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B. Btroura, • -- ANCOINIX=4.
SO. iffl.
—o—
Thou of the sunny bead
With Mlles garland,
And bosom fairer than the blown ses4batii ;
P Whig, in what waste desert don thou stay
Whilst leaves await thy presence ti , unilddr
The branches of the lime with fried are'grav,
And all Imprisoned In the crocus' gold r _
COIXICi - sweet Enchantress, comet
Though in the sombre West •
Thy star bath lit his crest
Pale Pe:ember, fronting full the withered moon—
Eby violets are sepultured In snow._
•"..Thl.daltes twinkle never in the sun
'
Rude winds - throughout the ruined forests
blow, •
And silent in the dove's melodious moan ;
Endantress, hasten soon.
- •
White are the country wave,
•
Loved. And white the tangled maze,
Ld of the oxlip and the creeping thyme
;We shakes the poplar on the sullen ridge.
',Cold gloom' the spectral mill above the
_flcod ;
Board torrents stream beneath the Ivied bridge
And lightning strike the darkness of tho
world ;
Enchantress, bless our clime.
No bloom of dewy morn
No freshly blossomed thorn
Gladdens the importuning' of sad eyes;
Tim days seßtp drearily, thfough cloud and
ale
Over the watered meadows and stark vales,
The night comes down impetuous and fleet,
And ships and cities shiver In the gabs;
0 fair enchantress, rise.
Arise and bring with thee
The :attic bud for the tree
The he ling sunshine for the trampled gram :
Loose tendrils for the boughs which bless the
• eaves,
' And shield the swallows in the miry hours,
The pendent flames which the laburnum
heaves, -
And faint scents for the wind stirred lilac
flowers
Enchantress, breathe and pass.
Alen knew, and kisseti of °:d,
Thy geirment'a glittering Add.
Tby rndient footprint on the mead or waste ;
' Earth kindled at thine advent —altars burned
And ringing cymbals bade the heats be gay ;
But now, in sunless solitudes inured,
Thou leave'at the world unto reluctant day,
• 0 baste, Enchantress, haste!
The lark shall sing again,
Between the sun and ram
itifirown bee through the flowered pastures
roam,
.Tliereshall be music In the frozen woods
, A gurgling carol in the rushing brook,
odor In the half unbosomed bud,
And dancing fox gloves In each forest nook;
Then, come, Enchantress, come.
MISCELLANEOUS READING
CHRISTMIAS SNIPE HUNT.
-0-
"I am so glad to sre yon, Henry, and
so surprisid, too; fur yon know you ex
pected to remain in St. Louis till after'
Christmas It has been awfully stupid
here-At-Helena fince.yuit:have been-gone.
There has not been a single party of any
kind that I have heard of. I don't know
what I should bate done bat for that
conceited coxcomb, Raymond, oho has
been trying his very best to do the agree
able, and 1 must say amused me exceed
jpgly."
you don't mean that foppish
fNeW York drummer ? Why, he is green
cucumbers ; if he were turned
iciosS °tit in the meadows the cows would
follow .him. fie comes down here to
Ark:inSas selling Yankee notions and
linicraeks, and struts about in his new
stOre . ulothes as though he were a heap
;bEltertlian any fellow in the Slate. And
so, Kate, he has been shilling around you
has be ?"
1313CE=1:1
bat I only laugh at him ; a lady
must have company of some kind, you
know, Henry. If none come along whom
she can laugh with, she sometimes is
content with one she can laugh at. This
fine New York gentleman—Mr. Au
gustus K. Raymond he calls himself—has
invited me to the grand party to be given
by Mrs. Gordon on Chritmas night."
"But you surely did not accept Sate ;
I heard of this party, and hurried home
from St. Louis before my business was
half over, on purpose to ask you to go
with me."
"I am extremely sorry, Mr. Morgan,
that you should be so disappointed ; but
what was a poor girl to do ? I wouldn't
have toissed going for the world, and how
could I know that you would put your
self to so much inconvenience for my
sake ?"
"Now, Kate, this is cruel in you. Why
do you call me Mr. Morgan, and adopt
this lofty tone towsni me ? Wo are old
schoolmates and old friends and—and I
had flattered myself that we were very
good friends. I had even ventured to hope
that some day we might be still better
fiends. In fact—but I am making myself
stsgreat a fool as that fop of a notion ped
dler.. My dear Kate I scarecely know
what I um saying. I only know that I
love you devotedly, and that if you will
give me the least assurance that you love
me in return, I shell be the happiest fel
low in Arkansas. Can you give me just
one word or encouragement?"
Yes, replied-the roguish girl with provok
ing brevity, but aserions look immediately
stole over her.-countenanc, and after a
few minutes of silence, while the voung
man ardently pressed her hand,she . added
wilier downcast eyes were rinsed again - to
meet his : "You knew all the while that
you were the only one of my gentlemen
Mends for whom I really eared any
thing."
•q was bold enough to think you pre
ferred me, dear Kate, or I shook! "never
have beeh brave enough to declare.my
self. But Oat's to be done now about
this Christmas party? That simpleton,
Raymund, shall not go with you if I have
to run him out of. town."
"Never fear, Henry. I will get rid of
him in some way. Ile bored me terribly
before. He would be insufferable now."
• "1 know how to get rid of him, Kate.
We young fellows will get up a sniping
party for Christmas eve, and make him
hold the bag.",
"Oh I that will be capital," said Kate,
gayly. 'That's just the thing; but there's
the bell now, end no doubt it is he him
self. Jut wait and ere hoar nicely 'shall
flispor of him, You are to be my coo
sin,
mind.".
iA card bearing the name of Augustin.
K. Raymond was . handed in, followed a
PIONTHOSE, SUSQUEHANNA. COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31, 1873.
POETRY. ,
WAITING.
erratrixems .amrso xv.zarivr c& -Oa 43,-Isrx) Clll7ll. C7COMMTTEL'Ir.
moment later by an over-dresse'd young
gentleman 'with waxed moustache, hair
parted in the middle. and the air gener
ally of one who has got himself up to
make a stunning impression.
"Good evening, NG. Raymond. Per
mit-me to intrcducif . you to my cousin,
31r. Morgan."
"Delighted to bitve the pleasure of your
acquaintance, sir. You reside in Helena,l
su i se
" lie here," replied Morgan, curtly.
"Ah, then, perpbaps you are in the
mercantile business. I have the honor to
represent one of the leading notion bons
es—"
"No, I am not itt•the trade," interrupt
ed Morgan,
"My consul, explained the lady, is in
the pude htsisnefit•:and,apropos of game,
he has just been %.I!ing me that he !8
going with a party of our young gentle
men on a . grand snipe hunt to-morrow
evening-Christmas eve."
YOl4,..itdded Morgan, and we should
likOtii - LiWe you join us."
''Do go with them, Mr. Ilttymend. I do
so want a snipe feather to wear in my
hair at the party. They are all the rage
with the girls now. Such beautiful feath
ers they are, too 1 Long and drooping,
with the".tichest red and yellow colors.
Yon must go with them and get me a
snipeferither, furl can't think of going
to the party without one, and Cousin
Henry here, evetiwhen he goes, is never
smart enough to secure me a good leath
er. Somebody else always gets the privil
ege of hOlding the bag, and so secures the
finest of the feathers."
. .
"Certainly go, with great pleasure.
Miss Andrews, that is, if the gentlemen
really desire that- I should honor them
with my company."
"Of course we'll feel greatly honored.
Mr. Raymond." said Morgan, "if you will
condescend to join us in one of our sm
ple Western spurts. I can even promise
you the post of honor on the omission."
"Really, you suite overwhelm me. I
shall nut fail to be with the party, if I
can be of service! I am not familiar at
all with —with—what del you call the
game ?—snipe; but if tliey possess such
beautiful feathers as Miss Andrews de.
scribes. they most form a conspicuous
mark, and no doubt I shall be able to
bring at least one down at every shot.—
They call me a good marksman at the
shouting galleries in New York. You
may rely upon me. Mr. Morgan."
So saving. Mr. Raymond bowed him
self out in an impressive manner, old
had scarcely closed the hall door behind
him when both the others broke out in
in a paroxysm of laughter.
"That joke of yours, Kate, about the
red and yellow featLers, was excellent. It
couldn't lime been better managed.
get the boys together to arrange for the
hoax. By 10 o'clock to morrow night
pair 'gallant gectiir svid be standing op
to ins knees in the mud and water, out in
one of the creeks, holding the hag, and
expecting that the tt, st of us will drive
the snipe into it. But- he will be as like
ly to see Santa Clans himself out there as
any snipe. When he gets tired of wait
ing for the game, and for us to return,he
can sneak off home alone. It will spoil
t'iose striped pantaloons of hie, though,
and route his tamper. so that this climate
will not he apt to agree with him any
longer."
The just accepted lover, however, did
nut seem in a harry about. going, and it
was considerably later in the evening when
he finally bade his betrothed"good-night.”
The latter, we should have explaiued,was
the belle of Helena, Arkansas.
She was a high-spirited, dashing young
lady. as might be inferred from the fore
going, and, withal, unusually handsome.
She had numerous admirers, and. as may
be imagined, her talk alutut a lack of
company was only a lit.le mischievous
fibbing, craftily intended to elicit a dec
laration from him who had long been her
favored suitor. The only reason why she
had accepted the invitation of Raymond
for the party was that she and her friends
might make' themselves merry at his ex
pense. He was disposed to be spoony,
and was so little acquainted with the bluff,
hearty manner and disregard of ultra
ettiquette which characterize the peo
ple of the West, that he was constantly
making hitnself ridiculous in their eyes,
and therefore was vastly entertaining to
the lively young ladies upon whom he
lavished his attentions, though in a
wholly different way from what he sup
posed.
It may not be fully understood that
snipe bunts trPre formerly favorite means
of humiliating gentlemen from the East
who went West with Zuo disparaging ideas
about the people resident there and too
lofty ideas of themselves. How these af
fairs were managed will fully appear in
the remainder of our story.
A dozen or two choice spirits were as
sembled by Morgan the next evening,and
Raymoneit having been notified of the
time and place, was punctually in atten
dance, wearing his best clothes and an air
of importance which seemed to say, "I
am bestowing a great favor in consent
ing to join you ;" and so he was, for his
- was the principal and an indispensible
part in the farce about to be enacted.-
Te party proceeded several miles out
of town by wagons, to a small stream of
water in a wild, lonely place. The wagons
were left some distance away from the
proposed scene of operations, which was
in a low, swampy bottom.
Of course, everything had been we ~
arranged beforehand, but to disarm sus,t,
pieion, it was proposed by one of the fel=
lows that' they pull straws to .see who
should haie the privilege of holding the
bag.- All pretended to 'time to this, er.
cept Morgan, who insisted that the draw
ing be dispensed• with, saying:
"I promised the post of honor to our
distinguished friend here, Mr. Augastns
Raymond, of New York, and I intend
to see that he has it.
"Thank you, Mr. Morgan, for champi.
oning my_ cause." said Raymond. con.
descendingly. "You may rely upon . me,
gentlemen, in whatever post you assign
me. I flatter myself that. I' shalt bag es
much game as any of you; But it has
just occurred to me that We; have no guns.
How are We to shoot the snipe. without
guns?"
"We will soon show you," said one of
the party, Bob Norton. "We are to form
a line and drive the snipe down the creek
while the best man is to stand in this
narrow place holding a large bag with the
open end up stream. We have sometimes
caught hundreds of snipe alive in that
way at a single haul. Did you ever have
any experience in holding bags ?"
"No; but I know 1 can do it. Only
show me where I am to stand."
"You will get your feet wet," suggested
another of the party, adding consolingly,
"but they will soon dry again. Do you
think you can keep perfectly still and
wait patiently till the snipe corner'
"No difficulty about that," replied Ray
mond, who remembered that he had
promised Kate the first pick of the teeth
trs.
"Then you're our man," said Bob, and
turning to Morgan, "You vouch for the
reliability of your friend, I suppose?"
"No fear about him," said Morgan ;
"he represents one of the leading notion
houses of New York; he is true grit,and
I warrant he would stand firm in his place
till midnight if it took naso long to get
the snipe down to him."
Raymond was then furnished- with a
large bag,tbe end of which Was kept open
by a hoop, and suffered himself to be sta
tioned where the water acid soft mud were
unpleasantly d;ep, his legs from the
knees down being completely submerged.
Ile by no means - relished the position,but
rem.-mbering that he had promised some
of the finest red and yellow feathers to
Kate, and that Kate's cousin had vouched
for him so emphatically, determined to
stick it out.
"The water is very cold," he rather
meekly suggested as the. practical jokers
were leaving him. "Do you think it will
take very long ?"
"We can't to ll," replied 3forgan. "We
may scare up a fleck in a fi;w miuntes,atid
it may take half an hour or en. Then,
sometimes, they don't drive well, and that
causes delay. But di,u't leave or stir till
have bugged !hem, for if you should
give up and go away von might just miss
a splendid flock. We will go to the
American hotel after the hunt is over,and
hare a Christmas eve supper. That will
make amends for all our trouble."
We need scarcely add that they went
straight home, taking their wagons with
them a. d leaving Raymond sinking deep
er deeper into the mud and water.—
Returning to Morgan's Own residence
they had a jolly tame, and cracked ma• y a
joke at the expense of their poor vie: tin.
"Santa Chas may take pity on him,'
Quid lint Norton, "and till up his hag with
tihristmag tirettent.Q, tt he waits there long
enough. would console him, per-
`•lle wouldn't appreciate them," chim
ed in another, •'unless Saida Claus eerti-.
ilea-th a t c6r toisrcina thfisge c.tme from
that leading notion house wit ch he rep
resm rg."
don't think he would have c ms,nt
ed sit willingly to hold the hag if I had
not worked upon his cursed vanity so
well," said Morgan ; "and then Kate An
drews made him believe that snipe had
lung, beautiful red and 'yellow feathers,
and that she wanted him to bring her one
to wear to the party to-morrow night."
"fin thinking his own fine feathers,
which he has been strutting about in
ever since he came here, will be much
the worse fur to-night's work," observed
another.
And so passed the time with them till
long after Christmas had been ushered in.
Meanwhile Raymond was standing pati
ently in the water. No sound disturbed
the stillness of the night except the oc
cassimial splash of a big fish in a deeper
part of the stream just above him.
"This is a delightful manner of spend
ing Christmas eve," he thought to him
self. "What would my New York friends
think if they could see me in this posi
tion ?"
His feet and legs were as wet as they
possibly could be. and he shivered with
cold. Several times he was on the point
of giving up, when the thought of Kate,
the party, and the promised feathiqs came
to him. Nor could he bear the ideas of
provoking the ridicule, and perhaps the
wrath, too, of the young fellows, desert
ing his post.
Nearly an hour thus passed and he was
not only drenched with water but nearly
benumbed with the cold, when suddenly
a suspicion dawned upon him that he
bad been outrageously duped.
"They have made a fool of me," be
muttered, with an added imprecaution,as
his teeth chattered involuntarily, and
thiowing away the bag he hurried off in
search of the wagons.
Fear was addea to rage and mortifica
tion when he found they were gone, and
that he was left entirely alone in the wild
solitary piece. Fortunately it was a
straight road back to town, and he had
no difficulty in following it. He ran
most of the way, yet did not reach his
lintel till sometime after midnight, and it
ma# be readily surmised took the first
train nest morning fur home.
Henry blot an accompanied Kate An
drews to the Christmas party, and it was
remarked by all their friends that abe
never looked, so well' nor seemed in such
lively spirits', and that he appeared to be
unusually happy.
Neither was ever again troubled by the
attentions of New York drummers, and
just one year • later there was a grand
wedding itt lie'ena.
The happy pair included New York
in their tour, and in a Broadway store
met their old :acquaintance, Raymond.—
He greeted them pleasantly. and after
some explanations on both sides, Inquir
ed :
"So -Mr. Morgan was not your cousin,
atter all ?"
"No morethan you were yourself."
:• "And 'I suppoe.:, he escorted you to the
party. I see through it
.all now. • Well.
though it was a most nabindsome- trick
yon played anon me; - . it has - turned oat
for tho best: By hurrying home then
.I
got . here in time to be of .great service to
our house at a critical juncture, and as a
reward, have since been taken -into the
firm. Hesidesit. have fonnd another lady.
love, the acoomplished daughter of our
senior pato; ; and it you can:wait till
, .
nest Thursday, you shalrbe present at
our wedding."
0-41.-diP----
Sitting up With Her.
—o—
She was expecting him Sunday night;
the parlor curtains were dawn, the old
folks noticed that it was healthy to
go hed at eight o'clock, and Johnny_ was
bribed with a cent to permit himself to b e I
tucked away at sundown. He sneaked
up the path, one eye on the dog, the oth- !
er watching for the "old man," who didn't
like him any too well, gave a faint knock
at the.door, and it was opened, and he
was escorted into the parlor. He said he
couldn't stay but a . minute, though he
didn't mean to go home for hours. She
wanted to know how his mother was; if
'his father had returned from New York
State; if his brother Bill's rheumatism
was nay better; and he went over and
sat down on the sofa so as not to strain
his voice. Then conversation flagged,and
he played with his hat and she nibbled
at the sofa tidy. He finally said that it
was a beautiful evening, and she replied
that her grandfather predicted a snow
storm. He said he guessed it . wouldn't
snow, as the moon wasn't crooked enough
to hang a powder horn on the end, and
she said she didn't believe it would either.
This mutual understandingi seeniet to
give them courage, and he wanted to
know if she land seen Bill Jones latelY.—
She hadn't she said, and she didn't want
to. Then they went. to talking about the
donation visit which was to be givea.to
Elder Berry, and he carelessly dropped
his band on hershis right hand, while
his left hand sneaked under the sofa to
get behind her shoulders. She pretend
ed not to notice it, and he looked down
at his boots, and wanted to know if she
thought mutton tallow rotted out boots
faster than lard and lampblack. She
couldn't say, but she had an idea that it
did. He had just commenced to lock
fingers with her, when she discovered
that something ailed the lamp. She rose
up, and turned the light down a half,
making the room look dim. It took
him five 'inutes to get hold of her fingers
again, and she pretended to want to draw
her hand away all the time. After a long
pause he lowered, his voice to a whisper,
and said he dida't see what mede folks
love each other. She bit her hankerchieT
and admitted her ignorance. He said he
could name u dozen young men whin were
going to get married right away, and his
left arm fell down and gave her a hug.—
Then he went over and looked out of the
window to make sure that it eras or was
not going to snow, and, cooling back, he
turned the light down a little more, and
then sat down and wanted to know if she
didn't want to rest herself by leaning her
head on his shoulder.
Alb me ! we have all been there, and
who Of ns eared a cent when the old cluck
struck.twelye. and we five miles,
_from
honor? — The — old 'min AVal.VmhTeit;
watch dog gone a visiting, and the hand
somest girl in the country didn't see why
we need be in such a hurry.
Perhaps I shouldn't have written of
this, but as I was going by Saunders's
the other day, thinking of the night 1
heard him whisper in her ear at spelling
scln that bed love her very shadow
as tong as he lived, be raised the window .
and called out her, as she was picking
up chips in the road :•
"Sue Saunders. come in berp and find
the h'ar'S grease for my sore heel, or I'll
break every bone in your body r"
Caught the Boat.
——o—
He was an Irishman, and when first
seen he was coming down Montagne
Street, Brooklyn, on his way to the Wall
Street Ferry. Over his port shoulder
hung a bag containing about a bushel of
potatoes, and in his starboard- hand he
carried a stout stick.' Being under full
sail, the momentum acquired in coming
down the step grade carried him nicely
through the gateway, when steing
boat about ten feet from the „dock; he
shook out another reef, made an astobish
ing burst of speed and jumped. Just as
he reached the deck the potato-bag shift
ed heavily to port and laid out a Broad
Street clerk, who was smoking a Henry
Clay through a meerschaum holder.while
the stick hit a rotund South Street mer
chant in the waistband, shutting him like
a jack-knife, and Pat himself involuntary
assented a devotional attitude. He was
the first to recover his perpendicularity,
and as he replaced the bag-1n its, normal
position he complacently remarked. "Be
ja - hers, but I got the boat anyhow ,
"Olt the boat!" screamed he of Broad:
street. spitting the . pieces or amber from
his mouth,:!why you dashing idiot, this
boat its nothing in ll' • - -- •
And so she wait.,
A Avarua in the California delivers a
Sunday School address, of which the fol
lowing passage is an example:. "You boys
ought to be kind to your little sisters. I
once knew a bad boy who strrick his little
sister a blow over-the eye. Although . she
didn't fade and dle in the early summer
tithe, when the Jane roses were blowing,
the sweet words pf forgiveness on her
palid lips, she rose! up and .hit him over
the head with a rolling-pin, so that he
couldn't go to Sunday school for more
than a month, or, account of not being
able to put his best hat on."
cnnimeopter announces on his bu
siness cards that be has "removed corns
from several of the crowned heads of .Eu.
—"Gracious me r exclaimed a lady in a
witness box. "How should I know any
thing.about anything I "
don't- ltnow any
thing about?
• ;The young man who • boasted he could
Marry, any girl he pleased, found that he
couldn't please any.
A Georgia editor was bitten `by a dog,
"being evidently mistaken for a bone."
..tt chemist says be canreducelnl4 boo
legs to beef-steak.
'To make -money etaf appomtmen
in•the min-
'Terms LTIT:r°1110 11.72.7C113:cV57111111.
A CLOUD PICTURE.
I hticl a slams one eve at sea.
In the clouds as they enrolleit
When the kingly sun was falling asleep
On his royal couch of gold.
Many shimmering pictures
I saw among the clouds,
And troops of laughing children
Deane dancing along in crowds.
And.just in the midst of the glory,
In the brightest, sunniest place,
I saw four cherub boatmen
Pulling a fairy race.
Dimpled and white and airy,
Pulling with baby glee,
Their little craft a fairy,
Afloat on a golden sea.
They rowed their boat with sturdy might
Into a cloud and out of eight,
And then I knew tLe race was won,
And their goal was the far-off setting sun
—Prone St. ll'ickelasforDectother.
rommulasztea.l
LETTER FROM WISCONSIN.
HR. Enrrons :—I am aware this is West. and
in the season not unfrequently associated with
extreme cold; but, nevertheless, we are having,
and have had for some time past, remarkbly
mild weather. Even in that somewhat remote
and elevated region about the Red river of the
North, I found, but recently, very little snow,
and in some localities none at all. True, Win
ter commenced early and severe, The people
were not only surprised, but shocked at its sod
den and frigid appearance. Nor is it
strange that-they recoiled with a shudder at the
thought of the probable recurrence, thus sug
gested. of - all the frightful horrors of its last in
stilation, which only those who saw and felt
then, can fully comprehend. Happily their
fears were premature, at least, and to-day the
bright km shining in the cloudless heavens, to
gether with the soft atmosphere, give joy for
the present and hope for the future.
I do not hear the bird.% stud;
Nor see the op'ning flowers,
Else I might deem it sprint,
And bail the gladsome hours.
. This moderation of the West was quite is
unexpected as the reverse, so early, in the East,
with reference to which, I noticed an amusing
comment by a St. Paul paper. With. much
gravity, mingled with a due amount of compla
cency, and a big heart beating for the unfortu
nate everywhere, the laid paper poured out its
expressions of regret that comparatively so few
eartern people resided in Minnesota, where the
climate was so agreeable.. This, indeed, 'WM.
most kind. It is one thing to possess sympathy
and another to exert it In behalf of humanity.
Here we have an exhibition of both, and tiler.
too, under what trying circumstances. It Is
just possible that the editor of the aforesaid pa
per, while basking in the sunshine out of which
such lofty pitilanthlophy worked through his
brain, might have turned ocrsssionally, with an
inquiring, anxious look, upon the Uncertain
heavers above him, for some storm cloUk oris
ing over yonder," to.disturb Ike inApirntion of
nrsintrom.—lthirefioli-esethtistiviberi&dertfitilt
preserved ' from the blast, what a monument cf
mercy, and we doubt not he is wondering even
yet, at his marvelous ekape. Perhaps, also, re
turning thanks, which is well. But we disiniss.
for the present, our enterprising, 'fortunate and
worthy disciple of the quill, with a few general
remarks upon the subject under consideration.
Much as the west is usually colder, in winter
than the east; the contrast, for certain reasons,is
not perhaps, so great as some might Imagine.—
In the latter, there is none humidity, and one
may suffer for hours Without being in any real
danger from the cold ; whereas, throughout a
considerable portion of the former, the air is ea
dry, that a very low temperature /soften not se
riously felt, till some part . is freezing. Like a
Damascus blade, its penetration Is keen and'de
ceptive. Not,however in the timbered districts;
but out on . the boundless prairies, Is the greatest
severity. The storms that occassionally sweep
over them, are terrible beyond description, Who
has lewd orthat daring January,.lB72? Let
those who experienced and survived it, speak
with blanched cheeks, anti point to the grave of
hundreds that perished. Though ..the winter,
are usually rigorous, they become quite endura
ble In view of the delightful summers, especial
ly of Minnesota, with IM charming lakes and
rivers; magnificent climate. In the midst of
such, frosts and snowaare torgotten,and the cup
of pleasure seems -full..
The times out hers are peaky, I suppose.like
the country In common. Finances depressed ;
business dull. The cause in not, perhaps, so
much the sacrity of money, as the disposition
to hoard it.. Befora the " smashup ," there was too
much ; now too little confidence among the peo
ple. A reckless speculation followed by overcau
tiousness. Distrust is everywhere. A change
for the better will come, but when, who ehall
tell ? It would seem that the disturbance ts too
wide and deep for an early restoration. I think
I am safe in predicting that Milwaukee will not
take the initiative. Its population is chiefly
composed of Germans - , who in many respects,
are good citizens, but not public-apirited. They ,
look upon the present crisis as a kind of "Yan
kee trick," affording a splendid pretext for pur
suing their natural circumscribed course.: Still,
Milwaukee is not without - its Importance, par
ticularly In a commercial sense. It is one of
the most extensive grain shipping points In the
world—the great receiver from the vast wheat,
field of the north west. It has, also, some large
manufacturing establishinents.. I cannot but
admire its situation, for the commanding view
of a glorlobs lake. There is something so grand
and beautiful about the calm or far) of mighty
waters, that Is ever dearto me. Yes, -'
!',And I have Inved thee, ocean and my toy
Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be.
Borne, like thy bubbles onward: from ahoy -
I wantoned with thy breakersthey to me
Were a delight; and it the Itesti:ling sea -
Made them a terror—'twas a pleasing fcar,
For I was, as it were, a child of thee, •
And Misted to thy billows ferried near,
And laid my hand upon thy main as Idohere,"
, . In and aboht the city, there aro a number of
excellent Institutions; among which - ,I will men
tion only .the "Soldiers' Home." .Noreirtally
built by the 'Government, yet the recipient of
a magnificent donation of $lOO,OOO from the la
dles here. Heaven bless the tattiest It is a flue
structure, which in connection with the orna
menttil'grounds, cost contenting over 4500,000.
At present, it contains about 500, veterans, who,
War-worn and disabled,,can there rest in peace,
beneath the triumphant waving of the Stripes
and the stan.
Milaankee, l c,1873.
Funs in oar ability la balf of every bate r.
,fgematuniestsel
LETTER. FROM KANSAS.
hfrasnr: Er:wrote' :—Bidding our hestleni•
bye, as we stepped Into the bun for thedepot f
the Kansas City, Sl4osephs and Cotmc11111M:1
railroad, and remaining at the latter placeenri
a few minutes before the arrival of the, train
which we were. to take Our departure for Pout •
ell Bluff. Paasing tiOlin'thi valley of the' jilts ,
sour!, one of ibe. most beautiful, perhaps to ha
found anywhere. The scenery here IS . almt
splendid, the river upon one side, skirted. - wit:t
timber, and, the valley upon the other lam',
which will average about ten miles In width -=
Alter a ride of ten hours, we arrive 'at Meld--
son. which Is loeated in Kansas, upon the bent. 4
of the Missouri, set often called the muddy Hy( :,
as Its waters are alwaye of muddy color. babe:
stop at' .a.tchirlop,._well, paid us. 'The plai"t
claims a population of about 15,000 and brat
growing. Purchasing ticketi here of
_theAr.
kunsas, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Conip--
ny, we again resumed our journey Ina west 1•
rection, bearing south to the Colorado Hr.')
about 475 miles, and 15 miles in the latter T 4 r
ritory, and is at an early date to be pushed .
800 miles thrtherto Santa Fe, New litlexlco.
But from Atchinsom to Tepeka, about tO
miles, thereat' passes over- a beautiful milled
prairie, chiefly unoccupied. GrasshopperTa P.
a place about midway, between• these• tart
places, is a thriving town of about 800 inthrthi.
tants. Arriving at Topeka, which is the Statu
Capitol, situated upon the . Kansas river --
This place is laid out on a grand scile: themiTh
streets are'l2o feet in width, and the place is Im
proving considerably, even in these liard 'them
The rolling mill the making railroad Iron, is sit •
nated here, the only one, West. of ,St. Louis--
Westward from Topeka, about 1S milea, tt
road strikes estensive coal fields.. At Clithol - -
dale mines, 400,000 bins were mined last yerr. ,
And at Osage City and a number of other •
mat, mines are, being successfully worked. L
Emporia about sixty miles from Topeka, alloui
ishiug well-built. city, of about 4,000 ,
tints, the State Normal School is located--
On from Emporia we pass several torivir,,
town!, such as Plymouth, Cottonwood '111:'l
Florence, where building stone, in large quart: -
ties
ties are quarried. and distributed along thellc'
of the road. Peabody the next town,of impot•
tance, is but three years old, and has a-yepulv- -
thin of abotit 800: Leaeing PenbodY, the retell
a'so take its leaves of' the CottenwoOd valley,
which is extremely beautiful; and:arrivittg ci.
Newton, ,which is 28 miles
_distant, While tirozi
main line extends west, a branch rents south
about 25 miles to Nichita, on the Arkansas rIF
er, at the mouth of the Little "Arkansas.rlver.-- •
Ntelita Is the centre of 'the Texas cattle Wel%
The place has grown 'in less' than 'four .year.`.
front an lodise trading post to a well built city
0t.4,000 inhabitants, with large botels, 'two Nil
ti mai Bank., a Graded School of 250 pupils
There are four churches. The cattle trade at
this point beconte immense. ThelasiYear IEO-
000 head. changed hands; 60,000 Lead welti
shipped by rail. '
Ret gains to Newton,•onr course was esti,'
sweittf.Posolui , •aslattouiautt+Bution,-St4lititt- - -
lions, we come to Hutchinson, 85 miles (lister,
from Newton, which is the county seat of Ren a
county, end directly - on the Arkansas river, -
where it bends to the south. ' '
. .
Reno county was organized in 1872; with o
population of 60, and Snow claims a pepUlation
of 7,000. Hutchinson bas .had a . .wonderfi.:i
growth. Hardly a year and a half old, end pow
inns a population of I,ooo.and Is rapidly Mamas:,
ing. Thera are two large liotelS, well pai
ronized., Thertek, hotel -Itipt by ELEtifinell..
and the Eagle, kept by Monson Cheney, arc
• first-class.S A commanding
Just been completed at a cost of $B,OOO. A pub
be School building at d cost of $1,100., is enclos!
ed, and will be completed by early summer.::—
There is one bank, one newspaper office, is large
number of stores of all kinds; which seem tobu:'
doing a good business. One large stone block la
already completed, and several brick - ones ant
now under way, as well as a large number of
smaller one& .• • •
An iron bridge has been erected across Cow
:creek, n rapid stream which flows through the
town, and is to be utilized for milling purpose..
IL very substantial free bridge has been built .
ucrixi ; s Arkansas river, 000 feet in length; and
three'llther bridges have been built in the county.
These improvements, together milt the enter
prise of the merchants, and the natural advert
loge of the location, have drawn to the place
trade from filly to seventy-five miles on the
south and west, and a large extent Of country
on the north and east. One hi surprised to are
the substantial improvement's and rapid gtowth,
consalering the county and town are .o new.
One fact most noticeable was that there Mi!
not ri liquor saloon in llutchinson, nor cup Re
no county, nor will there be until they obtain a
majority of votes, both•male and female. We
ought to add that the Preibyterlan church bas
built a lured,. g house costing $3,000. A Baptist
church was organized some months ago, but
has no pastor, and eonsermently has made no
prde..l.B. There is a call for a visit on this part
of Brother. Gunn, the general State missionary.
But resuming otir journey, we passed Ray
mond Place, we come to Great Bend, the larg
est.placo west, of ilutchinson, 270 mile from
Atchinson, ancris rapidly improving; and is
ailed a lerY:Piontising town. Lodge' City i 9
another growing place, 80 'utiles from Great
Bend, where your corrtapondent enjoyed a bur•
tato hunt. . • „ •
Near Colorado line a colony Item Sayraensei
N. 1 7 ., has located, and named their trivrn atter
Sarraeuse, while our nest stop, Sargent, on the
State flue, and 14 Miles further on tuward Oren.
ado, is now the end of the road, hut It la soon
to bo pushed through to San to Fe,and thence
on to San Diego. and San Francisc o, when It
will become an' Important . link i n the Chain
binding togetlWr the Atlantic and the ractio
coasts. Yours, etc., ' D. 0 . . WELL& -
• The great end of credence Is to give cheer
fulness, to tho,so hours that splendor cannot
gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate., Time
soft intervals at untended amusement , In which
a man altriuka to his natural dimensions, and
*brows aside the ornaments end disguises which
he feels in privacy to be nselesS Incumbrances,
and to lose pa ellitet when , they become •,
bar. To be happy at, home, is the ultimata re
mitt of all ambition, the end to winch every en.
terprise tends, and' . ofiT which every desire •
prompts the execution. It is, indeed, at home
that every man must be known • by those-who
would have,alust estlutate of his virtue or. fo
; for smiles end unlit:open , aro elate oe. •
Oudonal, and the mind is often dressed tar show
-in painted honor and deadens benevolence.
W. Lu
NUMBER 53.