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Mechanical iteil •••iitr4ical Di•iititit, i•oer.tl: l of 111,1ihnitOn,
N. T. tender their prof,,ehnial aerric., 11101 O lib appre
ciate the '• itionit•ined Prai•Tire .4 Phr c:** r ,r"eful and
aliilliii operation, on Teeth i with the ni tat •eieliiifir atid
upprove.l style, of tilatewurV. Teeth extractekrin ithout
pain and all wiirl; warranted. -
Jnekenn, June 11th, laiiii, ••
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w(>1:1; 1) . ANN ( UNef: t, the i'ublie
T that they have entered into a p. nerahlfLfor tie
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Practice of MEDICINE surgory,
mutate-prepared to attend to all calla t thellne, of their
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tAtattead, iu DUNDIFF, • inyt 7 Wu:.
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partiettlar attention to the tieatntent
LI of di,,,,e4 of the EMI anti Eye: and te confident that
hie knowietk+r of. and expel - tent, in thdt brancd, of prac
tice will enable hint to etreet a core in the 0104,131llenit
cite , . For treatinm_ die•ea•e•• of the, orfani no:fee frill
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Tooll,TlO‘ks. Maltilc,.- Sink. and Centl-c-Tabl'cLA. Also
deal,. r. , ++, Mar.llo i .41,1 Slnl , . for Mantles, ientre-TiNes, fie.
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V a Ple,eni'a ltloeit. o , er ',tore of It.-d, Wail
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TRACY 'HAYDEN. t
GEORGE HAYDEN.
P. - E. BRUSIL
It a V I'S NOW I.O.Q.LTED rElt
1::01713t1 . g late,
attend to tilt: Intim' of his p ofe.sioni prompt;).
Office at A. Lathrop'
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NEW
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cumzi*ron. Id*
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INSURANCE c 11EA IN
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'LASH CAPITAL I ONE VII LION 90111615.
ASSETTS Ist July' 1860,'
LIABILITIES, " "
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Tondos issmed :tad renewed. by tl e uudorilgned, at his
oftice, one dour above Se: rle's note „31Ontnirse.„
y BILLIbiGS $7:110111. Agent - .
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llTA.Sjtyt ieceived a large stoc • of ni:O• Storm for
11, Com:log:Parlor. Offiee. aml sh ppurpui,es, for Wood
rortiCi.oa.a..l..a.•rtmithSeatocc
ti:s P e i l p e e ci Z an in d c &" hie amilw ! . be sold
, on the most favorable terms for' ark , qr td Prompt Six
31onfht Bityer4.
New Milford, Oct. 25th. Iso. •
Dandelion.
lIENLTEIY beverage. one p ,
make u much us two puuu
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EF."4747.I.XAMISCIor" H. Tt.. Graduate
.11_4. or the Allopatte and Homeopathic CS leget. or 3fed•:
ietne, would tetaroltis stneere that / Mt to th. people of Gt.
Bend and vicinityns ththe very -It And patronage with
which they. have fa. tor hint, and a hopes b)7 a 'arta at•
toution bualue, , vorederit Übe I shaft:l:3'of the public
co uddence. - Great Bent ,‘ Jantutry 22d, IBM. •
TAKEMO 10E. 1
A rifteitz Paicl f• r ,
JSep Pelts, pox. •10, all Wadi. , of
Tam A good ute
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naitt Street.
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New Nfliford.d,
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MOlLetock & Wtki
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We Join Ourselves: to no Party that Does not Carry the Flag and I Keep Step , I
to the Music of the Whole Union.
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,THE WAFFLE WOMAN,
irtritar DRINIMA.
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iAt the corner. of In street - in . Dusteldoif,
I there stood i'or many years a wooden
! booth that *Vas peculiarly attractive to the
i young. The scenery around was delight
i till ; the wealthicest man in the place could
not havechosetra more afr b recable site and
prospect. There,. the eye ranged over
1 the beautiful court gaydens with their sha
dy walktvand grassy squares; to the right -
;it rested on the crystal waters of • the
stream, on which , floated prolidly .the
majestic swans ;"there, too, stretched away
into the 'distance the famed avenue of
:-ehesnut trees, • ankh, the large; imposing
houses of the rich merchants and capital
ists of ]thine city.' To the left, extended
far the limas of trade and the long line,of
bidblings. The p6ssessor' of the corner
booth had' well chosen her place, fur hi!
that had a
occasion to frequent the most
populous portions of the city had to pass
by, and were invariably' -attracted by her
' tempting •suppli es of golden,. sugar strewn
waffles. - ' .
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The booth was frequented 'by hords of
children, over Whose imaginatiOn it exer
t ted a wonderful, charm, for, often on re
: turning from our picnic parties ' "ii'e would
' enter it in the evening. _A cheerful fire
would throw its rosy gleams upon the
h ises_oppositryand the still waters ;and
1 -e its flame the old woman stood with
one black waffle iron in her hand,
int , out from its depths the exquisite
ly prepared dainty, swiftly adding more
:to the pilebefore us.. • ,
I Our parents always exchanged - a - , few
41 - iendly words with the industrious baker,
i, while we stood on tiptoe, each to discover
tall the hidden mysterieS wherewith our
fithey" had endowed the fotnantie stall. It
was a dear and - familiar place to us.
The years sped on in their_ ceaseless
course ; the children grew into men and
women . ; the obi Nv aflie lw!:er lived vet, but
age had c•conpletel slivered her hair7and
bent her once stalwart - form ; necessity
and privatibn bad entered her humble"
home, fur the confectioners had taken
away her business, and her customers had
rapiLl:y diMinished. She had been com
,pelled to carry her once tempting. Wares
' frmu house to house, until! late at night;
ant even. then she could I not earn
:`enough to keep front want and hunger.
She had been a handsome woman, with an
erect and stately term ; her tbrehead en
' circled With a plate of gold, limg pendants
in her cars, she had presented a tine and
striking appearance as she. stood surroun
ded by the' fire "gleams of her hearth.
:Now all was changed ; the hertyy ear rings
and the plate of gold had lo,ng since been
I sold ; imd a poor and faded garmen
decked her shrunken limbs. In fcrnterdays
she, laid owned 11 room in the city, where
; sh spent the forenoon and the night ; now
' she was 'compelled to remain ,in her booth
• by night and by day, in summer and' in
winter, for she could no longer „pay the
CY. t ra - rent. I
Th:it winter was a mast_ inclement one,
and light and fuel 'were scarcely within
. the.relch of the poor. It wasastarbright
.night, and the snow lay deep upon 'the
streets unit housetops; .here and there
some belated wanderer hurried past, care
fully-muffled up in
,Ilis warm cloak, the
• screetiity , hood drawn closely over the
Vxcfioross bend. -- ' - •
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At the door of the waffle-booth sat a 1
1.31 e little girl, striving vainly to warm?'
j'her stiffened hands by- Ueathing upon
!them ; she burst into loud sobs, its she
became aware of the suselessness of her
; in
,vain she sought to
j guard trot' the biting night by thrusting
, her pObr little, cold, nipped fingers be-1
Math the - folds of her miserable' kerchief. I
The child wailed loud and bitterly ; and 1
the old woman within awoke, and hastily !
opened the door ; she started back as she
I beheld the little girl, and - said in tender;
1 pitying accents :
} • "Ho* come you here, boor little creat
, ere, so late at night?"
'Oh!' cried the child, "we arc seven-ht
;.home, and there is not brintd for two
Mother works very bard; but she cannot
earn enough ; mid father says, every day : 1
'lf we were only rid of the gluttonous 1
etil i dren, we could get along:. -So
.moth-
er hungers every day, so that we may
;tare something ; but she grows pale and
paler every day, and now she is sick front
hanger. Could n@t bear to see her so,
• • •
andwent ttsget a place to take care of
ebildren ; Vet all the ladies I. have asked
say I atit a child myself, that, ought to be
1 taken care I have run about - all day,
and could get nothing to do. I don't
1 t
want to go ome,-and what shall I - do ?"
1 The waffle woman took the child by the
!hand and said : .
•, "You will freeze to death if you remain
here; come into the booth until .-to-mor
row, then God will aid you further."
She gratefully accepted the invitation,
but was so" exhausted she - could . hardly
drag her weary limbs inside. It was not
warm - there, for the poor' wooden . tene
ment offered but an msnffacient shelter
against the inroads% of the • sharp winds
and freezing cold; but still it was a better
refuge than the-street,
1 "We cannot haVe a are, my poor little
girl !" said the old woman ; "for we should
(have to-open the door if we would-not
' suffocitto with the smoke, end Ve cruel
north wind would blow directly in and
make things worse. Come here,, and sit,
.in my lap, till you feel alittle better.'
she sat .down upon -her scanty • bed, - and
took the- little wanderer in her arms,
wrapped her up in her own cloak, and_
rubbed the Stiffened hands. She shivered
as the alMost frozen limbs touched her,
but her hdfievolent feelings wemstronger
than all thoughts of Pelf; she rubbed the
'little one until ,some degree of lifo and
warmth returned.
she said; -"now sit alone a little,
1 while I strike a
'She arose and lighted a rusty oil lamp,
:and' byitsilickering gleam, examined the
I features of the child.. She ;was surprised
I st the _ angelic beauty of the countenance
1 - her tearful eyes rested Upon:
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"you must bC hungrY, poor dear she
said, very tenderly:
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MONTROSE, PA.JHURSDAY, MARCH 20,18 a
"Oh, yesi I am very, Very hungry !"
eagerly responded the child. •
The good•w9mar drooped her head;
she bad no breed, and had gone to bed
supperless thl4 night. • She glanced, over
her meager stock of watlles_ that lay in a
basket by, the fireless hearth. "It is but
frothy stuff," she murmured to herself ;
"and it will nit appease a lungry stom
ach: And what shall Ido to live to mor
row, when tluis' e are' gone paid out
the last penny yeSterday ,for flour, and
they will not trust me ; what can Ido ?"
While she thus
,communed with her
thoughts, the little guest had 'risen from
her seatond beilongmg,wishful glance rest
ed so iniplorhOY upon the basket, that
that the lastseruple of the old datnelook
flight. She'whispered "I cannot let the
poor thing - itrirve !" she took the' waffles
and silently 141 d them towards 'the fani
ished,.child who eagerly taking one earri,-
ed it with a mile to her lips. It was
swallowed in a second, and she stretched
forth her latid and. took another ; but
when she lindleaten that also, She cast
frightened leak upon the waffle woman,
as if she- feared she had done her a wrong
by robbing her of her subsistence. But
she smiled - encouragingly- and bade her
rat as long
its she .felt hungry.—" The
good Lord has never entirely forsaken
me," she said with reverence. "He will
not forsake !re now that I doubly need
Ilis help!!!
The child could have eaten every - waffle
in the . basket4 for they were as the dame
had said; butffrothy stuff;" .but she de
nied herself the •enjoyment,, and,- with a
lingering glace at the small portion re
maining,; she !said:
"I have enhughl" and the 'basket was
set . aside.
. The old 'Nr)' man prepared a-bed.of shay.
rags by the h'parth wh, s_ stonesyet retain
ed some degree of heat from her own bed
she took the .:two stone bottles she had
filled with licit water, and placed them at
the destined foot of the bed. When this
was done; sh Wrapped the little girl care
fully blithe cloak, and laid her on the rude
conch ; then !she brought more shavings
and . covered . lwr snugly with them.'
"Now you! will npt feel so cold," said
the kindhcattecl woman, "and you can
! tell me youriname, and where your par
! cots live?" E•
ranee is Anna - Burgpl," replied die
child, "mid ifather and -mother live in
East Street ip the house of the chimney
sweeper."
"In the hituse (if Ilambart r .
"Yes, with, Hambart," ,
s'"Now IN us pray that the good God
may grant 4 a.prospertins day to morrow
and then we.will.sleep."
She offered up the lord's- Praver and
little Anna' s v.,ice mingled with hers, un
til it becamdfitint, and she was soon fast
asleep. TI4 good old woman continued
hersupplieations, glad that the poor waif
had found Fest ini refreshing slumber.
But she hadgiven all her covering to the
stranger, alld her old limbs shook. and
shivered with the penetrating , cold.—
Throughout the long dark night no sleep
. •
visited her evs.
'When the first rays of the sun gleamed
over the 'Grafen Mounto;he arose in time
tO'behold iti; gold and crimson morning
salutation,
.Little Anna slept So sweetly
she' could not think of arousing her, al
,
though she the
needed her mantle to
go.out into khe keen air.' But she resolv
ed to do wi).hout it,. and she stepped out
'upon' her Morning's task. This was a
wearisome itne; it was to gather the few.
' biAnches and' chips scattered by the storm
' wind, for she was too ' poor to buy her
fuel. It seemed to the humble; grateful
heart that the day-was fraught with bless
ittn.:: for the winds of the past night had
ts
' scattered - vide and near a beautiful pro
lusion of fagots and twirl; and 'she timid
on the.main road aboard, to which a kind
drayman, added a for baths. Breathing
with difficulty beneath her heavy load; she
- returned tai her booth, just as Anita • had
shaken off the coverings, and was emerg
ing from the folds of the large cloak.
"Child P 1 she exclaimed, joyously, '"you
have brought a • blessing with you !esee
what the good LGrd has sent me for your
sakeit iskreastire and riches to me!"
Anna did tint quite comprehend her mean
ing; but Ole was full of gratitude towards
1 her for bell unexpected kindness, and so
' she ,imply expressed it. "I have noticed, 1
I my dear child, that you did not get half
entiugli . toicat last night; there are five
waffles left in the basket, it is not much,
but I may be able yet to get something
more by tenon. Sit down and eat, and
stay here tilLI come; I must now go anj
see your - parent's."
That was not what Anna desired, for
she feared her father would scold, and.
perhaps'ppnish her for leaving home; but
before.shl could muster courage to say 4
word, the old_woman was .gone. She
went to the baset, took the waffles out
one, by ()lie, and was strongly tempted to
to eat, blt she. felt that !she mitst not.
"It would . be a sin," Ale said "to take
everything from her. She has not got a
crumb of ibread, or she would not tell me
to eat the waffles that, come so dear."
She sat down again upbn herbed of shay
-1 ings, getting up oncein a while,* to look
at tile waffles, but strongly 'resisting
.her
desire 'td take them. She might have
yielded 4 last urged by Mighty hunger,
had not an incident occured that delivered
i her fromkhe struggle.
1 There was a krioek at the' door, and rs
1 Anna ,irknblingly opened it, a servant- I
l'oirl came in and
.cried—" Quick, quick!
k-.
' the mast* is crying hiMself hoarse for
waffles.' When her eye fell on the basket
she snat4hed it eagerly and took' from itl
the five tWatiles, saying, as she sprang 1
over the threshold : "I will bring the
1
money lifterwards." - - .-
Anna lilt as if some one had robVed
I her benifactress of all She possessed ; she
I sat down by the cheerless hearth, and the
tears chased one another down her cheeks,
' : cuszrkit U.
' -We must return to the waffle woman,
who for , years has been thus named --by
young and old, though her name was Ba
bette. She hastened • over the snowy.
streets, pot forgetting to pick up any.
stray twig that.lav in her path, and at
fast shelrestehed the' house of the chituney-
.
I sweep, in knit Street. She found him at
his door, prepared for the. day's work. ti
t "roes rklSlr; Burgel live here?" she in-',
Iquire& •
The man nodded. "In,tlie garret," he
;replied ; "he is'a drunkard, a gambler,
good-for-nothing—beats his wife and chill
dren, - and will.soon be thrown out of the
house." . •
That was unpleasant news for 'Babette
;but she nevertheless ascended the many
stairs and stood breathles before the des,
ignated door. She heard' a woman's
•
voice say, plaintively •...
"You have chased the poor child out of
the l:)usel perliaps she is lying'dead on
title. street and accusing- her hard-hearted
''parents in Heaven!" To which a rough
tone replied : •
; • "Stop your howlinc , • or give
and
in
reasOn for it ! :Anna is dead and
in Heaven; she is well taken care of, and
' will fiever•suffer more from hunger."
The woman continued to wail and moan
and accuse her husband:of the,murder of
the child Babette heard the sound'4
blows, and the terrified outcries of little
, children: 1 She entered -the narrow room,
and beholding how cruelly the . man was
I ill-treating his wife; while the
tattered children were crying around
them, tilieexclaiined, in stormy bkiglia - -
t ion :
1 "Wretch ! you 'are' killing herf--Istai,
!Your arm r •
At the sound, he turned' towards her
aud appetired inclined to treat Ler_in Ake
manner; but he :allowed the 'upraised
hand to sink again by his_side, white-with
the other lie. pointed,to the door. As she
did not immediately obey-this .signal, he
seized a Urge club' and
,advanced threaten
ingly towards the white-haired visitor.-7 1 .--•
Babette thok speedily to• flight, but said,
118 she (16;cended `the creaking stairs :
jour
childcomforted, riood mother, Your
child is alive, and sh:ill remain' with, me,
since heriOwn father has fiirsaken herX!4,
Thus ‘‘/ ; as the needy creature ciitopekSt
by•the pnomptiegs of her charitable sonl
to adopt the child; but how to obtain
the mean's' of Ming, was a puzzle she
could not solve 31finy a night:lad, =51,16
gone suppeilesh to rest, and:yet site had
never brought herself to beg; she Would
have preferred . death hr. -ate solftude of
her booth. But that day her ideas ehau'ir
; for the dear child's sake, She, woidd
overcome her repugnance, and - Make*
la - st sacrifice-of her honorable pride.;—.
With great diffidence but firmness 'ofpnr
pose, she accosted a wealthy' gentleman,
of whom-she knew that he cared not for
a few coppers..
. „
.
"Sir," 'she entreated, "do a gobd aq;--.
. ,
give me A penny for—" ..,)
. The gentleman interrupted her, as he,
opened Ids eyes, in astonishment, with : !.
"How! is this, old dame ; have you; too,
turned a' beggar ? Shame upon you!"?
She would have explained the matter;
but he turned away contemptuously and
walked on. That wounded Babette to
the innermost ; she could never again islc
charity, the beginning had been too terri
ble. The gentletpku had called her: a
beggar—had said "shame upOn - you!"—
She could never forget it. • ,
As she passed on reflecting• upon her
sadtondition, she met with the merchant
trom whom she was in the habit' of b 'y
ing her flour; he appeared i,o be in a v ry
i
genial humor, and he spoke in a friendly
manner, all of Which she_waS unaccustem
ed to from him. She gained courage t and
once again overcoming her shrinking
sensitiveness, she said to him with falter
ing tones : ,
.
"Dear Mr. Brecht, it is now ,nearly
twenty years that I have bought my,fidur
of you ; I have always paid-you promptly ;
Ihave never demanded one penny's worth
of credit from you. But to-day I caneot
bake any waffles., unless you have the
goodness to trust me with what I n 'ed,
until I can sell my wares. ' Will you tlo
1
this favor to a poor old woman, who, ias
honestly maintained herself all her lite?"
Mr.Braclit gleefully stroked his. beard;
as if something very pleasant had occurred
to him, and made answer: "Well, Well,
that can be seen ,to; come in with me and
we will talk the matter over." •
Babette felt as relieved as if a moum
tam's weight had been.removed from her
breast; she folio wed. thb merchant, Who,
leading her into his counting-room, care- I
fully closed and locked the door behind !
him. - !. I
. "Que favor is worth another," he- said ;!
"you shall obtain of me a certain quantity
of flour each day, for which I-will take. no
pay; but for it, you must take' a Walk
twice each day, early; and - in the evening,
Outside of the city. Yeu know that I the
times arc hard, and -that all business is
dull ; one has to do the hest he Can ; i but
the miserable comissaries watch beside
the gates like so many sharks, •aud it Is al
most impossible to bring the smallest lbag
of meal into the city without paying 1 the
impost. Against you there would be no
suspicion, and you could easily bring so
much under your clothing, that I could
afford to give you what you need."
The venerable woman looked the , iier-
chant in the thee with undisguised estop-.
ishment. "That would be -robbery Land
treachery both," she sreplied ; "Omni the
waffle woman be made dishonest in I, her
old age, that she may escape the death of
starvation ? No, üb;Mr..Bracht, at Snell
a price I decline your -offer." . I
The merchant, arose from his seat with,
an angry countenance; "Very well, old
.witch I" he exclaimed, "You tread iyour.
good fortune under foot: Do as yoti .
please, but
or
not.a word . of our ! con:
versation, or I.Shall set fire to the . bOoth,
and burn it over your head some quiet
night." . '
- Ile unlocked the door, and Babette tot-,
tercel forth more helpless and bereft ;than.
ever._ - At the corner of the yet dlosed
'shop she stopped a moment, and thought
of use City Institution for old and w etch=
' ed beings like herself. ' Hitherto she had
ever supported herself by' the labor Of her
hands; now, that, every "chance seemed
hopeless; she knew that the gatei o that
asylum would : open to receive her. , But
she had given. her word to the mother of
the forsaken child ;mild she break that.,
i promise ? • '!. •' ' • i
She sloidyopened the.door, and at, the i
first glance saw that the.waffles.were.gone.
"Did they taste go(
na related' hOw tl
away. "Well, thei
with - the inouey,"
Mach alarmed, the little girl told her
that she had received
-no money, and that
she did not know the maid who took the
cakes. - 1
r d?" she asked. An
ey bad been taken
lye v,1,11 buy ; bread
• Babette waS silent, for'she would not
remove the child for the carelessness she
. 1
had committed , as she Was inexperienced
in busineis matters. She•sat down upon
a stool, sighed deeply as she 'took: Anna
on her lap, and said, as She . shook her
curlt: "Poor child! we shall soon not l
have any bread, and yet, you cannot t`e
turn to your father. God will not desert
us; let us pray to him for help." .• :
They prayed for aid,.hut it came not;'
noon passed and evening came, and nO4
morsel of food had pasied their lips. As i
twilight gathered around, Babette was
overcome with weakness and dizziness, ~
and she sank senseless to the floor.j . The
little girli'sat weeping at her feet, and rec
ollecting what she had done for , her,
_she
covered her, Up in the cloak And 'spread
the shavings over the motionless, form ;
but she could do nought to assuage the
pangs Of hunger, and she couldpnly hope .
that her friend ...would_ revive and rise
again in tho , morning.
•
"Water! waled- .moaned the poor suf
ferer, in ty middle Of the night:
• Anna found the pitcher, but the Water
therein . had frozen to solid lump ; of ice.
"Necessity 'is the; mother . of • invention;"
even With children ; she went put Of (Mori
end -gathered a, handful of snow, .held it
to .Babette's lips. • But towards morning
she nave no further sign of life, and. the
Child rushed out Of the booth, orying wild.
'lv .•
"She. 1; dead . the ''waffle warnan* is
dead f" ' ! •
,
• One of the inspectors of ihe toll house,
was marching up azu4 . - sloWn "Before the
building, wrapped in his cosy, nribtle.--1 -
He hurried to the,spot, and found. the old
,Woman senseless, but ytt retaininga rem
nant of the warmth ofilfe. He entrusted/ii4-p‘Ost by the gate to one. of his asso
ciates, while he sped away for the
clan who attended to the poor ofthat dis
trict, and who returned with him At once.
- "Oulylodmpt•help and good jntfrsinb
can avert her, death," he said.
He bailed a coach, , . and - Babette was-
Carefully placed in it and taken to • the
City•Hospitnl,'Where side wai put in . the
care of the Sjiters ofelmrity; and: . Anna
was takenft co the Convent, at the; especial
desire ofihe kind doctor, for the poor
child .was emaciated front fasting, and
was threatened with a-severe attack.Of ill
riess,
Under the gentle care of,.the Una
sent.nuns, whose life and all its aims'were
conseeratedio *the...service of himmuity,
Babette regained•not duly her; COfiscious
ness, but by degrees, alSo her customary.
health anestrength, Anna's great ~happ
iness witS'in obeying her loving - teach
ers, the nuns, and being perMitted td
sleep beside the kind new mother..
• . - , ' :':: i • ••
- When the news spread. n the city, that
the waffle woman had narrowly` eseaped
1 starvation, all seemed to have become
suddenly inspired• with feelings of the
!profoundest pity, and many said: 'ilf we
! had. known of her Situation, we too, could
have aided her."
s
The good sisters bad done much ; it
et was in tic power of others to - guard
the aged woman. and her adopted. child
I frdiu misery: andprivation in the future.
In a merry company, to' whont Babette
was well known r for they ' had - Often en
joyed her delicate bakings, a ,gentleman.
arose and called for contributions - from
those present in her name. It was 'joy
! fully responded to; and-in a few moments
ra handsome sum ,was placed in his hands.
The fortunate orieinator of so i•godd a
deed counted the money, made 4 package
of it, and sealing it carefully, left it in ,
charge of the host; and, paying a visit to 1
a like assembly-he met with the same'
happy success. •,-A
s ;,
1
Tliere.Was a number of wealthy.mer-
chants and-factory owners present,. to 1
whom the old . dame was well known for
years; they expressed - their astonishment
at such a state of-utter destitution should
befall any resident of the citi_of Dussel
dorf; and their synipathy for the unmer
ited sufferings of so worthy a person`was
loud and sincerely exhibited. The kind
gentleman Whothad_formed this beneve
lent plan for her relief; calling for a , sheet
of paper thus addressed theconipany : 4
"My dear friends, the 'gills thave re
ceived from you are generous . in the ex
treme, abll retarti to you for
.them the
heartfelt t anks and gratitude or the re-.
cipient. And, as your hearts are now in
clined td give, I lay this prOpoSitiOn . be
fore you, that wemake a crowning -effort
and-place the old waffle woman in a com
fortable position for the restJ, of her life.—
Most of you are able to do 4 . gbod work
without deprivation to ycitn'selfeS. • Let
us build a neat and convenient, house of ' 1
stone in the place of the w'onden . booth, '
and-let her find it there when she is suffi
ciently recovered to return to it; and we
will furnish it suitably. Iw, ill Jiead the
list with twenty-dollers, and beg of you,
to follow, each one according to, his,
means."
. The invitation was promptly and _ Cor
dially yesponded to; all presehf, followed
the example, and the paperlwaii soon cov
ered with names. On adding tip-the sum
collected, it, was found to b, l e amply suffi
cient for, the execution of the r plan pro
posed. A master builder ) 1 / 4 41o; was ,pres,
ent offered to direct the work gratuitous
ly and to begin it on the next - Aay.
- The next Morning the bdotk was torn
down, tothe.terror anddi4may, of 'many
children. The building et the hoitse pro
gressed rapidly, and &fort three weeks
had elapsed-,:it stood ihere finished, with
the paper on the walla and; the furniture
of the neat, pretty rooms till arranged; in
,due Order. Two cosy beds were provitk
ect in the chamber, and- in the kitchen
stood alarge find fine ove
of waffles. Even the weal
pitiously, for the severef
►shed suddenly, and the so
upon.the earth,
that•had aided greitly
ereetion of the homestead!
One day the Sisters of Charity : said to
1 the waffle woman: ! - , •
"Babette, as you argnovi entirely : well,
yoii may leave -- here to-morrow." The
poor creature sadly drooped her bead
on her breast; for she thought she would
have to be - gin -the struggle of life anew:
• and that little Anna would again be ex
posed to the gnawing pangs of kunger.--
But she made no cOmplaint,and declared
herself willing to go ; and warmly thanked
the sisters for. their loving 'care. .:But
when the nuns had departed, each one
smiling with a peculiar significance, the.
old woman burst into tears,as'she clasped
Anna in her arms ; who sympathizing
with her grief, wept too; without know
ing wherefore. •
"Wipe away your tears,. my child,",-she
said, at last; "the good Father • will aid .
us.."- Soon afterwards the Stiperior of the
Convent came in, and brought a package
• with clothing, which .they presented to
the dame and - -Ile child. With tears of
gratitude they 'took leave, .and punned
their way to the ancient nod chderlesi
abode, not without casting many looks of
fdrvent longing towards- the hospitable
convent, gates.
•
Here and there; the inhabitants stood.
at their doors, and sabited the, old wom
an with words of friendly - recognition.
As they neared the canal, they heard the
oft repeated exclamation : "There !comes
the waffle-woman 1" a crowd- assembled,.
and loud talking and cheering • ensued.—
She Could •not comprehend - what it all
meant ;in her long life-time she had
er been the object of such universal: ob
servation and attentioh. • • As she passed
the corner, she stood with amaze
itientrfor her booth was no where. to be
,
"Now all ls . lost !" she sobbing to
Anna.; "now we are poorer
. thatt • ever.;
our place hasiieen torn down, and a house
I erected in its stead ; nothing remains for .
lus but to.,diel." . •
'Otit'of the house came a nuMber of gen
tlemen,..who, . approlching Babettk, led
iJler into the door, and there presented her
with a paper that bestowed on - . her the
! dwelling and all it contained. Sh&seetned,
like one,bewildered, and• it took some
time ere she Could . comprehend her good
• fortune. - •The fire was burning cheerily,_
I and large,bags of meal reposed against
I the Walls of the kitchen ;•a yontig girl was
busily-employe(fin turning out the Waf
fles; it wits the.sarne young •person that
had.so carelessly taken the last waffles,
and who.now'sought to .atone , for her
past neglect. With tears of joy Babette
thanked her benehictors, and most fer
vently she praised GO., Anna remained
with her grew, up to maidenhood among
the waflies,;hud inherited the- house and
,business, when ten years after Ward the
• waffle woman closed her 'eyes in peace. •
- Years ago •Nyllep the first - copper face)
natives had mingled with the whites- just
long eneugh to confuse their ideas of
property, when Judge JOiiiiion held his ,
court oh the bank of the . Mohawk; • Big
John a prince of the royal of I Kin
nikinnick, Was arraigned, tried and con,
vieted of the lareeriy' of New. Engfand
fire ivater. According to the law in op
eration at that remote period, Big John
was senteneed,to. pay a tine of five dollars,
. - whichSwas del - forked over: . Whereupon •
the aboriginal culprit was' at liberty to.
go. John gathered' his • blanket around
him and approaching.the Judge, deman—
ded a receipt•for_his fivedollors..
"There's no occasion for a receipt, I
Alin," said the Jude , ,B, "you'll never- be
elated upon'to pay it agent." -;
"Ugh ! big Indian .-ste,al whiskey—pay
five dollars—want um receipt." -
But the sun of the forest was not to be
cheated. He bored the clerk; the sheriff,
and every one connected with the court
until the judge concluded to give . him .a
yeceiPt, to get rid of him. He called him
uji to.the bench and slid: "John, if you
will tell me what you want of- - x receipt,
Plt give you one.
UpOn which the Ted• man delivered him
self as follows :
"Big John die one o' these•days!". - 'He
go up to heaven-knoek at the gate. Pet-.
er say who knock at•the gate o' heaven ?
"Big John." "John you pay for that
whiskey you stole ?" "Yes. "Shove
the receipt under the gate, John'' 'Then
Big John haveto go hunt all ;through
hell to find Judge Johnson and. get his
;receipt. ,
still 'in.
their ceremonies a feW Vestiges of the old .
religion, though-altars, candles, pictures
and crucifixes yet remain in many of the
chiliches, the Icelanders are 'Manuel' . Pro
testants, and, by all accotints,' the most
devdm, innocent, pure hearted people'.in
the .world.. Crime,. Aheft, debauchery,
cruelty, are.uoknown among them ; they
have neither prison, gallows, soldiers, nor
police; and in the nianner of lives they
lead among their secluded -valleys, there
is something of a patriarchal' simplicity;
that reminds one of the Old World prin
ces, of whom it has been said that they
were 'upright and .perfect, eschewing evil,
and in their hearts no guile.' The law.
with regard to marriage, however, is suf
ficiently peculiar. When, from some un
happy peculiarity- of temper,- a ifiarried
couple live so miserably together as t 9
render lifliinSuppertable, competent
for them to apply to the Danish Govern
or of the island for a divorce: . It; after
the lapse of three years from the date of
the application, both' are still of the :same
mind, and equally eager to be free, the
diVorce is granted; and each is at liberty.
to marry again.—[Lord Dufferin's Letter
from High Latitues.
Pr" Ill save you a thousand pounds,"
Said a young buck to an 'Old gentleman.:
"How ?" "You have a daughter and you
intend to give her ten thousand poUtpls aA
her marriage portion." "I do." - 'Sir, I
will - take her with nine thousand." -: •
fot the baking
her siniled pro
stif had ban
n shone sum
circumstance
the speedy
If& 'plc' Babette.
CONSOLING A Winow.—A clergyman
consoling a young widow on the death of
her husband, remarked that she could not
find his equal.
"I don't know about that," remarked
the sobbing fair ore, "bit I'll try." •
I NO. 12.
Indian Anecdote.
C===l
JOB PRINTIVO of ALL HINDS
DOSE AT TinforFicr. OF
IEO MAX . Co C, R. AL. 9L"' ,
1.-_ - . . NRATI.If AND PIIthIPTLY, .'
AND AT' "LIVE AND LET LIVE" PRICES.
- - .. - •-t.: : '
TAIL office or the -31ontiose Democrat
has recently been sapplied with a new and choice varlet 7
of t, etc., and we tire now prepared to print ye ml. Wei s
; etc., ete., tri the best style, on short notice.
' EandbOls, Posters, Programmes, and
freimn,
l oam-mos of work in this i line, done according to order .
1 - litiiiess,: ' 'Wedding, and Ball CA itns
.
Tickets, cte,; printed with neittners and despatch. , •
- lustiees'4l4 Constables' Blanks, 'Note's,
Deeds, and all other clanks, on'hitud, of printed to t c• 1,.,
Ls' Job work and I , Nlintra, to tie paid for
I An Address to the Union Army.
BY a Avocxnm votuNTEgn
• ,
- Rush onward, ye tieroes!
In battle array;
Where the cohorts of treason,
'Their Columns display, x
. Beneath' the vile banner,
That bears on -its face,
The coils of the serpent, • . •
- -And Manhood's diseraer;. - -
Fit emblem for traitors—
The Itattlesnake's.thno's
Pick poison, . '
Inflicting their pang 4- .
In the koSom of UNION;
Who now pleads with you,
To cherish her symbol,
The Red, White, and Blue !
beneath that.bright standard
'Our Washington's sword
Hurled deatli-and deStruction
On. protitt Euglan - Iforde ;
And under its shadow
'A Putnam MO 'Wayne •
Encumbered our yallies
With . heaps of theirshim
The blood:thirsty savage
• Submitted or...fled,
- When Sullivan's armies
Against hint were led ;
The sheen.of that baimer,
••
Enlightened the way,
',And guided the chief
• Tho' the heat of the-fm:
Those stripes that are.guiltless -
-Of blemish or stain, . • •
Remind me that UNTION
. Must triumph again;
Tho' crushed and down-trodden,
She yet will arise, • ,
And 'Thum with her splendor
The darkest of skies.. -
Those lines of vermillion
Arc typical too ; 7
They Slow- like 'the blood,
. That was given for you.
When our W :wren on Bunker .
So ; fearlesslY.diell,• - .
While battling fur justice, •
At Liberty's side.
Then, onward, my Brothers,
And Emulate- those
That grappled and i:onTiered
Columbia's files, -
When the cloud of oppresio:2 -
Encircled our shore,
Andituirpled the ocean
With innocent gore_
Hatt not rebel ;bullets
Etift!Wed, my frame.
Adown in §eeeshia,
I'd still fihht the satne,
Till tlie.souls of the traitors
• .--Should shrivel with fear;
Or my ow•n take its flight
_Fr'orn the point of the spe:i;
But• weakened.and•lielpie6F,
. I here must reniaiu, •,
Debarred from iuhaliug
The gmoke of the plain,
Where with each -other
Still tralfautty
- Who firsttbir the UNION
Can conquer oT die.
.
Bnt,.forward, my heroes
Aril with you shall go -
The wannest lietition •
. My heart eats bestoW,
That UNION and glory
'May wreathe yon a ceown,
Enriehed by the-jewels
•O£ 'endless renown .•
Gatheringlipongps at Bahama.
The sponge business is lari4elypursuf
at the • Bahama Islands. TheA.iports
of
this article 'amount to about-45200,000 ati
nuallv. It is almost entirely the growth
of the last twenty years,' Daring that pe
riod the article hasaimost . quadrupled in
value, and has beet; applied to a great Vari-,
ety of new purposes, especially' in Fralice.
The sponge is compressed in Powerni:
presses and packed like cotton. It is assol
ted and graded,lsatitptes being fastened on
each package to sh - ow its qualitv., It, i,•
fished,_ raked, or grappled from the clear
sandy bottom . , at the depth of twenty,for
tv, and even sixty feet, ;and often far from
the chore. The water i,s •so transparem
that the glowing sponge is visible on the
bottom. The sponge is the;covering„ on
the habitation of the lowest order of ani
mat nature. Indeed; organization, hardly
can-be detected in the animal. The sponge•
When first taken from the water, is black,
and at epee beames offensive to the swell.
It almost causes the.flesh it touches t0•b1i. , ..
ter: Thetfirst process is to, bury in
sand, when "the ,gelatinous matter t:eents to
be absorbed and destroyed,' or eaten by
the insects that swarm in the sand.. -
The boatmen who'obtain it 4re. paid in
shares by the owners of the boats. T6i4,
therefore; becomes a precarious mid setn:•
gambling pursuit, likcwrecking,highlY at
tractive to the colored population.
Inr'A'sailor dropped .011 t of the riggin
of a ship of war, Some fifteen or twenty.tt.
and fell plump on the first lieutenant.—
"Wretch," said the officer, ns hwgathere,l
himself up, "where (lid yon come frOm?" -
"Protwthe North of Ireland, your honpr;
was the quick re7pl,,-.
==l
• SO* A lover gazed,in the i•yes s of his Inn:
tress until she blushed. Ile Tressed ln
hantr to his heart and said, "'My looks hal.;
planted roses on thy cheek ; he wile
the seed, shonid reap the harvez.t.. :
• Mr Dean Swift: proposed t 9
_put a No,
on female beauty, and to let every laity fc,
the value of her owneluirms.
tai would . he cheerfully paid and-b 6 very
prodeetive. . .
___ . -~K_
I . Or The - lieight of politenes is passing
around upon the opposite. side of a lady,
when walking with her, •in mile-, to not
step upon her shadow,:
e; When a boy _ :ts to thinkh
above parental autho t payentsslw'd
try to shake him in hi ' olief.-•