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Herald. DKVOTED TO INDIWTKY AND CIVILIZATION Terras, $1.00 u Year In Advuncc. WHOLE NUMBER, 14 iSSSS&SBSM nun. idx months.;i'80 00 r colniun, three month*....12 00 • , ■ ■ SCI I • -.*•*; Auaouu«m*nUfGuniUd»»MSBCC. acquaintance with them, tending to the city for. Dim ro ueb hi n ^ie*.hoiM*hotd supplies, and never surely better d nan^LU. coming in contact with any save] • w Butj I did at ohuioh, and even here she gen-' orally found a whole seat at her disposal. - At last the storm that had so long odsuured the village horizon, seemed about to burst over her head, i«u* »»• • There were threats made'of driv ing hor;from the place, and the mob spirit seemed to be gathering strength,; . About. six , months after the stranger took possession of her •id) *K U.Mi-f. -• ,. A few years since a lady 'pur. ^wii^jd.a'lpiihe in fhe'beautiml vil- Slage.ofMilUbrd, about, thirty-five v -mtlesfrpufBostou, as she longed ./.far fash'dir.‘an'd’quiet scenes and ■irdenbtless she would have found all ^the hip(jhief* ithitt bhr wJuglfc -in- hauuted by that torible spco- scandal * ' "Have you seen tho new arrl- val?" said Mrs.Giaves to her neigh ' hor, Mm. Wood, a few days alter .the stranger took possession of :'i Fern Dell, as the little place she had purchased was now called. 1 A curl of the lid and shrug of the shoulders was all the reply 1 luade by Mrs, Wbbd;’ but in the -’.gestures Mrs. Graves saw,' or sup posed she saw, a sufficient reason tor shunning the acquaintances of . citUe stranger. ■ Mr?. Graves, who was very jeal. oqs.AjHYjlispicto'Us, translated the language in her own way. <‘I:li«ve no,douhli J ! said she to her husband, “that she had a bad . reputation in tho city. She ’’’has 'come hero dressed id deep mourning, hut who knows wheth- - ef she ever had a husband or not? he had,her wearing blaok r>lian no sign he’s dead, in my opin ^4ond M ; 1 ■ •> to£!3tjpfay finite aorowd had •ragatheredin the store of Mr. Graves, iWhiih was dii’e about this hour. The stranger came in to make ••'Hwm mjy *ne people, m strung- on always an in small villages. - ,^fter ehe-Jeft the store, some ■s remark* were made about her lady* cottage, a very handsome carriage in tiiq-niullest acoeptauoe of the drhwmbyi<ftiepen.cf splendid-hhwk.|-ten».l* ; Ss- , horses, stopped in front of her , she appears enough like ‘ a lady,” said Mr. Graves; but my //. vdfethiriks.her reputation is noue c -Customers entering, nothing said at that time, hut the fire of scandal waskindled-the sto- ryspleadB rabidly,«a«h<6ns telling it their own way, until there was not M peisou in the village but had heard the rumor and behoved it to be true. Days and weeks jmssed away, and the Inmates of Fern Dell felt that for,some reason, she * 1 was look ed uponWithsdspioiOn and dislike. Tntire was Uo-possibility, noth* ing said or d6ne for which Bhe could demand on .explanation. Everydayseemed toincrease the avoidance of her neighbors; and slie. noticiag this, oeased faking overtures toward an ucqn dwelling,and a fine looking man, about sixty years of age, with his wife and two daughters,were seen to alight andenter the house. All the day and through the long evening there was'heard the souud of many voices, mingled with tho rippling laughter ofjoy- .lllrije next day Was Sunday, but this time the stranger did not sit alone. , Strgnge looks and low murmur ed words ran through the congre gation, and, the minister seemed to share the surpries of. his audience, andiooked and preached as though under painlul emharassmeut. Ho recognized in the stranger a clergyman whoso reputation was world wide—none other, than the distinguished president ofthe col lege from which ho bad graduated. Tho president remembered his fomer pupil,hut it must he ionf'ess- ed that he was both surprised and disappointed.’ ‘ He had given the young man oredit for individual talent, but the sermon wasa mere repetition of poor platitudes, and a truokling to produce publiok opinion, which showed a weak and little mind. After the service was over the president waited If moment until the young minister came forward, and when the greetings wero over he said kindly; “My sister wrote me that Bobert Martin was preaching here, but I did hot connect the'name with the memory of my former pupil.” ,?¥pur.gtster?V- said,the - embar rassed young man. “You do not mean to say that-the Woman with whom you entered church is your Bister!” “And,whynotl” It was the president’s turn to look Astonished. • Sure feou'ghjwhy notl What did he know agnnst the womnn Whom nll'havo lieen speak- ing evil of for the last half year! “There is somthing about' thin matter tha* I cannotunderstaud,” said the president. “You do not me»1t to say that sister lias been a resident of-tfie village, and listen ed to your preaching for six months, without your calling upon herl The. duties of a-miuister are better defiued” not dare?” and the poor man stammered and stopped, “Did not dare to call ou my sis ter, the widow of Colonel Kim ball!" ami the tinge of contempt was mingled witli a look of surprise and indignation ub he .contemplat ed the a,dashed and crestfallen young preacher. After teaching his sister’s res idence, he questioned her in regard to the matter; but slio could .only tell hmithat sineo her residence in the ploAshe had been“letaloue,” Legal Advertising Wtl! Iminserted a< tha following rate*: Sheriff sales, per sqaure $3 SO Sheriff* mortgflR* sales 5 DO Application for letter* ot'ftilmintfltwtioti 4 00 Application for let tew of gnurdirBitbip. 4 00 Dismission from administration .6 00 Dismission from Knardianship ,.. 6 no For loave lotted land ,.4 00 Application tor borers tend ,4 00 Notice to debtors null creditors 4 0() wtlo of ml estate by ad minis tail ora. o>*c*n- t ih and ouiirdiunK, pecsqa&ro. t ot) S ilo of perishable property, ten clay*.. ,.v *10 tistruy notices. 30 ilnvo •*•• All bills fur nd vcrtixiuK m thie pat -i »nv due on thb tlrot uppenrance of the adverurv. meat, will be pvi'henttd when the scouay Ik ncaded. Bo Kind to the Old. Be kiud to those who are in the autumn oflife,for thou knnwestuot wlintsulferings they lmve endured or how rauoh it may still be their portion to hear. Are they queru lous and unreasonable? allow not tby anger to kindle against them; rebuke them not, lor, doubtless many huvu bceu the crosses and tryals of curly years; and. per chance, their dispositions while in the springtime of life were more geu^le than thine own. Do they' require aid of thee ? then render it cheerfully, and forget, not that fcUb time may -come' wlien rhotl inayest desire the same assistance from others that now thou reinv est uuto them. Do all that is needful for tho poor, and do it with alacrity, and think it is not Ittijd if much is re quired at thy hands, lest, when age lias set its seal on thy brow, and filled thy limits with trimh- _ .. ling, others mar wait upon thie She will not care to remain, unwillingly, und feel relieved said the president; but before she when the coffin lid,lias oovertl thy goes I will silt this matter tho.r- {' tlC0 forevcv. oughly.” and so he did, gather- ■u ing up, link by link, the whole Hnkliffi t'luirnrtcr. Determined to understand the why and wherefore of such a pro ceeding, he again demanded an ex planation of the young pastor,who was finally compelled to admit that he had supposed, from the gossip,of the church members,that the woman was a very outcast from society, aud that there had been talk of driving her from the place. chain of scaudal, until he came to Mrs, Wood. But thia site utterly deuied,and Mrs.Graves was oblig ed to. confess that Mrs. Wood lmd merely shrugged iter shoul ders and eurletl her lip when asked her opinion of their new neighbor. “Ah, iudoed?” wus tho rejoind er of Mrs. Wood, “I remember of thinking she couldn’t be much ofa lady, as she ware faded delaiue and did her own washing.” The president preached on the following Sunday, and at the con clusion of his discorBo, repeated the story of wrong, adding:” Many people seem to forget that character grows; tlmt it is not something to he put on, ready made, with manhood or woman hood; but day by day, hero a lit tle and there a little,it grows with the growth and strengthens with the strength, until good or hud, it becomes .ilmnst a coat of mail. hook at the model man of busi ness—prompt, reliable, conscien tious. cool and cautious, yet clear headed and energetic? When do you suppose he developed all those admirable qualities! will'll ho was a bov. Let mo see the way in which a boy of tea years gets up in tho I morning, works, plays, studies, “Had this woman really been| aild j toll v,m what’kiud of a mau ite will make. The boy that is late at the breakfast table, late at school, who never does any thing at the right time, stands a poor cltuucp to be a prompt man. The boy who hull washes his face, half does his sums, half learns itis lessons, will never make a thorough man. The boy who neglects his duties, be they ever so small, and thon excuses ljitu- selt by saying. “0,1 forgot? £ jdidn’t think 1” will never lie a re* liable man. poor aud frieudiess, what would tho end have been ? Deprived of her good name,aud in consequence, of all means of earn ing her livelihood, site would have been discouraged and despondent, and sunk down to the graven vit- tim of the scandal of those falsely calling themselves Christians; but who, in the sight of heaven, would not only havo been liars,hut mur- dcicis.”-