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V r ol. 11.
A PLAIN GOLD RING.
This is your decision, then ?”
“It is.”
“Then I will bid you g <td morn
ing ”
They bad been lov'rs from child
hood, William ar,d Alice, and theif
parents, oil each side, smiled approv
ingly. Mr. Stone, the lather ol Alice,
was wealthy, and she wan an on’y
child. Williams parents, though not,
wealthy, were proud, and occupied a
high position in society, and .Mr Howe
found that it required every exertion
■ n his pait to meet the wants of his
three daughters.
William, his only son, had ever
been his pride, anti when a child gave
promise of being a noble man. Hut
as time passed on, bis health became
impaired, and the family physician
said that constant employment wou.d
ki 1 him.
About this time Alice’s father was
prostrated with a fever, and aft-r a
week’s illness he died, leaving his wife
—au invalid—and Alice to mourn his
loss. The blow to them was terrible;
for Mr. Stone bad been an indulgent
husband and father; but neither wife
or daughter ever dreamed that they
would be reduced to poverty. Yet
so it was; only a few weeks passed
after Mr. Stone’s death when the
news was brought to them that the
estate was deeply involved; that Mr.
Stone had speculated rashly, and every
thing mu tbe so'd before his just
debts could be paid.
A few days after the nows become
circulated through the city, Mrs.
Howe callod on Alice. She was a
haughty-looking woman, and as she
was asked into the parlor her face
•wore the look of one who was evid- nt
ly determined to do something desper
ate Bather heart softened v>hcn
she saw Alice gently glide into the
room, dte-sed in the deepest mourn-.
ing. She was a fragile looking crea
ture, with golden-brown hair and a
complexion as pure and white as ala
baster. Her large hazel < yes drooped
as she met the inquisitive glance of
Mrs Howe, ansi tier lips trembled anti
she shrank, without knowing why,
from the eo’d. fashionable kis3 with
which her visitor greeted her.
After a few common place remarks,
Mrs llowe made known the object of
Iter vi ih
“A'ltce, I understand there has long
been an engagement existing between
vou and Wiiluirn. an engagement that
was formed long before either of you
were old enough to tinder tend what
you wore doing. So long as you were
in pr sperous circumstances, l di 1 not
meddle; but now you are qui-e poor,
with a widowed mother on your hands,
•and William, as you are well aware, is
scarcely able to work at all H;s high
sense of honor will not allow him to
break the engagement, but as I am
deeply interested in my son’s welfare,
I beg you to break it.’’
“Did William send you to tell nte
this?” asked Alice
“No,” sail Mrs. Howe, coloring; he
and and not send me
“You are very kind, rradume,” said
Alice, proudly, to interest yourself so
much in cur welf<re ; still I would pro
for giving my answer to your son."
This was all she said, and Mrs
Ilovve took her leave.
Long afterward, when AIL e was
alone, she wept. Where had all th"
bright visions she had been weaving
flown ? For.fondly had she been pie
taring a neat little cottage, w-th her
piano in the parlor, anti bright shining
laces coming in to take tlieir music
lessons! Then, aft-r the day was
over, slto had pictured her mother sit
ting before a comfortable fire, knitting,
and William reading, while -ho was
sowing. She never once dreamed of
William’s having to work for her ot
her mother. Site knew that she was
gifted with great musical talents, and
with such talents she could make a
comfortable support. But ’now her
cup of happiness was suddenly dash
ed, and she could not be condor'od.—
She sat by tne window, the curtain
screening her from the view of the
passers-by, but as she gazed for a mo
ment abstractedly out she saw Wil
liam eagerly scanning the window, and
then ho entered tho gate. Before she
could leave tho room he was with tier
His eyes still wore their old look of
love, and ho held cut his hands, play
fully asking,
“How is my littlp birdie this rnorn
ing ?”
“Very veil,” said Alice, quietly,
“and am glad you were so punctual in
coming.”
“Are you ?” said William, and his
countenance brightened. “I have such
good news to tell you I have a most
excellent situation offered me, one
that will not reqn're much of tny at
tention. And 1 have been thinking of
a pretty little cot:age, Alice, where
we can five so happy ”
Alice's heart was nearly breaking,
but she said, —
“William, wo mu-t not think of such
tnings, situated as we are. I c.m nev
er marry you.”
“Alice,'’ asked William, “are you
in earn- st ?”
“ Perfectly so.”
“Then I suppose you have a suitor
who has a greater abundance of
wealth than I have—Mr. Clark", for
instance.”
“It, is of no use for you to question
me, William.
“This is your decision, then ?”
“It is,” was her reply, and William
left the room.
• #*010: ##o<o:
Two long years have passe 1 since
the ab ve conversation touk [ lace, and
William Howe was again breathing
the air of bis own city. He had been
traveling for nearly two years, as his
DAWSON, 6A.» FKIDAY, FKIJTUIAKY QQ, ih«7.
health had been dclicalo. and his phy
*l. mas said Umt a chan e of air, scenes
etc , might prove benefi. nd to hint
And they cortai: ly had, for )ii ■ friends
told him,they should never have recog
nized in the tall, well-built person,
with long dark whiskers, the delicate,
smooth-faced William of two year
previous His very expression seem
ed changed, far instead of the merry
look his eyes once constantly wore, It
looked sad, and sometimes even stern.
He hid graduated w th honor, yea's
before, as a lawyer, yet his it a’tli did
not permit con-tant practice But u w
an old friend—a talented lawyer—
who was growing old and feeble, ad
mitted him as a partner, and after a
few eloquent speeches ITs reputation
was made
Aud what had become of A!i e?—
Had she married ? No; but she, nlse
had met with changes. For awhile
she had struggled most nob y to sup
port herself and mother, and li*r ef
forts weie sueessful so far as a home,
food, and clothing were coneered.—
But, alas! the invalid’s days were
nuinbeted, and after a few months of
suffering she joined her husband in an
other world.
At the death of her mother, Alice
telegraphed to an uncle, an old bach
elor, to come and be present at the
f literal The old gentleman came,
and great was his surprise to see in
what style his neieo and siccr had
been living lie bitterly reproached
Alice for not telling him sooner; but
when he was assured that his sister
had never wanted a luxury that had
not been procured for her, he became
more reconciled, and insisted tint as
Alice’ was now alone, she should come
and live with him
But Alice could no,, think of leav
ing the city in which she had always
lived, or going so far from her parents
graves. So the old man humored
tier and moved to the city, and tin re
they sti.l lived in the most magnificent
stylo
Suitors -he bad in abundance, but
she was indifferent to all with the ex
ception rs one, a Mr Clarke, and the
world said they wire soon to be mar
ried.
Six months had passed since Wil
Ham’s return, and yet he had never
met Alice. But one night there was
to oe a large party, and William, for
the first time since his return, felt that,
lie must attend it. lie did not doubt
lint Alice would be there, for she was
the acknowledged belle of the city,
but ho was determined to meet her
.again, even though she was so soon to
be tlie w ife of another.
Never had Alice apjoeared so beau
tiful. She was dressed in white silk,
with a r’ch l ice ski t over it. Never
had her wit flowed more readily, nor
her eyes sparkled more bewitchmgly
During the evening she was led to the
piano, and as she sung a soft Italian
melody—William’s Lvorile—he felt
strangely' excited, and persons would
have wondered at the cause could
they’ have seen a tear iu the eye ot the
seemingly stern man
bhe s <on arose irom nor seat, and
droDpe I, unseen by herself and those
around her, agl ve. Mr Howe, bow
ever, saw the tiny while glove, and
picked it up There was something in
it—a rirg, he knew, from its shape;
he took it out and looked at it. It
was certainly a very ordinary locking
ring to astonish one as it seemed to as
to ish him, being a plain gold ring
with only these words inscribed oa the
inside: “William to Alice."
He held them tightly in his hand
until ho reached her, and then said,
“Your glove and ring, Miss Stone.
I found them near the |>iar.o.”
Alice took them and blushe 1 deep
ly, almost painfully, so much so that
persons around her wondered why a
Aove and a plain gold ring should
agitate her so. But though she ap
peared so confused, William was won
derfully self-possessed, and entered in
to conversation with as mush ease as
if tie had neve- been away from her.
“Perhaps, Mist Stone,” tie asked,
after a few moments’ conversation,
“you would like to prom nude a lit
tic ?” .
Alice took his arm, and they walk
ed a few minutis in silence, then Wil
liam said,
“Alice, yon broke Ihe engagement
that existed between us, but why do
you still wear that ring?”
She looked at him reproachfully,
but di I not reply.
He saw the look and then exclaim
ed,
“O, Alice ! think how long we ' lov
ed one another—our long engagement
—ard then we must meet as stran
gers ?”
“Well, it was tor the best we part
ed. Your present appearance proves
that your mother was perfectly ri ;ht
when she asked me to release you
from your engagement.”
“My mother asked you to release me
from my epgag'mei t?"
“Ye? ; she a-ked me shortly after my
fat ho.’s death.”
“Why did you never tell me, Alice?
Tell me all about it.”'
And she told him.
“And did you belie! c I sent my
mo he', Alien?”
“No, certainly not; hut s'ill I could
not tell you. I felt that I never c'uid
marry you if your mother objected ”
lie sail no more, but Alice saw that
he was greatly affected.
The parlor opened iuto a c nservato
ry, and drawing her arm securely
through his he led h«riato it and
when he had seated her on a little rus
tic seat be covered his faeo wi'h his
hands. Presently he looked up.
“O, Alice, if 1 had only known this
I would not baro Jar and to you
about that ring ; but I have suffered so
much—God only knows how much—
that wheu l heard you were engaged to
Clarke, and was soon tibe married, I
could stand it nq linger. A’ioo, say
you nrc not eng g d’te him.”
He looked at her e'gcrly, but her
eyas drooped mid sit? did not. speak.
“It ja true, then said Mr. Ilowo,
sadlv. “I fear ol a* much.”
“No, William,” and Alieo laid her
hand on his arm, “it is not (rue. I was
never engaged to any one hut you.”
“Aol noiv, Alice, and now will yiu
bo engaged t-> me forever ?”
She smUed, painted to tho ring aud
then said,
“Yes.”
ROS.I NIGIITstIADE:
Olt, A FOLLY OF TH3 PRESENT DAY.
Our village paper was noj usually very
interesting, hut it created quite a sen
-a*i. none morning. It was eallcd-the
“Prairie chicken,” and the editor was
such a wild and flighty g >rt of a young
ster tint ve thought it well named The
particular interest on the morning men
ti me 1 was cause*! by the following’ ad
vertisement :
“Wanted —A bashful young girl
who has never come out in society, TVi.-.h
tg to in Ae the acquaintance of a yourg
gentleman as bashful as herself. Hhe
wishes but one answer fron this, end
that one mu«t he in earnest, giving the
real name an 1 ad tress ; she who will
then tell him where he can meet.
Rosa Nightshade.
It is wonderful that oor young men
were intern’sted in this? Our storekeep
ers were laughing over it, arid pointed
it out. to their customers. Tho clerks
worn thinking of it and wondering who
the fair Rom could be.
Now we had not over twenty young
men in town, aad half so many girls
so you may knew tin t she 1 after re
ceived plenty of attention.' The young
er of our young g ntlenaau did no.t have
a fair eba-.ce ; the girls would net go
w'i h them, called them boys and quite
looked down on them.
T r was Fratik Crane, the only son
of a principal merchant, nineteen years
of ago, and very good looking, but his
nrtusfahco win invisible so the girls ure
f rred to walk or ride witli James Daw
son, his father’s clerk.
Dan H'Hway the tall cooper, was
preferred to Ilcnty Crawford, the judge’s
son, only for tin tatae reason, as Hen
ry was cot-yet. twenty.
The “stripling'-,” as the young ladies
ceiled them, were all excited over the
s'artliner advertisement. Here might
be a chance for one of t-hi>m. The el
der out a would not notice it, they
fh-'Ucht th y bad no need to do so.
Henry Craw'or.l could think of noth
ing else but the Rosa. ’Tis
=a:d, ‘A fullow-fei ling makes us -rim
lr-«, k ud," ami poor IT nry was
willing to meet the ri-litiag IvJy half
way. So he gat up courage and wrote
h‘-r a note, and threw it into the pest
olS'se b m that very night.
lie was fi iglftcncd half out-of his wits
after tho deed was done, ate! was so pale
and restless the next morning Ids moth
er wat very much alarmed am] thought
hiui ill aad insisted on his keeping his
ro id, but Henry" felt that h;- must
go to learn all. lie Tog red about
tho «*orcs, and heard many IcJ’es laugh
ing over the affair, and a.-Luic the cl uu
if they had written to Miss Nightshade,
&3.
Not (hey.
‘They woufi^k- cp clear of such a
bold piece; site would not got rhedr
names,” they answered the girls.
Henry felt it as a personal insult, to
hear the innocent IT)>a fpokem o' in
such a manner ;it was cruel. He knew
what it was to be bashful, and felt for
her.
‘!Oh ! she’s soim old mail,” said
Djh H-dliway, ‘sfco will not get tne in
her net while James Dawson wonder
ed if any fool would be green enough to
write to her.
Henry felt that h t alone bad venlur
odj-ami he had full faith in tho lady.
The next day, when tho mail was
brougt into his father’s ofiica, he ehaccd
tq b? th ere ad aloße : and there, sure
enough, was a letter for him.
Ha read it qoickley, his heart heat
iDg the while. It read thus: —
“Thanks, kind sir, ; or your trust in
mo. You are the one that I wished to
h-:ar from. I have not asked you to
meet at any honse in this gossiping town
as wo roigh: bn watched. I expect to
take a trip to Ht. Louis, on the sb-ara* r
Dove ; the boat will be hear next (Sat
urday evening. If you will come ou
board at h. If past tight, o’clock you will
meet your Rosa Nightshade.’
«Hit Rosa Nightshade!’ dflieinus
thought ! But hear is a postscrip' :
“Inquire very cautiously of the col
ored steward.’
‘0 1 y-’Si that wa all plain i and this
was Friday,only one more»day to wait.
Hut it w.iS a long day to the eager lien
ry. ,
Ho met Frank Urane during the dav,
but neither of them spoke ot Miss Night
shade. Henry knew the ohh r boys
would not thivk of writing to theuu-j
km wn 'ady, 1-u - ho feared that Frank
might V' ti uio, as he bad been snubbed
by the girls in town as w 11 as l.imsi it.
No, he was sab—h id she net said
be, ami he alone was the favored one.
Ho to k the precious letter from his
breast pocket atid read it again. “IX ar
girl,’he thought ‘live her alrradi.’
lie felt c rtatu that Jim and Dan would
yet envy him.
Sa’urday right came at last dark
and rainy. “The D. ve’ bad gone up
in the m rnl-ig, and wcuid he back at
the landing on is way do • u t' o river
by seven o’clock. 11 nry put on his
b >st suit, and was already by five
oVF-ck.
He Jared not go out of tho house
unit quite dark, tor fear his fi e clothes
ought be noticei. li t sit in his room
when the boat whistle sounded, and his
heart thumped audibly. Tuc rain came
and -wn in toponfs, hut ho found un um
brella in tho hall, ami crept cautiously
to the front door.
Ou’ ia the street many p--»or-!u were
trawling about, rune wi It Jiut-ms and
others iu darkness, all going down to
the tiv. r.
It was custnmrry for lalfthe men
and boys to go down to every boot, tltni
h»n led; so Hi-i.ry went ou unnoticed ia
the datkness.
Arriving at tho lauding the cr wJ
stopped, for the boat h inds worn busy
rolling on freight ; the wot slippery
plat'k was nit very safe, ami tho hands
bll possession of it. Henry watched
Tiis chance, and followed a man with a
sack on his should r, but another loaded
iu t ho same manner cam >up b -hind Mm,
and purposly crowded by. It nry slip
ped from the pl.uk, and rolled down
th" muddy bank to the very edge of tin
r,vcr.
1 l-o work hands cheered hint us ho
gathered himself tip, and repair,el the
t°P of the steep bank wher : the plank
rested lie could not sec the damage
done to his black suit, as the bright clay
marks were mostly on his back ; his hut
wasjamrd, his umbrella gone. Mo e
careful this time, he walked steulily o r
and gained the cabin. It was dim'y
Sight'd, and wfcoly deserkd. 'Taking u
seat by the sUvo, he drew a news papi r
from his pocket, and began to rub the
mud from fits soilel boots.
A crowd had gather- i in'the < ffic -,
or smoking room, and Henry thought
be could distinguish manyTandliar voic-a.
He walked over to the door loading
on the guard : it was dark there, only a
faiut glimmer from flic- fire ou tbo.bairi;-
where the men were at work, still Hen
ry could sop darx forms hero and then
oc the gu-.rd, each ono standing aLaut
as if to avoid company
. truing back to the stove, he looked
longingly towards tho la lies’cabin, but
the folding doors were shut. Was his
Rosa there waiting for him ?
S .-on a light appeared at a little win
dow of the stewards room ; he approach
ed if and ou the inside ct< od an old white
headed negro.
‘Want me, st.h ?’ inquired tho old
man. Henry gave him his cards and
said :
‘Can I see Miss Nightshade ?’
‘I will see, sah ; keep out of sight, if
7 >u cm sab, till 1 call you,' wa- the rc
ply.
The window was closed, and the old
negro kept Henry standing there, ar.d
went out on the guar L Dark as it was
Henry could see hiru si-p a m-umuj
near each datlc form, and then passjuj
to the nt xt.
l'trt what of that? he was very cau
tious, of course, and must n i right on to
l.jjo.’ too floury kept out
of sight, but waited anxiously for the
stewart.
Soon a small b>v r.- me up to Henry
and s.id : ‘Please walk in the ladies’
cabin when the doors are thrown open '
Then he too slipped away in the dim
lig! t. Henry trembled from Lead to
foot; his hour bad coins ;be had not
been recognized by soy of the town’s
people, although, he knew that, nt tny
were on board the boat. The gentlemen,*
cabin had not, vet been lighted, but
quite a nuntbci- of men hsd come in
aud more were com ring, yet bow fillet
it w.»«! not a word was spoken by any
one !
As bo thought of this, tho doors at
the cad of the sal ien, wer thrown open
and a Max? of liitht in tho ladies cabin
made all brigh" within. Ilcnry advaued
paying no attention to the crowd follow
ng qt his heels ; his thoughts were all
of Rosa.
Right under the chandelier, bibind
the centre tablo, ‘toed an old man with
a veiled lady bunging on his’artn. Hen
ry r ached tlo tabic before he looked
up ; then the old man raise 1 his hand,
as if to command silinee, raised his ven
craHe head and displayed tho black face
of the colored steward.
“Gentlemen,’ he sard, grinning from
ear to ear, and drawing the long veil
from the graceful form by his side,
•‘This is Miss R’sa Nigh'shade ! Say
we are e cu my g-e-d tellers, aud lew
the boat as quick as ye can, for tho last
bell is ringing.
*.\ n.gress by thunder!’ said a voice
by Henry’s side. *A sell ! a sell !’ cried
J.raes Dav, turning to tun, while th
black girt ginning and couresied to
the crowd of young admirers who had
come at her dll.
Such an uproar was seldom heard.
The bo-jt bell w;-s ring ng, the y ung
uten swearing, the steward bidding them
come fin w’rd and salute Miss Night
shade, the young girl hersi if showing
her whit-; teeth, the pus engets crowd
ing up to see the fun, the mate urging
all to lease the boat who did not ui-b
to fake a trip down the river, ad the
capfrin ionr-ccnt o' the trick, ucceitain
wlte’her to laugh or scold, and our
young men caught in tho trap only anx
ious to m -ke tluir e.-epe.
i’-.nr Henry was pi rfcetly thunder
struck at ftrst, but wh n he found tha:
he was not tho only victim, lie became
us noi ey as toe others; stepiug ft* ward
and .fl r and his battered am! muddy
bat to Miss Rosa, fuming fi and us if for
lif? from the boat, followed by bis com
panions.
Out of the twvnty young gcn f s, eigh
teen had answered the ad vert Lenient < f
Miss ltosa Nightshode each orethiuking
ho was the favored one, their auswers
being precisely the same.
There was an oyster sapper that righ'
iu Tne baek room if one ■ t our stun *
and very exhileraiing those oysters must
Lave been to caused all that shou.irg
aud up- oar.
Tticro were some red eyes at church
the next day, not c :tn and by the sermofs
and an iucUnati n to laugh, if eye met
eye.
The wholo rtory cento out—it was
too good to keep, and our young men
were cycr after more united, the elder
iVo.
ones giving way that their younger
companions might ! ive a fair chanco in
ladies society ; the latter feeling that
i h-.y r, ~) n \,t f,>a r the gi,; 3 a s- tr f uo ; n ,
Mist Nightshade.
I oattij ou', when all was t I tinrd
that the old colon u steward ot to Dave,
had a grudge against some of the young
men, for sorno tricks they had p.ayed
him while the boat, lay at our landing,
and he determined to pay them off.
He hired a smart lad »• our hotel to
put ifi the advertisement and answer
notes, n,id then coaxed the nice of the
black ehtinibcrmai it 0 act the part of
Mus H vi, by giving her the Brio it toss
tnd veil in which she appeared before
lior adoicrs.
‘’kv’. Uoilier.
A-mod the idea ot one’s mother, the
mind of a man clings with find
•100. It is the 6-t and . nr t» relight stamp
cl upon nir iof*ut h when yet soft
and capable-of receiving the most pro-j
l mm! imprrs in, aid a q rhe after fed
togs arc m near !.«, fig! t i , comparison.
0-r pas.-ii.is and our wilfulr.- s nr y
Tad u? far from the ohj >. t, f OU r filial
love: we may become will, hew?strong
and angry at her councils or oppositions
hut when death Mis sillied it civ monitory
voice, and noth nr- but odm m-mory
reni*-i ‘to recapitulate her tiriueo and
gmd deeds, affection, like a fl .worboat
■ll to 'ho ground by a rude storm, rai ,-s
• p hi 1 hi-. j, Red smih-s amid her leurs.
R-un-l that idea, as we have said, th,
Iliad clings rith son-J affection ‘ a'id
ven whim the earlier period of our lo«-
( “ TlStu mpm T »«• ho silent, fancy rakes
ho place of rem. mbtance, and twines
the id a; •of ottr .drpa'fcl patents with
a garland f graces, and beauties, and
virtu -s, which wa duuht. not that the
possessed.
Fun at Home.—D -n’t be afraid of a
"‘tie fan at home. Don’t J shut you<
h°t*se lost the situ should fa-la you:
carpetn and yiitv heart--, lest a beany
l.iueh shake (lawn some of- the musty
old cobwebs there ! If v u t7ULt
ruin your sons, let them think that all
mirth and sec a] enjoyment must be
left on the thresh I i without, when they
e uric homo at right. When once a
home is regarded us a place to cat drink
ail sloop in, the wo-k is b gun tha
ends in eatnbliug houses ar.d and gr.a a
ti..n Young per pic fun and
n taxation somewhere; if thev do t,-,t
lied it at th"ir ov u hearth-stones i
will be si ught at other and loss profita
ble 1 1 ‘ p e». Tlu-n fore, ! u t the fire burr,
brightly a 1 night, ami roak tho humc
-•e id ilc:ight.‘u! with nil tli-'-e lilth arts
that parents so perfectly understand.
Do ’t repress .the buoyant s,,; rlt ~f yi , a .
iraora merimeutariiund
'he lamp and firelight of home, blots opt
the remembrances of many a case ar.d
annoyance during the iDy, and the best
a ifeguard they can take w ith iLe-tt into
the world is the influence of a I rght
little domestic sanctum.
A Rood Ove Luting the Gi-st year*
of the war, when change was scarce and
-° we large firms were iSxui-ig currency
of their . wn. a farmer went, to a store
in a neighboring town and bought some
goods ana gave -be m rchauts five del
iar old, 1 i v\;.)")) bo wanted seven* v
five cents h-aik. Tim merchant counted
ou* the amount and handed it to the
fanner, who Imk-.d at it a moment, and
inquired:
‘What's this ?’
1: ' my currency,’ replied tue wer
objijt.”
‘Well, ’taint good for nothing whore
I iv said the term r.
‘Very well,’ replied the merchant,
e p it till you get a dollar’s worth, and
hi ing it to my store aud I will give you
a o lar bill for it ’ J
i he farmer p -eketed the change and
departed. A tew weeks after he went
into the same store and bought some
goods to the amount of on? dollar, nnd
itor paytig out the identical seventy
trve cents, he took out a handful of
pumpkin seed, counted out twouty-five
and banded them to the merchant.
‘T- by,’ siid tha merchant, ‘what is
t ..i ?:
ejl,’ said tho farmer,‘this is my
currency, and whan you get a dollar’s
worth bung I h -ra out to my place and
l will give yon a dollar ten.them.’
The historian Bancroft bus been.ap
pointed Collector at B s'un. '
f?;raker Colfax’s mother is only sev
enteen years his senior.
Doe of the pupils in General Lee’s
college in Virginia is a Massachusetts
boy, the * r nos a D nt'cratic lawyer
mar Batten.
Every thirsty d' g, when to finds wa
ter, tutus lap-dog.
“I II make a man of you ”as the
sculptor said to the mo-hie.
Tos* a chimney swc< p:r into the liv
r.f you would make a clean sWe p.
Wanted, the r< c i| t is given
when a gentlemen “pays his respects.”
Why are young ladieigived to blush
ing ? Because it’s a beCjiitiug red.
Why dors pn apothecary sellscod-li(-
.-r oil ? To replenish Lis coup hers (cof
fers).
Misery loves company, and so docs a
marriageable young lady.
What preven's the river running
away ? Why, it’s tide up.
Mrs. I’aring’on warts ‘o know if the
Pope s nt any 1 1 uls bulls to the .cuttle
-Low i
Y'ou can tell how wide a man’s repu
tation i J , but you can’t tell how long.
Habitual drunkaesi for two years In?
been midi' a cause for divorce by the
Vermont Legislature.
Facts Wottrn REwsMnEßttio. —A
correspondent gives tho folbwifig
werth remembering:
It is worth while for all farmers eve
rywhere to remojiber that -ml
turo is better than three mortgages OB
thi ir farm.
That iff -nsivo war against weeds is
five time less expensive that a defensive
one.
That gend fepees always pay better
than lawsuits with neighbors.
That hay is n great deal cheaper made
in the s muter than purchased it* the’
winter.
That a Itorso who lays his ears back
nnd looks lightning when anv one ap—
proii'hcs him, is vicious. Don’t buy
him.
That scrimping the feed of fattening
hoe* is a waste of corn 1
That over f_-d fowls wont lay eg ft?.
That educating children is money
lent at a hundred per cent.
Tost one evening spent at home in
study is more profitable that ten in loung
ir-g about ennetry taverns.
That caws should always ba milked
regularly, nod tleatl.
That it is tho duty r-f every man t«f
take some good, reliable, entertaining
paper, and pay for it promptly— of
course.
Articles Wanted.— The Rural
Siu'hcrner hits off the fashionable airs
of the present day in tho fallowing
style:
\Vanted—An intended bride who i»
willing to commence housekeeping in
the same .".tyle iu which her parents be-
S™;
'Twenty fashionable young ladids who
ilar-- to be seen wielding a dust brush,
«r darning their brother’s stockings, if
a gentleman should happen .to make an
early morning call.
Ten independent young ladies, of
“good families,” who dare to wear their
la-t winter’s bonnets to churoh on a fine
Sunday.
Foutteen young ladies, “who are any
body,’ who date t > be seen in the strei I
wearing shoes with io!es thick enough
t > keep t-beir feet warm.
Fifty young a lies, of sufficient ago
“to go in oompa-iy,’ who dare confess
they h -veever made a loaf of bread or
a pudding.
A Stouy A bout Tilters.— Tho
Smit.hlat and Times tells a story illustra
tive of the old e-say, that the ‘course of
true love never did run smooth.’ A
young oouple in Smithland had laid a
plan to outwit the vigilance of oruel pa
tents and elope. The Times tells tho
sequel thus: The youth stood beneath
rho window—the lady attempted to
climb out—when, oh ! horror, some ono
detained her ip the rear 1 ‘Why dost
thou not come, my gentle Amelia?, —
“■he answer- d in au agitated voice: ‘I
can’t. Bill—mam’s got hold of my fil
ters !’
viocording to Milton, E'e kept sile££
F lcn to hear her husband talk,’ said a
gentleman to a lady friend and then ad
ds 1, in a me atichuly tone, ‘Alas!
there have been no Eves since.’
‘Because there have beer: no husbands
worth listening to,’ was tho quick
retort
At a prayrY meeting in New Ilamp
shir , a worthy layman spoke of a poor
boy whose father was a drunkard and
whose mother was a widow.
A young lady, while on her way to'
be married, was run over and killed. A
confirmed old maid savagely remarked :
“IShe has avoided a more lingering and
horrible destiny.”
Frontier, of the Louisville Journal
tenders this advice to the public: ‘Nev
er buy goods of those who don’t advor—
ti-e. They sell so little, that they have
to sell dear.
if you are disquieted with anything,
you should considsr with yourself—is
the tiling of that worth, that for it I
-It uld myself and lose my
peace and tranquility ?.
He who sots up a carriage at the sug
gestion of his vanity generally sets it
down at the suggestion of hi* creditors.
Considerate Animal.—“l sayy
friend, your horse is a little contrary,is
he not ?”
“N->, sir!”
“What makes him stop, then ?”
“Oh, he’s afraid setnebody’ll say
whoa, and he shan’t hear it.”
“Are you the mu'-ti r?” asked a man
ct :.ti Irish cook fa ship. “No,” said
ho, “but I’m the man that boils the
mate.”
A hope ful young lawyer says that anv
young lady who possesses 1,000 acres of
land presents sufficient grounds for at—
tachuieut.
Edwin Booths snare of the rcciipUof
tho Winter Garden yields him fivo
hundred dollars a night.
A gentleman, walking with two la-'
dies steppnd on a hogshead hoop that
fl wop and struck him in the face.—
“Go-id gracious 1” >aid he, “which of
you dropped that ?”
Said a gr-ntleman, on presenting a
lace collar to ht3 iilolitrada. “Do not
let any one el-e rumple it.” “No,>
d'-ar, I’ll take it off,” said the naughty
b auty.
1 II illo sonny, do you chew tobacco ?”
‘•Yc9, and cusses too by g—d.’’
S nee -- ly has given General Butler’
a hat. 110 ought to be presented with
a r eaktio.
To be dextrous in danger is a virtue;-
but to court danger is a weak nets
What is the largest room in the world ?*
The room for improvement.
now Jo'S the hairdresser end lit
days ? hie curls up and dyes.
When di es a severe cold resemble a
briliient idea? Whin it comes into'
one’s head suddenly.
You s'ena to walk more erect than
usua', my friend, e« I have bee*
straitened by circumstance*.■