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CUTHBERT gjj} APPEAL.
BY J. P. SAWTELL.
TRUMAN & GREEN!
Macon, - Georgia.
Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers Of
TIN W A R. E !
• And Dealers In
STOVES, CUTLERY, CROCKERY, ETC.
OTIR Cutlery being IMPORTED DIRECT from Sheffield, we are able to sell as low or
lower than New York prices.
We are sole Agents for the noted
Charter Oak Stoves,
Which we gnarantee the best Stove made, or will refund the money and pay freight back to
U Ygr The trade of Wholesale Buyers especially solicited, and prices wrnaranteed
octl6-3m TRUMAN & GREEN.
E. TAYLOR. ■ TIIOS. WILLINGHAM, Jr.
GRANGE AGENCY,
4th STREET, MACON, GA.
We have established an Agency in this city for the benefit of Pat
rons, under the firm name of
TAYLOR & WILLINGHAM,
And will Store and Sell Their Cotton at Special Rates.
\\ T e will receive and sell for them any Product raised on their
Farms, and make Liberal advances on same. Send forward your
Cotton, Ilay, Peas, Syrup, Etc.,
And try ns octß-ct
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THAT CANNOT lIE
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rriHE undersigned is still in the Warehouse and Commission Business, at his new and
commodious location on Depot Street, with superior inducements to those of former
vears. To the Planters of Randolph and adjacent counties, he hopes, by personal attentiou to
business, to give general satisfaction and merit a liberal patronage.
Liberal advances made On Cotton iu store, for sliiptu ill to bis friends in Macon, Savannah .
and New York.
Personal attention triven to the sale of Cotton, Bagging, T;-S, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Suirar,
Coffee, Syrupt Corn, Meal, Oats, Rye. Tobacco, Snutf ooap. Potash, Soda, St.ircli, Candles.
Oyst .rs Clieete, Crackers Sa'dincs, Yeast Powders, Cotton Screws, Gins, Buggies and Har
ness, Wagenr’good as the best, cheap as the cheapest, warranted twelve months. Agent for
Wilcox. Gibhjs A Co.'s Manipulated Guano, and Phoenix Guano, the best Fertilizers now in
WsC at the prii'e.
Wagon am}l Stock yard, with ample arrangements for ftcding and tieing, Well, Rooms
with tir.places furnished teamsters free.
sepis/dm i:. McDonald.
AVEiyis, HARTER’S,
STRONG’S, JAYNE’S,
r WRIGHT'S, PETER’S,
RADWAY’S,
DEE.M’S, COOK’S,
McLEAN’S, McLANE’S,
TUTT’S. PROPHETT’S
LIVER PILLS,
SIMMOKS’
Liver Regulator,
In Powder and Prepared.
For sale by J. T. KIDDOO & CO..
Successors to J. J. McDonald.
GO TO
Thos. Wood’s,
(Next to Lanier House,)
Macon, - - - - Georgia,
To buy your
FURNITURE AND CARPETS
Cheaper than ever.
ALL binds of Bedsteads from $4 to s!s:>.
Walnut Bedsteads ai $ Hl —Good.
Chairs, Tables, Wash stands, Mat
tresses, Window Shades,
Wall Paper.
METALIC CASES and CASKETS,
Caet, Wrought Iron, and Sheet Metal,
Wood Coffins and Caskets,
Of every description. sepll-fim
Pure
BRANDIES,
WHISKIES,
GINS,
RUMS,
WINES,
CIGARS, of
all Grades,
TOBACCOS, common and fine,
For sale at Drug Store of
J. T. KIDDOO & CO.
Shoulder Braces,
FOR
Ladies and Gentlemen,
For sale by T. 8. POWELL,
Druggist, Bookseller & Stationer.
Violins, Accordeons. Flutes,
Fifes, Banjoes, Tamborines,
Harmonicans and laws Harps,
For s-ile by T. S. POWELL,
Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer.
Attention,
PLANTERS aM MERCHANTS,
FIlllE" undersigned beg leave to call the at-
JL tention ot the Planters of Randolph and
surroutnling counties to ti e fact that they will
continue the business of
Warehouse and Commission,
At the
FARMERS WAREHOUSE,
In the city of Cutlibert, Ga., wheie they will
cari J* ou the
AVrelious e
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
In all its Branches; and where they will be
pleased to see all their old customers and
friends, and as mauy n vv ones as may wish
to patronize them. And they hope, by close
attention to business, and an earnest endeavor
to Work h>r the interest of their Patrons, to
merit a latire share ot public patronage
T e business will be conducted solely by
J M Redding as heretofo r e.
A lull supply of
Bagging, Ties and Plantation Sup
plies,
Will be kept on band.
I-g?" Good I.ote and good water for stock,
and bouse for drivers.
Cas-i Advances n.ade on Cotton iu stove
and for shipment.
JXO M. REDDING,
ant>2B)f AaRON PRICE.
The Celebrtecl
SPECTACLES,
SCIkAFFHAUSEN EYE GLASSES,
RUBBER EYE GLASSES,
CUE A# SPECTACLES,
WATCH GUARD aND RIBBONS,
FINE ENGLISH WATCH KEYS.
By the aid of the Optometer can suit jour eyes
with pr. per Glasses,
For sale by T. S. POWELL,
Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer.
S. JACOT,
Watchmaker and
J E AY E L E K, .
HAVING Removed to the building imme
diately East of the Appeal Office, on
College Street, I am now better prepared to
serve my customers than heretofore. All
work promptly and neatly done and
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
£®”Clocks and Watches left in my hands
for repairs, if not taken out. within one year,
will be sold for repairs on the same, ant’llt
HERE
rpOWEL RACKS, TOWEL HOLDERS,
IIAT RACKS, CLOTHES RACKS,
AND
Picture Frames in Great Variety.
Also a full line of Gilt and Black Walnut
Picture Aloiiltlin<g,
For sale by
T. S. POWELL
Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer.
Eureka Diapers
For Sale by T. S. POWELL.
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ANDREW FEMALE COLLEGE
CUTIIBERT, GA.
Poard of Instruction ,
A. II FLEWELLEN, A. M., President,
Mrs. A. H. FtsWEtt.E.N, M. A.,
Miss Janik Ward, M. A.,
Miss Manik C. Bkthdne, M. A.,
Miss Flora C. Keith.
Alusic Department ,
Mrs. E. B. Russell, M. A.,
Board and Tuition, per annum, $175 00
Music, “ “ • •* 50 00
Everything furnished except Towels and
Bed Clothing.
Dress Uniform Black Alpaca.
Fall Term begins September 14th.
A. 11. FLEW ELLEN,
aug7t,f President
Empire Nursery,
Near Georgetown, Ga.
A. J, SURLES&CO,, Proprietors.
'Y\7'E offer for sale the present season a
T T large lot of
Well Selected Fruit Trees,
Either in large or small quantities, and at
prices to correspond with the times.
Our Select List
We warrant to be of the very best sorts for
Southern culture, ami will produce on suita
ble Soil, with good cultivation, as as
can be raised in the United States. W
Price List Furnished Gratis.
The best of reference will be given on ap
plication oct3b tf
Looking Glasses or Mirrors,
Various sizes aud prices.
For sale by
T. S. POWELL,
Druggist. Bookseller and Stationer.
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(YUTIIBERT APPEAL,
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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR,
Monthly.
T. S. POWELL, Agent.
Druggist, Bookseller & Stationer.
EMM
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
For sale by T. S. POWELL.
Druggists. Bookeller aud Stationer.
Important to Planters !
THE undersigned Warehousemen in the
city of Cutlibert, are pleased to announce
to their planting friends that they have per
fected arrangements with buyers of cotton,
which will re them from half the usual
rates of expenses on first month. Half of
which expenses will in future be paid by the
putehaser. REDDING & PRICE
sepis tf e. McDonald.
Ambrosial Oil
FOR Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains,
Bruises, etc.
At T. S. POWELL’S,
Druggist, Bookseller & Stationer.
cutleryTcutlerY
FINE, Medium and Cheap. Nice assorted
For sale by
T. S. POWELL,
Diuggist. Bookseller aud Stationer.
Ti e Celebrated
Lazarus & Morris’
Perfected Spectacles,
For sale by T. S. POWELL,
Druggist, Bookseller aud Stationer.
The Celebrated Silver Lake
F ine Cut Chewing Tobacco,
At _ T. S. POWELL’S,
Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer*
Besson’s
INFALLIBLE CHILL PILLS,
At T. S. POWELL’S,
Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer.
Lanterns.
JpARUERS,
HURRICANE,
RAILROAD aud
TUBULAR LANTERNS
For sale by T. S. POWELL,
Drugg's , Bookseller and Stationer.
CUTHBERT, GA., FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 1871.
Ilia pity.
If we knew the cares and crosses
Crowding round our neighbor's way.
If we knew the little losses.
Sorely, grtvotis. day by day.
Would we then as often chide hitn
For his lack of thrift and gain,
Leaving on bis heart a shadow,
Leaving on otir minds a stain ?
If we knew the clouds above us
Held but gentle blessing there,
Would we turn away all trembling
In our blind aud weak despair?
Would we shrink from little shadows
Flitting o’er the dewy grass,
If we knew the birds of Eden
Were ill mercy flying past ?
If w r e knew the silent story
Quivering through the heart of pain,
Would we drive it with our coldness
Back to haunts ot vice again ?
Life hath many a tangled crossing,
Joy hath many a break of woe :
But the cheeks tear-wesbed at 1 ' Wh test
Kept in life as flowers of snow.
Let us reach into our bosoms
For the key to other lives,
And with love toward erring nature,
Cherish good that still survives,
So that when our disrobed spirits
Soar to realm of light above,
We may say, “ Dear Father, love us,
E’en as we have shown our love.”
The Prohibitory Law.
We at length reached the hotel
again, and I proposed a glass of
brandy and water. My friend look
ed at me and then at the landlord ;
and then the landlord looked at ray
friend and then at mo. Perplexity
overspread the countenances of
both.
“Such a thing as a drop of liquor
is not to be had iu the place,” said
the landlord.
“Bought, you mean,” retorted my
friend.
“Bought, I mean,” was the an
swer.
Then both eyed me significantly
“Does anybody give it?” I in
quired, greatly puzzled by the mys
tery that appeared on both their
countenances.
“Not exactly. You see the State
constables would be after me in no
time if I sold liquor,” explained the
landlord. “Do you want some very
badly ?”
1 could not explain how badly I
wanted it, and could only give vent
to my feelings in a sigh.
Without a word the landlord dis
appeared within the lecesses of a
small room behind the office desk,
and presently came forth with two
empty tumblers in bis hand. These
he placed on the desk.
“But where’s the liquor ?” I in
quired.
“The law forbids me to sell it,”
he said. “I dare not disobey the
law. If you can find -any here you
are welcome to it,” saying which
he accidentally turned back the
breast of his coat. The neck of a
boljle peeped forth from the inside
pocket. He winked his eye at me
and I winked my eye at him, after
which I drew forth the bottle. lie
faintly struggled with me to pre
vent the daring robbery upon which
I was bent, but I proved inexorable.
->ly private bottle, kept for medi
cinal purposes, and not for sale he
moaned, as lie poured out the liquor
for myself and the worthy chairman
of the parish committee. “Have
some water, gentlemen ?” he added
with alacrity.
YV e drank, and I replaced the
bottle in the repository whence I
had taken it. Then I put a dollar
in his hands.
“What is this for ?” he asked, as
he deposited it in his waistcost
pocket and gave me half a dollar in
change.
“For a half bushel of oats,” I an
swered. “Keep them until I send
for them.”
“Ah, sir,” said the landlord, with
an air of virtuous resignation, “the
Piohibitory law has done a world of
good in stopping the sale of liquors.
It’s a severe law, but a good one.”
Here is anew game very popu
lar in the country just now : “A
yimng man takes a chestnut, cuts
round the hull with a sharp knife,
and then takes one half of the chest
nut in his mouth, and a pretty girl
the other half in her mouth, and the
hull comes oft.” Theie may be
quicker methods of hulling chest
nuts, but none more soothing to the
leelings of the young folks ; and
they don’t get mad and dance wild
ly> ar °uud il' the hull dou't come oft'
foi five minutes or so. Country
games are not to be despised alter
all
A man had better have a mill
stone tied to his neck and be cast
into the sea, than to promise to
marry a Texas girl and then refuse.
The whole country turns out lo
hunt him, and he is generally left
to grow up with a tree.
My Christmas Revenge.
I do not think there is any need
of my explaining how it happened,
that I, who when born had expec
tations of quite a fortune, should
have loutid myself, when woman
hood came, obliged to earn "my daily
bread But so it was ; and in one
of the large sewing-machine empo
riums (no matter which one) of a
leading American city, I held a po
sition as a teacher for several vears.
My and uties were very monoto
nous; but I used to extract a con
siderable amount of interest and
amusement, while engaged in giving
instruction, from learning the his
tories—and they were very varied
—of my scholars. If the proverbial
cup of tea unlocks the female
tongue, 1 found that a lesson on the
machine, and initalion into ihe mys
teries of setting a needle, winding
a bobbin, and regulating a tension,
were even more conducive to com
munication. I do not wish to ap
pear egotistical; but I must confess
to quite a power which I seemed to
possess of gaining the confidence of
my pupils, tlitough my habit of
taking an interest in them ; also
that I was very fond of an “ower
true tale ;” perhaps some malicious
critic would call my propensity b}’
no higher name than female curios
ity.
Even now,though time has brougt
its changes to me, and I no longer
haunt the old familiar places, I of
ten find myself recalling one and
another among the many romances
and stories in which 1 figured as an
interested and sympathetic listener,
and occasionally an unsuspected act
or.
The present recollection always
comes back to me at the Christmas
time; and therefore when the sea
son rolls around again, with its
merriment and cheer, its mistletoe
and holly, its written and unwrit
ten tragedies and comedies of life,
I feel like recounling it to others.
The position of instructress
brought me almost entirely in con
tact with my own sex. Sometimes I
had a male pupil-.one of a mildly
mechanical turn, who would wish
to become familiar with the ma
chine, so as to be able to assi.l
some wife or sister; but the in
struction-room, as a rule, was usual
ly quite free from frequent visits of
the sterner sex.
During the fall of a special year 1
became conscious, however, that a
certain Mr. Harry Lee, a gentleman
whom I’knevv to be an intimate ac
quaintance of one of my employers,
and whose face was quite well
known to all in the establishment,
began to occasionally drop into my
department and look on during in
struction hours He was very
pleasant and gentlemanly in his
manners, and gave its tva excuse for
the interest he took, that he was
a born Yankee and therefore very
fond ot inventions.
Although there were other teach
ers, I discovered that he lingered
most frequently in my vicinity, and
seemed, more intereste 1 in my con
versation than that of my compan
ions. I was young at the time, and
no doubt had the usual desire of
my sex to please. 1 felt flattered,
pci haps, at his respectful attention,
and took particular pains to make
my observations on “what I knew
about sewing-machines” as in Lei 1 i
gent as my limited powers permit
ted lie soon became a frequent
visitor, and sometimes when busi
ness was dull would linger and con
verse on other subjects besides the
technicalities of the trade. I found
that ho was well educated, had
travelled considerably iu Ins own
country, and knew, as they say,
“men and things,” His intimate
friendship with one of the firm pre
vented any remarks as to the fre
queucy ot his visits; and he made
the additional apology lor possible
intrusion, that he was very much at
his leisure, and sometimes thought
of connecting himself with the busi
ness. I must admit that I was
quite interested in him, and felt
pleased when sometimes he would
bring me some favorite book about
which we had conversed and ex
changed views, or ask my opinion
on some magazine article that was
engrossing public attention. I had
never given a thought to his rela
tions in life—whether he was mar
ried or single; he had simply been
to me a pleasant episode among my
daily labors; and the flash of his
blue eyes and his frank smile, when
saluting me, I at first considered as
merely among the other usual inci
dents of my daily life.
It was during a somewhat ex
tended conversation, one day, some
weeks alter our first acquaintance,
that the thought flashed across my
mind that he had seen trouble and
was unhappy in connection with his
affections, ilis op nious of the fe
male sex, I discovered upon probing
him a little, were not very enthusi
astic or rose colored. Sometimes,
when speaking of marrage and its
relations, L thought his remarks
lather cynical and bitter; and once
or twice he criticised some of my
young and fashionable pupils very
severely, seeming to have a very
poor opinion of them as to their use
fulness as probable wives and moth
ers. I naturally always defended
my sex ; and once when 1 laughing
ly expressed my belief that if I ever
should see the woman destined to
be Ins wife, it would no doubt be
one of those same pretty, useless,
fashionable creatures against whom
he railed so bitterly—a look of pain
passed across his lace, that set me
to thinking that I had touched a
sore spot iu liis experience.
V e became very good friends,
eventually; indeed I am afraid
that should I confess to the truth,
we indulged a little in harmless and
j pleasant fliration. I know that I
} was always plased to see him ; and
I am sure that he often lingered be
side me in a manner savoring a little
of devotion. Still this was only on
the surface; and I.grew more and
more certain from a melancholy
that often possessed him, that there
was some secret connected with his
domestic life, of an unhappy char
acter.
At last, from an accidental re
mark ot one of my employers, 1
discovered the “skeleton in his clos
et.” lie was a married man, but
separate from his wife. I think
that 1 felt a little pained at the in
formation ; aud L certainly could
not help the coldness of my manner
when next I met him. He saw the
change, and asked with his eyes for
an explanation, though not with his
tongue. Had he taken the latter
liberty, then—this story would nev
er have been written ! As it was, a
few hours thoroughly calmed me ;
showed me something of the irr.pru
deuce of which I had been guilty,
in making so close an acquaintance
with a man about whom I knew
literally uothing; and roused all the
woman widen me, in pride aud a dim
suspicion of revenge.
That revenge was much nearer
than 1 could possibly have dreamed,
and unlike most revenges, no sor
row is entailed by the recollection;
Hut of that anon. Following the
discovery, the first thing I did was
to enlarge it by ascertaining par
ticulars—how, is a matter of no con
sequence in connection with this
story. W hat I additionally discov
ered, however, is of consequence.
He had married a petted, way
ward, beautiful girl—the only child
of wealthy parents, who had by in
judicious management fostered eve
ry weakness of her character. He
had iormed her acquaintance, and
married her after a short courtship
while on a visit to her native town,
and after a few months removed to
the city where he now made his res
idence. He had brought her home
to the house of his mother, who,
with his sister, was of the true New
England type. They were thorough
going, practical women, notable
housekeepers, slightly put itanical in
their beliefs, and holding very little
sympathy with youth aud inexperi
ence. The young wife was impul
sive, unused to discipline of any
kind, careless, ignorant of any hab
its of industry, but warm hearted
and affectionate. No doubt a verv
troublesome relative to the staid,
methodical women with whom she
took up her residence.
Unfortunately for the wife, also,
her husband had been taught to look
up to mother and sister as the best
of women, and had fondly fancied
that when his new treasure came
under their control all those little
weaknesses of which he had soon
become aware after marriage, would
be cured by their example and ad
vice. Hut his sanguine hopes were
doomed to early disappointment.- -
Instead of his wife growing docile
and yielding, she became more will
ful and intractable; rebelled with a
high spirit against auy rule, and
looked upon her husband more as a
companion with whom to enjoy the
amusements of fashionable society,
than as a helpmate and friend with
whom to pass through the trials and
cares of life. Still she had a kind
heart and warm affections ; and had
more love and sympathy been ex
hbited in connexion with efforts to
change her habits, and less cold, se
vere exactions shown on the part of
her husband’s relatives, the event
might have been better for all. At
last the usual result followed. Quar
rels became of frequent occurrence;
estrangement grew up between hus
band and wife; and it was only a
year after their marriage that the
yoUDg wife, one day, after a passion
ate outbreak and most unhappy
scene with her husband,left bis home
and returned to that of her parents.
Here she was not only received with
open arms, but condoled and sympa
thized with to her great injury—a
divorce proposed, 2nd all chance of
reconciliation destroyed.
Such was the painful story, as 1
gathered the particulars—no rare
one in the world, I am quite aware,
and yet sad enough as embodying
the wreck of two live3. Perhaps a
knowledge of the w bole softened
my pride toward Mr. Lee a trifle,
though it by no means cured my
wounded self-respect or put me more
at ease with myself. What more
acquaintance might have followed
is uncertain ; perhaps none whatev
er, under the changed condtons;
nor have I the clearest idea how my
revenge would have been accom
plished, had I not been favored by
new and unexpected circumstances.
It M as in the month of December
that one very cold and blustering
morning a lady was ushered into the
instruction-room by one of the sales
men. She was a young and remark
ably pretty woman, as I discovered
at the first glance, and dressed very
becomingly in the prevailing mode.
The usual remarks that “ she was
afraid that she would be stupid,”
and my reassurance that I had taught
pupils from twelve to eighty in age
and from Irish Norah to the lion.
Mrs. Highflyer in position, passed
between us ; and then, after l'eet
were comfortably wanned, and
gloves removed, the lesson began.
Upon the raising of her veil, as she
seated herself, I discovered that her
beautiful brown eyes showed traces
of recent tears; and several times
as the lesson progressed an uncon
sciously drawn long sigh or sob
proved very plainly that she had
lately passed through some strong
emotion, and that nature was kind
ly restoring the equilibiium.
In the course of the lesson, that
day, she told me she was married,
and the mother of a little boy some
what over a year old. She hinted
at trouble in connection with her
marriage relations, and of late news
that had caused the past night to be
spent very unhappily. Site seemed
low spirited, and deeply ashamed of
her ignorance as regarded all knowl
edge ol sewing or the construction
of the simplest garment. lencour
aged her--told her that patience and
application only were necessary, as
she showed \e y good natural abili
ties and would learn easily. But
she replied sadly that she was afraid
that those were v.rules she had nev
er cultivated, nor even until lately
deemed at all necessary. She as
sured me that I could form no idea
how useless and helpless she had
been. She had never liked to sew,
and her mother had never wished
her to do so, telling her that there
were plenty of poor people who
would be glad to do such labor in
stead. She hoped that 1 would not
laugh at some of her no doubt tri
fling and silly questions, as she had
never even made a . garment of any
kind in her life—not even a little
one for her baby I I laughed good
naturedly ; I could not help it; an<l
told her that she look too severe a
view ot her deficiencies —that there
were a plenty of other ladies just
like her; but she said, smiling a lit
tle mournfully in return, that it I
knew how bitterly she had lately
begun to understand what an uned
ucated woman in useful matters she
was, and how inconvenient she had
found the position, I would not won
der at her desire to do better.
This first lesson wits succeeded by
others, for several days following,
during which I learned that she had
been married between two and three
years ; that she had always before
her marriage led a gay and luxuri
ous existence, perhaps because she
had never known of any other, her
parents being fashionable butterflies;
that she had passed through great
sorrow, being very sick when her
babe was born, and now was just
beginning to appreciate some of the
realities of life. She confessed that
it was when recovering from a sick
bed, and among the new and strange
feelings that canto with the birth of
Her babe, that she had awakened to
the truth,and listened to the prompt
ings, always before ignored, of her
more practical nature. That it was
through the advice of a kind friend
who had been with her through her
sickness, that she had purchased a
sewing machine, the friend believ
ing that it would be a good begin
ning in her efforts to do something
useful.
All this my new pupil did not tell
me in so many.words, but it was
the substance of what I gathered
by degrees. I was very much in
terested (as usual) ; and one dav, as
she was leaving, casually remarked
that her husband was, no doubt,
pleased at her progress in master,
mg the mystery. Then I heard
what 1 had almost before suspected,
as with tears filling her eyes ; she
said that she bad no husband in one
sense—that slio had separated from
him —that it was her own fault—an
act done by herself in hot anger and
rage, but now bitterly repented.
She indicated that there were others
to blame, but did not excuse he
self; she said that she had spent
the night previous to the day on
which she had taken her first lesson,
in great grief from learning that he
was very soon to sail for Europe,
and the thought that they would
then be utterly and forever separat
ed had nearly driven her to dis
traction.
I felt very sorry—never more so
for any human being; her repen
tance was so sincere and her sor
row so hopeless. A dim suspicion
had been creeping through my mind
during this last relation, that I bad
heard a story something akin to
this before ; and as she was about
leaving I reminded her that although
we were well acquainted as teacher
and pupil, I had never yet heard
her name. Apologizing for her re
missness, she handed me a card as
she left the room. I cannot say that
I was very much surprised, for I
had half guessed the coincidence by 7
intuition, —when I read on the card
I held in' my baud “ Mrs. Gracie
Lee.”
\ es, it was Harry Lee’s wife who
has been my pupil ! A great many
strange feelings were at work with
in my breast during the next ten
minutes. I had not seen Mr. Lee
for some time; he had avoided the
instruction room—a course ot con
duct for which I had been thankful.
I had heard nothing of his intention
of going to Europe, and felt sure it
must be anew project, very sudden
ly thought of. And why ? Had my
actions anything to do with it?
I was sorely distressed before I bad
done thinking out the whole mat
ter ; and I might have been even
more so bad 1 not possessed r -
sources always so dear to woman and
children— of doing something .
Isow the rest of this is going to
be very brief. On my bed that
night the desire to t£ do something,”
b in of necessity, took practical
shape, and I saw my way to my re
venge on Harry Lee. Dickens
Christinas stories were then in the
height of their popularity ; I had
beem fascinated by them and to
theii influence and that of the ap-
I proaching holy season perhaps my
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plans were chiefly du . I hope ray
imaginary blushes may be spared,
when I say that to accomplish this
L took occasion to throw myself in*
to Mr. Lee’s way (of course by ap
parent accident) and that within a
week I had won him back to the
instruction room and the renewal of
our frit ndlv chats, though at such
hours (late in the aftern oa) that
there was no chance of meeting his
wife. That I never laboied hard
er with any pupil than with that
willing but nervous little lady, to
enable her rapidly to become not
only proficient at the machine, but
to seem so. Then that I progressed
by making an appointment with
Mrs. Lee, on some excuse as to my
convenience, at four o’clock on the
afternoon before Christmas —(Chris.*
mas Eve at a very early stage of
anniversary), and meanwhile gain
ed a character for benevolence by
telling my companions in teaching
that they had better go home eaily
and thus enjoy the gay sights and
sounds presented by the streets on
that festive season. And then
crowned the whole by making an
other appointment with Mr. Harry
Lee, for the same place, half an hour
later, having in view the necessity
of bringing him unexpectedly upon
his wife at the very moment when
she should be sewing away at the
top of her ability.
Once upon a time I kept an extra
ordinary bug that 1 bad captured,
under a glass tumbler, for days, to
see the change by which it would
become something else. It effected
the change one night when I could
not see it, and I felt very little wiser
than before. And I knew not much
more about the meeting between
Harry Lee and his wife over the
sewing machine, that evening before
Christmas; as (confound it!) I felt
myself obliged to leave them alone
together just at the interesting mo**
meat, and they had made all up be
fore I thought it proper to return l
However, I had my revenge. Mr.
Lee (I wish it to be Understood and
believed on this point) never flirted
any more with me, however mildly
—“ never no more.” He went to
Europe, but a l'.ttle later, and took
iiis wife, leaving his little son with
his notable New England mother,
who was sure to take good care of
him though she might not permit
him to romp too highlariously.—
They were kind enough to believe
that I had been ot service to them ;
and I was the recipient of certain
rings, one of which II : -*ee gave
me with what 1 thought was rather
a conscious look, and the other of
which Grade Lee gave me with no
shamefacedness and a hearty kiss.
I saw them together and at home
again, in a pretty new borne over
which, taught by some mistakes iu
the past, the wife was sole mistress,
apparently very happy, the next
Christmas; and I think that Mrs.
Lee, under some sort of idea that
she owed the recovery ot her hus
band to her sewing machine, looked
upon that useful article as a species
of good fairy, and her seat at it as
a place of lefuge, sod always was
to be found sewing when things
went all crooked in the household.
Mv after acquaintance with them,
at all events, showed that the indo
lent, useless, and self willed wife
had become the busy, useful and
gentle one; and that the husband,
who had begun by misunderstand
ing he'-, had come fully back to his
senses, and grown much wiser as to
the quality of the woman with whom
he had been intrusted. And some
thing ol this, if not all of it, was the
result of a little flirtation, nipped iu
the bud, and of My Christmas Re*
veng e.—Aldine for December ;
A recently made benedict writes
as follows concerning his young
wife’s habits: If there Mas a bed
room a mile long and her entire
wardrobe could be packed in a band
box, still you’d find portions of that
wardrobe scattered along the whole
mile of dressing-room. She’s nice
thing to look at when put together
but this wonderful creation is in
volved from a chase interminable of
pins, ribbons, rags, powder, thread,
brushes, combs and laces. If there
were seven thousand drawers in
your room, and you asked but for
one to be kept sacred and inviolate
for your own private use, that par-*
ticular one would be full of hair
pins, ribbons, and soiled cuffs.—
Some provisions, some protection
in this matter should be inserted ia
the marriage service.
The line of conduct chosen by a
young man during the five years
from fifteen to twenty, will in all
probability determine his character
for life. As ho is then, careful or
careless, prudent or imprudent, In
dustrious or indolent, truthful or
dissimulating, intelligent o-r igno
rant temperate or dissolute, so will
he be in after years, and it needs no
prophet to calculate his chances ia
life.
The Grange encourages the cash
system. Credit has been a enrso
lo the country, and has ruined many
a fanner by obliging him to sell
his crops at a discount to liquidate
debts. Pay as you go.
“ Though lost to sight to memo
ry dear,” as the man said w 7 hen he
paid his dinner bill.
