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ChlufJustireThi tho -United Stnten 7 7lif-11, TANEY.
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OnVerotor—WlLl.l•M PACKEh.
Sorrotary ofStAtro—WlLLiol 1. Ilkutrrek.
tittcyoyor ,
A irlitt2r .iivierni—.l WWI FRY.
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Judie. of the Supreme 4 '..urt )1• Ant•
writusu, W. B. LUN•ILIC 11. W •\t•UUpITARU. t 9. A. Pt/RUA.
COUNTY_ oP.FIcERS
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Ane.ei Ito Judges-tile°, Michael Coeklin, annual
-'---. Nondhure. • ,
Dixtriet tttorney—Wm. .1. Shunrer. -
Proth tnotAry—Phitha Itulgley. . _
- . R&..rwl.:r Alt.—Daniel 8.-Croft. . - -
• Ite,zintor_—S. N. r,imningur
lli,d, , nerld—.lnrol, Bowman: Deputy, John Jneobn.
. County freieurer—goses (tricker.
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...., Caroler—Mild...ll 31,i'lellen. • - •
' County Com.ulted Iner,--11111Inm 11. Henderson, A n•,
drew Kerr. Nunurl 31ep.w.-._Cia — lii Cominisidontire.
. • • . Jd•nen Ariuntnenr. .
• - " Nrectorn of the Poor—fie. , rgo Brindle, John C.
Drown. Samuel 'N UL Bupuyintendent of Pour 111111111
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BORAX .II OFFICERS
- Ch Cart.
Assistant Burgesii-r ranch+ Lash,.
Towle COUllell—.l. H. Parser (President) John Out;
shall, /lama 'lntro, .111111VN M. Allem William Cameroe,
*John D. Alm gas,' 311th ell ilulcoptb," Niches! ,Jlioloh,
l'l3 -Mink) ley.
Clerk to 'Art' WM.—Thos. D. Million.
comitel.l,,,, —Jacob Bretz, lllib - Constable: Hobert
ICard Constable. . •
Julmees of the l'once—A. I. Sponslor, David Emlth.
Ml:haul' Holcomb, etephen Keepers.
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CIIURCIIES
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First Prcalt3terititt I hurdt, &erthwest angle of Om
re 6.111.11 . 0. llne. Con Nay I'. It • Parton—services
ever suadaY 31oruIng at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock
Second Presbitetlati - ChureGcoiner Of Won th - i. inover
and Ponuret st eats. 11ev. Mr Eel's, Pastor. ttervices
; ,eontteeitce at II ti chick. A. 31.,abd 7 . o'clork I'. 31. '
St. John's h arch. (Prot. Episcopal) non heastanglii bf
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• , Leittro -.in MI. ster. Jdenl, J. (lures, hector. Services
• at I 1 o'clock A. 31., Hued o'clock. P. 31.
English Lutheran Ihurch, Bedford between Main
and bouthel sirens. Rev. Jacob.. Fry, Pester. Services
at II o'clock A. M., and S. o'clock P. M.
ger 11.111 tel church, Louther, between Han•
o-er cod Pitt !greets. Hey. A. 11. Kreuter, Pasttr.—
harmee nt t l tielock A. M. and t is o'ctack,P. it.
Nlettesilst Cheryl,. OW charge, corner ol oain,and
Pitt Streets. lee. It. 11. (Annabel, Pusher.:Seri ken at
11 tit:l,k A. M. at d t.% tioloiek P. 31.
' Methodist E. t hurett ,second charge.) 11ev. A. A.
Reese. vaster' Ser‘ ices Iti College Chapel, at 11
o'clock A. 31 and 4 o'clock. P .M
'lonian Catholic Church, Pomfret near East street.
Nev. -- Linden. Pastor. Services on tie and Sun
day pimh month:
taertatin I.lnlieran Chung, col n-r of Pomfret and
Helloed streets, Ituv• Unice
at A. M. • . • .
lieu changes in the above tire Wm...l.:girl the
proper persons are requested to 11 , Lily us.
DICKINSON COLLEGE
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11Mi , Charles Collins, D. 11., Presidunt and Professor of
Moral &twice.
floe. I.Jruton M. Johnson. D. U, Professor of Philoiice
.phy and imalmh Literature.
Juntesit — MarshalirAlProfessor-of-A-+lelent-11.1m-,
Images.
flee. Wm. 11.. Doswell. A. M.. Professor of Mathematics. I
n,. N noon, A. M. Professor of Manual Si:Junco ' 1
o and Cantor vi tee 31usetnu. '
Alexander-r , chem, A. 3t., Professor of Hebrew and
Modern Languages.
Samuel D litilumn, A. M., Principal of the °minimal.
&Mond.
- .11. F. Purcell, A 11.. Assistant _in tho Grammar School.
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BOARD OF billOOL DIRECTORS
• Addrew Blair. Pregident. 11. Paxton, P. Quigley, 11.
fermium. C. V. Ilumeriela..l. 1111111111 mi, tueretery,Jai.iii,
taly, 'ErenSiirer. Jobe riohrir, Mei.souger. Meet in.
the Ist, Monday ei c o uch At S'o'efock A. 31. tit .I.EI
illAtiOD lint!.
CORIVILATONS
001.1.1.9.0 DT.TOSIT 11100.—'1 . 1.0.1.1.01t, Richard parker.
c`ashlcr. )lusselman; Clerks, J. i'. Hasler.' lames
"Roney. C. W. hoed: Directors. Richard Darker. Tlu mar.'
1.0.0101), li, icl,er. Abraham la,aler Jacob Leib).
It. C. Wnodmard, Nw. It, )lulliii..l 4 .ainuel AI hurry and
John Zug.
krin VALLI T HAIL 1/01.1. ComPArir.—President.
VrelerickNatty: c.ecretary and 'rreinurer, Eduard 111
Biddle; Superiniendelit. U. N. Lull.. I assenger
twice a day.. rnst nuid leavinii Carlisle at 10.101 Web el
A, M. and 1511 o'clock I', )l. 'rue trails every ila3
Viestnard. leaving t_arllslo at U.5(1 o'cluck A, 31., am,
2.41, C. )1.
CSIIUSLI (10H AND WATEII Co, T.ToT.—Prooldent, frit&
stick Watts; Secretary, Lemuel Todd; Treininer. Mnn
Madam; Directors, F. Watts. Licbaril Varker. Loom
el Todd. iim. M. Beetem. llei.ry Saxton, J. It, 4.13
John D. o.,rgas. R. C. Woodward and E. 11. !Addle
C11)110.10..1141. V 11.1.1:T Bong -,Frsident. John r, Fri r
rett; Cashier. it. A. StUrg 64l ; Toder! - Jos• C. Ileffer.—
Directora John rterreit. ttni. her. )lelelloie 'lrene
teas. hlchard %Weds. John C. Dunlap. Lett. C. eterret t.
U. A. 1111.Urg.0.01, 011.1 Captain John Dunlap.'
SOCIETIES
(lumberkw' star Lodge ..No. M. A. M. meets 40
?Orion 11 . 401 on the. 2nd and 4th "'numbs:. a or et.e'r:
aboo.h..
Bt..llhoe 1011 to No 21a) A. V. M. Meets 'id Thula
day of each mouth,. at Marlon Hull:
Carlisle Lodge No 01 1. 0..0f U. F. Meets Alondtq
crentug, at Trouts building.
FIRE cOMPANIEB
The -Union Fire, Company Was organized Ire :81r.
. Preside rt. 10 Cornman; V.lce Presfdent..Willlath
Porter; Secretary, A. li,hilslun; Treason, Peter 311ao
yr. Co nets mpauy mt's the brag Saturday MarclLJ
Septeurby. and December.
- Th. 4:u.nikqrhimi Fire1:411111111y won Instituted Febru.
ary 18, 18110. &mil& at Hobert 81reartneyi K rimtar) -
' Philip Quigley; 'treasurer 11. 8. Itllter. '1 onpi,, )
meets on the third, Saturday of .lailuari, Apr , July.
and October. ,
(In-4 irtlSl 4 Colllpllglialtillaitlliedln.Blllreh
1888. Prosldent. 11.. 1 1. - S;hrirecint - VPS - Pri , sldunt Jain.
Meeartney; Fecretaiv. Samuel 11. flionldt. Treasurer.
• Joscpu D. Italilyt. 'I& company meote the ,aucorl
Saturday of January, Aprll. July. and October. ~
RATES OF POSTAGE
Pnettuti; on all letterset' onwhilf mince weight or un
der. 3 Nieto pre paid except to California or-in. -titian
'bleb Is to nen P prop , d4.
r0.t."4, no the -.llerold the County. free.
Within the Suite 13 vent,' per year. io et of the
Unit.' Ant.OAP. cents ‘.l'osnige on all tranelat papers
under 3 IPIIIICYP hl VIVIAIt• two Tonto
unpaid. Advert 'Fed I•dtere. In be. barged with the cent
of n iepethlna, . ,
DER 1:1).,108 & LOOK I t: <
PRINTING OFFICE,
s. Cor. of the Square,' 1114111 S$
POETICAL.
THE END 'DF
DT 16111 R. R, H. ,NICIIOI.M3.
" /ivod ht We ',igen, '.o4lthly:
were three ecereend inn.l; -."
An old men sat lho window.
For the tpiing . ...at'drnwlng near;
And tto corpie of the - anti 41 winter ,
Illd roto . to.the tomb of tho year!'
Tho nunll,tht noft nod unclyuded,
Eitroglood In I l'er lho oaken floor, -
Awl trotted with gold the do* pannele,
• 129aIntly carved In tho ancient door.
• • Thu hands of the old man trembled,
ills board wits lensTe'itand thin,
And hill its the honer of Deeenaler.
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Wits the benrt. that erns tolling within 1
' Like embers, half quenehed and dyit.g,
bearth - 10 - nlnht: l
Burned theashes.Of life in his boan t ''''•
Au ha ant In the spring:. clear_ light. •
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He looked on theyoung buds swelling,
And n ttiv• o'er ills Wrinkles Firn);ed.;
lie thou Id of the wife of hie I.lsom.
Who slept in ttni valley',l4 green ehedo;
_ He thought bow ills stops bid taltired,.
Manny 011.thejountey of life;
-And how on 'death's began ho iested, '
IV bon #716 , nud worn with strife.
The forms of hialunocent children
She nightly hid folded In prayer,
And bid m: the weft lap Velnlnher, ,
`With tinder and motherly care,
Bone up in the old man's vision— •
• Ile anw tha4 one tired and elept, .
Like!, limb try the side Of itainother.
_ . ll here 6 willow leaned over and wept
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'One inin.hed Wandered from vlrtite,
The father In spirtilied yeArned
Tp grent.hini fornieenens and Llen idg t
Bur the jimitligal never returned;
Annther hed wedded with Mammon;
And worshipped the Prince of this world,
And one 'tiettli the Crone hod unlisted,
And fou,;bt why re Ito twiner unfurled. •
A daughter the.falrest and dearent,.
In lovelinexa walked by hie side. --
Nor envied thr lot of her elite.,
Who dp.rled In beauty and pride;
Ifer vole° wNP lIIP Ineirt's se/enfant inuple,
rilllll from the Meet volume vhe read,
That tni.ilitens the caller of eltadow,
And sinuothAdown the Fatlito the dead-.
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For all Mit minted - on and sorrow,' -
For all' his MIN . :MIKIS end greif—
For the nitht at Itin'ilouli , ing and darkness,
Ito found In Its pikes roller,
life had been checkered with madness,
And as It drdw near to it; clime. •
Ile longed o.r that hotme of the Weary,
reposel
.The old limn sot by the window,
As the sun dropped low in the sky;
: ,,Upt spirit 'with 111etst
. Went up to Ito mensiotoinn With. •
Another green 'hillock In summer, '
I:errived the lieption, Of dew:
And d a wn in the duet of the valley,
'Ue ratite he the tender and traa•
The Blue• Bells of New England
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The meet , Are It regal imp,
Aud hutublu f0:1..s the dotsrex;
But. 111 ue.ltellx of Near
' To you I IfiV1111V,11.111141.A:
To ytiu. lair phantoms In the snn,
Irilolll merry Spring iiirrterris t
With la ue-blids for your laureates,
And honephees for lovers.
The south wind breathes. End lot yo throng
This ruaged land of ours:
'Methlnk.. the pale I.IWe clouds of May
Drop &mt., and turn to flowers!
By cottage dom.., along the, 'toads,
, You dhow your winsome faces,
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And. like the Proem re lady, haunt
The lonely woodlt.nd places! • . •
All nlelit your eyes nre closed in skill,
II nt ..pen et the dawning; .•
Such elniple Mitt as yours ran see
and a coining in the morning.
Tn pleasant anon of duty:
You gel my thoughts to melody,
You flit me with your beauty.
nd you ore like the eyev , l love,
So noulept Audio tnder.
Just touched with anorning's glorious light,
And evening's gentle splendor.
Long may tire 'leaven's eiveyou rain, •
The sunshine its caresses.
Long may the little gild I love
Entwine you in her tresses!
411trtlr.
THE PLAGUE OF GIBRALTAR..
----The spots that-are canopied by the serenest
skies ' where the atria the purest to the vision,
and t he most gegial to the feelings. where na
ture tool has been moat lavish of her charms,
and those where the visitation of pestilence
Are the most frequent and the, most debit He—
Live; coating, mockery of the judg
ment of man. to show hint, that spots which
..eem to him the Edens of ilie world. ale, like
the Eden of old, gardens-where death lies in
mobush. This observation my well be up
plied to atmosphere; where, ti spot of math
upon which has so outpoured her rich
es, decorating the gigantic tt cks with a thou:
sand odoriterous flowers; thus strangely
mingling beauty no sublimity, and viewing
every acclivity 'with the In oad-leavcd and vane.
ablelg . trt e the yerew 'lipid and tugrant.
11411011, the golden speckled mange and the
bright blossomed geranium, that in its infinite
varieties trail over the giound,•and hangs in •
-every tissute. Yei plague and pestilt nee. in ,
itchr moat hOrl 1 . 11 i(111118, have been visit,ma :
acre; and the elements of dieter end den
Mire been. bitroe on the same lo eeze that waf-
AA
: We odors or' it thousand flowers The *
digest lOUS story that 'I ant about to Minute. is
connected wilt the memorable visitation of
18— and its' dellxiks_wilYnot. I think, possess •
less interest. tacauSe they belong not.to the ,
ominiun of fictien.
I received a conaufarion on the medical staff
of_Gibrnhnr_- the winter bele. e the 410 1 ,0 e
broke mit, and im the month of March I arriv
ed at, that celebrated station: l'he 2- regi
-1111 of' intantry itecOmpanied me .from Eng- .
land, and the otticei a were toy. messtmitca in
the het is frigate, during the voyage. Among
their number-was Luward Coortently, with
whom - singufit);•y enough— I had been on
habits-ot the closest intimacy-ever since
child
f and -WOO, indeed to. me, as a, younger
brother. lie was a tine noble-minded fellow ;
his like I hate never seen before or since,nnd
Mien as we not on deck during the glorious
• s
evenings that set over uti as we railed '
watd, we talked of the pfinks of our youth,
and imagined scenes ot manilold enjoyment,
during the four years that it was ruppo•red we
might he stationed at G. braltni: -'1 he bright.:
est of my nutieipations " - said obout tunny, _is
i.enewfal of tur titquaintnnee • of .Caroline
Lorn " NOW•tilird' was the only anticipation
t lutl . gaye me itneasineto; I k
II eVt .0f he o:etli--
leetiblvot my young striebtl:Jor this fasanating:
'girl, before her father obtaine•Maeivitippoint-,.
meld in Gibraltar And:well avvarmot bin t
thusiastic - tuin: of n ind, 1. could: not :bill,' atilt
'&'A2Ta itOM Vig).,LEE&T GERCILI2I
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- 7 - 77 - CARITSLY, - P:.,
...-IVgIi.NESD,": , ..ATiGIIST . AS; v- 1 5.
,the influence which
,1 forevim &voile pas
sion inightex at over lkis,iptcllect nod his ac
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sous.
Wo.avereAtoon domekicated in bibralear,and
began to realize the pleasant fanbies we had
.pictured on mir voyage ; and the bright ati
ticiPatioti,ef. Courtenay was fully . answered.
:qr. - Lout' we found inhabiting one of - the
Sycjoetesd - of those little villas that dot the
neoghborhood of the town ; it stood upon one
of the south[-western slopes tv , hicli are termi
: -tinted by the mole, -and wits
,eMbowdred. in a
thicketof sweet-smelling and floweringltihrubs.
This -was the daily resort of my friend. and
truly the household god less was well worthy
to receive his adorations Let me say a few
words of C aroline Loin, -She Was four years
- -yoonger than-Courtenartc-he-was-twesty . ,twy
Caroline , Was enly;eigliteeta but her figure, as
well as her mind. had somewhat outstripped
her age the former. cast In 'the too 4 perfect
moul I, added to an almost infantino lightness
those gracious contours which belong tb ma
turer years. and with the artlessness of.child
itood;_herinitud_wauldrmidy_ Kdoldp_titose its
describ Ode and nameless eleganoes . and per
ceptioas. which ore rarelydlte,accompanimeitti
of even a riper age. I wish I 'could descaihe
her countenance but this is
can only sty tit if it w Ls radiant with beauty.
youth and gladnekand that the expression of;
conte•nplative thought tlt it Sometimes shadew- I
ed it. but increased its, - charin, as - the , thin
cloud- veiling. but not obscuring the sun beams
throw+ upon the earth, a softer and tn-re '
lowed light: - I often stw Courtenay :and C tre
lice
Lo-n togeth-r, it w as evident that they .
were bons 1 hy_tl9 es amen at inch:nem, and if:.
front present promises.' lan it tn. reasoit ever
dare predict future felicity it might there
have indulged its 'tugtry...far la ippittess has
already unthlided her fairest blossoms and
they had outlived the hour wits frost ;sight
have blighted them. there not - ,a season.in
love, when - J.lmb • tangs of the- heart-.are but
the chroniclers of happines?
There aresotne.w . to m ty perhaps say con
temptuncly, • This is a love t tle !• Re t ler I
wish it were; I with I htd only to rlte,;;rd t he
triumphs or the ddfieulties of love, hat he is
a Ploy philosopher: an I hut. indifferently skill
ed in the history, of Om:du:um into I -which
in the histwi of the w teld t :
-.W'lO speaks cos
tempteas yof :I love tale. Usual' be d tficient
in interest the fault, mu ty lay witlathe n tra:
ter, hlt surely, not. With the ptssioa, w tick
has led to wilier, aye .an Ito greater WI I no
bler deeds. and which ,oroa g lit with it
mare-It tpp;ti !48, Rill Mire unitary, ant has'
been the 'hinge of
. gre tter, events than has
ever risen from all the other 'passions of - min
kin I
F in mart ptsse I on' Ly, four months
I rwty sty of p rtltct felicity. It wts now
the ht ;in tin; or .Idly: 'nal it w ti - ett led that :
the Tot ow lig ninth Vourten ly rind rarolino
w :re to h.: iinitzti Iwto eq t illy the friend
awl c•nl'i dint orb Ali I wto to d tpoiitory of
all tlyie little pldit, i s, uvely w Li, their con
tittri interitiapie I by iny presence: and.
when in ttu inil d it of thit'il n otic circle, I
my ey.ei' 1110 mcit33 itkef of the
tn inly yoatli an 1 rho lov.tly girl who s•it net
to eAch ot!or, ant 3 use the be uttilud blending
of pr.tsond-d top q.t . It ippiiksti with the ~ 1111-.
tkip Limon of still fuller joy, I wondered tit my
own foelith feditg, th it a isdnri such as theirs
could over be prolftic in ought urea but hdppi-
, 1104,1.
Tite m vita-able. 17th of .fitly ar . ri veil, oc that.
aty the plagu first in tie its.appe trance in•
the to sir of Gibe intr. I p tiled that evening
Cl the cottage an I notwithstanding the fear
ful foreb.idin 4kt th.tt were ahronii. we contrived
to be g.ty, for y o uth is slow to believe in the.
prediction of evil : and. although my knowl
edge of the facts 'knight have enable' in: to
- throw a chill over'tito anticipations — of" my
frienis I forb are for •;ktifi;icut, u Ito the
day is the evil thereof "
Next in train.; doubt conlittio longer rest,.
up to the 'kiln Is or lit tl ofi:e:s, la it
the plague was amongst kr. , ; and 'the ARUM day
""iitniut noon, or.lers were issued from headquar
tlirB, that the regiment stationed in Gib roller,
shout' be in re,tdiness in three hours to evac
u.kte the place, and form an encampment upon•
the n.tutral groktml the staff (will' he
eicept ion of the governor) having resolved to
acco upiny the military. the order of course
comprehended nie Courten ty was with me
when the order was coin oink:mod ; and as [-
expected lie immediately proposed to go to
the cottage.
••This is indeed a blow," said he, as we
cros. , eil the Aleineda.
'• F , out ioL, said -{ "! frtisl we shall nll
reeover : there is every reason for hope, Cure
line lives in one of the healthiest spots, in
Gibralter, and it is illy:ugh: that on the neutrill
ground, the'tnilitary, and therefore you, will
„ke safe
Ala!" said he. "you have never known
lint-it-is-tof a suffi
cient evil."
Caroline met us at the entrance of the gar
den. and in place of leading the wityitual
into the cottage. she conducted us to the sum
mer hotuie.' She already i.new of the order
that had be•n issued; ••I trust. Edward,'
said she. •, I may live 'to see k
`• May liVe !" said t'om•tenity. "Caroline do'.
nod speak doubtingly to me."
"How else should I speak, dear Edward ?"
returned she, ' , are not our lives, •y. ors and
mine, and all our Ii e- in the hands of God;
and how can-I say-better i •thandhat I trust In
him !"
But the tone in which Caroline spoke, and
the strange, though strangely sweet shale with
which she turned to Courtenay, rallied some
su-picion in -hik and sudden
-1 taking both her hands and looking into
her face, ••Caroline," he said. “you nerer:de
ecivell the t somethiligis amiss—tell me for
God s sake, tell me " and beft,9 she could re•
ply he had re inquished her hands and rush,.
ed toward- Ale house.
Ile will Gnaw all. he will said
she. "'twits for his sake I would haveconceal•
ed from him—'
..
What' is it that you Conceal •Caroline ?
May I follow him.? .Is it any evil that I can
prevent or alleviate r ..
You cannot cure the PLAGUE." saitt'siie
. . . . . .
.• This was indeed. a thundorholt ; this was
thq,evil she would base concealed. 'Courtenny
returned; for with woman's npprellent•iou
and the instinct that told .her she could con
coal nothing from her betrothed. site hail lock- .
.ed the &Om+. that. • coa•coulment any longer
was impossible. The syinptomtrof disease had
manifested themselves in a servant of the fami.'
ly
When ihe disclosure had been made. we re
mined fot• many momenta silent Courtenny
hid his face in his hands ; but his agitation
was extreme.
Coraline, f ' said be, nt. length, in a corn-
POseil andeatimei manner; "there-is one_reme 7
dy for this evil, the evil—the danger I mega:
that threatens you ; you have oonsented,with•
in one little month, to be my wife.; anticipab
the time, accompany me now to the altiir
your balm+ I know will consent, and in dire(
hours we nesylteth be safe from pestilenre.'
- -efdwaYth niy - dearEdward;'vealti Caroline
will be ingenuous. even at the risk of be
ing thought bold. It is true I have eonsenfed
to he your wile, and I not only do not • recall
that consent. but I even 'trim that I wish i
bad been . already-ratified at the altar; but I
would he wiwortliFor you if I. could ,timidly
meanly prefer the chance of my own'Bllfety
to that of thousands: No Edward, my: hear
pleads for what you desire, because b. is nrbery
to he empty:tied from: you t. But 1.. dare no
Xport with Outlives of others, .I dart_, not 1.0
,he remorse dist -woultipursuo me if I Oarrioi:
into your etimpthr,, seeds of dispose, that per
laps now lurk' itt myself,"
.
• Cotirteny, tirgwed with her, implored . d, ever.
kneelo4 to her, but
.oerolintrthough. 809.141,
moved, was_riteoltite.,
,•Po "4y
=I
. .
not try to make me univorthyt'of you ; take
with yotimy love, •A laut leave .ity Rib in the
keeping or God." • ••A • .
_Caroline's father entered thet-•gardeit, end
Co'urtenay flew to' him to plemp his wishes
It is impossible.". said he, myrild is right;
I dare not advise her otherwise.• 0; my young.
friend, assured other affection,ajul my esteem
we will tote every possible prfeaution, and
let us hope that all will go -
Courtert•ty bad exhausted ,eittry argument
and entreaty ,ho st aul gazing upon Qtr.) ine.
the image of misery anti degrde.' 'At - length .
• ' •
be barst•into tears• -
.Geader, forgive hiim the lion
ow
'may
be moved to tears. . Remember o
w he loved
—remeinber his - enthus antic flat re," he.l,new
t hat • lat - waimbaut-• - to rbe'r•sepa-rtteil-,front-her
whom perhaps pedileuee hnd alqady'inarked.
a., his prey, he saw her before 101, younk find
. .
beautiful, and •sorrowful - , for title large drops
silently rap down her. cheeks fiAnd perhaps
he fancied her on her sleath-bco. - I do not.
know what were his thoughts, bid ahoy. must
have
tears.'
.bittet: an 1 sitd„; drarjiuty, ho burst.
into tears. . s•
,
Caroline cou , •l withstim I his elintience, his
prayers even his kneelingi' but *sterols tho
wort in *he ever yet resisted thi 'dears of the
i man she loves? Caroline -threw emir upon
t
his neck untnin Hui of wittiessete,!Of her ten
r derness ~ I am your s," said{she, .' lam
1-your's fttlleadana witeim you-wild 4 ;--But-C-suets
env felt that his triump'd was Wig merotts. , ,
• " Ni," edit
. he.." tit it which jitlgraent and
-firth° reli gi on and attest-ion list o withheld,
ought not to be yield,' I t w o tears.: l `,' 1n I they
parted in sleep so: row ialeed, but. with 80113=
what more c Gutless tit in fro. the form, wt
part of the intery.ew might ports #ps have been ,
ex tooted ,
. .
An hour Wier, the troo?s TO:sterol sit the
ditferetat barracks,' an I intrclual 'out .Of idtb
rdltar: and, •b"fore suuset. theAtuesimpunt
wati -forsook-upon: the alumna - rosin I. ; Tile
neutral grout I or Gibraltar is a, strip of about
half i mile wed", acrossrthe neelctof bin I that
cons - mem Gibraltar with the tn "inland, lying,
of course ,between the British rind Spanish
lines. Upon -every occasion,' visjien disease
his visited Hilwattar, it-has beensllte custom
ffir the notate& do:rattertinp' upon' the-neutral
grousid, Tylo,.siipsititratie tory *lstelute has,
1 evidently procrieligitOlOhe oukto . sitionditat.
prague is coatagifiu<fitiells t pacpstse is to cut
oil all 'comaistoikicit:lodwerat 6it'o military,
an I the inPabitatitiii*hich wisiiild,be disti:MlC..
if not impossible unlestr,b - y;placit" between
them imp tssable ma its and • Itulw tr'ks. This
purpose has also bee t always mitlidimbly se
epee. by the in fit rigorous ex ictiil4f military
discipline, an I • o'io dierice to ratios's; and my
violation ofdltexedid*boon visited by prompt
awl elf miti LI spanisOdent • TIM sop ir 'dun
would, in deed" 11l etitirely - nug eery, ttotess it '
were stem" ty %flied by fire most ,rigereus kik.
&spline. Aocolothigly, tho store evaping upon
w tick the one totpraeut was formed the troops
were called out. and a gnierdt order rend at
the Ito td of eaelt o my my, Torbilling. sutler
any pretenea, all c On n tole Lion braw.oon the
clot,' oral the town, under, the lath penalty
taxa I by the article.. of vi tr to disobs hence
of orders • But even this was iktuttt'Hent. to .
enforce obedience A private:lll'ole lith reg;
imoitt, - wtso had boon accustomed tot resort
everj , night to a meth public house near the .
no th•western p tint., toll advantage of low
water.soon tiller dus, to cross the, long reach
of sands, and two ling 49 firalleasi'tht depfli
would allow.• swim under the mole , and
reached his favorite resort But he paid the I
penalty. He wis seen from the .signal-here 1
crossing the wands; and being apprehended
and sent to the eticanipment, be was tried,
condemned, find shot the same afternoon. Let
me now return to my story. „
--- 7Tireearirevening: while - MB iffeltrudyfetitc•
just as dust was lading into darkness, the
curtain was pushed aside, and Courtenay en
tered
•` Good evening," said 1, " but how is it
that you are here 1 They have beaten the re
treat, and you ought to be in your own tent,
unless. indeed. you are o ' ll guard."
I am,". replied Courtenay ; " I am on the
western piquet the most 'fortunate station I
could have natl."
Hsity fortunate?" said, L "Why more
fortunate than any other?"
" Cannot you guess r said emulously.
" No, indeed. I cannot, unless• it -be that. it
'Lille point neare-t to Caroline."
I nee, ' said Conrtenay, "you do not un
derstand me."
A suspiei u of the truth flashed upon my
mind. -••• You cannoruiihin -- Caiereirfily, - " - Titiiil
I, - Impossible!"
"To disobey Milers, you would say. Alt!
my friend; you never loved as I. do."
Courtenay," skid I,' in a grave tone, "sit
down and listnu to me.- This as madness—not
love. Have yonulrontly forgotten 'the exam
ple of this afternoon?
" I am sure,' said ho, intermitting
"you do not believe me a coward"
"No t'ouitenay " said 1. •• but .cowardice
and prudence are not the same. Your duty
as a soldier conintairds you to stay your duty
as a man nlso ; - for you are nbout to incur the
very risk. to avoid which Caroline sacrificed,
her inclination. Will you allow her to outdo
you in resolution ?"
" liatiii.•' replied he; "are of different
ligations; although-our vows have not been
exchanged at the altar. they have been regis ,
tet ed elsewhere;,.and I know. of. no_duty. so
sacred as that of olteri-hing her who is all but
my witn It is possible, oh. Seymour! - oh.
God!- it is possible that she is at •fitis moment
dying; stud Atoll I sacrifice the duty of
watching over her, to any obligations that ha-
Man law may have imposed ?"
• I tried to argue the matter with Couttonoy;
I impluied hint-by the affection he felt for his
mother and sistets in England-by his friend
shiifor.me•—by Ids' love for Caroline, to de
sist from his project. •
" I am not afraid of discovery." said he:
" the piquet are men of my own company;
and will not betray me I have agreed with
a Spimish bunt Wow Algeniras to be iu readi
ness at ten ; it will carry the close to the
mole; and I shall have returned long before
daylight. I tun utterlir, miserable l'eyntour
if the risk were thousand Grata greater than
it is, 1 could notlive over such another day as
this "
I saw that it was in vain to offer farther op -
position. I hold aside the earivai.ii and shook
hands with him 'as'lte walked nut; and his
figure soon disappeared aniong.tke.tents ;': bat
I. frequently returned to look o'V4.;' and once
1 thought I heard the - stroke of okra—.which
was not imp&siblen. as the night. was quite
calm and my lest was on the western side of
the encampment. . •
1 was awoke nt five o'clock by the morning
gun. This was the Winn' at which the piquets
are broken up; and in a. few* Minutes .1 saw
Courtenay_enter..._•. He .scat mil inwelf_near Me..
without speak ng, and the dawn ~ was yet . too
imperfect twit Me to augur anything from
vt i i
his eounten nee. :,iiis Wilinuce, however, was
ominous of evil and . waited. patiently until
lie should breakit, . . . .•
Bey tuour.''_saidli,. tit length, ..c. my-stOry
is brief, but 1. ca.. not utter it.. o Caroline—" •
.n Is well, I trust.", said L. % • •
Courtenay half rose, and bending over me.
whispered in my ear. in an articulate whisper.
liat .1011 never pass from my-memory—•" Tns
i" and with a deep smothered grope
ofinten.e agony, he fell, to the ground.
I 'knim t be• meaning of these .woids
ine was about to Ilea victim. • I inised.Court-•
Tay from the ground, hut I.had no console
oiler him: I could.'only rn y . " it is
ant kalways 'I
- aortal: you may yet heti', live
fli - happy:" ; • " ' •
.'' "You de pot yet know all." said he; "'my
.ours,' as well ae ber's.'.are nutnbereti - and for
hat,merey, - 1 thank [hod .' bellive;,Seyrnour.
lay' absence io,known,!!' :
• -, ''' — •(Tolia'es•sieltgleci in Our nerd,
A , GOOD DAY'S WORK.
" I've donira good day's -work. if 4 . .. never
do. stud Mr. Bar Mei, •rubbing his,
bands together briskly. and with the air of a
man who felt very much pleased with himself.
"And so have L"._ Mrs. Barlow 8 voice
was in a, • tone, and.leis exultant, yet in
-dicative of aep at peace With itself.
st Lot us comps' notes.-? said Mr.. Barlow,
in the confident. m .nuer of One' 'Who •knowa .
that victory will b - oil his side. "and see
which has doe(' the 'est day's work."
't You, of 'oottrs , i" returned the gentle,
hearted wife. .
tt We shalom. et IA!
day's-work - precede
" so," said: Mrs.. B 4
the first experienCe."
' "Very well." And full of his eubject,, Mr
Barlow .began.
' " You remember. the debt - of Warfield,
about. which I spoke a few months ago ?"
" Ye's."
" - t' - coititiOed - .Alt - 44tip - dr - iitikt-TVit - iiildThlive --
sold out toy interest at thirty cents on lit - o
dollar •witeu I leftliorne this morning. Now '
the wink .olt . tim . ii,Xecure. ,' I hid to soheine a'
little. . it was teltarp practice.
_Eat the thing
is dene. I -don't bolieve,that another creditor
of Warfield's will gat a third of. his claim.
..-- Thitmext'tiperatlon," continued M. _Bars_..:
low !' 1 min - 4 ler about •as gond. About .a
year ago 1 took fifty - acres .of land in Erie
ecriniy for debt, at tti v tittation of five dollars '
an acre. I sold it to .day at tea. I d.aft
',think the rain know jai( what how is buying.
II: called to see me about it, and I asked ten
dollars an Acre, at a_ venture when he promptly
laid d ion one kindred dollars to bin I the
bargain. ,If . I shunid never see Ititeng tin, I
an all ri.ett. .Tuatjs never
runner
two. .Ntreter three is itS ple taunt to . remeth- •'
per.- - I - sold is hot of gr).)44; - .A.to . it a to,
out -
of tlete to a young country march ant, for
eUslt. ' (I'e - thinks he-has-a b ti.taiii; and • per- '
It tits he has ; but I woultiltave let them go at
Any time during the last six - mantles at' a loss
ortifirty per cent., and thought the sale a de
sirable one. ,
"Now, there's my dty's work.: Jenny, and
it i 4 oniTta be proud of.. I ttlto some
,credit
to-tnycelf,titr being upon the whole a pretty
bright-eon. of atnan, end batialto go through.
Let us llaiel.our story now "
The feet, of Mrs.• Barlo- flushel slightly.
tier hivititnd waited foi-m few moments, and
tilos/ paid
.
' - " Let uslie;irOrtilayardamt-stitchitig-and-
the pile.., or goal things m t.ie "
"N t, nettling of that," said A.m. trlaw,- -
with. a slight veil of feeling covering her pleas
ant voice.'.." I hal another M3,ining when 1'
spoke of having accomdlislied .0 goo I d ty,'s
wark: Al , l now. as my ibitip will bear _no_
comparison wit h 'youre, declining
their rehearsal."
164igain is a lytrgsin, jenny," said 11r
13 yVoril keeping is a ear,linsi virtue
Sales yotir story bitold. .You have dont, a
g work in your animation. for you .
HAW ao, ASio 0n..--1-ant,all-attention "
Mrs. Bp.low still hesitated. But after a
little mire urzin.;, shy b.gtn her story - of a
gliod - ilsy .4 work.. Her vole.• was a little stib
dued,--and there W-14 An evident shrinking from
The subject above which she felt constrained
to speak. . •
heosobted Is,st.night." skid, she, ..after
tiAtiirsoniti hours of self-exainination find
geltupbrablings, that I would. for one day,
try to pa4sess my soul-in puience. And this
has been the trial-day. Shall l go on ?" •
Mrs: Barlow looked up with a timid, -half
bashful air at her husband. She did not-meet
his eves, for he had turned them partly away.
----"--Yes7-dear-Jenny,go on," .
The husbatid s buoyancy of tone was goile.
In its place' waS something tender and yolisive.
" L ttle Eddy was utimmally fretful this
morning, as you wig remember. ile seemed
perverse, 1 thought—cross. as we call it. I
was tempted to speak harshly two or three
times ; but, remembering my good resolution,
I put on the armor of patience. ;mid never let
hint hear a tone. Dear little fellow! When
I went to wash 'dim -after Iheakfase, I found
just behind one of his ears, an inflamed boil !
It has made him - slightly feveriAcand• worf,f
some all day. Olt. wasn't I gIA that patience
had ruled my spirit.
After you went away to the store Mary
got into, one of her perverse humors. She
did not want, to go to school, to begin with;
then she couldn't find her slate • them her_shoe'
pinelfellifrfeTt - very much annoys(' ; but
recalling my good resolution. I met lit,r irri
tation with calmness, her wilfulness with gen
tle retake; and so I conquered: She kissed
me and started for school with a cheerful
countenance, her slate in her satchel, and the
pinching „Shoe ;unheeded. So I had' my re
ward. . '
But my trials were not over Some extra
washing was needed. So I called Ellen, and
told her that Mary would require a frock and
two pairs of drawers to be . washed out, the
bahysome slips, and you s umo' pocket hand
kerchietS. ,s% saucy refusal leaped from, the
girl's quick tongue., and indignant words to
mc. Patience! patience! whispered
still voice. I stifled, with nnyellort, my feel-
My — spetelf - and - totat rolled my
countenance. Very calmly,. as to exterior
signs. did I look into Ellen's face, until site
dropped kev.eye,to tit!? linorit . i confusion
" Von must , have forgolton yourself.' . I
said with some dignity of-manner, yet *vithout
a sign of irritation. she was humble at once;
confessed the wrong, 'and bogged my pardon.
I foirgave her, after reproof, and she went
bheic to the kitchen, soniething-niser; I think,
than when I summoned her. The washing I
regaired has been done, and Well done; and
the girl has seemed all day. as if she were en
deavoring In steno by kindness and sdrvice for
that hasty speech. If I mistake not, we*were
both improved by the discipline through which
we passed.
6 , Other trials I have had, 'through the day.
Some of them quite as severons the few I Mum
mentioned,; but the armor .431. ...patience was
whole when the sun went dow n. I was able
fo 000. ss my Soul in peace and•the conquest
of self has Outdo me happier. • This is my
good day's work. It may not seem much in
your eyes." .
- -
Mr Barlow did not look or speak, as the
voiell of his wife- grew silent, • She waited
almost a minute for his response Then he
bent. forviard suddenly, andkissed her, saying
as ho did ''o
" Mine was work, .yours a battle—mine
success, yours conquest - mine easy toil , yours
heroism ! Jenny dear, since you havti been
talking I hate thought thus!' My.good work
how soiled my pimento. while yours are with-.
out a stain, and white as angels .robes.. Lov- .
ing monitor! may your lesson of to-night
make-me a-better-man. --Your 7 good-day's
work gives a two-fold blessing'!" ~. 4
. Ttifs 01118,11 . .51DE.- Once in ,e happy home s '
a.sweethrightluthy died-: On the evening of
tiw day mien the Children gathered nronnd
mother, all Sitting very sorrowful, Alice;
the eldest said:. ..
t• Mother, y'on took - all the wire of the baby
while she was here, and you curried nod held
her in your'artns, ell the while she was ill;
now mother•whatook heron • theother site?"
••On - the other side of what. Alicer
On the other.. side, of death ; who look
haby..eg-Abe mimr side; mother.? ne was so
little she co uld not go alone."' • '
.
~UeeueM her I liere ' ' at; swered the trot h er.
It who took little children hi hie arms.
tp blemt.them, and said. 'ttlafferlittleeldidreiV
to eonaiunto me. and forbid them tie( for of [Mob.
it the,kihgdom'of Her'en." He took the, baby . _
oaltha Otkeraide , ''' '‘
..
. ..
l't risoutiatt, August. 1858, 1
-Dean .I{ETIALD:-.-11 . 1011) in a philosophy .L. •
travelling that proves both edifying and it 1
strddive,. Incidents are continually 'Onus- I
piring that serve as, loopholes into the wor k -'.
shop of par liumw nature. whereby a .close
observer - may extract items to serve as figures
in filling up the shifting drama 6f.life. These
heart workings are truthful - to .a-great extent,
because they sparkle out through that selfish'
net; that all are too prone to wrap themselves
when brought into contact with the world
Thus the . 'multiform aspects of life as .it is
stands out in strong c mime to what it would
like to appear. If we gathir up these trivial .
uaroglstered_inoidenta- that--bubble-out-an=-
thought of,
.uncared for. and put ;thorn 4.:)'
'gether, - here stage and there, a little, a whole
figure starts out, thatja.not unlike-the .• great
inago'' of Nebuchadsteizar s 'dream. '• This
,figure. while it is - mmle up in it great meaeure
of the brittle qualities , of earth; still around
and about it lingers the golden tints of nobler
faspirations-,-.Tho-relatlie-frinfuenoy-of-these
impulses marks the -controlling aim of life
whether influenced by a high ~ hope" or - the
slave of' the feverish we tkness of hum in frail
ty / 'Bit, as I don't intend to-Write an essay,
bat merely tdasedni the la t Lest character of
a %/oar:lane a kin! of spa ',king trumpet
throughwitich others (1 mean my fellow tra
vellers) may whisper their thoughts, or ape it.
out their fancied grievances.. Well here I
ash, seated in a luxurious car.filled with-come
! forty specimens 'of that biped genus -'• what
wears clothes " a tolerable fair sample of the
great A nerjean family on 11 . !n9vini excursion:
Tdore is - old age with its deurepitude, linked
in , hin I with wattling childhood :-..• upper
ten leaf , with its voted ..curl and fancied
dnportatiee, brought by the force of circum
stances into olose contact with the honest but.
humble-artisan -molest' crortlt . and' 'retiring
Attrity unconsciously placbd side by. side the
votary of vies-and the solid " business mall"
lete.a-leie with that idle "profidtate• simply (
because there is nothing else to do Toil-)
constituting ",our air' -an .. Jrnaitun glther
unit" a natural curiosity box to be „looked at
madam lied itt pleasure.
...
history .of 'your
VI, • °'you shrtll give
The -shrill whistle " down brakes" and
down' it w-is, to be bruit ;ht' up Standineee
supply the insatiable w tots of the " Antelope"
whose untiring-energies hit .been severely
tested in- creeping up . the • hick bone" or
Atueriata' The dty-w ts inteniely_hot, ant l
lolled out of the car - win low, to catch the
skeleton of a .-playing breeze —my attention
was attracted by the roma in' of an Irishman:
leaning io off 2#(lll.lie of dishcloth coin -0 , 111•0
over his spine handle lingo drops adown
-his cheeks were running. not stealing, *Whit
his IL:nbroiial , curle were tiltsA by the' most«
dilapidated rent tins of a " tile." A.
sorry - protector . - Ag flag - tilt:Tr sot'
who seem t 1 es pecially bent on expinding - his
concentrated 'energies on his, philosophical
victim Wondering if tbe'thini could speech,
art ioulat e, 'woke it ip-With the remark " It's
very warm."
" Faith an' it is not onl:
hoiiEia 0:h, manlier ! it's 4 qu we 'coati
ilry ititter . a.bit The'cldrk of 'the
waather lost his account of the wither fallen,
an' morn a foot too much came down. :An'
now to correct his blunderin' Mistake has eet,
yion blistering. burnin craftier to bile it' dawn
to the right Rant, by the 'lowly Saint
P.tthrick if
.1 was,:in mild 'lreland' again
would not stay here another hour." We are
off and my Irish 'friend. like Patience on a
monument. stood sweating at grief. And I.
came to the conclusion that there was
,as
much true philosophy as poetry in his passing
remark.
Repeated whistles. followed by sodden_
atop revealed the fact • that something was
wrong. The popping of heads out of every .
accessible window, end th " buzz" of inquiry
evinced the uoeasiness of "all concerned "
My friend,Charley ll who by . the way is
a wag, and can never resist the perpetration
of a joke overt at the expense of his Men Is.
touch less strangers, was deputed to ascer .
tain the "cause of stoppage." Ho soon re-
turned with it smirk around his mewl', and
fun in the corner of his oye The response
to the many anxious inquiries was, that the
Antelope was in the law stages of contruny
lion:
“I.,avysaikes,” exclaimed an old Indy, hail
ing the verdant hills . of Vtirmount," '
•• how the, poor thing must be sutferin'.—
Did'ut yeit_perceive-what - an - agrair - itild'cough
itriir. I hey been listenin' to it moeu an
hour. The consumption cough is worse far
than the hoopla' cough. It ,tops sometimes,
but this ar consumption cough knows no ex-
Idnuation. as- old Dr. Ilarke, that dear old
soul used to say." and then -she heaved a
sigh anti hertoneue kept on in a vibratory
waggle with the Lelooity of a mill clapper
We seemed to be in' a Nir way of
. a.,liveiy
realization of perpetual motion; wheglan obi
codger, who sat dubiously uneasy, while his
rubicund visage not a bad specimen of spirit
ual painting, grew purplish hot, and Hushed,
the fiery red into a huge nasal promontory
that stood blazing with fervor
. intense. nut a
bad resemblance of mount Vesuvius when
seen at a distance through a telescope reiers-
Ite.grunted in_a_voiee that seemed
curiously bonded with the tenor equal of a .
year'swineling and the deep basso of gurgling
ks 4 "woman. No Snakes what hauls the,
otzte are uo cradles at all, but an ingin.'!
This information fell op-i-the old lady's
nerves like a torpedo among a Hock of tame
ducks
" The Lord presarvo us ! Hitched to an
Ingin, the b oody "'aiment whet scalps poor
wimple!" and Itelphlss children, an' apilea the
growth of their her.. Oh lawful saikes ! if I
was to hem again. with poor husband, Betsy•
Ann, my darter whiles in theilliniae, might
tallith° with the ager too all eternity afore(' I
leave Inim again." Then she collapsed into
alipterical laugh
•My o I volbanich friend grew alarmed at
the effect of his information, and rose in his
place to e lain.
~ It is not an Ingin what walks but an In •
gen what rtett.: .!
• , f*Mitre.V, exclaimed the. old lady,' as . s o
'lt'
gasped for breath. .. I feel k ant a goner. for
how kin I expect thesextlailltabs what hew
clone so much service, 16 - tri'iry me out of these'
mountains," and she looked out of the window
and shialdered and sighed.
Old volcanic lroke forth; " Woman. (rear
Ilitortien the ingin is not- a human being but
lan iron being, what is oalltlikan Antelope "
Ante means before and lope tnettnr,finip,'Whieli
means jumping before and hauling the oars
after." This was too much for human.endur
•
ante to bear; and shout after shout of laugh
ter went out, whioh was caught up ,by .oin%
mantled . " erar'end shady. nook and went
soaritigawey in the distance until the whole
Allegheny—range—seemed ,, vocal-vr,ith-mer , .-
riment.. • The . --4 rAntelope." 'renewed. had
cough" and we were going again. As a
fellow feels good after a heartylaugh, I will
just stop and enjOy'lt. • Yours,
• • In ouch a iflro
Fortuna had layh!hed all bar otoroo • ,
' A taloa hlug• now soom'd left fo.llllll '
/lot to deserve her morn and more,
To thin I vow'd my lilies whole scope;
And lure Ihrewspi you now
The melden will fulfill your hope, '
Only as you fulfill your vow."' • '
—The Angel In the Muse
,•,
ler A gentleman having built(' largo house
Wlie nt a loos what todo with the rintibinit: Ilib
stewnt4 adyisell Lin - ) to ha,o ft lilt 'dug large
-enoughliionntnin 7 it.'. Ind :whni.-•teeid th e
Vintletunti amilhig . 4 * &101 l I do with_theearth
wide') I dig.up &cote it? ' To NO:14 the; stew,
ard'aith areat„ipavits , . i•liave sGpit
made '4ough to bold all?" ,
CoFreiponde :ea of the !Jerald
wlrm but
J. 0. W
fOl 50 jeer annum lls ad v ance.
1 MI 00 if oat paid La adisuiel.
IfiIUSEKV;EPER.
THE
' [From the flaltlmore Weekly Sun.j
iwarop.
•
I I can vouch the f o llowing recip e s expet.
meatallyi. , .. • _ .
To Pauvear Morns raombmoittlio•WOOLsit
ARTICLES RE CLOTUINCI.-A4A, a,olose.bag of
linen or cotton cloth,. secure the seamn...by
folding the two salvages • down - bbfof9; putt
stitch thein..as• is sometimes done in making.
seed bags , put itr your woolen articles , .9f
clothing or morsted hunks or balls, 'tie this
• mouth of the bag fast With a, good- string,
place it in_any--convenietit-dryTplaCe-oi-hang
'it up if you .choose; and. 11l
,guarantee that
your woolens Wilt' receive no damage .from
those destructivenittle animita, insects, rep.
tiles,• vermin, or however you might „class
them.
•PRESATIVI: DRIO , Faun Fen .rant
he* your -fruit is 'suffiCiently dry
to
_ptek_nw_ay3t—sliould—always ilna—psittked-
Wird. Choose the liebt of the day, at noon,
wiled-the fruit-is 'heated by-the rays of:the
sun. or heat the' fruit by :spreading it out be
fore a bright fire,- so as to heat it uniformly.
The object is to,deotroy the egg. on embryo,
'deposited in the fruit—during the proem of
I drying-L.l)y the fly. Then ppok away your
- ialterrills . in some - close vesselsay a stonelar
or any tight.'wooden vessel; apples; peaches, •
, or, other large fruit in barrels, kegs or •bags ;
cover or tie thm e closely. until winter. • '
loimpLic 'fiLol*()F. DISTILLING jtoint , 6wN Rost
WA raft: —YOU can do this without expense and
with but little trouble by observing the follow- •
I .
i mg plan : Goiter your rose leaves fri•wh, with
morning dew. Haire ready a common tin
pin, well clamed. a tin plate or 'baker. such
as you 'use in baking pies.or. tarts. a piece of
thin linen cloth - -an - old towel will answer [he'
purpose; asheet:of white paper-and Some old
w ate paper of tiny. kind not soiled with any
thing offensive. lle • your cloth firmly . over
the mouth of the pan with a good - string.
t'l ice your rose 'leaies in' a thick layer on
Your cloth, your sheet of white paper on the
roses, and then several folds of waste paper,;
put the tin plate on the paper; then fill the
plate with a shovelful of fire coals. place a tit
rock on the coals, let it,retnain until the fire
wants replenishing. You will find room, then
to put on a fresh supply of rose leaves, or, if
the first are much dried or dkaolered, remove
them aul use fresh leaves. You can continue
this pros ss all day, and at.night sod will find
--i dapotit - oreaellent route waterin your pep,
alien better_ thin you can procure from the _
shojis. The quantity will 'be small, but it'
will be as much as you can purchase for fifty -
cents. and I find-it a'very soothing application •
to the skin.; When beat, up with fresh lard it -•
makes nice cream of rotea.--a good remedy for
' chap skin in winter. • . 'S. '
woRTH TaTi;.6 - :—cia the 'subject of "bites
and stings "%Hall's. J , urnal of: Health has an
item witielt may be important to coma:
As, many of our readers: are. preparing.. to
.r_ge_in-the-conntry—fortlae summer,-i3
may be useful to remind then' . that an ounce'
vial of spirits-Of hartshorn should be consid
ered ono of the indispensables, as -in case of
being bitten or stung by any - poisonous ani
mal or insect, the immediate free application
of the alkali as a wash to the part bitten gives
instant; perfect and per,m4pent relief , 140 hit's
of a maul flog; we believe: not 'excepted;' ao
will strong ashes and water.
PINS Arne • P RICSERVIC3:—Twist off the tap
and bottom, and pare of the rough outside 'of
the pine apples, then weigh them and cut
Ahem in slices chips or .quarter, or' cut them•
in four or six, and shape each_ piece like
wliolo pine apple, to each pound of fruit pdt
a teacup of water. put it in a preserving ket
tle cove• it and set it: over the fire and let,
them boil gently until they are tender .and
clear then take them from the water by stick
ing a fork in the centre of each slice or with 11
skimmer into a dish. Put. to the water white
sugar, a pound for each pound of fruit, stir it
utitil it is all dissolved, then- put in - the pine
apple cover the kettle and let them boil gently
until transparent throughout when it is so,
take it. out, lot it coot anti put it in glass jars,
las soon its the sirup .is a little cooled pour-it
over them, let them remain in a cool place
until tho next day, then secure tliejars asAli
rected previously. Pine apple done in -this
way is a deliciaus..preserve--The-nsual,man--
ner of preserving it...by putting it into the
sirup without first boiling it,' makes it little
better.thau sweetened leather.
Now TO 11;AtiE TOMATO Fine.r-Pour boiling
water over the tomatoes in order to remorse
the ssins, then weigh them and place theni in
a atone jar, with as much sugar as you bane
teinatocand let Omit_ stand two days, then
pour oil the sirup, and boil and skiin it. until
no Henn) rises. Then pour it over the tomatoes
and let theinr,stand two days, as before,, then ,
boil. and skibi azitin.. After the third time
therare fit to dry, if the weather is good, it
not• let them standin the sirup •un'il dryi ng
weather. -Then place on large earthen plates
or dishestindput them in the sun fir.tiry,
wilt take about. a week, after 'which pack thew
down in small wooden boxes, with fine white
sugar-bet ween - every -layer._ -Tomatoes pie--
partl in this way wihl.keop for years.
Walsh PEACHES UNI`HAILISD—AcorTespon•
dent of the. Louisville Journal communicates
a new plan for drying peaches, which may be
of service to our readers The fume is° re
moved by immersing in lye,•made by boiling
wood-ashes in water, to a tolerable Mrength,
the lye should be warm, but not so ns to, cook
the peaches, which are rubbed 'in it•
"mid then Washed' in clear cold
particle of furze will ho removed end' only
thin skulk remain. they can then be ,cut, and
dried in the u-ual manner. They Alms lqse
nothing of their sweetness by.peeling,and are
said to be of the best quality for all cookirig
purposes.. • •
Tomaro PIIESOINKEI. —Take the round: yel
' low variety us soon as ripe: scold and peel; vt•
then to seven pounds of white auger, and let •
them stand over night... Take .the tontatoei
Out of the sugar and boil the sirup, removing
the scum. Put in the tomatoes and boil gent.
ly fifteen : or twenty Minutes, rentoiredhe fruit
again 'and boil until the sirup thickens: On
cooling put WO fruit into jars and pour the •
sirup overit find odd a few•sllees -Of lemon to
each jar,and you willhafesomethingio please
the taste of the most fastidious.
Arm kinnumus.— Stew youn fruit well
done and Smooth. sweeten to the4nste, and
add the rind of a lemon' grated.. Take. the
whites of five eggs, bent them toil stiff froth,
put to them a tenvenpful of powdered 'sugar, •
a little rose,water, the juice of ,the lemen,„or
any other seasoning you prefer. Put hoar
friairin a tint diilr, - and with a smut
.pnt the
white of uu egg omit- then set , ycnir-dish 'it' -
the oven and brown-the eggs-ra , fer: Vintitte
will do it.- A spoonful of knitter 'stirred : o,qm
tipples whilo hot is an iinproventent.- •
Been.-,,.w0 peple. 'of water, 1.
'pint hops.. 2 - quails wheat.,bran
boughs of hemlock or spruee— boil 'the whole
together in a brass kettle 'until - lhe 'bran' and
hops sink to-the bottoM.' then' stinin.'-: .
it is 'about lukownrin'..ntid. I qunit
anti 1, teacup of good hop.yeast.
ipither,' keep itt a worm place and . liOtilotire
it in fit for use.
DREAD AND Borrirs tolei.pf
quartered sour aeplff,' a, 114le t!uttrieg and ell
lust% a layer of drietrbiqid: )04110, (rri Dist
ter
,kie.w dry;) another le,yer irith
itighvand nu(meg ,
.togit . you have filled ygnr;i3etn; the 'lltet tadd
het layeis being Angles:Add onanulo s tvgfon.
or 44.4 01 ..*- 14 !=wet t/3 4 /o , '-PAMPA/0V
in MPdat* 0 70,0..,t..akit,',Y. 1 .*5ti 01'1°P
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