M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, August 30, 1860, Image 1

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VOL. 3.
Olottittyilocrat.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BLURRING,
By 1. B. OVIAIIII,,
SM ETHPORT;." . WKEAN COUNTY • PA.
- 0 . 1410 E, O. E. oORNEIt. OB I? BLIC BQIIAItE
TERMS: -- - $1 . 50 in Advance
Rates of Advertising.
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Business Cards,. with paper,....:... s'oo
Ante Or ,ilgtire work will 'he double the above. rates,
'Twelve lines Breviei:type, or eight lines nonpareil, is
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These Teress willho strictly* adhered fo.:_ni •
Businetis i]llirectorv.
DENTISTRY.
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' .De:ISE, A. Sritioue . would respectfully announce to the
citizens' of Enactliperfatid iicinitya• that he has . fitte(V
up an office., and it preparedto attend to all business
- - in hie profession. Artificial teeth, inserted ' -upon sci
' ,• entitle. principles, and ilo an-to preeeive the natural es,
. ' • precision of the face . All Operations in lleiatal Surgery
... -•done in.a skillful manner. •• • . ...- . . , • . ..
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•ThENTIST, would reape,ctfully Intone the inhabitant,
15. of Olean and surrounding country that helms lo
cated himself permanently in,Olean, for the practice, of
hill profession, where he will be prepared. to wait on all
who choose to givo him atoll.' Office over 0 'II. Thing's
Dry Goods Store:.
' Olean, May 12,18 . 60: • .•, • r 3-4
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A.F. BARD; Proprietor, Olean," N. N. Y.,.:
Omnibus runs
. to and from the New York.nnd Erie hail Bead. Stages
for Smettapert and Ceres.. . . . '. . - - _ - - -
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•.§..1 os4dan Pronriet,Or.., :Ridgway. Pa: Vila hotel is
new and fturaisbed in' modern style,icas ample sccoin
modations, and is, In all respects, a First Class Hotel. .
' .. iiti4gway,'ElkCo'. Pa.. May 2.1; 14. 4 60 .. ' . . .
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ELDRED' HOTEL,
Proprietne, bonne Is situated.
.'way between Smethport and Olean. A Convonien
an commodious bons 3,.attentivet .and obliging attend
ants, and low prices. • . . • * 1
Eldred; Iday.l7. 18600 • . ' •
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'A - D FEANtIN -
B - urveyor; Dritisman'. Conveyincer, and 'Beal .Estato
Agent. , Swethport, liVlCean county, Pa. .
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. . • • 'A. N. TAYMM,
Dialer io*Dry Goods, Groceries, Pork, ricer, Ban, Fisli
Readp4ade .0101nog, Boots and Shoes. -. Smeilipoit,
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' • • • WILLIAM WLKIN;
'riactieal .Millwright, .34c
Port Allogliony, ;Mead county, Pa. , •
BROWN,
43URVEVOR.,'ERAFiR5tAN, OONVEYANORR and Real
Estate Agent; Office, Williasville, Elk 00. Penu'a
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; phapin &Boyle,' Ewes., Bidgwey, Pa
Thorns Struther3, •• Warren,: Pli
W.:B. Brownell, -.Beg:, .....--. Smetlinort, Pa
Hon. I. Vista. Pa
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joiN 11. Ifni Pr*ietor, corner of Water and Iliekay.
• streets,•Warren, Pa.
,General Sfnge,olllco,,' ' *.
*OBES HOUSE,
*fronting the Publin Square,' Olean, N. Y . .. JAMES M.
MILLER. Proprietor. The Pubes 'UouSe is entirely new
:and built Of brick, and is 'fiirnished . in modern style.
The 'proprietor liatterwhiniself that his arcommoda.
Cons are.not surpassed by any hotel in Western New
York. Carriages run to and from the . .Weiv . York and
Erie Rail Road: • • . •
BYRON D. HAX.IIIf,
,ATTOItNEY• 4T LW; 13metliporti 111'Kocio • County. P.
• Agnnt for -Reeerc, Keathq . Co!s Lands -5l tent
eapecially, to the ollectio n• of Claims; Examination r.
'Land TRIeR; • Payment Of Taael4,;and alt business rel:i
iing to Real Estate: • Office iu Hamlin IMock
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GREEN'S HOTEL
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P. A. Waton . ..r; ProPrietor,—iq • Ehazus, WsCrtm county
• • Pai: Illii Tablolrill be supplied . with tho hest Alto,
"..country afforpr, and he spare iio piane in aceotuudaii.g.
Alia guests. •
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t. 'BOUGHT.ON !LDREDi;...
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;Attorney and Odenselloi at Levi; San etlip or t , WT.:eel'
Countyi: Pa: Buefnexa entrinited to hia' tare for'llte
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couutiea of arEean, Potter and Elk will , be' prweptly
' attended to Wide in the Court Rouse, me.eoud floor..
DR, L . R; WISNER4
Physician and Suigoon,... 8111001 Oct, Pa, ;:will•attend to
idtprofessiotial calla with promptness.' -Mice inSart
- .wel I Block, second llooi; • • , •
THING 'Bc,.3IIILLER,
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'4YholesalS and lota!' Dealers in 'Staple, and. Fancy' Dry
• - Goods, Carpethlg,//eatly Made Clothing; and - General
furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Wall 'end Window
• Paper, ibooking elssses.Sco. At Olean: N. Y. • - .
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Porothport, Mt!Coin' 00., Ph: b.. It. BEltiik:rri Propiio
tor—opposite the Court Hong°. A..pow . ; . large', dam
modiOus and willaurnishod house... •
JOHN C. BACicvs,
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Attorney and Cquaieller at Lavf,'Smettipor4,l l l'Kean Co
Pa. Will attend 'to all busineas in hts profeteion in the
counties otiti , gean, Potter and Elk. Office over O. K.
Sartwell Sr; Brothers' Store: . . .
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HACKNEY HOUSE,
Corner of Second and Liberty streets, Warren, Pa..
A.:BARBOR, Proprietor '. Travelers will fin good an
' ,coannodations and reasonable eba,rges. • • '
E. S. MASON,
Dealer In . Stoves, 'Tin Ware, Jappaned Ware, , &C.,'Nrest
aide Of- the Public Powtre, Smothport, Pa.. Ouete
work dOne to Order on the shortest, notice, and in the
moat substantial mannef. • • . •.. •. ,
W. El. BROWNELL,
peillee, in Dry coeds, Groceries, Crockery, Hardware;
• Boots, Shoes, Hate, Cape , Glass, -Nana,ls, &e., &c.
East side of, the Public Squinre, Binettinort, Pa. . '
,LARABEE'S HOTEL,
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R. Lint]ilig, Proprietor , —Alleghony Bridge, 14 , 1Cean
Oci ~ Pit. Thichouoti ix attuatod.about uino miles from
Binothport on the road to Olean, and trill ,u found a
• oonienient atappliig-pliao , . . , •, .. •
EMPORIUM HOUSE;
Shippen, .11I'Kenei Co., Pa. DYKE;' Proprietor
• 4 eetnnaodirium and well-furnished bowie. Strang4 re
nod ,Lierelera Will find .good accommodations:
FARMERS' "'VALLEY HOTEL,
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py T. Goonwin. Thii house Maltuated abut flvo nat°,
from Smethport an the road to Olean:. Pi4SHUre parties
40 011ie oar' be accommodated on thn shortest notice..
PORT ALLEGANY MIME,
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Eveciit R. Daum', Proprietor, at Port Allagimy, Ma
xon County, Pa. • Tilio hotel ivnituated at the June-.
.tinn Smethport 'taut Allegany River toads, nine
mile tpf I . 3methport. •..
ASTcya. HOUSE,
53IETIAPARIC,M I KEAN Co,. Pa
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WM. •HASICELL • ::".' :. :. • i .Proprietoi.•
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Thin Tiouee:is I'oll calculated for the accommodation,
of the Tr Belling Public; haying; recently been repaired
and remodeled. Good Burns and Stablea. Chargee rea-
Boilable. 'Slum+ for Olean ;I. 4 lAppen nal Ridgway, '
Suielliport, July 2, 180. . • .- ,'- , • . '.:. •• :
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OUR BABY
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'Did you over see our baby . ? .
Little Tot,
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.Witicher her.eyes so sparkling bright
'And her Ekin'solilly white,
. • Lips and chicks of - rosy . light •. '
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• She is ,just the sweetest baby
'. In the tot.'.. '
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"And she is our only darling, • •
And tQ me,
.All her little ways are witty;
- And:when she sings herlittle ditty,' •
' .. .DverY word Is just as pretty
• A 9 can he— • •
Not anetlicr in the CRY
.You don't think soneier Buis , ' het; •.
Wish you could
See her with.her 14111).110'6o clattering,
•Ilear her little touguO•ei
Litte.dancing feet coin° pntteriFg—
Think you would.
Like her Just no well net do .
• If you.awild. , •
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.Every grandma's only darling,
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Is as sweet and bright a'blossont.
•Is a treasure to her
•Is as, cheer - log and .endea ring • , •
• , • Ai* rose, . • ••••• .
Heavenly Pallier!. spare thou. to Lis
• life'welose. • • • • .
-Personal Appearance of the Prince of
The' Tri4ernes „Halifax cot respondent . gives
he followingAeseriPtion of the Prince's person-'
al appearance:.. r<He•• was received 'uppn the
step's of theCwharlby Rear-Admir'aldliiline, and
led 'forwardto the Lieutenant-GoVernor. of ..the•
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province; Lord Magrave, near whom' he • Stood ,
during the" delivery ot - the.acldress of • the 'city;
and While reading his.Uwdrertly.•• Even at this
lifst.enit hasty View,:.otAll who noW..saw him
for the first time, not one • but was, agreeably.
inipressed. ,Tlith,e4treme delicacy and '.regiv.
larity of featiire, thorough refinement inlxpres
sion,and A countenance the natural 'a , ;Kmation.
of WhiCh was probably brightened by the excite
ment of the. mc;menti'Vvith unaffected dignity of
manner; and. e..gracefulness . of •bearing, that
showed itselfieven in thehriei• Passage to the
spot assigned for his reeeption,.ho needed rfeW
other..claimi to win theMostCordial acclarna ,
tionsolihiS welcomers, .He was 'dressed in
uniform olaColonel of the
hat
scarlet
coati black trousers, And hat With . .plurne..
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wore alio the brdad.ribbon of the. Garter. Erect
and well Toryned, this costume Was greatly .in
his'favor. All persons' were struck by the
youthfulness. of hia appearance, for which • the
knowledge of his precise age seemed nottehave
prepared them. As he:stocid :listening to the
reading of the address,. with undisturbed ternii&
sure,•end ih,easy attitude, he, looked as hand
some' young Englishman as the, most iealous
of his eirnild' have desir
ed.t.c;; find him. His face_ is not . Unlike the
Queen's, as we have it represented 'in rinitraits
and the forehead and, chin are still less romi
nent. His hair iSlight andhis corimlexio . very
Mir. Ills eye is bright. and - keen. ' other
features . nre large,but not ill-formed, and the
mouth is peculiarly 'expresSiVe•of Mirth. The
best likenesi I have seen of him is a steel len;
graviiig 'which - aceomprinied.a.'recentnam her of
a London Illustrated paper . ;. the li.Vert;.e of the,
td, which ie pert - def.' .• A' large
wood cut in Prank Leslie's. Norspa'per, which'
has reached thii place, is also excelent
evceptimt that the mouth is too hard'
and•crimpressed . .• In general effect, this like- .
ness is' very accurate.
Summer in the Country
The bright skies, gieen :trees, ripining corn;
broad ineadoWS, orchards• and gardens,lStreams
and
.rivers, the - ever-Varying and ever-beautiful
aspects: &the country wear.their rnost
'garb at this season ot,the year: and-those oluis
.who are compelled to dwell in the labyrinths'
of brickwork, called towns and eitias, sigh.. fOr
thq healthy breeze. and' briglit rape of Nature.— .
Wft.emongst tis-at this time'of Alie year, a
all events—would not- willingly: exchange all,
the pleasures Or toivn for a-quiet - 11614 the
want', wholesome 'air. • Air, says old
'Fuller, is a dish -tine feed's . on every minute,
and therefore must_ needs be . good. . We Want
light, Bod'seldest daughter; such a fair, blight
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light as never :shines in town....
.WO' want •a
pleasant prospecl;a medley of land and. Water;
spoething that.;shall refresh us with its beauty
and tranquility. We want a garden where' we
may:instigate, and sit beneath the shadow of
trees; a garden :that
,shall yield••us flowers
and fruits: We want A !lonia to live in, fit for
slimmer weather,that shall loop . pleasant, and
like a cheerful friend,.seem to ‘velcomeuS when
we come •lionitc_and that shall be thoroughly
Comfertable in all its arrangernenti:. • '
. How we. long for the pleasant walk' in the
shady larieL 7 for the ramble in the wood, where
of old 'we' gathered nuts and, blackherriesl for
the velvety meadow, where the lOunging kine.
are blinking M the sunshine! : for the path
through the Cornfields; on the yellow upland!
for the wide prospect .from the hill that stretch
es away to the sea.
Lord Bacon,tells us L'ucullus answered , Pom•
pey, well; ywhea-whenbe saw his 'stately gal
leries
toomS
. S'o large' end well-lighted in
ono of his houSes;salic . ‘Surely, an 'eyeellent
place for summer, but how do you do. iii
ter?"•
fhe . migration of the swallows. has engaged
the attention of every observani man, And.
Mie of the :many remarkable,;illustrations .of
animal instinet....' Winter: is , unknown to the
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swallows for they leave the green `meadows
before ,arriiieci; end live a . life of 'enjoyment
along the myrtle and orange, groves •of Italy
and the palins . of Africa: - ln. this respect we
cannot.copy their example, and indeed_ it would"
be tedious work; and bul-CoMparatively: few. of
us can adopt the plan of-Luctillus, possess our
selves of sePerate mansions especially suitable
for-simmer or winter; • but, ihanks to steam:
boats anil railways, we can enjoy the' fresh. air'
and green fields for trille,:coming' hack .to
theirliOines, wherever they: may be,
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better.and 'brighter •:for our trip , —our frames
iovigoratetYby the chaOgo ()fair 'node of
lil'r, and Our.rnintl3 :,torc.l ideal:. •
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,COUNTY; PA : j .. 171 . 0R-$ll4 t . :AUGUST , dc , :.: 1 4.00.
A few yearsago- . -it was not Yes's' than': ferty,
=my little:home flock wasled; In the - matter
ofljeurs, by .daughter Minnie=a pretty. named,
alWaya thought:'' ,Minnie was a good child, and
heingthe first-born,Warr half maternal, in . , her
management of the later Comers; even down to,
little !c•Pigeon," the 'later:466d tiniest:of all., •
.• The picture of Minnie'ii just as freah'
.my•
rhemory.as 'though thefortylrears w,hieLltave
simmered and, evaporated since had been weeks
'instead. But it:is a father's eye that looks over'
these years at Minnie, and the beautY. may be.
half fancy-a 'sort affectionate •
Those we rove are transparent, you: knoWL we
who 'love them ; look through, into the heart,
and then Imagine .it-isaur•face 7 .tint . of which we
are thinking: '
This, much. I Arnow, Jlrfinnie wig the, best Most,
affectionate and wildest . .of daughterd,-one of
those spirited but industrious little, creatures
upon .tvhose enterprise' and Met the greatest and
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strongest of 'di lefin..' • •
want five, or six breadths in
this skirt?'.' her mother would arm, ' • '
Looking;up with junta little knitting of .the
foreheady - : after a • monient'S :thought; Alianic
would answer: • I
I think five . Will 'mother,". and hire , it
can hear, even now, the voice . of Minnie's .
mother3--sliOhas been gone . twenty' years, dear
heart!—Calling . frotri : the head Ofthe stairs: •
"Minnie!. Say, Minnie!". , •
gelirhat;'motherV,' • • ••
“What ah.all 'we.have for dinner to-day?"'-
ciYou - are tiied, mother;:let's -shave: a little
ham and•gorre eggs, with some , peas . from the
garden, and iiread."...That•settled the
.bill Of
- And so it, was through the• the livelong (Inn
ler,in all domestic policy, lqinnie, 'though only
prithe minister, possessed • regal poiver.
At.this tin : in--this- forty years ago-4 was, of
coorse,.in•the prime Of , life, aiid7ull of the cares'
and responsibilities Which closternin‘ cling, to
ones manhood. I was largely. engaged. in nc
live business, received 'some slight eyidende of
publii:conlidence, saw a large farnily..cciming
up about me-from all of•which my natural pas:
itiveness and force of character recciVed , more
or less strengthening. . • • • .
• One night, when the last candle had been ex 7
- tingufsbed.andnll ivas: hushed, my wife `said
'with some aniciekg of.tone: • •
‘ , llnsband,'l feel a••little, anxious about 'our .
Minnie."
''"Minnie? Why', what's the: matter,'is '
'sick?" •
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"Nd, she isn't sick, but—"..' • • r :
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mean she seems' to be
well I'm atrid she likes. Jemmy Brun.", . •
•:"Jemmy Brio! She'd bitter not:": And•l
leaped to the door' and walked to the' Window:
!. , .I . emirly Brun and our
.Minniela pretty
match?"
• c‘l was, afraid yob would
.be disturbed, dear
buttloiertakeit so much
I 'dare say we can put g . stop to it." And moth-
erly sobs Caine from the pillow.
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'‘Put a stop to id -
Brun and our. giles I roill,put a Stop
to it." . .. • . • •
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And who was Jemmy . A3run? S. young'. man
of some: two years; residence iri the neighbor
hood, of. good 'habits . so far as rknew, but alto
gether and diametrically opposed to my taste,
tomy ideal-of manliness. had always .wor;
shipped business tact:and enterprise.. It had'
taken me, When a penniless • boy, and;, brought
me up through.nemberless'difliculties to a posi . -
Aion of influence. That which was .found'
• My ;natu re when young, was thus nourished and
rooted through. all the after-years of Struggle rI-
D'etiing into. ; . ..
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The young man was . of aliterary turn at mind;
hadteught in an academy; -tcas a writer, it was
said, for one . or.two periodicak. w
There as';an
air of sentiment about • him,-ih. -and
- manners, Which. came precisely within .the .
Scope 'of my contempt. I had known it in oth
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ere—in strong business mrit- , --this • titter. con':
tempt for'the least nosaible . manifestatiOn' .of
sentiment; -.for those untbrifty felloWs whohave
never an eye for business;' but bang :ulion the
skirts of. tirought,:clasp the , imagery, and 'ride
upon rhythm.. You may aee it now every day
in cOmmercial,bousea. It springs.l•think, from
the absolute antagonism .of fact and.".ftincy—of
the figures Winch dot the pages. of • the ledger
and these which' illumine the linesof the •podt.
'.'The Muses frowned Upon me," said a German
poet, for keeping a . m:tont hooks:".. Undoubted.:
ly. Nor is the knight,cif the halrinCe sheet ices
intolerant totvaidthose miserablelellows whose,
entire steel{ in.trade can be stored. in a very
little cavity just behind the frontal bone. .
My good wife. Fiala , time .of it Cooling me:
doWn, and preventing' the adoption of most vi.o
lent Measures, Even wheal bedsurrandered to
her superior discretion, i chafed by times . like
a bear in banes's: If wife.bad not been almost
a Rarey intact, I should certainly have broken
into plungings even sooner thartl did. . .
.•Minnie.was - taken one day into •soletrin eon;
ference by lierthOther; with , anly'pnasy in , the
doorivuy as auditor. • But the child, though she
blushed very much', moved about from 'spat to
•seat t • and .torp pieces of•paper into bits, declared
that She was heart-Whole:Yet—r'cas why should
she not bet--for Jemoay Bruri.had , never said
,a
Word•to her which any man might not•haVe said
to'maiden.. : So wife and./ .got easy again.
But what shoidd I see oTe evening et twilight
while'saunte: ing out•under the sbadows'of spy
own gtove Of tercet oaks not far from the house, '
but two fi gures. flit ing slowly hither and-thith
er, among the dist et tree? Like a knave as
I was; I. sat on tl ground and Watched them: -
Watched them n rviously, glaringly, till I saw
Jetruriy,•BrOn.give Mihnie a- kiia onz'her lips,
andlook Aovingly after . ..her as she slipped awa ,
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L•wria'reelining upon the sward 'by her' path.
lloterininedto'rxieet and confront her there,•l
sat rind Watched her coming., • •
••'Certainly Minnie's• - faee ne ver wore that ; ex
pression Wore - . : It was not gleeful, but it was
radiant, and liar eyes 'which were bent on the
ground, and-hence :only trisible• she came
yrry near mei had a.light•and a depth. that . . I
never-saw behire...She passed me; so- utterly
was the child absorbed in her own emotiOna.
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, :ltdinnier" I said; iii a 'tone' which
myself scarcely less,than the child.." • . '
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"Oh!" .:and bhe 'sprang: from the path , as
though die sanntlitad,been a rattle snalit among
MY DAUGHTER MINNIE
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I raised myselfslowlY—l Um very stow When
Very angry-and 'standing 13tifIly before, her,
gloWereddown into , her eye's- 7 41iiinie's
tieauti
(ul.living'eyes-with -a sterrineo 'Which - had
never failed 46• terrify. Hut the'ehild, through
she trembled like.an aspen itlfirst, brought her
fathers's spirit to the rescue; and in the strength
of love and innocence lookeilinto• her . father's
angry 'face at length', with perfect composure.' :
•• I tnuit not repeat ;hi Wordi. ti,fat: followed;
they shall neverbe. written; and wotildo God
they had . never been Oaken', -.•
Ivlinnie,had given him her heart, end would'
give him berhand.- How could she help
Even her father's anger should not prevent her
fulfilling her word; 'for ivai :not Jemmy. Brun
worthy, and Was not her father's ringer tinrea
sonable-and Unjust?.-, All this 'she 'said. to, me:
with the deep.calmness of a perfect . heroine,
while.l - stood there:almost:as niuch•.astenished
said I std . -
ding inta : the aitting4oorri and breaking ratipon
a most comfortable'afternoen.reVerie;only. re-
lidyed by the 8010in:ticking .of.the . clock and
the 'busy eliek,of knitting needles...:• - I . •
c:!Mordt What's' the-inatterV) and the ball,of
,yarn rolled across the floor, whiten flowerpot
'on the' windOW fell splitting and crashing On
the 'outside, ', - cithere goes..the , .
me quick--you look 'as pale as a sheet.
has , Promised to Marry that
.scape
traceln'apite Of us; ilie . Says she will _la me,
in the face of my.absolute commands."_. -There- .
upon 1 walked the floor, wife'stnring.at - me the.
while. “I'll never forgive her neveWi •.
stop end think. .
til:rpont stop and thitil; I say-I'll'never for=
give her ; and I wont!.
• Wife left the rem . win search of Minnie. She
was gone a long :while;, from which circum
etance.thavealwaYs had the suspicion . that
she - spent the, time in soothings.and Comfortings
scarcely tribe considered as abetting 'my vieWs
of the Case; At .lengthjhnir came, both tear
ful.. We sat '.daVvn - together', cenetrained
group;: - Mlnnie•i . ery tearful,but very 'sweet and
beautiful. -The interview was shorticind these
were.thei . closing %verde: -• . '
"Father, I have alwayibeen a dutiful.child
you will do Me.that justice..' this
You grant that hie character is ',MUM.
peachable;hut.you forbid our marriage:hecause
you litive'a prejudice against him. T. love am
honor you, father. You cannot doubt, that: bu
in this case turitist fellow- the dictates 'of m
heart.'"
. .
' “Do so if you will; . but,:remember 'your
tiler will rievevforgiveyou:" . . •
..- . Thus ended the interview, wife seibbing - . dis
tressfully, Minnie weeping quietly, and 1 sit.
ling glurn . and angry. '
M innie kept'her.word and 'became the wife
ofdemmy Brun.' , ' •. . • • .
• .1 did not forbid them the house, as most am
gry fathers are said to - do, but I told. Minnie
again,that she hadlost my •lovo .and ,
Then I:was so. foolish as to see"JiimMy Brun,
and speech informed him that
since he tvaslaking my, daughter from her fa
ther' without his-consent, le . need :expect nO
gifts or favors now or henceforth.. She - would
not bOallowed to share in the ,fainily inheri
tance, nor qtiociltf I render the least assi s tance
if they.s9fmtrld come to I Shalt. never
forget the queer look -the young - mad-gave ine-.;
a 'glance : in WIJIC . II pride seemed, almost Vainly
struggling with a cluster of niirth-sparkles. -- •
frVery.,liciell, Sir; we will try. not 'come . ,to
want,, , ", • That was all he said; but the cool
self-posseasion, of his. manner made. me
nail
as
'though I had undertaken' to .drive a and
bad pounded my lingers.'
IltadailWays been demonstrative toward mY
children—the elder as well ets'.thw yonnger.—
'Minnie had never lost her.right to her, fatheliti
I nee - , nor did she ever meet' me in the morning
or part from meat night without alcis4.'.',Tnis
.Was denied her now. Poor child! It was the.
soreat.trial Of all. .011 . oe, or twice she, clung
tearftilly, to
. me in iny..sternnebs,and re.iiehing
•
. .. .
up to clasp rriy neck, With her white
to lietid my s lips to here. .No: I pronoised her
never a.kiss while
,I lived. , - ,' . ' •
: Women are strange greatures; There was
wife; who lied entirely synipathized with: Me,
. .
as:l' Stipriosed; absolutely giving aid and eom
fort to our recreant daughter..
.I verily believe
that long before the' wedding day came she was
as. thoroughly interested iwthe.whole affair res
though Minnie had ; been about to marry. the
best man in town.. . Little use'.Was it for me to
tighten my purse strings; htid . direct • that the.
child shOuld havelw marriage - Outfit - of . ward.
. . .
robes, jUllow-eUses, roMiterlinnes, and the thou-.
said and Other . et ceteris in'•whieh mothers take.
such pride•arid.plegsdre; -, In *spite . of ^me, but
surreptitiously, Minnie was well provided foi,
tun . Stile.' ' remember . that the shopmail's
Gills for some ten months afterseemetl unusual
ly full, both in number o(iterni and footing
columns; and I shrewdly suspect that wife. had
arrangett.with.the tradeiman to harvellie art
cleSscattered along thiouglithe months. She
was always a good financier.- •
The ceremony Was performed 'in church.: _ 1
was presek- r leSt My absence might give . too
great notoriety to the family jar. • Useless.— :
The whole town. Wavirig long since been made
acquainted with, the state of affairs, the bride's
beduty and , the bridegroomli popularity set
many eyes.ox me.with•the apartde of criOfiism
needn't Jook so. savage-like,” inattered
a grail' old yeoman, .behind the; "there ain't a.,
likelier youiwieller . anywhers,bereabones t.ban
Jemiiirßrtini an' thongh.Minnie'be tinny. as a'
pink, it's a , goott match,.l say—a real Opri.bar.-
wain—so."
LUNT; hug Months went by after the. mar
riaim--7tetliotts;puhappy mouths to, me: ' j knew
r % . yas being..eoured this . s'of-imposed re
straint °nitre aqeetiois'of tny nature: Minnie
edam flitter Ail. iMme somotjmes.. - Once' or
wieef!the.begged for the return of the, old love,
he dd . home hiss
happy in her husband, happy iu her new holPe,
But 1 saw vary iflatnly , that:the blisi of the altl
home was.lost to her
Neally.two years went into the , nast,...shad 7
oWedin this Manner, when alittle human blos
som was laid in its eiculle.. A little struggling
wee thing-4eumberlitile,. Minnie.. Poor tnie
llerewifs a new influence to be • stemmed, ns
.
boats stem iriother.gest . ad another wave.—
Burl braced ' nikielr; and when 'been
forced into Minniis's Chamber, stood over: the
'pie child with the little one in her arms; and'
heard the sweet 'voiaa add to. the atioctly be•
keechinz . locik, “le kins.ar,'fatb s etV.! 1 .shook
nyhNid An,ilvvent-out
,
„ . .
One day a.;-strange change came, over . the'
young mother, alarming the •experiended, and
giving to the physician that ominous air of the
'grrve mystery
,whiCk.strikea . into: the. seta •of
the loving:.)( moved about;• feitr ,and
guilty . distress.: .The Symptoms &manna , more
and more alarming—she was' Sinking..f . was
called lo her bedside, as to.:that of my first •dy;
tag child. ...As 1: bent over the white • facet-'al
meet translircerit .with , Weakness, illuminated
by eyes nit undimmed .by illness, my Minnie
gave me the old-time glance of love, and throw
ing tip her hands es if to clasp .my -neck,, said,
faintly, hut oft so earnestly, . . •
"Kiss•me, father!'? •
. . .
Thent ilown to my datighter,:-.My - first .born,
anil we went long . together-the 'Streit- father
and.thefaintly breathing 'child. '' -
• 'What do yeti think my 'Minnie 'did/ . Why,
she got well'again, nnd in
,t - WO months
. was as
. musical as , n - larlt, and as g ay, looking'afte'e the
little Minnie iilte:a pretty mother as she was.
however, the ice was fairly broken, and .l
was: my 'old- fatherly Self 'ever after: Minnie.
even'veiittired, after a. time, torna,lre -Merry at
,myexpenset over the . faa. that not only . wa.S .
Jetniny,ltrun the:hesr.'of husbands, but one - of
the 'well-known of American writers: •
As !ha. prouesaof Alhert
eiiteenth.Prince OrWales,.through.the• 'British
North American colonies; is•ex tnoch , at- .
'tention, a brief account oft se ons "of Brit=
ish roy'alty. May not' be unacc , .The
. .L
. . . .
title of 4 , Pr.ince of.W,ales"ras: acquired in
singular.maiinet;.charactOristic of ago • and
country. :Edward I, having 'subjugated. Scot.
fond, paid his attentimito the' Principality .of
Wale's, which lio conquered .Ofter . along ana
harrassing straggle. A story, is told
tive'of the finplacable, .cliaraetir,of.this • great;
but unscrupulous Priner.:.. ;I'he Welsh were: a
turbulent and disaffected people andwoold not
submit td the iron rule of the conqueror—their•
passions being inflamed by the vairlilte: songs
of their mountain :.tra F ils,' consequence
: of
this,the..wr'athof the'King wasifillaMed agetittst
the .unfortunate bards; who ~ weie saughtered
without . inerey; till, as the legend. nye' only
one 1,1,9 left.. The King`.deterinin'eci to . seize,
him, .I(teore dauntless:old man, w:tli Ina il ye
beald streaming.in the iviikli.etood upon a'
rock and poured forth:si . .strain of •fierce'derinn_
elation against the I ine.. A:• portion of this
war sondhasbepO handed dowu' -posteritii
eont:iining•the ft;iloWing Well,known linps:
Haying finished hisiorenark, the:6o)o:4mi!
from the rock into , the . featning:laurgee below.,
pu . t the prophecy was riotifelfilled. Edward
was victorieus, and., Crown the cenneest;
the king resorted' to rtise,,which i singtilarlty ae-*
, • • .. • . .
corded With. the*.wild regard 'that semi-sava ge
people . bad for their Wept.... Some , of.the-.Welsh
prinCes having told the kink that..they 'would'
have for their prince orie , whorcotild not ;speak
the. hated English language;
,he
font son, and tcdd: them ,tri behold' their Prince
for ha was born at piernarnim Castle, and'could
not ancak'n word . 0! Waken at their
ward,..the Welsh . Teceivq..l • .created,
Prinee of Vales. with' , acclana at ion, and Edw ard
of Caernarnon was installed 'the'lionpra .
now enjoyed by Albert Edvverd; and since then
each eldest son of tilt reigning monarch of Etig - 7
land, et Ids ';:son has been' created Prince of
Watesiand been born to the'dignity,.ai
erally'eupposed., One rental:kettle CaSe occurs
in history, in which the king's eldest'Von was
not create) prince of Walea;.blit was known-,as.
Prince Of England only. We allude to the aini„.•
able Edward VfovhOseearlideath stayed fora '‘
tirrie; though it could net 'prevent, the Reform
at ion
• • ..EdWard . of Cmrnarnon, as is•woll known, was
most barbarously naurdered, : after
reign, which .ho lost all that , .tiffs.fatber .
had gaindd in Franco. ; The . ne3it . Prince: 1;1
Wales was Edward 111, sunlei:Edwurd It, du-.
rlrievidfose glorieds:refin the great battles o
Cressy and Puidiers,;yera fduitlt, Wild won. -by
1 the valor - p(lhr son, the celebrated Edward the
Black Prince, so called from the color of hiS ar
mor, who was a • inure sfriplini,duiing ..those
sanguinary eontlicts;
.:Never since itai there
been a Prince,ol . *.ales so' renowned 'as he.—
The neaityrineeof Witlemi was the weak-minded
end unkirtimata fl , Sou of the -Blank Prince,
Who inherited nonaof his ?a thersgreat qual it ies.
lle Was . - deposed by his .enusin ; Bolingbroke;
dhke of Ladcaster, who ,t hits became 'King; nnl'
der the title of.floory : JV. Richard was some-,
tyie afteyniurileredin Pomfret Casths, defend
ing himself valiantly •tii the. last, with a battle
axe which he seiied from one Of his . . eight. •as
iiiailants,. with .which fortnidablo• we•open .be
lay. four. of the Wilms dead at his . feet. lgen 7
ry of Nontikoifrt 11, • whom ,Shaksfieire calls
-
“Sweet gol, ,, and• •
'Henry Lim riirth; who such .ItllFro ice .
s'itcceeiled.bis father. to the' title. Ile Nvos , fol.
lowed hi , his pious but Weak-minded 61:90; .vl)6,
crowned Icing '6l . England' awl, Fiance' at 'the
tender age of nine IP011tils; lost both
.kingdotini•
and is supposed to have heen•iimrder'ed in •the
Toiver of:London. : Hisanoble-Minded and brave,
stir .Rdward of • Lancaste 'wail Wain in . Ike;
bloody 'field or Toilostkory;nt-ylO6
mother, Mirrgret . of.Anlea,,iti• said,
comrnanded, : in .
n ••,
Weow•ciimis to anothei Prince -pr:,:tiVales-1-
namely, Edward V; Whose:enil, as.well as that
of his brothar,,RiCharil York,io', enveloped:
naysteri.. The . generally, 'received opinicia'
is that the two Princes were smothered id' the
'My • daughter was,
THE panrev OF, WALES
~ I tuin seize 1.1 Mule; •
Dentruction ou thy. banners rirB4t.l?
, .
Tower of Londoivhy command
. of their , eauel
uncle, Richard of. Gleucesterr but Bente
Insist ;that . Ed ward wesWeit 4 . 00:n.110004 s t'lt
the Tower flenry Yli, and thiti ;ftetil.
neglect; ymingesbrothei, having 'es.
caped, reelly'did turn - hp again In the riling pf
Perkin Warbeek. - Arthur, the ,eldit4: - ion of
Henry VIII, follows neat 'in order; 'ltedi• Mat
him, EdWard VI, of whom we bays .stready
spoken as prince of England. Front the death
of Edward V, and throughoei the long reign of
Elizabeth', Wales had no, Prince of its awn, till
one "was born to that bombastie pedatit James
I, in the person of the accomplished
and well beloved Prince Henry, whose early
death destroyed the hopes of the English peep's'
and_p
, .
erbaps hastened on the olvll wars under
his brother, Charles I. The :nest "Prineess of
Wales in succeseirm were Charted, Charles H,
George Ilf , George IV, and the present
.inettee
bent of the tripple plitme, Albert
It is probable that ori this gentleman
assurning the throne 'should he survive his
mother, lie will , drop the Albert andassunie
the'more hiatoric.title Of EdivartlVll, bet why
not Rdwaid Xrfor it will beriemembsred that
there were three Edwards, ending. with the
Confessor, Previous - the'Nerman invasimW
The history . Of the, Princes.of Weties4s fell of.
strange viscissitudes, and repose striking com
mentary on the instability - of hutnan.greatmiss.
Kings and Princes w o uld do wait to ponderihe , '
lesson it teaches.
The eireerof one pi these Princes,-Charles
is one of the most,remarkeble episodes . in Eng
lish hintory. His almost :marraculous 'escape
from the emissaries of. the :Parliament, While '
concealed in the "Royal Oak," is yet ohlsrved
in England, On the iteth . of . 11.1ay, when .achnol
boys weer oakettleaves of ,tale earns tree in
their beta, under Penalty.of being "ionpetPk—
a ceremciny more Jocular than. agreeable; , ' and
in the.service the Prayer book, celebreting the
diy, hati only recently .been expunged by , ' Act
of Parlkiment. •
. . , .
need say nothing About the crpretenders,!'
Jamea.and,Cherlea Edward, further , than to 'cob
serve, that the remarkable escepee.of the loiter
bore a striking . resemblenee •to these if . the
“Morrie Monarch," or ‘401(1• Rowley,",aa. he
was more lonoiliarly called .
,
OrEIR4TIODIS OV ' Tilq CONSC4ENCE.—When the
'nervous energy is . depressed - by .any ,
cause, or. eshausted•by over-working, there
follow eff o rt which have otter! .been:ptisinter-•
preted by moyslists;ond.especlidly.theologians..
The" Conscience itself becomss neuralgic, some
time' actually so that the feast touch
is agony. Of all liars and falai, accusers, '1 , 4
sick conscience is-the most inventative and in
defatigable. The devoted daughter, wife, mo
ther, whoa° life has been' givenitp unseillsh la
bors, who has filled .a place vvitich. it'seems to
others. only an angel. could tusk° 'fend, 'reproa
ches 'herself With incompetence And neglect of
.duty. :The humble Christian,, who has been a
model to °there, himaelf 'a i ivarin of the: -
ditst'on one page of his diary, and aralitges
himself on the, neictler coming Short of the
perfection of an archtangel. , •
Conscience. itself requires a consciende, or •
nothing can be more unscrupulous.. - fr told
Saul that he, did v.oll in .executing the Chris-..
dans. Whas goaded countless multitudes of
various creeds to endless forms 'qf self-torture..
The cities of- lndia ere lull of cripplosit has
made. The liill:4ldes of Syria are riddled with
'holes, where miserable hermits, whole lives it .
hail palsied, lived and. died, like the vermin
they harbored.' , Our lihraries• are crammed.
with books written• by, spiritual' hypochondri- • •
ache, 'who,inspect all their moral secretkine a
dozen limes a day,'. They are lull of iateresr,
but they Should be , transferod, from the 'shelf
of .the theologian Ro thitt• of tha ntedieal 'man ' •
who moles, a study of insanity, . •
Timona VW?. Slue . Birmtarta.- 1 -We learn from'
the Philadelphia. North Ainerican that it paper. .
of, mulch interest Was tecientky Teed Vefore, the
society of Arts,' by Air. W'ray,,on the subject
• •
of timber for ship-boilding. 'After ' ] out
the.linporl.ance of the interests involved_in the .
question, the. anther drew: . !attention to the
small number of tiMbers• Which era Considered
first claps by the authorities I,loydi and al-.
though he
. approVed ',generally nf• the rules'
adopted by that body, he AM:ought that future
experience would enable therntargely. tosistend
that . Ile 'salami out the important Mlle.'
ence that locality. and .cllmate have, upon the
qunlity of ally particular class Of timber, in
stancing Particularly the ' teak s which is so
highly esteemed,. but the durability of which .
is found tp vary considerably, accordinuto
whether it was: grown , in high orppen land, or
in a close, low lying forest. Mr. W. considers
that the Oast kinds of If ulaigany are, per;'
haps, the best timber for phip . .bujidiog, though
too costly to be generally adopted; but good ,
rnahogany„ of a moderate 'price, alight
tageously enter More largely than it pow, does
luta the construction of slpips, though ills.more,
extended employnsint would . neceaserilit hive •.,
to be regulated with. joilgrne,o paid
• discretion.
For preserving timber, (ronj,desilyind from , in- ,
sects,. the following plea
,is • recotrimetpleili--
Tho wood having been: , atero'ed . testy...eight.
hours in a solution of eopper: . .sdipc' this
(ion Of About two pounits,', thi**,,Mitteite ,Ind ;
iour-drachtris of Sulphate of, tiititriktiinbidit one
qi,tart of water—must be allowinfAniA t tin the ~
Shade, after 'which witehlightly, :Willi:lane: If' -
it does, hut ae,quire a bluish greeii
,the
°parition JO ,t,d tic repeated, •
,
•:4 Elattortax.-. 7 Puring' the , rodent fighting in •
catavia;filietly, one .Of Abe none ahnkiront her: •
vffnd9Wnmtoheta of the rpot trapits;,..l gibe tired ; :
with the, preciaigo 'an _Alfiittli .lnantianin,
never inissing. , • The, colonel ordere4l4,•ptien
to are, id Platotin repeatediy: . ?g,ini4,-.the
dtiw,' hut in, vain. 'J oi heloine'reinaiitati,' Ott .
scathed,, and atilt kant urit4
man with every shot..
.Tassq.tepliod. to apropesition that he
takh Vengeance one marl who
441 do not ' ithoo'r•
'goods, hifihonor, or hit lifv - Ir
prive him of ill. A• '4
No. d.