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WAITIKiO.
BT B. H.
I k now it will not be to-lay ;
I know it will not !e to-morrow.
Oh half in lov and half in sorrow,
I Watch the fow swift hours away .
1 bil them haste, then bi'l them sta,
I long so for the coming day.
I long to I would rather wait;
Each hour to see the unseen
Each hourturns rie in secret summer
The jovs which I anticipate.
Oh, precious feet, come slow, come late!
I loug so, it is bliss to wait!
Ah, sweet sail life, so far to-day!
Ahl sweet saiklife, so near to-morrow !
Can Jov be joy when we miss sorrow?
VV hen earth's last sun has rolled away
In tideless time, and we cau jv
. So more "Mo-morrow," or '1o-d?"
MY BOSE.
The night is cold, the moon is ringed
With hazy prophecy of snow.
And frozen lie the outer world;
But in my heart is summer.
The Are horns low, the light is dim:
I hear late footsteps burn ing by
Some one doth shout, 'The night is cold .
Unhappy one not blest as I.
I know not solitude or chill;
Kor all the cold and shadowy room
Helta into fragrant forest aisles.
And meadows honey-sweet with bloom.
Because because I feel a Kose,
Steeped in the sunlight of the south.
Red uetaled, sweet, and velvet soft,
y etlingenug upon my mouth.
And never solitude or chill
Can enter into humblest room
Where such a Rose but comes to touch
And thrill a lifetime with its bloom.
FATHER, TAKE MX HAND.
The way is dark, my Father! Cloud on cloud
Is gathering thickly o'er my head, and loud
The thunders roar above me. bee, 1 stand,
Like one bewildered! Father, take my baud,
A nd through the gloom
Lewi safely home
Thy child!
The day goes fast, my Father! and the night
Is drawing darkly down. 3Iy faithless sight
Keen ghostly visions: fears, a spectral baud,
Encompass me. O Father! taka my baud,
And from the night
Lead upto light
- . Thy child!
The way is long, my Father! and my soul
Longs for the rest and quiet of the goal
W bile yet 1 journev through this weary land,
Keen nie from wanderkig. Father, taka my hand !
Quickly and straight
Lc.nl to Heaven's gate
Thy child!
The path is rough, my Father! Many a thorn
Jlas pierced me; and my weary lect, all torn
And bleeding, mark the way; yet thy command,
i Bids me press forward. Father, take my hand,
Then safe and blest
I.ead up to rest
Thy child!
The throng is great, my Father! Many a doubt,
And fear, and danger compass me about,
And foes oppress nie sore. I cannot stand
Or go alone. O. Father, take my hand,
And through the throng
Lead safe along
Thy child!
The cross is heavy, Father! I have born
It long, and still do bear it. Jt my worn
. .... .V. . x.irit ri tlx f llHt IllKSt laUll
Where crowus are given. Father, take my hand,
And, reaching- down,
Lead to the crown
Thy child!
GENTLEWOMAN OF
SCHOOL.
THE OLD
She dwelt, I know not where, nor read
If lay her limbs on downy bed,
Kor if on dainties rare she led,
Or a frugal diet.
To but a few her worth was known ;
fehe ever 1 i ved among her own,
And dreaded not to be alone;
Her name was "Quiet."
Poets her praise have sung a face
"Simpatics," whore never trace
Of Cynic's art could find a place,
But love lav beaming;
Upon her lips and in her eyes,
A thousand kindly sympathies,
Told with what measureless supplies
Her heart was teeming.
Her dress you would not care to see;
Nor nun or courtly dame was she--tSlie
shrank from singularity;
et Mowers vernal,
Less daintily their hues combined.
Her dress hut imaged forth her mind
Such order reigned, such tasto redned,
And grace supernal.
Her talk now sober was, now gay.
But little did she find to say
Upon her neighbor's faults. The way
To life immortal,
She oft surmised, was rough to all;
And some must slip, and some must fall;
Alore cause for mercy oft to call
At Heaven's high portal!
Her manners I could scarce define;
. No studied grace had she; to shine
Among her peers was ne'er her line.
On pure thoughts feeding;
And yet a subtle power had she.
Which few could e'er withstand the free,
Strong bond of Christian courtesy,
And highest breeding.
To her all living things were dear;
The leveret at her call drew near;
The squirrel half forgot its fear,
'Neath her caressing;
And sweet birds caroled out their lay.
And lambkins round her feet would play,
Submissive to her gentle sway.
And timely blessing.
She read and thought and yet no rage
Had she for controversal page,
The hollow clamor of the age.
She joined not in it.
Home scorned and she would pity these;
Some doubted with defiant ease;
fclie sought the truth upon her knees,
Xor failed to win it !
And think not that she failed to find
' Some pastimes suited to her mind;
Well could she mingle with her kind
For genial pleasure;
Her voice rose clear in round or glee,
Jn dance the sprightliest aye was she;
With courser fleet, o'er moorland free,
ttlie roamed at leisure.
Slie had ber love talc, it was said;
But her ealm reticence forbade
To probe her woman's heart, and staid
Kude eyes for prying,
All wifelv instincts she might own,
' Though love were fettered on the throne.
And Uonor ceased, when Worth had flown,
Aud Faith lay dying.
A true, yet artless woman she;
Her mirth ne'er sank to levitv
ilcrs was the grace which chivalry
Could feel and honor.
Her eyes sought not the tale of shame,
Her girlhood's blush unbidden came,
Should flippant tongue its light jests frame
And thrust upou her.
In those old days Eve's daughters fair,
Moved with a calm, unruftled air.
They met old age without despair,
, .. - Our touch of rancor.
'Tis said a wider sphere they need
' ' To day and toil for other meed
Than love, nor care to slacken speed
re casting anchor!
If this lie so, then, as is meet.
We sip the hitter with the sweet,
The fae at Change we bow to greet,
As wisdom's flat.
Yet tender thoughts of thee we have,
And Jsuuiblv heris permission crave,
'Xoi&y a wreath upon thy grave,
Dear lady "CiujW,"
CELIE.
JBY GEORGE SAND.
FIItST PART.
OOSTJNl'ED.J
irR idea that this unknown per
son should have the audacity to
TzSJ introduce himseii neiore our
W s& eves into the presence of Mile,
Merquem filled me with rage, and as
I was going to rush out on the balcony
In my shirt sleeves, Stephen held me
"What the devil is the matter with
von?" he said: "he-wants to see his
comrade, and lie is in the right way,
There, he enters his room, and the lady
is below. Dress yourself and listen to
me "
"I saw this gentleman at Btretat a
month ago. He is a very handsome fel
low, well made, adroit with his body
hut he is a low-bred scoundrel, whose
4ii ia were iiiRunnortanlo to me the ver
flrsr. (lav. He is an adventurer, who
mil la himself the Marouis de Kio Negro,
and who seems to be very rich, for he
plays a devil of a game and throws away
money in hamulus, lie says ne is
Brazillian or a Chilian I don't know
He mav be what lie says ; but either the
noblemen of his place are very badly ed
ucated, or he is an old pirate some
brigand, by land or sea, who has. made a
strike and got rich. My opinion of him
was that of all persons or ounse at n.tre-
tat. As lie talked sea talk or profanity.
.and couldn't tell in wiiat ships or under
nvhat flag he had served, he was generr
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VOLUME I.
ally taken for a kind of filibuster who
had a hand in some affairs of the United
State in the South: but there are fools
everywhere who are dazzled by impu
dence, and in general the women love
these blackguards. M. le Marquis then
had a success at Etretat, scandalous
success, as yon can easily ucneve. av
had the nower ortlie cocoues, tne nower
the drugs! but, while throwing
them bank-notes with one hand, lie
abused them with the other, and affected
to despise them and to seek some more
honeyed adventurers. He did bis best to
compromise certain ladies of fashion, and
received oglings irom more man one.
He received something else beside; he
got a slap in the face from a certain hus
band, whom he fought with and wound
ed, for he fights very well, it seems.
Who wouldn't he a husband 01 a nne la-
ly, to be forced to be laid up by a gen
tleman of the highway ! This adventure
obliged the handsoiae marquis to leave
Etretat. it was time tor me, ior ne
played upon my nerves so witli his inso
lent patronizing air that I had a longing
ten times a day to prick him like a soap-
bubble. And now here he is, trying to
compromise Mile. Merquem, that is evi
dent. He'll have his labor for his pains;
she's not one of that style. Ah, the dev
il, no ! she is a good girl and a true, who
carries her heart iu her hand. She
spoke to me a few moments ago so hand
somely I like her now, and lie niusn't
come spreading nimseii too near uer. x
see that you think the same, of course;
we must not let the people of I,a Canielle
have the honor and pleasure of showing
respect to her without taking part in it
ourselves. Dress yourself as a peasant
for the fun of it, my boy ; and, instead ot
washing your hands let the pitch stay
there that has stained them."
"Ah ! but you're a fellow of excellent
sense, Stephen !" I exclaimed ; "we must
not look lite amateurs, we two; we
would have no right to assume to lie the
champions of her whom they attack in a
mask. Let lis be plain sailors of La Ca
nielle and give, if necessary, a good
country thrashing to these make-believe
countrymen."
"Exactly, you've hit it!" answered
Stephen, whom I began to like thorough-
ElZiSiS Xam afraid you will think I ain extrav
and his ideas. al4n J, -ni hn
"Then," he added, "let me set you out
as a nainter knows how." He took the
comb, and arranged my beard and hair
to please himself. I begged him to make
haste, for I wa? impatient to return to
Celie before the pretended marquis came
out of his companion's room.
"Now, see!" said stcpnen, presenting
me with a piece of a mirror ; "you can
show yourself now ; you are no longer a
gentleman, and you're not the worse for
that. For my part, I don't need any
change to look like a lout; Deside, i
needn't conceal who I am . They saw me
at Etretat, and knew me for a beggarly
painter who was not likely to compro
mise anv heiress. Gome ; let us liud out
as we doss if the sick man is likely to die
or get well, and tnen go down straignt to
mount guard around tne utrte aamtrai
Veiie."
The sick man was beginning to revive
under the vigorous friction administered
to him bv the son of old William, and M
Bellac, who was the doctor of the colony,
was assisting In the operation with tne
tranauilitv ot a man who was used to
this sort of accidents. Having no re
son to distrust the pretended marquis, he
snoke nolitelv to him, and gave him a
favoraoie account ot tne sick man s con
dition. The marquis, however, did not
seem to be verv greatly concerned. He
snoke of him as an interior, caning mm
a poor devil, and having no hesitation to
say in a rather haughty tone that he
was only ill ot lear. lie was, pernaps,
his valet dechambre.
The stranger expressed himself m
French, with an incorrect facility and
most presumptuous seit-possession . Ste
phen had sketched his portrait for me
well. He was handsome, well made, and
as uimleasing as possible. His accent
was vulgar, the sound of his voice harsh
and metalic, his look icily impudent, and
with this there was a certain restlessness
which seemed to reveal at times a bitter
sense of secret disgrace. His costume,
that of a Norman peasant, was ridicu
lous : but he thought it a success, for,
though drenched to the bone, he would
not remove it, ana was uryniR iiiinstm
D 1 1 1 1 c
with an air of stoic indifference at the
fire of fagots, which filled the room with
smoke.
I must have been admirably disguised.
for M. Bellac did not recognize me, even
when one of the young men who were
rubbing the sick man conscientiously
with all their might, pointing to me, had
said to M. de Eio Negro: "Look, that is
the man who saved your comrade and
yourself, for without him it would have
been all over with both of you."
The marquis lifted his eyes to mc with
out moving from the chair on which he
was setting astride to warm his back.
"It is you?" he said; "upon my word I
had not noticed your face, as you may
well believe. There was some pulling
down there! What Was it you did my
friend ? I saw my idiot of a comrade
saved, and was glad enough to take the
first rope that came. You shall tell nie
about it. I am staving at Michael's
Come and see me soon."
I did not honor him with any answer,-
and begged young William, iu a whis
per not to ten linn my name, aim tnen
ran off to rejoin Mile. Merqnein, while
Steuben went to warn the whole house
that I was not to be addressed as a gen
tleman before the two strangers. The
i o. i. ..,i,.f,i t ,ra tv.o.i
KUUII OlCUUCIl IIIIUClQiUUU blianx.Tiiio iuti-
f i w win, ,! ri,nr ; MCfinf
quarrel on her account I would jiot
wish at any price to appear as a happy
ival.
Celie was on the terrace of the ground
floor, where I had dined the first day in
company with Stephen. She was talk
ing with the sailors who remaineu upon
the beach. On seeing me, she dismissed
them with a collective "Good eveuing,"
and re-entered the room which served
for kitchen and dining-room.
"r ather YVilliaiu asks us to dinner,
she said, addressing Stephen and mysclt.
and we cm not refuse. When we return
from danger together, we must eat to
gether. The humanitarian philosophy
would say tn common, l don't cusiiKe
the word myself, and you ?"
"1 adore it r" l answered; "nothing is
t x solemn to express the happiness of
eating with you. lo you know that
this will be the first time?"
"Ah! that is a reproach against my
noor Sunday collations."
"Ambrosial collations for M. de Mon-
Ir.iger who adores sherbet; but for me.
to be seated at the same table witn you i
would eat pebbles and sea-weed
"You iust escaped eating some very
salted oties a little while ago, obstinate
fellow! Ah, well, how you are dressed
and combed! 1 would naruiy Know
you!
It was mv friend Stephen here, who
wanted to make my face harmonize witn
mv costume. .Painters, you know
".fainters are tine men," a) jiiie
Merquem, giving her hand to Stephen
wtiotooK tne onus ot her nngerstinnuiy
with evident emotion, and was unable to
speak a word. For the first time in his
life, the touch of a woman penetrated to
his heart without passing through ins
senses. He blushed, however, as sliow
ing liiijisujf so innocent before me, and
making an effort to appear as brusque as
usual, said, looKjng at me (
"What is it.tbun, that I have dane?"
"Your friend does not know," an
swered Mile. Merquoin ; "but I know all.
They bring me a report when I don't see
the whole. You saved little Barcot,
whose strength failed him just as he was
boarding his father's boat,for the old
man, whose hand is no longer sure, lost
his self-possession "
"Bah f" said Stephen ; "what I did by
chance twenty others were going to do.
These fine fellows wanted to let me have
the honor and pleasure of it."
to be continued.
AINESVI
FAMILY PAPER,
P AIXE S VILXiE , LAKE COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
"Home to Thanksgiving.
T was nearly ten o'clock at night,
when John Norton and his wife,
with the comfortable, quiet feel-
ins:, which the heads of large
families often have after the business of
the dav is over, and the inmates ol the
house have all but themselves retired,
drew their chairs close around the fast
(tool i no- stove, and settled themselves ior
one of those domestic chats which they
had long been in the habit of enjoying
together at this hour. Mr. JSorton was
a farmer, with a very small farm, which.
as he. had seven children ana an aged
mother to sumjort. was entirely insuf
ficient to do more than provide some of
the stanle necessities of lite, and he nad
to eke out the remainder by 'jobbing
about ' when he could find any work to
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UO. HUt as ne was uic.u wiui uiat
rrroaw nf ii nnnr men's blessings an
industrious, frugal, healthy wife, he
manaered to live without debt, and, as
he said. " fairlv keep his head above
water." These auiet hours' talk before
he went to bed, were the pleasantest
part of John's life, for he rose early,
without these would have known little
of the comfort of having a happy home.
To-night he was more than usually
tired, for he had sawed a cord of wood
for Squire Jones, and lie began to think,
as the great old clock in the kitchen
corner struck ten, tnar, iiannao was
very wide awake, for her knitting
needles certainly never flew faster, and
her eyes were fixed upon the stove as
if she discovered some new uoauues m
its familiar face; yet she had not spoken
a word for a long time,
P
" Hannah!", he said at last, after deavors to make those last days of a long
yawning in an imploring way several and useful life, the happiest of them all ;
times, to attract her attention, " isn't it and now to change a little for her the mo
time to go to bed ?" r- notony of a quiet indoor life, to give her
tthv. vesi" said tns wue looKing i
un :" onlv 1 wanted to taiK wiui you, a
little while, about a plan I
have been
thinkine- of for some time."
"Well, let's have it," sam jonn,
brightening. .
" 1 don't exactly line to teu you oonu.
to turn over a new leaf. What is it?".
, i V Vi
I want to keep Thanksqivuir) really
lt.ee.rt it John, as we never nave since we
were married."
"How is that?"
" I've been thinking it over and over
all summer, and I made up my mind
that, if God blessed us with health,
spared our lives, anil brought us in a
plentiful harvest, tnat wnen tne time
came pretty near round, I would ask
you about it. Now we have not, with
all our seven children, and an old
mother, had to call a doctor for six
months, no accident nor harm of any
kind has Derallcn us, anu 1 nearu you
say yesterday that the farm had never
yielded so well since you worked it."
Ail true, naunau; um as il is, c
shall onlv iust live; it tnere nau rjcen
sickness or accident, or a poor crop, I
must have run in debt, and then, uod
help the poor man ! I feel as if I could
not help myself, to any purpose again
still, we always have kept Thanksgiv
ing, and l always mean to,
" Yes, but, John, I want, for mother's
sake, to keep a regular old iew Eng-
land Thanksgiving, such as my grand-
mother used to tell about. You know
mother is very old aud feeble, and may I
never live to see another, l-iet us ass an
the fainilv here children, granticini-
dren and great grandchildren."
wnv. Hannan. are you crazy r i
There is forty or more of them, all
told !'
" Well, its no matter if there are fifty ;
I have no relations in the world, you
know; and mother would soenjoy it."
" But where could you get anything
for them to eat i"
Oh! I will engage to give them a
first rate dinner, and that, too. without
diminishing very much irom our own
comfort."
How. Hannah, how? I don't see
ftoto vou'ld begin. There are pies and
puddings, ana turKies anu cnicKens, ana
apples and nuts. Why, its impossible;
where could they all come from?"
I know, John, it would dc pretty
close plarning; but I think it could be
done. I have been thinking it over and
over, and am quite sure, if yon don't
obiect. I can do it."
"But only think or tne ioiks: you
would not ask Sam down from the city,
would you?"
xes 1 would asK every one," saiu
Hannah ; " but it is five years last
August since he has even sent to en
quire for his old mother; so I don't
think there is much probability that he
will come, or any of his proud family.
The more shame for him." answered
John, waxing a little warm, " to neg
lect his poor old motner, anu ne roiling
in gold as he is."
"Never mind the gold, John," said
his wife soothingly ; " he has that, and
you have your mother, and I am sure
she is worth all that ever was dug ; and
you know yon wouldn't for the whole
world change places with Sam this
moment." '
No, that's true! only one would like
to see him a little more, kind to his poor
relations."'
And then," pursued his wife, "there
is Susan, who hasn't a home in the wide
world, and has to go to the ministers to
be married. - We will have her here,
ana tne weaning snaii ue wnere grauu-
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mother is; and now I think of it: Sup-
pose we have the baby baptised, as the
minister - will be here; and ttiere Is
Jane's child, iust" about Bessie's age
and mother never has seen it. We'll
have that christened, too; and perhaps
we :COuld Induce poor James to come,
My heart yearns for that boy; he is just
the age ot our Ifitldy; who knows but
nxiay wouia nave Deen as oaci it ne nau
been thrown so on the world; if vou
and I died, as his parents did; yes, he is
Susan's - own and only brother. He
shall be groom's man, and our Martha
bride's maid. She is almost htteen, you
know."
Oh stop! Hannah stop!" exclaim
ed John. " you will frighten me to
death ! have you been making this plan
for one, or two years, that you get it all
cut and dried so .'"
Hannah had indeed quite forgotten
herself. It had been her design to un
fold her wishes one by one to her hus
band, as she thought him interested in
her, and prepared lor them, but having
once fairly commenced the subject, her
own interest and enthusiasm carried her
away and she now began to be a little
alarmed least so many things might de
stroy the charm with which she had
hoped to invest the plan in her hug
baud's eyes. She was therefore glad as
the clock struck eleven, to make prep
arations tor immediately retiring to bed,
but there was little sleep that night for
her! She was walking through large
poultry yards singling out, now this
fine rooster, now that white turkey, and
daripg even, with bold hand, to snatch
from liia dignified position the head
gander of the flock. And theu when
her w.;ary eye-lids dropped, she would
loose this scene, and anon be putting
pie after pie, mince, apple, and first and
best of all deep golden pumpkin, ui-
on the white shelves of an interminable
pantry, and when her feet refused to
carry her there aiiy longer, she was in
the ample Kitcnen, unci sielgn-bells were
ringing merrily up to the door, and
then, such a shaking of hands and meet
ing oi lips, mat poor lianuaii, jainy
wearied, at last fell soundly asleep.
With the morning light came again the
host of ways and means that were to lie
compassed to bring about the desired
end never was a busy mind more
weighed down by cares than hers, and
never a kinder heart more willing to
supply in happy expedients what the
head failed to suggest. '
It wanted now but thrco weeks to
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE,
Thanksgiving, and what was to be done
must be done quickly, liannali consid
ered the consent of her husband as hav
ing been given, and the nest thing was
to consult with the old mother, tor aged
neonle sometimes fear the fatigue more
than they expect to enjoy pleasure from
such sceues.liut grandmother nau always
possessed a warm heart, and lively sunny
disposition, and often the last tiling that
is chilled by the touch of age is the heart,
for the habit of looking at "the silver
lining of the clouds," will keep the soul's
eye bright long after the natural vision
has become dimmed. And so, happy, and
making happy, though with a feeble
frame, the old lady had sat for years in
her old arm chair bv liar son's fireside,
and tiie growing infirmities and decrep
itude ot age uecame beauuiul aud noiy
lessons in reverence to the young grand
children. Tliev were early taught to
feel that a word of reproof, or of appro-
val, from grandmother, was the highest
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rcwaru ur puuiauuivjiL uiui luuiu uc iv
en them. And to attend to all her little
wants, the greatest privilege they could
enioy and thus, iu this farmer's quiet
family, met the two extremes of life
and the rosy light ol the morning was
softened aud mellowed by the fading
rays of the sinking sun, while its deep
ening twilight was made beautiful by
the laughing light of the small golden
clouds, wh-ch lay around it as it sank to
its final rest. Oh ! the influence of the
pious aged upon the heart of the young,
can never be too highly valued, aud hap
py indeed is that family beneath whose
roof yet lingers one whose gray hair and
faltering step is spared a little longer
"from the home of all the living."
So thought Mrs. Norton, and it had al
ways been, from the first hour that her
husband's mother had chosen her home
by their fireside, the object of her en-
something to mint over, wnen uiose
cold Ditter winter storms suouiu sum
out even the little variety she now had,
and to gather once more the members ot
a large family to receive the blessing,
which she so much prized, for herself
aud children, such were Mrs. N.'s mo
tives in the laborious task ot keeping -'a
real Aew.Kuglaud Thanksgiving."
Martha was the eldest child, now near-
Iv fifteen years old. and as there were
six younger, she had always been accus-
onieu irom a ciiiiu to --laKius care.
The mother depended verv much upon
her, she consulted her in little arrange
ments, and would have felt as if a great
part of the household had been removed
if any thing had deprived her of Martha.
From early summer she had been her
mother's confidante respecting Thanks
giving and had, in her own quiet way,
made a thousand plans for bringing it
iibout. It is astonishing in how many
ways children of that age, or even much
younger, may De not only comiorts, nut
aids, to their parents. There were num
berless little acts of self sacrifice which
Martha was daily performing, and
which, though they did not appear at the
time to produce any impress on the con
dition of the family, yet in the aggregate
were ol great importance, and what is
better vet. were forming her own mind
and heart to a standard of generous, high
toned selMevotifrti; a freedom from
selfishness, at once the passport and the
guide to the esteem and love of all who
knew her. Through the summer she
had taken no butter, no sugar, no tea,
norany of the articles that could be saved,
for, as she reasoned to herself, "every
jutie hefpcci," anu oy-anu-Dy, wnen tne
time fairly came, she could ten tier
rents what she had clone to lessen the ex-
neeteu exoenses. uut .airs, morion s
watchful eye had long since noticed the
sacrifice that Martha was making, and
had not only divined the cause, but as
far as it was possible she had aided her.
She had. however, refrained from mak
ing Martha aware that she had discover
ed her secret, for she wished her to have
the pleasure of making it known to her.
And a lovlul surprise it was to all tne
family, when one morning after break
fast Mr. JSorton inquired ol ins mother,
"If she should feel well enough to like
to keep Thanksgiving?"
"Why yes, my son, you know we
always do that, and I hope you alwaws
will, so long as your old mother is with
vou. answered the grandmother.
.But, mother, interposed juts. .Nor
ton no longer able to keep still, "we
mean a great Thanksgiving, a regular
old-fashioned one, such as you used to
have when vou were a little girl; only
yon will be the grandmother now and
tliev will ail oe your children, w e mean
to have the.n nil."
"All all, Hannah!" stammered the
old lady ; "what! not all?"
"Yes, Sam's, and Joe's, and Henry's,
and Martha's, and Betsey's, and Jane's
families and
Why, Hannah!" interrupted the
grandmother, a flush of emotion and
pleasure passing over her face, such as
it had not known for years. "It would
beat you all out to have so many, besides
the expense,
"jn ever miud the expense clear mother,
we have planned it all, and by being
careful, and doing without a few things
we shall have a nice snpper just as you
used to in old times, and I am sure if
there was ever a family who ought to
thank God for his goodness to them, it is
we, tor Ins having spared you so loug to
us, mother:"
The old lady's gentle heart sent a tear
to her eye it was her only answer; and
amid the riotous rejoicings of the other
members of the lamiiy, the breakfast
broke up.
Ana now my children, ' said the
mother, as they all flocked around her
you-have each one, something to do to
help get reaily. Your father is poor you
know. And you are hearty little things
I to feed, and it costs so much to clothe
you ; but we will have the best it you
are willing to help
V hat shall 1 do ; ami l? anu i ?"
cried a half-dozen voices together-
only tell us, that is all !"
"Well, one at a time," said the mother
laughing, "and first, my good Martha!
your mother has known what you have
been doing all summer; and grand
mother's Thanksgiving party could hard
ly have taken place but for your constant
and untiring willingness to do without.
A rich blush passed over Martha's
face and a gleam of sunlight into her
soul. She loved the words of her gentle
mother's approbation, and she loved, too,
the smile of pleasure which lit up the
lauecl eye or near dear old grandmother,
The children all looked wondermgly at
her; and Edward a hue boy ot thirteen,
with a tossot his curls irom his brown
forehead, said, "he might have been do
ing something, too, if he had been told ;
buthe did not know how a man could be
expected to do, when lie did not know
anything was to be done."
ion have been doing, my boy, all
summer," said his mother, with a quick
consciousness ot the discontent which
his words implied. "I will tell you
when we are alone ; and take two of the
best squashes you can hud, and run with
them to Squire Jones. 1 dare say he
will buy them, and that will help towards
tne sugar
"Oh no, mother! Billy is big enough
to take those, and I haye a plan of my
own only do not let any one ask what
it is!"
"Very well and Billy has gone al
ready, I ?oe, for the squashes."
Iu one hour all the family were busy
n doing sucli things as they were able,
- J to help forward the event
e.ven little
John who had not seen his third sum
mer, sat upon th floor, and picked out
all the specked apples from the basket
which was placed before him. But for
Grandmother what a time it was! She,
old lady, for the first hour felt all the
care and responsibility. Her cane
might he heard, now following Martha's
light footstcps.to see what she was doing ;
now going towards the door of the pan
try. To be sure, Hannah had not been
LjLE
able to do anything for her and happy
and proud was she when she found a
paper of raisins, declaring that with
"her new spectacles, she could stone
thein as well as anybody," seating her
self close by John." To "lie sure "the dar
ling little creature picked the apples
over well." Edward had disappeared
before the tasks were allotted where or
for what, no one knew ; but he was a
good boy, and it was his parents' princi
ple to trust him until they found he was
not right ; and now commenced the first
good of our New England festival. A
large family with whom from year to
year the living was a struggle, and who
therefore, were in danger of having
their hearts soured and narrowed by
the necessity which compelled them to
bend and exhaust every energy to sup
ply pressing wants, were now, one day
not only to indulge iu that free holiday
feeling that rests the heart more than
the body but they were also to enjoy
the luxury of making others happy. It
is one of the relics of our puritan ances
try that so few such days are given us
Jays which we need, and which es
pecially our poor need. A man will
drive the plow with a steadier, stronger
hand, if it shall turn up to him occa
sionally a bright flower from the brown
earth.
The children and so did grandmoth
er, for she had almost reached second
childhood counted the weeks first, then
the nights and days, finally the hours
before the 25th of November ! aud time
was no laggard : he turned his wheel,
and sent around day and night now
with warm sunshine and mild genial
breezes, almost like the month of May
now, with cold and rain, and frosts, and
even snow a way he often takes to
warn the lazy husbandman to gather in
his harvest; but round and round the
wheel turned, nor paused it even when
it ushered in a clear, cold, sparkling
Thanksgiving morning.
Everything was in readiness. The
bedstead had been taken down in grand
mother's room, a bright wood fire blazed
away on the old iron hand-irons. They
were the very same that the old lady
had purchased when she was a bride,
and no living clog could have been more
faithful in attendance to her comfort
than were the two savage looking iron
animals, which had for so many long
years presided over her fireside. The
carpet which had been made of rags,
hoarded carefully for that purpose was
swept so clean that it really looked al
most handsome; and Martha's duster had
removed again and again the slightest
speck that had ventured to alight upon
the well rubbed lurniture.
Every invitation had been heartily
given, and as neartny accepted, iwen
the letter to Uncle Sam, in Boston, has
not been neglected, though its composi-
tion and chirography, hau cost poor
Martha more trouble and anxiety than
all the other preparations, and notice
had been taken of it by the grand rela
tion to whome it had gone, lhe little
arrangements, like the wedding and the
christening, had been kept a secret 1 be
tween the elder members of the faniify.
Grandmother had not heard a breath of
it, though she expressed a little surprise
when Bessie's white dress and tne
christening blanket were placed before
the fire to air.
Since the breakfast of that morning,
Edward had not been seen. His mother
missed him, and his father needed him,
a hundred times; but he was nowhere to
be found; and just as they were oecoiU'
ing quite impatient at his delay, there
was a son tap at tne DacK uoor, wiucu
Martha's listening ear immediately
caught. It made a good deal ot coin-
motion, for it was much earlier thau
any of the visitors were expected, and
the holiday dresses were not yet put on ;
but quickly smoothing her already
smooth hair, Martha opened the door,
There stood Edward, ins cap was
thrown back, exposing to full view the
happiest, handsome face his mother
thought she had ever seen; and hand
some, truly, he was, for his fine features
were lighted up with that greatest of all
beautiriers a happy consciousness of
having succeeded in an attempt to make
others happy. Upon his arm he carried
a lararA iiflior' ir. waft a vrv liii-ii" iiiik. I
and lie stood bent over as if he lifted it
with difficulty
No one spoke ; so inarching into the
middle of the kitchen, he put his basket
down upon the table and said: "Good
morning, grandmother ! a happy Thanks
giving to you ! And good morning, Mr,
and Mrs. Norton ! I have come to spend
the dav with you, and for fear yon
might not have dinner enough for such
a hungry boy as I am, I have brought a
twelve pound turKey witn me: so
saying, he untied the paper from that
part of the basket through which he had
kept the "tirum sucks " witii great ait-
ficultv, from obtruding into signt, ana
drew forth as fine and fat a turkey as
ever lived and grew to grace a J hanks-
giving table.
" Well done, Eddy," said his father
' So that is the reason why you thought
our goose wouia ao as wen as turKey,
was it? I, for one, never suspected you
Nor 1, said his mother, with a
proud smile, " though I have wondered
about it a great deal ; and now we have
everything that heart can wish, and
thauks to our good children for a great
part of it."
" No mother." said Edward, looking a
little bashful, and lilting a paper care
fully from the bottom of his basket,
' Martha is to be, you Know" a look
from bis mother checked him. "Well,
Martha is to be an important personage,
and her money that she had saved for
the new dress has gone; and so I
thought just to fix her up a little and
make her look sortot wen, sortol wnitc-
ish, I would bring home a wreath of
white flowers, to put around her head.
Now, Martha, shut your eyes. There,"
said he, laying the wreath as gently as
if it iiad been ot living llowers upon her
head, "don't she look like a like I
mean like a good sister as sue is r"
She looks like a bride," said the
grandmother, taking off her spectacles
and willing them. "We ain't a goin
to have a wedden here, are we, John?"
And the old lady smiled a knowing
smile, and Mrs. Norton heard her sav
ng to herseit, a tew minutes atter,
4 Well, now if that don't beat all. I
daresay is's Susan, poor child, she hasn't
a home anywhere. And there, I
shouldn't wonder it the baby was a
goin' to be baptized, too." But grand
mother kept her own counsel, and was
now the wiser tor suspicions. Though
she insisted on knowing, " Where in the
world did the boy get the tilings?"
Edward was a little reluctant at first
He preferred to surround his exploits
with a little mystery; but he was too
good-hearted a boy long to resist en
treaty, and the whole story was told.
lie had hired himscit out to Mr. Hop
kins, a rich farmer; had worked "like
a man ;" Mr.Hopkins himself said so, that
lie had given him, the last turkey he
had, and a halt dollar lor a present ; but
lie wanted Martha to look dressed tip,
and all he could think of was fie wreall
lie had seen hanging in the bonnet shop.
She looked so pretty with a rose-bud in
her hair; lie thought she would like
roses. So they were, " But," he said,
looking around to his mother, " I hesita
ted between her ami yon, mother only
you always look just as handsome as "a
picture tome, and I could not And any
thing, that would make yon look better"."
A loving smile rewarded the boy, and
loug, long after the wreath of Dowers
had faded, even from memory, the influ
ence, of those kindly feelings fostered in
the young heart, moulded aud adorned
tho destiny of the man.
And now came the roasting of the tur
key. The grandmother avered " it
should have lieen on a full hour atro."
and the mother Beenied to have thought so
also, from the quickness with which shr
made her preparations. All, however,
decided it would bo worth waiting for,
and so, nicri-ily was ushered in tin- Ion
JOURNAL.
AGRICULTURE,
looked for, much desired Thanksgiving
dinner.
When the bell rang for church, all
the family were ready; no one was to
remain at home, but the old grandmoth
er and mother, and a happier set of lit
tle laces or hearts, whose true language
was true gratitude lor tavors received,
did not enter the sacred house that clay.
To lie sure, the sermon seemed long,
and the Thanksgiving Anthem, with its'
usual number ol halleluiahs, could not
keep the attention of the children.
John put ins can on, and JJillv buttoned
and unbuttoned his coat, until Martha
touched him to be quiet. But the long
est day must have its end ; and a laugh
ing shouting, noisy party tney macie,
when a turn in the road hid the" church,
the minister, and the deacon from
sight.
With long steps and quick steps, and
running, home was soon reached, and
the impatience grew the greater, as
every obstacle was overcome; nothing
remained but putting nicely in their
places their best bonnets and caps, and
waiting the arrival ot their guests.
Grandmother, dressed in her deep
frilled cap, white as snow, bound around
her head with a broad black band, the
emblem of her long widowhood. Her
bombazine short gown and petticoat,
and her never idle knitting needles were
the very personification of happy, virtu
ous old age. And the baby iijioii the
rocker of whose cradle her foot never
forgot a task, grown from long use into
a habit, was to a stranger's eye, an al
most grotesque image ot heiselt. lhe
same mild blue eyes; the same round
forehead; the very nose, inclining to
pug even like hers ; and to complete the
resemblance, the child was to bear her
name, though changed from the old
fashioned Betty to the more modern
Bessie.
Soon there began to be a number of
small knocks upon the door. The chil
dren came first and it was strange to see
with what a feeling amounting almost
to awe, they looked around, i amihar
as every object was to them, maiiKS
giving like an actual liking personage,
had thrown the mantle of holiday attire
over the well known furniture even
the cradle, aud its white-robed occupant,
with whom they had so often romped,
in the tuu treedom ot childish, glee,
seemed places at a distance from them ;
and they sat upon their footstools.
around grandmother, and looked up in
her well loved face with a feeling of
reverence stealing into their little
hearts. And now came louder and
more characteristic knocks, and soon
Joe's, and Henry's, and Martha's, and
Betsey's, and Jane's families were there ;
all now present but Jane's city ladies
and gentlemen, and Susan, the bride-
groom, Martha, and James, the boy, who
was almost an outcast
Grandmother, with her large, warm
heart, was the life of the scene. Not a
child, nor a grandchild, but she had
ready for it a kind word, a pleasant,
loving word, words which they remem
bered when the next Thanksgiving
came around. And here, bothers and
sisters, parent and children, between
whom rolled the waves ot Time, even
leaving them farther apart, met once
more, mingled their joys and their sor
rows, with that onwonteu irecness
which such an occasion alone can give :
drank once more of that fount of love
which had opened upon thein with their
being; ana hard, toil worn men and
care-oppressed women, as they, many of
them were, not a heart among them all,
but into it stole light and warmth from
the family altar.
'Mother! you Dear age weu:" said
her firstborn. "See!" he continued, as
he laid his own grey head, as he used to
do when a boy, upon her knee, "did you
ever expect to see your 'little crow head
ed Josy, as you used to call me, with
such white locks as these r'
"God has been very merciful to me,
my son," said the old lady, with a trem
ulous voice, "lie has spared me many
years after. He has taken away mv
usefulness, nut," and nere sue placed
her feeble hand upon his head, "He has
has spared me to see you all together
ouce, ami to ave to you, in ins name,
"j
"And to hear us all arise and call you
blessed," said Hannah, with emotion.
"Amen !" said the minister, who had
just entered. "God's blessings attend;
those whose lives have been spent mhis
service."
This unexpected new comer riroduced
quite a sensation around the room
Grandmother wiped the tears with
which her eyes were overflowing, and
said almost aloud, "I knew it; I knew
crttnirlilnfr- uns o-oi I) cr tn huiii-wm mit
where is Martha? and Susan? and there
is James, poor boy ! I thought they said
he was to be here." But the arrival of
the clergyman seemed to be ouly the sig
nal lor other expected new comers, in
a moment very merry bells were heard
iingling up to the door, a stylish buf
falo, with bright red fringe, was thrown
oft, and disclosed to the watching eyes
Henry Lawson, the young blacksmith,
known for some tune as Susan s lover.
Susan herself, Martha and James.
There was the silent hush of expecta
tion, but no one left the room ; and there
was heard the low voic? or those who
had just arrived, and after a few min
utes, evidently of preparation, the door
was swung back, and a party, the bridal
character of which there was no mis-
takeing, entered. Onietiv and solemnly
they arranged themselves before the min
ister, and when all was hushed in si
lence, the short, simple ceremony was
quickly performed, and a prayer from
pious lips invoked heaven's blessings up
on the newly married pair. Susan now
no longer a homeless orphan, with
blush of happiness upon her cheek, and
a tear of joy in her eye, claimed in
whisper, "that Henry should share her
place in her grandmother's heart, and
be iu truth what he would so love to be a
reol yrandchild."
But before the bustle of congratulation
commenced, the pastor asked a few min
utes more attention, and the two infants
were presented tor baptism a ceremony
very seldom performed out ot church
but now granted in consequence of Mrs
Aorton's urgent solicitation, that the
grandmother might be present on an oc
casion particulary interesting to her, as
one ot the children bore her owu, and
the other his grandmother's name.
It can hardly be said which ceremony
touched most nearly the old ladys heart
the bride, entering upou the new, untri
ed portion of her orphan life or the lit
tle ones just launching their barks uiKin
that sea, the haven of which she had to
nearly reached. Certain it is, she wept
and wept freely, during the good man
consecrating liower; and indeed, thei-
was hardly a dry eye in the room when
he, with that quick sympathy which is
the truest earnest of a minister's success
entering into the Interest of his flock
"thanked God that he had put it into the
hearts ot men to set apart such a day
when his goodness and ins blessing
might be remeinliercd, and sinners
they were, all might bring before Ids al
tor the incense of thanksgiving and
praise." But the day was rot made for
tears, and the prayers ended, smile
chased thein away as quickly as the su
the light clouds. Aothing could pre
vail upon the clergyman to remain will
them longer thau his presence was ac
tually required ; and as ho slowly took
Ids way home, lie thought, as a philo
sophizing mind is apt lo think; not so
much upon the scene he had left, as to
the use to which such a day might be
turned. During his stay there, his eyes
had been upon the stray lamb of the
l!oek the ardent, wild James and when
he saw the oyo held steadily down to
conceal the emotion which ho felt was
betraying itself in his face, and the quiv
ering lip, which refusod to obey the
stern command of a strong will, he
knew that all was not lost yet, and dc
tcrmindetl, with a vigorous hand and an
uplifted heart, to try once more to "save
the erring."
AND GENERAL NEWS.
25, 1871.
And now came the dinner. How
pretty Martha looked in her wreath of
flowers, as with a quick step and ready
hand she arranged with her mother
:ich dish in its appointed place. There
was the large turkey Edward's turkey
before her father ; the chicken pie, of
un I ile dimensions, before her mother,
ami ranged close by grandmother's plate
not one little thing forgotten was the
up of tea, and the soft toast, and the lit
tle delicacies which she was accustomed
to have placed before her, to tempt her
somewhat capricious appetite.
lhe goose was laughingly given to
Edward, and the roast pig, with a pickle
ii its mouth, was half the wonder and
half the terror of the children, who look
ed on with eager eyes. A right royal
farmer's dinner it was; not a thing
missing, even to the cider apple sauce.
and all owing to the energy of a good
heart set upon ministering what little
lay in its power to the comfort and hap
piness of others. The meats and many
kinds of vegetables, having had ample
ustice clone to thein, there came a busy
setting thein aside, and then followed the
unraveling of a mystery, into which
many a lUtlc eye had tried to penetrate
during the more substantial course of
dinner, the lifting up of the white cover
irom an adjoining table, and bringing to
lew such a wealth of good things as they
had never seen before. There were pies,
tarts, cakes, apples, nuts, and a singular
looking dish with something verv large
upou it, but still carefully covered. This
Edward placed with comic gravity be
fore the bride, into whose face the clcep-
t color mounted, as ail eves were turn
ed upon her. -
lake on the cover, Susan, and never
mind, all the young folks will have their
time for blushing too," said Mrs. Norton
kindly. But Susan did not liud courage
to do "as she was told, and her husband,
as any husband ought, coming to her
relief, raised it quickly and "found a
beautiful loaf of wedding cake! Hearty
laughs followed this discovery, and Susan
with regained confidence, began to dis
tribute it among the happy party. What
a different day this from her anticipat
ed ride from her place of service, with
out a friend, to the minister, aud then
away, with no memory of happy faces,
and kind eyes, to blend with that hour,
when in the future she should search
for it amid the treasures of the past.
liut the wonders of ttie day were not
te end here. A loud knock at the front
door startled all. It was obvious that
even Mr. and Mrs. Norton knew noth
ing of its origin. Nor was their surprise
at all diminished when Mr. Norton came
back from the door bringing as large a
box as he could conveniently carry.
"What is it? what is it?" demanded
many eager voices at once.
"That is more than I can tell" answer
ed Mr.Norton eyeing itin every direction.
It s paid sent by express and irom
Boston. But we will soon see. Bring
the hammer, and the hatchet too, Ed
ward." Olt new the cover, in much less
time than was taken to put it on, and
there appeared nothing but paper and
straw.
It's a hoax!" said Mrs. Norton,
angrily, turning away.
A glorious hoax, too, father!" said
Edward, who had been pulling up the
straw with his impatient fingers ; "many
such may there be in it" and he lifted
quickly one fine orange after another,
until twenty-tour lay ranged out upon
the table. . "And here oh, three cheers
for candy. Whoever saw the like ?. Nuts,
too! Upon my word, a grand hoax!
Sweet potatoes. A little keg of some
thing. Slowly there. Grapes white
grapes, Ah! and here is something
more solid black silk enough for a
dress red woollen" "merino inter-
riir.t:d Martha"--calico, broadcloth Who
ever saw such a hoax ? And here, what
is down here, at the very bottom, is a
letter."
"Now for it. Let me read it. May I
father?"
Edward had gone on so breathlessly
from one thing to another, that no one
had either time or the wish to interrupt
him ; so he went on now, breaking the
seal to the letter, and as he opened it, a
bill dropped on the floor.
Martha saw it, and picking it up, ex
claimed "Twenty dollars!" Without
taking any notice of her, Edward com
menced reading:
-mw JJear Mother 1 am at raid you
think your son Samuel has forgotten you,
because it is so long since he lias been
down to see you, or has written to you ;
but indeed I have not, and I wish much
I could run down, and see you altogcth
er, and tell you that l am proud of still
being one of you, but I have so many
cares and so much business, that I can
not be spared even tor a few days; but
with mv wife and childrens help, I have
packed up a little box which 1 hope may
come in season to aud sometninn to your
Thanksgiving dinner. I enclose also
twenty dollars, to buy some little coin-
forts you may like, and a new silk dres:
for my sister Hannah, John's wile, who,
l understand, is very kind to vou.
'Thank my little niece Martha for
little I suppose she is for her pretty let
ter, l send ner a merino dress, and the
other things for my sister to dispose of as
she shall see tit.
"Hoping you will all have a very mer
ry Thanksgiving dinner, 1 remain,
lour affectionate dutiful son,
SAMUEL."
For a few miuutes the company looked
from one to another with surprise. At
length Hannah said :
"And its just as handsome a thing as
ever was done."
"Three cheers for uncle Sam!" cried
Edward flourishing the twenty dollar
bill over his head.
"Three cheers lor tne lioston mer
chant.' '
"Not so boisterous, mvlboy," said his
mother gently; but too late.
"Three cheers for Sam, and three
more for our grand old New England
Thanksgiviuff Day," shouted an excited
uncle. '"Lnhg life to the festival, and
many returns of it to our dear old
mother. None ever deserved it more !"
Poor old lady. It was almost too much
of joy for her; and her pale face soon
checked all noisy mirth. Hearty but
gentle, were the remaining pleasures,
and at an early hour they separated.
Not one but was lictter and happier
for the social pleasures thus enjoyed;
ami wnen, upon the next Thanksgivin
Day, the old arm chair stood vacant in
the corner, not one but looked back witl
grateful remembrance, to this last fanu
ly Thanksgiving, with the dear old
grandmother!
a womax ;oi:s for kij
DORE,
AVhat, Mr. Tilton, do you mean by
your declaration that you will not let the
law ol the land hold you to a contrac
which you wisli to violate? If vou mean
criminal outrage, vou will liud the law
of the land able to hold you, or at loasi
to brand you as a monster. In the la:
issue of The Ifolden Aije you argue the
matter again, lou say that "Love i
love not liking,, not freiullmcss, not
kindness, not esteem, but love and if
man ceases to feel it for the woman who
sits at the other end of his breakfa.-
table, which is the most moral or the
laist immoral, if you will for liiui to
break the chains which bind him, break
them as gently and itnselhshlv as he
may, but in some wise set himself free
put niinseii in a position lo live a true
life; or to wear his letter uiieoinplain.
lugiy, nut invoking meanwhile all th
lightnings ot heaven to do for him what
he has not the con rage to do for himself ?'
11 this were meant for the persiiiuge of
gay raki justifying variety "at the head
of his breakfast table," 1 could under
stand it. You sjicak of the man only, as
11 tne w oman were not ot much account
iu the matter, lou seem to hold he
cheaper than men of free lives coniiuonl
hold a mistress. Her honor, which yoi
cannot give back, In r wifehood, wluc
tests on her honor, her mothcrhoot
winch must continue none lhe less for
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your desertion, and to which you owe
eternal fidelity, these you make of no ac
count she merely "sits at the head of
your table," and it is a question of leav
ing her to sit there alone, or of driving
her out in the world. And that you call
the Age of Gold. It looks to me more
like the time when tools were first made
of bronze after the coarse patterns.of the
Age of Stone. There is not so much
manliness iu your whimiiering appeal to
the moral law" as ruled tl te breasts of rude
cave-dwellers, who would have broken
your head witli a stone hatchet, and serv
ed you right, if you had thus proposed to
quit yaur marital obligations. You
might easily be set down as half knave
in this plea) if it were possible to see that
in either character yon arc at all delieient.
You sit there wishing her dead ; you con
fess that what you thus do "1ms tiie spirit
of murder in "it." You quote a church
member who said that it was impossible
for human nature not to cherish this
murderous wish under such circumstan
ces; Fand then you triumphantly ask
whether it is better to murder the woman
or to put her away. Either may be bet
ter for the woman, but the question is
what you arc bound to do, not What is
worst of the crimes you say you, intend
to choose between.
t IIIITIF.S A' CASUALTIES.
William llagemeyer, fifty-two years
old, hung himself .'in his garret at St.
Louis, Monday.
A little child of A. J. Jagoe, a druggist
of Evansville, was scalded to death
Wednesday evening.
A young son of Gen. James C. Veacli,
of Evansville, aged about eighteen years,
was aecidently shot and killed 'while
hunting, near iiockport.
The b'odv of a man was found at West
Philadelphia, on Monday morning, w itli
his throat cut. He is supposed to have
been murdered.
Oft Newberne, North Carolina, the
steamer Mary E. Sanford has been
burned at sea, together with the greater
part of her cargo. No lives were lost.
Arthur X. Breed, a forger, was Mon
day sentenced to three years in the New
York State prison, and a line of fifteen
thousand dollars, to stand committed till
paid.
Mrs. Kern, of CJcrmantown, Ohio,
while boiling soap, on Saturday, had a
tit and fell in the lire, burning herself so
frightfully that it is thought she cannot
ecover.
Deputy United States Marshal McGafty,
l arresting Joel Balier. charged with
dealing in counterfeit money, at Cclina,
Ohio, on Thursday, was attacked by two
urorners named Brandon, and severely
cut and bruised.
ITansMarchand, formerly of Memphis.
and George Hawkcs. robbed Hugh
Trainer's house at Little Rock, early on
Saturday morning, of $100,000 and some
silver. The police gobbled them aud
they will be tried on Monday.
At Philadelphia, on Saturday night.
the jewelry store of T. & S. Franks was
robbed ot S20.000 worth of watches, etc.
One burglar concealed himself in the
upper part of the building in thedavtime
and admitted his confederates during the
night.
At noon on Saturday. Harry A. Caiser.
watchmaker, SO Nassau street. New
York, left his store in charge of a boy
aged fourteen. During his absence three
men entered, tied the boy's legs, forced a
gag into his mouth and robbed the store
of t wo thousand dollars worth of watches.
A laborer employed on a dirt train on
the Union Pacific Railroad was run over
on Wednesday, four wheels passing over
his legs. It was lound that the bones of
the legs were neither mashed nor broken
and the flesh but slightly cut. He was
taken to the hospital, but died thateven-
ng. lie is supposed to have died from
the nervous shock.
Dr. O. II. Hess, formerly business man
ager of Crosby's Opera House, attempted
suicide on Saturday evening at about
nve o clock, at uachelder's restaurant,
414 State street, Chicago, by shooting
iiimscii wiui a revolver, xne bail en
tercd his left breast but did not penetrate
deep enough to linnet a mortal wound.
lte was not seriously imured. Domestic
infelicity is assigned as the cause.
The charred remains of John McDevitt.
the celebrated billiard player, were on
Saturday afternoon found under the
nuns of the Chicago Tribune building.
He was seen on the morning of the fire in
front of the building, somewhat intoxi
cated, and refused to make his escape
wnen urgeci by a menu to do so, cleclar
ng that he was not afraid of being
uurnect. ins nouy was recognized by the
pantaloons lie had on.
At Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday noon
a man named W. L. Brown, from Zancs-
neui, iiOgan county, snot niiuselt in a
hall at the l.agonda House. He died in
stantly. He arrived there on the 13th
iust., and registered at the Murray
House. Since that time he had been
drinking to excess, and his mind became
crazed. It is said that he is respectably
connected in Ixigan county. The Odd
t el lows nave taken charge ol his remains.
At Dayton on Monday night. Esquire
Fred B. Shull was walkingalong Third
street ou ins way home, lie was
met by two men, one of whom
struck him a blow in the face witli a
slung shot, blinding him temporarily,
and felling him to the pavement. While
he was in this semi-unconscious condi
tiom his assailants "wont through" hi
pockets, abstracting from them $145 and
some papers of value. The thieves, after
securing the 'Squire's effects, made their
escape, and no clue has vet been had to
thein.
On Saturday night, at Lynn, Mass
John G. Clinton, a burlier, beat his wife
brutally, and then ioured kerosene on
her and set hre to it. She was literally
roasted to death. The body was still
burning when found, and presented a
sickening sight. There were also other
marks of violence, which appeared to
have been caused by something besides
the flames. The features were rendered
unrecognizable, and the hair was burned
close to the head, leaving the skull bare
and horribly cried, and black flesh
dropping from the hands, arms and body.
Dornian 1?. Karon, tho lawyer in New
York who was struck down by an assas
sin over a year ago at his own door, was
last heard from a few days ago in South
ern Europe, still in exceedingly feeble
health, and not likely for yearsif ever,
to be able to resume active professional
work. Before the blow he was as vigor
ous a man as could be found in the whole
legal prolcssion. What should be thought
of a judge whose infamous orders sup
press evidence which might lead to the
punishment of the criminal who sought
Mr. Eaton's life, and has made that life
a burden to hiiu
Newton, Miami county, Ohio, eight
miles southwest of Troy, "was the scene
of a brutal murder, at" throe e'cloek on
Saturday afternoon, one John K. Murray
being the victim, and one John Cecil the
murderer. Tho circumstances run in
this wise : Murray was playfully scuttling
with a friend when (.'cell picked up a
heavy oak stick, walked up and struck
Murray on tne back of the head, from
tne eiiecis ol which ho died at four
o ciock on Sunday morning, more can
bo no cause atsigned tor this act of bru
tality, as tho parties wore seemingly
friends at the time. It is known that
whisky had a hand in it. Whether this
was an act- of premeditation or heat of
blood is yet a iiostion. 'Tho deceased
loaves a witc and twochildron. Cecil was
immediately arrested, and is now lodged
in .ui.-iiiii county jail.
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MEIjANGE,
nuers of wood house painters.
Flat fashioned Lying on your back.
Vegetable philosophy Sage advice.
Risky concerns Insurance companies.
Coining to grief Meeting trouble half
way.
Light employment building castles In
the air.
The grandest verse in existance The
universe.
The old English turfmen are going un
der the turf.
Cool proceeding An ice man eloping
with a nice girl.
It is easier for a man to be engaged
than too engaging.
It is no uncommon tiling for hot words
to produce a coolness.
The Mississippi is on a rise for the first
time since the fall began.
A Louisville seven-year-old boy drank
a quart of whisky and died.
Alpine climbing at dangerous seasons
of the year is to lie forbidden.
A St. Louisian who died worth $20,000,
left his children only $1 apiece.
"Paradise Lost" has been published in
Hebrew blank verse in Austria.
A mad ox exalted his horn and
brought low sundry Nashviliaus.
Coburn and Mace will interview each
other at New Orleans on the 30th.
It is a mistake to suppose that the sun
is supported in the heavens by its beam?.
' To call a North Carolinian "a poverty
stricken wretch" involves a suit for $20'
000. What is the easiest way for a had rider
to show himself oil"? To get on a spirited
horse.
At a grand dinner in Berlin, Germany,
the waiters got drunk and mobbed the
guests.
Mr. TCiTnCv Aaron is looking witli
pugilistic intent after the man who hung
him to a lamp-post
A Schenectady infant terribly exclaim
ed : "Aunt Mary, I wish 1 had copiier-
toed teeth like yours."
A Hartford lady screamed when she
found she was trying to cat a mouse by
mistake for a doughnut.
A Wisconsin lover felt so bad at being
jilted that he sent the girl some candy
flavored with crotonoil.
Just because ati organ factory burned
up, the Milwaukee -eirsaid "the burn
ing breath of the fiend is upon us."
Two shades of Clabber Alley, St. Lou
is, had a duet with knife accompaniment,
and one was wounded to his hurt.
An Illinoisan who reproved his moth
er with a spade was paid for his untilial
conduct by prolonged incarceration.
The King of Dahomey attended a
grand feast the other day, wearing a
quantity of druggists' labels asornaments
In a dispute at Charleston, an unof
fending axe was badly injured by com
ing i u contact witli one of the disputants'
head.
Let a young woman take the degree of
A. B. that is, a bride and she may
hope in due time to lie entitled to that of
A. Jl.
And now deriding him when he is
down, they declare that Tweed is like
the Black "Sea, because he is not the Boss-
tor-us.
A Wisconsin man reported that he
couldn't find a word in the dictionary,
because "tho blasted book hadn't got an
Index."
A rural paper remarks: "Cold nights
have put a stop to gate sparking. If she
doesn't ask you to come in now you had
better quit.
An Iowa woman put starch in her
husband's lioer, thinking it was arsenic,
and was surprised because it didn't stiff
en him.
When Horace Greeley is asked what
kind of music he prefers, lie answers:
"The song of the harvest; three beats to
the measure."
Avoid argument with ladies. In spin
ning yarns among silks and satins, a man
will always be worsted and twisted, and
finally wound up.
A noble red man drank fire-water to
excess, planted his wigwam on a Mineso
ta railroad, and soon departed tothe hap
py hunting-grounds.
Men are frequently like tea, the real
strength and goodness are not properly
drawn out of them until they have been
for a short time in hot water.
A Dutchman has got off the best thing
on tho New York Orange-Hibernian
row : "If dey wants some fights, let 'm
go back to de blaces dey conies from and
get all de fighting deyvants. Why de
fuyvil have we Americans got to do" mit
tier oranges and lemons and such dings."
"May it please ' your honor," said a
lawyer, addressing one of the Judges,
"I brought the prisoner from jail on a
habeas corpus." "Well," said a farmer,
in an undertone, who stood at the back
of the court, "these lawyers will say
any tiling. I saw the man' get out of a
cab at the court door."
An unsophisticated parent in Ports
mouth, N. II., observed with pain that
his first born had no teeth, and hastened
t oremedy the 'deformity' by purchasing
a fifteeiiAlolIar set of molars, which ho
handed to the nurse, with the remark
that the baby shouldn't suffer if he had
to wear only one shirt a week.
A negro preacher at a Georgia camp
meeting told Ids hearers they could nev
er enter Heaven with whisky liottles in
their jioekets, and urged them to "bring
'cm right up to de pulpit," and he would
"otter 'ctu a sacrifice to do Txird." It was
done; hut tho preacher was found inca
pable when the hour for evening serv e
arrived.
A wretch using the name of "Ellen,"
sent to the editor of a Hudson, N. Y..
pajier a pocin entitled "A Broken Heart."
and lie published it. His name is Web
er, and he was much surprised and
pained to find the next day that the poem
was an acrostic, which, when spoiled out
uisiiucriy, asserted mat a. ji. iiewris
an ass." The price imid for acrostics in
that ollicc is hardly large enough to in
duce iK'rsons of commanding talent to
enter into the business of composite
them as a regular profession.
At Butlalo, last Sunday evening; the
Express says a most singular phenome
non was observed. As viewed from a
certain jioiiit the sun appears to sink in
to the waters of tho lake, and presents a
ooaiuiiiu signt on ail ordinary occasions,
but at the time referred to, just at the
moment when the sun appeared to ho
tlaotiug as it wore a ball of tire on tho
surface of the lake, it suddenly assumed
a conical shape, as if of nioltou iron and
tho sides had run down, the whole form
evidently magnified to twice its regular
size innvuy iu ine center oi tills body
of tiro was plainly visible the form of a
ship as If sailing in and a part of the sun.
i ne n ko oi tins was never before seen in
tlds locality.
A sufferer by alliance ttetween connec
tions by marriage thus explains his posi
tion: "I married a widow who had a
grown-up daughter. My father visited
our house very often, and fell In love
with iny'stop daughter and married her.
So my father liecame my son-in-law, and
my sto-daughter my mother, because
she was my father's wife. Some time
afterward my wife had a son he was
my father's brother-in-law and my un
cle, for lie was the brother of iny stof
mother. My father's wife, . ., niy
stoji-daughtor, had also a son; he was of
course my brother, and in the meantime
my grand-child, for he was the son of
my daughter. My wife was my grand
mother, because she was my mother's
mother. I was my wife's husliand ami
grand-child at the "same time. And a
the husband of a person's grand-mother,
Is his grand-father, 1 w as my own grand-
father.