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KISSING ON THE SLY.
IIU manly whisker swept her cheek—
Sho uttered bo reply
How could »ho part her lips to speak.
While ki»«ing on the iily ?
There's such a win of smacking bliss.
That Cnrsus could not buy
The honeyed worth of one sweet kiss
That's taken on the sly.
Oh ! this kissing on the sly—
This kissing on the sly—
This wooing, winning style of sinning,
Kissiug on the s(y.
The tuai len ineek one kiss received—
Demurely winke I her eye.
And with the air of one bereaved,
Sho hewed a hearty si^h ;
Again that wayward whisker pressed
Her cheek, she breathed—i»h my !
IIow grateful to the burtkeued breast
This kissing on the sly *
Oh ! this kissing on the sly—
Dowuright delicious, e'eu malicious,
• Kissing on the sly.
Though riijid rule declare the deed
To be a crime so high,
>'o lover dare deny the deed
Ol kissing on the sly :
Though pa' an I un's berate and prate.
Till Uulcineiis cry.
The custom don't a oit abate,
0f kissing oa the sly.
Oh! this kissiug on the sly—
This kissiug ou the sly—
Intensely thrilling, trouble killing,
Kissiug ua the sly.
While lealiug thus a single life.
What happier lark than I,
Wheu opporfiucly, without strife,
A glorious chance descry.
To seiu the dainty treasure which
No royalties outvie.
Than me. no nabob half as rich.
Thus kissing ou the sly.
Oh ! kissing on the sly—
Aye ! kissing on thJ sly.
This trebly tempting care esempting.
Kissing on the sly.
Agricultural.
Wintering Farm itock.—Cows.
Almost every family, especially in tho
country and tho anntller town*. k***'p one or
ui»re oi»*» fur the purpose ofth<*cu
selvos witli milk and butter—U»th articles of
prime noetnity with every housekeeper.—
In thin |*»i|wr we •hull not upoak of the euro
und management of large dairitw, hut rather
of ctufcw liko thowe al*»ve indicaU'd, where
their owner* Jo not often study that close
ivoiiiimv in feeling their cows, and in the
disposal of their products, which may very
profitably be given in larg" rwtahliahiuents.
lint everywhere, those who would have milk
in winter, iuu»t not forg»*t that succulent
and nutritious food is needed to keep up its
flow. Hut alight dependence can Ite had up*
on dry fodder alone, unhw it be tli>traU) both
in character and i|ualitv.
Milch cow* should l» • atiMed, especially
at night and in stormy went her. This i* t>«i
frequently ncglected, tho milch cow reorir
Uig an better rare than those not in uiilk, or
tho young ituek of t)<« farm** Thia is .«
in i« taken policy, if milk in desired. And,
frout good cowa, well IWI and cared for, it ia
luori) Valuable than at any other •.um.ii of
the year, (Jood butter can ho made, and
coimnandii a better prico than at any other
a us hi. It will puv, for one cow »r for aeon*,
to keep tlieiu Moltsrad and comfortable—all
their wanta aa fully »upj»lied as circumstan
ces will allow.
A proper ami convenient aopply of water
ia of much importance. No animal, and no
milch cow <«ttecially, should be compiled
to Wander off in the bhttk, cold atorm to
Mine di«unt pond <»r spring-hole for drink,
but should ha*« it supplied at or near the
yard, if poM*ihl«. When there is difficulty
in getting wau-r, cattle are apt to drink too
much at a time, and milch n.wn decrease in
milk from such p.»inrul distention of the
atoraiwh with ice eokl w.»t«r. Many dairv
men find it profitable to warm the water giv
en their cows and other animola ut winter.
Good bay may well form a purl of the
winter feed of cowa, fait they need aomrUiing
in we in order to a goal supply of rieh milk,
(.'arrnw and other r>»-»t crone, aU> pumpkins
and appl.w, promote the dow of milk and
the health ami thrift of tho animal. Where
these raun..t ho had, the coarser grains,
ground and mixed with chopped hay or
straw, or cornstalks, may be fed to cows, or
they may be employed in connection with
the articles firat named. An occasional
change of food is much ndiahed by cows an
well as other stock, and promotes both health
and appetite. Oats and bar lev, or oat* and
corn, or buckwheat, or rye, form a good prov
wider or iu*ul for thin purpose. Corn tutvtl
fed alone ha* a tendeucy to dry off the milk
—its greatest value in lor fattening rut her
than milk-making purpi* *. (iive cow* what
good hay and well curcd corn fodder they
will fully di'poiio of, and a peck or no of
•hurt* or provender propcrlv wet and »•own
ed with a little milt, and tliey will continue
in tiiilk a* lon^ an though root* were given
them, and yield milk of a richer character.
Regularity, both in feeding and milking,
in necuaaury to the comfort Mid thrift of the
cow. Many, when their cow* give hut a
miiall quantity, tuilk hut once a day in win
ter. We cannot commcnd the practicc, and
would not follow it unlcH for the purpose of
drying oil our cows. It is true they give a
lt« quantity at night than at morning, but
milked regularly, the night's milking may
bo looked upon as so much extra to what
would he obtained with milking once a day.
—Country (kntlrman.
Animals Intondod for fast Work must
not Accumuluto Fat.
The adult bor*"^ or ox should neither lose
nor gain Hi-*h from day to day; thin is the
cam* with a full-grow ti man in tho physiolo
gical condition. The amount uf food should
l>o in proportion to the amount of la'>or per
formed, so that waste and nourishment may
be equally balanced and readily adjusted.—
A large amount of food require* a relative
amount of work. An animal fed libcrully,
and kept in the turn, must accumulate fat,
and consequently become* dull, iitupid, and
••sleepy."
'I'l- - •»*.! *»1aw nivmn
v.v W. —-|--J
150 or 1SK) horse* in removing street sweep
ings and offal. These animals uro seldom
urged lieyond a walk, and large, powerful
hum* us the* tire, their labor is cumtMira
tivelr light. Such uro led with a liberul
hand, out of the city crib, abounding in tho
best of fodder. They luve com fur table quar
ter* at night, and tho stablest are celebrated
for cleanliness and good ventilation. Under
such circumstances the reader will not bo
surprised when I inform him that tho recip
ients of tho City Stable b.iunty are as fat as
aldermen, and sumo of them clumsv as ele
phants. And it almost invariably happens
that when such tiro attached by ncuto (lis
som), death M the result. Contrast the con
dition of thes? animals with that of the KoX
burv omnibus homos; the latter an) equally
well foil and eared for, yet they acldotn aceu
■nulatofat; this isduu to tho laborious na
ture uf their work, which requires quick re
spiratory and muscular uioveiuoi.ts, in tho
iiorfortiiunco of which tho carbon of tho lood
is in ratio to the oxygen inspired. Now
note the difference . should tho latter lie at
t n k'd with ucute disease, it generally yiolds
1 under imqier mtslicul treatment. Thin touch
es us in it if we want bora* capable of endur
' ing fatigue, under rapid muscular action,
wv must not allow th® fat to accumulate,
| but the moment a horse increases in bulk or
weight,—beyond wliut may ho considered
i fair condition,—that moment tho daily til
i lowunc of food ?nust b» dininished, or he
' must he ^impelled t"> work harder, and thus
| exhaust the »u|v>rubundant car/ion. It will
> ho seen, tW'fim, that it is a matter of im
possibility to lay downanv dieUnrrule* that
••hall moot the wants of all animals, for their
wants are subject Jo con*i'knil>|e uudilica
! tiun, and the quantity of feTid suitable f»r
i ono animal ini^ht lie too grout or small for
others A®e, sex, climate,constitution, con
dition of life, state of health, kind of work,
etc., are the modifying circumstances.—
Ihutd on the Diseases uf Cuttle.
*
yiisffllaneons.
NOT A SPECTRE.
BV M \RV (HI PALLAS.
It was All-IIullow K'en, vulgate Hollow
Eve, and some dozen of us, sisters und cous
ins, wren* gathered around u bright coal fin*
in tho parlor, arranging plana for diverse
projects, as we called thorn, which were to
diselooe the numc, features, or tho profession
ol our future sj>ou*es to ourex]>ectant hearts.
\\ e were nil girls, and tho theme onco star
ted, wo discoursed with volubility, and at
' length, npon love, courtship and wedded
, hlim, handsome suitors and devoted hus
| liand*.
The eldest of us wus barely sixteen, and
among the whole group, not ouu could us
Tot boost of • genuine, living lover. Still,
each girl had already enshrined in her soul
some hero ofromance with whose prototype
she firmly expected to meet in after life.—
I.iuie, tho eldest, had tor her beau ideal
Thaddeus of Warsaw, Kato cherished u
tender sentiment for Hombey and Son's Wal
ter liujr; and I aiu very much afraid that
tuy penchant was decidedly for tho handsome
though light-lingered l'aul Clifford.
Ilow the little group would laugh to
night if I could rehearse lor their benefit ev
ery uonl of the incrrv conversation which
pissed that evening from lip to lip. Ah,
me! thesis yean which have flown since
then have changed us all to women—women
tn#>jdly wise to try projects on All-Hallow
K'en, or to think tenderly of Paul Clifford.
Iltut I asm wandering from the p.y»t to the
pn«nt, and I must retruee my step*.
We had coiupaivd note* ol admiration ««•
to our rewpeetlvo heroes; had hurnt nuts to
gether upon thesamo ciuls; had thiown aj>
ph> puringsover our he-ad* to fonn the ini
tials of th • names which were soom dar to
ho our own ; had droopped molten le.nl into
water to discover the profession of our future
lonls and masters, and were disenssing the
propriety of sowing hemp seed, und eating
an apple in the glass at midnight, when a
smitlt'red cough or laugh—wo couldn't
tell which—-miote upon our ears und uiado
us all start with astonishment.
•♦What is that?'' wo cried, breathlessly,
an l with ono accord we node a plunge to
ward th • hall. In our excited state, the an-1
pari t ion of som* half-d«»x.-n lovers' wraiths
at the Mine moment would not have aston
ished u« in the least, aad we dreaded some
supernatural invasion.
••What is that? O, good gracious!"
"Nobody, nobody only I,' replied a tuan
Iv voice frmi the extension rootn beyond;
and the doom slowly anjolded, and revealed
•nobody' in tho peraonol I nelo Oliver.
••Girls, girls, loolish girls! ho warned by
ms, and neither eat tho apple, or sow the
s*m|, on peril of your reason," said
I- ncl« Oliver, in a tone which was a perfect
mixture of jent and earnest.
,"^h* not, uncle? Do vou think it is
wicked?" 1
"I think it in iLuigTous, very dangerous,'
replied Inch OUr**, ao|«unly. "The sight
, of an apparition summoned by an act of lev
i ,u«'h as cither of tlroae you mentiou, is
an overwhelming shock to almost any mind."
"Then you believe in it? You have seen
[ something yourself ? Tell us all about it—
do toll ub, Unclo Oliver!" resounded on nil
•ides, and wo crowded around the old gen
tleman with eager and expectant laces, chat
ting like so many magpies.
I ncle Oliver sat down in a creat arm-chair
in the middle of the room, still looking at us
very seriously. "So you want me to tell
vou what I have seen?"1' ho said. "Well, I
have onlv ono objection—you can't bo quiet I
long enough to listen."
"Just try us ! We'll bo as mute as mico,"
replied Jmio. "Como, girls, bo quiet, and
sit down."
In proof «f our acquienccncc, wo all ranged
ourselves upon chain, which we drew in a
semi-circle about Uncle Oliver, and awaited
the forthcoming tulo with the ereatest anxi
ety, for Unclo Oliver was a lamuus story
teller.
"Years and years ago," began tho old gen
tleman—"I won't say just how many, but
it was when I was little more than eighteen
years of ago—I lived with my mother and
father in a small settlement within a day's
rido of tho city of Cincinnati. My father
wo* a farmer, and of course wo raised our
own gruin, fruit and vegetables, nnd were
in no want of beef, mutton, Pork, fowls and
game; but tea and coffee, loaf sugar and
spices, were only to be procured by a journey
to tho city; and as those articles were in
constant use in tho family, tho shopping ex
peditious were not only important, but fre
quent. Tho duty of undertaking these ex
cursions invariably devolved upon mvsell;
and as young |icoplo are generally fond of
such little journeys, I esteemed the perform
ance a privilege, and was in high spirits,
when any want was suggested, which would
oblige me to saddle my old horse, una start
fur Cincinnati.
441 can soo myself still; drewcd in my beat
nuit, und mounted on old Ti otter's luck,
witli two bankets slung before mi) upon the
horse, und a capacious pocket-book buttoned
up in iuv vest |>oeket, making my way along
the road with us much importanco as any
amh insador charged with State a flairs could
possibly liuvo felt; und can yet hour ine
mother's anxious charge* not to forgot thy
tea <>n any account.
•4Ym, but, dcur undo, about All-Hallow
E'en, und what you saw?" interrupted im
patient Jesnio.
441 'in coming to thut, child," replied Un
cle Oliver; 44this is a |«rt of the story."
"One morning, just exactly at this time of
the year, I started upon one of my usual ex
pedition*. It was a windy, disagreeable d*y.
i'lie atmosphere had a leaden look, and ttie
brown tnvs, nearly denuded of their bright
autumn leaves, were pictures to behold.—
There were signs of a storm in the cloudy sky,
and the p tighing of the wind among the
wo.nl* nearby; but I bad no doubt that 1
should accomplish my errand, and return Iw
fore it burst upon us. I s;-t forth merrily,
whistling as I wont, und endeavoring to coax
my old steady-going borne into a more ra] id
jwice than was bit wont, and partly succeeded
in my endeavors, for old Trotter, alter much
resistance and ol»tinacy, broke into an un
even motion, which hecousidcred a trot, and
kept it up all the way toCincinnati."
"I arrived tafely, made iuyi urchasc*, und
lieguu to rctracu my st"jw. The dav had by
this time become intensely cold. The wind
was (nil in my face, und so aluirp that it
► ivhtIt took amy Tlowerer, T
I ait toned my coat to mv chin, pulled my lint
over my eyed, und rode' determinedly lorward
at the Lest speed of which old Trotter was
capable. Nearly half-way upon my journey
j stood a large frame-house, surrounded by well
i tilled fields und an ampleorchurd. The front
I of the house was directly on the road, which
J took u sudden curvo n short distance beyond,
| and became better, und more sheltemi. I
i looked forwurd to the appearance of this
i hall-way tious-j with much unxi&tj—pant the
turning, m^way would lie far pleaaanter,
i and my progron more rapid; nnd I beguu
to wish most heartily for my journey's end,
us the uight was drawing on, and u wet
| now begun to drift down ujsin tlio cheerless
| undscapo. You muy imagine my eotisternu
tion, therefore, when, just us I arrived oppo
: site the dwelling, old Trotter slipped upon
the wet ground,stumbled,and fell, throwing
| me upon my liuck, und dispensing the con
tents of my baskets in e»ery direction among
the snow-sprinkled, brown grass. Fortu
lutrlv, I wild utihuri.
•'Alter ascertaining thin important fnot,
I gathered up my merchandise, and turned
to remount flutter; but tho old horse hud
boen less favored than I, and I soon found
thut ho was too lamo to pioceod farther.—
Hero «;w a situation ! 1 stood in muto per
plexity, thinking, I remember, how often I
liiid heart) that Hallow KVn was an illomen
oil time, and thut msliapN of all kinds weru
sure /o befiill /ho unlucky wight who wan
uhr.iad af/er dark upon /ha/ day. While 1
rumina/ed I oaf'/ myeyo /ownid /ho window
of /hoold farm-hou*). Tno ligh/of u lamp
jus/ kindled fell /(trough /ho panes upon /ho
snow which lin *d /ho sill—n woman • shall
ow tli//ed to and fro. Wha/ a cosy pic/uro
it was! I /hough/of homo—of/ou anduough-1
nuM, warm biscui/ and crisp bacon, minoo I
pio wariucd in /ho <n]tueious oven, and fel/ !
dismal, beyond expression, us fhu mois/uro of
mv garmen/s chillcd mo /hrough and
through.
•'Suddcnlv. u clour voice s/ar/lod mo wi/h
/lie words, 'Is any/hiug/lie ma^/or wi/h your
honv, s/ranger?' and /urning. I beheld a
young man, ru/hor lsiv, mouu/ed on a hand- <
I*»ruo horse, who hud upprouchcd wi/hou/ my <
knowledge, over /ho sol'/ snow, I forgo/!
who/ I unsweml, bu/ a/ all cren/s /ho eon
vervi/i m n«ul/cd in un invi/a/ion/o cn/er /ho
hou* < noar by, nnd res/ /ill morning. 'Un
do and uun/ will bo very huppy /o en/er/ain
you, 1 am sure,' eon/inued /he boy,'and vou
know i/ is impossible /o proceed /o-nigli/.
"Tho (act wan s^lf-cvident, and I gladly
aecpted tho invitation, and was usher*, d into
tho dwelling forthwith. My companion was
warmly greeted by an old lady und g< ntle
man, K»lh evidently Scotch people, who
sprang from their seats by tho flro us he en
tered, and builed him bv the natuoof Jamie ;
and my reception was "kind in the extreme.
A seat wu placed for tno ; tbo old gontlo
man sent a servant lad to euro for my horse ;
and the old lady insisted upon my oicbung-'
ing my wet coat for ono ot tho old gentle-1
man's, in which, as he was very stout, und 1
very slender, 1 donbtlcM cut a singular fig-1
nr.". Meanwhile, supper was STved by a >
btixoin, tniddle-agod servant woman, ana we (
all took our places at tbo Ituanl, and ttffor !
gmee wa« said, fell to with astonishing vigor
—at least I ran answer for mjsclf.
" During tho course of tho meal, tbo fart
that it was Hallow KVn was casually an
nounced, and, as a natural consequence, tho
idd lady launched into an account of numer*
ous charms, projects and adventures which
had had taken pl*e* within her knowledge,
ami wound up with the remark that we
Cung men should both try some that night
r the purpttte of discovering wbo our sweet
hearts were to be. The old lady was so
earnest in this whim that it was impumible to
deny her; and accordingly we proceeded un
der her direction* to prepare the following
charm. Each of »»* scooped the yolk Irom
tliree hurd boiled egg*, tilled tho cavity with
suit, and devoured tlieui—salt and all; then
without tulcing a drink of water, we proceed
ed straight to ourapartn>ent*, with Htrict in*
junction* to tieoiir*boe*tringsin hard knota,
and go to bed backwards : • And an sure iut
yo do so,' said the old lady, • tho Inm yer to
Inarry will couio to yer and kiw ye when the
clock strike* twelve *
44 The room which had been devoted to me
wan long und wido, with gloomy corner* and
tall, ghostly cupboard*, here und there. A
looking-glass in a black frame hung opposite
the bed, und benoath it stood a table of *mall
dimension*. Laughing at myself all the
while, I tied my flioestring in three knot*,
and blowing out the light, absolutely did get
into bed backward* ; and, being weary und
tired, I fell asleep almost immediate! v.
" Ah ! Such a sleep! and *uch dreams !
I wai riding upon old Trotter against a snow
storm, with pannier upon pannier loaded
with eggs piled upon his back, and weighing
hiiu down. The* 1 WMielllngeggs, and the
customer* were inafgnant—for where should
have been yolk thev found nothing but salt; j
they were nil beautiful, young women, and
they throw tho eggs at my head iu their un
ger ; and as they broko, scattering u shower
of Kilt over my face, they shouted 'Hallow
E'en!' ' IlalloW E'en!' ut tho top of their
voices. Then I wuauhigegg mysell, and
peoplo would lay mo on trio edgo of preci
pices, nod throw their eggs ut me, until ut
length 1 awoke with a start, stretching my
uruis to keep from fulling, tut oiio often does j
tli) mirror, tho white curtain*—all glimmer
ing in tlio cold moonlight which fell through
tho window—greeted my oven. 1 won witlo
awake. 1 know tbnt tho rtortn must have
pusscd away. 1 was perfectly calm and col
lected. Mv facc was toward the window,
and suddenly I wan startled by a faint crim
»on liglit, which tltinhetl tho wall and «ur
tuin. 4 Can tho tun Iw rising?' I thought.
Xo, it waa not the sun; thu light wan with*
in my room, and there, an true us 1 live, I
saw a figure, white and straight, advancing
toward my bed, holding a liglit in ita hand.
My heart atood still, but I g.«ed eagerly on
the apparition. It wan very fair to look up
on : golden curia tell to the waist, blue eye*
Mailed from beneath delicate brows, a dimple
in the chin, a tiny mole u|h>ii tho cheek,
teeth like |x»arla, and a nook whiter than
alabaster—time wore the chief traits; yet 1
trembled and grew f.iint. I closed my even
and assumed nlumber. Tho form advanced,
bent over me, and prest,ed its lips to mine.
I felt two terrible, unearthly kiaaos, and un-1
able to control mvsidf longer, sprang from
tho bed in an agony of terror. In a moment
the light vanished, I heard something like u
muffled scream, and staggering to tho Ix-d,
swooned awav. The next morning I awoke
fevered and ill. I b.ulo farewell to my hos
pi table cut rtuin ?r, and went hoiuo. I never
mentioned my vi«i.>n to any one, but either
the shock or the Miltcggn almost finished my
existence. For thrjo we«ks I lay at tho
|»oint of death, and ull tho while, so they
told me, I raved of a dimi>lr in tho cldn, a
mole upon the check, and curls like molten
moonlight. I recovered at last, and in tho
course of o>year departed for New York to
enter Into business with my uncle, who was
a merchant.
" llv a curious coincidence it was onc«
more All-Hallow ii'en when I reached New
Yoik ; and aa thecal) in which I bad ensconc
ed myself at the landing rolled along Itroad
way, I thought—even whilo my eyes rested
upon the brilliantly lighted una gaily bedeck
ed stores, and tho nustling crowd which
thronged the broad sidewalks—of the quiet
farm-houso chamber, the dark oak proven,
the ebon-framed mirror, and tho white ap^
parition stealing from tho shadows slowly*
nollly, terribly, but 0, so beautifully! • Shall
I over meet her?' I murmured. 'Were
those spectral ki.«es tho fore-taste of warm,
delicious, living duresse*, fresh from tho ruby
lipn of un earthly maiden?' An I snoku tho
carriago stomal at ray uncle's door.
Hero Uncle Oliver paused for a moment,
and gazed around him. Tho older girls were
blushing violently—were in a stato of awful
seriousness edifying to behold, and no ono
I.-.in 1 I'n»lu ( Hit i>r iruvn im
"J'""" " ~""n"" " — " n
ii jieculiar quizzical glanco, nnd prjceeded:
" It wan v«ry near tlio dinner-hour; and
after exchanging gretings with my undo und
aunt, 1 wan shown to my apartment, to make
some requisite changes In my travelling cos
tume. It was a very different room from
that of thu old farm-house, where I had
slept just one year before; but, somehow, I
half expected to seo the bright apparition
Htti.il I'r >in l> 'tween tho tlossy lacc curtain*,
ur ri*" from bohind the great velvet rocking
chair beside the fireplace, as I stood «o tub
ing my hwr mid arranging my cravat be fine
the toilet gins* between the windown.
Toedinii t-'m-II recalled roe to myself, and
I n|K'ii««| the door to descend to the dining
mom. A* I -tepjr'd into the hall, I stood
directly uppisito a (light of broad stairs cov
ered with a rich velvet car|iet, and lit by a
pendant limp of amVr gliuui. Ujsm those
stairs I tow wmicthilig gliding toward me.
Transfixed with astonishment, I gar-d upon
it. Golden curls, snowy shoulders, blue
eyee, a dimple in the chin, a brown mole
upon the cheek, a mouth like a nwchub!—
Ah, I had felt the premurv of those lifts—it
wan once more my apparition ; not elud in
white this time, but dra|>eil in glossy rol**
of tender purple like the hue of an angel's
wing. The uinb.-r lamplight floated down
ujhjii her, and she came toward me slowly,
but surely. 1 did not faint this time, but I
retreated to my room, doublo locked the
door, and fell it*) a chair, trembling .ike an
tuqicn leaf. A knock shortly after h.>iiiowhut
restored mv self-possession, and I answered,
' Come in,' with tho full determination not
to aduiit tho spectre, if this were she. The
servant's voice responded, • Please, sir, din
n-r is ready.' Ami w ith renewed self-pos
scmi n, I descended to tho dining room,
"•Miss 5>Ur, my nephew, .Mr. Oliver
Landon.'
'• It was my unele who spok«. It was my
apparition, golden curls, ditnMrd chin and
rosebud mouth, who bent in acknowledge
ment. It was I, with iuy hair standing on
end and my heart in my mouth, who mut
tered some words in replj—what, neither I
nor any one else knew. She had come nt
last. In living flesh and hood sho stood be
fore me, tho realization of my vision—roy
fate, roy future wife.'
••Aunt Union?" exclaimed the group, in
one breath.
•• Yes, roy dean, yonr Aunt Helen," re
plied Uncle Oliver, " and the very apparition
who bad appeared to me in the old farm
house, from tho fairy foot to the soft curls,
identically the same. Well, roy dears, we
knew each other, loved each other, and were
married on my twenty-third birthday. She
became my wife ; and on the following All
llallow E'en we were sitting quietly before
the fire in our little borne. I bad never told
her of my vision, but on that night I had re
solved to do so. I had opened my lip* to
speak, when Helen spoke instead.
44 4 My dnar Oliver,' she began,4 did I ever
tell you of my adventure on All-Hallow
E'en just three years oeo? I know I havo
not. Would you likeTo hear it?'
44 Ofcourao I amen ted to the proposition.
M 1 Well, on that night, just threo yearn
ago, I was a long distance from thin place.—
Just at thin hour I arrived, weary with a
long journey, at the door of an old farm
house, tome mile* from Cincinnati on the
road to M——
44 4 At the door of an old farui-hourc, some
miles from Cincinnati, on the road to M——'V
I repeated slowly.
44 4 Ye* ; an nunt and uncle of niino, an
old Scotch couple, lived there, and I was to
pay them a visit,'replied Helen.
44 4 Yes; an aunt and undo of yours, an
old Scotch couple, lived there, and you wore
to pay them a visit?" I repeated onco more.
44 Yes,' continuod Helen. 4 I was to meet
at this placo my brother James, whom I had
not seen for throo years.'
*•4 Your brother James?' I gasped in
bewilderment.
44 4 Yes, and of course I was very anxious to
seo hitn,' said my wife, 4so thut I was verv
sorry to discover, on my arrival, that ho had
retired for the night. After I had*gone to
my own room, I could not sleep, so I decided
that I would slip on my dressing-gown, and
comfort inymli by taking at least one glunco
at James's Bleeping face. So , with a light
in my bund. I slipped along the pannage, and
enteral, lis I supposed, his room.'
44 4And entered, as vou supposed, his room,'
T --1 1 1—t — if„
i wiawu uawMWM.v^..j .
14 * Ho wna nsleep,' proceeded Helen, 'and
I thought lie hud uttered very mtieli. 1 net
down the light, and landing over hiui,
touched my lips very softly to his. Imagine
iny consternation wlien tlio eyelids opened
widely, revealing black orb# i nut cad of blue,
and, [ike u fl.inn of lightning, the truth
dawned upon uiy my mind ; the persons! had
hissed wan a stranger, not my brother!
Obeying my fir^t impulse, I extinguished the
candle and niched toward* the door, It was
ojten'ami I was in the entry in a moment,
but not until I had heard the stranger spring
upon the tloor, as if ho were about to follow
mo. llow I gained my room I do not know,
but tho next morning I discovered that a
younjr man whose horse bad boon lamed l>y
Vail, had slept thero for tho night, and had
departed early in tho nformiig. What he
thought of mo I shnll never know, but he
was evidently very much astonished.'
" 'Not so touch as ho is now,' I ejacula
ted.
•'' Wlint can you mean?' cried my wife,
in amazenicut.
" 'I mean that it was I whom you kisae<l—
that it was I whom you saw—that the vision ,
was a true one, lifter nil,'und then holding!
her on my kno.», I told her my long cherished I
story. All-Hallow F'en vision, the spirit of'
my future wife, came to mo at midnight in
her own fair living form. It was Helen's
self who kimcl me, tho bonniest wraith that
ever smiled on mortal mail. It is a true
story. How do you liko it, girls!"
We liked it as wo would a sudden shower
bath, or a frost among summer roses. It
was u terriblo disappointment, Jknd tho
youngest, little Annie, lathed iu tears, kui^
thrown bAMrtohblng upon my knees.
"What iq.tbe matter? said Uncle Oliver.
"0-4liiir—ino," "O—dear—me, it isn't
a spirit nfter all. What a mean —story!'*
Our love for tho supernatural whs tamed
down. No one sowed heuip seed, or eat an
applo in tho glass that night, I um convinced.
BWIMMINO^FOR WOMEN.
THE MVIKMINi; SCUOOI. AT PA HIS.
As many parents aro wishing to know how
girls can ho taught to use their limbs in tho
water, it may bo interesting to them to hear
how tho art i$ taught at 1'aris. The water
is that of tho Scino. This is tho Ic.ist agree
able circumstauco in tho case, as tho water
of tho Seino is quito as unfragrnut in the
summer months ns that of tho i'lmtne*.—
Whether it is purified on entering the laths, j
I do not know. I<ct us liopo that it is.—
The lath is moored in the river, and the
space occupied by water is 12(1 feet in length,
a course long enough to nflbnl room for all
tho exercises connected with swimming. A
wooden platform, three or four feet under
water, rvuehes to ubout tlio middle oi mo
width ul the hath ; and thin in for the use of
children, and nicro bathers who do not swim.
T'io other half is of a considerable depth in
the middle, admitting of practice in genuine
diving. Tho dress is excellent for the pur
pose. It is made (IT a light woollen fuhric,
which does not ahsorb much water. The
trowscrs are loom), and fastened at the ankles.
Tho upper dpiw, ulso loose, extends to the
knee, und in lilted round tho waist, und
closed at the neck.
It is just a* decent a dress as English ladies
naud to wear when Hittli was called " The !
Ilath," und when wigged gentlemen und
|iowdcred ladies used to wude about in full,
trim, and chat in the water. Tho first step
in the process of teaching is to make the pu
pils understand how to keen on the surtuce
and know how to sink on tne bottom. Moat i
□tie know that to spread out tho limbs is
• Kit. and to double one's self up is to sink; I
hut it it not every body who knows that the 1
quit kest way of going to tho hottom is to J
raise theurtusnltoVO tlic head. Thi« is pre*
cisely what women do when they full out of
a I*>at, or tind themselves overboard in a ship
wreck. L'p go their arm" in their terror;
and down the? go to tho bottom likt« a shot. (
This is the action used by divers, who want
to reach that point by the shortest way.— I
From the ceilings of tho IViris bath lintigs a
rope, which travels along on a * irt of crane.
Where this rope louche* the water a broad
holt is attached to it. The belt is fastened
easily about tho pupil's waist, au parting her
in tho water, and leaving her at liberty to
learn the action of the limbs in awimming.
She is made perfect in these, and must then
try her power* without sup|Mirt. To render
her safe and preclude fear, tho imitructoi,
(who is a master and nut u mist rem.) walk*
along the edge, ju»t beloru her, holding a
pole within her roach, which she can grasp
in an instant, if fatigued or alarmed. It
docs not follow that wo uiu»thavu swimming
masters mastcra here.
Tho art is taught all along tho rivers of'
Germany, and invariably by women in tho i
women'a hatha. In that enso the drew is
lea* elaborate and then is more freedom and '
simplicity in the practice. It ia a mnarka- {
ble sight whon tho master h followed by ten
or twelve pupils, his pole feininding one oi ;
the magnet which brings swans or fishes to
the bread in the basin of water, in the old
fashioned toy which astonishes children —
The second |>upil has a band on tbe shouul
der of the first, and swims with the other
three limbs; the third on the shoulder of the
second, and so on, looking like a shoal of
mermaids. When so thoroughly at rase as
to amuse themselves for a long time in the
water, the ladies sometimes get hungry; and
then ia seen another remarkable sight, not
quite aonretty. They ruali from tha bath
to a confectioner'a ahup, whirh ojiona uj>on
it, and may be proncnUy accn awimming with
one hand, and with tha otl^r eating their
lunch completely at faao. After learning
tha art in fraah water, it ia .nighty eoay to
awim in the aaa, froiu tho dcnaity of the wa
ter, and acarcely poaaibie toaink. A woman
who knowa how t<i float ia aafe fbr many
hour* in the aea,o* far aa keeping on the aur
fact) ia concerned. Among breakers ur aharka
or iu extreme cold, the peril ia not of drown*
inp aiuiply. Thoaiuiplo |«ril of drowning
might Ixi reduced to aouicthing very aiuall, if
everybody could twirn,—Once a \Yeck.
Spooch of Mr. Fossondon.
In the Senate, on the 23it January, in reply
to the speech of Mr. Douglas, on the sub
jeet oj the protection of States and Territo
ries against invasion.
1 did not anticipate, Mr. Preaident, that
the honorable Senator from Illinoia, [Mr.
Douglaa,] in hia add rot to-day, would tuy
anything that would call upou me, or any
member uf tho Batata on our aido of Ute
liouae, to say a word in reply; but, air, he
boa followed auch a lino of remark, unfamil
iar to thoeo who are in the habit of listening
to apcechee in thia body, that, coming from (
him at thia particular time, I feel impelled to I
8.iy a few wordl, in relation particularly to I
wfmt ho hua aaid of tho Republican party.
Mr. President, I wan aomuwlmt at a loaa to
imagine what wceaaity there was for the reso
lution upon your tabic, offered hy tho hon
orable Senator, upon which ho hua spoken. j
» e Ull Know Willi, III an runjr jatuuu VI. mm j
session, tho honorable Senator Irom Virginia I
[.Mr. Muton] oflcrud a resolution of inquiry j
in the cau*cs unci particular* of inquiry into I
tho Harper's Ferry affair; and that ho not I
only ottered that resolution of inquiry, hut I
went further, and promised that an inquiry
should Ih? made an to the remedy, and whut I
law* ought to lie passed, in order to protcct
tho StaU-s of thin Union, if nocessary, iigain*t
eaeh other. A very able comuiiUee wan aj>
pointed to investigate that subject. That
committee has had, and still ha*, tho matter
underconaidcration. Tho honorable Senator
Irom llliiK>i*,not content with that, distruvt
ing, it would Mem tho ability and tho power
of that coiuinittco to make all the examina
tion ucccNtary, lay* a resolution upon your
table, and appoint* a time at which ho as
sumes to instruct that committco ax to their
duty, ami to point out tho particular modo
that that they aro to adopt in order to ac
compli*)! the purpose.
_Sir, was that tho object, or had tho hon
orable Senator an object beyond simply s|>eak
ing on a question not attended, in my judge
ment, with any very great countitutional or I
legal difficulty 1 I lad he something beyond
that, to avail himself of an op|»ortunity to;
make what certainly I have a right to de
nominate a political speech, intending; to af-1
feet tho parties of tho country with reference I
to political object* rather than to accomplish '
tho particular pur]>ose a||»ircnt upon the j
face of tho resolution it*c|l ?
Well,air, following out tho apparent pur
port of his resolution, lie ha* made an argu-1
inent, an argument which it is sufficiently
clear, one that I think I have *cen sul*4aii
Uftlly in ym. .-.f tLu ksfons Willi <
reference to tlie constitutional power of Con
gress on this subject. 1 take it that there is
no very grcut difference of opinion upon the
matter. I think th>« .Senator will permit me
to say that, upon that point, ho bus advanc
ed nothing very now ; and I am yet to know
that there is any member of the Senate, or
any member of this Congress, who is not is
desirous as he is that all attempt to incite in-!
cite insurrection in the neighboring States,
or to o*ako attack* ti|ion neighboring Statin,
conic from what quarter they inay. ought to
1>o suppressed, anu that all the j*iwer of this
(iovermnent ought to bo used to suppress
them. I do not know that there has Imm.ii a .
design anywhere, except in tho minds of)
some few individuals in tho country, who;
aro well known not to belong to any |«rty, j
that is at all opposed to the courts) which I
bus been pointed out by liiui, and which hud
t»ocn previously suggested by the honorable
Senator from Virginia.
1 liuvo not examine*! tho constitutional!
question myself. 1 have my own general j
impressions with regard to it. I liavo trust
ed it to the able committee who have had it
in charge; ami I sii|i|m»ac*<1 that at the proper
time we should hear fnim them a scheme
within constitutional limit*, calculate!, de
signed, uhle,, to nft'ect the object which the
Senator seems to have so much at heart, and |
which we nil have nt heart. And, nir, I will
say thii: that an far ns ho bus spoken on
that |xirticulnr [m>rtion of the inquiry, with
regard to the question of constitutional jmjw
er, iib at present advised, I am disported to
agtvo witli his views. I certainly am dia- [
posed to agree with him as to the importance, j
if noed be, in view of tho recentevents which ;
have transpired, and excited so much feeling
throughout the country, that the power of
this Government should bo exerted now, in
order to teach the people of all this counter
tlmt they have no right in any State to form
schemes of any description to disturb the
pence of their neighbors. I hold with him,
and, I presume, with all members of the
Senate—I know I do with ull the members of
my own party— that if this j>oh cr csn t«e
loiind—and 1 believe it oxiata—it should Is*
exerted for that end. I am n-mJy to go as
far as any niao reasonably could go ill order
to accomplish the purportc.
Itot, sir, leaving that—for it is not to that
|iarticular jwrt of the gentleman's sjieeeh
that I wished to addrem a few words to the
Senate in reply—I coino to tho next point
which ho tmtka, and thai is, that for that
event tho Kcpuhlican pirty of this country is
rabjtonsiblo. That is substantially hi* charge.
11«• mvs that it it due to the teaching* of the
Republican party. Sir. wo have hoard that
before. Wo have heard that in the Senato
during tho firat part of this wwion. It was
iterated and reiterated Into then. Wo have
heard it iu tho other branch of t'ongm*.
and wo have hear! it in the jKiriiian newa
pajwm of the country. The Senator, I take
it, had no other dtsign in view in giving it
to us again this morning, than to satisfy the
countrv that he held to the sumo WW with
regnrd'to the Republican |*rty. W by, wr,
we should have taken that for gran tod, with
out bis declaration. It has go* to bo a party
dogma on the other *ido of thischaral»er, and
In the Democratic party. It is a ]*rt of the
creed. It U a port ion of tlie plan of the cam*
ittign. It has refer-new to the fall elections.
Tho «d»jeet ia to fii o|s«i the country the idea
that tho Republican party is responsible for
the raid of John Urown, and responsible in
consequence of the teaching! of member* of
that parly.
I am not dispoaed to admit that to be to.
I was disposed to listen to it pationtly when
it was iterated and mi term ted oy a gentleman
who came frutu the southern section of tba
oountiy, from tbe slave Statea, if tbey eboaa
to pour it into our ears more than onoe, and
to take our own time for diacuaaing that mat
tor. I did nut conaidrr it a matter ot argu
rnuent. I considered ita matter of doctrine ;
that it had gut to bo aerioualy, intentionally
a part of the democratic (kith ; and there
fore, aa I do not diapute about croedi, I waa
willing that all arttclca of faith should ba
made up on the other aide precisoly aa rcn
tlemen chooae to make tham. I had no tear
that the Republicans is the freeStatca would
be convinced that auch waa the fact, because
they knew it not to bo true; but if grotlo
men choee to adont it as their doctrine, thej
were welcome to do eo, and we must mako
the Lut of it. It is like certain other doc
trinal that arc aiaumed fur party nurpoaea,
and will hare its effect, undoubtedly, to a
certain extent. But the Senator will allow
mo to say—and here I do not attempt to ad
vance an original idea becaueo we hare
heard it Iwfore, here and elsewhere—that in
our belief, the true solution of thia difficulty
ia to lw looked for in another direction. We
belicvo, in fact wo know, that prerious to
tlte session oi Congreee of 1P54, thia coun
try waa quiet upon the slureir question. It
had been quiet, not only by tno platforms of
the parties of the day, aa developed at their
convention*, but (thud been quieted in point
of fact, from tho dispmtition all men entertain*
cd to ascertain whether it wus possible that
thin warfare could be put an end to for a
while. It waa thought that the limits of tho
froo and *laro rower wero well defined, or at
leaat sufficiently delncd. When the two
great leading political parties had deliberate
ly determined that there ahould bo no more
trouble on the subject, and the people were
timlnf the contest. it waa reasonable to sup
jKieo that the notation woulil cease.
Rut, sir, it begun uguin in the winter of
1854 ; the fife broke out anew ; the Pando
ra's box of political evils, as it has been rail*
rd, was opened; this country was thrown
into a flame upon tiiis eternal slavery qura
tion ; and who Applied the torch? 'lhcn lw>
f^.in excitement again; then began trouble
in all sections of the country. And how nu
it continued? Continued bv the course of
things in the Territory of Kansas; by the
aggressions of the slave power, if 1 may be
permitted to call it so : bv the attempt to
lorco slavery upon a freo Territory, by the
iuterferencu of this Government; and by tho
defence which was made for all these «ggr»-s
sions. all these outrages, by ixs*rly all tho
I democratic party, aiul certainly by /all the
S)u them section of it: und on this floor by
no man with more zeal, tuoru ability, or
more power, than tho honorable Senator from
Illinois himself.
Sir, 1 take it that a Icsaqn was taught
them with regard to nggro«ious upon the
rights of others. I take it that when people
were encouraged to go into the Territory of
Kansas, armed, to drive out others who worn
attempting to settle there as peaceable citucns
and exercise their rights ; und when murder
and rapine, and every crime which can dio
grace Immunity, were heaped u|x>n that soil,
and perj>etrate<l upon freemen; and when
these things were apologised for and defended
in the Senate of the United States, a le««oti
was taught then, from which many John
Drowns might leuru something ; aud I ex
trow mv surprise that many more John
trownn have not profited, if I may call it, or,
at leunt, practiced on the lesson they there
Jfltfjuxl.
Senators tell us Republicans that we are
the authors of this evil; that it is owing to
our teachings that John llrowri made hia
foray into a neighboring State. Sir, neither
the Senator from Illinois not any other Sena
tor can find anything in tho principle* and
teachings of the Republican party to authorize
any such accusation as that. They can find
nothing in the practico of the Republican
party to authorise an accusation like that.
It is not enough to convince the country—at
any rate, it is not enough to convinco tho
people of my section of the country—that
the Republicans are responsible for all tlicau
things, whatever they may bo, when they see
and know that there is nothing in tho Re
publican creed, that there is nothing in tho
Republican practice, that there is nothing in
doctrine or aoing by them, to justify or ex
cum it in any shape or form. Much lesa,
sir, can thut convictiou tie brought hoo>« to
them when thev turn to 1854, 1865 and 1850,
mid watch tlio course of tliinpi then existing
in a Territory of tho United Status, nnd hour
tho apologies for ull three crimes that were
made hero and elmswhere—crimes, n« I eon
eider then. Wo arc not to he told that,
Ixxmum wo take certain ground in reference
to tho exteneion of slavery, therefore wo an
reeponaibloforall that ban transpired, or may
trutii>piro, having no neccMary or natural
conntxtion with our object.
Why, air, thi« idext ot appealing to ns to
•top agitation, at peuling to tho people of
tho Free States, tin* Republican party, not to
agitato, not to aggresa, not to pnea on their
neighlioni, not to preach diiwgrreahle dwe
trine*, tin net, in my judgment, with a my
ill gruco Iruui gentlemen who have, aa I read
their declarationa and their aeta, been coun
selling ag^rcHiinn from the Iwginning ; for I
tell the honorable Senator frankly, that
when hoadvocutrd the repeal of the Miaaouri
restriction, and luid thiarjiieatiun onen again
t«» all the diflkultiee that have followed, ha
counselled iiggrrmlou ; and why? Simply
Ixvuuar I have ever believe*I, u I believe
now—I r.tke the declaration made, subs tan
tially, by an honorable Senator front South
(urolina—that tho object of that repeal of
the Mixaoari restriction was to extend aiatcry
over that Territory and to enlarge tho area
of alavery. Sir, tlio predecessor of the hon
orable gentlemnn who sits thero [Mr. Cheat
nut] mid an in his speech, which waa pub
lished. He proclaimed it to be the onject
ami the design of that repeal—a/Ur the (act,
to l»« aiire. 1 believed it to be so then. I
beliero it to he bo now. I hare norcr changed
inv opinion on that subisct.
'Well, air, how doea the Senator attempt to
make out hw aw ? It seems curtain gentle
men. metubera of the Kepublican party have
proclaimed, at different timet, that there waa
an antagonism between freedom and alavery,
lietween frw labor and slave labor. I wish
the honorable gentleman from the State of
Illinois, who waa the competitor of the Sena
tor, atood where 1 do, to answer the Senator,
and aa he anawered him elsewhere, with
reference to that extract from hia apeeeh. I
wish hia ability waa here. 1 do not say that
I wish he waa hew in the place of the oooor
ahlc Senator or of hia colleague; although I
might he excueod, aa a party man, for wish
ing even that I aimply wish to say that I
am aorry he cannot stand here to answer for
himself, with reference to thai Matter, and
I will not undertake to reply for bim; bat
with regard to that extract and that which
was cited flora tho speech of my friend from
New York who aits behind me, 1 have been
surprised that gentlemen, of ooarss, who
know the meaning of words, wbo understand
what a man say* when they lead or bear it,
should undertake to aArm, as the booosable
Senator from Illinois this morning has, tbai
that doctrine is this: that slate States and
free States oannot exist together in Ibis Union,
and thero most neosssarfiy baa coolest be