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CAUSE :OF DYSPEPSIA
This diseas2 often nriyinstes from a habit
ntoverloteling or distending the ,stomach by
excessive eating or drinkiog, or very protrac
ted periods of fisting, an indolent or seden
tu•y life, in which no e:,ercisc is afforded to
the muscular lthres or mental, faculties, fear
grief. and deep anxiety, taken too frequent
ly sir or, purAingmedmines, tlyventery,
intermittent and ryas-medic affi a
liens of Cie stomach nod bowels; the mo•;
common of the latter• onuses are late hours
and ;he too frequent nse of spn•ituos liquors
LI VE I? COMP L IN 7'
Curd by the tli , ! of Dr litrlich's Compound
Strengthening and Germ Aoarieut Pills
Mr. Win. itich.ked, Pitts!)nrg, P. entirely
cured of th- at vc distressing disease: His
somptimis w...re, pain and weight in the left
ride, loss of appetite, vomiting, amid eructa
thins, a distention of the • stomach, sick
headache, Tarred tongue. countenance chang
ed to a dn..' color, dilliculty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with a cough, great
, teb;lity, wish othersyrntoms indicating great
derangement of the. functiens of the liver.
Mr.* Richard tad the advice of several phy
viMuns, hut received no relit f, until using Dr
Hartich's medicine,.which terminated in el
fectiog a pia.b.ct cure.
Principal ofil.lo, 19 North Eight street
[den Pn.
Fir• site nt Sarni, Millet's store llunting•
LI V Eli ,COMPLAINT
Fitis disease is Abicoyered by a
pain and.weight.in the mitt side under
short rills; rt“ended with heat, nneasi
.
' pit of t e .tni . nacii; l -tliei:c is
alymt
. .
: • • ae ri ht side also n ; d:ntension—tliepaticnt
•n hi , •Irdetite and becomes sick and trou
• . vr,miting, The tongue becomes
black, countenance changcs to a
• cr citron color or yellow, like those ,af
.• ,c 1 wi", c,f breathing._
• cst, attended with dry enugh; dif
•• • :lty of laying on the left side—the nody
~,:•,:ames weak, end finally the !disease termi:
s into another of a more serious nature,
in all
,probability is far beyond the
pov,.: of human skill. Dr. liarliclo's com
p:Ain:l tonic strengthening and Germ:: ape
rient i ptlls, if . taken at the commencement of
this r.ISCRSC, will check it. and .by continu
in;r
. the use of the medicine a few weeks, a
pertect cure cure will be performed: Thou
sand ,, can testify to this fact.
Certificates of many persons may dn:ly be
seen of the efficacy of Om. inv oinahle ror di
cin,s. by applying tot the Wrdif:,l - 0111c., , , No
19 North hit ;ht street. l'hilaflrluhia.
Aly,, at the Ftore of Jacob
DYSPEPSIA ;IN 111 . i,71(
DI: 1 118 if.
Cared by Pr. Ha,
Mr. Wm 311 , r ,., r, Sonny
StrN--t, - nfflicted for si , r,•i•,.l
vests with the aly • distressing
ck Ass at tit, stonyteht licad'mhet
tim of the heart, impnired = ppetite,
re,,t,stions, coldness and weakness of thi•
tr, mitics, emaciation rod rentral ,
clisturted rest, .a pressure nod weight t -,t
stainac - r. after eatin7.,, serene fl ying /..,,as
in Vic chest, back and sides, costive. ;t
dislike' or society or conversation. laiwu; r
and la , -wee upon the least occashb. r.
Morri,o had applied to the most mine at
physiGt..ns, who considered it beyond t!;
power 21, human skill to restore him to heol: h
howeeec, as his afflictions had reduced I•,:it
in a deplorable condition, having been
duced liy,a friend of his to try 1)r Hull,'
Mc icins, as 9 . ey!being hid hly reenmr,
ded, by . which he procured two packai , e,
Lund himself greatly relieved, and by
tinuing the use of them the.disease ent;
.
disappeared—he is now enjoying all the
sings of perfect health.
Principal Office, 19 North Eight Stri
Philadelphta.
LIVER COMPLAIAT,
Ten years standing, cured by the use d
Ti' II articles Compound Strengthening and
er.run Aperient Pills.
M-s Sarah Boyer, wife of William Boyer,
North Fourth Street above Callow hill,
Philadelphia, entirely cured of the above
disease. Her symptoms were,
. - I , tbitual costiveness of the bowels, total loss
f appetite, excruciating pain in the side,
utolnach and back, depression of spirits, ex
.revue debility, could not lie on symptoms in
• lleating great derangement in the functions
.f the liver. Mrs. Boyer was attended by
.;;everal of the first Physicians, but received
but little relief from their medicine—at last,
friend of hers procured 1. package of 1)1..
earlich's Strengthening and German Ape-
Pills, which, by the use of one package,
induced her to continue with the medicine,
wAtich resnlged in effecting a permanent cure
lea:vond the expectations of her friends.
Principal Office for this Medicine is at No
V , North Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Also for sale at the store of Jacob Miller,
**it, it ape* for Huntingdon county.
THE
C tI.W.NS nf. Pennsylvania, you
` 4, --'hare now before you Du. PETERS'
C ELTIMATED VEGITABLE PILLS.
These Pills are no longer among. those
of doubtful utility. They have passed
away froth the handreds that are daily
launched upon the tide of experiment, and
now stand,befere the public as high in rep
utation, and 41• S extensively employed in
all parts of the U. States, the .Canadas,
Texas, Mexico, and the west Indies, as
any medicine that has ever been prepared
for the relief of sullining man. They have
been introduced whereverit has.beenlound
possible to carry them; and there are but
lew towns„that do not contain some re
markable.vvidenees of their good effects.
certificates thaa have.been presented
to the proprietor exceeds twenty thousand
upwards of five hundred of which are
Iruin regular practising ,physicians, who
.ire the most competent judges of the-
Olten have the cures perforined by this
medicine been the subject of editorial
counnent,in various newspapers and jour
nals; and it may with truth be asserted,
that no metlicine'of ti.e kind has -ever re
ceived testimoniids of greater value than
are :attached to this.
They are in general use ana family
medicine and there are thousands of lam
lies who declare they are never satisfied
unless they have a supply always an hand.
They have no rival in curing and pre
venting Bilious Fevers, Fuvet , and Ague,
Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Sick Head
:tette, Jaundice, Asthma,,Drnpsy, Rhe-n
matism, Enlargement of the Spleen., Piles,
Cholir, Females Qastructions,Heartburn,
,li'urred Tongue, Nausea, D:stenslon of the
Stomach and Bowels, Incipient Diarrhoea,
Flatulence, Habitual Costiveness, Loss of
Appetitetv Blotched or Sallow Complex
ion, and in cases of torpor of. the bowels,
where a cathartic or aperient is needed.
They are exceedingly mile in their opera
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debility.
Extract of n letter written by Dr. Fran
cis Bogart, of Providence, R. I. Dec. IT,
WM.—Peters' pills are an excelleitt ape
rient and cathartic medicine, those effects
Loing produced by the•Alilferences of tee
quantity taken, and and are decided): su
perior to Lee's, Ifrandreth's or Morri
son's Pills.
Extract from a letter by Dr Hopson Or
Bangor, Me. Jan. 9, 11339. They are a
• peculiarly mild, yet efficient purgative
ime6iaine, and produce little, of any grip
ing or nausea. I have prescribed them
I with much success in sick headache and
4iLle t fever.
Extract of a letter by Dr Joseph Willi
ams of Burlington, Vt. July 9,1857,...4
cordially recommend Peters' Pills as a
mildly effective, and in no case dangerous,
flimily medicine. They are peculiiirly in-
I costivenenss and all the usual diseases of
the digestive organs.
, Extract °la letter from Dr Edw. Smith,
or Montreal, U. C. Sept Q. 7, 1836—1 nev
er knew a single patent medicine that I
could put the least contidence in but Dr
Peters Vegetable Pills, which are really a
valuable discover . ). I have no hesitation
in leaving it known that I use them enten
-Ively in my practice, for 01 complaints,
(and they are not a few) which leave their
source in the impurity of the blood.
:l',.:iG
Extract of a letter from Dr. Dye of
Quebec, L. C., March 6,1837. For bib
lions fevers, sick head-ache, torpidity of
the bowels, and enlargement or the spleen
Dr. Peters' Pills are an excellent medi
cine.
Exiract of a letter from Dis,Gurney . N
Orleans, La., Oct. 9, 1837; 1 have receiv
ed much assistance in my practice; espe
cially in jaudice :aid yellow fever, froml
a
the eu of Peters' Pills. 1 presume that,
on an average, 1 prescribe 100 boxes in a
month.
Extract of a letter from Dr. Prichard of
Hudson N. Y. June 3, 1836;1 was aware
that Dr. Peters' was one of the best diem
ists in the U. States, and felt assured that
he would some day (from his intin ate
knowledge of the properties of herbs and
drugs) produce an efficient medicine, and
1 mustacknowledge that his Vegetable
Pills fully respond to my expectations.
They are indeed a superior medicine, and
reflect credit alike upon the Chemist, the
Physician, and Thilosoper.
"ONE. COUNTRY, ONE - CONSTITUTION, ONE' DESTINY."
A.' W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, F•EBIUJAItY 19, 1840.
From the Ladies Book
OUR JESSIE; OR, THEEXCLUSIV'S
BY MRS. EMMA C. EMEITRY,
.Lizzy, who was that pretty girl I met
on the stairs this morning! said Freder
ick Carleton, as he threw himself into a
well cushioned chair beside his sister; 'she
was some intimate friend, I presume, for
she went into youm apartment.'
. _
•'1 suppose it was Sarah Morton, as she
is the only, person L am. MI the habit of
admitting to my dressing room; was she
very.pretty?'
• 'Beautiful.' •
'How was she dresded?'
'With the.utmost simplicity and. neat
ness.'
'lt must have been ziaralq , she dresses
with great taste. Did the lady you meet
wear a black velvet mantilla, with a white
hat and willow feather?'
'Pshaw! black velvet fiddlestick. DO,
you call tha4 simplicity? No, the lovely
creature I mean wore a little straw bon•
net and a I lack silk apron; her dark hair
was parted smoothly upon her snowy
forehead; she had soft blue eyes, and a
mouth like an opening rose bud, note can
you tell me who she is?'
'Oh' exclaimed IdLzy, 'it, must have
been our. Jestie.'
'And pray, who is 'our Jessie?.! asked
her brother.
iOnly our seamstress, 'Fred; a pretty
little creature who looks scarcely aixteen'
.By Jupiter! if that girl is a seamstress
Fortune never made a greater..mistake—
it can't be.'
'Well, we - can soon decide the matter,
Fred. Jessie is now at work in our little
sewing room, ..and "as -1 am going up to
give her some do ections you can accumpa
ny me.'
Frederick Carleton obeyed his sisters
suggestion, find sauntered into the room
half hoping his sister was mistaken. But
no, there sat the object of his admiration,
there sat outt . Tessie, surrounded by pie
ces and patches, shaping and sewing with
the utmost diligence, and scarcely rais
ing, her eyes from her.work. Seating him
self at a little distance, under pretence
of waiting his sister's leisure, Frederkic
busied himself in studying the counten
ance of the unconscious girl.
'Her features were not perfectly regu
lar,' thought he; 'but what soft eyes she
has; what a 'lovely mouth, and how beau
tifully her fine forehead shines out be
tween those banks of raven hair; her
voice too is soft and low, 'an excellent
thing in woman.' What a pity such a
creature should be the slave of fashiona
ble tyrants.'
•Te me' said lie to his eldest sister,
Mrs. De Grey, as he returned to the di
ning, room, 'tell me who is 'our Jaaieim
'Her story is soon told,' said Mrs. De
Grey, laughing, 'and for your • sake my
susceptible brother, I• am sorry she is not
a heroine of romance. Jessie Murray's
father was a printer, who meeting with a
severe accidental injury, was confined to
his bed for several years before his death,
during which time his wife supported the
family by sin tistress Work. and dress ma
king. Mr. Murray vas always a reading
man, and after he was disabled, he diver
ted his weary hours by books and the ed
ucation of hischildren. I have been told
that he studied Latin and Greek, in order
that he might teach. his sun, and thus fit
him, if possible, for collage, while he care .
fully instructed Jessie in all the branches
he deemed essential to a good education.
After her lathei's death, which occurred
not long since, when Jessie was about
years of age, she determined to
fulifil his wishes respecting her young
brother, and secure fur hint a collegiate
education. She therefore adopted her
present employment, she is a neat
seamstress and an excellent dress maker.
Her services are highly estimated and shg
works for a few customers who engage .
her, as we do, for several months togeth
er. Her brother entered college last fall,
and she is at all the expense of his educa
tion.'
• 'What a noble minded girl she must be,
to submit to a life of drudgery for such a
purpose.'
'She is the more praiseworthy, Fred, be
cause she could have obtained a situation
as nursery-governess, which•according to
modern notions would have been far less
degrading, but she refused it because it
would prevent her from returning every
night to her mother.'
'ls she always' cheerful and good hu
mored?'
'She has one of the most winning tem
pers-I ever knew.'
'She must be a lovely creature.'
'Yes. it is a pity to see so much beauty
and grace wasted in humble life.'
'But why need it be warted, Julia?'
'Because she will in all probability,'
marry some rough mechanic who NVI4 nev
er percoive her grace, and scarcely appre
ciate her beauty.
'Do you.- suppose, then, that personal'
beauty is "not appreciated by the pour as
.well as by the rich, Julia?'
'Yes; but only certain kinds of beauty
—a heathy coarse red cheek, and, a bold
bright eye, are the .charms must admire'd
among the plebians'
'Julia, what are you talking about?' A r e
Americans , running mad? Here have . 1
returned ,to my native country after an ab
sence of only live years, and while mY
love for our republican institutions has in"
creased tenfold, - I find my countrymen
have become perfectly beside themselves
in. their aping , of foreign follies. Pieblans;
l'orsooth: and, pray who are the particions
of this most democratic community?'
'Why, Fred;there must be a ditference
between the upper and lower classes in
all communities.'
'Yes, Julia, the difference between the
good and the wicked, the honest and the
dishonest, thu educated and the ignorant,
the governess and the governed—
You .forget the principle distinction,
Frederick, the rich and the poor.'
'Aye, I thought so; that is the principle
distinction in modern times, and of course
the rich man is the patrician, though.he
may hal, raked his wealth froin the ken
nel, and— the poor man is the , plebian,
though, his ancestors should have been a
mong the only American nobles; the sign
ers of our Independence.
ho, brother, you are quite wrong.
a mechanic, though he be as rich as Crce
sus, cannot get into good society, but if he
abandon his business before his children
are grown up, they are received, and his
grand children finally rank among our
first classes.'
'Provided they retain the fortune for
which their grandfather toiled. I sup
pose, Julia. Well, I ant glad to have the
matter so satisfactorily explained, espe
cially as we are the children of a median
'Berens! Fred, can you say so? Our
father was an Lidian merchant.'
'True, my high minded sister, but he
began life in a cooper's shop down on the
wharf where he afterwards built his state-,
1y stares. Many a good barrel has he I
headed and hooped; and 't , remember;-
when a very little boy, how I loved to
play in the shavings. But that is thirty
years ago, Julia, and I suppose that you
think other people have forgotten it.'
'l•wis!), Fred, you eauld forget it. It
is •not pleasant to have such things
brought to light so late in the day. They
cannot injure you nor me, but they may
mar Lizzyls prospects.'
'True, Lizzy might not be allowed to
marry a mechanic's grandson if it were
known that she was only a mechanic's
daughter,'
Frederick, Carleton itith some cen
tricity possessed many excellent qualities
Ills father had bestowed on him all the ad •
vantages of a liberal education, anti af
ter completing his studies he had spent
several years in Europe. While abroad
his father died, and his oldest sister mar
ried, so that on his return he found the
old family mansion passed into other
hands, and his favourite sister Lizzy, an
inmate of Julia's stately mansion. His
paternal inheritance insured him a compe
tence, and he resolved to marry as soon as
lie could meet with a woman ca
pable of realizing his notions of domes
tic happiness. It is not to be suppdsed
that the rich and travelled Mr, Carleton,
(whose 'three 'thousand dollars of yearly
income was more than doubted by many
tongued rumor,) lacked opportunities of
selecting a companion for life.- But a
mong the manceuvering mammas
and dis
playing daughters, he had seen no one
• who eqealled his ideas of womanly lovli•
ness: A true American in feeling, he
• had lived long enough among foreign fol
lies to despise them most heartly, and es
pecially did he abhor this attempt to es
tablish an exclusive system in society. 'I
am no agrarian,' he would often say; 'nor ,
have I any utopian notions of perfect e•
quality; I am therefore aware that there
must always exist different classes in so',
ciety,• such as working men and men of
wealth, men'gifted with intellect, and oth
ers only one remove from idiocity, but let
us never acknowledge that worst of all
tyrannies, an oligarchy of mere wealth.
A man of enlightened mind and various
principles is my equal, whatever be his oc
cupation, and. whether his hand be harden
ed by the blacksmith's hammer, or soiled
by the -ink of the learned professions, it
is one which I can grasp with respect.'
His notions much displeased his fastid
ious sisters; and they took great pains to
convince him of• his folly. fiat it was in
vain they tried to initiate him into the
mysteries' of modern fashion; he , would
neither conceal halt his face beneath an !
overgrowth of moustache or beard, nor
would he imitate the long eared asses of
South America in the longitude of his su
' perb raven locks. . He even refused to
carry the indespeusible cane, allow; that
since such 'a• sutlden lammess had. fallen
on the spindleshanked men' of -fashion,. it ,
was the duty ot;those , wbo could still-boast
some solidity of orderstunding to-depend
on themselves for .support. Thu levies
-
pronounced him very handsome,- but•
shockingly unfashionab!e ; while the ge.a
tlemen, who found that his rent-roll was•
not likely to be diminished either'at the
billiard table or the race course, discussed
his character as they picked their teeth on
the . steps of the Broadway hotels, and
wondered how he contrived to spend his
money.
The simple story oflessie•Mtirray had
deeply affected Carleton, and the remem ,
-brance did not tend to decrease his inter
eat.• How much self mingles in the best
•feelings-of humanity? Had Jessie been
a freckled, red-haired, suub.oosed girl,
Fred would probably have soon forgotten
her sisterly devotion, but she was too pret
ty to vanish quickly from his mind. Some!
liow or other, it happened almost every'
morning that lie found necessary to see
his sisters at an early hour, when he was
sure of finding them-in the sewing room.
His presence at length became quite un
heeded by Jessie as well us by hissisters,
`and while lie amusedlilinsell in romping
with his little nephew, or • quitzing the
changes of fashion width , usually occupi
ed his sisters'• thoughts, he had• constant ,
opportunity of- studying the character of
"our Jessie!". Ile noticed her quiet
good sense, her fine- taste, her cheerful
manners; her unaffected humility, the pa
tience with which she bore the caprices of
his sisters, and he repeated to himself
again aiul again, "What a pity shestiould
be obliged to lead such a life."
One -winter evening, ashe Was hurrying
to an appointment, lie met Jessie, who,
with her bonnet dimwit over her late, and
her cloak wrapped closely around tier,
was hastening in an opposite direction.
To turn and join her was his - first...impulse%
'Where are you going at• so late an hour
Miss_Murray?' he asked.
— "Home," - slie replied, still hurrying on
ward.
"At least allow m.! to accompany you.'
said he.
"Oh, no, sir," said she; "it is notneces
sarv. Igo home' alone every evening."
"Rut you are lint:del - O'IE94R, and sho'd
not venture out without a protector."
"We, poor girls, are obliged to be our
' ownprotectors, Mr. Carleton," said Jes
sic'. "When my mother is well she usu.
ally comes to meet me, but iresuch cold
weather I do not wish her to risk her
health."
"Aml your brother?"
"HT is at New Haven college, sir.' Mr.
Carleton, let me beg you not to go' out 01
'your Why for inc."
Fred only answered by drawing her arm
through his. Jessie at first seemed' alai ,
med ; but, re-assured by • hip - respbctrul
manner, she consented to accept his escort
and they skin reached her mother's door.
The light of a cheerful fire gleamed thro'
the half opened • shutters, 'and as Fred
looked in the room, he coubd not avoid no.
tieing the perfett neatness of its arrange
ment. But Jessie did nOt invite him to
enter, and he unwillingly bade her good
night, though lie had a strong desire to
take a scat. 'beside that humble hearth.
When nest he met his sisters he told them
of his adventure, and asked why they' did
not send a servant with'the little seam
stress.
illiortliirother, what an idea!" exclaim
ed . ‘ll.'alnisuresho can take care
of herself."
"Should you feel quile safe; LizzY, , if
you wire emit out to ‘valk 'a mile at eight
o'clock, on a minter's night?"
- "No; but 1 have always been accusto
med to a protector. Such 'poor girls as'
Jcssie early learo to 'talce'Care of them-,
selves, and do not feel-the same fears a's'
ladies tlo."
"For• shante!" exclaimed Frederick,
"do you suppose that poverty blunts eve,-
ry perception, and destroys every delicate
feeling?• Faith, I believe the poor girl is
'more tObeetithanthe rich in such respects,'
for I d on't know one Qt: your fashionable
friends, Lizzy, who would shrink from
taking my arm as modestly as 'our Jessie'
did last night."
"Did you really give Jessie your arm,
and escort her home?" •
"I did ; and when I saw' the quiet,
pleasant little parlour which she called
home, I had a greah•mind to offer her my
hand as well as my arm."
"Frederick, are you losing your senses?
It I did nut know you were jesting, 1
should•thiok you had been biking too much
wine!"
"I never was in u •sounder state of mind
my dear sisters, And yet I declare to you
I have a treat ininill to snake little Jessie
your sisterLin,lirw LI-that is, if she will ae
cept me."
...Come. tome, Fred," interposed Mrs.
De Grey, "you are carrying the farce too
far ; Lizzy is ready to cry with vexation."
"It is no farce, Julia, I am in earnest."
"For Heaven - to...sake, do not be such a
fool; A pretty business tt•wowa be to in-
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tier, Chariei4ibb*:-VotiliirreialtOf fife al;
ter of a Mt Ovlxtlai.‘444 , britiVitan
semnsti:essl"
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ed ;• •i"Ertie,4 l
Tibbs,.•who used•tO l Wellilitt , e l PAditktlitoat
the streets,: and ill , eol6cl:Petiiii9.4oll x -
.61'171. • IV ell; 1 iwitl' nelllktifelvellAvith
Liz - zy's matrimottialOpeettitirtotia,bilabait -
ish your fears."
"'Oh, I have 116 tearS'Abbitt Thillikvith
all yourtecentricitieslarksarVMAilipuld
never do any thing so
NotwithstandinglierborstedijnilOnee
however, Mrs. 1)e •Greyteli* feltleninsid.
erable anxiety itbdut the•matfee,lanilo she
determined'to Send lessie.oti t thrway,
until her brother should h ave fOrglitten his
transient lancY. 'Convinced that-Je.ssie
wits 'Utterly Unconscions of Prederkk's
at Intira tion;and unwilling to • 'I O'Se'
vices permanent:CT; Sheillough tot', a' plan
which promised 'sue . cesa, nod she ennsult.
ed lazzy its its
"Aunt Tabitha has sent 'to its:l:Wpm-.
cure her a seamstress for 'a • few' Weeks,
suppose we induce Jessie-tOlgiir
thing needs country air; and it-wilt be
just the place for her."
- Julia!" asked Lizzy, tvith
smile, "because she needs country•aif, or
because we need her absence?"
"Nay, Diu, it is no laughing Matter.
I want to send her out of Fred's .way be
fore she has any suspicion of his fully.,'
' 'Tut why send her to hunt : Tabitha?''
"Because Fred will never find her
there ; he is so terqal . 7 afraid of the old
lady's sentimentalities that he never ylsits
her. and by the time Jessie returns', he
will have some -new folly to.engage hjs at.
tention."
. . .
• The 'Wen* was matured; and Jessie,
who really felt the need of change of air,
or relaxation from her continual labours,
consented to leave her mother for a few
weeks. Accor dingly, one bright . spring
morning a stag e deposited Jessie at the
gate of a neat old fashioned cottago, which
'stood re the outskirts of a village about
forty miles tronith&greSt 'metropolis:,
"Where is 'our &safer asked Fred,
wheii lie watered in vain for her daily re
turn to the sewing rJoin,
• "Lord, brother, dtt ytiu think I keep a
record of her engagements? When 'she
his finished our work she goes somewhere
else and that is all I know about her."
The idea of that gentle creature being
thus 'driven about from place to place,
toiling (lay after day with her needle,
and slimming her bright eyes over plaits
and gathers, was - extrediely painlul' to
Fred Carleton. Theitiore he thought of
it, the more uneasy Ire became. " Why
should I hesitate," thought he, "I linve
seen all the prettiest girls in Ezzy's set,
and I like Jessie Murry better than any of
them. Seamstress indeed! I wonder if
Julia would like to hear that our own' dear
mother used to Make six shillings a day
by binding shops When she wis first mar
ried to the honest cooper, our father? Yet
I should hate to mar Lizzy's plans; I Wish
I had sonic
will
to advise' inn. Now I
think of il, I will go and see Aunt Tabitha
the dear, good, romantic old soul whom I
used to ridicule so -smell, will row be my
colinsellor." . SO, with his usual itnpolu
(ray, Fred started on a visit to Aunt Ta
bitha, leaving' his sisters quite ignorant of
'lda destination, and little dreaming of the
hdexiie6ed pleasure that awaited film.
'•''Deitrold Aunt Tabillia! what a singu.
tar compound 'she was of goof feelings
'and exaggerated sentiments. In early
lite she had ; been betrothed' to one whose
poverty ivas AU* only obstacle to their
lie had:sailed foe 'lndia, in fhe
helm •61Viterinfliii fortunes, but be nev.
errefurned;"tor did any tidings of his
fate ever-reach his native land. The ship
was missing,—it had never reached its
dedtined' port, and'thb sea kepi its own
secret.' • Deeply tinged with the romance
of warns hearted youth, andgreatly addic
ted to novel reading, Aunt Tabitha had
always lived in a world of thi iinagina
tion, and the mystery which overhung the
fate of her lover seemed to strengthen the
romantic fervour of her nature. "For
some years after the d:sappeartibee, she
never left her apartment, and it was only
by awakening the charities of her kindly
nature that she could' be induced to take
an interest in every clay life. She •hael
grown old without having lost one atom
of her early - tOndeney to sentiment.'Cam
bininreetive benevolence with ((boost
morbid SebSibility, she was' Often a sub
heel of 'ridicule to those'Who did not know
et' virtue's, while she was•sincerely loved
by those who could forgive concentricity
in behalf of excellence. Fred Carleton
in his boyish days, had conceived a great
dislike 'of her peculiarities, and unable