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DUMAS BARNES A CO., NEW Yohk, Wholesale Agents. -'y. "TO SPEAK IIIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jeflerson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1865. BROTHER TOM'S WIFE. BY T. 8. ARTIICR. "If you marry that girl brother Tom, I'll have nothing to do with her. I won't visit her, nor call her sister, nor speak to.her !" And Lizzie Dawton put on as- outraged and indignant an air as it was possible for her to assume. "What's the objection ?" asked Tom in his cool way, fixing his large calm eyes upon the pretty face of his 6ister, as she sat unea sily swaying half around and back again on the piano stool. '•Objection ? The young lady's cherry lips curled. "Who is she I What is she V "A sweet-tempered true-heartedj young woman, who will make me a good little wife. Are you not answered, sßter mine ?" "A sewing-girl !" said Lizzie, contemptu ously, "What our mother was, as I have been told, before her marriage," answered brother lorn "And, if ray eyes have not deceived me. she has been a sewing woman siDcc my recol'i ctiou of her." "That'.- another thing," said the sister "Mother was superior to her class, and has risen above it." "Suppose I answer your objections to Ilatrie., and Say that sho is superior to her ctass, and will rise above it? What then? My father made a good matrimonial venture, and I may do tiie same." "But why, brother Tom," urged the sis ter, "d-.Trt you choose a wife from among those on your own level.?" "What do you mean by those on your own level ! Let us understand each other." "From atnotig those who move in our own circle. From the educated, refined and ac complished." "Such as the Misses Walton?, for in stance." "Yes, or the Misses Edens." " Whose tather supports them in idleness and expect the young men who marry them •o do the same. New Lizzie, the fact of the buhtneas is, l|tike M iry Edeu vary wet*, and 0 ce catne SJ near falling in love with her, that I was really frightened. I did not go near her pretty face again for 6ix months after 1 felt the first movement of the tender pas.~!Mt," "Dear Mavy ! •) i )in i why not marrv her ? 1 c Ii ve her as my own sister." "1' >:vt all ird it, pretty. I'm but a poor v<> i-.g man, and have only tah uts and iu iu-.'y, to hiip me forward 111 the world.— Maty can tGo any thing herself, and Would expect ir<- to put her in an establishment but little hss costly than the one her father owns." "Oh, but, Tom there'll be no necessity for going to housekeeping at first. And then, you know, her father is wellofi in the world, and he'll give her a house, and furnish it, no doubt, when she is married." But Torn shook his heal. "Mary Eilen,B father may or maynot.be rich," he replied. "My own private opinion is,that he is living up to,if not a little beyond his income. And as to the house and furni ture which Mary's husband is going to get, that is something very fine to feed fancy up on. The real bricks and mortar is another affair." "Oh, but Mr. Eden's rich Tom." "The rich men of to day are our poor men of to-morrow, Lizzie. I wouldn't give the snap of a finger for a rich father in-law as a dependence. I moan to trust in myself, an honest purpose and a clear conscience And as for a wife, I want a woman with life, purpose, industry and independence In her, not a great bundle of silks, laces, bonnets and curl-papers, with a pretty little helpless do-notbing doll, hidden somewhere inside of the crinoline circumvallation. -€A.nd then, again, Lizzie,l am something of an independ ent young man, wonderfully given to the work of taking care of mySclf. I happen to be at the bottom of the ladder, and if I ever get to the top my own strength will carry me there. Now, a wife on my back, instead of one on the rounds of a ladder, keeping step with me upwards, would be a dead weight, and keep me at or near the foot forever. No, no, pretty, I cannot afford one of your finished boarding school misses for a wife—the luxury is too expensive for me. So I am going to marry a girl who know 9 something of real life—a true, good, patient, enduring, self-denying, sweet darling little body, who is not ashamed to earn her living with the nee lie. And I can tell you what, Dolly, I only wish you were like Harriet Parker; there would be forty ohauecs in favor of your marrying a man of sense to those you have now. Don't you know that a new society has been formed among young men. and that some of the very best "catoh es" among thrm have signed a pledge not to marry any girl who is not willing to com mence matrimonial life with two rooms and kitchen, and who does'nt know how to bake, cook and sew, and to wash and iron into the bargain ? lam the President." "Preposterous!" exclaimed Lizzie. ou 11 cry some other word when you get on the old maids' list, and see your place filled in the home of some man that is a m&n by a woman who was not ashamed of useful employment when she was a girl. I can tell you what, my dainty litale sister, there's a reform at work, and men worth having are beginning to choose between uo marriage or marriage with girls of plainer notions and more useful accomplishments than are pos sessed by the butterflies who lounge on so fas all day knitting zephyr or reading novels. So make up your mind to a reform or old maidism. And now, as in all probability you understand that lam in earnest about marrying Harriet Parksr, I hope you will reconsider your hasty resolutions about not speaking to your sister in-law. The loss, let me tell you, will be all on your own side." Brother Tom understood his own position entirely. He was not a man to 6toop below himselJ in marrying. He could not unite himself with one who was ignorant and un refined—against that his generously culti vated soul would have revolted. But he wanted a real, not an artificial woman—one who could take her place beside him, as he said on the lowest round of fortune's ladder, and keep step with him upward. Such a one he had found in Harriet Tarker, and he was independent enough to make hor his wife. • Lizzie soon discovered, after her brother Tom actually got married and commenced housekeeping in two rooms, with his modest cheerful, earnest-minded wife, that her new i sister had about her something that insenfii- , bly won the love, commanded the resj ect I and almost extorted the admiration of all who were so fortunate as to make her ac quaintance. "Marriage, they say makes or mars a man,'' the brother overheard Lizzie once saying, in an undertone toalady friend "But it will not mar the fortune ot brother Tom, He's got just the wife to help him along in the world ; and ODG that will grace any positiou to which they may rise." "My own sentiments exactly, pretty." spoke out brother Tom. "She's a jewel, and worth a thousand of your paste and tin sel women. I told you so. But you couldn't believe me. Now, if you'll go and appren tice yourself to a dress-maker or a milliner, or learn to do any useful woik—useful not simply ornamental, I will recommend you to tfle new preside jit of the society I told you about. I had to resign when I got married, lie's a splendid specimen, and will make a husband worthy of a queen." — THK OLD WAY SIDK I\X. Sir, exenes me, but I wish to put you on your guard. I believe we hve fallen into a den of thietes and murderers." I bad been slumbering unen-ilv for nearly an hour, and had just become thoroughly awakened when Mr. Leslie entered my room cautiously, and addressed me in this singular manner. I had that day chanced to fall in with an elderly gentleman, (Mr. Leslie by name,) and his daughter Gertrude, an interesting j r oung lady of nearly eighteen, and a our routes lay in the same direction, wc were naturally agreed to accompany each other. We had stopped at the roadside inn. Our accommodation was much more ample than I had supposed possible from the external ap pearance of the dwelling, and much to our satisfaction wo were furnished with separate rooms, though all in the low chamber at the top of the house. The apartment allotted to myself was a small one, furnished with a handsome bed, with heavy grean curtains, a light stand, and a couple of chairs. Everything was in per fect keeping and good order, but the bed was placed against the door, greatly to my aston ishment. "What have you discovered?" I asked hastily. He gave me a soiled piece of paper on which were rudely inscribed these words :. "Jim saw three travelers coming over the old road an hour ago. Probably they will b* at your house pretty soon after dark, and you must manage to keep them to night.— Don't try to settle them until I come, which will be about midnight. TOM SEVTON." We engaged in a short conversation as to the course we had better pursue, and then without arriving at any conclusion, I left the father and daughter alone for a few moments while I cautiously descended the stairs \ Having gained the hall below, I stole through i a long narrow passage I had not before ob served, and at last came to the door of an ap artment, in which I knew the family of our host, together with our would-be-murderers, were assembled. "Well, Tom, how do you propose to settle our guests above ?" This was the voice of our host addressing the new comer. "How have you disposed of them ?" "Why, I gave the old man and the girl the two rooms on the left, and the young fellow took the one at the right." "The room you made so convenient last week ?" "Yes." "Well, if that is the case, I don't think we •hail fiud hard work at all. The very instant ou hear the report of iny pistol, you and Jim must be at hand to enter the old mar room and take care of him." "But when will this come off?" "At twelve, they will be sleeping mos soundly then." It wanted just thirty minutes of (he h oui appointed,aud I hastened to retrace my step up stairs. I visited my room first, where I found tha the convenient fixtnre I had heard spoken o below was merely a small square hole in the wall,just opposite the pillow, sufficiently large enough to insert the barrel of any mod erate sized pistol—a very easy way to relievi a man of his life. Having made this discovery, I sought Mr Leslie and his daughter. "I was about to propose, I said, that each one of us should keep his own apartment. 11 we meet them together while Seyton has his pistol at hand, one of us will be sure to get killed. On the contrary, should I manufac ture a good counterfeit, as I now propose, to occupy my place for the time being in that rather dangerous bed, and in this manner wast Seyton's 3hot and throw him off his guard, lam very sure I could gain the mas tery in a hand to hand struggle in a very few minutes, and then come to your assistance. Does my proposition suit you ?" "Perfectly, and lucky for your scheme, T wear a wig, which may be of considerable benefit to you in making the counterfeit of which you have spoken. Take it, it is en tirely at'your disposal." It took but a very few moments to fill the wig sufficiently with bed clothes, and arrange it in a favorable position on the pillow, in front of the little opening. Having done this 1 glanced at my watch in the moon beams It wanted five minutes*of twelve ? ' Ike silence was gr >w:ng sp press; ve, when at last I saw the curtain move aside a little. There was a loud report and 1 had resolution enough to bend forward and utter a low de spairihg moan, as the report died away. In an instant the door was opened, an l the man called Seyton came running in, with his pis tol still in his hand. Withour the faintest suspicion he appn ached the bed, but mean while I had grasped a long heavy bar of hard wood, which I presume, by the merest chance happened to be standing against the wall, near by, and when he bad arrived within a convenient distance, I sprung out upon him, and with a single well directed blow I laid him sprauling, aud I judged insensible, on the floor. All this had occupied but a moment, and it was scarcely completed when I heard the repor tof another pistol in the direction of the apartm nt occupied by Mr. L< she. With out stopping to assure myself further of the result of tin: rather severe knock 1 had g'ven the lalien man, I hastened forward to the assistance of my companion. He was encntr ed in a hand to haul struggle with Jim while our host was lying upon the fi >or, badly if not dangerously wounded. Jim was making desperate efforts to draw a knife from his belt, while Mr. Leslie was using his utmost endeavors to prevent it.— lie wes brave and resilute, but I could see his strength was failing rapidly. I did not hesitate to put an immediate stop to the con test by again calling my club iuto requisi tion Having firmly secured our host and the fellow Jim with cords,and left Mr. ] cslie in charge of his daughter. I returned to the room where 1 had left Seyton. He was just recovering from the effects of the b!owI had given him. which, as I had supposed, rendered him insensible for a time and I was just in season to bind him before he had recovered sufficiently to trouble us still fur tber. Now all that remained for me to do to ren der our situation quite secure was, to take from ourhostses the power to harm us in any way, and lat once started below for that purpose. 1 afterward learned that Mr. Leslie had made his daughter promise, after my depar ture, to remain quietly in her own apartment until she could safely venture forth, and sta tioned himself near the door, with the only pistol he ever carried in his hand. By some mistake out host and Jim did not attack him as soon as the pistol was fired at my counter feit by Seyton, as was at first intended, but waited a moment. When they did presen' themselves he bad fired at the one in advanco who happened to be the host,and immediate ly grappled with the other. AY e remained at the old inn the remainder of the night, and gave information to the au thority 8 iu the muraing. Next Democrat S'ate Convention The State Central Committee, at their late meeting in llnrisburg, settled upon AVed nesday, the 21st day of June next, as the day for holding the Democratic State Con vention, and the Hall of the House of Kepre-* sentatives in Ilarrisburg as the place. The meeting of the Committee, we learn, was a full one, and the proceedings harmonious.— Candidates for Auditor General and Survey or General are to be elected next October. ffiyPopularitv in politics is to see your namo in large typo posted to a fence. Some body will inquire who you are, and when the first rain comes you will disappear TEHMSB2.OOF"a n A?TrTJ n' PRESENT CONDIDTIOV OF THE SIAMESE TWINS. st The Siamete'Twins have been lost from public view for the last few years. It was ir well known of they had married >s two sisters, and settled d wn near Salisbury in North Carolina, on a well stocked at lion. In addition to this they have ample >f funds invested through their £gent in New e York. Through a North Carolien medical y gentlemen new within our lines, we had the _ other day an opportunity of minute and full re particulars in regard to them. Ever since the war begun, they have continued to reside • their plantation, and lived in the same quiet and harmony as ever until within two years. Of course no one ever thought of [f drafting them, and their negroes prospered, s excr pt that when one out of temper from any t cause, it is apt to work itself off, in striking _ the first one that came to hand, from which 5 i' lu best escape was to keep out of the way. J J lie brother probably nev:r would have had r any difficulty, but that their wives, though . sisters, turned away their hearts, and chil dten were the cause of this estrangement P Up to the period that each had five cbil . dren. au prosj ered well enough, but one of them had a sixth, and this awoke envy and [• jealousy to such a degree that the two sis > fcra, not being bound together like the twin C brothers, would no longer live under the . same roof, though, wc believe, still indiffer ent houses on the same plantation. The > , brothers are u< \\ it seems, about fifty years .|oi - go, uu„ :.o, v.O h.iicve, .he. smaller and ! fttblel' .1 the two, .ook ,it is Said, now fully j ten tears olutr than tae other. They can . turn back to back or fr.c n to face, but that is as far me remarkable bond tiiat unites i them permits. It is almost certain that shot.. 1 eitner d e the other could not survive i e\en lui more than a few minutes, as there is . an artery as large as the tocmorai artery that connects them. A few years since they corresponded with some of the leading surgical operators in Lonuon, as to the possibili'y of the umbilicus which unites them being cut, so that in case of the death of one, the life of the other might bo saved. At tb'e request of the Lor* don Surgeon, they visited that city, and L many experiments were tried to determine . the safety of such an operation. Among other things, a ligature was tied firmly for a few minutes round the connexion between them, so as to prevent the circulation of blood through the artery. But it seemed as if each wouid expire if tins were longer per sisted in. iufc i-maiim* oi t..0 two untied away and I '-Ha ; on-c t.ss.cs., .-.ml he e were symp- I touts l:.at trie c.M: • ci wou'd follow to the otfur ; hut t: at ti.p j < esse u!d not be con i ..unl . ing t ..g:; wni cut endangering the me of liiiu who wa- first t.j taint. Should the smaller and feebler die,it might be worth while making tie experiment of operating, but the prospects of prolonging the life of the other would be very small. Should how-' ever the larger and more healthy of the twin' 1 brothers die, there wouM seem absolutely ; no hope of saving the feebler of the two. From all this it is evident, that through' the connection between these two brothers is very remarkable and perfectly unique, it is yet not so absolute as has been usually sup posed. In the American Cyclopaedia, for in stance, it is said that "their respiration and . circulation are generally syr.chonus in the calm state, and their hours of sleepihg and waking, their joys and sorrows, anger and' pain, ideas and desires, are the same. They realize the idea of perfect friendship, the two' being one, and each one two in thought and act." As to ideas being the same, this is by no means more necefsarily "so than tfieir sim ilar education and habits would occasion.— Each one can hold conversation with different persons at the same time. One does not necessaaily know, therefore, what may bo communicated to the other, although their feeling and passions are generally similar,' owing to the same causes operating upon' both. Even this is not necessarily the ease, especially, we suppose, as to the degrees of i feeling. -Since the breaking out of the rebel lion, they have boili dressed n the Confed erate gray, and they are both members of the same church, having united with a small Bap ( tist church in their neighborhood, of which they have been considered very worthy mean bers, though born Siamese . Ei' II >n. John P. Hale, ex-Senator from New Hampshire, has been appointed and con firmed as Ministei to Spain. This nomina tion has taken by surprise some of the partic ular personal friends of Mr. Lincoln, who have been systematically persecuted by Mr. } Hale for two years past. They say the surest way to the President's favor is to oppose hi# policy and abuse his friends. J esri "shall be[athome next Sunday," a lar dy remarked, as she followed to the door her . beau, who seemed to bo wavering in his at tachment. "So shal 11," was the reply. r "She isn't all thai fancy painted her," bit -1 terly exclaimed a rejected lover, "and worse j than that, she isn't all that she paiuts hcr | self." ' * ' VOL. 4 NO. 34.
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