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NUMBER 672--NE7l7 SERIES.
NORWALK, CONN,
TUESDAY
, NOVEMBER 20,1860. ’
VOLUME XLIII--NUMBER 47.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A. H. DYINGTON a 00..
A. H. Brmoroa, J. B. Enos, G. N. EaLs.
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BubsoriptfonRates.
All Subscribers by Carrier, Mail, Post
oners or eat ~
“10:08 living, ldut lbf airy Carrier’s District, if
paid one year in advance, ' 1 0
Clubs of six or more sent to one address, to be
paid in advance, 1
Riders 3nd
Single copies 4 cents.
' Advertising Rates.
One S sure, one insertion, l
.. q two insertions, $1 :22
three insertions, r50
.. one month, _ i 75'
-- two months, 3 00.
.. three months, 4 00’
u six months, i 'I 003'
.. one year—with paper 15 00'
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One Column, one year, i - 75 00:
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al parts of' asqtiare c ed for as a whole. E
Year advertisers have t e privilege of chan lng‘
th, ; advertisements once permon h. Adve ise-
‘ mentscho edoftener charged as transient.
Yearly advert ,aments payable 1st of January it July. -
Yearly-advartisers restricted to the business contem-
p ted at-the flaw of. contract. »
a, Resolutions, Funeral and all other Special No4
“994555 per cent. additional on the above.
W, see terms willha inflexibly adhered to._§|‘
fusrusss - DIRECTORY. I;
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NORWALK HOTEL, '
(LATELY 'rna anus noose)
EDWIN PEOK, Pnoramroa, '
' ' LEASE of this well-known and popu-
lar House havin been purchased of
Mr. Allis, will be continued, as heretofore, as:
a first class provincial Hotel. No pains ta-.
king or expense will be spared to render.
this in all respects a quiet and genteel, as it,
is a beautiful rural , rctrcht. Permanent and
transient guests acco’mmodated'upon reason-f -
able terms._ , ' 1
‘ W A good Livery Stable connected with
the Hotel. . , . _ , ,
nnwmxsmnv.
113. 'A. I—II'LL, ,
SURGICAL .5- *MEC’HANICAL
D'E N T: 1's T 1:
Office over the Store of C. J. Gruman, ‘
NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES G. HARBOUR, ‘
evasion. AND MECHANICAL '
:D :51 N 1- ;: s '1',
Oflce at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk,
Connecticut. i
. Architecture. . 2'
SIDNEY M. STONE,E
ARCHITECT,
l
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
publicand )rivatc buildings. Ofiice in Mars
ble Block, hapel—st., New Haven, Ct. “52
Was. nouns: smuufi
BUGINEBlt-and- SHINE-Yak;
Ofiice. at Chichester’s Store, i
' . ' Norwalk, Conn.
( it E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man7
vufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in toves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will ive
o articular attention to sales by ac-
tion, of al Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture: termslow, .. ,
wu. c. whom a co, ‘-
Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in'
nannwa-nn, snore,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple;
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, doc. 3
o. s. noonwoon.
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORI‘UM I ,
No. 3 Skiddy's Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Cl.
0. I. 'GEU’HAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
oar nouns, caucuses,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeresf,
Satinotts, Vestiugs, and 'l‘ailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Shootings,
Shirtings, Jeans, &c.
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK, CON.
3. n. canes-nan a. co,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, do,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. ‘
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‘ f. 1!. N A 8 1!.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
S '1' O V E S ,
and Manufacturer of
Tiu,Shsot lron,& Copper Ware,
Has constantly on hand a large assort-
ment of general House Keeping
Furniture, at South Norwalk,
Conn.
Erna—”insunancs comranv,
, Of Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1,000,000
Insure ngnlmt loss and damage by Fire,
on Tariffs adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COVVLES, Sole Agent
1,34 . For Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk Post Office.
turns CLOSE.
lVest 7.30 A. M.—2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.~~5.00 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Balding and Bedding Ridge, 12 M,
arms DUE.
West 0.10 A. M.—-5.55 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.-—8.20 P. M.
Dunbury & Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M.
‘ POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
H. W. Sm'rn, r. n.
Gas 'riping, fitting, ac.
SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED.
THE subscriber is prepared to attend all
. calls in the gas-fittin line, and will also
hem readiness to repair swing or other Ma-
chines, Charges reasonable and work thor-
ughly and prompt] done.
ofll ODORE- GLOVER.
I.
services.
Greceries Cheaper than ever,
REMOVAL.
R E M '0 V E I)
from Mr. John F. Bennett’s, to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South Norwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, Jos. 0. Roadie.
Outta Percha & India Rubber
CEMENT ROOFING.
I \HIS article has been thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience oi‘ycars has proved it to be the
cheapest and most- durablc roofing in use.
We call attention to the following facts :
lst—It is fire and water proof.
2d—From its great elasticity it is not inju-
riously affected by extremes of heat and cold.
3d—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether steep or flat, and is not in want oi
constant repairs, as is the case with metal and
other roofs. f
4th—The cost is only about One-Half that
of 'l‘iu, and it is twice as durable. .
It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs,
great desideratum to parties who do not wish
ined, while repairs are bein made. , ,
Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re-
paired with Gutta Percha Cement, and
prevented from further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof
for many years. ‘ '
Specimens of the Roofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South N orwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at.-
tention. . F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
INSURANGE.
THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England We and Marine Ia-
su‘rance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company. j
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rancc Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
A cut for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, ‘cb‘. lst, 1850.
n. ournrann a some,
Cabinet Makers 3"
At their Old Establislwd Ware Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHOENIX BLOCK.
AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furniturc,Chairs
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc, ever ofi‘ere '
for sale in this place, which we have justpurk
chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly.
'3'
to
Made Oofins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used. ' - .
From our long experience in the Underta4
kintr Business, we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
EOE CASE!
THE aubscflbcrwvoufa inform the public?"
genhrally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc, at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
.ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the count . He
would invite the special attention of al to his
stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
GOA!- l GOAL 1
EORGEH. RANDLE has been recei-
ving direct from the mines, and is
now prepared to offer at the lowest market
rates, the followin kinds of coal, from his
Coal Yard, cast si e the bridge, viz :
Spring Mountain Lefiigh,
Sugar Loaf .
Mammoth Vein (White Ash)
Locust Mountain do.
Scranton . . ‘ do.
Council Ridge, (Pink Ash)
Laurence (Red Ash) '
Trevorton Semi-Anthracite.
Mr. O. H. Benedict, long and favorably
known in the Coal Trade, will be always on
hand to serve the public. A share of the
public patronage is solicited.
FURNITURE!
THE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of _
Cabinet Furniture
as can be found in Fairfield Comity, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same
ualit of goods can be obtained at any other
stab ishmcnt.
The stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tcte-a—tetc Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane scat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look.-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
OOFFIN WAREROOMS ;
where may be found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished in the best possible
' , manner, and at short notice.
W A hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A. RENOUD.
Westport, May 1st, 1858.
“HOME AGAIN l”
Returned to Norwalk.
THE subscriber takes pleasure in notifying
, the public in general, and his old custom-
ers in particular, that he has rc-purchased his
former business, and is as ready as ever to
serve them in every department of SADDLE
AND HARNESS MAKING.
Thankful for, the liberal patronage hereto-
fore cxtended him while a resident of Nor-
walk—hc hopes by renewed efforts to please
—to merit a continuance of the same.
Remember our motto, Better than the best,
——cast end of Connecticut Hotel.
83 STEPHEN ' SWANN.
rancv Goods, ac.
fine assortment of Fancy Geode, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodgcr’s Scis-
sors, just received and warranted to be a first
rate article. Clocks of all kinds.
something new, and needs onlg to be tried to
be appreciated. A. JACK ON do BRO.
At the Old Stand in Main Street. '
Children’s Books.
a very remarkable low filgurc.
AL RED H. CAMP.
Excelsior Book Store.
I’Gazettc.
without removing-the shingles, which is a i
to risk having their ceilings and furniture 111-. ~ '
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready '
and cheaper than the cheapest: at the old stand ,
We have
also the agency of Merrill’s Oriental Pomade,
‘ ‘7 E have just received an entire new as-
sortment of Children’s Books, and at
Shawls.
Shawls ever offered. C. J. GRUMAN.
THE Largest Stock of Woolen Long
Music for the Piano forte.
nity—and at the regular New York rates.
ALFRFD H. CAMP, Bookseller.
THE subscriber having made arrange-
ments for Piano Forte Music with a
large publishing house in New York, is now
prepared to fill orders for the same. Persons
wishing music can—by leavin their orders
with us-be supplied at the ear iest opportu-
i '
And Window Shades,
For sale by
GEORGE MARVIN, Main-st.
Pure Domestic Wines.
per gallon.
any in market.
' Address,
0%” Refer to
C. S. MIDDLEBROOK,
Box 422 Brid eport.
L. P. Allis or the I}
STEAM
Marble Works.
No. 1155, Broadway,
Corner of 27th Street, New York.
HE undersigned has purchased the above
extensive and well known Establish-
ment, formerly owned by Mr. J. W. Bowden,
and having had 20 years experience in the
MARBLE BuerEss, he flutters himself he can
give ample satisfaction to all who may favor
him with their patronage.
Constantly on hand a large assortment of
Plain and Sculptured Mantle Pieces, Monu-
ments and HeadStoncs, of Foreign and D0-
mcstic Marble. Pluinbcrs’ Slabs, and Cabi-
net Work neatl executed. All orders
promptly attends to. E. B. PRICE. 1y86
A. encnsorr a 330.
WTOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Falrfield Count , in quality or price. We
would call particu or attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar er than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
111 gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$70, which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect tnue keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
es, in Silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for scllmg cheap could not be
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
latcd Wares was never' better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of thelatest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON 8r. BRO.
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
N New Canaan, at the old stand of the
subscriber. Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper than
any other shop in the county. All kinds of
Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
ti‘29 E. L. ARNOLD.
_ Mr. J'. ,fiession,
Professorofmusio
Is now prepared to re-
_ ' '* 13‘ ' new his course of instruc-
tion to all those who may desrrc his services.
, Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or Mclodeon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of A. H.
Camp, No. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
promptly attended to. 1y32
1101130 .95 Sign Painting,
GlLDING, GLAZING, to. ac,
SOUTH NORWALK.
'Vl‘HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices. , .
_Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbery,
&c., and ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith‘s Carriage Factory, to
, _ GEORGE HODGES.
' May’ltb, 1800.
1y19
J. N.LO0KWO0D&00,
“’est Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NE'W BLOCK,
KEEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladics’, Gents’,and
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material, and in the most
workmanlike-manner. Our assortment of
Ladies‘ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Slices,
etc, we have a larger and better assortment,
we are confident, than was ever before offer-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line, and
at the shortest notice.
_Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, Rubbers, etc,
in endless variety. A fine article of Slippers
for Gents’ woar. ,
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
House rainting,
GLAZING, GRAINING, GILDING, ETC.
C. C. BROTHERTON
IS prepared to execute all orders in the
above line of business with neatncss and
dispatch. All orders for
PAPER HANGING,
will be executed in‘the best manner, by an
szpommwed workman.
Orders left at the Store ofE. Va. Ulrichestor,
or at the subscriber’s residence, on Mer-
win Street, will meet with prompt attention.
C. C. Bno'maa'rox.
General Elacksmithing.
CARRIAGE 'MAKING (f3 REPAIRNG ;
And Horse Shoeing Exchange.
ine of his vocation.
atronage is rcsporfifully solicfied.
.31. MER ITT do .
'E. M. Munnu‘r. ' CO
Water-st, Norwalk, Conn.
Paper Hangings,
HE subscriber has always on hand, of
. his own manufacture, Grape and Car-
rant Winés, from 3 to 5 years old, price $1.50
Also, Cider Vinegar—14 cts. per
gallon, all are warranted pure, and equal to
ditor of
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THE subscribers have made arrangements
for carrying on a general Blacksmithing,
Carriage Making and Repairing; and also,
for the Shoeing of Horses, in which depart-
ment, we have the services of a man thor—
oughly competent and experienced, whom
We Will warrant not to be surpassed in this
A share of the public
G. W. Munnm.
Whitney’s .
GALLERY,
N oawamr, CONN,
. ATE E313. TnonpsoN’s. E T. Whitne
would Inform the citizens of Norwal
size; colored or plain
of the art. _
D. B. Woonaunv, Operator
MORRIS’S
VEGETABLE GOLDEN OINTMENT
BYAtthe gross, doz., or single Box.
0. S. CLARK’S,
No. 1, Gazette Building.
Photographic and Fine Art
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
; in the hi best at lc
E T. WHITNE .
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Front-the Atlantic Mbnthiy.
A MODERN GINDERELLA ;,
OR, . .
THE LITTLE OLD SHOE.
HOW IT WAS LOST.
Among green New England. hills stood an
ancienthouse,many abled,mossy-roofed,and
quaintly built, but picturesque and pleasant
to the eye; for a brook ran babbling through
the orchard that encompassed it about, a gar-
den-plot stretched upward to the whispering
birches on the slope, and patriarchal elms
stood sentinel upon the lawn, as the had
stood almost a century ago when the evo-
lution rolled that way and found them young.
One summer morning, when the air was
full of countrv sounds, of mowers in the
meadow, blackbirds by the brook, and the
low of kine upon the hill-side, the old house
were its checricst aspect and a certain hum-
ble history began.
“Nan !’
“Yes, Di.” .' -
And a head, brown-locked, blu'eLeycd, soft-
featurcd, looked in at the open door in answrr
to the call.
“Just bring me the third volume of “ Wil-
helm Meistcr,’—there‘s a dear. It’s hardly
worth while to rouse such a restless ghost as
I, when I’m once fairly laid.” -
As she spoke, Di pushed up her black
braids, thumped the pillow of the couch
where she was lying, and with eager eyes.
» went down the last page of her book.
“Nan P)
“Yes, Laura, replied the girl, coming back
with the third volume for the literary cor-
morant, who took it with a nod, still too in-
tent upon the “Confessions of a Fair Saint’,
to remember the failings of a certain plain
sinner.
“Don’t forget the Italian cream'for dinner.
I depend upon it; for it’s the only thingfit
for me this hot weather.”
folds of her white gown more gracefully
about her, and touched up the eyebrow of the
Minerva she was drawing. .
“Little daughter!” ‘
“Yes, father.”
“Let me have plenty of clean collars in my
bag, for I must go at three; and some of you
bring me a glass of cider in about an hour;
—I shall be in the lower garden.” _
The old man went away into his imagina-
ry paradise, and Nan into that domestic pur-
atory on a summer day,—thc kitchen.—
’ ‘bcre were vines about sun-
shine on the floor, and o «f '
but it was haunted by a c"
family altar whence such va “
to appease the appetite of ho -hold gods,
before which such dire incantations are pro-
nounced to ease the wrath and woe of the
priestess of the fire, and about which often
linger saddest memories of wasted temper,
time, and toil. ,
Nan was tired, having risen with the birds
Thurried, having many cares those happy
little housewivgs never know,—-—and disap-
pomtcd in a hope that hardly “dvvindled,
peaked, and piued." She was too youngto
make the anxious lines upon hcr'forehead
seem at home there, too patient to be bur~
dcucd with the labor others should have
shared, too light of heart to be pent up' when
earth and sky were keeping a blithe holiday.
But she was one of that meek sisterhood
who, thinking humbly of themselves, believe
t icy are honored by '
laem quite reward (110 g
To and fro she went silent and diligent,
giving the grace of willingness to every hunt-
ble or distasteful task the day had brought
her, but some malignant sprite seemed to have,
taken possession of her kingdom for rebel-
lion broke out everywhere. The kettles
would boil over most obstrcpcrously,—the
mutton refused to cook with the meek alacri-
ty to be expected from the nature of a sheep,
—thc stove with unnecessary warmth of tem-
per, would glow like a fiery furnace,—thc
irons would scorch,—and spirits would fail,
though patience never.
Nan tugged on, growing hotter and wear-
icr, more hurried, and more hopeless, till at
last the crisis came; for in one fell moment
she tore her gown, burnt her hand, and
matched the collar she was preparing to
finish in the most unexceptionable style.—
Then if she had been a nervous woman, she
would have scolded; being a gentle girl, she
onl “lifted up her voice and wept." -
“ ehold, she watereth her linen with salt
tears, and bewaileth herself because of much
tribulation. But,lo! help cometh from afar:
man bringeth lettuce wherewith to stay her,
a strong man plucketh berrries to com:
fort her withal and clasheth cymbals that she
ma dance for joy.” '
'IYhe voice came from the porch and with
her hope fulfilled, Nan looked up to greet
John Lord, the house friend, who stood there
with a basket on his arm; and as she saw his
honest eyes, kind lips, and helpful hands, the
girl thought this plain young man the come-
licst, most welcome sight she had beheld that
a '.
. ‘J‘How good of you, to come through all
this heat, and not to laugh at my despair 1”
she said, looking up like a grateful child, as
she led him in.
“I only obeyed orders, Nan; for a certain
dear old lady had a motherly presentment
that you had got into a domestic whirlpoOl
and sent we as a sort of life-prescrver. Sol
took the basket of consolation, and came to
fold my feet upon the carpet of contentment
in the tent of friendship.”
As he spoke, John gave his own gift in his
mothers name, and bestowed himself in the
wide window-seat, where morning-glories
nodded at him, and the old butternut sent
pleasant shadows dancing to and fro.
His advent,like that of Orpheus in Hades,
seemed to soothe all unpropitious powers
with a sudden spell. The fire began to
slackeu, the kettles, began to lull, the meat
began to cook, the irons began to cool, the
clothes began to behave, the spirits began to
rise, and the collar was finished off with most
triumphant success. ‘ John watched the
change, and, though :1 lord of creation, abas-
ed himself to take compassion on the .wcaker
vessel, and was seized with a great desire to
lighten the homely tasks that tried her
strength of body and soul. He took a com-
prehensive glance about the room; then ex-
tracting a dish from the closet, proceeded to
imbrue his hands in the strhwberries'blood.
“0h, John, you needn’t do that; I shall
have time when I’ve turned the meat, made
the pudding, and done the so things. See,
I'm getting on finely now ;—-—you'rc a judge
of such matters; isn't that nice r”
As she spoke, Nan offered the polished
absurdity for inspection with innocent pride.
“Oh that I were a collar, to sit upon that
hand i" sighed J obn,—addiug argumentative-
ly, “As to the berry question, I might answer
it with a em from Dr. Watts, relative to
‘Satan’ an ‘idle hands, but will merely say,
that, as a matter of public safety, you'd better
leave me alone; for such is the destructive-
ncss of my nature, that I shall certainly eat
something hurtful, or break something valu-
able, or .sit upon something chrushablc,
unless you let me concentrate my energies by
knocking off these youngfellows’ hats and
preparing them for their doom.” ,
Looking at the matter in a charitable light
Nan consented, and went cheerfully on with
her work, wondering how she could have
thought ironing an infliction, and been so
ungrateful for the blessings of her lot.
“Where’s Sally i” asked John, looking
vainly for the energetic functionary who
usually pervaded that region like a domestic
police-woman, a terror to cats, dogs, and
men.
“She has gone to her cousin’s funeral, and
won’t be back till Monday. There seems to
be be a great fatality among her relations;
for one dies, or comes to grief in some way,
about once a month. But I don’t blame
poor Sally for wanting to st away from this
place now and then. I th nk I could find it
in my heart to murder an maginary friend
or two, if I had to stay here long.”
And Nan laughed so blithely, it was a
pleasure to hear her.
And Laura, the cool blonds, disposed the”
being in the service ct,- .
lentlnllsslnllu,mhnunnnmlmsiimuksJfqed hér O certain vegetable p... nations :1
' .
. “Where’s Di i" asked John seized with a
most unmasculine curiosi all at once.
i .“She is in Germany wi ' ‘WilbelmMeis—
uteri; but though ‘lost to sight, tomemo '
”leaf; for} was just, thinking, as ;I did h3-
things how clever she is to' h e i all kinds of
books that I'don‘t understand at, an, and to
Write things that makeme- cryw'itb pride
9nd delight. .Yes, she’s a talented dear,
hough she hardly knows a needle from a
some of these days, when the ‘divine amatus‘
descends upon her, I’m ail-aid.” 3
9 And Nan rubbed away. with sisterly zeal
tDr’s forlorn hose and inky pocket-hand-
crohrefs.
‘_‘ Where is Laura 1’” proceeded the in-
quisitor. . .
“Well, I might-say that she was in Ital ;
r she is co ynfnsome fine thing of Repli-
ael’s, or Mic of 10’s, or some at crea-
ture’s or other; an she looks so p uresque
in her pretty gown, sitting before her easel,
that it’s really -a sight to behold, and I’ve
pessped ,tyvo or three times to'see how she
on.
_ .And Nan bestirred herself to prepare the
dish wherewith her picturesque sister desired
to prolong her artistic existence.
. “Where is your father 1'” John asked again
checking of each answer with a nod and a
little frown. . ,
“He is down in the garden deep in some
than about melons, the beginning of which
to consist in stampin the first propo-
'tion in Euclid all over t e bed, and then
king a few seeds into the middle of each.
by, bless the dear man! I to ot it was
“me for the cider. Wouldn’t you ike to take
it to him, John ? He’dlove to consult you;
nd the lane is so cool, it does one’s heart
good to look at it.”
John glanced from the steamy kitchen to
the shadowy path, and answered with a sud-
den assumption of immense industry,—
“I couldn’t possiny gp, Nam—I’ve so much
on my hands. You’ i ave to do it yourself.
‘Mr. Robert of Lincoln’ has something for
your private car; and the lane is so cool, it
will do one’a heart to see you in it.—
Give my regards to your father, and, in the
words of ‘ Little Mabel’s’ mother, with slight
variations,— -
‘Tell the dear old body
This day I cannot‘rnn,
For the pots are boiling over
And the mutton isn’t done.’ "
“I will; but please, John, go in to the girls
and be comfortable; for I don’t like to leave
you here,” said Nan.
“You insinuate that I should pick at the
pudding or invade the cream, do you ? Un-
atefn. girl, leave me i" And, with melo-
i'amatrc sternness, John extinguished her in
ins broad-brimmed hat, and offered the glass
like a poisoned goblet. -
Nan took it, and went smilin away. But
the lane might have been the Desert of Sa-
hara, for all she knew of it; and she would
have passed her father . as unconcernedly as
if he had been an apple-tree, had he not called
at,—
“Stand and deliver, little woman l”
‘ She obeyed the venerable highwayman,
and followed him to and the, listening to his
plans and directions with a mute attention
that quite won his heart.
“That hop-pole is really an ornament now,
Nan; this sage-bed needs weeding,-—that’s
good for you girls; and, now I think of it,
you’d better water the lettuce in the cool of
the evening, after I’m gone.”
' To all of which remarks Nan gave her as-
sent; though the hop-pole took the likeness
of a ti 1 figure she had seen in the porch the
"sage-bed. cnriousl . annual-1,8‘lggmh 3
~ ditto,t e lettuce yivrdl remind- ,
basket had brought, and the bob-o-link only
sung in his cheeriest voice, “Go home, go
home i he is there 1"
She found John—he having made a free.
mason of himself, by assumin her little apron
— meditating over the parti y spread table,
lost in amaze at its desolate appearance; one
half its proper paraphernalia having
been ‘ for otten, and the other half put on
awry. an laughed till the tears ran over
her cheeks, and John was gratified at the
efficacy of his treatment; for her face had
brought a whole harvest of sunshine from the
Farden, and all her cares seemed to have been
not in the windings of the lane.
“Nan, are you in hysterics i” cried Di, ap-
pearing, book in hand. “John, you'absurd
man, what are you doing 1’”
“I'm helping the maid of all work, [dense
marm.” And John dropped a curtsy with
his limited apron. ' .
Di-looked rufiied,for the merry words were
a covert reproach; and withhcr usual energy
of manner and freedom of speech she tossed
“Wilhelm” out of the window, exclaiming,
irefully,—-
“That’s always the way; I’m never where~
I ought to be, and never think of anything
till its too late; but it’s all Geothe’s fault.—
What does he write books thll of smart
‘Phillinas’ and interesting ‘Meisters’ for ?—
How can I be expected to remember that
Sally’s away, and people must eat, when I’m
hearing the ‘Harper' and little ‘Mignon‘? John
how dare you come here and do my work,
instead of shaking me and telling me to do it
myself? Take that toasted child away, and
fan her like a Chinese mandarin, while I
dish up this dreadful dinner.”
John and Nan fied like chaff before the
wind, while Di, full of reniorseful zeal, charg-
ed at the kettles, and wrenched oil‘ the pota-
toes’jackets, as if she were revengefully pul-
ling her o‘wn hair. Laura had a vague in-
tention of going to assist; but, etting lost
among the lights and shadowso Minerva’s
helmet, forgot to appear till dinner had been
evoked from chaos and peace was restored.
At three o’clock, Di performed the corona-
tion-ceremony with her father’s best hat;
Laura rc-tied his old-fashioned neckclotb,and
arranged his white locks with an eye tossmt-
1y effect; Nan .
written sermon, and suspicious ink-stains on
the fingers that slipped it into his pocket ;
J ohn attached himself to the bag; and the
patriarch was escorted to the door of his tent
with the triumphal procession which usually
attended his out-gonngs and in-comings—
Having kissed the female portion of his tribe,
he ascended the venerable chariot. which re-
ceived him with audible lamentation, as its
rheumatic joints swayed to and fro.
“Good-bye my dears ! I shall be back early
on Monday morning; so take care of your-
selves, and be sure you all go and hear Mi,
Emerboy preached to-morrow. My regards
to 'our mother, John. Come, Solon l"
hut Solon merely Cooked one ear, and re-
mained a fixed fact; for long experience had
induced the philosophic beast to take for his
motto the Yankee maxim, “ Be sure you‘re
right, then go ahead l” He know things were
not right; therefore he did not go ahead.
“Oh, b -the-wa , 'rls, don’t forget to pay
Tommy ullein or ringing up the cow; he
expects it to-night. An , Di, don’t sit up till
daylight, nor let Laura stay out iifthe dcw.
Now, I believe I’m off. Come, Solon !"
But Solon only cocked the other car, gent-
ly agitated his mortified tall, as premomtory
symptoms of departure, and never stirred at
hoof, being well aware that it always took
three “comes" to make a go.” -
“Bless me! I’ve forgotten my spectaclea'l‘hey
are probably shut up in that volume of Her-
bert on my table. Very awkward to find
myself without them ten miles away. Thank
you, John, Don’t neglect to water the let-
tuce, Nan, and don’t overwork yourself, my
little fMartha.’ Come”—
At this juncture Solon suddenl went off,
like “Mrs. Gamp," in a sort of wal ing swoon
apparently deaf and blind to all mundane
matters, except the refreshments awaiting
him ten miles away; and the benign. old
pastor disappeared, humming “Hebron” to
the creaking accompaniment of the bulgy
chaise.
Laura retired to take her estate; Nan made
a small carbonaro of herself by sharpening
her sister’s crayons, and Di, as a sort of pen:
once for her past sins, tried her patience in a
piece of knitting, in which she soon origina-
ted a remarkab 9 pattern, b droppin every
third stick and searnlngad ibitum. f John
had been a gentlemme creature, and a man
of refined taste, he would have elevated his
feet and made a nuisance of himself by in-
dulging in a “weed”; but being only an un-
rowbar,and will make herself one great blot'
appeared with a beautifqu ‘
cultivated youth, with a rustic re
his head uppermost and. talked like a man
instead of smokin like a chimney.
It Will probab ybe six months beforeIsit
here pgam, tanglin your threads and mal-
treatmg our need as, Nan. How glad you
must fee to hear it i” he said, looking up
from a thoughtful examination of the hard-
working htt e citizens of the Industrial Com-
mumty settled in Nan’s work-basket. ' '
“No, I In very sorry; for I like to see you
coming-and gomg asyou used to, years ago,
and I miss you very much when you are gone,
J ohn,’_’. [answered truthful Nan, whittling
away m is 'sadly wasful manner, as her
thoughts flew back to the happy time when
a litt e lad rode a little lass in the bi wheel-
barrow and never ilt his load, w en two
brown heads bob dail side by side to
school, and the favorite p ay was “Babes in
the Wood,” with Di for a somewhat pokish
robin to cover the small martyrs with any
vegetable substance that lay at hand. Nan
sighed, as she thought of these things, and
John regarded the battered thimble on his
fin r-tip with increased benignty of aSpect
as eardtbe sound. .
“When are‘you going to make your for-
tuen, John, an get out of that disagreeable
hardware concern ?” demanded Di, pausing
after an exciting “round,” and looking almost
as much exhausted as it it had been a verita-
ble ugilistic encounter.
“ intend to make it by plunging still deep-
er into ‘that disagreeable hardware concern’;
for, next year, if the world keeps rolling,
and John Lord is alive, he will become a
partner, and then—and then”
The color spran up into the young man’s
check, his eyes loo ed out with a sudden
shine, and his hand seemed involuntarily to
close, as if he saw and seized some invisible
delugvbt.
“ batwill happen then John?” asked
Nan, with a wondering glance.
“l’lltcll you in a year Nan, wait till then.”
And John’s strong band unclosed, as if the
desired good wore not to be his yet.
Di looked at him with a knitting needle
stuck into her hair, saying, like a sarcastic
unicorn,—
“I really thought you had a soul above
pots and kettles, but I see you haven’t; and
beg your pardon for the injustice I have
done you." ‘
Not a whit disturbed, John smiled, as if at
some pleasant fancy of his own, as he re-
plied,
“Thank you Di; and as a further proof of
the utter depravity of my nature, let me tell
you that I have the greatest possible respect
for those articles of ironmongery. Some of
,thc happiest hours of my life have been spent
in their society, some of my pleasantcst as-
sociations are connected with them; some
of my best lessons have come to me from
them; and when my fortune is made, I in-
tend to show my gratitude by taking three
flat-irons rampant for my coat of arms.”
Nan laughed merrily, as she looked at the
bums on her hand, but Di elevated the most
prominent feature of her brown countenance,
and sighed dcspondingly,—
“Dear, dear, what a disappointing world
this is! I no sooner_build a nice castle in
Spain, and settle asmart young knight there-
in, than down it comes about my cars; and
the ungrateful youth who might fight drag-
ons, if hr chose, insists on quenching his en-
ergies in a saucepan, and making a St. Law-
rence of himself by wasting himself on a se-
ries of ridirons. Ab, if 1 were only a man,
I woul do something better than that, and
rove that heroes are not all dead yet. But,
ustead of that, I'm only a woman, nm‘l mt."
sit rasping to temper With, absurdities like
this." .. - ‘ ‘ wrestled wrth henknittmgas
It it won: mate, and she were paying off the
grudge she owed it.
John leaned towards her with a look that
made his plain face handsome,—
“Di, my father began the world as I began
it, and he left it the richer for the useful years
he spent here—as I hope I may leave it some
halt-century hence. His memory makes
that dingy shop a pleasant place to me, for
there he made an honest name, led an hon-
est life, and bequeath “ 0 me a reverence
for honest work. , ' a sort of hardware
Di, that no rust can , pt, and which will
always prove a bettcrfiltune than any your
kni his can achievé with sword and shield.
I think I am not quite poled, or quite without
some aspirgions above money making, for I
sincerel d ire that courage which makes
daily li e heroic by self-denial and cheerful-
ness of ,hcart; I am eager to conquer my
own rebellious nature, and earn the confi-
dence of innocent and upright souls; I have
a great ambition to become as good a man
and leave as green a .memory behind me as
old John Lord.”
Di winked violently, and seamed five times
in perfect silence, but quiet Nan had the gift
of knowin when to speak, and by a timely
word saved her sister from a thunder-shower
and her stockings from destruction.
“J ohn‘, have you seen Phillip since you
wrote about your last meeting with him :1”
The question was for J oha, but the sooth-
ing tone was for Di, who gratefully accepted
it, and perked up again with speed.
“Yes; and I meant to have told you about
it; answered John, plunging into the subject
at once. “ I saw him a few days before I
came home, and found him more disconsolate
than ever,—‘just ready to go to the Devil,’ as
he forcibly expressed himself. I consoled
the poor lad as well as I could, telling him
his wisest plan was to defer his proposed ex-
pedition, and go on as steadil as he had be-
gun,—thereby proving the injustice of your
fathers prediction concerning his want of
perseverance, and the sincerity of his affec-
tions. I told him the change in Laura’s
health and spirits was silently working in
his favor, and that a few more months of
persistent endeavor would conquer your
father’s prejudice against him, and make
him a stronger man for the trial and the
pain. I read him bits about Laura from
your own and Di’s letters, and he Went
away at last as patient as Jacob, ready to
serve another ‘scven years’ for his beloved
Rachael."
“God bless you for it, John i” cried a for-
vent voice; and looking up, they saw the
cold, listless Laura transformed into a tender
irl, all aglow with love and ion ing, as she
dropped her mask, and showed a ivmg coun-
tenance eloquent with the first passion and
softened by the first grief of her life.
J ohn rose involuntarily in the presence of
an innocent nature whose sorrow needed no
interpreter to him. The girl read sympathy
in his brotherly regard, and found comfort in
the friendly voice that asked, half playfully,
half seriously,—
Shall I tcl him that he is not forgotten,
even for an Apollo? that Laura the artist
has notconquered Laura the woman? and pre-
dict that the good daughter will yet prove
the happy wife ‘2"
With a gesture full of energy Laura tore
great tears rolled down the cheeks grown wan
with hope deferred.
“Tell him I believe all things, hope all
things, and that I never can forget.” _
Nan went to her and held her fast, leavmg
the prints of two loving but grimy handsoup-
on her shoulders: Di looked on approvm -
ly, for, though rather stony hearted rega -
ing the cause, she fully appreciated the cf-
fcct; and John turning to the Window, re-
ceived the commendation of a robin sway-
ing on an elm bough with sunshine on its
ruddy breast.
The clock struck .
that he must go; for, be ,
ed soul, he fancied that mother had a
better right to his last ho than any young-
er woman in the land,— lways remember-
ing that “she was a widow, and be her only
son." ~ ,
Nan ran away to wash her hands, and
came back with the appearance of one
who had washed her face also; and so she
had; but there was a difference in the wa-
ter! '
“Play I’m your father, girls, and remem-
ber it will be six months before ‘that John‘
will trouble you again.”
With which re ace the young man kissed
five and John declared
gan old-fashion-
his former play ellows as heartily asthe boy
had been wont to do, when stern parents
banished him to distant schools, and three
little maidsbemoaned his fate. But times
d for
pure airandwomankind in general, c kept
her Minerva from top to bottom, while two 8
were changed now, for Di grew alarmingly
rigid durin the ceremony; Laura received
the salute like a {graceful queen; and Non
returned it with heart and eyes and sender
lips, makin such an improvement on the
childish fas ion ofthe thing, that John was
moved to support his pater-character by soft-
ly echoinf her father’s words,—“Take care
of cum f, mylittle ‘Martha’.”
garden path, with the endless messages and
warnings girls are prone to. give; and the
young man, with a great softness at hishcart
went away, as-many another John has gone
feeling better for the companionship of inno-
cent maidenhead, and stronger to wrestle
with temptation, to wait, and hope and work. ,
‘ “Let’s throw ashoe after him for luck, as
dear old ‘Mrs. Gummagc’ did after ‘David’
and the ‘willin’ Barkis !’ Quick, Nan 1!, you
always have old shoes on; toss one and.
shout, ‘Good luck !’ ’_.’ cried Di, with one of
her eccentric inspirations. . »
Nan tore off-her shoe and threw it far
along the dusty road, with a sudden longing
to become that auspicious article of appare ,
that the omen might not fail. '
“Lookingbackward from the hill-top, John
answered e meek shout cheerily,"and took
in the group with a lingerin glance; Laura
m the shadow of the elms‘, ipercbed on the
fence, and Nan leaning far over the gate
wrthher hand above her e es and the sun-
shine touchin her brown air with old—:-
Hc waved his at and’turned away; at the
music seemed to die out of the blackbird’s
song, and in all the summer landscape his
eye saw nothing but the little figure at the
ate. ‘ .
g “Bless and save us! here’s a flock of peo-
ple coming; my hair is in a toss, .nd Nun’s
without her shoe; run if! , iris! or the
Philistines will be upon us ! ’ cried Di, tum-
bling off her perch in sudden alarm.
Three agitated young ladies, with flying
draperies, and countenances of mingled mirth
and dismay, might have been seen precipita-‘
ting themselves into a respectable mansion
with unbecoming haste; but. the squirrels
were the, only witnesses of this “vision of
sudden flight,” and, being, used to ground
and lofty tumbling, didn’t mind it.
When the pedestrians passed,.thc door was
decorously closed, and no one,visible but a
young man, who snatched something out of
the road, and marched away again, whistling
with more vigor of tone than accuracy of
tune, “only that and nothing more.”
HOW IT “'AS FOUND.
Summer ripened into autumn, and some.
thing fairer than.
“Sweet-peas and mignonctte
in Annie’s garden grew.
Her nature was the counterpart of the hill-
side grove, where as a child she had read her
fairy tales, and now as a woman turned the
first. pages of a more wondrous legend still.
Lifted above the many-gablcd roof, yet not
cut off from the echo of human speech, the
little grove seemed a green sanctuary, fringed
about with violets, and full of summer melo- .
dy and bloom. Gentle creatures haunted it
and there was none to make afraid; wood-
igeons cooed and crickets chirped their
shrill roundelays, anemones and lady-ferns
looked up from the moss that kissed the wan~
derer’s feet. Warm airs where all afloat,
full of vernal odors for the grateful sense, sil-
very ‘birches shimmercd like spirits of the
wood, larches gave their green tassels to the
wind, and pines made airy music sweet and
solenm, as they stood looking heavenward
through veils of summer sunshine or shrouds
of “'inblly finO‘V.
Nap never pit, Inns: Jinn: ' thin ninety-m all-
swank-.br ens’he'camcfim 0 its precincts. .
once so full of solitude, all things seemed to
wear line shape, familiar eyes ,looked at her
from the familiar words sounded in the
whisper of the leaves, .and she grew conscious
that an unseen influence filled the air with
new delights, and touched earth and sky
with a beauty never seen before. Slowly
these May-flowers budded in maiden heart,
rosily they bloomed, and silently they waited
till some lover of such lowly herbs should
catch their fresh aroma, should brush away
the fa‘Jen leaves, and lift them to the sun.
Though the eldest of the three, she had
long been overtopped by the more aspiring
maids. But though she meekly yielded the
reins of government, whenever they chose
to drive. they were soon restored to her
again: for D1 fell into literature, and Laura
into love. Thus engrossed, these two forgot
many duties which even blue stockings and
innamoratas are expected to perform, and
slowly all the homely vhumdrum cares that
housewives know became Nan’s daily life,
and she accepted it without a thought of dis.
content. Noiseless and cheerful as 'the sun-
shine, she went to and fro, doing the tasks
that mothers do, but without a mother’s
sweet reward, holding fast the numberless
slight threads that bind a household tenderly
together, and making each day a beautiful
success. . . _ _ .
Di, being tired of running, riding, climbing
and boating, decided at last to let her body
rest and put her equally active nnnd through
what classical collegians term ‘a course of
sprouts.’ Having undertaken to read and
know emthinq, she devoted herself to the
task with great energy, going from Sue to
Stvedenborg with perfect impartiality, and
having different authors as children have
sundry distempers, being fractions while they
lasted but. all the better for them when once
over. Carlyle appeared like scarlet fever,
and raged violently for a time; for, being
anything but a ‘passive bucket,’ Di became
prophetic with Mahomct, belligerent with
Cromwell, and made the French Revolution
a veritable Reign of Terror to her family.—
Gothe and Schiller alternated like fever and
ague; Mephistopheles became her hero, Joan
of Are her model, and she turned her. black
eyes red over E moat and Wallenstem. _ A
mild attack of lgEmcrson followed, during
which she was lost in a fog, and her_ Sisters
rejoiced inwardly when she emerged inform-
ing them that
“The Sphinx was drowsy,
licr wings were failed."
Poor Di was floundering slow to her
proper place; but she splashed a good
deal of foam by getting out of her th, and
rather exhausted herself by trying to drink
3 ocean d . .
tllLaura,aftle.lI the “midsummer night’s dream”
that often comes to girls of seventeen, woke
up to find that youth and love were no match
for age and common sense. Philip had been
fi ing about the world like a thistle down for
five-and-twenty years,generous-heartcd.frank
and kind, but with never an idea of the se-
rious side of life in his handsome head.—
Great, therefore, were the wrath and dismay
of the enamored thistle-down, when the 'faith-
er of his love mildly objected to seeing her
begin the world in a balloon with a very ten-
der but very inexperienced :cronant for a
uide. ~ '
“Laura is too young to ‘play house’ yet,
and you are too unstable to assume the part
of lord and master, Philip: Go and prove
that you have prudence, patienceenergy, and
enterprise, and I will give you my gum—but
not before. I must seem cruel, that I may
be truly kind; believe this, and let a little
pain lead you to great happiness, or show you
where you would have made a bitter blunder.
The lovers listened, owned the truth of the
old man’s words, bewailcd their fate, antl—
yielded,—Laura for love of her father, Philip
for love of her. He went away to build a
firm foundation for his castle in the air, and
Laura retired into an invisible convent where
she cast ofi‘ the world, and regarded her 33111-
thizing sisters through a grate of superior
nowledged and unsharable grrcf._ .ere-r a
devout nun,she worshipped “St. Philip, ’ and
firmly believed in his miraculous powers.—
She fancied that her woes set her apart from
common cares, and slowly fell-into a dreamy
state, professing no interest in any mundape
matter, but the art that first attracted Philip.
Crayons, bread-crusts, and gray paper he-
came glorified in Laura’s eyes ;. and her one
pleasure Was to sit pale and still before her
easel, day after day, filling her portfolios
with the faces he had once admired. . Her
sisters observe that every Bacchus, Piping
Faun, or Dying Gladiator here some likeness
to a comely contenance thin heathen godor
hero never owned; and seeing tins, they pri-
on they all streamed afterhim along the '
vately rejoiced that she had found such solace
for her 'ef. : '
Mrs. ord’s keen eye had read a certain
newly written page in herison's hea —-his
first chapter ofthat romance; begun in Para-
dise, whose interest never flagsrwhosobeauty
never fades, whose .end can never come till
‘Love lies dead. With womanly skill she di-
vined the secret, with motherly discretion'she
counselled patience, and herson accepted her
advice, feeling, that, like many a healthihl
herb. its worth lay in its bitterness.» .
“Love like a man, John, not like aboy,
and learn to kuow yourself before you take a
woman’s happiness into your keeping. You
and Nan have known each other, all your
lives ; yet, till this last visit, you never thought
you loved her more than any other childish
friend it is too soon to say the words so often
spoken hastily,—so hard to be recalled. Go
back to your work dear, for another year;
think of Nan in‘ the light of this new hope;
Ccompare her with comelier, gayer girls; and
3y absence prove the truth of your belief:—
ben, if distance only makes her dearer, if
time only strengthens your affection, and no
doubt cf your worthiness disturbs you, came
back and offer her what any woman should
be lad to take,—my boy’s true heart."
‘ ohn smiled at the motherly pride of her
words, but answered with a wrstful look.
“It seems very long to wait, mother. If I
could just ask her for a word of hope, I could
be very patient then.”
. “Ah, my dear, better hear one year of im-
patience now than a lifetime of regret there-
after. Nan 15 happy; why disturb her by a
word which will bring the tender cares and
troubles that come soon enough to such con-
scientious creatures as herself? Ifshe loves
you, time will proveit; therefore let the new
affection springand ripen as your early friend-
ship has done, and it will be all the stronger
for a summer’s growth; . Philip was rash,
and has to hear his trial now, and Laura
shares it With him. Be more generous, John;
make your trial, hear your doubts ‘alone, and
give Nan the happiness without pain. Prom-
ise me this, dean—promise me to hope and
Wait.”
.The young man’s eye kindled, and in his
heart there rose a better chivalry, a truer
valor, than any Di’s knights had ever known
. “I’ll try, mother,” was all he said ;.but she
was satisfied for John seldom tried in vain.
[ 'oncluded next week] ’ '
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TheiPi-ince in New York.
We make some extracts from the 'dcsc‘rip-
tion of the reception,by the special correspon-
dent ot the London Times:
There was a military procession, but that
was only an item in the great features of the
day, which was the welcome of the people.
It was such a welcome as only a whole peo- -
pie and a free people could give, and in the
details of its enthusiasm and its good order
there was much, strange as it may seem, that
made such a reception possible only in New
York. In Paris it would have been a gov-
ernment affair of soldiers and lgendarms; in
London it would have been a mob, with an
immense police force to control it. Here it
was simply the people turning out in hun-
dreds of thousands. A huge sea of decorous
but most enthusiastic spectators, who, even
at the spots where they were the densest
were yet so quiet, so impressive in their maj-
esty ofgood order, that at no one place did
they seem to have a single element in com-
men with what we call a mob. It seemed
more a gigantic meeting of the citizens of
New York, convened for scale great and
solemn rejoicing along the whole len ' of
the city, than tltc'merc chance mastering of
intrusions assay
. .. 8r1ll$ular enthusiasm,
there was 'such a dignity in the calm reliance
felt by every one in the preservation of order
such a perfect warmth and geniality of kind-
ness evinced from highest to lowest toward
the young visitor, as made the whole demon-
stration, perhaps one of the most remarkable
of its kind that has ever taken place.
In the battery were drawn upin successive
lines, five brigades of the New York militia,
mastering in all some 6,000 or 7,000 'meu.—
Takcn as a type of the volunteers of this
country, they certainly were splendid s ci-
imens. In the 3d Brigade were the 7th e -
iment, the pride and admiration of New Yogi
They are, undoubtedly, a most perfect bod
of Soldiers, equal in- all the minute techni-
calities of discipline to our very 'best regi-
ments. I must own, however, I cannot share
in the feeling here which awardsall praise to
' the 7th,’and’ I cannot pay the militia of New
York a higher compliment than to say that, .
to my unprejudiced eye, there were several
other regiments there almost, if not quite, as
good as the famous 7th. * * *
As a volunteer militia they certainly formed
a body'of men of whom any nation might
feel proud. Our own volunteers will arrive
at the same perfection in time, but they are
yet too young to fairly bear comparison with
these picked corps of New York. Let ‘our
regiments, however, look to it in ,time, for
when next his Royal Highness sees them re-
viewed, hc will judge of them by the high
standard he has seen here. if *
Here the visitors caught a full view of
Broadway, and it was one of the dest
and most impressive sights which His Royal
Highness is ever likcly to witness.
It is impossible to describe the route from
this point. The impression left was grand,
but vague and undefinable, as that of the
ocean in a storm. Flags and banners were
across the road, but they seemed as solid as
masonry compared with the endless flutter of
handkerchicfs—a flutter that seemed to make
the whole avenue glimmer and flicker—that
rippled out over the fronts of massive distant
buildings like flakes of snow that buildings
like flakes of snow that formed a perfect
fringe above the huge black crowd of heads.
Hats went into the air, and handkerchiefs-
too, at last, and there were cries of “God save
the Queen!” with “You’re welcome to New
York!” and cheers and shootings, even gas-
tnres of kindly feeling and delight, such as
carried even the coldest away with the head-
long torrent of enthusiasm. In vain you
sought to catch a glimpse of anything definite
—the vague immensity of the whole impress-
ed you too much. There seemed to he no
details, such as usually belong to a vast as-
semblage of all ranks—no quiet here, and
outbursts of vociferation at another spot. It
was one continued unanimous welcome that
can neither be told nor forgotten. At one
church—the Mother Church, as it is called—
the chimes were ringing prettily “God save
the Queen. Yet from that edifice some 80
years ago Dr. Irving (in later times Bishop
of Nova Scotia) was expelled for reading
prayers for George III. after the Declaration
of Independence. Here it was now chiming
the national anthem and all New York mad
with cxultation and delight, welcoming the
great-grandson of that same George’s descend-
ant who had onlya few days before been to the
tomb of Washington bare headed andplant-
ed a tree to shade the placeof sepulc‘sre of
that great man. Who can ever believe in
the permanence of hereditary antipatlnes af-
ter this? What antipathy, rather, can be
hereditary between such empties as En land
and America? If the West is ever so, (I it
owes its faults to England; if Americans over
think lightly of England, let them remember
they are the inheritors of our every vice and
virtue. Our kith and kin meet us in every
city,town,and village out here—exaggeratin
our national character—both for good an
ill but wlth the grand type of the Anglo-
Saxon predominating over all.
—-—-—O«.’.
m” The Editor of the La Crosse (Wis)
Union, who staked his printin omce 9n
Douglas’ carrying Illinois and isconsm,
appends this paragraph to the announce-
ment of the result of the October elections:
WANTED.—A large Bible with very. coarse
print. Any person having such a work,
with a few consoling assages mar,ed,.wdl
get a good bargain, nquirc at the Editor’s
room all day. .
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[S‘Thc‘only indignity or insult i'cceived
by Judge Douglas during his Southern tour,
. occurred at Montgomery, AlaL,.the 'home of
Yancey. While the judge was‘bnt’ering lug
carriage from the hotel, several " pic‘s.
thrown at him from the crowd. ' ‘ the pa.
pers of the place denounce the act. '
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