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TO CtXUX I
A Song of tbe Six Hundred Thousand.
BT OI.IVKR WKNUKIX HOLMES.
Where are you going soldiers,
With banner, gun and sword I
We 're ninn-hlng Sonth Ut Canaan,
To battle for the Lord ! -Whit
Captain leads your armies
Along the rebel coasts F
. 'Hie Mighty One of Isrrcl,
JI!s name Is llord of Hosts!
To Canaan, to Canaan,
The Lord has led us forth,
To blow liefoje the heathen walls
The trumpet of the NurlU I
What flag li this you carry
Alongthe sea and shore f
Tho same our grandsjrcB lifted up,
Tho same our lathers b;rc I
In many a battle's tempest
. It shed the crimson rain ;
What God has woven In his loom,
Let no man rend in twain 1 .
To Canaan, to Canaan,
Tho Lord has led us forth,
To plant upon tho rebel t iwrs
Tin banners ot the North I
What troop is tills that follows.
All armed with picks and spades ?
Theso are tho swarthy bondmen,
Tho iron skin brigades I
They'll pile up freedom's t-rcastwork,
They'll scoop out rebels' graves ;.
Who th u will bo their owner,
. And march them off for slaves ?
To Cnnaau, to Canaan,
The Lord lias led us forth, '
To strike upon the captive's chain
The hammers of the North !
What song Is 'his you're singing?
Tho satuc that Israel sung, .
. When Moses led the mighty choir,
And Mariam's timbrel rung .'
To Canaan, to Canaan 1
The priests and maidens cried;
To Canaan, to Canaan !
The people's voice ropllcd.
To Canaan, to Canaan, -
Tho Lord bus led us forth,
To thunder thro' lis adder-den
Tho anthems of the Noith !
When C:naan's hosts arc seattered,
And all her walls lie flit,
What follows next in older?
The Lor) will ure to tint '.
Wi'll linulv (iti; Ivrint's scepin.!,
Wf'i! build III" people' tHr.'te'
When hull' the wurl.l l Ftvedom's,
Tiii ii all the world's our own !
To Canaan, t" Canaan,
Tbe Loid has lid us forth
To sweep 111.; rebel threshing-floors,
Awblr'.wbid from the Noith !
THE FROSTIER WEDDING.
BV TIIK MIKIKTKIl'S WIKK.
One da) in early wilder ray htmli-md
received a snnitiioiH to Buvle's Ro.tile
mint, to miiie a couple in ilie bonds ot
wedlock. It was especially requeued
that his wife should iiecotupaiiy him, as
he should be expected to remain till night
and partake ot the festivities
It was twenty miles to the settlement,
and we reached the log houso of Mi
Bui ke, the father of tho expectant
bride, about noon. A dozen tow haired
children was at the door, waiting our
arrival. They telegraphed the news
instantly. '
'M.irm ! inarm 1 here's tho elder and
his woman 1 They're nothing but folks I
She's got a man's hat on. and a turkey
wing in front ot it j his nose is just like
dad's crooked as a cowhorn squash '
' Alas tor Mr, Morrison's aquiline nose,
ot which he was a little vain 1
'Sam 1' cried a shrill, female voice from
the interior of the canin, 'run put and
grab the roo-ter, and I'll clap him into
the pot 1 Sal, you quit that churn and
sweep the floor. Kick that cum dodger
under the bed. Bill, you wipe the tal
low out of that chair for the minister's
wite, and be spry about it '
Further remarks wero cut short by
our entrance ! ,
Mrs Burke, in calico short gown,
blue petticoat, and and bare leot, oam.e
forward, wiping her face on her apron.
'How do you do, elder! How d'ye
do, marmt Must exoaso my head
haint had had a chance to comb it since
last week Work mu-t be did, you
know. Powerful sharp air, hain't itt
Shoo, there 1 Bill drive that turkey mlt
of the read-trough. Sal, take the la-
ay s mingi. oet ngni up to me nre
marm , Hands cool 1 Wrll, just run
em iu Bill's hair we-keep itlongal- Jusl Mr Morrison was asking
inurnose' -- i Lemuel, 'Will you have this woman !'
R Bill presented hia shaggy head., but
I declined with an- Involuntary thud-
- "
: der.
' iawk, if she ain't actually a shiver -
i ing P orled Mrs, Burke. 'Bring In some
1 more wood. Here, inarm, take this hot
! oorn-dodger inter yer lap ifs as good
' as a soiipstnno'.; . r
j, A fearful equall announced ihe excou-
lion of the Mooter, 'and Kbortly after
wania h was bnnnuiiig h1ou in a tour
quart kettle, hurl over the fire. Sal re
turned to her clmrn i but the extraor
; diiiary visitor must have made her 6are
j less, for she upset the concern, and but-
termilk went swimming over the floor.
'Grab tku ladle, Bill, critd Mis
Burke, 'and holp dip U up. Take keer
don't put that snarl of hair in. Strange
how folks will be go nasty. Dick, do
y.u keep your feet ont ot that butter -
milk i it won't bo tit for the pigs when
the butter's gathered. Drive that hen
out, quick ; she's picked up a pound uU
ready. There, Sil, do try and churn a
iittle more keerful. If you are a gwlne
to be Npliced to-morror, you neid'i t run
crazy about it.'
'I advise yon to dry up !' remarked
the bride elect, thumping away at the
churn.
By the tuno I had fairly warmed, din
ncr was ready, and you may be sure I
did not injure myself by overeating.
Night cntiie on early, and after a so
cnl chat about the event of the morrow,
I signified toy desire to retire.
Sal lighted a pitch. knot, nnd began
climbl ng a lni'dtr in one corner of the
room I hesitated.
'Come on,' said she i don't be afraid,
Sam, and Bill and Diik. and all the ret-t
of ye, duck you heads while the elder's
wife goes up. Look out for the loose
boards, ninrm i and mind, or you'll
smash your brains out against the beam.
Take keer of tho hole where tbe chimbly
comes through '
Her war-dug came loo late I caught
my f ot in t lie end of a boaid, stumbled,
and tell headlong through what, appear
ed to be intenrlinable spBt-o. but it was
only to the room I had just left, where I
was saved from detraction by Bill, who
caught me in his arms, and set me on
my feet, remarking cooly.
" 'What made you come ihnt way t We
generally use the ladder.
1 w ax duly commiserated, and nt. last
"nt to bed Tho less said ahoti' that
night the better Bill and Dick and
i four others slept in the same room with
us, and mado the air vocal with their
snoring. I fell asleep and dreamed I
was being shot from the muzzle of a
Cidumbiad, nnd was awakem-d by Mr
Monisoii, who informed mo that 'twas
morning.
The marriage was to take place be
fore breakfast, and .Sally was already
cl-'d in her bridal robe when I descend
ed the ladder.
She was m'l'j-nifhvnt in n green calico
over a crinoline full four inches larger
than the rest f bur npp.irel, a white
apron wiih red strings-, b)ue stockings,
a yellow neck ribbon, nnd white'eotton
gloves Her reddish hair was fastened
in puffbehii'd, and well adorned with
the tail-feathers of the defunct rooster
before mentioned.
When it wa9 announced that, Lorunel
Lord, the groom, was coming, Sally
dived behind a coverlet, which hung
across one cornnr of the room to con
ceal snndiy pots and kettles, and refua
ed to como toi'.h. Mr. Lord lifted one
oorner ot the curtain nnd peeped in, but
quickly retreated with a few sharp words
Lfrom Sally advising him lo mind his own
business.
Lemuel was dressed in bine with
bright buttons The entire suit had
been made for his grandfather on n
simnlar occasion. His hair was well
greased with tallow and his huge feet
encased in skin pump :,
Very soon tho company began to
gather, and tho room was well filled,
Now, elder,' cried the bridegroom,
'drive ahead I want it done up nice ;
I am able to pay for the job; do ye hear!
Come, father Burke, trot out your
gill' .
But Sally refused to bo trotted She
would be married where she was or not
at all. We argued and coaxed, but Bhe
was firm; and it was Hnally concluded ( ig ft, ad thinking only ot Urn right
to let her havo her rwn way. . I fulness ot the policy, displayed a patn
Mr. Morrison " stood up; , the happy 0tism whose purity was never excelled ,
couple joined hands through a rent in , but the policy having failed, and hav
the coverlet, and the ceremony proofed-' ma failed, too.- through the feebleness
etc, down came the coverlet, envelop -
ing both minister and bridegroom and
I ..... .. I -.!.!. j.... rv..i. t..j
I nmng im nouse wim uiw. w
, been tip in the loft and out the strinus
' which held it. Mr. Morrison crawled
!'nt looking decidedly sheepish, and Silly
was oblige to be married openly. To
- ? tt mumentous question Lemuel re -
ponded, ,'ToJb sure- what else did I
cimie here i.rf nd Sully replied, Yaas,
it you nmsi know.
'S -lute your bride' said Mr. M-irrj.
I son, when all was over.
I 'I m ready to do anything, elder,' said
Lemuel, 'but skin me if I know about
I that, sir. Just show mo how, and I'll
do il if it kills me .
! Mv husband drew back nervously,
' but Sally advanced, threw her arms
around his neck, and gave faltn a kiss
' that rtade the very ,indows clatter
I Vnm, if I dpn't do . ditto!' cried :
Lemuel, aud hastily taking a huge bito
: from a piece of maple sugitr which he !
drev tr in his pocket, he made a dash at j
! nie sinsslied my collar.' broke my I
walchguardlnlo a dozen pieces, tore my
hair down, and succeeded in planting a
kiss on my nose, greatly to the delight
ot tho company.
Then he turned"" to my husband.
'Now, elder, what is the damage !
Don't be afraid to speak.'
'Whatever you please,' said Mr. Mor
rison. Lemuel produced a piece ot fur.
There, elder.' said he, 'there's a musk
rat's skin, nnd out in the shed is two
hesdn of cabbage, nnd you're welcome
to the whole of it,'
My hnshhnd bowed, his thanks, the
young people went to dancing. Mis.
; Burke went to getting breakfast j at my
! eirr.est request Mr. Morrison got our
horse, and we b de them adieu. I never
could Imvf- lived through another meal
in that house.
I have sinoo heard that Mi' Lord said
if he had seen the elder's wite before ho
was married, Sal'ic might havo gone to
the dickens. '
'Ala, it misfit have bcon 1'
REMARKABLE CHANGE OF FRONT.
TlIK ClIlCAOO TlMKS Ill'.l'UDIATKS Akmikw
Johnson and Combs Oct fob Umvkbsal
Sl'FFKAUB.
Fiom tbe Chlcngo Times of Nov. 12.
SIIAI.I. TIIK I1KMOCII 1T1C I'AUTY I.IVKGHDIIC!
The present in a cri-is in the Demo
cratic party which lias no precedent in
its history, ns it is a crisis in the prog
ress of the country which is also without
precedent,. Never before has the Dera
oeratie patty encountered events so se
riously nftVting its future vitality as
now Not that it beholds ilsell diniin-i-lud
in the niagiiitiiiliiof its niimbets,
for it is numerically stronger than it has
ever been bofori'. but that, having
been beali n on a great rational issue, as
to which it believed itself to be wholly
right and tlie opposition' wholly wiong.
nnd still so believes, it must neverthe
less abandon thnt issue for the decis
ion of it is final and either sit dowu in
helpless and decaying inactivity, or
strike boldly out upon a new line, select
ed with eculia" reference, not to things
as we would have them, but lo things
as they actually are, and in pursuing
which line it shall cease to be a hold
back or 'conservative' psrty.and become,
what il was in its palmy days, a prog
gre'ssive ni.d an aggressive party. These
are the alternatives.
It will not sit down in helpless and
decaying inactivity. ...
What, then, shall the new line be?
lu the first place, must we not cut loose
from the administration ot Andrew
Johnson, and leave that hybrid concern
to fl at on the sea of public contempt,
into which it some lime since entered,
I and bom which no power can rescuo it t
' U not the late defeat attributably more
to this administration than to all other
causes combined t What is there in its
composition to command popular con
fidence! Who, belonging lo it, is en
titled, by rea-oh of hie antecedents or
of his statesmanship, to the confidence
or the respect ot the Demoeratio party!
Certainly it is not Andrew Johnson, nor
William II. Seward, norE lwin M Stan
ton. True, this administration bad a
right policy, aud the Democratic party,
jn overlooking the chief men corapria
and folly and offenses against public j
. property ot the administration, why ,
1 6bould not the Democratic party aban
. jon the dead I ody, longer adherence to '
. . I
( which is death ouly lo ruen i ,
j What next! . Can the Democratic ,
i pBrly succeed untill the negro question j
; 6,a ue g0llen out ot the way ! Ii oan
j ,lot. What next! !' not negro eul-j
: frag6 iuev'uable, anJ I la ot Ue quickest
wav t0get ibe nagro questiou out of the ,
way to at once oonoede the suffrage,
making issue ouly on the degree to
which it shall be conceded T We know
that many Democrats have not reached
this advanced view of the ease, and that
such still feel greatly inclined to revolt
at 'he position ot negro suffrage in any
degree) but let us tell them that it ia al
ways wise to aocept the inevitable when
the inevitable comes. Negro suffrage,
we say, is inevitable, and whetner it
shall be qualified or universal,, depends
upon the promptness or otherwise with
which the Democratic party shall move
with reference to it. The South will
speedily yield qualified negro suffrage
upon motion ot tbe Democrt'io party t
because, if no other reason, she will
soon see, it she does not already see,
that if she does not yield it, she will ul
timately be lompelled to aocept nniver
sal negro suffrage.
. Qualified negro suffrage yielded by
the Sjutb and by this we mean impar.
tial suffrage, or suffrage dependent upon
the intelligence of the man, irrespec
tive ot color, a is now the rule in Mam
cliusetti, the" negro question will bav
been disposed ot, and the occupation o
the Northern Republican Radical party
will be gone forever. Not one inch ot
ground will it have to stand upon i and
the country oan once more turn to those
material questions of public policy, the
right disposition ot which is so essential
lo tho public prosperity. It will be upon
these questions that tho Demoeratio
party will triumph, and it will be this
tii'iniph that constitutional government
and our federal system will be preserv
ed. .
If tho South be wise, it will not wait
on this suffrage question, even for the
motion of the Demoeratio arty. If it
be wise, it will loose no time in putting
in motion the necessary machinery by
; :!
which i' will at some lime save
118611
from, humiliation,' preserve its own self j
respect, rid the country of the most
vexatious question that ever distracted
any country, kill the worst political par
ly that ever existed on the globe, and
put the Union in the way of speedy
restoration The machinery consists, of
course, in conventiouists to revise the
S I ate Constitutions.
A JOURNEY OVER THE PLAINS.
Lieut. Gen. Sherman's tour over the
plains, hits brought out soma very reads
ble Dialler iiom correspondents travel
ing with the party. We reproduce the
following from the correspondent of the
.New York Post: I must introduce to
you one more) character, scarcely less
famous than Kit Carson, for his personal
prowess aud wild lile and adventure.
As he comes tow.uds us wo are struck
by U singular apperunce Ilia red beard
grows in patches, the intervening beard
growing skin discolored and destroyed;
he wears blue goggles to shield his weak
eyes from the sun's gluc weak, but
clear aud quick as ever; and his face ia
almost ghastly in its signs of suffering
II" walks with a cane, and there it a
stiffness in his moyemon whioh betrays
the soli'ier'e honorable wounds. This is
All,ur II Pl..i?ui l.ioiil I'olnnal nf
Carson's regiment. Borr. in Friesland,
ho came to this country a quarter t a
ceuuiy a ao, ui.d during all that time he
has sol vid his adopted Government in
various stations i a a - private in the
ranks, as an explorer ot new countries,
as a guide through passes known only
to him and the Indians, as an Indian
fighter or pacificator, as the case de
mands. You will not wonder at h s limp and
his s' illness when you know that he is
scarred with nearly twenty wounds; that
he carries embedded in his body some
Inuinn souvenirs ot bullets, aud that
two frightful scars show where an arrow
bos pierced him directly through the
body, just below the heart and his
countenance will lose that ghastly ap
pearance when you have heard the old
brave talk for a few moments, and tell
you how he became so shockingly scar
red , his very slight accent gives a pi
quancy to the low smooth tones t
7 IX COLON KI.'S NA11HAT1VK Or ADVENTURE.
' Yes, I will tell yon about it, if you
really want to hear it though I don't
often care to think ot it at all, for it was
a nasty business. Il happened in 1863.
when I was captain in my regiment, and
was stationed at Fort M'Crae, in New
Mexico. Those d d red skins had put
some of the poison, whst they used for
their arrewa, where I handled it. and
poisoned my lace and hands. It was
dreadful that sickness i and I went to
bathe in the sulphur springs, near the
fort. They are very good for snoh
things. I took a few of my men with
me for proteotion, and to keep guard
for we must be very watchful there, there
were so many of these red devils about.
My w;te she was a Mexican girl had
come wilh mo, though I had. begged ber
not to expose herself to this danger, but
she hid insisted on it, and w. uld not al
ow mt to go alone' ,
His voice , la very low and distlnot
here, at it he wonld linger awhile, j
I'l l ,Ln..; ' i: i, v. . I
' "My corporal be was a irood nnd !
faithtul soldier, God save hiru had also
hi Mexican wife with him
'-It was a sunny, btiglr morning, and
peons some Mexican servants I had
brought were packing me in sheets at
the spring. Il was about twenty yards
from the tent. The sentry had been
called in from the bluff's to his breakfast,
and the rest ot the party were scattered
about. At once, without ooe word of
warning comes a volley of musketry and :
a shower ot bullets and arrows from the
rrM-lru. Ml- tiunna f.,ll itunil lull l hu tml
lets, they pass over me( as I am lying
down, I spring up. naked as I was
born, and see fifty or sixty ot thoi-e in
fernal Navahoes hurst from the bluffs and
run ovn, some of them at iue,8ome fur
the tent.
"Every morning before this I have
taken my arms with me to the spring,
but just this one timet have not done it;
I run tor my tent, and, as I run. they
fire, aud I tall flat to dodge their balls.
So my men they think I am killed ; they
all run away to the tort, nil but one 1 see
standing there. It was my brave corpo
ral i he stands, tor you see, they have
W wite now, and mine; I run on; it is a
close race between me aud the Injuns,
but I am in the tent, and I grab my pun
just as they slit up the back of the tent
and rush in on me. So I rush backward
to my corporal, and we f ice 'era all
They stand theie, afraid to come on, tor
they know inv rifle. Yes, they stand
there and fire on ns until my corporal is
wounded three times, his arm br ken,
and be falls. And all this lime I can't
fire at them, because a big rascal holds
my wife in front of I hem, You see why
I can t fire. But at Inst I make her un
derstand that I want her to drop down;
ap she falls to the ground,aud I shoot the
big rascal just between the eyes I start
to run towards her, but just then some
have got behind me, and shoot roe with
this arrow through and through my
body, so the point sticks out intront. I
try to pull tbe d d thing out, but I can't
move it.
"Then they come on, and I ace I have
no chance but to run tor the river. As I
am rum ing I trip and fall, and at once
a biflr Indian elands over me, with his
how hent and an arrow at mv verv heart.
In one moment, sir. it is true in one
- . .
moment I see life and death. I wonder
in a lazy way what the future oan be i it
is a wild dream, a sharp trenzy and
know nothing tor asecocd till I am on
the top of the Indian and his arrow
iies broken on the ground. I pick up a
stone to beat out the rascal's brains, but
they come on ; I hare no time to kill
him, and I go for the river. Il is thirty
feet down from the bluff, and I can't
swim; so I jump down and walk al ng
the bottoiK, and comes up two or three
tunes to b eathe i so 1 get across, and
when I walk Out those internal tellers all
yell like mad. tor they think I am drown
ed, but I am better than many dead men
yet. I walk across the bottom and up
the hill more than a mile, till 1 come
where there are plenty 0f rocks and all
this time I can't get that arrow out.
, 'Then I am weak, tor I have bled so
much; so I stop, and I m ike all around
me a little breastwork with stones. And
when tney come up I crouch down be
hind it. aud they can't hit me. 1 have
only the stone for ray wee pons fori
had dropped my gun iu the river but
dose d il oowaris didn't dare to come
on. So there I sat tor more than six
hours under their bullets and arrows;
and the burning sun pours down on my
l"'ked body and that bot.hot-oh.it
was hot, sir day. I beat 'em off wid
the stones The blood about my w unds
had clotted, and I couldn't any how
try as hard us I could couldn't get that
d d arrow out !'
He waxed indignant at the arrow :
'Tumi wheti I am pretty near reudy to
die but not quite ne, no, not quite I
see my met. coming from the tort. And
the Injuns ran off. of course, nnd drag
ged my wife with them I must tolli w
her trail, 1 say, and I insist ongoing;
but my men won dn't let me. They take
ine hoin j tome ot them, and no on
They take me to the post, and my skin
was all Mistered, and it all pealed off.
from every part of my body. I dou't
know this, sir, but they tell me after
wards, for you see, I don't knovany
tbii g tor six weeks. But I am in my
bed, aud I dream. I sic ah 1 I can
not tell the horrid things that march
always brings before my eyes And
when I am once more . myself, they toll
me that thoee devils had whipped the
woman to death. Yes. I tell you, when
they saw no escape from my men, with
them along, they cut switches, and beat
her, as they ran, till ' she died 1 Yes, I
say, tho same men I had fed in my
houso, aud been a good friends, they
thty ' ;
And here something came up in his
throat and choked him. His eyes tilled
with tears, his voice huky and dropped
to a still lower tone. It was was yety
pathetic. There was something in our
throats, our eyes were, somehow, damp,
and we didn't aay arylhing.
Then, rising from his chair, forgetful
of bis cane, he went on vehemently and
with rapid geiluresi his accent more
marked in his excitement i ' '
But they paid tor it; yea they have
paid well for it in blood, I avenge her!
I fight 'era night and day everywhere
iu all seasonsl I . track 'em ulght and
day, so dey know not any peaoe nor
Fest! 1 shoot down their best aud bra-
' i - "'. .: " '. i ...... -y.-.. I
.'" '" ' f-' 1 ' '.!'l'' ' .' ,.w i a
vostl But I never kill a squaw; no, nor
a papoose. Dey had whipped her to
death! Dey have shot babies through
the heart; but I can't do ilatl No, no, I.
can t make dat come over my heart
But the men oh, I kill them when dey
stand up, and fight me face to face. I -have
cliasod 'em for many days I hain't
stoppe l in de 'nights sixty and seventy
miles every day. and no time to rest nor
eat, till oy an like tamtffliert woives.anu
when I catch 'em and kilt 'em kill 'em .
nil I can count everv bone in their lean
bodies!' '
1 , '
SCENE AT THE DEATH BED OF MR.
LINCOLN.
At Carlisle, Pu recently the Presby
terian Synods of the Old . and New
Schools being in session at the same
place, the two bodies met in communion
wilh gret harmony. Rev. Dr Gurley,
pastor ot the church in Washington
which Pres't Linooln usually attended,
in a speech at the table, gave the follow.
ing narrative, whioh baa never before
been made public:
'When summoned en that sad night
to the death I ed of President Lincoln, I
entered the room fifteen or twonty min
utes belore his departure. All present
were gathered anxiously around Dim,
waiting to catch his last breath. Tbe
physician, with one hand upon the poise
ot the dying man, and the other laid
upon his heart, was intently watching
for the moment when lifo sheuld cease.
He linpored longer than we. had
expeoted. At last the physician said :
He is gone: he is dead.'
'Then 1 sohmnly believe that for four
or live minuios mere was not me
slightest noise or movement in that
awful presence. We all Blood transfix
ed in our positions, speechless, bream
less, around, tbe dead body of that great
and good man. '
At length the Secretary of War.who
was standing at mv left,, brok,e the
silence and said, 'Doctor, t. ill you say
anything !' I replied, I will speak to
God.' Said be, 'do it just now.'
'And there, by the aide of our fallen
chief, God put it into ' my heart to utter
this petition, that from that hour we and
the whole nation might beoorce more
than ever united in our devotion to the
cause ot our beloved, imperilled country.
- 'When I ceased, there aroae from the
lips ot the entire company a tervid and
spontanjons 'Amen
, 'And has not the wholo heart of tho
loyal nation responded 'Amen !'
'Was not that prayer, there offered,
responded to in a most remarkable man
nor ! When in our history havo the
people of this land been, found more
closely bound together in purpose and
heart than when the telegraphic wires
bore all over the country the sad tidings
that President Lincoln was dead ?' ,
Onck on a time, not long ago not so
far from Miilerstmrg as it might, be, a
good-h' artod man aud hia long tongued,
style-talking wife, attended a social
party Alnnt every three minutes his
wife would cheek her husband thus-
Now, William, don't talk 6 loud.'
'Come' William, don't lean back in
the cli! lr that way J
Now, William, don't get noisy over
there I' i
'Siiy, William, let the girls alone, and
sit by rael'
At last forbearance ceased to be a vir
tue, and the hu-baud. who was r-jally
pitied by all in the roem, rose and said :
'I beg pardon of the company; but as
my wife insists on being boss all ihe
time, it is quite right she should havo
these.' . - . -
And he deliberately took off his pants,
handed them to her, and sat dovi n in bis
boots and drawers. . ' ,
The company as astonished; the wo
man burst ii to tears; the happy couple
soon went home; but neither of them
wore pants.
How the affair was settled we can not
tell, but the lost time we saw William
he had the pants on. ' We are inclined
to think she will not again boss iu com
pany in a hurry. Holmes County (0)
Farmer-.
'Who makes the laws in our govern
ment !' , '.. i .
'Congress,' was tbe ready reply. '
.' 'Hew is Congress divided!' was the
next question But the little girl to
whom it was put, failed to answer it
Another little girl in the elats raised np
hor baud, .indicating that she could
auswer it. , '
Well,' said thejexaniiner.'Miss Bailie,
what do you tay the division ia 1' "
'CiviliBed, half civilized, and lavage.' -
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