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" With mveetent flowers enrich'd,
From various gardens cull'd with care"
THE GKOOJISJ1.1.V TO HIS311STHESS
Every wedding, toys the proverb,
Aakes another, soon or late;
'ever yet was any marriage
Enu red in the book of Fate,
Bul the r.amvs were also written
Of the patient pair that wait.
Blessings then upon the morning
When my friend, with fondest look,
By the solemn rites' permission,
To himself his mistress
And iiio 1J ' '
Oltiei too withiu ilieirbook.
While (he priest fulfilled his office,
Still the ground the lovers eyed,
And the parents and the kinsmen
Aimed their glance at the bride,
But the groomsmen eyed the virgins
Who were wailing l her side'
Three there were that stood beside her,
One was dark, and one wan fair,
Bul not (air nor daik the other,
Save her Arab eye and hair;
Neither dark nor lair 1 call her,
Yet she was the fairest there.
While her groomsman- shall I own ill
Yes to thee and only thee
Gazed upon this dark eyed maiden,
Who was fairest of the three,
Thus he thought', 'How blest the bridal
Where the bride were such as shel'
'iVn I mused upon the adage,
Till my wisdom was perplexed,
And 1 wondered, as the churchman
Dwell upon Ins holy text,
Which (if all who heard his lesson
Should require the service next.
Whose will be the next occasion
For tl.e flowers, the feast, the wine,
Thine, perchance, my dearest lady,
Or. who knuws? it may be mine:
What il'l were figi"e the fancy i
What if'twere both mine and thine!
MY DREAM OF BLISS WAS O'EK.
We stood beside the window
It was the very same
Where, years ago, together
We wrote each other's name;
I lisien'd foi the dear words
1 us'd to hear from thee
1 listen'd, but there came not
One lov ing word for me!
I lonk'd into the blue depths
Of those beloved eyes
1 long'd to see ihem glisten
With thoughts of former ti''f;
I lonk'd, bui oh.' ihey spoke not
The tenderness of old!
I thought my very heart str ngs
Would break, they were so cold!
My hand, I laid it gently
Haw pen iK ! upon thine
1 ihniiglii its pulse beal quicker.
1 thought it answei'd mine!
But no! there was no pressure!
My dream of bliss w as o'er!
1 knew the spell was brokeu .
That 1 was lov'd no more!
Il is said there is a man in Connecticut
...j Wo so asl thai it puis ins snauow
- . I . . I 1 I
out of breath to keep up with him.
HLOOMSISlJlld:, COLUMHIA COtJVTV, PA, SATURDAY,
From tlx Ladie'a Xntiounl Magazine.
THE FACTORY GIRL.
D ELLEN ASHTON.
In a sweet
. rural valley, nestled anion
the hills of old Massachusetts, stands
pleasant vallev with a nieiuresnne mill
pond and factory. Three summers am
iWis hamlet was the temporary residence ol
- o
voune men.who were antianemic iravidli.m
" ' 1 ' f
art si. j ihflir Mu( nn.ii., ...
nnsisi in .ki.o.in iha r .i.
1 vimvi tLiu miiun OrciUCU IUI
neighborhood. wini.h PBuhrata, r...
----- g B'VHH J VI I III I
beauty. Their arrival hd craned some stir
' - v-io.uu I'll liri
iinong the vilj.Hrs, for men had a cer
lain dignity cf manner that n.adeihem nk
J p to, and many a prettv factory cirl. aJ
the irinnml m 1.....1. . ....
iver her shoulder, if she met either of tin
handsome strangers.
1 hough the society of the village wa
usually intelligent, and the females were
remarnable for loveliness, there wag or
famed beyond all the rest, in both rnill,
and person, sweet Edith JJather. She was
an orphan, without sister or brother, ami
lived with an aged aunt, whom she chi.:fl
supported by her labor in the factory. E-
lnh was popular with every one. She waHwliel"er lUey Wt!ie 01 r,1'al 1)10011 or Peas
so gentle, considerate and kind, that even
those who at first envied, learned at last to
lovelier. The vounscr of the twn nnUiJ(,egra(Jal1011 ,llal I acknowledge, is that cl
whom we shall name Lovell, soon becal
nterested in this sweet creature; at' least il
looks, tones, and a constant seeking of hei
presence were any proof he was thus inter
ustcd. I
.ome rocks on the steep hill side Irom
which the village was overlooked and a
they sal there, the bell of the factory ran
nJ the green was immediately covered wit
he girls employed in it, wending their wa;
hither after dinner. Among them it w
easy to recognize the light and gracefu
lorm of Edith.
U h nm beautiful? Where can you
.Ima, , . fnrm svlnh ike?' Sa id IjOVC I,
,. ...-, ,,
IUI liuuisy ilisnu ciiuiiiuiaaiu.
His companion made no reply for a mo
neni, but then abruptly remarked,
'I think it is lime we lefl this village.'
Whv?' asked Lovell, in a lone ol sui
rise.
Because, if we do notyoii will have that
,'iil in love with you. lour admiration -
evident lo all her lriciid.-, and you are to
honorable lo hold out hopes you never in
tend to fulfil.'
Hold out hopes I naver intend to fulfil.'
'Yes foi you don't think ol marrying
the girl, do you
'To be sure.'
'The deuce you do.' said his companion,
s'arling to his feet in unafkcicil astonish
in en I.
Lovell indulged in a hearty laugh, ant)
then aked,
Why not!'
Why not! Why, for a thousand reason?
She's only a fsctoiy girl, a lady of neither
birth nor education, bul a simple country
lass, very good indeed in hei way, only no
match for Fred Lovell. Think of present
nig her to your fashionable friends in town
,ono it will never do. Shake oft ihix
:vp fit: nack no vour hunk and let us be
off to morrow.'
Lovell shook his head.
'I am perhaps, a more romantic man
than you are, llirry,' lie sa.o tint i nave
some common sense, which l inniK l nave
L.mmlii m hear unnu this Question We
"""6 . . .
nave now oeen uvre a monm, v.u...i.
I I ' 1. 1 itl
nine I have become prelty rell acquainted
with Edith. 1 left town we both lelt tt
l.eaiiily sick of its frivolities; and on my
part, with the firm opinion that I knew no
woman in our set ihere whom 1 would t
willing io make a wife. The ciiy girls ar
r- I f..H.l nf nM.iina on Difllif f 1 1 r
SO IriVOIOUS, St 1UIIU UI ion...o, .nv-fc... .w
wealthy alliances, and really so ignorant ol
hn.KBlir.ld affairs, that for a man of taste to
marry one of them would be folly. I am
not fond of gay life I think it wastes too
much precious nine, and 1 want, tinereiurf
I . . . ,
I r I . 'II l. . 1 . . m o 1 1 r mi nm
Uve w in a rouud of balls and other
a wne who win uc uou.cd.i.., .....
Iff. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
19. EX! J -
t rlainments. I do nul wish, to be a hermit
i Tew friends ore a great blessitig.and I shall
dwayi lie glad lo gather around me a email
irele of the right kind; but promiscuous,'
ashionable visiting, I detest. Now 1 think!
1 have found just the partner I require,
Vliag Mather. She 14 well informed, a
Jireii,l)le iMl in lier lasle, has sound'Phe lono wag slightly sneering, though she
ie,18e.snU w'1"''" possesses a large share ol
l,eri0llal oeauly, ami, il 1 mistake not, the
l,ower Moving very deeply. If I marry
i i . ......
'er' a,,a "!r 10 ,,,a Cll-V ,fir "llulllv
l,cl al,u " lias " 111 8 lemarkabie tie.
.. . . - . . .
U'ree will toon supply any (tendency in
manner. In short 1 do not know where I
' "
"''"id make a belter choice.'
am she Das no acaomplisli
,nei,l-
'&l,e im SinS Wllh unlaugH! grace; ami
'S l"Jboiing trench, I don t kuuw ho
mat would make her belter, tshe would
soon learn loo, with her quick parts, lie
ides, I care more to have a wife usefully
informed, than lo have one possessing on
iv superhcial accumn ishmenis.
lint uer laiiiii) ! Uecullecl who your
father was.'
'Ana who was hersf a worthy divine,
'oor 1 8ra bul eiumable. Uosides, 1
"" above 1,10 L'al" ou lalli of I her pa
renls l,aJ bcen ,loneM 1 would care litllr
":l exlri,cl101. I believe with Hum
l,lal 'tt'onl1 n,aliCS 1,10 .' '''e onlj
i",e',
v "II, if you are resolved on it; I know
'n0llg' of you obstinacy lo say no more.
lJul laith! iiovell, if you had a guardian and
was he. I would lake you from this place
' , , ,.
1 Ilu UUIIilian "ion iivi ,
ly the two friends letraced llicirsieps to tin
. i
tillage
Hie next morning Lovell's companioi
.ame down slaus linired lor a journey.
I am going b.ick lo town,' he said, 'for I
.m tired of ruralizing. The fit for that
jver, and I'm afiaid, if I etay hen1, I shal
,B ao
r. . . . i ; i . , vmi
So the twoiiietids
patted, for Lovel1
emained behind; and, in less than a weel
i was known every where in the villag.
hal he and Edith were engaged lo be nar
.cd.
If you can content yourself with tin
.recarioiis Hie oi w poo. ." '
vhen he told his affection, 'we may be hap
! - f .- I a q ' 1 1 1 1
py-
Edith answered by a look of her lirigin
yes, so lender, confiding and eli.ipitMit.iha'
it i . ..... r...... . 1 . . . , i.imiiipii. tnr.rr
iiOVeii auoreu uui iiom mu...-
than cvet
In a fortnight they were m inimi, when
Lovell look his bride to see his relations, in
the southern city whence he came. Edith'!1
ariin.' with her aunt was tsorrow ful, bul ii
i . i .. ....... i ; .... L-MMuil il v rp
was inaue in me vxifi.i.iiii'.i "!" "-v
. I ... l;..t...l,.l..1.i.i ilia r.ir
tiiruir.". Ariiveu ai i .ii;uuhhmo, ..'
riat'c drove to a handsome residence in
IV a I
nut street. H was evening, ami u,un.i "
I I.V ...I u
Lv.lcd b the elare of lig'n that burst from
die windows.
'This is the place,' said Lovell, assistiri"
... . .. in uillii. uml u'liiost carrviiiL' he
Ilia n nc w ......i . ...
into the xuperb pailor, with its Saxony car
oct. rose wood lurniuire.cosily curtains ami
gilded mirrors reaching from ceiling
door.
Whose house is this? Have you rein
tives living uW said Ldr.h, surprised a
so much inagnilieence.
Il was my house, it is now yours, dear
ost,' said her hushand. 'I am not a poo.
artist, but a man rich in worldly goods, yei
richest ol all ill you.'
Three years have passed since then, ar(ljf(1 nve n,imlies she continued in this ami
Edith has fulfilled all that lur husband lore. ! )(; n)(0() , ,jurig which Anuals urewcc
lold ol her- She has mule llio best of wives,! ,,),,,;, s w(;rB ajd on their backs
. ... t ....
m. 1 i one of l ie most brilliant oinameiiie
ihe circle he moves in. Lovell's friend
married a silly, fashionable woman, and
arealer coittrasi in happiness exist than be
tween these Iwo former frionds.
A handsome mtal collage, filled with;fc8 ther fan to pieces snd cast the fragmentf
all the arPlian,;e "f luxnry.has been erected around her; took up a book, and glancei.
in Edith's native village, and ihiiher, emyjto it and flurg U 10 the further side of the
summer, she and her husbami repair lo v.. 100m, greatly lo peril of a rplendid Frerch
sit her aged aunt, who has bcen installed
cn. mimesa of this pretty letrcat.
THE WOOD-EXGttAVER,
Or, tlicotM I diom C laim.
BV PROF. J. II. l.NOIUHAM.
in 'Where thin evening, Charles?' asked a
- lovely married woman of her husband
guiueu as sue spoite
,1 am on a visiting commiilee, and have
to make a call on a sick brother,' answerd
Mr. IVeston as he put on hisgloves
The lady pouted,
He look up his hat and approached her
with a playful smile.
Ah Mary, I leBr you will never ovei
irome your hostility it ia no longer preclju.
lice bul hostility to the lodge.
'And I do not wish to. Here you were
way from me Tuesday night until nine
Vtlock, and now on Thursday you are ofl
igain.
'Cut I have duiiesl owe to others as well.
is to yourself, Jary! I give you five even
ings and often six in every week, and yon
have a great portion of my time during the
lay. We must sacrifice something for
thers. As members of ihe prest rnmmn
nily, we have duties extirnal to those due
to our immediate families.'
'Hut you hid no such duties until! you
became an Odd Fellow.'
I dii'. not. till I became an Odd Fellow,'
see so plainly the duty I owed to my fe
low creatures as I now do- Ilccoming an
Odd Fellow has enlarged my views of be
nevolence and opened to me a field for ils
exercise,'
'And pray what are you to exorcise it up
on to nighf Who do you visstl? he asked
I j
Peltnn. who joined ihe lodge a year ago' 1
learn by a note I received from ihe Noble
Grand while I was at tea, is discovered to
io quite ill. lie has been absent from the
lodge for several meetings, hut as no one re
ported him ill, I was not aware of it til. now
s he lives in the next street, I must g"
.ml .ee him '
What is he?'
An Odd Fellow
1 mean his trade?'
By thai j ou mean how respectable if
he? We Odd Fellows, Mary, know no dis
miction of trades within the lodge. .Vt
uc all brothers and friends. He is ame.
hanic a wood engraver, I believe; I haf
several limes spoke with him and Ii ko him
la is quiet, unassuming, and quite iiten s
. iii.
ting in conversation' I have nearu nun
peak in the lo.loe with greai fluency an I
eloouence. His health has been Uf licate ol
ite.'
'You seem to feel vrry much for such a
sort of persons, il seems lo me! V ell go!
I will try and pass the evening us well as 1
an as I do when you are ai the lodge? and
ihe lady pooled and looked ill-pleased-
Why not let me call and ask lively Amy
Otis lo (Imp in and pass the evening?'
'1 had rather not have her.
'Why not go into your father's I will
sfe you there, and call for you whenl come
back.
No.'
Then pan the lime reading Frederica
ilremcr's last '
1 shall go lo bod.'
This was said ho very postive tnd angiy
thither husband said no niore.exeopt good
..veiling.
She waited nil she heard him close tin
street door, and ibeu sprang up and began
to pace the room. The cnckut was in lo-i
wiv.aud she'kick'd it out of her way.-Thr
piano stool was nil obstacle to the free put
cise of liff lini', and she lilted it over. For
oi;,in. ,iin ..,.i,rr an,i s mvel lo ik a turn o.
,,r ra,.lllca about the ro.im. At Inngili
nuif)e t,rew herself upon a sola and played tin
- (evjps lnt00 ,vji herliille left foot upon the
'carpet till 6hc was tired. She then pulled
,.rro,. and lo the utie, demolition of a c
ogne bottle that unluckily lay in its proalms,'
MAY 17. 1815.
The fragrance of the spilled cologne, or
pernaps exiiaustalion- calnmd her, and afle
i
venting a few gmille ppitheis at the Odd
I'ellows in general and at her husband in
paiticular, she rang for an ice cream to
b
brought from the next confeciioner
s a very
excellent rooler in such cases.
Mrs. Preston was not a simpleton, ror a
vixen, nor a fool. She had good sense.
cultivated mind, and knew a great deal bet
IPr I hull it uni a .1: I
" ui i, uui Kne was
jealous, jealous of the lodge, not of a wo
man, for she had too just an appreciation of
her own beauty, if not of Charles' constan
t-y, io oe jealous ol any lady. N0 'j'l,,,
lodge was her rival. It robbed her of a
part of his society, all of which the felt ii
was her right to monopolize. She was like
i stingy child with a sweet apple. Hi
nust enjoy ir in a corner lest somebodt
houid want a bilo.
She had, from the first.openly ihown he.
hostility to the lodge; and many had been
the scenes of tears and recriminations he
tween ihem; he bring loo firm to yield to
her weak entreaties lo withdraw from
I nSllllltlfkfi da Irnnni I n 1. .... .i
an
niicw iu un Mti wn -iiit, gni
gllA Qn Mln. I nnli. I...- 1 1 . I
,ny 117 iiCI- own si'iusn love
for every hour of his lime. At his refusal
she would retorl.
'You pretend lo Friendship, Love, and
Truth Wheie is your friendship for me.
Where is your love for me! Where is your
irtiili when you refuse this lo my love af
ser you solemnly pledged yourself when
you ninrrieu me, Lliarles, lo love and hoo
or me. Is this honoring or lovin.r mp.
II you think so, I do not!'
icrVr'iTiilOrfinesr'are an:' ntailing precnp
lion in these matters! ) she managed to le
;eive her husband very amiably, when a'
half past nine he relumed.
He looked gratified Bl the change in her
iiul made no remark bcfoie Miss Oiis. He
was grave and thoughtful. At length hi
said, smiling, as he looked at his wife
'Miss Amy, my wifo has scolded me i.
'ittle for being an Odd Fellow, you know.
She tried lo have me stay in to night but
was on the sick committee; I could 1101
.. a .1 111 1.11 . I.
very well. 1 am maiiKiui sue uiu not, no
aid impressively. 'Would you like to
near, he added, adilres.sing the young lady.
wheie I have been?'
Yes, lie answered laughingly. 'Let us
hear, Sir, ol some of youi great benevolent
ioing
Alter I had walked 5 minutes fiom m
Inor.il turned into Lane, and with
some difficulty found the house I sought
It was small and of humble exterior. !
knocked and a poor thin, pale young wo
man cune to the door, I asked if Mi. Pel
ion lived there? She said that he did.
told her 1 had come lo see him, having jusi
heard of his illness,
'II e is indeed ill Sir, I am glad you
have come to see him Sir, Are you an Odd
Follow? she asked with an eager look.
Yes.'
Then all is will for us!' she answered
gratefully He is my husband nr. He ha--
ool been wsll this six months. And tho lam
mx weeks he hasn't beeh able to work for
li.p. dtiiL'iie in his fini'crs This worriei
lim and wore upon him and .nude him right
w .
sick at lasi. W ell as his daily earning.-
were cat up by the four children and us
two us fast as il eainu 111, "ho lost a day n
,vas robbing the mouths that depended 01
nm, ai.d he has been paid low of late there
s so inaiiv engravers lliat are not marriei'
ii.it work for very linle. S.i he grew t-tcl
nid took lo bed wiiji fever,'
' Vnd how long has he been so ill?'
'Four weeks sir,'
And why has he not made il known l.
the lodge.'
S.i I told him bul he said no. Me said
lie would keep from ihe fund of lbs lodgt
nil i!ih verv la,t mir.ute. So he made nit
J
sell lhi3 and thai for lood and to buy mod
icme,'
This nenmiiveness was all wrong.
said to her. 'The fund was in part his own
contribution. He was eo'nled to it as o
- righi. It is never iFg-ir.eJ in me ngi.t o
. t i i .
CZ.. i
.lumber 40
'Hut he felt it was sir, and he is promi
Well, well gii, we snuggled on till to-dai
whan he proving worse and nothing to s-'.l
nd nothing to eai.l made him tell me wl.
as the 'Grandee' of iho louge; and so I
put on my bonnet when he was asleep, and
goei straight lo his store. He received me
kindly, said my husband should at once h,.
wended to, and ihai's only an hour since,
and here you are already sir, come to eu
me!'
Sue pressed my hands with tears and
expressions of the deepest gratitude. J en
icreu the sick man's room. IU lav ur.....
i bed reduced to a skeleton. He' tun,cHi
tiis large glazed eyes on me. 'You haio
come lo a poor man's house sir,' he said.as
moruneu at his poverty. 1 did no.
pect I ghould so soon call on the cha.ii,, J
he lodge.'
'You are claiming of m onlv vour ri.i t
and my duty,' 1 8aid. .flo Odd FelL,v
can be regarded as an object of charilv.-
lie is looked upon as a distressed bruihrr
and the duties extended to him are those of'
love. We owe each other only love. It
mis mat has brought me here.'
He smiled gratefully, and pressed mv
band with his skeleton lingers which w r
hoi lo the louch. I found that he and his
family we.e perfectly destitute. Ti,,.,,.
was no cooling medicine for huh, no fo.,1
for Ihem. II s wife said that ite chiMie.,
had eaicn nothing since dinner and wl,;
Somg lo bed crying f,)r food, and she ha )
lor their sake eaten nothing gince the night
before.
'Oh horror ! dreadful !' exclaimed botli
Amy and Mrs. l'rcsion in i.......r.:
next grocery. 1 here 1 filled my handker
chief with bread, cheese, cakes aud oran
ges for itic eiclc man, and a paper of la
and sugar; under thy arm I placed a lo -,
tie of wine, and in my hand bore a quail
if milk. With theoe Iressurcs I hastened
jack lo the scene of affliction and wretch
edness. My presence soon cast sunshine
upon ihe gloom. In less than half nu
lour things wore a new face. I despatch
ed a note to my fellow cGm:niile-iin
with instructions lo bring a physician, am,
n come prepaicd to slay for the night us
my wife would by no means give me pei
nism'on to be out.
Charles' Charles! this is Ion sever-.!'
aid hi wife bursting ino tears
'Nay, then, Mary, I did not write so to
hem of you! I withdraw l?ie words?'
I deserved it if you did! 1 have been
.11 wrong.' Forgive me!'
'Freely!' he said kissing her Iinnd. 'I
remained until they came with Dr, .
By ihe time I ca ne away .every thing aroui.d
ihe invalid was comfortable clean bed linen;
.lean linen for himself, and plenty of food
in the house. The doctor said with care
ful ntireing he might recover. I tm-k
leave ol him a little while since leaving tho
two Odd Fellows watching by his bedside.
When they leave him at dawn; their ph-re
will be supplied by two others. 1 oug! t
o be one of them, but'
Charles ! Charles ! Go! Be one of them!
From ibis moment I ohall speak only of
your Older with honor and Affection.'
EASTERN ANECDOTE.
As a woman was walkings man looked
il her and followed her
Why do you follow nic?' she asked.
'Because I have fallen in love with you-'
he replied.
'Why are you in lovo with me? said Mi '
'My eisicr i iii'o h h uxUoiner; she is oo.u
ng alter nn ; i i-ii-i mke love lo her,'
The man turned bj.--L, and saw a womvl
with an ugly face. Boing much displcasit!
le (iinnd to the first one and said
Why did you tell me a falsehood?'
Neither did you speak the truth' r ej io .1
he: for if you ware really in love wi
ne why did you leave me to look upon tny
S0.1OI?'
Tl.i te is m.:cb good sense in the re re a ;
.as r, exrhauge.aiid if inwre giils weir as
i.Misible as this there would be less iutuii
nancy.
Chuii y Ligins at home.