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Suggested by Ihe sudden death of two lovely
children Addressed lo the parents.
WRITTEN Ml R Till 01.IVK HRANCH.
They grew in childish beauty fait,
Bright buds of hope were they :
The stars thai lit thy household eve,
Thy sunshine through ihe day.
A dark-winged angel swiftly came,
With icy hiind and breath,
He chilled the half-unfold binN ;
That angel's name 'vas llealh !
In liTe, through evury joy and grief,
The two weio side by side ;
Thi" golden link that bound them thus,
Slern Death could not divide !
Together, maible-like and cold,
Ye sadly laid them down,
The ringlets clustering yet, so Mill,
The flaxen and the brown.
Then slowly hearing thrm nway,
Ye laid them in the tomb,
And turned to that deserted home,
In agony and gloom ;
Their places vacant inund ynnr board,
Their empty ennch to see,
To hear them lisp their prayer no more,
Beside their motliei's knee.
The little garment once they wore
The playthings that remain,
A few bright links of curling hair,
Are all ye can retain !
Yet while thy toais in anguish flow,
Fivr hones so sadly riven,
Mourn not thou hast no child on earth,
While two are thine in Heaven !
For tim ro fearful ravage make
With youth and beauty there;
And they've etraped the pain and toil,
Karth'it sorrowing children bear.
Then let this arm, this hope, be thine,
That whpn life's cord is riven,
Thine angel. children hand in hand,
Shall welcome thee to Heaven !
The Djiiis;.
Oh. mother, make my bed for me,
I'll ask it not again ;
Why are thy eyes so dim with tears .'
I would not give thee pain.
Father, dear father, ero I die.
Draw near my couch of death,
And eal thy blessing, ere 1 yield
My last expiring breath.
Sitter stretch out thy trcmgling hand,
1 feel I'm dving now ;
Wipe oil those tear-drops from the eyes,
And smooth my humming brow
Brother, breathe nut thy last fniewell,
And give thy parting kiss,
F.re my freed spirit takes ils flight.
To you bright world of bliss.
Friends of my gay and joyous hours,
I've loved you deep and long,
Breathe out for me one parting prayer,
And sing one parting song.
Farewell ! but when I'm laid ttmv-t j
Breathe not for me a sigh ;
Death comes ! it was a gi iel to live,
An endle-s bliss to die.
ohkmnalT"
Random Shots No- 3-
BV NONDBSCKII'T.
Smoking and Charing.
It is said by ninny people whose heads
are on their shoulders, that a man may as
well be oul of the world, as out of the fash,
ion and nothing is too rcdieulous in the
matter of dress or manners for them to a
lopt. Most men smoke and chew and
wear coats and pants nf a peculiar cut and
fashion, because that appears to he the
ruling style of chestnut street. They re
mind tnc of a Lady who had been on a vis
it to Philadelphia, and was very much ela
ted in consequence. After her return home
the conversation in a company of which
she made one, happened to turn upon no
ses; in which the Grecian. Koman and
African, came in for a due share of praise
and censure. This ornamental member of
the l.adv's face, happened to be most de
cidpdlv Roman: and ,'P,i being asked
her preference she replied with a preat
deal of naivete. " I very much prefer Ro.
jnan nones, they are all the fashion in the
city."
' It is fashionable iid gmllemanly lo
..iiiokf," say these xtitiirc:, of viilcm.
i'lii.vTKif .mi rmrisui
BL00MSBU11G, COLUMBIA CO., SATUHDAY, MARCH 3, 1849.
iiluiut a single item of benefit to their
constitutions and at tho expensn of their
income, they pull' and spit, until they them-1
selves as well as the company, are com- j
pletely disgusted. How a delicate lady
can permit u walking representative of a
Tobacco shop to approach the confines of!
her ruby lips, surpasses my understanding.
Now how is it fashionable ? The most
degraded loafer who comes up regularly
before the Mayor for sentence, is according
to these wise-acres, the most fashionable.
Ily the same rule of reasoning he is also a
gentleman ; and yet few of our young
llucks would like to walk down street with
their fashionable and gentlemanly brethern
Hut it may be answered, it takes something
more than Plunking and chewing to make
a gentleman.
Let me ask then, cannot a man be a
most perfect gentleman, and neither smoke,
chew nor snufP Do cither of these pract
ices make a man cither dignified or grace
ful? Some physicians have given in their opin
ion in favor of the medical qualities of to.
bacco. Not having the honor of belonging to
this very useful and meritorious profession,
I tihall not take upon me the task of deny,
ing this position, but shall merely say, that
so far as my reading extends, the majority
of authorities lean to the other side of the
question. Tobacco, according to the fol
lowers of this pernicious practice, is a sover
eign panacea forall the "ills that flesh is heir
to;" curing the water-brash, tooth-ache,
heart-burn, stimulating and strengthening
the system, making lean people fat, and fat
ones lean. It is the human system, like a
whig United Slates Hank, in the political
system; the balance wheal, regulator and
preserver of all things.
Smoking, chewing, snuffing and drinking
are nothing in the world but nasty, disgus
ting practices. "I have smoked says one
ever since I was ten years old ;'? and "says
another," never smoked till I was thirty.
1'he hoy smoked because his companions
did ; and the man, for the same most ex
cellent reason. Upon meeting after his first
collegiate year, an old schoohmate of mine-;
a segar which he was leisurely puffing,
first attracted my attention. "Why P,
said I, you surely do not smoke." " Yes
said ho I learned to smoke at College.
You would soon learn to smoke, drink and
swear in college,
Phis did not lend lo exalt my idea of
college rules and regulations, but it did
serve to prove, that people smoke for fash
ion sake, and that mankind are very much
like a flock of sheep.
"I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled
From a blazing segar that a lanfer was near."
Is it not really singular that young men,
otherwise well-bred and genteel, can so far
forget themselves as to turn their mouth in- j
, ,'i , c , , ,
to the crater ol a immature volcano? Iii-I
!
temperance in ron2 drink is not a greater ;
curse than the practice of smoking and '
chewing, Although not so rappid,' the fa-1
tal consequences are just as certain. It is
tnlm Ihol oe v,,,r , ..Ill
chew all these evil and pernicious practi
ces ; and grow up tidy, neat, genleel and
sweet breathed men, keeping mouth, shirt
bosom and spittoon (dean.
A Skttkr . A raw boy, con. ing into a printing
office to learn the bnsine-s, the lorem,niaked Ibc
ijuestion :
"Have yon ever set any " meaning type, of
coin se.
"Set ! reckon I kin ; haven't I s-t all nor eld
hens, and didn't everyone on 'em hatch out every
egg put 'mnider 'em except old Speckle, that
went off and left her nest consarn her
picter!"
"Vnu"ll do," said the loremnn. "I don't !
want you to set hens, mt to set at that tand." ;
"Waul that's fpiare; vou want ine to sit at a ,
stand, like them s.-t of 'fellers pi-kin' up them
little jigamarc s.dn you .' Waal here gor.,." !
John went to work.aud "learnt his Inters" al ;
case, until he could c mpose and punctuate enr-
renlvso loathe is now-a fust rale setter and!
rjnii"pr
-"NC-
Ativtvr. Ji-n'.i: A vo-ng lawt-r having been '
a keri hy a judg w hether in thi- Irinasmigralinn
souls he would preler being turned in'0 horse
or an ass !"
"An ass," quickiy replied the lawyer.
"Why :" says the judge.
"Perausp I have hcarl of an a:i3 hcin a I'ldgc,
toil, nnei a hone '
Written lor Neal's Saturday Gazette.
Till: WIDOW IHJIIOTT
Writes to her Daughter, Jirs. Jupi
tir Smith.
Dear Mki.isst :-I now take my pen in hand
to tell you that I ruther guess you'll be considra
bly astonished when you read what I set down
to rite. I've got some news to tell that you cant
guess if you try till next never, so you may as
well give it up lurst afore you begin. And you
aint to let on a word about it only to Jubitcr and
Kierand Seliny. Come to think, 1 (lout care if
yon tell Sam I'endergrasfes wife, bein as how
she's a partickler friend o'mine. Hut dont ou
open yer head about it to no other individdiwal
lor I want to supprise the Wiggletown folks,
and make cm open ther eyes a leetlo. Come lo
considder, I gneu you'd better not tell Miss Pen
dergrass, for I me alraid she cant keep it lo her
self. She might let it out to the Kenipes, ami
they'd tell the Crosby, and the Crosbys they'd
carry it strait to Major Coon's wife, and she'd be j
sure to tell old Dawson's wife, (the widder Jin
kins that was she 'twas Pool Bingham,) and she's
tho veiry undentical person I want lo keep it
from till it busts upon her all of a sudding, like a
thunderclap. 1 guess lie let her know'l 1 can
hold my head as high as hern in futur, for who
did she git but a decrippid old bung head thai she
wouldn't a hail if she could a got anybody else.
I guess on the hull you hadn't better say nothing
about it to Kier's wife, for fear she'll tell her folks,
and they'll sartaii.ly divulgate it all round. If
)ou dew tel her, you make her promise she wont
hint a sillyble about it to her stepmother she
'twas Keait-r Winkle nor lo nobody else. You
must all keep it a pel found secret till I come.
If nothing happens lopervent, we thai 1 be in
Wiggletown next week a Saturday, on our bridle
tewer. A Sunday momin we calkilate to go to
meet in long a you and Jupiter, and in the arter
noon we shall tend the baptist ineetin. I tell e,
wont ther he some starin' in Wiggletow n thai
day. I guess they'll find nut that line as good as
anny on em if not a lectle beler. Ishant hev on
nonu o' the things they've ever seen me wear.
My riggin 'is to be intirely new. Yer uncle .My.
wire has made me a present of a handsome icen
merino dress, and yer aunt Magwire has gin me a
new brown velvet bunnit, and yer cousin Jclicr
s in has preented me a uelegaiit. plnd shaw I, anil
I calkilate lo come out in em all in Wile.
town.
Speakin o' my ne .v wardrobes, reminds me lo
tell you that if Jalie Clark comes your way a perl
dim, not to trade a cents worth with hi in . You
remember how he come it over me almut the shoes
dont ye ? Well its amain 1 should ever lie such
a fool as lo be took in by hi in agin but so 'twas.
He come along here a spell ago, and sarvrd nm
the .i.vliillesi trick that ever you heerd on. 1 wa
ahum in the house jer aunt had went to a sick
iij'iois's, and the way he cheated me was pci Ceci
ly dretlul. My blud bib's now a thinkin on 't.
lie pretended he'd experienced religion, and la
mented over the w ay he used lo cheat and lie ;
ami as true as live and breathe, net i lly got round
me so 't he pres waded me tu swop away a nele
gant stun colored silk that cost me a dollar a yard,
Cor a miserable slay stripid cousain, that he said
was all the fashion now called it "grody llewrj"
and what makes it more aggravatiu, math..- nm
pay tew dollais to boot. Hut that want the wi.st
on 't. for come lo enroll it, we found that thiee
or four v;irds awav at tother eend on 'I was all
daminidgcd and stained up twant fit for nothing.
Ytr aui" was "iai1 at ,,IC f"r b,'in so ,,,,,k '" aml
er uncle he latll and hectoied me, and went on
, , , . , ,
about it von know what a critter he is to bolher
a ,,0),,Iv. 'At last 1 buMed out a cyin, and went
,, H and shut mvself iiii in my room, and st.iM d
there till tea time and when I come down, lo
;imI behold, jer uncle slept up and handed me a
new green merino divss-he'd ben oil to the More
and bought it a purpose for me, fringe and but.
tons and evei uhing to tiim itwilhaiid he got
it made up, and it sits like a dandy and tiu
gwine lobe married iu it. Hut I cant help lei nn
awfully gauled aliout the silk. I took il to Par
ker and IVttihone's and swoppt fit fur some things
1 wanted. They wouldn't allow ine but eighteen
pence a yard, anil '(was all 'twas Worth.
Jane
made me lake a rupple o' haiikeichers, tew, lor a 1
dollar a piece said he'd stake his reperlation on
: 't they want half cotton and no umre tin y want,
I for come to dew em nil, lliev showed out plain
'rMn ,,at tln-y was all cotton did you i-ver
j. , rim1 1 . e,,,r lewiuade him pay live
; ,i,,uJr, fr a bn..um p in said 'Iwas topi sot in
i;..hl, ami it Iui immI -ml tu l- yallar glass Willi a
1 pinchhack run round it. I was clear out o' pa-
shence Willi the elder lor bein so mem but sil-
tjwdtd b I was I couliin'l say nothing e know. I
1 ever 1 come a.-n-t Jane I. Urn agin, il lie i.ont
ketch il, no in .tu r. liul l.ne wondeiful hi..y
about thc-ie days and o no uioik at present lioui
your atieciionate iiiotl.. r.
I'bissii.i.a P. Puiorr.
P.S. (iive n,y love tolopiler. Inie gratihed
to hear that tiie baby is so toi raid. What do you
calkilate tocad him ! I hop it wont be Jupiter
-fr somehow I dool .-...dly like Ihe name,
f tho' il sounds well l',r a man. Iut nonl in nil
favor name him arter ,r par. 11,-xekicrs an
awful name. Ho-.v do you l.I.e Shadrai k 'Unit's
the name nf his prandial htr Ihat'i to hr . Vr unci--
and nnnl ar.d JeV ncndi love P. P b.
P S Y r ria .in I ell -xrA prrmirsion to n1
tt. . '-'rr, and h' I hurt l i vo, who i:,
agwine to be iii'irned lew , nor when teweddin's
to be nor nothing. Put taint to he wnndi n d at
that I I'm got, for Ive gut such a numerous number
o' things lo think on now . My future companion
is the baptist minister ol this place by the name
Klder Snillles. The way we come aciiainli d v. as
iuite singular. You see 1 took to attemlin his
ineetin because the presbytei ian minister lieu
is such small potatoes that I" ant eddilyiu lor me
to set under his preachiu, and under.slaudiu I ii.it
filer Snillles was a tery gilled man I thought hie
go to hear him. Well, I liked him wonderful
well, he's a wondciful speaker and his prayers is
highly interestin. So I goes to hear him a num
ber o' '.hues. He obsai ved me and was ividently
pleased with Ine but dining all the time I was
ciealin such a sensation in his lectins I never
knowd but what he had a wife. How 1 tiVMeel
when I found out he was a widileiwcr. I was
dretlully flustraled, and kep iny.-elf as scefce as
possible. But he Collered me up and paraevered,
till ai last 1 consented lo accept of him. Its so
moloncolly lo be alone in (he world, and then,
ministers, dont grow on every hush The weddin
is to take place next week a Wensday eveniu at
yer uncle's. Klder Yawpers, from slahlown, is
lo reform the ceremony and preach in elder Snif-
. ,
ueses place me utxi cj"o,iiii neu we iu j;i,oe.
The elder lives in a gamble rulfl jailer house
I mean to make In in put wings to'l and make it
look rulherinoie fashionable. 1 1 si, ins on a de
sending elevation that slants dow u to the caliaw I
on one side, and not fur behind il is a iiiorautic
grove. He haint no family but. a lillle highly
tighly gal that they brought up. I tell ye if I
dont make her stan round when I gel there lme
mistaken. We shall stall lor wiggletown a Thins-
day, in the stage and git there, I spnse, a Satur- )
dav evenin. Now Melisy Smith remember Mime I
lo keep it a profound secret. 1 dont want oolimly
in Wiggleton to know a word about it till they I
sue us come a walkin into iieciiu. Il you ansci ,
Ihis afore we come, diieet your letter to the rev- ;
eiend Mrs. .Snillles. j
Your alleclionate mar, j
P. P. tie.miTT.
(.lilt next week.)
P.S. Ive writ an elegy on my marriage that
Jell thinks is one o' my best poiun. He's gwine
lo send it to be rinled in the Scialdde Hill Lu
minal), right under the marntge, notice. He's a
keeping it from his par and mar, cm1 ihey haiot
Mo sense o'poiti) yer aunt espesheiiy has always
disencurridged inywiilin lor the papers. Iiut
she can't help herself. I'. P. 1).
from the Scrabble 1 1 ill Louna.ry.
Mahhied. In this village m Wed., the '.'"ill
... -i
i list., ny ine iev l.i, ler rawpeis, oi miuwowu. ine
Rev. (). Siiapii cit Sniih.is, ol Scrabble Hill,'
lo Mrs. Phism.i.a P. IHax.iT, lelicl ol i In; late
deacon He.ekiall ttcdutt, , of Wiggletown.
The lair bride has sent u the following inor- i
reau which nor readers w ill unite Ai'b us in J
pi uncing eijUi.l to a loriMr eflusion from the !
same gifted pen. We wish the happy pair all the
lelicily which their distinguish! d abilities mi rich !
ly merit. Km. Lc.m.
To Mhadrack.
Pii.ssilla the fair and Shudiack the i.-p,
Have united iheir lorlune iu the lendere.t ol tics ;
And being mutually joined in the maliiiimniul
connexion,
Have bid adoo to Iheir previous alllii'tion.
No more will they mourn their width-red sittiwa
tioii, And continue!' lo sythe without mitigation ;
Pint partlners tor lift: to be parted no more,
Their stirrers is eeutkd, their ItouMes is o'er.
I) Shadrick, my Shatirack ! Prissilla did speak,
While the rosy red blushes surmantled her
cheek,
And the tears ol aHeetinii bedoozlitl her eve,
0 Shadrack, my Shailrack ! I'm joutu till I din!
The heart that was scornful and could ns a stun,
!.h stiiicndt rd at last to the Ciilinit one;
l-'arewel to I lie miseries and griets I have had,
pj .Vl,. desart thee, 1 1 Shadraek, my Shad !
The Itnw Mad-rial,
A creen "tin in the iS'ew York Spirit
,-ives the following :u his experience in the :
oyster line :
'I never seed any of the animals till I
went to New Orleans."
One niiiht a friend of mine said to me,
"are vou fond of oyslers .'"'
I aint notion' else,' says I.
'Keekon,' says he, 'I can push more
(iau any living Ulan.'
(j ( , ( you.'savs I,
a-id 111 bait on that."
Done says he, 'we'll bet suppers, and
go right out and get 'em.'
Yr went into what we called a roasled
rat, and arter we sot down, he asked nie
how I'd take 'em.'
I didn't know w hat lo say, and I told him
I'd lake 'cm any way he c.'uoo.-e. j
'Waiter '.' he sung oui: 'bring us a rhucn
law lo begin, then a slew, and afu r thr.t a
dozen fried !
Puttvenon a Ml"- widihi? shirt tail
li.'ingirg rl n before, ,ot ih
plal! full
of nasty slimy lookin' tilings, that made me
gag to look at 'em. I d issent .say a word
for fear ol'beiu' found out but ef I didn't,
imbide the brandy to keep them oysters in !
their places ils a pity I was in for it, as
1 1 ;.l ... 1 i ii , , . .
.union n.ini n lieu lie swallowed till! Wllii
ami had nollnti to do lint swallow ami gag.
My friend seed I looked kinder down in
the mouth, and so he ordered in shampane
.. . I ;. ... .. , . '
in hi; m.i III, iu l.ll.ii: Illy rjlll lis, ;i(l l Wailt
long alore it. did it raised the spirits and
the oysters too ; both come up together.
I had the supper to pay but selllin' the
bill didu'l settle my stomach. Howl got
lobed 1 disiemember, but my friend and I
had the same room and he'd eat and drank
himself into putty much the same fix as
me. So we spent the night performiu' the
cataract of Nia.oary. I played theAnieri-
I '';m illu' played the opposite shore,
j The full particulars of the performance
j WilH fmlllt jn the small bills we paid at the
! i i i o .,
bar the next niorniu I vc never said tur-
key about eatiu' oysters since. All this
you see come, for beiu' so orful smart.'.
A Flower.
'('here's not a heath, however rude,
Hut hath some hide llower,
To brighteds up its .solitude,
And scent Hie evening hour.
There's not a heait. however cast
Hv gr.ef and sorrow down,
But hath some meiicry ol the pa.it.
To love and call H own.
Goethe says: "I see no fault committed that 1
have not committed myself." Had the getkman
committed suicide.
Zoov KicharcT Sating.
Some grow mad by studjing much lo know,
iiut who grows mad liy Motiving good lo grow ?
An egg to-day is teller l ban a hen to morrow.
Law, like ci, li-i,l,s, catches small (lies,
Great on, s break through before your eyes.
If pride leads the van, beggery brings up the
I ear.
Keep thy , hop and tin ihop will keep then.
God heals, and the doctor takes I he fees.
)lt. ,h. woui(I (jvein pe ice and at ease,
Mu' "t speak all he knows, nor judge all I
sees.
He that ran travel well afoot, keeps a good
loose.
The worst wheel of the carl makes the most
noise.
He that falls in love with himself will have no
rivals.
Auainst diseasns here, the strongest fence,
Is the ill Iriixii'e irtuc, Abstinence.
Tart won!., make no fiientls; a spoonful of hon
ey will tdtcli mine tlies than a gallon of vine
gar. Drive thy business or il will drive thee.
Keware of lillle expenses; a small leak will
sink a great ship.
An ounce of wit that's bought,
Is worth a pound that is taught.
A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gen
tleman on his knees.
Mad kings autl mad hulls are not lo be held by
treaties ami pack thread.
What mountains one vice would bring up two
children.
A mob's monster ; head enough, but no brain.
Nothing humbler than ambition when it is
about to clinili.
The discontented man funis no easy chair.
When prosperity was well mounted, she let go
the In ill le, and .soon came tumbling mil ol the sad-
' die.
i The mnstei's eye will do more work than both
j his hands
A change of future hurts a wise man no more
i than a change in the moon.
. false friend and a shadow attend only while
ine sun jni'ies.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep
You shall have corn to sell and to keep.
If you would not be forgotten an soon a yn
an: dead and rotten, either write things woith
" ur d" '"'" wnrth wril'-
v. . i .: i: .i .
Nothing dries sooner than a tear
Scarlet, silk and velvet have put out the kitch
en lire.
The first mistake it. public business is the go
ing into it.
The idle man is the devil's hireling; whose
livery is rags, whose diet and wages are famine
and disgrace.
ICings and bears olten worry their keepers.
He's a fool tha makes his doctor l is heir.
Ne'r take a wife till thou hast a house to put
her in.
I.ove well, whip well.
Hunger never saw had bread,
(ireat talkers, little doers.
A rich rogue is like a fat hoc,
Who never does good till its dead as a log.
Tools make feasts and wise men eat them.
The pior have bulr beggars none.
The rich loo much enough not one.
Mankind arc vi o,!d Cieatorcs. One hall'
. : . 1 i. . . , .
censote what tney praciiM , ton otiiLr n,ii-pi,.f-
h-e what they ceriMiic. Ihe rest alwy say ant! ;
do as they nugrit.
If vou would keep a secret from an enemy, tell I
it not to a trienrt. j
Olil hnvs have their playthings as well as young i
ones; th difference is onlv in the. price.
Ifmnoould hv.c hm wi.hc, he would c'oublc '
his tiou'.V', j
I
OLD SLHILS-i'OL. TWELVE'
VOL: 2, NUMBER 50.
The tJrand Su n I of Masonry.
l'l' OVi:ii:i HV A l.ADY.
Imuanai'oi.is, June 17. 18 IS.
Milof 11, vim:: -Tim following met
ilenl ijreds in ill,, ,. ,,r,,r
1 1 1 speaks hsi-IC. f V(lll ,itlk jt worl,..
j "j indication um will pleas,; givu
! 1 - 1 ,u"u ,"""l'-''-
' (, ISIl lo a lieiirlilnni,
'oritur eilv recent-
J
called at the house of mv fVi I It
wiih whom I had long been acquainted.
To my astonishment, I found his lady read
ing a .Masonic paper. asked her what
change had come over her that she could
not only admit such a paper to her house,
but could nil down to us perusal -lor I
knew her father's family w,..a. uuwwr the
most vindictive, hitler, pro.seripuve, anti
masons, that ever h it the iul'e, ted district
m New ork. She replied it she had
discovered ihe grand secret of Masonry ;
and if it would be agreeable to me, she
would relate how she came to make the
discovery. I requested her to proceed,
which she did as follows :
noon alter vou
ell here last fall 1
learnei
to my extreme mortification, that
my husband had become
a mason. J ;,t-
iriDiited it to your iniluem.v, and I iiou-d
not say what my feelings were toward
you or my husband. I -.v. once came to
the conclusion that my domestic happiness
was at an end : but resolved that my
conduct in all the icl.uhn.s of wife and
mother .should be such, that the world
should see that I had done all a woman
should do. Some three or four mouih.-i
after I hud learned my hashand hail joined
the masons, a circumstance occurred tha,
for the lirst lime, gave me any reason to
doubt his integrity. h was one of tin:
coldest nights last winter, that in v husband
returned at a late hour, and said lo um :
' .Margaret, cannot you do without your
blanket shawl ? I replied ihat I could.
lie asked ine lo get ii fur I,;,,,, and nritig
hiin a bed spread or comforl. 1 handed
the articles to him, and he immediately
left the house. 1 went lo ihe window, and
by the lights from llie lamps. 1 discover
ed another man with a large basket the
shawl and comfort were plaeeJ in it, and
they soon disappeared. My husband re
turned in about half an hour-1 had reti
red and he had every reason to suppose
that 1 was asleep, but 1 was nit, nei)(..p
did I close inv eves wild sle(
that itc'ht.
1 expected in ihe morniiio-
i i - -
is a matter of
siory prepa-
course, he would have some
i ... i i
ii-u io iwpiaiu ins mysterious, conduct.
This he l-iiled to do. which induced me to
Keep a sharp look out (or mv s!
it - .- i , i
lawi. I if
1 knew II I etiultl ouee oe hi
I would be aide lo unravel lii
yes o;t ih,.,,
w h.ji'r tin s-
- I "as mi
lery. I! was mil lono- after.
the street, that a leinale whisked along- p:ust
me, upon whom I discovered mv .-hall !
The good for nothing hussy, 'thought i,
while a glow of triumph thrilled eu-rv
nerve, and quit kened my pace in ihe pur
suit. I followed her 'closely ,(,m ,mi;
street to another into the founli siorv of a
book bindery. 1 saw her very composed
ly lay aside her shawl, and sit'tlown to her
work where, uracil on by thai insnti.-.lilo
desire to get the clew to my husband's per
fidy, 1 soon learned the street and number
of her residence, and immediately left lor
it. I was not mistaken cither, for I siu-
my comfort there. ''he. whole .secret iiasli
ed upon my mind at once as clearly as i:'
it had been written wi;h a. sanlieaia" troia
Heaven. 'J'here 1 found a widdowed i.ioih
er, in the last stare of eou-mptiuii, ainl
three children dependent u;;ui, the scaniv
pittance earned l;y the tiJ. r :'l-;ti r. whom
1 had so i;i::pi-j:oti.-iv toilov.ed. i leu.neil
from the !:!." nf ii;.- dvimr wi a Je.-Si.it,
that in ad n, y phiii-oj-liv I led ijo,,;
dreamed t.f uci, a 1 ,1.- t:f : ..r.-ow. I hail
never before iistciied to and m hen i in- hml
rt-lnted the tleed ( f charily, thai I ad heeii
the cause of all my unhappincss, I Celt thm
there was nut room in m v bosom lo appre
ciate the disinterested benevolence of mv
husband. She said do not know how
we .should have lived, bin for the kindness
of two persons who came here lale one
niirhl, ami left a basket filled with provi
sions, some bed cloths, a shawl, and live
dollars. They just opened the door and
set in the basket saying, ' accept ihS j,nd
ask no questions,' "and left before I ud
time to inquire their names. I ,0 not
know who they were ; anil I have ha,l
some doubts from where these things came
but I never foroet in my daily prayer to
Him who opened' His hand and fillefh th
; poor with bread, ihat if these were men,
i them and theirs miihl lie saved from the
sorrows and alllic linns wiih vhteh have
! bt en visited.' I h ft ihe bi'iise ,i better
""Ulan ihtll I HUrred il.'
. . . t
Hut the grand
I -' I thoiti'ht
i cit I ii in.isr,i:i . salt
v,ni were to il me what il is '" She re.
plied, i.v, to dn pood and not te'l of
.... , . , . ,
lM.llirl,!i ue do' and those
v'r,1 '"c M'0111 "'',t'llf( ihe same
ti.ilanct .