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VOL. I.
EVANSVILLE, IA., MAY 27, 1847.
NO. 17
I
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STOVES! STOVES 11
A FTF.il returning thanks to my friends, and the
; Public generally, for the very liberal ptitronagc
heretofore extended nie, I beg leave to inform them
that I have just received from Cincinnati a large and
yaried assortment of Stoves, the best ever ottered in
this market, and which I can atl'ord to sell at unusual
: low rates. , ,
My stork consists as follows:
Patent Hot Air Cooking Stoves, various sizes;
do Ik-i.ipsE, do ' do;
do FcLTON. ; 'do "" do; ' '
n lo Premium, do do;
' do Dutch, do do;
Parlor Stoves Fancy Air Tight, nil uizm and de
scriptions Bed Room Air Tight Office do do 10
piateuo io 1 plate do do the r.gg l.otil tove, and
a lot of excellent Stoves for warming churches, school
rooms, etc., etc. in word every description of stoves in
use in the West, many of them newly patented and
highly extolled by those who have used them, and
which, as I have above Mated, I can aliorod at low
prices. I desire those who wish any article of the
kind, to call cither at my brick store on Sycamore
street, near A. Luishlin's, or at tho one on Water
street, opposite the wharf.
All kinds of Tin and Sheet Iron Ware constantly
on hand and ninde to order, at tbe shortest notice and
on tho most reasonable, terms.
, , . THOMAS SC ANTLIX.
Water and Syoimoresireets,
oct 29 MC tf. . , Evansville, Ind.
f S0VEUEU1N remedy for Ague and Fever.
JTJL This great Remedy: to which the public atten
tion is particularly called, has been extensively
used in the western &. south western states, an a spee
dy, safc- and certain cure for Ague and fever, Dumb
Aftte. Chill, or intermittent Fever. t ,
1'ho unexampled and complete success attending its
use; and so well proven have become iu wide spread
victories over every form of Ague in the west that the
'Febrifuge' is now Miperscdiug every other ottered
remedial agent, and looked upon as the only one that
canlm relied upon in all stages of the di.-wase.
The many thousands of instances w liercin it has
wrought cures, while no instance is known, norcan
, be shown of fail uro, warrants it in being offered as
possessing the three cardinal merits, without which
no medicine can be safely used in Auge cases Tliese
merits are, that itsenrcs arc safe, certain and perma
nent, C. S. Mackenzie & Co Cleveland Ohio, proprie-
' tors.
JK-Forsnleby Hoadley,llH!lrHi& Co, wholesale n
gents New York, and by ISrinkerhollW. IVnton.Chi
cagj. 111; Ewanls &. Francis, St. I.oni-i, Mo. and by
Druggists generally throtmhout the United Slates.
tor sale by W M. M. WOOLSLA. asrent for Lv-
ansville.
?, Ind. n
may 1 "Jul.
just iii:ci:ivKi).
IS addition to my former stock, a general
assortment ot liotantc Medicines
Koots, liurks. llerls. Extracts. Powders. L f 0i
&.c. prepared and put up by theSliakers. .
Dr. tolger's Olosaoimm, or all Healing Hnlsnni,
Dr. rcter's egetaUle Pills, V orm and Cough Loz
enccs.
Ir. Le Roy's Universal Vegetable Tills, composed
of Sarsaparillaand Wild Cherry,
Dr. Porter's Poor man's Curative Sugar Coated
I ills. at 10 cents per box.
Dr, Porter's Poor Man's StYengihning Flastcr, at
10 cents a niece.
liarnei' Tooth-Ache Drops, warranted to cure in all
cases.
Overstrcefs genuine Linnment.and Doctor Beach's
family rill.
superior Pale French Brandy, F. II. Goddard Ss.
Co's Brand, warranted pure, lor medical purposes on-
Hallock! Worm Candv. a safe and nlensnnt medi
cine to destroy worms in children and improve their
ccnenu neaitn.
hweet Spts, Nitre, flT. and Aqua Ammonia ffiT
strength.
Sulphuric, Nitre. Acetic and Muriatic Acids also of
, full strength, and many articles too numerous to men
tion, aiiogeiner mailing a complete assortment at
wholesale and retail on reasonable) terms. By
, ALLEN C. HALLOK, Druggist,
feb 11 tf. Main St. near Wa,ter, Evansville, la.
JUST Received, and for sale by the suVcrilers
500 oz. Sulph Quinine, French and American;
. 150 English and American Calomel;
3 bbls. Camphor;
3 cases Liquorice Ex;
2 do Aloes; '
. 1 do Assafutida;
1 do Bermudas Arrow Root;
1 do Copal Varnish; .
1 do Shellac;
8 carboy's Nitric, Muriatic and Sulph Acid;
4 boxes Tart. Acid;
3 do Sal. Itoehell;
3 casks sup. c. Soda!
2M lbs. Fulv. Jalap;
200 do do Rhci;
150 do cab. Magnesia Eng;
16 oz. Sulph Morphia; i
3 bbls. cream '1 nrtar;
5 do S"nna India and Alehd; !.
1 bale Sarsaparilla, (Honduras;) . ,
1 do Sponge;
1 do Cloves;
3 do Corks, (bottle and vial.) ; '
n.b.4'17. W. &. C BELL, Main sU
SO IimiIX: more precious than Gold.
The most superior Anti-liillious Pill now in the
market, and which are erealing so much excitement,
and are so greedily swallowed by the Billious, are Dr.
Charles A. Van Zandt's
Awn-BiiAiocs Health Restorative Piixs. They
cure safely and certainly, without preventing the pa
tient from attending to the business, and are the only
sure remedy for Billiouness and
All Irs Atte.nda.nt Plagves, ever placed before
the people. They open the pores, cleanse the stomach
restore the biliary ducts to health full operation and
perform miracles in the way of preserving health, and
preventing spread of dangerous maladies. This in
valuable medicine will also correct a depraved appe
tite, strengthen the nerves or any other debilitated
part of the system, remove those dull headaches which
are premonitory of IiverCotnplaints, and generally
accomplish what it takes Dozens of other Medicines
to do.
All this is performed through a concise knowledge
of the plain fact, viz: that there is but one cause tor
troubles of this kind, and that a medicine so made as
to strike at the root of this cause, must of a necessity
Annihilate and Dissipate all its subsequent re
sults, which medical incompetency has so badly treat
ed. Yes Billiousnos involves an infinity of disorders,
all which render life a curse and death a relief.
Billiousnens is simply a maniiestation of disease of the
l.iver, and if not taken
' In Time,
will eventually send the sullerer to "that bourne from
whence no traveler returns." Let a billious olli-ction
have sway, and it will end in induration or abscess
ot the liver, producing, as it commits its secret and in
sidious ravages, Dyspepsia, Uout, Epiley, Heart
disease, internal disorders of all kinds, ton I stomach,
Headaches, Hysterica, Shortnes of Breath, Mucous,
Expectorations, Paina in the Breast. Dry Couidis.
Sore Throat, Dropsy, Apoplexy, nil species of wast
ing fevers, capricious appetite, or hiss of it; Scurvy,
Chlorosis, Jaundice, Neuralgia, Palpitations, severe
costivenes, and an hundred other icartul complaints
which are too numerous to mention. , We can prove
to anybody's satisfaction, that these pills will' com
pletely renovate tho human frame, ami Cure Perma
nently, all tliese ills by driving away every improper
condition of the bile and liver.
Billiousness being produced by a hot climate, by
a changable atmosphere, bv damns and loirs, this med
icine, unequalled as it ia, is jui t the thing for the
West, where men arc exposed to all the caufos ami
effects of the Bile: to the South, w here Liver Com
plaints seem to be epidemical: to the Sea, when nn
excel len: Cathartic is invariably the Preserver of life
and Hapiness.
Let no one sufTer, but buy Dr. Van Zandt's Anti
Billious, Health Restorative Pills, and be strong and
mentally as well as physically vigorous. The seden
tary want it, and can procure nothing better.
In short, all theso virtues of tlie pharmacu'pia are
comprised in these little pellets of lite.
K5"N'o family should be without thcnuCfi
If philanthropists, would purchase boxes of these
invaluable pills and distribute tht 'in among tlie poor,
i bey would prevent the exense ol Doctor's fees, and
ameliorate much genuine sutlcring. .
Sold wholesale and retail by Wvatt tc Ketciiam,
l-.'l Fulton st., New York.
In Evansville. Indiana, bv A. C. IIALLOCIv. ond
druggists generally throughout tho U. Stoles. Price
V3 cents per box. ... )V0 Jiu.
V f TO&tftittr VeTeLVnUd Pills. 'r""
NOW . properly eetecmcd in all neighborhoods
where they have been used, were first made some
1 welve years A so by the proprietor, from a eiret-
able Extract, and then recommended by him as a su
perior Bilious Pill He then resided in an eastern
City. On his removal to the west, in 18J6 he was
soon lorced to observe the very general complaint,
then and now prevalent, of a Disea?ed state of
The Liver. Jaundice Jkc. His Ions exueriuncc
of the primary causes,and disastrous results of an tit
led ion ot this all important working agent ot the hu
man frame, and poeessed as he was of a practical
knowledge ot the sihciIic action produced in that or
gan (the Liver,) by the Extract so successfully resort
ed to by him in eastern practice induced : the Proprietor
to give his i ills a trial in thoee diseases where Chron
ic or Torpid State of tlie Liver was Complained of.
The result in every instance, so far as he has been
informed, has ehown their Complete Triumph over
that disorder. Thus convinced ol their complete clli
cacv, he has ever since invariably recommended them;
anu thousands wiioin me health-restoring uscoi tiiem
tiave lieen benefited, now bear witness to their power-
till elll'lMa in riflilltifV tlio sl'ct&m tF nil tluwj ftl4J!iU4i
connected with or dependent upou an unhealthy state
of the Liver, such as Bilious and other Fevers, Jaundice
Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Flatulency, Heartburn,
ilnluuial coetivness, &lc.
In view of all these facts, the proprietor in recommen
ding his Compovnd Liver Fills, does so with
the greatest confidence in tlietr properties oi prevent
inir and curing Bilious Diseases. He assures those
who may have occasion to use. them. That they are
strictly what they purort to be, being prepared cxprcss
ly lorthc afore mentioned diseases. They act spc
cilicaly pn the Liver and Viscera; remove nil con
gestive action and morbid secretions; purifying the
blood; causing a free and healthy discharge of bile;
strengthening the system, and assisting digestion.
C. S. Mackenzie &. Co., Cleveland, ( hio, Propri
etors. For sale by W. M. WOOLSKY, agent,
niayl-Htn. Evansville, la.
B. A. Fahucstoclc &. Co'n Family Medicines,
BA. FAHNESTOCK-Sni-iVioM Ml A
safe and valuable remedy in intermittent, remit
tent and bilious fevers, and till complaints of an in
flammatory character. It is an excellent purgative,
being mild yetelfcctual in its operation.
B. A. Fahnettnclft Liqid Opodildoc. A prepara
tion far superior to the common ( fpodildnc for sprains,
bruises and all cases in which Opodildoc is com
monly used.
B. A. Fahnrrtaci Co.'s Com? Ba!om. There
are perhaps but few cough preparations, that will pro
duce such decided eUccis iu so short a time. It is
pleasant and effectual.
B. A. Fahnrttork $ Co ' Cough Ixrzrmgr, Pos
sessall the virtues of the best cough syrus in a concen
trated form are convenient to take and pleasant to
the taste.
B. A. Fahnrttock d- Co.'s Carminative Ijuzmsrt,
Have cured hundreds of the Bowel Complaint, while
not an instance has yet come to our knowledge in
which they have failed. They will certainly and
spodilv allay the morbid irritability of the bowels, re
store the checked prespiration, and in a short time cure
the most inveterate case or Diarrho?a, Chronic Dys
entery, orliabitual looseness. Price 25 cents a box.
B. A. Fahnestock & CoSm Eut IVatcr. fur curiiur la-
ftamation of the Ey$. Has proved itself a valuable re
medy tor Disease ol the r-yes, arising trom sand, dust,
and other foreign substances, acrid vapors, exposure to
intense light 4dows sudden change of temperature
cold absorption of scrofulous, small pox and
other virulent matters; also the effects of scarlet and
other fevers. Trice 25 Cents.
B. A. FahnettiKk & Co.-t Rnoifncient.X power
ful and permanent stimulant for the cure of lUiunia-
.: o sJ..- M'l i. -
itmii, .tii uiui, uvir Allium, iivin, Cv-C.
For sale by W. & C. BF.EL, Main street,
ap 20. . Evansville, Indiana
FUKXITUKE! FURXITUllE:!
I MARTIN R1ES has on hand and of-
K- fers at the lowest market prices all kind rf" i
of Cabinet Furniture.
Also, a comple assortment of Chaitis, articles of
furniture including Coftins, made to order and at the
shortest notice, at his ware-room, onn door south of
the Clerk's Ollice, Main st., Evansville. janl 1 Oui. ;
A NIGHT OF YEARS.
BY GRACE GREENWOOD.
Mr Eeadf.r I have sat some minutes, with
my pert suspended in the air above my paper.
I have been debating a delicate point I am in
.1 position. Yon will perhaps recollect that
one of Fanny Forester's exquisite sketches was
entitled 'Lucy Dutton.'
Now it happens that the real name of the he
roine of the 'ower true tale' which Iain about
to do myself the honor of relating to you, was
no other than Lucy Dutton. Shall I rob her of
her birthright compel her to wear a nom du
f ;uerre, because my sister -authoress accidental
ygave the true name to one of her ideal crea
tions! Shall I sacrifice truth to delicacy? that's
trie quest ion? Is"o?' You sa id no; did you not?
Then Lucy, Lucy Dutton, let it be.
Some forty years since, in the interior of my
beautiful native State, New York, lived the fa
ther of our heroine, an hor.est and respectable
fanner. He had but two children Lucy, a no
ble girl of nineteen, and Ellen a year or two
younger. The first named was winninglr, ra
ther than strikingly beautiful. Under a man
ner observable for its seriousness and a nun
like serenity, were concealed an impassioned
nature, and a heart of the deepest capacity for
loving. She was remarkable from her earliest
childhood for a voice of thrilling and haunting
sweetness.
Ellen Dutton was the brilliant antipodes of
her sister; a 'born' b?auty,' whose prerogative
of prettinesswastohave her irresponsible own
way, in all things, and at all times. An indul
gent father, a weak mother and an idolizing
sister, had all unconsciously contributed to the
ruin of a nature not at the first remarkable for
strength, or generosity.
Where, in all God's creatures, is heartless
ness so seemingly unnatural is selfishness so
detestible, as in a beautiful woman! -
Lucy possessed a fine intellect, and asherpa
rentswere well reared New Englanders, she
and her sister were far better educated than
other girls of their situation, in that then half
settled portion of the country. In those days
many engaged in school teaching, from the hon
or and pleasure which it afforded, rather than
from necessity. Thus, a few months previous
to the commencement of our sketch, Lucy Dut
ton left for the first time her lire-side circle, to
take charge of a school some twenty miles from
her native town.
For some while, her letters- home were ex
pressive only of the happy contentment which
sprang from the consciousness of active useful
ness, of receiving, while imparting good. But
anon there came a change; then were these re
etmltt oJutiracterized bv ftf-fxy
seemed striving for supremacy in the writer's
troubled little heart. Lucy loved; but scarcely
acknowledged it to herself, while she knew not
that she was loved; so, for a time, that beauti
ful second-birth of woman's nature was like a
warm sunrise struggling with the cold mists of
morning. . :.
But one day brought a letter which could not
soon be forgotteh in the home of the absent one,
a letter traced bv a hand that trembled in sym-
Eathy with a heart tumultuous with happiness,
ucy had been wooed and won, and she but
waited her parents' approval of her choice, to
become the betrothed of Edwin V , a man
of excellent family and standing in the town
where she had been teaching. The father and
mother accorded their sanction with many
blessings, and Lucy's next letter promised a
speedy visit from the lovers.
To such natures as Lucy's, what an absorb
ing, and yet what a revealing oi self is a first
passion what a prodigy of giving, what an
incalculable wealth of receiving what a break
ing up is there of the deep waters of the soul,
and how heaven descends in a sudden star
shower upon life! If there is a season when
an angel may look with intense and fearful in
terest upon her mortal sister, 'tis when she be
holds her heart pass from the bud-like inno
cence and freshness of girlhood, and taking to
its very core the fervid light of love, glow and
crimson into perfect womanhood.
At last the plighted lovers came, and wel-
comesand festivities awaited them. Mr. V
gave entire satisfaction to the father, mother,
and even to the exacting 'beauty. lie was a
handsome man, with some pretensions to fash
ion; but in a manner, and appearently in charac
ter, the opposite of his betrothed.
It was tlecided that Lucy should not again
leave home, until after ner marriage, which at
the request of the ardent lover, was to be cele
brated within two months, and on the coming
bitn-uay ot the Urule. It was therelore ar
ranged that Ellen should return with Mr.
to M , to take charge of her sister's school
for the remainder of the term.
Tlie bridal birth-day had came. It had been
ushered in by a May morning of surpassing
loveliness the busy hours had worn away, and
now it was nigh sunset, and neither the bride
groom, or Ellen, the first bridesmaid hud ap-
E?ared. Yet, inher little neat chamber sat
ucy, nothing doubting, nouhing rearing. She
was already clad in a simple white muslin, and
her few bridal adornments lay on the table by
her side. Maria Allen her second bridesmaid
a bright-e)ed, affectionate-hearted girl, aer
chosen friend from childhood, was arranging to
a more graceful fall, the wealth of light ringlets
which swept'her snowy neck. To the anxious
inquiries ol her companion, respecting the ab
sent ones, Lucy ever smiled quietly and re
plied: 'Oh, something lias happened to detain them
awhile we heard from them the other day, and
all wa3 well. They well be here by-and-by,
never fear-'
Evening came,. the guest were all assembled,
and yet the 'bridegroom tarried.' There were
whisperings, surmises and wonderings, and a
shadow of anxiety occasionally passed over the
fair face of the bride-elect. At last, a carriage
drove rather slowly to the door. 'They artf
come!' cried many voices, and next moment
the belated bridegroom and Ellen entered. vf
In reply to the hurried and confused inquiries
of all around him, Mr. W muttered some
thing about 'unavoidable delay,' and stepping
to the sideboard, tossed off a glass of wine, an
o:her, andanother. The company stood silent
with amazement. Finally a rough old fanner
exclaimed 'Bett( r late than never, young man
so lead out the bride.'
AV strode hastily across the room, placed
himself by Ellen, and took her hand in his!
Then, without daring to meet the eye of any
about him, he said:
'I wish to make an explanation I am under
the painful ', necessity that is. I have the
pleasure to announce that I am already mar
ried. The lady whom 1 hold by the hand is my
wife!'
Then, turning in an apologetical manner to
Mr. and Mrs. Dutton, he added, 'I found that
I had never loved, until I found your second
daughter!'
And Lucy? She heard all with strange calm
ness, then walked steadily forward and con
fronted her betrayers! Terrible as pale Neme
sis herself, she stood before them, and her lvk
pierced like a keen, cole blade into their false
hearts. As though to assure herself of the
dread reality of the vision, she laid her hand
on Ellen's shoulder, and let it glide down her
arm but she touched not Edwin. As those
cold fingers met hers, the unhappy wife first
gazed full into her sister's face- and as she mark
ed the ghastly pallor of her cheek, tlie dilated
nostril t're quivering lip and the intensely
mournful eyes, she covered her own face with
her hands, and burst into tears, while the voting
husband, awed by the terrible silence of her, he
had wronged, gasped for breath, and staggered
back against tlu wall. Then Lucy clasping
her hands on her forehead, first give voice to
her anguish and dispair in one fearful cry, which
could but ring forever through the souls of that
guilty pair, and fell in death-like swoon at
their feet. ....
After the insensible girl had Teen removed
to her chamber, a stormy scene ensued in the
room beneath. The parents and guests were
alike enraged against W ; .but the tears
and prayers of his youn wife, the petted beau
ty and spoiled child, at last softened somewhat
the anger of the parents, and an opportunity
for an explanation was accorded to tlie effen-
ders. ,
A sorry explanation it proved. The gentle
man affirmed that the first sight of Eelens love
ly face had weakeued tlie empire of her plainer
sister over Ins atlections
Frequent interviews had completed the con
quest of his loyalty: but he had been held in
check by honor, and never told his love, until
when on his way to espouse another, in an un
guarded moment he hail revealed it, and the
avowal Had called lortu an answering ackuowl
edpement. from Ellen.
-inct n.ai iiiouLfUii Dest. nr order no save
iwin to Liucr,' and 'prevent opposition from
her. and secure their own happiness, to be mar
ried belore their arrival at C .
Lucy remained insensible for some hours.
Y hen she revived and had apparently gained
her consciousness, she still maintained her
strange silence. This continued for many
weeks, a na w hen it partial ly passed away, her
friends saw with inexpressible grief that her
reason had fled si tras hopelessly insane!
liuther madness was ol a mild and harmless
nature. She was as gentle and peaceable as
ever, but sighed lrcquently, and seemed bur
dened with some great sorrow which she could
not herself comprehend.
She had one peculiarity, which all who knew
her in after years must recollect; this was a wild
and careful avoidance of men. Shi also seem
ed possed bv the spirit of vnresi. She could
not, she would not be confined, but was con
tinually escaping from her friends, and going
thev knew not whither.
While her parentslivcd, thev, by their watch
ful care and unwearying efforts, in some mea
sure controlled tins sad propensity: but when
they died, their stricken child became a wan
derer, homeless, friendless and forlorn.
Through laughing springs and rosy summers,
and golden autumns; and tempestuous winters,
it was tramp, tramp, trump no rest for her of
the crushed iieart and crazed bie in.
I remember her as she was in my early child
hood, toward the last of her weary pilgrimage.
As my father and my eldest brothers were fre
quently absent, and as my mother never close
ed her heart or her door on the unfortunate.
'Crazy Lucy' often spent an hour or two by our
fireside. Her appearance was very singular.
Her gown was patched with many colors, and
and her shawl, or mantle, worn and torn, until
it was all open work and fringe. The remain
der of her miserable wardrobe she carried in a
bundle on her arm, and sometimes she had a
number of parcels of old ra"s, dried herbs.
&c.
In the season of flowers;1 her tattered bonnet
was profusely decorated with those which she
gathered in the woods, or by the way-side.
Her love for these and her sweet voice was all
that was left her of the bloom and music of ex
istence. Yet no, her meak and childlike piety
still lingered. Her God had not forsaken her;
down in the dim chaos of her spirit, the smile
of His love yet gleamed faintly in tie wast
garden of her heart she still heard his voice
at even-tide, and she was not 'afraid,' Her
Bible went with her everywhere, a torn and
soiled volume, but as holy still, and it may be
as dearly cherished, my reader, as the gorgeous
copy now lying on your table, bound in 'purple
and gold,' and with gliding untarnished upon its
delicate leaves.
I remember to have heard my mother relate
a touching little incident connected with one
of Lucy's orief visits to us.
The poor creature once laid her hand upon
the curly head of one my brothers, and asked of
him his name. 'William Edwin,' he replied
with a timid upward glance. She caught away
her hand, and sighing heavily, said, as though
thinking aloud, '1 knew an Edwin once, and he
made me broken hearted.'
This was the only instance in which she was
ever known to revert to the sad event which
desolated her life.
Thirty years from the time of the commence
ment of this mournful history, on a bleak au-
A 1 I- - . 1
tuinuai evening, a rougu country wagon urove
into the village ol c
It stopped at tho
alms-house. An attenuated form was lifed out
and carried in, and the wagon rumbled away.
This teas Lucy Dutton brought to her native
town to du. - - -
She had been in a decline for some months,
and the miraculous strength which had so long
sustained her in her weary wanderings, at last
forsook her utterly. Her sister had died some
time before, and the widowed husband had boon
removed with his family to the far West; so
Lucy had no friends, no home but the " alms
house. But they were very kind to her there. Tlie
matron, a true woman, whose soft heart even the
hourly contemplation of Jiuman misery could
not harden, gave herself with unwearying de
votioit to the care of the quiet sufferer. With
the eye of Christian faith, she watched the shat
tered bark of that life, as borne down the tide oi
time it neared the great deep of eternity, w ith
an interest as intense as though it were a roy
al galley. '
One (lay, about a week from the time of her
arrival, Lucy appeared to sutler greatly, and
those about her looked for tier release al
most impatiently; but at night she wasevident
ly better, and for the first time, slept tranquil
ly until morning. The matron who was by
her bed-side when slic awoke, was startled by
the clear and earnest gaze which met her own
but she smiled and bade the invalid good
morning. Lucy looked bewildered, Init the
voice seemed to re-assure her, and she ex
claimed, ,
'Oh what along, long night this has been!'
Then glancing around inquiringly, she ad
ded ' ' '
'Where am I? and who are you? I do not
know you.' , ,
A vild surmise flashed across the. mind of
the matron the long lost reason of tin wander
er had returned! But the good old woman re
plied calmly and soothingly,
'Why, you are among your friends, and you
will know me presently.
'Then maybe you knowIMwia ami Ellen,'
rejoined the invalid; 'have they come? Oh, I
had such a terrible dream! I dreamed tliat they
were married. Only think, Ellen married to
Edwin! it is strange that I should dream
7tnf.'
'My poor Lucy.' said the matron, with a
gush of tears, 'that was not a dream 'twas all
true.
'All true!' cried the invalid, 'then Edwin
must be untrue and that cannot be, for hi;
loved me, and we loved etch oilier , well, and
Ellen is my sixtcr. Let me see the in. 1 will
go to them!'
Sire endeavored to raise herself, but fell l ack
HVRy'wiltf.F
makes ms so weak?'
Just then, her eyes fell on lict own hand
that old dnd withered hand She gazed on it in
blank amazement. .' :
'Something is the matter with my sight,' slu
said, smiling faintly, 'for my hand looks to me
like an old woman's.
And so it is,' said the matron.gently,'and so
is mill--; and yet we had fair, plump hands
when we were young. D.-ar Lucy, do you not
know me? I am Maria Allen, I was to have
been your bridesmaid ' '
I can no more I will not make the vain at
tempt to give in detail all that mournful re
vealing, to reduce to inexpres.-ive words the
dread sublimity of that hopeless sorrow.
To the wretched Lucy, the last thirty years
were all as though they had never been.' Of
not a scene, not an incident; has she the slight
est remembrance, since the night when tin re
creant lover and the traitoress tistcr stood be
fore, her, and made their terrible announcement.
The kind matron paused frequently in the
sad narrative of her poor friend's madness ond
wanderings, but the invalid would say with
fearful calmness, 'go go, go on,' though the
beaded drops of agonv stood upon her fore
head. .
When she asked for her sister, the matron
replied:
S!u has gone before you, and you father
also.'
And my mother?' said Lucy, her face lit with
a siekly ray of hope.
'lour mother has been dead lor the last ttcenly
years!
Dead: All gone! Alone, old, living! Oh
God, my cup of bitterness is full!' And she
wept aloud.
Her lriend bciiilins: over her anil minjilin''
tears with hers, said affectionately:
'But you know who' drank that cup before
you: - - , ... ,
... ....... . .a
Lucy looked up wuu a bewmiercd expression "
and the matron added:
'The Lord Jesus, You rememlter him.'
A look like sunlight breaking through a cloud,
a look which only saints may wear, irraddiatcd
the tearful face of the dying woman as she re
plied: 'Oh, ves, I knew mm and loved linn belore 1
feel asleep.'
. 'llie manot (jou was called. A lew who
had known Lucy in her early days, came also-.
There, was mi eh reverential wondering, and
some weeping around her death-bed. Then rose
the voice of praver. At first, her lips moved,
as her weak spirit joined in that fervent appeal,
then they grew still and poor Lucy was dead,
dead in her gray-haired youth!'
But, those who gazed upon that placid face,
and remembered her harmless life and her pa
tient suffering, doubted not that the morn of
an eternal day had broken on her Night of
Yeaks.
The Fijcaxces of the Wom.i. The world must
soon stop, snid a merchant to l'rof. Mitchell.
Whyf It has got along very well for sis thousand
years. ,
Yes, but it hns never been tiMe to make both cwU
meet and I djn't Ulieve it ever will. Yankee hoodie.
My son, said an affectionate mother to her hojieful
heir, who was in a short time to bo married, you are
getting very thin. Yes, mother, I. am, and I expect
shortly that you will see my rib.
People that change their
religion from reading
to much, converted aj
hooks of controversy, arc not
outwitted.

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