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AFTER ALL
The apples are ripe in the orchard,
The work f the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands redden,
In the blood of the dying sun.
At the cottage door the grandsire
Sits pale in his easy chair,
While the gentle wind of twilight,
Plays with his silver hair.
A woman is kneeling beside him,
A fair, young head is prest
In the first wild passion of sorrow,
Against his aged breast.
And far off over the distance
The faltering echoes come
Of the flying blast of trumpet,
And the rattling roll of drum.
And the grandsire speaks in a whisper,—
" The end no man can see ;
But we give him to his country,
And we give our prayers to thee "
The violets star the meadows, •
The rose buds fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard
The pink-white blossoms pour.
But the grandsire's chair is empty,
The cottage is dark and still: —
There's a nameless grave in the battle-field,
And a new c ue under the hill.
And a pallid, tearless woman
By the cold hearth sits alone,
And the clock in the lonely corner,
Ticks on with a steady drone.
■ Hfoctlktttoas.
THE TWO LETTEBS.
OR
lIIW I BECAME A BACHELOR.
BY J. B. D.
That 1 am a bachelor, is rendered unmis
takably evident by the foregoing caption
lluw 1 became so, you have yet to learn, and
as my object in penning this sketch is not so
; much to inform you what I am, so unfortu
| nate, (or fortunate, as you please,) as to be,
I as it is to enlighten you in regard to how such
: caine to be the case, and hoping that it mav
; prove a salutary les'son to some reckless wight
like myself, I will proceed without further
; preface or preliminary.
It was while on a visit to an aunt of mine
in the town of G , that I became acquain
. ted with Carrie Mayburn, a fine blooming
i maiden of eighteen summers, with beautiful
I auburn hair, clear lit eyes, a small nose, and
! a handsome mouth, well studded with pearly
teeth, rivaling snow in their dazzling white
ness ; added to these charms a faultless form
and graceful carr age rendered her at once a
special object of attraction and admiration ;
her amiability of sweetness of temper made
her warm friends, wh'ile her beauty of
face and figure drew her hosts of suiters ; in
short she was, as I was not long in discover
ing, the universal admitted belln of the place.
Although I am not to say an extraordina
ry susceptible individual, in the general ac
ceptation of the term, yet I will admit thai,
like all the rest of my class, I have my weak
points, and do not profess to be so entirely
proof against the influence of female charms
as to be incapable of experiencing at times a
curious and somewhat undefinable se -so of
palpitation in the region of the ribs when in
the company of the fair sex, and as my ac
quaintance with the enchanting Carrie re
solved itself <nto intimacy, and this, ere long,
began to ripen in a stronger feeling, I eventu
ally began to realize that I was becoming en
meshed in a net of fascination, from which a
desperate attempt was necessary to extricate
myself, and where I had formerly sought her
society merely for the sake of a chat, where
with to while awa}- the time, I now began to
look upon her in the light of an indispensa
ble companion; and at length, as the time
for my return home drew near, I became
aware that unless she and I could make a
compromise one way or other, I must bid
farewell to happiness and make up my mind
to spend my future life in misery. Actuated
by these thoughts, and fearful lest I should
be forestalled by some one or other of her
admirers, and having also the happy con
sciousness of being looked upon by her in
that light was calculated to be anything but
discouraging to my hopes; in short, feeling
fully satisfied that 1 was by far the most
highly favored of her gallants, I determined
that before 1 took my leave of G , I
would know my doom from her lips ; conse
quently the evening previous to the day fix
ed for my return, I called upon her, and met
with the usual cordial reception. I remained
for some time, and, finally, after considerable
"hem" ing and hesitation, I nerved myself
for the desperate deed 1 was about to com
mit. In the most insinuating manner I ask
ed her to he mine—to 6hare with me my fu
ture trials or triumphs, reverses or successes,
prosperities or adversities, joys or sorrows, as
the case might be ; I told her I was poor and
had yet to gain a name and position in tho
world, but that I loved her truly and devot-
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RlGHT."—Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1862.
edly, and would make her a kind and affec
tionate husband; as I concluded, she placed
her hand in mine, saying, as she did so:
" Edwin, my heart is already yours, obtain
my parent's consent, and I will cheerfully be
stow upon you this hand."
What more could any reasonable man ask ?
Obtain my parent's consent, and I will
cheerfully bestow upon you this hand," the
words kept sounding in my ears, and I was
in doubt whether I was dreaming or not; —
gradually, however, I came to my senses,
when my first act was to throw my arms
around the neck of my beloved, and imprint a
warm passionate kiss upon her ruby lips as a
token of acknowledgement that I understood
and appreciated her meaning. It was now
determined that we should go to her father
for the purpose of obtaining his sanction to
our proposed alliance. We found him read
ing a newspaper, and made known our errand
without delay ; he studied for a moment,
which seemed to me a month, and at length
he said :
" Mr. Willet, I cannot say that I have any
serious objection to receive you as a son-in
law, vet as you yourself acknowledge that
you have nol as yet been enabled to attain a
position such as it is in my opinion advisable
for 3-0U to attain before you undertake the
support of a wife, I must request you to ap
ply yourself assiduously, and when you have
risen to some eminence in your profession,
and accumulated somewhat toward the main
tenance of her whom you anticipate taking
under your care, I will then, I assure you?
place no further obstacle in the way of your
marriage. The welfare of my daughter has
ever been my constant study, and I would be
the last one to deny her anything that would
111 the slightest degree contribute to her hap
piness. You will believe me, my dear friend,
when I say I am prompted by no mercenery
motive, for I am sure when you come to rea
son the matter clearly and ca!ml} r in your
own mind, and look at it in the proper light,
you cannot go far to perceive the utility of
following my advice."
I bowed an acknowledgment, and with a
promise to call upon thein in the morning to
hid them farewell, 1 took my departure.
To say that I did not feel some decree of
j impatience conequcnt upon the result of my
j interview with Mr. Mayburn, would be ab
i surd, for lovers are always impetuous and un
! willing to be put off. and I was by no means
; an exception, but I was compelled to make a
virtue of necessity and bide my time; the
next morning I made an early breakfast, and
repaired at once to the domicile of my inam
orata. whom I found looking as charming as
ever. I bade her good morning, and told her
; that I had coine to take my leave of her for
1 a time, but that I hoped the day was not far
j distant when I should be permitted to come
again anuclstim her as my bride. Having
now broached the, to us, by no means uu
pleasant theme of the previous evening's con
versation, we were soon deeply engrossed in
making plans for the future. But all things
must have an end, and as the hours sped
away like minutes, it seemed to my infatuat
ed mind as though I had scarcely entered the
house until it was time for me to pronounce
the much dreaded good bye which was to be
the signal for our temporary separation ; and.
as like Ct time and tide" railroad cars " wait
for no man," I was obliged to do it, but it
was done in a decidedly doleful way, I assure
you, and ere long 1 was speeding forward on
my homeward way, n.y thoughts centered on
one object, and that object was Carrie, a
prize which I was fully resolved I would use
my utmost exertions to gain.
*******
Nearly two years had elapsed since the
date of my engagement with Carrie Mayburn.
During that time I had made many visits to
G , and always found her the same un
changed being that she was when first pre
sented to the reader, unless it was that she
seemed, at least to my eyes, if possible, more
beautiful than ever. We had kept up a reg
ularly correspondence, her letters always
breathing a spirit of love and affection coup
led with the hope that the time would soon
come when we would be united to separate
no more in life; mine, as may be readily im
agined, always re-echoed the sentiments em
bodied in hers. As the reader has already
been apprised, it was the desire of Mr. May
burn that I should rise to some eminence in
my profession before claiming the fulfilment
of his daughter's promise. This I had en
deavored to the utmost of my capacity to do,
and I had reason to believe that I had in a
great measure succeeded, for by the expira
tion of the time above mentioned, I was able
to congratulate myself upon having the pat
ronage of the most influential citizens of this
place, who placed the most implicit confi
deuce in my professional abilities; conse
quently, I now felt justified in once more
making application for the hand of the fair
Carrie, and as I was so situated, at the time
I came to this conclusion, that it wonld be
impossible for me to visit G for several
weeks, I resolved to write to Mr. M. in refer
ence to the matter, and ascertain his viewß
of the case. Accordingly, having composed
my mind as well as circumstances would ad
mit, I sat down with anew pen and a quire
of extra quality of note paper, and summon
ing all my eloquence, tact and chicographical
skill. I transcribed a most elaborately word
Ed epistle, wherein I portrayed my present
circumstances, position, still unsatisfied aspi
rations, until after nearly exhausting the vo
cabulary of Webster's latest edition, I was at
length constrained to wind up by the assur
ance that but one thing was lacking to ren
der me supremely happy, and that was as
you have already conjectured, the legal right
to he the protector and possessor of his love
ly daughter, and that I hoped he would have
now no further objection to our union.
Now, it happened that I had in G , a
cousin named Bob Tracy, who was the own
er of a beautiful hay mare, on whom for some
time past I had cast numerous wistful glanc
es, and considering that a refusal to my re
quest was entirely out of question, I deter
mined to drop him a few hues, desiring him
not to stipulate for the disposal of the afore
said mare until such time as I should have a
chance to confer with him. as I thought it
highly probable I could make an offer for her
which he would be willing to accept; sol
dashed off a hasty note, and having folded,
scaled and superscribed both missives, I con
signed them to the post office and returned
to my duties with a view of whiting away the
time as patiently as possible until I could
have sufficient leisure to enable me to ascer
tain the result of iny petition.
However wearily the wheels of time may
sometimes drag on, yet they never have been
known to cease their revolutions entirely,
and thus in iny case, although tbe space in
ter veiling between ray despatching the letters
and 1113' visit to their destination seemed in
terminably long, yet it finally passed away
and at length one fine mor.iing found me
comfortably ensconed in the cars, dashing on
at a furious rate in the direction of G ,and
in a few hours I reached the goal upon which
were fixed ni3 r highest hopes, which, alas for
the disappointment to which we are ail of us
more or less liable at times to he subjected
as the sequel will show, were destined never
to he realized, hopes which proved to be un
substantial foundation upon which I had
been building my airy castles; but 1 will not
anticipate.
Immediately upon my arrival in G 1 re
paired to a hotel, to put myself in the proper
trim, prior to calling at the house of my pros
pective friend. Having made an unexceptioi
ahle toilet, I set out with a beating heart and
a sort of nervous impatience, and after a short
walk found myself at Mr. Mayburn's door I
rang the bell, which was answered by the
servant, who at once ushered me into the sit
ting room, where were Carrie and her father,
both of whom regarded me an instant with
looks of surprise and wonder, when, to my
astonishment, the former arose, and without
naught save a slight perceptible nod of rec
ognition, glided out of the door. flow to ac
count for this strange conduct, was a thing
utterly beyond rny comprehension ; for a
moment I was dumb-founded, but as I recov
ered myself, I turned towards the father s
though to ask a solution of the mystery. I
did not have long to wait, for, with a lace re
sembling a surcharged thunder cloud, the old
gentleman suddenly butst forth—
'• H ell, sir, you are a scoundrel and a villian
and a more consummate specimen of concen
trated audacity, effrontery and impudence, as
you now prove yourself to be in polluting my
house with your containing presence, I never
saw !"
To say I was astonished would be but a
faint way of expressing it. I was completely
taken aback, but finally, managed to find my
speech, when I politely requested him to ex
plain himself, as I was not aware that I had
been guilty of any act. to merit these animad
versions.
" Explain, sii !—why, what do you mean
you contemptible puppv* ? after having most
grossly insulted rny daughter as well as my
self—a fact which we have ample testimony
in your o.vn hand-writing—do you dare to
come and deny to my face any know ledge of
the fact whatever ?"
This was something 1 was entirely unpre
pared for, and T looked long and earnestly at
the man to see if he was insane or not. What
did he meau ? . What a preposterous idea !
f offer an insult to his daughter ! her for
whom I would cheerfully have laid down my
life, and felt only too thankful for the oppor
tunity.
" Mr. Mayburn," said I as soon as I could
recover my faculties, " I will not be thus tri
lled with any longer. I have never either by
word or deed, been the cause of wounding
your daughters feelings, and I—"
But he seemed determined that I should
have no chance to vindicate myself in any
way, and stopped me short by producing from
his pocket a letter, whfch he thrust fiercely
into my hand, saying as he did so :
" There is undeniable proof; let us have no
more words about it. Xeave my house and
never enter it again as long as you live, or I
will have you pitched headforemost into the
street.
Mechanically 1 took the letter the hand
writing of which 1 immediately recognized as
my own, and ran my eye hurriedly over the
contents. Good heavens !it was the note I
had by mistake, enclosed in the envelope ad
dressed to Mr. Mayburn, aud vice versa,
I As tho reader is doubtless anxious fo know
what the letter could possibly "contain to so
completely turn the tide of affairs pertaining
to my matrimonial prospects, I will give it
verbatim:
" JOLLY CHUM ;
T sit down to scrawl you
a word or two in reference to the superb ani
ma! over which 3ou hold legal sway, and of
whom as you are already aware I have long
desired to be in possession, knowing her to be
a gay creatine, full of life and spirit and with
al decidedly fast. I feel that without her I
cannot longer be satisfied ; and from nothing,
I assure you, will I derive so much pleasure as
from trotting her around, and exhibiting her
to my friends. Feeling certain that my offer
will prove acceptable, 1 will call on you in a
short time, until which I do not wish you to
dispose of her.
Yours considerably,
"EDWIN WILLF.TT."
After reading it, I stood for a moment as if
in a trance; at length I raised my eyes from
the letter, cave one glance at Mr. Mayburn,
and ci ushing the offending sheet in my hand,
rushed, scarcely knowing what I did, with a
sort of frantic despair through the hall, and
without a word to any one I left tho house,
never again to darken its doors.
A few days afterwards I called upon Bob Tra
cy to say to him that he need not reserve the
mare any longer, as I had concluded not to
purchase ; but as soon as ho caught sight of
rne he ran out to meet me, and shook me by
the hand and otherwise indulged in the most
extravagant demonstrations of joy, asking me
over and over again if it was really rne, as he
despaired of ever seeing me again, for having
received from me a most beautifully written
gilt edged note, asking in marriage a daughter,
of whose existence he was most profoundly
ignorant, he had no doubt that I had gone
stark mad, and had just about made up his
mind to insert an advertisement in the papers
warning the public to beware of me as a per
son dangerous to he at large. I now gave up j
I found that I was besieged on all sides, and
with an imploring look I begged him to say no
more about ii to any one. That I had ban
ished all thoughts ol marriage from my mind,
and had concluded to spsnd my future life in
single blessedness ; but despite the charge 1
gave Bob to keep quiet, the affair, through
some mysterious agency, became circulated
around, or depend upon it, I would never
have given it publicity ; and now, having put
you in possession of the facts concerning the
history of those " two letters," 1 will make a
polite how and retire to my bachelor couch.
THE PRICE OF A WIFE.
It would be a curious speculation to trace
the habits and customs which have, from the
earliest ages, and in all communities, helped
to fasten upon us these sordid feelings which
make marriage something like a gambling
transaction in all barbarous nations, the fath
er of a girl conceived he had a right to some
compensation from the husband for her ser
vices, and as a remuneration for the trouble
and expense of bringing her up. In the early
history of all nations in their uncivilized 6tate,
the custom prevails : the woman is sold for a
price. Among the Hebrews and the Arabs
the price paid to the father was seuietimes
very considerable. An ordinary price was
five or six camels, and if the bride was very
beautiful, or highly connected (rank and sta
tion had their influence even in the earliest
ages), the fifty sheep or a mare and foal were
added. At the siege of Troy an accomplished
lady was valued at four oxen. And when
Danaus found he could not get his daughters
married, he advertised that he was ready to
receive suitors for them without expecting
any presents—that is, that he was ready to
get rid of them at any price, or at no price.
Among the savage tribes of our own days the
custom prevails. The red raau of America
still bargains for his wife, and the price
varies from four horses down to a bottle of
brandy. The Russians do not mince the mat
ter as more civilized nations do, but when
a marriage is proposed, the lover, accompanied
by a friend goes to the home of the bride, and
says to the mother—" show us your merchan
dise. we have got money." The ancient
Assyrians deserve some credit for the custom
they introduced; every year they put all their
beauties up to auction, and the prices that
were given for these were applied byway
of a portion to those who were not beauti
ful. Thus all, of both sorts, got married,
the one for their beauty, the others for the
money which beauty not their own had gain
ed for them. They made sensuality give a
dowry to avarice; but still marriage was a
lottery.
At a debating society the subject
was " Which is the sweetest production a
girl or a strawberry ?" After continuing the
argument for two nights the meeting finally
adjourned without coming to a conclu
sion—the older ones gjing for the straw
berries and the young ones for the girls.
I have known a good old man—says
Bernard—who when ho has heard of any one
that had committed any notorious offence,
was wont to say within himself. " lie fell
to-day so I may to-morrow."
An old maid, who was over nice in
regard to cleanliness about her house once
scrubbed her sitting-room floor until she fell
through into the cellar.
u
[ TERMS: SI.BO PER. ANITUM
QUEER STORY OP A PIG- ■'
The Rev. J. G. Wood, in his " Animal
Traits and Characteristics," thus glorflfex
one: " A curious animal is a pig, genl lemon. i
\ ery cunning, too—a great deal more sensi
ble than people give him credit for. I had a
pig a board my ship that was too knowing by
half. All hands we e fond of him, and there j
was not one on board that would have seen
him injured. There was a dog on board, too
and the pig and he were capital friends j they
ate out of the same plate, walked about the
decks together, and would lie down side by
side under the bulwarks in the sua. The
only thing they ever quarrelled about was
lodging. The dog, you see sir, had >a kennel
for himself; the pig bad nothing of the scrt.
We did not think he needed one ; but he had .
his own notions upon that matter. Why
should Toby be better housed of a night than
he ? Well, sir, he had somehow got into hjjp
head that possession is nine parts of the law;
and though Toby tried to show him the
rights of the question, he was so pig-headed
that he either would not or could not under
stand. So every night it came to be " catch
as catch can." If the dog got in first, he
would show his teeth, and the other had to
lie under the boat, or to find the softest plank
w.iere he could ; if the pig was in possession
the dog could not turn him out, but looked
out for revenge next time. One evening, gen
tlemen, it had been blowing hard all day, and
I had just ordered close-reefed top-sails, for
the gale was increasing, and there was a good
deal of sea running, and it was coming on to
be wet; in short, I said to myself, as I called
down the companion-ladder for the boy to
bring up my pea-jacket, " We are going to !
have a dirty night.' The pig was slipping
and tumbling about the decks, for the ship
lay over so much with the breeze, being close
hauled, that he could not keep his hoofs. At
last, he thought he would go and secure hie
birth for the night, though it wanted a good
bit of dusk. But, lo and behold ! Toby had
been of the same mind, and there he was
safely housed. ;i Umph, umph," says the pig
gy, as he turned and looked up at the black
sky to windward ; but Toby did not offer to
move. At last, the pig seemed to give it up,
and took a turn or two, as if he was making
up his mind which was the wariest corner.
I iesently, he trudges off to the lee scuppers r
where the tin plate was lying that they ate :•
their cold 'tatoes off. Pig takes up the plate
in his mouth, and carries it to a part of the
deck where the dog could see it, but 6om<s
way from the kennel; theu, turning his tail
toward the dog. he begins to act as if he wa* .
eating out of the plate making it rattle, and
munching with his mouth pretty loud.—•
" W hat ! thinks Toby, " has piggy got vicL > *
uals there ? and he pricked up his ears and.
looked out toward the place, making a littler
whinning. u Champ, chimp," goes the pig
taking not the least notice of the dog, and
down goes his mouth to the plate again. To
by couldn't stand that any longer, and he not
there. Out he coines, and runs up in front of
the pig, with his mouth watering, and pushes t ,,
his cold nose into the plate. Like a shot,,
gentlemen, the pig turned tail, and was snug
in the kennel before Toby well know whether
there was any meat or not in the plate."
RICH WITHOUT MONEY.
Many a man is rich without money.—.-
Thousands of men without a dollar in the *
pocket are rich. A man born with a good
sound constitution, a good stomach, a good
heart and good limbs, and a pretty good head
piece, is rich. Good bones are belief than'
gold—tough muscles, than silver; and nerves
that flash and carry energy to every funo-'
tion, are better than houses and lands. I
It is better than a landed estate to have 1,
the right kind of fathers and mothers.—. q
Good breed exists among men, as really a
among herds and horses. Education may do '
much to check evil tendencies, or to develop *
good ones ; but it is a greater thing to inher-'
it the right proportion of faculties to start
with.
Ihe man is rich who has a good disposi
tion—who is naturally kind, cheerful, pa
tient, hopeful, and who has a flavor of wit
and fun in his disposition. The hardest
thing to get along with is a iuan's own self.
A cross, selfish, desponding and complaining
fellow is a timid, care burdened man is de
formed on the inside. His feet may not limp
but his thoughts do.
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Thf. Followers of John Brown Of the
five followers of John Brown who escaped
from Harper s terry, only three now survive,
—John Brown Jr. now a prisoner at Rich
mond, E. J. Mwriain, and O. P. Anderson.— *
lidd joined Burnside's expedition, and died
at Ko&noake Island on the eve of a victory*
Barclay Coppe, whose brother was executed
at Charleston, was one of the victims of the
Platte Bridge atrocity.
Old Age. — Beautiful is old age, beautiful
as the 6low, drooping, mellow autumn of a
rich, glor ous summer. In the old man, Na
ture has fulfilled her work ; she loads him
with the fruits of a well spent life; and sur-„
rounded by his chilhren, she rocks him away
softly to the grave, to which he is followed
by blessings.
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He who cannot conceal his vexation
is a laughing ntcrk for his enemies.
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