Cuthbert weekly appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 18??-????, December 25, 1874, Image 1
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 ■ ' .... _ - . *• THAT CANNOT lIE nmm 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. THE APPEAL. Published Every Friday Morning All Papers slopped at expiration of time p>aid for. No attention paid to orders for the pa per uu'essaccompauied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising. _ __ 9 W c g; £ S- 5. 2- j % a* F* p" 2 1 j? 3.00’$ 6.00 S 9.001$ 12.00 l i 5.00: 12.00 16.00 20.00 37.00 j 15.00 22.00 27.50 4 8.00 17.00 25.00 33.00 c 9.00 22 00 30.00 45.00 \ c 17.00: 35.00 50.00 75.00 1 c 30.00! 50.00 75.00 125.00 2 c 50.00} 75.00 One square, (ten lines or less,) ?1 00 for the jrst and 75 cents for each subsequent inser tion. A liberal deduction made to parties who advertise.by the year- Persous sending ad vertisementeshouldmark the number of times they desire them inser ted, or they wiiLbe continued until forbidand "barged accordingly. Transient advertisements must be paid for at the time of insertion. If not paid for before the expiration of the time advertised, 25 per cent, additional will be charged. Announcing names of candidates for office, $5.00. Cash, in all eases. Obituary notices over five lines, charged at regular advertising rates. Allcommunicivtionsintended to promotethe private ends or interests of Corporations, So cieties, or individuals, will be charged as ad vertisements. Job Work, such as Pamphlets, Circulars, Cards, Blanks. Handbills etc., will he execu ted in good style and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to tlie Proprietor will be promptly attended to. 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. Call in aud Subscribe or Renew Your Subscription for the HHELEGRAPH A MESSENGER. -L Daily aud Weekly. (YUTIIBERT APPEAL, J Weekly 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 VOL. VIIL—NO 52 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.