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VOLL'MR XXIII.
OEd 1
JUST THE THING
Mil AU MUST HAVE I
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NOW is the time to economize when money is
scarce. You should study your interest by
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BEAVER. North-east corner of the Diamond.
He does business on the only succestful method,
irz: by buying his goods for cacti. The cad fogy
idea of buying goods at high prices,enti on long
credits is
EXPLODED.
Call and riamine our fine stock and don't ha
RUINED
by plying 20 per cent. too mm li rer your goods else
where, 'We via) cbeterge the community to allow
forth a more complete stock of
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nesboro - , June 2,1870.
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I float acrofe the severing tide
silent_man
Could give if sitting by yew fide.
C,_ll;. BEAVER'S.
WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTI, PENNHLYANIA, TIEUROAV MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 00.
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A SQURFZE OF_TOB-U&NO. -
There is often an elcquent meaning in smiles,
And a volume of love in a glance ;
For Passion adopts many different Sty ICF,
When Cupid the feelings entrance.
But there is a certsin,nrysterious sign
A maiden can brat understand,—
Producing within her a pleasure divine ;
A delicate squeeze of the hand.
Oh ! saint are all words, when an txquisite bliss
Possession (lath take of the soul;
I know not a transport quite equal to title—
Its raptures we cannot control.
We i resale not a syllable—utter no sound—
A waist 13 , an arm is just spann'd ;
A little thing causer the heart to rebound—
'Tis a sque(ze of that fairs-like hand.
Sweit.token ! I abk not a pledge nor a vow,
But take - it for panted she's mine,
When, with a volt blush, she (loth safer allow,
That sligLt but significant sign.'
Most sacred to me in her every charm,—
lier , cheek by my breath now is fann'd:
She smiles— for she km ws there is nothing of harm
In a sly little aqua ze of the hand.
And she is my treasgre— toy
darling= my all--
My winsome and besuaul bride ;
l'Slo terror on earth shall my feelings appall,
Vt hile she lingers close by my side.
Glide on happy years! pass joyously by,
scattered in life's golden sand;
He this my last moveent, ere calmly I die
- A faiLt loving eque.ze of the hand.
--- NEW - POET 1 BY WHITTIER,
From there wild rocks I look to-day
O'er leagues cf dsncing wavi
The !Witty coast-line stretch away;
--And mark-the-spot_whrre you-intist be.
I lists!), and I nem to twee
The pleasant voicra of old days,,
The pines that •hsde the Isle of Deer,
The' t‘pling river's song of Emile
I that k you for sweet festal days,
Fer tender memories fingering long,
For joyful mectirgs. fond delays,
And ties cf friendship woven strong
Not vainly has your yolk been done ;
For many a heart elee gold and dim
Those sweet Juno days are shining cn,
And goods and eaters sing their hymns
Held in their mirror, cslin and deep,
The &avant pictures thou ha't aeon ;
Forget thy Lvov net, hut keep
Our naetneu, like thy 1: gill*, green.
0 fricurls! whose lives still keep Flair prime
Whose bright example warms and chess,
Ye teach us how to rmile et time
And at t to muse ill his years !
Make room, 0 river of our home,
For other feet in 'lgoe of ours ;
And in the summer yet to come,
Lapse solely by the Feast of flowers
I'aISICUMZJIAAL.ZT - S.
THE STRANGER GUEST.
In some of the southwestern counties, it
Was, aforetin3e, customary among the far
mers to have lame parties, lulls and lasses
came together, skimmed from area of many
miles, and keprit up till near daylight. Pre•
paratiuns were mada beforehand, and word
traveled far and near on the wings of the
wind; so that, withinn circuit of many miles.
all knew where and when the party was to
be held.
Ring plays, as they were called, were the
most mammon amusements at these parties.
A youpg wan and girl stood in the middle of
the fl3or, and die resit tea bold of hands and
formed a ring around their►. These last kept
whirling around the two in the center, sing.
ins old songs, till !begetter choose partners
from the ring; the lad choosing a lass, of
course, and the girl choosing a young man.
They kissed each other; and then the cho
sen couple took their places in the centre,
while the two who had occupied that posi
tion went into the ring.
The snatches of song sung on these oeca• .
alone had come down from the olden time ,
and they had a sound at once wierd and fan
tastic. When a young miss became old
enough to go to the parties and join the ring
plays, she set herself up for a woman in full
blossom, and a marketable commodity.
These parties and plays, probably of an•
cient date, were ended by a sinister event.
A poor farmer rented acme hundred acres
of laud, and endeavored, by cultivating ev
ery inch of the domain, to eke out a liveli
hood, and pay his rent. In this he was not
always successful, for the products of the
farm, to bring a good price, bad to bo taken
some distance.
Mr. Blackwell, the name of the poor fann
er, bad two daughters. Tho eldest was able
to do a good deal of work , but Esther, the
youoger, was more fitted for the• drawing
room•
Esther Weak well erjoyed good health, but
her frame was delicate, though perfectly /sym
metrical ; a freely firmed bead, her eyes large
and of a clear blue, while a profusiou of au
buru which glitterid like gild in ale
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XllClol:2oa3t3 dent am. 3r 4. ,.,13451+131eti.ip
sun, shaded her alabisster neck. Sbe was a
beautiful blonde, with small hands, that re
tained their graceful form in spite of the dai
ly toil to which aim was subjected.
The sen of a wealthy farmer was smitten
by the charms and graceful demeanor of the
poor girl, and his love was returned. tler
mother thought it prejudicial to Esther's
health, and spoke to her about it, after he
bad visited her regularly every evening for
several months. The young girl, fearing no
evil, as she intended no wrong, spoke to her
lover that very evening when be called, as
usual, to it up till eleven o'clock with her.
'We both. work hard during the day,' said
the young:girl, 'and being up so late must be
trying to our strength. We have full confi
dence in eaoh other, and if we meet every
Sunday, wby would it not answer every pur.
pose ?'
The young man heard her out, and with.
out answering, took his hat and left. Esther
would bare given worlds to recall her words.
'Mother,' said &tiler, the next morning,
'for once I have done wrong in obeying you.
Richard has gone forever. I cannot endure
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'Tub !' said Mrs. Blackw(11, 'keep all qui
et, and he'll be back again io a week lie
bides, there's suitors enough without him.'
But not for me,' answered Esther, shul
never love another.'
Richard did not come back. It Esther
wished the number of visits diminished, she
was growing weary of his attentions,he argued
. Rather was seized with asevere illness, and
langti_lartgtime es-441-her
recovery were entertained.. Once more sbe
attended the parties, but she was no longer
her former self. She sometimes met Richard,
but no words passed between them. Some
offictions individuals, wishing to reprove the
inconstant lover, adapted a song to the case
of Esther and Richard, and sang it in pres
ence of the separated coupe, while whirling
in the rine, one verstLed_witioh
"They say my lover has got riches,
Perhaps A may be so ;
But-pour-riches-they u,
melt away like snow.'
--Tbe-riehea chd-not-melt—awayi—however ;
it was the young girl who slowly laded; when
autumn flowers elmed_their_petals, she lay
at rest.
During the sueeeedin,
- see
plays were in full vogue, till the sister of
Richard gave a party, and the usual number
of youths and maidens carnet TWo rooms
were given 'up to the company, and while
Richard - was-counting -the-strokes-of- the
clock in one of them, and observing that mid
night had arrived, his sister whispered to
him that a stranger was in the other room—
a girl closely veiled—where nobody knew ;
that she joined in none of the plays, and,
thus far, bad spoken to no body.
Richard just glanced in at the open door,
observed the girl seated near a window, be
hind a green veil, and then, turning to his
ermpaniona, resumcd his pastime, and thet
no more of it. Some one watched tbo girl
after the party, and avercd that she disap
peared near the graveyard ; another said that.
catching her hand when she first entered the
room, be was glad to drop it— it was as cold
as ice.
The neat party was held at a large farm in
the same neighborhood. Richard was pres
ent. The playa bad scarcely commenced,
when a young walnut closely veiled, came
noiselessly into the room, and seated herself
in one corner, observed by all, for some bad
seen her before.
The company formed a semi circle in front
of her. None spoke to her, for there was
much superstition in that part of the coun
try. Richard laughed the fears of the girls
to scorn; and one of them, whose. favor ho
desired to win, challenged him to kiss the
stranger.
Richard 'stepped forward without hesita
tion Jetermined'to obey the behest of the girl
whom be admired, when his Sister caught
bini by the skirt, and declared that she
would have no such doings st that hour, and
whispered in his ear, 'How do you know
who she may be—a girl that goes strolling
about the country alone?' Richard desisted.
His mates rallied him on hie failure to keep
his word the nest day.
'You saw how it was,' replied Richard;
'my sister prevented me from keeping my
word.'
'Abe!' cried one, 'it's very convenient to
have a sister near on some occasions.
'lle was willing enough to be persuaded,'
said another,
'I wouldn't have kissed her fora thousand
pounds,' said a third. do not blame him
for backing out of the game; I would too.'
`You speak as if I'wes afraid to touch the
girl!' exclaimed Richard, angrily. 'Now just
bear me. If she ever comes where lam a
gain, I'll kiss 'her if there are a thousand
devils under her bonnet.'
This speech was reported all around, and
mach interest awakened as to the result.
.A.t length, a pasty was given by a farm.
er's wile far up in the country. Many tho't
the strange girl would not come there; while
others predicted Richard would make the
dietance an excuse for not attending. Rich
was there, more lively than usual. Just-as
the clock struck twelve, the unknown was
observed seated in the corner of the room.—
Richard at the moment was engaged in tak
ing aotiseusa to his favorite maid. He per
ceived a general silence in the apartment,
and turning; saw the girl in the green veil
Without a word. he walked up to her, raised
her veil, and, with a loud cry, tell senseless
oh the Boon in another moment the chair
in which-the stranger girl bad been sitting
was vacant. Every means was resorted to
for the purpose of restoring Richard in con
sciousness, but in vain. Ills eyes were clos
ed forever. But two persons who stood near
when the green veil was lifted, solemnly de.
Oared that they saw revealed the well re
membered features of Esther Blackwell. _
kter,_t e_ti
Old Maids and old Bachelors.
There are men and wt men who, like e'me
flowers bloom in exquisite heauty in a desert
wild, they are like trees whioh you often see
growing in luxuriant s'reagth Out of a crevice
of a rook where there seems not earth enough
to support a shrub. The words 'Old Maid;'
`Old Bachelor,'have in them other sounds
than that of Iwif reproach or score; they call
up to many of your minds forms and faces
than which none are dearer in all this world.
know them to day The bloom of - Youth
has possibly faded from their cheeks, but
there lingers round form and face something
dearer then that. She is unmarried, but
the past has for her, it may-be-some-chasten
ed memories of an equip love, which keeps
its vestal vigil sleeplessly over the grave
where its hopes went out; and it is too true
to the long departed• to permit another to
take bis place. Perhaps the years of maiden
life were grant in self denying toil, which
was' too engrossing to listen even to the call
of love, and she grew old too sorn in the
ease of mother or sister and brother. Now
in their latter years, she locks hack calmly
nap same half eberikhed hopes, once attract.
k of husband and but which long,
loc o ngo, she willieby . gaye up for present
duty. Et) to day inTtg fluneliness, who, shall
say that she is not - beiutiful and dealt
So is she ti thBYwide circle the bless
es. To some she had'
beep:all that a mother
could been; and theggh no nearer name
than li m n or , Sipker.;' 4 4as been hers she
has to day a mother's .4!*;.0 and a mother'
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lovcr; - ; I/as not - soured - , — lfittl
only chastened: the mid day or the afternoon
of her life is all full azi kindly sympathies
and gentle deeds. 7 1 kongh unwedded, hers
has been no fruitless t)ge.
It is an almost daily. wonder to me
,why
acme women are married, and not a less
mama{ why. mall that,. I see are not. lint
this', I know that roar o y a household wont"
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Jerdlsolate indeed, ano Many and many a
- Lmi!reircicw, red loss;,ts brightest orna
ment and ite best power, were maiden aunts
ran oved; and it may bless the Providence
which has kept them firm making glad some
Lasband's home.
Yonder isolated man, whom ,the world
wonders at for having never found a wife!.
Who shall tell you all the secret history of
the by.,;(ne time? of hopes and loves that
once wi re buoyant and fond, but which
death or more bitter disappointment dashed
to the ground, of sorrow which the world
has never known; of a fate accepted in utter
despair, tbo' with outward calm! Such there
ate. The expectation of wile or home las
been given up as one of the dreams of you h,
but of ly with groans and tears; now he
walks among men somewhat s lune, with some
eccentricities, but with a warm heart and
kindly eye.L_lf---he has no children of his
own, there are enough of others' children
who climb his knee or se'al hie hand as he
walks. be has no home, iltere - is many a
10030 made glad by his pre-once; it there is
no one heart to which he may cling in appro
priating love, there are many voices which
invoke benedictions on his bead.
I=EIIIIIIMEMI
A MAIDEN'S FIRST LOVF.—lluman De
tare has no essence more pare; the world
knows nothing more chaste; Heaven has en
dowed the moral heart with no feelings more
holy than the nateent love of a young's vir•
gin's soul. The warmest language of the
sunny South is too cold to shadow forth even
a faint outline of that enthusiastic sentiment,
And God has made the richest language poor
in that respect, because the hearts that thrill
with love's emotions are too sacred foi the
common eon,templation. The musical voice
of love stirs the source of the sweetest tho't
within the human breast, and steals into the
most profound recesses of the soul, touch
ing the chords that sever vibrated before,
and calling into general companionship do.
lioious hopes_ti nknown. Yes, the
the light of a y ung maiden's first love breaks
dimly but beautifully upon her, as the silvtr
lustre of a star glimmers through the thick
ly woven bower; the fitst blush that morales
her cheeks as she feels the primal influences
is as faint and pure as that which a roseleaf
might cast upon marble, But how• rapidly
does that light grow stioriger and Hush deep
er until the powerful Effulgence of the one
irradiates every corner Of the heart, and the
crimson glow of 'the-etfOr suffuses every fea
ture of her eountenanet.
THE SECRET Or Ir—iAn (11 farmer be
ing asked why big boy :toyed at borne when
others did not, replied that it was owing to
the fact that be always tried to make b orne -
pleasant for them. Ho furnished theta with
useful and amitotic° reefing; and !Ash night
cemes and the day's label' is ended, instead
of running with other bus to the tailway
station and adjoining tcOns, they gather a
round the great lamp ac cf become absorbed
la their bonds and met*. The boys were
still at home when the older boy wag 21,
while these who wets furnished with no
reeding at home sought uty life and city dis.
sigatioos as socn as they;re 17 cr 18. All
will do well to heed this t timony of a farmer
who has known how hart; it is to struggle
for a footing on a free sea 'without capital
and how valuable and «imperatively clamp
are thelids whiob good *ceding brings to i
him. In this age of general intelligence,
! sternal frown, read io the Great Book, wide
th e face
men of gloom and austerity who paint,
e face of Infinite' Benevolence with an
the mind must be cetera to and becks, and
papers furnished; And not only this, but in
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pen to your view, the lesson it would teaoh.
this age of cheap and artist o obromo pictures i ts p i ctures are Do t, i n bl an k an d , sombre.
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can also be bought to nit -sin ' making home nue, but bright and glowing tints; its muse
attractive The farmer's life is 'the most in- —save when you drown it—is net i 9 sight
dependent early, nod tille i s is 'en iensoo • zrof groans, but tinge - , and cheerful sounds
why it may not ho attratrively surrounded.; Listen to the million voices in. tbs - 7entotnor
4 of hops
—bas
and find one the seats as dismal as ;our ._own.. , —.
A learned - mathematitiin of Lewisbur Remember, if you can, se ,it
—probably a professor tit the Univers i t y i
,
—has discovered that in forty years a snuff t and pleasure which every glad rettiriin't day
taker devoted twenty.fouitrionths to bl ow i ng ; 14 ake ns in the breath of all your kind who
learn
solid report, it would mata i a louder acre* ,B .an d learn
nose, and to condenaeibe blast into one
'lboamvee no t
wisdomchanged
even from the their nature;: an
witlella
when
than the strangest whistle , on a Williams- their bearts,are lifted up, they kriowLtilui
itott sawmill, i
:/, by all the mirth end bsppiness it brings.
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A PUzzled Dutchman.
A WlPCOnSiti . reCtitar paper sender out the
following story; - •
One who does not believe in itnmeisiera for
baptism, was holdicg a protracted •Inteting,
and one night preached on the sutject of
baptism. Iu the, course of his remarks he
said some believe it necessary to go dawn in.
to the water and come up out of it t o h o b ap ,
tized. But this he claimed to be a fallacy,
for the preposition 'into,' of the Scriptutoe,
should be rendered differently, as it does not
wean into at all tittles. 'Moses,' he said, \ .se
are told, went up into the mountain, and the
Savior .was _token info a high mountain, etc
So with going down fa lo the unier, it means
simply going down eine i'y or ?war to the
water, being baptized in the ordinary way by
sprinkling or pouting'
Be carried out his idea fully, and in due
season and style closed his dtscourse,
to
an invitation for any one so disposed to arise
and express his thoughts. Quite 'a number
of the brethren arose and said they Isere
glad they bad been present on this occasion,
that they were axis pleased with the round
sermon ti ey had heard, and felt their souls
greatly blessed. Finally a corpulent gentle
man of Teutonic extraction, a stranger to all,
snare and - bake a silence diet was tamest
painfUl, as ft flows :
'Mr. Drencher, I ish PO gist I lab here to
night for I has hat explained to my mint
some tick dat I niter could believe Fefore.
Oh, I bah so gist into does not wean into at
all,..pitt-eltast-py-or-nertr-tov - forrow I can pe•
liiT tnenia - *inks cot I-could not belief be
yore. We rest, Mister Breacher, dat Tanis]
was east into te den of lions, came out elite !
Now I nefer could bele dat, for de wildt
peasts would elitist eat him igb off, put now
,it iah ferry clear to my mint. Ele vas shoat
close py, or near to, unt did not go into te
tent at all Oh, I ish so glat I lab hers
Again we rest dat the Iloprew ehildrcn
rash cast into the Gash furnace, and dat air
altvish lookt like .one ferry peeg story, too,
for-they would have peen purot up; put it
ish all plain to my mint now, for they—were
shust east near py or close to the firiab for.
nee. Oh, I wss so glat ish 1 ere to night.
And den, Mister - Breaoher, it ish sad dat
Jonah vas east into de sea and take into the
whallesh pally. Now I neer could belief
dat. It Manuel) aecmdt to me lo re a terg
story, put it ish all plain to my miodt now.
lie vas not taken into to whale's pally put
shoat shwa!), onto his pack uni role ashore
0, I vash fo glst I ish here to_nighti_____
And now, Mister 13.eseher, it you 'ail
shoat eablain de more passages uf Skripture
I shall pe so happys dat I vush here to night!
Van uf dem is vere it saysh to ticket shalt
pe cast indo a lake dat purns mil fire and
primstone, slvaysb. Oh, Mr. Breaeher, shall
[se pe cast indo dat lakes uf I ow vicket I or
shunt eh - ze py, or Beer do, sbust near 'Buff
do pe guroferdable ? Oh, I hopes you vill
dell me I shall pecast only shust a goo
off, and L viii pe so glat I vash here to Melt !
Te udder bassage is dat vich saysh, plessed
are dey who do deetikommantmends, dat day
may Lab rioht to de dice uf libe and ender
in drough de grades We de salty. Oh, dell
me I shall got indo de seity and nod FO eh ae
py, or near do, shttst near 'Doti do ,see rash
L hobs loaht, end I beball pe so glat I vash
here do night !'
A little boy named Bei jamin West, living
in Pdoosylvaain, was acne to watch a baby
asleep in a cradle. Ile looked ac it kindly,
sod felt pleased to see it smile in its sleep
Ile wished that he could draw a picture of
the baby, and seeing a piece of paper on a
table, with pen and ink, be tried what be
could do. When his mother came in be
begged ber not to be angry with him for
touching the pen, ink, and paper, and then
he showed her the picture he had made.—
Bis mother saw the baby's likeness, and was
so much pleased that the kissed the little
boy. Then he said it she I•ked it he would
make a picture of some flower, sheltefd in
her hand, and so he went on from thtt time,
trying to do bettor, until be became one of
the beet painters in tt.e world. In aftey life
be said that it was this kiss flow his moth
er That made him an artist.
A philosophical lad in New York, aged
fifteen, recently mannitted suicide for tl e
purptee of unravelling the myeleries of the
world 'beyond the grave.' Moat people are
unsi ling to gratity their curiosity to a
similar extent.
WiraK —There is nothing in American
society that should give na reason to scorn
tbaso who work. Yon'are all. workers, or
you are vagabonds. Nowhere else 'under
God's heaven is there a place where a man's
standing eo depends on a hat he cats do as
it t this country. And so man slimed be
asbamod to acknowledge that be earns -his
property between the bandies of the plow.—
The more credit is due him if he succeedp.
Any wan can ruu dove hill, but he th at
can dumber up to the top of a steep precipice
where birds caa scarcely CO, and where few
men 'dream of going s and cast down opposi-
tion, and llama' himself there, deserves
the highest prial.
Elt .C.l 0 3E 3 43 IL" Tip ID .12,1.4
The Mason's Grave.
' In all ages the bodies of masonic dead have
been laid in graves dug east and west, with
their faces toward the east. This practice
has been borrowed and adopted-by others un•
til k has become nearly universal It im-
plies that when the great day conies, and ll e
who is death's eorquerer, shall give the sip
nal, his in( fruble light shall first be seen
,in
the east, he will make glorious approach ;,
will stand at the eastern margin of those
graves,; and with his mighty power—that,
grasp irresietably strong. which shall prevail
will raise the bodies which are slumbering:
therein. We 'alfall - have been long buried.,
long decayed. Friends, relatives, yea, our
nearest and dearest friends will cease to re.
member where they have laid us. The broad
earth will have undergone wondrous changes,.
mountains leveled, valleys filled. The sea,
seas nil( then have chased etch ether in many
a fii ful round. Oceans, lashed into f'ary by
the gales of to day, will to-morrow have sunk
a spoiled child to their slumber. Broad trees
with broader toots will have interior hod them
had and kuebbed as they are, above 'our
ashes as if to eeneeal the fact of our baying
lived; and after centuries of life they, too
will have teppled_down to-join their remains
with ours, thus obliterating the poor testis
many' that matt has ever lain here. So shall
we be lost to human sight. But the eye of
God, nevertheless • will tnatk, the slot, preen
with everlasting verdure of faith, and when
the trumpetshall_s_h_ke_th_ b e_hillst—t. -
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ieir wises, our astonished bodies will rise,
impelled upward by an irrehistible impulse,
and we shall.stand face to lace with our re•
deemer,
A Sumlcy or two since, says the Providence
Journal, AU iceitlent ceeuvred in an Plpirea•
pal chapel, which, had the scene been eke•
%here, erruld have cvolted•eonsider;
rnuent. e ineutribent had eointnecced his
diseuutse ' when a gentleman entered the chapel and stood respectfully and attet.tively
listening inside tits . door Nu sooner had the
ptegeber'g eyes tititteti upon the new come:
ban—d.roppi ug-t-lr - rlrre - atril:Cl is set mon. ho
tzuid to hive : 'Come in, my friend, come in,
we are always glad In see thos,e here late who
can't come early.' I`hus a 'droved, the nes
known individual stepped forward and oeully
tot k his sear, and then as cqully aSiced the
preaeter, 'Would you oblige me with the
tear ?' `Cerrain'y,' was the reply, sad the
rtquest having Scen cemplied with, the ser.
muu proceeded.
THERE Is AN END.—To everything be•
neatb the tun .there comes a last day--and
of all futurity this is the only portion of tho
time that can in all eases bo infallibly pre
dicted. Let the sanguine then take warn.
iog, and the disheartened take courage; for
every joy and every sorrow, every hope and
every fear, there will come a last day; and
the man ought so to live by foresight, that
whi a be learns in every state to be content,
he shall in each be prepared for another,
whatever that other way -be.
'The meancbt man in the world' is a grape
grower, who lives on Catawba Island. his
crop was so large this year that he was o•
hliged to employ a number of town girls to
assist in gathering his harvest, and who,
he discovered, were so fond of grapes that
they would occasionally eat a few. . To pre•
vent this the grape grower came to town
and purchased a lot cf wax, which he pre.
seated to the girls, and informed them that
they must 'claw that while picking.'
A Kansas lad Yon retiring to her room one
night found it litterally filled with marlins,
which had flown in during her absence.—
instead of harshly turning them out in the
eold the kind hearted lady captured nearly
al of the little creatures and bad-them ;err'.
ed_up nera l day in a potpie.
-'Come, Bob, got up,' paid an indulgent
father to his hopeful son the other morning.
'Remember it's the early bird that catches
the worms!' What do I care for worms?'
repfied the young hopeful, 'mother Won,t
let me go a fishing.'
'Wife,' said a broker, a few days since, 'd)
you think I shall ever he worth half a million
dollars ?"Ait.'t I worth that to yon ?' said
the eonfideot spouse. 'Yes,' said the other
half; 'but I can't put you out at interest,'
4. pang sad beautiful German lady, at
Blairsville, Ind , recently dttink 26 glasses.
of beer in tumor of Ner oleon's stairender. -
At a printer's dinner the ether day, the_
following toast was given: ‘Womse, she iss
always in favor of a wen conducted tress!
Opeo your heart to sympathy, but close it
to deepoodeeey. The dower which opens to
reeceive the dew shots against the rain.
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41; lady bids you LAI heart, you• can
pro. ably take* bars.
Embrace as many opportunities as you
please, but only one woman.
One of the pleasantest kinds of bad:and
ry is that of destroying a widow's weeds.
'Wile a dull and plausible man like so na
rifled gnu? Became be is a sinnotb bore.
What ties two persons but on', touches
one? A wedding ling.
forgive thiselt nothing and others
Waste of 'wealth may be retrieted, wags
of.health regained, wasteof time nova.
et."‘ • lle that Ilea down h dogs feast ries up
with fleas. -
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