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PA INKS
JOURNAL.
CAPTIRED THOI GHT.
A tluraght came to my spirit as I lay
Between two sleeps, und through the silent
night
It looked at me with sudden eves and bright,
Hut, when I strove to touch it, fled away,
And bade me dream; hut at the breuk oi day
I. waking, saw, through gray, increasing light.
My last night's thought; but as with greater
might
I strove to grasp it, only crying "Stay!"
Jt spread it wings fortnight. Then, as a snare,
1 set uiv song and snared the lovely thing.
And said: o, flying thought, thou art too fair
For me to leave thee fne and wandering!
Yet fret not for thy liberty; hut where
bad souls can hear thee he eonleut to sing."
A MAX'S A MAN FOR A' THAT.
BY CHAKLKS HACK AY.
"A man's a roan," avs IColiert Burn.,
For a that ami a that;'
But though the song be clear and strong,
It lacks a note for a' that.
The lout who'd shirk his daily work.
And claim his wage and a' that.
Or beg, w hen he might earn his bread,
is itut uiau for a that.
If all who dine on humble fare
Were true, and brave, ami a' that.
And none whose garb is "hodden gray"
Was fool or kuave, anil n' that.
The vice and crime that shame our time
Would fade and fail and a' that,
And plowmen be as good as kings,
And churls as carls for a' that.
l'ou sec von brawny, blustering sot,
Who swaggers, swears and arthat.
And thinks liecause his strong right arm
Might fell an ox and a' that.
That he's us noble, man for man,
As duke or lord, and a' that:
lie's but a brute, teyoud dispute,
Anil ( a man for a' that.
A man mav own a large estate.
Have paface, park, and a' that.
And not for birth, but honest worth,
lie thrice a man for a' that;
And Donald herdiugon the muir.
Who beats his wife and a' that,
Be nothing but a rascal Ixxir,
Nor halt a mau for a' that.
It comes to this, dear Robert Burns
The truth is old and a' that
"The rank is but the guinea's stamp.
The man's the gold for a' that."
And though you'd put the minted mark
On citpper, brass, ami a' that.
The lie is gross, the cheat is plain,
And will not puss for a' that.
For a' that, and a' that,
'Tis soul and heart and a' that
That makes the king and gentleman,
And not his crown and a' that;
Aud man with man, if rich or poor,
The best is he, for a' that,
Who stands erect, iu self-reespect,
And acts the man for a' that.
TIV CASTLE IN SPAIN.
AT JOHN HAY. .
There was never a castle seen
So fair as mine in Spain;
It stands, einliowered iu green,
frowning the gentle slope
Ufa hill 1y the Xenil's shore,
And at eve its shade Haunts o'er
The storied Vega plain.
Ami Its towers are hid iu the mists of Hope;
And I toil through years of pain,
Its glimmering gates to gain.
Iu visions wild and sweet
Sometimes its courts 1 greet:
Somet imes in joy its shining halls
I tread with favored feet;
But never my eves in the light of day
Were blessed with its ivied walU,
Where the marble white and the granite gray
Turn gold alike when the sunbeams play,
When the soft day dimly falls.
I know In its dusky rooms
Are treasures rich and rare;
The siioil of Kastern looms.
And whatever of bright and fair
Painters have caught and won
From the vaults of Italy's air:
While (lod's in Phidian stone
People the haunted glooms.
And the song of immortal singers
Like a fragrant memory lingers,
1 know, in the echoing rooms.
But nothing of these, my soul.
Nor castles, nor treasures, nor skies,
Nor the waves of the river that roll
W Uli a cadence faint and sweet
lu peace bv its marble feet
Nothing of these is the goal
For which my whole heart sighs.
'Tis the pearl gives worth to the shell
The pearl I would die to gain;
For there does my lady dwell,
Mv love that 1 love so well
The Queeu whose gracious reign
Makes glad my castle in Spain.
If er crown of golden hair
Sheds light in the shaded places,
And the spell of her girlish graces
Holds charmed the happy air.
A breath of purity
Forever before her flies,
And ill things eease to be
In the glance of her honest eyes.
Around her pathway flutter, -Where
her dear feet wander free
In voulh's pure majesty,
The wings of the vague desires;
But the thought that love would utter
lu reverence expires.
Not yet! not yet shall I see
Thut face, which shines like a star
o'er my storm-swept life afar.
Transfigured with love for me.
Toiling, forgettiug and learning,
With labor and vigils and prayers,
Pure heart and resolute will"
- At last 1 shall climb the Hill,
And breathe the enchanted airs
W here the light of my life is burning,
Most lovely and fair and free;
Where alone in her youth and lieauty,
And hound by her fate's sweet duty,
Unconscious she waits for me.
MARIAM.
XIII.
OX THE CONTINENT.
I cannot tell how wonderfnl and beau-
tiful everything seems here, dear mother.
I never was so nappy, 1 think, in all mv
life before. I know not why I have felt
Ktu'h yearning: desires to visit .ugland
it seems at times as if I should have been
1 jo rn here though to be sure it is not
such a country as my own. But every
thins old seems so grand, and every
thing new so majestic; indeed the
very air I breathe inspires me."
Mrs. Le Dunlap smiled quietly upon
the enthusiastic girl, and continued the
meditations which her rhapsody had
broken. Mariam reclined gracefully up
on a lounge, drawn beside her foster
mother. The room from which they had
looked upon the sea of pedestrianism
wave after wave rolling along the nar
row street, and endless continuation of
strange faces all so diferent, glancing
aud disappearing, was in one of the more
quiet hotels, situated not exactly iu the
heart of the city hut in one of the im
portant arteries leading to it. It was
luxuriously furnished, and commanded
A tine view of St. Paul's mighty dome,
that in rich coloring lay distinctly out
lined and einliodied against the blue of
the skv. i
Mariam was just recovering from the
nects ot lier rough anil perilous passage,
and her cheek had lost somewhat of its
healthful hue. A sombre, yet tastefully
elegant morning-dress set oll'lier grace
ful form her curls were gathered in
limps and hung loosely on the fair brow,
just touching rue lull rounded throat.
Airs. Je imniap, in whose ileep eyes
slept a world of thought, was attired
somewhat similarly she was really re
gaining her beauty. The beauty of a
woman in her full prime was hers: the
wide brow neither too high nor arched
the oval cheek, ashade whiterthan Mir
iam's, the heavy tresses that sorrow in
blanching had not rendered one whit
less luxuriant or glossy the handsome
lips, reu anu tun the large, magnincent
form truly hadMariaurs foster-mother,
out of much travail and bitter anguish
renewed her youth. Like the eagle, un
fettered, her soul soared heavenward
and that divine genius gave joy and con
solation to many a burdened heart no
longer feeding upon its own strength
no longer consuming in its own flame.
'That is a tine show," said Mrs. Le
Dunlap, musingly, and she directed
jMariam's attention to the dashing equip
pgp and liveried servants of a noble lord
i imt then passing.
"I had rather see one of our neat
Broadway carriages," replied Mariam,
is the blazing light upon the panels,
fuul the glittering-gold upon the bends
of servitude faded away in the dusky dis
tance.
"But it is so famous to ride in state
so delightful to have people pointing out,
'there is lord, or earl, or baronet so and
so's carriage.' It gives one such conse
quence to e waited on by a red cap and
garters, or a blue swallow-tail and
yellow kids. It makes poor people stare
so, with piping wonder, that the car
riage miglt go right down their throats
before they move out of their astonish
juent ; it brings obsequious clerks bowing
.and grimacing to the side-walk to get
your ladyship's orders, and you may
have the whole shop turn out-of-doors to
save you the trouble of walking from
your carriage. It makes even hotel
keepers civil, and the porters would spin
around London on their heads to serve
you. In fact, everything changes for
the better except the sweet flowers that
will unveil their gentle hearts beneath
the window of the humblest man save
the holy sunshine that steals even to the
prisoner's stone cell save the blessed
air that breathes life and health to the
very beggar that siu under the eaves of
the poor-house. Now confess, Mariam,
that you would really t like to ride In
an earl's carnage to be an earl's
bride to wear a tiara of regal diamonds
a coronet that would well, become that
noble brow to be quoted, courted, ca
ressed ; the queen and pink of fashion
the new star to which all eyes should be
directed, oiera-gl asses included?"
"Why, mama!" exclaimed Mariam,
laughing heartily, "how you talk what
set you in such a strain?,'
"Confess confess," said the -other,
with forced gaiety, "you are at the con
fessional imagine me your father or
mother confessor, and say how well you
would like all these things" .
"Not one-tenth part as much as my
own dear native laud its free and hap
py institutions its unassuming, yet ele
gant observances," replied Mariam, earn
estly. ;
"But supposing only supposing, you
know, that it should turn out you were
some great man's daughter that you
were offered "a home of magnificence
such as your imagination never pictured,
fairer than fairy dreams, richer than
fabled Aladdin's treasures; suppose you
were offered all these and some glori
ous, god-like form, wearing a title and
a coronet, with a family roll that has
been made royal with the blood of kings,
should offer you his hand, his heart, and
his honors would you not look down
upon your humble connection with me
upon Frederic?"
'Mother mother, how strangely you
talk! as if I could prove so recreant! Is
my love but the down of the thistle, that
vanishes at a light breath ? How can you
seak thus ? forget you! forget Frederic !
I would not exchange either for Eng
land's throne ; how can you so misjudge
me ? But solve this mystery," she added,
after a long pause, during which Mrs.
ie uuuiitp nau Kissed ana regaraea ner
with the fondest affection. "There is
something strange even in you some
times I regard you with awe who are
your ' 'i
JNot a princess in disguise," answered
her friend, with somewhat of sternness,
yet half sadly smiling, "but a poor way-
larer, wnom iortune, l snouiu say rov
idence, has blessed beyond her merit's.
Poorly born obscure, unknown the
victim of a helpless sorrow in early wo
manhood ever doomed to 'form strong
attachments, and be torn from them
when they hail become necessary to my
existence even you I fear for they
will snatch you from my arms. Yet on,
on stern duty's bellest must be obey
ed."
Mariam did not answer. She had often
expressed a desire to know what this
sudden change in her foster-mother's
opinions and habits portended but had
as often been entreated to desist until
such a time as she thought proper to en
lighten her, alleging sucli reasons that
Mariam, from motives of delicacy, ever
refrained after that from pressing the
subject.. But what fancies! what won
derful emotions were hers ! So power
ful that it is not strange if her cheek
regained not its accustomed rose. : She
thought it might be that her parents
lived that her foster-mother had some
clue to their whereabouts, that would
perhaps soon oe unraveuea om wheth
er she was the child of lawful wedlock
or not was the question that oftenest re
curred to her mind. Mrs. Le Dunlap,
with her poetical temperament, had al
ways dealt in romantic surprise. .Per
haps now she was planning some marvel
ous plot for her sole benefit. She1 had
spoken or taking her to an num Die Out
beautiful spot, where ran a' sweet river
along the margin of its boundary. She
had spoken ot an old man, who, indeed,
might be dead of blooming children and
smiling matrons perhaps there was her
home, ana there ner perants. sne
thought till thought ached of what might
be her leeiings in reality, ciaspeu to tne
heart ot a mother, coma- her love be
greater than for her who for fifteen long
years had -every morning won her first
smile, had neaped nenents upon ner in
such profusion that she coidd not count
them ; had taught her so tenderly and so
carefully had lolded tier to ner heart
with such transport of affection. And
then she would wake up in the solemn
midnight, and so lying indulge in inno
cent fancies. A bright vision stood be
fore her with eyes that spoke more than
mortal love, with fair, ronnded limbs,
over which soft drapery fell gracefully ;
with that holy thing dimpling her face,
a mother's smile with arms outstretched
as if to grasp the object of her long,
vearning desire; with pleasant words
and all gentle caresses and she would
start sometimes irom ner pinow, ex
claiming. "Mother, oh, mother! come
and loye me. . It matters not how lowlv
you may be, I will, 1 must love you."
"Tnannmiw. then." said Mrs. I s
Dunlap, "we will start for the town of
Bradley, l nave sent on a sort oi courier
to bespeak places for us, for there is
some kind of a "great ceremony to take
place, and all the inns will be hlled."
It was a fair, moon-bright evening.
and our travellers well wearied with the
sight-ieeing, reclined before a pleasant
fire, which the, coolness of the atmos
phere rendered agreeable. They had'
been talking of home, and an unquiet
wish had Deen long iorinea in Mariam 's
heart to see old friends, and among them.
particularly, the noDie mien or Frederic
Ie Dunlap. There he stood before her
fancy the most radiant embodiment of
manhood, l here ne stood witu ins deep,
holy look, his fervent love written Tall
over it his nomnty ot som stamped up
on his front as unmistakably as the seal
ot God on all His works.
The door flew open, and still she
mused, though the new-comer entered
with a hasty step, for he was too pres
ent in all her thoughts to be lightly
thrust aside ; but suddenly j raising her
eyes, there, indeed, he stood with out
stretched hands and anxious glance.
archly enjoying her innocent astonish
ment, as she wonderingly exclaimed, "It
is not then a dream?"
"Bv no means," replied Frederic Le
Dunlap, grasping one hand in both of
his, and raising it to his lips "how shall
I convince you?" he added, laughing
heartily at Mariam' bewildered look.
"But come, let me explain the mystery
of my appearance ; do not move, dear
sister, l preier sitting numniy at juar-1
lam's feet there ! so, now , l have you
both in full view, really, is it the fire
light, or the moonlight, or notn, makes
you so very handsome to-night?"
"Come come, tell us how you came
here?" cried Mrs. Le Dunlap, whose
surprise had been as great as Madam's.
"How ? why, good sister mine, in a
staunch steamer direct from the old
Dutch city called New York, in compli
ment to its founders, I believe straight
irom jew xork over tne great Atlantic
and that's how I name beep.' Bur. n. r.rnce
to teasing. 1 found after ybu had gone
that unfavorable business rendered it
necessary for me to visit Germany so 1
thought I would call in upon voti. if I
could find you and you see I have been
successful. By the way," he added,
came in company witn a very accom
plished and intelligent lady." Mariam,
though all uncouciously, opened her
eyes wider at this remark and a little
glow of exultation spread Itself over
Frederic's cheek, but he continued, "She
is vastly disappointed in not meeting
with a relative whom she was led to ex
pect was here in this very hotel but she
linds by a letter remaining behind, that
she has left for the celebrated Seltzer
Springs in Geruiauy,her health not hav-
ing been improved by this climate. Let
me beg you, dear sister,and you,Mariain,
to receive this lady as a friend ; she feels
very lonely here -shall I bring her?"
"By all means,"replled Mariam and her
foster-mother and Mariam,as sheleft the
room, dropped a curl or two lower on
her ronnded shoulders, aud carelessly
went out of her way to give one, just
one very little glance at the tall .mirror,
and to compose the flutter of her spirits
by gazing intently at the opposite chim
neys, in the futile belief that she was
looking at the moon.
Presently the young mau returned
with a lady of slight figure and agrea
ble address, gracefully presenting her to
Mrs. Dunlap aud Mariam,(the latter dis
missing her fluttering fears ou the in
stant) and in a few moments tlw two
elderly ladies were cosily chatting to
gether, While Mariam and t rederic sat
apart as uninteresting to a third person as
lovers usually are.
"Is this noble-looking young man
your son?" asked Mrs. Lanelon ot her
new-foand frtend . A . f
' -'No, lie is a brother-in-law,"' replied
the other, glancing with pride towards
him, "and ne who lies in the cold grave
resembles him ; oidy, to a wife's fond
eyes, he was even more lofty-looking,
more beautiful in feature, and express
ion.' " " " '- ;
.."He was, very kind andattentive to me
on our voyage; that beautitul girl how
much she reminds me ot
"Who?" asked Mrs. .Le Dunlap, nerv
ously.
"A friend of mine, only she is so rosy
and healthy, and happy-looking, which
poor Lady Walden is not, and 1 fear
never will be." .
Yes and her life has been one long
dirge of grief and sorrow. To look her
in the face you would think the hope
even of life well nigh dead. : Since the
mysterious loss of her babe years ago
they say a smile has never crossed her
features, or the faintest color suffused
her face. 1 am sure she is a sad-hearted
woman to whom the world otters no
charm, and her husband "
"Yes. what of him?" exclaimed Mrs.
Le Dunlap, with dilated eye ami heavy
chest "what ot the monster who dared
she ceased, conscious that her ve-
hemence had drawn every eye towards I
her. Her companion was silent lor a I
moment, and then very mildly said, and where are you going so early ?"
"Yon labor under a mistake ; the Bar- The women or vision smiled, and turn
on of Waldenwold is quoted far and near ed to the lady of the house who said, "My
as the examplar of virtui and religion to dear, this is not your mother, though I
simple and noble. His seat in the chapel can hardly wonder you should think so,
is always uiieu ne uus a vuupiitiii uuii- ior reany tnere is a iiiust cau numinui j
stantly iii his house he gives no balls: likeness, I noticed it when Mrs. Le Dun
indeed it is said on the approaching lap first came :Ihurried to give her the sa
freedom of young Lord Walden, who is lutation of a friend, even, and was aston
hourly expected from the States, it is ished as I could be to find a perfect stran
with the greatest reluctance that he ger."
makes a party for him, because the rec- . "I am bewildered." replied Marian,
ollection of his infant daughter's birth-
day fete Is replete with pain and anguish
He spends his time in doing good deeds,
and much more in alms-giving. It was
but recently ihat he bestowed upon a
poor farmer who lost his all by fire let
me see," she added, taking from her
reticule n letter, "here my cousin tells
me oh, yes-here it isConrad Gold-
finch, who was with his wife and seven
children turned out of house and home
by one of the most terrible fires ever
known in the country yes," she con-
tinued, refolding the letter, not noting
the ghastly face of her listener, "he gave
him out and out a good, well-stocked
farm, and "
"And did he accept It tlil he could
he do so mean, so dastardly an act ?"
cried Mrs. Le Denlap, her whole frame
quivering. . i ' -,
. ' " Why ! accept it ? Ask if a man with
seven children turned into the street
without a shelter from the cold storm
ask If he will accept ah offer to him al
most princely! Certainly he did, as
1 1
should."
"Then I would never own then
then oh! how could he take one favor
from that man's hand ?" exclaimed Mrs.
Le Dunlap, in a voice of anguish. "You
will think me insane," she quickly
added, seeing that her visitor cautiously
moved her chair away "but, I I, un
fortunately, happen to be in possession
of knowledge that that he would fain
were locked from every humane bosom
but his own. But pray forgive me for
interrupting you as I have in time per
haps you will understand why your nar-
rative has so .deeply affected me; then
the poor Lady Walden is, after the long J
lapse oi eighteen years, still inconsoia-
ble?"
"You knew the circumstances at the
time then?" asked her visitor, iuteriog
ativelv. "I yes x nearu l Knew," replied
the other, with slight confusion, but sud
denly regaining all her self-possession,
she added, "I knew the family, and it is
lor the purpose ot visiting them at their
home in Bradley, waideuwoid, tnat l
have brought Mariam." i
"Indeed! but did you not know that
they have just left London to travel m
Germany? They were here on the ninth
had a suit of apartments in this hotel
and 1 am mlormed by my cousin who
left only three days - ago nt the letter 1
fotind here; that Lady Walden is in such
extremely low spirits, that her physic
ians think only change oi scene and cli
mate can keep' her alive ; she is, there-
lore, going to lier home m tiermany,
stopping by the way at the tseltzer
Springs some few days to recruit. Bnt
poor creature, I fear her sojourn is al
most over on earth."
"We will go to Germany ,Mariam," ex
claimed Mrs. Le Dunlap, turning to her
toster-daughter.
"That is good news, mama," replied
the fair girl. ,
Capital," cried t rederick, springing
from his seat, "aud I shall take you
all under my escort. - Say we start to
morrow."
"That's my plan," returned Mrs. Le
Dunlap, looking intently at the fading
fire, and consulting her watch, she in
stantly added, "come, we must all retire
early if we have to pack pity to spoil
such a tete-a-tete and she looked laugh
ingly at Mariam and her lover, "but by-
and-by I shall not be in the way, and
you can chat all night if you will."
"Hold her down Frederick what an
enthusiast! she will he in the road yet,
"Oh ! such a sunset such a sunset,'
cried the enraptured girl, clapping her
hands with delight "such hills I such a
sparkling river Tsucli vineyards, after all
l love uermany Detter man JMigiand
Germany for me dear mother."
"And you have been here only forty-
eight hours," said Mrs. Le Dunlap,
laughing; "what will you say when
you see old Coblentz, the gloomy
Hartz, the "
The sound of that light laugh had not
yet died '; on .the? air the words had
scarcely fallen from the tongue when
a heavy shock was telt ; the carriage set
tled forward with a violent jerk, and in
springing to his feet, thinking that Mar
iam -was in Hanger, J; rederio was thrown
from his seat over against the forward
wheel, and in attempting to get out of
the way his ankle was severely
sprained.
Meanwhile Mrs.LcDunlap and Mariam
were loudly expressing their grief, and
the driver, with German oaths, cursing
the vehicle that dared to- use so much
ludependence as to drop a wheel iust
then and there no hotel in sight night
coming on
"What snail
we do?" was reiterated
again and again ' now this is really a
strange lrovidenc,," said Mrs. Le Dun
lap, "interrupted even In the
most merciful designs frustrated in our
attempts to bring peace to the breaking
heart why is it. so t"
"You have often told me I should never
murmer against providence, however
dark its ministrations may be," rejoined
Marion, gently. , "Now look, what a fine
house that is yonder, if it were not for
poor ji rederlc s loot, we might easily
walk there. .u doubt Us inmates are
benevolent can you fix the wheel,
driver?" she asked, in German.
He replied that he thought he could
with soma large nails, if they could be
obtained, and suggested that he had bet
ter go to the house and try to get some
assistance. .
Frederic tried his best to step out
bravely, but in vain his foot had swol
len mueh ; every movement forced from
him. a groan of pain, and they were all
relieved when an open carriage was
seen coming rapidly from the distant
cottage.
"Is any one hurt!" asked a young
man, reining iu his horses as he arrived
opposite the little group.
They briefly explained the accident.
"I am extremely sorry," he said, polite
ly, "1 had just returned home when I
saw that something was the matter, aud
hurried on. Will you lie pleased to accept
the teuder of our house and services, at
least for to-night," he added, gracefully.
With much gratitude the little party
acknowledged his kindness, and all were
seated in the earriage,aud driven rapidly
toward the hospitable mansion. Soon
comfortably installed, a surgeon was
procured, and Frederic's foot set and
bandaged, himself consigned to a pleas
ant, spacious chamber, Mrs. Le Dunlap
introduced to the matron of the house;
aud Mariam quite interested in a con
versation with her daughter, a lovely
girl of sixteen. Dividing her attentions
between Frederic and Miss (Helen, the
time passed most agreeably to her, nov
ice as she was, and as the lady declared
that while the least, lameness remained,
they must make that their home; and
Mrs. IeJDunlap, uneasy as as she was
at the delay, had not the power of con
trolling events they settled down quite
like members of the family. One day
Frederic was just able to walk to the
summer-house, a delightful place, em
bowered with shrubs aud flowers. Mar
iam and Helen led him sportively along
one each side but Mariam had forgot
ten to bring a book, and leaving him
.' young friend walked back to
the noiise. A carriage had stopped at
the park she noticed it not, but hurried
ly entered the parlor, where she thought
she saw her foster-mother ,whom she had
left ouietlv writing, dressed as if for a
-walk, and talking with their hostess.
Somewhat astonished, she exclaimed,
"Why. mother, how you have hurried
still gazing at the lady " why you have
mama's very eyes anil leatures tne same
expression the same height and figure
you must he her."
The stranger again smiled, and the
hostess said, "It is really astonishing, the
more I look the greater the resenrblance
grows; if you were twin sisters you could
not be more alike."
At the word twin sisters the hrow of
the stranger flushed, then grew pallid
again, a singular expression, partly of
sadness, and yet like remorse, passed
over her features, she regarded Mariam
attentively, and commanding her voice
as witn an enort, asKeu, luu, i.t juur
mother's name, my dear?"
"Le Dunlap,,' answered .Mariam.
What was her name before her mar
riage, I mean?"
"1 think it was uoiunncn, repneu me
young girl, casting a glance ot appre
hension at the hostess for at the men
tion of that name a sudden spasm seemed
to contract the woman's handsome fea-
tures. and she gazed vaguely at Mariam,
and vet witn an expression wiin-n
wanted only the power to make itself
comprehended. Slowly as one in a dream
she recovered, snivereu siignny, aim
taking from her reticule a card, traced
a line thereon, begging Mariam to give
it to her mother. And then quite agi
tated again, she asked Mariam to stand
a moment Deiore to let ner noiu ner naim
and Mariam noted that in her grasp it
shook like an aspen. Eagerly, as it de
vouring them with ner eyes, sue scanned
her features, all the while controlling
... . . l i ,
some powertui unpuise men siowiy
dropped her hand, calling her attention
to the request, said good morning, and
took her departure
(TO BK CONTINUED).
, SIK WALTER SCOTT.
BY DR. K. SHELTON MACKENZIE.
One hundred years ago that is, on
August 15, 1771 the greatest British
writer since thetime ot bhaKspeare first
drew the breath of life. I have never
lieen able to determine, to my own satis
faction, winch was the greater man
Shakspeare or Scott. On one hand, Shaks
peare may have had more of what he him
self has called "imagination all com
pact;" on the other, Scott had a greater
universality oi Knowledge, uotn could
move the heart so as to bring out its sun
shine or draw forth its tears. It must be
conceded, too, that both possessed indus
try and perseverance to a very remarka
ble extent. The most gifted, the most
able authors are -those who have written
a great deal. In other days there were
such productive authors as Shakspeare
and Milton, Dryden and Pope, Richard
son inn iieldmg, Pope and Johnson,
ir own there have been Scott
.ver, Macaulay aud Carry le, and
very many more, closing with Dickens,
If the sou oe lertne it ioiu prqduce like
the land in Australia, of which Douglas
Jerrold wrote : "Tickle it with a plow
share and it will smile into a harvest."
Scott's collected works, including his life,
(which is largely composed out ot ins
own Autobiograpny, correspondence,
and conversation,) extend to 100 volumes
each averaging 400 pages. None other
has writen so much, and so well.
Two circumstances combined to make
him what he was. namely : his family
relations, and the accident in his infancy
which made mm a lamester like Bvron
Hayley, and Talleyrand. Every Scotch
man, Scott wrote, lias a pedigree, lie
was proud ot belonging to the great
liorder family of which the.. Duke of
Buccleugh is the' noble, the territorial
head, and Scott of Harden the actual
head. His father was the first of the
family who had ever become a lawyer
the rule had been to make them soldiers
sailors, or fanners, or to send them to
India, there to "shake the Pagoda tree,'
which, it ; was said, scattered golden
mnhurs upon those who sat beneath its
shade.
Walter Scott's father, as a lawyer in
Edinburgh, obtained large practice and
realized a large income. The lad was
under two years old when, one night.
without any previous illness, the smew
of his right foot contracted, sotthat du
ring all the restot his lite he was unable
to put his right heel upon the ground
and had to walk, though always active.
with aid irom a strong stalt, which had
crutch-handle. It was feared the child
would die, for, at first, he could not even
crawl upon the floor, but he was sent to
Ms grandfather s farm ot bandy Knowe,
not far from' Edinburgh, and retained
and nurtured here, body and mind, un-
til he was nearly eight years old
Then
recalled home, he was sent to school in
Edinburgh to a great institution called
The High School where, sooth to say,
he did not distinguish himself. In the
University he was also considered a dull
boy chiefly, perhaps, because he had
an antipathy to Greek, and refused to
learn it. But he hail read a great deal
upon a vast variety or subjects ; had ob
tained a great reputation (among h
schnol-lellows as an original and ex
haust less story-teller, was active and lKld
(despite of his lameness) in all youthful
HiiortK, was a good pedestrian, and had
picked up sullU'ieiit knowledge of Freud
Italian, and Spanish to enable him to
understand books iu these languages.
Some years later he learned German and
was tond ot translating Irom it. lie
served some years as a law-student in his
father's onice, and was called to the
Scottish bar in July, 1792, a few days be
fore he was twenty-one years old. While
tudvuig the law he availed mmseit ot
the ample holiday time (over four months
of the long vacation, when nothing was
done iu the law courts,) to ramble over
the greater part oi Scotland, especially
the border land, in which, from child
hood, he loved to listen to, and remem
bered, the ballads of that district. He
had gone into England, too, visiting the
battle-fields of Chevey Chase and Otter
bourne, aud whenever he saw a noted
place he remembered it hence the accu-
acy of his descriptions.
in 171HI he printed, rather man pub
lished, translations of "Lenore" and
The Wild Huntsman," ballads by Bur
ger, a German poet, aud this led to his
being invited to contribute to Monk
Lewis' "Tales of Wonder." In 1798, he
received twenty-five, guineas for his
translation of Goethe's prose drama
Goetz von Berlichiugen," published in
London. Iu 1795), he showed his friends
a tew original ballads ot his own, but
few saw much merit in them. He tried
to live bv his profession, but it was a
ai n effort.
In December, 1797, he married Miss
Carpenter, a young French lady whom
he met at a spa in the north of England.
She was handsome and lively, and had
an income of 400 a year. Iu the spring
of 171H1, lie inherited some property on
his lather s death, soou alter, he wrote
The House of Aspen," a prose drama
of the German school, and in December,
t'.)'J, the influence ot powertui political
friends obtained for him the sheriffdom
of Selkirk, a life office of 300 a year,
with a large degree or legal dignity and
very little to do. He now, from all
sources, had 1,400 a year, equivalent in
value to four times that income in Edin
burgh at the present time.
In 1802, when lie was in histhirty-hrst
year, Scott published two volumes of
the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border,
Inch at once gave him a high place
among men of letters. He did other
ork of authorship, and, in 1805, pub
lished his first great original poem, "The
Lay of the Last Minstrel," which had
wondertui success, and so much pleased
William Pitt, the prime minister, that he
promoted him to the almost sinecure of
fice of clerk of session, iu Edinburgh,
with a salary of 1,300 a year, and the
privilege of retaining his sheriffdom.
roni that time his appearance ot legal
practice was over. lie was becoming
rich as well as famous, and the poems ot
Marnnon" and "The Ladv ot the 1-ake"
greatly increased his reputation and his
ealth. Alter the latter ot these ap
peared, Lord Byron's "Childe Harold,"
eclipsing all rivalry, made him master of
the situation, at the head or living poets.
Scott, after several efforts, retired from
the field, to break out with increased
popularity and power, as a novelist.
In 180a, he had written seven chap
ters of a Scottish novel, of the year 1745,
entitled "Waverly." The friendly critics
who had read what he then placed be
fore them, condemned the work, and he
locked up the manuscript, actually for
getting where he had put it until 1814,
whenat accidentally turned up in an oiu
desk. He rapidly completed it (in six
weeks.) and it was published, without
any author's name announced, and great
care taken, during tne loiiowmg twelve
years, that the authorship should remain
secret, inirty-nve persons, between
1814 and 1827 and eight of them women
kept that secret. "Waverly" was such
great success that successive worKS ot
fiction from the same pen were eagerly
received by the reading public on both
sides of the Atlantic. At the same time
Scott was laborions, to a surprising ex
tent, upon other branches of literature.
He edited the voluminous works oi ury-
den and Swift, and a great many other
publications; contributed largely to the
Edinburgh, Quarterly, and other critical
periodicals, and wrote biography and
history to a large extent.
The desire oi owning lanaed property
fell into his mind, and he purchased a
farm on Tweedside, which he called Ab
botsford. He increased this by succes
sive purchases, at fancy prices, of adja
cent land, the owners gladly taking
double, and even treble its value, from a
purchaser who would buy. He planted,
he drained, he erected a castellated man
sion at a cost of 30,000, and his fine li
brary and museum probably cost him
half that amount; he lived at the rate of
10,000 a year, literally keeping open
house, so that his wile said, "AbDotslord
is like a great hotel, only no person
pays." This ran only for about ten
years, during which George IV, who was
warmly attached to mm, made mm a
baronet, and then came a terrible smash.
Out oi good nature, with a desire to
help Ballantyne, the printer, his old
school-tellow and mend, bcott lent lum
money, and to secure himself became a
silent partner in the firm. This was
about 1805. To aid another of the Bal
lantynes, he advanced funds to establish
a publishing house in 1808. Aftera loss
of about 20,000 this concern had to be
wound up. The panic ot liao anected
credit and capital in Edinburgh as well
as in London. Ballantyne, the printer,
was involved, by mutual issue of accom
modation bills, with Constable, the Ed
inburgh publisher who was mixed up in
like manner, with London publishers,
Early in 182b the London house failed,
bringing down the two Edinburgh
houses, it appears that ncott, as Bai-
lantyne's secret partner, was liable for
the debts of the house. These, with
what lie owed on his own account,
amounted to 1;0,000, which Scott un
dertook to pay by labour ot the mind.
In five years he ' actually did pay over
00,ouo. The rest, with interest, was
paid by the profits of his writing after
ins tieaiU. sn 1001 ins neaiLii laueu so
much that he had to winter in Italy, but
in the summer of 1832 he returned home
to die. On the 21st of September he
passed away, and was buried in Dry-
burgh iibnoey, near Abbotstord. ui his
five children (the first-born died on the
day after he was born) four survived
lum. But his only direct representa
tive is MissSHope Scott, grand-daughter
ot Mrs. liOckhart, Scott s eldest daughter
and she, now a lew months over nine
teen, is sole inheritor of Abbotsford.
ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN.
BY COL. J. W. FORNEY.
NO. XXXII.
Between December, 18G0, and the 19th
of April, 1801, was crowded a series of
events which, carefully preserved, would
have constituted many chapters of ab
sorbing interest. But neither side be
lieved entirely in the absolute certainty
of hostilities; few were sufficiently com-
i i . t , i : .. ...1., .1. .
daily printed reports, and these, at least
at the immediate theater or operations.
the nation s capital, were relatively in
ferior to the full and exact reflections of
the doings of the world in the newspaper!
of these times. Some persons did, per
haps, journalize their experience,' but
much that entered into the real history of
tne period can only ne rescued irom ob-
livioii by utilizing unrecorded memories.
I recollect that as early as December.
1800, I called upon the people of Penn
sylvania to put themselves in the condi
tion of armed assistance to the Govern
ment. For this letter I ' was severely
censured as an alarmist. The most sa
gacious men did not give up the hope of
reconciliation. Mr. Jlucoin s inaugural
conceived in the best Christian spirit,
was easily construed into a prayer for
compromise; and one of the most
thoughtful speeches of Judge Douglas. In
which he contended that the difficulties
could lie amicably arranged, was In
spired by that inaugural. ' In recurring
lo my letters ol March, 1N0,1 tluil my
telf busily seconding these efforts. The
firing upon Sumter, on the 14th of April,
however, dissipated all these expecta
tions, and men began to look for the
worst. From that day Baltimore city be
came an obedient echo or the agitation
throughout the South. Lying directly
across the great highway- leading to
Washington, it was soon evident that no
troops could be sent to the defense of the
latter without danger. But even then
lew persons were willing to admit that
the pro-slavery mob of the city would
dare to attack the soldiers on their way
to the immediate scene of peril. Among
these was Charles - Sumner, Senator in
Congress from Massachusetts, who re
lates an incident that typifies the prevail
ing sentiment in Baltimore, and his own
characteristic firmness and selfreliance.
At noon on the 18th of April, 1861, he
bought a ticket at Washington for Balti
more, and arriving there, entered his
full name on the books of Barnum's Ho
tel. -Preferring a quiet hour, he crossed
t he street and ordered an early dinner at
Gny's Monument House, always famous
for its good fare, and a favorite resort of
the celebrities when they visited the
Monumental City. Dinner over, he call
ed on a New England friend and resi
dent, remained to tea, and then returned
through a by-street to Barnum's, enter
ing at the sfde door.' In the, hall he met
a gentleman who seemed much excited
by his presence and anxious for his safe
ty. Conscious of his own rectitude, he
walked up to the office and demanded the
key of his room, to which he was soon
followed by the proprietor of the : hotel,
the late lamented Zenos Barnum, . aud
another gentleman. There he-.was.in-.
formed that the fact of his being iu the
house had obtained publicity,- and that -a
large- and- angry crowd was outside
threatening violence and demanding his
life. His answer was that he Jeft per
fectly secure as long as he was under
that roof, and that Tie would hold the
proprietors responsible for any outrage
that might be attempted upon him. Mr.
Barnum did not conceal his apprehen
sions alike for his great establishment
and the safety of his guest. : Under his
advice Mr. Sumner consented to remove
to a more inaccessible room, where he
remained for some time, ' discussing the
situation of the country with his kind
hearted and generous host.; He could
distinctly - hear the threatenings of the
surging mob outside,' and he felt that
there was little doubt that nothing was
needed but the opportunity to stimulate
them to the wildest violence. Baltimore
was -completely in the hands of reckless
and blood-thirsty men They thought
the Government powerless. Freedom of
opinion was only tolerated on one side.
The newspapers," with ' the exception of
the Baltimore American, added fuel to
the fire, and Union men were constrained
to'silence, to save person and property.
The nation's capital was almost entirely
unprotected, and although the North
was at last arousing to a full sense of the
public peril, as yet no troops had gone
forward in response to the call of the Ex
ecutive. Acting under the advice and
the exhortations of Mr. Barnum, Mr.
Sumner rose early on the morning of
the 19th, and in a private carriage cros
sed the then quiet streets of the city to
Philadelphia station, where he entered
the first train eastward, reaching Phila
delphia in a few hours. . On the Way,
and I think at Havre-de-Grace, he met
the men of the 6th Massachusetts going
South, and saw their happy faces and
heard their joyous shouts, i When he
got to Philadelphia he found the streets
crowded with people discussing the ; cri
sis. To get exact information, recalled
attheofliceof The Press 413 Chestnut
street, near Fourth, where he met my
business manager, then and now, Mr. J.
G. L. Brown, and learned for the first
time the particulars of the attack upon
the 6th Massachusetts on their way
through Baltimore. Had he taken the
train on the 19th instead of the 18th he
would undoubtedly have been among
the first victims of the rebellion, and pos
sibly Barnum's Hotel would nave lallen
before the infuriated fiends who : were
seeking for objects upon which to wreak
their vengeance and tneir ingratitude.
Zenos Barnum is dead, but 1 cannot
withhold a tribute to his memory, nor
refuse to call the many happy hours I
spent in his society, when he, McLaugh
I'm and Dorsey, had charge of the old
hotel, still one of the best in the South.
in the days before the war, when poli
tics were not divided or disturbed by
slavery, it was very agreeable to North
ern men to step over and enjoy its supe
rior comtorts, spacious rooms, unrivaled
table, and really refined society j Every
such visit was followed by an entertain
ment at uuy'8 -Monument House,: where
the men of both parties met in friendly
consultation, and where Whigs and Dem
ocrats canvassed candidates, prepared
platforms, and laid plans for future cam
paigns. . '
Baltimore was tor many years the chos
en spot for political national conventions,
and Barnum's and Guy's the headquar
ters of the respective factions. It was in
Baltimore that Martm Van Buren was
nominated and renominated. It was in
Baltimore where Joseph Holt, cf Ken
tucky, thrilled the nation by an electric
speech in vindication ot Kichard M.
Johnson, in 1840. It was in Baltimore
that James K. Polk was nominated, in
1844. It was m Baltimore, in 1S48, that
Lewis Cass was nominated. It was in
Baltimore that Franklin Pierce was nom
inated by the Democrats, and Winfield
scott Dy tne w mgs, in isoa. it was
in Baltimore that John C. Breckenrldge
was presented as the candidate of the
slaveholders, and Stephen A. Douglas
ratified as the candidate of the indepen
dent Democracy, 1860. It was in Balti
more that Abraham Lincoln was renom
inated for President in 1864, With An
drew Johnson for Vice President. .
Perhaps it was the meeting of. these
quadrennial assemblages, their exciting
debates, and the extreme . personal ani
mosities to which they gave rise, which
made Baltimore the seat and center of
such persistent opposition . to the Gov
ernment when the M-ar finally took place.
In all these connicts .enos JSarnum was
never a partisan. He was the prince of
fellows, warmly welcoming his mends
and making no enemies. I suspect he
was an Old-line Whig in the days of
Webster anu uiay, diu wnen the south
resolved to take issue with the North, in
1861, it was natural tnat ne should sym
pathize with his own people ; yet If he
did it was always with due regard to the
feelings of others. As the war progress
ed, Baltimore Decame more than ever an
important point to the Government, and
the responsibilities of a hotel-keeper like
Barnum, in the midst of an inflammable
community, were painfully increased
On one occasion the general in command
of the department closed the hotel, and
Mr. Barnum came to AVashington to ask
me to intercede for him. winch I did
promptly and effectively, by appealing
to X'resuient Ajiucoin ami secretary Man-
ton. After the doors of the " old hotel
were reopened, I received from my good
friend a letter abounding in grateful ex
pressions. He regarded it as an unusual
obligation, and I revive the circumstance
now, not because I had a hand in reliev
ing an innocent man from the follies of
one or two ot his youth! ul employees,
hut to show that the humane anil gentle
spirit which induced him to Interfere to
protect Charles Sumner from the cruelty
of the pro-slavery mob was not forgotten
iu darker and more exciting times, either
by himself or by the men iu command of
tne uovernmeut at w asmngton.
A short time ago a close-fisted farmer
on Sandy river, in Maine, died, after de
vising l to his only son. The old gen
tleman was duly mirieu in the veneraDie
churchyard, which suffered a terrible
washing away by the late flood, and
short time ago his body was found oppo
site his son's place, having been brought
down the river a long distance. When
the tender-hearted son was informed of
the tact, he made the touching remark:
" Probably come back alter that dollar'.'
FjLiIZE.
BY .TOSH BILLINGS.
I hate am.
A fli hain't got no manners.
He ain't no gentleman.
He's an introoder, don't send in no
kard, nor ax an inteniuckshun, nor don't
knok at the front, and never, never thinx
ov takin oft" his hat. 1
Fust you kno he iz in bed with you and
up your noze tho what he wants thar
iz a mistry, and he invites himself to
breakfast, and sets doun iu your butter
thout brushin his pants.
He helps himself to sugar and meat,
and merlasses, and bred and persurves,
and vinegy an ny thing, and don't wait
for no invitation. He's got a good appe
tite, and jist az soon eat one thing az
anuther. - ":
Taint no use to challenge him for
takin liberties ; he keaps up a hostile kor
respondencewith you whether you like
it or not, and shoots hisself at you like a
bnllit, and he nuver misses, nuver.
He'll kiss your wife 20 times a day, and
ziz zoo, and ridikulc you if you say a
word, and he'd ruther you'd slap at liim
than not box ; he's a dodger of the dod
girnist kine. Every time you slap you
don,t slap him, but slap yourself, and he
sizzes and pints the hind leg of skorn at
you, till he aggravates you to distrac
shun. j . , . j
p He glories in lightin every pop on the
lxact spot wnere you aruv nun irom,
wich proves the intention to teeze you.
Don't tell me he hain't got no mindt
knows what he's after : he's got sense
and too much bv it, tho he tiuver wen
t&skooi a day ivj hi2 life, ixcept in a
supe-dish.. ,
He's a mean, malignan, owdashus,
premeditated cuss.
His mother never paddled him with a
slipper. . , -
His morals were negleckted, and he
lacks a good dele of humanity mitely.
He ain't bashful $ Sit, aud I dout if he
blushes ofting. -
' In fackt, he waz nuver fetched up a
tall. ' ' , -.,
He waz born full grown ; he don't get
old uther tilings gits old, but lie never
gits old and he is imperdent and niis
cheivousto the day ov his deth. -
He droops in cold wether, and you kan
mash him on the window pain, and
you've jest put your fingers in it. He
comes agin next year, and a heap more
with him, Tain't no use. ' .
, One fli to a tamily might do for amuse
ment, but the good of so menny fiizes I
be dogou ef I iin see, kin you?
I has thort much about flize, and I has
notist how ofting they stop in the devil
ry to comb their heads and skratch thar
noze with their forelegs, and gouge their
armpits under thar wings with thar
hind legs. I
And my kandid opinyin ar, that fiizes
is lowsy ; they eaches all the time, is niis
erhul,and that makes them bad tempered,
and want to make other peepil miserbul,
too. - - - '
Ef that ain't the fiossify of flize, I give
up. ' -"( - . . ,
Altho a fli don't send in hiz kard, he
always leaves one, and I don't like it.
Taint pretty, if 'tis round ; he kant make
a cross-mark, only a dot, and he iz al
ways dotting hiz periods, but he never
cums to a full stop. Such handritin is
disagreabil. ! i
: He'B an artist, hut hiz fresco on the
wall paper in I don't admire; Thar's too
much sameness in. the patterns. , His
specs are the only specs that don't help
the eyes. . You kant see through um , and
you don't want to. j .
. I hate a fli. " , !
. Darn a fli..
, THE MISSION OF "WOMEN . ,
'. BY CARRIE G. SLOUGH. '"..
God does not create for naught, and
woman, by all the nature he has given
her, has a mission a blessed one. It is
the tender, earnest grasp of her hand
that may lead humanity nearer to its
Creator; it is her life of holy devotion
that may shine even as the star that first
comes up in the evening's sky of blue.
Sweet and sacred to us are the names of
such women as Ann H. Judson, Florence
Nightingale ana Mary Lyon. Over and
over again they are repeated by our fire
sides, and we linger over the records of
their' sublime faith and holy love, as
though they breathed of sanctity. And
well may we love to linger there, while
our hearts thrill and glow in the light of
the beacon-fires they kindled.
The pathways are many In which wo
man's feet may tread. Not all may suf
fer and sacrifice as did Mrs. Judson ; not
all may labor as did that noble woman
of Crimean battle-fields ; but all may be
pure and noble, bearing upon their
hearts and faces the seal of a true, glori
ous womanhood. . Ah, it will do so much
for the world so much for God ! I shud
der as I think of . woman, idly folding
her hands in this great world, where her
love a nd labor are needed so much. When
I see her coming down from her throne
of purity, gentleness and love, to hang
at the garments ot mmsy iasmon, ror
getting for this the holy calling of wife,
mother, sister, . friend bartering life's
sweetest wealth for a few honied words
of flattery, laying on that t unhallowed
shrine all her precious giftfS I wonder
if, as she kneels there, she can shut out
the calls of humanity, if she hears no
reproaches ot erring ones who are plead
ing with her for one kindly hand-clasp,
one loving word only one, which might
save them. j
And in that day when the King shall
come hi His glory, in whose garments
shall the blood of these young souls be
found? Are the daughters of wealth
and pride holier than Him who said,
"Go, and sin no more?" it matters but
little whether woman dwells in- marble
halls or in the humble cottage; there is
ever the same lesson of charity, kindness,
purity and love tor her to teach. The
world may never see the hand she lias
reached to some outcast ; may never know
the earnest prayers, the loving sacrifices
that have arisen like sweet Incense Irom
some lovely hearthstone; hut by them
one soul may have been saved from the
slippery path; one star may nave been
added to the crown that fadeth not away.
God has planted iu her heart a beauti
ful germ of truth and purity. To her
life the world is looking ; that life must
ennoble or degrade it. bisters, wives and
mothers, can we fling idly away these at
tributes? Shall we for the sake of ambi
tion, wealth, pride or pleasure, forget
life's holy work? Oh, be pure, be true,
be loving! There is selfishness, false
hood and sin enough in the world now ;
let it not be said that because of our lives
there is more. .
YOUTH IN AGE. .
Above all thing put on charity. Char
ity is the eternal dew of youth. To love
is to live : to love rightly and truly is to
live forever. Love is the Kiver and the
Tree of life, and unites the soul with the
Eternal Life, whose name is Love. Keep
ever young by the love of the beautiful,
the good and true ; and keep that, love
young by perpetual communion with the
Liorti or Deauty, gooiiness and truth. .
So shall your earthly life bo transfig
ured and translated, that it see not death.
All its forces and memories shall become
pulses of immortality: aud the all-vital
izing Unirit shall ver breathe on vou
from the clime eternal. Age shall be
come as a cape of Beulah, beyond the
sKies oi storm, lying tar out toward the
shining shore, where the air is always
mild and sweet, and the light ever soft
and serene; and through the hallowed
solitudes from beyond the death-shade
and the dark River, from the heights of
immortality, ever ana anon, ana nearer
and nearer, come rifts ot tne 1'salm o
Life hymn of evening and of morning
vesper or time and matin or eternity
rue new song oi ine ever young.
A Kansas farmer broke bis neck while
trying to break a colt.
LIST OF FAIRS.
Ohio State Pair Sept. 85-9, at Springfield;
Wm. Lang. President; J. H. Kilppart, Cor. Sec.;
H. 8, Babbitt, Rec. Sec.
Allen Co. Sept 90-3, at Lima; 3. B. Hughes,
Pres.; G. W. Overmyer, Sec,
Ashtabula Co. H. J. Nettleton, Pres.; E. J.
Betts, See. . .
Athens Co Sept. at Athens; Isaac Stanley,
Pres. : J. M. tioodsneed. Sec.
Auglaize Co. Oct. 4-6, at Wapakonetta; J.
Kelley, Pres.; O.T. Dicker, Sec ,
Beliuont Sent- S7-9. at St. ClRirsville- Tlnviil
Brown, Pres.; Alenix Cope, Sec.
Brown Co. Sept. 6-8. at Georgetown; John K.
Brose Pres; Wm. Uavs, Sec
Butler Co. Oct. , at Hamilton; Fergus An
derson, Pres.; W. R. Cochran, Sec.
Carroll i)o. Sept. 9fl-8, at Carrolton; Alex.
Simpsou, Pres.; Thos. iluys. Sec.
Champaign Co. Sept. 12-15, at tTrbana; 'Dan
iel Blose, Pres.; W. A. Humes, Sec
Clark Co. Sept 5-8, at Spriugneld; Peter Sintz,
Pres.; Quincv A. Petts, See.
Clermont Co. Sept. 12-15, at Boston; J. I
Weaver, Pres.; W. E. Mears, Sec.
Clintoo Co. Sept. 6-8, at W'Ulmington; C M.
V alkcr, Pres.; Levi Mills, Sec
Columbiana Co. Sept. 90-22, at New Lisbon;
John I Crowell, Pres.; J. P. Benner, Sec.
Coshocton Co. Sept. 1S-15, at Coshocton; John
S. Klliot, Pres.; L. I CantwelL Sec .
Crawford Co. Oct 8-8, at Bucj rus; Joshuah
Koller, Prev: Ueorge Keller, Sec
Cuyahoga Co. Oct 8-U, at Cleveland; D. L.
Wightinaiii Pres.; A. B. Chamberlin, Sec.
Darke Co. Oct 8-6. at Greenville; Ueorge I).
Miller. Pres.; J. T. Murtz, Sec
Defiance Co. Oct 8-tt, Defiance; W. D. Hill,
Pres. ; Charles P. Tittle, Sec
Delaware Co. Oct 8-6, at Delaware; Larris S.
Felkner, Pres.; Fred M. Joe, Sec
Krle Co.Oet 8-6, at Sandusky; C Caswell.
Pres.; 8. Jt White, Jr., Sec ,
Fairfield Co. Oct 11-14, at Lancaster; B.IW.
Carlisle, Pres.: John G. Reeves, Sec
Franklin CoSept 5-8, at Columbus; John M
Pugh. Pres; CS Glenn Sec,
Fulton County.-Sept 97-29, at Wauseon, H. It
Boofiy, Pres.; H. L. Morel v. Sec
Gall 1a Co.-At Gallipolis ; McCoy Balston, Pres. ;
J. C. Vandue, Sec ( '
Geauga Co.-Sept 13-15, at Burton; Luther Rus
sell, Pres.; H.C. Tuttle, Sec
Greene Co.-Sept 1S-16, at Xenia; David Mill
en, Pres.; J. B. Carmthers, Bee.
Guernsey Co.-Sept 21-22, at Cambridge; J. C.
McClulland, Pres.; C B. Hutchinson, Sec.
Hamilton Co.-Sept 5-9, at Cincinnati; Theoph,
Wilson, Pres.; R. T. Dnrrell, Sec i.
Hardin Co Sept 13-15, at Kenton; James M
White. Pres.: L M Stronir Sec. . i
Hancock Co.-Oct 6-7, at Findbvy: Hanks P.J
Page Pres.; DBBeardslee, Sec i ' A
Harrison co.-oct. 4-6, at Cadiz; S. tferron,
Pres.; Jacob Jarvis, Sec. - . )
Henry Co.-Sept 20-22, at Napoleon ; J. A. Stout
Pres; A. H. Taylor, Sec
Highland Co.-Sepu 4-6, at Hillsooro: C. S. Bell,
Pros.;. 'jhnW...Uis, Sec , .
Hootlng CorOct 5-7, at Logan; C. Clowe,
Pres.; H.X. Wright, Sec ". ..
Holmes Ccr-Millersburg; George F. Newton,
Pres.; B. Herzer, Sec. 7
Huron Co. Sept. 1-21, at Norwalk; J. C. K.
Lastman, Pres.; W B Wolvcrton Sec.
Jackson Co Sept 27-2!), at Jackson C H; Green
Thompson, Pres; J ASelli, Sect- i
Jefterson Co. No organization. I
Knox Co. dept. S6-S8, at Mt Vernon; Robert
Miller, Pres.: C. E, Critchfleld, See,.,, ....
Lake Co. Sept 27-2K, at Painesvillc; John
Warren, Pres.;X.'W. Mead Sec i . .
Lawrence Co. I ronton: c. Ellison, Pres.:Thos.
I. Murdooh, Sec. ..) )
Licking Co. Oct. 3-6, at Newark: Joseph
White, Pres. ; I. W. Bi gelow. Sec. i
Logan Co. Oct. 8-6, at Bellefontaine; D. W.
Harris, Pres.; E. J. Howenstine, Sec.
Lorain Co. Sept. 19-92, at Elyria; Chas. &
Mills, Pres.; G. P. MctcalfSec i
Lucas Co. fcept. 19-22, at Toledo; R. C Thomp
son, Pres.; F, B. Warren, Sec, ; , f -.
Madison Co. No organization. !
Mahoning Co. Oct 8-5, at CanHeM; Richard
Fitch, Pres.; F. W. Beardsley, See.
Marion Co. Sept. 5-7, at Marion; Peyton Hord,
Pres.: B. F. Stahl, Sec, , .. '
Medina Co. Oct 11-13, at Medina; Gaylord
Thompson, Pres.; N. H. Bostwick, Sao. .
Meigs Co, Sept. 13-15, ut Rock Spring; Abner
Stout, Pres.; E. 8. Branch, Sec "i
Mercer Co. Sept 21-23, at Celina; G. W
Raudaburgh, Pres; J. Milligan, Sec.
Miami Co. Oct -7, at Troy; .Wm, B. Mc
Clung, Pres; S. R. Drary, Sec. i
Monroe Co. Sept. 90-92, at Wooflsneld; A. B.
Covert, Pre,; D. Okey, Sec.
Montgomery Co, Sept. 5-8, at ' Dayton; M.
Ohner, Pres.; A Stephens, Sec.
Morgan Co Sept. 27-29, at McConnellsville; J.
A. McDonnell, Pres.; J. 9. Adair; Sec,
, Morrow Co Sept 26-8, at Mti Gilead; ;D. S.
Talmadge, Pres.; E. V. chase, Sec. ;
. Muskingum Co. . - )
Noble Co. Sept. 20-22, at Sarahsville; John'M.
Round, Pres.; JDanford, Sec. 1 j . '.
Ottawa Co. J. P. Lattimorc, Pres.
Paulding Co. W. H. Snook, Pres.; G. W. Cox,
Sec. . i n. i
Perry Co. Oct 4-6, at New Lexington; Edward
Mose, Pres; T. P. Skinner, See. ' ,
Pickaway Co. Sept 19-22, at Cireleville; V. F.
Decker, Pres ; A. R. Van Cleaf. Sec. . . .
Pike Co. No organization. ..,-
Portage Co. Sept, 25-27, at Rev4nna;'Peter II
Bean, Pres; J Melinrg, Sec
PrebleCo - .. ...
Putnam Co Sept 27-9, at Ottawa; Wm Blod
gett, Pres; GD Kinder, Sec.
Richland Co Sept , 19-92, at Mansfield; W S
Hickox. Pres; J W Mvers, Sec.
Ross Co Sept 10-13,'at Chillicotha; L G Delano,
Pres; PG Griffin, Sec , )
Sandusky Co Oct 4-7, at Fremont; William E
Haines, Pres; W li Andrews, See-i , ;
Scioto Co No organization.
Seneca Co Oct 10-13, at Tiffin; Wm II Gibson,
Pres; V F Cramer, Sec.
Shelby Co Sept 19-22, at Sidney; J R Kendall
Pres; 11 Black, Sec ,
Stark Co Sept 2G-9, . at Canton; J H Bair,
Pres; J F Clark, Sec. -t
Summit Co Oct 3-6, at Akron; Jas. Hammond,
Pres.;S. H.Pitkin, Sec. ,
Trumbull Co. Sejit 19-21. at Warren; Harmon,
Austin, Pres; H F Austin, Sec. x - , ,
Tuscarawas Co Oct JMl, at Canal Dover; S
Harmonnt, Pres; E S Singluff, sec.
Union Co Oct 8-6, at Marysrille; Philip. Sny
der, Pres; L Piper, Sec.
Van Wert Co Sept 15-16, at Van Wert; N Hat
tery, Pres; L H Robinson, Seo. i -
v luton ix jxo organization.
Wayne Co Oct 3-U. at Woostcr: Cornelin
Smith, Pres; I Johnson, Sec.
W imams co hept lu-21, at Bryan; E 1 Evens,
Prss; R X Patterson, Sec.
vvooni.o UM4-1, at jLontog-any; Jas w Ross,
Wyandotte Co Oct 11-13. at TTpper Sandusky;
McM. 1. Carey, l'res; A Kali, Sec. i
Deceased..
A VISIT TO BONNER'S ' STABLES.
Beautiful women' aiid fine horses are
the boast of Kentucky, and such being
the case, it is but natural that Kentucky
women should love hue horses, aiid noble
horses have an affection for pretty women,
Friday evening last Mr. Bonner showed
through his palatial -stable two of the
fairest daughters of the .Blue 'Grass re
gion. Dexter seemed to appreciate the
compliment, for he remained quiet under
the caress of the soft jeweled hand, and
Queen Pocahontas stood as beautiful as a
dream when bright eyes looked into her
own and a warm cheek, was ilaid against
her head. The mare and' the woman
standing'togetsher in the box formeda
picture of rare beauty Old Flatbush
Maid was in bad humor, anil could not
be woood into gentleness. When an at
tempt was made to caress her she laid
back her ears and looked as mgly as she
could. Possibly she was jealous of the
favors showered on Pocahontas. We ap
prehend tnat 1 latousii is like the majori
ty of old maids inclined to be60iiraud
crabbed. Bruno, who has been regarded
as a vicious horse,, stood as quietly as a
lamb while a pair of glorious arms were
put around his glossy neck; and Lantern
tried to look much yonncer than lie is
when tho door of his-box was thrown
open and radiant eyes beemed in upon
him. Peerless came eagerly forward and
held out her face for a kiss, as if kisses
were her special mortgaged property.
The gray inare is something of a spoiled
Deauty lu tins particular.,., v lien the In
spection of the stable was finished. Mr,
Bonner put Pcxter to his road wairon
and then drove out in the park, in order
thut the ladies might oee hint move; and
the manner in which, lie woke up the
sleepy policemen-was somewhat bewild
ering, rney did not mow their whistles,
out looked on In wonderment, and sim
ply gasped, "Oh! that's Bouner and
Dexter ! ' It is not necessary to say that
the ladies pronounced Dexter 'perfectly
splendW" in action, for all that anil
much more of the same kind was. heard
as a matter of course.
COWPEH'S KIOTHI'.K.
The influence of Co wper's mother upon
his character mav be learned from the
following expression of filial affection
which he wrote lo Jjady Ilosketh, on the
receipt of his mother's picture: "X had
rather possess my mother's picture than
the richest iewel in the British crown ;
for I loved her with an affection that her
death, fifty years since, has not in the
least abated." . And lie penned the fol
lowing lines on that occasion :
"My mother ! when I learned that thou Traxt dead.
Hay, irast thou conscious of the tears 1 sued
Hovered thy spirit o'er thy orrovlug ton.
Wretch even then, life's sorrow just begiiut
PerhaM thou gav'vt ma, though unl'elt, a kiss;
Perhaps a tear, if souls cau weep in lilinn-'-Ah,
that maternal smile, H answers Ve!' "
One of the New Bedford,' Massachu
setts, churches takes over two hundred
copies of religious papers, and dist ributes
them gratuitously. They are, eagerly
received and read by people who rarely
or never attend church. 'Oast thy bit-ail
upon the waters." '
- Warren Co Sept 80-29, at Lebanon; Geo W
Cary, Pres; E Warwick, Sec. :
Washington Co Sept 90-2, at Marietta; W F
Curtis, Pres; J Palmer, Jr, See .
MELANGE,
Indiana has a one-eyed pig.
Sporting sailors" Epsom salts."
Lightning struck a inusquito in Geor
gia.
A pitched battle A lieht between two
tars.
Jfewberrv. S.
C, has a four-legged
duck.
May corks
bonys?"
lie called
'good little
The only substitute for goose quills
sheep pens.
' When is a soldier not half a soldier?
When he's in quarters.
Louis Napoleon died in Illinois last
week. He was a horse.
To get at the root of a thing dig. If
you are a dentist pull.
A girl may as well hang up her fiddle
when she looses her beau.
When is water the most likely to es
cape When it is only half-tide.
What trade do dancing masters follow
unless it is that of hop merchants.
The rose blushes : no wonder, consider
ing the things that are done under it.
The line of business some strong-
minded ladies take up The masculine.
A young mau of Oswego committed
permanent suicide while temporarily in-
me.
A Bichmond negro killed himself bv
partaking of pounded glass and jelly
cake.
Being mtite-uallv azreed. a Dalr of
deaf mutes were married in Iowa last
week.
In time the mulberry tree become;
silk gown and a silk gown becomox a
woman.
The happiest age for vouiiff women
Marriage, except when they are obliged
to marrg-age.
A bullock is boiled down to twelve
pounds in the beef condensing factory
of Houston, Texas.
Son r.1!'-, unison ia nnntaninlnlini, a ,1 n
kjci. ... ... ... vir . . l.i ... ..... . . .
ceased whale, 90 feet long, washed ashore
by the sad sea wave.
A Titusville genius has just invented
a machine called the " Great American
Rotary Hydraulic Hen Regulator.
" Sir, you have the advantage of me."
Quite right; you are quite right sir.
Almost everybody of common sense
has."
History repeats itself Old saying
The Dutch have taken Holland. Mod
ern saying The French have taken
Paris.
Connecticut people have been expect
ing that a hen, which was setting on a
dozen apples, would hatch a barrel of
cider. .
Arolline-pin.with which aloving wife
had knocked her husband down seven
times, came in as evidence in an In
diana trial.
The potatoe bug throws up the sponge-
in the presence of a Pennsylvania fly
bearing the name oi tnyridoptenx epne
m.'eriformis. A policeman named Logue took a dose
of laudnanm to deaden a rheumatic
twinge. There were just sixteen car
riages at the funeral.
A New-Mexico attorney in addressing
the jury, threatened to blow out the
brains of any man who should intimate
that his client was guilty.
Good housekeepers are putting up all
the fruit they can, and little boys and
girls are willing to try and put down as
much fruit as their mothers.
Bridal cars are proposed for horse rail
ways in Chicago. The honeymoons are
so short there that newly-married couples
can't spare the time for a tour out of the
city.
The rural portions of Rhode Island com
plain that Providenee has too much pow
er in their Legislature. It is a complaint
never made iu any other State in the
Union.
Wilton N. II., is quite delighted with
its new hearse. It is a very ornamental
affair, and contains a large quanity of
plate glass, "surrounded by a heavy
moulding."
A carpenter took a holiday and went to
Rockaway. When he retnrned home his
friends asked him what he saw. "Why,"
he replied, ' I saw the sea, and now I
see the saw."
An Iowau created a diversion in his
boarding-house by inserting arsenic in
his hash. The compound was not agree
able, and a stomach-pump was intro
duced into the family circle.
. We have seen a rope walk, a note run,
a watch spring, a horse fly and a Sarato
ga hop, and next Summer we shall go
over the Rockys to see the big trees leave
and tlie Pacific slope. Chicago post.
A man who was driving a cow through
the streets of Waupuu, Wisconsin, waa
so much flustrated by a sudden bow from
a lady that, in return, he made a bow to
the cow and threw a stone at the lady.
A party of Kentuckians "treed" a
coon and chopped down, the tree with
great difficulty, but found no coon, and
where he went is the great question
which agitates Cynthiana and vicinity.
, A country paper, speaking of the street
organ playing of a soldier without arms,
who worked the crank with his foot.says :
" His playing was far above the usual
average; he threw his whole soul into
it-" ......
. Squabbles, an old bachelor, shows his
stockings, which he had just darned, to
a maiden lady, who contemptuously re
marks, pretty good for a man dariier,"
Whereupon Squabbles rejoins, "good
for a woman, darn her."
" Oh, : : I'm so glad you like hirds.
What kind do you most admire J"' said
a young wife to her husband. Ahem !
Well, 1 think a good turkey, with plenty
of the dressing," said the husband, i
about as nice us any."
A proposed military camp in England
was recently abandoned on the ground
that the harvest iu Kirkshire was late,
and therefore the British soldiers might,
lie subjected to the equinoctial storm.
The people had the hardihood to laugh.
The rising generation in Iowa is hope
fully bright. At one of the Sunday
schools in an Iowa towu, the superin
tendent, reviewing the lesson, asked the
question : "Why are we commanded to
'gird our loiusV"'' One little sharp
shaver sung out, " To keep your breeeli
es up."
Miss Mary Ann Miller lias married
A freiilli'iiiHii hristupher t liihl;
She was a respectable maiden.
Nor was hi' in anv way wild,
i Vet, spile of these facts people pwt.ipiei.
And wildly the whispered news spread.
That Miss Mary, tlMmcli always thought vir
tuous. Had a ehlld the day she was wed.
A stranger, observing an ordinarj-roller-rule
on the table, took it up, anil
on inquiring iu use, was told it was a
rule for counting-housex. He turned it.
over and over, up and dowu i-eeatedly,
and at last, in a puixixysm of bullied cu
riosity, he inquired, How, in the name
of wonder do you count houses with
this?"
A Boston undertaker, having estab
lished himself next door to a popular liv
ery stable, was accosted one day by an in
dividual apparently in a great hurry ,wlu
asked, " Can I get an open buggv lier r"
" No, sir," said the interrogated, " we
bavu't got a buggy, but (pointing to a
hearse which stood at the door) we cau
accommodate you with a skeleton rin
onl" r