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"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." ' * '
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