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CALEU CLARK.!
Ban Feakklih PaiTiNO HnrjK,
1 . Cincinnati, O. '
WrlliM for th Ort-aa of to Tsmparaace Reform.
: 1 ' The Dying Year.
', : T BBS M. I. S. DAY. ,
Heltdying, heisdyiu",
v lis wliose locks are thin and old j
Can you tell me why he's sighing t
Ah I his days are almost told.
He is dying, yes, is living;
. He whom lately we did greet
With songs of welcome, now, ere morning,
His warm heart will cease to heat.
!.'''
, We remember his bright morning,
- When the Northern Crown he wore,
Filled with, circling stars and brilliants, ,
Jllaiinat light from shore to shore.
He is dying, oh ! is dying,
And his lovely bride of Sprinir,
Krt adorned with buds of beauty ,
1 Time has left, on swiftest wing.
."" Vet, sho came,.ns gentle xcphyr,
Tripping light, a Fairy Queen, ,
And he changed his icy jewels ,
For her wreaths of living green.
'. But oVa dying, 0I1I is dying1, :' 1
Filled with gricrfor Summer fair,
ij. She whose zone lie filled with glory,
She who's Row the Frost-king's heir.
'Ha is dying, surely dying,'
j Ho whom all have lored so well j
Go, bring Autumn' t varied ruintle,
Dyed with hues from hill and dell.
He is dying, yos, is dying,
Fading gently from our sight,
He who bore us on his pinions,
When the earth was rubed in night.
, But he's dying, now, is dying,
. Hark I he speaks in acconts clear, : . : 1
Fen, bear my UecorJ upward,
Hail 1 now hail ! the new-born year.
Fate thee well, time-honored father, '
: 0 I how quickly hast thou fled !
. Yet thflu'tt ploughed thy furrows deeper,'5
' Gath'ring W the countless dead.
i. ClitcwKATi, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1S52. '
: ', From Arthnr'a Horn Gazette..
,(-. ' vFAlSE BENEVOLENCE, i.f :.
' ." . BV MM. OAttULlNE ORXK, " .
"1 beliove," Maria,',' said Mrs. Willerton
addressing her cousin, "that as well as 1 like
Horace, 1 should never hare married him, had
I known how much annoyance 1 should re.
eeiveon acconntof his poor relations.",
"Do they annoy you?" asked Maria, with
t look of surprise.- - .
..."Yes, hrj io exceedingly. I We bee
'made nnhapjiy all the jnoruiug; on their ac
count." J "I have never met with any of them here,
and thought they did not cell on ypn." . - .
"They dou't, uoither do 1 cull on them; but
Horace does, and they enter their complaints
-iio, nud he tliiuks we ought to assist them,
I suppose. No longer s;o tu tit last evening,
he called ou bis sister, Mm. Wood bridge, who
told him her health was very poor, uud per
suaded him into believing that she t ud her
children were actually suf:ering for food."
"Mis. Woodbridge is a widow, 1 believe." j
"lei, and the wore wbo, witn some peo
ple, is expected to untie the purse-strings of
every person who ha 8 decent income, it is
well, I think, that tho business is so arr.mgcd
as to give me the control of the property left
ne by my father, otherwise, 1 do believe that
Horace woul j sqnsuder oue-half of it upon
iia sister and her children. 1 am charitable,
as everyone knows, who is at all acquainted
with me. Within the last year 1 have headed
half a doze subscription paper, and now,
just at the time I waut to prepare a few fancy
articles for the Fair, 1 must be teased about
Mrs. Woodbridge and ber children. Look.
Alaria, isn't this card-case pretty? I shall
1 t it off on, torn young clerk who would
like to make a present to a lady for five or
eix, dollars, and the whole material did not cost
ovsr four-nnd-aixpeoce. end it bat taken me
no more than five or sit hours to make it.
Iran't you iutond to contribute something for
the Fair?" . , .
"No, I think not." ' " ' '
"Well, let me tell yon, eonsin mine, thai 1
younf lady with a clear income of five thou
sand a year, onght to, if she don't."
' "What Tmrposa is the money intended for,
which it is expected will be raised at the
Fair" . ..,.-' I .
"Why, haven't yon keardt Yonr ignorance
on the subject shows the littler interest you
take in benevolent schemes. It is our wiihto
raise a sum sufficient to purchase a new ehan
delierfor the church; also, to carpet and cush
ion all the T- tboe occnitied by the poor
ardll u IIik rii h. The inside of a church
bss a very mean look, when ona-half of the
pews kave neiiher carpets nor CBshioas: and,
for ri v p u t, I feoj ashamed when any diitin-
Bisut U strsngnr is pveseus. owiuea, win
e tmh liuur fur ihe poor to lit m eniV
1 .t 1 ju sue titat if we do, perfect pateli-'
vork will be made of the affair? If permit
ted to consult their own fancy, no two indi
viduals would choose alike."
"It don't appear to rue to be of much con
sequence whether they are alike or no'; and
as for a chandelier, we certniuly dou't need
a new one. 1 always thought theoueinour
church remarkably tasteful and elegant, and
ithas never, 1 believe, subtaiued, the least iu
j'nry." . ' " ' ., . ( :
"I don't know that it has, but, for my part,
T think our p.utor as worthy a handsome
church, as respects decorations, snd all else,
as any one in the city, and our chandelier is
not half as costly as that in Mr. Yarmouth's
church. 1 Come, Maria, do, for once, try to
think and act like other people. No one
understands fancy. work better than you, and
as you have plenty of leisure, you ought, at
least, to prepare half a dozen articles for the
Fair, liy the way, what have you done With
that beautiful collar 1 saw you embroidcriug,
sometime since? I have never seen yon wear
it."
"It was not for myself. It was one of a
half dozen a poor woman was employed to do,
and as she found she could not liuiah them iu
seaton, 1 offered to assbthcr."
Mrs. Willerton was prevented from making
any reply, by heariug tho door-hell ring.
"I ra'.'her think it is Mrs. AVymau," said
she; "I have been expecting her all the moru
iug. She told me sho was going round to
day, to try and augment the funds of the Dor
cas Society. Now, Maria, you certainly cau
uot refuse to subscribe for such a purpose."
"1 believe 1 shall he obliged to," returned
Maria "that is, if I have been rijrjitly in
formed as to the manner the society is con
ducted. 1 cauuot thiuk it right to employ
poor women at prices so low as to render it
impossible for them to earn a comfortable sub
sistence. "
'(, we calenlate to make them ourselves."
"Worse still," was Maria's reply.
Mri. Wymau, a showy, fashionably-dressed
woman now entered. 'After a few minutes
spent iu pleasant conversation, she unrolled a
sliei't of iianer. on which was written a few
lines bv war of preamble, statins; the obiect
d the aocitrtyaHd the inadequate means af!
its disposal to carry mat oujeei into cucci 111
a manner which was ut all sulielaetorv. It
closed with a pathctie appeal to those ladies
charitably disposed, catling upon them to give
of their abundance t'J thus.' perishing wilh
hunger and cold.
Mrs. Wymau, with some difficulty, com
manded her voire, while she read it aloud.
She and Mrs. Willerton both Bhed tears. Af
ter having had time to compose herself a little,
Mrs. Wymsn handed the paper to Mrs. Wil
lerton, say ing, as she did so.
"Mv dear friend, you mutt head the sub
scription. 1 brought the paper to yon first,
cu pnrpose, because 1 knew yon would give
liberally. It will be a good example to oth
ers. Kxainple.yon know, goes a great way."
"Yon must not expect too much," . returned
Mrs. W illerton, "but the little I nui able to
give will be given cheerfully."
Sho opened a little, portnblo writing-desk,
eonsidered a moment, and then, with a sweet
smile irradiating her cni iitcnauce, wrote her
name, and against it, fifty dollars; She thcu
drew forth her purse. "
"I will pay you at once," said she. "I
have; placed uy name on the paper merely to
euconmge others."
little riadv monev would alwsrs be ac
ceptable,' ' said Mrs. Wymau. "as we are en
tirely out of inatcrtal, and there is a capital
chauce to get sewing done cheap. Nearly a
dozen poor women, who have families, and sev
eral young girls, are waiting for work, who,
for the sake of having it, will doit for less
than thev ever hsve before. One young girl,
Fanny ' Wondbridge, 1 think the told ma her
name was, offered to make a doxeu shirts for
half the usual price, which will be a great
savivg. . A number 0! others will make dif
ferent -articles at a rata nearly or quits as
low."
Mam thought Mrs. Willerton winced a
little at the mention of Fanny Wood bridge,
who was her husband's niece, if it did ex
cite any. interest in her mind, or causa any
teehugs or coinpnnctiou, she abstained irom
mokinir aiiv innnirv.- ' She probably .felt
afraid that it might lead to some discovery
relative to her connection witk Mrs. Wood-
bridge. .
"Miss Vernon," said Mrs. Wvman, pre
senting the paper to Maria, "1 know we
may count ou, suuiuiULiiig : uauuaumo irom
"I am lorry to disappoint yon, jsno ra
; Hcd, "but 1 must deciiue giving anything
wbateVer." " " I
been told that yon were very benevolent."
"A reputation which is certainly desirable,
yet I cannot roiitent ti maintain it by contrib
uting to me iunns 01 me Dorcas society,
suspect yon do not understand the prin
ciples by which theseciety is guided." .
"I think I do, perfectly'."'
"And pray what can be mora landable than
to make and distribute garments auioug those
poor wretches, who are sunk so low iu vice
1 1 1 it.. .1 1 . 1 .1. ,
SOU luieueas, mat muy nave oeuuer uib means
nor the inclination to clothe themselves?"
"To speak plainly,'' said Maria, "1 don't
approve of the manner in which the labor of
making the garments for those poor outcasts is
obtained. - Women who aro willing t labor,
and have too much self-respect to beg, are re
quired to work for them at prices so low as to
make it utterly impossible for them to procure
an adeqnnte supply of even the coarsest food.
I am told that the members ef the society do
most all the work themselves, which, accord
ing tony mind r", i , v -t -.
"Yes, we do most of it ourselves, said Mrs.
Wyman, eagerly interrnping hor; 'we only
give those work who heg and pray for it, be
cause they cannot possibly get a stitth any
where else.! 1 "
"But," said Maria, "if the poor and in
dnstriooa were employed to do it, at -a fair
compensation, two benevolent objects would
be ei ice ted at the same time; if, indeed, an in
discriminate distribution among the idle and
vicious, is worthy the name of benevolence.
1 am afraid it only fosters the evil itisdesign
ed to remedy.. In one instance I happen to
know a woman of intemperate habits who
pledged a calico gown gien bar by your so
ciety, aud tNs obtained the mains to procure
li(juort by which, she and her children were
j.k, 11,-ii.ui ui.ia no.fi:ylo thiSi. She
evidently eonsiileied it iu the light ol reproof;
and to one who was almost daily receiving the
incense of adulation, ou account of her supe
rior bcncvoleuco, any remark calculated to
show that her manner of exercising it was not
the most judicious, was by no means palatable.
L'onscquciitlv her manner towards hor was ex
ceeding! v cold and distant during the remain
der, other call. Soon after her departure,
Mai ia likewise took her leavo.
Mrs. Wymau had bee gone scarcely half
an hour, when there was another ring of the
bell. This time the visitor was a lady by the
name of Underwood. Her husband did not
rank among the wealthier elass of citizens;
ou the contrary, hit wife, to enable them to
live within their means, was obliged to con
duct the domestic department according to
the rules of strict ccoik my. Mrs. Willerton,
therefore, who did not consider her as quite
up to her level, received Her less cordially than
she did the other lad
"I have taken the liberty to call on Ton,'
said Mrs. Underwood, after some little delay,
' iu behalf of a poor widow, who on account
of declining health, even with the assistance
of her daughter, fiuds it extremely bard to get
along."
"lteally, madam," said Mrs. Willerton,
"I believe it will be out of my power to con
tribute anything. I have already given fifty
dollars to-day, for charitable purposes, which
is, 1 think, is as much as is my duty to giveiu
one day."
"I don't ask formouey," said Mrs. Under
wood. "The lady for she is a lady, in every
sense of the word, though in such indigeut
circumstances would hardly be willing to ac
cept of anything without an equivalent on her
pui t. What I sk for her is work, at a price
which will enable her to lire. She is a very
nice sewer, as is also her daughter, a girl of
fourteen. They have lately been sewing, at
prices so low, that they have been almost lit
erally reduced to starvation. My heart bled
at the sight of the girl, who called on ine to
beg some work. A sad tale of toil and want
was written on her beautiful iaee, which, in
spite of them all, was beautiful. 1 gave her
w hat work 1 had ou baud, and paid her in ad
vance, tn enable her to procure food.io LrL.
,1J UBIltVDBUU ! UCnr iflllJ ISUIBfl UUV HIIU
me that she had been promised some sewiug
by a lady of the Dorcas society, and named
the remuneration she was ta receive, aad, I
must confess that I was astonished that ladies
could, in the name of charity, ask a poor, pale
girl liko her, to work at such shamefully low
prices. It seems like takiug life by inches.'
"As the funds of the society are at present
low, wc don't feel it to be a duty to give more
than is demanded," said Mrs. Willortou."
Mrs. Lnderwood made no attempt to reason
with her on the subject. Shs thoug lit w list she
had already said was sufficient to suggest such
reflections as might, in the end, prove saluta
ry. Till Mrs. Willerton, in allusion to the
society, made use of the prononn stv.she did
not know that she was a member. ' She, how.
ever, did not regret baring censured an incon
sistency to glaring, and so culpable. After a
few minutes' silence, she asked Mrs. Willer
ton if she could not furnish sotne plain sew.
iug for the widow and ber daughter in ques
tion. ... ,.-,. .
"I am unable at present," was ber answer.
"Jnst now I have no time to prepare work, as
I am extremely busy iu making fancy articles
for the Fair. You, of course, will contribute
something, as you and your family, in com.
mou with others who attend Mr, Carter's
chnrch, will share the benefit of the pro
ceeds, i , , ,
"It is not my intention. Our pew is al
ready furnished with a decent earpet aud com
fortable cushions, and the most Mr. Under
wood can do, will be to nay the average price
of new ones. He will be sura to do that as
soon as the sum can be ascertained. I hope,"
said sho, rising, to go, "that when your hurry
is over, that yon will be able to prepare some
work." ' .
; "1'erhops I may," said i Mrs. Willerton
coldly. ,
"I am afraid," thought Mrs. Underwood,
as she turned away from the door of the pal-..;e-hke
dwelling, "that the eclat of heading a
subscription paper with forty or fifty dollars,
influences Mrs. Willerton more than any real
desire to relieve the destitnte."
When Mr. Willerton came home to dinner,
h! spirts were evidently much depressed,
though be endeavored to appear cheerful.
't he truth was, the suffering condition of bis
siitercsused him great uneasiness; for, strange
aa it may seam for one who dwelt in palace,
and fared sumptuously every day, ho t us
able to afford them very little relief.
He was lawyer by profession, and had an
average share of practice. He never had, nor
had be now, a wish to be idle, though he cer
tainly imagined, at the time he married a rich
wife, that be might occasionally relax a little
in his exertions. He soon found that he had
indulged in a vain imagination. His lady
wile told bins In plain terms, that she expected
he would defray the family expenses, with the
exception of furnishing ber wardrobe. This,
as he would have no rent to pay. the bonse
where they lived being a part of the property
Inherited from ber father, she thought would
be extromely easy, is she should make it a
point to get along with three servants. She
would thusi she said, beat liberty to gratify
her benevolent impulses, and her taste for the
beautiful (and she might bare added ber
whims,) her yearly income being nearly ten
thousand dollars. ' It was nothing moro,aashe
thought, than shs was entitled to. l'oor Wil
lerton soon found, that instead of relaxing bis
exertions, ba was obliged to redouble them.
Before his marriage, he took what practice
was offered him; now, be was obliged to seek
for more. Karly and lata be worked like a
slave, yet, after all, he failed to realiie bis
wife's expectations. She was ambitions to tee
bis name on subscription paper, Jt seemed
strange to her that he could mt save fifty dol
lars, now and then, to devote to charitable pur
poses. The difficulty, she thought, was his
lack of energy, or worse still, as she was
afraid, the want of disposition to give; yet,
when he asked ber one day, if she bad not
some cast-off clothing, which bis sister eonid
manage to make over for the rhildren, she
told iiim carelessly that everything of that
kind which could be made available, was
placed at the disposal ol the Dorcas society.
: Mrs. WUlertoa either did not notice, or
would not anpear to do so, the dej msjon of
ber husband', spirit. "- .
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)AY, JANUARY 7,
" ' ' -fly eslismed of yon, Ifhrte,' said
' ""f'or'w!i'ti rea.)o,T he asked.. ,
4Wby, Mr. tarleton, whom i happened to
inett with yesterday, told me that tbegoutle
tiei of our society, if they can raise money
lough, have it in contemplation to purchase
a new bell; but, added he, so many throw
cpld water on the project, that he don't know
but they shall be obliged to give it up. At
jny request he showed me the subscription pa
fur, and 1 was truly mortified to find hat your
aame was among the missing."
"We have a good bell now," said be. '
"It is uot a gnod-toued bell, nor never was,
an d now wheu it is rung at the same time the
kellatMr. Yarmouth's church is, I feel fair
ly ashamed of it. Five hundred dollars, Mr.
ffurleton said, would make np the necessary
sain, and I am snre yon might put down your
pime for fifty of it. Dr. Southwick's name
ia down for a hundred, and 1 don't believe
thnt his profession is more lucrative than
yours. I wish ladies subscribed for the bell
if they did my name would soon bo down for
a hundred dollars." ' -
"II I should put my name down for five
dollars, I couldn t pay it. If I were able to
give my sister only one dollar a week, which
would pay her rent, she aud Fanny could sew
enough, so as not to suffer for bread now it is
impossible."
"I cannot believe, Horace, that your sister
it in the Buffering condition the represents
herself to be. When you call there, because
you don't see her surrounded by all the luxu
ries you are accustomed to at home, yon are
easily made to believe that she is iu waut of
the common necessaries of life."
"1 wish. Jane, yon would call with me if
yoa would, I think you would change your
mina.
"Well, perhaps I may sometime, but as yon
know, it is a very bosy'iime with me now.
Mr. Willertou was, just then, so much
pressed with business, that he was obliged to
be at bis offce early and late sometimes as
late as midnight. This prevented him from
calling ou bis sister, though his thoughts of ten
wandered to her humble abode, where, in im
agination, he saw her surrounded by her chil
dren, wnose meagre laees would nave nriKbt
vnp.i with inv. eoiitd the delicaeiea which Mra.
Willerton bestowed on her pet dog have been
swctr mm. iwrny- 1 ,
Mis. W illerton, as well a her husband, had
been extremely busy, aod had not left the
house at all, for several days, except to do a
littleshopping. One morning, when out ins
king a few purchases for the completion of
me suicy article sur sue r uir4trncn sue leu in
witi Mrs. Somen, a lady of her senusintance.
As hey walked slowly along, they became so
picatiiuiiy ciiLageu in conversation mat Mrs.
Wiilirtou did not observe that thev had ar
rived at a portion of the city inhabited by the
poorer classes. jiib. oumcr. .uuueuiy stop,
ped opposite one of the houses.
'"I have a call to make here," said she; "will
yon not go in with me?"
Mis. Willerton glanced her eyes over her
elcgast and fashionable dress, and at she did
so.lnvoluntarily drew back.
'aonwill not find a better opportnnity,"
said Mrs. Somers, "for the exercise of your
well-known benevolence."
"1 dou't know," she replied, "that I can
spare the time to go with yon now. In a few
day I shsll be more at leisure."
"it tnsy he too late then, as far as yea are
concerned, and I know that yon would be sor
ry to miss the opportunity of helping to carry
iut effect a plau for ameliorating the suffer
ing; of the worthy and industrious poor.
The case in question is one too nrgeut to be
delated. Last evening, for the first time, 1
wasinformed of the sufferings ofi the family
I am now going to visit. I called immediate
ly, aad have siuee found that Maria Vernon
bad alreadv commenced arrangements, which,
if carried iuto effect, will enable the poor
widow and her daughter to maintain them
selves and the rest of the family in compara
tive comfort."
, Mrs. Somei s had already rapped at the door,
and it was now opened by little girl about
seven yesrs old. ...,
"Sly desr, said the, "please tell yon r
mother that Mrs. Somen it at the door, aud,
if convenient, would like to tee ber."
Uelore the child turned away from the door,
the raised her large, dark eyes to the face of
Mrs. Willerton, inquiringly.
Mrs. Somen saw the look, and laid in an-
,W"You may also say to yonr mother, that
I have a friend with me, very benevolent
Ya ma'am." was ber renly.
- After ta absence of about minute, the re
turned, snd said ner motner would be glad to
tee her and the other lady. ' .
The first object that attracted the attention
of Mrt. Willerton, on entering Toom fin
ished in a coane, rough manner, expressly for
thi accommodation of the poor, was a woman
bolitered up ia bed, holding in ber left hand,
a dtjrse shirt-sleeve, she had commenced mak
iug. She was about thirty-fire, and traces of
Butammoa loveliness still remained on ber
coitttenance, though pale, cere-worn and ema
ciated. Mrs. Willerton gave nervous start,
for she at once recognized in the lady before
her, Mrs. Woodbridge, her husband's sister.
The recognition was mutual, for thoogh-aei-therot
them bad ever before entered the oth
er's home, they had often teen each other at
chnrchl Mn. Willerton hoped that her sister,
in-lii did not know ber. Mn. Woodbridge
was aale sensible of this, from ber netieiug
hr iii to other way than by a slight inclina
tion af' the head. At Mrt. Willerton took the
chair olfered her by the child who bad con
ducteldieraud Mrs. Somen in, ber eye fell
on ths jslecve Mn. Woodbridge held in her
hand, and by its roane texture, the knew it t
be werl furnished by the Dorett society.
"Hoi do yea feel to-day?" said Mn.
Somen going np to th bed. '
"Hitter than I did latt evening much bet
ter," fss the reply. . i
tt should not attempt to tew," said Mn.
Hrliilit I must try and do a fe'v stitches."
sbe aii'Vered, "for Fanny it almost as feeble
aad tii suited at I in. lonr mtdtcute, bow.
- j 4nil th. fnintlv ftmiljul Am .kjt .mtiha..
c.vj. -" . - - - - "
sized list ward, "baa restored bet quit as
mueh tut nit me.
"W h'to it Fanny?" anked Mn. Semen,
. "Coii to carry borne tome work we have
been ing for Mn. Ulderwood. She ia a
very btvuleut lady, and thong bar means
are 11 m ted. does treat deal inker auiet.na-
estetH leui vsy, fur ti reiicl of the poor t
1852.
1 Had it not been Jar ber sadden, an1 iu .
muoYlng condition in which youTouud us last
evening." ,-.;,
"It as through Mrs. Underwood's means
that I found you' said Mrs. Somers.
lh moment she was a little better, she re
membered you, and tent to request me to call
on yon." ., , r
"Friends are starting np around ns, all at
once," said Mra. Woodbridge. "Yon had not,
beengoue ten minutes last evening, before
vonng lady called by the name of Vernon.
Iier thoughts teemed to have turned the tame
way that yourt aud Mn. Underwood s have,
relative to some plan which would enable Fan.
ny and ma to help ourselves. Perhaps, by
some means, she had been made aware, that
thonghweare willing to work, to beg we are
ashamed. Miss Vernon said she would cell
again in the morning."
"I hope that the will call While Mrt. Wil
lerton aud 1 are here," said Mrs. Somen.
We three I mean Mrs. Willerton. Miss
Vernon and myself have ample means to car
ry the proposed plan into effect. All wc shall
need from Mrs. Underwood will be her ex
cellent advice, and 1 have met with no lady
whose judgment and discrimination nre supe
rior to hon. If tome of the ladies who pre
side over our benevolent societies were like
her. they would. I think, be conducted in
amauuer quite different from what they now
are.
Mrs. Willerton, when Mr. Somen mention
ed her name, felt extremely uneasy. She
dreaded thejicturn of Fanny, lest when she
addressed her, she should call ber aunt, and
thus betray to Mn. Somen her connection
with the Woodb.idge family; for the could
not hope that one so young, would exercise the
same proud forbearance which her sister-in-law
had done. From the younger children,
soon after ber entrance, she found that she had
nothing to fear. They had no idea that she
was the aunt Willerton they had heard their
mother and sister mention. In addition to
her uneasiness eu this account, she felt de
pressed and humbled iu the presence of Mrs.
Woodbridtre. A sense of her superiority.
which she could net throw off, forced itself
upon her miud. Seeing that Mrs. Somers was
i engaged in saying something to the children,
she rose and went close to the bedside.
"1 had no idea, said she, speaking la tn.1
'Baertcone,- mas you were reuueca so me
condition in which f find too. Your brother
will call and see you this evening, and 1 shall
try aud do something lor you.
"1 beg that yon will not pnt yourself to the
least inconvenience on my account," replied
Mrs. Woodbridge, coldly. "Providence has
seen fit to rsise up friends for the relief of
my suffering family, so-that any aid from you
win ue unnecessary.
"If ron refuse to accent aid from me. von
will be williug to accept it from your broth
er.
"Yes: Iamwillinir to accept all that he is
able to give, and that I am sure of receiving."
vvnat is itr '
"His svmDathr. The thoueht of bis with
holding it would cause me much un happi
ness." Mn. W illerton, instead of answenug, start
ed, aud, turuiug hastily awny from the bed
aide, drew her veil over her face. She had
caught the sound of footsteps appraoehiug the
door, aud the thought if Fanny had returned,
aud should recoguize her, it would cause her
reputation for benevolence to suffer in the es
timation of Mrs. Somen, occasioned her quite
as much uneasiness as the idea of haviug her
know that Mn. Woodbridge wot her husband's
sister. The door opened, and Fanny enter
ed. Mrs. Willcrtou's fears subsided, fur mere
ly curtseying to her, she turned to Mrs. Som
en, who greeted her with a smile and pleas
ant words. Mn. Willertou, in the mean
time, stood with averted face, and as soon as
she could do so, without breaking in upon
Mrs. Somen, told ber that she could uot. pot-
siblv remain Ionizer.
"1 will detain you only a minnte longer,"
replied Mn. Somers; an .I, alter interchanging
a few words witk Mn. Woodbridge, the join
ed the impatient Mr. Willertou, wbose band
was already on tue ooor-iatcn.
When Mn. Willertou, in silent communion
with her ow mind, recalled the scene of pov
erty and suffering she had been constrained to
witness, ner own course aunng me six years oi
her wedded life, assumed an aspect quite dif
ferent from what it had formerly done. Being
nnimag-native, one example had influenced
her more than many prccrpis. She taw, that
to ba trulv benevolcut. discretion was neces
sary, as well as time and money, and the dis
covery was turned to goon account, inose
degraded women, who had been accustomed
to pledge the garments given them by the
Dorcas socictr. in order to obtain the meant
of indulging iu habits of intemperance, toon
found that they could no longer do to with
out discovery. ' '
Formerly, a large number of garments, as
stated intervals, were given to those who
wonld take tho trouble to apply lor them. It
had even beeu found, on investigation, that
the same applicant, by borrowing a different
konnet.er outside covering of some kind, bad
received what bad been intended for several;
and what was ttillmore provoking, tneb in
tineaa nf fraud had been traced to those, who
at once parted with the the clothing for the
purpose strove memiioueu.
In discovering the nature of true benevo
lence, the found that the had, in its name,
been sacrificing on the altar ol vanity. Jn
other respects, the also became more clear-
stgnted. one louua was iu uia kiiu.s ui
nlcntlv. ber hnsband was over-working him
self, and that for the sake of furnishing the
table with those lniurini, which to her bad be
come necessaries, he was actually, at timet,
reduced to a great pecuniary Straus aa tne
humblest day-laborer. She made no verbal
acknowledgment of her error, but what was
better, acknowledged it by pursuing uiuer-
ent course. . .
By tbe exertions of those ladies, who had
interested tnemseivea m ineir trenail, mn.
Woodbridge and her family were loon pro.
ivded with a dwelling, with anffieient room
or their eomlortable aceommodatwa.
While Mn. Woodbridge was furnished with
work for whlcb she wai well paid, Finny
wat enabled to learn dress-maker's trade.
In few yean, the mistress of the establish
ment, having received handsome eompeten
evmtirad from bniinest. and Fanny Wood-
bridge, aa ber successor, aided by ber mother
and sisters, was toon enabled not only to sur
nil it knruill and thtm. with orerT desirubli
romfort, but to minister to the neceasiiiet of
NUMBER 51
ttle viliatre in the State of IIaoien
ns, in the year Je41, there was "all sorts" of
excitement concerning the doctrine and
prophecies of that arch deceiver, Miller. For
mouths the Midniuht Ci v, followed by the
Morning Howl, and the Noonday Yell, bad
circulated through the village aud surround
ing counties, to an extent not even tqualed
by Dr. H.'t celebrated speech. Men disposed
ol property for little or nothing, l'be women
were pale and ghastly from watching and
praying, and intact the whole population, or
ut least those who beleived in the coming at
ceusion, looked as if they were about half over
a second attack of the chills and fever. . There
were, however, some "choice spirits," (not
choice in thein, however,) who,uotithsUnd-. ,
iutr the Doniilaritv of the delusion, wonld not
enlist under the banner of the ascensionists,
and among these was a wild, harum-scarum
blade, from "Down Fast," bv the name of
Cabe Newham. Now Cabo was aa bard "a
case" as you would meet on a fourth of July,
iu Texas, alwave alive for fun and sport, of
any and every description, and a stronic disbe
liever iu Millerism.
the night of the third of April was the time
agreed upon out West, for the grand exhibi
tion of "ground and lofty tumbling," and
about ten o'clock of the same night, numbers
of the Milleiites assembled on the outskirts
of the town, on a little eminence, npoo which
the proprietor had al lowed a few trees to ttand.
in me crowd, ana tue ouiy representative oi
bis race present, was a free negro, by the name
of Sam, about as uglv. black, woolly, and
rough a descendant of 11am as ever baked bit
shins over a kitchen lire.
Sam's heid w as smail, body and arms very
long, and his legs bore a remarkable resem
blance to a pair of h nines; in fact put Sam ou
a horse, bis legs clasped round its neck, bis
head towards the tail, and his arms clasped
round the animal's hams, and st teu paces ofi,
you would swear be was an uld set of patent
yenrtng.
I lie leader ol the JMillentcs, owing to an
"ancient gi ude he bore him." bated Sam,
"like smoke," and had done all in bia power
to preveut his admittance among the "elect,"
but all to no purpose; Sain would creep in at
every meeting, and to-night here he was again,
drmmrd ii i. ti i i i'i i I iilnlilP llrtl'"r.
,iUp..ml :
cured to his body bv a belt, and shouting and
praying as loud as the best.
Now ou the mor-iingof the third, Cabe had,
with a deal of perseverance, and more trouble,
managed to throw a half-inch hemp cord
over the branch of an oak, which ttrcched its
long arms directly over the spot where the
Miilerites would assemble; oue end he had se
cured to the body of tbc tree, and the other to
a stump some distance off.
A bout ten o'clock, wheu the excitement was
frettiuo-abont "eitrhtv nouuds to the iueh."
Cabe, wrnpped'iu an old sheet, walked into the
crowd, aud proceeded to fasten, in as secure
a manner as possible, the end of the rope to
the back part of the belt which confined .Sam's
robe, anil having succeeded, "sloped." to ioin
some of his coupaiiious who had tne other end.
Tbc few stars iu the skv threw a dim light
over the scene and in a few momenta the voice
of Sam was heard exclaiming: '
"Gor A 'mighty! 1's agoiu' npl wbo-o.oh!"
And sure enough, Sam wat seen mounting
into the "ethereal blue;" this was, however
checked, wheu he had cleared "terra firma"
a few f pet.
"Glory!" cried ono. "Hallelujah!" anoth
er; and shriekt and yelis made the night hid
eous; some fainted; others prayed, and nta
few dropped their robes and "slid."
Now, w hether it was owing to the lightness
of his head, or the length and weight of hit
heels, or both, Sum's position was not a pleas
ant one; the belt to which Cube's cord was at
tached was bound exactly round bit centre of .
gravity, and Sum swung like a pair of scales,
head up and heels down, heels up and bead
down, at the same time sweeping over the
crowd like a pendulum, w hich motion was ac
celerated by his strenuons clapping of hands
and vigorous kicKiug. At length ne became
alarmed, bo woulda t go up, and be couldn't
come downl
"Lor a massy," cried lie, "jist take tip poor
nigger to nin bosom, or lef him down easy,
easy. J,cf him down agBin, please nm Lor,
dis uiggcrw illgo straight to um bed! ugh-b!"
aud Sum's teeth chattered with affright, and
he kicked again more vigorously than before,
bringing his head directly downward and his
heels up, when a woman shrieking out,
"Ohl brother Sam, take me with yon,"
sprung at his head as he swept by her, and
caught him by the wool, bringing him np "all
standing." -
Gosh! tistcr, cried bam, let go nm poor
nigger'i kar." - - - '
Cnhe a-ave another null at the rone, bnt the
additioual weight was too much, the belt gave
way, aud down came Sam, his bullet bead ta
king the leader of the saints a "feeler" just be
tween the eyes. :
Gosh, is 1 down agin? cried tne bewil
dered Sam, gathering himself up. "I it blest
de Lor! but I was nearly dttr, I teed the
gate!" : ' ' "
The leader wiped hitoverflowingprobotcit,
took Sam bv the nape of the neck, led him
to the edge of the crowd, giving him kick,
laid, "Leave yon cussed baboon! yon are so
nglj 1 tnou a ineg voman i i you iwj
Rakcid Burre. The Echo du Mondf
Savant says: "A farmer in the vicinity of
Brussels having succeeded in removing the
bad smell and taste of tome butter by mixing
it with cblorire of lime, be wee encouraged
bythil cipsr ment, and he bai restored to
butter, the taste and odor of which were in
supportable, all the sweetness of fresh butter.
This operation is extremely simple and prao-
ticnDie oy an. iv consult simpij m
ing the butter in a sufficient quantity of water
inwnicairom xaioou aro pa ox cuiunuo oi
lime have been added to every two ponnds of
butler. After having mixed it till all parte
are in contact with the water, it may be left
in it for an honr or two, afterward! writ,
drawn and Worked l gain in clear water. The
chloride of lime having nothing injurious iu
it, can witfi satety ue augmentea ; em niter
having varied -the experiment, it wai fonad
that from 24 to 3D drops to every two pounds
of butter were sufficient."
' Auother mode of restoring iweetnesa and
flavor to rancid butter, said to be very effec
tual by those who have tried it, it to prttit in
iuto churn with new milk, and work it till
all the old salt aud rancidity it removed, after
which ft is to be taken from the churn, worked.
ind tailed afresh, , ;....,,..,
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