The Wyandot pioneer., June 23, 1853, Image 1

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,"nt, TIi.hi iNrtiwt in the nuMnvinjf .light,: ! 7 ' :
J, ...Thifii'rt, villi nie tlnviigthe lixntiy niyh;
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' Tlifii liy uft aniw my "nvvk infold,
:1 Aul th V Vwirt voIie is in irty vnkm ' ' ' '
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I oe thee Ktill
V; 1 11 i-very liallowetl token nnml ; v
Thi little rin!; thy finger Ixiund ;
Th lock of Ja5rthy foivh al shlrtl;
'" Thin iiilken chin ly thee waa hnwletl;
' ; .'TLcs flotrers, all wiilien-U now, like thee,
'. lScc wUtcr, thou diilst cull for nie;
. Thin Untk wan thine lu'reUiilst thou fcml;
tin iictur h, yes, hen?, indeed,
'' : I nee thee still. ' ;; , ;
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Vt ... rf I.ee tliceMilh -; .... ..
' HeruwaK thy. miiuiuer noini's retreat;. .
" Here was thy favourite fireside ient;
',? "; t Tlu rn-M thy cliamlierficri, vhcli day, '
' 1 at and watrhwlthy mmI decay; :
' ; . I . ilern, m thU bel , thow at last d idt lie; . ;
; Here, onh pilluv, thou didt die.. '
Dark hour! once more it woes unfold
,J. tlieti J WW thee, ale and cold, -I
f . I j me thee still. ' .
" J" ' 1 ' I .Ve theestill: " i'
Tlioii art not in the grave confined -
"';" lXath enn not chain the innnnrtal itviiid;
.I't earth rhwe o'er its wcred trust,
ButgiMMJnws.J'Mwno t.,,e.ll,?fV
, I'hee,0 my sifter! 'tis not thee; (
' Hiriieath the eoflinl lid I . ',
,: 'Tlum to fairer land art gone;-;
TlKix,let niehoix', Jny yrtinieyilune,,- i-'.:;-
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.Tin: riv iioleJ ' ;
" ? ' Among the many traditious held in rev- j arid dangtii s; years might elapse before lie
erence by the descendants of the Lady j would see his native land again; and then
;lMary Chobham, there is one of peculiar j would he be a match for her child? Hank,
, interest. f .The afternoon of an. unrivaled fortune were alike inadequate. ' T h e
summer day was v erging towardsevening; mother's eye saw the splendor of woman
long shadows were east upon the turf; a ' hood into which the young girl would de
. . gentle breeze stirred the thousand leaves ' velop ; she did 'not underrate her great ai
( ,t .overhead, and rippled the . surface of the j vantages of wealth and connexion ; and
liver. Wear, which, ponded back, formed here AVas a sailor-boy almost, claimingher.
.ix.the really magnificent sheet of water, that
consututea onooi ine eiuei ornaments oi
-:i.-Warscote, the ancestral domain of. the
;V vCobham family. : ;-- . ;; -
r. i , A pleasure-boat, into which the drip
j ping oars, had only recently been drawn,
rocked on the bosom of the. lake;, and on
. ; a rustic seat on the margin sattwo young
.people who had, been loiteiing away the
-. whole day in a state of eniire felicity.
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infantile carelessness and irraec. clear del-
The Lady Mary was at that time not more j hereafter you wdl Uiidersta'nd. more' of her
;,,.than fifteen and rather childish in her .ap- worth, her position and it's requirements.
pcarance, with long, fair hair -'flowing ' id ; A'ou must eiifcirely'deserve her; till you do,
icatc complexion large eyes' that, sought one stipulation; nowordof whathas passed
..f :tW ground; the.whole contour hardly y.j beWc'ei,us must disturb her peace, until
L - ing, promise to that jextiutsite loveliness 1 5u bfeccme her husband." ' " ;; : '
...,; which in after-days shone unrivaled in the Strange word to a boy of six'een; stfan
",;Court of George III. , Her dress was that ger sti!l that he did not seem incongruous,
of a child a, simple white frock, . with a j "ntl accepted the, terms,; ; Long be fore
.fbroad blue crape sash; a comfortable Ger- i thc rest of the, world ,was.' Stirl ing,' he a-
man bonnet, with its deep tippet or cape.' gn visited tho seat by the rivr-head, and
-,7 -The .'young girl was slightly thrown I made, prize ' of a small portion of a blue
;it back on the seat; and whilst her. compa'n- i rape sash that had been left waving m
i , Km held her left hand, the right was busily ' the breeze ; : and by sunrise he had joined
i engaged in forcing the. gold.; pin that had
fastened her sash in and out of the hard
oak arm of the park chair. This she did
" ""in a sort of unconscious manner, though '
"every now and then the blood Would rush:
into her cheeks,' and her efforts, become
' " almost spasmodic. -With infinite difiicul-
" ty, at such times,' a speck of wool might
1J'i be forced out; almost big enough' for the
cricket-b a 11; 0 f " a ' mite. ' ' Perse verance; j
'fJ, however, did much, and the pin-hole at'-'j
'; 'v tained more and more of a - respectable
f v depth and shape? ; ' The young man by the
Lady Mary's side was in reality not much i
older than herselt f but the hardships- of a
,'v seafaiinglife, the' constant 'change of cti-
! v.' mate, and the real service he had already
i i - ' .st'en, gave him an' appearance of age and
niHiuiness. lie naa enzereu tnc navy at
, ' th'uteen, and was liow enjoying a short
' leie 'of absence. r .Di'e'ss.'d in the stiff
''"" uniform of the 'service,' Arthur Townsend
, had no adventitious advantages; but if you
" " looked in his face,; its high resolution and
''great mental "power 'shadowed out the fu
' lure companion of Nelson and Colling
4 i .wimhI. i .You might .almost, have read his
X '. part ii Trafalgar.' . And now he was war
.r jning with tl.o subject most interesting to
) him; and that voice of singular sweetness
; ;r destined "to shoutamid the shoitingcrew"
was telling to earnestly attentive ears, of
... moonlight wafthes on the tideless Medi
i. . 'ierranean; of stormy conflicts on the By
)t Biscay;, ay, and of the cannon's roar
f'fconflicV of death, and victory. The
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. . jjmy Wary wiin. ncagi uecnneu, anu nine
I . . . hand working diligently with the gold pin,;
listened with breath almost suspended t&
the accunt of the gallant and successful
.dvfencie.of.Giberaltar; she seemed to sec
the red-hot balls as they fell on theenc-
jny's shipjf and batteries? ' and the flush on
' ,Jht cheek ame and went more rapidly r.s
, "the narrator described" the daring deeds,
the moments of peril; as the victors braved
everything to rush to the rescue of their
bamcd foe, maddening and perishing m
their buniing ships, no longer considered
as enemies, but as. sulleung telkuy ctea
turesr'and her heart swelled witlun hec
. a she instinctively recognized, felt, tbro'.
hc little that was indicated, how large a
hare tho narrator had in these events.
; And then Arthur Townsend narrated soft-.
v er scenes; coral Islets formed under funny
; skies, Tshfre the flamingo was wading in
the still lagoon, and the palm tree saw its
feathered top reflected; scenes of quiet
beauty, like a still evecing after. a stormy
"day; and the' cheek grew clear and pale,
and the wonder- working little hand rested;
but in these cotnmuning'thcru" was " n
tnlk :of self, s
" Night hadcreptnmnd and finally chxsed
over Wearscote: the mondiig hours were
even, approaching, but still Lady ,Chob-.
ham meditated in her library. Living, in
eourU, the intimate friend of rKjlitivtms,
acute and far-seeing in all things, the as
peotuf public ailirs filled her with anxiety
There, .were discontent aiul disunion at
home; abroad, the nations were still stag
gering under the. effects of, the French
Revolution ; tho course of Bonaparte was
beginning. Nor. was she insensible to the
dangers attending the career her gallant
young kinsman had so well begun. On
themorrow he would depart. 1 When, how
should she see her sister's son again?
Now she considered the two children were
at rest; hours had passed since their bright j
unthinking good night. " She. was aroused
by a most unmistakeablestep-r-one acquir
ed only by those .whose walk.. js. over the
unsteady;' waters'; and., young .Townsend
entered. There, was neither hurry nor
anxiety in his manner, and the "strong will
suppressed all emotion. ; Quietly, respect
fully, ho told his aunt that he loved the
Lady Mary, and that he intended to marry
her.; There was 'great feeling; there was
1 earnest purpose'; there Hvas nothing ridic
ulous in the declaration of the boy -lover.
I He rather expressed hi conviction of what
would be, than asked sanction or -assistance'''
,-:-..V.-. - ,'h'ur- ' .''
: Lady Chobham'-was, to say the ' least,
greatly puzzled; ghe thought the proposi
tion absurd-
ti probabilities small. The
outh was entering on a life of difficulty
! She looked up ; in the calm, clear eye, the
i self-reliant ample; brow; the hero sjtobdf re-
I yCtaied;'. she doubted not his future nor his
destiny. .He might die; but livingr dy
ing every one connected with him would
jbe ennobled. The fulfilment of "his hopes
was .unlikely, W she" would notseiid her
sister's child away in sorrow-,;
"Arthur," . she said, and "eye "and lip
quivered ; '"niy cliildis happy Inyoiirlove,
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lit
i do not attempt to win her. I have but
! Lis ship at Tortsmouth
- The Lady Mary returned to school ; it
j was observed that for some time she paid
marked attention to her georanhical stu-
dies; and walking her measured pace
round the dull London squares;-u her
thoughts were often on the broad Pacific.
or- coasting the . Mediterranean.- ' Time
passed on; and these things faded. - With
a delicate refinement, x she stood the ac-
knowledged beauty of her day. -But she
lived in stirring time's, and hers was no
spirit that could live for itself alone. ' In
all the daily occurring public events she
took an absorbing interest. Suitors came
and went: she never seemed to have any
but kind and gracious words of refusal to
herself. ' From, time to time sho read "with
interest, but without emotion, the gloWin"
descriptions of Arthur Townsenu's prow
ess and rewards.' She saw his' namc"c up
led with all his country valued or honored
and she felt glad and proud that she was
related to him, Twice he had returned,
and they had met with pleasure and unre
serve on her part; ,but they had -"never
bc-en at Wearscote together again.'- And
still more years' passed, and with them
came sorrow ; her mother did not live to
see the end of the romance; And now
even the trial was over,' ' and- at five-and
twenty the Lady Mary was in possession
of great wealth, every personal charm jn.
Lfull perfection, but still wandering, fareV
free, by . the ' side of the river" at Wear
scote. ; ' ' -;, ' 'r"'"'X
. . And again it is a summer evening, and
again the Lady Mary is sittingonthechair
by the side of the 'lake, and again earnest
ly, respectfully, by iio mean cavalier, is" a
suit she has often heard before urged on
her. The affections of the Lady. Mary are
disengaged; she almost fears it is selfish
to feel so indifferent; ought she not to
give some encouragement, some hope?
She wavCrs in her refusal; assuming the
same attitude in which she had listened
to another yoce years before.. r Her eye
- - rests on a small
ests on a smal speck: in the arm of -the
.hair ; a crust of paint had been recently
rubbed off; and wi ll a sudden rush and
c
rubbed off; and wi h a sudden rush and
bound backwards memory' takes iir tlie
whole scene when that small hole was ner
vously . boied. All the very words then
uttered came back, and with a feeling that
she dare not accept 'or encourage any of -
fcred love. " ' .
KrTrue to his promise and to hintsvlf, Ar-
thur Townsend returned. His country
paid ;in. wea)th; and hotiois part of the
debt of graiifUdt' she owed him;. Ho nn t
the, Lady, Mary on equal terms: how he
sped in his wooing is matter of history.
luan old cabinet, a sniall piece of oak del
icately perforated, and wrapt in, t portion
of blue crape:; was found, ;nd then this
imperfect ly-tolJ little story .caine out, . , -
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5; ; DON'TSPAKTOIIIll." "v
"Don't xpeak to he !' There was a bit
ter sneer upon the little girl's face an she
and her companion turned away from the
poorer dressed school companion.
No, little Miss, don't speak to the poor
girk . your father, swindled poor people
and made a large property out of their hard
earnings. He was a low-bred- vagabond
when .a young man, nd universally des
pised, but is, now, one of the "upper ten."
At heart he is. as , baseband low as he ever
was. ; liut he deals in stocks and robs by
shaving bonds and mortgages.' , He is a
moneved man. ; He is rich. . He is A'our
. , . . -. .. . j. .
fa!hcr, Miss, - and would , not like it wire
you t to place yourself on a level with hon
orable poor people. ., JDo.i t speak to far! ;. ;
The girl is plainly clad and has a hum
ble home and a; poor mother. - Her father
was ruined by one who now rolls in wealth
and.died a stricken man. ; His fine house
theearly home of the poor girl- was
sold at a sacrifice, and purchased by, the
man who;' ruined, him. Her mother, the
once beautiful and accomplished belle and
.noble. woman, takes in. washing. , , .. . -":
Don't gjieak . io.-terf.::i Her. sweet face is
pale and sad, and her dress is coarse,. and
plainly made.;; AVhy can't the vulgar thing
dress as well as you do, and why can't her
sad-hearted mother, have a. line house and
ride to church in a carriage? What busi
ness have folks to be poor? How exceed
ingly vulgar it is to work for a living !
. ; Don't speak to her J She ain' t fit for
your company --she don't d ress well enough.
No matter if she does hear the cuttuv
wrods. Poor children have no feeling.
It's your privilege to say what vou are
pleased to aboutsuch kind of folks. '!
is a tear in her niild blue eye and j
There
?y.
flush on her pale cheek, and as she passes
the group with their hoops, she draws her
checkered bonnet tightly around her face
and steals away with many a bitter sob.
Her young heart is learning its first sorrow.
Her woman's heart will need all its brave
ry. , SSliC ; may triumph in the stern and
trying struggle, or she moy give .way, and
go down to wor.se than a grave. .
. Her soul was full of the pure
and noble in all that is womanly, but they
crushed herewith an irou'heel and she was
lost. f -w ,s fl-..;.-, ;. . Faxxv FERIf.
ine:?s Srrnion.
A young, physician, who after having
received his diploma from one of ourmed
ical Colleges, finding that there was no
chance of gaining a livelihood by the
practice of his profession in the place of
his nativity, concluded to pack up his tools
and emigrate to tf e land of gold on the
Pacific. Here he found no better encour
agement in the practice of medicine, for
which he had been duly prepared and li
censed. As a last resort he turned miner
and exchanged the ' scalpel for the pick
axe,,: In a recent letter to a friend athomc
he embodies a sort of valedictory, sermon
to., his las't pursuit which is .well worth -a
"Wiit will ve Di?" Son of man !
for the light of whose- presence my spirit
yearneth and ..my bowels grumbleth, dost
thou ask me why? Is it not w ritten that
fortune smiles upon fools? And for the
sake of the smiles; hath not. thy servant
been making a fool, yea, an ass of hhnelf
in vain? ; For five years and ten days he
has sojourned in' this place he has dived
into the w ater he has ' .torn anclent rocks
from Iheir resting ' places and : removed
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them afar off he has likewise torn Lis i
breeches in parts not to be spoken of!
he has rooted into the mud like unto the
swine. His beard hath grown long,' the
skin upon his hands and face hath changed,
i's color until he is now likened unto wild
beasts, ahd his garments a re rent and soil
ed; so that "sackcloth add ashes": would
be fine as purple and linen to him. He
would fain feed on .husks, but therg are
hone. ' Yea, he who in times past' was
wont to-fare sumptously, and to grumble
over greater delicacies than were piled up-
on the table " of Dives,' now snuffs with
hidnesa the. fragrance of pork and beans,
andrgnasr.es his teeth impatiently over a
frying slapjack
He. bolteth a raw- onion
avidity, : Pot a toe skins
with unspeakable
fear lus presence, beef vanishes from
fore him' and dogs look in vain for. the
bones. .; He si'gl s for il e flesh po's of
Egypt, and mourns over the barrenness
of the lands. '"' " ; ; .
In his sleep nevertheless, the good, an
gel of the past deigns to visit him, andde-
j light ful visions are opened, to his recollcc-
tion, for a delicious" bill .of fa re' ' floats be-1
fore the mind of the dreamer, and he or-';
ders "oyslers and -terrapin for six" only
j to awaken to his infernal slay jacks and
fmolasse , ' - : , X-1
I 3 All tliis hath thy servant endured. Is
j ,3 . All tins hath thy servant endured. Is
he not then a fool, an abomination in the
sigljt, of wisdom" - And is it not .u ii to such ; nmg early and go to work with a' will. Mr.
and such. only that fortune dispenses her ; Janies M. Flagg and Dr. Webber, the en
favow? -Yet she hath deserted me. Ian-! ergeiic leaders of the enterprise, will be
;! pruach 1 er and si e flieth! I 'double on
J l er trail" and she turnethawny! I await
lu-r coining and' she slands srill ! . I secrete
myself in .her path, and .seize her una
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wares! But she glide ChiilT a$ though I
had caught a hog by, his greased taUt Sic
transit,,! jxclaim, as witli a sick .; hea-t I
revile poverty and curse fortune. f
, Lo! are not tl.e. e e'ds? . And' where
fore should tl ey be visi'ed upon, thy', servant?.-.
Surely he hath sinned, as other
men ;sinneth, - He, hath not coveted his
neighbor's . ox, .nor his ass, nor his man
seruant, nor. his maid servant for be it
known unto thee, that there are no maid
servants here.., .lie has abided by the. "law
and tie propl.e',",but ti e j'RoriTS have
not abided by him! Now, therefore, I re
nounce these diggings I put out I slope
i departed without crip or pn vender,
taking no heed for the morrow, for the
morrow takes no care of me. Ere five
days shall have passed, the shirt tail of
tliy servant will be waving in the breezes
of Nevada. ; A remnant of it will be nail
ed on the highest mountain that he cros
sus t4vemble,in tf the extremity to which
man may be reduced in tho laud f Ophir.
Yet think not, oh! Elisha, that 1 would
, ' . ' V ,i : ,i v- !
end my garments, for 4:us alone. enly
1 say unto thee, an evil genius has long
pursued me. She hath followed me close
upon my footsteps, that .every thread and
fibre of my. raiment is familiar to her eye.
And if in ; the pursuit of me, she should
gaze upon this relic in thc solitary fast-1
nesses of the mountains, she will at once
recognize .it, and helieving me to have
been torn and destroyed by wild beasts,
she will retrace her steps and thus I will
escape her.. . . ? 5
. I go hence, Elisha, im to .the town of
Sonora, where it has been prophesied that
thy.- servant will heal the sick, and pros
per with amazing prosperity. As Moses
reared the serpent in the wilderness for
tire children: of Israel to look upon a;id be
cured of their infirmities, so I will elevate
my sign among the Gentiles, and they
may gaze upon it and be made whole.
Their, offerings of gold and silver will be
acceptable unto me, and if they live net
afterwards, peradventure they may find
1 V-UOUH.' Al J.XVM. -M. "I
urr Not "the Last Rose cf Summer." , high, but tlie sight of the milk and such
The , pt ople of the Eastern District; in a bag full convinced him that the : bar
Lincoln county, Maine, have chosen a j gain was a good one, so he stepped into
lady-for . Register 1. of, Deeds, in place of his office : and produced the gold, which
Hezekiah Coombs, deceased. . The eke- the-Yankee carefully counted, hefted." bit,
tion was held- on the 30th nit. ; The re-
turns show -the election of Miss Olive Rose
of Thomaston. '-, ...
She had two competitors, Silvester and
Scattering. There .were 4G9: votes for
the Pose, and 2 15 for the others. This
incident has-Miiruilated the eloquence of
the Ay Y-IRrclJ, and -it breaks out in a
fine strain: , ,'. r, ... , . . j .
.v.'fMiss Rose-Vi What delightiul asSocia
tions cluster about that beautiful name ! -Who
is there that . has been touched by
the melancholy fate of .
, . ; "The last roseofsumnier," ;
that will not rejoice in this first fullblown
irose of the season? Is not the name om
inous of a better and brighter day for wo
man's rights, over the length and bredth
of , the land? v To be sure it is. And let.
the unmannerly clodhopper judges of tlie
Eastern District of Maine pronounce Miss
Rose, ineligible if ; they dare ! They w ill
rue .the unlucky day as long as they live.
TheCcanlcJ woman. '
The papers have had something to say
ot a temalein the .bast wiio boasts
as fine mustachois and whiskers as any
other man. .The New York TrUmne con
firms the story, and says she is at Bar
num's. She is a madam' Clofulia,' and
has a husband and child. She permits
you to take her by the beard, and handle
her bushy whiskers for your self-conviction
; and, sooth to say, she is magnifi
cently provided for in this particular. Her
beard and whiskers are jet black in color,
full, thick,' glossy, 'soft, and of capacious
nrnrwiT1 tun r-ovfrimr 1-.fr vlmlc ilnn and
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both her cheeks, almost up to her eyes,
where' she shaves them off for conven
ience. rrank?::steiii' and hi great Panorama.
t'The great panorama of Niagaria, by
Godfrey M. Frankenstein, is nearly com
pleted. . He has been engaged on the
paintings,' Hunt's Magazine says, since
1844. This enables him to present this
great masterpiece of nature under the va
rious changes of nine years. '' They were
taken during all the seasons of the year,
and all hours of the day and night.- The
mooiiliglit and winter views are peculiar-
j ly unique and interesting. What a treat
ft will be to see ibis world-wonderin every
j possible aspect, and as it can 'only be seen
i Jn nature during ihe course of a number
be-rfof teats, in the short space of one or two
hours. Among the unusual and remark
able scenes; will be. a view by the light of
a fire which' occurred last summer on the
Canada side not far from the Falls.
JtZT We have heard of a a great many !
novel ways of getting people to work, but j
the late mode adopted atDownieville, Cah,
of 'drumming them up, is entirely new
-The :' Mountain Echo, a paper publisl ed in
that place; in speaking of a projected wag- j
on road says: V '
- This road can be completed intne- day, i
j - This road can be cbmpl
; if all hjfnds will turn oat on Monday mor
! on. hand at Craycrgft'a at 6.1 A-' U. T ith
Capt. Dan's drum. : . '
,V Sharp Transaction Wall Street Shn-
. ;. ved. ; :"- -:i
4 Some days since-as a financier was jut
leaving his office, "in Wall-streetr after a
busy day of "stock and banking, operations,
(which had evidently been saiisfacloiy,
since his countenance wore that pleasant
expression which is compatible only vilh
unqualified success,) he noticed a country
man, with slouched hat, homespun coat,
and thick mud:covered boots, drivingalong
a. cow and calf. The cow's udder was
brimming full, so that fine streams of the
lactial fluid were running from her teats.
The thought of pure country milk crossed
the broker's brain, and the .temptation to
secure such a luxury induced him to
pause. '. . - , - .
. "1 say," cried he to the countryman.
, "Hello yersolf.'f replied the. rustic.
"That's a fine cow you have there."
Waal,1 yes, pretty smart animal, I reck
on.
''Where do you come fiom?."' :
"Dutchess county, leetk? back of Po-
teepsie. Been drivia' all da v round town;
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ccTisafued tired, eny how.",
; 4Is your cow. for sale?" .f : .. .
i ."Don't know; hate to part with her,
but mought dicker. Like to buy?"
"Perhaps so. What's yoi?r price?"
"Look here, Mister, you can't have the
calf. That's half Devonshire, and mo: e'n
a quarter Durham. I wan't her."
"Wll I don't want the calf What will
you take for the cow?" , r T , . ;. .
v What a Uxunderin' big house," solilo
quised the countryman, as his glance rest
ed on the Exchange. Must a cost a heap
o' pewter!" , ...... '., ... .
"Oh, if you won't sell I'll go," observed
the gentleman. r , . ; ..." . .
Waal, I don' t like to part with old Bet:
but if you'll give sixty -five dollar in Qal
iiorny shiners you can take her. , Lcok at
that," continued the Yankee pointing to a
little pooL of milk that had gathered on
the pavement," "that's true old Dutchess
grass juice, two-thirds cream and the rct
sweet buttermilk." ; -
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i The lmancier tliougnt tne price rair.er
&c, to make sure that it Was - good, oo
serving that "folks are pesky sharp down
here, and somebody said this was Wall
street, so I'd better look out. "Havingsat
isfied himself that the' money was good,
he turned away with the cidf, almost cry
ng at parting with Old Bet.Avhom, he said
he loved "more'n he did his brother '
The Wall-street gentleman hired a Hi-
bernian to drive . Old Bet to his home a-
cross the river, i That night there was- re-
joining in Brooklyn. Great Avas the flow
of pure country milk, so abundant that the ,j
broker began to think that lie had tapped !
the Milky Way, New pans were purchas-"!
ed, the children were filled up like demi
johns, even .; the cats had a lick extra, and
Biddy called in all the helps around to talk j
over the new Avonder. .The proud owner
and his Avife. congratulated each other a
hundred times, and went to sleep only to
dream of sailing in a huge tiu pan over
an ocean ' of milk.
Oil Bet was fed on !
corn meal, and bedded like a pet dog.
Next morning," instead of fifteen quarts,
she gave but three; next day about' a pint
and in a week she was as dry as a book of
logarithms. 3 - "
The Wall-street financier was complete
ly sold. vThe Yankee never saw Duchess
county, but had got an old "farrow" cow,
just drying up, borrowed - a calf, sat him
to nursing until the flow was somewhat
stimula ted, thcrikept the cow wuhout milk
ing for a week, when she was in proper or
der to appear "on Change," when he dress-,
ed himself for the occasion, and made his
debut in Wall-street. The done:brown
broker has since sold his cow to a butcher
for some twenty dollars, and taken the milk
pans to his office to pitch pennies into
A". 11 Tribune. .
-zT A Dutcli Justice is the universal
pack-horse of all judicial bulls ; ' but we
lately heard a story, which we shall saddle
upon a Yankee justice residing not more
than fifty miles from this place, in- Iowa.
A man sued another in an action of ac
count. After patiently hearing the case
through, his Honorpi enounced judgement
as follows. : . ; ; v ,;
"John Smith stand up. You have had
a fair and impartial trial by a jury of your
country, and have been found indebted to
tlie plaintiff. This court; therefore pro
nounces judgement against you for tho
sum of eighteen and three-fourth cents,
and 'may God Almighty have mercy on
your sou!."' : . ; .r ' '' "',
it?" As a criminal was once on his way
j to the gallows, proclamation was made
i:hatif any woman would marry him tin
dl.r u ; with a rorc around his
ncf nc wouid' receive a pardon. -
"I will," cried a cracked voice from
amidst the crowd.
The culprit desired thc eager candidate
for marimony to approach the cart; wide
h(.; aU(1 he; began to, examine he
countenance.
hich
her
"Nose like a knife," said he, .'."lips like
wafers,! Drive on hantrman."
X-On the 17th inst,, the'anniversary
of the battje of Bunker's Hill is to be cel
ebrated at Charleston, Mass. - '
, Swift akd nis See VAXT.-Dean ; Swift,
while on a journey and stopping at a tavern
desired his servant John ..(who by tt.eway,
was as eccentric as his master) to bring
him his boots. John brought up the boots
in tlie same state as they were taken off the
tvening previous. ' ' ; f '''.'
Jj'tWhy didn't you polish my boots?'.'
said the Deaiu. i " ' '
. "There's no live in poli-liing them," re
plied the man, "for, they would soon be
dirty again.", . " ' .'.' ' '
"Very true," said the Dean, and he put
on his boots. Immediately after lie went
down to the. landlady, and told her on no
account to give his, servant any breakfast.
The Dean breakfasted and then ordered
the horses oq. As he was ie.idy to start
John ran to him in a great hurry , and
said , ",- . ' .
. "Mr. Dean, I didn't get my breakfast
yet." .' " . ; v V".":;,'':;V.,
. "Oh," replied the witty divine," there's
no use in your breakfasting, foi you would
be hungiy; again." "- . '
John finding his theory thrown back on
himself, submitted to the privation with
the same stoicism as did his master "u i h
his' boots. f0n they rodeV the Dean in!
front reading his prayer book, and the
ma behind at a respectful distance, when
they were met by a gentleman, who, after
eyeing the " Dean very closely, " accosted
the servant thus: ; ' . ' :
"I say, my man, you and your master
seem to be a sober pair ; may I ask who
you are and where you are going?";
"We're going to Heaven," replied John.
"My master is praying and I'm fasting."
The gentleman looked againin wonder
ment at the master and man, and then
rode off! ' ' '' ' ''-''. J ;
J3K The Springfield GazedeMha good
story about a clergyman wholosthis horse
on Saturday evening. After hunting in
company w ith a boy, until midnight he
gave up in despair. The next day, some
what dejected at his loss, he 5 went into the
Dulnit'. and took for&Jiis text the fiillnwinnr
. j
I mi-iht find him !" The boy wl o had
boy
just came in, supposing the horse was still
the burden of - his thoughts-; ciied out, ' "I
know wherein.-is he's in Deacon Smith's
barn. ' i r : '";- ' ' ,,:' -'' " :" '. -
' -hjiciitjiKe'is ticqOIiig foi J
Miss Wiikelkr. It will be remember
ed that Miss Wheeler, killed a young man
at. Milwa'ukie, for seducing her underprom
ise of marriagei . She has had her trial
and been acquitted, as the following from
the Scut'nel will show:. ; ; ; - .-.
;' The jury retired with, the case at mid:
night, Saturday, f At 4 o'clock A, M., tl;e
Jury .having then been out four hours, the
; constable in- attendance . was r.oiifie'd that
they ; had agreed on a: verdict, and the
Judge the prisoner and her counsel were
summoned to ; meet ; them ; in the Court
Room. ; -;:.: . .
, When the jury came in, in charge of
officer Beck, the Judge, the prisoner, at-.
tended by her sister, and under charge of
Depu'y Slicriff, Conover,, and , Messrs.
Tucker and Hamilton, counsel for the de
fence, were the only . persons present.
Upon being asked the usual question by
the. Clerk of 'he Court, the foreman of the
Jury, read ; from a written- slip the verdict
they had found, "Xot guilty by reason oj 'in
sahiti.' The prisoner immediately rose,
advanced and shook hands with each of
the jurors, and then turned to speak with
her counsel. In answer to an inquiry
from Mr. Tucker, the Judge referred to the
provision of the R. S., that where a per
son indicted for an offence, shall be acquit
ted by reason:, of insanity, if the Court
shall deem the discharge or going at lare
of such insane person, manifestly danger
ous to the peace, and safety of communi
ty, the Court may order him, committed,
or may give him into the care of his friends
on their giving bonds that he shall be well
and securely, kept. The Judge remarked
that there was nothing, in his judgement,
in the evidence, or the appearance of the
prisoner, requiring any such precaution,
and he. should therefore direct her imme
diate discharge from custody. ,: .'
: The Mckdkk. The excitement in Fair
field and Picaway counties consequent up
on finding the remains of a man, belicA-ed
to be a sheep-buj'er, from Pennsylvania,
and believed also to have been murdered
last' winter, is growing so strong that tlie
facts will probably all come out in time'.
A young man named Akron, was arrested
at Zanesville, on Friday' last, and taken
over. His description ' corresponds with
the one seen with Rowc, the supposed
murdered man. The clothing of -the de
ceased was found. '.; " ' :
Spiuitcal Wifeism, jn Illinois. Wm.
Smith, brother, of the .Mormon prophet
Joe, is before U:e Circuit Court of Illinois,
sitting in Lee county, on a charge of liav
ing more wives than the law allows. One
of the female members of the church has
made affidavit that she had been induced
to believe that it was necessary for her sal
vation, that she should become his spiritu
al wife ; tle result of which was the same
that usually accompanies cases where no
spiritualism is claimed. :f j "... , .
iC5?" A Yankee has just' completed a
very important invention. It is designed
for editors, , and when - perfected, w ill cut
outltems, pitcdi trowsers, grind out poetry
rock little responsibilities, stuff bustles,
and dun delinquent subscriber?
WHOLE ;NO.'B92..
Price of a Kiss i s d i FFEHEict Cities. " v
Wm. J. Hines kissed.Mrs. Gorham, inlt-'Vi
uwi',111, me uliici uuj i. spne uca hhh lor i.--i-!'"
damage?; for value recjciedrluts (lidnlr - .,:'-'
appear on the return day, hayipg been saiV i - '
isfied by a cash payment "of; 15!:' This W - - : -may
be set down.' '.a9tne; 'Boston; 'market ; "' - : - '
price' of kisses, The last ''decision"' New ' -.S'-. T '"-:
i oric w as 5o. ana m rsew Urleans aa. ' -w i
A very valuable article, certainly ; but
luxuries must be paid for; O' fr . ' '-
A Mas in. Disguise. Last .summer a
reputed female Jwas goin'g the. rounds, !..'in
structing ladies in the 'rt of cutting dress-
es, fec, haUing from the North, we believe. .
We und(jrstand ;hat th person rccentiy''
died in one of th e npper counties, when
the discovery was made that the cutter! of
ladies' garments was a man in disguiser-
one who had donned the petticoats for some -unexpl
lined reason, and passed for a . fe
male -until after death. Erect Ihrr''
' Wbeck, -Captr:Waterbury of ,;4 Baprfc .
Princess Alice, reports having passed,,, on
Saturday last, at 6 JL.-: M., about CO .nuks
W. S. W. of the Heads, the hull'ofalar re
vessel which he suppjsed ,to be 100 tons.
been burnt io the waters edge. ;.He "was
not more than, a mile .distant at the time,
and is quite satisfied ; upon its'bting tl.o .
wreck of : some ys.Time Trans, "
. The Lakgest .Yet. The Miners' Ad
vora e says that the largest lump e ver found
in this State, was taken .out 'of Df. Carpen
ters' claim, at the Columbia Housed about
five miles above Coloma, on Monday last.
It weighs over 1 00 pounds," 'two-tlurds'- of
which is supposed to be qual-tz. Tunes '
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i Sxowj Storm. The Calavera.vY!Wni .
. A
cle .says that the, heaviest fall .tayrjo':;
the year eweurred at Mokelumne IIfli4Fri- ;
day moraing, the cold was mtenseC;iKTo r
make things worse," people generally ...had .
token dow-n their stoves, and. all was glcw
my and misery :. The blues.1 werel awfully . I
prevalent. ;.vfV vZ'L'Z ''''
Tf e tunnel at Douglass, CaJveras 'coun-, -: ,;
ty has been dug 6(f?et into the hills.
The Chronicle says tlM it -'-is aninimefi3 . $
piece "of work; the wl;ble extent requiring
the most suhstahtial''timbering.',Th"e'TOmr -'
pany can form no idea, of the extent hd "
richness Of tl is; claim. -It "etSids' Ylod
feet, and lias been prospected 60 feet wide. :
They find pay -dirt wherever tli?y?ldrift,
extending from bejow the fcvel ti abvc; ; ::
reach of Working. ,
; Was it ax F,VETiiQtrAKEi? On ydster
day afternoon, in various parts of the city,
a remarkable shaking or. jarringwas no
ticed. . So severe was it as to rattle disjes,
and ?sfartle.: persons fromieirl-eatsvfIn -Q.. v';
one instance it awakened, a Iecper;The.
sh.ock was momentary but. srciClece-
lani Herald. .;.; Xj -.iX
- .The Maryland House" of :Reprosehia- :
fives has passed to a third rr-iidinga bill
prohibiting the Jtsciof sectarian booksr iit : t
public schools after amending by adding
a proviso that this prohibition shall not ex- "
tend to the Bible. .;-' -. . 3 -iO ; ; : r
Lynch. Law" was inflicted at Cun(-il -;
Bluffs, Iowa, ' lately,4 by ; a' party of emi- J f
grants from Columbus, Ohio, upon one of v l:
their number named Baltimore Meer? for -V.
killing his messmate, 3. C. Samuels:' Tiny .';
took, him from the Sheriff's ;' hands, ' tried
convicfesd and hung 'hini;;' To the hist I e ;
protested his irinocence.; -vv ' " ? v, - t .
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At the Literary, and Fund Dinner, 4D-- :
Lraeli presiding, a great many. Americans
attended ; and ii is said tliat a direct com
munication was made by; the 'American .
minister in London, that if any public eom
plimcnts weie paid . duffng the'proeeedings
to ti e name of Mrs. Beecher gtowe, all
the American guests would immediately
rise from the table and quit the rooin, :
Long continued drought'and unseason
able cold are complained of by the 'south
ern papers as i unfavorable fto tl e'growing.
cotton. Theiast Charleston ,pa'pVrs!ien
t:on the welcome occurrence of arshtv.cr
of'ra'n. " " '- '". '"' '' '"'
A general' complaint of the rarag6s of
the fly among tlie growing wheat is made
by the papers of Virginia,' Pennsylvania,
and Western Maryland. 'Jit .-;'-' ;:"i-
, Betting ox Electioxs. The Supremo
Court of Ohio have decided that anyper
son losing money in a bet on the res-ult of
an election; may recover the. - amount "lost
ky and if. the loser fail to -sue in- six
months, any other poison msy sue for and
recover it for his own ue. i
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It is estimated that thc aggregate'taxa
ble property of Santa Clara county, t l j s
year, will reach four million Uolhifs-iu val
ue.'. . C j , ..-"i -J,
Pretty g.xd tax to payr.if it"im- tCaIi-
fornhl. -: i:.;,r- 1 l - .
jfcsT A' Massachusetts w oman, hi U w
of the accordance' of the" right" ofjcnvdw
to vote, asks that election day be changefl
from Monday that day being, from time -
immemorial, washing 'day.' . ' ' .
; Bn Strike. Three .men, ' near Dial V
moad Spiiiig, last week, took out ?l;400,
the result of five days sluicing. Ca payer
Ax rdiiga'.or is a deceitfidfri atuie .
and yet he presen ts an' open coun'x ftani'e, ; ,
when in the act of taking you 'ml '
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. During the past year C'J.OOO baih
ers and 10,000 waslx-rwomcrt enjoyet! the
benefit of the Pe ople's Bathing and Wash
ing Association inNeAv York. :
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