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TO A DEAD WIFE
Pale star, with the soft, and light,
Came out upon my bridal eve,
I have a song to sing tonight,
Before thou tak'st thy mournfid leave.
Since then so softly time has stirred,
That months have almost seemed like hours,
And I am like a little bird
That slept too long among the flowers,
And, walking. sits with waveless wing,
Soft singing 'mid the shades of even :
But, oli l with sadder heart I sihg—
I slag of one who dwells in 'leaven I
The winds are soft, the clouds are few,
And tenderest thoughts toy heart beguiles,
As, floating up through mists and dew,
The pale young moon comes out and smiles;
And to the green, resounding shore,
In silvery troops, the ripples crowd,
Till all the ocean, dimpled o'er,
Lifts up Its voice and laughs aloud;
And star on star, all soft, and calm,
Floats up you arch, serenely blue;
And, lost to earth and steeped In balm,
My spirit floats in either, too.
Loved one, though lost to human eight,
I fuel thy spirit lingering tome,
And softly as I fed the light.
That trembles thrtingh the atmosphere,
As in some temple's holy shades,
Though mute :he hymn and hushed the
Pease..
A solemn awe the soul pervades,
Which tells that worship has been there ;
A breath of incense lett alone •
Where many a amser Besting aronml,
Which thrills the wanderers, like to one
Who treads on consecrated ground.
I know thy soul, thy worlds of bliss,
Yet stoops awhile to dwell with me—
Until caught the prlyer I breathed in 'his,
That 1 at last dwell with thee.
I beard a Enamor from the seas,
That thrills me like the spirit's sighs;
1 hear a voice on every breeze,
That makes to mine its low replies—
A yoke all low and sweet like thine,
It gives an answer to my prayer,
And my anal, from heaven a sign-
That I will know and meet me there.
ru know thee there by that sweet face,
'Round which a tender halo plays,
Still touched with that expressive grace
That made thee lonely all thy days;
By that sweet smile that o'er it shed
A beauty like the light of even,
Whose soft expression never fled,
E'en when its soul bud flown to heaven.
.ru know thee by the starry crown,
That Hitters In the raven hair;
Oh! by thm:e blessed signs alone,
I'll know thee there—l'll know thee there!
For ah ! thine eves, within whose sphere,
The sweets of youth and beauty met,
That swam is love and softness here.
31.11.. t swim In love anti oolitic.% vet;
For all! its dark and liquid Items,
Timugh saddened by a thooland sighs,
Were holier than the light that streatns
Down from the rates of Paradise.
Where hricht and radiant like the morn,
Yet soft and dewy ns the eve—
Tat sad for eves where smiles are horn ;
Too sad for eyes that learn to grieve.
I wonder if this cool, sweet breeze
Ilath touched thy lips and found thy brow
For all my spirit hears and AMA.
Recalls thee to my memory-now;
For every hoar we breathe apart
tYill but inerease, If that can he,
The love that Mk; this lonely heart,
Already filled so full of thee.
Yet ninny a tear these eyes mast weep.
And ninny n sin must tie foreiven,
Ere, these 'vile NO., shall sink to sleep,
And you and I shall meet in heaven.
The Story Teller
A MONTH'S MEMORY
—o—
" Life has no place for regrets, Mr. Ed
gerlv."
sometimes think it has place for
nothing else, Mica Winchester. What a
Summer this has been !"
“Yes, and now the Summer is past.—
But the harvest is not ended, so I can't
fit the two parts of the• teat together. Do
you remember that frightful sermon we
heard at the camp meeting two weeks
ago? Ugh!” with a little shiver; "it
Mt=2
was eriongli to make one's flesh creep pre
maturely—'the worm that dieth not;'
what a horrible idea! and to preach such
things, too! Why. it is all I can do to
conceive of such a thing as death, and as
for bell—l don't believe there's such a
place!"
Small wonder. What had death to do
with this glorious young creature, with
the rely wine of life flowing through her
reins? She looked immortal in her beau
ty. the lovely flush on her face, the sun
light on the burniihed hair, the gems up
on the white neck and exquisite arms
which gleamed through the black lace
dra verie&
"I don't wonder you find it hard to be
lieve," her companion replied, as he look
ed at her. "Do you believe in eternal
youth, NT irs Winchester ?"
"Yea. and in everything that. makes
life attractive, and fills up the days with
the pleasures they were meant to hold.—
Can you imagine me in gray hair and
spectacles. Mr. Edgerly?" '
"Hardly." he answered, laughing at her
fancy; "but s"mehow•l wanted to epeak
of the past and present,and you have gone
long ways off into the future. I am going
home to morrow."
"To morrow! I had not supposed you
thought of leaving so soon. A late decision
is it not ?"
"No. I have said nothing about, for it
was not a pleasant thong!): to me."
"And yon believe with the philosopher,
that 'the art of life is to to avoid every
thing oitragreeable. I toile agree with
you."
"But nnfort u oat ely,diaoreeable things
cannot always be avoided. Do you know
how I dread to say "Good by' to you,Miss
Winchester r
"Why, it cannot be very difficult to
pronounce a word of two sylahles . can it?
If so, I would advise you to do as I used
to do with the 'sevens' iu my multiplica
tion table—skip it. I never could rem
ember'seven times nine, and and am in a fog
now as to whether it makes eighty-one or
sixty-four."
Off the track again, and apparently
nishout an effort. He looked at her co
riorsly, and with a quicker heart-beat
than usual, for this woman held his life
in her ittude,all4 he must know what she
would do with it.
"I cannot 'skip it,' as von recommend,
Miss Winchester. These four weeks
have taken me very near heaven, but I
MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA. COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1873.
Poetry.
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must leave it now, unless I can enter in
and possess the kingdom."
No mistaking him this time. He held
her hands close in his,and his eyes search
ed het face for his answer. It was down
cast and troubled, the smile gone and
instead a little tremble about the delicate
mouth.
Two young men abruptly opened the
door of the smoking room, which led out
on that corner of the piazza,and Mr. Ed
gerly and his companion resumed their
walk gravely and more slowly thar. be
fore.
"Margaret," he said, softly—"for it is
always Margaret in my heart—you have
given me the right to expect nu' answer
to the gifestion which you knew would
sooner or later—"
"Oh, dear!" she interrupted, impati
ently, "I've torn my dress;" and he drop
ped hie arm to examine the rent "I
must have caught it on a nail. Too laid,
isn't it? Now, Mr. Edgerly, you will ex •
cuse me, while I go in search of my sis
ter, to repair damaoes. I generally dud
her, with needle and thread in hand, ex
pecting me, for I'm in a chronic state of
needing to be saved up !"
There was uo smile on his face. Instead
a wh ite,Gxed louk,which startled her even
in the dim August twilight.
"But my answer, Miss Winchester?"
The grasp of his hand on her arm hurt
her. "When may 1 gee you again ?"
"1 . evening—res, P s he stam
mered confusedly, and left him standing
in the hall, while eie went hurriedly up
stairs to her own room.
-Snell an escape"
Margaret Winchester dropped breath
lessly into the nearest chair, and funned
herselt violently.
"What now, Maggie ?"
Her sister Nary, sitting quietly by the
window, With a hook in her lap, did not
seem particularly eurions or sytnpathetic.
Margaret's scrapes and escapes were too
common to excite much comment.
"Oh, Mr. Edgerly captured mo half an
hour ago on the piazza. I've been afraid
of him for a week for I knew what was
coming. 1 did everything 1 could to pre
vent his saying it—even started a tOcolo
gicad discustion—think of that I—but it
was of no use. I pretended I had torn
ray drk,s —vxpeeted he would .-press
sympathy and distress over such n Iron •ii
talde aCcidint; not a hit of it. I could
oily get away at all by promising au an
swer to-night Oh dear."
-Margaret, - and ti , ro was a touch of
pity m the tone. nfeared them will
It a great maily 'oh dear; in your life
Itefure you get through with it. Your
ficuliy for getiing v .ins. If and others
into trou!ile is tiniimited. What do yuu
Meal) to d , ) with ennu i ; Edgerly ? I warn.
.d yon long ag... If you could show him
no would 5111 , r.5e yrair
own self respect and Colonel Ileade
have--"
"Don't montinn him;'' with n litt'e
shrug of the shoulders; "lie would kill
111 Int kneve". Do yon know, lum
sometimes so afraid of him that--"
Another "oh dear" erupt in between the
aordi.
"Marc, I'd aivt' the vrorld if' I had not
got to marry C••lonrl
II r tett-r gazed at her blankly.
"WhAt .I•• y... 1 n.. sn ?"
4. 1 do.,'t kii..w wti..t 1 ❑wean. "
bite rose and the flour excited-
-We oeed hia money badly enough,,"
%mil 1111E11e bar-11 law4h."aod Fifth aye
nue is preferable to Fourth street of
course. I Jaye we.citlt and 1 lore podtioo
aid I took them because they were offer
ed, I buppeev. Anybody would hare
the same, wouldn't they 1'"
She faced herself in the glass, and
gazed at the reflection with troubled
eyes.
-Mary.there's no use in deceiving one
self, though it is a very easy thu g to do I
as I am beginning to find out. don't
suppose you ever con,id , red me a marvel
of devotion to Colonel Reticle. I Irked
him well enough of course, but,--I wish
I was out of it."
Her Hater's face was a stay as she
gazed Out of the window, but she gave
no filen that she heard her.
`•lf it was yon. now, slut be was en•
gaged to. it would be an example of the
fitness of things. Yon are so much more
suitable every way, and, if the truth WRS
told, probably like him quite us well 113
do. Mary, what +hall I do with Juhn
Edgerly?"
"Mai•garet Winchester"—her sister had
risen and stood before her, stern and 4n
gry—"for once let common- sense and
principle influence you. I never knew till
two 'heti had a sitter mean enough to
pretend love for a man whose money was
the sole object of her affection. I am glad
you are honest et last, though you have
duped me as skillfully as you have him.
If you love John Edgerly, tell him so; if
tot, ask him to forgive von, if he =Jur
the mischief you hare done."
She went out, and the door swung to
heavily. Margaret, crouched on the floor
with her bead on a little footstool, wept
miserable teura, and weighed, as many a
woman has done before and since,
love and lucre in the scale of her affect
ions.
'•I cannot afford it," was the decision
reached at last. "John Edgerly's affect
ion is too costly a luxury for me. I can't
pay the price," and the tears started afresh
and she hated herself for allowing him to
come so gradually into her heart.
"But Colonel Reade won't be here for
a week yet. He need never know. I
must have some happiness to-night. I
will let him love me—l will let him —"
and the burning face was buried ,in her
hands, with the thought unfinished—"
then I must tell him, I suppose. It won't
be harder for him than for me, at any
rate. It's dreadful—everything is. Oh,
dear me I"
• • • • -• • •
"MY darlina, I dared to hope for this.
I knew you did not mean to kill at last
—yes, kill me, for it would have been the
same as that to send me away from yon.
I never lived till tow"
The quick music rang out, from the
ball room in jubilant strams,whichchim•
ed with the triumph in his tones.
He held her close, as if be could never
let her go, kissed the red lipe and the
sunny bait, looking at bcr As a man only
looks at lb° woman who makes his
world.
.
"Tell me again, Margaret, that yo do
love me—tell me--'-"
"You know it, but--"
She sat upright a moment, and put her
hand over her eyes.
"But suppose 1 should tell you.—"
"You cannot tell cue anything that I
dread to hear now. You are mine for al
ways, Margaret," and the face was down
upou his breast again.
heg your pardon—" a deep voice,
with a strange vibration in it, and they
E rb.d suddenly. "I had no idea I should
be so mai apropos. I was, told that. I
should Bud Miss Winchester here. I fan.
Gird I had some claim on the lady which
wen-anted my intrusion; but, as she is
yours—for always—" with a fearful em
phamis on the slowly uttered words—"l
must hays been mistaken."
MargarA did not look up; she could
not. - A little gasping cry,, that was all,
and she sat quite still.
"Some claim, sir ?" repeated John Ed
gerly, standing erect. "Please explain. if
I understand you."
There was perfect calmnets and courte
sy in the tone. No suspicion as yet of the
truth.
"Simply the claim which a man has
upon his betrothed wife. Mies Winches
ter has been engaged to me for half a
year. Of course, under these circumstan
ces, 1 resign my right to her hencetorth.
Allow me to tender you my hearty con
gratnliiiions upon, your acquisition of
such a woman! Good evening," and the
courtly Colonel 'Reade was gone again.
A horrible silence. They did nut even
look at one another. At last
"Margaret, is it true—what this man
save ?"
No answer. The guilty face hidden,
the heads bowed upon the hatuls.
"'Vim don't speak," in a rough voice,
terribly shaken: "well, I don't, wonder.—
What could you say ? How easily women
gelid men to the devil—such women as
you. you beautiful—liar!"
Not a sound from the cowering woman
be r, ire him. His wra'h melted suddenly.
The agony of a great grief asserted itself.
"17,m might, at least have been honest
with me. If you could not hare give!,
are your love, you could have let me be
lieve in your truth and honor. That's
gone, too, nuw. Why did- I ever know
von?"
She looked up at last, timidly, and pot
out both I, r hands.
ire you no mercy, when I lure you
so:'" she whisperva.
"Ph-ase, spare nie any tnrther exhibi
tions or your hypocrisy. Miss Winchester.
I believe—me God ! how I believed in you
au hour ago believe there is a hell,
anti worst wish for you is, that, as you
have thrust nu• into it, you may escape it
%utirs,•ll.."
The Counopolitan, hound tor Liver
p wl , tuul liven out two days. On the third
wo ladies, both in deep mourning, and
Iradin g :t beautiful tour year old boy be
tween them, came up on deck.where Cap
tain Lityward found comfortable seats fur
tin imand lingered to talk a few moments.
••A dilly day. Mrs. Heade.. Look out
my Bute nit:, or the wind will have you
oil your legs there!"
A tall, slin,ileelnan, with his face part
ly hidden by tie Bltawl wrapped about
c.ing,lit the name, and stopped short
to Ins measured pacing to and Iro. The
thought , crowding through John Edger
ly's mho' were extremely otter ones. He
recognized the sisters at the first, glance.
and E. iod watching_ them, secure himself
from observation.
"So he married her, after all. Did he
love her as I did. I woutier Oh, Marga
ret. Wineliester,beaven grant that the gall
and wormwood yon gave me to drink may
never be held to your lips!"
A little movement on her part caused
him to resume his soluary promenade.
"Will her husband recognize me,l. won
der? 1 could sc.ircely see him in that
dimly lighted room seven years ago. Ser.
en years! I have changed some In seven
years. Perhaps Margaret would not know
me now."
A sudden impulse led him to -walk
near hear. She lifted her eyes, looked at
him wonderingly for an instant, and then
sprang to her feet. There was no further
test needed. He regretted that he had
made the experiment.
'•I accidentally heard your name spok
en a few minutes ago, Mrs. Reade. I had
no idea we were - fellow' pisseagers."
Her face was colorless. The old beau
tiful flush had faded years before.
"You mistake, sir. My sister—Mary,
you remember. mr. Edgerly. This is Mrs.
Reade, Mr. Edgerly; her ch,ild, too. It. is
six months since husband died."
Courteous greeting were exchanged. A
good many little things fall into a gulf of
seven years, which are easily ignored, and
it is not worth while to look down too
deep.
"Then 'you are Man - Winchester Still ?"
"ror always, Mr. Elgerly."
The words were unfortunate. They
jarred a chord which led a long way back,
and both recalled the time when a siznilar
sentence had been uttered and repeated.
There wai, an awkward pause. One can—
not always speak easily across u space of
seven years. . '
"Do you remain abroad long, Mrs'
Reade? , he said, turning - toward - tier: •
'Probably for many years. I may nor- ,
er return, in fact. My husband's relatives
are all in England, and my future home
is with them.
This woman had loved her husband,
and sincerely mourned
The "Iltne'ss of things" had been dem
onstrated an this case, and-the unbar - bad
been a happy, one.
"And you, Miss Winchester?"
"Mary has made me promise to stay
with her for a while, at least—a year or
two, perhaps." -,-.- •
"And then ?" '
She shook her bead. - •
"I never look iuto the futuie, Mr. td
gerly."
" You were not averse to it once. I rem
e her asking melt I could imagine
you in spectaclesand grey hair. Yon have
not reached them yet." . - - •
- Nbt quite. •Denbtlees they are wait
ing for me, though. I Ann get to them
in time."
"You once considered them great ca
lamities. Are you reconciled to the pros.
pect ?"
"Certainly, I hope I am a wiser woman
than I tens then."
Perhaps she was. At least she was s
graver and sadder one. Less beautiful
than in the old time, not less loveable, us
he realized full well.
Her sister and the, child had strolled
away a little distance. They were quite
alone.,
"Yout life has been a happy oue,l trust
Miss Winchester ?" •
She flashed at him a quick look; then
her eyes feel, and the tears filled them.
"As happy as I deserved. And yours?
"31,3 r chance for happiness died long
I have had but one thing to live upon
during these seven years•"
"And that ?"
"A month's memory."
A little pause. She could not lift her
eyes, lest he should see the tears they
held.
"cloyed you, Margaret. It may be
strange, but I lovo you just as well to
due. •
could not trust me. Well, I was
not worthy of it. Perhaps if you knew
ali, you would say my punishment had
been sufficient. But tell me, if you can,
that you have forgiven me. I will ask
nothing more."
I don't think she doubted it little next
Moment when she looked up into -his
face. If she had-sinned she had also suf
fered; and so was she forgiven, "for she
loved much."
-....-.•
Colored Philosopher.
An elderly darkey, with a very philoso
phical and retrusperpeciive cast of coun
tenance, was squatting upon his bundle
on the. hurricane deck of one of the wes
tern river steamers, toasting his shins
against the chimney, and appartently
plunged in a state of profocinil medita
tion. His dress and appearance indicated
familiarity with camp life, and it Eking
soon after the seige and (*titre of Fort
Dom.lean, I was inclined io disturb his
reveries, and on interrogation found that
he had been with the Union forces at that
place, when I questioned him farther.
ills philosophy was so much in the Fal
stallian vein that I will give his views in
his own words as near as my memory will
serve me.
"Were you in the fight ?"
"1 had a little taste of it, sa."
"Stood your ground , l:l r
, did y 9
"No, sa. 1 rune."
"Run at the first fire, did von?"
"Yea, sa, an' would hab run swum had
I know'd it was comin'."
"Why, that . wasn't very creditable to
your courage."
"Dat isn't iu my line, ea—cookin' my
profession."
"Welt, hut havo you no regard for your,
reputation ?"
"Rfputation's nal% to me by the side
of life."
"Do you consider your life worth more
than other people's?"
"It's worth more to me, sa."
"Then you must value it very highly?"
"Yes, sa, I does; more than all this
; more dan a million dollars, sa;
for what would do be wuth to a man
aid de bref out of him? Self-preserba l
sham is the first law will me, so."
"But why should you act upon a" dif
ferent.rule from other men ?"
'Cause, sa, nifferent men set different
value upon derselves; my life is not in de
market.
"But if von lost it you would have the
tati faction of knowing that you died for
your country."
"But if you lost it von would have the
satisfaction of knowing that you died for
your country."
"What satisfaction would dat be to me
when the power ob feelin' was gone?"
"Then patriotism and. honor are noth
ing to you ?"
"Nutfin whatever, sa—l regard them
as o'nong de vanities."
"If unr soldiers were like you, traitors
might have broken up the government
without resistence."
"Yes, ; der would have no help for
it. I wouldn't put my life in de scales
ginst any. gubernmenedat dateber exist ed,for
no gubernment could replace de loss to
me. Spent, do, dot de guberument's safe
if da al like me."
"Do you think any of your company
would hare missed you if you had been
killed ?"
•
"May he not, an. A dead man -ain't
much wid dese gagers, let alone a dead
nigga; but I'd a missed myself, and dat
Was de pint wid
It is gale to say that the darkey corpse
of that African will never darken the
field of carnage.
IsspEcroßs of agriculture in France
are often appointed who quite underatand
a salad, but do not know a turnip from a
beet root. A story is told of one of these
gentlemen who was parading a term with
the owner. Seeing a crop of rye growing
next a field of barley, the sapient official
asked why on earth one was so much tal
ler than the other. "Because ,7 replied
the farmer with a grin,"one is corn grow
ing for two years?" "Ha Lthat's it, is it!
exclaimed the icspecior, taking out his
tablets and making a note.
JOII:t QUINTT ADAMS was noted for
his habit of punctuality. Every duty
was performed proinptly at it proper time.
On one occasion,when the Representativei
were assembling in the Capitol, the clock
struck twelve, the hour for business. One
of the members said to the Speaker, "It
is time to call this hone to order."—
"No,'' said the Speaker. "Mr. Adams is
not vet in his seat. %la nest moment
Mi.:Adams entered, and the Hobo-was
called to order.
"Ann you guilty or not grail" asked
a judge of u prisoner the other . day. "An
sure now," said 'Pat, "what are you - put
there for but to find that out.?"
ausncioN is tba - vitlito of:a owart.i.
TWO DOLLA St PER TEAR 1 1 11ADVAIICRI
Termsilr NOT PAID IN ADVANCE. 50 crs.
After n olv,!orco.
.
'Airs. Addle was fat—adipose, •
With a (Tennyson's) tip-tilted nose;
And she Came into court
With a sort of cavort,
And a countenance red as a rose.
Her duck of a bonnet was small,
Tipped forward,till ready to hill ;
Like the Mother Goose limply,
Of patmnime Damply,
Who euuldu t st.ty up ou the wall.
She came into court, and she sat
In a chair—it was lull (she TM! rat.)
With a stare at the ruiners,
And penny a liners,
Aud lawyers, and Judge, and alt that.
She stared with the smilingeat stare
At the hoodlums surrounding her there;
And cv'ry one said,
By the toss of her head,
shed discount the sweet Mrs. Fair.
One miner of old '49,
Who'd panned out the IdOOM or hfs
In a high colored nese,
Said: "if she ain't a rose, •
Just say I ain't much on opine."
The sherlil cried, "Silence I" The court
Inquired If she'd argue a tort;
Her counsel amid "Yes,"
That she wanted redr es s,
And have it she certainly ort.
The man that bad married her couldn't,
Or didn't or hadn't or Wouldn't
Support the petitioner,
Clothe, feed, nor physician her;
And stay with him longer she shouldn't.
He had been light in ill treatin' her,
lint possibly never had-beaten her;
(Hers old '49
To his pard did opine,
"Ile might have as easily eaten her.")
These points were all rend In rotation—
A form of bu-per-e4o-gution—
And nu one replying,
Nor any denying,
She won her decree like tarurtion.
Then Addle went out as she entered,
' The object where all eyes were centered,
- As gushing a damsel,
Restored to be Mani:belle,
As ever to wedlock dissenter'd,
No word bad the court of henpeck heanl,
Nor how the poor man had been checkered ;
But the low took its course
Ina bandy divorce,
And you cannot go back on the record.
It's getting as common as lying.
This Flipping the noose Without tying;
. And marriage soon
May revolve with the moon,
And keep all the furniture flying.
When bad, there is nothing uutruer, •
Than some styles of masculine wooer;
But usually there
Is reason to swear
That the done's rather worse than the doer.
—Reno Hirer &dila.
A Good Templar.
The fidlowing is the experience of a I
young man who joined the Good Ti rn
piers: ".Met nfriend on the street, asked
me to join the Good Templars ; hare a
first rate tune, get acquainted with lots
of pretty girls and go home with them ;
asked it Imehoula Coke my umite. -Don't
care if yen du." Got a letter saying I
had been elected ; thought I'd join ;
thought I'd go into Bod's and look into
*glass to fix necktie • started to Hod
hull, asked a fellow if lie knew where it
was, said he didn't 83W some girls going
up stairs; thought that must be the place ;
%retie up three pairs of stairs, knocked-at
the dour, man inside put Ks ear to the
Itch!, asked hint what
j he wanted, said he
wanted the pass-word, told him I,didu't
want to pass any words with him, said I
had come to join; ho letine into a' lit
tie room, told me to sit down. By and
bye, a felluvi came oat and asked if there
was any . oue to he initiated, and. went ;
and then two fellows with red collars on
came out and asked me if I would be
obdient to the rules of the Order, and
take the pledge against the use (as a bey
erag,e),of all that would intoxicate, and a
number of other questions, and thou fur
stamps. Planked dolth the at:traits and
they departed.
- Noon No. 1. returned; told me they
all ready, and to follow him. He knock
ed at the door, fellow wasn't going to let.
as in; but changed his mind and opened
the door; boys and girls all jumped tip
and commenced singing; soon done and
sat down, walked me before an officer
with a young lady on each side of him,
next took me round and. halted ,tne be
fore a young lady on the other'side of the
roomi don't know what ' she said, was
' looking at her all-the time. Marched me
round again heard, all, the girls. talking
j and whispering, "Wonder if [leis married
—,he Is pretty good looking—perfectly
horrid—splendld,Pin just goingfor him,"'
etc., said, "How do von do, how are al
the folks ?" He kept on talking and
told me to sign the constitution. Did so
and was marched up before the' first of=
ficer who gave me a lot of signs--don7t:
know what,they were. was, looking at the
girli on each side of him, think he kieriti
the prettiest ones by him. - Soon- ail' th 4
boys and girls - jumped up and. joined .
hands; one of the girls gave me • a 'glass
of water, it wasn't very had, but pretty
thin; the other girl,pnt her arms around •
my neck .aral•put a white "roller on me ;
thought she was going to kiss the; but
disagreeably disappointed. They put me
in. tho circle, joined hands 'with the girls
who said I was splendid,
,then they, hail
an intermission. All, came up and shook
hands with me; and culled me brothdr;
didn't know I had 'so man 7 brothers and
and &lidera before. • In- the latter part of
the evening, asked the, girl who said she,
was going for me,if I could sec her home;
she said I coard.iflwr husband was wil-
Bing—didn't wait to' see, but took my
hat and left whiStling -"• •
Not shall - the pledge be. Crer fOr.T.Otterl; •
That etimuch Wee create:n •
Well touch not:Lief e but, baldle not, -
Whatever tutoziretee.
Tits Missouri editorsin their late con:
vention formally resolved, that a man has
the, wile right to walk n "
grocery
Store and order a barrel of sugar 'or a
sack of cotree,:or into law office and de:
mind a legal opinion .from its Occupant
or into an undertaker's and--request #
corm, without expecting to pay for, their
respective wares or services, its: int 6 a
newspaper office and demand the -use 'of
it brains. and Annul° and type; %/Wind a
thought of recompense., - 1, • -
NUMBER. 38.
--Varieties. -
-i
Ottsation"\t'lifte'lltan
gut any ruin?"
blood..wil I show :iitself, Agee ,
old lady with the red nose said.
"NEW way to pay old debta"—Bettle
promptly and in full.
. IFtry.is pint sha - dow'
Because it follows you only in sunshine.
WE hear a great 4rpi abont labor re
form, but there seems to be a greater need
of reforming some of;. , tho'selfellOwirarlio
don't labor. \
A WEtITERN woman „applied .frtn
yoree on the . gron d 'that tier linebanit re-
Cased to oatk with her, bi-Canse she was
too 411p3 uud could_ oat keep step-0
A OESTLEYAN being naked if his neigh
bor's dog was a heater, said it was half
hunter end Ulf setter, 'that lie bunted
until e-fouutl,a bone, and tbolletdown
to eat it.
ONE watch set right will do to try many
by ; but.on the other hand, one that goes
wrong mac be. the means of,mtslazadbris a
whble neighborhood. Add the mine may
be said of an example.
WE notice that_ the agricultural, editor
of one_of our eitepanges advises,l4suead
ens to''Was ib • the' liew"or the
moon." We advise ou!'..reaclers to plant
their peas in the ground.
.AN editor in Frederickiburg.„ Va., was
asked by a itranOt 'air • it wail posilible
that little town kept up four newspapers.'
and the reply was."Nn, it takes four news
papers to ketp l up the towu,",,
Tull ladies or th6luiren Kinf,r
of Siam have put off the Siamese harem
costume und dunned the European burets, -
searem costume, eAmsisting of chignons.
igh•Lweled.gaitera and !nick &lea of neits
net& ; -.I
A FOSSIL specimen of the extinct dodo;
a bird of immense size- and peculiar forma.
tion,liait been found in the gypsum Mittel.
at Fort Dodge. lowa. It has beer' pur l
chased by au Englaraliri as a gift:to 1.116
British Museum.
'IRE selection of •Conatanae—the city
where Huss was burned, nutl• the- laity.
were deprived of-half of the holy com
munion— for the great Feptember conven
tion of old Catholics, is mentioned by
Moravian journals as"the Nemesis of his:
tory."
NOT long ago in the'Court of Appeals,
a certain lawytr, of Celtic extraction,'
while arguing with earnestness, his case,
stated a point and then proceeded—"Anil
if it glaze the court, if I am, 41, '
this. I hairs another'point that 'is"
'is" equ4ly
conclusive."
PRAY'VOI.I very
.eoletunly,says Ruskin,
to put that idea of knowing all things in
heaven and earth out oaf your headi
is very little that we carreVer know, chit
of the navel .of Providence or of the
laws of exnence: 'Bat, that little i,l
enough, and exactly eriongh.
_A c. nin.&v for the civil eervicc
ceiitly have aphis damination in clisgnet. ,
because he was asked hew'
'of - Wheat cou ld be bought for ten
if one bushel cost forty centz...:-Ife said ,
he had m 4 leariked,anythnigal/04Yeheaq
hat he had always done his sian. in pit"-,
toes and turnips.
Two Irishmen. on a:sultry nrighii•truit:
refuge under the heit clothes. from apartr
of .mosquitoes. At last nne -of them,'
gasping from heat, ventured to •peep be-*
yond the bulwarks, and espied. , a fire4ly
which had strayed into the room. -Arons4
ing his companion. with a punch.be saidr
"Fergus, Fergus, it's no use. might'.
as well come out. llere'a one of.the cray
thers sarching,for us , wid a.lanteyn
Ex-Governor Leonard Fargct,. of Ver•
mon t, who•was counsel for the accused or
the celebrated Buorn trial, more time fit,
ty years amn, and is the only living .: mon ;
tnoroughry acquainted with that remarli.'
ably case. when the convicted Trisoitin;'
was saved from hangipg by the'discovety
that his supposed victim wu.s. tan:it/DC
well, is soon to publish a, pamphlet• e0n...,
taiuing an authentic, rectird of the half 7 .
forgutten and often misquoted facts,
WE read of a postmaster somewhere in ,
New Jersey, who has struck for an in 7:
crease ofttealary. Why? Simply,beeanse,
his dutieS hate become sit onerous
the. introduction of the postal carilit.
'Whereas, he could attend to his buitinesa
readily enough before, yet the increase of:
labor in reading all the
,postal : ptrd
sages Which go through
.his horde,
Compels:him 'to aSk fur a ,libllier'Salatv,
and, its he pertineittlyitititiirelli"iis nuts t
laborer worthy of his higher!!
'Tres wholesale destruction' O . l' lobsters .
on the Pastern coast hai , siiggested . to a"
Bostomnewspaper that the next.gi•neriv.
tiep. will not enjoy ; this.. first -.rate ,:fish.)
The raid oe.lobsters extends. withent.in..
termission from" lloSton to llislifax,..the .
great 'dented tieing for cunning: ' .it per=
ceptiblo deterioration , in size . is Observed;
Once there were lobsters: in' Paned-Hall
Market which required.: the ,streng th , of
both arms to lift from, the, hilieli.; . now
lobsters 'are not much toolarge to put in.;
to the vi.tit pocket ' ' ''. '. • • '
Teminco.the other day :with 'an ..able
and popuhir'lectifrer, *lid -"seldein failed
in getting a good and attentiire'aiiilience;
we ventured to ask him What kind of
1 subjects and what:kind of style of amt.:,
meat ..tho t leople liked .hest. ,
,f•Well..
Wile;the'reply,_"l hardly knew ;lint there's
One secret I found Out—What thO 'people
hate is information." • People - go to scion..
title lectpres,- no doubt.;, that they tfauld
go to see a Greek-play it it was the rush
ton ;. but the exuberant chuckle of laugh:
•ter,with , which the weakest-attempt' at is
joke oiftlie, lecturer's -port is. welcomed
hy the gravest ..audience, -is proof. , quito
strong enough;
,or the -tveariuess , of.. the
natural man. over the ,dry,.huslis of, in
strtet!pn,' and his delight when anything
.turns up which bus an,...imexpected fie-
Nor. it. euggetts, the. feel ing . of an Mali
than Who : tastekthe,quiece, 11l his apple
tort—"Unw delicious an apple tart nrnukl
be. Whdch : lsis, all, mods of - Ito incie-,
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