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WRITTEN .LT TUE GRAVE OF A FRIEND.
‘Tis Sabbath morning, and I feci,
’Tis better to bo hive,
Where pensive thoughts upon me steal.
And memory prompts a tear,
Than in the crowd, where there is naught
Os interest to me;
Where off, the soul-cxa'ting thought
From thinking minds must flee.
No costly monument or tomb,
Here marks this sacred spot;
But here the rose and woo lbine bloom ;
The lilly and forget-me-not.
Affection placed them here, and tears
Have watered them like dew ;
And they have bloomed for many years.
Above the kind and true.
And ever when the lovely Syring,
Smiles wintry storms away,
Here birds of music, meet and sing
The happy hours away.
Oil! when I die, thus let mo rest.
Among the flowers I love ;
And be by those my memory blest,
Whom love and friendship prove, r. n. a.
Sutallee, Ga., Feb., 1855.
For the Banner.
THE ISSUE.
Mr. E-litor —We have thought a short communi
cation concertin g the issue, it would be prudent for
us to tender to our adversaries, in the coming elec
tion, would at this time be proper.
Great exertions will be made to alarm the people,
with an apprehension that if we succeed, wo will
have what they choose to call the Maine Law.—
Though wo do not intend to pass this, yet the pro
vision in it, to which enemies pretend mainly to ob
ject, is, we suppose, in the laws of every civilized
people In the world, to-wit: the right of scare’ ing a
man’s house in certain cases. For example, if a man
is suspected of harboring a fe’lon, or a slave, wher
slavery exists, concealing implements for counterfeit
ing, or a man’s child or stolen goods, upon such sus
picions being verified ns the law directs, a warrant
issues to make search. &e.
Without such a law as this, thieves could secure
all thev could steal and get to their own house or the
house of a friend. Without it, murderers, robbers,
counterfeiters, thieves, .to., could be protected in
their own or their friend's houses a week, month, or
any desired length of time, until they could make a
safe escape ; and slaves could bo harbored from place
to place until they could be got out of the country.
Without this right of search, the laws couM not he
executed, and thieves and other offenders wou’d car
ry on their depredations with impunity. To make
this search hy virtue of the Maine Law, the oaths of
three credible persons is required; ?w carin'", in sub
stance, that they have reasons to believe, and do be
lieve, that such a person in such a house or place, Is
carrying on a business in liquor prohibited by the
law, A,c. This, however, is not “ hat tre arc going
for.
The law which we believe is more desired in Geor
gia than anv other, is one which will off ctua'ly put
down the retail liquor shop*. No intelligent man
that is honest, will pretend that these hot beds of all
evil, ever do any good; nor can he deny that they do
more to corrupt the public manners and morals, and
produce more crime and misery, <han any other vice,
or perhaps all others; therefore, as nuisances of the
worst east, they ought to lie suppressed by law.—
Then let us have an issue, distinctly, fairly and plain
ly made upon this subject.
* Tuelssie. —Let it he, The liquor-shops, for the,
retail of liquor, ought to he suppressed by law.
Let temperance men and candi kites everywhere,’
distinctly, and boldly dedarc th'HWeives in favor of’
suppressing this mischievous branch of the liquor;
traffic. Let our candidates, particularly, use no titn-’
crous equivocation—no mincing fear—no shame-,
faced ness—no mealy-mouthedne**; but present to!
our opponents a hold and manly front, with a look ol
consciousness of right, and a confident f sucres-'.
Then let them call upon their pton’ i-ts to define
their po-ition; and to a- clare. without equivocation,
whether they arc fbi a continuance at a discontinu
ance of the liquor-shops, otherwise ca led the D"gg’ •
ties Listen U> no haangucs, intended for evasion-
llcliotci) to Cnnpcraitct, fdterature, dcnnal Intelligence, anil tjje latest ,Betas.
Jail ou them to say, whether they an.- for continuing
>r for discontinuing the dram shops. That is tin
location; then force t urn to an answer—lit then
not dodge it.
If they meet u \ on the issue—liquor-shops or no li
(Uor-sbopH—they that are sensible, know they wit
b badly beaten. They w ill, therefore, seek to ex
ile fear of something not in the issue—somethin!
not intrude ‘, in order that they may avoid the Issu
‘tiered. But let them hi again called hack to it am
oinpelled to meet it, or to show that they arc afrak.
of it. If this tear tie made manifest to thopeoph. -
they will not vote for such candidates—for all lovt
ndeptndence, and no one likes to vote for a coward
ly lead.r. By these means the liquor candidate
may be made to feel and act liko bugs on a chunk,
both ends of which are in tha five.
LEWIS REXEAU.
Clark county, Feb. 8.
Frein limit's Merchum’s Muea*lr..
WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE.
BRANDY.— his liquor i6 almost universally a base
imposition. The imported article, as a general fact,
is adulterated. Unadulterated brandy cannot bt
sold at less than $2,50 the gallon; the adulterated
can be made at about 30 cents per gallon; and s<
disguised that no one can tell the difference. Th.
dealers cannot, nor do they resist temptation toadii’-
terate, where the gain is so enormous. Chemict 1
ompounds arc now made and sold to fabricator* fni
i making spurious brandy out of common whisky ; tin
! whisky itself often drugged with arsenic,
i “A dealer in spurious brandy, recently imported
| enough of these compounds, to manufacture 800 hog.- ,
j heads of the forged article. lie sold it for pure, am
at $2,50 per gallon; making a clear profit, as lu
confessed, ofsloo,ooo on the speculation; the fal-
I ricated article costing only about 30 cents per gallon
; The fabricator having used up his compounds to hi
snnipl s, took these to a chemist in Mnssachnsett-,
for analysis, and for the purpose of having then
made in this country, if possible. The chemist mad
the examiration, and found one of the samples a
dead y poison; he could not be loaapted to have a
hind in producing the mixtures. Whether the fal -
ricator found a chemist less honest, or had to wait
for anew importation, will never probably be known,
j Who can bigin to estimate the result of the use <
these 800 casks, on those who, probably dranl
I them?
“Another man, who had cither imported or put
chased the same kinds of compounds, is nowin Cali
fornia with them, and he boasted to a gentleman w in
mentioned it to the writer, that he should make
SIOO,OOO out of the operation.
“A quantity of French brandy, was imported it
New York, and advertised for sale, on a giv- n dav :
it was landed on the wharf. A brandy fabricate!
purchased the wholo lot, of the importer, on tin
condition that the sale should tako place as advor
Used, ox ms ACGOt-ST. During the night, it was all
removed to his brandy brewery, underwent the pro
cess of adulteration, was carried back, and sold ncx
day pure an imported!
“A largo dealer in Albany, declared that when h
purchased fore gn liquors in New York, on sliipboaid,
he lmd no confidence in getting the article purchased,
unless ho watched the casks from the ship to tin
tioat on the river. In former years it was suppo ed
that imported liquors were gmerally pure; but now
this oj,inion has exploded. The process of adultera
tion is carried on to a vast extent in Europe, and it
is doubtful whether one gallon in one hundred is
1 inded on our shores in a puro state; and if in a
pure state, just so far as it is intoxicating, i! is worth
less and injurious, as a beverage; and none should
be drank as such by any human being valuing a long
life or a healthy body. In a work published by tin
celebrated chemist, Frederick Aecum, on adultera
tion, and dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland,
the practices of brandy, gin, beer, and w ine (abrica
tors, -v-ie pretty fully exposed ; but as we live in
•be age of gr.at progress, the fabricator* of the pre.
sent day have doubtless entirely eclipsed those of the
past. A"cum gives the following nic hod of com
lounding,’ or ‘making pit’ as it is technically called,
brandy for retail:
To 10 puncheons brandy, - . 1,081 gals.
\dd flavored rasin spirit, - - . ns
j rinetnre of gra ns of Para-.isc, - 4
1 Cherry laurel water, - ... 2
i8; hit cf \1 ottd cake, -• 2
1^207
! .’ dd fd-o 10 hand-full of oak srw dust, and give it
j complexion with burnt sugar. The same author
| speaking of
“GIN, says;—‘To prepare and sweeten gin, otc.,
oil of vitriol, oil of almonds, oil of turpentine, oil of
jumper b-t rie-', lime water, alumn, suit of tartar,
subneetate of lead, are t.scd. Sulphate of lead is
poisonous. I have reason to believe the use of it is
frequent, b ause its action is more rapid and imparts
j to the liquor a fine complexion ; hence some vestige
iof lead may often be detected in malt liquor. As
| with brandy and gin, bo with
RUM.—I (“whisky will sell for more money und r
’ the no cos Ron, than under rite name of W'hinl-y,
j't is as easy to turn whisky into rum, as into brandy,
1 gin, or wine. VYe come to
“WINE. —Here the fabricators make their great
-1 est profits, exercise their greatest skid, and probab’y
do the great, st amount of injury. Unadulterat-d
I wine, according to its name and quality, must com
! mand a certain price to make it worth dialing in.—
: The fabricator’* ingenuity is put to the great, st
i tr at, to produce an article resembling the pun-, so a*
to obtain, as near a* possible, the price of the pure ;
tod, mit is impossible to distinguish the pure from
PE.HII. svaiiim, nut % m
tiie impure, and a* the impure can be inado at one- j
tenth tooue-quarter of the value of tho pure, the
impure, as a natural consequence, takes tho place of
the pure, as the 1 oms dollar would take the place of
he pure si!ur dollar, provided it was settled by
nintnon consent a dollar was a dollar, whether bogus
>r not.
“Says Dr. Nett, I had r. friend, who had been once
1 wine dealer, a ft* ♦Hiving read tho startling state
nctits made puli'ie, in relation to tho brewing
>f wines, and tho adulterations of other liquors, gen
.rally, I enquired of that friend as to the voracity of
those statements. His reply was, “God forgive what
tan passed in my own cellar, but the statements
nade are true, all time, I assure you.”
“The process of adulteration is carried on in wine
■nun tries, as well ns in this country, with regard to
Madeira, Sherry, Claret, and all other kinds of wine.
“Tito Rev. Dr. Baird has stated that ‘little or no
vine is drank in Franco in a puro state, except it
nay be at the wine press. Tho dealers purchase it
t tho vineyards in a pure state, but in their hands
it is entirely changed, by adding drug? or distilled
•piritx.’
“Siys Horatio Grccnough, tho eminent sculptor,
‘that although wine can be had in Florence at one
enta bottle, the dealers tlo not hesitate to add drugs
tnd water, to gain a fraction more of the profit’
“CHAMPAGNE.—A man who once worked in
he office where this tract is printed, is now engaged
n making champagne for ladies and gent omen of t
‘.h; country, at a cost to him of two dollars a dozen.
“>nie eider or whin key, some water, fixed air, some
•Ugar of lead, etc., etc., form tho compound. When
■ bis fabricated mixture circulates in the countrv, it
s generally sold as pure, and our young nu n often
quaff it, at two dollars per bottle, an advance on the
■l'igina! cost of only 1,100 per cent.
“A physician in New York purchased a Itottlc of
chat was called genuine champagne, of the import
ers, and had it subjected to chemical teste; it was
>und to contain a quarter of an ounce of Htigar of
ad. Who would like to drink a mixture of sugar
• f lead and water?
“A gentleman in New York, who made champagne,
•tircliased some ol the regular importer, wishing to
ivc his friends some of tho genuine article. At a
co'tvivial party, he produced his pure as imported ; j
vhen the corks began to tty, on dropped near him ; 1
m examining it, he found it was his own fabrication, j
flic supposed importer had purchased it, and by liisj
‘tench tinsel, and French labels, sold it bark, as
ieiv, to the original fabricatoi—biting the biter.—
Tut enough of champagne ; we now come to
“PORT.—An Episcopal Clergyman, recently re
orned from the continent of Europe, visited an im
nense manufactory of all kinds of wine. Logwood
ante in as a great ingredient—so great that the pro- j
0 ietors kept a vessel in their employ for its itupor- i
tation.
“The dyers in Mnnehotor, (England,) say, ‘tin
.vine browers are running away with all the best
logwood ;’ and the London people say, l if you wish
o get genuine Pori, you must go yourself to Oporto,
1 take your own wines, and ride outside of the barrel
ill the way home.”
“WE WILL BOTH GO TOGETHER.”
We take the folio .ving striking account of a drunk
rd\- reformation through the agency of his wife,
tom a eoinmimiration in the Independent, entitled
“Pastoral Rt-miriscenecs.”
B. R., a respectable cifizen of the same town, for
more than twenty years had been in the habit of tak
ing daily drams. His pious wife, with grief, per
ceived the increasing power and pernie’oiis results of
this habit; but expostulation was vain. At length
s'.c-ttrocuri and a tumbler, and when he went to his
accustomed closet, site f-flowed him, and, imitating
hi? action, poured out and th ank a quantity of rum.
lie looked at her with astonishment, but said noth -
| ittg. The next dav, on a repetition of the same pro-
Ices*, he exclaimed: “For heaven’s sake, wife, what
i lo you rn r.r,?” “Mean?” said she, “I mean to drink
as much rum, and as often aayou do; and if you are
leterrnincd to go to a drunkard’s grave, we w ill both
go together.”
Th : * was too much. Ho loved his wife; and was
1 both alarmed and shocked. He dashed'the decanter,
1 rum and all, upon the floor. “New,” said he, “.l ife,
jI am ionx! I have drank my Put dram. Pray for
me.” Sfidrtly suhs*qitent to this, the hours of 11
1 o’clock a. m. and t o'clock p. tr., witnessed lie daily
devotions of this husband and if, on their kn e*
before God, in that same room! How truly have in-’
toxicating drinks been described aa “a thief to the 1
purse, a witch to the stn*< ?, and a drril. to tho toul!'’
Maine, Dee. 20. 1853. X. N.
MAINE LAW JOKE.
It is amusing lo listen to the storiis and witness
the ingenuity of hundred who come after liquor, but ■
who go away with thi sty stomachs and empty bot
tles. Asa general rule, when strangers call, the!
agent require- a certificate from a physician.
“Mr. D„ I wist, you to put a pint of your best!
j brandy in this bottle,” raid a well dressed young j
man, placing the bottle on the counter, and some j
camphor gum beside it. “I want to tnix it ith!
this camphor. The doctor thinks it will be good for !
me, a- I am somewhat out of health this spring.”
“Certainly,” replied tho agent, while an arch smile!
w.-i* playing about the corners of his mouth. The
liquor was drawn and put into the bottle. The agent!
is a polite man, and thought lie would save the j
I young gentleman the trouble of mixing the camphor 1
with if, bv doing it hiiii-e f. He very politely and
kindly pulverized the gum, and put it inUi the bottle, ‘
while the young gentleman silently looked on with a
face vry much elongated
The young man paid a half dollar for the brandy,
put the • Kittle in his pocket and silently walked out,
cursing in his heart the officious kindness of tin
agent, lhe thing was done up so smooihly and si
k mlly, that the thirsty young man could not say a
word, but his face looked unutterable thing*.
TAXEB! TAXES IT TAXES!!!
Tax-pav*rs everywhere, let us ask you whepc*
originated three-fourths of your taxes? Unhesita
tingly you may reply: in the drinking shops of tin
country, wickedly licensed by lavr.
In Saratoga county, State of New York, the super
visors ascertained that of sls,of>o paid inonoyeni
for county purposes, SIB,OOO were drawn from tin
pockets of industrious farmers and mechanics to pay
for punishing crime, supporting paupers and for oth
er incidental expenses caused hy grogshops.
M ill you submit longer to this monstrous outrage,
thiß shameful imposition upon your property anti
rights? We trust not: wo trust, not. But to bi
more particular.
What, tax-payer, is your tax this year?
If s'-h then $0 arc imposed by grogshops.
“ 12, 0 “
“ 18, 12 •*
“ 100, 60 “ “
“ ono, 400 ■* <*
“ 3000, 2000 “
“ 0000, 0000 “
You mny think this estimate a large one, hut the
statistics have been collected, on which the estimab
is founded, with great care. Every poor house and
jail in the State of New York tins been examined,
with reference to such an estimate, by that indefati
gable laborer in tho temperance cause, Samuel Chip
man, Esq., and tho result ascertained is that which
we have stated.
RUM AND ITS VICTIMS.
An eminent physician calculates that the averapi
number of deaths by intemperance for several year-*
bas been one to every three hundred and twenty-nim
inhabitants, which would make in tho United States
40,000 in n year. What then mo licensed liqtiorsei
lers. but licensed butchers hi the wholesale? If tin
business is good and lawful it should bo opened b
all. It should bo opened to all, as is the traffic it
I meal and flour. If it is bad it should be granted t<
l mine. No man, or set of men, should have a mono) •
j it’y of doing evil. One man ran take no better ear>
jof the l'quor trade than mother. Be it in wlios>
j hands it may, the liquor is the same and docs equal!*
its work of death. Tho whole of society should com
bine against it.— Main? Tern. Journal.
LICENSE*™ KILL.
The nun srilcr present* himself at the offieo asklm
! a license. Wha‘ does he want? A Lie*n*e to Kdi.
|la It with the sword?—tho sword is an antiquated
i weapon, which may cut down some thousands o
; men in a single day; then for years it rusts in th
scabbard; but he drive* a trade in death, which goe
on night and day, mingling young nnd old, male am
female in one indiscriminate n’mightcr. Does he asl
inoculation for the plague? the plague may sproad in
havoc once in a century, but it is Roon gone; an<
health ami beauty smile where once was tho house 0
the dead: but the grave for hit victims must novel
close; tho tears of hi victims must never dry ; win -
titer spring scatter* flowers, or winter his frosts, th’
crowd of victims must throng to his den to return
no more. Honor nnd conscience must die, fetnali
virtue must fall before the seducer, and a prollriab
race must leave to sons’ sons a heritage of iniquity
and death. For all this he modestly nsksa License—
and out wise, paternal, and Christian governmental
swer, “ Pay the Price and begin.”
PAUPERISM canwlTy* INTEMPERANCE.
In the county of Baltimore, Md., out of 1184 pan
per* received in one year, 1050 were brought then
by intemperance. In the county of Cumberland.
Perm., of 60 paupers, 48 wen made hy inb mperanee
The Superintendent of tho A.bany (N. Y.) Alms
llo'tso believes that that establishment would be ten
antics* but for anient spirits. The whole number ot
inmates of the Alms-llmiso at. South-Boston, in 1623.
was 1276 ; of whom f27 arc known to have heei
brought there bv intemperance; a majority of tin
others being attribut'd to the same cause. The ex
! ptnsc of supporting the paupers in the Alms-Houst
at Philadelphia for one year was estimated at SIBO,-
’ 000, and the Superintendent testified that he believ-
I e-d iiini.-ti.-nt>;i', of it w as to lie attributed to the nse, 0’
, ardent r.pb its.— Ballot Box.
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MORAL SUASION.
IVi an often asked why wo do not rely more upon
1 moral suasion; many deeming it of sufficient powet
I to accomplish all necessary refut 111 s.
I We answ or once for all, the reason why we do not
rely mainly upon it is, that so soon as one grogshop
!is Hiipproi sod by moral sua-ion, two others sprung
up under legal protec:ion. Legal action brings them
into existence, and legal action must haul them cut
of existence.— Routhtirn Org.tr.
Exactly ko. The State lays out more work for u?
thati v.tt can pestti'dy do; and as we work gratuit
ously, wc think it hardly fair.
NEW YORK GROGGERIES.
The good effect* of closing the liquor nhops on
Sunday are so apparent, that it is natural to suppose
the peace and welfare of the city would be promoted
jby closing them on all days of the week. If a pro-
I liibitory liquor law should he enacted, tho expert
! fnent could not be tried under a more vigorous and
effective administration than Mayor Wood’* has been
thus f.r. Yet there i* reason to doubt whether even
he could enforce it, in a city where the majority of
the people are opposed to prohibition.
< JAMES T. ELAJN,
( FKIXTEII.
VOL HL-MMR t.
TEARB.
Tear* are tin liquid crtstid of feelings, wherein the fi
purest affections mid the tender**t woes sparkle w ith _
he brightno**, and thrice the value of the rarest genio.
Tears are the aensihl: out-pourings of the soul I
he sacred waters baptizing the first-born emotions |(
if the spirit with a power of sincerity and truthful
ness and love w lihdi grow green and healthy in the ~
refreshing shower. II
The precious streamlet of tears moistens the heart ri
vith wholesomencs.?,anil there is the fountain whence
bey flow. And that streamlet yields life and strength *
to high jntrpnai a ami noble sentiments; to impulses
oward tho beautiful, and aspirations after theggreat(t t(
poetry of nature. *<
What is there not in tears that is good—what is in w
them that can bo ovil? Radiations from heaven leap
tff from the eye-drops of the mourner snd njoiccr— *
of him that hath lost or gained a yellow harvest in ‘
the broad field of human desire aud human labor. ‘’
Tho magic wand, which strik tho rock of the* 1
hardened bosom, ami bids the tears flow, is wielded
ever by a ministering hand to some cause of noble
verity. The rivulet of tears may flow o'er flinty peb- 1
blcs, and grow turbid in its distant course—losing its 1 ’
lirst sweet music in deopened echoes, and the fresh K
‘ante of its earliest ripple. -' c
A mighty and solemn saeredness dwells in tears;’ 8
they are the genial gush of a God-implanted
thy with the beautiful weakness and the sweet pro-' 8 ’
’cetion needed by all created things. If they be in- 8
licatiou of the fallible nature which lost Paradise, cc
hey asNcrtthe Heaven-like and immortal power to* 1
tin it bark again, when most needed by the weary - *
ind pnticnt-Miflcring. *!•
They ate the voicc!o?s prayers of many hours— 0
‘hose gentle tears!—and the informal religion of a *
ircat First Cause! 5 *
Like holy pilgrims, wandering for aid and love, 7
ind way soro with toll, route those tear*; and he
vhn ran resist their tender mournfuln* ss, their vast
appeal to all good ui our nature, rannot himself calf
Item up when he most requires their aid, and choker
or their delicious relief.
CULTIVATE A LOVE for the BEAUTIFUL.
Cherish ever a love for the beautiful, for it purifier
md eialtt the mind, not nbovo the every dav dutici
■f life, but on the contrary, assists it to perform tho**
luties with more cheerfulness; added to this, it evei
rives harmonious and pleasing sensations. God up
>ll all his w orks has breathed a spirit of erer /t'ri/q
■ettvty. Dost thou doubt it? go then and look a
be blooming rose as it lifis it* bright petal* up 01
t stent, w hile it drinks in the sunlig t and tin
• early dew ; see the tall forest trees as they hern
gracefully their branches to catch the passing breeze
md the silvery streams ns they run laughing an*
bounding among the hills, look, in the still cvenini
mur upon the clear moon nnd bright stars, aud so
f Beauty Is not written upon all. And shall ret no
•ultivato within our mlntlt this beneficent spirit tha
ervades all nature, hy now ami then adding a pic
ure, or a flower to adorn our rooms, thinkink it jus.
> milch done for the promotion of purity and refine
uent. It has been truly said thut children who*
norais aro not good, w hoso parental influences hnv
•een had, can he the most easily reformed by ih
bearing of sweet sou ids arid the seeing of beautifu
I'gtita. Nor are those good effects confined to chi
Iren ; the more mature mind often get* from object
hat surround* it, itnpresKions that are a* cnduiin
i the tout iltelf. It is then highly important tin
‘Utwnrd i saocintiou?, both in nature or art slioul
>e of un elevating and refining nature, for it is c
-qunily true that ns e'eious companions allure t
vil, and help to strengthen the love of it, ondogrm
nd deformed objects deprive the lenses of the liigl
j*t enjoyment*. l. a. m.
TAKING THINGS EASY.
The Albany Atlas says; A* an exhibition oft!
igltt kind of people for thi* world, w o give place t
b follow ing letter of n woman to her husband i
‘alifornia. It is lmd enough for a woman to he le
‘toiler own resources,” without being visited wit
>ther misfortunes in addition. Sim appears to tal
iiing* easy—as she should ;
‘‘My Dear llueband, —A* it is some time since yc
est us for California, I suppose you wrould he glad (
tear how n o are getting along in your absence,
no happy to say that we are all enjoying very got
lealth, on tho whole. Just at present, two of the- bo
have got the smalUpox, Amanda Jane lias got tl
typhus fever, Betsey in down w ith the moosics, Sam
el got hooked by a cow the other <!ay, and little P
tor has juat chopped offsev nos his fingers with ti
iiitcliet It’s a mercy that ho did’nt chop them 1
-IT. With these trifling exceptions, wo are ail we w
end g* tting along nicoly. You needn’t be at ail an 4
ou* about us.
“I almost forgot to say that Sarah Matilda elop*
last week with a tin-pcddlcr. Poor girl! She’s he* <K
waiting for tho last ten year* for a chance, and P ‘ B *
•"’ad she’* married at last. She needn't have tak- 8°
the trouble to elope, though, for I’m sure I waa gi;
enougli to have her go. She wa* a great eater, ai
I And tho baked bean* don’t gn off near so fast d<
a* they did. The way that girl would dig into del
and beans was a caution to the rest of the family. ai - ( j
“Tho co took it into head yesterday to run awn a j n
which was vcr. fortunate, Pro sure, for the baf, c
caught fire last n’ght and was consumed. I was ve j
hopes that the bouse woul! go too, for it’s very i
c -nvenient, but tho • ind was tbs wrong way, so ” (
didn’t receive much injury.
‘•Some boys went into the orchard the other nigl 01 *
and stripped all the fruit rcc*. I am very glad
it, for if t cy hadn’t, I pr. sumc tho children woi
have made themselves sick by oatbg too much frui