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ALLENTOWN, LEHIGII COUNTY, PA., JULY 17, 1851.
VOLUME V
THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
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PlAtliikhed in the Borough of Alkotouni,Lrhig,h
County, Pa.,ererg 'rhombi!,
BX AVGIUSTES L. RIJUIE
At $1 50 per an ninu, payable in advance, and
1).2 00 if not paid untillhe end . of the year. No
:paper discontinued, until all arrearages are paid
except at the option of the proprietor.
Auvr.wrise.mENTS. making not more than one
square, will be inserted three times for one dollar
• and for every subsequent inseitioh t.ecntyl ye
cents. Larger advertisements chared in the,
same proportion. Those not exceeding ten limes
will be charged seventy-five cents, and those
`making six lines or less, three insertions fur 50
cats.
deduction *ill be trade to those
who advertise by the year. •
CV - Ogire in Ilonallon •.'l., one door L'osi
o/ /he Geri/tun ilifiirmed neorly
opposite the "Friedensliollie
L,' II I i t
ISLAND HOUS
iEre•.
THE unders , ned
spectfully informs his
friends and the public
t• : 7 in ntne , that heral S
ha •
*."!.6-141111 t al trn
the
• A u l C large
ICI X11 ti0r,i...1.946311.. and commodios
11110 TEL,
formerly occtipied'hy Mr. tittory Moyer,
tin East Allentown, and that Ito is prepared
'to wait upon all who umy favor hint with
their custom.
The `.l.:latitl Ileum:'' one of the most
pleasantly sinottLd in the county• and pre
sents attractions as a Summer retreat excel
dby low in this r e v ion. The house
new and newly furnislit .1 -- the t,ttittiiitt:,
Lune and conveiti-ot, anti every attention
‘vili be pail to the coiiihot
The gEit Er; will he 1 0 •0:11,,:i111 \v i t t
th e b vt . t , t ool I,hpiis. at el the
)`/le with the last the 111;111“
rtivild: , . : 111f1 the pu bli ciffi•
aatisa, their scarce 5ix..,...
age. If watchers failed, it mattered ou t it
her last night had been spent by the sick
c o uch, she would again take her :decide:is
station. awl this too, it all a ; .•• whet nature
calls so loudly for her accustomed rest.--
If Frank Willard hail latfure admired the
grac...kil vivacity of tie: beautiful girl, wis
it any wonder that that admiration should
have ripened into a warm passion as he
thus suddenly discovered the prioceless
wealth of her loving heart ! And vet there
was soinethin , so punt and chill-like in
LUCAS HAINES;
her character, that, loudly 113 lie loved her,
"Illit TOULD respectfully inane the nrien• he felt that it would be si•eining• sacrilege
`w 'tion of his ida 0,,,,,,,,wr5, the i midic , to breathe in her ears the words of passion,
an "-emend, and the Oil: l it `t," NI Ell- , 1 mud more 1111111.1 W arc should call forth die
4.2 (CANTS in particular. to the large assort- i you ' i
own , and superior styli , and quality oh . ..01 1 . ~,,,,-y tt ,;,,, 2 I . 1 ~, , t u „ t ous i n ,„ s - s . 1 glowing el:lotion of her woutan's heart.
HATS and C.\ l'S, suitable for the rind Imu to F eud too go back to my father, I A year passed away, and he was grata
spßlNG AND i sumliED TD ADI,, , , with the tole of my defeat, ;Ls he assured lied by receiving a letter front an old class
that I should rine day do. ..rho west is mate, containing the intelligence of a pro
which he has just received and is selling at
- no place for lawyers yet, 110 one day said to posed visit, ;rod if he liked the hication, Of
reduced prices. .
and 1 now believe hint, for I have 'well establishing himself in the practice of the
[le has also on hand a lan-it assort:omit:of : a les
• here a y ear law:, and have not ill ade enough Jaw within-Ilia ilaill''ililie vicinity. It was
3/u/eshio, Sillc, nuart-r. Ntiiim.
to cover 111 V I.N.)rhSeS ' Lail 1 11411 &terrain- a pleasing prrni wet ler Prank, •lor 'Turner
ir ns.sra, Lough ~ Meetly. Penn, ,
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mantle I and the NVilliains had been tin: favorite friend of
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.--..\,, Beairl, Legliuets, l'artaula. .. " u ..'. 1 e ” I" ''`."" e .. ' .
~,,,,,„... only a istble one that rillers is by marrying." his boyhood, and a boon companion in later
01 i Weill Straw. ••- - I )11, iliat gill be no hard !muter for you," years. That he had some effects of char
mad every other k t iwi of I lats , and will tai
replied his compariion , ill a slightly percept- aster he arras well attire ; but who has. not'
- able to suit the taste ;111(1 11 1 C1111ation of all ' ~ ' •
• tole sareastW tone. -Lucie Jasper will, of and he looked forward with 'joyous antler
who may favor 111a1 With a tall. • course receive with joy a pridessioital man pations to his arrival. Ile Cant' at a spe-
His Stock. . like yourself late his family." I eiried time, was pleasitcl with every thing he
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has been selected with the greatest care, "Circle Jaspar, Uncle dev-1 ! I should saw, and the citizens were soon enlighten
and having spent the greater part of his life have a great spec, Prank, by marrying Lou- et! as ti his intentions by it showy sago,
in the manufacture of bars, he knows that ism Voswortli for money, truly. Why what with the words Turner Williams, Attor.
he can sell as cheap; arid as neut and gen- has that old curmudgeon, her father, got Hey and Counseller at Law,' glided upon
feel an article as any other esfahlablishMent , but a few sections of wild land ! and those it. Truro an eastern city' awl won ego ed
, lie will keep as long as lie lives, and he ucated,' was an immediate passport into the
either ill Easton or the Cities.
His Stand is on the north side of North.: will live long enough to preach my funeral best society that die little village afforded
:nuptial street, one door above IZ:tiler's Store, sermon, I will warrant yeti, if you care for and he soon found himself a favorite guest
and nearly opposite the Easton liank. it lease of Ids life. Alarry Louisa Fo.sworth I ill every family where lie chose to visit.
C'Of;.VTI? I": 1 /ERCII.I.V7'S, . for riches !—ha! ha! a good joke upon my i Frank Willard observed' with pleasure
. soul. lint whittled you to lancy such a the success of his friend in gaining the
will do well to examine his stock,' as he is ' •
• thiori, Vratik !" seeming g,iforl . will of the :people among
prepared to riccommodate thou ou the low- r,
.• Ih e eer y u h v i,, t i s reason, t h a t y e t i h a ve whom he intended to reside, until he ratite
.r•st terms .. .. , i v paid more a tt ention to her 1.11:111 any other to the fitniliy of Mr. rostvorili, or 'Llticle
Easton, Nlay ;211. -- .
yontig lady in our village since you came Jasper,' as lie was usually ' designated
P. It° l'Cli. 0 ULF, ~......4 11, '." illWilig his friends ; but litre even friend
' -That may alt lie rind vet trot have paid ship faltered as he saw' the warm welcome
Attorney and Counsellor at Lawl I 1
, I' !Wit le c iihr E ; but 1 , •.il IV I lit- Vt•i• tliour Id. ul OW parents, and with a lovers jealous'
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t.,1 iscr :1.•.• a wim ; iii.ii.a 1. it, 1,11 the limb, I eye %% dtcl,ca the flitting blushes of the now
Vl.l 1.1..1 I.hli:l.l'un A - •
thi.A. ikt:l Lille ....i like lilikk tro - dabh-, orteill - rio.ae Iwo, t...er .besutiful datiriliter.
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r„- ;for
. : 1 -11l 11.1) , i.p,i,tilittii ~,.irie..t l ia it I t:Vcr teat, i . '•lt kr:3y destiny," he muttered one even"
rind li , ol the t 1;.• weuillt of al.orher in vora.r ill alter aker Ire had returned to his boarding
. ;illitv , ,, , .1 h•W 'RAU: , would find liio, ill her h0w . A.3,. froth a V;Sil Willi ‘Viliiimit , at the
Wet, liuthbla a.- tong lot her bawl --emit that pammage, -and has ever been thus, the
other is Shill :\ 1 111,0111:. . . Cap ul liaill/111‘..."3 Will Le . 1101L1 (Mt to lilt,
it. .110 TIE it, - ....k1i0, ~.0 to coligfatiduto . you oil your , god as 1 can reach out toy hand to grasp it
lak r,spi,:errriii,Ly i 1 d,, r ,,,,, Lis hopes, but unless Ima mistaken, there will,l . it would be suddenly dashed aside ! Fool
Ja-s'lriends and thottablic in g ,,,,,„,,i, t h at Inc a breach of promise disc before. you get • that I - was to suppose that love like mine
he has taken the well known Tavern I louse ; through uitli it, for a more complete co- f could be requited. . And !mist I fook calm
& the
-1. queue 1 verily believe does not exist. " 'ly WI 1.11111 sue her given to another, and that
4 ,, ' %: ' ..
. .i \'itry likely, but the sex are all more or : other one whom I myself intruduCed to
.ParS Wall 1 •• iil , • lien.," • 1. 1 1
1 .1.:•S VIV 1•11 1.11 wand lice thousand toioars in 'hest and sunhat' thoughts Were
4,..,.:141r.,,,,^t.iT,.,...\.. at the 'coiner of A 111.11 lwr ()wit right is sourethiw, - 4 of an excuse ciinsiantly intruding themselves 'upon the ,
"'MI : I !opt, ~ and A ndrow nt., whyre , fur a wester.' 1.11•:Ie to 11!;ly the COlllletie, 'anind of Prank up to the time Cli the cllll
- eilie'CL be will IA! liiiillly tO '.jiiCli a llVl'lly iiiip iIS I aril, oughtversation which torninr•tices iny gory,' and
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111.`,-.. jp c ,,_ 1 4 • • --Aumwtato his ..,1,1 . comoiii, ~r it at out rate, and I will not, s 0 :in while!' he discovered the lwartlessness of
.."`,-.. 2 ' f;;;; . -.•"......,.. ellStOMei S. riiiil friends. ' good bye to sweet Louisa Foovorth, and ' his .world warped' friend. . .
I Its best ellin - ts will be directed to his tit- • -love in a cutage." 1 leigho ! I wish that ' A short time only was allowed to elapse,
blc, so that it be furnished with the must • l' could ;Ilford to marry her, she will make ' ere lie visited the house of Louisa as in for
tritsonahle the . niarliel affords, hi s bar ti l led '
. totne tel a charming little wife, as the ' tiler days, and an early period was chosen
with the choicest Wines and liquors,. ladiesdon't you think so, Frank-. 1" 'to declare to its oliject the paSsion that he
beds clean, and . his yard large ued "t"ble ; . His listener replied :affirmatively, and in • had sosecretly c herished, and-with a tarring.
claintnodious, „with an attentive hostler al- ' a liveli e r tune that he had before used in ,ly throbbing heart he listened for an
ways at rit hand. ;
. , sprialting to his companion, and which he ;. swer. It came, and•the, reader need only
Ile trusts that by punctual attendance to , managed to keep . up without any apparent,: know that it was favora'ole, and that the in
kiusinesS, he will be able to secure a liberal exertion . thfoughout the day—a day of fowl- 1 tfenuotts, but blushing girl acknoWledged
share of public patronage, for whielebe Will , inii; on one of the beautiful prairies in pile that she b a d e shed inany and bitter tears
ever" feel th, aid; ful.• ,of ',or Weracru :luaus. I over hi snt seeming •coldricss. -The
ever
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-- -' l,l i -`0 :i+". it , f ,, wurillci . . calf 'io ;.: . ran; , 1 eeli:. , ent cc the-III:het tees not withheld,,rbut,"
Iv iti% tu gi r I iiu:l en:l.
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nat & C as. 7 61. MAUI:ft t.)1:
In Eliton.
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In AIRCO'WWII.
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poetical Department.
(From Sartain's Magazine.)
The Departed Child..
Blintz jasmine flowers, and rose.buds pale,
And spotless hlics of the vale,
'ro strew upon her breast;
For in life's opening bud she lies—
Iler soul bath passed to yonder skies—
A (I.overet meet for paradise,
In hues immortal (hest.
Tread gently on the hallowed gronnd
VI here stainlc,s Innocence hash found
Relief [rum every pain t
Hat dirges sing above her sir(' p,
And theie let fond Affection weep,
Fur tear drips green the grave will keep,
Like shower; of summer rain.
And war, are nature' , blo,t
sw,ei,rt•fre , turz, balm grid ;
So id the Wars
ft.,l as parental love shall miss
The winning smile—ihu gentle kiss—
The infant to of Itlt , .
That buts! rroin lite's young gice.
And pct, there is nnont-c for grit r,
When, hhe the 'twilling 11,,wer, wiuse leaf
Shuts softly to the sun,
The c_t•elids of fair childhood close
Cpnt a ‘eLold of,in and •aio.^,,
ontionlile.t, deep reinc , c---
contl , ct scarce brgini.
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le•lp we lu drive off it It'
run nl 1,::t• 1.11.11. have 1)1,11 1.111•, 1 1
lII' r a weel;• (n• ii It'
bid your n•velotliat,
ithaye ‘vatil.l 1,•
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110. h rn r. vah zatantliii‘2,' at las el
'owe, tn.ol, ‘t 1;41. girt;:
wall ynti f"
I a—iir.; ‘,•,.11; I was never in
het:er. spin's. Perhaps I tins yielding
zoinovh:it to Ow dreamy influence that
iirOdllCiiS, ;IS it Sti`iiiS su
r tl
1 rnirigrass and sweetly
tcvnied lltm I r ; I.ut ;know Inc to repeat
yntir (pivsti.,n, —what has guile wrung ‘rith
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'Willard, Louisa Fosworth had been as the
Polar star to the sea-worn inarritw r—gui
(led hint on through poverty and sickness,
and the many ;other heart-storms which
mark the life of a western emigrant. Fail
ing in business in one of the eastern cities,
he had removed with his mother, his only
surviving, parent, to one of the Wesiern
States, and, perhaps unadvisedly tried his
hand at farming. Ili.; means only enabled
inn to pot chose au ei-ghty-acre lot, and up
on this he commenced operations ; but he ;
progressed but slowly, for the very good rca
son that he attempted a kind of business of :
which he knew nothing. I I is cattle were '
lost by straying away from hint on the
broad prairies in summer, then his ;Jain
was injured by being improperly kept. iu
winter, and had it not been for the ad
of his mother, an energetic and perieverl
ing woman, Ito would have abantioncd
fatn, returned to the city, awl applied .or ;
the p:ac,o of a clerk in some of the mercan
tile houses ; but she persuaded him to per
severe, atid - the mist year everything - pros
pered with hint. Butt alas ! when winter
came the Angel of Death was hov..ing
over his dwelling, and as the spring flowers
sprang from the gladsome (nth they'
shrank away the newly sudden grave of his
beloved mother. It Was •a . : heavy blow to
the isolated young man, and he ,grieved, as
only an allectitmate sun could grieve over
the loss of a mother. Mrs. Willard had
made many friends, but no warmer one
than the family of Mr. Vosworth, the Min
ter of the little village near which they re
sided, and whose family consisted of t wife
and her young, boy, and Louisa, a daugh
ter by a former wife.
N.;) kindness had been spared by any of
the family to the invalid, but in no ;MO nu S
,11.1111i•FriVIIII.V.,:i 9f fri , ffil.ship more ap
tent than in t he gentlu and hitherto shrink-.
he added, -you ham my meagre resour
ce's, pect to take dattghter portion
"As far as mere wealth is concerned, yes;
lint, instead of regretting it as a misfortune,
1 look upon it as a blessing,."
"[low so ?" asked the other, in accents
of surprise. "Do you wish to be under
stood that Louisa would be less acceptable
to you with a certain portion of this world's
goods ?"
-Perhaps not under certitie. circem ;tan
tes.
"‘‘ . ell, hill What ?"
'I Year I do wrong in repeating, it, but it
L anise Fosworth had possessed wealth
equal to her virtues and beauty, I should
have found a powerful rival in one whom I
have lung found it vain to contend against,
at least it here elegance alone was concern
ed."
"Indeed ! you need not spinet: the
name, circumstances lead no to guess it.
And so the young lawyer Would have
sought my treasure had he known its nom
inal- value ?" he continued, but rather as
if speaking to himself than to the voting
anon by his side ; and then turning to Frank
and taking his hand Said in a trembling
voice—"l yield her to you, Frank Willard,
as I Would the dearest thing I possess on
eutth. She resembles her sainted mother ;
but, oh, for your sake and [nine, make her
not an idol as 1 did that mother, lest like
her she may be snatched away to show us
the sin of idolatry."
"Thank you, thank you," he replied re
turning the pressure of the hand that he
held in his oWn, and then departed, leaving
the kind old attan to his solitude, for he Well
knew that he would be alone.
And who that mourn the loved and Inst
does not tell that such periods exert a soft
ening influence upon the affections? At
innagniation brings up the seeming forms of
the loved ones now hidden fur ever front our
sight, the heart clings inure closely to our
living loves, and we cherish them with ten
fold care, lest the hand of the spoiler should
be laid on them, and our pathway be entire
ly desolate.
A. few d ays passed, and wedding invita
tions *etc issued, not from our humble
friends, but the reputed Aliss Munson. It
Was a splendod affair for the little Western
village, altholarh but a few guests were in
vited, and these only such as the bride des
ignated Tilk: rms.'. in the place.
A few days after the wedding, as Frank
was: walking in the sweet, he chanced, upon
turning a cornier, to come unexpectedly
upon his friend, who, upon seeing hint, ex
claimed :
"And so, my sly fox, yota arc the one
that is to carry off the dove from Ike par
son's dilvecot, are you ? Well, hope it
will turn out a better match than mine ; if
not, you will hang yourself, I am sure, in
less , than a week from your wedding day."
"I apprehend nu dissatisfaction on my
part, at least."
"No; nor did I ; but you are not marry
ing an heiress ; lint here step into my of
lie', and I well tell you how rascally I have
been treated. You thought my wife held
six thousand dollars in her own right did
You ?"
"I did."
"Well, sir, she has just one hundred and
fifty. and no more :•'
\Vhat.t"
"One hundred and fifty dollars was the
portion of the 'rich heIITSS. ' It seems that
when the father died, he left sllc thousand
dollars and a widoW and eight children to
share it. The widow's third was consumed
before her death, and Sarah has used three
hundred and fifty of her five hundred sauce
she came of age, and let me full in the trap
that had been set to catch a rich husband.
And when I reproached her with deception,
she denied having used any, saying that
neither she nor the aunt with whom she ,re
sided, had stated that she hail such proper
ty—. if rumor had given it to her she was
nest to blame, and that ill married her for her
money it Sc rved me right.' A nil now,
Frank, you see what a predicament I au.
in ; instead of...havioct but myself to support
by my precious prlssairi; - I have got an
extravagant wife in the bargain. W hat
would you du it you were in my place. ?"
"What would Ido l Why. go to work
like a man, and if your profession will nut
support yOu, buy or rent some laud and
turn farmer ; a ft in is safe capital, at least
I have found it s o; and then you will have
plenty dine to attend to all the suits you
nay have."
-That is easier said than dune ; bud I
such a wife as Louisa Fusworth will make.
l might ns well think of teaching peacock to
knit stockings, as my lady wife, with her
lofty notions, the duties of a farmer's wife,
understood
farming teas a business which I
understood myself."
i Much mote of the same kind of argument
was held on both sides; and they parted
with the expressed determination. to .Wil
hiatus to try his luck in California it Dame
\
Fortune did nut bestir herself in his favor
before long.
A few Sabbaths after, Mr. Fosworth, at
the close Of Divine service, unnunnced the
fact that a marriage ceremony would be
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NEUTRAL IN POLITICS,
performed at his house on the succeeding
IVednesday, and cordially invited all of his,
congregation to he present. "My house
was donated by your kindness," he said,
"and it seeming welcome shouid I,reathe to
all \vim design to visit it."
And they catus•, if not all, enough, so
that every room was crowded. It is a very
common thing to cultivate the locust nu our
large prairies, fur their use ar; •well as beau
ty ; and a bountiful grove of them flourish
ed on a plate of ground but u few roils iron
the sky in the ,ground
; and her' btmeath
the shy, le the s bode of the :dickering; tri
the so lemn Fitts were spoken, and the gen
tle Louisa returned to her lather's house ti
wife. The plain lint Lotto:tint fare passed
freely among the guests, if the haughty
Nlrs„ Wilhams eliif d 111 W herse ll Up, as some
plainly dressed farmer's wife or dattglner
blushed past or, he.r rtisdin silk, no one
heeded it unless to smile at her lolly. for it
was now generally knots n dim the llimsy
title of 'heiress,' that hail so long supported
her arrogance, was but a karowc , l gar
ment, and she now stood forth simply as
'Mrs. Williatus, the feelers lawyer's nife;
It was a happy day for all, or nearly all,
and it strange rumor that began to float
among the guests and in which. the 'words
"ten thousand dollars, were distinctly heard.
added nut a little to the interest of the oc
casion ; and finally, lwfore they dispersed.
nearly every one was made acquaints.sd
with the folloWing facts Fosworth's
first wife was the daughter , of a in.rellant
in Now York who died previous to
his
daughter's marriage with the young divine,
leaving 'his property to his son and dang,h
ter,.his only children. Aker ths..leath of
Airs. Fosworth, this brother was killed front
being thrown from his burs'. and as he was
unmarried, and as there was no will, the
property 'descended, of course, to the child
of his departs d sister. As this swell rred af
ter Mr. Fosworth's reinov al to the West lie
determined to keep it a secret from all e. von
his unassuining chill, lest upon her it would
exert a hurtful tendency. and he well knew
that it would be a temptation to some needy
fortune hunter, and thus prove at curse in
3te.ad of a blessing; but it was now ready
fur her, with its accumulated interest.
It is Deedless to repeat the anathemas
that 'curlier Williams bestowed upon him
self, Frank Willard, Parson Vosworth, and
the world in general, when he became as
sured of the fact ; for, with as large a share
of self-esteem as usually belongs to one of
his stamp, he firmly believed that he had
but to have asked to have obtained the hand
of his (to use his own town term) 'intik and
water friend.' But he foamed and fretted
in vain There was no help for it, and as
son:) as he could scrape money enough to
gether, he left his unlovable wife, and if
alive, must now be in California, as it is sev
eral months since he started.
Frank Willard and his amiable wife are
in the possession of that 'calm content that.
well balanced minds ever c opy, while the
•minister's continues the even tenor
of its way, the kind old man hardly feeling,
so close is their companionship' that his
choice plant blooms on another's bosom.
A stranger of great distinctium an I who
had played no inconsiderable part in the
political drama of the day, has latel3 , re
turned to Paris, where some years since he
dn•elt for a king time. flu his first visit to
the capital, young and already flobous, he
married into the aristocracy of the Pau
boort; St. I foromin. The return of this
personage has excited the curiosity of iii
Parisian world, justified, it would s iieni,div
flintier eccentricities, and by a strate.;eness
eh:u • actor which may be tmeed in the
anecdote now going the rounds of the talk
mongers. The individual in rpte:qi , in %vas
burn and educated in the class in which he
now finds himself placed by the right of
personal merit. Instead of belie; tempered
by only education, his disposition, natur
ally violent, unrestrained mid nmaillitrated,
Was rendered alinni,t ungovr•rn;thle. by the
habits of a life spent amid camps. Ilia
fortune, too, like his greatness, crone to
him lie; and it Ink been frequently re
marked that those Who obtain rielien by
their own efforts, and in middle life, pos
sess a lively and powerbil attaclttm•nt for
the wealth which lung privation. awl labo
rious conquest haVesaught them immoder
ately to value.
At the time of this illustrious stranger's
entrance. into the World ul I'tu•i.s, those
blircwd observers, the envious and li•a!ous
of others' prosperity, remarked that his
shining yialities were. darkeu••d by tq•o
very great faults—avarice and brutality.—
Tito littler of these faults was a sad feature
in his married life, and was the cause of
and poignant suffering to a wife well burn
brought up in the most polished society,
surrounded by affectiongte relatives, and
accustomed to all the refinethents of aris
tocratic good-breeding: Lt was not long he
,rore she was made to feel the change ; fur
the character of her husband began w die.:
ploy itself in.the early days of her married
life, and a shade of bitter to mingle with
the sweetness of the honeymoon. This
, was sad, and all the promised happiness fa
The liasband's Reform.
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ded away. The union which had com
menced tinder the intiA f avo urable auspi
ces, saw its chat-tn..; destroyed by stormy
half-hours which becam- more awl morn
frequent. ;It ret"nireil al! the rare virtve of
the young Wile Ilia To succumb to the trials
which humiliation, terror, injury and grief
compelled her to ituder;.;o.
One day, after a scene of conjugal vio
l-Oct' which had oicurred in like presence
of many witnesses, the irascible husband
mitered his own apartment, whither he was
followed by an old and tried friend, who,
by his devotion and nprightness, had atned
the ri"..i,ht to speak plainly. a right he did
not hesitice to exercise. Without heeding
the still unsuppressed rage, he very l'reoltr
COM:11 , 11ilcd on Ili conductiris fiend,
so li t tle I.; coming, in a - , ,, , titleman. 'rho
culpt it aliened with a i daemy air. and when
the lecture was terminated, said—
' "Vont- reptoof is just ; 1 dcservo it ; and
I reproach myself. more bitterly than you
have done ; but what would you have it
is stronger than I tun—it is out of my pow
er to.control,ii ; l give way to my passion,
fly.-into a rage. and forget myself. When
it is-over. I ant ashamed, despairing; and
yet all this does not prevent the from re
commencing, and sometimes even the very
next day, it is fatal."
eyes, very fatal."
" I have need of a goad lesson, and will
teach it to myself."
And the culprit for swat. , minutes strode
throogh the apartment with rapid steps and
lowering brow, keeping silence, and twist
ing in his fingers a cigarette. expres-;
shin of his leicures, and the contraction
of his forehead, betra yet] the painful
thoughts and stonily contliet which were go
ing on within ; then, his resolution taken.
4. he opened 4 dim-ter and took from it a bank
bill for cm' thousaml francs. ['is friend
; looked on with astonishment, unable to itn
agine what he was albeit to do. Ile rolled
up the bill, put it in the taper, and lighted; his c igar Ins cigar by the precious paper. Thu
friend, stupefied at this strange actiop,
strange in a tnitn with whose excessive par-
sitnony b was so well acquainted, rushed
aid: hint.
Lvov,. to !" sail thti tnizxr, with a chok
voico.
ut pm aro inail,"
"No: I know what I am doing—l ant
pudishius myself."
When the bill was nothing but a small
heap of black ashes. our hero—and he may
be called one after this action —added, in a
lirin and solemn voice--
l swear, on tug' hohour. that each time
I give way to any brutality towards my wife,
1 will punish myself In the most sensitive
part—my love of motley."
This oath was religiously kept. Since:
that day, the miser has
,stricctly paid for
the brutality of the husband. After a scene
of violence, he appears before his self-ap
pointed tribunal, and submitting, to the
law
which Ile himself lays down, he pronoun
ces his sentence without appeal. The con
demned opens the caskets which contains
his treasure. 1)1t- and trembling with the
; titrortz beneatn Whleh his passion bends, be
; takes a hank-bill and burns it.
IThe ex.pirmion was always proportioned
to the ollence : he flail a taregraduated by
the degrees of crime. For a situ* harsh
ness, the pi ice was 1i tr . n hundred francs;_
for a harshness before witnesses, one thod:.
sand ; and if ! restore and action had fol,low
ed the spoken brutality, it was two thousand
francs. This course, his friend states,
might have ruined him, for in a singlti
month it cost hint thirty thousand francs.'
it t a h a ppily it turned out otherwise. Ho
' became an entirely Changed man. His
rinks have completely disappeared. Thu
severity of dm remedy worked a perfect
care. Now ht. is kind, gallant and amid
lile towards his wife, and his evenness of
i ti.-iposition is proof tqi,ainst all shocks; and
what is stranger still, he has become liber
al an d generous, anti :TOM'S his ample for
tune freely and mitt lligently.
I n a ppy are they who have not only the
force of mind, bat the of su eradica
ting a vice. Whether many Parisian hus
band.: it ill follow the example when they
have faultsto correct in themselves, is a
matter of considerable doubt.
("Mon.—A :Wang(' r missed through onc
the mountainous towns of New PATland,
mid imptirrd. \V hat can you raise here ?"
answer was : •
inr land is rough and poor; tve cati
rai;:e but littla produce, so we build sch s ool
houscs and churches, ;nl raise men,7
ti/ - A pretty girl wits lately,
,coinplaining
to a fi tend, that she lind a bad c01,d,, and was
~..B , Hy.pliwited in her lilt. by chaps.
"Friend," .aid libedialt,. "thee should
never sutler the chaps to come near thy
lips."
Kliqp For,Ks.—The man who makes you
presents you do not • want ; 'ho friend who
Rives you so much good advice ; the lady.
who insists that von I avu nut made n pod
diluter; the old gvittlotnan who i,;t starving ;
himself to lay op looney lot you ; and the
mothor who los tip: dear children do as
tivy plea Fe.