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NEW SLRIKS, VOL. 19. NO. 15. PARIS, MAINE, FRIDAY,
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' ONK DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS IN ADVANCE.
MAY I, 1868. OLD SERIES, VOLUME 35, NO. 25.
Or (LUlorù Ucmocrut,
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TtRM' —Τ··· ρ«*r irtr; On» Ix>ll*r and
FIR) Crut». l( |aM In ·4··μ*.
Ralra »f 1J veiii*ia g .
Κ or I t'I laehof ep*er) t wt»l. · · $1.00
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Κ* I »ΐ'ΐ·τ )ma (lue Λ ·μ>« $ Γ I >«-er |I1
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»· Will·, prt |>l
Ιί«·Ηι«ιι'· Sulift·, . 1 An
A Imliii'K'ur'· ·> I >.irmli<r'< . { X
All ««Iher Nuilfc··, I-V) yw M|<iar*, for t!irr«
Igmilo*·.
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< «i»t Mitrl, H<Hlea, ar« Mtkorti^ •(ruU.
JOD PHlNTiNQ,
Of ecrry Description, Xratly fcjecuted.
Professional Cartis, Λ'τ.
LAW PARTNERSHIP.
S II A VV Α Κ I Μ η V L I. ,
Attorn**)* A. Conu*rllor> at Law.
ruth in 1.1., η vi in.
vr Will allrivl I» ri<r< in II inWrupIry. «ft!
Γπηkm· ail IImd·) I'ldBii, «ut |·Γ4-|Ι r all
lh· ('.am. ι* lltr Ηυι».
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r«rW. J·» I. IMA.
SANUKUSON L· HKAHCK,
ATTORN Κ VS AND (ΌΙ NSEI.L0RS,
Λ ad II. Η. < Ικ·m A|r«|i,
NORWAY.ΜΚ
C. C Μα»ρ«·»<>· Il M flrier*
D W. WIGHT, M D..
Physician and Surgoon
W us τ Si.' M \ I'll. Μ Κ
Marrb IS. I*"»
DR. NELSON H. NORRIS,
will att«nA U> tb· pranicr of
Medicine and Surgery,
At Paris Hill, Maine.
Farter* 14, ··»·
O. H. 1IALL, M. D..
Physician and Surgeon,
nui KFiK.i.i», hk.
DO* «ί
J. P. SWASEY,
Councilor and \ttorney at Law,
CANTON, MK.
Mill prvtw* tollifirj mJ V olr >·■· >m ι η .'ornillr·
Μββ*
1SNOCH FOSTEIl, JR.
Counsellor aud Itiorney ut Law
Il P.TIIRI' * AIN Κ.
Il Miitir· *r».1 lli i p«i pfofipll; *tteft«S·
• 1 to λ·Ί collect#*!.
J. A. MORTON, M D ,
l'hyiiciun ami Surgeon,
BETHEL.
ι* A « B.Vl; RfiHtmct ?■% f'Ark-Si
S. C. ANDREWS,
Counsellor un·] Attorney ut Law,
, lll'> KKIKI.II, Oiruiii l'u .M»·.
W ill pr m<*t I - Il Oifiifi], ( 1 nbrri«iHt au<i .4 π tiro
O. W. U LA Ν CHAUD,
lltornr) .nul Counsellor al Law
Kl'M ΚΟΚ It POM Τ, Η»·: .
Ar**l fjf priKiri«| IV*· ·»« *frr«r« of »»d
C. K. KVAN8. M. D.,
ΙΊΠΜ'ΊΙΝ \M> slWlii.ON,
NOKW \V VII.Ι,ΜίΚ. Μ r.
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r· of \h* t +. « »-l «·, a'r» J **■ ·!«
form · « »#B ·■ ··'( if.' Γ * -t i ··
C. H. HOWARD,
ATTORNtV h COUNSELLOR AT LAW
1(1 UFORI» POM Γ, MK.
1 Ν ·%I · \ \ < l· ill* 'jr-t Kirr, Ι.ιΰ
·«·« \ r 1 Iriil ' h»|m ♦·
I) Κ <i. I». JO N ICS,
DENTIST,
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T^ih lf»#r r·# I << a >·<.«!, fill ν «r of YmU *ni jp-1 llnti
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V M. IlOHMELL,
a u c τ λ o r; 12 ε π f
ιιρτιιι ι., η \mf:.
An»—flF.i't ΓΥ «MF.KIFF (,« ·.
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Ο L>. !» it η ΕΚ
Aftornn anil Counsellor at Law
HI I'KFIFLD.oXFOKIM ο . MF..
*Jr l'"< 1.1 4ilM< ^ιvr<1 1 I j «· ' ι η O»
i'M-i » 1 I ■» ' ·* "44ΐιι 1 U*·», I » f IVr
ImM ln.m ,,,, $, 't>H if
Dr. W. B. Lapham,
v% ,ll λ m μ» το nu: γη κ γ/γ/, ο
Μιι>ΐ( /.va: .ι >u slhokhy,
\ τ 1110 ητ * ΙΌ >11. 1 ψ.
ΙΙ'ΚίΜΗ promptly atΙ·Ι»4*4 Ιο ·η<1 rlii(|>i r»u
Mlht*
BOLSTER k RICHARDSON,
« flimwllor* λ. lltorne)* il Lj*
4 Lf u. Kit « r« r . * r rt'tr t* * 9 * ο
llauntios, Back Puy & Poumon*.
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( .««ntr M»
W It l · τ κ a I. H K?cm«mi-*oi
POET R Y.
[Fi» IktOifnnl In muera! .]
Written on the Death of a Brother.
ffrftU ο Vf u«
>« hx m·-*·!· mi· ι loom t
I Van ha· bnpg or ir a».
Awl ·»·*;«·>! fur 1I1» tomb,
Oirolmr wmt» r- ·
Τ ■>» falrr*t a···) br>l ;
How *wrrt in lii« «lumbrr
llow prarrful hi* i*»t.
Wf at) arr m mrning
IVrp I· oar (rlrf.
Trar· (nth I k» a f >t> η ta I η
Hat afford io rrllrf.
Γ '-r ih* *plrll U «trick· ■
Ami llw Iir-ar! I· upprr»*<l,
Vf ι |ίι<· lovrd anl »♦>» lo«t oua
I· Boat with lh« blr**c<l
T«»i twl IgM. an ! a fitting hoar
Κor hmIi lik» hi· to »t· at,
A«t< from raith Iltr ii>«r fair β jwrr
InipmiH *lth lirai rn'· ·»*!,
And thu· a g· mi» ·| Irll '* |imr
To Wfl It· Ιω·ι> aborr,
A> l tiiinf'r with lhai holy throng
tt Ith 11 t m wHow nam» U lo*r.
Whin th» Aatumn wind* «»r» «IgMng
Mr Irft our lionirholil ImihI,
Now lo hearri h» ι· waiting
To ftfr Ih» wrleimr hand
Xo Pari·. Jan »th. I»«. X L. P.
[For th» < »*f>rd Itrtaocrat ]
THREE.
Thfrr tlny.lurrl», i»»l tailing·
AM nr*tl»il tngittirr a*lrrp,
Pfiki «·<! In on» IIttlr rtikrl,
With 4lm,<lrt| hau l· foliW ao n»at.
ΓΙ»Ί Ihrm a brd w tir r» thr «loin*
And n»*r Mntrd twin Oawrr* bloom.
Part th» brown turf and th» H«h»n·—
An<l fur thr ;<><>( Wrd.lng· m *k r room.
Itrln/ Mi· flr*t bud* of «prlng Srautl·-*,
" Awai'Xr·" wliltr »· tSr miw,
Willow boujli· tau'iivl wi'h illtrr,
An 1 o>»rr t.'ir limp »*rth V-low
Call thr wrr bird* of th» tallry.
To «Ing o'rr t'ir kiiwl hal'o *n| «pot,
"Mifrr thr ilrar Util* etilldrrn
Tocitmr to hi·· l»r lti-m not "
Norway, April l*lh, 1 «·'■*.
[ t ur thr ι >afi>« J l>rniocrat]
SPEAK GKNTLY
■ t ΜΛΜΤ TttliX.
Ûprtk gratly to Kir rrrtng .»or.
iViMit vim li «addrnr·! wlthdl«may,
IΚ J not tn *k hi* only hoji»,
But I in ( «rt a l>i Id η ray.
Sp^ak gmtly. with a «mil» of J »y,
k*tl«r Itf'il alon| hi* we»
Scatur brat·· of hrairrnl» light.
l'iat ta·· gu.l* him un to day.
Sprak frnlly. w'iat a llttlr w.»rJ
liut lu thr **J h* h > *r*lr«r ,
It I· a b»ao>n lo ι ir cowl,
And a thin « of rlg'it good rhrrr
S,-*»k ^rntlT, mSrt*!·. y* ar» frail'
Thl* worM at br.t I* cold an-idrrar;
I rwo «rirf ι·ι |..»r lit; iM'illirr m»o,
Ab«l 1*4111 ihji Itrtf'a Imtt.
Nor··;, Irt·. Mm. W'
M I S ( ! : I |« AN Y
ΤΛ£ OUTLAWED NJTS.
nv CI. lit « Al (il'tl A .
Ad»da Mar«h clos*-»! the b»\»» cover of
th·· <lr«W wnh * ai ;h ol rrlifl, At lut it
w»« »l »« 111I She ο il·! afli ·γ·Ι lo give her·
aelf a linle r»*»t, η >w S 1.· h» I cleared h« r
uni f«ibrr iDiine intlitrvrof th«· world.
She had paid f»>rr *ali«(ied every
claim, bowï»rr «mail. and found her»elf
aloi «· in tin; ivorld, w.'h jovl fi\e Lun dred
dollar»—lier inle capital.
W. il, il >« »« «mi ill eiHni^li perhapt, t> it
it w»« » nijt'lt lir^rr I irtuno than »he had
eapedtd to have. S tie thought it «oulil
bave taken cn-fj r· nt to pa' tin· liahili ii··.
an<l that perlupa «h·· «Iiould !»«· forced lo
irll ikc *t' li ιπ>| lnm μ » en lier b » lu- r
la;h··» Hut >1»· had been »»*«·.| from tit·'
• a γιΓι ··. S h·· po/. I itiiv y «It not becatlffl
of it* iiitiif «ι·· val ··. but Ifcauii it had
been hi· 1 a * r ijift. Only the night l**fnre
he «1 ·«.-·I h·· had f i«totio·] llu· cliain around
her nr. k. a'i'l k ι « «· · I her 1 h·· «aid —·Ά«1·
ela. d«-ar, keep tin* ι!«ι; « t«i renumber
J our poor father 1 ν "
At the lim·· »he Ιιλ I wonder*· I why he
had «ai I "ι> >r f ilhrr hut af rrwinli »be
tho'i lit tint |H*fh ip« lie h ι I · · η · di>n pre
monition ni hi· coming death. For l»«-('»ro
Che π»·>π»ιι·4 diwnel h·· wa« »eiied with
» I χ ·]. ' ν» \ I I lie n· \\ dji 1 «JH»et left a
rtu«h on hi* d··.» I f ice.
It mi ||i in 11 i» »np|K»«ed thai II imp«on
1 Mar«!t ·ι· ι m »n of » 1 «; h ; hut ailir hii
ι ι \ in, ■ : I, |Mpi r « r ι- % « a · I
IL» f» t th.it mu I of t ' III » e «· ill·· lil · w· 1 e
ιι»ι·.ι:·- ·. .1 i ι ■ » ι· »i.;··!» ι ΊιΊιΙ·
«il lo diff· rent part ir«.
Il< |i»re In· ο ι«ιηι ·« < mi l be · tth-d,
oti« of II.o«·· great r.nani ial ■ 1 ··»-· t · win· li
t hi « co unir ν ι« · , «)»■·-1 « w· pt lb»· land, · ar
tyiti| wtin lie· ivtifvbm an ι Λ· ·■ ·■
•titution »h« ie Mr M.ir h had placed th*
1 larger j-art ol hi« pro|>*rty w t d >wn 111
1 lie lierai ( ra«h
Αι I A lela knew then that il the paid of
1 I he d« I » I « «he »h »uhl have left only a hen
lage of jioverly. She might haro taken a I
var>tej··· ol ih·· law. an 1 retained autli. ten
, of ibe a»n t· to have 1 »de Ιι· r comfort*hle
hut »h·· w«« ίου canatienii · ι· lo cheat 1
• in^ie creditor No on·' «li ild »ay «le
• il living on other <>ple · money. AI
thf*« dflii· had bern legally iruurted, tin
1. , ia<d ; and th·· ciediior· bad ea|« « ted lo b<
paid. Λη«1 r»rn Ιο iho Ι*<1 ιχ·ηΙ »ho iiiten
·Ι«*<1 to satisfy Iht-tu.
For ιιιοΓΓ lli an three mon ι h« the had
toiled al lbs· dingy oifioe, assisted by her
father's '·· ;al a Iviwr, Mr Stearn·, a faith
fut. kin.I lit·aru· 1 old It-llow, «ho »ouM
gtadlv ha*»· paij the debt· out ot ht« own
pocket to have saved A lela the tiouble. if
he lia·! only b-.-vn able.
Mut at l*st everything was arranged —
The la«t creditor had l)f jη paid and A !^la
lot-ketl hi· receipt in full away i t tbu great
«leak.
Slearni had gone home She «ai alone,
and in no hurry to go S'.ie b >arded r.ow,
and her room ·ι< just over the room of a
music teacher, and the broken stringed pa
no was being tortured from morning till
night The aound annoved Adela. and »he
waa ^'a I ol thcifuiet of the little back room
oflits
It waa in March, and Mill col·! enough
for a fire. She moved up to the grate, and
tcarcd liack in the well-worn leath-r-cu*h
ione<l chair, lliitikir.g. Sh»· »»< poor enough,
and tnuat depend on herself herealter ; but
alter all, the lelt satisfied. I think we all
have that feeling when we have done to the
very best of our abil.ty what duty require·
of u·.
She roae at last to fo home, and then
•he observed a >Iιρ ο 1 folded paper lying
on the lloor ju«t under her desk. She pick
ed it up with a va^ue tear at her heart
why «tie could not have told. It wa* some
thing which hi 1 «lipped from the desk with
out her notice. Slie unfolded it. but at the
firit glimpse of the ominous heading, the
lettirs a I swa n together, and »'ie had to
til 1 >wn a m un>*nt and collect her thought*
before sh·· could read if.
"For val·»·· received, ! promise to par
Il I ward It onaine. nr order, one thousand
two l.undre.l toil ira, on demand with in
terest. "llmi'ioN M vr«ii "
She sit « ill, like one who lia* r« ceive la
• 1 'den blow Another debt still to se. tie;
and »ke had not hilf money enough in l-'ie
woild to r a ίο; I it! Then a bright hope
arose Th·.· note w»s in her tidier'· w«-ll
kuowo haul writing; there could he no
doubt a« to it· genuineness ; but it had been
in In· posse·»!·.»!·, jHirhipi it li a I been paid,
and ho had kept the note in«tead ol destroy,
ing it liul no. That hope was quenched
almost immediately, I ir o·' turning the pa
j>er she «aw t'ie word **C »pv " written across
the back. It was a peculiarity of herfathel'·
to kee;i cop>es of all the note· he gav.·, and
indeed of every ptji-'r of an*· conaeijtienee.
Twelve hundred dollars! Where »t<
the money to roin« from ? Twelve hundred?
Vea, the deb· must be m >re than that—
there wn tli»· inler.-at Sio look·· I at the
date—eiyA/ yen» Λ·ι· k—ml « err of jo y
broke from ner lioe. Tin* iio'e wn out
!— l'bere wu no imlurie nenn of |«a'·!
innttliii nu on rb·· l>i k lo vive it, mil in
law it could not b· r»*eoverc 1!
Ο iljr f >r » mom»· η ι >11 I ihi· thought
aff rd Λ lela inr S ie n- neiu
brrt-il tint bonor »n on»· tiling and law
another. She kn-w ver» w-|l how tint
debt «m incurred. Si· hid hf»r*l her f»·
the- apeik of it. II·· bill piin 'mïil good·
of Mr. Ilomaine for ••■veral yearn, ami at
on·· tun»· be bad tak«-n more than bo ha·!
thf money to pay for H itnaine *n an
ea«y »ort of a man, and »o the tbinjj lit·!
r*in on until the note hi* r«-ally worthl···».
11 it lier father ha I a nvi intended to pay
it. Not more than a year previoui, Adela
hid heard hirn »peak of it. an<l the ha<i νιρ·
ρο· d be hi I ietn lo it at onre. Hut ihc
had f>reii »rofl|; i-i her ronjc tor·»
S11·■ took ber pencil and a bit of pap-r,
an I < iliulated the iiitereat. Siie *1» ajlii»!
at th·* «uni total Almost two thousand
dollar·! Stran^u that interest will run up
•o ' An I bow ·Ιιο·ιΙ<1 »?ie rai«e tb·· amount?
Her watch anil chain inu«t (jo. There
w»« no h·· ρ for it mw She ·11· 1 not know
bo* much tb·· two would brin'Jj, but th· y
ou^bt eert linly to »··ΙΙ for eno ι ;ll to pay
tb·· tie I r ΓΙ»«·|· coit a gr· at .leal more.—
Tlx· η «'· li w ι» *<·( with dum »nd·, and the
fbi ο I.li t luiuond brooch with an un·
erabl cluster in the centre.
S!ie l<» >k o-jt thu we'rh, ami ki»·«·»! it fen·
derly. with tear· in her e_ie« ΤI >·η »he put
on her bat and aack. an I went up to li ; r I
«V Γ ιοι-ΙΓ», ft·· great jewelry <»t"rc at the
ι ιιπιιτ Mr 11·r·I hi I been a frien I of her
fa ll· r'·, ami «be took him mm le and«bowed
bun the art»·· le J.
• I'ln) are fry triluihlff," be «aid, look
ing them o*»*r ; "but nurelv you Jo not witb
Ιο ι|ί«ρο«·< of them
"Y· ·. wir ; that »a< m* o* jed in railing
her» ΑηΊ the ·ιat·-·I bri«*fl> the rrnon
why the want·· I tl»e t wo tli'i'ia«η I lo'ltr·
•'N|t dear Μκ· Mardi," « iid Mr. Bird,
"I mu«t ad.ηir·· m«r mtegiity, l>u* at the
' «am·· time under the eireum«ta>iC4 ·, I ·ΙιοιιΜ
a l*i«e \uu lo let tbe mallet remain )<i«t a·
•t ι·. Kdward R >maoie in «lea·!. aed In·
t fon ban luo'i dlril bun in th·? hu*me··. lie
i« ri b i no.igh to gi*·· away twenty audi
ι no'.e·, an I It.· · ptobably never thought of
ι recovering tin· debt. I woull do nothing
I mora about it.'
"My father de»iro I to pty if. Mid Adela
•firmly; "and although it is outlawed, it
does nut a It* r tin· fact lit at th* obligaticn ;
leniaiii· uinli«'hiig«il. Wlut will you ι
me for the war -h an<l chain?'
"1 will give jou two ibouiaml for the
watch." aaiJ the jeweller,"and you cah kc«*p
the clMin."
The bargain *11 concluded, anil Ado la
went to 1 w 11 Mr. Stearns uf wliat she 1ι··1
•lane, an I lo get voting llo ttaine's address.
Mr. St earn* approved of Iter plan ; but.
«till lie «aid lie did not sup) ose it w»· one
which would ever be gee erallv adopted ;
and after a while be '-unfed up ibo address.
Mr. Gilbert Humaine, No. . Broadway
Now York.
"That's hia place of business," said Mr
Stearns; "but here'a a card with tin; num
her of hia residence; perhaps you had bet*
ter send the draft there "
Mr. fiilbert Romaine sat at ease in one of
the splendid parlors of his ban.Nome up
town residence one drixzly ^ril evening.
II·· was a very fine-looking young man ol
twenty-eight or thirty ; but j »t now his face
wore an expression of fti iui. which de
traded somewhat fro:n its ·ο<1 looks.
*·Ileartleaa! every one of em !" lie ejacu
lated to himself, fur he lia 1 no other audi
ence. if we ex.-ept a greyhound lying asleep
on the b·- ar th -1 u g ''Now, I </i<J think
Lucille (ïramont was made of different ma
terial ; but it serins I was mistaken. Here
slie has gone and made poor Albert<>n
wretched, just because that >>rainle«s B"»o
eeth htpp>-ns to bave a few thousand* more !
I «sonder il the·» is an bonc*t, single-mind
ed woman in the whole world?'1
"Wliat's that about woman?" asked bis
sitter Caribel. sweeping into the room ra
diant in silk anil jewels.
"Oh, nothing," yawned Itjmiine.
"Don't fib." said slie, st ooping to kiss
his cheek. "Come, (filbert, do stir youtself.
We shall be late at Mrs. Fan shane's . And
it i« going to be tke ballot* the season
"They are all tfU bills, Bella," and b··
drew her down ou liis kne·- a» lie spoke.
"I hid rather stav here wi !i vou, d· tr—*'
"Oli, nonsense ! (tilb-r you ought t»
have a wi'e to pet. See t.* re I ) ou have
mussed my puffed underdeeves shockingly.
Don't, (tilbert !'' as he stole another kiss;
my hair will be ruined, an 1 Florinc spent
full an hour crimping it!"
'•And it looks like a respectable colored
person's. Bella, dear," said « iilbeit. teasing
ly, and receiving a box on the ear f >r the
Somewhat equivocal compliment. ''Ah, here
comes the mail! let nie just glance over my
letters, and I am at your service."
There were several of th in—all in buff
envelojM-s except one. And that was super
scribed in a lady's hand. Gilbert looked
t'ie others over carelessly, and took up this
list on·· with a little feeling of curiosity.
11·· Ίι 1 η·>: know the writ)- 4, an I b«* liai
no ItMinle correspondent·. He broke. the
S'-al. ami a draft on a country hank (ell out.
Tnere mi a brief note accompany in·;—stat
ing ilio facts of the case, and asking Mr.
11 itnaine lo return tin· h >n I which Ιι.· )ι·Ί·1
against tin? late I l amp? 01: M arsh—and also
to receipt the und«*rsi^n--d fur the amount
inclosed. I'be '•uudersigu-jd" was Ad»·!*
Mai »h.
Kimaine lia 1 to tax liis memory a long
tim · lie fore be co ill recall anything about
the matter. Then he remembered having
at fome l'une seen unon^ hi» father'· pafwr·
a not·· with the name of Μ ι -·1ι at the hot·
tom. Hut he h t 1 η »' iced that it was out
law I. and ha 1 thought no more about it
Well, here was an exhibition of honest τ
in a woman winch was deci I -dlr refreshing.
Il·· r« mam· d silent so long thinking it over,
that Ciaribel tfot out ol pan mce, a id want
ted to kn is if lie intended going lo Mr<.
Kan«han« *·, or reading pro-y letter»?
"l'ard m me, dear." h ; a ijwereJ, rout
ing himself "I have been surprised by
th·· contents ol 0110 of tbe»e letter·. An
old debt h*s been paid winch I had given
tip long a40. llere.C'laribel, I'll give you
lb·· drift fur pin money. I tuppo·· S·.
John will be clone a« a miitr w/.b you
" Πι auk you," said Cl.i· ibel, blushing
ronly at the mention nl tht man to wh mi
• he was υ si» m to he wo hi 1. ' St. J din
is a prince !"
"I only hope t.ou will think fo ten year·
after the honeym ion is over," «aid (tilbert,
and went up to I is room to 111 ike s.»m ■ altera
lions in hi· dress, before presenting h<m«elf
a: the bo >se of the afistoCMliC Mr». Kan·
bane.
• t was a little eoriou·. perbap», teeing
tha» Mr. II «mairie alw*y « burn·- 1 all In·
letter·, thai he •ho ild rari Λ lela'» brie'
bu» η "·· c<> um irn ' ition ah it with him m
lu· |> ><*ket Ι> ιΛ Ovca*io 1 ally he t >«»k it
out ar d read it over, 11 it to refresh his
metii »ry. Ami ifter his h· <se was left unto
hnn desolate, hy the departure oi his sister
on her bridal tour, he to >k to leading the
lutter every «lav ; ol c » irse bo cjuI I not
help fueling an interest in the writer, after
( blowing tins butincM Ι·>Γ ι couple of sve.-ks
—cr prehap* it was the mlere»t be jelt in
her that prompte 1 hnn to keep on reading
her lei t» r.
It was a η >'ι1>· thing to do! he «ai I t·» him
, «elf. ί ο pay up a < 6>t which could never
Ιιιτ« bt'fn ricotrrid. lin thought there
wer# not many men honul enough to do il.
Ile hoped Mm· March had property enough
left. *o that »he could never feel the So»· of
the paltry two thousand. H« would have
•ent the draft hark to her if lie hid thought
of il at the time. Hut then Marsh wu re
|>orted wealthy—to of courte «he had rather
pay it.
Then he fed to wondering, aa be had. in
truth, rainr time» before. How did «lté
look? Wa» »he young or old? Married?
he thought not, for the name signed to ibe
bottom of the letter m Adela Mar»h.
Finally, Romaine decided to go to Park
erabuig. That wa« where Adela lived ; but
t bo η he w.i* not going on her account. He
wmmed to »ee Fred Hardy, and Fred lived
in !*arker>burg. It wu a little •ingular
that during the ten yean of Mr. Frederick
Hardy'» midtnee in that locality Mr.
Romaine had never developed a deaire to
a«e him before.
What creature» of impulse we all are—in
«pile of iiur boasted reason and «elf-poise J
We weigh some mat 1er pro and con, ar.d
then a meie trille deckle» u».
Romaine found Hard» delighted to tee
him. and Mr». Hardy wu in the same grat
ifying »tate of mind. Romaine wai shown
the baby, told all her cunning little trick·
and antic·several time· over, and then Mr·,
llardy took her off to the nuraery, and left
Fred and Romaine to talk over old time·
atnid the stroke of their cigar·. We
wonder how men who do not smoke ever
get confidenial? Somebody »ay» that
women are never conôdential until then
back hair is let down—and it i» quite as
certain that men are nev«-r very communi
cative until thev get one room at least, full
of smoke.
Fred told all about hi» courtship, and
dwelt on the virtues anil graces of hi» Kate,
and the charma of his baby, which was the
only baby of the kind ever known! Tbeie
never could be another like it!
Then, when Fre 1 had talked himself out,
Rom >iiie began to inquire into the capabil
ities of the vicinity ; and learned, after a
great ileal ol, a» he thought, skillful ques
tioning, that Adela M treh wu one of ti e
prettiest young ladies in town, li.it abe
was reduced to work lor a living, and during
the past month she hid been an operative
in the Parkcrsburg cotton mill. She might
have taught, or wotked lor Mi·· Grime»,
the milliner. Free1 said ; but idie preferred
the factory. She should feel more in
U ι* penitent.
Romaine lai·! awake half the night plan
ning how he should manage to meet Miu
Marsh. First lie thought of visiting the
mil! — then of calling at her hoarding house,
an«J claiming her acquaintance ; finally he
«J«·*·ΐtl·»»I on the very wisest thing. He tohl
Mrs. Hardy that he wanted to meet Miss
Marsh, and she arranged it all without the
least trouiil»·. She hid a tea party, and
invited Adela Fred looked on with sagac
ious eyes, tor he had flattered himself that
from the first he had known juat what
Romaine was "driving at." He had told
Kate, in the firat place, that Gilbert Romaine
had not come all the way Iron» New York
without somr object in view.
Mr Romaine walked home with Adda
that night, to the infinite di«gu«t of Mi»·
I.»· Forrest—the hill·· of ihe village, who
had counted on the special honor of Mr.
Rom une'· cacort for herself.
Perhaps you will think that he was hasty ;
but wht-n he left Adda that night at her
hoarding-house, fiilbert Romaine had made
up his mind in regard to a very important
matter. Ft < v»*r he married, hie wile would
he Adrla Marsh.
Il·· remained at Park'-rsburg ·ο long that
his partner sent for him to return, »aying
that if he <lid not do *o before long, he
should look out for another partner.
Romaine'* reply sa· brief arid t haraclenatic.
"Dk«R F aR Ml » m : — Have patience. I
am looking out a new partner nnself
'•Rovi \ihk "
Just ·ιχ weeks af'er Romaine'· arrival at
I*trker»h irg he wis married in the little
parirh cher eh, ami Adela M a rah was the
bri.le 11·· r bushand'a presents to her were
munificent and coatis, hut more than any
thin;» el«e she prized the wa'ch given h« t
unee (·< her father—sold In save hi· honor.
an<l restored to her now by «ολ »he loved
belter than lift·.
A Prussian journal relate» a «tory of a
Jewiih congregation which determined to
prevent lo fh«· R»hl»i a ton of wine, in token
ι f |h ir re«peet an 1 love Kick was to
brm^ a holt I·· and pour the contents into tin
r> -epistle. After the plan had l>een carried
out, tlie cask »ai tipped an I found to he
filled with pur· water. Kach one of the
donors hid conceived the idea that in »uch
a quantity a «injjle hot'le of water would
not he detected, and the result was a·
Mated.
There in no apot of moral dirt that a pile
; of greenbacks will ι·οΐ cover, and there ia
I no pool ao foul that aome men will not
live into it, if there is money at the bot
i out.
TU· editor of the Goapel Banner, who
heard Ibcken· rtid in Portland, ipiMiki of
lb· personal appearance of Mr. Dicken· aa
somewhat different from Ike usual news
paper deacriptiotia of that celebiated indi
vidual He ia about five feet nine inch*· in
height, w.th pretty (food aised shoulder·
and bead, but ι at her lightly formed below,
weighing. perhapa, one hundred and fifty
pound·. He ia gray with a bald bead on
the top and back, but with hair combed
•o aa to favor ita appearance. Ilia fore
head ia n<"t »o maasiv· nor hia rounte
nance ao intellectital looking aa hia picture·
alow. Hit face ia not one that a atranger
would regard at remarkable, and if aecn in
a crowd, people would not he likely to aak
"What gentleman ia that?" Hia eyea ate
blue, hia btows raibcr heavy, and the com
plexion of hia face florid ; nd healthful.
Hi* dress waa arranged vety neatly and in
keeping with the occasion. In hia reading
lie make· no efTort at display of eloquence
or oratory, but hia style in :hat of a right·
down story-teller. The audience wrre ile·
limited with the performance, and it ia aaid
that Mr. Dickena ha.« expressed himself aa
being higlity please.I with hia re«*ption in
Portland.
rF-The M aine Board of Agricnltnre, at
ita late session, passed a vote directing the
several Agricultural Societies receiving
hourly ftoin the State, to offer in premium·
for tb« encouragement of wheat culture,
during the current year, a sum not les· than
ont—fourth of tin* amount of bounty ao re
ceived during the year. The vote is under
atatut enactment, and any aociety omitting
to offer premiums will lose the bounty.
rylltve you ever read the "Ancient
Mariner?*1 asked U.ev. Mr. Spurgeon one
day of hia congregation. "I dare aay you
have thouglit it one of the strangest imag
inations ever put together, e*pecial'y that
part where the old mariner représenta the
: corpsea of all the dead men rising up to
manage the ship—dead tnen pulling the
: ropes, dead men atecting. dead men spread
ing the sails I thought what a strange
idea that «as. But do you know that I
have lived to see tliat true; I have »een it
done. I have gone into churcbca and I
havj sren a dead man in the pulpit, and a
! dead lean as deacon, and a dead man hold
ing the plate, ami dead men sitting to hear."
If A new wonder called "PltnrbrtU·, "
has made its appearance in Portland. Ii ia
Ia heart shaped piece of wood, about 8 inche·
long, by seven in its widest part. There
are two pentagragh wheels at the wide-t
end, and a pencil at the other. It is plact-d
Uf»on a stie« ι or wmte paper—1*« persons
place their han'li on it, and then · question
being askf-d, by cither of the patties or a
third person. tbe pencil writes an answer
—n>mi'tim«i correct, aometiinee not. They
are manufactured an<l aold in Portland for
GO. What next?
Γ^"Λ good joke i« told ainc-e tbe late Grc
in Bridge port. Conn., inasmuch an Mesara.
Hatch «V Wjnon, insurance agents, whoae
otlicc *aa badly damaged, were not inauied
There ia an old aaving that "aboetnakers
a'wata g> barefoot.'
tTT"I" Viiginia, iti 1851, a woman was in·
dieted, tried, and sentenced to two years'
imprisonment for teaching a sl.ive to read.
Tbe indictment read* as follow*:
"And the said . not having the fear
of f»od before her eve·, but moved and in
• tigated thereto by the devil, did t»*ach a
negro woman to read the Bible, to tho
great displeasure of Almighty God, etc "
This was a Democratic indictment, tinder
s Democratic la*. in a 1>emoeraiic State.
I V A blue burse, without hair, ia exhibi
ted at London. Any horse without hair
would be blue in the weaibvr we have had
lately.
Vr l"he value of the property in New
Orleans re ently decided rn favor of Mrf.
(«citerai (îaines, in #7.·<ΜΙ.ΟΊ0.
\~~y 11 i· estimated that emigrant* arc
g iirtg to Wisconsin at the raie of a thousand
a week.
" Gentlemen'* said the clerk of a certain
hotel to hia gueata at eleven o'clock, "I
don't know whether tou have talked enough
or not, but as for tnyaelf, I am going to
ahut up."
Vice ia the saucer of the cup of aorrow,
Ji it not lingular that army aurgenna
•hould wait until after the battle U> take up
arma?
Advice to partie* in doubt whether to buy
or hire α bouse —two evil cltooae the
leased
"What,'- inquired a •«■hool·»·aster, "is
the pi jral ol penny?" "Twopence' ' ahouted
the sharpest m the elaaa,
Wl.it liquor ι· moat like (or ahould be
put in) a sherry cobbler? Motion g a htcler,
ol courae.
"I am certain, wife, that I am right, and
that jou ar· wrong, I'll bet my ear* on it "
"Indeed hiabanl, you ahould not carry
• betting to auch extreme lengths."