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VOL. 3.
BART OX, VERMONT, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1874.
NO. 18.
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KAR'TON"
C. A. ROBINSON t CO.,
EALKPS IX CHOICE BRANDS OV FLOUR.
Depot Store.
D. McDOCGALL.
EF.CH ANT TAILOR, AND DEALER IS GENTS'
KurniFliinif Goortfi.
O. D. OWEN,
EALER IN DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND
Genprnl Morehnnriiff".
A. J. CUTLER.
M1LLIXERT. DREPPMAKING ANT PATTFRN
Rooms. Rr.rtiin. Barton Ijindina A New port.
M. HUr.RAFP.
Ot'SK PAINTER. PATER H ANG ER.GL AZ1FR
nni Imitator xf Wwil nnrt Mnrlile.
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A. R. KLAKE.
MANUFACTURER OF FLOUR, MEAL A FEED,
lViilrr in nil kinds of Grain.
" JOHN ARKLEY.
ACHINIST AND CUSTOM BLACKSMITH.
Hfooial nttontion given to Horse Shoeing.
J. N. WERSTER.
r IFi:. KIKE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
j Ajp'lit.
GROUT A BALDWIN,
TTORNKYS, COUNSELORS A SOLICITORS.
PERCIVAL A FORSA1TU,
EALER IN FURNITURE, COFFINS A CASKETS
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F. Tekcitai-
F. T. Forith.
J. N. WEBSTER,
iIi)ToGRAPllER. DEALER IN STEREOSCOPES.
lew s, uvhi, iunie, aim l.uftuu ciamrs.
DALE A ROBINSON,
ITORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.
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C. J. ROBINSON,
I)UACT1CAL MILLWRIGHT. AV1LL DO MILL
,lnh or Furuinli Plans fur Mills. Agent for the
(iinm Wulerwtieel, and all Mill Machinery
""" LOUIS YOUNG,
HARNESS MAKER AND TRIMMER. REPAIR
iiisi done neatly nnl.iromitly. Wiop next door
1. 1 .Marble Works.
M. SARGENT,
A TANUFACTURER OF CUSTOM MADE BOOTS
J.M. and Shoes. Impairing promptly attended to at
i- a-i'iiahle raws.
F. W. BALDWIN,
VGF.NT FOR TnE CHAMPLAIN MUTUAL FIRE
Insurance Co- Biirlmijlon, Vt. Insurance of all
kiiiu Uieed in the best Slock and Mutual Companies.
" j7Tv7hall a co
dealer in dry goods. clothing, hats
and Caps. W. 1. Goods, Groceries and General
Vi-ivhnnilisp. Will Uike Produce in exchange.
W. F. ROBINSON,
X " EALER IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, FLOUR.
iJ Salt. Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, and Ready Msulo
( ..tiling.
WH1TCHER A CLARK,
DEALER IN STOVES. TIN, JAPAN. WOOD
Glsss and Hollow Ware and Agricultural Imple
iii. iiu. All kinds of Barter taken in exchange.
J. P. CASSIDY,
SHAVING ANU J1A.1K unr.M.Mi. rrr.i il
attention paid to cutting Ladies' and Children's
hair.
M. .1. SMITH.
Iy.orniETOR OK THE ORLEANS COUNTY
Marlile Works Foreign an. I American Marble,
Itruvcstone. Monuments, Ac.
' H AVING AND HAIR DRESSING.
J. L. WOODMAN,
F.ALEU IN BOOTS, SHOES. AND FINDINGS
of the best kind and uality. Ottered cheap for
h. Stoie opposite the I'rcff Store.
W. B. CRITCnETT,
T yVlSTF.R AND GLAZIER. GRAINING. WniTE
I wahintf and PafK-r Hanging done in the le-t
fitt and Kilisfaction puarantwd. Orders solicited.
.1. J. HILL,
JsUCCF.?SOK"TfJ IT. f. VHBXGI, willuoxtjmje
, to a I.aa-e Variety of Sewing and Knitting
Machines. Orders solicited.
E. F. DUTTON,
SUCCESSOR TO WM. JOSLYN A SONS. DEALER
in lru2s. Medicines. Dye Stuft's. Paints. Oils. Jap
an, Turpentine. Varnishes, Brushes, Window Glass,
I'uitv. ItiM.k. Stationery and Fancy Goods.
I.. R. WOOD, JR.,
A TANUFACTURER OF WOOD. METAL. GLASS,
t'anvjss and Paper Siena. Banner, Scene,
oniamenta 1'aintinj.
Biiinen Directories,
, Ac. Proprietor of Wood"s Star
O LOVER.
C. L. FRENCH, M. D-.
"TJIIYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
E. E. FOSTER,
J l'.OPRIETOR UNION HOUSE. STAGE LEAVES
X for Montlier Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri
Oays, and for Barton twice a day.
D. L. DWINELL.
DEALER IN DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS.
Caps aud General Merchandise. The celebrated
fcl. Leon Water on hand and for sale.
X. M. SCOTT,
I iROPLlETOR GLOVER FLOURING MILLS.
J. Best brands Family Hour always on hand. Also
Corn and other Teed. N. B. Particular attention paid
to Custom Grinding. 03 6
J. W. 6C01T.
I F.I.Kll IV HARNESSES'. RIDING BRIDLES.
I ) i ,.i m. on,l H.wk ri.itliim.'. blankets. Ac. All
kind ,.f trmiinin r Unhlxr and Leather Covered
I late.l. Tinned. Japanued and Gold Plate. Repairing
pivniplly atteuded to.
J. E. 1W1EI.L.
MANUFACTURER and dealer In Furnitoreof all
kinds and descriptions.Carpeis, Room Paper
ui uin aud fixtures, alto Coftins and Caskets, Picture
;unes. flnrinif Beds Ac. GloTerVt
IUASUURGI1.
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EALER IN FURNITURE. COFFINS AND
CASKETS, Irasburgh, Vt.
W. D. TYLER,
i TTORNEY. COUNSELLOR AND SOLICITOR.
J.. Also lusuiance Agent, Irasburgh, Vt. 2-24
J II. T1IO.UP.-SON,
CY. COUNSELLOR AND
Also Bounty and Pension Agent, Irasburgh, V
V- V. Pi I WELL..
T PROPRIETOR IUASBURGU HOUSE, Irasburgh
Jfc. k, A Al ICl J ill Luuinviiun n uv
Uuune. Lajfe leaves ior H;irtun Landing Depot twice
I A i 1 in n..nmua. witVi I Im
W. L. Itl'SEU,,
DEALER IN DRUGS, Medicines, Dye Stufis, Sta
tionery, Blank Books, Candies. Cigars, Tobacco.
1 Hi. t Soap, i'ancy Articles, and all the Popular Patent
Medicines. Irasburgh, V'U 2-24
.s. fjTAMFOllU,
PHK SAME OLD CHAP AS EVER, always on
X Hand at bis Post of Trade where Every man
Loves to Trade for G od in bis line, soch as Haruness
t and Tinware. Livery Stable and Groceries. Victualses
t his House, and Clipper Scythes, with other Eatables,
ud a good place for travelers horses at his barn.
Irasburgh, Vt. 2-24
M1SCEL.L AJS KOUH,
D. A C. S. SKINNER.
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KPOT STOKE. (SUCCESSORS TO GRANDY.
Skinuer A l"aiker,) Dealera in slour. Corn. Gro-
' riev Hardware. Paints and Oils. Barton Landing, Vt,
DitritL SKiaaER. 4-14 C 8. Skikxbr.
JUOISON t'OWLKS
riLL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON" HAND ALL
11 the latest styles of ready-made Coftins, Caskets,
li'irml h iitvi and Trimmings of every description.
T'-nm reasonable. Went Albany, Vt.
P. R, KENDALL,
BARTON LANDING, VERMONT.
TTORNEY.
V. W. .1IIL.ES.
TTORNEY AT LAW
IX. 2-sj
North Craftsbnry. Vt.
ROBERT ;ILXJS,
DEALER IN HARNESSES, blankets, whips, curry
combs, Ac, Barton Landing, Vt.
j. v. wnnJiiT,
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physician and Surgeon. Office at his residence,
c2-l Bai ton Lauding. t.
DC. O. A. BE3IIS,
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OM(KOPATHIC PHTB1CIAX AND PCEGEOX
1A Craruiury, Vermont.
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Greenftboro, t.
E.IJ. MTKVEMS
SUROBOX DENTIST. At Little'i Hob! in Barton
Vil!aevr Wednesday. Barton Landing, Vk
Vanted---A Minister.
We have been withont a pastor
home eiihteii ntonthsor more.
And tbnui:h eantliduts are plenty,
V. e've lifltl at If t a score.
All of theiu "tip top"1 pieachcrs,
Ur so th-ir letter ran,
We ae .i't a far as eTtsr,
From Sirltliug on the mail.
The first who came anions us,
By no iftf ana was the worst.
Hut then we didn't think of him
Because he was the tirst.
It bf in 2 quite the custom.
To saeritice a few.
Before a church in earnest,
l'eteruiiiies what to do.
There- was a smart young fellow.
With wrious. earnest fiav.
Who, but for one invent blunder,
rind surely won the day ;
Who left so jiood inifireSHion,
On Monday, me or two
Went round annum the people,
To see if he would do.
The pious, godly lortion
Had not a fjnilt to find ;
His clear and searchii.ir preaching,
They thought the very kind.
And all went smooth and pleasant,
1'iitil they heard the views,
Of sonic influential sinners.
Who rent the highest pews.
u these hispuntrent dealing,
Made but a sorry hit :
The coat of gosiHl teaching,
Was quite too ti:;ht a tit.
Ot course, his fate was settled.
Attend, ye jtarsons. nil 1
And preach to please the sinners,
If you would get a call.
Next came a spruce younir dandy.
Who wore his hair too long ;
Another's coat was shabby.
And his voice not over strong ;
And one New Haven student
Was worse than all of these.
We couldn't hear the sermon
For thinking of his noe.
Then wearying of candidates.
We looked the country through,
Mid doctors and professors.
To find out one that would do.
Aud alter much discussion.
On who should bear the nrk.
With tolerable asreemenr.
We fixed on Ir Park.
Here then we thought it settled.
Hut were amazed to rind
Our flattering invitation
Respectfully declined.
We, turned to ir. Hopkins
To help us in the lurch.
W ho sTranceW thtmuht that college
Had claims above "our church."
Next we dispatch committees,
By twos and threes, to urge
The labors for a Sabbath
Of the Kev. shallow Splurge.
He came a marked sensation,
So wonderful bis style.
Followed the creaking of his hoots
As he passed up the aisle.
His tones were so affecting.
His gestures so divine,
A lady tainted in the hymn,
Before the seeoud line.
And on that day he gave us.
In accents clear and! loud.
The greatest prayer ever addressed
To on enlightened crowd.
He preached a double sermon,
And cave us anger's food,
On such a lovely topic,
"The joys of solitude."
All full of sweet descriptions
Of flowers, and pearl v streams.
Of warbling birds, and moon-lit groves.
And golden sunset beams.
Of faith and true repentance.
He nothing had to say :
He rounded all the corners.
And smoothed the rugged way :
Managed with great adroitness,
To entertain and please.
And leave the sinner's conscience
Completely at its ease.
Six hundred is the salary,
We gave in former du vs.
We thought is very liberal.
And fuund it hard to raise.
But when we took the paper.
We had no need to urge.
To raise a cool two thousand
For the Kev. shallow Splurge.
In vain were, all our efforts,
We had no chance at all.
We found ten city churches
Had given him a call :
And he iu prayeTihl waiting,
Was keeping all in tow.
But w here tliev bid the highest
' I was whispered lie woum go.
And now good Christian brothers.
We ask our earnest prayers.
That tiod would send a Shepherd,
To guide our church aflairs;
With this clear understanding,
A man to meet our views.
Must preach to please the sinners
Aud till the vacant pews.
The Game of Life.
This life is bnt a game of cards.
Which mortals have to learn !
Each shuttles, cut and deals the pack,
And each a trump doth turn :
Some briug a high card to the top.
And others bring a low.
Some bold a hand quite flush of trumps,
Wiitle others none can show.
Some shnflSe with a practiced hand.
And pack their cards with care.
So they may know when they are dealt
Where all the Waders a-e.
Thus lools are made the dupes of rouges.
While rouges each other cheat,
And he in very wise indeed
Who never meets defeat.
When playing, some throw out the ace,
The counting cards to save.
Some play the duee. and some the ten,
Aud many play the knave !
Some play for monrv. some for fun,
Aud some for worldly fame.
And not until the game's played out
Can they count up their game.
When hearts are trumps we play for love,
And pleasure rules the hour,
No thoughts of sorrow check our joy
In beauty's rosy bower;
We sing, we dance, sweet verses make,
Our cards at random play,
Aud while our trump remains on top
Our game's a holiday.
When diamonds chance to crown the pack,"
i ne fevers aiaite ineirgom.
And hea vy sums are lost and won
By gamblers young and old :
Intent on winning each his game
Doth watch with eager eye.
How he mav see his neighbor's cards.
And beat him on the sly.
When clubs are trumps, look out for war,
On ocean aud ou land :
The bloody horrors alway come
When chilis are held iii hand :
Thru lives are staked instead of gold,
The dogs of war are freed
Across the broad Atlantic now.
See ! clubs have got the lead !
Last game of all is when the spade
Is turned by hand of Time 1
He always seals the closing game
In evry age aud clime.
No matter how much each man wins
Or how much each man saves.
The spa-dfi will finish up the game
And dig tbe player's grave.
Muddler's curency true love.
Two heads are better than one espec
ially iu a barrel.
Advice from -.Dan bury : If a stick of
wood is too long for the Etove, kick it a
few times with your heel. Then take it
out and saw it off.
If there is one time more than anoth
er when a woman should be entirely
alone, it is when a full line of clothes
comes down in the inud. Danbary Sews.
A Chicago gentleman who recently
traveled through Ohio says that every
body he met called potatoes "taters,"
except one young lady, who called him
a "small pertater."
An old lady, hearing some one reading
about Congress-man-at-large, rushed to
the kitchen door shouting: Sarah Jane,
Sarah Jane, don't you leave the clothes
out all night ; I tell you ; for there's a
Congressman at large !
A coxcomb talking of the transmigra
tion of souls said : 'In the time of
Moses, I have no doubt I was the golden
calf." "Very likely," replied the lady.
"time has robbed you of nothing but
the gilding I
The following anecdote was told by a
preacher for a fact: A preacher was
praying, and in his prayer he said: I
pray the Lord to curtail the power of the
Devil." Just then an old darkey in the
congregation cried : "Yes! Amen! Kress
God ! Cut him tail smack, smoove off.
Somebody tells a rather amusing con
versation of three men which he heard
on one of the ferryboats just after Sum
ner's death. One inquired why the flags
were at half-mast ; one of his companions
didn't know: the third, however, 6aid
"Sumner's death." But who is he?!
asked the first two. ""Oh!" replied the
other, "He was a rich man : I believe
he was a rich editor !"
A Little Fool.
Florence Reed was tbe little fool, and
Julia Willis, her cousin, it was who call
ed her so. You can judge between them
if you like ; it is a story that will not
take long in the telling.
Florence or Florry, for nobody ever
dreamed of calling her any thing else
Florry Reed was not in the least what
one would call a beauty ; but then she
had the softest eyes and the sweetest
lips in the world. Something at least
to that effect Charley Dennis had been
heard to declare, andit is very much to
be believed that he spoke as one who
should know on this subject.
The two had been lovers for quite a
while ; lovers in the bud, as one may
say, and everybody knows that the bud
is the sweetest part of the whole blossom-season.
The practical, common place
stage of declaration had not yet been
reached; it was the time of broken hints
and secret hand-pressnres, of stolen kiss
es and general felicity. Florry walked
on air, and forgot that it was not her
native element, till one unlucky day the
clouds melted under her feet, and let her
down to earth again with a rude thump.
It was the day of a celebration given
in Blackville to commemorate some event
perfectly uninteresting to the world at
large, but of the very last importance in
the eyes of the Blackvillians. For, tho'
Blackville was a little place, its inhabi
tants were men and women very much
like other people, and measured the uni
verse on the Blackville yardstick after
the orthodox and proper fashion.
The festivity, beginning with an ora
tion, ended with a pic nic in a grove
just outside the town, a magnificent ma
ple grove, whose violet-scented solitudes
it was almost a sin to profane with the
clatter of hardware and the popping of
ginger-beer corks. Charley Dennis and
Florry were there together, as they were
together everywhere. But unfortunately
for Florry, Adela Brent was there also.
This young lady was not Blackville
born. She came from a much lanrer
town, a town which would have turned
up its nose very high indeed at poor lit- :
tie Blackville, had it happened to be
aware of its existence at all. For which
reason, the Blackvillians naturally look
ed with admiring awe upon it and all
that pcTfciDGxl 'fctr it. Miao -V11 4
being a visitor just arrived among them,
her appearance was an event second only
to the great event commemorated by the
day. She was not prettier than half
their own girls there present, but she
was wholly unlike them in dress and
style ; in a word, she was something
new ; and if novelty is one of the great
est of all charms anywhere, it certainly
is not the least so iu a small country
town where a wholesome fear of his
neighbor holds each in decent restraint
So all eyes were fastened on the stran
ger, when, at a rather late hour, she
made her appearance on the ground,
which in nowise discomposed her. She
settled herself and her flounces, gave a
final toss to the frizzy wiiderness sur
mounting her little head, and. turning
back her fan-parasol, looked around her
with much the air with which a traveler
stranded among savages, might observe
their barbarous customs.
The first of the natives on whom her
glances chanced to rest, were Florry and
Charley, aud she vouchsafed them a pro-
onged examination, under which Flor-
ry's eyes fell and her color rose ; where
upon Adela, who had already meutally
inventoried her as pretty, but deplorably
without style, regarded her anew, with
amused compassion, as a girl who could
actually blush for being looked at !
Charlev did not blush, though. On
the contrary, he returned the gaze with
one which might have abashed some
girls. But Jiiss Brent-was a young lady
not easily abashed, and if the very evi
dent admiration in the handsome sava
ge's black eyes affected her in any way,
it was certainly neither to embarrass nor
offend her. That was plain from the
manner in which she received 1m advan
ces later ; else the two would not have
made so rapid an acquaintance, nor have
been missing when, by-and-by, a stroll
through the grove was proposed, so that
Florry was obliged to put up with the
escort of her cousin Fred Willis, a ne
cessity considerably more agreeable to
him than to her.
Oh, what a cloudy ending for a day
that had began all sunshine ! Florry
wondered piteously, when, the festival
at an end, they drove back through the
evening together, could this be the same
Charley, who, on that very road, only a
few hours before, had said well, it was
not so much what he had said as the
way, and especially the look, with which
he had said it, could this be the same,
this abstracted individual who had to
keep rousing himself out of some revery
over what? The charms of Miss Adela
Brent? Florry greatly feared, it.
Yes, that was it. New brooms sweep
clean, and Miss Adcla's flounces and
frizzes had swept Charley quite away
from his moorings. In a week, she could
turn him round her little finger ; in an
other, he had as completely deserted -the
softest eyes and sweetest lips,' as if that
and many a like speech Lad been but
empty air.
If Florry had been a heroine, she
would probably have broken her heart ;
have taken to writing poetry and reduc
ing her weight at the rate of a pound a
day. But then she was not a bit of a
heroine ; an army of little brothers and
sisters to attend to left her no time for
poetry writing, while Blackville, though
as before stated, an insignificant place,
had a bracing mountain air which forced
people to eat in spite of themselves. So
Florry, occupied with small frocks and
stockiugs, did not lose her pretty color
or roundness, and if there were some
times tears in the "softest eyes," and
sighs on the "sweetest lips," why. that
is only what is happening every day to
eyes and lips that are neither soft nor
sweet.
No, Florry had no notion of sitting
for a picture of despair. She had a stout
little heart of her own, as brave as it
was warm, and whatever the trial, she
'grinned and bore it," metaphorically
speaki ng ; Nature, in bestowing on her
a pair of dimples, having put the grin
sardonic out of her power. It was very
hard, very provoking, very cruel of Char
ley, no doubt, but still it was Charley,
and 6he was not going to make an out
cry against him. That was Florry's way
of looking at it ; there are such people
now and then in this medley of a world.
But her cousin J ulia, Fred illis's
sister, was quite of another mind. Julia
was a young lady who had opinions and
liked to speak them. She considered
that Charley Dennis was behaving him
self in a weak, wicked, and altogether
disgraceful manner, which Florry was
bound to resent ; and this quite apart
from her pet plan of making a match be
tween her cousin and her brother, for
Julia, if prejudiced, was honest. So she
had no mercy for the truant Charley,
abusing him as often and as openly as
Florry's reserve would allow, till one
day the barrier broke down, and let the
full tide of her wrath sweep over.
Fred was describing a party of the
previous evening, at which neither of
tbe girls had been present.
"I suppose that Miss Brent was there
as large as life ?" said Julia, whose hab
it it was to use the pronoun of censure
in referring to Adela.
'Yes, she was there," answered Fred,
and laughed to himself for a moment.
'l'licu, ctluuil, 'f 1 lie Awl Oiiat lcjr "Itii
makes of himself with that 2irl 1" he said.
"And what he can sec in her !" said
Julia. "She's no beauty, certainly."
"Oh, as to that, she's pretty enough,"
said her brother masculine and femin
ine eyes are so apt to see this matter
differently "but as out-and-out a little
flirt as ever I saw. Friend Charley '11
find himself at the end of his string one
of these days, or I'm much mistaken."
"And serve him right !" pronounced
Julia, with vicious emphasis.
"Why serve him right ?" here unex
pectedly put in Florry, with more spirit
than was usual to her soft voice- "Why
should anybody object to Charley's wait
ing on Miss Brent, if he likes ?"
'Oh, if it suits him, I've nothing to
say against it, I'm sure," was all Julia
could say in answer. Each one of the
three knew quite well what had been
meant by his being served right, aud
each knew that the others knew, but
still it was the thing to ignore it in
Fred's presence, so Julia could only look
the pins and needles she longed to speak.
But the moment Fred wa3 gone, she
idemnified herself for this forced clem
ency. She pounced down on Florry, and
never left her till 6he had worried her
into tears and confession. Then she
paused, half in triumph, half in pity.
"Now, don't be a goose, Florry," she
said, soothingly, tapping tbe bit of flush
ed cheek not hidden in the clasped
hands, "if there ever was a man worth
crying about, I'm sure it isn't Charley
Dennis."
Florry made no reply to this, but sht
lifted her head and set some stitches
rather blindly in the embroidered frock
on her lap. But it is lucky that Master
Harry, for whom it was destined, was
not a connoisseur in fine needle-work,
else it i3 to be feared that that cotton
rose-spray would have been a thorn in
his side so long as anything remained
of it.
"Depend upon it, Florry," resumed
Julia, after a pause, "you're well rid of
him. if you only would think so.. A man
that don t know his own mind better
than that ! Why. I do believe it's a full
month since he has 6et his foot inside
this house he that ut-ed to be in and
out, till 1 was fairly sick of the sight of
him, I only wish," went on Julia with
energy, "he would come again, just once,
just to 6ee how much difference it makes
to us and I declare," Ehe broke off ab
ruptly, looking out of the window, which
she faced, "if Inhere be isn't this minute
opening the gate ! Well, the whal-
J you-call him it near when you talk about
him, 6ure enough !
Charley it really was at the gate, aud
at the gate we will be impolite enough
to leave him, while we explain how he
came to be there just in the nick of time.
It is a very common rural custom "to
improve the 6hining hours" of the full
moon, not, indeed, as "doth the little
busy bee," but after a fashion quite as
agreeable, if less industrious. Each Jack
with his chosen Jill beside him, bowls
along the open country roads at a pace
to be settled by his own taste and the
powers of his horse. Now, the Blackville
moon being just at present at the full, a
jollification of this 6ort had been arrang
ed for the morrow evening, and Charley
accordingly took an early opportunity to
make sure of Miss Adela Brent.
; But, if the truth must be told. Miss
Adela was growing rather tired 'of this
rustic homage. Add to which, that her
own particular "young man" had just
cpme from town to see her, and it will
be easily perceived that Charley's chanc
es were not so good as he fondly imag
ined. The pair stood in the porch, watch
ing him as he approached, and indulg
ing iu comments which, if there be any
truth in proverbs, should have made his
ears tingle.
"Oh ! it is us Father Noah intends
honoring with a visit," remarked Mr.
Walter Wilmington, when Charley's
"ark," as the other had irreverently
dubbed his carriage, drew up before the
gate. "Am I to leave you to a tete-a-tete,
Adela ?"
"Oh, for mercy's sake, no !" answer
ed Adela, "for he is such a bore"-(poor
Charley !) "he would stay forever !"
So Charley waited in vain for Mr.
Wilmington to go and give him a chance
to make known his errand. At last, as
it became evident that he did not intend
going, and Charley could in decency
wait no longer, he opened the subject
with an introductory remark on the fine
ness of the weather. !
"Good weather for green things," non
chalantly observed Mr. Wilmington,
with a glance that Charley easily under
stood. "Especially the carrot crop," returned
Charley, with an equally intelligible
look at his new acquaintance's perfumed
luxuriant locks, which undoubtedly did
bear on the auburn. After which little
exchange of civilities, Mr. Wilmington
retired into the privacy of his segar
stuoke, and Charley proceeded to make
his request.
"Well, I don't know," replied Miss
Adela, languidly playing with her fan.
'that sort of thing is so apt to be tire
some don't you think so ?" Charley,
who certainly had not thought she found
that or any other sort of thing tiresome
in A ts wi f"J rcoiattrod fcpeccHless,
while she resumed, "I am afraid you
really must excuse me this time but 1
dare say, Mr. Dennis, Miss Florence
Wells would be happy to go if you ask
ed her."
The blood rushed to Charley's face at
this last piece of politeness, and he took
his leave of the young lady, inwardly
vowing that be would excuse her not on
ly for that, but for all future time ; that
if she were to remain for the rest of her
natural life in Blackville, she should be
troubled with no more tiresome atten
tions from him.
"Florrj. indeed !"' he said to himself,
indignantly. "She may sneer if she
likts, but she's not one half so nice as
Florry and, take away the frizzes and
flounces, I do believe not one-half so
pretty !"
He really did believe it, none the less
that it was wounded vanity which had
opened his eyes to tbe perception. And,
with all his anger and mortification,
there was mingled an odd sense of re
lief, which would seem to indicate that
it was nothing deeper than his fancy
which had been taken by Miss Brent.
"What if I were to ask Florry ?" his
reflections went on. "Only it is so long
since I've been near her. But then, she
is such a sweet-tempered little thing.
I've half a mind to risk it." And the
end of it was that he did risk it ; and
that was how be came to give Julia Wil
lis occasion to quote a very unflattering
old proverb on his behalf And now, a3
he has waited at the gate quite long
enough, we will let him in, and see how
he fared within doors.
It was an absurdly constrained inter
view. Neither Florry nor Charley felt
equal to bearing the burden of the con
versation. Julia could have done it well
enough, if she had chosen, but she would
not. So there were meaningless remarks,
interspersed with pauses longer than the
code of well-regulated 6ociety admits
"It is quite a while since 1 was here,'
blundered Charley after ope of these, in
sheer despair of anything better to say,
"I wonder what you are here for now ?'
retorted Julia, unable longer to keep si
lence, while Florry 6titched as if for
dear life
Charley could not very well answer
the truth, and, not knowing what else to
answer, he held his tongue. Julia, how
ever, had no scruples to hold hers, which
moreover, at the best of times was apt
to be an unruly member, so she said in
her downright way :
"I suppose that Miss Brent has had
enough of you, and given you leave to
remember old acquaintances at last"
This hit the case so exactly, that it
left Charley without a single word to
say for himself- Perceiving which, Julia
laughed in scornful triumph, and, rising
from her 6eat, added ironically :
"It is hard to have to lose the pleas
ure of your society now that it is grown
such a rarity, but I have an engagement
bo I hope you will excuse me." W ith
which parting squib,-end a whisper in
passing "Be firm, Florry 1" she left
the room. And we can not do better
than follow her.
Having proceeded to fulfiill her en
gagement 'the rummaging of a chest of
drawers, up-stairs Julia, who guessed
Charley's errand well enough, waited for
him to make it known and be gone. But
never, surely, had a simple proposal for
a drive taken such a while in theaskins
and refusing ! Exactly how long she
had to wait, Julia could not say, but a
very long time, indeed, measured by her
patience. Just as the last thread of that
was giving way, she heard the outside
door close, and, flying to the window,
saw Charley Dennis's head bobbing in
and out between the tall hollyhock bor
ders. In less time than it takes to tell
it, she was down in the parlor, where
she found Florry still stitching away, as
if the completion of six.ycar old Harry's
frock was the one thing for which the
whole universe was waiting.
"Ah !" said Julia, exultantly, as she
advanced, "revenge is sweet, let the
moralists say what they like ! I haven't
seen you, I don't know when, with such
a nice color. Well, I hope you've sent
Mr. Charley Dennis properly about his
business ?"
"N no," said Florry, with an in
crease of the nice color.
"No !" repeated Julia, looking doubt
fully at her, "what do you mean by 'No?'
What have you done, then never prom
ised to go with him, surely ?"
I I've promised to marry him,"
answered Florry, in a voice between cry
ing and laughing.
Julia dropped into the nearest seat.
"Well, you are a little fool !" said
she, when she could find her tongue.
Was she not ? But then, you see, she
oved him ; a poor excuse, no doubt ;
but the only one her historian can find
to offer in her defense. Aldine for May.
Royal Proposing. Nicholas, the
Emperor of Piussia, won his bride in a
singular way ; yet it had a spice of gal-
antry in it. During a visit to the King
of Prussia, one da', while at dinner.
the emperor rolled up a ring in a piece
of bread, and, handing it to the Princess
.loyal, said to her in a subdued voice,
'If you will accept my hand, put this
rinsr on."our-nijn-l!. This.. is. th im
perial way of "popping the question."
She took no time to deliberate, but suf
fered her heart to speak the truth at once,
and their happy nuptials were soon con
summated. The royal way is" illustrated by the
instance of Queen Victoria's proposal to
the man of her choice, Prince Albert.
"The prince had been out hunting
early with his brother on that day, but
returned at twelve, and half an hour af
terward obeyed the queen's summons to
her room, where he found her alone.
After a few minutes conversation on
other subjects, the queen told him why
she had sent for him ; and wo can well
understand any little hesitation and
delicacy she may have felt in doing so,
for the queen's position, making it im
perative that any proposal of marriage
should come first from her, must neces
sarily appear a painful one to those
who, deriving their ideas ou this subject
from the practice of private life, are
wont to look upon it as the privilege
and happiness of a woman to have her
hand sought in marriage, instead of hav
ing to offer it herself." Memoirs of the
Prince Consort.
The Days of TnE Week. In tbe
Museum at Berlin, in the hall devoted
to northern antiquities, they have the
representations of the idols from which
tbe names of the days of our week are
derived. From the idol of the Sun
comes Sunday. This idol is represented
with his face like the sun. holding a
burning wheel, with both hands on his
breast, signifying his course round the
world. Tbe idol of the Moon, from
which comes Monday, is habited in a
short coat like a man, but holding the
moon in his hands. Tuisco, from which
comes Tuesday, was one of the most an
cient and popular gods of the Germans,
and represented in his garments of skins
according to their popular manner of
clothing ; thethird day of the week was
dedicated to his worship. Wodep. from
which comes Wednesday, was a valiant
prince among the Saxons. His image
was prayed to for victory. Thor, from
whence Thursday, is seated in a bed,
with twelve 6tars over his head, holding
a scepter in his hand. Friga, from
whence we have Friday, is represented
with a drawn sword in his right hand
aud a bow in his left. Seater, from
which is Saturday, ha3 the appearance
of perfect wretchedness ; he is thm-vis-aged,
long haired, with' a long beard.
He carries a pail of water in his right
hand, wherein are fruits and flowers.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has recently decided tbe suit of
tbe Floreu Sewing Machine Company
against the Singer, Grover & Baker, and
W7heeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
Companies, involving over $250,000, in
favor of the Florence Co.
Powdered niter is good for removing
freckles. Apply with a rag moistened
with glycerine.
Mil. KEECIIEIl SETS HIMSELF
RIGHT.
Dear Mr. Bonner : You put into my
hands a batch of questions, with a hint
that I need not answer them unless I
please. I do please. Of course I do
not expect to put an end to such 6tories
certainly not to these particular ones.
The first story in the following letter, I
have contradicted in public and private
scores of times ; and the only effect, as
far as I can see, is that it moves on more
vigorously than ever. But here is the
letter :
Dear Ledger : Will you please in
form me, through your answers to cor
respondents, if some of the stories 1 hear
tiboufc Honry W.rl Sccchor Ttn o ov
not ? I have beard that he preached
the sermon about being so damned hot.
1. I have heard also that when asked by
another minister what the difference was
in .their religion, Mr. Beecher answered
that there was a hell-fired sight of dif
ference, meaning that the other preached
that doctrine, while he did not 2. Also
that, he is a great card player, and that
tbe slang phrase of "How is that for
high ?" was started by him while play
ing a game of old sledge or seven up.
3. I don't know as yu will like to an
swer these questions, but they would do
a great deal of good to confirm bis good
character out here. I don't believe one
word of it.
1. No. 1 never began a sermon by
saying "it is d d hot," nor with any
variation of the phrase, nor in any man
ner remotely like it. Now. I appeal to
a generous community whether it is fair
to keep that story on me any longer,
when there are others waiting for their
turn for somebody will have to carry
it. There is brother Talmadge, he ought
to carry it awhile. Why not try it upon
Hepworth ? Of course, such a saddle
would hardly fit the broad back of the
good Df. John Hall, but why should he
not have something else as good made up
for him.
2. This second story is made up out
of whole cloth so far as I am concern
ed. I suspect that it was Dr. Chapin
said it. Try it on him.
3. As to cards. I have never played
a game of cards in my life. My educa
tion in that direction was entirely neg
lected. Indeed, if card playing is nec I
essary io liDerai culture, i am in a ae
plorable state, for I do not know one
card from another. I am afraid that
many men "on the plains," or in tbe
mountains out west, will not think so
well of me now, but the truth must be
told. History is inexorable. Our young
friend (for the letter was sent hither by
a Kansas boy) is at liberty to read from
the housetops my renunciation and de
nial of these fiery stories ; and, if he
ever hears anything else bad about me,
deny it, aDd stick to it, and ninety-nine
times in a hundred, five times over, he
will be right ! Now foi the next !
"In your answers to correspondents
please inform me whether Rev. H. W.
Beecber ever prepares and delivers a
sermon on paper. I claim he does, and
that the last sermon he preached last
Jul7, before his vacation, was a written
one. Am I right?"
All wrong. rong every time. He
does not write out bis sermons, or, as it
is said, "deliver it on paper ;" and tbe
sermon of last July was not a written
one. Mere outlines are made. Very
brief briefs, as a lawyer would say.
1 do not promise to answer all ques
tions, or any more ; but, being in the
mood I have let fly at those croaking
birds, as one returning from a hunt
would fire at a crow to clean out his
gun-barrels. Henry Ward Jieecher in
New York Ledger.
CONSTITUTIONAL AM EM DMENTS.
The three last amendments to the
Constitution of the United States are as
follows : Thirteenth Amendment Nei
ther slavery nor involuntary servitude.
except as a punishment for crime, where
of the party 6hall have been duly con-
) victed, shall exist within the United
States, or any place subject to their ju
risdiction. -Fourteenth Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to tbe juris
diction thereof, are citizens of the Uni
ted States and of the State wherein they
reside. No State shall make or enforce
any Law which shall abridge the privi
leges or immunities of citizens of the
United States, nor shall any State de
prive any person of life, liberty or prop
erty, without du process of law, nor de
ny to any person within its jurisdiction
tbe equal protection of the laws. Rep
resentatives shall be apportioned among
the several Stato3 according to their re
spective numbers, counting the whole
number of persons in each State, exclud.
ing Indians not taxed. But when the
right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for President and Vice
President of the United States, Repre
sentatives in Congress, tbe Executive
and Judicial officers of a State, or the
members of the Legislature thereof, is
denied to any of the male inhabitants
of such State, being twenty-one years of
age, and citizens of the United States,
or in any way abridged, except for par
ticipation in rebellion or other crime,
the basis of representation therein shall
be reduced in the proportion which the
number of such male citizens shall bear
to the whole number of male citizens
twenty-one years of age in such State.
No person shall be a Senator or Repre
sentative in Congress, or elector of Pres
ident and Vice-President, or hold any
office, civil or military, under the Uni
ted States, or under any State, who hav
ing previously taken an oath as a mem
ber of Congress, or as an officer of the
United States, or as a member of any
State Legislature, or as an executive or
judicial officer of any State, to support
the constitution of the United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection or re
bellion against the same, or given aid
nr ivimfnrt. in fha unomips t.Viprnf hnt.
Congress may, by a vote of ' two-thirds
of each house, remove such disability.
The validity of the public debt of the
United States, authorized by law, inclu
ding debts incurred for payment of pen
sions and bounties for service in sup
pressing insurrection or rebellion, shall
not be questioned. But neither the
United States nor any State shall as
sume or pay any debt or obligation in
curred in aid of insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or any claim
for the loss or emancipation of any slave ;
but all such debt, obligations and claims
shall be held illegal and void. Fifteenth
Amendment The right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by tbe United States
or by any State on account of race, col
or, or previous condition of servitude.
WHAT SHALL BE DOME WITH
LEISURE!
Rest, you say the cry is for rest ;
rest from occupation, from care, from
anxiety, from questioning, from doubt,
from the hunger of the mind, from the
endless pursuit of what cannot be reach
ed, from turmoil, and battle, and ambi
tion, from tbe greediness of passion, and
the gnawing unrest of sin. Yes, the
word rest is delicious ; the thought of
rest is sweet : the vision of rest is en
chanting ; the hope of rest alleviates
and consoles. But what is rest ? It is
not sleep, for sleep is unconscious, and
we must be conscious of the blessedness
of unconsciousness, in order to enjoy it.
It is not idleness, for idleness is ignoble.
It is not vacancy, for vacancy is noth-
altcrnation of work is only variety of
unrest. Piest is perfect reaction from
energy ; is a state of complete, happy
reception ; it is conscious oblivion ; it is
the sense of having no sensations ; it is
ecstasy without emotion ; a dreamy de
light ; a fullness without pain. Such a
blissful condition is feit rarely, and is
of brief duration. To the most it is so
unknown and so hopeless, that they as
sociate it with heaven, and dream of it
only when life is done. They who can
rest are th happiest; for rest is the per
fect recreator. It is inaction, and it is
joy a complete experience ot both, iiut
rest cannot be commanded, and, in de
fault of it, what is there but amusement
that diverts without misleading, dissi
pates without corrupting, entertains
without exhausting ; that is pleasure
without nervcus waste, and delight with
out delirium ; a cup that cheers, but
does not inebriate ? Its office is to rec
reate by indirection, to fill leisure with
innocent gayety. That is the best amuse
ment that most thoroughly amuses ; not
that instructs, elevates, purifies, but en
tertains, making, while it does so, tbe
least possible draught on the mind, feel
ings or will. It has no philosophy ; it
has no ethics ; it has no intention, ex
cept to spread a genial happiness over
the system. It is not in its nature to
hurt any living creature ; it is against
its being to be savage, cruel, or harsh
toward a living thing man, beast, or
insect. It bears nomalice ; it has no
bitterness in its heart; it carries no ven
om beneath its tongue ; it aims no shafts
at goodness or worth ; its laughter is
harmless, its wit sunny, its humor gen
erous. It is a child of light aud laugh
ter. Impurity, indecency, indelicacy,
it holds in aversion. It promotes good
will, disarms evil temper, dispels rancor,
exorcises fear, and puts the mind in
sweet relation with the world of fortune
and mankind. O. JS. Frothinglmm.
ATTRACTiVfcNKss. It is notyourneat
dress, your expensive shawl, or your
golden fingers that attract the attention
of men of sense. They look beyond
these. It is your character they 6tudy.
If you are trifling and loose in your con
versation, no matter if you are as beau
tiful as an angel you have no attrac
tion for them. It is tbe true loveliness
of your natures that win and continue
to retain the affections of the heart
Young ladies miss it, who labor to im
prove their outward look, while they be
stow not a thought on their minds. Fools
may Le won by gewgaws and fashiona
ble, showy dresses ; but the wise and
substantial are never caught by such
traps. Let modesty Le your dress. Use
pleasant language, and though you may
not be courted by tbe fop and the sap,
the good and truly grtat will love to
linger.
To obviate offensive prespi ration.
wah your feet with soap and diluted
spirits of ammonia.