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ATTORKKT
CALEB SALDWIS
Iamcil CI.1KTO*.
CLWTOJ lALDWIII,
Attorneys at Uw, CWincil Muffs, Iowa.
in .1. t»eCourt, in and
w Nebraska.
ia
ar. aulllvMii,
M.!»•
i|JSicM» »l'ROE05l. orriCB AT Wlp
™™VS Win STOH1C, Luwet Broadway, Loun
cii at—. iw»-
A. C. FORD,
ASfD COL'NSBLLOR AT LAV, COUN­
CIL BLUFFS, low*.
If-omc over tbe Banking Home ol Greene, weare
4k bentoo,
Middle
Bruadway
*, «. raicc. W. C. JAMS*.
PRICE *. JAMES.
Attorney*at
law. coitxcilbh7fi,*»
l«Wa.
RORERT L. DOIIWLAMJ
ATTORNEY
several Courts of Record iu the Suie of .'"**•
R$i|]t£rs A Dcalcri Exchaigcj
CUL'NCIL BLOTS, IOWA.
D!-«.
D. €. BLOOMER,
IT t'ommiirtmrnir mf JH«4# f#r
th* Htm$* of 1*mrk*
Deeds
coxvevames of all kixim,
promptly filled out ar\t a kuuwledgcd.
Office in Kotpire Block, opposite Paeitte Heolc.
May W67-nl-u
COLLINS' UOtlE.
COANER OF 3RD AN'D MAUKKT STREETS,
l» jmrntiu Mtlh
L. A. PELTO.X S. X. COLLINS.
PROPRIETORS.
A. COCHRAN,
O-exxoral li/ind
COfNfH, BLUFFS, IOWA.
W-III. PROMPTLY ATTEMD TO THE LO
IV CATION and Sale of Laud WarriADU
refi-lcius the
aafeof
lor
f«»r settler* and give time for paymenu [n3-u.
J. P. CA8ADT. J- D. TEST.
CASADY fc TEST,
mmd I'nutttlor* ml £w, mud
UE.NERAL LAND AGENTS,
CoiwriL Bi.tn»
W
TOOTLES & FAIRLEIGII,
EXi'Lt'SlVKLY
UOODS. Gioccrien, Boot#, bboes, Clolbtug Li(|Uur«,
QUt-.ii^w^re, Ac., fcc., and
FOUMAKDl.VU jk COM.MISSIO.V MERCHi.VTS,
M. Ntrnt. SL jMrplk, Ml.
D. C. BLOOMER'S
ImmS Jfmty Ml JfxrA.fi MIm,
EMPIRE BLOCK.
All
branches of the laxd agency
1 neH pruiuptiy attended to. l^tuU Hotiglit una
80MJ. Money Loaned and Land Entered on Time. LattiJ
Wsrr^ui!. kept constantly for »ale at tbe lowest rates.
Ortlrc in Kmpirc ltluck, op|otiite Pacific Iluusc
lay 1H67-I
N. W. MILLS & CO.,
BU.VS m»»M MJ.WrJCTVMBBB,
BOOk.BIMDKftH JOB PRIMKRS.
Court Avenue
DKS MOINKS, IOWA.
BIKDManuiacture
MAGAZIN'RS, PKRIODICALS, LAW BOOKS,
Old lt.xk«. Music, he., fcc.
Blank Book* for Banks, Hotels,
Merchants. County ODlcera, fc-c., in any style, ruled to
any pattern. nS-3ni.
THOMAS a PAP1X,
IVholetalt Dealers in Fancy Good*, Im
porters of Wines, Liquors 4 Cigars,
at xorth Hecen* Hlreet.
St. Louis, Missouri.
•ao-sm.
QIO S.VTDER. SUKBMA.S.
N.VtOER a 8HERHAN,
Allaruyi, CoanarUri at Law It Xetarie* Pablie,
Cot'K
i
Blltis, Iowa
WILL
PRACTICE THEIR PROFESSION
iu all the Court* »t |.,wa and NchraKk.t. All
eol!e* t[on«eniru»iel to their care, attended toproinptly.
Eap^nial attention gi*en to buying and •vilitig reel e»
tatt, and making pre-fmpti-ns in Nebraska.
Peeds, Mortgage*, and other instruments of writing
4rawn with dtspatth, acknowiedguieDts taken, fcc.. Iu:.
tl" Office on LVtwr Broadway. ttlU.
Curtis' Brothers,
Surveyors and Land Agents,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
OVUCK.XK t, PM.MtR DUOCk.
TMflLL PAV PROMPT ATTKVTION TO THK LAT
Vf ing «ut of Lands, atl bunneM connected with
Civil Knuineerin Drafting, Ac al« the l'ayine of
Taseo, BnyniK and Selling of Real Katate. I^ating
Laed WarrauU, aud Making Collectiou.H. n6-tt
DR. T. S. VERDI It BRO.
S£lt#E0N DENTISTS.
(Graduate* of American Dental College.
Din on Broadway apposite Post Ofllce.
COCNCIL BLCFF8, IOWA.
Saturday Hay, 1867. nl-n
EDWIN J. PRASES.
leal Estate Broker
YCSrEft*.
A row of little f»*»
.1,00
....5 00
00, U0
....60,00
...50 00
...aooo
..20 00
..30,00
..30,000
15000
tb*,^T,,.A
A «ntle
,o„ h,. 'isss
'With
A
General Ag't*
Uwrr Broadway Pacific Urate,
4 COfXClL BLCFFS, IOWA.
BCn,SELL%
REXTS, AltD EXrHAXOES
all kind, of Krai E»tate for diitant dealers or per
mit in the City. Loans money, make, c,llc.'ti.n«,
peya taxes, and drawi* ab.-tractsof title. Give» reliable
information respecting the prtcet of Rett Kstate and
•aecQtea all bv«ineae connected with &*ai Ksute
Agency.
_A large variety of the moat desirable Real R«ute for
Mb »t all timet on tbe moat reasonable tertaa. ai-a
RANK. OF TEHAMA,
TKKAMA, K. T.
Eutasp Ot« »t Bank at Trttna,
OVAHA, K. T.
The
above institctions abe now open
and raady for tbe trannactioo of a general Bank ilia
Patlneea.
Sold, Silver and Ezrbanse on varioo. part* of the
United State*, bousbt and Sold. Collection, made and
pmnptly remitted.
Luid Warrant, booflit and »M and Loaned on Deed.
«pTru.t B. CAXPBBLL, Prn'l
I'
Akih,
C*th'r. (nSla
POUTER a CARTER,
(StMxaaKr. to K. P. SltOW,)
E A E S A E A E N S
AND
Meu»
roa THE SALS or
Merchandise, H«uea, Lata, LaMa, kc., MiMle
Broadway, Caaacll Blaffa. I.Wa.
pOSSlGSHESrs SOLICITKP Fao* BOXE AKD
abroad, aod attsaded to with pnnptaen and du-
»Naw Perter. Edwta Carter,
krta TO
TVtnas n Benton. Jr, Snow, G. A. Robin.
«2?' v ,.H. Council BlnOs S. Drollart, Bnf-
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A row of lime barnta npoo the
A tow of little rokn'«l' 3
4 row of little nakeJ tett expoMi.
mother lead, them in their prat^
TefcbiM their feet to tread in heavenly Hg|.
And taketliit lull in chiWbottd itiny tide*
f.
Tne little err«r» at the day to chute.
Ko loreller irtftit til. tide of he»*W to ««•,
And angel'hover u'er the groupMrene.
Instead of odor in a cenier »wuot, 1
Sere flMti the fragrance of an infant ioagm.
Then tumbling headlong into waiting bed.kV.
Beneath the sheet, tbey hide their timid hl(M|,
Till .lumber .teal, away their idle fear.,
And like a peeping bud each face appear..
All dressed like angel, in their gown, of white,
They're wafted to the .kin in dream, of night,
And heaven will sparkle in their eye. at mora,
And gtoien graces all their way. adorn.
THE PICKPOCKET,
Or ifce Felly «f Practical Wlafr,.,
'Yes, I consider him ft tip-top fellow in
almost every respect hi baa but one fault
said I, in reply to a question from Bob
Smith.
"Nonsense!" returned Bob. 'How can
vou make auch a foolish statement as that?
The man is not alive who has but one fault
we all have score* of faults, it is only
whe« a man practises one particular vico,
that
we put all
other follies out of
and say he has but one fault.' I mvself
used to be one of these first-rate
who had but one fault, and a most unlovely
course of sprouts did I have to go through
to effect
a cure. Tbe rock upon which I
split was a darling sin that did most easily
beset me. From boyhood, I was afflicted
with an almost irresistible propensity for in­
dulging
AT I.AW, WILL PRACTICE IS THE
mm
Ofllve tfce t'pper East Room of the Brick Building on
^*way neXoppo.tethe Pac.dc Hotel, formerly
tccnpied by 11. C\ Nttlt Co.
CoUftcii Bluff* City, Auguat lat-nH-tt
2IQ),*V W. F. McOLELLAJ* D.
hums a McClelland,
m\HU'l\SS 4 StUOEOSS,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. I"
B. II. PKiHASf.
8
KIDDLE.
R« R. FECRiM CO.,
in practical jokes many a trouble­
some scrapo did 1 get mvself into, andmany
a friend did llose by such means. Butnoth
ing, however serious might be the result,
could deter me, when an opportunity offered,
for practising my absurd sport. If my vic
tims were angry "and indignant, I only laugh
ed the louder, and wondered that they could
not see the fun of the thing. But at length,
one of my most exquisite jokes recoilcd on
myself with so much force, that 1 can nev
er even think of a practical joke, without a
writhe at the disagreeable recollectioni the
thought suggests.
'As I was ascending the steps of the Ex
change reading-room, one day, about two
my intimate friend, Dick Jones. Accele^
rating iny pace to overtake him, I observed
tho corncr of a large pockct-book protrud
ing from his coat pocket, and I said to my
self. 'What a careless fellow that Dick
Jones is! I'll give him a lesson that will
make him more careful in future.' Coming
close behind him, 1 adroitly transferred the
well-filled wallet from his'coat to my own
pocket, then falling back among the crowd
that is always coming and going at 'change
hour, I entered the room by another door,
waiting the moment when ho should discov
er his loss, to step forward and give him his
wallet, and a long lecture at the same time.
1 had some little
uon-
p.iynioul of
T^xe*. and
the purcba»e
and
Heal Estate Renerally.
Will
also enter lands
him, started, and turned round, for the
Iowa.
ILL TROMPTLY ATTEND TO LAND
Agencies, Collectionii, IavestiDg Muney, Lucat
iBf and Selling Land W^rr.ntii, and all uiher busiurs^
pertAiiung to their profession 1:1 Weateru luwa and Ne
kroka.
JC. TOOTLK, I Tw. G. FAIKLKIGH,
TfaK TOOTLE, i i J- TOOTLK.
to my head
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN" !RY-
MM
well known in the city no one would sus
pect me of being a pickpocket. I can pro
duce abundant proof aa to my character lean
prove that I un a gentleman, and an honest
man—only it so happens that I have got
another gentleman's wallet in my pocket,
and cannot deny that I stole it from him
an hour or two ag». Mighty honest and
that is certain! No I'm n thief
remedy. No one would believe
my story indeed, it is so improbable,
that 1
can scarcely credit it myself.'
'At this moment a heavy hand was laid
upon my shoulder. 1 felt the blood leave
my face and ruth back upon my heart my
knees trembled and smote together, and in'
voluntarily I gave myself up as lost.
'Why, what in tho world is the matter
with you, Smith?' asked a familiar voice:
and with an inexpressible sense of relief, I
perceived that it was not a policeman, but
an old acqaintniice.
'Good heavens, Spencer!' I exclaimed,
frantically clutching bis hand 'I have got
mvself into the most deplorable scrape.—
advice, and assist me
gentlemanly I
bevond all
Will you give me yonr i
to get out of it?'
«Wb
•going to have a bill protested, or anything
or that kind I'm a little short myself to
day but I snppoae I might raise the amount
if it isn't too heavy.'
'No,' I replied it's worse than that— a
thousand times worse.'
'Worse than that!' exclaimed Spencer.—
'Why, what in the name of wonder can be
worse than a protest*!"
'Spencer,' 1 said, blushing clear to the
tips of my ears with shame and confusion,
'1 have got another mnn's wallet in my
pocket. I thought to play a good joke upon
Dick Jones, but fottnd, when too Ute, that
1 had picked the pocket of an entire strang­
fellows
hat kind of a scrape?' asked Spencer,
er. Now, what snail 1 do?'
'Whv, return it, of course,' replied Spen
cer, coldly bestowing upon me a glance of
contempt.
•It is too late to do that,' I replied.—
'There are a couple of policemen watching
the door,and 1 cannot pass them without
being detected.'
'It's a very awkward affair certainly, very
awkward,' he returned, glancing uneasily
towards the door. 'For my part, I don't
know that there is anything 1 can do and
as matters will probably take a serious turn
•_ you must be uware that I aui rendering mv
years ago, 1 saw,_
a little .n advance of me, ^]f
difficulty in keeping him
in sight, as he rushed hastily hither nnd
thither, bowing to this man, shaking hands
with that, and having a few words with
another. I managed to follow him, howev
er, taking care that he should not recognize
me, and chuckling at the consternation it
would occasion him to find his pocket-book
missing. Presently he put his nund behind
first
time giving me a view of his face. Great
life.
Here was
i
1 Vlxjiah..a
rate of speed, and almos instantly become
lOSt in tuC hurrying croxvu. I
gentl
But
tho contents of
hut with what
jured man, and say, 'Mv dear sir.here
rthewuiletn^
face could I seek out the in-, 1rusentlv
valuable time you have prevented a splen- he continued to
did bargain in short, there is no ends to
the evils that have resulted from your atro
cious
crimeu.
Your story of the mistake is
i i i i v sitv, I cannot
a pa pable humliug, and you onlv return the ,•'
property because you feel certain of being
dnectcd before you leave the city. This
I feel it my duty to
these and-aimilar thoughts running
agitated steps, endeavoring o think of some
method of extricating myself from my un
pleasant predicament.
•What tho deuce am I to do?' I kept re
peating to myself, as I fingered the con
founded wallet, which felt like lead in my
poeket, and weighed much heavier than leail
upon my mind. 'How can I get the infa
mous calfskin back to its lawful owner?—
Such things have been done wo often read
of similar restitution in the papers. Let me
see how it
is to be done without being dis
covered? Ah, I have it." I exclaimed, al
most aloud in my intense satisfaction at the
idea. 'I'll just do it up in a neat package
and send it by post. What a goose 1 was
not to think of that before.'
'With a heart much lightened, I eagerly
started to quit the
hall.
encti door,narrawly watching every
person who
left
or entered the hall.
'Words cannot express the utter hopelesa
despair into which 1 was thrown at this ter
rifying sight. Any attempt at restoring the
roperty under theso circumstances, would
e sure to be considered the eflect of fear
and not of honesty. Here I was, as it were,
imprisoned with the most convincing and
substantial proof of gmlt about my person,
and with a couple of lynx-eyed detectives
barring the entrance from which I kept as
far as possible, pretending to be absorbed
in the perusal of a paper, for I was conscious
my flushed and agitated countenance would
betray me at the first glance. What would
I not give to have been aa free from guilt
and as much at liberty to go and come when
I chose,
like other honest men, as
tQ gugpicion by stopping her*e an-d-
talking with you. So good-morning, Mr
Smith, I wish you well, and out of your
trouble.'
'For heaven's sake, Spencer!' I exclaim
ed, observing his look .of contempt and sus
picion, 'vou don'tsuppose that 1 am -guilty
of this thing—that 1 did it intentionally and
for the purpose of robbing tho man?
'Why, re.tlly, Smith, 1 do not wish to be
eithor judgo or jury,' said Spencer 'but it
does look somewhat singular that you
„t while the perspiration poured down mv face.
tune giving me a view of his face VrcarUlIe believes me guilty,and so will evcr body
genEan w--':-"!! i else.UL'What can I do? I shall never be able
,7"" i,ri out doubt I shall pass this verv night
enormity of the act of which I had been
guilty presented itself before me,
walu cotn(inv
I was
completely overwhelmedj tho ood rushed
though I was about
cring mvself with an effort, I started for-
ward,abut
11 .u
fc, wh!U' Wlll t'he worli th-„k 0f
to have
., 1 1 11
will
nn attack of apoplexy, ana for a moment.
everything swam before my eyes.
Aiiric
a comuion
onlv to see the gentleman I had
and the crowd thatliad thronged the hall was
1
uii'l till cruwii iu(it 11 uu iiiroiiutu tii" iiuu TVuo
is
lnH ,nT
iiflftr neri* i«
your pocket book, which 1 stole from you
a short time since! I am sorry for the theft
and now return the property. The only
Would he not with righteous and just indig
nation say, 'You confounded, contemptible j.
thief and pick-pocket, you have been the
cause of my having a bill protested to-day
leRvj a {here near
r.
{™T
sort of crime is becoming too common, and
give you in
the police. Yes, undoubtedly that is what you'{•
beckon to an officer, and have me arrested
I should be dragged to prison, examined and
committed without bail. At my trial, the
e a o a i s a k e o a
o k e
i e s e
up but an intelligent jury would consider
gome on„ entorod the door
—it was Dick Jones.
'Dick!' I almost screamed beckoning him
towards me.
ssrs
Why, Bob." he exclaimed, as he cameto
the
ce",ftr®
the defense lam«, and shako their heads
gravely the judge would say that
everv
other pickpocket might plead a mistake if
m-*h t»
w •»»».«
gazo upon the fioor silent and
IOUI',
thoughtful
'No Bob,' he returned, very gravely
knowing, as I do, your unfortunate propen-
but believe your statement.
houKh the.
.c,RS0.«ert","1-v
looks
bftd'
'l would be difficult to convince
strangers
0
iP1*1
,nnoc®n®®'
charge of
Bu.V-y™
7"
d° 80meth'nS
for
1C
he would say he would then open the door, _'Wh»
me' won'1
1 11 do
a.U can'
he."pliedyou
What is the name of the gentleman
plundered? I will go to him and see what
sort of an arrangement I can make we shall
have to do it quickly, too, for I see the offi-
What's the name'r'
I have not the slightest idea who
'1 shall have to examine tho wnl
Do you suppose I can
1
r«P,ied
let to discover that
lo
Y. k i•
,M. J, .W-nV .Ml b« found *,•»*""»«
Well, vou will have to risk that,' said
'os.e,'.
through our head, I paced the hall with 'VV^th trembling finger 1 drew the accars
,.,i ,u:„i. cd wallet from my pocket and read the name
upon thB clasp.
'It belongs to Mr. Jenkins, of South-st.,'
I whispered to Dick
Horror of nor-
rors! at the entrance I beheld the gentleman
I had robbed engaged in conversation with
a couple of policemen, who stationed them
selves at
I was an
hour before! But no there I was, atremb
ling, skulking thief, watched by the police,
*9*? "*b'e any moment to be arrested,
with the evidence of my crime upon mo.—
Oh! that accursed pocket book!how I search
ed the ball with my eyes for some place,
where, unobserved, I might hide it. But an
instant's thought convinced mo that such a
proceeding would only render matters worse
doubtless I
T, 1 Eeeler. Altany. fnI3-u
was
•The deuce it does!' he replied 'then I'm
afraid we shall have some difficulty in ar
ranging the business, for he has the reputa­
tion of being a
i
already closely watched, and
would be seised upon the first suspicious
movement.
•And suppose they do arrest me?' I said
to myself, making a desperate effort to rea
son myself into a oalmer and bolder frame
"Via HljVvii vaimivi wliu vul'lVr IrADV ~Mi*» r»,
stern, hard man to deal with.
However, wait where you are, and I will go
and sec what can be doue. And,' he con
tinued, lowering his voice, 'if anvthing
should happen before I get back I will come
to the polico station and see you fhis even
ing or in the morning.' lie then hastened
out of the hall.
'People may talk of shipwrecks and dis
asters at sea—of the solemn hour before a
battle, or «f the breathless interval before
the word to fire is given in a duel: but I'll
bo hanged if 1 believe I should suffer one
hundreth part so much in any one of those
situations
as I did for
half an hour after
Dick left me. Dinner hour was approach
ing, and the crowd rapidly dispersed, until
there were scarcely twenty people in the hall.
That I might not render mvseli unnecessari
ly conspicuous by wandering about with an
evident want of purpose, I bent over a desk
and pretended to be rending,while I kept my
eyes upon the door, watching and dreading
tiie entranco of the formidable detectives.
Oh, how long seemed the minutes that I
stood there
waiting nnd trembling, honing
every minute to see Dick returning, and yet
conscious that he had not been gone half
long enough to accomplish anything!
'At length, as I turned my eyes for the
hundreth time toward the door, I saw the
officers come in, and walk up tbe room they
passed and repassed mo several times, and
though I did not raise my eyes from the pa
per, I was conscious that they were examin
ing attentively. Presently one of them came,
and leaning over the desk by my side, be
ban carelessly turning the papers, while his
searching gaze was bent fixedly upon me.—
My heart was in my mouth, and my breath
came and went with difficulty.
'Can you give me small notes for a hun
dred he asked abruptly, laying his hand
upon my arm.
'So—no, sir, I cannot I haven't it about
me,' I stammered, without raising my eyes
from the paper.
'Haven't it about you!' said he. 'Why,
what'»
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to bulge as only a rich man's pocket should
bulge.
'That—that is only a bundle of papers*' I
replied.
'Papers, eh
V Mid he, 'well, let'* have
look at them.'
''What do yon mean, air?* I exclaimed,
making a frantic effort to appear indignant,
though not daring to raise my eyes to his
face.
'You'll soon find out what I mean,' he
replied, seising me firmly by the arm and
beckoning to his brother officer, who appear
ed to be expecting the summons.
'1 oast a despairing glance towards the
door. Could it be that fate had at last re
lented? Yes. There was Dick and the gen
tleman 1 had robbed, coming up the steps
they called the oScers aside, ana a long con
versation ensued, Mr.Jenkins and Dick ap
pearing to be urging something upon tne
officers, with which they seemed reluctant to
comply, for they occasionally looked at me
and shook their heads. But at length the
argument of my friend seemed to prevail,
for tbe officers walked away towards the
door, and the former approached the spot
where 1 was standing.
'Uive the gentlemun his property,' said
Dick, very gravely.
'Sheepish and blushing, I prodaoed the
diabolical pocket-book, and returned it to
its owner.
'Young man,'said the gentleman, severe
ly, '1 am doing wrong—very wrong, in al
lowing you to go at large. It is my duty to
deliver you up to justicc. Your story of the
mistake and the intended joke is absurd
people have but ono object in picking pock
ets. But in consideration of this your first
offence, and more in consequence of the en
treaties of your friend, I have consented to
allow you lo depart, and I sincerely hope my
mistaken kindnes may not be thrown away
upon you.' Then, with a bow to Dicjt, he
left the place.
'There, Bob,' said Dick, iiva grave and
serious tone, 'let this be a warning to you.
No one but myself knows what a nurrow es
cape you have had another time vou may
not be so fortunate.' After thus addressing
me, Dick too left the place.
'With the deepest sense of humiliation
I slunk out of the room, nnd sneaked home,
A
Western correspondent of Harper's Mag- «*•*. and
azine, writes as follows
o n e s s i n a n e i e e e i o n o n e s i n
Tennessee. Both gentlemen are now in high
stations one of them for twelve years was
in
Congress, nnd lias been Postmaster Gen-
eral. and the other has gained a reputation
for brilliant and classical oratory almost as I
for brilliant and classical oratory almost as
should
the
pick any man's pocket of a large amount of
money, whether you happened to know him
or not. You say it was done for a joke
perhaps it was, though 1
must confess 1 can
not see the point.'
'At all events, you'll not betray me?' 1
asked in an imploring tone.
'No,' he replied—Til not betray you.'—
Then with a severe look, he added, 'that is,
not if you follow up your present intention
of restoring the property.' And he turned
away and left the room.
(iood heavens, I'm lost!' I muttered,
to acquire that fascinating manner,"" but
the palm
in shaking hands.
«ithwithin
other
me?
y wi„ frlsnd nntl aboTe whBt
i
think
Recov-
when sho Ii srfis tuft* I mn
pickpocket and thief?
1
'Almost
fainting from excess of emotion.
,..om e"ess
jabout
1
A
•en"ed
u
^emou"
a
P'11"
nnd
i
Snzed
v
ftcantl-v,
me. -Change hour nearlv over
1 1
.•
I
circam stances.
Dick heard me to the end in silence, look
ing very grave.
\Surelv, vou do not think I intended any
was tripping off on
Ai* l«d o.by•Doodle,
Wianins tbe CCMrewitdi,.
Seevur Yankee Doodle.
as trim
same patronymic in Virginia. But to y0„ inii,.d."
the discussion. Mr. J—— had been rather t»j ghnll make but a short stay," contin
equivocally complimenting his opponent—|ue)j (j^orge, "as I presume you are quite
wno was called the 'Eagle Orator'—on the wearv with your
remarkable suavity of his manners, and bis
affability with the people
and went on to
say that he had an irressistnhlc way of
sc z
ing the hands of his constituents between
both his own, and bowing so affectionately
as to secure their whole heart. 'I must con
fess,'continued Mr. 'that I have
l,lv"
the house of a very influential Squire,
-I va tho nririnit« nttrnf n hi« hatn*^ to. 1
we spent the previous night at his house to -.
that the Squif
precinct, and
so that
it was
We had agreed not to electioneer
with the
cow, while my honornbie friend, with his
face ruddy wftli morning exercise, and his
long locks streaming in the breeze, was hold
ing the cow by the tail!1saw in an instant
thnt it was all up with me. I returned to
the house discomfitted, nnd abandoned all
hopes of a vote in that region.'
ftnd 1
In Saintsville, a very quiet town in one of
the Middle States—we do not like to spot it
exactly—Squire Williamson reigns aa the
supreme judge in all matters of taste, es
pecially in the fine arts. Ho sets up to dc
the most knowing man in town, not in law
only, but in nil departments of science. Now
and then he overshoots the mark. One of
the neighbors' an intelligent mechanic, hav
ing a fine taste for natural history, spent a
good deal of his
time and
he wns,'
la'iorin preparing
acabinct of stuffed b.rds.arranging them 'as
natural as life,' on perches around his shop.
The Squire was fond of dropping in from
time to time to find fault with the arrange
ment of the specimens, lie admitted the
skill of the man in skinning nnd stuffing
them, but the habit of the bird was not hit
in the way he stood.
•Why don't vou follow nature?' the
Squire would ask, and grumble at the Work,
to show his own acquaintance with a subject
of which he was totally ignorant,
Kogers, the bird-fancicr, was vexed at the
SQUtrc's
quire criticisms and self-conceit, and re-
in
s that V and he rapped his
of mind, 'gnpposs they arrest me? I am against my poeket, which tho wallet oauscd morom0.
wv? i
PreaPnaefe.
nimiR AT NEWMARKET.
Taakce Ooudlecame to town
Oah little pny,
Mow |Mfi brought a M« nndm, fM
•l*ek, and atrung, and Mfe *i ,4
Any weight .he'll carry vUa
sWi
Baelag Ben, in dlariea
Where they Bole their leiat%.
Write how .manly Prior em
Uefeed them Brlti.h ones
Joaaefein. let'* liquor on h:ti
t*i» uew uaiting fetter f,r
A)v*ysa*xd friend to JotiL
tfew you've grow'd* Be
HOT.•
LOOKING FOR A DOMESTIC WIFE.
"I hardly know which I
like
best Joseph­
ine Reynolds or Ilettie Burke,"said young
Benson to himself. Josephine is a splendid
looking girl, a queen in every movement,
nnd she commands admiration wherever she
goes but on the other hand Ilettie is a little
gem, and has a sweet disposition although,
perhaps, Josephine hns just as good. Both
can shine in the parlor, and, for aught 1
know, in the kitchen also, as all farmer's
daughters should be able to do. Well, I'll
call on them this Monday afternoon, and en
deavor to decide between them. It's wash
ing d'ty I know, but so much the better time
to sound th?m on household duties, and as
I am goin£ out of town tho fore part of
this week, it will be a good excuse for calling
now."
George Benson was a smart, intelligent
voung man, poor, but engaged in a profita
ble business, which bid fair in a few years,
to place liim in independent circumstances.
He wished to marrv, but felt the necessity
of wedding some one who was domestic,
and would be a helpmate.
He was very much interested in both Ilet
tie and Josephine,and hardly knew which he
should prefer for a wife,as both had many
excellent qualities, but finally concluded to
decide in favor of the one who should prove
to be the most domestic.
George's walk that afternoon brought him
to Mr. Reynold's about 3 o'clock. Joseph
ine's mother came to the door and ushered
him into the parlor. In a few moments
Josephine entered and welcomed hiin cor
dially. To his surprise, instead of seeming
a much wiser man thnn 1 was in the morning. itigued, as one will after a Monday's wash
i I ing, she looked
as
fresh and blooming as a
in her dress as though
dv for a party while her mother in a
calico working dress, looked jaded and care-
I was once present on the hustings at a worn, and referring, bv wav of apolo v, to
discussion between two rival candidates for ju |,ein
W!Whing
day,soon left the rooin.
i
Wt.nt
nt."
I
to leave town for a week, nnd I thought which had been accepted.
would happen in
for a few moments before
y,
."
O, you are perfectly excusable," replied
wide as that of his illustrious kinsman of Josephine, "and1 am very glud indeed that
"O, no, not at
all,I
have been down to
iiTk™ inn'»»he'nn lUiort* 11
with me than any other,
1
'thout success. I must yield to my friend one dav, but I was
In reply, Major 11 said: there was no danger of mv ever making a
'If my honorable opponent wishes to
mane washwoman."
himself agreeable to honest people, he must "Indeed said George to himself.
leave off practicing before the_ g'afs» _a,,d "Father," continued Josephine, "would
cultivnte more assiduously the
kindly fee-l
ings of the heart. He is the last man who
should accuse me of practicing behavior to
win votes.
1
will tell you a little anecdote
illustrative of the peculiar electioneering
abilities of my honorable friend in his inter
course with our intelligent constituents.—
We were canvassing in a remote part of the
district,and,having an appointment to speak
1 never did a Mon-
practiced for hours before a looking-glass jH'g washing in all mv life. Mother tried Setting forth tho virtues of a corn exter
to'lnitiate nitf into Vhe'mvsteries of the art
hire the washing done every week,butmoth'
er says she had rather io it herself for
economy's sake."
"A knowledge of housework, especially
cookery, is very desirable in a young lady,"
replied" George.
"I suppose it was once considered so,"
replied Josephine "but gentlemen now-a
dnys generally hire their wives a washer-
^^.in/iuuv iiiic vti*-ii nuts n wusiicr*
woman and n
S VI 1VIUIOIII9 Hliu OCIl-tniJVCll. 4I11U IV- |. a .. a
solved npon fixing him. A friend froir. the
it
of him, and set
housekeeper, and that answers
everv rpoge
and
u y
Squire while we staid with him but I
not think this forbade me to do mv beyt
his family. So I rose about daybreak
next morning, and, thinking th
make friends with the mistress
by bringing water to cook the bre
took a bucket and started off for the spring.,
sense
the
'a
man
it up in one
his fright, nnd seeing a smile of satisfac
tion on Rogers' face, he saw at once he had
been sold. The owl looked on as wise as a
judge, and the Squire was compelled to give
in but he insisted that owls in tho woods
or
in the barn do not hold their heads as this
rascally fellow does in tho cabinet.
knuckles
P^An artist of some celebrity was once
exibiting some paintings representing scenes
in Mnzeppa, and accompanying eacn by a
recitation of the particular passage in the
poem, descriptive of it. The paintings were
really excellent, and the audicnce listened
with breathless interest to th" reading.—
When the curtain fell, tbe audience and ar
tist were startled by a tall, gaunt fellow
raising up in their midst and enquiring
with a countenance of the
greatest solicitude:
'Did she die?'
'Did who die?'
«W'i-ah,—Mazeppa."
£yA youth of seventeen meeting an ac
quaintance in the street,
says
"Guess who's dead."
saves a ladv the trouble
of ncqu iinting herself with suc'h disagree.!-
conTenient
light fantastic toe,'
barn-yard, but the old woman
,n-vsclf'
for 1
counlrv brought him one day a live owl of Prescnt. circumstances to hire all my work
beautiful plumage, and Rogers glad* took
corner of the
shop on a shelf. Presently, ns ihe Squire
wns passing, he asked him in. His eye
caught sight of the new addition to the cab
inet, nnd he exclaimed
'llev, hey, Rogers—a splendid specimen
that! and elegantly stuffed, too! but Kogers,
who ever saw an owl with his head tucked
up in that kind of a way Follow nature,
man.'
'Perhaps,' said Rogers, 'yon could fix
the head as owls are accustomed to hold
them.'
•To be sure 1 can,' replied tho Squire
and, mounting a chair, hu reachcd up to the
bird to straighten out his head. But his
owlship did not wait to be pulled he darted
out bis bill,and pive the Squire's forefinger
a grip thnt he will carry the mark of for
many a day. Falling back out of the chair
Vl
"Mr. Jones, 1
suppose. I heard fc» was
verv sick."
"'So, it ain't jt'a my m1 4M died this
11 A a f•
lain down, bat father will be isptMtstl} to
entertain yon.'
George's countenanoe was brigfckesing ap
every moment, and he began to ttdtlk his
fears groundless is regard to Uettto) but was
resolved to test her ideas thoroughly.
•Does housework agree with you en
quired he, half trembling from uncertainty
as to the probable reply.
U, ye*,' returned Ilettie, 'I am generally
foo^'and^u^iow^ha't's hal^f thc'lm'tle* I
et,c,'1
ble matters. Gentlemen of the present day
ftn
do not wish their wires to be slaves but:
fine myself to it, even a part of the time
"Well," continued George, drawing a
long breath, for he was surprised to hear
Josephine
express so directly contrary to his
previous notions of a woman's duties, a la
dy sometimes marries a poor man, and it is
to her nnd his interests to conform to cir
cumstances, and to attend to duties which
are not agreeable to her for the sake of as
sisting her husband and rendering his bur
ben lighter.
"Yes, but I make no calculations of that
kind," said JoHephine firmly, though pleas
antly, for she wag really an agreeable girl,
though allowed to grow up with erroneous
notions in regard to domestic affairs, "I
prefer not to wed a man unless he is able
and willing to support me in ease and
style."
"Then you would not make the right sort
of a wife for me," thought George, thor
oughly sick of Josephine's remarks, and soon
as possible, he changed the topic of conver
sation.
"What a lucky escape," said our friend
to hims-lf, nn hour afterwards as he wended
his wav towards Ilettie Burke's. It's a pood
thing for me that
1 sounded ber upon house
keeping before I proposed, otherwise I
might have got myself into n
fix. What a
figure I should have cut with such a wife,
whv I should ho obliged to turn washer-wo-
Indian pony, and wh"
present
logic for the ladies,"
„.k,i« K.,» i j.,i „i. new
if for D0 othcr
purpoge,
cious personality with a little'i.'
COTerJ
"True, but I am not of that sort.
11
to be
said
singing roerilv as I went along, when what «bhor them Housework is nerfeetlv hate- People have grown s*grand, that they leaving thee rends my
on earth should I see, as I looked into the fui_^,test.ible
t0
me O dear I should
can"ot sin«"
milking the consuler m(ln cruei w{,0 t0 con. adthem, or set forth with
lotion'
gltTf,.
cou|,|,' af!)rd
don?--.{
,n
«houl4
m7
hilv«
terms
wash Monday, iron Tuesday, perhaps, and
bake on Satuday, leaving only three days
out of seven to attend to my business. What
a fix Beautiful times I should have my
business would be neglected, nnd I should
be pooretythan ever and even if I could
afford to hire a house-keepor, wouldn't bet
i
ter"
the
"case rn'ochTas fshouid have"'to~ give i Wordsworth a Biography by Edwin Paxton
"...
•borp audi
Hettie welcomed him in an old calico
dress, with short sleeves, a la washtub, and
with her brown hair, that generally curled
so beautifully, gathered up snugly and neatly
on the back of ner head.
"I suppose I should apologise," said she,
as they entered the parlor, "but I dislike
apologies and then, you know that Monday
is washing day, and we farmer's daughters
have to be in the suds then."
"And there's where 1 hopod to find you,"
George came near saying but checking
himself he replied, '1 know it, its a part
of a woman's duties, and I am sure that an
apologv would now be out of place!'
'So 1
thought,' returned Ilettie.
'1 fear I'm intruding,' said George.
'O, by no means,' replied Hettie 'w* art
through with our washing, which held out
later than usual, as mother has been quite
unwell for a week, and I wos obliged to do
tb« whole of it to day. You will stay to tea,
of course it will bo perfectly convenient.
Mother's headache has come on,and she bag
WR*
conk and t»l»» cire of the
such as to subject me o close attention to
home duties all my life.'
"Excuse my callinir on Mondav. .Miss -nn nnun- 11c icil mc uuusc mm iniiiii, ut, -.1-1. .,
Reynolds," said George, "but I w« going lu.d made her an offer of his heart and hand,
discernment will not fail to discover it*
PLAIN TALK THE BEST.
There is no extravagance so wild as that
indulged in tho mere use of words. We
beggar the language upon the most triCinj
i
Jrtainl'^ washing d«7isno dSrent 'd- ««w and nude, has 'nothing to wear,' the voice died away to* a sad wail like the
excePl. clothc9, h.i,ve bee"
minator
ill alviliiiiT hundfl .. l..r. I ...11. iL 1.„_ ll... «„„.ll„.l nt
to give up the experiment and she said then
so
awkward that she had
lhu
ln t'"' T*'n
a
vish,' continued George.
'1 think differently,' replied Uettie 'it is
not slavish, and need not be so hard as many
make it. There's a right way to do every
thing. Some have what is called a knack,
but that is simply finding out the oosiest
way of doing a thing and doing iiPlvcll. One
can mako housework comparatively easy in
that way.'
'Well, some consider it a disgrace,' con
tinued our hero,
'and they have no taste for
it.'
duck»
y
'It is not a disgrace,' said Hettie *on the
contrary, 1 think a young lady may well be
proud of a knowledge of house-keeping.—
-Many of the first ladies in the land have not
wil(1
nothing but a farmer'sdaughter? As for taste i™ *"1' -V
in that way, a girl may as well acquire one ®".er
first
as lost.
commcncing nousc-kccpine to cook my
band a decent meal, frhat would he \bink?
pressive ol the same itl«». Medical gentle- to bt ear. ouesiarnu.
and for our own part,we nlwavs associate
with
t0 nnJ
1 should
the sheets, nil alive O! in an Irish hotel.: to court death.
Fancy one shool-boy doubling his fist, a chink in the logs. It
and telling nnotherto look out for 'epistax-
aesthetic biography,
cver
a run
know it in season, to get initiated into
household duties before marriage. Such a
Miss may do very well fora rich man, but
not for me. Now for lleWfe Burke and if
she turns out
like Josrphine in
her tastes
nnd dislikes to household duties, setting
aside thl knowledge of them, which she can
not well avoid having, as h"H say her mother
has drilled her thoroughly in them, and is
full of whims as to their being slavish, Ac.,
why then I'll geek a life companion in some
othcr part of the country, nnd, perhaps,
make it a part of my present journey abroad
to look for ono.
onin plain Snxtnn 'work' is just to be
u
•Hut «n.h irv'i. ml uniPanniA ear ala hen, with her rich curls of tow colored gold that came very near mak.ng an island of ak
•But such work is hard, and some say sla-
gtr allling ov„r her ghoulaers
like some bright swamp angel she
knelt 1
felt above it, and why should 1, who am
m,'rue
g'»"»««
th,an
that
I....
V ed
«P*"nedto
1
'Well,' reallv, I begin almost to think
!1
U'UL
fo.rro
^hlu'
A man's wife must understand 'K1,on
l'"lt
^pressed ^an-
banlt
at.
^raphina
tures were such as Nebuchanezzar or Apol-|by
hub- .1 -.1.
br,1',nt
Jn'rrors,'{'wh,ch,,,ie
Whv, that I was a mere doll, good for noth- ™c,t-v .°.f &oJfllke "ul were reflected.
ing'but to look at 1 should c?y from sheer
r0™ l,,s',row
X' On sivuo nit
nsent to marry a man who would expect J? ,,
Iletti
consent
you to do house work all
loved him, you seem to make such an agreea
ble business of it, but 1 should have
but,^=
of
3
little respect for the man who subjected you
J.aHt1.*«nbreeze
vex-ition portions the sympathizing swept back
10
,on^»
Dttie,' said George, 'that you would even ™!lt
n,ul
me to reject him, even if his situation was
Vd
love^
8um°* m-VT,,8ls-
the village shopping all the afternoon. themes we laud a miserable painter of agony. 1 1 n i
Mother alwavs does the washing, as I havn't s'Kn-boards, u n i there is nothing left for ty like a frozen sausage, and see my aching Our happmess was
anv taste
that wav." Claude or
1 man. W e deck
out some
worn
eu!°"-v
Mure- bow' b'Loiten
exhausts 'Child Harold,' nnd after drop of pearly dew. 'See! n
,uPon P:i,.onl 'nouse-trap, there weeps
is nothing left wherein to talk of 'Paradise The maiden
And so it happens that when you really the mid-day beams of the glorious sun are
have anything to say, there is nothing to poured fully upon it, nnd captivating in her
«uy
it in, that has not come to
'baser
uses,' shadowy grace as a vellow
1:ly Boating upon
its fresh significance worn off, like the pillars the limped waters of a dry jroose pond. he
of a Spanish quarter. I spoke, and the stars of night stoud still,the
Deserted Village,' barely contents your po- molasses, 'thou knowest 1 love thee. My i ed Siamese twins, and he was taking his
r- j- •. i*lc i w
correspondent, whose verses n ot lute heart clings to thee as the bean to its pole.. Crst ook.
indicates
her pre- Mine
1
iif h'lf I" a
shoe-Mack,ng has left nothing fence of duty surrounds me.
of the discovery of America, of cruel spikes and
without rising to Handel. tracted bed bug—it makes me feci bad. In
We wish there could have been a word or my desperation 1 would tear up the creation
two saved, that we might have something by the roots! 1 would flog the earthquke!
for a thought to put on, in the holidays., I would eat red hot pokers! I would drink
But let this not instigate anybody to make up the ocean, and then cast myself into the
new words, to simmer a handful of Greek black and surgius billows which roll at my
roots togethor, after the fashion of the feet!'
witches in Macbeth, and ladle out tbe pro-| S^raphina burst into a flood of tears.
duct over aiH cted Christendom. We protest, Their excessive emotion overcame them, and
against the making of any more philological they both swooned away.
monsters. Again it
are tnoro commm than bear's
'nectar'and not turn
oil
into
'one of the gods
ear knows no music save thy voice,1 Bill,
1 cannoti
the way it is scattered about has no parallel not power to tear us from cach others arms,
except when "the sower goes forth to sow.'
i
ballad
without performing an
I tell thee, mine angel lftve the thought of
my soul—it maddens me
and rave like a frenzied
me bellow like a dis-
-it makes me rip ant
-Mether Hubbard,' Shanghai—it makes
tira of
a father's
Fraser'i Magezine talks sense when it1 lated buttermilk«*nnd
a night wo once spent between and she sank exhausted upon the straw again,: dinary expressions a.ting
1
Willinm
reach and open it at random. It is Willinm 'O, save me, Rudoljihus,' she screpclied. peralureand sw
1
her directions,and seetffat things were done Wood. Well, what do you read 'By doors.' he answered, 'with one blow of my
o e y o o s e i n e i s a i i
detectable matters, as she calls i
man that is going to have such a wife
should
i
is simply intruded a stalwart
ncr'R*
m,ir|
listen to such verbiage oxen
mnrlV Whftt. firrfiin. arfi we tu undt»
And then, how delicate arc we getting.— will come to
Wo desire all Weil-disposed people to have girl descended to the stable, and while the "P""S ...
legs as they used to do,and leave 'lower £nats and mnsquetoes thundered about her^*'
limbs' for 'modest nnd respectable trees.- fair head, tearing up with her tiny hand,nn
People are no better for being indisposed,, oaken plank from th^Joor^he^soon ernerg-
than when they call themselves sick—are
1
they? If you intend to have the
cd into the cow-_
girl, why lovers were clasped in each other's arm*.—
not have her in plain English, instead of Th« donkey of Rudolphus stood near, and
go to bed they i youth sprang into the saddle,"wi-.T"-
only retire. Ladies never dress
ly jnake their toilet they dispose ot their away
coiffeures, but bless us, tbey never comb
their hair. It is always good evening and py Now, what's the matter, madam,'
never good night. gaid Buckley,—'surely, there's no necessity
Tour barber lias grown an artist Darby's of raising such a rnmpos in the depot.'
wags have turned into a aalarr, and Dar- 'But 1—boo hoo—but 1 want to go to
by's Joan into a lady the shop isj«unk be- Uilwa a-a-ky.'
low soundings, and store nn
remain
fcec
there's
gnged,'nnd our hired girl hue kindly con- Buckley.
iteu to reside in the family! i
',BuLI've
•.
fr,y!
v,
gentleman expatiating upon tha,
good looks of women, declared that
$3 00 PER ANNU1
nn m«i» «r me* enmm. im
PUINA AKS
stDeXrhii.
'Twas evening upon the hanks of beauti
ful Rock Creek. *fhc silver beams of Luna,
which straggled down threagh the branuhes
oftfce trees, revealed a scene of transcend
ental beauty. Upon aa ancient at uaap, which solotely Msentwl to tbe point of omt
bad braved the tempests of a hundred win- we will give it aa concisely as the snbj
ters, sitting in an attitude of graceful re-1 will allow. In reference then to that neri
nose, was an angelliferous maiden, just i to say that wo were green in the usual 1
Bloomed out into eaany womanhood. She ceptance of that term, would give therei
eoino MNI wmil oil
vibs* TISSZT
We were between sixteen and Mve_
yease of age, when the event abo«U to
related, transpired, and as a description
our personal appearance at MM tiwe al]
rmlmntly and peerlessly beautiful.— er but a poor idea of the figure we
Mother even w« so far as to sav som* Webster hides his ...glorious head in theN d. Uatl.er imagine a tall, lean,
tiinea •!.. I
Jin
house'as well as she- but then that's bor descriptive of ber loveliness. Graceful as pair ot tongs, a countenance about as ea
tiatterv of course to encourage me. i
attempt to furnish words ous, swarthy looking chap, with legs like I
hawk, pensive as sitting pressive *sa plate of Dutch cheese, a atooL
to the ground,|tbe head abov«*it, a fa£ cover with 2
sat,
while! furie that looked very much like the dowft
the moonbeams rested like a halo upon bor on a newly hatched gosling, with a gait tbi®^'
elegant head. Sorrow, and the umiHuh stalks I would lead a beholder to suppose that wft
which grew up around ber, cast deep shad- deaigneU to travel down both side* of tw v
owg over her
unrivalled countenance, and street at the same time, and yon have a cottar
the night wind as it kissed her magnificent rect daguerreotype of Jeems in the sevens
cheek, bore to her delighted olfactories tbe
frueraut breath of elder blows, ller knitting
tcenth year of Kis age. ""*11*
izraiit breatb 01 eiuer mows uer Knitting One dark gloomy night in the month off.
work lay idly in her lap. Her eves which 1 December, we chanced to be at 'spelliaA
shamed the lightning bugs, were "bedoozM school' not a thousand miles from BaldwinS
with diamond tears. She was listening with ville, while our c\ a fell on a 'fairy fori#
an air of sorrowful dia|faction to the pas-|that immediately set our susceptible heaili"
sionate pit adings of a noble youth who I in a blaze. She was sixteen or thereabouts
at ncr feet. Never moonlight fell on 1 with bright eyes, red cheeks, and eh
a more glorious intellectual countenance lips, while the auburn ringlets clustered itf
*L
the^maiden'
's
craze.
Never yielded mother
enamor-! a wealth of profusion around her beautifu
,,
earth to 1 head, nnd her person,
,ruthfl a"U
,vo*
P™"
ill
'o vi t.on tj /ot
,a
tocko, whose
Cherished and beloved as much force as
Be
U n i n n i n n i n i i v The mandate of my vengeful father and
is any moral in it, oung ladnes'of ordinary
m,ue'
adorable
of ##w be=
Jo- heart
obyeu,
going to
',acked ,Rnd
to our ravished
perish
in
n
v
h"e
l.e'P
exoect I "F"" j""» "—is »*". -is
™u.
ULS,'
.u u- 1: anti
Q1/ bc"'Sh
imag
I tion, was more perfect in form and ontlin|
the moat fautless statue ever cliisele
Apol the sculptor's art. As we gazed oul
ire/
eterl
s feet. His fea-|than
the attempt.
As soon as the sehool was dismissed, an
our lady-love suitably bonneted and cfoal
ed, we approached to offer our services 1
ilated, and 1
w F|'( tu UU
in the sb«do eontemplatwl, we the
[blackness but when •thej portan lesson, y.z: the
.. "Knt tell upon it, it resembled a tnuddv pool retohin# ana domff, A.i
our ilavs if vou sunbeams strike it aslant. were seized with partial blindness—redfc
then learned nn im#
difference becwee^p.'
a
1 His bands were clasped in the attitude of greon? blue and yellow lights flushed upoil
despair. He spoke, and his tones were deep our vision, and appeared and disappeared^
we
nful J" the chant at the funeral of phantnsmagona-our k^ep
to it unnecessarilv a martyred ball frog at Rock Creek Dam. smote together like liellshuzzar's when lift
'Yes'renlied ilettie smiling 'if I reallv 'O, fairy queen of heaven! Pure dove of I discovered the handwriting upon the waii^,
neared her, wfc
if it were
o 8 o w s i n n W n
one'
I
lu
voice was as melodious as the tinkle of a| ing to our arm with all the tenacity a drown*
fractured cow-bell, far away down the rond, ing man is said to clutch to a straw. Tell
and low nnd sad as the last moan of a dying of Elysium, or sliding down greased rain
pollvwog. bows, or feeding on German Flutes! what
'talk not of obedience, thou beautiful but are such "pheliuks" in comparison to thosa
cruel one,'he yelled in a voice of sperchless mighty ones that swelled our bosom nigh
'O canst thou sit in thy cold majes- unto the bursting of our wa s coat buttcR.!''
sma-h before
thine
e\ e,
seph of a thought in rainbow coat, until an a mistaken sense of dutv. See,'said he, as has ever fcit the divi
he
dashed from the mullen stalks near him, a
night herself
cruelty.'
with me, and mourns thy
was app
Lost.' his anguish. The crimson tide which dyed
Your Durhnms arc magnificent, and Juno her check like a red hollyhock cut stick, and
was nothing more you love turnips, you left it whiter than a cotton pillow case. She
sav, and what
stronger sentiment can you arose from her
seat, dazzling in her resplen
claim for truth? dent beauty, as a brisht tin milk pan when
illed at the sight of
It has come to such a pass—this extrava- wind ceased to inonn among the leaves, and I idea of his sister's having a beau, and would'
gance—that one can hardly be said to call the frogs were silent to listen. walk around us frequently, giirgling in the*
anything 'good,' unless he pronounces it! 'Kudolphus, beloved of my soul,' she height of his glee, nnd eyeing us as closely,,
'best.' and what you say of Goldsmith's said,
in a voice sweeter
than New Orleans as
if oursclf
and Sally were world-renown-
driving
Dost thou doubt that the cabbage managed to mumble over something, whiclf
!,.WauU.i P1?1".'1.-
the
.enpenn
s
returned, what were our emotions on fi
tindindi
cling^|(
An(, her f,|tJ cherUUed of our IoTC
Our happiness was sublime sublimity, sub
and every person who
ine throbbing of a tlede
ed love
principle, fully understands th*
wurld of bliss couched in the fourth, fifth.
foi•
iimely sufalimited,
sixth and seventh words at the commence
ment of this sentence.
Well, we passed on pleasantly toward*
our Sally's home, talking of "love ant
dove, and dart nnd part," until so c»urnge
ous had we become, that we actually pro
posed "to go and sit awhile," to which our
Dulcnia very graciously assented. Alas
for us!how soon wo were to be reminded
that the "course of true love never did ran
smooth."
Sally had
a brother of
some ten summersy
who iccompnnied us all along the way, and^
who was in wonderful high spirits at tho
idt*a of hiri K»rin** h»MHt finil wmilrt'*
nv the way, was a stubbed, chuckle-
and my lips no victnlis but thy kisses. With- headed boy, whose habiliments would have.
It is within bounds to assert, that the dis- out thee 1 famish—I die. But the picket made tho fortune of any two dealers in mop
It is stuck full i rags.
annotsurmount it. A At length we renched the bars, and while'
a platter of flap-jacks.1 ing parlor door will remain
I «No, no,' she faintly murmured, pushing the
Can any one tell us the meaning of'diag-!tbe food away,'let them not seek to prolong Talk of courting by daylight! 1 liink of
i laming one s arm by quick, hasty withdraw-
men, too, talk of phlebotomy we know that i Was it thou, Rudolphus?' she cried. 'Ah! by a sound of coming footsteps Imagiuep£
it has some connection with bloodletting, no, 1 will not
'twas
no one to hinder
had never yet seen an ugly woman. One! 'No, sur,' said she subsiding into a whine,
who was extremely flat-noted, said "Sir I 'no, sir, you'r
not their fa-a-Uer. Their
defy
you not to find me ugly." "You, mad- fa-a-ther
was—boo hoo —was—hoo hoo—
am,'f he replied, "are aa angel fallen from their fa a-ther was a decent «k»
heaven, onfy having fallen o» your nose.'*1 —boo hoo.' .a
Jim Clark is coming'
"Mother! mother!
hum with Sal!"
"Is
heir"
screamed the old woman in re­
ply: "witl, I declare! 1 didn't think the sap
head knew enough!—Jeems the Folii
winvUle Gazette.
COUKTISG.
•I don't see why people enrinot 3o Hie"!?'
courting by daylight, tlkreby saving nn ex-"
pense of light, fuel and forenoon naps.' A
breakfast-table remark. Whew! preach.
was evening upon Rock Creek— 6 —7"e
We pay for 'trvcopherous,' and get hog's again the cold moon looked down upon a begin to crow. There is a sort of fascina
lard aud burgamot 'cathairon' andpaphion scene of excruciating
woe. In a dark, dis- t'(l"
'.n
a
POsiti\e denial to
or mal, damp, gloonjy. ghostly castle, built of notwithstanding. An lnuescribable, undu-
coiogne, and it is an everyday affair in sum- the unhewn monarchs of the forest, upon a uiable charm—charm in being the sole oc
mer weather, for a mere mortal to drink
pile of hay lay the angelic Seraphina,the vie
cnpants of a front parlor,
t\r
inny. Her linsey-wool- i molest or make
that have been passed over." sev robes were torn aud disarranged, her before the s.lining grate, and the lamp regu-ya^
You cannot get your clothes cleaned, if
(lovely
flatter myself with vain hopes:! proud-lover at the feet of fair lady, puffiug,
but the calf bleating to its mother,' forth an eloquent long n\owal, with extraor-
nt
Who would believe that 'epistaxis' meant Again wns the sound repeated. Sbe peering through tne folding door, wonder
ped out through ing what makes Mr. 'pra? with
simply bleeding at the nose! sprang to her feet, and peep*
was indeed her lover,|eyes
«I would smash down those massive pine lipa—[Afar^aiet
fist, nnd snatch thee from thy cruel
thlm. A Me intts ideal attitudes.' Simply intended! captors, but I am afraid thv father's'darned «'r"8tt^"1(rr°1f
wife ahmitrl Did ever mortal man listen to
such verbiage oxen will hook me.' And iie sank upon tbe i •5.
rrrnm
run mad? What, again, are we to underr- crounu in mo impmurcu m. rate mm
you,1
But ntver a cint to take iKetn
i i i i v course which has not, in its wholo compass,
1 Te D,VCr
Really, it will comc to pass by and by, gatd she.
that nobody will dare to sneexe in plain. «Them! Who
at loh Anal MnAvtl A Wtll AtfllW IkA Mul
tn
F.mmnglisn, and people will civily be
sternutate!—Chicago Journal.
tho contrary
with
face soiled nnd smutty, her silvery lated to a steady^blaze that will not eclipseR
you try, but here's vour 'renovater.' Do curls disheveled, her cerulean eyes red as the brightness of eyes, or made parfienliirlyR
vou think vou can buy a tooth-powder? It cranberries, nnd swelled with weeping but in hearing the last pair of household l'eet»
will bj nothing less than an 'cburitier,' or for all this she looked more bcautilul than take a bee line departure for the upper
dentrifice,' at the very least. ever. By her side stood a flagon of acidu- chambors,and feeling that the cvcr-swing-
nothing to
afraid the sofa drawn
up
closed until ono
parties conccmed
choose to open.—
wida open, ^and,
looking up with wistful eyes to her dungeon I still, have 'mamma open
is!' What is meant by that fashionable word windowy-while manly tears streaked down the prelude of a rap, of
Aesthetics?' We take ur tho first hook in his checks.
It is
thoR
—rectionj^f
ovo- the face and
tho same moment, n puzz.ed countenance
more disagreeable
tho door without
course, just at the
moment you have ventured to test tho tem-j
erature and
sweetness of
:.er daugbux'^
Verne.
1 I. ILLUSTRATION Or A XEBROr
t„.
in
spring come the old loss, slabs and sticks
u
™-V 2 S
a gU Rl
1
1
leading her to the altar, as Abraham led folding his lovely burden to his breast, the i U
the sheep? Gentlemen do not go to bed they youth sprang I broueht back aud all the folks soemcomiS
and murmur
ress they mere- Ing of love in a foreign clime they galloped
lisposc of their away like a streak of greased lightning. ^ty gjod b«.. But
-sftss? stass1
^hed on do shorfi
nnd de sticks on de bush a, nnd
n" "w.mdeyhere
2!
*3 ,?• .j.
1
brethren]
God bless "your souls! Bimcby 'vival'it
gono den dis old sinner is styck on his ol(&
sin den dat backslider is cotchcd where b«L
wns afore, on ju*' such a rock den one
ar-f
ter nnoder got 'ligton lies 'long de shore*
and dcre dey lie till nolder 'vivaK BeloveA
izg&s&ii
ed through the logical 'divisions' of a dial
1
«o for-'ib'e sn illustration as this!
said Buckley. verdant Yankee seeing the aimomwei*
(TltA fiwO MllAMIk.' 1ft In n
A WAHtaik^^n I •I' 1 I .. A a
•The five children,' said the womas.— in large letters, in front of a booV
•Would yea uke care of them screamed, |tore ..Nothing to Wear Sold Here," «*S*t
'Take care of them! shouted Buckley,,noI[
he madam—no madam—I'm not their father I
,, claimed: VTafnow I wonder who aaidthariP
wns
b*
(J^A poor Irishman was aboat to sa^,
bis sauoepan, wh«a his children rwnonat»%a
ted. "Ah my honeys," said ha"I wealdn%)
bo after partin' witb it bat for litlla miwiifc
to bay aonet|u»k to pat Is it."