Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume], May 03, 1877, Page 5, Image 5

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TIlE RUINED MILL.
lcn anti dark y( ie ..e
IS the old ru:i "t mill:
S ta ll beautvt o' b. , -;one (-li tl
(,dimly r un,' it still.
ie 1 ',lowh ' ) . 'ne:ath its m uould'ring e',vea ,
vr t din'gy wall,
\ l shI w :: t I .'i g m o ld fo re.,t tree i
I;s ,t si!cu tly o f e r a ll.
'ie river sw(ee'p with ia moulrnful sound
Pi t this ol ruined mill,
,ell'ug u.s tale; df ollh( " d'L ,r .
\ i' º n e n Ii 0 ,' Y i n ', "' s t , i l l .
1 t' Il of the u' il i gt lr, s ' mi a l brav oe,
I d the t ill!('r ,I :u l iter air,
e u l ('h'h (' l h n ' , r li h t ) '1no e
,ilh a lunch hr ie N':]orktr: thero.
i n h s t , . ie ':ucrr: 1."ys , 'r1e all gone by ,
\Il now thte 1 lt mill i:, le'ft
e b te ftr Ih ', sv.tallow ., ',-wh:c.h roudl'o it 1ly,
of its he' rulv ' 1is all her(' .
];l! the (ilhlr'i Ihul hwr, a hu:ppy wife,
lives oN(rF on , ' ., , r ; een ill,
?uli from bhcr',' viu h)w wsatches, to-d::;y,
Tae tu tu ' ev 'ifth rtQ's aeil ."
fohrbera; ne , a Ige i lten.-a"-l d
fiy of the g ror't s of Iifc anduit ofb rem 'e
A losl i olK e 1)taiiess n thy e repy'ire
; d ,e ina ill wnh r ; a ioise:b!yI la.ion this
, pon.m be rt wriev." Iy es l)'('itl .are the
.: b lmdpar'i tnl,. r sr ip' ;a.iy b1u dis.olved,
injury rea . r d, a w lronl " y tep r, yt o rd.
Itul err ,: m ni mwh rriaen o els to the very
eft , tnd f en t:iusan ,f lii O. It yoa r been
ti i.t. ro ah. li O t'e'ly ruined f ill he I has
,rid a wsimpl ilustrats t:f e; ant so o vry
ofil ht.4 a fyi:ou' h-o.ner unw til se e is
:lilltl.' in at w .ll, (',k, w hi :-'h i t 1, pi (lo k.
awrcha ,d c.aud n' otr tlb y l nlit). Tn he tched
'ce lhoe(' ;ll:()t )C ,(tllha d. The hio e o l
is wated a trn d (l , a , 'i'oneh is , li, ad
tea's or tolls ci .1 !rsincs hal k the prec iol
lieht. Lt t 1ne ys oul' g tehink aof thiil, tia
thet walk r':a .' .' it) a v:ordi, Ot o . ,liu'n S,
I take h;ee' th their, t lest in tlhi most
tieanI eventt efli t te, ") f ptplly oe ?tray.
,it here t;lle Mi' s Jgniat and rer
or. M ny wheor he.1 i they y a k hee l:( t' t111110
1,', i inl (11 rri,,_' v. ,h.'l E , m iStakie( is
Sitheir ,it t'_ ai. r . : it, h wer e rc i
ieC1g1inre or iI don stiat!: i . o(:' ,. 'terlly
i fler olt''1 I5< h C, o L:ii el or is',-(It to
aelsr the mistery that o. ,',i " the life
lnesodtel Jtul ase. d it'ues who
that tho!r ne:rrw wa. p mistake and
o make thir enistenhe a-irtoig misery,
htby a little self e.it"l, and patience,
forbearatnce, a-d gent lenes., and old
ecourtesy, make theoir hoime brighten
the gates of Eden. :n1( bring back
in the old love that blessed the happy
denl days gone by.
upposte the wife does not know quite so
Iehas you hdo well, you showed your
at ju(lgillent wihen you thought her the
et among ten thousand ! Or if your hus
d is not the most wonderful man in the
rld, it simply illustrates the wit and wis
Iof the young woman who once thought
was, and could not be convinced of the
trary! So perhaps you are not so un
nly elated after all ; and if one has haa
ter opportunities since marriage, then of
Imre that one shouhl teach, and cultiwate
.encourage the other, and so both jour
Ion together,--Hall's H~ealh
1 WAYS OF ENTERTAINING.
Iate and I started out for the purpose of
king some calls one pleasant afternoon.
.st we went to the Misses Juli a and (Cera
's-. who had quite recently returned
in tihe city where they had been cultivat
etheir musical talents. We were received
ih a great deal of demonstration by Julia,
0f course Miss Cora dki the same, for
iw'as her sister's echo.
iunmediately Julia asked if we noticed
iry P'-----'s new hat the previous Sunday.
onanswering in the affirmative, sihe said,:
ilayt afrght, isn't it ?" Kate replied she
It la, i , :.te becomring to Mary. " Your
I u d ,',, e ", f " sadlY ,' said J u lia.
'" drawls Cora, ,, Julia and I have
Iged about it ever since we saw it," and
atonce broke forth in a disagreeable
... s ..... con,',. " llow absurd
.vi,'- ,. ----totik of singtingr!" ob
her a very sweet singer. " Her vooice may
be passable but has lafil no culttivation,"
says Julia. "'That's so," alds Cora.
" Why doesn't she go to Boston as we
did?"
" lave you been able to keep your plants
throllghl the winter"' Kate asks.
" No indeed, haven't t ied. 1)otn't care
for Iliowers imyse.f only in a miiiliner's shop,"
replied .IJtlia. " Yes, I like to look at flow
ers in Ilie shops." 'This from ('or:.
We take ~p) the lhotographl album. The
first is tlihe likeness ot a gay young man of
tihe village. " Isn't he perfectly splelnid ?"
slils Julia. "' Yes, the best looking of all
tle young inent; and his handls are so
whitle,' says ( ora.
" ie is lazy, is lie not?" says Kate rather
!oittedly.
1" Why no," quickly answers C('ora. " To
be sure he is above farming, lbut lie has a
charning Slp;i of horses and drives out
nearly every d:.ay; of course it takes nearly
all otf his time to care for them. min sure I
like him mu ich better than that upstart of a
George Gordon, just home from college;
lie tli:nks lie knows everything now I. sup
pose. We ask the young ladies to sing.
" \Ve are very much out of practice,'' says
hnli;.. But after considerable discussion as
to who shall play, and what shall they sing,
they begin. ''There are trills and quivers.
ending at last with an agonizing shriek, all
of which lpasses for good music.
,ate gives me a t ime-to-go look and we
takei our leave. At Sarah Gordon's we
meet with a cordial reception, and a wel
come whliieh seems sitncere. ThIe atmosphere
of t le ro:om seems dliflt'rent front the pre
viotu.s ,one,. ;he tells us how glad she is to
have George home again, oilers to lend her
new book senlt tf'on her te unt. When we
ask hier to sing ,;hle Ill'iks ito excuses, and
really her little imelodeon soun:led sweeter
than thee thous:ard doilar piano t,> which we
hatd just been listeninig. She passes the
fruit dish, and viwile we are discussing the
choice apples (:corge comes in. lie ex
pr'co;,ss his deli.'ilt that Minnio C. has been
p)ersuadled to sing at the coming concert.
Whenict we leave S:'rah follows us: to the
door, tells ns she has enjoyed our aell in
s',ch ia hecrty way that we believe her. Now
which way of entrertaining do you like best.,
kind reader, and which is your method ?-
Diirigo Rural.
....... ..-_. - L) . a . . . .
THE GAME OF LIFE.
Man's life is a game of cards. First it is
a "crib-age." Next, he tries to "go it alone,"
at a short of "cut, shuffle and deal" pace.
Then he "gambols on the green." Then
lie "raises" the "deuce" when his mother
"takes a hand in" and, contrary to IHoyle,
"beats the little joker" with her "five."
Then, with his 'diamonds" lihe "wins" the
"queen of hearts." Tired of playing a "lone
hand," he expresses a desire to "assist" his
fair "partner," "throws out his cards," and
the clergyman takes a ten dollar bill out of
him "on a pair." She "orders him up" to
to build the fire. Like a "knave" lie "joins"
the "clubs," he often gets "high" which is
"low" too. It he keeps "straight" he is of
tentimes "flush." lIe grows old and "bluff'
sees a "deal" of trouble, when at last he
"shuffles" off his mortal coil and "passes in
his checks." As he is "raked in" by a
"spade." life's fitful "game" is ended, and
he waits the summons of Gabriel's "trump,"
which shall "order him up."
"AN OCCASIONAL Correspondent" has at
length discovered an Elysian abode teem
ing with men and women of most singular
temperament. She writes: "One of the
most extraordinary features in IIawaiian
character lies in the ihct that the terrible
passion of jealously is unknown among
them. It does not exist any more than a
thing that was never heard of never had an
existence. The IIawaiian women is the
most loving of human beings. The HIaw
aiian lover, however deeply lie loves her, is
never jealous of her. Men may smile upon
her, many come and go, but his soul is un
ruffled by the green-eyed monster. Native
women are not jealous of native women nor
of men; husband is not jealous of wife.
The native is not inattentive to the wishes
of his beloved. lie waits upon her with
gallant attention ; in fact, the IIawaiian is
so extremely gallant that lie thinks it a glo
ry to do housework, if the doing thereof
will please his sweetheart."
A SCENE IN COURT.
A hlaiigha.ll story is related of Dunning,
ani E'glis judge. It is said of hliim that fre
que:tly, ini the exan:ination of witnesieC.
lie oitcn "disllayed: great eoa:rseness, :and
drew upon himselt the animadversion of
his retlu1re:.'" Oni one occasion, wishing to
establish the identity of a party tlrough
tihe instru|imentality of an unsophisticated
old woman (occupying the witness stand).
the fololwing highly amusing colloquy is
is s i(d to Iave taken place between I)uluning
and thie (old woIlnal :
1)unling.-`"Was he a tall man '
Wite.ss.-"Not very tall, your honor
mmuch about the size of your worship's
h0onor.''
)luni.-. Wais he good looking ?"
\vit.--"Quite coltrary--nuehi like your
honor; but with a handsomer nose."'
Dun.-l- Did lie squint: '"
Wit.--"A little, your worship ; but not so
much as your honor by a great deal!''
These replies produced a roar of lauglhter
in the court, in which Lord 3anlsfield (Wvho
was on the IBeuch) is said to have joined.
. . .._. .
LEA..N THE VALUE 02 MONEY.
A silver doll:r relproseuts a day's work of
the laoborer. If it is given to a boy. he lis
no idea of what it hasl cost, or of what it is
worth. lie would be as likely to give a
dollar us a dite lfor a top or aniy otlher toy.
But it lhe boy has learined to ce;an his dimes
a1nd dollars by the sweat of his face, lie
knows the ditlereiice. Hard work is to
him a measiure of values that can never be
rubbed out of his mind. Let him learn by
experience that a huindred dollars represents
a hundred weary days' lablor, and it seems
a great sum of money. A thousand dollars
is a fortume, and ten thousand is almost in
conceivable, 'or it is far more than lie ever
expects to possess. -Whicii he has earned a
dollar, lie thinks twice before he spends it..
lie wants to invest it so as to get the full
value of a day's work for it. It is a great
wrong to society and to a boy to bring him
up to man's estate without this knowledge.
A fortune at twenty-one, without it, is al
most inevitably thrown away. With it,
and a little capital to start on, he will make
his own fortune better than any one can
make it for him.-Hunt's Merchunts' MIaga
z- -c.
WOMEN.
THE gentleman who kissed the lady's
"snowy brow" caught a severe cold, and
has been laid up ever since.
A KALAMAZOO couple agreed to separate,
and the husband broke up housekeeping by
smashing $300 worth of firniture.
"I HAVE never known but two women
who were really perfect," said one French
lady to another. "Who was the other I"
quietly asked her companion.
"Snow us the man," cries an exchange,
"who slurs his mother-in-law, and we will
vouch that his wife is not a desirable ac
quaintance."
AN Illinois girl couldn't secure a certificate
as a school teacher because she couldn't tell
why the hind wheels of a carriage were the
largest.
A CHICAGO lady, who asked her little son
at a fashionable hotel, the other day, if lie
knew that "menu" is French for bill of fare,
fainted when he replied, "Me nu it."
A STRATFORD old lady, who had never
been on the cars before, recently rode by
rail to New Haven. On her return, being
asked what she thought of it, she exclaim
ed: "Why, 'taint nothin at all! It's the
most m-o-n-o-t-o-n-o-u-s thing ! Why I be
lieve that coming b'ck they went through
the identical places they did when they went
down !"
A FEW weeks ago a young lady broke
through the ice of a deep skating pond near
Toronto, and a young marn rescued her at
the risk of his own life. As the half-drown
ed girl was recovering consciousness, her
agonized father arrived ,n the spot. Taking
one of her cold, white hands in one of his
own, he reached out his other for the hand
of her rescuer, but the young man, realizing
his danger, with one frightened glance broke
for the woods and was soon lost to view.
IHe has not been heard of since, aindl it is sup
posed that lie is traveling in the IUnitedc
States under the false and hollow name of
Smith.
OLD MIAIDS.
A keen observer of human nature, in ex
pressing his opinion on old maids, said lihe
is inclined to believe that many of the sat
irical expressions cast upon old maids tell
more to their credit than is generally im
agined. Is a woman remarkably neat in
her person ? ''"he will possibly dlie an old
maid." Is she Irugal in her expenses and
exact i d(loniestic concerns ? "she is cut
out for an old maid." If she is kind and
human to the animals about her, noth
ing can save her from the appellation
of an "old maid." In short, it seems as
thouighl neatness, nmodesty, economy and hu
unanlity were the never-falling characteris
tics ot an "old maid."
LArERARYI" Scc'Ess.--Pro. Matthews, in
,in essay entitled, " A Peep into Literary
wo rkshops," thus discourses on success in
literature :
The veins. of golden thiollhlit 1do not lie
lie upon the surface of t.:e mind ; time and
patience are required to work the shafts, and
bring out th.e glittering ore.
The compositions whose subtle grace has
ai perennial charm, which we sip, like old
wine, sentence by sentenee and plhrase by
phr:ase, till their delicate aroma and exqui
site flavor (liffuse themselves through every
cell of the brrin, are wrought out, not un
der " high pressure," but quietly, slowly,
lci.turely, in the dreamy but caressing at
mosphere of fancy. 'They are the mellow
vintage of a ripe but unforced imalgination.
Halt the failures that occur in literature
are due, as they are due in art, in business,
in every kind of pursuit, to self-conceit in
the aspirant, leading him to despise labor,
and to fancy that his slightest effort is suf
ficient to win success.
le' that helieveth shall not make haste.'"
)Dr. JOHNsoN was observed by a musical
friend of his to be extremely inattentive at
a concert whilst a celebrated solo player was
runt ing up the divisions and sub-divisions
of notes upon his violin. His friend, to In
duce him to take greater notice of what was
going on, told him the performance was
very difficult. "Diflicult, sir," replied the
Pocter, "I wish it were impossible."
C('URAN was once addressing a jury, when
the judge, who was thought to be antag
onistic to his client, intimated his dissent
from the arguments advanced by a shake ot
his head. "I see, gentlemen," said Curren,
"I see the motion of his lordship's head.
Persons unacquainted with his lordship
would be apt to think this implied a differ
ence of opinion; but be assuired, gentlemen,
this is not the case. When you know liei
lordship as well as I do, it will be unnecee
sary to tell you that when he shakes his head
there really is nothing in it."
GOLDEN SHEAVES.
Has any sharper thorn, perchance,
Assailed thy saddend heart;
Come here, where living waters glance,
And drink, and healed, depart!
-Good character is above all things else.
-Never borrow if you can possibly avoid
it.
-Never listen to loose or infidel conversa
tion.
-You had better be poisoned in your
blood than in your principles.
-Love is circumspect, humble, and up
right; not yielding to softness or to levity,
nor attending to vain things: it is sober,
chaste, steady, quiet, and guarded in all tho
senses.
-The useful encourages itself; for the
multitude produce it, and no one can dis
pense with it; the beautiful must be encour
aged; for few can set it forth, andt many
need it.
--"Lust having conceived, it blingeth
forth sin." Sin hath its conception, andt
that is delight; then its tormation, and that
is design; then its birth, and that is action;
then its growth. and that is custom: thenl
its end, and that is damnation.
-Lying supplies tlhose who are addicte; I
to it with a plausible apology for every
crime, and with a supponsed shelter from ev
cry punish ment. It corrupts the early sitnpl:
city of' youth ; it blasts the fairest 1blossom..
of genius ; and %wiil, most a.-sm:rely, cont
teract every eflort by which we may hoIle
to improve the talents and mature thlie \i:r
tucs of those whom it infcest..