The Windham County reformer., March 11, 1881, Page 1, Image 1

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1 AY, MARCH 11, 1881.
NO. 30.
-. O. H. DA VENP0RT & CO.,
- ' . PUBLISHERS.
,v To ADTwmsiM. The RBFOUtn'
rttrialim now larger than than of any
' ssWewo papers published tn Wmdiam
County, to ioeal circulation, within the
. Oomnlynnd in the towns immediately ad-
j timing on the east, toulh and we$t, exceeds
Ms combined circulation of all the other
: ompert in the county. Advertising rata
low, considering the large number of
remder furnished. Bend for printed
rmtee', or call at the office No. 1 Market
ttoeh, Xttiot-tt. '
fare
J RETTING SON, Sealers la Fnr
e ailure, Chamber, hela carpel, auu Uphol
sterers, High St., nut West Brooks Houss.
. A. Mannfanhi...
sua i;uuiracior ior 1 euiein vraiu-ripe.
TJRATT, WRIGHT CO., Custom
A and n ady-Made doming, ueul's M un
log Soods, Granite Kow. Main St.
FA. WHITNEY. Clothier, No.
Uranlte Kow, Maui St.
FK. BARROW)
Coal. opp. Urook. 1
I, Dry Gooda and
LOU.V, JU.1U Oh.
A J. GIXASOlf , Coal DUr, Office
Jl.A a
1 la (imue i Drag 8 lore.
COOPER, Dining ft lot Crotm
nom, 1 auor aouiu u. j. j
Dr. A.
Tripp'.
I. PETTEE, Dentist, over
IU,..
SALISBURY'S Dining and Lodging
atooau, 1 Main L open al ailhoura
rj.EO. E. GREENE, Druggist. Union
nluck, Main si.
JW. GREGG, Druggist, Main St.,
opposite II 1Kb.
T N. THORN A SON, Druggiata, 2
. Orasby Block.
HC. WII.LARD ft CO., Druggiata
. 1 Brooks MiocK.
L HAWLET, Dry Goods, Brooks
A C. DAVENPORT, Grooorles, 3
i Crosby Block.
JW. FROST
a Crosby Block.
ft CO., Groeorlos, 8
MARTIN SCOTT ft SON, Grooarloa,
Kanger at ihonipsou's mock.
GEO. F. SPAULDING. Hairdroaaor,
Salisbury ttluuk, i dour Norltl ul Amenuui
c.
F. THOMPSON ft CO., Hard-
ware, iron auu aieel, wiuistou's Bicue
HETTSTIS ft BVRNAP,
Manors, llain Street.
Harnett
CHAS. BARRETT, Machinist, Ca
nal Mlree., uuder uld silk factory.
XT' D WARD CLARK, Pluos and Ea-
BrtttUboro Ohuroh Directory.
Fieit Baptiit Main itrMt. Rr. QTf B.
w. Pastor. Sun da v aarvlcea at 10:80 a m. 7:M
Sm ; BuDdar School, 11:M a m. IIImIodut I
onort. Drat Bundar rDlnr In eaeh moDth ; I
Prayer meetinfivn tn other Sunday rwlngt, f
Monday vaiilng, young peopla'a prayer mwling,
r naay evening, prayer meeting, i;v. Beau iree.
Wkt Beattlsboko BArruTEer 8. A. be ad,
Hundav eervloea at 1:90 end 7:40 to.
Sunday School at, 2:30 pm. Tueaday andThuri
day evening meeting! at 7:00. Beats free.
Ckntki CoHoaaoATioNAL Main -tree.. Ear.
George K. Martin. Hunday aerricea, 10:t0 1
am,7:iWpm; Sunday School, llfcOOm. Miaslon
ary and Sunday School concerts, take the plaee I
oi we evening service on me nrai ana eeoona i
Sundayeof themouth, respectively. Young peo-1
pie's meeting Tueaday evening, at 7:45 j prayer!
meeting, jrmay evening a. v:o.
Conor kg at ion a h West Brattleboro. Rev 0 H
. Merrill, Pastor. Buuday service Sermon in
nt morning at m:su. rrayer meeting every
BHunuay evening, Sunday scnooi rouows morn-
riiir service. Praver meeting TueMlav evenings,
followed bv teachers' meeting. ouag People's
meeu ng i nursaay eveniirgs.
Episcopal Main street Rev W H Collins, Reetor
Sunday services Morning prayer and sermon
10:30 a m; Evening prayer. 7:00 p m; Sunday
scnooi, I2:w m. Holy aays, p m. uoiy
tommumon, nrsi Bunaay in io monio ena on
all great festivals. The children of the pariah
are catechised on the firet Bundavtln every
mnn Ih it Rnm.
Methodist Episcopal Meetings In Lower Town
nail, itev u s uuier, ratttor. rreaening nan-
, uaj ! iu;ov a iu , ouuukj avuwi) " aai , yimjVM
meeting in the evening. Huudayinhoolconcert,
Hi?
Blue) coid Gray. .
"Oh, mother, what do they mean by bluet
And woat do they mean by gray f "
Was heard from the lips of a little child
As she bounded In from play.
The mother's eyes ailed up with tears;
She turned to her darling fair.
And smoothed away from the sunny brow
Its treasures of golden hair.
"Why. mother's eyes are blue, my sweet, '
And grandpa's hair Is gray, ' :
And the love we bear our darling
(Jrows stronger every day."
"But what did they mean?1' persisted the child
"For 1 saw two orippiea co-oay.
And one of them said he fought for the blue
The other, he fought for the fray. -
'Now he of the blue had lost a leg.
The other had but one arm.
And both seemed worn and weary and sad,
Tet their greeting was kind and warm.
y told of battles in aays gone or
Till It made my young blood thrill ;
(fourth Sunday of every month.
(Tuesday evening ; prayer meeting, Friday even-
lug. oeaia iree i biur reHiueuce. e ni;
Class meeting,
sven
b SU
ixb
ItOHAi Catholic Walnut street. Rev Henry I
a m : Vftsnftrn And Benediction. 7:a0 D m
nit ar ian Frkr Church Main street. Rev.
J. B.Green. Pastor. Services Sunday forenoon I
at 10:30 : Kunilav school and Bible Class after the
morningservife. Meats tree.
pnivrrsaliht UHURCHcanat street, rasior, nev
S. W. Whitnev. residence 14 Main street. Ser
vices everv Sunday at 10:30 a m. Sunday Schoo
at 12 m. Sunday Evening Lectures from Dee
ist to April 1st. suiiaay evening rrayer Meet
ins; rrom Bent, m to ieo ibi. rrayer sieetin
in the church vestry every Friday evening a
o ClOCK.
The lew wait lost In the wilderness light
And the arm on Malvern 11111.
"They sat on the atone by the farm-yard gate,
AUU UMKea JOT au nuur ur murv.
Till their eyes grew bright and their hearts
seemea warm
With flghtiuir their battles o'er :
And parting at last with a friendly grasp, -In
a fcioMiT. brotherly way.
. JUrhynTeii on God to peeti the time
uomug the diuo tfnwjffBj." u a
Then 'the mother thought of other days V
two staiwart ooys irom ner riven ;
How they knelt at ner side, and lisping prayed;
"Oar Father which art in Heaven:"
Bow one wore the gray and one wore the blue,
How thev mused awav from sia-iiL
Aid had gone to a land where the gray and blue
Are mergea in colors oi iigot.
And as she answered her darling with golden hair,
mine ner ocin whs hhuij wrung
With the thoughts awakened in that sad honr,
Bv her innocent nrattlinir tons-ue.
"The blue and gray are colors of God,
They are seen in the sky at even,
And many a noble, gallant souL
uss xounu mem passports to ueaven."
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THE BLACE EOBE.
BY WII.KIK COLLINS.
U U3lUI UL -35 Doses
35 cents. A Mothers'
remedy for sleepless and irritable
Children. The Recipe of Uld Ur.
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. I' or Hatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor
dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg
est sale of any article dispensed by
JJruggists.
Author ef "The Woman in W7ii," "In.
Moonstone" "JVo Mame, "Man ana
rryt; 1 he A ew Magdalen, Jae.
Thla thrllllnr Norel beiran In No. 18 of the
Rkpokh rr. Back itumberH nan be obtained at the
publication omce. or newsmen aud authorised
airenta. Bavk numbers from the beamnlns of the
atory will alao be furnished free to new subscribers
ior
A. 3?
V. COX 6 CO., Stewee and Tin
are, Muin Htreeu
GB. KIRWAN, Upholsterer, Main
air;, opp. bratileuoro Houe
E. M.WHEELER, Dre.an
EA. WOOD, Dealer In StOTOs, Tin
. Ware aud Agricultural Impleuiculs. ai'
skancs BlockuHaln St. Brattleboro, Vt.
ash ssd Blinds,
l. CLARK, Hard-Ware, Iron
bteei. Auricultural Itupleuii'iiu, uoor.,
No. auasbj mock. Brattleboro.
1
T C. COLBT; Berber, Breeks
WFMEY CLAPP. Bookaellera
vMiumei. o vrouy diiwk. aruuvuuru,
ITEEK. Bookeeller e Stetioner,
4ppo.ie BrookM Suumc, nrattleboru.
BOnfTOK, Denier In Boots
MArnaiidi BiMttrDrHKit mock.
A At.
.9 and Uiitieci,
THOS. JUDGE, Desvler in Boots end
Bho s, Juugei' Biock, up p. Ameriuau Uuuae.
OUGHTON oTkEUCH, Dry Goods
and Carptitf, Houkjdtou's Block, Main at
-I"T Tfc WOT.TO V. Iff. TV
JTi EeaeaoN. Brattlrsoku, TL
t Physician amd
residence corner Main and Walnut rtel. At
heme from 1 to 2. and from 6 to 7 iVlock P. M.
CA. GRAY, M. D., Physiolen and
Sargson. i;- rt- kzuniiiuiig burgeon lor
Peeslens,
here. Vt
ju,ce So. 27, Elliot Street, Brattle-
FJ, SWIFT, M.D., Phyeioiftn and
e Snrgsoa. DiHce ami Kesidfuce lit
deer ti i;uiigreKationa) Church. Main-st., Wil
mlaig'oa. Vt.
JL. POST, Dentist. All oijrationn
doue in the best in au iter aud warranted.
ee and Kesideuce junotion High and Uruen
gsreets. ttraiueboro, Vt.
WM. L. BEMIS, House and Slen
Paintur, "ruanieiitul Pannum, Iros
eeing,WrauiLiiK KaUoming, Paper llangiug, eto
U flreeu Atreet. Brattleboro, Vt.
CTiEN HOUSE, Weat Brattleboro,
W Vt. s. W Junks, Pkopkiiltur.
jsrH:osch to and from every train.
IW. HOLDEM, A'itoknky ao i oun
J. SSLOR-atTaW, A.nD iNM'kANCa- AUBNT.
OHfe at reiience, bouih londouderry. Vt
1HAS W. DRE vV, M. D., Phyeioian
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witbfiir. ilnltou. :
ian. - 'UiCl' tviiu ftf M iciiii
truer ittiii n" huiti.
T W. KEYtS, D. M
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Useases aud Burger j ol the mouth a specialty.'
Diital office over Bank, Bellow, rails, vt.
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BOOK THE THIRD.
CHAPTEB IL EVENTS AT TBN AOBBS.
There was no obstacle to the speedy
departure of Romayne and his wife from
Vange Abbey, The villa at Highgate
called Ten Acres Lodge, in allusion to
the measurement of the grounds sur
rounding the house had been kept in
perfect order by the servants of the late
Lady Berrick, now in the employment
of her nephew.
On the morning after their arrival at
the villa Stella sent a note to her mother.
The same afternoon Mrs. Eyrooourt ar
rived at Ten Acres, on her way to s
garden-party, rinding the house, to
her trreat relief, a modern building,
supplied with all the newest comfort
and luxuries, she at once began to plan
a grand party in celebration of the re
turn ol the bride and bridegroom.
I don't wish to praise myself," Mrs.
Eyrecourt said; " but if ever there was
forgiving woman, I am that person.
We will say no more, Stella, about you
truly contemptible wedding five people
altogether, including ourselves and &e
Jjoringslrri grand ballwill set
right with society, and that is the out
thing needful. Tea and coffee, my deal
Romayne, in your study; Ooote's quad-
rrille band; the supper from Ounters;
the grounds illuminated with colored
lamps; Tyrolose singers among ths
trees, relieved by military music and,
if there are any African or other savages
now in London, there is room enough in
these charming grounds for an encamp
ment, dances, squaws, scalps, and all the
rest of it, to end in a blaze of fireworks."
A sudden fit of coughing seized her,
and stopped the further enumeration oi
attractions at the contemplated ball.
Stella had observed that her mother
looked unusually worn and haggard,
through the disguises of paint and
powder. This was not an uncommon
result of Mrs. Eyrecourt's devotion to
the demands of society ; but the cough
was something new as a symptom of ex
haustion. "I am afraid, mamma, you have
been over-exerting yourself," said Stella.
" You go to too many parties."
" Nothing of the sort, my dear ; I am
as strong as a horse. The other night
I was waiting for the carriage in a draft
(one of the most perfect private eon
certs of the season, ending with a de
lightfully naughty little French play),
and I caught a slight cold. A glass of
water is all I want. Thank you. Ro
mayne, you are looking sUockmgly se
rious and seven) ; our ball will cheer
you. If you would only make a bonfire
of all those horrid books you don't know
how it would improve your spirits,
Dearest Stella, I will come and lunch
here to-morrow you are within such a
nice, easy drive from town and I'll
bring my visiting-book and settle about
the invitations and the day. Oh, dear
me, how late it is 1 I have nearly an
hour's drive before I get to my garden-
party. Good-bye, my turtle doves, good
bye."
She was stopped on the way to her
carriage by another fit of coughing. But
she still persisted in making light of it
" I'm as strong as a horse," she repeated,
as soon as she could speak and skipped
into ths carnage like a young girl.
" Your mother is killing herself," said
Romayne.
"HI could persuade her to atay with
us a little while," BtelU suggested, "the
rest and quiet might do wonders for her.
Would yon object to it, Lewis T
"My darling, I object to nothing
except giving a ball and burning my
books. If your mother will yield on
those two points, my house is entirely at
her disposal.
Ha spoke playfully ho looked his
best, sinoe he had separated himself
from the painful associationa that were
now connected with V ange Abbey. Had
" the torment of the voice" been left far
away in Yorkshire ? Stella shrank from
approaching the subject in her husband's
presence ; but she was bold enough to
hope. To her surprise Romayne him
self referred to the Oeneral's family.
" I have written to Hynd," he began.
" Do yon mind his dining with us to
day r
"Of course notl"
" I want to hear if he has anything to
tell me about those French ladies. Ha
undertook to see them in your absence,
sod to asi orlsiu how" Ho was unable
to overcome his reluctance to proooubce
the) Beit words. Stella was quick to
understand what he meant She fin
ished the sen ten oe for him.
- l'es," he said, " I wanted to hear
hew ajaftgrj i fUuff en. if ther,
la any hope of ouring Urn. Is it''
ha trembled as ha put tha qusatioa, "Is
it hereditary madness V
Feeling the serious importance of
oonoealing the truth Stella only replied
that she had hesitated Co ask if there
was a taint
"I suppose," aha added, "yon would
aot like to see the boy and judge of his
chances of recovery for yourself f
"You suppose r he bunt out; with
sudden anger. "You might be sure.
The bare idea of seeing him turns me
oold. Oh, when shall I forget I when
shall I forget I Who spoke of him
first r he said, with renewed irritability.
after a moment of silence. "You
or ir
"It waa my fault, love he is so harm
less and so gentle, and ha ha such a
west face, I thought it might sooths
yott (to sea him. Forgive me we will
never apeak - of him again. Hers yoji
any notes for me to copy 7 You know,
Lewis, I am your secretary now."
So she led Romayne away to his study
and his books. When Major Hynd
arrived she contrived to be the first to
see him. "Say as little as possible
about the Oeneral's widow and her son,"
he whispered.
The major understood her. "Don't
be uneasy, Mrs, Romayne," he answered.
"I know your husband well enough to
know what you mean. Besides, the
news I bring is good news."
Romayne came in before he could
speak more particularly. When the ser
vants had left the room, after dinner, the
major made his report.
"I am going to agreeably surprise
you," he began. " All responsibility to
ward the Oeneral's family is taken off
our hands. The ladies are on their way
back to France.
Stella was instantly reminded of one
of the melancholy incidents associated
with her visit to Camp's Hill. " Madam
Marillac spoke of a brother of hers who
disapproved of the marriage," she said.
" Has he forgiven her 1 "
" That is exactly what he has done,
Mrs. Romayne. Naturally enough, he
felt the disgrace of his sister's marriage
to such a man as the General Only the
other day he heard for the first time that
she was a widow, and heat once traveled
to England. I bade them good-bye yes
terday most happily reunited on their
journey home again, au, j. tnougnt
you would be glad, Mrs. Romayne, to
hear that the poor widow's troubles are
over. Her brother is rich enough to
place them all in easy circumstances he
is as good a fellow as ever lived."
"Have you seen him?" Stella asked,
eagerly.
" I have been with him to the say
lum."
. " Does the boy go back to Franca?"
" No. We took the place by eurjarse,
and saw how well-oonducted it was. tit
boy has taken a' strong liking to the fro
prietor a bright, clrrfulold man, hc
is teaching him some of our English
games, and has given him a pony to rjUt
on. He burst out crying, poor creature,
lug with her moths' Is
mght The ex
perianoe of ths nexj mtv-four hours,
at most, would uaoie nun to speak
positively. In the mejautiine ths patient
insisted that Stella should return to hei
husband. I Even under the influence ol
of madness in ths family. opiates, Mis. Lj rwjoan as still drowsily
i equal to hi' men. e- are a ndget, my
dear, and; MttUJita w s ndget; I can't
have two oi yo at y bedside. Good
night." B'"IU stoop.vl over her and
luBaed her, She -hi!.jered: ""Three
th j2?1!'lred:
weeks notice, ittmen
afo-r, for the party 1"
Bt the' next eTeafin the malady had
assumed SO formjjkrjl'i an asnect that
the doctor t ad bis doW of the patient's
chance of re-'Oery. With her husband's
full approvii! Hceluvre -sined night and
day at her n" -
Thus, in.-
from the da
was, for the''
expfectedly
tervals during
ititntion rallied
hors bei
:1a jxtore
it:
T K
"tfrfi
snii
le.
than a month
age, Romayne
man again,
-"ourt was un-
Xliere were in
ter vigorous con-
resisted the progress
of the disease. t,"n these occasions
Stella was able tprtmrn to her husband
for a few hours-snbjeot always to a
message wnicn reuauea ner to ner
mnlU, wfiAn the chances nf life or
death appeared toTe equally balanced.
Romayne's only resource was in his
books and his pen, Tor the first time
sinoe his union with Stella he opened
the portfolios in which Penrose had col
lected the first intnrrhotory ohaptors of
ais Historical wort. -' Almost at every
page the familiar handwriting of his
secretary and friend" met his view. It
was a new trial to his resolution to be
working alone; novrjr had he felt the
absenoe of Penrose as he felt it now.
He missed the familiar face, the quiet
pleasant voice, and, ore than both, the
ever welcome symiaihy with his work.
Stella had done all Sat a wife could do
to fill the vacant plAnd her husband's
fondness bad aarfitle effort as add
ing another charm the lovely mea
sure who had onenetat new life to him.
But where is the tnon who can inti
mately associate hreelf with the hard
brainwork of a man devoted to an ab
sorbing intellectual jursuit ? She can
love him, admire- Sp1, serve him, be
lieve in him beyond all other men;
but (in spite of exceptions which only
only prove the rule); she is out of her
place when she enters the study while
the pen is in his hand. More than once,
when he was at wojjt. Romayne closed
the page bittorlyi tlJ&sd thought came
to him: " Oh, if I only had Penrose
here 1" Even othnji friends were not
available as a reWctfrM in the eolitary
venina; hours. -1m4 Ixiring waa ab
sorbed in social sack political engage
ments. And MaiefcHynd true to the
Tay as often as
able wife and
uueS more left
at the idea of going away and hii
mother burst out crying at the idea ol
leaving him. It was a melancholy scene.
You know what a good mother is nc
sacrifice is too great for her. The bo;
stays at the asylum, on the chance . that
his healthier and happier life there ma;
help to cure him. By the way, Romayne,
his nncle desires me to thank you "
" Hynd, you didn't tell the uncle mj
name?"
" Don't alarm yourself I He is a gen
tleman, and when I told him I was
pledged to secrecy, he made but one in
quiry he asked if you were a rich man.
I told him you had eighteen thousand s
year."
"Well?"
"Well, he set that matter right be
tween us with perfect taste. He said:
'I cannot presume to offer repayment
to a person so wealthy. We gratefully
accept our obligation to our kind un
known friend. For the future, how
ever, my nephew's expenses must be paid
from my purse.' Of course, I could only
agree to that. From time to time the
mother is to hear, and I am to hear, how
the boy goes on. Or, if you like, Ro
mayne now that the General's family
have loft England I don't see why the
proprietor might not make his report
directly to yourself."
"Not" Romayne replied, positively.
" Let things remain as they are."
" Very well. The asylum is close by,
at Hampsteod that was what made me
think of it Will you give us some
music, Mrs. Romayne t Not to-night ?
Then let us go to the billiard-room; and,
as I am the worst of bad players, I will
ask you to help me beat your accom
plished husband.
principle of gettij
possible from his d
bis ugly otiLUlrsn y
London. " "?'
On day, whild Jk Eyrecourt still
lay between life f 'id death,-Bomayns
found his historic, labors suspended by
the want of a certain volume whioh it
was absolutely necessary to consult. He
had mislaid the references written for
him by Penrose, and he was at a loss to
remember whether the book was in the
British museum, inH'lo Bodleian library,
or in the Bibliotheqla at Paris. In this
emergency a letter to his former secre
tary would furnish him with the infor
mation that he required. But he was
ignorant of Penrose's present address.
The Lorings might possibly know it
so to the Lorings he resolved to apply.
offer my humble congratulations and
good wishes?"
Romayne thought it needless to say
hat Mrs. Eyrecourt had not been
trusted with tha secret until the wed
ding-day was close at hand.
" My wife and I agreed in wishing to
be married as quietly as possible," he
answered, after making the customary
acknowledgment.
"And Mrs. Romayne?" pursued
" This is a sad trial to
On the afternoon of the next day Mrs.
Evrecourt's maid arrived at Ten Acres
with a note from her mistress.
" DsasjtsT Btklxa Matilda must bring you
ray excuses for to-day. I don't in ths least on
dorstand It, but I seem to have turned Isxy. It
is most ridiculous I really cannot set out of
bed. Perhaps 1 did do s little too ranch yester
day. The opera after the garden-party, and s
ball after the opera, and this vureaovne cough
all night after the ball. Quite a eeriea, isn't itf
Make my apologies to our dismal Rornsyas, and
if you drive out this sfternoon eons and bar. a
chat with ma. lour affectionate another,
"Emtlt Enuaoorsr.
"P. 8. Too know what a Idget Matilda te.
If aba talks about me, don't believe a word aba
.ays to you."
Stella turned to the maid with a sink
ing heart
"Is my mother very ill T she asked.
"So ill, ma'am, that I begged and
prayed her to let me send for a doctor.
Yon know what my mistress is; she
wouldn't hear of it If yam would
please to use your influence "
"I will order the catrriaga instantly,
and take you back with me."
Before she dressed to go out Stella
showed the letter t her husband. He
apoks with perfect kindness and sympa
thy, but he did sot roocral that be
shared his wife's apprehensions.
"Go at once," were his last words to
her; "and if I can bo of any use send
forme."
It was late in the rveninf before Stella
returned. She brought and sews.
Ths physician consul tod told svss
plainly that tha neglected eoagh and
tha constant fetigwa had together araad
the ease a serious otva. Hs declined U
any that there was any absolute dangei
as yet, or any bic sanity f et ker
0HAFTKR JTL PATH KB. BKNWaTU, AND TRI
BOOK.
ltomayno s nret errand in tiondon waa
to see his wife and to make inquiries at
Mrs. Eyrecourt's bouse. The report was
more lavoraoie man usual. (Stella
whispered, as she kissed him, " I shall
soon oome back to yos, I hope 1"
Leaving the horses to rest for awhile,
he proceeded to Lord tioring's residence
on foot As he crossed a street in the
neighborhood he wal nearly run over
by a cab, carrying a gentleman and hia
luggage. The gentleman was Mr. Win
tertield, on his way to Derwent's hotel.
Lady 1onng very kindly searched hei
card basket, as the readiest means of as
sisting Romayne. Penrose had left hie
card, on his departure from London, but
no address was written on it Lord
Loring, unable himself to give the re
quired information, suggested the right
nersnn to conanlL
"ratner lienwell will be here later in
the day," he said. " If you will write to
renrose at once he will add the ad
dress. Are you sure, before the letter
goes, that the book yqu want is not in
bt uhrary r
" I think not," Romayne answered ;
"but I will write down the title and leave
it here with my letter."
The same evening lie received a polite
note from Father Benwell informing
him that the letter was forwarded, and
that the book ha wanted waa not in
Lord Loring's library. "If there
should be any delay oaaatfficulty in ob
taining this rare volume," the priest
added, " I only wait the expression of
your wishes to borrow it from the library
of a friend of mine residing in the
country."
By return of post the answer, affec
tionately and gratefully written, arrived
from Penrose. He regretted that he was
not able to assist Romayne personally.
But it was out of hia power (in plain
words he had been expressly forbidden
by Fsther Benwell to leave the aenrice
on which hs waa then engaged). In re
ference to the book that waa wanted, it
was quite likely that a anarch in the
catalogues of the British museum might
discover it He. had "early met with it
himself in ths National library at Paria
This information led Romavne to
London again, immediately. For the
first time he railed at Father Benwell's
lodgings. The priest was at home, ex
pecting the visit Hia welcome was the
perfection of nnaaamming polltrneaa.
He asked for the laat news of "poor
Mrs. Eyrsoonrt's health" with the sym
pathy of a true friend.
"I had the honor of drinking tea
with Mrs. Erreeourt, soma little time
suiee, hs said; " bar Bow ef ousiielwa
waa awwr snore sMightful rl
as yliied impossible to aaaoriats the ides
of lllnsss with so bright creel ore
.si how Wall she kspt ths secret of
7W avjoVaaxtpkated ansarrief' May I
Father Benwell.
her. She is in attendance on her mother,
f suppose?"
"In constant attendance; I am quits
alone. To change the subject, may 1
ask you to look at the reply which I
have received from Penrose ?, It is my
exouse for troubling you with this
visit"
Father Benwell read the letter with
the closest attention. In spite of hia
habitual self-control hia vigilant eyes
brightened as he handed it back.
The priest's well-planned scheme (bke
Mr. Bitrake's clever inquiries) had
failed. He had not even entrapped
Mrs. Eyrecourt into revealing the mar
riage engagement. Her unconquerable
small-talk hod foiled him at every point.
Even when he had deliberately kept his
seat after the other guests at the tea-
table had taken their departure, she rose
with the most importurable coolness
and left him.
" I have a dinner and two parties to
night; and this is just the time when I
take my little restorative nap. Forgive
me and do come again!"
When he sent the fatal annonn emont
of the marriage to Rome, he had boon
obliged to confess that he was indebted
for the discovery to the newspaper. He
had accepted the humiliation; he had
accepted the defoat but he was not
beaten yet
" I counted on Romayne's weakness,
and Mies Eyreoourt oounted on Ro
mayne's weakness; and Miss Eyrooourt
has won. So let it be. My turn will
come.
In that manner hs had reconciled
himself to his position. And now he
knew it when he handed back the letter
to Romayne his turn had cornel
"You can scarcely go to Paris to con
sult the book," he said, "in the present
state of Mrs. Eyrecourt's health."
"Certainly not."
" Perhaps you will send somobody to
search the catalogue at the British
museum ?"
"I should have done that already,
Father Benwell, but for the very kind
allusions in your note to your friend in
the country. Even if the book is in the
muaenm library, X .ball be obliged to
go to me reaaing-room to get my in
formation. It would be far more con
venient to me to have the volume at
home to consult, if you think your friend
wilA trust ma witu it. 1
"I am certain he will trust you with
it My friend is Mr. Winter-field, of
Beeupark house, North Devon. Per
haps you may have heard of him T
"No; the name is quite new to me.
" Then come and see the man him
self. He is now in London and I am
entirely at your service.'
In half an hour more Romayne was
presented to a well-bred, amiable gentle
man, in the prime of life, smoking, and
reading the newspaper. The bowl of
his long pipe rested on the floor on one
side of him, and a handsome red and
white spaniel reposed on the other. Be
fore his visitors had been two minutes in
the room, he understood the motive
which had brought them to consult him,
and sent for a telegraphic form.
" My steward will find the book and
forward it to your address by passenger
train this afternoon," he said. "I will
tell him to put my printed catalogue ol
the library into the parcel, in case I have
any other books which may be of use to
you.
With these words he dispatched tht
telegram to the office. Romaym
attempted to make his acknowledg
ments. Mr. Winterfleld would hear n
acknowledgments.
" Mj dear sir," he said, with a smih
that brightened his whole face, "yon
are engaged in writing a great historical
work, and I am an obscure conntrj
gentleman, who is lucky enough tc
associate himself with the production ol
a new book. How do you know that 1
am not looking forward to a complimen
tary line in the preface? I am the
obliged person, not you. Pray considei
me as a handy little boy who runs on
errands, or the Muse of History. Do you
smoke?"
Not even tobacco would soothe
Romayne's wasted and irritable nerves
Father Benwell cheerfully accepted s
cigar from a box on the table.
"Father Benwell possesses all the
social virtues," Mr. Winterfleld ran on.
" He shall hare his coffee and the largest
sugar-basin that the hotel can produce.
I can quits understand that your literary
labors have tried your nerves," he said
to Romayne, when hs had ordered the
coffee. " The mere title of your work
overwhelms an idle man like me. ' The
Origin of Religions' what an immense
subject I How far must we look back to
find out the first worshipers of the
human family ? Where are the hiero
glyphics, Mr. Romayne, that will give
you ths earliest information? In the
unknown center of Africa, or among the
ruined cities of Yucatan ? My own idea,
as an ignorant man, is, that the first of
all forms of worship must have been the
worship of the sun. Don't be shocked.
Father Benwell I confess I have a cer
tain sympathy with sun-worship. In the
Esst especially the rising of the sun is
surely the grandest of all objects the
visible symbol of s beneficent Deity,who
gives life, warmth and light to the world
of his creation."
"Very grand, no doubt," remarked
Father Benwell, sweetening hia eoffeo.
" But not to be compared to the noble
sight at Rome, when the pope blesses
the Christian world from ths balcony of
Saint Petaar'a."
So much for profeaasotal feeling P
said Mr. Winterfield. "But, surely,
something depends oa what sort of a
man the pops is. If ws had lived in the
time of Alexander the Sixth, would Tow
bare called him a nobis eight T
Certainly at a proper distaacv.
Faiisr Banwrill reylied, briskly. " Ah.
you hsritios only know ths worst side of
that most unhappy pontiff I Mr. Win
terfleld, we have every reason to believe
that he felt (pnvately) ths truest remorse."
" I should require very good evidence
to persuade me of it."
This touched Romayne on a sad side
of his own personal experionoe. "Per
haps," he said, " you don't beliove in
remorse?"
"Pardon me," Mr. Winterfleld re
joined. "I only distinguish between
false remorse and true remorse. We
will say no more of Alexander the Sixth,
Father Benwell. If we want an illus
tration, I will apply it, and give no of
fense, irue remorse depends, to my
mind, on a man's actual knowledge of
his own motives by no means a com
mon knowledge, in my experience. Say,
for instance, that I have committed
some serious offense "
..Bomayns could not resist interrupting
him. " Say you have killod one of your
fellow creatures," he suggested. ,
"Very welL If I knew that I eallyr
meant to kill, for some vile purpose of
my own, and if (which by no means
always follow) I am really cabbie of
feeling the enormity of my own crime
that is, as I think, true remorse. Mur
derer, as I am, I have, in tliat case, some
moral worth still left in me. But, if I
did not mean to kill the man if his
death was my misfortune as well as his
and if (as frequently happens) I am
nevertheless troubled by remorse, the
true cause lies in my own inability fairly
to realize my own motives before I look
to results. I am the ignorant victim of
false remorse; and if I will only ask my-
solf boldly what lias blinded me to the
true state of the case, I shall find the
mischief due to that misdirected ap
preciation of my own importance, which
is nothiug but egotism in disguise."
' I entirely agree with yon," said
Fathor Bonwell ; " I have had occasion
to say the same thing in the confessional."
Mr. Winterfleld looked at his dog,
and changed the subject.
(To be Continued.)
i I
The EnuOh of Calaveras.
BY BRET HARTS.
"Well, (loif my calB I Hay, stranger,
Tou muHt have traveled far I
Just flood your lower lever
And light a fresh cigar.
Don't tell me I In this weather 1
You hoofed it all lite wuyT
Well, slice my liver lengthwise 1
Why, stranger, what's to pay T t
'!lunttn' yer wife, you tell me 1
Well, now dog-gone my skin I
She thought you dead and hurled,
And then hestoweri her tin
Upon another fellow 1
dust put it nere, oin paru I
Some fellows strike the soft things,
But ran have hit it bard.
.'I'm na-ht onto your reelln'a,
1 know how It would he,
1 my own nhrut. slopped over
And got away from me.
Say stranger, that old sage hen
That's cookts' there Inside,
Iswsrrsnted til. guest wool.
And just s square yard wide. -
"I wouldn't hnrt yer, pardnsr,
But 1 tell you no man
Was ever blessed as I am
With that old pelican.
It's goln' on some two year
Since she was J'ined to me,
She waa a widder prior,
Her name waa Sophy Lee
'-Good God Old man, what's happened?
Her ; She 1 Is that ths one ?
That's her? Your wife you tell me ?
Now reach down for your gun.
I never injured no man.
And no man me, but squealed,
And any one who takes her
Must do it d d weU healed I
"Listen? Surely. Certainly
I'll let you look at her.
Peek through the door, she's in thar.
Is that your f urultur' ?
Speak, man 1 Quick 1 You're mistaken I
No 1 Yours 1 You recognize
My wife, your wtfe, the same one ?
The man who says so, lies 1
"Don't mind what I say, pardner.
I'm not much on the gush.
But this thing come down on me
Like fours upon a flush.
If that's your wife hold eteady I
That bottle. Now any coat.
She'll think me dead as you were
My pipe. Thar. I'm afloat.
"Bnt let me leave a message.
No ; tell her that I died.
No, no ; not that way, either,
Just l ell her t hat I cried.
It don't rain much. Now, pardnor.
Be to her what I have been,
Or by the (tod that hates you.
You'll see me back aguin ''
On a Sick Bed.
HOW SOU I MEN ENJOY IT, AND HOW
THET ACT.
"That's better." croaned Mr. Srjonn-
endyke, aa his wife arranged the cool
pillows under his bead; "now I can die
looking; ont upon the trees and the skv."
and Mr. SKopendjke assumed a re
signed expression of visage, snd gazed
oat of the corner of one eye upon a bare
ailantus tree and a nan dozen telegraph
wires.
Oh I surely you won't die." said Mrs.
Spoopennyse, cheerfully. "louareon
ly a Ml tie sick, and you 11 get over it."
"That's all you kLOw about it,'
snarled Spoopendyke. "To bear you talk
one would mink you only Dad to be Si
ted up with little beds and a bad smell
to be a government noepi al. I m
down sick I tell ye, and I don't want
any fooling about it
"What snould you like doarf asked
Mrs. Spoopendyke.
soap, dot east it I gimme soap. If ye
cannot think ol anything else," demand
ed Mr. spoopendyke. "Matibe you am 't
got any son p. At least you would not
have it if I wanted it. Got any cher
ries r
No, they are out of season too. There
are some grapes in the closet
pay yoa to make me oat 'em? One
would think yon only wanted an iron
arbor and four small boys climbing over
you to be a grape vine. Where is my
pill?" '
"You took your pill, dear," replied
his patient wife.
"Oh. of course I A pill is out ofsea
so now. Can't even have a pill when
I feel like it," and Mr. Spoopendyke
groaned in spirit and looked dismal.
"Now sit down and don't move, I wadt
to sleep. Don't you make a bit ef noise,
ii yon want me to live."
And Mrs. Spoopendyke held her
breath and never rustled a feather while
her husband lay and glared out of the
window for an hour and a half.
Van Wyck of Nebraska.
TUB KIND OF SrUKF TO MAKE SENATORS
OP UK DIDN'T KNOW TUB BUTCHER
WHO SUPPLIED SOLDIERS WITU POHK.
Chicago Times. J
The now United States Senator from
Nebraska, Van Wyck, is not without a
reoord, though tt was acquired not in
Nebraska, but in New York. He is a
native of Sullivan county in that State
hdiI before the war was well known in
the Hudson river counties as a lawyer
of marked ability. He practiced law in
Middleton and Nowburg, having for a
partner in the latter place ex Judge Ful
ierton, now of the citv of New York.
"Charlie" Van Wyck, under which
familiar title be was best known to tlie
farmers, businesi men, boys and every
body else in that, section, was elected to
congress in 1868, and re-elected in 18G0.
In common with Ben. Wade, Triad.
Stevens and Burliiigiime of M tss-toliu-settc,
he was a stalwart of the stalwarts
on the slavery question, and manifested
a disposition to back up his words with
bis sets.
During the cxcitiDg session of con-
gi ess which preceded the breaking out
of the war, numerous exceptions were
taken by southern members to his vigor
ous denunciations of tile "institution."
and threats of personal violence were
freely made.
Lite one night while passing along
a street near the cnpitol, he wits
ATTACKED BT THREE MEN,
who as they bounced out upon him, in
formed him that in consequence of his
comprehensive abuse of slavery, they
were about To "do Ior Dim in nrst-cliiss
plantation style.
At that time "Charlie ' was in bis
prime, broad across uis shoulders, above
medium bight, and solidly built in with
hard muscle. In addition to Ibis he was
something of a boxer, and was giited by
nature with that article so useful in the
world known as pluck.
lie squared himself at once, and but
a lew moinens after putting up his
bands for business the southern gentle
men were looking for the last ditcbi.
rrom that time on he was very rigidly
let alone.
In the summer of 1861 he raised the
regiment which went into the field as
the tity-sixih New Yoik, but wits better
known by the title of the "Tenth le
gion." ibe legion was composed of ton
companies of infantry, two of cavalry
and two batteries of artillery. It was
incorporated into the army ol the Poto
mac as a regiment in iis entirety, but
was fiborn of its cavalry sod artillery ap
pendages. . . . ,
cavairy companies were the nu
cleus around which were gathered the
first New York mounted rifles, which
aid excellent
- - SERVICE IN VIRGINIA.
and Maryland until the close of the war.
The artillery companies were after
wards designated as tbe seventh and
eighth New York independent batteries.
Afro ntty sixth, with its commander.
Col. Van Wyck, participated in Mo Clel-
bin s peninsular campaign, suueriag se
verely in the battle of Fair O.tks where
Col. Van Wyck was slightly wounded
by a piece ol snell. Alter the battle of
Antietam the command was ordered to
the southwest and Col. Van Wyck was
dtcorated with the straps and buttons of
a brigadier-general.
"Don't want anv meaalv STarjes. If
I can t nays wnat I want l do not want
it. Whore's those drops Why dont
too give me my medicine? Going to
lot ait die for tbe w, at of a little atten
tion Want tbe life insurance, don't
yet Going to give me those drops be
fore the next election f
Mrs. Spoopendyke bulled out the dose.
half of wbkh went down Mr. Spnopen-
ilyke's gullet and half over ths front of
bis night shirt.
"Thai's It" be howled. "Spill 'em.
Tbey are for external application. Put
Vox anywhere Poor 'em up the chim
ney," and Mr. Spoopendyke fired the
spoon somas toe room.
Have a piece of orange to take tbo
taste away P" asked Mrs. Spoopendyke
pleasantly.
No. I went" objected ner spouse.
"Gimme a piece of mask melon."
I do not bel eve they nave musk-
melons now," sighed Mrs. Spoopen
dyke.
Of course tbey dont, reasoned Mr.
Spoopsndyke. "Th-y do not havo any
thing when I am sick. It is a won dm
lory bavs bourns. It is a miracle that
they bavs beds. I am astonsbed to
think they have doctors and drug stores.
I have got to hurry op and die. or they
will not have any undertaker, or coffins.
or graves. Uiuiroe a piece of orange,
will yef 8'poaa I ass going to lis here
sad ehaw oa the taste of those drops
for a month P"
'Yna'd liks those grapes," suggested
his wife.
"No. I wouUrnt either. Wb.t do
yos want ms to eat m lorr Got any
interest, ha lbs craps trade? Got any
mrsstoaoa those grapes P Anybody
A FRANK REPLY.
In the spring of 1864- when McClellau's
army lay in front of Yorktown, Van
wyck, while in command of the New
York volunteer infantry regiment, was
also a representative iu the house of
representatives from o.ie of the western
new loik aistricts. Although in uni
form he was mill the home citizen.solicit-
ous for the welfare ot his many neigh
bors in his own regiment and other mil
itary organizations from his section of
the country. One dark, rainy niaht,
just before "taps" bad sounded, ho hap
pened to step into a battery park, and
a private soldier who recognized him re
quested him to frank a letter. The
franking privilege was then not limited
as it is now. "Certainly" replied the
oitizen soldier and congressman, "I'll r it
up all night to frank refers for soldiers."
The declaration was scarcely nttered be
fore it Passed from soldier to soldier, and
then from camp to camp. Soldiers from
every direction brought their envelopes
ouoi. van wyck to frank, me uol
unceremoniously seated himself in a sut
lers tent and went to work. The sut
ler's supp'y of envelopes rapidly disap
peared. Bid when reveille sounded in
the morning tbe colonel was still sitting
on Ins camp stool, wiih a bard-tack box
which he hid improvi-ed as a table be
fore him, franking letters for "the boys."
In many a homestead in central New
Yotk to-day may be lound, nodonbt, the
carefully preserved envelope . which
brought the message from the soldier
in tho field, who never came back him
self, bearing on its face the fimiliir au
tograph of "Charles H. Van Wyck.
Over My Window.
M.ST aUFI.1 DODOS.
Over my window the Ivy climbs,
Its roots are In homely jars ;
But all the day It looks out at the sun,
Aud at night looks out st the stars.
The dust of the room may dim its grsen ;
But I call the breezy air ;
Come in, come in, good friend of mine,
And make ni window fair.
So the Ivy thrives from morn to mora.
Its leaves all turned to the light;
And it gladdens my soul with lu tender green
And leaches me day aud night.
What though my lot Is In lowly place,
And my spirit behind the bars?
All the day long l niay look at the sua
And at night look out al the stars.
What through the dost of earth wonld dim ?
There's a glorious outer air
That win sweep through my soul If I let It in,
Aud make It fresh aud fair.
Dear God I let me grow from day to day,
Clinging, aud HUuny, and bright,
Though planted In shade, 1 hy window Is near,
Aud my leaves may turn to the light.
Hash.
"Mr. O'Rafferty," said the Galvestoi
aecoraer, -tne witnesses au sav vou
kicked this gentleman and called him all
manner of vile names. " "I don't know
what happened, your honor. If I did
that I am very sorry, indade." "Yes,
you ought to regret it very much." "I
do, indade. It's only will me own fam
ily that I take such liberties, and if I
have been treatin' such an ill-favored
scoundrel as if be was a member of me
own family I'll regret it to the last day
of me life, I will."
Writing for the press is like making
sugar, the more you boil itdown thesweet
er it gets. So, in writing for the press, the
more you condence your article, by
throwing out everything that is not
strii'ily relevant to the subject, the clear
er and stronger it comes. Brethren, we
don't want a hogshead of sap or a bar
rel of molasses, but a few poundr- of
prime rugnr. Boil it down
The two men whim Ida Liwis saved
tho other day were musicians; but let us
not blame the poor girl she didn't know
it until after the saving was over. El
mira Free Prest.
Kind words never die. An elderly
stranger bought a copy of the News from
a newsboy and handed him a quarter,
but upon the boys hunting for change the
old gentleman said: "Never mind the
change sonny, just keep it yourself."
This was probably the first kind word
that bad ever been spoken to the home
less, friendless orphan boy sinoe his
mother died, and it completely over
came him. Brushing away a tear, he
seized his benefactor's bund, and ex
claimed "Bully for you. old s'.ick-in-the-
tnud! I wonder how much reward
there is offered for you by the savings
bank yon used to be president of.
The New York Herald makes sarcastic
comments on Bostonians because they
play whist. Any man who will waste
time on whist when he might be play
ing poker with four aces up his sleeves,
is de.spisod in New York. Boston Post.
Stanley says the American nation
could be set down in the heart of Africa
and find itself lost. It would not take a
great while, though, for lightning-rod
peddlers and life insurance agents to
open communication.
"Well miss," said a knight of the
birch rod "can you decline a kiisP" Yes
sir. said tbe girl, dropping a perplexed
courtesy. "1 can, but I hate to most
plaguily." , .
"You do not like to make calls," said
an nncle to his nephew. "But you must
make calls," he continued, "for there is
always pleasure derived, if not when
you enter at least when you oome ont."
"Father," said the baker's girl, "I
must marry the man I love." "Djugh
not do it, my dougbter, and you will
never kneed for anything," was the re
ply of the obstinate old maa.
DIDN'T KNOW THE BUTCHER.
It was during the peninsular cam
paign, just before the battle of Williams
burg, tnat lien. HcUlellan nad issued an
order forbidding foraging under penalty
of severe punishment. A section of ar
tillery had been supported by 'lie bfty-
six.n Clew York volunteer inianry in a
little skirmish late in the evening, and.
owing to some misunderstanding, the
infantry and artillery were lett on the
picket line till a late honr without any
rations. Darkness bad closed in, and a
(arm yard in the vicinity offered too
great a temptation for the hungry artil
lery men to lesift. Soon the fragrant
mroaof roast pig drew more than one
officer to the vicinity of tbe improvi'd
barbecue. Among others was Col. Van
Wyck, tbe senior officer in command.
He wss asked bv one of the improvised
camp cooks if he would partake of the
menu. "Certainly, replied the colonel.
and with a sharpened appetite he at
once took bold of tbe lucious roast por
cine ribs. Suddenly a staff officer rode
noon the scene. With an unmistakable
r reoch twang he said : "Vub de com
pliments of de general commanding, I
ten to know woo kilt dit roast hog.
-Tell tbe general commanding." roared
Col. Van nyck, stretching bn tall form
to its B'.most altitude, "that Colonel Van
Wyck never inquires who the butcher is
when he sits down to a gentleman's ta
ble."
Tbe staff officer was the Comte de
"Tie of Geo. McClellan's staff. No fur
ther inquiry waa ever taMrta'e Into tha
ytery of this foraging exp-dition.
Since tbe war be b served a term in
Congress from New York. A few years
ago be removed to Nebraska, and now
returns to Washington as a member of
tbe Senate.
Who is She? There is a lady living
in a lit' le four-roomed cottage in the en
virons of Boston whose name is well
known to literary people, writes a cor
respondent of Lippincott's. She de
pends wholly upon her own exertions
for the support of herself and children.
and does all her own housework, vet her
cottage is the focus of the best society of
tbe locality A gentleman calling there
recently was received at the door by a
daughter of the la- y, who told him her
mother was too busy to be called, but
that he could Bee her in tbe kitchen if he
pleased, and he followed her to the room.
The lady greeted him without tbe slight
est embarras ment, though she bad on a
big apron and her sleeves were pinned
back to her shoulders. She was cutting
pumpkin into strips for pies, and there
sat a venerable gentleman gravely paring
the strips to tbeaccompaniment, tbe brill
iant conversation. I was a- ked to guess
who this gentleman was. and after several
fruitless attempts was told Inapt was the
poet Longfellow. While the putnpk'n
paring was in process another distin
guished poet oalled, and he also insisted
upon being pressed into tho aervicj. It
was a dreary day outside, and no one
cared to leave the pleasant cottage, so
they all stayed to lunch, one of the pies
fonning the piece de resistance of the
occasion.
The death of Lieut. Archibald Gibson
at St. Louis, recently from inflammation
of the brain, was traceable to a singular
cause. One day while on parade at
West Point a spider got into one of his
ears, by the rule he was not allowed to
raise bis hand, and stood in the ran
more than an hour. When dismissed
his ear was full of blood, and the insect
could not be romoved for two days.
Gen. G.-trtield will be the twelfth col
lege educated president. Washing'on
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Taylor,
Fillmore, Iinoola and Johnson never
went to college
Mrs. Mollis Utz, of New Albany, Ind.,
a little over a year ago, noticed a numb
ness in ber fingers. Since then her
hands, and arms nearly to the elbows,
have become apparently solid bone. Her
physicians say that ossification will con
tinue until some vital part U reached,
when death will ensue.
Tbe Baroness Burdett-Coatts has pre
sented her intended hosbtod with a
magnificent brace of thorough bred hun
ters, tier affection for him is a stable
one.
Tax late Senator Carpenter of Wiscon
sin was s native of Moretown, and the old
people there are telling lots of stories about
him now. He was much opposed to man
ual labor when a boy, and it was said that
his father ont left home, telling the future
senator to hoc a certain patch of potatoes
during the dav, and giving him a couple
of shillings with which to get some one to
help bun. Matt took the money, snd buy
ing s bottle of rum with one of the shillings.
offered it to an Irishman if he would do the
job. To insure the faithful fulfillment of
the contract, the youthful contractor would
station himself st one end of the row and
give the Irishman a drink as often as he
got around to hint. Paddy worked like a
hero, the task wss soon done, and young
Carpenter was a shilling in pocket without
having done a stroke of work hiuiaelf.
Why does tbe bird whip poor Will
A child, on being asked what were tbe
three great feasts of tbe Jews, promptly
replied: "Breakfast, dinner and supper."
Uocle Rigg.. AVe ar inclined to
Piww-over the Hftas as quite right. Cam,'
bridge Tribune.
All the Greece in Europe has run down
into tne Mediterranean Sea. Sicubtn
vtlle Herald. "Beaatilnl. beautiful ils
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