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Opinion
VOLUME 2.
BRADFORD, VERMONT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1867.
NUMBER 30.
'OPINION1 JOB PRINTING
ESTABLISHMENT
JOB PRINTING.
Of fTery dewtiptiua, aieewtrd is th k"l
uauoer, aad on abort autice. We aava facili
ties f..r dmng Job Work which enable oa to
njaay kind, of work at lover prleea than ara
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for all kind, of Job rriutiK are moderate.
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COBB It EAELE, Bradford, VI,
John.
I'm not pood at story telling. But
some way I've thou glit if I tofd you
this little thing, there might be Home
one it would please. JJot so much
please as comfirt. may be, like a
sliding hand within a body's when
they're in troubln ; for there's noth
ing like a quiet hand . grip when
one's in deep pain. But about th'3
little history.
It isn't much, and it has a oor
title, but if youknewhow differently
the name sounded from what it
loo.V8) standing there how it makes
me'tlasS ant thrill with love and
deep feeling, vou wouldn't think it
so homely an5 p;!n.
Every one knew- h;oi. from the
little bare, brown fooio! chiklreu
trim si.lil .'huiis ami pfjokies. t0 the
line people at the hotel, who always J than a houskeeper for Joe; ever see
like foam.' The sun showed a few
smacks and a small craft tacking
against the night breezes,- and the
beach had its fine-dressed people
from the hotels to make the picture
prettier. I knew that Charlie was
with his father that cruise, and I
sat alone with a bit of sewing on
the doorstep. The very nmell of
the sultry air comes back to me, the
line of grey sea where the sky met
it, the sound of the waves, and the
late few flowers in the little garden.
The house fronted toward the sea, a
cozy little place, warm and snug in
winter; I tried to make it home
like for Joe.
I know I sat that night quite late
till it grew too dusky to see, and I
let my work fall down in my lap. I
think I was a little sad, woudering
if I ever should be anvthing more
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ATTORNEY AMI I'OI NSELLOlt A I LAW ,
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Si,.r. in X.i. 1 H.iiily's niiildiiiR-
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IKH.N' Knl'NUI-.B AND MACHINIST,
took his yacht in place of rest. As
lor li'in I've a notion he might
have made a good picture. He was
dark as au Indian, aud as tall and
as lithe. He could . swim the fur
thest, and pull the strongest oar;
and as for leaping and wrestling iu
one could begin with him. There
was a rich dark red in the brown
check, ami when he smiled it was a
pretty sight such white teeth, and
such a strong mouth, with a laugh
deepening his brown eyes.
.John had always In-en my friend;
he used to take me out in the yacht
when he went with Joe, my brother
and stow me away on his- jacket ;
aud then when 1 grew older he was
the same kind friend for Joe's wife
died, and It'll me the houskeeper,
and John used to come in, when
Joe had gone on acrui.se to the cod
fisheries, and bring in arintuU of
wood; and in winter make paths,
and sit down by the tire, when the
winter nights were bad, and talk
with me; and in .summer he used
often to come iu with a witfhl fioni
Joe and a kind tale with Charlie
and me (that was before Chailie
was large enough to go with father 1
in his trips) and 1 used to feel a
kind of sisterly love for him. He
was prettr much alone; his mother
and lie lived with old 'ancy Hell,
his aunt, a cross old woman but
she took good care of his home, and
it was all the home she had on earth.
The Irvinghatns were the richest
ppople who lived in the village. To
he sure, they only came here ou
summers, but'tho family had always
lived there in the old fine house
with -Treat park aud lawn, and hot
house, which father before he died
used to be so proud of for he was
gardener there thirty years, and
mother had been Miss Emily's maul
w hen he married her.
Miss Emily was old, and not mar
ried, but her brother Alfred, with
his wife and Miss Louie, used to
come back during the warm weather
from their home iu New York ; and
Miss Emilv was very kiml to me, i
used to go there very often for sew
ing, and could do up the laces and
ruffles for her as no one but mother
.I'd, she said. Then, Miss Louie
,t been born at the hall. That
u lefre father died ; Bo 1 used to
like to i"'s her. But this is rot my
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JSlie was i:w uurem, n.iui -
beauty 1 ha e "ver secn-
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i,,Ss p-ntlp am.' sum .a, . t u,
v.'7-v winning! ShO .'" inoHi-st,
wlii'ti.st skin, and a pair ol eyes
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that
iuiO the world that those crowds of
beautifiJ.' ladies lived in ; ever be a
whit beyond the old sad life I led,
never thinking how much it held,
and forgetting Charlie and Joe
would be alone. I felt a litMe bit
terly as I leaned my head down C."
my hard palm how soft and dainty
and how jeweled those hands yon
der! How finely clad those delicate
forms 1 and girls no younger than I
j were walking there with brave,
wrong lovers in me iwuigiu oi iresu
air. Would lever have a lover f
Not Tom Jenkins or Tom Coles
surely, but a lover who was full of
the knowledge of books nud men ;
one who knew all 1 yearned to know;
one who could teach me what 1
craved! one who was strong and
brave, and whom J could trust
trust as much as I could have done
just then !
My foolish head went down with
a silly little sob into my lap, as I
thought how vain and useless my
hopes were.
Just t),on the gate latch clicked,
and in th. , '"'ii I saw John's tall
graceful figure, with that quick,
brisk step like his words, sound
and tirm coming up the gravel
walk. Whatever else I had been
dreaming of was lost as it came to
me iu a mad, wild whirl of sense;
"Jenny you love this man, and he
is the lover you dream ol."
1 laid my hot cheeks down into
my palms. At any other time he
would have noticed it; but he came
steadily to me, and threw himself
down beside the steps ou the grass.
He ottcn. laid that way, with his
Mi ad on his arm, in the cool, if there
were no party to go out in the yacht,
or when he caine for a word Irom
Joe, or to cheer me. Hut to uiRlit,
as 1 raised mv lace, triad it was
dark, and fearful lest he had heard
my heart beat, 1 caught a low sob,
short and, Irom the sound fearless,
but a mail's sob. It struck me like
a stab. 1 felt a pitiful weak fear
creeping along the veiusaud settling
along in v heart. Uut it was my way
to face things, aud 1 sat quite still
till 1 was sure 1 could speak in
broken surce like whisper.
"Is it of Joe and Charlie, John V
Then my voice broke quite down,
and 1 sat shivering in the damp
wind with the hair wet and cling
inn about my forehead. John
sprang up from the grass and stood
before me.
"How blind ! What a fool I have
been !' But his hand ou mine was
cold and shaky, and his voice
hoarse. "No Jenny, not that. Joe
and the boy are quite well, and on
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llHDHATE ClinnirwTLL PE 1IOLDKN
I uilliin anil fur tin. Pwtiiit of lbuilloi'il
!'! I hi' t-.ir I'usiiiutf. iik 1'iillown, vi:
M tlii I nilti i' llnimr, in Hi'iiiltnril, on the
9l liii Ml.ivn in Jiinmiiy, May, July, ami Si'
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tin. n liiiI I ui silav in Pi inbi'l' and Ibis '-M
Tin ilmH iu r'ul'iu'aiy, Ainil anil U. tiib. r,
At ill.' llnlrl.ln law! ('nrliitli.nn tlio WdTno.
'v. ol M.iri'h. June Aiiaiint, and NuveiiilHir
ALVA It 1IEAN KegUU-r.
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mr -i nrettv thin" to ivmpare to their way Pack, lor Christie JJurn s
M ss , ! A id her ur.'- "iwl is in ; but-but-'-his voice
curled in little loose rings whe.J ""king, ever ower "it was a tro-ub-w
s a child, and had a dark tou.;h e o mine, a trouble t hat seems like
' ..,.i.i.. ...,w iii tliflif hti to kill ine. 1 ve hidden it. I've
on n, wiiu k-.i .
--it was tne preiiiesi nn L"
world, and so proud as her father
;vasofit! He would not let her
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l "" ...'.!. .1 ; -L.u.-.. ..n l.r JcnilV 1 fJiouiriit Of you,
loose.' 'I ii , ,i .l..,,,.,, i ..,, niiiriit. IipId me ! uml .Icntiv tor
nun inoi. ii i ii", .ih..u -i T -
,'ried to bury it. I even tried to le
cai'h'ss f it- It won't do. It is
there. And now when the last hope
is "oing" lorever I nm quite a boy
I thought
rib-
L1VKHV STABLE,
(Hoar of Trotter IIoiihc )
Hf OM( Alt CARLTON. '
l'artir, fiiniiln.il with
Singh or Double TvmM,
at nhnrt notl, and at
KHASONABLK PRICES.
Cwnii jr in n-adlnnai at the drpot upon the
uvl" Hi fain
iTrTflrVTrt. Jinn 14, 1W. I
,!... I. nrR to WT peit,
i..,..i, iv.i-11 her brow with a blue
bon. Anu n.'ch brvgh curls as tl'ie
were on her i. 'it'hr.Ml and behind
her ears-little n.'W that ho wind
i i...f iw.r.vest 1 used to
think k1. was th.'ust lady of
them all, with her sweet, ways
just as fresh as a child's'. "?
not wonder mat any one cm.-
help loving Louie Irvingham.
1 found out suddenly thatJou.n
loved her and that did not sur
prise me at first, lie used to drive the
Hall carriage, until he bought his
yacht for he loved the sea more
than anytiiing else. Miss Emily
hail old itobert, who had been there
o many years ; but John was so
nil aiid steady that from his
'':,irb . the stables, Mr. Alfred had
place in ' is carriage. So ho knew
him drive n. 11 as I, ever since
Miss Louie as , in h,a ams
he used to carry ; ,,ack8 ofUie
and hold her ou two , Then
horses as she used to rick,. . ,0UIJ
when she grew older, it was . ,f
w ho taught her to rule, anu wen
w ith her and I think they set one
another's lieauty off, even if it is
foolish to say so. But when 1 found
he loved her, 1 was a little troubled.
U was in tins way. It was late in
tl'? fall, nnd Joe was not buck yet,
and the Cimily at the Hall were to
leave that -week for town, Miss Em.
ily nnd nil, I remember that day
had been sult ry for cptfiinberr the
last day of the mouth and the sun
hail left the ky lurid. The sea was
a fine sight; the red sky hod given
it a flrey look, and the green light
of the waves broke in bits of opal
Cod's sake tdl me w hat to do,
There was a dci'P falling in his
voice, and John never spoke that
name lightly. I went up to him
where lie had crouched in the grass
again, and gathered the damp hair
from his brow.
"Tell niff John," I said But the
despair that I had iu my voice ! He
lifted his fa-e and covered it with
Iris arm, as he bad laid hundreds of
times asleep in the old yacht when
we were children
tijonny, I love Lome Irvingham
I a poi,r wnh'smedbnot of a fellow,
and she a nl' la,,v) wtl s) fortune
more than I vmhl connt. Ever
since the time I we'l to make her
little boats, And i rot lier on Hover's
tm.-if 1'va inrh'd ln'r and now all
the more since sh,e to PM abroad
next mouth for yeii". f ,,d ay 1)C
marry a nobleman; 'V"' I--why,
Jenny, I would die for' But 1
must live, live and work, llv0 n
work and bo poor, and kuo w wotlp
ing of books and flao society nnd
.',' us her's."
' itb the sudden knowledge tu'.H
a woman lias when loveWss, had
owed lit'o, such as mine come.? to
Lei' Isaiil, "John can't you bear
Horroa that wi'.l never lighten, ia
t entlv mi.,"tl'withawil1 of iron'
come bated, and Ju .6 Ka
get the paiu,and be f Im
Uo wills, and oue rft,D
to uvm i
When I snokr. flod
uhki vuo iiu i uoui, now Uf k.
being calm or reconciled I folt
"But how can I forget hert
how can I live patiently with noth
ing to live fori"
1 felt a pain so keen at his words
that I could hardly reply. .
"You must forget her. What
can you ever do to hope to win her
proud father's consent, even it ou
win hers t Besides you will have
other things to do. Men must not
break their hearts. The world
needs strong arms. Think. With
your strong will, your hatred of be
ing bound, could you enter that life
of fashion and worldliness, arid not
feel out of place T"
John hung his head like a bash
ful boy. "I know it well enough.
She docs not love me or dream of
my love for her. I could not be
sneered at by her father H
The time had come to speak when
his pride was touched. "John, live
a noble life. Oue cau wear out
these troubles- No, do not go a way.
Stay here and make your heart for
get its folly, if you can. Be a inau,
and do a man's work, leaving the
rest to God."
"I will Jenny. God bless you!"
and John had gone.
1 ho neit day she came to take
leave of inc. It rained dismally.
Just think, Jeuny you little
brown wren of me. I am actually
going abroad, i'ive years; it is a
ue. But you look dismally
sober as sober as a irirl over her
first love letter. May be it is a lov
er Jenny f she said playfully. 'Oh.
well, I like John, he is worthy of
you. 1 will bring yon a wedding
present from Paris.
She looked daintier than ever in
the plain little room; and her hair
clinging abont her soft, white brow,
fitted for the luxury and beauty she
lived in.
Louie Irvingham, did you k. tow-
that afternoon how the rain, sobbing
outside my little wimlow,wailed as
my own heart helplessly did, as I
thought how little the love that you
had w ould have been to you, how
to me life itself !
When the soft, white face, in its
pretty frame-work of curls, faded
away in the rain, I looked at the
hnrd lines coining on my face, and
the pain in mv set im nth, and for
an instant the great ditlerence le-
tween us was so keen that God
forgive the tears kept time to the
rain without !
There is little sun iu the six years
after to tell. John bouirht a vessel.
anil was gone long whiles. I knew
he was patient ; he never spoke her
name. AH the good that life see in -oil
to liring liiin to do, 1 L now he
did. Sometimes I longed to siieak
of his sorrow, but I never did.
unco .miss ljoiiic nud played me
a sad, plaintive melody of some
great German composer. My lile
seemed like the saddest part of this
little tune. I remember the bar-
nony rose ami fell till the whole
ended in a triumphal burst of sound;
and I used to wonder if my life
would come to the joy notes, too
One day John came to see me
with a paper, a sort of smile on his
quiet lips. His linger pointed me
to a paragraph as he unfolded the
paper, and 1 read liues mar
riage.
'A rich, great man,' Jyjin said
simply. Meiiny, I have overcome
it. It was a bovish thing. 1 know
how vain, how foolish it would ha e
been.
Tlus was all he said folding up
the Paper aud going away.
The six years were nearly over,
Charlie and Joe had been a longer
cruise, than usual, ami were coming
back. It seemed as though my life
work was pretty clear. 1 thought,
as I spread the linen to air, and
kindled a fire in tint little room. The
damp chill of evening came against
my cheek as I stood at the gate.
On the Peach, a knot of men had
gathered. Perhaps the vessel was
already in and here came John to
tell. He kept his lace Irom me as
he came nearer ; and a look, such
as I had never seen on it except
when his mother died, was there
when became to me.
He led me in away from the salt
HUiell and the chill air, to the little
parlor lighted anil wanned.
'Jenny I nm in trouble again, I
have come to yon.'
I looked nuiekly Hp at him
I've lost some dear friends, and
need yon to tell me that Ged knows
best, and thai it Mngmv
I thtmaht of JiOfiie and the Irving
hiimsr brrt a second look ou John'
face made me say :
'It is Joe and Charlie t They will
nrver come homer
John's face had fallen between his
hands.
One thing more and this little
story is ended, lt'a no more than
what too who reud have known
When eight months later. John's
vessel cuiuo back, 1 heard calmly
the little he could tell me of the
wreck, llo lay on the grass plot
(for it was summer agaiu,)lns hand
across his face.
'Jenuv it's a long time since I told
von my first real trouble. I've an
oU.or deeper, now; for with it all
however- can to"!5" "d oU,I
:.. -wan can bear heart pain
:.. a. man. 1 loved Louie
LrI it, ' Looking back to
. . Watt lonrnr tsn
or! whatever the bov's heart L'A1 nan
you trust the man
I did trust it, and the victory
notes came at last into my life.
Ho was to sail early on the mor
rowjand in three months I was to be
his wife." What was to be the part
ing then t I did not think about
the pain iu ray fullness of joy.
I've an idea you may call the
ending of this story sad, but it isn't,
Through the night that John's ves
sel set in for the harbor, there was
a storm, and she went on the rocks,
and welkin the morning they drew
him in out of the surf, and brought
him np to Nancy Bell and me. I
think if I had had the old rebellious
cry in my heart against God that I
had the night before when I heard
the signal guns stop, I would have
lost it from my first look at John's
face, where a smile of peace and
trust was. Next his heart I found
a little flower I had given him,
years before, in a bit of paper, with
these words written :
'Jenny, darling, the ship is going
down. Don't make it hard for me
to stay iu Heaven without you, by
feeling that this was so bitter ; for,
after all the. world mav be dark, but
ine end win fie enough for us both.
ton will know how much I would
have said, aud could not. Be very
tender of yourself, for my sake-
Comfort Nancj-. God will comfort
you, my brave darling.
And God did comfort me. 1
axy.
A Locomotive Bace ox the
Puaikies. About eitfht miles to
the eastward of Koek Island Junc
tion, in Northern Indiana, there is
low framed building used as a
wood and water station for two of
the principal railroads of the West.
Passing on the north side of this
station is the track of the Michi
gan Southern aud Northern Indiana
road, and ou the south side, at the
distance of about one hundred yards
lies the track of the Pittsburgh.
Fort Wayne and Chicago road.
From this station lioth tracks run
parallel as far as the Junction, the
ground lieing as level as the top of
billiard table. At half past ten
o'clock in the morning the westward
Pound trains on both mm Is are due
at the wood station. A few days
since I had the pleasure of witness
ing one of those exciting races over
the long reaches of those dead level
prairies, common throughout the
great West. Both trains arrived on
tune nnd a lively scene ensued
among the wood passers, eacli party
doing its utmost to get its traiu
ready first. It was au even match,
however, for both trains moved off,
side by side. The Michigan train
drew slowly ahead and had gained
a quarter of a mile, when the Pitts
burgh and Fort Wayne engineer
having allowed a fair start, pulled
the throttle valve wide open and
gradually closed up the distance.
As the trains approached each oth
er, the excitement among the pass
engers increased. No sign of fear
could be seen among them, and the
cars were moving as steadily as well
trained steeds.
Half a mile onw ard and the en
gines were sido by side; the driving
wheels were moving so rapidly that
they appeared like solid disks. Pass
engers were shouting, waving hats,
and bidding "good bye" to those in
the other train ; bets were offering
freely, but no takers. Excited
"Hoosiers." with their IkmIIcs half
way out of the windows, shut one
ye to keep out the dust and with
the other watched the progress of
the race while with brawncy arms
and red handkerchiefs they waved
frantically to the engineer for 'more
steam.' lour miles further, nt titty
miles an hour, and neither train
gained or lost more than six feet.
the scene at this po'.T.t was intens
The train seemed stationarvi and
the earth to ny wiieath us: log cab
ins went by us as if shot from a gun
The engineers, calm, earned, and
watchful, stood like statues, with
hands on the throttle valvesjooking
forward over tlo road, every brakes
man being at his post. But the
utce was almost mn. Gently as an
oeenn steamer glides from her wharf,
the Pittsburgh train drew ahead ;
the Michigan Southern was distan
ced; the steam whistles and signal
bells Rounded a m of vkt iry, and
"slowing down," the trains ap
proached the Junction. Ihc ladies
smiled because their train hnd won;
the gentlemen contratulrted each
other on the success; while one lit
tle fellow, more enthusiastic thnn
the rest, said 'Ma, I'm gtad 1 wasn t
on that train, didn't it get beaten t'
A moment nioMand 'Kock Island
Junction change cars, sonnded
through the train, one excitement
gave way to another, and tlio lace
was forgotten.
Advantages of Drunkenness
If you wish to be always thirsty,
be a drunkard ; for the oftcner and
more you drink, the oftcner and
more thirsty you will be
If you wish to prevent your friends
from raising you in the world, be a
drunkard ; aud that w ill defeat all
their efforts.
If you would effectually counter
act your own efforts to do well, lie r.
drunkard ; and you will hot be dis
apM)inted.
If you wish to repel the endeavors
of the whole human race to rais" you
to character, ai.d prosperity, be a
drunkard ; and you will mw.t as
suredly triumph.
If you are determined to "je poor,
le a drunkard; and you will le
ragged and penniless to your heart's
content.
If you wish to starve your family,
lie a drunkard; and then you will
consume the means of their support.
If you would lie imposed upon by
knaves, be a drunkard ; for that
will make their task easy. .
It you would wish to be robln-d,
be a drunkard, and the thief will do
it with greater safety.
If yon wish to deaden your senses
be a drunkard ; ami you will soon
be more stupid than an ass.
If you are resolved to kill yourself
be a drunkard ; and you w ill hit up
on a sure mode of self destruction.
If you would expose lioth your
folly and Tour secrets, be a drunk
ard ; and thev will soon run out as
the liquor r..us in.
If you tl ink you arc too strong,
be a drunkard ; au4 you w ill soon
find yourself subdued by so powerful
an enemy.
If you would get rid of your mon
ey without knowing bow,bea drunk
ard ; and it will vanish insensibly.
If you would have no resource,
when unable to work, but a work
house, lie a drunkard ; and you will
br incompetent to provide any .
If you are determined to expel all
comfort from your house, l a
drunkard; and you will do it ef
fectually. If you would lie hated by your
family and friends, 1m a driiukar.l ;
and yon will soon Ik? more than dis
agreeable. If yon would Im be a pest to soci
ety, lie a druukard ; and yon will bo
avoided as an infection.
If you would smash windows,
break the peace, get your bones
broken, tumble under horses and
carts, and be locked up in station-
houses, be a drunkard; audit will
lie strange if you do not succeed.
If you wish f.ll your prospects, in
life to be clouded, be a drunkard;
and they will soon he dark enough.
If you would destroy your body,
lie a drunkard ; as drunkenness is
the mother of disease.
If you wish to min your soul, be
a drunkard; that you may be ex
eluded from heaven.
Subduing a Giant
Mr. Tillsbury, the present Super- '
intendent of the Albany Penitentia
ry was at one time warden of the
state prison in Connecticut. While
serving iu that capacity he once re
ceived into the prison a man of gi
gantic stature, whose crime had for
seventeen years made him the ter
ror of the country. He told the
criminal, wheu ho came, he hoped
lie would not repeat the attempts
he had made elsewhere.
"It will be best," said he, "that
you and I should treat each other as
well as we can. I will make yon as
comfortable as I possibly can, and I
shall lie anxious to be your friend ;
and I hojie you will not get me into
any difficulty ou your account.
There is a cell intended for solitary
confinement, but we have nevei used
it, and 1 should be sorry ever to
have to turn the key upor. anybody
iu it. You may range the place as
freely as I dv-if you trust ine, I
will trust you."
The man w as sulky, and for some
weeks shovfed only gradual symp
toms of softening under the ocra
tions of Mr. Pillsbnry's cheerful con
fidence. At length information was
brought of the man's design to break
pi 'son. The warden called him, and
tax.d him with it; the man preserv
ed a gloomy silence. Ho was told
it was now necessary for him to b
locked up in the solitary cell, and
desired to follow the warden, who
went first, carrying a lamp in one
hand and a key in the. other. Iu tho
narrowest part of the passage, Mr.
Pillsbury, a small, light man, turned
round and looked iu tV. lUco of the
stout criminal.
"Now," said he, "I ask whether
you have treated me as I deserve?
I have done everything I could to
make you happy. I have trusted
you, but you have never given me
the least confidence in return, and
have even planned to get me iuto
difficulty. I this kindt And yet
I cannot bear to look you np. If I
had the. least sign that you cared
for me "
The man burst into tears." "Sir,"
said he, "I have lieen a very demon
those seventeen years ; but you treat
me. like a man.'
"Come, let us go back," said the
warden. Tle convict had freerange
of the prison as before ; and from
that hour he began toopen his heart
to the warden, and cheerfully ful
filled his whoW tena of imprisonment.
"Papa," said a bright eyed little
girl one day, "I believe mamma
loves you lictter'n she does me."
Papa bad doubts on that subject,
but concluded that it was not liest
to deny tho soft impeachment. She
meditated thoughtfully about it tor
Home time, evidently construing ber
father's silence as unfavorable to her
Mrs. Stanton complains that in a
report of her lecture she was made
to call white males, 'white mules.'
A red nosed gentleman as'ied a
wit whether he believed in spirits.
'Aye, sir,' replied he looking him
full in the face, 'I see too much evi
dence before me to doubt that.'
A Soldier's Joke. During the
late war, while the army ot Teiucs
see, under Gen. Johnson, lay en-
camjied near Dalton, the following
rich scene occurred
There was a very popular dealer
in newspapers there, a iierfeet Brob
diguag iu size, rivalling Daniel
Lambert in rotundity of stomach.
A regiment was there about to leave
for Mobile, and our massive friend
had some business to transact with
tho colonel. So puffing ami blow
ing, he came up a lew minutes lie
fore the traiu started. As he came
up a soldier spied him, aud hallooed
out !
'Boys, here lie is ! '
Instantly the whole regiment
were ou the alert, and shout after
shout went m 'Here he is! here
he is !' Looking confounded the fat
man said:
'What's up gentlemen 1 What
have I done I '
'You arc the veryman who stole
our big bass drum, and swallowed
it,' went up simmultaiieously.
Struck with surprise, he dii not
know whether to laugh or get mad,
but finally said: 'Well, boys, if
you'll stay till evening I'll treat you.'
The Vermont Rati road Disas
ter. A court of inquiry into the
circumstances of the recer c railroad
disaster nt Northfteld, Vt., is lieing
held at that town. Engineer Ab
bott, on whom the whole blame of
the accident rests, testified that he
was running only eight miles per
hour when he reversed his engine,
three lengths of the train from the
chasm, and had the brakes liee.n well
mauned he says he thinks the train
might have been stopped iu tlmo.
He had not drank intoxioating liq
uor tor six months, and had no par
tlcular care on his mind on the fatal
da v. IIo was running up to the
bridgo a little faster than usual, un
Hir in tractions from Assistant Su-
iM.rintmdent TonUPy. o"t none of
his testimony ftftbrda satisfactory
Character op a True Christ
ianHo is
1. A sincere man.
2. A pure minded man.
3. A heavenly minded man.
4. Au Affectionate man.
J". A man lowly esteeming his
spiritual attainments.
li. A diligent man.
7. A zealous man.
8. A godly man.
0. A cheerful man.
JO. A patient man.
11. A prayerful man.
1'.'. A lienevolent man.
13. A hospitable man.
14. A forbearing nud forgiving
man.
15. A sympathising man.
A man placing low estimate
on earthly distinctions.
17. A man modest in his opin
ions.
18. A man regardful of the
mn'e of others, and of his era
ntation.
10. A peaceable man.
20. A good citizen.
21. A man upright in his
ness.
22. A man mindful of the
of time.
2J. A man ot daily growth in
grace.
24. A man of sobriety.
25. A man clothed with the spirit
of Christ.
esti-
rep-
busi-
flight
An Unsophisticated South
erner. "1 went to the Legislature
last yeir," said a Georgian. "Well,
I went to Augusta, and took dinner
at a hotel. Bight beside me at tho
table sat a member froi.i one of the
back towns, who had perhaps never
taken dinner nt a hotel liefore in his
life. liefore him sat a dish of pep
pers, and he kept looking at them.
l inally, ns tho waiters were slow
about bringing up the things, ho
took up' his fork and soused one into
his mouth, As he brought down
his grinders niion it, the tears came
iuto his eyes. At last spitting tho
pepper into his hand, he laid it down
by the side oi nis puue i
voice that set the whole table in a
roar, exclaimed: "Just lie there
and cool !"
words yod
liWnll Li.,,1 uI.a or Inur m I
miM7. - IT nil, maiu nu3 -, , . . -0 , , .. . i
s'poso its all right ; you're the big- explanation m vitrvuess or
that nay, - " tj.. n I a u. i, JL.Z n inea ma I mum for the accident,
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Important Bounty Decision
A law firm in this city carried a
case to the Court of Claims, which
the ireasurv Department had tlis
nllowcd. and have just obtained a
favorable Judgment. The decision
is to the effect that all soldiers who
enlisted under tho President's proc
lamation Peforo July 22, 1H0I. are
entitled to bounty, whether discharg
ed for disease or other honorable
cause. This will give bounties to
hundreds of discharged soldiers who
were refused it because they had
not served two year Bolton Jour,
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