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YAXTIE TJTOU "TE man AD THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOR
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OTJIiCHILDHOOD-
BT J- D. PBEJfTICE.
Tis sad yet sweet- to iistcH' . ; - U'
- q To the soft wind's gentle swell, ; ?
. And tlitalc we hear the music .
'! r-.;- Our children knew so well; i-.---r j i
: To gaze out on the even, - " ;. - - -'-
- - j . And the boundless fields of air, -. -
,-And.fee again our boyhood wish; '
t -1o joam like angels there ! . -i i
There are many dreams of gladness
That'jclrngf around the past
And fronj the tomb of feeling , . ., - :
' Old tlioughts come tlironging fcistr- , :i
' ' The forms we love so dearly,
. In the happy days now gone, .
The beautiful and lovely, . .
So fait to I'jok upon. "
. Tlio bright and lovely maidens . .....
" j, Vlio seemed so formed for bliss, ;,
Too glorious and too heavenly : , . '
For such a world as tliLi ! : . ;
"iVhose soft dark eyes seemed swimming
In a sea of liquid light , ' , v .
, And yhe locks o( gold were streaming ,
." , O'er brow so sunny bright. . , . .
Whoso smi!e were like the sunshino -s
-- .'T In the spring-time of the year
i, like the changeful gleams of April-' !!
; .Tlcy followed every tear!
They have passed litofchopc away '
;,.. I All their lovelinnss has fled -
OIJ many a heart is mourning,- : --
:. That they are with the dead. - ':
' " Like the bright buds of siunmer -'
Tliey have fallen from the stem -Yet
oh it is a lovely death
" : ' To fade from earth like them !
And yet the thought is saddening r
To muse ou sujch as they ; ; .:
i. And feel that all the beautiful, . ...
Are p'.SBing fast away! . . , - - . -;.
That tlc fair ones whom we love, , .., ,
Jrow to each loving breast, .- -:
' . lake tendrils of the clinging rincj .. . ,
Then perish were they rest. , . ;
. And ea we but think of those '
In the soft and gentle spring, -..'
, When the trees are waving o'er us,
i-: ? And tle flowers are blossoming!
-r.-.-. Tor we know that winter's coming
: - AVith his cold and stormy sky
And the glorious beauty round us
Is blooming but to die! : - " '
; From tle Jlaachestcr S. S. Magazine. '
BAENETT THE MISER. -
la the Wwn of N , up a passage lead-
, ing to tbe liridle-smith-Gate, there lived a man
.named Barnett. lie was shout eixty years
sof 8gc, Wt though his hair was somewhat
.riakled . with grey, and his form was some
what bowed, he had the energy of a younger
"man, and a frame that seemed of iron , His
brow was lofty and gave an idea of intellect,
but the hard lines of his face and compressed
lips bespoke craft. ' .' 1 1 ' . ' --,t
His dwelling was an old mansion Which had
eea better days ; secluded on all sides from
public gaze its gloomy courts and still gloomier
chambers accorded well with the character of
its occupant, . whilst the iron-bound shutters
testified to the care he had taken to secure the
treasure he was said to have amassed. For
Sarnett was reputed t be rich despite his h
quence oa 'hard times,' f dear food ."loss
es in business." He seemed to be chanting a
perpetual dirge ' In honor of poverty ; Jut the
world TieTer - believes ; a man while he pleads
iter, giideas ke wears her livery unmistakably.
Otherwise b ahakes its head and smiles skep
tically, but then it treads him under, and
passes on its way ! , Thus JBaraett had got the
r6pUIjti-0a of beinS ricD- aod he certainly de
served it. There were many in that town
who eould have told of bankruptcies be had
u "Mowb he had plundered and
orphan he had stripped of all, legally of
f" ff0J f-!Pftability respects kwbnt
r9.rgoif Tl of a higher command than any mani
ade statute,, fromr the great Law-Giver of
. Secure in this legality, and hovynt in the
repcjjectiqn of the riches it had gained him
Barnett sat, on the evemni? that mv talo
, Bieaces. takinr his solitarv snnrcr nf nnrn,in.
he had "achieved a bargain and indulged ac-
eoraingiy;; a aeaa suenee reigned in the
' 'streets, for the TnnnTa haA
. , t F f f - Vbyv tULIU
for a ffreat meetins outside th'e town, to irive
expressioil tQl the discontent then prevalent
aaiQnpt the working classes.1 t- v i-
A hasty step was heard" upon the stairs.-
iv v: v-"-"c w puMJis ana iistenea
Z MntrJ-n .young man stood
wWi. 4A v ,u oaaasonie, but worn
Jfith bauchery anaant. an unruled gleam
in his dark eyes, and a visible agitation in his
frame. - . ,.!t , i-
Fatherr ' ; - .
"Son I" ' - : i "
After fifteen years of separatioM, their whole'
greeting was comprised in this t..-.-1 I "'.
The wordfell coldly on the; -ztg man's
heart, and he paused as if to nervv 1 ; "'elf- to
proceed,, but words came mt, and he stood
lrrcoluto." ""' 1"V Vi
"i "'"WellP choked the parent, ' what brings
you here?! The son toot, courage. 'Afiec-!
tion would have brought him. to his knees .f
Hardness hardened him the more. i.s ;
I.. hare come" said he, ' to- sock employment-
I was starving where I was, and
now appeal to you I . ask no eharity, nor
plead a tie your heart owns not ,'" " - -:
i t 'Tos are jight," was the hard response.--
Ingratitude washes out innumerable debts."
, "f Ingratitude t" faltered the son a t!'
" Yes, ingratitude ; did I not cdncate and
rear you did I not love you onco 1 and did
you not r betray my love, , squander my sub
stance, and now you come to burthen me T' ...
: '; ' No! not burthen ; I sought pleasure too
eagerly, and have wasted the means you gave.
I have been self-willed, but have been pun
ished. Years have passed ever me, and nave
seen me grovelling in poverty, living with
criminals', and when I had most need of com
fort, my wife and child laid ' low, starved I
Father, starved ! 1 I sat and saw them, as day
by day their flesh wasted and their voices grew
weak, and I could not help tbero, I could only
share their wants, my soul thirstcth; but for
one word of kindness.' ;r. r- -.. ''
Whieh you shall never have," thundered
the old man; " heir of "my name, but traitor
to my hearth, 'end In the folly which you have
beun. You have-done without me for fifteen .
years ; gooa i .4, will aa wituout yon ior me ;
go, -and in a v my : heaviest go, ere I corse
you go: , witf a bitter earnestness worus
cannot,, express, the miser . nisseu out tnese
words, and drawing his wrapper more closely
round his forn, stalked sternly and hastily
out of the room. ,"
His son sat for some minutes with his face
hidden in his hands. ' Then heaving a deep
sigh, that sounded of despair, - he staggered
forth into the silent streets ! . Thus they part
ed, and the last words they were destined to
exchangfvwere words of bitterness and strife.
Oh, evil hour I Oh, terrible truth ! truth he
could not evade! Of all his accusers, teon
scienco was the worst ! i Brought up- by "his
father, even then stern and inflexible, he be
came acquainted with a set of choice spirits'
that haunted the corner of the street, scribbled
profane language upon the walla, and shouted
it to the passers-by ; spirits who lived in a per
petual . atmosphere of smoke, and did their .
little best to appear like spirits from below.-
All this was in secret.- Thus hypocrisy wa3
added to guilt. ' At length his' excesses ran
him into debt, and his creditors attacked his
father, who, furious at his son's delinquencies,
forbade him to see him more. He was then
forced to seek a precarious exisience in a neigh
boring town. There he married, and brought
upon himself : increased burdens. But toil
and penury did the work of time; premature
age crept upon him. . Bereft of home, hope
and family, he threw himself upon a mercy
that never existed, upon an affection that
never was. . It had ended in this ..... -: . '
And return we to the miser. What words
can paint the struggle within -his breast ? A
last faint spark of natural feeling strove with
the mist of selfishness. The hope of having
one to care for him amongst the thousands that
cursed his name tempted him to forgive." The
hate he, had cherished for so long strove as
furiously. - . . . ; : - . '
Suddenly were heard along the passage steps
and voices, " Who lives in this dismal house'
said one. "The miser," replied another, and
they passed away. A black sijog l gathered
over his face, a sneer curled his lip; his better
feelings were blotted ot for ever in the storm
of hate these words called up." ' He had taken
to himself seven other devils worse than the
first. . . . . ."'"." '..V:'"v". "
'' Whilst thus he sat full of evil thoughts, the
townspeople, excited by want .and ill-advice,
were in opes riet, .and ZkeLr hoarse cries west
up to heaven, mingled with the smoke of the
buildings they had fired. In - their midst, a
man of middle age was the most eager in ur
ging them on. , Some said he was a govern
ment spy, some a starving weayer, and others
some feed in human shape, so impervious to
danger did he seem. ; Few could have recog
nized in his matted locks and smoke' stained
lineaments the miser's son, who seemed to
seek a refuge from his misery in extraordinary
exertions, - ,:, .t ---:-,r"f
-. A great fhtme, shooting high into the , air,
and from to elevating . position illuminating
the country round about, ,told that the castle
was attacked : The miser started at the glare,
hastened out, and beheld the devouring ele
ment as it swiftly darted up the noble pile,
and crowned it with a brief but dreadful glory
The fitful flashing of the fire gave a terror to
the scene, which the uproar of the mob in
creased. :"
Hark, high above the din ! To the miser's
t to the miner's ;" - Barnet stood transfixed ;
he had known that there as much misery in
the town, and that the people were almost des-
Eerate, but this he had never counted on. He
ad watched the misfortunes of others with
indifference and even joy, for the scene chimed
in with the tumult of his own soul ; but now;
when the blow was about to faU tipon his' own
head, when his darling riches for which he had
sinned bo many years, which had become his
friend, wife, child, his other self, his God!
when these were threatened by the lawless
mob his frenzy was fearful to see. He swore
wiA an awful energy, and tope his wiry locks
in handfuls from his head , .:.- , ,."(,'.
Yes he would save them ! Better to jose
life than them. At this thought his courage
returned. ; With swiftness borrowed fmm
spair hd threaded tha narrow allevit of tha
town ; .jdiridiog through entries and passages
wuose uiirivacie wef e &nown to few, be TCCh
ed his residence before the mob..".-. Quickly he
had the doors closed and the shutters barred,,
and .' opening a "secret trap that concealed a
deep Vell he let' himself and his treasure down'
dapace-fs4fetT. .! 'Tt-'i'Z tt
" ' On came "tt i rolling crowd, te leader 'now
s" riving, wiihi-.ious gestures" to divert tlierii
.iron) tueir , purr seouc uje passions , n uaa
rcsedrwere not go easily allayed; and hi en-
Oa t'ey- came wf.j exulting shouts.', 'and
tendered at the door.-'': Lonir they 'batkiod
ineffectually," till at length a ruffian; more prov
ident than the rest; obtained ah axe and cleft
the door posts down.Y The obstacles removed,
the crowd poured in and rau from rooai to room.
Desks rifled of their contents, broken furni
ture piled on the'floo'rf, and curtains torn fro3
their ringf attest, tbfir fury. z:.
Fire! save yourselves P, ; ' rahh. .tzzk
place , seven people on that awful night A:ere
trampled to death,, and many more bote to
their dying day sad traces, of their crinics."
- With savage cries they watched the climb-
ug . names, ana mar Kea iue iiuck ioias oi
smoke, roll suddenly trom the roor which leu
with a tremendous crash.- At that moment a
prolonged shriek of agdny rose above the tu
mult, which sent the nlood curdling through
their veins. A- "troop of soldiers completed"
their dismay , and the morning sun beheld the
smouldering ruins and thick pools. of blood in
evidence of the afiray. . : U ' '. ' .
Workmen were busy - in clearing away the
ruins of the miser's house," and yet no vestage
of humanity was found. At length they came
upon a blackened corps, "whose , hand, still
grasped the ring of a ' trap door, on : lifting
which the body of, the. miser was found. A
stream, of . molten lead had. trickled fronr the.
roof, and in the place he had esteemed ; most
secure hadj inflicted a cruel though speedy
death ! , , .. ,- r : , -
They laid them side by side.,,.. Thus father
and gonj who. had journeyed by such different
ways met in one grave at last,. . . .. . . . ..j. .
The one had suffered his passion to gain the
mastery, and had neglected the opportunities
of knowledge placed in his reach., : He, had
joined the mob as we have seen, and it -was
supposed that going to the well, remembered
hiding place to save his lather, he had 'been
crushed by a falling beam. . . His heart - h ard
and defiant before, had been softened by his
father's threatened fate-' Happy he, i that
death found him in a mood like that. : - -
. The other though an unhappy greed, had
passed his life in solitude, hated by all, re
spected by none.- ': The - very-, rabble'Jooked
down upon hira with contempt aad abhorrence.
He had
ad used the, intellect God
had given him
to unwortlur endsant ,,toaj jjnwpjthyend.it
uaa Drougnu mm. ius wcaua went to uie
t ' fT . A 4. t A-A .1 I
(vnnorol .f-kfTIira rf I.liA ct:iffc find nuifi vnc
handed down, to : posterity as Harnett the
Miser" ' .. . . ; , .
-- " German Brides. ; ' -
Mri: James- Brooks of the Xew York Ex
press now in Europe, in a recent letter, says:
c - The Germans, by the way, have a queer
way of making Brides," and of doing some
other things in . the - courting and marrying
way, which may interest, you, perhaps.:' When
a maiden is betrothed, she is called Bride,"
and so continues till he becomes a Wife."
All the while she is engaged, she is a "Bride."
The lovers, immediately upon betrothal, ex
change plain rings. which- are worn ever af
terwards, until death parts them. The woman
wears hers on the third finger of her left hand,
and the man - his on his hand..;' When
the " bride" becomes a wife;
her ring is
transferred to the ' third, finger of
the right
hand; and - there it - remains. .The husband
always .wears his ring, just as the wife wears
hers, so . that if you look upon a man's hand
you can tell whether he is mortgaged or not.
There is bo cheating for him ever, after no
coquetting with the girls as if he was an un
married man ; for lo ! the whole story is told
by his finger-ring. A Viennese married lady
was much amused when I told her that in our
country., wc only. "ring", the women, but let
the men run at large unmarked.. ' O,' that
is dreadful," ;giud she., more than half shocked,
"Think, there is Frederick, my husband nly
twenty-four ; so young, so handsome ; and all
the girls would be taking him for an unmar
ried man, and be making love, to him. O, it
is dreadful! is it not?. ' How can ycu do so in
your country ? .. I would not , live there with
Frederick for the world." Thinking over the
reasoning of my fair . Vienuese, I could not
but .come to the: conclusion, with her that in
her ' country, there was more security for the
wife ; and that, therefore, her custom was bet
ter than ours But would there not bo a re
bellion among the men in America, if the wives
there were to thus put a public stamp of 'pro
perty'' upon their husbands at every step they
took 2 - The Germans t have other agreeable
customs in. their silver . weddings, (silbcrne
huchzcit') the twenty-five years of wedded life,
and their golden weddings, (jfdden hucJizeit)
fifty years; but of these so much has been
written ,. tb a 1 1 can, probably write you nothing
new-' . , If I ever get time, I' will consecrate a
whole 4 chapter to you on German Courtships
and . German wedded life-but this letter is
just now medley enough. , ' 5r. , ,
A LOVEr'8 ' STRAT4GK3I tA1
marriage was
consummated out West; recently; under yery
peculiar '-circumstances: ' " ' The father T of " the
bride was violently opposed to the inarriage f
and 6jT tbeday appointed for its celebration;
posted " No admittance" on the gateway lead
ing to his housey and stationed a young man
with a musket to ; enforce attention to the or
dinance . from the expectant bridegroom . -Finding
. he could - not accomplish his object
without "resorting to force- pr stratagem; and
remembering that his lady love had a rin of
his in possession he go put a.warrant" for her
on a charge ofr obtaining' 'feooda : under dse
pretences, ; had - her - brought before a magis
trate, who. after the lover? bad withdrawn his
complaint and paid the costs,' soon united them
in the ,holv bond3of matrimony7' fcv; .r" ,i
. INTO S22AST0P0L.
Tl : : ecpondent of the Morning Herald,
writl j the camp, on the 7th, thus de
scril i i 3 appearance of, the town of Sebas
topo!, : : JL the condition of the. Russian defen
ces, i i vbwed from Ovens : v : ' ' " '
r vSel;trpol is not in ruins, and what is more
important still, thes de&moes are four times
stron?r and more vigorous than the first dajr
we o; : ; i- fife. j' I know this, statement may.
make ry fetters unpopular with a certain set,
who wiU see nothing but victories and causes
for grslklatioa' in all we' do ; but nevertheless,
it is -only the truth, arid I am confident that
time wiH. vindicaterqy assertion even in the
eyes of tH pr 1 !ic- . :f4 , n .- ' '
To i .1 - ' IT on tLis point beyond all
poss" ..'.'ft;' i " I ,yerJ9y ?otermined
.'v'L.t civ.. . i Is. ced j li
quet post," ithiu ypO yards of the Russian
batteries and close everlooking the town and
harbor. :It is perfectly "easy to approach this
place' now for a covered way has been con
structed to it, and both sides have - compara
tively speaking, ceased firing for some time.
One large barriek inside the walls, against
which our fire, as against a government build
ing, has been pa rticulaily directed, is riddled
in every part, and most of its roof destroyed
The same is the case with about sixty or sev
enty of the houses nearest to the walls, but
beyond this nothing has been done: Had any
of the principal mansions more to the centre
of the town been injured, it would be easily
seen, as most of them are detached, and . all
are white as snow," and instantly show a shot
mark. . . The splendid structure which we call
the "Parthenon" the Government house '
and, indeed. 19-20ths of the buildings show,
no trace of injury. --'------
The streets which I could sec,' and whieh,
of course, were, those nearest to our batteries,
were all in a most enviable state of cleanliness
and good order. .In'.these were numerous
bodies of troops lounging about unconcernedly,
with their muskets piled upon the pathways.
Many civilians passed, constantly j to and fro,
and now and then an ammunition wagon : but
I saw no traces of either woman or children,
or other vehicles of the ordinary description.
Of the earthworks around Sebastopol, it is
more difficult to speak with accuracy. , So nu
merous are these defences that of them it is
quite impossible to gain at once a near and ex
tensive view.; -As far as I can judge from
traversing nearly two thirds of the allied lines,
the enemy's batteries appeared generally in
good working order. r . ' ..
' ' The whole of the enemy's batteries are now
Protected by a deep ditch in front, with regu
ar alLattU and rows of stockades and cAetwwx
Je frits. , From tliia ': fact alone it is evident
tUj Aro oardiog against,, and,, tbere-
fore fear an u. But it is
I '
principally of
the north side that I wish to spealc.'
- The tremendous extent of the new redoubts
and batteries which I saw thrown up all around
the city, did, indeed, astonish me. Every
spaee from the circular earthwork and mar
tello tower;(the latter now a mere pile of rub
bish,) round. to the sea near Cape Constai
tiuc, is one long line of redoubts and batter
ies. Mata, Gibraltcr, or the lines of Chat
ham :all is One, would be far more vulnerable
than these formidable intrcnchmcnt3; covered
with infantry pits, and deep ditches in front,
and protected by scraped banks, stockades
and masses of cannon. I have seen many
of what are called first class fortresses, but, the
present aspect of Sebastopol might vie with
any. ; - ' '
On our extreme left, the French push the
enemy closely. Thev have not lately advan
ced their works, but their third parallel is still
within 208 yards of the llussian batteries,
and ouly 400 or 500 from the houses outside
the walls.' The part of the town opposed to
the French is certainly more injured than on
our Side, of eorse, because of their being
nearer, their guns have longer range.: The
mud fort, which, at the commencement of the
siege, mounted nearly 40 guns, is now almost
untenable, and rarely fires. -The Quarantine
Fort of stone, is nearly ruined, and is certain
to he completely destroyed the. instant we re
sume our fire ; bat the Flagstaff, earth work,
which did the French so much injury, is still,
I regret to say, almost as strong as ever.
However, with regard to this latter opponent,
our allies speak most confidently of being
able to dispose of it when they wish. On this
point I shall only say that I think t&ir con
jectures are well founded, , - ' :
i- ., 1 1 .
A Marrjagb License Fbacdci.extly Ob
tained. A Scesb in Cocbt. The ltichmond
Enquirer gives the following as the sequel to
tho Schonbergcr case,-which has afforded so
much food for gossip in the Virginia papers :
- ' The' case of Lewis Schonbergcr vs Fat
rick Jordon, to obtain possession of his (S.'s)
wife, alleged to bo forcibly and unlawfully
detained by J. k the father, came before J udge
Clopton, on a writ of ; habeas corpus, on Sat
urday last at the State court-house. . 3IrEU
lett, clerk of Henrico court, testified that he
had issued a license for tho marriage of Schon
berger to Miss Jordon; on the authority of a
written order from S., presented by a man
named Hughes, who .solemnly swore that Miss
Jordon was twenty-oue years of age ; and the
Rev. Philip . Courtney stated that the parties
came to his house; ou Church Hill, on Sun
day night, the 21st inet', and were married
uader said license; Thomas P. August, Esq.;
counsel for the"'' bnddgrooin ; niaintaiped the
informality and trickery in obtahiug the li
cense, and the failure to obtain tho consent of
the parent, did not yitiate or render null and
void the marriage ; and.W. W.. Crump, Esq.,
counsel for the. father, claiming tlje phihion
the ground that sho was' ony eighteen years
cf age, argued that a parentj unde the laws
of Virginia,-was- entitled to the services and
guardianship-of his infant child until ho had
given his consent to the marriage, or until she
had been married 'under a legaland legitimate ,
and not a falseand corrupt. license, .J,
; " Judge. Clopton after tho argument of
counsel j had been . submiltcd fcd, th,c I4W
foverning his powers in the case, and said he
ad no difficulty in deciding vthc marriage,
notwithstanding the , manner in which the li
cense was obtained, was a valid one, and that,
consequently, the husband was entitled to the
possession of his wife. He therefore directed
that she be given into his charge. Sehonbor
ger ' immediately approached her," placed her
arm under his, and they left the court-house
together, surrounded by a largo crowd of per
sons who had been anxiously a wait iug. the re
sult of the contest Thus, it appears, that
although, 'Jordan is a hard road to travel,'
Schonberger, by the aid of perjury, has suc
ceeded in getting over it." " ( '
The Enquirer adds: ."" - ' ' r
. ' When Judge CJoptoa'anrouriced his de
cisiou in favor of restoring to Scbonhergcr his
wifj, .." tlout of exu'. ".: 1 ver.t r- f c; i t'.io
large crowd Such as we haez.c .Are wit
nessed hi the halls of justice. Tho applause!
was a noisy and disorderly as it was "dis
graceful." ';. ' -
; " , ' A Propped Letter. ;" .' ,;
J" The following letter, written by a Know
Nothing member of the MassachuBctU Legis
lature, wc clip from the Boston Poet ;
. , ... ... -Boston, Jan. 1G 1855. .
- Sos Jousr; I have too much legislative
work to come home on Saturday night as I
said I would so you must mind the farm; I
have managed to get ou a good many com
mutes so as to be come popular by having my
name printed oftener in the papers and I
manage to say something occasionally and I
have sac a my name 3 times printed in the
daily bee. American principles is looking up
some here in Boston and we are going to disr
cord all foreign aliments in our government
(by the way have the barn door-painted over
with some other color besides Spanish brown
I dont like anything Spanish.) Thegevcrnor
has made a lick at the foreign malitia and
disbanded all the companies. (Dout use any
more British oil for j-our deefness for I have
thrown away that box of Russia salve your
mother put in my trunk wto rub my rumatic
leg with ue American phisic it is the best.)
T e are going to have the latin lingo taken of
the state coat of arines and put plain yankee
english in its place. We are going, a head I
tell you, and make a clean swoop of every thing
of foreign extraction I hare visted no place
of amusement excepting the live buffalo which
is a regular native he looks very much like a
hairy cow. Speaking of cows reminds me of
our Durham bull you may sell him to Wade
the butcher he is of a foreign extraction,. A
friend asked me to go to the Athaneum and
see the library and pictures but I was told J
nearly all the pictures are painted by the old
masters as they are called- and these I am
told are, with out exception all foreigners
beside many of the books are in foreign lan
guages so it is contrary to the spirit of princi
ples to visit such a place. I was going to
see Banvards great painting of the holy land
which is making some stirt but a native artist
told me it was painted with Venetian - red
Dutch pink and Naples yellow while all the
skies, were Prussian blse too much &f the
foreign climcnt to be interesting to me. By.
the. way " speaking of paiut have the jTront
blinds which I had painted with French green
last fall "pain ted some other color other than I
mentioned above. Stop he Zions Herald and
take the Yankee privateer in its place, fiiye
my Marseills vest to dick the plowman and tell
him to stone Jip the scotch terrior off the farm
and to kill that Maltese cat. ....
from your effectionate father,
The Judge's Big Shirt .
The
story goes that, on a certain occasion
Judge A
then cn a visit to lialejgh, si.
C., was notorious for leaving; home without
the necessary precautions of carryiag along
a second shirt. - While here he was invited to
attend a gay and fashionable party, to be giv
en the following evening, at the residence of
Judge L
'. The visiting Judge, was ter
ribly perplexed about a cleau shirt far the eo
casiou, and while resolving in his mind hoar
be . should possess himself of the desired arti
cle, (in those days ready made shirts were not
as now, articles of merchandise,) whea he was
-called on at his room by 'Mr. C , asother
limb of the law, but not a J udge.' After pas
sing the usual compliments, Judge. A - re
marked " See here, C- I have just been
invited to attend a party to-morrow night, and
I hayn't a clean . shirt for tho occasion" ho
ping, no doubt,- that his friend would proffer
the loan of one of his. But being bit of a
wag, and relishing a good joke amazingly, he
concluded to have a little fun, and at the same
time learn his judicial friend a lesson concer
ning his negligent custom. " Oh !" said he,
" there's no difficulty about that. lean have
you one made' : . : . -
. " But do you think it eaa be finished in
timoV" .said Judge A. ' ; -
"No doubt about it. I have a shirt-maker
who is perfectly prompt and reliable, and I
can vouch for its being ready." .
' " Ail right then, if you'll bo sure and at
tend to it." ; " V .. ; - r
' You may depend on it," said the Judge's
friend. ' It shall be here by half-past fcix to
morrow evening."'' . - : ; ! ; -
. O ;in gina homo thai night, called
at the lady's and ordered her to. go toS . s
store, " get, nine yards of bleached "do.uietic's
and thrco yards of linen, and make a shirt of
it for Jqle A, and deliver it at his room,
on the fwiioaiuo evening at half-past six pre
cisely, and charging her particularly there was
to bo no- disappointment, aod not to deliver
sooner or later than half past six. : v '
But, Mr. C -," expostulated the wo
man, "you moan turee shirs, doa't you, out
of nine yards?' ' ;
; Do as I tell you, madam. , Don't you
suppose I know, what sized shirt is required
by my friend t" .-...s ' 1
Early next morning tho cloth was procur
ed, and the making of the shirt entered upou.
,bout six -o'clock u the evening, C ,
all attired and ready for the - party; called on ;
the Judge, wheu he was "Saluted on his en
trance, with-r- -' .! . -'.: -,-
,VSce here, that shirt has not been sent yet!" - -
Oh!" says C.V pulling out his watch, "it
is not lime yet, it lacks- a quarter to the time,
for I told her to have if here by half past six."
. The cpnple chatted ' away awhile, when
presently a timid knock at the. door was hoard.
Judge A- jumped to tfpen it, .wiitm a
little girl askod if that was Judge A; s
room? t ,i ' ' . - '.
. Bcin? answered affirmatively, "the contin
ued,. 'Here's a shirt Mr. C told niv
mother to make for .you." -
.."All right, my nice little and fitraicht
way began to prepare for . donning the niuch
poyeted garment, remarking, ' -It is well made,
an i I ".ndsoniely done un, too. Sinnrt woman "
Ihatl-Ir. C.".- '
'' ' "Oh! yes; I knew she would not disappoint
you in any respect." . '" ' -
By this time thq,Judge had craumenced
pulling it over him. - . lie pulled and puljed,
as yard after yard passed, and still his head
was enveloped in the shirt. . Ho complained
of it's size, but his friend told him he Lad got
It twisted, but to hurry on as 'twas time they
were at the party Again ho set Liiuself to -the
task, and by hard struggling got through,
finding himself enshrouded in a shirt five
yards long aod four broad, covering all over
the floor with its ample drapery! - v
"In God's name!" said the judge, in aston
ishmcnt, "What is this the woman has sent
me?" looking with consternation -upon tho
monstrous shirt around and beneAth bun,
"What is it I say?"
Jt was with much difficulty that C -
could restrain bis laughter, but approaching
bis cushirted friend ayd pulling the huge col
lar down, so that he eoild sev his face, he
gazed-with apparent wonder, and observed.
"Whatjj silly, stupid woman! I told her
to get juit enough to make three shirts; in
stead of making three she has put the whole w
nine yards into one shirt! Bat we must hur
ry up and make the best of a bad bargain,
for it is high time that we were at the party
this minute. You can push it down into
your trowscrs and nobody will be the wiser."
So at it the J udgo went, his friend assisting
Lix, as yard after yard was piled away in bis
unmentionables; j(they didn't wear tight -in
those days,) and thus he went to Judge B.'s
party, if not the finest -dressed, at least the
largest shirted gentleman in the crowd. ;
C. promised never to-'blow' on his Judi
cial friend; and kept his word, until he learned
that the J udge was compelled to tJl it on
himself, for unfortunately ho carried the big
shirt home, and Mrs. Judge wanted to know
what trcmendious big woman' shift that was
in his trunk? He hd to out with- it; . and it
being told by himself, . Mr. C. . felt at lib
erty to tell it also; which he does sometimes
to the infinite merriment of all who hear him.
Abskxck or Mind and Clothes. The "
following anecdote of our innocent French
Canadian, is from .Mrs. Moodie's recent work :
A couple f youBg ladies were walking one
fine summer evening along the west bank of
the Moira, and the narrator, n stooping over
the water to gather some wild flowers that
grew in a crevice of the rocks dropped her
parasol in the river. A cry of vexation at
the loss of the article of dress, which is ex
pensive, and almost indispensable beneath the
rays of a Canadian sun, burst from bcr lips,
and attracted the attention of a young man
whom she had not before observed, . who was
swimming at some distance down the river.
He immediately turned, and dexterously catch
ing the parasol as it swiftly glided past him,
swam towards the ladies with the rescued ar
ticle, carried dog-fashion, betwwn his teeth.
In bis teal to render this little service he
forgot that he was not in a condition to appear
before the ladies; who, startled at such an ex
traordinary apparition. mdc the best of their
time to fly prccipitably from the f pot. . ,
"I have no doubt," said Miss" , laugh
ing, "that tho good-natured fellow meant
yell, but I was never so frightened and con
founded 'm my life." The next morning the
parasol was returned d the ftxeet door; with
Jean Baptistc's coniplimvw to the young
laEos," ' So much for French Canadian gl-
lantry, ", ' , . J .
1 . " Hogarth's Red Sea. .' ' '.
. . Hogarth was onee applied to by a miserly
old nohleiiian, to paiut oa his Btair-case a re
presentation of the destruction of Pharaoh's
Hosts in the Red Sea. In attempting to fix
upon - the price, Hogarth became quite dis
satisfied ' The miser was unwdling to give
more than half the real valuo of the picture.
At last Hogarth, out ofal! patience, agreed
to his patron's terms. Within a day or two,
the picture was ready. The nobleman was.
surprised at such expedition, audiuiniediatJy
called to examine It. The canvas was all over
red. , , . r -.'-'. .
v,"Zoundsl"aid the purchaser, "what have
you here? I ordered a pcene of the Red Sea."
;; "But where are the Israelite?
.'They are all gone oVcr., ' . ,
'And where arc the' Egyptians?" . , .
"They are all drowned "
The miser's confusion could ouly' lc equalled
by the haste with which he paid his bill. 7 !
. . .. '" ' : T"i & i-
V': V ,V , A Shy Youth. '. -.. ,. v,,
? 'Everything is' arranged for your .wedd'ng.
with" Susan Tompkins," said a father to hi
oldest sou; "I nope youwili behave yourself "
like a man. Thomas." . . . , ... t- s
The individual addressed was a young man.'
seated on a chair, dispatching a piece of bread
and m 'lassc. II la ouly answer was a sigh.,
accompanied with a. flood of tears. . , .,,-, t
" hat bbjectious can - you have? Susan is
handsome and wealthy, and uarricd you uiut
be some time or otlwp,'' . Your mother and I?
were muriieJ, and It is my command that you,
prepare yourself fur vour nuptials," . ... ,
"Yes." finally sobbod .Thcnias,'"That's V
diioitut thing
You married mother, , but
I'm sent to lunrry a str;uig
?:il.
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