the Ivaving
fields of gi:ain ;into Which. the
,busband
man had alrealy put" the sielde. By
uh - dif .the iharvest moon 'plitirmered
over thequiet landscape:, and if possible
made it more lovely than whilt seen- in
the dare
of day
llut in beleagured Calais ill was trouble
and confusion. To itS , miSerable and finn
itte-Siricken inhabitants the ni , -11t, so ,rate
lid to others brought nol peace or comfort;
it was the dreary, interval . between a
w rug ched day pant and a still more wretch
' eul one to. come:' For More than :1 year
had the tietoriens army of :Edward 111.
1'01;6110d befOre.t he town,:11111 so strongly
fortified was t4ir camp that Franca des
paired of raising the seige or any It - ay
renderize! assistance to ..the ill-fated city.
The nightliad once Mare fidlen upon
calais. 'Now 5 - 114 then Might be seen in
the- melonrholy, •street a pale, haggard
woman, leadinsome half starved child,
or a griin, gaunt 111:111, bearing in his thee
that sullen, dogged "'ook that NIWAS. of
utter hopelessness.'
. At - silent crowd -began to
collect in one 'Of . the principal streets,
called there at the o Slllll7llollS Of their grave
0 - overnor,ll.lt , eftant Vienne. Mudd' tins
.
skillful leader tire` had hitherto conducted
the defence euf thelulaee,- and now, the ugh
thev were was 4 with famine, though
daily memsaw Chef/ children flying for the
bread which linty might, not - haVe, though
their mothers and sisters and Wives were
patiently enduring unheard ,of sullerings,
but no- word ord repru'ia-elt, had- gone out
again 1:len n t heir idoli:;:ed leader.
That 10 , -ht the eount sat ip a scantily
funtishi-it rooin.,lldeep in cu• - unterence with
two 'or three trusted fliends.. Near the
tabl e stiAid a man whose youthful appear
ance and hau,Foine fealui ics seemed st rang
ly at varivnee with the nustereand wrink
led faces about Alin.' Fein r• thanei he
was, however, there were thomdit
tellect mud gelibls stampedlqion his prow,
and I liongli his garb was coarse and mean,
he had the manly- bearing . of a soldier.
For a few moments a proteund silence
haulyeigned in .the room ; but now the
count slowly lilted his head and spoke. .
" Friends, we:: van holul.ont no ;
our stores art; nearly exhausted, and
Franco,4.:lllllOt Two thine.s only
are left for ',is te ulo,,my friends, and one
or the other inufut he decided IlpIM Bonn.
Shall we mnrelr forth, attnek the Clli.;11117
In their camp, and sell our lives - -dearly,
or 'shall - we.olien our rates submissively.
aml let. riu esti. - ( 1 0M-blooded Englishmen'
enter and miirdar us with , sit 'as Mueli as
raising IL hand in resistance';"
prenounee him a - traitor and coward.
who dreams of i•oin! , the latter," s:dd the
yountg man 'by - the table,; raising himself'
to his till .
. " Hush,. Eustace.' sail the count, with
while his eyes lingered ad
miringly 'upon the voting man, "yon are
too hasty. Let ins hear what our friends - ,
who are older and wiser. say."
• There. was a Moment's'- hurried ve r
tnii, gaunt man arose
and advanced to Beards the count.
"It. Pierre is 'right ; we Must sell our
live§ as dearly. as possible. Better that
we should all lie] dead upon yonder field.,
than 't hmelv
. .. . • , .
.....phe„,, said
.i,,' hi, count, i i - sin ,,. , .. 1 viii 1 sec strange things, they say, and lam
eommunicate onir decision air people, i near death,. for, I can eve!) now fortell- the
for I have sundri. 'Tied them nd they wait , 1° P"'"" A Y" 1. sei- ' y ou ; y oun g iffid faiY as
~.
Wilhollt." t yOll :11.&, offering-yourself' a sacrifice for
,
The peophr "Ti med the coutifs comma- 1 the l' ( ''''P h '' Y `'" will• g o willin g ly ' to
nication- with 111i11"11111rS 'of approval; and 1 djatb, but you will-he spared When least
Iyhen t hey disl,:Mded for t Iv' ml-'h t. Man v -i y 0,./ 1!.#1 , t! .it. Anti thrther on, I see ;you
„ a tht . e.wh i ehhit & ,ll.ooked wan
and. h ., peh ,,,, , ,wedding a haughty Englishman, and then
bri...ditened at the 111 . 4 , li'ii•ct of the enemy's ' (*""'" peace iln( lll aPPilless I-9 Ott) bellived
~
I.4lefeat In the comin g : .,1 rn : ri et • , ,_e'rro'r;
Go' Lota tit - Pierre, I shall trot
r - pp st , i,.;,- pi ~. . •- - • I see Yon more but I li:kra spoken your 1n
,.. at e . .
,c 1 le 1% :IS tUrn:llg :runt ay to . . • • I ~ ' . • -
follow f /IV 1 . 4,+0prr., 'Whea be :felt ft 1 1.! •r i v l • i Lurk" truly. " . : . .
hand: upon hi , . shoulder. It Was the count. 1 •-•
The , old man returned -to his_ lvin:k.,*
i .• st, Pierre, ~„i e with -true, fut. I have i without as much
,as &asling another look
tutt ,.l . l t , - , ..„. t , . . the. • i - t , upon the young gill. •By Leta St: Pierre
, „. o.)ou a.. ne , it wanes. ;um , .
f I 0 _ 1 , 1() ,.,„,. l as I ts thit i t ,„. , r.-' o, tte . e, t he • t , e _ I.tnose strange words were never forgotten,
1 frir6, that I may relit•yrny mind of the i even . though she .endeavored to- belle.Ve -
L burden that oppres,,,, i t .. , . :-
.• t , i t hem but the raving's of a maniac. I
Slowly through:,the quiet streets,.. bathed i At nightfall, the little band.of citizens,
in the soft splendor of the.l a t e _ r i,,i n , 11 - 10 ,; 11 all of whom, were enfeebled by 'suffering,
o went, "The count seeme toave dh i
the two and Many' W:v•zred - b:.,-, Sickness, marched
lost a pillion 'or'his • itsual •eriertiV;'''and t.gitietly-iirOtri the city:amidst' the Prayers
l'''t here was - a ti . .'orible,l - look i n liilJ-.if twet I and bleidtig . l.of. those Who Were .:lefe be- ,
i which St.-Pierre had never seen there-be- I Iliad. Ere-they reaehed, the.camp of-the
ifor,e, amidst all pe ini,,c,— ;I nd ; 4 1 ir er i,,,, . enemy lowever, their approach was (Hs: i
upon the t r ißeagued eity...eo r rererh
z , ,
. ,
i which had come' :tad ..the',Englis Icameo, forth to 1
St. Pi - erre, on the contrary, 'swung . hint- ! Meet theist: A lohg :Ind' desperate eii-
I sC•If lightly and tarns' alotig, • and then
. . .oh l !oacs,ettiern . folloVed, :M4- . ai - length Colint
I (ippressed at heart; his manner was much i Vienne; covered with wounds r fell into, flip
more t•heerftil .than that of his .companion:' Nandi; ilf the (*cloy. 'thoroughly defeated,
lAt last they re4died the,g.loonty quarte r s the remainder of the citizens betook them-
I.of the court; the same
,s - cantily-furnished
.ISeiVes to the itwit and closed •the.gates.
I roots :that has b.6pi r e heel 'noticed. 'noticed. • 1 til.'ivas . then that Etistae 6 - St. Pierre, upon
1 ."Eitstace,"li'egan the cotint, as by if t e , - Omni the . eominalullitol devolved, c:thib
-feeble tig-iir.the : ,:- saw ette.li- other 'lace' to I' itect that:rem:n.l6l4o promptness and 1 eii
1 face.,.." to-morrow, at nightfall. st march i.orgy; which subseottently g:3.i.ued, for him
forth to attack. rZhe .enemay.. From that. the admiratiOn of the , enettiv' as well as
field. of, battle, tarn.cotivinced I Shall Octer ;.tliat of-his ii\Vii Pee Pie;;. Ito friniself Went
return. When. I - hilt t dO' sari take the l, tri . ' Ed - ward; and endeavored' to . arrange 1
i:
1 lead,;:tnit Save jny peo , ple: if it is - Possible.;! such terieß' dint the inhabitants shOuld be
1•, - ; "Font deetive yourself :count,' answer'. spared. . .
. -...
ed.St: Pierke.- :t "We :shall : - yet .: see . you i,:f t . /le; Wag Tc Po44 l .tcli into t4c tent•fitE'l•.
{. - the compteror.pfthese !giant. Eaglislunthi t ,,,w:trol,',wl4nik. he fogi).( llsll n:4l'Hileu V hisit a
the savior of yo'nr - people: Alas gloMny ; tillieers: . 'rho: ainliassador'• e r xhibited •a
nighnd the 'terrors that have •prectided 1 eountettatme waSte4;'With , snflbritig,''bUt
,It, haAe:',riattirallY depressed yrinr sphits'." I.whieh,,:•novertheless,; wore .. an
,undatinted,
1 • A sad' ?smile , ;imee -, more 'ilittedJ .ticriissi.air,, r ,..llis t . :; , :i.rl.! ; Was coarse
,iii.iA mean,ritak:..
1 the fount's. faceidnit., , ,still he shook, his Ong. ,a,.strimgo ,:colttxatc,'itO , the, Vrilliaut
4 head: .'!,• • - - r. ',:'.= ~,..., • 1 ~ - i.:,, -• , • . d
Iresses: a Of Edward's oflicers.!..lsTei,•erthel*; .
1 • "It is AselessEustace ; tii. endeavor to - ,EdWes -. - OYek.Ailigq-e4' lo.ng:Pp44:iii_lP;
,
convince :i 'yon of -What.,;l,, feef. sof 'sure. t and„-when, he' Corned , :.oyqi.% - 1v:43 19;1.!ay
{Think' "not. that I oaufz;..foi• niyseltl , li.te;the kanirtiet who r `atood nearest hiM ; - '
l Would indeed•.that lwere , to be -spared to t -, it all:the citizens of C:dais 'Were ,liko
1 see a happy . dayl....once, r mOro; dawn,'upon ithis:one,.gughtii. might Well bo - . prond of
teatiac, ~ But that may not be granted zue. Chite l l.44 - .4r,a4P7'5 ; !' '', 'l'. -- • ' , ' ' :.: .
1e.,, - .)*ftwirOt°, St. pie*, F T,h,
le act's:tot,:l;a..fiuthful to my Tpei
hethert:deteat or. .•idett'iry • foriws
totmorrotv's work, do . MitT desert s t
For sutit- fidelity Heaven ;itself .wil
ward you:"
" Heaven be my .witam,:eount,"
St.rierre,.• velmtumitlyi "that
your people shall be my peoide,
nt•ed be, my life Shall be a' sacrifice
them." • •
Count - Vienne silently pressed thel
atilt') enthusiastic Young. soldier; too!
of einotiinf-tO, speak. It was far info!
Iftorning . :Whett ' St. - Pierre • ttirned
front the - count's'. quarters.iur sough,
own hoine: •It was an humble abOde
St. Pierre was of low birthq. and ont .
remarkable genius and virtue bad ra
him to his present high positiOn and ft
him the favered• and trusted ,frienh
Count ienne.
A'ls he entered the 1101150, a youmg•
sprang up to meet PIT ; She had 1
waiting hour after IMur for the sound
ia....troobiters; •;!and now, forOfid oft
pik;riou . s wi4ioc.ss, she hastened to
her brother, her only relative ;in the
,)
world. She was as beautiful as a gleam
of sunlio-ht in that dreary UM house. !
Pierre's fact' bri - olitened at sight of !her,
but h- shook his, head, with an expre4sitm
•of mock, anger.
- c` lota, dear, why thi ymipresist its clip=
obeying me?. Your bright eyes should
have Lech veiled in sleep 14)g• ago.
"I
could not sleep,' untirmnred the
girl, trrawing up a low stool and seating
herself at her brother's feet. " lint !how
pale and worn•you look, Eustace, and I
have nothing fort year in the IMuse. !The
last morsel went to any,.. I meant to have
saved it ftn•-you, but' our sick , ueighltor'
begged it ftdr her .Z•hildrett, the poor
things."
You area good girl, Lota," said''the
young man, stroking her hair affeetion
ely. "If I should fall totvorrow.oa the
Ofluittle, ilertien *ill raise:you tip a
protector.", •
" And (I() von; then go forth. to battle ,
to-morrow?'' And the bright' thee of!
Lota suddenly paled as she lifted her eyes
to her brother.:
"Yes, lota ; we Cannot see our dear Ones
starrelitubre .- oureces and yet not raise
a !hand to snatch them from death. .4ut.- 1
the dawn is nigh at. hand, And 1 havettitich
• to der. • Go and dream, Luta, at least for j
a little while, that we are back ag-ain
our own sunity..viney:u•ds, plucking; thei
purple grapes." • i
The morning Came, giving promise of a
day of unusual heat. At noun the sun';
blazed with merciless fury upon the ram- l •
ind-s•tricken totill. No. man,: however,-
Who was able to raise a humid was idle
this - day:.; all seemed, inspired with the
energy of a new-born hope .or perchance
of ;despair. As Leta St. Pierre pa'ssts.ll
through the streets on some necessary er
rend.upon the afternoon of this , eventful
day, she encountered a man wasted to a
Skeleton, sitting unprbtected ti•om the sun
bpsily engaged in sharpeding a rusty
weapon..Js she passed him, he looked !
up and smiled, exhibiting such a ghastly
countenance that, accustomed as Lota was
to the sights of misery, her heart -bled
afresh for this wan and wasted creature.
" G o od Jacques," .said she, "why' do
.vov sit here in this broiling sun ?•
home wit ii lire, lot' I can at least afrurd
you shell er."
Ile 'resumed his work, with a
,W Cary
shake of the head. •
" You on.) kind; but' I cannot go with
von. For three days.and nights I have
livod. without. eating . , and yet I sledllave
st rete , t hto use this weapon well. Fear.
not that the amt will harm me."
s
- ."Ah,•Jacques,". said Lota, mournfidly,
I would that I too could go fu'th and
tight -for our liberty. -I-think I could die
if Calais were once More .free Rom this
dreadful siege." -
,Saddenly the man, as if seized with
stdne new idea, laid aside his work, arose
and tottered towards Lotri, look - Mg.-at:her
solemnly the whilfi.
Ah, You speak the truth.. The dying
ZEE
The kino 4 howeyer was- w4y and
politic. • .
Bring said he, "Sit Of itinr.Pri\t-,,
harefooted and wait halters I
about;their-neek.s'; ill sign., of dick abase,
meat, 'and the remainder. shall spared,.
Sir Walter Utitiny,"i said,; he,•hddressing
a brave and handsothe yonng
who Jiwl 1 )011. a ,§dent spectator of this
nip
seen", !acioatiy,ut good friced here
hack to the. i,•ity, andile . you, as otr.aru T
bassador, state.onr terms,..the.,mity terms
take with .those miaguid peo.
_ , •
Sir Waltel• Silentit bowed and withdrew
with•St, PiOre, whom he addres4ed with
extraordinary courtesy, even thohgh.the
latter was plelieian and a - coku . ered
man. . • _
To the tisilemblett people, lklaiiii / Y
erect the tetras of the. king, his ina4er, and
INsought,, tlienk to accept them jas their
only hope of.safety. long:silquee
.fol
lowed his words, during which try thee!
lucked the dismaysithich no: relic could
Net exioress.; Then `siniiiitatiequsly there
Lurst ftitth ,)n=icks and groans of despair,
so dreadful in the_ intensity of the languish
they -couveyed that Sit Walter; a man of
iron fuottldt who had faced death count
less. times,. ;turned Tale
„and elu ig for a
mutat - tut to St.rierre for su pport.l •
. "This is dreatlftd," Speal
•to them, St' Pierre, and comfort !them if
yen ran. I liave but done my cruel duty."
Dist ice Pierre inotinted a little emi
nence aboVtt . the people. His ealin, deter-
Mined Thety so Utterly at varianee with
the despairing and distorted ones .about
him 'drew at once the attention of the as
semblage. i• • . •
"Myfriquis," be said, " this ISithe day
of otir''sorest need. We must . choose be
tween the iterms of you merciless king
and the uritohi -IMrrorS and certain de
strnetitin telall which Will followithe de;
livery of oar - cityinto his hand* Who
would not rather clies'e those, terms by
which, by the sacrifice of a feWiiies 'our
wives and !children,: Mir a g ed ones, ,our
yo ingmen, nay, all but the few? who go
forth to a iglorionS martyrdont,lmay,be
Tared ? there anyone. among
ierefote, Who isoffeiihim; , ,„jr
,
as a substitute?' , - • •
There wills a dead silcrice7 - asSt. Pierre
ceased to speak. All approved hit words,
Ibut none was. willing to resign hi n iself to
a shameful death that
his neighbor might I
enjoy freethnn. EaCh one, theieflire, let*:
ed about him, but none spoke. Sir Walter
.3fauny searecly dared to breathe so' fits
einating hail tjhe scene become ito him.
At length,
„pist as silence kegan to grow'
aw k ward,• a ifemide Voice, sweet, low, but
distinct, fell upon Vie young Em,dish
man's ears. • i•
"Let mei be 'one !of the few, 'Eustace,
that:shall 06 forth t death."
" IluslOiota !" and 'St. Piermt iriotioned
her away. I
" Nay, tint I will go;" and tilt , young
girl resolutely sprangup beside 14. " 110
yott not go - yoursek e i • I know yon would,
and wherever you go, I - follow, "yen to
death.".. • . I
• ,
A shout arose front the people, hi which
Sir Walter Ifoaud hithself unconi:eionsly .
joining. Again St. Pierre addreSSed. the
people: •
"It is trne," he Said, that I lam mY
. .
self eager fo i r this martyrdom"; lly post
! lion among 'Ton, by Which I was invested
by Count \ Jenne, gives me the right to
devote MySelf to your happinefis. But
that my sister shall likewise be slcrificed
I will not consent."
"You need not," !said Loth, po o r clear,
j low tones rising above every sound. "I
! g 6 without it, willingly, pay, cheerolly, to
whatever mav be ni store for tet4 I will
count one, but where are the of -four
Whe'shall Make upolit little number?".
Four reen!,steppedfrom the crowd ; anti
unhesitatingly offered theinselvti, and
:then the litiud of self-appointed ryietims
was eimiplet:e.
said Sir f'alter, " this noble
sacrifice of the lady is useless. Thitterms
of the king, i•iny m .
aSter, demand eitiL
iemi who - have been instrumental .in rail-
ing thishrebtillion."'• i - ' 1
_"
"Whir- then more deserving of; death
than I?" replied Lota,
." Have I nit with
all my feeble strength urged the people
to fight ,16r their libetty ? How can yonr
king theii,e‘rn upon his oivn tends', refuse
ine.''?" • And! as she spoke she . platiett
.the
halter about her neck with her own- hands,
and humbly irew - back•itmcmg theptlicri.
Tere waft 'no ',more to be said. The
• little band advanced to the gates afid there
took leave-of those whom they were about
`to deliver int. their heroic act froiimluntold
horrors, .Tiie scene at this partir beg
gars deerilition. The. people" crowded
abont their deliverets, - ching to thqn, and
wept; anti groaned till • the air rang with
their lamentations. Lott cluni to Eustace
daring thisl-trying endeaoring,:
thotwh rajah', to cheek her own tears and
comfort her !beloved townsmen. .
Once- ontitle the. gates, the ke4s were
'presented to Sir Walter, who gtiVeosrdets
that 'the reriviintler - 'tif 'the peopielshould
liecombicted fret/t i the town- rn Isafety.
The - seunds . i.)f 'Menhir* had reached the
English caulk . and eYeit the riidest'soldier
was tonOied with pitr' for: the tinfortii
nate inhabit:Mts..' Wrien the latieHinnie
their appear mee i 'OM their Why , through
the eampoteary, - fainiSh - ed;anddisPitited,
'every soldiet thritst thein.a rrtion
of his Until theY 'wete. leaded
with i litoviSknia te'siiitaiii theiii upon the
way, ' -• " I .'
• llut when! the ski' Yiethns With'Lettl:in
their - midst, Ilrerefeontluetehrliy.Sir
ter' 'to the 'ietit:efl'
don Of: the fsoldirts eekli2.d. 'alt hounds.
LeW_ murmurs of tiPplatise::reacl+l l the
Pri sbners' - htf every 'Oteff;'lleSsings , wete
shiiweted Upon' t their' Ye ny foes,
'foffotgetting• that 'their then had :se te
-1
t fongb t, against • then,'( the' : English
Soldiers eloy n , lbaod of inartirs dis-
Playit4 . AVareCeurage - andAevotioti, The
Jiro* 'ot thd'iting'd#kened ominously- as
jwisonett. Were arrayed befete
Haw carne this Woman' here apked
• he, -his eYefell upyn Lota. • -=:
she - cdt4c,fi l y"'loid, 'to 'Ttitiffer,l:death
'With'the "!
"I 'Understand," said.therkingt'ifit
mere ruse to. otoqq - onr syn athy t was
wry 1Y41'440,d4i/t , illiall 41'01 :13-9tbilte
Tied
lull
it
for
hand
full
the
‘1 , 112,
hi 3
(or
hi,
i4ol
1 of
reet
V - ou..inisunderstand; my lord," *as
Ilinuny'a hasty retort.. -. This noble woman,
these; brave men, came cheerfully to death,
hoping_ nothing and, expecting. nothing
less fit yourhand..-It was my hepe,....not
hers, that .you would spare the lady.
And by my faith-will Itiot," returned,
the king, angrily, not able to suppress his;
resentment at .I.Lanny's bOld_ answer.—;
"Since she caupe to die,, let her h.sv'e:thel
full benefit-OAm
,sacrifice. away. With,
them to execution!" . .
Slim& !" muttered. Slauny • between
his teeth;and every soldier breathed hard
with suppressed anger. at the merciless'
command ; but .not a word wag' • spoken,- 1
kr-every - man was, powerless to . savo.
Calm and sel4'ossessed, leaning upon :
the arm of her brother, and wearing the
ignominious -rope about her neck with
more pride than if it 110 been 4 jeweled
necklace, Lota inoye(l away- ••••• '• • -
. .At 'this' moment- a terrific shout rent the
air. ''''The,queen! .th'e queen !" arcs 6
front the vast array of. soldiers. It was
indeed the queen, with a gallant . and se;
lect force. With, a more hopeful face Sir!
Walter hastened to greet her and infffut
her of the execution which had been:, or
dered,. The queen listened and was silent,
but - soon after,sOtight a private conference
with Edward.
"My husband." she said, "you know
.
not what you do, when you condemn
these people to death. I care ~not. for
their supple lives,birt when they' fall, they
gain glory andEdmull gains shame.-Let
us rather disappoint them of thiS gloriouS
martyrdom, and send theni away loaded
with gifts. 'We shall-thereby .put theth
to.confusion and deprive them of tlnii ap
plause which they mostcovet." • •
The king saWthe force of these words,
and they were instantly acted upon.,, St.
Pierre and his asociates departed in Safe
ty-du' honor, and loaded with faVOrs.
Lota;St.Pierre once more sought her pa
tive•vineyar4.ls, but finally hecame Lady
MatinV thus fulfilling Jacque's prediction.
Oss I'Sl OF TILE TEI t EGRAPII.In
Prescott's History of the Telegraph, Which
is 'full of valuableAnformation, - the import
ance of the wires iii furthering the ends
or justice is:. not forgetter. We extract
a very amusing 810 illustrative anneedote :
One of the most important-uses-of the
telegraph is that of controlling the move
ments of fugitives fr,ont justice. Were it
not - for the wires, a romie having got. one
train, the start' of an oiiicer. i ntight travel
thmeiands bindles without the possibility
Of detection or- arrest . ; but, thanks tothis"
inventiOn, - there is no - plaCe so unsafe for
a rogue as np‘;'n a railway, as nine times
out often .. an officer would be, in waiting
at the depot, when the ' train should' ar
rive, to arrest him. .
A dozen years ago, before, the use of
the telegraph Was so common as it is now,
-we were apprised at New Haven that a
matt left Ilartfl - n-d in the one o'clock train,=
intending to take the steamer at. - the
former plaCe for NeW York, and he wits
owing a certain'amount of money:Which*
it was 'desirable to obtain
his haagage,, consisting of four . black
minks, wa.4 minutely' described, and rui
officer was in
at
when -the.train ar-'
rived, who at once , took charge of . it.
- When the 'owner of the baggage came
the-officer presented him with the claim,
and tolehigt-he 'was his prisoner- the
amount was • paid over. He was !very
much surpised and chagrined, but finally,
seeing there was no way - Of avoiding it,
and the boat was nearly' ready to start;
Ile paid over the Money. .
"Now," said he, "I want to know how
,yon new I was on this train ?" .
" , replied the 'officer, t'l gueiseds
at it . • 112
"Yes; bu kow,did yoweome to reeog.
uize me? Youiever saw me before,"
queried the gentl6nan from Hartford;
I guessed at' at, ; too," said the
officer. :
"A'i, that may-he," saj ested the non- .
phiSged individual; but km in thunder
did yOu" come to ,Ness out my .• our black
Trunks so quickly
SARDLNIAk MARRIAGE CUSTOAIS,—% .
find the i . following 'interesting sketch - 1
-Darvey's "Reminiscences. of Sardinia:"
.But huSh l• silence! there is the tramp
of horses outside—not a wordpresentiv
n low itap at tinr.door.. The. fitther.slook's
around to ,see thattall is
. in ,order, then
slowly' rising, obeys the summons.
Father— 'Who is there ?"
FrOmwithout = " Friend a." .
Father—" What do yoa, Want ?"
Frcial without—" Ci/ciento,una peccora
paldaig figurative reply— ‘.We
seek a stray ltab,r
~ Vather, partly..opening the,door—" . D6
my friends desire to see if it has - strayed
into this fold ?".. : •
• _ ,
. ,
this the intende(l'hridegroom put=
. 0n:
pushes open the
• door and enters, ac
companied I.q a few, chosen friends. The
father! bows courteously to each, and then
turnittg . round to his family, introduces
the tartons.: membeiS. composing if, be
_ginning first, with the. mother, and . Cere
'ntonieuslir '
~.".14 this the la m b you have .
ahake,of theehead is the negative• re
ply. At, last the aponSe is:presented ; ishe
bridegroom that is to be; starts ' runs fof
warditalces.her hand'respectfully kissed it..
"ThiS is the lost lamb!"
. . .
Ile IS rejoiced to have thuml the bcauti
-ful lamb he sought for. The father is
pleistid, pats, - the lover on.the back; ; ln'd
culls hint,a brave lad. The lover, in turn,
: prOtetits that. he will take care-of - the Jove
.lriantb; and soon Comludt it to hislottl. ,
San Lorenzo,T ladle ve.thee !"'sobs
the. soft. hearted mother.: . .
"13 h r
. a .. ep,w le els
ihtt rosario thou hair Prep:irea, for. ' 11 .) . "
13ita's.,betrothal, gift exclaims. the fit
:bir(frwill be well with so
true-and - galhUit - Teresina.
Tine, shit is-g9j4g from thee, but she Will
1)e well, mated, ; so
.a.i . y..thine.eyes,'old girl."
• 13IintiiWhile lover has placed one
ring:th the nfready laden' finrs or
ike.„ictu—ng t
e.batlb„ full.y.p• ge
resents.
Itiin . witlf• a. Tosjiry,. 4ridtlitia, Kona 1i " or
).)0110t4a1.-11416'..ar9
4 f Lct me kiss er," is ihb
sotigo,ft4 ladieSwhe.rethePrinceofWales
is tro•elling, says the Hartfo-rd
aosPiaMart:l4 ; 4
noNi AT;inzpi*Kir. OY TIIF. •
r. CIO 3EL-AL uri
NEATLY" AND PEOSOTLY.'
'AND AT "L!y.E A:nit:ET LIVE' litlCk.B •
1111;215
THE: office of the 3loittrose-Itign ocrat
haarecendy.boen'impplied :with a new and ,thate:—E, Lz i,,,
of type, etc„ and we are now prepared kelvin, pamphlets
circulars, etc., etc., In the•bert style, on short untlef...... •
iNEEMI
anti
other kinds of worts In tlifn-Itnn, donerttecording to order.
.Business Wedding, and Bal,.C .tiws,
prinfeti with neatnetw sad (icfpatkh.
justites' :nut C'onstables' Blanks, Notei,
Deeds. and all Other DbLoke; on hand, or.prlntotl to ark!,
Dr Job work'and I.lltuak,, to'bopold forms d ill rJ
.1 NO. 38.
- - -
. Iu a ert :Mr village the:editor or 'n
newsilafter had aroom at the hotel.' =l4.tib
inn absent one night; and thg houseliefn . f.;
erow•led, the landlord put a stranger in
his he'll The next morning the Ibilowing
Hiles wc4e - tbund in'the room
T slept in an editor's Led last idglit,
And others may say they= please;
sac editor. in the woad . '
,That eertainly-takes his. ease.
81'11'6 t thought of humble et , tiway,
• I could not suppress a sigh, _
But tho't as I rolled in theleathery pet,
flow easily editors Ik. —Exchange.
glie editor alter making some inquiries
or the landlord, made the ibliowing addi
tion to the above: - . • .
The chap whose form has rested here,
And lett his copy behind, - •
Tor a bad impression sh - ould be himt-mi up, -
As the cite is most, unkind.:. • •
Behold', n
proof of how he Ag , -
In the morning he went away,
10 like many that use an. editor's sheet,
Has forgotten the bill to
1 - .14 - onTI7.NATE Ir.u7s - ritATroN.—Pro . less
or C.—,of Bowdoin College, had a set of
illustrations,friKn whieh he could riot well
deviate - witllutit running the risk of a
blunder.: In illustrating the p ‘ owt•rful eff
ccts ofprussic acid, he wars wont to Maim
the class that a drop, placed on a dog's
tongue, was sufficient tai kill flu
one occasiumthe class tiled into the - recita
tion rood, and the Professor commenced
•
the exercise. • -
IMr Suntii,"' lie said 'addres , iii!r,
young Juan' whose chances of gidning* the
valedictory were very slender, "vlaitKetui
„you say ; of prussicavid? potrerful or
otherwise ?" •
•
"It is rather powerflii," sniil 'the student
dubiously: •
"..ii(d/wrpo‘i - errful," said the Professor,
indignantly.. "Pal a drop: of it z o yojr
it. mould kill a day.'.'
The sliruit eflattliter
and Smith's feveale4 . l' the
Processnr that his illustration had served
double purpr:e..'-.•
nr t...;l::ANvitEnutt:s.—The
- editor Of the Pia;rie: Farmer hats Leen vis
iting a 4rau - herry plantation in Chicago,
of some eight acres ; carrie.J on. by George
Davis: Ti 4,6 prin'cipal hem relied on for
a crop -was th e .111p.rn y irilm;'l.ll - ou g h lie
has a nuntber Of other varieties. Tit fol
lowing rule ailoptolfin- the ujcking.trooF
is excellent, The editor says :
." Anxious to learn something about the
eo-t piiskin:4
,marketing the
,frait
we asked hint hownutch he Vij.ol per quart
for picking; ' •
I tho'ruit•pay by" the quart, I hire by
the day. •
now innehilo yoterty, peeoThy, then?,
" Well, yon see, I 'lrv.. macre thls
rlitt e !relfl'ent j I pay those tluit fl.;n't whistle,
two shillings 'per day, and those that
whistle I pity three shillings—for don't
yon uvan enorinarN Nilson
you see, that if - they 'arc one of
them 'ere is flap mouth., they caVt
you see 'the philosophy of the
thing."'
• Foote-, the celebrated Immorist; whilst
graditatinfr at Worchester College, Ox.,
fotind in the head of ir, Dr.,tioWer,
a 'highly suitable subjeet .for one of-his
droll devic•es. Observ.ing- that the rope; ot
the chapel bell was tilliiwed to hang near
the ground, in an open spriee Where cows
were often kept at night, he sifspentled
wisp of fray Wit, and the tionsequenee was
that some one of the animals never failed
to seize the hay before - morning, -and su
produced n most•uuseasonable and mys
terious ringing of the bell. A- solemn
consultation tool:place for the elucidation
of the -portentous cirolmstance; and Dr.
Gower, having undertaken with the sex
ton to Nit up all night fOr the :purpose of
catching. the delinquent, disclosed the na
tare' of the jest .by pouneittg out upon the
poor, cow, and had the hearty laugh of all
Oxfcird to reward for his pains', - •
Soon after the telegraph - Was,put in
operation'on the line of the Ohio.and Mis
sissippi Railroad, in Martin
.county, one
of the natives stepped into the (lice and
wanted to know the pride of pork in Cin
cinnati. In a few inonient., tin answer
came with a • eltarg, or thirty-tit'e`cents
Abr-infbrinati9s; .- hut the "hOsier". was
too sniart to be thught that way, -arid re
plied: 0, no, Ml'. -Telegrapher,- you
can't fool Inc that way. ii (4 so•reen
as von think I am:- That darned: tiCkcp'
thing of yourn han't been out - ot this room,
I watched it all the time!"
Tmsn Wriz.--1. Lawyer :. built n
'a
office in theTorm of an hexagon, : - or six
sgitari. Tll'eyovelty of the structure :it,
traeted the attention of sonip Irishmen
who were pas . sin2 by; they Made a fall
stop tool the lawyer
somewhat dis! -, msted tit. .their
lifted no the windoW, - put - hhi head out
and addressed then;- • !.
"What do von stand theca % gazing at
my otlice4iorL4O you. think it's a church?'
• "Faik,". answered one of tlunit, 0 1. was
thinkin,t,TrO, till I saw the devil poke ht,
head -out of..the windy."
I.larry,- I wa:i-detzekll gory).
to hear that 3...011 haft broken, your arm.
I:. suppose it painvl You awfully; slidti't it,"
Harry, with munch " wasn7t, the
paid, Ohl hoy—O, no
prived of wearhag my lemils . in 41Iy packtas
which broke nwolown• • - .
An editor of a religious paper,: noting.
the increase - of ministers in Philadelphia,
wrote,." The towers are now 'supplied with=
watchmen; ! when a eordpositor had lint .
it in print, it read, to the'astginislintent of
the writer, "The towns are now supplied
kith llutehmen.7 -
• 7
Au enthusiastic girl says:7thatttle-tirst
time :she . ever locked arms a young
man, An felt' like liOpeleaniug on au
anchor:Y....What:a delightful IL*lingl. •
- Mr.:Misery loves vompany; dpeti a
marriageable lady_; and soda bedbugs.
Mr" Wit far (etchedis liable to spoil.
A& Editor's' Bed.