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O S E S
THE SENTINEL
IS l'UBLlSHED EVBUY 8ATURDAY,
AT
UED WING, MINNKSOTA,
I E I E & A I N N I S
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BL INKS.—Warranty. Quit-Claim.Special
Warranty, M»rt*a*e Deeds, and Township
Pints'constantly on hand and for sale at this
office.
T. WILDVR.
W I E &
W. C. WII.I.ISTON.
W I I S O
•attorneys at Law*
RED WINtf, MINNESOTA,
ill attond to tho duties of their profession in
any of the Courts of this Slate.
W. WltWSTOIf,
Notary Public and Agent for the fol
lowing reliable
Fin Imuran™ Companies
MKitciuxTs, Hartford, Conn.
Crrt FIRE, Hartford, Conn.
W I I A O 1 J:,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
A N I»
GENERAL LAND AGENT,
RI:I V*IN* MINNESOTA.
YyAllUEX BRISTOL,
Attorney al Lmv
REDW1NO, MINNESOTA.
5ly
#. SASIlPoUtl. KU.VXK IVES.
S%N»Fl»ttI ft BVES.
Attorns//* at L11) ^-MtUr/f Public
RED WINti, MINNESOTA
«•-.: .» for chc United States, Franklin, Fire
an I Marino,
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
[into
JJANSMATTSOX,
At torn 3 at Law,Tender.s
AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Rod Wing, Minnesota.
THcatsubscriber
paid to Comeyaneing
"l"-v
Particular attention
and Collecting.
Ot.lNro* OCltNEK.JIl. BEVVOLU8
GLTRNEK Se REYNOLDS,"
Ibunsfiliors and Attorneys at Law,
Rod Wing, nn.
jarOifice withSmith, To./ne & Co. S3 ti
4 A
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
AT LAW,
YORTff PEPIN, WfSOOiVSm.
WilWivo special attention to collecting «&c
74y
TANKING* REXL
OIIACR WILIIER ..ELlT-WILnEB.
E W I E
Bankers & Land Agents
ED WING, Minnesota Tor.
onoy loanod. Exchange & Land Warrants
oought and sold. Land Warrants, or Money
.oaned to pre-emptors, on long or^hort time,
and on favorable terms.
J58T" Lauds bought and ^old on commission *c.
Rod Wing, May, 1857.
Ln titer.
a
S Jk.
a Dealer
Rea Estate Agent
IN
I, N WAR RAN S
Red Wing, Minnesota.
t^Monoy loaned, Land Warrants sold or lo
auod 011 slinJ. Real Estate, and Exchagn
bought and sold. May 23, '57
O W N E A I E E
DEALERS IN
REAL ESTATE.
REDWING, MINNESOTA.
Will attond to locating Land W arrants. pay
ment of taxes, collection of notes, and to the pur
chaso and sale of Roal Estate throughout the
Territory. Surveying, Mapping, and Plattiug
of every kind done t* order by a practical sur
veyor. Copies of township maps furnished.—
Denlsdrawn and acknowledgements taken.
2^" All business intrusted to them, will re
e/ive prompt attention.
T.I.TOWMI, J.C.PIERCE
REAL ESTATE OFFICE,
CENTRAL POINT, MINNESOTA.
E will buy and sell Lands, lo
Land Warrants, enter Government
Lands, select Claims for Settlers desiring to lo
cato on tho Half Breed Reservation, pay Taxes
and attond to all business appertaining to his
profession—negotiate Loans for Capitalists up
on nnoxcopticiabloreal estate security from 20
to 80 per cent. PERRT D. MARTIN.
Central Point,Jan.1,1859. 77y
W. I. HAWKINS. O. B. BAKES. A. HALL
A 0 I O 8 N O W O S
Hawkin* & Co.,
WOULr
tako this method of informing
thei friends and the public generally,
that thoy are now prepared to do
I a 3 si
Of all kinds, aueh aa House, Sign, Carriage,
Cartain and Ornamental. Painting, Graining,
GI»"ing, Marbling and Paper Hanging.
BVpaeial attontion paid to all crdorsfror.i
he country. I2tf
Red Wing, July 17 185T.
VOLUM
E 4, NUMBER IB.
HOTELS.
flliTttOPOLITAK
}iovee»broot,lmmo liiitoly opposite the Steam
boat Landiiuj, Red \fing, Minnesota,
A. A. «fcJS. L. TEELK, PKOPRIETORS.
It
0 0
HIS new, spacious iind commodious lions©
is now open for the reception of guests.—
It has boon constructed under the immediate
supervisipnof the proprietors, and nothingbas
boon omitted to insure the comfort ami conven
ience of thoho who may favor thorn with' their
patronage. The numerous rooms are all well
lighted, ventilated and furnished in a superior
manner, tn connection with the house is a
good and commodious stable.
Rod Wing, MaWh 1,185*. .' 83tf
I O I O S E
1*. R. & P. A. UARDT, PiioPiuKToits.
I'illfSLake
House is pleasantly located on theshare
Pepin, within a few rods of the
HtcamWoat Landing. PeTsonawishingtospend
few days of recreation and leisure. wilTtind
this the place to do it. A good and wollsnp
plied barn is attached tothe house, and a com
petent ostler alwaysin attendance.
Tho proprietors ua\ing,leased the above pap
ular house and having thoroughly re painted
and furnished in a superior style, would say to!
the pnKlTc that thing that they can do to
make al. calling, comfortably and pleasantly!
situated, willbcleft undone.
May 23,1S53.. »Sy
RED Wflfd HOfJSfJ.
JACOB BEiSNETT. Proprietor.
IKI WING, MINNESOTA.j
J^"(!onnected with the House is a large and
convenient Stable. Stages leave daily for the
interior. Teams and Ciirriagos on hand to
convoy Passengers to any part of the country.
April M. 1358. 90-tf
S A N O
Attorney at Law,
N O A I
And Land and Insurance Agent,
RED WING, MINNESOTA.
I S O N O S E
COttSKP. OF BROAD AND THIRD STREETS.
rpiIIS
A. B. MILLER, Proprietor.
new Hotel is now open for tho reception
of the travoling public, where they will
find the best of accommodations. There is a
good stable attached. Passengers and Bag
gage einvcycd.to and from the Boats free of
charge. 171-ly
MISCELLA NEOUS.
NEW BARBEK SHOP.
TUK
SUBSCRIBER HAS FITTED UP IN
a first rate manner, the room formerly
occupied as tho Sentinel (Mice, on Plum street
opposite tho Hack House, and having reduced
the price of shaving to
I E E N S
is prepared to execute, in
branches of his profession
gers arc respectfully invited to call
uporier manner, all
Citizens and stran-
J. W'.COOK.
Red Wing, May 7, '59. 144-ti
«, II COKNFJ.LV. HI.
his professional services to the citi
zens of Red Wing and vicinity.
OFFICE.—Corner of Biiih and Plum street,
up stairs.
REFERENCES,
Hon.Z. IvrmvEi.i,, M. C.. Fairmont. Va..
lion. J. L. DAWSON. M. ft., Brownsville Pa.,
Prot. T. D. MtriEii. Philadelphia. Pa..
Dr. J. C. Coopur.,
Rev. Dr. DinrjfMoxn,Morgantown. Va..
Drs. MCLANE «fe BROCK. Morgantown. Va..
Dr. A. H. CAMPBELL, Key West, Florida,
Dr. E. S. CviNE8,Kiioxviile.Tennessee.
Red Wing,May 28,1857. 44tf
185$). RED WING 1859.
S A 9 I A N I N L.
SASH, DOOR AND' BLIND FACTORY.
(One Blo«k above Freeborn's Saw Mill.)
E SHALL BE PREPARED TO FUR
nish at all times, anything sn the above
line of business, and shall keep on hand all
W
wtimtf^Z?**'**™***-Lu!ntar'
5""'!'1
Orc'crs promptly attended to, which may al-
so bo loft with Brown Betchcr
Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for
work. COGEL & BETCHER.
Red Wing, April 19,1S55). 14J-ly
KfcINTIRE & SHELDON
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods,Grocerics. Crockery. Hardware Cut
.ery, Nails. Oils, Paints Sash, Window Glass
Looking Glasses, Farminglmplments.
A.so, Hosiery, Gloves, Cravat*. Suspenders,
Shirts.Collars.Brushes.Fancy Goods, &e.
J. MCINTIRE.
Rod Wing M. T. T. 15. SHELDON.
DUBUQE CITY MARBLE
WORKS.
Vf HERRICK,Dealer in American and For
-1 eignMarble.Stxthstreet.below Muinand
Iowa, Dubuque. Iowa.
Monument?., Tomb si Iload Stones.Man
tles, Table Tops, «Vc. 62m9
O N & E
S I N
W A II A
O,
E S
DEALERS IN
E A I E S
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
Red Wing, Minnesota.
»"ALL WORK WARRANTED..^
Aug. 13,1859. 158-tf
A I A N S
A E N
A E S
OF ALL KINDS.
FAIRBANKS & GREENLEAF,
3ft Lake street, Chicago*
IIENWRICkSON,
Recti tie1 and Wholesale doaler in
Xoxxiea«tlo caxxd.
\VIJVES LIQUORS.
Comer Plum a'a,d Third Sts.,
R£D WIJHQ,
«Ttf
MINNESOTA.
•!-..i
r-"
From Once A week.
A E 4CL A E
The fields were white with lillj-buds,
White gleamed the lilted beck.
Each mated pigeon plumed the pomp
Of his metallic neck.
She follow'd his bride into the church,
With a lofty step and mien
His brido was like a village maid,
Maude Clare was like a queen. --1,.:
The minstrels made kud marriage din
Rich guest satin his place.
To eat and drink, and wish good luck,
To do the wedding grace
To eat and drink, and wish good luck.
To sing, and laugh, and jest ,j
One only neither ate nor drank,
Nor clap'd her ha:.ds, rior bless'd.
Son Thomas," his lady mother said,
Willi smiles, almost with tears,
May Nell and you but live as true
As we have done for years
ur father, thirty years ago,
Had just your talc to del!
But he was not so pale as you,
Nor I so pale as Nell/'
My lord was pale with inward strife,
And Nell was pale with pride
My lord gazed long on pale Maude Clare
Or ever he kiss'd the bride.
No eyes wore fixed upon th^ bride,
Or on the bridegroom moro,
AH eyes were fixed on grand Maude Clare,
White she looked straight before.
Lo. I have brought my gift, my lord,
Have brought my gift," she said—
To bless \\t] hearth, to bless the board,
To bless t' marriage-bed.
Fore*s my half of the golded chain
You wore about your neck,
That day we waded ankle-deep
For lilies in the beck
Here's my half of the faded leaves
We plurk'd from budding bough,
With l»ces amongst the lily-leaves—
The lilic are budding now."
He strove to match her scorn with t-coru,
He faltered in his place
Lady," he said, "Maude Cl-ire," ho said,
Maude Clare."—and hid his .ace.
She turned lo Nell My lady Nell,
I have a gift for you.
Tho', were it fruit, the bloom we«*e g.ne,
Or, were it flowers, the dew.
Tiike my share of a fickle heart]
M.ne of a paltry love
Take it, or leave it, as you will,
I wash my hands thereof."
"And what you leave," said Nell, "I'll take
And what you spurn, I'll wear,
For he's my lord for better and worse,
And him 1 love, Maude Clare.
Yes, though you're taller by the head,
More wise, and much more fair
I'll love him till he loves me best—
Me best of all, Maude Clare
WASHINGTON IRV1NCL
The telegraph conveys the sad
news that Washington Irving, the
greatest prose writer, perhaps, that
this country ever produced, died on
Monday night, at Irvington. No par
ticulars are given. The Chicago
Times presents the following sketch of
the life of this charming author and
good man:
Washington Irving was born in
city of New York, April 3, 1783,
•Minnesota Forever:
REDWING. GOODHU
E n0UNtY MlNNrSATURDAYi PE€EMBER 10, 1859.
January, 1809. I Decchtber, the fol
ldwmg year, he pubrwHtfd his Ktiick'
erbockJr'SHistory o'f New York."^
In 18,1Q,, two of his'orptherS who were1
engaged in the commercial business,
one being, at the head: of the establish
ment in this city, and the other in. Liv
erpool, gave him an interest in the
Concern, with the understanding 1 that
herwas not to enter into the duties and
details of thte business, but
Biok,:'
theyears.
which plaee his father, William Irving
had been settled as a merchant some
twenty years. After receiving an or
dinary school education, at the age of
sixteen he commenced the study of (fie
law. Three years later, he contributed
under the signature of Jonathan Old
style, a series of letters to the morn
ing Chronicle, a newspaper of which
his brother, Peter Irving, was1 the edi
tor. These Juvenile essays attracted
much notice at the time, were exten
sively copied by other journals, and
1823 or 1824 were collected and put)the
lished without the sanction of the au-was
thor. In 1804, in consequence of ill
health, he sailed for Bordeaux on a
visit to Europe, and travelled thence
through the south of France to Nice,
where he took a felucca to Genoa, in
which eity he remained two months:
He then went by sea to Sicily, made
the tour of the island, mossed from
Palermo to Naples, passed through
Italy, meeting Allston at Rome, who
strongly recommended his devoting
himself to art, thence over the St.
Gothard, through Switzerland to Par
is, where he remained several months.
He then went to Holland, whence he
embarked for England, where he.
spent part ot the Autnmn, and re
turned to New York in March 1806,his
completely restored to health. He
again resumedthe study of the law, and
was admitted to the bajr in November
of that year but nevea practiced.
Shortly after his admission to the bar,
he took the chief part in Salamagnn
di," the first number of which appear
inhands
ed in January 1807, and the last inlSnnnyside,ion the' bank of the Hudson
In .I idy he went to England', being
appointed secretary of legation to thegenerally
American embassy in London, which
office he held until the return of Mr.
Mcl.aue in 1881, when, after remaining
a few months in charge, he resigned,
on the arrival of Mr. Van Buren
While in England, in i830, Mr. Irving
received one of the fifty guinea gold
medals, provided by George IV., forriods,
eminence in historical composition,
the other was awarded to Mr. Hall am,
the historian. »y 1831, the University
of Oxford, England, conferred ou Mr.
Irving the degree of L.L.D. In theat
spring of 1832, he returned to Newa
ork, after an absence of seventeen
His return was greeted on all
with the warmest enthusiasm
a public dinner was given to him, at
which Chancellor Kent, presided and
similar testimonials were offered him
in other cities, but which he declined.
In the summer ot this year he' accom
panied Mr. Ellsworth, one of the com
missioners for removing the Indian
tribes west of the Mississippi, and
whom he had
0VJ9391 11
jtri
pursue
his'literary avocatjiiiiis. Duiring the
war with Great Britain, in 1813-14,
he edited tlie "Anactecttc ^Magazine,"
and, in tl.e fall of the latter year, joined
the military staff of:the Governor,:of
New York as aid.de Cainp,and military
secretaryj with the title of Colonek
On the close of the War: Mrty% 18ls,
he cmbarded for Liverpool with ,the
intention of making a second lour of| standing for twenty-three years but
Europe, but was: prevented jby
the sudden and great iveverses which
followed at the return of peace, over-i
whelming, after a- Struggle of two or.'solitude
three years, in which Mr. Irving took
an' active part to nvort the catitsfro
phe,.the house, in which his brothers
had.given.'l(im Jtu intevfycifc arid involv
iiag him in its ruin. In. ISlS, he deter
ihijned to try his \mi ii»e:\ns ot sup
'!).)!t., )n:i •'rummfiic^'vl tiu papers of
the 'SU tch
tor publication.
Th/ee or iuiir nat::l
iis!)e !, when, finding that thoy attraet
1, notice in England, he had thefri
\)ulJishod in a volume, February, 1820
by Mr. John Miller but'he failing,
shortly after, the work was transferred
to Mi\ Murray, with a second.volume,
published in July of that year. Mr.
Murray had bought this for £200, but
its success far surpassing his expecta
tions, he sent Mr. Irving, of his ownwith
ancord, first £100, and the sale still
increasing, an additional £100 After
a residence of live years in England.
Mr. Irving removed to Paris in Au
gust 1820 and remained there till July
of the following yea1-, when he return
ed to England and published his
"Bracebridge Hall" in London and
New York, in May, 1824, to publish
his "Talesof a Traveller," which ap
peared in August ot that year in two
volumes, and in four parts in Newan
York. In August, he returned to
Paris, and in the Autumn of 1825, vis
ited the South of France, spending
part ol'the winter in Bordeaux. In
February 1820, he left that city for
Madrid, where he remained two years.
Here he wrote the life of "Columbus,"
which appeared in 1828. In the
pring of 1828, he left Madrid on a
tour to tho South of Spain, visiting
Granada, and main points mentioned
in tho "Chronicles of the conquest of
Granada, by Fray Agapida," of which
met on a tour to
the West, on his expedition. The
.jmost interesting portion of this
•ln jjonniey has Sppearfetl in the "Tour of
1,. Prairies," published in 1835. This
followed in the same year by
"Abbotsford and Newsteitd Abbey,"
and Legends of the Conquest of
Spain." In 1836 he published "Asto
ria," and in the following year the
"Adventures of Capt. Bonneville." In
1839 he entered into an engagement
which lasted two years with the pro
prietors of the "Knickerbocker Maga
zine" to furnish monthly articles for
that periodical. In February, 1842,
he reoeived unsolicited the appoint
ment of minister to Spain. He left
for Madrid on the loth of April of
that year, his official duties terminating
in the summer of 1846, he returned to
this country, and in 1848, commenced
the publication cf a revised edition of
works which had long been out ot
print. In 1849 he published Oliver
Goldsmith, a Biogaaphy, and Mahom
et and his successor*, 1850. His last
work was a Lite of Washington.—
Mr. I ruing was essentially the man of
his works, genial
benevolent. His
warm heai'ted and1
country seat was
twenty-five miles fro'.u the' city of New
York, where he died.
"Vy*e, iiAuke the following extracts
•Vom a letter of TUEODOKB TILTOX'S
to the Independent for this week, des
cribing a visit he made to WASHING
TON IRVINO. They will be Tend 'with
dxtrenie ihtetest:
SUNNTSIDE.
Th"6 morning liad been rainy, and
the afternoon showed only a few mo
mentary openings of clear sky so that
I saw SAXNYSIDE Without tire sun.
But under the heavy clouds: there was
something awe-inftphdng in the somber
views of 'those"grand" hills with their
man'y colored forests, and. of Hendrik
Hudson's ancient river still flowing at
the feet of the ancient palisades
,The mansion of Snnnyside has
when first its sharp angled roof wedged
its way up among tho brandies of theproduct
old woods, the region was far more a
than now for at that time
our busy author had secluded himself
from almost everybody but one near
neighbor while he has since unwit
tingly gathered around him a little
community of New York merchants,
whose elegant country seats, opening
into each other by mutual intertwining
roads, form what looks Hk 6ne vast
is w.d-e thus pub-iahl free estate, called on the time ta
bles of the railroads by the honorary
name ot Irvington.
MR. IRVING'S APPEARANCE.
J|r. Irving is not so old looking as
one would expect who knew his age.experienced
I fancied him as in the winter of life
I found him only in its Indian summer.
He came down stairs,, and walked
through the hall into the back parlor,
a firm and lively tread that might
well have made one doubt whether he
had truly attained his seventy-seventh
year! He was suffering from asthma,
and was muffled against the damp air
with a Scotch shawl wrapped like a
loose scarf around his neck but aspress,
he took his seat in the old arm-chair,
and, despite his hoarseness and troub
led chest, began an unexpectedly vi
vacious conversation, he made me al-throughout
most forget that I was the guest of
old man long past his three score
years and ten."
WHAT HE THINKS OP HIS WORKS.
But what should one talk about
who had only half an hour with Wash
ington Irving? I ventured the ques
tion,
Now that yovfr have laid aside
your pen, which of your books do you
look back upon with most pleasure
He immediately replied, "I scarcely
look with full satisfaction upon any
for they do not seem what they might
he made a have been I often wish that I could
pared for the press at Seville, and
transmitted to London and New York
for publication it appeared in 1829.write
In the spring of this year ho again vis
ited Granada, and resided some three
months in the Alhambra, where he
collected materials for the 1 work pub-tion
lished under that name in 1832.
have twenty years more, to take them
down.from the shelf, one by one, and
them over."
HIS HABITS OF LITERARY LABOR.
lie spoke of his daily habits of wri
ting, before he had made the resolu
to write no more. His usual
hours of literary work were from mor
ning to noon. But, though he had
found his mind most vigor
ous in the early part of the day, he
had always been subjected to moods
and caprices, and could never tell,
when lie took up the pen, how many
hours would pass before he would lay
it down..
But," said he, these caprious pe
of the heat and glowot compo
sition, have been the happiest hours of
my lite. I have never found in any
thing outside of th four walls of my
study, any enjoyment equal to sitting
my writing-desk with a clean page,
new theme, and a mind awake."
His literary employments, he re
marked, had always been more like
mtertainments than tasks.
Some writers," says he, appear
to have been independent of moods.
Sir Walter Scott, for instance, had
great power of writing, and could work
almost at any time so could Crabbe
—but seldom wrote well. I remem
ber," said he, taking breakfast one
morning with Rogers, Moore and
Crabbe the conversation turned on
Byron's poetic moods Crabbe said
.that however it might be with Lord
Byron, as for himself, he could write
as well at one time as at another.—
But," said Irving with a twinkle of hu
mor at recalling the incident, "Crabbe
has written a great deal that nobody
can read!"
He mentioned that while living in
Paris, he went along period without
being able to write. I sat down re
peatedly," said he, with pen and ink,
but could invent nothing worth put
ting 011 paper. At length, I told my
friend Tom Moore, who dropped in
one morning, that now, after long
waiting, I had the mood, and would
keep it, and would work out as long
as it would last, until I had wrung my
brain dry. So I begun to write short
ly after breakfast and continued with
out noticing how the time was passing,
until Moore came in again at font* in
the afternoon—when I had completely
covered the tahlo with freshly written
sheets. I kept the mood almost with
out interruption for six Weeks."
I asked which of his books was the
result of this frenzy he replied,
"Bracebridge Hall."
"None of your works," I remarked,
WHOL
E
ha been
sars but
TTfrrrrnfl
mmtti 'm
"are more charming thaii' the Bibgra
phy of Goldsmith."
"Yet that was writen," said he,
"even more rapidly than the other.?'
lie then added:
"WhenT have-been engaged on? a
continuous work, I have often been
obliged to rise in the middle of theyr-eyed
night, light my lamp, arid write an
now two, to relieve my mind and now
that I write no more, I alii' sometimes
compelled to get up in the same way
toread." idq
Sometimes, also, as the last Idlewild
letter mentions, he gets up to. »have!
"Ajv"hen I was in Spain," he remark
ed,, "searching the old chronicles, and
engaged on the Life of Cofurribftl*, I
often wrote fourteen or fifteen hour's
out of the twenty-tour."
He said that whenever he had forc
ed his mind unwilling to work, the
was worthless and he invar
iably, threw it away and began again
"for," as he observed, "an essay or
chapter that has been hammered out,
is seldom good for anything. An au
thor's right tiiue to ".'work is when his
mind is aglow when his imagination is
kindled—these are precious moments
let him wait untill they come, but when
they have come, let hnn make the most
of them,"
HIS LAST WORK.
I referred to hist last and greatest
work, the Life of Washington, and
asked if he felt, ou fiinshiu it, any such
sensation as Gibbon is said to have
over the last sheet of the
Decline and Fall. He. replied- that
the whole work had engrossed his
mind to such a degree, that, before he
was aware, he had'written himself into
feebleness of health that he feared, in
the midst oi his labors, that it would
break him down before he could end it
that when at last the final pages were
written, he gave the manuscript to his
nephew to be conducted through the
and threw himself back on his
red cushioned lounge with an inde
describable feeling of relief! He ad-bed
ded that the great fatigue of mind,
the whole task, had resul
ted from the care and pains' required
in the construction awl arrangement
of material, and not in the mere lit
erary composition of the successive
chapters.
NO MORE BOOKS.
On the parlor wall hung the engra
vingofFaj'd's picture olf "Scot and
his contemporaries," I allude to it as
presenting a grope of hisformer friends
"Yes." said,. "I knew every man of
them but three and now tlicy are all
goue!"
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"Are the portriats good?" I enquir
ed, 'r.r.
"Scot's head," he replied, "is well
drawn, though the expression lacks
something of Scot's force CrtmbeH's
is tolerable Lockhart,s is the worst.
Loekhart," said he," was a man of
very delicate organization, but he had
a more manly look than that in the
picture."
"You should write one more book,"
I hinted'
"What is that?"
"Your reminisenccs of those literary
friends."
"Ah," he exclaimed, "it is too late
now! I shall never take the pen again
I have so entirly geiven up writing
that even my best friends letters lie
unanswerd." I must have rest. No
more books now."
A HAPPT OLD BACHELOR
He refered to the visit the week be
fore, from Mr. Willis, whose letter he
had just been reading in the Home
Journal.
"I am most glad," said he, ,' that
Mr. Willi's remembered my neices
they arc my housekeepers and nurses,
they take such good oare of me that
really I am the most fortunate old
bachelor in the world! Yes he repeted
with merry emphasis, the most for
tunate old bachelor in all the world,"
It was delightful to witness the anDidn't
nimation of his manner, and the heart
inessof his gratitude, as he continued
to relate how they supplied all hisMagazine.!
wants—gave him his medicine at the
right time, without troubling him to
look at the elook for himself-called him
down to breakfast—cloaked and
shawled him for his morning ride-—
brought him his hat for his fine weath
er walks—and in every possiplc way
humored him in every- possible whim
"I call them sometimes iriy nieces,"
he said, but oftener my daughters!"
HIS LOVE OF CHILDREN, AND THEIKS OP
HISt.
As I rose to go, he brought from a
corner of the room a photograph of a
little girl, exhibiting it with great en
thusiasm. It was a gift from a little
child, who had come to see him every
day during his sickness. The picture
was accompanied with a note printed
in large letters with a lead pencil, by
the little correspondent, who said she
was too young to write. He spoke
with great vivacity of his childish vis
tor. "Children," said the old man,whisky,
are great pets I am very fond of
the Httle creatures,"
REJUVENATED-.
As I came away, the old gentleman
bundled his shawl abont Win, and
stood a fow moments on the steps. A
momentary burs^ of sunshine tell on
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hiiu through the breaking clupds. Ii£
that fulfllght.he looked still less like
an old mah than in the dark parlor by
the ?hade4 Window: His^foriki wai
slightly beiif, but 'the"Jlranior of a the
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TIliE gfeojlTEL.
Our readers h{| c,aU heard the"sfii-J
ry of soaping tlie Clergyman's tuitiorijiy.
at camp meeting—^so' that when1 Tie'
went to e'all the' (?ofigregatioh togeth*
erhebl'ew7the'"soft sd£p** OV«T his
brother ^lefrgyrwen, -and- how &e ex
claimed .--.: '.... r.
Bretln en, I'm a little man! and
I'm an old man!, I've preached the
gospel for forty years! I never fight
I never swear But I'll be d—d if I
can't lick the man that soaped that
horn!'
Our readers we say have heard tliis
but have never, perhaps, the sequel as
given us yesterday by a gentleman
present.
Some two days after a tall, swarthy,
villainous-looking desperado strolled
on the grounds and leaned against a
tree, listening to the eloquent exhorta
tion to repent which was being made
by the preacher, After a while he
became interested, finally affected, and
then took a position on the anxious
seat, and with his face between his
hands commenced groaning, in the
"very bitterness" of his sorrow* The
clergyman walked .down and endeav
ored to console him. NQ eousolation
—he was too great a sinner, he said.
Oh, 110 there' was pardon for the vil
est.:—No he was too wicked—there
was no mercy forrhini.
"Why, what crime haVe you com
mitted?" said the benevolent preacher
—"have-you stolen?', \\.
"Oh, worse than that!"
"What! have you by violence rob
female innocence of its virtue?"
"Worse—oh, worse than, that!"
"Murder, is it?" gasped the" horri
fied preacher.
"Worse than that!" groaned (he
smitten sinner.
The excited preacher a commenced
"peeling off" his outer garment.
"Here, Brother Cole!" shouted her
"hold my coat^-IVe found the fellow
that soaped
Herald.
that horn!"—Dubuque
.Schamyl, it appears, is a wit as well
as a prophet. A high personage'asked
him what he thought of Russia. He an
swered it was a great country, With
such marvellous rich cities and grand
monuments, that he could not un
derstand how so great account should
be made of the conquest of «, few
hamlets 111 their mountains. The Grand
Duke Constantino received him in his
marble palace, in StPetersburg, Scha
myl was much struck by the beauty of
the Grand 'Duchess, and asked the
Grand Duke if all his children were by
her. On leaving, Constantino gave
him a richly-bound copy of the Koran.
At the Governor's ball at Kharkovie
the first ball Schamyl had seen, ho was
much impressed with the beauty of the
ladies. He was asked how he was plea
sed, ami replied: You will not go to
Paradise you have here on eath a more
beautiful Paradise' than Mohammed
has promised us in heaven.:
WHICH END oi? TROUBLE.—Not long
ago a groom returing home from his
wedding, was met by a friend, who
thus addressed him. "Well, Jack,
Fm glad to see thee in thy happy posi
tion, thou1-1 seen tho end of thy troub
les now." "Thank thee lad. was Jack's
answer, "r hope I have." About a
month afterwards the two friends meet
again, when Jack, speaking rather
warmly exclaimed, Bill thou tolled
me a lie that morning I got wed!!:
thou say I'd seen the end: of
my trouble I "I did said BilL but I
did'nt tell thee which end."—[Fisaser'a
what
SUSPICIOUS, Wife, Wife
has become of the grapes
"I suppose my dear, tlie hens have
eaten them.
Hens—hens—some two-legged herifc
I guess," said the husband, with some
impetuosity.. ..
To which she calmly replied, "My
dear did you ever see any other kind 2"
—Love dies by satiety, and fbrget
fulncss enters it.
man lo the neighbouring mansion of
1, to measure the laird for
pair of shoes. The man, on his re
turn, llnis addressed his employer.—
Maister, whether is't glide manners,
when a gentleman gi'es ye a glass
to take a draw or drink aff
thehaillo't?
The master having ^hi homely phrase,'
judiciously replied to this poser, that
true courtesy consisted in imbibing
the whole, the man exclaimed, with a
sigh ofrelif.
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