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St. Cloud Quadrille Band.
The undersigned will furnish first-class
music for balls. Special attention given to
•applying private parties, with from two to
five pieces, as may De desired.
Charges reasonable.
I GEO. E. FULLER
8t. Cloud, inly 7, Iff 4a
ST. CLOUD
MARBLE WORKS.
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Monuments and Gravestones.
Also, Contractor for all kinds of
Stone Cutting to Order.
St Germain street—two doors east of tho
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VOL. XVIII.
BANK OF ST. CLOUD.
Does a
General Banking, Exchange
—AND—
Real Estate Business.
JAS. A. BELL,
J. G. SMITH,
President.
Cashier.
O S E N E E BROS.
Dealers in
HARDWARF,
ALSO
S a a
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron
Ware.
of all kinds made to order on short notice.
Corner St. Germain street and Richmond
avenue. St. Cloud. Minn.
F. DAM,
Manufacturer of
SASH ANT) DOORS
BL:nsr:DS,
Moldings, Casings,
A E
STOBE FBONTS,
SCBOLL WOBK,
PUMP TUBING, &c.
Window & Door Frames,
INSIDE & OUTSIDE BLINDS,
CORNICE, STORE DOORS,
PRIMED & GLAZED SASH.
A N I N
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of every description done to order
Dressed Flooring, Siding, Pickets and Lum
ber ripped to bills, for sale
All Orders by Mail Promptly Filled.
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Office and factory on Washington ave
nue, next door to the bridge, St. Cloud
Minnesota.
BARNARD & COPE,
Manufacturers of all kinds of
FURNITURE
Special attention given to
I N E CUSTOM:
T^oms:
CHURCH LODGE ft HALL
furniture made to order, on short notice.
to the trade sent on application. All goods
delivared at the depots or within the city
limits E E OF CHARGE.
As we manufacture all our goods we
Guarantee Satisfaction.
{©"Highest market price paid for Dry
Lumber.
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Factory 4th street, East Side, areroo ms
6 Centre Block.
Established 1855.
W. R. BURKHARD,
Manufacturer and Dealer In all kinds Of
^}uns, Rifles, Pistols, Fishing Tackle,
AltD GKSBBAIi SPOBTHC8 GOODS.
Price-lists forwarded to Dealeifc On application.
Orders solicited and promptly filled andsatigfaction
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JDJELIT O O S
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No. 7 East 3d Street, St. Fanl Minn.
Largest Stock. Lowest Prices.
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Manufacturers of
Parlor, Chamber and Office
FURNITURE.
The Woven Wire, Hair, Moss, and other
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E C. MEARS,
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ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN
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For Young Cadles and Children,
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WILL REOPEN SEPTEMBER 22,1875
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Of the Best Quality
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JOURNAL OFFICE
a
i*k
—OF—
PIANOS AND ORGANS,
-AT—
We cordially.invite a critical examination of the
instruments previous to the day of sale. First sale
will commence at 10 A.M.
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F. & W. Powell
Dealers in all kinds of
Shelf and Heavy
HARDWARE,
Iron, Nails. Class,
BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS,
Agricultural Implements.
M0LINE PLOWS.
Minneapolis Plows.
TIN, COPPER, \NB SHEET
IRON WARE.
St. Germain etreet, St. Cloud. Minn.
S E O N
Quarterly Sale
ACADEM O MUSIC,
Minneapolis, Minn., on
Thursday, October 21st,1875.
To correct'the much abused custom of paying
Sewing Machine Agents and Canvassers 25 per cent,
for selling musical instruments. I propose the ex
pvriment of offering a stock of first-class Pianos
and Organs at public sale, believing those wishing
to purchase will gladly accept the 25 per cent, dis
count, always paid by them extra bought of such
agents or canvassers. The stock consists of 12 Pi
anos and 20 organs.
O
Steinway, WsM, Yose
And others, fully warranted.
oiR,a-.Aasrs
—aw—
ESTEY & CO.,
,• —AND—
A S A E
which have been sold by us for years, and will be
as fuliy warranted as when bought at private sale.
Terms of sale one-fourth cash, balance in twelve
equal monthly payments from date of sale. 10 per
cent, deduction will be made on the balance (three
fourths) if paid in cash. We have in stock a few
Pianos and Organs very little used, which will
probably be sold at one-halftheir value, and during
the evening will sell a stock of good violins. Guit
ars, Accordeons, Flutes, and othersmall goods, from
the Btock recently bought of 8. E.Ives.
K. BT. DRAPER,
City Music Store, Minneapolis.
J. T. OILMAN. Auctioneer. sept30
Reliance Works,
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Edward P. Allis & Co.,
FOUNDRYMEN
MACHINISTS,
Builders,
AND
:FTJ-:R,:ETIS:E3::E:R,S.
Manufacturers of Superior
STEAM ENGINES
French Burr Mill Stones,
CAST IKON WATER AND GAS
FIFE!
VST Everything in our line made and
sold. Illustrated catalouge of machinery,
130 pages, sent free on application.
RAYMOND & OWEN,
Manufacturers of
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS,
I O I N S
CASINOS, STOBE FBONTS, BBACK
ETS, SCBOLL WOBK,
Window and Door Frames.
Inside Blinds, Architraves, Ac.
Planing, Matching, Re-Saw
ing and Scroll Sawing
Done to Order.
S A I A I I N
Balusters & Newell Posts,
made to order.
1
All kinds of
SCROLL SAWING
AND
Including House Brackets, sawed to any
given rake.
ORNAMENTAL YERGE BOARDS,
of any pattern, PlainandOrnamental Stair
Brackets.
ttSF Orders solicited and prompt attention
given. Ooods shipped in safe condition.
O I E A N FACTOR LOWE O W N
vl7n35-tf St. Cloud, Minn.
WaiM:Apts,townNnd
MJS and WOM
EN every city,
an county to
canvass for Wm.RedUeffer's Patent Lightning
Reciprocating Churn and Egg Beater.—
Sells »t night and pays large profits. Send for cir
cular to manufacturer, W
Second Street, St. Louis.
Chick & Co.. Ill N.
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THE FARMER-FATHER'S COUNCIL.
BY WI K. UHUTOM.
And so you'll soon be goto' away,
My darling little Bess
And you ha' been to the store to-day,
To buy your weddln' dress
And so your dear good mother an' I,
Whose love you long have known,
Must lay the light o' your presence by,
And walk the road alone.
So come to-night, with mother and me,
Tothe porch for an hour or two,
And sit on your old father's knee,
The same as you used to do
For we, who ha' loved you many a year,
And clung to you strong and true.
Sincej^jjve had the young Professor here,
Have not had much of you!
But lovers be lovers while earth endures,
And once on a time, be It known,
I helped a girl with eyes like yours
Construct a word of our own
And we laid it out in a garden spot,
And dwelt in the midst of flowers,
Till we found that the world was a good-sized lot,
And most of it wasn't ours!
You're a heavier girl than when you came
To us one cloudy day,'
And seemed to feel so little at home
We feared you wouldn't itay
Till I knew the danger was passed, because
You'd struck so mortal a track.
And got so Independent an' cross,
God never would let you back!
But who would everha' bad the whim,
When youlay in my arms and cried,
You'd some time sit here, pretty an' prim,
A waitin' to be a biide I
But lovers be lovers while earth goes on,
And marry, as they ought
And ifyou would keep the heart you've won,
Kememberwhat you've been taught
Look first that your wedded lives be true,
With naught from each otherapart
Fo» theflowersof true love never grew
In the soil of a faithless heart.
Look next that the buds of health shall rest
Their blossoms upon your cheek
For life and love area burden at best
If the body be sick and weak.
Look next that your kitchen fire be bright,
And your hands be neat and skilled
For the love of man oft takes its flight
If his stomach be not well filled.
Look next that your money is fairly earned
Ere ever it be spent
For comfort and love, however turneu,
Will ne'er pay ten percent.
And, next, due care anddiligence keep
That the mind be trained and fed
For blessings ever look shabby and cheap
That light on an empty head.
And if it shall please the gracious God
That children to you belong.
Remember, my child, and spare the rod
Till you've taught them right and wrong
And show 'em that though this life's a start
For the better world, no doubt,
Yet earth an' heaven ain't so far apart,
As many good folks make out.
—Harper's Weekly.
MADONNA
One morning—quite at the begin
ning of the half—a new boy-was
brought into the schoolroom. A very
gentlemanly boy he was for Ee step
ped inside the door, and made a low
bow to the school generally, which
was received with a loud laugh
(Styles being ill in bed). His name
was Bright,—Harry Bright, eleven
years old, with large dark-blue eyes,
and long bright hair parted in the
middle of the forehead, and turned
under at the back like a woman's, in
a heavy glossy curl.
Every chap in the school had a
nick name of some sort, and we fur
nished our young friend with his be
fore he sat down to his desk. We
called him Madonna, from his beau
ty and the fashion of his hair. Alto
gether he looked so smart, good-hu
mored and engaging, that everybody
was pleased except Alf Bathnrst, jun
ior cock.
Alf saw that he should have to
fight for his comb and dignity. Ma
donna and he were just about the
same age and weight. Alf, we knew,
was game enough, and took lota of
punishing and Madonna looked
pluck itself. In short, the general
impression was that it would prove
one of the most gratifying mills in
the annals of the School. Bets were
covertly made (the amount of bran
dy-balls and rock-cakes staked on
the event was something absurd),
and, in a series of secret conferences
during school-hours, it was arranged
that the fight should come off at
twelve o'clock. The boys were sub
sequently chosen as seconds for each,
and a deputation of juniors waited
upon the illustrious senior cock (un
der color of a difficult passage in the
Georgics), humbly invited his pres
ence in the character of referee.
The reply to this was all that could
be desired.
Meanwhile, Madonna sat quietly
at his desk,—next to Alf's, blithly
unconscious of the arrangements so
anxiously making for his comfort and
honor. Somehow, we forgot to tell
him. It seemed so natural that they
should fight!
Madonna seemed inclined to frater
nize, and asked a wholelot of questions.
What time we dined If there were
puddings every day? Was it a de-that
cent playground Was smoking al
lowed? &c, &c., to all of which Alf
Bathurst replied with a stern polite
ness, as one who felt that, until after
the event of the morning had come
off the relative position they were
ultimately to hold toward each other
was not sufficiently defined for un
restrained social intercourse. Oddly
enough, it never occurred, even to
Alf, that his neighbor needed to belowed
informed of the impending passage of
arms.
Madonna was a little puzzled 1 by
Alf's dignified manner, and still more
by some expressions which escaped
him. Attached to every two desks
was a small receptacle for the lexi
cons, &c. Perceiving that there was
room here for some of his helps.to
learning, Madonna proceeded to fill
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1875.
up the vacant Bpace, when Alf ar
rested his hand, quietly observing,—
"j8ettef waittill after the mill."
Madonna looked at him with as
tonishment, 'which was increased
when Alf added, in an easier tone,—
"Do you mind my having a squint
at your wrists
Totally unconscious of the cause
of Alf's sudden interest in his anato
my, and wondering,, further why he
should prefer the oblique mode of ob
servation referred to, Madonna, never
theless, frankly extended his hands,
which Alf examined with much in
terest, feeling and pinching the well
defined muscles, and the firm yet
flexible joints..
"Tough work, I expect!" mutter
ed Alf, thoughtfully, and let it fall.
Madonna opened his magnificent
blue eyes to their full extent, and
could by no means make it out but
the next moment classes were called,
and no mora opportunity was afford
ed for general conversation till the
school rose.
At the first stroke of the clock the
entire body, seniors and juniors, start
ed up, and with a wild shout, rushed
to the playground,Madonna yielding
readily to the common impulse, and
rather curious to see what was to fol
low. '*•...„•.
Arrived at the scene of expected
action, 'his doubts were quickly re
solved. Alf himself curtly informed
him that^according to the custom of
the school, it was necessary to decide,
without an hour's delay, which was
the better man, aud entitled to thecandle,
position of junior cock.
Madonna colored to the eyes.
"I cannot fight," he said.
"You admit," said Bathurst, "that
I can lick you, and may kick you al
so, if I please?"
This was a mere formula but Ma
donna took it differently.
"You have no right to touch me,"
said Madonna "but I can't fight,—
and I won't fight."
He turned away.
The eager crowd were, for a mo
ment, stunned with surprise. Won
der and incredulity were stamped
on every face. The boy who was
marking out the ring stopped as
though petrified. The senior cock
himself betrayed as much emotion as
was consistent with his dignity. I
must not dwell upon this scene. It
was too true,—Madonna declined to
acknowledge Alf the better man, and
yet refused to fighy4 There was. but
one inevitable conclusion! He was a
coward!
At first it was hoped he was jest*
ing chaffing and remonstrance were
tried—both were inefficacious:fighthe
would not. In this dilemma, Robert
Lindsay stepped up to the still blush
ing Madonna, and taking him by the
arm led him a few paces apart. The
two conversed eagerly in an under
tone, while we anxiously watched the
conversation. At last, Lindsay was
observed to give an almost convulsive
start. He carried his hand to hisdoll,
forehead, gazed for a moment in his
companion's face, burst into a wild
laugh, and turned upon his heel.
"Gentlemen," he said, "Mr. Bright
persists in declining the contest."
(Bob Lindsay was always choice in
his expressions.) "But the reason he
assigns for it will hardly obtain cred
ence in an assembly of British boys.
He has given his word of honor to
his mamma to be careful of his gener
al beauty (of which, it would appear,
that lady is justly proud) but espec
ially of his eyes and he is pledged
never to expose those cherished or
gans to the chances of a fistic encoun
ter.
Howls of derision followed this
speech, mingled with shouts of genu
ine laughter one vhap throwing
himself on the ground, tearing up the
grass, and flinging it about him, in
ecstacieB of mirth.
"I have," resumed the senior cock,
"pointed out to him the inevitable
consequences. He is unmoved. I
leave the matter in your hards, and
only regretthat I should have been al
lured to the extremity of the play
ground on the pretense of a fight
which was not to take place."
"Coward 1 Milksop I Send for
his mammal Where's Hannah with
the pap-boat?" &c, yelled the in
censed and disappointed crowd.
Poor Madonna turned from red to
white, and looked as though he would
have cried, but for a strange fire in
his eyes that seemed to bum up the
tears. It was a miserable sight.
But how could we pity him A fel
low with a wrist like the fetlock of a
thorough-bred, who almost admitted
he could fight, and wouldn't!
What was a black eye, or a mouse on
the cheek, compared with ihe horri
ble scorn of boys?
Alf Bathurst had a spice of the
bully. Thinking moreover to fall in
with the popular view, he walked up
to Madonna, and slapped him smart
ly on the face. Strange to say, the
latter seemed scarcely to feel this ad
ditional insult. Some applause fol
but Robert Lindsay sudden
ly reappeared in our midst,and made
another speech.
"Gentlemen," said Bob, "far be it
from me to condemn your honest in
dignation, but let us not stoop to be
bullies and persecutors. To my mind,
a coward is an object of compassion,
not of resentment Nature dozed
over his composition, and omitted
the most common and familiar ingre-
„..,.,.-. ,^ .'• .^rag^aasr .-
dient of our mixed humanity. I
have," added the kind-hearted cock,"
"no title,to dictate lines of conduct to
the junior division but I will say
this, whoever shows consideration to
this unlucky stranger is the friend of
Robert Lindsay."
Boys are queer animals. No oneShe's
would believe it possible, that, after
the scene of the morning, Madonna
would become by bedtime one of the
most popular fellows in the school!
By Jove he was! When he recover
ed his spirits a little,we began to find
out (fighting aside) what a jolly chap
he was,—gay, generous,—with alto
gether the sweetest temper I' ever
knew: he didn't know what malice
was, and would have been on good
terms, even with Bathurst. The lat
ter, however, like a sneaking bully
as he was, never from, that day forth
let slip an opportunity of annoying
and insulting poor Madonna. He
made him a sort of fag, often struck
him and more than once spat in his
face. On these occasions, Madonna's
eyefwogld light up with the same
strange fire we noticed before but he
never struck again, and seemed to ac
cept the necessity of submitting to
every indignity, as the inevitable and
only/alternative of his not fighting.
I'm now going back to the day of
Madonna's arrival.
His bed was in a large room, in
which I, and a whole lot of other
chaps—fourtejsji, I think—already
slept. And after old Mopkins, the
spoony usher, had taken away the
we began to talk as usual.
Madonna was rather silent.
"I say—you—new boy, what's
your name
"Madonna!" said his next neigh
bor.
"A penny for your thoughts. I
bet I know what they are."
"Tell me," said Madonna, who was
sitting up in bed, swinging his night
cap, "are any of you fellows in love?"
A perfect volley of affirmatives re
plied. Love, you must know, was a
sort of epidemic at Style's,—that is to
say, it came in at intervals, with oth
er games. There wasn't much usual
ly in the summer half but when
cricket, and hockey, and trapball
were stopped, love came regularly
in. It happened to be highly fash
ionable at the time of Madonna's ap
pearance, having recently received
an immense impulse from the arrival
at Miss Billiter's Pallas House Acad
emy, of three new pupils, all pretty.
Pallas House was so capitally close
to us, that, by great skill and strength
a cricket-ball might be propelled over
an immense wall into their play
ground. It was a rum ^old house,
with two little turrets at one end
(that nearest us), one of which was
called the Penitentiary, and used as a
place of confinement for pupils in dis
grace. We saw (at different times,
of course) lots of little golden-haired,
captives bobbing about in this cage
sometimes playing with a smuggled
sometimes trying to relieve the
monotony of prison-life by killing
flies, or other innocent pastime. We
tried to establish a system of com
munication by signal, but it failed.
One ingenious boy thought he had
hit upon a method of conveying relief
and sympathy in its sweetest form,—
sugar-candy. A small parcel was
carefully made up, and attached to
the tail of a kite, the wind being fair
for the Penitentiary, and the prisoner
on the alert the kite was dropped
gradually down the wind till it reach
ed the necessary point, then suddenly
loosed, in the expectation that the
tail would drop past the prison win
dow. It did so with the greatest ac
curacy but the small prisoner's arm
was too short to catch it the packet
descended lower than was intended,
and flop it went, right through the
window of Miss Billiter's study
Elites were stopped for the rest of the
half.
To go back to our bedroom chat.
A sigh from Madonna was the next
sound audible.
"Tell us all about it, old chap,"
said a voice from an adjacent couch,
in a mock sympathetic tone.
"If you won't make fun of it," re
plied Madonna. "It's no laughing
matter, I can tell you. I've seen a
good deal of the sort of thing. I've
had much sorrow."
"Have you, though I shouldn't
have thought it, to look at you,"
squeaked Poppy Purcell, across seven
other chaps. "What's she like
"I've been in love," said Madonna,
"ever since—I don't remember when
I wasn't—nine times, I think, with
all sorts of women but bosh! It's
all hollow, sir,—hollow!, They go to
school and forget a fellow, or—"
"A fellow—then!'put in Matilda
Lyon (whose name was Matthew).
"I fear, Madonna, those precious eyes
of yours have much to answer for."
"I'm as constant a chap now
ashome,
ever lived," rejoined Madonna, warm
ly, "whatever I have been in mysort
younger days. The world soon smud
ges off One's romance! Besides, I'm
tired of change. I'll tell yon a se
cret. I'm in love, and mean to
be,was
forever and a day, with the sweetest
little creature breathing."
"O, of course!" "What's her
mame?" "How old?" "Dark or
fair?" "Ringlets?" demanded sever
al beds, the room becoming much in
terested.
"Eleanor Wilton," said Matfonna,
in a low voice "she's an orphan, a
$wm
kind of fifth cousin of mine, sixteen
times removed. She came over from
India last year, after the death of her
mother, to be educated, and she lives
with a Mr. and Mrs, Perfect (perfect
brutes, I call them), the husband a
snobbish agent of her deceased papa.
nearly ten. She fell desperate
ly in love with your humble servant.
I'd nothing in hand at the moment,
having just had a split with Anne
Chilcote about dancing twice with a
fellow in tunics. And we're engag
"Engaged!"
"Regularly booked, sir. Why not?
I've had my swing. I've done. I
can never love again, after Eleanor.
And she is a darling, I promise you
We further gathered from the heart
worn Madonna that his present lady
love was in appearance precisely his
opposite, having large night-black
eyes and raven hair, colorless cheeks,
dark shades under the eyes, sad,
dreamy expression, &c., &c. In
short, the lover drew a very interest
ing and poetic picture of his lady
and concluded by assuring us that
her attachment to himself, however
unmerited, approached to adoration.
As for the engagement, he certain
ly showed us next day a paper writ
ten by his beloved, which the con
stant youth wore (in a small velvet
case like a needle-book) next his
heart.
It was to the following effect, writ
ten upon pencil lines, one half rub
bed out, and was evidently one of he
earliest efforts at penmanship:—
"This is to give notis that I have
promessed to be your true-love and
when I groe up I will marry you
ifter
you like and to be your Dutiful wife
till death and if not I would rather
go to my mother—
"You believe me,
"Dear sir,
"Yours truly,
"ELEANOR WILTON,"
We thought the conclusion rather
stiff, considering the frankness of tha
foregoing portion but Madonna ex
plained that it was to be regarded
rather in the light of a formal instru
ment than as a warm expression of
feeling.
Certainly if seed-cakss, mince and
other pies, and macaroons, speak the
language of love, Madonna's account
of his lady's devotion was fully cor
roborated. Every week parcels were
arriving, containing such articles as
the aforesaid, and covered with the
strictest and most earnest invocations
to the railway authorities concerning
their safe and punctual delivery.
How the little lady provided these
testimonials was a mystery to Madon
na,—assuredly it was not through her
guardians and the most plausible
theory was that she had won over the
housekeeper,—as well she might, the
little darling?—to forward these
proofs of attachment to her chosen
lord.
But a change was destiaed to come
over Madonna.
One fatal half-holiday it so happen
ed that, in returning home from
playing cricket on the neighboring
downs, we met the establishment of
Pallas House in full procession. The
usual file-fire of glances was exchang
ed as the two trains swept past each
other on opposite Bides of the road,
but only one -casualty occurred and
who should that be, but the love
wasted, used-up Madonna.
Tripping at the governess's side
was a new pupil, the most exquisite
little fairy you can conceive. Don't
think I am romancing, when I de
clare to you, that in all my life—and
I've seen something, knocking about
the world—two more beautiful human
creatures than Madonna Bright and
Augusta Grosvenor (for that we soon
learned was the new girl's name) I
never beheld. She had a perfect cat
aract of rich, brown, silky hair, eyes
that glittered like stars, and she
walked with the air of a little prin
cess.
"Poppy," faltered Madonna, who
was walking with Purcell, catching
his companion's arm, "I've seen my
fate."
"Hold up, my pipin!" replied the
more philosophic Poppy. "Have a
brandy-ball?"
Madonna answered (in substance)
that no amount of lollipops could
minister effectually to a mind diseas
ed that it was, in fact, all over with
him that he never loved before
and, finally, that he could be content
to perish in the course of that after
noon, if his doing so might afford
even a momentary gratification to the
object of his unquenchable passion.
On being reminded of his engage
ment to Eleanor Wilton, Madonna
replied, with some warmth, that he
was tired of her childish homage, and
should take an early opportunity of
pointing out to that young lady some
more eligible investment for her af
fections and finding, on arriving at
a plum-cake of unusual dimen
sions, he divided it among us with a
of disdainful pity, not reserving
a crumb for himself.
Perhaps, if he had known it would
be the last loveoffering, save one, he
ever to receive from that source,
might have been less generous.
(CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.)
—A sweet little boy, only eight
years old—bless his little heart
walked into the scene of a teachers'
examination at Oswego, last week,
and bawled out: "Annie, your fel
ler down to the house!"
NO. 13
THE FRUIT BATTLE OF AOMIKAL FAK
HAGUT.
After lying some weeks at Nooka
heevah, the Essex and the Essex,
Junior, sailed for Valparaiso, where
Captain Porter was desirous of meet
ing the English frigate Phoebe, which
had been sent in search of him but
when the vessel at last appeared off
the port, she was, most unexpectedly
to Captain Porter, accompanied by
the Cherub, a sloop-of-war of twenty^
eight guns and^ one hundred and eigh
ty men, while the Phoebe carried for
ty-six guns and a crew of over three
hundred men.
For six weeks the hostile ships ma
neuvered in and around the port of
Valparaiso, the Essex being found to
outsail the enemy, so that she could
easily have escaped, but Captain Por
ter preferred instead to fight the
Phoebe, if he could engage her singly
this/however, Captain Hillyar care
fully avoided, being evidently under
orders not to engage the American
ship except with the aid of the Cher
ub, a fact which shows with what re
spect English seamen now regarded
the American navy, for never before
this war had such a thing been known
as that an English ship would avoid
a fight with an enemy of equal force.
But in this case the importance of
capturing the Essex, and the doubt
ful result of meeting her with a sin
gle ship and equal force, were so ap
parent, that the enemy showed a war
iness very rare in the English marine.
After waiting several weeks for a
fair fight, and learning that a num
ber of English men-of-war were daily
expected at Valparaiso, Captain Por
finally concluded to sail but be
fore he was quite ready to put to sea,
a heavy wind from the south made
the Essex drag her anchors to the
mouth of the harbor, which runs
north and south. Nothing remained
but to make sail, with the hope of
clearing the enemy's ships, which
were lying near the point of angles at
the western extremity of the port.
But this is a very dangerous head
land, squalls often coming off in heavy
puffs, andjust as the Essex was short
ening sail when passing the bluff, a
squall struck the ship, carrying away
the maintopmast, throwing a number
of the crew overboard, and effectual
ly crippling the vessel.
Under these severe circumstances,
Captain Porter could only stand be
fore the wind to the northeastern side
of the harbor, where he cast anchor
within half a mile of a Chilian bat
tery, this being in neutral water and
protected from attack, as one would
think, by the law of nations. But
Captain Hillyar, entirely regardless
of this circumstance, or of the honor
shown by Captain Porter in not at
tacking him on a similar occasion, at
once took advantage of the disabled
condition of the Essex to place his
vessel astern of the American frigate
where he could pour in a terrific rak
ing fire, and at the same time" be
scarcely touched by her guns. The
Cherub also haulsd across the bow of
the Essex, but finding that the for
ward guns of her antagonist could
play upon ,her, took up a position
near the Phoebe. Th most Captain
Porter could do was to run three long
twelves through the stern ports, and
these were trained with such effects
on the enemy, that in half an hour
they were oblidged to move out of
range to repair the injuries received
Three times during the first fight the
Essex was veered around by springs
or hawsers drawing on the cable
from the stern, with the purpose of
getting her broadsides to bear, but in
each case the springs were shot away,
and the batteries of the Essex proved
of little use.
After repairing, the English ships
sailed down and took position on the
quarter of the Essex, where she could
not get any of her guns to bear. To
stand their fire without making any
return was very galling, and although
such were the injuries she had suffer
ed in her rigging, theflying-jibwaso
the only sail that could be hoisted on
the Essex to make her pay off before
the wind, it was spread, and the
ship gradually bore down to board
the Phoebe. The American crew,
under the perfection of discipline, and
not in the least disheartened, now
opened a tremendous fire, which soon
drove the Cherub out of range of her
guns and forced her to remain at a
distance. The Phoebe also kept out
of reach of the Essex, having a lead
ing wind and content to blaze away
withherjlong eighteens, which wrought
great execution on the decks of the
Americau ship. Ffteen men fell in
succession at one of the guns of the
Essex.
Every expedient for saving the ves
sel had now been tried in vain. She
was helpless before the tremendous
fire of the Phoebe, unable to return
the fire on account of her position,
and, in addition to all these horrors,
the flames were bursting from her
hatches. Captain Porter, still un
wounded and resolute to fight it
outwas
to the last, finally listened to the en
treaties of his crew, who represented
that further resistance was worse than
useless, and he reluctantly ordered
the colors to be struck.
Captain Hillyar permitted the Es
sex, Junior, to De turned into a car
tel-ship, or vessel for carrying pris
oners destined to be exchanged, and
allowed the surviving crew of the Es
sex to sail in her for the United
States. Off New York, the Essex,
Junior, was overhauled hy an En
glish frigate, and for fear he should
be detained by her, Captain Porter,
while still thirty miles from shore,
made his escape in a whale-boat, be
ing assisted in the attempt by a fog
which concealed him from the En
glish vessel. However, the Essex,
Junior, was soon allowed to proceed,
and the gallant survivors of the crew
of the ill-fated but glorious frigate
Essex, once more stepped gladly
forth upon their native land.
Captain Porter afterward publish
ed an account of his famous cruise,
in two volumes, which contains many
interesting details, and
:is
well worth
perusal. Among other matters he
mentions the circumstance that there
was on board a young mid-shipman
who was very desirous of engaging in
the foray in the Marquesas Islands,
but was prevented on account of his
youth he afterward distinguished
himself for his unflinching courage
during the trying scenes of the fight
at Valparaiso, and would, for his
conduct at that time, have been rec
ommended for promotion if his ex
treme youth had not hindered such
a reward of merit, he being but lit
tle over twelve years of age. This
young hero lived to our day, and
won immortal fame in the naval op
erations [of the late war, bsing no
other than David C. Farragut, who,
for some time before his death, held
the highest position in the American
navy. He went to school in his pro
fession early, and, although it was a
rough training, its results proved in
valuable to the country.—S. O. W.
Benjamin, St. Nicholas for Oct.
A 81,000,000 DEFALCATION.
For several years, in consequence
of political influence reaching into
the Senate of the United States, an
adventurer named G. M. Pinney has
been retained in office as Purchasing
Clerk of the Navy in California, and
his hold was so firm that the pav
corps of the Navy knew that none of
their number could accept a detail to
San Francisco without accepting Pin
ney as an office fixture. About the
1st of September he absconded in his
own steamer with a female compan
ion, leaving his family and a host of
creditors behind bim. It seems that
it had been Pinney's habit to demand
a percentage on everything he pur
chased, and the number of contract
ors and debtors he has levied upon is
astounding. It is estimated he has
thus made for himself in reality out
of the job about $200,000. He was
also a broker, a member of the Board,
a Director in several mines, a large
pioperty owner in the City of Oak
land, and reputed to be worth near
$2,000,000. Paymaster Spaulding,
who was the officer in charge, is un
derstood to have defended Pinnev for
a short time after he left. He has
now been relieved, and ordered to set
tle. His accounts have thus far
been found to be correct, and no sus
picion has-rested on him. A change,
however was ordered by the Navy
Department, and it is understood that
certificates of indebtedness to the
amount of 880,000 have been discov
ed to have been hypothecated in San
Francisco. These could only have
been obtained by fraud. Naval Pay
master J. S. Cunningham arrived at
San Francisco Friday evening to re
lieve Paymaster Spaulding. A court
of enquiry will assemble at Mare
Island, October oth, to examine
Spaulding's accounts. The latter is
supposed to be involved by pecula
tions of Pinney. Spaulding states
that the loss will fall on individuals,
not in the department, and that Pin
ney's frauds consisted in fraudulently
filling up certificates for payment due
on contracts which had been signed
in blank by Spaulding and hypothe
cating them to certain parties attach
ed, and that the makers and endors
ers of the notes will be liable. Spauld
ing claims he knew nothing of the
transactions until the certificates
were presented for payment.
It is now stated the default will
amount to a •million dollars.
WHAT G£X. TAYLOR REALLY SAID.
The Hon L. B. Mizner,?of Solano,
California, has spoiled that well
known little story about Gen. Taylor
saying at Buena Vista, "A little more
grape, Capt. Bragg." Mizner was at
a banquet of Mexican war veterans
in San Francisco, the other evening,
and made the following statement as
what Gen Taylor did say "Hold
ing the position of an interpre
ter on the staff of Gen. Taylor, I was
seated on my horse, immediately near
him, when Capt. Bragg dashed hur
riedly, up, saluted the General and
reported: 'General, I shall have to
fall back with my battery or lose
it.' Several of his guns had already
been dismounted, a large portion of
his horses killed, and about thirty of
his men were prostrate on the heath.
On receiving the report, Gen. Taylor
turned on his horse and surveyed the
situation for a few seconds—he re
quired no field glass, for the scene of
conflict was not far removed—and
the reply was: 'Capt. Bragg, it is
better to lose a battery than a battle.'
This was the interview on which was
based the famous slang phrase that
was never uttered by the General to
whom it was imputed. Capt. Bragg
returned to his battery with renewed
determination, and, by the efforts of
that gallant officer and his brave
command, the tide of battle was turn
ed and the greatest victory of the war
won.—Louisville Courier-JournaL
—A negro on being asked what he
was in jail for, said it was for bor
rowing money. "But," said the ques*
tioner, "they don't put people in jail
for borrowing money." "Yes," said
the darkey, "but I had to knock the
man down free or fo' times before Jie
would lend it to me."
—The peaks of the Adirondack^
are white with snow.