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From the Southern Ladies' Book, for Nov.
Tte Satirist.
BT JAQUELIKE.
« Sweet Nelly are yeu surfeited ?”
.. That's the very word, father.”
The old man laughed complacently. ..Sur
feited, Bah! What's the matter ?”
.< Weary of the world, tired of books—
music is distasteful.”
.. It’s your idiosyncracy child, to see eve
rything in a false light.”
.. Oh, father, don’t say so!”
.. I’ll recall it, darling; you shall esti
mate your own character.”
Emily looked mischievously into his eyes
—<< The world has made a summary of it—
Satirist! Satirist!”
.« Very bad!”—and the old gentleman
shook his bead ominously. << It's a brand
upon the fairest temperament—Woman's
element is love, her weakness is her strength
—I battle against innovation, female suf
frage, lady physicians and Bloomer dresses.
Satire is not womanly, it is a weapon toler
able only in a mighty hand, against the
strong bolds of error—The antithesis of
youth, it wrings out bitter from sweet.
Emily laid her hand upon her father's
silvered head.
.. Passing away, Nelly—there’s premoni
tion in these faded locks—I must soon cut
the cables of time, and launch my barque
upon the tide of eternity. Your mother left
you a rich dowery of charms, and you heir
iny coffers. Remember, you are to becomo
a Steward unto the Lord. You have wealth,
but your mind wants a tone of freshness and
content; you are a bud, Nelly, that has
been scorched by the sun of prosperity.
Emily laid her hand upon the bell string.
.. Who left cards to-day, Walter ?”
The servant handed her a basket—.. Miss
Bernards, Mrs. Roland, Miss Hill, Mr. Ev
erett, ArtLur Percy.”
Her father glanced into her face, as she
called the last name.
« Walter, isn’t tea ready ?”
The belt rang at that moment—h 'dainty
supper, but Emily ate little—she was hold
ing a court in the judgment hall of her
brain, summoning swift witnesses—what a
ridiculous mass of ridiculous testimony!
Emily smiled, and looked up at the clock.
Ah ! Emily, while you gaze, moments
have fled which you cannot recall—the sub
stance of the mind in this lilfe casts its shad
ow on the future being—be Careful of life’*
brim ; ere the lees be full of bitterness—Re
ligion it the only alchemy that produces
gold.
.. Oh, there's Amy—come in pretty bird,”
and Emily opened the window leading out
on the porch. .< You've just come in time
to drive away the mists from my spirits—
(Amy ’smiled,) misery loves company.”
4. The Bernards are going to have a ball
on Thursday—won’t you go ?”
A mischievous gleam lit up Emily's eye—
44 They are all stupid, their rooms smell of
celery seed, and one sees all tiie wires that
work the houshold machinery ; did you say
it was MohdAy ?”
44 No, Thursday; Monday is hot festive
day, Tuesday aiid Thursday are bridal, yota
know.”
44 All days are alike to me,” said Emily,
44 sweet but cloying.”
44 0, nonsense, Nelly, With so much to
make life beautiful.”
Emily gave an involuntary sigh. «« Do
you know that I think an appreciative spirit
the greatest of blessings ? I would exchange
all my knowledge, every accomplishment, to
be a child again, with a child's simplicity
and faith.”
Amy tkiew up her bonnet and caught it
playfully; <41'U exchange with you, give
you sunshine for your mists, and Pm to have
your half million too ?”
Walter, the servant, came in. Mr. Ber
nard was in the ball.
Amy jumped behind the curtain.
44 No ambush, Miss Amy,” he said, laugh
ing as he entered, << its woman’s warfare, ar
rows from every thicket. I’ve come to tell
you Gay Hastings will be in town to-mor
row.”
« Why, I thongnt she wss married,” and
Amy raised her eye-brows in astonishment.
«Married! No, no, and like sovereign
Bees, we’U esteem it a blessing if she lives
and dies a maiden queen; she's just from
Canada, bird-like, she migrates every sum-
r; ’
4 Oh, yes, I saw her at Saratoga last sea-
.»
• She’s a fascinating woman; does'nt talk
much, bat pats a son of spell upon every
body; she’s the only person I ever thought
Arthur Percy cared for.”
Emily turned suddenly toward the win-
m.
44 Why do you name Mr. Percy,” naked
Amy, «is it wonderful he titonld love u
pretty face ?”
• His heart is pure, bet very cold, ' Said
Mr. Bernard.
, Don’t talk to me aboet the affections,”
said Amy, lightly. •• roe no faith in man's
algidity, the spark, I think, ia constantly
blown, and as repeatedly smothered.”
« That's breaking up Iff. Betty’s strong
hold,' Emily observed iimacal|y, «he cov
ets to be thought an iceberg, with a brow
gloomy as s polar twilight:”
44 Perhaps you have had s peep into Ms
heart, Miss Emily”
Emily made no reply. Amy chattered
away merrily, there was something delight- ■
ful in her easy, natural flow of spirits, mak
ing kind deductions from every thing.
When Mr. Bernard left, he said, 44 We’ll
all meet on Thursday.”
Emily, poor child, flitted by, flattered for
'her beauty, courted for her wealth, dreaded
for her wit. ‘Her thoughts expanding in a
rarefied atmosphere, possessed a buoyancy
that dramatized practicals, and made the
world a farce Now she sat looking intent
ly on the carpet, thinking deeply, bitterly.
The Doric eolumn, around which had twin
ed love’s garland, was it now to become the
! prop of some other shrine ? The half blown
buds of hope crushed. How cold and care
less Tiad 'she often turned away when her
heart was full of tenderness—woman-like,
she nursed the shadow, while the ftill orb
waned, then beamed its light far away,
down perhaps, upon some timid blossoms.
The next morning at breakfast, Mr. How
ard smiled and said, 44 Why Emily, you are
pale ; it was my lecture, child ?”
<4 No father, I know your ideas about wo
man—that she should be queen only of
hearts.”
Mr. Howard laughed complacently.
«4 The salique law was a most excellent
law. John Knox wrote a book entitled 44 A
blast of the trumpet against the monstrous
regimen of woman.’ Could he rise now-a-
days, what would he say of Bloomerism and
the female faculty ?”
441 never admired Knox, father,” Emily
replied quietly. Her thoughts were evident-
- ly distracted.
44 Yes, if he had possessed a little more of
the softheSs he despised, his character would
have come dowii to posterity in a better
guise, but he was a strong man in boister
ous times.”
44 We'll drive to-day at ten in the Park,
it's lovely weather.”
Emily said 44-yes,” mechanically, and left
the room. When she reached her own
apartWnt, she 'threw herself wearily oh the
sofa. Could Arthur Percy haVe looked
through the opposite window, and seen the
sad eyes mournfully cast down, he would
have yielded up his heart at a glance; but
thoroughly impressed that she was as cold
a's bright, that she had not dreamed of an
equal, he turned, chillect, away.
4. What pretty bays these are, father,”
she said, as she stood with him in the door
at ten.
'«« Very fine, they were imported.”
44 If chariot races were in vogue, I might
win a wager.”
«4 Why you look Eastern, Nelly,” gazing
with unmixed pride in his daughter's bril
liant face'. 44 Eyes gray as the dawn, cheeks
rosy as the fingers of Aurora, but there’s a
pensive cast about you sometimes, like the
first shade of twilight—that means surfeit
ed,” and the old gentleman laughed inward
ly. 44 Ah ! darling, darling, if you were
deprived of your elegancies and comforts for
a season, change position with millions of
your fellow mortals, you would then see the
enormity of your ingratitude. Wheft the
actual cares of life press upon ycu.you will
glance back at these days, and think how
gladly you would exchange real for fancied
ills!”
Mr. Howard trotted his Mhdsome bays
through the trees of the Park. The grounds
were crowded with fashion, gay bonnets,
butterfly shawls, etc.
It was the transition season between win
ter and spring. A thousand buds shot forth,
giving promise of countless leaves for the
countless stars to shine down upon. Amy
Hill and Mr. Bernard promenaded on the
side-walk, Amy smiled and nodded, Mr.
Bernard looked absorbed. Miss Everett and
Mr. Forsyth flitted and laughed oh a seat
by the fountain. One gay face after an
other passed. Emily's heart beat quickly,
though she smiled and made quaint remarks
to her father. - Just as they turned an an
gle in the grounds, the horses halted, and
coming up by a cross-walk was Arthur Per
cy; on his arm leaned Miss Hastings, her
eyes turned upward to his with a look of
speculative intensity, like one who glanced
through the features into the soul. As Mr.
Howard's carriage drew up, he paused and
removed his hat from his head, while his
brown curls played in the morning air. It
was a face of singular intellect, tad an eye
that deepened and flashed. Miss Hastings
made some remark, and then they were lost
in the crowd.
44 Where now, Emily i” asked Mr. How
ard, rein : ng in the hones.
Emily started. .* To Western,” she said
sadly.
The steeds moved off briskly, and stopped
at the lodge bf a villa off tte suburbs of
Suuptaa. The house was a low structure,
running off into wings. The beauty of tte
place, supremely, was its idea of fitness; a
home look of quiet and love. Mr. Howard
left Emily and drove buck to town; up tte
gravel walk she wefet slowly; taking in tte
44 Ob, I shall be right again, directly ;
clouds float over the sun.” The room in
which they sat was small, looking toward
the east, softly carpeted, with banks of
cushions against the wall; chairs, each of
I different construction, placed about the floor.
Paintings from the old masters hnng around.
44 This was always such a snug room,”
said Emily, 44 cozy like a nest—you and I
robins.”
441 aspire to be a dove.”
Emily laughed. 44 Popular verdict makes
me a lark, always soaring above the com
prehension of my neighbors.”
44 Popular verdict makes you a satirist,
Emily, ’tis an unenviable character, my
love, antidote to affection.”
..Oh! do you think so ?” Emily asked ear
nestly.
44 Yes, better for a woman to want intel
lect than softness; better to be deficient in
brightness than sympathy.”
Emily was silent. Mrs. Standish looked
sadly from the window. Badges of woe,
folds of sable crape contrasted softly with
her fresh face. Bitter chastening^—husband
and child, the strong, man and" beautiful
boy, together they laid beneath a sward of
flowers—types of mortality. To her blight
ed heart all nature sighed a requiem; the
rush of the mountain brook, the murmur of
the water-falls, the rustle of the Aut.umn
leaves. She was a bright Christian, the
poor blessed, and the rich reverenced her.
Amy Hill knocked at the front entrance,
then ran np stairs, leaving Mr. Bernard at
the door.
Emily followed.
44 0 ! ho! lady love!” exclaimed Amy,
laughing; 44 Mr. Bernard afid I have had
such a charming ride.”
44 Well, I’m glad of it. Who did you see?”
44 See ?” said Amy, fixing up the puffs in
her hair, 44 we saw every body. By the by,
Emily, we met the Miss Bernards, they ex
pect us to- night.”
A shade passed over Emily’s face—poor
girl. Arthur Percy had never breathed to
her word's of love; still tis image was ip thei
maze of her affections, at every turn, leav
ing a momento. Woman's heart is a conge
ries of elasticities, buoyed by a breath,
weighted by a straw.. Her mental organi
zation so delicately and beautifully strung,
Eolian-like, sweep's music in the winds of
adversity; the weighted spirit exudes drops
of sweetness—clouds of sorrow break up in
showers of joy. So mused Emily.
44 Most lovely young creature, what are
your speculations ? Fond of vapor baths,
sweet Nelly ? remember I have purchased
your clouds. See what a lovely bowl of
flowers!”
Emily looked into Amy’s innocent face.
44 Would thatyour feelings were as fresh,”
said'Amy, laughing; 44 Ah! yes, the dews,
of love and sympathy will make the inner
world as gay as the outer is glorious. I
heard Arthur Percy express that very sen
timent this morning.”
Emily looked out through the open win
dow. The word 44 glorious” rose uppermost
Was it a quotation, or was it a translation
of nature's beauteous hierolgyphics.
Mrs. Standish put her head in at the
ground window, she held in her hand a clus
ter of white buds.
44 Emily, dearest, here are buds for you;
to please me, wear them to-night instead of
diamonds. Personate them too; be an em-
bassadress from the queen of flowers, to the
sultry haunts of fashion; carry gentle, holy
influences with you. Be sweet to-night in
stead of brilliant. Mrs. Standish kissed
her cheek, and laid the buds down in the
window- I would like to reclaim you, dear
est, leave flashes for the lightning, and ‘cuts
to tailors; bnt for the standard of our ac
tions; my love, we must look not to the
world's mirror to see ourselves approvingly
reflected. God judges not as man.”
Mrs. Standish was culled at that moment
to the parlor. Amy seemed intent upon the
arrangement of her dress. Emily watched
her abscrbedly. Row beautiful her cheer
ful spirit- Gladly would Emily have bar
tered u brilliance that illnminatcd every
sentence, for the sweet serenity of her tem
per. Ah ! barter diamonds for flowers.
Amy and Mr. Bernard were among the
first arrivals. Emily wore a white silk,
rich with embroidery. The wreath of blos
soms presented by Mrs. Standish, encircled
her fine head. No ornament was visible,
save a plain, heavy ring, which shone upon
her finger. The Bernards were showy girls,
fond of dress and beaux. Effy, the young
est, was a fearless manaewverer in society—
like a show window, sported all sorts of
wares, to attract attention. Taking a seat
by Emily, die threw herself eoquetishly
back, pulling out the curb on the side of
her pretty face. ««I thought Mr. Percy
would be with yon,” looking carelessly into
her face—her cheek gnffuaed in a moment.
There was a subtle sting in Miss Bernard's
flippant air. '
Another party at that moment entered.
The rooms wen fast filling. Em[ly sat
groups passed and rap stood; every
to nhbpef, ;i the satirical Mbs
Howard!”
Two gentlemen standing to the right spoke
animatedly, their tones were lowered, but
distinctly reached Met sari *<There's an
ing for some speculative fellow, a cos)
half million.”
She’s a beautiful woaun, too.” and the
otter, enthusiastically, «* but oald. they —J
as tte icicle on Bum's
too, that she b a Satirist,
over, than the incessant sting of the iron
ist.”
Emily turned her flushed cheek toward
the door. Arthur Percy, with his clear,
firm brow, was just coming in; on his arm
leaned Miss Hastings, she was not strictly
beautiful, but there was a captivating soft
ness in her deep blue eyes, turned confiding
ly on the assembly, as if to woo their confi
dence and love. A group of gentlemen were
soon around her. Manners graceful^ easy
—softly gay—but Mr. Percy listened in
vain for the exhilerating flow of Emily’s
sparkling remarks. But ah! was.not the
adder's sting in the heaps of pearls that fell
from her lips ? The word 44 Satirist,” brand
ed in dark letters, seemed traced upon her
brow. Still, Mr. Perey loved Emily, the
sun of his heart cast her shadow, but the
light laugh, the careless r^oinder, could
not nurse the deep love for which his spirit
yearned. Pretty Miss Bernard flitted thro’
the room, throwing her curls side-ways, and
chattering voluminously. There is much
quiet census-taking in society, speculating
on ages and acres.
•4 Half a million, did you say ?” said the
young man again, renewing the conversation
after taking notes of the other guests. i.Half
a million ? and wbat’s the old mams age ?*>
Emily felt shocked, the spangled veil that
rested so long on the face of conventionalism
seemed torn aside, and its coarse lineaments
revealed.
44 By St. Michael! half a million !”
44 Swear not, Curtis,” said his friend,
•gravely.
44I’ve a royal precedent; Queen Bess
swore like a trooper.”
44 Why if you take a woman for a model,
there’s a be-ter one”—his eyes rested admi
ringly on Miss Hastings; 44 she’s a woman
all womanly. Miss Howard is satirical,
therefore masculine. Miss Hastings, purely
feminine;there s something captivating in the
soft contour of her face, while Miss Howard's
chiseled outline, looks as if it would take
the prayers of a half a dozen Pyginalions to
warm her to interest.
At that moment some one moved aside,
and Arthnr Percy canght Emily's face turn
ed wearily to the door. In an instant, in
stinctively, he was by her side. It was a
late hour, he had not approached her before.
Such cruel neglect from one so cherished,
Emily’s proud Spirit rebelled; she rose hau-
tily, and took a seat by Amy. Another
maze, the labyrinth deepened. Just then
Miss Hastings’ soft blue orbs rested dreami
ly in his face. Was it a moment when the
citadel of his heart was weak ? Had the
arrows of Emily’s wit made a breach jutt
wide enough to admit a pair of eyes ?
Returned home, Emily, wearied in mind,
threw herself on the bed with a crushing
weight upon her spirit. Still no casual ob
server could detect a trace upon her illu-
mined countenance. Amy twisted up her
hair at the mirror, joyous as the spring bird.
44 What think you of Miss Hastings, Nel
ly,” she asked.
44 Think,” said Emily, absently, 44 she has
pretty eyes,” and Emily closed her own as
if the light were painful.
It was nearly twelve the next morning
when Emily woke.
44 Amy has been gone an hour,” said Mrs.
Standish, in answer to something Emily
asked
44 Yes, Amy catches all the freshness of
the morning, it has -become her spirit’s in
spiration. Amy is a veritable wincopipe—
4 a little flower that when it opes, bodes a
fair day’; she brings with her gladness,
though destitute either of much tact or tal
ent.”
Mrs. Standish smiled playfully.
441 do not know that woman’s value is
much enhanced by either. The greatest
fear of her possessing brilliant colloquial
powers, is her aptness to pervert them.'’
44 By Satire,” added Emily, half reproach
fully.
44 Ah, by Satire. Wqihan’s office is love.
Mary sat at the Savior’s feet, forever typi
cal of the position of her sex.
At four that evening, Emily was sitting
quietly by her own window, a rose bush
clambered over the sill, peeping lovingly np
to see if the world within was half so bean
tiful as that without. A puff of the breeze
blew off a shower of leaves, falling at her
feat.
41A tribute Nelly,” said Sir. Howard,
looking up from his book.
44 A chance one, Father.”
<4 To our vision this is a chance world,
child, but the apple that showed the earth’s
gravity, f?U from God’s band with as speci
fied an aim as falls tte arrows of the insa
tiate archer. Many of our most valuable
discoveries have been the result of accident.
A spectacle-maker’s boy discovered the tele
scope. A frog was the agent of galvanism.”
Emily made no reply, but looked sadly
over toward tte turrets aad spires of the
bustling city. Then' her eyes rested long
upon tte oaks ia tte park, aimed and mail
ed as they stood against tte march of time.
“ Mr. Percy was here ttSsmorniag,” said
tte old gentleman, looking np again. Emi
ly did not qmak. « Tbve was *~lady witt
him, Nelly, whstwss her r
x Hastings,” ssid Emily, quietly.
Yes, that is tte name, agood one too;
Heatings Was the asme of a great Danish
leader, tte inslirnght, toe, of tte conqueror
William, was tte field cf Hastings. Sheas
beautiful woman, Nelly, although shell
never make one of tte fenalty>” add ike obi
gentleman lsnghwT 4. Her trill never
dive into tte mysteries, of alloputty—they
1 tuc gicubsuca
, dearg^that
drooped heavily upon her
trology. They are fine specimens of the
masculine and feminine.” Mr. Howard laid
peculiar Btress on the last word.
44 Father,” said Emily, sadly, 44 you chide
me oft ; do you think nic unfeminine ?”
44 Satire i3 unwomanly, Emily. From the
crevice of sopie fair rock in a beauteous land
scape will exude a drop tainting the atmos
phere. Little springs of perverted thought
poison the great stream of mind. lMstWhou
know, <l4>«rggi- that one vice will shadow
many
Emil;
hfftid.
In the evening, Emily was sitting alone in
the parlor; the servant opened the door, and
to her surprise, Mr. Percy came in.
44 All alone Miss Howard ?” said he, and
there was a mixture of reverence and ten
derness in his tone.
44 It is a privilege I very much covet,”
Emily answered coldly, laying .the magazine'
she was reading down on the table.
ne looked scrutinizingly at her for a mo
ment, the blood retreating from his face.
Mr. Percy did not speak for some moments;
at length he said, 44 Emily you hold my
happiness carelessly in your hand, toying as
if it were a glittering bauble to illume a
moment with your smiles, then cast heed
lessly by.”
441 am not- your arbiter,” said Emily, then
to change the subject glanced toward the
lamp. 44 See the flame how it- flickers. Will
you ring for Walter
Mr. Percy’s brow grew dar,k and stern,
like the sky before a storm. For an hour
Emily’s wit glanced and played over every
sentence.
Atlength Mr. Percy rose hurriedly,
44 There’s no hope,” he Said, as he closed the
door, nervously after him.
44Gone! gone!” She stood beneath the
lights of that gorgeous apartment a victim
to her own shafts. How truly he loved her
and how fondly it was returned was known
only to the maker of their hearts, but the
sea of Emily’s brilliance lay between them,
and qu it her hopes of happiness Were wreck
ed forever.
A month after, the soft eyed Gay Hast
ings was Mr. Percy’s bride elect. What an
elegant couple the world pronounced them.
The flame of their love was without scintilla
tion but its soft mild glow reflected all that
Was good, and lovely, and serene.
man could find none. Beneath tte waters
of every brook, stream and river, his cash
remained dry. and empty. . v < <
Here Rudolph was deeply moved by a
sense of his unworthiness, and striking upou
his breast, he exclaimed—44 Oh God! how
deeply must I have sinned against thee ?
tears without ceasing will I atone
sufferings of the wretched^ whom I have re
fused to aid and succor. AMhough I have
often repaid their praye^p with ntnrnneq
and hard-heartedness, be thou not deaf
mine, Almighty God in Heaven. Judge aw
according to my future life, not according to
my past. Have compassion upon me, and
hear my vow! From this moment hence
forth, I will be merciful towards the needy f
And as Rudolph thus prayed, he
tear, a single teat of repent
scarcely had the tear fallen into the
when it was full, even to the briSs.
/tut nail /raiir.
The Tear of Repentance.
In the old city of Strasburg, there once
lived a cooper, Rudolph by name, who had
amassed a large fortune. Notwithstanding
this, he labored at his trade, and he was
often seen working with his apprentices, to
whom he was a pattern of the most patient
industry. Yet his unwearied activity was
prompted by no other motive than the de
sire to increase his wealth, or, as he ex
pressed it, to lay up something comfortable.
Rudolph was insatiable, avaricious, mis
erly and hard towards the poor.
One day, just as he was on the point of
finishing a cask, before the door of his work
shop, a woman passed by; she was still
young, but so pale and thin that one might
have taken her to. be fifty years old. Her
feet were sore from the sharp stones of the
highway, her skin was scorched by the hot
beams of the sun, and she trembled with
weariness in every limb.
44 My good sir,” she said to Rudolph,
44 have compassion upon a poor wanderer ?
Give me a glass of water, I am" so thirsty!”
44 Begone, yonder is the river,” answered
the cooper roughly,.. must I leave my work
to supply the wants of every beggar woman
tli at comes along 7*
44 Oh, you need not leave your work; call
only oue of your apprentices hither.”
« Begone!” cried Rudolph, 44 were I so
foolish as to grant the wish of every vaga
bond, the word would soon be—• Rudolph,
the cooper, gives food and drink for nothing,’
aiid my home would shortly be like a tavern.
Begone! go your way and leave me in
peace.”
44 Rich and hard-hearted man !” said the
woman, as she cast aa angry glance at Ru
dolph, 441 thank Heaven that it has given
me the power to perform wonders, that I
may punish you as you deserve.
44 It needs but a sign from me, and
would crawl upon the earth in the form of a
snake, or fly through tte- air like an owl.
But I wish that your punishment may prof
it you, and those like you, and that it may
lead you to a recognition of your fault. You
have denied me a drop of water. Well, then
I condemn you to fill that cask, which yon
Lave just fiinished, to the brim with wa
ter.”
With these words the woman disappeared,
no one could say whither! Rudolph wuuld
gladly have refused to fulfil the punishment
imposed upon him ; but an irresistable pow
er compelled him.
He took, therefore, his cask upon hij
shoulder aad walked to tte Rhine.. Here
he dipped tte cask beneath the surface of
the river, but what was his astonishment and
terror, as ha drew it from ttesccerm,
found that itcau’ained no water.
•< What can this mean ?” he exclaimed,
turning pale with amazement. Again and
again he dipped the cask into the stream,
but the wav* dashed around and above it,
without flowing into it.
In deep despuir, Rudolph bow wait buck
to bis bowse, and provided himself with
ssbocy, and without saying a word; to bis
wile, or taking leave of bis childmi, he
went to seek out a stream, at which I»e might
Driving (Iff lliefof. - . ^
On a late trip of the steamer Express
round from Nashville, she was detained sev
eral hours by fog. Capt. McComas, envioae
to get along, did not stop his boat, but kept
her cautiously moving forward, having both
eyes wide open for any obstacle. ‘Passing to
the stern of the boat to take an observation,
he was met by a passenger who said toAnmJj^
44 Captain, why don’t yon drive off the
fog?”
14 Jnst the thing I should like to have yet
tell me how to do.”
Come down into the cabin and 1’U tell
you how an old German friend of mine earn
did it.”
In a few minutes afterwards they were
comfortably seated in the cabin, when the
passenger commenced by saying—
441 shall expect you will believe it, aad ef
course try the experiment.” , -
In the rich valley of the Mohawk theta ia
a quiet little village called Spraker’s ba
sin. Not many years ago, and before them
was such a thing as a rail road in the atate
of New York, the vertiable Mr. Spraker the
patriarch and founder of Spraker’s Batin,
was keeping a tavern a mile or so from the
village thoroughfare, known as Johnstown
road. Spraker’s, as it is generally caUpd£
was in early times the great rendesvous for
the Mohawk farnieVg iyhile joflrbcying to Al
bany with their wheat, and of the Jeffiuwn
and Lewis county drovers. Now and then a
New 1 ork merchant on his trip to the north
ern settlements, was to be seen before the
great wood fire in Spraker’s tavern. This
class of travellers were held in much respect
by old Spraker and the honest Dutch far
mers on the river. One of this cl*
led the old man on the porch one foggy 1
ing with—
44 Mr. Spraker do you have mucli pt tfeis
sort of weather down here in thin valley ? *
« Oh, yees, put we font mind it, Mr. Stew
art, I has a way of triving it oil 1* ne
matter at all tish fog.”
4< How’s that Mr. Spraker, I should like te
know the process of driving off a fog.”
44 Well, I will tell you, I takes a tram,
and goes out and feeds te pigs, and if te fog
ton’t go off putty soon, I take anoder tram,
and den I goes out and fodders te cattle, and
if te fog aint gone py tis time, I takes anodfr
tram, and den I goes out and chops iirood Cke
dnnder, and if te fog tout go py tis time, I
takes anoder tram, and so on Mr. Stewart, I
keeps a doin’ till de fog all goes away.”
Well, upon my word, Mr Spraker, this
is a novel mode of getiing clear of a fog.—
How many drams did you ever take of a
morning before you succeeded iff driving off
the fog ?” . .
44 Let me see, about two years ago, I tiak
I had to take about twenty drams, hut it
teas a tarn foggy worming.”
i V svw
Annrrdote of Borklaid;
Thu distinguished geologist, one day gave
a dinner, dissecting a Mississipi Aligator—
having asked a good many of the meat dis
tinguished of ius classes to dine with him.—
H's house and all bis establishment were fat
good style and taste. His guests ejngregu-
to'I; the dinner table looked.splendidly, with
glass china and plate, and the meal copi-
meneed'with excellent soup. 44 How do yon
like the soup.”’ asked the Doctor, after hav
ing finished his own plate, addressing.a fit*
mous gourmand of the day. «; Very good
indeed,” answered the other; 44Tnrtle, Is it
not ? I only ask because I do not find atiy
green fat.” The Doctor shook his head.—
441 think it has somewhat of a musky i
said another: <4 not unpleasant, bnt
liar.” 44 AH aKgators have,” replied 1
lmnA .4 The Cayman, peculiarly so.
fellow whom I dissseeted this morning, aad
whom you have jnst been eating—.” Their
was a general rout of the whole guestsi Br^
ery one turned pale. Half a dozen started
up from the table. Two or three ran out at
tte room aad vomited; and only those who
had stout stomachs remained to the close et
an excellent entertainment. 44 See what
imagination is,” said Buckland. 44 If 1161$
them it was turtle, or terrapin, or bird-
nest soup—salt water amphilEa or frail er
the gluften of a fish from tte maw at a ssa^
hird, they would have pronounced it excel
lent, and their digestion been none the 1 _ ^
Such is prejudice.” 4. But was it realty eri
alligator 7* asked a lady. 4 • As Hjj§B^4
calf’s head as ever wore a