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ÜBKKXVII.I.K. MKRIWKTIIKR COUNTY, GA.. APRIL I, 1H73.
THE UOOT im.JIE w
T. . yl.t t: h.uiip ' h.i* ii U-.aiis
Whet) t veuitig aro utd a* .
A:..! Iron) the iatia e !ui it fleams.
k l’ .an 4 rest;"and comfort all
\\ hen ae.v t .si with the mils ol.dav,
A;..1 i:< tor gU<ry, gold or tame,
H.- eeri to mi k Urn .(met Wi),
H .ere Itp* wiu itjitmv
ArrohOtl the at home.
At hrv. thti-tijfh the . iri. *;>,i rt.-iuiv n ct.A..
flu lisjif . urtiifii r bi).es
il~* i tie,. ii j. i thit rwintnui; . giit.
t\ : :,i h i ii! i .;<h thiMine- 1 S‘ m i.e -
thrt ;i.Tt;:s AII > M gieel hit it the l r
?40.i ivflt 'y t.i* bitaum :•.*
I~i r:i i\r lLa! hut ,li e lr
Atv and lhe .<**!•! 1 tivnlt*-
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W ; a ' % \ tvHh fnjtTt • Ai-tir l>! '•i,
Yi i lUc h til it! iumVf a
I : It Uil ’ li. > bit . Rl.il
! . . 5 ■ 'in y ifli 4 t.-*Titter
I'lii v\ t ,u) iiiVT it 1 U> gifiT
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i ..t , ,t ti.ul the he funr* URpttlt,
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hi;', fi" 111* oltl JSt v’vhuialt >ii*i wilt li
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7'" rv-n ftntrt — A-rrrtrr-p pirt.ran. hariiiT.
(->►■ v<*** * lmh\ t lt|' at •. i v ll' It ■ |>lt Uj
1 hte. tog* tt , mill it they ii t>-
look iiglo ...'aigUt a' a till'. 11 vit.i 1 tin v
aa. *t .1 it- a et,.'ii ttepy anl linn to
tTJ TtlT wrtTlf ifimr - I alwar, "tot tint.- in
*st 1,.. eii‘, JvtSi Ihi li littifi |( ;.i.ik f<>i
to ii.. It wi.i’O a i n.*it .-••
Jnt Ut v •to I havt ut t vet
*suetr t ll Vn* mlw tLfl'to .i.i.,-—. i. t*
- t~*7'itti For .A . iiiiiii ii left! tu lalvt
tie )n-it mi* tnr tno'nt ii lu. 1 Fit oh.'
(. i.i. li.e.: tiaie any ta tr { j -fTiti tn i'i
ll*. i, .iii.t I ] * * .i got, iti/i . gn at l.a.t i
-ti.i.tlll jiix-ttre;-i-^_;-*7ii-tin —
. . * ... *, tJntl'e jeiKt aGt .' a .-it i
ii -a •V, ha woman jtmi
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j* -'ll
* i.,*■ ...• ~i lyf. 1 l.t t i- 1 -i—- jl* -i i.ltif’
in. t • • iigiial it‘lt ) y ■ on In a,
, tn*ne . Ictili.y ..ti
s 'i if. is ii in' tin tig igi In |,e ii
|. U ; • 1 1- ttiU-h, I r*' In > n that ag>
, t i I eiit till tlr.t tiintli lint alii'ii I
a ■ a i., m • man 1 too* it m'o my hna'l
gy'o. „ * an 1 1 y jinllmg <>ii‘ ii'glit, at ofij
■/A '1 < ai.ii "I no ain ue men'*, <n
' oo lit*. fI- ti ~1 I*ITI "j .’ii,
t ‘he j*ii .eat or any ‘tthief age, lot
’ iII a 1 1 1 ■ * II 'S' l*‘"lJi e nei'lHgi:'] to
at ih (It*
• v. -“t ; a '4<jesti'iD J hatru t Inaniid )io*
./ ii; h' l ...|', Q| It.) ai'-i.fiiel 101 l ,I*l.> |/el
i l-y iw' tiohj o! one end of a Jufc, e
ian !y a-'evnl the at*e ol a hank of tliien-I
w ti jo iw-if at the other, and the .
on' *r Cwtim/* will rti* Irotw one to the
,er *e e’,eelf ,i. (e .g, ajih, OuJjT IWJf *0
Well, there 111 a large crowd o( girl*
v , !e eu at Mile,*, lgit lilt i* ignlei Pol
iy was the atar of the igxiaaioa, •*(** tally
in my y< • Bhe w ; g!wl ahoot two I. in
dt'-d and a half, wi'li a [lair of eye* like a
w ’< *• ■ and r- .we like hand of tnuare
I vra a litt!'-- afraid of b< r, hot 1 loved he*
a * LoTe enariee tn>( waa too eowardly to
tell her of it, tor, to Veil the troth, 1 dido t
<Tra Bot 'erat- soe -1 -etap -atmr: fagif ;n>
tool tiead off, if I *ld anything of the kind
to her. When, the moiaaae* waaeooked H
aa* poured out in a pan, axl ail the pi
erowoed it, while the boy weie atai. ling
of! at a reapeciaWe diataane, wa.tiiig for an
iuritathea.
Batelji. aaid Tom William*, wouldn't
you nke i * a .a* Folly Miiea ’
Of tourae I would—l auj not a fool.
aat-f I.
'•Veil, ooiitiri oed be, what’lj you ar to
f;. ip and k)M her right on the tnouth ’
What*# the taw of talking to Bandy that
war ’“i Ned Jonea don’t you know
he* ah ail t/> ee/k a girl aquare in. the
face ’ _i-
Voor e another ' said I, aomearhat riled.
1 -e yoo a ;,*/•: of boot* yn won t
dare to lus* Folly without asking her, re
plied Ned.
i>one * raid I, for I'd bad two or three
drir.it* ol mean whiiky. and felt equal to
anything, borne of the other bnja tfiered
to bet on ine, while other* le* that I waa
afraid to try it: *o, bet warn the two and
i the wfcttkr, I vtar'od. Folly had jwt put
ht r right iiand into the cainfv, whiili win
pri'ity hot, and, thiukiug that w. uUI bo it
S'.id olLuioa, T made my way llt tough the
crowd til! I s>>t to lu r, and thru sitdiknly
nuod tti' head and gavehei asm.uk that
sounded like snpiiiug a USfK’wTtli aboard.
What liapi'onoii nrxi T you think Will
Ac..- ! had tune to bat mv eves aho Hiiank
, ,
_ T( .- ; y, r t^ rf ;, u; j .j,.* \rntr Bet ‘
Laud iLi'u old*.■; candy, knoc-hing me hceß ■
L< ••o'., a: making mv fltoe toel lik*
i A ick :i into a pot ol boiling ['itch.
.o lii'H , . ,:>.<i 1 ’oi.m-lit the tab),-
down rt.th me, kiuskittg down thri <• or
in s. and such mj ialltiig and Mpaim
—tt— wiAjtirvrr i.enrd ol hrlrirr, t drrrirpiH-t,
tmt 1 couldn't llj -v ii a bit 1 fill liglit
• n tin lilcc. and Ine pan ot stu trill riled hot -.
linn upward, iaiido . i . ciltit cii i, about ft
+-. ■! I, ,‘ll ttu w: -it lid ot III) trOWM’ta j
.Icttnux ’ bow that atuiTdid burn 1 It run
taking—tint:
h. w.tdiU, l tlumght, an ! the more 1
ntjgln.i rfrr-tvr im halt —Frrvatiy l liiadc
n big li.ncplmii got to my . feel just as licit
M; cs mu up lo ce wlmt was the matter
with.hit aiater. "
Wh.it flu .kill and.. \* u uicftti, Bandy A :
he asUtsL _ ;
N : M >i.ul bu •as.- 1 1 ictortl k, try
Illy to w till- 1 , ■■ VS ed !ilti ;* ,■. 1: | Illy
< \ c*.
1 tnakc . 'ale .and Ills' li'isiiife. then,
'-od lie, ns . iinutew-ed puiling (iti it *. >at.
11.i a. ... ! 1 i,,.! ,i- ss i,! I'cg lii In tom*, 1
lot him a clip 1" lss t i'll the eyes that apilii
hill! al. amd, h.Uy.k ;.lc.Uthfii-aftd Mnf* he
i. straight t j nrjiiiu :i lilt ballsier
"iictssicn tt.e liig and the horn,' nud luutb
lid him aif.oiig the Ito ..1 gills. Tbrli
M ini molt of the boys inn pip to take a
baud U* the jenino, in,l 1 was pretty sveii
—ni'ii, "n-t ma.ii t'-i itn 1 .f~. —itttri Mivas
ml it tot home, gmutmg ami svifi tiling
M-Srerr stryT arr t wi*n I a g nil ryfidy pullilig
in I It* lud Bca a.id 1 -11 s their with ’em.
1’ was a s.ij .. I.! night, and Indole I
gpt in .ueUu .ainiy hrul got cold, lllakllig
mi' tci 1 like 1 ss na fiutdc o| glass, popping
i< 1 < .o king *1 is iis Alep ti't J wan a< I Util
s ntin. l 1 i hi* .and, lo smash ll took
u r ueai ly ah life l/sh of tile nlglil fTT gel
my clothe* . 11, Syr ih. Ihe help of a tub i I
ssatlit s atei, ip/d ss brif l dot pel ’em i 11,
tin cdt ss .on t i. I link, . I 'ion knots
h-.sv it i y.oii.. o' 1 * spi.t. ll yon don't,
pet it) ll an, and si i.l no wiiiil busy you
.a Uc !i.avc- s *...i y-cei- loii -of tiot i-.'Ucl r I
T *an V sat rtTat Hie amp. laaine.i me
Ttni* ;,-sen' i iai it ri ,' TANARUS, n iiii not to het
..ii k isnuy. nn i in.a*• Whenevet I had a
j. ‘b *4 440 - th* nHrtwanla, 1 did if
Asltlioitl belting
IPtorttUl. N s Wof hi
A ttoiil.iii, ■ of W es( Virginia.
tsatal, .t \Vinemulei, a girl of ooofit
_vn,i_'*i moo*ins*—. ye I'amtirli'n ot,
ftlld wefit to tin t'vemb-titial y, lo| hmiung a
-a aa. -I-. t.riaes-s-Maii tugLa.i_i-ucau.air - * m.i.
a■, and Po iliil *’, li *i 11 g I -*■ i, pat doited !i)
*, vn i-c I.i s*. an lekascil to tlsv
I ’-m ifaici ;• i vi ui'.u this yitl p.| into lln
is nitentinrv is ;*t i ol*af Hhc w* euamar
t— ■■* —a —■. ■*: t: ■ — l . ia *. wi i -. —ll **f ■*" "ms Try '
'x.. lie.*.-* . '.si ii ilrao-.g a h i and
• i . j-,*i , .w aP a lilal Uoieloi -
odl hoi e 01 tlt . urge itg a. li' i
ft.o , ibi ind a devotion to him tlm
e* < feni *t k a tile, she proi ended lo i on mil
f .P t ?■ . vs hi* h *he sva* aetil up that alo
inigi.l ** wnh lorn in tin pendent mi y ,
Hot s -c ' t'-c m m ss as uiipjiilel lost lull
w titn h t ial earn* "11. ami he h* i *vm
. mi, up lodketl or ol the pal,bn, b* * n
eoig-ip* 1 lit Modtoig hi, failhlu] tin, ,gl,
tasli awuetiieatt'a aims The Iw I ol
tins not* ... rronato i life ai l fold* to '*,,.
petition lie happy insult may lie, mi
* gined
(Ms ones for >.t■*>*<• <1 IVilimls.
'l 'he ISirighatiitou Kepuhlii an i<o all* hi
tnitnl nista* ' t's ol divutios lot limited |n ri
>hl in tfaia n' s'i Mu* Blktuie reading “A
aeiatralion Iru.n In and and boat 1 forever ot
for a limited lime may he decreed by the
ujd* me ( oun on Ihe complalot ol u ttiar
rind woman.” The liepiiblb *h myt A
few yea** ago .lodge F.ab om • p under
lht *tat*ite, si a pe< *) term nf The Hit
prerrd t omt in t.oontj, matle a <)<
i.rtt* in t divot', njit, that the husbanJ
and wile vimu.d live separah lot iwoyearn,
the w le lo hart the eust/niy of their only
child in ih.e rti' artlim* Hi advia<rd them
lo cmraidcrthr matter arttn*bar,d tr.'. 1 wife
He thought aeparatiori during two y art
.would aafij lf .{he huahaud—thir h >t ihiag
he could do would In; to lrcal#lio wife
kindly and properly, and not < rut oy and
inhuman)/. The report r* that hafote the
end of the two year* the old love between
this couple was revived and they forgave
each other, and are now living together
happily and m lovingly a* they did during
then honeymoon. Judge lialcotn informs
u*. while practicing law he obtained an
al*olate.divorce for a wife Iroui her hua
ban i; but that they remarried each other
within ninety days from the time the wile
obtained her divorce, and thereafter lived
happy a* ho-band and wife many yeara,
until the.wife died. Also, that the liusband
be/4irne hu peraonai friend, and to remain
0 -
Ftuzhft A boy being aaked how many
cbeatnala he had in hia baaket replied that
when be counted them by twoa, by threat,
by four* or by aixea. he had owe left, but
when he counted them fry (event, they
came out even. How many had he? Who
will answer *
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Head our a<l vertovinp colun, C‘.
!r. I>ufl>’* Vulenilnr.
1 ihall not attempt ti supply from uty
imagination a story auilable to Saint Va!
entiuc'a da/. Hat her I will relate with
svhat tenderaes* 1 can the simple anil p.
'.hette facta iu the case of Herts,
Jin. l)ufly loved. Lie was not singular
in tbia—other Duffys hud dona the same
thing; bui it waa Jim Duffs's pocutlai
fortune that While hi' loved but one aromau,
tsvo wismctt lovml him Nliss Smith was
the tioautlill blue eyed boisig to xxltom he
bail given feb heirt, and to whom he would
cheerfully have given in* liver or his rtlns,
*>r any otter portion ol his framework, il
the custnina of society had made such an
suftiomti-al lamndvr proper.
Miss Otamni ss*s the task'd flower who
bud hied her battered and venerable af
fections upon Mr. Dutty without auy prov
iH'ation having lieeji offered by him, and
Mr. Duffy hateil Ctamrn ?itli aa much in
tensity as he loved Hndih. liecauae Claium
svculd always fasten to hint at the church
meeting*and the evening computin'*, and
gush over to hiui in the preaeuce ol the
people, and insist upon hia company home
rt the vary moment when he had slelei
mined U>assort Miss iSmith,
And #o, wlicn St. Valentine’s day ctimo
moniislt Duffy ilnflight-tfowtnthf be a clever
tslca to tend a propnsiil of marriage tsi Hiss
Smith, and at the name time to cool the
oiilhuaiasm id C'lamin with an oulrageoua
comic Valentine of aouie kind. He pro
cui ed one ol lliene Immediately and then
ss lute to tils only Smith a note begiunmg
with and ending with oitia
till iloalli.” Unbapplljf, It eauie tit, tins*
that Mi. Duffy plan'd each of these [tiiputs
i'li I tie wrong envelope*; mill withe the
I itilic alia II writ! away Ui .Smith, A dirt* l
pnipooal proceeded to l liiiiia. Nothing
could Iravu been tuoie unfortunate, lor no
aoomsr did the kfuruatiul (.lamm receive
Dully’* note than *h >11(1111-111)1 did up her
tiactrtnti, put on lit-i bonnet, waaumcd liei
umbrella and gum nhuea, ami (tailed by
the •botlcat known route to Jumna Duffy’
lealdtfic*.
Jfti'U llie hunt door ua opened, the i
■ latted purl llie titled gill and Into the (It
ung room, where, finding Jim rending u
iiewapiiptr. die Hung her aim* about Ida
neck, dropped her bead upon bin ahouldcta
auel hvi uiiilnetla ujhiu hit corn, and 11
i 1 lalnfcd
. uk. me, Jamnai Take-itu:,
dwe ig 1 am youra -jroura (oruvi 1 '
■a Mr Defly regained lua |ui
once ul qfriml, ha alniggled lo dloengagi
hiuiw 11, wfi)le bo Attempted lo explain t
her ttil lie ahouhl not her, that lie
did tnd aut tier; that (he waa not hla
toravoi, 01 P.i live minute*, ami that tl ab*
id j*,i rcupive iun loirhead liom Ida veal,
amfrier tiWMclia bom the rhiuTty 0/ hu
low, he aEouTiI l.a comphuciL to i.ili iCe
Hut ili—t-.aii.w—bum—ol
io eapi a hat 10T1 Hli< m-adi and •1• • 1 tiiid
1 lone I lo Ida a >li oal, and rind into Id**
aati It |a. kef and kept ponging In 1 mu
bfrdle about with am h ei rain: vigor tint
; Mi I l.tlly'a lidi lout ♦-ott+nn+ieUy * o-*.■*
Fid id I tie W *iTl /, Inoi 10*1-1* 01 .01 lii 10
save 1 in' at Miiaiuve ixiMiiom. liom
lorlinn
Hot at !!, whett t'-lmmti Itimitrotetl
•no thing all nil fixing llie weddini' da)
onl making It toon, Jim Duffy tor< lum-i II
>nay aud'fled to llie garret, wb-re lie look
ei] Ihe door and tied Hie trap down with
rope, leal the Invincible datum ahouhl burat
in upon him Item that direction.
Meantime Hiu HrriUb ii rived the made
mkiitinc; and t< cognizing Duffy* hand
Willing upon the envelope, ahe waa deeply
pained, and ahe thought ahe might indb
| hi tly obtain comfort and an explanation
lof Hi matter by tailing upon lor leiaom
• hieud, tin; aialer ol Mr. Duffy. bo tdie
kgiled out and rea< tied the houae.
It happened by a very atrauge eoirn i
■ rtrin-r * n>. tier lionr.et end ehruk trorr o
| kind of general rewtnblame to tlioac worn
I by < laiiiin , and Duffy, when fi< r b>ard -the
doorbell ring, looked out Irom Hie garret
! window and felt certain that the re mom
let* Miaa (‘luiQm bad returned for the 'pur
pow of nnpreaxlog uiof* flrnjiy upiii Ida
mind tliat ahe waa bl foreyer, and he could
lane her Ho Duffy did a moat <;aodaloua
and ungentlemanly thing, lie emptieil a
bucket ol water out ol tba window on the
figure below.
nariL A little wliile after her return,
t.lanuii, being to purault of Duffy, called
lon M ai Hmitb, hoping to And him there.
Hhe waited In the parlor while Miaa biuilb
| changed her clothing, and meanwhile It
1 ready occurred to Dully to go to Hmltb'a
and a>k for an anawer to bia proposal.
It waa a aunny day and the anow wan
upon the ground. The parlor and entry
were gloomy, and when L \jtfSj went in he
could hardly awe a hand breath lie fore him
I A he came into llie parlor ahe He w toward
; him. lie perceived the indiatlinct linee ol
a woman'a figure. He waa ol courac eure
that it waa Miaa Htnilh. He felt eertain
that (be waa about to exprew her feeling
by action rather fltan in language. Ho
Duffy folded her In hi* armx, and kuwed
her forehead, and aaked her if ahe really
laved him. Hhe wbU|<ered yew; and a*
they tood there, while hia heart overflow
ed with joy, and be wondered why Miaa
Hcnitb should sit in her own parlor with
her umbrella in her hand, the wind Mew
one of the Mi utter* open auddenly. and at
the aame moment In walked Mia* Smith
It waa—Bat, no. 1 aha!! not attempt to
i describe that situation. It to impot'.hie
' Every body *n agitated bat Clatnm
James Huffy waa dttmbfoundtd and horror
stricken ,
Miss Smith w.is kOtti ami fur to 1,
bui’t .. e. ss us s olh'Cted - slie ss ft. < ,
•In spl'i nil" ito enjoy even llliup .• J ic
ssi*i. i ~' t ,iii!s Ii ise fallen UJ* ■ * * “i I
-a siioulilewi again and I'sioed, i -s’ to
let Mis*. Smith sec how nice it sva*, li.nl not
Dully dodged, as he saw her coming, and
permitted her to smash her bonnet against
the sola cushion:
Then fluffy undertook to tell Miss Smith
h.ns .1 svas,- hut Tiaiiu ally, after all that had
happened, she xx a* too much enraged to
hearken to him, and she ordered both visi
tors flout the house. They deputtc.i,
CTamm ssilli ti e In ok of her utuhrclla
handle firutly tired in the pocket of Jamts
Huffy’s ovcrcoal.
Hut ss heu they teauhed the aired, Huffy,
iu his agony ami auger, expressed his icel
ings Upon (Tie i inject of Clanim iu m, k
violent atld maimer, that
eveusliC wiis couvincest. And ssTieu she
Hskesl him and lie intended to maTy her nml
he aatd no, site left him ami proeeedod at
ouccTo a lawycf, svlio began suit for a
bleach of ipomist! against Duffy, find look
il Into court Ike licit Week. DuflyT Idler,
to (smith ss .is read lu evi U'.ii e, hu 1 t 'l.niim
malic BtUilikvUraliH to tin ,ir.u:i„.i.i.a4r
in her pallor, whirh id np tlm defendant
horribly datum ic v 1 f sat thurc all tho
rime ss replug, hr Hie purpose of haltosv
on up Hi.- I* • iki .I tbs ;.|i-yirr'!f‘, SVliii
gave a verdict of 4d,(n)o damages to the
plaintiff, ss In i. upon tlm plaintiff tnalutnly
liegan looigaiii/.e svar upon a Ireah man.
Jim Duffy is still single, 1 know him
will. Ho serin t to hale women; and
whenever lie has lo write a note to one, lie
always takes ii nut of the enveiepn four
lei'll 111 fllli ill linn s lo assure lillllm ll lilal
lie has the right document, and that a lech
ideal analysis could not dulrel an oil.a ol
.man jago in it j Philadelphia Day.
|From tlm N. V, Time*.
Tile 81l ) 111 II llci'llllt.
There died, pear the village ol Uonrioxtn.
Ht buylkill county, near the northerjiibattft
dniy, Hot long alii, e, a mail liutimd llaiper,
the gieatei pail of whose Hli) whs passed
hi ml imiftiy In itnitHge iiinong the toeks
j and inoiinluln* ol Bchuylklll and t '.ihiiii
! Inaeouullea lie llit appealed about for
is \.c irgu in \Vrt I Van township,
Bchuylklll I'ounly, wlieie, dtu ir'wbil
irtifretpiiiieiT rum! In Ihe
hidll a Hide lull and abut lonia II out from
all eoiniilUtll' idion w ith Ihe imtaidn world.
Although having the appeuraneo til a mini
far advanced ill life, tl had since been n*
curtain' and Bint lie was not yet foitv yuan ol
nga Who oi sslist Im whs oo mm knew
~ ..j ,
llam.i.i,iy Ur-ohla'm imlaln maaia(h-a ..I
111, 11,ivs lie !iv Inr ssha' lie ilid ss'cir
.inic. -"I A lii, it He iniial.'i'aii 1 * "| Ui*
town weiv entirely ignoiant. Old re*l
ih oils leuiembei Id* ci log to tlmsr pails,
, 111.,1 he truly “dwell mill : < eh .
! .s * 1,1 Hi*i imlis ii ml !ot*q-l l.„e a
. .... lontig nnii (in w lo idd n and
■I o, ti.il till! II irpri rein cm a 1,.s rude
I lint At fast, the hermit riot having been
i siii'ii loi hoiiiu time by any ol the village!*,
TrTi* "Nil to il*. ss iii*|,ete7l about that ke
vrft* dead Ills hu! was visltad, hut, al
though it win) empty, and evidently had
le .ii lot come i|me, noihlng wa found to
indi* ftlc ilcrt tin' hermit hud died
A shott lime afutwiirsl, tbera appeared
In the village of Hlnglown a ipiert old man
a*l li loitg, siN/wy loi-k* mid heuiii, Itetil
foim and wtinkled visage 11 1- wa* bate
headed, ebel In tagged garment a, and
wall e I wi'li a long, sooth sisll. Fur, ka*
fog iy I, w groeeiies In the village, he diia i
pealed Home months afterward, he again
, ami) ti tlm village, made similar jiuraliuss-a
and went away. This time, the curiosity
ol tin villager* hfllng excite,l ts, know ol
llm nignbn bfViTjf; Tre Wa* followed; ft”
took a rough and narrow path, and led to
is deep, T.sedsycgorge, near the boundary ol
iuiyikili and < '■<iumbia s 'uiiiti' *. f n this
gorge was a dark and damp cavern, li,'o
which Ih'- old in • entereil, and where it
waa found he dw Till* ss as the bef H,it
of Wen 1 I’enntsiw i .ip. He hail, it wa*
thought, left Id* fotrper retreat lo fimt mote
p. ile si solitude and laolatlon
* The aeverlty <>f the pri-as lit winter, and
the gri at depth of the snow, a short lime
since compelled ’he old nmn_let leave his.
mountain fastness, as he waa on the verge
of star vat ion. He wondered over into
(folumbia county, where he found an ay
lum lu the boile of a kind fanner, where
he died a few days afier ho wa* given
shelter. On hi* death trawl he gave an ac
count of hi* life, and tha causes which led
him Uj pul hlmaeil beyond the pale of
society of which he had once been * bright
ornament. Fit* narrative wa* substantial
ly aa Follows
Hi* name was James Harper. When be
died he waa wilbiil a few weeks of reach
ing the eightieth anmveraary of hi* birth
iJetwceu forty and fifty year* ago he war
the senior parlner of Harper A liro., hard
wafe n.archa.'-U, Market street, Flsila'teJ
phia. Ums brother r some years bis
Junior, and their firm tuto'l among the j
lead.ng ouea of the city. They lived in
hoe alyla in Lheatnut atreei, and neither of
them being married, their only sister super
intended their household affairs.
About the year lfffi-r James Harper went
to Europe, tearing the business in charge
of his brother, un wform he piacetf* the iff
moat cmafidenw;. He spent tfto years
traveling In tin.old country, daring which
time he married -u s.- ompiisbed beautiful
and wealthy young K ig'ialt lady, a ttvaulifir
ot one of ihe lea ling 'iainiij. a For spinsj'’
mouth* pitviou* to hi* departure If mu
Loudon to retura home, Mr. llirper had
mu bi-aid run lit* l>r>.lh . -Ins litters,
w hich had b.ru icguf u and cliec.i , , ii ;
dcnly ceasing Appi, heiisise ~| o
ss rort , the eitf.r p.tUacr determuui't t *
forego lurther aaiinleiing* tu Ivuopc, and,
shortly allcr his matiiagc, I n
I’lilla leljihia, as'Couip ciied by hi* bl mO. —
When the voyage was about ht'f ovsr,
and the dcspotideuey that had aeixt'd Mr.
ILsrper when ho lift Loudon fa 1 "been
somewhat di*|>t>llei.l, the small ;sox lirrko
out among amiie emigrant families iu tho
steerage. The plague spread to ‘ the cabin
passengers, and aiming the victim*' svas lho
young wife of. Mr. Harper, who died iu
the greale-l agony, and wliose body wai
cast Into the sea. I'ius svai the llist thrust
Tnio the heart iff tin re.uttulug miirchiuit,
and prepaid! him lor ullnis I bat awaited
him. Alter lying iu <| uianiin* some time
fUllci reaching purr, thu passenger* of the
plague atylfbcn ship were [icrmllted to
land,'- ~
A few lios:r* ailcnT'frd Mr, Harper learn
e i that he Was a luiucti itian. ills brother,
shot ly idler bis senior sv.cit to (ctrope,
(••II into diss,,bii.. tiatnift, iiiat-tmrycar uhT
a kail had driven th* rtnu into bankruptcy
mid iu a lit o| desperation flew mu lit*
brains iu a gambling;Jißtk-..TlMMti*ttfpTiic<t'
fu * few week* of gricf, m i ihr pfoperly
ol the firm xvua alt sold by the Sheriff’.,*—
ilr. l(ar|K‘r found htntself svillimit tv dot'-
lui or single relative, and barely itlrlcntK,
wbi.*n he hud 101 l a protperou* bu*lDt’(a,
u happy home, ami hundred* ol flattering
acapiaiutaiiee*. ('vetwhelmed with tula
lot tilin'. In'nkeii lieai led, and dcneHml Im
ih ter mined t* > put himacll Forever away
From nil contact with tlm world and livo
alone with bis bitterness. Ho kepi hi*
vow meredly until he know that death xva
sts allng upon lum, when lie felt that ho
would like to close his eye* upon the svorhl
sut i minded, i 1 poßtildc, hy fellow-hemp*
who would minister to hi* last svnit c, and
!.,x, 1,1,11 Childtiafl buuak - _ -
What in,list have hoen the weight of tha
sorrow that sat upon this unfortunate man'*
■’oul to Induce htii. to forsake 'the wmhl
and Its manifold blessing* mid live iu |>it
"'t *<)lltudu, alone with his niiaery, during
an vrdlnary lliotlimi ? Hi* i *,*<* r eituinly
baa nu known parallel in Hid history of our
I ice .'Zdd —L—_____
' "
A Dtfrt iiJtAN’aTnicK While a Dutch
man v>n* passing through Variaout, a Vail
ken Came uji to linn und said;
"Shun, you trout lo elder,Til loaru you
ati Ick." . ■ ' k
! Blum agreed. Yank then fdaoad hia
\ 1 1 sastoata <“ ‘-trt klrvi Im at
:it aa Uaul IU lot i5,.,,.1 ft, n-;T 'iilTlKing
1 that any harm could ln-fUI Inin hy *ci do
. mg. abiick u bla- kiuiitU a bfosv, hut Instead
"I billing Yank's li i id, the latter'jerked It
Imm k, and poor Bhon struck the hoard,
UnoekLng ll oil
‘'Mcln <l*lll in Hliiiini'H" eri.ftl Blmi,
”\al y.,4 ot.ik.- so loottsti ‘1 )* i nyy
hand off efinn Up to my nibow ! tin, su* Xoi
| hlilaf my poor Iran, wh*l wiil shit say 1
Foot Bhon sin hound to Inteu (oveng*
o one day ns fin was pausing through a
I lleld hee*pied a mail. Doing up to him |>i
! said
“Mynheer, | ahow* you von Iced I* ffricka
. lor noiliiigs. 1
A* tluie was no fence oi treas neat,
(■Bhon put Ids hand up to hi* mouth, and
! auld • _
“Hlhikn aw hard a* you run ’*
Mynheer hla/ed away, and Blion pulled
! away hi* hand, receiving the blow on
’ Id* uioulli, and tinned a ainmneraault.
Hhon jumped up, hi* mouth bjuadiug and
I coinmeneed (lain lug with pull).
“Hherusslein ' A tmiand telul* slake dla
goomlry ! i goeadmck to I lolland.’ 1
Win ill ran h* llllla hah , ga' would
never "let me In ,' (or every one would
► natch Ine Up and plat ■ me on her kner:,
III* !J to hi::-*., and M(Ue< ltu*l I. Ig 1110, I'lM
•Mir* that ‘ l>id" tin ) Mam" mud have
wondered IM< Vi*J it hull stood it like
h I m 111 h ' and again, W isle hut iu boyhood,
they'd tr-rnjit me from my home, through
!*ui lmi san I through ji'.aavire ground*, o'er
lairy apoU to l um, then with luccioita
Iruiu utid uwee’meiiU my mnill tummy
they would *•! *m, un 1 half at ill** me nr' i
kiaaea hilt i aloud it like tt lamb I When
older •ill', they'd lure me through dingle,
•dale i>r ’tirtf', W d{iiUiiir'H'jrg““<jnrivre?~or
ferae -and they hmm4 to love it well!
Vet aUrllcd,ott i trifles, with a shriek that
•er-med no sham, they'd (ling their arm*
around me— hut I stool it like a lamb ' At
lent onechsuumg creature (who could mu t
my soul enlrnice/ hy *woaiieruu winning
ur*;hneer, aui u tender, melting glance,
M-i m'dlo say,"You* know you love me,
why not take me as I am f“ a id I felt obit, f
ed to do It—hut I ''iod it like a latuh '
Thus through chlldtmod, youth and man
hood—ay ! each -moment of my life —my
heurt liai (tit the w.l* hitig ‘power *d girl,
; or maid oi wife , and the *[a II will leave
i me never, lot, like u jay tent dram, woman*
I eharrna subdue toe ever—hut “I stand .v
| like a hn.h r
An eldtriy lady who was handling * er
of false teeth in a dental office, and admi
ring the fluency with which the doctor
described them, allied him, “Can • body
eat with,these thing v ''My <Ar madam,
mastication can Ire performed willi a lactli
ty acarcely equaled hy nat'ire itteif," i
•poodod the doctor. *•Ve. I know, hut
can a tkkiy ea* with Oiem
No. i<;.
