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From Artliur's Home Gazette.
ABSENCE AD RETURN ;
A TALE OF TENNESSEE.
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BY O. M. WHAKTON.
The gentle old roan, whom we called
"Wallace," after reading the "Scottish
Chiefs," aloud together during the long even
ings of the past winter, was fastened to the ,
deer-horn rack in front of the extended porch
of our homely but comfortable mansion. He
was in fine order for the journey, of many
days, that I was about to go upon. Charles,
the hostler, carried out my saddle-bags, and
loitered by the steed to bid me adieu.
I stood on the porch, the tears in my eyes,
while my little sisters Elizabeth, Jane and j
Susan, wrung my hands, clung around my ,
neck, and kissed me a hundred times. Milber-1
ry my orphan cousin ; " Berry" we called .
her was very pale, and tearless, retiring ,
from me, but gazing mournfully and fixedly
upon me. '
" Farewell, brother Will," said aft my
sobbing sisters, embracing me by turn. "We
are so sorry to part from you ! And to think
what a sad, lonely, weary, journey you have ,
before you, from Tennessee to Virginia! You (
must write often, for it takes a whole month
for a letter to reach us. Oh,, you must re
member us all the time, as we will you."
My resolution trembled ; but with a great
effort I still concealed from them the depth
of my emotion. j
" Here is a pair of riding gloves," said the
elder, my own, whole sister; "I knitted them
myself for you ; don't forget Bettie," cried
the poor girl, weeping profusely and kissing'
me again. 1
The other two were half-sisters; this J was
told; I never knew any difference, in my af
fection for them.
44 Jenny gives you this handkerdhief, hem
med by herself, with your initaJs and hers
stitched in one corner ; look at it and recall
her when you're far, faraway." Dear Jane!
how convulsively 'she clasped me to her
breast !
44 And here's ajsilk purse.'hrpther, tlie'had
diwork of Sue; it's my keepsake." The dews
of love moistened her face !
Cousin Berrv-steDned forward, butmv fkth-
w 1 j - - - j i
er and step-mother joining us at the instant, '
she shrunk back. j
"Be a man William," said my father. ,
44 We are loth to part with you, but it. is
for your good, my boy. You arc to go to j
school, and.wjieh.you learn enough, yourun-;
cle Dahney will send you to Philadelpln"a to
make a doctor of you and then you shall
come home and physic us all; Bo careful
with your horse ; see that he is Well attended ,
to, yourselfj.be polite to every body you meet,
familiar -with none. Husband your money,
as you hav'nt more than enough 'to' bear your
expenses. Treat your uncle as i"f he was
your father; study hard, and become a doctor;
but above all, be a man! And now no whim
pering ! good-bye, my lad !" j
My father shook ray hand heartily. I see !
him now ; his spectacles raised over his fore
head, the morning air playing with his few ,
thin gray locks, his favorite book (Claren-.
don's history of England) under one arm.-hisji
silver-headed cane under the other. I'llayeJ
never known a greater readeV, p beltVr Jiis-j
toriau, or a, kinder, gentleman." TSfyatherf
was nearly deaf, and in proportion-as .that
misfortune grew on him, his love, of books in
creased, silence, ia the .course .of .his fort v-
ive years,-ka waaenaHedto accumulate .vast,
if miscellaneous, &QIQ8 0f knowledge. He!
was an unsurpassed tracer of genealogies ;
not a distinguished family in England, but
whose pedigree-he could carry up to the Nor
man conquest. This propensity led liim to
acquaint' h'imself With' all the fatnily histories;
of any consequence, in Virginia, his- native
state ; arid when' he removed to Tennessee,
then a new country the city of Nashville,
near which he resided; being 'a mere hamlet,
and married again, and children gathered a
round his hearth, he was wont torinstxuct and
entertain them from these large treasuries of
anecdotes: There were no schools in the
neighborhood, and my further endeared him
self to us by the' simple and tender matirjer in
which he discharged towards us the duties sof
a teacher. He now, however,, considered
himself bound as a parent to afford me, who
was old enough (thirteen years) to profit by
them, better advantages than the primitive
settlement offered ; and thus, as I have' rela
ted,) assigned me to the care of a relative liv
ing in the older state of Virginia.
. My step-mother, in her conduct towards
me and. my sister Elizabeth showed no dif
ference in favor of her own chilren. She
had, been chosen by my own mother, when
dying,, as that friend, to whom it woaldisoothe
her last hours could she believe her boy and :
girl would be entrusted; and my father prom- j
ised her, if he ever married again, it should
be the friend she had selected. My step
mother's loving attentions to us-proved how
discerning a judgment she had.
Willie, ray dear son," said my step-mother,
pressing me to her'bosem, while the, tears
fell from her eyes on my-young-brow; 44 God
bless you dear Wilie !"
I reeled to the spot where 44 Wallace" wai
ted me. Charles, the hostler, assisted me in
to the saddle ; he grasped my hand in fare
well, and I gave the rains to the horse.
It had always been a custom of mine and
my sister Elizabeth, to visit, every pleasant
Sabbath, my mother's tomb, some half mile
from home. It was a sweet, secluded grove
of cyprus trees and arbor vita;, mingled with
wild and planted flowers. ' Thither an irresis
tible impulse directed me ; I wished to bid
the grave adieu.
I dismounted on. the border of the grove, I
repaired to the tomb, and there met Berry.
!' I knew you would come "here," said she.
44 1 will not disturb you ; I did not tell you
farewell Farewell !"
44 Dear Berry," cried I. I could restrain
my tears no more. I leaned my head againEt
the marble, and wept.
44 Hush, Cousin Will," sajd Bery, ap
proached m e, raising my head with her mor
sel of harfds. li We shall meet again if not
here, then where my good aunt is, inHcaven;
You have been so. kind to me, but I do not
weep, though if I did I should feel relieved."
44 Berry," exelaimed I. . I kissed her, I had
never done so before ; this shy, sensitive,
though affectionate ichild, shrinking from such
endearments from me, though I was ever' her
favorite cousin. lfhad once told her that .1
love.d her more than even my sisters, and one
day would ask her to be my wife. She was
a precocious being mentally, albiet her phys
ical frame was more delicate than suited hef
year?, two less than mine the same as E
lizabeth's. She had beem an. inmate of our
home sixteen months; and every one was at
tached warmly to her.
Berry was pale all the morning'; eIic, turn
ed very red now. . , .
44 Havn't you a keepsake for me, too.!" I
said. it'..
She pulled a twig of arbor yit from the
grave and handed it to me. x v
41 It will remind you of both," she replied
"the living and the dead. May be I shall be
sleeping here also, when ybuTctufnj" hilt I
can never forget yourkindrWiil."4
So saying, she rose up, anoV walked slpvly
away.
Two'ancrels'feeEdmea to walk slowlv
away,
she, and Mny mother's epir.it .(tins back to gloves, the small hantlkerchiefjf'the toy purse
Heaven) that had hovered "aboye,,iis. The and the twigs of arbor yjta. I packed them
grave, for the. first, time, was a hollow, tent up tpo, to shovy ,the fairjdonqrs hpw I treasur
antless cell to me. Henceforth the spirit, ed their; mementos.
Would watch over and Often yisit m'e.'f I put
the green twig in my pocket carefully hand,
'rrr
much comforted and strengthened, pegan my
journey.
A journey on horseback,' for a month ! .
Many days I was,alone, the housp's being rare. '
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.xne peopie seiuom passeu wongersa to sqe
so youthful a traveler thus prematurely trus
ted to himself. The women at the houses
on the road where I slept, as if moved at my
apparent desertion spoke tenderly to ., me.
Sometimes I jencountered hunters armed in
the woods and blind paths ; but the "Scottish !
Chiefs" nerved me with courage, and I was
not afraid. .Indeed, my mind was two busy,
recalling home or painting the future, to al
low me much thought for fear. When I
reached, the more inhabited couptiesof Vir
ginia, I was no longer wondered M, the peo
ple taking me for a neighbor's son, going pn
a distant errand. '
At last, I reached my uncle's. .Agajn the
tears gushed forth,,: when ,1 .contrasted this
strange, thoaghVbeautifuh'place,, with that ll
had left. It was not io?ic.' : '
My uncle encountered me at the gate.
" You must be my nephew William," said
he, in such assuring'tone as ait once consoled
me. " ' "
My'; airht received me cordially I soori be
carhc.fbconcilnd tolmyi;exile. They had no
offspring of their own, I was in the stead, of
such to them.
I rccolfect the" painful feeling Tcxperienced
on going to school a few weeks after my ar
rival. I was a stranger amid strangers. I
fancied there could never be any interest in
common bfctween' the' master and me ; and
and as for the oilier boys they were fpreign
urchins to me But the' master came to me,
shook my hand, arid toTd me he knevy my
father. Immediately he was transformed in
to an old acquaintance ! At play-time, I
wandered aloof from the school-boys, till one,
a mild, fair-haired little fellow, came up to
me, took hold' of the skirt of my coat and said,
" Come don't be shy play with us." I yiel
ded and joined in their sport. I got excited
I excelled my rivals in the game they
were "no more foreigners to me !
So"passed away several years, I studied
assiduously, I improved in knowledge. At
eighteen, I entered my uncle's office to study
medicine. There, I read for six months, and
then repaired to Philadelphia, where I was
to remain two years, until I graduated in the
profession.
Finally, I obtained my diploma. I had an
ticipated it with joy, I accepted it with sad
ness: Suddenly' the responsibilites of a phys
ician realized themselves in my mind. I re
turned pensively to my uncle's.
Meanwhile, during these eight year, (how
slowly they sped away !) did I never recur to
home? Oh, yes ; constantly. It was ideali
zed by absence. It was changed into an Ar
cadia, a Happy Valley, Fairyland. Letters
came to me at remote intervals, such were
the poor mail facilities. What God sends
they were to me ! I laid them up, like fairy
money. Those from my sisters, with occa
sionally a postscript. from; Berry, sometimes
"Itound Margarets;" when they all wrote in
copartnership, so full of love, and girlish prat
tle L I could follow their improvement in
their letters. How a Echool had been opened
in the neighborhood, then a dancing school,
then a music teacher, with an. assortment of
guitars, finally a drawing-master, who taught
themtorpaint everything. They drew a pic
ture of the old family mansion, and Berry one
of the graveyard, inclosing another twig .of
arbor vitic. Then I could discover that Bet
tie began to have beaux, and that she thought
a great deal of "Mr., White," a fellow hunter of
rabbits of mine! Flach one said the other was
growing quite handsome, hut that Bettie was
most like mc, with her dark hair and blue
eyes. However, all declared in one epistle
that Berry was the prettiest, if she was'nt so.
strong and Healthy ; she. had a cough, which
they knew I could cure. My father was full
of advice arid manly, projects !in his commu
nications. My step-mother was less dignified
than he, but rripre so than ' my sisters, and
talked much' of piety: TheReV. Mr. Black
burn,, she said, was' doing much good in that
part .of the i Lord'sraofal, vineyard, and she
fi oped I might soon hear him preach. Berry
had professed religion, thpughjn a quiet way,
not "having a, sore, conscience to trouble, her
as many, others. She was feeble and delicate,
my step-mother, continued, but such faith,
such beautiful trust in her heavenly Parent!
I bade my uncle and aunt farewell. I shall
never be ungrateful'to them for their thought
ful regard for me and my interests. My
dbnt is no more, but, my uncle still lives a ven
erable old man,belpved,by all .that knew him.
Thepld roan, " WallaceVhadound a cine
cure, jn irjy uncle's crib, and, in isj hardy green
age was fully competent ;to go back again the
same long journey he jhad once borne upon.
I packed my saddle-bags, as before, with a
diploma in additiop. t1 hTfld preserved my tiny
ifrhe journey fwas less monotonous than,
formerly, more settlers haying como out into
Tennessee. But ltwas nothing like what it
is'at; preSerih ; It is riefwd greatj prosperous,
dens'clv populoui and glorious state. It waB
tfifeft'a hew country, thbrigh' Hoi so ney
as
when I was a child.
It was aspnnySaJijbaBth1niorn ,ip May that
I arrjyed injhfvicjnjty of my home, ,1 Te
cpghisedn.umerops.alteratjpns.Jn, the scene-,
ry, ?nade by the jndu.gtry of tie fawn.ers. But
niqsof jtbfi changes ydre owing. to the grand
one in size, proportion 'and distance, -which
wo experience'when we revisit the associa
tions ttnd haunts' of ehildhbotl after attaining
to the age of maturity, streaihg wjiich the
hoy contemplated as riyejrs, diminish to rivu
letgj houses jiy'hich appeared a.spajacesdwjn-
. ybjie, I,,notpd tljese general cjianges.l
approached tjje grajeyar,dt I checked .my
courserV pa'ceaudilismouritedi andoacpinore
stood ibesidcniymbtlier's' grave. It-vvas nev
er a melancholy spot to moj l did not' witness'
her death, and I scarcely rcmc'mbek,dllia'ving
seen her. The body that was there wasting,
away, was younger than I, for my mother
died before she was nineteen. I recalled the
image of Berry, when we parted there. Ji
searched for the bush of arbor vitay from
whence she had pulled the small branch ; it
was grown to the height of a man's head.
l reached up, to gather another from its boughs,
when I beheld a newly dug grave. The
fresh red earth was piled up on either side,
there were short pieces of plank hard by.
The grave awaited its victim. There was a
funeral about to take place. Who could be
dead 1 It was the general burial-ground for
the neighborhood, so that conjecture had a
wide scope to choose from. A senEe of sad-,
rress came over me, which I could not dispel.
I had resolved to surprise all at home by a
sudden arrival, and not revealing myself,
see if any, and who first, would know me.
As I drew near the house, I perceived hor
ses and carriages in front of it. I readily
divined the reason. There was a religious
assemblege there. There were few church
es then erected in our vicinity, and the weal
thiest and most hospitable farmers were used
to open their doors, on Sundays, for the neigh
bors to come and attend church at their homes.
My father's was a famous meeting place of this
kind.
Charles, the hostler, much . older-looking
than when I saw him last, came out to as
sume the charge of ray'horse. He did not
!guess.who I was. I gave him the saddle-
bags to cary into the house and not daring to clamation. though the coiif relation was as-' 1 1 -i " j
6 , Tint ,uamauoii, uKra0u mi con0rtgauon nu bb a phenemenon truly striking and extra
converse with him lest I Bhould betray my- touished. . 1 o T.. ,
betray my
self and mar the little plot I had conceived,
I walked slowly into the porch.
The porch and the parlor were filled with
people of both sexes, who had grown out of
my remembrance. I seated myself on one
the vacant benches which had been provided
for their accomodation, and gazed eagerly a
round for the forms and -faces of those I most
loved.
The Rev. Mr. Blackburn was the minister
who officiated. He was a tall, solemn man.
with long white locks hanging over his shoul-
ders. His voice was deeply sonorous, and
imparted wonderful force to the startliiig im
agery he was wont to employ in his extem
poraneous sermons. He rarely gesticulated.
His eyes glowed like a fire, and he seemed
earnest to the verge of insanity. He Was
standing in the doorway and obstructed my
view into the parlor. But having often heard
of this singular orator and divine, he became
even in my extraordinary situation, an absorb
ing object of interest.
Some of my readers may have heard of a
curious effect of this man's oratory which,
passing from the sphere of his immediate in-
fluence, perpetuated itself in the form of a!
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relnrious enidemic or mania, under the on-
religious epidemic or mania, under the op
probious name bestowed by scoffers of "Cum
berIand Jerks." Thousands of persons,
excited by his eloquence, have been seized
with various kinds of physical convulsion,
as twitching of the muscles, galvanic motions; ele'ctr;c ith ceain minute vessels point upon which he had been question
ofthe limbs, rigidities. Some would fly at united by nerves and moistened by mu- e.d: He gave a deepen in direct oppo
their utmostspeed, as from an invisible enemy j'cus, which exist in nearly all kinds of Uon to his former declaration. hen
others would-shout. and rave: as ifthev were' animals, and nro. found most developed in- ask.e.d to.c.sP!l,n .blS terlveratiou he
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exquisitely happy, or overborne by the recol -
lection or nideous crimes; some would laugh
hysterically ; some would weep inconsolably ;'
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,M Ko, ,f.;n,nn a k 1.: ,
for days.
Irreligious spectators, carried a-
way by an inscrutable sympathy, would be -
come equally affected, in spite of their strug- a cat to the cold until his fur lies close through one of the streets m Boston a
gles and in opposition to their will. Attacks' to the skin and appears greasy ; expose , few days since, rubbing hh hands togeth
ofthis unparalleled monomania would fre-j your hands to make them equally cold er, and appearing as if weighed down by
quently endure for a week without interims-' then take the animal on your knee, apply ' soul destroying sorrow. Stepping into a
sion: Those who considered these reinarka-
ble phenomena as the result of divine inter -
position, entitled them spiritalization."
. .t .
On this occasion Mr. Blackburn was speak-
ing of the frailty of life, the evanescence of
things earthly, and the durability of heaven
ly joys, "with a solemn pathos peculiar to him
self. He took the career of a nure-hearted
i,-;... r.i- -j .i'
wi.ii a jruuiijj JUlliaiu iaiiu jjaiuicu uiiiiu
the untownrfl events nf ffiis WnrW nn, f hn
approaches of death, till her faith ended
T , 4 r : , . . .
I almost fonrot mv search, moved bv his
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earnest words awoke, was not of that woarFe- j
ed and mysterious character, which I havJ
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commendable;
He sat down after Teading a familiar hymn,
which the audience united in chanting. It
was then I saw, and by instinct recognised,
my parents and sisters. My heart yearned
towards them : I was impatient for the "con -
elusion of the services to rush into their
arms
Time had yet further thinned my fathers
locks, and more wrinkles furrowed his fore
hoAl. Uy step-roptbefs brown hair Was'
ungcu witn gray, ana uur irumu was fmuroi
spare, iiiuzaboih was a woman growi
person, air' and dress, and nu -odd fe'cli
pogfosscu me it i Limiiamuu nei luiiy-iiKis
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feeling eloquence. All present were touch-gho wa3 tie(1 to an iron ring . the ground . the Biddeford Herald :
ed. I observed tears pouring down the ( was frozeri ; one han'd was placed on the The Rev. Mr. E., who lived not a
cheeks of young and aged ; they could not breast apd the other down the back, when thousand inile3. from Portland, was prc
haye manifested more sympathy had he por-1 such nn electric shock occurred that Mr. paring his discourse for the? next Sab
trayed an actual existence that had just cjos-.l B. was thrown to the ground. The cow , bath. Stopping occasionally to review
A AnA thn omntfnn Ma simnle.- thmiirh ' appeared very much irritated, but it was what he had written, and to erase that
dignity with my remembrance of the girl.
Jane was nearly as mature, and when "Mr. J In the midst of exaggeration and inven
White" should appropriate Bettie, as I was ion, there is one undoubted circumstance,
inclined, to believe he would from divers hints which formerly excited the worst appre
that had been trasmitted me, Jenny would flensins the fact that bodies were of-'
no doubt bo ready to supply hor place: Su- ten found turned fn thcir coffin and the
o ,o rr,..,.i, . v e grave-clothes disarranged. But what
san was much grown too, being over four- 63 .,
r ' c.t l . was ascribed, with seerainc; reason, to
teen. I was vain of the beauty of my sisters, i 4l c -t i-t i .
oiofccio, thethroesrof vitality, is now knowu to
their goodness and intelligence as delineated De ,iue to tbe agency 0f corruption. A
in their pleasing expressions. White, too ! gas is developed in the decayed body
wild Dick that was-evho was seated behind which mimics, by it3 mechanical force,
Bettie, was a finely proportioned, magnificent c i.u- r o'
fellow, of a military aspect, who looked guilt-' manJ f f . the movements of life So
less of any knowledge of rabbits and opos- Powerful is this gas m corpses that have
sums, his quondam quarry. More than once been long in tne water, that Mr. Dcvcr
I fancied that I perceived their regards fall g, the physician to the Morgue at
upon me, and winced for fear they should Paris, and the author of a text-book on
detect me too soon; but my fears were vain, ' legal medieiue, says, that, unless secured
mere fancies ;' for of all there assembled, my to the table, they are often heaved up,
sisters, my parents, and even Dick White and thrown to the ground. Prcquently,
seemed most affected by the sermon of Mr. strangersseeing the motion of the limbs,
Blackburn. I marveled greatly at this. I . ' , ,r
intimvCpir ..r,. mv ftVnr;t,nl,n.,rai1 to tlle keeper of the Morgue, and
porrir i t o..n.,t
for her continually, but with out success: , allve. Ail bodies, sooner or later, gen
And here the meeting did come to a close, erate gas in the grave ; and it constantly
Several moved forward, and then I was ena- twists about the corpse, blows out the
bled to command an entire view of the par-: skin till it rends with distension, and
or- sometimes bursts the coffin itself. When
'Near the window, the sunshine resting on tbe gas explodes with a noise, imagiua-
ll'mJ u" ! i e i a'i . v k tion has converted it into an outcry or
They who moved forward, did so to adjust .. , . J ,
thelidf Mr. Blackburn had been preaching goan ; the grave has bccn re-opened;
a funeral he described no ideal, but a real the position or the body confirmed the
life, terminating here and that new-dug suspicion, and the laceration taken for
grave Oh, God ! 'evidence that the wretch had gnawed his
As I sprang forward, my parents and sis- flesh .in the freuiy of despair.
ters wore bending in tears over the calm,
beautiful face of the dead, not yet excluded Sigulur Phenomenon.
irom the iiht. l'hey did not hear my ex -
If she could have only seen brother Will,"
said Bettie; "It was he4troubling desire, and
his name was her last word."
I joined the mourning ffroup I looked
upon the wan, wan face, with its marble
of,sm,Je i innocence and holy Jove. .Pressing
1
my lips to the waxen cheek, I sobbed
4 Berry, Berry alas, dear Berry I
An old joker, who was never known
to yield the palm to any antagonist in
. rfr itkt n. irnnft-v mm trn.; mir. tn ma
trumps, at hearing'a traveller state, that
he once saw a brick house placed upon
runners, and drawn up a hill to a more
favorable location some half a mile dist-
ant.
What do you think of that, Uncle
Ithiel?' said the bystanders.
1 Oh, fudge !' said the old man, I once
saw a two-story stone house down east,
drawn bv oxen, three miles.' A dead
silence ensued the old man evidently
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had the worst end of it, and he saw it.
Gathering all his energies, he bit off a
huge piece of pigtail, by way of gaining
time for thought : ' They drawed the
j stone-house,' said the old man, (ejecting
a 'qunntity of tobacco juice towards the
n7e P 'out tnat warn t tne worsi-01
the job ; arter they'd dun that. they
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went back and draiced the cdkr.1
The stranger caved in.
Prof. Beckeinstoiner, of Lyons, was:
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1 man at the period of the greatest strength,
' Itnl- MAllMnnJ nii 1t lift irt f fl ftCl
wunupscu uuu ui;u iu.
He began a series of experiments, and
imei mrue years iueauKonSuuua..T
nTrni 99vn WAnva lTinncrifruriirii ii'iu i m i i u
Xl. J .V.AnllnOnn lillD 1 O f al Tf
f, , . j I
n a oTttt ioor omn
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AmTAr'ifiirft is helow do decrrees.
the lingers ol your leit nana on us Dreasi,
' ad pass your right hand down its back,
pressing moderately ; at tne nun or sixu ,
pass you will receive a slight snocK. ivt
xfirst Jh(J appears pleased, but as soon
a3 ;t fceig the jt jump3 away, and
:nnc.j Mr,f:f;nnnffiiooTnriinpnt
during the same day. After the experi -
ment the animal looks tired: some days
' nffn u ;t. nnnntit. seeks solitude.
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1 drinks water at rare intervals and dies
mj!n a
fortnight. The same experiment;
t has succeeded with rabbits ; they die the
o - . . ...
1 same day. It is un3ucccssfi
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It is unsuccessful with dogs
I unce only it nas uuuu uiau
e on a
impossible to know if she suffered from
it, since she was killed by a butcher
' turee aays uiierwiuua.
nitwrwn nv a T.mnnn Vr.vnm. Thn
devices to evade the operation of the
Maine Liquor Law are very numerous
and ingenious, A Dov?n East paper
states one of the latest "dodges" to be of
', the following character :
A tamous liquor aeaicr nas put up in
quart bottles a vast quantity of pure
Holland gin. These bottles are labeled
with the name of some wonderful uiedi -
nino wl.irOi ? nfl vnrf fsol in nil flm news-
a cure f()r aj diseases. Tho
jCI10WinO' ones have nilyto be a little
in j unwell, and procure a b'ottle of thisfamo.ua ' tho astonishing gnd , speedy cures wrought
ecliiig cure-iill, in order to' obtain what liqudr by it. We mention the mattorUiat oti-ly-UkoMhoy
wish. ' jCrs may " go and do nk?-siar"
1
nicy wish. j-
A!li'ri 3-iryt:is Alive.
announce with horror that
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cumstance of the falling of a copious
! of rain; for the sPace f from seven
to ten minutes, from a perfectly cloudless,
haziless, and starlit sky. So plentiful
-3 the shower that the streets run with
water, which had tbe singular effect upon
the mind of appearing to come without a
cause. During the shower, two streaks
of fleecy cloud displayed themselves in
the north and South, but far distant from
finch nt hpr. ami TiPitiinr nr nn nltinirlft
above the h.orizon exceeding 20 degrees,
The position of the?e clouds forbid the
idea that the rain could have fallen from
either of them. We make no effdrt to
I explain this strange phenomenon, sati-
fying ourselves with a bare but faithful
statement of it. Vashvvjtoii Ifitcliigcn-
cer.
i G-ov. Wood, of Ohio, is an airoifc
' political trimmer, and rivals the heifer,
"we read of, that walked on both sides
the creek at the same time. Here is an
instance of his facility in making a doa-
ble track :
Some years ago, when the Bank
question agitated Ohio, Mr. Reuben
ouw,
. Bench. Questions were propounded to
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him, as they were to all the candidates,
touching the Bank question ; to which
he returned a most catholic and satisfac
a"a"
tory answer. He was elected. iNot
a case arose involving tuo
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coolly said, 4,U, the opinion 1 ave when
J t, lin:on ot-
jeugn sft-QOfi . but in the latter
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case it
a
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hen-oecked husband was seen strolling
harness maker's shop, he inquired in
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feeble and pitiful tones
have you bridles of all
1 Of all kinds, sir,' replied the smiling
shopkeeper, pulliug down a variety of
blinds, bridles and cheek-reins.
1 1 1 wish to obtaingasped the stranger,
wiping the perspiration from his brow,
1 wish to obtain an article to to oriaic
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, mywije s tongue.
The shopkeeper fainted, and the Strang-
J'J
er w.
We take the following good one from
; which he was disposed to improve
i Was accosted by his iittlo son, of th
he
three
years.
"Father, doe3 God toll you what to
preach?"
"Certainly, my child." ,
"Then, what makes yaxscrach it out 1"
Scarlet Fever Reinedy. Wo published
a year or two ago a' simple remedy for
scarlet fever, being no other than the
rubbing the patient thoroughly withy&
bacon, We have since at different times
'received assurances from parties, whom
tho notice led to make a trial of it. of the
! entire success of the experiment. Other
; are just now sending us testimonials. or
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