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U. S. GOVERNMENT
President — AUßA II 'Ol Ll y NCol.N.
iii i —II (00(0(1. (HUN.
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!...;eeret.try of I nterlor—(• kI.LEI SMITH.
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Adjutailt 1 4fmerttl— A. W. ItUSLE.L.
li - . tgut•tir—lll/:var I) MocllE.
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COUNTY OFFICERS
President Judge—lion. James 11. Graham.
kes liate, utiqus —llea. Michael Cocklltl, Llugh
rtniirt.
I , , , riat Attorm,—.l. W. D
Prothonotary —Benjamin Dul,
Itahmr•lor 5:1...—.10hn Floyd.
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ith ,'.heriff—Thompyon Dcpuly,
Con nty Try.,nrur—.lnhu U utshal.l.
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CoLnt v (:.•trmilksioners—Jamos 11. Whg, nor. Oro
I iolutel Clerk t” GwrikminNloilers, James
-trong.
Directort: the Poor—Win. timrey. John Miller,
`stn Corninan. :input in beta,' t 'd Poor liens
ry Snyllor.
Ph “P • i.l to th , Jail —Dr W. D
Physician to the Poor House—Dr 8. P. ZUGLER.
rc~r)UG:_OFFICERS
Chtof Iturgust—Adnill
Asn ibtant Liu r6ess—A If Zi.tgl.,r.
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it v“ ,,, , 11, 4a1l Clroey,.lohn ll:Albert, J.ll. l'arlior, Fred
mrick SlllllOlll EnYtoirv2.er.
()lurk to 1. ' i111111 . 11.-•11,. 1111,.1111011110r.
fli,h lien ti Stuart. Ward
13iiiitz, ntirew
t••• • 1,. Daviil Smith
Nti hint Hole :111m. )ehutT.
C H U RC HES,
First Prishytorian Churrih, Northwest angle of Cen
1,50 t..., Itvc. conwiq P. Wing Pastor.—Services
,lory .sulotay drir tit; ut 11 0',.106k, A.M., arid 7 o'clock
,•••on 1 Pre-hy terian Church, eornor of South licenser
awl Pomfret ..ttrouts. Itev. Mr •Eells, Pastor, Services
at 11 o'oloch it:. .1 M., aod 7 o'clock P. M.
. .
qt../ Inn's fret.. •.pt,op3l) northeast elude of
C nlur, SquAre. Rev. jr,,,, is J.Clere, !teeter. &widens
at II o'clock A. NI.. and 3 'clock. P. NI.
Enclish Luthcran Church. Bedford between Main
. .. , 110101 str ,, Ls Uri...facet. Fry,
at II o'clock k. M., and o'clock P. M.
Germ.. Itc!orined Church, Louthor, between Han
orl Pitt streets. Roe. Salo oel Philips, Pastor.
Sery Ices at 11 o'clock A. 51, and o'clock P. M
Mot hodi, t E. ' ' burr h, (first charge) i.orrier ci Maio and
Pt It 'ztrotts. Ito v. .10F.eph A. Ross, Pastor. Sur •lean at
11 o'clock A. M. nod ti) o'clock P.
'll.,llc,akt E. Churclusocond charge.) Rev. Herman M.
,robe son Pastor. Services In Emory M. E. Church at 11
0',1 ,, 0k A. M and P M.
St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Pomfret near East at.
Row. Sir, McKee,. Pastor. Services every third
hat IA o'clock. Vespers at 3.
Gorman Lutheran Church corner of Pomfret and
Bedford mtreets. Rev. 0. A. Struntz Pastor. Services at
11 o'clock, A. 51., and tit o'clock, P. Id.
&tr . When changes in the above are necessary the
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DICKINSON COLLEGE
Roy. IT. M. Johnson, D. D., President and Professor of
Moral Science.
.lames IV. Marshall. A. M. -
n II lam C. Wilson, A. M., Professor of Natural Selene°
and Curator of the AI useunn.
Rev. Wm. L. Busty°ll, A. M., Professor of Greek Lan•
guage and Literature.
Samuel 1). Rtman, A. M., Professor of Mathematics.
John K. Staymit,n, A. M., Professor of Latin Lan
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A. E Mullin, A. M., Principal of the Grammar
School.
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
E. Cornman, President, H. Saxton, P. Quigley,
I'. II unierich, Sec'y. J. Ilatnilton, B. C. Woodwork!: O.
W. Eby, Treasurer, John Spbnr, Messenger. Meet on
the lst Monday of each Month at 8 o'clock A.M. at Ed
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CORPORATIONS
Cultists DEPOSIT BANS.—President, R. M. Henderson,
Cashier. W. M. Beetem; Asst. Cashier, J: P. Hasler ;
Taller, Jas. Honey,; Clerk, C. B Pfahler; Messenger,
John Underwood; Directors, It. M. Henderson, John
Zug, Stiles Woodbuvu, It. C. Woodward, Col. Henry Le
gan, James Anderson Abel. Healer, Moses Thicker.
Clumnon.Aon VALLEY RAIL ROAD Compri:vv.—President,
Frederick Watts: Secretary and Treasurer, Edward M.
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Westward, leaving Carlisle at U. 27 o'clock' A, M., and
3.30 P.M.
OMILMLD,GAS END WATER CONPANY,—President, Lem
nol Todd; Treasurer, A. L. Sportster Superintendent,
George Who; Directors, F. Watts, Wm, M. Diatom,
B. H, Biddle, henry Saxton, It. C. Woodeard, John B.
Bretton, F. Bordner, and John Campbell.
CUMIIE0LA:1111 V ALLEY BANK.—Prnsident, John S. Star
rett ; Cashier, 11. A. Sturgeon; Teller, Jos. C. Wafer.—
D I reel ors, John S. Sterrett, Wm. Itor, Dloleholr Bre:is
m to, Iticherd Woods, John C. Dunlap, Robt. 0. Sterrett,
11. A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap.
SOCIETIES
Comberla”!. Star Lodge No. 191, A. Y. 9T. hneoto at
sTarlou hall on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of ovary
Mouth.
St. Johns Lodge No 290 A. Y. M. Meets Id Thurs
day of each loouth, at Marion Hail.
Carlisle Lodge No 91 L. 0. of 0.. F. Meets Monday
e vetting, at Trouts
MILE COMPANIES.
The Tinton Fire Company was organized In - 1189.
Preslcm.at, pornman; Vico President, Samuel
Wetzel ; Secretary, J. D. Itampton; Treasurer, P.-- filen
von Company Meetithe first Saturday tit March, Juno,
64tember, and December.
tuberlatiA Sire CoMpany WAS institincit Febru
ary 1,%, Prtfaident, Thos. , Thomason • Secretary
Philip tini.zioy; Treasurer, D. D. Quigley Tito company
111011,0 no the third- Saturday of January, .3 Illy,
ft neOctabor,
•
Tho llond Will Irwin Ocrmpany was Instituted in March,
IWO. President, IL A. Sturgeon; .Vice Prealdent,O.
ltunulch ; 'Secretary, William D. Halbert; Treasurer.
Joseph W, 'Ogilby., The conipany , meate the second
Thursday of January, April, July, and October:.
The Halpiro nook and Ladder-Company was Mallet.
ad In 1855. President, Win. M. Porter: Vice President,
John 0. Amon; Treasurer,..lohn Cnmpbell:.. Secretary,
John W. Perla. The company meets on the liret
day in Jaunack, April, July and October.
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which is 1,0 corns propsid, • •
Postago en the" tier:dd. '!—Nvithin the . County, froo.
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Tilted States 30 cents. Postage on all,transient papers
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[The following beautiful poem will be remembered by
those o four readers who have beard It road by Mr. Jam es
E. Murdoch. the eminent actor anf elocutionist. We
reprint it ne a part. of tho literature of.the war.]
THE STIGMA.
DT FRANCIS Dr. HARD L,ANVIETE.
It Is related that. some thirty years ago, John C.Cal-
Imo, a senator of the United States from the State of
South Carolina, and at that time employed In perfect
ing the great nullification scheme of which ho was the
author, was, one night, at a late hour, seated In his
reran, alone, and tiivaand In writing, when filling
asleep, he had a dream, the Incidents of which are hire
woven into verse.
between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream.
PITAXEIPF.ARF.
Tn a chamber grand and gloomy, In the shadow of the
night,
Two wax tapers flaming faintly, burned with,a sepul.
charm] light—
On an oval oaken table, from their silver stanim they
shone,
Vhore, about them, In disorder, books and manuscripts
were strown;
Whore, before them, eat a statesman, silent thought
ful, and alone I
Suddenly, a stranger entered—entered, with a serious
air,
And, with steady step advancing, near:the table drew a
Folded in an ample mantle, carefully concealed from
sight.
There ho Sat, and his companion watched him through
the wavering light,
Wondering at its bold intrusion, unannounced, and In
the nigh!!
Wondering at his staid demeanor, wondering-that no
word ho spoke,
Wondering that he veiled his visage in the volume of
his cloak—
Till, as though unwilling longer satisfaction to post
pone, _
" Senator from Carolina;' said he, in a solemn tone,
" What are yon atign4ed in writing, hero at midnight
and alone 7•'
hen the statesman answered promptly. "'Tie a plan
which consummates,
When complete, the tilt-solution of the Union of the
Whereupon, rejoined the stranger, In an accent ofcom,
mond,
" Senator from Carolina, let mo look at your right
hand."
And the statesmen had no power that calm dictate to
withatandl
Slowly, then, uprose the stranger,. and the At.vtlod
stotiigm to saw,
From the falling e;onk emerging, ono front whom ho
shrunk with awes
Stern and stately stood before him Freedom's first and
favorite son—
Ho whose patriotic valor no iver,al homage wan
Ilv
who g:t ve the world the Cilium—the Immortal It'a4ll
-
And ho thrilled with strange emotion In the patriot's
steadfast gaze,
As he held the hand ho proffered, held it near the ta
per's blaze—
As he thoughtfully proeoded—" Then you would, s ith
this right hued,
Senator Carolina, dosolato your mall o land—
You would idgu beclaration this fair Union to dis
band:'"
Anil the Senn(or responded : " Yes, should chance
such survive claim,
un Act of Dissolution I would freely sign my name."
But the words were scarcely spoken, when, amnzed,•ho
saw expand,
Dim at first, then deeper, darker, an unsightly, blank
=ME
Like a loathsome. loprouv plagtic-spot, On the back of
Ills right Lnnd
' What Is that?" he cried, with horror, as the dreadful
stigma spread—
And the patriot's grasp relaxing, undkturbed, he
grin ely said:
" That black blotch your hand o'orspreading
. 1s the
mark by ehlch they know
One who, bloomed by his country, basely sought Its
overthrow
That detested traitor, Arnold, In the dismal world be
low I"
Pausing then, he from his mantle drew an object tow
ard tho
Placed it on the oaken table In the shuddering states.
man's sight—
Placed It on the very writing which that traitorous
hand had done—
Still, and stark, and grim, and ghastly—lwas a human
skeleton I
Thorn it lay—and that ho added camly as ho had be
gun: • •
" Ilere behold the sacred relics of a man n ho, long ago,
Died at Charleston, on a gibbet, murdered by a ruth-
MEM
Isaac Ilayne, who fell A martyr, laying 'down his life
with joy,
To confirm this noble Union, which you wantonly em
ploy
Powers, for virtuous cads Intended, treneheronuly to
MEM
When you sign a solemn compact, this blast bond to
disunite,
Lying here, upon your table, you should have his bones
In sight. •
Ife was born iu Carolina—so wore you—but, all In valu
OVID you look for treason's stigma—will you seek the
slightest stain
On the hand of that pure patriot, the right hand of
Isaac triune I"
Saying this, the 'stranger vanished, but the skeleton
remained,
And the black and blasting 6 tigma still that traitorous
hand retained!
Sinking In their silver sockets, fainter still tho tapers
gl earned ;
Buddeniy, athwart the chamber, morning's rosy radi.
Once !dreamed,
And tho,tatenman, wnn and weary, wondering, woke
—for he had dreamed!
Ho had dreninkr—but plum and ponder, you who
would the Union rend—
Ponder at the bars beginning ou tho foul and fatal end.
Ponder on dark desolution sweephiOtwough this cher.
lobed land—
Heavy hearts, forsaken firesides, waste and woo, wild
war's demand—
Ponder on tho Traitor's Stigma—pauso and look at.
your right handl
Washington, D. O.
tm, It is stated that a minister of
Fitehburg - leetured - so — powerfully a few
days l i ge against the use of tobacco, that
several of his audience went home and
burned their cigars—Lholding one end of
them in their mouths. •
" Mother," said Ike Partington, "did
you know that the 4 Iron Horse' has but
one ear ?" "One .ear I merciful gracious,
child, - what do you mean ?" Why, the
erigin•ear, of course."
. Re-" Ono good turrideserves another,'
said Nibbles gallantly,. as he led out his
fair partner for another waltz.
• -
- .
• TUE - old lady .Who.niended _her hus.
band'S trousers with it,pateh of grass, ;is
now smoothing her hair ivith..the comb
of a rooster. '
WuY is au author the, most peculiar
of animals ? , —Because his tail comes• out
of his. head.
- ' - Though the elands rear their:battle
malts in the sky, they .are easily carried
by storm. • .
I,az)IER. rem slam was`' c32611A.
A STORY FOR THE LITTLE
FOLKS
ITELEN MORRISON
When Helen Morrison wa.§ eight years
old she told a lie—n, /ic—and it haunted
her with a painful remembrance all her
life after.
Helen was not a mean child. There
was nothing artful or cunning about her.
On the contrary, she was frank in her
disposition, and generous to a fault. lier
"Teat trouble was that she had no moral
courage. She was afraid to say No at
first, and Yes aft,rward.
One summer afternoon, when Helen
came in from school, her mother met her
in the hall, and putting a neat little bask
et into her hand, said :
"Aunt Mary has come to tea, and I
want something from the baker's. 06
and get ice a Sheet of sponge•cake, a sheet
of molasses gingerbread, dnd some milk
biscuit."
Helen tied the strings of her cape-bon
net again, and pulling her long linen mit
tens over her elLows, she-took the basket,
tadwerychrerfutly started - on - the erranT
She walked slowly, for the day was sunny
and warm, tu.d had just got to the first
corner, when Madalina Rozzini, a school
mate of hers, came racing up from the
other street. Madalina, or Linn, as she
was called for shortness, was the daugh
ter of an Italian artisan, who had found
his way years before into this quiet New
England town. She had not been very
well brought up, had never been to church
or Sunday.schont, ner fend the Bible, be
cause her parents were Roman Catholics,
and never allowed their children to min
gle in such things with their Protestant
neighbors. But she atter - Ned day-school,
and though rude and bold i, her manners,
was a clever, agreeable elhld ; and the
little girls of the town associated with her
in a friendly way, as school-children usu
ally do.
" Where are you going' Say, say
where are you piing r! shouted Lina.
"ll'o the bakur's,""an,wt.r,l llelen
"I'll go, too," said Lina
So they sauntered along, busily chat
tin: , , till they came to the shop. Helen
did her errand, and taking the basket
again on her aria, Walked Sown thesteps.
" How nice that frin!rerbread looked,"
exclaimed Lina; "did von see? It was
smoking hut. Oh, I do love .lasses_
gingerhrcad so, when it, is fresh," and
lifting the cover of Helen's basket, she
looked wistfully in.
" (Jive me a piece, now do, and I'll
briogyou something to school to-morrow,''
said she, after the survey.
frelen opened her eyes wide at such a
proposition, so utterly against all rules of
propriety. She thought ;hie could not
have heard rightly, so she put down.the
cover of her basket quietly, and made no
"Oh, crone now, that's a good girl,"
persisted Lina ; "give me a piece, just a
little hit.; I only want that corner. Ha!"
she added, changing her tone, "you're
afraid, you're afraid; you'd get a whip
ping if you did."
" I shouldn't get any whipping," an
swered Helen indignantly. "My mother
never whips ins."
" She'd scold you then ; you'd get
something, I know," said the naughty
girl.
" No, I shouldn't."
" Let's have a taste, come;" and lifting
again the cover of the basket, she broke
off a corner of the sheet.
" Oh, 'tis nice, I tell you," said she,
smacking her lips; "right out of the oven,
fresh and warm. "r is real good, and she
put in her hand and broke off another
bit.
That was the moment when Helen
should have said No resolutely to her
bold, naughty, companion. But she was
of ra Id.
The perfume of the warm.--gingerbread
' came up most-invitingly too, just at that
moment as she bent her head and looked
into the basket to see how much Lina had
taken, and the temptation proved too
strong for a little hungry child just out
of school and ready for supper. It was
broken, and what harm could it be for her
to take just a little morsel too? So she
put in her hand and broke off a crumb.
Just a crumb it was, but it was sweet and
good, , and it made her want another and
another; and so the two children picked
and picked away-runtil a big piece had
been consumed. By tha,t time they had.
reached the corner of the street in which
Linn lived, and saying "Good bye" with
a laugh that might have been called a
laugh of triumph by ono who could dis
criminate, she ran away.
Helen went on with a heart that began
to feel quite heavy, and to sink lower and
lower with the weight that was oq it,
evory stop ahe took. The sun was farth-,
er down in the western sky. She went
. into the house, laid her basket on tho ta
ble, and tnirried out into the garden.4 z t
Sho didn't dare to think what was the
matter with her, or to -inquire within
what course she should pursue under the
eircumstuncesi-but-she felt-very-unhappy
and uneasy, as thotigh she were anticipa
ting some unknown, disagreeable event.
She went to the apple-'tree to see if any
of, the early.apples had fallen, butnet one
was on tho ground. Then she -walked
down to the currant bushes, if she might
find a bunch or two to moisten her dry
. tongue. Sho.came up by her little bed,
'to see if her rose campions *ere in bloom
yet; and just as she was-bending over,
she started to hear her own-name called.
It made her jump so that she nearly fell
Arrer. and her limbs fairly trembled with
fright. I wonder if Ada:Di:started and
Shook-'so when he heit - fdliis - voice called
on, that terrible night .in *the garden of
Edan.? .
"Helen; Hejmi;,your mother. wants
youP cried Sally, the maicL,, • „
'And Helen beyed.: -Slowly and tim
idly she walked :up the garden . alley.
' " Why ' Helen,"said 'her Mettler, "did
yon'atie what a sheet of giingertread this
is.you have brought:t:'Juat
t
CARLISLE, A., FROAY, APRIL, 18, 1862.
body must have been eatitig it ! Have
you 7',
That is where the Yes should have
come in; but the child was g.‘ eak and cow
ardly, and she answered, "No."
" 'Tis strange," said her :Mother "the
baker couldn't"give you such - a - broken
sheet without knowing it. : Yon had bet
ter go right back and show ieto him, and
ask him to change it." •
It was liaore strange by far that, Helen
should have . been willing to go back to
the baker's on such an eitand. How
much easier it would have been to hare
looked right up in her mother's face and
frankly told her the whole truth. But
she had entered the path'c,f the trans
gressors, which is hard all the way along,
and on she went. She tied'on her bon
net; and without a word took the basket
and walked out. Now a child accustom
ed to deceit would iferhaps pare pretend
ed to go to the baker's, yet/riot have gone,
But she knew nothing of such cunning,
wicked ways, and being awitstemed to
obedience, she; really did as her mother
bade her.
"Mother says this is a broken sheet of
r I said she to the woman who waited behind
the counter.
The woman looked at the gingerbread
and then at the child.
"Broken! I should think it was bro
ken, you impudent, little hussy," she ex
claimed angrily; "as though l'd have
given anybody such a nibbled sheet as
that. You ate it yourself, you know you
did, and now you have the face to conic
bade and "a - A . in° fora whole o - tim
!mine and tell your mother you deserve a
good whipping."
Every word of this address Helen
felt in her heart of hearts to he true; so
taking up her basket once more, she
walked out.
'She won't change it," she said to her
mot her when she again reached home.
'She says it was whole when ~he gave it
to me
Of course, it must have been, thought
her mother, as she took it from the child;
but she said nothing. ; h e felt very un
happy that her little girl had done a
img action arid was unwilling to ac
knowledge it, bat she reserved the reck
oning till another time.
At the supper table when the plate of'
gingerbread was passed to llelen she did
not take any , . ;Ale had quite enough for
that day.
lied time came, and she went as usual
for her mother's kiss. Her mother looked
at her very gravely, and said :
"My child, I fear you have committed
a great sin , lied it m a kes y tad.
How much better it would be to tell
we the whole truth."
"I'm sure I don't see why you can't
believe me,",answererth'rlittlelqn -
The air of innocence fiitii which she
uttered these words. i sorely puzzled her
mother.
"Perhaps," thought she, "I may be
mistaken, alter all. There is 30 mottling
strange about the affair, but trerhaps
Helen didn't eat it. What shall I do,
and how shall I get at the facts ?"
I can't kiss you, to night, any child,"
said she seriously, "nor again, until you
have told me all about the unpleasant
Affair.
So Helen went to bed. Unhappy ?
Oh, very, very. To be deprived off' her
mother's kiss was worse than a whipping ;
and the heavy lqad of guilt beside that lay
upon her conscience, weighed her down
as if a bed of rocks had been piled above
her. But she had a very strong will,
and once having told the lie she was too
obstinate to own it ?—one whole month
she persisted in her refusal to tell any•
thing of the broken gingerbread. Every
day she wont through her round of duties
gloomily, like a chained criminal, and
every night she went to bed with an ach
ing hart for want of her mother's kiss.
In vain her mother talked to her, using
every persuasion she could think of to
affect the child's conscience. She did
not.. proceed to harsh measures, for she
thought it possible that Helen might net,
after all have been guilty of untruth, and
she was sure that conscience by-and-by
would make her yield. ti•
At last one Saturday night, the little
girl was summoned to her mother's room.
"I am very sick, my child," said she,
"and fear I am going to have a serious
illness. I shall send you to Aunt ( Mary's
to be' aken care of. But oh, 'Helen, I
cannot bear to have you go, with!. this.sad
doubt still unsettled. My child, why
will you not open your heart and tell me
all ? God looks down into your heart,
and ho knows the-whole truth. —4.,an you
not tell it to me just as ho sees it? .Ite
member the last vert.e you learned, "He
that confesseth and forsaketh his sin shall
find mercy."
She looked very pale as she said this,
and passed her hand across her forehead
a 4 if she was in pain. Helen 19oked ;at
her mother and saw how ill shea2peared.
Her heart was touched, .
"if I go away and mother gets , real
sick perhaps she will die, and I shall
never ace her again," thought she, and
- ahe - burst - into-tears:--- This-was an—unu ,
seal thing for her, for she did not ory as
easily as some Aildrati ; and in all the
talks she and her mother had had during
this unhappy month, sho had never before
shed a tear. So when her mother at last
saw these and heard the sighs and 81:3.9
of the poor, child, she was greatly eneour
aged. She believed that how the hard,
wicked heart would melt doWn. ' 7
•. And sure enough. She cried ..and
cried, hard at first, and then mord.gently i
her mother patiently and leopeftilly.wait
ing for the end. .-When- she was-at -last
qujet and could speak. out•came'tlm'whdle
. • "But how. could you say,to' nio what
you did, that first ,night? You said ) I'm
sure I don't, See- Why ,you eau% believe
rue ? That puzzled mo more than..all tho
rest," ,
• "rwas so naughty;ni other; endl. 414%
hue vv -what else to say.":'' ! '• • ,
What a 'relief it was on loth . . i3iclei
when this reit:lank of '• ice, that ha'd
HOME
beeri heaPediup So long between mother
and child, vas all gone. Now they could
look into each other's faces again with a
smile. , Now they could kiss one another.
Suspicion on the one aide and fear on the
other were at an end. So she kissed the
little girl, Saying, "Oh, Helen, my dear
child, you don't know how glad I feel
that you have confessed, the truth. It
is better than. medicine or nursing to me.
am sure you will never tell a lie again.
I forgive you, and God will also, if you
ask him. Get ready now to go to Aunt
Mary's.
Helen made up her mind that night,
as she thought over all the discomfit and
suffering she had so needlessly endured,
that, setting aside the great wielcedness
in the sight of God, it was far easier and
cheaper to speak the truth—the plain,
straightforward, right-up and down truth.
And whenever afterward the proverb,
"Honesty is the best policy," met her
eye, it carried a meaning to her ear
which every one does not:know.
MISS MARY S BLUE HAT
Ly WaS walking dawn,
Mlip street, Milwaukie, last autumn, in
a brown study upon an abstruse subject;
his vision horizontal and vacant, his step
rapid and careless, when just as he had'
forded one of the cross streets and had
lifted one foot to place upon the curb
stone, a big but cowardly yellow dog
came sweeping along, followed by a black
animal of the same species. The yellow
dog whizzed past him, but the blank spe
cimen, oblivious to all things but the ob
ject of' pursuitras - evry - dog should - be on
such an occasion, and, possibly, some
what under the control of his own mo•
men t u in, struck Kelly's perpendicular
leg while the other was walking, and
knocked it out, from under, him. My
friend went down instanter. His glossy
beaver bounced upon the pavement, and
continued its journey. Spectacles danced
jingling into the gutter, while his shawl
stuck against a shopman's window like a
paper pellet on a wall.
' Kelly gathered himself together, pick
himself' up, and looked after the dog
who had done the mischief', expecting to
find him' "hove to" in canine dismay at
-the accident he had caused, but to his ut
ter astonishment, the animal seemed as
regardless of his equilibrium as of' any
other trivial matter, and was making
af
ter the aforesaid yellow dog at great speed
h is though he had not tipped over the
best fellow in Wisconsin.
While my friend was down, a clear
musical, girlish laugh had rung out upon
the air. It was so evidently spontaneous,
so el ,, r-ningly inum!cal,. was so sieddenly
checked, and had withal so good a cause,
that Kelly could scarcely be angry or
even disconcerted.
When the gentletrian had _recovered
from his surprise at the - heedlessness of
the quadruped, he bethought him of the
music. There were hall' a dozen ladies
in view; but by a trigonometrical calcu
lation be reached the conclusion that the
laugh must hare come from a dainty lit
tle blue hat with delicate, straw-colored
trimmings, or a decidedly sober, end an
cient one—the two being in junction
Of course ho fastened upon the blue
bat; for never ' since the flood did a grave
unfashionable bonnet give out such gush
ing laughter as that.
Kelly was not a city gentleman—not
ho. He was a squire in a rural town, a
leader of town affairs. , A man of mark,
to---whom the village politicians looked
for shrewdest counsels, to whom abused
people looked for advice and redress, 'in
whose hands friendless widows put the
management of their estates, sure that all
would be done for them and the little or
phans that tact, fidelity and a warm heart
could accomplish.
The blue hat was a city hat, and the
brown hair it covered, together with the
hazel eyes that sparkled in front of it,
were of city growth. But the sober
brown bonnet was a rural affair, and the
lady under it was a rural aunt of good di
mensions, both in person and heart. Be
fore the catastrophe which brought out
thedatighter, the aunt was listening at
tentively to the little lady's very eager'
request that she would try , and procure I
her a school near her country home; of- 1
ter the accident the'browns bonnet gave
a very appropriate and impressive lecture
on-the impropriety of laughing out that'
way, "when the street was full of folks."
" Why who could help it, auntie ?
Did you ever see anything so funny ?
Laugh ! I did'ut, laugh—it laughed it
self. 0, dear!" and then the little fig
ure trembled from hat to slippers under
the shaking of suppressed merriment.
Indeed, to escape another lecture, she
had to cover lips, nose and eyes almost
in scented linen cambric.
" Well, you see, auntie," said the lit
tle blue hat, recurring to the former top
ic, "father isn't rich, indeed I don'
think he is as well off as he seems to bo
and the family. is large—all girls; too,
just a bill of expense you know, and I
don't like to have father furnish me mu-.
sic lessons, any longer, for I know he
can't afford it. But I would'nt give up
my-music for tho world; only I want to
pay part Of the expensa_rnysolf.- -rattier
isn't able, be looks more and more care.
worn every day. I am really afraid,"
and hero the voice fell and became...very
serious„". I am really' afraid things aro
going wrong 'with him. Besides, I want
to be doing .something, 'l'm a bettor
girl whon'T feel Out I am not ti drone,
and dependent: - Yes, auntie, I must
and will have a tiohoolthere ! Will
you help me ?`" • ,
•
The brown bonnet Caught the girl's en
thusiasm- and promised.- • .
You, must have known reader froth
tho'brief desorilitien of thy friend
that ho was the town school suPerinten.
dant— :Who olio was so qualfied to
loOlc after the. interests of the, public
schools? • A
> One fine morning at sir, o'olook,—my
-friend - rises at five; and - has a good fire in
•his office and an appetite for his break
fast at •-sia,—=a: rap foil •upon the outer
door. holly rose and opened it.
" Good morning ladies ! walk in."
The brown bonnet said "good morning"
with dignity ; the blue hat pronounced
the same blessing timidly; and both
walked in.
My niece would like to be examined
to take a school in our district."
"Certainly," said the town superipten
dant, laying the poker on the, table.—
"Certainly, your aunt— bcg pardon—
your niece shall be examined, madam.
Warm morning ; mann," wiping the per
spiration from his face with a sheet of
blotting paper.
"Bless you! it's the coldest morning
we've had this fall," said the astonished
aunt.—" Why Mary's face has been like
a peony, all the way ridin' in the wind.
Just look at it."
There was no need; for my friend bad
seen something more than the blue hat,
some minutes before.
" Certainly, madam, certainly— very
red—l mean very cold indeed ma'am,
vory.''
The town superintendent was not long,
however, in getting better possession of
faceltles ;._andAttlengthrdle examine , .
tion commenced.
" Your residence, if you please," said
Kelly, blandly.
" lilwauliee," timidly.
" May I ask where you were educa
ted ?" continued the questioner, looking
for once, into the eyes which were spark
ling, despite the blushing, embarresed
features.
" in the public schools, sir."
" Did you graduate ?"
Jf Yes sir."
":May I look at your diploma?"
The lady handed a roll tied with blue
ribbon Kelly tried hard to untie it, but
soon got the knot in a very had fix.
The pretty fingers or the blue hat, were
called into requisition, and the knot was
conquered elo,e before him under his
eyes.. Opening the null—
" Mary Denver! Is that your name?''
" Yes, sir "
" Your father's name?"
('harles."
" Niorehant?"
" Fes, sir."
" Why, I was a clerk in his store when
you were a child. He was the noblest
employer I ever had—made me all I am.
I mean that lie made Inc uln ight—for
that is all that I am, anyway."
Kelly promised her a certificate--said
he would bring it over next day which
lie did.
During the whole term Tie was faithful
in official visits to the school; and just
before the close of the session, my friend
said--
" Mary I wouldn't teach any more."
"0, 1 muq. I like it; and besides I
havn't accomplished half I want to, yet.''
"What do you want to accomplish ?"
"I want to continue my music."
"What eke?"
"I want to clothe Minnie."
" What else'?''
"I want to feel that I am useful, that
I am doing something."
"I want to hire you, Mary; 4 and will
pay you wages that will enable you to do
all this."
" You want to hire me ? What can I
do for you ?"
" Keep my house and be my wife,
Mary." And then the town superinten
dent got his arm around Mary's waist
and held her tight, though she struggled
a little at first.
"Let me go a minute, and I will tell
you."
He released the little figure . , and Mary
stood before him, trembling, blushing,
twining the strings of the blue hat around
; her fingers, looking down upon the floor,
glancing once into his earnest eyes, her
breast rising and fallity , b till the cameo
swayed like a ship upon billows.
" Do you love me F'
" With my whole soul."
" Did you ever love anybody else
" Never in all thy life."
"Can a little girl like me "—looking
earnestly in his face—"can a little girl
like me, devoted, loving you almost to
reverence, make you happy always ?"
"No ono in all the world but you."
The little maiden stepped close to his
side, and hid herself under his arm.
That jaunty blue hat is in a favorite
closet of my friend's new house, in a
glass case on the upper shelf.
PAINTERS' LANOUAGE.—Evey profess
ion has its technical terms and of eourse
the Printers have a " small smattering'
which is only intelligible to the craft.—
The followine- is a specimen; it - don't
mean, however, na much as it would seem
to the uninitiated :
" Jim, put up General Washington on
the galley, and then finish the murder of
the young girl you commenced yesterday.
Set up the entire ruins of Herculaneum;
distribute the small pox : don't finish that
runaway ; have the high water in the pa
peethis week. Let the pi alone until af
ter dinner, but put the political barbacuo
to press, and'then go to the dovil, and he
will toll you.about.t.liOiiork for the morn
ing." Not much wonder that Dr. Fans-
Wic4l art.
A.. Tito ITO WIFE.-A friend
says ho has a desMoving little wife, and
an excellent housekeeper. • On her birth
day she , moved her low rocking chair
rolose to his side.—He was reading. She
placed her dear little hand lovingly on
his arm, and moved it along softly tow
ard his,coat collar. He felt mice all over.
He certainly expected a kiss. Dear,
sweet, loving creature l=ang,cl I . She.
moved her hand up and down the coat'
sleeve. - " - •
" Husband, ,, said ) faie.
".What, my dear?":
"I was just thinking—'
: ",.Were you, my love l'"
0 I was thinking_ how' nicely . Ibis suit
'of elotboi you have on would - work' into
a rag barpet.',' Ilesays he felt cross all,
day, the, disappointment was. so.great.
,Shoe that neveryears ou r t-4he "Ira
brogue.'
fill 50 per annum In advanee
t $2 00 IT not paid In advance
How to keep Children Healthy.
The mortality among children in our •
cities, as well as in the country, is sad to'
contemplate. Is there any necessity for
this? Arc all these children -sent into •
the world to be thus_early cut down?
Are not nine out of' ten of these early
deaths the result of ignorance? What.
parents ever lost a child, except by acci
dent, without thinking : "If 1 had treat
ed it differently, it wonld not have died.''
The editor of the American Agricultur
ist having lost his three first born, led
him to think much upon the topic, and
three ahnoSt, always healthy living ones
are the evidences that his studies 'on the
subject have not been in vain. He there
fore gives a few hints on the topic which
we are sure cannot fail to interest every
parent, and to which we respectfully call
their attention.
Next to securing plenty of sound sleep
—admirable hints on which were recent 4
ly published in the Express—the editor
places, the proper preparation of food..
The kind of food they eat is not half of
so much consequence, as the manner of
its - preparation - . - Gdee - h child a ap
ple and let him swallow it in pieces from
the size of a large pea upward. The re
sult, will be, that the lump will.be partly
worn off by the coats of the stom
ach, and partly dissolved by the gartric
juice ; but after a time, the remaining
portion of the lumps will be forced down
into the intestines and go through the
whole lenr , th of 15 to 20 feet, producing
at. least griping and irritation all the way,
if nut, diarrhea or dysentery... But _first.
scrape or mash 'the appl6 to a fine pulp,
an 1 it may be ea'en with impunity, and
with benefit, if' ripe or nearly so.
Feed a child on boiled potatoes Out up,
ad. on potatoes coarsely mashed and fried
in fat, and \,'u will lie pretty sure to find
111 , 0 , or less lump , of p Prat,,,s remaining
und ested. II ow can it he otherwise
Lein that these !limps must have pro
duced irritation in the intestines? But
leash there ',i;11110 l 0t , .l cs lively before
feeding them, and then the tine material
will 1.0 diee,ted and afford nutriment in
stead of giving uneasy pain "under
the apron "
The snore holds tree of nest meats.
Cut up tine--as fine as shot almost ---they
will be digested, and produce nourish
ment ; while it' fed in coarse pieces, they
will lie in the stomach, like a meat poul
tice on the outside, the cause of uneasi
ness if not of partial inflammation. Feed
rai•in• and nuts hi children, and unless
very strong and vigorous, the chances
are that they will produce inunediate
sieknes , or a weakened system, liable to
be affected by the first change of heat or
cold. Chop these same raisins or nuts
finely, reducing thin almost to a pow
der, and they [nay be eaten in moderate
qUantity with impunity. These remaiks
apply to nll kinds of food, and in a meas
ure, to grow❑ up people as well as chil
dren.
11fany persons aro over nice of anxious
as to what their children eat, and often
reduce them to skeletons, or unfit them
or vigorous rest Lance of colds and mal
aria diseases, by 'reeding them on toast,
or rice,
: weak gruel, etc. 6-ive them
rather a fair supply of hearty food so
finely refluc'd thus will be quickly di
gPstrd in the stomach, and they wilt' grow
vigorous and be able to withstand the
ellinges of the climate, and the exposure
to m•hicli they are ever liable. Mothers,
consider these things, and see if they aro
not true and in accordance with reason.
PRESENT HINTS
As soon as the ground is in fit condi-
Lion, the Asparagus bed should be rut
in order. The top-dressing of last aut•
umn, after removing the coarse portion
of it, should be carefully turned in with
a fork, but not too deeply, or the erowng
of the roots may be injured; then rake
evenly, pulverizing the soil as finely as
possible.
Grape vines, Raspberry canes, &c.,
laid down in autumn, should not be taken
up before the first of April. Their con
tinuance under,"Cover retards the buds,
and hence saves them many a nip from
the frost.
Strawberry beds, should - have the winter
protection removed, and thoroughly
dressed. The surplus plants should be
taken up and if not wanted to transplant,
can be sold or given sway.
Warm borders can now be prepared
and some
. Early Peaq, Onions, Lettuce,
&c., put in. .
The garden, generally, at this period,
should have a thorough clearing ,up, and
the stuff turned. Manure should:' be
hauled in, and the general cultivation
gone on with as the beds may be needed.
There is no time to lose in securing
grafts of apples, pears and plums, It is
true that a good hand at grafting ,con
make almost any of these grow up to the
middle of Juno.
'There is nothing that will• resuscitate
old gardens so quickly and lastingly as
lime, applied at the rate of not less than
a hundred bushels to the acre. It should
not be dug in, but spread over the soil
.after-.digging,:and raked-in:
A oat caught a sparrow ilnd, was about • '
to devour it when the sparrow said; "No '
gentleman eats till ho washes his face."
The cat; struck, with this remark, sot the
sparrow down, and begaii to wash, his face,
with his paw, but the sparrow flow away.
This vexed pues'extreinely and be said a , •
As long as live I will eat first - and wash
my face afterward," which all_oati do to
this day.•
If you wish to have a writer's praise,
tai Le espooiaL care_tomite_a-little---Nyors:
than ho.does. -
The worst kind .of h tent' for a soldier
to'dwell in—Diseonton.t.
7LT lA_
~../uOn woo lie for yilo purpose genpvi
:find thht
_they have lied to no purpot .
,
When a Wise man plays the fooliawo4;
man is ionorally at the bottom_of it..
Th 6 more a bad roan :sleeps the bettor;
his sleep is the.next best thing to-death 4.•-•
NO 16.