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Ecuotco to Politics, itcrntnrc, Agriculture, Science, iHoroHtn, nub cncrol SntcIIigcncc. -
VOL. 25.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 21, 1807.
NO. IS.
OTsrnwi
Published bj Theodore Schcch.
TSSU-Two dollars a year in advance anil if not
p ii ! tff rc t h" e:i. I )f liio year, two ilollars and filfy
( t s. w l !1 !ic i-li.r-r'Pd.
No i !; r J:ro;itia'.iod inilil al 1 arrciiiapes are p;iid,
f t ( pt.it the npi.in ofi!io Ei'.iior.
',?k tvrr isrinei:t? of oik- square of (cipl;t lines) or
!)!. or iliree insertions C-1 5(1. Kacii additional
:.ih':1! )ii. 50 cents. Lon;;rr ones in .ropoition.
OF ALL KINDS,
ccr.tti intlie hi?!ic?l styl? of the Arl.andonthe
most icasoritble tenns.
s. hotfies, .if:.,
ATTORNEY--AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office icitli S. S. Drchcr, Jisq.
All claims against the Government prose
cute! with dispatch at reduce! rates.
(f An additional bounty of $100 and of
"n) procured for Soldiers in the late War,
FRKK OF EXTRA CHARGE.
August 2, tGG.
D3 A.REEVES JACKSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Beers leave fo announce that, in order to
prevent disappointment, he will hereafter de
mote TinniUDAY and SATURDAY ot
each week exclusively to Consvltatjoxs
rnj SrnoicAL Operations at his office.
Parties from a distance who desire to con
sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days.
Stroudsburj, May 31, lSGG.-tf.
Furniture! Furniture!
McCarty's hi Furniture Store,
DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, twb
doors lie low the Post-off.ee, Strouds
burg, Pa. Ho is selling; his Furniture 10
per cent, less than Easton or Washington
prices, to say nothing about freight or Lreak
ne. May 17, lSG6.-tf.
DINING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal
nut, Oak and White Ash, Extension
Tables, any size you wish, at McCARTY'S
rov Ware-Rooms. May 17, l?06.-tf.
F YOU WANT A GOOD . PARLOR
Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
McCAUTY has it. ' May 17, l-GS.-tf
TF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
.1 from one of the best makers in the Uni
ted States, solid Rosewood Case, warranted
fj years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es-.
racially invite - all who are good judges or
.Music to come and test them. He will sell
vo'i from anv maker you wish, -10 less than
those who sell on commission. The reason
is h; buys for cash and sells for the same,
v.-ith less thin one-half the usual per centage
li.ar agents want. J. IJ. McCARTV.
Mav 17, I-GG.-tf.
T T N D E RT A KING IN ALL ITS BRAN
U ches.
Particular attention will be gicn to this
1 ranch of the subscriber's business. lie will
always stuiy to please and consult the
wants and wishes of those who employ him.
From the number of years experience he has
lul In this branch of business he cannot and
wiil not not be excelled either ia city or
country. Prices one-third Jess than is usual
ly charged, from 50 to 75 finished Coffins al
vv&ys on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
:Jearse in the country. Funerals attended
t o::e hrurV notice. J. 11. McCARTY.
May 17, l-GG.-tf.
Saddle and Harness
ory.
The ur.dtr.-: j-nci res; cct fully in forms
the citizen? of Stroudsburg, and surroun
ding country, that he lias eommencedhe
-..b.jvo bushes ia Fowler's building, on
Kiizabeth street, nd is fully prepared to
furnish any article iu bis line of business,
ut short notice. Ou Land at all times, a
h;r;rc stock of
Jl'.n-pr, Whijis, Trunks. Vah'ces, Cdr-
JiCt Jlo.Ji, JIofSC-Jil'UlLtt S, JidlSf
Skates, Oil Cloths, f c.
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O..SAYL01L.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 11, 18G5.
Gothic -Kali Drug Store.
William :io!!2i:!icnI,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
STROUDSPU11G, PA. f
Constantly on hand and for
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup
Vy f Drugs, 3Iediciries, Paints,
Oil, Glass, Putty, Varnish, Ker
osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
Pare Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
urpose.
P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroud? burg, .July 7, 1801.
TWSHOPl
'i i.e undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally, that he has
now opened a TIN fill OP, on Mum street,
near the Stroudsburg Mills, opposite Troch
& Walton's, formerly R. S. Staples1 Store,
'iore he is prepared to manufacture and
'f at wholesale end retail, all kinds of
'i h, Copper and Sheet Ire n-Warc.
ALSO,
Slovfs Stove Ii;ic uutl !2oivk.
Old and fcfecond band Stoves bought and
6j!J, at casii rates.
CASH paid fwr Chi U ad, Copper and
JirayS.
'A' JlJW, Spouting and Repair in
?rMu;!y attended to and warranted to "ive
tis'aclion. Call and see for yotiTjlves
WILLIAM KE1SER.
troude'jurg, Dec. 8, 1bC5.
f O M M o C U A I R S ofcdT kin d sj" C ane
Eh'g and Wood Seats; Dining, Jkr
a'ooni unj Office Chairs, vith or without
.iishions, R'cking-Chiir3 of every descrip
i.:: at M-CAP.TY'rf WarO-Roon;s.
A-'y ',7, I-GC.-"'
My Policy.
I.
When was President,
governed by myself;
All the bread and Lultcr I got
I put upon the shelf.
But Sumner and Stevens
Made tuch a strife,
had to turn Copperhead
In fear of my life.
Congress was so bad,
And "My Policy" so narrow,
J might have put my party
In a Wheelbarrow.
When I'm impeached.
My party'll get a fall ;
Down will come "My Policy,"
Copperheads an1 alL
The Day of Death.
I know not the day of my death." Gen. xxvii
I know not when; but this I know,
That it will surely come to me,
The day which conies to all below,
Whicli every child of earth must see;
Fcr o'er his t-pirit none has power,
To keep it, in that last dread hour.
I know that I shall watch tho sun.
As I have v atched him many a day,
In gold behind ihe hills go down,
G.lding with splendor all the way
I shall not sec him set again,
Y'et this I shall not know e'en then.
I The dusky shadows deeper grow,
i The silent stars come out together.
The last that I shall see below
No voice from out that distant sky,
Will warn me that my end is nigh.
Some Spring time, I shall mark the trees
Grow daily greener o'er my head,
! And, in the autumn, I shall fl-cl
The dead leaves rustle 'neath my'trend
Nor know next autumn's winds shall come
To strew the dry leaves on my tomb.
And there will be a darkened room,
And they will catch my faintest breath,
And silence, and a fathering gloom.
Will fall from oil the wings of Death
I shall not hear the muflled tone,
The silent whisper,
lie is gone.'
And they will gaze on the pallid face,
Then fchut it out from the light forever,
And bear me forth to my resting place.
In the shade of the hill beside the river
I shall not wake at its ni?y gushing,
Nor ever list to its swollen rushing.
But when this last great change shall come,
Is hidden from us and 'lis best;
If we.were ready for our home,
It matters not ho.v soon we rest
Death will be but the end of sorrow.
Drawn from an endless, heavenly morrow,
Casting out Devils.
Wo have a friend, a Metbodiit preach
er, and a jolly follow he is. lie has a
large muscular frame, with corpulence to
correspond; has a huge hand, with a pow
erful grip save us from giving him a
serious offence if he were a common sinner.
He is an earucst worker, aud has a well
earnexl reputation as a revivalist. Some
vears ago he was holding a meeting at
which quite an interestVas awakened. A
number of persons had come to the anx
ious seat, and some had been converted.
One evening, a group, consisting of two
or three young men and as many jouDg
ladies were present, whose object in com
ing was to have merriment. The minis
ter having noticed their tsanocuvcrs for
a while, and thinking it was time they
were checked, found his way to them, ad
dressed himself to the young men, kind
ly requested them to observe the deco
rum befitting the place. One of them,
whose ideas of politeness were hardly up
to the mark, ventured in a rather ungra
cious manner to reply that they had "un
derstood thit miracles were worked there,
and he had come to see some performed."
Upon this our robust friend, the miuis
ter, coolly took tho young man by the
coat collar, deliberately led him down the
aisle, and opening the door without cere
mony landed him outside, quietly remark
ing, " We do not work miracles here, lut
ice cast out dec Us?"
During the sitting of a court in Con
necticut, some years ago, on a very cold
evening a crowd of lawyers had collected
around the open fire that blazed cheer
fully on the hearth in the barroom of the
village tavern, when a traveler entered,
benumbed with cold ; but no one movfd
to give hiia room to warm hi shin, so
he leaned against the wall iu the back
part of the room.
Presently a smart young limb of the
law addressed him, and the following dia
logue took: place :
"You look like a traveler."
"Wall, I 'spose I am ; I came all the
way from Wisconsin afoot, at any rate."
"From Vv'isconsiu ! What a distance
to comeon a pair of legs !
"Wall, I done it, anyhow."
"Did you e7cr pass through hell in any
of your travcli ?"
"Ves, sir; I've been through, the out
skirts." "I thought likely. Well, what are tho
manners aud custoaja ? Some of ua want
to knor.
''Oh, you'll find them much the same
as in thU placo. Tho lawyers sit nearest
the fire I"
Gov. Geary has ifsued his warrant for
ie execution of Alex. It. IL Wiley, of
tl.
Luzerne
couury, on Friday, tho 15th ot
March. Wiley was convicted of the inur- j
kr of Alive McKiwco last May; 1
The-Six-penny Calico.
One day a new scholar appeared in
school. She was gentle and modest look
ing, and did not for a moment lift her
eyes from 'her book. "Who is she!"
" What is her nauio?" were tho questions
of tho girls; but no one knew. "I sus
pect she is not much," said one of the
girls,
"Do you Bee her dress?" said I.
" Why, I believe it is nothing but a six
penny calico?"
" Poor thing! she must be cold." " I
can't imagine how a person can wear cal
ico this cold day," said another, whose
fine plaid was the admiration of the 6chool.
" I must 5ay I like to see a person dress
ed accordiug to the season," remarked
another " that is, if people can afford
it," the added, iu a manner plain enough
meaning that her father could.
None of us went to tako tha stranger
by the hand, and welcome her as the com
panion of our studies and our play. Wc
stood aloof, and stared at her with cold
and unfeeling curiosity,
called her Susan. When
The teacher
she first came
to repeat her leson, gho took a seat be
side the rich plaid. The plaid drew
proudly away, as if the six-penny calico
might dim the beauty of its colors. A
light color flushed Susan's cheek but
her quiet remained the same. It was
some time before she ventured on the play
ground and then it was only to stand on
oue side and look on, for we were slow in
asking her to join us.
On one occasion wo had a harder arith
metic lesson than usual, completely baf
fling our small brains. Upon comparing
notes, none of us had mastered it. " I'll
ask Susan of her success," said one of my
class. " It is quite unlikely she has," I
replied; "do stay here; besides, what if
she has?"
" I will go," she answered. Away she
went, ami, as it appeared, Susan and she
were the only members of the class ready
for their lesson. Susan had been more
successful than the rest of us, and kindly
helped ray friend to overcome the difficul
ties of the lesson.
ly and by I took to patronizing her.
" She is really a very nice body, and
ought to join us more ia our play," we
said. So we used to gather around her
desk during school-hours, and make her
" one of us in the playground. In fact I
began to have a sort of liking for her.
There was something in Susan which call
ed out our respqt.
One Saturday afternoon, as I was looking
out of the window, wishing for something
to do, my mother asked me to join her in
a little walk. Pressed in my new cloak,
warm furs, and hat, I was soon ready.
My mother turned into a narrow street.
" Where, mother," I asked, " arc you go
ing in this vulgar part of the town?"
" Not vulgar, my dear," she said. " A
very respectable and industrious part of
our population live here." " Not fash
ionable certainly," I added.
" And not vulgar because not fashiona
ble, by any means," she added. They
stopped before an humble-lookirjg house,
and entered the front door.
Then gently opening a side door, she
paused a moment on the threshold.
" Come in," said a voice from within.
" Pray do not rise," said my mother,
going toward an afrlictcd, lady-like wo
man who sat in an arm-chair. " You
look better than when I saw you before."
I was introduced, and I fancied the inva
lid looked at me with a sort of admiring
surprise, a3 she took my hand, and hoped
I should prove worthy of such a mother.
Then, while mother and she were talking,
I sat down and took notes with my eyes
of everything in the room. It looked
beautifully neat, and the furniture had
evidently seen better days. ly and by
mother asked for daughter. "She has
gone out on some errands," was the an
swer. " The dear child s a great bless
ing to me," and tears filled her eyes.
" .She will return soou. She has gone
to carry some work which she has con
trived to do in her leisure moments. The
self-sacrifice of tho child is wonderful.
A little while ago, an early friend who
had found me out and has been kind to
me as you have," (tears came into the
speaker's eyes) "sent hera handsome win
ter dress, " O mother!" she said " this is
to costly for me, when you want some
warm llaunel so badly. See mother,"
she said, " I shall enjoy this calico a hun
dred times more than the finest dresses in
the world, while you can have your flau
ncl." Excuse me for telling it, but you
know a mother's heart. There i3 her
step, the is coming."
The outer door opened. How I loDged
to sec the comer! " I am sure I shall
admire and love her," I said to myself.
The latch was lifted. A young girl en
tered, and my schoolmate Susan stood be
fore me! I could have sunk to the grouud
for my shame. How wicked my pride!
how false and foolish my judgment! Oh!
how meau did my owu winter dresa ap
pear before the six-pen uy calico.
I wa3 almost sure mother had managed
all this; for she had a way of making me
sec my faults and making me desire to
cure them, without ever saying much
directly herself. This, however, did not
come about by her design; God had
taught me by his providence.
As we walked home, my mother gave
me an account of Mrs. G , who had
been her early friend. She had lost her
property and her husband, and had fallen
into great distress. Put that etory is no
matter here. I will only add that my
juJmciit of j-copic wa-ii'jnaed ever after
according to a truer standard than the dress
they wore, and that Susan and 1 became
intimate friends.
A Doctor's Life.
A physician, at Alaut, Michigan, who
is evidently a ElircwU observer of matters
and things, sets forth, in a western paper,
a few of the sweets of a Doctor's Life,"
to wit : y
If ha visits a few of his customers when
thty are well, it is to get his dinner; if
llrt rion t, nrt Hf it. la huinc li onra'lin m n r V i i
morrt about tho ftaace. flian ih flnol-
-i " w w v. c -
."V
he !oes to church rernlnrlv it. w 1iprns
he has nothing else to d0 :7f hV
t i i ' r 'i, -bv..v,,-i. utiujns now ; u ne
it is because he has no respect for the does not, he will be likely to fail rm
Sabbath or religion. If he speaks to a . is a very small sum for a man wbo doeV
r ---I- , j ,
u c i:sc9 iiictu uj, icuer iiiuu uti.ci
folks. If he has a good carriage, he ia
l, .1 V 1, :
i i. :-i.i ii.
!"1 T " , ,- r- luui
. wwuwu.,,B5 ..ut,uw.cu. luusa -
oary pnue. n pm ues n. 13 tu
utt-buap tuc peop.e iu ge, lueir money ;
f ir i C r T i
. x u vau: 0Qce . stud m a t Ii c iu a 1 1 cs. Icarn to write
he has nothing to do; if he is lean, it is?a g00,j haiJj anJ p!ant au orci,ar;j. if
because he isn't taken care of. If he j ie must spead some 0f Lis hours at bill
drives fast, it is 10 make people think I iarJs and in eal00cs, he had better take
somebody is very sick; if he drives slow, a roi,c about c; ht feet h anJ oufc tQ
he has no interest in the welfare of his tiie rn
patients. If he dresses neat, he is proud ;
if he does not, he is want.ng in s - clf -
respect. iiuc works on ibc lanu, ne is
ui lor nounng dui a larmer; ii nc uou i
work, it is because he is too lazy to do
m.: TP 1.- ..1!- 1. . ,l.ij
want a Dr. to tell everything he knows;
if he don't talk, 44 ice like to see a Doctor
social." If he says anything abaut poli-
tic?, he had better let it alone; if he don't jj experieQce will not come when for -
say anything about it, "wo like tosee a!tn. vmile
mau show hi colors." If he visits his
patients every day, it is to run a bill; if
he don t, it is unjustifiable negligence.
If he says anything about religion, he is
a hypocrite; if he don't, he is an iofidel.
it ne uses any or uie popular rcmcaies oii
the day, it is to cater to the whims andjwi10u P1rfh Th -innot bo i.n.h !.ir
prcjudices of the people to fill his own
pockets; if he don't use them, it is from
professional selfishness. If he is in the
nauu ui naviug cwuu.ei uutu, i. ia we-1
cause he knows nothing; if he objects to
having it on the ground that he uuder-
stands his own business, he is afraid off
exposing his ignorance to his superiors .
If ho gets pay for one-halt his services,!
he has thereputation of bcinga great man
atjtr. Who would not be an M. D.?
Women a Civilzer.
If God were to take the sum and moon
and stars out of the heavens, the chances
of husbandry would be what, if God were
to take woman out cf life, would be the
chances for refinement and civilization.
Woman carries civilization in her heart;
It springs from her. Her power and in
fluence mark the civilization of any coun
try. A man who lives in a community
whero he has the privilege of a woman's
society, and U subject to woman's influ.
ence, is almost of necessity refined, more
than he is aware of; and, when men arc
removed from the genial influence of vir
tuous womanhood, the very best degene
rate, or feel the deprivation.
. There is something wanting in the air
when you get westof the Allegheny moun
tains on a sultry day of summer. The
air east of tbe mountains is supplied with
a sort of pabulum from the salt water of
the ocean, by which one is sustained in
the sultriest days of midsummer. Now,
what this salt is to tho air, that is wo
man's influence to the virtue of a com
munity. You breathe it without know
ing it. All you know is that you are made
stronger and better ; and a man is not half
a man unless a woman helps him to be.
One of tho mischiefs of camp life is that
woaiau are removed from it. The men
may uot know what it is that lets1 'them
down to a lower state of feeling, or what
thatsubtle influence was that kept them up
to a higher state of refinement, but it is
the woman in the one case, as it was the
presence of woman in the other. Woman
is a light which God has set before man
to show him. the way to go, and blessed
is he who has sense cnoughto follow it!
11. IK. Becchcr.
If anything in tho world will make a
man feel badly, except pinching his fing
ers iu the crack of a door, it is unques
tionably a quarrel. No man ever fails to
think less of himself after it than before?!
it degrades him in the eyes of others,
aud what is worse, bluats his pcibilitics
on the one hand, and iucrcases the power
of passionate irritability ou the other.
The trjlth is, tho more peaceably and
quietly weget o:i, tho better forour neigh
bors. Iu uioe esses out of ten, the better
course is, if a man cheats you, quit deal
ing with him ; if he abuses you, quit his
company; if he slanders you, tako care
to live so that no one will believe him.
No matter who he is or how he abuses
you, the wisest way to do is to let him
aloue ; for there is .nothing better than
this cool, calm, and quiet way of dealing
with the wrong we meet with.
ISenjninin Franklin, oneo putting to
pre.j a form of tho Common Prayer, the
letter c in the following passage out, un
perccived by him. 44 We shall all be
changed in tho twinkling of an eye."
When the book appeared, to the horror
of tho devout worshipers, tho passage
read : "We shall all be hanged in the
twinkling of an eye."
What is the surest way to make a hen
lay ? Cut her Lead oil.
Education Without Means
A young man. of Croton. Iowa, writos
that he has S500. that he wants tn t.L-
college course and yet save his capital.!
casks advice. There are many who
IIc a,k? ajTicc- There are many wl
m, , f- w 'i-nuu.
!at aj J J
To get a classical education with the
use of $500, requ.res more skill than any
earned Z , mon.V J f? r"083' ,
carnea me moner. If he ia a mechanic
lt.arm in,l .1....: i
uiii uut ii u'jush anfl i nr. niir n nr,
i .r , "uin- "mg pare nours. ur
wfl n Li i. ' n r .. ;
i . . '
U
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uvv ..y.i fcw nuift. iu uue wuo uoes. it
! i
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is a large OUC.
j What shall our young man with his1
handsome wife do? Let him get a small
ijarn tCD twenty or forty acres near
libraries and good society. Or, with a
: choice selection of books, he may liva re -
1clotc- -i hrce e should do at
One aim should be to make his home
1 clcant anJ oomfortable. Let him not
rear tuij wiU distract his attention. If
thcra was ever a time whea an education
.v;nu .,m v. j :.i.
poverty, it has passed forever. Days1. a tl0mSlCaa out ot your hrst earn-
speut iu struggling for bread are lost ; if'lnSs not aIoue for tbe rLJail comforts
not, the bitterness they bring is equal tod. economy that it insures to you, but
tlifir bins. Vnr npiil tlipr ! fn r Tt ioT lt3 domestic and. social influence.
Kducation is limited if it do not include
a knnwMa nDho irmonoltr n.t
untold riches of the affections. If a man
ennnnt fiu.l lionr.in. with A w;r, n,l
children and in a home of his own.
in
- n n w:il RPpL- Jt nrr tb f-, nf tl
; 0f hoae wiierc home is . UDOTo! wiaere
j pr0verty, dirt a
; cvery room. Y
i : : .
oung men are apt to fear
tney wiu DOt Jive Jong, and are in haste. ouuum uu uu jwmaueui.
ja no situation is the foundation of a long' If to an? cau?e aore thaa aather is to
iifc so gccurely established as on a farm, j bo attributed tha reactions cf domestic
njs course WJ11 take time. He should'8 OCat'es iQ modern society, it is the
understand that the education of this ae i ab;cc.cc of those influences which exist
demands time. So broad is the field of 00 V " " Dg,m ren"
knowledge, so sharp is competition, thatted ,souse5 Lircd T00m.s' and hoteIs !em-
t r m r a n A m inc rnnra ftra i-flniitrn
V lo nnt'rnn f:.ilnr. Tt i, a mod.
era discovery, and well settled, that from
. r--r--- .- -
three to four hours 6tudy of books every
day are more profitable to the majority cf
men than any longer periods. Every one
cultivating land can have this time. A
line which docs not establish a habit of
meditation will be fruitless. We have
known lawyers take this course; and be-
come judges in high courts, doctors so
skillful as to -ive littlo medicine: and
preachers so learned as to convince both
the understanding and the heart.
In literature, we confess, the examples
are few. Put, long ago, there was a young
poet who set hi3 heart on having a farm,
and what most is kuown of him, is the
trouble he had iu getting it. With little
knowledge of foreign languages, and none
of a dead language, he diligently studied
his own. He became familiar with pre
vious knowledge, and ho noted everything
relating to rural sights aud sounds. lie
was in no hasta to be eminent. lie was
only eager to excel. He wrote and re
wrote ; lie reviewed, he meditated and
liugcred ; and ho acquired the rare art of
being able to wait. The result is a work
on the life of farmers, and on arms and
heroes, which will last till the end of
time. Tribune.
Popping The Question.
Mr. Saiithson fun improvement on the
celebrated name of Smith) wishes to takejyu liaV? haJ tiue to reflect on the na-
M . l?rnl rinnlhcr J mnrnr .Mil M tA to j
thu orera. He had been ou terms ot in
timacy with tho family for about five
years, but "never spoken of love ;" on the
contrary, ho had frequently declared his
ihtcntiou of leading a bachelor's ,lifo.-
One morning he put his hand to the bell
handle and was admitted. "Oh, James,"
exclaimed Miss Jane, "where have jou
kept yourself so long ?"
This took Smithson a little aback, for
ho had spent the preceding evening with -
the family. Pefore he could answer,!
however, Jane's brothers and sister (eight '
or ten in number) had gathered about :
him. bummoniug all his courage,
said
"I have come to ask you
"Not here. James now now oil
1, 1' '
"That is," stammered Smithson,
you're not engaged "
"Oh ! oh ! water qnicK.
"What's that?" inquires
m
her lather,
"who pays she's engaged.
"1 diun t mean saia omiinson in
confusion.
'Of course not," continued Mr. lro'.vn
ly, "you've always been our favorite !"
Then advancing and taking poor Smith
son's hand, he said
"Take her, ehc'a a good girl, and lovoi
you to distraction. May you ercr be as
happy as the day is long."
Thereupon father, mother and children
flrnwded unon Smithsou and wished him
joy, ana company uuiiuS .a n.0 , d j
the affair was told to them as a profound u
secret. So Smithsou got a wife without
poppin- the question, aud almost before U ho is the laziest man ? The furni
L knew it himself. Put wo cannot help tare dealer ; l.e keeps chairs and buugc
thiukiu- h was harried iuto matrimony. t about all. the timo.
i : :j ...ir.t
IIov False Reports May Originate
A curious illustration of this is found
in an anecdote told in a lecture bv Mr
bfls?n- A '"'cd opposite one
econa of his church. A report
j
got abroad that the minister had bean
, . ,
his wife, and the minister
was brought before a deacon's meetiug.
There the minister said that he had traced
the spreading of tha report to the dea-
' con's dau-hter
ilic good man, the dca
C0 h WOuIJ not ha Lcn lut
' u:.. j i .r '
his daughter's name having bceen men
tioned, he must thea state that when he
was rromcr to bed on a wrb n n .t l,
wa3 0;nr, t0 bc(i cn
"a oU4L,i lu ucu
" " r " -i
ce (roaSh the window blind of tho
" ltcJ room th u
TuU L
ter was non plussed
lighted room) the minister beating hid
scream. 'Ihe minis-
3; - but he rcquestct
i ,t ,.;r t. r. .: i
.t.o.i.vuvouviui uu li ij ueaiiuueii
: -
Wb
whole
she
arrived she explained tha
i
matter. She said: 44 Dcu't tout
recollect there was a rat in the room that
ie room that
night, that
it got on tuv dress, that vou
got fr
got freightened, and took up the poker;
. that I cod not stand still, and ran around
the room, you running after me with the-
power. Jhis is the explanation to the
whole affair." Well then, the lecturer
would remark to his hearers, the next
time they heard a story against a good
man, let them say at once, "There is a
rat at the bottom of it, I know," and that
' some simple explanation may account for
the whole thin-.
liesiraUilty 01 a Homestead
!P,J and fam.iIiari is that thought, "There
j is no place like home," it enfolds truth
I thz t0 ,a Pareot ar nt in importanco
to his religion. The house shelters you
I aQlJ ur ?dmlJ frocl tLc colJ the
aad tUe obitrusivo gaze of the world. A
true home docs this aud more. It holdi
' within its walls a
genial soil where are
i matured all those principles and scnti-
; ments which go to make up the beautiful
! clul'J. the usetul citizen and the true.
i Pat,riot' important than, that such
everything that pertains to the free hold
. , . l ; .
you make loses its interest, from the
thought that it is yours at the will ef an
other. The very idea that you own the
soil you tread on, that by your labor one
. 1 i - .1 i .
nas ueen aIrea sacreu to your,
nghts, your tastes aad interests begets a
hng of independence. Layard aaylor,
describing an extended view from a high.
! uluuuiain' "Js luat a leeung oi regret
came over him as he remembered that
but one foot of all this broad earth was
his. To a man of family, the purchasa
of a hmoestead is the first step to inde
pendent mandood.
Find Fault in Private.
Find fault when you must find fault,
in private, if possible, and some time af
ter the offence, rather than at the time.
The blamed are less iuclincd to resist
when they arc blamed without witness.
Iioth parties are calmer, and the accused
person may be struck with the forbear-
tance oi the accuser, who has seen the
fault, and watched for a private and pro
per time for mentioning it. Never be
harsh or unjust with your children or
servants. Firmness, with gentleness of
demeanor and a regard to the feelings,
constitutes that authority which is always
respected and valued. If you have any
causo to complain of a servant, never
speak hastily ; wait, at all events, until
lUrC OI 1.1Q OJenCC
A Happy Rejoinder.
At Offord, some twenty years ago, a
tutor of one of the colleges limped in his
walk. Stopping one day last summer at
a railway station, he was accosted by a-well-known
politician, who recognized
him, and asked if he was not the chaplain
nf t Ii A fit !."tm fit. RUfh limn niniim.'l)..
of the college at such a time, uaming thd
ymi The doctor ranlieJ thst Via via
., r w there," said the interogater, "and
j knew T0U by your limp." "Well,"
;i the doctor. it .wmtm. limning
maJe a deeper impression ou you than
liij itai im. .au ut'cioi , was IUO
reply, with ready wit, 44 it is the highest
compliment we can pay a minister to say
that he is known by his walk rather thaa
by his conversation."
J Sva41tV& II V"U 1 1 i c vuaiuv 1 J
;at eary evening, and took his little girl
upon
his kuee. After a few dove-liko
caresses, she crept to his bosom and flL
asleep. He carried her himself to her
chamber, and said, "Nellie would not liko
to go to bed without saying her prayers."
Half openiug her large blue eyes, sho.
dreainiugly articulated.
"Now I lay me down to sleep;.
I pray the Lord"
then adding, in a sweet raurnour, "lie?
knows the rest," she sauk on her pillow,
li is watchful cara who "giveth II is
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