WHOLE NUMBER 1 Reaping. “re shape ourselves the joy or fear Of which the cominglife is made, And fill our future's atmosphere IVith sunshine or with shade. The tissue of the life to be W'e weave with colors all our own, And in the field of destiny We reap as we have sown. , —— IV/uittr'er. ___.._———— Love’s Young Dream. To think that such an old bird should be caught at last. ' Ah, me! It is appointed unto all men once to do it. I-knew it must come sooner or later. It was impossible toilive such a life of unal— loyed bliss as I had led for (say) fifty years without meeting my fate at some time. I met her at Long Branch. Perhaps you doubt that she was the loveliest woman that'eye ever rested upon. The old story, say you? Now, look here ; do you sup- pose thatI have not had some training in this sort of thing? When I say that she was my ideal, the vision that had haunted me in my dreams, the one sweet individuality that my soul had been yearning for, I want you to un- derstand that I am talking sense in sober ear- nestness. Why sir, Long Branch blossomed like the rose after I had seen her. That dreary waste of hotel which the mortals call West End, suddenly became a pavilion of beauty when I learned that she stopped there. The lead- colored sea sung a new hosanna. I saw that I had made a mistake in the place. The scales fell from my eyes. The birds were singing in the branches; the sky was bluer and bright- er than skies ever were before. The long af- ternoons changed from a weary desert of hours to an ecsta'cy of moments. Color came into my cheeks, a new light shone in my eye. I stepped proudly, as if there was something worth living for now. Benson said to me, “Why,old fellow, what’s the matter with you? Never saw you in such superb spirits,” and I swelled out my breast with oxygen and pride and said, “ Benson, my. boy, we’ve all got to go through with this thilfg at some time. Some go through it early in life and some la- ter. It’s the waking up of unsuspected emo< tions.” "' Oh, is it ?” said Benson; “ I thought it was the sea air.” “So it is,” I cried with the gayest manner. “ What is sea air but the breath of Aphrodite. ‘ And who is Aphrodite but the Goddess of Love. She has breathed the breath of life into me. I’m born again.” ' Benson is rather a stupid fellow. Take him out of billiards or yacht matters and lie is not remarkable for his knowledge or his delicacy. He only said “Well, I’ll be blowed! You’re the last man I expected to see in this condi- tion.” I It was night—a star fell. “Benson,” said I, “ observe that In'éteor. It seems like a spark. It may be an expiring world. Hereafter when a ray of mysterious happiness gleams athwart your path do not hastily measure it with your ridiculous phi- losophy. Remember what Hamlet says ;I ‘ There are more things in heaven—’ ” - “ Meteor be hanged !” said Benson. “That’s a lightning-bug. I think the delirium tremens have gleamed athwart your path.” I mention this incident merely to illustrate man’s inhumanity to man. I’ve done the same thing myself. For (say) fifty years I had flung 'a copious contempt upon the inevitable sentimentalism of my sex. One by one I had seen the companions of my youth drop into imbecility and romance and cease to be rational creatures, and I laughed at them heartlessly. But in every man’s breast there isimplant- ed a consciousness of his own fate. This con- tempt which he radiates into space so freely will one day commence to return. But a truce to philosophy. I met Culbert- son. He turned me rotmd Once or'twice,and then tested me in this way—by abusing the place. Idefended it with enthusiasm. “Pall!” said he, “ you’re in love." ' , “ By my sires,” I cried, “ you have sum- marized my condition. It is destiny in a sen- tence. The truth was never so compactly put. If facts were targets and words were bullets, you’d carry off the Elcho Shield of my admi- ration." “ Who is she P” inquired Culbertson. I whipped him into a summer-house o’er- looking the summer sea; . “ She’s the ultimate excellence of her sex. She’s Venus, Juno, Minerva, and all the brood of comparisons packed into one bodice. » When I saw hermy soul dropped upon its knees; my judgment vacated its throne, saying, “ This is the grand crisis.” Her looks intoxicated me. Her eyes were daggers that killed my independence. She cast a glance at me, and I was, muscled. She walked away, and I kissed my hand to the old world. behind me, saying with the frenzy of madness, “I am to follow the new.” Culbertson is a practical man. He bit‘his lips and pondered. “ \Verc you ever this way before ?” “ Heavens! Does a man come into the world twice, or have two identities? Is love a disease that attacks you in the full of the moon, or a circumstance that comes once to all like death itself? Culbertson, I’m astonish- ed at your question. Consider if I could ever be this way before when there is but one di- vinity on. earth and I have just met her. Equally sensible would it be for St. Peter‘to ask you when you reach Heaven if it is your second or third visit.” - But Culbertson is also amiable, and an amiable man listens to you. He smoked his cigar in the moonlight and let me ooze from an overloaded heart. “ Know it ?” said I, “why a yvoman always. knows it. She can tell by an internal process of her own who admires her when she has her eyes shut. Besides, I took occasion to be introduced immediately; to hover round her, you know, like the moth about the candle and all that sort of thing; to tremble when I touched her, to sigh when I left‘ her, to blaze up when she reappeared,to quote poetry when she listened, sweet amorous poetry of ' Swin- burnc’s and—well. you know, Byron’s of course. She treated me with an imperious pity at first. But as she found me ardent, educated, well-to-do, a profound lover of no, ture, a keen admirer of beauty, a tender,emo- tional person; in fact, altogether unlike the thoughtless herd that swarm .about her, me- thinks her heart warmed to me. She was not sorry when she met me on the sweet and dewy croquet-ground. She ‘ did not dis- dain to listen when Iread Walt Whitman and Winter in the pagoda, with the moon coming through the lattice work. By the way, did you ever notice the charming effect of moon- light coming through lattice work when you 'are reading I’Vintcr.‘ She (allowed me to call her Clymene, daughter of Oceanus, and I was to her Iapetus. Neat idea, eh? I‘asked noother name. To others she might be J ohn- son, or, alas! Brown or th'gins. To me she was Clymene, seaborn, my own." “ Yes, yes,” said Culbertson; “ I under- stand all that. What sort of a looking wo- man is she ?" “ Radiant, radiant; mature, but tender; womanly, but overflowing with the grace and enthusiasm of youth; tall, queenly, voluptu. ous, magnificent.” “ Who does she look like ‘1" “ Helen of Troy. " . “Don't know her,” said Culbertson. “Men- tion somebody in Albany.” “ Jack.” I cried, “ she is peerless. Com- parison is out of the question. The whole amount of it is, that I’ve met the finest wo- man in‘the world, and I’ve got to make-her mine. I think I can do it.” “ Who’s her father ?" “A heavy iron man; that’s all I know.” .1, no. f . “ What’s her prospects?” “ Undisturbed devotion, if she listens to me." “ How much is she worth ?” “ Intrinsically, Ind on Australia! commer- cially, I ”never inquired. Perfection is not quotable.” . “ What's her disposition ?” “ Angelic; with a dash of a tigress in it to make one remember she is a Woman. I’ll show her to you one of these evenings; intro- duce you, if she will permit it.” ' Culbertson promised to keep my secret to himself, and then jumped into a phaaton and driving to every hotel in. the .place, told sll my acquaintances that Nym Crinkle was spoony ; clean gone up; had bargained for a ring; was, in a word, in the last stage of am; orous idiotcy. , . _ ' “Clymene,” I said, “We are the observed of all observers, a phrase that you may have heard before. Let us be circumspect.” rejoiner; “Have no fear, sir; we could not be otherwise." - A tribute at once to my sincerity and her modesty. . ' I was surprised at my heroism , in the face of so much curiosity. But the fact is love makes a hero of a man when nothing else will. I began, as I said, to admire Long Branch. All at once the afternoon drive along the bluff appeared in its true colors. The women looked happier; the men appeared more contented. I was sensible of a burning desire to do some. thing rash and dangerous. I noticed, too, that I sang when I got out of bed in the morning—a thing I never did before in all my life. Then it occurred to me'that it would be doing psychology to service if I kept a record of my feelings. I remembered that brave men had written dowu their emotions with poison in their stomachs. I at least could do as much with an elixir in my blood. . o I bought an album. Some of its jottings are startling for their fervor—such is the impetuousness of the divine flame. . ’ “Man, is indeed an animal and love is the tin kettle which destiny ties to the animal’s tail.” ' ' That is not a pretty sentiment, but it is forcible. Besides I am quoting from the al- bum now. , “ How beautiful are the children playing on the grass. They are the sentient flowers worn in the button-hole of true manhood.” “ Long Branch is truly a delicious . spot. Such repose.‘ Such eternal melody .Of winds andwaves. Such sylvan groves with the ocean always murmuring in them, and never weary- ing one with its intelligibility." Benson says he would have known I was in love if he had only read that paragraph. “ I didn’t believe Benson had so much ap- preciation of the beautiful. Still, he’s right. I never contemplated the possibility of groves not being sylvan until I got so.” “ Clymeno sent me a sprig of sweetbriar to- day. God bless her! 1 am having a locke't' made for it. How inferior all the other wo- men of this place look when she mingles with them. Letme not .be cruel, however. They cannot be all Clymenes.” ‘ And so on. ' The skillful psychologist will be able to detect by these pulse-beats of style how low I was, ‘ . I made a diagnosis myself at the end of a week. I said, “There is one chance for me. Love is like opium. I’ve contracted the habit and can’t reform. I’ve got to increase the dose. "’ I thought over the perils of a female ward- robe, the terrors of servantgalism, the dim- culty in finding good schools—for Iwas blind to the fact that all these things grow out of love as inevitably as the gout grows out of “ Green Seal." But they were insufficient to frighten me. Love is magnanimous. Is it not a shame,I said lb myself, to pluck this royal rose and plant it in my small conservatory? Now it blooms wildly and gladdens the world. Would . I have the Venus of Milo shut up_ in a miser's back room ? , But love is also selfish. What was it made for but to gladden some fellOw’s home? After all, it was a double duty to possess her. Na- ture was the best guide in such cases. I thought I’d consult Culbertson again. He was a level-headed fellow. He had just come down again for a day. He was a married man (though I had never seen his wife.) He should advise me. ' Of course Clymene fought shy. She would not have been a woman had she done other- wise. I had written to one of the weekly pa- pers, and received full directions how to pro- ceed. I was to press her hand, said the “ans. wers to correspondents.” To appear distress- ed; women desired pain. The more agony they inflicted the more pity they bestowed. If I could writhe at her feet it would enhance matters. A tear or two throWn in unpreten- tiously generally decided a lover's fate. Al- though not good at writhing I managed to squirm with real suppressed emotion when I said; “ And now, my dear lady, the time has come to speak seriously. ' Knit as our hearts are by so many ties of disposition and circum- stances, it is not in reason that we should be forever separated,” She laughed a little. It encouraged me, for I knew it to be the exultation of feminin- ity. - ' “ I need not ask you to be mine, for you are mine already. A thousand golden fetters invisible to the world have united us.” Ah, how well I remember her endeavor to look astonished and even horror-struck. It was the instinct of maidenhead strong in death. ' “Let us waste no formal words,” I said. “ When hearts understand each other, lan- guage is ridiculous. Love speaks volumes with a glance, a pressure of the hand, a sigh." I was holding her hand. She did not pull it away. I was lacking into her lustrous eyes. They were downcast with the heavy, volup- tuous triumph .of the moment. Suddenly she gave my fingers a squeeze and said: “Somebody’s coming !” It was Culbertson. I let him gaze for a moment in envious ad- miration. Clymene’s back was toward him, He walked around to get a look at my prize; Then he strodb away. ' “ A friend of mine," I said assuringly. “ One in whom I confide. He knows our se- cret.” She trembled. I kissed thg tips of her warm,whitc fingers, adjusted her shawl, and saw her movelike an empress into the hotel. Then I'fiew on the wings of joy to Culbertson. “ Congratulate me, old boy!” I cried. He sat down in the pagoda stolidly, and lit his cigar. “ Here, calm your nerves with this,” he said, offering me a Reina. “Now, my dear fellow," I went on impet- uously, “ I want some advice. You're clear- hcaded. I’m delirious. You’re high and dry on the peaceful shore. I’m struggling in the tropical breakers. Perhaps you can pull me- through. You have seen her. Now, then, what would you do in my case. I’ve got a reasonable incomc,am well connected,amiable in disposition, industrious, affectionate. Do you think that it would crush Clymene if I married her ? Would matrimony rob that lustrous form of the bloom and beauty and freedom that we all prize, that make such a boon to the world ?” Culbertson took two or three pulls at his cigar. The hollow azure gulfs of stars were above us. The sea poured its kisses audibly upon the willing sands. The moon fell upon my friends face with phosphorescent beauty. I4 seemed to. be questioning a disembodied married man. Then he replied, coldly, im- ' Shall I ever forget the majesty of her proud - purturably, solemnly in these exact words: “ My friend,.if you wish me to inform you 'if your marriage with that woman will dis- turb her happiness I can do so; I married her six years ago, and it didn’t make any ap- preciable difference in her habits. I don’t think it would if you were to follow suit." Then the circulating system of the universe stopped. The waves hissed and curled like snakes. The azure gulfs grew suddenly deep and black, and the stars winked maliciously and vulgarly at Culbertson as if they were feminine and happy at the joke. He put his hand behind me. “ Straighten up old fellow,” he said; “ there's no damage done.” He laid me gently on the rustic scat. “ Go away and let me die in peace,” I mur- mured hoarsely. .. “If I do, I hope I may be—re-married,”. . said be. He fanned me with his hat, and, pushing a cigar between my teeth, saw with satisfaction the'blood come again into my cheeks. “Where am I?” I whispered. “ Safely landed," said he. “You were right when you said I could pull you through.” “ Look,” I cried, pointing out to sea. “Do 'you see nothing? It appears to me that the sulphurous breath of a fiend wreathes itself ‘into mysterious words. They are: -‘Mrs. Culbertson! by all that’s illusive.”. “ Pshaw!” says Culbertson, “ It’s 9. Sandy Hook steam-tug. Let’s go up and get some brandy.”—“ Nru Camus," in N. Y. World. radiosr wXéER. The trunks were packedind carded, and the carpet.bags were piled up in the corner of the capacious, old-fashioned hall. How melancholy they looked, those em- blems of parting and adieux. Not even the merry laughter of the two or three young girls, who were gathered around a stalwart, handsome fellow of about twenty-five, could entirely banish an impalpable something of . sadness from the scene. Cousin Jack was going away, the general mischief-maker, tor- ment and tease of the whole family, and Mr. Chester, sitting by the distant window, wip- ed his spectacles every five minutes, and dechred, pettishly, that the type of the eve- ning paper was a terrible trial to old eyes. “ Aye, you may laugh girls," said Jack, applying himself vigorously to the refracto- ry lock of a portmanteau. “Perhaps you may one day discover it isn’t a laughing mat- ter. Think of the loss the family is going to sustain in my excellency.” “ But you’ll come back soon, Jack dear,” coaxed Minnie .' Chester, the prettiest and most roguish of all causins, and the one who kept up a perfect fire of practical jokes and girlish tricks at his expense. There she sat, on the biggest trunk of the‘ collection, her brown curls hanging about her round face, and her eyes sparkling with a curious mixture of fun and tears. “ I’in not at all certain of that, Miss Min- nie," said Jack, decisively. “If I succeed in finding a location to suit me, I shall probably decide to settle permanently at Thoruville and turn landed proprietor on my account.” “ Only imagine our Jack a gentleman of property i” laughed Minnie, appealing to her sisters. “ I don’t see anything so very ridiculous in the idea,” remarked the young man, rather piqued at the amusement of his relatives. “At all events, there’s one incalculable ad- vantage that will result from my depar- ture." “ And what is that, Mr. Oracle ?” “ The fact that you’ve played your last freak on me, you tormenting tittle minx !” “ Don’t be so certain of that, Cousin Jack !” said Minnie, shaking her long curls. “What will you venture I don't bestow a parting trick on you yet ? Ah I I haven’t settled with you for several little pieces of impertinence ; but pray don’t. imagine they are forgotten, sir I” . “ My diamond sleeve buttons to your cor- al necklace that you don’t impose on me within the next three months, Minnie," said Jack, gailyt “ Done !" said Minnie. “Girls, you all hear the wager, don’t you '3 I always covet: ed Jack’s diamonds. ”, . “*Butyou won’t have them, mademoisellc! How dark it is getting in this cavernous old hall. Shall I ring for lights, Uncle Chester ? and by the way, have you written that letter of introduction to Mr. Thorpe '3’) “ Allin good time, my boy—all in' good time,” said the old gentleman, depositing his huge, silver-bound spectacles in their case. “You young men are all in such a desperate hurry. Tell Betsey to carry a lamp into the library, girls. And Minnie, where is my gold pen? I won’t be very long about it, and then we will have a nice‘ long evening to gossip over Jack’s prospects. While Mr. Chester’ sat in his cosy red- curtained library, revising the letter-which he had been writing to' his old friend Jabez Thorne, of Thornsville, to the effect that his nephew, JohnLacy, was in search of an elig- ible piece of land, and wished to settle down in that vicinity, and requested Mr. Thorne’s aid and co-operation in the selection of the same. Minnie Opened the door. ' V “ Papa, there is some one down stairs, who.wishes to see you immediately, for one minute.” , , ' “ Very annoying !” said the old gentleman, “just as I was finishing this letter of Jack’s. However, I can seal it afterward. Minnie, suppose you glance over it and dot the To and cross the t’s ; I’m not so much a penman as I used to be.” - ‘ And old Mr. Chester pushed back his chair and rose from the antique table to attend the claims of his urgent guest. Olive Chester was brushing out the heavy braids of her luxurant hair before the dress- ing-mirror of her own apartment, two hours later, when Minnie ran in, with a counte- nance comically divided between dismay and delight. . . “ My dear Minnie, what has happened ?” exclaimed the elder sister,'dropping her hair- brush and letting all the raven tresses ripple down unheeded over her shoulders. , “ I’ve won the diamond sleeve-buttons, Olive ! but oh! I don’t mean to. What would papa say if he only knew it—and cousin Jack, too i” “ Sit down, you wild little elf," said Olive, gently forcing her sister into her chair, “and explain this mysterious riddle I” “ Well, you know papa left me to look ' over his letter to Mr. Thome—and he was detained longer than he expected—almost an hour in fact, and I couldn’t help amusing my- self by writing a parody on the letter.” ' “ A parody ?” - ' “ Yes—you remember somebody was tell- ing as what a beautiful daughter Mr. Thorpe. had—so I wrote that Jack was in search of a wife, and had heard of, Miss Thome, and wanted to settle in life, and all that sort of thing. In short, wherever papa had written land, or estate, I wrote wife ! Wasn‘t it fun ?’_‘ cjeculated the little maiden, her eyes dancing with diablerie. “But you know I never once thought of sending the letter ; I only wanted to read it to 'J’ack when I went down stairs. Well, I signed- it, with a great flourish of trumpets, and just then who should come in but papa and the stran- ger. Of course I fled—and when I came back the letter was sealed and safe in J ack’s- pocket-book, and Olive, it was -thc wrong letter.” “ It was rather a dim light—and papa’s eyes are not as keen as they were wont to be, and my impertinent missivc was gone, while the real bona fide letter lay there, amongst a heap of discarded papers. And I hadn’t courage to confess my misdemeanors, papa is so opposed to my innocent little jokes—— and Jack is off with that indescribable letter! I ’I shall certainly win the sleeve-buttons, Olive, but what a tornado there will , be when my mischief leaks out.” ‘ ’ And Minnie looked so bewitchingly lovely in her alternate paroxysms of terror and, laughter, that Olive, grave old sister though she was, had not the heart to lecture her as roundly as she deserved. . ' The crimson sunset of the very next eve- ning shown radiently into the special sanctum of the worthy old Jabez Thome, of Thorn- ville, justice of the peace, and irman of all the agricultural meeting for ten miles around. It was no scholarly-looking library, like that of his ancient comrade Chester, but a square, light room, with four un-curtained windows, and ornamented with. numerous black-framed engravhigs of prize cattle and giant turnips. . He was seated in 'a leather cushioned arm chair, looking over the files of an old agricultural journal, to find some cov-. eted information on the subject of “phos- phates” and “superphosphates,” when a ser- vant brought him a card and a letter. “ The gentleman is in the parlor sir.” . J abez Thome laid aside hir newspaper, glanced at the card, which bore the simple inscription, “John_Lacy”—then at the letter, which purported to be the introductory to that individual. ' “ Howl—ha—from my old college chum, Chester, as I live. Remarkable change in his hand writing, but time alters us all. Haven’t heard from him in‘twentyyears, and hello ! what is this ? A pretty goo] request, ' upon my word—nephew wants a wife, and has h d that I possess a daughter—has lots of m y—wants me to aid him with my well known experience .in such matters. What doesthe rascal mean i" ejaculated Ja- bez, the fringe of grey hair that surrounded. his bald head standing absolutely erect with indignation. “I’ll send J efiers to kick the impudent "young scamp out of the house." But with a moment’s reflection came calmi ness. , i “ Well, after all, I don’t see what there is in the matter to make me so foolishly angry. Guess I’ll see what Mary says. An excellent family, these Cheaters—and this letter is just like Zebedee Chester—he alwas was -_ singular in his notions. Rather unlike the ordinary method of coming to an understanding on. such matters, but there’s nothing like a dash of originality in this world, and if the boy is rich, and Mary don’t object At all events I’ll see him on this subject.” And J abez Thome thrust the letter'into his pocket and strode determinedly into the par- lor, where young Lacy was. quietly awaiting his appearance; The old gentleman's face was scarlet with embarrassment ; he was half disposed to be angry with his guest’s cool self-possession. - I“ I had thought~of spttling in this vicinity, Mr. Thome,” said Jack, after-the ceremonies of greeting had been exchanged, “and un- derstood from my uncle that you. had a de- sirable piece of property you might be dispos- ed to part with.” f‘ Piece of property !" thought the old gen- tleman, beginning tofire up again ; but he controlled his emotion and only answered : “ Really sir, this is a very strange request. One can hardly be expected to answer defi- nitely upon so very short notice. " “ Certainly not Mr. Thome. I have no wish to hurry you,” said Jack, politely; . “but I am rather anxious to see' for myself, and if you will favor me witha brief descrip. tion of the prominent features of—” But Mr. Thome was fidgeting uneasily on his chair. “ What do you mean, sir ?” he exclaimed .wratllfully. . . Jack was rather perplexed at ~ this cavalier reception, but he answered, as courteously as possible—- “Why, sir, of course it is not best' to be too precipitate on amatter of such impor- tance.” ' “ If this Is a fair specimen of the rising generation,” thought the indignant Jabcz, “they are about as impudcnt a set of jack- anapes as I want to see. thing to my long friendship with old Zebedee Chester—I won’t turn the puppy out of doors quite yet.” ‘ . “ I suppose it is healthy?” asked blandly. “ What is healthy ?” “ Your property. Sometimes in these low grounds diseases are apt to prevail, and—” “ Does he expect my Mary has the fever and agile ?" thought old Thome, leaping briskly out of his chair as if an insect had stung him. “ I’ll send my daughter to you, young man—that will settle the business at once.” ' And before Lacy could express his surprise his choleric host had banged the deor behind him and disappeared. Mary Thorne’s astonishment was even greater than her father’s had been. -She was attired in white muslin, with a bouquet, of Lacy, crimson rose-buds in her bosom, and a spray of the same exquisite flowerq'n her hair, for some rural party or picnic, and at first abso- lutely refused to enter the parlor. ‘ “ What an idea 1” she exclaimed, blushing to the very tips of those tiny, shell-like ears. “To be on exhibition like one of your prize cattle i No, indeed ! Let the young man go back where he came from ! A pretty im-' pression he must have of the ladies in this quarter of the globe !" ' 5 “ But, my love, Zebedee Chester is one of my oldest friends, and the young man is really a very fine looking fellow, and rich into the bargain. ’Go in and'talk with him a little while, there's a good girl ! I can’t stand it a minute longer.” ' . And old J abez wiped his forehead, on which the perspiration was standing in big beads. And Mary burst into an uncontrolla- -ble fit of laughter. ‘ “ The whole affair is so ridiculous !” she exclaimed. . ' But she adjusted the moss roses never- theless and .tripped demurely into the par- lor._ Now if there was a determined point in Jack Lacy’s character it was his aversion to women in general,.and if there was any one thing on which he prided himself, it was his decided old bachelorism. Imagine his vex- ation and dismay, therefore, when, after a formal introduction, old Mr. Thorue with- drew, leaving him fete-inlets with the pretty creature in white muslin and roses. It was embarrassing enough, particularly as} Mary blushed every time he looked at her, and evinced an exceedingly great disposition to laugh. ' _ “ Well,” thought Jack, “the manners and customs of this locality are rather odd, to say the least of it. I came to consult an old man about purchasing land of him, and he bounces out of the room, and sends his daughter. What on earth am I to say to her, I’d like to know ?” - And Mary, glancing shyly in the direction of her companion, came to the conclusion that he had “beautiful Spanish eves,” and a moustache decidedly superior in style to the hirsute adomments of the young gentlemen at Thomeville. Mr. Lacy looked up at the ceiling and down at the carpet, and wondered what the- conse- quences would be were he to escape incon- tineutly through the open French window. That would not be a very dignified proceed- ing, however, so he resigned himself ,to desti- ny by making some original remark on the weather. It had the much desired effect of breaking the ice, however, and he was agree: ably surprised with the arch vivacity of Miss Thoruc. Only once did she seem confused; it was when she had been describing a fine, grove of cedars that belonged to her father’s laud, regretting at the same time that he con- templated the sale of it. But I owe some- - VI “ lbclicve I should liketo become the purchaer," said Jack. ’ “Your father has told you that I had some idea of settling here i” . ' . . Mary grew scarlct'and murmured some sentence or other. The, conversation was effectually checked, and Jack, perplexed at the effect, for which 'he could perceive no visible cause, rose to take leave. “ Will you 'meption to your father, Miss Thorne, that’I shall call tosee him about this matter to-morrow morning?” he asked. All the moss-roses in mr. Thorne's rose- garden could not have rivalled the hot - glow. on Mary’s checks as she fledout of the room without a word of reply. “ Very singular family this,” muttered Jack, slowly drawing on his gloves and walk- ing down the broad garden path. ' “But she ,is an uncommonly pretty girl—fund I shall certainly take an early .walk'through that ‘ grove of cedars tomorrow morning, befOre breakfast.” He dreamed of blue-eyed" Mary Thome that night, and rose decidedly pleased that he ishould have a reasonable excuse for calling it her father’s house so soon. , . “ I certainly can’t be in_ lo‘vb mentally. “But how Minnlquould t’ease'me if she thought I was in danger , of suing for not only a farm but a wife.”’ ’ " ‘ ' ' Old Jabez Thorne" was busily engaged nip- ping the dead leaves ofi.’ his'pet laurustinus with a gigantic pair of garden scissors, thht morning, when young Lacy sprang over the hedge and saluted him,with a'buoyant “good morning." - . “ Well, sir,” he went on gaily, “I have seen the property and amperfectly delighted. Afine healthy investment—no disease about it, I’m convinced." . i ' ' “ Hem I” said Mr. Tho'rne, dubiously. . “ And I would like totake a second, more ' thorough inspection in your .society, sir,.if you please.” ' .- . “ Really, Mr. Lacy,” said the old man, sharply, “my daughter has not yet come down stairs, and—'—" i ' “ What the mischief has his daughter to do with the matter ?” thought Lacy, but he said politely :— . ‘ f‘ Of course I will await any time that may be convenient to you, sir. I observeda good deal of native roughness, but I cannot doubt that there is a very great. susceptibility to improvement. A little judicious cultivation vvill accomplish wonders." ‘f‘ Let me tell you young man," began Mr. Thome in a towering rage, but chy saw that he had unconsciously committed some sick blunder, and hastened to say : “' In short, sir, I am determined. to so this rural gem at any price. What is sum you demand 3’: , ,* Mr. Thorns fairly sat‘ddwn on the gravel walk, oVerpowered with the avalanche of wrath which he found impossible to shape into words. . a. “ Upon—my—word—sir !” he began ; “you talk asif this was a mere matter of business l” ‘ . Jack was puzzled enough. “It is the way in which I have always heretofore ,been ac- customed to treat such affairs, sir.” I “ Heretofore—you have been accustomed ! and pray, sir, how many such’ little affairs have you had on your hands ?” shrieked old Thome, growing purple in the face. ' “ Oh, several, sir. I :am not so inexpe- rienced as you suppose," replied J ack, smil- ing. , " Are you not ashamed to confess it ?” “ No, why should I be ?" , “. Get out of my garden, you young repro- bate !” screamed J abez, leaping up with lightning rapidity. . “To come here and offer to buy my daughter, as if she were a patch of potatoes! Go, I say 1” ' . “ Your daughter, Mr. Thome I” “ Your daughter, you Jack-a-dandy I” “ But I’m not bargaining for your daugh- ter. I’m bargaining for that land across the river.” _ . “- Don’t tell me !” ejaculated Mr. Thome, tugging away at the fastenings of his pocket- book, your uncle’uhas informed me of your atrocious intention.” , ' “ Will you allow me to see the letter, sir ?” _ . Thorne jerked it out of the compartment where it lay, and tossed it angrily toward Lacy. He opened it, and in spite of his s _ annoyance and mortification burst into laugh- ter at the sight of Minnie’s dainty hand- writing. It's nothing to laugh at, sir," exclaimed Thorne. ' “My dear Mr. Thorne, we are all the victims of 'a ridiculous mistake, said Lacy. “My uncle never wrote this letter; it is the work of. my mischievous cousin Minnie. ' The genuine document must have been left behind.” . ' “ And you didn’t come tolook'fora wife?" “ I came to look for real estate.” “ Whew-w.w !” old Jabez Thome whistled loud and long, then oflered his hand to 'his guest with a hearty laugh. “ Well, my boy, I’m "heartily sorry I called you so many opprbbrious names, but Mary and Issupposed you were after her. I must go and tell the little minx what a blunder we’ve made.” ‘ . ’ ‘.‘ Stays. moment, sir,” said Jack, laying a detaining hand on the, old gentleman’s arm, as his quick eye detected the distant flutter of Miss Thorne’s ligh't dress among the trees; “will you allow me to make the necessary explanations myself ? I am not at all certain that, after I have selected a home, I shall not enter into business-like negotiations for a charming young wife to preside over. it." - . “ As you please, my lad," said the old gentleman, chuckling. “I’ll'give my consont if only to at one for my villainous treatment of you, a little while ago.” . - He resunied his gardening operations, oc- casionally pausing to laugh all to himself, while cousin Jack sprang up the path t k Mary. . They were absent a' long time—in fact, as old Jabez thought, an unreasonably long time before be discerned through the dense foliage of, the acacia hedges their advancing forms, . roy looking exceedingly proud and self- satisfied, and Mary leaning on his arm, with her pretty cheeks flushed, and her lips wreathed in timid smiles. “ What does she say ?” roared thepater. familias. , “ She says she'll consider it !" answered Jack, demurely. , A week or two afterwards Minnie Chester received a neat little package containing the diamond sleeve buttons and the following billet : “ Dun BIINNIE :—I’ve lost my wager, but I cheerfully deliver over the forfeited stakes, for I have won sqmething‘of infinitely more value—a wife! * . “COUSIN Jsox. From which we may conclude that the result of Mary’s “consideration" was favora- ble. “The way it is,” said little Johnny, de- scribing a raffle at a church fair, “you see somethm’ nice, and you give a half dollar for a chance to win it, another fellow always gets it, and they never offer you your money back". '- Whena man empties the pockets of his» coat, preparatory to laying it by for repairs, there’s nothing that makes his conscience get upon his hind legs quicker than. the sight of the letter his wife gave him to mai two months ago. For the so called international rifle ma'ch the only teams which have actuall ' entered; so far as reported, are from Irelan , Scotland, and Canada. Another will probably be ac- cepted from Australia. It thus appears that the match will be confined to Great Britain and the United States, and that by the peculiar arrangements of the New York managers the former nation will have four teams against one from this country. I”. quot-h he: . at Belilen’s ’l‘in Shop. Jobbing promptly attenldelt‘l9 y . NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL 25,1876. . . NORWALK :GAZETTE, PIILISIIII EVE" IIIIIA' IOIIIII. The second Oldest Paper in the State. OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING, A. H. BYINGTON & co. A. H. Brixorox, J. B. Ems, ‘G. N. Ems. Subscription $52.00 per year, in advance. Single Copies 5 Cents. . ___——.-——.~ Advertising Rates : Foiulines or less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times 81 00 One Square, one insertion, ------ ‘ - 1 00 Per week, for continuance, ....... 50 One Square, Six Months, - - . ..... 7 00 “ “ one year—with paper ~ - 15 00 TWO 6: u IL u u . - _ 25 00 Three to SI ‘ 00 . It It _ - _ . 30 m Quarter of a Column, one time, ----- ' 5 00 One quarter ooluiun, one year, ----- 50 00 , .Ouehal! Column, one Islam. - . - - - lo 00 One halt“ Column, one year, -. - - - - '- 80 00 Full Column, one time. -------- so 00 l'ull Column, one year, - - - s _- - - 150 00 one inch space constitutes a square. Special Nance-‘25 per cent. advance on the above. . ' ' Local Notices in Reading Columns, 25 Cent- per line. _ Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contemplated at the time of contract, but are per- mitted to make monthly ch mgcs of their adver- tisements. ’ Marriages and deaths inserted gratuitously. Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 c'ts. per line. Allunusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra. ALEX. S. GIBSON, Organist of the First Congregation! Church. Teacher of the. Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical Compolluon. Box 319 r. 0., NORWALK, cons. . GEO. W. GRADE, Contractor & Builder OI Railroads, Water Works, Sewers, Grading and Rock ,Work of all kinds ; Stone and Brick Mag sonry. Will furnish men and teams by the day. Tools to let. Office in Hubhell’s Block. 14 Address N orwalk P. 0., “Box 452.” J. Belden Hurlbutt, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Room No. 4, [up stair-,1 9 ' aszn'rra BUILDING. CHARLES w. MANY, Surgeon Dentist, .uwauu, cons. Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous- - Oxide Gas administered. " c. B. coonrnos, DEN-rxs__'I-.— Successor to Dr. Asa. Hm, WALL STREET, NORWALK, Office over 0. J. Grumuu’u Dry Good: Store. a- Gas administered for extracting teeth with out pain. - _ , - er'Maln andWall so... nouwanx. or. E subscriber having taken the above well- knowu centrally located Hotel, is prepared to entertain permanent and transient guests. ' Good rooms; good table; reasonable noes. A first- olass Livery connected with the otel. Carriages to all trains. Every effort made to lease. sstr . D. .MOREIIOUS ,Proprietor. S I! W. MITCHELL, - 0 At the ever popular _ UNION MARKET has always the best of , Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork, at fair living’prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar- ket, on the ridge. ~. . 18 . The Brick Store 'i Ha’s eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca- ', ‘AllN 'ro RENT.—A new Barn with good soa- A choice selection of new and fashionablegoods REAL ESTATE. \IW vaxtv\ To Rent. ' THE old Jarvis homestead, opposite the Episco- pal Church. Terms reasonable. Possession given immediately. Enquire of . 3t16 DR. J. W. McLEAN. . ‘ P _ moms to let. ooo°sonugggpmm...... WII. 1AM B. SWAN. \J xix/\N For Sale or Exchange. THE lot containin about two acres, adjoining the residedce of t e undersigned. on Prospect Hill. It Is one of the most desirable building sites on the-hill, commanding a fine view of the Sound. The'son is rich,deep and remarkably productive. It Will be divided into two lots of 96 b 425 feet and sold separately if desired. It. I}. C AUFURD. ,OOMS T0 LET—Four rooms in subscriber’s house, Beltlen Avenue, are offered to Rent. JOHN ROBERTS. Desirable Property for sale. Very desirable place on East Avenue. A. Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap. Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer- win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar- gain. Enquire of , S, E. 05130sz. East Avenue, tf-ll or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue. To Rent or Lease ROM April lst, 1876. now ocoupicd b . Geo. H. Bracken. Said store is 55 feet deep. It irst door north of Skiddy’s Block, so-callcd. Also HOUSE on In h street from April lst. Inquire of NO Ii WOOD, or C. N. WOOD, at Provision Store, 33 Main 8:. ll To Rent. Faou the lot of April nextn'art ofaHouse, (four rooms) right in the v1 Inge. Rent 512 per month. Enquire at this ollice. FOR. SALE. THE subscriber offers for sale his ' , Dwelling House and Lot, pleasantlysituated on the lower end of Fair Street 'Ihe house is new and well finished; the lot is 6(le feet. Will be sold low, and a large part of the purchase money can remain on ond and mortgage. Enquire at the Straw Factory. ll ’ D. s. VAIL. FOR SALE OR TO RENT. THE House and Mill Property occupied by Eb- enezer Pattenden in Silver Mine. Enquire of RAYMOND & PABDEE. New Canaan, Feb. 10th, 1870. . A BARGAIN. FOR. SALE—A first-rate built House, (on East Avenue.) containing nine rooms; will be lot if not said. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale. » Apply to D. II. FITCH. Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. 48“ T9 LET. THE First or Second Sto of a house on Eu Avenue. Enquire of J. I . HANIORD.- «'48 non sans. TWO very desirable BuildingLots on West Main Street. Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE. FOR SALE CHEAP. coon FARM of about 40 acres ofhigh land. situate If three. miles north of New Canaan. Apply to A. B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge. won SALE. i xnarassmnnon on one of the best,pleus- ' antestaud most accessible streets in town. pubic of heating the whole house. Large barn with stabling for several horses. Apple, Penr and Cherry Trees, just commencingto ear fruit. Is within five minutes’ walk of the Post Office, ac. Price 87,500. Or will rent it to a good tenant for 8609 per year. Enquire at this office. bhng for several horses, near the bridge. Price 88 per month. Enquire at this Office. rntucis J. McKEON, Draper and Tailor. constantly on hand Room No. l, Gazette Building. L A, N G L E Y ’ s PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, No. 13 Main 83., Nor-walk, (over G. & S. H. Holmes’ store.) I. F. Lan 1e would respectfully inform the in- habitants o orwalk and Vicinity that he has eu- larged and remodeled the above Gallery. and is now prepared to make all kinds of pictures as ood as the best, at the lowest prices. Co ymg one and eula ements made from small p ctures..and colored in ndia Ink, Oil and Water Colors. Views taken of residences on reasonable terms. Stereo- AGE lNSLEE, ARCHITECT.” ’70 BROAD WA Y, NE W YORK, \ ' Residence, STAMFORD, CONN.. Special attention paid to country residences. 1y? HAKLES s. noouw‘ooo, Fashionable Draper and Tailor, AND GENTS FURNISHING EMPORIUJI. - Main Street, Norwalk, Conn. nwaun P. wuun, ~ nature-Ian".- Wall Street, opposite Nomvalk Opera House, A large and well selected stock or DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Perfumer , Patent M icines, ll kinds Mineral Waters, ‘oilet and M Icat _ caps, Flavoring and Handkerchief Extracss, HairBrushes.Combs, Spon cs, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Cigars, doc” and a constant! adding to his stock all the new and popular me icines of the day. I DRUGS & MEDICINES, THE undersigned would announce to the citi- zone in this vicinity, that at his Drug Store. COR. OF.WASHINGTON d: DEPOT 57's., can always be found - ‘ PURE DRUGS, Chooce, Wmes & Liquors, . FOR MEDICINAL'pURPosEs, HI" QIIIILE‘I' Alflllit, PA'I’lI‘I’ IEIIGIIES. Physicians’ Prescriptions carefull compounded day and night. Can be found 11 glits on same building; entrance on Washington Street. 1149 s. F. PECK, South Eon-walk. ANCE Co. of“ HARTFORD. 7 Incorporate 1812. Charter Perpetual. capital and Anon, $5,052,880.19 Insure: against loss and damage by Fire. on terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws of compensation. COWLES AI-MEBBILL, Solo Agents for Norwalk and vicinity. no msu onwa 1.x Insunascn co., ' NOR WA 1.x, CONN. Charter Cupltul $500,000 Paid up Capital . - 100,000 Wu. 0. Saunas, Pres., Gno- R. CowLns, Sec’y. B. S. BLASCER, At hIIStorei n MALLORY’S BLOCK,hsscoustsnt I, on hands general assortmentof Gnoomnxns, CBCCKEBY, GLASS, .Z'IN AND WOODEN WARE, £10., £10 By dovotlnghis constantpersonal attentionto the businesshe hopes to merit publicpatronage. 9 FRANCIS McKEON, Jr., Practical Plumber. PLUMBING in. all its BRANCHES. Green Homes Fitted up. Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate to. Norwallo Fish-Market The subscriber respectfully announces that at the Old Bridge Fish Market a constant supply of ruusn FISH, , oxstruns, (SLAMS, um, and all varieties o! engicc "Ill! All VEIE‘I’AILES II ‘I'IIEII SEAS". CHARLES . W. LOCKWOOD. G'Sprmg Chickens Dressed to order. John A. Bannocker, B A. K E R; FOOT 01’ MIL]. HILL. Broad, Rolls, Pies, Cakes; Crullers, £50.. baked mu: everyday. Ever 'thing made out of good ,’ Views, Groups and Interiors made. Stereo- scopic Views of Norwalk at 25 cents each. Please give me a call. Satisfaction fiuaranteed. ' y“ I. F. LANGL Y, Photographer. _ Just Arrived , A Full and Complete Stock of WA I.L PAP E II 8 Window Shades, &c., in all the. LATEST $1 YLES, Fresh and Beautiful- tall and Examine. roots”; PROWI’I’T, DEALERS IN HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, _ Cords, Tassels, Cornices,‘ &c. A large stock of - JEWELL’S ottrmo constantly on hand, which wepre: prepaaed tolue- nish at lowest discounts. We InVlte spools! atten- tion to this branch of our business. Also lacings Tipped &, lace leather. -_o.o ‘ro BELDEN’S and base tenew ' Hot Closet Range. FOR A 0000 000K STOVE GO TO BELDEN’S PETER ~L. GUIG UE, FMIIIIST. Union Arenue, North of Norwalk Cemetery, is now ready to furnish Hot House u Id Green House Plants, CUT FLOWERS, BOQUETS. BASKETS. 'n II'REATHS. CROA'SES, '47 and all other designs in flowers at. short notice. WEDDING ' AND VISITING CA .1st ENGRAVED TO ORDER. WEDDING ENVELOPES furnished, Stamped with Monogram. or Plain. OUTSIDE ENVE' LOPES supplied. wsnnuoe and VISITING CARDS Printed in the best manner. In latest styles, at the office ofthe “all! soon swoon.”- 'Would res ectt‘ull p d. - FRESH LOINS, SAUSAGES, LEAF LABD, &C., "P R-IN 1876. [THE ’IIIIRWALK GAZETTE . runmsnsn u vnux TUESDAY monumo, is furnished to subscribers at $2.00 per Annum, in advance, free of postage. One of the oldest and largest newspapers in New England, and unsurpassed as a local family journal. The Gazs'r'rr. is one of the best advertising mediums in the State. ATTENTION HOUSEKEEPERS ! I am offering the Best Base-Burning Stove in the Market, The Patentoe 0! this Stove is I). G._Littlelold, whose “Morning Glory” Stores and Furnaces have in the pfast distanced all competitors. The excel once 0 112.6 Good Record over all others 15 in the following points: FIRST-Design and Finish of the Store. SECOND—Price. - THIRD—Straight Fire-Pot. FOURTH — Anti-Clogging Grate with Double Illumination. ' ‘ FIFTH-Reversible Pipe Collar. SIX TIL-Check Draft. 81?! VENTH—Reversiblc and Difiusire Flues. EIGHTH—Neither Gas nor Dust. FURNACES. BARSTOW’S WBIIIIGHT IRON FURNACE is a superior one, constructed on the principle of the steam boiler ;' there is no possibility of t 6 es- cape of p .‘ It has taken the premium at the New Englan Fair the present season. ‘All in wantoi a very superior Furnace have now an opportunity of supplying themselves. I have also on hand a large and varied assortment of srovns, ol the Best Quality and Manufacture,at E. ‘K. Loclcwood’s, . N orwalk, Conn. J. SPENCER, Watchmaker ~AND— JEWELER, Under Nor-walk Opera Home. AGENT FOR HOWARD, . . EL GIN AND ' WALLIHAM warm-113151153.-~ SPEIICEII’S- ADJUSTED WATCHES Are the Best Time-Keepers. TRY THEM. CARRIAGE MAKERS. MULLINCS & TILLY, Successors to S. P. TUTTLE, MARSHAL STREET, SOUTH NORWALK. inform the citizens of Nor- walk and vicinity at they are prepared to Build Carriages and Wagons OF E VER Y DESCRIPTION. Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in all branches or the trade. ' One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and one NO TOP BUGGY, for sale. ly2 Norwalk Porlc Market ' 89 Main Street. Constantly on hand, a full supply of Pork. Hams. Bacon, Smoked Beef, at the lowest wholesale prices. Dealers will do well to give us a call. C. N. W . Hams Smoked and Sausage Meat Cut for; tag In public. REAL ESTATE Bought, Sold or Exchanzed, Office 4 Gazette Building, B. J. STURGES. Norwalk, Conn. Broker. INSURANCE. Cupllul Represented. $23,000,000.00. B. J. STURGES, Agent. NOTICE. THE subscriber having purchased the Coal Yard and business of Messrs. Tolles & Duke will continue it under the eneral superintend- encc of ROBERT I TOLL ‘, and Will keep con- stantly on hand a full supply _01' the best Coal and Wood, o... which will be sold as heretofore At the Lowest Market Prices for Cash. - JOHN MORTON. Branch Otlice at Corner Drug Store of II. M. t C. s. PROWIT’I‘. 31st, 1876. Nurwalk, Jan. NOTICE. ALL crsons applied to by tramps for meals wili’please not furnish, butdirect them to) the TRAMP HOUSE, situated at Norwalk, adjomin the lock-up. where they will be supplied With hot food and work. The public are cautioned against believiugany of the stories that the tramps Ina put fol-thin regard to their not belngrropcrly l , as the authorities havmg the matt “in charge pro- pose to feed’ this class of people according to the exigencies of the case. JOSEPH P. HAN FOR 1). CHARLES W. SMITH. I’LATT PRICE, . Not-walk, Jan. 14th, 1876. } Selectmen. ALL KINDS OF. ' l ' -l N G _ N _ BLACK, -I\.\. “—- oomuan INKS, _ aux;— ' BRONZES, On ally kind of Stock in general use, at the Gazette Steam Printing Office, NORWALK. «mom ax connnm'nsr.’ " Today, 0 martyred chief i‘bcncatlr 11!? Sun We would unveil. thy form; tdthec who Won The applause ‘ofinati‘ons, for thy soul sincere, o A living tribute we would ofier' here. , ' ’Twas thine net worlds to conquer, but men’s hearts ; ' To change to balm the sting of slavery’s darts In lowly charity thy joy to find, , And open “gates of mercy on mankind.” ‘ And sothey come, the freed, with grateful gift From whose sad path the shadows thou, didsl lift. U Eleven years have rolled their seasons round Since its most tragic close thy life-work found. Yet through the vistas of the vanished days We see thee still, responsive to our gaze As ever to thy country’s solemn needs. Not regal coronets, but princely deeds, We're thy chaste diadem; of truer worth Thy modest virtues than the gems of earth. Staunch, honest, fervent in the purest cause, Tmth was thy guide; her mandates were thy laws. Rare heroism ; spirit purity; The storied Spartan’s stern simplicity ; Such mortal strength as gleams like burnish- ed gold . . ‘ ’ ' . ‘ Amid the doubts of men of weaker mold - Were thine. Called in thy country’s sorest hour, ' When brother knew not brother—mad for ' power— To guide the helm through bloody decps of .war, While distant nations gazed in anxious awe, Unfiinching in the task, thou didstfulfill Thy mighty mission with atathless will. Born to a destiny the most sublime, Thou wert, OLincoln! in the march of time. God bade thee pause—and bid 'the oppressed go free—— Most glorious boon giv’n to humanity. While slavery ruled the land, ‘ what deeds were donel , " What tragedies enacted ’neath the sun! Her page is blurred with records of defeat— .Of lives heroic lived in silence—metal For the world’s praise—of woe, despair, and tears— ' The speechless agony of weary years! Thou utterest the word, and Freedom‘fair 2 Bang her sweet bells on the clear winter air ; She waved her magic wand, and lo I from far A long procession came ! with many ascar. Their brows were wrinkled-in the bitter strife Full many had said their sad farewell to life. But on they hastened—free-—their- shackles ' gone— . . , , . The aged, young—e’en infancy was home To offer unto thee loud pacons of praise— Their happy tributeafter saddest days. A race set free ! the deed brought joy and light It bade calm justice from her sacred height, When faith, and hope, and courage slowly waned, Unfurl the stars andstripes at last unstained! The nations rolled acclaim from sea to sea. ' And heaven’s vaults rang with Freedom's harmony. _ The_augels ’mid the amaranths must have hush'd ' . Their chanting cadence, as upward rush’d The hymn sublime: and as the echoes peeled God’s ceaseless benison the action sealed. As nowwe dedicate this shaft to thee, True champion! in all humility And solemn earnestness, we would erect A monument invisible, unde Save by our allied purpose to ' true To Freedom’s loftiest precepts, so that through The fiercest contest we may walk secure, Fixed on foundations that may still’eudure When granite shah have crumbled to decay And generations passed from earth away Exalted patriot! illustrious chief l Thy life’s immortal work compels belief. To-day in radiance thy virtud shine, And how can we a fitting garland twine ‘3 . Thy crown most glorious is a ransomed race! High in our country’s scroll we fondly. trace In lines of fadeless light that softly blend: Emancipation, hero, martyr, friend! While Freedom may her holy sceptre claim, The world shall-echo with “0ur_Lincoln’s' , name. - =2 From Appleton’s Journal. onrmcunmms. surerxs-x'mux 'ro ros’s “ BELLS." (An attempt to complete the poem which Poe left incomplete.) Hear the holy Sabbath bells—- Christian‘bells! What a world of consolation in their utter. ' ances dwells! ‘ They commemorate the Day When “the stone was rolled away From the Sepulc " where lay The Lord of Glory—slain for sin not His own ! There He burst the bonds of Death With Omnipotence’s breath, . And majestically rose, Triumphant o’er His foes, To the right hand of God—Three in One,— Where He maketh intercession - ~ For our manifold transgression, Evermore ! Now the bells are loudly calling, bidding every one repair To the sanctuary, where We may ofler praise and prayer: Their reverberating echoes, through the cir- cumambient air, ' ' Are rolling, rolling, rolling, . They are calling,'calling, calling, In tones that are consoling, And in tones that are appalling — 'l‘o believers, consolation; To the scorners, condemnation. Evermore! 'Still the bells are' tolling, tolling, And their echoing notes are rolling ' Over vale, and plain and mountain, Calling all men to the Fountain Where life and joy and peace are flowing evermore, Evermore! Now their tones grow louder, deeper, - They might wake the dullest sleeper On this peaceful Sabbath morning, With their words of solemn warning—— “ Time! time ! time! ' Time! time! time 1" Their ponderous tongues reiterate, monoto- ‘ nously, 55 “me !n “Time! .tim’el time! Time! time !‘ time!" 1311 the ending of the hour ends the chime. Thus each swinging Titian'knells, As his music peals and swells From the tower wherein he dwells, ~ His final 'monosyllable of “ Time," Whose cadences fantastically rhyme To the rolling and the tolling of the bells.- - . EDWARD S. Germ, - The drilling of the chief obstruction at-Hell -i.‘ ‘ transferred to Flood Rock, 600 yards cd of debris, and arerio'w-‘inr - good condition ~‘ - daily in explosive. material, to mush-the; t. There are 172 pillars which sup; port t rocky. roof ; 8,000 borings have been made in the e losive matter. Those in charge of the wor apprehend more danger from the surging of the water than from the mtoxicll. and bycarofu and competent workmen . Try our Baking. - nouwm' GAZETTE. shock at the time the rock is shattered. Gate i5 finisbed, and the machines have Feel,” , , ._ . .. ‘91.“. : _ '. . . their former position.‘ The shaft . and caves ,- _ __ , _ formed by the deep headmg’shave been clear. ‘3': to be exploded. Experiments are making: :1: f _ safest. The mine willbe spruu’g'fne‘xt', Jtty,"'1. or Au ' , .
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