The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, December 27, 1860, Image 1
TEE MONTROSE DiIIiOCBAT,- • - a PUBLISH= vlrlinlitinairit BY _ . -''• ' ' • Ain ar. CtrOrritecori. ,_ °MDT OE rtntr.iioMßlßts THREE DOORS ABOVE SEARLE'S ItOra;.. ' . .._,. in T=113.-111,00 per Mums' ADVARbE i otherwise SA will be chanted- 4 nd lily Cents added to arreatageik at the of the rubberier, to expense of collection. etc. cospernent pl'esn , i. AnvEnrisanicrrs wil , lie Inserted at the , rt.te of $1 mir square, or ten lln or lees. for the AM three weeks, and as cents ror each addittOMlirsek-pay down. - - I Merchants, and others, who advertise by the year, will be charged at the following ales, ell.; iebione spars, colter, Doe peas`, with ow" ta Each additional spare, at the - qr. ... .. .. - .... .6 , creilitstrenexcepktil otknownresposudbUity: AN EX-BACHEL Walter Haughton and I were bosom( friends. When he marled a !mindful' girl, to whom he had long been attached,' I abut myself up sullenly n my-own room, and refused to see the ace of man. My i passions had been undisciplined from - childhood. Even till I attained the age of twenty-five I had- fits of ungovernable; anger. - After . that time my pride came .to the rescue, and theldl my temper`down.; I loved Walter Haughtou as some men love women--strongly, I ardently, death lessly. -We were almost inseparable.—;. Before him I never shouted the fiend with-., in me. His sunshiny fa Si invariably dis persed the clouds in my, breast. i Never shall I forget the day he first told me he loved Mary Vernon. Before that I thought of her as a sweet, angelic woman, but in that hon Illated her. "What shall Ido ?" was the wild pass ionate cry with' which I i.er . ilied. ."Do 1" saidffalter ;. ' why lie just the same- loving and beloved friends---come and sit by our fireside, come and live with us. Mary knows how strongly I regard _ you. She has .no jealons. feelings even towards my bosom friend. Heaven, bless her! she is a noble girl." l None ran tell but thor :with the same unhappy ti - what feelings I heard WI beloved. I could have s I turned away sullenly a off without speaking. 4 came, fraught with so tit him. I would not go to l afterwards, when I met' with coldness. There -that would not have ; rest 4 duct—he did not. I hav hepitied me. Well, time wain away balm. I became an inm: and soon,came to regardl as one, They fitted me! and I went and came as by a daughter was born 'called her Alice, because Ite name. . . Little Alice Hatighton 1 ile, fairy 'think, but excel j It was a grief to Us:—yes .me, that Mary Haughto the date of the birth of din disease, whose germ showed themselves alms( tened upon her. So slow' her husband would not helieve her ill till one day, when Alice was ithree years old, I -went there, and found the house as "still as death. He did not speak, but he grsp-, ed my hand till it paineine ; And as I i looked in his face his palS or alarmed me. "She is going!" be rid, softly.,, "I OWI lose her." - " Impossible !" I replied ; " She was' looking so healthy vester i day !" ..... " The bloom of the ffrave," he said, -harshly, " the crimson of Bath ! Oh, how can I bear it !" - _ "You are needlessly alrmed," I said: I knew not what to say,j but. "longed in some manner to comfort im. "No—no—no," said e. "I wish I could think so. But las night—oh, -fear ! -ful night! Yin' have n t seen what I have seen—{the very lif blood streaming. Oh, Heavenly Father, "port me in the heavy hour !" One week from that Iday the hearse stood at his door. Frdin_ the _moment Mary . died I did not see my friend shed a • tear.. His face was rigid, colorless—awful in its calm. ' , His little-daughter w. 7 taken to his mother's home, and afte a -while Walter: gave up housekeeping, and went there too: Once more he was all. Mine. Day after' day I sat with him, readto him, nor could"' I believe that brilliant -eomPlexion—that fierce rapidity of movemnt, of, utterance, presaged a fatal disease. But-so it proved : At the end of five sad ye . happy pears my dearest friend died, leavi gme the guardi an of his little daughter. t Alice was more lovely . than her - child: hood had "promised. No strictly beanti • ful, but charming, fascinating. She loved me very much, and when lin ayear froth herlather's death she left me for school, • she wept on my neek,-refusing tO'be com forted. I relapsed intoy old habits of loneliness, and at the ag of twenty-nine, thought myself a confin ed bachelor. I furnished a.nottage, too k ' a spinster aunt _ as honiekeeper, lavished l a little forttine on my ftirriavare and surrpundings, had i garden beautifully laid opt, and sat myself : down to take comfort. I must not forget -; to say here that I had m4yed some -miles front the town in which !my friend Wal; .., ter died. . Ted years from the y that Alice -- Naughton left me for tic 1, I received ,a letter from her, edged wi black. It was 1 mot the first letter my ' d had sent me, thy no means- 7 but the fi st missive that ,here tidings of death. :Was addressed / to me as hor fatber's•d, t est friend. Her ,grandmother, she said, had recently died"; S her two aunts had left BuOtown ;she was about leaving iehool—w ere , should she go? I waiter guardian and had - a legal right to advise with her. She longed •to see—some fitmil;se face, etc., etc. The • letter did not give any - .` I -knew what my duty.was, for o his dying, bed Welter had coidided hislaughter to my awe. it When she is grOant,"i he 'said, Other' ingly,.feehly, " you willPrehably have a unfe--a home: Should My mu ther die be a father.to my little Alice. !\ 1 .. - I looked around my eentiShlecettage- - I dil not. want to Lave ID .. broken . up. My pictures, myiquins, lily books, my, articles of virtu were.all ~:ashy where I wanted them to he. Tb 4 yam% girl of eighteen would perhaps disarange all. my plans. And then she- %mild be having young companions,—inaleund female, as Ekely as not. ' She wouwisit to .siog wbest. I needed quiet ; die e would be her. . ... p . usno and practice. -Slut might be whim. steal, ditieult to advise; slie might butigh , . ty, nervous, ill - tempered, 1 " No."I said,. resolutely; :“ I win gna , her a home,elsewhere.. Sod' wrote a letter, sealed, but did not send it Her . words; in one artless line haunted me-- 1 ."I do so long to see a familiar face that will remind me .of thy dear home--my 1 dear. father . ood mother: to H e s Tett - „“ .. , .. . We Join OurselvOs to no Party that Does . not Carry the Flag and ,Keep Step - tol the Music" of the Whole U "There is no use in being sucks savage," I said mentally, and then, I tossed the letter into the fire, (it was January,) and sent:for Aunt Mitty. She was - a spare Person, with not the most pleasant' face in the .world—but the .face is not ahrays an index to the heart. • R'S STORY. • • " I think of having a young lady . here, Airnt Mitty," I said. •, . !•- "'Ler ! are you a • oing to 'get married? and her knitting - needles fell- as if para. lyzed. . if "0, 1:10,. not the least intention,"', I re , plied ; " you need never ask that question. I shall be a bachelor all my days, and yori shallkeep house for me, Aunt But you know I have- spoken .sometimes of my little ward, Alice Haughton : she has done going to school, and as she has neither father nor mother, I must have her here, l Isuppose." . • ' Indeed !" she said, us maiden', ladies are apt to utter that word, us if it embodi ed. an itnportaii!, question; and- resumed . her knitting. .;• • • ' "Is there any room that will do?" I asked ; "or shall I be obliged to furnish another?" " Well, if she's git property, she . ought haVe a handsome room," said myaunt. "I should take the • articles out .of the front room and have it newly furnished." " Very - well," said 1, " then I Will go .With you,t,O-morrow and select the -firm ! . time. , Sh will,l suppose, 'have her oivn PiatieSAirto brought on hire, to-morrow. Can you ; get ready in that tittle?" - "Yes," was her brief reply, and . her tall form soon vanished through the door way. was called frOm.borne on important business on the day of the expected arip• and did no -return till late 41 the even ing. I was cold, • cheerls, and Weary, 'and had almost forgotten that I Was to meet anybody, when as I was taking off my clOaks in the ball I heard a fOetstep, and looking; round I beheld a vision for whieh X was little prepared. DresSed in black garments, a protuston of --darjoi s i r falling to clustering curls from the temples there stood Alice; her dark eyes, so like her father's her White hands outstretched to greetrae: • " W hy ' Alice!" I exclaimed, forgetting cold and fatigue, "can this be you so tall, so . beautiful ?", - • She blushed'rosy-red, smiled, returned my salution, and led the way into the par lor. Surely some magic had transformed it. • I had always thought it cheerful, but n0w,,.: with that sweet presence; . from which some charm surely emanated, it seemed dazzling. Perhaps my' fairy had .let on p:trifle more of the gas; perhaps 'she bad caused the lamp to be replenished could not tell—But it appeared to me a new and refreshing place,. • who are Cursed mperament with alter eulogise his struck him for it. -id walked rpidly A, last the day neh happiness - to ithe wedding, and him, I treated film are few natures bated - such con; le since thought and brought its to of. his house, him and his wife pp . a nice room, I hated. By and to them. They it was my favor- She was a frig ingly lovely.= last even to 1 - drooped from ,lice. Some hid. had never before the surface; fas ly she faded, that I forgot all my trials: my heart , grew light in a moment, I could not keep my I. eves from •tha sparkling face of my ward. There is no use •of trying Ao describe_ her inimitable grace, her varying expressions :every moment disclosing new charms • —her delicacy of deportment, and at times her gravity of demeanor • and theniFhtful ways. "-Let-me return to that eveamg.;-- It is My oasis • in the de.,_sert oT darkmem ories:., I never weary of dwelling Upon . it I Weyer shall. • At the table she presided, sayinglaugh-'. ingly, that Aunt ?Amy had given up that office to her. the old lady- bad 4- weak arm,-,and however mtidh she might!, covet the dignity of the office, she was . quite will ing to dispense with its burdens.- She too seemed as one fascinated, looking alter zatelyst Alice and myself; laughing hear tilv at her witty little speeches—growing sail in the face when she adverted to her loss which had taken. place six months be- . fore—and followed her humor in allthings. - "Shill'l read to you now, guardian ?" joAtedAllice, prettily, after supper: , It vras a new phr se in my experience; to sit idly-by the fire iu my dressin4-gown ;and slippers, listening to the musical voice of a beautiful musical girl upon whose . lips !every dry item of news grow into a pearl , as it drepped. I Well, this was comfort—there was no ,denying it. Every day the sweet girl won iupon me. She seemed perfection 'in all she did and-Said. Her playing was ex lquisite !; nordid she depend upon masters ;and practicqor her soul was the deposi tory for beautiful 'gems - of melody, and She dreir them _forth at will. How she , had retained her girlish simplicity, . the Sweet modeity Of mien for which as a 'child she was remarkable, I never i , could rbl. , Certahily Alice Houghton was un . ike all Other' young ladies I had ever seen. ad rather anathemtized the whole class '—but Alice Ilaughton redeemed them 1 The.first time I 'was awakened Men my dream of bliss was the occasion of 4 visit Made to Alice byy - a I in young and dashing man, a gentleman exterior; and thought , one who entertained decided pref erences for' my fair, ward; I can never de ?cribe the burning-, maddeningjealouiy that tortured me.as he stood - in the brill iant music-room by the-side ofAlice, turn ing over her music and casting /Winking glances at her. Then my heart wined up to the fact that I was in 10-ie with [Alice. lthe staid bachelor of nine-andthirty, l- oved with all the intensity of my passion * nature, the fair young woman of eigh teen 1 How warmly the blood shot through my veins as I realized this fact, and saw the devotion of this' handsome . Young atranger. Did she, love him? If; so I would sntMlate him on the. spoil rile 1 (must have noticed my appearance, for as 1 he turned round to say, "That is a Sweet Song, sir," .he give-me a prolong:0.01=mo. I turned away, and strode to the mirror. 1 My tiPpearanee before this had always been . a subject -of indifference: I had is the itegining 'of the evening . called this fel low, mentally, fop and ape, for nothing hut . beeanse he 'was dressed with good taste. Now, as I looked, I grew ashamed ,Of myself. My collar was negligent, my neektierdisarranged,milairiderermee aweless ti.nd untidy. - scan my_ fee elves ' , there I . Was triumphant. I felt Oat there 4 superiority - in my face ()Vet other men tr.knew I_ was 'what was sty a ine.looking . fellow-4hat lay tiountestanoe was of thwunelletted . oast i: lso,lo Porkor to Inare. l 4intY Offestunt. .. . , : , . . . 2 1 -; .. ~ . .. - 0 . -. . ---... . . ~ . ~„,, _ .. , •- - ' • . . . . - V ' ' . .. .. '..0.51 IF . r: . . .' -. , , • . . ' . . 'DE ',.._,_ .• . ... ..---- , _ . .... .:•• ._. . . •.• , .___. CRA - 11.• ~.., ..,..,.......•.......... ,• ~..,..., V0L..17. 11ONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY,DECEAthER 27, 1860. T_ MyjmindWas made up.. I drew my figure to Its height, straightened"eollar and tie, and went to ,the piano; _plan ted myself on the other side of Alice. yotr not play something for me P. - Tasked. , • She loOked up as if she noticed the pc euliar emphasis in my tone.. I fancied her eyes lingered on my face. I thought she blushed. "Certainly I will, with the greatest pleasure," she .replied. ‘,i.What. would you like r "That!". I said, placing a sheet of mu• sic before her. . She lonked at it a moment, ran over prelnde and air, and sang itk with great sweetness.. It was a love song--rno mat ter what: The. man opposite kept his keen eyes upon mei and every, time I look+ ed up our glances met. Mine said,'"Y.oit shall not have her." His said," Who The dickens are you ?" • . , " Who is. that' man ?" I said when ho had gone. ••- • . , ' "Only a friend, guardy," she replied, "I knew hini at Milton:" • "Only a friend!" Why should she use that precaution in speaking of him? Did She suspect the turn my thoughts had- ta, ken ? I hoped not. I would have guard; ed the secret until I- teas cerfain that her heart was free. My pride was as strong, ay, and as fierce as my love. • " He is very good looking,".l said care. lessly: " I,have seen -handsomer meri," she re- • How I studied her - after that ! Every word, .look, motion,. was noticed by Me. She caught me at it sometimes, and blush ed. She Seemed I .thought to - show decidad preference for me over all the geuttemen.who visited her—or else unwit ting displayed - a vehemence in 'my love. .I.think she - must have 'suspected at that early period how I. felt towardS her. Let me hurry on with my narrotive.--, Each day I became more hopelessly math ered, Sho became shy and sensitive and gave nte by her manner occasional glimp ses of hope. I surprised her sometimes singing over softly. the songs. I loved. I taw her read the books I praised. _times I looked into them and found such passages muted as made my heart beat more rapidly. Not long after my symptoms 'had be come thus violent,' received a letter froth &brother abroad whopkl had not seen for tweive.Uars mid then . he was a boy. I remembere t l Ins extreme beauty and my soul grefi. ui ik. Lepartaiw g _ova- lam a horrible vultui.e flapped its wings over my bead. He'wr,ote to me saying that he had become a prosperoui . merchant ; that he -was coming home to see me. It was a warm, glowing, impulsive letter, but od6 alit max, seem, I crumpled it in my hand . and-threw it in the fire. It was a singular coincidence,' but the day he emne,as in the case of Alice, I was called away. When I returned I-caught the .sound' of a manly voice. Hare entered and received a welcome in my heart. went into the parlor; my brother sprang up, his handsome face all aglow, to gritet. 'me, and then returned to his seat by the side of Alice. He nrnst have noticed my coldness, my constrained' demeanor, my abstraction, from which I was called by Alice's musical voice. . • , - " Why guardy, said she, why did you not tell me you had a younger brother ?" "I thought you would maet him soon and,the pleasure would be the greater," I answered bittesly. • " It'Siung me -to madness to behold him sitting so near her; to-hear them talk.to getier like old and confidential friends. All manner of Demon thoughts crowded to my brain. I felt that my, countenance must -be awful and kept myself busily turned away. Still -they' chatted and they laughed—oh, how beautiful they did look together! That evening we were all to gether in the music room; Alice at the pi ano; I..walkina, filled with horrid tho'ts, Fred, my.brotte leaning over Alice.— How free she seemed with liim! Much too free it seemed for my : jealous eyes.— What busines had she to sing my songs for him ? Oh,irthey had seen me look at them! To be sure she always prefaced her music with, "This is guardy's favor ite," or " I often sing this for your broth er," but what sort of balm was tbkt to my heart ?" At last 'I said, " Good night,"lib: raptly. 'Alice came to me all annety,and asked me timidly if I was not well. I co'd harthowled, "No, hypocrite!" but said, with as calm a manner as I could assume, that I had• business to attend to. For a =molt I noticed that she looked perplexed, unhappy--but I was still blind with jealousy. - "Look here Harry;dont go to bed so early again; said my brother the next day, it deprives me; of good society, both that of Yourself pd your charming ward. She did not stay tea minutes after you had left You should not leave young :folks alone, especially when one of them is as shy as a kitten." . • - • "Did Alice leave you then ?" I asked, suddenly, relieved of a great weight. • "Of course she did, what modeaklady - could sit up with a stranger alone? I'm surprised at you for leaving us. By the way; do you play the venerable papa to, this sweet creature ? • +i - Venerable I" I exclaimed' taping to him fiercely; "what do you mean, calling me 'venerable.". - • "Mercy on me I " exclaimed Fred. "I seemy elder brother must betreatcd with more respect 'but do tell me if she is heart free. "Go and ask her," rgrowled. "I wonder yorrhave not fallen in love with het yourself, Harry," continued my brother. She would make a capital wife, but as you have not, I 'suppose my chance is next best. What do you say, had not I better trY.?—because if you think there is no hope, therei a little lady at home of whom I think a good deal, and lam sure she would have me." • 0, why in heaven's name,did I' not then and there disclose to My brother the great secret of in br at - It 'Would have saved me torture 'end endurance. But no, would dot . eevil one was in We nttd held absolute swat over nwhenities. Witlmarifyda eanilvot float tar to me about it,T have more important things to think about," I replied; Ile laugheitat my-reply, gleefully, and I thought insnltingly,as he said, "Perhaps I may take you at your word, at any rate its worth the trial." We parted. Every day and evening I now left them toge,ther. I neticed that Aliee grew more and more quiet, her cheeks became pale. Thatis one'of the symptoms, I thought to mysolf.- TOe wooing progresses finely, but by Heaven if he%wins her he'd better never have been born. • -- There ices little. or no change In Fred's appearance; 7ie seemed quite devoted to her, walked with her, rode with her, they sang and played together. Stijl Alice seemed restless.. She avoided my eye,and appeared only.quite-at hothe ingia•society One day I waa.sitting in the imrlor, 'quite in the shadow; brooding over,my gloomy fancies, as usual. I heard footstepS and voices.. My first inipnlsie was to retire, but on .a secoad thought, I determined' to stay. Thep paused .upon the threshold. Madnesslos arm was . around her waist. "But why. not you tell him?" . 1 heard her say. "No--no,"? he replied, and my brother's usually cbeerftil voice was sad. " - No—he would never forgive me. I cannot. Harry would be the last one . to Whom I should tell such secrets." • "Ay my. splendid fellow ! said I, s 6 yen have cunningly divined." "Let me tell.him then; said Alice,softly Though he.lta4 altered of late' ,and seems strange to me,iyet I think lat. would gin his consent if I asked him." "Doyou; My beauty, thought I with set. teeth,—yei and so I would, but what would happen;afteawards, I wOnder ?" " Well darling, ril think about it, said Fred. - Perhaps after all it will be more manly in me to 'speak to him. I think I. will do it to-nrorrow. ' The next day Fred asked me to take a walk witlibiut,to the cliff. We went off together.. i - "I have something to say to you Harry,- said he. My . beartleipedi my blood was. n ire. I.pretended not, to' understand him. 'Are your nerves steady, can you stand on the edge the bank like this ?" I risked. • He pausedcrlooked at me earnestjy for' a moment andlwdut forward to try. His foot was on the edge, nearer than mime ; his brain might have reeled—mine didnot —until 1 jostled against him in stooping. Good heavens ) he was over 'I spranc , back as if shot) Not a thousand worlds have teiripted me near the edge of that accursed hill. There was water at the bottotit. :Strange that I heard no sound save the rapid heating 'of my own heart. - Was bellying, struggling? I did not 'dare look but Inwried home, locked myself in my room. • • • Said the denton—if they find him . they will think it an accident. No one saw u 5 go out together—but oh, the self-abase , ment, the tortured conscience! . The day, the week passed. I forgot to ., say that Allic i e on that very 'day had gone to spendja week with a school-mate. When she retarned, she. asked after Fred. I said, watching hersteadily, " He is gone. Are you sorry IT "Why, yes; Ithinkbe might have told me, and said' good bye," she replied, rath er petulantly. ! - ' " If he had staid longer we might hav had a wedding," I said, with a harsh an almost convulsive laugh.. She looked at me earnestly for a 'mo ment, as she asked, innocently, " Why, who would haie been married?" • • " You'and he, perhaps," I said. • • She turned as pale as ashes; her lips quivered.' She .cried out passionately, You are cruel !" and almost ran from the room. What was I l toinfer -from this? The glance, the tone bad struck me as being, to say the least; very peCuliar. Good Hea vens! could it have been that all the, time , she loved me?! My brain throbbed; guilty soul • swayed between tumults 'of delight and terror. '•lf so dared), I marry. her in my blood-guiltness ? Yes, I dared do anydeed now •, I dared' and I would.. I pass! over much time. Suffice 'it to say that the fate of my brother re mained" a mystery. I had nerved myself to go, as nearly as I conldcalculate,to•the precise spot n•lere he fell, but I saw no clue that gave hny evidence of his previ ous'identity. lie was gone. . The dark Waters had received him. Sometime they might give, up their dead. • Alice became my wife, but horror bung. around me. I could take pleaSuie in noth ing. - I surrounded , her with luxuries and called her My queen.. She' was an idol; I worshiped her.. One day she said, "Why-, do we not hearlfront Fred?" - • Myteart stohd still;but I made 'time evasive reply. "Did he ever ask 'your . advice about anything in particular?" she inquired with a smile.— -1 ' • a • "No," I. replied with;tnioldfiereeness. "'Why s dri you ask such a nation?"q I ,ohollarry if she, said reprovingly, " you carried lleut .:prejudiee Car —l. know she must !have beta a lovely - -girl by his description.' • • Before I •vrat hot; tniw 'I grew icy. "By his descr i ption! .. lovely girt! what' do you mean V-! I asked - in wild.' astonish ment. - • "Why, you knew he laved ono of the. Edgeworths, didn't you? said- the father once did'lon an injastice an4 . :you never forgaiebun. Ho • being dependant on you in some 'way for assistance; did not like to marry her without your consent, and yet he .had ;the'. Strangest - fear - about it Ine as* as. brother her words ged! to shrieks. • • • I fallen apparently, dead at her feet! I made awful revelations in' ..the sickness that followed. - .When'l came to myself I thought l; saw my brother cot:aim:ay be , sideme. IbesOught the vision to leave me. Ettunan .itones answered—it was 'Fred,,kitid-generous, forgiving, who bent. above his guilt brother. ,Whm. he told me heenlked. been sheltered by a friend- .ly tre e. whose swaying; branches caught and held him, Yhow, After; his itrangth cameihe hid dropped lad' eat ashore, and to.realliirnulik MA bed .rotuta. ed,4VAlttol4o-UIWn bit - 6*j **pi loud.; Oh, the bliss of seatgliin there! Whenll was well, they brought, a- babe into my chamber—my Aid-born All, is forgiven. My brother and his wife riSide near us. W e i are happy. It was the evil passion oflay youth, roused again 1n manhood, but now ,subdued for ever. - I m IIITEIRIIS,IWARD ,VISITS OLD ADS . LDTOOLN: - I hip ? no politics . Nary a one. rnrnot in the Wellness. .Ifl , w I spose I should holler iersiffi.usly in the streets at nite and gc) l 4 home to Betsey Jane - ! smelling of coal tie and gin in the ni;ornin.' I should go to'the poles arty. llshould stay there all they!, I should see to lit that my nabars was thkr. I should git l rrriages to take the kriiiples, the infirm d the - Indignant thar. I should be on guard egiu frauds and siei. , rshonld be o i the look out for the infamus Use of the e lemy; got up jest; be.t eleeSima for perlltitial.effeck. `When all wasloier and my ealydate was elect ed, I 'Mould move hevin and arth--so•to speakitMtil I got orifice, whiehif I didn't get a orifice, I should turn round & abooze the Adininistratioir with all mi mite and ninine.t But rm not in the hilliness. rm in a fai more respectful isineas nor what pollertics is. I wosbld't give two - cents to be a Congresser. The wnss insult I ever re ceived lwas when sertin citizens of Bald insvilld asked me . to null for the Legisla tor: Sez I, "My.friends, dostest think 'hat I'4 stoop - tothat - th?" They turn eda as White as a sheet. I spoke In my most ()Whitest tones, they knowd I .wasn't Ito. be trifled witt . They slunked out of Kite to onet: [ ' . Thetie4 hevin no politics, .I made bold to visit; Old Abe at his fininstid in Spring. field. - I found the old feller in his parlor, surrounded by a perfech swarm of orifice seekers' Knowin he had been captitig of a fiat biiat on the roaringississippy 1 tho't I'd address hint in' sailor lingo, so sez II "Old Abe ahoy! Let out yer main-snls, reefluttn the forecastle k throw yer jib poop overboard ! Shiv4r in,y timbers my hearty 1" • [N. B. This is ginuine mariner langwage. I know beeawz I've seen sail or playS acted out .by Them New York theater fellers.] Old . ..kbe lookt up quite cross Si sez, "Send. in yer petition by dz by. - l'4tant possibly looat it • now.' i In deed 1 l 'EA aan't. It's onpo sible,'Sir 1" - 1 "31 1 Linkin,. who d you spectj air-?" i, 1 sed I. I I • "A orifice seeker to be sure?" sod he: "W2lll, Sir," sed I, "you's never more mistaken in your life. You----13-eire.l- .got a -Orifice I'd take under no circumstance.- 1 I'm A. Ward. Wax, Jiggers is my profesh an. I'at.the father of Twins, and they look like me--,both of thilm. I cum to pay a 'friendly visit to the President eleck of the iri4ted. States. If so be . wants to see Ime say !so=-if not, say so tt• = Int orflikei - . jug han4le." I " 310 'Ward, sit down: 1 sun glad t 6 see yoxi, Sir." ' I " Repose in Abraham's bussiim I" sod one of the orifice seekerst his r idee bein to git orf a, oak at my exprise. , - " Wall," Sez I, "ef all -Ou fellers repose in that there buzztim there'll be mity poor nnssin for sum of you!" L whereupon .Old . Abe buttoned. bie/weik t clear np and blush like a maiding of sweet 16'., Jest at this Putt of 'the conversation another swarm Of orifice seekersLarrove and cumr- . pilin inip / the*parler. Sum wanted post orificem; sum wanted ctllectorship, sum wentedlfurrin missions, and all wanted iupthini I thought Old Abe Would go 'crazy. He hadn't more than hid time to shake hands with 'em before another tre menjus crowd cum porein onto his prem. isis. liiihouse and door-yard was now per- Teckly d,verflowed with Orifice seekers, all clameruss for a immejiti interview with Old Ab. ; One man from Ohio who had about seven inches of corn whiskey into him, mihtook me- for 0 - d Abe and ad- I drest me as " The'Pra,harie Flower of the West." I Thinks I you want a- offis 'putty bad: *other, with a gold-headed cane And la red no - se, told Old 1 Abe' lie was "a se,ckind tWashington & tike Pride of the Boundless West 1" .4 ' Sez I,1" Square, you wouldn't take a small . post ofils if you coUld get would you , ~ . r - Smil e , "a-patrit is abet , them things, sir 1 .7 1 I "Thetc's a putty big crop of patrits this season, ain't there, Squire ?” sez I, when another crowd of offis seekers pored in. The lion i se, barn & woodshed' was now all full; and' when another crowd earn I told. 'cm not por go away for want of room as the hogpelt n-as still empty . One patrit from a simall town in Alikhygan went 'up on the Op of the house, got into the chin ney and slid down •into the -pirler, where Old Abd was endoverin lb keep the hun- ' gry pacli of offis seekers from chawin him up . alive; without benefit i pfclergy. ' The' mmit he( readied the fire lace he 4umpt up, brusht the soot out . 4 his eyes, and yelled : f'.Dont make any; pintment at . the Spunkville post offis till ou've read my 'papers. I All the respectful men in our town is rgners to that there dockytuent I" "Good God l" cried' old Abe, "they cum - upon me from . the c tize--down the 'ehimneyi, and from th ~ bowels of the yearth !' He hadn't niore'n, got them "words out of his delikit month before two fat offis*ekers from WisConsin, in endow evict to crawl atween his legs On the par. puss of applyin for the tollgateship at Mil- wawly, upset the Presidant deck and. he would hive-gone sprandin "into the Are place if A hadn't Caught him inthese arms. But I hadn't more'n stood him up before another man cum tirteihin down . e chimueythis bead strikin.ine, vilently ' , 4 - 1 the inards and prostratia my. vol np ‘ . ,us form .onto the floor. "liri "lily linkinVshou fruqui tid the infatooated beingi rs is signed b' every clergyman' in ' town, and likeViist' i the schoolmaster Sez I; f‘yern 0,-- brushin' your pal you don' make - nr. tur. Hoc, sea Them I, sit "! Them's ‘ "But tow 41 be miry' I NO. 5 . . o .Virtock," zed I, holdintlM ,;,,' toasted man by the cast collar, ‘!**fillc . ti s krlt's is Its own .reirard. • Look' at me! • did look at me, and guided beCiajw- glace . — " The'fact is," I continued, 100 ik - round upon the hungry eroWil . . ,_ " there : Sauna ly affia . foreveryile bung " . round durio this campsite. I' wish th e , was. "wish there was Stain ,M4shinit to be filled on vans lonely Wands where - itppr doilies MO incessantly, and if I was •in Old Abe's place I'd send every= Mother's Son of you.to them.• What air yea here r . for ?" 1 continnered, warminnp ler able;“.can't Yon-sire Abe a tuinit' peace ?- Don't you see he's worried mast deth I Go home, you miserable men,' go:- ; ;me d till the si r Go to peddlin tin nr. , to. thoppinwtxxl,,go, to bill. ~ s ;, -- -tut! . sassengers-,—black boots—tit • ; • ,- -rkship on some respMtablemanure :-,,. ;' ...:, round as original Swiss ' Bell Binge • : ;; ,- . ~ , ‘oighial and only' Campbell Minas . Is—go to lecturin at 50 dollars a ni :, "inbark' in the peanut biziness- write for, . e Zeck er—sato off yon lege and_go - ro ; , ; - Orin concerts, with techin appeals to Charit able public printed on your hen.. ' an ything for a honest fiirm, but !dorOt come t 1 round here drivinOld . Abe °rani; . y your ontrajus cuttings up.! _Go home. - Stand . not upon the " order of your :goin, but go • ,to enet! • If in five nihnts from. t i ,-, time," sez I, pullin out. my new sixten , ' 'dollar huntin cased watch and brandish' , It be fore their eyes, "Ef in eve - 'Mini s from this time a single sole'of you re , ; , *ns on these here premises, my goont to ',. y cage near by arid. let •my Boy Co , •tractor loose! dif he - #ets. swung :3,i 4 0 - you'll think" Old Solfenno. has cum gin and no • mistake!" . - • Yon ought to have seen them S Mr. Fail. _They run orf as tho Fog self was arter them with a red' pronged pitchfork. In : five :mil premises was clear. "How kin I erer repay yon, Mr for your kindnessr sed Old Abe "cin and shakin m© warmly by thu " How kin I ever repay you, Sir :7 "By givin the whole conntrY. sound Administration.- 121 - Pyrei on the trvbbled waters, Nort 111111 By pursooin a patriotic, Arii). course, and then if Ate - cede,let 'em &soil "How 'boutiny said Abe. up with men is devoid ,o f poi a, got darned pnuciple!Theykiii to eater tii,Theitiblie. 'They bib the pnbliii wants, North k South. men, Sir, iehonest men. Ef yoi their-literary ability, look at th ers;anifsee small Ef Yon CAinit as is a Cabinit fill it, up wi • men, but don't call on me. Th Wax figger profeshuns =isn't be ted to go down while there's a, blood in - these rains ! A. Linkiii, you well! EfPowers s or Waleutt pick out a model for a beautiful scarcely think they'd scalp_ you you do the fair thing- by ygtir you'll make as putty a angel as an, or any other man ! ,A Linkin,. nee cuts which Nature has put into you usly and firmly, and all will , be We Linkiu, adoo _ _ He shook me cordyally by the we exchimmed picters, so we cou upon each others' liniments when' from one another—be at the bell: , ship of State, and I at the helium show bizniss—admittancsi Only cents. Amman; ' The Knickerbocker for 1 4 COstEsTCEMEN-1 - T or Tire. 57 TH :- • LUNE. Fuosr the first 'of . January, 18 1, The Knickerbocker Magazine will be p lished by J. R. Gihnore. 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Kt, pristelgrith Destaine aOldespatell. Justices' snaOmstebles' Iflanits, Notes Dools; sod 01l Was lasoko. • • • or prtetal to mkt. 1101rJob yorlr. sad Maki.** , PAM OS Ca 41,‘!1. For •the Mon ose Democrat. Who shall have the' Honor and Profits of a Man's Mental Labor I Animas Myszrz To Pasoan ov Ts= arm HoNose-4, Domes J. , O. &aro, im the inventor of •the ter? beat Instruments and Artificial Teeth, .ever used or made by the profession, and have the said instruments for my own twis t and of me the whole profession must be de pendent for improved Instruments and Artificial Teeth, of my own invention, to have best instruments and make best teeth as they have during thirty years past, and mpg in time to mime, as al have made ve ry great improvements on my continuous gam teeth, and the continuous gum teeth are ten times better and More economical than any other artificial teeth, yet my in struments will remain forever as penis- Dent fixtures in the profession. Patents are, and will be secured by me for both the said instruments and teeth, the proof of which I hold in my possession, and that there are not many Dental Surgeons in the United States or Europe who can per. form the most indispensable preparative operation for - plugging and preserving the natural teeth; and some Professors in Dental Colleges, and many *era, never can aceuir' e the Art of performing said operation, and then they preterid•that something else ,vrM do as well, at they have taught for the want of skill; yet their operations never were andilever cep, be efficient without that best 4pall improve,. Meets in Dental Surgery, of- which I am _able to convince every- Physiologist, as - I did the President of the Baltimore Dental College. When all protessiona shall do their day to, and the people obtain cor-- rectinformation, through some scientific medimn,(for which they cheerfully would , pay to receive through newspapers,) ten years thereafter no artificial teeth • would ' be,required, as the people would save their natural teeth and the amount and. - more than they pay for artificial teeth. <What a grand eight and gretit honor that, would ' be to see a nation of people of sou nd teeth and pure mouths, as the sight of .a tooth less nation and disease shows a • lamenta ble depravity and ,neglect somewhere. I have proof in my possession to confirm • the above facts, and therefore all persons may believe the truth and save their nat ural teeth, or.believe a lie ana be—very foolish. Persons of knowledge did come to me from• Europe to obtain instructions and instriiments, when some of them by disguise were sent estray, as, many of my patients were thus sent estray, and those -who sent them estray should be -sent to—; . where they will go soon, yet the knaves have not, did not, and can not deceive me, as I am- previousli informed of their inten tions and conduct. I hereby publish twos of many corroborating testimonies, from gentlemen ofhonor, knowledge, talent, and skill, and as diplomas to said gentle . men " Illirringiacquired a knowledge of, and praeted Dental. Surgery with Doc tor J. S. Smith, and having full informa tion of all kinds of Instruments, artflcial teeth, and practice of the whole profession, I therefore knowingly state that there are no.lnstrumente or Artificial teeth invented, or systems, principles, and practice of Curative Dental Surgery equal to the above said Doctor J. S. Smith s. Thomae Jefferson Wheaton, M. D., and D. 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