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PI BLIKHCD EVKMY MTI BOAIT
AT PAIXESVILLE, LAKE COUXTY,
OHIO. . i
f3f"Counting Room and Publication OJUce
,Stocltwell Hove Block, A'o. 114 Main St.
TERMS; -
Yearly, by mail or Carrier.... 42,o5
Six Months, by mail or Carrier 1,25
Three Months, by mail or Carrier.. 75
im iff Mired. ...-. .-
" JOB DEPARTMENT.
Book and Blank Work, Circulars,- Letter
Head, Bill Heail. Cards and every l -riiition
of Job Work, executed with dispatck ant in the
neatest style of the art. t
Having an entire new outfit ofTytes. Presses,
and Machinery, together with a force of compe
tent and skilfull workmen, we feel that onr fa
cilities are second to those of no other establish
ment in the place. I
I, THE IDEAL.
VUi tnite feelfct ki belM VaV ap in your dells.
Though Hp'riUK time hath long- ago rome!
King, ring
the world, ere the blossoms
inriwi, i
A welcoming peal round my home!!
And daisies, sweet daioies, so low in the grass.
Spring tall! lest I crab you in hurrying past.
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For Baton is draft la aw'gavest anil best,
Awaiting my glad wedding day; ....
How she smiles and beams wiu) wildering
dreams, (
Filling ami thrilling this heart beating gay I -For
I tell you 'tis true, real, earnest ami true,
1 know by this circlet of gleaming gold hue.
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Oh radience glowing, and the world o'erflowiag,
Hhake the sands out of time's silver r)-l
Oh dream of strange glory I is this, thus ,ftae
Shall
1 1 wake, and the charmed spelUpassf
n nj It la tnw. &n invfiiUv tnii. '
I know by this circlet of gleaming gold hue.
II THE REAL, j
Falletk a light, soft dream-like and tender,
Like golden arrows, athwart all theiand:
Mwayeth the halm-winls low Jlow'reu slender.
And the nearV-white lilies all silently stand.
"I would make a song for this summer morn.
Wild and sweet, to teach all the binfc,
Awl weave a entwn of the pink myrtle-down,
And a poem ot' tender words." J
Lieth in mine a hand, aye! the falreat.
Like trwoMlnr lr, fragrantly small ;
Amwers a voice, the weetet and 'learest,
-Long ago, sweetheart, did I learn them all."
Oh, Jnidoomis, uawiUiered, Oh,j Joy newly
lreamofthespring-tlme! Crown of my life!
bhine ever above her, bright sunshine, and love
. atr ' . ; f i i
Dream of my spring-time beautiful wife!
A CANTICLE.
BT rEOM CAST.
I Ba wrtk M,0 LwnW wnssi mr life hath Mice nasi
Of the riches that make it complete; -i
When, favored, I walk in the pathway at peace,
That is pleasant and safe to the feet; w i.
Be with me and keep me, when all the day long,
Delight hath no taint of alloy. i :
W hen my heart runneth over with laughter and
' 'And thecu'p with the fullness of joy.
Be with me, O Lord, when I make my com
plaint, i
Because of my sorrow and care: J
Take the weight from my soul that is ready to
' 'And give me th burden to bear. I
If the sun of the desert at noontide, n wrath
Pesrend on my shelterless head, 1
Be thou the cool shadow awl mck in the path
Of a land that is weary to tread. .
Im the season of sorest affliction and dread,
W bea-my soul ts eBoapas-l wkh fears.
Till I lie in the darkness awake oa njy owl.
And water my pillow witn ears;
When lonely and sick, for the tende 1 delight
Of thy comforting presence 1 pray
Come into my chamber, O l-orrt, in the night.
And stay till the break of the (lay.
Through the devVm ? of the World be my
," guide, '.- -. ' I
' Till Its trials, and Ks dangers are past;
If 1 walk through the furnace, be-Tbou by my
side.
Be mv rod and mv staff to the lasti "-1
When my crudest enemy presses me hard eitn
Tn mv w Mrthlv ral'iiire and resh ,
Put tiiy arms underneath and about me, O Lord,
Let me tenderly lie on thy breast.
Come down when in silence and slumber alone,
When the death seal is set ou my eyes.
Break open the sepulcher, roll off the stone,
And bear me away to the skies, i
Tinl. Inv me to rest bv the river, that
Bright front the throne of thy glory doth flow ;
Where theodorons beds or tne nine are wnite
And the roses of paradise blow ! i
MARIAM.
li( I .'iill'.TBK iritW KTTK8E. J
The new nurse, If you please,
lai'v. bv the baronet's order.' i
my
Lady WaWen looked up front Iter book,
with an exDTessiou of pleasure.
1 'What kind of a. looking lady is she,
Ware? Does she seem the right sort of a
woman to take care of my darling? Has
she been married 1 I wonder, if she Jias
experience r - ,
. 'Bless you, wj lady,'. exclaimed Ware,
bending somewhat her stately demeanor,
she's a vounur thlnsr. and iudeing by her
face, not a married person but a well
enough looking body, only so renteel.
W11 send her ud. Ware. I had-best
, . see for mvself. thouith your Judgment is
excellent: and of course the baronet
would not have selected an! Improper
Derson to take charge of our s)weet little
Aimee. heaven bless her,' she Continued,
turning to bend, oyer a little ipfant who
' slept soundly by he side. i
She softly lifted the covering of lace,
as her maid left the room, disclosing the
white, dimpled arms disposed in careless
grace on the breast, and the richly
worked slip of the infant. The Angers
so wee and waxen were tightly locked,
and it reauired but little fancy to im-
i Q gtae that they were thus pressed by the
invisible hand of SngelsT A pretty in
fant is always loveliest in sleep; the
cherub-like innocence reposing on lip
' : and brow-the,faalo of purity pvrappln
the beinir. as it were, in light: celestia
and stamping the smile of heated where
only heaven Is reflected, give y the in
' lfant thafchantf-that mineW awe with
our devotion, as if we gazed on Something
freshlv touched by the nana or ueity,
Perhans Ladv Walden's thoughts took
the. form of worship as she glaaced mute
ly upon. Iter, babe for revejently she
slid down upon her knees, and gazed till
the comlnar tears dimmed her bright eyes,
and intensity of feeling brought a crim
son flush on either fair cljeek. She
started as the door 'opened, and hastily
composing herself, looked up (carelessly
at the figure emerging through the open
door. I
It was that of a young girl-f-full, yet
symmetrical. Her face, had more than
- rdinnry intelligenoe and bteauty ,
certain - firmness gay to her features
that character that inspires, respect, and
' the Lady Walden unawares bowed as she
SDoke-thW DroceederT to test Whether
she had th necessary pialiflektlons for
a child's Bursa..' ,., ... i ' "
,4Whatlsyour name?', she ksked, unr-:
' consciously fastening 'her gazf apoi the
'youthful face:' ji""','
'Kuth Goldfinch, my lady,' answered
the pretty girl, blushing aid casting
down her eyes yet did it no seem the
hue of modesty ; that rosy bluwi,
'Goldfinch Goldfinch,' repeated the
,- lady, slowly,,'! n certain 1 have heard
that name before all I I have i it in the
village grave-yard beyond Waldenwold.
' ' she cbnflnned;"mnslngly; ,thre is one
":raV"hde6V by' ai white rose-bush. I
never went tltere but wbat-I found fresh
flowers on, that grave, no matter what the
season. On a tiny brown atone is a
name 'engraved simplyRose Gold-
lineh.'1 Was she a relation, my good girl ?'
We were twin sisters,'exclaimed Kuth,
in a voice subdued but with a manner
that seemed as if she were conquering
violent emotion. i
The faint color faded from her cheeks
her lips trembled, and striving in vain
" ' io conquer feeling, she bust Into tears,
gave one-or 'tWC quick" sobs then rap-
idly dashed the-water frdnvher eyes, and
. J a moment was calm, again, j ,
'I, was very tlioughtless,' I said ; the
youthful mother, in a vexed, low voice
but go with Ware and compos yonrself ;
thai eome back to th nursery and I will
. iriveyou your cliarge rby that time little
Aimee will be awake. I must engage
her,' s)ie continued, as the door closed,
'such tenderness of feeling bodes good.
I have heard somewhere that this sister
of hers was unfortunate 'frail and fair,'
poor weak thing Kuth is pretty, but if
1 am a Judge of character there is little
weakness in her's. j . llow quickly she
. lonunanded herself!. There, was a bra
very )n that action, I could not but res-
ract but hark f there she is again, and
" my-darMnfir moves uneasily.1 i
Tua young girl fame respectfully for-
, . warn awa Mtei" u ijuuy , tYaiueu s di
rections ifh fixed attention.! She had
" taken off her bonnet and shawl, and in a
dress of some pink color and large apron
of white, with a small cap whose wide
strings were tied gracefully under .her
chin, and a little corner of nmnlin pinned
neatly over her bosom, site looked pretty
enougn to please tne most lusinuous taste,
Vr... ..! T .l., Wi.1,1,. cn'aU .
.-, J rt j nam iuhij ,, itiv.. it...i "t . ,1 i
lshed,"I have some' lulls to make, and I
hall leave vou with Ware Take good
, nre of iny little . Aimee, and you will
flna this a pleasant, agreeable Home,
a fillip- - fi i
PREPARATIONS FOB THE BIBTH-DAY FKTK.
Ware went out to help her lady dress,
leaving the nurse with the babe. It had
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gone to sleep again, innocent joreature
but its rest was no longer ineep anu
hushed. A trembling of the transparent i
lids, a flittting smile, a long .slgh, sue-1
ceeded by a transient quiet alitful Jerk i
ingof the hands; first one cheek then the
other rubbed caressingly overlthe pillow I
languid opeuing of the eyes, a brn-i
guid closing them again an nneot
scious smile a quick look of affright-
and again the peace of smiling sleep, j
Then all at once a waking -up of every
faeulty, loilowetf by a gaze of .wonder,
as if the llzht of its own consclonsneSs
the laces' around it , were all ' miracles
its narrow, vlsioa JHow .still k laid; like
tfaa good babe 4t was, followiiuj with its
uuld eyes of blue perchance- the ' more
men ts of some cherub sent to be Its little
guide to introduce its mind ' gradually
to the dim realities of this lower life-
perhaps the flickering fragments uf tight'
and shade playing on the white curtains
of its nursery bed reflected from a globe
of water in which tiny goldt-fish were
gambolling.
Ruth stood by its side, but ijot so tlat
the babe might notice a straager. She
stood "with a mournful expression,
bringing her hands up slowly to her bo-1
som, and crossing them there; s FTrst'a
bitter smile flitted over her face then
came a look of gloom, in which a sort of
bate was visi Die. I . ti,
The rich aye ! the rich and the great
have all these treasures, in peace and
hanDlneu, he muttered. 7 new are not
teuiyted they are never sought to tlteir
voin. xiiey uutrry nit; t;iiuict; ui uieir
heartB-thcy 4STtheir:l?bQdren and
keep themj-keep thenj ' uithoot fear or
aha ate, jtntl. never blush to hear them
named;-JLitttle -Kose was as beautirui
as she much like her but slie is dead
her mother is dead but her father lives.
and what does he care that tha victims of
baseness have gone with brokdn hearts
leaving others with breaking hearts!
What does he care that he has brought
disgrace upon brothers, sisters, and an
old grey-headed father? But he shall
sutler. My prayer is heard at last, 4 am
here' with a glance of triumph as she
gazed around the noble nursery 'here,
witn tne means or vengeance bi my own
hands here, with the best drop oT his
life's blood in my charge ah ! 'tf wring
it out I'll give him sorrow for sorrow'
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Her manner lost its trazic nerceness.
as at that moment Ware entered, and
going toward the bed took up the infant
a grim smile playing over her thinl'ear
tares." She Wt so stiff and 'odd -a -way
with her whenever abe atoved or talked
--sir8 held tlh child with such precision,
and measured ner words m bo mechan
ical a manner, that Ruth "began to feel a
little awe or ner, and to wontier it jjlie
was to take care of the young lady: Aimee,
under her superintendence. But the se
date lady's maid, with becoming conde
scension, soon made her feel more at her
ease, and after a while Kuth became rec
onciled to her manner, and forgot her re
serve. T
How old is she?' she asked, timidly
W-A (.....,, 1.. Iwl.. -l-
She'll he a year on a week come Tiles-
day, and we're to have great times, I ex
pect.' J
Why ?' asked Ruth, smoothing out the
folds of the infant's rich frocki
'Why!' echoed Ware, with an accent of
astonishment, 'why, to he sure, but that
it's her birth-day, the darling. Don't
you know what they do hr great families
like the baroaet'n liow theyi have lords
and ladies here, with a dinner and a par
ty and such like, and the park all lighted
up, anu oaneuig i m luui, 1 aim n re
works out in the garden-, and streamers in
the house,; and ; eyeiytblng ! grand and
splendid? but how' should you 'know?
y 'spose you've never lived m at rich tam-
lly oerore. 1
Ruth was bending over the babe and
Ware, intent upbu her description, did
not note the burning flush that spread
upon cheek and brow, and then receded.
leaving a rim of white only around the
eves and hns. 1 r.ii
'.Bio: I've never lived m any lamiiy oe-
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lore,' sne answereu, witn a naru,iorcea
voice 'isn't it strange,' she continued,
with the same accent, 'how some are born
and others,' her brow grew very dark as
she spoke, 'come only to suffer and to
make others sutler to live In miser: and
grow sick and die, and be laid away in
the old grave-yard ?' j
'To my mind, if they die yodng, that's
the best of it, answered Wart, quietly,
ha eyes fixetf upon ner knitting, -for
they're sure to go to heavenj hhd that's
better than,to Jiv for' what Jot' you can't
aay.'u it Ha ws-jcii j
"Yesf 1t Ui betteri-Mr1," muttered
Ruth, yet with' a 'gesture of impatience--
but tne babe smiled in. ner lace, and as
instantly the look of hate faded, and her
eves filled with tears. 'Oh !' she thouirlit.
'I shall love her too well, for she looks
like little Rose.. But my purpose is
flxd: if there is sufferine in J store, fbc
such as he I'll bring it to his lipsy even
to the very dregs.' 1
To be sure the baronet of Waldenwold
came Of a' good family an ancient famf
Ily though not quite as ancient, aa.iny
own, for as Dickens says, 'the llast man,
whoever he Is, will have a longer pedi
gree than the greatest nobleman now
alive' and 'he who was borrl '" three
hundred years ago cannot reasonably be
expected to have had as man relations
before him as- onehd is born now.'
However th baronet was not born three
hundred years ago nor yet! ene, for it
wasonW in the'Yeaf that his aee
numbered some five andT thlrty-"-antl-a
ywuwg rogue- n itwir-binray summers,
and my ''yonng' Lady; Aimee? already
called, him papa aluio;igh, the youngest
on account of her Hebrew accent could
hardly be underwood.'1" Rumor I mean
the lady with velvet slippers and mealy
mouth had in years past been busy with
the baronet's fair fame ; but, he went over
to Germany, staid several years brought
home a pretty blonde with unpronounce
able name, and an immense fortune, who
of course thought her husband the best
and the handsomest man ! in tne -world
and his lordship's petty sins were
forgiven. j
The baronet had really reformed. He
loved ids wife dearly, after hhi fashion,
and she more than idolized him, for her
love partook of the spirit of j worship.
One would indeed have so concluded to
have seen her sitting fondly at his feet
her sunny face bathing in the light of
his dark eyes while to all the world,
her manner seemed to say, there" .bold
not be a mortal as perfect as . her own
dear husband i
The baronet was indeed a man of sur
passingly "noble' exterior.''.' One would
exclaim, looking upon those features cost
in the mould of manly beauty, surely
guile d welt never there, no thought un
worthy heaven could enter the soul that
looked out from those clear eyes.. .There
couiu oe no stain upon nis nanus, no
crime in his heart locked away all care
fully troin human sight. j
But He wholooketh down from heaven
knoweth the secret thoughts of the heart,
and in His own time will He mete jus
tice w me transgressor. i
One morning tlie baronet entered his
wife's private sitting-room, and saunt
ered slowly up to tlie light work-table
wnere me jauy walden sat, busily em
ployed upon some elitteriner fabric. He
threw himself upon a tapestried couch at
her side, and carelessly picked' up a por
tion of the-embroidery as it fell over the
fair lingers, and on the silken robeof tlie
lady, a .-, a-w
'And pray what lis this foolish little
affair' for?'- he asked, striving 10 look
grave, as if Ids, language meant reproach,
are you never wearied of such trifles ?'
'Trifles,' exclaimed the lady, a blush
heightening her beauty, 'do you cull
anything pertaining to our darling a
trifle? Why look you, George, It is her
birth-day robe? is it not beautiful ?
"cm, ic 10 Juauam isanege to be em
broidered, but when it came home, I
couldn't bear the thought that the baby
should wear anything that had not in
some manner been fashioned by me; sol
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FAMILY PAPEB,
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- ; PAIXESVILI.E, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, JULY 29,
am liiitting around
tlie body this little
frill of rlch'lAce. You see tlm j)oint
wni sliiww ar-beaitifilrj,inri lier.-darling
little chorildorsi J lun't oliw a sweet crea
ture-,' dear GgeT " n 1
Oft rheTSj-atlier-' avsjecent-lookuig
lby,-rie repli.V,i-lit ry twinkling
roguiHtiry.i" '-'wsiji t-.i i-M --
Rsttliet' aer-lootnng ,':ried Lady
WaldeW tirging silver ttelli HamTy,
she-added,' fe-a nervaut' 'tell Ruth to
brin&LadyAinit'e here anil yon siiall
hold her forn hour,aud gee iu how many
.'At that jaument in ' came'Ruthi hold
ing the beautiful child very daintily, her-,
pelf composed and lady-like' in ' manner.
'Take iter -"to. her . father,'; said Lady
Wahleni' anl tlie harorn't took the babe, !
aitnongn as iieTeeeiTeii iter irum jviuu
arms tliere was a momentary embarrass
ment, imi)ereeptible to any but; the , eye
of the fond wife. Kuth moved, awav to
aaeatitjtjii 6Hhf of, ilie roorti and the
baronet handling the little play, thing as
he called her, very tenderly, listened to
the comments of his wife, whs now.held
Bp tbe luiig robe-y yinj it few. the dau-
eing limls now dimpled the ,, pretty
cheek with her own fair lingers. .. - ' ,,
I think we'll chansre the odler of cer-
erhtwiies dtftM oWeaSiart of fittle Aimee's
birth-day,' he said, looking up to his wife
from the mtant. j ... k,
'In wli.it. manner'' asked IriiR " IftdvL
stopping' her tastr to gaze adiniriugly on
the treasures 'we siiall of course give
our usual party you certainly! would not
let such a day pass without 111 some wan
ner celebrating it. i , .
'Certainly not: but what do you think
now of having the fete at lbizeiwood?
It is bat six wiiiUe out, yomr know the
weather tsigtseing 'snltry rryi yiua will
be finished, and we can christen. 4hat
and celebrate the day togetlier.'j,';;'' ,
litWawWV extlauiied lady,
delightedly, clapping lier hands witli al
most childish glee, 'that will be'.'ao liiee.
Ami will yMt iutveloretl lights" In the
areTftrp.und- tn Mi- grwve?1 anC supper in
that beautiful hall, and dancing oil the
green, and music, aiuj revels iand, flow
ers? ,Ah! Aini.ee. sweet,5! Wish you were
only oldenoujcto enjoy it; wliat pleas-
tire we shall tatte wun ner; uecfgajW'heu
slie'ls grown.'' ' ' f ,
Aye ! if she is spared to us," answered
iter husband, iu a deep voi, such love
ly creatures arq,hufe fragde ihings , you
UWlMl - Mitt kxvn'vxx'-x I , . .; .;. .
"1 neper yon have--oasheri-aii,my pieas-
uxe, Uiouskl aui sury you di(l not mean
to; but death, the thought 01 : death,
George, the mei-e thought of ifoveliness
like that mouldering, turning irom , lair
wmto and ixisnuty .jiif loathsome
dustf 'ohr Georfipe.1'!; -am sure of it
siioiua. me .toO'WeTevvimee to die, m
deedjmleed, George,, I 'shoiildL' and she
laid ner sunny lieaa npon her husband s
shoulder forgetful of Ruth's j presence',
and tears dropped on the foreliiead of her
babe.
'- Ttntti' Jhf8ifi!r altrfhsfiidden , bv
urauerv.i the .criiusou of wliuk gave a
ghastly glare to her dark eyes and death
ly white cheeks. Her hands i site -held
hard, anu unconsciously ciaspe against
her breast. There was an evil look on
her face,1 too naHry evil for one o
voiintr, and in that little moment -her
brow had c
Arjioii- her i i 11s .would i ork. (uivulfiivelv.
then she w'buhl- clune tluau ; firuiiy over
her teeth till the muscles grew irigidj uric
'Both mother and child,' she"Baid,. to
herself With- mnPftmi sent the
blood rushing to her temples, rlite lor
life two mothers and two babes.?: i-
Sb then It ia fe A' iSuppose,'- said
Ijidy Walden; forcing bUck her tearaud
assuming an air of gravity,' 'iv are to
have the fete at Hazelwood. Well j I'm
glad I.Jtnow-itu -now, or- to-morrow I
BnoukU -nave mane .. arrangements . lor
home. Mercy Orf me - what a busy body
I must be, to be sure ; it is well Harry's
Dirth-aay conies 111 midwinter, ana
Aimee'B.fhnn,1 i i .,rt--.U.ti
Stop till we have six birth-dnTS'to-cel
ebrate in tlie year, instead of two. said
the baronet, playjully at wJiich : Lady
WaldenTield up her Jiahds with atlected
horror, and yet blushed so Ijeautifully
that the baronet paid her a compliment.
"tAfter-whiuii Kuthrfts ah" as hidden
took the babe,1 whoi in spite of it beauty,
seemed inclined to distort its little fea
tures after the manner of infaat's - great
and little, nobles or hoars and' carried it
ouuiVAnirHniueiiy .uwu.ner ijoboib. t j
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4 ..jhSOTHSJOXmS"
"'Mercy on.7!iis' "clufd.'.riiow
pale ,you-
look!' cried Ware, with unfeigned aston-r
isjinientfc, as, Ruth came lowjy into the
nursery ; fyoure,:sickt or something
what nas happened r
'Nothing.' saidRuth. abstractedly
Vt'.Nothiiig I' Just turn.' to my lady's mir
ror; there! did nothing-give that white
look to your face ? So; no J f hope there's
nothing ill of yon.' i " ,'"k vi:
Ulf of ml exeiafhiefl RnthilttartlinglyV
that voice nevctf meant 'bodily' 111 i-
vnat tio you mean, tunc 1 m not nonestr'
'Oh t no, ito to he sure not ' Hinswered
Ware, soothingly then as Lady Walden
came in, (it was ljer wont; to spend some
Jioqrs;, herself 'ittteiidingfo! he. welfare
of, her liabtv for,; which i give' her due
praise) she said, 'Come, tell the. story pf
which you spoke last night. I'm sure it
will please lrty '-lany, aftd ypfi can tell a
thing so good, that I'm' sure you must
have better learning, or else: a-, better
head-pieee than most, of vonr class.' , : : . ,
'What! does Ruth profess to be a story
maker tiaiikeUsJ.ady Walden, looking up
with her sunny face that actually dif
fused its beams over, tlie girl's jpale fea-
ture.V"-'-' ', ' ".' ' ' -:: .-,
, 'I can tell some . true stories! my lady,:
answered Ruth, the iaiutestt.'alot' coming
to each cheek. j . , .
'Let me hear one then, arid, .by: all
means tell me something ot your - peas
antry. 1 am a German, and of 1 course
unacquainted with tlie habits, .of the
lower classes,; "here ; scome begin while
my little daughter sleeps; but I , must
caution you ' she added, pleasantly.
'against telling those thoughtless, stories
which many do, about ghosts and t hings
supernatural, to my children;! I slwwild
neveruuiow , ,
"Jly father and mother were lioth
church people, inv lady,' answered Ruth,
with simple dignity, 'tiiev taught nie
K-'I am elad4n-hcar 1trr naid' L:uly WaT-
den ; "Out come, your story, 1 hope it will
oe a joyous one, lor, 1 Know not Why,
am iu low spirits this morning.-'
jcutn smHed, but there was a sneer
halt concealed 111 her smile as she an
swered, 'It shall be true, but perhaps not
as pleasing as you could wish,' and she
continued, i'."".: :" r i ' ' .
, , There nee lived on the borders of the
county road in Bradley, a thrifty farmer
and his ianniy. Their cottage stood un
der a group 01 tunving elms, and away
from tlie bustle of the thoroughfare, t. Jt
was of stone, well built, neatly furnished
and surrounded Dy the ri nest garden and
plonghiug land in the county. The front
door was broad ami gaily, pauited-the
great tlag-stone that served ' fur. a step,
said to have been pressed by the foot of one
of the kingi of Kngladl,was worn smooth
and polished by long usage. Tlie entry,
straight and long, gave egress at the back
by a email door of lattice-work, tliroiurh
which tlie golden sun-flowers, tall lilies
and old-fashioned sweet-scented 1'OSt'H,
gave pleasure of sight and perfume.' - ,
'It was said by those who knew hiiii,
that .'' family must be the happiest
in tlie wide world. The wife wiis hand
some, of. the temper; pf a lamb, winning
in her ways, and never was her' brow
known to be shadowed by a frown of an
ger. The farmer in hisyounger days was
straight, tall, and finely formed. - His
parents hud given hiiu what few of his
station have, a good, common education
and he was, with his pleasing manner
and noble form, quite looked up tn and
revered by his less intellectual neigh
Itors. 1 Four sons- were boru to them,
respects. ie , ,wmble8 rrmrseit--just to
punish rem, she 'contfntied. turning to
her Jnts&aad. ;"fi ' i
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE,
bright, promising children, and they had ,
grown almost into manhood when two
beautiful babes were added, twin sisters, '
ho at once became the idols of the I
neighborhood, stars of the heaven of
home.' 7 ' ' J ': " 1
Stop!' exclaimed Lady Walden, ab
ruptly, 'where did you get so much
poetry from ?' -and she gased on the girl
with a look or blank astonisbment.
If I have any poetry was the simple ;
reply, 'it was born with me.' ; . , .
x ou are a siuguutr giri reuutrxeu
the lady, 'but, go on.'
lt was said that in their infancy these
children Were possessed of extreme love
liness, and as they grew up some new
charm - seemed developed from hour to
hoarv. Ther were constat! tl T together.
ami only that one, more timid than the
other, clang to her sister Cor protection,
and looked to her as to the stronger mind
for guidance, 110 dinerenoe might nave
been observable. 1 But as womanhood
brought fresh graces, it gave a different
character to the beauty of each. Lilly,
as she was called by the neighbors, grew
fairer and more spiritually delicate. Her
hair was light, almost as light as; yours.
Lady Walden. her eyes were large, and
blue and pale, yet exceedingly lustrous.
sne was fond or tne ounce, tae song, tne
romance -of the world ; she looked upon
her bumble station with constrained con
tent, she dreamed in the daylight, in the
twilight, in the starlight, and her dreams
were always ot coming greatness. . ner
form was very slender, her arms, hands,
and feet- peculiarly elegant her taste
nearly perfect, and the exceeding sim
plicity of her toilet was the result of un
studied and naturally acquired art.
'Her alster was not nearly as beauoiui;
her hair was darker, her ' eyes deeper,
her 'form not as - symmetrical and ' a
shade of thought, perhaps at times of sad
ness, made- ner seem ' anoorcnau : ohe
loved books and solitude she loved to
sit for hours in what' her father called
his library, and amuse: herself with the
old books, ail moth-eaten ana : binding
broken.' She,-too, dreamed: but:- sne
fashioned her dreams on paper, after her
sister had hud her fair bead upon tae pil
low and innocently slept. It is not
everybody -that sleeps innocently;' -said
Kuth, rapidly, lifting t her eyes to tne
lady's-earnest race, but tnose placid fea
tures - reflected naught of guile,' and
Ruth's eyes dropped again. ', '
"Mfiverybody said that- tne twins nad
more than ordinary genius so the father
and the brothers, ana even tne motner
labored harder that they might give them
more- man oruinary - acconipiisnineiits.
Bitter day that thev did that.' i .
A teacher of music came to the quiet
Tillage.7 - He was a young man of hand
some exterior; words cannot describe his
grace, his noble mle.u, tils purity of lan
guage and -delicacy of sentiment. He
had frequently seen the twins, together,
sitting on the porch by the garden side,
sewing or knitting -reclining underthe
old oaks while the silvery beams of the
moon made a circle of glory around each
fair young head. , He , noted ;how they
were reverenced ny tne villagers; now
tlie hearts of their parents, nowgrdwing
well nigh hoary, clung wtuv idolatrous
fondness to them ; how the brothers came
from their, own homes and their' own
wives and little ones (the youngest Was
hot married) to hear their.' sweet sisters
sing in the quiet evening, and play their
simple lutes. ne saw. tuem atcnurcn in
their dresses of muslin and hats of plaited
straw, sitting in the sliD with old and
young oil either side; he saw them taking
their pleasant walks over the commons
and returning with beautiful nosegays
that they nad gathered Irom unconscious
eartlt. ', He saw them in their dresses of
main hnmesnun. movifitr , abmift their
bright but humble bome-paking,cnurn-
ing, spinning ; ne met mem at tne merry
makings of the farmers, and noted with
what deference they were ever treated;
he heard them sine and affected raptures :
he wormed himself into the confidence ot
the old father, and. offered to teach them
without pay. -...- . , ..s v, ,1 .-".:t
Lilly was her father's favorite. sne
had a way. with her, which the ether had
not. , She could fondle, kiss, laud mur
mur sweet thihers: she could chanee her
countenance to every shade or feeling so
lueely she could so and ' so lovingly
- . .V
supersede others,' too, never causing the
slightest jealousy, that, no wonder she
was the favorite. ,, And even' the twin
sister ; tacitly .seemed to feel that in the
gentler, more' beautiful- morel witching
creature, there was something sweeter to
love, and every night and morning she
folded her to her Heart with a prayer and
a blessing, and never heard. Iter praised
but with a heart throbbing witn deught.
so wnen everyoody spoKe rapturously
of the clever young teacher, the haad-
sonte young teacher and wnen it began
to be whispered: that - bis attentions
pointed particularly to the village Lilly,
though the hearts .. at home bled, 'they
were ail prouu; lor Dotnnad talents: and
his were rare and many. But the sister
suffered most. She was now alone.; and
often she rreauented old 'and ' wonted
haunts, and tailing upon the moss near
the grass and tne nowers;'wept till ner
Heart near woKe witn tne grier. still.
when she met the lovers, : looking so
pleased 1. and "contented, and jsaw with
what hope and , affection they regarded
each, other, she forced .herself to smile
them welcome, and almost to feel happy
in their penect happiness.. , ,.
rne twin sister needed not to oe toid
the sequel, that the yows of love, undy
ing love, had been exchanged, for she
knew, by tlie tighter grasp of those beau
tiful arms about her neck, by the deep
ening blush, and tears that only lent a
brighter joy, to that fair countenance
she knew as well as spoken words might
say. .. ,, ,., , .
, And when will my darling sister be
the . happy , wife of Conrad . Wersten?!
she asked.. , ,
'Immediately, - 011 his return irawia-
diately,' was the answer;. and with an
accent so alarming, a manner so sudden
ly wild, though it was instantly subdued
that it I Tightened the other. ., . ' 1 ,.' 1
lie ruts crone, 1 then and lor how
long?' . , ,.. . .- .-, ,
'Unly lor a little he iwore It shall be
but a little while,', was tlie answer; still
witn that strange manner and then
came a cold, tremulous chill through
every vein and artery, of - her sister;
dim horror a nightmare of tlie heart.
that eveii shook her frame. She knew
nothing, but sliee that evil in horrible
though uncertain shape stood near her,
With its awful throng of airy nhautonuk
' 'Ruth, girl, how you look at me!' ex
claimed Lady Walden,' shivering, 'you
actually seem to be living, over some
great trouble ; your uoweis too. of de
scription, of imagery I caii hardly tell
FwhaMitlilnt' ' ' , " "
' The flush had gone from the maiden':
brow; she no longer gazed' wildly upon
her mistress, but calmly casting her eyes
to the floor, said, I told you it might be
a sail story; nowever, 1 will stop,
think Ware wishes me to.'
' Ware had been striving some time, by
sundry winks and nods and nudging, to
arrest her story, frightened, It might be,
by her lady's steady r and entranced at
tention, so foreign to the childish, impet-
ous manner 01 tne young mother.,,
'It is nothing to Ware," said Lady Wai.
dent -'pray, go on,' she -added, uncon
sciously using the term and attitude of
ponte entreaty. 1 ain really anxious to
hear what happened. , I hope this music
teaener,, was , no disguised, nobleman
WllOr-'.,. , ., -i . ,
: 'liewi n (liRtmiMAil . nnhlAmnn t.
claimed Ruth, In a voice so powerful that
tne lauy started. 'Aye I lie lured the Wrd
r-tlie gently, timid, lovely singing bird
he brok its wing, and then set open
the door of its cage to tempt it with the
c i ,rl 1 f .if 1 iK.i.., it....;. .....1 ,.,....,. ...r. ..
on, and the smile was but little less bright
on Jelly's cheek; months passed, only
few, and the neighbors began to wonder
a few more passed then came visions of
a sick chamber a poor unfortunate babe
a broken-hearted mother, dead. In an
other 1 room gentle-hearted 1 brother
driven mad mad a father bowed dow
in living, helpless sbrrow in his old age,
bowed down in shame-; fathom that word
if you can. And the twin sister it was
er duty to linger about that - frail one.
to soothe her as she wept almost tears of
blood,' to be a support for . the-broken
stem, to hold up the bruised Lilly, and
attempt to wash the stain from its white
ness. In Tain! that : would ; never, be
done on earth : so she knelt to implore- it
from heaven -hut there, in the presence
of purity came such overpowering feel
ings ox loathing ana revenge toward ittnt
who had broken down the old tree and
the " clineltur Vines." and .ruthlessly
stamped the Sowers out upon them, that
she could not die did not dare to die.'- .
The hearse and a few mourners fol
lowed one broken heart to its- resting-
place of dust and cold grey tomb-stones,
another was carried away, raving, to the
home of the' shattered and wrecked in
intellect another Sat in his door-way,
weeping (oh : miserable! to see an old
man weep !) draining his grief away
with his life; tottering on bis staff, and
with his hitter, briny tears moistening
the cold hard earth. Left all alone, dis
graced, his silvery : hair pointed at with
the memory of sin and shame.' .
'By-and-bye came a feeble moving ever
the floor : and the pale being clasping her
lltue one, grew more 10 tne nean ww re
mained. : Her brothers cursed, her de
stroyer, vet they did not the less love her ;
the twin sister blamed both sUenOy but
Ann Tirlfh hofa anrl rna HacirA Af ., VPtl I
Ullv n ItU aa4tv -au. sraaw vavkja v v .
geance.
. One day. the gladdest
y thatsum-
mer has seen- the poor, frail thing was
missed. . Her babe slept quietly, its eneeK
unstained by a tear: but tne fragile, tne
tost, the Worshipped one had gone. What
anguish it was to find under hexpillow, J
carefully pinned up in an old paper, all
her lone, srolden. beautiful tresses oh!
theslfirht caused madness. . And . there
too were her letters hit letters in a : lit
tle tear-stained package; tliere was the
plain ring he bad given ner, besides- ail
her little hoard ot Jewelry .simple enougn.
A chain of coraL a cornelian clasp, hair
bracelet that once looked so pretty on her
beautiful arm; - three rings, : birth-day
sifts, all left for tier lonely sister. Ur!
tne confusion at the farm-nouse tnatuay
the running to and fro and calling out
and weeping ; it was awful, awful. And
the sister could not go, for the little one
claimed all her time, poor, frail thing.
She sat in a sort of stupor, only moving
as the babe moved,' and, by.Its restlessness
claimed her attention. ""'At last a crowd
came to the house ; she laid the babe down
and looked forth with wildly beating
heart. One of the foremost held a chip
hat, from which" fluttered a: blue,f limp
ribbon, the wet dripping from it drop by
drop; another gathered .in. j his -grasp
something white and blue, .; which the
poor girl Ithew was the. piantle -of her
saw no more.but for hours laid Insensible
until, when she could hear It, they told
her the melancholy 1 Stortr. Thev had
travelled for miles, dragging every nar
row river searching every uD-oi-me-wav
nlace'.' : until thev 'came to a broad
and rapid stream on thei very borders of
, . , . . j. 11. A
uradiey, wnere un current.' ruus sswut
and strong. ' There m ' the sedgy banks
at that part called Hazelwood theyfound
her bonnet, mantle, and slippers. , They
did not care to search for the' body, .for
the current is very rapid, and they did
not doubt but the poor ereature mignt .be
thrown up on some bank, along the side,
, , p ,
where she wouU be discovered, unless ir
t V . " j Vr' LL i i:V:
T: " uwi.u.. u
l$SVl
tense interest 'at Hazel wood!,., why
" ..-.j.e,...-
there' Is "where - the1 baronet : has just
built his Villa, where little 'Aimee .is, to-
be christened.'' How" unfortunate !
wish vou had not told me tnis story :,.i
sou wished me to,' was tne oaim an
swer. - 1
a 'Well. well, sol did; but eo on
, 'I have no more, to say,' replied Ruth.
, .'Was the body ever found t '
' ,"No; bat & plain stone, in i tfae little
burial-ground outside Waldenwold,
wnere you nave piten seen iresir nowers
thrown where you have v marked - the
simple name of. .'Rose Goldflnch,' that
shows that she is yet rerneniDered u.a.!
Your sister r said tne lady. Biowiwit
'She wan mv sister lady,': answered
Ruth, tears springing to her eyes.
And tins villainous nooiemain nave
you ever found him out r his hfe could
hardly expiate hi. offencelo yottknow
. 'ArWntherartr. uh anawei-l aliiv-
ering, ,'but he is powerful, and- they are
poor yet,' and she lifted, ner darn eyes,
uodls 111 heaven sun.'. .,. , :
' ! y fro n coMxunsD.' ai---
In 1814. When : FIttsburirh 'was 'but a
yillagean old man -named Jacob Four
nals, then aged about seventy" years,
came here from Canada, and after a brief
sojourn ne proceeded to JNew Orleans m
a keel boat. ' That old man died last Sat
urday in Kansas City at the age of one
hundred and thirty-four yean; s Fournals
was probably the oldest man living. 1 He
was a Canadian : Frenchman by birth,
but for more than half a century was a
hunter and trapper in the employ of the
fur company; one of the French voya-
genrt, as they were called. . I
lie was never sick, and only a few
minutes before her died was walking
about tne room, lie said to tne family in
tne morning that he- would "never see
the sun go down again," and just before
sunset the machine stopped and the old
man was dead. , -.., ... .A r...
He said he was working in the woods on
a piece of bind he had bought for himself,
near Quebec, when Wolfe was killed on
we wigiiusui Aurauain, xms waa oep-
tember 14, i7ot, and what he toid of his
lite previous to that, must then have been
over tweuty-oue years of age. . Thinking
ne migat nave comounued v one with
Montsromerv 1775 he was ouestioned
fully, out lis recollection of names and in
cidents was too distinct to leave any doubt
and the same account had been given . to
others long before. ' 1
Another event which he remembered
well, and which he seemed always to look
upon as a good joke; was that during the
occupation of New Orleans by --Geueral
Jackson 1814-13 he had been refused
enlistment "because he wastooold.'V The
old man often told this with great glee. He
must then have been about eighty . years
Old. ,.
He accompanied, the expedition ' of
Lewis and Clark, in their exploration of
the Missouri and the discovery - of the
Columbia river in 1803-7.- His experience
during the trip making him a valuable
man to the lur company, he was after
ward employed, as we have stated, until
thirty years ago. 1
1 For the past seven or eight years the
old man's recollection of faces was often
at fault, but his memory' of events .and
incidents seemed as strong as ever Uke
pictures in his mind and this retention
of occurrences was the great help in de
termining his age. " ; j u n.!n
. The last thirty years of . his I life were
passed in quiet ami comfort.' lie': pre
terred living nyniniseit, and always had
his own house, where he kept his pipe
.. . .'.1 ...1... ...... . . . . . V- 1 1 t 1
and tobacco pouch,, and such ( things as
were articles of comfort to. him, mostly
such as he had from his residence with the
Indians not forgetting his rosary and
few religious pictures which hung above
nia ueu. ne was very neat m ins person,
clothes and housekeeping.! and an td the
day of bis death attended iu summer to
his tobacco plants and his cabbages. ' One
of his great desires wag to see a railroad.
and wtien the locomotive came screaming
into the bottom' hear Kansas Clty.Tswhich
was in full view of his house, he was
nervous as a child until he visited iti i lie
then expressed himself satisfied, saying
he "could tell Ood he had seen' a rail
road," and never after expressed any
curiosity on tne auoject. 1 a w s-vij
' Truly Kansas City could boast of hav
ing tlie 'champion old num.' Pittsburg
Uazette,
AGRICULTURE, AND GENERAL NEWS.
"BY SAKRY GRAT.
i
I.
I sent to the city for sdme wine?, and
then, when they came, I got married. It
was a grave thing for a bachelor of my
age to marry.' ' l It required considerable
nerve and resolution on my part to re
linquish the ' careless life ' I ; had been
reading for thirty odd years, arid assume
the responsibilities' devolving "upon a"
married man-. I smoked a large" number
ef cigars, and drank a great many bottles
or scotch ale, Del ore 1 Anally decided to
take the step I did.' I, moreover, "took
the precaution of visiting several of my;
intimate friends who- were married and
had families, "with a view to learn-whether
they were as happy in their new . po
sition as they had been in the olden one.'
uut, Dtess mei 1 eouldnt telli anything
about it. They were all prepared for my
coming-the - husbands ' put ' on their
most gracious tones, and the wives their
prettiest ways, while the children were
severally drilled into an extra degree of
politeness. " I was company, and there
fore was treated as such. ; -m t '
I eveu went so far, in mv extremelcar-
tiousness, as to- Write a-strietlv private
letter to uiy " brother-in-law, J who lives
uut west,' asking his advice in 1 tne
matter ; and I must confess his reply was
most encouraging and highly satisfactory
, afa discevwed that his
. . 0 . .
wife, my respected sister, " had dictated,
word by word, the. answey.- ! ; -t t;
-; Aside from love,: there1 were 'certain
reasons, I am free to confess,' which had
weight in influencing me to marry. In
the first place, the lady who had the hon
miratton 8tld h0 is no myVife, knew
or to be the object ot my- respectful ad-
how to make coffee.' I will say that she
excelled in - that particular' accomplishment-
-Nowhre have I ever found any
coffee worthy -of being compared to that
she concocted. In fact, it was a cup of
cottee that she made, which caused me
first to think of asking her to be mv wife,
I am very fond of cottee, no man can be
more so. It is as food, clothes, and books
to me. ., JDeprive me 01 it, and 1 am but
coimnomnan, a mere cipher, ail unknown
individual; but feed me with ; it, - and I
am, at the lowest, a poet and with every
cup grade upward a step higher. . While
under the influence which that first cup
of coffee produced, I addressed some lines
to my intended which were published in
the."Home Journal.".., These; Lsent to
her anouymously ; but . 'when; next we
met, J thought by her .; manners,: which
I. v . 1 1 . iuuou MHiqiugj 1 1 J.. 1. oux. , 'j..
me of "heina- the. author- " In a. aonfiden-.
-.i 111.1.. , lilnnji ,i," , li ,1 f chal cliannMuMl
tial conversation, which took, place .one
mglit since our marriage, between us, 1
learned that tlus supposition Of mine was
corrcct;-and that she not Only 'suBpected,
but fully, believed I was the author, from
the circumstances that the handwriting
01 her address, which accompanied tne
lines in Question, was a perfect fatvsiniile
of one I had previously sent her. It
seems very strange to me now that this
little fact escaped my attention at ' that
time:.-i .' ft "t-..'iv:,t v.-V t i!
That I might obtain, a cup of excellent
coffee, then, was one reason . why 1 de
cided to inarryv-andanotherreasonf-was
u-bttttons. L had a mmd above buttons
thf refore I would not sew them ' on-. my
self, and' it was not perfectly- convenient
for 'me to keep a tailor at tny jelbow.-' A
fedlor in one's houseJs; perhaps,: an ex
1 eeiieni. insuiuiioii , out. lieu, iuvb 11
Lfy70l4 havm6 house, and only 1
cellent institution'? - ' but when, like my-
one
I mm, mx- by nine,: it may notiaocord ex.
m - w of economy to keep
4SaUy ?- he would eWto
. aha- tr,ir tma. ftrtd. Misa.Mis:eiv. fleslre
to use your brushes ; and;' combs, raxors
and towetsand ginuiar articles -or your
personal- property; Rather, . therefore.
than Submit to so great an inconvenience
as that or owning a tailor, 1 would pre
fer to take to myself a wife, erven if she
posessed no more than tne necessary -'ar
ticles of her toilet. S fill
"' With me, things especially my pan
taloonswere arrtvine .at a crisis.ii o J
should soon be In .ho -condition- to ! visit
among 'our best society, but should be
obliged to emigrate to-some sunny isle like
TypeeJ where after all, I might be oblig
ed to wed a deserted rayaway .rreier-
rmg, therefore, either to a tailor r
Typee, a wifei I "resolyed.to '. become a
Benedict."-" '"!it ; ; -;;J ; -s ,ii-ni .
Between the arrival of the whie and the
wedding-day though hnt a brief season
I n&hiing-aog,
I accomplished much. 'I settled an ac-
washer-woman's; 1 sold
; which an inconsiderate
sporting friend left me when he died :
burnt a packaare'of old letters, tied with
faded blue ribbons; which had been 111 a
secret corner of mv writing-desk many
years;. I cast to the winds several ling-
lets of once glossy hair;" 1 nibbed otii
three daguerreotypes ; I exchanged sever
al articles of , jewelry, ..that - somehow
chanced to be in. my posession, for a plain
gold nng i presenxea ,my :. nigni-xey.
with . few. appropriate words of advice.
to the young man who was to occupy my
place at I'our boarding-house;' I read
up -Mrs. Caudle's 'Curtain Lectures;
enquired the price of meat .at the butch
er's,' and was astonished to find it so
hlffh the same of bread at the baker's,
anu also 01 various groceries at tne cor
ner store.' - Then I remembered that
I Was going to live in the country, and
felt very thankful that there1 were no
shoos or any Kind near dv. : 1 nave an
indistinct recollection, moreover, of
drinking sundry' glasses of ale, ' aboirf
that time, ' with bachelor friends, and
making several little speeches farewell
addresses, 1 may call them pertinent to
the occasion, some of which, I believe,
were reported in the daily papers at the
time, and attracted considerable atten
tion.'' '-''-''-';-- ' ' ' j
At last the day came,' and with It the
nannn th. Tinl. thA-raVe' t.hn -ohnm-
-? ti Sk f thW a w
and all that sort of thing.' After
I r. '
the parson had read the service, and the
ring Was put ohj and the cake cut,' and
tne cnampagne opened, we, mat is my
wife and her husband, departed in ' the
cars.' Yet for all this it did not seem to
me as thouarh I were a married man
mentioned as much to Mrs. Gray, who.
in reply stated it did not seem to her that
she was a. married woman. 1 - deemed
this a; very "singular 'coincidence, and
made a note ot it, at the time, in iny mem
orandum-book.' I could but think that
all that had passed, and 'Was passing.
would prove to be 'simply a dream, and
nothing more, and that when the cars
stopped I should wake from it, and lose
the little hand which I held clasped so
closely in mine, and hear 110 longer . tlie
sweet-toned voice that was music, to my
ears, and see 110 more the joyous - face
Which was '''beaming upon me. ' But none
of these things,-1 am pleased to say, hap
pened, though it seemed none the less
.1 . ,
When a few days afterwards, however,
I read a notice of 'our marriage in the
newspaper,'! felt that H might bo true,
Neyertlielessj ltnok the precaution, for
the sake of future reference. It at .;anv
time doubts should arise respecting it, to
out the article in question out ot tlie pa
per, and preserve it i n my "pocket-book
ftook occasion to read this little notice
aloud to my wife many times dining -the
I infinite and peculiar satisfactlou., '. It
I. . .
day; and its -pernwir each Hum gave; me
seemed to me that the phraseology of it
was excellent. Indeed, ; '"viewed simply
in a literary point or view, - it i was per
fect; mucii superior, 1 remarKed to Mrs
JB. ti than the general run 01, such; ar
ticles. She fully colniided with me as
regarded Its merits, and expressed her
self highly pleased with it. - My wife al
so mentioned Mine that there did iittt,
seem to be anything else worth i-eadlng
in the paper, and after a careful examin
ation myself, l could see nothing of ii
terest in Its columns. ' This surprised me
exceedingly, as in general 1 considered
the paper a very retulable one. (
"'Not, howewr till our return, .homa
from the' wedding tour, and I hadobtaii
en rrom the p,wson who iiertonned tl
ceremony ft marriage pertiflcnte.i which
I have had fraraed and huiigin a conspit
uous place in our tiiainler did I fully
1871.
realize that I was a husband.
Tlie honeymoon, which promises to be
very-long one, has not vet passed.
though the summer has fled and the an
tumn is fast wasting away. - Mrs. Gray
already calls me by my Christain name,
although, as yet I have not dared to ven
ture upon so much familiarity with her,
birt hope to be able so to do somewhere
about Christmas. -j ; .
It is a fine thing, I find, to be a mar
led man; There is something peculiar
ly gratifying to one's own feelings in
being able to speak of "my wife." When
I am among my bachelor friends, I take
great delight in thus alluding to Mrs.
Gray. It tells., with remarkable effect.
It seems to me that my old companions
treat me with more respect now than
they did previous to my marriage. I
sometimes think toat -they look on me
with feelings akin to envy ; especially
when they meet me in ile--street accom
panied by3Irs: Gray, or when they see
her seated' oy -- my side as we ride to
church.. ; For mv own part,-rnd I am
freer to confess it, I ami pleased that
thev should thus reeard me.. , I mention
ed as much to Mrs. Gn and was astonish
ed to find that she did not coincide witn
me in this matter; for, she very trulyv
aud I think, feelinsrly. remarked, ' 'You
know, Barry, that it would not be pos
sible for me to marry all 01 them ; and
envv is a passion that should not be tol
erated ia any Christian's , bosom.' 1 Of
course, I acknowledged the propriety of
this remark, out at tne same time it uiu
not in the least change my leeiuigs.
... It is a fine thing, 1 repeat it, to be a
married maul . There are,, to be sure,
sundry habits, which, though irregular,
stul are permissible in the Dacneior, mat
tlie husband is expected to resign. For
instance. I am no lonarer permitted to
smoke after dinner, while lingering at
tlie table, nor yet in the parlor of an
evening,, though at my old boarding
house such acts were not considered iin-
nroner. ' Then, asain. I am not allowed
even to drink a class of ale. except when
prescribed by our family physician. This
to me, is a great deprivation. 1 I had not
thought I -should be required to give up
this trifling source ot enjoyment, x came
very near getting eight dozen of Scotch
ale on my hands. X had gone so far as
to write to my triend mchard naywarue,
luuuirins: the price t . said i beverage.
AVhen his. reply , came, I was foolish
enough' to show, it to Mrs. .B. G. 'If,'
said she. 'as-this wnie-mercnanc writes,
half the ale . sold , in . this marxet ior
Scotch never saw the land of Burns,'
thea I recommend to you, Mr. Gray, not
to purchase , any ; for,', continued she,
it vou take his own word ior it, iour
dozen of that vou propose buying would,
of course, be manufactured in this
country.' There was a roguish sparkle
in Mrs. G.'s eyes, as she s lid tins, which
was delightful to behold. , lier l-ejomder,
I thouerht. was complete; aud as I could
not gainsay IV I forgot to send the order
as I had intended. . Living out of town
as I do. too, it is no easy matter lor me
to see our family physician,. Dr. Philtre,
to get him to prescribe - tor me every
time I am ailing. Sometimes, when I go
to the posfromce lor my letters, 1 avail
myself of the opportunity to call on him
tor medical advice. 11 is surprising now
well he understands, the nature of my
comphunt. , His prescriptions I have no
hesitation in following implicitly. . in
these Maine-law days how good a thing
it is to find, not only a conscientious, but
an -accommodating physician,- as is my
friend. Dr. Jrhiltrei .,
Notwithstandine . these. . and certain
other little drawbacks upon the liberty
of a husband, vet it is a fine thins: to be
a roamed man.. 10 find one s sen tne
head of the household! To sit at the top
of-the, table, opposite one's wife, and
carve I Sometimes, at my boarding-place,
when the white-haired old gentleman
who occupied, by courtesy ot, the land
lady,, this post ot honor, was absent, J
have been invited to take his place; but
it was always with a degree of nervous
ness which rendered the , position any
thing but agreeable. Xow, however, it
is different. .Seated at, my own board,
with only. Mrs. Gray to watch me, I am
fast becoming a skilful and scientific
carver., ... To be sure, on XhanKsgivm;
Day, when a young physician and his
wife took dinner with me, I managed to
deposit the turkey I was . carving , upon
tlie floor; but that was entirely owing.
1 believe, to the lork supping irom its
proper place, and not in auy degree to
my awkwardness or lack of skill.
it is, as 1 said oetore, a tine fimig to be
a married man. There is a prospect in
the future before him, which the bache
lor can never behold; or, at least, is seen
by the latter only, as through a glass,
darkly. I refer' to beholding in one's
house what the poet calls 'a well-spring
of pleasure.'- 1 tooK tne liberty 01 say
inz as much to Mrs. Gray. - She replied
that I would much oblige her if I would
refrain from ever again alluding to that
subiect.' Since then x have, with one
exception, passed over the matter in si
lence. About a year since x wrote s
little story for one of the newspapers, en
titled 'My Children in Utopia.' Some of
you, perhaps, may have seen it. Mrs. G.
had not. One evening, as we were sitting
comfortably before the blazing woou-nre,
with a plate of apples and some cider on
the table beside us, I chanced to think of
this story, and, with little forethought,
asked my wife if she had ever seen 'My
Children in Utopia.' She answered, with
some asperity and shortness, 'No!' ad
ding, after a pause, 'that, if they were in
the place I said they were, she hoped
they'd stay there.7- It required nice
management on my part to niolify Mrs,
B; G. and satisfy her that I referred
only to fictitious beings, creatures solely
of my imagination. After I had read to
her the story, she said ft was very pretty,
but that she wished, from the bottom of
her heart, I would not write any more
like It I i
Is it not a fine thing to he a married
man? To possess unlimited confidence
in your buttons ; to feel certain that there
are no holes 111 your coats no rents
your pantaloons : to be able to put ou
your stockings without stopping to darn
them ; to bave warm water to shave with
and a looking-glass somewhat large;
than a tea-plate 111 which to admire your
self; to know you eon have your lavor
ite meat for dinner, and to possess the
privilege of investigating tlie pantry jusi
before retiring at night; to find, wheu
vou come into the house, your easy-chair
drawu up iu front of tlie fire, your slip
pers lying beside it, and your dressing-
gown resting ou its oacK, lastly, anu
best of all, to be greeted with a pleasant
word, a sunny smile, and, if you are de
serving ot it, something more beside.
it certainly is a line tiling to be a mar
ried man; , especially if one lives in the
country and keeps house. , It is pleasant
to have your friends visit you ; and a
breakfast in the coiuitry is delightful. It
doesn't cost much either to get- one up;
a pair of spring chickens, some fresh eggs,
new butter, rich cream, Mocha eoii'ee,
aud a few light rolls, are all that are nec
essary ; and tlie pleasure you take in
seeing your friends more than compen
sates you for all the trouble. IxHikiug
ou the affair in this light, 1 took the lib
erty, shortly after I was married, with
out consulting Mrs. Gray in tlie matter,
to invite a half-dozen of mv bachelor
friends to breakfast. Wheu 1 told Mrs.
G. what I hud done, I supiiosed she
would be as pleased as I was with the
arrangement. . I found, however, tlie re
verse to lie the case. I had evidently
commit ted a serious blunder. - For, in
stead of a smile, I saw, almost, a frown.
1 begun to fear the honeymoon was over.
'Who,',asked Mrs. G., rof all your boon
companions, Mr. Gray, have you been
pleased to invite ?' When I had enu
merated their names, she made some
striking comments in regard to them. 1
had always thought they 'were good fel
lows; but my confidence in them theuce-
foi'lli was shaken. 1 wondered howl
could have lieou so blind to their numer
ous faults. It was certainly ustoulshiiig.
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was sorry that I had. invited such men.
Then, too, I found that I had selected for
the occasion what my. wife was pleased to
term 'washing-day.' This is an institu
tion which, in my bachelor : calendar,
was entirely unknown, aud is, 1. have
since leared, purely.of a -domestic,' char
acter, ... It may' not be, perhaps, worth
while to state all that passed between
Mrs. Gray and myself at this lamentable
period.. Suffice it to say that the break
fast iu question did not pass off as pleas-
utiy as 1 hoped it would. The chickens
proved to be, tough ; the eggs were boiled
at least three minutes longer than they
should have been; the butter lacked salt;
the rolls were underdone; only the coffee
merited praise; and, to crown all, my
wite was attlicted with a nervous head
ache that morning, and, consequently
did not make her ,. appearance. . After
breakfast, when I took my friends out to
tne barn-yam to show them my lowis,
especially the . 401d - Red,' I discovered
he was missing. . Lpon questioning the
black boy in regard to his , whereabouts,
he replied that he 'guessed the gentlemen
had eaten mm lor breaxtast.' -,- x his ac
counted for the particular 'oughness. of
one, at least, of what : I , supposed were
spring chickens. He must havebroken
shell, however,jnany springs ago. I con
sidered nun the patriarch or . the Darn
yard, the identical 'cock that crowed in
the morn, to wake the priest all shaven
and shorn,' the chanticleer - who was
the envy of all other chanticleers in the
vicinity, and the pride and glory of - the
hens for miles around ; who , had : spurs
three inches long, and whose voice, 111 the
early morning, rang out like the clarion
trumpet.- When my friend iFrank -took
from his pocket a spur which I identi
fied as belonging to mygallinaceou8
favorite, I felt that there was no longer
any doubt as to what had become ot him;
especially when Frank said he was pre
serving it as a memento of the' breakfast
of which lie had partaken; ' and also as a
sample 01 what my spring chickens were
capable 01 producing.' :
It is scarcely necessary for me to ' add
that I have given no more breakfasts to
bachelor friends. 1 do-not tiiink, that
in the long run, they will paj.', I fear,
too that Mrs. Gray does not regard them
in a favorable light, else . why did she
have so severe a headache ? In consider-
ation of these points, therefore, , Mrs. G.
and myseit usually take this meal alone
together. Yet, notwithstanding all this,
I honestly believe that it is a fine thing
to be a married mailt I -:!!, .
A PLEA FOR GETTIJfG ITJ.-,!;
The Loudon Daily ltew. discusses tlie
change that has taken place in, .modern
habits in regard to early rising". ' Swift
declared tnat ne never Knew i any man
arrive at greatness who was not an early
riser. Frederick the Great got up. every
morning at four o'clock, and ;so we be
lieve did John Wesley, who by the way
made fearly rising a religion, and preach
ed against lying in bed as a sin.'-' Peter
the Great also rose before daylight, and
Dr; Doddridge claimed to have added ten
years to his life by cutting off two hours
of morning sleep every day for forty
years. As to our ancestors in the heroic
times, they would be ashamed . indeed
even of thelearly risers among their de
generate children.' '. Bluff Harry and his
wives and conrtiers had their breakfastat
the unearthly hour of seVen, and had got
their dinner well Over before noon., Good
Queen Bess, and the scholars! and wits,
and great generals and 'statesmen .who
surrounded ner, tunea; between ' eleven
and twelve, and took ' their supper ' be
tween five anI six iai the 'alter noon,
Early to bed and early to.' rise has made
England what she is, and would make
all who adopted the principle first and
foremost among their fellows. i
The fact is, that as life becomes more
concentrated and its pursuits more eager,
shoit sleep and early rising become im
possible. We take more sleep than our
ancestors, and we take more because we
want more. Six hours sleep may do very
well for a plowman or a bricklayer, or
any man who has no other exhaustion
than that produced by manual labor, and
the sooner he takes it after his labor is
over the . better; but ' for a man ! whose
labor is mental, the stress of whose work
hes on his ' brain and nervous system,
aud who is tired In tlie. evening "with a
day of mental application, neither early
to bed nor early to rise is whojesome. He
needs letting doAvn to the level ol repose,
The longer the interval between the ac
tive use of his brain and his retirement
to bed the better his chance of sleep and
recruitment. ' To him an hour alter mid
night is probably as good as ! two hours
before it, and even ' then' ' his; sleep will
net so completely and quickly : restore
him, as it will his neighbor who is only
physically tired. He must' hot only go
to bed later but lie' longer.! .His best
sleep is probably in the early morning
hours, when all the nervous excitement
has passed away, and he is in absolute
rest. , .. . ;(';-. .
There Is, tlieref ore, a good deal to .be
said in favor of the late habits Sof modern
life. It was all very well for English
men to go to bed early and gejt'np-- early
in tne tunes or the rudors,,i'ih.utageiiets
and Stuarts. Their lights were bad, and
It was expensive work to make a room
light enough to be pleasant. I Thev did
not turn night into day as wf do; but it
was probably because they did not know
bow to do it as we know. , GuBisresiion-
sible for a good deal of pur love of the
long evening hours. ''A London : house
in the whiter is never fo brisht
as it is after dark. Wheu tlie) blinds are
down and the shutters are Closed, and
the snug curtains are drawh, aud the
room is flooded with brilliant gaslight,
and tlie bright fire is stirred upiu the
shining grate, nobody regrets the sickly
davlisrht which all day lomr i has .been
feebly struggling through the fog" and
smoke. Why'- should a mail ;wish' to
shorten the brightest hours of die twenty
four for the sakeof aii extra lipur or. two
ol loggy, inenectual luoriuug r It is uot
mere retaliation on our ancestors. It is
simply the adaptation of their anaxims to
our modern needs, to say that; for many
of us, one waking hour after ten at night
is worth two hours , before sine iirtlie
f r - , . , , . . .
morning, iv e live uouoie at-, tne social
evening time, and to waste subh hours in
sleep, when there is. a spare Leur ; in the
morning which 'may just as wU1ki spent
in bed, is au unwise substitution ol old
maxims for new experience. jXb doubt
the old maxims were wise,'., aim! Would
still be wise if our conditions Kvere those
of our great grand-fathers; but while the
maxims suuid,the Limeshuve changed and
we have changed with them, j We must
have society, ami we can only have it at
night; we niuttake ample rist and we
can ouly take it iu .. the . morning. The
stress of life with us is on the brain and
nerves, and they can ouly bear the pres
sure by being allowed to sleep their sleep
out. For a mau whose work is iuttHlect
tual, to have his sleep violently cut short
every morning, would be half equivalent
to suicide. True wisdom teaches us to
adapt ourselves to our circumstances.
Nature does not change, and What; was
good for our fathers is doubtless good for
us, provided the conditions are the same.
But when this is not the ca.se,' we must
not allow their example to -become a tyr
l aniiv. Modern hahiuare not more really
Indulgent, thau the habit of earlier
times, and they best suit modern " needs.
' Cardinals were originally the parish
preachers of Koine. Their title was gl vtni
In 308; their college was founded by
Iope Pascal 1., 817;-Mtd uot elect pnM;s
until 111S0. Wore the red hat and cloth
ing its a sign they were ready to shed
their bloodin defence of their faith, and
were declared prim-es of the church 1222 ;
title of eminence given them by Pope
I'rban VII!., about 18JW.
A firm faith is the lH'st theology; 'a
Mgootl lite is the best, philosophy; a clear
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St. Lonls teamsters correct their mules
with pickaxes. A n.i-.ji .-.- r
A' stylish' bonnet- in California costs
more than a mule. ; ,
A man Whom we can put up with A
good hotel keeper. vi,..;
Bangor base-ballers adopt the melliflu
ous name Of Passagassawaukeag Club.
I A California family could not live on
bread raised by arsenic instead of yeast.
Tlie name of Seven-Up is Claimed by a
new town in Iowa. . It is fanciful, pretty
and suggestive. , .
A colored woman was lately received
at Nashua by express from Annapolis,
duly marked and paid for.'
A Ceorsia naner tells of a Columbus
lady who has not entered ar dry-goods,
store for five years. She must be dead.
A young lady- in Pennsylvania was a
little careless in; learning -croquet, and
has ever since been reading Buiiyaii as '
an antidote. .,, . . . , ',
It i was i so hot in Montgomery, Ala.,
one day last week, that a man proposed
to build a fire in his stove to cool the at
mosphere.' ' ;''-
A'Boston paper published In the inte
rest of the dumb animals ' calls ukii
truckmen; to : provide ; their horses with
suu bonnets , . .
:. An Iowan has produced an invention
which,, the local paper says, will effect a
perfect revolution iu the sawing of wood.
A circular saw, probably.'-' h
' A San Francisco hriheralogist is said to
have discovered a ' method : by which a
substance harder thau steel oan be made
by amalgamating iron and copper.
-An Illinois girl in examining a pistol
belonging to tlie young man. whom she
was about to marry managed to shoot
herself dead and make a maniac of him.
. Mr. Barry . of Pittsburg brained liis
wife witli his little hatchet, and sat down
composedly, saying, "I've killed her, and
want to hang for it." The' authorities
trill consider, his reasonable, request.
A hase hall game was played at Chica
go recently bet, wen a pure black and pure
white nine.,, The sympathies oi the au
dience, largely Democratic, - were with
the sable batters, and their side won.
A Rutland man is disgusted witli run
ning for office. He ran on the rum ticket
at - the "town meeting and on the tem
perance ticket at the village election, but
somehow or other got beaten both times.
This' ladies 'of Brandon.'Miss., have
ostracised some northern- schoolina'ams
for bathing in the river with colored
gentlemen. , So tlie , spirit . of caste is
maintained. iney always were tnar.
way. 1 ' ,;;
, In' Philadelphia when"1 'a policeman
wishes to' get up' a reputation, for good
conduct, lie shoots the first harmless dog
ha dee on the street; and then gives some
newspaper reporter , a , lirst-class hydro
phobia item. , . j.'. . ; ,,. n
V, A Troy man in. jail . for . drunkeness,
tried to suicide by breaking a soda bottle
and jabbing it into his neck. He only
made a ragged-looking : throat and st iil
lives. - He can't get his name into this
paper any- such, way as that. .
T!A'siguIar but striking . instance of
the working of the law of compensation
is afforded in the undoubted fact that,
although the Orangemen are all Protes
tants, a majority of the orange women
are good Koman Catholics.,-!
' There Is a masked political society in
Charleston known as the "United S. C.
Avengers.'? The name is split ..up this
way so that the illiterate can spell it.
Outside of thdt State the letters are run
together, and the society is known as the
"United Scavengers."; i ii i i
- Out West they tell a story of a dog
which was greatly interested in music.
He attended a singing school, and was
subsequently found , in -the back yard
with a music book in front of him, beat
ing time with his tail on a tin pan, and
howling 'Old Hundred." i
A Wisconsin lady roused ' the neigh
bors with lier frightful shrieks, and
when they came she was trembling like
a leaf aud her eyes fairly staring from
their sockets with the terrible fright she
had undergone. She had seen' a mouse.
And yet she was not happy.
' ' It is stated that Dr Livingstone has ,
not had any breeches to speak of, in four ,
years, the merchant tailors of I'jiji re-'.
fusing to credit him. , Witli a little paint,
however, and a segment of lion skin
around his loins, the Doctor has managed
to keep the wolf from his door.
Tlie printer who remarked iu a two
dollar obituary that the bereaved hus
band was "hardly able to wear the che
mise of Ids. wife," was buried by the
Union in . a $13.50 cofliiu. If he had
followed copy he would have proved that
the husband could not bear her demise.
. ! ; j ii--. i
Ail old gentleman of eighty married a
young wife, and in, due course of time
was presented with a son. On the day
of christening thenwrse handed the young
master about, witli tlie usual exclamation
that he was Hhe very .iiuiige of his pa
pa." "Very like, indeed," said it lady;
1ia lt.i& im timth '
The theory that white men cannot en
dure tlie labor required to utilize the
sugar and cotton crop bids fair to be ex
: ploded. " Exiieriments made fcy Southern
planters , who have . imjHwtcil lalxu-ers
from the cold regions of Sweden, show
that Swedes do more work and sutler less
sickness than native born' blacks under
tlie same condition, -1 , ;
'' An Englishman' of mearishas arrived
at Suspension Bridge with no baggage
btttsu opera glass and a small satchel I.
He wishes to see the country as it Is,
and prooses to do itou foot. Bv the time
that he has reached Salt Lake Citv on his
pedestrian tmr lie 'will probably arrive
ata realising scNse of the juagiiiiinle of
(lie contract lie has ou hi& hands.
"A lady writes to a'NeW York pawr to
know if it is propotwthatitsif it is la.lv
Uke -to rettiliate by squeezing back when
a man squeezes her , hand. Mr. Editor
answers: "Well, yon might squeeze easr,
just rnongh to let him know tliat you aire
tiotdispoaad to he tuna about it. But.
don't turn round and ask him, 'How is
that for high ' or lie might think vou too
forward.' . .. .x.i
. .; -.-t-. - !' ...:. ... . .. ,
Ke-wa-bus-qum, a noble ml man of
Cliaiievoix, Michigan, a leading man of
his tribe, and a 1st M ichlsran sharpshooter
during the war, drank a pint of Ure
water, Tuesday, at oue attempt ; kissed
his squaw and the papooses, stepped out
side r the wigwam, said he was ready
ngli! put a bullet into head, and "is
now roaming in the wtry hunting
grouiHl of the Great Spirit. "
' A New York ward iolificiun was le
foreaHilice justice tut Tuesday, au.l
lieing displeastHl at the dei isiou, left. Ray
ing he would go to another court where
he could 'get more justice.' He got.
enough, however, without going to an
other court, for the Judge promptly
called him back and fined bint rn for
contempt of court. Not having so
much money the politician was com
mitted. Mr. ,T. II. McMurdy used to lie a Sim
dayschiHd teacher i in this citv. and a
promising young lawj-er. He "went to
lifayette, and came neai- laiug killel liy
a livery -stable keeper with a si ick of coi il
wood. Then he went to Georgetown,''
t'ol., and had a dispute with a man, ami
they administered lead to each other,
through tulies. IVar children, let this V.
be a lesson to you never to he Sunday-
school teacher's and promising lawyer.
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