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News aillO aeaier e C:::.3. C. MORSE, Publisher. A Weeklj Journal of local and General News; Devoted to the Interests of Lamoille County. TERMS: Jl.K5t:AJS2i'AdT"M' VoIulio 14. HYDE PARK, LAMOILLE COUNTY, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH BB.1874. ' ISuiulier 11 IT i j i $ i. it m ' It. Jrt :)illc Newsdealer . DVEUTISINU RATES. IC '. one year, tlml, six months, three mo.iv4. , unt! lU'iutu, ii-i. i-le -iu, van yar, six months, Tt i three am.)- i. J oho iu niMi. tin, M a m a. ono year, i li; sil months, M three mouth,, 4.'0; una inonih.S'l. 1-4 col" "U, uiia vcar, Jl."; six months. $Hh three Hi .at- ; euo uinnth. $:l I)u - Cards on lint p;c, II per line, year i ie,.,. r. less than i'l. H 1 1 1 o i . ..f l,iie-.UuiMan(l Ejtraye, $1.50 each. ' l'roiwo noiiees, $ i.".0 each. Ljmj louow, IUooiiU per line fur one, two or taroe linnrtions. Oritur y notices Ive oents per line. mmlmmmmm UuiincsM C a r d . Attorneys. "W. It. S. WKNMH.U. i' AUuruiy at Law, Solicitor In Chancery, and k . Claim A (eat.. HYDE PARK VT. Offloe orar Noyes Bros. Store. BOsaH C. IKIsH. Utoruvy at Liw and Solictor In Chaneory ' J2S, Daaruoro St., Room 11, I Chicago 111. ALBERT A. NII.KN, ... AUVtrney at Law, and Mistor In Chancery, Mnrrisrille, Vt. ' ' Collect!: and all business trusted to him will le promptly attended to. ItHuranoo of ail kinds nlacud in the betSt"Ck and Mutual Companies. yll Ollieu with Gov. I leiidee h. x. snua tM, ATf J.t.NEV AND COUNSELOR kV LAW, rVitex Junction, Vt, KZDHAX WATKBMA3, Attorneys at Law aud Solicitors iu Chancery, II, -do i'rk, Vt. , PartiouUr attention iriren to theollcetion.il all alalia) 'Inst the uhiverniuont, widow's, invalid and umr pensions, bounties, iiack-pay, Ac W A Lao.gUIHAIt. KU. I,. WATKBIIA.1. a. v,viav.v., , , Attorney at Luw and Solicitor In Chancery, :.."t. Morrlsville, Vt- . OIBoo ovor U. P. Hardy's store FOWK'dAOLBKO. , Attorneys at Law and Solictors In Chancery, ) A"en for proweiitinirall olaim for pulsions, bouiity, or arrears of pay due from I'. 8. j"vern uiont. Local Aaonu for the Vt. Mutual Hro In- jrancnOo.. t.ialns. Co.. Home, : twenty ether companies, representing SsO.uiUMWU. Morrlsville, Vt. i t)CBoe Meond story f Powors A Uleed's Block, onr ' ... Wain A Portland Bts. Ji OF" AT1I. An-,eyatLwand8H.iitr In Chancery, . ihnson, Vt. Also war alalia Agent Physicians. Bit, . t, po'veus. II .iHK IPATIIICIAN. Johnson, Vt. Li: J OBos at the rosidenoo of Mr.H. Farmalco irirB"CT' mi.-.an and"surueon, I " ' ' ; ' Wolentt. Vt. S ub. davib uamiaix. f, Jlyde Park. Vt. I . , -.. . , P1IV.SI01AN AND8BRGK0N, fn OT-i at tho'Cnlon Hotel, Main street. Will !Ut prac .j It) llydo Park and vicinity. J l' ";l l0eotV'pmyisician and bvrceon, , Hyde Park, Vt., , , , Ul Oaee t his residuuee, two doors from tho Cliureh. Dentists. C. W. RUCK, 1 IM7?JTIS'I' J, : The first two wcekH of every month I liallheat J . inaiiKler of ench montlint Ji.liiin.n, l lOj Nitrous Uxide Gas ijlyea when desired. n,u mull, in ailllirlOLO JJOro', I.. " ..fl. .IIMBT SURGEON DENTIST, , Morrisvlllo, Voruioiit. wnreeastroou worn win ' inu" i ante prices, asean inj uMitiiuv.. ,.t State. A 'id "hall heronlter keen my olh opmi ..'r i. nm .ni.'W liiVil.llf Ri MONTH. 4at. t away from home more or less ul the reit.aio- of the'tline. lhv Aitho inorniiniirovoiorn, -rutu.ioa satisfaction In all cases, or no pay will ' iltEk' DENTIST, .1 retch put In the host stato of prosorva wi of the kuibs S'Jeoessfully treated; th made in every style known to the tUo. art pro. Hily Sheriffs and Auctioneers. D. C. I Depu aerifr. Auctioneer and LWory Kooper, . Morrisvine, linnnii. .Prompt attention to huslnessis gunmnteed.(7yi) "aWL'TV SHERIFF and AUCTIONEER, 11 1 de Park, Vermont. .t" t ittantion will lie uald toall busiacss f this IK. re. 1 " l. J Sheriff, Auctioneer and Dotcctive, " Hyde Park, Vermont. All "alls promptly attended to. hotels. )l 110 L Sr., , , , . U. H. SAXRY, Proprietor, Johnson, Vt. a,..r. .-..nfit. Uiia house, btnet uttentiou pau to the w"of guests, ""FAIRFAX, VT.. ' . W. r'oSS, Proprietor, flood Livery Connected. ...I n i.i 1 1 'i i " 1S-A-' OTKL, . Botre (Lower Vllla?o, t., DANIEL tail AM, Proprietor. 5 All -' "top at this house are sm of itettmsj s;o..d jnn a.n.nent. Conveyance U any panoi uie euuutry he had at shortnotice, and -'Dan." trill do best to please his .uests. HI E HOTEL, J , . ... I M BROS., Proprietors, Hardwlok, Vt. 1 uas been thorunahiy relitted. Con Te any part of tliaoouiitry at short notion. miscellaneous. , C A BLACKSMITH, llydo Park, Vt. j" warranted. Eiipoeial attention paid to ho fig indiincultcases.suohaiitlieditrurent , Kf Ishoirto. Hive him aeall. 'IN". BTENCIL CUTTER, Wit.irrillo, Vermont. E- hem In all Styles at reasonable rates Bend fur Circular. ,..( . .-I. STRONG, ". '. Dealer in '' rf GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, - and hji'B; comprising rji iv, augrancs iat, uutVleal, Uia- UOK n a, '.rs, lea, I'll, dty. resli n, Hies rtat the wneat rioui. Fish, sal; and at wholesale or liuttir, Lard, Coflues, fepioi s, AH ariiiUs of K R C I TS In Dried Fiuits, o. Canned variety, AC barrel. Onions, The best rectified ts. Dr (till Ion V Vineirar. A lame as. t French and American CONFKCTHIN I, Raisins, UUitlouary, PERFUMERIES. His, a largce stock of show caw, gnods, s all the best lirands of Tobaco and C-iDUj-tackle and Spotting Uoods, 0.,4s. MAIN STREET, I'AEK, . ,, ..,. .,,.VTt I o e 1 1 y . A S'GN OF THE TIKES. I'll paint Jin a sign, rumscllcr; And hang it above the door, A truer uud belter eigii-bourd Thau ever) ou had betbre. I'll paint it with the skill of a Djtcr, Ami ninny will pause to see That wonderful piece of painting, So like reuli'y. I'll paint yourself, rumstller, As you wait for that fair young boy, Just in the nioru of amiiliuoti, A mother's " pride and joy." He baa no thought of stopping, Hut you greet him with a smile, And you ecem so blithe and fiieudly, That he pauses to chat awhile. I'll paint you again, ruiuseller. Paint you as you stand, ith a glass of foaming liquor Holding in either hand. lie wavers, but you uigo him, ' Di'inl'," pledge me " jusl this one," Then he lifts the glass and drains it, And the hellish work is done. Next I will paint you a " drunkard," Only n year has Down, But into this loathsome creature That fair young boy lias grown. The woik Has quick and rapid, And I'll paint you, as he liis In a torpid diuukcu slumber lk'iicuili the winter skits. I'll paint jmi the form of tt mother Kneeling at her darling's side, To her, her boy wag di-urcr Ih.iu all the world beside. I'll p.iim you the shape of a coffin. Labeled with one word, " Lost." I'll paint you this, rumstller, And paint it free of cost. lhc"sin," the "shame," the "sorrow," The " ci ime," the ' pain," the ' woe " That is boru there, iu your rumsliop. No hand can paint, you know. But I'll paint you a sign, ruiuseller, And many will please to view 'llict wonderful piece of painting, So dreadfully, tearfully true. Onhkosh Journal. . THE MOORINGS. (IN A SOUTUEBSUAHBOR.) Moored out iu the bay, And slowly under her eel The long wave seems to feel To crawl and ft el its way. Lest her moorings l ip The smooth photogeny Of the picture of the ship Iu the hollow of the sea. Only twice a day Tiie short tide comes and goes, Crunching under her tots, In and out of the bay, Muttering and coughing; And, 1-izily enough. Around hT in the oiling The sun and shadows lulf Around the great white ships, The burly tus and terries, The fishing smacks and wherries. And the thirdly sandy slips. She xees their shadows clear, lly one and two and three, Appear and disappear I u the hollow of tli j sea. Shall she rover salt her 'limbers in old traffic, Down the const of Afric, Sailing from Gibralter, Itoiind by Mozambique f Khali she never speak , Sampan rafts afloat, The lean-toothed sloop of wnr. Or, hoi 'c-bound, the pilot-bent. At the break of the harbor bar? Or, when the scuds of clouds BJackcn the night with ruin, Feel her canvas straiu Fioui truck to futtuck shrouds. To run the sharp blockade, With the Federal gun-bouts at her Bursting a cannonade In the hiss of the driving water? Never : the stir is over Of war and tempest and gain; No more will the quickening strain Start iu ilie old sea-rover To the crack of the cannons' snapping, The shouts of the men, the souce ' Of the salt brine barking and flapping And poppling under her bows. Never: her rotten brails Sag down from the yard; The mildew is in her sails; The shell-fish crutn a shard Over her copper. legging; And, lined in the ooze, sho waits, Like Uilisnrius begging At the conquered city's gates. Will IVatlart Harney , in Harptr'$t For the Niwsdealcr. Syinpntiiy. Wliat t' sympathy ? Is it sympathy to go to a wounded friend, and probe the ugly gash, sud thus increase tiie stinging pain? Or, is it better to go to him and say not a word of his sulferiugs unless you sec w me chance to do good, to re lieve In in but take us mind away trotu him self, till him happy things and leave him smil ing? Ah, this is the true sympathy that mul titudes need in place of the d k-t'ul faces, the sad references, ut 'l dismal finger pointing to Hie fu ture. Never go to an nlllicted one and say, ' Do you live here nil iiloue? How sad it is that your ti lends have all been taken fioiu you! I think of you oft" u, how lonesome you muat be!" How such words of truth and iiilendcd sympathy pierce the torn and lacerated heart. All the smothered heart echoes are aroused. The mind is turned only to the unlimited fear-drops that have fallen upon the coffin-lid of hope and happiness, OlUttuingeyes respond. Theohoked utterance tells the effect. For long hours after such n sincere bj mpntliiser has left, i nly sadness is there. The thinned and desnbite home is freshly strewn with leaves of gl omincss. The lulled fountain of teats Luliblc higher, and the drops are larger and thicker, that fall after such a torrent of misshapen sympithy. But there is occasionally one who known just what to say. She couiis with her cheerful, laughing face and nys not a word of all our troubles. She knows them, feels them just ns keenly as others, but knows what true sympathy is. She turns the mind away from clouds and misty days ot sor row; says something cheering new; relieves the spirit's opprcesivones, and makes even the sun seem to shine with increased briuhtness, and the elondx look to be farther awny in the dis tance She comes daily; not only thinks of us, j biiteontfs with her sunbeam presence and leaves in Iter wake the happy glow of revived fueling. And this is true tympulhy , Sympathy that lifts us over trouble that helps to mend broken hearts and not make the bruises deeper by sad ref-. crerice. Then cheer the despondent; make sun shine for Hum, and not lengthen the shadows of the unhappy past. This is the best oordial for bleeding hearts. Remove the viands where the cup of sorrow has been filled, and cheerfully j occupy the empty chair, Maud, . Btjrrt), Vt,- ', . , - , 1 IMiHcellnny. The Wrong Letter. BT WM. H. BCSBKY. Mr. John Oleon, a well-to-do business man, was at his office enjiuged in opening a lid reading letter. Mr. Olson bad made the In2 journey from his residence to his pluco of business ia a vry comfortable frame of mind. The sternly, cold rain had kept many people at homo, and he had had a scat in the car all the nay down, a sonielhirjg thut did not occur very often. With his whiskers still dump from the short walk from the point where he left the car to his office, with his feet comfort ably near the fire in the grate, with drafts, money-orders, and bank notes, turning tip frequently in his lotiers, Mr. Olson was happier, possibly, than if no storm had been raging outside. The contrast caused him to feel delightfully secure in his com fort, aud be smoked his morning cigar, and leisurely read letter after letter. Mr. Olson was an enthusiastic and en ergetic busiocss man. bul there were times when he liked to take things ensy, and this morning was one of them. He could not recall a morning, as ho read a lcticr enclosing a check for fifty dol'nrs, when he had felt more inclined to take his case, or enjoy I. is oigar and fire and easy chair. The next letter, opened lazily, with eyes half shut, did no coiituin any money, and the opetiing words, ' My Dear Husband," caused a general changu of attiluto on tho part of tho reader. ' Mistake Nit f3r me," thought Mr. Olson, as ho looked again at the address on the envelope. Yes it is. John Ol son, Esq , pluir as tho nose on a man's face. And Olson is not a common name. Our family was the only one in our stale, in the East, aad since we cume here, rev- en or eight mouths ago, have not heard of a man of the name. Let's look at the sig nature." This wos tho tenor of Mr Olson's thoughts, as he took up the loiter again, turned lo tho lust page and read, " Your Loving Wife, Mar J vOlsou." My wife's namo. What's my wife writing to me for?" questioned the man, in a coufuscd way, and for the moment en tertaining ouly the thought that the letter was from bis wife, he was reading : " Mv Dkar Husband : I have not the heart to write much. It is all trouble here. I am distressed beyond endurance. The men came, last night, and took nwny the sewing machine, aud talked horridly to mo because I insisted we had paid twenty dollars, when they said we had paid on'y five. I am sure you told me twenty. I nevei thought men could talk to me as they did. Then the man who owns the house ubuscd me and threatened me, and even our old butcher and grocer have bullied and insulted me. I have no money not a cent when I pay the pos tage ou this letter and there is scarcely a thing in tho housu to eat. I tried to puwu my Dracclcts and pin this morning, and the man offered me three dollars for them, and you kuow they cost fifty. And lie bullied me, and I thought I should go distracted. Oh! ii is terrible, John. I don't see why all the bad luck comes to us, while others prosper. 1 wish I was dead tout's what I do. Do send me a little money, if it's ouly a dollur, and tell me what to do", Your Loving Wife, Mary J. Olson. M r. John Olson, of the easy office chair, was shocked beyond measure. He pushed the letters with niouey aside for his book keeper, and thinking tho ni in to whom the loiter was addressed must be found imme diately (Mr, Olson had resolved lo go to him, explain how tho letter came into his possession, and help him, if ueed be), he called : ' Mr. Bradford, take the directory and see how many Olsons there are in town, will you?" Mr. B.-adford, from behind bis high desk, in (he next room, said " Yes, sir," j aud there was quiet. Mr. Olson bud, been married to years. Here was a' woman who wrote almost as good a hand as bis wife iu fuot, the writing of the two was very much aliki destitute and desperate. He could not imagino what his wife would do undei like circumstan ces, aud yet. wilb bankrupt firms all about him, he understood that present prosperity afforded lit t lo guttranteo against poverty. tie absolutely shivered as ho thought of the little womun who hid followed hi in to the door that morning to kiss him and cau tion him about going down the steps, and about getting ou the oars he shivered as he thought of her, destitute and desperate, and Bubjoctpd to- rudvueis, and ho was shaking his fist, mentally, at the offending ruffians, when the crisp voice of Mr- Brad j ford ejaculated with statistical bluntcess, " Two hundred and seventy-fire, sir." " What do you mean ?" questioned the unrealizing Mr. Olson.' That there are two hundred and seventy -(he Olsons in town, sir." WhafT There was so much astonishment in this tremeudous " what" that Mr, Bradford came forward t explain. ' How many John Olsons?" questioned the tbuudurstruck owner of the much-used nuine. Two faur, eight, twelve, sixteen, twen ty, twenty-fuur no, twenty three, sir. Two artists, one blacksmith, four carpcu tcrs, five clerks, two book-keepers, one glaz'cr, seven laborers, two merchants, and That wili do. Let me take the di rectory, please." One glace at the pages of the directo. ry convinced Mr. Olson that Mr. Brad, ford bad stated the case correctly. He looked at the long list of Olsons in stupid astonishment, not unmixed w'th indigna tion. Here was a muddle. How could ho find the right man iu such a town? He settled one question, however. He en closed five dollars in a blank sheet of pa peri and putting this in an envelope, mail ed j at once to the uufortuna'e Miry J Olson, saying to himself that he would look up Mr. John Olson at his leisure Ho ret arc J tho letter to the post-office, with the endorsement, "Opened by mis tuko, by John Olson, 215 Blank street," and forgot tho man for the day. He told tho story to his wife that even iog, and shi was intensely interested, and, practical little woman as sho was, she proceeded to cousider plans for finding the man. It was finally agreed that the compuigu should bo opened by inserting an aivertiseinent in tho morning papers, Mr. Olson knew that thousands of persons were out of employment, and that all of those who could find opportunity, eagerly scanned the "wont" columns of the great dailies, in hope of finding something to do. And one morning, not long after, thou sands of eager eyes read ; "Mr. John 01 sod, formerly of Pittsburg, is requested to rcpott at 215 Blauk street, whore he will learn of something to his advantage.' Mrs. Olson wrote this advertisemnt her self, aud she prided herself on a little trick of puttiug in that word"advanlage." This, she urgod, would surely bring the iuin, whereas a cold, unpromising state ment would not. The second morning after tho appear uuce of tho advertisement, three men wcro waiting for Mr. Olson when he en .terud his office One of these entered his private office with easy ussuruncc, before ho had removed bis overcoat, and, plao iug the advertisement clipped from the paper ou Mr, Olson's desk, stated that be came in answer to the request coutaiued therein. This man ' was not shabbily dressed, aud be affected the air of a superior man, compelled by circumstances to do what he would not do wcro he not in distress. Mr. Olson bad imagined that his namesake was a shallow man, with tremendous prom isd ou the surface, liko the smotli-face, sofi-haired individual now before him, aud ho was ubout to tell the story of tho let tor and say plainly that he was ready to assist tho man to help his family, when a g'aucc from Mr. Bradford caused a change of programme. This glance hud the con fideoce of "figures weu't lie" in it, and intimated that the visitor Was a fraud Mr. Olson, without excepting the estimate, resolved to bo on bis guard. The iiiao stated that his uatno was Olson, and, iu answer to a direct question said his wife uod two small children were in the city and iu a condition bordering on destitu tion, tio disliked to admit it, but such was the oase ; he had come .from Pitts burg just after his marriage, and had been quite well to do until the puoio spoiled all bis plans. ' Mr. Olson informed the man, who was much inclined to enlarge upon bis woes, that he was not tbe man wanted, and was at once appealed to give the applicant enough moucy to purchase a breakfast. The money was given, and with a pro found bow of thanks tho man departed, apparently in a very happy frame of iniud. Mr. Bradford explained that the man's name was uot Olson, and that be made a business of answering advertisements as surance and a patbetio story could easily be made to do duty. ' . ; Mr. Olson was therefore indignaut when tho second man entcved and . stated that Mrs. O'Brien's boy had told , him, while he was putting iu Mrs. O'Brien's coal, that Johu Olson was wanted at 215 Blank, aud hero he was. Ho was a laboring man, bad always lived, io a city, and knew nothing about Pittsburgh. He departed "No harm done, stranger." The third mao was stout and hearty, except, at he remuiked, in the matter of clothes. Mrs. Smith had told hit wife had insisted that it might mean him, he thought ho would call. ' He didn't expect a gold mine, or anything of that kind, butf thought somebody bad a Job of work that would bring in a few cents for the babies. After answering several questions he received the announcement that ho wat not the man in the best of humor. "I thought so. 1 never am but wife, you know she thought I ought to oonie." This time Mr. Oltjn said : ' No harm done, sir. Leave your name and I may be able to thrown somo work in your way." Aud tho man daparted in great glee. Mrs, John Olson was disappointed.and at be laughingly related the circum stances to his wife, he asked, "Well, what shall we do next !" They did nothing, although ihey felt keenly that something ought to be done. Two days afterwards, in the midst of a heavy snow ttorm, a lady iu waterproof just entered Mr Olson's office to fepsrt that, as one of tho Ladies' Benevolent Society, sho had found, in her district, a man who answered to the name, John Ol son, and who, she ascertained, bad lived at Pittsburg. This mau had been very sick for three weeks, and was still very low. He had beon cored for during this time by a family m not the best circum stances, and although they bad borne the extra burden without complaint, if the man had relatives or friends they should look after him. Her attcution had been called to tbe advertiscmcut by a man who, the day before, had shovelled the snow from tho sidewalk in front of her house, and she had called with the hope of finding help for the invalid and relief for the family. Mr. Olson stated briefly the relations ho held to the case, and thn went with the lady to tho bouse a house with three rooms, sheltered man and wife, several childien aud tho invalid. The man had been for a few days a fullow-laborer with the master of the house, and when taken sick they took him io. They know little about him, and had not known, until the fever left him, that he was married and that his wife was living. , Tho sick-bed scene was cot an unusual one, and. yet it startled Mr. Olson when ho entered tho room. The attitude, ex pression, and general appearance of the man suggested an almost forgotten some thing thut he could not recall. There was some eleaeutin this picture that had. been present in some other picture and yet bo could not recall any features of the other picture. Ho simply entered "the sick room, with more superstitious uneasi ncss than ho bad ever felt before on such an occasion. The invalid was very weak, and he spoke with touching humility aod teuder- iHtssof his wife. He seemed a very child ia bis over-anxiety to have tho listeners think well of hor. ills one great desire now was that somo one should write to his wife and suy that ho had been sick not that be was sick and that this fact ex plained why he had not written to her. She was very excitable, apd he hoped some one would write very carefully so as to not needlessly alarm her. He had though the matter all over, and he desired his wife to dispose of their little property in the Euskru oily 'and so to his father's, who was a farmer, and remain there until ho was able to start new in life, Tho letter written and mailed, and Mr. Olson became much interested in the sick man. The bearing of this man was pecu liar. It was evident that he had been greatly disappointed and made desperate by misfortunes, and that he was now suf fering from remorse aod busying himself with new resolves. He did not grow stronger, and it was generally believed he would not. When Mr. Olson had lead the com pluiuing letter from tho wifo of tho man now an invalid ho thought, the caso was bad. Who he could not find tho man ad. drcesod it had seemed to him much worse. When ho did find the man, sick and llelp- less, and remembered that a wife destituto aud desperate in one large eity was ap pealing to a husband not oily destitute, bu' dangerous sick, in another large city, he knew it could not be much worse. Aud in all his consideration of the case be thought most of the woman. One evening as Mr. Olson was about to leave his office a woman entered hurried ly,, and, announcing that she was Mrs. Olson, wife of the sick man, desired to be informed where sho could find her husband. Her agitation, tho misery expressed on her face, the eager, pitiful questioning of her eyes, almost called tears from tho man who answered hcr inquiries, and then asked : ' You received my letter containing the directions dictated by your bus- band ?" . Yes. But did you suppose I would doit? I was nearly ftantio. I deter m- ined to come to John if I had to walk ev- cry step. The people helped me and hero I am. Is he very sick ? Poor fellow, and I didn't" know it. Why didn't you writo me sooner ?" Mr. Olson explained and went wHh the woman to see her husband, thinking that Ihe features of tho case did not improve. After meetiug her husband, the woman was so much distressed and agitated that it seemed as though the fami'y were to ' havo two invalids on their hands instead pj. one , , - . . , , ., A week of anxiety passed and the man , , eJ 0 ., . was pronounced out of danger. Something ,, ju-i.i u n had caused him to take a more cheerful , , . ..,.. , , , i ful view 0' life, and he was alrcadv con- ., . , ,. . , . j .In ... snlering plans for tbe future and talking ,i i , ii incessantly about them. Ho was coming , . - , . , i , up from his siek-bed a changed man. He , . . c . j had been suspicious, defiant, reserved, ., , it . t, , through all tho previous years of his life from boyhood. He had been uniformly unfortunate, even iu bis married lifo. Tho great trouble had been that be had con vinced himself that his wife did not love him. His jealousy once aroused, he at tached ereat weii'ht to everv triflius cir- cumstance, and many of his projects failed simply because he bad no great desire to succeed. His wife's complaints wcro re proaches that maddened hiui. And final ly he left home with the intention to never return. He sent what little money he earned, but hU wife's complaints fol lowed hi in io her letters. He forgot that she did not understand his intentions, and took a mournful satisfaction in denying1 himeelf that he might send her money, j Fina.lv there came a time when he could cam no money, aud the frenzy incident! thereto mado him one of the wildest of the working men appealing for aid, and tho excitement and cxposuro incident to his destitution ended in sickness and despair. Ho had gone down with a heart full of bitterness and suspicion. Ho had come up with a heart tender from its over-fulness of thankfulness.- The fact that his wifo had overcome so many difficulties in coming to him, and bad exhibited such anxiety as to bis recovery, and such de votion, had cleared his vision wonderfully. A womau who could so caro for a man must love him, and, casting all suspicions aside, he had resolved to commenco lifo anew in moro ways than ono. This confession was mado to his friend, John Olson, when tho latter told him the story of receiving the wrong letter. Thero were several happy' pooplo in that little house when John Olson, inva lid, took his first step, supported by John Olson, his friend. That thero was a near er relationship they did not know until the grandmother of the latter, weeks af terwards, traced it out, and then were all the mysterious, shadowy suggestions of the PIOIV-IJUU eucuv c&piuiucu, auu lUIB guuu old grandmother says, ' very reverently, that God't hand was in the letter that went wrong, and that both men ought to rocoguize it. And while the young men take a slightly different view, they thank God all tbe ssmo. ' - That Artificial Butter. "Dr. Garduur Q. Colton writes tbo St. Albans Mestenger that tho manufacture of butter from the oil pressed from beef cattle is a success. Tho company nowj manufacture 1000 pounds per day, which uutacture 1000 pounds per day, which ill takeu by a few lcadiog hotels and trauants, and after the introduction of ... . .. lmonal. machinery, tbey expect to is all restrauants add make 10000 lbs. , Tbe company is Euan cially a success, having recently declared a quarterly dividen of 5 per cent, The butter is used by the Union Club, which includes in its list of members some of the wealthiest men in New York, aud it will keep perfectly sweet any length of time, at it is free from caseine whioh iu time makes ordinary butter racid." : Speaking of' this sweet butter the other day, at oue of tho stalls in Quiuoy mar ket, the proprietor took down a speoimcn from a shelf, and invited us to taste it, aod test it. We did so, and must confess ma Au nnt Illa W aa Lultnw ' IF ,' ltl.nj .. , A .. ,, . ,, ., tue peouuar tas.o 01 com tanow ou mo roof of the mouth, or tbo smell of wet wolleu overoeatg drying around the stove, we might learn to like this tallow butter.' we think producers of fancy or gilt edged ,, ..... . , ,? butter, have 1, tie to fear from this tallow compound. ffew England Farmer, : ThC Assault Of BrOOkS On Sumner. The assault of Preston S. Brooks in the United States Seuaie chamber eighteen years ago, upon Charles Sumner, possesses mora than ordinary interett at the present time. Wo give tbe following brief narra- tive of the same : . , .At the close of his debate the Senate adjourned. That was on Wednesday. On Thursday afternoon, May 22, 185G, about t'f rai" OD0 o'cloek, after the se.-sion of the Senate, which was simply to pass a resolution of .respect to a deceased mem- ber. Mr. Sumner was sitting at his desk - v.., i.a TT.,;,.,! ,u ,no ,oul" UD" "V - i. ". "- otaica oupiciuu uyui i. ? " Preston S. Brooks, member of Congress fram Soulh Carolina, entered the chamber, and, advancing to Mr, Sumner; said : " Mr. Sumner, I have Tead your speech ' . . ...... .a.,h lid ii' ,1 a w.iiinw ... ts i. n t .n.l ;, n.,r.,n.. ou ( deliberately and dispassionately in which vou have libelled my State aud slandered Juu 3 . my white-haired o d relative, Sonatcr 3 Butler, who was absent, and I have come ' ...,, to Danish vou for it, Mr. Brooks then " ' struck the Senator some dozen blows on tho head with his cane, which was of gutla ..... , pcrcha, aboat ono inch in diameter, and F-,v'u ' was broken by tho ossau t. come Sena- 3 tors were present.: John J. Untlcndin r enacuvoreu ip remove mr. jjiuob..-, uui ne was supported by 'Mr. Keith, member of Congress, and Mr. Edmunds, of Virginia. Mr. Sumner, perfectly unconscious, sunk en the floor, all bloody, dreadfully bruised, and ho remained thoro uutil he was raised j 1i18 110 s We all of us must remember tbo extra ordinary excitoment occasioned by this event. Tho Massachusetts Legislature unanimously passed resolutions ; meetings were held all over tho country. In tho Senate Mr. Wilson, now Vice-President, offered a resolution culling attention to the fact, and a commit lee was appointed, corn- Poscd of democrats, to inquire into the assau!t the House a committee was "PP"'. Indignation meetings were hcld throughout the country. South Cur. olina passed resolutions endorsing the ruf fian who assaulted the Senator, while Mas sachusetts passed resolutions condemning his conduct. Debates of a most angry character were indulged in, so much so that Senator Butler wcat so fur as to cull Senator Wilson a liar. A meeting was held in New York, at which were present William M. Evarts, Moses Taylor nnd Willam Cf. Bryant. Speeches wcro made and delivered by Charles King, E, B. Morgan, aud Henry Ward Beeoher. Fi nally a report was presented expelling Mr. Brooks from the House, the consequenco boing that that gentleman resigned as rep resentative, and was immediately after wards elected from South Carolina,. Tbo report was signed by Lewis D. Champell, F, E. Spinner and A. M. C. Penington. As tho result of the attack Mr. bumner was compelled practically to retire from publio lifo. Ho visited Europe for a long time, and it was thought he never would recover. But by the efforts of eminent surgeons in Paris, and after undergoing a cruel and extraordinary treatment, he was so far recovered in 18G0, when the earn- i paigo for the prideno, opeDed that bo made a speech on the barbarism of slavery, and took a prominent part in the support of Lincoln and Hamlin. ' Humors of the Day. A Drunken Irishman was found by bis friends the other night lying in tho snow, with his heols upon the fence, warm ing his toes by tbo moonlight. He was muttering, " What a cowld fire you have got, Biddy darlin'! Havo on somo carry sune, or my futs will f'razo." " What do' you feed to your pig!" asked a neighbor of a Manayunker, who asked a neighbor of a Manayunker, who - bought such nn 'auiuial last November. Corn'" h.e f'd' uOo joa feed it in tho ear?:' Do you thiuk I am a fool ?" " said the Mnnsvunker. tareastinallv.- said the Muusyunker, sarcastically. Tom Hood thus testifies to the value of an car trumpet : ' . " It's not tho thing for ne linowitj' To crack my own ear trumpet up and blow it; . , , But it is best, and time will show It," There was Mrs. F., 'So very deaf, ' ; ( ' That she might havo worn a percussion- caP- ,.."...;-'.-. : : And been knocked on tho head without kearing it snap. . , Well. I sold her a horn, and tho very . next day 1 ' ; ; Sho heard from her husband at Botany : ;: Bay. ' ... , - -A litilo bo was playing with a coop. lo or nve-cent pieces tbo other evenin?, -hioh a frinnd had ! him n,i ...:.. "his finger on ono of them raid", This one 1 am going to give to tho heaiheo." Ho ti;Pt 0D P'wng. till ut last ono o" tho P,iecc VW3r!nd " could not find it. " Which ono huvo Vou lest V - "The ' OD0 r ffQ8 . ,Q lhfl , replied tho ehoi-ubt j