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VOLUME 88. PARIS. MAINE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1871. NUMBER 4β·
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F. E. SUA W.
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Professional Cards, 4*f.
«Il 4W A klUBALU
Attorneys $· Counsellors at Law,
PARI» 1111.1.. >11..
(•KOKOE 1. WIIX»,
Jttorn* if Counsellor at Law,
i> fier op posit * tk* ItiatUnr llont* ,
>01 tu r \κΐν χι κ
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ΚΟΙΛΤΚΚ Λ \l ΚΗίΙΙT.
Counsellors Attorneys at Law,
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tk « BOL* IKK. J.l* VKKillT
Κ . W . I t ι: K,
Counsellor ami Attorney at Law,
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Dit. 4 . Κ. I)U IV
SIR G Κ λΥ [)t:S TISl\
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ΙΛ04 ΙΙ lOM I i:. J|{..
Counsellor tV * lit orne y at Laic.
BET H i: I . *1 I -.
Il \HKI LI. A I* I l Ml.
MA η Β LU η OR h ΕΚ S.
— l'Ure- ,·: ΐΊ.νί,ν
ΚΙΙΤΙΙΓ.Ι. * M» «ΟΙΤΙΙ »*Altl>.
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ν tî All n>i«*re~l· ·1 w »il ι·1«;« »· ! r e n ul.»r
•ι. i . VIDKCUX
Counsellor φ Attorney at Late,
UlCkFILLD, <>3»'«>U1> CO. ME.
•#-v* ul pinctiee is Oxford. Cum wrUtnl au I Au
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DEPUTY SHERIFF, - - Dixfield,
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chai us, seals, keys, pictures l frames.
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Attorney $ Counsellor ut Late,
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f»ro*ft»nl Conctj
FKFD. Γ. CROCKETT. 1. D..
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Eclectic Physician £ Sur^ton,
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Attorney $· Counsellor tti Laic,
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MKhjaxji Mt:
v;sic BlCKMELli lite tir»l M ami ν γ U;
. · MmtfcrwjfhHMvmI.
» - μ^4ΐ»> will iw *iMirvtt in ettdi<«vuriu( t<> *i»e !
V Wm; -faction mar® *71
FK£iLI>D 1IOWE,
ΙλΧΤ'ΚΛΝΙ Κ AgKNT !
xorway, Mi:
OkfU t—oiei Po*. (Mlcf.
' v''· ';1> ; ·»«·"** °« I**or·
jj 0 C ( I D.
.! Roman's I'oetn.
^ a .m j <*ii Ime inc. α';Ί )o;i I.1J
Y<»»u huii I nnd fort v. η ·. t my left:
I tii.tuk you, ·» », uitU ill lux L(Wl<
I ir i- -ivi'd.
It s hut hi tic t<> you ιη«·η.
To whom th.· <| I iic -tand *idt',
Î! ;l in. h. h"\\ :«» won» m» ! Sin·
II i* ikiii|ht beside.
Ï <· k« tfc· m >rî-'. \* αοπ il» you move,
Y II ruio >«'»'. : <>i: ."Γ «·>·.!ι -e or line ;
I » i.« . t.;mt i l .ι ·! , · r -iM-ixl your gold
Λ ι d.e or wine'
Ui ! w«»Id, »1.k. ou make that too.')
1* .ι \* ι i<:t m four blank wall-;
k: ·· t ·» o '· « ! ·ι b-'ht i« there?
\\ lilt · I» m low lull* ?
Ν · .·! the l.i , ··«·'.» .1-tTel <·>!ΐ,
Λιι·Ι Ιιν« tu tit»·.:m- ,tu«t til! it end - :
\\ ·> ? .:e t vim.iiii << -« Is οΐ-μΐι I u ·1«·»
That b«.re oar fi lend*
li ru to It ill It.du a -oiijs-.
\n l thrum f ·: li *nr» lu· t Mtuicl key ·
H c llni.k it ( Km-ι'* yi>n and wr
Hut |»ve to ΐ'ίι
We tee· I i«r bird. we tend our flower»,
IV>or in-d'Xtr tli nj« ot «i kit bl<»uii>\
o. jiU\ the Lou-ewd'o in « in ^lovc
And duet ' lit* rwvn
But -i'IUO ol u« 1ιλ\. he»ttS ;<ud mind»,
*> » tiiucii the λογη' for n> and y<> ι ;
►'or. «rant μγι· «eek a letter lif»·.
What can w ο «lu
We on'inut build autl *ail \«>ur -hij·*.
Οι drive tour t-u^inv , tirare weak.
Λι. ι t^iMHHUt of th·· trieks uf ttade;
Γ«> think and ν o.tV.
« »t · . > ■
\! 'ue i« iiiir.*, :tu«! that you liait·;
t ·»">··."Ί within oui-tdv.·* .g.«ίι».
\\ t· ,:h and will
A!i ' »vlto cam I' ll tti*· hitter h ui».
l'hc tlrtart du» that uouni -|>··ι»*Ι
I t" : litolUllt'· IIUvliMM* . t i. ■ «Γ t · \ · Ullkl. i»u.
With.·tit .1 Irien I
Wifiout . Ιι,ιΐκΐ \u<l w hat j« Ιι«·
Who, like λ >h.t<l<tw. il.iv ami nijht,
Follow·, tli»· woni.iu ii» prrfen· ·
l.ivv· id lier ->içi»t
lier Κ·»· —In· a ipillaut nan,
1 »«.·νt-it-vl to li«'ι" wcry uhuu—
He vi *< t » «lie t>»r her. .«o >l««·
Μιι-ί I ν · f ir I iin '
We -houl'l he very jçrateiul. -ir.
That. η hen < ou'r nothing e!«e Γ» tic».
Ywu ri>ur ill * hour·· mi u
>.» k !ili Ο V « Il
I*H'fu^r in »tu<lte<i «·οΐ·»|·1»ωπ:1
1 uur u—iiiic; ·. 1 k jc!ir lottie- ar»· tin··,
Though both, .-.t t iu< tr·· <>»ucvrii «t «turn;.*
Oi «tii 'ke ami wine'
v\ ! !i ν*.· 1 «· ι·· I. η cl > 1
t1 η- ' Wi- ·ι ί ιΐ r |»t«1* .
W* l te tu j« -t. il i' th«r ι la*
OI li.ia D<>* ll»\U i·
\ ou £ u.t uiy Ihii.-r «gnl< a:»· tiuo
< · · :. ι r ··! ton an l nir
Y ur Ιυ\ ο ι» iU'»<h :t» ■ «tir
lîi.t we «hall «ec.
Y ι « ι v u lovt· u»e, have τ«»ιι thought
II»··.* i. oli th »ι· i.tt'e v*oi·!> roulai»?
\ ' ι «οι M «»f h:»|>|»ln< «».
\t 1 λ oi l U of j<;»in !
Y : . ι m. or -!o.uM, you; η. *u;v now,
l: η ·Ι« atul |μ«μο!ι». l'an I he
XV' t χ. ι; ··- π me"' l*o \ . tiKil
V >ur nil in me '
\.«t. D thw. y u th·> cl that T
M · ?> \rniv v\ \Txiiii lanryn, t·*»?
Y<:i iov un . will yon have y our thought
li 1 love you ?
Mut thiok t^ai » Y ou know nu· not:
I. t > may bti .» buU« d ,
Λ co«tl* ι iri«»r ih !1 ou .«hoiv
For > >u to huy.
You is» t ι»»· wiioiiy .* one woitl more,
\ on ·.. ·· .a.· yyaui,, t;.»·;, ι ni mo fa:i ;
1 think I have a pleasant face,
\ml i-rctiy i iir.
ll^it l»y ami hy u»; lue \* ι I t i«le.
It u«u*t wit»i time, it :u ijr with c; re;
M liai «jy you t" a vtrinklcil vv ile.
With thin Jfroy h;.tr
) on r.i11* η· t, you ; iu youth or aire.
Your heart i« mine, while life rmlniv.·»:
1» ti «·. · Then, Arthur, hop 's niv han*l,
My heart i- yoan
Select ^torn.
F ruin it - I'hreiwlugi âl J mi ι 1.1
LATH A S KXPKKIEXCK.
A Tri e Story of tiik IIkakt.
BY I». HASTINtiH, JR.
Laura. my heroine, :i j-rfi'*· young lady
in ?» -t\ ?i-h walking-suit, looked wonder
fully charming and attractive as she
tripped along the sidewalk of Main
Street, in Greenfield. one sunny May
mornlrg In the year of our Lord l^G—.
So thought a t ill and well-dressed young
man who, coming up fiom a .side street,
lifted hi- h:U. gracefully, saying as he did
so. "1 beg your pardon, but I wa> look
ing for the post office, aud expected to
find it here."
"It is opposite, just across the com
mon.* -he replied in the sweetest ol
ve c -, indicating the direction with a
wave ol her dainty gloved hand.
. *A« we are going in the same diiec
ticn, will you allow nu the pleasure of
your company ?" he a*ked.
"I could not refuse so simple a re·
que-!,*1 she answered, modestly.
He thanked her, and explained that
wi-hing to mail a letter on board the car.
he had found it was not a mail train, so
had availed himselt ol the short delay at
the station to run to the post office,which
he had been told was close by.
"And so it i«. but you kept to the leit
instead of ti e light, ami - » made the cir
cuit of the c miiu« n/"
"1 cannot regret it," he replied, with
so pointed a look ol respectful admira
tion that the blush rose hue ol iter cheeks
deepened to carmine, w hich, noticing, he
hastened to say, "Is i: not a lovely morn
ing ? I have enjoycd my early ride with
it.-» »os cl \ ;it ied scenery exceeding·
i\, and iennyson't lines have haunted
my mind continually—
•The -uu, ttiti tu ><>u, ill · »tar*. t ie sea*, tiie hills, !
*d*1 the plata»— 1
Vn· m t thf>o. ·» S.»ut " tin· ·ί· ί·>:» οΓ Ilini wli
rri.inβ
"That h a little' singular, lor I \ν,·ι
thin Jng of that 'High··»· Pantheism,' whei
I met you. and repeating to myself—
"!■> i\ 1 lio vi*ion il·' ' t'i >' Ho be no: that wlu
liu M'ctn- ;
j I'reams ate t»uc wliiU I he x la i, :awl tla wo notliv
tn .tro sm- ?"
"A continuation ol mv train ol id« a»
H ο »v shrill we account h i i' ? Upon tin
principle that our ι un Ν met evi η l»efon
onr i'\cs had seen »·.·,! ι < · t i : » r?'
"A wave ol th· ο/hi whi» !i touched u
I «Hit, perhaps."
II»· looked pleased. ·'!).» )«»u thon 11
Ii«*λ e that there i- ι >\mpathy -althoii^l
olten unrceogni/i <! — · \ « -1 i ι. · intwect
people ol certain temperament·-: Tlia
mind acts upon ami inllncm « - tuii <1?
"Yes 1 licUevi t uiihoul kuowiu;
why. anil it puzzlo tin· n ι·.\pre.«sil»!y."
"Thank \«»u tor acknowledging it.
Π Γ5
think many people helieve as much. l»u
t'<»r fear ol I eing thought looli.sh or tian
s> Midenlal they wilî n· t admit il. I an
an enthusiast upon the subject, and font
td" experimenting. Now, will yon mak<
a compact with me which we shal
neither of us mention to :i third person
We :;r»· entire stranger-; I do not know
your name, nor you mine; will y«n
promise nu» not to try in any way lο .ι*
(m itain my residence or identity, ami
ill preset \ ·· the same sileac» in regard i<
\ou. We are opposite* in look* and ii
temp» r voient. I he'ieic. We luxe «oui»
point- <»t interest in common, our ad
mir ation loi Tenny - >ο. ι ·ι i' -i .nee.
«•ha!' m-ver read hi- ρ u ni- villi .it
thought ol \iu; and I helici »· yo u mini
χ i'! in the saiiii· way revert to me. a'
tl.«»ngl» you must not invest me in \i>ui
imagination with all th·· \:itue> "1
(Îalaliid We will eaeh pr.iy l"i tin
other at our d lily morning and cvwnitn
devotions, and trust to our own mind t<
actuate us—hy tliit lii/li«*i knmvlcdgi
which i- not insiinct— i- to our futur*
hum tings. Ami 1 fully lielieve that «"im
wher·· i'i the golden future' our life
p ith-, which have crossed each oilier thi
morning, will meet nd Mow <»n in tin
» win- » il ιιιιιπ.
·· ! ρ; niiiiv." - »i<l L un ».\and added, ii
a Ii-iu· t.f real m gret. "I run son \
I tit ί ι·Μ the p«»-l c, and i!' you d<
not h..-.(«mi ; .u w;'! «s· l!. train
"Many thank».M he s ml, c inu'Ml),
ι ii«:t ^ 11 s·* hat >ii m I !·(..«. ii^ in u
and e ich went llieit *cparate way, »·«.!
\n iti» a iicw inter» a! h< art, which the)
w ι nid * at ry to the en>i.
Λ cuiious beginning t > a curious ac
quaintancc I'aikhurst «·ι» :» young
ii ini-Ui. h iiuNoiue. lalentcJ, and ju-l
- ·. · t i r j ^ ut life under au^j»;· i > »ti ■» ciivuni
- up - II >pe and tiilli w< ,,· picdomi
liant trait» in hi* character, and lie went
c . ii!- w 1\ us coniid· nt th it the Ικ· iuti(u]
gii! with whom ho h;u! ju-t tnol and part·
e.l would sollle da) '»C Iii- W it · is thoiigll
tiiey had been tornialh l>; intiml. lie
had never been pirticularly fond of the
l:i«ii· ». oivhr love·.» all ni:iid.«, hut none
in speci.il.' and thi·» lair, radiant face,
with a pure >piiitiiil light and grace
shining through, w!ii ·ίι far transcended
any meie physical U au y, ».h the «me
to whom lii·» ~j»ii it eiied :.vc l'elea*.
"Where? <> where? I love thee, I ho' 1
kno ν thee not
L i ira wa» a lo.ely, imaginative young
pei»on, po>s<«siug a sii.uig int. Ileet uid
a taste t<*r »tud) in,; into i;id pondering
upon al! kind- of things, -ecu »nd un
seen. Of course this meeting and com
pact with an entire stranger took strong
hold of her imagination, particularly :h
the stranger chanced to he one of the
handsomest and mosi impie»sive men
»ii·' had seen. Although a minister's
«laughter, she was no more religious than
the generality ot gals. isiie had never
been given to regaling the liible \ei> at
tentively, or to spending much time at
her private devotions, thinking if she
was reasonably regular at family prayers
that »vas all that wa- required o! her.—
But to-night "Oil the Heights" was laid
aside while she read of Christ's undying
love, and kneeling prayed with passion
ate tears, not only tor her unknown
friend, but for forgiveness that she had
neglected lut ehiidhoo Γ s prayers until
led in this way to seel; the Throne of
Giace. This new religious impulse was
continued with a deeper devotional leel
iug and increasing interest, as if inspired,
as she fully believed she was, by a strong
er njind. Her reading took an entirely
different turn. One by one the t&shiotia
lit »·.· λ . ι ι » ι
jiu 'iicauuiia m tiiu wuiuui >{>jn;u,
I su'ue of which she had been in the habit
of surreptitiously borrowing and read
ing—gave way to m.iga/.iiHM ol a highm
I grade. As t!»c summer days lengthened,
a desire grew into lier heart, she hardly
.viirw v\ hen or how, to attend the com·
w.eucemcut exercise* at Amherst, Ma.?s.
She had Iricnd* there vv ho had often in
viletl her to \isit theiu. :>nt she had nev
er done s<>; now she was "possessed' to
^o, her mind was wholl} engrossed with
ti.e idea, and she went on ûaturJay for
the whole of the following anniversary
w eek.
Sabbath afternoon, while seated in the
c owded gallery oi the old church listen
ing to the grand opening hymn which
preceded l'residcut Snails' eloquent
Baccalaureate sermon» she became con
scious ol a fixed magnetic gaze which
drew her blue eyes by mxiio ine.-istible
power toward the arraj of alniuni ia the
body ot the house, where tiiey encounter
ed those black, soulful orbs whoso pas
sionate language m\eo met could never
be forgotten. A deep blush gave the
owner of the black eyes tiri- gratifying
assurance as she turned quickly away,
> only to l".»k again mill again, whether
.she would or not, lor an answering
glance «»t sympathy as her *«»n| was
1 stimd by ι lie gifted thoughts ami noble
ideas «>Γ lin' speaker. So It was at "Prize
S|»( iking," and .H the evening lee!ures
At ihe concert of Wednesday evening,
and again η;» Commencement day, the\
were seated wVvie e Mintle^s lightning
lanee· jKiso'd between them, which
each being quick at interpreting, they
J were tiiu- mad·· acquainted b\ intuition
{ with the thought* ·»! the other. They
«ι "t frequently i ι ihe grounds the gmve,
the gymnasium, the eliapcl, on tin· tower.
1 iu the cabinet*, and one day. stiangely
1 enough, the surging, seelhing uowd b it
' thorn quite alone for a moment In tb«*
quaint >ilem*e of the Nineveh Gallery
• ' 1 "U jiad ti: see tha: you remember
our eonipaet." lie said, in hi* peeullar
1 rieli v»»i··.·, "aie von willing to continu·'
ι » it ?"
\ look, and ihe words spoken trem*
ι blingly. "More than willim/," wn« all tor
! Ltura'sgav companions returned for her
) ) just then, and Coumii Χ«Ή exclaimed, as
I j-lie hurried her down the drive t»· the
' ! llokVtM* garden—
"Oh, my, Laura ! how thai splendid
ι m.in looks ui voU ! 1 notice it oveiv time *
wo meet. V ui'vo made :i conqucst. 1
[ lshallwriitftoymirlatJuTlli.it he'll soon
> ι have v«xi off his hands. It he looked :it
ι ι mo in I hat way I sliotil*! go wild, hut \ou
• are ;o ο toi and indifferent that 1 doubt
\our ι utilizing Ihat there u a man in
ι 1·»·\ ii lui* Laura, much to her cousin'»
t had turned a deal ear ο» all 111<·
I ravings about ?tudenls, to which tin·)
weie given in common with most girl· in ;
ι town λ hero there is a college
T9
Ami those chance meetings weie all
, which th«* l it*·; that time bestowed upon
; the n. with the exception that at the clo-c
, >1 tin week, while «landing on the piaz
ι za of the Amherst House, «he saw him
mount the crowded coach tor Northanip
ton. They were bolter acquainted than
» rores who had heon formally introduced
and exchanged :i lew mc mingles* eon
venti-mali-ni». \·* ho lifted hi·» h it when
the coaeh rattled away, caeh was con·
scions of a vaille pain :ι» parting, η pain
which was nveceoiiie by the faith which ·
each hi I in ι e iniegriu of the «cher,
ami the coMîiiK-iiee '.hat they *>ioul I
eventual!» meet again.
Jlveiy one remarked the change in
Laura. Although not It <« « !·«···rtιιI. she
»ho\v< d a much higher degree of culture,
uid her manner ac quired su h a new and
-hatmiug dignitv. Her ta-te» took such
ι different turn that -he discarded her
iglit, frivolous music and practiced Hee
tl: iven and II mdcL She wrote an essay
apon culture i n : ae ν liage Liter ιι ν So·
iet\ u >t knowing lu*r friend was pre
ο iring a le Jure upon lue s t ue subject at
: h*· s une ti ne. Their diariea during
most ο! this se ι ; »n, a- Compare*! aft'T
watd, weie curious for their similarity,
ι·ι 1 from the wa\ the. stronger led tlu
.veaker an l less cultivât"d mind.
Mow slir studied after she went home
! ιrom Ambers'! "How you do -tudy Î"
said lier father, wcli pleased; for there
! h 11 been a time, when lull of her pretty
girlish conceits and vanities, books hid
been somewhat neglected. .Vow she took
a fancy to conchology; she looked lor
I specimens ol coral and sea-anemones in
! every little collection in the village, and
: read every treatise upon the subject die
could find. She asked questions of her
father, < I the doctor, and of Squire
Brown. * It was seeing the shells at
Amherst, she supposed.' she said, a
splendid collection,—sho had been de
lighted with them. It was a shame she
had never seen them before, living so
! near them all her life. She wished ev·
• cry body could go through thoso cabinets ;
parent and teachers particularly didn't
think hall enough about it. It she had
' the power, every child in the Common
wealth should go to Ymherst and go
through the cabinets. How it would
' roiise their ideas and their ambition, and
give them such a new interest in the
1 world they live in ! She could imagine
Iiovn excited and enthusiastic the) would
be; how, after they went home, they
would commence collecting curiosities of
'then own; how, lor a time, the bugs,
butterflies, and birds'eggs would suffer!
what quantities of odd looking stones
would accumulate in imitation of Γιο·
lessor Hitchcock ! And even if aller a
time the first ρ cataire ol specimen·
gathering wore oil", they would never
I .settle back into the same gioove where
! they moved belore. For herscll, she
j said, "I will improve myself every way ·
; i.i iny power. I will be worth} ol him if
the lime coiucs thai oui life paths lunj
side by side, or arc the same. lie shall
not bu iisluuned to call in·· liiend." She
kepi herself dainty and Iresh and pure
for him. She dressed herself thinking,
perchance, 1 shall see him, and wondered
as she put on this or that becoming arti
cle ι I apparel ii it would suit his taste.
She swept and garnished the rooms and
made the house pleasant; and as she as
sisted her mother with a new interest i
about, the domestic duties, she said to |
herself, with ablush, "I will learn to do
it well, for perhaps souic day 1 iihall have
ι to ilit it for him."
Duriug tho golden autumn days thore :
was a Teachers1 Institute at llolyoke.
Laura wished to go.
"Υυιι aro not a teacher,11 said her
mother; * it is foolish lo go.11
"lint I am a i'rieud oi education, and i
really and truly take ;i deep interest."
So she diil, that was true; but alter her ;
Amher&t < pelieuce, when that nervous
1 unresl took possession ot' her, she know
very well who was thinking of going and
hoping t » meet her there.
"Lei her go," said her lather, always
where his only child was concerned be
inir more indulgent than liis wile. "Let
© Π
hei go ; she will enjoy it ; she will learn
something, I've no doubt, and will come
home :n lull of enthusiasm and grand
idea.i η s she did from Amherst."
So she went, but not on Wednesday
aller noon a- she wished—visitois pre·
vented her - but on Thursday morning.
Λ · ' h · stepped olT Fleming's train at
Ilolvokc station she met, ju-t getting on
board, her friend. There was an eloquent
look ml ■ earli other's eyes, and a silent
clasp «ιΓ hands as they win? jostled
against e w h oilier for a moment by the
crowd— and lie w as jjone.
" Nu» h ι pity you were not here la^t
evening.*' -aid a gay }<>ung Iriend.
·· 1 "hero was ii leeture upon corals, -hells,
uul all those things you are so much in
terested in, by a splendid, tall, black
eyed man. Vou met him just ;ts you got
oil the car. His name is Partridge or
Shuttriek, or something. I've forgotten
what,—but the lecture waa line.''
liy inquiry -he might ascertain his
ii ι me : ι η < 1 re-idence, but she would not;
she would not even read a report of pro·
eeeding- lor I» nr ot breaking her com
pact. So she enjoyed the day,- as it was
h· r aim to enjoy each day a.s it came to
her -and at night leturned to her studies.
Ibny :ts ι 1)0»·, ever making home bright
and checrful, reading books which a year
ago she deemed dry and uninteresting;
looking deeper and d( t per into a!i tho
mysteries, feeling in everything she did
ih.it new, strung'', s wort influence,—
knowing always that she was led by a
will stronger than her own. Soon until
mid·winter, when she all at once con
ceived m idea of -pending the following
Sabbath at an uncle's in Northampton. -
Father and mother both tried to dissuade
her. but in vain. She declared herself
needing a change ; -aid her father's -er
nions were dry and musty, she should get
something frc-h at Northampton. She
ut Κ»·r intentions, ;ti 1 the Salurda)
alterno »u train tool; hei to her des
tination. "I shall ec him !" she was say
ing to herself all the w ay : fond she look
eij in the car and at the stations, a id, as
- · drove u;> Shop Uow with 1 ei uncle,
at cveiy ι \ll man "<n the sidewalk and in
the passing teams. All in vain; l>ut she
did n«>t give up. ' I know I shall See
him," ihe kept saying ovei and over in
!...
'Πιο next morning uncle said, "Von
h ivc intirli going to meeting at homo
\ on won't rare lo gn here "
"Oh, vos I -lull. I want to show 111)
now whiter hat. and -ee what everybody
i ls·· I. i> on.ami 1 want to hoar I)r. Kings
Icy."
"Tin· Doctor is not well, but lie sup
plie > the pnlpît w ith one young prig or
nnoth'T; we hop·· hw will prea ·Ιι him^cll
to day."
Seated in church, the Kev. Dr. camo
In, ami with Itim—ιιο, it is not—yes. il
i- - lier friend. Hut he cannot lie a min
ister? lie is, lor he enters the pulpit,
i:ik< - hi- -eat, and takes down the Iiiblo.
Luna bows her head lo conccal the
powerful » motions which -he 1er 1m mu-l
be vhible in her lacc; and the prayer
was made. lh· hvnm ung. and tho deep
voice she know >o well, although heard
but twi ν before, had road the text be
fore -he could control herself enough to
lilt her In ad. When >hc did so, the
eyes ol the speaker almost immediately
met her own, but instead of eonlu-ing,
they calmed her with the power ol 1 heir
-trong magnetic will. She felt that he
was talking to her, and appropriated ev
ery word to heiself. His subject was si
Ion'. influences, and the sermon abounded
in noble thoughls as he aimed to show
the peace-giving influences of the Gospel,
and of a firm reliance on tho love of
God and the Saviour, lie touched upon
the influence of mind upon mind, and
painted in glowing language tho influ
ence which a silent prayer for God's
blessing upon a friend may have upon
that person's thought · ; believing it to be
the love of God and hid Holy Spirit work
ing in I ho minds and hearts of all his
creatures and so pervading all nature as
lo cause this strange sympathy between
congenial souls.
•'Who is Ιιυ?*1 asked Laura's aunt, as
»oon a< they were cn ruiitt for home.
"I «1 )ii't know." answered her uncle;
λ queer panic, but h»; is powerful smart."
Lauta ί-:ιΐ«1 nothing, but the sermon di*l
her a world »<f good, and the doubt nev
i r onee entered her heait but that lie was
us ii m· lu lie ι in spirit as she to him.
The winter melted into spring, and the
spiing in turn bloomed into summer, and
at the mu<ie convention at Kceuo they
again lor a moment met face to lace; and
:i lew weeks later their life-path crossed
again one pleasant day in Springfield as
their carriages met in the busy street.
Summer was just fading into autumn
when one glorious Saturday night, our
heroine and her mother were waiting tea
lor old Μι*, ii., with whom her father
was to exchange next day. The master
ut the house had been gone some hours,
lor ii was a long drive over the hill ; and
the elder lady sovcral times remarked her
[laughter's unusual restlessness as she
uranged the flowers in the vases, and al
lured the disposition of the furniture in
:hc rooms, which never looked more
îheerlul and home-like.
Laura, always peculiarly tasteful in her
hiss, was fairer than ever to night in
ivhite pique, with purple pansies in her
golden hair and at lier throat. From the
back parlor, where she was standing by ,,
the buy·window watching the sunset
clouds, rind thinking, "I am going to see
him, I know I ara; I have never been de
ceived," she heard tho littlo bustle ot an
' arrival, and presently her mother came
in to say that Mr. B. was unavoidably
detained, but h id sent some one in his
Mead. Laura's heart gave a great leap;
-he knew whom she was to meet even
!»( Ion· tin· tail form carno forward in re
sponse to her mother's "My daughter,
Luna, Mr. Parkhurst," as she bustled
away to look after her biscuits. It only
needed t fie earnest, almost tearful.
"Thank God. we have met at lastand
the firm clasp in whieh lie took both her
hands to assure her that he had shared the
long months of waiting, watching, and
' hoping, and that tho joy at meeting whs
mutual.
I s there need of more ? This i* a true
I story, as improbable as it may seem;
j and my hero and heroine were m >rri< d,
and are living happily together to-day
in a model parish and parsonage among
; the New Hampshire hills. When this
number of the Phrenological Journal
i finds its way to their study-table, I trust
I they will pardon tin» fiiend who has
woven tho romance ot their lives with as
little sentiment a* possible into an article
for its columns, thinking the incidents
! too interesting and remarkable to be con
! line 1 to a limited circlo of friends.
.1 fSrernlaml l'arlinment.
It is pleasant to contemplate the change
which has coinc over the Esquimaux of
Greenland since the christian missionaries
first came among them. At the time
when they ovt reame the Northman, ami
occupied the country which a hardy
< hristian people had for a long while
possessed in peace, thev led a purely
nomadic lite, and dressed solely in the
skins of wild beasts. Now they live in
permanent communities, and have adopt
ile the habits and, in some measure, the
customs of civilized men. Unlike many
savage people, tiro introduction of the
forms of civilization among them has
not been attended with the n.-ual corres
ponding mischief—a circumstance due, in
a p'eat men sure, il not wholly, to the pa
ternal caie « I the Danish government,
which beginning w it h the first missionary,
Hans Egedc, in 1721, hn«? been continued
with much skiil by his successors, and by
none more ironupiciiouslv than I)r. Henry
Rank, v\ lit » Ikis passed a considerable
portion of his lime in Greenland, and
a'as, until lately, royal inspector for the
southern districts.
The principal feature ol l)r.Hank's ad·
•uinisiiatiou is the parliament of natives,
and in the establishment ol this arrange
ment it·, author has earned a ; much credit
û>r .-killed benevolence as he had betorc
acquired loi scieutitic cxploiation.
The idea of an Esquimaux parliament
it lick tue as something ludicrous when
I tiist heard ol it, but upon gaining an
intimate acquaintance with its workings,
I changed my mind, and became con
vinced that otii -i parliaments might im
itat(rthem with advantage.
Kadi little town or hunting station ot
the district i- at liberty ta :.end up a rcjv
resenlativu ton seat in the parliament at
Juliatiashaab, the number ol representa
tives being twelve, l'he most important
towns, besides the capital, are Xnnoitalik,
Fredci icksdale, Lichtcnati, Igalliko, and
Kiakslment.
Th»' parliament was in OSsiun during
our stay, and I visited is as a privileged
guest ; for, be it known, the Juliatiashaab
parliament sits with closed doors. The
parliament house is not an imposing ed
ifice. 1 should say its dimensions are
about sixteen by twenty feel. It is one
story high, is built oi rough pine boards,
lined on the inside and painted blue, and
on the outside is plastered ovct with
pitch. It has no lobby for the accommo
d ttiou of people who coino to the capital
with axes for the public grindstone, and
no committee-rooms for the bettor con
fusion ot the public business.
In the middle of the room, or hall,
stood a plain pine table, with a plain
bench on either side of it, and ou each
bench sat six parliament Ariani, dressed
iu seal-skill pantaloons and boots, and
Guernsey hocks, across which theio was
a very large display ol suspenders. Each
parliamentarian head was covered with a
cap composed of tire brightest kind of
scarlet cloth, ornamented with :i broad
gilt band, i'he royal emblems were em
broidered in iront, and above these thero
was a golden bear, with a crown on his
head, standing comfortably on his hind
legs, to typify Greenland. There was a
thirteenth cap at the head ot the table,
and this was worn by Mr. Anthon, pastor
of Julianashaab, and president of the
Julianashaab parliament ex officio.
The aggregate amount oi dignity pos
sessed by this parliament was something
wonderful to see. To be sure, the par
liamentarians were somewhat impregnat
ed with a iishy aroma, indicative of their
nationality and calling; but neither the
fishy aroma nor tho dignity appealed to
interfere with the transaction of business ;
on the contrary, they seemed to be work
ing away like beavers; and, indeed, they
disposed oi the matters before them with
such an amazing degree of promptness
that I fell to wondering whether dignity
would not be a good thing to introduce
into parliaments, congresses, assemblies,
and such liko things generally.
The first business was in form of a pe
titbn for relief. The petitioner stood
there in person, looking the very picture
of forlorn destitution, lie .stated that
he had lost his eatioo (kayak), and he ι
produced evidence enough to show, with
out nny a wearing, false or otherwise,
that it had been crushed and lost in tlie
ico. The man, who had hardly clothes
on his back to cover his nakedness,
showed fnther that !io had a wile and
family who had no friends to assist them,
and wore entirely dependent uj>on him··
de 11 for support. I thought it a doubtful
support at best, and so appeared to think
the parliament, lor they voted an order
for α certain d.tily allowance. The next
was of a young hunter, whose kayak had
been crushed by lh»· iee, and who had not
the means to build a new one, They
voted him a loan. A third case was an
old man, who rcc» i\ id one dollar to buy
a spear with ; anotht r was partly a loan
j and partly a gift to a man who had a
familv of pills, and required materia'*
for an aomiak. Sill anoth« r made appli
calion for and received n><ietanee to bury
a dead hu· band —Fiom ·' i'he Old Xorso
Colonies in fireenlaud," by Dr. i. I
Hayf.*. in Jînt'ifr's ι r l)c ' ?
I for.
Itomauce in. Ural Life.
About fifteen vein » ago u young •jcotch·
man had ne ncighboi» in the mountain
I region of Scotland a family in which
there was a little girl oi four years. One
day he took the little girl on his knee and
playfully told her lather, "One day I will
mafco her my wife." Not long alter, the
father and mother and littlo girl resolve
to emigrato to America, which they ac
eordiugly did,landing in Portland in 1867.
In a low )ears the lamily removed
to Mexico, Oxford Co , living there till
last yen. Not many years alter this
family came to this country the young
man who had trotted the little girl on
his knee resolved to emigrate to America,
which he did. Arriving in this counlrv
ho proceeded to Montana Territory,
where by good luck and industry, he
niauaged to ιιιιιημ a large fortune. Hav
ing richly filled his cofters, his mind rev·
erted tenderly to thoughts of love, and
be recalled his early vow to some day
wed the little yellow-haired girl ho used
to trot on his kneo to "Banbury Cross."
Ho knew her parents had emigtated to
America and that they landed in Port
land, ilo journeyed to Portland, then
diligently inquired their whereabouts,
and learned the family was in Mexico.
L ρ to Oxford county he turned his step·),
and on approaching the house where the
object of his pilgrimage was said to live,
ho saw a \ ellow-haired maiden in the
[Kirch. #
'Does .Mr. live here ?" he ask
ed.
les, sir, replied she of the vellow
hair. .
"Il your nam.· Annie,1* said the Scotch·
man.
es, sir, ' replied the blushing girl.
"Then I love \ >u,M was bluntly inter
jected by the Scotchman.
The voting lady of course thought he
was insane and scampered off into tho
house.
Hie Scotchman soon found the father
and mother, who recognized and gladly
welcomed him.
"Don't you remember 15 years ago I
took your little four y car old git 1 on my
Ivtiee in Scotland, and said 1 meant some
day to make her my wife ?" *
"Oh, yes.' 1 remember," said the
mother, · hut not for \ cars h'avc I thought
of those happy old days."
"I am.here to redeem in ν pledge,*
said the Scotchman.
"Let the girt speak lot her all,- said
the old gentleman, choking with emotion
it did not take a long time for the
young lady to get acquainted, not long
loi to decide that this Scotchman was
just the man she had been waiting for all
her life.
"I want to be nnrried at once," «aid
tho Scotchman.
"But Pre just engaged to work in
Lewiston," said the young lady. Then,
getting hold of a bright idea—
I have it 1 !1 gi> down there to work,
and then, J'll not like, you know and PI I
come back hero Iυ be married."
Down to Lewiston went the girl; at
work lor a week was she when she con·
eluded she did not like to do housework
and returned home.
Next week the parson drove up in his
two-wheeled chaise and the twain were
made one.
Ihe Scotchman and his }*oung wi
are now settled happily in Iowa, where
the old folks, who have finally agreed
that truth is stranger than fiction, now
comfortably pass their declining years.
Lewiston Evrnina Journal
Paper Comfortable.
The mode of making comfortables
warmer by lining then with newspapers,
i.s good, ns long as they last, which can
not be long, especially after washing1 a
lew limés. I have tried a simpler way
ot attaining the same object on cold
nights, when I have not had sufficient
bedding over mo, especially at hotels,
where we cannot always get just what
we want. Throw off ono or two of the
top coveni from the bed, then pull from
the pocket or satchel, two or three large
newspapers—ono very huge one will dc
—spread them on the bed, replace the
covers, and you will have a warm and
comfortable night, without any percep
tible increase in the weight of the bed
ding. Again, when you have a hard,
cold ride in a cutter, of ten or twenty
miles, against the wind, place a spread
newspaper over your chest before you
button up your overcoat, and you will
not become chilled through. Nothing
can be cheaper, and as far as it goes
nothing more efficient.—Cor. Country
Gentlemen.