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U. S..GOVERNMENT
Prosldont livenANAlt, • '
Pico Promftlont-.fotisf C. BRFAIR F.NIIIOO
Sonratary-of SClto—Oon. Lifwts CANS.
Secrut:u•y of l»terlor-4 Won Tlloslrsox..
Secretary of Treasury—llowrfa. Coon.
Soort.t . try ofiVar.—.Cuts IL FLOYD.
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SucrotP•y of Sicy.-I:4k Touimr.
Tract :,I:vitor 1/mloml-398E1 , n llor.r.
Attornev Cu S. 11fAcfc.
Chief JuAtico of tho linit.od Stitmi—lt. B. TAXEIr.
STATE GOV,ERI.,4SIE,"ST
Gnrarnnr—WlLLll M P, PACKER.
Sucrgtary4.lit.ltO—Wll.l.lkM M. MISTER
Surveyor General—Wm. 11. KEI M.
Au di tor °amoral— rn.m. li. COWMAN..
Trowirer-11r.Nitr S. M
jud.pis of 010 Jupreino i!ourt—E. he.wxg, J. 1t• ADM•
STitusu, W.ll. LOIYME U. IV. Wnonwmin. Joint M. ILKAD
.
COUNTY OPFICERS'
President Judge—lron. James if. Groh - sm.
Assoriate Judges—lion. Michael. Ceckliu, Samuel
Woo/MUNI.
District Attorney—J. W. D.:olilelen.
• Protlrtnot try—Philip Quigley. •
it,,eorder Ate.-.—lttititti S. Oroft. •
It,. literli. N. Emoting,.
!Ugh Fiterld—itobt. 31elIartney; Deputy, S. Keepers
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O re
dunty Treasue- 2 Aured L. lousier.
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Coroner-113y Id Smith.
---County'tlmuntitidotteroSamuel • 31e..ten._Katitniel
11. - Eckels. James IL %Waggoner. Clerk to Commission.
ers. James Armstrong.
,Dirttetortt of .- tint -Poor—Win . Ornery, atm. Trimble,
Abraham Itosinf., Superintendent of Poor Roust
Henry Snyder.
- BOROUGH OFFICERS.
11nritoig--.log. 11. Blair
qhitant Burgess—J. It. A 'uvular,. •
Town Council—John Outdetil, J. NVorthington, .1.
B. Thetopum, Wm. lientr., Thnmss Conlyn. John Comp
Loll, A. 3lonestnith, 11. S. Ilitter..l, Goodyear.
Clerk to Council.—Jes. U. MesotMeinur.
Constables—Geo. neatly, Win. Perim Ward
Conetahles—Jarob Bretz, Andrew %forth'.
Justices of the Peace—A. 1.. Sponalor, David Smith,
Blkhael Ifolcontb, Alan. Deltuff.
CIiURCIIES.
First Presbyterian Chur•h, Northwest angle of Con.
too Square. Rev. Conway P. Pastor.- , -Survives
ever; Sunday 11ui•niug at 11. o'eleek, A. M. and 7 &cluck
P. M.
. . .
Second Presbyterian Church, corner of South Hanover
and Pundret streets. Rev. 31r 1 11018, Pastor. Services
commence At 11 o'clock, A. 31., and, 7 o'clock P. M.
St. John's Church, (Prot: Episcm,:(l) northeast angle of
coot,. it0,..1:,000 It. 31ors. ' Rector. Services
at 11 O'elUelt A. M., mid 3 o'clock, P. M. •
English Lutheran Church, Bedford between Main
en Soot her streets. Rev. Jacob Fry. Pastor. . Services
at 11 o'clock-A. M., and o'clock P. M.
German Rethroted Church,. Louther, between llan•
over and l'itt streets. Rev. A. 11. Kremer. Pdstor.—
Services at 11 o'clock A. Al. and 6.0 'clock P. M
Metlusll,l, E. Church, (tiret charge) corner ol data nod
Pitt Streets. Rev. tles.l). Chenowl th, Pastor. Serrices at
11 o'clock A. 31. (ILA 7 o'clock P. M
Methodist E. Church (second charge.) they. Alex. 13
Gibson Pastor. Services in Emory 31. E. Church at 11
o'clock sod ?(.L P 31.
St. Patriels'sCatlMrte Church, Pomfret near East st.
Ver, James Kelley, Pastor. "Services every other
Sabbath at 10 o'c;ock. Vespers nt S.
lierotatt Lutheran Church On 11, of Pomfret and
Bedford streets. Rev. C. Fi1117,1.:j. PastorT - Services at
o'clock, A..... and o'clock. P. Si.
2,,s'When changes ittAlte„above are . neersoary the
ilroper persons Ore requested to nality us.
DICKINSON , .cOLLEGE: -
It or. Charles Collins, D. D., President and Professor of
Moral erienre.
hey. I:3rtuan M..lohoson, D. D., Professor of Philos..
Dhy and JA.gil it Lltetaturo.
James W, Marshall, A. 31., Professor Lan
guages.
ltor. Wm. L. M 11.• On A. M., l'rofessol. of.Msithemai les.
William C. Wilson, A. M., Professor of Natural h‘cloure
anti Curator of the Alisseuus.
Alognoder Schen), A. M., Professor of Hebrew . cud
31telern Langtmges.
Samuel ll..lllllmau, A. M., Principal of t.ho Ovinimar
Ectiool.
hijohn; S. Stamm, Asslstant In tho Grammar School
BARD OF SCIIO u OL 'DIRECTORS
Andros Itlalr. l'reg!dont, 11. Saxton, P. Clol%loy,
Comma°, C. P. Hamilton, :;ecrelury,.hnion
V. Eby, Treamirer, John Sphar, 31,sengei, Meet on
the lit Monday of each Month at 8 o'clock A. M. at I1d•
notion hall.
Colt POItArIONS
DAIILISLi DEPOSIT II ttia.—Pretddent, It. M. I ten derson,
Cashier, W. M. Lleutein ; Asst . . Clisilier; J. P. Hagler;
Teller, Jas. Itoneya Clerk, C. 11 Miller.; 3lesFunger,
John Underwood; Directors, It. 31: Ilendernon." John
'Zn•. Samuel Wherry. J. D. Onritas, :LilesW odlau
It. C. WOodwtid, Cul. Henry Logan, Cluj; Stuart, and'
James Andersen:
C113(111:ILLAND VALkr4: RAIL ROAI, COMPANY.—Proaltlent,
Frotlo6s: WatiFNgeAltary and 'Treasurer, Edward M.
111.1.11 o; Napoli AI codout, O. N. Lull. Pattolliter trains
t %clew niday. Eastward lent:lug earlbila at 40.10 o'clock
'A. M. And 2.4 ro'clOck AL Two tralun every do
NVel.twarti, Icavluit Carllslu at 9.27 o'clock A, N., moo
3.30 I'. Jl.-
Ok4LI,LI: 0.08 000 IrATEII.COMPANY...—SreFident, 1 , 61.
owl 'Todd; Treasurer, A. L. SponFler; Superintendent,
F. A. Kernedy. Directors, F. Watts, %1 31.11cetele.'
IL 31, Biddle. Henry Sastou, It. C. Wominard, John 11.
Dratten, F. (lordlier, and John Campbell,
I:until:at:ow VALLEY John S. Fter•
rott ; Costlier, It. A. Sturgeon; Teller, Jos. C. Hoffer.—
Directors-101in S. Sterrett, Win. lire, Ucicholr Drone.
mein, Richard Woods. John C. Dunlop, Bolt. C. Sterrett,
11. A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap.
SOCIETIES
CumberW.f. Star Lodgo No. 101, A. Y. M. meets at
Marlon Hull on the nod 4th Tuesdays, of overy
Month:
St: johns 1:91vo No 2110'A. T..M. bluets Thurs.,
dny or each month, at Marlon Hall.
Carlisle Lodgo No 91 1. 0. of U. P. Meets • Monday
evening, tit Trouts Willing.
FIRE CONIPANIES
The 'Union Fire Company %vas organized In 1185.
Prosier , at, 1, Constant] ; lice President. Samuel
Wetzel; Secretary, Theo: Cormnan ; -Treasurer, P. 11l on
yer. Company meets the'first Saturday In March, June,
eptember, and December.
Tito Cumberland Fire Company cons instituted Febru•
ary 18,180 d. President, Robert McCartney; Secretary,
Philip Quigley; Treasurer, S. Ritter. The company
meets on the third Saturday of January, April, July,
and October. •
Tho (hind{ 111 Hose Company WAS lIISLItuf v,l In March,
1E155. Piciddont, It. A. ihupgcon; Vico Proshiontoleorge
Wslso, Jr. i• tiocrutioiif tllimu I/. halbert; Treasurer,
Jostipli W. •Ogilby. Tho rolnpany, moots thn nncon
That . .. Jay of January, April. July, and (le7ialilr,-. 2,
, Thu Empire link nod I.stblor Oompany was Institut.
In lhol ProsidontoVm.,M. Partys; Vico' President.
(lco: Hondo' ; Treasurer, John ,nipbell; Perretary,
John W. Pails. Tho company laces on Um lint Batui.
day In January, April. July and October.
Y. M. C. A.
'Room—MAntox
Regular 'monthly uteetlngThlrd Tuesday Evening.
Pra,torhunalugr—littnday Altera°ln tit 4 o'clock.
lioadlng Room and I.lbrary—Admlselon 4 - ree, open
every evening (Sundays excepted) from
_0 to 10 o'clock.
` - Strangers especially welcome.' ,
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RATES OF POSTAGE
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yootote on ollialoiAof otte•littlf ourat'wel
r ght or tin/
dor, 3 coot:, pro paid. ,oxoopt ' to Callterula or Oregon,
which lo 10 cone propold..%
poptopot pp - the •, - Ilurold - ' l— , trithln- tho'Couixtriee: -
within the stato 1$ coots par poor, To any par of the
Unitod.titotot • l'ostago on all Emollient popery ,
undor a ounces In wolght,,l coot pre-Deldr. or two cants
unpaid. Adverlisod lettere, to be charged with the coot
of advertising.. •
ME
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S E L EC .I.E DT (YET lt,Y
FEVEIt
• A cup of water, Nora, '
What! do you call this cool? " • ,
" It is like they yen, used, to give us
sumuier days et 8010011
}Yell, isell;good,toul—no matter;
•1, It ball the , saute id am
Italsu 'the window; Just a little— ",
kap hardly breath. you see.
It is the waltz 01'11"ober". , ,s..—,
That the moslcines ploy •
t : For the fairest feet. to dance to,
• 'Over tbatray... ,
You, need. not light tho sandhi,
But draw the stand to me, go '
That I con coolly reach it.
No—tho fire Is out 1.09
All I I ran tiOt cat To-morrow-
It
the Doctor thlnknit best,
Must you, leave mu cow 1 Good night, then,
Oh, that my twain could resi.
It 10 Still the waltz of 11 • t•bor
That the muslaiaim play,
For mossiest hearts to dunce to, •
Qvor thu way.
How strange am the shadows, flitting
Around on tire dusky, well!
But the fire in my heart grows stranger
And ghostlier titan them all.
Is that the town cleat striking? '
I think.that it is to night
My fever MU reach its crlids
' The " ore I ?iig hours yet till light.
Delicate, cooling ices,
Are plenty this night in May.
For little red lips to toy with,
Over the may.
I wonder If she loves me
-.ln her pride, end Ise pond - •
Yet 1 pew wy file out fur her—
Wes that LI step nt the door) •
IL is only the night wind rising
With thiswenloOnrom. Ale tool ;
I wish I could see it glimmer
Through the deur old locust tree! „
Drooped use the shadowy eyelids; -
'Mid low alle the v. In do they say,
As the whislierhtg waltzers peso them
• Over the way:
Mother, nt home, come bless me
Can you bleep when your Loy in pnin •
Longs for thosoufh .I . ply:fingers
To elml his feverMi — hrain
Sing me to root with the murmur
Of your hymn, with its holy tune—
In illy broken dreams I heat it • _
Through the long, long afternoon.
- - • Again that walla of Weber_
Sets heart and feet to piny, •
Whirling and thrilling and throbbing
Over the way. f
I cannot hear much longer:
I have grunt, great work to do.
Weatlil m urt Odra th - ti - thar ones; ""
Nunn—haw I wish I know!
Perhaps, mrhaps, rho trill love me, '
If aim' could - but roe tho otar
That will_nno tlay rhino above ma!
Ah, mo! 'tis to vury Cori
The raft whito cheek Is flushlng;
In li atm co hot In Nay?
Talk they only party goEsip .
Over lho way. te
Quiet and gray Wan the gleaming
That brightened upon the wail:
For the merciful day was breaking,
And the birds began to coll.
But a Nee vas changed In the shadows -,
Of the early, lonesumedewn;
And a pulse had c e ased its throbbing,
•
And the fever nil Imogene.'
But hushed was the waltz of \Veber,
And weary that dawil in Mai,. ' .
The hearts and feat that danced so
Over the %:-ay.
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You can read upon our sign "Smith Broth
ers." "Smith Brothers" heads our advertise
ments We have always been .•tintillt Broth- .
ers" at heart, except for One brief space. We
are in the wholesale dry goods, line, as our
father was belore us When he died he left us
his store and his business, and ••Stnith Broth
ers" took the place of the old sign—“Jonattin -
Smith."
We were not young when our father depart
ed this life. Absalom wan thirty-five, and my
_brother A qd. was thirty-three. Our mother
Ated-w4mCwe were mere children, and her last
charge, as they say in novels, was to lave each
other, and try and console father.: We can
retneinber her very distinctly, both of us. She
was a fair little women, with a pale face, and,
gentlir eyes of a sort of brownish blue Ifer
voice was uft and low, and she 1 •etl us as no
One will lizve—its again.
To this day Icanrecall her cooing, timor
ous intonations as she called us by amo ter's
thousand endearing tattles; the warm Ong)
of her soft arms`; the sweetness of her smiles;
the delicacy of. her beauty. So can
' Altijah.
It is not strange that atter her death, as our
liqs expanded front boyhood toward, man
hood, our mother, as we remembered . ht , r, be
came to our dreaming fancies the type of nil
that wits lovely in 1V(.11111D. The future wife,
of whom we both dreamed. was always a little
kir creature, with brownnit blue eyes, sweet
voice nod tender smile. We os , ql to s talk sbnet
liar freely to each other, and- the one' who
bound his mate - lit st was to marry and take his
brothet to live with him. ,
'• lt was a oneenife'Whicli'we led, all through
our boyhood and young manhood. The ser
vants who had lived with us in my moth. is
tinte were still with us at my father's death,
two pltiid, tihurch•going spinsters, all lines
and angles, a gray' .11sh ed serving mon, who
looked like the very illeartilliioll of the family
respectability. .
Besides these wp had no housekeeper. My
father did not,,l i ike n stranger about the house,
and himself hqsttiwed upon the domestic at.
fairs the 'slight amount of supervision necessa -
ry, until Lbecante old enough to relieve hist.
We went to school till we were sixteen, b',4;
we were shy boys, and, besides each other,
made no intimate friends.
When wo were sixteen our father took• us
into hi, store. Title pleased us vastly better
than n long school life. We were contempla- ,
five rather than communicative, finit we used •
to like to When the day's work was over;Ln.
end look from an upper window down the
harbor and watch the shies seeing home,
bearing to temperate New Englandonusks and ~
spices and essences; shawls and relies wrought
with ninny a 'strange Eastern device;, hints
of.aceticias and Indian palms stud dusky wo- -
men roving tinder them. I speak for us both:
our tattles were as one taste; whet. ono liked
the other liked also We .used in associate
the gentle women of our decants with our ori
,eni at fancies. Sheshauld w or the bright hued
milks','-feldlier little figure in the quoin'', rich
shawls; bear the odors of the spices in her -
soft hair and the fulds - of her garments.
But when my father died and we had come •
tilting in our thirties., we were no nearer the
dream -wife than in our boyhood. We saw Ile'
compitny'save the people wo saw in our busi• •
netts. Year in and year out, no female foot•
steps lighter and imieker t hanJane's mid Rep!
I.ilath's ever wandered ur anti down the stairs
In sod out of the-rooms allay Pi)fteioll/1{:olt1-.
fashioned hoittie. We dreamed,or the future
clay tenderneis of tier-boyhood.
We did not at. ell Teethe that WeAveregeoliting
old,. growing
,nway from ' the poshbilities.of !
4.i.tittli_allid•bsitityanliendortioss.__Qurlife had _1
been en qulel,eo harrou of create that IL seem:
'etishOrt,uneonsolous of the hostnges time,wai
tislit the shoot or gray hairs and
wrinkles, .
ihf: `i?&X.ZEil.°_4,:. 'IFO&.: VES*TVENERFa'.• 6,E,E.04M.'
It w as n sudden shoe t, rather thongii bitter
griefrwlien our father died. Elio heart had
been buried twenty-fiveyearsago,ip thegravo
of mat mother; and since' tlint time, though ,
•'
kind and just Co all, there bad been no sun..to
melt for him the ice of life's long winter:. We
honored him, but we • never, got near enough
to liive • him. There Watril soddening sense of
• loss end obscene° when, wo c leolted at his va
'ant chair at home, or 'in lits 'counting-room,
when we saw "Smith Brothers" on the sign,.
'in place of the honored natne which' hadltittig:
There for forty. years, but there. was none of
the.mnguisli_of deselationrendo the
heart when one is, taken whom we loite, Who
'tried us. , • .
' , tit-mould not haVe 'been right to marry'
while father lived," I said to Abijoh, oneeven
log as we sat by the librory, fire. • It 'would
have pained' him to.britig a wife home here
where mother died. But. new—"
"Yes, I think it-is time now,' brother Absa•
loin ; but' of Cl/111'EO IVO must wait till our year'
of mourning is over."
Our - eyeil,niet each olliFr i and we 'smiled:
Wa. made no confessions in words, but the
truth come Impel!) us both that we had lived
so long out of the worltit would be , n work
of more mognitude than we had realized to go
into society and choose the household' angel
we both coveted. ..
And as it Went on'for ntiolher year.•-the old
house quiet inulsilent di ever, the old servants,
notl•tSmith 'Brothers", growing • old' together.
' Our father lied been dead something over a
'twelvemonth when there mile to us o letter
superscribed in a female baud. It was a very
unusual' event, find we speculated it little as le
its possible origin before .we opened it.
proved to be from a 'tidy of whom we had often
heard as our mother's most intimate friend.
This was what.it said:
"I write to you gentlemen, ns surely Mary
Chelmsford may feel privileged to write to the
children of Margaret Smith. Your mother
and I loved each other with a tenderness deep
er than sisters know. All t hot one woman could
hove dose or ventured for another she would
hove done for me, or I for her. Since she.
died I hove seen neither of you, but I ret»erri•
bar the promhe of your libylloocl. You, Ab- .
SIIIOIII, had your mother's BOlile,aml,Y , oti. Abi
jab, your mother's -kindly eyes. • 1 will be
lievethat. you both inherit, your it others ten
der heart. .At any rate, this is my only hope.
Under Heaven 1 have nowhere else to turn.
I am dying. hi a strange place,. of slow decline
—goingto join my linsband. , 1 have no 'neat
friends or kindred to look to—only you. I
lint not harrmsed by any ittiOiety for myself.
My soul is at rest, for I knoti in whom Ihave
believed. 1-hove property enough to make
fey last days fotrifortable, and to leave a pro.
vision for my only child, my daughter Margo-.
yet. who was 11111110 d for your mother It. is
iu her behalf that Lemma!o you.';'She . not
much over twenty, for I was not married un
til late in life, sonic years idler your mother'
died. She has a gentle, loving nitture, which
save father's"denth,linS never yet beett
subjected.to any of the discipline of life.
It is fromthis that I beg you to save her. She
will not cutler from any bodily wants, but do!:
not let her soul 811111 , 0, Do not let her feel
herself friendless, lonely' and loveless in life
By this time ono or both of you must .surely
have chosen some gentle woman to bless your
home, who will not. refuse a mother's welcome
Thidartlrlielmsford. I will not urge my en
treaty. 11. know that. to noise it. at all to your
mother' sons will be suffieient,.if you have it
in your tower to comply with. it.. lam able
to write 10 11l re. , „,.14*IPI hops to hear from
oti lief( e go hence. Address Mary Chelins...t
ford. at swego."
We tvt, e of one mind and one 'heart in the
y brother and 1. If Mrs. Chelms
ford won d confide her to our Care, the daugh
ter of our mother's friend should seek no fur
ther fur ts liome:• I do not think the prospect,
tit first, afforded Mittel-0' us much pleasure.
A young lady in our house would sadly dis
itudreurivonted quiet, especially if she were
lond of gaily, and wanted tog into society.
But neither of us feltally hesitation as to what
was to be done. We revolved not to trust to
the delays ittid chances of a letter. One of
us motild remain at home, t osuperintend busi
ness and make ready for the reception of the
yound lady and her mother, it' we found Mrs..
Chelmsford able to travel. The other was to .
proceed at once to Owego. My:brother 'in
sisted that this latter duty belonged to me as
the &2 , ldett, , and I began my journey the next
morning,
Wheii I reached the village among the lakes
I found the invalid more feeble thou I had ex
pected. She had evidently not many . days to
live. I resolved to remain until till was over.
Sho welcomed me with feverish .agertiess
entrusted to my care all the papers Nyhichcon
cerned her daughter's inheritance, leaving
the settlement of, her drays in my hands. 1
had 80111 C BeHltal kill In proposing to c htir that
Margaret should reside, henceforth, witinny
blot her and myself; some doubt as to wheth
er she wtatld not think its too young to receive',
such a ward. I was glad to find that she saw
uo impropt iely in it. . ,I suppose I tial . not look
at: thirty•six, very dangerously youthful. She
accepted my offer with tears of joy and many
thanks. It scented to be the one pang arbor
dent h•struggle that she must leave her daugh
ter so lonely in the world. Now she was ready
to depart.
1 know you will be a brother to her," she
said, holding my hand, on the day she
_died . ..
"I have no tears about her,. and I am
very glad to go. Lite is weary enough 'attest
and morality whom I loved have gone before
—my husband; the little boy, the first child,
who died in babyhood, and your mother, my
truest friend. Moro are there titan here."
It was my place to cont , ele Margaret. She
grieved fur her mother, at firs, with nu int en
'tensity of anguish which no words could por
tray,. but a tler !the luneral was over site grew
calla amid her sadness, and began with serene
patience, to take up again her burden of life.
I remained with her at Oswego until I had
completed the settlement of her mother's of
fairs. They had been badly managed. and I
found that when they were reduced to a sys
tem would lie - scarcely enough left for
Margaret. to keep gloved on her pretty hands.
1 was very - glad when I mode thisdiscovery,
that I and 110 other h ad charge of this busi
ness. Now I could spate her from any feel
ing of dependence. Every quarter 1 could
give,ber at. ample provision for her expenses,.
in curb a mafiner that. she should receive it as
the incomeof her own property. I would not
have had her Nei, under a feather's Weight of
,obligation to me.
a- When all our arrangements were saliefao•
lorily completed, I wTote
,t o apprize my brot h•
er.of our coming, find we started for home.
Abijah,mei us ut !he depot: ' • ,
...Illy other cousin!" • Margaret an td, plena
nntly, ns she extended her baud, removing all,
restraint with her graceful, womanly, tact.
.She hid called me "Cutiain •Absalom;" from
the tirA.
1 found that my brother had worked won
ders during my absence. (Jur old home no
longer looked a gloomy abode, even for a yoting.
00.. Fresh, bright paper' was on the walls;
carpets of warm, rielthues, covered-the floors;
tasteful furniture . was disposed about the a•
partutents, and a rooni,"leading Nom ine little
parlor especially designed for our guest., had
been transformed into a cOnservittoryand was
already gay with flowers. • Wjth, one CC105011;
we entreated Miss
,Olielmsford to assume the
'milieu of housekeeper;' as -Neither of us-felt
competent to regulate any longer am (intro
of a household • witittit was - to nuMber •itich ii
member, She promieed, - with her customary
sweetnessoo comply with our request,.'and.
presently_our_dionestls , arrangentents,Tut on
od.oi•der dad beauty 'they. hail Ititior ittieifTr
before
When we wero.fairly bottled at. home 'llO
lcieurelo study Margaret Chelmsford, the
CARaFT,E,::. .S.', NVEI)IqSDAt, JIJNE 6. 18:60:
first yothig lady with 'whom I had over been
familiarly associated , . Until then I had not
observed,, what, affected me strangely now,
her remarkable Xesemblance to my Memories
of my mother; to the ideal I hod so long cher
islied,anty future wife. •Ilere were the lit•
tie graceful figure, the brownish blue eyes;
the low, sweet. voice, tlae winning smile': here,
and my heart thrilled ns it had never thrilled
Vetere, Was the'.iveman-I Caul,' love.
Thirty 7 six :began to seam very old to me.
Sixteen years between me And the young life
I longed to link to, my own. I did' not • men•
tion these thoughts to . I . l,l3 , :t?rc)ther.
._ For the
first time in 'our lives there was a sliadowbe •
tween us: a Tine,. indefinable' ice of reserve..
I think it rose, on My' part; not from any un
willingness that he should read my heart, but
from a secret fear, ns bitter as secret, lest he
also might recognize in her the ideal we had
both do king cherished, and love her as l loved
,her. liesides, I had so little 'hoild,lt seemed
useless to , talk of it.
She made no -distinctiou in the manifesto;
tion of her regard between my brother and
mc. To us both she was Uniformly all - that a
young sister could have' been; the joy and
brightness of our:home and our lives. Per
hops elm came to me meet frequently for ad
vice concerning her affairs, which'
,was but
natural, ae,l 'had taken' -them upon me' at
first,
A year
,passed away thus. She growing
ing reconciled to her loss, and blessing our
home with her youth and beauty.. We, alas;
could not shut my eyes to that now, we lov
ing her; loving her both of us, desperately,
secretly, almest hopelessly.. There are flow
. ers that blossom only once in a century, but.
fervid and tropical in their late unfolding.
Love was slow and into in coming to our two
lives, but now its sway was absolute. And
yet we were faithful brothers still. do not
think either of us dared to indulge a heartfelt
.longing fdr asueeess • overshadowed by such
blackness of desolation -as Ityinst bring to
the oilier.
, .
At length I resolved to spank. She could
but refuse lee: Better to-know at once that
the flaming sword guarded forever against me'
the gate of my longed,Joii [Eden, than to wait
gar off in such intolerablesusPense. I would
try my fate. I went toward her especial
liegroom. In the passage I met my brother
j toing also in the same direction. In- an
stoat it thisturd upon me Butt his errand w:is
identical with my, own. Come what would,
no woman's-love should divide us whom Heav
en had made brothers. 1 went tip to him and
laid iny..hand.on his aim. ,
"Come with me, brother," I said, opening
the library . dOer. He followed nit) in and
stood silemly Wore the fire . . I went on: "I
know-vfllat your errand wits, brother—mine
was dm same. It was impossible that we :
should not both love her. She was the woman
about whom we had been-dreaming.:our
lives. She cone, and we could not hut wor-1
shin her, you and I. But we are - . brothers
still. No ether tid can sever - that. Let Us
love each sulier whatever conies," •
We are much alike, but I think my brother
lion more of tire. in-his nature than I. His'
eyes kindled, and he, answered with an ear-'
neatness which outs almost savage: .
"Brothers or not, no mitn has a right to
force me to give up my love.l I will have her,
If I eon; in spite of all the vntrld."
"So you shall. If .she loves you. she will
marry you. I know her well. NiY power
would force her, neither wont, nor pride, nor
gratitude, to give her hand where she did not
love. 1 only meant' to pray you to let noth
ing separate us. However she may decide,
one at least of us will haie bitter need of eon
solution. Go you first; I myself think your
hope is better than
He would' have hesitated•then, but I urged
him forward. If be succeeded, 'she would
never know how my whole being hod poured
out. its adoration befcro her; if he failed I
could but try my fate also. ' Ile was not .here'
long. I was cool enough, in the midst of my
suspense, to know he had been absent but a
few moments when he re-opened the library
door. His face was white with' repressed
suffering. lie came up to me Mid said bourse
"Brother, she does not love me. I told her
you would come next. She said something
in answer. I did not hear what. Go you ill,
now." .
I found her weeping, but she rous&l herself
at the sound of my footstep . ; and cried pas
sionately:
"Not you—not you also! Do not give me
the pain of thinking that I must wound. my
hest friend. Your brother said you were
coming. and I told him it would ho of no use.
You would not want me without- my love.
Oh. wretched girl that I am,. to have brought
unhappiness to the roof that sheltered too
when I was an orphan and atonal"
I found strength to answer her:
"Do not fear dear Margaret. You have
brought, us more good than evil. We are man.
'We will conquer ourselves like men. You
shall be our sister, when you can forgive us
for the pain-we have caused you."
I went out to Abijah, who waited for-wit
" I have failed, also." -
It was all I could say.
Ills arms opened and elo=ped about me in
an embrace such as !Imo with whichwe had
comforted each oilier in.boyhood. I had lost
Margaret, but !Iced found'again my brother.
Lhave_nothing. wore to •say--about-the
ing that followed. It is idle to dwell uptin it.
God sent it,.and we ;bore it manfully, I and
my brother. ,
The next day there came to us a little note
from Margaret. It was such an one as it was
like her kindness and delicacy to write.' She
had' chosen that' mode of. communication
be
cause'she thought it wculd be easier than to
speak to us of what so nearly concerned her
own heart. She wrote very tenderly, thank •
ing us' far more warmly than we deserved for
our kindness to her, a lonely orphan: prais
ing us far beyond our poor merits and telling
us it would have been scarcely possible for a
girl whose heart was free to have remained
insensible to our devotion. For herself, her's
was not free Before she came to us it had
passed from her keeping.. She had loved and
been beloved by the physician—a yo'ung man,
poor but talented—who attended her mother
in her last illness. She hicd never known his
love for her until he bade her farewell the day
_before she left Oswego. Then he had told her
all, and though, because he must be. for a
long time to come, too poor to marry ; Le would
not permit her to bind herself by an enkage
ment, she knew that he looked upon her as
his future wife.
She look' took grent:blame to herself for not
having told us this at first. ff therabad been
a slrs. Smith she ',was sure she should have
confided all to her; but, on there was no act
ual iiromisn'Of. marriage she could not bring
herself to speak of .itto us.- particularly .as
she never supposed it. possible that she should
possess. any hold upon ourlicarts save the
generous sympathy which bed opened them
to her. She hoped in , titne we should tie fffr
happier, than she could havoornado either of
us, She knew. us too•well, alas! to think Ite
had loved her with a love to heat once con-'
quered; ;but limo and-.her nbsence,•for she
must leave us now, would bring boating:
We read the letter, together, and ne-we tin-',
felted it my.hrollicr looked up. •
,"'We have much:more than enough for two
solltary. ,teen; let na nutke her :happy' with
part of,lL?'
fie had uttered the thought that woe in*
Hart also. lie . .replied.to:MargareVs.. letter,
for nature, bad made him more eloquent than
I. Ile beggitther to•remain with un,.by
en
'treatios that, could not be .resisted ; excelpated
her from the faintest shadow : of:blame, and
claimed her, in behalf of Us both, and for the
sake of the tender lorlrt . between our dead
mothers, for our Meter, henceforth,,
In the meantime I wrote to. Dr. Wentworth;
at Oswego,' informing him that circumstances
had induced, my Ward to confide to me the re
lations existing between
,them, 'and' hinting
that:her dowry would 'tic sufficient to make'
‘:
their marriage prudent at any time'. In con
clusion, I begged leave to offer him the advice
of a man who had seen more of life than him
self,'nof to delay his happiness ton late.
'lt ended as we had foreseen and intended.
We "persundeil Margaret to remain with es
until she was married, and that was not long.
The dear child was very happy ; though I
could seo with what delietite tenderness she
strove not to show• utt-all her joy. We see
her often . , and we like . to I , ltinik that She owes
us part of her ,happiness. • It is all the sweet
er that she does not knotwit. - •
.IVe' live alone again in the old house, with
the old servants. The paper on the walls,
the carpets on the Some. have grown dim. and
time has softened a little the - memory of the
sharpest wound our hearts ever received. IVe •
have given up thoughts of lope and marriage.
We shall live together till Death parts us; but,
when that hour zcoines, .and they pull crown
the sign of "Smith .Brothers," There will bo
no one to take Mui name our place.
RULES OF HICALTH.
Imprimis, never go to bed • with your feet ,
sticking out t of th&window, particularly - When
it ie raining or freeaitig.:
More than three pig's feet and half a mince'
pie eaten at midnight will not. generally cause
the consumer to dream of houris, 'parddises,
accommodating bankers and other good things
At least they are not apt to - do so.
Never stand in the rein barrel all night. It
checks perspiration, and spoils rain water for
washing purposes. '
Never spank your children with rt handsaw,
or box their cars with the sharp edge of a
hatchet. It Is apt to affect their brains.
Never stand in the 'mil With the door open
With nothing but your ho=misoorshe•mise on,
talking to a friend, inure than half an hour
at a time.
• To enlarge the muscles of the arms and legs,
climbing up and down thwciiinney.especially
if the house is a four story one, three or four
bites 'before, breakfast, is a cheap exercise,
and gives a voracious appetite.
Emir-ache in children isacotninon and vexa
tious complaint. To cure it at once, bore a
hole In the by'mparium Wit k a gimblet. and pour
in oil and things • If the , child keeps on cry
ing,•buroit all thb way through to the other
•-:,
Corns Mdyly cured. The most tor
turing corn can at once beextracted as follows:
'lake a shall) knife,timLike,joint of the toe
whereon- the cora-resides ' • insert. the knife in
the-articulation, pry off the toe and. throw it
away; it will'never return again, unless your
dog brings it back to you in his mount. -(Pat
cut applied for.) • . .
The habit of drinking . can be cured, by giv
ing the drinker alrthe. liquors he. wants to
drink all the time:. We know of two in our
own expirience, - who were cured in three
weeks. One of them jumped out of a four
story window, and ran a curb-stone into his
head; tlttrotlier did'nt get up - one • morning,
and had it universal curb stone growing out of .
his head in the graveyard.
Tbe„,best way to take pills of Brandeth's de
scription„ if you have twenty or twenty•five
to take, fif,-nOrlo make theta into hash and'
eat them, but load a shotgun with them, put
the muzzle against your stomach and pull the
trigger with your toe. It saves a great deal
of disgust to gullet, and a bad taste in your
mouth,
Never go to sleep standing on your IMad.
The brain might take a notion to run down ;
and what would you do, on waking, to find all .
your brains in lour heels?
Never shave your whiskers with a hatchet.
The best method of trimming is to pass a red
hot irOu gently over them. The operation
smoothes them regularly, giving the end of
each hair a smooth crispy appearance.
Ttie BEST SEITINO MACHINE —Punch con
tains the following admirable description of
an old fashioned sewing machine, which every
Bachelor should posers:
The very best sewing machine a man can
have is a wife. It is one that requires but a
kind word to set it, in motion, rarely gets out
of repaironakes but little noise, is seldom the
online of a dust, and once in motion, will go
on uninterruptedly for limp's, without the ,
slightest trimming, or the. sinallOst personal
supervision being necessary. It, will make
shirts, darn stockings, sew on buttons, mark
pocket handkerchiefs, cut out pinafores, and
manufactgre children's frocks. out of any old
thing you may give it ; ,and thin it will do be
hind your back just as well as before your
face. In fact, you may leave the house for
days, nod it will go on working just the same.
If it does get out of ord„ , klittle, from being
overworked. it mends itsZrhybeing loft alone
for a short time, after which it returns to its
sewing with greater vigor than ever. Of course
sewing nutchines vary a great deal. Seine are
much quicker than others. It depends in a
Piet measure, upon the pattern yott select. - If
you are fortunate in picking out. the ehoicest
pattern for a wife--one for instance that sings
whilst working, and seems to be never so hap
py.s.amthen the husbands linen is 'in band—.
the sewing IHOollillp may be pronounced per
feet of its.kind4-so-mtiolt am-that-there is no
make-shift itithe world that can possibly
re
place it, either for love or money. In short,
no gentleman's establishment is complete
without one of these sewing machines in the
house.
.Puns are atrocities. Every oneadmits that
of course, and every min, likes to hear a good
one. We heard an inveterate enemy of pun
s.ers shake his sides the other evening over ti
very solemn remark made by a companion,
who looked up•at the clear, starry sky, and
said,"We are all finite creatures l"
Ono of the best puns on record isattributed
by the man who made it to an English. Gene
ral, whd commanded the forcest that subdued
the East Indian province, or• department. of
Scinde. . It•is stated that his dispatch, antioutt-
Mug the victory, was written to rival the cele
brated dispatch of Clem, vitli,
and consisted of ono word, and that - "Peccavi"
—"I have sinned."
- Almost or quite as good a one is fathered
upon Sheridan, who must groan in his grave
under the loads of such facetim thut are piled
on him. He was goihgwithafriendto church
and found, i nhat many have found Breen, a
row of inhospitable pews, but none opened to
receive him. He was a little embarrassed at
standing in the aisle with 'his friend behind
him, and bolted at an empty pow, but thedoer
'was.locked. - -
"Why don't yuu go in.whispered bin friend
over hie phouhler.
Tudor v'etat," said Sheridan In reply, as
ho strode-ea of the ohnroh:
,AN UNEXPECTED Cmvutx÷Speaking of the
tendency, of temperance Orators to put them
aelvee forward an previtme examplee of the
blighting effects of drink, an exchange paper
ear):
,
My friends, three mouths ago I signed the
pledge, (Clapping of hands and • approving'
cheers ) In a month afterwards,,my friends,•
I .had a sovereign in my pocket, a thing I never
hair heft:tic (Clapping andleuti chAOTI3.). In
anothr
emonth, e 0 ' friehdhad a.goett, (Mat
on My back, a thing I never hed ,
(Cheers and clapping4if Wads hutch lender)
A.,fortnight:after that, my.,frlende, bought
coffin I", , The audience wain going to ! eheer"•
but 'stopped clad Icicilted ittirlons. Yen, wen.
der," continued the speaker; ..why•l - bough't •
a coffin, because I felt pietiycertaln if I kept
the pledge 'another 'fortnight I. should. want
one, r
MEG PIERRILIES.
1:=
. .
tititiog's attitude wee that . of a Sybil Inlier frenzy, mad
as she spako
She stretched nut In her right hand a sapling_ bough
which sooraodJust pulled."—Scort's Gan ElAnfery
•
Meg Merril lee, quean of the gipsy band;
Stood on a hoighC, In the baron's land, •
And waving an osier twig In her hand,
She spice, an a Sybil, to the laird
As forth on hie pracing 'palfrey he fared
Godfrey Bertraml New 'ride your Ways,
For this day hard ye quenched the blaze •
On, coven cold bearhs of tholtlpsy.race;
-- , Soo, if the blaze in ydur parlors bright •
Glow Ivith'a zrerraer and ruddie s t. light,
Yo havo rivon the thatch from seven poor homee
—See, ((your own ancestral domes •
Stand faster In their towering. height!, •
Doruldeugh nbeallngn your fatted steers
Ye may stable as In the gone•by yearn,
But ens that your hearth was not the lair
Of thelok, and the couch' of the Miming hare.
Why !won! ye on us, 0 haughty headl.
hero be thirty heart)) would hove wanted bread
Ere he had lack'd for luxuriouti food. •
'Here bo thirty hearts would have aplli'd their blood
Ero aught should befall your hrailh but good. °
,),;
Yes. thirty - 4 om the crone of a hundred year •
To the Backlit) babes _ 'wearily bear,'
Whoth ye hat. rn'd from 1011. cabin Cicsirs
To'aleep with the ack cock on u re. •
Our bairnsi they ni to our tired from! -...
—Look that your u bran cradlo nt hams
Be falror spread by your dainty dame. ' .
These be the last words that I speak,
This, the last twig in your woods I break;.
Yet ere I pass hence, proud laird, behold ,
Yon ruined gable so black and auld ; •
Do you see yon broken and blacklt end
Of the shoaling that low to the ground doth bend;
Per thirty summers there blaftd my hearth,
My twelve bra* children there gatheed forth.
Where be they nowt Where the leaves that grew
4:10 yon auldash tree, when Spring was now t
The West' wind bath strlpt It—l am bare tool •
Do you see you willnw made a black
And rotten stump now by thwycar's attack; •
I have eat beneath It many n wonn
In the bonny, tno nanny month-time of Juno, -
When its glorey garlands it gaily shook :
O'er the dimpling waves of the running hroolc, '
There hero evng my sangs of our barons amid •
Whoa to bloody wars they cadre Ireriumt
—The trees will never bloom green again, •
Nor I sing -blithesome or sarlainn . d Strain.
But if over the dead como bank to light,
I'll ho seen In this glen for nanny a night, ~
Long after these boucle so crazy end Auld
bo laid away in Zhu valley'e mould I
Morten Alin Quitti.—The greatest painters
who have ever lived have' tried to paint the
beauty of that site ple..thing, a' mother with
her babe—and have failed.- One of them,
Randle by rutile, to . whom God- gave the
spirit of beauty in a meas'ure in which he
never gave it, perhaps, to any other loan,
tried again. and again, for years,' painting
over and over that simpje subjectthe moth
er and her babe—and could not satisfy ,him•
self. Each of his pictures is , mostiteautiftil
—each in a different way; and yet none of
them is perfect. There is more beauty in
that simple everyday eight than any man.
could express by his pencil and his colors.
And yet, it is a sight which we see every day.
VkaiDANCY IN INDIANA.—An insurance agent
in this oily . , a gentleman well and favorably
known as a man of truth and veracity., tells
the following, in illustration of the verdancy
of a gentleman in Pike county, Ind.,' with
whom belted effected a policy,,.of insurance:
In the list of printed questions in the Com
pany's banks there is onelike i this : "Ashes—
how kept !"—Tho Pike count.y.gentleman was
burned out, and after the fire discovered this
question in his policy, and, resolving to make
a sure thing °ibis premium, wrote our infor
mant something in this wise: "Dear Sir, I
was burned out on the—day of—, and,
according to your laws I ham, kept the ashes.
They are in barrels; what shall Ido with them!"
L-:Peoria
110 w TAB THISTLE' SAVED SCOTIA,—The fol
lowing is related ae the origin of the use of
the thistle as the rational emblem of Scotland:
When the Danes invaded Scotland they avail
ed themselves of the pitch darkness of night
to attack the Scottish forces unawares. In.
approaching them unobserved, and marching
barefooted to prevent their tramp being heard,
one of the Danes .trod, upon a large prickly
thistle. and the sharp cry of pain which ho
instantly uttered suddenly apprised the Spots
of their danger, who immediately ran to their
arms, and defeated the foe with great slaugh
ter.. The thistle was thenceforward adopted
as She tuitional insigne of Scotland.
•
A HatTrY FITIESIDE.--.HOTIrIe is the residence
net tner t ely of the body, but of the heart ; it
is a place for the affections to unfold and de
velop .themselves; for children to love, *to
learn and play . in ; for husband and wife to
toil smilingly tegether.lind make life a bless.
ing. "Thee objectof all' ansbitiol should-ba
to be happy at home; if we aro not ,happy
there we cannot be happy elsewhere. It is
the best proof of the virtues of a lamily circle
to dee a happy fireside.
There is a ourioua legal distinct:ion recorded
in , !Sixth Ilenry, Chapter III.," of English
lawi'in which, "per margin," lathe following:
All persons born in Ireland shall depart
out of the realm ; Irish persona excepted,
which remain in England."
If there should„ tie any doubt of the authen
ticity of this, consult' the first volume of "Rut
head's Statutes at Large,"•
That was good, advice `giiien by the Presi
dent of the ,Suite Agricultural Society,'on pre
senting a silver cup to a young man who had
won the firstprizeata plowing match. "Take
thls cup, my young friend, and remember al
ways to plow deep and drink ehalloty."
. A lady wished a seat. A portly, handeorne
gentleman brought ono and sealed the lady.
"Oh. you're a jewel !" said she.. Oh, no,"
replied he, "I'm a jeweler ; I have just set
the jewel I" • '
It's n very solemn thintfto be,,lnarried,"
said Aunt Bethany. "Yea, but it's event,
deal more solemn notio be," said bar niece.
.
tfa..The young gentleman who :once saw
the day when he "wouldn't assootaie with the
mechanics."' is how - acting .as'nlerk til v a na
nuro wagon. ' 1
Ma-There are some deformities which at
tract. no particular , attention, but a•man born
,without letdmuit •neoessarilybc 4inOoirious
chareeter: •
• A Printer's Devll, wonting to hise'llis sweet
. heart,' natives:tell her on follows: '•Mien Katy,
may •I have the pie:mire of placing my, imprint,
bn your WM"
par The nanie,of ,whot , Institution
would' Oprese the condition of 'a mai 'about
to be married to a lady named Daryl' libta.—
1n7,4-luarY• • , '
ne l ,, it has been discovered ilint bread can
be nuinufaciured out of rood: Long before
this discovery wee made, all wood,woo known
to.have &rata la it.'
L ,
1•11
1.1111 50 per , annum In adranco
1 $2 00 If not paid In advance
Nrittivtincut.
.OARE OF INFANTS
WABiIiNG ANti deatNa
For Health . and' OordfOrt,cf.:ein infant. it
she - 4f be:washed exery,thorningand evening,
shit not In a slovenly, but in a compietb though
'gentle Manner: . The reasiiiis for snob frequent
ablutions are these: . The pores of .the skin
convey usbless • matir from the system; and
that-matter is-apt to remain upon the shin, so
ns to olog, up Abe' pores, and prettent their
from performing theirfunctions, unless it'be
washed off.. .
• . The washing should be performed in warm
water, with'soap and fine flannel, or sponge.
Do not employ cold water, for it may produce ,
serious :illness, if not death. . Formerly, there
was a notion that bathing infants in cold wa
ter made ilem hardy; this is now proved to
be absorb, ..Oreat care ;should also. be taken
to prevent draughts of cold air from,. coming
upon . them. They can only be sal:ly un
drbssed beside a fire for Ole first four months. '
On preparing for dressing and - wishing,
'every necessary article shotildbeneer at hand;
it is a sign of miemanagement - when a nurse
as ,to rise to fetch. anything; the how or
- `screen, with the clean' linen conirenienly
placed; will keep-off 'draughis i . 'the basket,
basin. soap, sponge and towel. should be laid
Within reach, and in such ordeilliat there can
be no eoufusion, and that llitt clothes shall not.
i l
fall into the water,. nor' Vie wet sponge a d
towel find their way Into the basket. T e
nurse, being thus prepared, with the addit' n .
, of a flannel apron and a low chair, strips he
infant, and having washed its bead with s rip.
'rubs it dry, and put. on •a cap. The tie,
throat, chest, arms, - and 'Lana, are then s ,e,
eetesively sponged as plentifully as the child
can bear (soap is not always required,) and .
tenderly hut thoroughly wiped.
A young infant ehould be allowed much re
pose. As it advances in strength and powerg„
of observation, it may be moved about,,wod
taught to sit up. and notice objects. In car
rying,
it thould first recline, and afterwards . '
sit on ono of thearms of the. nurse, but held .
also by the hand of the other tub. It should
not be dandled, or heaved, up and down,-or .
otherwise moved quickly, till at
.least six.
months old, and able to take pleasure in mo
tion. : •
When at has gained etrength, and can be
trusted by itself, it may be laid on the carpet,
or on a cloth upon the. floor, and allowed to
roll anti sprawl. Thie kind of indulgence is
better than
.continually holding itkneo
or in the arms,. and will be . acceptable to the
child if it be able to notice - objects, and can
play with toys, or little articles placed before
it. . In lifting,it or in selling it &own; place
the hands round the waist ; never hang it by
the arms, evenfor a moment
The best way to teach n child to walk 'is to
leave it to itself..• When it has attained the
proper strength, it will raise iteelfto its feet,.
holding by chairs or anything else in its way.
. In tine weather, ,carry nut
_the child regu
larly arms. Do not, however,
.plabeile'nn
the groundnr the grass till it be able Co walk
nud move about. It may be suffered to roll
about upon keloth spread on the grass on le
fine day ."•""
We have observed that innny women In the
humbler ranks of life spend the greater part
of their limo lolling about-doors , with. a child
In their arms. The keeping of a child seems,
indeed, to be an excueo to some women for all
kinds of slovenliness in (heel+ and household
disorder. By accustoming a child•to amuse
itself ott a cloth on WO floor, or in any other
manner within reach, much of this valuable
time might ho saved, and the child be also
greatly benefitted.
par THESE lines, which would do honor to'
any poet in Christendom, are from the pen of •
James Russel LoWell.
"hark that rustle of n dress, .
Stiff with lazl eh
here comas oil. whose cheek!! would,fltudi.
But to have her garments brush '
•liatnet the girl whose fingers thin
Wove the weary broldery In:
And in midnight's chill and mirk • •
Stiched her life into the work:
Bending backward from her 1011,
Lest her tears the silk might soll:
• . Shaping from her bitter thought
Ileart'esease and Forgebtue.not:
Satirizing her despair
With the emblems woven there!"
THE WIFE
There-is a great deal of truth in the follow
ing lines, written by - iiinivrbo has unqurition
ably had experience, and utters whet he'con
skiers the truth:
It needs 'no guilt •to• break a husband's
heart. The
,absence of content, the mutter.
ingo - of spleen, the untidy dress and cheerless
home, the forbidding scowl and deserted hearth
—these, and her nameless neglects,withOut a
crime among them, have narrowed to the
quick the heart's core of. many a mane. and
planted there beyond the Teach of cure, the
germ of dark despair. 0 May woman, before
the sight arrives, dwell on thei•ecollections of
her youth, and cherishing Iho'dear idea of
that-tuneful time; - awaken' - and keeTralive - thuT
promise she so kindly gave. And though she'
may be the injured, not the injuring—the for- .
gotten and not the forgetting wife—a happy
allusion s to the hour of peaceful love—a kindly
welcome -to a comfortable home —asmile of
love to banish hostile words kiss of peace
to paidon all the post, and the hardest heart
that ever looked itself ,within the breast of
selfish man, will soften to her chorms, and
bid ler live, no she' flied hoped, her years
of matchless bliss,' loved, leiittg and content
—the source of comfort and thespring of joy.
Wedded.life is a.grent,and holy mys
eery, and a source of power 4e good,. often
far beyond estitnntion';'
.but Mileei there be nt'
least ono seul 'filled „with . unsellinh love; and
strong in an unflagging faith, the formal union
of two persona is - no•guaranteblrivhatever for
fi will. ennobled or. affection.. Onlarged - '.ind
cleat Med, And the faith which, so works . , by
love can make a'ounShine in - a elmily
„place,
without an infant's'or a buibatill'h - eye to look
into, The harmonies of &developed a tatliriths•
flgitred womanhood have : been eekmanytailne
to other inusifithaii.lbst of wO.d4k 41 4 13 '7"
She who ie enthrened;. - Undoi , `tiny lOof,'In•
a mother ' s holy loverelgoty, two, • 'elmtiller
rightain many &hone°, of coropolling-:eviry .
.soul to love,heF. .011 Mo •on An
atmosphere in which to keep ! unwithered l nd
in full ptilsittionl 4 .the heart out'of Which `tire
the lieut.!) of 'Hew , hands' , Will'redeont
the time ; hnd her-tirain not be Idle. ;,lving
siogly, yet notliolltni,y,- viten eltetlithl'it will
riot be till ,','„emote,'! by tnany is touch of.gitit
bode and cheerful, reverential, : sympathy,
• the chord of eelr half; 'inn:oll6g, pasepti in
music out oDisight.'"• '.'" 4
••• • •
:•• ge..The breed of fife, le love he tat of
life ie.workr the sweatier of lipe;-poitry . ;:i fi e
water of life , faith. // ./
•
tteLiitie , eeeier . toPieeitieit cOistNieti.• be
hey 1,
..iver,ric , !Ti40,1 1 .• kbee to rethieellbem,k' , be
boy • cover ec,jittle,evelc,,,
~, • •
111.1 4 nk'e'tio).1.bo'inuch*Iirtle i r n
n elms. • The :fintiattiiithtly is
0.5a.,1prt.-torcoi
.4§),,,Tliere, ;tie aome who write, talk and
think anniuch aheut, vice and virtue, that they
have no • time to prietleCUlther - one-or-the
other.
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