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National Opinion.
VOLUME 2.
The Myrtle Leaf.
A STORT OF THE LA TIC REBELLION.
CHAPTER I.
When Clyde llammon enlisted in
the th ltegiment of the New
Hampshire Volunteers, aud said
good bye to tho old homo which
nestled half hidden in the Andros
fopgin Valley, he carried with him
something more than tho memories
which linked him so strongly to the
old place aud the aged pair remain
ing there. It was not a picture and
yet it was a more beautiful one than
artist ever painted, as he saw it. It
was a simple little something, aud
possessed of very trifling meaning,
but one would thirk Clyde thought
very difl'erently. 1 1 was not a story,
but a sweeter one than it told to him
never was listened to. It was mere
ly a myrtle leaf an evergreen token
that he carried carefully next his
heart all the way to tho front, and
w hich he guarded almost reverently
through the memorable days that
crept by after his regiment was as
signed "to actual duty.
It was the best company ho had.
Often he fell into the habit of taking
it from its resting place, when tho
camp-fire gave out its flickering
light and he fancied his comrades
asleep, or when alone on picket, and
looking at the pretty picture it
sketched for him, or listening to the
whispered tale it breathed. Lut lie
concealed it irom all omer eyes.
There was a touch of holiness about
it, somehow, and he felt that a curi
ous gaze would desecrate it. Once
his mess mate. Lieutenant Lange,
eame upon him suddenly, as l;o sat
holding the fragile leaf by the stem,
half lost in a dreamy reverie, and
his "Why, what on earth is the man
dreaming over?'' caused Clyde to
blush us rosy as did ever a young
girl caught in reading her first love
letter, lie sliowed it to Lange then;
smiling futivelv as tho Lieutenant
casualy remarked :
Only a myrtle leaf to me, but to
you
Lange stopped there, lie had no
wish to be curious, and knew, be
sides, that Clyde Hammond kept
his own secrets until such times as
it pleased liiin to confide in others.
Thev were friends these two ;
friends in that degree known only
to those who face death together al
most daily. Each knew there was
manly stuff in the ether ; that what
cr should come to lain In the ior
tune of war, the other would be a
true helper in so far as in him lay.
Through several severe engage
ments they hail battled bravely,and
when their first year of service was
ended, had well earned t lie name of
veterans. Hammond had been pro
moted Irom the ranks to a lieutenan
cy, which promotion pleased him no
mme than it did his iiieud Lange;
and while in their hearts there was
a deep sense of gratitude for the
good fortune that had thus far at
tend d them, they looked forward
to further efforts in behalf of their
country wiih a lively anticipation.
It was h inliy possible that through
out the future strife both should go
unscathed, and Hammond, looking
more frequently than ever at the
drv and brittle token he still clic r-
idied, thought fondly or tho little
lingers that once pressed it, and
wpndeicd if they w ould ever again
be clasped in his.
Then came one of those bloody
coii'liets w hich tested so sorely the
loyal ranks and the report of which
fairly chilled us as they thrilled
over the Ncrth land. It was at An
lietam, I think. The th New
Hampshire volunteers were in the
thickest of it, and suffered fearfully.
In a charge which the regiment par
ticipated in, towards evening a
headlong, blind ?orlie, through a
piece of wood Hammond and
Lange became seperated, and utter
a retreat had been effected, the for
mer was missing. Just ut twilight
whilo the battle was raging along
another part ot the line, Lango ven
tured again into the wood, lie
Imped to find his friend alive and be
able to bring him in. Many a form
with the soul gone out of it, he tum
bled over in the shadows ; and ma
ny a poor wounded fellow looked
pi'.ifullv up at him ns he closely
scanned the features of those lying'
nround. His search was rewarded
finally. In a little hollow, by an
old stump Clyde laid, a bullet hole
uirougii ins body, mid the red cur
rent of life oozing out slow ly. He
could talk yet.
"I'm pretty near done for, old lei
low," he snid, through a bit of smile,
"but I nni glad you tame. You ran
deliver a inesHago I began to fear
must almost go lingivcn. You re
member tho myrtloleaf, Lange!
Well, there's a little girl uwny up
theic among the granito hills who
gave it to mo tho night lieforo I left
home. Who's made the place more
gladsome for the old folks than it
might have been, Ibi sho is n merry
lienrted body, and like a daughter
to them, lint sho is not my shitcr,
though my companion ns such for a
dozen of years, and she was to be
iny wife lieu I tot back."
His voice trembled perceptibly,
but he nwallowed a draught Irom
Lacge's canteen and continued !
"Thitt'B what tho lnvrtlo leaf
.meant to me but lt'i over now, aud
i want you to put wo leaf into
BRADFORJ , VERMONT, FRIDAY,
letter and send it to Nell, along with
a lew words, just to let her and tho
others know that I'm not coming.
You'll do it, won't you! you know
where it should go."
Lange found the simple keepsake
where it had all along been careful
ly hidden, and at that moment
Clyde fainted entirely. Firing near
at hand compelled Lange to move
back to his regiment, and with nev
er a thought but that his friend was
among the dead, he that evening
wrote the promised message to the
little girl up among the mountains,
and enclosed in it tho myrtle leaf
she had given when sho gave her
troth.
CHAPTER II.
It was midsumnier-time when the
message reached its destination
ininsuniincr amid the gray New
Hampshire hills. There had been
breaths from t' 3 sunny South
which were waf.ed even into the
peaceful valley w here the, Hammond
Homestead was situated, and which
had a taint of blood in them. But
none of them had breathed upon
the senses of the little home circle
that now waited anxiously for news
from the ''boy in blue."
He had been kept safely so long
that they were beginning to think
him proof against tho dangers of
war, but when news of the battle
came and was not speedily followed
by assurances of his welfare, they
doubted. In the midst of their anx
ious doubting and hoping, came
the message.
It was, just such an one as came
to many and many another home
just such an one as cut to thousands
ot other hearts saving, perhaps,
tho leaf of myrtle. This sanctified,
in a certain sense, the grief of Kllen
Vane to herself. She had not
known of his keeping it. Ho never
had mentioned it in his letters, and
sho had almost forgotten the giving
of it. How much it had been to
him how much her memory had
bef" him- -the little failed leaf el
ect J" told. As souiethiug sa
ercrf"thcrefore, he laid it aside.
And as he brought it forth often to
see the. picture which it hid from all
others, so she as often drew it irom
its receptacle and read in it a sad
der story than ever a young heart
ought to know, and to see in it. ;i
sadder picture than ever loving eyes
ought to behold. The dry leaf was
to her a semblance of others of its
kind, which she saw evermore run
ning over st lonely grave.
Midsummer died away in a smoky
haze j tho harvest moon came
and wont with its silver sheen : au
tumn put on its liianv colored robes
of rovaltr, and reigned in splendor.
Overihe Hammond farm, mean
while, the sunlight and moonlight
seemed to shine dimly. Things are
not as they used to lie before the
reading of that terrible message.
Nell was a merry-hearted body, as
Clyde had said, but her merriment
was not now as genuine as formerly.
Sho saw the pVturc of that lonely
mound alas! too tton :
and when
heart the
a grave comes into the
laugh goes out. The o!d folks,
wbomtdie endeavored to comfort,
seldom spoke of their loss in her
presence, but together they spoke
of him who w as slain with a tender
ness, and of their lonely future with
a shade of despondency lightened
only by tho faith that it would soon
be brighter "over the river."
The dull, leaden days of Novem
ber ciept on apace. There was a
i hill in .lie heart of Ellen Vane mid
those whom she knew as falher and
mother ; there was a chill in the air
around them. The snow came drift
ing silently down, nt length. Dur
ing all the weary day proceeding
Thanksgiving the feathery Hakes
floated through the still atmosphere,
while the fields grew white, and the
tree's nodded to each other with new
and spotless plumes, and the serin
giv bushes appeared in strangely
grotesque forms, lieforo the twi
light settled over the new earth with
an uncertain dimness, Ellen drew
forth her myrtle leaf once more, und
dreamed over, ns she looked upon it,
the brief hnpninesH that gladdened
her young lile, seeing still, through
the thin veil of her dream, the grave
that sho tancicd would never be
shut out of her sight.
Morning daw ned Thanksgiving
morning calm, clear and beautiful.
Arranged in its w hite rolie the world
seemed as puro ns in the long gone
Eden days. Tho hush of a holy si
lence was on tho air such a hush
ns might prelude tho Latin Jro cf
all heaven's angels. It was a fit
day for thank-oH'crings.
Thanksgiving should be honored
nt tho Hammond farm house ns it
had been honored tliero for a half
century. Less joyful peinnps
there would bo no merry gathering,
no happy meeting of old and young,
no laughing evening games but no
lesn sincerely honored. Tho out
breathing of thankfulness n the old
man's pviiyer, after tho morning
meal,wa . no less fervent liocnuso of a
tremor in tho voice which uttered it.
Ho could give thanks eveu iiinid
his mourning.
Throughout the forenoon Kllen
bnsled herself In prcimrina tho
Thanksgiving dinner. She took a
sad kind ifprido in making it rich
nnd generous, like tho old time ones
when tbey spread a mora ample
board, and feasted and mado glad.
Yet she thought sorrowingly of
those, for they were the last. There
would bo no more. Tliero might be
something of gladness in tho days
to come, but they would not be like
the days gone by.
The last, her heart echoed, as the
tnrkey, done to a delicious brown,
was set upon the table. And as
sho thought of the myrtle leaf she
placed a fourth plate upon the
board, and set a fourth chair by it.
It was a sudden iancy of hers,
prompted, she hardly knew by what,
and when at that moment some one
rapped atthc outer door, her foolish
little heart gave a sudden leapt that
frightened her.
"Have you invited a grtcstt" the
father queried as $he stepped to
give admittance"'
She had no time for a reply. 2fot
pausing for bidding to como in, the
visitor raised the latch, and entered.
Her heart leaped again, and then
stood still, and the daylight faded
out of her sight for a moment as
Clyde Hammond folded her in his
arms,
"I gave up my myrtle leaf, my
darling, but I clung to hTe," he whis
pered. And as ho told his story of slow
returning to consciousness from
that death swoon on the battlefield
of the w eary months in Southern
hospitals and of the sickening long
ings for home there were tears in
the eyes of the parents and the be
trothed, and a LiusDco in the heart
of each ; w hile the thank offering
that went up from the, old hearth
stone was the frankincense and
mirth of souls that had known bit
ter sorrow, but were now filled with
exceeding joy I
Greenland. Dr. Hayes gives a
pleasant picture of domestic life in a
missionary's family in Greenland,
and also a hint of Esquimaux fash
ions in dress. After finding his
way to the parsonage, he says : I
tapped at the door and w as ushered
into a cozy little apartment by the
oddest specimen of womankind that
ever answered a bell. She was a
tiill-lilown Esquimaux, with copper
complexion, aud black hair, which
was twisted into a knot on the top
of her head. She wore a jacket
which extended to her waist, seal
skin pantaloons, and boots reaching
above the knees, dyed scarlet, and
embroidered in an astonishing man
ner. The room was redolent ot the
fraiii'iutc rose, uinl uiiiinmiicttc, niitl
heliotrope, w hich nestled in the sun
light tiinler tliesnow-wuiie curtains.
A canary chirped on its perch above
the door, a cat w as purring on the
hearthrug, and an unmistakable
gentleman put out his soft w hite
hand to give me welcome. It was
the Rev. Mr, Anton, missionary of
the place. Mrs. Anton soon emerg
ed from a snug little chamber ad
joining. Her sister came in immedi
ately afterward, and wo were soon
grouped about a home like table.
Easy Svitet). This morning a
young gentleman from the country
stepped into a jeweler's store on
Hast Water street, ami iiilornied
the proprietor that his occupation,
was that of a earpei ter, and he de
sired to get a bosom pin emblematic
al ot that profession. The obliging
jeweler looked over his stock, and
finding nothing else, showed him a
very liee Masonic pin. The young
man looked at it carefully.
'Yes,' he said, 'this is it. There is
the compass and the square. I use
both of them, but whv didn't they
put a saw in it 1 It's first rate as
far as it goes. Hullo! there's n G
there what does that stand for V
The jeweler didn't know.
The man studied it carefully for a
moment, nnd a bright thought
struck him. His face flashed as il
he had made a diseovny.
'I have, it,' ho said, 'it's nil right,
G stands for gimlet. Compass,
square and gimlet. Tliat will do.
I'll take it.'
There was a little touch of sad
ness in his voice as he pinned the
emblem on his coat and went away
muttering ;
'Stiunre. comnass and gimlet. I
do wish there was a saw, though.'
How to Makk Hens Lay.
Many poisons teed hens too much
for laying. To Keep twenty hens
through the winter, give three pints
of corn and two ot oats or luck
wheat per day ; also, about twice a
week, give them shorts or bran wet
with warm, sour milk, of which they
seem very fond ; make it quite wet,
and put in a large spoonful of ground
pepKT. Give tliein nil tho green
Html" that can bo bad, such as cab
bage leaves, apple parings, cores
and nil, &e. So led, with coinforla
bio quarters, they will lay ull winter.
Keep only c-ail.v spring pullets.
Chnnge cocks every spring. In
proof of the above, we will merely
observe, tlmt a neighbor had,
among a lot of hens, one that would
not lay under any circumstances,
and iiHSiieh hens are not profitable
to keep, sho was considered a fit
subject for the pot. On dressing,
sho' whs found to bo literally idled
with fat, instiiid of egg ovaric
Country (oL
Three tilings to like cordiality,
good btunor, aud miiibfuloeao.
MARCH 20.18G8.
A Mirror
m WHICH MAKT PERSOJ(3 MAT SEE
THEMSELVES REFLECTED.
'Albert I wish you would let me
have seventy-five cents.'
Kate Landman soke very care
fully, for she knew that her husband
had not much money to spare ; yet
she spoke carnestlv, and there was
a world of entreaty in her look.
'What do you want seventy-five
cents forr af !,eil Albert.
'I want to get some braid for iny
new dress.'
'I thought you had all the materi
als on hand for that.'
'So I thought I had ; but Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Thompson tioth
havea trimmingof braid upon theirs,
and it looks very pretty. It is very
fashionable, aud it certainly adds
much to the beauty of a dress.'
'Plague take these women's fash
ions! Your endless trimmings and
thing-a-majigs cost more than the
dress is worth. It's nothing but
shell out money when once a woman
thinks of a new dress.'
'Surely, I don't have so many new
dresses. I do certainly try to bo as
economical asl can.'
'It is a funny kind of economy, nt
all events. Lut if you must have it,
I suppose you must.'
And Albert Landman took out
his wall?t and counted out the seventy-five
cents; but he gave it grud
ingly, and when he put the wallet
back into his pocket he did it with
an emphasis which seemed to say
that he w ould not take it out again
for a week.
When Albert reached the outer
door, on his wav to his work, he
found the weather so threatening
that he concluded to go back and
get his umbrella ; and upon enter
ing the sitting room he found his
wife in tears. She tritd to hide the
fact that she had been w eeping, but
he had caught her in the act, anf!
asked what it meant.
'Good gracious!' cried the hus
band, 'I should like to know if you
are crying at what 1 said about the
dress f
'I was not; crying nt what you
said, Albert,' replied Kate, tremu
lously ; but you were so reluctant to
grant me the favor. I was thinking
how hard I have to work ; I am tied
to the house; how many little things
I have to perplex me then to
lliinh '
'Pshaw! What do you want to
be so foolish fori'
And away started Albert Land
man a second time, bnt he was not
to escape so easily. In the hall he
was met by his daughter Lizzie, a
bright-eyed rosy-cheeked girl of ten
years.
'(, papa I want 15 cents.'
'VS hat V
'() I want 15 cents. Do please
give it to me.'
'What in tho world do you want
of it! Are they
books again V
changing school
'No, I want to buy a hoop. Ellen
Smith has got one, and so has Mary
Ruck and Sarah Hllcn. Mr. Grant
has got some real pretty ones to scl '.
Can't I have one f
'Nonesense ! If you want a hoop
go and get one otl somc old barrel.
I can't afford to buy hoops for you
to trundle a bo; a the btreets.'
'Please, pap i
'No, 1 told .m.'
The bright blue eyes were filled
with tears, and the child's sobbing
broke upon his car. Albert Land
man hurried from the house with
some very impatient words upon his
lips.
This was in the morning. At
noon, when ho came home to his
dinner, there was a cloud over the
household. His wife was sober, and
even little Lizzie, usually gay and
blithesome, was sad and silent.
Lilt these things could not last
long in that household, for the hus
band and wife really loved each
other devotedly, mid at heart kind
and forbearing. When Albei t came
to his supper, Kate greeted him w ith
a kiss, mid in a moment the sunshine
came back ; aud had the. lesson end
ed there the husband might have
fancied that he had done nothing
wrong, and that the cloud hail been
nothing but the exhalation of a do.
meslie ferment, lor w hich no one was
partieulaily responsible, though ho
might have banished the conviction
that women's fashions were a nui
sance and a humbug, ns well as a
frightful draft upon a husband's
pockets.
Alter tea, Albert did a few chores
around the house, nnd then he light
ed a cigar nnd walked out. Ho had
gone but a short distance when ho
met Lizzie. In her right hand she
drugged an old hoop, which she had
taken from a dilapidated Hour bar
rel, whilo with her left she was rub
bing her red, swollen eyes. She
was in deep grief, and was sobbing
painfully, lie slopped his child and
asked what was the matter,
tShe answered as well ns her sobs
would let her, that tho other girls
had laughed at her, mid ininlo fun
of herohl boon. They had nice, pret
ty hoops, w hile hers was ugly and
lioinol.v.
'N'ever mind,' said Albert, patting
I he little turn upon the Head (tor niu
ehilil'a c rief touched him;) 'I crhap
I well liavo a new 1iooj lolnotiio.,
NUMBER 41.
'Mayn't I have one now! Mr.
Grant's got one left oh, such a pret
ty one !'
The sobbing had ceased, as the
child caught her father's hand ea
gerly. 'Not now, Lizzie not now, 111
think of it.'
(Sobbing again, the child moved
on towards' home, dragging tho old
hoop after her.
At one of the stores, Albert Land
man met some of his iriemls.
'Hallo, Albert ! What's up!'
'Nothing in particular.'
'What do vou say to a game of
billiards, Albert!'
'Good! I'm in for that.'
And away went Albert to the
billiard hall, where he had a glori
ous time with bis t'ri-tds. He liked
billiards; it was a healthy, pretty
game, and the keeper of tho hall al
lowed no roughscuUs on his premi
ses. They had played fun r games. Al
bert had won two, aud his opponent
had won two.
That's two and two,' cried Tom
Piper. 'What do you sav to play
ing them off, Albert!'
'All right, go in,' said Albert full
of animation.
So they played the fifth game, nnd
he who lost was to pay for the five
games. It was an exciting contest.
Ilotli made capital runs, but, in the
end Albert was beaten bv three
points; and with a little laugh he
went up to settle the. bill, rive
games twenty cents a game just
one dollar. Not much for such
sport ; and he paid out tho money
with graee, and never once seeming
to feel that he could not afford it.
'Have a cigar f said Tom.
Yes.'
They lighted theircigars, nnd then
sauntered down the hall to watch
others play.
Albert soon found himself seated
over against a table at w hich some
of his friends were playing, nnd
(lose by stood two gentlemen, stran
gers to him, one of whom was ex
plaining the mysteries of the game.
'It's a healthy pastime,' said he
who had been making tho explana
tion; 'and ei'i taiuly it is one which
has no evil tendency.'
Albert heard the remarks very
plainly, and he had a curiosity to
hear what the other, who seemed
unacquainted with billiards, would
say.
'I cannot, of course, nssert that
any Riiinc which calls for skill nnd
judgment, and which is free from
the nttendent curse of gaming, is it
self an evil,' replied tlie second gen
tleman. Such things are only evil
so far as they excite and stimulate
men beyond the bouuds of healthful
recreation.'
'That result can scarcely follow
such a game,' said the first speaker.
Y'ou are wrong there. The result
can follow in two ways. First, it
can lead men away from their busi
ness ; second, it can lead men to
spend money, who have not got
money to spend. You w ill under
stand, me. I would not cry down
the game of billiards, for if 1 under
stood it I should certainly ask to
try you a game now; but whenevcf
I visit a place of this kind I am led
to reflect upon most strange and
prominent weakness as developed
in our sex. l'or instance, obsctve
that young man who is just settling
his bill at the desk. He looks like
a mechanic, and 1 should say from
his manner, and from the fact that
he feels it his duty to go home at
this hour, that he has a wife and
children. I see by his face that he
is kind heiirli'd and generous, nnd I
should Ige that he means to do
about a . near right as he can. He
has been beaten, and he pays one
dollar and torty cents for the recre
ation of some two hours duration.
If you would observe, you will see
that he pays It freely and pockets
the loss with a smile. Happy firm
ty! Rut how do you suppose it is
in that young mans I. nine I Sup
pose his wife hud come to him this
morning and asked him for u dollar
to spend for some trilling thing;
some household ornament, or some
bit of jewelry to adorn her person
and suppose. Ins little child hail put
in a plea lor loriy cents to nuv u
paper picture book with, what do
you think he would have answered !
Of fifty men just like him, would not
foitv and live nave declared thev
had not money to spare for any such
puriosel And moreover, they
would have said so feeling that they
were telling the truth. Am I not
right!'
'Upon my soul,' responded the
man who understood billiards, 'you
speak to the point. 1 know that
oung man who has paid his bill,
and you have not misjudged him in
a single particular. And, what is
more, 1 happen to have a fact nt
hand to illustrate youi chnip'. W e
have a club for an excellent literary
paper in our village, and last year
l hat man whs one of our subscribers.
This vcar he felt obliged to discom
tiniio it. His wife was very anxious
to take II, for it had become a genial
companion in leisure luoiuei.t'i.but he
could not iitlbrd i. 1 he club late
was one do.l ir and fifiy cents a ear.'
'.ye, and so it toes,' said the
other gentleman. 'Well, that man's
wile may lie w i diiug at this moment
tliat tho had her paper to reud.
while lo is paykg almost Ra full
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ESTABLISHMENT
JOB PRINTING,
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7"' ""V1 ? V'"n notice. We nave faciU
iic .or ooing job work which enable n. to da
many kind. ef work at lower price, than aro
r ft i i "'oniry oinee.. and onr price
for all kind, of Job Pnntig an- m.xi.rate.
viucn uy mau promptly attended to,
Addre.t all order to
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price for a year for what ! And
yet how smilingly he does it. Ah !
tlioso poor, sympathizing wives!
How many clouds often darken up
on them from the brows of their
husbands when they ask for triflinir
sums of money, and how grudgingly
the mite is iiancen over when it is
given ! What perfect floods of joy
that dollar and forty cents might
have poured upon tho children of
the unsuccessful billiard player.
Ah ! it is well for such wives and
children that thev do not know
w here the money all goes.'
They had finished at the nearest
table. The two gentlemen moved
on, and Albert Landman rose from
his seat and left the honse. Never
before had he surtt thoughts as now
possessed him ; ho had never dwelt
upon the name grouping of ideas.
That very morning his own true,
faithful, loving wife had been sad
and heart sick because he had harsh
ly and unkindly met her lequest for
a small sum of money. And his
sweet Lizzie had crept away to her
homo nlmost broken hearted for tho
want of a simple toy, snch as her
mates possessed. And yet the sum.
of both their wants amounted to not
as much as he had payed away that
evening for billiard playing.
Albert Landman wanted to be an
honest husband and father, and tho
lesson was not lost niion him. On
his way home he stopped at Mr.
Grant's and purchased the best and
prettiest hoop to b& found, with dri-
vmg stick painted red, white and
blue, and in the morning, when ho
beheld his child's delight, and had
received her grateful, happy kiss,
the question came to his mind :
Which was tho best aud hrppiest
result, this or tho five games of bil
liards! The hoop had cost thirty
cents. He could play two games of
billiards less, and be the absolute
gainer of ten cents by tho pleasant
operation.'
A few mornings after this, as Al
bert rose from the breakfast table,
he detected an uneasy, wistful look
upon Ins wife's face.
'Kate, w hat is it !'
Albert, could yoa spare me a
half dollar this inorningt'
Ami out came the wallet, and tho
money was handed over with a
warm, genial smile.
What! Tears nt that! "Was it
possible tlmt she had been so little
used to such scenes on his part
that so simple an act of loving-kindness
thus affected her.
I How many games of billiards
would be required to secure such
satisfaction as Albert Lnndman car
ried with him that morning to tho
shop!
A very siniplo lesson, is it nott
But how mauy may gain lasting
profit by giving heed to tho lesson I
The following story is told At Gen.
Butler's expense :
The General's friends nnd every
body will laujrh at the want of faith
in an over ruling Providence ex
pressed by a noted optician of New
Orleans, named Leja. Professor
Leja visited Corinth a few weeks
since, stopping at tho Scruggs
House, One day while sitting at
the table in conversation with Col.
Johnson, the clerk of that popular
resort, the conversation turned up
on the yellow fever, with tho vari
ous phases of wnieh the professor
is quite familiar; and among other
things, tho course of Gen. Sheridan
in neglecting while coutroling the
affairs of the Gulf Department, to
take the precaution to ward off, or,
at least, prepare the city for tho
visit of Rronze John, was severely
condemned. In tliiseouueetion Col.
Johnson remarked:
'Yon must confess, Professor,
that, notwithstanding his many
faults, Gen. Rutlcr exhibited great
administrative ability in the concep
tion ami prosecution of measures to
sneN(w Orleans from the dreaded
pestilence while in conrnaiid there'
Cp jumped the optician, his face
pnlo'wiih i!l-siiprcsjcd wrath, his
eyes darting flic. :
By gar, vat you take me, vor!
You no believe in a God! You no
believe zero is inereie ! Yellow fever
and G-e-u e r a 1 Butler at zo same
time!!!'
Ifr.rrDiATioN. Nnsby with Lis
usual pertinence and fmpertinenco
puts the question of qunsi repudia
tion in a nutshell. Traiislat d into
English, Bigler of the "corner gro
cery" clique wanted the Butler-Pen-dle'touian
idea curried to its logical
conclusion, ami as lie whs owing
llascom quite a sum w hich was bear
ing interest, tho brilliant thought
struck him tliat what was justice in
public alliu'i s must bo justice in pri
vate life. Consequently he demand
ed the note of Hascoin, and that ho
should accept in its stead a note
which bore no Interest! Ho had
Inn ne thu burden too long and must
be relieved s there was a principle
nt slake he could not toil to pay
interest to Baseoni any moro than
to th government.
Tins is a concise way or putting
the humeri wheioistho fallacy!
Jioshm Advvidw.
A youngster who
wanted liquor
agency, "for a
nt the Portland city
inoehunirnl piuposo," further ex
dained that it wus lioodod for ttw
log wood