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VOL. XIII.
.i mr of nn: old lovf.
Just a bit of the old l ive, Kllie,
That came to us one liny
When your han was dark as (he raven.
Am! n eheek? as bright as I ho ,M..v.
Oh. yon veil mo then with a hearth .
And 1 loved yua jii't as well:
<i ,i hit at tin old love. Kllie,
That wo hadn't the courage to 1011.
1 kn >w that our years are many.
That long we've lioeu hiishmid and wile;
i !l. a Id: of the old love. Kills.
I'hut we met at the threshold of life
1 lie iluwors are st owing round our dm ■,
Ami the sunshine Ushts our wall:
Oh, a hi! id the old love, Kllie,
; or thin is the best of all.
And you're just the same, my darling.
Though tile liloom has left your brow :
Oh, a hit of the old love. Kllie,
Tis all that I ah lor now.
1 oil may chide me. and raise your linger,
ii.it I' 1 whisper il right in jour eat :
oh. a hit of the old love, Kllie.
Our comfort through trial ami tear
Perhaps 1 am old and foolish.
Pur my locks tire glowing so white;
Hu; a Mi of the old love, Kl te,
T 'eight,.n our hearth stone to-night.
JOHN, JI N.
John Basil Ximines, (ireek merchant,
of Mincing Lane. London, was in
trouble. Not financial trouble, for the
old house stood on a linn foundation;
and no one knew this hotter than Sam
I‘ostlethwaite, confidential book-keeper
of the firm, and the trusted friend of
the (ireek merchant. Therefore, when
he saw John Basil in so anxious a mood,
ho resolved to know and to share his
annoyance.
“Master," he said, "you are in
Iroiihli. What is it ?"
“John, Jun.” wasthe prompt reply.
“ He takes no interest in the business,
and if he conies to the ollice, grumbles
and blunders till we ate glad to sei
him leave things. Yon know it is so.
Sam."
“ John. Jim. wants an object to work
for. sir. If he thought the firm was in
trouble now , lie would he full of energy
and interest. No donht of it, sir,"
" He has lost interest in every thing;
hunting, yachting, shooting, travel -
everything is a bore."
“ Any lady in the ease?"
'• There i- a governess at Sir Thomas
Oakes’> 1 don’t like —a tall girl with
red hair, and a wonderful figure and
color."
“ Why don't you like her?"
"Slu is poor: besides, John is to
marry Leanora /citon. 1 bought the
estate with that view. The two united
will make the finest in .Middlesex.
Vi u can put them together in a ring
fence.”
“ If y. i haw- told John, Jun. this, he
will never marry her.”
" 1 have -aid nothing to John yet.
/citon and 1 have talked over the mat
ter. hut the girl Leanora is yet at
-cliool."
Tl:e two men sat thoughtfully a few
minutes, and then Sam I’osllethwailc
made an astounding proposal. “John
Basil," he said decidedly, “if you
wish to make a man of your son, give
up the business to him aw hile. You go
to /ante for a year or two, and let him
feel his feet. But him in your place.
1 will see i •> harm eome to him or the
business. Drop a few hard words
about /eiton before you go; it may
help your plans for Leanora.” And
half an hour’s further conversation
made the old clerk’s plans clear to the
father.
Thai lie said to his son. “ John,
there are serious changes in hand. 1
must go to Xante, ami the business in
Miming Lane will need your severest
attention and industry. It is a great
charge for u young man, hut Ham says
1 may trust you."
John rose at ouee to the occasion:
“To be sure you may trust me. father.
If the • id house of Ximines is in dan
ger. I will work for it night and day.’’
"John, thank you. You make me
very happy and hopeful if we tide
things over this year, we may not only
keep our standing, but also add greatly
to our influence. And, John, don't let
this place run down. 1 don’t want Zei
t m to get the better of me in this mat
ter: but don’t have any thing to do with
them —nothing whatever.”
John readily promised. The next
day his father left for (Jreoee, and lie
went at once to the front in the daily
light in Miming Lane. He was a man
sure t> fail and weary in small routines,
'out in whom great trusts developed
great resources and untiring energy;
and Ham made him believe that the
very existence of the house of Ximines
depended upon hi- personal oversight
and influence.
It was about a year after his father’s
departure for Xante that Sam said, one
warm evening in June, “Mr. John, you
had better run down to the country and
see after the place. A change will do
you good, ami now that you have got
the better of Xeiton about those olive-,
there is nothing pressing for o week."
iso John went to the country, resolved
to lie and dream under the blossoming
lilacs, and throw all care away. He
was fully carrying out this intention
one warm, sunny afternoon, when he
heard a little stir of conversation, and
the rippling music of girlish laughter.
This -ule of the garden adjoined a little
wooden park, through which ran a
rapid brook famous for its excellent
trout fishing. As it was strictly private
ground, he wondered who were the tres-
MINERAL POINT, WIS., FRDAV, SEPTEMBER *7, IS7S.
passers :uul ipuclly moved aside tho
foliage to look.
Tho picture that mol his viow was a
vory pretty ono. Tpou a rooky Nova
tion, shaded l>y a drooping birch, stood
a hoautiful girl, with a fishing rod in
her hand, and at hor foot reclined tho
splendid-haired womaiu whom ho had
known as governors to tho daughter* of
Sir Thomas Oakos. Sho was loading,
whilo hor charge whipped tho hahhling
xvaters with a grace and skill John, dun.,
had novor soon equalled.
John lookod and wondorod. and ad
mired, 11 o know tho govornoss, and
had onoc boon half in lovo with hor
hoanty, but now ho thought hor handy
worth looking at in comparison with
hor oompanion. Who oould sho hi ?
II is rooonl contaot with life had taught
him to ho prompt and self-reliant, and
ho soon dooidod that it would ho a vory
agreeable thing for him to join tho ia
dios niton tho rooks.
There was a little wiokot further
down, lie opened it, andatouoo faood
tho intruders. There was no retreat
for thorn, oven if they had wished ono,
hut (he governess was glad to see hoi
old admirer. She oamo to him with
outstretched hands, and tho little mai
den with tho fishing rod stood in hoau
tiful and blushing confusion. Then ho
hoard hor name l.eanora Zeiton and
for a moment his father's ohargo Mashed
across his mind: but in the next ho had
looked in Leuuora's faoo, and forgotten
it.
Snrli ii charmed afternoon as that
was! John prolonged it hy every i os
sihlc device. He induced the ladies to
eome into tin* garden uni oat straw
berries; tlion they rambled through ilu>
greenhouses, ami got lost m tin* hazel
ina/.i', ami forgot tin* hours wore Hying,
till the governess, in alarm, pointed to
hor watrli, ami said there was barely
tilin' to reach home het’oro the dinner
hell rung.
Without any ileliinte arraiigi'iiient.
these pleasant meetings oeeurreil every
day fora week. John was so deeply in
love by this time that he put Mincing
Lane out of his thoughts altogether, lie
did not write to Sam, and he hoped
that Sam would not write to him, at
least for a month. Hut one morning,
just eight days after he had met Lea
nora, tlieree iine that disagreeable large
blue letter. Sam said “he must eome
to London at onee; everything was
needing him: mere was an important
consignment from t!recce, and some
custom-house business which could not
he managed without his personal in
llnence.”
This summons, in spite of his dissa
ponitment, flattered linn very much.
He let Leanora’s governess read it.
for John knew that she would talk
about it, and he was (piile aware that
women admire men who carry great
trusts, and are of importance in the
world. And the governess, in return
for the compliment, was very kind that
last afternoon to the lovers, so that they
found plenty of opportunities to say to
each other those few sweet monosyllables
that mean so much. In fact, they parted
as plighted lovers, and John went hack
to London with anew sense of his own
importance, and a very happy man.
Sam looked at him qneerly. “The
country has done yon a deal of good,
Mr. John,” he said.
“ Yes, Sam; 1 think I shall rundown
every Saturday. I found the gardens
rather out of order, 1 can come hack
.Monday.”
“ Yes, you run,'’ answered Sam dnuhl
i fully.
The justice of Sam’s “can” was soon
i proved. John went to the country very
punctually Saturday mornings, hut Sam
had generally to write an urgent letter
Monday or Tuesday to get him hack to
; business again, and at the end of the
.summer he thought it well to notice
'this.
“1 should think, Mr. John, thegardeiis
are in order now, and 1 don’t see that
you can he spared every week now.
Business i- very brisk again.”
" Ham, i'll work till midnight if you
wish, hut 1 must go to the country
Saturday.”
“ Tom, Mr. John, it is not (lowers
that is taking you.”
“ Well, Ham, it is not, Jt i-. the love
liest little lady in the world- Leanora
Zciton.”
“Mr. John' What ever will yonr
father say? And old Xeiton I Von
know how ugly he was about that
cargo of currants.”
Next Saturday John went to the
country, but be did not sec Leanora.
Her father had discovered her engage
ment, and hail threatened to send her
to a Herman convent. The governess
was full of grief, and could not conceive
how* Mr. Xi ilon had found all out.
John remembered Ham—but that was
impossible; Ham an Old hardly
spoke civilly to each other; besides,Ham
had professed so much sympathy with
Leanora and him. it could not be Ham.
Hut be went back sorrowfully to Jam
don, and told Ham that Leanora was to
be sent away from him.
“ 1 -hould not stand it, Mr. John,”
said the old clerk; “I should ask her to
marry me, and lake her away myself.”
“ But you say the business can’t afford
rne tin re than eight hundred pounds a
year, Ham?”
" And if you love each other, and
can't live on eight hundred pounds a
vear. you don’t deserve to live at ail.
Take ajlittle house in auiiet neighl>or
bood, and ask her to erne ami sham
it with you."
Sam's adviee just ploed the eager
lover. Ho was for tak'g it at onoo,
ami Sam did not oppos him, though
Jim might haw wombvd if ho had
seen the faoo that followdhis footsteps.
" I'ho lossim is pretty barly loarmai,"
ho mnttorod. "it takeam old baehe
lor liko mo to bring up a voting man
proporly." ami tho goodh'l’u'w dippod
ids pen in his ink with a solf-satisliod
ohnoklo.
John roturnotl in higlspirits, l.eano
ra was an angol. Sho \as willing t<> ho
his wifo. no matter hot humbly they
must hogin. Sho was inning to Lon
don next day on a visit ti hor aunt, and
would moot him in St. 'anoras ohunh
noxt Saturday month;. 110 would
b.avo a spooial lioonso by that timo,
and Sam would he witnss.
Sam said of oourso to oould. Hut
Sam had no idoa of doiig suoh a thing.
Ho nut on Ids hat soon aft or, ami wont
to Alexander Qoiton’s tllioo. Tho two
men did not moot liko 1, ise who had
a ohronio ipiarrol ahou oonsignmonts.
hut liko old friends. Thoy oluspod
hands, and wont togetlrr into an inner
room, trom whioh soonoamo sounds of
pleasant good-follotvshp. Thou Sam
tolographod to John Iksil Ximinos in
/ante thus: ‘'Send forlohn, .Inn., im
mediately."
After tuis piooo of bnine-s, Sam was
very busy all day, and lopt John by his
side. They wore eatin; a late dinner
together, when a lolognm was brought
to Sam, whioh ho quie.ly passed over
to John: “Very Important. Mr.
John Ximinos, Jim., wtnled in /ante
at onoo.’’
“What am 1 to do about hoanora,
Sam? What am Ito di?"
"Write to her, and go oZante at mur;
llii'i'o is nothing fist* to >e done. Sam’s
face was so impassive John saw resis
tance was useless; and iuleed Sam was
so urgent that he found umselfhy mid
night on the way toUmee.
"Very important’’ his journey might
he to tin' house of Ximites, lint very
miserable for himself .lulu fell it. In
deed, he was so evidently vrelehed that !
his father hurried hack ft l.oinlon with i
Ids son as soon as possible Uni when |
they an ive'd John found tl.al the Zeitons :
were in Kranee, and wmld not return |
till Christmas. There vas nothing to j
do hut wail and hope, nut he was on
eon raged hy the fact tint (he houses of
Zeiton and Xi mines hat* lately had very
large transactions loiruher.
Sam drew his a (tent ion first to this
circumstance, mia advised John, Jim.,
to make a eonl’ulenl of his father, who
eonld then ask the old Greek in regular
form for the hand of his daughter. This
was three days before Christina#. and
the letter was sent. Upon the -ltd of 1 >e
cemher. lletore the Xiniinese’s could
receive any answer to it, a letter from
Zeiton, also dated on (he ‘-Hid, came to
John liasil, saying: “Onr lands Join,
our hnsincss is intimately eoimeeled;
why should not onr families he happy
together? Come and spend Christmas
at Zeiton 11 nil.”
Tlio concession, therefore, was ns mu
tual as if it luul been m> arranged, and
Sam talked a grealdeal aliuut this won
derful unanimity uf fueling. Hut .I>l lll ,
.lum, was (no happy t■ > have any sus
picions, and this happy Hhristnias visit
was only the prehide to that grand wed
ding which look place three months af
terward in St. Heorge’s famous church,
and then the handsome Anglo-( ireek
bride and bridegroom were the theme
of every longue.
“Avery suitable wedding indeed,"
said the magnates of Mincing bane
*• unites two line estates and two old
linns.”
"Avery handsome, loving couple,”
said John Hash to Sam; “ and it is your
dinog, old friend.”
‘•Yes,” said Sam cheerily, ” it is my
doing, I have made a good merchant,
and a good match, and saved a proverb
besides ‘A bachelor's children are al
ways well brought up.’ Here's to the
children, John Basil,”
K'stimallng Measures.
Muruilttctiiicr and Wattiler.
It is often useful to have a few ap
proximate data to deduct! weights and
measures from. Here is a correct table,
which, however, does not. aim at great
accuracy, hut may serve to make a
rough estimate when it is necessary to
reduce measures;
A pint of water weighs nearly 1
pound and is equal to about -7 cubic
inches, or a square box •'! inches
long,!! inches wide and ” inches deep.
A quart of water weighs nearly 2
poundsand is equal to a square box of
about Iby I inches ami inches deep.
A gallon t f water weighs from 8 to 10
pounds, according to the size of the gal
lon, and is equal to a box < by 0 inches
square, and 0, 7 or 7 ] inches deep.
A cubic foot of water weighs nearly
pounds (more correctly pounds),
ami contains from 7 to 8 gallons, ac
cording to the kind of gallons used.
A peck is equal to a box Bby and square
and 8 inches deep.
A bushel almost fills a box It! by 1:*
inches square and 24 inches deep, or 2
cubic feet.
A 1 tarrel of water nlmoil fills a box 2
by 2 feet square and 1 J feel deep, or fi
cubic feet.
I'etroleurn barrels contain lb gallons,
or nearly 5 cubic feet.
IMiuuoud Pointed.
A man may ho a teetotaler, and yet
pa like of tho spirit of the times.
V Troy man has lost i canal-boat,
mid a local paper suggests that some
Syracuse girl took it lor a slipper.
The I'oston I\*t says it costs as much
to bury a man deoontly m Now A ork
as n does to live for six months in flue
stylo in London.
According to tho Hutl'alo 1 rpnss,
"larger boor doesn't intoxicate. It is
the ipiaulity that some men carry that
weighs them down."
"Totiuny. my son, what is longit
tude?" “ A elothes line, papa."
"Trove it, my son." " Heeause it
strotohos from polo to polo."
Tyros Tard was married tho other
day. and on his wedding notions wore
tho words, "No oards." Hut then ho
doesn't know what might happen.
Some sojourner at one of the Alum
Springs, in West Virginia, publishes in
a looal paper, "An ode to tin l springs."
Of oourso it'sainmodo. ToiiArrs
We'll give a handsome wedding pres
ent io the man who'll marry the young
ladv who thumps all da\ on the piano
in our boarding house. Ann York' ll.v
pnw.
It you are stung by a bee, use harts
horn; if bitten by a snake, get drunk,
."so physieians say. H. bang a bee
-ling! give us a snake bite ! ('iiuiinuili
Tahir.
"lledad," said a patriotie Iri-hman
yesterday, "but it's a ripe watermelon
that should b“ the emblem of Ireland.
It alwa\s has the green above the red,
riiiloih I pit in ( 'hrouirh .
A girl who had heeen verv observant
of her parents’ mode of exhibiting
their einmty, being asked what gener
osity was, answered “ It’s giving to
(lie poor all the old stnlV you don’t
want yourself."
A peddler, overtaking another of the
fraternity on the mad, exclaimed:
" Halloo! \\ hat do yon carry?" " I’ul
ent medicines," was the reply, "(lood!
Yon go ahead. 1 carry grave stones,"
I was (he rejoinder.
" Wiil the hoy who threw that pi p
I ner on the stove please come tip hero
land gel a present of a nice hook?”
said a Sunday-school superintendent in
! Iowa; hot the hoy never moved, lie
I was a far-seeing hoy.
| A saddler was talking about anew
j style uf surcingle which he had gut up,
j when one of the company pointed ton
I miserly old bachelor that was passing,
land said, ‘‘There’s the meanest sir
' single in this village."
A jeweller being sent to prison said
to the turnkey, ” 1 f you'll let me out,
I'll sell your watch for you to good ad
vantage.” ” No, no," responded the
turnkey; “instead of letting you sell
my watch, I'll watch your cell."
A relleetive writer has been asking
readers to east, their eyes hack about
ten years. Very few men have time
for such nonsense. Mrs. hot east her
eyes back about three minutes, and
that little act obliged hot to get a fresh
w ile. .Vi ie Ihhiins I'iciDjuvt',
Feathers w ill he universally worn this
winter. Fnnhion linn, tiuess uol, e\
claims the Norriston Ihmlil man. We
shall not wear feathers not a solitary
feather. If our friends choose to make
themselves ridiculous they can do so;
but no feathers for us.
With pleading eyes she looked up
from the piano, and sang, "Call me
your darling again.” But ho refused,
as there were witnesses around, and
there is no telling when a man will be
introduced into a hreaeh-of-proinise
suit in these days.
Haniel Fender concluded a letter,
asking his precious Angeline to he his,
as follows: "hay yes, my precious
Angeline, and i will forever he your
faithful I>. Fender.” Daniel thought
that was a happy hit, and so did his
" precious Angeline.”
A gentleman took the following tele
gram to a telegraph olliee: “I an
nounce, with grief, the death of I’nele
.lames. Come (piiekly to read will. I
believe we are'he heirs. John Black.”
The clerk, having counted the words,
said, "There are two words 100 many,
sir.” "Ail right; cut out ‘ with grief.”’
An irishman accosted a gentleman
on the street, latent night, with a re
quest for the lime. The gentleman,
suspecting that I’at wished to snatch
his watch, gave him a stinging rap on
tin; nose, with the remark, “ It has just
struck one.” “Be jahers,” retorted
But, “ I'm glad J didn’t ax ye/, an hour
ago!”
A J.ewsiton pauper, living at the city
alms-honse, ays an exchange, recently
offered no the following prayer: "<) bold!
Mess the boss of this house, he with him
daily, and with all his’n: hut especially,
O Lord! we ask Thee to make different
arrangements in that cook-room!”
Oik: of the best cures wo know of for
smallpox is to liavi; a fellow joke lim
head in at the door of the patient’s
room and whisper in a stage aside. “In
he dead yet? I’m after that ulster!" We
have been there, and know what it in
to live just to spite a fellow.—A'em York
(knmnerdal Ailverliwr.
“There are seventeen sculptors and
painters from the United Htales now re
siding in Koine,” read Mrs. Bern is from
the newspaper. “H'm grunted Mr.
Hem is. who was anointing his fool cov
erings with the extract ot hog; “no won
der 1 couldn't gel a painter t>> white
wash that shod." Mrs, Heniis glore an
awful glare at him, MyTAnid (’. nrirr.
" I'hal s a very stupid brute of yours,
: John, said a Scottish minister to his
parishioner, the peat dealer, who drove
kis merehaudise from door to door m a
small eart drawn ty a donkey; "I
never see you tmt the erealure is bnty
ing." " Mi, sir," said the peat dealer.
■ ye ken the heart’s warm when Iriends
meet."
A Thirl) Thousand round Hank Note.
An extraordinary allair happened
about the yearl< It', tineof thedireet
ors of the hank of Kurland, a very
rieh man, had occasion for .CeO.tHHi,
whieh he was to pay as the priee ot an
estate whieh he had just bought. To
faeililate the matter he earned the
sum to the hank and obtained for it a
hank note. On his return he was
ealled upon on important business,
lie threw the note earelessly on the
mantlepieee, hut when he eame baek
to look it tip, it was not to he found.
No one had entered the room; he
eonld not therefore snspeel any person.
At last, after nmeh inelleelnal search
he was persuaded that it had fallen into
the Tire. The director went to aeipiaint
his colleagues with his misfortune, and
as he was known to he a perfectly
honest man, he was readily believed.
It was only about twenty four hours
from the tune that he had deposited
his money, and they thought that it
I would be hard to refuse 1m request for
a second note, lie received tl upon
i giving an obligation to restore (he first
j note if it should ever be found, or pay
the money himself if it should ever he
pres*nti'd hy am stranger. About
eighty years afterward (tin* direclot
having; l>nyj since been dead,) an me
known nnm presented tho lost note nl
the lunik innl iltMiil payment. It
was in vain (hat llicy mentioned to this
person (lie (ransaelion Iy which (lull
note was unnnllcil; lie would not listen
to it. lie niaintained that il Innl eomc
to him from ahnmd and insisted on
pavmenl. The note was payable to
iiraier, and the J.'.'lt 1,1)00 were paid to
him. The heirs of the director would
nut listen to any demands of restitution,
and the hank was obliged to sustain tin'
loss. Ii was discovered afterwards that
an architect, having jmrehiiHed the
director's house, had taken an order to
Iniild another on (In' same spot, anil
found the note in the crevice ol the
chimney, and made his discovery an
engine lor robbing the hank, in which
he was entirely successful.
The Host Cullivated (iniiilv in .VaiiT
ini.
One of the lies! civili/ed enmities in
the whole republic is said to he l,an
ensler comity, I’ennsylvania, originally
seltleil l>y Mennnniles, Moravians ntnl
Hunkers, who lied from (lermany and
Holland to avoid persecution during the
eighteenth century. They were mining
and agricultural people, and their de
scendants to day follow the same call
ings that. their ancestors did. Lancas
ter was laid out. m 17-0, and was the
fourth county in the stale. It contains
o‘Jh mi ware nulls; the value of the
farms is estimated at about #S( 1,0(111,01111;
ot its agricultural products nearly S‘JO,
(100,(10(1, and its minerals some fit 1,000,-
000, The population is about--'5,000.
The farms are small, from 50 to ion
acres generally, a farm ol iIIMI acres
being very rare. These are seldom
sold. They are handed down from the
sire to son the IN nnsylvania Hutch, as
jlhey are commonly named, being
among the most industrious, thrifty and
conservative of people. They have
changed very little in the last 150
I years, having the same notions, habits
i and prejudices that they had a century
] ago. They are not enlightened in
i any sense, hut they work hard, pay
their debts, prosper materially and
j mind their own business. If IheAmer
-1 lean generally understood farming as
I they do, this eonnlry would he the
garden of the world.
Vom ( mi lit' Happy
If yon will slop nil your extravagant
unit wrong notions in doetoring yourself
iind families willi expensive doctors or
humbug cure-alls, that ilo Imnn always,
mnl iiho only nature's simple remedies
for nil your ailments —you will bo wine,
wi ll and happy, and savegreat expense.
The greatest rcmoily for thin, the grout,
wise mnl good will 101 l you, in Mop Hit
ters—heliovo it. Son “ I’roverhs ” in
another coluinu.
iSm'K-rt I'ion .Mi.kit.- If tliero in an
instance upon llio records of our coun
try where nu article of American manu
facture him made its own merits and
without extraneous aid. it in Unit of Dr.
D. 11. Dol.mnl A. Co.’a //orf Chemical
Hnlcrutwt. Jl ban only to be wold in one
place, and it in demanded in another;
and ho it ban gone on increasing in
favor until the products of tbo exten
sive Chemical works of If. A, Do hand
A, Cos., at Kairport, Monroe county, N.
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NO. 7.