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MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1873.
VOL. VI.
• NO. 38.
Kriseoe»!., lb., Vaughn Smith,
nrol 1 4 S r"'»'luruUv Se".'!iiVut"u Vo* ,U i
""tie it P ' Prarermiwllngm Thursdays'at'y.ss I
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Cainaatn UsTuotnar. Re*. J W llrown, Pas
ttovl« «h« «t IU.M ; i
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,1 fourth Frltl. 1 t» I
jniddtftonm prrrtorg.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.
Town Conmiwiionkm.— T. B. Hurn, Freiident;
J. II. Hcowdrlck, 8m«Utrjr ; John li. Robert«, 8.
R. Stephen», I vacancy.
Amknnor.—C harles K. Anderton.
Treasurer—D eW. C. Walker.
Justice or tm Peace—D«\V (\ Walker.
Const a RLE am» Policeman.—J ohn W. Hayes.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
John A. Reynolds.
TRUSTEES OK THE ACADEMY.
John P. Cochran, Pres.; Henry Davis, Treat.;
8am'l Penington, 8c«\; It. Gibb*, James Kandy,
R. T. Cochran, t vacancy.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
District No. 60.—Albert Pennington, Win. II.
_j, Win. Green, clerk.
I Marnier No. »4. — K. T Brans, Chas. E. An
derson, W. J. II. Lingo, CRrk.
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OFFICERS OF CITIZENS' NATION
AL BANK.
Dimctor*.— D r. J. V. Crawford, It. Gihbs, ('.
It Ellison, It. T. Itiggi, John A. Reynolds, Ja«
Culbertson, Henry Clayton, K. C. Fenimore, J.
It. Califr.
pHMiinRRT.—J. V. Crawford.
Cashier.— J. R. Hall.
Tilliur.—J. It. Clarkson, John »S. Crouch.
DIRECTORS OP TOWN HALL CO
J. M. Coi, Pfcs : Sitm'l Penington Sec.; .1 It *
Hall, Treat.; It. A. Cochran, Tho«. Massey, Dr. ,
Win. H. Ilarr, and R. T. Loi kwood.
CHERCHES.
Sr. ARRk « Phot. Lpikcopai., Rev. John Collins
McCabe, D. D., Rector Divine service on Sun
days at I0.IMI A. M. nnd 7.4.1 r. m. Hundt»
Hciiool at !» a. M . I «ec lure on Fridays at 4 p M.
Forest I'iiksrvteriam, Itev. John Patton, D. D
Pastor. Service every Sunday at In 30 a m
and 7 30 P M. Hunday School at » a. m. Lec
Wednesdsys at 7.30r. u. Sunday School
in the Chapel at Armstrong s Corner every Hun*
dav at 2.30 r. m
M KTtl
Pastor.
r w
tor
1 r a.
MASONIC
AnORIRAM I'llAPTKU, N
It ironic Hall
5, H A M
Meets i
the
;
of everv mouth at H o'clock, c m.
IsOiMsE. No. 5, A. F. A M
I third Tuesd
Meets on
y month, nt H
I
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the Hr««
o clock, t*. Masonic Hall.
of V
KNHUITS OK PYTHIAS
Louur. No. 12. Meets every Friday
evrnitig at 8 o'clock. Lodge Room in theT
IJall.
Dam
I O O F.
Ha ma bit an Ia»tn;r No. î> Meets every
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Lodge Ruum in
Cochran liait, No. 2 Cochran Hquurc.
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BUILDING AND LOAN
MinoLnowN H. Ac L. AiwoeiATioR.
flic first Thursday of cv
r u
Meets on
«itou t It at 8 u'cloi k.
• Mmni.RTowR —
very mouth at 8
Mete
Meets «i
o'clock, p. v.
, latAi Association
the third Tuutday of
DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
Meet« fur practice every Monday evening at 8
o'clock, I*, m.
POST OKKIUK.
Ornes Hoe km.—O pens at 6 .10 a m and close«
at 9 p u every day, except Hurnlay.
M tils tor the North close ut 8 -I.*» a u, and 2 15
r m
Mail for the South clo»r« at 11 a. m
.Mails for Odessa cl
at U 20 a. u. nnd 7 -to
!
»•
n'srank, Hassalras
Ociltoti
Mail* r ,
c! a*,* at 11 2ft AM.
RAILROAD
I'Aitrnjrr train* ifuiiig NurlU leave* at 0 O'J a.
m. and t 38 p. m ; Ruins «outil, at 11 25 a. m.
tttid 7 51 r m. KriMw'ht train« wiilt |mft«vnt;er j
car a limited,
I 7 40 r . :
I
j
, going North, leave at »Laut U 3o
m ; going South, at about 2 30 and
7 00 a - a.
STAGE LINKS
Btage for Odc»sa with IT. 8. Mall, leave« «hört
ly after th«* arrDal of the II 25 a. m. and 7 51 .* *
li. mail train«. j
Slag**» lur Warwick, Sassafras and Cecil toil
leave shortly after the arrival uf th- Il 25 a m
train
M , ,
c'ÄrÄ.^
ÄrÄÄÄWÄjS
Itinir., Silver Thin,Ides Salt , «„«•» and T«
Kn,Kin«, Hutter hnlres, Gold Ilmitt-Pin«, Ear
Rings, Finger-Rings. Sleeve Huilons, Watch
Chains, Watch Krvs, Key Kings, Steel Watch
Chains kr.
ÊL
THOM AH MAR8EV, JR.
CLOCK AND WATCH RAKER,
Stall» Stmt, wait door to Xotlouol Hoir I
Mlddletwiwis, Delawnre
AttKNT run
Dt VINNY'S SPECTACLES.
Dec. 12—tf.
MIDDLETOWN MARKET HOUSE.
VI MIR umtcr.ixnvd would respectfully nnnoum-c
A to the outille that he h m t»ki „ the nure
ho,we on Surlh Hr»»,, St., Middleton,,, Del.,
furmcrlr occupied l,jr Tuylor k Sou, (liaving
bought out their interest), where he will kr*|, al
ways on hand a wall-seleried stock ol choice
Oroeeriaa, Fruit« and Provision«,
full enmity of fresh Vegetable», Ac.,
Call and antiafy yourwlvre.
D. W. EI.IASOff.
»• well as a
In season.
July II-, f.
C. MAISEL,
TAILOR, (From Paris),
1831 ChHtaal ttraat,
PHILADELPHIA.
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HY MH», it n r.nsox.
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The Thorndale first pnrish had been
without a shepherd »out.thing like a year
* half K was vel 7 hard to suit
I every on« In that parish, and previous ex
I pericuce had taught them the utter fulili-|
,y 0 f expecting to keep a titan against
i whom any one member could bring the
I faintest shadow of objection, either per
I -onal or professional. For Home reason
I they had been very utifortunatu in their
, previous engagements, each of tltu many
I who had filled Ilteir pulpit failing to give
entire satisfaction to everybody. For in
&elfcl Çoftrg.
Judge Not Too H&rshlj.
■T J. vice.
meet with one tiitpected
JVhen 3
Of some secret deed of sltauie,
An t for this by all rejected,
As «thing of evil fame.
Guard thine every look ami action,
word of heart le«« blame :
For the slanderer s vile detrnctiou
Yet may soil thy goodly name.
Speak
punning
When you meet with
Wft^i the lost have entered in,
Working out his own undoing
With his recklcstncs« and «in.
Think, if »laced in bi« condition,
i tw in vain?
Would u kind
Or a look of cold suspicion,
Win thee back to liutli a^ain?
There are spots that bear no flower«,
No! because the soil is bad,
Rut I he Hummer's genial showers
Never make tlndr Imsoiuj glad.
Reiter have an act that « kindly.
Treated sometimes with disdain,
Than by judging others blindly,
Doom tbs innocent to pain.
The cruel nnd the bitter word,
That woiicded as it tell,
The chilling want of sympathy,
We feel, but never »dl.
The hard repulse that chill* the heart,
Whose hopes are hounding high,
In an unfading record kept,
These things shall never die.
*
,
grifft Sjlonj.
THE NEW MINISTER AT THORN
DALE.
; Htanec :
Tho Rev. Mr. Duly too practical,
and dwelt altogether too much
«abjects n*
of apirit, nnd Imly living, to the neglect
of the doctrines —the doctrines were what
they hired him to expound Nome of
them ventured to suggest a littlo different
course to him, but. uU* ! when lie com
plied with the suggestion, he found lie
liatl opened n door to a »eure more of the
same sort Deaeon Better heliejed i»
freewill, and Deacon Smith in Divine
sovereignty, and ho on ml infinitum
Tho half-distracted parson tried to bar
monizo the diseorduut elements, leaning
» . .. wu )' 11,1,1 11 l'*' 1 ' ll "'
other, to llm infiuilo di*gu»i of fir.i one
and then the other wing of tho differing
•tubers, according to which aide !»•; in
' dined. And so tin* lust niutu of the man
u
personal integrity, «weetne««
worst than the ft ret ; for the differing
section» were ununiiiiou* upon one thing :
A minister vlimild be, above all thing
elae, rigidly independent They had
weather-vane to their church ami that wut*
enough. And so Mr. Daly resign*«!
After ibis came Mr G*»rd*»n. He was
ul l be asked el***ju* lit,
everything that
gracefully uniting ih ory aud practice iu
a fine subtle way that offended tin one's
pr.-ju lice», but. ala», snmvbady awoke lo
lhc fact that ihia «unie subtlety of grace*
ful generalizing was undermining und
.sapping the foundation» of their laith.
were shaken wisely, und
j and heads
phaticslly, and well. Mr. Gordon had a
I rail from some where about that time —aud
it !
' • twont du" was said more and mure em
• i
ntosly pfpparcdcoJe of qualifie, ion.
! sncluJltig bporctoal. pru.-tten tnullpp,
usl social and domes,m I,r,
ia< sever» y ** 0 . 1 J ,M ! cnn ' , I*
to. tn order to o ,m Mr.r suffrage.
- Mrangely poougli. their td. im on three
I« 1 "V , P " h T Mr , a " g '' r Vn" i'*
i r/ I ^i,tÄ mp * r,ec ' ,o,,, B) '
..7f 00 ^ 8 'X
*bnt n miserable lot o workmen ,l " :
Lord had in Ills vineyard. It aecins a
p i, y that he couldn't had a little o' the
Tl.nmdal..
w, ^" n l V"' 1 JU'lff of Thorndale
psrtsh before Ac g.vc .mac.
But Deacon Stone waa terribly old-fash
toned tn lit. idea,, and not at all keen in
scenting nut blemishes, especially in min
Of coarse an old fogy like this
The parish determined to he cautious in
, , » „ « . ,
* *»*' nelerllOtl of Mr. Gordon s successor,
j and each member generally, and the
••'.ruling" members purtieiilurly, bad u
ist CVS.
could have very little weight in so very
intelligent and discriminating a parish J»
the fir»t Thorndale After eight, or ten
month» nf candidating they at laat settled
upon Mr. Wilinot, t man who at least
had not tho fuulta nf his iu,mediate pre
d"cessora, for one look in his face tsld you
that he waa fearlcsa and independint, and
wonld both preach and practiso what his
own conscience believed tn be right ; and
that whila Mt possessing the "talent" of
Qor4on bo stood firm and strong on tho
simple foundations of Christianity, ns re
led in the Scriptures. "At Isst,"
thought this perfect people, "we have u
workman worthy of our hire." And so
they gave him a parish party, and intro
duoed him to the "prominent members,"
vea
servant, when he knew one or two of the
• leading" member»desired him to, on ac
count of so no peraonul spite they had
This waa the beginning of the end
i Mr. Wilmot's antecedent» were hunted up,
I the "specks" magnified in a manner that
. put to blush the moat powerful triumph uf
inioroacopio art, and blamned abroad with
i a seal worthy of a better cause. In ad
dition, new causes of offence sprung up
I Wilmot fraternised with the wood-sawyer,
and actually stopped on the street to
, speak with him ! Instead of 'taking up'
with the wealthy members of the parish,
I he visitud Iho sick, anil destitute, and af
' dieted—always with words of hope and
I cheer, and wln-re it was needed with
more substantial aid. Theoretically, the
Thorndale parish believed a minister
should visit the "widow and the father
practically, they preferred it should
I not be their minister. And so one day
Mr. Wilmot sent in Ilia resignation, and
went the way of his predecessors.
For the next eighteen months the
Thorndale parish "candidated" to it»
heart'» content 1 think I have mention
I» not easy to suit, particular
I ly a» a winde, and so, long before the
1 opening of this »lory, they were cut up
! into cliques ami divisions, each favoring
some particular Paul or Apollo, which
the others »» promptly repudiated And
when at U*t, with a considerable degree
"f unanimity, they decided on Francis
Bradford, and there wer« not few, both in
the parish and out. who f-lt it seerel *en«e
of commiseration for the young, untried
man. who had—with no small amount of
heroism. I think—decided to risk his fate
where his older and more experienced
brothers had failed.
And this brings me to the beginning
proper of my story Mr. Bradford had
been duly called, and iu»t tiled, and had
1 begun his labors in Thorndale, under (a*
immittee felicitously observed
aud tbeir wives, sod tbair daughters, who
smiled sweetly on him and invited him to
tea, and everything was altogether lovely
—for six months. Then somebody made
the shucking discovery that the Wilmots
didn't own any silver—to speak of—and
hadn't any "nice dishes," and most dread
ful of all, ate tnush for breakfast, and had
invariably but five small biscuit for sup
per, no matter how large tho family waa
And, to crown a'l, Mr. Wilmot absolute
ly refuerd to tlischargo an old and tried
against lier.
' lesa
-I that it <*
on» nf il»?
I always gave its new ministen»)
most favorable and encouraging auspices
Cerhaps I had butter state at once that
\| r || rll ,|f„ r ,| „„» „ »j n „|,,
„ f < alurt . ,„ t l„. e, p » r i
PUC0 0 f ,|,o pa,i*h, »ml. in eertum quar
,, n somewhat exhilarating one. 1 wa*
| rea ding the other dav the caleulations of
„(English divine—based on the number
coiiiiiiuniesnls. in which then laiirc
of men and women in heaven
W e r c computed to he twelve women to oue
men—« powerful eeknowledgement of the
, peri«rily ot women in goodness, hy the
a little introductory speech ut the con*
vcntional ••parish party" which Thorndale
.«
d'his
After the advent nf Mr Bradford.
way
the Thorndale first puri»b congregation
le tip of very nearly thut propur
i:• lit and feioub* attendant*.
,j
The
■ f
falling <*H for the Ium
will occupied.
ciel y bad bee
year, but n*
aud
who had l«*ng «ine« l> ft the Humiay -* li"«d
bccau*»c they
rv seat
• •r,' than u score of yming a dies,
Id.
bc-Mine
to
*i
i t li I lie beauty und
1 iiusti lied tu
rks. tin* more
riously impres
worth of that institution.
"I\hy. yp». «rsndfather, » he rsplmd
with ttinoceul riithusia.im. "oil thv «irl»
.„joining ,1m arhool ogaiu-1 am so
; AtllJ . braidr. it will b. .itmours
ßi , a new minister; I know !.. frl,
disappoinleil tli«* first tim«i h«» 0*4 me * n, °
,bo school, hr looked So granly ilmu, »,
t ,m empty seats, and asked "if only cbil
"And quits igured my little woman,
' i "«'„Sk 0 " ask " d • i,b " prc
"O. no,' indeed ! that i. be didn't
: j mtnd ntr a, all ; tt » not likelv ho should,
,t,. ... .daine, I enoerlv "I am not
I 1,1 „.L „ ,„,l 1 I,,»'
! o , • , ** 1 » li * , 7" "" ' "
| r „f|, t | link >| r Bradford has ever seen
. yet." .added. with a fain, blo-h
"I eanid past Luca May and Delia War
ner when I left the vc»,ry to-d.y, talk,,,«
wtth htm at the ltbr.ry door, but l don
think any of them saw ma. 1 hen with
hi nd re !,m h in ihe'narVh «ndfÜlhrr 1
' lino- i dear ' know i h id
1 know „. dear. I know ... be
show their faith by their
pirticuliirlv when Mr Bradfur*! autiounoed
,| lllt bl . sb( ) u) j g ; vu ,|, e » C U (>1 ,| |,i, constant
attention
"I'lentv nf rnmpnny, now. Kuthie,"
,„j J Deacon'Si.. with'an odd smile. »»
his pretty little grund-datiühier, Ruth
Clifton, «lippe*! her uni» through his, the
tl ,,„ cr to ftui.lo the almoat blind old man
tlirough the pleasant meadaw-path that
led from the rear of the church tu the
(innint <dd homestead whtre these two
dwelt alone
soberly "But I'd rather have a clear
conscience and a spirit of humility than
all their fine things 'Man judgclh from
appearances, but God looketb at the
heart ' Always remrmber that, dear, and
trust him for the rest."
"But. grandfather, I was no, eom
plaining," she interrupted "If people
don't sec me only when they happen tn
be alnnr, or want something of me, it is
no reason / should be unhappy. It must
u be infinitely more trouble to them than it
is to me." And a bright, careless little
laagh rippled through the soft, slumber
oils sir, sod waa caught np by a bob-o'
link swinging on ■ swaying bough of the
great elm by the garden gate, and itnpror
ed upon in a perfect torrent of jingling,
rattling, jnjoua aong.
Deacon Stone'a face brightoned, and a
hia trcmulnna hand involuntarily cloaod
over the little firm fingers resting on his
arm. "Hod ble.e you forever and ever."
little Kuthie, ho whispered, in a huaky
roica.
Ruth smiled brigh ly up in bis face.
and Opened the gate—alow, rustic eon
trivance, consisting of a cross-piece, with
a narrow strip of joiat top and bottom,
and held together hy a rope fastened at
opposite corners, with a largo stone tied
iu the centre. The garden ran straight
up to the house, with a high picket fence
on either sidu. In the centre waa a brick
walk—nr rather there had been one once.
Now, the rigorous tufts of white clover
and knot-grass, with hero and there a
"none-sn pretly," almost entirely con- |
cealed the broken and suuken bricks — |
At each side of the path was a row of
sweet red and white pinks, and at the end
of them, ton 1er the high, narrow window»,
alternate clumps of daffodils and damask ,
roses. All the re«t was green-satard. anil
this »unity June day. of n soft exquisit» I
green, shading front dark to golden as tho
sunshine sifted here ami there through
the br»nchea of the stately old elm.
Ruth slipped off her gloves and picked
n little hundiul of pinks as she went slow
ly up the path. Her grandfather had ;
gone on to the house und she was quite
alone, when suddenly n murmur of voice»
»truck on her enr, and. looking up. with
a start, »lie espied Delia Warner. J,uey
May nnd Mr llrndfurd. walking leisurely
along the meadow path, and almost oppo
site the house. They had. apparently, I
discovered her at the some moment, f r
they looked up quickly, and involuntarily
lowered their voices Obeying her first
impulse. Ruth bowed In the young ladies,
both of whom gave liera cool stare, anil
the very faintest possible inclination uf
the head «« they rustled by iu their «le
gant spring silks j
A vivid flush nver»pre»d the pretty,sen
-ilive face, and the sweet lips tremble I a
moment Then n voice from within culled
"Kuthie," in such a »fange unnatural
tone that everything else w.ts forgottett, as,
in a sudden affright, »ho hurrietl into the
house
"Grandfather," she oaltod. There was
1,0 answer, only a faiut moan from the
kitchen
. , . , .
cr,e ,' 1 ' h' . akllig into le
rt i n 'R ,u ■"* 'ho insensible form
"' J *' . «»»i»t-Vou. Miss Cliltnn, sai l
" T 1 "' 1 ■ voice—the vmee of the m w
her side, and without waiting
,.' r 11 l'* ,p of muscular arm
1 ul ' "* lf I|C l,ai1
bi.niicnt more, nnd Hath was kneel
ing or. the Ihior, trying to lift the limp,
nerveless form nf Imt grandfather in lier
arms, lie had been sitting in the door
way and had fallen hack into the room,hi«
feet «till resting on the broad,grass-fringed
door«! one,
"U grandfather, speak to me!" »be
urs. and again •«
... . ,
U itlio« *p-.k.n R Hull, threw open llm
"" r,h " " ,,,,rlh r,mm ' a 8 r, ,lt
wv. ..„km« «pitrtiiKU.t, in -me onrnvr of
''" ch M h " J Mo "' 1 fr " 111
m
faut. •• Now where »ball we put him that
lie will get the most air? Have you a
large cool room with a he*) in it?"
time imim mnriiil
••.lu-t the thing, only a trifle close —
the mirth window, please, and bring
• me cd'l water," he said, laying d
In« burden on the white lavcuder-»edited
bed
.. .. 1# ,
■O Mr Hr. l ord, is my gno.lfuthcr
«o,h* 0 Ruth sskod shsrplj, hsr
jmtursl ... of "Ih. ..tor. », well ..
her reeeut niortib**atiou completilv swul
1 « . , , 1 3
lowed up m anxiety and alarm.
111 »' * . .
4 * I think not—I see nothing to indicate
such an event. It ia nothing mor« than a
f»inting fi,. I am quite sur«," lie »»id. it. i
such » quiet »»»urnl tone thst Ruth ro
«ninrd hcr ususl iimnedistclv. ,
and w. nt quirlly stni deftly to wuik for
hi. restoration 3
|, w „ t j lne f or ,| le „f, frnoon »orvipo
. I.» ... ... f.» ....... ...t -1 !
' l 'l "...TlVd V.nG v w !..
/P, .;' r q n » r d d imhLr n
J, ' ^
* vvarmlv when he took I,,«,] n „ r . llr -i,; i.
'
'". d u,"' , h "°^ if u g r hëLr. ?„ I «r.
" 1 *'! J' f. 3,"
hiïïas.îtS'thtaS.tt z' i
^n7, oÄ'"" ^ b#nd
could eon,« in tl.i. oven
It—It you could vom« in this even
ing." Ruth stammered, feeling her faee
grow Imt " We are »0 alone here thoueh
f ' " ' hou.hi of it IhJL "Vir' u 1 .,
' -'-/I',""* 1 " ° f "
••Corvaiulv Miaa Clifton " he respond
hearty voice I should have come
fi|f „ jf h.d n'it .noken
n y v „, r Bl , e j j nlll) j ., b J 1 v , r
»»*b-na almu, Father's,one until I see hlL
f "<-- 111 *«• »custotm-d place a, church."
^ ^ <h mk ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
* friendly, cordial way, and had moreover
,u *b an atmosphere of healthy vitality
shout him. lbs, Ruth's natural diffidence
" n 'l flrcnd of „ranger* was quite di*»ipnt
e< L * n, l *H *be long aftsrnoou there wss a
pleasant glow in her heart, and a subtil«
'*■"*• of satisfaction permeating all her
Ihoogbts.
I want to give, just here, a hint of tbs
status of Deaeon Stone iu the Thorndale
First Parish. And that it may be th«
better understood I shall have to go baok
a little Twenty-fire yean before, Sam
nel Stons had bean dcacoa of the parish,
well ai one of iu Guanciul pillera. He
had an unbounded faith iuererybody, and
beliered all the world ae bonrat aa him
aelf. And ao when Stephen Warner,then
a young mao of tweuty-ttva. came to him,
and with many apecioua worde beaoughl i
hie name to a note for three thousand dot- 1
lars, lie signed it unhesitatingly, and ■
thought no more of it. Stephen waa a
rising young man, everybody said, and |
Thorndale was rather pm,id of him, and
prophesied that he would bo the richest I
man in town in twenty years. He had
built an elegant store in the centre of the
towu, whose handsome show windows (a
new thing then in Thorndale) were at once
the pride and attraction of the entire ril
läge. The elder Warner had been noted .
fur his shrewdness in trade, aa many a
Imod-winked purcha- er ol a "fine family j
horse" could give sorrowful testimony
liul one day he died, bequeathing, besides
| hia shrewdness, some four or five thousand
| dollars to hia only »on, Stephen. Stephen
was not of the sort to bury his tah'nt in a
napkin, and straightway proceeded to put :
it out where it should gaiu other talents
, There was no risk certainly in signing the I
note of such a shrewd, enterprising young
I fellow as Stephen Warner, nnd Deacon
Slone was serenely happy to have it in hi*
power to help lay the fouudatisn whereon
tho proud superstructure which should one
day delight ani honor Thorndale, should
be built.
; One, two and three months went by,
and the g *od natured deacon had nearly
fsrgotteu the matter of the note Ilia »on ,
ami daughter, Charles and t'lara, were
about bciug married, and, like the pro-ii
gal son in Scripture, insisted on having
the portion that belonged to them. He
I had meant his two children should have
three thousand dollars each, and had long
ago carefully invested it for them It
was accordingly withdrawn on I handed
over to them ou their wedding day. and a
week after both his children left Thorn
dale to try their fortunes in the world. 1
Three mure mouths went by, when a
j »tartlitig rumor ran through Thorndale
Stephen Warner had failed ! The elegant
new store was closed, and the man who
held the not« fur three thousand dollars
earn« post lust« Id Thorndalu tu look after
his interests. But alas! store und goods
hud alike passed nut of the hand« of War
nrr. and one Rushton, • New ) "rk bro
ker, held everything in his possession
Th» gentleman, therefore, called at once
on Mr Watuer's endorser and presented
at his command, end was just recovering
from a slow fever, beside, which promised
, u leave him unable tu do hie spring work,
»„d labor was scarce an I dear in Thorn
J„|» that
his claim.
I*
•*I shall pay it. of course, but you
must give me a few day«," the Deacon
«aid, trying to «peak cheerfully, yet with
a strange sinking at bin heart, for he
knew the old bomeiteo 1 and the f;
In
bad tilled for nearly forty years muni
mortgaged to raise tho motley.
tllHU fifteen hundred doll:
| e
II« had
iu cash
»Cason.
From the mortgage of the farm dated
the decline of Deacon Stunt » furtum»
llii health wan never firm again after that
fever, and, after fifteen year» of anxiety
#bJ , he g „* up ... of n'
taiuiog the farm, .hough iho pm!« il e«>»l
him tcc it inl0 „ t |„. r h 4 n .Jw no
but (ioil etui his own hvs.t kn,w
«till retained the old hotnestead with an
aero of grouu*!. though b**tb had run
down, und were but a pitiful eaiieature of
what they had once been
A f
r . . y ia / ß
noire ami bis wif»* di**d. bating him <juite
alone He bad long since ceased to be
lhc Jwna ,f , he Tliormislo psri.h.,hn„«h
faMlili „ til ,„ „ m ,., 00 « ,0 him
y , m , r :wJ r ilullUril wilb
, • « , , , , ... .
more uindcrn i leus, held the offic* s and
. •. wf , . „
controlled its all ms now
. . .. , ...
, "J 1- ,, !{ ,0 I Slc P;' Hn " urner cnn,t * !
i b " cl1 *° ,l, '' r I T le I •>« t*,uty-one or |
t '"' J e " r# of l 11 ' , nb "' nc * ""•* »' 1 ' ,l >' "
, Î , "*" 8ff ll ""' , " a 7 T 1 '" 1
»»«lit jrouti« man. with tlm thin faor
sud nstlvs» «rny ayis, was hardly rroo«
nixalds in the ruthrr portly brnad-shoul
! JiTcd gontlpman of six an I fnrtv, wh.isr
^r. full f.oo had thu, indrsprikihlr look
"f ..»ml .uti.f.ethin with it.rlf .„d 1
-H* 1 . *»hich one »ouiPtimc, sr-s Tim
grov eyes, no longer restless, looked be
nigi, l/th rough pold-nmon, cd «yc-glsssps.
••*" -very, hing, from the heavy seal r 1 -
gl^^^
of hroadelo,I, and heaver, proclaimed hi*
i r . . n
! ThoînSl'.Xff iu
"« it* knees before him. If any ono rv
, . , .... ,
"'»"'bered I the past they wisely reframsd
f ro ™ apeaktng of it. and Deacon Stene, ,n
bis povertv. and loneliness, and age. was
j eonfenienil, forgotten It wa. a bnà.e..
1 'rinsactinn. and if the deacon had chosen
" ,ke ,h * ri * k *' «''y. i, ^s only hi. own
haU A"' 1 l, * r '' *"*.vbody coolly dia
miaitd the whole matter.
The deacon's children, in the meantime,
bad children of their own. and were en
.d in th.ir own families, and their
personal want» and interests Chari«».
w it li a fashionable wife and daughters and
spendthrift son. had enough to to look out
a
for. lie said to himself, when be heard of
his father's reverses, without burdening
himself with an old man who might lire
to he a great deal of trouble. If his fath
er "hadn't been a fool he would bare been
independent, now, and bad something
handsome tolesre, besides.
[ ( 'onclutlrd in our next J
The secret of fashion is to surprise, nev
er to di»«pp<vnt.—Bulwer.
Scotch 1'myxhsitiks.—A German
newspaper, the Europa, give» a compart- ;
aon of English, Scotch and Herman uni
rereity life that may be profitably studied
here. It save that in 1H7I, of 82b atu
dents in Edinburg, tilasguw, St. An- bo
drew» and Aberdeen, 20 per cent ware
the sons of ordinary day laborers, farm
hands and mioers ; 10 per cent of me
ebaniea. ahocmakera, carpenters, masons, uu
smith and weavers. Of the whole uumber
150 wero tho son» of farmers, 111 of
clergymen, D4 of merchants, and 20 ,
school-teacher». Their support at their of
own university is mainly drawn from
funds appropriated to poor students, and i
the moat distinguished draw priaos in the , ho
shape of money enough to support them
at one of the great English universities,
Scotch student» all live in their own 1
lodgings, and the (ift.fiOU that an English ' a
student requires for his annual support ]
would afford a living for ten Scotch stu
dents at their own universities. The
average of students in Scotland ia one to
1,000 of the whole population ; in Eng- ;
Und, one to 5,800 ; in Germany, one to
I 2,*IU0. Tho living that a Scotch student '
gets for bis hundred dollars (and this i; '
not the smallest amount on which some of '
them live) is, of course, of the plainest '
kind. His own home supplies bint with
meal and potatoes, herriugs and butter
Thu whole work of tuiliou ia don« iu the
winter, anil the summer vacation is de
voted to such actual, hard, manual labor,
that the university life is at least a respite,
, and yet the great risk is that of overtask
ing the students, or allowing them to da
vote themselves ton steadily to their les
»on» and study. The prixes vary from
fifteen to one hundred nnd fifty dollars,
und they are awarded u»unlly for four
years, but upon the condition of a success
ful examination. At Aberdeen, receipt of ■
*uch assistance, ond throughout Scotland
the results nf the October «lection are the
great events of the year, by which all it*
1 other occurrences are reckoned
• — i
TLe rriest and Hl8 Dimmer.
. -
I""" I' n, "' l wn * standing at the
corner of a square about tho hour of din- ,
P or . when one of his countrymen. ob»erv
ing the worthy father in perplexity, thus
a Idre-srd him :
1 ' r , tr 11 ' p:ir 3 r • " on ' 5
reverence. (
"Mighty p it out, Pat, was the reply
"Put out. Who would put out your
reverence ?
"Ah. you don't unlervtntid. thaïs just
invited to ditto at o.ic of the '*
houses in this ««junte, and I have forgot
er looked nt the '
I
it.
I
ten the name,
number, and now it is uenrlv on« o'clock "
••tilt, i* that nil?" win the reply. ".!u*t
now be tti>\,your tiverruce : I'll »etile
that f-*r
a
So saying, away ll« w thn good-natured
Irishman around the mjuare, glancing at •
the kitchen«, and when l e
lire that denoted hospitality, lie thundered 1
di-e«»v«-r» d a
at the door and itujitited :
• I- Father < I' L ai v here ■'
A» might be expect* d, again nnd again he
At I ength an angry foot
repulse,1
was
man variai
1
IIU j „ ;iy , (IIP
All is waiting for
•d :
••No, b.ithcr on Father O'L-nry ; he is
not here, but he w:»*» to dine her - to-day,
an I the rook in in
dinner will be spoiled
Father O'Leary
Paddy, leaping from the door as if the
tiro, runbutl up to the ss- 1
steps were
totiished pri»'.«t. saying :
••All is right, your liverencc; you dine
• I lif« nu I l»nM.inm tn wo .ip rinsr
Long lire ani nappincpa to your rirer
... i ...» i ,,,i „ . t ,.„i „
s «»« « . 1 b.i\e got your malady , I ooly
! wi«b I had your cure."
| -■ • , -
Cblldreil's RlgbtS.
1 ... .. ,-.. . . .
I he "ri«hi* of wom-n have hid their
adn-pates anion« u* for a good msny years,
and now tin "right» of children" hair
found an udvooato who, mirahilo dirtu, is
a ... A, a conv.-ntion of thr
1 *• lmols. held r-p-ntly a, \V.,rrc»trr, Ms,
Suncrint.'nd. n, M.irbls rr.d a
paper, in which he maintained that every
child in school, howevar young, "hs, ,hi
same right to hi, opinion, hi- judgment.
his will ami wav, which a full-grown man
would have if he sa, in the same seat -
• The "■ 1 h ^; ■ ,h r ** zzz
jX« U« fal'S
should correct him in the same rstion.l
__, t 1 1
way a. wa would an .dull lf h> swill be
obstinate, ami In» way he productiv« of
harm to himself or others, we should first
point him 0 «, the right way. and. if he
did tint delist from Ins evil way we should
enforce both admit and child in the ..
manner. The qualities of reason and in
t. lligencc should be recognised both in
the child and in the adult The Srst right
<*f .*«7 •«*•«. of ever, human
j 1 •« 1 »«• "j* 1 " 1 " « ZlZ oZ
in ,nrtr,or - 11 seem» to b« In« opm
»f »»me people that lo teach is to «tamp
1 "n« - » "*»» image upon the child; that what
I think be mu*« bo taught^ We !'»»• »->
business to do any such thing_ A ch, d .
* •« k ■bu, •• 'are no right to bully
btm He ,s undeveloped intellectually ; |
no more bave we a right to tmpos. our (
opinion« upon him without bit choice
;it forty-three, and a
ighty good dinner
id th« grateful pastor,
you'll get
"Oh. Fat.
•tin* blessing
you
SRI*
of n hungry mau be upon
"If you dont went the soot, don't go
nn the chimney." wss tho reply of an
editor to "respectable" parties who re- i
quested him not to mention the fact that j
thry had been arrnigned in s police court.
Jaxaixa ox tiik Shah's Ifoaas — After
the Shell alighted to enter the Tribamr,
hi» etecd waa buuded over to a Persian
groom, who took him to the weighing
grouud at the back of the aland, wbera
bo kept him under a tree. I. like many
other persona, waa allowed to approach
the beautiful animal, *o pat him. and to
examine in detail the masses nf gciw*
uu the bridle and saddle cloth fie is
dappled gray, and answers to the name of
Khoraaaan. The word answer limy ho
applied in its moat literal sense. Hy dint
of gentle treatment, and,
through hereditary habita, which have
come to ho instinct in the galhmt gray.
ho is gentle and aagaciuus, prone to think
the ben of all who approach him, sad
ready to extend bis foot to au admiring
crowd. The sapphire», euch aa large as
a baiel nut, which studded hia head
breast-straps, were pronounued uf invsti
mahle valuo by a gentleman near, who
was well qualified to judge, A Persian
»errant, standing by and sprakiug i geel.
lent French, informed us that thaso jewels
have grown so abnormally p.ile since they
came to Europe as to give rt-o to the sus
piciun in the Shah's mind that lltcv ire
mere paste substitutes of others brought
from Persia. His Majesty would almost,
we wore futhcr told, bo hotter pleased
were their pallor the result of dishonesty,
the change of the sapphire from deep to
pal« blue being sonsidored is Persia as •
presage of miafortuno. The groom took
Khnraaaau'a aigrette out of tho hostler.
where it was stowed the momeut tbs Shib
dismounted, and buuded it to me to exam
ine. The emerald at tho base was quits
an inch nnd a half in diameter, sud with
out blemish of any sort This ornament,
after the tassel uuder the horse» throat,
was the most costly portion of the trap-
ping* The tassel had a knob of enamel
d gold, studded over the rubies, opals.
diamonds, and threads with polished etne
raids terminating in large pearls Alt
the flowers on tho purple suddlc
cloth were iu seed pears and brilliant».
A n enameled ring of extraordiu.itill fiu*
workmanship kept Khoras.au« switch
|,j| w|,i t .|, „ p-,] e pnrp'c at tbs
, |u | bl .c.,,iiiiig disb.-ttied
another detail Golden stiriup« bore on
graved on them u pivot« I Vt-t.itt in-crip
ihm held to be a
bnasts and murder
doubt, al«t)
*tj I
Yvt
■»f wild
-/, /
I ' /
Room ron tiik Maohu,i.\
e aro
1J in
that il is hard to imagin'*
If one of them
1,0,110 w J an ^ '
'* UC J I a p°*iD
having brothers
l,ua a l>r°'bvr, be i« generally a good way
ulF. and very seldom indeed do the br »ti*' r
an 1 siatcr meet. Tl.cv take
cuiar
wav. nnd
Î
t » keep out of C t It otne
rite other day
■:»r«
the
a «iatcr met her brother for the 61 ^t '
1 i is wide
ell
•
ee her fall from family love and sitvit. i,
a sire t of Indianapolis. It bad hr-« n
1 '' ' )y ,r! * fi ' uce they bad «
Th« sight was an accident,
been avoided by both if el! I« r
warning- Thu old love of virtu« ami ho
Hoi b uiic-folks tlutdicl iut î lilt* ti art > i
•en each
• miH It » % •*
bad I a I
d
1 1» e gi-1 like light fro
rushed I*» her brother with exietideil band
it'lie bad seen the light In* might h-m»
saved her Sympathy, to say untlutig
just st that moment might I,.,*
warmed her soul an i to mi! led ber Ï • *• *
ItfttV* I
I
am w Hhe did not g' t it
Winilnp»». turno.1 sway, nn-1 i
nos» w ruld n,*t speak the t «ue whieii h r
He ti I fr
ses M»tr
bulgl
Probah! v
II •.
bis
hi* 1
heart was aching to b**ar
her touch.and ull list » n
Tims« vile slander* rs. list n *w>p *| r
corre.pondsnco. Noll,,,.« i* *
them, hut th«)\ slmv.> nil tliitu* d-litflit
to stt.ck with tbetr ».-nomon» t,» ll. -t
, impie, uuaffcitsd. r.-fiti- d in.Ju*lri.m*.
uiod«»tly-adorn«d, tipai. »prop», bright.
eyed, »martin, bh.ou.ing, and hriiliu.l
r r ,.„turp thr w»trri«L> tdaon li.-Mt
j, . L'o »how -, wh.4
Z" malidou, prr* .... will ....
'^fthat tbor. can be ,, word ... t,ub
it Of court« not Soineb.»*iv in wait
of sn item -Uh which toVd a «rccJv
p tl , He made up
Ç|„ v ^
T| 10 ladies find,,,- i, dang-mu. to
•» — t
SieÄ". K
r c» n ' r tcd to the witch ri.-. ,',f art to help
, , , , ,. ,
them out, where natural lord, ne», fall.
,| |orl 1 »Unde to the padding of bathing
, h „ |„. beeome , 4 uite fashionable
nTo,J, .î. Z Œ^dre JT. L ,.vi.
t at e use made in this manner, but nl.o
lhnff for hir , „ lhe pl ,blic bathing house.
The brCMt, arm., ahoulders. a. d even ,lm
„„i,.,, nrat l T Bn d symmetrically
p .Jdcd that every f.ir bather you meet
,p pw , to '.e a perfect Venus a. regard,
" b#Pe *" d * PP " ,r * ne °
g uffor j,| ) i rt! Englaud. will new bt rup*
re , c0 , e j in J.. r l llnl ent bv two of th.
. , breweri in lbe wor |d_.Mr Bass.
f , ,,, • , nil Mr A | )Bopt ,f "All
| f d||t(I .. The cen.titueney cannot be
( ^ t0 bo Bnmindfal of thu claims of
•?»iri,
. ,«. 1
she hurried to her tuDcmhi
ended her life by p''i»ou
news of a »istrr's violent d nl» r . a J
tlie *en«ibiliti«» of the bard
fuzed to touch her hau l *»u lhc street
i t
W
It comes Iron, l'jp«
It ia rather n curious fact tbit East
Beer.
Hare tho courage to be ignorant of a
i great number of things, in order lo avoid
j the cnlamity of being igao sn' of trery
| thing Sydney Smith