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CR
S O N G
E E K
OF THE
A M A Z O
N.
HT W C. BRTAXT.
I burkle to my slender side
The pistol and the scimotar.
And in my maiden flower and prido
Am come to share the tasks of war:
Ami yomler stands my fiery steed,
That paws the ground and neighs to go,
My charger of the Arab breed,
I t'k him from the routed foe.
My mirror is the mountain spring,
A. v!iich I dress my ruffled hair;
Mt dimmed and dusty arms I bring,
And wash away the blood-Main there.
W'liy sk.ull I guard from wind anil sun
This cheek, whose virgin rose is P.ed?
U was tor one oh! only one
I Vc vt it llooro, and he is dead!
Cut tley h Jio slew him unaware
(V coward murderers larking nigh
Ani left Ja'ra to the fowls of air,
Are yet alive and they must die!
Thfj s'ew him and my virgin years
Are vowed to Greece and vengeance now,
And many an Othman dame, in tears
Shall rue tho Grecian maiden, vow.
1 t niched the lute in better day?.
I led in dance the joyous band;
AW they may move to mirthful lays
Whose hands can touch a lover's hand.
TU march of hosts that haste to meet
Seems gayer than the dance to me,
The lute's sweet tones are not so sweet
As the fierce shout of victory!
THE MILLINER'S BILL.
THE WIDOW'S BEAU.
Service had commenced in the neat little
sanctuary, which the inhabitants of Harlem
had consecrated to the service of God. The
minister had read the psalms and scripture
lessons, and had repeated the first line of the
opening hymn. The eyes of the pceple were
fixed intently upon him, for he was not only
a sound and eloquent preacher, but he was a
fine looking one too, and thus enchanted not
only the attention of the true, but the false
worshippers. The houso was very still the
clear, melancholly tones of the preacher were
the only sounds that throbbed on the balmy
golden air, which the midsummer's Sabbath
morn had breathed into that holy place.
The first syllable on tho second line was
trembling on his lips, when a rustle at the
door, and the entrance of two persons, a lady
and a gentleman, dissolved the charm. In
a moment every eye turned from the pulpit
to the broad aisle, and watched with more
man orumary interest tne progress oi the
couple. A most searching ordeal were they
subjected to, and when fairly and quietly
seated in the first pew, immediately in front
of the pulpit, what a nudging of elbows there
was ay, and how many whispers, too.
In vain the sound, the good, the eloquent,
the handsome Mr. B. sought again to steal
tne attention ot nis uearcrs. iney naa no
eyes, no thoughts for any body else but widow
15. , and widow (J.'s young gentlemanly and
dashing attendant.
How she had cheated them. Hadn't she
said she didn't feel as though she could ever
wear anything but mourniDg ? And in spite
of these protestations, hadn t she come out
all at once, dressed in white, and walked into
the church in broad daylight, leaning on the
arm of a young gentleman.
Yes, indeed she had. She would have
plead guilty to all these charges, grave ones
as they were, and to the last how many wit
nesses had been subpecned ! She was actu
ally dressed in white, with open corsage, dis
playing an elaborately wrought chimtrite,
drapery-sleeves trimmed with the richest
Mechlin lsce, undcr-fdeeves of the same ex
pensive material, with a white lace hat with
oranrre buds and flowers, with kid "loves and
gaiters
had on
-such was the description every
her tongue, to repeat over as
1
ix lights illumined a Fifth Avenue hall,
d tie crinolines whirled in the mazy ball,
the persons of fashion wcro blithe and gay,
"JiU'.ii!.' tho hriiirs of rest awav.
iMbisbanJ beheld with boyish prido
iWiuiful dress of his stylish bride;
i.eshe, in her fine clothes, seemed to bo
The queen of that splendid company.
Oh, the miliuer'3 bill!
"I'm weary of satin," soon she cried,
"I'll have a blue velvet, more full and wide;
iad none of my bonnets suit my faeo
Jliail order another of sweet point lace,
rith emerald flowers; and then, dear man,
"Vll iet me indulge in a tarletan:"
.sd old Bubbles cried, as his wife he eyed.
- Irhe dearest of women is my dear bride."
Oh, the milliner's bill!
Ftch cambric that morning, gTecn silk the next
day,
AuJ white moire antique ere the week passed
away,
TL richest and newest of tufl"s to be got
Tie lunkhead's wife- bought, and ha grudged
them not.
o rears flew, and tho bills at last
hi arrived at a figure extremely vast.
1 wheu Bubbles beheld the sum, he criec?,
"ian old fool, done by a spendthrift Krido."
Ob, tho milliner's bill!
i;tagth broke a bank, that had long kept hid
t'-- dodges by which it the public did;
aa' a document long was discovered there
4 milliner's bill of that lady fair.
very much cash, it was confessed,
J
1
oidhwn irt to jier iorcj from (i,e banking chest,
ud when the crash came, vain humbug's doom,
ia hmVa display proved his fortune's tomb.
Oh, the miliiner's bill!
f A Monument is to be erected to the
Tl-i
gntn Fathers at Plymouth ; to cost from
J-J0.000 to $100,000. It will be built of
parte, 153 feet high, 80 feet at the base,
''w Bitting figures from 38 to 70 feet high.
. 18 to be completed in twelve years from
Thirty-six thousand dollars
pn ot.V..Mk!l 1 r 1 1 if
tbn "nuswiucu, piincipaiiy in luassa-
menfi!3" TIie Bociety 'or building the nionu
have purchased all tho estates lmmedi
I'tef r0UUl tue veritable rock, and also a
5i ftho monument, embracing ten acres
W j c,0mniaDding a fine view of the har
''r W the locality of tho rock.
light
lady
soon as the service was ended.
And the gentleman he was dressed in
style, didn't ho wear white pants of the 1a
tefct pattern, and a white vest, and a coat cf
" satin finish"' and white kids, too ; and
didn't he sport a massive chain, and didn't
h gaze often and lovingly ou the fair feat
ures beside him 1
Ah, yes, he did so, and there was no fur
ther room to doubt. Widow C. had cheated
them. She had won a bcnu, laid aside her
mourning, put on a bridal attire and was
going to be married in church. 15ut who the
beau was, and from whence he came, it was
difficult to solve,
Service proceeded. The choir sung and
the minister prayed and preached the peo
ple wondered when the ceremony would take
place.
But to their utter astonishment they were
left to wonder.
For when the benediction was pronounced,
Widow O. and the strange gentleman walked
with the rest of the congregation quietly out
of the church. When they reached the pave
ment, he oflcrcd her his arm very gracefully,
and she place! her hand very confidently on
tho beautiful coat 6lccve, as they passed on
What a morning that was in Harlem !
hat a world oi conjectures, surmises, in
quiries and doubts rolled over and over in
the brains of not only gossiping ladies, but
sober, matter of fact gentlemen. The like
of such a thing had never occurred in the
annals of tho village there was something
new under the sun a lady had a beau and
no body knew it.
Widow C. didn't your cars burn that day ?
And we wonder tucy didn t drop off; surely
tuey must nave Decn crisp ana crimson
The Rev. Mr. 11. preached to a crowded
house that afternoon; no compliment to him,
though. Every one was sure the wedding
would take place then, but every body was
sadly disappointed; and it tODgues had run
at railroad speed before, they traveled then
on electric wires. The minister might have
preached in Greek that day, and the sermon
would have been quite as edifying. But one
subject occupied the villago mind the wid
ow's beau.
It actually seemed, too, as though the lady
tried to make all the talk she could. After
tea, arm in arm with the strange gentleman
she walked the whole length of the village,
and away out into the country, and never re
turned until the moon was high.
"A nice looking dress I guess she had,"
drawled out grandma W., as she listened to
the story of the handsome widow's wander
ings. I'm glad I hain't got to wash it, all
drabbled up with dew, as it must have been;
but I don't 'spose she thought or cared a
word about it, she's so carried away with
him. But I'll give her a piece of my mind
the first time I have a chance ; seo if I don't.
But the good old dame began to fear she
would never have the desired chance. She
hurried through her washing on Monday,
and hobbled over to the widow's as soon as
possible, but the door was locked, and one of
the neighbors said Mrs. C. and the gentle
man went off in a carriage, nobody knew"
where very early in the morning. ' Yes, and
never got home until nine o'clock in the
evening.' Look out widow your character is
on the carpet.
If she knew it, apparently she didn't care,
for tho next day she went sailing with her
beaUj and the next day rambled with him off
to the woodlawn, and the next forenoon went
with him in a carriage to the railroad statiou
and there not only wept as she parted from
him, but actually embraced and kissed him !
U hat ! in broad day liht 1 exclaimed
grandma W. ' Well, if I over heard or seen
the like on't.'
Little Nell, the old lady's youngest grand
child, wondered to herself if it was any worse
1 .1 11.1 . m
in rjroaa aay ngni man at oincr times, l er
haps you will wonder, too "We did at least.
lherc was a large attendance that after
noon at the weekly meeting of the village
sewing society. Every body went that pos
sibly could leave home. And what a chatter
ing there wa3 when the bustling of assem
bling was over, lherc was but one tonic.
but that was all-engrossing the widow's
beau for the 2etlemaa .2M,-ibe-lierbcaur
or at least ought to be.
Every body had something to tell, some
thing to wonder at. But suddenly every
magic tongue was hushed ; an universal stroke
of palsy seemed to have fallen on the group
as, looking up, they perceived the very lady
about whom they were conversing so eagerly,
standing in the doorway.
' Good afternoon, ladies,' said she in her
usual quiet way ; ' I am glad to sec so large
and happy a gathoring. It is a beautiful day
for our meeting.
And then she proceeded to the table and
helped herself to a block cf patch-work, in
quiring for the sewing silk, which having re
ceived, she sat down in the enly vacant chair,
and commenced Leruruirjfr a red bird with a
yellow wing on a very green twig which lat
ter had already been hemru'd on to a square
piece of white cloth, aud the whole when
completed was designed to form th twentieth
part of a bed-spreal. She seemed all en
grossed with the bird's bill and spoke to no
one. Every body wondered if she had heard
. V
wuat tney were saying wnen sue came m ;
but her placid countenance soon reasured the
most fearful, and every one longed to com
mence a personal attack.
Old grandmother W. was tho firsl to ven
ture. She meant to do up the matter very
delicately, and in so roundabout a way that
the lady would not suspect her of curiosity.
So she began by praising Mrs C.'s dress.
' Why, it's really a beauty. Where did
you get it V
I bought it.
'Here?' inquired the old lady.
No.'
Where then ?'
In the city, last spring.'
Oh. you did, did you?' But I thought
you was never going to dress in any tnmg
but black again I
All scrutemzed the lady s face in search oi
111... . 1 1 ! 1
a liun, but it continued as usual wniie sue
answered I did think and say so once, but
I have finally altered my mind.'
'lou have, eh! VY hat made your
Oh, I had good reasons.'
Here the hearers and lookers-OTi winked
and looked very expressive at each other
But did you not spoil your beautiful white
dreFS the other night, wearing it away up to
; burying ground Y
'I did not wear it.'
Here was a damper for the old lady. She
had such a lone lecture to read on extrava
gance, end she determined to do i.t, too, when,
unfortunately for her eloquent strain, Mrs
C.'s dress hung up in her wardrobe all the
time, and she had worn an old black silk.
After a while the old lady took a fresh start.
She wouik not be balked again. She would
find out all about that beau before she went j
home, 'that she would.' She began by say
ing 'Your company went away this morning,
didn't he?'
He did.'
He did not stay very long, did he?'
'Not so long as I wished him to stay,' was
the raply. And how the ladies did look at
each other. It was as good as confessing.
When did he come?'
Saturday evening.'
Were you looking for him?'
'I had been expecting him for a fortnight
or more.'
Why, do tell if you had then, and you
uever told on't either. Had he any business
in the place?'
'lie had,' replied the widow.
What was it?' This was rather more di
rect and blunt than the old lady had meant
to rut, aod she forthwith apologised.
But the widow interrupted her saying 'O,
I d as lict you u Know as not; ne came to sec
mo.'
O, widow C , your good name did go down
then. Be careful what you say next, or
you'll have only a remnant of character left
to go home with, and remnants go very cheap.
He did, did he? and he didn't come for
nothing else, then. But was you glad to sec
him?' queried the old lady.
'Indeed I was. It was one of tho happiest
moments of my existence.
Well, well,' said the old lady, hardly know
ing how to frame the next question; 'well,
well he is a very good looking man any way.'
I think so, too, and he's not only good
looking, but he's Stood hearted one of the
best men I ever knew,' observed the widow.
You don't say so ! But he is rich!'
Worth a hundred thousand or so,' said
the lady earnrstly.
Why, du tell if he is Why, you will live
like a lady, won't you? But what is his
name?' inquired tho old ldy, whose curiosity
was uow raised to a high pitch.
Henry Macon.'
Macon! Macon! was, wasn't that that your
name before you was married (
It was.'
Then he's a connexion, is he?'
Ueis.'
Iu tell who he is then. Not a cousin
hone. I never did think much of a marriage
between cousins.'
He is not my cousin.'
'He isn't? Not your cousin?
connexion is he? ' l)o tell now?'
He is mu youngest brother V
If ever there waa a rapid progress mado in
sewing and knitting by any circle of ladies, it '
was by those composing this society, for the
next fifteen minutes. Not a word was uttered,
nor an eye raised. Had the latter been done,
and the rosruish and expressive dances seen
which passed between Mrs. 0. and the minis
ter, who, unobserved, had stood on the thresh
old as a silent spectator and a curious hearer,
perhaps mind you, we only sav ptrJtaps
they might have guessed more correctly the
namo, character, stauuiug and profession of
the widow a beau.
J Discovery of Illinois.
In 1G73, Jaui?3 Marquette, with five
Frenchmen as companions, and two Indiana
forguidi.set out from Canada; and after a
Tedious journey, reached the gieat "Father
of Waters," ou which they embarked ''with,
a joy that could not be expressed," aud hoist
ing the sails of their bark canoes floated down
the majestic river, "over broad, clear sand
bars," and glided past inlets swelling from its
bosom with tufts of massive thickness, be
tween the broad plains of Illinois and Iowa,
all gurlanded with majestic forestraud check
ered groves. After desceiting the Missis
sippi for about sixty leagues, they discovered
an Indian trail, and unhesitatingly left their
canoes to follow it. After walking some sis
mues. tuey came to an Indian village, whence
four men advanced to meet them, offering the
pipe of peace, their calumets -"brilliant with
many colored plumes," aud spcakiug to them
in language which- Marquetto understood:
"We are in Illinois;" that is "we are mca."
How beautiful is tho sun, Oh Frenchmen,
when thou co-.nest to us! our village awaits
thee: thou shalt enter in peace all dwellings.
After staying with that hospitable people for
a while James Marquette and his companions
further descended the Mississippi river, until
they were satisfied of its flowing into the Gulf
of Mexico, when they returned, and reaching
the 35th degree of north 1-tituge. entered the
Illinois river and followed it to iis source.
The tribe of Illinois Indians, which occupied
its banks, invited Marquette to remain and re
side among them. But expressing a desire
to continue his travels, he was conducted by
one of the chiefs and several warriors to Chi
cago, in the vicinity of which place ha re
mained to preach the gospel to the Miamis,
whilst hie-companions returned to Quebec to
announce the discoveries. Two years after
wards, he entered the river in the State of
Michigan, called by his name, and erected on
its banks a rude altar, said mass after the rites
of the Catholic church; and being left alone at
his own request, he knelt down by its side,
and offering to tho Mightiest, solemn thanks
and supplications, fell asleep to wake no more.
The light breeze from the lako bigued his re
quiem, ond the Algonquin nution became his
mourners.
How to Write Well.
It is an important question for our young
writers to write well, and a late reviewer
gives us a bit of wisdoai on that- subject :
"Speed m composition is a questionable
advantage. Poetic history records two names
which may represent the rapid and the
thoughtful pen Lopez do Vega and Milton.
We seo one pouring out verses more rapidly
than a secretary could write them ; the other
buildugup, iu the watches of the dark, a
few majestic lines. On leaving his treasures
to be easily compressed into a single volume
the other to be spread abundantly over torty
six quartos. One gaining fifteen pounds
tha other a hundred thousand ducats. One
sitting at the door cf his house, when the
sua thone, in a eoarse coat of gray cloth,
and visited ouly by a few learned men .from
foreign countries the other followed by
crowds wherever he appeared, while even the
children shouted after him with delight. It
is oaly sirce the earth has fallen ou both that
the fame aai houor of the Spaniard and the
Eo?!iihmaa hav3 btca changed. He who
nearly finished a comedy before brekfist,
now lies motionless ii Lis small niche cf
monumental biography ; and hs who, long
choosing, began late, is walking up and down
in his singing robes, tnJ with Liarcl rcand
bis head, ia tha citica cf many lasds iaviag
bis home and Lis welcome iu cvry devout
heart, and utcn every learned toaguc cf the
Christir.u world."
But seo ?!-at another Ligh authority says
of
Ehaksjcire'a psa and Hiltoa:
" Miltoa dcsei ix (tons of natural cljccti
aro rich, elbra!e, aud S:.i-hei Shats-
ncare'a are nt-cataceous. WitLcat losia-r iicrht
of thj moiniu" freshness ni exquisitj beau
tv of Lis uviaor poem, be L jurf assei even
ia hi respect by Shakspcarc; but so aro all
other uniusi ircd Trriters Miitoa leavei his
own Lirdi impress on overytLing La touchea
Shckspeare that cf universal hu-jianitj.
Milton is tho Sabbath only SLr.kspe&re all
the days of the week. Shakspearc w the fall
and niany-voif-ed orchestra Milton ozdy cue
instrument ; but it is the orgn the most
perfect, tho jrrr.ndcil, the loftiest of all in
strument. The one is the ccb!;-it of rivers
tho other the all SEci.d'it.-j and limiiless
ocean. In SLaksre'iva there ts tuo infinitude
of Nature heTsalf Miltoa u Holy Land.
SLaksreare's universal geuim ii alone In the
world ; po is the sustxiued gr&iKievr of Mil
ton's lofty liight the high aira, preparation,
and learnmg the originality, otatcly dignity
and power of bis mighty muse theso being
all concentrate 1 and eT.eri.ed in ore given di
rection. Tuo one, taking subject and treat
Authors turn Themselves . Inside out.
"Sir Edward Bulwcr Lytton says in one
of his recent novels, that 'authors are the
only people with whom the public are ac
quainted,' or words to that effect. Certaiuly
it is not any easy thing for one who writes
much, provided writings are widely read, to
conceal himself from public knowledge. Dis
guise himself as he may, every book he pub
lishes is in some degree an autobiography.
Nay, his very efforts at concealment, reveal
traits of character which frankness itself
would not have disclosed. His intellectual
warts are manifest by tho very nature of his
. ... - . - ..
vocation, and his moral status, wnatcver lie
may think to the contrary, cannot well be
hid, even if he endeavor to hiue it, whicu
few authors take the pains to do throughout
their entire writings. Not less than other
men, authors may be known by their 'works.'
Whoever talks largely, whether in print or
verbal speech, talks himself out at last, and
the world sees him as ho is Undoubtedly a
clever writer may now and then, if he will,
contradict his own taste, habits, or even prin
ciples. Charles Sprague, who praised the
'fepanish weed so prettily (in his poem of
'Curiosity, ) is innocent ot its use, and was
merely exercising his imagination, as poets
have done before. There have been drink
ing songs by bards bibulous only of Souch
ong or Hyson ; love songs by poets who were
never in love; sea songs by land-lubbers who
get their inspiration from braudy, and found
their subject in a horse-pond ; hunting songs
by men who never saw .a fox outside of a
menagerie ; war-songs by sentimental young
ladies who faint at the sight of blood, and
cannot bear a gun ;' sacred songs by pro
fane scamps, who neither sing nor say the
church service ; mad songs by the most se
rene of quictists ; work songs by lazy fellows
who are as innocent of labor as a fine lady ;
baby tongs by old maids and barren wives ;
home songs by old bachelors whose homes
are in the cock-loft of the tavern ; and songs
of the country by Cockneys who don't know
clover from dandelions Such things may be
dono for once, but rarely well, and never with
that fine fidelity to nature which gives per
manent life to a work of art, whether in paint
ing or poetry. It still comes to pass in the
But 'what
meat into account, is tha greatest dramatic
poet, ane the ether the greatest epic poet, the
world has ever produced."
Irish Psasaixtry.
A gentleman who hzs traveled much in
Ireland, sajs tho ca'irs ti; sanity of the Irish
peasants to each ether :a very pleasing. I
have frequently seen themtaks o.T their hats,
and salute each other with great civility.
Tho cxpres&ious cf these poor fellows, upen
meeting one another, is full of cordiality.
One of them, ia Dublin, csct a boy after his
own heart, who, ia the sincerity of his zeal,
exclaimed : Fa trick ! mjself's gladtosee you,
for in troth I wish you well." By my soul,
I know it," said the other. bat you have
but the half of it" that is the pleasure of
meeting was divided. If yen ask a common
fellow in the streets of Dublin, which is the
way to such a place, he will take off Lis bat.
and, if ho does not know it, he will take care
not to tell you so ; (for nothing is more pain
ful than to bo thought iznoraut.") he will
cither direct you by an appeal to his imagina
tion, which is ever ready, or he will say, " I
rLr,11 .wl SMit V.-.HF I) -Vl. 1 I 1 Y fwl t ft t 1 TT
J HUll UUU lli UUb IVI JlSUl 1VSJVS4 1U1IULU1MVVIJ y
and away he flies into somo shop far informa
tion. which he is harry to be the bearer of
without any hope of reward
Among the mortuary peculiarities of tho
Irish, their love lor posthumous honors is
worthy of remark. An elderly man, whom
a much esteemed clergyman attended in tho
last staire of exictcncc. met Lis death with
fortitude, but expresses his grief that his dis
solution should take place at a timo when tho
employments of spring would prevent bis fu
neral from being numerously attended. This
is a ecncral national trait ; and a grievous
imprecation, ia the Irish language is, "May
your burial be forsaken !" They have another
very figurative malediction May tho grass
grow green before your door !"
g?At a convention of the clergymen, not
long since, it was proposed by one of the
members, after they had dined, that each
should entertain the company with some re
marks. Among the rest, ono drew upon his
fancy, and related a dream. In his dream
he went to heaven, and he described the
golden streets, the river of life, etc. As he
concluded, one of the divines, who was some
what noted for his pcnuriousce?s and money
From the Boston Journal, January 23.
Anecdote of Rufus Choate
A curious mischance happened to Mr.
Choate on Wednesday, in the trial.of his In
surance cause, with Geo. S. Hilliard on tho
other side. Ho had been arguing with unu
sual vehemence and labor that the other side
dilu't dare ask their wituescs about tb
stowing and arrangement of vessels loaded
with grain, as respects seaworthiness al
though they made a great show of asking
them about vessels generally. "Name one
witness," he thundered out over the head of
Mr. Hilliard, the opposite counsel, "name"
one, 1 should Jite to near oi one to wnom
they ask tho question as to grain laden ves
sels." Mr Hilliard quietly said, "Captain
testified iu answer to inquiry upon that
very point. "Impossible, said Mr. Choate,
I carefully collated my notes oi eviaenco
ast niht. and I know there isn't one." After
this brief but emphatic denial, Le was rush-
dp on in the nery tiue oi nis usual lignt
. ... . , "V i l i.
ning-UKc stylo or auvocacy, wucu ue niu
stopped by Mr. Hilliard's quietly appealing
to the court, as to the truth, oi ms Having
named one witness who swore directly in the
eeth of rvhat Mr. Choate was saying. J he
advocate alopped in mid-career, evidently im-
patient aa a racer curbed, to near tne Juage,
who, turning to ii? minutes, read in plain
arcuage the statement of the witness, as ex
pressing the closest and most deliberate opin
ion, expressly with regard to grain vessels.
A general titter began to prevail, and what
tl:3 sneaker could say bow," was the univer-
I feti-ng ; pausing a laomcnt, ana giving
l-at peculiarly solemn expression of face
wtica thoso isho aro familiar witn nun so
well rccogaise, the great advocate broke tho
sile'jce Ly the siuiple question, twice repeat
ed, as if tbs Judge, but really to the jury.
does thn.t TTitness say oio many grain ves
sels his experience embraces how many, is
tho important point. 1 am arguing tnat ine
experience ot persona cxpenenceu cmejiy i
grain vessels is cot and dare not be asked by
the ether Mde." And siying tim witn great
soberness aud without a iuuclc of his rigid
features chaagicsr, ha turned the attention of
the jury aad rapidly rushing into another
part of argument, it was found that he had
led tbcra and the minds of the auditors off
from the desperately bad break in the link of
Lis argument, before they had time to decide
whether it really was true that Mr. Choato
had fallen iat a blunder not more over
whelming thta it was laughable. Any body
else after such a proceeding and flourish of
trumpets, to have been so floored, would havo
been utterly extinguished by the unanimous
mirtb of Bench and Bar. It is due, Lowe-
ver, o 3ir. v-noate to Eay, iuai ue ery
rarely makes a trip or i3 so put to Lis trumps
to recover himself.
Where tne Plaster was.
A certain doctor (ratLer a modest young
man by the way was recently called in to see
a lady who had been taken suddenly ill. i h
found the application of a mustard plaster ne
. ... . . ,
cessary. and accordingly went to wont ana
made one, and laid it carefully by to prepare
the lady for its application. Everything was
ready and tho doctor sought the plaster; but,
strange to say, it had disappeared. The doc
tor and the negro nurse' searched high and
low, in every jrobable place for the missing
plaster but in vain; it was gone, no one could
tell where. The nurse had not seen it sinca
tho doctor laid it on tho chair. There was no
other alternative but to go to work and mako
another, which was accordingly done. But
still the question would present itself to all
what had become of that plaster? The cir
cumstances of its having been spirited away
began to tell unfavorably upon the sick lady's
nervous sensibility; but the doctor could not
help it; ho could" not explain the mystery.
The doctor in a deep brown study prepared
to leave, and stood up before the fire to warm
himself before encountering the cold without.
Through the force of vulgar habits, hepaited
his coat tails behind, when the nurse, display--ing
about four iniL;s of ivory, said:
"I fjun do plaster, massa doctor."
"Where?" eagerly asked the doctor, " whera
is it?"
"You got it ahind," said the DUrso grin
ning. The doctor clapped his hand3 behind, and
there it was sticking fast to the seat of his
breeches, where he sat down on it when it wis
laying on tho chair. This was too much for
the modest doctor. Ho seized his hat and
bolted; nor could he be prevailed on to visit
the lady during her sickness.
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Ion" run, that the author appears as he is saving habits, stepped up to ine narrator ana
truthful or mendacious, a lover or a hater of inquired jocosely:
men; a respecter or a contemner of women ; "Well, did you ecc anything of tne in
a man of chaste or of unchaste imagination; I your dream?
"over W
met Fat Herwius
r
"savs I how
As I was going," said an Irishman,
est minster bridpe the other dry, I
nerwins.
arc you:
" Fretty well I thank you, Doneloy," fiys
he.:
Says I, "That's not my name."
"Faith, no more is my name Ilerwins,"
says ho.
"So we looked at each other, and faith it
turned out to be neither of us,"
-.', T JM
L 1-3, X U1U.
"Indeed! what wa3 I doing?"
"You was on your knees."
"Fraying, was I?"
"No scraping up the gold!"
sincere or affected ; honest or unscrupulous ;
tender-hearted or cruel ; amiable or churlish ;
high-minded or pusillanimous. Nor can the
nature of his theme prevent this self-revelation.
A religious polemic may show all the
passions of the cock-pit ; a philosopher may
rrn3A trliAf tkon tlirwsA r!iisTi Tl A T"
prebends; a philanthropist may disclose the fd a lazy son what made him he in bed s
L;i:L: ' r A. .ml a B.,.MSk. if. long? " I am busied," said be, " in heai
IHUUqUIIJ V iu ' , ,
almost always happens, may reveal a nature
at once gentle, loving, compassionate and
Hearing on Both Sides.
maznamnious.
5TThe gallant localizer of the Troy
Tiniss describes blasted hopes" to be
MarryiSg a woman with the expectation
of getting $30,000, and when the union is
consummated to bo presented with a bill for
her last year's board."
A. father ask-
so
ar-
ing counsel every morning. Industry ad
vises me to get upj Sloth, to lie still; and
so they give twenty reasons for and against.
It ia my part to hear what is said on both
sides ; and by the time the case is over, din
ner is ready "
STW'hy is the map of Alabama like the
barrel of soldiers musket? Becauso cno end
ha3 a 1'ijf on it (bayonet )
Dtinq Consolation. I shall be happy,"
said an expiring husband to his wife, who
was weeping most dutifully by the bedside,
if you will only promiso not to marry that
object of unceasing jealousy, your cousin
Charles." " Make yourself quite easy, love,"
said the expectant widow, " I am engaged
to Lis brotber."
Spinsters. In former tiroes, it wa3 a
maxim that a young woman should not get
married until she bad spun herself a set of
body and table linen. From this custom, all
unmarried women were termed spinsters au
appellation they still retain in England in all
deeds and legal proceedings.
8,"Boy, whero docs this road go to?"
I doau't think it goes anywhere.
sees urn hero everv morning.''
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