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EiMEI=IIMI;ni=III
Poetry.
IN MEMORIAM.
Agnes EL Post, youngest daughter of William
and Lucy Post, of Susquehanna Depot,
Ps., died in Binghamton, May 28th, 1873, aged
eighteen years. '
In childhood I knew ber, the bright, joyous one,
Whose warm, guileless nature my heart fully
WOO.
E'en strangers oft lingered to gaze nn her face.
And whisper their praise of its sweetness and
grace.
No eye save the mother's bad watched with
more care • ,
This early unfolding o f flower bud rare ;
I found her heart spotless, not one stain of sin,
And the IsMntV:without cattgbt new charms
from within.
But pure, ham y thoughts e'er reposed in her
breast,
Like birds with white wings making there their
warm nest ;
A mission she gave them, Earth's sad Imes to
cheer—
They sang o'er my heart when this life looked
must drear.
Each year she grew gentle, and 'lovely, and good,
And Imre her childlaith into lair womanhood,
A faith that shrank not at the gloom or the grave,
But r.lung unto Him who is able to save !
Oh, beautiful Ufa, had it nothing to leave
For hearts that uncen.sinely sorrow and grieve ?
Yes, influence tender, and precious, nod pure.
Which long as God liveth shall so long endure.
Ob. heautilbl life, like the fairest June day,
It passed In its gladness and freshness away;
AU laden pith melody, fragr.uace, and light,
It pasod ere a storm came, or shadow, or
blight.
nltll Aggie went home—to the home others
gain
By long years of struggle, of sorrow, and pain.
Refining by furnace, or chastening by rod,
To thee were not needlul, thou sweet child of
God.
By the nearnem we feel to thee, glorified one,
We know that thy home in not far (foto our
own
And oft shall thy spirit our silent guest he,
Enriching out lives by its loud ministry!
31nA. E A B. Mrreneu..
The Story Teller
THE HILLSIDE FLOWER
Near the close of a sultry afternoon in
August, two young men might have been
seen emergine, from a narrow path that
led through the woods upon an unfre
quented road. Ai they seated themselves
to resibetwatla an overspreading
raised their coarse, hroodhrimed hats to
wipe the ilr4s of perspiration from their
(roses, we can Aft that they are unaccus
tomed to such hard tramps, whilst I lie
guns leaning against a tree, and the well
tilled game ha,:hy their
n.ouFrings.
Soon one, who had been for some time
whistling. sang in a 'mid. clear voice, the
first stanza of ^The Old Oaken ilucket,"
and was commencing the second :
"The mosssavesed buctet I bails.] as asrwors;'
,hen lie was interrupted by his compan
ion, with the words:
"Fred do stop that : it is.hard enough
for a fellow to be tired our, and choking,
without you tantalising him."
"Well, it is too bad, Hal. But., I say
would you feel sery badly to see one of
the afursaid buckets? I arn*sure I should
not."
"No, Fred ; but that is a view to which
distance leiris added enchantment. There
is not the least sign of a habitation. To
tell the truth, I think we have lost oar
beari age."
"Perhaps so. At an! rate we must be
moving on, or night Will overtake us.—
This is only a lumber road, but it must
join the main road somewhere."
"Yes, providing we are going toward
that somewhere. We will hope (or the
best."
Plodding wearily on. they reached at
last a road that appeared more traveled.—
Here •hey came to a stun d-still,not know
ing the best direction to go. On either
side were high hills, and up these they
toil. They decided to turn to the kit
thinking it must lead to some village, if
not the one from whence they set out in
the morning. Following the road for at
least an hour, over hilly, and through val
leys, too fatigued to—enjoy the beautiful
scenery, as from hill-tops they could catch
glimpses of the distant ocean, but not a
dwelling was to be seen. Almost diseour.
aged, they tell up another long hill, stop
ping otteu to take breath. If this was
only the last!—it is hoping against hope.
As they gain the summit and look around
especting to see the same uninhabited
waste, what was their astonishment to
see, snugly nestled in the valley beneath,
a small white cottage, with its numerous
outbuildings, whiter near the door stood,
f not the identical well of the song, au
other similar.
With quickened steps they hasten up.
Opening the small lattice-work gat-, up
the customary narrow path, they reach
the front door, where, in their eagerness,
they gave a rap with the knocker that
must have awakened the seven sleepers,
if that was the place of their re
pose.
It was answered by an elderly colored
woman. who started with snrprise at see
ing strangers. Fred, raising his hat,
said :
"Would you please give nsp drink of
cold water ?"
"Certainly." she replied, and went to
procure a glass. Soon, not :a woman, but
a beautifnlimaiden, appeared at the door.
She invited them to enter and rest. This
they were only too happy to comply
with.
Opening a door into the room at the
right of the entry, she ushered them in
to a small, but handsomely furnished
parlor. A. gentleman of noble and com
manding mien approached Co greet the
strangers.. tztending bis hand' most
cordially, he ilivited thent to be seated. '
l'he house and surroundings, also the in
habitants, denoted more refinement than
is MAI petinaneb sparsely settled lo-
Witiell•
"TRUTH AND RIGHT :
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13, 1873.
Theyonng gentlemen introduced them.
selves, and explained the object of their
being in the neighborhood. Mr. Clayton
(as the host informed them was his name)
entered into an animated conversation,
evidentially much pleased to hear so di
rectly front their city home. Again the
door was opened,and the young lady came
in carrying, not a silver salver with the
ice pitcher and goblet—no, it was before
their day ; and, if we doubt if our rus
tic beauty bad ever seen such arti
cles.
Upon the small waiter in her hands
was a pitcher of clear, cold water, drawn,
as her lather laughingly explained, from
the northeast corner of the well. Be
sides the china plates and hew/glass tum
blers, there was a dish of real country
doughnuts, that made the eves oh.our
tires and hucgry guests glisten with
pleasure.
Did you ever eat any of these cakes ?
We do not mean the tough, grease-seaked
articles called by that name, but light,
tender balls, whose exterior is of a deli
cate brown, and in whose heart von will
tind efisconsed some favorite jelly, and
wonder how it could have got there. Then
you know the enjoyment of Fred and
Hal, when taste was added to sight.
Feeling greatly refreshed, with many
thanks, and leaving part of the contents
of their game-bag hehind,they bade adieu
to their entertainers, and started for Far
mer Williams's, where they wereb3arding.
Leaving them for awhile, we will give a
short sketch of Mr. Clayton.
Born in the country, he left it when a
lad to seek his fortune in the city. There,
entering a law office as a boy. he had by
hard study and perseverance, titled him
esilf for the practice of that profession.
and was admitted to the bar.. By his strict
integrity•and attention to business, he
had been called to occupy many positions
of tryst and honor. Married late in life
to one whom lie alinoqt idolized, on his
wife's death, which took place when Ma
ry ants about five years old, he determined
to gi%e II p his busy life, and devote his
time to the education of his daughter.—
He had cote to Ulenwood and purchased
the ritired spot a here he is first introduc
ed to the reader. Mary's old nurse rein:tin
ed with them as housekeeper. Mr. Clay
ton occupied his time in cultivating his
farm, and instructing his chili. lie had
brought from the city his large library.
I and on his yearly visit to the metropolis,
added to the number of books. Mary WILS
living ehil 1. tier mind, of a high order,
eagerly drank in the liistructioto of her
father. Could you have watched them in
their rides and rambles, you would havi
deemed them more ike bruter and sister,
for with his daughter, Mr. Clayton made
himeslf a companion.
At the time our story opens, we find
Mary posttessing a highly cultivated milt&
turd endowed with uncommon tx - atity.—
Du Pun ask if she was couteute4 with
11cr wei„,l-1
tongings fur the guy %soda, but they 13.11111
passed away. Althougu mingling some•
what with the villagers, she hail uo Con
genial cutnpanions. She Was considr , il
proud and haughty, and at few glares
wk.s Mary so well known and loved ,is at
Farmer Williamss.
Days passed. The younz men found it
a very pleasant route by the white cot
urge. Fred seemed to have some excuse
n' , Aayd ready fur stkpping. eery important
to himself, but very transparent to his
friend. After A vacation of two weeks,
Hal was obliged to return to the city,
whilst Fred determined to (email fur an
other week.
We will briefly relate a conversatiou
which took place betw•ee•n the friends the
night before Ilars departure:
"Fred, you must be careful of your at
tentions to Mary Clay tomunless you mean
to marry her, and you know that is out
of the question."
"Fudge! Can't a man look at a girl
without being engaged? I am sure I have
no such intentiomi."
"Then do not give her reason to sup
pose so."
"Deur me! Just as though I would
take is wild flower like her. What would
my lady mother and stylish sister say ?
But then, she is a good girl, and hashelp- '
ed to puss away many hours that other
wise would have been very tedious. Mar
ry her, indeed' what an 'idea!"
Yet why did the hot blood flash his
cheek? Or why did he dream of Mary all
night.? But such is the human heart.
Passing over the intervening time, we
come to the eyenine preceding Fred's de
parture. As usual. he is wending his way
towards Mr. Clayton's. Seated upon the
parch is Mary. Her eyes anxiously scan
the road. When she sees the well-known
form, they sparkle with a happy light--
As Fred approaches nearer, she lets her
gaze fall upon the book in her hand. We
do not know how much she read,for Fred
coming up behind her, says:
"That must be a very interesting book,
Miss Clayton."
Then for the first time. she perceived
the volume was upside down. As Fred's
merry laugh pealed out in the air, her
face became cnmson - with blushes. No
ticing her embarrassment, he said:
"It is a splendid evening. Will you not
take a walk with me ?"
They passed through the garden and
down a wall trodden path, to a grove of
trees, where a little brook tossed and
foamed over the rocks, forming many a
miniature cataract, then glided silently
through the neighboring valley. It was
a beautiful evening. The moon, queen
of night, with her star bespangled train,
rode far above their beads, casting wierd
shadows tram the old trees along their
pathway. Neither seemed to notice the
beauty of the scene, for they passed si
lently along until they reached a rustic
seat beneath en old oak.
"Mary, let us sit here awhile. I have
much to tell you, and I wish to bid you
good-bye:"
"Why, yon are not going?"
`Yes. To-morrow my time is up, and
I must return to the city. Before Igo I
wish to tell you that which I never utter
id before. I you! Can you love me 't
In his earnestness Fred saw not the
flushed face and downcast eyes. 'raisin
her hand, he urged :
"Will you not say one word r
GOD AND OUR COUNTRY.°
Only a lover's ear could have heard the
whispered, "Yes, I do love you."
His arm stole around her waist, and a
happy kiss sealed their betrothal vows.—
Such scenes are private,and we will no long
er intrude. They sat there exchanging
confidences, until the falling dew warned
Fred that he must guard his newly-won
treasure. Passing her arm in his, he con
ducted her to the house, and into the
presence of her father.
"Mr. Clayton," he;said, "I bate a great
boon to ask before I go. I love Mary and
she has promised, with your consent, to
be mine."
Mr. Clayton, although very much sur
prised. replied:
"Mr. Brainard, I have made inquiries
about you amongst my city friends, and
find that you bear an excellent character.
If it had not been so, I should not have
allowed Mary to be so much in your com
pany. This I will say: if you love Mary
and she feels the same toward you, I will
not refuse my consent. I only make one
request. She is young, has seen little of
the world, and is in many ways unfitted
to adorn the society in which your family
move. It has been my intention to trav
el with her. Now, what I ask is, thatyou
will let the mutter rest where it it. If at
the end of the year you both feel the
seine, I will not withhold nir blessing. It
will be better to prove your love before
rather than after marriage."
But we may correspond?"
"No, it will not be best. Now, rod
bye. I rhall be happy to call you sou if
in the future von both wish it. "
Mr. Clayton passed from the roma.leav
ing the lovers atune. Fur a few raomenti
neither spoke. The silence was broken
Fr,il :
"Well, perhaps your futlPr is right ;
you may lure me less in a year,but I shall
never change. If at the end of Ore time
you write to tne to come to you, I shall
most gladly comply."
Mary assured him of her unchanging
hive, and with faith in each other tltey
parted.
Soon rfter Fred's departure, Mr. Clay
ton and his daughter left Ulenwood
.fur
F.n rope.
A year had nearly passed, bringing
with it many changes. llsat Graham was
married, and be ()den Fred Brain
ard upon his flirtation (us he called it)
with the country girl. Fred had been
admitted as partner with his father iu his
large wholesale establishment. The eon
of a wealthy man hituself, possessing good
business qualities, of high moral stand
ing, handsume in face. with commanding
fornt,w•ltat wonder many a mamma deem
ed him a great ma rimonal prize? But
he passed coldly by all. lie had heard
only indirectly from Mary. lie wondered
f she was changed. But he would nut
doubt her love.
Again it waa 1 L"e c.ty " 91 , ,
a „,„, rte ,i. Fred a parents and aa.
w.•r • Qr.'"aing several weeks at one
uT the oiLl fashionable watering places.—
His sister's letters contaiLed glowing ac
counts of a Miss Layton. is great belle.
rich and accomplished. She misquoted
to everything, until he was really inter
,sted.
Ai the tina, drew near when Mary, if
still the ant •, should call him to her, he
was anci.:us and restlegs, and thougot
the company of Miss Liyton might help
to pass away the interval.
On his arrival at the Swings, he was
disappointed when his siskrs informed
hint that Miss L. was obliged to leave the
previous day, but she had promised to
visit them soon. Everywhere he !ward
the praises of Miss L her playing and
singing,her horsemanship, her beauty and
dignity, until he was quite anxious to
see the queen of hearts. Fred was about
to re:urn home, when he received a note,
mailed at Glen wood,contaiuing only these
words:
Mr. ensti.•an: If still the um°, meet m• at the
little cortege on the firth. MaaT.
How joyfully he read the words, say
to himself: "Then she is unchanged, and
I may claim her." Telling his friends
that he was called away on business, he
hastily packed his travelling bag and left
the hotel. .Journeying ns quickly as pos
sible, he reached Glenwood on the morn
irg of the fifth. After changing his
dusty clothing, he sought the home of
Mary.
As he trod the well-remembered path,
how many pleasant fancies filled his mind
of their meeting. On reaching the door,
it was opened by Mr. Clayton, who warm
ly welcomed Fred. Ushering him into
the little parlor.he went to call his dough
ter. Again the door opens, but this time
it ie Mary who enters. She is the same.
Time has only heightened her beauty,
whilst contact with so mangy different
persons had added new dignity to hor
bearing. Fred felt that time had only
made her the more worthy of his love.
He approached to meet her, say
ing :
"Mary— my—Mary--is it not so ? for
so your note gave me to hope."
"Yes Fred, I am yours."
After many loving words and brief
notes of the past year, Mary went to find
her father. Mr. Clayton coming:forward,
placed Mary'a hand in that of Fred's with
these words:
"My son, sbo is yours. • You are
worthy of her. May God bless you
both.'
That evening Fred wrote to his parents
telling them the story of the past, tel
ling them that it was his intention to ful
fill his promises at once by making Mary
his wife. He trusted that she would be
kindly received.
We will not intrude on the privacy of
that family council, held on receipt of
that letter. They were surprised, yet felt
that he bad gone too far to retreat with
honor. They wrote in reply that it would
not be convenient for any of the family
to be present at the wedding ; but they
would prepare for a reception at home,'.
and inviticg them to their house until
they could find a home for themselves,
also extending an invitation to Mr. Clay
ton to accompany his daughter.
The weeks passed swiftly sway at the
cottage. Fred had made a short visit to
New York, but he now returned to claim
his bride.
It was a lovely day in October when
the happy couple stood. before the altar
in the village church and plighted their
vows, leaving the village immediately at
ter the ceremony for the city. Mr. Clay
ton informed Pred during the journey
that Mary was not a penniless hride,giv
ing him at the same time a cheek.for tea
thousand dollars as a gilt toward purchas
ing a house.
As they neared the city Fred became
very anxious as to the reception Mary
would meet with from his friends. But
she seemed not in the least to doubt her
power to please. As the carriage drew
up before the door of the .elegant man
sion, obsequious servants opened the
doors, showing the bridal party into the
drawing-room, where the family were as
sembled to welcome them home. Mary
had dropped a thick veil over her face,
and as she leaned on Fred's arm he could
feel her tremble—he thought :with fear.
His mother stepped forward to welcome
her new dabghter, when, Mary, thowing
Lack her veil, turned her laughing face to
tham all.
"Well, Minuie.Clayton, whero did you
come from ?"
"Mary (or Minnie, if you prefer)
Brainard, if you please. I said I would
come to see you soon. I hope you are
glad to see me."
Fred stood by in utter astonishment at
this scene, hardly knowing the meaning.
His wife's welcome was so hearty that
thee• seemed fora time to forget him.—
But turning to him, they said:
"We did not dream that you knew
3I is 9 Layton."
"Neither did I, for Mary's name was
Clayton, and this is her father, Judge
Clayton," introducing the latter who had
just entered th 2 room, having waited be
hind lest his sudden appearance might
hasten, the denouement of the plot.
"Ye s s," explained Mary, "when I learn
ed Fred's sisters were at the Springs, and
not wishing him to know of my wherea
bouts, I took advantage of a mistake iu
my name. But when I heard Fred was
coming I fled with the promise to visit
you noon, and I have done so."
There was an elegant reception at the
Brainard mansion. On every side was
the beauty of the bride„whilst the sisters
never seemed to tire of her praises.
When spring came Fred bought and
furnished a house near his lather's.—
There we leave them enjoying much hap
piness: Mr. Clayton makes his home
with his daughter, and us Mary's charac
ter developer day by day, her proud and
loving husband never regrets that he
gathered the hillside dower.
A Touch Ono.
A boy on the south side has been mak
ing soine trouble. Ile got himself caught
to u ily wheel,whieh resulted in the worst
!!„ 11 'gueel;and just as it nosed him from
the floor the pants conldn't stand it ; they
gave way and he was thrown out through
the rear window, which is always kept
open for that purpose. The boy skir
mished along the bank of the river,duilg
ed between the heaps of cinders, and dar
ted under ware houses, according to vary
ing circumstances of whom he met and
where, lie was seeking his home and his
fond mother; lie found them and had
cause to wish he had stuck to the fly
wheel when his fund motheY got the sole
of her brogan into active operation. The
scene changes to the rolling mill. Those
old corduroys went flapping around the•
fly wheel and slashing against the tim
bers of the mill till they attracted the at
tention of the catcher, who threw up his
arms and shouted frantically for the en,gi
neer to stop the machinery. When the
horror stricken men found nothing left of
that boy but a few strips of his corduroys
their courage failed them, strong as the/.
' were. They notified the coroner, as men
who know their duty, and would perform
it. They gazed mournfully on the re
mains, and who can say what awful
thoughts filled their breasts. They drew
lots to decide who should carry the news
to the boy's home, and a rough but hon
est fellow, with a fist of iron but a heart that
incited at the sight of sorrow in others
was fated to convey the heart-rending in
telligence, and as he went he commit
ted a brief speech to memory. "My poor
woman, prepare yourself for the worst;
your son—" and then she interrupted him.
He was surprised, but not altogether ac
cording to the programme he had laid
out. When he went away from that house
he went to get a dozen stitches in his
scalp, and the tender mother of the en
terprising boy remarked as she laid the
poker down. "I'll teach the big fools in
that mill to steal my pool boy's clothing
and lend him home in the condition ho
was in the first time I saw him."
AT Barnum's show, one day, a young
husband, the happy father of a chubby,
rosy-checked baby, was wandering about
the concern, and after awhile neared the
headquarters of the "Wild Fiji Canni
bals." Holding the aforesaid offspring in
hie arms, he stopped to view those feeders
on human flesh. Mr. Fiji accosted the I
papa thusly: "Fattee baby; white man
good eat; tender. Fiji-man like him.—
' llow muchee price ? Fiji-man like pay
Melikee man dollars."
The horrified father drew back aghast,
but hastily responded it this wise.—
"What'll you give, noble savage ?"
"Fiji man give ten dollars."
"Too cheap; worth more; but I'll tell
you what I will do. I've got a nice old
mother-in-law at home l'll sell you for
five dollars; she rather tough eating, but.
good for a square meaL"
THE story of Rebecca Wright, who
gave Sheridan the information which led
to the victory of Winchester, has passed
the point of romance. Sheridan gave
her a gold watch and ahealso received a
8900 clerkship. For a time all went well;
but in an evil hour she was induced, to
marry a Pentisylvaan farmer. And now
comes the end ; for the lady has taken
her clerkship again, and her husband is
making a slim living as the driver of a
street•no. 'That's what comes of maid
, mon y.
TWO DOLLAUN MR VISAS IN ADVANCNIE
Term{ IV NOT VALID IN ADVANCE. 40 CUL =WM.
Lament of Grandmother Grumble
—4>i
'BY HELEN .1. ANGELL
•
Mat bath become of the suppers,
'Ube suppers we used th know,
Wizen David and I were youngters,
Itt'ithe beautiful long ago,
When people got up in the morning
And slept the night boors through?
I hate the glare of garlight
And the smell of kerosene;
Their tapers of wax are better,
But they haves ?lowish lean,
And the blessed sun is the best light
That these old eyes have seen.
But, for fear of fading their carpets,
They darken the house like a tomb;
They're not a particle better,
Than those from my mother's loom,
That looked so gar with the sunlight
Or the firelight in the room.
They talk of charming pictures,
Of "A Sunrise by the Sea,"
And a "Morning in the Bernese Alps,"
But they just make Pon of me
If I praise the real sunrise,
A sight they never see.
It Is not according to Nature .
To lie in bed tilt ten,
And come lialf.dressed to breakfast,
As if it were early then.
When my children 1., , 0t up grumbling,
I sent them to bed again.
They dress for morning callers,
Or sit up stairs and read
Of horrors that never happened
And never could, indeed;
Or spend whole !mums shopping,
When there isn't a thing they deed.
But they buy ice creams and candies,
And are home for lunch at two;
Then practice what they call music,
Perhaps, for an hour or two;
And then crochet or take a nap,
For they've nothing else to do.
At half past six comes dir.ner.
With the beat of meats and wine,
And the mrai folks finish with cigars,
And there's cake and tea at nine;
Bat they're not so happy as we were,
With alt their fixings fine.
They hewn what they call suppers,
Sometimes. at dead of night,
When they rig up in their finery
And all "Our set" invite
The women are plates of fashion,
And the men wear coats too tight.
But there ' s nothing left of the suppers
That cheered our spirits so
When David and I were mantis:l,
Nigh three-seore years ago.
When 'twas fashion to (line at twelveo'clock,
And sup when the sun was low.
How to Bet.
_o__
A yankee arriving in Boston without
money or friends was revolving in his
mind some plan whereby he could raise
the chink, as he expressed it. Jonathan
had never visited a city before in his life.
Ile strolled into a shoemaker's where an
advertisement, "Wanted, a first class boot
maker," appeared on the window, and ac
costed the t r •
lastecluss boot-maker
here ?"
"yes"
"What do you pay r
"That depends on Your capacity. Have
you worked on custom work ?"
"I reckon. You jest try me, Captain;
I hasn't steered a bit at tryiu'."
The proprietor gave his new hand a
bench and materials and bade him make
a pair of ladies' gaiters. Soon alter he
left the store.on business.
Jonathan made a shoe, but such a hor
rible affair, that ashamed to show it, be
hid it in the shavings. Just us he com
pleted the second shoe the proprietor re
tured. Ile flew into a passion at behold
big the botched shoe.
"You confounded rascal, so bad a shoe
as that has never been made in this es
tablishment r he exclaimed.
"Would you like to het'on that, stran
ger ?"
"Bet? Yes, ru bet ten dollars no such
work as that was ever done. in this store."
Jonathan walked to the shavings,drag
ged forth his first shoe, and cooly pocket
ing his ten dollars, walked off.—lnland
1 Month/v.
A Proposition.
——o—
Wm. Templeton wants to send his
mother-in-law up in a balloon. Ile writes
this letter to the Daily Grizphic:
"I see by the Scientific 4tmerican that
you have a few seats to spare in the Daily
Graphic Balloon to dispose of,and fearing
that my telegram and-pony express dis
patch may not reach you in time, I write
in great baste to request you to reserve a
seat fur my niother-m-law. If a choice
-of seats is left,l should prefer to have her
seat as near the edge as passible. The cost
I am rot particular about,hut if you knew
her special value for such an expedition I
you would give her a free pass. What
mean by her value is that, in the event of
an exhaustion of gas, the Professor would
only have to call her attention to the fact
that the balloon was at fault, when she
would give it such a "blowing up" as
would astonish old Boreas himself. if
you will allow me to adjust the ropes on
her side 1 will pay double fare.
P. s.—lf the seat next to her shoed be
occupied by a member of Congress, or
any other approachable person, please let
me know.
N. B.—The old lady is wortheloo,ooo,
all of which I should mach if anything
should happen to bet, and I would cheer
fully divide, etc., etc.
Yours Truly,
•
Wm. TE3traros.
"I:tesrLts My dear." said poor Mr. Jones
to his betterlial4 "you have sadly dis
appointed me. I once, considered you ,u
jewel of a woman, tint you have turned
out to be only a bit of matrimonial Paste . ,"
"Then my love," vas the reply, "console
yourself with the idea that haste is very
adhesive, and will stick to you as long as
you live."
An exchange tells of. a gegro who in.
elated that hie race was mentioned in the
Bible. Ile maid he had heard the preach
er read about how "Nigger Dentin wanted
to be born again."
WIIT is au old pocket handkerchief like
an, old ship? Because it hasiexperituced
many a hard blow.
NUMBER 33.
For The Ladles,
Daavzso schools• for Wire tiro in
vogue.
TuE paper that's full of rows--the-pa
per pf pins.
TEXAN housekeepers gets prime cut
of beef for three cents a poun d.. ,
A PALNTRA lady jerked her teeth tint
by catching a fish, at Sodas Bay s last
week.
AMERICAN girls are said to eswse the
biggest braids at the Vienna BlTOsi
'
Lien.
Ilnivo women own $506,000,000 worth
of ornaments. They must have jeweliy,
even if they weer nothing els&
Wirowrzna woman lawyer lately ar
gued for the plaintiff a vase wherein her
husband was defendant, and won it.
A FEKALE lunatic in Fayette county.
low*, has put together 8,153 pieces of
calico in one quilt.,
A Youso man at Vermilion, Indiana.
who shot a young lady for fun , has 'Set
tled by the payment of 8500. '
A POOR lone widow with seven children
and a sore throat paid the necessary taxru
and took six dogs from the Milwanko:
pou !
A ornWn hayfield, Illinois, was lately
frightened to death by feeling hot brctgli
on her face and finding a rattleanttkelo
her side.
Ax lowa wife, who lately came into
possession of $5OO, just stepped out and
procured a theorce while the potatoes
were boiling.
As old conple living near Sparland
were recently divorced: The husband
has since married the hired girl and the
ex-wife has taken the hired girl's place'
A DRUNKEN" virago in Memnhis seized
a little child by the legs and thrashed the
crowd with him. A woman who tried
to rescue the child was arrested.
_
A Massecu gems woman went Wore
a justice the other day and swore That a
neighbor woman bad bewitched her into
having cramps and spasms.
A WOMAN in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
poured kerosene over a cow which was
trespassing upon her premises, and then
set. tht pour animal on fire.
A sox of Mrs. - O'Leary, the lady whosa
tow once upon a time caused so. mush
trouble in Chicago, is now iu jail in that
city for stealing old iron.
A LADY of Biddeford, Me., drew $6,009,
in the Kentucky lottery, and now claims
that she is able to draw any young mnn
in the town.
Seaverr girls in'Mon tana get il6Ogidil
a month, with the use of a viano 'and .
sewing-machine,besides three nights "oir
iu the week.
31ns. Ves Corr to preaching in Beareit
Dam, Wis.. with a fize4 detennination•lif ,
pray away the latter portion of the panto.
of that town before she !eaves.
FRED GRANT went throng!) La CroasC:
Wis., not Imp!, ago, passing ono' night
the place and nuw a girt at Orhoselotnie,
he stopped claims that she is engaged',
him.
A WORCESTER, 3104., man
drinking just bemuse his wife proved to:
him that he had been arrested for drunk
enness 11; times and bud disbursed si r .
142 in flues.
A LAWRENCE, Me., girl Was going in
sue a Nee-hearted laver for breach CV
promise, but she agreed to compromiser
the matter for IS 61' and a new switch:.
A Itial who sent his wire to a place on
the Jersey coast because he heard. that ,
dumb ague was prevalent there, is greatly
ihscouruged because she has returned
with the chattering kind instead. .
Sue Gent% a young • miss at West
moreland, N. U., recently worked oho
day and a half on the highway to pay her
road tax. She said she never was so toted .
in her life as She was to get through with ,
the job.
the recent Caledonia Club games at ,
Scranton, Pa., one feature was.' fat wo-
men's race for a new bonnet. The lean-.,
est weighed 180, and three others ; weigh:
ed, respectively, 200, 242 and26l pounds.
A VEuttobrr woman undertook to paint
the cellar stair& €he found a pail of paint
and commenced at the top, - painting her.:
self into the cellar, and bud to crawl. out
of the cellar window.
iris hold that, according to the laws of
New York, there can be no such -thing as
a mock•marriage between single persons.
Aug agreement to lire together- as hus
band wife marries them. There is no
need of priest, magistrate, or formal,oere
mom,.
A WPACONSIN girl, while attending a"'
pie nic recently, nearly lost her reason by
stepping on the body of a' suicide' in' •
climbing over a knee. The' body was'''
that of a man who had cut his 'throat 1
with a razor and had lain tmdisCovartill
for' many days. •
A wouss seventy-seven years- old, 'at
Ripely,slass., walked fivoand.a half miles
to market lately, carrying on her back •-•
seven turkey gobblers, twenty-two chick-
ens, twenty-four dozen eggs, , and..inz
pounds of butter, and she does that. sort •
of thing regularly. •
Mies CLARA. M. BAIICOCk. biying fin-
ished.her studies.in the' Divinity, Scbool
of Harvard College, is about to visit
many, there to Citudy for a year ,when slip'
will enter upon active service in the min
istry. Qn a vecent Sunday she occupied
her father's pnlpit in Boston, morning ; ,
and afternoon. •
A3rawro. thastr, the colored , woman;
who hits been .preaching at the Bound
Lake catnpmeeting, is described as a tall,
noble looking colored woman, with Oita
superb teeth; and great, clear black eyes
—afignre that arrests one withoutknow=
ing who she is, in that. strangest costume
fOfhitrace, the Quaker bonnet and dress.